1945-02-21 The Plainsman

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VOL LXIV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1945 NUMBER 19
New Catalog Contains Changes In ^urncu
Basic College Fee Revised
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Sphinx Cups For Winning Singers
Awarded To SAE and Kappa Delta
Singing "Tell Me Why" and
"My Wonderful One", the Kappa
Delta's won the Sphinx sing cup
for the girls. Harmonizing on
"Let The Rest Of The World Go
By", the SAE's won for the boy's
last Thursday nite.
Doris Karcher, president of
Sphinx, presented t h e cups.
Other sorority and fraternity
groups singing were the Delta
Zeta's who presented skits along
with their songs, "Dance With the
Dollie" and "Let Me Call You
Sweetheart". The Chi Omegas
sang "Chi O Girl" and "Auld
Lang Syne"; the Kappa Sigs, di­rected
by "Smokey Jo" sang
"Old Black Joe" and a medly.
The Omega Tau Sigma's se­lection
were "In The Evening By
The Moonlight" and "I Want My
Mammy". Bill Cook directed the
singing for the SAE's. A vocal
solo by Betty Kent was featured
in the KD group which was di­rected
by Martha Nell Simpson.
Ring Committee
Announced By
Boshell, Chairman
Rings have been placed on sale
to members of the senior class by
the ring committee of the Execu­tive
Cabinet, leaded by Buris
Boshell. Samples of rings will be
on exhibit at the FFA Co-op
Book Store in the basement of
Samford Hall at all times after
this week. It is also planned to
have a salesman at the booth
at the Main Gate once every two
weeks to facilitate those wishing
to buy rings.
Members of the committee in
addition to Boshell are Chalmers
Bryant, whose phone number is
473; Bill Crum, 445; Reuben
Beuben Burch, 869; Martha Ellis,
9142; and Dale Garber, 9143.
World Student Service Fund Book Drive
To Be Headed By Toomer and Ashley
Capt. Jack Ferrell
Missing In Germany
Captain and catcher of the 1941
Tiger nine, now Capt. Jack Fer­rell,
'43, has been missing in ac­tion
over Germany since January
22. He was a navigator on a B-17.
Playing guard on the renowed
. Auburn eleven t h a t downed
Georgia's mighty Rose Bowl team
in 1942 climaxed Capt. Ferrell's
two seasons on the gridiron for
the Tigers. He was president of
the "A" Club in 1942.
His wife, three months old son,
and his mother live in Birming­ham,
his home town.
Capt. Ferrell majored in busi­ness
administration at API. Up-
Aon graduation, he enlisted in the
Army Air Forces.
f Sam Adams, sports editor of
the Montgomery Advertiser, paid
, tribute to the Auburn athlete in
- his column last week.
"Jack Ferrell will go down in
Auburn history," he wrote, "as
one of the school's finest lines­men.
He asked no quarter and
gave none. When the chips were
down, Jack was at his.best.
"That's why he'll probably turn
up safe; maybe in a prison camp.
You simply oa^'t toimvhiin'out
yet; not a guy like Jack Ferrell."
It was Jack Ferrell and Fagan
Canzoneri who started the re­eled
the Alburn
Their
famous victory
, Georgia and Frankie Sink-
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Old Text Books
To Be Collected
Until March 2
The "universities of captivity"
need books.
The World Student Service
Fund book drive for prisoners of
war gets under way in Auburn
at the end of the present quarter,
with Margaret Toomer, vice-president
of Cardinal Key, and
Gibbs Ashley, president •fch-ODK,
acting as co-chairmen. \ N / \
The drive will last fron»Feb>
27 through Mar. 2. A bootrfwill
be set up between Ross and
Samford to take care of donations
by college students and faculty.
High school groups are parti­cipating
in the drive and towns­people
will be given an oppor­tunity
to contribute.
One prison camp carries on 170
hours of academic work per week.
Subjects include algebra, cal­culus,
chemistry, electricity and
magnetism, English composition,
French, German, Hebrew, his­tory,
art, mechanical drawing,
physics, Spanish, trigonometry,
bookkeeping and accounting,
agriculture, b i o l o g y , zoology,
medicine, law, public speaking,
and eccnamiGt,r The most popular
studies are the sciences.
For American prisoners in
Europe, the Y.M.C.A., represent­ing
the U. S. Armed Forces In­stitute,
has established a special
committee to organize, supervise
and appraise the studies of the
Ameo«in prisoners. It is hoped
i ^ j ^ J a r d of proficiency will be
given which can be presented to
American university of his
ce when the prisoner returns.
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BALL NOW TO PLAY
FOR UNCLE SAM
One week ago —BFOC (big
freshman on campus) B i l ly
Ball, Winston-Salem, N. C, was
sworn into the Executive Cabi­net
as freshman representative.
Ten weeks ago—Ed. Garrett
was the third member of this
year's Cabinet to leave school
for the armed forces.
Eight weeks ago—the Cabinet
passed an additional qualifica­tion
for t h e special election.
This stated that anyone peti­tioning
for a Cabinet office
should submit acceptable proof
that he would remain in school
nine months.
Four weeks ago—Billy's proof
was accepted by the Qualifica­tions
Board and he ran in the
election for freshman rep.
Two weeks ago — API foot­ball
publicity stated that Billy
Ball was the only member of
this year's football team who
was sure to return next fall.
Saturday—Billy Ball, mem­ber
of PiKA, "A" Club, pledge
of Alpha Psi, tailback on the
football team, a n d freshman
representative to the Cabinet-received
orders to report im­mediately
for active duty in
the Army Air Corps.
' bellidn that -1
"''eleven- tf? s .recalls. Y *
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Six students who have livecV in
'the farm home management
house have written articles foe
publication in the Country Gent­leman,
leading rural magazine, on
its' Youth Forum page. The sub­ject,
"Why I Think Homemaking
is Glamorous," is to be presented
in a-.panel discussion in the March
issue! -,.
Coeds selected were the ones
who happened to be present when
the photographer, Lewis Arnold,
took pictures several months ago
for the magazine. Five-dollar
checks have been mailed to the
following home economics stu­dents
who participated: Ann
Hopper, Centre; Margaret Dour-rough,
Cullman; Mary Evelyn
Jefferson, Auburn; Nell Higgins,
Fyffe; Evelyn Tucker, Cullman;
and Therese Gunter, Geraldine.
Auburn's home management
house, the only one of its kind
in the states, was described in the
National Journal of Home Econ­omics
two years ago. Dr.
requirements are met after the
war. It is said that more Britons
are studying liberal arts subjects
today in the prison camps than
in the British universities.
All textbooks not more than
ten years old are needed. First
editions no longer being used in
classrooms are acceptable.
Other types of books needed
are standard works in English
literature: Shakespeare, Milton,
Dickens, Scott, Thackeray, Aus­ten,
Bronte, Eliot, Meredith, Har­dy,
Galsworth etc.
Books on professional subjects,
such as law, medicine, and theo­logy,
are in demand.
Standard detective stories by
Doyle, Cristie, Sayers, or other
authors make good donations.
Language books — grammars
and readers and classics in Eng­lish,
French, German, Spanish,
Italian, and Russian—are accept­able.
SOPHOMORE CLASS
MEETS ON THURSDAY
IN LANGDON HALL
Washington's birthday at 7 p.
m. in Langdon Hall—that's when
history will be made.
To be more exact, it will be
the historic first meeting of the
class of '47, now the sophomore
class.
Nancy Reinsmith, New Orleans,
La., will preside at the meeting
and will introduce the other
class officers.
Speakers will be P. M. Norton,
new co-ordinator of Veterans'
Affairs; Dr. L. N. Duncan, presi­dent
of API; Dean Turpin Ban­nister,
of the architecture school;
Col. Oscar Gates, new PMS&T;
and Ralph Draughon, director of
instruction.
Important class business will
be brought up. All sophomores
are urged to be at Langdon at
7 on Thursday, February 22.
Glee Club Sings
At Faculty Forum
And Ft. Benning
Under the direction of Dr.
Fagan Thompson, the Auburn
Girls Glee Club presented a con­cert
of modern and classical songs
for an all-GI audience at Fort
Benning Saturday night.
The program was the first of
a number of out-of-town trips
tentatively planned for the club.
After the concert, a dance was
held in honor of the singers.
At one end of the spacious post
gymnasium in which it was held,
was a long table banked with
fern, from which punch was
served throughout the evening.
Approximately fifty-six mem­bers
went on the tirp. Mrs. Wal­lace
Tidmore accompanied them.
Faculty Forum
Presenting a program of mod­ern
and classical songs, the Glee
Club entertained the Faculty
Forum at their monthly meeting
in the Dining Hall Monday night.
Highlighting the program were
such numbers as "There Are Such
Things", "This Is My Country",
and "British Children's Prayer."
Approximately fifty-six mem­bers
sang in the concert." ~~Dr.
Fagan Thompson is director of
the Glee Club, and Miss Edna
Earl Bass, of Opelika, is pianist.
EXAM SCHEDULE
FOR THIS QUARTER
IS ANNOUNCED
The schedule of final examina­tions
for the winter quarter has
been released by the Registrar's
office.
Examinations in subjects carry­ing
5 hours credit scheduled at
hours indicated in parentheses,
will be held as follows:
Wednesday, Feb. 28:
All Freshman English (and
classes n o t scheduled below) —
8:30-11:00 a. m.
(9 a. m. classes)—1-3:30 p. m.
(1 p. m. classes)—3:30-6 p. m.
Thursday, Mar. 1:
(8 a. m. classes)—8:30-11 a. m.
(11 a. m. classes)—71-3:30 p. m.
(4 a. m. classes)—3:30-6 p. m.
Friday, Mar. 2:
(10 a. m. classes)—8:30-11 a. m.
(2 p. m. classes)—3:30-6 p. m.
(3 p. m. classes)—1-3:30 p. m.
Physics Laboratory Examina­tion
wil lbe held Saturday, Feb.
24, at 1:30 p. m. All other sub­jects
carrying less than 5 hours
credit will be held at the last
class meeting prior to Tuesday,
February 27.
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Dancer To Perform
In Concert Series
Ruth Page, ballet dancer, will
present a program of dances with
word and music in Langdon Hall
on Monday, March 12 at 8:15 in
Langdon Hall. Admission will be
65c for students and $1.25 for
others. This will be the third in
the concert series to be presented
here this year.
„Miss Page, a native of Indian-apojis,
Ind., where her father
was' a very prominent physician
and founder-of the James Whit-comb
Riley Hospital. Her mother
was an accomplished musician.
In her childhood she loved
poetry and found a delight in
spontaneous dancing. She began
to study motion at the age of
twelve and sobn attracted at­tention
of Annja Pavlowa. After
dancing with Fjavlowa more than
a year on her last South Ameri­can
tour, Miss Page returned to
the United States and continued
her studies with Adolph Bolm.
She was intrpduced to London on the winning pictures by judg-
APHI0 INITIATES
SEVEN NEW MEN
Alpha Phi Omega, national
service fraternity, initiated seven
into membership on Monday
night. Those taken into APhiO
were Richard Corr, sophomore in
electrical engineering from One-onta;
Bill Ransom, junior in
chemistry from Gallion; Jesse
James, junior in electrical en­gineering.
from Florence; Gordon
Hallmark, junior in mechanical
engineering from Birmingham;
James Cappell, freshman in elec­trical
engineering from Louis­ville;
Morris Arnold, sophomore
in agriculture from Sylacauga;
and Percy Carter, freshman in
b u s i n e s s administration from
Clio.
Officers of Alpha Phi Omega
who held the initiation are Foy
Campbell, president, junior in
business from York; Bryson Hat­field,
secretary, Montgomery, jun­ior
in mechanical engineering;
Oliver Sanford, vice-president,
Dadeville, senior in engineering;
Clint Wilkinson, sophomore in
pre-med from Selma, treasurer;
and Frank Charleton, senior in
civil engineering from Autauga-ville,
corresponding secretary.
Art Guild's Show
Of Watercolors
Starts In Annex
Water-colors painted by stu­dents
at API go on exhibit today
in the Art Annex. The exhibit is
being sponsored by the Art Guild.
Ten entries have been submit­ted,
and ribbons will be placed COSTUME EXHIBIT
Pfc. Jimmy Werrell
Receives Silver Star
For Action In France
Camp Hood, Tex., Feb. 19:—Lt.
Col. and Mrs. Angus J. Werrell, of
Denver, Col., have received word
from the War Department, that
their son, Pfc. James M. Werrell,
who has been recommended for
the Silver Star, for gallantry in
action in France, was wounded
in Germany on Jan 26 He was
previously awarded the Combat
Infantryman's Badge.
In September of last year, Pfc.
Werrell's company took a small
village in Brittany, France. Short­ly
thereafter they were forced
to withdraw, leaving wounded
and some equipment. Pfc. Wer­rell
volunteered and took part in
a six man patrol and in the face
of heavy enemy fire, succeeded
in bringing back two seriously
wounded comrads.
In commending Pfc. Warrell,
his Regimental Commanding Of­ficer
said, in part, "Your heroic
action has gained confidence from
your superior officers, and is an
inspiration to your comrades in
arms and a credit to your organ­ization."
Pfc. Warrell volunteered in
1942 while attending Auburn
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn,
Alabama. He was a member of
an A.S.T.P. unit at the Univer­sity
of Mississippi and was later
assigned to the Infantry. He was
graduated from Smiley Jr. High
School and attended East High
School, in Denver. At A.P.I., he
was on the track team and a
member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Alpha Epsilon Delta premedical
fraternity and A.P.I. Premedical
Society.
Lt. Col. Warrell has returned
from overseas duty and is now
stationed at Camp Hood, Texas.
COORDINATOR
To Include Laboratory Fees
Chemistry, Engineering, and Ag Schools
Make Course Additions And Improvements
Changes announced in the 1945-46 catalog, which was
released last week, will go into effect at the beginning of the
summer quarter. Changes in curriculum will not affect those
now in school who have passed the quarter of work in which
course changes are made. Neither will they be expected to
fulfill total hour qualifications for degrees in the cases where
hours required have been raised.
They will, however, take the
minimum quarter hour load in
the schools with curricula call­ing
for an increased load, during
their remaining quarters at Au­burn.
Additions have been made to
the curricula offered here as Au­burn
has been approved by the
US Veteran's Administration for
the training of veterans under
the GI Bill of Rights. A number
of courses have been set up to
encourage enrollment of ex-serv­icemen
and women, not only in
regular degree courses, but also
those who will be in college for
only a short time and who wish
to qualify for jobs not requiring
degrees.
The college offers,to those qual­ified
for attendance the full ex­tend
of its facilities in the schools
of agriculture, architecture, art,
chemistry, education, engineering,
home ec, pharmacy and science
and lit. Courses taken in short­ened
curricula are applicable to
degrees should the veteran de­cide
to work toward that later.
No More Lab Fees
Incorporating into the basic
college fee an average lab fee in
the different curricula, the new
system eliminates entirely lab
fees and the extra worry they
caused at registration time.
Non-resident students will pay
an out-of-state fee of thirty dol­lars
per quarter instead of the
former twenty dollars. This is in
accordance with the state's policy
of educating its own students,
first.
Curricula changes in several
schools, notably those of agri­culture,
chemistry, and engineer­ing
have been made. After a de­tailed
study of the courses in
twenty-five leading engineering
colleges, the faculty of the School
of Engineering has developed a
curricula which they believe to
be superior to any.
The improvements made are
essentially the restoration of cred­it
requirements for graduation
from the School of Engineering
which existed prior to the in­auguration
of the quarter system
in June 1942.
Dean Hannum especially stress-that
the engineering courses
Norton Takes Over
As Coordinator
Of Veteran Affairs
P. M. Norton, one of the latest
additions to the administrative
staff of the school, has been ap­pointed
coordinator of veteran
affairs on the campus by Dr.
L. N. Duncan, president of API.
Mr. Norton was previously
principal of the Frisco City Pub­lic
Schools.
He will represent the school on
matters regarding veterans' edu­cations
and will serve as special
advisor to students attending col­lege
under the authority of the
Veterans Administration or the
GI Bill of Rights. He will assist
those enrolling the new curricula
as prescribed in t h e 1945-46
catalog.
Mr. Norton's office is located
in Samford Hall.
audiences at the Coliseum and
then spent two years on Broad­way.
She was one of the first to
play at the "ballet theater" in
Chicago. Monte Carlo, Buenos
Aires, Salzberg, and Velasquez
were included on her tours.
She was the first guest solo
dancer with the Metropolitan
Opera and later danced with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
She and Bentley Stone formed a
ballet team and for several years
they perforn/ied together.
Her program here will con­sist
of dances to music and
poetry of E.j E. Cummings, Archi­bald
McLeish, Edna St. Vincent
Millay, Mart Turbyfill, Dorothy
Parker, Baudelair, Ogden Nash,
Eugefte-Figldyand Garcia Lorca.
es Betty Jones, Frances Meaders,
and Nancy Reinsmith.
Paintings on exhibit are "The
Tree" by Ginger Duncan; "Toom-er's
Corner" and "Iris" by Vivien-ne
Duncan; and "Auburn Station"
by Susanne Lowe.
"Langdon Hall" and "Red Hill
Church" by Nancy Reinsmith,
"Altar of Prayer" and "Home­stead"
by Betty Wilmore, and
"Campus Scene" and "Any Min­ute"
by Mildred Woodham.
The exhibit will be open to the
public every day from 8 a. m. to
4 p. m. and will continue for two
weeks.
The Art Guild has selected
Dean Turpin Bannister and Miss
Dorothy Jean Newman honorary
members.
FROM MUSEUM OPENS
Featuring the extraordinary
dresses, headgear and other ac­cessories
worn by American wom­en
during other wars, the exhibit
now being shown in the library
of architecture building comes
from the Brooklyn Museum of
Fine Arts. Obtained by Professor
Joseph Marino-Merlo, its co-sponsor
is the clothing depart­ment
of the home ec school.
The exhibit, shown on dress
models and a manniquin bor­rowed
from Mildred Lippitt, will
be here until the end of the. . _
month. The library is open on ^Margaret Toomer/lPhyllis Kloeti,
weekdays from eight until four-thirty;
and from eight until
twelve on Saturday. The publi
is invited to see the costumes.
Style Show Held
At Convocation
A style show, featuring clothes
made by students in Miss Car­men
Croft's clothing class and
selections from downtown shops,
was presented at Women's Con­vocation
yesterday afternoon.
Music was furnished by La-
Holme McClendon and Susan
Brown was commentator. Of­ficers
of WCGA who assisted
Miss Croft were_^Annti iDuhosf?.,
Martha Elus/joyce^Stoghter,
Van Cardwell^aflflMlryimnKleP"
field.
Girls modeling suits made by
themselves were Elizabeth Hart,
Jean Gauntt, Ann McCluskin,
Kathleen Scrivner, and Susan
Delony.
Through the courtesy of Hage-dorn's,
Mildred Lippitt's, Grady
Loftin's, and Polly Tech clothing
stores, other fashions were model­ed
by- Naj^cjr_Rejnsinlth^ ^Am*
Black,5pX,T "" ' ' '" "" '
er, (Maxine Tatigg,^ carmelita
Ward, ^Carolyn SelfJ^Julia Le
Seur tnerine Myrtys
Ferguson, T5amaris"Smith, Betty
McLanfihliivMarjr Francis Jones,
Virginia Grayson, Kimball Boan,
Magna Le S t u r g e o n , (Maye
Strong/ Grace Tonge, Jean Camp-beHTand
Betty Adair.
es
have been revised to devote
twenty-percent of the curicula to
a study of humanities and eighty
percent to technical courses. This
is in accordance with the recom­mendations
of the Engineers'
Council for Professional Develop­ment.
Next week the Plainsman will
carry an article on the specific
changes in engineering curricula
prepared by Dean J. E. Hannum.
Booklet On Education
Contains Six Photos
Taken At Auburn
Six of the eleven photographs
in the booklet, "Higher Educa­tion
in the United States", pub­lished
in Spanish for distribu­tion
in Latin-American countries,
were shots taken on the Auburn
campus.
Published by Guy E. Snavely,
executive director of the Associ­ation
of American Colleges, the
booklet surveys briefly the de-veloyment
of a higher education
in the United States with in­formation
about the educational
set-up as it works today.
The photographs from Auburn
included shots pf engineering
students; women's athletics; vars­ity
basketball; a home economics
lab; and a veterinary lab sceni
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Goal, Jail, Jug
Ever been in jail? No? Neither have
we, and we sincerely hope we never have
to serve a stretch there in Auburn. If you
have never seen the jail in our town you
should. And get worried about where
you'd be detained if you were to get
"pinched".
The Auburn calaboose is, in the strictest
sense, nothing but a coop, a clink, a cell.
It is located in a building which obviously
was formerly a double garage. Twenty-some-
odd feet wide and about thirty feet
long, it contains two rooms. In one are
several cots with old, uncovered pink
mattresses. The other room—if you could
call it a room—is heated by a cast-iron
stove and ventilated—really, for one of
the window panes is missing—by a small
opening.
The window screening has been cut
away so that any animal or insect under
six inches in diameter—or would you say
"girth"? (that's the measurement between
bars) can crawl or fly into the rooms. The
door is covered with black-painted sheet
metal and iron bars.
True, a jail is a place of restraint for
those who have erred, usually. Generally,
they are dusky, Saturday-night drunks.
That is no excuse, however, for having
such a jail as this, located in such a place.
In a back alley, behind a billiard parlor,
it is not sheltered from the blistering rays
of the summer sun on the south.
The county jail, we understand, is no
better. Perhaps it is even worse, for it is
larger and more total filth can accumulate.
We may be sticking out our necks—in­t
e r f e r i ng with the business of others—
but in a town the size of Auburn, we
think it is criminal to have no sanitary
place in which to look up those taken in
to custody by the civil authorities.
College Catalog Comes Out
The new catalog is out. A right tame
statement to result in the bombshell news
it broke to non-resident students. Their
fee has gone up fifty percent. Instead of
paying an out of state fee of twenty dol­lars
they will pay thirty dollars per quar­ter.
This is in accordance with the state's
policy of favoring Alabama students, but
with the need for students here, and vs. the
long view and purpose of education—
without a lot of Georgia or Mississippi
students Auburn will be bad off.
This is not the only change made in the
new catalog. Engineering and chemistry
students are now required to have 237
hours instead of 210 for graduation. This
will result in quarter hour loads of twen­ty-
one hours. Catastrophic when four
tough courses such as thermodynamics,
physical chemistry, industrial chemistry
and modern physics get grouped into one
term. Quite catastrophic to a good all-over
average built up over a period of
three or four years. It might also play
havoc with a person's health or nervous
system.
We're here to learn; here to work. But
not to work our heads off. Circumstances
such as this, trying to cram too much in
all at once, aren't conductive to good
learning. There are some courses in which
21 hours required work would not be too
great a load on the normal student of
average intelligence. However, in these
days, who's either normal or average, or
intelligent either? That may sound like
a flippant remark, but it isn't.
We think it might even be well to
lighten the loads of those students taking
such highly technical subjects and who
are perhaps to such handicaps as draft
calls hanging over them, physical disabili­ties,
or war nerves.
For each hour of lecture course, they
tell us, you are supposed to spend two
hours outside of class. Taking twenty one
hours—say one course is PE—that would
be four hours of lecture times two hours.
Eight hours—from seven at night until
three in the morning—every night except
Saturday and Sunday. Sounds good to us.
We're buckling down. May not be as
directly affecting the war effort as work­ers
in a B-29 plant but someday—like
Beagle's dog—we'll have our day, to do
our share, and we now want to prepare—
not in a slipshod, helter-skelter, grasp-if-you-
can manner, but thoroughly and well
for the tasks that might face us, be they
research for a super-sulfa drug or com­puting
the last rivet value in a bridge with
a three mile span.
However, they say that the addition of
these extra hours to the courses will en­rich
them and increase the value of the
degree.
China, Democracy?
Most Americans are desperately anxious
to see China develop into a strong, modern­ized,
democratic country, capable of stabi­lizing
the peace of Asia. This is the belief
expressed by Maxwell Stewart, econom­ist
and editor, speaking at Ohio Wesleyan
university in a series on postwar problems.
Discussing the p o s t w a r relationship
which should exist between China and
the United States, Stewart said, "Our fu­ture
is dependent quite literally on what
happens in China, just as China's future
will be conditioned by what happens in
the United States.
"China is the one country which might
be counted on to act as a watchdog against
the return of Japanese militarism." Amer­icans
are interested in the development
of China for both political and economic
reasons, Stewart said. "Cut off f r om
Chungking, millions of farmers have ruled
themselves these past years and have start­ed
to build a cooperative industry. Such a
people are prepared for a measure of self-rule
and we can be pretty sure that their
influence will be on the side of a peaceful,
nonagressive foreign policy."
"From the economic standpoint, there
is real danger that unless democratic safe­guards
are created, China's economic de­velopment
will follow the pattern of Ja­pan's.
This would mean that American en­terprise
would be frozen out, and that
trade would be held to a minimum."
Stewart expressed in belief that if
China is to emerge from "her present
political and military deterioration," a
settlement will have to be made between
the Communists and the Chungking gov­ernment.
The Chinese Communists in the ordin­ary
sense of the word, but "agrarian re-farmers"
who have developed a program
that is essentially democratic and moder­ate,
and whose areas are the most pros­perous
and best-fed in China.
"How far we should go in providing di­rect
assistance to the Yenan regime in the
event that the reactionary faction within
the Kuomintang prevents a compromise'
settlement with the Communists," Stewart
said, "is a question that can only be ans­wered
by the developments in the war.
"But as a leading democratic power we
must find a way to support the powerful
forces that are working toward democracy
in China. If we are consistant in this policy,
China may yet emerge as a bulwark for
peace and security in Asia." (Associated
Collegiate Press).
CHERRY PIE
STUDENT CENTEk
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.
Scene: Auburn Grille, Saturday morning next quarter.
Well dressed smiling student politican swaggers in.
Act I
Student: Hey Mabel. What ya say, Jo. How you doing, Bill.
Glad to see you, Pat. Hi, Betty. Come on and have a cup of
coffee, Jimmy. Hello there, Dottie, Carolyn, William. What ya
say there, Herman?
Act II
Scene: Auburn Grille 2 weeks later on Saturday morning.
Same student politican walks in slopply dressed and scowling.
Student: Hi.
"Damask Cheek** was really enjoyed by the student body,
especially Miss Lockhart and her evening gown. We saw the
play on Monday night and we're still wondering whether Miss
Duchac finished the footstool cover she was sewing by Thurs­day.
And the way those characters drank whiskey! Made us
thirsty, but we were rather dubious about the appearance of a
1945 Par-T-Pak bottle in a 1909 play.
* * *
Dissertation On Coeds
The first coed was Eve. She specialized in the "Big Apple",
which she taught a man she didn't know from Adam.
Three other famous coeds were Juno, Minerva, and Venus.
They didn't give their last names. They organized and parti­cipated
in the first Beauty Ball: Every state of the U. S. sent
a contestant except Texas which was in the throes of a civil
war. The fight was all about a fence. One side wanted to
"Build a Big Fence Around Texas," while the other side yelled
"Don't Fence Me In". A truce was called every once in a while
which was devoted entirely to clapping.
Paris was selected as judge. Each contestant offered him
fabulous gifts, but Venus gave him Helen of Troy, the face
that launched a thousand ships—which must have made her
face look like heck 'cause you know what it does to champagine
bottles. Venus won. I don't know why. Imagine a coed with
that middle age spread and no arms—imagine a coed with no
arms.
Modern coeds are found in Auburn and throughout the
U. S. but just when we caught one the other day, up dashed a
guy who yelled "The basketball team just won a game". At
this startling news she slumped into a cross between an isoceles
triangle and an excited rhomboid. I gave up. Coeds are no
darn good.
Most Baffling Problem Of The Week:
Which door of the Post Office will be unlocked today?
» . • " • * . . . »
It has been brought to our attention recently by the powers
that be, that indecency has no place in the college publication.
And the fact that a large number of colleges indulge, is no
cause for API to do so, 'tis said. That assertain proved worthy
of a couple of hours of debate—wherein no honor was gained
by your writers. None was lost either, since there was none to
lose.
Be that as it may, those of you who look for "filth" in this
column in the future will be gravely disappointed. Henceforth
you may look on your Jaywalkers as the soul of college
chastity, as the typical representatives of the "average" stu­dents,
who never frequent the stadium at night except for pep
rallies, who think "brew mill" is a whiskey distillery, who
compare all coeds favorably with their sisters, who believe in
kissing a girl only if they plan to marry her, and who take
whiskey only by spoonfulls and by prescription.
* * *
Latest rumors:
Sammy Kaye is to play for the SPE dance in May (in
Graves Center).
Drastic new changes in the college curriculum to go into
effect in June will mean that students will be going to class
all day every day.
A curfew for boys will be inaugurated in the near future.
* * *
The Slipstick sez that- as any student in thermo knows, en­tropy
is just energy gone to waist.
Editor'* 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.v
From now on my young
Auburnians, you may erase from
your intellect, the various other
horrible examples of columns
published in this scholastic jour­nal.
Cherry Pie is definitely writ­ten
to exemplify the attitude of
that unpublicized creature, the
common student. I shall remain
nameless because the scalding
opinions to be grought forth
might conceivable cause some bit
of animosity toward the author.
Cherry Pie
Jaywalking, an obvious attempt
at humor of the jazz age type,
is the first to be denounced.
Penned by over-aged adolescents,
who are busily spreading their
own peculiar brand of propa­ganda
about the campus, this
column is throughly and ab­solutely
disgusting.
"Campus", a crusading farce,
turned out by Susan "Carrie Na­tion"
Brown is so laboriously and
blindly written in conundrums
that it is practically impossible
to ascertain her subject, and it
is impossible to determine her
point.
And most horrible is some­thing
— you name it — called
Beagle's Beatitudes, a moronic
dissertation, written by and for
morons, by a character that calls
himself Beagle.
Cherry Pie
The young ladies of API are
completely outshining the gentle­men
of the school in social rec­ognition.
Not a week has passed
without at least one picture of a
local witch portrayed in the
Plainsman. In a fraternity dance
account, the picture of the date
of the president is published. But
in a sorority dance description,
have you ever seen a photograph
of the escort of their president.
No, most certainly not!
They frighten the young gentry
of the Plains with another horror
picture.
Cherry Pie
The horse and mule live 30
years and nothing know of wine
and beer.
The goat and sheep at 20 die
and never taste of scotch and
rye. ,
The cow drinks water by the
ton and at 18 is mostly done.
The dog at 15 cashes in with­out
the aid of rum or gin.
The cat in milk and water
soaks and then in 12 short yrs.
croaks.
The modest, bone dry hen lays
eggs for nogs then dies at 10.
All animals are strictly dry.
They sinless live and swiftly die.
But sinful, ginful, rumsoaked
men survive for three score yrs.
and 10
And some of us, the mighty few
Keep drinking till even ninty
two.
Cherry Pie
A young mother showing her
young son a picture of early
Christian martyrs being fed to the
lions, was trying to impress upon
him the terrible situation. The lad
looked on with a frown, and turn­ing
to his mother, remarked,
"Look at that poor little lion
way back there Mother. He's not
going to get any."
Cherry Pie
The majority of student opinion
as regards the question of the
vulgarness of the "A" club initia­tion
is inclined toward the ath­letic
boys. Very few persons on
and about the campus objected
to their last initiation with the
possible exception of "Campus"
and a few other girls.
Cherry Pie
I will confess, if you are won­dering
who wrote this, where I
live. I reside in Auburn in Chief
Ellis' police whistle and bounce
up and down to make sound. In
other words I am just a pea-brain.
All I've said about those other
columnists is just my opinion and
doesn't matter though my chem­istry
professor says I am made of
matter.
I asked someone what t h ey
thought of the column.
Reply: "If I wrote this column
(Cherry Pie), I would surely die.
"P. S. This column smells like
it's succumbed already.
Ed Note: Sale of cherry pie has
has dropped 80 per cent at Grille
since publication.
Cherry Pie
Prof.—You missed my class yes­terday,
didn't you?
Student—Not in the least, sir,
not in the least.
—Buchtelite
Cherry Pie
Said the first Moron: I don't
know who I am. I was left on a
doorstep.
2nd Moron: Maybe you're a bot­tle
of milk.
—The Wesleyan Pharos
Cherry Pie
Icicle: Drip that got caught in
the draft.
Cherry Pie
Egotist—the boy friend who,
when kissing his tomato, mur­murs
that he must be the second
happiest person in the world.
Cherry Pie
Well, as the vulture cried when
he spied the dying horse on the
desert, "Carry on!"
Cherry Pie
He deemed himself well-hon­ored
To worship from afar,
Merely content to gaze on her
As one would watch a star.
He thought he was unworthy,
Save to adore her only;
But she, upon her pedestal,
She was very lonely.
CAMPUS
By SUSAN BROWN
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to he construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
The write-up in last week's
paper of the February 12 meet­ing
of the Executive'" Cabinet
was uncomfortably illuminating.
That the meeting as it was re­ported
varied somewhat from the
concept some of us have of the
procedure of a cabinet meeting
could be due to inadequate re­porting
or the inadequacies of the
printed word.
A particularly jarring state­ment,
"Josephine Bass said that
since she wouldn't be in school
next year her opinion shouldn't
matter," could not, however, be
lightly excused.
Josephine Bass is the president
of the senior class, is to"represent
the class and is to serve in the
best interests of the senior class
and the student body as a whole.
And Miss Bass said that since
she wouldn't be in school next
year her opinion shouldn't mat­ter.
Perhaps the use of the doubt­ful
"shouldn't" instead of the
positive "doesn't" implies some
doubt in her mind.
Or perhaps she realizes that
her own personal opinion doesn't
matter.
(But the opinion of the senior
class and the student body which
she represents does matter.)
Or perhaps she means that in
her opinion the opinion of the
senior class and the student body
shouldn't matter.
Since Josephine Bass is con­sistently
on the School of Science
and Literature dean's list, s he
will in all probability not be an
under-graduate here next year.
That part of her statement is,
then, true.
For that matter, five years
would be as maximum time for
anyone serving on the Executive
Cabinet to be here as an under­graduate
student.
flys tnot impossible to imagine
a cjbineY~meetHfg«iat which the
representatives, being polled on
the advisability of restricting
public initiations (the subject of
this particular poll), answering
in unison, "Since we won't be
here one, two, three, four, or five
years from now our opinions
shouldn't matter."
Upon which the entire Cabinet,
being itt accord, would adjourn
to the Auburn Grille for coffee,
a smoke, and a quiet chat before
supper.
And if all the representatives
on the Cabinet had Miss Bass's
attitude, what would keep the
cabinet from treating a possibly
more weighty matter in the same
way?
Because this is the glibbest,
shortest evasion written up in the
Plainsman in a long time.
And infinitely more daring than
the timely, "Let's not rush this
thing."
Because Miss Bass is wrong.
Her opinion as a class officer
and as a representative on the
Executive Cabinet does matter.
As long as any student is hold­ing
a responsible position in the
Cabinet his or her opinion mat­ters.
And his or her actions mat­ter.
The Executive Cabinet is no
place for students who do not
know what they are to do by
way of representation or are too
timid or too mild to do what they
are to do by way of representa­tion.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1945 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Five
'THE DAMASK CHEEK"
HAS SUCCESSFUL RUN
Comedy On Manners Proves Entertaining
During Four-Day Showing At Y-Hut
Old And New Players Show Acting Ability
In Drama Based On Era At Turn Of Century
By Dorothy Hibbert
"The Damask Cheek" opened at the Y-Hut Monday night
for a four-night run. The opening night audience was not
as large as usual because of the heavy rain that coincided
with curtain-time. However, the skill and professional finish
which the production as a whole exhibited was a credit to
the Auburn Players, and those who did brave the weather to
attend should have felt well re
paid for their effort.
The cast with perhaps two ex
ceptions displayed marked acting
ability. There were no instances
of any bungling on the part of Belue, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T
anyone that detracted from the Belue of Auburn, was hurt re-mood
of the play. The setting of cently while working on the top-the
Victorian sitting room com
bined with the interpretation
given the dialogue to give a very
pleasant and amusing satire of
the period.
Mrs. Randall
Perhaps most thoroughly de­lightful
was Martee McReynolds
in her role as Mrs. Randall. She
succeeded very well in convinc­ing
the audience that here was a
harried middle-aged matron with
a great respect for established
convention as well as for the
trivial details of life. Her facial
expression was particularly help­ful
in the portrayal of this char­acter
and she showed a talent
for getting' everything possible
out of her lines in the way of
laughs or appreciative chuckles.
This cannot be called "stealing
the show" in her case, however,
even though Mrs. Randall is not
exactly one of the principals,
for the roles of Rhoda Meldrum,
and Jimmy Randall were pro­portionately
well done.
Lots of Vibrancy
Maria Duchac in her role of
Rhoda around whom the play
centers does not quite succeed
in making of it "the lead", yet
she gives to it a great deal of
vibrancy and interest. As Au­burn
audiences have seen before
in past productions, "Skippy" is
a capable actress, and can usually
turn in an excellent performance.
Her portrayal of Rhoda is no ex­ception
and she should be con­gratulated
upon her ability to
satisfy an audience.
Elizabeth Deese and David
Vann as the two younger mem­bers
of the Randall family could
hardly have been more lovable,
and completely delightful. They
added a liveliness and a zest to
the play that it would otherwise
have lacked.
"Ibbie" At It
Miss Deese is an old favorite
with patrons of the Y-Hut, and
seems to be able to adapt her
talents to various roles with an
ability to "stay in character"
that is almost creative. Just in
passing, wasn't there something
reminiscent of "Out Of The Fry­ing
Pan", their last production,
in the scene between her and
Allen Callan? This however is
no criticism of them, but is in
the structure of the two plays.
David Vann was very con-
Jack Belue Hurt
At Work On Ship
Fireman second class Jack,
side of his LST off Sicily
The boy was struck in the
throat by a ball on the end of a
heavy chain.
A letter written to his family
on Jan. 17 said that he had not
been seriously hurt but that the
doctor had advised that he rest
for about six weeks.
The status of John Belue, who
has been declared missing in ac­tion,
has not been changed Mrs.
Belue asserted. A letter from his
captain, however, informed h er
that he had been on combat duty
and that he might have been tak­en
prisoner.
PICK PORTRAYED
IN PUBLICATIONS
Articles appearing in b o th
magazines and papers of nation­al
prominence last week gave
laurels to General Louis . Pick
whose wife, the former Alice Cary
is now residing in Auburn.
An article in Life, entitled
"The Stillwell Road" features a
picture of General Pick. Another
picture appeared with an article
about the Ledo Road in last
Sunday's New York Times.
Wallace Hannum Is
At Laughlin Field
Pvt. Wallace H. Hannum of
Auburn, Alabama, has arrived at
Laughlin Field, specialized two-engine
AAF pilot school, for as­signment
as permanent person­nel
until an available opening en­ables
him to complete training
as an aviation cadet.
Pvt. Hannum is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joshum E. Hannum,
425 E. Magnolia Ave., Auburn,
Alabama.
Lost, Strayed, or Stolen: One
raincoat from McMillan's Billiard
Parlor on Monday. Ayrostar Skin­ner's
Twill make. Finder please
return to Bill Adams, 248 South
Gay Street.
—Buy War Bonds—
Beagle's Beatitudes
By Beagle
Sunday
Dear Diary,
Every dog has its day except
the dog without a tail and he
has his weekend. Well, I didn't
write anything last week because
my roommate took his clothes
home when he left school. I
better chase meself to bed after
I tell you that my name was
mis-spelled Snodgrass two weeks
ago.
"Beagle."
• * *
Monday
I got mixed up on my days
today because I ate a sundae. Ma
says Pa gave her some rayons
but as they've got no elastic in
them they keep slipping. I com­forted
her by saying, "Don't wor­ry,
Ma. Into each life (or Liberty
magazine) a little rayon must
fall."
Ma says Daisy April is going
with a sea-bee who calls her
"honey". Thank goodness; she
was getting to be a liability.
"Beagle"
* * •
Tuesday
Dear Diary:
I haven't been going to Cur­rent
Events this quarter because
I was afraid of being shocked.
The teacher asked me why I
hadn't been coming to class. I
told him, "Well, professor, I did­n't
think we'd meet today as I
heard this was meatless Tues­day."
Those around laughed. (I
was tickling them.) The professor
vincing as a boy of 14 or 15, full s c o w l e d a n d said> "McLeod, you
of couriousity about life, and r e m i n d m e of t h e Mississippi
given to the most startling vicis- R i v e r _ t h e biggest part is the
situdes between adolescence and m o u t n ."
maturity.
s Bass As Jimmy
One of the best all-over acting
jobs was done by Luster Bass,
as Jimmy Randall. Throughout
the play he maintained full con­trol
of his role. His diction was
good, and he was poised at all
times.
Gloria Jean Lockhart, as Calla,
was very much at east and did
a good job of acting. In fact, she
almost stole the show on occa­sions.
Allen Callen was adequate in
his role of Neil Harding, but at
times he seemed to forget it was
a drawing-room comedy and
lapsed into tragic demeanor.
Yet with all this I am looking
forward to" tomorrow, for I heard
the sun is coming up.
Hup-hup-the sun's up!
"Beagle"
• • *
Wednesday
Dear Diary,
I have set this day . aside as
my official worrying day and
am I worrying! I thought I was
doing wonderfully well in school
until today someone tells me
"F" is for failure instead of fine.
Oh, well, what's the use? Best
put this hyar retread to retire.
"Beagle"
• * »
Thursday
It really is cold today. Caught
me unaware. Reminds me of my
great great great (we don't live
very long in our family, especial­ly
when a Hatfield is sheriff)
great grandpappy. He was caught
between the North and South
lines in the middle of the night.
A voice yelled out of the dark,
"Who goes there?"
"McLeod" came the answer.
"What side ye on, McLeod?"
"I'm a Confederate but I got on
a Union suit."
I went to prayer meeting to­night.
The preacher fainted up
on seeing me, but he was soon
revived. He's used to these re­vivals
by now. I behaved nicely
until prayer, and then everyone
bowed their heads and I thought
someone had lost something, so
I crawled under the pew to look.
I found a hymn book. Without
further himming or hawing I left.
"That's Life," I say, and flip
Series Of Radio Talks
On Peace Proposal Given
By Council Of Churches
Why should America play any
role in international organiza­tion?
A six-person panel asked
the question over WJHO Thurs­day
night, Feb. 8, as the second
of a series of Dumbarton Oaks
discussions went on the air.
Participants in the discussion
were Charles W. Edwards, chair­man;
R. B. Showalter, leader;
J. G. Kuderna; the Rev. William
Byrd Lee; Harold Sutton and
Mabel Sharpe. Their topic was
The Role of America Toward the
Dumbarton Oaks Proposals.
America should participate in
the world organization because
she has too many interests at
stake to escape the responsibility,
the panel decided. Her entry into
the last war didn't win it, but it
did decide who was to lose it.
And so with this peace, if Ameri­ca
doesn't win it next time the
aggressor will start with her.
Why America's Importance?
"The panel based American im­portance
in the minds of her
neighbors on her industrial and
military strength and her wealth
or raw materials. This leadership
she should exercise to get an in­ternational
organization which
will keep peace, provide for set­tlement
of disputes and handle
problems of social welfare.
Answering the question of
what attitude Americans should
maintain in dealing with sub­ject
peoples, the panel suggest­ed
that the Philippine example
had been a good one in progres­sive
training for self government.
Thus other subject peoples look
to this country to fight in their
behalf.
Legislative Power Demanded
America should take a stand
that actual power of legislation
be given the organization, a panel
spokesman suggested. The in­ternational
organization must
place control over the such econ­omic
ills as cartels, it was added.
Further, as the world's melting
pot, the" United States should
lead in showing that there is no
place for the national and racial
hatreds that characterize the
present in the postwar world.
A second broadcast on the
Dumbarton Proposals was made
on February 15, and others will
be March 1 and March 8 at 7:30
p. m. Leaders in this week's
discussion of social and economic
phases of the proposals were
Glenn Scott and J. Herman John­son.
Mrs. A. L. Thomas and Dr. J.
Peavy Wright will discuss the
world court, education and
sovereignty next week, and the
series will conclude with a round
table on moral and religious im­plications
of world organization.
J. G. Kuderna and the Rev. Wil­liam
Byrd Lee will lead the final
session.
Bit Of Sarah Bernhardt'; Costume
Presented To Miss Dana K. Gatchell
another page in "Colliers."
"Beagle"
• * •
Friday
Dear Diary:
I've been in bed all day. They
were late delivering the laundry
this week. I am rather blue to­day.
I broke a fountain pen in
my pocket. Tonight I went to a
concert in Langdon Hall. I helped
them take up tickets. I'm used to
getting tickets. They played
"Dipsy-Doodle". One was named
Doodle and the other just plain
Dipsy. The composer wanted to
(Continued on back page)
Faculty Forum
To Meet Monday
A faculty forum supper meet­ing
will be held at the women's
dining hall Monday night at 7:30
p. m., F. E. Guyton, president of
the forum announced today.
The 66 members of the girls
glee club, directed by Dr. Fagan
Thompson, will give a special
musical program for the Febru­ary
meeting.
Supper tickets for the meeting
may be purchased through noon
Saturday from secretaries at the
various schools.
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(JOIN US)
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friend-maker your American soldier can count on. To natives and
to his buddies alike, Have a Coke says Howya doin',pal. It's a simple
gesture of friendly courtesy. Yes, Coca-Cola is truly an American
symbol of a refreshing way to make friends.
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Singer's Dress For
"Lady With Camilla"
Made From Moire
"A real museum piece"—that's
the square of silk which was once
a part of Sarah Bernhardt's cos­tume
in the opera, "La Travata"
during her tour of America. It
is now in the possession of Miss
Dana King Gatchell of the home
economics school.
Given the square for Christmas
by a friend, to whom it was given
by two old ladies in NeW York,
Miss Gatchell has it framed and
hanging over her desk in Smith
Hall.
The fabric, moire silk taffeta,
bought in Paris about 1880, is
flesh colored and is printed with
a design of blue, cherry, and dark
red. It was part of the skirt of
"Violette Vallery" in the Vene-tain
setting of Verdi's musical
version of Alexander Dumas'
La Dame aux Camelias.
Sarah Bernhardt, a French
girl, was brought up in a convent
and later entered the Conserva-torie
in Paris, where she gained
the prize for tragedy and come­dy.
Her actual stage experience
started in 1862 when she starred
in Racine's "Iphigenie en Aulida".
Her popularity steadily in­creased
as she appeared in Hugo's
operas and Shakespearian drama,
until, after her most famous sea­son
at the Gaity in London, she
was acclaimed the greatest ac­tress
of her day.
Beginning a series of world
tours in 1880, Sarah Bernhardt
traveled in Denmark, America,
and Russia with "La Dame aux
Camelias" as chief attraction of
her show. Her trips also in­cluded
most of Europe's capitals,
Australia, North and S o u th
America.
In 1914 the Legion of Honor
was bestowed upon her. During
World War I, although she could
no longer walk or stand unaided,
she played at the front. Her last
tour of America was made in
1917. She died in Paris in 1923 at
the age of seventy-eight.
Pfc. Robert L. Crook spent a
few days in Auburn last week
with his wife, the former Doro­thy
Hackney. Pfc. Crook was in
school here in '41. He is a mem­ber
of Delta Sigma Phi. His sta­tion
is now Boiling Field, Wash­ington,
D. C, where he is with
the ground crew.
Lost: One ladies dark brown
kid glove in downtown Auburn.
If found please call 213-J.
Found: One girl's gold wrist
watch about a month ago at ATO
House. Call Barry Graves, ATO
House and identify.
Lost: Square Turquoise Ring.
Silver Setting. Betty Wilmore.
Dormitory four.
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Page Six T H E P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21,
Tigers Trip Florida; Lose To Tech;
Face Tulane Here Thursday
The Auburn Tigers won their second basketball game of
the season by tripping the University of Florida Gators
42-40 in the final game of their Florida trip.
The Tigers raced to an early lead and increased it as the
game progressed. Burgess was the mainstay for Auburn
throughout the first half as they held a 29-19 advantage at
halftime.
The Gators came back strong
after intermission to baffle the
Tigers for a time. They tied it
up during the last few minutes
of the game only to have Auburn
sew up the contest by virtue of
a long one-handed shot by Bur­gess
in the last seconds of play.
Burgess, Tiger forward, was high
scorer for the game with 15
points.
Tech Tops Tigers
Auburn jumped to an early
lead here last Saturday night, but
a fast breaking, smooth playing
Ga. Tech quintet overtook the
Tigers and copped the game 74-
41.
Tech, displaying the best of­fence
seen here this year, com­pletely
overwhelmed the Tigers
during the second quarter and
carrieda 36-24 lead into the last
half.
The Yellow Jackets dominated
play during the last half, piling
up 74-41 victory at the end of the
game.
Both teams used ten players.
Auburn made 9 out of 17 free
shots good as Tech rang 12 out
of 17.
Bickerstaff and Colliers led the
two teams, ringing up 10 and 13
points, respectively.
Kuykendall Out
For Track But
Not For Vaulting
Curtis Kuykendall, co-captain
of the 1944 Tiger football team,
will not defend his pole vaulting
title won here in the S.E.A.A.U.
held at Auburn last year, but he
will try out for the quarter mile
title.
Curtis is one of the few title
holders known to be on hand for
the 1945 meet. He finished second
in the A.A.U. quarter last year,
but was the (Southeastern Con­ference
champion in Birmingham.
Kuykendall's decision is due to
an old knee injury suffered dur­ing
practice last year. He later
had an operation on it. Another
contributing factor is that Curtis
has an unusual take off. He says
that he learned it in high school
and has not been able to rid
himself of the habit.
Tigers Take- 'Gators
In Third Victory
The Auburn Tigers copped
their third victory of the season
and their second over the Univer­sity
of Florida Gators here Mon­day
night by a 43-41 score.
Auburn jumped to an early
lead of 4-0 when Lancaster drop­ped
in a pair of field goals early
in the game. The Tiger offence
kept on rolling for a while, and
had piled up a lead of 9-2 after
ten minutes of play. Florida
seemed to get into the ball game
near the end of the first half and
began closing in on the Tigers, as
the first period ended 26-19 in
Auburn's favor.
A rejuvinated Florida team
gained the upperhand in the
third quarter and came within
one point of making it an even-steven
affair. Midway the last
quarter, Florida tied it up at 36
all. A goal by Burgess put the
Tigers in front again, only to
have Edmiston, Gator guard, drop
in a goal to make the score 38 all.
With only one minute to go,
Lancaster dropped in two field
goals and Florida managed to
make one. Florida had the ball
as the game ended with Auburn
leading 43-41.
Burgess led Auburn with 15
points, followed by Lancaster
who rang up 13. Edmiston was
high pointmaker for Florida with
12 points. Both teams used ten
players. Auburn made 13 of 25
free shots good as the Gators
got 11 out of 25.
This victory marked the Tigers
first home win of the season.
Captain and Mrs. Allen L.
Lumpkin visited Mrs. Susie
Hackney and family en route
Maxwell Field from McDill Field,
Fla, Capt. Lumpkin is airplane
commander on a B-29. He and
Mrs. Lumpkin are both former
API students. He was a member
of Lambda Chi and a former in­structor
at the Auburn-Opelika
airport.
• * *
Lt. John Shaffer, Montgomery,
visited in Opelika and Auburn
this week. A former architecture
student, he is now stationed in
New Orleans.
BEAGLE'S BEATITUDES
.(Continued from page 5)
write March Music, but they sent
him to jail in February. Reminds
me of my uncle in the army. He's
always tired in April after a
March of thirty-one days.
They played London Bridge. I
couldn't play as I didn't bring
my deck. Reminds me of why
Noah couldn't play cards on the
ark. Mrs. Noah set on the deck.
That's about (no kin to the
prize fights) all.
"Beagle"
* * *
Saturday
Dear Diary,
I've been working in my vic­tory
garden today. My neighbor
says I'm helping the wrong side
to victory because I have a gar­den
full of Japanese Beetles, but
my Snap-a-jap-Dragons are mak­ing
short order of them. You get
a beetle with onions for the short
order. I am raising Idaho and
Long Island potatoes. One of 'em
is a cowboy potato and he sings
"Alayam an old cowhand". An­other
is a politician because he
has more eyes than his opponent.
I can't name everything in my
garden but I will be able to
whenever everything comes up.
"Beagle."
COVERING SPORTS
With Jimmy Smith
The intramural basketball season is just about over—all
but its most important part—the final game to decide the
interfraternity championship. Sigma Chi defeated Alpha
Gamma Rho last Saturday to win the right to meet Alpha
Psi in the championship tilt. If SC comes through with a
win, the playoffs will continue Saturday. However, if AP
cops the game, all will be over but the shouting.
TIGERS GO TO TOURNEY
The Auburn Tigers will travel to Louisville, Kentucky, for
the SEC tournament held March 1-3 in the admory. They
will not be expected to put up much of a showing, not having
won but two games. We pick Tennessee to cop top honors,
followed by Kentucky and Ga. Tech. All the rest will scramble
to keep off the bottom.
PLUCKINGS FROM THE GRAPEVINE
* Auburn's complete football schedule will probably be an­nounced
in next week's Plainsman . . . .Leave it to Wilbur
Hutsell, Tiger track coach, to bring the best cindermen in the
southeast to Auburn May 1 2 . . . . Everyone in school is agog
over Thorton and Laney's turtle race. Maybe they could talk
Coach Hutsell into making it a part of the S.E.AA.U. It's
certainly amateurish e n o u g h . . . . Auburn still has won only
two games, despite a 42 point game average.
Southeastern A.A.U. To Be Held Here
For Second Year In Row
Second Saturday In May
Burgess Lead Scorers In Both Contests
Colleges, service posts, clubs, and high schools will be
invited to send entries to the Southeastern A.A.U. track and
field meet in Auburn's stadium, Saturday, May 12, it was an­nounced
here Monday by Wilbur Hutsell, the Tigers' track
coach and chairman of the amateur group.
It is an open meet for all registered athletes. The champion­ship
events are the 100 yards and
Sigma Chi, Alpha Psi Meet Wednesday
To Determine IM Basketball Champion
Alpha Gamma Rho, OTS Eliminated
Cindermen To Convergewn Tigerville
The IM play-offs started last Tuesday night with Sigma
Chi and Alpha Psi taking the opening games from Omega
Tau Sigma and Alpha Gamma Rho, respectively.
The opening tilt at seven-thirty saw Sigma Chi get the
best of Omega Tau Sigma by a score of 43-36. SC jumped to
an early lead by getting the tip-off and going on to score two
goals to lead 4-0. OTS never
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yard low hurdles, pole vault, shot
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The usual entries are expected
from several Southeastern Con­ference
schools such as Georgia,
Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Ten­nessee,
Mississippi, Mississippi
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well as from Mercer, Howard, and
other schools.
The A.A.U. classic is being
held here the second year in a
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only track' in the Southeastern
A.A.U. territory with eight lanes
for sprinters and hurdlers, and
six lanes for the curves. And if
the athletes have the speed, some
new records could be made in this
year's meet, for the Tigers' track
is faster than ever.
Coach Hutsell, who is also
S.EAA.U. track and field chair­man,
had an idea months ago
that the event would again be
awarded to Auburn, so he kept
behind "Kate" Hagan, veteran
track custodian, for months.
" 'Kate' was here when I came
to Auburn, and that was some
time ago" says Hutsell," and he
has learned the knack of making
a track fast; I'll say he has it in
the pink right now." Hutsell has
been at Auburn since 1919, so it
is evident that "Kate" .is an ex­perienced
track maker.
The Southeastern A.A.U. terri­tory
takes in all of Georgia and
Alabama, the southern portion of
Tennessee, the northern part of
Mississippi, and the northwestern
territory in Florida.
Many of the college athletes
seemed-to get going during the
first half as intermission caught
them on the short end of a 23-14
count. OTS came back strong af­ter
intermission to come within
two points of tying up the game.
However, SC, led by Stevens,
about as slick a bal player who
ever played in IM games here,
went on to defeat the Vets 43-36.
For SC, Stevens paved the way
with 24 points, followed by Han­cock
with 11. OTS was led by
Hendricks with 14 tallies and
Peace with 8 points. Huey and
Allen were the officials for the
game.
Alpha Psi—Alpha Gamma Rho
In the second game Tuesday
night, Alpha Psi won over Alpha
Gamma Rho 36-16. AP received
the tip-off and went on to take
an early lead. Smalley led the
AP offence as they held a sub­stantial
lead at halftime. AP held
the AGR attack in check the
entire game as they won 36-16
Smalley highlighted the AP at­tack
with 11 points, followed by
Moss with 6 points. Childers was
the standout for AGR as he
dropped in 6 points. Dykes trailed
him with 4 points. Officials for
the game were Wormie Ballard
and Montie Allen.
Alpha Psi—Sigma Chi
Alpha Psi received the right to
pass into the finals by virtue of
38-20 victory over Sigma Chi in
the first game Thursday night.
AP held SC scoreless'during the
first quarter. Smalley led the
AP offence as they held a 28-15
edge at the half. SC seemed to
be bottled up for the entire
game. Stevens, who was so hot
Tuesday night, never got going.
AP went on to cop the tilt by a
38-20 score. Acree and Smalley
led the AP scoring with 10 and
11 points each. For SC, Stevens
led with 11 points. Ballard and
Allen were the officials.
OTS—Alpha Gamma Rho
In the final game Thursday
night, Alpha Gamma Rho elimi­nated
Omega Tau Sigma from
further competition in the play­offs
by winning 34-31. OTS jump­ed
to an early lead and held it
who compete here on the 12 for
AA.U. honors will be seen in
t h e Southeastern Conference
championships in Birmingham a
week later, May 19.
* VARSITY*
DINER AND LOUNGE
most of the first quarter. The
AGR offence got to clicking in
the second quarter and carried a
lead of 19-11 into the second half.
OTS came within two points of
making the game an even-steven
affair during t h e last
quarter.
With only 23 seconds to play,
AGR took the ball out, but a foul
was committed on the play, giv­ing
Childers a free shot which
he made good to clinch the game
for AGR 34-31. The timekeeper's
gun caught OTS as they were
taking the ball down the floor.
Peace led OTS with 16 points, the
same number tallied by AGR's
Childers. Allen and Ballard were
the officials for the game.
What Would He Do
In A Grocery Store?
A shoe display in a Washing­ton
department store attracted
Dr. C. C. Chen and he decided
to buy a pair. Because his foot
is difficult to fit, it took the
clerk some time to find a prop­er
sized shoe.
When he went to the cashier
to pay for the shoes, the clerk
asked him for a stamp.
Dr. Chen was amazed.
"Stamps," he told the clerk,
"you buy at the post office.
Do you want me to buy a stamp
for your letter?"
The clerk explained he want­ed
a shoe stamp. Dr. Chen, in
turn, said that he had just
come from China and did not
about shoe stamps.
Further explanation followed,
and finally Dr. Chen contacted
the Chinese ambassador for a
stamp. Then he b o u g h t his
shoes.
There will be no meeting of
the Dance Club this week.
LT. FLOURNOY
( Continued from page 3 )
Russian d r i v e s in Germany
Silesia.
He flew his first mission last
September, when he participated
in a 15th air force attack on a
Axis-held airdrome near Larissa,
Greece; and his most recent was
a bombing assault on railway
yards on the Brenner pass route,
main Nazi overland line to supply
their troops in North Italy.
Following graduation from Au­burn
he enlisted into the AAF as
an aviation cadet, winning his
wings and commission at Stut­tgart
(Mo.) Army Air Field last
February. When not carrying out
his duties as a combat pilot, Lt.
Flourney acts as assistant opera­tions
officer of his squadron. He
is authorized to wear the Euro­pean-
African-Middle Easth Thea­ter
ribbon with one campaign
star.
Lost: Siring of small pearls last
Sunday by Mildred Woodham,
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