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ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, APRIL 8, 1941
Citizenship
Day Tomorrow
NO. 56
Seniors Hold Class
Meeting Tonight
To Discuss Plans for
Dance and Barbecue
The Senior Class will meet tonight
at 8 o'clock to discuss plans
for the Senior Dance, to be held
later in the Spring, according to
an announcement made yesterday
by Sam Pettus, class president.
Pettus stated that upon the cancellation
of the Senior Ball, the
traditional set of final dances held
on the campus, because of lack of
student support of previous tlance
sets, there was some discussion of
the possibilities of a senior dance
to take its place.
Tentative plans for this dance
are for it to be held on any one
night, for a local orchestra to furnish
the music, and for only seniors
to be allowed to attend.
Plans are being considered, according
to Pettus, *to have a barbecue
in connection with the dance,
upon the same day.
Tonight's class meeting will be
for the purpose of consideration of
final plans for the dance. There
are several arrangements to be
made, stated Pettus. Seniors will
be given a chance to offer their
ideas on the problems which concern
the dance.
Arrangements will be made at
the meeting for the selection of an
orchestra. The plans for the barbecue,
as yet tentative, will be discussed.
The question of allowing
underclassmen to attend the dance
will be considered.
As yet the date for the dance
has not been set. Seniors tonight
will discuss possible open dates on
the social calendar at any one of
which times the dance might be
held. ,
Possibilities of advance ticket
sales for the dance and barbecue
will be discussed.
Pettus yesterday urged that "all
seniors attend the meeting tonight,
as this dance will not be possible
without your full cooperation".
John C. Renfroe
Is Employed by
Alabama Air Service
John C. Renfroe, of Dothan, Alabama,
recently was employed by
the Alabama Air Service as a member
of the mechanical staff. Renfroe
is stationed at the Auburn-
Opelika airport, in connection with
pilot training courses at that field.
Mr. Renfroe received his train-f
ing at Curtiss-Wright Tech, in
California. t
Before being employed by Alabama
Air Service, he held a job
with Eastern Airlines.
With Mr. Renfroe in Auburn is
Mrs. Renfroe, formerly Miss Cecil
Meadows. Mrs. Renfroe is a sister
of the recently elected editor of the
1941-42 Glomerata, Joe Meadows.
Chi Epsilon Taps
Four Men in Civil
Engineering School
Perry, Phipps, Smith,
And Stanfield Elected
Chi Epsilon, honorary civil engineering
fraternity, last week
tapped four men from the ranks
of the junior civil engineering students
here at Auburn. They are
Zac Perry, J. M. Phipps, A. M.
Smith, and R. C. Stanfield, Jr.
These men were chosen after
the 'chapter had considered them
both from a standpoint of scholarship
and leadership. Three of
the four are fraternity men, and
all of them hold other honorary
positions.
James Zachry Perry is from
Montgomery. He is president of
the Sigma Nu fraternity and a
member of ASCE.
John M. Phipps is an out of
state boy, from Natchez, Mississippi.
He is a member of the Sigma
Chi fraternity and an officer
in the local ROTC unit. He is also
a member of ASCE.
A. M. Smith, is the non-fraternity
man selected. He is from
Hueytown, Alabama, and is also
a member of ASCE.
R. S. Stanfield is a PiKA from
West Point, Ga. He has recently
been tapped by Tau Beta Pi and
Scabbard and Blade. He is a member
of _the student engineering
council, SAME and ASCE.
Agricultural Crad
Society Entertains
With Picnic Friday
The members of the Agricultural
Graduate Society entertained their
wives and dates on Friday night
with a picnic held at Chewacla
Park. This was the first social
of this semester. The program for
the evening, which was enjoyed by
everyone, was arranged by C. C.
Morgan, chairman of the social
committee.
Those attending were: Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Cooper, Homer Black-stone,
Coyt Wilson and T. A. Meyer.
Also P. B. Gibson, Vernelle
Gamble; J. C. Rice, Elizabeth
Sparks; C. C.. Morgan, Margaret
Crane; J. I. Wear, Ida Byrd Meadows;
C. M. Wilson, Mary Edwina
Lennep; Don Kyle, Elaine Red-dock;
Earl Herbert, Jane Stokes;
Lloyd Webb, Berdaine Hamilton;
J. R. Thornton, Margaret Dykes;
T. L. Sanderson.
Young Men's, and Women's, Fancies
Lightly Turn to Spring Holidays
Four Whole Days of
Vacation Are Welcomed
By HERBERT MARTIN
Spring Holidays will begin immediately
after final classes tomorrow,
and students will have
three' days to condition themselves
for various hunts, Easter eggs included,
which will take up time
formerly devoted to classes until
next Monday morning at eight.
Alabama highways, and those of
the nation as a whole, will be
filled to the brim with Auburn
students traveling the way Auburn
students travel, and war hats
will make this county look like
"M" Day in the Great Smokies,
as the uniforms of many will go
no further down than the neck.
Speaking of necks, it is thought
that that popular outdoor, indoor,
and in the lobby sport will serve
its part in the recreation of jaded
bodies and minds, and students,
wherever they may be, from Maine
to California's sunny slopes, will
return Monday ready for any
eventuality in the way of classes,
studying, or quizzes.
Popular pastime of giving last-minute
quizzes has become even
more unpopular than ever before,
and it is hoped fervently that none
will greet the rested student as he
returns feebly.
This is the third year that the
privilege of a spring vacation has
been granted Auburn students,
and those who survived those of
last year will never forget them.
Although a fatiguing rest period
in the spring is said to make the
student fit for more work and a
hospital ward, there are those who
claim it is more than beneficial.
This "more than" is thought to be
no great exaggeration.
And there are those who plan
to stay here and study and there
are those who plan to take a textbook
or three home to study. The
net and nil results of these types
will be the same, no matter what
the plan of procedure. There are
always much more attractive
things to do than the things you
should do, and these have priority.
Never let it be said that work
makes Auhurn students dull boys.
Monday Designated
Pan-American Day
Minutes of Executive Cabinet Meeting
Of April 3 Are Presented to Students
Group Accepts Report
Of Election Committee
(Editor's Note: By requirement
of the constitution, minutes of the
Student Executive Cabinet's meetings
must be printed in the Plainsman.
The following are the minutes
of the last cabinet meeting,
held the day before election. Including
in these minutes was the
report of the elections committee
on the subject of the withdrawal
of two candidates from the elections.
This report has already been
printed in the Plainsman, and
consequently does not appear
here.)
The Executive Cabinet met at
11:00 a.m April 2, in the office
of the Cabinet in the Student
Center.
President Jim King called the
meeting to order, and the regular
business of the cabinet was car-
' ried out.
The report of the Elections
Committee as to the withdrawal
of two candidates from tomorrow's
race was read. The report
also contained a reprimand of six
other candidates. (The report followed.)
The Elections Committee reported
verbally that Judge Sam-ford
of Opelika had been consulted
in regard to the matter of
forcing the aforementioned candidates
to withdraw. Judge Samford
stated that the six candidates other
than the two who had been
asked to withdraw were legally
not guilty of violation of the "letter
of the law" of the constitution,
and therefore could not be
prosecuted.
He stated that the second group
of candidates did not violate the
constitution, but the "spirit of the
constitution."
Bob Anderson moved that the
Cabinet adopt the decision of the
Elections Committee. Jim Morgan
seconded the motion. The Cabinet
unanimously passed the motion.
The Cabinet voted to attempt a
revision of the constitution so as
to remove any loopholes or prevent
any confusion as had occurred
in the electioning of candidates.
No further business b e i ng
brought before the Cabinet, Jim
King called for an ' adjournment.
Dr. Ricardo Alfaro to
Deliver Main Address
Dr. Ricardo Alfaro, former
president to Panama, and minister
to the United States, will speak
here in the Auburn Stadium next
Monday morning as the principal
feature of Pan-American Day
celebration. His subject will be
"The Solidarity and Defense of
the Americas".
Dr. Alfaro will be introduced by
Judge Will Walton, former State
senator from Lafayette. The Alabama
Policy Committee will hold
its seventh annual conference
here at the same time, and members
will attend the address.
The program will begin at ten-thirty,
and all ROTC students will
be excused from classes to hear
the speaker. The announcement'
from the Military Office is as follows:
"Memorandum to
Editor, Plainsman:
All ROTC students will be excused
from all ROTC and college
classes immediately following roll
call at 10:00 a.m. Monday, April
14, 1941. They will proceed to
Bullard Field for ROTC roll call
at 10:15 a.m., and will be marched
direct to the stadium for an
address by Dr. Ricardo J. Alfaro,
former President of the Republic
of Panama, later Panamanian Ambassador
to the United States.
Uniform will be trousers and
gray shirts, without blouses. No
arms, colors or standards will be
carried. Color bearers and color
guards report to their respective
regimental commanders as members
of staff.
By order of Colonel Waterman.
R. P. Grant,
1st Lt. P.A.,
Adjutant."
The address will be open to the
public, and several thousand students,
townspeople, and out-of-town
visitors are expected to attend.
Dr. Alfaro is well-known as an
authority on Pan-American relations.
He has been a delegate to
all important Pan-American conferences
of recent years, and was
a member of the committee which
drafted the Pan-American Conciliation
and Arbitration treaty in
1929.
Plainsman Notice
Because of Spring Holidays,
there will be no issue of the
Plainsman on Friday of this week.
The next issue will appear one
week from today—Tuesday—and
the usual time.
Privilege Riding
There will no privilege riding
on Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday, April 10 through the
13, inclusively. All classes and
practice for the hoi-seshow will be
discontinued during this time.
Murphy Hi School
Wins Dramatic
Tournament Here
Present Two Scenes
From* "Our Town"
Murphy High School of Mobile
won first place in -the finals of the
State high school dramatic tourney
held here last week. Lee County
High of Auburn was winner of the
smaller schools division, and represented
these schools in the finals
Saturday night.
Miss Betty Gensert, who played
in the winning Murphy High production,
was awarded the cup for
the best acting performance of the
tournament.
Murphy High presented two
scenes from Thornton Wilder's
"Our Town" as its prize-winning
offering. This play was directed
by Miss Louise K. Hamill.
"The Gypsy", written by Parker
Hord, and directed by Miss Marie
Sewell, of the school faculty, was
the Lee County High production.
The cast included Margaret Toom-er,
Sara Harmon, Pepito Elizondo,
and Lamar Ware, Jr.
Tuscaloosa High was the other
finalist. Direction for this play,
"The "Wedding", was by Vincent
Raines.
API and the Auburn Players
worked together in sponsoring the
play tournament, and presented
handsome loving cups to the winners.
The dramatic contests were
held in conjunction with the high
school contest period held last week.
After the finals of the dramatic
tournament, the awards to the
winners were made by Jack Jones,
a member of the Auburn Players.
Tickets to all performances of
competing plays were sold by the
Players.
Citizenship Day Ceremonies To
Be Held At Center Tomorrow
Twenty-four New
Members Are
Selected by IRC
The International Relations Club
has selected 24 new students to be
admitted to the organization as the
quota for this semester. The club
selects members twice a year.
Those selected are: Sarah Smith,
Jean Williamson, Emma Jean Vick,
Marjorie Prince, Mattybelle Tabor,
Elizabeth Gragg, Georgette Davies,
Elaine Witmer, Mary Edith Fo-shee,
John M. Harbert.
Frances Hay, Margaret Weller,
Sarah Espy, Ernestine Murray,
Nelrose Evans, Mildred Herring,
Max McGiil, Clifton Cox, Henrietta
Story.
Mary Lee Stone, Jimmy Gilbert,
Joe Yeagher, Mary Jo Hurst, and
Redding Sugg.
Dean's List From
Education School
Released by Judd
Nineteen Students in
Education Make List
The Dean's List for the School
of Education was released last
week by Dean Zebulon Judd.
Nineteen students' names appear
on the list. This is the fourth
Dean's List to be released this semester.
Other lists will appear in
the Plainsman as soon as released
by the heads of the various
schools.
Other Education School list are
the following students, with their
scholastic averages:
Michael Baldwin, a student in
agricultural education, with an
89.20 average.
Joan Metz Barkalow, 88.56.
Martha W. Bennett, 88.95.
Ossie H. Bowden, an ag ed student,
89.50.
Woodrow W. Breland, 89.85.
Minnie T. Carlisle, 90.13.
Spurgeon Davis, ag ed, 90.16.
Emma Lou Farrier, 91.35, enrolled
in home economics education.
Dorothy Virginia Hurst, home
ec ed, 89.76.
Frances Elizabeth Ingram, home
ec ed, 92.33.
George Reagan Ingram, ag ed,
91.27.
John Medlock Lawrence, ag ed,
88.65.
Marjorie E. Lawton, home ec
ed, 91.29.
Mary Beth Marshall, home ec
ed, 92.55.
Mary Virginia Martin, home ec
ed, 88.71.
Virginia C. Miller, 93.47.
Virginia Baker Mills, home ec
ed, 91.17.
Margaret Scarbrough, home ec
ed, 89.74.
Richard Van Patten, 91.95.
Students Who Are Twenty-one Years of
Age This Year Are to Be Honored at 11 a.m.
Citizenship Day will be held for the second time tomorrow
in honor of those students who have become 21
years of age this year. The citizenship program will be
held at 11 a.m. at Graves Center for the purpose of inducting
those students of voting age into the body politic.
The local program is only one of many being held this
week, April 7 through 11, in Alabama and is part of a
nationwide plan to impress upon those people, just reaching
their 21st year, the importance
Auburn Greeks
Attend Conference
Last Week, Atlanta
Conference Held on
Georgia Tech Campus
Several of Auburn's fraternity
men journeyed to Atlanta this
past week-end to attend the Undergraduate
Interfraternity Conference
which was held during
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The Conference was held in order
to familiarize the fraternity leaders
of next year with the problems
which are confronting the
fraternities today.
The Conference officially began
Thursday afternoon with an assembly
in the Main Chapel of
Georgia Tech. Several different
talks were given by prominent
members of nationally known fraternities.
Ham Douglas began the
series of lectures at three o'clock
with a talk to the Presidents of
the undergradute societies. A short
talk was given to the House Managers
by Marcus E. Sharpe and
at 3:40, following this, J. Russell
Easton lectured to the Treasurers
which were present. At four
o'clock the Dean of Men at the
University of North Carolina, C.
L. Cloyd, gave an interesting talk
on rushing. Then Irving Klepper
spoke on Pledge Training and the
program ended with the announcements
by Dr. Pierce Harris at
4:40.
Thursday night Dr. Freeman H.
Hart talked to the general assembly
on "The Heritage of Fraternity
Friendship."
On Friday individual conferences
were held in several rooms
on the Tech campus for the benefits
of the different officers present.
Friday evening Dr. Hubert Po-teat
gave a talk entitled "The
Great Task."
(Continued on page 6)
of voting and taking an active
part in the- government of their
nation.
Mrs. Florence M. Showalter,
secretary of correspondence study
and chairman of the local Citizen
ship Day, reported, "It is my be
lief that students in high school
get a greater training and impression
on the importance of
voting and taking a part in their
government than do the students
in college. This is the reason for
sponsoring the Citizenship Day at
Auburn."
Tomorrow members of Sphinx,
Cardinal Key, Owls and Oracles
will be stationed over the campus
from eight to 11 o'clock to pin
flags to all students who have
reached 21 years of age this year.
At 11 a.m. the Citizenship Day
program will be presided over by
Jim King, president of the Student
Executive Cabinet. King is a
senior in the School of Industrial
Engineering and is from Rome,
Ga. All presidents of the local
honor societies will be seated on
the speakers' platform during the
program.
The speaker of the program
will be Judge W. B. Boiling of
Lafayette. "The subject matter of
Judge Boiling's speech will be to
impress upon the audience the
need for young people's interest
in politics," said Mrs. Showalter,'
"for when young people do not
register when they reach the voting
age, the- cosfr of poll tax continues
to add up until it has reached
a mark that the voter can not
pay at one time. For such reason
and for the fact that the people,
especially in the South, do
not take a great enough interest
in their government, only about
20 per cent of the people of voting
age in Alabama actually take
a part in electing the representatives
to their government."
Judge Boiling will be introduced
to the audience by Dean George
Petrie, head professor of history
and Dean of the Graduate School.
Music and songs will also make
up a part of the program and a
solo will be given by Fred B.
Bryant, sophomore in Chemistry
from Anniston, Alabama. The program
will be concluded by the
singing of the American Creed under
the leadership of Elizabeth
Wheeler, president of the Women's
Student Government Association.
All students who are 21 years
of age 'will be excused from classes
upon the condition that they
go to boothes which will be established
at convenient places on the
campus to get tickets. These tickets
will have a detachable section
which must be left at the
booth. The other half will be taken
at the door.
Mrs. Showalter said that this
Citizenship Day program would be
as great a success as the one held
last year. "The public is invited to
this program," reported Mrs. Showalter,
"sponsored by the local
civic organization and surrounding
Parent-Teachers' Association."
1941 Glomerata Is Bigger, Better, and
More Colorful - Says Trigger McGehee
There'll Be Some Big
Changes Made in Book
By JIMMY GILBERT
According to "Trigger" McGehee,
Glomerata chief, the Glomerata will
be bigger, better, more colorful and
better edited than any yearbook
in the history of Auburn. "Of
course", he continued, shyly, "to
ward the last we ran short of money
and had to bind the thing in
pasteboard, but it's by far the best
edition to date."
So spake Mr. MeGehee at a recent
press conference.
Of course Trigger was kidding
about the binding and all the rest,
but there have been changes made
in this year's edition that are worth
mentioning. For instance, each
fraternity and honorary organization
has had their space cut to
one page. The additional pages
were used to enlarge the snapshot
section, which will contain 24 pages
instead of last year's 12.
The snapshot section, furthermore,
will be more informal than
that of last year. The pictures
will appear at random on the
pages, and the captions will be carried
directly under each one for
easy reading.
For color, this edition is being
done in soft tones of blue, yellow,
green, and a reddish-brown. Last
year's book, you'll remember, was
predominately green.
Charlie Kelly's brain child of
putting the schools together in the
student section will not be continued.
The sections devoted to
showing the pictures of the members
of the various classes will be
arranged according to classes and
not with reference to the schools.
This year students won't have to
use the directory in connection with
the yearbook to find the pictures
of their friends.
Chief McGehee has also added an
entirely new section to the Glomerata.
It is called the "Highlight
Section", and it will feature pictures
of big campus events, such
as Homecoming, Social Committee
dances, ODK-Hutsell cake race,
carnivals and sech.
The sports section boasts of 24
pages, and another 14 pages will
be devoted to intramural sports.
Of course the highlights of this
section are the pictures of the
Plainsman Panther - Glomerata
Graft Wave football battle of last
fall.
In case you haven't heard, this
book of the year will be ready for
student consumption on April 23.
Because of the fact that the proceeds
of the ODK Musical Miscellany
are going for campus inprove-ment,
Mr. Kirtley Brown of the
News Bureau has allowed the Trigger
to distribute the new Glomera-tas
to students wtoo attend the
Miscellany on the night of April
22. Other students may get' their
graft wave publications the following
day.
When asked how he liked being
Chief of the graft wave, Mr. McGehee
murmured blissfully, "I
know I have the best Glomerata.
The shining faces of the students
as they receive the little gift that
I have for each of them will be
ample reward for my year of hard
work."
Current Events
In view of the fact that Dr.
Alfaro will speak on Monday,
April 14, on a subject closely connected
with Current Events, there
will be no regular meetings of the
Current Events classes on that
week, namely Tuesday the 15th
and Thursday the 17th. All members
of the Current Events classes
will be expected to attend Dr.
Alfaro's address and will be held
responsible for it in the term examination.
' Signed: George Petrie.
Page Two T H E P L A I N S M AN April 8, 1941
U. S. Seizure
Of Foreign Ships
The United States has recently seized
69 ships belonging to foreign countries.
These ships are the property of the German,
Italian, and Danish governments,
and their seizure was a great blow to
the sea power of these nations.
The Italians are practically out of the
war from the standpoint of supremacy
in the Mediterranean. In a recent battle
they lost from one-quarter to one-half
of their sea power, and the seizure of
their ships in American harbors further
crippled their power. This taking over
of the Axis ships leaves the British in
almost complete control of the Mediterranean
Sea.
The British have only one other worry
in the Mediterranean—that is the resistance
the French are displaying to the
refusal of the British to let supplies go
into France. This appears to be developing
into a major problem for the British
because the French insist upon taking
supplies of all kinds into France.
Many people are wondering upon
what grounds President Roosevelt ordered
the seizure of these ships. He ordered
their seizure on the grounds that they
might become harmful to the American
defense program.
When the ships were taken over by
the Coast Guard evidences of sabotage
were found. Engines were wrecked,
boilers were destroyed, and the ships '
were put out of commission from a
standpoint of sea-worthiness.
Hitler and Mussolini evidently realized
that it would be impossible for these
ships to return to the scene of battle,
and ordered them to be disabled so that
in the event of a seizure by the United
States, they would be of no value—at
least for a while.
But according to a very authoritative
spokesman, Hitler and Mussolini made
a grave mistake. Those engines were
MADE IN ENGLAND and within a very
short time the new pieces can be secured
and the ships put into first class running
order. This is another instance where the
Axis powers made a fatal mistake.
Following in the footsteps of the United
States, several Latin American countries
have seized German and Italian
ships. But in several instances they were
too late. Many of the ships were sunk
or set afire in the harbors before the
Latin American governments could take
them over. This loss also proved to be a
substantial one for the Axis.
In all it seems that the Axis powers
have paid dearly for their attempted
exploits in the Americas. Perhaps it will
teach them a lesson. B.B.
Intramural Department CAMPUS CAMERA
An integral role played by one of the
administration's.major divisions is that
of the intramural office. We are fortunate
in having here at Auburn a staff
which is conspicuous in its continuous
efforts to give a well balanced sports
program to the average student.
For intramurals are far from discriminatory
in their scope; participation requires
no special talent and each person
has an equal opportunity. His only ticket
necessary is his interest.
Wide enough to accommodate all
varying athletic interests is the field of
sports offered throughout the year by
the intramural office. Football, dancing,
basketball, track, softball, swimming,
archery, ping pong, volleyball, tennis,
horseshoes, golf, badminton are but a
few of the sports open to the student.
Only by considering the fact that the
intramural staff arranges and sponsors
these events can we appreciate the untiring
and cooperative spirit of the work
done in Alumni Gym. This work has
made sports events as common as classes.
It is done wholly by the intramural
department and to this staff goes the
wholehearted appreciation of the Auburn
student body. J.P. I
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<S1JOWING DOWN IS SEEtt FROM THE FACT
THAT MORE THAN $20,000,000 IS BEING
SPENT ANNUALLY ON NEW FRATERNITY HOUSES.'
Election Issue
Students have been blaming the
Plainsman staff for the "late" appearance
of Friday's isssue of the Plainsman
on Thursday night! /
They seem to forget the fact that
several hundred copies of that issue were
distributed exactly sixteen hours before
the usual time of publication.
We' blame that "late" appearance on
the Elections Committee and on the students
themselves.
The Elections Committee comes in for
a share of the blame because of their
action in holding all four campus elections
on the same day, thereby doubling
or tripling the time required to count
the votes, instead of taking three days
for elections as was done last year.
The students share part of the blame
—because too doggone many of 'em
voted!
Our Relations with
South America
(Editor's note: This editorial won
first place in the Editorial Writing Contest
which was an event in the annual
Alabama High School tournament held
here last week. It was written by Lamar
McLeod II, a student at Murphy High
School, Mobile.)
Crowded off the front page by war
and defense news, yet far more vital
to our safety and defense than a Curtis
bomber or a new battleship, are our
friendly relations with the American nations
south of the Panama Canal.
America in her anxiety to isolate herself
from European back-stabbings, has
for many years presented a closed door
with no "Welcome" mat in front of it to
South America. It is, therefore, quite
logical that the naturally proud Latin-
American nations should be wary of the
United States' sudden interest in them—
now that we need their rubber, their
minerals, and most of all their good will
to aid us in combatting the dictatorships.
On the other hand, the Axis powers
have for years been courting South
America with anti-British propaganda
and with favorable trade relations. It is
not surprising, then, that Argentina,
Brazil, and Chile, and the other Latin-
American nations, who for years have
been deriving a large part of their incomes
from German and Italian trade,
should hesitate before breaking with
these nations simply because the United
States has extended a friendly hand.
Let us hope that the Latin-American
nations will profit by the horrible examples
set by Austria, Czechoslovakia,
Poland, Norway, Belgium, Holland, Denmark,
and the other European nations
who discovered too late the sugar-coated
sweet offered by Hitler contained only
the drug of slavery and servitude. Let
us hope that they will realize that the
Atlantic Ocean will protect us from the
bombings and the horrors of war no
more than the Maginot line protected
France, or the English Channel is protecting
Britain.
Let us all remember the words of one
of the greatest of Americans, and apply
them now not only in national scope, but
including all the free and liberty-loving
nations of the Western Hemisphere —
"Together we stand; divided we fall."
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As far as the students of API are concerned day after tomorrow
is the first day of spring. At least vacation time has come. When all
the boys and girls return from their holidays, spring fever will have
taken its hold on them and the remainder of the school year will be
miserable.
, * * * *
Auburn must have a good ball team. Purdue said Auburn has the
best ball club they've played against this year. Michigan State thought
likewise. Indiana, to quote one of its players, said "You got the best
team we've run up against this season."
* * * *
The milling mob around the Plainsman office last Thursday night
was rather orderly, despite the long delay of publication. A few of the
usual rowdies had to make their way to the roof of the building,
however, where they raised a little havoc. No serious casualties were
reported.
* * * *
April 9 is Citizenship Day on the campus, and we think it is very
fitting for the school to so honor the boys and girls who are becoming
men and women as they reach twenty-one years of age. To be a
citizen of a country like the United States of America is one of the
supreme blessings of a lifetime, and at present there are several million
people who would like to have the privilege of being citizens of
this country. We hope that the young men and women who have reached
their twenty-first birthday this year will realize the significance
of the occasion and will do their best to promote the general welfare
of our great nation.
* * * *
IN AND OUT OVER THE CAMPUS: Still no bells in the new
class room building, and no name for the building either. How people
do put things off! . . . One person wanted to know if Landon beat
Roosevelt in the election held here the other day. . . . The multi-colored
dresses and shirts worn over the campus is a sure sign of spring.
Perhaps, the weather man will notice this. . . . All the high school boys
and girls on the campus felt as though they were the real stuff,
especially when solicited by politicians. . . . No one seems to know
when school will start next fall! Backward race, aren't we?
* * * *
WHY DON'T THEY: "Sweep out the rooms in Broun Hall at least
once a month? Even a pig would turn away in disgust. . . . Inform a
professor of freshman chemistry that his pupils are human? . . . Take
any professors who assign quizzes the day before spring holidays out
and shoot them down like dogs? . . . Do away with the so-called
"intellectual background" courses at Auburn? People are no longer
intellectual. . . . Put in a system at Auburn similar to the one at
the University of Chicago? At Chicago a student does not have to
attend any classes as long as he keeps his average up.
* + * *
And so it goes, here and there!
ains Talk
By HERBERT MARTIN
Pan American Day
By GEORGE HEARD
Inasmuch as next April 14 is Pan American Day it might be a
good idea to familiarize ourselves with the exact reason for such a
celebration. Auburn will be doing her part in helping to foster better
relations with our South American neighbors by having one of Panama's
most distinguished diplomats speak to the student body, faculty,
and townspeople. This speaker is Dr. Ricardo Alfaro, former President
of Panama and is being brought to Auburn by the Modern Language
Department and the International Relations Club.
But, back to the reason why we want to have such a program. It
was back in the year 1890, when James G. Blaine was Secretary of
State, that the different American Republics decided something should
be done about the "Big Divide" between the republics of North America
and those in South America. Consequently these countries got together
and formed the International Bureau of American Republics.
Later this name was changed into its present form: Pan American
Union, which means in its strictest sense—closely united American
union.
April 14 was selected as the day on which all republics should celebrate
its founding because it was on this day that the final plans were
made for its organization. There are twenty-one republics in the Union
and the majority of them have^heir offices in Washington, D. C. These
republics support the Union by contributions, the amount dependent
upon the population of that country.
The purpose of the organization was (and remains so today) "To
promote peace, commerce, and friendship between the Republics of the
American Continent . . ." The affairs of the Union are administered
by a Director General and an Assistant Director. These two men are
elected and are responsible to the Board of Governors. This Board of
Governors is composed of a representative of every country which is
a member of the Union. It may be likened to our own Senate.
The Union publishes a magazine called "The Bulletin of the Pan
American Union." It is put out monthly and is printed in three different
languages, Spanish, English, and Portuguese. This magazine is
the official organ of the Pan American Union.
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.
Before thinking of the pleasant
subject of spring holidaze, we
want to discuss a few of the sen-timents-
in-verse that hover some
six inches from the ground around
the campus as aftermaths of late
bulletins.
* * *
There is one feeling which
might be typical of certain successful
politicians who have electioneered
by asking advice for
their conduct in office. These
gentlemen might say,
"Election day is past and gone;
I feel a huge relief.
I'll listen still to what you say,
But please, my friend, be brief."
* * *
And about the final dances
which ain't . . .
No final dances, too many chances
For the social committee to stand.
Students forget that finances yet
Are important in hiring a band.
* * *
The Commerce Bawl is coming
up, and the two coeds who have
not as yet been elected to any
"Miss" office should narrow down
to one. And about that one . . . ?
Most of the coeds who dig knowledge
here
Have been titled Miss "This or
That", sister.
But the one who's not chosen for
Commerce Kween,
They'll name Miss Mister . . . because
they missed her.
* * *
We students who take afternoon
classes in the New Classroom
Building are contemplating
presenting a petition to Mr. Sam
Brewster, asking that, inasmuch
as he has that efficient tree-remover,
he remove that cedar
which is located just off the corner
of the baseball feeling in a
north-easterly direction..
There are interesting baseball
games, and we would like to back
college sports by looking on, but
that tree hides everything except
deep center field and the peanut
boys.
* * *
And now for the holidays, the
time when students see that home
town girl and occasionally the
folks, and when the smarter ones
admit it and plan house-parties.
And wouldn't it be a good idea?
* * *
All roads lead away from Auburn
for a day or two, and a kup-ple
of days later they turn around
and head back. It's like using
Uncle Sam's highways for home
defense program, unless the plan
for home vacation" turns out to be
an offense.
* * *
But just think what a time we'd
have if everybody would stay here
with no classes to interfere with
the normal business of a land-grant
college, if we are to believe
the earlier statements of some indignant
students. This business, of
course, is the rounding out of
one's social career, in order that
we may be fit to take our places
in^ society when this place gets
through with us.
* * *
Willie Hayes, managing editor,
learning for once that we were
going to press, suggested an editorial
on the rapid change in the
desks of college editors. Says
Willie, "For the first week or so
they keep their desks neat as an
old maid's hair-do, but after about
three weeks you couldn't find a
battleship on them!" Willie, at the
time, was searching vainly for a
borrowed raincoat he had mislaid
somewhere.
* * *
We want to go on record as being
definitely in favor of some
sort of hospitalization insurance
for college students here. This, it
seems to us, is a step we will inevitably
take someday, as it is
being adopted by more and more
colleges throughout the nation,
and we see no reason for putting
it off.
* * *
Of course, different systems in
operation will have to be studied,
and there will be quite some differences
in opinion as to which
plans are best, but these differences
are Imere technicalities now.
The important thing for us to do
is to make up our minds that the
change is necessary. The actual
plan can be worked out when
there is a chance for it to be offered
successfully.
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Kourter,
wants to know why Chisolm has
deserted her, now that he has returned.
Sayeth she, in what she
termeth is correct campus conversation,
"I'm knocked out, I'm
sent, I'm digging your jive. . . .
Why can't you catch on, sir, that
I'm still alive???"
The Filch Column
By HEARD and MARTIN
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.
Filcher Artful Jones, who has
been mislaid for the present issue,
will be substituted for by two
distinguished members of the editorial
staff. No insinuation is
meant with the foregoing statement,
but confidentially his copy
.does not look like editorial copy
to us. If his "jokes" were jokes
we could call it the humorous column,
that is provided they were
funny (or humorous, as you will).
* * *
Far be it from us to tear down a
collegue in his own column, but
just a by-thought on the honorable
Mr. Jones. They used to call
him "Deadline Jones" until they
saw his column — now they call
him "Dead . . . Jones."
* * *
We quote from one freshman
from last Thursday around five
o'clock or toward the end of the
last election — "Well, in a few
minutes it will all be over and every
one will stop being friendly
until the next elections." He might
have something there but "Thet
ain't the way it used ter be." How
about it boys??
* * *
We looked around the office or
what's left of it after last Thursday
night and found about a
"jill 'an one" copies of April fool
issues of college papers from over
the country. As far as we are
concerned the majority of them
could have had a better April
fool's issue by not having one of
that date.
* * *
For a filch column, this triple
filching should filch the bill. The
Murphy Hi Times, prize winning
high school paper in the contest
here last week, filched this bit of
poetry from the Sidney Lanier
White and Blue or Blue and
White. We filch it from them, but
we don't make any attempt at
naming the original source.
"Little Jack Horner
Stood on a corner
Watching the Fords go by.
He saw one come
And waved his thumb,
And waved his thumb,
And waved his thumb."
* * *
And from another high school
paper in the recent contest, we
spotted the joke about the first
casket to the second casket and
what he said, all dressed up in a
new explanation. The joke stated,
quote, First Casket: Was that you
coughing? (Coffin) unquote.
* * *
From the Vanderbilt Hustler,
making use of ACP feature service
. . . .
"Sally Rand recently lectured a
student group at the University
of Minnesota on "The Value of
White Space in Advertising."
* * *
To corn this up further, we
don't presume to know just how
valuable white space has been in
advertising of the nation's products,
but there's little doubt as to
the part white space has played
in advertising Sally Rand.
* * *
Phoebe, the Pheverish Philcher,
philtered the one about the little
owl from campus gossip two
months ago, but has just remembered
it. It telleth of a little owl
who flapped over to his sweetie's
penthouse and tapped invitingly
on the limb. Said his sweetie, sadly,
"It's toowet towoo."
* * *
We read in the Daily Reveille
of quite a squabble they (girls vs.- '
boys) are having as to who can
and does take the longest to dress
and to keep their dates waiting.
Sho' does our hearts good not to
have this problem on our hands
and our campus. We mean of
course the SQUABBLE.
i
April 8, 1941 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Dances, Houseparties
Features of Week-end
Lambda Chi's and Chi Omega's Hold
Annual Formal Dances, and Parties
By MARY DEAN FRENCH
The past week-end was a success as far as fun was
concerned. It brought about the annual Spring Festival
and house party of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, the
annual dance of Chi Omega sorority, Sigma Phi Epsilon
house dance, Pi Kappa Phi weiner roast, and Theta Chi
house dance.
The Lambda Chi formal was held Friday evening from
nine to 12 in Graves Center with music furnished by the
Auburn Knights.
Miss Jane Berry, of Bessemer
and the University of Alabama,
led the dance with Marion Smith,
president of the local chapter. In
the lead-out, she was presented
a bouquet of Iris and Talisman
roses, with ribbon of pulple, green,
and gold fraternity colors.
The dance featured three no-breaks,
the fraternity lead-out
and no-break, and a "surprise" no-break.
Members and their dates
formed parallel lines as they
marched down the hall to the tune
of "Glory to Old Auburn".
Elaborate decorations included
a backdrop of a Balakaki scene
with a trio of Balaniese dancers
in the foreground. Colored shades
and foliage were hung from the
overhead lights. The fraternity
key was placed at the opposite
end of the hall.
Preceding the dance a buffet
supper was served by the housemother,
Mrs. *W. C. Gewin, and
a breakfast followed the dance.
During the evening, members presented
their dates with favors.
On Saturday afternoon the fraternity
entertained with a barbecue
at Chewacla Park, returning
to the chapter house that evening
for a house dance.
Guests included alumni and
members from University of Alabama,*
Birmingham-Southern, and
Howard College.
Chi Omega Dance
The Chi Omega sorority held
their annual dance Saturday from
nine until 12 in Graves Center.
The Auburn Knights played for
the occasion.
Leading the dance was Miss Sue
Quattlebaum of Conway, S. C,
president of the chapter. She was
escorted by Tom McCabe. Miss
Quattlebaum is a senior in interior
decoration, president of the
Pan-Hellenic Council, and treasurer
of the Executive Cabinet.
The dance featured three no-breaks,
a sorority grand march
and no-break, and a "surprise no-break."
Miss Quattlebaum was
presented a bouquet of red roses
after members made their appearance
through a rose covered arch
and trelace. Other decorations included
a backdrop of the sorority
key. with variation drapes hung
from the sides.
Prior to the dance a dinner was
served in the sorority room,
whereas a breakfast followed the
dance.
Pi Kappa Phi Weiner Roait
Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity
entertained members and their
dates Friday evening with a weiner
roast at Chewacla Park.
After the affair they returned
to the chapter house, for a house
dance. Girls included in the date
list were:
Elizabeth J o h n s o n , Virginia
Lister, Rebecca Williamsqp, Virginia
Rieder, Ethel Wooley, Fay
Hart, Martha Brooks, Mayme Jo
Ashby, Martha Gerhardt, Dot
Blackburn, Julia Wynn, Jimmie
Jerkins, Martha Kenyon, Flora
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Alpha Zeta Leaders High School Girls Attend Meet -
Celebrate - and Say They Like Auburn
The two founders and three
members of the High Council
of Alpha Zeta were here last
Saturday to install the local
chapter. (Top row, left to
right), are shown High Scribe
Deane G. Carter, head of department
of agricultural engineering,
University of Arkansas;
the two founders, Charles
W. Burkett, former director of
Kansas agricultural experiment
station, and John F. Cunningham,
dean of agriculture, Ohio
State University; bottom row,
High Treasurer-Secretary Lind-ley
H. Dennis, Washington, D.
C; and High Chancellor Frank
G. Helyar, College of Agriculture,
New Brunswick, N. J.
Alpha Zeta's Hold Installation
Two of Society's
Founders Attend
By WILLARD HAYES _
The Alabama chapter of the
Alpha Zeta fraternity held installation
ceremonies last Saturday
on the local campus. Alpha
Zeta is a national honorary serv-ive
fraternity for students in the
School of Agriculture.
The original chapter, founded
at Ohio State University in 1897,
was represented at Auburn by the
two founders, Charles W. Burkett,
retired editor and former director
of Kansas experiment station, and
John F. Cunningham, dean of agriculture,
Ohio State University.
Although the local chapter was
not connected with the national
fraternity until last week-end,
representatives were requested to
attend the national convention
held in Chicago last December. It
was at that time that the petition
of the local Alpha Zeta club was
presented and accepted by the
national fraternity.
Chapters in colleges over the
southeastern states were represented
at the installation, along
with members of the High Council,
including High Chancellor
Frank G. Helyar, College of Agriculture,
New Brunswick, N. J.;
High Censor Charles C. Renne,
professor of economics, Montana
State College; High Scribe Deane
G. Carter, head of department of
agricultural engineering, University
of Arkansas; High Chronicler
David A. Weaver, head of the department
of agricultural engineering,
North Carolina State College;
and High Treasurer-Secretary
Landley H. Dennis, Washington,
D. C.
Twelve new members were selected
by the local chapter Alpha
Claudia Weinman
Danforth Delegate
Floris Copeland Chosen
Alternate for Delegate
Claudia Weinman, Decatur, and
Floris Copeland, of Loachapoka,
as alternate, were recently elected
by the staff of the School of
Home Economics here to receive
the Danforth Fellowship for 1941.
This Fellowship is awarded each
year to two Auburn seniors in
home economics who are outstanding
in scholarship, religious
and college life activities.
The plan of the Fellowship, offered
by the Danforth Foundation
and the Ralston Purina Company
of St. Louis, is to bring together
outstanding young women
from many colleges in a four-weeks'
program of study, research,
leadership training and
fellowship. The program was designed
to give young women on
the brink of graduation an insight
into the business world and help
them to adjust themselves to their
jobs after graduation.
Two weeks of study in St. Louis
as guests of the Ralston Purina
Company and two weeks in the
Zeta at the last meeting preceding
installation. These new members
were chosen from the upper
two-fifths of the junior and senior
classes, on a basis of scholarship,
leadership and character.
Original members of the Alpha
Zeta honorary fraternity at *Au-burn
were Marlin W. Camp, Merlin
Bryant, H. J. Wesson, S. L.
Davis, D. W. Hollis, W. V* Lord,
E. E. Prather, A. G. Williams, W.
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"Adam Had Four
Sons" to Play at
Tiger Wednesday
"Adam Had Four Sons," which
stars Ingrid Bergman and Warner
Baxter will be shown Wednesday
and Thursday at the Tiger Theatre,
marks a "first" of some sort
in the lives of nearly everyone
concerned with its production.
Dramatic story of a father's 20-
year struggle to bring up four
motherless sons, the new film is
based upon "Legacy", a best-selling
novel by Charles Bonner.
The cast includes, in addition to
the stars, Susan Hayward, Fay
Wray, Johnny Downs, Helen
Westley, Richard Denning and
Robert Shaw.
"Adam Had Four Sons" is the
first production of Bob Sherwood,
29-year-old "boy wonder" who becomes
an "A" picture producer
without previous screen experience
of any kind.
It marks Baxter's graduation
from glamor boy parts to char-
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It's-a-Great-PIace-You
Should-Be-Here-Girls
By FRANCES INGRAM
Lively lassies from all points of
the state came trouping into Auburn's
women's dormitories Thursday
with that starry-eyed look
that made API's coeds wonder if
they really get enough sleep. But
that starry-eyed look was created
evidently by API itself.
After a three-day round of fun
and enlightening activities, the
high school girls visiting Auburn
for the annual State High School
Tournament climaxed their stay
with a party—and what a par-ty!
They weren't even going to bed
(so they said) and their word was
accepted with no attempts at proving
it. -
After investigation, room 213
in one of the dorms was found
to be jammed full of an assort-ment
of high school girls —
blondes, brunettes, longs and
shorts — all giggling and talking
at once.
At the moment of discovery the
girls were completely absorbed in
various triumphs and defeats —
but mostly triumphs. One blonde
had walked off with the cup for
the outstanding character creation
of the dramatic tournament;
a high school had received the
cup for the best play, and several
had won medals in various contests.
However, at the mention of
"how do you like Auburn?" such
an avalanche of "it's wonderful,
swell, great, grand, and friendly"
fell on the ear—it was enough to
acter roles, a "growing up" he
probably will follow on the screen
from now. on.
Similarly, the picture proves
Fay Wray isn't afraid of advancing
years. As Baxter's wife who
dies in the story, she is here seen
in a mother role.
"Adam Had Four Sons" gives
Susan Hayward, heretofore not
fortunate in her casting, a part
which should bring recognition.
She is entrusted with playing Hester,
seductive beauty who raises
havoc with Baxter's four sons.
The picture marks the screen
debut of all four boys who play
Baxter's sons in early youth: Bob
Walburg, Wallace Chadwell, Billy
Ray and Steve Muller.
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convince even the most skeptical.
After an exhausting try at "One
at a time, please!" the enthusiastic
young ladies subsided into muffled
mutters. Eventually, after
straining an eardrum or two, the
replies of each were discernible.
Gloria Homing's black eyes
emphasized her reply. "Auburn is
the friendliest place I have ever
known. I think it's just swell! The
campus is so pretty and the landscaping
is wonderful."
Dorothy Bitzer said emphatically,
"It's the best week-end I've
ever spent!"
Katherine Hatch piped up
quickly, "Auburn is just GRAND!
The dorms are so nice, and boy,
that tearoom in the basement of
Dorm One is the berries."
Betty Gensert, tossing her
blonde head, said seriously, "I
have never visited a friendlier
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Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN April 8, 1941
Auburn /, Indiana I
In Two-Game Series
Hoosiers Defeat
Tigers 11 to 7
On Thursday
Indiana's Hoosiers hopped upon
the offerings of three Auburn
pitchers to outslug the Plainsmen
and win Thursday afternoon's
contest on Drake Field by a 11-7
score.
Thirteen hits were garnered by
the visitors in the game which
saw them facing Auburn's Jordan,
Day, and Wood on the mound.
Connecting for three runs in the
fiust frame the Hoosiers soon
gained a 5-0 lead which was never
endangered. Mike Kosman, Indiana
third baseman, led the day's
hitting as he banked out three hits,
one of them a homer in the high
scoring fifth inning, and sent in
three of the Hoosier scores.
For the Plainsmen Dick Mc-
Gowen was the defensive standout
while Rollo, Ferrell, and Har-kins,
all with two hits apiece, led
the batting. Both teams put on a
hitting display with all but three
of the 18 starting players connecting
for one or more hits.
Auburn— ab. r. h. o. a.
Rollo, 2b 15 1 2 7 3
Wallis, 3b 2 1 1 1 4
Frazier, lb 4 0 0 8 0
Cheatham, cf —-4 2 1 1 0
McGowen, If 5 2 1 4 1
Ferrell, c 3 1 2 4 1
Harkins, ss 5 0 2 2 3
Curlee, rf 3 0 0 0 0,:
Wright, rf 1 0 0 0 0
Jordan, p 2 0 1 0 1
Day, p 1 0 0 0 1
xKnight 1 0 0 0 0
Wood, p 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 27 14
Indiana— ab. r. h. o. a.
Kosman, 3b 5 3 1 1 4
Clifton, If 4 1 2 10
Pavis, If 2 0 0 1 0
Danielson, 2 b _ —5 0 2 5 0
Dro, cf 4 1 1 5 0,
Wellman, c 5 1 1 4 0
Hoffman, lb 2 3 1 8 0
Francis, rf 2 0 1 0 0
Shumaker, rf 1 0 1 1 0
Logan, ss 4 1 2 1 5
Hundley, p 1 1 0 0 0
Boehme, p 2 0 1 0 1
Totals 37 11 13 27 10
xBatted for Day in eighth.
(Continued on page 6)
Tigers Edge Out
Hoosiers 3 to 2
On Friday
Walt Milner, Auburn's sophomore
mound sensation, hurled
four hit ball Friday afternoon and
the Tigers edged Indiana, 3-2, to
even the two game series. It was
Milner's third victory in three
starts and the fourth Auburn win
of the first six games.
The three Plainsmen runs which
crossed the plate in the third were
the results of two hits, the only
two Auburn bingles of the game,
a couple of walks by Indiana's
Vittoz, and two Hoosier errors.
Milner showed his top control
in the eighth when he pulled out
of a hole which showed the bags
loaded with Indiana batsmen and
the Hoosier lacking but one run
to draw even.
Lloyd Cheatham displayed the
outstanding outfielding job of the
year as he patrolled center field
to haul in almost certain Indiana
hits on three different occasions.
Clifton, visiting left fielder, led
all batters as he smacked out two
hits in two times at bat.
Indiana— ab. r. h.
Kosman, 3b 3 0 0
Shumaker, rf 3 0 1
Francis, rf _. 1 0 1
Danielson, 2b 3 0 0
Dro, cf 3 0 0
Groh, c 2 0 0
o. a.
1 3
Watkins, c 1 0 0 0
Wellman, c 1 0 Hoffman, lb 4 0
Pavis, If 2 0
Clifton, If 2 1
Logan, ss 4 0
Vittoz, p ___ 1 0
xCooper 1 0
Bruner, p 1 1
0 1
0 9
0
2
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1 0
0 0
Totals _V32 2 4 24 9
Auburn— ab. r. h. o. a.
Rollo, 2b 4 0 0 1 3
Harkins, ss 3 1 1 1 1
McGowen, If 1 0 0 1 0
Cheatham, cf 3 1 0 4 0
Ferrell, c 4 1 0 4 3
Frazier, lb 3 0 1 14 0
Walls, 3b 2 0 0 1 2
Hawkins, rf 3 0 0 1 0
Milner, p 3 0 0 0 3
Totals .26 3 2 27 12
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Sixty Thousand
Ag Handbooks Are
Being Distributed
The Handbook of Alabama Agriculture,
published by the Alabama
Extension Service, is proving
popular with Alabama farmers
and Auburn students interested
in agriculture, reports P.
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A total of 60,000 copies have
been printed with more than 40,-
000 copies distributed.
The book is based on years of
agricultural research and actual
farm experience. The information
was prepared by agricultural experts
of the Alabama Extension
Service and the Alabama Experiment
Station at Auburn, in cooperation
with other agricultural
workers. It contains complete information
on crops, pastures, fertilizers,
gardens, orchards, truck
crops, insects and diseases, forestry,
bees, landscape gardening,
beef cattle, hogs, sheep, work
stock, dairying, poultry, agricultural
engineering, 4-H club work,
land tenure, cooperatives and
work of State agricultural agencies.
Students interested in the book
may obtain a copy for printing
cost of 25c at Room 204, second
floor, Duncan Hall.
Ensley Places Second;
Ramsay Takes Third
Farley of Bessemer Leads Field of
125 Tracksters from 16 Schools
By JOHN PIERCE
Led by a one man track team in the person of Murphey
Farley, Bessemer High School took top honors in the
first annual Auburn Interscholastic Track and Field Meet
Saturday afternoon in Auburn Stadium.
Farley scored 13 points as his team racked up a 34i/2
point total to edge favored Ensley a single point. Ensley
counted for 33y2 while Ramsay scored 23i/2 to clinch
third.
The field entered in the cinder
meet included 125 contestants
from 16 schools representing every
portion of Alabama. Bessemer
is coached by Emil Snider and
Junie Burns, both Auburn alumni.
The results: »
First heat, 100 - yard dash:
Burns, Ramsay, first; Martin,
Comer High, second; Savage, La-nett,
third. Time, 10.7.
Second heat, 100-yard dash:
Braamall, Ensley, first; Killian,
Fort Payne, second; Calloway,
Bessemer, third. Time, 10.7.
Third heat, 100 - yard dash:
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Softball Schedule, 1941
Date
Tues., April 8
Mon., April 14
Tues., April 15
Wed., April 16
Thurs., April 17
Fri., April 18
Mon., April 21
Tues., April 22
Wed., April 23
Thurs., April 24
Mon., April 28
Tues., April 29
Wed., April 30
Time Place Field
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4:00 BF
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Thurs, May 1 4:00 BF
1 3d Bn, 2d F.A. vs 1st Bn, Engrs.
2 Hornsby Hall vs Night Hawks
3 FFA vs. East Clenn
4 Terrells' vs 220 Club
1 1st Bn, 1st F.A. vs 3d Bn, 1st F.A.
2 Hornsby Hall vs FFA
3 2d Bn, 1st F.A. vs 3d Bn, Engrs.
4 3d Bn, 2d F.A. vs 2d Bn, Engrs.
1 2d Bn, 2d F.A. vs 1st Bn, 2d F.A.
3 Eews vs Graves Center I ,
4 Night Hawks vs Graves Center II
1 1st Bn, Engrs. vs 2d Bn, Engrs.
2 Mueler vs Terrells
1 2d Bn, 2d F.A. vs 1st Bn, Engrs.
2 3d Bn, 2d F.A. vs 220 Club
3 1st Bn, Engrs. vs 1st Bn, 2d F.A.
4 1st Bn, 1st F.A. vs 3d Bn, Engrs.
4 Mueller vs 220 Club
5 Hornsby Hall vs East Glenn
1 Rews vs Terrells
2 Night Hawks vs FFA
3 Mueller vs Graves Center I
4 Hornsby Hall vs Graves Center II
1 2d Bn, 1st F.A. vs 3d Bn, 1st F.A.
2 2d Bn, 2d F.A. vs 2d Bn, Engrs.
5 Rews vs 220 Club
1 Night Hawks vs East Glenn
1 FFA vs Graves Center II
2 Terrells vs Graves Center I
4 220 Club vs Graves Center I
5 East Glenn vs Graves Center II
Christian, Bessemer, first; Jerni-gan,
Geneva, second; Rainer,
Georgiana, third. Time, 10.5.
First heat, 220 - yard dash:
Burns, Ramsay, first; Arant, Ramsay,
second; Calloway, Bessemer,
third. Time, 24.4.
Second heat, 220-yard dash:
Jernigan, Geneva, first; Si Spurrier,
Ensley, second; Christian,
Bessemer, third. Time, 23.8.
Shot put (12 lb.): Mitchell,
Auburn, first; Roberson, Syla-cauga,
second; Savage, Lanett,
third; Bratcher, Georgiana, fourth.
Distance, 40 feet, 11% inches.
Discus: Roberson, Sylacauga,
first; Bulger, Comer High, second;
Herring, Lanett, third; Reed,
Games must be played as scheduled.
Players are urged to go directly to the portion of Bullard Field
that their game is to be played on to avoid congestion.
Score by innings:
Indiana 000 000 020—2
Auburn 003 000 OOx—3
xBatted for Vittoz in sixth.
Summary — Errors, Kosman,
Hoffman, Logan, Wallis, 2. Runs
batted in, Frazier, 1; Kosman, 1;
Danielson, 1. Stolen bases, Harkins,
McGowen, Kosman, Shumaker.
Left on bases, Auburn, 5; Indiana,
5. Bases on balls, off Milner,
3; off Vittoz, 5. Struck out,
by Milner, 6; by Vittoz, 6. Hits,
off Vittoz, 2 and 3 runs in 5 innings.
Losing pitcher, Vittoz. Umpires,
Hall and Barnes. Time,
1:55.
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song hit, has just been set to
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Theatre.
In addition to "the Mexican
spitfire," who co-stars with Leon
Errol, the tuneful comedy-romance
from Universal features a name-filled
cast of favorites, including
Helen Parrish, Charles Lang, William
Frawley, Eddie Quillan, "Big
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Auburn, fourth. Distance, 122
feet, 2 inches.
Pole vault: Curry, Georgiana,
first; Perry, Auburn, second; JMc-
Gowin, Greenville, third; Hurley,
Ensley, fourth. Height, 11 feet.
High jump: Farley, Bessemer,
first; Best, Ensley, second. Crook,
Bessemer, and Milton, Tallassee,
tied for third. Height, 5 feet, 9
inches.
Broad jump: Gavolos, Ramsay,
first; Best, Ensley and Burns,
Ramsay, tied for second; Arant,
Ensley, fourth.
120-yard high hurdles: Tommie
Guyton, Bessemer, third; Montgomery,
Ensley, fourth. Time,
18.6.
100-yard dash: Christian, Bessemer,
first; Burns, Ramsay, second;
Broomall, Ensley, third; Jernigan,
Geneva, fourth. Time, 10.5.
One mile run: Lawless, Bessemer,
first; Arant, Ensley, second;
Keeney, Greenville, third; Evans,
Port Payne, fourth. Time, 4:43.2.
440-yard dash: Broomall, Ensley,
first; Jordan, Ramsay, second;
Ellis, Ramsay, third; Birdwell,
Rogersville, fourth. Time, 53.7.
220-yard dash: Christian, Bessemer,
first; Burns, Ramsay, second;
Spurrier, Ensley, third; Jernigan,
Geneva, fourth. Time, 23
flat.
Half mile run: Best, Ensley,
first; Walker, Rogersville, second;
Bentley, Bessemer, third; Harrison,
Port Payne, fourth. Time,
2:16.2.
200-yard low hurdle: Parley,
Bessemer, first; Montgomery, Ensley,
second; McClendon, Ensley,
third; John Guyton, Bessemer,
fourth. Time, 25.5.
Cardinal Key
Initiates Twelve ;
Cardinal Key entertained new
members of their organization at
the Pitts Hotel last Monday night,
at which time the twelve new
members were inducted.
The Cardinal Key motif of red
and white predominated in the
color scheme and decorations. Red
and white carnations, candles and
place cards were effectively arranged
on the banquet table.
Ann Tatum, president, welcomed
the new members, after which
Miss Zoe Dobbs delivered the main
address on the history of Cardinal
Key. Mrs. Mary Green, former
member, was an honor guest at
the banquet.
New members who were initiated
were Christine Blackburn,
Mary Beth Marshall, Corinne Tatum,
Adele Fox, Emma Lou Far-rior,
Martha Gordy, Lila Mae Wat-ters,
Emma Nell Parrish, Eleanor
Hightower, Sue Freeman, Claire
Joyce Lasseter and Anita Albright.
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880-yard relay: Ramsay, Gavolos,
Ellis, Fearing, Jordan, first;
Ensley, second; Rogersville, third;
Tallassee, fourth^ Time, 1:36.2.
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April 8, 1941 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Five
High School Tournament Is Held Here
Three Hundred Fifty
Take Part in M<
Twenty-five High Schools Represented in
Sixty-Four Varied Events and Contests
More than 350 students representing some 25 Alabama
high schools competed here last week in the 15th annual
Alabama High School Tournament in which awards are
offered in 64 events.
The competition, designed to recognize excellence in
every field of high school activity, covered such varied
events as Latin, cooking and interior decoration, track
and field events, a general knowledge quiz, journalism,
and poetry reading. One of the
features of the tournament was
dramatics, and participating high
schools presented plays throughout
the three days.
Climax of the tournament came
Saturday afternoon when track
and field competition was held,
and Saturday night with the a-ward
of trophies.
Taking top honors in the all-tournament
quiz Thursday night
was Richard Crampton, Gadsden
High School student. Second place
went to Bynum Green, Murphy
High School, Mobile. Other finalists
in this event which tested the
contestants on general phases of
arts and sciences were Stone Bou-let
Stickney, Murphy High School;
Nancy Dickson, Opelika High;
Thomas Howard Johnson, Jr.,
Reeltown High School, Notasulga;
and Charles Robert Hixon, Lee
County High, Auburn. The contest
finals were broadcast over
the local radio station, WJHO.
Winner of first place in the
choral reading contest was Tuscaloosa
High School. The reading,
"Air Raid", by Archibald Mac-
Leish, was delivered by the following
students in unison: V. C.
Batson, Mickey Le Maistre, Ernest
Harper, Charles McBurney, Scot
Miler, Joe O'Neil, Bob Isaccson,
Johnny Forney, J. T. Bonner,
Barbara Tucker, Camille Wright,
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Murphy High School, Mobile, tied
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Mary Helen Smith, Lee County
High School student, took first
place in the house furnishings
contest. Second and third place
winners were Nancy Coon, Union
High School, Dadeville, and Mary
Leah Griffin, Perry County High
School, Marion, respectively.
Three boys, all of Murphy High
School, Mobile, took top nonors in
the spelling bee. They were Lamar
McLeod, II, first, Bynum
Green, second, and Stone Stickney,
third. The finals in this contest
were broadcast over Radio
Station, WJHO.
In the mathematics ciphering
contest, Tom Simms, Lee County
High School student, won first
place, second place going to Irving
Koffler, Murphy High, Mobile,
and Bobby Godwin, Murphy
High, and John Hooton, Tallapoosa
County High School, Dadeville.
Receiving first place in the Extemporaneous
Speaking Contest
was Edward Odom, Selma High
School student.
In the field of photography,
Stuart Graves, Tuscaloosa High,
won first place, followed by Albert
Thomas, Lee County High,
Auburn, with Charles McBurney,
Tuscaloosa, third.
Thomas H. Johnson, Jr., Reel-town
High School, Notasulga, was
winner in the economics contest
held Thursday. Second and third
places were awarded to Annie
Florence Belcher, Lee County
High, Auburn, and Annie L. Hickman,
Butler County High School,
Greenville.
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winner in the second round of the
dramatics tournament. The play,
"Not Such a Goose", is under the
direction of Mrs. William Balch.
The following students are cast-ed
in the play: Mary Wilson, Ruth"
Geron, Alice Wise, Felix Fleming
and Bob Smith.
Sarah S. Pierce, Lee County
High School, Auburn, was awarded
first place in the health knowledge
contest held Friday morning.
In the biology animals division,
first place went to James Moore,
Murphy High, Mobile; second,
Beverly Ann Burkhardt, Lee
County High, Auburn; and third,
Reuben Jackson, Dallas County
High School, Plantersville.
The Murphy Hi-Times, Mobile,
was judged best among the high
school newspapers entered in the
annual tournament; the Tuscaloosa
Hi-Life placed second; and
third place went to The Wetump-ka
Campus Bugler.
Murphy's paper is edited by Bynum
Green, an editorial board
edits the Tuscaloosa paper, and
Jane Williams edits The Campus
Bugler. Honorable mentions went
to the Opelika Bulldog, the Piedmont
Hi-Life, and the Ensley Yellow
Jacket.
A special award was won by
the Reeltown High School Blue
and Gold.
Lamar McLeod, II, of the Murphy
Hi-Times, Mobile, won the
editorial writing contest; Bynum
Green, editor of the Hi-Times, was
second; and Nancy Dickson, editor
of the Opelika Bulldog was
third.
Dorothy Johnston, Lee County
High School, Auburn, won first
place in landscape sketching; Edward
Davis, Murphy High, second,
and Julie Gaillard, also of Murphy,
third.
First prize for landscape snapshots
was won by R. L. Godwin,
Jr., Murphy High School, Mobile.
Beverly Ann Burkhardt, Lee
County High School, Auburn, won
first place in interior decoration;
Mary Jane Jansen, Murphy, was
second.
First place in the current events
test was won by Harris McFerrin,
Butler County H i g h School,
Greenville; second by Annie
Laurie Sims, also of Butler County
High; and third, Mancy Merrill,
Lee County High School, Auburn.
Margaret Frazier, representing
Dallas County High School, Selma,
won the Alabama History contest;
Camille Wright, representing
Tuscaloosa High, was second;
Louise Inge, Murphy High, Mobile,
was third.
Two Lee County High School
students, Jack McKinnon a nd
Walter Cowart, placed first and
second in the chemistry division;
Christian Wingard, Wetumpka,
placed third.
Following is a list of high
Dorm 2 Basketball Team Defeats Girls
From Dorm 3 to Cap Intramural Crown
Dana Gatchell Club
Win* Third Place
By MERLE WOODARD
The girls' basketball sextet
from Dormitory 2 edged out the
fast moving team from Dormitory
3 last week to win first place in
the intramural tournament.
Rated as a dark horse from the
beginning, Dormitory 3 girls showed
steady improvement from the
first game and managed to tie up
League A so that with more practice
they pushed out the powerful
Delta Zeta's and Susan Smith's
and gained for themselves a position
in the final play-off.
Bidding for first place in the
final round were Theta Upsilon,
Dormitory 2, Dana Gatchell Club,
and Dormitory 3.
Dormitory 2, captured by Sara
Lee Banks, was almost a sure bet
for first place from the beginning1,
with Blanche Ellis, Aline
Snead, Eloise Lapp, Lillie Beulah
Whatley, Jeanne Bussey, Frances
Ford, and Doris Avery, to form a
combination which was unbeaten
and untied in the eight games of
the tournament. They also defeated
an all star team at the open
house program.
Martha Glenn Rowe led the
girls of Dormitory 3 into an easy
victory for second place Tuesday
night aganist Theta U, having defeated
Dana Gatchell girls last
Tuesday night. Members of this
team were Eloise Hicks, Louise
Wooldridge, Marguriete Davis,
Ruth Price, Marjorie Walls, Merle
Woodard, Wynona Parker, and
Marjorie Lawton. They received
their only defeat from Dormitory
2 and only trailed by six points.
Dana Gatchell Club, captained
by Mae Patton, received third
place.
schools of Alabama which were
entered in the contests here: Tuscaloosa
High School, Murphy High
School, Huntsville High School,
Union High School, Dallas High
School, Lee County High School,
Opelika High School, Felix High
School, Tallapoosa County High
School, Perry County High School,
Rawls High School, Wetumpka
High School, Central High School,
Butler County High School, Woodland
High School, Goodwater High
School, Tallassee High School,
West Blocton High School, Ensley
High School, Anniston H i gh
School, Gadsden High School,
Tuskegee High School, West End
High School, Ramsay High School,
Piedmont High School, Albert G.
Parrish High School, Reeltown
High School, Lafayette High
School, Phillips High School, and
Marion County High School.
Cordy Designs Key
For Alpha Mu Theta
Martha Gordy, a junior in laboratory
technique from Columbus,
Georgia, and a member of Cardinal
Key, has designed a key for
Alpha Mu Theta, new honor organization
for students in laboratory
technique, of which she is
president.
The key is diamond shaped with
the Greek letters Alpha Mu Theta
forming a bridge across the center.
On the upper half of the key
is a microscope which is symbolic
of laboratory work, while the lower
half carries the Epicurean
medical insignia.
Alpha Mu Theta is a local honor
organization but it is hoped that
it will soon spread to other colleges
offering a B.S. degree in
laboratory technique and be chartered
as a national society. The
Auburn chapter is the only collegiate
organization of students in
this course.
Theta Upsilon
Holds Annual
Award Dinner
Theta Upsilon sorority honored
its seniors at the annual award
dinner last Wednesday night in
the Green Room of the Pitts Hotel.
Gladioli, Irises, and rainbow
colored candles were used to decorate
the table.
Margaret Nash, president, presented
recognition pins to the following
seniors: Alice Little, Ruby
Morrison, Sybil Richardson, Earl
Rives, Katie Lee Robinson, and
Ruth Williams.
A plaque bearing the sorority
coat of arms was given to Margie
Ellen Mallory, who was the model
pledge for the year.
The loving cup, given each year
by the adviser, Miss Jewel Davis,
and the co-adviser, Miss Eleanor
Home, to the member with the
highest scholarship record was
presented to Ruby Morrison.
Those attending were Alice Little,
Ruby Morrison, Mary Elizabeth
Pritchett, Sybil Richardson,
Earl Rives, Katie Lee Robinson,
Ruth Williams, Margaret Nash,
Eleanor Poe, Mildred Brown Davis,
Avis Middleton, Dorothy Johnson,
Norma Ray Autrey, Margie. Ellen
Mallory, Martha Brooks, Helen
Krause, Ruth Prentiss, Jean Black,
Genevieve Mason, Jo Ellen Towns,
Katherine Hamilton, Charlie Fay
Nixon, Myrtie Drinkard, Addie
Louise Jones, Jewel Davis, and
Eleanor Home.
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unit, packing a wallop equivalent to
$90,000,000 worth • of radium, is now at
work in the General Electric plant at
Schenectady.
Stronger by 600,000 voltsthanothersinits
class, the 1,000,000-volt monster clips down
to two minufes the old record of an hour
to take a picture through four inches of steel.
TO THE RESCUE
XT7HEN Mother Nature goes berserk,
T and whole towns are cut off from
electric power, that's when repair crews go
into sudden action to find the break and
fix it.
In the past power companies have had
transformers mounted on small trailers to
be rushed to location to restore power. Now
General Electric has announced a completely
factory-built 1000-kva mobile substation,
first of its type.
This unit, mounted on a huge trailer, can
be towed along at 40 miles an hour. It can
take power from high-voltage lines of almost
any voltage and transform it to service
values. When an outage occurs, the
substation is whizzed to the spot, parked,
grounded, and tied in. It can also be used
to by-pass regular substations during repairs
or maintenance work.
The machine is housed in a special building,
with 14-inch concrete walls plus 12
inches of exterior brick to absorb stray
radiations. Another safeguard for X-ray
technicians is the X-ray safety "wrist
watch"—a leather case, worn on the wrist,
carrying a small piece of unexposed X-ray
film. This, when developed at the end of
the day, will show up any scattered X-ra-diation
to which the wearer may have been
harmfully exposed. General Electric Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y.
Second Band Camp
Here This Summer
GENERAL W) ELECTRIC
High School Band
Members Will Camp
For Two Weeks
The second annual Auburn
Band Camp for high school musicians
will include two weeks' of
intensive musical training and recreation,
under noted conductors
and band teachers. The camp will
open on June 2,- according to Dr.
Zebulon Judd, director of the Auburn
Summer Session.
Glenn Cliff Bainum, director of
the Northwestern U n i v e r s i ty
bands, will direct the camp.
Serving with him on the band
camp faculty will be Lewis L.
Stookey, professor of public school
music, Mobile; Carleton K. Butler,
instructor in double reeds,
University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa
High School band direct- I
or; Yale Ellis, instructor in lower
brasses, director of Sidney Lanier
High School Band, Montgomery;
Frank Marchese, instructor in
clarinet, director of band and orchestra,
Pensacola, Fla., High
School; Lawrence Barnett, ensemble
instructor, director of Auburn's
orchestra and glee clubs,
and director of Lee County High
School band, and others.
A well-planned recreational
program has been arranged by the
director of Intramural Sports department
of' the college. All recreational
facilities of the college
will be available, including those
for tennis, Softball, shuffleboard,
badminton, and swimming. Health
service will be provided by the
college physician and his staff.
Two semester hours of college
credit may be earned upon completion
of all musical assignments,
for which no additional fee will
be charged.
Kappa Sig's Elect;
Initiate Eight
Kappa Sigma fraternity has as
its new officers for the coming
term, George D. Whitney, president;
Charles Magnuson, vice-president;
William Gordy, secretary;
Robert L. Goodin, treasurer;
Peyton Thrasher, pledge master,
and Steiner Garrett, house manager.
,
During the month of March,
Kappa Sigma initiated eight new
members. The new members.are:
Julius Davis, Sylacauga; Bragg
Oates, Headland; Tom Dyer, Selma;
H. M. Kykes, Ashford; Osborne
Rainer, Montgomery; John
Belue, Auburn; Jim Ratcliff, Gas-tonburg;
and Loyd Vickers, Miami,
Fla.
Sigma Chi Elects
1941-42 Officers
The local chapter of Sigma Chi
held its election of officers for
the coming year at their last
meeting.
Those elected were C. B. Hewitt,
consul; Tommie Mastin, proconsul;
Mandeville Phipps, anno-tator
and E. D. Gilmer, quaestor.
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Chinese dialects — Som Yup, Soy Yup, Heong Sow, Gow
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Since there is no Chinese alphabet, the 36 page directory,
listing 2200 subscribers, can't be printed in the usual way.
It is handwritten—then reproduced by engraving and printing
processes. Subscribers are listed by streets, instead of
alphabetically. And operators must almost know the book
by heart, for the Chinese seldom call by number—but by
name and address.
Here is a Bell System exchange that in many
ways is unique. But it is just like thousands of
others in giving good service to telephone users.
Page Six THE PLAINSMAN April 8, 1941
Tigers To Meet Tech,
Georgia This Week
Record Shows Four
Wins Out of Seven
Aubtirn's baseball team, winner
in four of seven games to date,
this week plays four games away
from home as it moves into the
first stretch of the 1941 conference
race. The Tigers will play Oglethorpe
in Atlanta tomorrow and
Thursday, then will move on to
Athens where they tangle with
Georgia's Bulldogs on Friday and
Saturday afternoons.
Next games here at Auburn come
next week when Georgia Tech hits
town for a two game series on
Wednesday and Thursday and
Georgia rounds out the baseball
week at Auburn with games Friday
and Saturday.
Thus far Coach Jimmie Hitchcock's
aggregation has defeated
Purdue in two games and Michigan
State and Indiana in one each while
dropping decisions to Purdue, Indiana,
and Anniston of the Southeastern
League. Anniston was the
winner by a 5-4 score Saturday
afternoon at Anniston.
Walt Milner remains the leading
Tiger pitcher, having pitched
and won three games. Tommie
Mastin stands at .500 with a win
and a loss and Jim Jordan has
dropped two contests in two starts.
In the batting division, figures
not including "Saturday's game at
Anniston, Lloyd Cheatham continues
to hold a scant lead,
ting records are:
AB
Cheatham, cf 20
Harkins, ss 23
Curlee, rf 16
Wallis, 3b 18
Wright, If 12
Jordan, p 4
McGowen, If 21
Rollo, 2b 25
Ferrell, c 18
Hawkins, rf 10
Frazier, lb 9
Mallette, 2b 1
Milner, p .... 8
Mastin, p 3
Glasscock, p 1
Day, p 1
Liles, 3b 1
Knight, c 1
Bat-a
7
8
5
5
3
1
5
5
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Avg.
.350
.348
.312
.278
.250
.250
.238
.200
.167
.200
.111
1000
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
Emotion tests given men and
women students at Kent State
university reveal that men are
much more easily stirred by swing
music than coeds.
WORDS on
MUSIC
By JIMMY GILBERT
Dan Nupen, former ski orderly
to King Haakon of Norway, now
is coaching the Middleburg college
ski team. He taught Crown Prince
Olav and Crown Princess Martha.
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Skeeter,
Sandy,
Mutt,
Tabby,
Tena,
Campus Hound,
Scottie, Sr.,
Colt,
at
Burton's Book
Store
Something New Every Day'
Babblings of a reviewer: On the
jive side, Woody Herman merely
repeats all the breaks and solos of
"Woodchopper's Ball" under the
name of "Furtrap!ber'« Ball". The
beat, intro and all closely resemble.
Why? Well, the latter was
dreamed up after the ASCAP-BMI
brawl had taken "Woodchopper's
Ball" out of circulation. On
the back is what the Decca folks
consider the number one side, according
to the advance literature
on the platter, but personal opinion
says that "Blue Flame" comes
as number two. The record is a
Decca.
* * *
Teddy Wilson, piano man supreme,
is currently holding forth
at the Hotel Lincoln in N. Y. He
was a charter member of the great
B. Goodman's first band.
* * *
And on the subject of Benny
Goodman, here's a record recently
released by Columbia, and waxed
by the master of the clarinet
himself. The two sides are "Lazy
River," and oldie, and a T. Dorsey
amachur winner "Oh! Look at Me
Now." Helen Forrest does a fine
vocal on both. Benny is still swinging,
in spite of his classical tendencies.
Two Decca recordings that have
appeal only in a mild sort of way
are Glen Gray's "I Do, Do You?",
backed by "You Say The Sweetest
Things Baby", and Jan Savitt's
"My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice"
plus "The Young Prince and The
Young Princess."
Of the first pair, "You Say The
Sweetest Things . . . " can easily
be called the number one side.
The vocal is carried by Pee Wee
Hunt, fend the general orchestration
is good. On the other side,
Kenny Sargent gets off a good
vocal.
Savitt does his best on "My
Heart At Thy Sweet Voice," which
is played in a smooth rocking rhythm
that is conducive to dancing
and more of it. Neither of the
Savitt offerings boasts of a vocal.
Still on Decca platters, Jimmy
Dorsey offers a set of four well
known and well played favorites.
To list briefly . . . "Contrasts"
(the Dorsey theme), backed by
the Latin American "Perfidia".
No vocal on either . . . "Ama-pola",
done in excellent two-rhythm
fashion, with vocals by both
Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell,
plus the least known of the songs
"Donna Maria." Eberly does the
singing on this one, and a fine
job at that. . . . Bob Eberly sings
Auburn Track Team
To Meet Bulldogs
Stephenson and H o l l e y to
Lead Track Team into SEC
Competition This Week
The Auburn track team this
week steps into Southeastern Conference
competition for the '41 season
when it plays host to the Bulldogs
of Misisissippi State on Sat:
urday afternoon, April 12.
Time trials were held last Saturday
and Coach Wilbur Hutsell now
regards this season's team as one
of promise. Though the showing
in the Florida Relays at Gainesville
by the Plainsmen was not impressive
from the scoring viewpoint it
did reveal the members of the
squad performing expectionally
well considering the early date.
Capt. Jim Stephenson and Alternate
Capt. Jim Holley will lead the
Tigers against State and will depend
heavily on the combined efforts
of Babe McGehee in the hurdles,
Charlie Finney and Bud Wen-dling
in the sprints, Hoyt Hall in
the pole valut, Hugh Maddox in
the weight departments, and John
Ball, Auburn's SEC cross country
champion, in the two mile.
FRATERNITY DIVISION
Softball Schedule, 1941
Date
Tues.
Mon.
Time Place Field Teams
April v8
April 14
4:00
4:00
BF
BF
Tues., April 15 4:00 BF
Wed., April 16
Thurs., April 17
4:00
4:00
BF
BF
Mon., April 21 4:00 BF
Tues., April 22 4:00 BF
Wed., April 23 4:00 BF
First Came
Today
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
DAVID NIVEN
in
"RAFFLES"
Wednesday-Thursday
(Continued from page 4)
Score by innings:
Indiana 311 050 010—11
Auburn 000 240 001-— 7
Summary — Errors, Wallis 2,
Cheatham 2, Dro. Runs batted in,
Cheatham, McGowen, Ferrell 2,
Harkins 2, Kosman 3, Danielson,
Wellman, Shumaker, H u n d l e y .
Two-base hits, Ferrell, Clifton,
Danielson. Three-base hits, Dro,
Cheatham. Home run, Kosman.
Stolen base, Francis. Sacrifices,
Hoffman, Francis. Double plays,
McGowen to Ferrell; Kosman to
Hoffman. Left on bases, Auburn
7, Indiana 8. Bases on balls, off
Jordan 6, off Day 1, off Hundley
4, off Boehme 2. Struck out, by
Jordan 1, by Day 1, by Hundley
1, by Boehme 3. Hits, off Jordan
7 with 7 runs in 4% innings (two
on when relieved in fifth); off
Day 5 with 4 runs in 3% innings;
off Hundley 8 with 6 runs in 4%
innings, one on when relieved in
fifth). Hit by pitcher, by Boehme
(Ferrell). Wild pitches, Jordan 2.
Winning pitcher, Hundley. Losing
pitcher, Jordan. Umpires, Hall and
Barnes. Time of game, 2:35.
Alpha Lam. Tau vs Phi Delta Theta
Beta Kappa vs Alpha Lam. Tau
Sig. Alpha E. vs Lam. Chi Alpha
Alpha Psi vs Alpha Tau Omega .
Sigma Pi vs Alpha Gamma Rho
Pi Kap. Alpha vs Kappa Alpha
Theta Chi vs Omega Tau Sigma
Kappa Sigma vs Tau Epsilon Phi
Sigma Nu vs Sigma Chi
Delta Sigma Phi vs Alpha Psi
Sigma Alpha E. vs Phi Delta Theta
Sigma Phi E. vs Sigma Chi
Theta Chi vs Kappa Alpha
Kappa Sigma vs Alpha Tau Omega
Beta Kappa vs Lambda Chi Alpha
Delta Sigma Phi vs Tau Epsilon Phi
Sigma Nu vs Alpha Gamma Rho
Pi Kappa Alpha vs Pi Kappa Phi
Sigma Alpha E. vs Alpha Lam. Tau
Kappa Sigma vs Alpha Psi
Sigma Phi E. vs Sigma Pi
Beta Kappa vs Phi Delta Theta
Alpha Lambda Tau vs Lam. Chi A.
Alpha Gamma Rho vs Sigma Chi
Pi Kappa Phi vs Kappa Alpha
Delta Sigma Phi vs Alpha Tau O.
Alpha Psi vs Tau Epsilon Phi
Sigma Nu vs Sigma Pi
Pi Kappa Alpha vs Omega Tau Sig.
Sigma Phi E. vs Alpha Gamma Rho
Theta Chi vs. Pi Kappa Phi
Phi Delta Theta vs Lambda Chi A.
Omega Tau Sigma vs Kappa Alpha
Sigma Pi vs Sigma Chi
Tau Epsilon Phi vs Alpha Tau O.
Games must be played as scheduled. The fields are in constant use
from now until the season is over.
The fields will be numbered before the first game and teams are
urged to go directly to their playing fields and thereby avoid congestion
on a very crowded field.
BF—Bullard Field.
Thurs., April 24
Mon., April 28
4;00
4:00
BF
BF
Tues., April 29 4:00 BF
Wed., April 30 4:00 BF
Thurs., May 1 4:00 BF
Dancers, Singers To
Star in Miscellany
BERGMAN BAXTER
ADAM ««JS&
. H A D ,
jFOUH
SONS
Bawd upon
"IEGACY" .
the noveI by
Charin Bonner
i Su«an Hayward
> Richard Denning !
Robert Shaw \
A Columbia Picture
Latest issue of M a r c h of
Time, " A u s t r a l i a at W a r "
T I G € R
both "The Mem'ry of a Rose" and
"I Hear a Rhapsody," recordmates
of record number three. Both
songs are sweet, and ideal mealtime
listening at your favorite fraternity.
Last and best is "I Understand",
a newcomer of some merit,
backed by "High on a Windy
Hill." Bob Eberly again does the
vocals on both. "I Understand"
has a striking intro, followed by a
first chorus vocal by Eberly.
"Windy Hill" needs no introduction.
"It's Square But it Rocks" is
the latest brain child of Will Bradley's
piano man, Freddie Slack.
Ray McKinley's vocal and Will
Bradley's music does it up brown.
The other side is a stranger,
"Prairieland Lullaby". Terry Allen
does the vocal. The record is
Columbia.
* * *
Les Brown and band show their
colors in fine style with "Beau
Night in Hotchkiss Corners." Doris
Day handles a mean vocal, and
the arrangement exceeds even
that of the great Artie Shaw, with
all his strings and stuff. The backer
upper is equally as good, although
the vocal seems a little
strained. Name? "Celery Stalks at
Midnight." The label is Okeh.
* * *
Ella Fitzgerald and her famous
band, Ella on the vocal, makes
music with "Hello Ma, I Done It
Again," and "Wishful Thinking."
The former is a honey of a jive
piece, and Ella does the words
well. The latter is more of the
type for a nice cozy blond date
and a big leather chair. Another
Decca record.
* * *
Choice for the most promising
as well as the most beautiful of
the reviewed records is Dorsey's
"I Understand." Bob Eberly's vocal
makes it what it is.
High School Girls
(Continued from page 3)
place. You certainly are not
a stranger on this campus. Too, I
saw the Auburn Players at practice,
and they're plenty good."
And then Marie Hansen, another
blonde, very fittingly boasted,
"I'll really have a hangover
when I get home—from staying
up all night. There's no time to
sleep."
These ardent exclamations went
on until one could tell by the
sparkle in those clear eyes that
they had really experienced a
swell time; and the old Alma
Mater has made a favorable impression
on their minds.
This sounds like one- of those
"It's-a-great-place-you-should - be-here"
posters, but there was absolute
sincerity in every voice in
crowded 213.
Dances, Houseparties
(Continued from page 3)
Underwood, Margaret L o f t o n,
Marjory Gipson, Betty Fox, Margaret
Banks, Ruby Morrison.
SPE House Dance
The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity
held a house dance in the
chapter house last Saturday night.
The affair was chaperoned by
Mrs. Elizabeth Cox.
Refreshments of punch and
cakes were served to the dancers
by Mrs. Cox.
Cortina, Hill, the
Melody Four to Be
Featured in Show
By WILMER WHITE
(Editor's Note: This is the second
in a series of articles on Who's
Who in the ODK Musical Miscellany.)
Tony Cortina and Eleanor Hill
Miss Hill, though a native of
Montgomery, attended school in
Akron, Ohio. She began her dancing
career very early and turned
professional at the tender age of
14. Over a period of several years,
she studied characteristic dancing
under Tamaroff, the Russian
dancer. Later, Miss Hill took up
the art of adagio dancing and also
the slightly less strenuous rhum-ba.
Tony, a well known figure on
the campus for 4 years, attended
school at St. Bernard in Cullman,
Alabama before coming to Auburn.
He studied dancing in Mexico,
where dancing the rhumba
runs a close second to shooting at
the President as the favorite national
pastime. Though he's not
a professional "hoofer," Tony
goes in for Ballroom, classical, and
even takes an occasional "fling"
at adagio dancing.
He considers Carmen Miranda,
the current South American sensation,
the leading interpreter of
his "South of the Border" swing.
And, anyway, if Mrs. Roosevelt
can find time to take rhumba lessons,
there must be sumpin' to it.
This couple, both having considerable
experience in the Terp-sichorean
art, should' present one
of the most entertaining numbers
of the entire show.
The Melody Four
To most people, a quartet is
something that accumulates a-round
a barber shop, it's musical
value depending entirely on the
point of view. Such is not the case
with the Melody Four. These boys
have been singing in quartets for
some time and at present have a
program on the local radio station.
The quartet, consisting of four
boys, as most male quartets do, is
composed of N. D. Kilgo, Elton
Hinton, Durward Tyler, all ag students
and S. N. Morris, business
administration transfer student
from Duke. They are accompanied
at the piano by Jack Morgan,
also an ag student.
Their numbers will be Negro
Spirituals—"Gonna Rise Up and
Shine" and "There Will Be Shouting
and singing." And by the
way, the Negro Spirituals have
been given the honor of being the
only music strictly and purely
American.
Dates of the members and
pledges were: Dorothy Knapp,
Virginia Wilkerson, Alison Knapp,
Jane Owen, Annice Polk, Aileene
Stephens, Margaret Rew, Ann Ta-tum,
Julie Digby.
Catherine Trust, Rebecca Williamson,
Donzella Wills, Dot Johnson,
Sue Northrup, Mary Vaughn,
Betty June Baker, Mary Hollings-worth
and Evelyn Allison.
Frat Conference
(Continued from page 1)
Saturday afternoon and evening
was devoted to the meetings of
the individual fraternities which
were represented at the Conference.
Fraternities were there from
Virginia,' North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee,
Mississippi, Florida and Louisiana.
In the 10-year period 1931-40,
graduate students in American
colleges and univei*sities produced
nearly 27,000 theses as candidates
for doctorate degrees.
Janitors at the University of
New Mexico are campaigning to
stop students from throwing pinon
shells on the classroom floors.
Twenty - five chaperones and
666 coeds from Stephens college,
Columbia, Mo., recently made a
tour of the west.
University of New Mexico student
employment director recently
sent out a call for an experienced
egg candler.
THIS WEEK
The Auburn Grille
ANNOUNCES THAT
Beth Murphy
has been selected to receive
a Steak Dinner for her outstanding
service to Auburn
during the last three years.
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• Each week the Auburn
Grille will select an outstanding
student to receive
this award.
The Grille is Auburn's
finest and most modern
restaurant.
The Grille invites the students
to come in often for
"the best food in town."
The Auburn Grille
LUCAS GAZES, Mgr.
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