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VOLLXIV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1945 NUMBER 18
"The Damask Cheek" Players1 Production, Starts Monday
BLUE AND CARDINAL KEY TO SPONSOR SKITS
Eds and coeds will get a chance to display their origin­ality
when Cardinal Key and Blue Key, national senior honor
societies, sponsor their annual Skit Night on March 21 and
22 to climax the campus Red Cross War Fund drive.
Winning skits presented by both men and coeds will re­ceive
cups. Any campus organization or house may enter
by contacting Jeannette Ellis, president of Cardinal Key,
or Al Lowe, president of Blue Key.
While there will be no official censorship, each organiza­tion
has been placed on its honor to "clean up" its skit.
Cardinal Key, Blue Key, and Interfraternity Council are
urging each group to be original, but not risque.
Skits should be not more than ten minutes in length. They
will be presented in Langdpn Hall, and all admission charges
will go to swell the Red Cross War Fund. No entrance fee
for skits will be charged.
Alpha Gamma Delta and Delta Sigma Phi won last
year's cups.
Cabinet Meets, Hears Kuykendall,
Postpones Decision On Initiations
To discuss the question brought up last week about the
indecency of initiations and for the purpose of forming some
regulations regarding this problem the Executive Cabinet
met Monday night in Samford Hall. Curtis Kuykendall, pres­ident
of the A Club was present at the meeting.
Opening the meeting, Lamar
Play Runs Through Thursday
At Y-Huf, Begins at 8:15 p. m.
Bass, Brown, Callan, Deese, McReynolds,
Duchac, Elder, Lockharr, Vann In Cast
Opening Monday night at the Y-Hut, "The Damask Cheek",
production of the Auburn Players, will run until Thursday
night. Written by John Van Druten and Lloyd Morris, it
is a comedy in three acts.
Admission is by student activity books and no additional
charge is made. Servicemen are admitted free and others will
be charged twenty-five cents.
Ware, president of the cabinet,
said that a committee of a few
cabinet members would not be
wholly qualified to settle the
question, hence the general dis­cussion.
Kuykendall said that he had
read of the cabinet's motion last
week in the paper and did not
know what to think about its "I
admit," he said, "That some of
the things have been sort of
rough. However, I don't think
that anything in our skit pre­sented
at the Tiger Theater last
quarter was a bit worse than
things printed in the "Plains­man".
I went over what was to
be said at the skit beforehand
and there was not a thing said
that I would be ashamed for my
sister to hear."
It was pointed out that it was
not so much the skit as the chas­ing
of coeds across the campus
that was the point. Kuykendall
replied that the ones who were
chased were usually the ones
who didn't mind being caught.
"Take a poll," he added. "The
one who object to being kissed
during a club initiation are not
those who are caught."
Buel Johnson interrupted with,
"Initiations are part of the Au­burn
"spirit". Do away with
them and what do you have?
Nothing!"
After discussing the point
further it was suggested that the
matter be taken up with Mr.
Kirtley Brown and with Coach
Carl Voyles before another cab­inet
meeting. Kuykendall said
that he thought the leaders of
the A Club could be responsible
—that they did not want initia­tions
abolished. He asked the
cabinet not to take any action
on the matter until it was gone
into more thoroughly.
After he left, Jack Riley asked,
"Who brought up that motion?"
Al Lowe replied, "I took it
back, if you remember. Didn't
we retract it?"
Opinion Poll
A poll of the opinions of the
members of the cabinet on the
subject of abolishing public in­itiations
were taken.
Nancy Rhinesmith said she did­n't
object to them. Mary Popwell
made a similar reply. Jack Riley
dodged the issue and said, "I
asked for the poll." Randolph
said he defintely approved of in­itiations.
Josephine Bass said that since
she wouldn't be in school next
year her opinion shouldn't mat­ter.
Betty Grimes said that she
thought initiations were part of
tradition. Boshell said almost the
same thing. Youmans disapproved
of abolishing initiations. Bill
Crum asked why the problem
was not taken up directly with
the A Club instead of making
the Cabinet a go-between.
He added, "It will pass over
it if we let it ride."
Al Lowe also said to let the
matter ride. Riley said that since
the cabinet members were not
sure of the general opinion of the
campus it would be better to
wait before doing anything about
it.
Carnival
Al Lowe brought up the ques­tion
of who was sponsoring "this
Carnival I've heard about. You
know," he said, "The engineering
Council had the privilege of
sponsoring a carnival and some
question was raised at Tau Beta
Pi meeting about it the other
night."
Betty Grimes, president of the
junior class, who is sponsoring
the Carnival the first of next
quarter, spoke up, "I will tell
you. I went to see several people
about it and they said that they
were not going to have it this
year and that it would be all
right for us to have it. To be
absolutely honest, I didn't know
exactly who to see about it."
Lowe said, "There seemed to
be some opposition by Tau Beta
Pi. You might see Bob Scogin
or James Luquire, past president
of Tau Beta Pi about it."
"We stole that idea for lack
of anything better to do. We
wanted it more to get class unity
than anything else. We were go­ing
to let all the honorary organ­izations
have a booth. We were
going to let them have the con­cessions,"
Grimes stated.
Johnson made the motion that
the meeting be adjourned until
next Monday at five o'clock.
Blood Bank Exceeds
Quota Eight Pints
The blood bank here last week
exceeded the quota set for Lee
County by eight pints, totalling
488 pints during the three day
period. 170 pints were donated
the first day; 166 the second and
153 the third.
This brings the number of pints
of blood collected by the mobile
Blood Donor Unit from Atlanta
during its seven visits to Lee
County to 4014. The cities of
Tallassee, Alex City, Camp Hill
and Notasulga also contributed to
this number, going in which Lee
County towns for donations.
A message received yesterday
by Bob Smith, chairman of the
blood bank drive here, from Dr.
N. Z. Grover, with the mobile
unit of Atlanta, stated that the
assistance supplied by the lab
technicians who helped at the
bank was very efficient and that
he could easily say it was the
best he had encountered in that
field in all the centers in which
he had worked.
Freshmen and sophomore coeds
may attend the -play one night by
signing out at their dormitories.
"The Cheek" is presented un­der
the direction of Mr. Telfair
B. Peet of the dramatics depart­ment
and the cast includes Maria
"Skippy" Duchac, junior in
chemistry from Atmore; Barbara
Elder, freshman in art from
Birmingham; Martee McReynolds,
freshman in art from Birming­ham;
Susan Brown, senior in
science and lit, whose home is
in Auburn; and Elizabeth Deese,
president of Players, who is a
senior in ' science and lit from
Ozark.
Gloria Jean Lockhart, freshman
in art from Washington D. C.
Larry Bass, freshman in interior
decoration from Mobile; David
Vann, senior in science and lit
from Atlanta; and Lawrence Al­len
Callan, sophomore in science
and lit, whose home is in Au­burn,
are other characters.
Assisting with the props were
Lallay Perry, Bill Richardson,
Mary Frances Jones, Pat Arch­deacon
and Sue Tidwell. Miss
Dorothy Newman and Robert
Stapleton helped in the design
of the stage work.
Glee Club Plans
Trips To Camps
For Spring Tour
The Auburn Girls' Glee Club,
under the direction of Dr. Fagan
Thompson, will make a trip to
Ft. Benning, Ga., on Saturday to
give a concert for soldiers sta­tioned
there. The whole glee club
is expected to go. Transportation
to and from Benning is being
furnished the club.
They expect to put on a thirty-minute
concert in the gym sing­ing
popular and semi-classical
numbers.
Included among them will be
"This Is My Country", "There
Are Such Things", "Summertime"
and "The Walking Song".
After the concert a dance will
be given in the gym for the glee
club and audience.
Other trips proposed for the
Glee Club this spring are to Max­well
Field in Montgomery and to
Craig Field in Selma.
Officers of the Glee Club are
Sarah Lou Connell, Tallassee,
president; Martha Nell Simpson,
Auburn, secretary; Virginia Wil­liamson,
Auburn, treasurer; and
Edna Earle Bass, Opelika, pian­ist.
.
Three Sykes Prints
Entered In New York,
Philadelphia Shows
Private Maltby Sykes, assist­ant
professor of Allied Art at
API, who is now on military
leave, is represented in two cur­rent
national art exhibits by his
paintings.
A water color is included in the
jury exhibition of the American
Water Color Society in New York
City; and two of Pvt. Sykes' litho­graphs
have been accepted for
the Philadelphia Print Club jury
exhibition.
"Berkshire Farm" the water-color,
was done after Pvt. Sykes
entered the army, as was one of
the lithographs, a drawing of a
couple of GIs surrounded by
barracks bags.
Pvt. Sykes is now stationed at
the USAAF convalenscent cen­ter
at Pawling, N. Y.
RAILROAD STATION
GETS ADDITIONS
AND IMPROVEMENTS
The train station is having im­provements
made to its east side
as a brick veneer wing is added
to give more space for freight
storage and to improve the wait­ing
room.
Other changes being made by
the Western Railway of Alabama
are the repainting of both out­side
of the depot, including the
roof; the installation of better
lighting fixtures; and enlarge­ment
of the rest rooms.
Completion of an express room
will restore the baggage room to
its original use. The freight
warehouse is also being enlarged,
and a circulating coal heater will
replace the stove in the white
waiting room. Improvements on
the grounds are planned for later
in the year.
Active consideration of a new
station in a more convenient and
safe location, as suggested several
months ago by- the Rotary Club,
have been postponed. The present
station is located at the inter­section
of two thoroughfares, it
has been pointed out.
Immediate needs for space are
the cause of present repairs, it
is reported.
PI TAU CHI TAPS
FIVE METHODISTS
Five students were tapped for
membership in the Auburn chap­ter
Pi Tau Chi, national honor
society for members of the Wes­ley
Foundation, at the Methodist
Church Sunday.
The Alpha Delta chapter was
established on the Auburn cam­pus
in 1940, and Bob Scoggin is
now president. Juniors and sen­iors
who have transferred from
other colleges, who have shown
outstanding interest in the work
of the Foundation were tapped.
Tappees were Gladys Bentley,
junior in the School of Home
Economics; Ann Hughen, Spring
Bluff, Fla., junior in the School
of Home Economics; Vernon
Smith, Boaz, senior in the School
of Engineering; Jimmy Acree,
junior in the School of Veterin­ary
Medicine; and Miss Mary
Moling Kirkman, director of the
Wesley Foundation.
ODK TAPS
Omega circle of Omicron Delta
Kappa tapped two men for mem­bership
last Wednesday. Those
whose names were posted along­side
the old members' at the main
gate were Jimmy Acree and Dean
Turpin C. Bannister.
Acree is a junior in veterinary
medicine from Jacksonville, Fla.
He is a' member of Alpha Psi and
is president-elect of the collegi­ate
chapter of AVMA.
Bannister is the newly arrived
Dean of the School of Architec­ture
and The Arts and was also
tapped last week by Scarab. He is
a graduate of Dennison Univer­sity
in Ohio, received his master's
degree in architecture at Colum­bia,
and his PhD from Harvard
last year.
Costumes of America
In Time Of War Come
From Brooklyn Museum
In connection with the style
show to be presented at convoca­tion
next week, there will be an
exhibit of Costumes of American
Wars, from the Brooklyn Museum
in New York, in the library of the
School of Architecture and The
Arts.
The Home Economics School
and Mr. Joseph Marino-Merlo
are jointly presenting this ex­hibit,
which will include hats,
muffs, dresses, shoes, and .other
assessories worn by women of
other war years.
An effort is being made to also
borrow costumes dating back to
1860 or somewhat later from lad­ies
in town to show at the same
time. Dummies have been se­cured
from the clothing school
and a manniquin from Mildred
Lippitt, as the costumes are from
the museum and live models can­not
wear them.
Dr. W. M. Billing
Elected To Board,
Hercules Powder
«i Dr. Wyly M. Billing, Auburn
graduate of '16, was elected to
the board of directors of Hercules
Powder Company on January 31.
General manager of Hercules'
Synthetics Department, he is a
"native of Montgomery. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fay M. Bill­ing,
and attended the Barnes
School for Boys and was among
the first students to go to Sidney
Lanier High School in Montgom­ery.
He received his B. S. degree
at Auburn and later an M. A.
from Columbia University. He
took his doctorate degree at the
University of Cincinnati.
In 1921 Dr. Billing became af­filiated
with the William S. Mer­rill
Co. in Cincinnati and in 1928
he joined Hercules as a research
chemist.
He was assigned in 1931, to the
company's chemical cotton plant
at Hopewell, Va., as chief chem­ist,
and in 1934 was brought back
to Hercules' new Experiment sta­tion
at Wilmington. Shortly after­wards,
he was appointed assist­ant
director of the Station.
The company assigned him to
organize the Synthetics Depart­ment
in 1936, and when that
group became an operating de­partment
in 1943, he was appoint­ed
general manager.'
Dr. Billing is a member of the
Board of Governors of the Syn­thetic
Chemical Manufacturers
Association, a director of the
Synthetic Resin Manufacturers
Association, vice chairman of the
Wilmington Housing Authority,
and a member of the American
Chemical Society, and the Chem­ist's
Club of New York.
SPHINX SING SET FOR TOMORROW NIGHT
Time for the Sphinx Sing in Langdon Hall tomorrow night
has been changed from seven until seven-thiry, according to
an announcement by Doris Kercher, president of Sphinx.
Cups are to be presented to the two winning groups at
the end of the program. The public is invited and there is
no admission fee. The five judges' names will not be released.
They will rate each group according to the score sheet pub­lished
in last week's Plainsman.
As there is no late permission given for freshmen and
sophomore girls, their groups have been placed first on the
program. \ <=-!:*j*"|f|
Phi Omega Pi will sing "Summertime" and "There Are
Such Things". Alpha Gamma Delta's songs will be "Reverie"
and "Alpha Gam Girl". Delta Zeta will warble "Dance With
the Dollie" and "Let Me Call You Sweetheart".
Chi Omega will carol "Chi O Girl" and "Auld Lang Syne";
the Kappa Sig chorus has chosen "Old Black Joe" and a med­ley.
Omega Tau Sigma's selections are "In The Evening By
The Moonlight" and "I Want My Mammy". Sigma Alpha
Epsilon will end the evening with "Let The Rest Of The
World Go By" and "Friends".
Convocation Planned
Includes Style Show
By Clothing Class
At the next Women's Convoca­tion,
F-e b r u a r y twenty nine
coed's will present the "cream of
the clothing crop", according to
Hagedorns, Mildred Lippitt's,
Polly Tech, and Grady Loftin's
clothing stores. Also Miss Car­men
Croft's clothing class will
model suits which they have
made. The girls modeling their
own suits will be Elizabeth Hart,
Jeanne Tynes, Jean Gauntt, Ann
McCluskin, Kathleen Scrivner,
and Susan Delony.
Girls modeling clothes from the
above stores include Nancy
Reinsmith, Ann Black, D. J. Nic­hols,
Betty Easter, Maxine Tatum,
Carmelita Ward, Carolyn Self,
Julia Le Seur. Katherine Wright,
Myrtys Ferguson, Damaris Smith,
Betty McLaughlin, Mary Frances
Jones, Margaret Toomer, Phyllis
Kloeti, Virginia Grayson, Kim­ball
Boan, Dianna LeSturgeon,
Marie Strong, Grace Tonga, Jean
Campbell, and Betty Adair.
La Holme McClendon furnish
music and Susan Brown will be
the commentator. Officers of
WSGA who assisted Miss Croft
and Anne Dubose, Martha Ellis,
Joyce Slaughter, Vam Cardwell,
and Marylin Sheffield.
Auburn Asked To Give $7,035 As Share
In Two Million Dollar Red Cross Drive
"Confident in the readiness of the people to respond to
the utmost of their ability in support of the Red Cross,"
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who is also president of the •
American National Red Cross, designated March as Red
Cross month for 1945.
At least two hundred million dollars is needed for the
national work, he said.
The campus campaign for funds
will be headed by Bill Randolph,
chairman of the Executive Cabi­net's
drive committee, and Mary
Popwell, president of the Col­legiate
Chapter of the Red Cross.
Beginning March 13, the drive
on the campus will be climaxed
by the presentation of Skit Night
by Cardinal Key and Blue Key
honor societies on March 21 and
22.
No quota has been assigned for
the campus as yet, although the
city of Auburn and the campus
together must raise $7,035 as a
joint quota. This is only a third
of Lee County's $20,100 quota.
Prof. F. E. Guyton, general
chairman for the 1945 War Fund
in Lee County, has appointed Dr.
Fagan Thompson chairman for
the Auburn area.
Citing the Red Cross for its
splendid work during four years
of war, the President's proclam­ation
said, "The Red Cross is
fulfilling its obligations to com­fort
our wounded, to cheer and
help our servicemen on every
fighting front, and to provide an
essential link between these men
and their families at home."
He praised its work with the
people at home in collecting
blood for our wounded, shipping
food, medical supplies, and com­fort
items to our prisoners of war,
and producing surgical dressings.
"The Red Cross is also carry­ing
on its peacetime activities by
assisting the civilian victims of
tornade, flood, and other diaster,"
the ploclamation added.
H. R. Smith Speaks
To Junior AVMA
On Livestock Loss
At its meeting last Wednesday
night, the collegiate chapter of
AVMA has as guest Mr. H. R.
Smith, chairman of the National
Livestock Loss Prevention Board,
who was to have given a series
of -short lectures during the Vet
Short Course, had it not been
canceled. m
Mr. Smith talked to the future
veterinarians on the aspects of
livestock loss prevention both
while in transit and from disease.
He reported that the tuber­culosis
death rate has been low­ered
remarkable in humans large­ly
through the control veterinar­ians
have excercised over bovine
tuberculosis.
The loss annually on livestock
is twelve million dollars, he said.
This could be reduced, he be­lieved.
It is not a loss to the con­sumer,
or the packing-house
man, he said, but the burden is
carried by the livestock pro­ducer.
Illustrating his lecture, Mr.
Smith showed two films, the
USDA's "Do Unto Animals" and
"Phenothiazine", a film released
just this month by DuPont.
Mr. Smith stated that the trend
in the south is toward more live­stock,
just as it was in the west
a decade ago. He said that it
worked there and probably will
advance in the same manner
here.
ON THE CAMPUS
All graduating seniors who
have not been measured for their
caps and gowns are asked to
call by Burtons' to have this done.
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ASME is to meet Monday night
at 7 p. m. in Ramsay 109. There
will be an election of officers at
this time. All members are urged
to be there.
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AVMA will meet next Wednes­day
at 7 p. m .
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IRC meets next Monday night
at 7 p. m. in the New Classroom
Building.
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The third of the series of panel
discussions on t h e Dumbarton
Oaks Proposals will be broadcast
over radio station WJHO Thurs­day
evening from 7:30 until eight
o'clock. This week's subject will
be "The Dumbarton Oaks Pro­posals:
Economic and Social
Phases."
TAU BETA PI
ELECTS JAMES
NEW PRESIDENT
Tau Beta Pi, national honorary
engineering society, elected new
officers at a recent meeting.
Jesse Clopton James, junior in
engineering from Florence, was
chosen to succeed Bob Scogin,
Dora, as president.
Other officers elected were
James Luquire, senior in mechan­ical
engineering from Birming­ham,
vice - president; Charles
Towery, chemical student from
Huntsville, corresponding secre­tary;
and Al Lowe, senior in
chemical engineering from At­lanta,
recording secretary. Pro­fessor
C. R. Hixon is the treasur­er.
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CAMPUS
By SUSAN BROWN
"SCENE-AROUND'
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.
Auburn — college with a tra­dition.
Auburn—college having out­standing
meri among its gradu­ates.
Auburn—college having out­standing
men in executive posi­tions
and outstanding teachers.
Auburn—college planning an
expansive building program for
the near future.
And Auburn—college having a
long list of unnamed buildings.
Buildings, for lack of names,
are designated Old Vet Building,
New Vet Building, New Class­room
Building, Art Building or
Art Annex, Animal Husbandry-
Building, Library, Dormitories I,
II, III, IV, Alumni Hall and
Alumni Gym, Field House, and
Y Hut.
Adequate for reference?
Yes.
But not adequate.
Auburn has many men who are
important, who are a part of the
Auburn tradition, who have made
recognized contributions to our
educations and to API men for
whom buildings could fairly be
named.
Naming a building is small
recognition for the services ren­dered
by many of these men.
Yet it is a thing that we can
easily do to show to some extent
our appreciation.
After World War I many cam­puses
build Memorial Unions,
buildings which served as cen­ters
for social activities on those
campuses, in memory of students
from those colleges who had been
killed in the war.
There will probably be a de­mand
for that type of recognition
on campuses after this war.
And that is very right. For we
owe respect to those men who
have been killed in contradiction
of the purpose of colleges.
There are enough names for
the buildings of any plan of ex­pansion.
Buildings with short, appro­priate
names are more conven­iently
referred to.
Contrast the ease with which
we say "Ross", "Samford", or
"Broun" with the comparative
awkwardness of saying "New
Classroom Building" or the ab­breviated
"New Building", "Ani­mal
Husbandry Building", or
"Old Vet Building".
Referring to the buildings
built since 1935 by their descrip­tive
names is not consistent.
It is not consistent with the
naming of the other buildings,
which have been named for men.
Our immediate concern should
be the naming of the proposed
new buildings.
Knowing a building from its
beginning by its name is easier
than naming it and then learning
the name after it has been "Build­ing"
for a period of time.
At least one of the proposed
buildings is in blueprint form
with no name other than the
noun which describe the func­tion
of the completed buildings.
We have men for whom we can
name our buildings.
We have a tradition to uphold.
We are soon to have even more
unnamed buildings.
It's time we started naming.
SHORT CUTS
By Irene Long
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
Significant data on the eleven
girls who were suspended for
failure to pass six hours of class
work last quarter reveals that a
majority—seven—were graduates
of high schools in towns of less
than 5,000 population. Only one
of the remaining towns could be
classified as a big city, the other
three averaging a population of
6,000. (The original announce­ment
stated that thirteen girls
were suspended, but two were
cleared by re-examination).
That students from many of
the state's high schools are handi­capped
in college is no new dis­covery.
That professors and students
are handicapped when lectures
have to be kept on the high
school level is, likewise, no new
discovery.
Coddling (restricting students
to 7:30 permission until they es­tablish
a 1.4 average is coddling)
is unpleasant for everybody con­cerned.
We could propose a long-range
plan of providing equal opportun­ities
for education in the secon­dary
schools by eliminating all
students ia college except those
who are learning something in
addition to establishing averages.
But that would be suicide.
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One coed liked a certain valen­tine,
which began, "To the only
man I love," so well that she
bought six of them.
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Imagine an activity at the
stadium as slow as a turtle race
being promoted by Thornton and
Laney.
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About eight years ago Antoine
de Saint-Exupery, the author of
Wind, Sand and Stars,* made a
forced landing in the Sahara,
alone, a thousand miles from
help, faced with the necessity of
repairing his motor by himself
within the number of days his
supply of drinking water would
last. The first morning, accord­ing
to his story, he was awakened
by a gentle but determined voice
which said, "If you please, draw
me a sheep." Thus it was that he
met the Little Prince, whose
strange history he learned, bit
by bit, in the days that followed.
The Little Prince lived alone
on a tiny planet no larger than
a house. He possessed three
volcanoes, two active and one
extinct, which he cleaned out
every day, because one never
knows about volcanoes.
He also owned a flower, un­like
any flower in all the galaxy,
of great beauty and of inordinate ,
pride. It was this pride that
ruined the serenity of the Little
Prince's world and started him
on the travels that brought him
at last "to the Earth where he
learned finally, from a fox, the
secret of what is really important
in life.
The book, The Little Prince,
has some forty watercolor illu­strations
drawn by the author.
It is recommended for children,
for grownups whose hearts are
young, and for people who know
about matters of consequence.
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Dumbarton Oaks grow from
little acorns. The series of panel
discussions of the Dumbarton
Oaks Proposals by Auburnites is
broadcast over radio station
WJHO Thursday evening at 7:30.
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New form of amusement in the
dining hall; Playfully removing
the kerchief a girl is wearing
when her hair is tied up with
vari-colored strings.
• • •
A professor walked into the
post office Sunday night whist­ling
the tune to "Home on the
Range," and a few minutes later
a coed followed, humming "Don't
Fence Me In".
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An aviator's favorite tale:
Flack was hitting the plane on
all sides. Every man was scared.
The bombardier's prayer could
be heard over the phone. He be­gan,
"Lord, if it's our time to go,
we're ready," and after a pause
rushed on, "but if it's not let's
get the hell outta here."
• * *
The Band now has three fem­inine
members, playing tenor
sax, flute, and clarinet.
• * •
A person we would like to meet
is a sundae-eater who eats the
cherry first.
• * •
Modern Poetry
Curious fly,
Vinegar jug,
Slippery edge,
Pickled bug.
—Peadbody Volunteer.
« • *
"I believe in saying it with
flowers."
"You, but you only sent one
rose."
"Well, you know I never talk
much."
—The Spectator.
• • «
Fou-fou; "So you've been to
college, eh?
Tarbert: "Yes."
Fou-fou "How high can you
count?"
Tarbert: "One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
jack, queen, king."
Ward-Belmont Hyphen.
Please Sign 'Em
IN THE RAIN
JAYWALKING
With THORNTON and LANEY
Editor's note: The opinions expressed in this column are
those of the writer and are not to he construed as the editorial
polities of this paper.
It's coming! We promise. The sporting event of the year—
or any other year. A race to excite the pulse, animate the
heart, and stir the soul. Picture to your self these noble crea­tures
straining at the barrier, eager to be away over the tor­turous
course. Imagine the start, the shout of "They're off" as
they break, striving for the inside position, the flurry of dust
as they round the last curve, and the shouts and moans as
they cross the finish line amid a thundering of hoofs. Such
will be the scene of the great Jaywalking Turtle Race. Train
your turtles now. Get them in shape for the big race. Anybody
is eligible to enter his or her turtle for one of the main events,
then also there will be a race between the turtles entered by
organizations. Complete rules and the date of the race will be
published in the Plainsman later.
. . . -, * - * *
While wandering around the Alpha Gam Dance, we over­heard
the following: Do you jitterbug? Oh I just love to. Well
shake.
* * *
Overheard in the stadium:
Overheard in the stadium:
"George before I give you my final answer there is one
thing you must tell me. Do you drink anything?" "A smile of
relief crossed his handsome face. Was this all she wanted to
know? Proudly, trimphantly he whispered softly in her pink
shell-like ear: "Anything".
* * *
Don't Look Now, But—
My evening dress is—well, gosh—just don't look now!
That strange stuff in the air is sunlight.
The politicians have started flashing those campaign smiles.
* * *
Stewed Salesman—Here's a machine that will do the work
of 20 men.
Stewed Stude—At last I've seen what my wife should have
married.
* * *
Orchids to the Slipstick, that spicy column in the Illinois
Tech's Technology News. What would we do without you?!
CampuSounds—
Patriotism—"Auburn has a good basketball team."
Enthusiasm—"I've got a beer date with a halfback."
Bravery—"I'll ask her for the second, third and fourth no-brakes."
Drunkenness—1:30 a. m. "Let's call Dorm Three."
Politics—"That's all right. Vote again, my friend."
Around The Editor's Desk
With general elections coming up in a few weeks all politi­cally
minded persons might well be digging out their socks
of smiles, cigars, and petitions. Seriously, those who can quali­fy
for cabinet and publications offices and who are interested
should run. It's great fun, the more the hotter the elections and
the more the story for us.
Fine ones we are to talk after last week's issue, but unless
"A" Club initiation and skit night are cleaned up things are
in pretty foul condition around here.
Playful but slayful sights: Samford steps being "charged!"
. . . a cigarette stuck between the teeth of a merchant marine
recruiting poster at the post-office. Doodling in the third
dimension, we'd call it . . . the zoology student who slept until
twenty minutes after the class was over . . . a sympathy card
received from the Crimson-White by our publication . . .
We saw a good serial, or rather installment of a serial, in
the Howard Crimson called "The Black Phantom". It put any
Saturday show we've seen way in the shade for element of
suspense. Written by a V-12 boy, apparently, it ended: "Be
sure to read "The B. Phanthom" next week to find out (1)
if the hero will get shot (2) if the heroin will fall into the
clutches of the villian (3) if the author will get shipped to
Great Lakes."
Letters on controversial subjects are
welcomed by the staff of The Plainsman.
We like to get them very much. We en­joy
reading them ourselves, even when
they call us names or objects to things
we have written. We would like to print
more of them for the benefit of others
who might enjoy reading them.
This paper is supposed to be the voice
of the undergraduates of t h e college.
Without letters such as these it cannot be
truly representative of the student body.
We want you to write us. We want your
opinions on various subjects. We also want
your letters signed.
In the past we have printed letters from
several people, omitting their names to
avoid personal aminosity that might arise
as a result, but we always knew who wrote
them. Recently, however, we've been get­ting
unsigned letters—some of them very
good, containing constructive criticism of
justifiable complaint. We appreciate them
very much, and one in particular we would
like to print. However, we don't print un­signed
letters, although we will withhold
a person's name from publication upon
occasion.
Please do write us, readers. Your senti­ments
are interesting and often lend a
new light to some subject very interest­ing
both to us and to others. But please,
sign your letters.
Salute, The System
It's the end of the quarter. Here we
are, as usual. Too many of us are in the
same boat.
Most of us haven't "cracked a book all
quarter". Those of us who should be
making As are getting Bs; the B students
have dropped down to Cs or Ds, and too
many of us are flunking.
It isn't all our fault. We came up—or
down—to Auburn with the intention of
learning something as well as having a
good time.
When we first arrived, we were in a
tail-spin most of the time. Then, when we
were new on the campus, we were most
impressible. We took to heart the things
we were told.
Older students told us not to neglect
our social life. If we studied too much we
were worse off than if we hadn't studied
at all. Besides developing a warped per­sonality,
students who "boned" too much
didn't make friends.
That first quarter we tried to broaden
our viewpoint. We had an excess of energy
and wanted to be in everything on the
campus. The main trouble was that we
didn't know which way to direct our ac­tivities.
Some of us turned our attention toward
social organizations in a big way. Others
of us went in for dates. There were the
"joiners" who were members of every­thing.
We had our share of politicians.
Relatively few of us had our feet solidly
secured so we could concentrate upon
studying and take the rest of campus life
as extras—for use only after our main
objective had been accomplished.
We tried to. But we had meetings. We
had dances. We had dates. We had more
meetings. We had bull sessions. We were
afraid to drop any of our activities for
fear we would lose our emotional balance.
With the result that we didn't do our
best the first quarter. Nor have we done
our best since. Each quarter we've been
slipping a little further down the scale.
The more we do, the more activities we
included in—and these are the things we
like to do. We rationalize about our study­ing
and make Ds in courses that are "too
hard". Skimming over the prerequisties
may cause us to flunk the advanced course,
but we weren't "really interested in that
kind of work anyway."
And here we are—many of us—face to
face with the problem of how to get by
this quarter. We promise ourselves that it
will never happen again.
Most of the upperclassmen who are fail­ing
are so far beyond hope that there just
isn't a remedy. Lots of us may be able to
drag along and get a diploma that means
little or nothing, reflecting both on the
school and upon oursslves.
But we've glad that the new freshmen
won't be making the same mistakes we
did. They will at least have counselors to
advise them when they begin college.
They can know that the whenever they
run against some difficulty, whether it be
in studying, love, or managing extra-cur­ricular
affairs, the advisor will be able to
help.
They will have scheduled visits with
their conselors. If they fall behind, the
counselor may suggest dropping some ac­tivities
for the rest of the quarter. The
adjustments suggested will be logical
ones that will work.
If an older advisor can help a student
gain perspective of his whole college ca­reer
and get a good start, then we say
more power to him.
Perhaps with a counciling system when
we were freshmen, we wouldn't be wor­med
now. That's why we're looking for­ward
to the inauguration of the system
next quarter.
Messages Can Be Sent
Printed below is a message received
from the home service director of the
American Red Cross by Mrs. Golda L.
Porter of the Lee County Red Cross chap­ter
regarding the liberated prisoners on
the Phillipines.
"Information has been received from
National Headquarters, American Red
Cross, that familes of newly liberated
American prisoners in the Phillippines
can send a message of 25 words to them
via Army Press wireless. Only on mes­sage
will be allowed per family and will
be accepted from immediate members of
the family only. Families should address
such messages to the Adjutant General, at­tention
Casualty Branch, Room 3050, Mu­nitions
Building, Washington, D. C. Mes­sages
should contain liberated prisoner's
name and serial number.
"Persons released by enemy are routine­ly
interviewed by Military Intelligence
Offices to obtain any information about
persons known or thought to be in enemy
hands. Any information thus obtained by
military authorities is transmitted to fam­ilies
concerned. Chapters should not send
requests for such interviews to Home
Service National Headquarters.
"American Red Cross Representative at
Luzon has advised that mail for released
American and Allied civilians should be
addressed by writers as follows: Name of
individual, American Red Cross, Civilian
War Relief Section, APO 442, c/o Post­master,
San Francisco, California. Every
effort will be made by Red Cross repre­sentative
to deliver such mail. This mail
should not be handled by chapter Home
Service workers. It should not be sent to
Home Service National Headquarters for
forwarding.
(Miss) Anne Council, Director
Southeastern Area"
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1945 T H E P L A I N S M AN
Garden Gate Swing To Be Presented By Phi Omega Pi
Zombie And Auburn Collegiates To Play
For Formal In Girls' Gym On Saturday
Psi chapter of Phi Omega Pi will present a Garden Gate
Swing, their annual formal, on Saturday night, the 17th of
February, at the Girls' Gym on the Opelika Road at nine
o'clock. The president, Dorothy Woodall Hibbert, will lead
the dance with Sgt. George Hibbart of Fort Benning, Ga.
The ballroom will be decorated to resemble an old-fas­hioned
garden with white picket
fences, climbing rose vines, and
ivy. The lead-out will be through
a garden gate, and a bouquet will
be presented the president by
Joy Justice, younger sister of the
Phi Omega Pi second vice-presi­dent,
Jean Justice.
Music for the dance will be
furnished by the Auburn Col­legiates
under the direction of
Zombie Lauderdale.
Members, pledges and their
dates will be Dorothy Hibbert,
Sgt. George Hibbert; Mary Lou
Turner, Capt. Glenn Crow; Jean
Justice, Capt. Tom Senff; Bar­bara
Buckley, Lt. Nolan Kersch-ner;
Mary Elva Hollingsworth,
Judson Pullen; Betty Ruth Cham­bers,
O/c Andy Anderson; Corin-ne
McRae, Cpl. Harry E. Stone;
and Babe Sahm, Sonny Poss.
Frances Vick, Pvt. W. C. Davis;
Martha Rogers, Bill Adams;
Dorothy Sullivan, Capt. Francis
C. Sullivan; Martha Lacey Gard­ner,
Eli Garsten; Mary Willie
Garvin, Charlie Persall; Janice
Carter, Lt. Paul Malasky; Betty
Hoik, Al Carners; and Jeanelle
Mixon, Quentin Burgess.
Virginia Stephens, Lt. Bob
Constant; Mary Howard, Pfc.
Dick Hassell; Beulah Skelton,
Herbert Hawkins; Helen Walden,
Richmond Waits, Virginia White,
Capt. David Price; and Marion
Roberts, Bill Anderson.
Alumni from out of town who
will attend the dance will be
Sara Ann Bennett, Mary Bowen,
Dot Irish, Helen Kirkland, and
Rosa Campbell.
Auburn alumni and guests will
be Miss Cindy Lester, Miss Re­becca
Pete, Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry
Hanson, Dr. and Mrs. Henry
Good, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Four API Students
Marry In January
Cottier-Jones
The marriage of Miss Dorothy
Cottier, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh M. Cottier, and En­sign
S. Alfred Jones was solem­nized
on Saturday, January 20, at
three o'clock at the Presbyterian
manse in Auburn. The Rev. Sam
B. Hay performed the ceremony
in the presence of members of the
immediate families.
The bride graduated in home
economics at Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute in August, 1944. At
the time of her marriage she was
assistant home demonstration
agent at Columbiana.
Ensign Jones is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. T. Jones of Newton,
Ala., and was a student at Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute be­fore
entering service. He re­cently
r e t u r n e d from eight
months overseas. He will report
February 12 at San Francisco,
Calif., for further assignment.
Mrs. Jones will accompany him
to California, after which she
will return to Auburn to make
her home with her parents at
248 East Glenn Avenue.
Jemison-Stewart
The wedding of Mary Frances
Jemison to Gormwell Wollford
Steward took place in Anniston
on February 5. Dr. S. O. Kim-brough
performing the ceremony
at the home of the bride. H. C.
Steward, Jr., was best man. Dot
Irish, Mary Jo Bridges and
Frances Meaders served at the
Leads For POP
Spotlights On Auburnites
By Harold Dodd
Cooper, Dean and Mrs. Zebulon reception following the wedding.
Judd, Mrs. Ellis Diseker, Mrs.
Marion Tisdale, Mrs. Harry Bush,
Mrs. Jack Benford, Mrs. Leo
Gosser, Mrs. Vernon Watwood,
Mrs. O. F. Reed, Mrs. Rene Jolly,
and Mrs. Thomas Coleman.
Service Personals
Capt. C. H. McGehee is spend­ing
a few days with his mother,
Mrs. R. B. McGehee, enroute
from Eglin Field, Fla., to his new
assignment at the Walker Army
* • *
First Lt. Samuel K. McKenzie,
Birmingham, landed in the Philip­pines
with the 25th Infantry (tro­pic
Lightning) Division. He was
formerly a pre-law student and
debater at API.
* » *
Lt. Claude E. Wood, Jr., Bir­mingham,
has been authorized to
wear the Distinguished Unit
Badge with one bronze cluster as a
member of a veteran 15th Air
Force bomber group in Italy. This
group has twice been cited by
President Roosevelt "for outstand­ing
performance of duty in armed
conflict with the enemy."
While attending API, Lt. Wood
was a member of ATO and was en­rolled
in aeronautical engineering.
* * *
Naval Cadet "Bugg" Brazwell,
Birmingham, spent the week' end
in the "loveliest village." He is
a former member of Kappa Sigma
and was captain of the tennis
team.
The bride was an Alpha Gam­ma
Delta at Auburn last year
and also business manager of
the Glee Club. The groom is from
Macon, Ga. The couple will live
in Columbus, Ga.
Corietli-Eslock
Pvt. Clarence T. Estoch who
attended A.P.I, in '42, was mar­ried
recently to Betty Coretti of
Fairfield. The wedding took
place at St. Anthony's Rectory in
Birmingham. Rev. F. J. McCor-mack
performed the ceremony.
Louise Stomps and Sgt. Steve
Estoch, Jr., were the only attend­ants.
Double Elimination
Intramural Tournament
Set By IM Board
At a meeting of the Intramural
Board Friday it was decided that
the forthcoming interfraternity
basketball tournament be a dou­ble
elimination tourney. The
length of the quarters will be 10
instead of 8 mintes.
Luther Young and Monty Allen
were selected as officials for the
games up until the finals. At that
time an outside official will be
secured. The expense of getting
a man for this job and also the
refree job will be paid by the two
teams playing in the finals.
The dates for the games were
set and also the time. Teams
playing are OTC, SC, AGR and
AP.
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Dorothy Woodall Hibbert president of Psi chapter of Phi
Omega PL will lead the annual formal Saturday night at the
Girls' Gym with Sgt. George Hibbert of Ft. Benning, Ga. A
senior in science and lit, Mrs. Hibbert is also a member of
Sphinx, the Auburn Players, and the Plainsman Staff.
JAY WALKING
(Continued from page 2)
Lullaby of the Class-Cutter
When the roll is called up yon­der,
I may find with deep remorse,
True to form again, I have been
Dropped completely from the
course.
—Ward-Belmout Hyphen
* * *
"Boy, that was some nifty
blonde you were with last night.
Where did you meet her?"
"I donno—I just opened my
wallet and there she was."
—The Spectator.
• * *
I don't like your boyfriend; he
whistles dirty songs.
• * *
Don't forget the Junior Carni­val
coming up pretty soon. All
Juniors will have to get out and
work to make it a success.
Visit the office of the Plains­man.
Stuck up on the wall at the
for end of the office are all of
the jokes that have been cen­sored
from this column: Just to
give you an idea:
Why'd the sweater girl s t op
going with the sailor?
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V
LIPSCOMB'S
Tiger Drug Store
Pvt. Tom Roberts, '44, was in
Auburn over the week end. He
was a former student in chemical
engineering and a member of the
Publications Board, representative
to who's Who in American Col­leges,
and was recently chosen for
Phi Kappa Phi.
'Poinsonality' that's what it is—and he indulges in more
activities than a versatile Beau Brummel, rates as a BMOC
and holds quite a few officers. Yep, its Clarence Council
Sapp, or just plain "GoBo" as his bosum buddies might say.
* * *
Among Sapp's extra-curricular activities it might be men­tioned
that he is president of KA fraternity, president of the
Inter-Fraternity Council, former president of Blue Key, mem­ber
of Alpha Psi, and member of AVMA. By the last two it
is simple to deduct that Sapp is in the School of Veternary
Medicine—a senior.
* * *
From his numerous interests, it is more than evident that
his seven days a week aren't all spent in the Grill. No sir!
His main diversion seems to be carried on in the snooker
lab—and it may be added, he is a darn good snooker shooter
according to Gibbs, J. C. or any of the other S. L. attendants.
* * *
Sapp attended Albany High School, lettered in basketball
for two years and was president of his freshman, sophomore,
and junior classes—vice-president of his senior class. After
graduating from high school, he went to Gordon Military for
two years and lettered in basketball each year.
* * *
Yep, Sapp finds time for "wimmen", too.
Captain Russell Duke Serves
With Dixi Division In Pacific
Somewhere in the Southwest
Pacific—(Special Release)—Rus­sell
A. Dyke, with the 31st
(Dixie) Division in the Pacific,
has been promoted to rank of
captain, effective October 15, by
order of General Douglas Mac-
Arthur. Captain Dyke is the son
of Mrs. Mae Dyke, 426 South 10th
street, Gadsden, Ala.
With the 31st Division since
it arrived in this war theater in
March, 1944, and subsequently
engaged the Japanese forces on
several different fronts, Captain
Dyke, Signal Corps, now com­mands
a signal company.
Graduated from Alabama Poly­technic
Institute in 1942, he was
commissioned a second lieuten­ant
in the engineers, later trans­ferred
to the signal corps and
was statiqned at the officers'
school in Ft. Monmouth, Mon­mouth,
N. J., as an instructor.
He joined the 31st in October,
1942, at Camp Shelby, Miss., and
(Continued on Page 4)
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TUESDAY. FEB. 13
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No. 1
TRIGGER LAW
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BOB STEELE
No. 2
THE CONTENDER
. with
" BUSTER CRABBE
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14
WALLY BROWN
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VERA VAGUE
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CAN'T HELP
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JEROME KERN
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Page Pour T H E P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1945
I Wanna Go Home, Or Maybe I Don't
"Cest la Rotation, Cest la Bad",
So Says Capt. John Wood, '40 Grad
A 12th Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt Base in Italy—It was
not on the isle of Capri that he met her, but it was close—Just
across the way, in fact, within shouting distance of world-famed
Amalfi. Whereever it was, the effect was the same,
and now they've announced their engagement.
That's the story, or the beginning of it, at least, of the
overseas romance of Capt. Thom­as
A. Wood, Jr., a Twelfth Air
Force Squadron Engineering Of­ficer,
and 2nd Lt. Mardelle T.
Yacksaw, an army nurse.
Actually, the Captain, who is
from Marion, Ala., and the Lieu­tenant,
who is from Clinton, Iowa,
met at a squadron party a year
ago. They met many times after
that, Capri, Corsica, in various
parts of Italy, for Army nurses
and engineering captains must
follow the course of the army and
its airplanes. The captain's P-47
Thunderbolt Group, for instance,
moved on the average of at least
once a month during the course
of the year, one time moving as
far away from Italy as central
France. When the ships which he
had in his charge were flying
deep into Germany from French
Bases, Captain Wood was a little
desparing of getting back to Italy.
However, when things consoli­dated
a bit on the western Front,
his group was'withdrawn to re­turn
to Italy to continue its air
support role there, a role first
undertaken on North African
Bases.
Lieutenant Yackshaw—or Miss
Yackshaw, as nurses prefer to
be called—didn't get so far astray
and she was in Italy when the
captain returned. That settled it.
They announced their engage­ment
at a party in Captain
Wood's group officers club.
The story should now go on to
tell of their plans to live happily
ever after. They plan to, but it
looks like they'll have to wait
a while. For, a few days after the
engagement announcement, the
army had an announcement to
make also. Miss Yackshaw was
going home. The rotation system
had worked out a nice bit of
irony, but it will probably give
Miss Yackshaw a chance to whip
together an ail-American trous­seau.
Meanwhile, Captain Wood, who
used to be assistant Engineering
Aide for The Tennessee Valley
Authority and graduated from
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, is
sweating out the war news, the
war, h i s thunderbolts, a nd
shrugging his shoulders, saying,
"c'est la guerre, c'est la rotation."
OC Henry Glass, TJniontown,
visited on the campus this week
end. He is now at Infantry OCS
in Ft. Benning. While at API he
was enrolled in pre-medicine.
Tiger Theatre Shows
Bob Hope Picture
Sunday, Monday
Samuel Goldwyn's production,
"The Princess and the Private" is
a technicolor comedy starring
Bob Hope. The supporting cast
is headed by Virginia Mayo, and
includes Walter " Slezak, Walter
Brennan, Victor McLaglen, Hugo
Haas and Marc Lawrence.
David Butler directed the pic­ture
from an original screen-play
by Don Hartman, who is also the
associate producer, Melville Sha-velson
and Everett Freeman.
' "The Princess and the Private"
is salty story of pirate days on
the bounding main when men
were men and pirates cut their
throats. It abounds with bloody
sea fights between buccaneers
and honest seamen sailing under
the King's flag, is replete with
weird yarns about buried treas­ure
and features some of the
ugliest, toughest men and sweet­est,
most beautiful girls that ever
graced a pirate's hangout.
Hope is seen as a wandering
actor—nbt good but loud, which
was the fashion for actors in that
day—wHo sails aboard a mer­chantman
for Jamaica. Hope, in
the role of Sylvester- the Great,
the Man of Seven Faces, meets a
beautiful young maid, played by
Virginia Mayo, aboard ship and
makes a strong play for her af­fections.
He is unaware that Vir­ginia
is really the king's daugh­ter.
Enroute, the merchantman is
attacked by pirate, a rugged
bunch of killers led by The Hook
(Victor McLaglen). The princess
is kidnapped and Sylvester saves
his life only by masquerading as
an old Gypsy woman, one of his
"seven faces."
From then on the life of Sylves­ter
and the Princess Margaret is
hectic, adventurous and hilarious.
They escape from the pirate
ship, make their way to the
mythical town of Casarouge,
where it is unlawful to kill a man
without a permit, are kidnapped
by another band of killers and
finally are saved when Sylvester
unexpectedly finds himself the
leader of the pirates.
Miss Mayo, who has the femi­nine
lead opposite Hope, has her
second film role in "The Princess
and the Pirate." The blond young
actress made her screen debut
in Goldwyn's "Up In Arms" as
one of the Goldwyn Girls, and
was immediately spotted for the
Hope film. Virginia was discover­ed
by Goldwyn at Billy Rose's
Diamond Horseshoe in New York
where she was the ringmistress
in an act with "Pansy, the
Horse." She has been in Holly­wood
about a year and has been
groomed carefully and intensive­ly
for her big chance.
"The Princess and the Pirate"
marks the first picture in which
Hope departs from his modern
characterizations. T h e s c r i p t,
however, presents rather faith­fully
the Bob Hope of 1944 tran­sposed
to to setting of the 1640's.
From a production standpoint,
"The Princess and the Pirate is
one of the truly big productions
of the year. It is an RKO Radio
release.
W. H. Page Promoted
To Major's Rating
On Italian Front
With the 12th Air Force in
Italy—William H. Page, of Geor-giana,
Alabama, has recently
been promoted to the rank of
major.
As Operations Officer for vet­eran
fighter-bomber squadron,
Major Page has handled his re­sponsible
with great ingenuity,
and at the same time, led his own
flight of P-47's in a vigorous
campaign against the Nazi foe.
Major Page has become known
for his bridge-busting tactics and
has improved skip-bombing to
the point of it's being one of the
"fine arts" in his group.
With more than- 150 missions
to his credit, Major Page can
truly be classified in the category
of veterans. He holds the Air
Medal and three Oak Leaf clust­ers,
and has recently been cited
with the Distinquished Flying
Cross.
A graduate of Alabama Poly­technic
Institute with a B. S. de­gree,
he is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Page, of Georgiana,
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The "brain", or computer, is con­tinuously
solving an equation and
making a continuous adjustment of
his gun's aim. There are many
elements in that equation—temper­ature,
plane speed, windage, for ex­ample.
And his bullet is tired, not at
the enemy plane, but at where i t 's go-
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The computer supplements and cor­rects
human judgment in the factors
conditioning that aim, takes over that
part of the gunner's responsibility.
The " b r a i n " has electronic tubes—
plus other electrical and mechanical
elements—to help with its important
thinking. T h e corrections a r e relayed
to the guns continuously and auto­matically.
And the gunner is free to
concentrate on the business of keep­ing
the J a p plane framed in his sights.
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Lt. JOHN MtCABE AUBURN ARCHITECT OF '41, WINS DFC Princess & Pirate
Former BMOC
Was Represented
In "Who's Who"
First lieutenant John N. Mc-
Cabe, '41, Dora, has been award­ed
the Distinguished Flying Cross
"for extraordinary achievement
while participating in aerial flight
against the enemy."
Lt. McCabe is a pathfinder-navigator
in a veteran 15th Army
Air Force heavy bombardment
unit stationed in Italy.
While attending Auburn, Lt.
McCabe was president of Delta
Sigma Phi fraternity, member of
Scabbard and • Blade, Scarab,
S p a d e s , ODK, Interfraternity
Council, and was selected for
representation in Who's Who in
American Colleges and Univer­sities.
He is a graduate in archi­tecture.
Brig. Gen. George E. Acheson,
commanding general of the 15th
AAF heavy bombardment wing
decorated Lt. McCabe, who previ­ously
held the Air Medal with
two oak leaf clusters and is en­titled
to wear the Distinguished
Unit Badge.
According to the citation, Lt.
McCabe has "consistently dis­played
outstanding, courage, ag­gressiveness
and intense devotion
to duty throughout many long
and hazardous combat missions.
"Although his aircraft has been
frequently severely damaged by
heavy fire, Lt. McCabe has cor-ageously
remained at his station,
battling his way through to the
targets to aid materially in the
utter distruction of vitally im­portant
enemy installations and
supplies."
The citation continues, "Lt. Mc­Cabe
has gallantly engaged,
fought, and defeated the enemy
with complete disregard for his
personal safety and against over­whelming
odds. Concluding, the
citation commented that the ex­traordinary
a c h i e v e m e n t s
throughout these many missions
have been of inestimable value
to successful combat operations."
Lieutenant and Mrs. Robert B.
Allen have been transferred from
Seymour, Ind., to the B-24 First
Pilot School at Smyrna, Term.
Mrs. Allan is the former Miss
Libba Sahag.
First lieutenant John Mc­Cabe,
'41, who recently re­ceived
the DFC "for extraordin­ary
achievement."
SIGMA CHI ELECTS
LINDSEY PREXY
New officers elected by Sigma
Chi fraternity last Wednesday
are Field Lindsey, Griffin, Ga.,
junior in vet medicine, president;
Wyatt Pouncey, pre-med student
from Montgomery, vice - presi­dent;
and Charlie Peacock, senior
in vet from Montgomery, treasur­er.
Ray Traylor, mechanical en­gineering
student from Montgom­ery
was chosen secretary; James
Cappel, sophomore in electrical
engineering historian; and Starr
Prolsdorfer, junior in architecture
from Mobile, tribune and assist­ant
editor.
Mr. and Mrs. U. G. Swingle of
Columbus, Ohio, who are spend­ing
the winter at the home of
their son, Dr. H. S. Swingle, have
been ill with bronchitis the past
ten days.
(Continued from Page 3}
was promoted to first lieutenant
in February the next year. Cap­tain
Dyke, with more than eight
months overseas, is authorized
the Asiatic-Pacific campaign rib­bon.
It's a big event... Have a Coca-Cola
. . . or having fun at the family reunion
The family beams in happy reunion as baby steps toward his dad
home on furlough; And of course there's Coca-Cola from the
family refrigerator to add its life and sparkle at the words Have a
Coke. Yes, Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes,—a happy
symbol of a friendly way of life;
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Taxes paid by industry largely
maintain our Public School System.
The Railroads contribute greatly to
that source of revenue. In 1943
alone, the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad paid over $2,200,000 in
taxes for t he support of schools and
State Universities.
That is equivalent to employing
about 2,000 teachers or sending
about 60,000 children to school for
one year, who otherwise might be
deprived of the benefit of proper ed­ucation
o r modern school facilities.
The L & N finds satisfaction in the
number of Southern boys and girls
who are attending fine schools, in
contrast to the "little red school-house"
of a generation ago. T h i s is
made possible in nolsmall measure
by its contribution in|school taxes.
The L & N likes to think of these
boys and girls of the South as our
own—"We're putting our sons and
daughters through College," we
might say.
No other agency has for almost 100
y e a r s c o n t r i b u t e d more t o t he
growth «of the South's commerce
and •culture than our own "Old
Reliable" —the L&N. W e hope to
continue to aid in that program in
the postwar period. Toward that
goal we ask only an impartial treat­ment
in regulation; that we be given
an equal opportunity with our com­petitors
to serve the Public's needs.
President
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1945 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Five
Crime Detection Lab
Suggested For Auburn
LEGISLATURE COMMITTEE MAKING
AN EXHAUSTIVE STUDY OF REPORT
Suggestions for formation of an Alabama Bureau of In­vestigation
to be created within the Department of the Attor­ney
General and with a master crime detection laboratory
placed at Auburn were discussed this week by H. W. Nixon,
State Toxicologist.
The suggestions were passed upon by the t w e l f th
Alabama Policy Conference in Montgomery November 24
and a bulletin reporting them ap
SERVICE PERSONALS
peared this month. The public
welfare committee of the state
legislature chairmanned by Will
O. Walton of Lafayette is at pres­ent
making an exaustive study of
the report.
Nixon emphasized the fact,
however, that the idea is as yet
in a formative stage and a possi­ble
two years of intensive study
and planning would be required
to bring it to maturity. It was
agreed when a plan for constitu­tion
revision was presented at the
Policy Conference that in fair­ness
to men and women of the
armed services revision of the
constitution should await the
time when they might elect dele­gates
to the constitutional con­vention
and participate in the
development of public opinion.
Proposals made at the most re­cent
conference suggested that a
Department of Justice be estab­lished
for the state headed by
the Attorney General. Such a de­partment
would have full author­ity
over all state criminal law en­forcement
and would absorb all
departments operating in dupli­cation
of conflict with it. Subor­dinate
parts of the department
would be the present Attorney
General's office, a bureau of in­vestigation
and a bureau of state
police.
Provide Intergrated System
Such a department would, the
recommendation stated, provide
an "integrated, organized system
of proceedure instead of the pres­ent
disorganized haphazard pro­cedure
for investigations and
prosecution of crime."
Further, it said, a more uni­form
distribution of state facili­ties
for the investigation and
prosecution of crime and proper­ly
selected personnel without pol­itical
influence would make for
more efficient operation and ef­fect
a genuine economy.
It was also proposed at the
conference that a modern Bu­reau
of Investigation, well equip­ped
with the best scientific fa­cilities
be established. Nixon said
that he felt sure Auburn as the
place in the state best equipped
for scientific research would have
the present Toxicology Depart­ment
enlarged for a master crime
detection laboratory.
The suggested plan or organ­ization
for a bureau of investiga­tion
provided that "the Alabama
Department of Toxicology and
Criminal Investigation be abol­ished,
and that the equipment
now being used by the depart­ment
be converted to the use of
the Alabama Bureau of Investi­gation."
Sub-departments located over
the state would also be abolish­ed
toward the formation of the
master laboratory.
Lambda Chi Alpha
Initiates Eight
Lambda Chi Alpha initiated
eight pledges last Wednesday
evening, February 7. They were
Arthur Allen Mendenhall, fresh­man
in business administration,
Columbus, Ga.; Robert Teod
Trapani, freshman in mechani­cal
engineering, Savannah, Ga.;
William Quinton Burgess, fresh­man
in business administration,
Talladega; and Gilbert King
Moody, freshman is business ad­ministration,
Auburn.
Lester Lee Holley, Jr. fresh­men
in pre-med, Wetumpka;
James Milton Cooke, freshman
in business administration, La-nett,
Dewey Madison Shaffer,
freshman in vocational agricul­ture,
Fort Payne; and Ralph
Austin Smith from Stetson Col­lege,
Deland, Florida, freshman
in Liberal Arts.
PFC. MARTIN L. BECK
REPORTED MISSING
Private First Class Martin L.
Beck, Jr., has been missing in
action in France since January
15, according to a telegram from
the War Department received by
his parents, Prof, and Mrs. M. L.
Beck Tuesday.
He was in Patton's Third Army
and had been in action since
about December 15, 1944.
BUY WAR BONDS
AND STAMPS
Tom Roberts, Jr. was in town
last weekend, after having fin­ished
basic training at Ft. Mc-
Celland in Anniston, Tom is en
route field artillery OCS at Ft.
Sill, Oklahoma.
A '44 graduate, with a B.S. de­gree
in chemical engineering, he
was recently selected to be in
Who's Who in American Colleges
and Universities and was tapped
for Phi Kappa Phi. He is the
second youngest graduate, of Au­burn,
and was president of Tau
Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon,
AIChE, and the BSU Council
while in school. He also belonged
to me.
» * »
, Lt. Mac Lane, whose home is in
Auburn, was here last week.
Pilot of a P-51 Mustang, he has
been stationed in Florida. He is
a former student of Aeronautical
Engineering and was affiliated
with Alpha Gamma Pho.
* * *
Jim Whiteside, USNR, was in
town Monday. Since leaving
school last quarter, he has been
stationed at Great Lakes. Jim
was a member of Delta Sig and
secretary to the Executive Cab­inet.
School Of Home Et
Gets Service Flag
Speaking at the presentation of
a service flag to the school of
Home Economics, Colonel Oscar
Gates said that if we desire to
be able to continue having per­sonal
independence and the other
freedoms of a democracy it be­hooves
us to take stock and de­termine
how we can best serve
our country.
"We are prone to be concerned
with only our personal affairs
and particularly with our person­al
gains," he added. "We must
not, in so great a contest, expect
to meet nothing but sunshine".
He said that many Auburn men
and women are now rendering
valuable service to their country
both overseas and in the states.
The commandant added, "Daily
we hear of their efforts".
The names of the Home Econ­omics
School students now in the
armed forces are Anita Baker,
Jeanette Frankel, Martha Keith,
Evelyn Summers, Nellie Ruth
Ward, Vadella Woodham, John
Maltby, Claud Pritchet, Harold
Streetman, and Tom Brown.
Thomas O'Grady, Juanita John­ston,
Melba Moorer, Wilthena
Temple, Esther Weeks, Lily
Bradley, James Warren, Anita
Albright, Mary Guarisco, Sara
Ellen Jackson, Ruth King, Anne
Owsley, Bernice Hinds, and Erma
Piper.
Flying Cross Award
To Colonel Atkinson
Lt. Col. John E. Atkinson of
Auburn, who has been serving
with the 15th AAF in Italy, was
awarded the Distinguished Fly­ing
Cross recently.
Presentation was made by
Brig. Gen. George R. Acheson.
Colonel Atkinson is a graduate
of West Point and has flown a
large number of missions in
Italy, where he went in the
spring of 1944.
PROP WASH
with the
API School Of Aviation
Samuel R. Monroe
Wounded In Europe
Private Samuel R. Monroe, Jr.,
who is with the medical corps
in Patton's Third Army was
wounded on Sunday, January 21,
in Germany, according to a
message from the War Depart­ment
received by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Monroe, 224
South Gay Street.
Pvt. Monroe is a former pre-medical
student at Alabama Poly­technic
Institute.
Capt. K. Lamar Hart
Missing In Action
Capt. K. Lamar Hart has been
missing since December 20 at
Luxenbourg, according to a tele­gram
received by his mother,
Mrs. Ruby Hart, from the War
Department Wednesday. Capt.
Hart was with the medical, corps
of the 28th division. He is a grad­uate
of Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute,
attended Harvard, and is
a graduate of the Louisville Den­tal
College.
Mrs. Hart is the housemother
of SAE Fraternity.
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SAE House Approved,
Mrs. Hart Chaperones
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
house at 381 North College has
been approved for dating, by Mrs.
Marion W. Spidle, Dean of Wom­en,
from 7 until 11 p. m. on Tues­day,
Friday, Saturday, and Sun­day.
Mrs. Ruby Hart will visit
the house on the evenings ap­proved.
"They're neither too young nor
too old." In this particular case
it was young. The little visitor
was six weeks old and taking her
first airplane ride from Memphis,
Tennessee to Orlando, Florida.
Seemingly she was having a most
pleasant trip. She had c,ome from
Memphis to the Auburn-Opelika
Airport undisturbed, having slept
all the way.
* * *
Robert Drewey was checked
out in a Cub Cruiser last Friday
and now can fly with two pas­sengers
under his wings. His
plans are to hover two friends
safely home between quarters.
* * •
Recent visitors at the Auburn-
Opelika Airport were W. H. Bow-lin
and J. H. Hardy of Starks-ville,
Mississippi, f l y i n g an
Aeronca; R. T. Dixon of the
Southeastern Air Service, Macon,
Georgia, flying a Fairchild;
Dover F o y l e m a n , Burlington,
North Carolina, flying a Waco;
C. W. Clifford, Atlanta, Georgia,
flying" a Beechcraft; and H. P.
Markie, Granite Falls, North Car­olina,
flying a Taylorcraft.
H. W. Wheelless of the Enter­prise
Flying Service, Enterprise,
flying an Aeronca Chief; Laney
Johnson, Columbus, Georgia, fly­ing
a Taylorcraft; Dexter Martin,
Director, South Carolina Aero­nautics
Commission, Columbia,
South Carolina, flying a Stinson
and T. W. Anderson, Columbus,
Georgia, flying a J-3 Cub.
* * *
After being grounded due to
illness, Cecil Ward and Burton
Neighbors are now back into
the flying circle.
* * *
We have added to our list of
new students Jesse Woodham,
aeronautical engineering, student
from Barwick, Georgia.
Former Instructor At API Heads
78th Fighter Group 'University'
An Eighth Air Force Fighter Station, England—School
bells are ringing again for more than 300 Eighth Air Force
soldiers who trek to classes four nights a week at the 78th
Fighter Group's "University", headed by Major Elmer A.
Jones, 29, of Auburn, Ala., a former instructor in the Zoology-
Entymology department at Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
The school offers over 20 sub­jects
ranging from elementary
radio to live stock production.
Students have signed up for fif-
Forces Institute will make ar­rangements
for school credit.
Maj. Jones has decided on
teen weeks study. Their teachers tentative list of 65 subjects for
are fellow soldiers who hurry
from the flight line and from
Pvt. McAdory Lipscomb, US-AAF,
visited his family here last
week. He has been stationed at
Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
IONG TOMS — blasting unseen targets —are
J directed by voices flashing through this artil­leryman's
radio telephone "switchboard." His FM
set can operate on 120 crystal controlled channels,
any ten selected instantly by push-buttons. Using its
many channels, he connects the battalion commander
with spotters up front and in planes; then with
battery commanders who focus tremendous fire­power.
He's helping soften the hard road ahead.
As the nation's largest producer of communica­tions
and electronic equipment, Western Electric
turns out vast quantities of telephone, radio and de­tection
devices for all branches of our armed forces.
Many college graduates —men and women —are
helping us put these weapons in our fighters' hands.
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orderly rooms to double as pro­fessors
in subjects which were
their professions in civil life.
Maj. Jones is commanding of­ficer
of a squadron of ground
specialists in the group, which is
commanded by Colonel Frederic
C. Gray, of Abilene, Tex. He
taught zoology, ichthyology and
wild-life conservation at Auburn.
"The atmosphere is a lot dif­ferent
from the little red school-house
-back home," Maj. Jones
said. "These boys are preparing
themselves for return to civilian
life, and their genuine desire to
learn is reflected in their eager
attention in class."
Most popular subject is "The
Small Business", which the maj­or
believes indicates the service
men's desire to run his own busi­ness
when he returns home.
Runner-up in popularity is the
course in elementary photo­graphy.
Those students complet­ing
examinations successfully
will receive certificates of profici­ency
from the United States
Armed Forces Institute.
The school, one of a number to
be set up under the Army Edu­cation
Program, will expand in­to
an educational system equal
to that of a large American com­munity
when Germany is defeat­ed.
Soldiers waiting to go to other
theaters, to the United States, or
assigned to armies of occupation,
will study on army time. Those
studying in the present part-time
classes must arrange with in­dividual
high schools or colleges
to get official credit, but under
the full-time program, the Armed
the group's fulltime school. He
plans to give every soldier on the
station at least a fifth-grade edu­cation,
but those wishing to study
advanced subjects will be able
to take courses up to the second
year of college.
The Alabaman graduated from
Auburn with the Bachelor of
Science degree in 1937.
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Tiger Basketballers Drop Two To Jax;
Face Tech Here Saturday, Fla. Monday
Stapleton Gets 14 Points For Tiger
Tourney To Be Held March 8-12
The Auburn Tigers dropped the first of their Florida
invasions last Friday to the quintet from Jacksonville Naval
Air Station by an 80-43 score,
The Fliers jumped to an early lead, and then coasted to
an easy victory over the inexperienced Auburn five,
Stapleton rang up 14 points for Auburn, the same number
tallied by the Fliers' Kaiser.
The Air Station was ahead 45-
23 at halftime.
Burgess, Fuller, and Lancaster,
also played on Coach Evans'
team on the Jacksonville trip.
Bowling Completes
Fourteen Missions
15th AAF in Italy — Captain
Temple Bowling, Jr., veteran
fighter pilot of Montgomery, Ala.,
flew his fourteenth combat mis­sion
January 8, 1945, escorting
heavy bombers to Linz, Austria,
on his second tour of duty with
the hard-hitting fighter Group in
which he originally left the
States in the summer of 1942.
Acting in the dual function of
Squadron operations officer and
combat pilot at his present fight­er
field in Italy, as part of the
15th Air Force, Bowling was sep­arated
from his Group when fly­ing
P-38s to Iceland on his first
departure from the States. De­tained
there, he spent the sub­sequent
19 months with the Ice­land
Base Command where he
flew P-3&S, P-39s and P-40s on
patrol and convoy 'escort opera­tions.
Intense flak and heavy con­centration
of enemy light arms
ground fire into which he and
fellow pilots were forced to dive
their Lightnings for an attack on
enemy forces during a strafing
mission to Seregelyes, Hungary,
November 26, 1944, marked it as
the roughest mission he has
flown with his present Squadron
according to the Captain. On an­other
strifing attack returning
from escorting bombers to Blech-hammer,
Germany, December 26,
he destroyed a locomotive when
his cannon shells evidently ex­ploded
the boilers during a head-on
pass at it.
Captain Bowling can testify to
the present "hit and run" tactics
of the Luftwaffe. When over 60
enemy fighters attempted their
biggest attack in past several
months on a 15th Air Force
bomber information he was fly­ing
in the leading section of 10
P-38s in the fighter escort which
dove down onto and routed the
greatly superior number of
enemy planes. The Heine pilots
showed no stomach for a fight.
Graduating from Hogansville
High School, Hogansville, Geor­gia,
in 1938, Captain Bowling,
whose wife Mrs. Joan Bowling
resides at 1125 W. 5th Ave., Cor-sicana,
Texas, continued his
studies at Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, Auburn, Ala., where he
was a member of the Kappa Al­pha
fraternity. Enlisting in the
AAF as an aviation cadet, Sep­tember
26, 1941, he received his
wings and commission at Moore
Field, Mission, Texas, April 26,
1942.
His mother, Mrs. E. L. Bowling,
resides at 16 High St., Hogans­ville,
Georgia.
Voyles Schedules
Four Fla. Games
As the first step in building up
a long range schedule, Carl Voy­les,
Auburn's director of athletics
and head football coach, today
announced a four-year series w: th
Florida. ,
It is a home-and-home arrange
ments, the Gators coming to Au
burn this year on November 3
as the homecoming opponent of
the Tigers.
The 1946 and 1948 games will
be played in Gainesville or Jack­sonville
at the wishes of Florida.
The 1947 game will be played
either in Auburn or Montgomery,
"I hope to make similar ar­rangements
with old rivals", said
Voyles, "This will eliminate a lot
of difficulties in schedule making
and assure Auburn of the dates
it wants."
Coach Voyles intimated that he
had in mind long-range schedule
arrangements with Tulane, Geor­gia
Tech and Georgia.
This year's meeting of the
Tigers and Gators will be the
22nd in a rivalry that was started
in 1912. The Tigers.have won 11
games the Gators 9, and one,
that 7-7 thriller in 1939, a tie.
The last meeting of the two
was in 1942, the year Auburn
turned in that mighty upset over
Georgia. But the Tigers were up­set
by the Gators in that one.
The Gators were outdone in
everything but the final score,
which was 6-0 in their favor.
Arrangements for the series
were completed last week when
Percy Beard, Florida director of
athletics, and Tom Lieb, head
coach, met with Voyles at the
Southeastern Conference session
in Birmingham.
Scores of the rivalry are as
follows:
1912
1913
1914
1915
,1916
1917
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
no game
Auburn
27,
55,
20,
7,
20,
68,
6,
o„
0,
0,
12,
v,
7,
7,
27,
13,
14,
7,
7,
20,
o,
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
13
0
0
0
0
0
33
27
19
7
13
14
14
14
6
0
0
9
7
7
6
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AROUND THE INTRAMURAL BOARD
The playoffs will begin this Tuesday night at seven-thirty.
Alph Psi will take on Alpha Gamma Rho, and Omega
Tau Sigma will take on Sigma Chi. The winners and the
losers of these two games will meet Thursday, when one
team will be eliminated. The winner of the game between
Tuesday night's winner will get a bye to the final; the loser
of this game will play the winner of the game between Tues­day
night's losers. The playoffs will continue the next Wed­nesday,
and Saturday, if need be.
SHELBY LEADS SCORERS
Shelby of Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the new interf raternity
leading scorer. The SAE ace dropped in 50 points last week
to take the lead away from Stevens of SC who has 79 points
to his credit. Other high scores are Hendricks, OTS, with
67 points, Peace, OTS, with 51, and Smalley, AP, with 47
points.
SPRING PRACTICE
Spring practice opened on schedule last Tuesday. About
thirty-five reported for practice. As yet, nothing is known
of the new team's potentialities. Nolan Lang is the only
player reporting who is sure to be on hand next fall.
HOME GAMES FREE TO PUBLIC
There will be no charge for the rest of the home basket­ball
games this year. It will not be necessary students to
present their activity books. The remaining games played
here this year are with Ga. Tech, Feb. 17, Florida, Feb. W
and 20, Tulane, Feb. 22.
QUOTE FROM THE NEW YORK WORLD:TELEGRAM
We quote a paragraph from "FROTHY FACTS", a sports
column written by Eddie Brietz in the New York World-
Telegram: "Smartest thing Auburn has done in years and
years was to name Fred Turbyville, (an old Baltimore boss
of ours) chief of the tub thumping department." Amen!
Here's what Turbyville has to say about it, "A fellow who
has never kept a scrapbook in sports is sorely tempted to
start one after reading the above blurb."
Boxing And Wrestling To Feature
In Sports Parade Next Quarter
The intramural sports parade next quarter will feature
a boxing and wrestling tournament which will be held
March 8-12.
Both fraternities and independents may enter the tourney.
Independent men who win will be awarded intramural
medals for first and second places. Winning fraternity teams
will be given trophies for first
QUOTE:
"HOWARD CRIMSON'
SC, OTS, AP, AGR Win Leagues;
Playoffs Start Tuesday Night
The regular interfraternity basketball season bowed out
in fine fashion last Thursday night with Omega Tau Sigma,
Sigma high, Alpha Psi, and Alpha Gamma Rho being declared
the four league winners.
In what was perhaps the biggest upset of the season,
Sigma Chi bowed to Sigma Alpha Epsilon by 26-23 score.
Shelby paced the SAE attack
with 14 points as Stevens led
SC with 11 tallies.
Alpha Psi topped Alpha Tau
Omega 37-9. Smalley dropped in
16 points for AP while Jones get
3 points for ATO.
Omega Tau Sigma won its first
of two games last week from
Delta Sigma Pi by a 1-0 forfeit.
Kappa Alpha downed Sigma
Nu by a 24-22 count. Sapp and
Hutchinson get seven points for
KA, the same number tallied by
SN's Warren.
Alpha Tau Omega forfeited its
second game to Alpha Psi 1-0.
Omega Tau Sigma copped its
final game of the year by win­ning
from Delta Sigma Pi by a
44-16 score. Hendricks, with 14
points, and McDaniel, with 6
tallies, led the two teams, re­spectively.
Shelby of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
dropped in 36 points as his team
topped Phi Kappa Tau 69-23.
Wold rang up 13 points for PKT.
Kappa Sigma bowed to Alpha
Gamma Rho by 30-13 score.
Dykes highlighted the AGR at­tack
with 12 tallies as Matthews
got 10 for KS.
"Orchids to Auburn and Ala­bama
for their return to the
gridiron last season after having
temporarily abandoned the field
because of the war. 'Bama's
Frank Thomas did it again, tak­ing
4-F's, 17-year-old lads and
discharged servicemen to build a
team which wound up in the
Sugar Bowl at New Orleans New
Year's Day to scare the pants off
Duke's Blue Devils.
"Onions to the same schools—
Auburn and Alabama—who will
always jump at the chance to
book Howard's undermanned
Bulldogs for a breathing during
football season, and then turn
a deaf ear when Bulldog quintets,
usually fine teams, seek games
with them. Auburn, this year at
least, could lose prestige should
it lose to Howard, Already the
Plainsman quint has played and
lost four games—one of those
losses being to little Mercer. Ala­bama
has a little at stake, hav­ing
wins over Georgia and Geor­gia
Tech, but even at that the
and second places.
Men may be entered into the
following divisions. Flyweight,
121 lbs. bantam weight, 128 lbs.;
featherweight, 136 lbs.; light­weight,
145 lbs.; welterweight,
155 lbs.; middleweight, 165 lbs.;
light heavyweight, 175 lbs.;
heavyweight, above 175 lbs.
The bouts will consist of three
minute rounds. They will be
governed by the National Inter­collegiate
Boxing and Wrestling
Rules, and two points will win a
round.
The tournament will be under
the supervision of Coach Evans
and Umback. These bouts are
being held in the hope that
enough interest will be aroused
in the two sports to warrant
Auburn's fielding a boxing and
wrestling team in 1946.
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