1942-07-07 The Auburn Plainsman

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ON THE CAMPUS
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT'
VOLUME LXVI ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC' INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1942 NUMBER 8
FORTY-FOUR SAILORS COMPLETE RADIO TRAINING
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Naval Radio Training School
Graduates First War Class
will go immediately into active
duty.
Arriving in Auburn on March
21 and 22, this class has under­gone
a strenuous schedule of ra­dio
training during the past four
months. They have been quarter­ed
at Graves Center and their
class work has been done in the
^Electrical Laboratory Building
and in Broun Hall.
They have studied radio code,
typing, theory of radio and other
subjects on a schedule which has
average more than nine houis
daily of classwork and study. In
addition they have undergone
daily periods of calisthenics and
drill.
Future Classes Will Be Graduated At
One Month Intervals as They Enter
Forty-four sailors will constitute, the first graduating
class at t h e A u b u r n Navy Radio Training School. At an early
d a t e they will complete the final requirements of training
h e r e and will be assigned to active duty with the U. S. Navy
as radio operators on land, sea, or in the air.
Since t h e r e is a j ob to be done for Uncle Sam which these
blue jackets are anxious to get on with there will be no
time taken for graduation ceremonies after their final as­signments
are completed. They
Over 800 Sign
Up in Draft
Last Week
Largest Group Was
From Freshman Class
With 400
This week, during the fifth
registration held throughout the
nation, a total of 817 Auburn stu­dents
placed their names on Un­cle
Sam's roster of Selective
Service manpower. All of those
registering were between the
ages of 18 and 20. i'
In this group were approxi­mately
400 members of the fresh­man
class who began their college
careers here in June on the Ac­celerated
Wartime Program of
year-round education. The group
also included a number of soph­omores,
juniors, and seniors. In
addition to those enrolled in
school, a number of war industry
trainees connected with local
NYA and Civil Service projects
registered.
Supervised by W. T. Ingram,
college business manager, as chief
registrar, the board of registrars
consisted of 17 volunteer workers
from the various college offices.
All of the forms were made out
on typewriters. Those serving as
registrars in addition to Mr. In­gram
were Pattie Haney, Berta
Dunn, Mary Miller McKinley,
Evelyn Torbert, Ruby, DeLoach,
Sara Capps, Edith Ingram, Myrtie
Autery, Elma Lewis, Virginia
Igou, Louise Price, Helen Ken-drick,
Mary Frances Pace, How­ard
Strong, Aileen LaGrone, Mrs.
Martha Bennett, and Mrs. Nell
Dickman.
Mr. Ingram stated today that
he "wished to take this opportun­ity
of thanking each of the men
who waited so patiently in line
during the registration, a num­ber
of whom were asked to come
back at a later time to complete
their registration. The delay in
handling the group occurred be­cause
the number to be registered
was much larger than anticipated,
and consequently the first supply
of forms was not sufficient."
To the men of the U. S. Navy
who are completing the Radio
Course:
On behalf of the Trustees,
Faculty, and Students of Au-
- burn we congratulate you upon
the successful completion of
your training here. We are hap­py
to have had you in Auburn,
and we hope that your slay
here has been pleasant and pro­fitable
to you.
As you go out into active
service our prayers and good
.wishes attend you. We shall
look forward to a World of
Peace in the hope that you may
visit us again. , •
Sincerely,
Dr. L. N. Duncan
Lt. Edwin Phillips, USNR, who
is in command of the school, said
that members of this class are to
be highly recommended for their
diligence and esprit de corps dur­ing
their study at Auburn. Be­cause
of difficulties in obtaining
full quotas of equipment for the
school in the beginning, these
sailors have found it necessary to
attend many classes at night and
even on week-ends, he said.
Members of the first graduat­ing
class at Auburn's Navy Radio
Training School are B. L. Bever,
Winter Park, Fla.; A. E. Lawson,
Fullerton, Ky.; C. B. Stall, Read­ing,
Ohio; E. L. Covey, Radford,
Va.; E. C. Bailey, Jacksonville,
Fla.; J. O. Foust, Danville, Va.;
M. L. Damron, North Topeka,
Kan.; C. A. Anderson, Sisseton,
S. Dakota; A. P. Warren, Jr.,
Sharpes, Fla.; W. B. Talbert, Mil­waukee,
Wis.; W. O. Cunningham,
Jacksonville, Fla.
R. L. Jones, Aragon, Ga.; J. H.
(Continued on Page 4)
LETTER TELLING
OF APPRECIATION
Auburn, Alabama
June 30, 1942
American Legions, Civic Clubs
and Citizens of Auburn
Dear Friends:'
We want to thank each and
every one of you for giving the
family of Captain' Hoyt A. Jolly,
Jr., a $100,00 Defense Bond in ap­preciation
of what he has and is
doing for Auburn and his country.
We are most appreciative of
this honor. May We say again,
thank you so much.
Very truly yours
Wanda Marie Jolly
Mrs. H. A. Jolly, Jr.
and Mrs. R. H. Jolly
AUBURN'S CHAPTER
OF TEP WINS TWO
SCHOLASTIC AWARDS
The Auburn chapter of Tau Ep-silon
Phi Fraternity ranked first
in scholarship among all of its
chapters, according to the Na­tional
Interfraternity Confer­ence
Scholarship Committee re­port.
As a result of this academic
achievement tlaa chapter has been
awarded the John Kleinberger
Scholarship Plaque. The average
of the chapter was fifty-seven
per cent above the national all-men's
collegiate average.
As a result of its scholastic
attainment TEP also won the lo­cal
Interfraternity Council Schol­arship
cup and several other na­tional
awards last year.
Drill Schedule
Announced
For Students
Four Different
Types of Exercises
Will Be Given
The order of drill of the dif­ferent
regiments of men students
has been published once, but for
emphasis we print it again.
Since the "apparatus" ordered
has not arrived yet, each group
will have a free period' on the
day this week that they are
scheduled to work in that sec­tion.
Further announcements as
to this will be made later.
Group 1, composed of the First
Field Artillery, will work oufon
the obstacle course today, at cal­isthenics
and mass games ,on
Wednesday, do road work on
Thursday, and on the apparatus
on Friday.
Group 2, made up of the Sec­ond
Field Artillery, will work at
calisthenics and mass games to­day,
do road work tomorrow, play
on the apparatus Thursday, and
run the obstacle course on Friday.
Group» 3, composed of the En­gineer
Regiment, will do road
work today, work on the appara­tus
on Wednesday, try out the ob­stacle
course on Thursday, and
play at calisthenics and mass
games Friday.
Group 4, the regiment of non-
ROTC students, will play at the
apparatus today, will run the ob­stacle
course on Wednesday, work
at the calisthenics and mass
games on Thursday, and will do
road work on Friday.
Remember, during the remain­der
of this week, there will be
no class for each group when the
work scheduled is "apparatus."
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There Were Two Boys—One American; One Nazi
In "Town and Campus," we find the thoughts of
one who h a d to stand for hours to register for t h e draft.
Turn to page two.
Also on this page you will find out about the im-
. provements on t h e campus and why they have slowly
come to a halt. , .
Not Everything Was Dead over the Week-end
Several interesting things happened over the week­end,
and not all of them in Auburn, but to Auburn
people. Weddings, engagements, and dances featured
the Fourth of July. See Page 3.
A list of programs dealing with different branches
of the service will be found on this page.
Women Have Intramural Program Too
' Women's softbali and volleyball tournaments are
being played and more gslmes are to follow. See Page 4.
Library rules are given for students and towns­people
to follow.
Fraternities will begin to play golf and tennis soon,
if not sooner. For their schedules and par\ of the rules
see page 4. Schedules listed include only the first round.
Choral Club To
Give Pageant
On America
Dances and Customs
Will Be Presented
With Tradition
The Auburn Choral Club is
planning the presentation^: "The
Song of America," a historical
pageant by Walter Raiguel and
H. Alexander Matthews. This
pageant is a vivid picturization
of the history of America from
the time of the Indians down to
the present day.
A major part of the pageant is
the representation of the coming
to America of all the different
Old World peoples. Their tradi­tions,
folk dances, and folk mu­sic
are accurately and interesting­ly
presented. The Dance Club will
assist the Choral Club in the stag­ing
of the different native dances.
The narrator, whose dialogue
holds together the whole pageant,
has not yet been cast. The Choral
Club also needs more singers.
Both men's and women's voices
are needed to complete the or­chestration.
If any one is inter­ested
they are urged to come to
the studio over Toomer's drug
store at seven on Monday and
Thursday evenings.
STUDENTS FORM
NEWMAN CLUB# A
CATHOLIC GROUP
The Newman Club recently
organized a chapter on the Au­burn
campus. The Newman Club
is a national Catholic Student
organization which plays a large
part in the church life of the
Catholic college student.
Last week the officers for the
Summer-Fall term were elected.
The new president is Henry
Shine, Birmingham. Frank Thom­as,
also of Birmingham, is vice-president.
The secretary-treasurer
is Alice Chateau, New Orleans,
and the corresponding secretary,
Pat Duncan, Pensacola.
A feature of the meeting was
when Father Schrader, the Rev­erend
Moderator of the Club, in­troduced
Father Connally, a vis­iting
priest from New Jersey,
The weekly meeting will be
held at 8:00 P. M. Tuesday night
in the chapter room in the Church
on East Magnolia.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all new Catholic students and
sailors to come to the meeting
tonight.
War Eagle Cries
DeMolays Meet
There will be a meeting of De-
Molay Tuesday night at 8:00 in
Broun Auditorium. All DeMolays
are requested to be present.
Faculty Night for Ags
The Ag Club will present an
interesting and novel program
Wednesday night, which has been
designated as faculty night, with
both faculty and students urged
to attend. The program is in
charge of Joe Yeager, vice-presi­dent.
The meeting will be held
at 7:00 P. M., Ross Chemical Aud­itorium.
Students Jobs Available
The Department of Buildings
and Grounds has part-time jobs
available for thirty college boys
for the duration of the summer.
The work is such that it can be
done during the student's leisure
time. Anyone interested report to
the office of Mr. Sam F. Brewster,
D i r e c t o r of Buildings and
Grounds, Wednesday afternoon,
July 8, 1942, at 5:00 P. M.
Community Sing
The Community Sing tomorrow
night will feature popular and
semi-classical songs. A two reeL
movie short of the famous opera
"Aida" will be shown during the
meeting. The Sing will be held on
the north side of the Chemistry
building at 8:00, but in case of
rain will be held in Langdon Hall. -
Catholic Students
Tonight at 8:00 P. M., the Au­burn
Chapter of the Newman
Club, a national Catholic Stu­dent
organization, will meet in
the Club Room located in the
basement of the Church, on East
Magnolia. A cordial invitation is
extended to all new Catholic
students and sailors to come to
the meeting. /
For Foreign Relations
The International Relations
Club will meet Thursday night
at 7:00 in the New Classroom
Building. They will hold their
weekly discussion in Room 219.
The purpose of the Club is to in­struct
its members in foreign
policy and fix the attention of
the students on. the underlying
principles of international con­duct,
of international law, and of
the international events.
One of State's Key
Centers in Auburn
War Information Center Will Collect
Material To Benefit General Public
By ALBERT LOEB
Complying with a request from the Federal Government
which established it as one of three Key War Information
Centers in the state, the Alabama Polytechnic Institute lib­r
a r y is in the process of building a collection of pamphlets
and other material for t h e benefit of t h e general public. Re­ceiving
its m a t e r i a l from various news agencies, both of this
country and of our allies as well, the Center, a project of the
Offices of Facts and Figures, is now acquiring a large fund
of information which is useful to.
anyone participating in the war
effort. The collection is also at the
disposal of speakers, writers, pro-g^
am . .fhairmen, teachers^ and Q ^ ^ branch, w m provide, lectur
others in preparation for - their
measure helping the smaller pro­ducers
and dealers who would not
ordinarily employ such an agency.
The War Speakers Bureau, an-ers
and speakers, from among the
work, as well as to the students i a c u l t i e s 0f Auburn's ten schools.
This may not be the lime of
year that most of us are ac­customed
to giving thanks, but
it is as good if not better than
most times. Some of us are
prone to wait until one cer­tain
day in the year to give
thanks for what we have. Some
of us are even so narrow that
we cannot see the things that
we have to be thankful for.
The time to give thanks is now.
at anytime, and the things we
have to be thankful for are
many. Just sit down and start
writing them and before you
know it the list will be longer
than you anticipated. Home,
school, education, friends, and
most of all, perhaps, are the
opportunities we have. Start off
with these and then name the
thousands of subheads to go
with them. You have plenty to
be thankful for and do not wait
to thank your Creator until too
long—it may soon be too late.
and faculty of the school
The pamphlets furnished fall
into several general classifica­tions,
among which are those
dealing with conservation, first
aid, air raid defense, post war
problems and peace aims, the na­ture
and need of taxation, the
programs for prevention of ac­cidents
on the home front, and
recreational plans for both sol­diers
and civilians.
A representative pamphlet is
After the War: Plans and Prob­lems,
by Pennington Haile, is­sued
by the Carnegie Endow­ment
for International Peace.
This pamphlet consists of four
chapters and discusses, using a
world political organization as a
basic assumption, the organiza­tion
of the hemispheres, econom­ic
and social reconstruction, and
other world problems in terms of
religious and ethical principles.
Other pamphlets deal with a wide
variety of subjects, ranging from
recreation to defense.
Other Services Offered
The War Consultative Service, a
branch of the Information Cen­ter,
puts the specialists of Au­burn's
tenv schools at the call of
merchants, farmers, manufactur­ers,
consumers and others con­fronted
with wartime difficul­ties.
This service, not competing
with professional consultative
agencies, serves as an amergency
A Leadership Training Institute
will also be held on the campus,
if sufficient interest is indicated.
The consultants and speakers will
charge no fees for their services',
but all legitimate expenses must,
of course, be defrayed by those
seeking aid. All members of the
faculty involved are, in addition
to this work, carrying full teach­ing
loads, which limits the times
at which they are available to
.days, rather than weeks. The
'speakers listed with the bureau
should be given sufficient ad­vance
notice that they might get
away from their work for a talk
or series of talks.
Full Information Available '
Full information, lists of speak­ers
and consultants, and descrip­tion
of library and training serv­ices
may be found in the pam­phlet
describing the entire serv­ice
which has been published by
the News Bureau. Persons inter­ested
in individual service should
write to the following: Miss Mary
Martin, Main Library, for library
service; Dr. John H. Goff, chair­man,
War Consultative Service;
and Dr. B. R. Showalter, chair­man,
War Speakers Bureau and
Leadership Training Institute.
Definite information concerning
these problems on which help is
needed should be given in re­questing
the attention of any of
the services.
At Last! We Finally Got
Our Obstacle Course
By DAVID ALLEN
The Intramural Department has
completed t h e n e w obstacle
course. Extending over 650 yeards
of the hill back of the stables and
the stadium, the course is filled
with obstacles that will force the
runner to use the muscles of his
legs and those of his shoulders.
Starting on the hill back of the
stadium, the course leads off with
a four foot fence. Runners are
cautioned not to hurdle this one
since the uneven ground may
cause a sprained ankle during the
landing.
Thirty yards further is the ob­stacle
which will be the newest
of them all to the students. It is
an eight foot board wall. In or­der
to be helpful, the Department
has left open a space about three
feet from the ground. Sawdust is
piled on the other side to make
for a softer landing.
A set of three logs is set up
for the entrant to hurdle, and the
path then leads to the small creek
running through the pasture. The
banks of the stream will be braced
with sandbags to prevent cave-ins,
and the total jump will
stretch approximately nine feet.
Circling a couple of trees, the
course leads to the creek again,
this time the crossing being made
on boards. Then comes a sample
in postdodging, a throwback to
football training. There are a
series of posts, four feet high, set
(Continued on page 4)
Page Two THE AUBURN P L A I N S M AN July 6, 1942
New Steps Only Small Part of Improvement P 0 | u m n | e f f
. Have you noticed the recently completed
steps to the New Classroom Building? Or
the newly landscaped entrance to the field
house and stadium? Or the new walks,
curbs, and driveways springing up all over
the campus. If you are like the great ma­jority
of us Auburn students, you have
seen all these things but passed them over
as hardly worthy of notice.
These improvements, however, are each
a step, small though it may be, toward the
Greater Auburn of the future, as if repre­sented
in the master plan in Samford Hall.
If one should observe the map, or the scale
model of the whole campus as it is to be,
he would notice that every improvement
recently added had been planned for long
beforehand, and while it may seem minor
now, each change is in direct agreement
with that plan of the future.
Of course, as yet, no work has been un­dertaken
on such major structures as anew
auditorium, boys' domitories and the like
because of the wartime shortage of men
and materials. In spite of these all too evi­dent
shortages, there are some things, such
as wood, concrete, and unskilled labor
upon which there is, as yet, no limit. So it
is with these available constituents that
work is being done, bit by bit, to improve
our campus. Each little job that is com­pleted
now is just that much more that
will not have to be done when the real
work is started.
So, as this work continues, slowly but
surely, and our campus continually grows
in size, beauty and utility, we students as­sume
the role of spectators in watching
Auburn improve and expand ever toward
the ultimate goal of Greater Auburn—a
goal which, in reality may not be as dis­tantly
in the future as we have been in­clined
to believe. A.L.
By BRUCE MARTIN
Flags Looked ©ood«-How About More?
Although there was an acute shortage of
male and female students on this campus
and in the town this past week-end, there
was not a shortage of one item that looked
better each time we were up town and
looked down main street.
With very few exceptions every mer­chant
had his flag out and waving in the
cool breeze that Saturday, the Fourth of
July, brought with it. They looked good
too. With their deep red and bright white
stripes and those forty-eight white stars
glistening on their blue background, it
made one feel good deep down inside.
One look at all those flags and we forgot
many of our troubles and thoughts about
the war and its set-backs. One time it made
us stop and think how really proud we
were to be able to look on that flag in
this small country town when it is so dif­ferent
in other countries.
It is true that this town was about dead
this week-end. That is as far as human in­habitants
were concerned. But, as far as
spirit is concerned it had more than its
share. Flags show and tell more than meets
the eye through printed matter.
This display of flags also raised a ques­tion
in our minds. Why not set aside at
least one day in the week to have all the
flags put out in front of the store win­dows?
Maybe more than one day if pos­sible,
but at least one day.
This is not to much to ask is it? We do
not know that exact duty of these flags
in between the time they are displayed
on certain days in the year. But, they
could be put to a good use by displaying
them as often as possible.
If it is too much trouble then we can do
without it. We have been doing so in the
past and the future can be the same as far
as this is concerned. But, they would look
good and arouse in some that spirit of pa­triotism
and duty that sometimes needs a
spark to ignite it.
How about it? Flags for victory?
Extended Rubber Drive to End Friday
Editor's nates The opinion* expesased
In thta column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
With the coming of holidays,
Auburn again assumed the ap­pearance
of being a Happy Haunt­ing
Ground. A former Auburn
student now at work in a chemi­cal
plant in West Virginia wrote
us that girls up there are as thick
as war hats in Auburn on a rainy
day. If he meant a rainy day like
the Fourth of July, he must be
living in Boys' Town.
* * *
We are left with the problem
of finding something to do on a
holiday. If one lives anywhere ex­cept
here, on can go home. We
live here.
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If one can afford it, one can go
to the coast for a day at the beach.
We can't afford it.
* * *
If one's, roommate goes home,
one can go home with one's room­mate.
Our roomie decides to stay
here.
* • •»
If it doesn't rain, one can play
tennis or golf. It rains.
» * *
If one has anyone to picnic
with, one can always go on a pic­nic
on the Fourth. That is, if one
likes to commune with the bugs
and ants and eat in the rain.
Well?
* * «
If one has a column to write,
one can write a column. We think
maybe we have a column to
write—a column about columns.
The last issue of The Auburn
Plainsman had enough columns
to support a Greek temple.
* « *
We had a football yell, War
Eagle Cries; a military command,
Column Left; a branch of mathe­matics,
Quadratics; what oughta'
be a title of a Masefield poem,
Sailor's Life; a name for a dress
shop, Town and Campus; a musi­cal
comedy, Navy Blues; and a
dandy title for a vaudeville show,
Hits and Misses.
* * *
But what else can we say about
columns without getting person­al?
It seems that our column to
write is only a deadline to meet.
* • *
One can always study if one
has the ambition to study. Cer­tainly
everyone needs to study.
We don't have the ambition.
* * *
One can always play bridge if
one can find three other guys
with the same- idea. We gather
together all the boys left in Au­burn
for the purpose of playing
a little bridge, but one wants to
study, so that's out. No fourth
on the Fourth.
* * *
If one doesn't wake up at all,
one can spend a glorious Fourth
in bed, but what can one do when
force of habit wakes him in time
to make an eight o'clock class?
* • •
We give up and start wonder­ing
about the calendar. Since
Friday was officially Saturday,
all except from eleven to twelve,
what does that make the Fourth
of July fall on? We can't show
such partiality as to have two
Saturdays in one week. But
neither can it be Friday, 'cause
we don't have a whole Friday to
use.
* * •
We couldn't let a holiday do
without such an important time
as just before dinner. „ When
could the finishing touches be
put on the barbecue?
* * »
And what are we going to do.
with that extra hour of Saturday
we still have left over?
* » *
Dazedly we retire in favor of
Phil, the Puzzled Propagandist.
While the rumor was going
around that we would drill on
the Fourth and fire a forty-eight
gun salute, he composed the fol­lowing:
Forty-eight guns for the forty-eight
states?
Surely someone exaggerates.
Hopefully we inquire, "Why
Not fire four for the Fourth of
July?
Or better yet, as we overheard,
Fire three and go home on the
Third?"
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HALT ! ! ! ! . ' ! ! !
When President Roosevelt extended for
10 days the nationwide drive for the col­lection
of all available scrap rubber, he
did it because of the disappointing totaj of
218,000 tons which was donated or sold
to the government during the original
campaign.
Secretary of the Interior Ickes, the pe­troleum
coordinator, and W. R. Boyd, Jr.,
the director of the rubber salvage drive,
were largely responsible for the action of
the chief executive in extending the time
limit. It was evident that the amount of
rubber articles turned in by midnight of
July 1 was definitely not up to the ex­pectations
of the drive officials.
A goal has never been seH for the coun­try
as a whole, for no one has yet been
able to accurately gauge the total amount
of rubber which might be available. Esti­mates
made before the beginning of the
campaign ranged from 20,000 to 700,000
tons.
Secretary Ickes made the charge this
week that some citizens have been hoard­ing
rubber. He stated that even though
rubber in some goods was considered by
leading rubbermen to be "dead" this did
not preclude the possibility of its being
used for army and navy mats of different
kinds.
Filling stations throughout the nation
generously offered their services at the be­ginning
of this campaign. They agreed to
serve as collection centers for the re­claimed
rubber. All types of articles are
welcomed. Overshoes, raincoats, shoe soles
and heels, hot water bottles, tires and
tubes, bathing caps, suits, and shoes, toys
of all sorts, and garden hose are among
the various types of articles which are be­ing
gladly accepted by the salvage officials.
The extended closing time for the cam­paign
is at midnight this Friday. Auburn
students, faculty members, and towns­people
are urged to donate any available
rubber which is not needed before the
end of the week. Those who have already
searched their homes should make a more
intensive check before Friday. Many peo­ple
have already discovered large amounts
of rubber in their attics and cellars. If a
person is not inclined to give his scrap to
the filling station salvage agent, he may
sell it at the rate of one cent per pound.
Since the rubber reclamation campaign
is of great importance in our all-out war
effort, and since its results have been rath­er
disappointing to date, it behooves all
of us to contribute (or sell) every rubber
article we can spare to Uncle Sam NOW!
B.T.
Quad ra t i cs
By ALLEN ODOM
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Published semi-weekly by the Students of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama
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In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
Hades and I parted company
over the week-end, and I dis­cussed
the matter of this column
with a perfectly strange type­writer.
He was a peculiar person­ality,
but he had a typically male
attitude toward women and wom­en's
columns.
• * *
He insists that the woman's
place is in the Quadrangle, and
that newspapers were men's
work. A girl columnist he snorted,
is just the very last word . . . he
went on to say that as for a lady
typewriter, hmmph!
• * *
I tremble to think what Hades
will say when she learns that I
have had dealings with such a
character. She is very firm with
me about such things.
• * *
Anyhow, this character was
contemptuous of women's fiddle-faddles
as he called them. Wom­en's
hats, women's tea-going
smiles, their Sunday-go-to-meet­ing
voices, and most particularly
of the ways they express patriot­ism.
• * •
For instance, he says, patriotic
hair-cuts! Women are getting
their hair shorter and shorter in
the name of patriotism, though
what priorities could possibly be
affected by women's hair, long
or short, or what battles can be
won because the general's wife
had cut her hair, is beyond him.
» « «
The "Zephyr" wave leads in
popularity, according to all re­ports.
He said that in his opinion
typhoon is much more suggestive
.'. . with emphasis on the phoo-ie.
« * *
The "Baby" wave rates second.
This uncouth typewriter insists,
and I must agree, that it is aptly
named. At the age of three I cut
my hair, too, with truly remark­able
results. My mother led me
about on a, leash for months.
• * * '
Completing the big three is the
"Kadet" coiffure. This was espe­cially,
designed for uniform caps,
and according to our authority,
was appropriately enough copied
from one of Orson Welle's Mar­tian
women at the time of the
invasion.
• * »
He says also, that those of us
who have not parted with aur
tresses could probably get in the
Smithsonian Institute as mem­bers
of a vanishing race.
• • *
Or maybe we could form a
troupe with Ringling Brothers,
titled "What are they . . . ?
Brother, your guess is as good as
mine."
• * »
For the information of anyone
with a new haircut Hades and I
had nothing to do with this sac­rilege,
against the women-folks,
on account of—I'd much rather
have my hair cut than pulled!
• • »
We wish to express our heart­felt
thanks to that radical (or are
leftists conservative?) upstairs for
saying all those nice things last
week. But does he hare to think
up better names for my column
than I do?
• * «
We were also quite pleased
that he decided to leave the
Quadrangle in our care . . . at
least as far as the paper was
concerned.
• * •
And now, because girts are also
interested in hearing about boys,
or have you heard that one al­ready,
Hades suggests that we
h a v e a BMOW (big-man-of-week).
• « »
This is the one subject that we
are not qualified to discuss but
Hades is such a headstrong type­writer
that I don't dare go against
her will.
• * •
Anyhow here is my idea of an
interesting person. He's Helmut
Thielsch, or something unspell-able,
and he's very mathematical
and over my head. He has an ac-
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Town and Campus
, By LEONARD HOOPER
Tuesday morning, like a few thousand other boys, I stood in line
to be registered for the draft. Like everyone who has ever stood in
line, I stared at the ceiling awhile, then inspected the floor, then
examined each wall. These stares were, of course, sandwiched be­tween
long looks at the huge number of boys who were before me in
line.
Next my restless gaze fell to searching in all four visible lines for
other boys I knew. I happened to see Bob C. who is a senior in civil
engineering. He and I scarcely know each other.
Suddenly a random thought hit me. "—so we're going off to war,
are we—well, not right now, but eventually—what chance would Bob
actually stand against a young Nazi soldier of his age—Bob isn't very
big, really—he collects classical records and he's quite an active mem­ber
of the Episcopal church.
"The average Nazi soldier, (he would fight, if all the reports are
true) would be quite a different sort of person—taken from his home
at the age of four or five years, he goes to government school until
he is about ten or eleven years old—during this time his texts are
histories which trace the glorious past of mighty Germany—the geog­raphies
he studies are "geopolitik" schemes for world domination—
his math texts are plans for an economic structure based on subjuga­tion
of an entire world to one country populated by a "master race"—
his bible is an autobiography holding an impossible collection of
dogmas; the masterful, scholarly work of a pompous ex-paperhanger—
a text holding forth the superiority of one "pure master race" to all
the other people in the world.
"—at the age of eleven, our average Nazi boy (let us call him
Paul) is learning to march, to salute, and to hold no one except his
superior officers in any higher esteem than himself—older people are
merely useless shells, women, vassals for the conqueror warriors.
"—Paul, in his middle teens, goes to work camp—there, on hard
manual labor, he is toughened to be the hardest, most efficient fight­ing
man in the world—school follows school and this time, it is a
technical school, where he is learning to bomb hospitals, or to plunder
open cities, or to gas civilians.
"—next we see our Paul (remember, the same age as the boys
over here who just registered for military service) in his first big
campaign—riding in a glider over into occupied territory—then the
short march into the despicable little village—Lidice—what a glori­ous
victory for your Third Reich, Paul! —prod that old woman on
along the dusty road with your bayonet, Paul—your Leader is proud
of you, Paul—hustle those children into the trains which take them
away to a new kind of school, Paul—the world hails your exploits,
Paul—hurry, there are only a few more groups of men for your
firing squad to execute, Paul—today, the village is overcome—van­quished—
burn those buildings, raze the townjo the ground—wipe it
off the earth!
"I believe that Bob, waiting patiently in line to offer himself, holds
all the aces—that Paul hasn't a chance against him. Paul's kind of a
world can never possible exist. In the first place, it would be top-heavy,
and would soon collapse simply because the world could not
function like that for any sizable length of time.
NAVY BLUES
To all present arid future sailors at this school we would like to
explain a couple of peculiarities of the community in which you re­side
while here which might or may not exist in the community from
which you came. In the South, and especially in smaller towns and
rural sections, no one ever "picks up" a girl. This is a custom that has
been prevalent here for ages and probably will so continue. It is part
of a Southerner's creed of protection for the honor and chastity of
women. Many of the charming girls of the South are just as anxious
to be properly introduced to you as you are to meet them, and once
introduced they will treat you with every courtesy and respect. When
you are out with a Southern girl her parents expect you to protect
her in the same mariner that her father and brother would if he were
present. However, public fist fights, or any similar types of conduct,
are looked on with extreme disfavor.
It is known that many of our youngsters do not understand this
custom. This is the idea of the above and there is no thought of
teaching you good manners, for you can't teach a person something
that he already has learned. In your home town you might be able
to meet a thousand perfectly nice and decent young girls with nothing
more than an introduction by yourself. As a Southerner who has been
all over the world we know that many good fathers would laugh at
a young sailor who tried to become acquainted with his daughter in
a public street, especially of you did not become obnoxious and too
persistent, and chances are that the girl would laugh at you too. The
pros and cons of such discussions are lengthy and enough space would
not be given us to comment on either side. However, wherever you
may go you will find local customs and conventions, and so long as
you wear the uniform of an American sailor, it will pay good divi­dends
to respect and obey those customs, and especially the above
mentioned. If you don't, there is a probability that you might find
yourself looking down the business end of a firearm, or otherwise in
serious trouble.
Comes now before me-on this sixth day of July, 1942, one Raymond
H. Brown, a chief specialist in the United States Naval Reserve, who
being duly sworn, declares and deposes as follows. He, the said Ray­mond
H. Brown, claims that some person unknown to him at Graves
Center, has spread on Graves Center Hill and throughout the environs
of Auburn a rumor, to wit; that he the said Brown, is married and
has six children now residing in the State of Tennessee. He, the said
Brown, further swears and deposes that this ugly rumor has cast a
blight on romance in general, and to prevent this sad occurrence in the
future, most solemnly swears that he is NOT, repeat NOT, married
and that he has no wife in Tennessee, and consequently no children.
Shame on the person who started such a rumor.
July 6, 1942 THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
LED FOR SIGMA PIS
Miss Virginia Boteler, of Birmingham, led the Sigma Pi Fourth-of-
July Ball in Auburn Friday night. Miss Boteler. a student at
Birmingham-Southern, was escorted by the Chapter president. Reu­ben
Brawner. of Waverly.
AUBURN GRADUATE
BREAKS RECORD FOR
OBSTACLE COURSE
Jack Cagle, who received his
commission here last year, is now
in basic officer training school at
Fort Sill, Okla. An excerpt from
a letter to Colonel Waterman was
of interest to the students as it
came on the eve of the opening
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Opelika Pawn Shop
Clement Hotel Corner
Opelika, Ala.
of the obstacle course planned
and constructed by the Intramur­al
Dept.
"Today I won the obstacle
race in record time for new of­ficers.
The course was across
poles, ladders, across ditches, five
foot embankment, a 12 foot jump
across a ditch, over a four foot
hurdle, up and down a 20 foot
ladder, through a 16 foot tunnel
36 inches in diameter, and over
a ten foot wall, up and down a
flight of steps. The course was
500 yards long, and my time was
1 min. 52 sees."
Jack, a member of Alpha Gam­ma
Rho social fraternity, received
his degree in Agricultural Science.
He was a member of Spades,
Scabbard and Blade, Gamma
Sigma Delta, "A" Club, and
Spiked Shoe.
Part of the
rhythm of action
the pause
that refreshes
It's the
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Social Life Was Carried On
Despite Holidays for Fourth
Miss Virginia Boteler Leads Sigma Pi
Dance, and Edwin Godbold Is Married
By KATE NUNGESTER
First place in the social column should go to the Godbold
boys, ex-Auburnites. Captain Edwin Godbold was married
June 13 to Miss Virginia Thomas Jones, at Quantico, Virginia.
On July 5, the announcement of the engagement of Miss Elis­abeth
Showalter and Lieutenant John Godbold was an­nounced.
The Sigma Pi dance held July 3, in the Girls' gym was a
large success according to reports. The dance was led by Miss
Virginia Boteler, of Birmingham-
Southern, escorted by the Chap­ter
president, Reuben Brawner,
of Waverly. The dance was a pa­triotic
affair, decorations being
along the Fourth-of July theme
with red, white, and blue stream­ers
around the gym and the fra­ternity
pin as the backdrop. The
members of the fraternity sent
their dates corsages of red and
white carnations and presented
Miss Boteler with a bouquet of
red roses.
For July Fourth
On July Fourth, the Sigma Pis
entertained at the house with a
tea dance, later going to Chewac-la
for swimming and a weiner
roast. Members and their dates
were Virginia Boteler, Reuben
Brawner; Anita Whiet, Buddy
Boetler; Norma Ray Autrey, Mike
Bleving; Nina Oswald, Jim War­ren;
Martha Rey, John Christo­pher;
Pat Colquitte, Harry Smal-ley,
III; Dorothy Fluker, Crom­well
Cleveland; Bebe Faust, Don
Brewer; Mary Evelyn Jefferson,
John Moore; Sara Hilyer, Ben
Whitehead; Carolyn Bonner,
George Reynolds; Mary Hancock,
Bill Marsden; Jeanette Phillips,
Elijah Mann, Mr. and Mrs. Byron
Wates, Ann Gosser, John Pope.
Members of the fraternity with­out
dates were: Neal Sims, Bill
Shealy, Don Nebrig, Walton
Stone, Jack Bolt, Adolph Mosely,
Tommy Pridmore, James B.
Smith, Manuel Vakakaes, Bob
Brewer, Jack Easterling, James
Lindsey, Jim West, Jim Seamans,
John Holt, Leonard Hooper, Ar­thur
Burge, Dudley Martin, Ed
Lindsey.
Hunky-Dory Revue
Auburn, or at least ROTC boys
in uniforms and dates, and the
service men enjoyed a rare treat
Saturday night when the first of
the USO-CAMP Shows was pre­sented
in the Amphitheater. The
program featured Broadway stars
including, the famous comedians,
Ross and Stone, Sid Marion,
famed "Sing Newsboy," "The
Four Samuels," tap-dancing spe­cialists,
"The Three Smart Girls,"
who have been featured with
Sammy Kaye's orchestra, and An­nette
Ames, diminutive comed­ienne.
If this show is an example
of the entertainment the service
men get we take our hats off to
them and say, "Lucky service
men."
Initiation
Alpha Lambda Tau held their
first formal initiation of the Sum­mer
Quarter, Monday, July 6.
Those initiated were Clyde Dunn,
Cliffton Johnson, and Hobert
Vernon.
"In This Our
Life" To Be
Here Two Days
"In This Our Life" will be the
Wednesday and Thursday screen
attraction at the Tiger Theater.
The film features a brilliant cast
with Bette Davis, Olivia de Hav-illand,
Dennis Morgan and George
Brent in the leading roles, while
Charles Coburn, Frank Craven
and Billie Burke make up the
talented supporting cast.
The film is set in the South
where a once proud family, the
Timberlakes, have lost much of
their prestige, due to the finan­cial
manipulations of one mem­ber
of the family. Bette plays
the role of Stanley, a capricious,
inconsiderate girl who believes
her own happiness is the only
thing that counts. Regardless of
whom it may hurt, she is deter­mined
to do just as she pleases.
But- she never gains that hap­piness.
Her own striving for the
unattainable brings unhappiness
to her and to everyone with
whom she comes in contact.
Her sister, Roy, played by
Olivia de Havilland, is the one to
be most affected by Stanley's
thoughtless acts. Stanley, who is
engaged to Craig Fleming, a
bright young lawyer, played by
George Brent, plans to forget
about him and run off with her
sister's husband, Peter, a surgeon,
portrayed by Dennis Morgan.
After a very short time, Peter
realizes his mistake in divorcing
his wife and marrying Stanley.
He becomes so miserable that he
is forced to commit suicide.
In the meantime Roy and Craig
brought closer by their mutual
unhappiness, fall in love. Stanley,
after a very brief period of grief,
returns home and loses no time
in plunging the entire household
into a state of anxiety by her
newest inconsiderate acts.
KAPPA SIGMA
PLEDGES ELECT
elected
term's
Kappa Sigma recently
pledge officers for this
pledge class. Those elected were:
Buddy Cohen, president; Lamar
Ware, vice-president; Kenneth
Hobbs, secretary and treasurer;
Paul Bryn, social committee.
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FRATERNITY
INITIATES TEN
On June 21st Theta Chapter of
Alpha Psi, National Professional
Veterinary Fraternity, formally
initiated ten new men. Following,
is a list of the initiates:
A. S. Sutton, Sylvester, Ga.;
W. H. Gilmore, Columbia, S. C;
T. A. Clower, Douglas, Ga.; J. D.
Derrick, Oglethorpe, Ga.; G. M.
Hughes, Birmingham; E. S. Cox,
Blountsville, Ala.; M. L. Hayles,
Frisco City, R. L. Bass, Kissim-me,
Florida; L. E. Irby, Eufaula,
Ala. W. M. Burriss, Anderson,
S. C.
Also present were Dr. R. S.
Sugg, Dean of the school of Vet­erinary
Medicine, Dr. E. S. Win­ters,
Dr. F. P. Woolf, Dr. J. W.
Scales, and Dr. I. S. McAdory, all
of the Veterinary faculty.
After the ceremonies, refresh­ments
were served by Mrs. Ann
Stover, house mother.
QUADRATICS
(Continued from page 2)
cent that is puzzling and intrigu­ing.
Smart, clever, attractive . . .
he's bound to go places. He lives
at the Alpha Lambda Tau house.
* * *
If any of the girls have a gert-ius
or two hidden away in their
little red books, Hades and I
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Summer Plans
Announced By
Sears Club
Most of Boys Work
Their Way Through
School
Realizing the fact that every
organization, large and small,
must put forth every effort pos­sible
for National Defense, the
Sears Scholarship Club made
plans last week for a summer of
work that should be a great step
toward victory."
This group of men on Ag
Hill really does want to taste of
victory, for during the past few
years, going has been tough for
most of the members. Evidence
of the fact is shown by their hard
work to stay in school and main­tain
a high scholastic rating, their
participation in extra-curricula
activities, and their close coopera­tion
with various other organiza­tions
on the campus. Too, at least
ninety-five per cent of the boys
work part, or all of their way
through college.
By continuing in school during
the summer is a great help to the
Nation, but besides that, the
members plan to take an active
part in every drive, such as the
rubber drive, that is started by
the government. The buying of
bonds and stamps will be one of
the primary objectives of the or­ganization.
However, recreation
will not be left out of the summer
program, for a picnic is planned
for members of the club and their
dates on Saturday night, July 11,
out in the woods near the large
fish pond.
Officers that are to direct the
club during the summer are as
follows: President, Chalmers
Bryant, Andalusia; Vice Presi­dent,
Richard Davis, Kennedy;
Secretary-Treasurer, Hugo Whit­ley,
Odenville; Reporter, Pete
Turnham, Abanda; and Parlia-would
be oh, so glad to know
about them . . . purely for busi­ness
reasons, of course. The ad­dress
is still Hades Daquiri, Room
104, Dorm 1.
Programs at "I400"
On Sunday
1:30 P. M.—This Is Fort Dix—
Soldiers
4:30 P. M.—Halls of Montezuma
—Marines
5:15 P. M.—Overseas Report—
News
6:30 P. M.—Stars and Stripes
In Britain—All Services
On Monday
8:05 A. M.—Americans All—
Services (Monday thru Saturday)
10:15 A. M.—Australian News—
Messages Home from AEF (Mon­day
thru Saturday)
1:30 P. M.—Fort Meade Service
Band
4:00 P. M.—USO Calling USA
On Tuesday
1:45 P. M.—Khaki Serenade
On Wednesday
1:30 PP. M. Camp Grant In Re­view
mentarian,
Gadsden.
Hubert Booker, East
On Thursday
8:30 P. M.—Americans at the
Ramparts—Production
On Friday
11:30 A. M.—War Resources
On Saturday
9:45 A. M.—Red Cross Nutri­tion
Program
5:00 P. M.—Anchors Aweigh—
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Page Four T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S MAN July 7, 1942
WAA Issues
Schedules For
Summer Games
Dorm., Town Teams
Play Volleyball
And Softball
The Women's Athletic Associa­tion
(WAA) last week released
plans and schedules for the sum­mer
session. Volleyball, Softball,
tennis, badminton, table tennis,
and shuffleboard will be featured
in the new program; and awards
will be made to winners in each
event.
Competing in softball and vol­leyball
will be teams from each
dormitory as well as a Town Girl
group, while in the other sports
individual tournaments will be
held.
The softball schedule is drawn
up as follows: July 2, Town vs
Dorm 2; July 6, Town vs Dorm 4;
July 13, Dorm 4 vs Dorm 2;
July 20, Town vs Dorm 2; July
23, Dorm 2 vs Dorm 4; July 27,
Town vs Dorm 4; Aug. 3, Town
vs Dorm 2; Aug. 6, Dorm 2 vs
Dorm .4; Aug. 10, Town vs Dorm
4. The teams composed of 10 girls
each will play on Drake Field
and game time is scheduled at
6:30.
The schedule for volleyball
teams also has been completed.
Dates and competing teams fol­low:
July 1, Town vs Dorm 4;
July 7, Dorm 4 vs Dorm 2; July
14, Town vs Dorm 2; July 15,
Town vs Dorm 2; July 21, Dorm
2 vs Dorm 4; July 28, Town vs
Dorm 2; Aug. 4, Dorm 2 vs Dorm
4; Aug. 5, Town vs Dorm 2; Aug.
11, Town vs Dorm 4. These games
are to be played at 6:30 in the
Recreation Park.
Tournament schedules for oth­er
games have not been posted,
but these will follow in rapid or­der
as the summer progresses.
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"OUR RUSSIAN
FRONT"
on the same program
WILLIAM TRACY IN
"TANKS A MILLION"
Hits and Misses
On the Intramural Front
By CHARLES SCALES
Rain, in huge, slowly falling
drops, placed a restrictive wet
blanket over the softball fields
last week, as four games were
postponed Tuesday and Wednes­day
afternoons. However several
hot battles were waged Monday
and Tuesday.
In the initial game of the week
an errorless SPE team nipped the
crack Del'a Sig club 2 to 0 in a
beautiful pitching dual. Fielding,
too, on the part of both clubs was
faultless, resulting in few hifs
but an exciting game.
Across Bullard Field the slug­ging
Alpha Gamma Rhos outhit
the Phi Delta Thetas in two extra
innings to win in the 9th frame.
Final score when the dust had
cleared—13-11. Errors were ob­viously
frequent during the after­noon
although several were cred­ited
with clean base hits.
Thursday afternoon the mist
lifted enough to allow the Theta
Chis to draw a decision over the
scrappy KA ball club. Superb
pitching by Ortagus held KA hits
to a minimum, and strikeouts
were the rule rather than the
exception. Leading at the plate
for the Theta Chis, Binford and
Ortagus collected two hits from
three trips to bat; while Guyton,
pacing the losers, slammed out a
base hit and received a walk for
his three times at the plate.
At the same time a powerful
Alpha Psi team drowned .the Sig­ma
Pi fielders with a deluge of
hits to wind up on the top end of
a one-sided 24 to 5 score. Brad-shaw
copped honors with the big
stick on the Alpha Psi club, get­ting
3 for 4, and Christopher
rapped out 2 hits to lead the Sig­ma
Pi roster.
» * *
Independent softball opened
fire last Monday, as the Faculty
dropped an easy game to the
fighting Tiger aggregation. Spur­red
on by numerous hits and
Joe Grant's great hurling, the
Tigers sent five men around the
circuit, while the Faculty stick-men
failed to cross the plate. By
simple addition we get the re­sults:
Tigers 5, Faculty tf. •
» » *
Another shortage has developed
in the department's staff this
week, as the Intramural. Board
took stock of personnel. Several
freshmen, especially non-fratern­ity
men; are needed on the Board.
Applications should be filed im­mediately
with Dr. Lapp in the
Alumni Gym office as selections
will be made within the next few
days.
* * »
And now we lift our hats to the
outstanding pitcher of the week,
Bobby Ortagus. In his spectacular
exhibition against the KAs he
struck out 15 men to set a new
single game record for the sum­mer
season. Bobby is certainly
making a bid for top pitching
honors in his league.
* * .*
We announced before that all
postponed softball games would
be played after the regular sea­son
was over. This date according
to latest notice from the Intra­mural
Office, will probably be
July 21.
Theta Chi, Alpha Psi,
Alpha Gamma Rho Win
OBSTACLE COURSE
(Continued from page 1)
in straight lines at distances of
about six feet. The use of hands
to twirl about the stakes is con­sidered
illegal.
Then to the creek for the third
and final time. This time the
crossing is made of apparatus sim­ilar
to the parallel bars in a gym.
The pieces are two feet apart and
16 feet long. If something hap­pens
and you slip . . . nothing
but a wet landing in the sandy
branch.
Continuing up the hill, an­other
four foot fence has to be
crossed, this time up the slope.
Then, after crossing a shallow
ditch, the course leads to the
fence at the lower end of the
stadium. Nope, you're wrong!
This time you roll under.
Then it's up the hill back of
the stadium to a position near the
starting point. And that's all.
It is thought that the students
will be run over the course in
platoons, and should take it at
least a couple of times during one
period.
The natural terrain features
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BURTON'S
"Something New Everyday"
Fast SPE Team
Shuts Out Fine
Delta Sig Squad
By JIMMIE DAVIS
Showing a strong team in their
first appearance in their league,
the Sig Ep boys played heads-up
ball all the way to win a close
verdict over the Delta Sig team.
Smith, on the mound for the win­ners
allowed but three hits to
best Cagle in a closely fought
pitchers duel. The winners col­lected
eight hits in gaining their
first win of the year. The SPE
boys scored first in the fifth in­ning
when Smith drove a double
to left and sent Scruggs, who had
previously doubled, across the
plate. Rains homered in the sixth
to account for the winners' other
run. Both pitchers were backed
by fine work in both the outfield
and infield.
Alpha Gamma Rho was the bet­ter
team at bat last week as they
out lasted the Phi Delta Theta
team to win a slugging duel 13-11.
Details of the game were lacking
but will appear in a latter issue
of the Plainsman.
In Thursday's game Alpha Psi
ran the Sigma boys ragged for
the third such lacing the Sigma
Pi team has had since the sea­son
began, the final score being
24-5. Bishop on the mound for
the winners whiffed eight Sig­ma
Pis. The winners collected
sixteen hits during the battle.
West led the losers at bat, while
BradshSw did the heavy work for
the Alpha Psi club. Theta Chi
downed Kappa Alpha to win the
only other game of the week. Or­tagus
on the mound for the win­ning
bunch allowed but three hits
and had a shut-out in his grasp
until the last inning.
Thursday's Game
SIGMA PHI EPSILON 2; DELTA
SIG 0 - .
ALPHA GAMMA RHO 13; PHI
DELTA THETA 11
Tuesday's Game
Scoring in every inning save
the fourth the Alpha Psi team
left little to be desired in their
play as they downed the Sigma
Pi boys 24-5. This is the largest
number of runs scored in any
league game so far this season.
Brooks rapped out two circuit
blows for the winners.
SIGMA PI—011 030 0-5-8-4
Whitehead and Brawner
ALPHA PSI—226 046 x-24-16-1
• Bishop and Brooks
In another closely contested
conflict the boys of Theta Chi
won a verdict over the KA team
3-1. Pruett hit a home run for the
winners in their half of the last
inning. Ortagus struck out fifteen
men on the opposing side.
KAPPA ALPHA—000 000 1-3-3
THETA CHI—000 201 x-3-8-2
Sap and McCowan; Ortagus and
Kelley
Tigers Down Faculty 5-0
Combining the pitching of Joe
Grant and the hitting of Aubrey
Clayton, the Tigers downed the
faculty 5-0 last Thursday. The fa­culty
found little? hitting support
in their first baseman Lapp who
whiffed once too often. The Tiger
played a good brand of ball on
the field to hold their opposition
scoreless.
Miss Martin
Reissues Main
Library Rules
(Editor's Note: Library rules
which have been in effect for the
past semester are reprinted here
for the benefit of freshmen and
new students.)
The library hours are posted at
the front doors of the library and
no one is expected in the library
outside of these hours.
Miss Martin, librarian, requests
that there be no smoking in the
library building. Reference books,
such as dictionaries, encycloped­ias,
atlases, magazines and parts
of large sets are not to be taken
out of the library.
Circulating books go out for
two weeks, and if there is no ex­traordinary
call for the book, it
moy be renewed for two weeks.
A fine of two cents a day is
charged for overdue books.
If the borrower has lost a
book, he should report this at
once to the loan desk in order
that heavy fines will not ac­cumulate.
If the book is not
found, the borrower has to pay
for the book.
Librarians will not charge a
book from one student to an­other
unless the book is brought
back to the desk. For example,
if B borrows it from A, B must
bring it and charge it to himself;
otherwise the charge for over­time
is against A.
Reserved books are made so
by the teacher for the class. They
may be taken out overnight or
at meal time an hour before clos­ing
and must be checked back
in at the desk within the first
hour after opening. The fine for
overdue reserved books is ten
cents for the first hour and five
cents for every hour thereafter.
The stacks are closed. Students
may get permission to go into the
stacks from the assistant in
charge by telling her what you
want to look for. Books are ob­tained
by presenting a call slip
with your name and address and
the call number and title and au­thor
of the desired book to the
assistant at the desk. This requir­ed
information may be found in
the card catalogue under the
name of the book or the author.
Students are requested to take
the books to the tables for exami­nation
rather than at the charging
desk. Persons reading at the desk,
in front of, or behind it, are in the
way.
Former Auburn
Man Has Fine
Army Record
Lt. Morris White
Is Stationed At
Wellston Air Depot
A former Auburn graduate,
Morris White, has recently been
assigned to duty at the Wellston
Air Depot at Wellston, Georgia.
White holds the rank of first
lieutenant at the present time.
Lt. White was graduated from
Clay County High School, Ash­land,
Alabama, in 1932; he partic­ipated
in basketball and baseball
while in high school.
After graduation, he entered
college at API, where he received
his bachelor of science degree.
Being enrolled in the advanced
ROTC course here, White was
commissioned a second lieuten­ant
at the end of four years' study
and training. He was awarded his
diploma several days after re­ceiving
his army commission.
Lt. White is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Karah White. His parents
are living in Ashland at the pres­ent
time.
Interfraternity Tennis And
Golf Schedules Announced
Yesterday the. I n t r a m u r a l
Sports Department issued the of­ficial
tennis and golf schedules
with twenty fraternities ready to
begin match play in tennis and
eighteen fraternities ready to tee-off
in golf to determine the first
round winners.
All tennis and golf matches
will start immediately and all
first round matches are to be
played before Sat., July 18th.
Second round matches in both
events are to be run off before
Sat., Aug. 1st; Third round
matches before Sal., Aug. 15th;
Fourth round matches before
Sat., Aug. 22nd.
If one team fails to play their
scheduled match within the
scheduled time, then that team
must forfeit the match to its' op­ponent
unless the weather is so
violent that neither team can pos­sibly
play their match; in which
case the match will have to be
rescheduled.
All tennis matches shall be for
the best two-out-of-three matches
to determine the winner in each
case. All individual matches shall
be determined by the best two-out-
of-three sets. Each tennis
team shall be composed of four
men, comprising two singles
teams and one doubles team. No
one man may participate in more
than one match against each team.
All scores are to be posted in the
Intramural office as soon as the
match has been played, along
with the names of the individual
winners and losers. • - -*-* —
Each golf team shall be made
up of three men who, when they
have played 18 holes apiece, shall
post their team score with the In­tramural
office and the lowest
scorer of each team match shall
be declared the winner. There
must be at least one representa­tive
from each of the competing
teams present to witness the
scoring before a match can be
played.
All scores will appear in this
newspaper from time to time, so
please post a complete set of
scores and participants with the
Intramural office in order that
accurate scores can be published
by the Plainsman.
The first round in the Interfra­ternity
Golf Tournament is as fol­lows:
Sigma Pi vs Pi Kappa Phi, and
the winner vs Tau Epsilon Phi;
Alpha Tau Omega vs Theta Chi;
Alpha Psi vs Pi Kappa Tau; Phi
Delta Theta vs Sigma Nu; Omega.
Tau Sigma vs Sigma Alpha Epsi­lon;
Sigma Chi vs Lambda Chi
Alpha; Kappa Sigma vs Pi Kappa
Alpha; Alpha Gamma Rho vs
the winner of Alpha Lambda Tau
vs Sigma Phi Epsilon.
The first round of Interfratern­ity'Tennis
Tourney will be:
Alpha Psi vs Kappa Alpha, and
the winner vs Phi Delta Theta;
Pi Kappa Phi vs Sigma Chi; Kap­pa
Sigma vs Omega Tau Sigma;
Alpha Gamma Rho vs the winner
of Sigma Pi vs Pi Kappa Alpha;
Alpha Tau Omega vs Alpha
Lambda Tau, and the winner vs
Pi Kappa Tau; Delta Sigma Phi
vs Theta Chi; Lambda Chi Alpha
vs Tau Epsilon Phi; Sigma Alpha
Epsilon vs the winner of Sigma
Phi Epsilon vs Sigma Nu.
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NAVAL SCHOOL
(Continued from Page 1)
Hampton, Miami, Fla.; H. M.
Grevelding, Jr., Ironton, Ohio; J.
Aydelotte, Jr., Dayton, Ohio; A.
O. McKelvey, Zanesville, Ohio; I.
L. Bragg, Chevy Chase, Md.; R.
L. Center, Greenville, S. C.; G. E.
Hammond, Washington, D. C; G.
C. Grubbs, Columbia, S. C;
W. S. Arnold, Richmond, Va.; J. E.
Bugg, Wilmington, N. C.
C. H. Browning, Bolt, W. Va.;
K. G. Belden, Wichita, Kan.; J.
Mathes, Milwaukee, Wis.; C. W.
Reedy, Rockville, Ind.; J. A.
Hughes, Orlando, Fla.: N. V. Hop­kins,
Cleveland, Ohio; F. D. Ham-have
been taken to the course's imitt, Guthrie, Okla.; R. W. Dur-advantage
whenever possible, and *hn, Atlanta, Ga.; E. J. Ducote,
they help make it an "obstacle"
course. It may not seem hard,
but Dr. Lapp seems sure that
very few will finish with only a
little breathlessness.
Cottonport, La.; C. E. Copeland,
Jacksonville, Fla.
L. A. Cissne, Moultrie, Ga.; C.
E. Crandall, West Palm Beach,
Fla.; J. G. Herring, Elkhorn, W.
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