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MWM 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 ^ s p i i ^ . , . „_ .. _ •I f I #. I , Br > I I . ' .* • I I l § I * /1 • Mi H * 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." f rom . . . cover to cover 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. » -* * 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?" « » » 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 &AiW<0fowli Published semi-weekly by the Students of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama Editorial and Business Office on Tichenor Avenue. GEORGE HEARD, Editor-in-Chief BUCK TAYLOR Managing Editor KATE NUNGESTER Society Editor DAVID ALLEN Associate Editor HAM WILSON, Business Manager ALFRED GREEN Advertising Mgr. JIMMIE DAVIS Sports Editor News Staff and Columnists Leonard Hooper Al Cooper Bruce Martin Bob Sharman Ed McGehee Albert Loeb ALBERT SCROGGINS, Circulation Manager CHARLES SCALES JOHN HARVEY THOMAS Intramural Editor Assistant Sports Editor Advertising and Business Assistants Fred Allison Homer Reid Frank Wyatt C. W. Hearn Knud Nielson Luther Taylor SHIRLEY SMITH, Office Manager Mcmbtr Associated Collegiate Press Pittributor of CbUegiate Digest • S r s H I M T S B TOtt NATIONAL ADV1IITMINS BY National Advertising Service, Inc. Colltf FuHitbtri Ktprtstnlttnt 4 2 0 MADISON AVE. New YORK, N. Y. CH1CAW • SBITOS • LSI AS4ILM • 5 • • FKAHCIKO Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by mail: $2.50 per year, $1.50 per semester. -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. 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- (Continued oa page I) THIS WAS AUBURN IN THE OLD DAYS ^«a-V ONE'A THEM PROFESSERS s—' >^f AT AUBURN TOLD ZEKE T'WERE^T NO USE'N H.MTAKfN'ft\ AIRVPLANE ENGINEER^ ' CAUSE THERE'LL Bt^ THEM THAR ROCKETs\ WHEN HE GR4DERWATF5 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 LOANS on most anything of value Quick — No Red Tape 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 refreshing thing to do Opelika Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Phone 70 M-39-4 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. »---—»< BOB'S TAXI For Quick And Dependable Cab Service. Owned and operated entirely by students. CALL 9111 »----< 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 All of Our Shoe Repair is Done With the Best Available Material and by Experts. Next to Ala. Power Co. FRANK COLLIER'S SHOE SHOP 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— Navy FOR RENT — Furnished apartment. Telephone 462 or 11 tf Diamonds - Watches Jewelry and Giftware Cook Jewelry Co. Eason T. Cook Class '14 115 South Eighth Street Opelika. Ala. k S t e ^ t l Distinction Also Rodney Court Styjes $5.50 OLIN L HILL "The Man With The Tape" • Dresses for the College Miss f And Student Teachers TWO RACKS DRESSES FOR 398 $598 $798 Formerly $6.50 to $19.95 *9Q9 8 VOILES RAYONS SEER SUCKERS BEMBERGS Nationally Advertised Lines • CARLYE • MINX MODES JUSTINES GEORGIANAS DORIS DODSONS PAULA BROOKS Sizes 9-17, 12-44 Receiving new midsummer sheers every day— 0O0 GABARDINE RAINCOATS also ELASTI-GLASS $6.50 to $7.98 PLAY SUITS - SLACK SUITS $3-98 - $|6.75 Rayons, Gabardines and Cottons 0O0 Chambray—Tigress and Woodhue By Faberge — The Perfume You Adore i§ i POLLY-TEK SHOP AUBURN'S FASHION CENTER FOR THE JUNIOR MISS AND LADIES PITTS HOTEL BLDG. g « 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. LOST — Buff-collored Pekingese dog. Finder call Evans 165. Reward TODAY Thrill to the heroic struggle on "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 CALLING ALL MERCHANTS Whether You Sell • Men's Wear • Ladies Wear • Drugs • Gas and Oil • Amusements • Personal Services The Auburn Plainsman is your best medium of reaching . . . • More than 2400 college students • 400 Sailors • 500 NYA and Civil Service Workers • Townspeople of Auburn and surrounding territories ".•:. Use the columns of the Plainsman and watch your sales rise! . , 3700 Circulation THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN mum CAMS • One habit well worth developing is that of sending Greeting Cards. It will repay you a thousandfold in friendship and happiness. When you have occasion to remember someone's Birthday or other anniversary, let an appropriate and smart-looking card express your congratulations. In our interesting showing of Greeting Cards for all occasions you will find just the design and wording to fit your particular need. Make it a point to send a card at every opportunity. It costs so Jittle and means so much. 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. LOST—Brown leather wallet containing identification cards belonging to Len Riley. Lost Saturday. Reward. Call 326-W. FOR RENT—Upstairs apartment. Three rooms and private bath, private entrance. Refrigerator, stove, and hot water furnished. 342 So. Gay St. Telephone 551-J. 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. "SWEET PICKIN" FROZ-RITE'S FRESH STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM TRY SOME TODAY FROZ-RITE OPELIKA CREAMERY Va.; V. S. Armiger, Baltimore, Md.; J. 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Title | 1942-07-07 The Auburn Plainsman |
Creator | Alabama Polytechnic Institute |
Date Issued | 1942-07-07 |
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OCR Transcript | MWM 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 ^ s p i i ^ . , . „_ .. _ •I f I #. I , Br > I I . ' .* • I I l § I * /1 • Mi H * 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." f rom . . . cover to cover 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. » -* * 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?" « » » 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 &AiW<0fowli Published semi-weekly by the Students of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama Editorial and Business Office on Tichenor Avenue. GEORGE HEARD, Editor-in-Chief BUCK TAYLOR Managing Editor KATE NUNGESTER Society Editor DAVID ALLEN Associate Editor HAM WILSON, Business Manager ALFRED GREEN Advertising Mgr. JIMMIE DAVIS Sports Editor News Staff and Columnists Leonard Hooper Al Cooper Bruce Martin Bob Sharman Ed McGehee Albert Loeb ALBERT SCROGGINS, Circulation Manager CHARLES SCALES JOHN HARVEY THOMAS Intramural Editor Assistant Sports Editor Advertising and Business Assistants Fred Allison Homer Reid Frank Wyatt C. W. Hearn Knud Nielson Luther Taylor SHIRLEY SMITH, Office Manager Mcmbtr Associated Collegiate Press Pittributor of CbUegiate Digest • S r s H I M T S B TOtt NATIONAL ADV1IITMINS BY National Advertising Service, Inc. Colltf FuHitbtri Ktprtstnlttnt 4 2 0 MADISON AVE. New YORK, N. Y. CH1CAW • SBITOS • LSI AS4ILM • 5 • • FKAHCIKO Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by mail: $2.50 per year, $1.50 per semester. -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. 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- (Continued oa page I) THIS WAS AUBURN IN THE OLD DAYS ^«a-V ONE'A THEM PROFESSERS s—' >^f AT AUBURN TOLD ZEKE T'WERE^T NO USE'N H.MTAKfN'ft\ AIRVPLANE ENGINEER^ ' CAUSE THERE'LL Bt^ THEM THAR ROCKETs\ WHEN HE GR4DERWATF5 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 LOANS on most anything of value Quick — No Red Tape 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 refreshing thing to do Opelika Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Phone 70 M-39-4 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. »---—»< BOB'S TAXI For Quick And Dependable Cab Service. Owned and operated entirely by students. CALL 9111 »----< 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 All of Our Shoe Repair is Done With the Best Available Material and by Experts. Next to Ala. Power Co. FRANK COLLIER'S SHOE SHOP 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. 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Ala. k S t e ^ t l Distinction Also Rodney Court Styjes $5.50 OLIN L HILL "The Man With The Tape" • Dresses for the College Miss f And Student Teachers TWO RACKS DRESSES FOR 398 $598 $798 Formerly $6.50 to $19.95 *9Q9 8 VOILES RAYONS SEER SUCKERS BEMBERGS Nationally Advertised Lines • CARLYE • MINX MODES JUSTINES GEORGIANAS DORIS DODSONS PAULA BROOKS Sizes 9-17, 12-44 Receiving new midsummer sheers every day— 0O0 GABARDINE RAINCOATS also ELASTI-GLASS $6.50 to $7.98 PLAY SUITS - SLACK SUITS $3-98 - $|6.75 Rayons, Gabardines and Cottons 0O0 Chambray—Tigress and Woodhue By Faberge — The Perfume You Adore i§ i POLLY-TEK SHOP AUBURN'S FASHION CENTER FOR THE JUNIOR MISS AND LADIES PITTS HOTEL BLDG. g « 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. LOST — Buff-collored Pekingese dog. Finder call Evans 165. Reward TODAY Thrill to the heroic struggle on "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 CALLING ALL MERCHANTS Whether You Sell • Men's Wear • Ladies Wear • Drugs • Gas and Oil • Amusements • Personal Services The Auburn Plainsman is your best medium of reaching . . . • More than 2400 college students • 400 Sailors • 500 NYA and Civil Service Workers • Townspeople of Auburn and surrounding territories ".•:. Use the columns of the Plainsman and watch your sales rise! . , 3700 Circulation THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN mum CAMS • One habit well worth developing is that of sending Greeting Cards. It will repay you a thousandfold in friendship and happiness. When you have occasion to remember someone's Birthday or other anniversary, let an appropriate and smart-looking card express your congratulations. In our interesting showing of Greeting Cards for all occasions you will find just the design and wording to fit your particular need. Make it a point to send a card at every opportunity. It costs so Jittle and means so much. 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. LOST—Brown leather wallet containing identification cards belonging to Len Riley. Lost Saturday. Reward. Call 326-W. FOR RENT—Upstairs apartment. Three rooms and private bath, private entrance. Refrigerator, stove, and hot water furnished. 342 So. Gay St. Telephone 551-J. NAVAL SCHOOL (Continued from Page 1) Hampton, Miami, Fla.; H. M. Grevelding, Jr., Ironton, Ohio; J. 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