1942-08-14 The Auburn Plainsman

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TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LXVI ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, AUGUST, 14, 1942 NUMBER 19
Narrator Names Gnats as Nastiest Nuisances
Smith New President of Freshman Class
Ed Morris Is Elected
Co-op Representative
Freshman Interest Is High in First Contest
Of Auburn's New War Time Quarter System
McDowell Lee was elected Freshman representative to
t h e Executive Cabinet and Jimmy Smith was elected presi­dent
of the 1942-43 freshman class in the elections held
yesterday.
Ed Morris was elected to represent Group B of the co­operative
students on the Exe-
Sparks to Join Hill
As War Rally Speaker
Steagall Invited to Attend; ROTC Corps
And Naval Unit To Parade at Gathering
More than 10,000 persons are expected to gather in the
Auburn Stadium next Thursday night at 8 P. M. for one of
the biggest events ever seen in this part of the state. Scores
and scores of posters, special letters, and other forms of ad-
By SHIRLEY SMITH
I don't mind bats. L.can even
stand flying squirrels, dragon
flies, or even ye old Musca Do-mestica,
but I think such torments
as gnats oughta be swatted off
the face of the earth. To think
that so small an animal can make
a supposedly normal person rave
like a maniac makes me boil.
I arrive at class, calm, cool,
and collected. I settle down com­fortably,
either to sleep or to be
enlightened by a lecture—some­times
neither, never both. With­in
five minutes my waving arms
and torn hair make me look like
a combination windmill and Fiji
islander. If I ignore the little
varmints, they get their revenge
by making me sneeze—if I slap
at 'em, it's like having an extra
hour of calisthenics. You can't
win. One way or another, you'll
end up in the insane asylum.
I say, NUTS TO GNATS.
Instruments Wanted
The Naval Radio Training
School desires to find someone
who will lend a set of drums and
a violin to the school. These in­struments
would be used in the
various musical productions' of
the sailors. Anyone who is able
to help out in this matter should
contact Chief Yeoman Smith or
Vandemark, Radioman 3rd Class,
at Graves Center as soon as pos­sible.
on
cutive Cabinet.
McDowell Lee, Sigma Nu,
pushed it over his nearest op­ponent
with the slight'margin of
15 votes. Nick Holmes, Phi Delta
Theta, was the runner-up with
105 votes. John Marcus Powell,
Sigma Chi, followed with 68, and
Pal Markette closed the list with
37 votes.
Jimmy Smith, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, slipped easily into the
president's chair with a wide mar­gin
of 42 votes, polling a total of
149. Second place fell to John
Melvin, Kappa Alpha, with 107
votes, and Scott Gilbreath made
the third with an even 80 votes.
Bill Ogletree, Pi Kappa Phi,
led the list in the race for the
I vice-presidency of the class with
'.192 votes, and was followed by
iDonald Henderson, Pi Kappa Al­pha,
who racked up 105 numbers.
Gilbert Humphrey, Omega Tau
Sigma, placed last with 36 votes.
Bill Clay, Theta Chi, led his
only opponent into the finish with
a margin of 35 votes to become
the secretary of the class. Jim
Beindorf, Lambda Chi Alpha,
polled 141 votes.
Lamar Ware, Kappa Sigma,
landslided into the position of
treasurer with a total of 235 votes.
William (Bill) Marsden, Sigma
Pi, and Mack Miller, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, fought it out for second
and third places with 49 and 46
votes respectively.
Martha Young was unopposed
for the place of historian for the
class, and polled 307 votes.
Ed Morris polled over twice the
number of votes of his only op­ponent,
counting 94 when the
polls closed, to be elected the
representative of Group B co-ops
to the Executive Cabinet. Ben
Galloway followed with 36 votes.
Because of the lateness of the
decision to elect the Co-op rep­resentative,
considerable confu­sion
reigned before the polls
opened. Pete Smith was quali­fied,
but dropped out of the rac<*
Wednesday night.
SECOND CLASS OF SAILORS LEAVES FOR ACTIVE DUTY
vertising matter have been em­ployed
to inform residents of the
six East Alabama counties invit­ed
to participate of the facts con­cerning
this gigantic War Rally.
Senator Lister Hill will be pres­ent
to address the gathering. And
it was announced this week that
Governor - Designate Chauncey
Sparks will also be here for the
proceedings. Representative Hen­ry
B. Steagall has been invited
to attend the big rally, and he
has promised to appear if it is
possible for him to arrange it.
The entire ROTC Corps of the
college and all members of the
Naval Unit will parade on the
field in military formation. Im­mediately
following this, Au­burn's
crack Drill Platoon will
display their abilities before the
assembled crowd. During these
appearances the API band will
play The Star Spangled Banner.
NEW FFA OFFICERS
ARE NAMED FOR THE
COMING QUARTER
The Senior Class in Agricul­tural
Education have nominated
the new FFA officers for the Fall
quarter. They are as follows:
President, Newel Fife, Addie
Fleming; Vice-President, Theo
Coleman, J. W. Rayfield; Secre­tary,
Byron Tompkins, Ralpn
Musick; Treasurer, Jack Green,
O. E. Cooper; Reporter, DuWard
Tyler, Dan Phares; Parlimenta-rian,
Aubrey Lanier, Johnny
Davis; Sergeant-At-Arms, Ellis
Hill, Otha Hale.
The officers will be voted on
by FFA chapter at the next meet­ing
which will be held in Lang-don
Hall, Tuesday night, August
25, at 7:00 P. M.
Pictured above are the members of the second graduating class
of the Naval Radio Training School at Auburn. The names of the
graduating men are as follows:
1st ROW. LEFT TO RIGHT: R. Myers. W. CalhounrE/Zechrfi.
Treece, J. Manikas, R. Chamberlain, H. Carlson, R. Bates, D. Hall,
J. G. Bottoms, D. O. Carpenter, W. C. Metzger, G. R. Quiram, Sam
Tomash, W. J. Holden. 2nd ROW: G. M. Cohan, H. R. Durham,
N. Beimal, J. Lee. J. Henry, M. V. Hein, R. Kleasson, W. W. Wil­liams,
A. Gall, F. P. Kucik. H. Fee, G. Drombosky, O. Severson,
D. Jorgenson, J. Honce.
3rd ROW: O. C. Uher, B. G. Martin, P. P. Thatcher. T. J. Duffy,
R. L Dillard, W E. Erickson, O. Julsrud, C. V. Winterstein, H.
George, K. W. Olson, R. F. Holz, M. H. Brahl, C. H. Rumpf, N.
Bfaman. .T.-SL Lucero.. ,4th R Q W J _ F ^ . A . Vandemark, T. Kuzma,
F. L. Edelbrock, R. J. Grossman, R. W. Galloway, H. J. Harp,
J. D. Hufman, W. E. Reischling, F. A. Sanderson, M. J. Baker,
J. J. Bradley, H. R. Hoppke, K. R. Bruce, R. W. Train, S. C. Brook-shire.
5th ROW: A. B. Kimble, S. Arnsdorff, W. K. Myers, J. Adams,
H. P. Barnes, A. M, Davidson, S. J. Mucha, H. A. Crow, S. S.
Modarski, H. P. Ford, E. Vackiner, J. S. McCabe, R. Buhl, J. J.
Cutler.
Players Production
Praised by Reviewer
Performance of Blackburn in Part of
David Bliss Declared Best in Group
By P H I L WALLACE TAYLOR
If Noel Coward could h a v e witnessed t h e A u b u r n Players'
production of his comedy, HAY FEVER, he would probably
have been, allowing for certain inevitable faults, quite satis­fied
with the results. The purpose of comedy is to amuse the
audience and in this respect the presentation was an hilarious
success.
After a brief warm-up period, not too entertaining be­cause
of the baffling rapidity —
Sam Brewster Leaves
Auburn for Chemical
Warfare Service Duty
Sam F. Brewster, director of
the Department of Buildings and
Grounds at Auburn since 1940,
left this week for Edgewood Arse­nal,
Maryland, to assume his du­ties
as captain in the Chemical
Warfare Service. Orrin W. Bickle
will serve as director during Mr.
Brewster's absence.
A graduate of Texas Agricul­tural
and Mechanical College,' s i t y ^ Alabama this week. The
Mr. Brewster secured his master's S o u t h e r n College succeeded Dr.
Congratulations to U of A
Congratulations are due to the students of the University of
Alabama and also to their new president, Dr. Raymond Paty. Both
are to be commended on their choice for a future leader and guide
and as a future Alma Mater, respectivelyr
The University can use such a man as Dr. Paty and it will be a
place where he will be able to use his talents to the greatest degree.
There is much to be done on any college campus, especially where
a president has been lacking for some time.
We will not try to predict how the future of the college will turn
out or how Dr. Paty will like his new surroundings, but our guess
is that both will be highly pleased, if not they should be. Dr. Paty
is a man with good common sense and broadmindness, mixed with
a sound education, that will lead the University far and high.
The students of this school take this opportunity to wish you
both success for the future.
Paty Is Named
New President
Of University
Will Succeed Dr.
George H. Denny
Dr. Raymond Ross Paty became
the new president of the Univer
degree at
College in
Massachusetts
1926,. Shortly
State
after-
George H. Denny, who recently
former president of Birmingham-wards
he was appointed specialist a s k e d t h e b o a r d of t r u s t e e s to
in landscape architecture for the
Alabama Extension Service, a
position he held until 1933, when
he accepted a position with the
Division of Land Planning and
Housing of the Tennessee Valley
Authority. In 1937, he was appint-ed
Commissioner of Conservation
for Tennessee, in which capacity
he remained until his appoint­ment
of Buildings and Grounds
here.
Crawford Samford
Crawford A. L. Samford, en­tering
service as a volunteer can­didate
for officer's training, will
leave tomorrow for induction at
Ft. McClellan.
select a successor.
Born in Bell Buckle, Tennessee,
in 1896, President Paty attended
the University of Tennessee and
Emory University after complet­ing
his grammar and high school
education. He also completed
graduate work at Columbia Uni­versity
and the University of
Chicago.
Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron
Delta Kappa fraternities and the
Kiwanis Club are organizations
of which Dr. Paty is a member.
He also is president of the Birm­ingham
Civic Symphony Associ­ation
and is a member of the
Birmingham Chamber of Com­merce.
Duncan Named
Delegate To
Church Meet
Dr. L. N. Duncan will repre­sent
the Auburn Methodist
Church at the Alabama Annual
Conference which is to be held
at the First Methodist Church in
Montgomery from November 11
to November 15.
First Alternate delegate is
George Sargent, while O. C.
Prather was chosen second alter­nate.
The delegates were elected
Sunday afternoon at the third
quarterly conference of the local
church. Charles W. Edwards was
reelected as general superintend­ent
of the church school.
Reporting on the condition of
the church, the minister, Dr. W.
C. Cowart, showed that 60 new
members, most of whom are resi­dents,
have been added to the
church roll during the past year.
A total of 470 persons have been
united with the church during
the present pastorate of three and
one half years.
FFA MUSICIANS TO
BE PRESENTED OVER
STATION WJHO
The first of a series of three
radio broadcasts which will fea­ture
musical selections presented
by members of the Collegiate
Chapter of Future Farmers of
America is scheduled to be pre­sented
this afternoon over Radio
Station WJHO.
The tunes of the broadcast will
be from 3:45 to 4:00 P. M. today
and at the same times on next
Monday and Friday afternoons.
FFA members who will take
President Of
Judson College
To Speak Here
Speaking at the Sunday night
community service this week will
be Dr. Leroy Priest, president of
Judson College.
For many years a leader in
religious and educational work in
the state, Dr. Priest served as
pastor of the First Baptist Church
in Dothan prior to being called
to Judson as president.
The musical program to be
presented on Sunday will begin
at eight o'clock. It will include
special music to be presented by
jthe choir of the First Baptist
Church.
Community services are to con­tinue
e a c h Sunday evening
through September 13. All stu­dents
are invited to attend these
programs.
part in the radio programs are
Charles E. Pass, first tenor; Dur-ward
Tyler, second tenor; Her-shel
Bolt, baritone; and Olin
Jones, base. Jack Morgan will ac­company
the group at the piano.
DRILL TOMORROW
Fourth Regiment, including
Vets, will not drill tomorrow. All
ROTC units will drill tomorrow
to practice for the Patriotic Rally
formation Thursday night.
ON THE CAMPUS
Graduates' Gowns
Bob Smith and Burton's Book
Store, in the interest of wartime
shortage of transportation facil­ities,
are urging all students who
expect to graduate in August, to
place their orders for caps and
gowns as soon as possible. After
the deadline, August 15, no more
orders can be contracted for soon
enough to arrive for the coming
commencement. All students are
requested to place their orders as
soon as they can, at Burton's.
Students' Pictures
All orders of portraits are here.
Please come for them at Student
Social Center before the 22nd of
this month.
Whitehall Studios
Mitecs Have Meeting
There will be an important
MITEC engineer meeting Tues­day
night, 7:15 P. M., August 19
at Langdon Hall. General elec­tions
will be held and every co-op
is urged to attend.
with which the .players exchanged
lines, the play moved into its
merry, screwball stride and ca­reened
along thereafter into a
side-splitting climax which sent
students and townspeople chuck­ling
happily homeward. The act­ors
unfolded character and plot
with naturalism and consistency.
None seemed ill at ease on the
stage and the entire group was
well rehearsed in dialogue and
stage business. The actors co­ordinated
to produce a good play
as a whole, not as a means of
featuring one actor or actress.
Casting Excellent
The characters were well chos­en
in that each, beside having
surface talent for theatrical ef­fects,
seemed to feel the actual
person he was portraying and to
succeed in projecting this per­sonality
to the audience with a
subtleness rarely found in ama­teur
groups.
Drawing room comedies have
long been recognized as one of
the most difficult types of plays
to produce, both because of the
poised, highly sophisticated kind
of character it usually requires
and because of the limiting of ac­tion.
It is a type which even ex­perienced
actors may bungle and
whether or not such a comedy is
entirely within an amateur
group's capabilities is a matter
of question.
Experience Helped
Comedy also requires a certain
sense of timing which grows only
with experience. Actors can nev­er
be quite sure which lines will
bring laughs and which will not
and therefore, they should . be
taught what to do in the event
that a laugh develops in an un­expected
place. In Tuesday
night's performance the players
simply sat like wooden Indians
or went on with the lines in spite
of the fact that the audience could
not hear them. Profiting by ex­perience,
they timed their speech­es
much more gracefully in the
second night's show and of course
greatly enhanced the atmosphere
of the play. The "snap back"
quality which is essential to
comedy was carried off rather
well in both performances.
Another obvious fault which
may have troubled some was the
mauling of such words as "beast­ly,"
"fearful," and "rather," by
the slow southern drawl which
is almost impossible to drop for
two nights. In the natural speech
of this region, it seems entirely
logical and congruous but when
it becomes entangled in words
particular to the British idiom, it
sounds awkward and ridiculous.
Everyone will agree that the play
would be much improved in the
clipped, staccato speech peculiar
to the English "land gentry."
Better Gestures Needed
The gestures of the actors
might have been varied a little
more. The stage movement could
hardly be improved upon but the
individual action seemed to con­sist
entirely of head wagging and
a pleading gesture applied to all
speeches (regardless of applica­bility
to the idea of the line) in
which the players extended arms
with palms upward. This contin­ued
throughout with unfailing
regularity. The exception to this
more or less monotonous tech-
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War Eagle Cries
The trouble with a lot of
people is that they can never
forget that they are in college
now and are supposed to act
like a college student and not
a high school "star" or gram­mar
school "kid." Every day we
run across students that think
that because they were big
shots in high school they are
the same down here. They strut
around like they own the school
and the students in it. We have
this little short piece of advice
to offer. Remember thai even
though you were big shots in
high school, you had to prove
your merit before you reached
this stage, and it is the same
in college. You can be a big
shot if you want to be, but be­fore
you can strut around and
act like one you must first
prove yourself to be one. It
doesn't make any difference
who you are or what you have
been or even what you could
be, if you haven't got what it
takes, then you are just out.
Try being humble for a change
and perhaps the time will come
when you can strut, if it doesn't
then you will not be the worse
for trying to be humble.
Page Two THE A U B U R N P L M N S M AN
e He
Column Left
Making the Best of a Bad Situation ITS A GOOD INVESTMENT ALL AROUND
August 14, IS
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.
Column Left was almost Col­umn
Left Out this issue. We are
one-fingering this from bed.
Judging from the fact that we
look like a cartoon, it would seem
that we have the mumps.
» * * -
It is awfully confusing, 'cause
we don't know whether to say
we have "it" or "them."
* * *
We liked the play. However, it
was the first time we ever saw
a play named for the leading
lady. Nobody even looked as
though he were going to sneeze.
* * *
We thought the Bliss family's
trick of going into "Love's Whirl­wind"
without notice was sorta'
taking unfair advantage of the
poor guests. It must have been
about as confusing as the Club
Convention or Blackwood to the
uninitiated.
* * *
This is so amazing that it prob­ably
won't be believed, but it's
true. On a radio program, we
heard introduced a sergeant whose
name is Sargent. And there was
not one crack made about it!
They call it the "Donkey Sere­nade."
That is, some of the boys
in the band—not the horses—do.
At any rate, the band is out to
convince the horses that "Music
hath charms—." Maybe they just
resent the implication that they
are savage beasts, but Doctor
and Honey give the impression
that they don't appreciate good
It won't be long now 'til we're
having football games again.
Some fun! We like the way the
crowd gets pepped up at the ral­lies
and makes noise loud enough
to be heard in Opelika. And we
like the way we've learned to
stop when the meeting is over
and save some of that energy for
the game so we can have another
rally next week.
* * »
And then Saturday . . . getting
By BRUCE MARTIN
up early . . . standing shivering
on a corner . . . a weak War
Eagle . . . the band beginning to
show up . . . the train pulling in
. . . War Eagle . . . getting aboard
. . . settling down . . . leaving the
station . . . strolling up and down
the aisle . . . "Who wants to chip
in on a deck and play some
bridge?" . . . giving a few quiet
yells . . . "Who wants to chip
in on a deck and get up a little
game?" . . . miniature mob scene
. . . jam session in the baggage
car . . . hours and hours . . .
* * *
"What sorta' tickets did you
get?" . . . innumerable stops . . .
"I'll give you two to one if you'll
spot me six points" . . . arriving
just a little late . . . "Where's my,
war hat?" . . . parade . . . War
Eagle . . . grabbing a bite to eat
. . . ."How 'bout a ride to the
stadium?" . . . tooting and yelling
in the stands . . . first half . . .
band and drill platoon . . . end of
game . . . WAR EAGLE . . .
* * *
Hour to kill . . . loading up . . .
War Eagle . . . pulling out . . .
lights out . . . singing . . . lights
on . . . "Who's got a cigarette?"
. . . lights out . . . songs getting
a little rough . . . War Eagle . . .
lights on . . . q u i e t . . . a few yells
. . . up and down the aisle . . .
lights out . . . trying to sleep
. . . lights on . . . out . . . on
. . . Auburn . . . piling off . . .
"Where's my war hat?" . . . a
weak War Eagle . . . bed.
* * *
We wonder what effect that
and Saturday quizzes will have
on each other.
* * *
Phil, the 'Pologetic Poet, apol­ogizes
to Ogden Nash for this
effort:
The play
The other night was satisfac­tory
to the crowd in every
way.
With a group as unwilling as
an Auburn audience to be
pleased, that
Proves that "Hay Fever" was
nothing to be sneezed at.
* * *
HALT ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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All of us who have attended the various
dances during the summer session have
been acutely aware of the increasing dif­ficulty
in getting bids, and in spite of this
fact, of the hot and crowded conditions
that prevail at most of the dances. As is
human nature, we have been prone to
comment and criticize these handicaps
without looking fully into the situation
and finding the underlying cause of it all.
Once aware of the facts of the case, per­haps
we would be more satisfied with
things as they stand.
To begin with, Auburn needed a good
place to have dances and other functions
for about forty years before a suitable
place was provided. It was to remedy this
situation that Graves Center was built,
just a few years ago. Now, with the world
situation as it is, the Government has
needed all available places to train soldiers
and sailors, and it so happened that Au­burn
was chosen to be one of those places.
When the sailors moved into Graves Cen­ter,
it was only natural that they should
take advantage of all the facilities at hand,
including Graves Hall, which they now
use as a mess hall.
This ended Auburn's dances there for
the duration of the sailors' stay on the
plains. This situation absolutely cannot
be helped, as the Center is held by an
iron-clad lease, making it impossible for
the students to take over until the sailors
have left, which time will probably be a
long time off.
Since Graves Hall is no more at our dis­posal,
all we have left are the two gym­nasiums,
which, admittedly, do not have
nearly enough floor space. This limited
dancing space also necessarily limits the
number of bids that can be issued to each
dance, which in turn makes those same
bids more precious than ever before. In
spite of these handicaps, however, the
dances have been held in much the same
manner as before, leadouts and all, and
have thus far been fully as good as those
in more ample quarters.
So, we are in a position that makes it
impossible to do anything but make the,
best of what we have. And in the fall,
when the enrollment increases things will
be even worse! But there is nothing for
us to do except- wait until the war is won
and conditions return to normal. Until
that time, we should take advantage of
that which is at our disposal, being thank­ful
that we have even that much! A. L.
•HAfS REALLY CftMY ABOUT «A6... HE SAYS I'M WORTH
MY WEI6HT IN SAVINGS STAMPS'
Contributed by tin American Societv of Magazine Cartoonists.
Mr. Coats: Some Like It; Some Do Not
Town and Campus
By LEONARD HOOPER
For many students of Auburn a very
interesting and important part of every
picture show that they attend is the list
of the various artisans who helped to pro­duce
the moving picture. The architecture
students are interested in who designs the
sets and some of them even recognize dif­ferent
styles in the designing. The same
is true of the students of dress design, who
are interested in the styles of the gowns,
and the music students, who certainly ap­preciate
the different composers of the
various musical scores. Therefore when
the names of the artisans is cut out of the
film or flashed on the screen for a half of
a moment the chagrin of the interested
students can be understood.
And every student has been to a picture
show and noticed some particular minor
star's acting. The actor's name was not
in the headlines advertising the show and
since the list of the actors following the
feature has been cut out the student's
curiosity and interest concerning the un­known
actor remains unsatisfied. As a
consequence of this the customer is unable
to look forward to the next appearance of
that actor and the theater loses his pa­tronage.
The manager of the local theater has cut
these important parts from the film
through, what he thought, consideration
for the customers. He no doubt felt that
his costumers were bored with the list
of artisans and with a* second showing of
the actors' names and for this reason he
omitted them. Actually we customers are
very interested in these names and we
would attend more shows if we knew that
a certain actor or a certain composer's
music, men whose names we had not
known, were a part of the picture. Mr. Gus
Coats, for your benefit and ours, please
show us the names of the artisans and the
names of the actors again after the show.
J. M. S.
On the National Newsfront
Now that the fates of the careless saboteurs have been decided,
the current favorite of bull session topics seems to be that of the
why and wherefore of the construction of a fleet of huge planes to
carry troops during the war and freight after the war. Transporting
troops by'air, claim the planebuilders, eliminates the peril of sub­marine
torpedoing of heavily loaded transports. Yes, reply the ship
backers, but submarines are fitted with anti-aircraft artillery. Besides,
say the shippers, building huge fleets of planes diverts most of the
steel from shipbuilding plants.
The trend is toward mechanization and more speed, so it seems
that we will see more extensive use of air-borne troops and materiel
by this country before long.
Another discussion topic currently featured in the palaver-gather­ings
is that of the establishment of a second front. The concensus of
opinion is that it is coming soon, but whether 'twill be in France,
Russia, Italy, Siberia, or elsewhere is still a matter of speculation^
Our recent blow at the Jap-held Solomon Islands may be the indica*
tion that our second front may be in the Pacific. The Nips seem to be
concentrating for a surprise blow now, but who can tell if it will be
at our West Coast, Alaska, India, Siberia, or anywhere else?
Of course our country's part in the United Nations' establishing
another fighting front will be the supplying of more troops and more
supplies. This means that selective service boards will dip deeper
into their reservoirs of eligibles, to meet our armed forces' demands.
This topic has been a favorite of the Ferdinand-tossers since before
Pearl Harbor, but never as intensely as now. Men seem to be taking
less and less time to be inducted.
Q u a d r a t i cs
By ALLEN ODOM Families Do Not Understand Fraternity Life Sailors' Life
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.
Being even more at loss than
usual Hades looked through var­ious
scrap books and this is what
she found:
From Herbert Martin's Plains
Talk of April 1940: FORUM AND
AGAINSTUM, in the style, we
hope, of Bugs Baer.
* * *
Today, Forum and Againstum
consider the subject of women's
hats. Resolved: That women's
hats constitute a menace to so­ciety
and should be confined to
one simple style, or let the sky
and opium smokers dreams con­tinue
to be the limit, which is
opposite. "
* * *
Forum: My wife's hats look
pretty good.
Againstum: They're out of style
if they do!
Forum: I say it's the women's
privilege to choose their own
headgear.
Againstum: If they had any
head gears they would go bare
headed before wearing those atro­cities
now in style.
* * *
Forum: They add variety to the
every day scene.
Againstum: Even variety gets
monotonous if continued long
enough.
Forum: They do no harm, and
if the ladies like them, why ob­ject?
Againstum: They make life
harder for the men. Even a circus
clown suffers. I heard one say
over the radio that his hardest
job was to find a hat which will
make people laugh.
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Forum: Any woman can make
an inexpensive hat with a double
boiler and a bit of garden truck
tied around.
Againstum: That's what you
think. Those carrots, tomatoes and
cabbages have to be from Paris *
and the boiler must be stamped
. . . "Smuggled through the cus­toms."
* * *
Further remarks made by Mr.
Martin on the subject of women's
hats failed to pass the censor.
* « *
Still more from Plains Talk:
ODE TO DEBTORS
Ode . . . to cleaner, 60 cents
For cleaning coat and pressing
pants,
Ode . . . to Unk, just four bits
more,
Gosh, it's hiell to be so pore. .
Ode . . . to bank. It's overdue,
Wrote a check and overdrew,
Ode . . . quite a bit for last
hash . . .
Gosh, I'd work for a little cash.
Ode . . . to roomie, ode . . . to
pal
Ode . . . for flowers for my gal.
Ode . . . much more to other
folk.
Gosh it's hell to be flat broke.
« * *
Although the last gem came
from a 1939 Plainsman, we're sure
many Auburn students will still
find it applicable.
* * *
Now then for an original
thought . . . or maybe it ain't
so original. We think Bob Black­burn,
alias Blacky, alias Pappy
Bliss, alias the Gargoyle of Gay
Street is quite a lad. He'll be re­membered
for his performance as
David Bliss in the last Player's
production, but not content to
rest on his laurels has undertak­en
to be the only real live car­toonist
on the Plainsman staff.
We think he's pretty good, how
about it? Address all fan letters
to Gargoyle, Gay Street, Auburn.
To-almost every boy that goes away to
school and pledges a fraternity there will
come a letter from home to this effect:
"Dear son: Though your mother and I have
worked hard to send you to college we are
willing and hoping that you will get the
most out of it that you can. We do not ob­ject
to your joining any organization that
you can, for we think that the more you
put into a thing the more you will get out
of it
"But we have heard so much about the
disadvantages of being in a fraternity. Mrs.
Brown, whose son is in Jerkwater College,
says that the reason for his failing is that
he doesn't have time to study because the
fraternity won't let him. And furthermore
he writes his mother that the upperclass-men
actually beat him with boards until
he can't do anything because of the pain.
Now son, we want you to have all that you
want but if the fraternity is to interfere
with your school work we would rather
you wouldn't join and besides we don't
want our precious baby beat with boards."
That is the general type of letter that
some or most students get from their pa­rents.
The poor folks actually believe that
the reason for their dear son's failure is
that the fraternities and other organiza­tions
hinder and keep their baby from
studying. It's high time that someone put
these poor disillusioned parents in the
know about a few things. ??
We would venture to say that there isn't
an organization on this campus that isn't
as vitally interested in the welfare of its
members as the fraternities. Why, some
fraternities actually hold compulsory study
halls for the failing freshmen who, after
all other methods of pleading and trying
to show the boys where they are not doing
what they should, fail.
A fraternity is interested in the welfare
of it's pledges for if they do not uphold a
certain academic average they will not
be allowed to become members.
Why don't some of you fellows that use
this poor excuse admit that it is your own
fault; do some studying for yourself. A.C.
By DAVID ALLEN
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a pen sketch of one of the trainees of the Naval Radio Training
School.)
The trainee interviewed this week was Seaman Second Class
Glenn Bond, of Houston, Texas. One of .the Houston Volunteers re­cruited
from that city to avenge the sinking of the cruiser Houston,
he has been in the Navy only a short two months.
Seaman Bond seems to have always been interested in sports.
He played football for two years in high school, and then got the
boxing bug. Fighting over 38 amateur bouts, he finally reached his
peak on the night that he won the district championship bout in the
lightweight class of the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation meet.
"That was one of the happiest days, or nights, in my life. I really
felt good then. To me boxing was just about all there was until I
got interested in radio and got into the working of it."
Bond also played some baseball in high school, and for several
years played in the junior league for the Rapid Blue-Print Team of
Houston. Right now he plays a mean left field for the station team.
"Oh, the Navy is a swell place to be in.
"I joined for two reasons. One of them was to try to help avenge
the Cruiser Houston. I had several personal friends on that ship
when it went down, and I will be lucky and very happy when I see
the day when she is avenged.
"The other reason that I jSined the Navy was because of what I
had heard about it. I had an uncle that served with radio in the last
War, and I figured that I would like to get into it in this one. I was
luckier than lots of boys when I was sent to radio school, and I cer­tainly
do appreciate that. It (the Navy) is quite a bit different from
what I expected it to be, but I like it. I'm glad that I made it and was
put into this particular work.
"Yes, I like it here. Some of the fellows don't because of the lack
of places to go and things to do during time off, but that doesn't
bother me. The people are the ones that I like, and these around here
are very much like those at home. Compared to San Diego, where I
spent my first few weeks in the navy, this town is a sailor's paradise.
The people are friendly and have an accent that is pleasing to the
ear, and the stores don't try to charge twice the value of an article
when you want to purchase it. The habit of the students and towns­people
of speaking to each other on the street is only one example
of the difference between here and other"towns where I've stayed.
"And I'm not telling you this just because you're a reporter and
because this will be printed, but I mean it. There isn't any soft-soap
about it; it's that so-called 'gospel truth'."
And then, we branch off to the subject that is on the mind of many
of the fellows here right now . . . girls.
"Yes, I've met a quite a few of the girls here. They are a nice
bunch . . . lots of fun, and they put a person at ease so easily. They
never seem to run out of things to do or say. I don't know whether
you could say that they are any different from the girls from Houston.
You can hardly tell; they keep you guessing.
"I have enjoyed the USO shows that have come through here so
far. It picks up the morale or what ever you want to call it. The time
passes pretty slowly when there is nothing to do but dig the books
on radio.
"I would like to say one thing. I'm sure that when I leave here
it will be a sad day in my life. I've grown to like the people, the town,
the library . . . just Auburn."
August 14, 1942 THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
House Party for Lambda Chis
Open Air Activities
Held at Spring Villa
Many Out of Town Guests Have Been
Invited for Occasion Tomorrow
-
Instead of having an ordinary house party and formal
dance the Lambda Chi Alpha f r a t e r n i t y is having a house
p a r t y at Spring Villa this week-end. The week-end will fea­t
u r e swimming, dancing, eating, and relaxation. Spring Villa
is located several miles south of Opelika and is an ideal place
for a house party.
Miss Gerry Averitt, Millen, Georgia, student at the Uni­v
e r s i t y of Georgia and an Alpha Omega Pi will be the date
of the president of the fraternity,
Clayton Daniel.
The Lambda Chis will have as
chaperones their house mother
Mrs. Gewin, and Mrs. Tidmore,
and Mrs. Eadie.
Lambda Chis and dates are as
following: Clayton Daniel, Gerry
Averitt, Millen, Ga.; Jack Skewes,
Martha Young, Auburn; Bill Bar-
Week-end Society
By -KATE NUNGESTER
P
QUALITY
SHOES
Military
Numbers
In Black and Brown
FREEMAN AND
FORTUNE
"The Shoe Style Center"
KOPLON'S
OPELIKA
ham, Rosemary Burns, Bessemer;
Palmer Bell, Martha Owen In­gram,
Bessemer; George Instone,
A.nn Brummel, Anniston; Billy
Ward, Betty Cosby, Birmingham;
Robert Jordan, Olivia Ward,
Birmingham; Ray Ellis, Exine
Addison, Jasper; Johnny Sanders,
Evelyn Yarbrough, Birmingham:
Ralph Adams, Alice Brummel,
Anniston; Tommy Wood, Jean
.Williamson, Atlanta; Charles Ker­shaw,
Barbara Shippey, Auburn.
Billy Ashmore, Mickey Ham-
|rick, Bessemer; Al Williams, Mary
I Virginia Bingham, Montgomery;
Bill Outlaw, Lucille Walden,
Opelika; Tom Walmsley, Sara
i Ann Nichols, Auburn; Arthur Ro-jmanos,
Jane Kershaw, Ft. Payne;
Bubby Waldrop, Cecile Morgan,
Birmingham; Jakie Vick, Martha
Asbury, Auburn; Jim Biendorf,
Martha Rann, Auburn; Searcey
Penuel, Marguerite Morgan,
Birmingham; Heard Floyd, Eliza­beth
Tucker, Opelika; Howard
JMcElhaney, Dot Woodall, Au­burn;
Allen Lumpkin, M a ry
I Hackney; Lt. Russell Newman,
Mary Brown; Mr. and Mrs. Julian
Braswell.
Others who are attending are:
John Stewart, Auburn; Letcher
Johnson, Auburn; Willard Bluns-chi,
Auburn; Edwin Howard,
Troy; and Lt. Tom Arms and Lt.
Bob Keenan from Ft. Benning.
We would like to begin this
column by correcting an error
made elsewhere in the last is­sue
of the paper. Although the
editor of this column would like
to claim the credit for having
been head of properties of the
Auburn player's summer produc­tion
we must correct that error.
Miss Juanita Lee was property
chairman for the play and did an
adequate job too.
Let's begin with our social life
for a change. As there won't be
a big formal this week-end, so­ciety
has quieted down to a few
parties.
Phi Kappa Tau
The Alpha Lambda chapter of
the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity
held its summer initiation Satur­day
night, August 8, 1942. The
men who were initiated were:
Elnomac V. Creel; Louis A.
Chateau; Lowell Ramsay; Hoyt
Watkins; Bernard T. Jenny; Hugh
L. Johnson.
Sigma Nu
The Sigma Nus are feeling pa­ternalistic
toward their pledges
and giving them a party this
week-end. They're going out to
Chewacla for swimming on a hay
truck, then back to the house for
dinner and dancing. We'll give you
a date list in Tuesday's paper as
to "who went with who and
aren't you surprized."
Kappa Sigma
The Kappa Sigs have decided
on a new way to have fun and do
their part in raising the War
Bond sales in Auburn. Each per­son
attending their hay ride and
house dance this Saturday after­noon
and evening is required to
buy and present to the chapter a
war saving stamp. There has been
no ceiling placed on the amount
given, but each has expressed his
belief in the slogan "give till it
hurts."
In the afternoon everyone will
go on a hay ride out to Wright's
Mill for a swim, after which there
will be a buffet supper at the
chapter house prepared by Mrs.
Williams, the house mother and
chaperone. This will be followed
by a house dance for those ener­getic
souls able to complete the
evening in spite of the loads of
food and fun dealt to them prior
to this time.
FFA
The FFA chapter is giving a
hay ride and picnic at the Che­wacla
State Park Saturday night.
All members are invited to at­tend.
The truck will leave from
the back of Samford Hall promp­tly
at 5:00 P. M. Please all mem­bers
must be on time.
Final Concert Attraction Will
Be Presented Tomorrow Night
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Drive Begins
For All Old
Wax Works
The American Legion phono­graph
record drive, which was
scheduled to close August 2, has
been extended for several weeks
because of the poor response it has
received here.
A plea for renewed interest in
the campaign was made this week
by Jim Thigpen, commander of
the local American Legion post.
Chairman Thigpen stated that
the salvaged records will be con­verted
into new records which
are to be distributed to Ameri­can
soldiers and sailors stationed
in all parts of the world.
Collection centers are at Toom-er's
Drug Store, Tiger Motor
Company, Wright's Drug Store,
and the Post Office.
Miss Lisa Parnova and Mr. Edwin Straw-
Bridge Will Present Program at 8:00
The celebrated dancing team of Strawbridge and Parnova
will present the last in the series of summer concerts on the
campus this quarter. The concert will begin at 8 P. M. Satur­day
night and will be presented in the amphitheater of Graves
Center.
Both of the dancers are renowned for the freshness and
vitality of their dancing and for the ease with which they
extend the range of classical ballet.
Edwin Strawbridge and Lisa
TOMORROW NIGHT
The two performers pictured
above will appear here tomor­row
night in the Amphitheater
at 8:00 as the final attraction of
the Concert and Lecture Series
for the summer quarter.
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coach at Auburn for four years,
he became one of the country's
foremost mathematics professors.
Professor-Officer Pitts reported to
Fort Jackson for duty in January.
Upon enrollemnt in college at
Auburn, the 14-year old lad was
required to take an entrance
examination. Test questions for
the freshman, sophomore, junior
and senior classes were written
on four blackboards around the
same room.
Midway through the written
examination, young Pitts asked
the professor in charge to explain
a calculus question which was on
the junior colege test. Realizing
the candidate should be con­cerned
with the freshman tests,
the professor advised him he had
better concentrate on those and
forget the junior class questions.
"But, sir," he replied to the
startled instructor, "I've already
finished the freshman and sopho­more
examinations and thought
I was supposed to continue with
the others." —
It was the results of these
examinations that labeled Pitts a
'child prodigy" in mathematics,
for he passed them with flying
colors, and later, in his senior
year at Auburn, served as mathe­matics
professor. After gradua­tion
he served his alma mater as
professor of mathematics until
" (Continued on Page 4)
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Parnova will present the follow­ing
program:
Part 1. "Valse Triete" by Sibe­lius,
Strawbridge and Parnova;
"The Eagle" by Palmgreen,
Strawbridge; " M u s e t t e" by
Gluck, Parnova; "The Sea" by
Palmgreen, Strawbridge; "Pasto­rale"
by Scarletti, Parnova;
"Youth" by Scriabine, Straw-bridge
and Parnova; "The Vaga­bond"
(a dance with a mask) by
Malipiero, Strawbridge; "Waltz"
by Strauss, Strawbridge and
Parnova.
Part 2. "Three Diagonal Dance
Forms" by Scriabine, Parnova;
"The Little White Donkey" by
Ibert, Strawbridge; "Summer
Days" Popular Tunes, Parnova;
"Ceremonial Hoop Dance from
the Ballet 'Daniel Boone'," Straw-bridge;
"La Comparsa" by Le-cuona;
"Rhumba" by Popular
Tunes; and "American Primitive"
by Guion, Strawbridge and Par­nova.
Edwin Strawbridge
Because his father was a promi­nent
lawyer, young Strawbridge
was sent to LaFayette College in
Pennsylvania to be trained for the
bar. He was not impressed by
jurisprudence, preferring dramat­ics
and becoming one of the lead­ing
theatrical lights on the cam­pus.
Upon the suggestion of a friend
and with only five hours prac­tice,
he auditioned before the
ballet-master, Adolf Bolm. He
was engaged on the spot.
After a number of years of
training with the Russian Ballet,
Strawbridge returned to the
stage, meeting with no small suc­cess.
Following his stage success
he returned to dancing, this time
for good. Forming his own com­pany,
he toured the world and
became known in every section
of America.
In 1936 Mr. Strawbridge en­tered
the field of ballet for chil­dren
and with his first produc­tion
of "Pinnocchio" he made it
his own. Constantly striving to
extend the appeal of ballet, he
feels that in "Daniel Boone" he
has helped to make the ballet
give an important contribution
to American folk art.
Lisa Parnova
Slim, exotic and lovely, Miss
Parnova has a wide range of
repertoire, ranging from the clas­sic
dances to the modernist dance,
without music.
Her childhood was spent trav­eling
in many countries, but she
studied with Michel Fokine in
New York for six years and at­tributes
her present technical
facility to this creator of the Rus­sian
ballet. While still in her
teens, she was engaged as pre­miere
ballerine of the Cologne
Opera, where she remained for
some years. During this time she
gave guest performances all over
Germany and at special Arts
Festivals. She returned to Amer­ica
in 1930 and her debut in New
York revealed to delighted au­diences
a style which is essential­ly
her own.
But creating her own dances
and following the classic idiom
was not enough, for Lisa Parnova
has ideas and a dramatic sense of
the dance for others too. Besides
her own dance recitals, she be­came
director of dancing at the
former Neighborhood Playhouse
in New York, and worked out
many distinctive ballet ideas with
her group of students there.
Modern life filled her with new
ideas for dances which she
worked out on her concert pro­grams
throughout the country.
In each appearance she proved
anew to her audiences her ver­satility,
her dramatic power and
rare grace.
Miss Parnova has a style which
is essentially her. own, of which
John Martin, the critic of the
New York Times, said recently
"Miss Parnova is essentially a
romanticist. To find a dancer who
has a sense of the great range of
the dance is refreshing enough,
but to find one who has realized
this in practice is a unique ex­perience.
Miss Parnova set her­self
a gargantuan task in her pro­gram,
and came out with victory.'*
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Page Four THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN August 14, 1942
CAPTAIN RETURNS
\?1C CO$T£J.kOS
Auburn's fiery captain will re­turn
this year to lead the
mighty Tigers, contrary to pre­vious
reports that "Captain Vic"
would be drafted. You see, he
was drafted, but Uncle Sam
didn't need him right away so
he has come back to us in a time
of need.
Collins and Baumhauer Win
Medals In Open Swim Meet
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Ribbons To Be
Awarded Winners
Of Each Event
The college open swimming
meet was held Thursday night in
the gymnasium pool with Al Col­lins
and C. A. Baumhauer win­ning
first and second places, with
a total of eighteen and eight
points respectively. In amassing
his winning total, Collins won
three firsts and a second to put
him far ahead of his opposition.
Ribbons will be awarded the
winner in each event while Col­lins
and Baumhauer will receive
medals, Collins', the winner's, be­ing
silver and the second place
award, bronze.
The first event was a 150 yard
iree style dash, won by Collins
in 1 minute 33.5 seconds. McKin-non
placed second and McCrack-en
third. The next event was the
50 yard backstroke, won by Moise
in 23.9 seconds. Second place
went to McCracken and J. B.
Baumhauer third. The next event
was the 50 yard free style, with
C. A. Baumhauer first, Collins
second and Creel and March tied
for third. The time was 19.4 sec­onds.
The 50 yard breast stroke
followed, Collins again taking
top honors in a time of 24.9 sec­onds.
He was followed by Gallo­way
and McCracken in that or­der.
The medley race, combining
breast stroke, back stroke, and
free style, was the next event,
and it, too, was won by Collins
in 35.8 seconds. A fine display of
diving ended the program with
Oulton collecting 31.4 points to
win. J. B. Baumhauer placed
second, and Creel third.
The medals and ribbons for the
various winners have been ord­ered
and will be presented upon
their arrival.
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PRESBYTERIAN
9:45 A. M. Church School, J. G.
Goodman, superintendent.
11:00 A. M. Morning Worship.
6:45 P. M. Student Vespers.
8:00 P. M. Union Service.
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EPISCOPAL
Trinity Season.
Morning Service—11 A. M.
Union Service—8 P. M.
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CHURCH OF CHRIST
Church School, 10 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
Young People's Class, 6:45 p. m.
Parent-Teacher Training Class,
6:45 p. m.
Ladies Bible Class, Monday, 3
p. m.
Pepperell Bible Class, Tuesday,
6:30 p. m.
Midweek Devotion, Thursday,
7:30 p. m.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Sunday Services 11 A. M.
Subject of Lesson Sermon
"Soul."
Testimonial Meeting on the first
Wednesday of each month at 8
P. M. Reading Room open to pub­lic
on Monday and Friday after­noons
from 3 to 5 P. M., in the
Bank of Auburn Building.
The public is cordially invited.
* * *
CATHOLIC
N. C. Schrader, C. M.
Sunday: Holy Mass at ten A.M.
Novena at 7:30 P. M. in honor
of Our Lady of the Miraculous
Medal.
Benediction of the Blessed Sac­rament
at Novena.
Saturday evening: Confessions
at seven o'clock.
Baptisms and Marriages by ap­pointment.-.
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Week-day Masses by announce­ment.
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EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
Rev. Edgar H. Albers, Pastor
Services Sunday evening at 7:45
in the Episcopal Parish House, op­posite
Pitts Hotel.
You are cordially invited to at­tend
these services and to listen
to the Lutheran Hour broadcast
every Sunday at 12:30 over WSFA
and at 1:15 over WJHO.
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METHODIST
Divine Worship 10:50 A. M.1
"Folding Up in the Midst of Life"
will be the minister's theme for
the sermon.
A special program of music will
be directed by Dr. Earl Rauber.
The congregation will have the
opportunity to share in the great
hymns.
A reservation will be made for
the new members, of the Naval
contingent recently arrived in
Auburn.
Vespers 8 P. M. Community
Open Air Service. Dr. LeRoy
Priest, president of Judson col­lege,
will be the guest preacher.
The choir of the Baptist church
will give special music.
The church school 9:45 A. M. A
class for every member of the
family. High school and college
vesper programs 6:45 P. M.
A nursery for small children
directed by Mrs. R. M. Steere dur-
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Sigma Chi Will
Play Phi KTaus
In Semi-finals
Sigs Win from Sig
Eps with Score Of
7-4 in Second Game
Wednesday afternoon on Bul-lard
Field a hard-fighting Sigma
Chi softball team battled its way
into the finals of the fraternity
playoffs by defeating a favored
SPE team 7-4. By virtue of this
win, the Sigma Chis have earned
the right to play the strong Phi
Kappa Tau ten for the cham­pionship
of the current season.
The first game between the two
teams will be played on Monday
afternoon at 5:15 o'clock.
In defeating the usually hard
hitting SPE club, the Sigma Chi
team showed the enthusiastic
crowd attending the game some
near perfect fielding, and oppor­tune
clutch hitting. The opposing
pitchers both pitched highly cred­itable
ball, Smith of SPE being
reached for five hits while Thom­as
of Sigma Chi limited his rivals
to three scattered base knocks.
First baseman Harry Donovan
was the leading hitter in the
Sigma Chi attack, delivering two
timely safeties, while Cowart,
Clisby and Thomas were the oth­er
hitters with one each. The
Sigma Chi cause was helped con­siderably
by four walks issued by
Smith and by the erratic SPE
fielding, but these did not vitally
affect the final outcome of the
game. For the SPEs the hitting
honors were evenly divided be­tween
Rains, Rew, and Yohn
who each got one of their team's
three hits. In pitching a three-hitter,
Thomas showed excellent
control in not walking a single
man throughout the game, while
behind him the Sigma Chi in­field
handled several h a rd
chances with but one error.
The Sig Eps drew first blood
in the top half of the first when
Rew walked, stole second, went to
third on a passed ball and scored
on an outfield fly. The Sigma
Chis evened the count in their
half of the first with a single run,
but the SPEs again went ahead
in the third with a pair of scores,
Yohn and Rew crossing the plate.
In their half of the third the
Sigma Chis added another, add­ing
three more in the fifth to take
a lead which they never relin­quished.
Rains scored for SPE
after a two base hit in the sixth,
ing the hour of morning worship.
. * * *
BAPTIST
9:45 A. M. The Sunday School,
Prof. H. A. Nation, Supt.
11:00 A. M. The Morning Wor­ship.
Pastor's Sermon, The Un­recognized
God. Organ music by
Mrs. A. G. McBllillan, organist:
Prelude, Largo Symphony Jtfo. 5
—D'Vorak; offertory, Narcissus—
Nevin; postlude, March of the
Priests — Mendelssohn. Anthem,
God So Loved the World—Stain-er
by the Church Choir.
6:45 P. M. Training Union.
8:00 P. M. Union Service at
Graves Center.
LOST—One Opal dinner ring.
Large Opal surrounded by 18
smaller stones. Lost approxi­mately
two months ago. Liberal
reward. Dunlap Browne. Phone
9111.
Hits and Misses
On the Intramural Front
By CHARLES SCALES
Auburn's Independent Softball
Tournament got under way yes­terday
as the Tigers defeated East
Thach in the initial fracas of a
best-two-out-of-three game ser­ies.
Although the game was fairly
close throughout, Dukes, Tiger
pitcher, had little trouble in hold­ing
the East Thach boys to six
scattered hits, as he turned in a
superb performance.
These two teams have chalked
up very impressive records this
season, as both won seven games
and lost none during regular
league play. Those games were
perhaps somewhat neglected by
numerous softball fans; but nev­ertheless,
they were among the
best we have seen this season.
Most of these boys are real soft-ball
players, and when offered a
tournament really jumped at the
chance. If the teams in the finals
continue in their previous form
there should be plenty of fur fly­ing
during the next few days.
* * *
Next week the regular Wednes­day
night Community Sing will
convene on the steps of Ross
Chemical Lab with the evening's
program featuring pictures and
songs of old Ireland. These should
prove interesting to all of us
since Irish ballads have always
been favorites with Americans.
This past Wednesday evening
the sing was packed by a capacity
crowd, who thoroughly enjoyed
the beautiful film shown of the
Azaela Trail in Mobile. Since
there will' be only two more sings
this quarter, those of you who
have not been able to attend one
of the programs should make a
special effort to be present next
week.
and Sigma Chi added another
two tallies in their half, but the
issue had been decided in the
fifth. The batteries for the two
teams were: SPE—Smith and
Rains. Sigma Chi—Thomas and
Williams^ Tillery.
SPE 102 001 0 4 3 4
SChi 101 032 x 7 5 1
COL. PITTS
(Continued from page 3)
called to service with the Army
as a reserve officer.
A power on the football field,
the colonel played three years as
center on the Auburn varsity
eleven. His prowess in the field
of athletics won him a place on
the All-Southern eleven in 1912,
1913 and 1914. During the four
years that young Pitts played cen­ter
on the Auburn team they lost
only four games. The last two
years they lost not a single game
and the next to the last year. Au­burn
wasn't scored on.
In 1919 Colonel Pitts was as­sistant
coach at Auburn, then
served from 1923 to 1927 as head
coach there. He is now a member
of the Auburn athletic council and
one of the south's most prominent
athletic figures.
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The Faculty Shuffleboard Tour­nament,
which has been in prog-ess
for several weeks, is nearing
an end as most of the participants
draw close to their 24 game
limit.
In the le#d now is Merrill, who,
though he claims to be a new­comer
to the game, has won 12
games and lost only 6. He is
closely followered by Mullins,
11-7, Stookey, 15-12, Lapp, 13-11,
Judd, 7-5, Smith, 5-4, Evans,
13-14, and Sandin, 3-6.
From this group the top four
men will be selected to play in
the finals for the championship.
* * *
Before we close on another
short edition, we would like to
extend our appreciation, and un­doubtedly
that of all of the stu­dent
body, to the group of men
who are directly responsible for
the splendid manner in which our
intramural sports have been
handled this summer. This credit
goes to the Intramural Board
whose members have called
games, kept sports records, and
settled all disputes arising over
intramural matters during these
past months, along with their
numerous other duties. Praise
could not be too heavily heaped
upon them; they really deserve it.
PLAYERS
(Continued from page 1)
nique was the acting of Robert
Blackburn who played David
Bliss and who, incidentally,
turned out a commendable char­acterization
of the harassed novel­ist
and did the best and most
natural acting job in the show.
The comedy was beautifully
lacking in errors or promptings
except for one classic muddle oc­curring
in the Wednesday night
performance—"England is such a
lovely month in the autumn."
Otherwise, the production was
well organized and coordinated,
both in acting and staff work and
the play was executed in a con­vincing
and sincere manner which
speaks well for the activities of
the Dramatic Department.
LOST—Man's brown leather
billfold. Inside were Coast Guard
pass, driver's license, Alabama
State Docks pass, and approxi­mately
six dollars in cash. Finder
please return to L. C. Bostick, 136
South Gay Street, Phone 556.
Phi Delts And
SAEs Meet In
Golf Finals
ATOs and Kappa
Sigs Eliminated
By Finalists
Fraternity golf swept into the
final rounds late this week as
the Phi Delta Thetas passed eas­ily
over the ATOs and the SAEs
bested the Kappa Sigs in two
semi-final matches. In the first
half of the Phi-ATO match Jim-mie
Quinn led Hank Sherrod to
the third green of the second
round where he made his kill.
Quinn sank his last putt there to
win the round which gave him
the game 3-0.
The following day Billy Dun­can
won over Billy Richter at the
same hole by the same margin to
give him the game 3-0 and the
Phis the match 6-0.
At the same time the SAEs
were running into a little more
difficulty in defeating the Kappa
Sigs 5-4. Young Johnston tied the
first 18 holes with Ralph Brown
in a closely contested game. Both
men played beautiful under par
golf, as they turned in one of the
best performances of the current
tournament.
In the next game Bill Watley
had little trouble in subduing
Brew Garret 3-0. Watley's golf
was in the middle seventies while
Garret followed closely behind
with about a 77.
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