1943-01-05 The Auburn Plainsman

              Waterman Gives
New War Status
A complete summary of the recent Joint Statement by the Sec­retary
of War and Secretary of the Navy as it affects Auburn stu­dents
has been made by Colonel John J. Waterman, commandant.
The summary is as follows:
1. ROTC Seniors who graduate in March or in June, will remain
until graduation but not later than June 1, 1943, and will then be
ordered to an Army Basic School for completion of that course and
receive their commissions.
2." Juniors enlisted in ERC, who are taking approved technical
courses in Engineering, will remain on present status until June 1.
1943, and then be ordered to active duty with the Army. On com­pletion
of their three months of basic training, if found qualified,
they will be returned to college to pursue a course as prescribed
by the Army.
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3: ROTC Juniors enlisted in the ERC will remain in school until
the end of the Spring Quarter, May 28, 1943. At that time they will
be ordered to replacement training centers in lieu of the second year
advance course. After successful completion of their training, they
will be sent to appropriate Officers Candidate School and upon
successful completion will be commissioned in the Officers Reserve
Corps.
Arrangements will be made for the voluntary induction of first
year advance course students who are not members of the ERC.
After induction, the procedure will be the same as for those now
enlisted. (This is a change from what Col. Waterman gave to the
student body Dec. 18.)
No further advance-course enrollment will be made in ROTC.
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4. Students in veterinary medicine who are enlisted in the En­listed
Reserve Corps will continue in college on their present status
until June 1, 1943. On that date they will be continued in college un­der
War Department training. Veterinary students who are com­missioned
in the Medical Administrative Corps may resign their
commissions and accept enlistment in the Enlisted Reserve Corps
and then be on the same status as other veterinary students enlisted
in the ERC. Those who do not resign will, from present instructions,
continue in school under present status, that is, at their own expense.
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5. Pre-medical, pre-dental and pre-veterinary students enlisted in
the ERC will continue on their present status until June 1, 1943.
Pre-medical, pre-dental and pre-veterinary students not enlisted,
but who are inducted prior to June 1, 1943, will be placed on in­active
status and remain in college pursuing their course of educa­tion.
On June 1 all pre-medical, pre-dental and pre-veterinary stu­dents
will be ordered to active duty with the Army for the basic
training, and if found qualified at the end of this training, will be
returned to college under War Department orders.
6. All other men enlisted in ERC, Sophomores and Freshmen,
will be ordered to active duty at the end of the Winter Quarter
for the basic training and at the conclusion of this three-month's
course, if found qualified, will be returned to college to pursue a
special course prescribed by the Army.
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7. All other students who are not in any of the reserve com­ponents
will be inducted into the Army under the Selective regula­tions,
and after completion of three months basic training, if found
qualified, will be returned to college to pursue a course as pre­scribed
by thf 4&a& D..-par.jnemr-
Navy Program
All Navy V-l, V-5, V-7, provisional ensigns and men. enlisted
in Marine Corps Reserve will remain in their present status until
a date to be announced later by the Navy, at which time they will
be ordered to active duty, issued uniforms, etc., remain in college
and pursue courses as prescribed by the Navy Department. The
Navy Program contemplates men will receive from three to four
scholastic years before being ordered to regular duty with the
Navy.
ROTC Appointments,
Assignments Given
Appointments of non-commis­sioned
and commissioned cadet
officers in the ROTC unit at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
were announced this week by the
military department here with the
approval of Dr. L. N. Duncan,
president.
The appointments are as fol­lows:
1st Engineers
J. D. Mitchell, Cullman, cadet
2nd Lt, Company "A"; T. M.
Hoover, Marion, cadet 1st Lt.,
Company "C"; G. M. Cook, El­more,
cadet 1st Lt., Company "H";
W. R. Clinton, Mobile, Cadet 2nd
Lt., Company "H"; George H.
Gould, Mobile, cadet 1st Lt.
Company "L"; P. W. Williams,
LaGrange, Ga., cadet 2nd Lt.,
Company "I".
1st Field Artillery regiment
To be cadet sergeants—L. F.
Adams, Fairfax, Battery "B";
F. H. Hearn, Ward, Battery "D";
H. C. Riddle, Birmingham, Bat­tery
"D"; J. M. McCraney, Clay­ton,
Battery "E"; H. T. Mills,
Birmingham, Battery "H".
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
To be cadet sergeants—R. L.
Killebrew, Abbeville, Battery
"C"; J. S.. Bentley, Birmingham,
Battery "G"; J. E. Oates, Vernon,
Battery "H"; J. F. Sandlin, Cor­dova,
Battery "I".
1st Engineers
To be cadet sergeants—D. E.
Smith, Manchester, Conn., Com­pany
"D"; H. C. Mickleboro, Mar­ion,
Company "E"; W. L. Daw-kins,
Pensacola, Fla., Company
"F".
The following assignments in
the Cadet Corps are announced:
Field Artillery
Cadet Capt. A. G. Green, At­lanta,
Ga., from Drill Platoon to
Brigade Staff, S-2 from Ass't S-3;
Cadet Capt. J. H. Maddox, Anda­lusia,
from 4th Regiment to Bri­gade
Staff, S-4 and Ass't S-l.
1st Engineers
Cadet Lt. Col. R. E. Colvin,
Birmingham, executive; Cadet
Major J. G. Johnson, Mobile, from
Drill Platoon to 1st Battalion,
Executive and S-l.; Cadet Lt. Col.
W. H. Weaver, Birmingham, 3d
Bn. Executive and S-l; Cadet
Capt. J. W. Coleman, Tuscaloosa,
3d Bn., S-l; and Cadet Capt. E. W.
Morris, Montgomery, 3d Bn.,
Company "I".
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TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT'
VOLUME LXVI ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1943 NUMBER 51
Honor Societies Ball To Be
Held Friday Night at Gym
Glee Club To Begin
Practice for Spring
Concert Thursday
Rehearsal for the spring con­cert
will begin Thursday night
at 7:15 in the studio over Toom-er's.
All old members and those
new members who wish to be­come
a part of the organization
are urged to attend.
Last spring the Choral Club
made an extensive tour of the
state, appearing in most of the
major cities. Plans are being
made for a similar tour this year.
No try-outs will be required un­til
a later date when the men and
women have become thoroughly
acquainted with the music. Those
who like to sing will find the re­hearsals,
as well as the concerts,
very enjoyable. Very light classi­cal
music, folk songs, spirituals,
and popular music comprise 'the
whole of the programs.
Spiked Shoe to Meet
The Auburn Collegiate Chap­ter
of Spiked Shoe will hold its
first meeting of the new year in
the New Field House after track
practice on Wednesday. J. A.
Robinson, president of the society,
urges all members to be present
to discuss plans for the annual
dance.
Students Will
Be Allowed To
Finish Quarter
The attention of Auburn stu­dents
is called to the following
two official interpretations re­leased
recently regarding the
Army Specialized Training Pro­gram.
Date of Call
According to a bulletin received
this week from the War Depart­ment
preparations were com­pleted
by the Department on
January 1, 1943, to call to active
duty enlisted reserve corps stu­dents
covered by Section g(7) of
the Army plan. After January 1,
these students will begin to re­ceive
orders to report for active
duty at designated times and
places.
No orders will be given to
report on a date prior to two
weeks after the completion of
the student's first academic
quarter, t e r m , or semester
termination after December 31,
1942.
By this interpretation, a mem­ber
of the Army Enlisted Reserve
Corps enrolled at Auburn is as­sured
of completing the Winter
Quarter before being called.
Air Corps Reserve
The Army Specialized Train­ing
Program does not include the
Air Corps Reserve. A student
who is a member of the Air
Corps Enlisted Reserve will be
called to active duty at thedis*
cretion of the Air Corps and at
such time as he can be immedi­ately
assigned to training.
Occupational Deferment
On December 18, the War Man­power
Commission approved oc­cupational
deferment through
Selective Service of students not
in the Army or Navy Reserve
Corps and faculty. Students who
will be deferred until the end of
the Spring quarter include:
(1) All medical students (in­cluding
hospital internes, and res­idents),
dental students, and vet­erinary
students enrolled in ap­proved
institutions and subject to
Selective Service; and all pre-veterinary
students who have
completed one year of study in
approved institutions.
(2) All graduate students en­rolled
in approved engineering
curricula, and all undergraduate
students who have completed one
year of study in approved engU
neering curicula.
(3) All undergraduate and
graduate students in approved
colleges and universities who are
specializing in chemistry, physics,
or bacteriology and are within
two years of the completion of
the specialized curricula.
(4) All full-time instructors
and part-time instructors also de­voting
the balance of their time
to study in any of the curricula
above shall be deferred until
July 1, 1943, or until otherwise
directed by the War Manpower
Commission.
Advice from McNutt
In announcing the above plans
for deferment, Chairman McNutt
urged all male university and col­lege
students to remain in school
until called for active military
service. He stated that students,
including those in the 18-19-year-old
group, should not hesitate to
enroll to begin their college train­ing
at the .present time. "The
War Manpower Commission is
planning ahead so that there may
be adequate reserves for leader­ship
in professional and technical
fields to avoid serious shortages,"
he said.
The colorful Honor Societies
Ball will be held Friday night at
eight o'clock in the Girl's Gym
on the Opelika Road. Blue Key is
the sponsor of the ball and most
of the honor societies on the
campus will participate.
The leadout will feature the
presidents of the various societies
and their dates, with the Auburn
Knights furnishing the music.
Ribbons will be given to the
members of the different societies
as their names are checked off
at the door, and each ribbon will
show the insignia of the society
of the wearer. Because of the
limited space for dancing, bids
could not be issued to non-mem­bers.
The honor societies participat­ing
are:
Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kap­pa
Phi, Blue Key, Sphinx, Card­inal
Key, Eta Kappa Nu, Delta
Sigma Pi, Phi Psi, Gamma Sig­ma
Delta.
Scabbard and Blade, Tau Beta
Pi, Alpha Phi Omega, Briaerean
Society, Alpha Zeta, Pi Tau
Sigma, Squires, Phi Lambda Up-silon,
Scarab.
Kappa Delta Pi, Tau Kappa
Alpha, Rho Chi, Chi Epsilon,
Alpha Epsilon Delta, and the Art
Guild.
Cashier Joins WAVES
Miss Frances Tippins, acting
cashier for the college, will leave
for duty with the WAVES on or
around Jan. 15. Miss Tippins has
been serving in the capacity of
cashier since the resignation of
Miss Mary Hooper on November
30.
Alumni Gym Is
Secured For
Military Ball
Alumni Gymnasium has been
secured for the annual Military
Ball which is to be held this Sat­urday,
January 9, from nine until
twelve. This announcement was
made today by Cadet Brigade
Colonel Harold J. Knight, who is
in charge of all arrangements for
the dance.
Senior ROTC officers, who are
sponsoring the ball, decided to­day
that because of war condi­tions
favors would not be secured.
The Auburn Knights are to furn­ish
music for the occasion. The
staff of the Military Department
and their wives will chaperone
the dance.
Members of the junior class en­rolled
in the advanced ROTC
course have toeen invited to at­tend,
but will not be allowed to
ask dates. A list of the seniors'
dates will be given in Friday's
issue of The Auburn Plainsman.
Decorations for the Military
Ball will be red, white, and blue.
These will carry out the theme
of a nation at war.
Leading the grand march will
be Cadet Colonel Knight and his
date. Following him will be the
other senior officers, in order of
their rank, with their dates. Sa­bers
will be used during the
grand march.
Players To Present
"Petticoat Fever"
In Early February
Eight performances of Mark
Reed's "Petticoat Fever" will be
given by the Auburn Players be­ginning
on February 8, according
to announcement of Director Tel­fair
B. Peet.
Leading parts in the play will
be taken by Tommy Allison, Hen-dersonville,
N. C; and Pat Mc­Coy,
Lafayette.
Other members of the cast are
M a d g e Jarrard, Montgomery;
Robert Blackburn, Jacksonville,
Fla.; Eliah Perlman, Pensacola,
Fla.; Milton Strain, Ft. Benning,
Ga.; Willis Dickey, Calhoun.
The play will be presented
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday in the Y-Hut dur­ing
the weeks of February 8 and
February 15.
ualifications
Board to Meet
Members of the Qualifications
Board will meet Thursday night,
January 7, at 7:30 P. M. in Dr.
Duncan's office at Samford Hall.
This was announced today by
Jimmie Lee Butt, president of the
student body.
The board is meeting this week
in preparation for general cam­pus
elections which are scheduled
to be held during January. All
prospective candidates are here­by
notified that they must be
present at this meeting for inter­view
purposes.
Information concerning elec­tions
for publications posts will
be given in Fridc^/'s issue of The
Auburn Plainsman. '*"-*-.
Gatchell Club Sponsors
Christmas Benefit Party
Members of the Dana King Gat­chell
Home Economics Club at
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
sponsored a Christmas party
this week for the benefit of
wounded American soldiers now
stationed at a hospital in Texas.
Over 65 individual gifts were
brought to the party and wrapped
by the co-eds. The gifts included
books, candy, magazines, cigar­ettes,
games, ashtrays, pencils,
cards and stationery. The home
economics tea room staff contri­buted
a box of cookies. All pres­ents
were mailed in a huge box
to the hospital for distribution
on Christmas' morning.
Salter Passes Through
Lt. Elmer Salter, now on leave
of absence from Auburn where
he formerly served as director of
sports publicity and freshman
basketball coach for the college,
passed through here yesterday
headed for some military destina­tion.
Low of 24 Degrees
Recorded Here Today
The coldest morning of the new
year and the coldest day since
Dec. 17 caught many Auburn
motorists without anti-freeze
fluid in their automobiles today.
The temperature dropped from a
high of 62 last Sunday to a low
of 24 at 7:30 this morning.
Two of the local taxis were
frozen as well as one automobile,
one of the Auburn garages re­ported.
There was a rush for anti­freeze
at all of the gas stations
during the morning.
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Here Next Wednesday
Famed Monologue Artist Will Appear at Alumni
As Fourth Attraction of Auburn Concert Series
Cornelia Otis Skinner, monologue artist, will appear here
next Wednesday evening, J a n u a r y 13, at 8:15 P. M. in Alumni
gymnasium. She will have with her a dozen, a score, a hund­r
e d imaginary people, and she will make these people seem
as real as if they stood beside
her.
Miss Skinner is within herself
a complete theater, a whole, trag­ic,
if not heroic, theater. She does
this by the skill of both her play­ing
and her writing. Her material
is adroitly ordered, swift in its
exposition, and as unerring as it
is pointed in its revelation of
character. If ranges from buoy­ant
comedy and uproarious farce
to tragedy that is succinct and
moving.
Marked for Stage
The title, "the greatest single
attraction of the American thea­ter",
has long been worn by Miss
Skinner. From her infancy her
father, Otis Skinner, cherished a
belief that his daughter was
marked for the theater when a
stagehand, holding her in his
arms, brushed her against a piece
of scenery. Both parents, famous
actors themselves, took that im­promptu
backstage rite as a sign
of things to come.
From her earliest days, Miss
Skinner moved stageward and
lived in a world of her own imag­inings.
At Baldwin School and
later at Bryn Mawr College, her
school-mates drafted her for their
productions and on one occasion
she played Macbeth to Ann Hard­ing's
Macduff.
Debut with Father
Miss Sk4nner made her debut
under her father's wing when
she played Dona Saraste in
Ibanez's "Blood and Sand," which
Mr. Skinner presented for the
first time on any stage in Buffalo
in August, 1921.
The next four years brought in­creasingly
important roles in a
number of plays, including "Will
Shakespeare," w i t h Katherine
Cornell; "Tweedles," "In the Next
Room," "The Wild Westcotts,"
"In His Arms," and "White Col­lars."
Yet, these parts were not what
This Could Happen Here
Fire in Gym Kills Eight And
Injures Thirty-eight Students
Fire Started From
Discarded Cigarette
By DAVID ALLEN
Ed. note: This is purely a
hypothetical case, yet it is en­tirely
possible so long as the
habits of the Auburn students re­main
unchanged.
Seven girls and one boy died,
and 38 other persons were injured
in the flaming inferno that was
Girls Gym until last- Saturday
night. Starting at 10:39, during
the leadout of the Eata Beta Pi
society, the flames swept through
the closely packed crowd and
turned the occasion into a mad­house
of burning bodies and fear-crazed
dancers. After a thorough
investigation by the Fire Depart­ment
and college authorities, the
cause of the blaze was given as
that of a lighted cigarette which
never reached the floor.
Those Dead Were Students
All of those listed as dead were
students of API, while several of
those i n j u r e d were visitors
brought to Auburn as dates of
the various members of the soci­ety.
The infirmary, already practi­cally
filled with cases of in­fluenza,
was unable to hold all
those receiving burns. Those hav­ing
burns of less seriousness were
placed in several fraternity houses
which were offered to the author­ities.
The fire started when the half-smoked
cigarette of an unknown
person failed to reach the floor
where it most likely would have
been put out. Instead, as related
by bystanders, it fell into the
folds of the dress of one of the
now dead girls, setting fire to it
immediately. As the burning per­son
ran toward some coats,' pre­sumably
to put out the fire, the
flames spread to the flimsy dress­es
of all the girls who came into
contact with the victim.
Panic Spread Rapidly
As is usual in these cases, panic
spread across the floor and there
was a mad rush for the one exit
to the upstairs gym. This was
crowded beyond its limit, and the
flames spread among the crowd
trying to leave the building. Most
of the occpuants were clear of
the building before the fire de­partment
arrived, but it aided the
remaining few and gave first aid
to the burned persons while still
fighting the now wholly burning
building.
A. R. Runners, fire chief, in a
statement issued Sunday morning,
stated:
"The cause of the blaze was a
lighted cigarette thrown to the
floor. This condition on the dance
floor at Auburn has been warned
against before, and now the evi­dence
of its danger is very real.
"The extent of property damage
amounts to over $50,000," The
amount covered by insurance was
not known as yet.
the young artist wanted. Her
childhood experience in "going it
alone" came back to her and with
the experience the professional
stage had given her, she wrote
and performed the first of her
original character sketches—first
for her friends and then profes­sionally.
Records Her Impressions
Later she developed the idea
of recording the impressions of
contemporaneous life which she
discovered. The result was a series
of sketches, humorous, pathetic,
tender and satirical, which her
photographic eye had caught. The
original character sketches were
vigorously acclaimed and tours
were laid out which carried her
back and forth across the United
States, to Canada, and as far away
as London.
API Grad Commissioned
Miss Juanita Johnston, who
graduated from API in 1940 with
a B. S. degree, receives her com­mission
in the WAACs on Jan. 9
after completion of required work
at Officers' Candidate School.
War Eagle Cries
At the beginning of the last
world War, I remember very
well the attitude the students
look about the draft and their
own status in it. There is not
much difference now and then.
Students were as undecided
then as they are now about
whether to stay in school or go
ahead and get in the army or
the navy.
Last Homecoming I saw lots
of the old grads who had come
back to this lovely village on
the plains for one last look be­fore
another war forced the
government to take over. I
talked with lots of them but
right now I want to mention
only two of them.
One of them took the advice
of the government and stayed in
college until he was called. The
desire was on him just as much
as on all the others to join up
and fight, but he put a little
thought on the subject and de­cided
they knew better what he
should do than he did himself.
He stayed here at Auburn and
got all he could out of his col­lege
course. After the war he
lacked very little in his educa­tion
and was able to fit right in
on a good job with a good fu­ture
with plenty of advance­ments.
The other alumnus was a lit­tle
more headstrong than the
first. He had to get over right
away and "do his bit" to help
win the war. He joined up af­ter
the first announcement had
been made and because of his
half year of college was sent
to an officer candidate school,
but could not make the grade
on the highly technical subjects.
After the war his lack of this
special knowledge pushed him
further back until he had to be
satisfied with a job at a set sal­ary
and with little chance of
advancement.
A word to the wise is suffi-cenl.
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"I used to be afraid the Government would
requisition my car. Now I'm afraid they'
won't' Drayrn for O. W. I.
Men Under Army Discipline
Someone Needed to Organize Blood Banks Blues in Berlin
The American public is at the present
as unselfish as at any time since we can
remember in our own short span of life.
Everywhere there is evidence of them
gradually meeting all the demands of an
efficient war machine by rationing, scrap
drives and enlistments in one of the many
armed forces of the nation.
Perhaps the latest and the most humane
thing that the American people have so far
seen to do is to donate their blood for what
is now called Blood Banks. By this meth­od
civilians may donate as much of their
blood as they wish or as is wise and it is
taken to wherever the armed forces are
doing their fighting and used to restore
the life of many of the men fighting for
our freedom.
This is one of the smallest contributions
that anyone can make toward the war ef­fort,
and at the same time it is one that
will do untold good.
There will be no heroes or winners in
donating the b lNo o d. But, American
citizens are still willing to sacrifice some­thing
whjch they have plenty of and some­thing
which those boys "over there" might
be caught short of.
Auburn students have thus far not had
any organized effort to donate their blood
to the Blood Banks. Some organization
looking for a worthy project for the year
might take this into hand and organize a
method of collection and distribution.
The college officials at the Infirmary
will be willing to help and so would the
students and the faculty when the time
came for donating the blood. The effort
will not be wasted.
Further Curtailment of Sports Likely
The Editor's Desk . . .
Dawn broke with a very disagreeable sound yesterday morning
to roust out most of the students from their peaceful and for the
majority, uneventful holiday period.
Sleeping to ten, eleven, or twelve o'clock each day almost made
some of them forget that it was still dark at seven o'clock. Waking
up at the accustomed hour, made some of us think that it was the
middle of the night, with the moon shining and all the other charact­eristics.
Despite the rest that most college students tookover the holidays,
things really happened in the nation and on the battle fronts of the
world.
So Far Just Another Rumor
On the local front the latest unconfirmed as this is written, news
concerning the status of college students in the present set-up of
the war department, is that Juniors in advance ROTC will be al­lowed
to remain in college until June, 1943.
As yet this news is not authentic and we would not make any
definite statements about it.
At the present time the board in charge of selecting the colleges
and universities to take the students from the army and navy for
training is meeting and their decisions are expected soon.
Let's Let the Board Decide
A good example of rumorering was offered in the last bit of
news. As the board is meeting several students have -.ready de­cided
that Auburn is to be one of those selected and that their Alma
Mater will get more than any other school in this section.
It is swell t o A jw this much faith in your school, but sometimes
this, same -trust aBd commence can act as a boomerang to the college
and the students. There is no indication that any college will be
chosen for this special type of college work. The board has released
no definite choices and has remained quiet, as they should do until
they are ready to speak.
Until.they do say something, pro or con, no student should take
it upon himself to tell others that his school is going to get this or
that or when. So far no one knows and other students would do
well to use their own judgment instead of listening to a miniature
fifth columnist.
Large Scale Conversion of Colleges
From New York we find that Lt. Col. Harley B. West in speak­ing
before the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools gave them a plan for the large scale conversion of American
colleges and universities into training bases for the armed forces.
Col. West said that no college or university will be taken over
for this purpose, but that the training of the young men in the
armed forces will be purely voluntary and there will be no requisi­tioning.
Approximately 250,000 service men will be sent to school
under this plan.
Emphasis will be on the scientific and technical courses and mili­tary
training will be subordinated to the academic work.
School selected will be those in a position to house and feed the
men and who can furnish the correct type of instruction that is re­quired.
The postseason football contests are
things of the past now. Because of the war,
the outcomes of these games have been for­gotten
even more quickly than in former
years. This coincides, of course, with the
situation in other phases of our national
sports activity. It is only natural that the
popular recreational pastimes developed
with typical American intensiveness dur­ing
the past half century should find the
overshadowing influence of our present
war effort almost too great a force with
which to reckon.
However, despite a slightly synthetic
ring to it all, "the sports show has gone on"
under government blessing during the
past year. The ranks of the participating
athletes have thinned perceptibly, though,
in recent months. Voluntary enlistment
and compulsory induction have wrecked
the hopes of many a coach already. Prob­ably
the majority of the players now serv­ing
the nation in an active capacity have
unselfishly left their respective field of
sports as voluntary contributors to the
war effor-ti-i**
—«.$£at is the probable outlook "Tor ama­teur
and professional athletics during the
present year?
First of all, the future of the amateur
game seems bleak, to say the least. If and
when most of the present crop of college
men are inducted into active service it is
hard to feature college sports play in even
drastically curtailed form. It seems that in
its present status it will almost definitely
be out for the duration unless unforeseen
events present themselves in the near
future.
A little bit brighter picture may be
painted in the professional sports field.
Although continued heavy inroads must be
expected here, there should still be many
older—but still capable—players available
during 1943. Some of these are being de­ferred
because of dependents. Then too,
many are now above the draft age.
The President has definitely placed his
stamp of approval on continued profes­sional
sports as a valuable morale build­ing
force for the entire country. Doubtless,
though, curtailment of facilities will be
necessary during the coming months.
Collegiate football for the past school
is at an end. The curtain is now rising on
the beginning of an uncertain basketball
season. Spring training for professional
ballplayers^looms ahead.
But, all things considered, it seems that
the amateur and professional game can re­gain
full strength only after the termina­tion
of the present struggle. B.T.
Father Gives Advice to Son in Letter
Some sound advice from a father, who
previously attended Auburn, to his son,
who is now in college here, is contained in
the following letter:
"Since talking to you I have talked with
Dr. Rauber about your grade in economics.
You should see him at once and make ev­ery
effort to get this work off now. There
is not very much that I can do except sit
on the sidelines and wait. As you know,
the fellow who pays the bills does not al­ways
have the most fun.
"It has not been my privilege to meet
Dr. Rauber except over the 'phone, but I
have had the pleasure of reading one of
his very interesting articles, "Let's Be
Narrow-Minded."
"Son, I had the pleasure of being under
Dr. Judd. He sat on me and turned me ev­ery
way but loose. Yet, when I got through
he was the most helpful person I could
find to assist me in getting a job.
"I realize that you and many of the oth­er
boys are not able to settle down to what
we might call normalcy. I was in the same
plight in 1917 except that I was a man and
on my own. I do not place blame on you
for this. Too, I realize that it is hard to do
the best study under these conditions.
However, it must be done if you are going
tp climb. It really takes "blood, sweat, and
tears."
"You are clean in speech, physically fit,
have a deep conviction as to right and
wrong, and enough native intelligence to
do better than your father. Go to it, and
I shall bear with you."
The men selected will be under army discipline and will receive
regular army pay while in training. Selection will be based on the
aptitude displayed by the men in the armed forces and their ability
to receive such higher education.
In Africa the trend of the times is almost the same, with Rom­mel,
Hitler's pet still in full retreat. Reports last night stated that
it was thought that the head of the Africa Korps was about to
make a last stand. The shock will almost kill the pursuing British
and American soldiers, who have been used to seeing Rommel crawl
since early last November, and him standing might turn out to be
the surprise of the year, if he can stand up long enough.
Russia's reports got so good that military observers began to won­der
if they were really as good as they said they were. Russia says
this, Germany says the opposite, and no one is there to confirm either
of them, except Germans or Russians.
From out in Texas comes this bit of news that might help those
who are continually trying to outdo one another in whose ancestors
were here first. Dr. C. J. Heese, from A & M's museum, wth Dr.
F. E. Turner of the same school and Dr. H. B. Stenzel of the Uni­versity
of Texas, discovered fossil remains that take us back to
the Miocene period of about 12,000,000 years ago. Might be of some
relationship to some of you. Better check into it.
Babies for Christmas
To close out with a final note of local interest. Many babies were
born over the holidays, not including a New Year's baby. Three of the
most prominent were those of Mr. Kirtley Brown who now has a son
by the name of Kirtley Ward Brown; the new member of Captain
Edwin Ruth's family, whose masculine name we were unable to find
out; and Mr. Charles Edwards' addition in the form of a baby boy.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Miller announced the birth of a daughter, Vir­ginia
Carroll, on December 24. Some Christmas presents!
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(Ed. note: tune to "Blues in the Night.")
My.fuehrer done toT me,
When I was in Munich,
My fuehrer done tol' me,
Hans—.
A Russian will fall back, and give
You the east front,
But when the winter snows come,
A Russian's a two-face,
A worrisome thing, who leaves you to sing
The blues in Berlin.
See the bombs a-fallin'
Hear the blitzes callin'
Goering! Oh, where is the luftwaffe?
We ain't got no booties,
All we got is cooties.
Goebbels! Oh, typhus and black plague.
Die wehrmacht! Die wehrmacht!
A clickity-clack, and soon we'll be back.
With the blues in Berlin.
From Smolensk to Mozhaisk,
From Kiev to Lubin,
Wherever the panzers go.
I've taken some big towns,
And made me some big talk,
But there is one thing I know,
A Russian's a two-face,
A worrisome thing, who leaves you to sing
The blues in Berlin.
—By students at Chicago Teachers College
Tiger Spirit
By EARL CLEGHORN
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.
Wal, another year has rolled
around, and here we are back in
the same old rut. Last year end­ed
with a bang for almost every
one. This year will end with a
public hanging of the Axis lead­ers,
I hope.
* * *
I guess we all made new year's
resolutions—and I guess we have
all broken them by now. I made
only one, and that was to ride
the public conveyances when I
left Auburn on- week ends. It-seems
as if there is not much suc­cess
in hitchhiking these days. I
broke this resolution after riding
the bus to Auburn this week end.
The bus driver sure made me feel
low. They loaded the service men
on first (P think they should),
then the ladies, the elderly people
(not students), war workers came
next, followed by children, then
professional class, and last the
traveling salesmen. After all of
the above had filled the bus to
overflowing, the driver said:
"have all the passengers been
taken care of? Well, you kids
from the colleges hop on!"
* * *
I am not complaining; it's good
to get back to the loveliest village
of the plain—the' home of the Tig­er,
the team that beat Georgia.
Georgia beat UCLA in the Rose
Bowl. Where does that leave Au­burn?
The top team in the coun­try,
of course.
* * *
Speaking of new year's resolu­tions,
Shicklegruber, the head
hyena of the Axis mongrel pack
isn't making any. The last reports
say he goes around singing two
songs. They are "If I Had List­ened
to What Mama Said" and
"I Ain't Gonna Study War No
More!"
* * *
The resolution made by II Duce
(the duce) of the boot country
was very touching to the heart
of all native Italians and even to
a few of the German-born Ital­ians.
Musty-linni has promised to
leave out the meat balls from his
spaghetti. This is a great sacrifice
for him to make, as he is already
full of the spaghetti.
* * *
Emperor Hirohito, the chief
knife-in-the-back-stabber of the
land of the sinking scum, made a
new year's resolution. He said or
hissed, that if the other members
of the Axis parties would give
him more cooperation in his great
victory he would divide part of
Russia with them. Germany now
has more of Russia than she
wants. Why, to show her open
heart she is giving part of it back
to Russia. The nasty soldiers of
the master race have been ad­vancing
to the rear every since
the Russians played their theme
song — "White Christmas." The
white Christmas turned into a
Red new year for the boys with
goose step and bat brain.
* * *
The Blue and Gray game was a
hswiixig rsuecssSeZ The S o u th
howled in glee and the North
howled in sorrow. Monk Gafford
was a leading star in that game.
The spectators were so enthusi­astic
over his outstanding brand
of football that they would yell
for Gafford. Monk was not in the
starting line-up, but he was on
the first team. All, twenty-two
players on the team were first
string men. The people in the
stands stood up and yelled "We
want Gafford" and they got him.
The boy showed the football fans
he could catch them as well as
toss them. The "Fort Deposit
flash" caught a long one and gal­loped
over the goal before the
eyes of around three thousand un­happy
Yankees from the flying
fields in Montgomery.
* * *
The crowd went away from the
game chanting that old spine-tingling
song, "Touchdown, Au­burn."
The announcer seemed to
have a little trouble in describing
the game. Once or twice he said
Auburn's ball or Auburn will re­ceive.
This is two years in a row
that the North and South game
has been a great victory for the
South as well as Auburn.
* * * —
The new year's day games
turned out to be very bad for the
hot air teams. The past football
season had its share of teams
that were listed in the top places
in their conferences. These teams
sure went down in a hurry when
they went up against some real
opposition as dished out by the
southern teams.
* * *
A toast should be given to the
teams that represented the South­eastern
conference. Georgia, Ala­bama,
and Tennessee were the
three teams that humbled the
proud greats of the west, east, and
north.
THREE BLIND MEN
(BUND TO AMERICA'S WILL TO WIN)
OPEN THEIR EYES BY INVESTING
YOUR CHANGE IN WAR STAMPS
* :— *
January 5, 1943 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Seventy Students On
Winter Dean's List
Dean's List Composed of Regular Students
Who Rank in Upper Five Per Cent of Class
Seventy students at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
have been placed on the Dean's List for the Winter Quarter
in the Schools of Agriculture, Architecture and Allied Arts,
Chemistry, Education, Engineering, Pharmacy, Science and
Literature, and Veterinary Medi­cine.
The Dean's List consists of
those full-time juniors, seniors,
and fifth-year students in each
school who rank scholastically in
the upper five per cent of the en­rollment
above the sophomore
year in that school. Cooperative
students in the School of Engin­eering
who rank in the upper two
per cent of those enrolled may
also be placed on the list.
Those on the Dean's List in the
school of Agriculture are: Perry
A. Dunn, Deatsville; Joseph Hen­ry
Yeager, Cullman; Jack T.
Cornelius, Jasper; Vachel Lee
Keeble, Roanoke; John Eugene
Wood, Cobb, Ga.; Joseph L. Dean,
Opelika, Raymond Livingston,
Goodwater.
In the school of Architecture
and Allied Arts, Minnie Reid An­derson,
Greenville, S. C; and J.
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Dorrance K i s e r, Gardendale,
made the list.
In the school of Chemistry
those on the Dean's List are: Jane
Foster, Lanett; John B. Martin,
Auburn; Elias C. Mitchell, Shef­field;
Mearlin Lee Sims, Birm­ingham,
and Herbert A. Warren,
Birmingham.
The eleven students in the
school of Education on the Dean's
List are: Leta Brackin, Head­land;
Theo Coleman, Millport;
Benjamin Dickey, Calhoun; Attie
Fleming, Bear Creek; Laura Har­ris,
Ft. Benning, Ga.; Estelle
Haynes, Auburn; E. Charles Holt,
Brilliant; Madge Jarrard, Mont­gomery;
Lucretia Perry, Auburn;
Irma Phillips, Wadley; and Kath-erine
Smith, Montgomery.
Those in the school of Engi­neering
on the Dean's List are:
Frank Bridgers, Birmingham;
Henry Dickinson, Auburn; Al­bert
L. Gaines, Birmingham; Cul-len
F. Harris, Montgomery; Rich­ard
Houston, Anniston; Sanford
M. Morton, Anniston; Edwin C.
Rodgers, Bay Minette; Perry
Alexander S e a y, Brundidge;
Willis Walton Stone, Lineville;
Albert. W. Ervine, Tallahassee,
Fla.; Leslie Cobb, Texarkana,
Ark.; Robert C. Haraway, Flor­ence;
Victor Carl Hicks, Eutaw;
John Broodus Holt, Jr., Jackson,
Miss.; Edward W. Lindsay, Boyce,
Va.; Thomas. W. Morgan, Floma-ton;
Henry Floyd Pruett, Wallace
and Roy E. Wilson, Birmingham.
Those co-operative engineer­ing
students on the Dean's List
for the Winter Quarter (to be ef­fective
December, 1942, to March,
194.3} lor work done frorli June to
'.September are: Robert: Colvin,
jBirmingham; George H. Gould.
T-ato'duis; Tw'ger JTolrries, Attalla;
Edward W. Morris, Montgomery;
| and Charles D. Brown, Selma.
Other co-operative students on
the Dean's List to be effective
March, 1943, to June, 1943, for
work done during the Fall Quar-
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Fort McClellan, Ala.—Sarah Peck Weaver, of Decatur, Alabama,
is WAAC-of-the-Week here this week because she is as American
as an old penny. Her only brother is a technical sergeant in the
AEF in Ireland, her father is a farmer, her mother, a school teacher
and Sarah herself is in war work in Sylacauga. At Montevallo's
Alabama College, she majored in Home Economics, was outstand­ing
orator touring thirty-six states with the debating team and
was highly regarded on the campus. Her hobby is cooking and
show us- a soldier who wouldn't lobby for such a hobby.
Miss Weaver was inducted into the Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps here recently and is winding up her affairs to leave for train­ing
soon. —(U. S. Signal Corps Photo)
ter are: William N. Campbell,
Dadeville; Millner H. Eskew,
Uniontown; John S. Hamilton,
Jr., Birmingham.
In the school of Pharmacy. R.
J. Plant, Tallassee, made the
Dean's List for the Winter Quart­er.
In the school of Science and
Literature the following made
the Dean's List: Fred Allison, Jr.,
Auburn; Ben Ash, Birmingham,
John Dixon Bridgers, Birming­ham;
A. Z. Carter, Jr., Auburn;
William Myack Goode, Auburn;
Louis H. Jordan, Owassa; Harold
C. Stanfield, Fairfax; William
Buck Taylor, Mobile; Clarence E.
Weldon, Wetumpka; Neil Glenn
Wilcoxan, Florence.
Those in the school of Veteri­nary
Medicine on the Dean's List
are: John Thad Riddle, Piedmont,
S. C; Nolen D. Connor, Auburn;
George .D. Coffee, Decatur, Ga.;
Charles L. Nowlin, Pensacola,
Fla.; Christopher C. Harman,
Fiord, Va.; Joe L. Sledge, Greens­boro;
and William M: Burriss,
Anderson, S. C.
Ball, Bjurberg
Are Married
Over Holidays
Auburn's holidays were high­lighted
with the weddings of two
of its male students, John Ball
and Dick Bjurberg, with two Au­burn
women.
John Ball was married to Miss
Ellen Williams of Opelika, who
is a sophomore and a member of
the Kappa Delta sorority here.
Their wedding was solemnized by
Dr. J. L. Steel of the First Bap­tist
church in Opelika on Sunday,
December 26.
Bridesmaids of Miss Williams
were her two sisters, Misses Eloise
and Barbara Williams. The groom
chose John Bruce Martin of Au­burn
as his best man, and Rene
Bidez and Bryon Bruce as his two
ushers.
Mr. Bjurberg was married to
Miss Kathryn Blake on Sunday,
December 20, by Dr. Sam B. Hay
at the Presbyterian church in
Auburn. Miss • Blake graduated
from Auburn last June in home
economics and is now in Talla­dega
with the Government Nur­sery
school.
Miss Frances Hay was her maid
or honor while Misses Jean Beas-ley
and Mary Florence Roberts
were the bridesmaids. The bride's
brother, Lynn Blake, Jr., served
as best man in the wedding. The
ushers were Carl Hicks, Will
Crawford, L. Z. Thrasher and
Clark Hudson.
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Page Four T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN January 5, 1943
Auburn's Gafford Sparks Gray Team
Trainer Hutsell Also
Helps the Winners
By EARL CLEGHORN
Auburn was one of the few colleges that did not play in
a bowl, yet the tiger town college received as much New
Year's football publicity as the teams that made the bowl
trips. This was due to the annual North-South football battle
in Montgomery. Auburn was represented by its stellar half­back,
Monk Gafford, on the gridiron and by Coach Wilbur
Hutsell in the training room.
The largest crowd to attend an
athletic event in the history of
Montgomery sat under a summer
sun to watch the South roll over
the outclassed Yanks to the tune
of 24 to 0. The 16,000 people who
paid to see this all-star game'
were home town folks to a large
extent.
Crowd Calls for Monk
The biggest thrill of the game
came after the Gray coaching
staff sent Monk Gafford into the
game to satisfy the fans who had
been yelling, "We want Gafford."
Monk set the stage for the victory
march when he quick-kicked to
the North's seven yard line. The
punt was good for 56 yards and
a surprise to the Blue team.
• Gafford fooled the football fans
again by showing them he could
catch passes as well as throw
them. Late in the third quarter he
caught one for 23 yards and gal­loped
over the goal line for six
points. Monk had to snatch this
pass between the huge Blue backs
and wriggle by them before he
outran the rest of the team.
Gafford Stars
Gafford caught five passes for
a net gain of 79 yards, ran back
four punts for a total of 77 yards,
carried the ball from the scrim­mage
line three times for a gain
of eight yards, and blocked and
tackled with the skill of a quar­terback.
The end of the game found
Monk kicking the ball out of
bounds on the Blue seven yard
line.
There was much space given to
the game in the leading papers,
and the chief topic of interest in
the write-ups was the perform­ance
of Monk Gafford. The game
was covered by the Associated
Press and the United Press, and
their reports on the game helped
to push thg^ri^iiicams off the
_,_§p3rt "pages.
Sports Writers Comment
Zipp Newman, sports editor of
the Birmingham News-Age Her­ald,
started his story with these
words: "Monk Gafford leads Reb­els
to glorious victory. Monk Gaf-
THIS WEEK
The Auburn Grille
ANNOUNCES THAT
TOM BULLINGTON
has been selected to receive
a Free Dinner for his out­standing
service to Auburn
during the last three years.
• Each week the Auburn
Grille will select an out­standing
student to re­ceive
this award.
The Grille is Auburn's
finest and most modern
restaurant.
The Grille invites the stu­dents
to come in often for
"the best food in town."
The Auburn Grille
JOHN GAZES, Mgr.
Betty Grable
Swinging It
There are two things Betty
Grable would rather do above all
else—dance and dance some more.
The curvaceous star of 20th Cen­tury-
Fox's new Technicolor musi­cal,
"Springtime in the Rockies,"
which opens Wednesday at the
Tiger Theater, readily owns up to
the ballroom bug, but she quali­fies
her confession slightly.
Give her a standard routine de­vised
solely for its showmanly
value and executed to the accom­paniment
of studio music and,
well, Betty will try awfully hard,
but she won't really enjoy it. Her
particular brand of. stepping is of
the footloose variety, the kind an
agile gal can literally throw her­self
into with zest.
That's why she went about her
chores in "Springtime in the
Rockies" with the elan of a col­leen
at a high school prom.
Her partner was Cesar Romero,
admittedly one of Hollywood's
best. The music was by Harry
James and his band, just about
the most popular swing outfit in
the country. And the routine was
the creation of Hermes Pan, a
•man after Betty's own heart. Pan
is the "naturalist" in his field,
borrowing from the spontaneous
steps of America's youth, adding
a new twist here and there.
But for the first time in many
films, however, Betty had to look
to her laurels. There was fiery
Carmen Miranda, who all will ad­mit
can toss a torso with the best
of them. And to make the picture
complete, Charlotte Greenwood^
she of the long legs, performs one
of her,specicuiaC,. as~5hly she can.
ford shone like the midday sun in
the greatest collection of football
stars ever assembled on one
team."
A member of the sports staff
of another paper started his re­port
in this form. The Grays be­gan
to click when Gafford en­tered
the game."
Pat Moulton, sports editor of
the Mobile Press-Register claims
that Monk dominated the per­formances
at the game. He said
that if Gafford wasn't truly All-
American he would do until one
came along.
LOST: Brown leather purse. Find­er
please keep money but return
horn-rimmed glasses. No ques­tions
asked. Mail to Harriet Cle­mens,
Dormitory 2, Auburn.
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Student Verse
Is Scheduled
An anthology of poetry by
American college students will be
published early in the Spring, the
editors of Harbinger House, New
York publishing firm, announce.
Work on the compilation of the
volume has already begun, and
manuscripts are now sought.
Verse by all students, whether
graduate or undergraduate, will
be eligible for consideration. Any
student may submit an unlimited
number of poems, but no single
poem should be more than 60
l i n e s in length. Manuscripts
should be typewritten or legibly
handwritten, on one side of the
paper only.
Manuscripts should be submit­ted
prior to January 30, 1943.
They should be addressed to Edi­tors,
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Harbinger House, 381 Fourth
Avenue, New York, N. Y., and
must be accompanied by return
postage. Students may submit
verse at once, or write for a
folder giving full information.
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back up the men in uniform by
sending them cigarettes made in
the U. S. A. On the distant fronts,
like Africa and the South Pacific,
next to a letter from home there
is nothing more welcome than
their favorite brand of American-made
cigarettes, and Chesterfield
urges that these popular messages
of cheer be sent much more often
to those of our friends who are
serving on the battlefields of the
world.
"Start the New Year Right"
say the headline, "With the Right
Combination for More Smoking
Pleasure." The advertisement is
illustrated .xiWK the picture of an
attractive young woman dressed
in the uniform of the American
Women's Voluntary Services. In
one hand she holds a sheaf of war
bonds and stamps and in the other
a letter and a carton of Chester­fields.
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Mrs. Pelham. Gymnasium.
Home Ec Department
Makes Another First
Home Management
House Is First of Its
Kind in the Nation
By JOHNNIE HOVEY
Already outstanding because of
the vastness of its organization,
the home economics department
of A. P. I. has scored again, this
t i m e making itself k n o wn
throughout the United States with
a farm home management house.
Although home management
houses where homemaking is
practiced on high and low income
budgets are not new, Auburn is
the first college to practice rural
homemaking with a house for.
that purpose alone. And because
the experiment is so new, the
students and the faculty members
involved have very little founda­tion
to work from. The financial
and general living conditions are
based as nearly as possible on
the corresponding conditions of
the average Alabama farm fami­ly
of six.
Home Finished in July
The Auburn farm home man­agement
house was completed
early in July and six women stu­dents,
seniors in home manage­ment
and home demonstration,
moved in July 20 for six weeks
of practical training in rural
homemaking. Miss Elizabeth Mar­tin,
director, lives in the house
so that she is with each group
of girls.
The girls carry a 13 hour school
course and manage the house with
a cow, a calf, 49 young chickens,
some hens and a garden to care
for. They eut and cure their meat,
make hominy, make their own
cheese and butter and they are
learning to make soap.
Fruit Is Canned
During the summer they can­ned
750 quarts of fruit and vege­tables
and a supply of jams and
-jellies;- This.is..more .than.is can­ned
by the average farm family
in Alabama.
The house, barn, and smoke
house, built from plans that were
drawn from blueprints approved
by Farm Security, cost approxi­mately
$3000 and are three-quar­ters
of a mile from the campus.
It is simply furnished with maple
furniture. Rugs, made by the
girls, are scattered throughout
the house; the matteresses, cup
towels, and some curtains were
made by the girls.
Vegetables Raised
Almost any Saturday afternoon
the girls can be found digging
away in the garden. For a while
they supplied the cook with fresh
vegetables every day. They have
set out peach, apple, and pear
trees, newberry and youngberry
bushes, and strawberry plants.
They are making plans to land­scape
the grounds with the co­operation
of the horticulture de­partment.
Social life at the farm house is
not lacking. The girls have part­ies
that are full of fun and good
food. They are often hostesses to
faculty members and college of­ficials.
Recently, Miss Zelma Patchin,
head of home management at
Louisiana State Women's Teach­ers
College, and Miss Jean Mc-
Collum, supervisor of home man­agement
of the same college,
spent the day with them, learn­ing
the organization of the house.
Telephone Welcomed
The most welcome addition to
the house was the telephone,
which came just in time for
Christmas. The house is equipped
with electricity, running water,
and a heater, range and fireplace
for warmth. The students' mail is
not delivered to them at the
house, but they must get it on
their way to classes each morn­ing.
Although the Auburn home
management house is still in the
experimental stage, the students
who have spent six weeks there
in training agree among them­selves
that it is a success.
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Men and Women Instructors
Needed for War Service Jobs
Hundreds of persons —men or
women—are needed for import­ant
war service jobs as instruc­tors
at Seymour Johnson Field,
Brigadier General Walter J. Reed,
commanding general of the field,
has announced. Seymour Johnson
Field is an air mechanics' school
in the Army Air Forces Technical
Training Command.
By employing civilian instruc­tors,
many skilled enlisted men
now serving as instructors will be
released for combat duty in
ground crews of the Army Air
Forces. General Reed said.
Technical experience" is not es­sential
to qualify for an instruc­tor's
job. Acceptable applicants
are paid the regular salary dur­ing
the training period.
To qualify as an instructor at
a beginning salary of $2,000 a year
—about $40 a week—a person
must be a high school graduate
or equivalent, at least 18 years of
age and a citizen of the United
States. In addition, he must meet
one of these five qualifications:
1. One year of college; 2. one
year's experience as an automo­bile
or airplane mechanic; 3. a
Civil Aeronautics Authority certi­ficate
as an airplane mechanic or
ground instructor in airplane me­chanics;
4. six months' full-time
or one year night school experi­ence
in teaching mechanics or
any other shop subject; 5. com­pletion
of a Federally-sponsored
vocational training course in aero­nautical
engineering, or any tech­nical
course in engines or aircraft
design.
Prospective instructors need
not be experts, Col. Wood* em­phasized.
If qualified, they will
be given an orientation course de­signed
to give thorough training
in some phase of airplane me­chanics.
Such courses range from
three to six months, during which
time instructors are paid their
full salaries.
"The Technical Training Com­mand
is accepting those men who
are no longer accepted in the
Army or Navy," Col. Wood said.
"We need them for a job that is
as close to front line duty as any­one
can get without carrying a
rifle. Instructors ,will train the
men who will go from Seymour
Johnson Field to fighting fronts
throughout the world."
Women as well as men can be
valuable as instructors in avia­tion
mechanics, according to Col.
Wood. In some phases women are
proving even more valuable than
men. Applicants may come or
send their applications to Sey­mour
Johnson Field for an inter­view
with a Civil Service repre­sentative.
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