1940-09-27 The Plainsman

              Beat That
Bulldog! 77i£ VlourtdmarL Give 'Em
Hen, A u b u r n!
"AUBURN—the friendliest college in the United States"
~ VOL. LXIV Z-I ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, SEPTEMBER 27, 1940 No. 6
Students Pour Into Capitol for Howard Game
THOSE FIGHTING TIGERS . . .
(Plainsman Staff Photo—Lewis Arnold)
Probable starting lineup of those great Auburn Tigers who will open the 1940 season against Howard in Montgomery tonight. Left
to right in the line: McGehee, Bulger, Wise, Chrietzberg, Mills, MacEachern, Faulk. In the backfield, left to right, Happer, Deal, Cheat­ham,
and McGowen. The backfield is tops, the line is still a question mark. But watch those Tigers go.
Tigers Tackle Howard Tonight
Annual Is Taking
Student Pictures
S t u d e n t s W i l l R e c e i ve
C a r d s for A p p o i n t m e n ts
"Shooting" for the Glomerata
pictures started yesterday morn­ing
and will continue only as long
as it is necessary to have all the
students' pictures taken. Accord­ing
to the staff of the 1940-41
"Graft Wave", this will probably
take about six weeks.
Kirk Newell, business manager
of the annual, has given certain
suggestions in order that the pho­tographer
will be able to get bet­ter
portraits. These suggestions
are as follows:
FOR MEN ONLY: Wear a fresh
shirt, be sure that the tie is
straightened, the hair combed,
feel interested in the ordeal, be
pleasant, and by all means wear
a dark coat.
FOR WOMEN ONLY: All co­eds
should wear something simple.
They should not use rouge, only
a little lipstick of a light shade,
and brush the eyebrows and dark­en
them if necessary. Arrange
your hair so that it will look neat
and well groomed. Greet the pho­tographer
with a smile, relax and
be your own charming self.
First Game Between
Schools Since 1933
McGowen and Deal Lead Best Backfield in
SEC Against Bulldogs in Opening Contest
By JOHN PIERCE
Tonight at 8 Jack Meagher's Auburn Tigers brace them­selves
against the first onslaught of America's toughest
football schedule and resume one of their oldest rivalries
when they collide with the Bulldogs of Howard College un­der
the floodlights of Cramton bowl in Montgomery.
Less than a handful of minor injuries remain to hamper
the Plainsmen and a full squad will show themselves keyed
up and ready to take on a Howard group that makes up
in ability for a bemoaned lack in
numbers. The Bulldogs, n ow
coached by former Ramsay High
School m e n t o r , "Cannonball"
White, take the inaugural spot
from Birmingham-SQuthern, whose
withdrawal from intercollegiate
grid activities occasions the re­newal
of a series started back in
1903.
Tonight's game is the twentieth
between the two teams and the
first since 1933, when Auburn
punched out a 19-0 win. Nineteen
of the contests have gone to the
Tigers, the other terminating in
a 9-9 draw. These figures, how-
Our Two Coed Cheerleaders Have Like
And Unlike Tastes in Food and Boys
M a r g a r e t a n d D o t t i e to
* Yell at B a t t l e T o n i g ht
To lend a helping hand to the
many admirers who would like to
have an inside track with our
cheerleaders, Dorothy N o r m an
and Margaret McCain, we talked
with them, and this is what we
found out.
As to ambition these gals have
it! Dot is taking home demonstra­tion
and plans to work — for a
while at least. Margaret is taking
an art course. She wants to be a
commercial artist.
._We notice that Dot and Mar­garet
have quite a few things in
common, especially where food is
concerned. Both like fried chick­en
and anything chocolate. Maybe
the way to one's heart doesn't ap­ply
exclusively to males after all.
Both name football as their fav­orite
sport. Both also name danc­ing
as one of their favorite pas­times.
But when we asked about men,
the answers were different. Mar­garet
likes brunettes, but she says
there may be exceptions. She says
he should be a good dancer and
full of fun — "dopey" was her
word for it. Dot requires that they
be easy to look at. She likes boys
with whom she has something in
common and who are easy to talk
to. By the way, she names talking
as one of her favorite hobbies.
ever, mean little. The nation
hasn't forgotten the Birmingham
eleven of not so many years ago
which blinded an Alabama Rose
Bowl team with a 7-7 deadlock in
the seasons' first game, and maj­or
teams still go into games
against the Bulldogs with acute
fears of another such upset.
McGowen in Top Condition
Captain Dick McGowen is now
in the best condition of his foot­ball
career and ready to use his
190 pounds more effectively than
ever before. His kicking during
practice sessions again stamps
him as probably the top collegiate
punter of the year. Added to this
is his accuracy in passing details,
greater running power, and an
uncanny ability at conversions.
Rufus Deal holds the fullback
job and will be heavily counted
on. He still runs like the 10:30
freight, is as hard to stop, and
should, barring injury, fulfill All-
Conference talk.
(Continued on page 6)
Organizations to
Draw Dance Dates
R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of A ll
G r o u p s Must B e P r e s e nt
Dance dates for the 1940-41
social calendar will be arranged
Monday afternoon at the Student
Center.
R. T. Young, Chairman of the
Interfraternity Council, announc­ed
this week that all organizations
interested in setting a date for
giving a formal dance should send
a representative to the drawing.
Each year organizations are
given a chance to select the dates
for their dances by drawing ten­tative
dates and signing up for
the use of the auditorium at
Graves Center. In this way, the
social calendar for the entire year
is fixed at one time.
Organizations included are all
fraternities, sororities, and honor
societies interested.
PROBABLE
Auburn
Faulk L.E.
McClurkin __L.T.
Mills(a-c) _-L.G
Chrietzberg _C-W
i u R.G
Bulger R.T.
McGehee . . . R . E.
Happer R.H
Deal F.B.
Cheatham __Q.B
McGowen(c) L.H
LINEUPS
Howard
Goldman
, Payne
Drake
. _ Gladney
Sibley
Taylor
__ Watkint
Taylor
__ Zobrosky
Hause
Morgan ( c)
Frat Financial Croup
Meets Monday Night
The first meeting of the Inter­fraternity
Financial O f f i c e rs
Council will be held next Monday
night at 8 in Samford Hall, Room
301, according to an announce­ment
this morning by Jim Mor­gan,
president of the group.
Two men from each fraternity
are required to attend this meet­ing
and the attention of all of
Auburn's 20 fraternities is called
to this fact.
The Financial Officers division
of the Interfraternity Council
was organized last year in Febru­ary.
The group was formed to
"permit exchange of plans and
ideas which will benefit the fra­ternities
on the campus." The fi­nancial
group cooperates with the
housemothers of the various fra­ternities
who have a similar or­ganization.
FFA-FHA
There will be an informal joint
meeting of the FFA and FHA on
Saturday night, September 28 at
eight o'clock. The meeting will be
held in front of the boys' gym.
ROWDYISM
(An Editorial)
Well, fellows, we did it again
last night, didn't we? We yelled
our heads off and then ran out,
went wild and "tore up the town."
I guess we showed those upper-classmen
that we are not pikers
when it comes to "raising cain."
And say, fellows, how about the
surprised look on the faces of
those motorists whose way of
travel was blocked by the freight
cars we moved across the high­way.
And wow, this "greasing the
tracks" is some fun, just like that
upperclassman told us it would be.
And didn't we make the college
officials "boil over" with our in­nocent
pranks, which were just in
good fun as we all know.
This is really rich, fellows. Did
you hear that "dopey" upperclass­man
who said that we shouldn't
do such things, that we honestly
ought to be ashamed of ourselves,
that if we had any sense of de­cency
among us we wouldn't act
like a bunch of rowdy high school
kids or a bunch of idiotic nitwits,
and that the college might take
away the right for us to have pep
rallies. Why, fellows, that guy was
just plumb crazy. The college ain't
going to do anything to us.
And then there was that other
upperclassman who said "Confi­dentially,
freshmen, you stink.
Anyone who has acted like you
have tonight, does not belong in
this institution. We don't want
you here if this is the way you
are going to act. The other stu­dents
and the college officials are
thoroughly disgusted with such ac­tions."
That fellow was crazy, too,
wasn't he, fellows? Come on,
gang, let's raid the picture, show.
Parade,Mammoth Pep
Rally to be Staged
90-Piece Band and Cheerleaders to Lead
Throng Through Streets of Montgomery
Several thousand Auburn students and friends of the
school boarded trains, buses, planes and automobiles today
enroute to the state's capitol city for the first game of the
season and the first in seven years with Howard College.
Kick-off will be at 8 in Montgomery's Cramton Bowl,
tonight. Between the time that this edition of the Plainsman
rolls off the press and the football rolls off the kicker's toe
at the referee's starting whistle, excitement will have risen
to fever pitch over the re-open-
Engineers Meet
On Monday Night
A general convocation of all
freshmen and sophomore engineer­ing
and chemistry students will
be held in Langdon Hall, Monday,
September 30, at eight o'clock.
Plans of the Engineering Coun­cil
in regard to Engineering Semi­nar
and Engineers' Day will be
discussed. Engineering Seminar is
a required subject for all engi­neering
students and carries one-third
hour credit per semester.
All freshman and sophomore
engineering students are requir­ed
to attend this convocation.
ing of an ancient rivalry between
the roving Tiger and the Battle-scarred
Bulldogs.
Pep Manager Boots Stratford
stated yesterday that there would
be an Auburn-Howard radio pro­gram
over WSFA at 5:15 this af­ternoon.
Dr. L. N. Duncan and
Student Body President Jim King
will give short talks. Headcheer-leader
Chick Hatcher will be on
hand to direct the pep end of the
program.
A special train from Auburn
will arrive in Montgomery at 6:15
this afternoon, bringing in a
throng of game-bound students.
Arriving on this train will be the
Great Auburn Band, which ranks
next to the football team in im­portance
as an attraction.
The band will form in front of
the Union Station immediately at
6:15, some 90 pieces strong. Stu­dents
with orange and blue
streamers, on foot, in automobiles
and jalopys, will trail the band
from the station to Court Square,
where Headcheerleader C h i ck
Hatcher and his five yell artists,
Margaret McCain, Dottie Norman,
Joe Gandy, Davis Gammage, and
Dick Peck will conduct a pre-game
pep rally.
At the stadium, the Auburn
contingent will occupy the East
Stands, with the band in the cen­ter
section. Freshmen have been
urged to wear rat caps to the
game.
The cheering squad will be re­splendent
in new uniforms of
gaudy blue and orange, with
sweaters and jackets to match.
They will surprise old grads with
a volley of completely new yells,
including one that promises to be
a student favorite—"Aw, Nuts."
Between halves of the game the
Auburn Band will parade on the
(Continued on page 6)
Tau Kappa Alpha
To Sponsor Three
Debate Contests
A l l e n N a m e d P r e s i d e nt
Of Local C h a p t e r of
H o n o r a r y D e b a t e Group
Tau Kappa Alpha, national
honorary debate fraternity, at its
initial meeting this week elected
A. C. Allen, senior in ag educa­tion
to the position of president.
Kirk Newell, PiKA, senior in me­chanical
engineering, was named
vice-president.
TKA will sponsor three debate
tournaments on the Auburn camp­us
this year, it was announced to­day.
Entrants to the freshman de­bate
tournament would be accept­ed
only until the end of this week.
First-year-men and women who
wish to enter, and have not done
so already, are asked to leave
their names with Prof. E. D. Hess
in the Classroom Building.
There will be a coaching class
for freshmen debaters Monday,
Sept. 30, at 7:30 p.m., in Room
123 of the Classroom Building.
Prof. E. D. Hess and some of the
senior debaters will conduct the
class. The first round of the
freshman tournament will begin
Oct. 7, so it is imperative that
freshman debaters be at the meet­ing
Monday night. The varsity
tournament for upperclassmen is
to begin Oct. 21.
TKA has laid out plans for this
year's Interfraternity D e b a te
Tournament. It is to begin Octo­ber
28.
THEY YELL . . .
(Plainsman Staff Photo—Lewis Arnold)
Auburn's six cheerleaders shown above will be on hand at tonight's opener with Howard College in
Cramton Bowl in Montgomery to lead API's several thousand supporters. Left to right, Joe Gandy, Head
Cheerleader Chick Hatcher, Margaret McCain, Dottie Norman, Dick Peck, and Davis Gammage.
AND EAT 'EM UP TIGER!
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Auburn's Part
In National Defense
In the event that the United States
should have to enter the present World
War that is going on in Europe, Auburn
and Alabama would play a great part
in our national defense. Even now Ala­bama
is rapidly becoming recognized as
one of the most important states in the
union with the ever increasing manu­facture
of steel, textiles, and electrical
power.
Auburn is a center of education in
Alabama where one of the most notice­able
subjects taught is that dealing with
military science and tactics. The ROTC
unit at Auburn has been recognized for
the past two decades as a first class unit.
Each year several hundred students
graduate at Auburn and at the same
time receive their commissions in the
U.S. Army Reserve as second lieutenants.
Today, as the United States is carrying
out a program of training a great mass
of men in the ways of an American sol­dier,
a great number of Auburn grad­uates
are aiding in giving instructions to
these untrained men.
With the training facilities that are
already at Auburn, this locality would
be turned into a training camp for the
huge number of Alabamians who will
have to be trained in the case of war.
Dormitories, fraternity houses, and pri­vate
homes would probably be changed
into barracks for the plebes of the army.
Auburn would be the center of military
activities with Fort Benning, Fort Mc-
Clellan, and Maxwell Field only a com­paratively
short distance away.
Auburn is also the center of a farming
area and in case of war it would have
much to do with the raising of necessary
food products. As the college and the
Alabama agricultural experimental sta­tions
which are scattered over the en­tire
state, are closely connected, the im­portance
of Auburn in producing food
for the army would be multiplied.
The CAA flying course that is offer­ed
at Auburn will have turned out a
small supply of aviators for the U.S.
Army air corps even if the war should
come to us within the next few months.
The boys who take the CAA training
are far better trained than those who
take private lessons. CAA students re­ceive
a number of hours of ground
school before the actual flying begins.
These lessons on the ground instruct the
student pilot in technicalities that he
would seldom learn if he were taking
private lessons.
With the aviation facilities that are
rapidly being added to the Auburn air­port,
Auburn will, in case of our en­trance
into the war, be a great aid to
the huge air bases in Montgomery. Bir­mingham,
and other Alabama cities in
driving off bombing raiders which will
have a great interest in bombing such
places as Maxwell Field, the state docks
at Mobile, the T.C.I, manufacturing
plants in Birmingham, and the power
dams which are found in the Tennessee
Valley.
Another item on the list of aids that
Auburn will render in the case of an in­vasion
of the United States is that great
number of trained men that the School
of Engineering has turned out. These
ex-Auburn students will serve in indus­trial
plants over the entire United States,
turning out fighting planes, arms, am­munition,
foodstuffs, and clothing for
the army and navy in huge amounts.
Many of the engineers in the U.S. who
are holding important positions in the
different industries are graduates of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
The co-op engineers who are ever in­creasing
in number at Auburn are re­ceiving
both education in their course
as well as the necessary practical ex­perience.
This experience will go a long
way if the enemies of democracy should
come over here and try to invade the
country, as the co-op students are al­ready
trained in certain jobs in the man­ufacturing
industries and could step
back into these jobs as experienced
workmen at a moment's notice.
If the forces of Hitler and Mussolini
should think of an invasion of America
and attempt to carry out that thought,
they will find that Auburn will be aid­ing
in stopping that attempt at every
move they make.
Youth Casts
Its Ignorant Vote
We have often heard it said that one
of the principle things that is wrong with
our state, county, and municipal govern­ments
is that people, particularily young
people, take no interest in them, allow­ing
themselves to be led by a few self-seeking
politicians.
We do not defend the youth of the
land. They are guilty, but there are vin­dicating
circumstances, or so it would
seem to us. State, county and city gov­ernments
are very involved and compli­cated
: the office of this, and the officer
of that, mixed thoroughly with various
departments and bureaus, the whole
sprinkled freely with clerks, secretaries,
and chairmen and the stew camouflaged
with the flaming razzle-dazzle and the
smoke-screen hush-hush of local politics
served to the novice with an "I told you
so—" air.
The striving youth pays his first poll
tax and upon appearing at the polls on
election day is handed a ballot with
some forty or fifty names on it, very few
if any of which he has ever heard. There
is no statement of what these names
stand for, and no chance before election
for him to get an honest unbiased bit of
information concerning the relative abili­ties
of these names. But someone said
it was his duty to mark the ballot and so
he does with much misgivings and hope
that he is not eliminating some worthy
man with an incongruous name and
electing some smooth rogue with a slip­pery
name.
Youth pleads guilty to the charge of
non-interest, but how easy is it to show
interest in something in which one is
nothing but a naive novice, and about
which one can learn very little even af­ter
asking hundreds of silly questions?
The matter boils down to the question
of why don't the schools, sponsored by
the local government, offer courses in
their local governments? Or it would be
a simple matter to make up a booklet
showing graphically the form of the
government, the offices, officers and
their duties.
We have heard that some would op­pose
the dissemination of such know­ledge.
If the ignorance of the many is
still obviously the profit of the few, we
wonder who would dare to show his
hand in opposition?
In Defense of
Student Journalists
Editorial writers and columnists on a
student paper are handicapped in that
the student reader takes one look at his
fellow's brain child and automatically
disregards any ideas that might have
been revealed there. Now why? Simply
because the reader feels that a student
isn't qualified to give views that are
worth a continental.
But any poor benighted soul who has
ever attempted, specially on short no­tice,
to write a good editorial or column
will know that it takes plenty of re­search
and thinking. Time 'twas when
almost anything that filled up space
made good editorial material, but that
day is past and gone. An editorial must
say something, and say it so as to give
an interesting reading quality.
So . . . when a fellow student puts
an idea in readable form, and is lucky
enough to get it by Ye Ed without too
much butchering, give him the benefit
of the doubt. Maybe he does know what
he's talking about. J.G.
Plains Talk—By Herbert Martin CAMPUS CAMERA
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.
It seems rather unusual to be
opening the season against an op­ponent
other than Birmingham-
Southern, but, judging by other
teams which pick Howard for their
first game, tonight's fracas should
lose nothing in the way of color.
Last year at this time some ob­servers
almost decided that the
Auburn Spirit was as dead as a
creosoted termite, but, like a ter­mite,
it came to life again and
again later on, and this fall shows
every evidence of picking up
where it left off with the fourth
quarter of the Tennessee game.
* * *
The Martin System of Fore­casting
Scores and Winners which
met with such notorious, and
we're talking about notorious,
success last year, is looking for­ward
to another Grade-A season.
This system is unique in that it
bases its predictions, not on last
year's scores, but on what last
year's scores should have been.
Should the two teams not have
met last year, as is the case to­night,
the system judges on a
basis of what the score should have
been had the teams played.
Although common sense, all too
common, places the probable score
tonight in the neighborhood of
20 'to nothing, the MSFSW pre­fers
to die a noble, boots-on death,
rather than abandon the time-honored
standard which took such
a kicking around last year. Dis­counting
common sense and popu­lar
opinion, whatever that is, the
predicition is Auburn 53, How­ard
6.
* * *
It must be understood that per­sonal
prejudice plays no part in
this forecasting, but we admit that
we think a Howard victory to­night
would be as out of place as
mothballs in a pepper patch.
* * *
We'd like to issue an appeal on
behalf of the Glomerata for stu­dent
cooperation in the matter of
taking pictures for that occasion­ally
annual pamphlet. First call
by the photographers went out
yesterday, and the staff reserves
the right to muddle up this pro­cess
for the next few weeks.
Granting that the pictures and
proofs will be disappointing even
to the most unegotistical of us, a
cheerful note in this gloomy busi­ness
is the undeniable fact that
these proofs have no bearing upon
the unlikenesses of us which will
appear in the booklet at some yet-to-
be-determined date. .
* * *
There are two s c h o o l s of
thought concerning the origin of
Glomerata pictures. One group,
is believed to hold a slight ma­jority
over the other, has it that
ticket book photos represent the
students in the Glomerata.
The presumably minority body,
or Left Wing, holds a theory that
Yehudi, or some of his invisible
cohorts, perch on the foot of each
student's bed, and sketch a rough
idea of the subject's face immedi­ately
after the first heart-rending
appeal from the alarm clock.
Anyhow, the Graft Wave group
tends to become violent when not
humored, so it won't be a bad
idea to drop by and consult the
photographer on schedule. You
must use your own judgment
when deciding whether or not to
go down and choose your favorite
proof. We hesitate to ask you to
do this, knowing full well that
both your choice and the next
best proof will be lost long before
; the Glommyrotter pages are made
up. •
* * *
Watch your favorite newspaper
for date of the annual Plainsman
Panther - glomerata graft wave
football game!!!
* * *
The eleven o'clock (p.m. of
course) prayer meeting held night­ly
a few minutes before that hour
in the Quadrangle is reaching
mammoth proportions. As it is
considered poor form to take your
date back to the Zoo before
eleven, and considered worse
form in some quarters to take her
back after that time, the traffic
problem is rather serious, as ev­ery
available bit of space is filled
with couples waiting for the dead­line.
As a suggestion for relieving
this congestion, we offer this solu­tion.
Why not make each girl
average returning at eleven each
night? Some nights she could
come in early, and add the time
to her next date. This would pre­vent
half the student body from
camping out in the Quad at the
same time. We are aware of the
odds against this plan meeting
with the approval of the authori­ties.
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Konnois-seur,
is duly grateful for the num­ber
dedicated to her at the recent
theatre appearance of the Au­burn
Knights, but she does resent
the implication of the title of her
tune. She doesn't feel that she's
"Nobody's Baby", although she
probably should.
We join Karrie in believing
that the Knights have the best
college dance band ever to ap­pear
on the campus, with the pos­sible
exception of the "great"
band of some years ago which re­turned
after a successful summer
to play for Auburn's Opening
Dances. This was the band that
included Gerald Yelverton, alum­nus
of the Knights who formerly
played with Glenn Miller, and is
now featured clarinetist with
Bobby Byrne.
We say the "possible excep­tion"
of that band now, but in
another month we'll take the pres­ent
Knights against any of their
forerunners.
Song on the CampUS—Anonymous
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.
Methink this is the propitious
time to give complete instructions
on "How to Attend' a Football
Game in Montgomery." There are
no set rules to follow, however,
it is wise to have some definite
goal other than a victory.
First, there are two methods, in
the main, by which it is possible
to reach Montgomery. There is
the choo-choo train that is offer­ing
low prices within the easy
reach of any hated capitalist's
pocket. Remember, if riding the
train, that all equipment on said
iron horse belongs to you person­ally,
for you paid for it in your
contingent deposit. That fact is
evidenced by past years, when
contingent deposits are paid back
to studes, there is always a de­duction
of a few dollars for light
bulbs. Also if riding on train, have
someone grease the tracks before­hand—
it's quicker riding.
The second of the main rides,
is that of pilfer-hiking. Remember
also, that you have paid for this
too. Don't forget you paid $36.50
for that war hat, and that's all
it's good for.
There are other means of rid­ing—
your own car, skates, motor­cycles,
and privileged riding.
These are not worthy of elabora­tion,
for each is an individual
case.
Upon arriving in Mgty it is pos­sible
to purchase evil spirits at
most any corner stand, but I ad­vise
against this. This stuff the
Gov't is putting out is no good.
Call Main 0009 and have some
Shelby County corn sent up. By
whatever means you get hold of
the stuff, be sure to drink plenty,
for an inebriate is the easiest of
persons to handle at a football
game. They are quiet and stand
their place in line, and hardly
if ever, have any automobile ac­cidents.
Speaking of standing place in
line, it will be unnecessary for
sober persons to stand in line.
There will be approximately 1500
gates at the game—one for each
person. Tickets for the game will
be sold according to seat row and
number, but don't let this fool
you. Everybody can sit on the
front row as they have done in
the past. Why do they sell tickets
like that anyhow?
Miscellaneous rules: D o n 't
carry a date—there are plenty of
babes at Huntingdon. . . . If you
are a customer of Dr. Drake's,
he will go your bail at the local
hoosegow (local meaning Montg.)
. . . Montgomery is the Cradle of
the Confederacy, so rock it. . . .
Bury your own dead No
opium smoking in hotel lobbies
. . . B.Y.O.L.
What goes on in the South end
of the Sigma Pi fraternity, espec­ially
when B. Freeland is around?
He may be head knocker at his
lodge, but oh you kid! Watch your
step.
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from Madame Lazonga.
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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 complimentary resonance
of the bathroom often induces me
to sing. I am always on the alert
for a stray note or two which
might be thought musical. Every
now and again a chronic and very
sincere desire to be a great sing­er
bobs up as I go down in despair.
Every chance I get I imagine
there is at least a kinship of spirit
between me and the Carusos and
Tibbetts and Pinzas. I name three
because it is uncertain whether
my voice is tenor, baritone, or
bass.
Despite my invariable failures
to make a go of singing, I derive
great pleasure from substituting
an imaginary voice for the poor
thing I have developed. If you
ever catch me mooning beside a
radio which is producing some
beautiful voice, you may be sure
I am not really all there. I am
probably magnificently costumed
in the toreador's silks and satins,
or maybe I am singing a heart­rending
Verdi aria from a bleak
prison cell.
Being so partial to singing, I
cannot understand why thousands
of you neglect the glee clubs.
Those of you who are afflicted
with my kind of a voice, of course,
have plenty of reason for negli­gence.
But there must be hun­dreds
of you who can sing well
enough to swell a chorus success­fully.
Why don't you?
* * *
Several issues ago the Plains­man's
leading editorial was in­sultingly
facetious about the in­tellect
of the Auburn coed. " . . .
It is so very rare," ran the ed­itorial,
"that one meets a woman
in Auburn who has even the scrap
of an independent intellect. . . ."
That was only the beginning of
an amazingly conceited and con­descending
opinion. What is more
amazing that the editorial is the
coeds' amiable acceptance of such
a nasty slap in the face.
The editorial left the way wide
open to anybody who might have
felt called upon to refute it. It
was not a very logical bit of rea­soning.
It was in poor taste. It
styled itself cynical, but it missed
cynicism and fell into mere un­pleasantness.
It was not exactly
good publicity for API. And yet
with all these weaknesses, it has
been allowed to stand unchalleng­ed.
It's a fine state of affairs. I'm
thinking the Auburn coed either
does not read this sheet or she
needs some starch for her back­bone.
* * *
The use of the language is a
pretty good index to the mind of
the age. The most obvious proof
of this is presented by the cir­cumspect
speech of the age of
Victoria, when there were so many
things a lady did not say or think
that ladies ever since have suffer­ed
aspersions on their ability to
speak and think.
Although we snicker at Victoria
and dear Albert for their restrict­ed
ideas of what is proper, we
nonetheless retain certain of their
inhibitions. Our speech is care­fully
fenced with "genteelisms,"
which are words used in place of
more direct expressions which we
have decided to call "earthy" or
vulgar. But oddly enough writers
are not forced to pull their
punches. They write what in
speech would not be tolerated,
and they are not read behind the
barn, either.
I rather enjoy our genteel evas­ions
of the issue. We have such
good fun when we don't evade it.
* * *
It is hoped that this sentiment
will have some kind of demoraliz­ing
effect:
Many a girl is pure and chaste;
But the purer she is the less she's
chased.
Campus Leaders
He's the "man who comes
around" twice a week to all the
business establishments in Auburn
to sell ads for the Plainsman.
That's because he's the advertis­ing
manager of this sheet. And,
so help me, his name is Frank
Bradford Wilson, from down in
Greenville, Alabama, suh. There's
his picture on the right.
"Goon" as he is called by his
frat brothers at the PiKA house
where he is serving his second
term as treasurer, and with a dog­gone
good record at that, is a -;:
member of ODK, and is president
of Delta Sigma Pi, national hon­orary
commerce fraternity. He is
also manager of the track team
in his spare time, which is very
little, what with running over to
Columbus and Montgomery to
sell ads for the paper.
Frank is also a high-ranking
student in scholarship, and is a
recipient of a Palmer Scholar­ship,
entitling him to a four-year
college education at no expense
to him.
The "Goon" is a member of
Scabbard and Blade and is a First
Lieutenant in the ROTC. Some­times,
if you have any spare time,
you ought to have a chat with
Frank Wilson
him about his recent trip to Chi­cago
to attend his fraternity's na­tional
convention. Boy, what tales
he can tell.
And besides all these activities,
he is a frequent visitor to the
Quadrangle, and the gals all say
he is "some kid."
/
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Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN September 27, 1940
The Co-op Engineer Is Here To
Stay—A Valuable Part of API
2 Ag Engineering
Students Take an
Interesting Trip
Professor and Students
Visit Many Industrial
Concerns on W i d e Tour
Two members of the Ag Engi­neering
school, accompanied by
Professor F. A. Kummer of this
department, recently had the priv­ilege
of attending the 1940 ses­sion
of the ASAE Industry Semi­nar.
They were Frank Claytor,
senior, and Herbert Fleming, jun­ior.
Both are members of the stu­dent
branch of the ASAE. This
seminar is sponsored each year by
two outstanding organizations,
namely; the ASAE and the Farm
Equipment Institute.
The trip this year extended over
three states and six factories were
visited. The group visited first
the Minneapolis Moline Company
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, then
the John Deere Plow Works at
Moline, Illinois. The next plant
was the Caterpillar Tractor Works
at Peoria, Illinois. After a two
day stop-over in Chicago the
group visited the International
Harvester tractor works in Chica­go.
The group then moved on to
Wisconsin where they visited the
J. I. Case Company factory at
Racine and the Allis Chalmers
Company in Milwaukee.,
The delegates also heard many
prominent speakers, s o m e of
which were foremost pioneers in
the development of our modern
tractors and machinery. Many in­teresting
papers were presented
and every one of the delegates re­ceived
many benefits from the
trip.
A similar trip is offered each
year to two members of the stu­dent
branch of the ASAE.
Co-op Engineer Tells of the Operation of
The Plan and the Value of Such a Program
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TIGER
By FRED HENNING
The purpose of the co-operative
plan of education is to make
available a higher education in
the field of engineering to worthy
and deserving young men who
find it necessary to finance their
own education. This plan so ar­ranges
the college instruction on
an alternating basis that the
young man attends college three
months and works three months
on a job in his chosen field of
engineering.
The employer simply gives one
job to two such young men, one
of whom occupies the job in fac­tory
or shop while the other at­tends
college. At the end of each
quarter they exchange places; the
one in shop or factory attends
college, the one in college goes
to work on the job. Thus, each
student secures progressively his
theoretical knowledge and his
practical experience. A co-opera­tive
course requires five years
time. Upon graduation the student
has two and one-half years of
practical experience in his techni­cal
field in addition to his degree
in engineering.
The co-operative plan of edu­cation
was inaugurated at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute by
its Board of Trustees on June 25,
1937. The plan itself was estab­lished
in recognition of the in­creasing
trend toward industrial
development and the growing
sentiment for more efficient serv­ice
in the technical departments
and bureaus of government.
The first class to eiUer Auburn
on the co-operative plan register­ed
on September 6, 1937. At that
time there were only ten pairs of
co-operative students, six pairs of
which were employed by the Ten­nessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company and four pairs of which
were given jobs with the Alabama
Power Company. This section,
now part of the "A" section,"
represented only ten jobs. It was
a small start, these 20 students
and ten jobs, but it was a good
one. Since that time the enroll­ment
of students on the co-opera­tive
plan has grown by leaps and
bounds. It has increased to such
a figure that already two major
departments in the School of En­gineering
have added new in­structors
to their teaching staffs.
The enrollment of students on
the plan for the fall term of 1938
was exactly double that of the
preceding year. Its 40 students
represented an additional five
firms who afforded them employ­ment
in their engineering depart­ments
throughout the state.
During the 1938-39 session the
enrollment was increased to a
still greater figure by the regis­tration
of new co-operative stu­dents
in December and in March.
Those registrations brought the
total to 160 students on the co­operative
plan. One-hundred and
eight of them attended classes in
the Spring of 1939 as section A.
Their alternates, comprising sec­tion
B, were at the same time em­ployed
on the 75 part-time co­operative
jobs throughout the
state. At present there a re
approximately 60 industrialists,
manufacturers, utility executives,
and public work officials who
have one or more of our co-opera­tive
students in their employ.
Along with the co-ops in sec­tion
A who returned to the halls
of learning this past week came
the largest class of freshmen co­operative
students yet to register
in said halls. The latest report of
this enrollment comes from the
office of the co-ordinator and sets
the number at 102. Also many
transfers from other neighboring
institutions enrolled in the co-op­erative
courses here to swell the
ranks of the upper classes.
Since registration last week co­ops
in all four classes have be­gun
to "bone". As usual the
freshmen are losing both hair and
religion o v e r those well-known
101 themes. The sophomores, like­wise
are corrugating their brows
over those physics problems, and
the pre-juniors and juniors are
burning the midnight petroleum
in an attempt to get the upper
hand on applied mechanics and
strength of materials respectively.
The tapping of co-operative
students for membership in the
Briaerean, honor society for co­operative
students, will take place
at the Mitec Engineers meeting
scheduled for Thursday, Septem­ber
26.
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'Boom Town'Comes
To Tiger Sunday
G a b l e , Tracy, Colbert,
L a m a r r S t a r r e d in Show
Replete with such spectacular
action scenes as a blazing oil well
being whiffed out by a blast of
TNT, oil gushers roaring in to
shoot derricks high into the air,
a dive into a sea of mud to es­cape
whizzing bullets, first fights
extending from a frontier saloon
to a swanky Manhattan office,
and other thrills of the oil fields,
"Boom Town" opens next Sunday
at the Tiger Theatre for an en­gagement
of three days.
Overshadowing even the intense
fast action of the story is the
stellar cast which comprises Clark
Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette
Colbert and Hedy Lamarr as stars,
supported by F r a n k Morgan,
Lionel Atwill, Chill Wills, Marion
Martin, Minna Gombell, five-year-old
Casey Johnson a n d Baby
Quantanilla, who made a sensa­tional
debut in "Forty Little
Mothers."
The picture was ten weeks in
production and location scenes
were made in more than thirty
sites to record all of the thrilling
drama of men who seek fortunes
in oil and of the women who love
these two-fisted men. It was di­rected
by Jack Conway, noted for
his action pictures, and was pro­duced
by Sam Zimbalist.
"Boom Town" covers the entire
field of the fabulous oil field
while following the story of two
men who meet in a rough boom
town and form a partnership.
They remain friends through ad­versity,
even when one marries
the sweethear of the other. They
split when the husband apparently
is untrue to the wife, but are re­united
years later when both men
bury the hatchet at a time when
both are wealthy from oil. Then a
siren enters the story to snatch
the husband from his wife.
Reporter Finds That Take-Down on
'Hellzapoppin' Is a Bit Confusing
V e r y Funny, But Not
So Easily Understood
While the ex-neophytes of the
Scabbard and Blade are slowely
recovering from their exertions
over the week-end, the remainder
of the campus and the townspeo­ple
as a whole are still laughing
at the antics of those poor, mis­guided
soldiers.
Although not observing the
various musical numbers rendered
by the neophytes at the College
Inn on Friday night, I did see the
preparations and practices for
them, and can truthfully say that
they must have been enjoyed by
the observers, if not by the initi­ates.
As for the take down on 'Hell­zapoppin',
I was there on the
front row. Imagine the Tiger
Theatre filled with townspeople
and students, all waiting for the
beginning of the show. Suddenly
Leroy Patterson comes into view,
very formally dressed in tails,
overcoat—and no pants.
Next we had a line of very vi­vacious
show-girls, dressed as if
straight from one of Earl Carrol's
record - breaking performances.
And as soon as the stage-show dis­appears,
along comes John Dem-ing
with a shovel, following a duck
across the stage. That was a part
of the show that I couldn't figure
out. Another part that wasn't
quite clear was how we could have
two Napoleons in the audience,
both claiming vehemently that he
w a s the Napolean. Everyone
knows that Napoleon has been
dead for over a century.
R. T. Young not being able to
find his voice was hardly funny,
and when W. Treadway, who
measures 5 feet 1 inch, tried to
argue with Frank Claytor, who
measures about 6 feet 6 inches,
I felt sorry for the poor boy.
Saturday morning, when I hap-
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pened to be walking up College
Street, I heard a noise that sound­ed
as if Herr Hitler had loosed
his blitz-army on our peaceful
town. I found that it was only the
Scabbard and Blade initiation still
going on. The Germans, under the
leadership of Baron Stuka Dive-bomber,
had attacked those peace-l
o v i n g , tea-drinking, croquet-playing
English. But the English,
under the heroic leadership of
Beaverpuss, weren't scared of the
sirens of the Boche, and threw up
a devastating anti-aircraft fire I
with their repeating rubber guns, j
and brought down every one of
these Huns. That did my heart!
good, even though several of the
dead ones did walk away. After j
such tiresome activity, the group,
friend and enemy alike, sat down, j
with their dates, to an appetizing |
"pot" stew. I was able to get the
recipe, and for the use of our
readers, I will publish it.
One waste-basket full of scrap
paper
Two dozen whole onions
Six of Fido's used soup bones
Two quarts of fresh blood,
preferably from a young yearling
A gallon of fresh water. (Not
so fresh water can be used if de­sired)
Mix all of this well and cook
for three hours in a black pot
over an open fire. Stir well at
regular intervals. Serve piping
hot.
After such an invigorating noon
day meal, the initiates worked off
demerits all afternoon, and then
enjoyed a backward - horseback
ride that night.
Duncan Named on
New Ag Committee
National G r o u p Will
Make Extensive Study
Pres. L. N. Duncan will serve
this fall on a national advisory >,
committee to study the problems
of the South and make definite
recommendations in early Decem­ber
to the Board of Directors of
the American Farm Bureau Fed­eration.
In addition to Dr. Duncan, Ed­ward
A. O'Neal, president of the
American Farm Bureau Federa­tion,
Chicago, 111., has also asked
the following to serve on the
committee: Donald Comer, promi­nent
industrialist, Birmingham;
Dr. Clarence Poe, of the Progress­ive
Farmer; Chester Davis, of the
National Defense Council, Wash­ington;
Dr. H. T. Tolley, Bureau
of Agricultural Economics, Wash­ington
; I. W. Duggan, of the
Southern Division of the Agricul­tural
Adjustment Administration,
Washington; and Dr. H. A. Mor­gan,
of the Tennessee Valley Au­thority.
Suggestions from anyone in
this section on problems which
should Tie considered by the com­mittee
will be gladly received,
said Dr. Duncan. Such suggestions
may be filed with either Dr. Dun­can
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September 27, 1940 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Five
To Play Here December 3
API Concerts Start October IO
First Attraction Is
Famous Marine Band
Helen Jepson Will Sing at Craves Center
On Oct. 23; Vincent Sheean Will Lecture
Eight outstanding attractions—including Helen Jep­son,
the United States Marine Band, and Vincent Sheean
—will be presented this year on the Auburn Concert and
Lecture Series.
The series opens on October 10 with a concert by the
Marine Band, followed on October 23 with the concert
by Miss Jepson, leading Metropolitan soprano. Two lec­tures
will then be presented, one on October 29 by John
Gould Fletcher, American poet,
Sportswoman Alberta Palmour, Head ot
Dormitory 4, Is Candid Camera Fiend
and another on November 14 by
Vincent S h e e a n , distinguished
author and foreign correspondent.
The Kryl Symphony Orchestra
will be heard here on December
3; a joint concert by Wilbur
Evans, American baritone, and
Dalies Frantz, pianist, on January
20; lecture by Robert Frost on
February 27; and the series closes
on March 6 with a concert by
the Barrere Little Symphony.
Since the course is planned pri­marily
for students, tickets will
be sold exclusively to students for
one week beginning Monday, Sep­tember
23, and continuing through
Tuesday, Oct. 1. As in former
years, student season tickets will
be sold at $1.00 each and may be
purchased throughout the week
from a desk in the hall on the
first floor of Samford or at the
News Bureau, Samford 104.
Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 2,
season tickets for the faculty and
the public will be sold for $3.00
each at the News Bureau.
English Department
Names 2 Assistants
Two new additions to the grad­uate
assistant roster of the Eng­lish
Department were announced
this week.
Miss Lucy Dickinson of Opelika
and Mrs. W. M. Fuller of Auburn,
are the newly appointed assist­ants.
A correction to the list of
assistants published in a previous
issue of the Plainsman states that
Bob Gibbons is not working as an
assistant.
Other assistants include T. H.
Crenshaw, Lillian Jane Smith,
Virginia Adams, Elizabeth Hunt,
Edna Wilson.
The Walt Disney animated car­toon
technique is a new twist in
engineering courses at New York
University to illustrate principles
land mechanical theories.
Fastest member of Auburn's
football congregation this season
is Charles Finney, a sophomore,
who can run the century in 10 fiat.
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Being dormitory adviser for
100 coeds and instructor for two
classes of Freshman English, Miss
Alberta Palmour finds that her
days in Auburn are going to be
well filled. Miss Palmour, new
Head of Hall for Dormitory 4,
hails from Atlanta, Ga., being
born there and receiving her early
education in the schools of that
city.
College days for Miss Palmour
were spent at Agnes Scott Col­lege,
and upon her graduation she
served three years as alumnae
field secretary there, going hither
and yon interviewing prospective
students. She also worked in the
Dean's and Registrar's office.
Two years of graduate study
at the University of Wisconsin
has further advanced Miss Pal­mour
in the field of education,
and last year she served as assist­ant
hostess in one of the dormi­tories
there — a dormitory which
had a telephone in each room.
Just think what that would mean
to Auburn boys.
Miss Palmour has spent an in­teresting
portion of her time in
travel, having toured a great por­tion
of the United States and Eu­rope.
Despite her extensive trav­els,
she finds Auburn gay and
very interesting, and she declares
that it is the friendliest place she
has found.
An ardent sportswoman, Miss
Palmour may be seen about camp­us
hiking, swimming, and horse­back
riding. And if you are not
a discerning person you may read­ily
mistake her for one of the co­eds.
Two pastimes occupy her leisure
moments, and they are knitting
and photography. She has a nifty
candid camera, purchased abroad,
which you should get her to show
you when you drop in to chat
with her — as you're sure to do
once you meet her.
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Saturday Classes
For Teachers to
Start This Week
Teachers May Obtain
Work Toward Master's
Degree Under Program
Special Saturday classes for
teachers were organized last Sat­urday
under the direction of
Dean Zebulon Judd, of the School
of Education. More than 75
teachers enrolled for the special
courses.
Although only a limited num­ber
of classes have been arrang­ed,
efforts were made to meet the
needs of all teachers present at
the meeting in Samford Hall.
Saturday classes have been of­fered
for several years to teach­ers
who find it convenient to at­tend
them, and the Saturday roll
has always been large. A great
many out-of-town teachers take
the courses for credit on degrees.
Teachers may register on Sat­urday,
September 28, upon the
payment of a late fee of $1.00.
Students attending Saturday
classes will be allowed to register
for two 3-hour courses. Each
course requires attendance of
three clock hours weekly, one
class in the forenoon from 9 a.m.
to 12 m., and one in the after­noon
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Per­sons
attending t h e Saturday
classes for a full year will receive
12 semester hours of credit, the
equivalent of one full summer ses­sion.
Both graduate and under­graduate
courses will be offered.
The fees for part-time students,
covering Saturday students, will
be $5.00 for the first semester
hour and $3.00 for each addition­al
semester hour, making a total
of $20 for students carrying the
maximum load of six semester
hours.
John Gould Fletcher, noted lecturer, above left, and Robert Frost,
famous poet, above right, will lecture here on the 1940-41 Auburn
Concert Series. Fletcher is scheduled to appear on Oct. 29 and Frost
on Feb. 27. Both will lecture in Langdon Hall.
Robert Frost and John Gould Fletcher
To Lecture on Auburn Concert Series
Noted Poets to Deliver
Talks at Langdon Hall
Robert Frost, famous American
poet who will appear here Feb.
27, holds more than a dozen hon­orary
degrees from colleges and
universities. He spent his under­graduate
years at Dartmouth and
Harvard, and in recent years has
been a professor at Harvard.
Frost received the Pulitzer
Prize for poetry in 1924, 1930,
and 1937. He was awarded the
Loines prize for poetry in 1931,
and in 1937 he received the Mark
Twain medal.
John Gould Fletcher, appearing
here on Oct. 29, was born Jan­uary
3, 1886 at Little Rock, Ark­ansas.
He was the only son of
John Gould and Adolphine Krause
Fletcher. Like Frost, Fletcher is
a Harvard graduate.
Mr. Fletcher's chief interests
are poetry, painting, art criticism,
and music. By 1913 he had
brought out five volumes of
poetry. He has written fifteen
volumes of verse and four of
prose, including the prose auto­biography,
"Life Is My Song",
which was published in 1937.
Fletcher was awarded the Pulit­zer
Prize in 1939.
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Page Six T H E P L A I N S M AN September 27, 1940
Auburn's 1940 Football Roster
Centers Year
Howard Burns* 2
Abb Chrietzberg** 3
Tex Williams 1
Guards
Ernest Mills* (A-C) 3
Wallace Wise* 3
Vic Costellos 1
Nick Ardillo 1
Max Morris 1
Tackles
Chester Bulger* 3
Gordon MacEachern* 3
John Chalkley 2
Francis Crimmins 2
Jim McClurkin 1
Ends
Babe McGehee* 3
Jim LeNoir* 3
Teedie Faulk* 2
James Samford* 2
Theo Cremer 2
Henry Monsees 1
Quarterbacks
Lloyd Cheatham* 2
Buddy McMahan* 2
Aubrey Clayton 1
Halfbacks
Dick McGowen (C)* 3
Paul Ellis 2
Bill Yearout 1
Monk Gafford 1
Carl Happer* 3
Bud Wendling* 3
Ty Irby 3
Fullbacks
Rufus Deal* 2
Jim Reynolds 1
* Denotes letter winner
Wt.
180
177
180
190
190
165
182
190
220
207
195
195
190
180
180
170
172
190
190
Ht.
5-10
6-1
5-10
5-11
5-11
5-9
5-10
6
6-3
6-4
6-1
6
6
6-2
5-10
6-2
6
6
6-1
186 6
178 5-9
180 6
190
151
188
163
160
160
172
6
5-9
5-10
5-9
5-10
5-10
5-9
195 6
175 6-1
in 1939.
Age Home
19 Ensley
22 Auburn
21 Llanerch, Pa.
24 Columbus, Ga.
22 Clayton
22 Birmingham
20 Amite, La.
21 Blountsville,
23 Rumford, Me.
24 Haverhill, Mass.
22 Americus, Ga.
23 E. Falls Ch., Va.
19 Birmingham
21 Auburn
25 Butler
21 Selma
22 Montgomery
21 Birmingham
22 Savannah, Ga.
21 Nauvoo
22 Tuscumbia
19 Collierville.Tenn.
21 Empire
20 Atlanta, Ga.
21 Dyersburg, Tenn.
22 Greenville
21 Birmingham
21 Birmingham
22 Birmingham
22 Tuscaloosa
20 LaGrange, Ga.
Howard College Football Roster
Ends No. Wt.
Sam Goldman 40 198
Virgil Ledbetter 33 185
Charlie Douglas 17 184
Auxford Watkins 14 190
Tackles
Woodrow Taylor 35 202
Marion Payne 27 197
Carl Folds 29 190
Kimsie Lawrence 30 200
Mat Colley 39 203
Guards
David Drake 24 197
Lewis Norris 31 192
Jack Moore 32 197
Ralph Sibley 20 185
Centers
Tillman Gladney 41 192
John Richardson 38 190
Backs
Orville Hause 13 178
James Sharman 16 168
Earl Gartman 22 177
Bob Taylor 35 170
Kenny Baker 6 164
Kenny Morgan .(C) 7 165
Durwood Williamson 11 168
Dan Zobrosky 37 180
Emmett Templeton 18 172
Yr. Hometown
Senior Cleveland, Ohio
Sophomore Empire
Senior Parrish
Senior Birmingham
Junior Wedowee
Sophomore Tarrant
Junior Hanceville
Sophomore Selma
Sophomore Troy
Junior Owens Cross Roads
Junior Frisco City
Senior Powderly
Senior Jasper
Sophomore Hanceville
Sophomore Cortelyou
Junior
Sophomore
Sophomore
Sophomore
Sophomore
Senior
Junior
Junior
Sophomore
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Tarrant
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Martin Theatre
"THE PLACE TO GO"
TIGER TALES
By "BOOTS" STRATFORD
Tonight Jack Meagher will take the cellophane wrap­pings
off his seventh edition of "Football, Tiger Style" and
present his handiwork to Montgomery football followers.
- Some of the pages are still uncut and what
tale some of the 11 chapters will tell is
still unknown but a book review of this
spanking new volume would probably read
as follows:
"Jack Meagher's latest work is one of
his strongest, perhaps his best; certainly his
characters will intrigue the public for they
are imbued with spirit, determination and
color. The action is swift and his heroes will
earn your respect as they overcome diffi­culties
the hard way and show fierce fight
against all odds."
Boors'^Vi/iTFoZD
Looking at the situation closely:—The Tigers will pre­sent
one of the most gifted backfields in all the Southland.
Captain Dynamite Dick McGowen will spearhead the fast
flying, hard striking echelon composed of himself at left
half, "Roughhouse" Rufus Deal at full, Carl Happer or
Bud Wendling at right and Lloyd Cheatham at the blocking
back post.
The tousleheaded McGowen barely missed out being ac­corded
as the number one all round back in the Southeast
last year and with his multiple talents will vanguard the
Orange and Blue attack as well as bulwarking the defense
with those booming punts of his.
Deal from his plunging back position scattered opposing
lines to the four winds last season and won for himself a
wide spread reputation. A foot injury that he suffered in
the early summer has healed completely and Rufus will be
out there tonight riding rough shod again. Surprisingly
enough, Deal is also fairly shifty when he breaks through
the line into an open field.
Bouncing Bud Wendling has been coming all along and
he now appears to have arrived. He has plenty of speed
and this coupled with his fighting spirit has turned him
into a player of varsity caliber. Happer will probably start
things off but Bud will be given his chance and will prob­ably
divide honors with Happer for the rest of the season.
Sufficeth to say that Lloyd Cheatham will be in there
blocking like a runaway truck out of the pure love of it.
The line is speedy and big enough and if the big ques­tion
mark at center comes through and turns into an ex­clamation
point, the Tigers will be off to star studded
heights.
SAE's Demolish
Lambda Chi Alpha
Lions W h i p P u r p l e s by
T r e m e n d o u s Score, 53-0
SAE's Lions opened their intra­mural
schedule and bidded strong­ly
to repeat as touch football
champions when they jolted Lamb­da
Chi Alpha 53-0 on Bullard
field Wednesday afternoon before
a large crowd.
Powers Booth starred in the
backfield for the winners with
Bill Mitchell leading in scoring.
The game between the Kappa
Sig's and Alpha Lambda Tau was
postponed until Thursday.
Next week's games will be as
follows: Mon., Sept. 30 — Alpha
Tau Omega-Tau Epsilon Phi; Pi
Kappa Alpha-Alpha Gamma Rho.
Tues., Oct. 1 — Kappa Alpha-
Alpha Psi; Theta Chi-Beta Kappa.
Wed., Oct. 2 — SAE-Phi Delta
Theta; Kappa Sigma-Sigma Pi.
Thurs., Oct. 3 — Sigma Phi Epsi-lon-
Sigma Chi; Sigma Nu-Omega
Tau Sigma.
Jack Oakie, Shirley
Temple Star in Show
At Martin on Sunday
Jack Oakie is extremely grate­ful
to Dance Director Nick Castle
and Geneva Sawyer for working
thirteen pounds of avoirdupois off
his midriff during the three weeks
of strenuous rehearsals which
preceded the dance routines he
does in "Young People."
The wardrobe department at
20th Century-Fox, however, feels
decidedly otherwise about the
matter. Thanks to the loss of
weight, each of Oakie's fifteen
costumes in "Young People,"
which is coming Sunday to the
Martin Theatre, had to be made
over.
Co-starring with Jack Oakie in
"Young People" are Shirley Tem­ple
and Charlotte Greenwood.
Allan Dwan directed and Harry
Joe Brown was the producer.
Tigers Tackle
(Continued from page 1)
Lloyd Cheatham, a j a r r i ng
blocker, at quarterback and a last
minute choice between Carl Hap­per
and Bud Wendling, both quick,
deceptive runners, for the right
halfback post.
Plenty of Good Ends
Line posts on the Auburn team
remain wide open. The scramble
for positions is due to continue on
through the season. Teedie Faulk
and "Babe" McGehee, juniors who
performed well as regulars last
season, will most likely begin at
left and right ends, respectively,
with Jim Samford and Jim Le­Noir
close behind. At tackles will
be Chet Bulger, whose 220 pounds
mark him as the squad's heaviest
man, and MacEachern or McClur­kin.
Alternate - Captain Ernie
Mills, the outstanding Tiger lines­man,
starts at the right guard
post. Other starting guard will be
Chosen from Wallace Wise, a veter­an,
and sophomores Ardillo and
Morris. The center position calls
for a coin to select from Abb
Chrietzberg, Howard Burns, and
Tex Williams.
Howard brings to Montgomery
a squad numbering only 26 play­ers
but will field a first team cap­able
of giving severe competition
in any league. The forward wall
will average over 194 pounds and
do the blocking chores for a light,
but well balanced and startlingly
versatile backfield. Line stand­outs
are Sam Goldman at left
end, one of the South's top-notcrr-flankers,
and right tackle Wood-row
Taylor who weighs in at 202
pounds. Captain Kenny Morgan at
left half is the finest back in the
Baptist lineup and is ably assist­ed
by fullback Dan Zobrosky,
right halfback Bob Taylor, and
quarterback Orville Hause.
SPECIAL NOTICE — We have
just received a complete line of
I.E.S. Study Lamps. See them
now at the Alabama Power
Company office.
On to Montgomery
(Continued from page 1)
field, demonstrating its famed
agility at performing difficult
feats of mass marching, in addi­tion
to playing several new songs.
The old favorites won't be neg­lected,
however, and Cramton
Bowl's new steel bleachers will
no doubt ring with echoes of such
songs as "Hold That Tiger", the
"Victory March" and of course
the alma mater of API.
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LOST—One (1) pair of gold rim
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