1940-09-20 The Plainsman

              Re-Examinations
Coming Up 77i£ Plairhdmmv Blade Burlesque
Tonight, Tiger!
"AUBURN—the friendliest college in the United States'
VOL. LXIV Z-I ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, SEPTEMBER 20, 1940 No. 4
SEEING DOUBLE? . . . Battle and Burlesque to Feature Scabbard
And Blade Initiation Today and Tomorrow
18 Neophytes Going
Throuah Initiation
Social Committee
Members Selected
Today by Deming
(Plainsman Staff Photo—Lewis Arnold)
. . . No it's just the Knapp twins, Al on the left and Dot on
the right . . . or is it the other way around, I'm not so sure myself
. . . they hail all the way from Plainville, Conn., way up there in
the North . . . would you be interested in knowing why they are
attending Auburn? . . . would you be interested in knowing what
type boys each of them like? . . . would you be interested in knowing
where they live in Auburn? . . . if so, then read below, "The Tale of
the Twins."
The 'Tale of the Twins/ Al and Dot,
Who Believe All Boys Are the Same
T h e y P a r t Their Hair
On Different Sides!
The pretty girls shown in the
picture above hail from Plainsville,
Connecticut. They are twins, and
students in the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute; Alison, left is major­ing
in chemistry and laboratory
technique, and Dorothy, right, in
home economics.
Perhaps you wonder why they
decided to attend Auburn, a school
so far from home, instead of one
of the colleges or universities
nearer Plainsville. It seems that a
friend of the father, a Mr. Black,
finished from A. P. I., and oblig­ingly
put them on the track of his
Alma Mater when he found they
were looking for an excellent
school. After making inquiries
they found that they could get
what they wanted here better than
in any of the schools near Plains­ville;
they discovered that each
could specialize in the study she
desired. Both are very much
pleased with their selection, and
they are completely satisfied, as
they think they have chosen the
best school possible.
Dorothy likes to cook and work
with clothing, while Alison is in-
I terested in chemistry, particularly
lab. technique. Their first ambition
is to obtain positions in the same
hospital.
When asked to comment upon
our famed "southern hospitality,"
they answered with one accord.
"The people are friendlier here.
Even complete strangers seem to
care for your feelings and com­fort.
It's nice to have someone
speak to you on the street, even
though you have never seen the
person before." And as for the
weather, "It's not any warmer
(Continued on page 6)
F r a t e r n i t y Block Ticket
Plan Will Not Be Used
A g a i n Says Chairman
John Deming announced this
morning the members of the so­cial
committee for 1940-41. They
i are John Deming, chairman; Paul
i Ellis, Jimmy Ware, Johnny Davis,
Bobby Pickens, Jimmy Martin and
Buddy McMahan.
Paul Ellis of Atlanta, Ga. is
; in the School of Business Admin-j
istration. He is a half-back on the
football team, a member of Blue
Key, and a member of the SAE
social fraternity.
Buddy McMahan, is an electric­al
engineer, is vice-president of
Blue Key and a member of Sig­ma
Chi fraternity. He is also Cap­tain
of Scabbard and Blade and
the Colonel of the Engineer Regi­ment.
McMahan is from Tuscum-bia.
Jimmy Ware, Autaugaville, is a
student in ag administration and
a member of SAE.
Johnny Davis of Hamilton is a
member of Alpha Gamma Rho and
is taking ag science. He is also a
Scabbard and Blade neophyte.
Jimmy Martin, a member of
KA social fraternity, is a student
in textile engineering from Au­burn.
Bobby Pickens is a student in
business administration f r om
Moulton.
Deming announces that the
principal change in the dance set­up
this year is the removal of the
fraternity bloc system of tickets,
a system used with little success
at last year's dances. This year's
ducats will be sold outright to
anyone who wishes to buy them.
Equitation Classes for Both Men and
Women Scheduled to Start This Month
Army Office to Provide
Supervision of Classes
Voluntary riding classes will be
held for members of the Cadet
Corps from 4 to 5 Mondays and
Fridays. The first class will meet
Monday, September 23. Those men
who have indicated their desire to
attend will report to the Military
office and be assigned to a section.
Registration for Ladies Riding
Classes will be accepted from Mon­day,
September 23 to Wednesday,
September 25. Classes will be held
from 4 to 5 p.m., beginning Octo­ber
1, as follows: Advanced, Tues­day
and Thursday; Intermediate,
Tuesday and Thursday; Beginners,
Friday (only).
A fee of $7.50 will be charged
the advanced and Intermediate
sections and a fee of $3.00 for the
beginners for the period of Octo­ber
1 to December 20.
Each section will be held to not
more than 20 pupils. In case there
are more applicants than can be
accomodated the following priority
will govern: 1. Women students;
2. Members of faculty families;
3. Members of College employees'
families; 4. Residents of Auburn;
5. Non-residents of Auburn.
Two Appointments
Made in ROTC Corps
With the approval of the Presi­dent
the following promotions in
the Corps of Cadets of the Re­serve
Officer's Training Corps at
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
are announced.
Cadet 1st Lieut. W. R. Snellings
is promoted to Cadet Captain of
Battery "E" 2nd F.A. on the resig­nation
of T. W. Hereford. Cadet
2nd Lieut. J. D. Davis is promot­ed
to Cadet 1st Lieutenant and
Adjutant; 3rd Bn, 1st F.A. due
to the promotion of W. R. Snell­ings.
Notices
All freshmen who have not tak­en
the placement tests must re­port
to Samford Hall, Room 215,
Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 23
and 24 at 4 p.m.
The first Interfraternity Coun­cil
meeting of the year will be
held in Room 301 Samford, Mon­day,
October 23, at 7 p.m.
The ASME will hold its first
meeting Monday, September 23,
at 7 p.m. in Ramsay 109.
Frat Pledges Now
Number Almost 300
Additional List Given
By I n t e r f r a t Council
With the pledging of 40 addi­tional
men since Monday's count
all campus social fraternities
rounded out their rush activities
of the 1940 season. Final tabula­tion
reveals a new high of 292
pledges. Following are names of
those included in or those pledged
since Tuesday's issue:
Sigma Chi: Henry Green, At­lanta,
Georgia; Charles Dyes, Mo­bile;
Lawrence Cottle, Montgom­ery;
Ben Ventress, Clayton; Her­man
Warren, Mobile. Alpha Tau
Omega: Billy Arnold, Jacksonville,
Florida; Stanley Kennedy, Tuske-gee;
Curtis Hasty, Birmingham.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon: Herbert
Ryding, Birmingham; Jack Moore,
Pensacola, Florida; James Con­nor,
Bardstown, Kentucky. Phi
Kappa Phi: Bill Thomas, Wetump-ka;
Nimrod Tucker, Hurtsboro.
Alpha Gamma Rho: Charles
Smith, Lineville; Red Rainer, Liv­ingston.
Beta Kappa: Warner
Whatley, Lanett; Ray Wood, Bir­mingham.
Sigma Phi Epsilon: Bill
Raines, Mobile. Theta Chi, Harry
Jehle, Montgomery; Merlin Bry­ant,
Andalusia; Jack Cadenhead,
Mobile. Delta Sigma Phi: Hubert
Green, Mobile. Pi Kappa Alpha:
Jack Berry, Bessemer.
Kappa Sigma: Wilbur Neale,
Washington, D. C; John Belue,
Auburn; Ted Beiter, Atlanta,
Georgia; Lamar Clenny, Abbe­ville;
William Hollaway, Birming­ham;
Richard White, Atlanta,
Georgia; Fred Arnold, Abbeville;
J. Alleygood, Moultrie, Georgia;
Brown Milligan; Moultrie, Georgia;
Harry Hahn, Birmingham; Fran­cis
McDowell, Jackson, Miss.; Sam
Smith, Brewton; Dick Hinkle, Bir­mingham;
McRae Thompson, Bir­mingham;
Lloyd Vickers, Miami,
Florida; Bob Chambers, Farms-dale;
Bill Bailey, Birmingham.
'Hellzapoppin' To Be Presented at Tiger
Tonight at 11; Battle of London Tomorrow
Starting early this morning in full uniform, 18 Scab­bard
and Blade neophytes began their two-day-and-night
initiation, under the direction of Buddy McMahan, cap­tain
of the military group, and 21 other Blade Boys who
were tapped and initiated last spring.
"At 4 this afternoon the neophytes will appear behind
Samford Hall in full dress and packs to drill for a two-hour
period. Following this the initiates will have supper
they
Band Present at
Rally Yesterday
Next Pep Session Will
Be Held Next Thursday
With that Great Auburn Band
in full swing once again, and those
six Auburn cheerleaders under the
direction of Chick Hatcher in their
best form, yells echoing from
miles around came forth from the
stadium yesterday afternoon in the
second pep rally of the season.
It was the first public appear­ance
of the band which numbers
almost 100 pieces this year. A
complete list of the band mem­bers
will be published next week
and it is hoped that the largest
band in the history of the school
will be formed when tryouts are
completed
The new freshman cheerleaders,
Dottie Norman and Dick Peck,
were also introduced to the yell
audience. Other cheerleaders for
this year are Joe Gandy, Margaret
McCain, and Davis Gamage.
The next pep rally will be held
next Thursday night at 7:30 in
the stadium. Lights will be erected
for the occasion and the band will
be on hand again.
at the College Inn where
will entertain the audience with
various musical numbers.
Another drill period will follow
this until 11 p.m. At this time the
18 neophytes will entertain audi­ences
at the Tiger Theatre with
a take-down on "Hellzapoppin",
Broadway stage show. Following
this burlesque, the boys will at­tend
the midnight show. After the
show the future Blade members
will camp out for the remainder
of the night, moving tents every
hour.
Tomorrow morning at 10:30
they will gather at Toomer's cor­ner
for a public demonstration, a
mock "Battle of London" and a
banquet following. Dates will be
entertained at the "banquet".
During the afternoon demerits
will be worked off at the stables
and a ride will follow that night,
a backward-horseback ride. The
initiation closes Sunday morning
at sunrise with the formal cere­monies.
The 18 neophytes being initiated
are Meredith Hazzard, George
Maxwell, H. H. Wiggins, R. P.
Darden, W. E. Treadway, Frank
Claytor, John Davis, John Dem­ing,
Paul Ellis, A. J. Hawkins, J.
P. Holladay, R. H. Linderman, W.
V. Lord, K. L. Lott, Dick McGow-en,
Leroy Patterson, Charles Rollo,
and R. T. Young.
Ticket Sales for
Howard Game Will
Start Wednesday
Six Sororities Pledge 82 Coeds; List
Is Released by Panhellenic Council
Alpha G a m ' s , KD's, Chi
O m e g a ' s P l e d g e 20 Each
By WARREN FLEMING
All of Auburn's co-eds were as
nervous as if they were just get­ting
their first evening gowns
last Saturday, as the official rush
week opened at noon for the six
sororities on the campus. The
eligible girls had already signed
their registration cards, paid the
small deposit required, and were
anxious to begin the week's fes­tivities.
Party after party followed! The
rushees were entertained in every
possible way from the lowly bull-session
to the most formal affair.
There were coca-cola parties,
teas, dinners, and just plain old
chatting parties. The rushees, as
well as the sorority members had
a delightful time and were sorry
to see the activities come to an
end.
Although the actual rushing
stopped at 9 p.m. Tuesday, the
sororities didn't receive the lists
of the girls who were to be given
bids until 11 a.m. yesterday. Af­ter
notifying each sorority, the
man selected by the Panhellenic
Council to handle the preference
bidding, then notified each girl as
to the bid that coincided with her
preference. After lunch the girls
went to the sorority rooms to re­ceive
their pledge ribbons.
The total number of girls pledg­ed
is 82, whereas a quota of 120
was possible under the new limit
of 20 per sorority. Alpha Gamma
Delta, Kappa Delta, and Chi
Omega each pledged the limit of
20 coeds. Phi Omega Pi and The­ta
Upsilon pledged 8 each, and
Delta Zeta pledged 6 coeds.
Those pledged are:
Alpha Gamma Delta: Lea
Akans, Nelda Beasley, Alice Blair,
Notice
The Civilian Pilot Training pro­gram
meeting will be held at 7
p.m. Sunday night in Broun Hall
Auditorium. All students who
have made applications for CAA
training are required to attend
this meeting, according to an an­nouncement
this morning by
Lieut. B. M. Cornell.
Emmie Tom Centerfit, R u th
Coker, Mary Kathryn Cook, Hel­en
Crook, Julia Digby, Linnelle
Dobbins, Sarah Dobson, Carolyn
Funderburk, Elizabeth Herzfield,
Edith Nimrod, Jane D. Matthes,
Mary Laura Priest, Henrietta
Reeves, Mary Virginia Wren,
Frances Young, Mary Glenn
Young, and Marilyn Meagher.
Kappa Delta: Mary Davis, Lil­ian
Evans, Dorothy Fenn, Dorothy
Foreman, Betty Jane Harwell,
Frances Hendricks, Jo Hunt, Hel­en
Kent, Nell Lazenby, Nell
Brandon Mosely, Peggy Page,
Betty Pearson, Henri 'Cille Pra-ther,
Mary Read, Dorothy Lee
Scott, Janie Strickland, J e an
Thomas, Peggy Thorson, Margaret
Tucker, and Teeny Williams.
Phi Omega Pi: Nelrose Evans,
Mary Edith Foshee, Mary Pauline
Hoffman, Virginia Martin, Rose
McLeod, Marjorie Prince, Jessie
Louise Sahm, and Elaine Witmer.
Theta Upsilon: Norma Ray
Autery, Jean Black, Vivian Clay,
Dorothy Johnson, Addie Louise
Jones, Maggie Mallory, Bettye
Mason, and Genevieve Mason.
Chi Omega: June Adams, Betty
Bell, Margaret Day, Betty Gar-man,
S a r a Frances Godfrey,
Jeanne Goodin, Katherine Hall,
Martha Kilgore, Margaret Kren,
Monta Mitchell, Katherine Phil­lips,
Anne Randle, Nellie Clark
Roan, Annette Taylor, Anita Tor-bert,
Helen Wagner, Virginia
Ware, Terry Wessels, Dorothy
Wrye, and Julia Ellen Wynne.
Delta Zeta: Elaine Burdette,
Willie Chase, Doris Ford, Mary
Jo Hurst, Margaret Kilburn, and
Clara Ellen Slaton.
Freshmen and Transfers
Must Obtain Athletic
Ticket Books This Week
It was announced this morning
by the Athletic office that stu­dent
tickets for the Auburn-How­ard
game in Montgomery, Sept.
27, will go on sale Wednesday,
Sept. 25 at 8 a.m. in the lobby
of the Field House and will con­tinue
through Thursday. Office
hours are from 8 a.m. to 12 noon,
and from 1 to 6 p.m.
No student tickets will be sold
at the stadium in Montgomery.
Coupon No. 1 from the ticket
book and fifty-five cents will
cover cost of exchange of cou­pon
f o r reserved seat ticket.
Guest tickets will be sold in the
student section. The cost of the
guest ticket for this game is $2.25.
During 1939 the City of Mont­gomery
purchased a new set of
knockdown bleachers, constructed
of steel, as part of Cramton Bowl
equipment. The new type bleach­ers
are twenty-one rows high. This
enlarges the seating capacity for
the Auburn student body -and
their guests by approximately
2000 seats.
Athletic ticket books will be is­sued
to freshmen and to trans­fer
and new students at the gym­nasium,
Friday, September 20,
from 1 to 6 p.m., Friday night
from 7 to 8 p.m. and Saturday
from 8 a.m. until noon, and from
1 to 6 p.m.
It is necessary that each fresh­man,
transfer or new student call
by to receive his or her book.
All students planning to go to
the Auburn-Howard game will be
required to have their ticket books
by Wednesday, September 25,
when student tickets go on sale.
Frats and Sororities
To Vie for Chance to
Entertain Miss Jepson
Arrangements have been made
for the fraternity or sorority
which sells the most season tick­ets
to the Concert and Lecture
Series to have the privilege of en­tertaining
Miss Helen Jepson at
a reception following her concert
here on the evening of October
23.
Representatives of the frater­nities
or sororities who are inter­ested
in entering the contest are
asked to meet at the News Bureau,
Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. At
lar admission price is a dollar per that time rules of the contest will
couple. be adopted.
A' Club Dance To Be
Held Saturday Night
The "A" Club will hold a dance
at Graves Center tomorrow night
from 9:30 p.m. until 12. The music
will be furnished by the Auburn
Plainsmen Orchestra, which fea­tures
lovely Rosalind Shepard as
vocalist.
A highlight of the program will
be a feature sponsored by Scab­bard
and Blade, which should be
very amusing.
The first ten couples to be ad­mitted
to the dance will only have
to pay fifty cents, while the regu-
Student Cabinet
Forms Amendment
To Constitution
Roby and Hale Elected
Heads of Election and
Invitation Committees
At the first meeting of the Stu­dent
Executive Cabinet last night
in Samford Hall, Tom Roby, sen­ior
representative to the Cabinet
was elected Chairman of the Elec­tions
Committee, and Drew Hale,
senior representative, was elected
Chairman of the Invitations Com­mittee.
An amendment to the constitu­tion
of the Cabinet was formed
by the Cabinet at its first meet­ing.
Before the amendment can
be voted on by the Cabinet, it
must be published in the Plains­man
in two consecutive issues.
Following the publishing of the
amendment in the Plainsman, any­one
wishing to discuss the propos­ed
amendment may attend an open
meeting of the Cabinet for dis­cussion.
The amendment as formulated
by the Cabinet is as follows:
Article 5, Section 3. The Ring
Committee shall consist of the
vice-president of the Executive
Cabinet who shall serve as chair­man
of said committee, and one
associate member from the sen­ior
class for each 100 members or
major fraction of 100 members
of the senior class-at-large, said
associate members to be chosen
by the chairman of the committee
with the approval of the Execu­tive
Cabinet. The Chairman of the
Ring Committee shall be allowed
to sell rings to members of the
junior class-at-large.
Jim King, president of the Cabi­net,
also announced this morning
that Student Center will be kept
open at nights from 7 until 10
except on nights when Social
Dancing Classes meet, on which
nights the Center will be open
from 8 until 10. Any students
have criticisms or suggestions to
make to the Cabinet should leave
them in Mrs. Jolley's office in
Student Center.
Re-Examination Schedule Changed by
Registrar's Office; Start Next Week
Complete Schedule of
Exams Given by Office
The re-examination period for
the first semester, 1940-41, has
been changed from September 16-
21 to September 23-28 by action
of the Executive Council.
All students who have received
conditioned grades or have been
absent from examinations with
permission during the last year
may take re-examinations or spec­ial
examinations during the week
of September 23-28 in accordance
with the schedule below. Only
one re-examination will be allow­ed
in each subject.
Students concerned will secure
class cards from the Registrar's
office and notify the instructor in
sufficient time to allow prepara­tion
of examination questions.
Absences from class work con­flicting
with this re-examination
schedule will be excused. A fee
of $2.00 is charged for each re­examination
with a maximum
charge for three or more examina­tions
being fixed at $5.00. Stu­dents
absent from examinations
on account of illness are not
charged a fee.
The re-examination schedule is
as follows: Monday, Sept. 23, 3
p.m.—Botany, Secretarial Science,
Machine Design and Drawing,
Math; Tuesday, Sept. 24, 10 a.m.
—Home Economics, Horticulture,
Industrial Engineering, Physical
Education; 3 p.m.—Agricultural
Engineering, Architecture, Elec­trical
Engineering, Physics, So­ciology,
Zoology and Entomology;
Wednesday, Sept. 25, 3 p.m. —
Agronomy, Agricultural Econom­ics,
Civil and Highway Engineer­ing,
Economics (first period),
English, T e x t i l e Engineering;
Thursday, Sept. 26, 10 a.m.—Ani­mal
Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry,
Poultry Husbandry, Religious Ed­ucation,
Veterinary Medicine; 3
p.m.—Applied Art, Bacteriology,
Chemistry, Economics (2nd per­iod),
Pharmacy; Friday, Sept. 27,
10 a.m.—Aeronautical Engineer­ing,
Education, Foreign Language,
History, Mechanical Engineering;
Saturday, Sept. 28, 9 a.m.—ROTC
and conflicts in above schedule.
Page Two
THE PLAINSMAN outfits as those who drill during the
summer.
Published semi-weekly by the Students of the The United States Army had to learn
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala. from experience the disadvantage of
'• — : heavy clothing in hot climates. In the
Editorial and business office on Tichenor Ave- Spanish-American War the U.S. Army,
nue. Phone 448. Editor may be reached after went to Cuba in heavy woolen uniforms.
office, hours by calling.-388 Theseiieavy clothes cut the efficiency
~ ~" __ of the army, and were very uncomfort-
Dan W. Hollis, Jr. Editor able, to the soldiers in that tropical cli-
W. G. Darty _. Business Mgr. mate. Today the army issues light-
Frank B. Wilson Advertising Mgr. weight uniforms to their soldiers on
—: '•—: ! tropical duty in an effort to help the
Entered as second-class matter at the post office soldier combat the hot climate.
a t , A " ^ ' Alabama Subscription rates by The i s g u a n c e of light_weight shirts to
mail: $2.50 per year, $1.50 per semester. , . , .
the cadets would certainly give them a
much more sensible uniform for warm
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Why the Clomerata
Advanced Their Prices
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following letter
was received this week from the Glome-
' rata office. As the letter contains the ex­planation
probably better than we could
•make the same, %ve present it here in the
form of an editorial, in order that all stu­dent
organizations may thoroughly under­stand
the reason for the advance in prices
of pages in the Glomerata for this year.
Mr. Dan Hollis
Editor, The Plainsman
Dear Dan:
Due to much misunderstanding that
has developed over the change in the
organization section of the Glomerata, I
am prompted to do this little explaining.
The main reason for the change in
prices and limiting the number of pages
to each organization is to first secure
an income from this section where form­erly
there was a deficit, and second to
reduce the number of pages in the book.
All this has been necessary due to the
recent increase in the student body, and
accordingly an increase in the size of
the book.
It is necessary from Mr. Ingram's
(business manager of the college) point
of view to decrease the cost of the book.
This could best be done by reducing the
number of pages. The students must un­derstand
too that the cost of a page in
the Glomerata has been the same for
15 or 20 years. During that time the cost
of the book has increased greatly, but
the prices have remained the same. The
change had to be made, so last semester
the Student Board of Publications in a
meeting with the faculty advisers pass­ed
this plan.
The book will look just as good in
this manner. Most of the annuals over
the country are made this way, and they
are at all larger colleges. For the bene­fit
of the smaller organizations who can­not
afford a full page, a half page can
be obtained. This in turn will not detract
from the looks of the book.
Thank you for the space and asking
the students to bear with us for a swell
Glomerata along about the end of next
semester.
Sincerely,
KIRK NEWELL,
Business Manager
Light-weight Shirts for
The ROTC
As summer completes its regime in
the final days of September and the
first days of October the ROTC cadets
continue to drill in their heavy woolen
shirts. These shirts, because of their
weight, keep out any cool breeze that
might be blowing and keep in all the
heat of the body.
In hot weather these shirts are not
only uncomfortable, but are also very
unhealthy. The heat of the shirt causes
excessive perspiration which is very fa­tiguing
and cuts down the mental alert­ness
so necessary in the execution of
military commands.
There is no reason why a light-weight
shirt could not be issued to the cadets
for use in hot weather. During the sum­mer
the co-op cadets drilled in light­weight
blue broadcloth shirts. During
the hot days of the early fall and late
spring the cadets should have the same
"Hey, joe, Let's Co to
The Pep Rally"
"Let's go to the pep rally", should be
a familiar cry around the campus this
fall, as each weekly session of yells ap­proaches.
The pep rallies are where that
Great Auburn Spirit is shown to the full­est
extent.
We now make our plea for the larg­est
crowds in the history of the school
to attend all of the pep rallies this year.
Because of the increased enrollment, the
yell periods will be held in the new sta­dium
this year. This will provide room
to adequately accommodate the entire
student body.
The Great Auburn Band is practicing
this week and will be on hand for all
the pep rallies throughout the season.
The band will number more than 100
pieces this year. Our band is always
ready to help us get that Auburn Spirit
with the playing of "Tiger Rag", "The
Victory March", and other stirring num­bers.
We open our football season in Mont­gomery
one week from tonight. Let's
have a good representation down there
at Cramton Bowl to support those Tig­ers.
Let's know all those yells and songs
and "give forth" with everything we
have that night. Let's show Montgomery
that that Great Auburn Spirit is grow­ing
by leaps and bounds.
But let's don't do this. We shouldn't
become rowdy and go haywire when we
get that Spirit. We must still keep our
senses and not act like a bunch of high
school children. We can get that Auburn
Spirit without "going wild". We can yell
our heads off for those Tigers and still
act like sensible gentlemen and ladies
should act.
So, come on fellows, let's go down to
the pep rallies. Let's get that Auburn
Spirit and back those Tigers to the limit,
win, lose or draw. Let's act like real Au­burn
men and women. We'll not only
feel proud of ourselves then, but so will
everyone.
A Great Man Passes
Alabama lost one of its greatest states­men
this week when it was announced
that William B. Bankhead, representa­tive
to Congress from Alabama and
Speaker of the House of Representa­tives,
had died .at the Naval Hospital
in Washington.
Bankhead is one of a long line of leg­islators
from a family that has been rep­resented
in Congress for 50 years. His
death was not only a shock to Alabam-ians
but to the nation as a whole. After
a state funeral in Washington last Mon­day,
his body was -brought by special
train to Jasper, Alabama, his home
town, for burial. President Roosevelt
and a large number of Senators and
Representatives traveled from Washing­ton
on a special train to attend the final
rites.
And so another Bankhead passes. An
illustrious figure in the House for many
years, "W. B.," as he was called by his
closest friends, was probably the most
valuable representative in Congress in
the past decade. He had served as chair­man
of the rules committee and as ma­jority
floor leader before his election to
the Speakership.
Although we, as students, may not be
well acquainted with his work, we never­theless
feel the great loss, both to our
state and our nation upon the death of
W. B. Bankhead. It will be a long time
before Alabama produces another equal
to him.
From our vantage point under
a miscellaneous assortment of al­tos,
clarinets, and bass horns, we
looked through the chair rungs of
the fellow on top of us and picked
out some more or less interesting
facts about the latest edition of
the Auburn Band.
* * *
In the first place, merely judg­ing
from appearances, we fore­cast
a larger band this fall. Pore
old Langdon's stage was packed
to the rafters with returning
bandsmen and a few of the most
outstanding frosh gates. Other
new men who will possibly have
positions in the marching band
made up a very respectable, as
far as numbers go, first night au­dience.
* * *
The band at first rehearsal
boasted new strength in most di­visions.
Six bass horns showed up,
and most of the suckers toting
them looked as if they might last
the football season. The drum
section should be considerably
better than last year's, with the
addition of several outstanding
rat luminaries.
Other parts of the band fared
almost equally well, and with
Chief's worries seemingly being a
mild desire for a few more alto
saxophones, and a flute or two,
things are looking up for this or­ganization.
* * *
With the band showing more
promise than in several years,
both campus orchestras evidenc­ing
forward steps since last year,
and the glee clubs expecting bet­ter
turnouts, the musical front
seems well fortified.
* * *
About the glee club . . .
Last year both girls' and boys'
glee clubs worked hard, received
little recognition as compared
with their accomplishments, and
got very little of the response
they deserved for their service.
This year the glee clubs offer
an opportunity to those interested
in music, and both will welcome
new members. Tryouts are not
difficult, and operatic voices are
not required. If you can sing a
little, have a fair voice, and are
interested in music, drop around
to practice and you'll receive a
royal welcome.
* * *
Continual Delight . . . Reading
the Win-shelling of critics by the
Keyhole Calumnist.
* * *
Post office facts you should
know, although we admit that
just why you should know them
is a bit obscure to us.
1. Loitering or soliciting in the
post office is strictly verboten.
2. Private use of mail sacks . . .
as containers for trash, concealed
weapons, or poker hands, or as
table cloths, etc., is. in direct vio­lation
of Postal Laws and the US
Penal; Code. (See sections 1495,
'96, '97, and 1696 of Postal Code
and Regulations.)
* * *
And some more . . .
3. Fee for money order of
$56.23 drawn on domestic form
is 18 cents.
4. Money orders are also pay­able
in Antigua, Montserrat, and
St. Kitts, if you can find them.
* * *
This is too much ham to make
up, but as it really happened, pos­sibly
it is worth passing on.
It has to do with the freshman
who remarked that "this fellow
"Staff" certainly teaches a lot of
classes!"
In fact that's all it has to do
with. In fact, that's all. Any re­marks
slandering this malicious
waste of space are as out of place
as tennis sneakers in the Roose­velt
Grille.
* * *
One to use sometimes . . . as
out of date, and dates, as an in­tellectual
coed.
Familiar quotations from some­body
. . .
"Life is just one fool thing af­ter
another, but love is two fool
things after each other."
"Distance may lend enchant­ment,
but not when you're out of
gas."
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Kworum,
expresses her opinion that "some
girls who have paid their four bits
are going to find this sorority
rush week as disillusioning as the
glimpse of Santa Glaus."
Song on the Campus—Anonymous
I feel it my solemn duty to in­form
all students within binocu­lar
vision of this writing, that
school has begun. With this start­ing
comes the old ritual of book-buying.
For three years—four now
—it has been my painful experi­ence
to neglect the amount needed
for books when establishing my
budget. The budget is generally
made out with an allowance of
fifteen to twenty rocks for pre­school
dissipation, and free-for-all
spending. When the pedagogue be­gins
refering to text, then does
the dawn rend asunder. In the
long run this method is the cheap-'
er, for some courses prescribe ex­orbitantly
priced books, and their
value is less that the benefits de­rived
from the bending of elbows
at local spots.
Methinks it would be wiser to
have a wiser-upper week, rather
than an orientation week for
Freshmen. Some hot-shot Senior
could advise the newcomers of all
the dodges and means of evading
the extra work that is piled up on
students, There is also the matter
of-where to go at night. There
seems to a surge of money being
thrown away on and around the
campus for unnecessary items
that could be deviated toward
more beneficial channels, namely
the esophagus channel.
Interviewing local swains, your
correspondent finds that in gene­ral
the incoming crop of fillies is
above par, however, none of the
interviewees would divulge amount
of progress made . . . Seems that
majority of femmes are from the
rural districts where buxomness
reigns. Why not have the female
frosh wear indentification similar
to the male same? Save a lot of
embarrasment, and also give people
an idea what to expect of them.
Speaking of frosh identification
—have you ever noticed the strik­ing
effect rendered by a mass
wearing of rat caps. The first
year headgear is compulsory at
all football games attended by
Tech students and is the subject
for much favorable comment. Note
effect obtained last year by the
section at the Villanova and Flori­da
games wearing hats.
Complaints have been made this
year as in the past as to the lack
of wearing qualities of rat bon­nets.
Why not make the sweat
band of steel and tie a trace chain
to the wearer's midrif. This would
insure wearer of keeping same on
head at all times, and also cut
down on the snitching possibilities.
Why hasn't the new building
been named . . . officially desig­nated
in the schedule of courses as
NB . . . Not improvements on the
campus . . . Even the mower-pushers
wear ducky white uniforms
. . . Sharpshooters medal to the
sporty in B & G service who spears
bits of debris on the campus
grounds. His accuracy even sur­passes
that of the pigeons . . Mi­litary
science and tactics have be­come
so complicated now, that the
failure % is expected to surpass
that of English 101 and Chemistry
101.3 . . . Willkie says he will
make it easy . . . Other compli­cated
affairs are the sorority rush­ing
rules . . . 198 babes desired
to be rushed—only 20 neophytes
allowed in each harem—5 x 20 =
100 . . . 198 — 100 = 98 disap­pointments.
Movement has been under foot
for the past year by local citizens
under the sponsorship of certain
party for the establishment of
Housepoppers in the Dorms . . .
Darn good idea, I'll take two. . .
It's Hard to Find
Jobs to Work Your
Way Through College
Working one's way through col­lege
is easier said than done, ac­cording
to Prof. A. C. Payne of
Indiana State Teachers' College.
Nearly one-half the high school
graduates eager to "work their
way through" are unable to find
employment.
Professor Payne, a faculty di­rector
of the National Youth ad­ministration
at Indiana State,
sought to learn how many pros­pective
freshmen denied NYA
employment fail to attend college
anywhere. The study indicates that
the percentage of non-attendance
in college among those denied em­ployment
is increasing. In 1937 it
was 46.7 per cent, in 1938 it was
43.1, and 55.4 in 1939.
These findings dispute the be­lief
of the man in the street that
freshmen who fail to obtain em­ployment
will enter or continue
school in spite of handicap. (ACP).
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Words about the war pour with
such extravagance from such a
variety of sources that I wish I
could close my ears to them. When­ever
everybody you know talks at
length about a single subject, you
can be sure that at least half of
what is said is hot air. So much is
said and written by so many people
about the war that I am inclined
to put three-fourths or more of
the opinions expressed in the hot
air category.
Warlike explosions on our edi­torial
pages distress me. Somehow,
despite the sanctity of free speech,
I object to the free and positive
expression of opinions on the war
by people who cannot possibly have
first rate information for their
opinions. It scares me to think how
easily one powerful newspaper
can influence my thinking. Per­haps
the newspaper could not so
powerfully influence me if it did
not influence other readers who
then re-broadcast the newspaper's
opinions as their own.
I also object to the lack of eco­nomy
in our use of words about
the war. We ought to listen and
think more and keep our mouths
shut more often. Maybe it is an
impossible ideal, maybe it is not
in human beings to do it, bu I in­sist
on believing (if only to enable
me to sleep at night) that it is
possible to do away with war. And
I believe Mars will receive a tell­ing
blow when if the men in the
street stop exciting themselves
about him.
* * *
Ever since I have known any­thing
about them, I have been
avidly i n t e r e s t e d in the do­ings
of Osa and Martin Johnson.
Martin Johnson is dead, and to his
memory his wife has written "I
Married Adventure", which you
will find in the library. This story
of the Martin Johnsons is a day­dream,
come true, a romance in
whose title roles most of us have
often imagined ourselves. "I Mar­ried
Adventure" hold between its
exotic zebra covers the best kind
of an adventure tale: one that ac­tually
happened told with enough
imagination to make it fly. When
you finish the book, you will real­ize
that Osa Johnson has placed
her husband in your private gal­lery
of admired Americans.
* * *
Auburn is really on the up-and-up.
Have you noticed the new
pastry and candy shop? I have
tried some of its wares, and they
are not bad, not bad at all. I have
a sort of fatalistic feeling that my
figure, which is much too much
anyhow, will suffer. It would suf­fer
much more pleasantly if milk
were available to go along with
the cakes and cookies.
* * *
An acute observer of the camp­us
thinks the first thing on the
freshman orientation p r o g r am
should have been the wholesale
amputation of the right thumbs.
* * *
Things some other simian has
formerly said: "No man has a
good enough memory to be a suc­cessful
liar." (Abraham Lincoln.)
"The clock ticked almost as if it
had been caught in some indecent
act . . ." (A. E. Coppard.) "If
the poor ever feel as poor as the
rich do . . . we will have a most
bloody revolution." ( R e b e c ca
West.) "Truth, of course, must
be stranger than fiction, for we
have made fiction to suit our­selves."
(C. K. Chesterton.)
* * *
Some of the most interesting
literature in America is to be
found inscribed on highway signs.
These signs — indicating curves,
crossroads, etc.—offer a lot of
space for writing to tramps and
hitchhikers. On these signs are bits
of wisdom, opinions of motorists
in general, original verse, with of
course a majority of mere names
and dates and gutterings. The
most profane remarks are usually
on signs in the middle of nowhere.
The profanity arises from the fact
that the hitchhiker has had to
walk to get there.
Here is a bit of treason to make
you feel good. It is the story of
John Doakes. Which is: J o hn
Doakes, A.B., B.S., M.A., Ph.D.,
LL.D., W.P.A.
Need a Formula for
Grades? Try This!
Hunting for a short-cut to a
straight A average?
If you are, heed the following
nine-point program to scholastic
success — a program formulated
for you by the ever-helpful edit­ors
of the Midland of Midland
College:
1. Don't give your prof apples.
Too obvious.
2. Find out his hobby and fol­low
up with well-planned ques­tions
to draw him out.
3. If the entire class walks out
of the classroom when the prof is
10 minutes late, be the only one
to wait, even if it's half an hour.
This procedure is good for a B-plus
any day.
4. Always greet an instructor
pleasantly, never using his first
name, but a cheery "Good morn­ing,
professor."
5. When sitting at the faculty
table in the dining hall or walking
about the Administration build­ing,
always walk with your head
down as if in deep thought, pond­ering
some weighty problems in
math of philosophy, for instance.
This is highly recommended to get
on the honor roll.
6. Offer to wash the professor's
car, put up his storm windows or
do any little job around the house,
but don't accept any money for
the work.
7. Apple polishing procedure in
classrooms includes sitting in the
front row, responding to profess­orial
humor with loud, hearty guf­faws
and liberal use of big words.
This is important—never use a
two-syllable word where a five-syllable
word will do.
8. Carry a lot of big reference
books around. This is tremendous­ly
impressive and is worth an A
minus in any class.
9. If you must close your eyes
while in deep thought, wrinkle
your forehead and otherwise look
worried or the professor may get
the wrong impression—and grade
accordingly.
EDITOR'S NOTE: You might
try studying, too!
September 20, 1940 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
With the Ag Boys
By P. M. PRUITT
Well, well, ag ed seniors, it looks
as if we are in one grand mess.
After spending three years in col­lege,
and precious years they are
too, there are practically no jobs
in sight. There is, we are told, a
probability of about twenty per­cent
of the class getting jobs upon
graduation next spring. But who
is to blame, pray tell me? We
certainly can't blame the depart­mental
heads, because they are
making every effort to solve the
problem. And we can't lay the
blame on ourselves, because there
were plenty of openings when we
enrolled here as freshmen. Maybe
the war is to blame, but we don't
feel capable of stopping a war
just now. The competition will be
keen for those twenty jobs next
spring, and there should be a good
man for every one of them.
* * *
Our prediction of an increased
enrollment in the Ag School was
a bit far-fetched. There was a
slight decrease this year, but who
can realize it? In almost every
classroom on Ag Hill there is
standing room only. I have actual­ly
heard a professor advise stu­dents
not to register for HIS
course. Sounds strange, doesn't
it? But that's life for you, and
as life goes, so goes the college
professor.
* * • *
Heard in passing . . .
Ag Ed Senior: "I think I'll
plant a crop next year, and hire
the '41 model graduates in Ag
Ed to cultivate it". Encouraging,
isn't it?
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What was the price of cotton
today, according to the "Mont­gomery
Spot Market"?
* * *
FFA NEWS
The initial meeting of the Col­legiate
Chapter of FFA was held
at 7 p.m. on Sept. 16. The newly
elected officers took over their
responsibilities, and we believe
they are the best yet. They are
Jimmie Daily, president; A. G.
Williams, vice-president; S. L.
Davis, secretary; W. V. Lord,
treasurer; W. H. Gregg, reporter;
Jim LeNoir; sargeant-at-arms; D.
K. Christenberry, parliamentarian.
All freshmen were requested to
introduce themselves to the chap­ter.
Professors Sargent and Ches-nutt
briefly addressed the new
members. Cigars were in order,
which made Langdon Hall resem­ble
a boiler. At least one fresh­man
was placed on every com­mittee
to make him feel that he
was really a part of the club.
All members were asked to co­operate
with the FFA Co-Op
Book Store, which has been mov­ed
to the basement of Samford
Hall to allow for the expanded
business.
* * *
AG CLUB NEWS
"The average freshman is old
enough to stand in a man's shoes,
so let me beg you men to get your
bearings as you start out," stated
M. J. Funchess, Dean of Agricul-tuer,
in speaking to the Ag Club
last Wednesday night. He stressed
the importance of good speech
and good writing and advised stu­dents
to build a foundation in the
fundamental science subjects.
"In my estimation," he went on,
"there are only two unpardonable
sins. Dishonesty, either mental or
intellectual, is one; laziness is the
other."
"You men in college are a pick­ed
group," he continued, "and
you are educated at public ex­pense
because there is a certain
amount of work that must be
done by trained men. Many of
you will be looking for jobs when
you graduate, but if you go back
and take over the farm and do
much better because of your edu­cation,
you have rendered a valu­able
service."
The meeting was opened by
Merlin Bryant, president of the
club. Vice-President Dave Grif­fin,
who is in charge of programs
this semester, introduced the
speaker, Dean Funchess.
They Whistle While They Work
At API's Susan Smith Cottage
Three Additions
Made to Staff of
Coed Supervisors
Staff of Nine Assist
Dr. Walston in Work
With Women Students
Directors of the activities of the
women students, who will aid Dr.
Rosa Lee Walston, Dean of Wom­en,
were recently announced. Dr.
Walston has a staff of nine com­petent
women to help her in direct­ing
the activities of the coeds.
These women have been trained
especially in working with young
women.
Dr. Walston will head the direct­ing
personnel. Her assistants are
Miss Mary Moss Wellborn, Head
of Hall in Dormitory 1; Miss Mary
Meade, Head of Hall in Dormi­tory
2; Miss Janet Lee, Head of
Hall in Dormitory 3; Miss Alberta
Palmour, Head of Hall in Dormi­tory
4; Mrs. Eleanor Hamrick,
Head of Smith Hall; Miss Ibbie
Jones, Dietitian; Miss Lucille
Chancey, Assistant Dietitian; Mrs.
L. Y. Dean, Jr., Hostess and
House Manager; and Miss Lily
Barnes Cherry, Secretary.
Several of these advisers are
new. Miss Alberta Palmour is new
on the staff, having come to Au­burn
from College Park, Georgia.
Also new are Miss Lucille Chan­cey
who is assistant to Miss Ibbie
Jones in the College Dining Hall,
and Mrs. Eleanor Hamrick, Head
of Smith Hall. Miss Chancey
comes from Troy State Teachers
College where she has been dieti­tian
for the past year. Mrs. Ham­rick
has attended school here at
Auburn for the past two years.
The new women's dormitories
were completed last February at
a cost of approximately $500,000.
The girls moved in almost before
the buildings were completed and
immediately christened the four
new buildings "The Quadrangle."
Is
30 Charming Coeds Are Housed There
Under New Cooperative Plan, and Like It
Thirty-one Auburn coeds have been taken in on the
ground floor of one of the most interesting and promising
cooperative housing projects in these parts, the Susan
Smith Cottage.
Susan Smith Cottage was recently acquired from Dean
J. W. Scott and named in honor of Mrs. L. N. Duncan's
mother. The property is located on College Street across
from the campus of the School of Agriculture. The lot is
spacious and shaded by lovely
trees, and two houses, the former
Scott residence and a lodge in the
backyard, accommodate the girls.
It is rather an honor to be al­lowed
to live in the Susan Smith
Cottage. Girls are selected accord­ing
to special character recom­mendations,
and they are expect­ed
to maintain an average of 80
or over.
Susan Smith Cottagers live
cheaply through their own ef­forts.
They cook and clean and
wash dishes according to a kind
of rotating schedule which spares
nobody and overworks nobody. In
addition to their housework, the
cottagers carry full college loads.
And it is already suspected that
they have more fun than anybody
on the campus.
Mrs. Eleanor Hamrick is Head
of Hall for Susan Smith Cottage
and for Smith Hall. The student
house president is Clyde Dykes.
Susan Smith Cottage is a fine
service of the college to the col­legians.
It offers college life with
all the comforts of home together,
it must be remembered, with the
duties of home.
Many Improvements Made in Samford
Hall on First Floor and in Basement
Crosby Coming to
Tiger on Sunday
'Rhythm on the River'
Colorful Musical Show;
Mary Martin also Stars
In anybody's language, that's
education what is education.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
When you see "Rhythm on the
River" at the Tiger Theatre Sun­day
or Monday, as of course you
will if you like first rate enter­tainment,
you'll see Bing Crosby
in the role of "ogler."
Of course we don't blame Bing
since the subject of his ogling is
Mary Martin, beauteous lady of
the Broadway comedy stage, better
known as the girl whose "Heart
Belongs to Daddy." The incident
was included at Bing's suggestion,
and was purely in the line of busi­ness,
which is nice work if you can
get it.
Bing and Mary have a boy-meets-
girl scene early in the pic­ture
in which they are waiting for
an elevator. As is usually the case,
one or the other or both are self-conscious,
either resorting to whis­tling
or humming or some other
act to indicate indifference toward
the other. They both fidget.
"What I think," said Bing to
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Other Improvements to
Be Made at Later Date
By HARRY LOWE
A large amount of remodeling
work has taken place recently in
Samford Hall for the purpose of
providing more space for the ad­ministrative
offices of the college.
New wiring is being installed
throughout the entire building.
The lighting effect is much su­perior
to the old, and the wiring
is all done in modern fireproof
cables. The huge transformer is
stored in the basement. ,
On the first floor of Samford
the registrar's office has been en­larged,
taking over a room form­erly
used by the Business Office
staff. Here the I.B.M. equipment
is housed. Elmer G. Salter, direct­or
of the sports publicity, has
moved his office from the News
Bureau to the new Physical Train­ing
Building.
In another part of the first
floor, the space formerly occupied
by the physics department, now
houses the offices of the busi-tary,
the director of student em­ployment
and housing, and the
executive secretary. President
Director Victor Schertzinger, "is
that he"—that's the way actors
refer to their parts—"would look
at the girls legs, first of all, don't
you?"
Schertzinger, being very truth­ful
about the whole thing, allow­ed
that that was so, and that's
the reason you'll see Bing "og­ling"
Mary in public by special
permission of the producers.
Mary didn't mind.
ness manager, the alumni secre-
Duncan's office remains unchang­ed.
The entire basement has been
improved. The hall and offices
have new flooring and all of the
walls have been gone over. With
the new lighting that Samford has,
the basement is no longer the
dreary place that it once was. The
entire north end of the basement
is used by the Military Depart­ment
for both class rooms and
ROTC supply rooms.
In the southern part of the
basement, which was once the phy­sics
labs where Dr. Allison did
much work on his magnetooptic
apparatus, are two offices for the
college stock room and purchas­ing
department. Another part is
used for the general mailing room
of the college. All informational
material will be mailed from here
and an addressograph is to be in­stalled
for the use of all college
departments. Here also is to be
added the switch-board for the
college exchange telephone sys­tem.
The very complicated auto­matic
machinery of the dial work
is already being installed in the
basement.
Another new addition to Sam-ford's
basement is the FFA Book
Store which is reached from the
outside.
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The United States Marine Band, above, composed of 125 of the nation's most accomplished music­ians,
have performed at White House functions in Washington for more than 1O0 years. They will appear
here as the first attraction on the Auburn Concert Series for 1940-41, at Graves Center on Oct. 10.
United States Marine Band
Concert in Auburn October IO
C a p t . W. S. S a n t e l m a nn
D i r e c t s 7 8 - P i e c e Band
The United States Marine Band
has a history almost as long and
glamorous as that of the country
itself.
Officially recognized as "The
President's Own" when on July 11,
1798, John Adams signed an act
that brought the Band into being,
it has played at every inaugural
ceremony since that of Thomas
Jefferson. The band will appear in
Auburn October 10.
Every President, save Washing­ton,
has called upon it to perform
at White House functions. It
played for President Polk and the
Nation throughout the Mexican
War. President Lincoln insisted
that the U. S. Marine Band con­tinue
its outdoor concerts during
the depressing days of the Civil
War.
I t has performed at all import­ant
weddings in the White House,
including those of Nellie Grant
and Alice Roosevelt.
At funeral services for Presi­dents
William Henry Harrison,
Zachary Taylor, Lincoln, McKin-ley,
James A. Garfield, and War­ren
Harding, the U. S. Marine
Band supplied appropriate music.
The rhythm of every official pa­rade
which has swept down histo­ric
Pennsylvania Avenue has been
furnished by the Marine Band. Its
crescendoes have voiced the Na­tion's
rejoicings. Its muted strains
have spoken the Nation's grief.
Trained by the ingenious hand
of Captain William F . Santelmann,
the United States Marine Band is
one of the most versatile organi­zations
in the world. It can play
s t i r r i ng marches, present brilliant
overtures, interpret the symphonic
classics, introduce from its own
ranks astonishingly fine soloists.
Wilbur Evans and Dalies Frantz to
Appear Here in Concert on Jan. 20
Douglas Hyde, first president of
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Rutgers University in New Jersey.
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Two of America's foremost
young musicians will be heard here
Jan. 20 when Wilbur Evans, bari­tone,
and Dalies Frantz, pianist,
appear on the Auburn Concert se­ries.
Wilbur Evans' high place in mu­sic
today is impressive tribute to
the American way of doing things.
He was a Philadelphia gym teach­er
who won an Atwater Kent radio
audition which enabled him to go
to a good school. With persistent
study, a firing ambition and a-bundant
talent he turned out to
be a baritone to be reckoned with,
handsomely excelling the new crop
of baritones out of Europe. To­day
his supremacy in the field of
oratorio is unchallenged. He is
equally popular on the concert
stage where his programs embrace
the classic works of Wolf, Schu­mann,
Brahms and Schubert, dis­tinguished
choices from the Italian
and French repertory.
Mr. Evans is a frequent soloist
with the Philadelphia Orchestra
and sings each season at the major
festivals. He was featured for 26
weeks on the Vick's "Open House"
program with Jeannette MacDon­ald
and appears regularly on
other popular broadcasts. For
three seasons he has been one of
the leading singers in the St.
Louis Municipal Opera.
Dalies Frantz was graduated
with highest honors from the Uni­versity
of Michigan, where he
worked his way through by play­ing
in concerts and acting as or- j
ganist and director of a church i
choir. It was the same course fol- i
lowed by him during preparatory i
Study in Boston at Huntington j
School.
Born in Denver, Colorado, he j
comes from the middle west. They i
have big men out there. Frantz,
six feet at least, is no exception.;
Broad shouldered, he has the build
of an athlete. In addition, being
handsome he makes a striking
figure on the stage.
When it comes to playing the
piano, no matter where, critics
voice their reviews on Frantz in
much the same strain. In Detroit
it was declared, "Startled and en­thusiastic
audience;" in Boston,
"Astonishing virtuosity;" in Min­neapolis,
"A stunning and exhila­r
a t i n g performance."
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Foreign Correspondent, To Lecture Nov. 14
Wilbur Evans, above, noted
baritone who formerly sang on
the Vicks radio program with
J e a n e t t e MacDonald for 26 weeks,
will appear here in concert on
Jan. 20 at Graves Center. He will |
be accompanied by Dalies Frantz, {
below, brilliant pianist. I
Sheean Believes Mexican Border Is Now
Most Vulnerable Spot in United States
Vincent Sheean, author of "Personal History" and "Not
Peace But A Sword" and noted foreign correspondent who
will lecture here on November 14 at Graves Center, believes
that the dictator states of Europe look upon the United
States as their eventual enemy, the only nation likely to of­fer
a real obstacle to the spread of totalitarian ideololgy.
Mr. Sheean spent the summer in Mexico and the preceding
year in the danger spots of Europe, including Spain, Germ­any,
Czechoslovakia, and France.
America is matched by another,
campaign by the democratic states,
intended to drag us into the war
on their side when the time comes.
There is no moral reason why the
United States should be dragged
into the general European conflict,
but he predicts that this country
will be drawn in sooner or later,
j u s t as in the First World War,
through trade commitments and
other interests.
Mr. Sheean feels, nevertheless,
that England is the only remains
of anything decent that is left in
Europe.
Being one of the really great
foreign correspondents of today,
Mr. Sheean has travelled all over
Europe, Asia, parts of Africa and
the North American continent in
search of news. His dispatches, as
his other writings and his lectures,
are distinguished by his penetra­tion
of surface events and figures,
for what is really significant. He
says, for instance, that a taxi
driver may be able to give a better
slant on the true status of affairs
He did special work for the New
York Herald Tribune and collected
material for a new book and mag­azine
articles. "Not Peace But A
Sword" relates his European ex­periences
while he hopes to base
his next book on his adventures in
Mexico.
The dictator nations feel that
they can handle everybody else
but the United States, Mr. Sheean
states. These nations have, he says,
nothing but contempt for both
England and France. That is why
he believes that the Mexican border
is our vulnerable spot and what
goes on there is of the utmost im­portance
to the United States.
There is nothing that arouses
the European controlled press to
such fury as the critical state­ments
in the American Press, he
declares. They no longer care what
Anthony Eden, Winston Churchill,
or Duff Cooper have to say, but
"when Ickes makes a speech, they
go crazy."
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Fascist campaign of hate against
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September 20, 1940 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Five
H eien
Glamour Girl
Wide Fame on
Jepson Will Sing Here Oct. 23
Gained
Radio
HELEN JEPSON
Kryl, Ex-Circus Performer, Will Present
Famous Symphony Orchestra in Concert
G r o u p Composed of 50
O u t s t a n d i n g Musicians
Critics throughout the world are
quite unanimous in their state­ments
that Bohumir Kryl is the
greatest cornetist of the present
day, and the sobriquet. "The great­est
cornetist in the world" is not
one of the past year only, but one
which he has rightfully possessed
for a score of years.
The career of this celebrated
conductor reads like a chapter
from almost unbelievable fiction.
Born in Prague, Bohemia, the son
of a sculptor, ran away from home
when he was eleven years old and
joined a circus then traveling Eu­rope,
acting as acrobat during the
shows and playing his cornet in
the parade. For two years he ca­vorted
through the air on the trap­eze,
tumbling and jumping over
elephants, and other various antics
of the circus tent. But a fateful
day arrived when in jumping he
met with an accident and walked
over two hundred miles to his
home town, incidentally quitting
forever the circus life.
Less than six months after leav­ing
the circus, Kryl was on his
way to America, paying for his
passage by playing the violin in
the orchestra of the ship. Some
ten years later Sousa heard of a
Concert Committee to Bring Metropolitan
Star Here as Second Attraction of Series
Grand Opera's Glamour Girl, as Helen Jepson is known
to her thousands of musical fans, who started life selling
phonograph records, and who is now in her sixth season
at the Metropolitan Opera House, will be heard here in
concert on October 23, at Graves Center.
Miss Jepson has a tour of over fifty concerts ahead
of her this season, as well as opera performances with
the Metropolitan Opera Association and the Chicago
Opera Company, and several radio
young cornetist who was working
as a sculptor at Crawfordsville,
Indiana, engaged in doing a like­ness
of Ben Hur, and hearing him
play persuaded him to lay down
the chisel and become cornet solo­ist
with his band. A few years un­der
Sousa and other noted band­masters
young Kryl was ready to
take his place with his symphonic
band in the halls of music through­out
America. Engagements were
held for three weeks at a time in
Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Loius
and Cincinnati, as well as the
yearly tours when he crossed and
re-crossed the continent playing
to packed houses.
In the personal make-up of the
man, there is found the rare grace
which accompanies every move­ment
on the stage; there is the
unforgetable head crowned with
tawny yellow hair, and the blue
eyes which flash fire or twinkle
and which makes one think of
sun playing on falling rain, espe­cially
when his orchestra does
something that calls forth unusual
approval, or when he is recounting
his days back in Bohemia with the
circus.
Kryl and his famous symphony
orchestra of 50 will be heard here
in Graves Center on December 3.
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engagements. Her career should
be an inspiration to aspiring
young singers, for she did it all
herself, lifting herself to her pres­ent
musical status by her own
bootstraps, figuratively speaking.
Helen Jepson was born in Ti-tusville,
Pennsylvania, but at an
early age Akron, Ohio became her
home. She was enormously music­al
and longed to study singing,
yet when she finished high school
her parents' means were slender,
and she saw no other future than
a department store job. However,
Miss Jepson is a vital and up-and-doing
person, who meets every
opportunity with confidence and
courage. In the department store,
she was transferred to the phono-1
graph record department and
there had the opportunity to lis-1
ten to the greatest voices and |
knew that she too could be a great |
singer. She took a job in a church
choir which netted ten dollars ex­tra
a week. A benefit concert
helped too, and she finally had
enough to finance lessons with the
late Horatio Connell of the great
Curtis Institute of Philadelphia,
who happened to be teaching in
Chautauqua, N. Y., that summer.
Mr. Connel was greatly impress­ed
with her voice and suggested
that she seek an audition for a
scholarship at the Curtis Insti­tute
for the winter. Miss Jepson
did so and won the scholarship
for that year and subsequently
for the two more years that she
attended the Institute as an honor
student.
As the scholarship didn't in­clude
living expenses, Helen de­cided
to get up an act and book it
herself. She and three other girls
bought a second-hand car and cov­ered
the Chautauqua circuit, call­ing
themselves the Mississippi
Misses although none of them
were from Mississippi. She was
chauffeur and business manager
as well as soloist. During that
summer they travelled 600 miles
and to over 87 towns.
Miss Jepson's first role was as
one of the Rhine Maidens in a
Philadelphia Orchestra perform­ance
of "Das Rheingold". She
then received an engagement with
the Philadelphia Civic Opera, ap­pearing
for the first time in Mo­zart's
"Marriage of Figaro". She
i stayed with that company for two
years^and made a second debut
with another organization, the
Philadelphia Grand Opera Com­pany,
singing her first important
role, that of Nedda in "Pagliacci".
Meanwhile, mounting successes
Barrere lo Bring
Orchestra fo API
13 Members of Group to
Feature 11 Instruments
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 or-
BARRERE LITTLE SYMPHONY
chestras 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 pictures."
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 Berg-amasque,"
and Albeniz's colorful
rythmic Spanish music.
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were placed to her credit through
other opera performances.
Then came the depression and
in vain did Miss Jepson seek en­gagements
in New York. Then all
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on the radio, had an audi­tion
with the late Gatti-Casazza
then manager of the Metropolitan
Opera, who, recognizing a rising
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Bill Yearout and Bud Wendling, left and right halfbacks, re­spectively,
are being counted on heavily this season in Coach Jack
Meagher's backfield. Yearout is understudy to Captain Dick Mc-
Gowen, and Wendling may win the starting post at right half.
Life of Auburn's Powerhouse Coach,
'Marine Jack Meagher' Recounted
TIGER TALES
By "BOOTS" STRATFORD
With these words, this column inaugurates its second
year of existence with the notable difference that this
will be the writer's only contribution to subsequent Plains­man
sports pages with the exception of a
fc^ feature article whipped up every now and
then. Therefore, one of the writer's minor
ambitions, which was conceived last year
when submerged under the drudgery of
routine assignments, has been realized.
He is at last free to sit back and relax,
| survey the sports scene at his leisure and
make comment, either caustic or kind, as
mood directs or occasion warrants.
*' * *
Jack Meagher, Auburn's head
coach and athletic director, was
born in Chicago, July 5, 1896.
Graduated Elgin, 111., High School
in 1915. Attended Notre Dame
for two years. Left to enter
World War. End in football at
Notre Dame in 1915, 1916. En­tered
World War as a private in
the Marine Corps—was discharg­ed
as a captain.
First coaching job at St. Ed­ward,
Austin, Texas, in 1921.
Head coach at St. Edwards, where
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ed to a similar post at Rice Insti­tute
in 1929. Resigned at Rice
in 1934 to accept present dual
athletic position at Auburn. Has
19 year coaching record of 120
victories, 66 losses and seven
ties.
He is a member of the Rotary
Club and the American Legion,
is married and has six children,
five boys and one girl, who is a
sophomore at Auburn. Hopes his
boys will play football for Au­burn,
where his present contract
does not expire until September
1, 1943.
His last five Auburn teams have
lost only 17 decisions and won 30
in playing America's toughest
schedules. Under Meagher, Au­burn
played in two post-season
Raines, tying Villanova, 7-7, in
Havana, Cuba, Jan. 1, 1937, and
defeating Michigan State, 6-0, in
Miami, Jan. 1, 1938, to become
the coach of the first Dixie eleven
ever to win the Orange Bowl tro­phy.
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swing around the tough Tigers' tough schedule.
HOWARD
Howard, with "Cannonball" White as a newly ar­rived
head mentor is in the process of laying founda­tion
stone with an eye on the future and should rate
as only mediocre. But Captain Ken Morgan, spirited
leader, is a fine back and the Red and Blue may be
slyly planning another coup such as the 7-7 tie with
which they bomb-shelled 'Bama a few season's back
in the Tide's opener. The Bulldogs will bear watch­ing,
especially if the Tiger offense is as slow as it
was against Southern last September.
TULANE
From down New Orleans way comes the shout of ex­ultant
Greenie fans as they exclaim excitedly over the
chances of the Big Green in cleated battle against some
of the country's best. They say things look even better
than they did last year when the Tulane powerhouse roll­ed
over all opponents to gain the Sugar Bowl and was
then edged only one point by John Kimbrough of Texas
A & M, 14-13.
The team will be as big and powerful as ever but on
top of this the backfield has acquired finesse with Bob
Glass, Harry Hays, Fred Golden, all of Auburn game
fame, and Jim Ely, ghost of a runner.
MISS. STATE
State had the goods last year, and although some
mighty fine articles in Shag Goolsby, fighting cap­tain
and center, and Jack Nix, dangerous wingback,
were removed by graduation, some of the stock in
trade definitely improved with age and the Maroon
figures to have as strong an attack as any ball club
could wish for.
Harvey Johnson and Frank Chambers will glow
from the tail back position while Captain Hunter
Cohern will do yeoman duty at his guard position.
* * *
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SAMM Y'S
Sophomores Push Regulars for
Important Posts on Tiger Team
Spirited Rivalry Continues as Third
Week of Conditioning Gets Under Way
By BOB CHISHOLM
It is quite evident, after two weeks of fundamental
conditioning, that sophomores are slated to play major
parts in Coach Jack Meagher's football plans for 1940.
Rookies are too be relied upon in all but one of the Tigers'
grid fields, and it is expected that several will win regu­lar
berths in a very short time.
The fight for the center post is raging between five
men; two of them are green sophomores. Jack Ferrell,
Birmingham, and Tex Williams,
Llanerch, Pa., who prepped at
Monroe, Ga., A. & M. Both boys
show much improvement and will
be relied upon more heavily as the
season gets along.
Only two veterans are in line for
the guard spots, so it is quite cer­tain
that the youngsters will see
plenty of action at these spots
against Howard in Montgomery,
Friday night, Sept. 27. The soph­omore
guard contingent includes
Nick Ardillo, Vic Costellos, Fred
Knight, Thurston Taylor, and Le-roy
Jackson. Costellos and Ardillo
are rated very high at present, but
are only a shade ahead of the rest
of their comrades.
Jim McClurkin, Joe Eddins, Joe
Cordell and George Osborn are the
four sophs seeking the glory at
the tackle positions and at least
two of these should become mono­gram
wearers.
The end posts are well filled
with veterans as four lettermen
are back to fill them. It is going to
be rather difficult for a non-seasoned
man to see much service
on the flanks, but one certainty is
that Henry Monsees, Clarence
Grimmett and Fagan Canzoneri
are good rookies, and are going
to break into the Tiger lineup if
the veterans show the slightest
signs of slipping.
Jim Sims, Billy Barton, Aubrey
Clayton, and Ed Buckner are un­derstudying
Lloyd Cheatham for
the quarterback spot. Junior Buddy
McMahan is the No. 2 field gener­al
under Cheatham.
Sophomores will fill the half­back
spots a great deal of the time.
Left half has three rookies, Bill
Yearout, Monk Gafford, and Jack
Smith, and right half has its
three, Ty Irby, Clarence Harkins,
and Charles Finney.
Jim Reynolds from LaGrange,
Ga., is the most promising rookie
for fullback under Rufus Deal. Be­low
Reynolds are Dan Carmichael,
Charlie Smith and Bob Flournoy.
Coach Meagher has been able to
call the Tigers for two sessions a
day since training started, and he
is very well pleased with the re­sults
produced by the systematic
routine training.
Notice
The student branch of the A.
Ph. A. and Rho Chi are sponsor­ing
a smoker in Ross 214, next
Monday night at 7:30..
Professor Don J. Kays of Ohio
State University has worn the
same pair of bowling shoes for 27
years.
Twins
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is better."
Alison has a large collection of
china cats and dogs, and even has
a cat and dog skull in her room.
Dot likes to draw models and then
design clothes for them.
They prefer milk to drink, and
butter-pecan ice cream and cookies
for dessert. Their favorite sport is
football. Both are accomplished
equestrians. They want to sing in
the Glee Club, but it seems that
the frat boys are rushing them so
much that they haven't had time
to try out.
Dorothy prefers red, but orchid
is Al's favorite color.
Both girls like to dance to swing
or sweet music, depending, I sup­pose,
upon their escort and the
mood they are in at the time. They
are partial to Glenn Miller and
"Deep Purple," with "111 Never
Smile Again" running a close sec­ond.
"The dancing is different
here. Its much slower," they com­mented
in passing.
When asked about the boys
here compared to their "Yankee"
friends, they were quick in saying,
"They're the same, no difference
at all. And the lines are also the
same." Both like tall and dark
and, I suppose, handsome young
men. Dot prefers them serious,
but Alison desires them talkative
and garrulous. Do you fit in one
of those classifications? If so, their
address is Room 300, Dormitory 4.
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