1940-11-05 The Plainsman

              Tommy Tucker
Time Friday 77i£ VlabriAmarv Engineers Carnival
Tuesday Night
"AUBURN—the friendliest college in the United States'
—VOL. LXIV Z-I ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, NOVEMBER 5, 1940 No. 17
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Twelve Thousand Alumni and Visitors
Expected for Homecoming Celebration
Dances, Football to
Feature Festivities
'Come fo the Engineers Carnival at
Seven Tuesday Night (or Real Fun'
Miss Val Nielson, from Evergreen, will lead the Sophomore Hop
at Graves Center on' Friday and Saturday to the music of Tommy
Tucker and his 14-piece orchestra. Tom Bullington, president of the
Sophomore Class, will be her escort. The choice of Miss Nielson was
announced last week-end by John Deming, chairman of the Social
Committee.
Election Returns Will
Be Announced at Event
Engineers' Carnival will be held
Tuesday night on the greens­ward
between Ramsay Engineer­ing
Building and the Ross Chem­ical
Laboratory, beginning at 7
o'clock and lasting until 12.
This event is being sponsored
by the Auburn Student Engineers'
Council and is being planned by
all the engineering societies at
Auburn. The purpose of the car­nival
is to raise funds with which
to defray expenses of the annual
Engineers' Day, to be held here
sometime next March.
Each student engineering or­ganization
on the Council is par­ticipating
to the extent of spon­soring
at least one game of chance
at the carnival. For example, one
organization will sponsor a booth
at which may be played Bingo.
One of these member organiza­tions
has arranged to offer for
sale popcorn, cold drinks, and
those famous "goobers" without
which no carnival is a success. So
that the enjoyment of the visitors
to the carnival may be increased
still more one group of engineer­ing
students has arranged to have
free dancing.
It was announced late last night
that the Auburn Knights and the
Auburn Plainsmen orchestras will
furnish music for the dancing.
It was also announced that the
returns from the presidential
election, being held tomorrow,
will be announced throughout the
evening at the carnival.
Of interest to students, girls as
well as boys, is the announcement
that by special arrangement per­mission
has been granted for
freshman and sophomore girls to
date on this evening without be­ing
"charged" with the date.
As a special feature of the car­nival,
it was announced this morn­ing
that a moving picture of the
"Auburn Summer Session" will
be shown continuously throughout
the length of the carnival. No ad­mission
will be charged.
Tommy Tucker Time' Coming Up
Val Nielson to Lead
Grand March at Hop
£00'£ 7-^Vi.OJZ.
Taylor is president of Blue Key
honor society which is today spon­soring
the election of "Miss Home­coming".
Voting is taking place
at the Main Gate with nine coed
candidates listed on the ballot.
Staff Heads Will
Attend Conclave
Travel to Detroit for
Annual ACP Convention
Three members of the Plains­man
staff and possibly one mem­ber
of the Glomerata staff will
leave tomorrow to attend the an­nual
Associated Collegiate Press
Convention in Detroit, Mich.,
starting Thursday and continuing
through Saturday.
Those attending the three-day
conclave of publications editors
and business managers are Dan
Hollis, editor of the Plainsman;
W. G. Darty, business manager of
the Plainsman; Frank Wilson, ad-
' vertising manager of the Plains­man;
and possibly Kirk Newell,
business manager Glomerata.
In the absence of the regular
publication heads of the Plains­man,
the junior members of the
staff will be in charge of publi­cation.
Bob Anderson and Willard
Hayes, managing and associate
editors, respectively, will assume
positions as head of the editorial
division. Joe Gandy, assistant ad­vertising
manager, and Jimmy
Rouse, office manager, will handle
the business division of the paper.
More Than 250 Bids Mailed Out to Girls
For Openings; First Dance Friday Night
Miss Val Nielson, senior at Agnes Scott College, from
Evergreen, Ala., has been selected by the Social Commit­tee
to lead the Grand March at the Opening Dances which
begin Friday night at Graves Center.
Miss Nielson will be escorted by Tom Bullington, Ath­ens,
president of the Sophomore Class.
Tommy Tucker and his orchestra, who will furnish
the music for the dances, is scheduled to arrive in Auburn
Friday afternoon, coming here di-
More Promotions
Announced by Office
Richard D. Hall, Kappa Sigma,
was last week promoted from
Captain to the position of Lieut.
Colonel of the Third Battalion of
the Second Field Artillery, fol­lowing
the resignation of J. B.
Cagle to accept a position.
Promoted to take Hall's place
as Captain was W. H. McGehee.
David Barnhill was raised from
Second Lieutenant to First Lieu­tenant
to fill the vacancy left by
the promotion of McGehee.
Whether'to Be or Not to Be'-That
Was the Question Last Tuesday Night
Two Rats Decide to Be
Co-Presidents of Class
By POLITICUS
The atmosphere of the Plains­man
Office was one of uneasy
suspense. The votes polled during
the day of the Freshman election
had been counted—five hundred
and eight of them—three times,
committee had already used its
cash quota in putting on that one
—there wasn't enough money or
time left for another balloting.
The Constitution of the student
body called for one freshman
president on the Cabinet.
Chairman Tom Roby and com­mitteemen
George Maxwell, Henry
Britt, John Lawrence and com-to
insure correct tallys. And each I mitteewoman Sue Quattlebaum
time had revealed a miraculously
close race for the presidency of
the Class of '44.
Roy Fuller, candidate from No-tasulga
was tied in votes with
"Cap" Swift, Kappa Alpha pledge
from Selma, for the No. 1 posi­tion.
Each had 88 votes in his
favor. In third place Bill Nordan,
of Abbeville, had 86 votes. James
Cooper, SAE pledge from Mont­gomery
was fourth with 84.
The Elections Committee, and
Cabinet President Jim King were
at their wits ends as to what to
do about the race. An election
costs money in Auburn, and the
had racked their brains for a solu­tion
of the problem. They had
made desperate phone calls to
ODK sponsor Dr. Charles Davis,
to Executive Secretary Ralph
Draughon, to ask advice.
Several solutions were offered.
The committee could make the
two candidates "co-presidents."
Or they could have Fuller and
Swift toss a coin or draw straws
for the job. So they called the
two boys up to the Plainsman of­fice.
The presses were stopped
for two hours, in order to hold the
election issue until the candidates
rectly from an engagement in In­dianapolis,
Indiana.
Invitations have been mailed to
more than two hundred and fifty
girls for the set of four dances
which comprise the annual Soph
Hop. '
The set will consist of an open­ing
dance Friday night at 9:00
o'clock, a morning dance Saturday
at 11:00, a tea dance immediate­ly
following the Auburn-Clemson
game, and the last dance, Sat­urday
night at 9:00.
Four fraternities are having
house parties during next week­end,
and all students who have
invited out-of-town girls should
arrange for them to stay in one
of these houses. They are Theta
Chi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Beta
Kappa, and Delta Sigma Phi. All
that will be necessary for the boys
to do, will be to see the president
or some other representative of
one of the fraternities, and make
arrangements with him.
Tucker and his orchestra, best
known perhaps for their radio
program, "Tommy Tucker Time,"
composed the recent hit "The Man
Who Comes Around."
Block tickets for the set of
dances were reduced this year to
six dollars. Tickets may be pur­chased
from any member of the
Social Committee, which includes
Paul Ellis, Jimmy Ware, Johnny
Davis, Bobby Pickens, Jimmy
Martin, and Buddy McMahan.
Chairman of the committee is
John Deming.
Individual dance tickets will
sell for $2.50 for each of the two
evening dances, and $1.50 for the
morning and tea dances.
Staff Meeting
Important meeting of Plainsman
editorial and business staffs to-
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Anderson Leading
Staff in Writing
Martin, Hayes, Pierce
Next in Total Inches
Totals of column inches writ­ten
in the Plainsman by staff
members for the past two months
show that Managing Editor Bob
Anderson is leading the staff with
a total of 426 inches.
Columnist Herbert Martin, who
held t h i r d place during Sep­tember,
and second during Octo­ber,
is now in second place for
the two-month total, with 382
inches to his credit.
In third place for the combined
October and September totals, is
Associate Editor Willard Hayes,
with a total of 336 inches.
Sports Editor John Pierce has
come from 9th place in Septem­ber
to 4th for the two month per­iod,
having 282 inches. Fifth place
is occupied by Columnist Redding
Sugg, who boasts 221 inches of
copy. Bob Chisolm, came up from
8th place for September to 6th for
both months, totaling 147 inches.
Other writers who had over 100
inches of copy printed during the
two months were Feature Writer
Jimmy Gilbert, with 137, Column­ist
Boots Stratford, with 118, and
Society Editor Emma Nell Parrish,
with 193 inches.
Seniors to Have
Special Section
At Clemson Game
Get Tickets Wednesday
For Reserved Seats in
West Concrete Stands
It was announced last night by
Sam Pettus, president of the Sen­ior
Class, that a special section in
the Western concrete stands will
be reserved for seniors at the
Homecoming game against Clem­son
in the Auburn Stadium Satur­day
afternoon.
Pettus said that Mr. P. R.
Bidez of the Auburn Athletic As­sociation
had informed him that
a section of seats between the 25
and 35 yard lines would be re­served
for members of the Senior
Class at API.
To secure the reserved seat
ticket for this section, seniors
must present their ticket book at
the Field House between the hours
of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday,
day after tomorrow, and exchange
the coupon for the game for the
reserved seat ticket. No charge
will be made for the ticket, it
will be absolutely free.
However, all seniors must ex­change
their coupons for these
reserved seat tickets on Wednes­day
because on Thursday morn­ing
the remaining tickets in this
section will be placed on sale for
the public. No coed dates will be
allowed to sit in the section. Only
out-of-town visitors and dates may
sit in the section as guests of sen­iors.
Price for these guest tickets
are two dollars and a half.
Cups to Be Awarded for Decorations and
Outstanding Player in API-Clemson Came
Ten thousand alumni and visitors are expected to re­turn
to Auburn this week-end for the annual Homecom­ing
Celebration.
The three-day period of activity will include such fea­tures
as the Opening Dances, the football game between
Auburn and Clemson, an Alumni Banquet, fraternity
house parties, and the dedication of a number of new col­lege
buildings.
banquet and meeting. Mr. Moore
is an alumnus of the class of 1910.
"Miss Homecoming", b e i ng
elected by popular vote today,
will be presented between halves
of the football game.
A 12-gun artillery salute will
be fired at the game by members
of Scabbard and Blade.
A cup will be awarded to the
fraternity showing the best dec­orations
for the occasion of Home­coming,
by Blue Key, leadership
organization which sponsors the
activities of the week-end.
Blue Key will award another
cup to the outstanding player of
the football game.
A reception will be held some­time
Saturday at the Women's
Social Center for visiting alum­nae,
according to an announce­ment
by Dr. Rosa Lee Walston,
director of women students.
Adequate parking spaces for
any size crowd will be provided
at the Stadium, according to of­ficials
of the Building and Grounds
Department. All students and fac­ulty
members are requested to
leave their cars at home so as to
relieve traffic congestion.
There will be four dances, with
music by Tommy Tucker, begin­ning
Friday night, and comprising
the Sophomore Hop. Tickets to
these dances are now on sale by
members of the student Social
Committee.
General Admission tickets to
the football game are also on sale,
as well as reserve tickets to the
West Stands. They may be pur­chased
at the Field House. The
General Admission tickets retail
at $1.50, and admit the holder to
any end zone or East Stand seat.
Reserve tickets are $2.50.
Students will be admitted at the
East gate on presentation of Ath­letic
Ticket books. Student Guest
tickets for the East Stands may
be purchased for $1.50.
Classes will not be excused Sat­urday
for students.
The kick-off of the Auburn-
Clemson battle w i l l i e at 2:00 in
the Auburn Stadium.
Alumni will attend a banquet at
11 a.m. at the Women's Dining
Hall in the quadrangle. Roy W.
Moore, executive president of
Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc., of
New York City, will speak at the
Blue Key Holding Election of 'Miss
Homecoming' Today at the Main Gate
Nine Coeds in Race for
Queen of Festivities
The Auburn student body is vot­ing
today for "Miss Homecoming",
in an election being sponsored by
Blue Key honor society. The re-
Ag, Vet, and Home Ec
Clubs Meet Wed.
A harvest queen for the annual
Ag Fair will be elected at a joint
meeting of the Ag Club, AVMA,
FFA, Home Ec Club, and the
FHA girls Wednesday night at
seven o'clock, in Langdon Hall.
Sam Brewster, supervisor of
the Department of Buildings and
Grounds, will address the clubs on
the possibility of staging a rodeo
on the campus next spring.
Plainsmen Score Twice in Last
Period But Lose by 14-13 Score
Bulldogs Intercept 5
Tiger Passes in Game
By JOHN PIERCE
The Georgia Bulldogs swung
from the ground Saturday after­noon
and slapped Auburn's un­predictable
Plainsmen from con­ference
heights as they outscored
the home boys, 14-13, before a
capacity crowd of 20,000 at Me­morial
Stadium in Columbus.
It looked as though the Tigers
had escaped their annual one
point defeat after kicking over
Georgia Tech, but the heart-breaker
was only shuffled down
a week on the schedule. The Dogs
wrote a sad prologue to the im­pending
Tiger homecoming with
two touchdowns and conversions
which were sufficient to over­shadow
the desperate fourth per­iod
rally spearheaded by Clarence
Harkins, sophomore halfback.
Auburn was looking for this
Frank Sinkwich. A lot of talk had
worked its way into the Village
about the kid who was setting
Athens grid hopes afire. And Au­burn
got Frankie — over tackle,
through center, and in general be­tween
the eyes. The 180-pound
left halfback started a Georgia
rally with a twisting run from
Bulldog territory and didn't slow
down until he had passed to Skip-worth
from the five for the first
score. A resounding tackle on the
same play by a mass of Orange
and Blue sent the Youngstown,
Ohio terror to the sidelines with
an injured ankle and otherwise
concluded his activities for the
day. Costa kicked the extra point.
Auburn twice drove deep into
enemy territory before the half
ended but both times were stop­ped
short, once at the three and
later at the 12 when passes fell
astray of potential receivers. The
halftime score was 7-0.
Remaining scoring thrills were
reserved to an action-packed five
minutes midway in the second
half. During the last minute of
the third quarter and first four
of the fourth touchdowns were
flying around like pins at a Sally
Rand balloon d a n c e . Georgia
started the parade off after a long
floating pass, Allen to Malone,
had carried from the 44 to the
four. Kauper scored on three line
bucks and Costa rushed in to re­peat
his kick from placement.
Auburn's outlook was now as
blue as the November skies and
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suits of the election will be an •
nounced in Saturday morning's
issue of the Plainsman.
At 11 o'clock this morning the
first four candidates in number of
votes received were Nancy Ray,
Margaret Linden, Lillian Luke and
Louise Thrash.
Voting has been going on at
the Main Gate since 8 o'clock this
morning and will continue through
5 p.m. this afternoon. All regular­ly
enrolled students of API are
eligible to vote for "Miss Home­coming."
"Miss Homecoming" will be
presented between halves of the
Auburn-Clemson game in the Au­burn
Stadium on Saturday.
The following nine coeds have
been selected by the various so­rorities
and dormitories as candi­dates
in the election:
Frances Hamilton, Odenville,
junior in home economics is rep­resenting
Dormitory 1.
Mary Teno Williams from Fair­field,
a junior in home economics
will represent Smith Hall.
Louise Thrash, Selma, senior in
secondary education is represent­ing
Dormitory 3.
Nancy Ray, Atlanta, will rep­resent
Chi Omega sorority. She is
a sophomore in business.
Lillian Thrower, from Heflin,
who is a junior in home economics
education will represent Pi Omega
Phi.
Sybil Richardson of Theta Up-silon
is a senior in elementary
education and is from Auburn.
Lillian Luke, a sophomore in
business administration is from
Eufaula and will represent Kappa
Delta sorority.
Margaret Lindon from Leeds is
a senior in home economics and
is a candidate from Alpha Gam.
Willie Chase, a freshman in
business administration from St.
Petersburg, Fla.; Delta Zeta.
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Come on Back Home,
All of You Alumni
Say, all of you old grads come on back
home to the loveliest village this week­end.
We are extending you the most
cordial invitation possible. We want you
to come back, we'd love to have your
presence here with us once again, we
would adore having you ramble over the
campus once more, we'd thrill to having
you sit in our new stadium and watch
our great football team—your football
team. We'd be tickled to death to have
you swarming all over the loveliest vil­lage
once again.
This week-end, jump in your car or
catch the fastest train and head for dear
old Auburn. We're planning big things
for you over here. It's going to be your
day. We want you to realize .that. You
can do anything you want to here this
week-end. It's your town once again.
We're going to turn it over to you. We've
been making plans for several weeks
now to show you the time of your life.
This is your week-end to howl, grads.
We long to shake your hand once more.
We are anxiously awaiting to see your
shining face ere another year passes.
Aw, what's the use of all this writing
—Just come on back home, fellows, we
wanta see you and show you that we've
still got the best school on God's green
earth here at the loveliest village of the
plains. See you this week-end, grads!
Help the Red Cross
The Red Cross is one institution which
is almost unchallenged as to its. worth,
but which often, in spite of the sunny
gaze of public approval, does not get
the materia] support it deserves.
We all give credit to the Red Cross;
not so many of us give funds. It is im-partant
that we realize the necessity for
practical support with the opening of
the Roll Call on November 11.
Alabama, one of the very few states
to get more from the Red Cross than it
puts into it, ranks third from the bot­tom
in number of Red Cross members.
The average of the Lee County chapter
is only slightly above the State average,
and ranks 17 among the 78 chapters in
this state.
In spite of the greater publicity given
to foreign service, there being no doubt
that the Red Cross is foremost in that
field, the primary emphasis of the Red
Cross is here at home. One-half of ev­ery
dollar membership fee remains in
this locality, and 90 per cent of mem­bership
fees of five dollars or more is
kept for local needs.
A nine-point home program has been
drawn up for the work of the Red Cross
in the months to come, and all are vital­ly
dependent upon success in the Roll
Call financial drive. It is hoped that Au­burn
students will join with other Au-burnites
in insuring the success of the
drive in this locality. H.M.
Have a Heart, Fellows
We like to receive Letters to the Edit­or.
There's nothing that warms our
heart more than to receive an intelligent
missle on some worthy subject. We
glory in the fact that at least some stu­dents
read our paper enough to know
that we have a section devoted to Let­ters
to the Editor. And as long as we
have a living breath we shall always
cherish that section of the paper that
is devoted to the "voice of the students."
But if you cannot write intelligent let­ters
about something that's worth the
paper it's written on, then please do not
clutter up Uncle Sam's mail service and
our office. We are giving this rejoinder
because of several letters we recently
received.
In answer to these letters we wish to
say:
We don't identify strange bugs, neith­er
by common or scientific names.
We don't know what salary Dr. Dun­can
gets. We are not going to ask him.
We are not familiar enough with our
geography to tell you the location of
Tadpole Terrace or Hogwallowcity, Ala­bama—
or Georgia either.
We do not know what farm imple­ment
company sells gasoline powered
goldenrod harvesters—and besides, the
goldenrod is our State flower—and be­sides,
it's not good hay.
And lastly, we are not going to print
any letters beginning—"You Cute Old
Editor You."
But, we are going to do one thing
that last year's editor threatened to do
to such rising young wits. If we ever find
out who is pulling our leg and twisting
our arm we're going to run his picture
on the front page. Yes, sir, a lovely
picture of his head attached to the body
of a jackass.
Plains Talk
By HERBERT MARTIN
CAMPUS CAMERA
Just Rambling
Nov. 5 is election day — We'll take
F.D.R. and the Donkeys by two touch­downs
and an extra point over Br'er
Wendell and the Green-eyed Elephants.
* * *
Help the Red Cross—and you might
drop a bit in the Community Chest Fund
—most of us don't really ever stop to
think just how lucky we really are. Take
a look, a good look, around you and
think for a while.
* * *
God Bless America! God Bless Eu­rope,
Too. They're in Worse Shape Than
We Are!
* * *
It'll be Tiger eat Tiger next Saturday
—Homecoming—in our new Stadium—
we'll take the Tiger from the Plains over
the Tigers from the Marshes.
* * *
Are we going to have a Glomerata this
year? Just asking, haven't seen a copy
as yet.
* * *
T. Tucker's latest recording is "Seven
Beers With The Wrong Woman." Nice
going Deming.
* * *
We'll still take John Bull in a last
minute rally to whip the Nazified Fas­cists
from across the tracks—if not by
ground plays, then with an aerial bom­bardment
remindful of Sammy Baugh
—65% direct hits—or better.
* * *
Nov. 5 is election day — vote — vote
for whom you please—but vote—it's the
American way.
* * *
The combined circulation of the
Plainsman and the Satevepost is more
than three million—Believe It Or Not!
* * *
Come back home grads—to the love­liest
village of the Plains—this week­end.
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.
Shortly before we were asked
to vacate the corner in Opelika
(that should make a hit with some
Opelika businessmen, and especial­ly
the Martin Theatre, which de­pends
upon hitch-hiking Auburn
students for a large portion of its
business) the other night, we ran
into a fellow who might be able
to throw some light into this Flor­ida
versus California question.
* * *
It seems that he was from Cali­fornia,
not far from San Diego.
He had left there less than a week
before, hitch-hiking, and, with the
wind at his back, made near-record
time to Opelika.
His immediate destination was
South Carolina, where he had "a
business deal to attend to," but
after that he told us, he was head­ing
for Florida, "God's Country."
He's seen California, and he's con­vinced
that Florida is the chosen
land. So be it.
* * *
Halloween came and went with
much less disturbance than has
been evidenced in previous years.
Maybe we are growing up at last.
And, maybe, we'll get to have
night mass meetings again, as
soon as we can prove that we've
passed the stage of dipping little
girls' hair in inkwells and tying
tin cans to lil' ole puppy dogs
tails.
* * *
It's all right if some students
prefer to walk the streets, and
campus, every night, in their
knightly garb. Such used to be the
recognized procedure for one
night each fall when the novelty
of the thing was point in its fav­or.
We still feel that this wouldn't
be a bad idea once a year.
Even the lassies at the dormi­tories
must have thought it rather
thrilling to see such a mass herd
of freshmen (they must have been
freshmen) as invaded the sacred-ness
of the Quadrangle a week or
so ago, attired in brilliant pa­jamas
of varying designs.
* * *
But, really, a thing can get old
when repeated upon any or no
provocation. This isn't so bad,
however. Our real fear is that
these habitual paraders won't
think to come in when it starts
raining, as they evidently are not
capable of doing so, and will catch
their death of cold.
That's what worries us to death.
They're too young to die. Time
may work great miracles in their
make-up, and they may yet be­come
useful human beings. This
is a plea for all who might mourn
the untimely demise of these
young victims of Auburn weather
to exercise a restraining hand
when inclement weather prevails.
* * *
No one can sway another to his
will entirely, but anyone can try
to point out what is right and
what is wrong to those who have
not pondered the ethics or prac­ticality
of their ideas.
We don't object to pajama pa­rades.
We don't have any great
objection to their nightly occur­rence
as long as no casualities oc­cur.
But, please, ye dependable
upper-classmen, don't let t he
blood of these young innocents
lie on your hands. Think for those
who are unable to think for
themselves. It is blessed to care
for the weak and those open to
temptation. It is your sacred duty
to care for your fellow man.
* * *
Shall these pore unfortunates
vanish from the face of the earth?
Shall a misty drizzle take the lives
of these benighted souls? Shall
we sit by in silence as these hap­py,
care-free young Americans
march to their doom? God forbid
it! (Courtesy, Ye Ed.) *
* * *
Pore old Karrie, the Kampus
Katerer, katered to mob rule last
issue and prevented the inclusion
of the football forecast for this
week. She neglected the fact,
however, that we are writing
Monday's column on Friday af­ternoon,
and may still venture a
prediction.
Feeling that we are putting one
over on Karrie, who has deserted
us for a fellow who buys her
chocolate malteds, we predict that
Georgia ball-carriers w i l l be
smeared like jam on bread, and
that Auburn backs will be as un­molested
as so many hornets nests.
We honestly haven't already seen
the game, as you might think by
the astounding accuracy of our
predictions, but you know by now
that the score is Auburn 53, Geor­gia
6.
Student Opinion
By STUDENT OPINION SURVEYS
AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 4.—Ameri­can
college opinion is almost
equally divided between Franklin
Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie.
Results tabulated this week for
the first Student Opinion Surveys
of America poll of the college
year show that Republican candi­date
with a minute lead of one-half
of one per cent. Willkie's ma­jority
is so slim that, considering
the allowable margin of error (3
or 4 per cent) in all scientific
sampling, it would be more ap­propriate
to say that college stu­dents
are about evenly divided on
the two candidates.
The Plainsman is cooperating
with the Surveys and nearly 150
other college newspapers in con­ducting
these polls established in
1938 by the University of Texas.
Reports of national college opin­ion,
based on a proportional sam­ple
of students from Maine to
California, will appear weekly.
Scores of personal interviewers
using uniform methods over this
cross section of campuses asked
students, "Whom do you want to
see elected president in Novem­ber?"
All students:
Willkie, said __ 50.5 per cent
Roosevelt, said _ 49.5 per cent
(Of all the students interview­ed,
6 per cent declared they had
not decided.)
Not all college students are
eligible to vote, of course, but of
the thousands who are 21 or old­er
and will go to the polls next
Tuesday, a majority will probably
give their support to Willkie.
Cross tabulations of qualified
voters gave these percentages, ad­justed
to eliminate undecided an­swers
:
Willkie 52.4 per cent
Roosevelt 47.6 per cent
This poll was taken before the
President swung fully into his
speaking tour, and it may be that
before election day he may in­fluence
many a collegian, with the
possibility of his taking the ma­jority
from Willkie. In 1938 the
Surveys started sampling col­legiate
opinion on the third term.
Here is the record, showing the
increase of approval as election
time approached:
Favoring a third term for FDR:
Dec. 1938 27.2%
Jan. 1939 28.2%
Nov. 1939 31.8%
Feb. 1940 __^ 39.5%
Today 49.5%
From section to section of the
nation opinion varies consider­ably.
Only in the Middle Atlantic
States, which the Gallup and For­tune
surveys indicate will be the
deciding factors, are students
sharply divided: New England—
63 per cent for Willkie; Middle
Atlantic—52 per cent for Willkie;
East Central, 60 per cent for
Willkie; West Central, 62 per
cent for Willkie; South—63 per,
cent for Roosevelt; West—61 per
cent for Roosevelt.
Collegiate World
A student at Eastern New Mex­ico
college has applied to Mrs. J.
Frank Potts, director of housing,
for knowledge she might have
about any widow with three or
four children who might be sus­ceptible
to a proposition of mar­riage.
Afraid he might be draft­ed,
the student earnestly request­ed
help in lining up enough
"emergency family" to make him
exempt.
* * *
And then of course there's
Camp Depression at the Universi­ty
of North Dakota, a men's
dormitory made up of seven rail­road
cabooses, where 30 self-sup­porting
students cook their own
meals and get their room in re­turn
for four hours' work a week.
Recently the camp elected one
president (who also is secretary
and treasurer) and 29 vice-presi­dents.
BROTHER-PRESIDENTS
PR. 6E0R&& /A. SMITH \S PREXY
AT SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
WHILE HIS BROTHER,CHARLES J .
SMITH IS PRESIDENT OF
ROANOKE COLLEGE/
After the Ball Is Over
By THE EDITOR
(Editor's Note: This column
was written after the Auburn-
Georgia game last Saturday in
Columbus, Ga. Score: Georgia 14,
Auburn 13.)
Well, fellows, the "ball is over."
We only wish the ball had gone
over the goal line once more for
Auburn against a powerful bunch
of sophomores from Georgia in
Memorial Stadium last Saturday.
Personally, I'm in pretty low spir­its
as I_write this—it was a heart-breaker
to lose—it was that, in­deed.
And yet, peering through
the gloom, I can see a ray of
light—of hope. And here is what
I see:
It's Auburn ball on about the
mid-field stripe. Clarence Hark-ins
replaces a weary Bill Year-out
at left half for the Plainsmen.
The sophomore Harkins gets his
chance — he passes once to Bud
Wendling, and then again to
Teedie Faulk to put the ball on
Georgia's eight in two lightning
thrusts. Jim Reynolds plows over
in three plays to score for Au­burn.
Reynolds, a sophomore, had
come through—the pressure had
been placed on him after the loss
of big Rufus Deal against Tech.
Harkins stepped back and made
his first attempt at a placement
kick in college football. The kick
was good—squarely through the
middle of the uprights. After the
kick-off, Georgia punted out —
and then Clarence Harkins took
the ball on his own 30, sifted
through four Georgia potential
tacklers, raced to the sidelines,
picked up a sprinkling of block­ing,
shook himself loose from two
or three tacklers, and outran the
last Bulldog over the goal line in
a spectacular run of 70 yards.
Harkins, another sophomore, -had
also made good.
Harkins was taken from the
game and injured Dick McGowen
sent in. Dick's try from place­ment
was wide.
Yes, we were whipped by an
alert Bulldog team. We have no
regrets. But we glory in the light
that we see ahead — the sopho­mores
of this year. We see an Au­burn
team next year that should
warm the heart of every Auburn
man and woman. These sopho­mores
have been tried and found
true—Bill Yearout, left half; Jim
Reynolds, fullback; Monk Gafford,
right half; Clarence Harkins, left
half; Tex Williams, center; Joe
Eddins, tackle; Jim McClurkin,
tackle; and Nick Ardillo and Max
Morris, guards. Nine sophomores
—fine footballers right now—des­tined
to place themselves among
the best in the Conference by next
season as juniors.
And speaking of juniors, here's
another ray of hope for next sea­son.
Earthquake Deal, one of the
finest fullbacks in the nation;
Lloyd Cheatham, a superb field
general at quarterback; Paul Ellis,
small, but a splendid passer at
left half; John Chalkley, tackle;
and Teedie Faulk, Theo Cremer,
and James Samford at ends. Seven
juniors capable of playing on any­body's
football ..team.
Yes the future of football at
the Plains looks bright for next ,
year. But this year isn't over yet.
And we firtnly believe that the
Plainsmen will win at least three
or four of their remaining five
games. Glory to Old Auburn and
Go You Tigers!
Plai msman Forum
Letters to the Editor
To the Class of 1944—
Dear Classmates:
As co-president of~our class let
me take this opportunity to thank
my supporters in the recent elec­tion
and to congratulate my op­ponents
on their clean and friend­ly
race for presidency of the "rat"
class.
Since the election many stu­dents
have wondered why Fuller
and I decided to accept the co-presidency
of the class rather than
participate in a- run-off for the
office.
It was after careful considera­tion
and much thought that we
made our decision. It was our
main thought and objective to pro­mote
more good-will and friend­liness
throughout the Freshman
Class. With two campus political
parties, or even more, the class is
divided and cannot perform any
task creditably. It was our hope
by acting as co-prexys to better
unify the class and perhaps com­bine
our united efforts in some
worthy undertaking during this
year.
We now have two different
groups combined into one, so to
speak, and we firmly believe that
the Freshman Class will be better
organized because of this fact. We
will attempt to call a convocation
of all freshmen in the near fu­ture
to discuss some worthy proj­ect
that our class might under­take.
Sincerely yours,
"Cap" Swift
Dear Mr. Editor,
The Plainsman poll held recent­ly
showed that the students sup­ported
Roosevelt 85% and Will­kie
15%. I wonder how that pro­portion
would look if the students
had all read the following ex­cerpt
which the Montgomery Ad­vertiser
carried in its October 31
edition :
"On at least one other issue
Willkie and Lewis are agreed —
both oppose segregation of races.
Willkie has declared that, if elect­ed,
segregation in the public ser­vice
will end. White and Negro
soldiers would be intermingled,
white and Negro officials would
be intermingled, and that would"
mean many other things, too,
some of them not agreeable to
either race. . . . etc."
All of you who voted to make
up that 15% for Willkie think
that over, will you?
Sincerely yours,
Fred Duggar III
November 5, 1940 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
TUFTY" TIMMONS—CLEMSON
"Tuffy" is the great Clemson team's choice for Ail-American
honors this year. Many observers say that Timmons is as good as
Banks McFadden, last year's All-American star from Clemson. Clem­son
plays Auburn here this Saturday in the Homecoming game for
the Plainsmen.
Deming Mails Out Dance Bids to More
Than Two Hundred Girls for Openings
. Hollywood Stars Also
Receive Bids to Hop
With the opening dances com­ing
up this week-end, mixed in
with Homecoming, starting Friday
night and continuing through Sat­urday
night to the music of Tom­my
Tucker and his orchestra,
John Deming, chairman of the So­cial
Committee, announced t h a t
more than 200 bids had been mail­ed
out to girls to attend the
dances.
As usual there were bids to
such movie stars as Alice Paye,
Ann Sheridan, Ginger Rogers and
others.
The partial list follows:
Auburn: Betty Kelly, Lillian
Luke, Margaret Taylor, Luella
Haselton, Helen Smith, Shirley
Needham, Madrid Davis, Janie
Strickland, Margaret Spidle, Hel­en
Wagner, Mary Dean French,
Sarah Boles, Frances Hamilton,
Gladys Casey, Allen Odem, Ruth
M. Fass, Anneite Kelly, Pauline
Black, June Adams, Jule Tisdale,
Frances Hodge, Del Fox, Etta
Claire Brackin, Mrs. Joe C. Jones,
Mary Ann Nance, Louise Thrash,
Jo Hunt, Emma Nell Parish, Jo
Reynolds, and Katherine Wright.
University of Alabama: Faye
Stapelton, P h o e b e Engleman,
Beth Deming, Mary Gaines, Jean-
Waxworks
By JIMMY GILBERT
Offerings this week are all
from the Decca tribe. Limelight
goes to Mary Martin on a "per­sonality
series" record. She sings
one of the hits from "Louisiana
Purchase," "You're Lonely and
I'm Lonely." It is backed by "Just
A-Whistlin', Just A-Whittlin,' "
the background music is by Ray
Sinatra and Band.
While we're in the vocal fea­ture
department, we mention
Judy Garland's "Buds W o n 't
Bud," and "I'm Nobody's Baby."
Needless to say, they're plenty
good.
The solid Casa Loma band, un­der
the baton of one Glenn Gray,
offers now oldie "Sierra Sue,"
plus a Benny Goodman original,
"Soft Winds." This latter makes
the band a little too solid, with
the result that the effect is aw­ful.
The former has a Kenny Sar­gent
vocal, with the usual smooth
falsetto. All . . . Right!!
To vocals again . . . This time
the Ink Spots, offering "What
Can I Do," on the back of "When
the Swallows Come Back to Cap-istrano."
Typical I.S. arrange­ments
put these in the "just or­dinary"
class.
Jimmy Dorsey's arrangement of
"If I Forget You'" gets the nod
over its backer upper, "AH This
And Heaven Too," by the same
outfit. Bob Eberly vocals on both.
The Dick Robertson platter of
the week is old, too. A nicie,
"Maybe," is murdered in typical
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All Graduates in
Education Placed
AH But Two of 1940
Seniors Now Employed
Placement of the 1940 grad­uates
in the Auburn School of
Education has been "highly satis­factory,"
according to Dean Zeb-ulon
Judd. In fact, their employ­ment
is practically 100 per cent.
Of the 205 students who receiv­ed
either bachelor's or master's
degrees in education in 1940, all
but two have been placed.
During the five-year period,
1935 through 1939, there were
621 bachelor's and master's grad­uates
from the School of Educa­tion
and all but three of this num­ber
were employed the first year
after graduation, said Dean Judd.
The School of Education counts
as "placed" students who continue
their college careers as graduate
students, and also young women
who marry and devote their time
to housekeeping.
* We buy men's
second-hand Cloth­ing
and Shoes.
Jake's Place
123 So. 9th Street
Opelika, Alabama
Who's Who at a House Party
THE CRINKLE CHEST (Every fraternity has one).
He's miserable enough with his ancient off-color
dress shirt, but when it buckles and leaves its
mooring and goes "crinkle crunch," he dies a
million deaths.
Since you can't keep him
locked in t h e cellar, tell him
about Arrow Shoreham, the
soft pleated bosom dress
shirt with the comfortable
semi-soft collar attached,
$ 3 . See your Arrow dealer.
(For tails — Arrow Kirk,
very smart, very smooth-fitting.
$3.)
ARROW SHIRTS
ne Suber, Marion Campbell, Mary
Rogers, Francis Dean, Eleanor
Robertson, Becky Beeland, and
Lillian Duffie.
Montevallo: Jcanie Henderson,
Sylvia Appleton, Frances Ward,
Jean Ray, Caroline Rowe, Cath­erine
Silce, Naomi Meyer, Mar­guerite
Walton, Martha Ross,
Carolyn Hancock, Myra Frost,
Carolyn Rabon, and Ruby Moore.
Huntington: Mallieve Wicker,
Lille Wood, Anne Johnson, Louise
Halaway, Rebbie McCoy.
Montgomery: Louise Thornton,
Dellie McCoy, Mary Carolyn Redd,
Martha Flowers,' Heloise Marshall,
Tay Mags, Juanita Bedgood, Jean
Laarie, Pricilla Cooper Scott,
Alice Webber, Martha Bruno, and
Fariss Fraser.
Birmingham: Evelyn Randall,
Louise Butts, Mildred Elliott, Ann
Barratt, France Centry, Josephine
Baily, Elizabeth Phillips, Mildred
Sanford, Peggy Allen, Nina Ab-bernathy,
Dorothy Montgomery,
Flay McPherson, Frances Kavan-augh,
Nancy Beddow, Mary Eli­zabeth
Cox, Isobel Rhodes, June
Stallings, L. I. Culley, Betty Hill-house,
Sonia Feinefeld, Courtney
Tivining, and Sue McNamee.
Catherine Scobie, L a m a r i a ,
Wise; Eve Marchman, Columbus,
Ohio; Frances McBride, Murphres-boro,
Tenn.; Mary-Eve Kelly, Co­lumbus,
Mo.; Jeanne David, Mem­phis,
Tenn.; Mrs. W. R. Henry,
Florence; Mary Eleanor Weather-ly
and Virginia McCulloch, Hunts-ville;
Barbara Beeland, Lynch-burgh,
Va.; Masie Eden, Green-castle,
Ind.; Susanne Gergoire,
Lakeland, Fla.; Jane Betts, Rome,
Ga.; Lloyd Pierce, Tallahassee,
Fla.; Margaret Allen, U n i on
Springs; Martha McPherson, Ma­con,
Ga.; Lillian Russell, Fair­field;
Adel Jenness and Frances
Galloway, New Orleans; Willie
Mae Muskett, Fyffe.
Ruth Corley, Vincent; Judy
Hendrix, Oklahoma City, Okla.;
Maxine Scott, Camden, Ark.;
Yvonne Dixon, Bessemer; Chris­tine
Jones, Irondale; Virginia
Beall, Luverne; Martha Dinsmore,
Decatur; Hazel Malloy, Union
Coeds Take Part
In Fashion Show
Mildred Lippitt Stages
Revue at Tiger Theatre
Last Tuesday night at the Tiger
Theatre, Mildred Lippitt present­ed
several Auburn coeds in a dis­tinctive
fashion show on the stage
of the theatre. Mildred Lippitt is
proprietor of the Town and Coun­try
Shop.
API coeds participating in the
fashion parade included Martha
Glenn Rowe, Prudence Ozier,
Helen Martin, Martha Vest, Mary
Wood, Nellie Howell, Elaine Free­man,
Margaret Rew, Mary Helen
Smith, Mary Laura Priest, Jerry
Creel, and Annie Laura Dozier.
During the fashion show ap­proximately
40 newest styles in
dresses, robes, evening gowns.
Sigma Nu Initiates
Three New Members
Beta Theta chapter of Sigma
Nu Fraternity held an initiation
for the upperclassmen pledges on
the night of Wednesday 23.
The men going through were:
Jimmy Carlisle, Alexander City;
Zac Perry, Montgomery; and Jack
Leak also of Montgomery. The
initiation was formal.
After initiation the chapter da-viser,
Colonel Laird, gave a short
talk, complimenting the officers
on the impressiveness of the cere­mony.
Other visiting Sigma Nu's
were: Professor Fox, Auburn; Lt.
James McCain, University of
Maine; Lt. Dave Stowell, Univer­sity
of Vermont; and Lt. Walter
Steves, Washington and Lee.
Don Brown, featured with Tommy Tucker and his 14-piece orches­tra,
will sing here at Graves center during the Opening Dances this
week-end. More than 200 girls were mailed bids to the dances this
week.
Springs; Betty June Doerr, Hop-kinsville,
Ky.; Jane McDonough,
Decatur, Ga.; Dorothy Killeen,
New Orleans, La.; Geraldine Pow­ers,
Oneonta; Gail Sonaberg, But­ler,
Penn.; Gene Allen, Charles­ton,
S. C.; Terry Bost, Eclectic;
Mary McConnell, Anderson, S. C;
Elizabeth Ann Quilty, University
of Louisiana; Frances Baldwin,
Robertsdale; Mancy L. Hill, Tus-kegee;
Frances Brown, Milledge-ville,
Ga.; Frances McElroy, Mill-edgeville,
Ga.
• When in Columbus make Kayser-Lilien-thai
your headquarters. Just the type fur
coat, sport coat, suit, dress and accessor­ies
for college wear.
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1109 BROADWAY COLUMBUS, GA.
Playoff in Inferfrafernity Touch
Football Will Begin This Afternoon
ATO Team Meets Pikes
I n Top-Notch Contest
Playoff between the winners of
the four leagues in interfraterni-ty
touch football will begin next
Monday afternoon on Bullard
Field at 4 p.m., according to an
announcement this week by the
Intramural Sports Office.
The ATO's, winners in League
One will tangle with the PiKA's,
League Two winners in a game
that promises to show the cham­pionship
team for this year.
The Sigma Nu's, winners in
League Four will meet the winner
of the SPE-Sigma Chi playoff, to
determine the winner of League
Three.
Following this pairing the win­ners
of each of these two playoff
games will engage in battle to de­termine
the campus champion and
the loser will playoff to decide
third and fourth places.
Last year the SAE's won the
interfraternity touch f o o t b a ll
championship.
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Some 21,500 cars and trucks are in regular day to
day service with the Bell System. The great majority
have bodies specially developed by telephone engi­neers.
Many are equipped with power winches, air
compressors and pole derricks. Each of the many
types is designed to handle particular functions in the
construction and maintenance of telephone plant.
Planning, purchasing and operating the world's
largest fleet of commercial motor vehicles is a big
job in itself. Yet it is but part of the far bigger job:
providing the finest, fastest, friendliest service to
the millions who daily use the telephone.
Why not give the family a ring tonight?
Rates to moat point* are lowest after
7 P. M. any night—and all day Sunday.
Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN November 5, 1940
Tiger to Present
Picture, 'Brigham
Young,'Wednesday
Tyrone Power and Dean
Jagger to Star in Story
Of Great Mormon Leader
In most motion pictures the
plot is keyed to build up to one
tremendous climax. Darryl F. Zan-uck's
production of "Brigham
Young," by Louis Bromfield,
which will be shown Wednesday
and Thursday at the Tiger Thea­tre,
has many spectacular se­quences,
any one of which would
make a thrilling climax for most
pictures.
"Brigham Young," which has
been called the great American
motion picture, is the story of the
historic Mormon trek westward.
Tyrone Power is starred in the
picture which features Linda Dar­nell
in the leading feminine role,
and Dean Jagger as Brigham
Young.
The size and scope of "Brig­ham
Young" can be judged by the
epic scenes it contains. Among
them are:
The crossing of the Mississippi
in the dead of winter by thous­ands
of Mormons fleeing before
guns.
The massacre at Nauvoo, 111.,
when masked raiders pillaged the
city and struck down defenseless
hundreds. _
The historic trek of 20,000 peo­ple
across endless miles of waste­land.
The plague of millions of crick­ets
during the first year at Great
Salt Lake, and the miracle of the
sea gulls which arrived in time to
devour the insects and rid the
Mormons of their pestilence. •
Featured in Darryl Zanuck's
colorful production are Brian
Donlevy, Jane Darwell, John Car-radine,
Mary Astor, Vincent Price,
Jean Rogers and Ann Todd.
Freshman Election
(Continued from page 1)
could make their own decision.
Swift was located, Fuller was
called out of an FFA meeting. The
two finally arrived at the office.
They paced the floor nervously as
they were told of the tie. Finally
Roby seated the two in chairs,
facing each other. He straddled
a chair by their sides. A visitor
to the office, not acquainted with
Roby, asked "Who's the fellow
.Wednesday
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TROUBLE in the TROPICS!!
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Friday
MARTIN
"THE PLACE TO GO"
Tigers Meet Clemson Saturday
'COACH FRANK HOWARD—CLEMSON
Coach Howard of C l e m s on
brings the best team in the South­ern
Conference to the loveliest
village Saturday to play those Au-burn
Tigers.
who'-s holding the peace pipe?"
The candidates got their heads
together. The observers could tell
that both were anxious for the
office. Neither wanted to give in
to the other—but both were will­ing
to compromise.
And so it was decided that they
would be co-presidents. The ques­tion
as to which would serve the
first 3% month term of office.
A coin was flipped, Fuller called
"heads" and won. He chose the
second term. His opponent agreed,
saying, "O. K., Swift will be presi­dent
first. Thanks."
Auburn-Georgia
(Continued from page 1)
few noticed when an obscure num­ber
68, Clarence Harkins, trotted
in at the Tiger left halfback post.
In something like four minutes
the same number 68 had set up
one touchdown and personally ac­counted,
and we mean accounted,
for the other. The 175-pounder
from Gadsden turned loose two
passes, one to Happer for 28
yards and another to Teedie Faulk
for 25 to lay the ball on the Geor­gia
seven. Reynolds showed a lot
of the Rufe Deal smash tactics to
score from that spot in three
plays and Harkins converted.
Five plays later it was Hark-
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Game Will Highlight
API Homecoming Day
Clemson Team Claimed Best in Southern
Conference; Plainsmen Will Be Underdogs
By ELMER SALTER
Never encountering a weak foe, the Auburn Tigers
will take on the No. 1 club in the Southern Conference,
Clemson, in launching the final half of their 1940 football
schedule. The outstanding inter-league scrap between the
local Tigers and the Palmetto State Bengals is booked for
Auburn Stadium at Auburn Saturday afternoon, Novem­ber
9, at 2 o'clock and will be the feature of Auburn's
mammoth homecoming celebration.
Coach Jack Meagher's Tigers
will make their only Jiome ap­pearance
of the year in clashing
with youthful Frank Howard's
top-flight Clemson outfit. It also
will be only their second engage­ment
at home since 1936. They
played a 7-7 tie with Florida last
year in dedicating Auburn Sta­dium
and this tilt was their first
at Auburn in almost four cam­paigns.
Clemson is not a newcomer to
Auburn's list of opponents; how­ever,
the Orange and Blue Tigers
and the South Carolinians have
not faced each other in moleskins
since Clemson's 26-7 victory at
Clemson in 1929. In fact, they
were almost annual rivals on the
gridiron until their feud was in­terrupted
11 years ago.
Their football series was inau­gurated
in 1899 and they have
met 24 times. Auburn holds a 16-
7 advantage in decisions annexed
and one bout ended in a draw.
In tieing up with Clemson in
their homecoming struggle, the
Meaghermen will be tackling a
rival which many think is the best
equipped offensive and defensive
ins again. Taking a Georgia punt
on his 30 he shot like a bolt goal-ward
and, picking up an exquisite
bit of blocking featuring Messrs.
Cheatham and Lenoir, ripped the
entire 70 yards for the score. The
play was now reaching lumberjack
proportions and Lenoir, after set­ting
aside two Georgia tacklers,
went out of this world, as did
Poschner and McClurkin on the
two following plays. But down to
the Georgia end zone — Harkins
was replaced by Dick McGowen
and the stadium went dead as the
conversion play came up. The kick
went up, then slithered off to the
left and Auburn trailed, 13-14.
aggregation that they will be call­ed
upon to meet this fall. Clem­son
has brilliant kicking, a decep­tive
and powerful offense, more
bona fide Ail-American candidates
than the average top-bracket team
sports, and a band of defensive
demons which is effective against
both air and land attacks.
A group of 11 Auburn seniors
will wind up impressive careers
before the homefolks in squaring
off with Clemson. They are Abb
Chrietzberg and Hugh Maddox,
centers; Alternate-Captain Ernest
Mills, an All-Southeastern Con­ference
candidate, and Wallace
Wise, guards; Chester Bulger,
who, however, will have to watch
the game from the bench because
he has not recovered fully from
an attack of Brill's fever, and
Gordon MacEachern, t a c k l e s ;
Babe McGehee and Jim Lenoir,
ends, and Captain Dynamite Dick
McGowen, an all-star choice in
1939; Bud Wendling and Carl
Happer, halfbacks. Ten of Au­burn's
11 seniors are lettermen
and a majority of the 11 will open
against Clemson.
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blue case. Finder please call
Marshal Smith at 332.
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will be shown FRIDAY at
your TIGER
Freshman All-Campus Track Meet to
Be Held on Wednesday and Thursday
"CHIPPY" MANESS—CLEMSON
"Chippy" i* another of the
Clemson Tiger's many backfield
stars who will perform here Sat­urday
against the Plainsmen in
the Homecoming game in the Au­burn
Stadium.
API Women Attend
Delta Kappa Meet
A delegation of four Auburn
women attended the State Con­vention
of Delta Kappa Gamma,
honorary organization for teach­ers,
held in Huntsville Saturday.
They are Miss Dana Gatchell,
professor of home economics; Miss
Rebecca Pate, assistant professor
of home economics; and Miss Lu-cile
Rhodes and Mrs. Elizabeth
Bradley, of the Lee County High
School. Miss Gatchell is president
of the local Pi chapter of Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Entries Must Be Turned
In Today and Tomorrow
A track meet for freshmen will
be held on Tuesday and Wednes­day.
The events will be open to
all freshmen who wish to partici­pate.
Winners of the first three
places in each event will represent
the freshman class in the inter-class
meet to be held one week
later.
Among the events to be held on
Tuesday are the 220 yd. dash, the
880 yd. run, the 120 yd. high
hurdles, the high jump, and the
javelin. Events to be held on Wed­nesday
include the 100 yd. dash,
the 440 yd. dash, the mile run, the
pole vault, the broad jump, the
shot put, and the discus.
Competition in this meet will
be by departments. A captain for
each department will be appoint­ed
and freshman should report to
their respective captains or they
i may see Coach Jeff Beard at the
field house to sign up for the
various events. The various de­partments
to be represented are
Architecture, Agriculture, Chem­istry
& Pharmacy, Education, Sci­ence
& Literature, Engineering.
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Robertson fashion. The homicide
is complete after Dick sings. On
the back is one made more for
this style. It is "Ain't Cha Comin'
Out?" . . . another vocal by Rob­ertson.
Woody Herman, with a lead off
trumpet that sounds like H. James
in person, grinds out "You Think
of Everything." Vocal by maestro
gives a well balanced tune. On
the back is "Mister Meadowlark."
Just fair.
Mischa AuerStar
In Martin Comedy
Picture Will Show in
Opelika This Week
Described as a romantic com­edy
set to music, Universal's tune­ful
farce, "Margie," comes Wed­nesday
to the Martin Theatre.
Tom Brown is seen as a young
composer and Nan Grey portrays
the pretty wife who inspires him
to write the song "Margie" bear-
I ing her name. The story follows
the exciting adventure which con­front
the pair when they "take a
holiday from love" to try for suc­cess
in separate careers.
Joy Hodges sings the title song
in her role of the musical comedy
favourite, and Mischa Auer is seen
as a torrid South American ba­nana
king who tries to mix ro­mance
with business. Edgar Ken­nedy
and Allen Jenkins are cast
as a pair of rough and tumble
piano movers. Eddie Quillan and
Wally Vernon as two boys from
Tin Pan Alley, compete with Auer
during hilarious comedy scenes in
the film.
Scott Darling and Erna Lazarus
wrote the original story and Otis
Garrett and Paul Gerard Smith
served as co-directors. Joseph San-ford
was the associate producer
and Stanley Cortez handled the
photography.
The co-feature will be "Golden
Trail", featuring Tex Ritter.
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driver's license, money, a nd
other papers. If found, please
notify Charles M c F a 11, 24
Graves Center.
Wednesday-Thursday
Follow the example
set by some of the
leading campus so­cieties.
Have your
dinners in our new
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AND DELICIOUS
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"The Toast of The Town"
OPELIKA
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THE GREAT
AMERICAN
MOTION
PICTURE!
. written for the screen by
LOUIS
BROMFIELD
starring
TYRONE POWER
with
LINDA DARNELL
BRIAN DONLEVY • JANE
DARWELL • JOHN
CARRADINE • MARY ASTOR
VINCENT PRICE • JEAN
ROGERS • ANN TODD
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as Brigham Young
MORE ENJOYMENT
Sensational Scenes
'London Can Take It'
TIGER
lause...
at the
familiar
red cooler
Opelika Coca Cola Bottling Co.
, Phone 70
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A refugee from Nazi Germany, Emit Ludwig, celebrated biographer and
historian, conducts an informal lawn seminar for a group of interested Santa
Barbara State college students. Confute Digest Photo by wilkei
drafted
Jean Roff, University of Chicago fresh­man,
refused to enter beauty contest, but
a photographer submitted her picture and
she was "drafted" campus queen, to
reign at the first all-campus dance of the
school.
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Sophomores Win in "Big Push"
Oberlin college sophomores scored an upset this fall
when they defeated the freshmen in the annual pushball
contest by a score of 138-6, score based on yardage.
As far back as anyone can remember, the sophomores
have defeated the freshmen only once before in their
annual melee.
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On the Gridiron
This football player is wearing a
new type of football helmet, made
from tenite, a light-weight, tough
plastic which has been developed
recently. It was tested for the first
time during the Syracuse-North­western
same early in October.
The picture at right shows the web
construction which prevents play­ers
head from coming in contact
with the helmet at any point. Aa«<
For Cold Winter Nights
Having finished her studying and put out the cat, this co-ed
is about to turn out the light and hit the hay in a printed
flannelette gown scattered all over with pastel posies. The
attached hood and long sleeves make it particularly ap­propriate
for sleeping porch addicts. A"'
Rat Week at Stratford college, Virginia, brought about a five-day revolution in campus
fashions. Long black cotton stockings, gloves, umbrellas, and pillow-case book bags
were dress details decreed for that period by upperclassmen as "musts" for the freshies.
Tougher yet was the assignment given a group of frosh at Morris Harvey college.
Upperclassmen dressed them in skirts, set them to cleaning traffic signs in downtown
Charleston, West Virginia.
High Flyer
This thrilling bit of ac­tion
took place when
Hawthorne of Texas
stopped Ma.ttox of
Oklahoma after a long
punt return. Texas de­feated
their traditional
rivals in a bang-up
game, 1 9 - 1 6 . Acme
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The mammoth slide at
Braddock Heights
proved to be one of the
most popular attrac­tions
to Hood college
girls at their annual pic­nic.
It's lots of fun, ac­cording
to Helen Beck,
Ruth Disney and Lucy
Davenport.
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FLIES WITH YOU EVERY MILE!
WILLIAM H. MILLER - Flight Supt., American Airlines
THE ARMCHAIR above is his cockpit-but Bill Miller flies
as many as 100 planes a day. North, south, east, and west from
New York's LaGuardia Field (air view upper right) his radio
control-room directs the flying course of American's flagships.
Flier, navigator, engineer, traffic executive all in one—yes, flight
superintendent Bill Miller is a man with the extras —a man who
gets the smoking extras, too... in Camels.
For Camel's costlier tobaccos and slower way of burning give you
more than mildness — they give you extra mildness and coolness
with a flavor that holds its appeal right through the last extra puff.
Camels also give you extra smoking per pack (see right).
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Wins Award for Ingenuity
For devising this fine analytical balance, William \
won the $500 Yankee Ingenuity Scholarship at Worce
institute. This annual award goes to an entering studei
displays ingenuity of a high order.
This Halloween hallucination was snapped at the Pi Kappa Alpha house, Lehigh
university, when the ghost of the skeleton in the closet made his annual appearance.
Next year members plan to capture the apparition and present him to the biology
department.
These Aren't Campaign Cigars
. . . but a vital part of the traditional parade which Pu
seniors hold each year to launch the football season,
bies, canes, yellow cords, and mustaches are ever pr
during this gala senior event. Here Buck Payne anc1
Hudson puff the victory "torch".
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WEENY of Amherst wears a sinister grin as he starts a gallop around right end, but Gardella and Forte
of Harvard brought him down after a short gain. Harvard stopped the Lord Jeffs 1 3-0. international
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Turn About Is Fair Play
:n at Northwest Missouri State Teachers college rebelled at their annual haz-
I, by virtue of superior numbers, did a bit of initiating on their own by giving
assman Harold Johnson a close haircut. Collegia Digest Photo by Elliott
She Knows All of the Answers
Placed near the training table at the Ripon college commons dining hall, Jeanette Hot-vedt
learned that pouring coffee was only a minor part of her job. Proximity to the gibes
of the players has developed a quick sense of repartee, now she exchanges wisecrack for
wisecrack Collegiate Digest Photo by Inversetti
Pork-pie Hats Still Campus Favorite
Among the items that add interest to the college wardrobe
this season is this pork-pie hat. Saddle-laced crowns and
multi-colored plaid scarf bands feature this model. Made
of brown felt, the hat has a medium wide brim with kick-up
in back.
They Carry the Marks of Freshmen
To remind them of their uninitiated status, freshmen co-eds at West­minster
college are required to carry large name-cards and braid their
hair into pigtails during Regulations Week.
A t Vanderbilt small slates are worn during the rushing period.
Here Martha Bryan and Henrietta Gage are being welcomed
tO the Tri-Delt hoUM. Co)l«il««c Dlfol Photo by Ifwln
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iricWer Changes f* I I - * /" « I '•
us Dc^e From Goal Line to Coast Line
Marvin Fairbanks, sensational sophomore
tackle (or San Francisco State college, will
not hear the yelling of football rooters (or
the remainder of the season. Instead, he'll
listen to the screaming of bullets. Deciding
to beat the draft, Fairbanks turned in his foot­ball
suit for a soldier's uniform when he
joined the 250th Coast Guard Artillery of
the National Guard for a year's training.
ft ft ft
rvin Fairbanks captained the San Francisco State team
le first game of the season. He is shown receiving ta­ctions
from Coach Dick Boyle.
Instead of shoving opposing linesmen
around, he's pushing shells into army guns
at Camp McQuade.
From force of habit the new recruit strikes a typical lineman's pose.
Had he stayed in school, he would have been S. F. State's out­standing
linesman this season.
She Struts for Gettysburg
first co-ed drum majorette in the history of Gettys-i
college is the distinctive honor accorded Mary Lou
, petite baton-twirler who's in her junior year at the
isylvania college.
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Members of the "D" club at Drake university swing mean paddles, have freshmen
wishing they wore pillows. Here Doris Dow demonstrates the correct method of
"grabbing your knees" for a group of uninitiated underclassmen.
Columbia
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She Cheers the Tarheels
Leading the cheers for the University of North Carolina football team this fall is pretty
June Rumsey, who has the distinction of being the first girl co-cheerleader in the history
of the university.