Fingerprint Drive
Underway Hw Plaindmatv Co-ops
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"AUBURN—the friendliest college in the United States'
VOL. LXIV Z-I ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, MAY 2, 1941 NO. 62
Squires To Sponsor
Fingerprint Drive
Owls to Co-sponsor
Drive with Squires
Plans for the Squires - Owls
sponsored drive for voluntary
fingerprinting of API students
and faculty members reached a
more definite form Thursday afternoon
when student representatives
met with members of the
faculty for further discussion of
the already popular movement. No
details were given out following
the meeting, although it was
stated that an effort is being made
for coordinating the fingerprinting
plan with spring registration,
when all students will register for
the forthcoming year.
The proposed plan is an outgrowth
of the recently nationwide
trend of colleges throughout the
country who have adopted the
plan for the purpose of maintaining
a more complete and permanent
record of their students. Many
institutions now require all students
to be fingerprinted as a
part of the registration requirements.
Many persons desire the privilege
of being fingerprinted for the
protection afforded them by having
a fool-proof means of identification
on permanent record.
Should an individual who has been
fingerprinted meet with such disasters
as death, accident, or amnesia,
he can be easily identified
and properly cared for. Thousands
of such persons have been
identified by their fingerprints.
The materials and equipment
necessary and the technical advice
and assistance needed will be
provided through the facilities of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
the State Law Enforcement
Agency, and the State Toxicol-ogist's
Department located in the
L Building.
Should the present plan be as
successful and as popular as it
has been with college students in
other institutions, it is hoped that
the fingerprinting of students
may soon become a permanent
and voluntary function of the registration
process at Auburn. Under
this plan, all freshman and
other students who register here
for the first time may be fingerprinted
when they register.
Stanfield Elected
President of ASCE
The local chapter of the American
Society of Civil Engineers
held elections at the last meeting
for officers for the coming year.
Officers chosen were president,
R. C. Stanfield, Jr., of West Point,
Ga.; vice-president, J. A. Jones,
from Perdido Bay, Ala.; secretary,
C. C. Middleton, Birmingham;
and treasurer, J. M. Barton, of
Lynn, Ala.
The society will hold a steak
fry at Chewacla Park on Monday,
May 5, at five o'clock.
Auburn Tigers to
Meet Oglethorpe
On Alumni Day
More Than 8,000 Letters
And Stickers Being Sent
To Graduates of Auburn
George A. Mattison, president
of the Alumni Association, has
sent out over 8,000 letters and
stickers for car windows to graduates
of Auburn, and is expecting
a record attendance for Saturday's
attractions. He is anxious that old
Auburn men make every effort to
be present and to observe the improvements
which have been made
on the Auburn campus in recent
years.
Headline attractions in three
major sports will feature celebration
of the 1941 Alumni JJay,
which is scheduled by the Alumni
Association for Saturday, May
10. Parents' Day will be observed
in conjunction with Mother's Day
on the next day.
Auburn's track and field meet
with the Georgia Tech trackmen
should be one of the closest and
most hotly contested of any of the
dual meets this season, if the results
of the Southeastern AAU
meet last week are to be reckoned
with. Tech placed first in the AAU
competition with a score of 54
and one-half points, while Auburn
garnered second place, only one
point behind the Yellow Jackets.
The field events are scheduled to
start around two o'clock, with the
running events slated for a half-hour
later.
Coach Jimmy Hitchcock's diamond
squad will meet the Oglethorpe
baseballers on Drake Field
Saturday afternoon. Baseball relations
with Oglethorpe date back
about as far as any of the old
grads present this week-end can
remember.
The third major sports feature
will be an intra-squad football
game, which should give some indications
as to Auburn's strength
for next fall. The Orange and
Blue fracas for "A" Day festivities
featured a free-scoring game
which indicated that Auburn
should at least have an offense
next year.
A Military Review will be held
on Bullard Field at 10:00 a.m. in
honor of the returning Alumni.
At this time both Engineers and
Field Artillery will pass in review.
Both Glee Clubs and Mixed Chorus
Present Program on Tuesday Night
Rouse Elected as
President of SAE
Hubbard to Serve as
Vice-President
Jimmy Rouse, Montgomery, was
elected president of the Alabama
Alpha-Mu chapter of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon last Wednesday night to
serve for the coming year.
Rouse, a junior in chemical engineering,
is a newly chosen member
of Blue Key, a member of
Tau Beta Pi, and will be business
manager of the Plainsman next
year. Rouse has served for the
past year as treasurer of the Auburn
chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
He will succeed John Dem-ing,
of Evergreen, in the post of
president.
Chosen with Rouse were two
other Montgomery boys, who will
serve in the other two high offices.
They were Woodie Hubbard,
vice-president, and Ed Harris,
treasurer. Goree Johnson of Camden,
Arkansas, is the new recorder,
and John Pierce, Fort Ben-ning,
Ga., will serve as correspondent.
Band Concert Will
Be on Mothers' Day
Program Begins at 4 : 30
In Graves Amphitheatre
The Auburn Band, under the direction
of P. R. Bidez, will be presented
in an outdoor concert on
Mothers' Day afternoon, May 11,
at 4:30 o'clock in the Graves Center
amphitheater. If the weather
should be inclement, the concert
will be held in Langdon Hall.
The 60 piece concert band is one
of the best and most skillful that
Auburn has had during the last
several years. Its full instrumenta- j
tion and capable musicians are ex- j
pected to make the one and one-1
half hour concert one of the best
musical offerings of the year.
The complete program has not
yet been announced, but it is understood
that the music will vary all
the way from symphonic and operatic
selections to some of the better
modern American compositions.
The student body and the public
are invited to attend the concert.
Concert Will Begin
At 8:15 in Langdon
The men's and girls' glee clubs,
and the mixed chorus of the two,
will be presented in concert next
Tuesday night in Langdon Hall.
The program will begin at eight-fifteen,
and is free to college students
with student activity books.
Prof. Lawrence Barnett, director
of the glee clubs, has announe
ed the complete program, which
will include a solo by James Over
ton, baritone, and a duet by Anne
Tamblyn, soprano, and Overton,
Accompanists for the glee clubs are
Madge Jarrard and Ralph Moody.
The mixed chorus will open the
program with two numbers, "The
Ash Grove", arranged by Marry-ott,
and Grieg's "Solvej's Song".
The girls' glee club will follow
this with "Czecho-Slovakian Dance
Song", "Where Heaven Is", and
"Come Along and Dance".
Next will be three numbers by
the men's glee club. They will sing
"Dance, My Comrades", by Bennett,
"I Won't Kiss Katy", Yugoslavian
folk song, by Smith-Asch-enbrenner,
and Cain's "Roll,
Chariot!"
James Overton's solo has not yet
been selected.
The mixed chorus will begin the
second half of the performance
with "German Folk Song", arranged
by Reibold, and "Softly, As in
a Morning Sunrise" (New Moon),
by Romberg.
The girls' glee club will sing
"Out of the Dusk to You", followed
by Whiteman's popular "Wonderful
One". The concluding number
of this group will be "Ciribiribin".
A group of Negro songs will be
sung next by the men's glee club.
First of the spirituals will be "Go
Down Moses", followed by "All
God's Chillun Got Wings". Foster's
"De Camptown Races" will close
this trio of Negro songs.
Anne Tamblyn, soprano, and
James Overton, baritone, will collaborate
on "Nay, Bid Me Not Resign,
Love", from Act One of "Don
Giovanni", by Mozart.
Concluding the program, the
mixed chorus will sing Dvorak's
"Goin' Home", from the "New
World Symphony", and the Auburn
"Alma Mater", by Wood.
Severely handicapped this year
Second Players
Concert to Be
Sunday in Center
The second concert of recorded
music in a series sponsored by the
Auburn Players will be held at
2:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon in
the Graves Center Amphitheater.
No admission will be charged for
the concert.
The program, which was announced
this week by Prof. Telfair
Peet, will be as follows:
The March from the Caucasian
Sketches of the Russian composer
Ippolitow-Iwanow; "Don Quixote,"
by Richard Strauss; "The Sunken
Cathedral," by Claude Debussy.
After a brief intermission, the
concert will be concluded with the
Symphony from the New World,
by Anton Dvorak.
by the scarcity of voices for certain
of the important parts, the glee
club has not appeared in concert
on the campus this year, with the
exception of the few well-received
.numbers given at the ODK Musical
Miscellany. Diligent search on
the part of the glee club members
uncovered enough voices to fill the
needs of the organization, and Prof.
Barnett will present a well-balanced
musical aggregation, according
to reports from recent rehearsals.
Members of both men's and girls'
glee clubs follow:
Girls' Glee Club. First sopranos
—Kathryn Blake, Anne Tamblyn,
Mary Guarisco, Barbara Stevens,
Sarah Jackson, Helen Ktause,
Louise Lipscomb, and Janet Cloud.
Second sopranos—Jean Beasley,
Mary Ella Funchess, Sarah Bennett,
Aleene Mook, Billie Owen,
and Ruth Blair.
Altos—Nanette Eager, Dorothy
Allen, Catherine Norton, Sara
Frances Godfrey, Minnie Tippins,
Marjorie Walls, Christine Carlisle,
Arragene Martin, Evelyn Alison,
Donna Hathaway, and Evelyn
Knapp.
Men's Glee Club. First Tenors-
Fred Bryant, John F. Pope, Roy
Wilson, Judson Cleveland, Whatley
Carlisle, Edward Henderson, and
Erskine Vandegrift.
Second tenors — Allen Clapp,
Herbert Hinds, Alton Jordan, Robert
Mathews, Richard Somerville,
C. E. Westbrook, John Clopton,
Sam Mayo, and Barrett Collier.
First basses — Ernest Capell,
Walter B. Kelly, D. W. Moody,
James Overton, Horace Williamson,
and Clyde Ware.
Second basses—William Byers,
C. D. Wood, Steve Conner, and
Harold Malone.
Accompanists — Madge Jarrard
and Ralph Moody.
McClanahan Selected by Co-ops
To Serve on Student Cabinet
Coeds Consider
Corsage Question
At Convocation
The WSGA placed before the
coeds at convocation yesterday the
question of doing away with corsages
for Auburn dances next year.
A general discussion was held, in
which it was pointed out that this
added luxury did not seem quite
in keeping with conditions elsewhere
today, but no definite action
was taken.
There was some feeling among
the girls that it was up to the boys
to make this decision, according to
Elizabeth Wheeler, president of
WSGA. A vote is scheduled for the
next regular convocation, which
will be two weeks from yesterday.
Miss Wheeler stated that the
girls would welcome an expression
of opinion from the boys on this
question, either in the form of letters
to the editor of the Plainsman,
or by resolutions' adopted by
different campus organizations.
Gilchrist Takes
Oath to Office
Elizabeth Wheeler in
Charge of Installation
Installation of new officers of
the Woman Student Government
Association was held yesterday
morning at the regular coed convocation
held at the Methodist
Church.
Elizabeth Wheeler, president of
WSGA presided at the installation
services.
The following girls took the
oath of office: Nelle Gilchrist,
president; Sara Culpepper, vice-president;
Mildred Brown Davis,
secretary; Marjorie Prince, treasurer;
Emma Nelle Parrish, town
representative; Betty June Baker,
president of Dormitory 1; Emma
Jean Vick, vice-president of Dormitory
1; Binnie Ross, president
of Dormitory 2; Mary Edith Fo-shee,
vice-president of Dormitory
2; Martha Hicks, president of
Dormitory 3; Wynona Parker,
vice-president of Dormitory 3;
Margaret Weller, president of
Dormitory 4; and Mary Elizabeth
Pritchett, vice-president of Dormitory
4.
Parent's Day to Be
Celebrated at API
On Sunday, May 11
Parents' Day will be celebrated
at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
on Sunday, May 11, which is
also Mothers' Day. James Reynolds
is in charge of arrangements.
The churches of Auburn are cooperating
in planning and presenting
the Sunday morning programs.
Fraternities are planning
Mothers' Day and Parents' Day
.dinners, and the interfraternity
Softball championship game will be-played
that afternoon.
A Mothers' Day Concert will be
given by the Auburn Band at 4:30
p.m. in the Amphitheater, or, in
case of bad weather, in Langdon
Hall. P. R. Bidez, director of the
Auburn Band, will conduct the concert.
Kappa Delta
Kappa Delta Sorority entertained
with a miscellaneous shower in
the chapter room Wednesday night
honoring Mrs. Marshall Conner,
nee Helen Moates.
Refreshments carrying out the
Kappa Delta colors of green and
white were served to the guests.
Lila Mae Watters presided at
the punch bowl and the pledges
assisted in serving.
Many lovely gifts were awarded
to the honoree.
ROTC Notice
It was announced this morning
by Major Watts that no uniforms
will be worn to drill Tuesday,
May 6. This order was given in
order that students might send
their uniforms to the laundry and
have them returned for the Military
Review, which will be held
Saturday.
Sphinx, Players, Dance Club To
Give Spring Festival Tonight
110 Co-ops Cast Votes in First
Election of Co-op Representatives
Harvey McClanahan was elected to the post of Co-op
representative to the Executive Cabinet at an election held
last Wednesday. McClanahan, a junior co-op in the School
of Electrical Engineering, is from Hartselle, Alabama.
There were only two candidates for the position, Fred
Henning being McClanahan's only opponent. Henning is
a junior from Birmingham and is the president of the
Mitec Society, a co-op organization. He is also enrolled in
Electrical Engineering.
Thefa Epsilon
Holds Initiation
For Neophytes
Banquet Held Thursday
Night for the Newly
Initiated Members
Theta Epsilon, honorary home
economics society, had a formal
initiation banquet for its newly
chosen members Thursday night,
April 24.
New members, who are chosen
for outstanding scholarship, leadership,
and professional interest in
the field, are: Janet Cloud, Gun-tersville;
Floris Copeland, Loach-apoka;
Sara Culpepper, Cuba;
Mary Lazzari, Daphne; Virginia
Lowery, Birmingham; Ann Paf-ford,
Montgomery; Mary Florence
Roberts, Auburn; Mattie Belle Tabor,
Owens Cross Roads; Annie
B. Waters, Muscogee, Florida; and
Claudia Weinman, Decatur.
Also attending the banquet were
Miss Lilly Hester Spencer, faculty
adviser, Mrs. Dorothy D. Arnold,
Ag Cllib Banquet Frances Hodge, president, and
^ - - j , -KTM i /> other members.
To Be on May 10
The Ag Club annual banquet and
dance will be held on Saturday,
May 10. Then banquet will be a t
6:30 p.m. at the Baptist Church.
Dr. H. V. Carson, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church of Montgomery
will be guest speaker for the
occasion. Mr. P. O. Davis, Director
of the Extension Service, will be
toastmaster.
The Ag Club diplomas, which are
awarded each year to seniors who
have successfully completed the requirements
of this organization,
will be presented by Dean M. J.
Funchess of the school of Agriculture.
The amendment, that provided
for a co-op representative to the
Executive Cabinet, was added to
the constitution by the vote of the
student body in the election of
April 4.
All co-op freshmen, sophomores,
pre-juniors and juniors were allowed
to vote. However, the majority
of the voters were freshmen
and over half were voting in
their first election. This was also
the first election to be held for
the co-ops. The only poll for the
election was at the Ramsay Building.
The official count was that McClanahan
received 59 votes and
Henning polled 51 votes. The candidates
had to qualify the same
as the regular candidates in the
regular school elections and in
addition, had to be juniors.
The group of co-ops that are
now working and who will return
this summer will then hold an
election to select their candidate
for the co-op representative. The
other representative to the Executive
Cabinet will serve while the
present group is at work, or from
December to March.
A' Club Kid Party
The Auburn "A" Club will present
a "Kid Party" and dance tomorrow
night at 8:30, in Alumni
Gymnasium.
The Auburn Knights will play
for this affair, making their last
appearance of the year, on the
campus. The Knights will play this
summer at beach resorts on the
Atlantic Coast.
Ticket price f o r tomorrow
night's Kid Party is fifty cents,
couple or stag.
Prizes will be awarded at the
dance for the best costume.
Beta Kappa Kween
Badminton
The mixed-doubles badminton
tourney will be played Saturday,
May 3. The tournament will be
open to all students, and anyone
who is interested is urged to sign
the entry sheet at the Intra-Mural
Office in Alumni Gym. The
matches will start at 1:30 on Saturday
afternoon in the Gym.
Events Are Slated
For Amphitheatre
By REDDING SUGG
The annual API Spring Festival
will be sponsored in the Graves
Center amphitheater tonight at
7:30 o'clock by Sphinx, women's
honor society, the Auburn Players,
and the Dance Club.
Ann Tatum, Kappa Delta from
Opelika, will be crowned Queen of
May, having been selected by a vote
of the women students. Miss Tatum
is a senior in the School of Education,
president of Cardinal Key,
member of Kappa Delta Pi, and
listed in Who's Who of Students
in American Colleges and Universities.
Attendants in the Queen's Court
will be Ann Pafford, representing
Chi Omega, Martha D. Vest from
Pi Omega Phi, Frances Hodge
from Alpha Gamma Delta, Hazel
Garrison representing Delta Zeta,
Margaret Nash from Theta Upsi-lon,
and Ruth Price representing
the independent women students.
President L. N. Duncan will
crown the queen just prior to the
conclusion of the program, with
Carol Ann Barnett acting as flower
girl and Bob Duncan as crown
bearer.
The Auburn Players will present
the Goldsmith comedy, "She Stoops
to Conquer". The setting of the
famous play is in and near the
home of Squire Hardcastle in rural
England in 1773.
Members of the cast have been
previously announced, but Albert
Gaines and William Frazier have
been replaced in the roles of Squire
Hardcastle and Tony Lumpkin by
Jim Burt and Bobby Haas.
The Dance Club under the direction
of Mrs. Louise Eprte will present
several dances in keeping
with the spirit of the play and of
May Day. The dances will be presented
for the Queen's entertainment.
The Scrubwomen's Dance, the
Bar Maids' Dance, and a minuet
will complete the program.
Members of ODK, men's honor
society, will act as ushers.
At the conclusion of "She Stoops
to Conquer," there will be a brief
pause during which the judges will
confer prior to the awarding of the
Auburn Players' cup for the finest
character creation of the year.
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Kernie Hawkins, local coed in the School of Education, will lead
the Beta Kappa dance tomorrow night with Bill Ellner, chapter
president.
Page Two THE P L A I N S M AN May 2, 1941
Twenty Years Ago
And College Education
The article from which we quote here
appeared in a southern newspaper twenty
years ago. It was mailed to the Plainsman
from an anonymous person in
Tampa, Florida, with the following
typed note attached: "This article of
twenty years ago which knocks college
training should make a good story." We
think it does make a good story.
UNNECESSARY ALARM
A few editors have commented on the
theories which were advanced over at
South Bend, Indiana regarding the future
trend of affairs in the United States.
The entire matter would have died a
normal death had not a reporter written
the following story.
A strange new banner has been hoisted
to the philosophical breezes which
may in time shatter everything that
Nicholi Lenin now advocates for it holds
that the greater portion of all social
problems are basically psychological and
not economic or political.
In one sense of the word this is rank
heresy and the eyebrows of the Notre
Dame University professor who corrected
the paper must have little as he read
. on: "We are permitting materialistic
factors to influence our social thinking
and are paying too little attention to the
important and fundamental question of
developing and preserving the mental
well being of our one hundred and five
million citizens."
"If we are not to see an enormous increase
in the size of our penitentiaries
and asylums" the paper continued, "We
must start with the home and train prospective
parents to give as much attention
to the mental side of children's lives
as to their bodies."
Strange doctrines these. But listen to
the next paragraph. "In neglecting the
spiritual side of life and emphasizing
the acquiring of material wealth we are
slowly but surely forging a new kind of
society. If enormous quantities of goods
are to be produced they should be consumed
by the masses we have taught to
desire them.
Under our present plan we stress the
matter of production but leave the question
of consumption unsolved. Unless we
turn to psychology, science, religion,
economics and sociology for the answer
to this problem we may in time see a
repetition of what happened four years
ago in Russia."
A warning note was struck when the
writer toward the end of his dissertation
said: "What has happened to that
spirit of mutual assistance which motivated
our grandparents in their daily
lives. Greed for things material and the
lessening of spiritual values is so undermining
the basic security of the individual
that government may be forced
to intervene. Here again, a dangerous
new factor is rearing its head for we
must not forget that such supervision is
costly. Good government is always the
government that is required to govern
least."
While space does not permit us to reprint
more of the story which was written
regarding the theories of Malcolm
Hatfield the Notre Dame student who
hails from Milford, Indiana, it can readily
be observed that the embryonic Hoos-ier
Philosopher is even more of a dreamer
than Nicholi Lenin.
The University of Notre Dame, instead
of encouraging its students in flights of
unrealistic fancy, would do well were it
to limit its teaching to more practical
matters. Colleges should inculcate in
young men and women a spirit of hope
for the future instead of sowing seeds
of doubt and discontent in their plastic
and easely moulded youthful minds. As
for Malcolm Hatfield and his doleful
theories the harm has already been
done. We prophesy that he, like many
others whose minds were warped in college
will end up by becoming a janitor.
Those Tennis Courts
Student interest lately has been concerned
with the problem of tennis courts
and where to find them. We investigated
and unearthed a little information
about the college courts now under construction
which should be of interest to
tennis-loving students.
The spot selected for the courts is as
rolling as the rest of the ground around
Auburn, and over 50,000 cubic yards of
dirt has had to be moved to get the space
in condition for any real work on the
courts. Since only convict labor is available
and because of the lack of proper,
equipment, this job has taken considerably
longer than was expected.
Mr. Sam Brewster, Director of Buildings
and Grounds of API, expects at
least half of the proposed courts to be
in playing condition by the middle of
the summer, and the remainder by the
beginning of the fall season.
The ten courts are being constructed
on West Magnolia. They will be made
to the best specifications available, will
be surrounded by high grade fence, and
will have steel posts for the nets. The
grounds will be landscaped, with steps
between the banks of courts and an
abundance of seats for onlookers.
The ten courts will be divided into
banks of five, one of these on a terrace
above the lower set. Also, five of the
courts will be blacktopped. The college
is endeavoring to make these tennis
courts as fine and as "bang-up" as is possible.—
D.W.A.
CAMPUS CAMERA
Corner Congestion
We may be old fashioned by writing
such as this but we believe something
should be done about it. This big problem
I am referring to is in regards to the
congestion of some of the main corners
of our downtown intersections. At certain
times during the day the crowds of
students (mostly boys) which congregate
on these corners force some of the
citizens to go out in the curbing to get
around.
We are not reprimanding the students
for standing on the corners and making
a lot of noise that adds to the general
confusion, but we ARE reproving them
for making such a barrier that the
townspeople and other students have to
go out in the street to pass by.
In every argument there are two sides,
but in this case the side which says that
they will inconvenience the rest of the
student body and the townspeople just
because they want to stand out in the
sun and talk is decidedly the wrong side.
There is a certain club that could do
a lot to rid us of this unfavorable condition
if they would. We are wondering
if they won't try it and then notice the
improvement that will be the natural result.
Everybody will appreciate their efforts.—
G.H.
Challenge to the Clomerata
The staff of the Plainsman takes this
opportunity to challenge the staff of the
Glomerata—if that staff is not too disrupted
— to a softball game, time and
place to be decided between the staff
members.
We remember that football game —
and know that the Glomerata does.
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Text books are a peculiarly marked kind of literature because their
principal aim is Education; and, Education being beset with bizarre
and complicated theories, texts tend to divide into several more or
less unpleasant categories. The text books under which I have labored
have convinced me that books should hardly ever be written specifically
as texts. Instead of formal texts the variety of English literature
should be used to obtain original instead of rehashed information.
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All of which goes back to the idea of a university's being a collection
of books, an idea which apparently cannot become a practicality in our
present kind of American colleges. The modern collegiate would not
get much of any kind of education if he were left to dig it out as he
willed, and to resort to collections of books would be to decimate the
enormous college population of the land.
* * * *
If, then, we must stick to text books, we need to devote a lot of
attention to making them better. Text books should either look to their
literary quality or be frankly factual, like ROTC handbooks; for the
common half-way measures result in lengthy, expensive volumes in
which the facts are more or less conscientiously sugar-coated with a
lot of verbiage. The fact that text books are seldom good reading is
indictment enough to pull authors up by their ears and to force
selecting faculties to demand good books.
* * * *
In Tuesday's issue of the Plainsman I noticed a petition signed by
a number of students who announce that they intend to be the spark
plugs of a campaign to remodel Samford Hall. I have never been ambitious
enough to imagine painting, re-flooring, and refurnishing the
entire building, but I have often wondered why the lobby is not made
presentable. The lobby is API's reception room,- the spot on the campus
to which almost all visitors and strangers come. To unaccustomed eyes
it must look like some kind of barn.
* * * *
Three people have expressed surprise to me that the college has
glee clubs, the appearance of which in the ODK Miscellany astonished
many Auburn students. The nonenity of the glee clubs is no doubt due
in part to the odd malaise of Auburn's school spirit which has resulted
in decentralization of student interests to the degree that campus organizations
are mostly isolated groups. But it does seem unfortunate
that the choruses do not bestir themselves to more frequent local concerts.
* * * *
Every now and again a little-advertised movie comes along and
proves to be the best of a season. "Flight from Destiny", which played
here last week, is the kind of movie which many theatrical people anticipated
when they declared in the twenties that the film industry
would kill the legitimate stage. This movie is free of the usual Hollywood
over-dramatization of an aenemic plot. It boasts thoroughly good
acting and a refreshing use of the reason in a worthwhile story.
* * * *
I have owned a copy of Roget's Thesaurus for several years. I
bought it mainly because it is nearly always to be found on the desks
of famous people together with Bartlett's (Continued on page 4)
Weather or Not
By BEVERLY KILIAN
Whether or not it's been the weather which has affected usually
sane persons, and caused them to behave in a most insane manner, or
whether it just happens to be one's selection of associates who need
not be affected by anything to behave peculiarly, cannot be ascertained
except by an impartial observer. But weather or not, in the past week
strange scenes have been seen on the campus.
One which can be definitely attributed to the weather, occurred
Thursday at noon during the 'little shower' which rained drops containing
no less than a gallon apiece. Three coeds being downtown
when the rain started, and it being only five minutes until dinner
in ye old quadrangle, decided they couldn't wait for the weather to get
over being temperamental. They made a dash for the first half-block,
then decided they couldn't get any wetter, so strolled leisurely across
the campus. When they passed Langdon, their hair looked like seaweed
in its native habitat, their shoes could have comfortable quartered
fish, and they didn't need to send their clothes to the laundry
to be washed.
These same little coeds were seen the next day walking to Ag hill
wearing goloshes and raincoats, and carrying umbrellas, although the
sun was beaming brightly.
The only recreation which wasn't subject to weather is the picture
show, and we're not sure whether or not that is, after, a remark we
overheard Friday, when "Flight from Destiny" was showing, someone
whom rainy weather affects by making him daydream, replied,
when asked what was on, "Destiny Rides Again."
Others are affected in various ways. Someone answered the 'phone
in Graves Center with, "Grave yard. What can we dig up for you."
No one would have had time to think up that had they not been kept
in by the weather.
Whether or not the weather continues being so weepy remains to
be seen. But if it does, watch for the strange scenes seen. Or, since
this is Auburn, weather or not, there'll be strange scenes seen.
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 Plainsman received word
Tuesday morning from Prof. V.
W. Lapp of the physical education
department, that the department
is doing its very best to alleviate
the archery range situation.
He stated that they made a
search Monday, but that they
were unable to find a suitable
place for an archery range.
* * *
Prof. Lapp also stated that
shooting was only permitted during
class hours when student traffic
is at a minimum, and he promised
that there will be a permanent
archery range when, college
opens in September.
* * *
We are glad to hear that some
action has been taken, and we
hope that the department will be
successful in locating a new place,
even if the new place is as far
away as the Girls' Gym. Although
shooting does take place only during
class hours, one girl has already
been injured, and there is
the possibility that it may happen
again.
* * *
Possible temporary places for
archery ranges might be the corner
of the stadium suggested by
Bob Chisholm, the field behind the
Girls' Gym, the field where there
will be in time, we hope, some
tennis courts, and the baseball
field or Bullard Field, when these
are not in use.
* * *
We've just heard about the
Negro who was passed by the
physical examiners for selective
service, but who was found, when
he showed up for a recheck, to
have one wooden leg!
* * *
We feel a bit ashamed of ourselves
in filching this article from
the filch columnist's files, but we
couldn't resist the temptation.
The editor of The Daily Reveille
at LSU came across a baseball
game write-up in going over some
class assignments in a journalism
course. It is unusual in that it was
written by a girl, with a typical
feminine viewpoint.
We quote:
By JANE PEARSON
"April 2, 1941—The sun shone
brightly and a warm April wind
blew gently over the scant 300
persons in the Tiger baseball stadium
this afternoon as Larry Gilbert's
Nashville Vols played the
Shreveport Sports in a good, but
not exciting or thrilling, game.
"The Shreveport team was
dressed in gray and black suits
worn over red sweat shirts and
striped socks of red, white and
black. Their caps were white with
black visors.
"The Nashville Vols wore gray
uniforms trimmed in red. These
were worn over white shirts. Their
socks were red, and the caps were
dark blue.
Base Callers Now
"The two base callers, those who
stood near first and third base
and told their team mates when
to run, were dressed in white
pants and red satin jackets.
"The umpire for the bases was a
pudgy fellow dressed in a black
suit and a black cap; the umpire
who called the strikes wore blue
trousers and a black shirt, a most
unharmonious color combination.
He was heavily laden with thick
pads and wore an unbecoming
mask over his face.
"Only four women in the audience
wore hats, and none of these
is worth comment.
A Bit Disinterested
"While the regular team was
playing, the substitutes remained
in the dugout talking to one another
or stood about pitching back
and forth. Peanut vendors selling
unparched peanuts rambled over
the stadium, and several small
children who were just about as
interested as this correspondent
wandered away from their parents
only soon to become lost and to
start crying.
"The final score was 4-3 in favor
of Shreveport."
* * *
Something new to us . . . we
spotted one coed, who has recently
been on campus or restrictions,
we don't know which, for failure
to make the eleven o'clock roll
call at the dormitories, who doesn't
intend to have this happen
again. She carries an alarm clock
on all dates.
* * *
Unexpected things we would
like to see happen. . . .
The Montgomery Rebs win a
ball game . . . Auburn outfitted
with plenty of good tennis courts
. . . eight o'clock classes abolished
. . . spring holidays observed
every few weeks . . . success for
the movement we hear is afoot to
do away with the practice of giving
corsages for Auburn dances.
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Kutest Kon-fider,
konfides that she believes
that "Southern Bell must get tired
of replacing telephones on the
corner of Gay and Opelika Road.
The mortality rate on those poles
seems rather high."
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
Well its been almost four years
since the class of '41 broke into
Auburn, with those of us who
came in alone on the train asking,
"Where's that college". Yes
almost four calendar years and
only one month short of four
school years. There certainly have
been some changes in these four
years. Why we even remember
when Europe was in comparative
peace, when ASCAP music was
free to everyone. A way back then
there was only about one strike
per week instead of twenty as at
present, no president had even been
elected for but two terms—that
was one prestige that could not
be broken. America had never had
a peace time conscription, in fact
compulsory military service was
only for Dictators to toy with;
why it wasn't even practical, but
just look at us now. But this could
go on hours, such a great many
changes have taken place, some
good, but many that must be
changed back before our lives will
be normal again.
All of this action of worldy importance
certainly attracts one's
attention from smaller things of
local importance which only affect
a small number of people.
Here right under our own noses
things have happened and have
been noticed at the time then
seemingly forgotten. As an instance;
when the class of '41 entered
in the fall of of '37 it was
only a few short weeks 'til the
first football game and pep rally
came off. Gosh was that swell!
What a chance to let off a little
steam and let the team know we
were behind them; win, lose, or
draw; and say those pep rallies
were held at night too when all
the table waiters could come. No
one had to go to class, in fact
everyone that was able to be up
and about was there. Heck, we
didn't know that college could be
such fun. We thought that all
those stories we had heard were
just fakes, but no, it was the real
McCoy. Then suddenly in the fall
of '40 these swell pep rallies stopped.
Well, there was a little griping
but not much. There was too
much happening outside to worry
much over a pep meeting. Let the
freshmen go out to the stadium
between five and six, if they don't
have a class, and listen to a few
fine speeches. What a disillusion
this would have been to us in '37.
Why the class of '37 would not
have let anybody treat its freshmen
like that. But what did we,
the class of '41, do when they
mistreated our freshmen? The
answer is obvious. We have been
soundly and peacefully asleep.
During the first 3% years,
about 3 times yearly a big set
of dances was held. Some more
or less famous orchestra was obtained
to play. Some boys who
were not in frats and had no other
chance to have one big weekend
had their One and Only down
and a hilarious time was had by
all. Some of those dances even
lasted until one A.M.! That's
right, remember? But this too has
slipped into extinction. Did we object?
Well feebly, but that is O.
K. we are going to have a senior
party. A nice homey one too if
anyone ever has time to count
those votes. We are fitfully slumbering
on.
Peculiar things have happened
on this campus this year. They
are too numerous to mention but
everyone knows of some of them
anyway. How come all this screwy
stuff in this supposedly democratically
governed institution?
(Continued on page 5)
May 2, 1941 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Scabbard and Blade Neophytes
Begin Week-end Initiation
Flag Ceremony This Morning Opened
Hectic Period for Twenty-seven
The twenty-seven neophytes elected recently to Scabbard
and Blade are still a long way from being members
of the honorary military fraternity.
Today they began a hectic three-day program of initiation.
At seven o'clock this morning they reported to the
members of Scabbard and Blade, at the flagpole in the
rear of Samford Hall for a flag-raising ceremony. They
wore full uniform, with gray
shirts, blouses, and no decorations.
Temporarily dismissed in time
for eight o'clock classes, the neophytes
were ordered to report to
each professor, as his name was
called on the roll of the class, in
this manner, "Good Morning, Professor,
So and So, I'm glad to be
here."
Upon meeting members of the
society throughout today, neophytes
greeted them with their
rank, being required to recognize
each member in this manner. Between
classes they called thousands
of imaginary men and hundreds
of imaginary battalions,
batteries, and platoons to attention,
and gave them orders for
passing in review. Not satisfied
with the neophytes knowledge of
present methods of "passing a battalion
in review", the members
insisted that the initiates be able
to command the imaginary groups
in the manner in use before the
revision of military drill commands.
The neophytes were required to
be able to sing, at any time requested,
the song "Boogie Woogie
Bugle Boy of Company ' B ' " in
the manner of the Andrews Sisters.
In addition to this, they were
required to learn a complicated
definition of "leather" and to repeat
this definition unfalteringly
when requested to do so.
Two more songs on the "must
know" list of the neophytes were
"The Caisson Song" and the
campfire ditty, "B-A-Ba, BeE-Be,
Etc."
This afternoon at four o'clock
the neophytes are scheduled to be
present for the opening of the
week-end of drill. They are to
carry full packs, containing shelter
halves, blankets, canteens, and
all the other necessities of the
soldier on the march.
For supper, the initiates will
march en masse to one of the
local restaurants with the members
of the society for the meal.
Neophytes were required to carry
exactly fifty-one cents in their
pockets throughout the day, to finance
this dinner.
After supper, the neophytes
will begin an all-week-end series
of camps. They will pitch their
pup tents at some place on the
campus, break camp within an
hour, and move to another location.
Prom there they will proceed
to another location, within
another hour, and so throughout
the remainder of the night.
Saturday morning the neophytes
will report to the members at 9:30,
to prepare for the traditional battle.
Signs will have been placed
on the campus directing the stu-'
dents to the battlefield. The neophytes
have been divided into two
groups, representing the Greeks
and the Italians. These groups
will meet in battle at 10:00 on the
field in front of the Chemistry
building.
Weapons in the conflict will include
flower sack bombs and rubber
guns. The two sides, the
Greeks dressed in white, and the
Italians in black, will battle with
these weapons until a halt is called
by the members of Scabbard
and Blade.
At the noon hour, the neophytes
are required to have dates on the
Beta Kappa's Hold
Initiation for Eight
Thirteenth Man of
Year Is Initiated
At the recent initiation held by
the Sigma Chapter of Beta Kappa
eight men were taken into the fraternity.
This was the regular
spring initiation of the chapter.
Previously an initiation was held
in which five men were inducted
into the chapter. The new men
are given below with the men at
the first initiation following:
Preston Davis; Arthur L. Feas-ter,
New Orleans, La.; Albert L.
Gaines, Birmingham; C h a r l es
Ham; David J. McKnight; Homer
Weaver, Theodore; Dale Wise,
Birmingham; Jack White; Jim
Barganier; George Weaver, Birmingham.
The pledges initiated at the
first initiation are:
Richard Greeson, Cedartown,
Ga.; Norman Hall, Tarrant; Bernard
Jenny, Dumant, N. J.; Harry
DeWitt, Birmingham; and James
Morgan, of Mobile.
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field in front of the chemistry
building, for the annual initiation
banquet. The food for the
initiates will be prepared there in
a black washpot.
Allowed a short period of rest
following the "banquet" the neophytes
will return to action at 3
p.m. at the stables to "work off
demerits" obtained during the initiation.
These demerits will be
given by the members to the
pledges for any misconduct during
the initiation.
The traditional Scabbard and
Blade ride will take place after
supper tomorrow. The initiates
will ride their horses backwards,
with McClellan saddles without
stirrups, for ten miles.
The initiation will close with a
formal ceremony at sunrise Sunday
morning.
Majority of College Students Not
Under Influence of "Wrong" Doctrines
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The -Dies committee has often
pointed a finger at colleges and
universities in various parts of
the nation, sometimes accusing
faculty members for the spread of
un-American 'ism'. Just how much
such propaganda is being spread
through pedagogical methods will
perhaps n e v e r be accurately
known.
But it is possible to measure at
least how many students think attempts
are being made to influence
them. Student Opinion Surveys
of America has taken the
question directly to the collegians
who some defenders of Americanism
claim are being taught to believe
in the "wrong" doctrines:
"Have you ever felt that a faculty
member while teaching in a
class was attempting to influence
you in favor of nazism, fascism,
communism, or socialism?" The
answers of a representative sample
of students taken the country
over were these:
No
Yes -_.
79%
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not purposely 3
(A very small number, about 2
per cent, told Surveys interviewers
they did not know. Their "no
opinion" answers were not included
in the tabulations.)
The above figures must be interpreted
with reservations: The
students who answered were typical
American collegians, and all
classes of students were represented,
but each student's own
definition of the "isms" and of
what constitutes propaganda in
favor of those doctrines no doubt
conditioned each answer. Just the
same, these are the answers they
gave to the question, asked everywhere
exactly as worded.
Perhaps even more significant
than the mere figures above is
the fact that the poll makes possible
the location of the sections
of the country where students believe
this "teaching" of isms is
more prevalent. The Eastern
schools represented in the survey
show a much larger proportion
Says He Was with
Dahl in the Spanish
Civil War in 1938
By JIMMY GILBERT
Don Newbold is the fiction
writer's dream of a perfect soldier
of fortune. He is good looking,
well educated, and he has
probably been through more things
of interest in his 25 years than
most men twice his age.
He arrived in Auburn yesterday,
via thumb carrying a battered
suitcase that has been
through three London bombings,
and looking very "soldier of for-tunish".
This is the story that he
told to us.
In the last four years, Newbold
has had such experiences as fighting
for both sides in the Spanish
Civil War, meeting Italy's great
flyer, Count Ciano in an air duel
and vanquishing him. He has served
Britian as a member of the
Merchant Marine, and in line of
duty has had three ships torpedoed
from under him.
He has faced death many times
in these years, and he spent three
months in a Spanish Nationalist
prison awaiting execution with
the much publicised "Whitey"
Dahl, American flyer who was
rescued from Franco's firing
squad by the pleas of his pretty
blond wife.
He is at present on his way to
New York, where he will take a
boat for England. He is returning
to join the RAF. His father is an
instructor and his brother is a
flight officer at the present time
in the Royal Air Force, so he
feels that as he can fly, he should
return to fight for the British.
But in spite of all his adventures
and his precarious manner of
living, he dreams of someday settling
down in a quiet place and
raising dogs — the "seeing eye"
dogs for the blind . . . quite some
feat for a swashbuckling soldier
of fortune!
Don is half English and half
American. At the beginning of
the present war in Europe. Don's
father and brother, who are also
adventurers at heart, went at
once to England to join the Royal
Air force. The father had been an
officer in the United States Army
previous to his returning to England.
Their home is in Cleveland,
answering in the affirmative,
while in the South and especially
the West only a few students say
they have detected any attempts
to influence them.
There is strong evidence, according
to the records of previous
polls taken by Student Opinion
Surveys, to support the belief that
on Eastern campuses there is
greater activity in this field than
anywhere else. One of the first
polls this organization ever conducted
nearly three years ago
pointed out that Eastern students
had felt a larger incidence of attempt
to influence them on the
campus; that time the question
was not limited to the class room.
Again this year in February Student
Opinion Surveys found the
loudest cry in that same section
of the country for continued study
and definition of the "isms" in
their college classes as a need for
safeguarding democracy—with the
provision that in such courses
there should be "teaching, not
preaching."
Ohio, and at present Don's mother
is there.
On finishing high school here
in the U.S., Don joined the navy
in 1934. While in the service he
learned flying, and he came out
with around ten hours in the air.
In 1938 he sailed for Spain,
with the idea of joining up with
the Americans, under the leadership
of Dahl, who were fighting
for the Loyalists. When he landed
in Barcelona, the Nationalists
were in control of the city, so he
was forced to join their air force,
made up of, as he said, "mostly
Italian and Russian flyers, with a
few Germans mixed in."
"I wasn't interested in working
against my buddies," he said, "So
one day I flew my ship on over
the lines and set down on Whitey's
field and joined up with them. It
was easy."
In the months that they fought
against the Nationalists, he and
another American, Pete Morrison,
became very good friends of Dahl,
and their friendship led them to
being captured together and sentenced
to be executed. After being
captured and sentenced to
death by General Franco, he and
his friends were thrown in prison,
where the officers in charge
amused themselves by 'practicing'
the execution.
Bribed guards and poor Spanish
whiskey finally stopped the practicing.
The three Americans made
it a point to stay as drunk as possible
for the remainder of the
three months of their imprisonment.
The pleas of Dahl's wife and
the work of the American consulate
in Spain finally secured the
release of the three Americans.
Before Don could get out of
Spain, the British had declared
war on Germany so he went to
Britain with the idea of joining
the RAF. The arising of the question
of losing his American citizenship
decided him in favor of
enlisting in the British Merchant
Marine.
He has been on three ships
which have been torpedoed by the
enemy. He took part in the evacuation
of Dunkirque, as an able
seaman on the tug "Champion".
In their work of picking up fallen
flyers, they were hit by a "tin
fish", but no one was hurt.
His second brush with "tin
fish" came just off Gibraltar,
where he spent over 24 hours in
the water awaiting rescue. Later,
in mid-Atlantic, he swam around
about a half-hour before a convoying
destroyer* picked him up
after his ship had been sunk.
"There's plenty of money in
this game too," he said when asked
about rates of pay for professional
soldiers of fortune, "but
there are plenty of lean times too.
At present I am pretty low, because
the ship I was on, the 'Explorer'
left me in Mobile when
she picked up a convoy on short
notice, and it took all my stuff
with it."
"I'm kfnda glad I got left
though," he added, "On the return
trip, the boat was torpedoed
and 49 of the crew were lost."
He smokes nervously and continually,
and we thought to ask
about the prices of various things
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Kernie Hawkins to
Lead with Ellner
Auburn's fraternity dance season
will be closed tomorrow night,
with the annual spring dance of
Sigma Chapter of Beta Kappa fraternity.
Miss Kernie Hawkins, of Auburn,
will lead the dance with the
Beta Kappa president, Bill Ellner.
The Auburn Plainsmen will provide
music for the affair.
The dance will begin at 9 o'clock
in Graves Center.
The Center will be decorated
with the fraternity colors. There
will be an orchestra stand backdrop
of roses on a white lattice,
with a break in the green vines to
cover it in the center for a coat
of arms about four or five feet
high. The other end of the hall
will feature a Beta Kappa Pin on
a purple background.
Following are the members and
pledges of the fraternity and their
dates for the evening:
William Bittner, Betty Douglas,
Charlotte, N. C.; Daniel Bittner,
Clotene Bodiford, Mobile; Wilber
L. Shriner, Betty Garman, Auburn;
Homer Weaver, Margaret
DeWitt, Birmingham; H a r o ld
Caudle, Dorothy Norman, Fort
Deposit; Bernard Jenny, Georgine
Hawkins, Auburn.
in England compared to the prices
here. "Cigarettes are pretty expensive—
about 60 cents a pack
in American money."
He went on . . . "Food is cheap
though. You can get two eggs,
chips (fried potatoes) and coffee
for less than ten cents, American
money. A half-pint of beer, better
than this here for a farthing,
which is less than one-eighth of an
American cent."
His rate of pay in the Merchant
Marine was about $60.00 per
month in our money. He expects
to make more in the RAF.
His very decided views on the
war might be interesting to today's
sweating statesmen. He
says that the British people have
expected the entrance of the
United States all along. He has
read back issues of American papers,
and he feels sure that things
in Europe are not as black as they
are pictured by the press releases
of the countries involved.
He doesn't ever worry about
getting killed, because he is also
sure that he will die in bed of
pneumonia, or some other quiet
sickness.
Nice outlook, eh what?
George Weaver, Mary Jane
Weaver, Birmingham; Allen J.
Miller, Rosalie Bell, Mobile; Albert
L. Gaines, Kite Benton, Birmingham;
Harry DeWitt, Avis
Middleton, Birmingham; Arthur
T. Feaster, Benja Frederick; Richard
Greeson, Grace Burton, Auburn;
Jim Barganier, Ciola La-marr,
Birmingham; M. A. Champion,
Edith Champion, Wadley.
Other members attending will
be: Preston Davis, Jack White,
Willis Boone, Charles Ham, Flynn
Morris, Fred Morris, Perry Smith,
Bobby Pickens, Canty Worley,
Marion Montgomery, Dale Wise,
Frank Rosser, James Weatherwax,
Norman Mallett, Ralph Mehan.
THIS WEEK
The Auburn Grille
ANNOUNCES THAT
Hoyt Hall
has been selected to receive
a Steak Dinner for his outstanding
service to Auburn
during the last three years.
The Salemite estimates that
each student in Salem college
pays approximately $1.25 for each
hour spent in class.
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Each week the Auburn
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student to receive
this award.
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Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN May 2, 1941
Tiger-Gator Frosh Will Also Perform
In Track Meet at Auburn Stadium
By JOHN PIERCE
Two of Dixie's most potent and versatile track; forces
collide tomorrow afternoon in Auburn Stadium as the
traveling Plainsmen of Auburn play host to Percy Beard's
Gators in a meet that should stack up as a thriller from
start to finish. The doings should begin at about 1:00
o'clock, with the home Tigers out from the first gun to
revenge last year's defeat by Florida which came as the
first dual loss suffered by an Auburn track team since
1937.
There arej^fenty of reasons why
these Plainsmen are currently being
looked to as LSU's most serious
threat in the SEC tournament
in Birmingham and cinder
fans attending the meet tomorrow
are certain to see them
enumerated in full. With a squad
which shows strongly in both the
running and fielding events Coach
Hutsell is now whipping into climax
shape one of his best balanced
aggregations in years at the
Plains.
A cause for plenty of smiles
down in the cinder hollow is the
return of Charlie Finney, ace
dash man, to duty. Though a member
of the squad all along Chuck
has been hampered and kept from
action by pulled leg muscles, but
now is back in shape and a sure
performer tomorrow. With Finney
and Bud Wendling on the dash
ticket Auburn will bid strongly for
top ranking in this field.
John "Cannon" Ball, sophomore
two-miler who's picking up a reputation
as a guy who just can't
lose a race will enter that event
tomorrow as a hands down favorite.
He took top honors at the
AAU meet. Running with him in
the two mile will be another soph,
Jim Robinson who grabbed off a
fourth in Atlanta against some of
the South's best.
Hugh Maddox, probably the
biggest single surprise package of
the squad, takes up after heaving
the discus for a first in Atlanta
and stands as a favorite to cop
this event.
Most dependable and consistent
track performer now with the
Tigers is Capt. Jim Stephenson,
one of the Southeastern Conference's
most capable weight men.
Jim was there at the AAU confab
with the rest of" 'em and made
himself conspicuous by taking a
Auburn-Florida Meet Here Tomorrow
Tigers Favored in
Third Dual Contest
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Auburn's ranking hurdle man is Babe McGehee who is expected
to place high in tomorrow's events against Florida. He's showed well
in every meet this year, won a third in the low hurdles and a fourth
in the highs at the AAU.
Auburn's Resident NYA Boys Have New
National Chief — Harry V. Cilson
<JoHfl) C 3f)J~L.
-AiieoRM -
John Ball is the SEC cross country
champ, now runs in the two
mile race for the varsity track
squad. He too won his event last
week and will go after another
record tomorrow in Alumni Stadium.
Winner of first place in both
the mile and the 880-—that's the
mark set Saturday at the AAU
meets by Dudley Tyler, Plainsman
soph streak who will run here
tomorrow.
Saturday
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first in the shot put and a second
behind Maddox in the discus
Alternate-Capt. Jim Holley runs j
the 440 and 880 events and won |
a second and fourth, respectively, j
last week. A veteran from last
year Jim headlines the Auburn
contingent in these two events, j
Dud Tyler, sophomore winnerj
of the mile and the 880 in Atlanta,
shows as one of the most
promising newcomers in years. He
will perform in this pair of events
tomorrow.
Pole vault king Hoyt Hall will
bear the attention of everybody
in Auburn Stadium as he goes up
Appointment of Harry V. Gil-son
as Chief of the Resident Center
Section of the National Youth
Administration was announced today
by NYA Administrator Aubrey
Williams.
Mr. Gilson will have charge of
NYA resident work centers, of
which there are now approximately
600 in operation with an employment
of about 30,000 young men
and young women. Approximately
90 additional resident centers with
a capacity of 11,000 young people
are in the process of being
established.
A native of Pembroke, Maine,
Mr. Gilson was educated in the
public schools of The state. He
attended Centre College, Temple
University, and did graduate work
at Teachers' College, Columbia
University, where he reecived his
Master's Degree.
Prior to joining the staff of the
National Y o u t h Administration
Gilson was employed by the American
Can Company and was en-m
lady from
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and in the air, because Hoyt last
week shattered a standing AAU
record with a leap that measured
13 feet, 2% inches.
Tiger hurdle array is led by
Babe McGehee and features Bob
Morton and Jim Seay. McGehee
has been groomed to take the
place of Chuck Morgan and thus
far has shown as one of Coach
Hutsell's most consistent. scorers.
Herbert Burton, Ty Irby and
Frank Manci will represent Au- j
burn in the broad jump; Burton,
Stephenson, and Hall will enter
in the high.
Jack Brush and Ernie Reed,
two newcomers to the squad who
have shown strongly thus far will
round out the selections upon
which Auburn's heavy pointage
hopes are based. Reed runs the
440, Brush the 220.
gaged in vocational education in
New York and in New Jersey. He
came to the NYA in January,
1938, as Supervisor of Related
Training at the Quoddy Regional
Project, Eastport, Maine, and was
later Director of that project. In
August, 1940, he was transferred
to the NYA Regional Office in
Cleveland where he was in charge
of resident center projects for the
eleven north central states and
the District of Columbia. He was
subsequently made Assistant Regional
Director for this region.
Gilson is married. His official
station will be in Washington.
Dr. David Rubio, head of the
Romance language department of
Catholic university of America, is
visiting Spain and Portugal to
collect additional volumes for the
library of congress.
Omega Tau Sigma
Initiates Eleven
Last Wednesday night the Zeta
chapter of Omega Tau Sigma held
initiation ceremonies for eleven
new members. The initiates were:
Hugh A. Bassham, Bethel, Tenn.;
James E. Brown, Rich Square, N.
C.; William D. Caplinger, Frank-fortj
Ky.; Joseph M. Davis, Albert-ville,
Ala.; Hamilton Edmiston,
Easton, Md.; James M. Fancher,
Wilton, Ala.; Earl R. Mackery,
Jacksonville, Fla.; Timothy A.
Monk, Goldsboro, N. C; William
W. Putney, Farmville, Va.; Joe L.
Sledge, Greensboro, Ala.; John M.
Waters, Manassus, Va.
•HUGH /V7/«>Z>OX
Hugh Maddox placed number
one in the discus throw in Atlanta,
will be a chief Auburn hope
in that event in the Tiger-Gator
meet.
Beta Kappa's Beat
SAE's 5 to I in
Softball Battle
Advance to Playoff in
Inter-frat Competition
With a decisive 5 to 1 victory
over SAE behind the steady hurling
of Norman Hall, Beta Kappa's
softball aggregation advanced
to the playoff in inter-fraternity
competition.
The game was high-lighted by
the slugging of Norman Mallett,
who batted in three Beta Kappa
runs. Shannon, SAE centerfielder,
connected for a circuit clout to
give the losers their initial run.
Beta Kappa's record for the season
is as follows: Beta Kappa 3,
Lambda Chi Alpha 0 (corrected);
Beta Kappa 14, Alpha Lambda
Tau 4; Beta Kappa 15, Phi Delta
Theta 5; Beta Kappa 5, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon.
General Delivery
(Continued from page 2)
Quotations and a dictionary, and
the thing is a canker in my happiness.
I've developed a complex
because I can't figure out how to
use it. It is the most baffling book
I know.
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This time of year I always think
maybe my chosen career should
be.that of an ornithologist. I have
no desire to hunt birds to kill
them, but they fascinate me as
much as snakes are supposed to
fascinate them. I itch to get my
hands, on them, even though I
know they are not particularly
pleasant to hold and pet. I have
a private system of classification
which would horrify a scientist,
and what with the -flowers blooming
and the birds migrating, I feel
like a real naturalist.
The world's greatest storehouse
of petroleum information is being
assembled at the University
of Texas in a library of driller's
"logs" for every oil and water
well in Texas.
A majority of women students
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the men barely average two dates
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May 2, 1941 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Five
Fees for Summer
Listed in Bulletin
Sixteen Dollars
For First Term,
Thirteen Second
The Summer Session bulletin of
Alabama Polytechnic Institute for
the 1941 summer school was released
last week by Dean Zebulon
Judd, director.
The bulletin stated the fees for
the summer session, including registration,
tuition, and incidental
fees, for the normal load of six
semester hours, as $16.00 for one
term and $13.00 for the other, or
a total of $29.00 for the entire
summer.
These fees comprise a charge
of $3.00 for registration, payable
once for a single term or for the
whole summer session, an incidental
fee of $1.00, payable each
term, and a tuition fee of $2.00
per semester hour.
In laboratory courses, as in
regular session, small fees are
charged to cover the cost of materials.
In regard to laundry rates for
the summer, the catalog states:
"In order to secure more satisfactory
and economical laundry service,
the college has for a number
of years maintained a contract
with the Ideal Laundry of Auburn,
to handle the laundry and
dry cleaning for the summer session
as well as regular session students.
Under this contract the
laundry fee for summer session
students, for five weeks of each
term, will be at the following special
rate: For laundry, pressing,
and dry cleaning, $5.00 (not to
exceed $3.00 per week at the regular
rate).
"Under the contract between
the college and the Ideal Laundry
this service is required for all undergraduate
men students except
married men and those who reside
at their homes while attending the
summer session. It is optional for
all women students and for graduate
men students."
The college nursery school will
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run for the first term of the summer
session only. Fees for children
attending this school, those between
the ages of 20 and 56
months, are $3.00 for registration
and $6.00 for luncheons for
the term. Application for registration
of children for the nursery
school must be made on or before
May 15, to Mrs. Marion B. Richardson.
There will be special fees for
small classes, made up of undergraduate
students of fewer than
ten in number, and graduate students
fewer than five in number.
"No courses," according to the
bulletin, "may be changed or refunds
made later than Saturday
noon of the first week in each
term. In no case is the registration
fee and incidental fee returned.
Tuesday, June 3, is Registration
Day for the first session. Students
may register later, but late
registration will be penalized by
proportionate reduction of work
and credits allowed.
Lectures for the first session
will begin promptly on Wednesday,
June 4. Regular exercises will be
conducted on Saturday, June 7
and 14, to" make up for the two
days missed for registration.
In regard to class attendance,
the catalog states, "There are
twenty-nine school days in the
first term and thirty in the second
term of the summer session.
Students are required to attend
all classes. Excused absences must
be made up by the preparation of
special assignments. Permission to
be absent from a class must be
secured from the Summer Session
Director before the absence is incurred;
otherwise the absence
may not be excused and the makeup
privilege will not be granted."
Cost of living in Auburn for
the summer, will range from
$25.00 to $36.00 for the forty-day
period of the first term, for
room and board in private homes.
For the thirty-five day i second
term, prices will range from
$22.50 to $30.00.
In the women's dormitories,
room and board rates are as follows:
Two persons in a room, first
term, $35.00; second term, $29.00.
One person in a room, $39.50,
first term; and second term,
$32.75.
Persons desiring a directory of
private boarding houses or of
private houses and apartments
available for rent should make request
of the director of the summer
session.
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Summer Session Calendar
JUNE 3-AUGUST 16
I. FIRST TERM—JUNE 3-JULY 11
(Saturdays Not Included)
June 3 Registration
June 4 Lectures Begin
June 2-13 Auburn Band Camp
June 3-7 . . Institute for Leadership in Health and Physical Ed.
June 9-13 Reading Conference and Clinic
June 19-20 Institute on Community Building in Alabama
June 20 ! Summer Session Festival
June 23-27 Institute on School Administration
June 24-25 State Garden School
July 2-3 Institute on Conservation
July 4 , Independence Day
July 10 and 11 Examinations
NOTE: School will be in session Saturday, June 7 and 14, to make
up for June 2 and 3.
II. SECOND TERM—JULY 14-AUGUST 16
(Saturdays Included)
July 11 and 12 Registration
July 14 Lectures Begin
July 26 ; College Night
August 15 (Friday evening) Commencement
Students Pessimistic in Regard to War
Situation Says Student Opinion Survey
Regarding the war, campus opinion
is again today shown on the
pessimistic side.
Step by step, we hear every
day, the United States is getting
closer to war. The nation's youth,
many of whom are already in the
service of the country, look on
apprehensively. College men mark
time in the classroom, awaiting
their June call to the draft army.
Bull session topic number-one is
this: "Will we have to fight Germany
again? When?"
But modern war has taken a
new twist. Few countries have officially
"declared war" recently.
Others, and especially the United
States, appear to be fighting economically
and diplomatically without
the actual shooting of guns.
Does college opinion hold that
our aid to Britain and other democracies,
our attitude toward
Germany, in effect constitutes
"war"? To bring campus thought
into focus on a nation-wide basis
Student Opinion Surveys of America
presented this question to a
sampling of t h e enrollment:
"Would you say that the United
States is in effect already at war
with Germany?"
The results:
Yes, said 76 per cent
No, said 24 per cent
(Only 1.3 per cent said they
had no opinion on this issue.)
Three-quarters is a heavy majority
and leaves no doubt as to
the tenor of student opinion regarding
our current part in the
European conflict. This is not to
say, however, that American students
want to go to war. In numerous
polls Student Opinion Surveys
has found college youth favors
doing all we can to stay out.
A few months ago a majority disagreed
with the general public
(Gallup poll) in saying that it is
more important to try to keep out
of war than to help England, at
the risk of being involved.
But this latest survey again
brings out the rather pessimistic
attitude expressed last month:
that a slight majority believe the
U.S. will eventually have to fight.
Sectionally, opinion on whether
we are in effect already at war
with Germany divided quite uniformly
:
Yes No
New England 78% 22%
Middle Atlantic 68 32
East Central 81 19
West Central 85 15
Southern 77 23
Far West 72 28
Book List for Week of April 18 to 23
Is Released by Six Campus Libraries
College Students
Polled on Feelings
About Education
Last year the National Education
Association had Dr. George
Gallup conduct a survey that revealed
only 17 per cent of the
adults in this country feel too
much importance is being placed
on education these days.
What about college training? It
is the advisability of higher education
that often causes debate—
"The colleges are over-crowded
. . . we are grinding out bachelors
of art as if by machinery . . .
look at men like Ford and Knud-sen
who never went to college."-
Student Opinion Surveys of
America has taken the question
directly to that group of nearly
a million and a half young Americans
now going through the process
of higher education.
Do they feel that the idea of
going to college is being emphasized
too much, about right, or
too little?
Every fourth student that the
interviewers contacted answered
"yes, there is too much emphasis."
A slight majority of 51 per cent
declared '"just about right," and
the rest said "too little."
More men than women believe
there is over-emphasis on college
education, the results of the poll
show. This is perhaps to be attributed
to the greater demand
for "college men" than for "college
women that has been in vogue
for some time.
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Elliott, English Poetry of the
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Peattie, Geography in Human
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The Manners and Customs of the
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Devils in the Flowery Kingdon;
Cotterill, The Old South; Laugh-lin,
So You're Going South!;
Lumpkin, The South in Progress;
Drums and Shadows; Poncins,
Kabloona; Michie, Dixie Demagogues;
Verrill, Our Indians;
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Riesenberg, Golden Gate.
Agriculture
Day, An Introduction to World
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Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation; Fas-sett,
Hayfever Plants of the Middle
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Architecture
Giedion, Space, Time and Architecture;
Rodenwaldt, The Acropolis;
Pirath, Aerodromes, Their Location,
Operation and Design;;
Wendehack, Golf and Country
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Art Education; May, 101
Roughs, a Handbook of Advertising
Layout, Etc.; Birren, The
Story of Color.
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Deming, Fundamental Chemistry;
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Letters to the Editor
(Continued from page 2)
Certainly we didn't VOTE down
pep rallies and big dances.
It is customary to present some
legacy to the junior class. May
we the class of '41 bequeath the
class of '42 the noble task of preserving
student freedom at API,
a task which we have, sadly to
say, completely neglected. This
task should include the proper informing
of the students as to important
actions on the campus,
another item neglected to too
great an extent in the past year.
Sincerely,
W. A. Chapman '41
G. B. Clarke, Jr. '41
C. H. Ham '41
A. T. Feaster '41
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Page Six T H E P L A I N S M AN May 2, 1941
Auburn Closes Out SEC Play
With Games Against Florida
Motley Hurls Plainsmen to 7-3 Victory
Over Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Tuesday
Gainesville, Florida, is the scene of today's and tomorrow's
Plainsman baseball warfare as Coach Jimmie
Hitchcock's nine rounds out 1941 Southeastern Conference
play with a pair of games against the Florida 'Gators.
Heartened by the two wins of this week over Georgia
Tech, who previously had dropped but two decisions in
12 games played, the Tigers will attempt to move above
the .500 mark in conference play. To date they have won
four games, two each over Geor-gia
and Georgia Tech, and lost N Y A Orchestras
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four, a pair to each of the same
teams.
Marvin Motley Wins
In Atlanta Tuesday Marvin
Motley took the mound as a starting
pitcher for the first time this
year and made good as he hurled
the Plainsmen to a 7-3 win over
the Jackets. He gave up eight hits
and limited the losers to but one
scoring inning, that a rapid burst
which saw three runs cross.
Smokey Fernandez, who had
before beaten the locals on Drake
Field, was ineffective and the
Plainsmen hit almost at will.
Following the two games with
Florida Auburn comes home to
close out with Oglethorpe next
week.
R. C. Stanfield
To Lead A.S.C.E.
For Coming Year
At the last meeting of the American
Society of Civil Engineers,
officers were elected for the coming
year. These officers are R. C.
Stanfield, Jr., of West Point, Georgia,
president; J. A. Jones of Per-dido
Bay, Alabama, vice-president;
C. C. Middleton, Birmingham, secretary;
and J. M. Barton, Lynn,
Alabama, treasurer.
Symphony orchestras of the
National Youth Administration
will broadcast a series of Sunday
concerts dedicated to the contribution
of foreign-born citizens to
American democracy over the
Blue Network of the" National
Broadcasting Company beginning
Sunday May 18, it was announced
today by NYA Administrator Aubrey
Williams.
This series of nation - wide
broadcasts — "NYA, Music for
Americans"—is sponsored by Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mayor
Fiorello H. LaGuardia, of New
York City, and Mrs. James C.
Petrillo, President of the American
Federation of Musicians.
The May 18 broadcast will be
heard over NBC Blue Network
stations from 3 to 3:30 p.m., Eastern
Daylight Saving Time. On May
25 and thereafter the program
will be carried over NBC Blue
Network stations from 6:30 to 7
p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving
Time.
A steak fry will be held at
Wright's Mill, Monday, May 5, at
5 p.m. The steak fry will be the
annual spring social for the society.
Golf Tournament
Begins on May 1
Participants Must Play
Rounds by Friday, May 2
The annual intramural golf
tournament will take place on the
Auburn Country Club golf course
on the afternoons of Thursday and
Friday, May 1 and 2.
The number of entries from each
fraternity is not limited but the
participants must play their rounds
by Friday, May 2, at the latest.
Results of matches played later
than that date will not be considered.
To be played on the same dates
will be the all campus tournament,
a freshman tourney, an
open division meet, and a faculty
tournament.
Fencing for freshmen will take
place on Thursday and Friday of
this week. Awards will be given
the winner and runner-up.
Further information on the above
events may be had by calling the
intramural office in Alumni Gym.
SPORTS PEN
By JOHN PIERCE
The programs have been arranged
so that various geographical
areas of the United States will
be represented. In the series of
broadcasts it is proposed to pay
tribute to the various national
groups who contribute to American
democracy by playing music of the
Old World from which they came
and of the New World to which
they have expressed allegiance.
This theme of American unity will
be further emphasized on each
broadcast by a commentator.
The first broadcast will present
the National Youth Administration's
Symphony Orchestra of New
York City and the program will
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Among other marks shattered
last week at the Atlanta AAU
meet was the old Auburn freshman
pole vault record which was
broken by Jimmy Noble, freshman
from Ben Hill, Georgia. Jimmy
went the distance of 11 feet, 6
and % inches.
Currently featured with the
Auburn trackmen it one Ulus
Light, freshman from Arab, whom
the guys let go as "Alley Oop".
Oop was out throwing a baseball
one afternoon when he happened
to pick up an idle javelin and
gave it a leisurely flip. Th' damn
pole came down some 155 feet
from its starting point and now
Alley Oop is working for Coach
Hutsell. Away from the track he's
a football guard and guitarist-yodelist
supreme. But by far his
most awe inspiring accomplishment
is the act where he picks
up a rock, flips with one finger,
and sends it whistling clear out
of Auburn Stadium. . . . Among
ex Auburn tracks guests who have
been by to watch the cinder squad
work out are Chuck Morgan, Jack
Cagle, Monsy Gresham, Bobby
Dickinson, David Sprinkle, and
Dutch Heath.
Coach Hutsell likes to tell the
one about the kid from Drake
who, once during the four mile
relay at the Drake Relays, reach-down
to pull off his warmup pants
and nervously but unknowingly
got rid of a pair too many, then
raced a mile around the track to
the sound of the most thunderous
ovation that ever before came
from 8,000 throatsTT. . Freshmen
members of the track squad are
the Hereford twins of Gurley, Ala.
The two take off around the track
together, match stride for stride,
and always cross the finish line
in unison. The coaches have slapped
a white shirt on Bledsoe and
a dark one on Clark—they're that
hard to tell apart. . . . One of the
most improved men out now is
Jim Robinson, who has worked
himself into a first class distance
runner.
* * *
Football starts again with Coach
Jack Meagher cracking the whip
to work up an exhibition for the
May 10 celebration. The championship
aspirations which were so
bright a few weeks back are now
under question in that the draft
is pointing at the front line of
API's grid talent. Openly in line
for the army are Bill Yearout,
Fagan Canzoneri, and Henry
Monsees, with others looking conditions
over and applying for admittance
to air corps camps.
* * *
A letter to Mr. "Don Newbold"
— (re: story on page 5).
Dear World Traveler:
We don't know now whether
you're hunting lions in Africa,
shooting at the Count, helping
with the evacuations at Dunkirque,
swinging on a chandelier somewhere
in Buckingham Palace, or
just hitch-hiking through Opelika,
but think we might help you along
for your next stop.
We sat and listened while you
took us with you and Whitey Dahl
through Spain, Gibralter, England,
France, and hell, then to
Auburn. That all went by without
any very bad slips. But, Don,
you'd better check up on one
thing that can ruin the works.
It's that newspaper clipping you
.carry around and exhibit as a picture
of your "ship's football
team." It may look like a ship's
football team to you but to any
sap who's ever opened a sports
page it's the most revealing picture
of John Kimbrough and his
Texas Aggies you could find anywhere.
Lambda Chi Alpha's and Thefa Chi's
Lead in Intramural Softball Wins
Rew Team Leads for Week
In Independent Division
Ten fraternity games and five
independent games have been played
this week in intra-mural sports.
Lambda Chi Alpha and Theta Chi
led the fraternity division by winning
two games each.
The Lambda Chi Alpha's defeated
Alpha Lambda Tau and Phi
Delta Theta by the scores of 4 to
3 and 12 to 4 respectively. Wins
by the Theta Chi's were over Pi
Kappa Phi with a score of 9 to 5
and over the Kappa Alpha's with
the score of 11 to 9.
Other scores in the fraternity
division were Beta Kappa 15, Phi
Delta Theta 5; Delta Sigma Phi
6, Alpha Tau Omega 0; Sigma Nu
20, Sigma Pi 2; Pi Kappa Alpha
11, Omega Tau Sigma 1; Sigma
Chi 6, Alpha Gamma Rho 2; and
Alpha Psi 31, Tau Epsilon Phi 8.
In the independent division, the
Rew's led for the week by defeating
Terrells by a score of 18 to 2 and
receiving a forfeit over the "220
Club" 2 to 0. The FFA club scored
four runs to defeat the Thach
team, which scored three runs.
Both of the other games in the
division were forfeits in favor of
the Night Hawks over East Glenn
and G.C.I, over the Terrells.
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music. On June 8 the NYA
Symphony Orchestra of Chicago
will feature a program of Polish,
Hungarian, and American music.
On June 15 the NYA Symphony
Orchestra of St. Louis will feature
a program of French and American
music. On June 22 the NYA
Symphony Orchestra of Oklahoma
City will feature a program of
Spanish and American music and
on June 29 the NYA Symphony
Orchestra of San Francisco will
feature a program of Russian and
American music.
This symphonic series is part
of the NYA's broader music program
which has as its major objective
to fit young people for
jobs by giving them practical experience
and otherwise assisting
them in obtaining private employment.
This series of broadcasts is
being presented as a public service
by the National Broadcasting
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