1945-01-09 The Plainsman

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VOL LXIV ALABAMA, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1945 NUMBER 13
WATERMAN, COMMANDANT, RETIRES
Special Election Set For Tuesday
To Fill Three Open Cabinet Offices
Freshman Representative, Secretary,
Vice President Positions Vacant
By MIMI SIMMS
The special election for vice-president and secretary of
the Executive Cabinet, opiginally set for January 8, has been
postponed until Tuesday, January 16 in order to eliminate
another special election to fill the recently vacated office of
freshman representative.
Only one poll will be open in this election, Bill Crum,
chairman of the election com­mittee,
said. It is to be placed at
the top of the steps of Langdon
Hall and will remain open from
8 a. m. until 5 p. m. next Tues­day.
Student activity books must be
presented by those voting, but
for the first time in several
years, students will not be re­quired
to sign their ballots,
Bateman, Boshell. Tanner Peti­tion
Osgood Bateman, Deepstep, Ga.,
and Buris Boshell, Phil Camp­bell,
filed petitions for vice-presi­dent
before the holidays and the
Cabinet closed the nominations.
At the same time Lewie Tanner,
Jackson, Miss., petitioned for the
officer of secretary of the Cabi­net.
Since Tanner was the only
sophomore seeking this office,
the Cabinet decided to leave the
nominations for secretary open.
Freshman representative Ed Gar­rett
joined the Merchant Marine
during Christmas vacation, leav­ing
his position of the Cabinet
vacant
Secretary, Freeh Rep Open
Candidates for either the posi­tion
of secretary or freshman rep­resentative
must turn in a peti­tion
signed by 4 per cent of the
total enrollment of their classes
to Bill Crum, Alpha Psi house,
before midnight Friday, January
12.
Nominees will meet with the
Qualifications Board on Monday,
January 15 at 8 p. m. in the
president's offices in Samford
.Hall.
Secretary's Qualifications
Eacn applicant for the office of
secretary of the Cabinet must be
a male student in his sophomore
year, present {by January 12) a
petition signed by 4 per cent of
the sophomore class, be active in
some extra-curricular activity,
have a 2.0 over-all average, and
be able to present definite proof
that he will stay in school until
bis term expires during the
spring quarter.
Freeh Rep Must Meet These
Freshmen representative may
be either a male student or coed
with a 2.0 over-all average. Proof
that he or she will stay in school
until the end of the spring quar­ter
must be shown to the Board,
and a petition signed by 4 per
cent of the freshmen must be
turned in to Bill Crum by Fri­day,
January 12.
Nomination blanks shall con­tain
the signatures of 4 per cent
of the students registered in a
class and shall be submitted to
the chairman of the elections
committee in the following form:
"We, the undersigned, members
of the class of ___db
hereby nominate
for.
Kipnis Concert
Coming To Auburn
Next Thursday
Alexander Kipnis, the Russian-
American bass baritone and lead­ing
singer of the Metropolitan
Opera company, will be heard in
concert here on Thursday, Jan.
18, at 8:15 p. m. in Langdon Hall.
Women students with fresh­man
and sophomore privileges
who attend the concert will be
given fifteen minutes after the
concert is over to check back
into the dormitories, it was an­nounced
by Mrs. Marion W.
Spidle, dean of women.
Mr. Kipnis is celebrated for
his interpretations of such opera
characters as Baron Ochs in
"Rosenkavalier" and Leporello
in "Don Ciovanni", which he
sings in the Metropolitan Opera's
Russian, French, German, Italian,
and English productions.' He
holds, also,* the undisputed title
of foremost singer of Russian
fold-songs, a title no one has
challenged since the death of the
great Feodor Chaliapin.
Tickets are now on sale at the
Signatures, sponsors)
"I hereby accept the nomina­tion."
(Signature, nominee)
Osgood Batman, candidate for
vice-president, is a sophomore in
the veterinary school and a mem­ber
.of Omega Tau Sigma. He is
president of International Rela­tions
Club.
Buris Boshell, junior in agri­cultural
education who is seek­ing
the vice-presidency, is a mem­ber
of Alpha Gamma Rho. He is
president of the Ag Club and
member of the debate team. •
Convocation To Meet
Convention for al women stu­dents
will be held Thursday,
January 11, at 5 p. m. in Lang­don
Hall.
News Bureau at $.65 for college
and high school students and
$1.25 faculty and townspeople.
The basso's familiarity with
half a dozen languages and his
exceptional dramatic ability are
not the only factors that make a
Kipnis concert a memorable ex­perience.
Whatever he sings,
whether an operatic aria, folk
ballad, or art song, Mr. Kipnis
always manages to share its
beauty and emotion with his
audiences can follow the lyrics
as well as the music. Then by
means of gestures, facial ex­pression
and by the varied shad­ing
of his rich and powerful
voice, he vividly tells a story or
evokes a mood in song.
Decor Meets Tonight
At Burkhardt Home
Meeting tonight at the home
of ProT: E. *%. Burkhardt, Decor,
professional organization of in­terior
decoration students, will
see colored slides of modern in­teriors.
Having reorganized after two
years' inactivity, Decor's newly
elected oficers are Bob Stapleton,
president; Florence Smith, vice
president; and Betty Peeples,
secretary-treasurer.
Meetings are held alternate
Tuesday nights, usually at the
School of Architecture and the
Arts.
Guests at the meeting tonight
will be Christine Blackburn Hud­son,
former president and char­ter
member of Decor; Mrs. R. J.
Turnbull; Dr. Turpin C. Bannis­ter;
and Mrs. Clyde J. Moore.
PAINT?
Entries in the first all-stu­dent
Art Guild oil exhibit,
which will open on January 21,
must meet the January 14
deadline. All paintings should
be turned in to Prof. Joseph
Marino-Merlo in the architec­ture
building before that date.
Betty Wilmore, president of
the Art Guild, announced the
student judges for the exhibits.
They are Frances M e a d e r s,
Dorothy Jean Nichols, Molly
O'Connell, N o r m a Denham,
Vivienne Duncan, Nancy Rein-smith,
and Betty Wilmore.
The exhibit will be in the
Little Art Gallery and will be
open to the public.
A student water color ex­hibit
will be sponsored by the
Guild during February. Entires
are due on or before February
2. The exhibit will be opened
to students on February 14.
DEANS ANNOUNCE
HONOR STUDENTS
The dean's lists for the schools
of home economics and engineer­ing
were announced this week.
Jesse James, junior in electri­cal
engineering from Florence;
and Robert Drewry. junior in
aero engineering from Haleyville
were announced by Dean J. E.
Hannum as being on the Dean's
list for the School of Engineering.
Gwen Tucker Biddle, Auburn,
senior with an average of 3.75;
Louise Jacks, New Market, and
Mary Jane Mullen, Birmingham,
who tied for second place, with
averages of 3.72; Myzelle Martin,
Luverne with 3.79, and Jean
Hester, RussellviUe, 3.76, juniors,
were announced by Mrs. Marion
Spidle, Dean of the School of
Economics.
Blood Bank Coming
For Seventh Visit
The Red Cross Blood Bank will
return to Auburn for the seventh
time on February. 7, 8, and 9, un­der
the sponsorship of WAA, with
Mary Nell Chiles serving as
chairman.
The bank will be' located in
the basement of the First Bap­tist
Church. Its quota on this
trip will be 250 pints for the
student donations, and an ex­pected
700 pints for Lee county
at large.
All students between the ages
of 18 and 21 who wish to donate
blood must present signed per­mission
from their parents, and
no students under 18 will be ac­cepted.
WAA will solicit for donation
pledges, prior to the Bank's ar­rival,
at the Main Gate, in the
Tiger theatre, and in the wom­en's
dormitories and houses.
Students are asked to remem­ber
that the program is not com­pleted
when the quota has been
filled, due to the large number of
those who have signed up who
fail to fill their appointments
with the bank. The need for
plasma is critical now, and all
eligible to donate blood are urged
to sign up with WAA to do so.
Sphinx Sponsors Sing
Sphinx's annual Campus Sing,
set for February 15, will feature
sopranos, altos, and even basses
—if any can be found.
Each year the sing is open to
all organized clubs, houses, fra­ternities,
sororities, and any other
type of campus group. Groups
will choose two selections. As
yet, no limit has been set as to
the size of the group.
Cups will be awarded to the
male group the judges decide is
the most musical, as well as to
the best group of coed songbirds,
D o r i s Karcher, president of
Sphinx, said.
THE COLONEL RETIRES
After five years at Auburn as Head Professor of Military
Science and Tactics, Col. John J. Waterman has retired.
Veterinary Professors Attend Meeting
Of US Livestock Sanitary Association
Annual Gathering
Held In Chicago
By JIMMY ACREE
Drs. B. T. Simms and I. S. Mc-
Adory attended the forth-eighth
annual1'meeting of the United
States Livestock Sanitary Associ­ation
held in the Hotel LaSalle,
Chicago, in December.
Dr. E. S. Winters attended the
one day meeting of veterinary
deans.
The association meeting was
conducted by Dr. J. M. Sutton of
Sylvester, Georgia, the father of
Dr. T. B. Sutton '42 and Al Sut­ton
'45 and an ardent supporter
of the veterinary school here at
Auburn. Dr. Sutton is the retir­ing
president of the association,
the largest of its kind in the
world.
According to Dr. McAdory the
conference was highly success­ful
and the program exceedingly
beneficial in the promotion of
more extensive control of live­stock
sanitation and health.
Evidence of the significant part
Auburn men play in this import­ant
group may be found in the
committee listings. Dr. McAdory
is Chairman of the Advisory
committee on Anapasmosis and
presented two important papers
to the Conference on this sub­ject.
Dr. B. T. Simms, Director
of the Regional Disease Research
Laboratory at Auburn and Presi­dent-
elect of the AVMA, is" chair­man
of the Committee on Para­sitic
Diseases. Dr. W. E. Cotton
serves on two of the most im­portant
committees; those of
Bang's Disease and Tuberculosis.
Some of the other outstanding
subjects discussed were "The
Scope of Veterinary Public
Health in the Post-War World",
"Mastitis", "Rabies" and "Trans­missible
Diseases of Poultry".
This Conference is annually at­tended
by the most influential
livestock and professional men
from all parts of the United
States and affords an opportun­ity
for stock raisers to discuss
their problems with the highest
professional authorities.
The Interfraternity C o u n c il
will meet Monday night at 7:30
in Samford Hall.
Dobbs Wants Addresses
Of Morgan And Curlee
A letter received recently by
the Plainsman staff from Chester
Dobbs requested the addresses of
Malvin Morgan, who played base
ball, football and basketball a
few years ago, and also that of
Jack Curlee, who played base­ball
for the "Tigers" in '42.
Sgt. C. H. Dobbs, Co. M 174th
Inf., Camp Gruber, Okla., would
appreciate anyone who knows the
above addresses sending them to
him.
Tech Talked Down
By API Debate Team
In Atlanta Tourney
In its first contest of the year,
held in Atlanta, Georgia, Dec.
15, the Auburn Debate team
downed Georgia Tech by a score
of 50 to 51 out of a possible 60
points.
The Auburn team, composed of
Buris Boshell, junior in agricul­tural
education, and Bill Ran­dolph,
junior in chemical engin­eering,
took the affirmative side
of the debate.
The question under discussion
was the National Collegiate De­bate
question for 1945: "Resolved:
that the federal government
should enact legislation requir­ing
the settlement of labor dis­putes
by compulsory arbitration
after failure of voluntary means;
constitutionality conceded."
The team scored its 50 to 51
points on the basis of appear­ance,
declamatory ability, per-paration,
conclusiveness, organi­zation,
and meeting the issue.
Dr. J. R. Moore, faculty ad­viser
for the Auburn Debate
Council, accompanied the team
to Atlanta..
A return engagement w i th
Tech is scheduled to be held
in Auburn January 13, when Bill
Pierce, senior in education, and
Joe Hooten, junior in education,
will uphold the negative side for
API. -
Pan Hellenic Tea
Fetes National Prexy
Feting national Pan-Hellenic
president, Mrs. George Cunning­ham
of Berkeley, Calif., Auburn's
chapter will play hostess at a cof­fee
Thursday night from 7:30 to
9 in Social Center.
Mrs. Cunningham is visiting on
the campus this week. She is na­tional
president of Phi Omega Pi
sorority as well as Pah-Hellenic.
Forming the receiving line will
be Gwin Tucker Biddle, local
Pan - Hellenic president, Mrs.
Cunningham, Mrs. L. N. Duncan,
Mrs. Marion Spidle, dean of
women, and Dot Woodall Hib-bert,
local president of POP.
Local alumnae and representa­tives
of each sorority will be the
guests of Pan-Hellenic. Margaret
Toomer, chairman of the Pan-
Hellenic social committee, is in
charge of arrangements.
Colonel Oscar Gates Appointed
New Head, Military Department
Colonel John J. Waterman, Auburn's popular command­ant,
retired from' active duty last Week, but he and Mrs.
Waterman will continue to live in Auburn.
Auburn's new commandant is Colonel Oscar I. Gates who
returns to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute from the Fourth
Service Command Headquarters in Atlanta where he has
been directing the Army Special-
A class on Solid Geometry
has been arranged from 5 to
6 p. m. in Broun 211. Those
interested , should begin at­tendance
immediately.
Red Cross Opens
First Aid Class,
Needs Knitters
To decide upon the most con­venient
time for all students in­terested
in the class in first aid,
an organization meeting will be
held in the lobby of Smith Hall
at 5 p. m. on Friday, January 12.
Under the sponsorship of the
Collegiate Chapter of the Red
Cross, every student—both male
and coed—who has not complet­ed
a first aid course is asked to
partitcipate.
Mrs. Inez M. Schraeder, home
economics professor, will instruct
the class in both theory and prac­tical
work. After twenty hours
of class work have been com­pleted,
students are eligible to
take examinations and receive
first aid certificates.
Student first aid chairman, Vir­ginia
Williamson, Auburn, stress­ed
the fact that .this is only a
meeting for organization and that
a time suitable for all interested
will be arranged. Campus organi­zations
are asked to cooperate
by sending members who have
not had this training to the meet­ing.
Thirty Sweaters Wanted
More than thirty Red Cross
sweaters must be knitted by Au­burn
girls before the end of the
school year if API's Collegiate
Chapter is to meet the quota set
by national headquarters, Pat
Kirkwood, chairman of the knit­ting
committee, said yesterday.
Coeds who are able to knit are
urged to get wool from Pat Kirk­wood,
room 108 in Dormitory II.
Knitting classes for beginners
will be held from 3-5 every Tues­day
afternoon experienced knit­ters
are invited to join their
friends at the Center for an hour
or two.
Sweaters are urgently needed
by the Army and Navy, and
khaki wool is available. Needles
must be furnished by the knitters.
Cadet Officers
Are Appointed
Tentative appointments of
cadet officers in ROTC were an­nounced
yesterday by Capt.
H. S. Sutton by order of Col.
Oscar Gates, new PSM and T.
Max Muttchnick was appointed
cadet lieutenant colonel of the
first battalion. Billy Cole and
Lewie Tanner were made cadet
captains.
In Battery "A", L. E. Richard­son
was made cadet captain, Don
Clay, first lieutenant; and F. B.
O'Neal cadet second lieutenant.
Bill Martin was made cadet
captain of Battery "B"; J. B.
Pearsall cadet first lieutenant;
and J. H. Smith, cadet second
lieutenant.
Battery "C" has F. S. Dunn
as cadet captain; Bronze Youm-ans
as first lieutenant; and Frank
Benning as cadet second lieuten­ant.
Cadet non - commissioned , of­ficers
announced were G. E.
Hocutt, cadet first sergeant, Bat­tery
"A"; R. R. Edwards and
G. A. Knox, cadet staff serge­ants;
Harold Sharman and W. E.
Lakeman, cadet sergeants.
First sergeant for Battery "B"
is W. L. Ivey; W. H. Giddens and
G. W. Findley are cadet staff
sergeants; and Billy Austin and
H. M. Allen was served as cadet
sergeants.
Battery "C" will have J. O.
Burgess as cadet first sarge; T. J.
O'Conner and H.*0. Fuller, staff
sergeant; and A. L. Whitefield
and J. F. Bullock as cadet serge­ants.
ized Training Division.
Previously Colonel Gates was
a member of the ROTC staff at
Auburn where he served as as­sistant
P.MS.&T. from January
1942 until August 1943. After
leaving Auburn he served, as
commandant at Georgia Tech
prior to taking over his more
recent duty with the Fourth
Service Command.
Colonel Waterman had com­pleted
38 years of a highly suc­cessful
career as an Army officer.
During World War I he was
awarded the Silver Star for gal­lantry
in action and the Purple
Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.
His citation was signed by Gen­eral
Pershing, Commander of the
American Expenditionary Forces
in France.
Regarding the retirement of
Colonel Waterman, P r e s i d e n t
L. N. Duncan said, 'We deeply
regret that Colonel Waterman is
retiring, but we are fortunate in
the fact that he and Mrs. Water­man
will continue to live in Au­burn.
Also, we are delighted that
he is being succeeded by Colonel
Oscar I. Gates who has previous­ly
served with distinction on the
ROTC staff at Auburn and who
is highly respected by all of us
here.
Commands ROTC. STAR, ASTP
"Under Colonel Waterman's
leadership our ROTC unit has
maintained a high degree of ef­ficiency.
We are indebted to him
for the fine supervision of the
unit and for the excellent suc­cess
with which he has command­ed
the STAR and ASTP units
and more recently the ASTP Re­serve
unit. The cooperation of
Colonel Waterman and his wise
guidance went a long way in aid­ing
the college to attain the high
rating received from the War
Department on these war-time
units."
Col Waterman was appointed
to West Point from the United
States at large by President
Theodore Roosevelt, graduating
June 15, 1910. On graduation
from West Point he was com­missioned
2nd Lieutenant, 7th
Cavalry, and served with the 7th
Cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas,
and in the Philippine Islands.
Returning to the United States,
he served with the 2nd Cavalry
at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., and
Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y.
When war was declared in
1917, Col. Waterman was com­manding
Troop 1, 2nd Cavalry,
as a 2nd Lieutenant, and during
the Officers' Training Camps at
Plattsburg Barracks, in addition
to commanding his troops, Lt.
Waterman was Provost Marshall,
post and camp exchange office,
laundry officer, recreation officer,
instructed 800 men in equitation
and taught hipology to the same
800 men.
Made Cavalry Captain
At the close of the Plattsburg
Camps, Lt. Waterman was trans­ferred
to the 18th Cavalry—a
newly organized unit—and join­ed
this regiment at Camp Shel­by,
Miss., as a Captain. The 18th
Cavalry was re-designated the
76th Field Artillery in Novem­ber,
1917, and Capt. Waterman
went overseas with the 76th F. A.
in 1918.
On arrival overseas, he was
promoted to Major and given
command of the 1st Battalion of
the 76th F. A. After a short
period of tarining at Camp de
Coetquidan, France, Maj. Water­man
moved his battalion by rail
and foot to position at Chateau
Thierry in defense of the Marne
River. For this defense, Maj.
Waterman commanded a batta­lion
of French Colonial Artillery
in addition to the 1st Battalion of
the 76th American Artillery.
When the German attack on the
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Page Two THE P L A I N S M AN TUESDAY, JANUARY 9,1945
"In The Year Of..."
'45 has begun.
How great a part it will play in the his­tory
of the world none of us can guess. If
it does not bring peace it will bring for
sure its share of troubles and sorrow, its
moments of happiness. Every year does
that.
'45 may be different from the rest
though. It may be only a part of the great
whole of history, but it may present a
most vital and effective influence on the
course of events.
All over the nation things are under­going
changes. The draft status of many
has been changed. Workers needed are
going into war industries. The European
front and the Pacific campaign continue
in full force. Rationing is tightened. The
past war loan drive has prived the most
successful one ever.
All America is geared for a year of great­er
production, a year of unstinted effort at
its job. So we like to think. All America.
That means us, too. We have a job, the
job of preparing ourselves to be thought­ful,
good citizens with useful profession
or trade.
So after sixteen days of wishing school
wouldn't start again we are back, just
past the threshold of the New Year, and
faced with an opportunity. The opportun­ity
of making every day count. The op­portunity
of learning, of thinking, of be­ing
useful.
Polls regarding American New Years
Resolutions show that they are mainly to
eliminate our petty faults. Would it not
be better — infinetly better —to aim at
something higher, even if you are not one
of those who make resolutions, to resolve
to make every day not just a minor mile-post
passed on the road to graduation, but
a thing of conscious effort toward an edu­cation.
Strive to make '45 not "just anoth­er
year".
What Price Voting Privilege?
An opinion poll published in the last
two issues of this paper revealed the fact
that an overwhelming majority of the
sorority and fraternity presidents con­demn
political lineups. They said, in ef­fect,
that such policies are bad, not for the
candidate alone, but for the efficiency of
our student government and for training
in good citizenship.
Those were no idle words. They were
spoken by well-qualified men and women,
people who have been chosen through
their merits alone to lead their several
organizations. For very few Greek letter
societies stoop to petty politics within their
governmental frameworks.
Those very organizations, however, are
collectively the ones that are responsible
for the political situation on this campus.
The lineups indeed are composed almost
entirely of Greeks. Therefore it is hearten­ing
to find them opposed to such politics,
individually, at least.
There is the story about the campus
politician who was making a campaign
speech:
BMOC (who noted the word "Push" on
the outer side of the door when he entered
the hall)—There is a single word which
is the secret of success on this fair campus.
I will impart it to you. you will see it on
the brass plate on the door—
Audience (reading in unison)—Pull!
The audience was quite right. It takes
pull, a position in the lineup, in other
words, to win an election here. But the
independents, who often run for an office
but seldom win, could easily make a tur­moil
out of the present set-up. If organized
under able leadership, they could sweep
every election, put into office whomever
they pleased, with their own votes alone.
It is strange and fortunate for campus rel­ations
that they have not. But they will
for certain if the Greek letter lineups con­tinue
and grow more and more obnoxious.
Therefore steps should be taken to abolish
political lineups — by an amendment to
the constitution or a n y other effective
means.
Arms Training For All
Over a foreign broadcast recently was
heard the statement that the soldier on the
battlefield has expressed the opinion that
compulsory military training after t he
war would be essential.
This same sentiment was brought forth
in a motion at the last Alumni Association
meeting, at which time the Association de­cided
that it would definitely take steps
showing its approval of Auburn's being a
place of this military training.
Below is printed an editorial on the sub­ject
which appeared in the Daily Anthen-neum
at West Virginia University.
"In planning the post-war world, the
United States should make provisions for
a year of military training for all young
men eighteen years of age and older. Un­der
such a plan, young men graduating
from high school would have military in­struction
before going to college or to
work.
"This opinion has been expressed by
military leaders and the President of the
United States. The American Legion at its
present convention also endorsed the plan.
Popular public opinion has not as yet been
tested.
"Advocates of the plan contend that a
year's training would provide a reserve of
young men for an Army in case the need
should arise again. The time used up in
training the civilian army in 1940 was a
great factor in slowing up the war effort.
It is believed that military experience
would give a sense of responsibility to a
young man. There are a few opponents.
Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for
President, asserts that such a plan would
not work.
"Whether or not the plan would be suc­cessful
at first or at any time remains to
be seen. The important think is that far-seeing
leaders are looking to the future
and are trying to work out a sound system
of military education. Perhaps something
similar to the Reserve Officers' Training
Corps, which has been on the campus for
over twenty years, is being contemplated.
However it may be, it is encouraging to
know that plans are being made for the
United States' military future in the post­war
world. ACP.
"Hw Plaindmatv
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eaten all her candy but was afraid to cuss because of the pres­ence
of her mother. Alice said, "Can't I just say one swear
word?" "Certainly not", was her mother's horrified reply.
Well, then, may I say "Rotterdam" asked Alice.
"Why, yes, that's just the name of a city," said her mothgr.
"Well, then," Alice said, "I hope that candy will Rotterdam
teeth!"
* * *
From what we've seen around the campus lately at night,
it seems that everybody is getting in the habit of driving with
one arm. They're headed for the church—they'll either walk
down the aisle or be carried. Also along with this we would
like to offer a bit of advice to Campus Casanovas: Don't mis­take
asthma for passion.
* * *
She—I believe you love me for my clothes.
He—Test me.
* * *
Several people turned out for the KA-ATO brawl Saturday
night. Some affair. While there*we heard, "Say, why does your
girl always wear dresses that fasten up the1 back?"
"Oh, she can't stand the sight of my face."
* * *
Along with an extensive staff and a score of people who of­fered
themselves as human guinea pigs, we have evolved the
Lanthorn Method. The Lanthorn Method deals with the stop­ping
of necking parties and is the only sure fire way of ending
them. The Method has three main rules any of which will
attain the desired results. They are: (1) Give up, (2) Give in,
or (3) Give out. On your next necking party try these. We
guarantee results!
* * *
Proper Etiquette At Formal Dance—Men.
As every male knows, there are three prerequisites abso­lutely
essential before entering the ballroom. They are, brief­ly;
(1) wear sports clothes, (2) be thoroughly polluted, and
(3) fail to bring your bid. '
After an uneventful entrance, during which you threaten
the doorman and others with your brass knucks, you stroil
snobbishly into the crowded area immediately "in front of the
bandstand and proceed to dance. (Note: in case of stairs, be
certain to walk slightly to the rear of your date in order to
step on her dress, especially if it is strapless).
At this point it is necessary to go into detail on the subject
of Attitude While Dancing. First, always dance slow to fast
music and vice versa; second, sing or hum loudly in your
date's ear continuously; third, look miserably at everyone who
passes in range. Should anyone bump you, break away from
your date and bump him viciously, snarling meanwhile. If
the band starts playing a novelty number and everyone stops
to gather around, you should begin jitterbugging, never leav­ing
the crowded area and making certain to; (1) kick as many
people as possible, and (2) yell and make more noise than the
orchestra.
After five pieces, if no one has offered to cut in, you have
several alternatives; (1) grab everyone who comes by and
introduce him to your date, (2) wave a pack of cigarets behind
her back, (3) pick a fight with someone nearby, (4) pull a
sick act and run for the nearest exit, or (5) simply faint
temporarily. One of these methods always works, so for the
next hour, you merely walk in a straight line back and forth
across the middle of the dance floor, hesitating at every couple
long enough to catch the girl's eye. Show no signs of recogni­tion,
and if she smiles, simply turn away coldly and continue
to walk.
Between the numbers you must ask every girl you see for
the next no-break, and after being in the lead-out with the
most unattractive girl you can find, be sure to accept the first
offer to retire to the local brew mill for refreshments. The
rest of the evening will take care of itself.
* * *
He—Is there a factory on that road?
She—No, that's lover's lane.
He—Then why did that girl say, "I've just been through
the mill?"
* * *
Overheard in the Stadium:
She—The only men I kiss are by brothers.
He—What fraternity did you pledge?
By SUSAN BROWN
And again we hear about the
independents. This time it's the
independents and the campus
elections. As Margaret Toomer
so patly stated for the Plains­man's
last issue opinion poll—
"Fraternity and sorority line-ups
don't give the independents a
chance."^
That means, I suppose, that fra­ternity
and sorority line-ups
don't give the independents a
chance to get elected to an office.
And Miss Toomer may be right.
The statement is, though, a
common expression of an attitude
that is evidently as much a part
of college as classes are.
It isn't an attitude just of the
affiliates of Greek letters organ­izations.
There are non-affiliates
who go through college believing
they are on the outside looking
in, believing that as independents
they haven't had a "chance", and
regretting it.
Records kept by psychologists
show that non-members of fra­ternities
and sororities tend to be
more subject to moods of de­pression—
on week-ends — than
students who are members. This
is, presumably, because the non-members
feel keenly that they
are missing the social life that
the members are enjoying.
And still there are students
who believe that there are ad­vantages
in not belonging to a
fraternity or sorority.
These students believe that one
of the advantages is the right to
support a candidate, if the sut-dent
as an individual wants to
support a candidate, for a office
and to vote for that candidate
without being responsible to an
organization, whether the organ­ization
be primarily social or not.
Independents on many cam­puses
are organized into political
groups, running c a n d i d a t es
against the candidates of the
Greek letter organizations.
The Independent party, as a
party on college campuses, has
been rather consistently a flop.
To be successful it would have
to be a party built around ideas
instead of politics. Such a party
would not flourish under most
existing student government set­ups.
But if that kind of a party de­veloped,
it would include any­one
who agreed with and/or sup­ported
those ideas, regardless of
whether that person belonged to
a fraternity or sorority or not.
And the independent - Greek
conflict in elections would dis­solve.
It isn't an impossiblity.
Right now, the line-ups are be­ginning
to be uncomfortably un­profitable
for the, majority of the
fraternities and sororities.
Admitting it is a little awk­ward
for the members.
For some reason, telling the in­dependents
they ain't being done
right by isn't.
A coalition of the independents
would save the day for the
Greeks.
It wouldn't be very strong.
It wouldn't last long.
Convenient?
Very.
Editor, The Plainsman:
In times past Auburn has been
notechfor certain things, some of
which were a large part of that
"ole Auburn Spirit." One of these
was a certain Code of Ethics of
the Honorable Brotherhood of
Hitchhikers.
Back then, no REAL AUBURN
MAN ever deigned to ride on a
public inconvenience, its being a
sign of utter weakness and the
stamp of one not of the true steel.
Rides were as plentiful then as
coeds were scarce and all was
well in the Loveliest Village.
Since then, however, the Broth­erhood
has received a terrific
jolt from such things as the ra­tioning
of gas and tires, and the
subsequent decrease in traffic.
A ride now is like a student not
taking vet — they are scarce.
Therefore, it is all the more im­portant
for Auburn men to know
and follow their code of ethics.
For those who are unfamiliar
with it we have outlined it here.
(1) When hitchhiking, stand on
the accepted corner for the place
and the direction you are going.
For instance, if you are going to
Montgomery, stand by the main
gate; if to Opelika, stand at the
corner just past where Gay Street
crosses the railroad. It is accept­able
to stand on corners "down-the-
traffic" from these, such as
on the KA-Korner if you are en
route Montgomery. If you stand
"Up-traffic", you are a CUT­THROAT
and a defiler of the
Auburn Spirit.
(2) When you arrive at the
corner, find out your "number."
That is to say, if there are ten
already there (tough luck!) your
number is eleven. Then if a car
comes by and takes three for ex­ample,
you whip out your slide-rule
and with lightening-like cal­culations
compute your new num­ber—
eight. Simple, no?
(3) Be considerate of the one
who picks you up. If he indicates
that he will carry two, do not
load him down with eight (even
if that cute number in Mont­gomery
has to wait a little—
she'll appreciate you more). And
don't forget to thank them for
your ride; they will be more
likely to pick you up in the
future.
(4) Don't stand in the street,
don't be too vociferous, don't
tear up property, and don't fight.
It ain't nice!
In all seriousness, though, re­member
this code, and remem­ber
that you're an AUBURN
MAN!
BENNING and DUGGAR
Around The Editor's Desk
Four in '44! That's quite a
number of managing editors for
the Plainsman to marry off in
one year, but that's how many
mgn. eds and ex-mgn. eds took
that drastic step during the past
year. It all started with a bang
when two of them—Patty Mc­Coy
and C. W. Horton-tripped
down the aisle together. Then we
heard that "Pinky" Heard was
hitched, way out in California,
and now it's D. Woodall who's
contributed *' this preacher's
hey-day.
Furthermore, David Allen (as­sociate
ed, '42), Kate Nungester
(society ed, '42) and Jeanne
Townsend (also ex-society ed)
n.iddle-aisled it. There may be
more that we haven't heard of
but we'd say that was 'nuf for
one poor little year.
• * *
A month's holiday — on the
calender for the time between
next summer and fall quarters.
Which suits us—not just because
it's a vacation (as if that weren't
enough) but because it will split
the fall and winter quarters so
as to eliminate the confusion two
weeks just before Christmas.
* * *
A rectangular piece of para­chute
silk that's been on bomb­ing
trips to Metz, and scads of
other places with her brother on
his missions is the possession of
one of the coeds. It makes one
of the most interesting scarfs
we've ever seen.
* * *
Worth wading through a fall­ing
lake of water was the basket­ball
game Saturday night with
the Gunter Field team. Basket­ball
is so much faster that foot­ball
that we felt like we were
watching a tennis game or some­thing—
turning our heads so fast
as the ball went up and down the
gym.
* * *
The design for a Christmas
card by Frances Meaders, An-niston,
was selected by members
of the ASTRP unit at Auburn as
the best submitted by ' students
of applied art at API. The card,
printed in two colors, was used
by the soldier-students.
Miss Meaders, a senior, is a
graduate of Stevens College, Mo.,
and has studied under the direc­tion
of Prof.-Frank W. Applebee,
head of applied arts at API, and
Miss Dorothy Jane Newman, in­structor
in applied art. She ex­pects
to enter textile design fol­lowing
her graduation in June,
1945.
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Page Three THE P L A I N S M AN TUESDAY, JANUARY 9,1945
Kappa Alpha, Alpha Tau Omega Formal Saturday Night Highlights Weekend
Former Students
Have Weddings
B iddle - Needham
The marriage of Miss Frances
Biddle to Mr. Jasper Needham
took place in the Winter Park
Presbyterian Church in Wilming­ton,
North Carolina^ December
27. They were unattended. The
ceremony was proformed by
Reverend J. K. Budley.
The bride and groom expect to
continue with their studies at
API while residing on Thach
Street. She is a junior in Lab
Tech and a pledge to the Alpha
Gamma sorority. He is also a
junior, majoring in Veterinary
Medicine, and a member of
OTS.
* * *
Dukes-Breedlove
*Miss Eloise Dukes, only daugh­ter
of Mr. and Mrs. Dyonius
Dukes of Opelika, and Lt. Joseph
Breedlove were married recent­ly
at the Auburn Church of
Christ, the ceremony being per­formed
by R. W. Turner, minister.
The candles were lighted by
Buck Dukes and Eddie Weldheim.
Miss Julia Vernon and Miss Vir­ginia
Mummy rendered a musi­cal
program prior to the cere­mony.
Miss Kathryn Gunter was
maid of honor. Mrs. Walter Jack­son,
Jr., Mrs. James Ownby, Miss
Jackie Breedlove, and Mrs. Ira
Mayfield, Jr., were bridesmaids.
Ushers were Thomas Spain,
Bruce Trammell, Dr. Wilford
Bailey, and L. O. Worthy. The
bride was given in marriage by
her father. Alton Newman of Opp
served his cousin as best man.
* * *
Crocker-Edwards
The marriage of Miss Billie
Ruth Crocker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Andrew Crock­er,
of Oak Grove, to William
Webster Edwards, Jr., Lieutenant
United States Army, son of W. W.
Edwards and the late Mrs. Ed­wards
of Notasulga, took place at
the Baptist Church on Christmas
Eve. Rev. James R. Edwards per­formed
the ceremony.
Jack Horner lighted the tapers.
Mrs. Nevis McKee and Clifford
Edwards presented a program of
nuptial music.
The bride was given in mar­riage
by her father. Her sister,
Miss Benny Crocker was her only
attendant. Lt. G. B. Edwards,
United States Army, was best
man and ushers were John Low-rey
and Jim Beatty. Terry Crock­er
acted as ringbearer.
* » *
Breedlove - Co war t
Miss Jacqueline B r e e d l o v e,
Opp, became the bride of Lt.
Claude A. Cowart of Montgom­ery
and Columbia S. C. on Dec.
9, at the Washington Sttreet
Methodist Church in Columbia, at
a military wedding.
Given in marriage by her
father, Mr. John Breedlive, the
bride was attended by Miss Bet­ty
Benton of Opp. Lt. Fagan
Canzoneri of Bessemer was best
man.
Lt. Cowart attended API until
1943 when he entered the air
corps. He was a member of Sigma
Chi fraternity. Mrs. Cowart is a
former art student of Auburn.
* * *
Ware-Cottier
The marriage of Miss Jon Ware
and Ensign Donald Cottier took
place recently at the Presbyter-
'POOKY" LEADS FOR KA'S
Miss "Pooky" Hudson lead the Kappa Alpha dance Saturday
night with Council Sapp. A freshman in science and literature,
she is a pledge of Kappa Delta sorority. Miss Hudson is from
Anniston.
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ian manse in Auburn. Rev. Sam
B. Hay performed the ceremony.
The bride, attended by Mrs.
John Cottier, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Irvin of De-
Leon, Texas. She is a graduate
of North Texas State Teachers
College and Southwestern Uni­versity.
Ensign Cottier is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Cottier of
Auburn. He attended API be­fore
enlisting in the Navy in 1941.
After returning from the South
Pacific, where he served nine
months, he was sent to South­western
University for V-12
training. He later received his
commission at Notre Dame.
* * *
Wheeler-Buergin
Connie Wheeler and Rodney
George Buergin, Lieutenant of
the United States Army, were
recently married in San Luis
Obispo, California on December
16.
Connie was a sophomore at Au­burn
during the summer quarter
and a member of Chi Omega
sorority.
The groom, originally from
Madison, Wisconsin, attended the
University of Wisconsin where
he was a member of Scabbard
and Blade and Phi Delta Theta,
social fraternity. He was later
stationed at Fort Benning, where
he met his bride to be.
Myrick-Fievet
Miss Dorothy Myrick, Way-cross,
Ga., and Dr. Charlie Fievet
of Hueytown, formerly of Ensley,
were married December 26 in
Auburn. Father Schraeder per­formed
the ceremony. They will
reside in Swainsboro, Ga. where
he practices veterinary medicine.
Both are '44 graduates of Au­burn,
Mrs. Fievet having finish­ed
home ec education and Dr.
Fievet in vet medicine. She was
a member of Kappa Delta Pi and
Theta Epsilon honorary societies.
He belonged to Alpha Psi and
AVMA.
LOST: Silver bracelet. Alpha
Gamma Delta ring, and gold
ring with green stone. Reward.
Mary Ann Vick. Dorm IV.
Phone 9144.
Hudson And Sapp,
Smith And Wiggins
Lead Joint Formal
Music Furnished By
Auburn Collegiates
By MARY LEE
Presenting their annual formal,
the Kappa Alpha and Alpha Tau
Omega fraternities entertained
Saturday night with Zombie
Lauderdale and his Auburn Col­legiates.
The Girls' Gym was dec­orated
with red, gold and blue
streamers; the backdrop contain­ed
both fraternities' pins.
Members, pledges and dates of
the KA's were Council Sapp,
Pooky Hudson, Anniston; Bill
Clark, Ginger Duncan, Attlanta;
George Fendley, Carolyn Clay,
Auburn; Evan Martin, Dot Rey­nolds,
Birmingham; and Gibbs
Ashley, Juanita Gillespie, Booth-ton.
Harold Dodd, Mildred Baggett,
Atlanta; Bill Flannigan, Minnie
Steel McNeil, Selma; Mr. and
Mrs. Vic Scott, Siluria; Sam
Hicks, Halsa Kyser, Minter;
Jack Hutchinson, Jean Revill,
Troy; Bob Adams, Wyleen Hill,
Dalton, Ga.
The ATO's members, pledges,
and dates included Billy Wig­gins,
Demaris Smith, Nashville,
Tenn; Bill Laney, Ray Monroe;
Huntsville; George Letson, Beth
Willis, Birmingham Barry Graves,
Mary Ann Vick, Pensacola, *Fla.;
Goodloe Sherrill, Marian Gay,
Panama City.
Eugene Castellow, Virginia
Grayson,- Birmingham; Bobby
Johnsey, Jean Hubbard, Dade-ville;
Ted Bryson, Mary Thibaut,
Napoleonville, La.; Means Bran-non,
Yvonne Wallace, Panama
City, Fla.; and Billy Williams,
Nancy Black, Auburn.
"Scotty" Jones, Mack High-tower,
Geneva; Bill Newman,
Susan Vig, Columbus; Buddy Al-ford,
Mary Helen House, Bir­mingham;
Bobby Reid, Jackie
Wahl, Mobile; Sam Swindle, Car­olyn
Swindle, Birmingham; and
Ray Bryan, Jane Hybort, Hybort.
Jack Prigmore, Bess Price,
Dadeville; Joe Vick, Ann Olander,
Gainsville, Ga.; Joe Appleton,
Connie Graves, Eufaula; Jack
Charlton, Ann Walker, Florence;
John S. Bentley, Dale Bentley;
Julian Guin; and Raymond Wig-ginton
Terry.
"DEE" LEADS FOR ATO'S
Jimmy Dick, who is stationed
at Georgia Tech in the naval
training program, spent the holi­days
with his parents in Auburn.
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Miss Damaris Smith lead the ATO formal Saturday night
with Billy Wiggins. Miss Smith is a member of Alpha Delta Pi
sorority, a junior in science in literature from Nashville, Tenn. -
Four New Men Pledged
By Sigma Phi Epsilon
SPE came through the past
rush season with four new pled­ges.
They are Jim Bradley, fresh­man
in interior decoration from
Wesson, Ark.; John Edgar, fresh­man
in aero engineering, Shel­by
ville, Tenn.; Jackson Little,
freshman in ag engineering from
Piedmont; and Layton Mclnnis,
freshman in chemical engineer­ing,
Columbus, Ga.
At their first meeting the
pledges elected their officers. Jim
Bradley was chosen president;
SAE's Entertain With
Barbecue In Country
Sigma Alpha Epsilon entertain­ed
Sunday, Dec. 10 with a bar­becue.
Members and dates at­tending
were 'Monty" Allen,
Marie Strong; Jack Anderson,
Marian Tedder; Bill Cook; Camil-le
Lan«ton; Dent McCullochs,
Barbara Frick and John Cole­man,
Pooky Hudson.
Sam Johnson, Emily Thomas;
Bill O'Brien, Alice Gatewood;
Jack Little, vice president; and
Layton Mclnnis, secretary-treas­urer.
Sororities Give
Informal Parties
During Yuletide
Kappa Delta pledges were his-tesses
at a party on Dec. 13 for
the active members of their so­rority.
It was held at Mrs. Sam
Doughty's home on Nellocco
Drive. Following refreshments
Santa Claus (Mildred Lamar) de­livered
each member a gift.
Theta U entertained with a
Christmas party on Dec. 13 in the
chapter room. It was colorfully
decorated in the theme of the
season; a large lighted tree was
the center of attraction. Gifts
were exchanged between mem­bers
and big and little sisters. Re­freshments
consisted of hot cof­fee,
mints, and cake.
* * *
Delta Zeta's Christmas party
was highlighted by Mrs. Santa
Claus and a skit on the actives
enacted by the pledges. Gifts
were piled under the tree in the
sorority room. Carols were sung
and refreshments were served
served later.
• * *
Chi Omega pledges were hos­tesses
at a Kid party on Dec. 13
for the active members. Dressed
as small girls, the members were
greetted in childlike manner by
the pledges, dressed as little boys.
Kid games were played and carols
were sung. Refreshments were
served later. Mary Fern Geron
took the prize for costume, being
dressed as a screaming infant.
Angie Hollingsworth, who acted
as the mother, was chaperone.
Vance McBride, Bettyjo Dobbs;
Frank Pease, Barbara Russell;
Tommy Rease, Betty Bledsoe;
Reece Ennis, Lillian Martin; Jim
Bruce, Betty Davison; Martin
Wilson, Dot Reynolds; Bill Shel­by,
Mary Lelia Hare; Jimmy
Smith, Viola Coons; Hooper
Turner, Jean Strait; John Rob­ins,
Dot Stallings.
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Kipnis Starts Career In Prison Camp
When German Colonel Hears Him Sing
Kipnis Starts Career In Prison Camp
When German Colonel Hears Him Sing
Famous singers have been launched on their careers in
various startling ways, but Alexander Kipnis has the unique
distinction of getting his start in opera in a German prison
camp.
During the last war the famous bass baritone, who will
be heard here Jan. 18, in Langdon Hall, was a young student
in Berlin, whose musical goal
was primarily conducting, not
singing. At the outbreak of war,
the1 Russian-born youth was
seized with other enemy aliens.
After a brief term in solitary con­finement
he was sent to a con­centration
camp on an old exer­cise
ground, where horses of the
Frussian officers were given their
v/ork-outs.
The food in the camp was bad
and the men slept on primitive
bedding. Worst of all, they didn't
know what would happen next
and were completely shut off
from all communication with
families and friends on the out­side.
However, there was no de­liberately
brutal treatment.
Sad Russian Sang
Proof that their jailers were
human came one day when Kip­nis
were singing to amuse him­self—
singing because he was
Russian and sad. Suddenly the
German Colonel in- charge of the
camp appeared beside him. "Have
you sung professionally?" he
snapped.
"No, sir," said Kipnis.
'Would you like to?"
"Y-yes, sir," stammered the
bewildered prisoner.
"My brother is the manager of
the State Opera House in Weis-baden,"
announced the Colonel.
"Would you like to sing in Wies­baden?"
Kipnis would.
"My brother will be here in
the morning to give you an audi­tion,"
the Colonel said, march­ing
away.
The startled Kipnis thought it
impossible—but the opera man­ager
came. And it was the be­ginning
of an operatic career that
has made Alexander Kipnis one
of the greatest bass baritones of
all time.
Wagner at Bayreuth
After his Weisbaden -contract
expired and the war ended, Kip-nir
became one of the leading
singers in the European music
capitals. He was star of the
v'/agner Festivals in Bayreuth
and the principal basso of the
Vienna State Opera.
Following his appearance in
New York with the Wagnerian
Festival company, he achieved
sensational popularity in this
country. After tremendously suc­cessful
concert tours in- the
United States, Austria and Aus­tralia,
he made his debut at the
Metropolian Opera and has since
become one of the major stars of
the Company.
This war jalso influenced the
bass baritone's career. When
Hitler's troops affected the An­schluss,
Alexander Kipnis was
the most popular singer in Aus­tria,
and needed only to an­nounce
the date of a recital to
get a sold-out house within forty-eight
hours. He was by that time
an American citizen, with an
American^wife, and could have
continued his Viennes engage­ments
unmolested. He chose
without hesitation, however, to
radio his withdrawal from both
Vienna and Salzburg.
Looking back on it all, Mr.
Kipnis thinks it particularly odd
that he not only started his career
in a prison camp, but a German
prison camp. "It's not something
you could count on happening
today," he says wryly.
PROP WASH
NEW AIRPORT PLANS
ISSUED BY CAA
The National Aeronautics As­sociation
recently announced that
CAA Administrator T. P. Wright,
has sent a report to Congress ask­ing
for the construction of 3,000
new airports and improvement
for 1,625 more, the estimated cost
to be $1,251,567,945.
This would bring the total
number of airports in the United
States to 6,035. Airports are class­ified
according to size: Class 1
fields, designed primarily for
private flying; Class 2 fields,
somewhat larger, suitable both
for private flying and feeder
lines; Class 3 fields, designed for
present day twin-engine aircraft;
Class 4 fields, suitable for the
larger aircraft now in use; Class
5 fields, suitable for the largest
aircraft now contemplated.
The Civil Aeronautics Admin­istration
has asked that Congress
appropriate a maximum* of $1,-
000,000 a year for the program.
It will be up to Congress to de­cide
how the appropriation will
be distributed but it was suggest­ed
that a plan similar to that
used in the construction of public
roads might be satisfactory, that
is, the State would match Feder­al
funds dollar for dollar. >
Among other things, a state, in
order to obtain funds for the con­struction
of an airport, would not
be permitted to levy any taxes
on aviation facilities, fuel, opera­tions
or businesses, the proceeds
of which are not used entirely
for aviation purposes.
The Master Plan would, when
complete, provide Alabama with
a total of 110 airports. The Plan
includes improvement for 7 ex­isting
Class 1 airports, 15 exist­ing
Class 2 airports, 4 existing
Class 3 airports and 1 existing
Class 4 airport and also includes
the construction of new airports
in the following classes: 23 Class
1, 9 Class 2, 2 Class 3, and 1 Class
4, The total contemplated ex­penditure
in Alabama for im­provement
and new construction
is $12,185,000.
Well, it's time to roll up our
flaps, we'll be buzzin' you again
next week.
The Welcome Mat was occu­pied
repeatedly this month with
the return of three flying Tigers
—Ralph Hoffman, DeWitt Wide-mire
and H. C. Jones.
The practice area in the Vicin­ity
of the Auburn-Opelika Air­port
has really been stirred up
during the 'past week . . . coz that
man Robert Drewry is piling up
hours in his logbook in order to
get his private pilot's certificate
early this month. He made his
first solo cross-county flight Fri­day.
We were wondering which
would arrive first -darkness or
Drewry, but much to our surprise
Drewry did . . . and right on
schedule.
Well, A. Gullatte and Mac
Lipscomb are now in Uncle Sam's
Army of the Kheki browns. We
liked them very much and hated
to see them go, but we have two
new "prospective pilots", Lamar
Cannon and Robert Hebson, both
Kappa Sigs and before you know
it, we'll have two more pilots
flapping their wings for then-private
pilot's license.
Recent visitors at the Auburn-
Opelika Airport were . . . Messrs.
Morman Smith of Montgomery,
E. M. Wheat of Columbus and
Walter Johnson of Rome, Geor­gia
flying J-3 Cubs; Ralph Greg­ory
and Cliff Lee of the Palmetto
Air School of Spartanburg, South
Carolina flying Stinsons; D. C.
Cobb of Atlanta flying an Aero-nca
Chief, all of whom unanim­ously
agree that Auburn is really
a unique town . . . that isn't hard
to understand.
Grover Whitley now has his
Cub Coupe based at the Airport.
Miss Croft, Head of Hall, Dorm­itory
III, had a pleasant flying
trip to Alex City and return last
Wednesday afternoon. .
Aviation Cadet Gaumer came
to Auburn Sunday and after be­ing
checked out by our flight in­structor,
C. M. Logan, he was
permitted to make his first solo
flight.
After an absence of one-quar­ter
Jeanelle Boone is back fly­ing
with us again.
Bess Price, Alpha Gam, took
her first instructional flight on
Monday and became convinced
that she could learn to fly, after
all.
Mr. A. J. Lingo, manager of
the Eufaula Airport stopped for
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Sfuart White
Receives Award
Of Air Medal
An Eight Air Force Bomber
Station, England—Flight Officer
Stuart L. White, 24, of LaGrange,
Ga., co-pilot of a B-17 Flying
Fortress of the 95th Bombard­ment
Group, has been awarded
the Air Medal for "meritorious
achievement" while participating
in Eight Air Forces bombing at­tacks
on vital German industrial
targets, and on Nazi airfields,
supply dumps and gun emplace­ments
in support of advances by
Allied ground forces on the Con­tinent.
The presentation was
made by Colonel Karl Truesdell,
Jr., of Washington, D. C. group
commander.
F/O White is a member of the
Fortress group which lead the
first American bombing attack
on targets in Berlin, and which
was cited by the President for
its outstanding bombing assult on
railroad marshalling y a r d s at
Munster, Germany, in October,
1943.
As a component of the dis­tinguished
Third Bombardment
Division, the group also shared
in a Presidential citation given
the entire division for its historic
England-Africa shuttle bombing
of an important; Messerschmitt
fighter plane plant at Regens-burg,
Germany, in August of 1943.
The flight officer, son of Mrs.
Lucia White of 516 Hill Street,
LaGrange, was formerly a stu­dent
at API.
Kappa Sig Black And White Ball
To Be Presented Saturday Night
Zombie's Orchestra
To Play For Formal
GEORGENE McDOWELL LEADS
Allen Elected President
By Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Officers chosen by the SAE
chapter for the coming year are
Monty Allen, Charleston, S. C.
president; Jack Anderson, Hunts-ville,
yice-president; Guy Folmer,
Luverne, secretary; and Sam
Johnson, Birmingham, treasurer.
Lewis Elected Prexy
Of PiKA Pledges
Pledge officers elected by Pi
Kappa Alpha pledges include
James Lewis, Cottonwood, presi­dent;
Billy Ball, Winston-Salem,
N. C, vice president; and Bill
Crum, Bartow, Florida, secre­tary-
treasurer.
gas and oil last Saturday.
Adolphus Zerderic of the Court-land
Army Air Base was a visitor
here last Sunday. He was flying
a BT-13.
Beta Eta chapter of Kappa
Sigma will present its annual
Black and White Ball, Saturday,
January 13. The dance is to be
at 9:00 p. m. in the Girls' Gym­nasium
on the Opelika Highway.
Miss Georgene McDowell of
Selma, Alabama, now attending
Montevallo College, will lead the
dance with Oscar Frasier, presi­dent
of the chapter. During the
leadout, Miss McDowell will be
presented with a bouquet of
white camellias by Mrs. Gully
Simpson escorted by Dr. L. N.
Duncan.
As a customary at the Black
and White Ball, the dress of
everyone attending w i l l be
strictly black and white, with
the exception of members of the
armed services. Admittance will
be refused to anyone who is not
so attired."
Decorations for the dance will
carry out the black and white
theme with streamers converging
at the center, forming almost a
complete canopy above the dance
floor.. The back-drop is also to
carry out the black and white
scheme, accented with an illum­inated
Kappa Sigma coat .of
arms in full color.
An intermission party will be
held at the Kappa Sigma house
for the members and their dates,
and the members and dates of
their sister sorority, the Chi
Omegas.
Chaperones and guests of the
evening will include Dr. and Mrs.
L. N. Duncan, Dean Marion Spid-le,
Mrs. Wallace Tidmore, Mrs.
Gulley Simpson, Mr. and Mrs.
L. M. Ware, Dr. and Mrs. Wil­liam
Byrd Lee, Captain and Mrs.
H. L. Sutton, Mrs. Lena Gough,
and Miss Carmen Croft.
The members and their dates
attending the dance will be Os­car
Frasier, Georgene McDowell,
Selma; Lewie Tanner, Jeanne
Tutt, Butler; Bill Ranson, Gray
Baker, Atlanta, Ga.; Jack Greg­ory,
Alta Wise, Birmingham; Ot­to
Carter, Gloria Choron, Bir­mingham;
Bill P i e r c e , Sue
Bridges, Montgomery; and Lam­ar
Ware, Libby Heard, Birming­ham.
George O'Neal, Margaret Toom-er,
Auburn; Bill Randolph, Jean
Ranson, Tallassee; Jimmye Fethe,
Martha Shaw, Hickman, Ky.;
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Escorted by Oscar Frazier. president of Beta Eta chapter of
Kappa Sigma, Miss Georgene McDowell of Selma. who is a
student at Montevallo College, will lead the annual Black and
White Ball at the Girl's Gym on the Opelika Road Saturday
night.
Lamar Cannon, Ann Olander
Gainesville, Ga.; and James
Lane, Burma Wise, Birmingham.
Elmer Loyd, Ann Garner, De­catur;
Kieffer Hobby, Myrtis
Ferguson, Weogufka; Bob Mat­hews,
Gay Collier, Montgomery;
Bill Roberts, Florence Farnham,
Auburn; Milton Rayfield, Jane
McGowan, Sylacauga; Pat Pat­terson,
Mary Lelia Howe, Tus-kegee;
Richard Yaney, Betty Mc­Laughlin,
Birmingham; and Jack
Cahoon, Lorraine Smith, Auburn.
Walker Joines, Jane Jones, At­lanta,
Ga.; Dan Hattaway, Ruby
Gillion, Greenville; Wilson Cor­coran,
Connie Graves, Eufaula;
James Starling, Jean Revell,
Troy; Bill Ivey, Doris Karcher,
Mobile; Avery Roan, Frances
Perry, Wedowee; Harold Griffin,
Lena Snowden, Pine Apple; Lt.
James Davis, Angeline Hollins-worth,
Montgomery; James
Thomas, Laverne Wall, Birming­ham;
and Gus Baldwin, Mary
Lee, Auburn.
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Clyde H. Cantrell
Assumes Position
By COLLINS ROUNTREE
Mr. Clyde H. Cantrell, newly
appointed Director of Libraries
at API, sees a great future in the
library. He says that the library
is going to progress until it ranks
with the leading libraries of the
country.
On being asked if he plans on
any direct changes in the present
system, he says that there will
be many. His aim is to provide
all books necessary for study and
recreational reading for the
graduates, undergraduates, re­search
program must be sup­ported
by every means.
He says that the books at pres­ent
are quite better than he had
expected but by no means what
is really needed. He plans to add
to and strengthen in every way
possible.
Mr. Cantrell was born in West­ern,
N. C, and later moved to
Charlotte. Following graduation
from high school he became af­filiated
with the Charlotte News
as Business Manager, in which
position he remained for 3 years.
He then attended the University
of North Carolina where he ob­tained
his A.B.m in 1933, M. A.
in 1936, and A.B.L.S. in 1937. He
did graduate work there in 1940
and at West Virginia University
in 1941 and 1942.
He has been in library work
since September, 1930, when he
began work in the University of
North Carolina library. He re­mained
there until -937 when he
transferred to North Carolina
State College as Periodicals Li­brarian
and later as Circulations
Librarian. In 1941 he moved to
West Virginia and became head
of the Circulation Division of the
West Virginia University Library.
In 1942 he became assistant Li­brarian.
From July, 1943, until Novem­ber,
1944, he served as Director
of the Library and as Associate
Professor of Spanish at Birming­ham
Southern College.
Mr. Cantrell was married in
June, 1940, and he is the father
of a girl, Nancy Elizabeth, who is
now 2 years, 7 months old.
He has been a regular contri­butor
to literary and library
journals. He is a member of Phi
Beta Kappa, national honorary
scholastic fraternity; Mu Beta
Psi, national musical fraternity;
and Phi Sigma Iota, national
language fraternity.
LETTER RECEIVED
BY "PLAINSMAN"
FROM SAM TEAGUE
18 November 1944
Somewhere in Belgium
The Editor, The Plainsman,
Auburn, Alabama, U.S.A.
It was one of the greatest
pleasures I've had in a long time
to receive a copy of "The Plains­man",
which Dr. S. B. Hay, min­ister
of the Auburn Presbyterian
Church, recently sent me. This
particular issue was dated Tues­day,
19 September 1944. In spite
of the fact I've been away from
Auburn since '39 many of the
names appearing in that issue
were very familiar to me. As
soon as I've finished with it I'm
going to send that issue on to Lt.
P. R. (Rere) Bidey, my brother-in-
law, who is in an artillery unit
on the Western Front also.
A letter from a former student
published in the 19 September is­sue
indicated that he had heard
of a lack of old Auburn Spirit.
I hadn't heard of it and I never
shall. There is not and never will
be a lack of Auburn Spirit. Au­burn's
Spirit is a tradition spread
now, by virtue of the war,
throughout the entire world.
There are Auburn men on every
battlefront—be it land, sea, or
air. It is not unusual to hear the
familiar battlecry "War Eagle"
here in Belgium on the Western
Front. Just the other day I saw
a jeep named "War Eagle", and
hardly a day passes that I don't
meet up with an Auburn grad.
There is not one among us who
doesn't get a real pleasure from,
and have an extreme pride in,
relating to all our friends the
Lt. Carl J. Koehn
Made Captain
Lt. Carl J. Koehn was recent­ly
promoted to Captain, accord­ing
to information received here.
Captain Koehn is nutrition officer
for India and Burma and is now
stationed at New Delhi, Ind. He
was formerly connected with the
Animal Husbandry department
at Alabama Polytechnic Institute
and has been overseas a year.
Mrs. Koehn and son, Jimmy,
have been visiting in Wisconsin
since September. They will re­turn
to Auburn at an early date
and wil lreside at the Dr. Thomas
Apartment.
Professor Robert G. Pitts Appointed
Member Of State Aviation Committee
Majority Is Won
By An Auburn Boy
Mrs. Lois Chrietzberg has re­ceived
word that her son, Capt.
Abb Chrietzberg, has been pro­moted
to Major. Major Chrietz­berg
is now stationed in France.
He received his commission in
Alabama Polytechnic Institute in
1941 and entered service in July.
He received his trainings at Ft.
Bragg, N. C, Ft. Jackson, S. C,
Ft. Sill, Okla., and Ft. Leaven­worth,
Kansas before going over­seas
three months ago.
Robert G. Pitts, head professor
of aeronautical engineering at
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute,
has been appointed by Gov­ernor
Chauncey Sparks as a
member of the State Aviation
story as to how the battlecry
"War Eagle" originated. Some of
the fellows I've run into person­ally
recently are Capt. Harry
Hooper, '36, Maj. Jack Dunlop,
'40, Capt. Murphy, '39, Lt. "Slick"
Elliott, '39, Maj. Billy Smith '40,
Maj. Pat Plumlee '38, Capt. Al­bion
Knight, '38 are up with one
of the other Corps but I haven't
had the pleasure of seeing them.
I had a letter from Col. L. E.
Jacoby, former PMS&T at Au­burn,
the other day. He is now
commanding a TD Group in the
Third Army over here. I corres­pond
as often as possible with
Auburnites all over the world. .
Auburn spirit is noticed by all
persons around us. When an Au­burn
grad greets another Auburn
grad it really attracts attention.
One of my very best friends in
this Corps, a Ga. Tech grad, vol­untarily
remarked the other day
that Auburn has the best spirit
of any school.
Those of us over here (by
means of our short-wave sets)
get the weekly football scores
and are "following the team"
with great interest. Win, lose, or
draw we are with you.
War Eagle!
Sam F. Teague, Jr.,
Major, A. G. D.
Commission.
Mr. Pitts, a native of Marion,
is manager of the college owned
and operated Auburn-Opelika
airport and director of the Au­burn
School of Aviation. He
served as coordinator for the
Civil Aeronautics A demonstra­tion
program of pilot training
from 1939 to 1944, and he is now
aircraft inspection representative
for the CAA in this section.
In 1933 Mr. Pitts received his
B. S. degree in aeronautical en­gineering
at API, where he was
a member of Tau Beta Pi and
Phi Kappa Phi, honorary frater­nities.
He did graduate work at
the University of Michigan and
received the Master of Science
Degree from the California In­stitute
of Technology in 1934.
The Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
has been fully certified
by the CAA as an Approved Ele­mentary
and Secondary Ground
School, an Approved Elementary
Flight School, and an Approved
Repair Station.
A/S Jimmy Smith USN, form­er
student of engineering from
Columbus, Ga., was in Auburn
just before the holidays. Ex-pres­ident
of SAE, he was also repre-sentive
to the Executive Cabinet
for several times.
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PAGE SIX THE P L A I N S M AN TUESDAY^ JANUARY 9,1945
Auburn Cagers Face Maxwell, Mercer Here This Week
Tigers Drop Second Till of Season
To Fliers From Gunter Field
Peppier, Kolb Lead Gunter To Win
As Burgess Heads Tiger Offense
The Gunter Field quintet handed Auburn its second set­back
in as many games when their sharpshooters, sparked by
Peppier and Kolb, All-American gridder from Illinois Mon­mouth
College, gave the Fliers an early lead that they never
relinquished, the score ending Saturday night at 44 to 40.
The Gunter outfit started with a bang with successive
goals by Peppier and Kolbe,
giving them a lead of 6-0. The
Tigers came roaring back with
a ringer by Stapleton. The game
continued at a fast and furious
pace for the remainder of the
first half. The score: Gunter 27,
Auburn 22.
After a fast opening, the sec­ond
half settled down to a de­fensive
struggle with neither get­ting
any particular advantage.
The Gunter team showed about
the same edge over the Tigers
as they did in the- first half,
never permitting the Tigers to
get closer than four points.
The game ended with Auburn
still trying to even it up. The
score was Gunter Field, 44; Au­burn,
40.
Peppier led the scorers with 13
tallies, followed by Kolb with 12.
Burgess, with 9 points, led the
Tigers pointmakers, but was
pushed by Stapleton, Lancaster,
and Waites with 8 each.
The Auburn quintet will take
on Maxwell Field Thursday and
Mercer on Saturday. Both con­tests
are to be played in Alumni
Gym.
Kuykendall Heads
Tiger Athletes
The "A" Club elected officers
at a recent meeting of the organ­ization.
Those chosen to head the
Tiger athletes for the coming
year are Curtis Kuykendall, pres­ident;
Gibbs Ashley, vice presi­dent;
and Ben Moss, secretary-treasurer.
THE COLONEL
(Continued from page one)
Marne failed, the Americans and
French reduced the salient by
advancing from the Marne to the
Vesle river. During this action,
casualties in men and horses
were severe, and after a month
in action, the 76th Field Artillery
was withdrawn and received re­placement
of men and equipment.
Maj. Waterman then moved
his battalion by night marches to
the San Mihiel and supported as­sault
Infantry in that operation.
On reduction of the San Mihiel
salient, Maj. Waterman marched
his battalion to position to sup­port
the jump off into the
Argonne.
Wounded At Argonne
During the Argonne offensive
Maj. Waterman was wounded but
returned to his regiment before
the Armistice. On return to the
76th F. A. he was promoted to
lieutenant colonel and supported
with fire from the 76th the cross­ing
of the Meuse rive and the
advance t o Louppy, France,
where the Armistice was signed.
He then marched the regiment,
as part of the Army of Occupa­tion,
to Coblenz, Germany, and
remained in Germany, returning
with his regiment to the United
States in September, 1919.
Since that time Col. Waterman
has been on routine duty con­nected
with re-organization of
the Army and training troops,
perfecting equipment and taking
school work for higher military
education. He has completed all
the courses at the service schools.
Gates Also In Other War
A native of Mississippi, Colonel
Gates received his commission in
the Field Artillery in 1916. Dur­ing
World War 1 he was award­ed
the Purple Heart for wounds
received in action. In 1920 he
completed the Field Artillery
School Battery Commands course
and was graduated from the Com­mand
and General Staff School
in 1931.
Billy Tamblyn Is
Appointed Chaplain
Word has-been received here
that Billy Tamblyn, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Tamblyn, 315
Armstrong St., has been appoint­ed
assistant chaplain in the
army. He is also an M. P.
Billy is stationed in the Mar-ianna
Islands.
Cadre Buys Bonds
During the recent Sixth War
Loan Drive the nine officers and
nine enlisted men on duty at the
Military Department rang up a
total of $3675.00 including pay
roll deducations. This amounts to
$4900 in bonds.
Intramural Board
Sets Cage Rules
The intramural board met last
Tuesday to determine the rules
that will govern interfraternity
basketball games this year.
The regulations set forth by
Chairman Williams and his board
of advisers are:
1. Al games must start within
ten minutes after the hour.
2. Games extending beyond the
hour will be allowed to finish
only if completed within ten
minutes.
3. The quarters will be eight
minutes long.
4. Five fouls, either personal or
technical will be allowed.
5. The team having the high­est
percentage of wins will be
declared the league winner.
The four league winners will
be in the play-offs which will be­gin
on February 14 and continue
to February 22. The winner of
these games will be declared the
interfraternity champion.
Two New Huskies
Here To Join'45
Tiger Ball Squad
Coach "Shorty" Propst is not
letting any grass grow under his
feet in his efforts to build up the
1945 Auburn Tiger football squad
to a Conference-winning level.
Bill Harris, former Howard-
Ensley star, a 235-pounder with
lots of experience back of him,
arrived in Auburn Monday and
registered for the new Winter
session. At the same time, Robert
Robert, husky All-State Hi in
'43 and '44, blew in from his
home in Guntersville and will be
a formidable contender for a
half-back position this year.
Speaking of Bill Harris, the
Birmingham News had the fol­lowing
to say: •
"Tex Warrington, great All-
American center, won't be avail­able
as a player at Auburn next
season, but he leaves the middle
of the line duties in some very
capable hands, notably big Bill
Harris, recent Navy dischargee
who will enter school at the
Plains.
"Bill, up to 235 pounds now, is
well qualified to step in and take
over for Warrington, for he will
carry a lore of pigskin experience
with him. He played varsity foot­ball
at Ensley High School under
Coabh Buddy DeYampert, and
one year of freshman ball at
Alabama before going into the
Navy.
"After entering the Navy, Bill
was assigned to the Memphis
Naval Air Station and was later
transferred to Howard College
with one of the Navy V-12 units,
where he played the entire 1943
season there under Coach Snitz
Snider.
Harris was -also a track and
field star while in high school at
Ensley. He established a discus
record of 170 feet his last two
prep seasons.
Bill has a younger brother,
J. E. who also played center with
the Ensley Yellow Jackets. J. E.
who played with the Jackets
against Woodlawn in the 1943
Crippled Children's Clinic game,
is now in the Merchant Marine.
"Bill's former coach, Buddy
DeYampert, of Ensley, said Fri­day
that he thought "Harris
would make Coach Carl Voyles
a mighty fine man. He's big, well-muscled,
a good boy and a hard
worker."
Intramural Cage Teams
Start Off At Fast Pace
SC# TC, AGR, And SPE Win Over
PKT, ATO, KA, DSP, Respectively
The intramural cage season opened with a bang last
Wednesday night. The initial tilts saw OTS top Phi Delta
Theta to the tune of 52 to 6 in League I, and Alpha Psi taking
Lambda Chi by a score of 46 to 11 in League II.
The opener at 9 o'clock saw Peace and Long leading the
OTS to. victory. The two forwards repeatedly hit the baskets
to rack up 17 and 15 points re
spectively, following by Hend­ricks
with 8. For the Phi's Wood
was the leading pointmaker.
The second tilt of the evening
found Alpha Psi outclassing
Lambda Chi. Moree, Alpha Psi
forward, racked up 10 points to
lead the scoring. Buck was high
man of the Lambda Chi's with
3 points.
The excellent brand of basket­ball
exhibited Wednesday was
continued Thursday night as
Sigma Chi, Theta Chi, Alpha
Gamma Rho and SPE topped Phi
Kappa Tau, ATO, KA and Delta
Sig, respectively.
Handcock led the Sigma Chi's
over Phi Kappa Tau by a score
of 36 to 22. The sigma Chi ace
found the range for 18 tallies to
take the lead in scoring in the
still young season. Brewer paced
PKT with 9 points.
The second tussle of the even­ing^
saw AGR take Kappa Alpha
in stride by a score of 24 to 12.
Scoffield, Alpha Gamma Rho,
and Ashley, KA, topped the
scorers with 8 points each.
In the next to last tilt of the
night, Sigma Phi Epsilon van­quished
Delta Sigma Phi 34 to
15. Shelton of SPE led the scor­ers
with 9 tallies, followed by
Delta Sig's McDaniel with 8.
The last game found Theta Chi
double the efforts of Alpha Tau
Omega- by a score of 20 to 10.
Nurse and Huey took the honors
for TC with 4 goals each. Pacing
the ATO attack was Jones with
6.
The schedule for this week is:
League I: OTS-SPE, 7 p. m.
Tuesday; DSP-PDT, 9 p. m.
Wednesday.
League II: AP-TC, 8 p. m. Tues­day;
ATO-LCA, 10 p. m. Wednes­day.
League III: SAE-PKA, 9 p. m.
Monday; SC-PKA, 9 p. m. Tues­day.
'League IV: SN-AP (2) at 10
p. m. Monday; KA-AP (2) at 10
p. m. Tuesday.
All games scheduled for Thurs­day,
January 11, will be played
on February 6.
SPE OPENS KITCHEN
Sigma Phi Epsilon opened its
kitchen just before the holidays
and will continue to serve meals
throughout the quarter. This is
the first time since the boys
moved back to the house that the
SPE's have attempted to run their
dining room again.
LOST: Pair of wine gloves.
Florence Smith, Dorm I. 9141.
"Kismet" Coming
To Tiger Sunday
Ronald Coleman and Marlene
Dietrich head the cast of Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer's eye-filling new
spectacle, the Technicolor film
"Kismet," which will be at the
Tiger Theatre Sunday and Mon­day.
Both are at their best in
this celebrated story, Coleman as
the beggar-magician Hafiz and
Miss Dietrich as Jamilla, queen
of the dancing girls.
But M-G-M has not stopped
with these two headliners. Splen­did
support is offered by James
Voyles Schedules
U Of F4oirda For
Homecoming Game
The Florida "Gators" football
team wil clash with the Auburn
Tigers in the local stadium on
November 3, "Homecoming Day",
1945, it was officially announced
here this week on the return of
Head Coach Carl Voyles from a
stay of two weeks in Florida.
In addition to making that
encouraging announcement, Voy­les
also stated that the 1945 foot­ball
season will be opened in
Auburn, instead of Montgomery,
thereby giving the homefolks two
big games next year. It was not
stated which college will oppose
the Tigers in the opening game,
which will be played September
21. Howard, of Birmingham, has
been Auburn's initial opponents
for several years and local fans
would rejoice to see the Baptists
pry the lid open next year in
Auburn.
Plans for home games in Au­burn
after 1945 were not dis­closed,
but those close to ..Voyles
say he hopes to make Vander-bilt
an alternate opponent with
Florida for annual Homecoming
Day games.
According to Fred Turbyville,
sports scribe who has been as­sociating
himself with the local
coaching staff since his arrival
in Auburn, stated that it is
Voyles' hope and ambition to
build up the Auburn Stadium
and to prove to Doubting Thom­ases
that games in Auburn will
draw as well or better than those
played in Montgomery and at
other neutral points.
If tentative plans are carried
out here, the home games will
be made gala occasions, Turby­ville
said. Parades featuring ac­tivities
of the various schools of
API have been suggested as a
feature.
Lt. Roy Fuller, Alpha Gamma
Rho, graduate of '44 in agricul­ture,
was in town recently. He
is now stationed at Camp Shelby,
Mississippi.
Craig and Joy Ann Page, a young
newcomer about whom you are
bound to hear much more; Ed­ward
Arnold, Hugh Herbert and
the old reliable character actors
Florence Bates, Harry Davenport
and Hobart Cavanagh.
"Kismit" is full of laughs,
drama and color. It has spectacle,
lavish dancing scenes and it has
young love and more mature love.
It is entertainment from the
word "go," so take this corner's
advice and make sure you get
down to the Tiger Theatre dur­ing
the run of "Kismet."
Alabama Artists
ibit Prints
An exhibit of prints by three
Alabama women, Mary Wallace
Kirk, Mildred Nungester Wolfe,
and Joan Mulder, is being shown
in the Library of the School of
Architecture and the Arts. The
show is presented by the Ala­bama
Art League.
Including wood block prints by
Jean Mulder, originally from
Holland but who has made Ala­bama
her home; etchings by
Mary Wallace Kirk, native of
Tuscumbia; and lithographs by
Mildred Nungester Wolfe, of De­catur,
the exhibit will be here
through January, according to a
statement by Joseph Marino-
Merlo, president of the AAL.
Several exhibits have been
scheduled for the spring, one in
February from the Brooklyn Mu­seum
oh Costume; one in March
on the history of Mohair, from
goat to now; a textile exhibit in
May and an architectural exhibit
of 19th century railroad stations
next month.
PVT. JOHN BELUE
MISSING IN ITALY
Private John T. Belue, Auburn,
former API student, has been
missing s i n c e November 24
while on duty with the Fifth
Army in Italy.
His parents, Mrs. and Mr. J. T.
Belue, received a letter from him
the day before he was reported
missing, stating that he would
do guard duty that night. It is
known that he was not in active
duty on the battlefield.
Pvt. Belue was a member of
Kappa Sigma fraternity and was
a junior in landscape architec­ture.
He was inducted at Ft.
McPherson in the spring of 1943
with the other Auburn students
in ERC.
Jack, his brother who attended
API this summer, is in the Navy.
CHURCH BULLETINS
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Worship services Sunday: 11
a. m., Minister R. W. Turner;
7:45 p. m. Minister E. W. Burton;
Sunday School at 10 a. m.; Mid­week
Bible class, Wednesday
evening at 7:45.
At seven p. m. Sunday the
special class of college students
will be taught of the Bible lands
by E. W. Burton.
Recreation period is held at the
church from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m.
on Saturday.
METHODIST
The Foundation Forum will
have the second in a series of
discussions of "Marriage and the
Family".
Fellowship hour is held after
church Sunday night.
PRESBYTERIAN
Supper at 5 p. m. will inaugur­ate
the Sunday night fun and fel­lowship
at Westminster House.
Ruth Hafner, Birmingham, will
lead the program on "Some Per­sonal
Questions." Others taking
part will be Bill Ginter, Marie
Ethridge, and Jim Gilli.
Presbyterian students inter­ested
are asked to stay for an
entertainment period after ves­pers.
All new ASTRPs are es­pecially
invited.
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ice-cold Coca-Cola in your own home. Yes, Coca-Cola and the pause
that refreshes stand for friendliness with a good old American accent
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'The Place To Go"
TUESDAY, JAN. 9
Double Feature
No. 1
KEN MAYNARD
in
FUMING LEAD
with
ELEANORE STUART
No. 2
GILDERSLEEVE'S
GHOST
with
HAROLD PEARY
MARION MARTIN
Added
Gov't Reel "The Robot Bomb"
WEDNESDAY, JAN 10
DONALD BARRY
RUTH TERRY
in
MY BUDDY
Also
Special "The March of Time"
THURSDAY, JAN. 11
HEAVENLY DAYS
with
FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY
EUGENE PALLETTE
Added
Special Featurettes
FRIDAY. JAN. 12
BRIDE BY
MISTAKE
with
ALAN MARSHALL
LARAINE DAY
MARSHA HUNT
ALLYN JOSLYN
Added
Latest Fox Movietone News
Special "Flicker Flashback"
SATURDAY, JAN. 13
Double Feature
No. 1
CHARLES STARRETT
VI ATHEWS
DUB TAYLOR
in
COWBOY FROM
LONESOME
RIVER
No. 2
END OF THE
ROAD
with
EDWARD MORRIS
JOHN ABBOTT
Added
No. 6
Serial "Haunted Harbor"
Cartoon "Mr. Fore By Fore"
SUNDAY, JAN. 14
THE
DOUGHGIRLS
with
ANN SHERIDAN
ALEXIS SMITH
Also
News and Cartoon\
MONDAY. JAN IS
OUR HEARTS
WERE YOUNG
AND GAY
with
DIANA LYNN
GAIL RUSSELL
Also
NOSTRADAMUS IV
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WED. & THURS.
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away from the girl
he kissed good-bye
yesterday... spoiling
tomorrow's dreams,
and today's
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Latest War News
Disney Cartoon
"Figaro and The Cat"
FRIDAY
EDMUND LOWE
MARJORIE RAMBEAU
in
OH WHAT A
NIGHT
Miniature - Cartoon
Serial
SATURDAY
FRANCES LANGFORD
WALLY BROWN
GIRL RUSH
Sport Reel
"Broncos & Brands"
Funny Comedy
"Oh! Baby"
Owl Show Sat. 11 p. m.
ROBERT TAYLOR
in
WATERLOO
BRIDGE
SUNDAY & MONDAY
RONALD COLMAN
MARLENE DIETRICH
in
KISMET
In Technicolor