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VOL LXIV ALABAMA, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31,1945 NUMBER 16
PhifKappa Phi Taps Forty-One For Membership
'THE WINN AH'
Photo by Lewis Arnold
Shown pinning the blue ribbon on the winning picture.
"Sere Landscape", as its painter, Lou Hovey watches, Betty
Wilmore is president of the Art Guild, which sponsored the
recent competition for oil paintings.
Lou's Landscape Takes Blue Ribbon
In Art Guild Student Oil Exhibit
By Irene Long
Winners in the Art Guild's student oil exhibit are Luellen
Hovey's "Sere Landscape", Vip Duncan's "Wanderlust", and
Fred Duggar's "Little Sister".
Lou Hovey, whose "Sere Landscape" won first place, is
always busy. After trailing her up a flight or stairs in the
Art Building to see the painting, we were told that she didn't
know where it was. Someone had
moved it off the nail above the
blue ribbon in the Art Annex. .
She didn't have time to look
for it; she was trying to find
some drapes that could be used
in decorating the windows of
Tiger Drug Company. "It's sup­posed
to look like the scenery
back of Alumni Hall," she said,
referring to the painting, "but it
doesn't". The picture was handed
in last quarter as an assignment
in a class taught by Miss Dorothy
Newman.
Back in the Annex, she was
discussing a problem with an
art professor. She and the two
girls who were assigned the dec­orating
job as a class project had
decided on a theme that called
for a mannequin, but the druggist
did not «wn one. "Mildred Lippett
has a head," she said, "but we
couldn't ask her to let us borrow
it to decorate another store's
window." ik
The professor reminded her
that exhibits often include furni­ture
through the courtesy of some
other store. Lou brightened. She
said, "If she will let us borrow
the head, we'll put a sign on
it which says, 'This is -Mildred
Lippitt's Head'."
Lou finds it hard to get to bed
at night, but harder to get up in
the morning. Soft-voiced and
good-looking, she is far from the
athletic type. She minds her own
business and doesn't like to be
bothered when she is busy. Yet
she can be depended upon to pre­sent
a good argument for her side
of a question in a bull session.
Her home is at Marvin, near
Opelika. A third-quarter junior,
she is living at Susan Smith Cot­tage,
where she has served as
house president. A sister, John­nie,
was graduated from API last
year, and a brother, Robert, is
now enrolled in electrical en­gineering.
ORACLES ELECT
NEW OFFICERS
Oracles, freshman honor soc­iety,
elected new oficers at its
meeting January 24 in Social
Center.
They are Marjorie Wilson, Red
Bay, president; Althea Johnson,
Evergreen, . vice-president; Pat
Prazer, Ft. Benning, Ga., secre­tary;
Jane Murphy, Abbeville,
treasurer; and Carolyn Parker,
Linden, reporter. They will as­sume
office at the next meeting.
McGehee Brothers
From Greenville
Made Lt. Colonels
The McGehee brothers, Wil­liam
and Thomas, from Green­ville,
who made quite a record
for themselves while at school
here, have proved since tobe quite
as outstanding in the Army Air
Corps, both having the rank of
lieutenant colonel.
Col.' "Tommie" entered the
army as an aviation cadet in '37,
after graduating from Auburn in
business administration. He was
prominent in athletics, being a
member of the football team. He
belonged to Pi Kappa Alpha soci­al
fraternity.
He served during America's
early intensive training program
and was advanced to rank of
lieutenant colonel while in Eng­land,
serving with distinction in
the 8th Air Force. He came home
last summer, wearing the Distin­guished
Flying Cross with three
oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal
with three clusters; the Soldier's
Medal and the European Theater
ribbon with stars.
He was a member of General
Doolittle's staff at the time he
received orders to return to the
States, but .had previously com­manded
combat groups in many
flights over Germany and oc­cupied
France, Belgium and Hol­land.
He took part in' the D-Day
invasion shortly before returning.
Col. "Billy" entered the army
as a second lieutenant, having re­ceived
a reserve commission upon
graduation from Auburn in '39.
He was a member of ODK, Scab­bard
and Blade, the Executive
Cabinet; the Glomerata staff, the
Debate Council and Keys. He,
too, belonged to PiKA.
His brother was a captain
when he entered the army, but
twice he has caught up with him
in Army rank. Col. "Billy" is in
China, a Wing Adjutant w i th
the 14th Air Force in the China-
Burma Theater. He has been
overseas about "14 months, serv­ing
first in India, then in China.
Mrs. Park Smith, mother of the
two boys, lives in Greenville.
Lancaster On Committee
In last wieek's issue of the
Plainsman the name of Professor
Edwin B. Lancaster, was omitted
from the list of members on the
postwar building program com­mittee.
BLOOD BANK
MAKES SEVENTH
DATE WITH API
With the seventh visit of the
Mobile Blood Bank set for Wed­nesday,
Thursday, and Friday,
Feb. 7, 8, and 9, the Red Cross
workers on the campus, in Au­burn,
and the surrounding coun­ty
have already filled the quota
of volunteers.
There is, however, only a small
reserve of donors who will be
asked to fill in for those unable
to give blood. If, for any reason,
a student is unable to donate, he
is urged to phone the Red Cross
immediately and cancel his ap­pointment
so that his place may
be filled by a reserve.
Appointment cards are being
mailed this week. The Bank will
be open each morning from 7 to
11 in the basement of the Baptist
Church.
Besides keeping their appoint­ments
in time, students are urged
to follow these rules:
Rules and regulations govern­ing
acceptance of donors volun­teering
their blood to the Blood
Plasma Clinic February 7, 8 and
9 and questions asked are as fol­lows:
Donors may be between the
ages of 18 and 60. Donors between
18 and 21 must bring with them
on day of appointment Red Cross
release, signed by their parent
or guardian in the presence of a
witness. The Red Cross cannot
take donors who fail to bring this
release. Blanks may. be secured
at"the--RecU Cross Office in the
City Hall.
The following rules of diet
must be observed on the day you
are to report:
You may eat a hearty meal 3
hours before coming to the cen­ter.
Following this, do not take any­thing
but the following diet:
Black coffee or clear tea (you
may have sugar but no milk, no
cream), dry toast with jam or
jelly but not butter, fruit juices,
fresh fruit stewed fruit, Coca-cola.
No dairy products or fats.
The time actually required for
the entire proceeding will be
about 40 minutes.
A period of eight weeks must
elapse between the 1st and 2nd,
and the 2nd and 3rd donation, and
a period from four to six months
after the 3rd donation before you
will be able to give the 4th do­nation.
This is the ruling of the
American Red Cross.
Executive Cabinet
Votes In Alternate
Grade Qualification
Passing a motion that candi­dates
for cabinet offices may be
qualified with either a 2.0 all-over
average of a 2.5 previous-quarter
average, the Executive
Cabinet held its regular meeting
Monday afternoon in Samford
Hall.
Three new cabinet members
were present—Boshell, vicC-pres-ident;
Youmans, secretary; and
Ball, freshman representative.
It was announced that they will
be officially installed at a spec­ial
meeting of the Cabinet next
Monday at 5 p. m., by Dr. L. N.
Duncan, president of the col­lege.
Malcolm Dykes' letter of resig­nation
to the Cabinet was read,
and Betty Grimes was named to
take over the job of collecting
constitutions and by-laws of all
organizations on the campus ex­cept
social fraternities and sorori­ties.
The representative for the ring
company will be in Auburn Mon­day
and it is planned to have
rings go on sale Tuesday.
A motion was brought up by
Jack Riley that a class meeting
be held before each election, at
which meeting candidates for of­fice
be nominated and speak to
their classmates.
OUR DIMES ROLL THAT THEY MAY WALK
More than 8,000 dimes have already been collected "in
Auburn's city March of Dimes, with the drive still in
full swing.
The campus drive for funds to stamp out polio this
year was chiefly through the ODK-sponsored President's
Ball, which was held last night. Figures on the money
collected are not available yet.
Cardinal Key and Sphinx, senior women's honor so­cieties,
and'WSGA collected $447.35 at the Tiger Theatre
last week. Although this money goes to the town drive,
much of it was given by students.
Girl Scouts solicited donations at Toomer's Corner
during the week. Added to the money collected by the
APhiGs and the townspeople who sold tickets to the
President's Ball, this raised the total turned in to B. C.
Pope, chairman of the town drive, to $356.60 on Tuesday.
Money from the banks which were placed in drug
stores has not yet been counted, Mr. Pope said. Combined
totals of the town and campus drives are expected to top
a thousand dollars.
Howell Overcome
By Gas Fumes
While Asleep
Robert Howell, freshman in
chemical engineering from Mont­gomery
was found unconscious
on the floor of his room at Gar­den
Courts early Monday morn­ing
when one of his classmates
went in to awaken him for
school. He was immediately tak­en
to the College Infirmary
where he was given oxygen
treatment.
Robert, who has no roommate
at the present time, came in late
Sunday night and lighted his
heater to warm the room before
going to bed. After lying in bed
for a while, reading, he got up
and turned off the heater—or
so he thought. Noticing nothing
amiss he went back to bed and
to sleep. The next thing he re­members
is" being put on the
stretcher and taken to the in­firmary.
Evidentaly Robert awoke dur­ing
the night and tried to open
the door or the window and failed
for he was found some distance
from the bed.
Robert states that for the whole
day he continually breathed sf
much gas into his hospital room
that he smelled as if someone
had left the gas turned on there.
After observation and treatment
for two days he was allowed to
go home and there have been
no after affects from his surprise
gassing.
Since most of the rooms of
Auburn are heated by gas, all
students are advised to keep a
close watch on their gas heaters
for they might not prove to be
as lucky as Robert. There is also
an ever present danger that the
heaters might leak even if they
have been turned off and it is
advisable that everyone sleep
with at least one window open at
all times.
Interfrat Cage Champs
Invited To Take On
Team From Crimson Tide
Auburn's '45 interfraternity
basketball champions have re­ceived
an invitation from Ohmer
Trigg, prexy of the University of
Alabama's interfraternity coun­cil,
to play the university's inter­frat
winners, in Tuscaloosa,
March 24.
The invitation would be a re­turn
engagement for last year's
contest, when the Crimson Tide's
unbeaten P. Kappa :PM team
traveled to Auburn to lose to the
API unbeaten OTS chams, 35-31,
in a whirlwind tilt. This was the
first of its kind between Auburn
and Alabama in 37 years.
The tentative clash has been
approved by Coach Carl Voyles,
and the invitation is in the hands
of the interfraternity. council,
which will take action on it in
the near future.
Lt. Bill Sherling
Is Prisoner-Of-War
Lt. William George Sherling,
Jr., Greenville has been reported
by the Red Cross as a prisoner
of war. Previously reported miss­ing,
his wife, the former Dottie
Norman, was notified Friday that
he was in a German prison camp.
An army pilot, he was a stu­dent
here when he volunteered
for Air Corps training. He had
been overseas only a short time
when his plane was lost in enemy
territory.
Mrs. Sherling and their little
son, William III, are living with
her parents in Fort Deposit. Lt.
Sherling's grandmother lives in
Greenville. He is a graduate of
Greenville High School and was
enrolled in civil engineering at
Auburn. He was a member of Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Chicago Prof Stops
At Auburn To Study
Alabama Ag System
Dr. T. W. Shultz, professor of
agricultural economics at the
University of Chicago and eco­nomic
consultant for several Fed­eral
agencies, is making Auburn
his headquarters while studying
agriculture in Alabama.
Alabama, with its Piedmont
and Black Belt areas, was chosen
as representative of the agricul­ture
of the South which is likely
to serve as a background for
agricultural development after
the war. After gathering material
at the experiment station, Dr.
Shultz makes trips to various
sections of the state to observe
the program of the government
agencies in operation. He spent
one week of every month in con­sultation
with . FEA heads in
Washington.
A guest of the School of Agri­culture,
Dr. Shultz has the coop­eration
and assistance of Dean
M. J. Funchess and Mr. P. O.
Davis, director of extension serv­ice.
Dr. Shultz has served as com­mittee
chairman on the agricul­tural
Social Science Research
Council; is director of the study
of personnel in rural social
science, American Council of
Education; a trustee of the In­stitute
of Current World Affairs;
and belongs to several national
organizations of agricultural
economics.
The editor of the Journal of
Farm Economics. Dr. Shultz has
written a number of books on
agriculture, rural social studies,
farm policy, and related subjects.
Dr. Shultz will be in Auburn
the remainder of the winter quar­ter.
Six Graduate Students, One Professor
And Thirty-Four Underorads Chosen
Organization' Considers Extra-Curricula
Activities and Scholastic Achievement
By Mimi Simms
One of the highest honors that an Auburn student may re­ceive—
election to membership in Phi Kappa Phi—came to
34 undergraduates, 6 graduate students, and one professor
Monday.
Initiates of this national honorary society for professors,
undergraduates, and graduate students are chosen f r o m
the highest ranking students
in their r e s p e c t i v e schools.
Extra - curricular activities, as
well as scholastic .achievement,
are requisites for election to
membership.
Tappees will be honored by
the faculty at a banquet during
February.
Student Chosen
Undergraduates tapped are
Josephine Bass, Opelika, educa­tion;
Gwen Tucker Biddle, Au­burn,
home economics; Roy
Brakeman, Gadsden, engineering;
Mary Jo Bridges, Anniston,
science and literature; and Chal­mers
Bryant, Dozier, agriculture.
Dorothy Cabaniss, Bridgeport,
Tenn., engineering; Norman Den-ham,
Prattville, architecture anH
allied arts; Anne DuBose, Hunts-ville,
home economics; Pat Elliott,
Auburn, science and literature;
and Esther Fuller, Auburn, home
economics.
More Undergraduates
Ross Grey, Southern Pines, N.
C;, veterinary medicine; Mary
Guarisco, Daphne, education;
Parker Hatchett, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; veterinary m e d i c i n e;
Louise Jacks, New Market, home
economics; Luther J o h n s o n,
Montgomery, engineering; Jane
Martin, Auburn, chemistry; and
Harriet McGuire, Decatur, Ga.,
science and literature.
Ben Moss, Eastonollee, Ga., vet­erinary
medicine; Carolyn Page,
Samson, education; Lawrence
Pease, Farragut, Iowa, veterinary
medicine; Martha Rand, Tuscum-bia,
architecture and allied arts;
Gilbert Raulston, Trenton, Ga.,
veterinary medicine; William
Rawlinson, and Manning, S. C.
veterinary medicine.
Also Honored
Herbert Riddle, Piedmont, S,
C, veterinary medicine; Tom
Roberts, Auburn, engineering;
William Robert Robinson, David­son,
Tenn., engineering; Lois
Rogers, Fairfield, education; Bo-belle
Sconiers, Valpariso, Fla.,
pharmacy; and Sarah Smith,
Americus, Ga., education.
Jeanelle Boone Swindall, Good-water,
science and literature;
Mary Jo Thomas, Douglas, edu­cation;
Annie Catherine Thrash­er
Allen, Auburn, science and
literature; Mary Lou Wall, Enter­prise,
home economics; and Aud­rey
Wilson, -Evergreen, home
economics.
< Post Grads Included
Graduate students are Solomon
Baxter, Ashford, education; Joan­na
Boyd, Montgomery, education;
Maude Davis, Gadsden, science
and literature; Ben Hagler, Au­burn,
agriculture; Laura Harris,
Auburn,, education; and Albert
Quinn, Loachapoka, agriculture.
One Professor Selected
Dr. Everett S. Winters, execu­tive
secretary of the School of
Veterinary Medicine was the only
faculty member tapped.
Officers of the Alabama Poly­technic
Instittute chapter who
directed the tapping are George
W. Hargreaves, president; I. B.
Gritz, vice-president; Paul Irvine,
secretary-treasurer, and Frances
Blackmon, corresponding secre­tary.
Four Panel Discussions
Scheduled On Radio
The Auburn Council of Church­es
is starting a series of panel
discussions of the Dumbarton
Oaks Proposal for world peace
over radio station WJHO Thurs­day
night from 7:30 to 8, ac­cording
to an announcement by
Dr. J. G. Kuderna, president of
ASME Reorganizes
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The API Studentbranch of
the American Society of Mechan­ical
Engineers has met with much
success in its attempt to reorgan­ize.
In the first meeting, Mon­day,
nineteen filed application
for membership. The society was
reorganized at the request of
several engineering students for
such organization.
The purpose of ASME is the
advancement of knowledge and
theory of engineering, as well as
the opportunity to become ac­quainted
with the personnel and
activities of the society and the
promotion of a professional con­sciousness
and fellowship.
Any student regularly register­ed
in engineering may file appli­cation
as a student-member.
Women students, as well as men,
are included.
Those who have already made
application are Gordon Hallmark,
Louis Letanosky, Bryson Hat­field,
James Luquire, Bob Dean,
Jesse Bell, Sr., Henry Steindorff,
Roy Edwards, Angelo Regino del
Hierro, Fermin Rodriguez; Max
Mutchnick, Armando Aladro,
Theodore LeCren, Bill Ivey,
Evans Strother, John Hutchin­son,
Jr., William Bobbins, Jr.,
Elias Bendick, and Hilton Jones.
The next meeting is to be Mon­day
at 7:30 p. m. in room 109,
Ramsay. Professor J. C. McKin-non
will speak and show two
moving pictures, "Sand and
Flame" and "Production of Sul­fur".
Election of officers will al­so
take place at this meeting.
Bowling Deadlocks
A deadlock between the league
winners in the WAA bowling
tournament finals has extended
the tournament for another week.
Because each of the league win­ners
have won and lost one
game in the finals, a new series
of play-offs will be held.
The girls from 220 West Mag­nolia
took three straight games
from the POPs, the Pi Kappa
Phis, and the girls from Susan
Smith to emerge champions of
League II.
Delta Zeta had previously
captured the championship of
League I and the Delta Sigma
Phi girls League Ill's claim to the
finals.
In the first play-off, the Delta
Sigma bowled the DZs over with
a score of 133 to 127. The girls
from 220 then-won from the Delta
Sigs, 141 to 133. The DZs tied
the finals up again when they
came back to defeat the 220
girls, 130 to 127.
Highest average score for the
tournament is 161.3, bowled by
Eloise Robinson, Theta Upsilon.
ON THE CAMPUS
Constitutions and by-laws of all
campus organizations except soc­ial
fraternities and sororities are
to be turned into Betty Grimes,
of the Executive Cabinet, at Mrs.
Wallace Tidmore's desk in the
President's office by Feb. 19.
* » *
IRC will meet Monday at 7
p. m. in the Auditorium of the
Old Vet building to see two
movies, "Columbia", and "Brazil­ian
Quartz Goes To War". Visit­ors
are welcome.
* • *
Pan-Hellenic will meet Thurs­day
night at 8 in Social Center.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Editor, The Plainsman:
The new stringent dating regulations
forced on the girls here, resulting from the
low scholastic records of last quarter,
especially among the freshmen, poses a
delicate problem for the administration.
The officials evidently feel that they have
found the solution in patting more restric'-
tiohs-on the-gifls;i3ut the fallacy of such
reasoning will become apparent sooner
than expected. Scholastic averages for
this quarter, due to the absence of foot­ball
and the infrequency of weekend
trips, will naturally improve. The rec­ords
of the past can prove this point.
But normally, the recreational diver­sions
at Auburn, especially for coeds, are
practically non-existent. Most of their
leisure time is spent by playing bridge in
the dorms; and when they are forced to
stay in more, they will simply play cards
more often.
So what is the solution? There is one,
for a certainty, but it may mean disre­garding
such proverbs as "you can't teach
an old dog new tricks" and others. For t he
question is not merely one of whether
the coeds are to have dating privileges. It
is the age-old one of who is at fault when
a student fails to learn—the student of the
teacher.
In the opinion of this writer, it is one
of "give" and "take". But the "giving"
hinges almost entirely on the teacher. If
he presents his course in an interesting
manner, his students will have an equal
interest and will profit from the instruc­tion.
Too often, though, a course has ex­cellent
and interesting textual material,
yet the instructor manages to make the
study of it extremely boring.
The classic example of good presenta­tion
at this school, according to the un­animous
opinion of his pupils, the upper-classmen
in particular, is that made by
one professor of the English department:
The majority of people will agree that
English is one of the "dullest" subjects in
' any curriculum at any school; yet this
professor succeeds in making his courses
positively fascinating. Long in advance, the
students in that department begin to build
their schedules around his courses. They
do this, not because the grades made in
his classes are above the average of the
others, but because they wish to study
under an instructor who will hold their
interest to such an extent that they will
never desire to take a "cut" or write let­ters
in class.
Perhaps, as some say, he is a rare pheno­menon
in the teaching world; but even so,
it would profit everyone if the other in­structors
would make an effort to emulate
his example.
Interesting presentation of studies would
raise the scholastic average of all the stu­dents,
and it would no longer be necessary
to treat the coeds as though they were in
grammar school instead of mature young
ladies in an institution of higher learning.
B.L.
CAMPUS
By SUSAN BROWN
Can't They Coordinate
Did you give to the WSSF? Did you
give to the community chest? Did you
give to the Red Cross Fund? The War
Chest? The Christmas Seal Drive? The
roll-of-honor? The Blood Bank? Tin can
and scrap paper collection? Record col­lections?
Other drives, such as the recent
one we forget what it was for—when the
attractive colection-esses dressed up like
Molly Pitcher? The March of Dimes?
The 6th and 7th War Loans?
We did, and we're broke. But that's not
what we're fussing about.
Honestly, we'd like to support every one
of the campaigns. Every one is for a
worthy cause. We've certainly plugged
them—every one—just as good as we could.
We've put on our banner headlines, writ­ten,
re-written, racked our brains and
typewriter ribbons.
Even at that, most of the drives have
fallen through. For that we are sorry. We
hate to see it hapen to a place as noted for
its "get-behind-and-push" spirit as Au­burn.
Such a thing is inevitable, though, when
the drives and campaigns come so terrifi­cally
thick and fast. We're not rich folks,
most of us. We come to school by the
hardest. Lots of us work part time. Al­lowances
aren't generally too generous.
We give, and give, and give. Then on
what's left, we live. That is,^ if there is
anything left.
There should be—there must be—some
method of coordination of these campaigns;
some planning, some thoughtful regula­tion
to these numerous drives if "they"
expect them to go over in the true Tiger
tradition; if "they" expect them to get full
camypus coopration.
The Executive Cabinet has a chairman-of-
drives; but that's not enough. He does
not get the cooperation of the organiza­tions
"sponsoring" all the drives. He
can't regulate their activities.
But somebody should. Just last week
two campus organizations got mixed up
about the March of Dimes drive. The
city drive under the direction of Mr. B. C.
Pope, climaxed by a President's Ball in
the Girls' Gym, was to be assisted by Al­pha
Phi Omega, student service organiza­tion,
in its effort towards selling tickets
and soliciting funds. It also turned out
that ODK was sponsoring its annual Pres­ident's
Ball on the campus—had had a
date on the Social Calendar for months.
APhiO knew nothing of this, and offered
its services to Mr. B. C. Pope. Which is
all right. Both organizations were work­ing
for the same purpose, to swell the
polio fund, but they were working
against each other. May turn out fine in
the end, may have even gotten more peo­ple
to turn out to the dances—or at least
to buy tickets—but just the same it was
a perfect example of the need for some
regulation of these countless campaigns.
Thanks, Doc!
The announcement of the proposed six-million-
dollar building program for Au­burn
makes us rather proud of our presi­dent.
Dr. Duncan's vision for a greater
Auburn is not just a day-dream. Without
his insight and long-range planning, such
a program would have been impossible.
Not only has he anticipated an increased
enrollment, but for some time he h as
seen fit to acquire property that would be
needed when the time for expansion came.
Dr. Duncan meant what he said when
he declared that he would not be a candi­date
for the governorship of Alabama. Au­burn,
he said, was his first love. Perhaps
he thinks he can do more for students at
Auburn, hence for Alabama, by continu­ing
in his present capacity. We are glad,
anyway, that he loves Auburn and shall
watch — with interest and pride — the
growth of Auburn under his leadership.
JAYWALKING
With THORNTON and LANEY
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this column are those
of the writers and are not to be construed as the editorial
policy of this paper.
The Lanthorn machine predicts that Beagle McLeod's new
song hit will be the "rage" within a few short weeks. If you
haven't heard it' then turn to page five of this issue and learn
it without further ado.
* * *
He—Have you heard the joke about the machine gun lately?
She—No, it killed everybody.
* * *
1st ed—My roommate is out doing literary work
2nd ed—Literary work?
1st ed—Yeah, he takes young ladies out and gives them ex­periences
for their confession stories.
* * *
Coed—My Mother always told me to say "no" to everything.
Ed—Well, do you mind if I hold your hand? i
Coed—No.
Ed—Do you mind if I put my arms around you?
Coed—No.
Ed—Honey, if you're on the level about this, we're going
to have a lot of fun.
* * *
Everybody should be sure to read the letters to the editor
this (and every week). They reflect student opinion sometimes
more than editorials every can.
* * *
The modern girl's hair may look like a mop, but that doesn't
worry her, because she doesn't know what a mop looks like.
* * *
They were at sea—the boat was rocking and rolling some­thing
awful.
* * *
1st frat man—I thought that girl you were out with last
night was pinned.
2nd frat man—Oh she is, I try to keep it covered up though.
* * *
Advertisement of fencing manufacturer—protects the prop­erty
but does not obstruct the view.—Reminds us of girl's
dresses.
* * *
Overheard in the stadium—
He—I feel like a new man tonight.
She—Yes, you are a little fresh.
* * • *
KD—Have you heard the one about the girl fiddler?
SAE—Yes, she kissed her violin goodnight and took her
bow to bed with her.
* * *
Heard of Hall—Why is your right shoe muddy and not your
left?
Alpha Gam—I changed my mind.
* * *
What this school needs is a more democratic electoral
policy for campus political offices. The Quilifiqations Board
should never qualify less than two persons for a job. It's unfair.
Poem
I knew the minute I saw him
That he was a grad from A.P.I.
Though he carried a stick
And wasn't sick
And had only one pied-eye. - .
The faculty is being criticized
again.
Because:
"If that many of us flunked,
there's something wrong with the
professor."
"Boy, am I glad to be out of
there. That man just puts me to
sleep."
"How does he expect us to get
anything out of that?"
"He doesn't know how to teach.
He may know a lot, but he does­n't
know how to teach."
Granted, it's our privilege to
criticize the men hired by the
college to be teachers. We (and
Alabama) pay for an " educa­tion"
and indirectly pay their
salaries.
Granted, some classes "put you
to sleep."
Granted, there are instructors,
assistant and associate professors,
and even full professors who
don't know how .to teach.
There seems to be though, a
much greater awareness of the
teacher's obligation is teaching
than of the student's obligation
in learning.
It would be, I should think,
prohibitive to the yen for in-noculating
students with a love
for knowledge or specific inform*
ation to stand before a squirm­ing
group of adolescents, deliver
a carefully prepared and stimu­lating
lecture, have the climax
accompanied by a chant—"My
God, Mr. ' it's a l m o s t 12
o'clock. My God, Professor ,
its almost 12 o'clock"—and to be
asked at end of the period, "are
we going to be held for this stuff
on the quiz?"
We aren't taught by reading the
text book. What we learn in col­lege
or anywhere else is the re­sult
of an interest inspired by
a person. The ability to inspire
such an interest is the quality
that makes a teacher "good."
API has had a reputation for
having some very excellent men
on its teaching staff. Even
though some of these men are
gone there are still enough of
them here to make it possible
for any student to learn and to
get a great deal from his college
years.
The process might be made
easier if something were done
about arranging teaching sched­ules
so that the teacher can make
the most of his capabilities.
Or if courses could be arranged
so that students could more easily
recognize tie-ins and tie-ups be­tween
courses.
When a student is unfortunate
and is forced to take a course
under an incapable faculty mem­ber
it is still possible for that
student to learn about that sub­ject
through the library or on
his own.
Griping about professors real­ly
doesn't accomplish anything.
The bad ones couldn't improve
if they wanted to. It would
startle everyone if a faculty
member were asked to resign be­cause
the students thought he
couldn't teach.
If any student feels that he is
not getting what he wants from
his courses he can refuse to take
work under certain men or trans­fer
to another school.
That is our only effective re­volt.
The Auburn faculty teaches
better than talk would indicate.
And students are probably more
interested in knowledge than
their behavior indicates.
Ideally, teaching and learning
methods could improve. That can
happen only if each gripe is ac­companied
by a specific sugges­tion
for its improvement and
when the advantages of improved
teaching and learning methods
are recognized by the persons in­volved.
LETTERTORIAL
ByBENNINGandDUGGAR
Editor, The Plainsman:
During the past week we have
heard several discussions about
the prisoner of war situation
brought up in last week's paper,
and it seems to be the consensus
that our policy toward prisoners
is too lenient.
It is understood that it is
necessary for the prisoners to be
transported through Auburn, but
as one girl pointed out, it should
not be necessary for them to stop
here. You don't see the regular
prisoners (Americans) loitering
about and leering at passing girls.
And we have our opinion of any
girl who leers back. The dating
situation can't be that bad!
* * *
Changing from prisoners - of-war
what's this about a counsell­ing
system? Sounds pretty good.
Maybe we'll lose fewer students
through failure.
* * *
Lauching a deep, dark economic
discussion, we notice that Mr.
i
Roosevelt is on the rampage
again. He awarded the conscien­tious
and capable head of the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora­tion,
Mr. Jesse Jones, an abrupt
dismissal. In his place he has
nominated Henry A. Wallace, a
man with a record of impracti-cality
completely antipathic to
the requirements of the position.
Mr: Roosevelt, in dismissing the
sound, conservative Jones, seems
to be clearing the way for a su­per-
colossal WPA for after the
war. It seems to be rapidly be­coming
beyond comprehension
that anything beside the govern­ment
could be capable of provid­ing
employment It should be re­membered
that this country was
not founded on Public Work Pro­grams
but on sound private en­terprises.
However, w+e do not
expect a man who believed in
such a false economy as the de­struction
of food, when people
were lumgry to be able to grasp
this.
Around The Editor's Desk
His hat was black and round on top,
As most good derbies are.
His spats were light,
His shirt was white,
And he rode in a snappy car.
But still he was from A.P.I. *
And tha* I cannot forget,
For the first thing he said,
As he bowed his head,
Was, "Who's got a cigaret?"
A news release last week
from the 106th Division, Infan­try,
stated that the 422 and 423rd
regiments were engulfed by the
overwhelming weight of the
German spearhead upon taking
position in a supposedly quiet
sector of the Ardennes.
This action resulted in 8663
casualties,' including 416 killed,
and 1246 wounded. The other
7001 are presumably missing in
action. From these two regiments,
only a handful of men came back
to help their companion regi-n.
ent, the 424th of the Golden
Lion, make its gallant delaying
stands before and behind St.
Vith when the Germans made
their push for occupancy there.
The release was of particular
interest and importance to Au­burn,
because almost the entire
ASTP unit which was stationed
here until last March was in the
106th. The men who were at API
made up part of the 422, 423 and
424th. They were our friends.
Since they left to go back to the
troops at Atterbury we've missed
them, for they were fine fellows.
We liked them and they liked
Auburn; they made good records
in school here, as well as good
friends.
As Dr. L. N. Duncan said in
his farewell letter to them last
spring, "We think of you as a
part of Auburn and as our very
own."
They participated in activities
on our campus, from the very first
55, who came way back in April,
'43 to the last one to leave. Pro-i
grams in Langdon, rallies, war
loan drives, glee club, basket­ball—
they backed them all. They
had their feuds—as with the
"fighting fifth" (the vet corps)
when they sent Dead Eye, the
pride of the Quadrangle, to dog
heaven. But they had their fun—
the Private's Prom for example
—too. All Auburn was truly sor­ry
to see the ASTP leave its cam­pus.
The last message from the 423rd
was heard at 6 p. m. on Dec. 18
saying "We are destroying our
equipment." That was all.
The next day, exausted and
sorely depleted, the 106th pulled
pack to reorganize—to get back
into the line, to help halt the
Germans on the north side of the
salient between Stavelot and
Monhay. Kept right on going.
Fellows, we'd like to tell you
how proud we are. We would
like to tell you how sad we are.
We'd like to thank you for being
the kind of American everyone
of us wishes we were. We'd like
to think that there would never
be war again—that others would
never have to go through what
you have gone through—and are
still, some of you.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31,1945 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Kappa Delta Presents White Rose Forma
Dance In Girls'Gymnasium
Starts At Nine P. M. Saturday
Zombie And Collegiates To Play,
Toomer And Monty Will Lead
- The Sigma Lambda Chapter of Kappa Delta will present
it's annual formal Saturday night at the Girls' Gym. The
music will be furnished by Zombie Lauderdale and his Au­burn
Collegiates. The decorations will be green and white,
sorority colors.
Miss Margaret Toomer, chapter president, will lead the
dance with "Monty" Allen, Char'
leston, S. C. Miss Toomer will
wear a taffta gown of pink and
black, and will be presented with
a bouquet of white cornations
during the leadout.
Members, pledges and their es-courts
will be Margaret Toomer,
"Monty" Allen, Charleston, S. C;
Louise Sims, Jack Behram, Chap­el
Hill, N. C; and Mary Clair
Burns, L. Z. Thrasher, Auburn.
Bruce Davis, Bill Pierce, Tus-kegee;
Katty Wright, Gorden
Vorn, Cordell, Ga.; Josephine
Bass, Bill Crum, Baton, Fla.;
Dorothy Jean Nichols, Lt. Jack
McAdams, Ft. Worth, Texas; Bet­ty
Peoples, Malcolm Dykes Ram-ac,
Ala.; and Virginia Ann Strong,
Howard Bunchanan, B'ham.
Mary B. Bidez, Lt. Herbert In­gram,
B'ham; Martha Walker,
Gilva McKee, Selma; Virginia
Williamson, Charles DeBardele-den,
Auburn; Carolyn Self, Ed­win
Goode, Auburn; Marie
Strong, Bob Scoggin, Dora; Ray
Monroe, Bill Laney, Columbus,
Ga.; and Sara Goodson, Lt.
Ernest Jackson, Ft. Worth, Texas.
Joyce Slaughter, Tommy Pease,
Columbus, Ga.; Mary Thibaut,
Ted Bryson, Sheffield; Rebecca
Fincher, Bob Sherman, La
Grange, Ga.; Jessie M. Ferguson,
Jack Anderson, Huntsville; Clair
Tisdale Donald Brown, Atlanta,
Ga.; Maxine Tatum, Leon Thomp­son
Danville, Va.; Doris Brown,
Mac Horton, Alex City; Evelyn
Beall, Warren Williams, Luverne,
Ala.; Susanne Lowe, Ed Lennep,
Moss Point, Miss.; and Joy Camp,
Lt. Tim Methven, Ardmore, Okla.
Jeanne Tutt, Jimmy Fithe; Bet­ty
Easter, F/O William Legg,
Athens, Ala.; Mary Seibold, Lt.
Albert Watson, Spartanburg, S.
C; Ann Adams, Henry L. Role,
Columbia, S. C; Modesta Bidez,
Charles Shew; Betty Blaylock,
Bennet Kinard; Sara Dilworth
Tilford Koln; Betty Jo Dobbs,
Carl Sellers, Mebane, N. C.
Ellen-Eagle, Dent McCullough,
Fla.; Alma Gholston, Robert Wil­liams,
Greenville, Ala.; Connie
Graves, Milton Warren, Clayton;
Burney Hay, Merwin Clapp, Eu-faula;
Betty Heaslett, Sam Hicks;
Mac Hightower, Earl Jones, Col­umbus,
Ga.; Mary Leila Howe,
Marthis, Mobile- and Mary Jane
Hudson, Counci? Sapp, Albany,
Ga.
Emalyn Jones, Richard Yaney;
Mary Lee, Richmond Wait's, Au­burn;
Jean Lewter, Dick Hay,
Huntsville; And Moreland, Tom­my
Hodgins, Jacksonville, Fla.;
and Saxon Shoemaker, Bob
Lewis, Anniston.
Dama Wills, Bill Howton, Bir­mingham;
Ada Wright, Guy Fol-mar,
Luverne; Jule Pitts de
Graphenreid, Hugh Williams,
Betty Kent, Russell White, Pen-sacola,
Fla.; Jean Clair Ranson,
Eleanor M. Dean
Weds Nathan Hardy
Here On Saturday
The marriage of Miss Eleanor
Morton Dean, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Madison Dean
of Auburn, to Lt. Nathan C.
Hardy, son of Mrs. L. B. Hardy
of Alexander City, took place at
the First Baptist Church, Satur­day,
Jan. 13, with Rev. James R.
Edwards reading the vows in the
presence of relatives and friends.
Before and during, the cere­mony,
Mrs. Mary Askew played
a medley of songs. Lt. A. B. Wil­liams
and Lt. S. R. DeMealio were
ushers and lighted the tapers.
The bride entered with her
cousin, Marvin Meadows, who
gave her in marriage. Her only
attendant was her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Douglas Dean. She was a
student at API, a senior in the
School of Education.
Lt. Hardy was graduated from
the cadet school at Gunter Field
and received his wings and com­mission
in the Army Air Corps.
They will make their home in
Macon, Ga., while Lt. Hardjf is
stationed at Cochran Field. .
DINE
IN A FRIENDLY
ATMOSPHERE
You'll like our courteous
help and pleasant surround­ings.
STEAKS CHICKEN
SEAFOOD
[Auburn Grille
SIGMA NU HAYRIDE
AND BARBECUE HELD
AT CHEWACLA PARK
Ending their hayride with a
barbecue at Chewacla park last
Saturday, members of Sigma Nu
and their dates were chaperoned
by Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wade.
Those attending the party were
Roy Roberts, Lois Rogers, Fair­field;
Howard Fullenwider, "Sis"
Glenn, Opelika; Charles Stanley,
Hope Eason, Decatur,' Ga.; Eu­gene
Rooks, Ann Olander, Gains-ville,
Ga.; and Leon Cunningham,
Jean Swingle, Auburn.
Bill Brooks, Dama Wills, Mon-tevallo;
Buddy Baisden, Jean
Clark, Jasper; DeWitt Widemire,
Emily Thomas, Mobile; Tilford
Kohn, Sara Dilworth, Huntsville;
Dick Hay, Jane Lewter, Hunts­ville;
Austin Wiener; and John­ny
Meagher.
Gil Cromfield, Washington, D. C.
Martha Nell Simpson, Dick Mon­roe,
Auburn; Barbara Frick,
Frank Pease, Columbus, Ga.
LEADS FOR KD
Miss Margaret Toomer of Auburn, president of the local
chapter, will lead the annual Kappa Delta formal at the Girls'
Gym Saturday night. A senior in the School of Science and
Literature, she has been represented in the feature section of
two volumes of the Glomerate, and is a member of Cardinal
Key.
Housemother Fetes
Members Of PiKA
Pi Kappa Alpha was entertain­ed
at a joint farewell party and
chicken barbecue Saturday by
former housemother, Mrs. Callie
M. Tucker. The affair was held at
her house on Wright's Mill Road.
After a picnic-style supper on the
lawn a housedance took place in
her livingroom.
Members and dates attending
were Bill Howton, Molly O'Con-nell;
Sam Sockwell, Dot Nixon;
Bill Calloway, Emma Lee Ever-sole;
Billy Mann, June Shaw; and
Billy Ball, Betty Ware.
Holder Nevins, Frances Lind­say;
Don Tillery, Geneva Hick­man;
Willis McArthur, Marilyn
Jo Prince; Rob Williams, Bar­bara
Russell; Robert Pulley,
Reese Screws; and Carl Sellars,
Yvonne Wallace.
Alwyn Oldfield, Wilton Harris;
Jack Mobley, Martha Brush, Bill
Crum, Josephine Bass; Reuben
Burch, Kimball Boan; and Henry
Steindorff, Pat Elliot.
Lewis Balckwell, Nita Howell;
Ben Risher, Anna Ruth White;
and Robert Blanton, Pug Clisby.
FOUND: Evening wrap left at
Gym after dance. Owner may
obtain by identifying at the
Department of Buildings and
Grounds and paying for this
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Gafchell To Talk
At a meeting of the American
Home-Art Department of the Au­burn
Woman's Club Wednesday
in the home of Mrs. M. L. Beck,
Miss Dana King Gatchell of the
home economics department, will
speak on the subject of "Care of
Home Furnishings".
Delta Zeta Pledges
Elect New Officers
Ruth Estes, Centre, was elected
president of the Delta Zeta pledg­es
last week.
Officers selected to serve with
her are" Carolyn Parker, Linden,
vice-president; Mary Taylor, Do-than,
secretary; Sara Lane Os­walt,
Tuskegee, treasurer; and
Bonnie Penn, Dothan, parlimen-tarian.
Spotlights On Auburnites
We want a nice, suitable whistle, long and low. Due to
lack of printed appartus it will have to be imagined. Now look
around—dorm 4, chemistry lab, or at the Grille. On Saturday
night, look in the Girls' Gym. Whose green eyes and dimple
(the presence of two has not been ascertained) are definitely
getting the biggest rush? Her vet hill friends refer to her as
"Jeannetticus break-a-datekus Ellikus"—she gets by with
it too. •
* *x *
An ODK-Glomerata beauty, president of Cardinal Key,
historian of junior class, secretary for Alpha Gamma Delta
and last year, "pin-up" girl for the Auburn ASTP's include
some of the honors that have been bestowed upon Jeanette
during her two years here. Also it might be said that she
was probably the only sophomore ever to be tapped into a
freshman honor society.
* * *
Grit your teeth upon reading this next sentence. Jeanette
does not study (sworn statistics back this statement); and
then she pops up with a 3.6 average; yet she is tolerated . . .
and how!
* * *
Three things Miss Ellis is "never" caught doing-and we
quote her roommate—are breaking dates, brownnosing, dat­ing
vets—no, never!
* * *
Among Jeanette's idiosyncracies it might be mentioned
that she likes red and yellow combinations, likes men's socks,
and adores sweet potatoes. Jeanette is also fond of cherry pie
and costume jewelry. But more than anything, she likes to
dance.
f * * *
Transferring from Huntingdon after one year there, her
home is in Jasper. Her major in college is lab tech, and she
will graduate from API in November.
Delta Zeta Initiates
Eleven Members
Beta Xi chapter of Delta Zeta
sorority formally initiated eleven
girls Saturday, January 27 in the
chapter room in Dormitory I.
The new members are Sue
Carder, Tarrant; Eunice Crump,
Auburn; Elvin Hayden, Colum­bus,
Ga.; and Margaret Hayden,
Columbus, Ga.
Mary Kerr, Oxford; Helen
Pace, Gadsden; Margaret Prach-er,
Opelika, and Peggy Reynolds,
Tuskegee.
Billie J e a n Short, Jasper;
Margaret Snead, Opelika; and
Ruth Upton, Birmingham.
The sorority, following a tra­dition,
attended church in a body
Sunday morning.
PROVINCE PREXY
Mrs. Dan Hart of Pensacola,
Florida, president of Beta Prov­ince
of Kappa Delta Sorority,
will visit Sigma Lambda chap­ter
at Auburn next Tuesday.
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Double Feature
No. 1
WILD HORSE
VALLEY
No. 2
THAT'S MY
BABY
with
RICHARD ARLEN
ELLEN DREW
Added
Unusual Occupations
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 31
GARY COOPER
.TERESA WRIGHT
in '-
CASANOVA
BROWN
Added
Selected Short Subjects
THURSDAY, FEB. 1
OLSEN and JOHNSON
in
GHOST
CATCHERS
with
LEO CARRILLO
ANDY CARRILLO
Added
"March Of Dimes"
FRIDAY. FEB. 2
LUM&ABNER
BARBARA HALE
FLORENCE LAKE
in
COIN' TO TOWN
Added
Latest War News and
Featurette
SATURDAY. FEB. 3
SPECIAL:
THE THREE STOOGES
in
YOKE'S ON ME
and
GENE AUTRY
in
COMING ROUND
THE MOUNTAIN
Added
Chapter 9 of "Haunted
Harbor"
SUNDAY. FEB. 4
Continuous Sunday 1:30 to
7:.00 p, m
Late Show 9:00 p. m.
SUNDAY DINNER
FOR A SOLDIER
with
ANNE BAXTER
JOHN HODIOK
Added
Latest News Flashes
and Cartoon
MONDAY. FEB. 5
KISMET
with
RONALD COLEMAN
MARLENE DIETRICH
(In Technicolor)
Also
Latest News and Oddity
Page Four THE P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1945
Capt. Julius Maxwell Receives Award For Group
400th Victory Of Flying Fighters
Commemorated By Gift Of Silver Mug
Capt. Julius P. Maxwell, 23, former Auburn student, of
Selma, recently shot down a Fock-Wolf 190 near Hanover,
Germany, to make his Eighth Air Force fighter group's score
400 German planes destroyed. The Alabama pilot was award­ed
a silver beer mug commemorating the 400th victory from
Col. Frederic C. Gray, of Abilene, Tex,
Capt. Maxwell has flown more
than 130 combat missions over
Europe. He is a fight leader with
the 78th Fighter Group, com­manded
by Col. Gray. Of the 400
Nazi aircraft destroyed while
strifing German airdromes.
"We were flying near Han­over,"
the pilot said in describing
his victory, "when I saw a loco­motive
below with eight or ten
freight cars, headed west. From
25,000 feet I peeled off to at­tack,
but was going to fast to
aim well and only damaged the
train. I pulled up, and when at
2500 feet, I saw a FW-190 a
thousand feet below, flying along
apparently without any idea that
Allied fighters were near. I head­ed
for him.
"When 1 was 800 yards away,
he saw me and made a sharp
climbing turn to the left. I got
in a wide angle burst,: and saw
bullets hit the engine, cockpit and
wings. The German plane flipped
on its back and fell like a rock
from 400 feet, leaving a long
stream of smoke and fire be­hind.
The aircraft hit the ground
with a terrific explosion. The
pilot tried to bail out from 200
feet, but couldn't make it."
The Auburn man had previous­ly
destroyed a Messerchmitt 109
and damaged another in aerial
combat. He has been awarded the
Oak Leaf Clusters and the Air
Medal with six Oak Leaf Clusters.
One of the veteran pilots of
the European Theater of Opera­tions,
he has been flying combat
since April, 1943. He was junior
in the School of Science and Lit­erature
when he enlisted. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George F.
Maxwell, live on Rt. 1, Selma.
Patrick Presented
As Post Personality,
Lowery Field Paper
Lowery Field's commanding of­ficer,
Col. John B. Patrick, will
tell you that he shoots golf in
two and three-quarter hours . . .
Actually, that is no indication of
the post's serious, efficient and
affable CO . . . Born in Anderson,
S. C, the colonel attended Ma­rion
Military Institute, Marion,
Ala., and Alabama Polytechnic
at Auburn before a wanderlust
took him to Panama in 1911 . . .
He worked on the building of the
huge canal from 1911 to 1917, re­turning
home to enter the serv­ice
. . . Commissioned a first
lieutenant in the Infantry on
November 27 of that year, he
transferred to the Air Corps the
following year, receiving his
wings after training at Kelly
Field, Texas, and Rockwell Field,
San Diego, Calif.
Two years of duty with the 2nd
Aero Squadron on Carregidor
came next, and the colonel re­turned
to the mainland to serve
with Crissy Field's 91st Observa­tion
Squadron in San Francisco
. . . Later he was in charge of Air
Corps ROTC reserves at the Uni­versity
of California, and in 1923
went to Fort Bragg, N. C, with
the 22nd Observation Squadron.
In 1924-25 in cooperation with
the Department of Agriculture he
participated in an Experimental
Cotton Dusting program . . . To
Fort Bragg once again, he was
transferred to Kelly Field in
September, 1925, staying there
until June, 1927, when he left
with the original cadre to or­ganize
March Field . . . I t was at
March Field on April 3, 1929, that
he received his captaincy.
In 1931 he left March Field to
help organize the the "West Point
of the Air," Randolph Field,
Texas, where he was stationed for
two years . . . In September, 1933,
he entered the Air Corps Tactical
School, Maxwell Field, Ala.,
graduating in 1934 . . . From 1934
to 1939 the colonel was on duty
at Atlanta, Ga., being in charge
of organized reserves of the
Fourth Corps Area, and, in addi­tion,
serving as aide to now-re­tired
Maj. Gen. Van Horn Mos-ley
. . . On June 16, 1936, he re­ceived
his majority . . .From
July, 1939, to January, 1941, he
was commanding officer of the
Sixth Air Base at Barksdale
Field, La., his promotion to
lieutenant colonel coming on Dec.
4, 1940 . . .Following a three
month stay at Maxwell Field he
Hutfon Plays Twins,
Bing And Tuffs Also
Star, Waves Show
The maddest, merriest mixup
of comedy, songs and romance
arrive Sunday at the Tiger Thea­tre
when Paramount's "Here
Comes the Waves" rolls in with
the tide. And the tip-off on its
sure-fire success is the name cast
which brings Bing Crosby, Sonny
Tufts and Betty Hutton together
doing a bang-up job!
Preview audiences have been
lavish in their praise of filmdom's
latest epic in the line of musicals
and are predicting that "Ac-cent-tchu-
ate the Positive" will emerge
as the nation's top song hit. It
was written by songsmith John­ny
Mercer.
Irrepressible Betty, the Hutton-tot
kid, is twice as potent in a
dual role. She plays herself and
her twin, redhead and blonde,
respectively, thus causing double
the fun and double the commo­tion.
Things get complicated when
Bing falls for one sister while the
twins both fall for Bing. In the
meantime poor Sonny hangs
around trying to decide with
which one of the girls he's in
love.
The grapevine tells us that
Bing's performance will rate the
same kind of orchids as his "Go­ing
My Way" role although the
picture is the reverse kind of
story. Bing abandons his priest's
garb for a Navy uniform but the
same warm, human quality per­sists,
previewers claim. Better
than that, he's the idol of the
bobby socks brigade in the pic­ture
causing a flood of laughs
from every side. As his amiable
but confused sidekick, Sonny
Tufts equals his performance in
"So Proudly We Hail," accord­ing
to reports.
As the action unfolds, Susie and
Rosemary Miller, twin sisters
played by Betty Hutton in each
case, decide to give up their
dancing career in favor of join­ing
the Waves. Johnny Cabot,
played by Bing, joins the Navy
about the same time meeting up
with Windy (Sonnny Tufts), an
old chum. They go after Rose­mary
with lovelight in their eyes
and from then on the theme song
is "all's fair in love and war."
Suffice it to say that the boys
pull every trick in the bag to
outwit each other with poor Susie
pushed aside like a wall-fower.
But, in the end, she wins her
man, too.
The picture is chock full of
musical numbers giving Bing and
Betty ample opportunities to dis­play
their versatility. Those who
loudly proclaimed their apprecia­tion
of "Here Comes the Waves"
at preview showings emphatical­ly
declare this Mark Sandrich
production a hit from every an­gle.
The film was also directed
by Sandrich from the screen-play
by Alan Scott, Ken Englund and
Zion Myers.
became commanding officer of
Turner Field, Albany, Ga., and
for a time was wing commander
of the 30th Flying Training Wing
there as well.
Promoted to full colonel on Dec.
5, 1941, he assumed command of
Lowry Field on Dec. 9 of this
year . . . Married, he and his wife,
Mrs. Arwin Scott Patrick, have
two children, a son, Capt. War­ren
Scott Patrick, 23, now an
AAF personal officer at Drew
Field, Tampa, Fla., and a daugh­ter,
Mary Patrick, at present a
student in Brenau Academy,
Gainsville, Ga. . . . In the near
future Mrs. Patrick and Mary
will join the colonel here in
Denver.
A devotee of hunting and fish­ing
as well as golf, the colonel
has 4,000 hours in the air, is rat­ed
a command pilot, combat ob­server
and an aerial observer . . .
An uncle, Admiral N. A. McCully
of the United States Navy, now
retired, lives in St. Augustine,
Florida.
BUY WAR BONDS
AND STAMPS
SELMA MAN GETS SILVER MUG
Capt. Julius P. Maxwell, former Auburn student who recent­ly
shot down a Focke-Wulf 190 near Hanover, Germany, is
shown here receiving a silver beer mug commemorating the
400th victory of his fighter group. The presentation was made
by Col. Frederic C. Gray, (left), of Abilene, Tex., at an Eighth
Air Force Fighter station in England.
Methodist Student
Movement Meets
In Montgomery
Approximately 125 delegates,
representing Alabama College,
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Athens College, Birmingham-
Southern, Florence, Howard Col­lege,
Huntingdon, Jacksonville,
Judson, Livingston, Snead Col­lege,
Troy, and the University,
met January 26-28 at Huntingdon
College for the annual conference
of the Alabama Methodist Stu­dent
Movement. T h e theme,
Christian Students F a c e Social
Reconstruction, was carried out
in all the various phases of the
program.
Three very outstanding speak­ers
led discussions of various as­pects
of the theme.
Dr. James Chubb, keynote
speaker of the conference led the
discussion in the seminar period
on "Methodism Organizes for
S o c i a l Reconstruction." Dr.
Chubb, a member of the Com­mission
on Evangelism, is an
outstanding minister, lecturer,
and author.
"Methodist Philosophy of Life
Gives Impetus to Social Recon­struction"
was the subject which
was discussed by Dr. W. G.
Henry, Pastor of the First Meth­odist
Church of Anniston.
The third of the seminar dis­cussions
was led by the Rev. Dan
C. Whitsett, Minister, prominent
director of youth activities, and
president of Alabama A r e a,
Southern Conf. for Human Wel­fare.
His subject was "Metho­dist
History Gives Impetus to
Social Reconstruction".
The conference began with
registration of the delegates Fri­day
afternoon. The first session
began immediately after dinner.
It included the opening session,
an address by Dr. Henry, the
first seminar period, and was
ended by a reception for the
delegates.
A worship service began Sat­urday's
program. It was followed
by an address by Dr. James
Chubb. A business meeting and
the second seminar period con­cluded
the morning's schedule.
The work for the afternoon was
begun by further discussion on
the subject of his morning ad­dress
by Dr. Chubb at the request
of the delegates. v
The Campus Exchange, feature
of every state conference, in
which each campus group tells
of its activities, was followed by
the last seminar period and meet­ings
of the Program, Finance, and
Nominating committees/ ±
Saturday evening the Relegates
and speakers pushed serious
thoughts to the background for
a time and, dressed in jeans and
bright plaids, assumed r e al
"Grand Ole Opry" manners, and
went to the "Hayseed" party in
the college gymnasium.
The closing session Sunday
morning included worship serv­ices
and installation of the new
officers. After a final address by
Dr. Chubb, the Delegates attend­ed
the regular morning service at
WAA Basketball
Tourney Begins
Fast-moving games have char­acterized
the WAA basketball
touarnament which began last
week, although extremely high
scores have not been run up as
yet.
The tournament is progressing
slowly because the gym is avail­able
for the girls only on Mon­day,
Wednesday, and Friday
nights. Two games are played
each night.
In League I, the Kappa Deltas
beat the POPs 23 to 8 on Friday.
Monday the Alpha Gams won
their game with the KDs by a
margin of 6 points, making the
final score 18 to 12.
Pi Kappa Phis defeated the
girls from 220 West Magnolia 16
to 6 Wednesday in the only game
that has been played in League
n.
League n i ' s scoreboard for the
only game played listed the
Delta Zetas 22, Alumni Hall 9
on Monday.
Chi Omegas and Delta Sigs are
the winners of League IV at this
point in the tournament, the
first team - having defeated the
ADPis 20 to 12 on Wednesday,
and the second capturing a 23
to 14 victory over the Theta Us
on Friday.
Marine General Franklin A. Hart
Is Assistant Commander, 4th Division
Sweetheart Banquet
Honoring Seniors
Set For Saturday
A semi-formal Sweetheart Ban­quet
honoring all seniors, and
graduating seniors in particular,
will be given by the Wesley
Foundation on Saturday, Feb. 10,
in the church dining room.
The number will be limited to
100, so reservations should be
made promptly. Tickets are $.75
each, in charge of Charles Butler,
phone 880-M. Miss Mary Moling
Kirkman, director of the Founda­tion,
also will take reservations
at her office in the Foundation.
Max West, Miami, graduated
from the Infantry School OCS
at Ft. Benning, Ga. earlier this
month. A former student of en­gineering,
he was treasurer of
Kappa Sig, president of IAS and
a member of APhiO.
the First Methodist Church of
Montgomery.
Miss Mary Moling Kirkman,
Director of the Wesley Founda­tion,
and Miss Mary Louise Shupe
accompanied the eleven Auburn
students to the conference. They
are Bob Scoggin, Gladys Bent-ley,
Vernon Smith, Ben Richard­son,
Martha Nell Simpson, Bettye
Kent, Hazel Edwards, Jean Wil­son,
Alice Hardwick, Ann Hugh-en,
and Martha Irene Lee.
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Within five months the Fourth
Marine Division participated in
two major campaigns in the
Pacific — the Marshalls and the
Marianas.
The millitary career of Briga­dier
General Franklin A. Hart,
Assistant Division Commander of
the Fourth Marine Division,
serves as a large part of the mili­tary
record of the United States
for the past three decades . . .
Mexican border clash . . . World
War I . . .Nicaragua, Haiti, and
Dominican Public . . .Marshalls
and Marianas.
As a colonel, he commanded
the 24th Regiment of the Fourth
Marine Division in the capture of
Kwajalein, in the Marshall Is­lands,
and at Saipan, in the Ma­rianas.
For his extraordinary
heroism in the former campaign,
he was awarded the Navy Cross.
Took Part in Dieppe Raid
Before taking command of the
24th Marines in June, 1943, Gen­eral
Hart served as liaison chief
with the British Chief of Com­bined
Operations, Lord Louis
Mountbatten. In this capacity he
participated in the commando
raid on Dieppe, for which he was
commended by Lord Mountbat­ten.
Born in Cuthbert, Ga., Septem­ber
17, 1894, the general and Mrs.
Hart usually make their home in
Eufaaula, Ala. He was graduated
in 1914 from Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute, where he played
four seasons of football and cap­tained
the track and soccer teams.
When war broke out with Mexi­co,
he saw action as a second
lieutenant in the National Guard.
With Occupational Forces
Shortly before the United
States entered the World War, he
was commissioned a second lieu­tenant
in the Marine Corps, Feb­ruary
6, 1917. He landed at Brest,
France, two days before the arm­istice
and remained for nearly a
year with the occupation forces.
In Nicaragua, General Hart,
then a captain negotiated the sur-
Brig. Gen. F. A. Hart
render of the bandit general,
Cabulla Sequera.
Besides the Navy Cross, the
general holds two Legion of Merit
Medals, Mexican Border Medal,
Victory Medal, Expeditionary
Medal, and others.
In the Marshalls the Fourth
Division showed its power by
overwhelming the enemy in re­cord
time. In the Marianas the
unit met a stronger more craftily-entrenched
foe; nevertheless the
division pushed its attack in un-deviating
advances that won for
it the Presidental Unit Citation.
Its first battle test was at
Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshalls,
where first units of the Fourth
landed January 31, 1944.
Airstrip Captured on Roi
Lightning attack brought t he
conquest.of the Roi island airstrip
in four hours on February 1. The
remnants of the Japanese forces
fled to adjacent Namur Island to
join other troops. They were
wiped out there in brief but
strongly contested actions.
The first conquest of a Jap­anese
town in this war was made
by the Fourth Division; The town
was Charan-Kanoa, on Saipan. It
fell on June 15, 1944.
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The reporter who was dispatch­ed
to interview the .local celebrity
seems to have had a startling ex­perience,
for no other explana­tion
was deemed sufficient to ac­count
for his groggy, punch-drunk
condition. As yet the most logi­cal
theory on how he got "that
way" is that the poet, have never
been encouraged to such an ex­tent,
simply talked our employee
into a sort of spell.
However, by the application of
ice-packs to his forehead, the re­porter
was brought out of his
semi-coma long enough to give
this rough account of his conver­sation
with Mr. McLeod:
McLeod—Sorry I was late for
the interview, but I had a poker
game going with the butcher.
Reporter—With the butcher?
M—For small steaks of course.
R—Are you athletic?
M—why, yes indeed! I made a
letter once being the string chang­er
on yo-yo team.
R—What was in your opinion
your greatest accomplishment?
•M—Well, it happend when I
was a youth of about three. Be­tween
smokes I used to like to
eat plaster out of the parsonage
(I've been plastered ever since,
but I believe they've put a ceiling
on that stuff now) and then go get
my mouth sprayed with some
sweet lasting stuff at the den­tist's.
By deduction, in other
words (that's a big word, ain't it)
upon trying it out, I found to my
great joy and surprise that when
I went back to plaster-eating, it
—the plaster, of course—tasted
like the mouth wash: so begin­ning
from the floor up, from then
on I had my mouth sprayed first
and relished my new-found dis­covery.
Putty smart, eh?
R—No comment.
R—What was your greatest
shock?
M—Outside of the lime I struck
my fingers in the socket while
standing in the bathtub of cold
water to see if I couldn't heat it
up that way, I'd say my biggest
shock came the Raw Deal over­charged
me for clothes I never
saw again. I've heard of shirts
coming back with no sleeves, but
sleeves and no shirts—that's too
much.
R—Were you feelings ever hurt?
M—Many, many times —why
just the other day I saw this gor­geous
damsel, this exquisit blond
—(this didn't happen in Auburn,
by the way.)
R—I knew that as soon as you
said "gorgeous."
M—Been here long?
R—Oh—
M—Anyhow, I won't embarrass
you—but not referring to you of
course — let's get back to o u r
story—
R—Your story! I wouldn't
claim it.
M—Yes. Uh, I see what you
mean—kinda mean, too, if I do
say so. Well, this luscious brun­ette—
R—Thought you said blonde.
M—what's the difference? They
both had hair, didn't they? Well,
as I was saying, this red-head—
R—No, she was a black-head—
block, or black?
M—She did not! Not even a
pimple.
R—A dimple.
M—What goes up the chimney?
R—The ice-man, when pop
comes home.
M—I told this dyed-in-the-wool
(for that's what she was) crea­ture,
as I gandered at her hour­glass
finger, which was 45 min­utes
pass the hour—well, I ap­proached
(as the good egg I was)
and as she was flat-busted, I said,
"How about a drink on me. Honey
punch (I get my words mixed up
sometimes. She did too—I mean
punch—and she backed into an
electric fan which almost ended
in disaster.)
R—Whatcha been doing lately?
M—Lately, I've sleeping on
some wedding cake.
R—Any dreams?
M—Well, I'm no prohibition­ist—
R—Whatcha dream about?
M—You mean that you c a n
publish? Nothing.
R—Well.
M—Oh, wait. I dreamed about
sitting in the stadium. (I don't
remember who was playing. In
Songbird Of SAE Sets Pace In Race
To Exterminate Rodents From Langdon
By Bill Lahey
Normati Beagle "Wolfgang" McLeod, lithe, Holmes-like,
repulsive (6 ft. 170 lbs., black eyes, teeth and hair) member
of the Standing Army of England (SAE) and undergraduate
student in the s c h o o l of Applied Dissipation, hereafter
known as Norman Beagle McLeod, has written a new, popular
song. The eminent composer asserts that his latest production
the
Committees To Help
Returning Veterans
Locate On Farms
Two distinct committees have
set up in each Alabama county
to help returning veterans locate
on farms.
One is an advisory committee
that functions in connection with
the County Agent's office. This
committee will furnish the vet­eran
with information concern­ing
(1) farms that are for sale,
(2) individuals, banks or other
financing agencies where GI
loans may be had, (3) best types
for the area, and (4) other useful
information and advice.
The second is a certifying com­mittee
and functions in connec­tion
with the office of the County
Farm Security Supervisor. It will
be the responsibility of this com­mittee
to size up the veteran per­sonally
and also the farm and the
general business proposition, to"
certify as to the conditions and
to approve or disapprove the
guaranty of the loan by the
Government.
Present plans are for the farm
land and improvement to be ap­praised
by the Federal Land
Bank appraiser.
fact, there wasn't a game sche­duled
that night.) I had a date
(some prune), who was beautiful
when you were looking the other
way. Well. I put my arm around
her waist, but it was a waste of
time—no girdle. Reminds me of
my uncle in the black market
girdle business that got sent up
for a stretch. Then I started
dreaming of money—as I was
sleeping on wedding cake it must
have been alimony.—But money
isn't everything. You can't buy
friends, happiness and love with
it — I'm referring, of course, to
Confederate money.
Have you every been drunk?
M—Did you say drunken or
drunk?
R—Drunk.
M—Who me? I'm sober (hie) as
a judge before court. All the
judges I ever knew kept a spot
in their chambers—then they be­gan
seeing spots—
R—Did you drink?
M—No, I'm broke.
R—Not all the way!
M—Well, just cracked.
R—Censored.
M—censored
R—And that's how it was?
M—No, is—you see. I was slap-happy
(this is, I was happy until
she slapped me). Then and only
then did I give her back her
nickel.
R—Appalling!
R—Tell me, do you resemble
your father?
M—Yes. I'm pop-eyed.
R—Have you ever done much
traveling?
M—Yes, I remember standing
(Continued on Last Page)
THE STARS LOOK DOWN
or
How To Clear Langdon Hall in 15 Seconds
(Note—the opinions expressed in this composition are
those of the author and are not to be construed as the
editorial policy of this writer. All words and music in­structions
are the poet's.)
* * *
THE STARS LOOKED DOWN AND LAUGHED AT
ME
(up from where you thought I'd start—ain't so low-down,
after all)
AND TOLD ME WHAT A FOOL I'D BE.
(same as before—down lower—up, higher, higher—hm!)
WE LOVED TO WANDER AND JUST WALK:
(low down—raise up to h.—well, that's what it sounds
like!)
ALWAYS "I LOVE YOU" WAS OUR TALK.
(monotone, sonotone—mushy here^—hesitate, when no-one's
looking)
WE LAUGHED, WE DANCED, WE LOVED, WE
KISSED;
(up—down—up—down—up—down)
AND IT WAS I YOU TOLD YOU'D MISS.
(down—down—howdy, Satan!—up, up, up)
YET THE STARS LOOKED DOWN AND LAUGHED
AT ME
(up—Heaven only knows how high—down lower)
AND TOLD ME WHAT A FOOL I'D BE.
(up, up in the sky—it's a bird, it's a plane—plop!—it's
a bird)
THEN A STORM DID BREAK AND YOU WERE
GONE,
(higher, high;—fine, thanks, and you?)
AND I WAS LEFT THERE ALL ALONE.
(up, higher, higher than you were Saturday night)
THOUGH I FOUGHT IT WITH ALL MY MIGHT,
(down, down—low—low—-down—still lower)
THE STARS, THEN, WERE RIGHT.
(down low—'how does it feel)
NOW THE STARS LOOK DOWN AND CRY WITH ME
(to be so low-down?—start crying—)
AND TELL ME WHAT A FOOL I'D BE.
(now end it with a choking sob—)
All girls who do not like this song please telephone the
composer at 428 and make suggestions. Or simply call him
—he'll make the suggestions.
Sgf. Fred Hammock
Wounded In Action
Now Convalescing
The 124th General Hospital,
England — Technical Sergeant
Fred Hammock, Auburn, wound­ed
in action near Aachan, Ger­many,
is now convalescing at
this United States 'Army general
hospital in England. He has been
awarded {he Oak Leaf Cluster to
the Purple Heart.
Sgt. Hammock, veteran of the
African and Sicilian campaigns,
was struck in the left arm by
shrapnel while his Infantry unit
was reprouping after a German
counter attack.
His progress has been "excel­lent,"
said his ward surgeon,
First Lieutenant Merton A. John­son,
of Des Moines, Iowa, and "his
complete recovery is expected."
Going into Normany with his
unit shortly after D-Day, Sgt.
Hammock took part in the fight­ing
across France and Belgium
and through the Siegfried Line
before becoming a casualty. He
has previously been wounded by
Service Personals
Cpl. Everett L. Hudson, Jasper,
former Auburn student, has been
graduated from the Chemical
Warfare School's toxic gas hand­ler's
class for non-commissioned
officers at Edgewood Arsenal,
Md:
* * *
Claud Crain, USNR, former
chemistry student from Dolomite,
was in town last week.
* • •
A/C W. Steve Roden, USNR,
was in Auburn while on leave
last week. He is now stationed
at Athens, Ga.
shrapnel in Sicily.
"We ran into some tough go­ing
near Aachen," he recalled,
"and were under heavy artillery
and machine gun fire most of the
time. We were in a thickly wood­ed
area when an artillery shell
hit nearby and put me out of
action, but I'm looking forward
to getting back over there in
time to help finish the job."
Sgt. Hammock is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hammock, of
Auburn and is a graduate of
Lee County High School. He was
employed in the horticulture bus­iness
at West Point, before enter­ing
the army in January, 1942.
It's great to be here...Have a Coca-Cola
...or helping a soldier feel at home
When he's back on furlough, three words, Have a Coke, bring a
soldier's old life back to mind... his days after school or after
work, with the gang and with his girl. Ice-cold Coca-Cola holds a
friendly place in American life. It should have a place in your family
icebox; Wherever Americans go, Coca-Cola stands for the pause
that refreshes,—has become a symbol of our friendly way of life.
BOTTIED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
OPELIKA COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.
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PROP WASH
with the
API School Of Aviation
Cecil Ward made his first solo
cross country flight last week to
Alexander City and return via
Clanton. He has been grounded
for the past few days due to the
fact that he has the mumps. .
* * *
Mr. Charles Bone, who joined
us early in January, made his
first solo flight Saturday, and as
usual, the Short Snorters were
greedily standing by.
. . .
Recent visitors to the Auburn-
Opelika Airport were Fred Sar­gent,
Kalamazoo, Mich., flying a
Luscombe; W. H. Arnold, Bir­mingham,
flying an Aeronca
Chief; W. G. Hurt, Columbus, fly­ing
a Taylor craft; J. A. Powell,
Columbus, in a Taylorcraft; W. H.
Wheelless of the Enterprise Fly­ing
Service, Enterprise aboard an
Aeronca Chief; and Lanery John­son
of Columbus, flying a Taylor-craft.
* * *
We welcome to our list of new
students Marjorie Simms, Helen
Perky and James Engle.
* * •
Ground School classes are now
being taught at the airport to
prepare students for written ex­amination
for their private pilot's
certificate. Subjects being studied
to qualify for this examination
are Civil Air Regulations, Navi­gation,
Meteorology and General
Service of Aircraft. ,
. . .
Eighteen plane-loads of C-47's,
provided by the Air Transport
Command from Drew Field at
Tampa, Florida, a r r i v e d at
the airport last Tuesday and
Wednesday with some two hun­dred
men and equipment of the
721st Signal Aircraft Warning
Company for a week of county-wide
maneuvers.
SERVICE PERSONALS
Lt. Robert Meacham, Castleber-ry,
has been selected to attend
Officers' Motor Course at Ft.
Sill, Okla. He is a former API
student.
Marine Lieutenant Charles Mor­gan,
Albertville, graduated this
week from OC class at Quantico,
Virginia. A former student here,
he was a member of Pi Kappa
Phi, and jointed the marines in
'42. His brother is serving with
the US Army as a lieutenant.
* * *
Captain Thomas Wood, Marion,
has been awarded the third Oak
Cluster to the Distinguished Unit
Badge that his 27th Fighter Group
wears. He flies a P-27 Thunder­bolt.
This group is the first AAF
Unit in the Mediterranean Theat­er
to be cited four times in War
Department orders. It has prev-ously
been cited for gallantry in
action on Bataan, Java and Aus­tralia
during the early days of
the war with Japan.
* * *
Pvt. Donald King, Jacksonville,
Fla., has entered Field Atrillery
OCS at Ft. Sill, Okla. Pvt. King
attended Auburn until '44. He
was a member of Kappa Sig, and
took engineering.
* * *
Lt. (jg) Brendon A. Bond,
USNR, has reported for duty at
the photo-interpretation center,
Anacosta, D. C. after 18 months
at Norman, Okla. Formerly an
instructor in architecture here,
Lt. (jg) Bond is a graduate of
Oklahoma A and M.
* * *
Pvt. Alexander Holmes Smith,
Madison, Fla., recently arrived at
Welch Convalescent Hospital at
Daytona Beach, Fla. He served
18 months in the American and
Pacific theatres before returning
to the states.
* * *
Harry Fox, '28, was promoted
to rank of full Colonel in the In­dia-
Burma theater recently. A
native of Chattanooga, he served
with the Army Engineers before
going overseas in 43.
* * *
Robert S. Morris, Jr., has been
promoted to the rank of Captain,
according to an announcement
received from headquarters of the
12th AAF. He is a pilot in a vet­eran
troop carrier group, called
"Cerny's Circus" after it's color­ful
commanding officer. This
group has been cited for distin­guished
service in China-India-
Burma theater and played an
important part in the invasions
of North Africa, Sicily, Italy and
France. His group drops para­troops,
tows gliders, evacuates
wounded, and carries supplies to
the front lines. He wears the
DFC, the Air Medal with an Oak
Leaf Cluster, the DUB, and rib­bons
from the theaters of action
in which he has served. From
Montgomery, he attended Auburn
before joining the Air Corps.
* * *
Capt. Charles Reeves, Jr.,
Charlotte, N. C, has returned
irom 34 months overseas duty in
the southwest Pacific area where
he was aviation supply officer.
The captain has been awarded a
.Presidental Unit Citation. He is
now stationed at Miami Beach,
Fla., before reassignment.
* * *
William Trippe, Hogansville,
Ga., has been recently promoted
to rank of Captain with the
Eight AAF Fighter Command.
He is serving in England as trans­portation
and supply officer at a
fighter station. He was a mem­ber
of Sigma Chi when here in
'28.
Lt. Juanita Johnson, Auburn,
has been assigned to work in In­formation
and Education for the
200th AAF Base Unit at Colorado
Springs, Colo. A graduate of API
in home ec, she was home dem­onstration
agent at Athens, Ala.,
before entering the service.
* * *
James Wood, Atlanta, graduate
of '33 in architecture, has been
promoted to rank of captain, ac­cording
to an announcement re­ceived
from the Air Technical
Service Command, Wright Field,
Ohio. A member of Sigma Nu
while at API, he worked with
Robert and Company in Atlanta
before entering active service in
'42.
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Page Six THE P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31,1945
Tigers Top Gunter For First Win
COVERING SPORTS
With Jimmy Smith
AUBURN SHOULD GIVE CAGE SCHOLARSHIPS
If Auburn ever expects to have a bigtime basketball team,
and we most certainly should, scholarships are going to have
to be given to prep stars. This is not just a rash idea. Teams
like Tennessee and Kentucky have been paying the way of
their top-flight cagers for a long time, and there is no good
reason why Auburn can't follow suit. It is to be expected that
the best players go to the schools that pay for their services,
and if the Tigers wish to reach the top strata of basketball
circles, Auburn will have to follow the lead taken by other
schools.
THE AUBURN-ALABAMA QUESTION
The perennial Auburn-Alabama affair is in the air again.
This question is as sure to come up every year as the sun is
to rise every morn. It was brought up recently by a state
legislator who would force the two schools to engage each
other in intercollegiate sports. This corner agrees that the
two schools should play, but we also string along most hearti­ly
with Governor Sparks' statement that Auburn and Ala­bama
must agree to such a proposal and not be forced to by
state law. President Duncan has gone more than half way
in his effort to renew athletic relations-with the University,
and if Alabama doesn't wish to comply, the matter should be
dropped once and for all.
HATS OFF TO NANCY
Here's a tip to you basketball-playing females at Auburn.
Girls can play boys' basketball! This was demonstrated when
Nancy Isenhour, physical education senior at High Point
College, made the varsity up North Carolina way. And her
coach says that it's not the manpower shortage, either. Even
North Carolina and Duke shun from playing the High Point­ers
because the smaller school always has one of the best
teams in the state. And Nancy's coach says that she could
rack up ten points a game even in peace time! Wow! Who
said this is a man's world?
AROUND THE INTRAMURAL
OTS, SC, AP, and AGR have about sewed up the cham­pionships
of the different leagues with their fast playing.
Stevens, SC tallied only six points last week, but still
paces the scorers with 55 points. He is trailed by Hendrix,
OTS, with 49 points.
OTS, SC, AP, AGR About Set As Winers
In Interfraternity Cage Leagues
The interfrat cagers are on the last third of their season
with OTS, SC, AP, and AGR still leading their respective
leagues.
Delta Sigma Phi lost to Sigma Phi Epsilon by a 25 to 15
score'. Bradley and McDaniel led the two teams, respectively,
with 8 points each.
Rev. N. C. Powell,
Former Student,
Coming To Preach
The Kt. Rev. Noble C. Powell,
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese
of Maryland, will preach at the
Church of the Holy Innocents in
Auburn on Sunday, Feb. 4, at 11
o'clock.
A former Auburn student, Dr.
Powell came to Alabama to at­tend
the convention of the House
of Bishops being held in Bir­mingham
this week. He will ar­rive
in Auburn Friday night and
will be the guest of his sister,
Mrs. J. M. Richardson, of old
Opelika Road.
Dr. Powell formerly was Dean
of Washington ' and Warden of
the College of Preachers, Wash­ington
Cathedral. Previously, he
was rector . of the Emmanuel
Church of Baltimore.
Dr. Powell, a native of Lown-desboro,
was a student at Au­burn
for four years, where he did
special work in entomology and
was an investigator for the U. S.
Department of Agriculture in
studying the advance of the boll
weevil in Alabama.
Throughout his course at Au­burn,
he had been lay reader in
the Episcopal church. In his third
year, after making up his mind
to prepare for the ministry, he
decided to attend the University
of the South and continue his
academic education.
The next year he changed his
plans, entered the University of
Virginia for his academic work
and then went on the Virginia
Theological Seminary.
Dr. Powell was graduated from
the University of Virginia in 1917
and from the Virginia Theological
Seminary in 1920. Ordained in
June, 1920, he was placed by the
late Right Rev. William Cabell
Brown, D. D., then Bishop of
Virginia, in charge of St. Paul's
Memorial Church at the Univer­sity
of Virginia. When he was
ordained priest in January, 1921,
he became rector of the church
Alpha Tau Omega outfought
Theta Chi to win 18 to 15. Jones
sparked ATO, while Green led
TC.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon vanquish­ed
Pi Kappa by 40-23 score.
Shelby led SAE with 18 points,
followed by PKA's Baldwin and
McClamry with 6 each.
Alpha Gamma Rho about won
League IV as they defeated Kap­pa
Sigma 25 to 15. Childress led
AGR with 9 points as Mathews
and Lan led'the KS.
OTS defeated SPE by 39 to 20
score. Peace sparked OTS with
17 tallies as Shelton with 8 led
SPE.
AP handed TC one of the most
descisive defeats of the year as
they won 47-8. Moss and Boone
highlighted the two teams, re­spectively.
Hancock led SC as they de­feated
PiKA 28-14. Clay sparked
PiKA.
PDT won from DSP 15-14.
Wood led PDT with 11 points as
McDaniel led DSP with 4 tallies.
ATO downed LCA 23-15. Swin­dell
led the scorers with 8 points.
LCA lost to ATO by a 32-15
count. Courson and Lowe led the
two teams, respectively.
AP (2) outfought Kappa Alpha
in a rugged hardfought game
by 25-18 score.
Local Cagers Bow To Soldiers
From Maxwell Tuesday Night
Maxwell Field's basketballers found the range for 38
baskets in Montgomery last Tuesday night as they routed
the Auburn Tigers for the second time this year, 79-31.
This defeat was Auburn's sixth in as many games this
season.
Anderson, who gave the Tigers so much trouble in Auburn
not so long ago, was the gib gun - .
Tigers Score 42 Points
A Game, But Don't Win
Auburn's juvenile basketball
team scores 42 points per game,
on the average, but that doesn't
bring home the bacon. The op­position
scores more.
"The coach of a winless team
doesn't have much to smile
about," says Bob EVMIS, the
coach. "But I think these kids
of mine are doing a whale of a
job considering:
"One of the regulars, Shorty
Malone, didn't even make a let­ter
in high school.
"Only one boy, Malone, stands
over six feet in these days of
towering stars. :
"Only four others are even six
feet—Stapleton, Bickerstaff, Bur­gess
and Fuller.
"One of my 'men,' little Jack
Meagher, is only five feet, five
inches."
Little Jack is the son of the
former Auburn coach, now Lieut.
Comdr. Meagher, coach of the
Iowa Seahawks in football.
Not one of Evans's boys ever
had on a college suit before.
Quenton Burgess leads the
team in scoring. He's a South
Alabama boy.
Bud Lancaster, outstanding
guard, is from New Bern, N. C.
Greg Herring, who started at
center, is a 4-F with a bad heart.
He had to give it up, although
gamely playing in several of the
early games.
again as he tossed in 11 baskets
and 2 foul shots to wind up with
24 points. Holland, Maxwell
guard, got 14 points, the same
number tallied by Burgess, Au­burn's
high man.
Maxwell Field was ahead, 30-
19, at halftime.
Tiger Tops Gunter
. The Tigers from the Plains won
their first basketball game of the
year last Friday night when they
came from behind to defeat
Gunter Field 52 to 39.
Tailenders in all of the six
previous games, t h e Evans-men
overcame a Gunter Field
lead of 4 points at intermission
when the soldiers were ahead 19
to 15.
Lancaster piled up the biggest
score gotten by an Auburnite this
year when he rang up 19 points,
Tiger forward, found range for
14 tallies. Stringfellow led the
opposition with 12 points.
The Tigers will play return
games with Mercer and Georgia
February 2 and 3, respectively.
John Lindsay, Orrville, was re­cently
promoted to rank of first
lieutenant, according to an an­nouncement
by headquarters of
the Eight Air Force. Arriving
overseas in September, '44, he
is pilot of a P-51 Mustang, and
has recently been decorated with
the Air Medal and an Oak Leaf
Cluster.
and chaplain for the Episcopal
students in the university.
Dr. Powell is a member of
Theta Chi social fraternity and
Phi Beta Kappa.
In recognition of his special
services to his alma mater, he
was awarded an Algenon Sidney
Sullivan Medallion by the presi­dent
and the board of visitors of
the university. The Virginia
Theological Seminary conferred
on him the honorary degree of
doctor of divinity.
Turbyville Named
Publicity Man
Fred Turbyville, veteran sports-writer
for various northern pa­pers,
with more than 35 years
experience, has been appointed
the new publicity director for the
Auburn athletic department.
Mr. Turbyville, who calls Illi­nois
his state, is well qualified for
his new job. He was graduated
from Earlham College in Rich­mond,
Indiana. While in the pur­suit
of a higher education, he
worked on some of the local pa­pers
to help pay his way through
school.
The veteran sportsman got his
first regular job in Sioux City,
Iowa. He soon got an offer to
write sports for a leading daily
paper in Minneapolis. From there
he moved up the ladder to Cleve­land,
where he became sports
editor. Prior to that, Mr. Turby­ville
spent some time at Pitts­burg.
He finally became sports editor
of the NEA, one of the largest
newspaper syndicates in the
world, with something more than
one thousand papers affiliated
with it. From there, Turbyville
became the first man in the U. S.
to become publicity director for
baseball league; the International
League, comprised of teams in
the U. S. and Canada, hired* him
to handle their'public relations
office.
The Baltimore! Evening Sun
recognized* his talent and made
him fulltime director of their
sports staff. Mr. Turbyville
stayed with the Baltimore paper
for something more than twenty
years.
During the reign of. Jimmy
Deerhart at Duke University,
Turbyville was gotten to pub­licize
the needs of the school for
new stadium. Anyone who has
seen the new Duke stadium can
vouch for the job that he did up
North Carolina way.
Mr. Turbyville evidently liked
publicity work, for he took a
regular job at the University of
Pittsburgh, and later at Western
Maryland when each of the two
schools were producing unbeaten
elevens.
Turbyville had no idea of get­ting
work .down here. He was
bound for Florida when he- drop­ped
in to see Zipp Newman at
the Birmingham News. Zipp
persuaded him to drop in here
and write up Tiger football this
past autumn. And he's been here
every since.
Not being different from other
sports writers, Mr. Turbyville
once had an ambition to write a
book. That he did. He spent some
three years on the "Blue Book of
College Athletics", which is sort
of a Who's Who in college sports.
"Sports writing is an awful lot
of fun," said Fred," but all it
leads to is an empty pocketbook."
Gridders Start
Practice Feb. 6
Spring grid sessions will begin
at Auburn on February 6, Coach
Carl "Dutch" Voyles disclosed
here Sunday.
When asked about the length of
the spring grid tournout, all the
wily mentor would say was,
"There is no set length of time.
We have a certain bit of work set
out before us, and when that is
finished, we'll knock off for a
while."
Voyles showed the same en-thusiam
that he did last year in
regards to the student body.
"Every boy in school is invited
to try out for a berth on the
varsity," he said.
The Tiger coach said that he
had no idea of the number of
boys coming out, but he did ad­mit
that there would be a good
many new faces around the
Plains, come the beginning of
next quarter.
LOCAL YOKEL
(Continued from page 5)
on the top of the Eiffel Tower
one day and showing a friend
one of my uncles on the street far
below. "Looks more like an ant,"
he said.
R—(snoring gently).
* * *
Since the school is inaugerating
a Drive to Exterminate the Rats
in Langdon Hall, Zombie and his
Collegiates will play the new
song on the opening night of the
drive. The composer is giving the
rats a lead of 15 seconds.
Here's the song—read it, learn
it, sing it—and forget it. But you
won't be able to, because it will
run over and over in your head
'til you reach Tuscaloosa.
Tigers To Fate
Five SEC Teams
Six 1945 football games have
been scheduled by Auburn and
probably four more will be on
the list soon, Carl Voyles, athletic
director and head coach, an­nounced
Saturday.
Games definitely arranged are:
Oct. 6—Mississippi State at
Birmingham.
Oct. 20—Tulane at New Or­leans.
Oct. 27—Georgia Tech at At­lanta.
Nov. 3—Florida at Auburn,
Homecoming.
Nov. 17—Georgia at Columbus.
Nov. 30—Miami at Miami.
A game will be played in Mont­gomery,
Sept. 28. Volyes now is
dickering with several teams for
that date. A second game likely
will be played in Montgomery,
probably in November. Voyles
wants a strong opponent and a
good drawing card if he goes into
Montgomery a second time.
One date will be permanently
open, probably Oct. 13.
Last year Auburn played four
Southeastern Conference teams
So far this season five have been
booked. The same four that were
met last year again are on the
schedule, and Florida has been
added. In fact, the only new team
on the list at this date is Florida.
In booking Florida for the
Homecoming date; Voyles assur­ed
Auburn folks there would be a
big game here each year on the
Homecoming date. Last year lit­tle
Presbyterian was the piece de
resistance. It wasn't much of a
contest.
Voyles favors playing at least
two games in Auburn each sea­son.
He thinks that when normal
transportation is restored Auburn
should have good home games
that will enable the school to
complete the stadium. He sees
crowds of 20,000 or more, here
at home, in the postwar era.
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Tickets are on sale now at $.75
each and will be until Thursday
noon. They may be obtained
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