1940-09-13 The Plainsman

              Welcome Back
Upperclassmen
VOL. LXIV z-i ITw PlaindmarL
ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, SEPTEMBER 13, 1940
Where's That
Button, Boys
No. 2
Enrollment Expected to Reach All-Time High
CONGRATULATIONS, COLONELS Over One Thousand
Freshmen Register
Coed Enrollment May Reach 800; Students
Continue Registration Through Tomorrow
First day upperclassmen enrollment reached an all-time
high last night as registration lines closed with a
total of approximately 2500 students on the rolls of Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute.
Of this number, well over a thousand were freshmen,
registered during the first half of the week. There were
988 new freshmen registered previously to the opening of
upperclass registration.
Auburn's Civilian Pilot Training
Program to Receive New Quota Soon
Freshmen Meet
Student Leaders
At Convocation
Coeds Will Be Included
In New CAA Allotment
"J&fSS " McGE.rtE£ 'BUDDY 'tfc \f#t//i»/
Cadet ROTC Appointments for
Year Made by Military Office
McCehee, Camp, McMahan are Colonels;
Brigade Colonel Will Be Appointed Later
Cadet ROTC appointments were announced this morn­ing
by Colonel John J. Waterman, Commandant. The Cadet
Commanding Officer of the Brigade Staff will not be an­nounced
until a later date. Cadet Colonel C. H. McGehee has
been appointed Commanding Officer of the First Field Ar­tillery
Regiment and Cadet Colonel M. W. Camp received
the appointment of Commanding Officer of the Second Field
Artillery Regiment. Cadet Colonel, C. E. (Buddy) McMahan,
is to serve as Commanding Offi­cer
of the Engineer Regiment.
McGehee is a senior in archi­tecture,
president of the "A"
Club and plays end on the football
squad. "Babe" is also a member
of the ODK and Spades, honor­ary
fraternities, and Sigma Nu
social fraternity.
Camp is a senior in agriculture
and is a member of the Alpha
Gamma Rho fraternity. He is also
a member of Blue Key and is on
the Dean's list. <
McMahan is a quarterback on
the Tiger football squad and is a
member of the "A" Club. He is
also captain of the Scabbard and
Blade, a member of the Tau Beta
. Pi and vice-president of Blue Key.
Following is a list of the ap­pointments
of cadet officers:
Field Artillery Regiments:
Brigade Staff: Cadet Colonel,
unappointed; Cadet Lt. Col.,
Adams, N. J., Executive; Cadet
Major, Paul E. M., Adjutant;
Cadet Captain, Johnson, U. H.,
Assistant Executive; Cadet Cap­tain,
McGowen, N. E., Assistant
Adjutant; and Cadet Lt. Col.,
Patterson, Leroy, S-3.
First Field Artillery Regiment:
Staff: Cadet Colonel, McGehee,
C. H., Commanding; Cadet Cap­tain,
Lord, W. V., Adjutant; Ca­det
1st Lieut., Norvell, L. R., S-
3; and Cadet 1st Lieut., Powers,
J. W., S-4.
First Battalion, 1st F. A.: Ca­det
Lt. Col., Darty, W. G., Com­manding;
Cadet 1st Lieut., Burns,
R. T., Adjutant; and Cadet 1st
Lieut., Bozeman, J., Personnel
Adjutant.
Cadet Captains: Deming, J. W.,
Battery 'A'; Sutton, H. L., Bat­tery
'B'; and Griffin, D. R., Bat­tery
' C . Cadet First Lieutenants:
Hutchison, M. J., Battery 'A';
Danner, J. E., Battery 'B'; and
Hatcher, W. M., Battery 'C. Ca­det
Second Lieutenants: Chumley,
V. W. and Fillmer, N. A., Bat­tery
'A'; Davis, J. E. and Jenkins,
A. W., Battery 'B'; and Bacon, J.
E. and Pickens, R. C, Battery
•c.
Second Battalion, 1st F. A.:
•«adet Lt. Col., Lott, K. L., Com­manding;
Cadet 1st Lieut., Head,
Fl • A., Adjutant; and Cadet 1st
Lieut., Wadkins, M., Personnel
Adjutant.
Cadet Captains: Hall, R. D.,
Battery, 'D'; Jackson, M. B., Bat­tery
'E'; and Fortner, M. J., Bat­tery
'F'. Cadet First Lieutenants:
Harkins, J. A., Battery 'D'; Mil­ler,
W. F., Battery 'E'; and Gild­er,
J. D., Battery 'F'. Cadet Sec­ond
Lieutenants, Chambers, R. H.
and Hale, D. P., Battery 'D';
Barnhill, D. and Hunt, T. P., Bat­tery
'E'; and Gardiner, D. and
White, Wilmer, Battery 'F'.
Third Battalion, 1st F. A.: Ca­det
Lt. Col., Claytor, R. F., Com­manding;
Cadet First Lieut.,
Snellings, W. R., Adjutant; and
Cadet First Lieut., McCabe, J. N.,
Personnel Adjutant. Cadet Cap­tains,
Hodo, William, Battery 'G';
Johnson, J. W., Battery 'H'; and
Danner, J. D., Battery T. Cadet
First Lieutenants, Campbell, T. L.,
Battery 'G'; Zeigler, W. I., Bat­tery
'H'; and Witschen, N. H.,
Battery T. Cadet Second Lieu­tenants,
Esslinger, M. S., Fau-cette,
H. R., Welden, J. E., and
Edwards, J. W., Battery 'G';
Meadows, N. J. and White, R. D.,
Battery 'H'; and Saye, Harold,
and Haley, J. R., Battery T.
Second Field Artillery Regi­ment:
Staff: Cadet Colonel, Camp, M.
W., Commanding; Cadet Captain,
Ellis, P. J., Adjutant; Cadet 1st
Lieut, Savelle, D. R., S-3; and
Cadet 1st Lieut., Sawada, George,
S-4.
First Battalion, 2nd F. A.: Ca­det
Lt. Col., Holladay, J. P., Com­manding;
Cadet 1st Lieut., Wright;
T. R., Adjutant; Cadet 1st Lieut.,
Hayden, C. J., Personnel Adju­tant.
Cadet Captains, Rotenberry, W.
C, Battery 'A'; Elliott, C. G.,
Battery 'B'; and Taylor, E. D.,
Battery 'C. Cadet First Lieuten­ants,
Wilson, F. B., Battery 'A';
Perry, P. H., Battery 'B'; and
Wilkerson, R. L., Battery «C.
Cadet Second Lieutenants, Bur­gess,
J. F., and Ellner, W. L.,
Battery 'A'; Browning, E. H. and
Land, W. M., Battery 'B'; and
Wilson, L. B., Battery 'C.
Second Battalion, 2nd F. A.:
(Continued on page 6)
President Duncan
Welcomes Students
TO THE UPPERCLASSMEN:
We are happy to welcome you
back to Auburn. We sincerely
wish for you that this scholas­tic
year may bring a full meas­ure
of success. We have enroll­ed
this year a record number
of new students. We hope that
each of you will make it a part
of your responsibilities to give
aid and advice to our freshmen.
We know that you understand
that the true Auburn Spirit is
a great and constructive force
for the development of char­acter
and responsibility, and we
ask you to use your influence
to the end that our new stu­dents
shall understand their re­sponsibilities.
The times are such that we
cannot know what the future
holds for us. It is our sincere
hope that each of you may be
allowed to pursue his college
courses without interruption,
but it is also our sincere wish
that each of you will recognize
his obligations to his country in
these critical times, and accept
whatever calls for duty that
may be made upon him with
courage, and with conviction.
All of the institutions of free­dom,
that have made privileges
such as we enjoy possible, are
at stake in the terrible struggle
now taking place in the Old
World. We earnestly hope that
this country may remain at
peace, but if it is called upon to
preserve through force of arms
the principles of freedom and
democracy, then may we con­tinue
in the proud tradition of
Auburn men by doing cheerful­ly
our part in time of crisis.
This has been true of Auburn
men since Auburn began. It
will be true of Auburn men
whatever may betide.
With sincere good wishes for
each of you, I am
Cordially your friend,
L. N. Duncan,
President.
Frats Pledge 182
Freshmen in Week
SAE's Leading Campus
In Quantity of Pledges
Auburn's 19 fraternities had
pledged 182 men when a semi­official
count was made at noon
yesterday by the Plainsman. Lead­ing
the lodges in number of
pledges were the SAE's with 22
men listed. Following close be­hind
were Phi Delta Theta with
18 and Theta Chi with 17.
Three fraternities, Kappa Al­pha,
Pi Kappa Alpha, and Alpha
Tau Omega, ranked next with 15
pledges each. Delta Sigma Phi
and Sigma Nu were close behind
with 14 and 13 each, respectively.
Ranking behind these lodges in
number were Kappa Sigma, 11; Pi
Kappa Phi, 10; Lambda Chi Al­pha,
Sigma Chi, and Sigma Phi
Epsilon, 9 each; Sigma Pi, 3; Tau
Epsilon Phi, 2; and Alpha Gamma
Rho, Beta Kappa, Alpha Lambda
Tau, and Alpha Psi, none each.
Players to Hold
Try-Outs Tonight
Season's First Play to
Be "Taming of Shrew"
Initial tryouts for the Auburn
Players will be held tonight at
7:30. All students who are inter­ested
in dramatics or comedy are
invited to attend this first meet­ing
of the year.
The first play, to be presented
in October, is William Shake­speare's
comedy, "The Taming of
Shew". There are approximately
eighteen parts in the comedy in­cluding
several minor roles for
men. Due to the fact that women
students have taken less interest
in dramatics than would be ex­pected,
the Players are in great
need of feminine dramatic ability,
Adding to this total the fresh­men
who registered the second
semester of last term, and those
who entered school during the
summer, plus those who register­ed
late this week, the anticipated
mark of 1200 freshmen should
have already been reached.
The 1600 students who regis­tered
yesterday were divided into
four registration lines. In the two
lines at Samford Hall, there were
790 enrolled, in the Schools of
Agriculture, Architecture and Al­lied
Arts, Chemistry and Phar­macy,
Education, Home Eco­nomics,
and the graduate school.
In Ramsay Hall, there were 355
engineering students. 342 -regis­tered
in the new classroom build­ing
in the School of Science and
Literature, and in Veterinary
Medicine.
Registration of upperclassmen
and late freshmen will be continu­ed
today and tomorrow, and to­tal
enrollment is expected to rise
well above 4,000.
Included in the above total are
some 700 women students, accord­ing
to a report issued yesterday
from the office of Dr. Rosa Lee
Walston, Director of Women Stu­dents.
This sets another record in
Auburn's coed enrollment.
Of these women students, 404
will occupy the new quadrangle,
while the remainder will live in
Smith Hall, the nursery school,
apartments, or with relatives in
town.
Among the women students
rooming in the dormitories of the
quadrangle are 202 freshmen
women, enrolled in almost every
curriculum offered by the school.
By ART JONES
Approximately 50 Auburn stu­dents
will be trained in the Civil­ian
Pilot Training Program, be­ginning
on or about October 1,
and to be completed on January
31, 1941, according to Lieut. B.
M. Cornell. Application blanks
may be obtained in the Engineer­ing
Library, Ramsay 108, until
6 p.m., Saturday, and must be re-
More than 600 freshmen met j turned not later than Saturday
their student leaders at a convo- September 21, at 6 p.m.
cation last night in the amphi-1 A limited number of coeds will
theatre at Graves Center and af- b e accepted, if fully qualified, but
Blue Key, Cardinal Key
Entertain at Reception
On Social Center Lawn
Freshman Cheerleader
Tryouts To Be Held
Sunday Afternoon
Tryouts for freshman cheer­leader,
both boy and girl, will be
held in the Auburn Stadium Sun­day
afternoon, at 2 p.m., accord­ing
to an announcement today by
Chick Hatcher, head cheerleader.
terward were entertained at a re­ception
by Blue Key honor so­ciety
on the lawn of the Women's
Social Center.
Jim King, president of the stu­dent
body, presided over the meet­ing
at the amphitheatre, and wel­comed
the freshmen to Auburn.
Speeches were made by Presi­dent
L. N. Duncan on "The Value
of a College Education"; Ed Paul,
member of Blue Key, on the "Au­burn
Spirit"; and Frank Wilson,
member of ODK, on "Freshmen
Activities."
Following these talks King in­troduced
members of the college
administration i n c l u d i n g Mr.
Draughon, executive secretary;
Col. J. J. Waterman, commandant
of the ROTC; Mr. W. T. Ingram,
college accountant; Mr. Kirtley
Brown, college publicity director,
Mr. Charles Edwards, registrar;
and Dr. Rosa Lee Walston, dean
of women.
Following the introduction of
the college officials, student lead­ers
were introduced to the fresh­men.
These students included John
Deming, Trigger McGehee, Kirk
Newell, Dan Hollis, W. G. Darty,
Babe McGehee, R. T. Young, Car­lisle
McCollough, Marlin Camp,
Boots Stratford, Cliff" Beckham,
Tom Roby, Drew Hale, Chick
Hatcher, Dick McGowen and Ernie
Mills.
Following the convocation the
freshmen were entertained by
Blue Key and Cardinal Key, hon­or
societies, at the Women's So­cial
Center. Music was furnished
by the Auburn Knights orchestra.
The receiving line was composed
of the deans and members of the
faculty of the college.
the number is not to exceed 10
per cent of the quota.
General requirements for appli­cants
are as follows:
1. Applicant must have com­pleted
one year of college. Any
person who has completed two
years of college, but is not at­tending
college, may be eligible.
2. Applicant must have reach­ed
the age of 19, but not passed
the age of 26, on or before Oc­tober
1, 1940.
3. If applicant is under the age
of 21, he must have the consent
of his parent or guardian, before
being allowed to participate in the
program.
4. Applicant must pass the CAA
physical examination with a rat­ing
of commercial CPT. If ap­plicant
fails to pass the physical
examination, he must pay a fee
of six dollars to cover the cost
of the examination.
5. Applicant must not hold, or
have held, a Private Pilot Certifi­cate.
Each applicant must be pre-prepared
to pay a fee of thirty-six
dollars, to cover the cost of
the physical examination, insur­ance,
ground school, and trans­portation
to and from the air­port.
The course consists of thirty-five
to fifty hours of flight in­struction,
leading to a private pilot
rating and seventy-two hours of
ground school, covering the his­tory
of aviation, the Civil Air
Regulations, parachutes, airplanes,
theory of flight, navigation, me-terology,
engines, instruments,
and radio aids.
A meeting of all applicants will
be held Sunday, September 22,
at 7:00 p.m. in room 109 Ramsay.
All freshmen desiring a chance
Last" year'7plays~ "were "highly I t o b e c o m e cheerleader are urged
Notice
Western Union requests that all
students, freshmen and otherwise,
drop by the local office and leave
their names and addresses. Last
year, several telegrams were de­layed
unnecessarily because stu­dents
could not be located prompt-ly.
successful, and from all indica­tions
the Players should have an­other
good year.
Newell Gives Prices
For Clomerata Pages
Because of the great increase
in recent years of the Auburn
student body and the resulting in­creased
cost in publishing the
Glomerata, the Board of Student
Publications has adopted the fol­lowing
schedule of charges for the
1941 Glomerata, according to
Kirk Newell, business manager.
All organization, sorority, and
fraternity pages will be sold at
$40 per page, with each fraterni­ty,
sorority, or organization be­ing
limited to one page. The cost
of a half page will be $20. Extra
prints will be fifty cents as form­erly
and a group picture will cost
$2.50.
Each organization, sorority, -or
fraternity will have the responsi­bility
of collecting all the money
for the cost of the page and for
the extra prints.
to be present on time in order
that no delay in tryouts will be
caused. A group of judges, as yet
unannounced, will determine the
winner of the competitions.
The first pep rally of the year
was held Wednesday afternoon in
the stadium where all pep rallies
will be held throughout this year
because of the increase in num­ber
of freshmen. The next pep
rally will be held next Thursday
afternoon at 5 p.m. in the sta­dium.
NYA NOTICE
Upperclass NYA students who
have not received their assign­ments
are requested to report to
the first floor of Samford Hall
before 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13.
All upperclass NYA students
must be at Langdon Hall Friday,
Sept. 13, at 4 p.m. to receive final
instructions.
Freshmen NYA students who
have not received assignments
must report to the Student Em­ployment
and Housing Office.
Panhellenic Council to Officially
Re-open Sorority Rushing Tomorrow
Panhellenic council rules enforcing closed rushing
during days of orientation and registration will go out of
effect tonight. Open rushing begins tomorrow when there
will be several parties given to rushees by the various so­rorities
and by their alumna.
All women students wishing to be rushed by sororities
signed for rushing and paid the registration fee of fifty
cents Wednesday. All those who paid this fee attended
the Panhellenic Tea last night.
must be placed in the box in Miss
Cherry's office by 2 p.m.
There shall be no party before
7 p.m. on Monday.
2. During open rushing no
member, pledge, or alumna of any
sorority may spend any money on
any rushee other than at the daily
parties.
3. Open rushing shall begin on
Saturday at 3 p.m. and end on the
following Tuesday at 9 p.m.
4. The complete expenditures
of any sorority for open rushing
shall not exceed $60. This does
include parties given by the alum­nae.
A copy of the expenditures
of each sorority must be filed in
a sealed envelope in Dr. Walston's
office the morning of the day of
preferential bidding.
(Continued on page 6)
The following rules for Open
Rushing and for the later Silence
Period have been issued in the
handbook for women students:
Open rushing:
1. Lists of girls invited to so­rority
parties on Saturday and
Sunday should be in Dr. Walston's
office not later than Friday night
at 10 p.m. Rushees must return
their cards indicating whether
they accept or decline on Satur­day
morning by nine. These cards
must be placed in the box provid­ed
in Miss Cherry's office.
A second list of girls invited to
parties on Monday night and
Tuesday must be in the above of­fice
not later than Monday morn­ing
at 8 a.m. Acceptances and re­fusals
of invitations to parties
WEAR THAT RAT CAP
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A Big Success—
Orientation Week
The three-day period of orientation
was a great success. Of course there
were some minor flaws which could not
be foreseen. But knowing where the mis­takes
now lie, next year's freshman
training period should be an even big­ger
success.
We wish to congratulate the adminis­tration
officials of the college — Dr.
Duncan, Mr. Draughon, Mr. Kirtley
Brown, Mr. Charles Edwards, Dr. J. V.
Brown, and others — for the notable
work accomplished with the installation
of a freshman orientation week at Au­burn.
For the first time, all freshmen had
paid their fees by noon of the first day,
a task that has usually taken two full
days. These members of the Class of '44
know who their deans are, they know
who the president of the college is, they
know where Ramsay Hall is located and
that it is the engineering building. In
short, they know their way around the
campus.
Oh, What's the Use
Headline news of the summer in the
SEC sports world was the appointment
of Mike Connor as the first Athletic
Commissioner of the conference. The
step taken in the appointing of the new
position was hailed by all as a notable
venture.
The object of the new commissioner's
office is to abolish all the faults and
evils of athletics in the 13-member
group. With the appointment of this
man as a watch-dog, there would be no
more evil tactics employed in the se­curing
of athletes. There would be no
evils in the playing and officiating of
athletic contests in the conference.
But those who brought this brain­child
into existence apparently went the
wrong way when they designated the
powers and authority of the commission­er.
They failed to even give the newly
appointed watch-dog any potent weap­ons
with which to combat the evils he
was certain to face when he took office.
And so the Southeastern Conference
has an Athletic Commissioner. He re­ceives
a good salary that is paid by all
the members of the conference. But he
can't do a thing about the evils that
exist in the conference. His hands are
tied. They set up the office and a head
man for the office but they forgot to
install any equipment to work with.
Oh, what's the use.
Let's Co to Bat For Britain
Our esteemed friend, the editor of the
Dothan Eagle, has an editorial sword
that is one of the sharpest in the nation.
When he has a conviction he sticks to
it and he doesn't usually mind whose
toes he trods upon in doing so.
His latest biting editorial concerns the
destroyer-naval base swapping episode
between President Roosevelt and Great
Britain. Mr. Hall firmly denounces the
action taken by the president in no un­certain
terms. His editorial is titled,
"What Next, Sire". That, in itself, is a
notable bit of sarcasm.
Taking a few excerpts from his two-column
masterpiece, we quote: "Send
Congress home. There is no longer an
excuse for it to remain in Washington.
. . . He (Roosevelt) snubbed Congress
. . . snubbed the American people . . .
the apostle of democracy (again, Roose­velt)
tore a page from the guide book
of Hitler . . . the motivating force be­hind
the President's act was not the im­mediate
safety of the county . . ."
We beg most humbly to disagree with
the esteemed editor. Just as Ticiously as
he attacks the action of the President,
so we disagree with him.
The action that the President took in
swapping those 50 destroyers for invalu­able
naval bases in the Atlantic needed
to be taken immediately. If the approval
of Congress had been desired, it would
have been next year before those de­stroyers
were sent, if they had been sent
at all.
Are we going to sit in our homes and
places of business, smug with confi­dence
that Hitler will not attack us,
that we are not in danger? No, we've
got to act! Whether we fully realize
it or not, Britain's navy IS our first
line of defense. Are we going to let
that defense bog down and go to
pieces? Are we going to let democra­cy
vanish from the face of the earth?
Are we going to sit and wait until Hit­ler
sets foot on American soil to take
action against this maniac? God for­bid
that we do so!
Britain is fighting our battle — the
battle for democracy — that democracy
that we once fought so valiantly for and
which we cherish so dearly. They are
not asking for our men. They do not
need them. But they do need materials
with which to fight the war lords of the
Nazis. It is our duty to send them those
materials.
If we will only send Britain the ma­terials
that they so urgently need, the
cause of democracy will be saved. We
will be saved. The British are the most
stubborn people in the world. They will
fight for the last inch of English soil.
They will not give up the cause—their
cause and our cause. The RAF meet the
Nazis on their own terms, giving blow
for blow. The members of that fighting
force of airmen shall go down in history
as the most valiant group of fighters the
world has ever known.
So let's don't sit so smugly and com­placently
in our apparently - secure
homes and just watch the British fight
our battle with no help from us. Let's
give the British everything we have
except our manpower. Let us do our
part for the cause of democracy. Let
us go to bat for Britain while they
are in there pitching with all they
have for us.
This country needs a leader like Roo­sevelt
in time of such crisis. The action
that he took is not unprecedented.
Thomas Jefferson and Teddy Roosevelt
performed similar deeds while in office
in the purchase of the Louisiana Terri­tory
and the Panama Canal Zone. We
want to congratulate our president for
the action taken. We want him to know
that we are with him to the limit. We
want to save democracy from a cruel
fate. President Roosevelt wants to save
democracy as much as we do. And he'll
do it.
Plains Talk—By Herbert Martin CAMPUS CAMERA
Congratulations Rats!
We don't have to ask a student if he
is a freshman now, we know he is by
the cap he wears. May we take this op­portunity
to congratulate the rats of the
Class of '44.
As we walked across the campus this
week, we were genuinely thrilled to see
those orange and blue caps dotting the
campus here and there and in places
making an almost solid mass of color.
Freshmen, it really does our hearts good
to see you wear that rat cap. As we have
said before, it is an honor and your duty
to wear the cap of the Class of '44, not
an obligation. You should be proud of
that piece of felt that rests on the top
of your head.
In after years when you look back on
your freshman days here at Auburn you
will feel proud that you wore those caps
and that they did not rest ignominiously
in the bottom of your trunk.
We have only one thing to say, con­tinue
to wear that rat cap, freshman.
Wear it everywhere you go and you will
add honor to the name of Auburn.
Open warfare on the fraternity
fronts is becoming less violent,
and the time is approaching for
more concealed sorority rushing.
Bound by so many rules tending
to keep sorority membership a
secret that rushees have little
chance of finding out just who is
rushing them, rushing authorities
contemplate letting new coeds
count off in groups of six, and
giving each sorority a number.
Sorors number one get all
rushees hollering that number in
the counting process, at least un­til
the quota is reached. Other
sistren get their pledges the same
way. It is suggested that those be­ing
treated for hoof and mouth
diseases be culled out, refunded
their four bits, and assisted in or­ganizing
their own sewing circle.
* * *
This year's male rushing sea­son
so far has been pretty excit­ing,
with time limits making it
seem more and more like a game.
Although more blood was spilled
than in several years previous,
casualties were fewer. This was
caused, we believe, by the occur­rence
of many minor combats and
following peace pipe smoking
(not to be confused with hot box
twofers), and a dearth of major
engagements.
* * *
Based on a study of sorority
rushing rules, certain suggestions
may be made in modification of
fraternity regulations. This plan
calls for limiting fraternity pledg­ing
to five for the first semester,
with the opportunity of adding
one pledge at the beginning of
the second semester.
If the pledge is any relation to
any member, however, or if he
has known him at any time previ­ous
to his newly found condition
of servitude, he counts minus one,
in order that mortgages may still
be paid off.
Fraternity pins or other marks
of identification may not be worn
until after mid-semester grades
are out.
* * *
And, still Grecian, we'd like to
know . . . if it's true that a cer­tain
pair of lodges are building
pledge dormitories? . . . if the Lil'
Mt. Wilson on one frat roof-top
has been banned by dorm heads?
. . . if two muchly-publicized
trees will vanish soon from the
lawn on one Gay Street fraterni­ty,
as 'tis rumored?
If that Athenian mob guilty of
meeting every freight train will
desist when pledge total passes
the century mark? . . . if that
pore little feller treed on the
water tank by three rush com­mittees
has been able to slip
down?
* * *
Stock lick . . . and then there
was the frosh coed who was so
dumb she thought that to expec­torate
was to anticipate a date
with a BMOC. Any resemblance
to persons living, dead, or merely
sleeping would make us dreadful­ly
sorry.
We presume that this is the
same coed, or relation thereto,
who in previous years (courtesy
Plainsman files) thought the pole
vault had something to do with
the Federal Reserve, and that a
paradox was a couple of physic­ians.
We think the whole thing is as
silly as axle butter.
* * *
Garbutt's Rapids are on the Be­lize
River.
* * *
Physics problem from the '30
Plainsman . . . first ten correct
answers win six free soap cou­pons.
If a squirrel runs continuously
inside a hollow log from one end
to the other, and makes the trip
a half-second quicker each time,
how long will it take him to stick
his head out of both ends of the
log simultaneously?
* * *
W. Winchell reports a sign in
a NY barbershop . . . "Haircuts,
25c . . . for musicians, 50c."
* * *
Late Bulletin: When a partic­ularly
trying experience is said to
take ten years off one's life, the
reference concerns the last ten.
Postscript concerning the above:
Being scared out of ten years'
growth is just plain silly!
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Kritic, has
this to say of modern art.
"Whenever I see a surrealistic
painting," says Karrie, slightly
ironically, we must admit, "I
never fail to remember Keats'
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty . . .
that is all ye know on earth and
all ye need to know.' "
Plai insman hOrum Letters to the Editor
Editor,
The Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Every year there is always much
written about the Auburn spirit
and about the freshmen who are
to acquire this spirit. The only
way to keep in the Auburn Spirit
is for the freshman to catch the
feel of the friendliness and humor
of this spirit.
At times it may seem hard for
the freshman to obey the Rat
Rules as given in the last issue of
the Plainsman. However the hard­ships
and embarrassments of these
rules are remembered by all true
Auburn men longer than any oth­er
experiences which the students
have during their four years of
college work. Nearly all freshmen
become discouraged during their
first year and wish that they were
back home where people do not
try to have all their fun at the
expense of the poor little fresh­man.
I say little freshmen because
at the times when they get that
feeling of discouragement, they
feel about as little as they will
ever feel in their whole life.
It is always the upperclassmen
who cause all the worry to the
freshmen, but let the freshman
get into trouble and the upper­classmen
are the first to lend the
helping hand. After the freshman
receives the helping hand of the
upperclassman several times, it is
almost impossible for them to stay
away from the great Auburn
Spirit.
We, the upperclassmen of API,
congratulate all those new fresh­men
who are planning to wear
their rat caps and obey all the
rest of the Rat Rules. By obeying
the Rat Rules, the visitors on the
Auburn campus will realize that
the Auburn Spirit is not dying but
growing by leaps and bounds.
Sincerely yours,
A Junior.
Hungarian Thoughts
On War And Football
Editor's Note: The following
short article was written by Paul
Weisz, Hungarian exchange stu­dent
who graduated from API
this summer. It was written last
spring, but we think it particular­ly
suitable for publication at this
time.
By PAUL WEISZ
Football. We understand the
danger of bombers to men and
property in case of a war, and
with horror but also with satis­faction
we read of the evacation
of European cities.
I found last fall that war is
not the only reason for the evac­uation
of towns. In America, a
town might experience complete
evacuation even though there is
no danger of any sort. What I
have primarily in mind is the Au­burn-
Birmingham Southern game
last fall in Montgomery. I made
the regretful mistake at that time
to decide that I had some study­ing
to do, and soon I found my­self
in almost a perfect vacuum.
That was my first such experi­ence,
since, when I left Europe
last March there was no war go­ing
on yet.
Well, it seems you can find the
same things everywhere, merely
the causes may be different.
There is no football in Europe, at
least not this kind. You see, the
people over there have a very rea­sonable
antipathy against this
kind of thrill; whenever you saw
an American movie-picture that
contained quite a number of foot­ball
scenes, on the old continent,
then you had a chance to witness
conversations and remarks about
the roughness and inhumanity of
American football. There must be
some truth in it when European
people talk like that.
EJuRDUE'S CHARTER .STIPULATES
THAT THERE BE ON THE BOARD OF
REGENTS' 'ONE FARMER,ONE
WOMAN, AND ONE PERSON OF GOOD
MORAL CHARACTER".
ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR.
WHO FORGOT TO WRITE A 43.52
TEXTBOOK TO SELL TO HIS
CLASS/
#€ND YOUR "HERO OF THE WEEK."
OR OTHER SUITABLE MATERIAL
FOR THESE CARTOONS TO'- NORM
LEA-323 FAWKES BUILDING,
MINNEAPOLIS. MINNESOTA.
General Delivery—By Redding Sugg
Well, I had my baptism of ink,
and it was almost as hot as fire.
In the first place I woefully mis­calculated
the relative volumes of
typescript and newscript, with
the resulting loss of some of my
choicest remarks. I noticed, too,
that Dorothy Parker was man­handled
into incoherence and
rather made a fool of herself. I
told you I should be seeing you
every Tuesday, and here it is Fri­day.
Friday it is to be, from now
on.
* * *
War and our vast preparations
for war depress me so that I am
eager to point out a bright spot
in the midst of it all. The United
States has leased some fine bits
of romance as well as outposts for
defense in the British possessions
from Newfoundland to Guiana.
The arid, mightily rockbound
crown colony of Newfoundland,
being only some 1700 miles from
Europe, has taken on a sinister
character as the most reasonable
starting point for an invasion. Its
occupation by this nation is a dis­tressing
indication of the prox­imity
of war. So it is pleasing to
recall that Newfoundland is the
land of the fishermen, the land of
famous fish stories, a home base
of the once thriving China fleet.
Bermuda is known to us main­ly
as a grand vacation and tourist
mecca. But its exotic w h i te
beaches and blue seas have har­bored
the swaggering pirates of
a bolder day, and it probably still
hides treasure troves to enthrall
a Robert Louis Stevenson.
Antigua and St. Lucia are trop­ical
islands, one with an ever-smoking
volcano, in the very heart
of the Spanish Main and all the
brave tales of adventure that
thrilled us as children and thrill
us still. The greatest admirals of
Europe used to say that St. Lucia
is the key to the Caribbean, and
with a little dredging to take care
of the greater displacements of
modern ships, it still can be. An­tigua
guards the surely navigable
terminal of some of the most
treacherous waters in the world,
and if war should come to
America, it seems certain that
modern war vessels will go to
their graves beside the high-poop­ed
galleons of old Spain and the
privateering English ships which
led them such a chase.
Old fashioned rats were notori­ous
for deserting sinking ships,
but Auburn rats have better sense.
They have boarded the most sea­worthy
vessel hereabouts, the
good ship API, which has been in
drydock and is now cutting the
wind. Let's hope they plan to keep
their faculties and not to run the
place just yet.
If you are a Gilbert and Sulli­van
fan, you will recall the chor­us
beginning "Women, women,
women, WOMEN!" Being Auburn
students, you can join in where
G&S left off, because I am sure
they never saw so many women
in one place as even the lowliest
rat can see merely by raising his
eyes. Yes, the women have flut­tered
in to roost. The hunting sea­son
now begins. The question re­mains,
however, as to who hunts" "
and who is hunted.
Campus Leaders
In case you've wondered about
the handsome guy behind an SAE
pin the size of a modest billboard,
dressed in just the clothes that
the well-dressed college man
should wear, and with just the
smooth line that a campus big
shot should shoot, and totally
weighted down with keys and cor­responding
honors, the chances
are 4,200 to 1 that he's John Dem-ing,
BMOC extraordinary.
Smilin' John became Chairman
of Auburn's 1940-41 social com­mittee
last spring with one of the
biggest votes of the election.
An exceptional student, this is
only Deming's fourth year, and
he's already a senior! His name
may be found on the dean's list,
under the category of pre-med.
That gargantuan frat pin sig­nifies
that he's president of the
lo Ige across the tracks. It doesn't
belong to him—he's just wearing
it according to the custom of the
SAE's. They pass it along each
year from prexy to prexy.
Among Deming's honors may be
found a membership in Omicron
Delta Kappa, national leadership
fraternity and in Spades, campus
leadership group.
He served as president of last
year's Junior class, and was a
member of the Executive Cabi­net.
He is a member of the Pre-med
club.
Deming says that the dances
this year are going to be played
for by the best bands in the na­tion.
Ho Hum, that's what they
keep telling me down at the of­fice.
John Deming
JOtfA/ £>£M/MG
Five former University of Ala­bama
footballers are now coach­ing
in the Southeastern Confer­ence.
The median education for the
U.S. as a whole is completion of
the elementary school.
Dropsie College, Philadelphia,
has 24 students, seven faculty
members.
The new auditorium at Tulane
University has a concrete dome
measuring 110 feet in diameter—
largest in the U.S.
The first honorary degree ever
bestowed by the University of
Maryland was given the Marquis
de Lafayette 116 years ago.
September 13, 1940 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Instructions for Issuing of ROTC
Uniforms Given by Military Office
Office Also Announces ;
First Drill Schedule
ROTC uniforms will be issued
from the Military Department
Supply Room located in the base­ment
of Samford Hall to the fresh­men
from Thursday, September
12, through Wednesday, Septem­ber
18, during the following
hours: 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Freshmen
will draw their uniforms at times
shown on their schedules. A re­ceipt
for the registration fee
must be shown at the supply room
in order to obtain uniform.
Juniors will receive their uni­forms
at the supply room on
Thursday, September 19 from
7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. All jun-iors
will be required to draw new I
trousers, shirts, belts, caps, and
ties. Coats will be issued to those
juniors who require them.
Supplies and equipment will be
issued to seniors at the supply
Room on Thursday and Friday,
September 19 and 20 from 7:30
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Arrangements
have been made with Mr. Moring,
tailor, to sew shoulder straps on
shirts. All seniors are asked to
have this done at an early date.
It is proposed to hold riding
classes for men from 4 to 5 p.m.
on all week days except Satur­day.
Members of the Cadet Corps,
except freshmen, who desire to
take this instruction are asked to
turn their names in to the Mili­tary
Office before September 21,
giving days on which they will be
able to attend the riding class.
This riding will be conducted as
a military class. After the sections
are formed, the roll will be call­ed.
In case of two unexcused ab­sences,
the rider will be dropped
from the roll and not permitted
to continue riding.
Those cadets who qualify or
who have already qualified in rid­ing
will be given the privilege of
pleasure riding on Saturday and
Sunday mornings.
There will be no charge for the
instruction riding class. Neither
will there be a charge for the
pleasure riding except in case the
cadet does not care for the horse
or horses after riding. In case the
cadets do not care for the horses,
the charge will be twenty-five
cents per horse.
All sophomores and freshmen
who are in the Field Artillery will
be excused from the second drill
on Tuesday, September 17, at
11:00 a.m. The Field Artillery
seniors and juniors will report to
BuIIard Field for this drill period.
All Engineer freshman ROTC
New House Built
By Pi Kappa Phi
Structure Located on
South College Street
Nearing completion on south
college is the new $25,000 home
of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.
The house, designed by Clyde C.
Pearson, of Montgomery, a Pi
Kappa Phi Alumnus, and a grad­uate
of Auburn in 1926, was be­gun
on July 1, and faces north
toward the Phi Delta Theta house.
The new brick structure will ac­commodate
thirty-eight boys, and
completes an open court of three
fraternity houses, the third being
the Delta Sigma Phi house, which
faces west toward college street.
The area occupied by the court
is owned by the college, and land­scaping
of the entire court is to
be done by the three fraternities
in cooperation with the college.
Contractors for the new build­ing
are the Whaley Lumber Co.
of Troy, Alabama.. Plumbing,
heating, and wiring, is being done
by Watson and Son, of Opelika.
UP IN SOCIETY
By EMMA NELL PARRISH
students will report for drill on
the field between Ross Laboratory
and Ramsay Hall. Upperclassmen
Engineer students will report for
the second drill on the Engineer
drill field.
The following rules have been
made for all ROTC students con­cerning
the wearing and cleaning
of uniforms:
1. ROTC students will not be
excused from wearing uniforms to
drill on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
2. Arrangements have b e en
made with the Ideal Laundry to
enable students to have their uni­forms
cleaned and pressed with
their regular laundry at no extra
charge provided the following re­quirements
are thoroughly under­stood
and carried out to the great­est
extent.
3. Students sending laundry on
Mondays. (Those living in private
homes.) Delivery of laundry bag!
with uniform and laundry in it by
the students to the laundry Fri­day
afternoon and until 10:00
a.m. Saturday will enable the
laundry to deliver cleaning and
pressing by Monday. Bag must be
delivered to laundry office and
not to the laundry plant.
4. Students sending laundry
Tuesdays. (Those living in dormi­tories.)
Delivery of laundry bag
with uniform and laundry in it
SAMFORD-JERNIGAN
The recent announcement of the marriage of Miss Polly Sam-ford
to Charles Jernigan, to take place October 5 is of interest to
their many friends in Auburn. Miss Samford attended Montevallo
last year and Mr. Jernigan attended Auburn where he was a mem­ber
of Alpha Tau Omega.
* * *
PHlLLIPS-McBREAYER
The marriage of Miss Nellie Phil­lips
to Arthur McBreayer took place
Thursday, August 29 at LaFayette. The
couple will make their home in Auburn
where Mr. McBreayer is enrolled as a
senior in business administration.
* * *
SISSON-RODGERS
Miss Ruby Doris Sisson was mai'-
ried to Mr. Willis Woodall Rogers Au­gust
31 at the Auburn Baptist Church.
The Rev. James R. Edwards performed the ceremony in the presence
of a large group of friends. This fall Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers will be
at home at their apartment in the Wittel Dormitory, S. Gay St.
SMITH-ALLEY
The marriage of Miss Lavinia Smith to John Alley took place
September 2 at Union Springs. The bride is well known in Auburn,
having been connected with the AAA. The groom attended Auburn
and was affiliated with Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The couple will be
in Auburn this fall.
* * *
SCOTT-FAIRCHILD
The marriage of Miss Gene Scott to Getty Fairchild took place
Sept. 5 in Atlanta. The bride attended Auburn for the last three
years and was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority. The groom was
a member of Scabbard and Blade, Blue Key, and a member the foot­ball
team. He was a member of Delta Sigma Phi social fraternity.
They are living in Columbus.
Thursday afternoon (only during
weeks when uniform needs clean­ing
and pressing) will enable the
laundry to deliver cleaning and
pressing Saturday. Bag must be
delivered to the laundry office and
not to the laundry plant.
5. Students sending laundry
Wednesdays. (Those living in fra­ternity
houses.) Delivery of laun­dry
bag with uniform and laundry
in it by student to laundry on
Tuesday afternoon will enable the
laundry to deliver cleaning and
pressing on Wednesday. Bag must
be delivered to the laundry office
and not to the laundry plant.
Football teams of Auburn and
SMU will clash in Dallas on Oc­tober
19 in the inaugural grid
battle between the two schools.
The Tigers and Mustangs will
meet in Birmingham in 1941.
A Hearty WELCOME To
ALL STUDENTS
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API Aiding in Cancer
Clinic at Tuskegee
The Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute,
through its division of chem­istry,
is assisting with the cancer
clinic now being conducted by the
Tuskegee Institute Hospital in co­operation
with the American So­ciety
for the Control of Cancer.
Dr. Herman D. Jones, associate
professor of chemistry, is making
the pathological diagnoses for the
clinic. During the summer, Dr.
Jones has made pathological tests
in connection with many cases,
some of whom were Lee County
Negroes.
"The clinic is performing a bad­ly
needed service for Negroes in
this and adjoining states," said
Dr. Jones.
Auburn's homecoming football
scrap this year with Clemson at
Auburn on November 9 will re­new
one of the South's oldest
grid feuds, although the two teams
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Registrar Releases
Grades Over 90
Continued from Monday issue
Lillian Jane Smith, Birming­ham;
Jack Snow, Jasper; Percy
South, Cloyton; Carl Spain, Ope­lika;
Thomas Sparrow, Auburn;
Robert Stanfield, Lanett; Arthur
Steele, Birmingham; R o b e rt
Stewart, Wilson Dam; Julian
Stith, Mullins, S. C.j Flora
Straight, Fairmont, W. Va.; Quen-tin
Strong, Robertsdale; Frederic
Strother, Auburn; Redding Sugg,
Auburn; Dorothy Taylor, Mont­gomery;
Roy Teasley, Milltown;
George Thagard, Andalusia; Lane
Thigpen, Gadsden; Delphine Thom­as,
Auburn; Leroy Thompson,
Greenville; William Thompson
Camden, William Thornley, Ridge-wood,
N. J.; Norman Tobia, Bir­mingham;
Frances Trammell, Au­burn;
William Trammell, Fairfax;
Sara Tune, Columbus, Ga.; Henry
Vaughan, Tuskegee; T i m o t hy
Vick, Fayette; W. E. Wadsworth,
Montgomery.
Laura Wallace, Atlanta, Ga.;
Annice Watkins, Birmingham;
Warren Weisz, Montgomery; Don­ald
Wells, Selma; Henry Whit­field,
Demopolis; James Whitman,
Birmingham; Leon W h i t ne y,
Orange, Conn.; Albert Wilbert,
Mobile; George Willard, Fairfield;
Augusta Williams, W i n f i e 1 d ;
Eloise Williams, Opelika; Ernest
Williams, Anniston; Helen Wil­liams,
Opelika; Coyt Wilson, Vina;
Jas. Robert Windham, Mobile;
Joe Witten, Jacksonville, Fla.;
Jos. Yeager, Cullman; Reaia Yeat-man,
Montgomery; E. T. York,
Valley Head; R. D. Young, Flor­ence;
and C. T. Ziglar, Ariton.
have not met since 1929. A 34-0
Auburn triumph in 1899 launched
athletic relations between the two
Tiger elevens.
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Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN September 13, 1940
Auburn's 1940 Football Roster
Head Coach and Athletic Director: Jack Meagher (Notre Dame).
Colors: Burnt Orange and Navy Blue.
Name Vr. on
Centers Team Wt. Ht. Age Home
Howard Burns* 2 180 5-10 19 Ensley
Abb Chrietzberg** 3
Jack Ferrell 1
Tex Williams 1
Hugh Maddox 3
Guards
Ernest Mills* (A-C) 3
Wallace Wise* 3
Vic Costellos
Nick Ardillo
Ben Park
Max Morris
Fred Knight
Thurston Taylor
Leroy Jackson
Tackles
Chester Bulger* 3
Gordon MacEachern* 3
John Chalkley 2
Francis Crimmins 2
Jim McClurkin 1
Joe Eddins 1
Joe Cordell 1
George Osborn 1
Ends
Babe McGehee* 3
Jim LeNoir* 3
Teedie Faulk* 2
James Samford* 2
Theo Cremer 2
Henry Monsees 1
Clarence Grimmett 1
Fagan Canzoneri 1
Quarterbacks
Lloyd Cheatham* 2
Buddy McMahan* 2
Jim Sims . 1
Aubrey Clayton 1
Billy Barton . 1
Ed Buckner 1
Halfbacks
Dick McGowen (C)* 3
Paul Ellis 2
Bill Yearout 1
Monk Gafford 1
Jack Smith 1
Carl Happer* 3
Bud Wendling* 3
Ty Irby 3
Clarence Harkins 1
Charles Finney 1
Jack Dandridge 1
Fullbacks
Rufus Deal* 2
Jim Reynolds 2
Charlie Smith 1
Dan Carmichael 1
Bob Flournoy 1
*Denotes letter winner
**Denotes letter winner
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163
155
160
160
172
180
175
160
15€
195
175
185
180
in 1939.
in 1938
6-1 22 Auburn
5-10 18 Birmingham
5-10 21 Llanerch, Pa.
6-2 21 Douglas, Ga.
5-11 24 Columbus, Ga.
5-11 22 Clayton
5-9 22 Birmingham
5-10 20 Amite, La.
5-10 22 Axsen, Ga.
6 21 Blountsville,
5-11 22 Cullman
5-11 21 Douglas, Ga.
6-1 21 Deatsville
6-2
5-10
6-2
6
6
6-1
6-1
5-10
6
5-9
5-10
6
5-10
5-8
6
5-9
5-10
-9
-11
23 Rumford, Me.
24 Haverhill, Mass.
22 Americus, Ga.
23 E. Falls Ch., Va.
19 Birmingham
20 Birmingham
22 Hartwell, Ga.
19 Bear Creek
21 Auburn
25 Butler
21 Selma
22 Montgomery
21 Birmingham
22 Savannah, Ga.
20 Birmingham
22 Bessemer
21 Nauvoo
22 Tuscumbia
21 Moulton
19 Collierville.Tenn.
20 Montgomery
19 Pell City
10
10
9
11
21 Empire
20 Atlanta, Ga.
21 Dyersburg, Tenn.
22 Greenville
21 Montgomery
21 Birmingham
21 Birmingham
22 Birmingham
22 Eufaula
5-10 20 Gadsden
5-11 19 Buffalo
5-10 22 Fairfield
6 22 Tuscaloosa
6-1 20 LaGrange, Ga.
6 21 Greenville
5-11 22 Montgomery
(injured in 1939).
TIGERS RAPIDLY ROUNDING INTO
SHAPE FOR OPENER WITH HOWARD
Wallace Wise, 190 pound guard
of the 1940 Auburn Tigers. Wise
is to be a starter in the opening
game against Howard in Mont­gomery
on September 27.
FOOTBALL
TIDBITS
Advance football ticket sales at
Auburn this year have shown an
increase over 1939. The Tigers
will play 11 games this Fall and
ducats to 10 of the engagements
can be purchased from the local
athletic office in the Field House.
Eligible for the draft are 41 of
Auburn's 1940 varsity football
squad of 53. The 41 eligibles can
be found in all of the Tigers grid
departments.
Commissions in the United
States Army Reserves are held by
four of Auburn's assistant foot­ball
coaches, Bat McCollum, Boots
Chambless, Porter Grant and Bob­bie
Blake. And Halfback Carl
Happer also is a member of Uncle
Sam's reserves. Like his tutors,
he is a lieutenant.
The 53 members of Auburn's
1940 varsity football squad em­braces
31 sophomores, 11 juniors
and 11 seniors. Both Captain
"Dynamite" Dick McGowen and
Alternate-Captain Ernest Mills
a r e seniors.
First 'A' Club
Dance Will Be
Saturday Night
F r e s h m a n to S h o w Off
Rat Caps in F e a t u re
L e a d o u t of P r o g r am
The first "A" Club dance of
the year will be held Saturday
night in Graves Center Audi­torium
with music by the Auburn
Plainsmen.
Feature of the dance will be a
freshman lead-out, in which all
freshmen participating will wear
r a t caps.
"Babe" McGehee, "A" Club
president, announced this week
that admission to this dance will
be $1.00 per couple, and that the
first ten couples to arrive at the
dance will be admitted for fifty
cents.
On the program for the dance
will be two no-breaks and an
"A" Club leadout, in addition to
the freshman leadout.
The Auburn Plainsmen, orches­t
r a , which has been playing for
all campus dances throughout the
summer, and which will furnish
Saturday Night's music, may be
heard daily at the College Inn.
All freshmen are invited to be
in the leadout, and are urged to
wear their rat caps to the dance,
as a rat cap will be the only re­quirement
for participation in
this part of the program.
McGehee stated that he expect­ed
this to be the "best 'A' Club
dance ever held because it is to
be the first of the school year, a
year in which Auburn records its
largest enrollment—including its
largest enrollment of coeds."
Plainsmen Sent Through Blocking Drills;
Scrimmage Stage to Be Reached Next Week
Coach Jack Meagher's Auburn Tigers are rapidly round­ing
into shape with two weeks of training behind them. This
week they have received some rough work with blocking.
The Plainsmen should be in top fettle for the first game
with Howard in Montgomery on Friday night, Sept. 27.
The scrimmage stage has not yet been reached by the
Bengals, but all indications point toward the head-knocking
sessions getting under way in a few days. Contact work for
the linemen is just around the
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corner and many believe that the
initial intra-camp skirmish will
end the second week of training.
This, however, is not definite be­cause
Coach Meagher's statements
have not even hinted when the
major rough maneuvers will be
launched.
Most of the practices to date
this season have been devoted to
signal running, dummy scrimmage
group instruction, calisthenics and
rounds of charging and blocking
the dummy machine and padded
dummies. Pass defense and of­fense,
and early afternoon punt­ing
also have come in for lots of
attention. The mornings have been
taken up with lectures, etc.
I t is far too early to be picking
Auburn's regular gridders for
1940, but some of the prospects
a r e already gaining an edge in
the races. Most of the veterans
a r e holding their own in scrapping
the ambitious and determined
sophomores, but the youngsters
a r e coming along okeh and one
or two might win berths with the
No. 1 eleven as the season moves
along.
Every department is featuring
stiff scraps for top laurels and
one is safe in saying that only a
few of the candidates are now
sure of opening against Howard
| in the Capital City the night of
i September 27. The fight at center
has been narrowed down to four
candidates, the scrap at the guards
to the same number, five tackles
are pretty much in the limelight, I
four ends, two quarterbacks, five
halfbacks, and two fullbacks.
Competing almost on even
terms at present for ace honors in
the middle of the line are How- i
ard Burns, Abb Chrietzberg, Hugh
Maddox and Jack Ferrel, a sopho-more.
Sophomore Tex Williams is I
another center hopeful, but it is j
not believed that he will see much
action during the 1940 campaign.
Running in the favored lanes I
in the guard field are Alternate- j
Captain Ernest Mills, Wallace
Wise, Nick Ardillo and Vic Cos- j
tellos and it will be a big surprise
if two of the four fail at least
to win starting duty in the early
season bouts.
Leaders in the tackle division
are Chester Bulger, Gordon Mac­Eachern,
Francis Crimmins, John
Chalkley and Joe Eddins, Jim Mc­Clurkin,
as soon as he regains lost
poundage, and Joe Cordell also
should be heard from in a big way
and give the posts next to ends
plenty of power.
A nip-and-tuck contest will be
waged in the flank detail between
four lettermen, Babe McGehee,
Teedie Faulk, Jim LeNoir and
James Samford before the two
best are selected. Theo Cremer,
Fagan Canzoneri, Clarence Grim­mett
and Henry Monsees also are
still very much in the running for
playing time on the wings. Until
they receive more experience,
however, they likely will have to
be satisfied with runnerup spots.
Auburn's No. 1 backfield of last
season, Lloyd Cheatham, quarter­back;
Captain "Dynamite" Dick
McGowen, left halfback; Carl
Happer, right halfback, and Rufus
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Deal, fullback, is back intact, but
it has not seen a good deal of ac­tion
as a unit. But it might be
because Coach Meagher knows
what this combination can do and
is just trying out other foursomes.
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September 13, 1940 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Five
Dr. Sugg Appointed
Dean of Vet School
Dr. I. S. McAdory to Devote Time to
Livestock Sanitary Regulatory Work
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Dennis. The infirmary was named after Dr. J. H. Drake who was the college physician for 53 years.
With the Ag Boys
By P. M. PRUITT
This being a new column, and
a new columnist, the writer is at
a loss for something to write. He
has searched his mind, hampered
college officials, and done every­thing
but snatch himself bald try­ing
to gather some news that
would be of interest to the new
crop of Ag freshmen. First of all
this column wants to bid you a
hearty welcome to Auburn. You
are now a part of this institution,
and it is your duty to help make
it a "Greater Auburn". This col­umn
is primarily for you who
have enrolled in the various fields
of agriculture, and when things
get going in full sway, we will try
to supply you with first-hand in­formation
on the happenings on
Ag Hill.
* * *
Your writer has interviewed
several officials of the Ag Depart­ment
concerning the success of
Orientation Week, and they all
seem very well pleased with the
program. Of course, the idea is
, still in its infancy, and only time
and trial will give the results. The
general opinion seems to be that
the orientation period is going
over with a "bang". There was
some confusion at first, but that
was to be expected during the
first day.
On Monday night, the Col-
FFA Chapter held a general get-together
for the Ag Ed freshmen.
The entertainment was rather in­formal,
and was held primarily
for the purpose of making the
new boys feel at home in Auburn.
Jimmie Daily, the new chapter
president, was present to welcome
the new boys. Prof. Sargent and
Mr. Montgomery were also pres­ent
to meet the frosh. Boys, stick
to these fellows this week and
you will be better prepared to get
off to a good start on your col­lege
career.
Defying all predictions of a de­crease
in the Ag School enroll­ment
this year, present indica­tions
point to the contrary. With
94 Ags and 78 Ag Eds' register­ing
the first day, it looks as if this
year will see another record-breaking
enrollment. Despite a
crowded field, these fellows still
believe in the farm. And more
power to you boys.
* * *
And now as a final quib, lets
all join in to give Dan Hollis, the
new Plainsman editor a hearty
vote of thanks for making this
column possible. It is his idea that
we have an exclusive column
from Ag Hill. Thanks a lot, Dan.
Only 1940 Southeastern Con­ference
football team meeting
four of the bowl clubs of last
January 1 is Auburn. The Tigers
will tangle with Tulane in New
Orleans on October 5, Georgia
Tech in Atlanta on October 26,
Clemson at Auburn on November
9, and Boston College in Boston
on November 23 in their four
bookings this year against bowl
outfits.
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Co-ops Attend ROTC
Classes in Summer
For First Time
For the first time in the mem­ory
of folks hereabouts, classes
were held in ROTC last summer.
The hundred or so reasons for the
unprecedented addition to the cur­riculum
were the Co-op students
in the "B" Section who are con­demned
to summer school with­out
end.
Due to the fact that there were
no seniors in the group, it was
necessary that officers be ap­pointed
for the two company bat­talion
from among the pre-juniors
and sophomores. Don Kirk was
the Lieutenant-Colonel. The oth­er
officers were: Colvin, Robert­son,
Hamner, Bastien, Morris,
Weaver, Joyner, and Kerwin.
Drill was held for one hour at
six-thirty a.m. three days a week
for the first term and five days
a week for most of the second
term. The high point of the sum­mer
was the night problem in
tactics in which the class was di­vided
into two forces and one
tried to break through the lines
of the other.
All Graduates in
Textile School
Have Secured Jobs
Have Entered Training
Courses in Companies
Located in Four States
Again this year all textile engi­neering
graduates at Auburn had
jobs waiting for them when they
received their degrees at the 68th
Commencement Exercises.
Following are names of the
1940 textile graduates, their
hometowns, the phase of textile
engineering in which they spec­ialized
at Auburn, and the com­panies
by which they have been
employed:
Paul Otey Anderson, Union-town,
textile chemistry, dyestuff
laboratory of the Ciba Company,
New York City; Harry Leonard
Bush, Auburn, textile administra­tion,
Avondale Mills, Sylacauga;
G. W. Cantrell, Lanett, textile
design, colored goods department
of the West Point Manufacturing
Manufacturing Company, Lanett;
T. W. Chiles, Albertsville, textile
administration, textile sales course
of the Callaway Mills, LaGrange,
Ga.; R. E. Heathcote, Great Neck,
N. Y., textile administration, sell­ing
agent for chain of hoisery
mills, Heathcote and Company,
New York City.
E. P. Hulsey, Birmingham, tex­tile
manufacturing, rayon and
spun rayon goods department of
the Judson Mills, Greenville, S.
C.; T. J. Jackson, Auburn, textile
manufacturing, tire cord plant of
the U.S. Rubber Products Co.,
Hogansville, Ga.; H. L. King, Jr.,
Huntsville, textile chemistry, dye-stuff
laboratory of the Ciba Co.,
New York City; W. C. Knight,
Andalusia, Swift Manufacturing
Co., Columbus, Ga.
E. J. Lawrence, West Blocton,
textile design, sales engineer for
textile manufacturing equipment
with the Medley Manufacturing
Co.; J. K. Orr, Jr., Atlanta, Ga.,
textile administration, cellulose
acetate manufacturing department
of the Celanese Corp. of America,
Cumberland, Md.; P. G. Pease,
Columbus, Ga.; textile adminis­tration,
sales training course of
the Callaway Mills, LaGrange,
Ga.; H. H. Prickett, Auburn, tex­tile
administration, sales training
course of the Birmingham Paper
Company, Birmingham.
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Dr. R. S. Sugg was appointed
dean of the School of Veterinary
Medicine and State Veterinarian
on June 23. Dr. Sugg took over
his new duties on July 1.
President Duncan also an­nounced
the appointment of Dr.
I. S. McAdory as Associate State
Veterinarian. "In this capacity
Dr. McAdory will devote his time
very largely to the livestock sani­tary
regulatory work in the state,
a position for which he is pe­culiarly
fitted by many years of
experience and training," said Dr.
Duncan.
Dr. Sugg graduated at Auburn
with the B.S. degree in Agricul­ture
in 1914 and received his
D.V.M. degree here the following
year. After practicing for one
year in North Carolina, Dr. Sugg
returned to Auburn as professor
of bacteriology and pathology un­til
1930, except for two years as
captain in the veterinary corps
of the U.S. Army during the
World War. Since 1930 Dr. Sugg
has served with the Alabama Ex­tension
Service as extension ani­mal
husbandman.
Third of 1940 ROTC
Grads in Service of
U.S. Military Force
In connection with defense
preparations a large percentage
of last Spring's graduating ROTC
members have joined various di­visions
of the army during the
summer months.
- However, due to rules requiring
graduates to apply at their home
offices, the Military Department
has no record of the exact num­ber
of students who have gone
into active duty with the armed
forces of the nation.
Col. Waterman, in a statement
to the Plainsman, however stated:
"I would say that at least 33%
of our graduates have gone into
active service, and that many of
them are leading batteries."
New Appointments
To API Faculty
Continued from Monday issue
Miss Frances Blackmon, form­erly
with the State Extension
Service, has been named instruct-pr
in secretarial science. She holds
a degree from Auburn, and this
summer took graduate w o rk
at the University of Chicago. The
course in secretarial science will
be expanded this year from a
two-year to a four-year course.
James Henry Madden, Jr., Ath­ens,
Ga., will be a new instructor
in applied art. Mr. Madden is a
graduate of the University of
Georgia where he has received
two degrees in fine arts.
Gayle Patterson, Florence, has
been appointed research assistant
at the engineering experiment
station. He received his degree
from Auburn in 1939.
Returning to the Auburn facul­ty
in September after leaves of
absence during the past year will
be E. H. Long, instructor in Eng­lish,
and W. E. Sewell, professor
of animal husbandry. Mr. Sewell
has held a position with the Farm
Security Administration.
Named as graduate assistants
in the English Department for
1940-41 are Robert Gibbons, Tus­caloosa;
T. H. Crenshaw, Green­ville;
Lillian Jane Smith, Birming­ham;
Virginia Adams, West Point,
Ga.; Elizabeth Hunt, Opelika;
Edna Wilson, Auburn; Mrs. C. R.
Wade, Auburn.
Auburn Professor
Delivers Lectures
Dr. Macormac Talks to
Group in New York City
Two technical lectures on tex­tile
dyeing were delivered in New
York City by Dr. Alfred R. Ma­cormac,
associate professor of
textile chemistry, before the sum­mer
school of the Ciba Company
on August 21 and 22. He discuss­ed
the newer synthetic fibers and
their dyeing possibilities and the
dyeing of union goods.
Two outstanding textile chem­ists
are invited each summer by
the Ciba Company to address
from 30 to 40 of their employ­ees
and prospective employees en­rolled
in an intensive six-weeks
course in dyes and dyeing. The
other lecturer this summer was
Dr. Louis Olney, head of the de­partment
of chemistry and textile
coloring at Lowell Textile Insti­tute.
Before returning to Auburn,
Dr. Macormac visited textile, ray­on,
and chemical plants in Ashe-ville,
Greensboro, Charlotte, and
Spray, North Carolina; Waynes­boro
and Fredericksburg, Va.;
Cumberland, Md.; Wilmington
and Seaford, Del.; Greenville, S.
C. At these plants Dr. Macormac
studied the latest developments in
the textile industry.
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Page Six T H E P L A I N S M AN September 13, 1940
T. C. Clark, Jr. is the new stu­dent
secretary of the Baptist Stu­dent
Union. Mr. Clark is a grad­uate
of Mississippi College. He
also served as president of Mis­sissippi
State BSU last year. He
succeeds Davis Wooley.
Tiger to Present
Powell and Loy
In Great Comedy
The comic and dramatic prop­erties
of an amnesia attack are
scheduled to reach their fullest
realization when "I Love You
Again," co-starring William Pow­ell
and Myrna Loy, opens at the
Tiger Theatre Sunday for an en­gagement
of two days.
A hilarious new comedy, the
story deals with the amazing
plight of a man who, through an
accidental bump on the head, sud­denly
recovers from an attack of
amnesia of eight year duration.
To his utter confusion, he discov­ers
that during the past eight
years he has acquired a charm­ing
wife who is about to divorce
him, a spotless reputation as the
leading citizen and civic leader of
a town called Habersville, a bank
account and a new personality.
How these things were accomplish­ed
he has not the slightest idea.
His former life as a crook, how­ever,
is all too clear and he de­termines
to return to Habersville
and, under the guise of his repu­tation,
"take" the town in an oil
swindle.
"I Love You Again" provides
excellent opportunity for one of
Powell's matchless characteriza­tions.
As the smug Larry Wilson
he momentarily drops all of the
suave sophistication for which he
is famous.
Orientation Week Oddities Told by
Reporter; Group 40 Is Lost in Rush
By REDDING SUGG
Fx-eshmen have never got them­selves
registered without pulling
boners fit for a humor anthology,
but this year's record-breaking
throng of more than a thousand
has done enough odd things to
make its predecessors appear wise
greybeards.
Many a befogged and bewilder­ed
freshman came to information
tables wanting to know where to
have his head-size changed. His
head was either too big or too lit­tle,
and in neither case would his
contrary rat cap fit.
Even to an upperclassman's eye
the rat caps seem to get oranger
every year, and this year's blind­ing
headgear really does a thor­ough
job of identifying the rats.
The motley round heads, square
jaws, and shining morning faces
certainly look foolish beneath
those modified skull caps.
Two rats wanted to know just
how one goes about selecting and
pledging a fraternity, and two
more wanted to know what is a
petrified stump. A great big up-perclassman
(probably a sopho­more)
had told them to bring it
to him or else.
During the orientation period
Auburn added another tribe to
the famous company of lost tribes
and peoples. Group 40 was lost
and nobody knew where to look
for it. Group 40, according to the
people running the information
centers, contained great masses of
freshmen who had become a crop­per
in some of the other groups or
who had had a late start. Populous
as it was, Group 40 nevertheless
eluded the many people who were
searching for it for hours. Doubt
is expressed in some quarters as
to whether parts of Group 40 will
ever be found.
One old-timer here with what
must be his grandson practically
never understood how to get to
the Women's Quadrangle. He did
not look stupid or dull, and his in­formant
finally found out that to
him "the old president's mansion"
meant the old Thach home. He
finally was told to go to the old
new president's mansion. He re­marked
that Auburn had certain­ly
grown.
Off all the oddities of the fresh­man
orientation and registration
period, one in particular stood
out. There was not a single line
of freshmen on the campus more
than a mile long. Now that indi­cates
more than anything else the
extent of Auburn's progress. The
class of 1944 was oriented and
all but annointed with oil, but the
greatest service done to it will
never understand well enough to
appreciate. It did not have to
stand in those endless lines which
have blighted first year men since
the Civil War.
SUNDAY-MONDAY
wmnmm
THE FUNNIEST
PICTURE Of WE
YEAR.'
Welcome back, Bill i%$-^_
BSU Holds Retreat
At Spring Villa
The local Baptist Student Un­ion
Council was fortunate this
past week-end in having Miss
Mary Nance Daniel with them in
retreat at Spring Villa. Miss Dan­iel
is the Associate Southwide Stu­dent
Secretary, and her extensive
territory makes it difficult to ob­tain
her services.
Hankins Parker presided over
this group as they made their
plans for the coming semester.
The BSU is launching its work
this week with two big socials to
which all are invited. The latter
of these will be held at the Bap­tist
Church on Saturday night at
7:30.
Helen Jordan Is
New Sphinx Prexy
Helen Jordan was elected
president of Sphinx, senior wom­en's
society, last Sunday. Miss
Jordan is a member of Chi Omega
and is the secretary of the Wom­en's
Student Government Associa­tion.
Elizabeth Wheeler was elect­ed
president of Sphinx last spring
but due to other duties, it was
necessary for her to resign.
Other officers of the Sphinx
are Bobbie Steele, vice-president;
Dorothy Burke, secretary; Freda
Kyle, treasurer; Frances Barnes,
historian; and Befoie Belle Brandt,
editor.
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Frosh Engage in
Athletics During
Orientation Week
Contests Participated
In Include Swimming,
Golf and Softball
A variety of athletic activities,
which began Monday, September
9 and will last through Saturday,
September 14, have been keeping
the new Auburn "rats" in good
physical condition, since their ar­rival.
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes­day,
the preliminaries were run
off for a freshman swimming
meet to be held Saturday after­noon
at five p.m. in the boys'
gym. The events include a 50 yd.
and 100 yd. free-style, 50 yd. back
stroke, and 50 yd. breast stroke.
Anyone who fails to swim in the
preliminaries, may swim in the
finals on Friday afternoon.
For freshmen who bowl, ar­rangements
have been made with
the Tiger Bowling Center for
freshmen to come in any time
during the week and bowl two
games for a score, an award to
be presented to the winner and
the runner-up.
Starting at 1 p.m. Saturday af­ternoon,
an 18 hole medal play
will be held at the Auburn Golf
Club. A green fee of fifty cents
will be charged, and participants
will be required to bring their
own clubs.
A table tennis tournament is
also scheduled for Saturday after­noon
at 1 p.m. in the Alumni
Gymnasium, and a singles tennis
tournament will be held at the
same time on the college court,
located on West Magnolia, next
to the Lambda Chi house.
Sphinx is an honor society com­posed
of eight seniors. The girls
are selected on the basis of lead­ership,
personality, scholarship
and service.
Sphinx sponsers May Day, and
Oracles, an honor society for
freshman women.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
ROTC Appointments
(Continued from page 1)
Cadet Lt. Col., Mills, E. F., Com­manding;
Cadet 1st Lieut., March,
W. H., Adjutant; and Cadet 1st
Lieut., Head, A. B., Personnel Ad­jutant.
Cadet Captains, Rollo, C. A.,
Battery 'D'; Hereford, T. W.,
Battery 'E'; and Bryant, M. T.,
Battery 'F'. Cadet First Lieuten­ants,
Quenelle, J. A., Battery
'D'; Nunn, R. D., Battery 'E'; and
Young, R. T., Battery 'F'. Cadet
Second Lieutenants, Eddins, J.
N. and Haupt, J. G., Battery 'D';
Embry, S. E. and Renfro, F. M.,
Battery 'E'; and Stinson, R. F.
and Hamilton, R. I., Battery 'F'.
Third Battalion, 2nd F. A.: Ca­det
Lt. Col., Cagle, J. B., Com­manding;
Cadet First Lieut.,
Langley, R. M., Adjutant; and
Cadet First Lieut., Wender, Mar­tin,
Personnel Adjutant.
Cadet Captains, Linderman, R.
H., Battery 'G'; Hawkins, A. J.,
Battery 'H'; and Stratford, J. B.,
Battery 'I'. Cadet First Lieuten­ants,
Chrietzburg, Abb, Battery
'G'; Long, W. C, Battery 'H';
and McGhee, W. H., Battery T.
Cadet Second Lieutenants, Davis,
J. D. and Lumpkin, A. L., Bat­tery
'G'; Kyser, W. T. and Pope,
J. F., Battery 'H'; and Nicholls,
W. L. and Staggers, J. H., Bat­tery
'I'.
The cadet officers in the band
are Green, W. G., Cadet Captain;
Higgins, C. T., McBroom, J. N.,
and White, S. L., Second Lieuten­ants.
Engineer Regiment:
Staff: Cadet Colonel, McMa-han,
C. E., Commanding; Cadet
Lt. Colonel, McCulloch, J. C,
Executive; Cadet Captain, Haz-zard,
M. R., Adjutant; Cadet Cap­tains,
Wiggins, H. H., Intelli­gence
Officer; Cadet Captain,
Campbell, R. G., Plans and Train­ing
Officer; Cadet Captain, Wil-bert,
A. J., Supply Officer; and
Cadet First Lieutenant, Pitts, C.
N., Personnel Adjutant.
Headquarters and Service Com­pany:
Cadet Captain, Thaxton, P.
R., Commanding; Cadet First
Lieutenants, Eiland, B. H., Prew-ett,
J. J., and Barron, H. J. Ca­det
Second Lieutenants, Hayes,
W. L., Jolley, G. A., and Morri­son,
G. M.
First Battalion: Cadet Lt. Col­onel,
Britt, H. S., Commanding;
Cadet Captain, Darden, R. P., Bn.
Adjutant. Cadet Captains, Max­well,
G. T., Company 'A'; Kabase,
F., Company 'B'; and Ham. C. H.,
Company 'C. Cadet First Lieu­tenants,
Burney, S. M. and Bag-by,
W. N., Company 'A'; Chap­man,
W. A. and Treadway, W. E.,
Company 'B'; and Hargett, Y. S.
and Hogg, J. C, Company 'C.
Cadet Second Lieutenants, Wil­son,
H. L., Company 'A'.
Second Battalion: Cadet Lt.
Colonel, Feaster, A. T., Com­manding;
Cadet Captain, Hall, N.
L., Bn. Adjutant. Cadet Captains,
Freeland, L. B., Company 'D';
Nester, R. G., Company 'E'; and
Gralapp, L. E., Company 'F'. Ca­det
First Lieutenants, Lloyd, W.
P. and Anderson, E. A., Company
'D'; Loeb, J. and Robertson, J.
F., Company 'E'; and Perry, M.
H. and Newman, W. W., Company
'F'. Cadet Second Lieutenants,
Moore, A. W., Company 'D'.
The Cadet Engineer officers in
the band a r e Cadet Captain,
Mitchell, J. A., and Cadet First
Lieutenant, Rogers, D. T.
Sorority Rushing
(Continued from page 1)
5. During open rushing, in­formation
concerning the sorority
may be given the rushee. How­ever,
no sorority shall discuss an­other
sorority or any member of
it, and all comparative ratings are
to be referred to Baird's Manual -
or to the sorority handbook.
6. Under no circumstances shall
a sorority girl invite or ask a girl
to "promise" to that sorority be­fore
preferential slips are signed.
7. Boys shall not be allowed to
participate in the social functions
of the sororities during rush week.
(Continued next week)
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home — close in. Phone
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FOR SALE — Three piece dining
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Price reasonable. Call 850-J,
159 Burton St.
UPSTAIRS apartment for rent
for four boys. Light, water, and
heat furnished. Mrs. Fletcher,
439 E. Glenn.
See the Latest in
NEW FALL SUITS
Discerning men will ap­preciate
Lee James' in­teresting
collection of new
Fall clothes . . . clothes
that give a man a "lift"
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And you get ample
opportunity, here at LEE
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to your taste!
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rule that will do the most for you. The story is
simply told, as from one old slide role slider to
another, and profusely illustrated in two dazz­ling
colors, as only Don Herold can illustrate.
"How to Choose a Slide Rule" is yours for the
asking—providing yon ask before the supply
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NIGHT
easier than ever with
KODAK SUPER-XX
FILM
Even with a Brownie you can
now take snapshots after dark.
Super-XX and a couple of Photo-flood
lamps in inexpensive reflec­tors
are all you need.
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EARLIEST WITH LATEST
• Our complete shoe
store has been head­quarters
for many years
for Auburn students.
Visit Us Soon!
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KOPLON'S
Opelika's Best Shoe Store
Caution!
To Freshmen
Engineers:
BEWARE OF SETS MARKED COMPLETE
AT LOW FIGURES
To be complete your set should contain the fol­lowing
items:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
An Approved Set
24" T Square
3 0 / 6 0 and 45° Triangl
French Curve
Scale
Pencil Pointer
Lettering Angle
Thumb Tacks
17. 6 sheets
i t
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
drawin
2H and 4H Pencils
Pen Staff
Pen Points (4)
Ink
Eraser
Art Gum
Combination Lock
18 x 24 Board
g paper
• Special set for Aeronautical, Mechani­cal,
Civil and Highway Engineering Stu­dents—
Friedman Precision Set No. 85,
$22.50
• For Architects we recommend the Rich-ter
set with Swedish Ruling Pen at $20.00
or Friedman's Precision Set No. 346 with
Drop Compass and Swedish Ruling Pen at
$20.00
• Electrical Engineers will do well to se­lect
K & E's Jupiter Set at $12.50 or Fried­man
Precision Set No. 20 at $15.00
• Industrial, Textile, Chemical and Ag­ricultural
Engineers will find K & E's Chal­lenge
Set at $15.00 an excellent buy or
Dietzgen's No. 1097 F at $7.50 a suitable
set at a very low price.
All sets offered by us have been approved
by the Department of Mechanical Draw­ing
and Machine Design.
• Commercial art students are asked to see
Ed. Davis for their equipment
COMPLETE SETS OF THE ABOVE INSTRUMENTS
NOW SHOWN IN OUR WINDOWS FOR
YOUR EXAMINATION
Burton's Book Store
Advance buying enables us to offer these pre-war
prices — VALUES FROM $7.50 to $22.50