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"AUBURN—the friendliest college in the United States'
*! VOL. LXIV Z-I ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, DECEMBER 13, 1940 No. 28
Sweetheart of KA Squires' Drive Reaches Climax
Tickets on Sale for
All-Star, SPE Game
Play to be Staged Monday Night
" T i m e a n d T h e Conways"
Also Will Be P r e s e n t ed
On T u e s d a y by P l a y e rs
Backstage mechanics will have a
problem on their hands when the
Auburn Players present Priestly's
"Time and .the Conways" next
Monday and Tuesday nights. The
play will begin at 8:15 each night.
Lighting technicians and makeup
artists have particularly difficult
tasks, as the play calls for
two absolute changes in time of
the same scene.
The second act takes place 20
years after the first, while the
third goes back to the time of the
first. Actors must be made up for
the first act, aged twenty years
for the second, and resume their
original appearance for the last
act. This will be especially hard,
as most of the characters are in
their late teens and early twenties
in the first act, and must show
quite a lot of change during the
20 year lapse.
The third act calls for duplication
of the first make-up job, and
any change would be noticeable.
All of this changing has to be done
so quickly as not to take too much
time between acts, and promises
to make things pretty merry for
some time backstage.
The wall-paper offers another
problem. It cannot remain the same
for 20 long years, and time and
materials would not permit substitution
of other scenery. This has
been solved by the use of unusual
lighting arrangements which age
the wall-paper by 20 years to the
minute.
Another unusual feature of this
play is in the cast. The play is almost
entirely one of major characters.
The cast is not large, and each
member is instrumental.
The play is under the direction
of Prof. Telfair B. Peet.
The cast, in the order of appearance,
is as follows:
Hazel, Kathryn Blake, Auburn;
Carol, Elaine Freeman, Auburn;
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Ann Tatum Named 'May Queen'
By Coeds in Wednesday Vote
Becky Stanley, above, from Anniston, will lead the annual Kappa
Alpha formal dance at Graves Center tomorrow night. She will be
escorted by Jim Reynolds, president of the fraternity. The Auburn
Knights will play for the occasion.
Harry Binford Wins
IQ40 ODK Cake Race
the race, one of the first twenty-five
was left out of the results. He
was number 12—William Frederick.
Because of this, a cake was
given to the 26th man in, also.
The entire list of the first twen-
Jack Hans Places
Second; Time Slow
H a r r y Binford, independent
freshman from Birmingham, won
the Wilbur Hutsell Cake Race
Wednesday afternoon, with a time ] *V-aix i s a s follows:
of 15 minutes, 29 seconds.
Behind Binford was Jack Hans,
also of Birmingham, an SAE
pledge, with his time 15 minutes,
51 seconds.
Branch Telephone
System Installed
At API This Week
With the completed transition
Thursday of all college telephones
to the new dial system, students
and townspeople are requested to
first call 960 when they wish to
talk with someone on the campus.
Number of the college switchboard,
through which all incoming
calls to the campus must be handled,
is 960. After the college operator
answers at 960, one should
then call for the new number on
the campus dial system.
Considerable confusion has been
caused this week, telephone officials
stated, because many townspeople
are asking city telephone operators
for the new numbers on the campus
system.
Kappa Delta Wins by Slim Margin Over
Ruth Price and Ann Pafford Wednesday
Ann "Snookie" Tatum was chosen over six other candidates
in Wednesday's election, to reign as May Queen
at the annual Spring Festival, to be held the first week
in May.
Women students voted from 1 until 5 Wednesday afternoon,
casting 345 ballots. Miss Tatum received a total
of 79 votes, seven more than Ruth Price, non-sorority candidate
who polled 72 votes.
1. Harry Binford; 2. Jack Hans,
SAE; 3. Fred Corneilson; 4. C.
Hereford; 5. C. L. Drake; 6. B.
Hereford; 7. J. D. Braham; 8. M.
A. Champion; 9. Lawrence Cottle;
Sigma Chi Fraternity won the I JO- Clyde Sullivan; 11. J. E.
Ag Frosh Tour to Be
Conducted Tomorrow
A tour of the ./..-/burn Experiment
Station for all freshmen enrolled
in agriculture will be conducted
tomorrow morning. The
I tour is being sponsored by Alpha
ODK trophy for having the first) Stahnke, PiKA; 12. William Fred- I Zeta honor society, and henceforth
four men in any fraternity !to
cross the finish line. Second place
went to SAE, and third to Pi KA.
Most supreme show of tenacity
in the 2.7 mile grind was the case
of "Harpo" Warren, who ran the
entire race with a broken bone in
his leg-—and finished in twenty-third
place!
In the special edition of the
Plainsman which came out after
erick; 13. C. S. Herring. | WJU be an annual event in the Ag
14. Gilbert Raulston; 15. Bob ! School activities.
Sherling, PiKA; 16. Irven Cooper, j The tour will start from Comer
OTS; 17. Charles Smith; 18. J. H. Hall and will begin at 10 a.m.,
Ann Pafford, a Chi Omega, followed
closely behind Miss Price,
with 71 votes, to take third place.
Auburn's May Queen for 1941,
Ann Tatum, is vice-president of
Kappa Delta sorority. She is president
of Cardinal Key, national senior
honorary society for women.
An outstanding student in secondary
education, she was recently
named one of 19 seniors from Auburn
for "Who's Who in American
Colleges and Universities."
Miss Tatum is serving as pledge
adviser for her sorority this year.
Her home is in Opelika.
Miss Price, the second place winner,
is from Decatur. She is a
junior in physical education. Number
three on the slate, Miss Pafford,
is from Daytona Beach,
Florida. She is a junior in home
economics.
Both Miss Price and Miss Pafford
will serve as attendants to
the May Queen at her coronation,
along with the other candidates in
Wednesday's race.
These were: Frances Hodge,
Alpha Gam from Wadley; Martha
D. Vest, from Hartselle, a Phi
Omega Pi; Margaret Nash, Helena,
a member of Theta Upsilon;
and Hazel Garrison, Delta Zeta
from Gadsden.
The Spring Festival is annually
sponsored by Sphinx, and is presented
by the women's students of
API. The May Queen will be
crowned during the program by
Dr. L. N. Duncan.
Owl Show at Tiger Tonight Will Start
At 10:30; Came Tomorrow at 2 O'Clock
The first attraction sponsored by Squires, sophomore
honor society, for the purpose of raising funds to send an
ambulance to England, will be the Owl Show at the Tiger
Theatre tonight at 10:30. Scenes from all of Auburn's
football games of this season will be presented as the
main feature of the program.
Auburn's six cheerleaders will be on hand to lead the
audience in college yells and songs and also some of the
popular patriotic songs. In addition
to these features, a comedy
will also be shown.
The second attraction of this
drive will take place tomorrow afternoon
when the Sigma Phi Ep-silon
team meets the Interfrater-nity
All-Stars in a charity game in
the Auburn Stadium. The ' game
will begin promptly at 2 o'clock.
Tickets for the game are being
sold by members of Squires and
will also be sold at the game. Purchasers
of tickets to the touch
football game will also receive a
chance for a free trip to the Sugar
Bowl game in New Orleans on
January 1, when Tennessee, SEC
champions meet the Boston College
Eagles, the East's number one foot-
YipeeeT Wild West
Rodeo to Be Staged
Here Next Spring
A real "wild west rodeo" will
be staged at Auburn sometime during
the coming spring, according
to Mr. Sam Brewster, of the Buildings
and Grounds Department,
who is in chai-ge of the event.
Student organizations sponsoring
the event include the Ag Club,
AVMA, the FFA, and ASAE.
President L. N. Duncan and Col.
J. J. Waterman have expressed
their desire to cooperate in the
staging of this new event.
Committees will be appointed af-1
ter the holidays to work out all' ball team.
necessary details of the rodeo. All
students who have any form of
equipment that might be used in
this rodeo are requested to bring
such articles with them when they
return from the Christmas holidays.
Large quantities of riding
equipment will be needed.
Thomas, Sigma Chi; 19. W. D.
Faulkner, Delta Sigma Phi; 20.
Clyde Orr, SPE; 21. James Sans-ing;
22. Malcolm Dukes; 23. Har-ending
shortly before noon. Cars
will be furnished in order that
those making the trip may ride
over the several hundred acres of
po Warren, Sigma Chi; 24. James i the Station.
Pasteur; 25. Wm. H.
Travis Berry.
Mullen; 26. Members of the Experiment Station
Staff will conduct the tour.
'Natural Beauty of Plains Will
Be Retained in Five- Year Plan'
"Yes, I Ran a Cake Race, Wednesday",
Says Our'Rat'Reporter--Puff, Puff!
Brewster Releases
More Information
On Campus Program
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the
third of four articles on the plans
for improving the Auburn campus
during the next five years, according
to exclusive information
released to the Plainsman by Mr.
area will be regraded wherever
necessary for proper drainage and
smoothness. A formal, geometrical
system of asphalt walks will be
laid among the trees to provide
free circulations of pedestrians
from Samford to Langdon and the
architectuure buildings and the
town's business section.
Trees will be thinned out in the
area for several reasons. In the
Sam Brewster, of Buildings and | first place, they are, according to
Grounds Department. Mr. Brewster, too crowded for na-
! tural and proper growth. A numBy
REDDING SUGG ber of the trees are diseased, and
"Auburn's campus," said Mr.
Brewster in speaking of his five-still
others are starved because of
stiff competition from larger trees.
year campus development program, I The foliage is at present too dense
to allow good lawns.
Planting of lawns among the
thinned-out tress will serve a double
purpose. Not only will healthy
'will in time conform to basic
principles of landscape architecture;
and yet the idea is to retain
the natural beauties of an attractive,
rolling terrain and to add the
^features necessary for the fullest
use of a college campus." With
this concise statement of purpose,
the preview of the new Auburn
continues.
Main Campus Renovation
Complete re-conditioning of the
main campus, the block from Main
Gate to Thach, will begin soon. The
Finishes Race in " H o t"
Tie for Position 320
By DAVID ALLEN
"Hello, Rat! What caused the
limp?"
"As if you didn't know! I ran
a cake race yesterday."
"So what? That shouldn't have
caused you to get that sore. Can't
you run three miles without getting
stiff muscles and sore legs?"
As if he didn't run the same
thing last year, and creep around
and moan as much as I am doing
now. In one short year he's become
another Charles Atlas. Why,
to hear him tell it, he could run
ten miles without even giving out
of wind.
Yes, I ran a race Wednesday. It
was the honorable and traditional
"Auburn Cake Race", reserved especially
for the lowly freshmen
who come to the revered Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. It's under
the able supervision of the War
Dept. and ODK, and is supposed
to keep the freshmen in physical
trim during their first year away
from the apron-strings of mother
dear. And what is the prize for
running your legs off? It is 700 to
1 chance on a cake, a reluctant
will be done and a set of steps | kiss from Miss Auburn, some show
will be constructed. A second set | tickets, and a lot of ballyhoo in
will be regraded into a more gentle,
rolling slope.
At the base of the terrace a ten-foot
asphalt walk will be laid along
the drive to the Ross Laboratory
from Thach Avenue to the college
power house. The terrace will be
broken by five sets of steps spaced
along its entire length.
A formal pattern of walks will
be laid directly behind Samford
Hall, terminating in the five
flights of steps. There will be two
driking fountains near each corner
of the building.
Other Walks and Steps
Where at present there is a concrete
ramp leading down the side
; of Langdon Hall to the door of
Student Center, a job of grading
lawns be attractive to the eye, but! of steps will be constructed lead-1 the Plainsman.
they will also act as a restorative
to the remaining trees by holding
moisture and keeping the surface
of the ground soft.
Plans for Rear of Samford
Behind Samford Hall there is a
steep, inconvenient terrace with
one set of eccentric steps to aid in
mountain climbing. This terrace
ing up from the front door of the ; You want to know the feelings
Buildings and Grounds and Glom-1 of a freshman who ran the race?
erata office building to the higher
level on which Samford Hall
stands.
Following a logical plan used by
Louisiana State University, primary
walks not only on the main
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Well, if you don't mind having
them from the rat who pulled into
the home stretch neck-and-neck for
the three-hundred-twentieth place,
I'll be glad to tell you.
The first thing I did after getting
out of my last class was to
go home and get into the least
amount of clothing that the officials
would allow me to wear,
which turned out to be a moth-eaten
pair of bathing trunks and
a more-or-less ragged sweater.
Then to report to my company on
Bullard field. After waiting until
all the entrants had posed leg-pictures
for publicity purposes and
we all had our foreheads stamped
with "Rush" or "Fragile", we
tramped over to Drake field to
find the starting line. And I do
mean "find the starting line".
Personally, I never did locate it.
I got as close to the barbed-wire
fence as I could, and dared someone
to tell me to move farther
back.
Owing to a slight argument between
the fence and me, I got off
to a slow start, and trailed the
hounds on to Thach Street. I noticed
about three fellows in tuxedos.
I guess they must have had
a rush date for a formal dance
soon after they finished; or they
figured they would finish so late
that a tux would be more in order
than short pants and sweat shirt.
Of course, I got off to a bad
start and all, but I didn't think
that when I reached a place where
I could see around Samford Hall
that I could gaze upon some "rats"
already passing through the red
light on Toomer's corner. And a
cop was standing right there, too.
I was running fairly easily then,
except that my mouth felt as if it
were the wind tunnel in Aero Lab.
After panting myself over half
the rolling plains in Auburn, I
walked up the long hill on Magno-
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BSU Holds Christmas
Coffee' Tonight at 8
The Baptist Student Union of
Auburn will present its annual
"Christmas Coffee" tonight at the
First Baptist Church, beginning
at 8 o'clock.
The social will last for about
two hours. Special features of the
program include music by the BSU
orchestra and a Christmas tree
party. Several visitors from out
of town are expected to attend the
affair. Some 300 Baptist students
are to attend the holiday social.
Between halves of this football
game, "Miss Auburn" will draw
the ticket for the lucky winner of
the free trip. The holder of the
winning ticket must be present at
the game.
The free trip award to the winner
of the drawing will receive
a round-trip bus ticket to New Orleans,
a ticket to the game, and
five dollars expense money.
Tickets for the Owl Show tonight
will sell for 20 cents and
tickets for tomorrow's football
game and chance in the drawing
are selling for 25 cents each. Present
ticket sales indicate that a
large number will witness tomorrow's
touch foothall classic.
Line-up for the SPE's: Ends,
Reed and Fletcher; Guards, Bacon
a n d Saurez; Center, Bayliss;
Backs, Wright, Raines, Hendrix,
and Scruggs.
(Continued on page 6)
Pi Kappa Phi Sweetheart
k
Mayme Jo Asby of Montgomery, above, will lead the Pi Kappa
Phi formal tonight at Graves Center Hall. She will be escorted by
Leroy Patterson, president. The dance will begin at 9 o'clock. The
Auburn Knights will play.
Page Two THE P L A I N S M AN December 13, 1940
"The Dean of Southern Track Coaches"—
Wilbur H. Hutsell
CAMPUS CAMERA
Last Wednesday afternoon on Drake
Field, Omicron Delta Kappa presented
a trophy to Wilbur H. Hutsell, track
coach and trainer of Auburn's athletic
teams for almost two decades-. Inscribed
on the 20-inch loving cup were these
words, "To the Dean of Southern Track
Coaches".
ODK thus dedicated the annual freshman
Cake Race in honor of Coach Hutsell.
But the few words that were inscribed
on this trophy, however true,
were in no means sufficient. To the man
who has probably done more for the betterment
of athletics at Auburn than any
other individual, we pay tribute. For all
that he has done in caring for "his
boys", as a father would a son, and yet
as a doctor would his patient, he has
gained and deserved all the honors that
can ever be heaped upon him.
During his "reign" at the loveliest village,
Coach Hutsell has developed some
of the most outstanding men in Southern
track and field competition. He has an
amazing record behind him; he has an
endless future in front of him. But in
spite of the great zeal that he possesses
for seeing "his boys" compete in athletic
contests and come out on the winning
end of the score, he has never sent a
man into "battle" unless he was absolutely
sure that he was physically fit
and able to perform. This fact alone has
been enough to gain for him the admiration
of all students at Auburn who
have ever had the privilege of being
placed under his wing.
. But this cause for admiration does not
end here, by any means. For Coach Wilbur
H. Hutsell is a "real man", in everything
that he does or says or thinks. And
to us, this is what really counts. We are
often reminded of the words of Kipling's
immortal poem, "IF", when we think
of this man. He has probably fulfilled
the words of that poem as fully as any
man could, and thus he deserves the
name, "a real man," and all the privileges
that the name implies.
Our hats are off to "our" Coach Hutsell.
We know that he shall always place,
high in our esteem and admiration. We
hope that he will continue to stay with
us, even until "life's curtains are drawn
together at last".
If We Break Faith
Upperclassmen, is Auburn as friendly
as it was when you first came here?
If not, who is the blame? We ourselves.
We are the connecting link between the
students of the past and the students of
the future. The degree of friendliness
we show now will be reflected in the
Auburn to come.
In four years there will be almost a
complete "turnover" of the student
body. Are the students now entering
met with the same degree of friendliness
we received? Will they have as
much friendly spirit to pass on to succeeding
generations, or will our school
spirit dwindle away in the Auburn of
the future? Do we want to be responsible
for that?
In the past our school has prided itself
on its friendliness; we must not
"break faith" with those who have gone
before. Auburn was friendly when we
came. Let's give her spirit a boost so no
one can say that we "let her down."
Let's make it our ambition to prove
that we can keep Auburn a friendly
place — "the friendliest college in the
United States." Our Auburn spirit isn't
lost, though it may be losing ground.
Let's catch it, revive it, and pass it on
to the new generations. Let's smile and
say "hey" to all we meet. M.P.
Just Rambling
Latest flash from across the waters—
In German occupied territory in Europe,
they are now eating dog-meat sausage.
Think of it, dog-meat sausage for breakfast,
dog-meat soup for lunch, and a big
dish of roasted dog-meat for dinner.
Ummm. And too, the statement has been
issued by Nazi officials that no longer
may horses be killed and used for food.
Terrible, is it not, no more horse meat,
nothing but dog meat. What we want to
know, is where does the cat come in on
this deal? *
* * *
Grab your musket, boys. Hitler says
that he is going "to defeat the entire
world", and includes the United States
in his "blacklisted countries", where
democracy is based on "a bunch of lies".
Herr Hitler even admitted that he was
a fanatic for power. Does he think he's
telling anyone anything new? Probably,
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Revolution May Be
Italy's Downfall
From the latest reports on the Italian-
Greecian war, it seems that an imminent
revolution among "Mush Mouth"
Mussolini's people may be the downfall
of the bald-headed dictator. Just this
past week, it was necessary for the
"Nervous Nellie of Rome" to fire two
generals from his army's staff, and the
latest reports state that Mussolini has
personally assumed the helm of leadership
in the Italians fight against the
"Hellenic ladies from Greece."
The people of Italy are showing steadily
rising anger, in protest against the
food curbs which they must endure, in
order that the war may continue. Riots
are breaking out in various sections of
the "boot" country. Internal downfall of
Mussolini's country seems not only possible,
but also rather probable. If and
when the Italians lose faith in their
leader, the country may "fall apart".
And this would be a rather serious blow
to a certain dictator, Herr Hitler, by
name.
A civil war is the worst sort of calamity
that may happen to a country. We
should know. We have endured such a
catastrophe ourselves. But, we cannot
help wishing that something similar
would happen to the "Romeo of Rome."
mind yo.u we say probably, if the Berlin
Blitzkrie'ger had twice as much sense as
he thinks he has, he would be a damn
fool. Or don't you think?
* * *
Like our new grading system? We often
wonder if Auburn is coming to the
point where it will be a highly-standardized
factory for the mass production of
diplomas, or if it will remain an educational
institution, where the main purpose
is to learn to distinguish the truth
from the false, and recognize such for
what it is worth.
The story of "Greater Auburn", being
carried in. current issues of The
Plainsman, reads almost like a fairy tale,
but it's the truth, s' help us.
* * *
What this country needs is—(at last
we've found out) — a great big belly
laugh.
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PI ains Talk
By HERBERT MARTIN
HARVARD HAS HAD THE
MOST REPRESENTATIVES
IN THE PRESIDENTIAL
CHAIR. FOUR, BUT
THEY HAVE REPRESENTED
ONLY TWO FAMILIES-ADAMS
S ROOSEVELT/
?HE AVERAGE- PARADE BAND MEtobER MARCHES
160 MILES IN FORMATION DURING FOOTBALL SEASON /
THE FIRST .SHOT OF (i
THE CIVIL WAR WAS \ r . "*.
FIRED BY CADETS vij- \ ^ i - ^
FROM THE CITADEL.
MILITARY C0LLE6E OF S.C
General Delivery
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.
That great Auburn Spirit is a
peculiar creature borne and nurtured
by football. Like the phoenix
it rises from the ashes of last
year's football season, has its brief
swirl of track-greasing and enthusiastic
confusion, and then retires
in a blaze of sports headlines.
* * »
As if football were the aim and
accomplishment of all college activity,
the Auburn Spirit rarely
envelopes the entire student body
except during football season. If
it does not completely ignore everything
other than football, it never
does more than parcel out a little
bit of itself among restricted
groups. In its laxity, the Auburn
Spirit takes a great toll in the
comradeship and united interests
which traditionally are among the
most valuable gifts of college life.
* * *
It is with this shortcoming of the
Auburn Spirit in mind that I once
again add my voice to the few
crying in the wilderness for more
student interest in the glee clubs.
These organizations are potential
sources of valuable publicity for
the college and of school pride for
the students. Besides these somewhat
abstract virtues, the glee
clubs boast one which, oddly
enough, does not seem to attract
many people. Glee clubs are famous
for the fun they have. Singing
is a natural expression of
pleasure and well-being, and a
combination of singing at informal
home practices and at formal concerts
in various places would seem
irresistible.
Everybody except Jimmy Fidler
has long since given up trying to
fathom the minds of the movie moguls.
Hollywooditis, a pathological
state of mind produced by
chronic fear of being caught unarmed
by last year's, this year's,
and next year's spouses, has an unfortunate
effect on the movies. Level
heads seem to be admitted into
the conference rooms only by accident,
the results being the few
smash hits which are Hollywood's
pots of gold.
* * «
About the worst examples of the
baneful influence of Hollywooditis
are the Jeannette MacDonald-Nel-son
Eddy pictures. The career of
this team has been a steep decline
f r o m their original success,
"Naughty Marietta." If anything,
their voices have improved and
their abilities as actors must at
least have remained where they
were five years ago. But the stories
of their pictures have become
steadily more insipid and amateurish.
They have been burdened with
stories Bernhardt herself could not
have carried. And still you hear
the moguls moan about box office
receipts and the hardships connected
with the removal of the
European entertainment market.
It seems to me that Hollywood has
the material at hand to build the
biggest home market it ever had,
and instead of sympathizing with
it I am beginning to want.my money
back.
* * *
"For Whom the Bell Tolls," by
Earnest Hemingway, has eluded
me so far, but the minute it comes
within reach I am going to make a
snatch for it. There is a lot of talk
about it, and two things seem to
have impressed its readers. First,
its aptness, which is apparent in
the title, a quotation from John
Donne; and second, a literary trick
with which Mr. Hemingway confounds
the many critics who have
taken him io task for the rawness
of his language. The trick works
something like this: "The man will
(obscenity) you, you dirty, squealing
(obscenity) !" Now if the critics
wish to berate Mr. Hemingway for
being profane and low-minded, Mr.
Hemingway doesn't even have to
suggest that it is the critics who
are low-minded enough to supply
the dirty parts. Sometimes authors
do get back at their critics!
* * *
In the interests of good popular
music, I think Bing Crosby and
Ginny Simms should record some
duets or land a radio show together.
4 4 4
Auburn is in need of a wholesale
christening. I am getting tired of
referring to the new buildings
with the colorless terms "new classroom
building" or "veterinary
building." A good pedigreed name
for every building -Would add dignity
to the campus.
4 4 4
Also in need of a name if not of
a characterization is "Drunks'
Trap," the set of twisting roads
between Ramsay Hall and Ross
Laboratory. The present name
might give strangers a false impression
of the Auburn man.
Collegiate World
PITTSBURGH, PA. — (ACP)
— Duquesne university's biology
department reports an important
contribution to scientific study
through development of a plastic
microscope cover.
Science heretofore has used plastics
in ash trays, lamp bases, automobile
dashboards and scores of
other products, but not until now
advance microscopic study.
Discovery that there was an imminent
shortage of the original
glass covers, previously produced
in Germany, launched Dr. Robert
T. Hance and two of his students
on a year's research that has resulted
in the new type cover. Without
the covers it is impossible to
study a specimen.
Seeking a thin, transparent substance
with all the qualities of
glass, the researchers developed
two substitutes which make use
of plastic material. It is claimed
the new covers are considerably
cheaper to manufacture than those
of glass and that they make possible
clearer observation of plant
and animal tissue under the microscope.
4 4 4
NEW HAVEN, CONN.—(ACP)
—College students who oppose en-
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.
Plains Talk presents its exclusive
preview of coming attractions
for T941 . . . a few words describing
each of several branches of
army, navy, and marine service,
with a little personal opinion of
each.
Flourish of bugles.
Infantry . . . decidedly not for
infants . . . you do such unlovely
things as walking, squatting in
trenches, and sticking bayonets into
folks. Not to be recommended for
those with flat feet, water on the
knee, or pink tooth brush. Said
to be the backbone of the army.
Part of the backbone usually gets
sat on.
Field Artillery . . . and we do
mean field . . . Roads, smooth
trails, etc., are out of bounds and
against the rules. Preferred terrain
consists of stumps, ditches,
and plowed fields. Cotton for ears
is deducted from pay.
Engineers . . . we've all wanted
to be engineers, but these have
nothing to do with the old "97",
the "pride of the east coast line".
These boys build towers and
bridges, and we don't mean with
Erector sets or Tinker Toys. Much
of their work is done at night, and
is not done in connection with the
Quadrangle.
4 4 4
Coast Artillery . . . location is
on the coast. This is not bad as
long as there is a coast. Shoot
at things 20 miles or so away, and
are shot at from about that far,
which ain't so bad. Bombing
planes throw new light on this subject.
4 4 4
Cavalry . . . suggests horses. We
believe the day of the horse is over.
Look around up town. Almost
everybody rides in automobiles
nowadays.
Air force . . . fighting planes
approach, meet, and perhaps, miss.
They find themselves 10 miles
apart before either can turn
around. Seems foolish to turn
around, with a 10 mile start.
Bombers lay eggs without sitting,
lying, or standing still. Nasty
eggs. We imagine it would be a
trifle unpleasant to be in a loaded
boomer when same is hit by antiaircraft
fire. We wouldn't be
caught dead in one. That's probably
a lie.
Navy . . . except for mines, submarines,
and enemy air and sea
craft, it could be worse. Might
actually be fun for awhile. Awful
feeling when the ship drops from
under you, leaving you nothing to
hold onto but a lot of water.
Intelligence Service . . . the intelligent
thing to do is to stay
out. If you are caught, your demise
will be premeditated, swift,
hoi'ribly efficient and permanent,
and your last words never reach
the home folks. Esquire pictures
are not to be confused with the
real McCoy.
Marines . . . said to be soldiers
plus sailors, and tops in both fields.
Associated with tradition. If your
bunch has the tradition of never
retreating in the face of danger,
we advise you to renew your insurance
policy.
Medical Corps . . . you stick
folks to make them fit to be shot.
Must be quite a thrill to look down
at one of your patients and murmur
softly, "My, ain't he well-dressed
for" a corpse? And to
think that I was sticking needles
into him just yesterday! Wonder
if I could have mixed that stuff
wrong?"
Coastal Defense, Kansas City
. . . Now, brother, you are talking.
When the fighting is the fighting-est
and the guns' roar is the roar-ingest
we'll be there, giving our
all for ye dere olde Kansas City U.
That's not all, but enough.
We hear the Willkie caught two
sailfish. Is he training for the
next presidential campaign or does
he plan to demand a re-count of
votes in the last election?
4 * 4
Karrie, the Kampus Kibitzer,
kibitzed as we read an old issue of
the Literary Digest and lifted this
hoomeruss telephone conversation.
Voice: Is this the Salvation
Army headquarters?
Answer: Yes.
Voice: Is that where they save
bad women?
Answer: Yes.
Voice: Well, I wish you'd save
a couple for me Saturday night.
Karrie also suggests the signal
corps, but we fear that she has
mixed the meanings of draft and
draught. Anyway, we prefer
Schlitz.
Student Opinion
By STUDENT OPINION SURVEYS
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 13 — Although
still more optimistic about
the United States staying out of
war than the general public is,
American college students have
lost some confidence during the last
twelve months that we can avoid
the conflict.
This is the tenor of national
campus opinion today expressed
through the cross-sectional samplings
of Student Opinion Surveys
of America. The Plainsman is one
of the 150 college newspapers cooperating
in conducting these scientific
polls.
The defense program that this
country is now witnessing will be
a factor in helping to keep us out
of the European conflagration, two
out of every three collegians believe.
Asked by Surveys' interviewers
whether they "felt the enlargement
of our army and navy
will help to keep us out of war or
draw us closer to war," these were
the answers given, in percentages:
Will help to keep us out 677,
Will draw us closer 33
Exactly one year ago, in December
1939, Student Opinion Surveys
sampled the college world with
this question: "Do you believe that
the United States can stay out of
the present war?" That was short-try
of the United States into war
have a defender in Bernhard Knol-lenberg,
Yale university librarian.
"They're not cowards," declared
Knollenberg. "They're just better
informed."
Not every citizen can get the
instruction college students receive,
he said, but "the books that are
the mainstay of that instruction
are available to the reading public."
ly after the German invasion of
Poland and the beginning of general
hostilities. The question has
been repeated, and this is the comparison:
Believed we can stay out,
December 1939 68%
Believed we can stay out,
December 1940 _ 63
Cross-tabulations show that opinion
among college men and among
coeds is identical.
The answers in the present poll
have been further broken down to
make possible a study of qualified
opinions. Of the 63 per cent who
believe the U.S. will not be involved,
7 per cent attached an "if" to
their answers. Most of these qualifications
included the idea expressed
by a University of Vermont
senior, "Yes, we can stay out if
Britain can hold out long enough."
Another opinion prevalent among
students was exemplified by the
comment made to the Georgia State
Teachers College interviewer, "Yes,
if the U.S. could get busy and
eliminate spies and fifth columnists."
But there were many who
feel this nation has already taken
too many dangerous steps. "We're
already in it, for we are fighting
economically for England," said a
St. Edward's (Texas) University
sophomore.
College youth has better hopes
for the international future of the
country than does the average
American voter. The most recent
Gallup poll (November 30) on the"
subject reveals that although optimism
is growing, a majority of
59 per cent still feels the U.S. will
have to fight. College sentiment
has increased in the opposite direction,
towards the pessimistic
side, but a majority remains firm
in the belief war will be avoided.
December 13, 1940
Wallace Beery to
Appear in Tiger
Show on Sunday
•Wyoming' Is Colorful
Western Saga; Great
Cast Protrays Story
When Wallace Beery takes to
the Great Outdoors his fans are
usually sure of great entertainment.
This is particularly true in
"Wyoming," thrill-packed saga of
the pioneer West, filmed in the
Jackson Hole country of Wyoming
and showing at the Tiger
Theatre Sunday and Monday.
Like its predecessor, "Bad Man of
Brimstone," its action and comedy
are played against scenery of
breath-taking beauty.
Beery plays Reb Harkness, reformed
train robber who assumes
protection of Ann Rutherford and
little Bobs Watson, whose father
has been killed by cattle raiders.
In doing so be becomes the leader
of the forces of law and order
in a primitive wilderness, helps
General Custer in his Indian fighting
and breaks up a band of desperadoes
headed by Joseph Call-eia.
On the other hand, he plays
Lothario and courts Marjorie
Main, the "lady blacksmith" in
his funniest romance since "Min
and Bill." *
As the good-natured but tough
Harkness, Beery has a role ideally
suited to his talents, even to
the harmonica playing. Miss Rutherford
is attractive as the young
romantic figure of the story opposite
Lee Bowman, debonair as
Custer's young lieutenant. Beery
and little Bobs Watson provide
some of the finest scenes in the
picture, and his comedy with Leo
Carrillo enlivens many a moment.
Joseph Calleia is convincingly
menacing as the villainous Buckley.
Richard Thorpe's direction is
deft, and the camera work by
Clyde DeVinna of great beauty.
Players include Henry Travers,
Clem Bevans, Sara Haden, Russell
Simpson, C h i e f Thundercloud,
Dick Alexander, Addison Richards
and Glenn H. Lucas. Hundreds appear
in raid and battle sequences.
T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
"Joe" College Dials
December 12-18
—ALL TIMES LISTED ARE CENTRAL STANDARD—
Thursday, December 12
6:30 p.m.—Vox Pop — Errol Flynn and Rudy Vallee,
guests—CBS.
10:30 p.m.—Kay Kayser—CBS.
Friday, December 13
8:30 p.m.—Campbell Playhouse — Frederic March and
Florence Eldridge in William Martin's "The
Doctor in the House"—CBS.
11:30 p.m.—Tommy Reynolds—CBS.
Saturday, December 14
6:00 p.m.—People's Platform—Discussion "What Does
the Consumer Want to Know?" with Lyman
Bryson and guests—CBS.
8:00 p.m.—Your Hit Parade—With Barry Wood, Bea
Wain, "Hit Paraders" chorus and Mark War-now's
orchestra—CBS.
8:35 p.m.—Arturo Toscanini—conducting symphony or-orchestra—
NBC Blue.
10:30 p.m.—Sammy Kaye—CBS.
Sunday, December 15
2:00 p.m.—New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
—John Barbirolli, conducting; Deems Taylor,
commentator—CBS.
3:30 p.m.—Andre Kostelanetz and Albert Spalding in
"The Pause That Refreshes on the Air" with
Rose Bampton, guest—CBS.
7:00 p.m.—Helen Hayes Theatre—Starring Helen Hayes
—CBS
9:00 p.m.—Take It or Leave It—With Bob Hawk, quizmaster—
CBS.
11:05 p.m.—Fats Waller—NBC Blue.
Monday, December 16
8:00 p.m.—Ginger Rodgers and Edward Arnold on Lux
Radio Theatre—CBS.
1:00 a.m.—Ray Noble—MBS.
Tuesday, December 17
6:30 p.m.—Helen Menken in "Second Husband"—CBS.
9:00 p.m.—Glenn Miller—With Marion Hutton and Ray
Eberle—CBS.
Wednesday, December 18
8:00 p.m.—Fred Allen Program—With Wenny Baker
and Portland Hoffa
10:00 p.m.—Abe Lyman—NBC Blue.
Alabama Med Dean
Talks to Pre-Meds
Here This Evening
At the last regular meeting of
the Pre-Med Club, Dr. R. O.
Christenson of the zoology-entomology
department at API gave a
talk on the subject of "Trichnel-la,"
the parasite which causes trichinosis
in man.
Dr. Christenson has spent much
time in research studies on this
and other similar parasites and
has published several bulletins on
this work.
Tonight, the Pre-Med Club will
have as guest speaker, Dean
Graves from the University of
Alabama Medical School. Dean
Graves was one of the principal
speakers at the recent pre-medical
meeting in Tuscaloosa when students
from Auburn and other institutions
were guests of the Medical
School at the University.
The address by Dean Graves is
being sponsored by Alpha Epsilon
Delta, honorary pre-medical society.
Wilbur Evans and Dalies Frantz to
Appear Here in Concert on Jan. 20
Methodist Church to Present Program
Of Christmas Music Sunday Evening
API Students Like
Jan Savitt's Music
Jan Savitt and his "Top-Hatters"
who have been recently engaged
to play for the Mid-Term
dances here on January 30, 31
and February 1, played for a
dance in Montgomery last Monday
night at the Municipal Auditorium.
Many Auburn students attended
the dance to get an idea of
what is coming up for the Junior
Proms. All of these students expressed
enthusiasm over Savitt's
musical organization.
Said one student, "His shuffle
rhythm is something new in these
parts. It's the most danceable
music I've heard in many a day."
Another "dance bug" reported,
"His male vocalist may weigh
250 pounds, but he can really sing.
Savitt is about "tops" in my estimation."
Irvine Directs Group;
Russell to Play Organ
The Auburn Methodist Church
will present a program of Christmas
music on Sunday evening at
7:30. Dr. Paul Irvine will direct
the program and Robin Adair
Russel will be at the organ during
the services.
The program is as follows:
Organ P r e l u d e , "Christmas
Theme," by Robin Russel; Hymn,
"O Come All Ye Faithful", Congregation;
"Chorus: "The People
That Walked in Darkness" and
"Arise, Shine, for Thy Light Is
Come"; Scripture: Luke, 2:8-20;
Baritone Solo, "Now When Jesus
Was Born," George Moxham;
Male Chorus, "Where Is He That
Was Born?"; Soprano Solo, "Star
of the East," Miss Melba Stone,
with violin obligata by Eugene
Jordan.
Bill Busik, one of Navy's three
football field generals, formerly
was captain of the Pasadena Junior
college team.
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Chorus, "The Angels and the
McGowen to Play
In 'Bowl' Game
Will Play in Blue-Gray
Contest on December 28
Dick McGowen, Captain of the
1940 Tiger football machine, has
accepted an invitation to play in
the annual Blue-Gray football
classic at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery
on December 28.
McGowen is the only Auburn
player who will participate in the
annual "bowl" game.
Both North and South squads
have been completed and the players
selected will report at Cram-ton
Bowl for practice on December
21, one week prior to the contest.
Two coaches from both the
North and South will tutor the two
teams.
Many outstanding gridiron stars
will participate in this annual gridiron
classic. Tickets to the game
are now on sale at May and
Green's in Montgomery.
Chorus, "Sing, O Heavens"; Chorus
Hymn, "Hark, The Herald
Shepherds"; Hymn, "O Little Angels Sing".
Town of Bethlehem"; Women's I The program is based on Love-
Chorus, "And, Lo, The Star"; Of- j land's Cantata and other sources
fertory Solo, "Silent Stars," Mrs. and is offered only after a few
Margaret Kinsey; Solo and Chor- week's training,
us, "Solent Night," John Farnham; i (Continued on page 4)
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Baritone Formerly Sang
With Jeanette MacDonald
Two of America's foremost
young musicians will be heard here
Jan. 20 when Wilbur Evans, baritone,
and Dalies Frantz, pianist,
appear on the Auburn Concert series.
Wilbur Evans' high place in music
today is impressive tribute to
the American way of doing things.
He was a Philadelphia gym teacher
who won an Atwater Kent radio
audition which enabled him to go
to a good school. With persistent
study, a firing ambition and a-bundant
talent he turned out to
be a baritone to be reckoned with,
handsomely excelling the new crop
of baritones out of Europe. Today
his supremacy in the field of
oratorio is unchallenged. He is
equally popular on the concert
stage where his programs embrace
the classic works of Wolf, Schumann,
Brahms and Schubert, distinguished
choices from the Italian
and French repertory.
Mr. Evans is a frequent soloist
with the Philadelphia Orchestra
and sings each season at the major
festivals. He was featured for 26
weeks on the Vick's "Open House"
program with Jeannette MacDonald
and appears regularly on other
popular broadcasts. For three
seasons he has been one of the
leading singers in the St. Louis
Municipal Opera.
Dalies Frantz was graduated
with highest honors from the University
of Michigan, where he
worked his way through by playing
in concerts and acting as organist
and director of a church
choir. It was the same course followed
by him during preparatory
study in Boston at Huntington
School.
Born in Denver, Colorado, he
comes from the middle west. They
have big men out there. Frantz,
six feet at least, is no exception.
Broad shouldered, he has the build
of an athlete. In addition, being
handsome he makes a striking figure
on the stage.
When it comes to playing the
piano, no matter where, critics
voice their reviews on Frantz in
much the same strain. In Detroit
it was declared, "Startled and enthusiastic
audience;" in Boston,
"Astonishing virtuosity;" in Min-
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BLDG.- MONTGOMERY AU.
Wilbur Evans, above, noted
baritone who formerly sang on
the Vicks radio program with
Jeanette MacDonald for 26 weeks,
will appear here in concert on
Jan. 20 at Graves Center. He will
be accompanied by Dalies Frantz,
below, brilliant pianist.
neapolis, "A stunning and exhilarating
performance."
Notice Any Bruises
This Week; Delta
Zeta's "Entertain"
Any broken heads, sprained
ankles, or other injuries noted
about the campus over the weekend
were probably the results of
the Blind Date Party, given by
Delta Zeta Sorority last Friday
night.
Each girl was provided with a
date previously unknown to her.
After a fifteen minute warm-up
period before open fires at
Wright's Mill, the party got off
to a fast start. Delta Zeta's,
pledges, rushees and dates enjoyed
such robust games as Drop-the-
Handkerchief, Three Deep, and
"Rabbit," the new game sensation.
Some of the guests obtained
food in the usual line-up and dish-out
method, while others found it
easier and more profitable to bob
for apples in a tub of water. Delta
Zeta's are still wondering where
that cup of coffee came from.
Girls and their dates were:
Hazel Garrison, George Page;
Elaine Burdett, Fred Henning;
Valera Porter, Dave Wittel; Willie
Chase, Carl Wiggins; Margaret
Kilburn, David Underwood; An-nabelle
Cammack, "Doc" Sellers;
Mary Jo Hurst, Mac Hayles; Virginia
Lister, Cuthbert Gentle;
Claire Ellen Slaton, Anne Owsley,
Jack Lett; Ernestine Murray,
Cooper Campbell; Doris Ford,
Kenneth Campbell; Deloris Sanders,
George Willard; Martha
James Lawless; Lucinda Lasseter,
Wallace Allen; Betty June Baker,
Frank Suttle; Sara Alice Finley,
Max Bozeman; Gwen Owens, Ernest
Smith; Civille Owen, Lewis
Hardcastle; Ruth King, Red Hen-son;
Eileen Stephens, Drew Hale;
Cornelia McCartney and Jimmy
Gilbert.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Duncan
were chaperones.
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THIS WEEK
The Auburn Grille
ANNOUNCES THAT
JOHN McCABE
has been selected to receive
a Steak Dinner for his outstanding
service to Auburn
during the last three years.
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Grille will select an outstanding
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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.
Pape Four T H E P L A I N S M AN December 13, 1940
Flash!! Plainsmen Should Have
Trounced Boston College 224-0
Statistics for
Tiger Football
Season Released
Tigers Outscore Teams
In Eleven Games for
1940 Gridiron Season
Glancing back over the
football season for the plains Tiger
we present herewith the statistics
of the team for the season.
Thanks must be given to Mr.
Elmer Salter, sports publicity director,
for his assistance in compiling
these figures.
I
Volunteers Should
Whip Eagles 260-0
In Sugar Bowl Came
By JOHN PIERCE
Sports Editor
It seems unbelievable that a boy
could run a 2.7 mile stretch with
a broken leg and finish in the first
25 or 500, 'or even finish, in a
I field of 800. Yet it's true. Harpo
: Warren, Sigma Chi pledge from
1940 i Mobile, went the entire distance
Scores: Auburn (first score)
27
20
7
13
16
13
21
13
7
20
13
170
Howard
Tulane
Mississippi State
SMU
Georgia Tech
Georgia
Clemson
LSU
Boston Col.
Florida
Villanova
13
14
7
20
7
14
7
21
33
7
10
1 53
Game Figures
Auburn Op.
First downs 110 109
Total yds. gained 2717 2429
Yards rushing 2014 1386
Passes attempted 136 175
Passes completed 45 63
Passes intercepted by 18 15
Yards passing 703 1043
Opp's fumbles rec'd 12 13
Punt av'g from scrim. 41 37
Yds. ail kicks ret'd. 945 1114
Penalties 435 400
not knowing he had a broken ankle
bone and finished number 23. All
credit must go to Harpo. It was a
plain and simple case of guts that
carried him through in spite of an
injury that was agonizing from
the first two blocks on out.
I was able to keep up with the
various All-American teams that
have flooded every magazine and
newspaper for the past month,
but am now briskly but gracefull
y throwing in the proverbial tow-j
el. Everyone from Alice Marble
jto Mickey Mouse is picking his or
her own All-American outfit and
sending trophies, sweaters, bathrobes,
and accessories to the winners.
So I have used the two or
three hours daily which could be
used in keeping up with these selections
to devise a rating system
of my own which has huge promises
of success, maybe.
In this system I will show Auburn
to be the East's number one
football team and also pick the
winner in the Sugar Bowl game.
Surely you'll admit it's as logical
as an all star team dotted with
tailbacks in the backfield and
made up of players great because
they are constituents of a winning
team.
Auburn took Clemson, 21-7;
Clemson walloped Wake Forest,
Auburn Ba
McGowen
Reynolds
Wendling
Irby
Yearout
Deal
Cheatham
Harkins
Gafford
Happer
Ellis .
C. Smith
McGehee
Faulk
McMahan
Cremer
Sims
Samford
Scorings
Auburn 48
Opponents 35
Avg.
3.4
3.5
3.4
3.9
3.7
6.8
4.0
11 Carrying Totals
Carried Net Season
Ball Gain
98 331
74 258
52 176
48 188
46 172
36 247
34 138
26 63
22 89
13 13
5 44 9.0
4 —15 —3.8
3 18 6.0
3 8 2.7
2 5 2.5
1 —3 —3
1 2 .2
1 0 0
by Quarters
Tabulation of the above figures
shows Auburn to be a full 231
points better than Holy Cross.
Boston College could only outscore
the Crusaders by seven points, so
Auburn consequently, is 224 points
better than the Eagles, Eastern
champions. And since Boston beat
the Tigers by 26 points we can
even say that Auburn is 250 points
better than Auburn.
Now for the Bowl. Backtracking
a little I find L.S.U. to'be
eight points better than Auburn
(21-13) and 239 points above Holy
Cross by the above system. Tennessee
took the Bengals by 28
points and is 267 points better
than Holy Cross, but Boston College
remains only seven. So although
I admit that Boston is a
pretty fair ball club I'm afraid
they are due to be beaten in the
New Orleans classic by a 260-0
count. But what's the use in even
playing as long as some sap can
sit and figure up stuff like this.
Pot shots: Jimmy Hitchcock,
who plays baseball while not on
duty as Auburn backfield coach,
has been traded from the Columbus,
Ohio, to New Orleans . . . .
Clemson will again serve as the
Tiger homecoming opponent in
1941, date being Nov. 29. Auburn
meets Tulane in New Orleans on
Oct. 4, and Villanova in Philadelphia
Nov. 22 . . . . O. B. Keeler
calls the B.C.-Auburn affair the
"Boston Massacre" . . . . At
Montgomery Saturday number 28
for Auburn, Ernie Mills, started
his 28th consecutive ball game . . .
McGowen, Mills, Ardillo, Cheatham,
Deal, Harkins, and LeNoir
were given honorable mention on
the Associated Press All-America.
Present reports having Mercer
dropping from intercollegiate foot-
13 38 71—170
27 37 54—153
Individual scoring: McGowen,
40; Yearout, 18; Faulk, 18; Deal,
12; Wendling, 12; McGehee, 12;
Harkins, 8; Cremer, Samford,
.,,, ,, v i , , , , , . , . b a l 1 - I s n t that making it plenty
39-0 Wake Forest defeated North i,__a „„ <.v,„ rr,„„ ULJ i
/-. i- ir. n ,, rr. , , , hard on the Tennessee schedule
Carolina 12-0; the Tarheels edged m a k e r g ,,„ n a m e w j t h o ut
Duke by three points; Duke took h e s i t a t i o n B o s t o n Co„ a n d yf l.
Colgate, 13-0; and Colgate beatll a n o v a a g t h e m o g t s p o r t s m a n l i ke
l l | ) : I teams to face Auburn. There was
no trace in either game of the reputed
roughhouse rivalry between
every Rebel and Yankee team . . .
John Chalkley received honorable
mention on the Clemson all-opponent
team even though he was on
the sidelines with a broken neck.
It looks like the margin was more
than 21-7 . . . .
Flash
1941 Basketball
Schedule for API
Announced Today
First Game in January;
Nineteen Contests Are
Scheduled for Season
Auburn's cagers will play every
Southeastern Conference opponent
but Kentucky and Alabama
in the 19 game schedule outlined
for 1941 which lists Spring
Hill as the only outsider on the
slate.
The Tigers play their first six
contests at home, so students will
have that many opportunities to
see them in action before they
leave on their first trip. Ten
games in Alumni Gym are scheduled.
The schedule:
Jan. 3 and 4, Spring Hill at
Auburn; Jan. 10 and 11, Sewanee
at Auburn; Jan. 13, Ole Miss at
Auburn; Jan. 24, Tulane at Auburn;
Jan. 25, Vanderbilt at Auburn;
Jan. 31, Tennessee at Auburn;
Feb. 1, Georgia Tech in Atlanta;
Feb. 3, Mississippi State at
Auburn.
Feb. 5, Georgia Tech at Auburn;
Feb. 8, Georgia at Auburn;
Feb. 11, LSU at Auburn; Feb. 13,
Vanderbilt in Nashville; Feb. 14
and 15, Sewanee at Sewanee; Feb.
26, Georgia at Athens; Feb. 28
and March 1, Florida at Gainesville;
March 6, 7, and 8—Southeastern
Conference tournament in
Louisville.
Intercollegiate Sports Writers'
I940 All-American Announced
Syracuse, 7-6. Syracuse
Columbia, 3-0; Columbia defeated
Dartmouth, 20-6; Dartmouth
whipped Cornell, 3-0; Cornell took
Ohio State, 21-7; Ohio State beat
Indiana, 21-6, Indiana beat Iowa,
10-6; Iowa took Notre Dame, 7-0;
2 - 4 ! and this thing is running wild al-
4.0 j ready. The Irish edged U.S.C., 10-
1-0 6; Southern Cal outscored U.C.L.-
A., 28-12; U.C.L.A. won over
Washington State, 34-26; State
took California by three points,
California did the same to St.
Mary's, and the Gaels- ditto to
Fordham. Fordham took Arkansas,
20-7; Arkansas upset Mississippi,
21-20; Ole Miss whipped L.S.U.,
19-6; and L.S.U. shut out Holy
Cross, 25-0.
Irby, Gafford, Reynolds, Chalk-ley,
Williams, and Cheatham, six
each; McMahan and Happer, one
each.
Hawaii University played
four intersectional games this fall
. . . . Lloyd Cheatham took the
quarterback spot on the Atlanta
Journal outfit the first one out
with a quarterback in the quarterback's
spot . . . . Ironic fact about
the Bear-Redskin 73-0 runaway is
the tabulation showing 18 first
downs for the Redskins as against
Chicago's 17. Washington completed
21 of 49 passes (8 intercepted)
for a 229 yard aerial gain,
but were held to three yards rush-
Merhodist Program
(Continued from page 3)
The following persons will take
part in the program: Soprano —
Mrs. Margaret Kinsey, Misses Carrie
Evans, Louise Hayes, Billie
Owen, Melba Stone, Eloise Lapp,
Martha Dobbins, Alma Bentley,
Mrs. Paul Irvine, Mrs. B. M.
Rains, and Mrs. 0. L. Duncan.
Alto — Misses Martha Owen,
Pauline Mathison, Mrs. J. P. Creel,
Mrs. Eva Johnson, and Mrs. V.
W. Lapp.
Tenor—T. P. Atkinson, A. W.
Jones, and E. B. Smith.
Bass — Douglas Baker, John
Farnham, Rene Bidez, W. D.
Womack, and George Moxham.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this program on Sunday
evening.
All the energy the average person
uses in thinking during one
day could be obtained by eating
one peanut, says Dr. E. Alfred
Wolf, associate professor of biology
at the University of Pittsburg.
ing as against 372 for the Bears.
The latter team lost 10 footballs
to the spectators on kicks after
touchdowns, had to pass for the
eleventh conversion to keep the
last ball left.
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Saturday
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THE"late" Baron Munchausen was accredited
(by himself) with incredible
feats among which was freezing the ring of a
bell. Recently, however, General Electric
research scientists at Schenectady, N. Y.,
outdid the Baron by freezing light.
In producing this frozen light, G-E scientists
submerged fluorescent plates in a large thermos
bottle of liquid air with a temperature of
320 degrees below zero. The bottle and the
plates were then bombarded by x-rays,
exciting the atoms of fluorescent material
on the plates literally freezing them stiff.
When the plates were removed and allowed
to warm up, they glowed with all the
colors of the rainbow.
A "bottle" of frozen light was sent to East
Orange, N. J., where it was unveiled in connection
with the ceremonies marking the
premiere of the movie, " Edison, The Man."
tropics. A letter from the Belgian Congo
testifies to the rats; the evidence for the
humidity is already ample. Except for
recommending traps, there is little the
General Electric Company can do about the
rats, but the study of humidity is right up
its alley since G-E engineers at Bridgeport,
Conn., have built a humidity chamber
capable of reproducing the weather conditions
of the tropics.
Lamps under water tanks provide humidity
by vaporization, and generate enough heat
to maintain a temperature of about 100 F.
Humidity and temperature are controlled
by time clocks outside the sealed chamber,
while uniform weather conditions are maintained
in the chamber by circulating fans.
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ATS and moisture seem to be the two
chief enemies of radio sets in the
Radio receivers placed in this room
continuously subjected to conditions
more severe than those of the tropics until
failures occur in the sets. In this way, young
engineering college graduates enrolled in the
G-E Test Course gather data which contribute
to the improvement of radio, not only
in the tropics, hut everywhere radios are used.
GENERAL H ELECTRIC
McGowen, Ardillo,
Cheatham Are Given
Honorable Mention
Here is the Collegiate Sports
Writers All-American Football
Team for the 1940 season.
The team is picked annually by
a nationwide poll of college sports
writers representing the major
universities and colleges in America
and sent out by Bob Kunkel,
executive secretary of the National
Intercollegiate Sports Writers
Associatiqn.
s
This year 80 writers from 37
states participated in the voting
which named an all star selection
comparable to any such mythical
eleven yet picked.
Michigan's Tommy Harmon and
Texas A. & M.'s John Kimbrough
took positions by a landslide percentage.
Only one voter failed to
name Harmon on his team, while
Kimbrough took 78 of the 80 votes
cast for a first team berth. It
might be added that the one voter
who left out both Harmon and
Kimbrough failed to name a single
man who was later placed on the
first team. Seven of the voters
came through to name eight men
who were on the final team. The
selection sent in by the Plainsman
sports staff had seven of the first
stringers listed.
Dick McGowen, Lloyd Cheatham,
and Nick Ardillo all made
honorable mention in the poll.
First Team
Dave Rankin, Purdue—E
Nick Drahos, Cornell—T
Bob Sufferidge, Tenn.—G
Rudy Mucha, Washington—C
Ed Molinski, Tenn.—G
Mike Enrich, Iowa—T
Gene Goodreault, Boston C.—E
Tom Harmon (c), Michigan—B
John Kimbrough, Tex. A&M—B
George Franck, Minnesota—B
Francis Reagan, Penn.—B
Second Team
Severin, North Carolina—E
Maag, Ohio State—T
Robnett, Tex. A&M—G
Frick, Penn.—C
Alfson, Nebraska—G
Bauman, Northwestern—T
Frutig, Michigan—E
Christman, Missouri (c)—B
Standlee, Stanford—-B
Evashevski, Michigan—B
Piepul, Notre Dame—B
The Gainsborough portrait of
Lord Jeffery Amherst has recently
been presented to Amherst college.
Plainsmen Select
All-Opponent Team
Louisiana State, Boston
College Dominate Squad
Louisiana State dominated the
Auburn all-opponent football team
for 1940 with a total of three
men being named to the selection.
Boston College placed two, and
the remaining positions were
equally divided between players
from Southern Methodist, Villanova,
Mississippi State, Clemson,
I Georgia Tech, and Georgia.
The Team
E—Skipworth, Georgia
T—Barnes, LSU
G—Goree, LSU
C—Gladchuk, Boston Col.
G—Aderhold, Georgia Tech
T—Hall, Clemson
E—Elrod, Mississippi State
B—Toczylowski, Boston College
B—Bird, LSU
B—Johnston, SMU
B—Basca, Villanova
A gift of $10,500 has made possible
a flying field for the University
of Oklahoma.
Among 400 beginning students
at Brown university is trajano Pu-po
Netto, a law graduate of the
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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December 13, 1940 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Five
Society Notes
By MARY DEAN FRENCH
Mr. Dan Cupid should feel proud
of himself. He has accomplished a
great deal lately. Proof is in the
achievements of a number of matrimonial
notes. These are marriages
before and after here in our
midst, and we hear rumors of more.
On November 16, Miss Miriam
Chcsnutt of Montgomery, senior in
Dietetics, was wed to Mr. William
Cockran of Bessemer, and member
of Sigma Pi fraternity. They are
making their home on East Glenn,
and continuing to attend school.
Announcement has been made of
the engagement of Miss Ruth Linn,
sophomore from Birmingham, and
Mr. Frank Haynes of Hodges, Ala.
He attended Howard College where
he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha
fraternity, before transferring
to Auburn. They are to be married
in Birmingham on Christmas. Day,
after which they will return to
school and take an apartment in
town. The society edition of the
Birmingham News is to carry a
lovely picture of Miss Linn and an
announcement of the engagement.
Miss Margaret Lindon, of Leeds,
left Saturday for Philadelphia, Pa.,
to meet her fiance and make plans
for her wedding. She is to be
married to a Pennsylvanian sometime
during the holidays. Miss Lindon
was a senior in the school of
Home Economics, president of her
sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, a
Dean's List student, and ran for
Miss Homecoming in the recent
election.
House dances, steak fries, hay
rides, and the like a?e in full
swing. At the present t h ey
flourish, and there are more to
come. During the past week-end a
number of events took place.
Beta Kappa House Dance
The Beta Kappa fraternity held
a house dance Friday night from
8 till 12. Chaperones were Dr. &
Mrs. G. W. Volk. The following
girls attended: Thelma Dodson;
Betty Main, Nell Walker, Carolyn
Cowden, Margaret Johnson,
Doris Greeson, Avis Middleton,
Marjorie McKinnon, Mary Laura
Priest, Mary Vaughn, and Sara
Tune.
* * *
Coming Events
Pi Kappa Phi Formal—Dec. 13
Sigma Chi House Dance Dec.
13
SAE Hay Ride & Steak Fry—
Dec. 18
Sigma Nu Christmas Party
Theta Chi Christmas Party
Words on Music
By JIMMY GILBERT
Due to a few misunderstandings
here and there, we have
unable to get any record for companies
other than Decca. We hope
to have some platters from the
other companies soon; so, the offerings
are all blue label Decca's.
Those Andrew gals have teamed
up with Vic Schoen and his
orchestra to make a set of really
sweet records. First of these is
an oldie "Mean To Me". A pleading
note in the music and voices
gets our vote for the number one
side. It's reverse side is "Sweet
Molly Malone".
Bobby Byrn of the four "Trom-byrns"
has waxed his theme,
"Danny Boy," on the reverse side
of "Maria Elena." "Danny Boy"
features the Byrn trombone in an
opening chorus. The back-upper is
sung by Jimmy Palmer and the
Ensemble.
Little known Johnny Long and
band give us "Don't Let It Get
You Down," and the title does
mean love. It has a vocal by an
assortment of people, namely,
Helen Young, Paul Harmon, and
the customary Ensemble. The other
side, which is our choice for
the top billing goes under the
name of "I Want to Live."
One of the most beautiful of all
the currently popular ballads is
"A Handfull of Stars," made
"popular by G. Miller. This week's
recording, backed by "Falling
Leaves" is made by that swing
king of the sax, Jimmy Dorsey.
Bob Eberly does the vocal on
both.
Two very commonplace tunes
wind up this week's column. Bob
Crosby, usually a good recorder,
seems to have slipped up in cutting
"Do You Know Why?", and
"Isn't That Just Like Love?"
These two questions are sung by
Bonnie King and Bob Crosby respectively.
Both are medium sweet
swing, and are really good tunes,
but they just aren't solid.
New Yorker's Art
Work Being Shown
Here This Week
An exhibit of paintings by Stanford
Byron Stone of Brooklyn, N.
Y. has been on view throughout
this week in the library of the
School of Architecture. The exhibit
is open to the public during all
school hours and from 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. each night.
Frank Applebee, professor of
applied art, said today that the
public is cordially invited to inspect
the exhibit which consists of
32 oil paintings of the figure and
of landscape.
Mr. Stone received his principal
training under Boardman Robinson,
George Bridgman, and Frank
V. Dumond. He is a member of a
number of art associations, in-eluding
the National Art Club. His
exhibit is now on tour of the southeastern
states.
Mr. Applebee said of Mr. Stone:
"He is of the conservative school
and his work shows the influence
of Frank V. Dumond. 'Piere Dene'
is perhaps the most meritorious in
the show. This painting portrays a
young churchman in quiet, sober
meditation. The head of the figure
is strong in its portrayal of character,
and the organization of the
picture is simple but effective. In
the painter's landscapes, the simplicity,
the feeling, and the structural
quality shown in this picture
is often missed."
Alfred James, instructor in applied
art, believes that Mr. Stone's
"The Elms" is superior to the
other landscapes in its unity and
organization of movements.
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OPELIKA
Basore Publishes New
Book on Engineering
Dr. C. A. Basore, head of Auburn's
department of chemical engineering
and assistant director of
the Engineering Experiment Station,
is the author of a new textbook,
"Introduction to Chemical
Engineering Research". The text
will be used in his course of the
same name.
Purpose of the book is to set
forth the general approach in the
solution of typical chemical engineering
problems. The new book
was published by Edwards Brothers,
Inc., of Ann Arbor, Mich.
University of Minnesota Employment
Bureau received 3,500
applications for part-time jobs this
fall.
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MITCHELL, S.D. — (ACP) —
Promotion of interest in middle
western culture is the aim of a
new student-faculty group, Friends
of the Middle Border, at Dakota
Wesleyan university.
The organization already has
built up a large museum of objects
typical of the area. Most recent
addition is a collection of old and
rare books donated by Dr. J. Almus
Russell, director of the university's
English department and a nationally
known author.
* * *
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. —(ACP)
—Harvard university has purchased
a rich deposit of fossils — dating
back some 18,000,000 years to
the Miocene era — in Gilchrist
county, northern Florida.
Dr. Thomas Barbour, director
of the Harvard museum of cam-parative
zoology, said the deposit
contains the only reasonably complete
store of Miocene fossils so
far reported in the United States
east of the Rocky mountains. In
preliminary excavations he found
Auburn Students
Attending Chemical
Meeting This Week
Dr. C. A. Basore, head of the
department of chemical engineering
and assistant director of the
Engineering Experiment Station,
attended the meeting of the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers
held last week in New Orleans.
Six Auburn students in chemical
engineering attended the national
meeting of the student chapters of
the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers which was also held in
New Orleans. They are A. J.
Hawkins, Birmingham, who is
vice-president of the Institute's
southeastern student division; M.
D. Sellers, Montgomery; M. R.
Shilito, Birmingham; J. L. Rouse,
Montgomery; D. C. Wells, Selma;
and F. A. Woolfley, Ft. Benning,
Ga.
Dr. Basore is counselor for the
student chapter at Auburn.
Coed Reporter Interviews Kentucky's
Dean Sarah Blanding After Address
Two Six-Man Soccer
Teams Are Organized
First meeting of individuals interested
in soccer was held last
Thursday at 4:00 p.m. After a
hrief discussion it was decided
that there was sufficient material
to form two six men teams.
A six man game is played on a
field smaller than the regular
field, therefore, makes the game
much faster. •-
The next practice is to be held
Thursday, December 12 at 4:00
p.m. in front of the Alumni Gym.
Individuals interested are invited
to come out.
The game will be under the supervision
of P. Muller.
Jaycees Hold Xmas
Decorations Contest
Thirty dollars in prizes will be
offered to Auburn families and
businesses which do the best jobs
of Christmas decorating, according
to an announcement from the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The Jaycees, who are sponsor
ing the first serious effort to get
Auburn decorated in the Christmas
tradition, are offering $10
for the best decorated home and
$10 for the business with the best
decorated front. Second prizes of
$5 each will be awarded to the
runner-ups in each classification.
remains of primitive horses, camels,
dogs and rhinoceros.
* * *
AURORA, N. Y. — (ACP) —
The toughest part in staging this
play was getting together for rehearsals.
The play, Shaw's "Arms and
the Man," contained female roles,
so Hamilton College students call-on
Wells College for help. The
girls agreed to participate, but the
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OPELIKA
Women's Dean Speaks at
Coed Meeting Last Week
By MARY DEAN FRENCH
Miss Sarah G. Blanding, Dean
of Women at the University of
Kentucky, drew the attention of
every girl in the auditorium at the
regular women's convocation held
in the Methodist Church. She gave
a very humorous and indeed interestingly
helpful talk which was
applauded by the entire Crowd.
The co-eds feel grateful for having
had her as guest speaker.
It shouldn't be said that she
possesses an inferiority complex,
but she does feel that she doesn't
have the look that a dean should
have. Once, while driving home
from work, feeling very fatigued,
and unclean, she stopped her car
to avoid hitting an eleven year
old child who was crossing the
street. The child looked up and
slurringly remarked, "Well, go on,
you old hag". Since that day, she
hasn't thought she looked the part
of her position. She even spells so
poorly, she can't find the word
for which she is looking in Webster's.
Highlights of Career
When young, Dean Blanding
was a physical education major
in a school 'in New Haven, Conn.
She was very active in sports, and
was interested in continuing in
that field in college. But, being
financially unable to attend college
without having to work, she
gave up the idea of going to school
any more, and applied for teaching
positions in various places.
The University of Kentucky offered
her a job of teaching physical
education for $800 a year.
She accepted with the understanding
she could also be a student
and attend classes.
After four years of work, and
at the time of her graduation, the
Dean of Women was resigning
boys would have to do the traveling.
Six boys in the show did.
They made five 200-mile round
trips from Hamilton College at
Clinton, N. Y., to rehearse with
the girls at Aurora.
her position and marrying the
president of the university. The
college officials honored her by
asking her to take over the duties
of dean. She accepted the position,
then only twenty-three years
ago. Though looked upon as an infant
to hold such rank, she tried
her hardest to make a success.
And make a success she did; she
has been there ever since. In her
new field of work, she changed
courses also, and studied political
science. She now teaches two
classes a week there in the school.
Dean Blanding has since received
further education, having
a M.A. degree from Columbia
University in New York City, and
work on her doctorate at the London
School of Economics in England.
She is president of the National
Association of Deans of
Women, a member of the American
Association of University
Women, of the American Political
Science Association and numerous
other organizations.
Subject of Speech
The address given by Dean
Blanding was entitled "A Challenge
to You Today"% She illustrated
her topic by asking her audience
to imagine themselves an
individual jugler who was continually
tossing seven brightly colored
balls into the air. She named
these balls (1) Scholarship (2>
Extra-curricula activities (3) Love
Life (4) Health (5) Vocation (6)
Citizenship, and (7) Philosophy
of Life. She stressed the importance
of the education of women
and their place in the economical
work. There are today over 500
Three Auburn Art
Students Awarded
Places in Exhibit
Three Auburn art students have
received awards given in a poster
competition sponsored by the National
Committee to Defend America
by Aiding Britain. The winners
are Nelle Gilchrist, Verde Mitchell,
and Charles Grace.
The competition was nation-wide
and was sponsored for the purpose
of selecting the 10 best posters
for reproduction and display in
all parts of the country. Auburn's
entries, according to a letter from
Mrs. James Frazer of Nashville,
chairman of the jury, received
eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth
places. F. W. Lincoln, Auburn art
instructor, was complimented by
the committee for the standard of
work entered by his students.
occupations in which women may
engage. Of the 37 million women
between the ages of 16 and 64 in
the United States, more than 11
million have paying positions.
She firmly believes that there
has never been a time as now exists
which calls for as much help;
and that life, love, liberty, freedom,
justice, and truth should
prevail in any job a woman might
have.
These balls of which she spoke
play an important part in one's
college life. A person must be
able to toss them high and catch
them successfully. If she is capable
of this, she is recognized as
an all-round college woman.
A poem by Stephen Bender was
read, which calls for the elements
of greatness. Dean Blanding left
the group with the thoughts of a
challenge to leave the vivid era
signed with one's honor.
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8:00 p.m.- Time and the Con-
Campus Events
December 16-22
Monday, Dec. 16
-Auburn Players present
ways". Langdon Hall.
Tuesday, Dec. 17
p.m.—Current Events, Dr. Petrie. Broun Hall,
p.m.—Auburn Players present "Time and the Con-ways".
Langdon Hall.
Wednesday, Dec. 18
p.m.—Faculty Recreation. Alumni Gym.
Thursday, Dec. 19
p.m.—Current Events, Dr. Petrie. Broun Hall.
Friday, Dec. 20
Christmas Holidays begin and continue through January
1, 1941. ,
Sunday, Dec. 22
7:30 p.m.—Organ Concert: George Frederick Hall.
Presbyterian Church.
Coming Events, 1941
Jan. 20—Joint Concert: Evans & Frantz. Alumni Gym.
Jan. 23-30—First Semester Final Examinations.
Jan. 30-31, and Feb. 1—Junior Prom. Jan Savitt and his
Top-Hatters.
W.A. A Night Club Will Open
Tomorrow Night A tA lumni Gym
Quadrangle Dormitories Decorating
For Christmas; Parties Are Planned
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Sorority Notebook
Theta Upsilon
Theta Upsilon is planning an informal
Christmas party for next
Tuesday night to be held in the
sorority room in Dormitory 4.
Eleanor Home will assist the girls
in entertaining their dates. A
Christmas tree will be held and
gifts will be toys and novelties,
which are to be donated to the
Community Chest after the party.
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Chi Omega
Active members, pledges, alumnae,
and patronesses of Chi Omega
sorority enjoyed a Christmas
party Wednesday night in their
chapter room in Dormitory 2.
Christmas decorations were used
effectively throughout the room.
A Christmas trees was featured
with everyone present receiving a
gift. At the close of the party
these gifts were donated to the
| Christmas basket for the sorority's
'poor family which they help from
year to year at the Christmas season.
The pledges presented their annual
gift to the chapter at this
time. It was a club chair and ottoman
to be used in the sorority
room.
Prudence Ozier was in charge
of the affair.
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Alpha Gamma Delta
Mrs. Helen Simon and Mrs.
Burkhardt entertained patronesses,
alumnae, members, pledges,
and mothers of the town members
of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Sunday night in the chapter room
with an informal Christmas party.
Christmas decorations were used
throughout the room and the
Christmas motif was carried out
in refreshments. The party lasted
for about two hours.
Kappa Alpha's
Hold Annual Hop
Tomorrow Night
Knights to Furnish
Music for Formal
Kappa Alpha fraternity will
! present an annual formal dance
tomorrow night in Graves Center.
The Auburn Knights will play for
the affair.
Miss Becky Stanley, of Annis-ton,
will lead the dance with
James Reynolds, president of the
chapter.
Decorations for the evening will
be in black and gold. A lighted
fraternity key will stand out from
a backdrop of black drapes, be-hand
the orchestra stand.
The Kappa Alpha's are planning
a week-end of social activities.
There will be a morning dance
in the Girl's Gym tomorrow from
,11:00 to 1:00. The Knights will
| also play for this. A buffet supper
will be given at 6:30 tomorrow
night, before the dance, and
a breakfast will follow the dance.
The following dates have been
invited by members for the weekend:
Dot Thorpe, Chattanooga; Mildred
Raymond, Vanderbilt; Lillie
Wood, Huntingdon; Margaret McNeil,
Frisco City; Dot Davis, An-
Ttiston; Minnie Johnson, Huntingdon;
Emily Voltz, Selma; Annelee
Baker, Atlanta, Ga.; Ann Dickson,
Campus Plans
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campus but over the entire school
will be paved and laid according
to formal plan. These walks will
be eight feet wide in most cases.
But secondary walks, walks not of
arterial nature, will be laid along
paths cut by students in discovering
the easiest passage from building1
to building. These walks will
be four feet wide; and they ought
to prove popular because they will
provide the straightaways so necessary
in making classes with the
usual two-minute margin.
Miscellaneous Plans and
Accomplishments
Under construction at the college
shops is a tree-moving trailer,
a most ingenious piece of work.
The trailer will be used to transplant
the many large trees which
the campus plans require. The
trailer is 22 feet long and nine feet
wide, and it is capable of moving
trees weighing as much as 18 tons.
The department of Buildings and
Grounds is responsible for the installation
of the many Coca-Cola
machines in buildings on all sections
of the campus. Students have
made gratefttl use of the machines,
especially in the hot weather.
A general feature of the plans
which has not been mentioned under
any specific heading is the goal
of an ever-blooming collection of
shrubs and trees. The plantings
will be chosen with the idea of a
continuous, year-round series of i
blossoms.
Greater Auburn will be in dress i
uniform all the time. No more |
sloppy collegiate dress for our re-.
juvenated alma mater!
denly he dropped behind, and when
I looked back he was sitting on
the .ground wishing that he hadn't
eaten that second piece of choco-
'ate cake for dinner.
Of course, I went to the Tiger
to see the prizes given away. The
winner seemed proud of his feat,
but seemed to have had a little
trouble collecting a most desirable
part of his prize. After that I
went to bed, and when the alarm-clock
roused me at the break of
day, eight-thirty to be exact, I
could hardly slide down from my
top-decker bunk. But thank goodness
it was raining and I didn't
have to drill. That was the luckiest
break I have had in some time,
University; Gloria Stalwart, Mon-j
tevallo; Doris Bradford, Judson; j Joyce Freeman, Albany, Ga.;
M a r t h a Gilbert, Chattanooga, | Mary Virginia Wren, Auburn;
Tenn.
Judy
Helen Jordan Will Serve as Mistress of
Ceremonies; Many Prizes to be Awarded
The grand opening of the WAA i certain that "The Mystery Lady"
Night Club to be staked in Alumni will receive a large ovation from
Gymnasium tomorrow night will the socialites who attend the first
mark a new type of entertainment j performance,
on the Auburn campus. The gym n a s iUm will be decorat-
Hostess for the opening is being! e d i n t r u e N i g h t c l u b f a s h i o n > f e a -
kept a deep, dark secret, but it is ! t uring the Christmas colors of
i
Pi Kappa Phi's to
Present Formal
Dance Begins at Nine
Tonight in Center
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity will
hold it's annual formal dance tonight
at nine o'clock in Graves
Center.
There will be a house-party this
week-end, with such events as a
buffet supper after the dance tonight,
and a Christmas party tomorrow
night, featured.
The fraternity will present a
tea dance in the girl's gym tomorrow
afternoon. The A u b u rn
Knights will furnish the music for
this as well as for the formal tonight.
Miss Mayme Jo Ashby, of Montgomery,
will lead the dance with
the fraternity president, Leroy
Patterson, of Luverne.
The following dates have been
invited for the week-end activities:
Mary Hunter, Albany, Ga.;
Emma Lila Fundaburk, Monteval-lo;
Marjorie Cobb, Bainbridge,
Ga.; Evelyn Randall, Birmingham;
By MERLE WOODARD
Women's Editor
The Woman's Quadrangle has
blossomed out in a blaze of color
this week, evidencing the Christmas
spirit among the coed group.
Social Center came into its full
beauty with the huge candles on
the front veranda, highlighting a
beautiful holly wreath with a huge
red bow on the entrance door.
The soft glow of blue lights from
a large Christmas tree in the engreen
and red. Lillie Beulah trance hall provides a lovely set-
Whatley is chairman of the deco- ,, , , ,,
rat,i.o n commi..t.t ee. THT o„ll y, red, and, ]I ting . for other decor_a_tions in the iS „,__
green candles, and red and green
crepe paper streamers will be used
effectively around the twelve foot
L-shaped bar which will be operated
by Frances Barnes and Mae
Patton. Pine trees, smilax, and
other greenery will be used for
background. The balcony will be
draped with smilax, and gay balloons
will float leisurely from the
banisters.
Individual tables will be grouped
around the bar. Cigaret girls and
French waitresses will serve the
customers.
music room and reception parlor.
On each mantel in these two rooms
Marriage of Becky
Rice, Is Announced
Miss Bessie Rice, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Rice, of
this city was married Saturday
evening, December 7, to John Cecil
Langley, of Camp Hill and Auburn.
The wedding took place at
the Baptist parsonage in the presence
of the immediate family and
closest friends. Dr. J. R. Edwards,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
read the vows and an impressive
ring ceremony was used.
The bride is a senior in the
are two large red candles on either school of home economics, and will
end with a centerpiece of pine j continue her studies at A.P.I. The
branches and pine cones, sprinkled | groom has business interests in
with snow. Two small trees on the ! Auburn. The young couple will
back porch are gaily lighted and j make their home on 323 % North
give the Christmas effect to the! Gay Street,
court of the quadrangle. Dormitory
1 has been decorated with pine
needles and pine boughs. Dormitory
2 also carries out this effect.
The living room of Dormitory
4 is completely illuminated by blue
lights emanating from the Christmas
tree which occupies one cor-
The center of the room will be ner. A gum drop tree on one of
used for dancing and the floor
show. A spot light will be focused
on the performers during the amateur
show.
Features of the floor show will
the tables gives the feeling of be
ing in a veritable fairy land. | Brown, PiKA.
Green and red Christmas flowers
adorn the piano.
Dormitory 3 probably decorated
Squires' Drive
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The line-up for the All-Stars:
Ends, Mitchell, SAE, and Harris,
PiKA; Guards, Savelle and Ford,
ATO's; Center, A u s t i n , SAE;
Backs, Carter and McCaulley,
ATO's, Merril, Sigma Nu, and
Hendrix, Natchez, Miss.;
Olive Crawford, Valdosta, Ga.;
Betty Cobb, University; June
Rawls, Selma; Norma Wilkinson,
Chattanooga; Lila Mae Watters,
Auburn; Annie Lee Fitts, Tuscaloosa;
Mary Ford Tillery, Decatur;
M a r y Hammond, Huntingdon;
Virginia Massey, Auburn; Mary
Dean French, Auburn; Betty
Driskell, Selma.
Mary Emma McBrayer, Rome,
Ga.; Betty Houghston, Tuscumbia;
Alice Earl Floyd, Peterman; Eleanor
Hill, Auburn; Martha Lid-dell,
Agnes Scott; Eleanor Fowler,
Chattanooga; Betty Avery, Chattanooga;
Lillian Johnson, Selma;
Sue Cade, Lafayette; Aline Daves,
Huntingdon; Katherine Hall, Auburn;
Eloise Ainsworth, Wesleyan;
Elizabeth Hunt, Opelika; Vande-lyn
Lazenby, Talladega; Eloise
Williams, Opelika; Carol Ruskin,
Hattiesburg, Miss.; Eleanor Chester,
Jacksonville, Fla.; Daphne
I Reynolds, Jackson, Miss.
Margaret Kren, Auburn, Louise
Rush, Fairfield; Madra Smith,
Wetumpka, Virginia Beall, Luverne;
Celeaste Allen, Montevallo.
J a n e Williams, Wetumpka;
Robbie Nell Christopher, Montevallo;
June Dawkins, Birmingham;
Mrs. Jerry Davis, Gadsden; Betty
Farrell, Hurtsboro; Ruby Morrison,
Auburn; Dorothy Blackmon,
Auburn; Mai'tha Ross, Montevallo;
Elizabeth Samsal, Auburn;
Mary Tinsley, Auburn; Doris
Peeples, Birmingham; Carolyn
Jones, Birmingham; Doris Greene,
LaGrange, Ga.; Mary Lila Good-loe,
Mobile; Martha Walker, Huntingdon
College; Martha Brooks,
Auburn; Dorothy Jean McCorly,
Wetumpka; Nell Johnson, Auburn
; Carolyn Bates, Dothan;
Ruth Price, Auburn; Mrs. Gene
Caldwell, Auburn, and Sue Brown,
Huntingdon.
be tap dancing, modern dancing, [ on the largest scale, giving a deco-and
special songs by the partici- j ration party. Red and green crepe
pating amateurs. Prizes will be j paper streamers, red Christmas
awarded to winners of the amateur I bells, and poinsettas carry out the
contest.
Luella Haselton will direct
games. Shuffleboard, fencing, dart
game, and fortune telling will furnish
excitement and entertainment.
All games are for fun and
all to be played for prizes.
An admission ticket may be
traditional Christmas colors. A
brightly lighted tree is bedecked
with tinsel and strings of pop corn
and cranberries. Red holly wreaths
with electris candles hang invitingly
at the door.
Though not in the quadrangle,
but definitely a part of the coed
bought from any WAA member or population is graduate hall and
may be bought at the door. It
will be good for a full evening of
dancing that's different—"double
tag" where both boys and girls
do the breaking. The program will
last from 8:00 until 11:00—danc-1
ing being the main feature until
10:00 when the grand finale of
the evening begins—the big amateur
floor show.
Smith Hall which had lovely decorations
and especially beautiful
trees.
LOST—V.P.I. Battery "I" key,
lost between the back of the
New Class Room Building and
the front of Ross Chemistry
Building. Finder please return
to Eddie Lenner, phone 428.
Auburn Players
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Alan, Bobby Haas, Mobile; Madge,
Maitha Daily, Birmingham; Kay,
Lillian Jane Smith, Birmingham;
Mrs. Conway, Claudia Weinmann,
Decatur; Joan Helford, Marjorie
McKinnon, Auburn; Gerald Thornton,
Warren Bridges, West Orange,
N. J.; Robin, G. C. Robinson.
Stage manager is Jim Burt, of
Rochester, N.Y. Allen Odom will
be in charge of make-up.
FOR SALE — My equity in a
Magic Chef double gas range.
Will sell or trade half or double.
In use only 90 days, suitable
for boarding or fraternity
house. In excellent condition.
Must sell, am leaving town.
Call Mrs. Thomas, 771-R. E-flat
alto saxaphone also for
sale.
FOR RENT—Steam heated apart-men
for 2 quiet boys. 134 Thach j Notre Dame now has a flying
Ave. Tiddman. field near its stadium.
Friday
FRANK MORGAN
in
"HULLABALOO
Puff, Puff!
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lia. An oversize bulldog decided
that I wasn't playing fair, so he
came out to give encouragement
and impetus to my stride. ' There
was one thing I never could figure
out: why that derned dog had to
pick me out of six or seven hundred
other crazy people.
After following the crowd I
found myself running along a dirt
load in some shady trees. My, but
they looked inviting. And the babbling
brook. That would have
made anyone falter. However, I
saw some angry-looking upper-classmen
and decided to put off my
resting for a while. After clambering
up one more hill I was able
to see the finish line, so I went
down the home stretch with another
funny-looking fellow in shorts
and no shirt. He was running like
another Bud Wendling until sud-
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