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VOLUME LXVI ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1942 NUMBER 25
Tickets for First
Game Will Go On
Sale Wednesday
Tickets for the opening football
game, against Chattanooga
this coming Friday night, will go
on sale Wednesday morning at 8
A. M. in the lobby of the field
house. Ticket sales will continue
through noon Friday, September
18, the day of the game.
The ticket windows will open
each day at 8, remaining open
until twelve, then again from 1
until six in the afternoon. Any
student wishing to purchase tickets
to the game must do so at the
above mentioned times, for NO
STUDENT TICKETS WILL BE
SOLD AT THE STADIUM FOR
NIGHT GAMES.
For student tickets, coupon
Number 1 is the student activities
book must be presented, along
with seventy-five cents. Any student
desiring to take guests to
any game to sit in the student
section may do so by buying
guest tickets to accompany their
student tickets. Guest tickets can
be obtained for $2.25 each.
RING SHORTAGE
According to the L. G. Balfour
Company it is necessary that all
students who desire rings for this
year place their orders now so
that they may be filled in time.
This request is necessary by this
company because they are taking
government orders and which
orders naturally take priority
.-over civilians.
At the same time they announced
that the rubies used before
in the rings could not be obtained
for the rest of the war. It
is possible to get a red stone for
a limited time, but only the engraving
is done on the black
onyx, which supply is also limited.
Those students planning on
buying rings should contact some
member of the Ring Committee
as soon as possible, or else notify
Henry Park, Phi Delta Theta
house.
MANUALS NEEDED
All students having copies of
Dr. Fred Allison's physics lab
manual, not now in use, are asked
to offer them for sale through
Burton's Book Store.
War Eagle Cries
I remember when I was playing
on the great Auburn Tiger's
Football Team and when we
had those rowdy and destructive
pep rallies. It was very discouraging
to say the least when
some of the newer students,
led by older ones, took it upon
themselves to show us, the
team, that they had the Auburn
Spirit. To us it was not a display
of the Auburn Spirit but
the exact opposite. We really
didn't feel much like going out
on the field and fighting for
a bunch of students that did not
even know what the Auburn
Spirit was. It made us feel pretty
bad deep down inside when
they did some of the things they
do at pep rallies. I believe the
team this year feels the same
way; they did last year and
most of them were here last
year. Best way then and the
best way now to show the team
we are behind them with the
Great Auburn Spirit is to be
at that pep rally and YELL,
then go home and make plans
to be at that game Friday night
and YELL some more. Have
you got the true Auburn
Spirit?
ON THE CAMPUS
Swimming Ribbons
Those winning ribbons in the
swimming meet last quarter may
call for them at the Intramural
office.
Newman Club Meets
Newman Club 8 o'clock Tuesday
evening. To honor all new
Catholic students. Guest of honor,
Coach Jack Meagher and
members of the football team. Refreshments
will be served.
All Engineers
The Engineers' Council will
meet tomorrow afternoon in Ramsay
218 at 5:00. This will be an
important meeting.
Air-Minded Aeros
There will be a meeting of the
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
tonight at 7:30 in Ramsay 109. All
members are urged to be present
by President Jack Tankersley.
FFA Chapter Officers
The Collegiate Chapter of the
FFA have elected the following
new officers for the present quarter:
President, Newel Fife; vice-president,
Theo Colemar; secretary,
Ralph Musick; treasurer,
Jack Green; reporter, Durward^
Tyler; parlimentarian, Johnny
Davis; sergeant-at-arms, Ellis
Hill.
Are You a Co-op ? ? ?
All men and women students
who intended to register as co-ops,
but who did not sign a co-op card
should call by the Co-op Office
in Room 201, Ramsay Hall, in
order that a correction may be
made.
Graduate Interviews
All seniors who intend to graduate
by June 1 should leave their
names and Auburn addresses in
Room 201, Ramsay Hall, in order
that interviews may be arranged
with factor:1 representatives. The
purpose of this is to prevent unemployment
after graduation.
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega will have an
important meeting Thursday
"night in their chapter room at
7:00. All members are urged to
be present for this meeting.'
Glomerata Photos
All upperclassmen who were
not here during the summer
quarter must have their "Glomerata"
photographs taken this
week ir Student Center. Those
students not photographed this
week cannot be included in the
'43 "Glomerata." The pictures
can be made any day, through
Friday, September 18, from 8:00
A. M. 'til 4:30 P. M.
Robert Blackburn, Marjorie
McKinnon Get 'Macbeth' Leads
TryoutsiotTwc
Murderers and Two
Lords Are Tonight
Auburn Players held tryouts for
the fall Play, "Macbeth" by
William Shakespeare Monday
night, and the following characters
were cast. Robert Blackburn,
who scored a hit last summer as
David Bliss in the successful
comedy, "Hay Fever," will play
Macbeth. Miss Marjorie McKinnon,
well-remembered murderess
of "Suspect," was chosen for the
part of Lady Macbeth, who was
no lady.
Macduff will be done by Tommy
Allison; Banquo, Andy Ell-ner;
Duncan, Robert Hart; Malcolm,
Milton Strain; Donalbain,
Milton Persons; Ross, Willis Dickey;
Porter, Gordon Hallmark;
Seyton, Jimmy Williams; Angis,
William Buck Taylor; Three
witches, Jeanelle Boone, Ruth
Guggenheim, and Sarah Smith;
SEARS CLUB ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS FOR
COMING QUARTER
Jimmy Baker of Kinston was
chosen last night to lead the Sears
Scholarship Club for the fall
quarter, and Randolph Snell of
Midland City is incoming vice
president. Billy Welch, freshman
from Elba, is the new secretary-treasurer.
Howard* Johnson from
Reelton was elected reporter, and
Raymond Lee from Silas is to
serve as parliamentarian.
Twenty-five members were
present for the first meeting. Pete
Turnham announced that, the
Club might sponsor an exhibit at
the Ag Fair, and Chalmers
Bryant was appointed to head a
committee to work on the exhibit
with John Clifton Merritt and
Byron Tompkins. Plans were discussed
for a social in the near
future.
Members of the Sears Scholarship
Club are boys who have received
Sears Roebuck Scholarships
for their activities in Vocational
Agriculture in high
school. Meetings are held every
two weeks in room 108 of Comer
Hall. All members, especially
freshmen, are urged to attend the
next meeting, Monday Night,
September 28, 7 P. M.
Gentlewoman, Patty McCoy; Doctor,
Helmut Thielsch.
TRYOUTS WILL BE HELD
TUESDAY NIGHT, SEPT. 15.
AT SEVEN O'CLCOCK FOR
TWO LORDS AND TWO MURDERERS.
ANYONE INTERESTED
IN MURDER PLEASE APPLY
AT THE Y-HUT.
The new production is a worthy
success to many other outstanding
performances presented by
the Players during the past few
years. Some of these have been
"King Lear," "Taming of the
Shrew,"- "She Stoops to Conquer,"
"Adam the Creator," "Suspect,"
and "Hay Fever."
Officers of the Auburn Players
this year are William Buck Taylor,
president; Marjorie McKinnon,
vice-president; and Eliza Allen
Odom, secretary and treasurer.
Professor Telfair B. Peet will
direct the play.
Freshmen Girls Will
Get Deferred Rushing
Sorority Rushing Quite a Bit Different
Jroni Fraternity; Both Get To Make Choice
There have bea<Pseveral rules followed in recent years
for the pledging of girls i -to the various sororities at Auburn.
These rules, seemingly rather complicated, are rather
simple in actual operation and if followed correctly should
be advantageous to all concerned. A brief summation of the
major rules which should be understood by all pledges, mem-mebers,
and alumnae follows:
Choral Club Is
Open for All
College Students
The Auburn Choral Club will
hold its first announced meeting
Thursday, September 17, at P.M.
in the Choral Club rooms over the
Auburn Grill. The Club meets
each Monday and Thursday at
this time and all old members and
others interested in this work are
urged to be present.
This group under the direction
of Professor Lawrence Barnett is
planning to repeat The Songs of
America which was presented
during the summer quarter. This
program, however, will be only
one of the several being planned
for the coming year.
The Choral Club has completed
one successful year as the first
organization of this type on the
campus and is looking forward to
another active year.
CHANGES IN NEW
FOOTBALL RULES
According to an announcement
from Pat Brinson, Intramural Department,
received late last night,
there will be several changes in
the rules governing touch football.
These rules are printed on
another page in this issue, but
according to him, there will be
some changes.
The revisions will apear in the
Friday's issue of the paper along
with the penalities.
CONVENTIONS
All organizations and societies
who plan to have conventions or
any other type of meetings on the
campus this year, should turn
their names and dates of meeting
into Miss Bertha Dunn at the
President's office the early part
of next week. This information
is necessary for making up the
school calendar.
Sophomore Stars Plentiful
On 1942 Plainsman Squad
By ALBERT LOEB
The 1942 edition of the Tigers
of Auburn will feature an almost
unprecedented number of sophomore
stars on its roster. Behind
a first string composed of all
seniors and juniors, sophomores
are lined up two and three deep
at every position. There are at
present no less than five first-year
men running with Cop^h
Meagher's first string reserve
lineup, and fifteen more waiting
call further down the line.
Now running "on the second
squad are Bert Trapani, end; Jim
Bradshaw, tackle; Cy Kirsch, center;
Angelo Gendusa, quarterback;
and Curtis Kuykendall,
halfback. Other standout sophs
have been plentiful, .with Dan
Stephens at end; George Will-oughby
and Herman Goodwin at
tackles; Boucher, Crenshaw and
Thompson at guards; and Joe
Salsiccia at center plugging any
and all gaps in the forward wall,
and a host of good backs, including
Hewlett, Donahue, White,
Strickland and Gaines held in reserve.
Jim Bradshaw, 190-pound
converted center, promises to be a
standout at his new post. The
former Sidney Lanier star has
been more than holding his own
in scrimmages against the first
string. Cy Kirsch is expected to
give much needed rest to Jim
Pharr at center, and seems fully
capable of doing just that, while
Bert Trapani, ranking over several
varsity holdovers, seems to
be developing into one of the
best ends on the squad. Angelo
"Babe" Gendusa has quite a job
filling the shoes of capable Aubrey
Clayton at quarter, but the
husky New Orleans lad has been
causing much comment on the accuracy
of his passing and the effectiveness
of his blocking in
scrimmage. The fifth soph in the
lineup is track man Curtis Kuykendall,
170 pounder from Sallis,
Mississippi. The blond Kuykendall,
all-state in high school days,
is a runner who hits top speed
about his third step and is as
shifty as he is fast. As a sub for
fleet Charlie Finney, he should
amply fill the bill.
All in all, it may be said that
Auburn has enough sophomore
strength to insure a good team for
a couple more years, if football is
not discontinued. If these lads
live up to the indications they
have given in practice, Auburn's
opponents should have plenty to
worry about during the coming
season.
Summer Rushing. All summer
rushing must be confined to writing
letters, visiting, etc., without
the use of the name of the sorority
and without rush parties by
local chapters of the sorority.
Closed Rushing. Closed rushing
shall be held on Monday
through Friday of the opening
week of school, no parties for
orushees, and virtually no contact
between sororities members,
alumnae, or pledges with a
rushee, with the intention of influencing
the rushee.
Procedure for Rushee. On
Thursday-of Orientation Week all
who want to be rushed must pay
a fee of 50c when registering before
or after Convocation in Social
Center. All paying this fee
are automatically invited to the
Panhellenic tea the following afternoon.
Open Rushing. Open rushing
will begin Saturday at 3 P. M.
and will continue until the following
Tuesday at 9 P. M. By 9
P. M. Friday all sororities must
hand to the secretary of the Panhellenic
Council envelopes addressed
to the rushees. By 9
o'clock Saturday morning all girls
must have placed cards signifying
whether they accept or decline in
the sororities' boxes. The same
procedure will be held for the
second series of parties except
that invitations must reach the
secretary by 8 A. M. Monday and
rushees must reply by 2 P. M. of
the same day. Rushing will consist
of four parties given by each
sorority, lasting no more than
two hours, no more than one per
day. Complete sorority expenditures
must not exceed $50.00 with
no individual member spending
money on a rushee. A copy of the
expenditure must be turned into
the Dean's office. It is during
open rushing that the rushee is
given information about the sororities,
with no sorority discus-
Col. John Waterman
Ends Draft Rumors
Cheerleaders
Are Chosen At
Rally Monday
New Leaders To Get
Tryout for First
Time Thursday Night
Before an enthusiastic gathering
of students in the Auburn
stadium yesterday afternoon, four
new cheerleaders for the 1942-43
school year were selected. As
over fifty aspirants were out for
the honors, the judges, Dr. V. W.
Lapp of the Intramural Department,
and four senior student
leaders, had a hard time in narrowing
the field down to four
finalists.
The final selecions included
one girl, Margaret Rew, freshman
from Auburn, and three
boys, Henry Shine, SAE junior;
Harry Gilmore, Alpha Psi sophomore;
and Lonnie Munger, SAE
freshman.
The contestants coached • by
John Spencer, head cheerleader,
and Dottie Norman, put on a
good show for those spectators in
the stadium, and made the judges'
final decision a difficult one.
The cheerleaders will accompany
the various API athletic
teams to their games, and will
•represent Auburn and its students.
Their first duty will be at
the pep rally Thursday night, following
which they will make
their first major appearance in
Montgomery at the Auburn-Chattanooga
game Friday night.
No Definite Orders
Have Reached Him;
"Continue as Usual"
Colonel John J. Waterman, in
a statement issued to the Auburn
Plainsman on Thursday
night, stated that, as far as he
knew, there was no officially
announced basis for the rumors
which have been circulating
through Auburn, regarding calling
of all reserve classes into
the army. The Colonel said
that following Secretary of War
Henry Stimson's speech of last
week concerning additional
man power for the armed forces.
Senator Listor Hill wrote
him telling that details are as
yet not definitely known.
The letter brought the information
that the program was
so complex that to date no
satisfactory arrangements have
been made, and that it is yet
undecided what would happen
to college men and other like
groups.
It is Colonel Waterman's suggestion
that all students take a
neutral attitude until more is
known about the situation, and
"stand pat" at the end of the
present quarter, continuing
their curriculum as they have
in the past.
The Colonel also announced
that five members of the Officers
Procurement Board will
come to Auburn on October 19.
These five officers each represent
a branch of the armed
forces. Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, Army Air Corps, and
Navy Air Corps. Each man will
explain to the students the
branch of service that he represents,
and will explain its relation
to the college student.
sing any other than itself. Under
no circumstances shall a rushee
be asked to promise one sorority
before preferential slips a re
signed.
. . . . from
cover to cover
Transportation to Games Will Be Problem
Friday night some of us (we hope the majority of
us) will journey over to the Capitol City to see the Auburn
Tigers beat Chattanooga. Transportation over
- there is something else again and we discuss it and possible
remedies on page two.
Biggest Show for Servicemen Yet To Appear
The Grand Ole Opry comes to Auburn tomorrow
night at the Graves Center Amphitheater. The public
is invited but reserved seats are for servicemen only.
For more details about What to expect turn to page
three.
Also on this page we find the_ Navy's own column,
Navy Blues.
Auburn's Football Roster for 1942
On page four we print for the first time the Tigers'
new roster so that you will be able to familiarize yourself
with who is on our team this year. Find this on
page four.
Also on page four the touch football rules and regulations
are given. Some changes will be made we have
been informed but on the whole they are all right.
Fraternity Football Leagues
Released last night the new leagues for the fraternities
and touch football. Play will begin on September
30, so start getting in shape now.
Second poem to appear in The Auburn Plainsman
is one by a mother who has a son enrolled in Auburn
this time. We liked it, and others who read it did also.
Read it on page six.
Twelve Sophomores
Tapped for Owls
At Convocation
At Convocation Thursday night,
twelve Sophomore women were
tapped for Owls.
Owls is an honorary organization,
sponsored by Cardinal Key,
which selects Sophomore women
who have maintained high scholastic
averages and who have
been active in other phases of
campus life.
Those selected were Winnie
Ruth Price, Ashford, Laboratory
Technique; Doris Ruth Beding-field,
Auburn, Home Economics;
Pat Elliot, Fort Benning, Georgia,
Science and Literature; Marsha
Hartzell, L i n d e n, Secretarial
training.
Sarah Kirkwood, Waverly, Foreign
Service; Jane Sheffield, Pine
Hill, Business Administration;
Mary Jo Spradley, Anniston, Secretarial
Training; Dale Wilson,
Huntsville, Laboratory Technique;
Tutta Thrasher, Auburn, Business
Abministration; Betty Crosby,
Haley ville, Education; Eugenia
Kegley, Birmingham* Science and
Literature; and Evelyn Martin,
Plantersville, Home Economics.
Mrs. Salter Is
Selected As
Club Chairman
Supervision of Army
Club Activities Is
Under Her Control
Mrs. Elmer G. Salter, formerly
of Opelika and Auburn, has been
named chairman of the program
committee of the Bainbridge
Army Air Forces Basic Flying
School Woman's Club which was
recently organized by the officers'
wives.
The club is headed by Mrs.
R. E. L. Choate, wife of the commanding
officer, who said at the
first meeting, "we expect very
soon to launch various activities
under chairman heads."
Mrs. Salter, the former Miss
Elizabeth Jackson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Jackson, of
Opelika, will supervise all activities
of the various clubs, which
have been formed. Her husband,
Lieutenant Elmer G. Salter, former
sports publicity director and
freshman basketball coach at Auburn,
is Public Relations Officer
at the Bainbridge Post.
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'I'M A BAD—D—D BOY'
September 15, 1942
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' *ou ^t five demerits for plinking your teacher, and you are
expelled from school Jor wasting rubber:"
Drawn for Office of War Information.
The Editor's Desk . . .
For the past three months we have been more or less preaching
about the student's part in the war effort and trying to impress on
him his part in this great national defense program that we are now
carrying on, to win the war.
From now on however, we are not going to tell you that there is
a war going on or that national defense is necessary for our victory,
but we are going to try to tell you where you can give your services
better and for greater value than otherwise.
Only in extreme cases will we come out and tell you that there
are things going on around us and we should wake up.
Cooperation for Transportation to Games
One thing that is coming up this week-end that will aid our national
situation and one that may not seem important at first thought,
is the matter of transportation to the Chattanooga football game.
Rubber tires are scarce and gas is rapidly getting in the same fix.
We know that some students are going and we are not asking that
they not go. But, we would like to suggest that all cars that go to
Montgomery carry a full load of Auburnites and return with the
same. There are lots of students who would go to the game if they
could and. who a r e willing to pay-a seasonable fee. -•—--
It is only a small thing to do and would help us, and our country
at the same time.
Not All of Winning Games Depends on 17 Men
This week begins the football season for the 1942 Auburn Tigers,
which promises to be one of the best in our history, despite all the
throw-backs that have occurred.
But, not all the work will be left up to those eleven men out on
the field fighting for those touchdowns and winning those games.
Most of it will be left up to the students who go to the games and to
the whole student body who will be at the Pep Rallies.
Due to transportation facilities all of the students may not be
able to go to the games, but everyone of us can be at those rallies
and show the team that at least we are behind them even if we are
prohibited from going.
We remember last year at the first mid-week pep rally how much
the team liked the spirit and how the team captain commented and
lauded the Auburn Spirit that was being displayed. This year we
can do the same thing, only better.
This student body at Auburn is the best since any of us have been
here. We can do big things if we will but try. Let this be our first
big attempt.
Town and Campus
By LEONARD HOOPER
Pep Rallies Are for the Team
This columnist thinks that the freshmen's pep rally which was
held the other afternoon in the stadium was one of the best which
has been observed here yet.
There was one thing, though, which was alluded to, rather gingerly
and vaguely by a couple of the speakers, which I would like to
re-emphasize and supplement: the warning to freshmen that they
would help make better pep rallies for themselves by leaving the
rallies and going home or downtown peaceably and quietly every
Thursday night. Right here and now I want to impress on each new
man the importance of having fightin' mad, but gentlemanly, pep
rallies. Auburn has always had good, lively pep rallies. Under the
sponsorship of Alpha Phi Omega, our little weekly pre-game morale-boosters
have been of the finest kind, the rally before the Georgia
Tech game becoming almost a national classic—the Wreck Tech
rally.
Here is the part of the discussion which I want every freshman
to be sure to get. A few years ago, after some of the rallies, every
night some of the boys would go downtown for a little session of
"fun." There were various unpleasant episodes with the merchants,
and after one night's work, which included de-gravitating a train,
our fine night pep rallies were suspended.
For a while, afternoon pep meetings were tried, but these proved
unsatisfactory, as they usually do. People had classes, complications
arose, and the Auburn spirit simply wasn't as good as in the past.
Then, a couple of years ago, some of the students approached
school executives and asked if night pep rallies could not be tried
again. At first on probation, the rallies were restored, and a much
finer support was evidenced Thursday nights and at the games on
Saturday. Everyone yelled, and then went on away from the stadium
and behaved.
I'm now appealing to you new students to cooperate now in this
observance of the townspeople's rights which has worked so smoothly
since Auburn students regained the privilege of holding the rallies
at night. Come on out to the rallies, and let's make them really fine
this year, but afterwards, let's remember that these fine rallies are
our privilege, and behave, so that we may continue to have this
privilege.
Column Left Hitch-hikers with Consideration for Motorists
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.
We wonder why we don't all
get together and decide upon
something to be called. We are
"Auburn, API, and Alabama Poly.
We are the Tigers and the Plainsmen.
It's amoozing, but confooz-in.
* *. *
As Auburn we are well-known;
but when we are referred to as
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
we sound like part of Tennessee's
football schedule.
* * *
If all the football teams called
"Tigers" in the country were laid
end to end, tackle to tackle, and
guard to guard, there would be
one heluva scrap; 'cause there are
hundreds. But there is not another
team in the nation called the
"Plainsmen," the closest approach
being the "Planesmen" of Knute
Field.
* * *
Years ago a legislative act
named this asylum. Later another
legislature changed the name.
We would now like to see the
third time, the one that bears the
charm. From "Alabama A. & M.",
we progressed to API. "We did it
once, and we can do it again."
* * *
Simple dignity and easy recognition
would be provided by the
name, "Auburn University." In
addition, there would be definite
advantages to the students, due
to our becoming officially a university.
We hope someone calls
us on that, 'cause we would enjoy
elaborating.
* * *
We've been hearing wild reports
about the interior decorating
in Alumni. It seems that there
will be no drinking problem anyhow.
If one sees all the walls a
different color and animals on 'em
while sober, one ain't likely to
face 'em while under the affluence
of incohol. They might come
to life.
* * *
There are quite a number of
new sights on the campus. And
"evvybody's lookin'." But we
don't mean them. We mean the
things they do.
* * *
For example: We saw a co-ed
standing in front of the New
Building and hitch-hiking toward
Vet Hill.
* * *
And we see 'em wearing rat
caps and finding out boys names
and telephone numbers for up-perclasswomen.
* * *
Bat when they organize the
RWAACOTC here, we're going to
give up and get out of town as
fast as we can. This school is no
longer going to the dogs. It ain't
even going to the wolves. Perhaps
the new name should be the
original one revived, "East Alabama
Female College."
* * *
The USO show Saturday night
really did approach Hellzapoppin'
when a bit of thrown pie sailed
out in the audience to bring up
against three sailors. We somehow
think that that wasn't in the
script.
Hitch-hiking is becoming harder and
harder each day. With rubber tires already
rationed and gas almost at that
point, motorists who travel are becoming
very scarce.
Hitch-hiking is an Auburn pastime and
in some cases almost a business. Auburn
students are noted for their ability to get
where they are going by the shortest route
and with the least waste of time. Also,
the majority of them are known to be
gentlemen when it comes to rides which
are offered them.
During the holidays we tried this hitchhiking
and found, not rides, but perhaps
some of the reasons why students' rides
are a little fewer and farther between
than is normal.
We heard of two students from this
school who were offered a ride by a man
who never picked up hitch-hikers as a
rule, but never refused an Auburn man a
ride.
On this particular occasion, he picked
up the two students and they got into the
rear seat. Everything was all right, until
the students got out, then one of them
slammed the door so hard the glass broke.
This not enough, the man looked on his
upholstery and found a nice little cigarette
burn. This might have been smoothed over
if not for the third thing against the Auburn
boys and something that no Auburn
man should ever be guilty of. The students
never said a word and left the man with
all their damage. Needless to say this man
does not pick up Auburn men or any
hitch-hikers anymore.
All this leads up to one thing: Since
rides are short, and scarce, and sweet, Auburn
students who try hitch-hiking should
take all possible means and pains to see
that everything runs along smoothly and
without any fault of their own.
If this is not carried out then some of
you are going to be caught standing on the
corner and cars, a few, just calmly going
on by.
It will take everyone, but Auburn's
name can be kept up and its students'
position not lowered because of one or
two non-thinking students.
Upperclassmen a Welcome Sight on Campus
Q u a d r a t i cs
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
in this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the editorial
policies of this paper.
Hades and I have an alternate
columnist now. Her name is
Mavis Widney, and her first column
will appear next issue. We
have absolutely no advice to give
on how to write a column.
In the past two issues of The Auburn
Plainsman we have devoted most of our
editorial writing to freshman and his part
in Auburn during the next four years.
But, this does not mean that we are not
glad to have some of our old friends back
with us for one more year, or portion
thereof anyway.
Upperclassmen are often neglected during
the first part of school because so
many freshmen arrive that everyone is
busy trying to take care of them and show
them around the campus and college, that
they forget all about the old stand-bys
that have come back to school.
To say the truth it was a surprise to
some that so many upperclassmen returned
to school. But, to others it was not a sur-
_ « _ ^ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ prise, but a happy thought come true. For
one thing, it shows that Auburn is turning
out men that can think and look to the
D ' A I T T M r\r\r\ .?"~f"u**ire,«»d determine^ for themselves,1 what-"'*
By ALLEN ODOM c o u r s e t h e y w a n t t h e i r l i v e g tQ t a ke
This is a time of war when everything is
changed. One does not know from day to
day whether he will be able to enroll for
the next year or not. Yet, it shows that
With the U. S. armed forces
scattered all over the world, what
the country needs now more than
anything else is a good International
Date Line.
* * *
Phil, fhe Persecuted Poet, gets
this one blamed on him too:
Marie, an Auburn freshman,
Decided to snare a yesh-man.
She campaigned well,
As one can tell;
'Cause now they need a besh-man.
* * *
HALT ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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The other night all dormitories
held house meetings at which the
rules governing women students
were read. They sounded pretty
reasonable to us. Since they are
reasonable we feel that they are
an exception to the rule . . . the
rule being "All rules are made
to be broken."
* * *
One rule has been changed. It
used to read, "Girls must not go
to fraternity houses unchaperoned
unless in groups of two or three."
It now reads, "Girls must not go
to fraternity houses unchaperoned,
period."
* * *
Another rule states that no girl
may have men visitors in her
room. As one Head-of-hall so
quaintly put it, "And girls, I can
make no exceptions to this rule,
not even if you have a note from
your mother saying it is all
right." Why, Mu-thurrr!
* * *
The main function of the
Heads-of-Hall is not to snoop,
check, and apply "minors" where
they hurt the most . . . no matter
what preconcieved notion you
may have had of them . . . so
don't treat them as if they were
members of the Gestapo. In fact,
in the past the Heads-of-Hall
were the first people we ran to
for help out of our 'minor' difficulties,
and surely a few additional
girls won't change all that.
* * *
As for rush rules. They are very
complicated, no matter if they do
seem pretty simple to most of us. *
There is a reason why the girls
who have been showing every interest
in the world in your welfare
suddenly Jsegin to look furtively
over their shoulders before
they speak. It's something about
Ten per cent of your income
„7« in War Bonds will help to
* build the planes and tanks
that will insure defeat of Hitler
and his Axis partners.
closed rushing, which really
means no rushing for a while.
That's to give you , a breathing
spell and to give the sorority
girls time to have that nervous
breakdown they've been threatening.
* * *
Since rush parties are over by
this time, I suppose every girl
knows what she wants to do, so
no advice is needed in that quarter
. . . but Hades has to get her
two bits in. She says . . . if you've
thought the matter over once,
think twice, if you've thought
twice, think three times and so
on. Just make sure you're right.
* * *
Speaking of rules, the University
correspondent of Quadratics
reports that no smoking is permitted
on the campus. She also
says that she thinks there is a
place where nicotine fiends gather
to smoke the vicious weed in
secrecy. She has spent all her
spare time searching for the tobacco
den with no success thus
far. Every wisp of smoke attracts
her attention and she is rapidly
becoming a suspect of arson since
she has been first on the scene of
all recent fires in that vicinity.
* * *
Hades and I met two very brave
individuals the other day. They
might even be termed "Cha'act-ers."
Their names are Mary
Harrison and Louise Torbert. The
thing that makes them extraordinary
is that they are full-fledged
engineering students. Hooray for
them. And they look very interesting.
They don't wear boots and
work pants. They don't cuss on
slight provsocation. In fact they
are very lady-like, very feminine.
You'd never guess they were
moving into man's closely guard--
ed field of work. Hope they make
it!
* * *
Now for the WOMAN OF THE
WEEK. Reid Anderson, the epitome
of what every Auburn girl
wants to be . . . intelligent, beautiful,
charming to the last degree,
and well . . . she's tops, in our
estimation.' She's someone you'll
all want to know. See what you
can do about it.
* * *
Any complaints, information,
etc., will be quietly accepted by
Hades Daquiri, TPWR, Dorm. I,
Room 104.
Auburn men and women want something
in this world, and that they know the way
to go about getting it.
Those men in the last way can testify
how much they wish that they could have
been privileged to complete their college
education, or even part of it. Auburn men
are given that chance now. It is not everyone
that can come back to college and continue
his college training. It is not everyone
that wants to continue his education.
The fact that our enrollment has not
fallen off appreciably indicates to us, that
our students, old and new, are realizing
that what they are getting here right now
is more valuable than quitting and joining
one of the armed forces.
If Uncle Sam needs you he will call
you, do not doubt that. The trouble is that
some few of us have failed to think of this
and have left school to "see the world."
When we get out we may have to go, but
'we~will liave"m'6re' than the next fellow,
and when this war is over, we will have
that much of a jump over him in that we
did the hard part before going and now
we can begin where we left off, four or
three years ahead of every one else.
The Resignation of Dr. George Petrie
One of Auburn's most distinguished faculty
members, Dr. George Petrie, found
it necessary, last week, to tender his resignation
to Pres. L. N. Duncan. The resignation
was accepted by the President's
Office, after the graduate school dean explained
in his letter that his health had not
been good for some months.
Students who have had the pleasure of
having Dean Petrie as an instructor sincerely
regret to see him leave API. His
lectures each week on the subject of current
world happenings, which were so
brilliantly spiced with the sharp Petrie
wit, were enjoyed by students, faculty
members, and townspeople alike. The Current
Event classroom, unlike many another
classroom, was a source of pleasure, not
pain.
Dr. Petrie began his illustrious career
as historian, educator, and athlete over 55
years ago. Always an ardent believer in
the value of various sports, he organized
and coached, in the fall of 1891, our first
football team. This squad defeated the
University of Georgia 10 to 0 the following
year and started a keen rivaltry between
the two schools which is scheduled
to be renewed again in a few weeks.
Although the resignation of Dean Petrie
was effective at the end of last month,
we hope and think that we will still be
seeing some more of him—and a lot more.
It won't seem right for him to be absent
from Broun Auditorium each Tuesday
night. We believe that he will come
back now and then to lecture when some
important change occurs on the international
front. And everybody will say that
it's a great talk being given by a grand
guy who's a real AUBURN MAN! B. T.
Clothes may make the man, but they
can ruin the college student.JTlashy clothes
are like lightening—it lights up the campus
for an instant but then it is all over
and gone. A little thought about our
clothes may save and make us friends.
All indications are pointing to one of,
if not the best, ROTC Cadet Corps that we
have seen at API in some time. Not only in
quantity but in quality also; the new men
seem to take to the training like ducks to
water. It must be WAR.
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September 15, 1942 THE AT JBURN P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Op ry mm Night
ca me I Ca ravan Sh ows HMe re Tom orrow
MASTER OF CEREMONIES IS WELL-LIKED!
Ford Rush (center) surrounded by the lovely Camelettes, emcees
the Camel Caravan Grand Ole Opry Unit when it comes to Auburn
on September 17. The Grand Ole Opry, famous radio program
featuring stars of stage, screen and radio, is one of four units
now touring the country giving good will performances for our
men in the armed forces.
CARAVAN PROGRAM FEATURES GOOD MUSIC
Grand Ole Opry Will
Play for Trainees
Dolly Dearman, Kay Carlisle, Minnie Pearl,
And San Antonio Rose Featured Attractions
The Camel Caravan will roll into Auburn tomorrow night
to play for one night at the Graves Amphitheater. The Caravan
is better known as the Grand Ole Opry of radio fame and
which is heard weekly over radio station WSM in Nashville,
Tennessee. The group is composed of radio, stage, and screen
personalities and they will be in Auburn to present a show
for the benefit of the Naval Radio Station trainees. The public
is invited to the show but the reserved seats are for only the
sailors and service men.
Unit 1 is one of the traveling variety shows appearing at
Army Camps, Naval Stations, and
Marine Bases all over the country,
wherever American fighting
men are on duty. The shows
travel in buses and trucks and
are prepared to stay under the
most diversified conditions.
Ford Rush is master -6i ceremonies
of the Caravan's Grand
Ole Opry Unit, and the show
features the dancing of Dolly
Dearman, the singing of Kay
unit, sings both styles equally
well. From Nashville, Tenn., her
mother wanted her to play violin
in a classical manner.
But she didn't like it. She
wanted to sing, and one night
she got her chance. She had gone
to a college dance with some
friends who knew her ambition.
For a joke, they asked the band
leader to announce that Kay
Carlisle, the mountain music of w o u l d s i nS- s h e t o o k t h e m a11 UP
the Golden West Cowboys, the ° n **> So t o n t h e s t a n d ' a n d d ld
comedy fiddling of Fiddlin' Rad, a number, and shortly thereafter
the guitar work and songs of Pu t a w a v h e r v i o l i n f o r good-
San Antonio Rose, the harmonizing
of the Camelette Trio, and
the comedy of Minnie Pearl and
Cicero.
This unit has recently completed
a tour of the Caribbean outposts
of the United States Army
and Navy.
There' will be noL. admission
charged, and free cigarettes will
be given to all service men present.
Songstress
Sweet-or hot . . . it makes no
fdifferenee.- Kay-Carlisle, featured
songstress with the Caravan's
DOLLY'S A HONEY!!!
NAVY BLUES
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UNITED
FOR years scientists have found
difficulties in joining metal and
glass, since most kinds of glass have
a different expansion rate from that
of the metals.
(Glass and metal may be tight at
one temperature, but when they are
heated, the glass will either crack
or separate from the metal.)
The larger the seal, the more
difficult is the problem, so it has
been necessary to develop special
iron-nickel-cobalt alloys for large
seals in vacuum tubes.
Recently, however, Dr. Albert W.
Hull (Yale '05) and Dr. Louis
Navias (C.C.N.Y. '18), of the G-E
Research Laboratory, developed a
means for producing tight seals
between glass and iron without the
use of nickel or cobalt (vital war
metals). They have devised a series
of glass compositions whose rate of
expansion is very close to thatof iron.
us/Vews
IH A HURRY
THE graduates of technical
schools and engineering colleges
were in a great rush to get on the
job last June. In fact, some of them
didn't even wait for the graduation
exercises.
They weren't hurrying to be the
"early birds" who got the work.
(They didn't have to; there was an
estimated shortage of 82,000 technical
graduates!) They were anxious
to start producing for war.
About 700 young engineers joined
the G-E "test" course and reported
for duty from two to six weeks
earlier than usual. Immediately put
to work on military equipment, the
test men will have an opportunity
to study advanced engineering in
evening classes sponsored by the
Company.
GENERAL H§ ELECTRIC
Camelette Trio
The Camelettes, stars of WSM
and the NBC-Red network, distinctive
girl trio, will also appear
in the Caravan. They are
publicized as one of the best
harmony teams on the air-waves
today.
In private life they are Loretta
Reed, Mary Dinwiddle, and Evelyn
Wilson . . . a blonde, a brunette,
and a redhead.
Their clever manner of vocalizing
has brought fan letters from
fifteen states, and since appearing
on WSM's broadcast of Grand
Ole Opry, they have b e en
swamped with offers for personal
appearances. All are capable of
solo work, but they have avoided
it for fear that they might break
up the smooth harmony of the
team. However, they have fine
solo voices as evidenced in the
breaks and solo parts which they
feature as part of their Caravan
performance.
San Antonio Rose
San Antonio Rose, whose ingratiating
way of singing Southwestern
songs is known and admired
by thousands of radio listeners,
will appear in the show.
Rose is that rare thing in show
business She is a commercially
successful artist presenting authentic
material out of her own
background. Born two decades
ago in Richland, Missouri, she
lived in an area where the mountain
folk "write" their own music
and words when they want to
sing.
Eight years ago she started
broadcasting, and her reputation
grew rapidly. She performed over
NBC and CBS hookups and began
to travel in the Southwest
and Middle West on personal appearance
engagements.
Two years ago she signed a long
term contract with the Golden
West Cowboys, and has appeared
with them ever since. Rose particularly
enjoys performing for the
service men. Her husband, James
McCall, is a sergeant in the Army.
Minnie Pearl
Being a small-town girl has not
handicapped Minnie Pearl, the
female comic who comes to Auburn
with the Camel Caravan. In
fact, she has made a big career
out of it.
Minnie was born in Grinder's
Switch, Tenn. Her father owned
a sawmill and "mayored for a
spell on the side," as Minnie likes
to tell audiences. She went to
school in Nashville and got a degree
in dramatics, specializing in
Shakespeare. But she never became
an actress in the Grand
Manner. Instead, she went into
play production in small schools
and churches around the country.
Eight years of this work gave her
a vast acquaintanceship among
the common people of the U. S.
and helped her to acquire the
homespun humor with which she
now delights spectators and
radio-listeners.
At 29, Minnie is unmarried, and
refers to her condition as "one
over which I has no control." Her
ambition is to save enough money
to have Mr. Rand McNally put
Grinder's Switch on the map.
Patronize our Advertisers.
The slogan joined to Navy recruiting by years of usage "Join the
Navy and See the World" has been changed during this war to
"Join the Navy and Help Free the World," but it is believed that
both of these slogans are still applicable, for the Navy is now fighting
in every corner of the globe. In peace time recruiting much publicity
was at one time given to the good influence of travel, and
while this of course depends a great deal on the individual, it is believed
to be a potent factor that will have a great deal of influence
in this"country when the War is over, for today not only the Navy,.
but the Army and Marine corps are doing considerable travel on
their own.
When you have actually seen and lived in many different sections
of your own country and the world, these places and faces thereafter
assume a. definite and closer relation to your daily thoughts
than the geography and history you read. Many service men find
time to supplement this travel with study of the history of people
and countries they visit, but none of this is as impressive, and none
of it remains as vivid in the minds of men, as the things and people
they actually see and visit.
Contrast One Faith with Another
For instance, when you have seen a pilgrim of Mohammed
crawling on his knees for miles on end over the rough terrain on
his way to Mecca, or if you have knowledge and have seen demonstrations
of the absolute faith of the disciples of Buddha, then
when you visit your own church you are liable to make a contrast
of how easy it is for a man to follow faithfully the laws of our
Christian religion and how few of us live up to the obligations we
believe in.
When you have seen the China of the days before the war and
saw at first hand the work of the mobs or ruffians and murderers
who killed and pillaged with little or no provocation, when your
ship has anchored in the yellow waters of the Yangzte and you have
watched the bodies of the victims of these guerrillas come floating
by, or have sat in the evening and watched the men and women
who spend their entire lives in small sampans, or boats, excitedly
scramble for the morsels of bread and meat that went down your
slopchute as garbage, or watched the execution of men and women
via the beheading process for acts no more violent than what would
be considered petty pilfering in the USA, if you have marveled at
the lack of emotion with which these people face death, you will
probably realize how bad things can get in a country divided and
without adequate government. /•
Average Britisher Knows Little of America
When you have seen some of the- larger cities of England and
talked with the man on the streets, you will realize that the average
British man knows little about our country, and that some of them
still think of us as a colony. You will find why they have been such
good organizers and fighters; you will marvel at their bull dog
brand of tenacity and their unswerving allegiance to their synonymous
country and King. You will probably find that it is unhealthy to
criticize either of the latter.
You will think of the Central and 'South American peopte,theh-customs
and traditions; will probably wonder why you never heard
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Important Notice to All Students
From The Ideal Laundry
Dear Students:
We are operating as best we can with the loss of many
of our workers to the armed forces and defense plants.
Please save yourself worry and our time by waiting for
your laundry and dry-cleaning to be delivered. It may not
reach you on the scheduled time but all student laundry delivered
to the plant by Wednesday at 12 noon will be ready
for delivery and delivered (if picked up by us) the same week.
Cooperation will get your laundry and dry-cleaning back
earlier. Calling us over the telephone holds up delivery, because
it keeps the help from carrying on their work effectively.
Thank you,
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T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN September 15, 1942
Tiger 1942 Football Roster
HEAD COACH AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: JACK MEAGHER (Notre Dame)
ASSISTANT COACHES: Louis Hertenberger (St. Edwards), James Fenton (Auburn)
TRAINER: Wilbur Hutsell (Missouri)
STUDENT MANAGER: Bob Kloeti
COLORS: Burnt Orange and Navy Blue
NICKNAME: Tigers
No. Name
10 Cyril Kirsch
11 Zac Jenkins
12 Merrill Girardeau
14 Herbert Strickland
15 Buck Jenkins
18 Joe Eddins*
20 Carl Fletcher
21 Elton Hinton
22 Dan Stephens
24 John Bridgers
25 Monk Gafford*
27 Gene Barrineau
28 Mark ilainer
29 Marcel Boucher
30 Jim Pharr
31 Jim McClurkin*
32 Frank Bridgers
33 Everett Harwell
34 Charles Finney*
36 Jack Ferrell*
38 Clarence Grimmett
39 Bill Ellis
40 Herbert Burton
41 Angelo Gendusa
42 Curtis Kuykendall
45 George Willoughby
46 Jim Reynolds*
47 Roy Crenshaw
48 John White
49 Billy Donahue
50 Stuart Gaines
51 Vic Costellos* (Capt.)
53 Fagan Canzoneri*
54 Billy Barton*
55 Jim Bradshaw
57 Herman Goodwin
59 McCoy Hewlett
60 Jack Cornelius*
61 Tommy Kennell
63 Joe Salsiccio
65 David Lyon
66 Bert Trapani
67 Jimmy Rose
68 Clarence Harkins*
69 Aubrey Clayton*
70 Louis Chateau
71 Jack Thompson
72 Ty Irby*
*Denotes Letter Men 1941
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Home
New Orleans, La.
West Point, Ga. _
Montgomery
LaGrange, Ga
Birmingham
Birmingham
Gadsden
Jasper
Montgomery
Birmingham
Fort Deposit —,—
Cairo, Ga
Livingston
Prep School
Jesuit High
West Point High
Lanier
Lagrange High
Ramsay
West End
Gadsden High
Walker Co. High
Lanier
Ramsay
Fort Deposit High
Cairo
New Orleans, La.
Ft. Payne
Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham
Buffalo
Livingston High
Holy Cross
DeKalb Co. High
Woodlawn
Ramsay
Phillips
Birmingham _
Birmingham —
Valley Head _
Jasper
Five Points High
Phillips
West End
New Orleans, La.
Sallis, Miss.
Dadeville
LaGrange, Ga
Lanett ..—*
Valley Head High
. Walker Co. High
Warren Easton
Sallis High
Tallapoosa Co. High
LaGrange High
Lanett High
Peters High
._„ Lanier
... Ramsay
1 Ramsay
New Orleans, La.
Montgomery .—.
Birmingham
Birmingham
Bessemer Bessemer High
Birmingham _. - Lanier High (Mtgy)
Montgomery Lanier
New Orleans .... Warren Easton
Birmingham Ramsay
Jasper Walker Co. High
Elgin, 111. - Elgin High
New Orleans _ JZ12-L1 Warren Easton
Hayneville Lowndes Co. High
Savannah, Ga Benedictine M. S.
Florence .... Florence High
Gadsden Gadsden High
Colliersville, Tenn. Colliersville High
New Orleans, La Warren Easton
Birmingham West End
Eufaula ~~ Eufaula High
"SWEET PICKIN'
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STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
TRY SOME TODAY
FROZ-RITE
OPELIKA CREAMERY
Swimming Hours
Released by The
Intramural Dept.
The hours which the swimming
pool in Alumni Gym will be
open were released yesterday by
the Intramural Department. It
will be available to outside swimmers
from the hours of five to
six every day, Monday through
Friday, and on Saturday from two
to five o'clock.
Swimmers are cautioned that
all of the rules and regulations
set up for the swimming classes
must be followed. Most important
prequisite of swimmers is that a
bathing cap must be worn at all
times while in the pool.
The other rules are posted on
the bulletin board at Alumni
Gym.
"DAD...PLEASE
BRING HOME
A CARTON OF
COCA-COLA"
Refreshment at home is a family affair And a six-bottle
carton of Coca-Cola is the easy way to provide it. Pick up
a carton at your favorite dealer's on your way home today.
COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.
OPELIKA, ALA.
SATURDAY CLASSES
EXCUSED FOR FIVE
FOOTBALL GAMES
The Executive Council has announced
that students will be excused
from Saturday classes for
five football games this Fall
Quarter. The dates, games, and
locations are:
Sept. 26—Ga. Tech in Atlanta
Oct. 31—Miss. State in Birmingham
Nov. 7—Ga. Naval Aviators
in Columbus
Nov. 14—LSU in Birmingham
Nov. 21—Georgia in Columbus
ROTC Gives
Riding Rules
For Students
Privilege Riding
Will Begin On
Sunday, Sept 20
The Military Office has released
the rules governing the
students who now hold Prvilege
Riding Cards. Those students who
do not have the cards and want
them, must go by the Military
office and obtain them from Lt.
W. R. Blalock. A picture is required
and the old privileged riding
card used last year.
The following are the rules and
will go into effect, Sunday, September
20, the first day privilege
riding will be permitted:
1. I will ride at all times with
the rider opposite my name.
2.1 will not exceed the walk on
paved roads, or the trot at any
time.
3. I will allow no other person
to ride the horse for which I
signed.
4. I will walk the horse for the
first ten minutes out of the stable
and the last ten minutes returning.
5. I will see that he is not unduly
fatigued or exerted.
6.,I will groom and care for the
horse and equipment oivreturn to
the stables and will report any accident
to the N. C. O. in charge.
7. I will return the horse to the
stables not later than 3:00 P. M.
8. I will not ride in restricted
areas (such as private lawns, experimental
plots, and where riding
is prohibited by signs.)
Any violation of the rules above
will be sufficient for revoking
Riding Privileges.
W. R. Blalock
1st Lt., F. A.,
Stable Officer.
shall go to the op-a
spot ten yards in
Sidney Wahl Little
Enters Army With
Rank of Captain
Military service began Thursday
for Sidney Wahl Little, associate
professor of architecture
at API since 1937. Entering service
on appointment as captain in
the adjutant general's department,
he will serve in the officer
procurement branch.
Captain Little reported Thursday
at Ft. McPherson, Atlanta,
Ga., and expects his first assignment
to be in Birmingham. Mrs.
Little will remain in Auburn for
the present.
Dr. Boughton Leaves
For New Assignment
Dr. Donald C. Boughton, member
of the staff of the U. S. Regional
Laboratory at Auburn for
the three years, left last Thursday
for the Beltsville, Md., Re-seach
Center, where he will begin
a new assignment with the
Bureau of Animal Industry.
Dr. Boughton's promotion will
place him in charge of research
in protozoology in the zoological
division at Beltsville.
"MINUTE MEN FOR
DEFENSE" NAMED
Horace Heidt and his Musical
Knights have been appointed by
the Treasury Department as
"Minute Men for Defense." The
orchestra will leave shortly on a
tour of America's largest cities,
making personal appearances in
colleges, factories, and for civic
and fraternal bodies. The music-making
Minute Men will entertain
these groups, and then give
short talks on the importance of
buying Stamps and Bonds. In the
colleges the Heidt orchestra will
conduct an educational campaign
to start students using a Defense
Stamp Savings Plan..
Fraternity Football
Rules Are Listed
Exceptions to Rules and Few Regulations
Are Given Now; Penalties Next Issue
With touch football only a matter of days away now and
the fraternity teams beginning to get their lineups made and
practice already far under way, the Intramural Department
released the list of rules and regulations that govern the
interfraternity and intramural games.
This issue we will publish the rules and regulations and
next issue we will carry the list of penalties that may be
imposed on an offending team.
The following are the rules as
announced by the Intramural Department:
There shall be eight minute
quarters with one minute between
each quarter and five minutes
between the halfs. For an
over time period, three minutes
will be allowed. In case of a tied
score, the team in possession of
the ball will retain the ball and
beginning at its thirty yard line,
advance the ball as far as possible
in four downs. At this point
the opposing team will take the
ball and try to advance the ball
past the same thirty yard line.
The team making the most yardage
will be declared the winner.
If the teams are still tied after
the four down's, then another
three minute interval will be allowed.
No metal cleats are to be worn,
but regulation football shoes or
soccer shoes are legal equipment.
The winner of the toss shall
have his choice of kicking, receiving,
or defending a specified
goal. The loser of the toss will
have the option of the above at
the beginning of the second half.
Exceptions lo Rules
The Official football rules will
be used with these exceptions:
1. Nine players on a side
2. Kickoff from the thirty yard,
line
3. On offense, there must be at
least five men on the line.
4. A player may be substituted
any number of times.
5. On the kickoff, the ball going
over the sidelines, between
goal lines,
ponents at
front of where it went out of
bounds.
6. In case of a free ball on the
ground the ball shall go to the
player first touching it. (This
rule eliminates the necessity of
diving for the ball.)
7. There shall be no tackling or
rough handling of the ball carrier,
passer or kicker. Penalty:
15 yards from spot of foul.
8. The man having possession of
the ball is considered down when
simultaneously touched by both
hands of an opponent. A ball carrier
who has not been tagged, but
who accidentally falls to the
ground, may continue to run.
9. There shall be no violent or
strenuous blocking at any time;
i. e., offensive or defensive player
leaving feet to take out an opponent.
Penalty—15 yards from
spot of foul.
10. If a team does not advance
the ball ten yards in four consecutive
downs, the ball goes to opponents
at that spot.
11. Only one forward pass may
be made during each play, but
such passes may be made from
any distance behind the line of
scrimmage.
12. Any number of lateral passes
may be made during a play.
13. All players of the offensive
team are eligible receivers and
any player of the defensive team
may intercept a pass.
14. The' first forward pass in
any series of downs (except on
"Lee County
Marine Unit"
Being Sought
Coach Jack Meagher,
Cecil S. Stowe Head
Recruiting Council
A drive to enlist a unit of young
men and boys to serve as "Lee.
County Marines" is now underway
in Auburn and Opelika with
Coach Jack Meagher and Cecil
S. Stowe serving on a Recruiting
Council with Staff Sgt. John F.
Gresham.
Meagher is a former Leatherneck
Captain and Stowe is a Marine
Reserve officer awaiting call
to active duty. They are working
from headquarters in the Opelika
Fire Department building and
will enlist 40 or 50 volunteers who
will remain together throughout
recruit training and possibly for
the duration of the war.
Men and boys between the
ages of 17 and 36, including married
men and those already ordered
for induction through the Selective
Service draft, are eligible.
Marines receive $50 per month
plus clothing, rations, and lodging.
PiKAs ARE PATRIOTIC
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity
members at Howard College,
Birmingham, Alabama, called off
an annual dance recently in favor
of a bond rally. More than $200
in Defense Bonds were purchased
with the money that would have
been spent on the dance.
the fourth down) which becomes
incomplete by striking the ground,
a second originally eligible player
of the passer's team, or any
obstruction on, or above, or behind
the opponent's goal lines
shall be penalized as though it
became incomplete in the field
of play, (penalty—loss of down.)
15. A forward pass which becomes
incomplete behind the passer's
goal line is a safety.
SCORING: Touchdown, 6
points; Field goal, 3 points; Safety,
2 points; After touchdown, 1
point.
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Auburn Opens Season
In Montgomery Friday
Tigers To Meet Chattanooga Moccasins In
Contest Which Does Not Rate as Pushover
By JIMMIE DAVIS
Coach Jack Meagher will lead his pack of Tigers to Montgomery
Friday night to roar against the Chattanooga Moccasins
coached by Scrappy Moore. This contest is being
watched with more than casual interest since the word has
been passed around conference coaches that several flashy
transfers from Dixie Conference teams that have abandoned
football will be with Scrappy's boys this year.
Barton May Start
BETTER WATCH HIM 'MARINE JACK" AND TIGERS
Billy Barton, former Sidney
Lanier star, is reported to have
the inside track for a starting end
post Friday night. He will team
with Clarence Grimmett to give
Auburn a fine pair of flankmen.
Barton spent his first year of
varsity ball in the quarterback
spot, but was moved to end last
season where he lettered.
A possible starting eleven that
will be our guess for Friday night
will be that of Barton and Grim-met
at ends; McClurkin and Ed-dins,
tackles; Ferrell and Cornelius,
guards; Pharr, center; Clayton,
quarterback; Gaff or d and
Finney, halfbacks; Reynolds, fullback.
Monk Gafford should be set for
his best year, and he hasn't compiled
bad records in the past. His
punting and passing looks fine to
say nothing of his running. Har-kins,
who is in fine physical
shape also handles the left half
spot and will be in line for plenty
of service.
Rainer lo Tackle
Mark Rainer, 190 pounder, has
been shifted from fullback to
tackle. McClurkin and Eddins
hold the number one spots while
Chateau, Bradshaw, Rainer, Hin-ton
and Willoughby will lend
needed help.
Sophomores Dominate Second
String
Close runners to the leading
edition of the Auburn Tigers will
probably include five or more
sophomores. These are Bradshaw,
tackle, Gendusa, quarterback; Cy
Kirsch, center; Kuykendall, halfback,
and Bert Trapani, end.
Rounding out this team are Can-zoneri,
end, Chateau, tackle, Cos-tellos
and Girardeau, guards,
with Jenkins and Harkins halfbacks,
and Ty Irby, fullback.
Summie Poss, Jr., three letter
star who played guard at Georgia
Military College is the latest addition
to the squad. Other freshmen
who might play varsity ball
are Jim Sims, end; Oscar Cagle,
halfback; Charlie Schroll, center;
Chaplain, halfback.
Students Interested
In Advanced French
Or Spanish
• All students interested in taking
Advanced French or Spanish,
see Professor T. P. Atkinson, head
of the Foreign Language Department,
at the New Classroom
Building. Students are requested
to do this by 5:00 P. M. tomorrow.
To My Son on Going to Auburn
It makes me very happy,
'Though I blink away a tear
To send you off to college
To start your freshman year.
For the first time in your life
You'll make your way alone
'Though Dad and I will want to help
You are mostly on your own.
Your life will change a little,
I think you'll find it nice . . .
As Mothers always have and will
I'm brimming with advice.
Go regularly to church, my dear;
Find time for Sunday School.
Don't think it too provincial
To live the golden rule.
Make friends with worthy people
And then to them be true;
To keep their friendship sacred
Is strictly up to you.
Do well your school day duties—
Don't be afraid to work . . .
Success can never come to those
Who learn to dodge and shirk.
Throw in your heart and soul, dear,
And, play the game to win
And if some small defeat should come
Learn to take it on the chin!
Regard your own fine body
As a sacred trust to hold . . .
Clean living pays a dividend
In health a hundred-fold.
These standards I've outlined to you
Sound very dull and trite,
Yet countless generations
Have found them true and right.
Advice now out my system,
I'll indulge a bit in pride,
And whisper that I love you
And I'm always on your side.
For seventeen years I've known you
And it's been a lot of fun
No dullness in those short-lived years—
You've kept me on the run!
For seventeen years I've watched you grow
Into a sturdy boy,
With some fear and trepidation,
But mostly pride and joy.
And as you start collegiate days,
Morale is no-wise lowered,
For 'though it may not all be joy,
I'm sure I won't be bored!
AUBURN PROFESSOR
NOW ON STAFF OF
RADIO STATION
Dryden Baughman, member of
the Auburn faculty is now a
member of the radio staff of
WJHO in addition to his regular
duties. He is the latest addition
to the staff of the radio station
and his program goes on the air
Good luck and God be with you
As these next three years you
That wish is welling upward
From the bottom of my heart!
start
Aside from that I want to say
That I am very glad
That you picked me for your mother
And my husband for your dad!
—Elizabeth DeMeritte
at 9:00 P. M. every night and
he has the Dancing Party beginning
at 10:00 and lasting for
half-an-hour.
Baughman came to the Auburn
campus in 1932 and was promoted
to his present position on the faculty
in 1940. He is in charge of
the Emerson R. Miller Chemical
Library, located in Ross Chemistry
Building. He received his
Bachelor of Science and his Master's
degree from Auburn and is
an ardent photographic fan.
L
You will See All My Cars At
The Game In Montgomery
SORRY I CANNOT TAKE CARE OF ALL CALLS THIS TIME
HAVE A BIG TIME
"CHIEF SHINE"
Chiefs U-Drive-lt
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Libraries 6ft Campus
Receive New Books
Philosophy, History, Poetry, Letters,
Economics, Technical Volumes Offered
The six libraries on the campus have recently added many
new books. Students, especially the new ones, are encouraged
to use the libraries at every opportunity to promote better
grades, enjoyment, and general education. Cultivate the habit
of reading by trying some of these latest additions:
Measure of a Man, Aydelotte;
COACH JACK MEAGHER - ALASM* ToLi «• /NUBU^
Navy
Women Eligible
For Reserve In
ClassV-IO
Women To Take Over
Work Being Done By
Men Sent to Sea
The extensive program for obtaining
enlisted personnel for the
Women's Reserve of the U. S.
Navy began today as headquarters
of Naval Officer Procurement
in New Orleans and branch offices
prepared to accept applications
for Class V-10.
This program is designed to
procure the enlisted personnel for
the "Waves" to take over work
being done in naval shore establishments
thereby releasing men
for sea duty.
At present the procurement offices
are seeking yeomen, store
keepers, and radio operators, but
all women with any specialized
civilian training, particularly
technical training, are urged to
make application. For radio operators
past experience in radio
repair work, licensed amateur
broadcasting, typing, simplex and
multiplex transmitting machine
operating will be helpful in
qualifying.
Applicants are directed to first
submit their qualifications in
writing to the Office of Naval
Officer Procurement in New Orleans.
Requirements for enlisted personnel
are that the woman be not
less than 20 and under 36, have
no children under 18 years of
age, be a high school or college
graduate and be able to submit
evidence Of occupation after attending
school, and pass the
physical examination.
Accepted applicants will be enlisted
as Apprentice Seamen and
sent to a university for training.
Advancement to higher non-commissioned
ratings will depend
FOOTBALL
LEAGUES
Entries for the interfraternity
touch football contest sponsored
by the Intramural Department
must be in by September 26. The
playoffs within the leagues will
begin on September 28.
League I
Pi Kappa Alpha
Alpha Gamma Rho
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Kappa Alpha
League II
Alpha Tau Omega
Delta Sigma Phi
Theta Chi
Alpha Psi
Tau Epsilon Phi
League III
Omega Tau Sigma
Alpha Lambda Tau
Sigma Pi
Sigma Nu
Sigma Chi
League IV
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Kappa Sigma
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Kappa Tau
Lambda Chi Alpha
S
upon the ability of the recruit.
Pay and allowances are the same
as for enlisted men in the Navy
of the same pay grades.
AUBURN GRANTS
645 DIPLOMAS
Including the 145 degrees
awarded by Pres. L. N. Duncan
on August 28 to members of
the summer graduating class, the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
has granted a total of 675 degrees
this year. »
Registration for the Summer
The Just and the Unjust, Cozzens;
Dr. Finlay Sees it Through, Hart;
Person to Person Call. Woolfolk;
Berloiz, Elliott; Mathew Carey:
Autobiography, Carey; Du Pont:
One Hundred and Forty Years,
Dutton; Amy Lowell, a Chronicle,
with Extracts from Her Correspondence,
Damon; Thraliana,
Piozzi; Paul Revere and the
World He Lived In, Forbes.
The Relative Importance of
Factors of Interest in Reading
Materials for Junior High School
Pupils, Zeller; Man's Way; A
First Book in Philosophy, Cobb;
From Infancy Through Childhood,
Sauer; An Experiment in the
Development of Critical Thinking,
Glasses; The Development of
Religious Toleration in England,
Jordan; Ta Hio, Ssu Shu; The
Pragmatic Revolt in Politics, Elliot;
The Coming Age of World
Control, Doman; America's Strategy
in World Politics; The U. S.
and the Balance of Power, Spyk-man;
How You Can Get a Job,
Gardiner.
Production and Distribution
Theories, Stigler; Our Bill of
Rights; What it Means to me,"Bill
Quarter has been 2,674. "This
compares with an average registration
of 1561 for the two summer
terms of 1941 and is a measure
of the success of Auburn's
Accelerated Wartime Program,"
said Dr. Duncan.
NAVY BLUES
(Continued from page 3)
of some of their most renowned people. You will realize that it has
only been during the past few years thaf they have received the
"North Americano" very enthusiastically, and will probably remember
that there are still traces of bad feeling over what they
call "Yankee Imperialism." As you travel on the sea in the direction
of Argentina and pass through the different zones, you will note
what a decided effect the temperature has on people and how the
people of the same climate compare favorably, whether they are in
the good old USA or Chile. Then too, you will ever after realize
that seasons do not coincide and that when it is summer here, it is
winter smewhere else -on our own hemisphere.
In all these places you will probably be glad you are a citizen
of the United States'and you will never think of your country again
as a single community or state, but as a combination of states and
territories. When you come back to your own little community, you
will probably have seen and visited many of the States of our
Union, and your local civic pride should not be damaged by the
trend of your thoughts.
Many men in the service of their country today are supplementing
travel with study, and when the war is over millions of them
are coming back and this is going to have some effect on the whole
country and the community in which they live.
• * *
At this writing we have just received a new class and sent out
a class of graduates. Seventy-one men are now better equipped and
on their way to serve their country "on land and sea and in the air."
We know not their destination but we do know that in a few months
they will be scattered to many parts of the world. We believe that
as with other classes, all of them went away from here with a kind
feeling in their hearts for the good citizens of Auburn and Opelika
who have entertained them. We believe that t h e mensand women,
the churches, and the school, helped them to face the problems that
confront them in the Hell that is war. We feel that many of you
can feel a justifiable pride in the work you have done for these, and
for the other boys who will be here four short months and then be
gone as have these that left today. With all sincerity we say "Well
done" to all concerned.
of Rights Sesquicentennial Committee;
A Study of Mother's Practices
and Children's Activities in a
Cooperative Nursery School,
Tucker; Education for Today and
Tomorrow, Reeves; Advertising
Careers for Women, Clair; Pe-queno
Didionario Brasileiro da
Lingua Portuguesa, Lima; a New
English-Russian and Russian
English Dictionary, Golovinsky;
A Course of Analysis, Phillips;
The "Particles" of Modern Physics,
Stranathan; How to Break
into Radio, DeHaven; Consumers
and the Market, Reid; Garden
Book, Popular Mechanics.
Wake up and Garden!, Cross;
Porcelain and Pottery Marks,
Hartman; New Stencils and Their
Use, Vanderwalker; Folk-Songs
from the Southern Highlands,
Mellinger; 10,000 Jokes? Toasts,
and Stories, Copeland; The Dry
Season, Cowley; The Helmsman,
Cunningham; Writers in Crisis,
Geismar; Poems, Prince; Poems
from the Book of Hours "Das
Stundenbach," Rilke; Mellowed
by Time, Verner; Kentucky in
Retrospect.
Noteworthy Personages a nd
Events, Drake; The Long Ships
Passing, Havighurst; Mediaeval
Feudalism, Stephenson; Japan's
Dream of World Empire; The
Tanaka Memorial, Tanaka; Canada
in Peace and War: Eight
Studies in National Trends since
1914, Martin; Living Letters from
American History, Boykin; A History
of the United States, Du-mond;
The Foundations of American
Civilization, Savelle; The
Roaring Land, Binns.
Agriculture
Production and Distribution
Theories, Stigler.
Architecture
A Little Book of Climbing
Plants, Hottes.
Engineering
Mechanical Engineers' Handbook,
Kent; Elementary Structural
Analysis and Design, Grinter;
American Highway Practice,
Hewes; Highway Economics,
Tucker; Industrial Waste Treatment
Practice, Eldridge; The Airplane
and Its Components, Sears;
Preliminary Airplane Design,
Wilson; Magnaflux Aircraft Inspection
Manual, Doane; Light
Aircraft Performance Calculation,
Klein Serralles; The Aircraft Apprentice,
MacGregor; It's About
Time, Chamberlain.
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