1942-08-04 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUME LXVI ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1942 NUMBER 16
Scholastic Averages for Under-
Graduate Student Groups
Second Sem. Second Sem.
1941-1942 1940-1941
GroupiNames
Alpha Psi
Omega Tau Sigma
Tau Epsilon Phi
Senior Men
Senior Class
Senior Women
Kappa Delta*
Lambda Chi Alpha
Alpha Tau Omega
Junior Men
Junior Class
Chi Omega*
Junior Women
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Delta Zeta*
Independent Men
Alpha Gamma Delta*
Pi Kappa Alpha
Independent Men and Women
Sigma Pi
All Men
Kappa Alpha
All College
Fraternities
Fraternities and Sororities
Sororities
Sigma Chi
All Women
Independent Women
Fraternities and Pledges
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Nu
Theta Upsilon*
Sororities Pledges
Kappa Sigma
Alpha Lambda Tau
Freshmen Men
Freshman Class
Alpha Delta*
Freshmen Women
Phi Kappa Tau**
Sophomore Men
Sophomore Class
Sophomore Women
Fraternity Pledges
Delta Sigma Phi
Pi Kappa Phi
Grade
Point
No. Avr.
51 2795
47 2694
13 2675
578 2549
727 2525
149 2431
49 2372
38 2324
69 2311
553 2289
697 2286
36 2285 ,
144 2276
70 2246
20 2240
1483 2228
38 2219
62 2215
1968 2200
23 2193
2613 2176
44 2172
3324 2164
915 2154
1113 2153
198 2149
62 2119
711 2118
485 2113
1130 2108
44 2108
56 2101
16 2094
226 2085
Grade
No.
49
53
6
501
627
126
55
33
55
582
717
36
135
65
20
1678
26
57
2166
22
2728
41
3427
790
951
161
40
699
488
1050
34
48
15
211
58 2031 _^43-
31 2 0 2 ^ 16
•
833 2016
1057 2007
16 1984
224 1975
20 1973
649 1952
843 1946
194 1926
215 1914
31 1903
44 1892
Fraternity and Sorority Pledges 243 1881
Phi Delta Theta
Alpha Gamma Rho
Theta Chi
. Sorority Pledges
Phi Omega Pi*
65 1872
50 1778
42 1773
28 1631
23 1424
Frats and Sororities and Pledges 1356 2105
Pledge i
Tau Epsilon Phi
Lambda Chi Alpha
Phi Kappa Tau'*
Alpha Psi
Sigma Nu
Sigma Chi
Phi Omega Pi*
Alpha Lambda Tau
Kappa Delta*
Sigma Pi
Alpha Tau Omega
Pi Kappa Phi
Fraternity Pledges
Kappa Sigma
Average
3 3030
7 2394
22 2183
23 2176
5 2114
7 2089
2 2080
4 2065
8 2046
7 2040
8 1970
19 1915
215 1914
17 1891
Fraternity and Sorority Pledges 243 1881
Kappa Alpha
Omega Tau Sigma
Alpha Gamma Rho
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Theta Chi
Sorority Pledges
Alpha Gamma Delta*
Phi Delta Theta
Pi Kappa Alpha
Chi Omega*
Delta Sigma Phi
Theta Upsilon*
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Delta Zeta*
8 1874
15 1791
17 1778
17 1756
18 1742
28 1631
6 .1613
3 1593
7 1379
5 1330
6 1313
4 1703
3 930
3 667
854
1080
226
14
717
883
166
26
38
34
310
62
43
37
50
9
1261
4
20
20
25
5
22
9
12
• 8
7
12
8
26
12
310
11
14
19
18
19
50
11
6
14
6
7
8
5
8
Point-
Avr.
8253
8306
8774
8264
8271
8298
8225
7969
7958
7877
7910
7807
8051
7751
8008
8018
7929
7982
7995
9091
7819
7603
7837
7882
7912
8058
7998
7909
7914
7760
7818
7954
8284
7897
7907
7938
7532
7535
7549
8125
7691
7703
7752
739
7406
7852
7390
7758
7737
7294
7378
8156
7783
8295
7459
7720
7991
7537
7528
7810
7131
7743
7888
7006
7132
739
7348
7390
7626
7937
7095
6119
7338
7378
7017
7243
7558
7379
6168
7027
8024
7373
Alpha Delta* (No pledges—colonized First Semester 1941-42)
'Sorority
*'Formerly Beta Kappa
Fraternity and S
Total Men 2613
Fraternity Men 915
Percent Fraternity 35.02
Total Men 2613
Fraternity Pledges — 215
Percent Frat Pledges ~ 8.23
iorority /
Total Women —
Sorority Women
Percent Sorority
Total Women ....
Sorority Pledges
Percent Sor. Pie*
•
We
—
—,—
—
'rage
711
198
27.85
711
, 28
Iges :. 3.94
Scabbard and Blade
Taps New Men at Drill
Five Army Officers and Fourteen Cadets
Are Selected on Basis of Military Ability
Company L, Fifth Regiment of Scabbard and Blade tapped
14 cadet officers and 5 Lieutenants of the USA during Corps
Day ceremonies last Saturday. This was the regular fall
tapping for members of the ROTC corps that have excelled
in military ability for the past three years.
The honorary members are: Lt. William B. Garretson, Lt.
Fletcher E. Miller, Lt. John R. Motz, Lt. Joseph P. Roche,
Lt.; William R. Blalock.
The following cadet officers
were tapped from the Field Ar­tillery
Units:
J. Walter Ban. a senior in
electrical engineering, is from
Montgomery. He is a member of
Phi Delta Theta Social fraternity.
M. D. "Pat" Brinson, from Mo­bile,
is a senior in aeronautical
engineering. He is a member of
Alpha Tau Omega social fratern­ity.
L. E. Brown, a senior in agri­cultural
engineering, is from Do-than.
A. C. Clayton is a senior in
agriculture f r o m C oilier ville,
Tenn.
R. A. Dobbins, a senior in aero­nautical
engineering, is from
Gantt's Quarry.
E. M. Jordan, a senior in Vet­erinary
medicine, is from Allen.
He is a member of Alpha Psi and
Theta Chi social fraternity.
C. E. Michaels is a senior in
electrical engineering. He is from
Birmingham and is a member of
Sigma Nu social fraternity.
Horace Williamson, a senior in
chemistry, is from Anniston.
R. R. Bell, a senior in mechan­ical
engineering, is from Pensa-cola,
Fla. He is a member of
Sigma Nu social fraternity.
B. D. Barton is a senior in busi­ness
administration from Birm­ingham.
He is a member of Sig­ma
Alpha Epsilon social fratern­ity.
The following cadet officers
were tapped from the Engineer
units:
J. E. Gaston, a senior in me­chanical
engineering, is from
Fairhope.
E. C. Rodgers is a senior in
civil engineering from Bay Mi-nette.
He is a member of Alpha
Tau Omega social fraternity.
E. B. Sherrill, a senior in Me­chanical
engineering, is a mem­ber
of Alpha Tau Omega social
fraternity. He is from Tuscumbia.
P. M. Smith, a senior in me­chanical
engineering, is from Vil­lage
Springs. He is a member of
Phi Kappa Tau social frater­nity.
Interfraternity
Council Asks
For Assistance
Two important decisions were
released by the Interfraternity
Council after a meeting held last
night. Billy Duncan, president of
the local organization, stated that
it was hoped that all Greek so­cieties
on the campus would co­operate
in the enforcement of
these new rules.
After a number of weeks of
discussion, the Council has de­cided
to require a complete phys­ical
examination of all employees
of fraternities on the campus. The
purpose of this is to prevent any
possibility of disease spread dur­ing
the* present emergency. Not
only will present workers be
forced to undergo a rigid physi­cal
checkup, but also any per­sons
who may be hired in the fu­ture
will be asked to do the
same.
The Council also went on rec­ord
as urging all fraternity rush
chairmen to reread carefully the
revised rush rules for the college.
The inauguration of the quarter
system at Auburn has, of neces­sity,
brought about several chang­es
in these rules. The fall rush
season will begin approximately
one month from now.
Rally Will Be
Held in Stadium
On August 21
Important State Men
Will Speak at The
Patriotic Rally
Senator Lister Hill of Mont-g
o m e r y a n d Governor-Elect
Chauncey Sparks of Eufaula will
be guest speakers in Auburn on
the night of August 21 at a gi­gantic
patriotic rally to be held
in the Auburn Stadium at 8 P. M.
The purpose of this meeting is to
focus attention upon the world
situation in order that more satis­factory
results may be obtained
throughout the state in every
phase of our war effort.
The rally has been arranged to
include seven surrounding count­ies.
Citizens from Lee, Barbour,
Tallapoosa, Macon, Bullock, Rus­sell,
and Chambers have been in­vited
to attend. Because of the
tire problem, persons who plan to
attend are urged to fill their cars
before leaving.
Similar meetings to the pro­posed
one are being held in va­rious
parts of Alabama at the
present time. It is hoped that a
minimum of 1,000 real Americans
will be present in the Auburn
Stadium on Friday, August 21 to
join our distinguished guests in
making this a rousing, truly pa­triotic
rally.
SALT TABLETS
All students who have occasion
to become hot and prespire freely
should procure some of the reg­ular
prescribed salt tablets. These
tablets may be secured at the
drug store and should be taken as
prescribed on the directions.
Invitations Go
On Sale at Main
Gate Thursday
Jimmy Butt announced last
night that Thursday would be the
day for all seniors who expect to
graduate in August to order their
invitations. Butt said that there
would be a table at the main gate
with someone there to take the
orders for both types of invita­tions.
An announcement will be made
later as to whether the leather
bound invitations will be avail­able
or not. Students are urged
to go ahead and order this type
if they want any of them; the
order may be revoked later on
after the definite amount has been
determined.
BRIG.-GEN. DUNCAN,
AUBURN GRADUATE,
ARRIVES IN ENGLAND
A former Auburn student who
is now a Brigadier-General in the
United States Air Force has ar­rived
in England. This man is
Asa N. Duncan one of four high-ranking
Air Force officers who
landed in Great Britain recently.
It is though by competent mili­tary
observers that these officers
are undoubted destined to play a
major role in any invasion of the
European continent.
General Duncan attended school
here approximately 30 years ago,
and was a member of Phi Delta
Theta social fraternity. He is a
close friend of Homer Wright,
prominent local businessman.
AUBURN GRADUATE
REPORTS TO AIR
FORCE FOR DUTY
Second Lieutenant Howard P.
Lloyd, son of E. P. Lloyd, Hurts-boro,
Alabama, reported to a
United States Army Air Force
bombardment base July 3 for
duty as a communications of­ficer
with a bomb group.
He received his commission
May 16, 1942, at Scott Field, 111.,
where he attended an army
training school as an aviation
cadet.
Lieutenant Lloyd was gradu­ated
from Alabama Polytechnic
Institute at Auburn, in June 1939,
with a bachelor of science degree
in agricultural engineering. While
attending the institute he under­went
two years of ROTC train­ing.
He was graduated from Rus­sell
county high school, Hurts-boro,
Ala.
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cover to cover
On the Editorial Page
Congratulations are given to the Junior Chamber of
Commerce for their fine work in their recent Victory
Dinner.
At last! One reader for The Auburn Plainsman
editorials has been found. But, we don't know whether
or not it is good. Read his letter and accompanying
article for yourself.
We get a little out of the state this issue when our
editorial writer journeys over to Georgia and com­ments
on the coming contest betwen Talmadge and
Arnall.
On Page Three, the Society Page
Auburn's final attraction in the Summer Concert
series will be given on August 15. This time two out­standing
ballet dancers will be presented for the first
time to an Auburn audience.
Auburn's new books in the library are given as
are the latest notes about the social doings over the
week-end. WJHO gives a new day schedule for its
programs. < •
On the Back Page
The Navy gives its parting men and graduates a
final word of encouragement as they leave for active
duty.
Scales gives us the latest on the Intramural front.
ON THE CAMPUS
Pi Tau Sigma Meets
There will be a meeting of Pi
Tau Sigma at 5:00 P. M. Wednes­day
afternoon in Ramsay 202B.
Military Neophytes
There will be a meeting of
Scabbard and Blade neophytes
tonight in Samford Hall, Room
209 at 7:30.
Community Sing
The Community Sing this week
will be held on the steps of Ross
Chemical Lab building Wednes­day
evening at 8:00 P. M. The
film to be shown is titled "Babes
in the Woods" from the operetta
"Hansel and Gretchel." The stu­dents,
townspeople, and sailors
are cordially invited by Prof.
Louis Stookey, leader.
Freshman Petitions
Freshman candidates are re­minded
that their petitions are
due in by Thursday noon. A box
will be in the Pi Kappa Phi
house for the purpose and fresh­men
with petitions are to put the
papers in this box. It will be
there from Wednesday, 6:00 un­til
Thursday at 1:00 P. M.
USO Show Will Be in Auburn
For Naval Radio Station Aug. IO
Negro Minstrel Will
Players Move Be Last of Summer
Date of Play
Up One Day
USO Show Conflicts
With Performance To
Result in Change
"Hay Fever," the initial Au­burn
Player production of the
summer session, which was orig­inally
scheduled for presentation
on Monday and Tuesday nights,
August 10 and 11, will show in­stead
on August 11 and 12, it was
announced today.
The reason for this postpone­ment
is the fact that the K. P.
Comedy Quintet and the Fisk
Jubilee Four are scheduled for
presentation on August 10 in
Graves Center Amphitheater.
This is a USO-Camp Show, which
is playing throughout the country
at various points where soldiers
and sailors are in training.
"Hay Fever" a hilarious three-act
comedy—is a Noel Coward
success. A lengthy engagement
of this play in London was fol­lowed
by a long run on the New
York stage. A cast of nine Au­burn
students will be seen in the
local production.
MILLER ASSIGNED
TO 440TH ARMORED
FIELD ARTILLERY
1st Lt. David Miller has been
assigned to the 440th Armored
Field Artillery Battalion, it was
announced today by Major Gen­eral
Lindsay McD. Silvester,
Commanding General of the
(Lucky) Seventh Armored Divi­sion.
Lieutenant Miller has attended
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
and the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, attaining a B. S. and an
M. S. degree in chemistry at the
respective colleges. At the Ala­bama
Institute he had ROTC
training and later in the Army
he attended the Armored Forces
Officers Candidate School in
Fort Knox, Kentucky. He has seen
service with the 14th Field Ar­tillery
at Fort Benning, Ga., and
later with the 67th Field Artil­lery
at Camp Polk, La.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Miller of Mobile, Ala.
War Eagle Cries
Complaints and ideas are
about as useful as an electric
fan is to an eskimo in Decem­ber,
if they are not backed up
by good hard work and persis­tence.
We have seen lots of
good ideas go to the dump pile
all because they did not have
the right power behind them to
push them forward. Complaints
are the same way. One can com­plain
all day and it will not
do any good unless everyone
concerned will take an inter­est
and try to remedy the situa­tion.
People are naturally lazy,
especially in the summer time.
But, this should not terminate
originality and ideas and if
anything should enliven our
minds and bring forth all that
we have to offer.
The K. P. Comedy Quintet, a
unique group of negro musicians
who beat more rhythm and harm­ony
out of a set of kitchen utensils
than the average musician pro­duces
from standard instruments,
will make a tour of Southern
army camps under the auspices
of USO-Camp Shows, will play
in Auburn at Graves Center Am­phitheater
on Monday night, Au­gust
10, at 8 P. M. With this pop­ular
musical group are the Fisk
Jubilee Four, a vocal ensemble
who will demonstrate the more
traditional aspects of negro mu­sic.
Although the K. P. Quintet in­clude
guitars and a banjo-mando­lin
in their instrumentation, these
fugitives from kitchen patrol are
so adept at playing their uncon­ventional
music-makers that a
representative of the Library of
Congress in Washington attend­ed
a rehearsal for the USO-Camp
Shows tour to record the group's
unorthodox renditions for the Li­brary's
permanent files folk mu­sic.
The Fisk Jubilee Four are
matched voices from Fisk Univer­sity
at Nashville Tennessee, high­ly
trained in authenic renditions
of spirituals and folk melodies, as
well as currently popular vocal
numbers.- They will present negro
folk music of a rural nature rep­resentative
of the country side,
while the boys of the K. P. Quin­tet,
who are particularly noted
for their musical mastery of the
washboard, the tin basin, and the
ten-gallon lard can will stress
the contributions of the city to
folk music.
The vocal and instrumental
numbers in the program will il­lustrate
the variety and original­ity
of negro songs and the wide
range of musical expression from
"Deep River" to the "St. Louis
Blues."
Auburn is indeed lucky to have
the opportunity of enjoying the
traditional and popular music
which will be presented by these
talented negro musicians. Al­though
the show is being present­ed
primarily for the pleasure of
the Navy and Army men sta­tioned
in Auburn at the present
time, all faculty members, towns­people,
and students have been
extended a cordial invitation to
attend. However, if rain forces
adjournment to Langdon Hall,
men in uniform will be given the
preference of seats.
FRATERNITY ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS FOR
COMING QUARTER
Alpha Iota chapter of Pi Kappa
Phi recently anounced its new
officers for the coming quarter.
They are:
Bill Couch, president; Jimmy
Reddoch, Vice-pres.; Bubber Wel-don,
treasurer; Ed Jernigan, his­torian;
Warren Williams, chap­lain;
Charlie Morgan, warden.
Pi Kappa Alpha
Initiates Six
Men Sunday
The Upsilon chapter of the Pi
Kappa Alpha fraternity initiated
six new men last Sunday morn­ing
at their sunrise service. Those
men initiated were David Win­ters,
Azmi Rankin, Dean Sess-man,
Billy Callen, John Blake,
and Cecil Forbes.
The initiation was held in the
chapter room of the fraternity
house and President Bob Snow
presided.
Page Two THE A U B U RN P L A I N S M A N
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August 4, 1942
Column Left
War Bond Drive A Success GLOMERATA—PLAINSMAN STAFFS
By BRUCE MARTIN
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.
There must be some sort of un­written
law compelling anyone
who gets up early to broadcast
the fact. As a member of the
band, we wish to make a public
apology for that "Glory" broad­cast
at six o'clock Friday morn­ing.
But the rest was necessary.
* * *
According to the Bent, even the
marriage and birth columns in
magazines are beginning to show
effects of the war. For proof it
presents the titles used by the
Shield: "Pair Corps" and "Heir
Corps."
* * *
The Bent then gives captions
used by the Phi Gamma Delta:
"Mergers" and "Dividend Not­ices"
"Departures" and "Arrivals"
'Veils" and "Wails"
"Knots" and "Tots"
"Hearts Doubled" and "Tricks
Over Contract"
"Matched" and "Hatched"
"Ribs" and "Bibs"
"Treed" and "Threed"
* * *
We suggest the following:
"One Pair" and "Three of a
Kind"
"Made One" and "Made An­other"
"Organizations" a n d "New
Members"
* * *
At the lake Saturday we no­ticed
a group of lads having a
terrific time on the beach play­ing
some sort of game. We in­nocently
walked up and asked to
join in. As soon as we produced
another sucker to get in on the
other side, we were permitted to
begin our destruction.
* * *
The name of the game was
"Forty-nine" or "Strong-back" or
something else misleading. Our
impressions of the game will now
be given in order to prevent the
same injuries to anyone else.
* * *
You begin by bending over and
sticking your head between the
next guy's legs. He grips with an
open version of the scissors. You
reach around his legs and seize
your own wrist in a death lock.
You really don't know why,
somebody just told you to. The
next thing you know, some other
guy comes flying over your back,
pausing only to wipe some sand
off his feet on your shoulder. A
couple more do the same thing
and then the next one lands on
you. So do the next two or three.
Then someone counts to three and
everyone pushes his face in the
sand. Some sort of ostrich com­plex,
probably. •
Now the other team bends over
and your team lines up, with you
near the rear. Some time before
it's your time to jump, one of
your team falls off. Then you
bend over and stick your head
in the scissors grip again.
It's really a lot of fun.
* * *
Phil, the Phrivolous Poet, found
this anonymous creation in a
Nonsense Anthology and tried to
claim it as his own. Not allowed
to do that, he presents it any­how:
'Tis midnight, and the setting
sun
Is slowly rising in the west;
The rapid rivers slowly run,
The frog is on his downy nest.
The pensive goat and sportive
cow,
Hilarious, leap from bough to
bough.
HALT! ! !
I I ! I ! t
I I ! 1 I
Q u a d r a t i cs
By ALLEN ODOM
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.
We've noticed that men are a l ­ways
commenting about the ec­centricity
of women's clothes.
They're always making cracks
about practicality and such. As
far as we can see the only dif­ference
in the clothes of the two
sexes is that the men lack origi­nality
and change style more
slowly.
* * *
In the matter of hats . . . is
there anything sillier looking
than a derby? If so, it is un-doubtably
the queer contraption
known as a top hat. Even in more
ordinary head wear we like to
ask a few questions . . . why is
a man disgraced if he hasn't
mangled his hat in a precise man­ner
. . . one dent in the middle
and one on each side . . . it cer­tainly
has nothing to do with the
contours of his head. And why is
a hat not a hat if it hasn't a hint
of a feather stuck in the band?
* * •
Tailors of men's clothes have
fought dreadful battles over the
question of buttons . . . whether
three or four is correct on the
sleeve of coats. Why are these
necessary at all? And why is a
man a crude beast if he doesn't
torture himself all summer long
by keeping his coat on most all
the time? We had the idea clothes
were made for comfort.
* * *
Shirts are questionable, too,
most of them having very stiff
collars which look very pretty
but certainly can't be pleasant to
wear at any time . . . especially
with the addition of a tie. What
is the function of the tie? Does
it hold anything up? Does it tie
anything together? No . . . the
tie is superfluous . . . it is an ab­surdity.
* * *
Now for trousers . . . on the
whole one must admit that these
are pretty practical garments,
constructed in a very sensible
te^ 10% OF INCOME
J f IS OUR QUOTA
M * WAR BONDS
manner . . . only we'd like to
know- . . . is it really necessary
for a grown up man to have pock­ets
distributed over his anatomy
at such frequent intervals. Every­one
has seen the tolerant smile of
a man watching an idiot woman
dig searchingly into a littered
purse . . . but it never occurs to
us poor slaves to laugh when we
see a man looking through his
pockets with an expression of
concentration all over his face.
He usually manages to look as if
he were trying to catch up with
a particularly industrious flea . . .
or something.
* * *
As for changes in style . . . the
men are not far behind us . . .
it is true that we make slight
changes from year to year, but
examining clothes over a period
of centuries one will be struck
with the drastic changes which
have come about in men's clothes
as compared with the moderate
changes in women's.
* • *
From this day forward man
had better not be caught with a
look of amusement on his face
when we appear in something
new, because the worm has
turned . . . we are looking at him
with new, educated eyes, we will
laugh straight into his face . . .
and take the consequences.
* * *
Under the heading of last
week's business: Miss Moore, of
the dining hall, expresses com­plete
willingness to set up a table
at which Catholic girls may get
fish on Friday. She only requests
that she be notified by Wednes­day
so that she may know how.
many will be present.
* » *
This is necessary because of the
extra expense involved buying
food in small lots. The Catholic
girls concerned, who are in a min­ority,
I'm sure would rather adopt
this plan than to cause three hun­dred
girls to have to eat fish when
probably a great many of them
don't like it. Better the few of us
who are Catholics eat at one table
than twenty who don't like fish
having to go to town. Enough
said of a sad subject . . .
» * *
Man of the week: Johnny Sand­ers,
of Lambda Chi Alpha fame,
who turns some mighty fancy
corners—scholastically and other­wise.
We congratulate the Auburn Junior
Chamber of Commerce. We congratulate
them because of their excellent handling
of the War Bond Victory Drive which was
so successfully concluded here two weeks
ago.
Auburn's quota of twenty thousand dol­lars
was exceeded largely because of the
efforts of the Jaycee Bond Committee,
which was under the able direction of
W. B. Lowe.
At the beginning of the campaign it was
thought by some that the announced quota
for the city was rather large. Many doubt­ed
that the required amount could be
raised by the committee members in the
allotted time.
The campaign is over now. It was a def­inite
success. The Jaycees not only hand­led
the drive efficiently, but also planned
an interesting program for the patriotic
banqueters. And the evening's entertain­ment
was climaxed by a free moving pic­ture
show which was arranged through
the kindness of Gus Coats.
Hard work of the above nature definitely
shows that those remaining on the Home
Front are cooperating with, the boys who
are fighting it out on the War Front. That's
the way to win this war! B. T.
Found! One Reader of Plainsman Editorials
For as long as we can remember it has
been the policy of The Plainsman or The
Auburn Plainsman to print those letters
which we receive if the names are signed
and if the language is printable.
This year we have received several let­ters
to the editor and either the names
have not been attached or the language
was not exactly that for a newspaper.
Over the week-end we received another
letter and as usual it was not signed by the
real name of the sender.
Below you will find this card and the
attitude the author takes. This is a very
short card or letter, as you will call it, but
there is much to say in regard to it. For
instance:
First, after all we have heard about
people not reading our paper and our edi­torials,
we find that there is another mo­ron
who does read them and even has
enough energy to write us a post card
about one or two of them. We are very
grateful that he did this and only hope
that he can influence others to follow in
his footsteps.
Second, we are not so sure that this
author is all there when it comes to sports­manship
himself. Any one who is not man
enough to stand up behind what he thinks
could not be much to look at or to know.
He couldn't be a man and we hesitate to
call "him" a co-ed because what co-eds we
know usually stand up for what they be­lieve
in.
Third, if at any time this innocent by­stander
does not like what we write or how
we put out this Auburn Plainsman, he is
free to come down and try his hand at said
job,-provided of course that he does know
what he is talking about, which we doubt
very seriously in the first place.
Now, for your own information here is
the letter, card, complaint, criticism, and
other names for said card which we have
just mentioned and which we still cannot
print:
" • • _ ' ' • • ' • : Dear George:
You are a sorry excuse for an editor of
the Plainsman. After your article Tues­day
about good sportsmanship, etc., you
stink.
A Bystander.
Notice that even the language is bad.
However we appreciate the interest that
has been shown and want more students
to take a part in the student publications;
after all, you are paying for them.
Talmadge-Arnall Battle Now at Peak
Well, Georgia's Gene Talmadge is at it
again. In a contest that in the heat of battle
makes the Auburn-Tech rivalry seem ac­tually
frigid by comparison, he is once
more campaigning for election as the gov­ernor
of the largest state east of the Miss­issippi.
This time, his third term if elected,
he is opposed by his own attorney-general,
young Ellis Arnall, who promises to give
him a real run for his money. Competing
against Talmadge's famous fish frys with
barbecues of equal proportions, Arnall
seems to be just about the only man in
Georgia who might have a chance to un­seat
the loquacious Gene.
After alternating in the governor's man­sion
with Ed Rivers for a couple of terms
each, Talmadge is finally faced by an op­ponent
who has ideas and policies in di­rect
opposition to his own. Always a man
of the common people, the governor is
faced by a man who has a tremendous
amount of support in the cities and, what
is more, a growing following in rural dis­tricts
as well. Consequently, realizing that
he1 has a fight on his hand, tobacco-chawin',
gallus snappin' Gene is at work harder
than ever with a campaign that exceeds
all his previous efforts in the enormity of
his fish frys, the defiant eloquence of his
speeches, and the size of the crowds of his
hand-clapping, enthusiastic followers.
Talmadge has a tremendous amount of
opposition besides the man Arnall him­self.
He has alienated the support of many
of Georgia's newspapers, as well as the
many thousands he has offended by his
policies in the field of education. When he
ousted.many of the leading educators of
his state, Gene Talmadge aroused the ire
of many outside his state as well as in,
and the nation began to notice with more
and more interest the man holding the
highest position in the state of Georgia.
Probably the great majority of the stu­dents
here at Auburn pay very little at­tention
to politics outside their own im­mediate
sphere of interest, but those who
have noticed Gene Talmadge and his co­horts
in our neighboring state have not
easily had their interest averted, for there
is something about Talmadge and his kind
that makes people stop and take notice.
And whether or not Gene wins his elec­tion
and holds the governorship for a few
more years, he is a man who will be re­membered
as long as any politicians of
our time. A. L.
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In an ordinary session of school, the various honor societies would
be selecting their new men about this time. Ample evidence that this
term of school is part of the regular session of school is given by the
recent tappings of new men by various organizations on the campus.
We've always had a high opinion of the custom of leaving a few
vacancies open in the society after the spring tapping and letting the
new men pick the rest the following year. It really seems fairer to
let these seniors select their own classmates for the vacancies. After
all, they know more about the qualities and merits of the men in
question and can tell whether or not they will make good leaders on
the campus.
Spring tappings are necessary of course, in order for the society
to exist irom term to term or from quarter to quarter. The seniors
select their new men from a different standpoint than do the juniors
or new men in the fall. Anyway we are all for this way of doing
things. Certain boys are picked one time and it is still not too late for
the other members of the class to have a chance for the honor.
• " i~~ *
When the first ROTC appointments came out the seniors in ad­vanced
military began to take an unusual interest in "war," more so
perhaps than they had done in the past. There was much talk about
the campus that this method of assignments was unfair and that it
wasted a lot of time getting organized. Those who were talking were
evidently not in Advanced ROTC because they would have known
that the seniors in this course were all for the idea and the method.
This system gives everybody a chance to see and show what he
has got in the way of leadership and ability to handle men. The seniors
realized they had had very little, if any, experience in handling men
and knew little or nothing about drilling a company, squad, or platoon
of men over a field or on a march. They were more than willing to
take the appointments the way they were and keep working.
Those who were criticizing did not seem to realize that this method
was designed to give the Army officers in the school a chance to see
what their men could do. Rotation of the men to the different posi­tions
in the battalions was done and each man was given a different
job from the one he started out with.
The idea is good and the good part about it is that it worked.
Everybody was a second Looey and all had a good chance to rise up
and try for a promotion.
From now until next fall when they are changed again, this time
for "the duration," all of the cadet officers will be trying to keep
what they have and all will be trying to rise up in rank and get a
better job.
Town and Campus
By LEONARD HOOPER
On The Town Newsfront
Recently I heard the weekend celebration of the average Auburn
student likened to the weekend of the Londoner (which he observed
up until the war). The discussioin went like this: "You know how most
English city people leave for the country on Friday afternoon. They
get all their favorite portable luxuries and hike or row.away: up the
river, to the woods, or out into the fields. One of their favorite recre­ations
is rowing up the Thames, up the river to visit all the famous
old towns and castles of heraldic legend.
"The part of it is, that weekending is observed so meticulously
by practically everyone. It's getting to be the same way around Au­burn,
especially since the summer quarter has started. Of course,
Auburn boys and girls have always gone home, to Columbus, Birm­ingham,
Atlanta, Montgomery, to Opelika, to Chewacla, and else­where
for a good time on Saturday and Sunday but never before
as this summer. It seems that everyone packs a few things and goes
off for a good time as soon as the week's work is finished. The old
town actually seems empty.
"And though it seems that the tire shortage would have affected
this periodic exodus to a slight extent, the opposite extreme is ef­fected,
and countless more people than you think possible leave for
a couple of days' recreation. The reason undoubtedly must be, be­side
a faithful observance of summer-vacation-even-if-it's-sliced-thin,
a sort of wartime work-hard, play-hard fever. And it really is good for
you to have a change of locale and for you to let yourself go for a little
while, in order to work better when you return."
I am all in favor of a vacation at any time, but being in school,
you can't have yours unless it's on weekends. Many people leave town
for their recreation, but there is another group which comes to town
for a weekend of pleasure. I refer to the service men from our nearby
forts and fields, who come to Auburn to cram our coeds' datebooks
and enjoy our recreational facilities.
To everyone concerned with Auburn-and-recreation, I say, "Re­lax,
and .relax hard, in order to work harder, for the nation's effort
in the war."
August 4, 1942 THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Final Concert Series To Be
Here on August 15; 8:00 P.M.
PARNOVA DANCES
Performers Will Be Edwin Strawbridge And
Lisa Parnova, Outstanding Ballet Dancers
For the third and final attraction of Auburn's Summer
Concert and Lecture Series, the Committee in charge has se­lected
Edwin Strawbridge and Lisa Parnova, two celebrated
exponents of the Russian Ballet. These two performers will
appear here on August 15, at 8:00. The attractions during the
summer are brought here for the students at no extra charge
to them; the expenses are taken out of the student Activity
Fee.
Mr. Edwin Strawbridge feels a
close personal kinship to "Dan­iel
Boone," the part he dances in
the ballet. Himself a descendant
of Colonel Riehael Smyser, who
fought with George Washington,
Mr. Strawbridge comes of a pio­neer
family which settled in
York, Pa., the state in which
Boone was born.
Because his father was a prom­inent
lawyer, young Strawbridge
was sent to Lafayette College in
Pennsylvania to be trained for the
bar. Although he managed to win
a prize as a theologian as well
as medals for track, Edwin Straw-bridge
was not impressed by jur­isprudence.
He preferred dramat­ics
and became one of the lead­ing
theatrical lights on the cam­pus.
Acting A Career
Determined to make acting his
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carrer, he left Lafayette and be­came
a student at the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts in
New York. While studying at the
Academy, a friend suggested that
he audition for a famous Russian
Ballet, and inexperienced and un­trained
young Strawbridge ap­peared
before the well-known
ballet master, Adolf Bolm. Al­though
he had had only five hours
of practice, Edwin Strawbridge's
viality and stamina so impressed
Bolm that he engaged the new
dancer on the spot.
After a number of years of rig­orous
training with the Russian
Ballet, Strawbridge went back to
the stage. He performed with
many of the theater's leading ac­tresses,
including Margaret Ang-lin,
Eve Le Gallienne, Pauline
Lord and Edna Mae Oliver.
Following his stage success, Mr.
Strawbridge went back to dancing,
this time for good. He appeared
in leading roles in the ballets of
the Broadway successes "Take a
Chance," "Holka Polka,", and in
several auditions of the "Green­wich
Village Follies." Forming his
own ballet company, he started
on a career which was to take
him throughout the world, and
make his name known in every
section of America.
The Greek government re­quested
him to lead a ballet of
Delphic dancers on the Acropolis,
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Sees New
Day Schedules
Women Workers
Present- Problem
In Scheduling
The radio public of America is
to have a more concentrated fare
for the duration. At least, that's
the statement of Fred Weber,
General Manager of the Mutual
Broadcasting System, to a recent
meeting of Mutual" Station Exe­cutives
in Cleveland.
The constituents of this con­densed
roll of features will be
music, mostly popular, newscasts,
and sports features. The fact that
an evergrowing number of the
women of America are working in
War Industries as a result of the
accelerated wartime industrial
program is presenting a problem
to the scheduling staffs of all
the broadcasting systems. Many
changes are appearing and will
continue to appear in the daily
schedules of the radio stations
across the nation.
Weber emphasized that Mutual
is expanding its service programs
. . . the human interest type. In
particular, he called attention to
the daily broadcast from Austra­lia
(WJHO—10:15 A. M.), to
"Pass in Review" (WJHO—week­ly),
and to another program from
overseas, "Stars and Stripes in
Britain" (WJHO — 6:30 P. M.,
Sunday).
The local Mutual s t a t i o n,
WJHO, keeps step with this Mu­tual
Plan by bringing you more
than 15 hours of Service Broad­casts
each week.
in a revival of the classic dances
in the days of Hellenic glory.
An American, Mr. Strawbridge
led sixty dancers in an appear­ance
with the Philadelphia Sym­phony
Orchestra conducted by
Stokowski. He has appeared with
a ballet of forty at New York's
Lewisohn Stadium accompanied
by the New York Philharmonic
Symphony.
"Pinocchio"
In 1936 Mr. Strawbridge en­tered
the field of ballet for chil­dren
and with his first produc­tion
of "Pinocchio" he made it
his own. Since that time he has
appeared before childrens' aud­iences
in every part of America.
Constantly striving to extend the
appeal of ballet, Mr. Strawbridge
feels that in "Daniel Boone" he
has so combined the arts of danc­ing,
music, staging, scenery, and
acting that the ballet will be­come
an important contribution
to American folk art.
Equally at home on her toes
with the classic dancers in inter­pretations
in the modern idiom
and as a choreographer, is Lisa
Parnova, regarded by critics as
one of the outstanding dancers
now before the public. Slim,
exotic, and lovely, Miss Parnova
has a wide range of repertoire,
ranging from the classic dances to
the modernist dance, without mu­sic.
To each of these techniques,
she brings a distinctive and gra­cious
personality, a fine sense of
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Trend Is Toward Chewacla and Watermelons
By KATE NUNGESTER
Society Notes
In spite of the scorching heat, lack of Coca-Colas and the
general humidity, the social life of the fairest village man­aged
to survive and go forward this week-end. The ATO
dance was a huge success and it seems a pity that no more
dances can be given in the Alumni Gym as it is so much
more comfortable and cooler to give dances in, than the Girl's
Gym on Opelika Road. But who are we to argue with the
facts. ' !
Alpha Gamma Rho
The AGR lads gave out with a
hayride to Lake Chewacla, with
watermelons following and later
a bare foot house dance, all of
which is a mighty nice way of
keeping cool and having a mighty
good time.
Those attending were: E. *T.
York, Elaine Wilkins; Harry Mer­iwether,
Allen (Hades) Odom;
John Pittman, Virginia Binson;
Raymond Livingston, Sara Burns;
Ramsey Stuart, Kathryn Burkes;
Cecil Pouncey, Marguerite Jerni-gan;
Jack Greene, Mary Graham;
Hixon Jones, Bernice Hayles;
Jasper Jernigan, Wilda Rae Phil­lips;
Jimmie Smith, Sara Boles;
Lt. Ernest Stewart, Augusta
Wind; Oliver Crews, Dot McClel-lan;
Tommy Briscoe, Nancy Sal-iade;
John McCraney, M a ry
Brown; Mr. and Mrs. John Mad-dox.
Stags attending were: Boyd
Pullen, Y. C. Fitzpatrick, Julian
Payne, R. M. Martin, Bob Wheel­er,
Ed Stewart, Archie Gilmore,
>Dudley Linn, Claude Goolsby, Bill
Rotenberry, Lt. Edwards.
The party was chaperoned by
the Alpha Gamma Rho House­mother,
Mrs. Simpson.
Pi Kappa Phi
Also among those trying the
Chewacla-way to a cooler a nd
more comfortable week-end were
the Pi Kappa Phis. From where
we could see they were riding in
a hay truck and we'll presume
that they went swimming, ate and
had a hounse dance. Anyway it
looked like fun.
SAE
Another seen but not reported
party was the SAE trek out to
Chewacla?*it seemed to be one of
those strictly stag affairs. Maybe
the pledges took the actives, may­be?
ATO
As we said before in this col­umn,
the dance was an awfully
good one, what with the pretty
girls with orchids and some
smooth music by the Knights.
Miss Julia Constantine, who led
the dance with prexy Henry
Sherrod, looked awfully nice in a
black dress and a silver thing-m-bob
in her hair. We'd like to re­print
the date list but maybe the
editor won't give us the room . . .
But it sure was a good dance.
Pi Kappa Alpha
As long as we're running a re­sume,
we might re-mention the
PiKA house dance given by the
pledges. The boys got so indus­trious
that they spent all Satur­day
afternoon painting the lawn
furniture . . . even the great mass
of Mr. Ham Wilson was seen
holding a paint brush . . . but we
bet he spent his time heckling
the freshmen.
Sigma Chi
Big things were done by the
Sigma Chis last weekend. They
began by having a house party
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which started at noon Saturday.
Then they had a swimming party
at Chewacla, chicken dinner at
the house, went to the ATO on
their nice blanket bid, and had a
breakfast after the dance. All ar­rangements
were made by Mrs.
Lena Belle Zeigler, Housemother,
and Harry Donovan, Social Chair­man
assisted by his committee of
Tommy Mastin, Albert Thomas,
John D. Baumhauer, and Kilshaw
Clisby.
Those enjoying the fun were:
Martha Glenn Rowe, Falkville,
Harry Donovan; Maizie Gandy,
Birmingham, Buddy ^Griffith;
Bebe Gragg, Birmingham, Homer
Carder; June Stallings, Birming­ham,
Tommy Mastin; Margaret
Lee Bradford, Russelville, Jim
Heard; Ann Hubbard, Atlanta,
Hugh Payne; Dot Irish, Anniston,
Lawrence Cottle; Muriel Young-blood,
Tuskegee, Henry Green;
Betty Howell, Florence, Ben Ven-tress;
Barbara Shippey, West
Point, Ga., Bill Cunningham.
Mary Jones, Mobile, John D.
Baumhauer; Betty Wat k i n s ,
Birmingham, Kilshaw Clisby;
Jeanne Towsend, Auburn, Albert
Thomas; Jane Gatewood, Rich­land,
Ga., Howard Weir; Bert
Raines, Mobile, Tom Raines; Jean
Coggins, Atlanta, Frances Reins;
Gwen Tucker, Auburn, George
Ryan; Mary Brawner, Smyrna,
Ga., Al Rambo; Odolene Nolte,
Selma, John M. Powell; Betty
Hammond, Kosciusko, Miss., Jim­my
Pope; Ann House, Atlanta,
Claude Cowart; Lois Kaulback,
Atlanta, Lewis Tapp; Lois^ Vir­ginia
Rowe, Birmingham, DeWitt
Cooper; June Forbus, Alexander
City, Cole Fuqua; Mildred Dunn,
Junius McMahon; Marion Vaughn,
Birmingham, David Underwood;
Catherine Tatum, Opelika, Dud­ley
Ellis; Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Hill; Madge Jarrad, Fagan Can-zoneri;
Ann Butt, Montgomery,
Ben Brown; Sara Bryan, Yant-ley,
George Heard; Rachel Bow-en,
Jim Frey; Dottie Norman,
John Harvey Thomas; Louise
Robinson, Mobile, Hunter Boulo.
Guests of the Sigs included
Alys Yager, Lake Wales, Fla.,
Pete Petrie; Mac Thoss and Jane
Vickers of Mobile; Dick Quina,
Harry Partridge, Mobile and Bill
Butt of Montgomery.
New Books
Are Added To
API Library
Biographies And
Engineering
Lead the List
The main library has recently
added many new books to its
shelves. Among those just re­ceived
are books of fiction, bi­ographies,
non-fiction, and quite
a few additions to the various
special libraries over the campus.
Those books of fiction include:
Drivin' Woman, Chevalier; The
Children, Fedorova; And Now To­morrow,
Field; The Uninvited,
Macardle; The Real Life of Se-bastien
Knight, Nabokov; Mid­night
Reader, Stern.
Those books added to the
shelves of biography are:
Beethoven, Scott; Brahms, Erb;
Debussy, Lockspeiser; St. Frances
of Assisi, Wilmot-Buston; Henry
George, Nock; Gluck, Einstien;
Handel, Williams; Jefferson, Pa-dover;
General Douglas Mac-
Arthur,- Miller; The Life of a
Painter, La very; Mendelssohn,
Stratton; Pemberton; Defender of
Vicksburg, Pemberton, Pilsudski;
A Biography of His Wife, Pilsud-ka;
Robespierre, Renier, Free
Artist, Bowen; Schumann, Patter­son;
Sheridan of Drury Lane,
Glasgow; Whitman, Masters.
Volumes of non-fiction added
include:
Personal Problems of Everyday
Life, Travis; Man Against Him­self,
Menniger; Heridity and En­vironment,
Woodworth; C h i ld
Development, Hurlock; Friend of
Animals; The Story of Henry
Bergh, Pace; Is the Kingdom of
God Realism? Jones; In the Shad­ow
of the Cross, Stamm; Living
Under Tension, Fosdick; War Eco­nomics,
Stein; Forward to the
Land, Peterson; The American
Constitution, Ludlow; Justice in
Gray, Robinson; The Specter of
Sabotage, Matthews; Everyone's
Children, Nobody's Child, Polier;
Youth Serving Organizations;
National Non-governmental As­sociations,
Chambers; Interaction,
the Democratic Process, Hopkins;
Teacher and Community, Stout;
StoTT' Tellmg-' Stamps,"' Mulfof d;
Family Relationships, Arlitt; Al­gebra,
A Way of Thinking, Mit­chell;
Plant Hunters in the Andes,
Goodspeed; Nutrition, Silver;
(Continued on page 4)
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rhythm, and certainty in her
dance creations.
Her childhood was spent trav­eling
in many countries, but al­ways
the little girl knew with
certainty that she wanted to be
a dancer. She studied with Michel
Fokine in New York for six years,
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Students and Faculty:
We are again favored with the opportunity to serve
you in supplying your Caps and Gowns for Graduation.
We are asking for your full cooperation as transpor­tation
facilities are limited.
1. Dead line for measurements August 15.
(No guaranteed delivery after that date.).
2. Rates: Bachelor's Cap and Gown $1.50 Hood $1.50
Master's Cap and Gown $1.75 ill Hood $1.75
Doctor's Cap and Gown $2.00 _._...- Hood $2.00
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Page Four THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN August 4, 1942
Phi Kappa Taus
In Front After
Win from SPEs
In a game filled with errors
and excitement the Phi Kappa
Taus slid past the SPEs yester­day
in the second round of the
softball play-off. Although runs
were numerous, neither team was
able to chalk up many hits, in
fact a majority of the men who
got on safely were there due to
walks or errors.
Driving in three runs in the
first frame, the Phi Kappa Taus
held a five to three lead through
the third, but undaunted the
SPEs sparked seven men across
the plate in the first of the fourth
inning to pull ahead. From then
on the SPE club coasted in front
with victory apparently in their
grasp, but they had not accounted
for the Phi Kappa Taus determ­ined
spirit. Taking advantage of
several errors these boys stead-
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Your Chest Should Be Flat, Weis-man;
A Guide to Old French
Plate, Carre; Play, Riggs; The
Jacobean and Caroline Stage,
Bently; Poetry as a Means of
Grace, Osgood; In America,
Knight; The Poetry of Dorothy
Wordsworth, Wordsworth; Read­ing
Poems, Thomas; Boat Life in
Egypt and Nubia, Prime; Those
Wild West Indies, Whitman;
Journey to Manaos, Hanson; Four
Independents, Sargent; Censor­ship,
Mock; The Road to Bor­deaux,
Freeman; A French Soldier
Speaks, Jacques; No Other Road
to Freedom, Stowe; South Ameri­ca
and Hemisphere Defense, Rip-py-
The new books added to the
Engineering library include:
Navigation for Mariners and
Aviators, Polowe; Visibility in
Meteorology, Middleton; Com­mercial
Air Transportation, Fred­erick;
Aircraft Sheet Metal work,
Giachino; Youth Must Fly; Glid­ing
and Soaring for America,
McDonald; Airplane Metal Work,
Robson; The New Alphabet of
Aviation, Shenton; Bamboo to
Bombers, Washburn; Inspection
of Metals, Pulsifer; Electro-plat­ing
and Anodising, Rosslyn.
The chemistry library also re­ceived
several new books:
ily crept up and as they came
home for the last half of the
seventh the score was tied 10 to
10. The first man up, Flynn Mor­ris,
slammed out a pretty single
and advanced to second on a bad
pass. Erickson, up next, drove a
hot liner to the SPE shortstop,
Scruggs, who took it easily and
shot it toward second to catch
the runner but the pass was high,
the ball sailed deep into right
field, and Morris came home with
the winning run.
Leading at bat for the winners
Fred Morris collected a two and
a three bagger for his three trips
at the plate. Austin headed the
SPE stickmen with a beautiful
homerun which brought in three
men ahead of him.
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SPE 102 700 0 ' 10 4 6
Batteries: PKT—Jenkins; Wise
(4) and Montgomery. SPE—Smith
and Rains.
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N A V Y BLUES
To t h e Class g r a d u a t i n g August 7, 1942.
So long boys. P r e t t y soon you will be out there in the
thick of this fight. It is going to be tough, but we know that
you have what it takes. Here in Auburn you have had a
chance to attend church service regularly and visit in the
homes of good American people. You are going to need all of
t h a t . Remember there were no atheists in the fox holes of
Bataan. We have seen a few people receive their last call.
Not one of them received these last orders without a call
on their God to show them the way.
They Have All The Pros—
Remember that we know that you have heard all the
pros and cons of this argument, but when you cut out the
fancy talk and get down to brass tacks you are going out
t h e r e to fight for the very existence of all of us. Remember
too, that we did not start this war. J u s t the mere fact that we
a r e a peaceful nation cost the lives of thousands of men just
like you. The J a p s have had plans for the war against us for
years. This thing had to come. We were caught by the tail
and thrown into a pack of snarling wolves and had to start
fighting off balance. They s t a r t e d the fight and now we are
going to finish it. No, you won't have to tie any soldiers to­gether
and bayonet them. Nor will you assault any women or
murder defenseless people. That's not the American way.
Remember too, that those people believe in the things
they are fighting for just as sincerely as you do. They don't
have a free press and they don't have freedom of speech.
They have been taught just the things they wanted t h em to
know since they were kids. A German youth would tell you
t h a t if necessary, he would send his own mother or father
to t h e firing squad for disloyalty to the Reich. He would tell
you that it is necessary to kill all enemies of the Reich,
whther they be men or women. He would tell you t h a t Jews
are filthy, dirty, and will strangle any country. He would tell
you that only men of P u r e Aryan blood were fit to survive.
Hitler has been teaching t h em these things since they were
children. He would tell you also that your country is over­r
u n by crooks, graft, and by labor unions, and that t h e people
are fighting each other. He would tell you that your Army
and Navy will never be any trouble to them. How could a
country with such things produce a fighting men of sufficir
ent numbers and with sufficient cooperation to become a
menace to the Reich. He would tell you that belief in God
and home is soft soap for the weak. These are t h e things that
can happen to good minds when every source of information
is controlled. That is the way your child would believe if
t h e y could get them early enough. I know, for I talked to
one of them several years ago when they were not near so
strong as t h e y are now.
Many in Front, and Back
But they will not ever get the chance to teach young
American children this junk, for once again the Yanks are
coming and this time they are provoked. Millions of t h em are
ahead of you and there are millions of t h em behind waiting
for their call. There is going to be only one front and some­body
is in for a hell of a lacing. F r om the scenic wonderland
of Alaska to the Florida Keys, men are on the march, and
behind t h em is every man, woman, and child in the United
States.
If you need any additional information as to what you
are fighting for, just compare notes when you get in some
of the other countries of this world. You will find a new
love, and that love will not be of your own community by
itself, but will include every inch of your country. Note how
men live here as compared with other countries and every
time you salute that flag let a pleasing panoramic vision of
your country and way of life flit t h r o u g h your mind, a vision
s t r e t c h i n g from the Redwoods of Yosemite to the burning
torch of t h e S t a t u t e of L i b e r t y off Manhattan. When you add
to this picture freedom and liberty, which means a chance
to correct any evils we have, you will realize t h a t any other
way of life would not be worth living. Good luck, men.
Phi Kappa Taus
Win First Game
In League Play
Take Game from The
Kappa Sigma Boys
With Score of 8-2
Friday afternoon, in a rather
unexciting game, the Phi Kappa
Taus downed an ailing Kappa
Sig ball club 8 to 2 as league
play-offs continued. Though both
teams made comparatively few
errors, the superior ball handling
displayed by the Phi Kappa Taus
was perhaps the most significant
feature of their victory.
Jenkins, star hurler for the Phi
Kappa lads, was near his best
as he fanned seven men and held
the remainder to only five hits
during the afternoon. At the same
time, he passed only three men to
the first sack to leave a most en­viable
record for the books.
In the batting department Fred
and Flynn Morris, Ward, and Jen­kins
each collected two hits to
bring in most of their runs. For
the Kappa Sigs, Hahn led the way
at the plate banging out two saf-ties
for his three trips at bat.
Phi Kappa Tau 001 061 0 8 9 3
Kappa Sig 000 200 0 2 5 1
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Montgomery. KS—Magnuson and
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and attributed 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, perfecting her roles
in classic ballets and learning
much also from the modern dance
movement which was so strong
an influence in Germany at that
time. She returned to America in
1930 and her debut in New York
revealed to delighted audiences a
style which is essentially her own.
Creates Own Dances
But creating her own dances
and following" the classic idiom
was not enough, for Lisa Par-nova
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.
She gave the first American Per­formance
of the French composer
Florent Schmitt's "The Tragedy
of Salome," directing forty young
dancers and herself dancing the
role of Salome: a ballet which
created such a stir that it had to
be repeated three times. With a
group of her twelve most talented
students, she created the original
ballet "Ideas of Evolution," done
without music and exemplifying
her theory of rhythm in time and
Hits and Misses
On the Intramural Front
By CHARLES SCALES
Interfraternity golf holds the
spotlight this week as four teams
advance to meet the semi-finals.
In the first bracket the Phi Del­ta
Thetas meet the ATOs while
in the other division the SAEs
will square off with the Kappa
Sigs.
Playing for the ATOs Samford
holds the number one spot and
according to the team managers
report his scores recently have
been in the high seventies. In
the next spot is Sherrod shoot­ing
around 82, while Richter holds
down the third berth shooting
close to 85.
Heading the Phi Delta Theta
team is Mills whose score has
been in the low seventies. He is
backed by Quinn in second posi­tion
with a similiar 72 and Dun­can
in third with about 75.
The Kappa Sigs are paced by
Brown who scored a 30 on nine
holes last week for four under
par. Hall is in number two spot
with a score close to par, while
Garret comes next with a low
seventy.
Johnson plays number one for
the SAEs while Wright is in the
second slot and Watley in the
third. Individual scores were not
available but all of the men are
reported to be hitting close to par.
* * *
Once again we remind you of
the open swimming meet which
is to be held the evening of
Thursday, August 13. Any Au­burn
student may enter the meet,
however the entrance applica­tions
must be filed with the In­tramural
Office before August 12.
Awards will be made to the men
holding top scores, after the meet
by the Intramural Board. Several
potential swimming stars have
been seen flashing about in the
Gym pool and nearby Lake
Chewacla and, if they live up to
expectations, this should really be
a good swim meet.
space; that a trained dancer does
not need music, but should be
able to distinguish exact rhythm
as a trained musician can distin­guish
exact pitch.
Modern life filled her with new
ideas for dances which she
worked out on her concert pro­grams
throughout the country. In
each appearance, Lisa Parnova
proved anew to her audiences her
versatility, her dramatic power
and rare grace. She danced one
of her favorite roles, that of the
Ballerine in "Petrouchka" at the
Dance Center in New York. She
has appeared also as soloist with
the Philadelphia Orchestra and
with George Barrere and his Lit­tle
Symphony Orchestra, and for
two years toured the country as
head of a ballet company with
Edwin Strawbridge as her part­ner.
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In the fraternity tennis tourna­ment
six teams meet this week
in the quarter-finals while the
Theta Chis take a well deserved
rest after fighting their way into
the semi-finals. The Alpha Psi
team runs up against the Sigma
Chis and the Kappa Sigs face the
Alpha Gamma Rhos in the first
loop, and in the other the SPEs
meet the TEPs. Following a fast
start, these closing rounds should
produce some fine tennis and the
galleries will undoubtedly be
filled with spectators.
* * *
Saturday night the interesting
new progressive game known as
"I Do-od It" provided a large
group of fun-seekers with a most
amusing evening. High scorer for
the games was Hazel McCullers,
who had a total of 8,350 points,
and she was closely followed by
Donnie Stone who finished with
8225 points. Third place was won
by Tom McKay, and J. M. Wil­liams
came in to place fourth.
These first four winners were
awarded theater tickets for their
accomplishments. More of this
type of entertainment is planned
for the near future in response to
popular demand.
* * *
Four teams pulled up in readi­ness
for the semi-finals in the
Independent Doubles Tennis
Tournament over the weekend.
Pittman and Dukes are scheduled
against Griffith and Jackson, and
McMillan and Dean will oppose
McKinnon and Lindley.
* * *
During the next few weeks
the Intramural Board will pick
an "All Star" team from the out­standing
softball men who played
this season. This group will play
the winning team of the tourna­ment
which is now in its final
rounds in a post-season game.
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