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Tulane Takes Game
From Tigers, 50-41
Plainsmen Meet
L.S.U. Tonight
In Baton Rouge
By JOHN PIERCE
Auburn suffered its fourth defeat
of the 1942 basketball season
last night, bowing to Tulane's
Green Wave by a 50-41 score in
New Orleans.
The Plainsmen move to Baton
Rouge tonight and take on L.S.U.
in the final game of the Louisiana
road trip. Tomorrow they will return
home to prepare for two
games against Florida this weekend
in Alumni Gymnasium.
Greenies Lead at Half
Tulane grabbed an early lead
and was on top at half-time by
23-18. Led by Duffy, who was the
night's top scorer with 17 points,
the Wave increased the margin in
the second half and were a comfortable
nine points ahead as the
final gun sounded.
Frank Manci, the SEC's top
scorer, headed the Auburn point-makers
as he counted 13 points
to bring his league total to 144
points. Capt. Shag Hawkins made
it 49 points for the past three
conference games, scoring ten
points. Next in line among the
Auburn scorers was forward Ben
Park with nine.
Auburn (41)
Manci (13)
Williams (5) .
Hawkins (10)
Canzoneri (2)
Motley
Pos.
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(50) Tulane
(11) Thomas
. (4) McLane
_ (17) Duffy
. (12) Peters
-G._ (4) McDonald
Substitutions: Auburn—Young,
Park (9), Burton, Tanner (2);
Tulane—Stolen, Weber, Blanda,
Wheeler (2), Bonisteel, Cies, and
Pracko.
Laundry Refunds
Amount to $2800
Approximately $2800 in laundry
refunds has been returned to
students during the past week,
Miss Mary Hooper, college cashier,
said yesterday. The money
was given out by members of the
Student Executive Cabinet for
the first two days, last Tuesday
and Wednesday, and students
have received it directly from the
Cashier's Office since that day.
Miss Hooper stated that she
would like for all students desiring
their refunds who have not
applied for them as yet to do so
at the Cashier's Office within the
next few days, as she is anxious
to close her books on this account.
Money for students not in
school this semester will be mailed
to them in the form of a college
check.
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT"
VOLUME LXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1942 NUMBER 39
"Rollin' Rhythm " Minstrel To
Open Today for Two-day Run
Tickets on Sale By
Social Organizations
And by Squires
By HERBERT MARTIN
• Any resemblance of the Rollin'
Rhythm Minstrel to productions
before seen here or elsewhere is
purely coincidental and entirely
unexpected. You'll agree after
you've seen 15 minutes of this
performance which opens this afternoon
for a two-day run at
Langdon Hall.
The Rollin' Rhythm Minstrel is
put on by the John B. Rogers
Producing Co., of Fostoria, Ohio,
and is locally sponsored by the
Kiwanis Club. Purpose of the performance
is to raise money for
the purchase of defense bonds.
The cast is composed entirely of
local talent, and both students and
townspeople take part. The Auburn
Knights, featuring Helen
Johnson, are appearing in the
production.
Admission to students is 35
cents, and tickets may be purchased
from fraternity or sorority
members, from members of
Squires, and at the door.
The three performances are
scheduled for two o'clock this afternoon,
and 8:10 tonight and tomorrow
night. If advance ticket
sales make another performance
justified, the show will be given
on Thursday night.
Students are featured in the
first half of the program especially,
as the audience is taken on a
mythical bus tour of the United
States, with stops at spots of
scenic and "native American" interest.
Students also appear in the
second half, which consists of an
"In Old Mexico Minstrel", and
spotlights chorus singing, with
four sidemen for comedy.
Fraternities And
Sororities Urged To
Submit Rolls
All fraternities and sororities
who competed for the Religious
Emphasis Week attendance cup,
and who have not submitted a
roll of members and pledges to
Prof. J. M. Robinson, Interfrater-nity
Council faculty advisor, are
urged to do so immediately, according
to Tommy Scheussler,
president of the Interfraternity
Council.
The award is to be made on a
basis of the largest percentage
attendance for the organizations,
and a complete roll must be in
the hands of the judging committee
before the winner can be determined.
Book Drive for USO
Will End Here Friday
By BUCK TAYLOR
Friday will be the last day for
contributions to the Victory Book
Campaign sponsored by the Auburn
Rotary Club.
This drive, which is only part
of a extensive effort being undertaken
throughout the entire nation,
has been organized for the
past week on the A. P. I. campus.
Faculty members, students, and
townspeople have been depositing
books of all types in the two
boxes which were placed in the
College Library and at the Ward
& King Clothing Store at the
beginning of the drive for the
convenience of contributors.
Both fiction and non-fiction
have been received and welcomed
by the leaders of the campaign
who announced today that they
are very hopeful of raising their
quota of books before the close of
the drive on Friday night. A
minimum of ten million volumes
of good reading has been set as
the national goal of the book
drive. Although a large majority
of the books collected will be forwarded
to army camps in different
sections of the country, others
will be sent to the recreation centers
of the U. S. O.
Mr. Dryden Baughman, of the
Chemistry Department, who is
the General Chairman of the book
collection campaign in Lee and
Chambers Counties, urges that
donations not be confined to old
volumes or to books for which a
person has no apparent use. He
asks that copies of recent fiction
which have already been enjoyed
by patriotic citizens of Auburn be
donated, also.
The Faculty Committee, composed
of Dr. Ralph D. Doner, and
Professors Robert L. Partin and
R. E. Wingard, which is supervising
the book collection on the
campus, asks all persons who find
it impossible to deliver books to
either of the above mentioned locations,
to call Girl Scout Troop
No. 5 at telephone number 490.
This local troop, which has generously
offered its services to the
Rotary Club, will foe only too glad
to call anywhere in Auburn for
volumes which are to be donated
during the remaining days of the
campaign.
Sam Brewster Appointed Auburn's Chief
Air Raid Warden by Defense Committee
Mr. f5am Brewster has just been appointed Auburn's chief
air raid warden by the new Committee for Civilian Defense
on the campus, composed of Dr. A. D. Burke, head of the
Dairy Dept.; Mr. Kirtley Brown, Publicity Director for the
college; and Bill Moore, president of the student executive
cabinet. Deputy air raid wardens have been selected for
buildings on the campus, and possible air raid shelters suggested
for persons in each building.
Dr. Vernon Lapp is chief first aid warden on the campus.
Under him are three assistant chief first aid wardens, Mr.
A. F. Nickel, assigned to the main campus; Mr. E. W. McElwee,
to Ag Hill; and Mr. James W. Scales, for the Vet portion of
the campus.
Information will be posted in each building with respect
to action in case of an air raid alarm, so that students and
others will know what to do.
Mr. John Rainey of the Buildings
and Grounds Department has
been selected as chief fire warden.
His duties will be to commandeer
all trucks on the campus in case
of fire or bombing attack and any
equipment necessary to fight conflagrations.
Under his directions
are student fire wardens who
have been assigned to certain positions
on the campus from which
vantage points they can quickly
reach a fire.
Eleven first aid stations are to
be set up if $200 can be raised.
The approximate cost of minimum
first aid equipment is $16. Deputy
first aid wardens are selected for
each building where First Aid
Stations are to be established.
Deputy Air Raid Wardens
Deputy air raid wardens for
buildings, together with suggested
air raid shelters:
Comer Hall, basement, Bill
Weidenback, E. V. Smith; AH&D
Building, basement, W. D. Salmon,
Carl Koehn; Ag Engineering,
basement, J. H. Neal, Fred
Kummer; Bibb Graves Center,
head for south woods, A. C. Allen,
P. C. Bennett; Poultry Farm,
basement of Extension Building,
Dale King, Cullman Mathison;
Wild Life Building, basement
Duncan Hall, Mrs. Croft Sam-ford;
Land Use Building, basement
Duncan Hall, Miss Katy
Ray Madison; Triple A, basement,
John Farnham, Croft Sam-ford;
Quadrangle, 'basement of
each wing, Mrs. J. O. Cosper, Miss
Ibbie Jones (Heads of halls or
assistants). »
Library, basement, K i r t l e y
Brown, Miss Jewell Davis; Alumni
Hall, basement, Mrs. Florella
Berney, Assistants <students);
Smith Hall, basement, Miss Dana
Gatchell, Miss Georgia McCorkle;
Samford Hall, two top floors Library,
bottom floor—Dorm. 3 NW,
second Floor—Dorm. 1, NE, W.
T. Ingram, Ralph Draughon; Architecture,
Alumni Hall, Dean F.
C. Biggin, Frank Orr; Broun Hall,
Ramsay Hall, Jude Robinson,
Ralph Doner; Ramsay Hall, basement,
Dean Hannum, Homer
Carlovitz; Textile Building, basement,
Ben Crawford, W. T.
Schreiber; New Vet Building,
New Field House, F. P. Woolf;
Anatomy Lab, Stadium, T. C.
Fitzgerald; Old Vet Building,
basement, Serum Plant, first
Floor, E. L. Winters.
Field House, basement, Sergeant
Geo. Moxham, Mrs. A. F.
Nickel; New Classroom Building,
basement, Roger Allen, John Goff;
Alumni Gym, basement, J. H. Ra-port,
Miss Fanny Stollenwerck;
"L" Building, basement of Textile
Building, Charlie Cobb, Wm.
Coppedge; Chemistry, Ramsay
Hall, either basement or first
floor, Glenn Schrader, P. R. Bi-dez;
Machine Shop, basement
Ramsay, Charlie Cobb; Home
Management House, Quadrangle,
Miss Florence Davis; Old Home
Management House, Quadrangle,
Miss Beatrice Finkelstein; Nursery
School, Quadrangle, Mrs.
Ruth Morley; Col. Waterman's
H o u s e , Quadrangle; Military
Stables, Military direction, Ser-
(Continued on Page 4)
Campus Civilian Defense is Organized
Student Deputy Air
Raid Wardens Named
Executive Cabinet
Votes to Buy
$500 Defense Bond
First Aid Classes
Practice In
Samford Hall
By JOHN SCOTT, JR.
For the past three weeks Samford
Hall has been the scene of a
rather unusual activity. Every
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
night from 7 'til 9 the lights
of the third floor gleam, there is
continual talk of "victims", "patients",
and "broken bones". The
chance visitor to the third floor
will even find a few Auburn citizens
lying on the floor in the halls.
The explanation is, however,
quite simple. On those three
nights each week some one hundred
and thirty Auburn women,
coeds and townspeople, are being
inducted into the Red Cross
first aid department.
These students are receiving
free instruction in bandaging,
carrying, tending to the victims
of accident or air raid. Each member
of the two sections of the
class brings cloth for bandages
and a manual of first aid instruction
to the two-hour sessions. Part
of the class is lecture and part is
practice of what has been covered
in previous lectures.
Each member of the class goes
through 20 hours of such training
before receiving a certificate of
first aid instruction, and each
member may take an additional
30 hours to receive an instructors
rating. According to Miss Fannie
Stollenwerck, instructor for the
section that uses the third floor
hall for its practice battle-field,
less than a sixth of the women
that started the course have dropped
out. The others will finish
their course this week, and if they
can handle the casualties as they
handle each other in their practice
sessions, here's to them. We
can use one hundred and thirty
more who are doing more toward
preparation than talk about it.
TENNIS ENTHUSIASTS
TO MEET TOMORROW
All students interested in playing
on Auburn's 1942 Tennis Team
are requested to attend a meeting
tomorrow night at 9 in Samford
209.
This includes both freshmen
and upperclassmen interested.
Plans for the coming season
will foe discussed at this time.
DRILL SCHEDULE
The next drill period will follow
regular drill schedule, in
spite of the canceling of Corps
Day today because of weather
conditions.
The Student Executive Cabinet,
at a meeting last Friday afternoon,
voted to buy a $500 defense
bond, utilizing a surplus which
this group has built up in the
past few years.
Checking over its account, the
Cabinet found that it had more
than enough money to meet expenses
for the remainder of the
year, and that, by curtailing unnecessary
expenditures, it could
afford to buy the bond.
Bill Moore, President of the
Cabinet, will discuss the matter
with Mr. W. T. Ingram, college
accountant, to determine the best
manner in which to invest this
money in defense bonds.
Pre-Law Group
To Sponsor
Record Drive
Records Collected
To Be Turned
Over to USO
The Pre-Law Society, in cooperation'
with the United Service
Organizations in this area, will
sponsor a phonograph record collection
drive on the Auburn campus.
This will be a one day campaign
and is scheduled for Thursday,
February 26.
According to an announcement
made today by Bob Guillot, President
of the organization, records
of all sorts will be received during
the brief drive. It is hoped
that every fraternity at A. P. I.
will cooperate in the campaign,
together with individual students,
faculty members, and townspeople,
who are also being asked to
contribute.
A desk will be placed at the
Main Gate next Thursday in
order to facilitate the collection of
the recordings.
The committee of students
which is completing arrangements
for the drive is composed
of Cullen Ward, Henry Poellnitz,
and Buck Taylor.
An important meeting of the
Pre-Law Society is scheduled for
tonight at 7 P. M. in Room 325 of
Broun Hall.
Cabinet Okehs
March 24, 25 '
Election Dates
' Group Considers
Plan for Co-op
Section Voting
The Student Executive Cabinet
voted Friday to accept the recommendation
of the Elections Committee
to hold the annual Spring
Elections on Tuesday, March 24,
and Wednesday, March 25.
This date was chosen because
it allows ample time for publications
candidates to receive mid-semester
grades, and still allows
time for officers to be chosen in
time to attend the student leadership
convention early in April.
The Cabinet is attempting to
work out a plan whereby Co-ops
now in school may vote before
they leave, but nothing definite
has been accomplished along this
line.
Candidates are warned that
politicking is to be by personal
approach only. No printed or
written matter may foe circulated
on behalf of any candidate
or group of candidates. No merchandise
may be distributed foy
any candidate or his supporters.
Violation of any of these rules
subjects a candidate to disqualification
at the discretion of the
Elections Committee and the
Cabinet.
COLLEGIATE FFA
CHAPTER TO MEET
There will foe a regular meeting
of the Collegiate Chapter of
the Future Farmers of America
in Langdon Hall tonight at 7
o'clock.
All students taking Agricultural
Education are urged to attend this
F.F.A. meeting.
Army Commission
Age Lowered to 18
The previous age requirement
of twenty-one years for recipients
of commissions in the Army of
the United States has been reduced
to eighteen years.
This information was released
yesterday by Colonel Waterman,
Auburn's ROTC Commandant.
Col. Waterman stated that he
had received the information
from army officials earlier yesterday.
A number of seniors in Auburn's
ROTC unit will foe effected
by the reduction in age requirements.
In the past, those
students who completed their advanced
ROTC courses before they
had reached the age of twenty-one
were given "certificates of
commission", which entitled them
to commissions in the Reserve
Corps on their twenty-first birthday.
Now any student Completing
his advanced ROTC course after
Sophomore Corporals
In ROTC Appointed
Assigned to Duty With Batteries And
Companies as Acting Non-coms
According to an official announcement from the military
department this week, the following sophomore cadets in
Field Artillery were appointed"corporals and assigned as
acting non-commissioned officers as listed:
Battery A—1. Weaver, G. M.,
1st Sgt.; Wood, C. M. (1st) and
Rice, O. L. (2nd), Plat. Sgts.;
Druary, J. M. (1st) and Venerel-la,
J. A. (2nd), Guides; Libby, W.
H, Guidon.
B—1. Tyler, J. D., 1st Sgt.;
Nix, J. P. (1st) and Palmer, E. E.
(2nd), Plat. Sgts.; Lamar, G. L.
(1st) and Adams, L. F. (2nd),
Guides; Harris, W. G, Guidon.
C—1. Cooper, J. F., 1st Sgt.;
Raulston, G. L. (1st) and Blake,
G. H. (2nd), Plat. Sgts.; Evans,
O. L. (1st) and Stephens, D. L.
(2nd), Guides; Gibson, J. L.,
Guidon.
D—1. Held, J. M., 1st Sgt.;
Gaines, S. W. (1st) and Cornelius,
J. (2nd), Plat Sgts.; Summers, W.
K. (1st) and Bozeman, F. R. (2nd),
Guides; Gould, R., Guidon.
E—1. Warren, H. A, 1st Sgt.;
Kiser, J. D. (1st) and Waid, J. W.
(2nd) Plat. Sgts.; Hereford, C.
(1st) and Hare, J. L. (2nd),
Guides; Martin, W. P., Guidon.
F—1. Boroughs, S. L., 1st Sgt.;
Silverberg, A. S. (1st) and Perry,
E. E. (2nd), Plat. Sgts.; Rush, A.
B. (1st) and Tucker, N. H. (2nd),
Guides; Warren, H. E. Guidon.
G—1. Cousins, R., 1st Sgt.;
Gaines, A. L. (1st) and Cox, W.
T. (2nd), Plat Sgts.; Johnson, T.
C. (1st) and Fitzpatrick, S. N.
(2nd), Guides; Vance, C, Guidon.
H—1. Jackson, H. G, 1st Sgt;
Grubbs, A. E. (1st) and Malpeli,
H. L. (2nd), Plat. Sgts.; Scruggs,
T. W. (1st) and Oates, W. B. (2nd),
Guides; Parks, H., Guidon.
I—1. Wilson, E. H., 1st Sgt;
Willoughby, G. B. (1st) and Rain-er,
M. A. (2nd), Plat. Sgts.; Tol-bert,
G. W. (1st) and Snipes, Z. A.
(2nd), Guides; Smith, A. H.,
Guidon.
A—2. Smith, J. A., 1st Sgt;
Bridgers, J. D. (1st) and Rose,
J. M. (2nd), Plat Sgts.; Hudson,
H. (1st) and Lane, J. R. (2nd),
Guides; Stephens, C. O., Guidon.
B—2. Mayben, W. E., 1st Sgt.;
Cumbine, J. R. (1st) and Johnson,
T. A. (2nd), Plat. Sgts.; Wilkins,
M. H. (1st) and Bunnen, R. L.
(2nd), Guides; Green, H. B.
Guidon.
C—2. Flinn, J. L., 1st Sgt.; Morris,
C. T. (1st) and Plewes, W. J.
(2nd), Plat Sgts.; Bodden, L. H.
(1st) and Faulkner, W. S. (2nd),
Guides; Calloway, T. M, Guidon.
D—2. Green, W. L., 1st Sgt.;
Wasman, S. C. (1st) and McKin-ney,
E. (2nd), Plat Sgts.; Clopton,
J. R. (1st) and Williams, C. (2nd),
Guides; Sheehy, R. W., Guidon.
E—2. Reid, H. D., 1st S g t ; Bedford,
W. W. (1st) and Wyatt, J.
F. (2nd), Plat. Sgts.; Harwell, E.
O. (1st) and Hefford, B. D. (2nd),
Guides; Shows, S. J., Guidon.
<>F—2. Hardin, B. F., 1st Sgt.;
Flannigan, J. A. (1st) and Reed,
J. P. (2nd), Plat Sgts.; Hines, F.
(1st) and Barrineau, W. E. (2nd),
Guides; Clark, B. M., Guidon.
G—2. Thompson, J. L., 1st Sgt.;
Kirk, H. C. (1st) and Bass, R. L.
(2nd), Plat. Sgts.; Lowe, H. F.
(1st) and Richardson, G. B. (2nd),
Guides; Thomason, F. C, Guidon.
H—2. Nordan, W. W., 1st Sgt.;
Benner, J. R. (1st) and Michel-son,
L. (2nd), Plat. Sgts.; Nixon,
R. A. (1st) and Fuller, R. T. (2nd),
Guides; Farrington, E. C, Guidon.
1—2. Rutherford, R. F., 1st Sgt.;
Briscoe, T. J. (1st) and Boman, J.
(2nd), Plat Sgts.; Price, C. E. (1st)
and Trawick, W. L. (2nd), Guides;
Denson, N. D., Guidon.
Junior Promotions
J. M. Jackson to 1st Sgt, Battery
G—1.
C. T. Hallmark to Platoon Sgt.,
Battery G—1.
R. C. Haraway to Platoon Sgt.,
Battery H—1.
PROFESSOR BECK
IS AUTHOR OF NEW
HIGH SCHOOL TEXT
"Our American Heritage" is the
title of a new high school history
syllabus and study guide Written
by M. L. Beck, Auburn professor
of education.
This is the eighth book written
by Professor Beck, a specialist in
the teaching of the social studies.
Edited by Dr. B. R. Showalter,
professor of education here, the
book is designed for use by senior
two high school students. The
final chapter in the text deals
with the Second World War.
he is eighteen years of age or older,
is entitled to receive his reserve
commission at once.
With the.recent announcement
by the Military Department that
summer ROTC camps would foe
discontinued, and with yesterday's
announced age requirement
reduction, all Auburn seniors
completing successfully four years
of military training, will foe presented
commissions on May 20,
according to present plans.
Orders for active duty will be
given to those officers at that
time.
Seniors so desiring recently filled
out applications for deferment
of duty. Requests for deferment
ranged from ten days to one year.
All seniors in ROTC have been
ordered to report to Military Department
Headquarters in Samford
Hall before four o'clock tomorrow
to sign these applications
for deferment.
Page Two T H E P L A I N S M AN February 17, 1942
A Reporter for Each Campus Organization
We have to write an editorial like this
quite often, and we might as well set this
one up in type and run it again and again,
for all of the good these seem to do.
The subject of these paragraphs has to
do with organizations and their news, and
with why organizations don't send in
worthwhile news to The Plainsman.
We have a fairly small staff, but it is
adequate for coverage of regular campus
news. News in the field of organizations,
relative to a certain group of people, is
often important enough to rate space in
The Plainsman, but is not worth the time
of a busy reporter, who is handling a story
of more campus-wide value.
We wish organizations would have regular
members assigned the definite duty of
writing up news pertaining to the particular
groups. We wish these correspondents
would write the news up promptly, while
it is still news, and bring it to The Plainsman
office.
We couldn't print it all, but we could
print a lot of news which should be printed,
and which is being neglected because
we do not find out about it in time, as
things stand now. H.M.
No Blackout for Economics and Sociology
The cry for national unity, which has
naturally and rightly forced all other issues
into secondary positions, carries with
it certain aspects which might become
serious to our future welfare unless properly
handled.
Granting that the war will be a long
one and that our utmost efforts will be
needed for ultimate defeat of the Axis, we
must not blind ourselves to the fact that
one of the largest tasks of all will be that
of handling post-war problems.
The immediate drive for specialization
must not blackout or appreciably subordinate
our study of economics and sociology.
It is in these fields that will lie the stabilizing
power of our democracy after the
war is over.
The intelligent manner in which these
problems will be solved will depend on
the training of our citizens. The people
who should be and will be most active
along these lines are the young people; the
students who are in college today and who
in some cases are passing up opportunities
to broaden their general education.
The various departments that are making
the changes in the curriculum for the
new order beginning in June should, and
doubtless will, weigh carefully the nature
of courses added, thrown out, or combined.
We are not trying to underestimate the
importance of specialization for there is
little doubt that at present our national
safety depends on the speedy and efficient
arming of our man power.
But, to modify the present at the expense
of the future would mean useless
expenditure of time, money, and effort to
effect a satisfactory balance in our social
and economic order after the struggle is
over. A..S.
A Change in Basketball Spectator Spirit
Several weeks ago we had the unpleasant
duty of writing about the student
body's attitude at the basketball games.
You will probably remember an editorial
concerning the courtesy shown the visiting
teams and players.
Last Friday night we attended another
basketball game and were surprised and
pleased to see that the boos and jeers
against the opposing team were not as
prevalent as they had been in the past.
More respect was given the visiting members
and their action on the court.
We do not know the reason for the sudden
change in the student body's attitude,
but we are glad that the change has taken
place. It shows that we, as the hosts, do
respect and honor the visitors and thank
them for coming to our campus to play our
team.
If the praise of this editorial should go
to some individuals then, we will give it
to them. Whoever is responsible for it deserves
some credit.
It is our opinion though, that the majority
of the credit goes to the student body
itself. One or two persons could not control
so large a crowd with very much success.
Pretty soon all schools will begin to.believe
that we practice our motto: "To
foster the Auburn spirit". G.H.
Thanks to Germany—For a Most Foolish Move
It seems it is human nature to be quick
with dissention and criticism but slow to
praise and thank. At the present time,
many Americans are becoming exasperated
with the British because of the little
incident which happened last week.
It concerns the matter of German ships
going through the English Channel, right
through the so-called British "blockade"
—and reaching home port safely after
quite an internment in a French port.
We may be the only ones to do so, but
we should like to offer praise and thanks,
not to the British, but to the Germans. It
may seem slightly odd to do so at this time,
but we think they deserve it.
We want to thank them for running
through the Channel because if they had
not made that move at exactly that time
then perhaps much more damage would
have been done later. It was a stupid
move on the part of the Germans if they
knew they could run through the British
Navy and Air Corps.
If they did know this, then they should
have waited and pulled their long promised
blitzkrieg on England. If they knew
the British were asleep, as they have been
accused of being, then the time would
have been ideal for the "kill".
As it was though, they tried and succeeded
in getting to their home and thereby
"jarring" the British awake. As a result
of the" incident there may be a shakeup
of British commands.
So we thank the Germans for their
stupid move. If they had waited for two
or three more months, without any more
effort on their part to invade England,
perhaps they would have succeeded in an
attempt. As it is they woke up the people
on the Island, and the British are once
again the alert nation that it will take to
win this war. G.H.
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Another Backer for "Petrie Hall"
Since our rather futile last-week plea that the NCB be officially
named "Petrie Hall", we've had letters and verbal statements from
several Auburnites, most of whom were "all for" the idea.
However, and also since that time, we've learned that naming the
building after any living person is strictly forbidden. The building
was of course constructed with the aid of government funds, and it
seems that a stipulation of the agreement with the government in the
case of buildings of that type, forbids their being named after any
living person.
That seems a little unreasonable to us, but we suppose Uncle Sam
had his reasons.
That doesn't keep us from wishing it could be named "Petrie Hall",
anyway. That's all we could do, even before.
And that doesn't keep other Auburnites from wishing so, too. For
example, W. G. Nunn, '26, now Superintendent of Schools in Jesup,
Georgia, writes:
"I heartily endorse the suggestion made by one of your writers
that the new classroom building be named, Tetrie Hall'.
"Auburn men everywhere would rejoice if this were done. He is
dearly beloved by all of us. He deserves to be honored by having
a great architectural achievement bear his name."
We sincerely appreciate Mr. Nunn's interest, and that of others
who wrote along similar lines, but we must confess that, as good as it
sounds, we doubt if the New Classroom Building could be called a
"great architectural achievement."
And Another Side to the Matter
And there's evidently another side to the question, too. An Auburn
junior, C. E. Thomas, states it in a letter to the editor.
Although we started this thing, we wouldn't exactly say, under
the circumstances, that it seems that suggestions for a name for the
new classroom building are in order.
Mr. Thomas does, in this letter:
"Mr. Editor,
"As it seems that suggestions for a name for the new classroom
building are in order, I'd like to stick my neck out and make one.
"Working in this new building we have one of the country's best
scientists and greatest brains. He has given freely of the best years
of his life to Auburn as a school, and has been a good friend and
teacher to a great portion of Auiburn's students.
"He worked for years in the basement of Samford Hall with inadequate
room, inadequate equipment, and inadequate recognition,
and only with the completion of the new building did his working
quarters improve. For being a good friend to the students, for working
toward the betterment of society in general, and for the prestige
which his name adds to our great institution of learning; I believe
that the least we, the living Auburn, can do to repay him is to name
our new classroom building ALLISON HALL."
And we appreciate Mr. Thomas' interest, too.
Priority vs. Issuance of Reports
The war, and priorities, are preventing Auburn's students and their
momma's and poppa's from knowtng what the last semester's grades
are.
In order to cut down on effort required for recording and reporting
grades, the college, a year or so ago purchased machines for the
Registrar's Office, to do this work.
That worked wonderfully, with only minor set-backs, until the new
grading system was put into effect. Consequently, since the machines
must now record grades in alphabetical characters rather than
in numbers, there had to be new parts for them.
According to the Registrar, these parts were ordered at least a
month before the end of the semester, which under normal conditions,
would have assured their being here and in working order
by the time that grades went out.
But war, and priorities for defense, have held those parts up. You
can't rush things like that now. •"-
That's why some students are omplaining, and other rejoicing,
that the grades for last semester haven't yet appeared.
Politics Rears Its Head
For some weeks before Friday's announcement of tentative
Spring Elections dates, Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior office aspirants
had been working on and planning their campaigns for office.
Now things are getting into full swing in a political way. Especially
the juniors, who hope to hold the "big jobs", are getting down to the
labor of "politicking".
Auburn's Executive Cabinet several years ago instituted new
elections rulings, in an attempt to make campaigning as fair as
possible, and with as little expense to the candidates.
Those rules, just as anything else man-made, are imperfect.
They can be "gotten around" in various ways. It wouldn't take a
genius politician to figure ways to "beat the committee" on those
rules. He could stick to them to the letter, and still violate their spirit.
And he could get away with it, as far as the Cabinet is concerned.
But those junior politicians, or most of them, have the idea of
making one of the major campus honor societies in the back of their
minds. If they're real student leaders, and win their offices by their
own honest ability, perhaps they will be tapped for one of them.
There's where "crooked politicking" will show up, though. That's
where the spirit of those elections rules is considered.
No honor society wants a student who violated the spirit of such
a ruling in order to win a campus office. Campus offices help to
qualify a student for an honor society—but the fact remains that
those are honor societies, and the honor of the prospective neophyte
is definitely to be considered.
Honor is rather hard to define—but it's not so hard to detect, in
cases of questionable political methods.
PI ains Talk
By HERBERT MARTIN
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
in this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the editorial
policies of this paper.
Purely in the nature of a reporter,
and not with the idea of
stirring up any more of the mess
of last autumn, we'd like to relate
this little story about a
Montevallo girl on her first Auburn
date away from the sheltered,
and we do mean sheltered,
campus. We can't vouch for the
absolute accuracy of this, but it
sounds likely.
* * *
It seems the maid had been
warned that Auburn boys were
pretty speedy customers, and had
carried this idea in mind as she
left for a weekend in Auburn,
Returning to her own campus,
she was met with a delegation,
who asked how she had fared, and
if Auburn boys were as fast as
reported.
* * *
"Fast?" she said. "We walked
into the fraternity house, and before
I had time to tell him I
wuzn't that kind of girl, I wuz!"
* * *
At Detroit, the Monday Morning
Quarterback Club goes by no
such common name. It has christened
itself Linsdale "U", the
nation's outstanding institution of
lower learning", and has even
published a school annual. Coach
Wilbur Hutsell brought one back
from the meeting of the American
Football Coaches Association
and the National Collegiate Athletic
Association, both held at the
end of last year in Detroit.
* * *
The "school" is located "down-by-
the-tracks", the gate is a water
tank, the buildings look like a
wooden version of Broun Hall after
a disaster, and the campus is
not exactly neat-as-a-pin, being
somewhat littered with ash-heaps,
switch engines, and broken bottles.
« # *
School colors are black and
blue; the motto, "Black and blue
for Linsdale U."
* * *
Pictured in the annual is the
mile straightaway track, available
for the 1944 Olympiad if no trains
have prior call.
* * *
Sir Mortimer Hubert Linsdale,
in an inebriated condition in the
process of becoming worse, is
billed as "The Man Who Foundered
Us". On the next page (and
you oughta see her) is Lady Linsdale,
"The Woman Who Foundered
the Man Who Foundered Us".
* * *
A page is devoted to honors
won by the Screw-ball High-ball
team, the hard car rowing team,
the national broad spit champ,
and 8 man football panic, and the
international guzzling quartet.
* * *
The football schedule shows
that they open up on Nov. 9, billed
as warm-up day, playing the
Detroit Lions at 2:30, the College
All-stars at 5:30, and Joliet Pen
at 8:30.
* * *
The golf course has 4,000 hazards,
each one a tie. The eighteen
holes are placed strategically
around the track, with the layout
going out the main track and returning
on a siding.
An architect's drawing of the
proposed new stadium, the "Cactus
Bowl", is shown. All seats are
on the 50 yard line, bars line the
field, little 'uns without the big
'uns are conveniently located at
each end of the field, and, to
solve parking troubles, a railroad
track runs direct to the field . . .
and diagonally across it!
* * *
An advertisement of Al's Scoff-brau
featured a drink called a
"Cactus Juice Addition . . . put
down two and we carry one."
* * *
Under classified ads, chief requirement
for football players
seems to be that they must have
their own shoes. A sample from
the Exchange column . . . "Will
trade one slightly used tackle for
new water bucket. Has own shoes.
Box X78, Linsdale U. Athletic
Office."
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Kutie, says,
"If their schedule continues as it
started, they must have one a lot
like ours!"
Here, There, and Elsewhere
By JOHN SCOTT, JR.
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the editorial
policies of this paper.
The Picture — in Black
This week, the third week of
February, 1942, has started with
the blackest outlook for the Allied
nations since the war began.
Such a statement usually needs
qualification, but not now. We
must face the facts—Singapore,
the "invincible fortress", has surrendered;
two mighty German
warships that have lain for a year
right beneath the British nose
have steamed forth to form the
nucleus of a powerful German
fleet; the "hopelessly routed" African
army of the Germans has
swept back across the Libyan
desert once more; the great oil
fields of the Indies are flaming in
the largest man-made fire that
has ever burned; the Burma road
is threatened by advancing Japanese;
and once more disturbing
rumors come from Turkey, which
guards the soft underside of the
Soviet Union.
These are the things that
prompted Winston Churchill to
say Sunday that now the British
people must indeed prepare themselves
for dark days. In fact, the
only news of cheerful tone comes
from the still frozen Russian
front. Once again the Russians
are on the move, and have reported
breaks in the German
lines. Russian guerillas have reported
bombing and attacking the
German headquarters in both
Kharkov and Smolensk. They are
making the best of the last of the
truly cold weather to advance as
far as they possibly can, for after
the winter passes they will have
only the mud as an ally.
The Misconception
During the past ten days as the
Japs came closer and closer to
Singapore, more than one of us
has asked why there were no evidences
of reinforcement for the
Malay area. We have wondered
why there was no cloud of American
fighting planes in the sky
over these jungles, and we have
wondered why there was no great
preponderance of American tanks
in the land engagements.
The answer to that lies in that
we simply do not have the material
to supply those reinforcements.
We do not have the planes
and we do not have the tanks. We
have been too prone to think that
what we have read about in appropriations
means actual fighting
goods on the line. We know
we have the raw materials and
the labor and the will to build,
but we do not consider the necessary
lapse of time between the
appropriation of the money and
the delivery of the goods. That is
the misconception. America was
not prepared on December 7, and
America is not prepared now. We
have drafted millions of men, but
that does not mean that we have
millions of soldiers. We have
spent millions for airplane factories,
but that does not mean
that we have millions of planes.
All that takes time, and until
that time has elepased we can
expect to suffer more reverses.
There must be an end to the idea
that all we have to do to have a
well-equipped fighting force is to
pass a law saying we will pay for
it.
China
The center of the stage during
the past few weeks has been occupied
by a succession of actors—
German, American, English, Russian,
Japanese, Australian, and
even a few Italian comedians. But,
we have seen relatively little of
the Chinese. China's position and
its increased importance are
worthy of looking into right now.
China needs materials of war,
and she is getting them by the
Burma road, still. We have all
long realized how important that
link was, and now it is more so.
Now it is important to us, as well
as to the Chinese. For, we must
face the possibility, even probability,
of a Japanese invasion of
Australia.
With the loss of Australia and
the Indies, we will have no base
from which to attack the Japanese.
With no base for our planes
and ships, our war with Japan
will be lost until we can attack
them from the other side—the
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February 17, 1942 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Theta U's, Chi Omegas, and KD's
Hold Ceremonies; Others to Come Later
By ESTELLE GAINES
Thirty-five coeds had their names added recently to the
active rolls of three campus sororities, when they completed
the formal initiations of the respective Greek societies. Of
that number the Theta U's initiated three, the Chi O's fifteen,
and the KD's seventeen.
The Alpha Gams, Delta Zetas, and POP's have not held
initiation ceremonies as yet.
The girls who exchanged their pledge pins for sorority
badges included:
Theta Upsilon: Sue Hall, Louise
Pollard, and Mabeth Piper.
Chi Omega: Rosemary Burns,
Nancy Driskell, Blanche Ellis, Es-telle
Gaines, Emily Gipson, Lu-cile
Glahe, Frances Hunter, Joy
Hutchings, Sarah Kirkwood, Barbara
McCamy, Jane McCreery,
Joan Price, Carolyn Vance, La-line
White, and Mary Emily Williams.
Kappa Delta: Sara Atkinson,
Doris Ruth Bedingf ield, Mary Virginia
Bingham, Margaret Lee
Chambers, Sarah Conner, Betty
Cosby, Sue Dale Fleming, Annie
Hicks, Mary Frances Jackson,
Evelyn Martin, Betty Britt Moore,
Louise Sims, Catharine Tatum,
Tutter Thrasher, Evelyn Torbert,
Faye Wideburg, and Mary Frances
Yarborough.
DELTA SK3S HOLD
HOUSE DANCE
FRIDAY NIGHT
Kappa chapter of Delta Sigma
Phi held a house dance Friday
night, February 13.
The dance began at eight, and
lasted until twelve.
Punch was served to members
and their dates by the housemother,
Mrs. Ziegler.
The Mitec Engineers' dance,
originally scheduled for Feb. 28,
has been changed to Friday, Feb.
27. This announcement was misprinted
in some copies of The
Plainsman last week.
Diamonds - Watches
Jewelry and
Giftware
Cook Jewelry
Co.
Eason T. Cook Class '14
115 South Eighth Street
Opelika, Ala.
Theta Upsilon
Convention
Held Mere
Representatives
From Four Schools
In Province Meet
Iota Alpha chapter of Theta Upsilon
sorority held Province Convention
here last week-end. Sorority
representatives from the
University of Alabama, Birmingham
- Southern, and Louisiana
Polytechnic Institute attended.
The convention began Saturday
morning with the registration of
the delegates and continued with
a coffee from nine until ten in the
chapter room. Guests for the affair
included Dr. Walston, Mrs.
Cosper, Miss Jones, Mrs. Greene,
the Heads-of-Halls, the patronesses
of the sorority, and the
president and a member of each
campus sorority.
The visitors were shown around
the campus at ten o'clock and
later were served lunch in the
Dining Hall.
Dean Walston addressed the
meeting Saturday afternoon. The
remainder of the day was given
over to- discussions led by Ruth
Eyrse, president of the Alpha
Alpha chapter at the university;
Rosalyn Ritchie, president of the
Xi chapter at Southern; Norma
Ray Autrey, acting president of
the Iota Alpha chapter here; Mrs.
William D. Sims, National Editor;
and Mrs. Clifford Lee, Province
President.
The Theta U patronesses entertained
with a supper in the sorority
room at six o'clock Saturday
night. The hostesses included:
Mrs. J. T. Fain, Jr., Mrs. F. W.
Applebee, Miss Eleanor Home,
Mrs. H. W. Nixon, Mrs. R. E.
Smith, Jr., and Miss Jewel Davis.
Three Sororities Hold Initiations
Thirty-Five Trade
Buttons for Badges
THETA U, THETA
CHI HOLD FORMALS
Annual Dances
Featured During
Past Week-end
The Theta Upsilon and Theta
Chi dances headed this past weekend's
billing of social events.
Norma Ray Autrey of Dixon's
Mills led the Theta U prom Friday
night with Mike Blevins. The
decorations in Graves Center consisted
of a rainbow on a dark blue
backdrop,' which was sprinkled
with silver stars. The large Greek
letters of Theta Upsilon appeared
in silver above the rainbow. At
the end of the rainbow was a pot
of gold, over which hung the
lighted pin of the sorority.
Elizabeth Penney of Gadsden
was the Theta Chi leading lady
Saturday night. On the arm of
the president of the Chi chapter
here, Bill Curry, she began the
grand march by stepping through
a large red heart. The flowers she
carried were red roses.
The fraternity's colors, red and
white, were used to carry out a
St. Valentine's decorative theme.
The Theta Chis gave an informal
party Friday night and a
tea dance on Saturday afternoon
from four until six in the Girls'
Gym on Opelika Road.
The Auburn Knights played for
both of the formals.
Theta Chi dates for the weekend
included:
Elizabeth Penney, Gadsden; Sybil
Combs, Atlanta; Emma Nell
Parrish, Auburn; Betty Ann Dar-den,
Gadsden; Claire Willard,
Birmingham; M a r t h a Brown,
Uniontown; Betty Pruitt, Birmingham;
Martha Gerhardt, Mobile;
Erin Walker, Selma; Sarah
Osborne, Selma; Velma Thames,
Montgomery; Beverly Sanderson,
Dadeville; Virginia Foster, Auburn;
Eloise Farmer, Anniston;
Jeanne Wilson, Jacksonville, Fla.;
Eleanor Russell, Montgomery;
Elizabeth Mitchell, Montgomery;
Katherine Kirz, Birmingham.
Emily Hunt, Marion; Sara
Walker, Eufaula; Ruth Lee Clem,
Birmingham; Betty Lou Boze-man,
Evergreen; Hazel Garrison,
Gadsden; Lucy Ford, Birmingham;
Betty Hard, Birmingham;
Jean Chamberless, Birmingham;
Ester Morris, Decatur; Janie Lou
Thompson, Birmingham; Danna
Dotson, Fort P a y n e ; Peggy
Klingesmith, Judson; Janet Gra-boury,
Florence; Frances Bryant,
University of Alabama; Ann
Howe, Tuskegee; Faye Wideberg,
Chicago, 111.; Margie Jones, Cairo,
Ga.; Ann Butt, Montgomery;
(x-E Campus Mm
VOLTS AND VITAMINS
THE General Electric industrial X-ray
laboratory recently moved a large
number of apple and other fruit trees,
berry bushes, and tomato and string bean
seeds into the confines of its workrooms.
There, under an X-ray machine, these
various specimens of flora were bombarded
with i ,ooo,ooo-volt X rays. They were
then returned to the New York State
Experiment Station at Geneva for planting
and subsequent observation of the effect
of the X rays upon the color, size, flavor,
quality, resistance to disease, and other
characteristics of the fruit and vegetables.
Variations and mutations are to be
expected when living plant cells are subjected
to bombardment with X rays.
Under forced germination, effects of the
i,000,000-volt treatment on seeds may be
observed within a few days, but, for the
young trees and berry bushes, the full
effect will not be known for at least five
years.
UNDER ONE ROOF
THE General Electric Company has a
leased-wire communication system
which functions as smoothly as if all G-E
branches were housed in a single building.
During the year 1941, a total of 3796
miles was added to the leased-wire communication
system to help speed the
handling of contracts. A network of 11,565
miles is now available for telephone and
teletype messages.
/ / / '/S ',
The telephone network covers 5630
miles and serves 17 key industrial cities in
the East and Middle West. It contains 37
individual wires, many of which can be
interconnected for greater flexibility and
coverage. The teletype network comprises
4822 miles of full-time circuits and 1113
miles of part-time circuits. Thirty-one
citiessare served directly, and many others
are served indirectly.
GENERAL » ) ELECTRIC
Betty Hall, Birmingham; Helen
McBrayer, Gadsden; June Mc-
Whorter, Huntsville; Willa Mae
Rutherford, Birmingham; Lu-cretia
Perry, Kansas, Elsie Leigh
Banks, Attalla; Virginia Adams,
Auburn; Betty Cosby, Birmingham;
Isabell Stowers, Montgomery;
Dorothy Moody, Gadsden;
Wannah Dean, Birmingham.
The Theta Upsilon date and
guest list included:
Beular Crawford, Lawrence
Crawford; Mildred Brown David,
Lamar Phillips; Louise Gilmore,
Edward Lindsey; Dorothy Johnson,
Charles Dubberly; Helen
Krauss, William Gregory; Avis
Middleton, Bob Erwin; Charlie
Faye Nixon; Banks Griffith, Jr.;
Mary Elizabeth Pritchett, Jack
Green; Sue Hall, Wendell Nix;
Katharyn Hamilton, Burt Simpson;
Louise Pollard, Tom Dyer;
Jean McCurdy, Clyde Orr; Betty
Nunnally, Boyd Pullen; Mabeth
Piper, Willard Dahlberg; Hazel
Pow, Bill O'Brien; Betty Simpson,
Ernest Howell; Dorris Williams,
Neal Sim.
Guests
Alumnae and guests included
Mrs. William D. Sims, National
Editor; Mrs. Louise Lee, Province
President; Ruth Prentiss,
Ruth Williams, Carlton Far-rish,
Margie Ellen Mallory, Virginia
Humphries, Claire Morrison,
Virginia Reynolds, Dot
Young, iSoula Smith, Ruth Boldin,
Rosalyn Ritchie, Allie Christian,
Virginia Lassetter, Jane Frazier,
Jean Bush, Peggy Kneihl, June
Cox, Virginia Huffstutler, Marian
Rubenstein, Ruth Eyrse, and
Helen Porch.
SCOTT
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side now held by the Chinese.
That means that the main land of
China and of India will be the
Welfare Work, Promotions,
Discussed in Lecture Series
"Management Of
Men" Series Is
Continued
(Editor's note: This series of
articles, concerning the management
of men, is continued from
the last issue. The series were
first delivered as lectures at Ft.
Belvoir, Virginia.) '
Welfare Work
Many problems will necessarily
arise among soldiers which are
not directly connected with their
military work. A man's troubles
usually fall into one or more of
three categories—family, money,
and sex. The officer should see
that his men understand that, although
he does not wish to interfere
in their personal affairs, he
has a real interest in their
troubles and is glad, capable, and
willing to give help on personal
matters. He must be careful to
see that in order to discuss their
private troubles with him the men
are not required to disclose details
to the subordinates through
whom they must make their approach.
In addition the men must
have perfect confidence that the
officer will not himself disclose
confidences.
The ways in which the officer
can assist the men in the handling
of their personal difficulties are
principally t h r o u g h granting
leave, through assistance in making
the necessary contacts and
securing special aid from the Red
Cross or relief agencies, and
through offering personal advice
on some matters which may be
confusing to the man but are less
only front open for us to take the
war to the Japs.
China and Siberia must provide
the place for our air fields and
supply bases once we lose out in
"the South Pacific, so the importance
of China's defense cannot be
over-emphasized. If ever two nations
were fighting each other's
war, it is the United States and
the Chinese Republic.
baffling to the more impersonal
analysis of the officer. The assistance
given may take the form
of writing letters from the officer
to the man's family or to various
agencies in his home environment.
The family and friends of the
man are a most powerful factor
in morale. If they back him up in
his duties, keep in touch with
him, and take pride in him and in
the service they are a tremendous
force for self-respect, discipline
and contentment. The soldier
should be encouraged to keep his
family informed as to what he is
doing, how he is being treated,
about his food, his care, and his
opportunities for advancement.
The officer can also write with
regard to any special happening.
This is particularly important in
case a man goes A.W.O.L. His
family should be informed of the
man's unauthorized absence, what
it means, and urged to persuade"
him to return if he should appear
at home.
When a man becomes sick and
is sent to the hospital, special
measures may be necessary to assist
him to keep in proper touch
with his family and friends outside.
If he cannot write himself,
letters should be written for him.
The officer whose unit he is in
should certainly visit him. It will
be remembered for a long time
by the man himself as well as the
other men in the unit.
Promotions
The power to decide who shall
be promoted when vacancies occur
is an important aid in the
management of men. Recommendations
should be solicited from
subordinate leaders and careful
consideration should be given to
these recommendations, but the
determining factor in the selection
in most cases should be the commander's
own estimate as to the
most suitable man to be promoted.
When a soldier is given a promotion
his own company will feel
qualified more than on any other
occasion to sit in judgment on the
proceedings. For that reason it. is
important that a commander never
allow himself to be deceived
by false pretence of any sort. By
his decisions in matters of promotion,
the commander reveals
his knowledge of human nature
and if he makes a good decision,
his authority is all the more firmly
and conspicuously, established
by the approval of his subordinates.
Handling of N.C.O's.
It is one of the commander's
duties, and one of his greatest
aids in the management of his
men, to develop among his noncommissioned
officers genuine respect
for their own position and
responsibility, and true pride in
their chevrons. Each must be
made to feel responsible for the
welfare of the men intrusted to his
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department. In view of his experience, I believe that he is best fitted to serve you
during the emergency. Therefore, I am asking for a leave of absence for the
duration of the war in order that I may go into the U. S. defense service. I am
leaving all my interest in Tiger Motor Company just as it is and will thank all my
friends to continue their trade with the Company.
Just as soon as we have "licked" the Japs and new cars are to be sold, I will
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Tigers Down
Plainsmen Win Over
BulldogsiFriday 53-41
Hawkins Steps Back Into Place As
Greatest SEC Loop Scoring Threat
Auburn made it two in a row over Georgia's basketball
team Friday night as the Plainsmen took a 53-41 decision before
a large crowd in Alumni Gymnasium. The win started
Coach Jordan's quintet on its final conference swing of
the '42 season.
Shag Hawkins, now back in place as the Southeastern
loop's greatest scoring threat, gave a brilliant exhibition
throughout. Aside from his work as a ballhawk he counted
21 points to lead the night's
e eorgia, Lo se to State Maroons
scorers.
Deadlock at Half
With Georgia showing an uncanny
accuracy on any and all
shots during the first half, the
two teams fought on even terms
until the intermission, left the
floor with the score tied at 21-21.
During the time Bobby Moore,
Bulldog guard, was the main cog
in the Georgia attack.
Following the rest period, however,
the Plainsmen jumped off
to a commanding lead which they
increased during the final minutes.
The game was one of the roughest
seen here this year. Thirty
personal fouls were called by
referee Jack Bushman and two
Georgia players went out before
the game's end. Manci, Park,
Canzoneri and Hawkins of Auburn
all had three fouls listed
against them.
Poschner Shows
Added attraction with the Bulldog
squad was football end
George Poschner, who played for
six minutes before going out via
the foul route. Another grid representative
was Ken Keuper, fullback
with the Orange Bowlers.
Outstanding on the Auburn roster
were Marvin Motley and
Frank Williams. Motley was consistent
in his recoveries from the
backboard, and Williams stamped
himself as the backbone of future
Auburn teams with a tireless performance
from the forward position.
Frank Manci, SEC scoring
leader, kept ahead as he counted
13 points.
Spring Training
Begins Here
This Week
By JIMMIE DAVIS
The sound of blocking and the
thud of practice-kicking will once
more be heard in the stadium this
week as spring practice in football
gets underway. Preliminary
drills to spring practice were held
for freshmen last week.
The Tigers will be led this year
by Captain Vic Costellos from
Birmingham, Ala., and Alternate
Captain Tex Williams from Pennsylvania.
Lost by graduation from
last year's squad are Lloyd Cheatham,
Nauvoo's blocking ace,
Francis Crimmins, tackle, James
Samford, end, and Nick Ardillo,
guard. Bill Schuler and Max Morris
have joined Uncle Sam's flying
cadets and are lost to the
team. About thirty first-year varsity
contenders were present for
drill Saturday. Kegulars from last
year's team who are returning
are: Grimmett and Canzoneri,
ends; Eddins and McClurkin,
tackles; Ferrell and Cornelius,
guards; Williams, center; Clayton,
Finney, Irby, Reynolds, and
Gafford in the backfield.
Opening Game Indefinite
Howard's banning football for
the duration of the war has left
Auburn without an opening contest;
however the Tulane clash
may be counted as number one
game. Georgetown is the new opponent
for the Tigers during the
1942 season.
Some leading freshman contenders
for varsity jobs include
Donahue, Jenkins, Willoughby,
Bradshaw, Stephens and many
other fast stepping candidates.
YARDSTICK
By JOHN PIERCE
Plainsmen Look to Louisville
Rounding out their Southeastern Conference schedule with a pair
of games in Alumni Gym this week-end, the Plainsmen of Coach
Jordan can face next week's Louisville tournament knowing they'll
be the best basketball team to represent Auburn in some years.
Up until last night the record read ten wins against three losses.
One defeat needs no explanation—the one to Tennessee. People
just don't ask any questions when a team loses to the Vols this
year. The brush-off by Tech in Atlanta found Shag Hawkins,
Fagan Canzoneri and Frank Williams out on fouls when the
Jackets made their winning splurge. And when Mississippi State's
under-rated gang patched on number three Saturday the Plainsmen
were as cold as the German army—just one of those slumps
you've got to expect now and then whether it's basketball, football,
baseball or the six ball in the corner.
We were thinking of how it would look for Messrs. Hawkins and
Manci to finish out leading the Conference scoring column, and
standings released yesterday make such look quite probable. Frank
was the top man after Saturday night with a 131-point total, Bobby
Moore was in second with 122 and the Shag took up third with 120.
To expect Auburn, playing in a league where the top teams
subsidize heavily, to finish on the SEC's top shelf is to hope for
too much. But it's hard to remember when a Plainsman team
couldn't offer one or two individual candidates as equals to the
best in the Big Twelve.
On Friday the Tigers will close out against Florida in the local
gymnasium. Senior regulars who will be playing in their last home
games are Hawkins, Manci, Park, Motley and Tanner.
A Gammage Loss a Rarity
Far more surprising than the score of the Auburn-Emory swimming
meet Friday was the news that Capt. Davis Gammage had
lost a backstroke event. For previously Davis had never lost a race
in a dual meet. In all of his career as a swimmer he had been beaten
only once—and then by inches. That, was at the 1940 Conference
meet.
He is the offisial Southeastern Conference champion in his
field, and right now Auburn swimming enthusiasts are becoming
excited over his threat as a 440-yard free styler. He has entered
this event in three of the four meets and has finished on top
every time.
A minor sport which continues to increase in its popularity at
Auburn, swimming has centered around this boy for the past two
or three years. You might call the tank team his, because, next to
Coach Chambless, he's the guiding hand, the wheel that makes things
tick whether the Auburn boys are engaged in a meet or whether
they're just in one of their daily practice sessions in the Aluhini
Gym pool.
In the four meets to date he has, as usual, taken the top number
of Auburn points, counting in the backstroke, free style and
medley races for a total of 37. A meet remains with Georgia Tech.
after which he'll go out after his second SEC crown. And don't
be surprised if Mr. Gammage brings home top honors in more
than one event. Because a loss by him in anybody's swimming
pool is a rarity. *
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State Wins In
Saturday Game
By One Point
Auburn Takes
Third Loss
Of Season
A last second Auburn rally fell
short Saturday night and the
Plainsmen quintet left the Alumni
Gymnasium floor victim of a
41-40 upset at the hands of an
alert Mississippi State. The loss
was Auburn's third in 13 games
this season, first on the home
court.
The two teams made a stiff
battle of it throughout. Leads
passed from hand to hand, Auburn
holding a 23-20 advantage
at halftime. Following the intermission
the Maroons evened the
score, then went ahead as they
built up a 33-26 margin at one
time. The Plainsmen, led by Shag
Hawkins, soon closed the gap and
pulled up to a 39-39 deadlock, a
last second field goal by State's
John Hughes gave the visitors a
lead which held until the final
gun.
Auburn was far below the
heights reached on the previous
night. Coverage of rebounds from
the backboard was lacking and
the Maroons came up with the
ball on- a great majority of occasions.
Then too, the Orange and
Blue shots at the basket were
frequently wild. It was little
more than a case of a cold team
standing up against a hot one, and
the visitors were in the latter
Category.
Two bright spots showed in the
Plainsman performance, however.
One was the continued excellence
of Capt. Hawkins' shooting eye,
which indicated to the Auburn
audience a full recovery from his
early-season operation. His total
for the evening was 18, giving him
a high of 39 for the two week-end
games. Other surprise was the
Auburn improvement in foul
shots. Against the Maroons the
Jordan quintet sank 10 of 15 free
throws, recorded its best percentage
of the season.
Auburn Pos. Miss. State
Manci (7) -F— (6) Spragins
Williams (5) F__. (12) Hughes
Hawkins (18) —C~ (3) McDougal
Canzoneri (5) _.G_„ (12) Conway
Motley (2) G_ (6) Solomon
Substitutions: Auburn—Park (3);
Mississippi State. — Nettles (2),
Thompson, Bledsoe.
Tank Team Wins Over Georgia
But Loses to Emory on Trip
Wellborn; Dorm. 2, Miss Mary
Meade; Dorm. 3, Miss Georgia
McCorkle; Dorm. 4, Mrs. Knox
McMillan; Ag Engineering, Harry
B. Pfost, A. W. Cooper; Duncan
Hall, Miss Dalene Jeter, Miss
R. B. Jeter; Smith Hall, Mrs.
Riley G. Arnold, Miss Lilly Spencer.
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Student deputy fire wardens:
Charles Adams, Philip Adams,
Mike Baldwin, Ed Beasley, Lamar
Blalock, Bill Cannady, Steve Connor,
Fred Curtis, Billy Curry,
James Dukes, Llewellyn Fain,
Chas. Flowers, James Fitzpatrick,
Herbert Fleming, Ross Foy, Joe
Gandy, Robert O. Haas, C. B.
Hewitt, Ed Lee, David Lemmon,
Roy Lockhart, Max Morris, Sam
Nettles, Mandeville Phipps, Chas.
Scott.
Chas. Short, Jack Snow, Bob
Varner, Byron Yarbrough, Tom
Bullington, Billy Barton, John C.
Ball, Feagin Canzoneri, Aubrey
Clayton, Bill Weissinger, Kenneth
Whittington, Grover Thornton,
Monk Gafford, Robert M.
Guillot, Robert Hill, Ty Irby,
James Reynolds, Frank Hutchings,
Tom Verene, Ed Allen, Joe
Meadows, Louis Chateau, Julius
Davis, Sug Fitzpatrick, Gam
Greem, Bob Lewis, Boyd Pullen.
Next Tank Meet-
Scheduled For
March 7 Here
Auburn's swimmers split a
week-end bill on their tour
through Georgia as they lost to
Emory on Friday and defeated
the University of Georgia Saturday
afternoon. The Emory meet,
held in Atlanta, saw the Plainsmen
sink by a 41-34 score, while
in Athens they turned the same
count to their advantage in downing
the Bulldogs.
The tank team, with four meets
behind it in the past two weeks,
now rests until March 7, on which
date the season's last dual meet
will bring Georgia Tech's Yellow
Jackets to the Alumni Gymnasium
pool.
Gammage Upset
Featured upset of the Auburn-
Emory match was the upset suffered
by Capt. Davis Gammage
in the 150-yard backstroke event,
his first dual meet loss of his
swimming career.
The Emory tankmen drove to
a thrilling finish in the final event
to take the top honors. With the
score deadlocked at 34-34 Auburn's
relay outfit placed second
by inches, giving the Emorymen
seven points and the win.
Only two firsts were taken by
the Plainsman aggregation, but
seconds and thirds were frequent
and accounted for the closeness
of the score. Jim Gaston placed
first in the 200-yard breast stroke
while Bob Sherling took top place
in the 440.
Six Firsts at Athens
At Athens, however, it was a
different story as the local swimmers
picked up six first including
a win in the medley. Davis
Gammage, Jim Burt and Nim
Denson formed the medley outfit
which won. Other winners
were Bob Shirling in the 220,
Denson in the 100-yard free style,
Cecil Vance in the 150-yard backstroke,
Jim Gaston in the 200-
yard breast stroke, and Gammage
in the 440.
Byron Yarbrough, Auburn diving
contender, took second against
Emory and third against the Bulldogs.
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