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VOL LXIV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1945 NUMBER 21
Page And Pianist
Pack In Two Bags
BALLET DANCER COMES TO AUBURN
APPEARS IN LANGDON MONDAY
Laughing about having to pack
all their clothes into two suitcases
(which have on occasions served
for train seats), Ruth Page, ballet
dancer, and her pianist, Irene Al-brecht,
accept travel conditions
without complaint.
"College towns are located in
such out-of-the-way places," Miss
Page said, "but the students make
such responsive audiences that I
like to dance for them. They are
open to new ideas."
Miss Page was n o t annoyed
with the Langdon stage. "On the
contrary," she remarked, "it is
the lighting I have to worry
about, and Mr. Peet has that
worked out quite well." this
statement was made before the
performance, however, and it is
possible that she had not antici­pated
the chronic curtain trou­ble.
Yet there was no obvious sign
of annoyance when the curtain
failed to work. She believes in
complaining about things that
can be avoided, in accepting them
when unavoidable. "There may
•be a good excuse for not serv­ing
butter now," she said, "but
there is no reason for serving
lukewarm tea when one orders
hot tea." Forthwith she had her
cup exchanged for hot tea.
"That's the trouble with Ameri­cans,"
she said in a continental
air, "we don't complain enough
to make living comfortable."
Miss Page has toured South
America, and her visit to the
Salzburg Festival in 1932 marked
the beginning of a collaboration
with Harold Kreutzbert of Salz­burg
which led to series of duo-concerts
in America, accompanied
by Friedrich Wilckens, Viennese
composer and pianist, and culmin­ating
in a joint tour of Japan and
Delta Sigs Elect
Ted Hopton-Jones
As New President
Kappa Chapter of Delta Sigma
Phi held its semi-annual election
of officers at the last meeting of
last quarter.
Edward Hopton - Jones, Ote,
Cuba, was elected president;
Herman Smith, of Birmingham
was selected to serve as vice-president,
Hilton Jones of Mo­bile,
will act as secretary; while
Walton Thomas will be treasurer;
Lew Sanderson, Montgomery,
chaplain, Jack Paine, correspond­ing
secretary and Jack Thornton,
Inter-fraternity Council repre­sentative.
Mrs. T. C. Clark
To Visit Baptists
An informal reception will be
given Saturday, March 17 from 8
to 10 honoring Mrs. T. C. Clark,
Nashville, associate southwide
student secretary of the BSU, in
the basement of the Baptist
Church. All new students, old
students and townspeople are in­vited.
China in 1934. In 1940 the Page-
Stone Ballet was the first Ameri­can
ballet company to tour South
America.
Miss Page said "The Cambridge
Ladies" was the number she en­joyed
performing most, but the
Auburn audience gave least ap­plause
to this one, possibly be­cause
of its abruptness.
When she was doing her barn
practice, the piano-tuner watched
her for a while and said, "Don't
you think you'd do better with a
hoe in a field?"
Dean J. E. Hannum Is Speaker
Af Commencement Exercises
The most effective way .for an individual to promote world
peace is to practice Christianity at all times, said J. E. Han­num,
of the school of engineering, in delivering the Winter
Quarter baccalaureate address here last quarter in Langdon
Hall.
Following the address Pres. L. N. Duncan presented
diplomas to 59 graduates.
WACS RECRUIT
FOR HOSPITAL
WORKERS HERE
From fronts all over the world
wounded Americans are being
sent back to our Army hospitals
for care—at the rate of more than
a thousand a day.
Nurses in those hospitals are
unable to treat adequately all the
casualties because of this limited
number. Under regular condi­tions
each nurse cares for 20 men,
but today, because of the lack of
nurses, they have doubled num­ber
of patients.
American girls can do some­thing
about this scarcity of nurses
by enlisting in a hospital unit of
the Women's Army Corps.
Auburn girls have a chance to
enlist this week. Lt. Alma Dobes
and Cpl. Margaret Davidson,
both from the Army recruiting
station in Montgomery are in Stu­dent
Center, today and tomorrow
from 2-5 p. m.
Interviews will be given to any
girl, whether or not she desires
to join immediately or complete
her college training.
To be accepted by the WAC,
girls must be at least 20, have
completed two years of high
school, have no dependents under
14, and be in good health.
After induction, the woman
soldiers will be sent to Ft. Ogle-throp,
Ga., for six weeks of train­ing.
Advanced training at Camp
Atterbury, Ind., will come next.
Then the WACs will receive the
rating of T-5, which corresponds
to a corporal with the pay of $66
a month plus living expenses.
Members of hospitals may in­dicate
at which one of the 60
general hospitals they prefer to
serve. Among their choices may
be Letterman General Hospital,
San Francisco, Calif.; McCluskin
General, Temple, Tex.; Baker
General, West Va.; Lawson Gen­eral,
Atlanta, Ga.; and Augusta
Hospital in Augusta, Ga.
Any women enlisting in the
WAC will be eligible to receive
the benefits of the GI Bill of
Rights—which will give educa­tion,
loans, or other financial aid
to veterans.
"Man has been striving for the
past two thousand years 'to shape
his life according to the teach­ing
of the Master. Progress has
been slow, fraught with many
vicissitudes and d i s c o u r a g e ­ments",
said Dean Hannum. "But
as long as right prevails over
wrong we must continue to
strive and to hope for a better
world.
"We are living in a scientific
and technological age. When this
war is over, there will be pro­duced
for our use many kinds of
new devices, new machines, and
new products, which will have
profound effects upon our way
of living. We must learn to use
the products of scientific and
technological development intel­ligently
for the purpose for which
they will be made,—for the bene­fit
of mankind, not for the de­struction
of the world.
"Improvements in our social,
economic, and political structures,
and progress in our spiritual and
ethical development, have lagged
far behind the rapid advance­ment
of science and all phases
of its application. We must bring
these forces more nearly into
proper balance. This will require
an intelligent understanding of
the nature of the forces, their di­rection
and magnitude, the ef­fects
of their impacts upon our
lives, their rates of change, and
their complex inter-relationships.
Greater attention must be given
to the solution of our social,
economic, political and spiritual
problems, otherwise the gap be­tween
these forces and the in­evitable
onward sweep of tech­nological
advance will become
wider,—the unbalance will be­come
greater."
The invocation was given by
the Rev. William Byrd Lee, Epis­copal
rector, and the Rev. Sam
B. Hay. Presbyterian minister,
pronounced the benediction. Or­gan
music for the exercises was
played by Prof. Joseph Marion-
Merlo, and P. R. Bidez led the
audience in singing the National
Anthem.
Since the founding of Auburn
in 1872, a total of 12,080 degrees
have been awarded, said Presi­dent
Duncan. "Since December
1940 the College has cooperated
fully with the Army and Navy
in the use of its facilities for
special war training program,
while at the same time continu­ing
regular work in all cirricula
for civilian students. Since that
date, the college has trained
38,506 persons in war training
programs.
"Now when we feel that we
may look forward to an end of
the great conflict in which we
are engaged, the College is mak­ing
preparation to take care of
the many young men and women
now serving their country in the
Armed Forces or in war indus­tries
who would wish to continue
their education. Not only are we
strengthening our regular curri­cula
but we are inaugurating a
number of short curricula es­pecially
adapted for those veter­ans
who can remain in college for
only a short period.
"Especially are we taking steps
to provide adequate conseling
facilities for our returning Veter­ans
as well as for regular stu­dents.
"As soon as we are permitted
to do so, we expect to begin the
construction of dormitories for
both men and women in order
that we may be able to properly
house the thousands of students
who will enter Auburn."
COUNTY AGENT
Robert G. Brown has been ap­pointed
assistant county agent of
Lee County to succeed J. Olan
Cooper who was promoted to
county agent early this year.
Brown attended Holmes Jr.
College in Goodwin, Mississippi
from 1940 to 1942 and graduated
in Agricultural Science at Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute March
3. He left API in 1943 and served
in the Army until he received an
honorable discharge. While in
the Army he was stationed at
Camp Robinson, Ark., Spring­field,
Mo., and Denver, Colorado.
He is the son of G. W. Brown,
Fayette, Ala.
Reese Screws Leads
Presbyterian Service
With only the light of the Cross
in the auditorium, Prayer Serv­ice
at the Presbyterian Church
will begin at 7 p. m. Thursday.
Reese Screws, Shorter, will
lead the service, which will not
last over half an hour. All stu­dents
and townspeople are wel­come
to this period of quiet medi­tation
and prayer. ,
OPEN LETTER
TO THE NEW FRESHMEN:
There are certain traditions
and customs on our campus
which Auburn men have always
observed. They are the things
which contribute to the col­lege's
uniqueness—that certain
something extra which raises
students above the median. All
students, and particularly new
freshmen should be acquainted
with these traditions.
Following are the rules for
freshmen. Real Auburn men
will follow them.
Wear your rat caps.
Know the Rat's Excuse for
Living.
Know the Alma Mater
Do not walk through the
Main Gate.
Carry matches for Upper-classmen.
Sale Of Rat Caps
Goes To 'A' Club
At Cabinet Meet
The Executive Cabinet voted at
its Monday meeting to turn the
sale of rat caps over to the "A"
Club, but to keep the sale under
its jurisdiction.
Restrictions placed upon the
"A" Club include giving the pres­ent
members of the rat cap com­mittee
of the Cabinet commis­sions
on all of the caps sold this
quarter, and restricting the right
of the "A" Club to sell the caps
whenever the Cabinets thinks
such action necessary.
Bill Randolph reported upon
the coming Red Cross drive and
upon a drive for old clothes
which will be held in the near
future.
Opening it's meeting with a
short discussion of initiations
brought up at the end of last
quarter, the Cabinet went on to
the business of approving the
ring committee appointed by
Buris Boshell.
Those on the committee are
Bill Crum, Reuben Burch, Martha
Ellis, and Dale Garber. It was
brought out at this time that the
ring company presents the chair­man
of the committee with a
ring.
A discussion of establishing a
magazine for the campus on the
order of the eight former month­ly
publications which have pass­ed
away at Auburn was brought
up.
Warrington Named
As New Coach
It was a hard decision to make
but Tex Warrington has made it
—he is passing up pro football
and pro baseball to coach at Au­burn.
Thus Carl Voyles, head coach
and athletjc director, completes
his coaching staff for 1945 and
is now ready for spring practice.
The announcement that Tex
would coach here came immedi­ately
after the announcement that
C. L. (Shot) Senn of Birming­ham's
Woodlawn High school had
been hired.
Voyles has yet to make any
specific assignments, but it is
logical that Warrington will coach
the linemen, particularly the
centers. He was the best center
in the land last fall, according to
the All-American selectors.
QUIZ SCHEDULE
LISTED FOR SPRING
Quiz schedule for the spring
quarter has been released by the
Registrar's Office.
On the first Saturday (March
17, April 7, April 28 all fresh­men
English classes are sche­duled
for 9 a. m. classes for 10
a. m.; and all 2 p. m. classes for
11 a. m.
Second S a t u r d a y quizzes
(March 24, April 14, May 5) will
be for all 8 a. m. classes at 9 a.m.;
all 3 p. m. at 10 a. m.; and all 1
p. m. classes at 11 a. m.
Scheduled for the third Satur­day
are all 11 a. m. classes at 9
a. m.; all 4 and 5 p. m. classes
at 10 a. m.; and all 10 a. m. class­es
at 11 a. m.
One Board Advocated
For All Alabama Schools
Survey Commission Recommends
Supplanting Boards Of Trustees
VETERANS TOMEET
TUESDAY NIGHT
A meeting of all World War
II veterans on- the campus will
be held Tuesday evening, March
20, 7:30 p. m. in Langdon Hall,
according to announcement of
P. M. Norton, Auburn co-ordin-ator
of veterans affairs.
Purpose of the meeting is to
give the veterans full informa­tion
on their rights and benefits
under the G. I. Bill or the Veter-a
n s Vocational Rehabilitation
Act. Principal speakers will be
the two ranking officials from
the Veterans Administration in
Montgomery, Harley A. Smith,
chief of vocational rehabilitation
and education division, and Col­onel
E. H. Jackson.
Opportunity to ask any ques­tions
will be given all veterans
at the close of the meeting, Mr.
Norton said.
PHI KAPPA PHI
INITIATES 41
AT BANQUET
Initiation ceremonies were held
for forty-one by Phi Kappa Phi,
national honorary society, on
Thursday night, March 1, in
Smith Hall.
Prof. G. W. Hargraves, presi­dent
of Phi Kappa Phi; Prof. I. B.
Gritz, vice-president; Dr. Paul F.
Irvine, secretary; and Miss Fran­ces
Blackmon, corresponding sec­retary,
performed the initiation,
which was followed by a ban­quet
in the dining hall. Dinner
was served under the direction
of Miss Dana King Gatchell.
Dr. R. S. Poor, dean of the
Graduate School and Director of
the Research Council at API,
spoke after dinner on the sub­ject
of "The Challenge of Post­war
Alabama".
He brought out the more ob­vious
problems that Alabama will
have to face after the conflict is
over, drawn from the fields of
agriculture, industry and social
welfare.
"One of the critical problems
of Alabama has always been cot­ton
and in this crop she shares
the vicissitures of all cotton-raising
states to a certain ex­tent,"
Dr. Poor.stated. The com­petition
of synthetic fabers will
probable result in research to de­crease
losses in cotton spinning
and to give it the desirable prop­erties
of the synthetic fibre he
said.
Dean Poor cited information
and statistics from the State
Planing Board indicating that the
post-war years will be favorable
to Alabama due to the extensive
demands of private enterprise
and normal demands of the
country.
Dean Poor's speech was pre-ceeded
by two songs by Martha
Nell Simpson, Hermione and
Florence Farnham.
Six graduate students and one
faculty member was included in
the number initiated into Phi
Kappa Phi. They are Solomon
Baxter, Miss Joanna Boyd, Mrs.
Maud M. Davis; Mrs. Laura A.
Harris, Albert H. Quinn, Ben
Hagler, and Dr. E. S. Winters.
Undergraduates included were
Josephine Bass, Gwen Tucker
Biddle, Roy Brakeman, Mary Jo
Bridges, Chalmers Bryant, Dot
Cabiness, Norma Denham, Anne
DuBose, Pat Elliot, and Esther
Fuller.
Ross Grey, Mary Guarisco,
Parker Hatchett, Louise Jacks,
Luther Johnson, Jane Martin,
Harriet McGuire, Ben Moss, Car­olyn
Page, Lawrence Pease, Mar­tha
Rand, Gilbert Raulston, and
William Rawlingson.
Herbert Riddle, Tom Roberts,
William Robinson, Lois Rogers,
Bobelle Sconiers, Sarah Smith,
Jeanelle Boone, Mary Jo Thomas,
Tuttle Thrasher, Allen, Mary Lou
Wall, and Audrey Wilson.
Recommending that separate trustee boards be discon­tinued
for the state colleges in Alabama, the Education
Survey Commission reported the Governor that all schools
in the state should be placed under supervison of a single
body.
The Educational Survey Commission, the third such
group to study education in the history of the state, has been
working at this survey since its
authorization by the Legislature
and formation in 1943.
The Commission's recommenda­tion
provides for a state Board
of Education of nine members
who would be appointed by the
Governor and confirmed by the
Senate. Under its jurisdiction
would be the institutions of
higher education in the state as
well as secondary and elemen­tary
schools.
Members of the Board would
be appointed, four by the Gov-
Glee Club Needs
Twenty New Voices
By Sarah Smith
Can you warble a ditty that
would pass on a dark night?
Does your roommate really ap­preciate
your shower soloes as
she should? Take a tip from us
and trip down to the next Glee
Club meeting—on Mondays, Wed­nesdays,
and Thursdays—and see ernor with Senate approval, two
if your talents won't really be ap
predated!
. the boards of Alabama Polytech-
Twenty more voices can be ^ I n s t i t u t Alabama College
used in the Glee Club at once, Universitv.
and yours may be just the vir
tuoso they are waiting for.
and the University.
The proposed system would do
away with overlapping and con-
The Glee Club plans to present fiic t u l g authorities in the state
its Easter concert two weeks from scn0ol system and eliminate over-now.
The group will sing the i a p p i n g 0f educational facilities
Slabat Mater. Guest soloists will
highlight the program, and
chorus of men's voices will ac­company
the club.
Since graduation last quarter,
approximately 20 vacancies have
been left open, and all freshmen,
transfers, and other students who
are interested in glee club work,
are urged to attend the scheduled
meetings. Monday, Wednesday,
and Thursdays, to try out.
Red Cross Drive
For $7035 Goal
Opens Tuesday
Red Cross volunteer solicitors
for the War Fund Drive began
collecting toward their goal of
$7,035 for the town and campus
immediately after a kick-off
breakfast in the Pitt's Hotel
launched the Auburn drive yes­terday.
Campus solicitors Vam Card-well,
Jeanette Ellis, Martha Ellis,
Mary Popwell, Nancy Reinsmith,
Demaris Smith, Virginia Ann
Strong, and Tays Tarvin will be
at the Main Gate today and to­morrow.
In addition, the girls' dormi­tories
will be canvassed.
Members of Cardinal Key,
Sphinx, and WSGA will take up
collections at the Tiger Theatre
beginning Wednesday and lasting
through Tuesday, when the cam­pus
drive officially closes
among the colleges and univer-a
sities.
Fields for higher learning
would be more carefully mapped
out to eliminate duplication of
services and partially do away
with competition for students.
Recruiting of students would be
abolished and a state office would
guide them in selecting a school.
Only Auburn and the Univer­sity
of Alabama would be allowed
degrees beyond that of bachelor.
Other provisions of the 40-odd
page Survey Committee recom­mendation
dealt further with
financial support, the improve­ment
of facilities for Negroes,
with units and revision of local
school systems, discontinuation
of the State Teachers' College at
Livingston.
lar or more will be given a mem
bership card and a button.
Convocation Set
For Thursday
by the present state Board of
Education and one by each of
Monday Noon Set
As Deadline For
Entering Skits
Monday noon is the deadline
for any campus organization to
enter Skit Night which will be
held on March 21 and 22 in Lang­don
Hall by Blue Key and Cardi­nal
Key.
All applications for presenting
skits must be turned in to Jean-nette
Ellis, president of Cardinal
Key, at Dorm IV, with a state­ment
that the skit will not con­tain
any obscenity. Each group is
asked to name its skit.
Any campus group, organized
or unorganized, may enter. There
Any student contributing a dol- w i l l b e n o e n t r y fee
Besides
talent as
featuring
the plays
such local
may offer,
Proceeds from Skit Night, to s k i t Night will present "Zom
be sponsored by Cardinal Key ^ie" a n ( j the Collegiates, who are
and Blue Key on March 21 and donating the music between the
22, will be added to the college s k i ts
collections.
No separate goal has been set will be donated to the Red Cross,
for the students this year, Bill Members of Blue Key and Cardi-
Randolph and Mary Popwell, nal Key will collect a quarter
joint chairmen of the drive, said, from each person attending.
Students are asked to give gen- Tickets are not being printed in
erously because the ASTPs and order to make the contribution
Navy trainees who contribute to to the Red Cross larger
the college fund last year are no
longer here.
Cups will be awarded to both
the winning men's and coed's
skits. Judges will base their de­cision
on originality and presenta­tion
of skits. POINTS WILL BE
TAKEN OFF IF SKITS ARE
RISQUE.
Women's Convocation will be Approximately ten minutes will
held Thursday afternoon at five be allowed for each skit,
o'clock in Langdon Hall. The Order of appearance
Physical Education Department will be announced in next week's
will have charge of the program. Plainsman.
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Welcome, Frosh!
Alabama Polytechnic. Commonly known
as Auburn.
It's your school now, freshmen.
You may have come to Auburn because
your father is an Old Auburn man. May­be
we have just the course you really
wanted to take. Or maybe you are just
taking "college" and really wanted to be­come
a part of that Great Auburn Spirit.
The important thing is that you are
here, now, as freshmen. You are a part
of Auburn and, just as naturally, Auburn
is a part of you.
Our school is not perfect, so don't ex­pect
the impossible. We do, however, have
a great deal to offer you. Whether or not
you will make the most of you opportuni­ties
is up to you; you can get all API has
to offer, or you can get next to nothing.
Auburn can be dull if you make it dull.
It can be a mad-house if you make it that
way.
Groups on the campus are open for new
members. If you sing, dance, act, write, or
do any of numerous other things, you may
join one of the college clubs. There are
religious groups especially for students;
intermurals are open to both eds and coeds.
Social butterflies aren't all in the frater­nities
and sororities, though belinging to
a Greek organization insures you many
lasting friendships. Elections are coming
up this quarter, and you may turn politi­cian.
Some — maybe many — of your classes
won't challenge you. You can pass some
fundamental courses by the skin of your
teeth on what you learned in high school.
You can be a bookworm or a never-crack-a-
book-worm. It won't matter to y o ur
profs. Most of them won't know you're in
class until after your first Saturday quiz
anyway.
A very few students overload t h e ir
lives with so much studying that they
loose interest in other things. Limiting
your activities to the classroom is foolish,
but it is equally as silly to join so many
organizations you never have a moment
to study.
It should be one of your chief aims to
balance your work and play so your life
will be varied and colorful. We provide
you will councillors to help, though the
final arrangements are up to you.
You won't find the Auburn Spirit just
the way you expected it to be. Except for
an upperclassman occasionally growling,
"Where is your rat cap?" or howling,
"Don't go through that Gate, Rat!", you
will see very little of it. This, which
should be our greatest contribution to you,
a constant experiment in democracy and
a feeling of brotherhood for every other
Auburn man or women, has almost died
on our campus—though our men are car­rying
it throughout the world.
You will burst with pride when some­thing
good happens to Auburn. It's up to
you to see that the things that shouldn't
happen to our school don't happen/ We
welcome you as the campus leaders of
tomorrow.
Auburn can bore you or it can dare. you.
Upon your decision rests the calibre of
the class of '48.
Victor H. Hanson
Last week Auburn lost one of its best
friends, a trustee and a member of its
finance committee, Mr. Victor H. Hanson,
chairman of the Board of The Birming­ham
" News" and "Age-Herald".
Mr. Hanson will be missed all over the
state by many, for he was prominent, not
only in journalistic circles but in every
field having meaning and value for Ala­bama.
He struggled toward a g r e a t e r
community, a finer city and state. He
devoted time and energy in the endeavor
to put truth and right above everything
else. Service was the purpose of this work
and of the work he asked of those as­sociated
with him. In their judgment, no
higher tribute could be paid to any man.
According to an editorial printed in the
"Birmingham News" after his death,
"Men achieve their highest meaning and
dignity in good work that transcends their
own personal fortune and interest."
Victor H. Hanson wrought with unre­mitting
faithfulness and constructive abil­ity
the character of one of the greatest
newspapers in the state, establishing in it
an organization which seeks to serve the
whole state.
His interests in all the aspects of hu­manity
was great and was expressed in
many ways, though personal service as
well as with his means. Active in en­deavors
in behalf of mitigation of human
suffering and want, he took very special
interest in the Children's Hospital, t he
Crippled Children's Clinic and the new
medical centre and college in Birmingham.
It is said that he was born to be a news­paper
man. His home was in Georgia,
where his father was editor of the "Macon
Telegraph". As a boy there, Victor pub­lished
a little paper, "The City Item", one
page in length, written, type-set, printed
and delivered by himself every Saturday?"
When his father moved to Columbus to
become editor of the "Enquirer - Sun",
young Hanson changed the name of his
publication to the "Columbus Times" and
before he was fifteen years old, developed
it into a business which sold for $2,500.
His experience on newspapers included
work on "The Atlanta Constitution" "The
Montgomery Adviser"—which he owned
and published for four and one-half years
before selling it back to Frank P. Class,
the former owner and his old "boss"—and
the Birmingham papers — the "Ledger",
"News" and "Age-Herald".
The Montgomery Adviser carried in its
editorial columns, when he left it in 1927,
the statement that the public welfare had
a definite hold upon the conscience of Mr.
Hanson, and that he possessed a fine sense
of journalistic dignity and duty. It also
said that his educational philanthropies
do him a great credit, but the surest qual­ities
of the man are to be found in the
history of his fight for civilization and
common decency in the life of the state.
JAYWALKING
With THORNTON and LANEY
Editor's note: The opinions expressed in this column are
those of the writer and are not to be construed as the editorial
polities of this paper.
NOTE TO THE YOUNG MAN WHOSE FANCY IN THE
SPRINGTIME LIGHTLY TURNS, etc.—
CAMPUS
By SUSAN BROWN
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by
mail: $1:00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 months.
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.
"THE ALABAMA POLYTECH­NIC
INSTITUTE looks forward
to the day when it may welcome
back to the campus many of its
former students who left college
m, . . ,, , , . , .. ... , , , . to serve the more immediate
This is t h a t wonderful time of t h e y e a r when everybody need s of their country in the
first casts off those coats and s w e a t e r s (which serve only to Armed Forces or in war industry,
accentuate t h e positive) and s t r o l l s f o r t h clad i n t h e coolest and
most heart-warming apparel she can muster.
Can You Talk?
A person is judged by the way he talks
more than by almost any other way. It
is through speech, as well as deeds, that
other people get their opinion of your
intelligence and character. Appearance,
of course, goes a long way in making good
first impressions, as it should. All other
factors are modified, however, in the an­alysis
others invariable make of you, by
the way you talk—your voice, your vocab-
Dr. Cheville points out that there are
those who will go along forever, sloppily
using a meager list of words with restrict­ed
shades of meaning and mood, when with
a minimum of energy they can say, "It
sure was swell," and let that suffice for
whatever the hearer reads into it.
Wide-awake people, however, are bound
to get words, to add new ones to their list,
and to find a joy and a pleasure in being
able to express themselves clearly and
efficiently.
It is a prelude to that scourge of the campus, The Daven­port
Plague (commonly known as Spring Fever), and they
have again failed to limit the normal student load to 5 hours,
as previously suggested.
So a word of advice to those students who have never spent
a Spring at this school is in order.
First, as a preliminary measure, you might reconsider your
schedule for this quarter—it isn't too late to change it or drop
some courses. "It is always better to make 3 D's than 3 F's
and 1 D," has always been sound advice; so don't underestimate
the climate by taking an overload.
Also, 8 o'clock and afternoon classes are especially unde­sirable
at this season of the year, so be certain to have classes
only from 9 to 12, whether you need the courses or not.
Next, you have the ordinarily preplexing problem of de­ciding
whether to be a C.C. (Campus Casanova) "or a purblind
"ball-and-chain" man. This problem has been solved recently
by our roving reporter, who maintains that there is no point
at all in "going steady" with a gal since his statistics show that
only 1 out of every 96 Va college courtships culminate in mar­riage,
(to be cont'd.)
* * *
Superlatives
Most popular student is one who says, "Have a cigaret?"—
most unpopular is one who say, "Gotta cigaret?"—most un­usual
is one who doesn't pan columnists until he's tried to
pound out the stuff himself—rarest is the one who doesn't need
to cram—worst introvert is the one who isn't enjoying the
lovely village this week.
* * *
Things We Could Do Without
Rush Week
Alarm Clocks—In fact we do!
"Cherry Pie"
People who won't cooperate in taking a beat.
Labs
Girls who wear fraternity pins
Things We Could Not Do Without
The lake on weekends—and all the weak moments.
Coeds.
"If You Were But A Dream" and "There I've Said It Again"
Coeds
The first few days of the quarter
Coeds
* * *
Warning To All Freshmen Girls
Watch out for that empty whiskey bottle! Avoid it as you
would an demented demoiselle! Avert your eye from that lech­erous
liquor ad! Never pretend to be having a good time. It
is extremely perilous. You might be accused of inebriation,
wildness, and such, and take no account for such loose conduct.
* * *
College Physician: Is there any insanity in your family?
Student: Yes, I'm afraid so. They keep writing me for
money.
* * *
A new quarter is here and here we sit a little the wiser for
a few facts we learned last quarter such as:
It rains a lot in Auburn.
Lipstick is messy—on a boy.
Human skin is waterproof
Tobacco is a plant found throughout the Southeast and in
a few stores.
2,000,000 pipes have been sold to women within the last
three months.
We go to school for nothing because we found out in
Scientific Reasoning that nothing is true, and that we'll never
know anything for sure.
* * *
College Physician: How did you break your leg?
Student: I threw a cigarette butt in a manhole and then
stepped on it.
Every effort wil lbe made to ade­quately
serve our War Veterans
and others who have served dur­ing
the war emergency."
—The first paragraph of the
section, "Information for
War Veterans," p. 32 of
the December 1944 cata­logue
making available e d u c a t i o n ,
est, if not every, effort to ade­quately
serve our War Veterans
and others lay along the line of
making available and education,
I read the rest of page 32 and
pages 39-41, 58, 63, 81, 84, 117,
123, 128, and 129, as some War
Veterans probably will hoping to
run across specific information
about every effort.
On pages 39-41 I found that
war training credit will be given
on five listed basis, (work taken
under the Armed Forces Insti­tute)
to applicants who have
served in the Armed Forces.
On pages 76, 81, 117, 128, and
137 I found listed short course
curricula in the School of Archi­tecture
and the Arts, Chemistry,
Engineering, Pharmacy, and
Science and Literature, leading
to a certificate and requiring,
with one exception, five or six
quarters of work.
The short courses are designed
primarily for veterans who can
be in college for only a limited
period or who wish to qualify for
jobs which do not require de­grees.
Some of the API's former stu­dents,
however, will want to
qualify for jobs, which do require
degrees.. Regrettable as it may be,
a great many of the jobs the
men of the middle class are in­terested
in qualifying for require
a degree or even two or three
degrees.
Some of the API's former stu­dents
have been In The War for
as long as Five Years Already, a
period of time which represents
to them an interruption in their
college educations.
The catalogue mentions no ef­fort
being made or to be made to
adequately serve these men to
the extent of altering the require­ments
for a degree. They will be
required to take the "required"
courses in order to get a degree. .
The War Veteran has, then,
three choices when he returns to
college. He may take a short
course; he may take the work he
wants and buck Existing Condi­tions
when he tries to get a job;
-he may follow the prescribed
course of study leading to a de­gree,
irregardless of how futile
or how foolish some of the sub­jects
he will be required to take
may seem.
Educational institutions of all
kinds will be flooded when de­mobilization
becomes large-scale.
The GI Bill of Rights makes
no distinction as to the talent or
ability of the men it is to benefit,
no allocation of the amount of
educational opportunity.
Then whether the colleges are
to educate the most capable, the
men who have plans, energy, in­telligence,
and imagination, or
whether the colleges allow "num­bers"
of students to determine
their policy is a choice that is left
up to the colleges.
If the colleges are for the most
capable, a high standard of in­struction
is infinitely more im­portant
than the maintenance of
rigid curricula in the case of the
War Veteran.
"THE ALABAMA POLYTECH­NIC
INSTITUTE looks forward to
the day when it may welcome
back " The least capable or
the most capable?
CHERRY PIE
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
In the words of that most il­lustrious
of ancient bards, Risein-these
Princees, "Ain't it Hell?",
referring of course to the extra
ten dollars to be levied each
quarter against all furriners.
In the language of "Carrie
Campus": We like Auburn. We
will continue to attend Auburn
even if it does cost us ten dollars
more. It's our school, we love it.
But the prospective students,
will they love Auburn? Perhaps.
But will they pay one hundred
and twenty dollars a year to love
it? It is doubtful.
» * *
My sister makes a bare living
a^s an artist's model.
Name Bands
Every week stacks of collegiate
journals accumulate in the Plains­man
office from throughout the
country. Every week some school
in the south has a big time band
playing for one of their dances.
Every week I wish we might have
one here in the villege.
Zombie and his Collegians are
fine, much better than the Prison
Camp aggregation from Opelika.
It would be nice though to have
at least one name band here per
year.
Georgia has had Sunny Dun­ham
and Les Brown within the
last six months. Tech and Emory
have had Sammy Kaye. Tommy
Tucker played in Columbus not
thirty-five miles away. But we
have high school bands and
Prison Camp Bands and Zombie
—and concert artists f o r our
moral uplift.
* * »
One fellow in north Alabama
consistently refuses to let his
daughter attend Auburn because
boys and girls both matriculate
in the same curriculum.
» * *
Know someone you don't like?
Want to get even for a dirty trick
pulled on you? Get the guy to
make a blind date for you. Then
when you and the fellow show up
to pick up the chick, who comes
dressed in her best bib and tuck­er,
blurt out, "Why Joe, she's not
half as bad as you said." The guy
can't open his mouth and you
have him.
* * *
The Tiger Tavern is a pretty
nice place. And it has the ap­proval
of the authorities too!
Long way out in the country
though. How about some way to
get out there?
•* » *
Auburn, The Friendliest School
Not speaking to everyone, in­cluding
strangers should be made
a hoss-whipping offense on the
campus. The campus queens and
the BWOC's—ironically named—
are the ones to be first and most
often condemned.
They should have every rea­son
to spread the reputation of
Auburn's hospitality. Yet they
speak to very few people and
most of the time completely
ignore some of the students un­less
they feel in a most benevol­ent
mqod, and highly honor some
poor rat—so they think—with a
gracious and condescending smile.
According to Emily Post the
lady should speak first, yet how
many girls do this? And if the
boy speaks first he is either
startled from his wits by a
grouchy high-pitched "Hi", or a
muttered imprecation that might
well pass for a witches curse. Get
them thar noses out of the air.
* * *
Ouole From Syracuse Daily
Orange
It is a sad commentary on the
American Educational s y s t em
when students are taught free­dom
of the press in theory, only
to have it tossed aside in practice
by a bigoted faculty.
* * •
Freshmen Should
Wear rat caps.
Be reprimanded a n d paddled
often.
Be allowed out after 7:30.
Not drink whiskey.
Not look so much like gram­mar
school kids.
Not.
Do you know what good clean fun is.
No, what good is it.
* * *
He's the kind of guy that finds two meanings to our one
meaning jokes.
* * *
Conscience is the thing that hurts when everything else
feels so good.
aea " " • " • " — ""
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1945 THE P L A I N S M'A N Page Three
Miss Loneta Wilson Becomes
Bride Of Charles Floyd Rew
Miss Sara Loneta W i l s o n,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Wilson, of Ft. Deposit, Alabama,
became the bride of Charles
Floyd Rew, son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Rew, at five o'clock Satur­day
afternoon, March 3, at the
Farmville Baptist church. The
Reverend B. B. McGinty, assisted
by Dr. Fagan Thompson, per­formed
the impressive double
ring ceremony.
Preceding the ceremony Wes­ley
Ellis played "The Rosary"
and Dr. Fagan Thompson sang
"O Perfect Love". Mendelssohn's
Wedding March was the proces­sional
and the recessional.^ Dur­ing
the ceremony Mr. Ellis played
"Because".
The candles were lighted by
Misses Nell and Ruth Priester.
Ushers were Gordon Bush and
Duncan Wright.
Robert Sims served the groom
as best man.
Mrs. Fostill Dickson, sister of
the bride, was matron of honor
and only attendant. Her corsage
was of gardenias.
The bride was given in mar­riage
by her cousin, Milligan
Earnest.
Following the ceremony Mrs.
Elizabeth Bradley entertained
with an informal reception at her
home on Farmville Road.
Mrs. A. C. Carter and Miss
Helen Collins presided at the
coffee service. Assisting in serv­ing
were Mrs. Bruce Priester,
Miss Mary Clyde Carter, Miss
Nell Priester and Miss Ruth
Priester.
Miss Vonciel Beaty and Miss
Joan Priester were in charge of
the display of gifts.
Miss Martha Mae Priester kept
the bride's book.
Others assisting in entertain­ing
were Miss Milligan Earnest,
Mrs. A. M. Williams and Mrs.
J. C. Jones.
After a honeymoon Mr. and
Mrs. Rew will occupy an apart­ment
at 362 North College St.
PURPLE HEART
CAPT. LAMAR HART
IS NAZI PRISONER
Capt Lamar Hart is a prisoner
of war in Germany his mother,
Mrs. Ruby Hart, was informed
this week.
A telegram from the war de­partment
informed Mrs. Hart of
the fact this week, saying that
word had been received through
the Red Cross. The telegram add­ed
that a letter followed.
Captain Hart had been missing
since December 20 when he was
with the medical corps in Lux­embourg.
He is a graduate of
API and of Louisville Dental
College.
By William J. Middlebrooks
Somewhere in the Pacific (De­layed)—
Marine Captain William
R. Williams, 27, son of Mrs. Fan­nie
Williams, of East Gadsden,
Alabama, has been awarded the
Purple Heart for wounds sus­tained
during the Guam cam­paign.
Williams, who as a first lieu­tenant
took over and lead a rifle
company through the 21-day en­gagement
when his company
commander became a casualty,
was wounded by Japanese hand
grenade fragments during fight­ing
for recapture of the island.
Following treatment aboard a
hospital ship off shore, he re­turned
to his unit.
Prior to entering the Marine
Corps in May, 1942, Williams was
associated with the Farm Secur­ity
Administration. He was grad­uated
from Glenco High School,
East Gadsden, in 1936 and from
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, in 1940. The Alabama of­ficer,
overseas two years, also
saw action on Bougainville, as a
rifle platoon leader.
FOUND: Pair of glasses left
in office of School of Archi­tecture
and the Arts. Owner
may obtain by claiming and
paying for this ad.
Buy War Bonds and Stamps
CHIO INITIATES
THIRTEEN GIRLS
Initiation for Chi Omega pled­ges
was held February 17 and
18 in the chapter room in Dorm
II. Those taking into active mem­bership
by Alpha Beta of Chi
Omega were Janice Mann, Jud-sosia,
Ark.; Jacquelyn Wahl, Mo­bile;
A n g e l y n Hollingsworth,
Montgomery; Sara Strange, Mo­bile;
and Alice Gatewood, Rich­land,
Ga.
Martha Smith, Panama City,
Fla.; Betty Morgan, Auburn;
Peggy Lowery, Birmingham; Jean
Strait, Montgomery; P e g gy
Young, Centerville; Mary Mul-lin
Love, Columbus, Ga.; Wilton
Harris, Huntsville; and Sara
Landman, Huntsville.
Following the ceremony newly
initiated members were enter­tained
at breakfast.
Harris Wins
Air Medal
An Eighth Air Force Fighter
Station, England—2nd Lt. Elbert
N. Harris, P-51 Mustang fighter
pilot of Auburn, Alabama, has
been awarded the Air Medal for
exceptionally meritorious ac­hievement
in aerial flight over
enemy o c c u p i e d Continental
Europe. He flies with Col. Kyle
L. Riddle's 479th Fighter Group
of the 2nd Air Division.
Lt. Harris is the son of Mrs.
Margaret A. Harris, 219 Payne
Street, Auburn. His wife, Mrs.
Sara H. Harris, lives at 227 East
Magnolia Avenue, in the same
city.
Lt. Harris attended Alabama
Polytechnic College before en­tering
the Air Forces.
SERVICE PERSONALS
S 2/c Jack Livingston visited
here last week. Stationed at Nor­folk
now, he was enrolled in civil
engineering here before leaving
for duty with the Navy. He was
a member of PiKA.
Lt. Jack Brush, Birmingham,
and Officer Candidate George
Strother, who is now stationed
at Benning visited at the PiKap-pa
Alpha house last week.
Ensign and Mrs. Jake Vick
spent the week end in Auburn.
Ensign Vick, "44, was a member
of Lambda Chi Alpha. Mrs. Vick,
formerly Ann Tharp, was a mem­ber
of Delta Zeta.
• « *
OC Joseph W. "Jay" Green,
Mobile, spent the week end in
Auburn. He was a member of
Theta Chi, Spiked Shoe, and IFC.
Jay was Sports Editor of The
Plainsman.
Miss Jeanerte Phillips,
James D. Lindsay Wed
Of cordial interest is the an­nouncement
made by Lieutenant
Commander and Mrs. Edwin
Phillips, of Jacksonville, Fla., of
the marriage of their daughter,
Jeanette Frances, to James David
Lindsay on Wednesday, Feb. 28,
at the Church of the Redeemer at
Houston, Texas.
The bride is a graduate of Lee
County High School and attend­ed
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Prior to her marriage she was a
senior at the University of Illi­nois.
She is a member of Alpha
Delta Pi sorority, Phi Kappa Phi
and Pi Mu Epsilon.
The groom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Lindsay of Boyce,
Virginia. He attended Alabama
Polytechnic, Georgia Tech and
Rice Institute, Houston Texas.
After a wedding trip, the
couple will make their home in
Los Angeles, Calif., where Mr.
Lindsay will be stationed.
U-DRIVE IT
Tel. 446
BIKE SHOP
Tel. 260
CHIEF
(ROUND L SHINE)
SINCLAIR SERVICE STATION
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LAMBDA CHI GIVES
SPRING HOUSE DANCE
Omega Zeta of Lambda Chi
Alpha held its annual spring
house dance Saturday from 7:30
to 11 p. m.
Mrs. W. C. Gewin chaperoned
the affair.
Members, pledges, and their
dates attending were Gilbert
Moody, Betty Morgan, Auburn;
Joe Benchwick, Dottie McWil-liams,
Birmingham; Buel John­son,
Jeannette Ellis, Jasper;
Dewey Shaffer, Marion Huey,
Huntingdon; Harry Wheat, Ruth
Estes, Centre; Steve Stringfel-low,
Margaret Snead, Opelika;
Quinton Burgess, Betty Ware, Au­burn;
Buddy Sanders, Kathryn
Ann Wright, Moultrie, Ga.
Reid Trapani, Jackie Moon, De­catur,
Ga.; Jim Cooke, Sarah
Goodson, Bessemer; Ted Le Cran,
Mary Alice Shows, Luverne.
Norman Firth, E. W. Star; Ed­win
B. Smith, Charlie Crump,
Chick Garramore; Jim Burns;
Pick Tutwiler; Chick Angelus;
Rick Amerson and David Simp­son.
Mrs. Pittman Given
Son's Air Medal
Tanner Elected Prexy
By Kappa Sigma
At their last formal meeting of
the winter quarter, the members
of the Beta Eta chapter of Kappa
Sigma elected Lewis Tanner of
Jackson, Miss., to serve as pres­ident
for the coming term. Jim­my
Fethe of Hickman, Ky., was
elected vice-president and chair­man
of the social committee.
Other officers elected were Bill
Ivey, Auburn, secretary; James
Col. R. E. L. Choate, Maxwell
Field commanding officer, pre­sented
a posthumous award of
the Air Medal to Mrs. Patty B.
Pittman, 134 Thach Ave., Au­burn,
recently for the outstand­ing
combat service of her son,
S/Sgt. Holloway B. Pittman as
an engineer gunner who had 38
missions overseas.
Spt. Pittman was shot down on
July 29, 1944 in a mission in the
Southwest Pacific.
The citation read by Maj. Joe
D. Bell, base adjutant, cited Sgt.
Pittman's "meritorious achieve­ment
while participating in sus­tained
operational flight missions
in the Southwest Pacific area
from March 23, 1944 to July 1,
1944, during which hostile con­tact
was probable and expected.
These operations consisted of
bombing missions against enemy
airdromes and installations."
Sgt. Pittman, was 28 years old
at the time of his death. He en­tered
the service of his country
on Oct. 16, 1942. A brother, Cpl.
James M. Pittman, is on duty
with the armed forces in England.
Spotlights On Auburmtes
By Mary Lee
"Lets go pal, let's go"—with a slap on the back and a
hearty smile "Mr. George" (or Dr. George if you happen to
recognize the PhD bestowed upon him by the SAE's) en­courages
his students as they weave themselves in and out
of their respective booths—to and from classes—before and
after quizzes—breakfast, lunch, supper, but mostly during
"coffee-time," ranging from the time the Auburn Grille
opens til closing time (and as nickels grow scarcer, just
"sitting" time.)
* * *
If perhaps last week lacked a definite tinge of local color,
it is because the student's best friend, Mr. George was sick at
home with flu.
Sympathetic with every student's "tyrant-like" instructors
and "skin off yer teeth grades" he displays the most lovable
"hope you pass" indication along with his "if you don't thats
OK". .The "coffee lab" is the one lab most students like to
attend because they know their Mr. George is pulling for
them.
* * *
He knows about the student, their names, their problems,
their sweethearts, their friends, and usually whether it's tea
or commee. How many students know his last name?
* * *
Mr. George Booras, his wife and two daughters live on
North Gay Street. Having come from Greece, Mr. George
lived in Mylon, Florida, then in Montgomery. For the past
[five years, Mr. George has worked with "Mr. Lukas" and
"Mr. John" at the Grille. He doesn't drink or chew—and
quoting Mr. Lukas, "doesn't use bad language like I do."
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puppies, 10 weeks old. De-wormed.
Registered with Amer­ican
Kennel Club. May be seen
at OTS house, 138 Toomer St.
Call Bill Coppage, 324.
Thomas, Birmingham, treasurer;
and Bill Randolph, Ellisville,
Miss., pledge master. Kieffer
Hobby and Robert Warner were
elected guards.
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T H E P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1945
USO Facilities Incorporated
By Student Center In Langdon
ROOM TO BE OPENED TO PUBLIC
ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS
By Irene Long
Date of the formal opening of the student-serviceman
recreational center in the basement of Langdon will be an­nounced
in the near future. Operation of the Center on the
combination basis began last week after the installation of
furniture formerly used by the downtown USO.
Both students and servicemen will use the Student Cen­ter,
which will now be open seven
days instead of six with addition­al
facilities and more hostesses.
The regular hours will be con­tinued,
and in addition the room
will be open on Saturdays and
Sundays from 10 a. m. until 11
p. m.
A pay-station telephone, num­ber
9115, has been installed.
Refreshments will not be
served as they were at the USO
but the coke machine and candy
canteens will continue to be serv­iced.
On Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday mornings, institutional
cookery class will operate a can-
•teen, serving cakes, cookies, pies
and fruit juices.
The furniture, including several
pieces of natural oak from the
USO and others of chrome re­tained
from the Center's furnish­ings,
has been arranged into five
living-room groups with card
tables, lounging chairs and lamps
at convenient places. The room
is complete with piano, radio,
juke-box, and magazine racks.
The USO was dissolved be­cause
there are no servicemen
stationed at Auburn, but it was
decided by the Inter-club Coun­cil
that some provision should be
made for the ASTRP students
and visiting servicemen. The
joint arrangement for students
and servicemen was the answer.
AST Qualifying Tests
Slated For April 12
An Army College Qualifying
Test will be given seventeen-year-
old applicants for the Army
Specialized Training R e s e r ve
Program at 9 a. m., Thursday,
April 12, in room 116 of the New
Classroom Building on the API
campus.
The test is to be administered
only to boys whose seventeenth
birthday falls between October
1, 1944 and August 31, 1945 and
who will have graduated from
high school by July 1, 1945 or
will have completed one term or
one semester of college by July
1, 1945. Students who will gradu­ate
from high school or will com­plete
one term or semester of
college during July or August
are also eligible if they are not
older than 17 years 9 months on
the first of the following month.
Since August 1943, the Army
has provided college training for
young men of seventeen in anti­cipation
of their active duty. This
training is given in the Army
Specialized Training R e s e r ve
Program. Its purpose is to' en­hance
the student's fitness for
military service. This training is
given in accredited colleges and
No name has been given the | universities,
new organization yet. Should
permission be obtained from na­tional
USO headquarters, how­ever,
the old name will be re­tained
through there will be no
affiliation with the national or­ganization.
Mrs. Rena Jolly, who has been
hostess since the opening of Stu­dent
Center several years ago,
will continue as official hostess.
•Mrs. Mary Drake Askew is chair­man
of the committee in charge
of the new service organization.
Other members are Mrs. W. D.
Salmon, treasurer; Mrs. P. O.
Davis; Mrs. R. P. Bidez; Miss
Mary George Lamar; Mrs. O. P.
South; and Mrs. Kirtley Brown.
The furniture was arranged by
Miss Frances Schoonmaker, Prof.
Joseph Marino-Merlo, and Mrs.
Rena Jolly.
MISS ALICE HALEY
DELIVERS LECTURE
ON CELANESE FABRIC
Miss Alice Haley of the Cel-anese
Corporation gave lectures
to Home Economics students last
Wednesday and Thursday on
fabrics.
The lectures were particularly
timely, not only in that they pre­sented
to the classes the story of
man-made fabrics from the stand­point
of wearing qualities and
care, but also because they pre-ceeded
the post-war period which
will find so many fabrics made
from synthetic fabrics on the
market.
Miss Haley told something of
the manufacture and characteris­tics
of Celanese fabrics. She
stressed the factors to consider in
choosing fabrics and methods of
handling to insure maximum con­sumer
satisfaction. During the
lectures students were allowed to
ask questions about their own
problems in choosing and caring
for such fabrics.
A home economist, Miss Haley
has been associated with schools
and colleges all over the country.
Theta Upsilon Elects
Seven New Officers
Formal installation was held
Wednesday for the newly elected
officers of Theta Upsilon. Mar­garet
Wyatt, Vincent, is new
president. Other officers are Mar­garet
Bedsole, Defuniak Springs,
Fla., vice-president; Sue Hamil­ton,
Birmingham, secretary; Jean-
Vne Wildeman, Atlanta, Ga., treas-
\urer; Myrtis Ferguson, Weogulf-
[ta, ex-collegio; Gerry Drake,
iliddletown, Ohio, editor; Doro-
Gre Ji, Cullman, chaplain.
r A.
The next group of young men
who desire to enter the Army
Specialized Training Reserve Pro­gram
will be given an opportun­ity
in April to qualify for assign­ment
to the program in July, Au­gust,
or September, 1945.
Applicants for this training
must achieve a satisfactory score
an the Army College Qualifying
Test which will be administered
in the high schools and colleges of
the country on April 12, 1945. In
addition to passing the Army Col­lege
Qualifying Test, an appli­cant
must meet certain require­ments
of age, citizenship, high
school graduation, and must en­list
in the Enlisted Reserve Corps.
Depending upon his age when
he begins his training, a quali­fied
applicant will be enrolled
for two, three, or four twelve-week
terms. The amount of acad­emic
credit he receives for this
training will be determied by the
institution to which he is as­signed.
Gamaliel5 Green Gets
Commission In Army
At Fort Benning
Commissioned a second lieu­tenant
in the army the first of
February was Gamaliel Perry
Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Green of Troy.
Upon successful completion of
OCS at the Infantry School at Ft.
Benning, Ga., Lt. Green was
transferred to Ft. McClellan, Ala.
Before going to officer candidate
school four months ago, he held
the rank of corporal with the 342
Armored Field Artillery Batta­lion.
He entered the army in Jan­uary,
1942.
Lt. Green is a graduate of Troy
High School and API, where he
studied pharmacy and was vice-president
of APA. He was a mem­ber
of Kappa Sigma.
LOST: Man's Bulova watch
with black band and radium
dial on black background in
gold case. Lost near 205 West
Glenn. Reward. Call Milton
Warren, phone 200 (Tiger Drug
Store.) _
While in training the student is
not subject to military law, but
he must conform to the rules and
regulations of the college or uni­versity
to which he is assigned.
The government pays the cost of
tuition, room, board, textbooks,
medical care, and library and
athletic privileges. The govern­ment
also issues, without change
or deposit, complete regular army
uniforms. An ASTRP student is
not on active duty and does not
receive pay.
Students in the ASTRP are
called to active duty at the end
of the term in which they reach
their eighteenth birthday. They
are then assigned to a training
center for regular basic training.
Those who qualify for and are
selected for the Army Specialized
Training Advocated Program for
soldiers on active duty will be
returned to college upon comple­tion
of basic training for addi­tional
instruction in an engineer-ng
or foreign area and language
curriculum.
Those desiring to apply- for the
Army Specialized Training Re­serve
Program may secure in­formation
about the Army Col­lege
Qualifying Test from their
high school principals, their col­lege
deans, or from the nearest
Army Recruiting Station, or the
commanding general of the serv­ice
command in which they re­side.
For additional information see
Kirtley Brown, Samford Hall,
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Ala.
Gazis Investigates
At Scotland Yard
While In England
Who in England ever heard of
API? Why, Scotland Yard!
Sgt. Manuel V. Gazis, former
pharmacy student from Houston,
Tex., now serving with Gen.
George S. Patton's Third Army,
wrote the following in a letter to
Prof. C. W. Hargreaves of the
pharmacy department:
"While in England I visited
Scotland Yard and batted the
breeze with one of their men.
Scotland Yard can't be beat—un­less,
of course, by the Alabama
State Department of Toxicolgy
and Criminal Investigation. When
I mentioned it, this fellow walks
over to a file, looks under the
A's and returns with a card that
had all of the low-down on our
Tox lab: How they got all of that
information is beyond me, but
here's one thing for sure:. I'll
never underestimate those Limey
investigators."
Sgt. Gazis said that he was dis-sappointed
to find 211 B Baker
Street empty and to find that
Sherlock Holmes was merely a
fictional character. "I had in­tended
to give him a few point­ers,"
he wrote.
The letter was written in a
Belgian farmer's home where,
Sgt. Gazis said, "with the aid of
my ever-faithful G. I. dictionary,
I finally convinced him to let me
rest my weary bones in his liv­ing
room, defrost my hands by
his fireplace, borrow his pin, ink,
and stationery and write a few
letters back home. It was quite a
job, believe me, but with a few
waving motions, grunts, etc., I
succeeded in making him under­stand.
These Belgians are strict­ly
O. K."
Quite often, Sgt. Gazis wrote,
when his outfit would pass by a
knocked-out Nazi tank or con­quered
village they would find
"War Eagle" painted everywhere.
Sgt. Gazis, who was enrolled
in 1942, wrote that he was look­ing
forward to returning to
API's School of Pharmacy. . -
Major McCollum's Military Police
Just Aren't The Chairborne Type
With The 82nd Airborne Division in Belgium—There's
nothing "chairborne" about the Military Police of Major
Frederick G. Collum's 82nd Airborne Division.
These front-line MP's—veterans of campaigning in Sicily,
Italy, Normandy, and Holand—are taking part in their fifth
campaign, "Somewhere in Belgium", where the 82nd has
beaten off Von Runstedt's thrust and launched a vigorous
J. 0. Davis Opens
Furniture Store
The newly opened furniture on
north College Street, is managed
by Mr. J. O. Davis, father of
Madred Davis and J. O. Davis,
Jr., both alumni.
Mr. Davis states that he has
had a good many years' experi­ence
in the furniture business,
having been connected with one
of the other local furniture stores
for some time, and invites the
public to visit his store.
SABERS TAP FOUR
FOR MEMBERSHIP
Four new tappees were added
to the ranks of Sabers, honorary
military society for outstanding
ROTC students, last week.
Donald Clay, Birmingham, is a
member of Pi Kappa Phi and
a sophomore in chemical en­gineering.
Bill Cole, Birmingham, is a
member of Sigma Chi and vocal­ist
with Zombie and the Auburn
Collegiates. He is a sophomore
in aero engineering.
Roy Edwards, Robjohn, is a
member of ASME. He is a sopho­more
in aero engineering.
Herbert Fuller. Columbus, Ga.,
is a member of SPE. He is a
sophomore in aero engineering.
Officers of Sabers will be
elected at the beginning of next
quarter.
attack of its own.
One of the 82nd Division MP
platoon's biggest jobs recently
has been handling Jerry prisoners
who found the sky troopers' push
too much for them. The- MP's
have processed and evacuated
more than 2,000 "prisoners since
the division went into the lines
December 18. In three days, one
small group of 20 MP's, working
on a 24-hour basis, handled more
than 1,500 prisoners.
They Direct Traffic
In addition to caring for prison­ers,
it has done a man's size job
in directing traffic and displayed
civilians (refugees) along the
crowded, winding roads of the
snow-clad Ardennes foot-hills.
The MP's, like the rest of the
82nd, were alerted Sunday, Dec­ember
17, for a move to the
front. When alerted, they were
busy on town patrol in cities
near the division's camps in
France.
Immediately after being re­lieved
of its town patrol mis­sion,
the platoon set out to mark
the route to Bastogne, the origin­al
82nd Division sector. When the
division's first units reached Bas­togne,
orders were changed, and
it was directed to the Werbomont
area, then threatened by a strong
German force. MP's separated
82nd and 101st Airborne Division
convoys and directed t h e 82nd
Division to its new sector.
As They Direct Germans
Convoys were almost contin­uous
along the narrow Belgian
roads, which also had to carry
the traffic of forces falling back
before the first German thrust.
Despite cold weather, snow, mud,
and blanketing fog, the MP's
routed the division efficiently
and speedily into positions from
which it was able to halt the Ger­mans
and begin pushing them
back. By noon of December 19,
the entire division had been
moved to the battle area and all
trucks evacuated.
When civilians evacuated their
farms in the Chevron area, the
MP's took over a dairy farm,
milked, fed and watered the
stock during the owner's absence.
The 82nd's MP's are accustomed
to working under difficulties.
Usually they go into combat air­borne,
and figure on operating
while completely surrounded in
the early part of a campaign, so
they were not dismayed at the
size of the task ahead of them in
the present operation, despite the
short notice.
Mrs. McCollum, wife of the
group's commander lives on Vir­ginia
Avenue in Auburn. Dr.
N. A. McCollum, father of the
former API coach, lives on West
Magnolia Avenue.
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it a little thought, Mr. Smith—and let your heart
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1945 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Five
' Seventh Blood Bank
Visit Tops Its Quota
Red Cross Names
177 Blood Donors
Helping to send Auburn's sev­enth
Blood Bank over its quota
early in February were 177 API
students. Many other volunteered
to give blood, but were rejected.
One student, Mark Matthews,
Vidalia, Ga., hit the seventh do­nation
mark during the visit.
Donor drive chairman Mary
Nell Chiles, WAA president, re­leased
the names of the students
this week. They are:
Charles Spivey; G. S. Killian;
Louellen Hovey; James T. Mc-
Rae; S. J. Parker; Frank Wheel­er;
Sibyl Wright; Bob Dean; and
William Alston.
Bob Sharman; Jack Knight;
J. D. Little; James Acree; J. A.
Smith; Carl B. Harman; Bruce
Pass, Jr.; Robert Gentry, and
C. W. Graefe.
S. A. Belgan; Starr Prolsdorfer;
Billy Austin; Janis Mann; Milton
Jordan; Harold Reaux; Margaret
Cole; Dorothy Hibbert; J. J. Cal-lis;
Pat Elliott; Ray Russell.
J. R. Broussard; Richard Pow­ers;
Dea Sherrill; Anne H. Kel-ley;
Barbara Buckley; John Bow­ling;
Mildred Linn; G. M. Dykes;
and Kathleen Scrivner.
James Woodham; Maria Duc-hac;
Charles Pigott; Harold
Claudle; Damaris Smith; Bill
Ginter; Evelyn Corcoran; W. S.
Brooks; and Helen Tripp.
Julia Holmes; June Killian;
Frances Rorke; Julius Hagerty;
Bill Hayman; Lallah Perry; Beu-lah
Skelton; Jean Hubbard; Mar­ion
Gay; Sarah Glenn; Bobby
Reid, and Eleanor Hannum.
Mac Rumbley; Billy Lakeman;
Allen Price; W. W. Drennow;
James B. Razar; May Olive
Moody; Ardelle T h o m p s o n;
Emory T. Adams; and Mark
Mathews.
Camille Langston; Imogene Mc-
Crary; Mary Kate Reeves; Clovis
Green; Julia Le Sueur; Lorene
Smith; Martha Ann Sprague; Roy
Peters ;Martha Ann Lacey; and
Pat Rainer.
Evelyn Davis; Virginia Strong;
Max Mutchnick; Betty Heaslett;
Harris Nader, Jr.; Elizabeth Wal-don;
Ruth Tipton; Julia Wood-roof;
Ann Cagle; Mary Jane Mul­len;
and Edwin D. Davis.
Marilyn Prince; Alice Hard-wick;
Dot Smith; Arnold Silver-berg;
Arthur Coker; Bryson Hat­field;
Anne Mitchell; Edward
Carlson; Peggy Reynolds; and
James R. Smith.
Louise Morici; Juanita String­er;
Jasper Needham, Jr.; Gerry
Drake; Carmelita Slaton; Nancy
Black; Margaret Norton; and Bet­ty
Ruth Chambers.
Eleanor Plisko; Thad McSwain;
James Thomas; Becky Fraser;
Ann Treadwell; Mary Cabaniss;
H. M. Dobb; Glenda Bennett;
Opal Lee Ruple; Clytee Johnson;
A. G. Robinson; and Dorothy
Green.
Emma Jean Maddox; A. G.
Williams; Ina Wallace; Barbara
Harrison; Walter Hammer; Stel-i
la Rigas; Ruth Estes; Evelyn Gib­bons;
Mary Largent Davis; Mar-gelene
Bain; and Hazel Ed­wards.
Martha Horn; George F. Mc-
Carty, Jr.; Lois Fleming; Doris
Brown; Ashby Foote; Connie
: Graves; Mildred Chambliss; Tilda
i Jean Brewton; and Marjorie Har­ris.
Thelma Meherg; Guy Folmar,
Jr.; Donald Villa; Mary Ella
Allen; R u t h Glover; Patricia
Crowe; N. Faye Campbell; Tom
Raines; Chalmers Bryant; and
Ralph Hartzog.
Fay McLain; Frances Baker;
Sam Hicks; Buris Boshell; Fran­ces
Taylor; Kitty Finegan; Mar­tha
Ellis; Margaret Maxwell;
Jean Ardis; and Albert Cochran.
Herbert Hoik; Amy Williams;
Elizabeth Deese; Adele Bloch;
Jane Southerland; Dorothy Mc-
Williams; and Carolyn Lee.
Sarah Nell Paschal; Dora Ann
Wallace; Mary Thomas; Eliza­beth
Clinkscales; Toni Crosby;
Betty Stewart; Evelyn Beall;
Philip Boss; Barbara Frick; and
Bob Carter.
MissKaf hryn Gunfer
Weds E. McKinney
Miss Kathryn Gunter, daughter
of Mrs. Leila Gunter of Auburn,
was married to Yeoman First
Class Emory Maurice McKinney,
UCNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
McKinney, last Monday at 7 p. m.
in the local Church of Christ.
R. W. Turner, pastor, performed
the double ring ceremony in the
presence of the immediate family
and close friends.
The candles were lighted by
Mrs. Joe M. Breedlove of Opelika,
and Miss Betty Morgan, cousin
of the bride. Samuel R. Morgan,
of Opelika, gave his niece in mar­riage.
Miss Ralphine Gunter, sister of
the bride, was maid of honor, and
A/C William H. McKinney, Gun­ter
Field, served as his brother's
bestman.
Following the ceremony about
thirty friends were entertained
at a reception at the home of Mrs.
Leila Gunter, mother of the bride.
Kay Hall Marries
Lf. Commander
Miss Katherine Hall, daughter
of Mrs. Roland B. Hall of At­lanta,
became the bride of Lieu­tenant
Commander Robert Plage,
USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Plage, at a ceremony in the Chap­el
of All Saints Episcopal church
in Atlanta, performed by Rev.
Samuel Charles Fleming.
Miss Susan Anderson was maid
of honor; Mrs. Avery Hall and
Mrs. Andrew Colyer were brides­maids.
The bride was given in
marriage by her brother, R.
Avery Hall.
She is a former student at API,
having received her degree here
in '44 in* business administration.
She was a member of Chi Omega,
Sphinx, WWA, and the May
Queen's Court while at Auburn.
Lt. Commander and Mrs. Plage
are now living in Mobile, where
he is stationed.
Delta Zeta's quintet broke
through Pi Kappa Phi defenses
to capture the WAA basketball
championship by a 13-10 score
the last Monday night of the
winter quarter after the girls
from Pi Kappa Phi led the scor­ing
6-1 at the half. Last week's
game between the two teams re­sulted
in a 12-12 tie.
Both teams beat the Alpha
Gamma Deltas and the Chi
Omegas in the league playoffs
last week and stood undefeated
at the beginning of the game.
Immediately following t he
game, each member of the DZ
team was presented a basketball
award by WAA vice-president
Martha Ellis.
Pi Kappa Phis set a fast pace
in the first quarter, though the
score was only 2-1 in their
favor when the whistle blew.
"Wiggles" Hill, high scorer for
the Pi Kappa Phi girls, took the
initiative in the second quarter,
running the score up to six
while her teammates held the
DZs scoreless.
The Delta Zetas finally found
their range, and were able to
bring their score up to 7 points.
The Pi Kappa Phis were still
ahead, 8-7, at the end of the
third quarter.
Then the DZ combination of
Oswalt-Maddox - Reynolds broke
loose, and rang up 6 points be­fore
the Pi Kappa Phi girls were
Delta Zefas COD Engineering Curricula Improved
WAA Basketball
Championship
(Con't from last Issue)
Practical shop training forms
a basis for later courses in the
curriculum in Industrial Engi­neering.
The curriculum in In­dustrial
Management is offered as
a program of professional edu­cation
in preparation for admini­strative
and managerial positions
in manufacturing, communica­tions,
and transportation indus­tries.
Emphasis is placed upon
courses dealing with the opera­tional,
production, p,e r s o n n e 1
financial, and managerial phases
of these industries rather than
upon the technical and engineer­ing
phases.
Such a program of studies is
frequently, and quite appropriate­ly,
and quite appropriately, re­ferred
to as "Human Engineer­ing".
This curriculum should es­pecially
appeal to a large num­ber
of students who desire to pre­pare
themselves for positions in
industry but who may not have
the special aptitudes in the math­ematical
and physical sciences
required for an engineering edu­cation.
The former engineering physics
option of the Electrical Engineer­ing
curriculum has been expand­ed
into a full four-year curri­culum
leading to the degree of
Bachelor of Engineering Physics.
The curriculum is especially de­signed
to prapare young men
and women for industrial and en­gineering
research work. A rigid
undergraduate discipline is pro­vided
in (a) mathematics through
the calculus, differential equa­tions,
and vector analysis; (b)
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able to stop them. At the end of chemistry through qualitative
the game the score stood 13-10 and quantitative analysis and
for the Delta Zetas. physical chemistry; and (c) gen-
Individual high scorer for the eral physics followed by advanced
game was Sarah Lane Oswalt, courses in electricity, magnetism,
DZ forward, whose, tallies equal- electronics, X-rays, dynamics,
ed 11 points. Peggy Reynolds elasticity, wave motion, and
made one basket for 2 points for sound;'and (d) the fundamentals
the Delta Zs. Wyleen "Wiggles" °f electrical and mechanical en-
Hill took top scoring honors for B w i n m £7 b a s k e t b a ll
the Pi Kappa Phis with 6 points c h a m p i o n s h i p ; D e l t a Z e t a has
to her credit. Mary Frances Kil-patrick
scored 4 points for the
girls from new fraternity row.
Members of the Delta Z team
to win awards were Sue Carder,
guard; Wynn Hall, guard; "Tee"
Hug, guard; "Jenky" Maddox,
forward; Sarah Lane Oswalt, for­ward;
and Peggy Reynolds, for­ward.
a total of 325 points toward the
WAA athletic cup. Alpha Gamma
Delta is second with 275 and
Delta Sigma Phi rates third with
200.
gineering. The choice of techni­cal
electives in the senior year
enables the student to specialize,
to a limited extent, in any one
of several engineering an dscien-tific
fields. Inquisitive young
men and young women with ex­ceptional
abilities in mathematics
and the physical sciences and
with special aptitudes for re­search
will find in the Engineer­ing
Physics curriculum a chal­lenging
inducement to test their
competance and to strive for high
goals of attainment.
The establishment of the School
of Textile Technology is, also,
announced in the new college
catalog. The School of Textile
Technology will offer a broader
program of textile education than
is now offered by the Depart­ment
of Textile Engineering to
enable Auburn to be of greater
service to the textile industry of
Alabama and the South. In addi­tion
to the two curricula in Tex­tile
Chemistry and Textile En­gineering,
which have been of­fered
in the past, the School of
Technology will offer a variety
of special courses as technical
electives for senior students in
Chemical Engineering, Chemis­try,
Electrical Engineering, En­gineering
P h y s i c s , Industrial
Management, and Mechanical En­gineering
who are preparing for
positions in the textile industry.
The special courses will deal with
the technological aspects of tex­tile
manufacturing.
The new programs of the
Schools of Agriculture, Chemis­try,
and Engineering will become
effective at the beginning of the
Summer Quarter 1945. Students
now enrolled in engineering cur­ricula
will find that their sche­dules
can be easily adjusted to
the new program. During the per­iod
of adjustment, acceptable
substitutions will be granted.
The normal quarterly load in
each engineering curriculum will
be 20 quarter credit hours thus
equalizing the load throughout
the four years. Even though the
normal quarterly load has been
slightly increased, it should be
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Page Six T H E P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1945
COVERING SPORTS
With Jimmy Smith
Officially, the basketball season is over here at Auburn,
but the post-season activities of Alpha Psi, interfrat champs,
are just beginning. The Alpha Psis will be host to the Univer­sity
of Georgia interfrat champions in Auburn Tuesday,
March 13. On March 24, the Psis will go to Tuscaloosa to
tangle with the Alabama champs, as a follow-up to the Omega
Tau Sigma-Pi Kappa Phi clash last year.
TEX CAN PLAY BASKETBALL, TOO
The Yankees, the Braves, the Baltimore Orioles, and the
Birmingham Barons have spent quite a sum of money trying
to sign up Tex Warrington—since the big Auburn center
made the 1944 All-American and his baseball exploits were
included in his sketch. Tex was quite a pitcher up at William
and Mary when he fanned 18 or 19 a game, but according to
Voyles, he was a wee bit wild. Tex is determined to get his
degree in business administration and baseball would inter­rupt
that.
PLUCKINGS
Pro football is also giving Tex a chase. The Miami club is
reported to have offered him $10,000 to sign up Fred
Turbyville is trying to clear up the origin of "War Eagle".
He's poundered about a dozen different versions already,
but most of them have been pretty vauge Bob Voyles,
son of Coach Voyles, is a part time student here now while
he finishes up at Lee County High. He was fullback on the
Episcopal High School team at Alexandria, Va. Will Bob be
on his father's squad this fall? Pop sure needs all the help he
can get Wrestling may be one of the big winter sports
at Auburn in the postwar years. Auburn is planning a gym
or an auditorium to seat 10,000 or more As long as Carl
Voyles is head of athletics at Auburn, the Tigers will not
compete in intercollegiate boxing. But he has put his O.K.
on intramural boxing with heavy gloves and with proper
supervision Voyles, when at Oklahoma A&M was a
light heavyweight wrestling star. One year he went to the
finals in the national meet before he met defeat. The Auburn
wrestling coach, Swede Umbach, also is a product of A&M
Turbyville's diggings into the origin of the "War Eagle"
have revealed that Auburn's famous cry has been painted on
several bombers, and the name has been splashed on jeeps
here and there. When an Auburn man, in a foxhole or pub,
gets lonely, he just crawls out and yells "War Eagle", and
a reunion is in order.
WSSF BOOK DRIVE
FOR PRISONERS
MEETS SUCCESS .
Books for "distribution among
allied prisoners of war are still
being brought to Student Center
although the World Student
Service Fund Book Drive official­ly
closed with the end of the
winter quarter.
Max Mutchnick, chairman of
the drive, urges all students who
did not participate last quarter
or who have found more books
which may be used to bring them
to Student Center this week.
Many books were obtained
through the courtesy of the Co­op
book store in the basement of
Samford, where a collections
table was set up.
The books included every­thing
from a third-grade reader
to hymn books. Gladys Bentley,
chairman of the screening and
cleaning committee, said that
her committee would begin next
week the task of sorting the books
and checking the acceptable ones
for marks that may be mistaken
for code by foreign censors.
All in all, the drive was con­sidered
a success although the
exact number of books donated
is not yet available. It is be­lieved,
however, that there are
many who still have old text­books
or novels which could be
used.
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Kelley Watercolors
At Montgomery Exhibit
A group of water colors, pen
and ink and pencil sketches by
Lieut. Charles M. Kelley, USNR,
of Eutaw, is now showing in the
downstairs picture gallery at the
Montgomery Museum.
Lieut. Kelley graduated from
Auburn in 1941 and in October
1942 was commissioned in the
Navy. For the past two years, he
has been on sea duty in the Pa­cific.
The sketches comprise a
portion of his impression of New
Britain and New Guinea. He is
now stationed in Miami, Fla.
Grid Schedule
Near Completion
Clemson Listed
By Fred Turbyville
The 1945 Auburn football sche­dule
still is a matter of unfinish­ed
business, but Carl Voyles,
head coach and athletic director,
today announced a home-and-home
series with Clemson, start­ing
next year and ending in 1949.
This means t h a t Auburn's
homecoming days are all set for
the next four years—Florida this
year, Clemson in 1946, Florida in
1947 and Clemson in 1948.
The Auburn-Clemson rivalry
dates back to 1899. Auburn has
won 20 of the 27 games played.
Another was a tie.
Auburn won the last three
games—in 1940, 1941, and 1942.
Clemson won the three games
previous to that—in 1927, 1928
and 1929.
The rivalry lapsed for eleven
years, after Clemson's 26-7 win
in 1929.
In the early years of the rivalry
it was nip-and tuck, but from
1907 to 1926 it was all Auburn.
The Tigers of Auburn have
scored 380 points, while the
Tigers of Clemson have scored
only 102. From 1907 to 1926 the
Clemson Cats scored only twice.
The 1923 game was a scoreless
tie.
Auburn—both town and school
—plans to put on a real home-comping
show annually. And
Coach Voyles is looking ahead to
a postwar enlargement of t he
stadium to take care of a big
crowd.
Tigers Eye
Another Beard
P'eff Beard is an 'inside' man
at Auburn, watching over the
business end of Tiger Athletics,
but he's sorely tempted to do an
'outside' stint and hie himself
off to his native Kentucky and
have home talk with his young
cousin, Ralph Beard of Louisville
Male High.
Jeff would like to convince the
youngster, a star in baseball,
football, track, and basketball,
that a school that was good
enough for Cousin Percy, a cham­pion
hurdler, and Cousin Jeff,
would be good enough for him.
Percy probably won't have
anything to do with that parti­cular
slant. Percy is athletic at
the University of Florida. Percy
likes his alma mater, but he's al­so
got to like his employer.
Jeff Beard doesn't want the
Beard boys going here and there
and getting the Beards in a
tangle—athletically speaking. He
wants Cousin Ralph here at Au­burn
where he can personally
look after the' youth's possible
shortcomings in track and field.
TIGER THEATRE
WED. & THURS.
MURDER MY
SWEET
with
DICK POWELL
CLAIRE TREVOR
ANNE SHIRLEY*
DOUGLAS WALTON
Also
SATURDAY
CASANOVA
IN BURLESQUE
with
JOE E. BROWN
DALE EVANS
Also
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SUN., MON. & TUES.
FOR WHOM THE
William B. Collins, electrical
engineering graduate of '35, was
recently promoted to rank of
lieutenant colonel and awarded
the Bronze Star and an Oak Leaf
Cluster while serving with Gen.
Patton's Third Army in the Field
Artillery.
William H. Dickey, graduate of
'44 from Chatom, was also given
wings and bars at Spence Field,
Moultrie, Ga. last Sunday.
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Community Sing
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"Desert Hawk"
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GARY COOPER
INGRID BERGMAN
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Latest News
DINE
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ATMOSPHERE
You'll like our courteous
help and pleasant surround­ings.
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(Continued from page five)
pointed out that a superior stu­dent
will not be debarred from
scheduling an overload. An en­gineering
student with a grade
point average of 2.5 for the pre­ceding
quarter may, with the
permission of a Dean, take an
overload of three quarter credit
hours; a student with a grade
point average of 3.5 may be al­lowed
to schedule an overload of
five quarter credit hours. It will
be understood, of course, that
students will not be required to
schedule new subjects in former
quarters of the curriculum al­ready
passed. Thus, the additional
requirement for a student enter­ing
the first quarter of the senior
year in the next summer quarter
will be only 6 quarter credit
hours.
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Have a Coke can be your invitation on any occasion, if you
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Spickness and spanness were de rigueur in the col­leges
of the 1840s. This portrait depicts a member
of the Class of 1845 attired for the Junior Prom.
Observe the height of his stock and the costly ruffles
on his shirt.
In that same year, 1845, the Mexican War was im­minent.
Railway Express service was 6 years old.
The colleges were few. Now, a century later, Amer­ica
is fighting a global war, the colleges are counted
by thousands, and our service is nation-wide.
Today, the colleges are training students for the
armed services; and the rail and air facilities of
Railway Express are being largely utilized for the
speeding of war-goods shipments. So, to help all
concerned, please do three simple things with your
1945 home packages and baggage: Pack them se­curely—
address clearly and adequately—avoid ab­breviating
state names.
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E'S a gunner on a Boeing Superfortress. And there's a J a p plane
framed in his sight. As he swings around, tracking the J a p , t h e l ow
steel-lidded turret—which may be yards away—also turns. It follows
his movements, and the guns raise and lower. And by pressing a
button under his thumb, he can fire a fatal barrage.
But those guns don't point where he's aiming. For tied in between
h im and the guns is the G-E electronic-mechanical computer. It
makes corrections for lead, windage, distance, parallax.
By flicking a switch, he can take over the control of up to three
turrets. That leaves the B-29 protected on all sides—no blind spots
for enemy attack!
Superforts can fly without fighter escort, hold their own in a scrap
over J a p territory. And almost any day's headlines will give the top-heavy
score of J a p planes downed—largely because of a winning
combination of planes, men, guns.
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Ever-present dangers to military communications are
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By impairing the efficient working of telephones and
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The long experience of Bell Laboratories engineers
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counter-attacking these enemies of the jungle.
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