1941-01-24 The Plainsman

              It's Final
Exam Time!
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' 'A UBURN—the friendliest college in the United States"
ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, JANUARY 24, 1941
And After Exams It'll Be Time
For The Old Tophatter—Savitt
NO. 36
The Tophatter, Jan Savitt, will bring his orchestra and shuffle
rhythm to the "loveliest village" on January 30, 31 and February 1
for the annual Junior Prom. Leading the Prom will be Becky Beeland,
junior at the University of Alabama from Greenville. Six dances
will feature the set.
Final Exams Arrive;
Registration Starts
Next Semester to
Begin February 3
The close of the second semes­ter
came nearer today as the stu­dent
body began to become em­broiled
in the process of taking
final examinations, and register­ing
for the second semester of the
1940-41 school term.
Final examinations began yes­terday
morning, with fourth and
seventh hour class exams being
held, during the morning and af­ternoon.
This morning, the regu­lar
schedule of exams continued
with first hour classes meeting on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
being held. This afternoon, exams
for first hour classes on Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday will be
held.
Saturday morning, examinations
for second hour classes meeting
on Monday,. Wednesday, and Fri­day
will be given, and in the af­ternoon
will be exams for second
hour classes on Tuesday, Thurs­day
and Saturday.
Sunday will be rest and study
day for next week's examinations.
Monday morning examinations
will be held for third hour classes
scheduled on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. During the afternoon
will be exams for third hour
classes on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
Fourth hour classes scheduled
on Monday, Wednesday and Fri­day
will hold examinations next
Tuesday morning. The afternoon
will be for exams on all sixth hour
classes.
Wednesday morning exams for
fifth hour classes scheduled on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
will be held, and during the af­ternoon
exams will be given for
fifth hour classes as scheduled on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Other examinations for classes
meeting at conflicting or odd
periods have been announced in
the respective classes.
Registration for juniors, sen­iors
and fifth-year students began
last Monday and will close at noon
tomorrow. Registration for fresh­man
and sophomore students will
begin next Monday and will con­tinue
through Saturday noon,
February 1.
The Executive Council has au­thorized
assessment of a penalty
charge of $1.00 for each change
of course after Saturday noon,
February 1, unless such changes
are made because of failure on
final examinations, as a result of
re-examinations during the re­examination
period, February 10,
11 and 12, or in such special
cases as are provided by the Ex­ecutive
Secretary.
Mr. Charles Edwards, API Reg­istrar,
said, that "it is hoped that
all students will give due delibera­tion
to planning their schedules
of studies during the two weeks
set aside for registration in order
that no changes in course will be
necessary."
Students should first report to
the Registrar's Office for registra­tion
materials before going to
their dean for planning schedules.
Registration is not complete until
fees have been paid* (to Accountant.
Toppers' to Sing
With Savitts Band
At Mid-Term Dances
Ticket sales were progressing
this week for the annual Junior
Prom, to be held next Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. Jan Savitt
and his Tophatters will furnish
music for the dancing festivities.
John Deming, Chairman of the
Social Committee, announced last
night that the "Toppers," a vo­cal
quartet composed of three
girls and a boy would also appear
here with Savitt's band. So it will
be Savitt and his Tophatters, fea­turing
the Toppers. The quartet
was secured in place of a girl vo­calist.
Six fraternities will give house
parties during t h e week-end.
These include SAE, Phi Delta
Theta, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma
Nu, ATO, and Sigma Chi. All
men students should contact presi­dents
of these lodges if they wish
to secure a place for their date
during the gala week-end.
Bid cards to some 300 girls
were mailed out this week. A par­tial
list was published in Tues­day's
issue. The remainder fol­low:
Other girls are Vernice McKin-ney,
Mobile; Mary Lynck, Mo­bile;
Dana Nichols, Columbus,
Ga.; Marjorie Nichaels, Washing­ton,
D. C; Lola Wise, Clayton,
Ala.; Martha Cox, Hartford, Ala.;
Lela Brindley, Collinsville, Ala.;
Helen Ahuand, Milledgeville, Ga.;
Barbara Beeland, Lynchburg, Va.;
Betty Cobb, Vredenburg; Billie
Webber, Washington, D. C;
Wananna Porcher, New York;
Peggy Fiene, Fayettville, Ark.;
Marie Birce, Goffney, S. C.;
Sarah McCabe, Moultrie, Ga.;
Barbara Baker, Washington, D.
C.; Vennie West, Berryville,
Ark.; Mollie Brown, Denver, Col.;
Barbara Buchanan, Evergreen,
Col.; Virginia Smith, Gadsden,
Ala.; Anita Wadsworth, Gadsden,
Ala.; Virginia Brandau, Knox-ville,
Tenn.; Kathryn Drennan,
Lynchburg, Va.; Alice Thompson,
St. Louis, Mo.; Elizabeth Schell,
Jacksonville, Fla.; Gail Sandberg,
Duquesne, Penn. f
Marion Toomer, Milton, Fla.;
Kay Edgerton, Colorado Springs,
Col.; Flavis Burnett, Searsdale,
N. Y.; Virginia Roby, Detroit,
Mich.; Gene Tierney, Hollywood,
Cal.; Lorene Wood, Huntsville,
Ala.; Jane Moody, Chapel Hill, N.
C; Betsy Kay, Lakeland, Fla.;
Ruth Moody, Larkensville, Ala.;
Selma Griffin, Huntsville, Ala.;
Martha Young, Fairfield, Ala.; S.
E. Henry, Florence, Ala.; Alice
Kennedy, Greensboro, N. C.J
Margaret Lusk, Los Angeles, Cal.;
Mary Kelley, Columbia, Mo.;
Marise Eden, Greencastle^ Ind.;
Louise Stiefelmeyer, Chapel Hill,
N. C.; Frances Galloway, New
Orleans, La»; Ruth Sammon,
Athens, Ga.; Mayme Bennett,
Fairhope, Ala.
Margaret Fleeth, La Grange,
Ga.; La Velle Rogers, Homestead,
Fla.; Eugenia Worley, Austin,
Texas; Dotty Bowen, Athens, Ga.;
Winifred Heidenreich, La Grange,
Ga.; Louise Stranberg, Chapel
Hill, N. C; Eve Morchman, Co­lumbus,
Ohio; Mary Isabelle
Farmer, Fitzgerald, Ga.; Clarice
Davis, Troy, Ala.; Frances Hay-good.
Jean Rowntree, Waynesboro,
Va.; Rosemary Smith, Kingsville,
Texas; Linda Darnell, Hollywood,
Calif.; Sally Prainer, Lynchburg,
Va.; Betty Crumpton, Gulfport,
Miss.; Blanche Bachelor, Atmore,
Ala.; Dot Davis, Anniston, Ala.;
Judy Hendrix, Natchez, Miss.;
Marie Mullen, Selma, Ala.; Mary
Shaw Lore, Spartanburg, S. C;
Margaret Aderhold, Edinburg,
Texas; Mary Frances Jackson,
San Antonio, Texas; Trudy Hobbs,
Chapel Hill, N. C; Sally B.
Moore, Middleburg, Va.; Peggy
Purnell, Greensboro, N- C.
Birmingham girls who will re­ceive
invitations are Gay Comer,
Jean Trammell, Leith Murphree,
Betty Phillips, Jane Henderson,
Betty Petree, Almeta Anderson,
Anne MacDonald, Mary Robert­son,
Beatrice Roberts, Evelyn
Randall, Carolyn Mason, Marion
Benngardner, G e o r g i a Bailey
Thweatt, Llay McPherson, Eliza­beth
Phillips, Lil Culley, Elma
Blunt, T. D. DeBardeleben, June
Stalling, Joe Ann Ulnih, Adelain
Russell, Hunter Copeland, Ed-wina
Stovall, Elizabeth Cox, Jarce
Morgan, Mary Ellen Bagby, Ruth
M. Foss, Betty Hillhouse, Kath­ryn
Bumgardner, Milfred San-ford,
and Phyllis Mitchell.
All Candidates Must
Submit Paper To New
Qualifications Board
February 5 Set as Deadline for Turning
200-word Paper Over to Board; Candidates
Must Appear Before Board by February 12
"Campus politicians" were cautioned by Jim King,
president of the Executive Cabinet, yesterday afternoon,
to present their written papers of 200 words or less to the
Qualifications Board on or before February 5.
The election Qualifications Board was set up recently
by the Student Executive Cabinet. The written papers
should be given to King at the Phi Delta Theta House not
later than midnight on February 5. All students seeking
junior and senior political offices
Wanta Dance, Chillun? Then Join
Auburn's Social Dancing Class
President's Ball to
Be Held January 29
Plans for Auburn's annual
President's Ball, to be held on the
night of, January 29, were an­nounced
this week by Emil F.
Wright, Lee County chairman of
the celebration.
The dance will be held at the
old Girls' Gymnasium on the Ope-lika
Road from 9 until 1 o'clock.
Music will be furnished by the
Auburn Knights.
Net proceeds of the dance will
go into a national fund for re­search
work on infantile paralysis.
Names Should Be
Turned in to Mrs.
Forte Next Week
By MARJORIE PERRY
Auburn's "Arthur Murray,"
Mrs. Louise Forte, will again be
supervising the popular social
dancing classes next semester.
These classes, designed to give
students an opportunity to learn
new dancing steps and ballroom
etiquette, are open to all students
who have not previously partici­pated
in them. If enough students
request it, an advanced social
dancing class will also be offered
for those who have been in the
class and for those who can al­ready
fairly well.
The two first-year classes meet
for an hour every Tuesday and
Thursday evening. The first class
is held from 7-8 in Student Cen­ter,
and the second class is held
from 8-9 in the Alumni Gym.
Enrollment for dancing classes
next semester will take place the
first Tuesday of next semester
from 7-8 p.m. at Student Center.
Sixty boys and sixty girls are al-
Campus Events
lowed in each class. The first 120
girls and 120 boys enrolling on
Tuesday night will be the only
ones r allowed in the class, since
the waiting list has been suspend­ed
because those on the list could
not be reached or did not report
to class.
These classes are designed for
beginners. No previous knowledge
of dancing is required for en­trances;
however, to stay in the
class one must attend at least ev­ery
other meeting.
Steps learned during the se­mester
are the two-step, the two-step
combinations, the one-step,
and the waltz. While learning the
fundamental steps, the boys are
lined up on one side of the room
and the girls on the other. They
go through the steps imitating
Mrs. Forte until they know the
steps well enough to dance togeth­er
in the practice position. Each
boy chooses a partner as long as
they last. After they have danced
a few minutes, the stags are al­lowed
to get partners, and the
remainder change partners.
When the students know the
steps well enough, they are allow­ed
to dance in regular dancing
position. Stags are then allowed
to break, and at frequent inter­vals,
partners are rotated. Some­times
Mrs. Forte holds contests to
see which boy can dance with the
most girls, in the shortest time,
thus helping everyone to get ac­quainted.
Students are also given instruc­tion
in the proper dance floor
etiquette. Many who go into the
class awkward and unsophisticat­ed
come out with more graceful­ness,
a better knowledge of the
steps, and better manners on the
'dance floor — things which help
them in the future, plus the
friendships and good times they
have had in the class.
An advanced dancing class will
also be offered if enough students
ask for it. All students interested
in an advanced class may send
their names to Post Office Box
444. They should be sure to indi­cate
whether they want a social
dancing class, a jitterbug class,
or both. In order to get the class
or classes, all students interested
should have their names in before
the end of this semester.
Basketball
The Auburn varsity cage
team will meet the string Tu-lane
Greenies tonight at 8 o'­clock
in the Alumni Gymnasi­um.
Tomorrow night the Tigers
clash with Vanderbilt's cage-sters
in another SEC battle.
Preliminary games will be play­ed
each night by the Auburn
freshman team against Colum­bus,
Ga., and Pensacola, Fla.
teams. Activity book admits
students to both games.
Dress Revue Will Be
Presented by Coeds
Here on February 5
A dress revue sponsored by the
three home economics organiza­tions,
Theta Epsilon, Dana King
Gatchell Club, and F.H.A. will be
held in Smith Hall from 8:00 to
10:00. p.m. on February 5.
- The revae will be in the form of
a reception. Miriam McClendon,
new president of the Dana King
Gatchell Club and Margaret What-ley,
outgoing president; Frances
Barnes, president of the F.H.A.
Club; and Frances Hodges, presi­dent
of Theta Epsilon, will receive
the guests at the door. A musical
program will be rendered through­out
the evening.
Garments which will be modeled
were constructed by girls taking
courses in Clothing I and Clothing
II. The revue will climax the sem­esters
instruction. More than 100
garments will be modeled includ­ing
active sports attire, school
dresses, street dresses, lounging
wear, and children's clothes.
Members of the home economics
faculty are assisting the girls in
this project.
must present this paper and ap­pear
before the Board. Freshmen
who are running for sophomore
offices will not be required to ap­pear
before the group.
King said that it was absolutely
necessary and required for all
prospective candidates to write
these papers and appear before
the Board if qualification to com­pete
in the spring elections is to
be granted to the candidate.
Those candidates for positions
on the Executive Cabinet must
write a paper on student govern­ment.
Students wishing to run for
class offices should present papers
on the duties of the student in the
office for which he or she desires
to run. The Chairman of the So­cial
Committee candidates must
write a paper on how to set up
and operate the sponsoring of the
three main dances of the school
year.
Candidates for publications of­fices
will meet their requirements
before the Publications Board at
a later date. Requirements for
these offices have been set up
for several years.
Prospective candidates wishing
further information on the con­tent
of the papers which they
must present to the board should
contact Jim King at the Phi Delta
Theta House.
The date for the spring campus
elections will be announced short­ly
after the beginning of the sec­ond
semester.
Following the qualifying of this
year's candidates, this Qualifica­tions
Board will present recom­mendations
to the Cabinet for
further requirements for the re­spective
student offices, including
scholarship.
Politicians who are intending to
run for some position, should turn
their papers in at the earliest date
so that they may be examined by
the Qualifications Board.
He'HSing-
Miss Dana Gatchell's Valuable
Tapestry Will Be Shown Sunday
6:15
8:00
6:15
8:00
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
p.m.-
p.m.-
p.m.-
p.m.-
Tonight ,
-Freshman Basketball—Columbus Millers vs. API Frosh.
-Varsity Basketball—Auburn vs. Tulane. Gym.
Tomorrow
-Freshman Basketball—Pensacola 'Y' vs. API Frosh.
-Varsity Basketball—Vanderbilt vs. Auburn.
Coming Events
29—President's Ball. Girls' Gym.
30, 31 and Feb. 1—Junior Prom. Graves Center Hall.
3—Second Semester Begins.
27—Lecture—Robert Frost, Poet. Langdon Hall.
4—Lecture—Rabbi Silverman. Langdon Hall.
6—Barrere Little Symphony. Alumni Gym.
26—Engineers' Day.
$10,000 Work Will
Be on Exhibition at
API's Smith Hall
Miss Dana Gatchell's $10,000.00
tapestry will be exhibited to the
public on Sunday here in Smith
Hall from 10 to 12 and 1 to 5 p.m.
After five years of intermittent
work, during which time she spent
2,387 hours to complete the six-by-
nine-foot tapestry, Miss Gatch­ell
recently had it mounted by a
professional in New York City.
Hundreds of people, especially
women, are expected to visit the
exhibit Sunday, for Miss Gatchell
says that she has received num­erous
letters and telephone calls
asking that it be placed on ex­hibition.
A total of 1,200 skeins
of thread were used in making
the tapestry, said Miss Gatchell,
who is professor of home econom­ics
at Auburn.
The story of Miss Gatchell's
tapestry goes back to 1935. It
was while reading a book on tap­estries
by Leland Hunter that
Miss Gatchell found a picture of
tapestry that fascinated her. She
studied every detail of the plate
and decidedto do it in needle
point. The original tapestry was
designed by Boucher and called
"Vertumnus* and Pomona" one of
the Love of the Gods Series. The
frame was designed by Tessier
and the background was woven
by Neilson in 1764.
Once decided on the design,
Miss Gatchell allowed herself five
years in which to complete it.
Since the plate was six inches by
nine inches, she planned her tap-estary
in the same proportion but
in feet instead of inches. First
she worked out the design on
graph paper and this job required
150 hours. Next, it took a whole
month to locate the right canvas,
which necessarily had to be 10
meshes to the inch. A special
frame for holding the canvas was
constructed. Finally, in the spring
of 1936, it was possible for the
actual needlework to begin.
Miss Gatchell began her needle­work
in the center and worked
out. She cut in sections the pat­tern,
which had been grafted on
graph paper, and then worked out
the detail. For the colors in the
background Miss Gatchell chose
soft grey-blue greens. Other pre-dominent
colors used were rose,
blue and bronze.
Execution of the pattern ha^
meant long and tedious hours of
work and everything did not al­ways
proceed on schedule. For ex­ample,
she spent 80 hours in the
right-hand corner of the canvas,
having pulled out the design there
eight times. She also pulled out
the design several times in other
places in her effort at perfection.
Allan DeWitt, above, is vocalist with Jan Savitt's Tophatters, who
will furnish the music for the Mid-Term Dances next week. A vocal
quartet will also furnish harmony for the three-day round of danc­ing
festivities.
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Page Two T H E P L A I N S M AN January 24, 1941
Man—The Thinking Reed CAMPUS CAMERA
"Man is but a reed, but he is a think­ing
reed", wrote an ancient philosopher.
And what does a man's thinking bring
him ? It brings him everything—whether
it be good or bad. It brings him into this
world to love, live, and then die and be
forgotten, or remembered for a while,
as the case may be. But while living on
this earth, man has not lived in vain.
He has thought — he has thought of
good or he has thought of evil, but
nevertheless, he has thought. The good
we welcome, the evil we also welcome,
because ,by this we may see our mis­takes,
our faults, and profit by them.
We dream of Utopia. What is Utopia
—a land of dreams, a land where no
one grows old, where milk and honey
flow through all the beautiful valleys,
and only the sun shines by day and the
moon by night? Where men do not fight,
where everyone loves everyone else?
Yes, that is Utopia, but there is another
Utopia—our thoughts, our dreams.
We may have a front seat in Utopia
if we so wish it. All we must do is think,
and dream. Of course we must leave our
front seat in this paradise once in a
while to come back to reality and make
a living for ourselves and our fellow-man.
It's a great place, the land of
dreams, a place of what ought to be and
what will be. Everything's to be had for
merely the asking—if we but believe.
How powerful and irresistable is
thought, if we would only let it takes its
course and have its way.
That's how we came into this world.
Somebody dreamed, and thought, and
longed and loved, and there we were,
in this world of today. Thus was the en­tire
world created. This is because cre­ation
took place when we were born,
as far as we were concerned. Before
that there were no stars or moon, no
continents, no sorrow or joy.
Why is this world plunged into blood­shed,
fellowmen fighting each other,
clawing for more and more power? It is
because we will not think the other way.
When everyone thinks Democracy, then
Democracy will enter, for it is only wait­ing
for the cue to leave the wings and
enter the stage of life. We shall only
have cooperation, and all the benefits to
be derived therefrom, when all men will
think cooperation. Everyone will live in
the land of milk and honey, there will
be a chicken in every pot, an automobile
in every garage, every sick person will
be cared for, every workman employed
happily, every city and nation in the
world will be governed ideally, just as
soon as we will cast aside our doubts
and fears, and believe that we can do it.
Tyranny, aggression against the help­less,
oppression, these are all negations.
If people would only believe in liberty,
kindness and tolerance, then we could
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and would reach the heights of these
seemingly - unreachable ideals. That
Utopia we dream about is just around
the corner, as is prosperity and world
peace and freedom — if we will only
believe it. Just "believe and it shall be
given unto you".
Our great statesmen and economist
and social workers prate about their
ideas and plans for Utopia, but they
don't believe in them, and we don't
either. We only believe in those mislead­ing
lies that we call "practical". If'we
will only believe, we can pull ourselves
out of the quagmires of disappointment
and misery and rend the curtains of dis­belief
and prejudices and step out into
the glorious light of happiness and con­tentment
and prosperity and peace and
love. We can surmount all the obstacles
that confront us if we will only believe.
'Americanism'
Ed. Note: The following article
does not necessarily coincide with
the views of the editor. It is print­ed
here because of its deep thought
and composition.
Immediately after reading this, some
limp-brained loon is sure to accure us
of plotting a revolution, so we are re­questing
him beforehand to read it four
or five times if he sees four tomatoes in
a row while he is reading, for that does­n't
mean jack pot, it simply means four
tomatoes.
Being an American is fine stuff and
we are for it, but — be sure that you
know what you mean when you say it;
do not, as 95 per cent of Americans do,
let it cover everything you like and noth­ing
you don't like or are neutral to.
Don't let some sneaking, politician
holler, "Americanism!" and collect your
sucker votes by the hat full simply be­cause
he knows how to pronounce it.
The man who must rely on the catch­word
is the man to be most careful of,
for, like the old maid's nightgown, it
covers all and touch nothing.
Don't let someone screech, "Ameri­can!"
and persecute another's ideals or
ideas with it as a club; it should not be
used as a club.
Don't stand up and salute every ban­ner
that passes with it on in bright red
letters; look first at the small letters
underneath and then into the "pockets"
of the men who carry the banner.
Americanism is fine, but if you are
like 99 per cent of all Americans you
have no preconceived notion of exactly
what it means, no knowledge dynamic
enough on which to form one. You
should be doubly careful of its use and
scrutinize well those who claim to know
its meaning well enough to apply it to
something else. C.J.B.
Just Rambling
And they say that Old Father Time
knows more than anybody. He solves
more problems than all the brains in the
world.
* * *
An engineer told us the other day that
Alumni Gym is unsafe for audiences.
Well, well!
* * *
A straw poll of Auburn's honor socie­ty
members say that the respective hon­or
organizations really do smell — and
not with the smell of Evening in Paris
or Springtime.
* * *
And an administration official of API
also told us that "a bunch of soreheads"
were keeping us from meeting Alabama
in athletic combat.
* * *
"Judge not, that ye be not judged."
* * *
A man is no better than what other
people think of him.
* * *
88 per cent of American college stu­dents
believe that Britain will win the
war. So what, Churchill said that a year
ago.
* * *
Auburn will undoubtedly have the
South's best football team in 1941. (Who
said that?)
* * *
And they say that a husband is a
sweetheart with all the nerve taken out
of him.
PI ains Talk
By HERBERT MARTIN
WORLD* YOUNIGErr
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By REDDING SUGG
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed
in this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the ed­itorial
policies of this paper.
It is paradoxical that America,
where hero-worship is a national
pastime should have become the
stronghold of republicanism. We
Americans would revel in the pa­geantry
of royalty, and yet we
officialy profess profound an­tagonism
for it. We give ourselves
away by our breathless receptions
of kings, by eagerly trading our
wealthiest daughters for run­down
foreign titles, and by our
terrific preoccupation with so
little a thing as a toothache in
the mouth of a Duchess of Wind­sor.
* * *
Many people have pointed out
the irony—Hilaire Belloc does it
well in a prefatory essay on mon­archy
in "Louis, XIV"—of a mon-archial
England with a figurehead
king and a democratic America
with a kingly president. Royalty,
I admit, has been one of my weak­nesses.
I used to gobble biogra­phies
and anecdotes of kings,
queens, princes, and dukes—never
sinking below the blood royal!—
by the gross; and I still regret in
an insincere sort of way that
America does not put a dia­dem
on her.presidents and drape
them about with purple and gold
and spotted ermine.
* * *
Concert-goers like me were
charmed with the Wilbur Evans-
Dalies Frantz recital last Monday
night. Frantz is, for a wonder,
even better looking than his ad­vertisements;
and Evans won the
hearts of half the women because,
as one of them told me, he was so
cute. Both artists projected them­selves
better, I believe, than any
of their predecessors on the Au­burn
Concert Series. Their music
was not only splendid and moving,
but at times it was amusing as
well, a combination which most
musicians fail to perceive is per­fect
for the concert stage.
* * *
Wilbur Evans' singing of "Lindy
Lou" reminded me of the time I
heard Lily Strickland, the com­poser,
sing it. She sang at a sum­mer
camp I attended and where
I was a very miserable example of
a little boy learning self-reliance,
and it affected me so that ever
since it has been my idea of heart­rending
music.
* * *
Poor old Alumni Gym, which
really isn't as antiquated as peo­ple
seem to think, deserves at
least one commendation. Unsatis­factory
as the Gym may be, at
least one can see what goes on.
When our auditorium eventually
shows up, we'll no doubt find it
difficult to pick out the perform­ers
even with a microscope.
* * *
This column has a nasty habit
of showing its true colors only
after it has been printed. A pain­ful
example of its perversity was
last week's mention of Oscar
Ameringer's socialistic paper, "The
American Guardian." What you
read was evidence of how thor­oughly
imbued my supposedly tol­erant
mind is with hard and fast
hostility to any and every "ism"
—except republicanism and one
or two others. When I was writ­ing
about Mr. Ameringer, I
thought I was sermonizing against
just such hostility!
* * *
The number of Alabama's col­orful
leaders who have died in
recent months is appalling. In
the space of six months the state
has lost literally dozens of men of
middle years in whose capable or
at least picturesque hands Ala­bama's
progress had been molded.
* * *
If you want to read something
extremely dirty, read "1601," by
Mark Twain. Mark, who was not
much of a critic, thought this
short piece was a scream. Well,
it is, but not the kind of scream
he thought.
* * *
Mark Twain had a good idea
for taking the agony out of spell­ing.
He told Andrew Carnegie
that his devised system of phonetic
spelling was' worse than what we
have, saying the trouble lies in
the alphabet itself. If each letter
had but a restricted number of
sounds and silent letters were out­lawed,
literacy would be more
common.
* * *
What this campus needs is that
ivied, learned look. If I were in
charge, my landscaping would
consist largely of planting ivy on
every available brick, erecting
plaques, hanging portraits wherev­er
they would look most ancestral,
planting all the trees native to
this region, and installing a mul­titude
of benches and drinking
fountains. Then I might get down
to such mundane things as side­walks.
* * *
I've been chuckling about this
Musing on Music
Surprising how many students
have a liking for classical music,
symphony and opera. Every once
in awhile, walking along the
street, I hear cascades of notes
come from different rooms about,
up on the top, in the middle, and
down underneath.
It is interesting to see the num­ber
of students who have their
own collections of records of a
type other than "Big Legged
Woman" and "The Man Who
Comes Around." Don't misunder­stand
me. It isn't a matter of vir­tue;
it is merely a matter of sur­prise
at the fact that there is
room for anything other than eat­ing,
sleeping, and sex in the life
of such a relatively high percent­age
of the people.
The scientist wonders if such
sublimation is merely a peculiar
mental monstrosity, a quaint and
harmless mutation, a slight an­thropological
abnormality in the
species, or is it the sign of a de­velopment
of an appetite for
which there is no satisfaction?
C.J.B.
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.
Dedicated to whom it may con­cern,
here is one more issue of
Plains Talk, wherein we discuss
some of the more popular methods
of studying for X-ams.
* * *
Probably the most widely used
attack on subjects neglected for the
past semester is the Definite De­termination
type, or the NowI'm-goingtodoitsohelpme
philosophy.
The procedure is simple. Im­mediately
after the evening meal
you reject such inviting projects
as the evening paper, the latest
pictorial magazine, the radio, rec­ords,
and the local horse opera,
and hie yourself to your desk,
where you devote some minutes to
deciding what subjects the next
day's exams include.
* * *
You then, by a process of elim­ination,
choose one subject to be­gin
work with, and make a note
not to neglect the other. After some
minutes of feverish activity you
locate your textbook under the
dirty clothes in the closet, having
previously exhausted such likely
places as the book rack, your
roomie's study table, and the rooms
of others taking the same course.
* * *
Borrowing a pencil from the
roomie, you swiftly check over the
chapters to be studied. You then
borrow a knife and with scientific
thoroughness sharpen its point to
its maximum effectiveness.
Next you clean off your study
table, which process involves
minute examination of several ob­jects
you have been searching for
the entire semester. The table
cleaned, you arrange several clean
sheets of paper (also borrowed)
in a neat stack, and look in vain
through your notebook for com­plete
notes on lectures. You do suc­ceed
in finding two pages of notes,
but one of them is covered up by
airplane designs carefully drawn
on top and the other shows evi­dence
of faithful penmanship prac­tice
with your name as the subject.
* * *
You place these notes beside the
paper hopefully, and dust off the
textbook and open it at the first
chapter. You place the pencil on
the clean paper, and adjust your
study lamp so that the glare will
not be reflected into your eyes.
* * *
Fatigued from these exertions,
you realize that you are in for
several hours of hard work, so you
dash to the nearest eating place
for coffee to sustain you through
the evening. By the time you re­turn,
approximately three hours
have elapsed since you began pre­parations.
* * *
Seated once again before your
study table, you discover that you
are out of cigarettes. A careful
search through the roomie's be­longings
uncovers only a handful
of rabbit tobacco, so you have to
run out and get some nicotine cap­sules
to help you stay awake
through the wee hours.
* * *
Back once again, you at last be­gin
work. Ten minutes, and you're
yawning, and after fifteen you give
up and go to bed, setting your
alarm for four o'clock, and reason­ing
that, after all, you can do
your best work in the early morn­ing.
Anyhow, your exam doesn't
start until eight-thirty.
* * *
Four o'clock and the alarm does
its duty. You hastily turn it off,
reasoning soundly that a~ fellow's
gotta look after his health. You
wake up guiltily somewhat after
eight, and get to your exam just
before nine. Your study efforts
have not been crowned with shin­ing
success.
* * *
Another method is to go to bed
immediately after eating, setting
your alarm for ten-thirty. At that
hour you get up, prepare your
desk and books, run out for coffee,
return prepared for work, set your
alarm for four o'clock, and go to
bed. Both plans work the same
from this point on.
* * *
Of course, you can study a little
in the afternoon, but you devote
the afternoon to preparation, kill
time after eating because every­thing
is ready and you haven't
much to do, really, begin studying,
set your alarm for four, and go to
bed. Ditto.
* * *
An effective method is to make
wonderful resolutions for studying
the entire next semester. This
makes you feel a little better. Nuts.
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Kounselor,
kounsels, "Don't suffer from pro­crastination
and lackadaisical
tendencies! (Whew-w-w, Karrie!)
Git to that library without wait­ing
for dessert. At ten you'll have
a good start, you can get your
coffee on the way home,'study a
bit more, and go to bed, setting
your alarm for four o'clock!"
Student Opinion
By STUDENT OPINION SURVEYS
AUSTIN, Texas, Jaonuary 24— some of their adult contemporaries
The belief that the United States would have them believe. There is
must help England on a lease-lend no doubt, the poll shows, that most
basis, trust in a British victory, students are convinced the U. S.
and faith that democracy will sur- _ will have to aid the British, even
vive—those are three patent mani- if there is no cash payment. "Re-festations
of current collegiate fusing to help Britain would be
thought expressed through Stu- like sticking our heads in the
dent Opinion Surveys of America, sand," remarked a Rochester Uni-
Sampling a representative cross versity senior,
section of campuses, including Surprisingly enough, the one-
API with the cooperation of The third of the national enrollment
Plainsman, the Surveys during the opposed to handing Britain war
first two weeks of January inter- materials without payment is gen-viewed
typical students, present- erally not concerned with the dan-ing
three queries that cover one ger of actual involvement in the
of the most crucial problems ever war that we are told the Presi-faced
by the U. S. These were the dent's plan, now in Congress,
questions, and the majority an- would bring. The reason most op-swers
given by American college ponents expresed was this: "We'll
youth: get stuck with another war debt;
1. It has been suggested that England won't be able to repay
the U. S. allow Britain to have us."
planes, guns, and other war ma- Section by section, the inter-terials
on a lease or mortgage viewers working with the Surveys
basis, with no cash payment. These covered the entire nation in this
materials would be returned or study. In the West Central and
replaced with new equipment when Far Western states there appears
the war is over. Do you approve to exist the greatest amount of
or disapprove of the plan? disapproval to the President's aid-
APPROVE, said.-.67 per cent. to-Britain proposal:
2. Do you think Britain or Percentage
Germany will win the war? • Ap- Dis-
BRITAIN, said 88 per cent. prove approve
3. Do you think American de- * e w Eneland - — 7 3 27
mocracy will survive if Britain is ^l d d l e A«antic - 64 36
beaten by Germany? East C e n t r a l 67 33
YES, said 71 per cent. ™es\ C e n t r a l - — 6 1 39
„, ... South 76 24
Thus, an overwhelming prepon- p&r W e g t g() 4Q
derance of the men and women of
college age today, who may be
among those vitally affected by . A ? 2 0 ' 0 0 0 s t e e l s t o r a S e b ^ i ng
the war in the future, are repre- ls n o w b e m 2 u s e d b v I o w a S t a te
sented fully confident that the follege f o r b o o k s s e l d o m u s e d or
days ahead are not as dark as k e p t f o r exchange purposes.
from the Readers' Digest all day: United States Naval academy's
"She had a figure like an hour regiment of midshipmen, number-glass,
and she certainly made ing 2,601, is the largest since
every minute count." World war days.
January 24, 1941 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Words on Music
By JIMMY GILBERT
Records and more of them!
There are some good ones here,
too. The first is a pair of little
known tunes by a comparatively
unknown band. The number one
side is "By the Watermelon Vine
Lindy Lou." The first chorus is
by the Mills Brothers, new style,
and the band is that of Benny
Carter. A lead vocal by Roy, Fel-ton
follows the first chorus, with
the Mills Boys in the background.
Good trumpet and sax solos fin­ish
up the side.
The other side runs to a vocal
by the same Roy Pelton on "I've
Been In Love Before." The sing­er
has a fine voice, but it is not
quite suited to either the band
or the song. The brand is Decca.
Columbia is now releasing the
new Benny Goodman records. One
of the master pieces is a 12 incher
that should make history. Helen
Forrest sings "The Man I Love",
in fine style, and the backer up
reads "Benny Rides Again." The
latter has some fine instrumental
work and the reed unit work is
really beautiful.
In the Decca album series, from
album number 177, we get three
records, six sides, by Carmen Cav-allero.
Now Mr. C. may not be
at all familiar to you, but he has
in the past played with some fine
bands, and at present he has one
of his own. The records, however,
are all piano solos with bass and
drums in the background. The
numbers are rather old, but they
are classics in their field. To list
them . . . "Time on My Hands",
backed by "Stormy Weather"; "I
Can't Get Started" plus "Tempta­tion";
and the last one "If I Could
Be With You", and "Can't We
Talk It Over". These should ap­peal
to the lovers of good piano
solo work.
* * *
After three attempts to make
a perfect waxing, Glenn Miller
finally released, on two sides,' his
famous arrangement of "The An­vil
Chorus". That should be 'nuff
said, except that the label is Blue­bird.
* * *
And some more Decca waxes
. . . Woody Herman does the vo­cal
on "You're the One", from the
picture of the same name, and
"Love of My Life". The latter is
quite well known.
* - ' * • *
Incidentally, the Herman Herd
has a new BMI tune that is a se­quel
to "Woodchopper's Ball,"
called "Furtrapper's Ball". The
rhythm and breaks are fine, and
we'd like to hear a recording of
same.
* * *
The Merry Macs in the typical
nasel style murder "Do You Know
Why," and the partner "Isn't That
Just Like Love?" The former
would be fine if it weren't for the
fact that the vocal parts are over-arranged.
The melody is too brok­en
up. The label is as usual, Dec­ca.
* * *
To get the broadcasters views
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Owl Show — One Time Only, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday and Monday
Errol FLYNN • Olivia de HAVILLAND
Tuesday
CONRAD VEIDT in
"BLACKOUT"
MARTIN
"THE PLACE TO GO"
Freshman Cagers
Lose First Game
Of 1940-41 Season
Montgomery "Y" Squad
Tops Rats by 45-32
In Capital City Game
The fast playing and previously
unbeaten Auburn freshman cage
team fell before the Montgomery
'Y' team last Tuesday night in the
Capital City by a score of 45-32.
Coach Elmer Salter's Baby Tig­ers
were the losers but they un­covered
the offensive star of the
game in Chois Dyar, lanky center
who bagged 17 of the freshmen's
3 points, sinking seven goals and
three foul shots.
High scorers for the 'Y' team
were Hutt, center, with 12 points,
and Bonner, forward, with 10
points.
Taking an early lead and hold­ing
it all the way, the Montgom­ery
team was never in real dan­ger.
The halftime score was 22
to 13 in favor of the 'Y' squad.
It was the fifth game in as
many starts for the 'Y' team,
coached by Ben Chapman, form­er
University of Alabama athlete
and big league baseball star in
season. Chapman has refereed the
varsity cage games at the Plains
this season.
The frosh team had won six
games prior to their first defeat
last Tuesday night.
Lineups and summary:
•Y* Varsity— G. F. PL Tp.
Bonner, f 5 0 0 10
McPherson, f - - - 1 1 3 3
Hutt, c 5 2 3 12
Parish, g 3 1 2 7
Eley, g 1 1 0 3
McCloy, f 3 0 1 6
Bates, f 0 0 0 0
Garrett, g 2 0 2 4
Copeland, g 0 0 2 0
Totals 20 5 13 45
Auburn Frosh— G. F PL Tp.
Wiliams, t 2 0 1 4
McKinney, f 2 1 2 5
Dyar, c 7 3 2 17
McCain, g 1 1 1 3
Green, g 0 0 0 0
Cornelison, f 1 1 1 3
Brisco, g 0 0 0 0
Lamb, g 0 0 0 0
Totals 13 6 7 32
Half-time score: 'Y' 22; Au­burn
Frosh 13.
Foul shots missed: Bonner 1,
on the current music situation,
read "Portrait of A 'Protector',"
a bulletin released by the Nation­al
Association of Broadcasters. Of
course, this only tells one side,
but some of the points are good.
Earnest Nix Named
FFA President for
Second Semester
Earnest B. Nix, senior in agri­cultural
education from Detroit,
was elected president of the Au­burn
Collegiate Chapter of the Fu­ture
Farmers of America at the
regular meeting of the organization
last Tuesday night in Ross Audi­torium.
Other officers elected for the en­suing
semester include Jack Barnes,
vice-president; Bob Ramey, secre­tary;
Paul Autrey, treasurer;
John "Red" Hinson, parliamentar­ian;
and Elmer Rhodes, sergeant-at-
arms. W. H. Gregg will continue
to setve as reporter throughout the
next semester.
Retiring officers of the society
include Jimmy Daily, president;
A. G. Williams, vice-president; S.
L. Davis, secretary; W. V. Lord,
treasurer; D. K. Christenberry,
parliamentarian; Jim LeNoir, ser-geant-
at-arms.
Plans for the "wild west" rodeo,
to be held this spring in coopera­tion
with the Ag Club and the
Junior AVMA were also discussed
at the meeting Tuesday night.
Announcement was made that a
District FFA meeting, with a dance
for entertainment, will be held at
the Opelika High School next Mon­day
night at 7 o'clock.
Three API Vet Professors Named
To Important Defense Positions
Professors Winters, Cotton, and Robinson
Among Those Named by National Official
Three prominent Auburn veterinarians will serve in
the front line of the vital national defense work being
carried on by the American Veterinary Medical Associa­tion.
These men have been named to important posts in
the organization of this association for 1941, Dr. A. E.
Wight, Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, who is
president of the AVMA, announced today.
They are: Drs. Everett S. Winters, William E. Cotton
O. Robinson, all of the
Errol Flynn Starred
In 'Sante Fe Trail'
At Martin Sunday
"Sante Fe Trail," the new Errol
Flynn-Olivia de Havilland co-star­ring
picture, which has its premiere
local showing on Sunday at the
Martin Theatre, brings to life
some of the most colorful figures
of America's history. Dealing with
the turbulent days of the era just
preceding the Civil War, the story
is said to top the thrills of "Dodge
City," "Virginia City" and "The
Sea Hawk."
Flynn portrays Jeb Stuart, fam­ed
cavalry commander, Ronald
Reagan is cast as General George
Custer, and Raymond Massey plays
the fanatical John Brown—three
names that ring out of history's
pages. Other players who portray
real-life characters in the film are
Alan Hale, William Lundigan, Van
Heflin, Guinn Williams, Gene Rey­nolds
and Henry O'Neill. Olivia de
Havilland is seen as a feminine
"Kit Carson," who captures the
heart of young Jeb Stuart. Mich­ael
Curtiz directed from Robert
Buckner's story.
Douglas, Russell
Starred at Tiger
Together f o r the First
Time in Comedy Sunday
This thing called laughter is
here in abundance! This thing
called' romance is all over the
place! This thing called entertain­ment
sparkles so gaily, you'll a-dore
. . . you'll love . . . "This
Thing Called Love"!
It's so nice . . . but definitely
. . . "This Thing Called Love"!
And especially when its practiced
by those experts d'amour . . .
Rosalind Russell and Melvyn
Douglas . . . in their first uproar­ious
appearance together! The
hectic new Columbia comedy,
"This Thing Called Love," will be
shown Sunday and Monday at the
Tiger Theatre. Supporting the co-stars
is an all-comedy cast which
includes Binnie Barnes, Allyn
Joslyn, Gloria Dickson, Lee J.
and M.
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Dr. Winters has been appointed
Resident State Secretary of the
AVMA for Alabama.
Dr. Cotton has been named a
member of the Executive Board
of the Association.
McPherson 1, Hutt 1, Williams 3,
Dyar 4, McKinney 1, Green 1,
Lamb 1.
Referee: Allyn Thames.
Discerning men will ap­preciate
LEE JAMES'
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new Spring Clothes . . .
clothes that give a man
a "lift" . . . that reflect
character . . . that ex­press
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Alexander Hall, director of "He
Stayed for Breakfast" and "The
Doctor Takes a Wife," wielded
the megaphone on "This Thing
Called Love." George Seaton, Ken
Englund and P. J. Wolfson pen­ned
the screenplay.
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' "Something New Every Day"
Dr. Robinson has been reap­pointed
Chairman of the AVMA
Committee on Food Hygiene.
The men named today by Dr.
Wight totaled 181 veterinarians
in the 48 states, in United States
territories and in Canada.
In addition to their part in the
national defense program, they
will participate in the work car­ried
on by the American Veter­inary
Medical Association in pub­lic
health, in research, and animal
disease prevention and in its board
legislation and policy activities.
To Make The
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Your Headquarters
For Good Food
The NEW COLLEGE
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new management
and ready to serve you.
During Exams — all
students are invited up
for free coffee from
9 : 3 0 on.
Tonite, DOUGHNUTS
and coffee on the
house!
B. A. DICKMAN, the
New Manager, Class of
'41, says to the stu­dents,
"Thanks for your
splendid patronage and
cooperation. We are de­lighted
to serve you in
any way possible."
The College Inn
"Student Headquarters"
THIS WEEK
The Auburn Grille
ANNOUNCES THAT
Eddie Taylor
has been selected to receive
a Steak Dinner for his out­standing
service to Auburn
during the last three years.
EDO'S TWYl-O*.
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.
Congratulations to BURTON'S BOOKSTORE on the anniver­sary
of its 63rd year of service to Auburn students,
"THE PLAINSMAN"
Page Four THE P L A I N S M AN January 24, '1941
Tigers Meet Strong Vanderbilt
Cage Team Here Tomorrow Night
Guard
^^^m^m^^^M
Vandy Team Boasts Seven Lettermen, API
Squad Has Only Two; to Be Played at Cym
By JOHN PIERCE
Sports Editor
Auburn basketball fans will get their chance to see
probably one all around player in the Southeastern Con­ference
tomorrow night at Alumni Gym when Capt. Pinky
Lipscomb leads his Vanderbilt hoopsters onto the floor
against Auburn.
Pinky, who was named on the All-Southeastern five
his sophomore year, has made a point of personally drop­ping
19 and 20 points a game through the basket whether
the Commodores win or lose. He's
Forward
JACK TANNER
Auburn
Jack Tanner's consistent defen­sive
work on the varsity cage
team has been a standout of the
Tigers' string of wins this season.
He hails from Dora, Alabama.
Abdul K. Mehta, champion cy­clist
of India, has .organized a
cycling club for students at Texas
university.
Scholarships valued at $450 and
$500 were recently awarded 11
freshmen at Brown university.
ROOMS FOR RENT—New house
one block to campus two blocks
to town. Hot and cold water in
each room. Price reasonable.
Phone 569.
FOR SALE: 3 double deck beds
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now a senior and at his peak, and
should give tomorrow's audience
its biggest individual show of the
year. Aside from his basketball
activities he has somewhere found
time to make Phi Beta Kappa,
play a class of baseball that has
already netted him a professional
offer, and take over the presi­dency
of Omicron Delta Kappa on
the Vandy campus. Sad note in
his career is the draft number he
holds which will send him into the
army at the end of the school
year.
Six other lettermen will take
part in the doings tomorrow night
and this list includes not only a
couple of football stars but the
Southeastern Conference's tennis
champion, Joe Davis. Veterans
Poyner Thweatt, Maurice Hold-graf,
Mac Peebles, Harrison Rue,
and John Hyden round out the
all-star cast.
The Commodores, though losing
as many conference tilts as win­ning
thus far, always present a
high scoring team that is regard­ed
as a major threat anywhere in
Dixie. The Tigers have engaged
Vanderbilt four times during the
past two years but have failed to
take any of the four games.
NICE quiet room and cottage for
next semester. Room next to
shower. Phone 11 in day; 462
after six. Mr. Hardie, Consumer
Coal.
ROOMS for rent: New house one
block to campus, two blocks to
town. Hot and cold water in
each room. Price reasonable.
Phone 567.
FOR RENT: 3 room apartment
with kitchenette; steam heat by
stoker; unfurnished; one block
from infirmary. Harvey C.
Pitts. Phone 375.
FIVE room brick, modern house
—Wright's Mill Road, Auburn.
Mrs. J. M. Florence Burt.
OUR PRODUCTS ARE WHOLESOME
AND DELICIOUS
• They are placed fresh daily in your favor­ite
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Auburn
Tommie Mastin, Montgomery
lad, is small, but fast. So far this
season he has not shown the form
of last season's play. He is slated
to see action against Tulane to­night.
Varsity Cagers Tangle Tonight
With Tulane in Conference Tilt
Creenies Favored to Take Tilt- at Alumni
Cym; Plainsmen Undefeated This Season
Auburn throws its unblemished cage record into the
ring against its most potent opposition tonight at 8:00 as
the Tigers face Tulane in Alumni Gym. The contest will
mark the Green Wave's only 1941 appearance at Auburn.
In the 6:15 preliminary the Tiger rats, defeated for
the first time of the season Tuesday night, will tangle
with the Columbus Manufacturers.
Thirty-one new members have
been added to the famed St. Olaf
college Lutheran choir at Nor-field,
Minn., bringing the total to
63.
The Louisianians, who have
shown themselves as the SEC's
dark horse in the games played
thus far, will probably rule pre-game
favorites due to an impres­sive
list of seven lettermen and a
string of wins including a recent
edging of the strong Crimson
Tide of Alabama. Only common
foe of the teams involved has
been Mississippi, with both Au­burn
and Tulane shading the
Rebs. In the Wave-Rebel game
Tulane led at the half by a 33-7
score.
Numbered in the lettermen are
three who are also known widely
Dr. Inez Rundstrom, oldest ac­tive
member of the faculty at
Gustavus Adolphus college, is be­ginning
her forty-seventh year at
the school.
Three sons of law graduates
registered this year in the law
school of Creighton university.
These Days Perfect
Grooming Is Com­pulsory
Campus Barber
Shop
for their grid activities, they be­ing
Al Bodney, Pete Mandich,
and Stan Nyhan. Other veterans
making the trip will be Zengal,
McGehee, Hart, and Perbut.
Question mark for the Auburn-ites
this week is Frank Manci,
lucky forward, who has been
troubled during the week with a
hip injury. It is as yet unknown
whether or not he will be avail­able
for duty in the lineup. Should
he not start then a choice from
between Teedie Faulk and Tom­mie
Mastin will complete the ag­gregation
including Canzoneri,
Motley, Hawkins, and Dunbar.
ROOM a n d board: Excellent
meals. Under new manage­ment.
Mrs. E. L. Jamison, 234
E. Glenn. Telephone 771-M.
NICE rooms for boys, convenient­ly
located. 241 S. Gay. Phone
427-M. Mrs. Wallace.
ROOM or board for one boy —
230 E. Glenn St. Phone 433.
ROOM and board for 2 boys. Mrs.
Cook, 114 Thomas St. Tel. 522.
ROOM for 2 boys. 337 E. Mag­nolia.
Phone 229-W.
Today
ANN SOUTHERN in
'Maisie Was A Lady'
With LEW AYRES
Saturday
JOHN HOWARD ELLEN DREW
AKIM TAMIROFF in
'Texas Rangers Ride Again'
Sunday & Monday
WELCOME
STUDENTS!
Friendly Service
at the
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WE ESPECIALLY LIKE TO SERVE THE
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Essentials for a
College Education
1. A warp-proof, split-proof
Clipboard 50c
2. 500 sheet package yellow
Second Sheets 35c
3. Box split-head Thumb Tacks,
100 to box .__ ... 10c
4. Scholastic Water Colors,
tube 15c
5. Prep Rubber Lab. Aprons
6. Slumber Stopper Alarm Clock $1.00
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From play-school to University—
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' " ' A* Taking Off
. . . with a fast start in the backstroke time trials at the Ft. Lauderdale
Aquatic Forum are Phil Swartz of Wooster College and Lew Treleavcn
of Kenyon College. Members of their respective varsity squads, the
boys became teammates on the West team for the East-West Relays.
Collegiate Digest Photo by Sapp
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Shatters Precedent
First engineering scholarship ever
granted a girl by Fenn College was
awarded recently to Barbara Taylor.
She is planning a career in chemical
engineering. Acme
Wins Football Award
All-America guard Bob Suffridge of
the University of Tennessee Vols won
the Knute Roclcne memorial trophy for
1940. This honor is given annually to
the year's outstanding lineman. Acme
It Must Have Been a Good One
Dr. Douglas Reading of the Colgate University faculty wows Maestro Duke
Ellington with a story shortly before the Ellington orchestra played the first jazz
concert at a major U. S. college. Gowds jammed the auditorium for this unusual
concert which was part of the music and lecture series sponsored by the uni­versity.
• Collegiate Digest Photo by Hrnry hu3en* Behi
Nature Sculptured This Likeness
George Washington Rock, decorated with snow in celebration of the patriot's birthday,
looks down over the campus of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. According
to legend, Washington once slept by the rock which greatly resembles his features. Setter
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Alice Abbott, who last year won
the first varsity "D" ever awarded
to a Dickinson College co-ed (or
her performance on the men's ten­nis
team, recently became the first
woman to win her license under the
CAA student pilot training pro­gram
at the college. Acme
Self Assignment
Tall Harold Welsh, editor of the
New Mexico State Teachers Col­lege
Mustang, towered over the in­ternationally
famous Devi Dja
troupe of Bali dancers when he
went up-stage to interview them.
They appeared on the campus as a
part of the school's artist and lec­ture
series.
THE SMOKE OF SLOWER-BURNING CAMELS GIVES YOU
I JXTRA MILDNESS, EXTRA COOLNESS, EXTRA FLAVORS
LESS
NICOTINE
than the average of the 4 other largest-selling
brands tested — less than any of
them — according to independent scien­tific
tests of the smoke itself
YOU don't need a science degree to tell you
that the pleasure you get from a cigarette is
in the smoke itself! That's plain common sense!
But science can tell you — has pointed it out many
times —that Camels are definitely slower-burning.
That means a smoke free from the harsh, irritating
qualities of excess heat —a smoke that is extra
mild, extra cool, and extra flavorful.
Now science confirms another important ad­vantage
of Camel's costlier tobaccos and slower way
of burning—less nicotine in the smoke (see above).
So light up a Camel —now.
Try Camels. Smoke out the facts for yourself.
Dealers everywhere feature Camels by the carton.
For convenience — for economy—get your Camels
by the carton.
By burning 25%
slower
than the average of the 4
other largest-selling brands
tested—slower than any of
them —Camels also give
you a smoking plus equal,
on the average, to
5 EXTRA SMOKES
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CAMEL THE SLOWER-BURNING
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Hit-and-R Victim Beenders of Long Island University on the floor, gets hit in the face
_ _ by the knee of a DePaul player who hurdles him to get the ball during a
( J I I tense moment of their recent game. Beenders was knocked cold — and was
"out" for some time. L. I. U. took the same, 44-30. international
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This Party Really Got Rough
. . . when the trigger (insert or some of the boys got to itching. Shooting it out in this typical
frontier scene are Jimmie Ferguson and Joe Buland, right, who is a little slow on the draw.
"Bartender" Johnny Anderson looks on with a pained expression as if this were an every­day
occurence in his saloon. The novel party depicting the early frontier days was given by
Delta Sigma Xi fraternity pledges at the University of Tulsa. Collect* Digest Photo by btdiifc
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Smoking a pipe, wearing an old hat and bathrobe, Bob
Loftus of Lawrence College uses an ice-pick for the fin­ishing
touches on his snow sculpture "Venus a la Phi
Tau". Bob spent an invigorating four hours on the Phi
Tau lawn creating his work of art. by Luebtc
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Opponents swear that Colby's star goalie and hockey captain,
Eddie Loring, has at least four arms and four legs to stop the puck
as often as he does. This picture indicates that they may be right
at that. Loring is a big factor in the Maine college's current cam­paign
to keep its hockey reputation.
Newly Elected A . A . C. Prexy
The news photographer caught Dr. Remsen Bird, presi­dent
of Occidental College, in this informal pose
shortly after he had been selected to head the Ameri­can
Association of Colleges for the coming year.
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Arriving at Wake Forest, the trailerites locate betide the home of a resident, from whom electricity and water True to tradition Jack carries his bride over the threshold o
facilities are obtained at half-and-half rates. «"«" h o m * f o r t n e s c n o ° ' V M r -
With no unpacking troubles, Jack curls up in one end of the
trailer for a few moments of relaxation.
. . . but his wife insists he start studying so study he • while she sets about preparing the evening meal.
j o e s Cozy kitchen, isn t it?
After dinner more studying Social life is not ignored. Time to
must be done. start to that party.
Right off the bat/Frank Harrell, an old friend, pays a visit, so another place is set. Frank is enrolled at
Wake Forest, too.
Arriving home they make up their bed. The lounge at one end of
the trailer turns into a large double bed at the press of a button.
Campus Pawnbroker
mn Charles Thomas of the University of Idaho
tes a thriving short term loan business, offers from
$20 at fixed interest charges to students "tempo-embarrassed".
He requires collateral and has ac-d
such articles as sporting equipment, typewriters,
al instruments, cameras, watches, etc. He says most
are floated for necessary expenditures rather than
volous purposes.
A Perfect Gentleman!
This picture, taken in the "Brick" at Alfred University,
shows how the girls learn to dance. A l l are willing to help
the "freshie" learn, but no one wants to sacrifice his own
toes, so they built this dummy to practice with — and he
never COmplainS. Collegiate Digest Photo by Williams
Concocts Low-Cost Diet
>bert S. Harris of Massachusetts Institute of Tech-y.
is working on food formulas which, he says,
feed a human being adequately at a cost of $1.80
. The formulas resemble corn flakes and are eaten
ereals. They contain every vitamin except "C".
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Southern Beauty Girds for Winter
Of the many queens selected this year at the University of Alabama, one of
the loveliest is Julie Perkins, Chi Omega beauty. She was chosen by the
Rammer-Jammer, monthly humor magazine of the school. Photo by f«t>er
Win Eighth Straight
It looks as though Auerbach (18)
of New York University and
Thompson (10) of Manhattan are
trying to push the ball through the
roof but actually they're just light­ing
for control of die ball as it
bounces off the Manhattan back­board.
The Violets swamped Man­hattan
5 4 - 8 1 , to keep their perfect
record intact. imcnwtioiui
Collegiate Digest's annual Salon Edition
competition is now open. Take this oppor­tunity
to win national honors and cash
prizes. Remember it's the picture that
counts. Plan to enter this strictly collegiate
contest now. You may have a prize-win­ning
print among the pictures you have
taken during the past year.
Salon Competition Rules
1. All material mutt b« sent net later than April 1, to: Salon Editor,
Collegiate Digest Section, 383 Fewkes Building, Minneapolis,
Minn.
9. Send technical data about each photo submitted. Give college
year or faculty standing of the photographer. Information about the
subject of the photo will be helpful. Any size of photo is acceptable,
bat pictures larger than 3 by 5 inches are preferred.
3. Enter your photo in one of the following divisions: a) still life;
b) scenes; c) action and candid photos; d) portraits; e) "college life".
4. For the best photo a special prize of $85 will be awarded. First
place winners in each division will receive a cash award of $5; second
and thud place winners, $3 and $8.
5. There is no entry fee, and each individual may submit as many
photos as he wishes. Photos will be returned if adequate postage ac­companies
entries.
Contest Closes April 1st — Send Your Photos Today!
Perhaps She's Just Embarrassed
Minor
It has been hinted that Scherzo, art treasure of Ball State
Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana, will change her attitude
of amazement when the right man comes along. Student Bob
Wright tests his personality but fails to make an impression.
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