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VOL LXIV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1945 NUMBER 22
Sixteen Groups To Enter Skits Tonight And Tomorrow
Debate Team Plans
Trip To Montevallo
The six debate teams organ­ized
at Debate Council Monday
night are preparing their argu­ments
for their trip to Montevallo
the first week in April.
The question to be debated is
Resolved: that the federal gov­ernment
should enforce legisla­tion
requiring the settlement of
all labor disputes by compulsory
arbirtation when v o l u n t a ry
means of settlement have failed,
Constitutionality conceeded.
Two members of the Council
are on each team. Allen Callan,
Auburn, and Bill Ivey, Auburn,
will debate together; Bill Ran­dolph,
Clewiston, Fla., and Buris
Boshell, Phil Campbell, are team­mates.
Reuben Brawner, Waverly, and
Gaines Gravlee, Sumiton, will
work together, and so will Jack
Riley, Geneva, and Mary Lee,
Auburn.
Other teams are Susan Brown,
Auburn, and Bill Clark, Wilson,
S. C; and Bill Pierce, Milstead,
and Joe Howton, Birmingham.
Debate Council meets Monday
at 7 p. m. in the basement of
Samford. Mary Lee was elected
vice-president at the last meeting.
Committees Named
By Junior Class
For Carnival
Plans for the Junior Carnival
which will be held this quarter
are now underway, according to
Betty Grimes, president of the
junior class who announced the
committees for the Carnival this
week.
Jack Thornton, Columbus, Ga.,
heads the previously appointed
funds committee. Other mem--
bers of the committee are Vam
Cardwell, Evergreen; Buris Bos­hell,
Phil Campbell; Osgood Bate-man,
Deepstep, Ga.; and Doris
. Karcher, Mobile.
Jeanette Ellis, Jasper, is chair­man
of the grounds and affairs
committee. Jesse James, Flor­ence,
will assist her.
Organizations committee chair­man
is Charles Towery, Hunts-ville.
Bill Randolph, Clewiston,
Fla.; Kimball Boan, Birmingham;
and Erskine Hopkins, Birming­ham,
are serving on the com­mittee.
Lou Hovey, Marvin, is chair­man
of the art committee. Glenda
Bennett, Troy; Starr Prolsdorfer,
Mobile; and Bill Martin, La-
Grange, Ga., are members of the
committee.
Mimi Simms, Auburn, is chair­man
of the publicity committee.
Bill Laney, Columbus, Ga., will
assist her.
Enrollment Increase
Of 200 Over Last Year
Announced by Registrar
Thirty-two of the one hundred
and forty new students at API
are veterans, according to enroll­ment
figures for the spring quar­ter
released by Charles W. Ed­wards,
registrar, and P. M. Nor­ton,
coordinator of veteran's af­fairs.
This brings the total number
of veterans on the campus up to
125.
Of the 140 new students, about
100 are first quarter freshmen.
The others are transfer students.
Enrollment for this quarter has
increased more than 200 over the
enrollment for the spring quar­ter
of 1944, Mr. Edwards said.
Practically all the gain is in the
freshman class.
Glee Club To Present "Stabat Mater"
Rossini's Composition To Be Given
In Langdon Next Sunday Night
Approximately 100 voices comprising the API Girls' Glee
Club and the Auburn Men's Chorus will present Rossini's
oratorio "Stabat Mater" on Palm Sunday, March 25, in Lang­don
Hall.
The program which will begin at eight o'clock, will be
broadcast over the local radio station WJHO and will be
rebroadcast by Station WAPI,
Birmingham, at 11 p. m. Sunday.
Dr. Fagan Thompson, of the
music department of the School
of Architecture and the Arts and
pastor of the Auburn Methodist
Church, will direct the chorus.
The Junior Chamber of Commer­ce
is sponsoring the event.
Guest soloists will include
Mrs. James B. Franklin of Jack­son,
Miss., soprano; Mrs. Turpin
C. Bannister, Auburn, alto; Ma­rion
Giddens, New Orleans ten­or;
and M. Thompson, Jackson,
Miss., bass.
Local Accompanists
Accompanists will be Mrs.
A. T. Tidwell, Auburn, organist,
and Miss Edna Earle Bass, Ope-lika,
pianist.
This musical event is the first
of a new program which may
develop into an annual spring
music festival at Auburn.
Written By Rossini
The celebrated "Stabat Mater"
was written by Rossini shortly
before he abruptly brought his
career as a composer to an end
at the age of 37. Rossini compos­ed
the first six numbers of the
"Stabat Mater" in 1832 and the
remaining four in 1841.
At its first performance in
Paris in 1842, the work was re­ceived
with such tremendous en­thusiasm,
it was destined to be­come
one of the world's favorite
sacred m u s i c a l compositions
which place it holds today.
Collection Of Clothes
Set For Next Month
The entire month of April has
been scheduled for the United
National Clothing Collection, a
nation-wide drive for used cloth­ing
of good quality.
Bill Randolph, Executive Cabi­net
drive committee chairman,
will head the student drive.
Emmett Sizemore has been
named general chairman of the
drive in Lee County and John
Self is executive secretary.
Clothes collected, in the drive
will be distributed overseas to
men, women, and crildren in war-devastated
countries.
College War Fund Drive
Ends With Skit Night
While ihe city of Auburn
went over the top in contri­butions
to the American Red
Cross before the drive ended,
college students were coming
along on a comparatively suc­cessful
scale.
With no set goal, campus so­licitors
have already collected
$242.35. Membership cards were
issued to 137 students who con­tributed
one dollar or more
through the main gate or class­room
representatives. A num­ber
of coeds-assisted with col­lections
at the local theater,
but this money went to the
theater's special Red Cross
fund and is not included in the
amount mentioned.
Proceeds from skit night tic­kets
will be donated to this
fund, and the drive will end
with the Thursday night per­formance
in Langdon.
SPEAKER
Mohair Exhibition
At Architecture Lib
An exhibit of photographs and
actual samples showing the de­velopment
of mohair as a fabric
and its uses is being presented in
the library of the School of Arch­itecture
and the Arts, which is
open from 8 until 4:30 every day
except Saturday, when hours are
from 8 until 12. The public is
cordially invited to see this ex­hibit.
Cup Given To KD
For Sale Of Tickets
To Ruth Page Concert
Winner of the engraved loving
cup for the greatest amount of
money collected on ticket sales
to the Ruth Page concert March
12 was Kappa Delta - sorority.
Their sales amounted to $93.85.
Alpha Gamma Delta placed
second with an amount of $74.60.
and Chi Omega turned in $40.25
for third place.
Alpha Delta Pi and Delta Zeta
sororities followed with $30.50
and $18.85 respectively.
uMoor Born11 New Play
Is Story Of Brontes
With the exception of the part of a Yorkshire farmer,
casting for the Auburn Players' spring production, "Moor
Born," is complete.
"Moor Born," a play by Dan Totheron, deals with the life
of the famous Bronte family.
Dan Scott, Rome, Ga., and Luster Bass, Mobile, fill the
male roles of Reverend Bronte and Bramwell Bronte. Both
have been members of the Play
ers previously; Dan Scott was in
the cast of "Out of the Frying
Pan," and Luster Bass appeared
in last quarter's play, "The Da­mask
Cheek."
The three Bronte sisters—Em­ily,
Charlotte, and Anne—will be
protrayed by Marie "Skippy"
Duchac, Atmore, Mary Kirkman,
Auburn, and Dorothy Harper,
Tallassee.
Maria Duchac is familiary to
Players audiences, having had
parts in "Yes and No," "Out of
the Frying Pan," "The Damask
Check," "Pappa Is All" and sev­eral
others. Both Mary Kirkman
and Dot Harper are new mem­bers
of the Players.
Mary Frances Jones, Atlanta,
is cast as Martha. She was ap­peared
in the fall production,
"Out of the Frying Pan." Lallah
Miles Perry, Montgomery, will
take part of Tabby. Site is a
member of the Players, having
worked on costumes for several
plays.
Gloria Jean Lockhart, Wash­ington,
D. C, is prompter. She
was in the cast of "The Damask
Cheek" last quarter.
"Moor Born" is directed by
Telfair B. Peet. It will be pre­sented
about the end of the
spring quarter in the Y Hut.
Dr. Ruth Lindquist, head of
the department of household
economics at Kansas Slate Col­lege
will be one of the prin­cipal
speakers at the Post-war
Housing a n d Home Manage­ment
Conference to be held at
the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
March 23-24.
Dr. Lindquist's subject will
be "How Home Management
Can Contribute to Satisfying
Family Life in Postwar Years."
She has gained recognition as
a writer as well as a speaker.
WAA ELECTION
TO BEHELD
IN GYM FRIDAY
The WAA election will be held
Friday, March 23. Although or­iginally
set for last Friday, the
election was postponed by WAA
because so few girls petitioned
for the five elective positions on
the Council.
Polls placed in Alumni Gym
will be open from 8 a. m. to 5
p. m. All coeds are eligible to
vote in the elections.
All five positions on the Coun­cil
— president, vice-president,
secretary, treasurer, and pub­licity
manager—have been re­opened
to candidates.
To qualify for any of these
officers each candidate must have
participated in some WAA tour­nament,
served on the WAA
Council, maintained a 2.0 over­all
average, and present a peti­tion
containing at least 25 signa­tures.
In addition the president, vice-president,
and publicity manager
must be either third quarter
sophomore or first, second, or
third quarter junior.
Candidates for .secretary and
treasurer may be either third
quarter freshmen or first, sec­ond,
or third quarter sophomores.
Qualifications board will meet
the candidates at 5 p. m. Thurs­day
in the PE office in Alumni
Gym. All petitions must be
turned in before that time.
RAT DAY
COMING UP
Rattettes, you'd better watch
your step.
Seniors and juniors and sopho­mores
are just waiting for you
to do something wrong—'cause
Rat Day is coming up.
The exact date for the first
Rat Day for coeds has. not yet
been set, but it will come around
the first of April. Owls and
Cardinal Key will be joint spon­sors.
And remember, second and
third quarter freshmen are just
as much rattettes as the new
girls.
So get out your rat cap, avoid
the Main Gate, and learn your
excuse for living and the Alma
Mater.
If you do, you won't be caught
unawares by Rat Day.
DEANS LISTS
RELEASED BY
FOUR SCHOOLS
Students on four dean's lists
for the spring quarter have been
announced.
In the School of Engineering
are Jesse Clopton James, senior
in electrical engineering, and
Robert M. Drewry, junior in aero­nautical
engineering.
In the School of Veterinary
Medicine they are Guy Parker
Hatchett, senior, 3.72; Jesse David
Derrick, senior, 3.44; Ross Max­well
Grey, senior, 3.44; James
Edward Williams, junior, 3.56;
Hewlett M. Hendricks, junior,
3.44; James Roderick Smith, jun­ior,
3.44.
The School of Chemistry lists
Mrs. R. H. Reaves, junior 3.77;
and Florence Hope, junior in lab
tech, 3.73.
In the School of Architecture
and the Arts are Aylene Hurst,
junior in interior decoration, 4.0;
and Landis Worthy senior in
architecture, 4.0.
LT. BILL MORTON
KILLED IN ACTION
Bill Morton, former pre-med
student from Anniston, w a s
killed in action in Germany on
February 25. A lieutenant with
the field artillery, he is reported
to have been doing laizon work
with the allied armies.
Lt. Norton attended Auburn
from September ,'40, until the
advanced ROTC students were
sent to Ft. Bragg in '43. He was
a member of Sigma Nu frater­nity.
He was later sent back to API
under the A r m y Specialized
Training Program and stayed
until the spring of 1944, when he
went to Officer Candidate School
at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
MRS. FANNIE BELL
DIES WEDNESDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Fan­nie
Hutchens Bell were held
Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock
at the Methodist chusch in Yazoo
City, Miss. Interment was in the
Yazoo City cemetery.
The 83 year old woman died
Wednesday morning at the Au­burn
home of her grandson, Pro­fessor
George Marion O'Donnell.
Mrs. Bell was a native of Roa­noke,
Ala. and had lived in Au­burn
for the past four years. She
is survived by her grandson and
several nieces and nephews.
Local funeral arrangements
were in charge of Frederick-
Williams and McGinty.
UMBACH GOES TO
WRESTLING MEET
Arnold W. (Swede) Umbach,
assistant football coach and phys­ical
education head at Auburn,
has been named to referee in the
National A.A.U. wrestling cham­pionships
at Dallas, Texas, March
23 and 24.
This will be the fourth time
in the Nationals for Swede. He
officiated at Chicago in 1934, at
Oklahoma City in 1935 and at
Baltimore last year. He also of­ficiated
in the Olympic tryouts
in 1932 and again in 1936.
Swede was a wrestling star at
Southwestern Oklahoma Teach­ers
College, holding the state
title at 156 pounds for four sea­sons.
When the war is over wrestling
will be a major winter sport at
Auburn and Swede is slated to
be the coach.
Blue And Cardinal Key
To Sponsor Program
Proceeds Go To Red Cross War Fund Drive
Late Permission Granted Freshman Coeds
Featuring Zombie Lauderdale and his Collegiates and
presenting 16 Greek organizations' local talent, Skit Night,
jointly sponsored by Blue Key and Cardinal Key, will get
underway at 7:15 on Wednesday night and 7:30 on Thursday
night.
Twenty-five cents admission will be charged. All pro­ceeds
will go to the Collegiate
Red Cross War Fund Drive.
Harry Gilmore, member of
Blue Key, will m. c. the show.
Members of Blue Key will as­sist
backstage and members of
Cardinal Key will be stationed at
the doors.
CADET OFFICERS
NAMED IN ROTC
BY COL. GATES
The following tentative ap­pointments
of cadet officers have
been announced, effective March
16. Cadet lieutenant colonel,
W. W. Cole, commanding; cadet
captain, J. E. McDaniel, Exec, and
S-i; cadet captain, W. J. Roberts,
S-3.
Company "A" cadet captain,
W. F. Newman; cadet first lieu­tenant
J. Q. Burgess, cadet sec­ond
lieutenant W. L. Ivey.
Company "B" cadet captain,
J. A. Robins; Cadet First lieuten­ant
H. O. Fuller, cadet second
lieutenant H. M. Duncan.
In Company "A", O. E. Mur­phy
was named cadet first serge­ant;
W. L. Lawshe, cadet cor­poral;
J. R. Amerson and D. C.
Grimes, cadet staff sergeants;
R. A. Reid and K. L. Hobby, cadet
sergeants; and B. J. Dooley, C. A.
Crump, A. L. Durrance, Ned
Prickett, J. B. Charlton, and H. C.
Vaughn cadet corporals.
Company "B"- non-commis­sioned
officers are C. L. Mclnnis,
cadet first sergeant; W. C. Ellis
cadet corporal; D. B. Scott and
Carl Spanyer, cadet staff serge­ants;
H. F. Mathis and Jody
Vick, cadet sergeants; and C. E.
Paul Philip Boss, D. E. Tillery,
J. E. Key; R. L. Harrington and
D. C. Correll, cadet corporals.
All coeds will be granted
9:30 permission. This includes
girls on scholastic probation
and first quarter freshmen.
Mrs. Marion W. Spidle's office
announced.
BOXING TOURNEY
STARTS TUESDAY
The oft-postponed boxing and
wrestling tournament is slated
to begin at seven-thirty, Tues­day,
March 27.
The tourney, set for this week,
had to be delayed due to the
absence of Coach Umbach, who
is to attend the National Wrest­ling
Meet in Dallas, Texas.
By six o'clock Monday, only a
very few matmen and sluggers
had weighed in at the field house.
Most of these men ranged from
120 to 165 pounds. Very few
heavyweights are expected to
enter. About one-fourth of those
entering were independents.
Delta Sigma Phi's "Murder!"
will start the skits rolling at 7:15
Wednesday night. At 7:30 "A
Day at Station BURP" will be
given by Theta Chi. Kappa Delta
will present "To the Men' at 7:45.
Beagle's Influence Shown
SAE's "Night in the Bus Sta­tion"
or "How to Clear Langdon
Hall in Thirteen Seconds" will
follow at 8 p. m. Delta Zeta will
enact "The Doll Shop" at 8:15
and SPE is scheduled to perform
"Crime Doesn't Pay," or "Have
You Seen Hiram?" at 8:30.
A Chi Omega "Perfumer Bar"
will be shown at 8:45. "Rugged
Wedding" by ATO follows at 9.
Pi Kappa Alpha's "Madcap Ma­tinee"
at 9:15 will conclude
Wednesday's skits.
Thursday Night's Nightmares
Thursday night's skits will
open at 7:30 with POP's "The
Highwayman." Next in line will
be Lambda Chi Alpha present­ing
"Typical Evening in a Girls'
Dorm" at 7:45. Theta Upsilon will
present "Kitty Catches a Rat" at
8.
OTS> "Political Purge" will
come'at 8:15, followed by Alpha
Gamma Delta presentation of
"Ever Scents" at 8:30. Alpha Psi
comes next with "Breakfast with
the Beauties" at 8:45.
Alpha Delta Pi will present the
last skit, "Let Your Conscience
Be Your Guide" at 9.
Five faculty judges have been
selected, but their names will
not be released until after Skit
Night.
Winning skit of both sororities
and fraternities will be awarded
cups.
ROBERT HASSON
REPORTED MISSING
IN GERMANY
Cpl. Robert F. Hasson, Meri­dian,
Miss., former Auburn stu­dent
in chemical engineering, has
been missing in Germany since
February 12.
He attended API from Septem­ber
1941 to March 1943, complet­ing
his sophomore year before
he volunteered for the Army.
In October 1943 he was sent
to England with a chemical war­fare
unit. He went to France
with an infantry ""unit about
February 1, 1945, where he was
in General Patton's Third Army.
His sister, Jane, was an Au-| campaigns in the Pacific area-burn
graduate of August 1944. the Mariannas, Saipan, and Guam.
Byron Yarbrough
Killed In Pacific
Dr. C. S. Yarbrough, Sr., col­lege
physician, ex-mayor and one
of Auburn's most prominent citi­zens,
received a message from
the War Department on Sunday
announcing the death of his son,
Lieut, (j. g.) Byron Chew Yar­brough,
who was killed in action
in the Pacific area.
Lieut. Yarbrough received his
degree in agricultural engineering
from A.P.I, in November, 1942.
Immediately upon his graduation
he enlisted in the navy and was
sent to the midshipman school
at Northwestern University. Up­on
completion of his course at
Northwestern, he was ordered to
Little Creek, Va., for further
training. At the age of 23 he was
commissioned as Ensign in the
United States Navy. At the Port
of New York he joined his crew
and was made executive officer
of a landing craft infantry ship.
Despite his youthfulness, his
marked ability was proven by his
rapid promotion from Ensign to
Lieut, (j.g.), the rank which he
held at the time of his death. It
was known that he had already
served with bravery and dis­tinction
in three of the major
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CAMPUS JUST PLAIN LAZY
By Irene Long
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
A professor who helped fresh­men
register this quarter said
one student wanted to know
what hour Grillogy was taught.
The rat said he had been reading
the Plainsman.
* * *
Incidentally, the manager of
any cafe, restaurant, or drug
store in Auburn who would like
to compete for free advertising
in this column is invited to treat
the writer with special courtesy
in the future.
You won't have any trouble
recognizing me because my hair
is usually done in pigtails and I
always have three or four men
with me. For this experiment I
shall order waffles with ice
cream.
* * *
We unfortunates at quadrangle
cannot predict the hour of the
laundry truck's arrival. That ex­plains
the over-sized snake trails
down College the first of every
week.
* * *
Two girls were trying to sell
tickets to the Page concert to
passers-by last week. If they sold
the most their sorority would get
a cup. Some individual with a
perverted sense of humor sent
them to the Pitts hotel to sell
one to a woman who definitely
wanted to go to the concert. She
was Irene Alberecht.
They hurried down the street
to call on Miss Page's pianist.
* * *
Cardinal Key, national honor
society, tapped twelve sophomore
girls for membership in Owls at
convocation last week, including
one who had been tapped by the
same organization for the same
organization for the same thing
several months ago.
Erasing of marks in books
donated to the WSSF book drive
will be continued Saturday, be­ginning
at one o'clock at Student
Center. You might be amused to
read some of the scribblings
enemy censors would think code.
* * *
Not so long ago a staff mem­ber
who lives in town left the
following note on her desk at
the Plainsman office, "Dear Mom:
I've gone to the police station;
come and get me," and went
with me to check on a murder
rumor. (It was a wow.)
We're gullible. The policeman
convinced us that there was noth­ing
to the r u m o r . Reporters
sometimes have to get stories
from other sources, w h i c h is
worse than having either the
rumor or the truth published.
* * *
A policeman's favorite iale:
Our country had just entered
the war and its people were be­ing
made alien-conscious by ev­ery
means of communication. One
day a middle-aged lady rushed
into the chief's office and said,
"A spy lives in my house. Radar.
He knows all about radar."
She was talking rapidly, an­noyed
by the chief's apparent
unconcern. He asked her to sit
down and tell him, quietly and
calmly, about the man.
"In the downstairs apartment,"
the lady said, "He lives in the
downstairs apartment. I tell you
he's going to destroy this coun­try."
The chief wanted to know if
she knew the method he would
use. "Yes," she said, lowering
her voice to a confidential tone,
"he's going to destroy us by re­mote
control."
"Go on," said the policeman.
"He experiments with radar
every night," she said. "He shocks
me out of bed by remote con­trol."
CHERRY PIE
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
in this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
There are two students on this
campus who are characters of
the worst description. One cuts
his hair until the top of his pate
shines through looking like a
baby. The other wears sun glass­es,
rain or shine, night or day.
They both think they can write
a column. They can't and it's
time someone told them so.
Things thai should be eleminat-ed
from The Plainsman—And
Auburn:
The authors of Jaywalking.
Cherry Pie
"I'm desgusted, I flunked that
quiz. My girl gave be back my
pin.
I'm broke. My family won't
send me any money. One shot
would end it all."
"No, everything will turn out
alright. Don't kill yourself."
"Kill myself? Heck, just hand
me that bottle."
Cherry Pie
Glad to see that the sale of rat
caps has gone to the "A" club.
Auburn has long needed some­one
with authority to get the
freshmen to behave as freshmen
should behave and I believe that
the "A" club has enough—the
business end of a rat paddle.
Then too, since the club will
make a profit from the sale,
they'll be sure that all the rats
buy them.
Cherry Pie
With Skit Night tonight and
tomorrow night I don't suppose
Beagle will have to worry about
corny jokes for a long time. He'll
probably be there with pad and
pencil.
Cherry Pie
"Likker sure does grieve me",
said the poor fellow as he choked
down his sorrow.
Cherry Pie
Stude: Do angels ever have hot
parties?
Prof: What makes you ask such
a question?
Stude: Well our Physics teach­er
said that etheral bodies dis­sipate
most of their energy in
the form of heat.
Cherry Pie
Character Sketch Of A Jerk
Makes date—Two months in
advance.
Arrives—Exactly to the sec­ond.
They are so accurate train
schedules are based on their ar­rival.
He wears—Clothes.
Drives—Bicycle.
Takes you to—Drugstore
Parks—In dark places.
Talks about—himself.
Tries to—neck.
Takes you home—you have to
fight to go home.
Character Sketch Of A Jerkess
Gives date—to everyone who
asks, known or unknown.
Is ready—Meets you at the
door.
W e a r s — Dress made f r om
mother's which was made from
Papa's old suit.
Drives—You to extraction
Wants to go to Midway.
Talks about—Love and getting
married.
Tries to—Act innocent.
Does—Disgust you.
Wants to go home—Never.
Cherry Pie
Note of a Campus Politician:
Go over campus and put up
stickers for opponent, (this dis­qualifies
him.)
Go to class with coat and tie.
Visit Grille and shake everyones
hand, even the little kids. Clean
nose occasionally.
Have a frat brother eliminate
opponents.
Help count ballots (Or have a
frat brother do it).
Cherry Pie
She was only the optician's
^daughter—two glasses and she
made a spectacle of herself.
Cherry Pie
Maxim of the week:
In going through life keep
your eyes open and your mouth
shut—and, in eating grapefruit,
reverse and process.
Cherry Pie
Here's a poem dedicated to
"you all."
The first I'd really like to
slam—
The one who copies my exam;
The other is the dirty skunk
Who covers his and lets me
flunk!
Cherry Pie
Lady (holding out a cookie to
a dog): "Speak, speak."
Little Dog: "What'll I say?"
Cherry Pie
Don't get too close to the fan
with your wig on, Grandpa,
you're too old to be blowing your
top.
• * •
A teacher was testing the
knowledge of the kindergarten
class.
Taking a half dollar from her
purse, she tossed it on the desk,
and said; "And now children
what is that?"
Instantly a voice from the
front row answered, "Tails."
—Bee Gee News.
JAYWALKING
With THORNTON and LANEY
Editor's note: The opinions expressed in this column are
those of the writer and are not to be construed as the editorial
polities of this paper.
Things We Never Knew About Auburn (Apologies to
Winchell)
—That a boy was once elected May Queen at A.P.I. and
that he chose his entire court from males.
—That Eleanor Roosevelt once kept 2000 Auburn cadets
standing for 3 hours while she inspected Tuskegee Institute.
—That there are more boys in proportion to the girls at
Auburn than at any other large coed school in the south.
* * *
Headline In Last Weeks Plainsman
"Page and Pianist Pack In Two Bags."
—Two more?
Cherry Pie is good when well done, but when it's half
baked, the less said about it the better.
* * *
Doctors are inclined toward the theory that a tight dress
stops a girl's circulation but we are of the opinion that it
increases it.
* * *
Song of the Week
"Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? "
* * *
Don't Believe It—But It's True
—A lady from Auburn moved to Philadelphia and had her
landlady ask if Alabama was a city or a state.
—A new freshman inqured why you couldn't speak to the
girls at the quadrangle directly instead of having to relay the
message through the girl at the desk over the dorm talking
gadget.
—A dignified senior is showing about the campus, a wart—
preserved in alcohol—that was removed from the inside—yes
inside—of her big toe. For further information call Plainsman
(or Laney at 898.)
* * *
Asking an Auburn girl for a kiss is like slipping into an
after-curfew joint and asking for a coca cola.
Scene Last Week:
Fraternity man: How are you. Here have my chair. How
about a cigarette? Is there anything I can get from you? Want
a date with a good-looking woman tonight? Anyone you say.
I know some cute numbers.
Scene This Week:
Fraternity Man: Alright rat, bend over!
* * *
"Good Lord man, that suits too big for you."
"That's alright. I come from Auburn."
"Whatta you mean? You come from Auburn?"
"I'm a bigger man there than I am here."
* * *
Last night we started to write a drinking song but we
didn't get past the first two bars.—Honest we didn't get this
from Beagle!
* * *
The car was purring through the night. She turned her
head and archly inquired "Can you drive just as well with
one hand Gus?"
'.'Why certainly sweet," cooed Gus.
"Then you'd better wipe your nose, it's running."
* * *
Say is this Interfraternity Council Dance formal or. do I
wear my own clothes?
* „ • • ' **
The student center really looks swell. Only trouble is there
are not enough people there to overhear anything.
* * *
"Did you ever take chloroform?"
"No, who teaches it?"
WAA Thinks It Can
The beginning of the end for political
line-ups?
It's too early to tell yet, but all the
campus — male and coed alike — will be
watching the WAA elections Friday to see
if they are able to break the sorority line­ups.
WAA figures it like this:"
About four hundred Auburn coeds are
classed as active members of WAA. Only
nine candidates were seeking t h e five
positions in the election set for last Friday.
These candidates represented a certain
element on the campus—all of them being
members of sororities. Each candidate's
organization had already "lined-up" and
was able to count a certain number of
sure votes.
The girls who were not affiliated with
either line-up did not have one single
independent candidate to vote for. They
could either have picked one of the candi­dates
who had already committed herself
to certain groups on the campus—or they
could have not voted at all. Either way,
they would have lost.
The election would have been campus-wide
in name only. It has been proved
that ..independent girls will not take in­terest
in elections in which they are not
represented.
WAA wasn't satisfied. It was ready for
an experiment—a new way of conducting
politics.
So a special council meeting was called.
They voted to postpone the election until
Friday in order to reopen positions for
each office. WAA then asked each house
or dormitory and each sorority to run at
least one candidate. This would make for
friendly competition in the election.
Much of the politicing will be eleminat-ed,
for candidates will qualify for office
on Thursday afternoon and the election
will be held on Friday.
It's definitely up to the unaffiliated girls.
If they vote, our system of politics may
be replaced by something more whole­some.
We'll have to wait until Friday to see.
It is Spring. The bird is on the wing.
Up from the sunnier southland he will
bring
His carefree warning of another seasonal
Metamorphosis. Or so the poets sing.
Personally, I can't see why
Wordsworth and Shelley and that other
guy •
Wrote so many bird-words. It was all
right
For them to carry on about the lark in
the sky
Talk about the song of the lark,
Wordsworth and Shelley, but hark!
From where I sit
All I can hear is a very irritated dog
bark.
It is Spring. The bird is on the bough.
What is he doing there anyhow?
The poor dope, if he thinks it is time
for flowers
And bowers and song, he is wrong.
Besides I have a code in a doze,
And furthermore, I am simply froze.
So if some female eager beaver
Should come along and twitter
"Spring fever!"
I would just open the window a nd
heave her
Out.
It is Spring. The bird is off the beam.
If anyone says June moon soon,
I'll scream.
—Elaine McManus, Maine Campus
Curtain Call Beforehand
Glee Club, take a bow.
You girls have really worked for Auburn
You practice three times a week—every
week. You attend extra practices before
giving a program. Then you get on the
stage and do your best.
And because you have been thorough in
your preparation, your performances are
always tops in quality.
When you sing before a group off of the
campus, you create much good will for
Auburn. When you sing for a student or
faculty aduience, you arouse more interest
in music—"good music"—on the campus.
That was why we were glad to hear
that you, as the API Glee Club, are put­ting
on a special Palm Sunday program on
Take Time To Live
People today are extremists. They either
spend time dodging work or force them­selves
to work. Students are included.
They spend their time largely dodging
books or sit with' book in hand, forcing
themselves to study. There are very few
who are able to pick an in-between spot
and stay here. They get so busy trying to
make themselves become something which
they really don't want to be that they
forget to live. They become mechanical
and about as individualistic as a pin.
Today we are living in a turbulent
March 25. Your program is the most am­bitious
of this year, having almost a hund­red
voices. You have even arranged for
several out-of-town soloists and members
of several church choirs to join you in the
program. Even your selection is especially
suitable for Palm Sunday.
We want to present a bouquet for your
grand work.
More meaningful than our verbal flow­ers,
however, are the responses Auburn
students give to your programs.
Most of us, as you know, are reputed to
dislike anything that might possibly bord­er
on culture, yet when you sing, many
students are willing to stand to hear you.
That is a true tribute to your ability.
period. And in trying to counteract the
influence of uncertainty we are extreme.
We spend time in useless entertainment
which we admit is not satisfactory but
which we hope will spearate us from stark
reality. Or we drive ourselves as a slave,
never realizing that they are laying the
road of life, building it rough and jagged.
You should decide just what you want to
attain in life and then let nothing stand
in the path. If you want to be a miser,
enjoy the gold to its fullest extent.
—Howard Crimson
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1945 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Annual Interfrat Council Ball Set For Saturday
Zombie's Orchestra Furnishes Music
For Formal In Alumni Gymnasium
Council Sapp And Mildred Baggett
Lead For Inter fraternity Council
The I n t e r f r a t e r n i t y Council will present its annual formal
on Saturday night in Alumni Gymnasium from 9 to 12 with
Zombie Lauderdale and the A u b u r n Collegiates playing.
Miss Mildred Baggett of Atlanta will lead with Council
Sapp. The decorations will include a backdrop with Greek
l e t t e r s of the different fraternities.
IFC LEADER
In the leadout are the mem­bers
of the Interfraternity Coun­cil
which include the fraternity
presidents and other representa­tives.
Those representing the differ­ent
fraternities are ATO, Bill
Laney, Ray M o n r o e , Barry Grave
Mary Ann Vick; KA, Council.
Sapp, Mildred Baggett; Bill
Clark, Ginger Duncan.
Sigma Nu, Evan. Slider, Nell
Martin, Leon Cunningham, Davis
Gantt, Jackie Swann; Kappa Sig,
Louis Tanner, Jeanne T u 11,
Lamar Ware, Libby Heard; SPE,
Jim Bradley, Beverly Slaght;
Lambda Chi, Buel Johnson, Mar­garet
Toomer, Joe Benchwick,
Dot McWilliams Theta Chi, Foy
Campbell, Kathleen Scrivner, Al
Lowe, Martha Northcutt.
Alpha Gamma Rho, Robert
Vick, Dot Sides, Buris Boshell,
Glenda Bennett; Delta Sig, Ted
Hopton-Jones, Jean Revill, Her­man
Smith, Kimball Boan; Pi
Kappa Phi, Warren Williams,
Evelyn Beall, Al Miller, Pat
Rizer; Sigma Chi, Fielding Lind-sey,
Marcia McWilliams, Charles
Peacock, Betty Sue Smith.
Alpha Psi, Harry Gilmore,
H e l e n Edmonsdson, Z o m b ie
Lauderdale, Lulu Embrey; TEP,
Don Rosenbery, Yvonne Wallace;
OTS, Jack Young, Barbara Wal­ton,
Frank Mulhern, Margie
Winn.
WaffleSupperHeld,
SAEs Entertaining
The SAE's recently entertained
with a Waffle Supper in their
chapter house with Mrs. Ruby
Hart chaperoning. Members and
dates included Douglas Bicker-staff,
Mobile; Sarah Strange, Mo­bile;
Felix Baker, Birmingham,
Marie Strong; Anniston; John
Coleman, Birmingham, Carolyn
Self, Auburn; Guy Folmar, Jr.,
Luverne, Ada Wright, Auburn;
Dent McCulloch, Eufaula; Ellen
Eagle, Jackson, Tenn.
~Bill O'Brien, Sheffield, Alice
Gatewood, Richmond, Ga.; Tom­my
Pease, Columbus, Ga., Joyce
Slaughter, Luverne; H o o p er
Turner, Columbus, Ga., Evelyn
Beall, Luverne; Bill Shelby,
Florence, Alma Golberg, Fitz-patrick,
and Professor John,
Shinn, alumnus.
Mary Terhune To Wed
Lt. Cyril Porter
Miss Mary Elizabeth Terhune
of Ridgewood N. J. is engaged to
Lt. (j.g.) Cyril Porter Jr. of Fair­field.
She attended Wellesley
College from which she was
graduated in 1943.
Lt. Porter graduated from
API in 1943 and was a member of
the Pi KA. He is now stationed
at Brooklyn Navy Yard, N. Y.
June Killian Chosen
Chi Omega President
The Alpha Beta's of Chi Omega
recently elected officers for the
coming year. June Killian, Bir­mingham
was chosen president.
Katherine Thornton, Alexander
City, will be vice-president; Jean
Nelson, Moss Point, Miss., sec­retary;
Beryl Gilliam, Columbus,
Ga., treasurer; Janis Mann, Wash­ington,
D. C, pledge mistress;
and Ruth Strain, Mobile, Pan
Hellenic representative.
MARTIN
"The Place To Go"
Sigma Chi Hayride,
Housedance Held
On Saturday Night
Saturday the Sigma Chi's en­tertained
with a hayride and
weiner roast at Chewacla. Later
they enjoyed an informal house
dance where the house mother
served punch and cookies.
The members, pledges a nd
dates included Tena Sibley, Kent
Van Cleave; Peggy Lowery, Ma-bon
Pugh; and Dot Reynolds, Dan
Partridge.
Jule de Griffenried, Doug Har­ris;
Jean Campbell, Bill Cole,
Bert Raines, John Osteen; Jean­ne
Blair, Fielding Lindsey, Becky
Fraser, Greg Harring; M a r t ha
Harrell, Milton Averett; and Ma­rianne
Tedder, Ray Traylor.
Bettie Sue Smith, Charles Pea­cock;
Nancy Sallade, Tom Raines;
Vam Cardwell, Starr Prolsdorfer;
Alex Hancock and Wyatt Poun-cey.
Mary Virginia Bingham
Marries Sammy Hardy
Mr. and Mrs. Marion S. Bing­ham,
of Montgomery, announce
the marriage of their daughter
Mary Virginia to Ensign Sam U.
Hardie of Florence. The wedding
took place February 19th at Trin­ity
Episcopal Church in- Miami,
Fla., with Rev. G. I. Hiller of­ficiating.
The bride graduated from API
in 1944. She was a member of
Kappa Delta sorority and a mem­ber
of Kappa Delta sorority and
a member of the Art Guild.
Ensign Hardie graduated in
Chemical. Engineering at API
in 1943. He was a member of the
Phi Delta T h e t a fraternity,
AlChe, and the Inter Fraternity
Council.
Delta Zeta Elects
Betty Grimes President
Retiring president of Delta,
Zeta, Tays Tarvin, installed Bet­ty
Grimes, Auburn, as president
of the coming year at a formal
service in the sorority room
Wednesday night.
Other incoming officers are
Tays Tarvin, Tuskegee, vice-president;
Jean Gauntt, Jasper,
recording secretary; Lora Prich-ett,
Auburn, corresponding sec­retary;
and Emma Jean Maddox,
Andalusia, treasurer.
Wynn Hall, Wetumpka, chap­lain;
Lucy Wilkins Brooke, Au­burn,
parlimentarian; Ruth Up­ton,
Birmingham, historian; and
Elizabeth Prather, Opelika, and
Mary Judson Kerr, Oxford,
guards.
Miss Mildred Baggett of Atlanta, Ga., will lead the Inter­fraternity
Council dance with Council Sapp, president of IFC.
Mildred is a freshman in secretarial training and a pledge of
Alpha Delta Pi.
CFH Tea Fetes
Education Seniors
Senior girls in the School of
Education were feted by mem­bers
of the collegiate chapter of
Future Homemakers at a tea Sat­urday
afternoon from 3 to 5 in
Social Center.
The Collegiate Homemakers
are again sponsoring this annual
event after discontinuing it last
year.
Jane Grady Waid, Stroud, pres­ident
of CFH, greeted the sen­iors.
In the receiving line were
Miss Rebecca Pate, professor of
home economics; Dr. Zebulon
Judd, dean of the School of Edu­cation;
Ruth Tipton, New Mar­ket,
vice-president; Mae Camp­bell,
Mt. Hope, secretary; and
H e l e n Williamson, Louisville,
treasurer.
Mrs. Zebulon Judd poured. St.
Patrick's Day decorations were
carried out through the rooms.
S 2/c Means Brannon, who left
school last quarter to enter the
Navy, has finished his boot
training at Great Lakes, 111., and
has been in Auburn and Colum­bus
this past week. Means was
enrolled in business administra­tion,
was a member of ATO fra­ternity
and the Plainsman staff.
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THE MAN IN
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NILS ASTHER
HELEN WALKER
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Sports Review
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Musical
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GHOST GUNS
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No. 2
BLOCKBUSTERS
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EAST SIDE KIDS
Added
No. 1
"Winslow of Coast Guard"
Cartoon
SUNDAY. MARCH 25
3 IS A FAMILY
with
MARJORIE REYNOLDS
CHARLIE RUGGLES
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MONDAY. MARCH 2B
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FRED McMURRY
CLAUDETTE COLBERT
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Page Four
T H E P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1945
Seven Dollars A Day A Soldier
Required By American Red Cross
Red Cross Even
Makes 'Em Smile
"Seven dollars a second! That's
what it takes to give your man
on the fighting front the very
best in comforts—to go with his
equipment which is the best of
any fighting man in the world,"
Dallett Jones, Red Cross Field
Director, told Auburn workers at
the Kick-off breakfast in the
Pitt's Hotel last Tuesday.
Mr. Jones has recently returned
from England where he was di­rector
of a Red Cross aero club
for 18 months. He was wounded
and spent four months in hos­pitals
before returning to this
country.
"The Red Cross," Mr. Jones ex­plained,
"is essential to our
men's morale. We operate more
than two thousand clubs for our
men in all branches of the serv­ices."
When he first arrived in Eng­land,
he was met by Red Cross
girls serving coffee and donuts.
The men felt they were a symbol
of the folks at home backing
them up, he said.
Only The Barracks
The Aero Club was not com­pleted
for several months. Dur­ing
that time the men had no
place to relax except the bar­racks,
which were cold and poor­ly
lighted.
As soon as the Club was fin­ished,
it was because "home" for
the enlisted men at the field. It
is complete with lounge, game
room, library, music room, and
snack bar—which is the men's
favorite hangout.
Love to Eat
"American soldiers get the
best food in the world, but three
meals a day just isn't enough for
them," Mr. Jones said. "They are
ready to eat at any time of the
day or night." Proof of this is the
fact that almost two thousand
men a day patronize the snack
bar.
The Red Cross' renders our men
a tremendous amount of service.
In the hospitals, for instance, the
Red Cross girls write letters for
the man who does not have a
hand, they shop for the boy who
lost his leg in a plane crash, they
talk to the one who cannot see.
Often the only place an Amer­ican
can find to spend the night
while on lqave in the Red Cross
"hotel." The Red Cross also sup­plies
the men with rest homes,
hospital clubs, clubs while on
ship, and with touches of home
wherever he goes.
New Teeth
"One of the men," Mr. Jones
continued, "told me he needed
some new teeth. He wanted to
LT. JOHN LINDSAY
DESTROYS PLANE,
PARKED FW 190
An Eighth Air Force Fighter
Station, England. Making one
500 . mile-an-hour pass over an
enemy airfield with his P-51
Mustang's six .50 calibre machine
guns blazing, First Lieutenant
John C. Lindsay of Orrville, set
fire to a parked FW 190 to re­ceive
credit for his first enemy
plane destroyed.
Dropping down below low-hanging
clouds in search of
ground targets to strafe, Lt. Lind­say
spotted an airfield loaded
with Wuftwaffe fighter planes.
Picking one out as his tarket, he
swiftly swooped down on the
airfield. As he approached his
target, he pressed the button that
set the guns going. The FW re­ceived
a thorough spray job of
armor piercing and incendiary
bullets and then went up in
flames. By this time the German
defense guns began popping
which was indication enough for
the Mustang pilot to leave.
Lt. Lindsay has been flying
with the 356th Fighter Group,
commanded by Colonel Philip E.
Turkey, Jr., of Cape Elizabeth,
Maine, since September of last
year. For "meritorious achieve­ment
in sustained combat opera­tions
over Germany" he has been
decorated with the Air Medal and
three Oak Leaf Clusters.
Pilot of the Mustang "Auburn
Tiger", Lt. Lindsay attended Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute for
one year prior to entering the
Air Corps on November 16, 1943.
He was commissioned at Aloe
Field, Texas, on March 12, 1944.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Lindsay,
the pilot's parents, live in Orr­ville.
Pvt. John D. Rambo, stationed
at the University of West Vir­ginia,
a former student of Au­burn
in engineering and mem­ber
of Sigma Chi was a week­end
guest.
marry an English girl and was
sure he could get her to say
'yes* if he could improve his
looks. We made arrangements
with an English dentist and the
man got his girl!"
Other cases are more serious.
Sometimes the Red Cross work­ers
must arrange for emergency
furloughs, or loan money to men
who have lost their belongings.
Mr. Jones even arranged for a
marriage by proxy.
"The Red Cross is the only
agency that is authorized to do
this work. We provide many of
the comforts of home for your
man in the service. It is vitally
necessary to our men that you
keep the Red Cross 'by his side.' "
EASTER IS HERE!
• — • —
Suits, Dresses, Jumpers, Skirts
In All the New Spring Materials
Assorted Sizes
The Bags Are Varied in Styles and
Colors This Season
Make Your Selection While The Stock
Is Complete
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Opelika, Alabama
u
Green's Battalion
Combat Engineers
Awarded Plaque
The 313th Combat Engineer
Battalion, commanded by an Au­burn
graduate, Lt. Col. James H.
Green of Pensacola, Fla., has
been awarded the Meritorious
Service Unit Plaque for excep­tionally
meritorious conduct in
the performance of outstanding
services, it was announced re­cently
by Maj. Gen. Paul W.
Kendall, commanding general of
the 88th "Blue Devil" Infantry
Division.
The battalion was cited for
services from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31,
1944, during which time Green's
men worked under the worst
conditions the elements and en­emy
provided as the 88th Divi­sion
slugged its way into the
Gothic Line.
"The 313th Engineer Combat
Battalion, in support of combat
operations, discharged its many
duties -r- constructing bridges,
clearing mine fields, building
trails and maintaining existing
routes — faithfully and well,
greatly facilitating the advance of
the Division," the citation read.
"The performance of these
hazardous and exhaustive duties
was done in a manner which re­flects
favorably on the high de­gree
of training and combat ef­ficiency
of the division as a
whole and evidences an 'esprit
de corps' characteristic of the
finest traditions of the United
States Army."
Award of the, plaque author­izes
each officer and man of the
unit to wear a small wreath on
his sleeve. A number of Auburn
men belong to this unit.
On Italian.Front
The 313th Engineers have
maintained supply routes in sup­port
of the 88th throughout the
Italian fighting from the Carig-liano
River to the Po Valley.
Prior to going overseas with
the 88th Division, the battalion
was commended by the city of
Muskogee, Okla., for its rescue
work during the floods of the
Arkansas-Grande River in 1943,
which isolated 1,200 inhabitants
in the valley.
Green, then major, assumed
command of the 313th Engineers
last October. Awarded the Bronze
and Silver Stars during the Ita­lian
fighting, he previously had
been executive and operations
THEY RULE THE ROOST
Pictured above is Womens Student Government Association at its -weekly meeting place in social center. Anne DuBose,
Huntsville. president, is seated in the center at the table, with other officers of WSGA, Joyce Slaughter, Luverne, treasurer;
Martha Ellis, Center, vice-president; Van Cardwell, Evergreen, secretary; and Virginia Williamson, town representative. House-presidents
and vice-presidents are shown on either side.
Photo by Lewis Arnold
Home Economics Club
Hears Dean R. S. Poor
Dr. Russell Poor, Dean of the
Graduate School and Director of
the Research Council, spoke to
the members of the Home Econ­omics
Club Tuesday evening,
March 14, on "Opportunities In
Graduate Work".
Dean Poor who is also advisor
to the Inter-Faith Council and
Chairman of the Religious Life
Committee, came to Auburn only
a short time ago from Birming­ham
Southern.
Anne McClurkin, president of
the Home Economics Club an­nounced
the various projects of
the organization and the meeting
was adjourned until Tuesday,
March 27.
Captain Quinton Strong, form­er
pre-med student from Roberts-dale,
who has been serving in
Italy with the 15th AAF, visited
in Auburn Monday and Tuesday.
He is now stationed at Boca
Raton, Fla.
officer of the battalion.
An industrial engineering in­structor
in civilian life, Green
was commissioned a second lieu­tenant
in the Officers' Reserve
Corps upon graduation from API
in 1935. He was called to active
duty in June, 1940, and joined
the 4th Engineers at Ft. Ben-ning,
Ga., as a first lieutenant.
Promoted to captain in Febru­ary,
1942, he joined the newly
activated 88th Division at Camp
Gruber, Okla., in June of that
year, and was promoted to major
in July, 1943.
OC Henry Glass, who is now sta­tioned
at Ft. Benning, was in
town over the weekend.
* * *
With the Dixie Division on
Mortai—A promotion from the
rank of second lieutenant to that
of first lieutenant has been made
Donald Kelley, son of Ben P.
Kelley, Route 2, Sylacauga, Ala­bama.
* • *
Lieutenant Kelley is a gradu­ate
of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute at Auburn, Ala., and a
member of the reserve officers
corps. First the past year he has
been serving overseas in an artil­lery
unit of the 31st Infantry
Division.
• * *
Corp. Robert Bowen, former
student from Starkville, Miss.,
visited the campus recently.
Since entering the army in '43,
he has served overseas in the
South Pacific area. He has been
assigned to OCS at Ft. Benning,
Ga.
• • *
Felix Walton Fleming and
Frank Forest Fleming, Hunts­ville,
were awarded silver wings
and appointed second lieutenants
in the USAAF at the Advance
Single Engine Pilot School, Moul­trie,
Ga.
* * *
Melissa Winters, WAVES, is
at home in Auburn this week.
She will return to her station at
Long Island, N. Y., Friday.
• * *
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TRACKING DOWN
TROUBLE
This laboratory, ready to move anywhere on short
notice, runs down "crimes" against good tele­phone
service. Finding these threats is one of the
many jobs of the Bell Telephone Laboratories'
scientists.
The "criminals" are such things as threads of
lint, traces of acids, or sulphur compounds in the
air—any of which might damage telephone equip­ment
In their interesting war work Bell Laboratories'
scientists have been on a new kind of hunt. They
have tracked down different materials for those
now hard to get, found others that would serve in
special conditions, and have detected in captured
equipment the kinds of material the enemy uses.
These are some examples among many of the
ways Bell System research is helping to serve
America at war.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1945 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Five
COMPLETE NUTRITION COURSE PROP WASH
with the
API School Of Aviation
Photo by Lewis Arnold
Fourteen coeds have completed twenty hours of study in the Red Cross nutrition class
taught by Miss Betrice Finkelstein, assistant professor of home economics. The girls volun­teered
for the course, which is a pre-requisite to the twenty-hour course in canteen nutrition
which enables one to help with the blood bank.
First row: Zona Hines, Huntsville; Frances Cameron, Dothan; Miss Finkelstein; Ruth Upton,
Daytona Beach, Fla.; Helen Tiller, Panama City, Fla.; and Ruth Tipton, New Market. Second
row: Margaret Wyatt, Vincent; Marye Tamplin, Auburn; Luellen Hovey, Opelika; Amy Wil­liams,
Easley, S. C; and Mabel Moore, Evergreen. Third row: Juanita Stringer, Ashford;
Frances Williamson, Belle Mina; Ardelle Thompson, Ft. Payne; and Carolyn McCary, Center-ville.
MaryMarthaSellars
Marries R. C. Vance
In Bimingham
The marriage of Miss Mary
Martha Sellers, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Carl Sellers, and
Ens. Robin Cecil Vance, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Vance, took
place at 5:30 p. m. Saturday at
Walker Memorial Church in Bir­mingham
with the Rev. Hayden
Lester officiating, assisted by the
Rev. Ashley Chappell.
Mrs. Charles Bernhard, organ­ist,
and Miss Evelyn Beasley, vo­calist,
presented wedding music.
Miss Ann Davis lighted the tapers
at the altar.
Miss Dorothy Sellers, sister of
the bride, was maid of honor, and
Misses Annie Stewart Calhoun,
Anne McGaha, Jane Henry and
Ann Vance, sister of the bride­groom,
were bridesmaids.
The bride was given in mar­riage
by her father.
J. M. Vance served his son as
best man. Ushers were Lt. George
Morris, USNR, Jimmy Brown,
Jimmy Early and Lt. Glenn Aber-nathy.
Later in the evening, the couple
left for a wedding trip to New
Orleans and upon their return
will be at home in Norfolk, where
Ens. Vance will report for re­assignment.
He has recently re­turned
from combat duty in the
Pacific theater.
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Wesley Foundation
Installs Officers
Sunday Night
Gladys B e n t l e y , Notasulga;
Jimmie Acree, Jacksonville, Fla.;
and Alice Hardwick, Snead, were
installed as president, vice-pres­ident,
and secretary of Wesley
Foundation at a service on Sun­day
evening, March 10.
Wesley Foundation is the or­ganization
for Methodist students
of API and their friends. Miss
Mary Moling Kirkman is director.
The newly - installed officers
were elected to fill vacancies
created by the graduation of the
graduation of the former officers.
Other members of the Weslev
Foundation Council who were
re-installed are Ben Richardson,
Jasper, treasurer; Martha Lee,
Geiger; Aylene Hurst, Summit,
Miss.; Ann Hughen, Ariton; Gene
Wilson, Auburn; and Susan
Brown, Auburn, committee chair­men.
Lt. Walter Parker, Notasulga,
former student now in the Air
Corps, is in Auburn this week.
* * *
Lt. H. L. Johnson, Auburn,
student in vet from '39 to '42
was in town last week. He is a
member of the Ferry Command
and is leaving for India where
he has been assigned to fly the
"hump".
Many of the students have
really taken advantage of the
good flying weather during the
past two weeks. Lee Hood, areo-nautical
engineering, sophomore,
made his first cross - country
flight to Eufaula returning via
Columbus. He also made his first
solo cross-country to Columbus.
Robert Crump made a solo cross­country
flight to Eufaula, return­ing
via Columbus, this being Rob­ert's
second solo cross-country.
Jeanelle Boone s e c r e t a r i a l
training senior made her first
cross-country flight to LaGrange,
Ga., returning via Columbus.
Mr. Charles Bone made his
first cross-country flight to Eu­faula
returning via Columbus.
We might add that Mr. Bone is
receiving additional flying in­structions
in his spare time from
his son, Charles, in the flying
kites . . . in other words, he just
likes flying.
Added to the list of flying stu­dents
are Charles Fagin, Phi Kap­pa
Tau, textile engineering, fresh­man,
who has been flying with
the Enterprise Flying Service
Enterprise, Alabama J o h n n ie
Spotts, aeronautical engineering
freshman who has been flying
at the Bowen Flying School, West
Memphis, Arkansas; and Gloria
Jean Lockhart, interior decora­tion
freshman who took her first
instructional flight recently and
became convinced that she could
learn to fly.
Recent visitors at the Auburn-
Opelika Airport were Dexter C.
Martin, director of South Caro­lina
Aeronautics Commission,
flying a Stinson; Otis Gillian,
Columbus, Ga., flying a Stinson;
Lt. Charles R. Sleigh, Civil Air
Patrol, Winter Haven, Fla. flying
a Cassna; Captain Ralph Brown­ing,
Gunter Field, Montgomery,
flying a PT-13; Arthur Schultze,
Keyport, New York, flying an
Aeronca; Mr. Forman Smith,
Montgomery, flying a Taylor-craft,
R. H. Boswell, Dayton,
Ohio, flying a Stinson and James
D. Breclger, Clewiston, Fla., fly­ing
a Culver. Mr. Breclger was
accompanied by Mr. Phil Clark,
manager of the Clarksdale Air­port,
Clarksdale, Miss.
Well, it's time to roll up our
flaps. We'll be buzzin' you again
next week.
Lt. and Mrs. Jack Skewes, both
former students, visited Mr. and
Mrs. F. E. Freeman last week.
The Ideal Laundry
Wishes to announce its re-employ­ment
of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Turner
o
Mr. Turner was with us five years
ago as Foreman in the Dry Cleaning
Department and has been with larg­er
plants in Birmingham, New Or­leans,
and Savannah. *
This Makes our dry Cleaning plant
equal to any in Alabama and remem­ber
that dry cleaning and laundry
prices are pre-war prices.
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Three Footballers
Leave For Service
Three more Auburn football
players from the 1944 squad are
today on their way to war.
Billy Ball, who gave promise
of being a backfield sensation be­fore
a charley horse cut him
down, is in the Army Air Corps.
His old high school mate from
Winston-Salem, N. C, Louis
Baldwin, joined the Navy. Louis
also was a back.
Herb Hawkins, of Georgianna,
Ala., the best of the wingbacks,
also is in the Army Air Corps.
Three or four others are report­ed
to be going out with the end
of this quarter.
A total of nineteen players, all
but one of them on the squad
last fall, have gone into service
since the end of the 1944 season.
Lt. George M. Salter, P-51
Mustang fighter pilot of Au­burn,
has been awarded an Oak
Leaf Cluster to his air medal
f o r exceptionally meritorious
achievement in flight over con­tinental
Europe.
Wilkinson Works
For Westinghouse
Thomas Morris Wilkinson, of
Auburn, Alabama, a recent grad­uate
of Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute,
has joined the Westing-house
Electric & Manufacturing
Company as a member of the
Company's graduate s t u d e nt
Mr. Wilkinson is receiving en­gineering
and classroom instruc­tion
designed to fit him for active
participation in the Company's
war production program and for
future leadership in the electrical
industry.
The course was originated by
Westinghouse over 50 years ago
to help college graduates bridge
the gap between academic pre­paration
and actual production
work.
Born in Birmingham, Mr. Wil­kinson,
was graduated from Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute with
a bachelor of science degree in
mechanical engineering.
Mr. Wilkinson is the son of Mrs.
Duncan Approves
Alumni Committee
An Auburn Athletic Advisory
Committee, made up of prominent
alumni of Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, appointed by Alumni
President Frank Samford of Bir­mingham,
was approved by Dr.
L. N. Duncan today.
Those on the committee are
C. W. Streit, Jr., 608 Protective
Life Building, Birmingham, chair­man;
Pat Moulton, Waterman
Steamship Corp., Mobile, Ala.,
vice chairman; Maurice Bloch,
Selma, Ala; Tillman Turner, Bell
Building, Montgomery, Ala.; and
Roy Sewell, Bremen, Ga.
Wm. F. Byrd, Alabama Pipe
Company, Gadsden, Ala.; Gerald
Leff, Leff Engineering Co., Mo­bile,
Ala.; George Lanier, Wood­stock
Slag Corp., Birmingham,
Ala.; Archie Carmichael, Pro­bate
Judge Houston county, Do­than,
Ala.; Russell Bean, Eureka
Hotel, Cullman, Ala.
T. M. Wilkinson, 147 W. Glenn
Street, Auburn.
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Page Six THE PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1945
Vet Fraternity Defeats All-Stars
In Prelude To Saturday's Tussle
By Bill Pierce
Beginning in a slow and conservative manner, Alpha Psi,
interfrat champs, gradually found their bearings and went
on to defeat the intramural all-stars 58-40 last Saturday night.
Paced by Alex Hancock of Sigma Chi, the All-Stars made
it close all the way.
The Alpha Psis showed a really good ball club. They had
everything it takes in basketball
—speed, deceptiveness, endur­ance,
and competitive spirit.
The All-Stars jumped to 6-1
lead early in the game and man­aged
to hold a small lead through­out
the first quarter. Ben Moss of
the vets began to sink shots from
impossible angles, and Alpha Psi
led at the half 20-12.
The second half was faster
and provided more scoring, mak­ing
it a better game from the
spectators' standpoint.
The All-Stars wanted to cop
the game; Alpha Psi had to win
to keep their record intact for
their invasion of Tuscaloosa nevt
week.
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ALPHA PSI CAN
BOAST STARS
OF FOUR STATES
The Alpha Psi basketball club,
intramural champions, is com­posed
of former high school stars
from four states, including Ala­bama,
Florida, Georga, and
South Carolina.
The Alpha Psis are captained
by Ben Moss, a senior, who play­ed
two years for Eastanole, Ga.,
and his senior year at Marietta,
Ga.
Jimmy Acree was selected as
alternate captain for this year's
team. He hails from Jackson­ville,
Florida, and this is his
third year of intra-mural com­petition.
Bronze Youmans comes
from Patterson, Ga. He has three
years of high school experience,
and one year of intra-mural com­petition
behind him.
Curtis Kuykendall played three
years for Alpha Psi. Frairie
Smalley had three years experi­ence
at Dublin, Ga., and was on
the Georgia All-Star team is 1942.
This is his third year of playing
for the Psis.
Claude Jameson played three
years at Pendleton, S. C. Jimmy
Robinson got three years of ex­perience
at Decatur, Ala. Wormy
Ballard, a late comer to the
team, played three years at Tal-lassee,
Ala., and also two years
at Great Lakes Naval Training
Station.
George Killian, who captained
the Psis last year, hails from Fort
Payne, Ala. Lamar Moree was
captain for the Sylvester, Ga.
high school team before coming
to Auburn. Jesse Derrick served
as alternate captain of the Ogle-thorp,
Ga., school team for three
years.
James Gunter has had two
years experience at Phenix City.
Altogether, the intra-mural
champs should be able to cope
with Alabama this Saturday.
IM Volleyball
Starts Tuesday
Plans for the intra-mural vol­leyball
tournament were made at
the last meeting of the Intramur­al
Board.
Four leagues were formed. In
League I will be Alpha Psi, Al­pha
Gamma Rho, Phi Kappa Tau
(1), and Delta Sigma Phi; League
II, Kappa Sigma, Theta Chi,
Alpha, and Phi Kappa Tau (2);
League III, Sigma Chi, Kappa
Lambda Chi Alpha, and Phi Kap­pa
Tau (2); League III, Sigma Chi,
Kappa Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon,
and Omega Tau Sigma; League
IV, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Kappa
Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and
Alpha Tau Omega.
Games this week are Wednes­day;
AP-DSP, KS-PKT, SC-OTS,
PDT-ATO, PKT(1)-AGR, LCA-TC,
SPE-KA, SAE-PKA; Thurs­day,
AP-PKT(l), KS-.LCA, SC-SPE,
PDT-SAE, DSP-AGR, PKT-
(2)-TC, OTS-KA, ATO-PKA.
The first round robin will end
with Thursday's games. No games
may be postponed for any rea­son
except bad weather condi­tions.
The finals will be played
from April 2-6.
Steer To Be Shown
At Auburn Next Week
Teddy, 1944 grand champion
steer of the Chicago Fat Stock
Show—wartime version of the
International Exposition—will be
on exhibit at Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute March 27-31.
The Hereford steer will be
used in classes in animal hus­bandry
and veterinary medicine
to illustrate the ideal type of
beef animal. Steers of this type,
says J. C. Grimes, head of the
School of Agriculture's animal
husbandry group, will dress a
higher percentage of good beef
than average grade or common
cattle. Teddy, who travels in a
special trailer, will be exhibited
at the barns of the School of Vet­erinary
Medicine.
Near by 4-H members, voca­tional
agriculture students, and
others interested in livestock are
invited.
For those curious about Teddy's
red point value, the champion
w e i g h s approximately 1,200
pounds, and would dress about
800 pounds. Of this amount, 176
pounds would normally be round,
144 pounds loin, 200 pounds
chuck, 112 pounds plate, 80
pounds rib, 40 pounds flank, 24
pounds chank, and 24 pounds
kidney.
CHANGES MADE
IN MAIN LIB
The lower room in the new
wing of the main library has been
opened as a reserve reading
room. The outside entrance on
the front may be used, it was
announced by Mr. Clyde H. Cant-rell,
director of libraries.
ON THE CAMPUS
First Aid
Organizing class of a first aid
course will meet Thursday at 5
p. m. in the lobby of Smith Hall.
Mrs. Inez Schraeder will instruct
the class. Both coeds and male
students are urged to take the
course if they have not already,
first aid chairman Virginia Wil­liamson
said.
Tennis Team
Tryouts for the tennis team
will be held Wednesday, Thurs­day,
and Friday between 4 p. m.
and 6 p. m. on the courts above
the field house. All potential
players are urged to turn out.
Interfrat Track Meet Scheduled
For Next Wednesday And Thursday
Plans have been announced
for the annual interfraternity
track and field meet scheduled
to start in the stadium March 28
and to continue through March
29.
Each fraternity may enter two
men in each event. No man may
enter who has represented Au­burn
in a varsity or freshman
track meet. All entries must be
in Coach Evans' office in the
gym by 12 o'clock, Monday,
March 26.
Eight points will be awarded
for first place, five for second,
three for third, two for fourth,
and one for fifth. The relay will
be scored the same as other
events. The Interfraternity Coun­cil
will award the championship
trophy to the fraternity scoring
the greatest number of points.
Events scheduled for Wednes­day,
March 28 are the trials in
120 yard low ^hurdles, 100 yard
dash, broad jump, and 220 yard
dash, and the finals in the shot,
high jump, and 120 yard low
hurdles.
Those set for Thursday, March
29, are the pole vault, 100 yard
dash, 440 yard dash, mile run,
220 yard dash, 880 yard relay.
The meet will be supervised by
track coach Jeff Beard.
John McCollister who is sta­tioned
at Greak Lakes Naval Sta­tion,
a former student of API and
member of Sigma Chi was on the
campus last week.
* • *
Marine S e c o n d Lieutenant
Lovick Culver Ellis, Jr., Flor­ence,
and Marine Second Lieu­tenant
James Richard Land, Do-than,
former students, were grad­uated
last week from Platoon
Commander's School, Quantico,
Va.
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