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ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, JANUARY 21, 1941
Cut System
Totters
NO. 35
Dalies Frantz, above, talented King of the Keyboards, proved
his mastery of the piano last night at Alumni Gym, where he was
highly applauded for his joint concert with Wilbur Evans.
Evans, Frantz Give
Successful Concert
Pianist, Baritone
Highly Applauded
By HERBERT MARTIN
The joint recital last night in
Alumni Gym of pianist Dalies
Frantz and baritone Wilbur Evans
met with one of the most enthusiastic
receptions of the entire concert
series. Both artists were called
back again and again for numerous
encores, and the surprisingly
large after-flu audience continued
its applause long after the musicians
had left the platform.
Mr. Frantz, in his first selection,
a Bach Chorale, "Jesu, Joy
of Man's Desiring", gave immediate
notice that advance informa-tion
praising his artistry was true
in every particular. He followed
this with two more works from
Bach, "Gigue" (from Fifth French
Suite) and "Prelude and Fugue in
D Major", and his interpretation
of the difficult Bach themes was
excellent.
He impressed the audience with
his technical mastery, but, that was
merely a part of his greatness. He
could play powerfully, so powerfully
that the piano filled the entire
hall, but his subtlety in the
quieter passages was just as effective.
At his next appearance, Mr.
Frantz played three numbers from
Brahms, of which "Variations on a
Theme of Paganini" was probably
accorded the most appreciative reception.
As an encore for this group
he played the familiar Brahms
"Valse in E Flat Major".
The dramatic effects he achieved
in "Funerailles", by Liszt, were
powerful and moving. He followed
these by selections from Chopin.
His encores included, in a more
modern vain, Alec Templeton's
"Mozart in Triplets" and Gershwin's
"The Man I Love".
Wilbur Evans opened his part
of the program with an air from
"Comus", by Arne, followed by the
old English melody, "Over the
Mountains". The Prologue from
"Pagliacci", Leoncavallo, probably
best showed Mr. Evan's unusual
range and control.
Mr. Evans had a flair for dra-
_, . _ ^.matics, and sang with operatic effects.
His voice had quality and
range, and his versatility took him
all the way from "Pagliacci" to
songs from Gershwin's "Porgy and
Bess". Probably the most outstanding
thing about his voice, however,
was his wonderful control. He
could sing powerfully or softly,
and his voice retained its vibrancy
in either.
"Au Pays", by Holmes, was exceptionally
well received by the
audience, who appreciated Mr.
Evans' gift for comedy. His rendition
of Debussy's "Beau Soir"
was delicate and touching, and he
probably reached his heights of
power in Duparc's "La Vague et la
Cloche".
Mr. Evans' concluding group included
three songs from "Porgy
and Bess", "Where's Ma Bess?",
"Summertime,"and "It Ain't Necessarily
So". His arrangement of this
last number was novel and entertaining,
and gave full rein to his
ability to sing to the audience. The
listeners liked .Mr. Evans, and he
gave the impression of enjoying his
performance as well as the audience
did, and of liking his listeners.
His encore that probably received
the most applause was the familiar
"Old Man River". Wilbur
Evans was accompanied at the
piano by Gilbert Fischer.
Miriam McClendon to
Head Dana Catchell
Club Next Semester
Miriam McClendon, Junior in
Home Economics from Camp Hill
has been elected to succeed Margaret
Whatley as President of the
Dana King Gatchell Club for the
coming year. The election was
held last Tuesday night.
Other officers who will serve
are Frances Hamilton of Spring-ville,
vice - president; C l a u d ia
Weinman from Decatur, secretary;
Margaret Nash from Helena,
treasurer; Mary Guarisco from
Daphne, song leader; Annie B.
Waters from Muscogee, Florida,
chairman of the program committee;
Margaret Spidle from Auburn,
chairman of the social committee,
a n d Merle Woodard,
chairman of the publicity committee.
Theta Upsilon Holds
Pledge Service
Pledge service was held yesterday
by the Iota Alpha Chapter of
Theta Upsilon for Jo Ellen Towns
of Alexander City, Alabama, and
Helen Krauss of St. Petersburg,
Florida.
A floral arrangement was used
by the society to carry out the rainbow
colors of the chapter.
Officials Consider Cut System Change
College Inn Now
Under Management
By API Student
Dickman Announces New
Changes for Popular
Auburn Restaurant
ft was announced yesterday
that the College Inn has been
taken over by a student and will
be student operated. The new
owner of the College Inn is Byron
A. Dickman from Bay Minette,
Alabama, who is a senior in mechanical
engineering. The purchase
of the College Inn by Byron
was made yesterday.
Prior to this time, the College
Inn was closed around eight
o'clock, but under the new management,
the Inn will remain open
every night until 12 o'clock. The
C. I. may not close at midnight if
the student trade deems it necessary
to remain open for a longer
period.
Byron reported that he has
been dealing with the Auburn
Knights and is trying to get them
to play three nights every week
for two or three hours. He is also
trying to get them for specialties
on Sunday nights from six until
seven o'clock. The Knights have
not been signed up yet but he is
trying to get the contract signed
by the end of this semester.
Under the new management,
free coffee will be given to all
students during exams from 9:30
o'clock until the C. I. closes. The
new manager also announced that
the meal tickets purchased under
the old management will be honored.
Beginning February 1, the College
Inn will be operated by students
and there will probably be
ten students in the employ of the
Inn. Five of the student waiters
will be boys and the other five
will be coeds, if the new management
can get the permission of
the college officials to let the
girls work at the College Inn.
Students. Register
For Second Semester
Of 1940-41 Term
Juniors, seniors, and fifth-year
students began registering yesterday
morning for the second semester
of the 1940-41 school
term. Freshmen and sophomores
will begin registration next Monday,
January 27.
Registration for juniors, seniors,
and fifth-year students will
close at noon on January 25. Date
for the close of freshman and
sophomore registration has been
set for February 1 at noon, according
to Mr. Charles W. Edwards,
API Registrar.
The Executive Council has authorized
assessment of a penalty
charge of $1 for each change of
course after Saturday noon, February
1, unless special conditions
make the changes necessary.
Students should report first to
the Registrar's Office in Samford
Hall to obtain registration materials
before beginning registration.
Ag students will not begin
registration until Monday, January
27.
Deans Requested To
Suggest Revisions
Present Experimental System Proclaimed
Failure After Trial of Two Semesters
The absence system in effect in Auburn since the second
semester of last year may be changed next semester,
according to an announcement yesterday by Executive
Secretary Ralph Draughon.
Letters have been sent to the heads of the various
departments on the campus requesting that they make
suggestions for the institution of a new system, to replace
the present one.
It's Still Fort
Benning, Boys!
In view of the fact that certain
misinforming rumors have been
circulating over the campus concerning
places where the ROTC
Camp will be held this summer,
Fort Bragg, N. C, being the place
that most juniors in ROTC have
been led to believe that they would
have to spend the summer, Colonel
John J. Waterman, commandant
of the local unit, issued the following
notice that he received yesterday.
The notice revealed that the
camp will be held in Fort Benning,
Georgia, for Auburn Field Artillery
and Engineers as has been the
procedure for many years past.
The camp will begin on June 6
and continue until July 19. Included
in the same notice was the
fact that Colonel Waterman will
he the Camp Commander.
Parra Speaks to
IRC On Venezuela
Speaker Gives Aspects
Of Country Today
Alberto Parra, Chemical Engineering
sophomore and a native
of Venezuela, spoke to the International
Relations Club l a st
Thursday night on the general aspects
of that country today. Included
in the talk were views on
the country's commerce with the
United States, and also the attitude
of Venezuela toward the
Nazi German government.
The program was under the direction
of Miss Lillian Jane Smith.
The club this year has heard
student speakers from several
western hemisphere countries.
Other speakers of this year
have been: Fred Hopton-Jones of
Havana, Cuba; Paul Kimata, of
Honolulu, Hawaii; and Salvador
Solorzano, of Mexico City. Solor-zano
is a relative of ex-president
Cardenas.
In the business meeting that
preceeded the talk by Mr. Parra,
Merlin Bryant, president of the
organization, announced that he
had received complete information
on the national conference
of International Relations Clubs
to be held in Tallahassee, Florida,
February 28 to March 3. Tentative
plans for sending delegates
to the convention were made.
Because of examinations, there
will be no meeting of the International
Relations Club this week.
Social Center Tea Room to Serve
Drinks and Sandwiches During Exams
Opens Every Night at
9 : 4 5 ; Closes at 10:15
Students on the Auburn campus
will have an opportunity to cram
between cramming during the week
of examinations which begin tomorrow.
Accepting the idea that "an army
travels on its stomach," the students
in charge of the Home Ec
Tea Room have become convinced
that for the good of the student
body, crammers all, will need refreshment
during time outs in
studying this week.
So they're going to open the
Home Ec Tea Room for thirty
minutes each night from tomorrow
until next Wednesday. The Tea
Room will open at 9:45 each evening,
and remain open until 10:15.
Refreshments in the form of hot
drinks and sandwiches will be
served at these times, to any student
(or anybody else) interested.
So drop those books for half an
hour each night and come around
to the Social Center at the Quad
for half an hour's refreshment. You
ought to be ready to go back to
burning the midnight oil in style,
afterwards.
Mr. Draughon stated that as yet
no definite action has been taken
to abolish the cut system now in
use, but that since it is generally
"agreed that it has been a miser
able failure," a change seems al
most inevitable.
The system, as practiced during
the last two semesters, allows each
student two unexcused absences
per semester hour. Excess cuts in
a course automatically operate toward
dropping the student in that
subject.
The present system also features
a "dean's list" for juniors and
seniors whose scholastic averages
are in the upper ten percent of
their class in their individual
schools.
The plan to be used if the cut
system is abolished has not yet
been decided upon.
The present system was put into
effect at mid-term of last year,
and was instituted as purely experimental.
There was some
thought of changing the plan at
the first of this school year, but
officials of the school consented
to give the system one more semester's
trial, hoping that students
would use their cuts judiciously
after the system had been tried for
sometime.
Before the system came into effect,
students were not allowed unexcused
absences at all. Each absence
from class not excused by a
doctor or other qualified person
counted two points off the final
grade of the student. Absences over
double the number of credit hours
in a course caused the student to
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Dance Bids Sent to Over 250 Girls
As Prom Time Nears; More Expected
Bid Cards to Be Taken
Up Tomorow Night
By JIMMY GILBERT
Over 250 bids to the mid-term
dances are in the mail at the
present time to girls in all parts
of the United States, and at least
a hundred more are expected to
be mailed out by the end of the
week. Deadline for the bid cards
is tomorrow night, when all boxes
will be closed and bid cards will
be collected f r o m fraternity
houses, according to a statement
made last night by Social Committee
Chairman John Deming.
Plans for the gala, looked-for-ward-
to event are being formulated
by Chairman Deming and
the members of the Social Committee.
Decorations in the "top
hatter" theme have been planned
by "Trigger" McGehee and John
McCabe, who have secured the
contract for furnishing the "glad
rags" in the local dancatorium,
Graves Center. The leading gal
will be Miss Becky Beeland, as
has already been announced.
Deming also announced that
the Friday night junior leadout
will be broadcast over the air.
All juniors are requested again
to turn in names of themselves
and their dates for the leadout to
Craig Jackson. These names will
be read out during the leadout
broadcast.
Tickets for the dances can be
obtained from the following members
of the Social Committee:
Jimmy Martin, Paul Ellis, Jimmy
Ware, Bobby Pickens, Johnnie
Davis, and Buddy McMahan.
A partial list of the girls invited
to the prom follows:
From Auburn:
Del Fox, Etta Claire Brackin,
Jule Tisdale, Margaret Spidle,
Carolyn Cowden, Christine Blackburn,
Suzelle Hare, Helen Wagner,
Betty Barnes, Frances Hamilton,
Nancy Ray, Annette Kelly,
Alberta Palmour, Allen Odom,
Frances Hodge, Sophia Young,
Martha Glenn Rowe, Verne Jack.
Eleanor Hill, Virginia Wren,
Mary Jane Phillips, Lillian Evans, nooga,
Janie Strickland, Jean Hollings-1
worth, Louise
Dobbins, Ruth
Ozier, Elaine
Alison Knapp,
Thrash, Linnelle
Golson, Prudence
Freeman, Le'a
Dorothy Knapp,
Henrietta Reeves, Annie Lyde
Lewis, Martha Watson, Jean
Beasley, Verna Pitts, Nelda Beas-ley.
From Judson College:
Mary Ware, Edith Vaughn,
Christine Golson.
From Tallahassee, Fla.:
Marjorie Walling, Muriel Poole,
Anne Cleveland, Helen Fant,
Brownie Davis.
From Mobile:
June Daves, Vernice McKinnsy,
Mary Lynch.
From Montgomery:
Mary Calvin Keene, Frances
Withers, Lois Paulger, Debbie
McCoy, Isobel Rhodes, Margaret
Chapman, Farris Frazer, Margaret
Woodruff, Priscilla Scott, Dot
Stanaland, Louise Thornton, Mary
Carolyn Read, Eloise Kelly, Annette
Lee, Shirley DeGinther,
Lilly Wood, Martha Duncan.
From Montevallo:
Catherine Siler, Martha Ross,
Melba Brown, Naomi Meyer, Betty
Siler, Lil Heblon, Carolyn
Breaux, Betty F. Pointer, Martha
Ward, Jeanie Anderson.
From Opelika:
Ruth Renfroe, Mary Hackney,
Ann Tatum.
From Columbus:
Frances Prince, Eleanor Key,
Anne Gosset, Mary Gaither Blau,
Grene Wender, Sara Jackson.
From Atlanta:
Frances Ellis, Annelle Baker,
Jane Cunningham, Carolyn Kight,
Bettye Ashcraft, and Joyce Moore.
Miscellaneous:
Elizabeth Bugbee, Tullahoma,
Tenn.; Evelyn Webater, Wind-field,
Ala.; Linda Darnell, Hollywood,
Calif.; Isabel Dunklin,
Greenville, Ala.; Gayle Read,
Bronxville, N. Y.; Virginia Bush,
Mobile, Ala.; Wyline Pool, Gaines-vile,
Ga.; Gene Allen, Charleston,
S. C.; Bernice Flower, Bristol,
Va.; Betty de Vries, • Rockville,
Md.; Ann Kimbrough, Bradford,
Mass.; Jayne Shutting, Chatta-
Tenn.; Phyllis Katherine
(Continued on page 4)
Flu-ing Trip To API Infirmary
And What Goes On Inside
Noted Reporter Tells
Of 3-Day Rest Cure
By N. FLU ENZA
Time sneezes on, and the Flu
scare, Auburn model, is over—at
least for us. We've had our case.
We oughta be satisfied. We asked
for it. At the first of the year
Ye Editor asked us to write a feature
story on the college infirmary.
So we said, sure, that'll be
fun. We'll just take a few days
off from school and really write
an inside.story. So Ye Editor asked
whaddaya mean, and we said
we'll just call the infirmary, tell
'em to send the ambulance around
to pick us up, and take a rest
cure down there for a while.
But the editor didn't like our
idea. He said nope — that would
be foolish, going to the infirmary
for three or four days just to get
an inside story on how the men
in white work, and besides, he
couldn't spare us from the staff
for that long. (Not that we do
him any good on the staff, he just
likes to have lots of people hanging
around, to make the Glom-erata
boys think we've got a big
staff.)
So we insisted that we couldn't
write the story right unless we'd
been stuck in the hospital under
real conditions. So the editor said
forget it.
And we've always been so darned
healthy it looked as if there
wasn't anything to do but forget
it. We were afraid he'd spill the
beans if we went ahead and faked
the sickness anyway. So we forgot
it, and wrote a story on politics
instead. (You can always write a
story on politics — nobody else
knows anything for sure about
them either.)
Anyway, about a week after
Christmas was over, when we
were just beginning to get a little
worried about exams, and were
pretty busy catching up on lost
sleep, we got the opportunity to
look the infirmary over from the
'way inside. And after we'd cussed
ourselves out properly early in
the year for being too healthy to
get sick and get into the joint.
We'd heard of a few Flu cases,
so we decided that maybe that
was why we had that terrible cold
and our head felt like the Magi-not
line, and why we were too
hot one minute and foo cold the
next, like boarding house coffee.
We yelled down to the landlady,
and told her that her star boarder
was sick. She, fearing that she
might lose that back rent if we
passed out, called the infirmary.
At last! We were to get to ride
in .the distantly-admired ambulance.
That was worth getting the
Flu for.
But it seems that the ambulance
was out of gas or something, because
the nurse at the infirmary
told the landlady to tell me to get
down the best way I could, or to
wait awhile until the ambulance
could get in shape to come for
me.
By that time we were pretty
woozy, so we called a taxi, and
went to the infirmary in less state
—and on our own finances.
We staggered into the Clinic
Room, and the nurse in there took
one look at us and rammed a
thermometer down our craw. Then
she said you'd better go to bed.
That started three days of the
most delightfully restful time we'd
had since coming to college.
1 Of course, it had its drawbacks
—we had to start off with a large
dose of castor oil, and take little
pink pills every few hours, and
have our throat swabbed with
some kind of mixture of fire and
hydrofluoric acid—or something
—once in a while. But besides
that, it was fine.
We got to feel like we were
rich before it was over. All you
had to do was lie up there in bed
all day and night long, run the
thermometer up to a hundred or
so each time the nurse came
around, and read or sleep or play
cards, or write, or do whatever
you wanted to the rest of the
time. At least whatever you wanted
to that didn't require getting
too far from that bed.
You lie there in bed in the afternoon,
and before long some
nurse or attendant brings you a
glass of fruit juice. That tastes
mighty good on a dry throat, even
if it is non-alcoholic. Then before
you know it it's supper time, and
one of the boys brings in a tray
piled with the kind of food you've
wanted ever since you left ma
and pa, and places it on a sort
of table thing that swings out
over your bed, and then cranks
the bed up so you're sitting up
looking at that supper and~wond-ering
if you can eat it all.
You do. And then you doze off
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Page Two THE P L A I N S M AN January 21, 1941
Our Duty As Southerners CAMPUS CAMERA
"The South is the nation's number one
economic problem," said a certain national
figure recently. But why? The
War Between the States? The tenant
farmer? Educational facilities? The
standard of living? Yes, all this, but that
is not where the real trouble lies. The
clue to the entire situation lies in the
youth of the South, the thinking, doing
part of our great South.
We believe that the youth of the
South should remain in the South and
do their part in aiding this great section
of the nation to regain its economic
and social stability. Instead, the "cream
of the crop," so to speak, of our young
people, leave the South and enter the
business fields and social fields of tire
North. Thus the North, which already
has superior educational and training
facilities gets the best of our young men
and women, in addition to their own.
Of course a young Southerner, who
is trained well, may earn a higher wage
by working in the North, than he could
in the South. But this is because of our
economic set up.- Those Southern youths
who do not have the advantage of being
well trained, generally remain in the
South, as they cannot meet the competition
to be found in the North. And thus
the economic and social elements of the
South are not furthered very much along
the march of time.
The elemental need of the South is
better educational facilities, not just for
a certain group, but for each and every
Southerner. The majority of our section
is rural, therefore the basic elemental
need would be better schools for the
rural sections. And our rural youth
should not be trained for engineering
and artistic pursuits, they should be
trained as agriculturists. And not as agriculturists
to do research work and
teaching, but to return to the farms of
the South and better conditions there.
The economic level of the South is
lowered by the poor farming conditions
and practices. Once we improve and
push ahead with our farming program,
our economic condition will begin to improve
by leaps and bounds. Of course,
some sort of parity in prices of agricultural
products must be reached if our
farms are to prosper. But by betfer training
of our farm youth, we would have
better leadership which would make for
better efforts toward parity prices.
Then too, we have industries in our
Southland. We have splendid industrial
units, but here again the earning power
is low, as compared with the North. The
wage earning power of our industrial
workers must also be raised. This would
be accomplished by our trained engineers
and technicians and executives remaining
in the South instead of rendering
their services to Northern industry.
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And our higher institutions of learning.
Just how many first ranking institutions
of higher learning do we have in
the South? None, unless you may count
the University of Texas as in the South.
But that is the Southwest, and that section
of the nation is not suffering economically
and socially as is the Deep
South. If our youth are to be trained
properly, they must h a v e superior
schools of learning in the South. This
must be built up by appropriation of
more funds to our Southern colleges and
universities, and by keeping our best
teachers and research men in the South
instead of giving them to the North on
a silver platter. When we have the best
in higher schools of teaching we shall
have the best trained men and women
to help in our push to the top.
With all these steps toward progress,
we can surmount the set back of the
War Between the States, we can improve
the situation of the tenant farmer,
and we can raise appreciably >ur
standard of living. Our Southern youth
must be trained as the best of them, and
they must remain in the South. If this is
not done, we shall forever remain the
"nation's number one economic problem,"
and we shall never recover from
the march of progress set back that we
suffered in that war of the 1860's.
To Serve, Or Not to
Serve Is the Question
Phillips Brooks once said that "the
universal blunder of the world is in
thinking that there are certain persons
put into the world to govern and certain
others to obey. Everybody in this world
is put here to govern and everybody to
obey. Every man is at once both benefactor
and beneficiary. Every good deed
you do you ought to thank your fellow-man
for giving you the opportunity to
do it; and they ought to be thankful to
you for doing it."
There's a great amount of truth in
those words. It is undoubtedly a great
delusion of mankind that labor in some
way or other lowers a man. It seems to
us that it enobles him.
Many people rail against Mr. Roosevelt.
But we are sure that he realizes
that he holds his office by no divine
right and that he actually considers himself
as a laborer in the behalf of the
American people. If we do not like what
he is doing we are free to criticize him,
and even eject him from office if we
feel the necessity. Still there are certain
groups of politicians who rail at him at
every move he makes, just like a pack
of yelping fox-hounds. Still we do not
deny these people their right of free
speech.
Remember that the greatest man that
ever lived once said, "The Son of Man
came not to be served, but to serve."
Also remember that a man is no better
than what other people think of him.
Just Rambling
PI ams Talk
By HERBERT MARTIN
CORNELL U HAS FIFTY PIECES OF-EARLY
AMERICAN FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT/
OFF THE
RUNWAYS
By BERTA CAMPBELL
If we were governor of Alabama, this
one thing we would do if we never did
anything else, MAKE the University of
Alabama and Auburn play football.
(Why not donate the proceeds to charity
the first year, expell any student who
starts a fight from school. After the first
year everyone would say, "Why haven't
we been playing all these years?")
True enough, Mr. Martin, the suggested
BMI theme song (I Get Along Without
You Very Well) is an ASCAP tune.
And isn't it ironical?
* * *
And they say that man, like dog, will
not bite the hand that feeds him, but
there are exceptions to all rules. (Any
resemblance to persons living or dead
is purely coincidental and just too darn
bad.)
* * *
A would-be weather forecaster at Auburn
would be as out of place as the
word "quit" in Winston Churchill's vocabulary.
* * *
Have you started your first semester
studying yet? Oh well, who wanted to
study anyway?
* * *
Final examinations are coming — the
beginning of the end.
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 was a late afternoon of early
fall—last October to be exact. All
planes were lined in order; the
flight instructors alert with anticipation,
and the office force just
couldn't resist walking outside. A
great adventure was about to begin
for fifty fine young Americans
grouped together on the concrete
apron in front of the hangar. They
were presenting themselves as potential
pilots. Many of them had
yet to make their first flight in
an airplane. I think you will agree
with me that it would have been
most interesting to take a peep into
their thoughts as they looked
earthward at the ships they were
to fly and skyward at the paths
they were to travel.
* * *
On January 18th, Civil Aeronautics
Inspector L. J. Mercure was
officially signing for those of that
group who completed their course
this week, a certification: "I have
examined and found him competent
in his flying technique for a Private
Pilot Certificate of Competency".
So those who have completed
their training are to be congratulated:
Bobbie Hill, (first in
the group to solo) and Frank Fra-zer,
both members of the Auburn
Knights; Spencer Garrett, whose
mother is coming over from Co- '
lumbus to be his first passenger;
Sam White, who will be flying in
the Naval Air Corps in a few
weeks; Martha Childress, one of
the three pretty girls who graced
the cover of The Forum last fall.
Julian Braswell whom we feel
sure will continue to progress in
the field of Aerial Photography;
Bill Fowler, whose wife has made
a charming visitor to the airport;
Henry Britt, who will get to fly
"off the runways" of that beautiful
new field at Eufaula; Paul
Darden, first president of the Auburn
Aero Club; Lester Shannon,
Duke Davis, John Rencher, Crockett
Cook, H. G. McGee, John Mac-,
Naughton, Frank Woodruff, George
Maxwell, each among those already
putting in their application
for additional flight training in
the Advance Program; "Bill"
,(T. L.) Burson of Hajyleyville,
W.P. Lloyd of Hurtsboro, and Joe
McClurkin of Pike Roads, all now
qualified to promote an aviation
interest in their respective communities.
And so to each of these
who have earned their wings, we
say "Best Wishes" whether the
next few years will find them using
their flying for fun, relaxation,
business, or a higher goal for individual
attainment.
* * *
New Documents: Jim Sharman
sporting his Commercial License;
Rayburn Byrd putting his John
Hancock on the ownership papers
of the Silver Cub formerly belonging
to API; Francis Crimmins with
a perfect mark on his physical
exam for flying.
* * *
We aren't for sure but Instructor
A. L. Lumpkin will probably
be in front of his radio to hear
Roosevelt's inauguration speech.
Lumpkin flew down to Tuskegee on
voting day to cast his ballot for
Roosevelt.
* * *
Last summer some of the boys
learning to fly divided themselves
in two groups. One was called the
"Black Hawks" and the other, the
"Super Men". The "Black Hawks"
were Craig Jackson, Bud Wend-ling,
Bob Flournoy, James Cousins,
and Dick Abney. The "Super
Men" enrolled Pug Williams,
Freddie Bass, Joe Ware, Jack
Birdsong, and Bill Gallagher. The
group having all its members soloed
first were to be entertained by
the losers. Maybe some of you
Trainees in the ensuing Spring
Program might get up something
of the sort. I can vouch for the
fact that they had lots of fun in
the spirit of friendly competition.
* * *
It was believed that Mac Jackson
was practicing to pull rabbits
out of hats on exam night at the
Ground School (held in conjunction
with the actual flight training).
Well, investigation proved
that his cap contained 5 little
slips of paper marked 1, 2, 3, 4,
and 5. When Mac came, to a question
he just couldn't answer, he
drew a number out of his cap. He
knew the answers to the majority
but wasn't that a system for the
rest!
* * *
Visiting Cards: Fred Leslie, Advanced
Instructor for Southern
Airways, Birmingham, bringing
his students here on their Cross
Country Flight . . . Miss Jackie
Stevens of Columbus, who takes
time off from her duties as a
nurse to come over and fly . . .
E. O. Pierson of Opelika and Atlanta
(potential solo material)
. . . Georgette Davies, Kathryn
Wright, Charles Dubberly and
Julian Braswell who choose the
airport as a destination for their
Saturday afternoon horse-back
ride. And we'd like to invite all
those who ride to make use of the
road that leads to the airport.
And that invitation applies to all
who will accept it for we could
put up a sign "VISITORS WELCOMED."
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.
We've' just finished reading
Jonathan Daniels' "A Southerner
Discovers the South". It gave us
an idea. Why not "An Auburnite
Discovers Auburn?" So we discovered
the library.
* * *
We've always thought of a library
as a place where they keep
books. That's true, but as a definition
it's about like saying that
an ocean is a place where they keep
fish.
* * *
For real down to the book with
nose, eyes, and mouth studying,
there just ain't nothing like it. In
the first place, it is quiet. No
radios, amateur quartets, model
airplane enthusiasts indulging in
strictly off the level races, and
bridge games with coaching from
the sidelines.
* * *
The door hinges have been
greased like butter on hot gingerbread,
and the chairs don't scrape
with a sound like corn on the cob
becoming corn off the cob. Even
in the reception room, the grand
entry, as it were, the silence is
deafening. If you want it quieter,
you have a choice of two excellent
study rooms.
* * *
And, gentlemen, the lights are
more than adequate, sufficient, and
enough. They don't glare; they
hardly cast a shadow, but the print
on your page stares up at you like
a midget on her first date. What
we mean, you can see!
* * *
It wasn't like that three years
ago. In those days you had to take
a flashlight to find a chair, and
if you really had to read you came
early and got a seat where you
could have free use of the corner
streetlight. There was no reference
room downstairs . . . the journey
would have been too dangerous.
Trained cats with phosphorus on
their backs led the way if you ventured
past the desk, and a routine
checkup was made each spring to
see if any students had become
lost.
* * *
One especially thorough search
uncovered a Civil War Reb who
had Hidden there from the Yanks*
and had been unable to find his
way out despite the many years of
looking and relooking for an exit
in case of fire. He was dismissed
and awarded a degree as Master of
General Research.
* * *
But the situation has changed.
A bat might have to fly blind, but
the reading rooms shine so bright
at night that they ruin a perfectly
good bench in front of Samford
Hall for any nocturnal purposes.
* * * ,\
In most things we don't recognize
a change for the better because
we're so close the change isn't abrupt,
but just in case you need to
study, you'll recognize in the library
the nearest thing to a private
tutor you've ever come up
against. The conditions are so fine
they actually make you study. .
* * *
And the day of the look'tilyou-findit
libraries have vanished from
the face of the globe. If you know
what you want but don't know
where to look, you'll find someone
at the desk who knows what you
want and where to look, and who
is only too glad to help you out. If
you don't know what you want,
they'll help you decide, but if you
• don't want nuthin', boss, don't rub
them magic lamps.
* * *
We're glad we discovered this before
exams. If you haven't discovered
it, just drop in. It's that
building just northeast of the
Quadrangle, and there's no ad- ^
mission charge. Powder rooms come
at the same reasonable fee. All the
comforts of home plus inside
plumbing. .
* * *
The library has no fire sales,
bargain basement, or weekend
specials, but it offers better fortification
for Xams than a tank car
of brew.
* * *
We'll try to hunt around a little
more and expound upon our explorations.
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Kwipper,
kwips, "That was a wonderful suggestion
in editorial chatter last
issue for a BMI theme song . . .
'I Get Along Without You Very
Well'. Unfortunately, though, that
number happens to be an ASCAP
tune!"
Keyhole Kapers
By BOB CHISHOLM
Dear Editor:
There isn't any society news!
* * *
Social affairs are at a standstill;
Nothing seems to be doing.
Suppose it's because people are ill;
Or maybe they're "picture showing."
But please don't forget I exist,
And cross me off the staff.
I'll do my best to have a list
Of all the events that are daft.
I fear you're full of doubt
Why I have no news;
There's just nothing to write
about,
So please accept my portrayal of
Muse.
Mary Dean French,
Society Editor.
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.
Another week has rolled around,
and as we pondered over the advisability
of what to and what not
to write about we came upon the
thought of how nice it is to be able
to write about what one wants to.
A letter supposedly received the
other day by a young lady from a
friend in London read as follows:
My dear Ellen, I have had little
time to write as the (censored)
busy. Everyone here feels (censored)
about the way the war is progressing.
Every night we have to
go (censored) and life gets so
(censored). (Six sentences censored).
I do wish I could be back
on American soil, for the (censored).
I would write more but I am
afraid the censors won't let it
through. With lots of love, Margaret.
Thus, a very newsy letter is received
telling all the conditions of
the war in Europe. Recently, I had
the privilege of visiting Camp
Shelby, Mississippi, one of the
largest army camps in the United
States. After a pretty thorough
trip of the camp I might have
written a letter something like this:
Dear Sam, Today I went to Camp
Shelby, and, boy, was it a sight.
Buildings and tents were everywhere,
guns and equipment stood
in long lines making me feel that
reports of equipment shortages
were false. Of course, I would manage
to get to talk to a general.
General Sourpuss is a very intelligent
man, he thinks, but confidentially
he . . . er . . well, pugh.
He thinks that soon the American
armies will be at your side helping
you. We are all pulling for dear old
England. Drop us a line soon. Your
pal, Bob.
All news and incidents heretofore
reenacted are fictitious. Any
resemblance to anyone living or
dead (and if you are dead it shouldn't
bother you) is purely coincidental.
But it just goes to show
you how this freedom of the press
and speech works. Of course, it
must be fun to read everyone's
mail, but it probably gets tiresome,
too. . .
* * *
The Auburn cagesters seem to
have given Ole Miss a bad star*
They haven't won a game since
their defeat at the hands of Auburn.
* * *
At this time of year throughout
the country a movement is started
known as the "March of Dimes."
This is one of the most worthy
movements in America for each
dime contributed to the drive helps
some poor little crippled child to
walk again.
This drive is in celebration of the
birthday of President Roosevelt,
who has, himself, had to make the
fight against. infantile paralysis.
Our president made that fight and
reached a glorious victory. It is
he who thought of the "March of
Dimes", and it is at his plea that
we should all dig down into our
pockets and contribute at least one
small dime. It won't hurt anyone
financially, and many of us may
someday want a similar type of
help after some tragic accident.
So give your dime to the "March
of Dimes." Send it to the local
chapter, or you can send it to the
President, himself. Do your part
to make some poor kid happy.
* * *
As the cold, cold chill of winter
creeps over campus, and nation,
our mind wanders to the far a-way
South Seas and some lovely
tropic isle where winter is unknown.
It is here beneath the gold-i..
en glow of a deep yellow moon that
romance fills the air, and the cares
of today drift slowly away on the
trade winds. It is here that exams
are forgotten, and our minds are
at ease. It is truly a paradise on
earth . . . The line forms on the
right, please!
L 1
ry
January 21, 1941 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Student Opinion
By STUDENT OPINION SURVEYS
AUSTIN, TEXAS, Jan. 21—
Early in November the voters of
the nation returned President
•*•. Roosevelt to the White House for
a third term. The New Deal, now
in power for another four years,
will probably grow more and more
to be a permanent component of
American economy. Which of its
features should be continued;
which should be discarded?
College students have an interest
in the kind of nation they will live
in when they enter active citizenship.
Student Opinion Surveys of
America has polled a representative
sample of the entire U.S. enrollment
in order to arrive at an
accurate measurement of college
sentiment on this issue. Most collegians
everywhere told interviewers
that what they like about the
New Deal is this:
1. The opportunities it has created
for youth under C.C.C. and
N.Y.A.
2. The security it has brought to
the unfortunate aged.
The W.P.A. and A.A.A., the poll
shows, are scored by the greatest
number of students as the most
unsuccessful of all the alphabetical
agencies. Failure of the administration
to solve unemployment is
the greatest shortcoming of the
New Deal, one out of seven (15
per cent) believe.
Last April, when Student Opinion
Surveys first gauged sentiment
on the New Deal, college students
sanctioned Uncle Sam's assumption
of social guardianship.
But comparison of those figures
with the survey published today
shows increased concentration of
approval on the C.C.C, N.Y.A.,
and social security. Following are
the percentages;
As the most successful agencies
that should be continued—
Today April
C.C.C. was mentioned by 25% 20%
N.Y.A. was mentioned by 23 16
Social Security was
mentioned by __ 22 8
Other agencies were
mentioned by 30 56
As the most unsuccessful agencies
that should not be continued:
W.P.A. was mentioned by 27%
A.A.A. was mentioned by 11
Other agencies were mentioned
by 54
None were mentioned by 8
Famous Barrere Little Symphony to
Play Here in Concert on March 6
It's an Orchestra in
Miniature Says Leader
The Barrere Little Symphony,
which is coming here for a concert
on March 6 is in the words
of its eminent conductor, "an orchestra
in miniature."
Composed of thirteen members
and eleven different instruments,
the orchestra possesses all the
qualities of the full symphony orchestra.
Each of the musicians is
an artist and virtuoso of first
rank.
George Barrere, who is triply
distinguished as a conductor, an
inimitably witty raconteur, and a
magician of the flute, speaking of
his Little Symphony, says:
"It is especially adapted to performing
the more intimate and
delicate works of the great masters.
There are many of these
which have been lying forgotten
for a century or two simply because
orchestras of the size and
caliber for which they were composed
were not available. These
works are too much of the chamber
music variety for the great orchestras
to perform, yet they deserve
to be kept alive. For our
Little Symphony to attempt to
play the 'Ride of the Valkyries'
or similar works demanding a
large orchestra would be ridiculous.
On the other hand, it can
perform some of the cameo works
of Haydn, Mozart and others
which a full sized orchestra could
not attempt. I believe in the
right frame for the right picture."
Modern works of the proper instrumentation
and atmosphere,
however, also figure in the programs
of the Little Symphony —
such as "The White Peacock," by
Barrere's friend Griffes, the talented
American composer who
died too soon for popular fame;
the charming Pierne Suite, "For
My Little Friends"; Debussy's
characteristic Menuet and Clair
de Lune from Debussy's "Suite
Bergamasque," and Albeniz's colorful
rhythmic Spanish music.
Tour Mothers' to
Be Presented at
Tiger Wednesday
Another of Series in
Life of Family Claimed
Best Yet Produced
One of the happiest events of the
winter film season takes place
Wednesday, when "Four Mothers,"
latest of the Lemp family film
stories, begins an engagement at
the Tiger Theatre. As in the earlier
stories, "Four Daughters" and
"Four Wives," the cast is headed
by Priscilla, Rosemary and Lola
Lane, Gale Page, Jeffry Lynn, Eddie
Albert, Claude Rains, May Rob-son,
Frank McHugh and Dick
Foran.
In "Four Mothers", however,
there are some cast additions, for
the Lemp family has been growing.
Lola is the mother of twin
girls, portrayed in the film by Barbara
Ann and Arlene Lane; Pris-cilla's
baby girl is played by Beverly
Quintanilla, who made her debut
as a baby boy in Eddie Cantor's
"Forty Little Mothers;" Gale
Page's little daughter is played by
Sharon Van.
The new story, written by Stephen
Morehouse Avery, and suggested
by Fannie Hurst's book
"Sister Act," takes the Lemp family
through a family crisis that
combines drama, pathos and humor
in pretty much the same proportion
that they occur in most families.
For fun and humor, there are the
babies, four one-year-olds; for
drama, there is the financial crisis
when the Florida real estate development
into which the whole'
family has put their money, fails;
for pathos, there is the loss of
Father Lemp's job at the Music
Foundation.
Alabama Vets To Convene Here
Annual Meeting Set
For Early February
Complete Plans for Seventeenth Annual
Conclave Announced by Dean R. S. Sugg
Practitioners from Alabama and the Southeast will
gather here for the 17th Annual Conference for Veterinarians,
February 11th to 14th, to discuss latest techniques
and developments in the field of Veterinary Medicine.
In announcing plans for the conference, Dr. R. S. Sugg,
Veterinary School Dean and State Veterinarian said that
the annual meeting of the Alabama Veterinary Medical
Association will be held here on the evening of the opening
day, February l'l, with Dr. G
The Auburn Players - Where Did They
Originate? - Presenting the History
Spare Time Suggestion
These last few full moon nights
have been super fine for walking,
and if there is anything which
Auburn has plenty of it is walking
space worth covering.
Not many of the students seem
to care about walking for diversion
nowadays; it's got to be
something high powered l i ke
Brady's, a fast car wide open, a
heavy date, or a light one made
heavy, a dance, a dinner, the
theatre, or gambling.
But for those who might be interested,
let us suggest a start in
any direction at the road junction
located at the corner of the President's
Mansion and WPA Village;
in the woods there are plenty of
paths of every kind leading in all
directions, dog kennels, places to
sit and look; much different by
moon light, alone; a sure cure for
crowd sickness, a disease which is
always of epidemic proportions in
Auburn.
The roads loop and join delightfully
so that there is no walking
end, and one need never retrace
his steps.
Scenes include creeks, ponds,
all kinds of experimental farming
plots, and farm animal raising,
herds of horses and cattle,
level ground or rolling, orchards,
bee hives, vine yards, forestry
plots, and few houses.
We recommend it during the
night or day, alone or by two's,
we have never tried more, although
there is no reason for not
doing so. C.J.B.
D. Ingram, Florence, Association
President, presiding. Other officers
of the Association include
Dr. A. L. Holoway, vice-president,
treasurer, and Dr. I. S. McAdory,
Auburn, secretary.
Clinical demonstrations and lectures
on large and small animal
surgery will be given by Dr. Otto
Stader, Ardmoore, Penn., Dr. G.
R. Fowler, Head Professor of Veterinary
Surgery, Iowa State College;
Dr. D. A. Eastman, Miami,
Fla.; Dr. M. S. Shahan, Pathologist
with the Bureau of Animal
Industry, Washington; and H. W.
Nixon, State Toxicologist. On the
afternoon of the opening day
there will be a demonstration of
special specimens in the anatomy
department by Dr. T. C. Fitzgerald.
Dr. Sugg will open the conference
with a discussion of the
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THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. Wm. Byrd Lee
(Third Sunday after Epiphany)
Church School 9:45 a.m.
Bible Class 10:00 a.m.
Prayer & Sermon _11:00 a.m.
Young People's Meet. _ 6:30 p.m.
Baptist Leaders to
Preside Over Annual
BSU Spring Retreat
Auburn Baptist Student Union
officers are making plans for the
semi-annual retreat to Spring Villa
which will be held January 31
and February 1. Approximately
50 officers and students, members
of the Greater Council, will
meet to discuss BSU problems of
the past year and plan the work
for the new year.
Among those expected to be
present are Davis Wooley, formerly
of Auburn, State Student
Secretary; William Hall Preston,
Associate Southwide Student Secretary;
and T. C. Clark, Local
Student Secretary. Hankins Parker,
BSU President, will preside
at all meetings.
Students attending these meetings
in the past have found them
inspiring and helpful.
"Future of the Practitioners of
Veterinary Medicine", followed by
"Municipal Inspection," Dr. R. I.
Kearley, Andalusia, and Dr. W.
M. Howell; "Farm Security Program,"
Dr. J. E. Threadgill, Troy,
and C. H. Jones, Athens.
On the second day of the conference
Pres. L. N. Duncan will
officially welcome the veterinarians
to Auburn. Following will be
addresses "What Swine Production
Means to Alabama Agriculture,"
Dr. M. J. Funchess, Director
of the Alabama Experiment
Station; "Newer Researches in
Poultry Problems", D. F. King,
Alabama Experiment Station.
Addresses to be featured on the
third morning of the conference
include "Coccidiosis", Dr. D. C.
Baughton, Bureau of Animal Industry;
"Encephalomyelitis," Dr.
M. S. Shahan, Bureau of Animal
Industry, Washington; and "Food
Poisoning and Food Infection,"
Dr. S. R. Damon, Alabama State
Health Department. A tour of the
Regional Animal Disease Laboratory
at Auburn, conducted by Dr.
B. T. Simms, Director, has been
scheduled for the visitors following
these lectures.
The five lectures on the closing
morning of the conference include
"Diagnosis of Parasites of
Domesticated Animals", Dr. R. O.
Christensen, Auburn; "Feline Pellagra",
Dr. M. K. Heath, Birmingham;
"Swine Diseases," Dr. Shahan;
"Canine Diseases," Dr. Eastman;
"Distemper Immunization,"
Dr. Stader. "
Two evenings during the conference
will be devoted to an
open forum discussion and the
showing of a moving picture,
"Gaits of Horses," "Fracture
Problems in Small Animals" will
also be discussed on one of the
evening programs by Dr. Stader
and others.
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Director Peet Started
Revival of Acting Here
By REDDING SUGG
1920! A disillusioned Woodrow
Wilson was leaving the White
House, women were stumbling a-round
in hobble skirts, people were
hotly arguing about a proposal to
move API to Montgomery, T-model
Fords were the rage—and here on
the campus a dramatic club was
christened The Auburn Players.
Already a venerable place, Lang-don
Hall was the scene of the
earliest Players productions. Professor
L. E. Saidla directed plays
which were produced on a small
rostrum, the immediate forebear
of Langdon's present stage. There
was no proscenium, and sheets
strung on wires were used for curtains.
You have probably wondered
what is behind the small dormers
of Samford Hall's fourth floor. At
present the fourth floor is unoccupied
and coated with dust,.but
once the Attic Theater, named by
punsters, was located there. From
1923 to 1926 the Auburn Players
did their rehearsing and presented
minor productions where the hours
struck like bombshells. The dressing
room was in the bell tower.
In 1926 the Attic Theater was
condemned because the roof had
been weakened by enthusiastic thes-pian
remodeling.
About this time the director of '•
dramatics was Professor Rupert
Jones. He was succeeded by Professor
Harry Hamilton, who wrote
several plays which were produced
in the Attic Theater and later in
the Y Hut. Hamilton is remembered,
among other things, for painting
both a statue of Dante and a
grand piano Chinese red for a play
called "Dulcy". Hamilton produced
his one-act play "Jasper" in the
Attic, and from it he later derived
a novel on which the recent
movie "Banjo on My Knee" was
based. He also wrote and published
a novel with the wonderful title
"All Their Children Were Acrobats."
In 1926 the Y Hut was designated
the playhouse, and its refurbishing
was largely the work of
Dryden Baughman, who is now the
librarian in Ross Chemical Laboratory.
He helped to build the
stage which is now in use.. The
present stage fronting is an evolutionary
form of some extremely
durable beaverboard stage settings
which were constructed in the
early twenties for the play "Ro-bena
in Search of a Husband."
During the decade 1920-1930,
the Players made several tours.
Their plays were produced in a
number of Alabama cities, and
their name was statewide news.
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and hectic. There is a story that
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Page Four THE P L A I N S M AN January 21, 1941
SPORTS PEN
By JOHN PIERCE
Just in case Tulane and Van-derbilt
weren't enough for any
gymnasium in two nights the
frosh picked up as their Saturday
night. opponents a nightmare to
end all nightmares. They're the
Pensacola Y basketeers who have
scored an average of 60 points
per game so far this season. Featured
in the starting five is Ray
Gibson, regular on the Tiger team
in 1940.
Paul B. Williamson, rating expert,
has given out with his final
football ratings for the grid season
just ended and places Auburn
in spot number 30. Following in
the correct order are the first 30
teams as he names them. Rating
includes all bowl games.
1. Stanford
2. Boston C.
3. Minnesota
4. Michigan
5. Miss. State
6. Tennessee
7. Tex. A&M
8. Santa C.
9. Fordham
10. Nebraska
11. SMU
12. Washington
13. Penn.
14. N'western
15. Georgetown
16. Alabama
17. Miss. U.
18. Duke
19. Duquesne
20. St. Mary's
21. Cornell
22. Rice
23. Notre D.
24. Texas U.
25. Navy
26. Oklahoma
27. LSU
28. Syracuse
29. Columbia
30. Auburn
As was predicted in the Friday
issue, the week-end brace of
games against Spring Hill cleared
up quite a few points on these
still undefeated Auburn cagers.
With the entrance of Teedie
Faulk onto the scene the starting
lineup can be readjusted and
turned inside out until almost unrecognizable.
What with Marvin
Motley able to perform from
either guard or center and Faulk
capable at both forward and
guard the limit to the shifting
that can be done will have to be
figured up by the higher mathematics
division embracing permutations
and combinations.
The latter played as a forward
Friday night, subbing for . Dunbar,
and co-guarded with Tagan
Canzoneri Saturday while Motley
slipped in at center to replace
Hawkins. With the lineup that
has started the most recent games
on the floor and Faulk, Tanner,
Park, and Mastin available for
substitution the team's future is
at its brightest. With opposition
like Tulane and Vandy ahead,
though, it'll have to stay that way
starting Friday.
Q.—In baseball, if there are
runners on second and third bases
and the runner on second steals
third, putting both runners on
that bag, which man is out if tagged
with the ball?
A.—The distance from the last
turn to the judges' stand is 330
yards. —Birmingham Post. Now
ask the judge.
It's hard to believe it, but Ham-merin'
Henry is really through.
The little colored battler, at one
time holder of three titles, and
veteran of 350 fights, has made
his last bow after his 12 round
TKO at the hands of Fritz Zivic,
and the loss of his last crown. The
dusky hurricane held simultaneously
the welterweight, lightweight,
and featherweight titles
and once even shot at the middleweight
class. He holds a record of
27 straight knock-outs and 46
straight wins, successfully defended
his welterweight crown 19
times before the Zivic episode.
The record crowd of 23,000
which crammed Madison Square
Garden seemed to sense the final
to Henry's brilliant pugilistic career
and was there to cheer him
out. Boxing loses one of its all
time greats in Henry Armstrong.
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again, and a nurse comes in with
more fruit juice and ice water,
and then you cut out the light
and go to sleep.
They wake you up again, about
six in the morning, to take your
temperature once more, and then
you can sleep some more, until
breakfast That breakfast helps.
Then after breakfast, when the
nurses aren't looking, you slip
down to the other ward and shoot
the bull with your fraternity
brothers or friends down there,
and borrow their morning's paper,
or a novel.
That reading matter holds you
until lunch, when some more good
food is brought in and practically
eaten for you. They wait on you
hand and foot.
After lunch, you doze off for a
while, and it all starts over again.
So that when the Doc finally
comes in and says get out of here,
you ain't sick any more, you really
hate to leave the place.
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Plainsmen Whip Springhill in
Pair of Cage Contests at Gym
Dance Bids
(Continued from page 1)
Noal, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Olive
Elmore, Columbia, Missouri; Florence
Gillen, SweTet Briar, Va.;
Nell Rockett, Nashville, Tenn.;
Mary Dell, Durham, N. C ; Carol-lyn
Weslex, Macon, Ga.; Minota
Bayliss, Milwaukee, Wis.; Nell
McGilvery, Enterprise, Ala.; Loyce
Bell, Dothan, Ala.; Jane Harris,
Edgewood Park, N. Y.; Jane
Mathews, Carol Gables, Fla.
Elizabeth Ann Quilty, University,
La.; Betty Jean Linderman,
Lake Wales, Fla.; Nellie Putucy,
Deep Creek, Va.; Helen Tully,
Danville, Va.; Mary Francis Cox,
Collinsville, Ala.; Johnny Ly-brook,
Amelia Court House, Va.;
Nancy Colyer, Jacksonville, Fla.;
Charlotte Garber, Sweet Briar,
Va.; Frances Garth, Athens, Ala.;
Lois Beaty, Moultrie, Ga.; Terry
Bost, Eclectic, Ala.; and Jean
Yancey, Pulaski, Tenn.
Girls who have been invited
from the University of Alabama
are Becky Beeland, Mena Hilty,
Margaret Ella Finnell, Bettlyn
Price, Willa Rutland, Mary Rogers,
Jeanne Suber, Bussie Bray,
and Lilliam Duffee.
(Continued in next issue)
Cut System
(Continued from page 1)
be dropped from the course.
The system now in use was
granted by college officials upon
official request of the Student
Government Association for a trial
system.
Mr. Draughon stated yesterday
that there are a surprisingly large
number of students who were now
requesting more cuts because of the
opportunities offered by excused
absences for studying for examinations.
These students have already
consumed their allowed number
of absences.
Businessmen of Fremont, Neb.,
raised $3,500 for Midland college
in a Midland Emphasis Week.
Shag Hawkins, Frank Manci Lead Tigers
In Scoring; Teedie Faulk Rejoins Squad
By JOHN PIERCE
Sports Editor
In a desolate Alumni Gym Ralph Jordan's Auburn
basketballers racked up a pair of wins over the Spring
Hill Badgers from Mobile during the week-end. The
scores were 35-30 and 46-34 on Friday and Saturday
nights, respectively, and were the fourth and fifth consecutive
wins for the yet undefeated Plainsmen.
Both games were played in almost absolute secrecy
due to the anti-public ruling made as a precaution against
a flu epidemic. Probably no more
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than 30 or 40 people witnessed
both contests.
The all-junior Tiger quintet
faced it's severest competition to
date on both nights and only second-
half rallies enabled them to
edge the courageous and hard
fighting Badgers. Shag Hawkins
led in individual scoring with a
24 point total for the twin-bill
and Frank Manci was but a point
behind him.
In the Friday night contest Auburn
took the lead early in the
second quarter and was ahead all
the way out, paced by Hawkins,
Manci, and Canzoneri.
Aside from the substitution of
Teedie Faulk, who rejoined the
squad this week, the original
lineup played during the entire
game. Walsh and Druary stood
out for the Badgers with Walsh
ahead in scoring with six points.
Frank Manci scored 15 points
in Saturday's scramble to lead the
Tigers in a game which saw them
come from behind late in the half
to take the half-time lead and
hold it until the final gun. The
Badgers threw a business-like
punch early, scaring the Plainsmen
with a scoring spurt which
gave them nine points before the
Jordan Juniors could count for
the first time. Behind Manci and
Faulk, however, the Tigers slowly
closed the gap to lead 17-15 at
the intermission. Midway in the
third quarter the Mobilians' forces
crumbled and the home five went
on with little difficulty to roll up
its tallest score of the season.
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TIGER
Lineups — Friday
Auburn(35) Pos. S. HiII(30)
Manci, 8 F Walsh, 6
Dunbar, 4 F-. Whitehurst, 4
Hawkins, 14 -_C Druary, 5
Canzoneri, 7 G Diamond, 4
Motley, 2 G Petraskus, 4
Subs: Auburn — Faulk. Spring
Hall, Spellman, Bond, Huden(l),
McDonough(6). Referee — Ben
Chapman (Montgomery).
Saturday
Auburn(46) Pos. S. Hill(34)
Manci, 15 F__ Whitehurst, 6
Dunbar, 2 F Walsh, 6
Hawkins, 10 __C Druary, 5
Tanner G Diamond
Park G Petraskus, 8
Subs: A u b u r n — Faulk(8),
Canzoneri(6), MotIey(5). Spring
Hill — McDonough(2), Hudon
(7), Spellman, Pond, Bryan. Referee
— Ben Chapman (Montgomery).
Freshman Cagesters Continue Their
Winning Ways by Copping Two Tilts
Auburn Players
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he told the powers-that-were that
they were "neither gentlemen or
scholars" and forthwith departed.
In 1931 Professor. Telfair B. Peet
began what has proved to be a
renaissance for the Auburn Play-
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Victorious in two week-end
contests, their seventh and eighth
wins of the 1941 season, the Auburn
frosh this week face their
roughest opposition of the year,
meeting the Montgomery YMCA
in Montgomery tonight, Columbus
Manufacturers here Friday night,
and the Pensacola Y quintet in
Alumni Gym Saturday.
Chois Dyar led the rats to a
57-48 win Friday night over the
Auburn Independents as he scored
22 points for the highest individual
total yet. The game was
close throughout, with Ham of the
Independents and Williams of Auburn
following in scoring with 15
and 14 points respectively. Only
in the final stanza were the frosh
sure of downing the stubborn Independents.
In a farcial get together Saturday
night in Alumni Gym the rats
swarmed over Central High School
of Phenix City by a 49-11 count.
The visitors trailed 11-30 at the
half and were unable to rack up
a single point after the intermission.
Once a Central eager hit the
backboard with a one-handed shot
from the middle of the court but
the ball failed to sink.
Dyar and Green tied for scoring
lead, each with eight points,
and Williams with seven and
Worthy of the visitors with six
followed closely.
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