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maw 'TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT' VOLUME LXVI ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1942 NUMBER 10 Auburn Players Cast Is Given for Play Successful Production "Hay Fever" Will Be only Summer Attraction of Group For nearly a month now, a cast of nine Auburn Players have been rehearsing their p a r t s in the forthcoming production, "Hay Fever," which is to be presented by the actors society before the end of the Summer Quarter. This play is remembered as one of the most successful comedies ever written by the great English playwright, Noel Coward Soldiers To Get Mail By New "V-Mail" Soldiers, sailors, marines and all of those in the armed forces of the country will soon be get-ing mail on the new V-Mail stationery that is being distributed in this country now. This is a special type of paper that can be photographed and then reproduced. The first supplies of V-Mail letter forms, for use in correspondence to and from our armed forces outside the continental United States, have arrived at the Auburn Post Office and are available to friends and relatives of men on foreign duty. Until stores can obtain the forms for sale the Government is distributing them free, although only three will be given each person. The Victory letter forms are single sheets of paper which may be folded to form envelopes after the message has been written. The letters will be photographed on micro-film and sent abroad in reels. When they reach their destination they will be enlarged and printed on cards, the original letter being retained until it is certain delivery has been possible. The letters will be photographed a second time if necessary. The principal advantage of the V-Mail forms is the reduction in It was a brilliant success when first presented on the London stage. After a lengthy run in the English Capital, it was brought to New York, where Laura Hope Crews played the leading role during a long Broadway engagement. The new production, which will play in Langdon Hal1 is a worthy successor 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," and "Suspect." Students who have parts in "Hay Fever" are Bette Jane Hays, Robert Blackburn, Patty McCoy, Ed Cadenhead, Nancy Sallade, John R. Jones, Jr., Winifred Swenson, L. C. Fitzpatrick, and Evelyn Martin. Members of the production staff are Professor Telfair B. Peet, director; Allen Odom, promptor; Tommie Wood, stage manager; and Buck Taylor, house manager. Any' freshmen, upperclassmen, or transfer students who are interested in dramatic work of any type are eligible for membership in the Auburn Players and are urged to become affiliated with the society. CHEMISTRY SCHOOL RELEASES DEAN'S LIST FOR TERM Four juniors and four seniors are on the Dean's List of the School of Chemistry for the Summer Quarter. This was released today by Dean C. L. Hare. Members of the junior class receiving the honor were Evan Wil-bert Robinson, Jose M. Silver-stein, James M. Smith, and James L. West. Seniors were Roland G. Fry, Margaret O. Kilburn, John Bruce Martin, and Ralph E. Styring. Mr. Brown's News Office Is College Publicity Center News of Auburn Activities Distributed From News Bureau in Samford Hall ON THE CAMPUS By BOB SHARMAN For the benefit of young and bewildered freshmen the following directions are given. Start at the main gate, not through it, and follow the main drag south until you encounter the well-worn, northeast steps of Samford Hall. Amble up the steps, through the door, and continue west. When you stumble over a softly-snorting bird dog you're getting Pete" will wag his tail Navy Shows To Be Free for The Public in Future I Lt. Edwin Phillips, commander of the Naval Radio Training School here, announced today that the public is cordially invited to attend future USO Shows to be given in Auburn. The next show will be given here on Friday evening, August 7, in the Amphitheater at Graves Center. There will be reserved sections for the public and for service men, he said. Miss Martin Issues List Of New Books librarian, following weight and volume which the use of micro-film makes possible. The original volume of the letters is reduced to 3.15 per cent, a compactness which makes shipping easier and safer. Cabinet, Glomerate Pitted In Battle of Century In direct violation of all the Blue Laws of our fair city, the epic battle of the century will take place Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock on Bullard Field. After many weeks of preparation, the staff of the Glomerata, an Auburn yearbook, and the members of the Executive Cabinet, an alleged student government group, have finally released their official lineups for the fracas, a Softball game unprecedented in history. The Glomerata team will be coached by their able pitcher, John "I Guess I Can, I'm Editor" Scott, while the other end of the battery is as yet undecided, the catching position being a toss-up between Bill Dickey and Harry Meriwether. While Dickey holds a slight edge in the field, Meriwether's prowess at the plate is not to be disregarded. First base will be held down by Rudy York, assistant sports editor, while the keystone sack will be covered by Joe Gordon, second assistant sports editor. Shortstop is well handled by Buck "I Bat My Weight" Taylor, who at the last moment ousted Lou Bou-dreau, a member of the sports staff. Third base, Laline White. Short field will be played by one Joe DiMaggio, third assistant sports editor, while left field will be patrolled by Ted Williams, sports writer. Allen Odom, batting .550 for Dorm I, will patrol the center garden and most of right, supposedly covered by Pete "I Wish I Could Bat My Weight" King. The Executive Cabinet will also feature a star-studded lineup. Ed "Snow White" Cadenhead will endeavor to catch the pitching of Frances Ellis while an airtight infield, composed of Dune "I Only made $140" Liles at third, Luther "I Can Bat Both Ways" Taylor at second, Homer "Catch 'Em on the Big Hop" Wright at short and either Tommy Briscoe or some draftee from the WSGA at the initial sack. Short field will be handled by Roy "I Can't Stop Grounders" Fuller, while the entire outfield will be played by Check "Believe Me, I Can Do It" Stevens. Although the water-boy has not been announced, the assistant bucket-carrier will be John "Let Me Play Too" Spencer. After their last practice, held in March of '34, Coach Jimmy Butt, then in knee pants, urged his team to get out there and FIGHT. Coach Scott of the Glomerata ended his statement to the press by quoting odds of 33-1 that the losers would refuse to furnish the free picnic lunch they were to buy the winners. The Auburn Plainsman wishes to clear itself of any consequences resulting from the battle, as its only staff participants will be Ham "Where's My Staff" Wilson and Pinkie "Don't Ask Me" Heard, as officials. They had no comment to offer concerning the probable outcome of the fray. Sailor Shows Stamina In Training Kenneth Belden Graduates Despite Physical Handicaps Grit and stamina that will be an example for many of the future American soldiers and sailors to fonuw was displayed in the past few months by a sailor sent here for the Radio Naval Training. Kenneth G. Belden, of Withita, Kansas, was determined to be a radio operator in the United States Navy regardless of personal ailments or disabilities. The fact that he developed a highly painful illness soon after beginning his training here last March at the Auburn Naval Radio Training School did not deter him from his goal. Despite this handicap he graduated this week with the first class of radio operators to leave the school for service in U. S. Navy. He is now almost well. Tears came to Belden's eyes when informed several weeks ago by Lt. Edwin Phillips, commander of the school, that the illness would necessitate his transfer to a naval hospital. Realizing that Belden did not want to leave, the Lieutenant told him to return to his quarters and informed officers in charge that Belden was to continue in school until transportation to the hospital could be arranged. "We watched him hobble to school each day, sometimes having to use crutches," said Lt. Phillips. "Pretty soon his condi- t o g e t by his examinations Be-tion began to improve and we c a u s e of t h e magnificent stamina purposely forgot about his trans- a n d c o u r a g e already displayed by er" him we know that he will be a "Somehow or other he managed I winner." Miss Mary Martin, recently released the list of new books which have been received and catalogued in the various libraries on the campus. The books are as follows: General: Houseboat Summer, Coatsworth; Only One Storm, Hicks; Attack Alarm, Innes; Breathe the Air Again, Moore; Daughter of Time, White; Our Education Racket, Waterhouse; A Guide for the Self-Appraisal of School Systems, Mort; Stephen Grellet, Comfort; Three Hundred Gifted Children, Sumption; Must We Grow Old?, Newman; Come and Get It, Martin. Ag: Correlation Analysis, Tre-loar; Swine Practise II, Veterinary Medicine Periodical. Chemistry: Chemical Species, Timmermans. Engineering: Safety Supervision, Schaefer. Vet: Swine Practise II, Veteri nary Medicine Periodical. warm. and forgive you. Stagger through the nearest door and you are in the nerve center of API. Here, under the able direction of Mr. Kirtley Brown, Publications Editor of the College, news material, photographs, and bulletins are produced for the purpose of propagating Auburn and its activities. An efficient and c-curate network distributes news of Auburn far and wide. A college scrapbook is maintained for reference to past events and contains articles "which have been sent to the state newspapers. Personal stories of Auburn students have been published almost one hundred per cent by their local papers. With the help of student photographers, pictures of all major campus activities are recorded on film and filed for future reference. Miss Edith Ingram, Secretary to the News Bureau, clips Auburn news from state newspapers, mimeographs news and sends it to the newspapers, gets out the library list to the faculty, as well as getting The Auburn Plainsman in the mail for the faculty, and acts as information center for all news—past, present, and future. The Faculty Forum, a magazine for the faculty and staff; and pictorial magazines, sponsored by various departments of the college, are edited by the News Bureau. The tedious job of editing and proofreading the API Bulletin is another duty of this office. Through the efforts of the personnel, Glomeratas are present in all the state high school libraries. Besides being Publications Editor of the College Mr. Brown is Chairman of the Concert and Lecture Series and acts in a major capacity in scheduling the concerts that have been so well received in Auburn. Sigma Phi Epsilon The Sig Eps held a formal initiation Sunday, July 12, and re-cieved eight new men as brothers in the fraternity. The meeting was held in the chapter room of the fraternity house with P. M. Lovell presiding. Those being admitted were: Merril Yohn, Mobile; Albert Austin, Mobile; Bill Summers, Cedar Bluff; Joe Lawless, Birmingham; Phil Davis, Mobile; John Coates, Mobile; Joe Bid-die, Birmingham; Jack Bridges, Birmingham. The entire group was entertained at a buffet supper after the ceremony. Engineers Get Together There will be a meeting of the Engineer's Council Wednesday afternoon at 5:00 P. M. on the second floor of Ramsey Hall. Pre-Law Meeting There will be an important meeting of the Pre-Law Society Tuesday night, July 14, 8:00 P. M. 302 Broun Hall. All members are urged to be present. Sigma Pis Elect At their regular July 8 chapter meeting, the members of Alpha- Delta chapter, Sigma Pi fraternity elected the following new officers: Treasurer, Jimmie West, a junior in civil engineering, from Columbia, Tenn.; S e c r e t a r y, Leonard Hooper, sophomore in architecture, from Bay Minette, Ala. If You Want Money The contingent refund checks are ready in the cashiers office and those students to whom they are due should call for them immediately. The checks that are left will be mailed to the student's home address. "Fraternity Night" Tomorrow night has been designated as "Fraternity Night" at the all-campus Community Sing. Each lodge on the campus has been invited by letter to attend and sing its official song in a body. In addition to these selections, songs of the west will be featured on the evening's program. A special motion picture short will be shown during the evening. The concert will be held as usual at 8 P. M. on the rear steps of Ross Chemical Laboratory. In case of rain, Langdon Hall will be used. HOME ECONOMICS DEAN'S LIST IS REPRINTED Editor's note: The list of the following students was published by mistake under the heading of the School of Science and Literature. " ' Dean Marion W. Spidle released the Dean's List for the School of Home Economics this week. The list included two seniors and two juniors, and will be effective for the present quarter. Those on the list are: Seniors: Margaret Dykes and Clyde Dykes. Juniors: Annelu Moore and Mildred Hatchett. . . . . from cover to cover Ring Committee Members of the 1942-43 ring committee were announced today by Henry Park, vice-president of the Executive Cabinet. Those on the committee are Ralph Davis, Joe Justo, Pete King, Tom Rowan, Jack Tankersley, and E. T. York. w — < y ^« i // You Want To Learn More about Books Beginning this issue there will be a new weekly column devoted to the study and review of books. The writing, with this one exception, will be done by various students. If you have any response we are open for it. Also, on this page you will find editorials about the students and their attitude toward war, one concerning their religion and finally one about tobacco and its merits. Editorial page 2. Social Life and Other Comments A review of the social life carried on by the fraternities during the past week-end is given by the society editor along with several comments by the she-editor. Picture show review and an item about one of the local radio correspondents. All this is on the usual page 3. Fraternity Softball Reaches Half-Way Mark On page four will be found the league standings of the fraternities as they have played about half of their games. See Hits and Misses as well as Jimmie Davis' article to get all the details. Another column gives you the actual standings. Tennis Schedule Is Given for Play For Individuals Auburn's mixed doubles tennis tournament swings into action this week as ten couples begin their mad scramble over the campus courts in the opening rounds. Positions were drawn Monday and the schedule of matches is as follows: Weaver- Newsome vs McMillan-Hill and the winner vs Lindley-McKin-non, Lande-Tippins vs Windham- Price, McKinnon-Breeden vs Bryant-Mason, Wadsworth-Win-ters vs Simms-Jones and the winner vs Rouse-McCurdy. (In the list above men's names precede those of their partners.) These first rounds must be played before July 25 and the semi-finals must be finished before August 15. Matches will be set basis. Results must be filed decided on a best two out of three with the Intramural Office immediately after each game so that they may be posted. Next Concert To Be Here on July 22 Two More Concerts Will Be Presented Students During the Summer Quarter Appearing Wednesday evening, July 22 in the Graves Center Amphitheater will be the Master Singers, representing the second attraction in a series of t h r e e summer concerts. The Master Singers were organized in 1934 and have devoted themselves entirely to pre-instru-mental music of the church and plain songs of the people. They have made regular appearances over the air, prepared an album for Columbia records, and served as "stand-ins" for the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. The third and last in the current Summer Series will be the recital of 'E8whr Strawbridge and Lisa Parnova, ballet dancers. The Concert a n d Lecture Course Committee has made definite arrangements for two of the six concerts to appear in the fall, winter, and spring sessions. The two scheduled are the Graff Ballet, to appear October 19, and Fray and Braggiotti to appear February 22. There are several under consideration. H. R. Knickerbocker, lecturer, was scheduled to appear here last year but, due to the present crisis, was called away two days before his expected appearance, to serve as war correspondent. The date for Mr. Knickerbocker's lecture will probably be the first week in February. Two others under consideration are the Chekhov Players and Albert Spalding. The Concert and Lecture Course Committee consists of Mr. K. Brown, Chairman, Professors J. R. Rutland, Lawrence Barnett, Telfair Peet, Frank Ap-plebee, Lilly Spencer, Mrs. S. L. Toomer, Mr. W. T. Ingram and Mr. Ralph Draughon. Tickets wiil be sold under the same system as last year. Students may purchase s e a s on tickets for one dollar each, and outsiders may purchase them for three dollars. War Eagle Cries We had an interesting experience one day last week. Going into one of the local cafes, we had a snack that was as good as expected. Then, seeking to put off the bad part till the first of the month, we asked the proprietor to allow us to sign the ticket. Having had a few such experiences in other parts and not being known personally to the owner, I asked if any identification was necessary. Do you think you know the answer? I imagine you guessed wrong. . "I've been here for over twenty years, and I think I know a little something about the people here. You don't need any identification. You're a student, and that's enough. "Fifteen years ago I would certainly have asked for some sort of that stuff, but now I don't. The school, or the pupils, have changed that much. In the last five years we haven't lost a cent on students or their tickets." That's the kind of thing we like to hear, the kind of stuff that makes us proud of the reputation that has been slowly building up for these many years! Keep it up, fellows! NEWMAN CLUB WILL JMEET TONIGHT AT '8:00 FOR CATHOLICS The Newman Club will hold its i weekly meeting tonight at 8:00 in the club room on East Magnolia. The steady increase in membership during the last few weeks has prompted the president, Henry Shine, to put tonight's meeting in the form of a "get acquainted" meeting. Several interesting highlights have been arranged in conjunction with this unique meeting. All Catholic students and sailors will be welcomed at all times. Last week the members were entertained with several short moving pictures and dancing. The Reverend Moderator entertairied the group with a watermelon cutting after the dancing. i Spend Your Money for War Bonds and Stamps Page Two T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN July 14, 1942 Column Left Students Need To Be More War-Minded TRY DOING THIS FOR A CHANGE 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. Some months ago we stopped bumming cigarettes (i. e., we stopped smoking). Since that time, as an impartial observer, we have noted the various approaches used in this art. - » ' ' • * *• The direct method is often the most successful. The seeker approaches with an innocent expression and suddenly pats the victim's pocket, asking at the same time for a cig. If the victim is smoking at the time, the process is even simpler; one only needs to say, "Got another one of those?" » * * Perhaps the most insincere bummer of all is the one who says, "I left my cigs in my other shirt. How 'bout lending me one 'til we get home?" * » * Some simply admit their status, "Someday I'm gonna' buy some cigarettes, but I can't today." * * * It sometimes works to assume an attitude of .complete exhaustion and proclaim to the world at large that you'll die if you don't get a smoke. Sometimes this doesn't work, though, and you feel awfully silly not being able to die as you said you would. . - * * * No method is really more certain than an offer to buy a smoke. It gives the bummer an appearance of really trying to pay his way. Of course ho one ever takes the penny offered, so the cig doesn't cost anymore than one obtained by the direct, but crude, method. ' * ; • * . * The general type with the most subdivisions is the group who shout, "Shoot that duck!" There is real science in the determination of exactly the right moment to call. The hunter is in the position of a man who must choose the proper time for his move, but must also be sure he beats all others to the draw. v * * * The most skillful manage to call just as the smoker gets a good light. This means that the smoker must either refuse or stand around until he's had his fill. Either course being obnoxious, he usually takes the easy way out and offers a new one. * * * Those who want to be sure to have some success, but don't expect too much, will sing out just as the cig reaches the halfway mark. The smoker will then take two good draws and give a flip in the expected direction. * * * Students of human nature often make their request for a duck just as the cigarette gets too short to smoke. If they have judged correctly, they get a new cig; if not, a burned lip. » * * The most subtle bummers of all never say a word. They wait until someone puts a smoke in his mouth, and then they are right there with a light. The dig comes when they continue to hold the light after the victim has lighted his cig. Only the most hard-hearted will then fail to come through. * * * We didn't mean to give the impression that we don't approve of the name, Quadratics. We really think that it is especially apt. Webster defines "quadratic" as that "in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square." '* « * Phil, the Pony-Playing Poet, reports that his favorite jockey whispers the following poem in his horse's ear before each race: Roses are red, Violets are blue. Horses what lose Are made into glue. » * * IHA-LT ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Q u a d r a t i cs By ALLEN ODOM Editor's note: t h e opinion* expressed in this column are those of the writer and are not to be construed as the editorial policies of this paper. Hades thinks its high time we got back to a discussion of women in this column. And as usual Miss Daquiri is right. * * • Women at their best and worst can be found in the dining hall. There are several different types. * * * First there is the "great lady," who demands food, looks down her nose at the hostess, and speaks aloofly to everyone at her table. This young lady forgets that the table girl lets her study her notes before quizzes. In fact, she forgets the table girl. * * * Second there is the gossip. Between gulps she emits some choice bits of gossip. It is very upsetting to the digestion to learn that one of your sorority sisters got shipped for shooting craps with the janitor . . . right in the middle of ice cream, at that. » * * Then there is the dissatisfied young lady who is not in sympathy with the ideas of the dietician. She turns up her nose at all the dishes in succession, and after having expressed her opinion loudly and at length, leaves the table and its occupants. The remaining girls eat, glumly wondering if maybe they haven't the finer sensibilities of life. The food tastes all right to them. * • * Then there's the hopeful gal. She seems to suspect the dietician of being a "Whose got the button" fan. Only this girl plays with white meat of chicken. She obviously believes that there is a plot afoot in the kitchen to hide the choice bits of food under not-so- choice bits, for as it passes her she makes a minute examination of each and every particle on the plate. The disgusting part is that after much discussion, pro and con, she always ends up with the top piece. * * * There is the girl who wears a chip on each shoulder. If you pass the food too slowly she glares, if you pass it too fast she glares. If you speak to her she glares, if you don't speak she glares. She is a lovely person to have around. She watches each mouthful of food you eat, until you want to climb under the table and eat your dinner in peace. » * * And now for the individual who has a half-way sense of sound. After each statement that is made she says "What did you say?" After every announcement she turns to her tablemates and says, "What was that?" Of course, she is gaily chattering through everyone's conversation, and through the announcement. She's also the type that always hears the last part of a long story. She insists on hearing the first part. This is equally hard on the story teller and other listeners. * * *. Now for the good girls of the lot. There is the one who eats anything and everything. She doesn't tell the kind of tales that make you want to regurgitate, she has a calm good-nature, and doesn't like seconds. She smiles at the table-girl, especially if the table-girl is a boy, and she always says please and thank you. * * » This little saint of the dining hall doesn't dawdle over the food, making three girls late to their next class. She even passes up the plates to save time, occasionally. * » » But her prime virtue is that she doesn't simper around and say, "Well, I don't care if it is bad manners to eat a drum stick with your fingers . . ." She goes ahead and does it. Nobody notices. Everybody else is busy with •heirs. « * * Enough of that. Now comes something very nice. Billy Rich-ter . . . senior in mechanical engineering . . . very bright, but not too aware of it . . . he comes from the Empire State, Savannah, to be exact, and he claims kin to the Alpha Tau Omega clan. He's an awful nice person to know. In spite of all that's been said and done since the war began, the attitude of the general American public concerning the war is still a lackadaisical and uninterested one. With each new allied defeat lightly passed over, and each minor victory overemphasized, a false sense of security and optimism has been built up throughout the country—a feeling that should be done away with as soon and as completely as possible. People simply do not comprehend the true and serious nature of the situation. Still, each time that the public has been appealed, to for aid it has immediately responded with a spontaneous and sincere enthusiasm, but even that helpful spirit passed as soon as the novelty wore off. For example, the aluminum drive of a few months ago fell far short of the hoped-for goal and the recently completed rubber drive was, in almost all respects, a dismal flop, even with the wholehearted cooperation of many citizens. Despite the fact that the military draft and various shortages and priorities have brought the war closer to home than has anything in the past, we still need something to jolt us from our rosy dream of complacency to a grim realization of the true state of things. Though this feeling is prevalent throughout the entire nation here at Auburn we are affected probably as much as any place in the country. In the peaceful atmosphere of a quiet little town, war and bloodshed seem as remote and unreal as anything one could think of. Yet it is those now in school who should necessarily be so vitally interested in what is going on on the far-flung battlefields of the world. For it is their job to help all they can those struggling in Egypt and Russia, in China and the Aleutians— it is their job to add their resources of brawn and brains to the constantly increasing manpower fighting to win the war both in the battle of arms and in the equally "important battle of production. For this reason each should add all he can to the victory campaign, that he too might add another step on the long road to ultimate victory. A.L. There Is Always Something New to Learn Many a college student has. come to college and finds that his religious faith has been shattered and at the least shaken. These students sometimes lose all conception of the word religion and its true meaning in the individual's life. Perhaps this is as it should be however. For, it would be a poor college or university that did riot cause one to think about his beliefs, religious or otherwise. Then too it would be a poor student who could learn new things and acquire a broader vision about history, economics, and chemistry and still remain stagnant in the realm of religion. Being unsettled or having doubt in one's mind is a good thing, just so one does not remain so. The main trouble with most of us is that we do not and are not willing to pass from the kingdom of inherited religion into the democracy of experienced religion. It really is much easier to sit back and take someone else's view point or opinion than to go and find out for ourselves, even when little or no actual work is involved. Lots of the so called problems in religion that students think can only happen here, really occur to everyday people. But, people outside of college have to face the same problems each day. The difference is that we in college are in a better position to dig down and find out the why and the wherefore of these things that occur and cause doubt and find out what is the real truth. One of the main troubles with college students is that they give up the faith that they have without finding something better. Some students cannot find the same satisfaction in believing in God as they used to do wlien they were children. The same picture of God does not present itself to them now as it did when they were in the Grade School several years ago. The main trouble is that these students are trying to get peace of mind by denying the existence of God and His power and of His works. The real solution to all of this doubt in student's minds about religion that they get in college is this: Do not give up the Christian faith that you have until you are sure that you have something better. Your hometown religion might have been inadequate but it was at least so sincere it changed human lives by its sincerity. Coming off to college should mean the moving out of one house, the old, and into another, the new. Tobacco Merits and Demerits We've read the uncompromising opinion of Lt. Commander Gene Tunney on the evils of cigarette smoking. We've also seen articles by reputable physicians of the nation in which they have stated that the exact harm done by Raleigh's famous "weed" is not really known. It remained this month, however, for the editor of popular Reader's Digest (small in size, but big in circulation—over five million copies per month) to enter a controversy which has been raging in the pages of technical and non-technical publications for years. Believing that the comparative-merits or demerits of the various brands of cigarettes were approximately equal, and that claims and counter-claims of the leading tobacco companies were mostly pure "bunk," RD entered into a bit of laboratory experiment. Seven of the leading makes of cigarettes were tested, being "smoked" by a steel and glass robot specially constructed for this purpose. Results of the Digest's laboratory research could be boiled down to one short sentence. There was not sufficient difference in any of the different brands to support the extravagant advertising claims of the manufacturers. No evidence was found to justify any claim that one cigarette was less harmful to the throat and respiratory organs than another. Since the widely-heralded advantages of various cigarettes were found to be lacking in almost all cases, many a smoker was inclined to stop and think a minute. He still was not sure, though, as to the actual harmful effects which many people claimed were incurred as a result of smoking any kind of tobacco. For he could see too many real old-timers still "kicking" and still "puffing away." B.T. CMIMM *QflmlyMm • Published semi-weekly by the Students of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama Editorial and Business Office on Tichenor Avenue. GEORGE HEARD, Editor-in-Chief BUCK TAYLOR Managing Editor KATE NUNGESTER JIMMIE DAVIS Society Editor Sports Editor News' Staff and Columnists Leonard Hooper Bob Sharman Al Cooper Ed McGehee Bruce Martin Albert Loeb ALBERT SCROGGINS, Circulation Manager DAVID ALLEN Associate Editor HAM WILSON, Business Manager ALFRED GREEN Advertising Mgr. JOHN HARVEY THOMAS Assistant Sports Editor Advertising and Business Assistants^ Fred Allison Homer Reid Frank Wyatt C. W. Hearn Knud Nielson Luther Taylor SHIRLEY SMITH, Office Manager CHARLES SCALES Intramural Editor Member Associated CoWefyde Press Distributor of Cblle&iateDi6est H m i l N T U POII NATIONAL ADVSHTISINa IV National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative . 4 2 0 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CH1CASB ' IOITOI ' LOS ASSIUI • SAS FtASCIKO Entered as second-class matter, at the post office at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by mail: $2.50 per year, $1.50 per semester. Books, Not Text--- By GEORGE O'DONNELL (Editor's Note: The following article is one of a series that will be presented for your enjoyment and entertainment concerning books. The reviews will be written by students in one of Professor George O'Donnell's classes. The articles will deal with all types of books that students are or should be interested in. The articles will be the student's own opinion of the book and its contents. The following, the first, is not a book review, but Professor O'Donnell's idea of what the column will be like and what it will contain. He, as well as the editor, would appreciate any comments or criticisms or suggestions that you have to offer. What "Books, Not Text" Will Cover A book makes a good weapon for killing a rattlesnake. At least Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings says that it does, in her recent autobiography, "Cross Creek." But, books are more regularly,, although less showily, useful as weapons against ignorance, boredom, and isolationism in its worst form (the inability to understand anyone different from ourselves, ignorance of any kind of life that is radically unlike our own). In this column, every week, an Auburn student will talk about a new book. Any book discussed might prove helpful in an informal meeting with a snake. But the reviewers here will be more concerned with the book's usefulness in combating boredom and mental provincialism. Students Write Reviews Students will write the reviews for student readers. In other words, the reviews will be about books that students have actually read with enjoyment or have found worth reading even though they did not entirely approve. The reviewers won't be trying to make final literary judgments. "Great books (and what makes one "great" anyway, for that matter?) aren't written every year or every month, the publishers' blurbs to the contrary notwithstanding. But lively and interesting and worth-while books are being published all along. The books that seem lively, interesting, worth-while to present-day college men and women will be the ones talked about here. The date-line won't matter much, although most of the books reviewed will be fairly recent. After all, the only sensible definition of a new book is that it is a book you haven't read yet but can read without feeling you are trapped in the attic among hoopskirts, mustache cups, and cobwebs. Some books are as dead as elementary Sanscrit on a summer afternoon before they are two months old; other books, written a long time ago, are as alive as if they were the current choices of the Book-of-the-Week Club. The aliveness is what will count in this column; and if you want to keep up with what came out last week, you'd better stick to the "New York Times Book Review." Strictly Not Textbooks Another thing: We won't be concerned with books that aim primarily to give information. So if you want to know how to make a trip to Mexico or how to convert your automobile into a streamlined launch, the reviews here won't be very helpful in telling you what books you ought to look into. For the most part, the reviews will be about fiction, because nowadays people seem to read more novels than anything else. But there will be an occasional look at a biography, if it isn't of the ancestor-tracing sort that doesn't get the subject of the book born until page 273. Sometimes the discussion will be about a book on politics, or history, or economics—if the point-of-view is new, strong, and sensible. And poetry or drama may be treated if it seems to be the kind that might appeal to a good many readers. Reviews Try to Interest Students In general this column will try to deal with books that interest intelligent modern readers and ought to interest other'people of the same kind. It won't be "high-brow" and it won't be "low-brow" and it won't be "average". These words don't actually mean anything. Averages don't read books; people read them. And different people have different tastes. So the chances of your agreeing, with the reviewer are always about fifty-fifty. But if you are interested enough to read the book, the reviewer has done you a good turn if only by giving you something to argue about. There is another respect in which this column differs from the usual book page: You don't necessarily have to put out any money to get the books that are talked about; all you have to do is to put your library card to work. Of course, bookbuying is still legal, and bookstores and publishers encourage it. One more word. The reviews in this column are not to be written by any special group of people; anyone who wants to speak his mind about a particular book ought to speak his mind on paper and send in the results. If the results seem to serve the purpose, they'll be printed here. And comments, disagreeable or otherwise, will be welcomed. July 14, 1942 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three Fraternities Have Varied Social Life Over the Week-end Most of Functions Are Picnics And Swim Parties Held at Chewacla By KATE NUNGESTER Tau Epsilon Phi The TEPs entertained Saturday night with a "Scavenger Hunt. "Among the varied and assorted articles that were sought were live dogs, cotton plants, and dignitaries' autographs, (Mrs. Herbert of the Phi Delt house take notice). Following the hunt, they enjoyed a watermelon cutting and house dance, chaperoned by Professor J. W. Roe and Miss Beatrice Finklestine. The prize of the winner of the scavenger hunt' was a book of defense stamps. The following members, pledges, and dates attended: Roland Fry, Grace Finkelstein; Norman Cohen, Helen Kirkland; J. M. Sil-verstein, Sylvia Pincus; Leo Schiffman, Opelee Sen tell; Alfred Long, Margarette Yarbrough; Marion Scholsburg, Nell Payne; Maurice Kraselsky, Gerry Blum-burg; Leonard Michelson, Evelyn Johnson; Bertram Silverman, Sarah Ppuncey; Dan Rosenberg, Merwyn Mendelsohn, Kurt Vainer, Bob Corman, and Dave Hen-riques. Guest of the chapter was Mack Emerman. Wedding •An announcement of interest to API students is the wedding of Miss Ruby Jim Suber of Louisville, Miss., to William Douglass Nettles of Auburn. The wedding took place at six o'clock in the evening on July 3 at the Perry Street Methodist Church in Montgomery. They will both be enrolled in their senior year at API in September. Sigma Chi The cup for having the longest party of the week-end goes to the Sit and Chew lads. Their swimming-eating-singing-back to the house party started at 3:30 Saturday afternoon and lasted COOL OFF WITH A • SUNDAE • SHAKE • SODA They're Best At BENSON'S until 12:30 of the night of the same name. They went to Chewacla and swam and then filled up on a delectable menu of fried chicken, potatoe salad, potato chips, about sixty jillion kinds of sandwiches and Coca-Colas. Social Chairman Harry Donavan and house mother, Mrs. Lena Zeigler had charge of arrangements. Among the alumni returning and their dates were: Lt. Ed Allen, Frances Ellis; Bill Dykes, Frances Croley. Actives, pledges, and dates attending were: Harry Donovan, Martha Walker; Jim Heard, Margaret Lee Bradford; Harpo Warren, Marylene Heath; John D. Baumhauer, Alys Lewis; Jim Bourne, Betty Watkins; George (Pinky) Heard, Sara (Cuz) Bryan; Homer Carder, Bebe Gragg; Hugh Payne, Sunny Lewis; Jim Frey, Carolyn Hill; Lawrence Cottle, Ann DuBose; H e n ry Green, Mary Hazel Ford; Ben Brown, Gwen Young; Bubber Tillery, Betty Beall; Junius Mc- Mahon, Audrey W i l s o n ; Al Thomas, Jeanne Townsend; Frank Wyatt, Beryl Walker; Howard Weir, Carolyn Morgan; Francis Reins, Betty Pearson; Hunter Boulo, Frances Bledsoe. Jim Daniel, Frances Reagan; George Ryan, Gwen Tucker; John M. Powell, Sara Osburn; Claude Cowart, Sara Gammage; Lewis Tapp, Gilda Ware; Cole Fuqua, Mudine Sumner; Albert Wells, Evelyn Martin; Mark Quilty, Catherine Bradley; Kilshaw Clisby, Gloria Clancy. Alpha Tau Omega One of those house dances was the ATO entertainment this weekend. The dancing began at 8:00 and lasted till 12:30. Kappa Sigma Another hay-ride, picnic, dance was the Kappa Sig plan for week-end entertainment. We wish we had a date list to show you but the cooperation is slow. Pi Kappa Phi Another bunch of nice people, they had a house dance, started at eight and stopped at 12:30. But not even' the Lowells know who was there. Consult Consult your Plainsman for no details on any parties except TEP and Sigma Chi. LOANS on most anything of value Quick — No Red Tape Opslika Pawn Shop Clement Hotel Corner Opelika, Ala. BEAT THE HEAT BY HAVING YOUR CLOTHES DRY CLEANED OFTEN AT BILL HAM'S oOo FREQUENT CLEANING WILL MAKE YOUR SUITS AND DRESSES LAST LONGER -oOo- SHOE EPAIRING Our expert shoe repairing dept. will make your shoes last for the duration. COME IN TODAY BILL HAM DRY CLEANING i|iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillililllilllillllllllWlMM«WI^II[MlM MUMM Many Different Ways of Saving Old Rubber Methods of Saving Old Rubber For Supply Discussed The reclaiming of scrap rubber is a domestic industry using chemically-manufactured materials that are' believed plentiful enough to salvage every once of rubber donated for the war effort. This report, by Charles A. Hig-gins, president of Hercules Powder Company, is directly opposed to American dependence upon foreign markets for raw rubber. The basic rubber reclaiming process was discovered by an American chemist in 1899 and involves the use of caustic soda, and various chemicals derived from pine wood, coal, or petroleum. Production of reclaimed rubber during last year exceeded 25 per cent of total American rubber consumption. In other words, for every three pounds of raw rubber sold on the market, there was sold one pound of reclaim. There are two principal methods of salvaging scrap rubber, Mr. Higgins explained. The first, called "alkali digestion," is used to separate rubber in automobile tires from its cotton fabric, sulfur, and other components. In this process the tire is immersed in a weak solution of caustic soda and certain solvents and devulcaniz-ers for a period varying from 12 to 18 hours. The second method, used for such articles as hot water bags, boots, garden hose, is called the "pan reclaimer." It simply requires the action of solvents, or "softeners" to reduce the rubber to a lumpy mass which can then be flattened into sheets and made ready for a new compounding. In neither process is there loss of rubber. In a tire, the average rubber content is about 50 per cent of its weight. This means that every used tire donated to the scrap rubber pile produces approximately five more pounds of reclaim rubber for the war effort. For most other articles, the rubber content is much higher. Regenerated scrap, because it is less absorbent of water, is actually superior to raw rubber for certain uses. Several of these uses are for shoe soles and heels, and machine belting. The original rubber is superior where qualities of elasticity, resiliency, or abrasion resistance are required. Local Station Commentator To Help Navy Fulton Lewis, Jr., Mutual's and WJHO's news commentator has always been given a free hand by the network, and the result is "the biggest headache WOL has ever known." Lewis starts out in the morning carrying a record of his theme music and naming a station in the Mutual chain from which he would broadcast that night. This plan worked all right except when Lewis was hot on a story, and then nobody would ever know where he was. If some government official wanted to get in touch with him they would call WOL, only to get the reply that the caller's guess as to Lewis's whereabouts was as good as WOL's. It wasn't until Lewis was actually on the air that anybody would know where he was or what he was up to. There is terrific audience response to Lewis's efforts to speed up war production. After the Diamonds - Watches Jewelry and Giftware Cook Jewelry Co. Eason T. Cook Class '14 115 South Eighth Street Opelika, All. NAVY BLUES Many of Auburn's substantial citizens turned out to bid the boys of our first class goodby and good luck. Many of them had literally adopted those boys. Not only for themselves, but for the community as a whole, these men and women can feel that they have contributed something definite to the war effort, for the morale of our fighting forces is always an important element. We must clinch the faith of any doubters in the ideals of democracy. Not only have these hospitable men and women contributed to the good morale of the boys themselves, but they have helped to erase a bit of the sectional animosity that still prevails in our country. Some of these boys came here prejudiced against the South and southern people. In many of these cases their prejudice had been built by untimely but highly publicized magazine articles on mob violence, ignorance and malnutrition, and by attendance at shows of the Uncle .Tom's Cabin type. They came here and saw for themselves and formed lasting ties of love and friendship that will revive the renown of the hospitality of Auburn and the South. Coming soon to the Amphitheater at Bibb Graves Center a "Happy Hour" conducted and presented entirely by sailors of the school. Out of four hundred men we expect to find enough talent to keep one amused for an hour. The main idea is to give the boys a big hand and not to be too critical. They are all amateurs but will do the best they can. To every student of history of this country must come a form of disillusionment if the is perisistent in his search for truth, and especially if he has an inclination toward hero worship. In dealing with Youth today we find that many come from cities and sections where graft, dishonesty and inefficiency are not only prevalent but are subjects of wide publicity. Add to this the alertness of the modern youth to find out things for himself about his community and sometimes the result is a youth with withering cynicism. We must make men out of these boys and they must believe in the cardinal virtues. We cannot tolerate dishonesty or fraud for men cannot live as close as we do and tolerate these vices. So the Army and Navy is sometimes confronted with the problem of what we call "wise guys" in vernacular. These boys are the product of their community and the community, not the boy, is to blame for this outlook. One of these days in the future all people will exercise their right of franchise, and graft and corruption will be an exception and not the rule, nl the meantime we are grateful to this community's substantial citizens, good churches, and the hospitality of splendid homes that help us to train the more cynical to believe again in the fundamentals of good character. Somebody has said that the British always win their last battle. For the benefit of morale we wish that they would knock a couple of home runs spaced at intervals during the game, for we believe that there are too many things that can stop a lucky streak of runs during the last inning. Congratulations are in order for Chief Radioman J. W. Newton. Newton was advanced radioman first class to chief radioman by order of the Navy Department. He has over nineteen years in the service of his country and has reached the goal of all enlisted men of the Navy. There is a way for everyone to salute the flag, as follows: Anyone in uniform by bringing their right hand to their hat or cap, civilians by resting their hat or cap over their heart, and a woman by putting her hand over her heart. Thou shalt not seek a general Court Nor have two girls in any port. \ General Kennedy, Former Auburn Man On High Commission Brig. Gen. John T. Kennedy, commandant of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute's Reserve Officers' Training Corps from 1928-31, is one of seven generals composing the military commission before which eight German Navy, in a nation-wide campaign, succeeded in getting only seven pairs of a certain rare type of binoculars, Lewis started a drive of his own for some more. Through his radio appeals 600 pairs were collected in a short time. Fulton Lewis, Jr., and his Top of the News, is heard daily, Monday through Friday, at 6:00 P. M. as a regular news feature through WJHO, 1400 on your dial. saboteurs are on trial for their lives in Washington, D. C. Brig. Gen. Kennedy went from Auburn to Fort Sill and was later made commandant of Fort Bragg. LOST—Brown leather wallet lost Saturday contains identification cards and papers of Jack Earnest. Finder please call 343-M. Liberal reward. All of Our Shoe Repair is Done With the Best Available Material and by Experts. Next to Ala. Power Co. FRANK COLLIER'S SHOE SHOP +mrm**m ^ » * * ^ ' i "SWEET PICKIN" FROZ-RITE'S FRESH STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM TRY SOME TODAY FROZ-RITE OPELIKA CREAMERY "Saboteurs" To Show at Tiger For Two Days Robert Cummings And Pricilla Lane Are Stars Although only five days elapse between the opening scene and the final "fade" in the Alfred Hitchcock-directed "Saboteur," which will be the Wednesday and Thursday attraction at the Tiger Theater, the production was before the cameras at Universal studios for more than ten weeks. During much of that time Hitchcock had three camera crews at work—the No. 1 unit, which he personally guided on the Universal lot; the cross-country unit, a mobile affair, and the New York unit. During the unfoldment of the story, Hitchcock speeds Robert Cummings, who co-stars with Priscilla Lane, all the way from Glendale, Calif., to New York Harbor, setting an all-time record for hitchhiking. Portrays War-Worker Cummings, portraying a young aircraft plant worker who is falsely accused of sabotage and who sets out to track down the real saboteur, "hooks" a ride on a freight truck that carries him from Glendale to the heart of Nevada. From there he rides into Utah with Miss Lane in the lat-ter's coupe. Picked up by saboteurs near Salt Lake City, he covers the balance of the distance non-stop except for brief intervals for refueling. Norman Lloyd, imported from the Broadway stage, heads the big cast appearing in support of Miss Lane and Cummings. Other featured players include Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter, Alma Krug-er, Clem Bevans and Dorothy Peterson. FORMER AUBURN MILITARY LEADER NOW A GENERAL Edward S. Ott, former member of the ROTC staff at Auburn, has been raised to the rank of Brigadier General. General Ott served at Auburn from 1929 to 1933. Post Office Receipts Increase During The Past Year On the basis of figures for the past six months, the record receipts at the local Post Office in 1941 will be substantially exceeded this year. Homer Wright, postmaster, said that receipts for the first half of 1942 are 11.3 per cent greater than in the same period last year. So far this year the Post Office has received $26,245.18 which is $2,683.21 greater than in the same period of 1941. Total receipts in 1941 exceeded $50,000.00. TODAY BRIAN DONLEVY MIRIAM HOPKINS PRESTON FOSTER in "A GENTLEMAN AFTER DARK" WED. — THURS. ITHE MAN (EHtND YOU* BACK! Norman UOYO OttoKRUGER Alan BAXTER Alma KRUGER Ooforky PfTERSOK OMIKVARS More Enjoyment ROBERT BENCHLEY '• in "Trouble With Husbands' Latest News Events Part of the rhythm of action the pause that refreshes • ' • ' . • i • • • ••v • It's the refreshing thing to do Opelika Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Phone 70 M-39-4 Page Four THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN July 14, 1942 Four Fraternities Win Softball Games Games Played over the Week-End Are Given; Monday's Games Given Friday By JIMMIE DAVIS Completing the third week of league play, winners were Delta Sigma Phi over Lambda Chi Alpha by a count of 7-2 with Rye, Haney, and Wearer leading the hitting attack for the winners with two hits each. Kappa Sig played their best game of the season as they downed the Sigma Pi team by a sizeable score of 18-2. The winners collected fifteen hits while the Sigma Pi squad got four; Brown got a homer for the Kappa Sigs. Phi Kappa Tau played heads up ball to down a fighting bunch of Phi Delts with a shutout. Jenkins allowed only two singles in going the route for the Phi Kappa Tau team. Ericson, Lankford and Fred Morris lead the batting parade for the winning club. Sigma Chi outlasted the Kappa Alpha team to win a slugging duel with a 16-15 final. Center-fielder Brown had three safeties to pace the winners while Pyror lead the Kappa Alpha club. Thursday's Game Sigma Chi 16; Kappa Alpha 15 By virtue of a six run rally in the sixth the Sigma Chis out-scored the KAs in a slugging battle. Both teams showed that they had plenty of power with the willow. The winners had ten mis-cues charged against them while the KAs were charged with two. Sigma Chi 313 016 2-16-9-10 Kappa Alpha 411 303 3-15-11-2 Pope and Williams, Tillery; Sapp and McCowan Kappa Sigma 18. Sigma Pi 2 Unlashing a heavy hitting attack the Kappa Sigs scored in the late inning to down the Sigma Pi team 18-2. Ronald, Magnuson, Brown and Hahn led the hitting attack for the winners. Kappa Sigma 112 016 7-18-15-1 Sigma Pi 100 001 0-2-4-0 Ronald and Thompson; Whitehead and Brawner. Friday's Games With Jenkins hurling shut out ball the Phi Kappa Taus won a shut out over the Phi Deuts 7-0. The winners collected ten hits while the losers had only two. Phi Delta Theta 000 000 0-0-2-0 Phi Kappa Tau 202 102 x-7-10-0 Jenkins and Montgomery; Woodruff and J. Hudson. Delta Sigma Phi 7; Lambda Chi Alpha 2 Making eleven hits good for seven runs the Delta Sigs downed a hustling Lambda Chi squad by a 7-2 count. Hanks, Haney and Rye lead the hitting parade for the winners while Penuel was the leading hitter of the day with three safeties. Delta Sigma Phi 300 103 0-7-11-0 Lambda Chi Alpha 200 000 0-2-6-2 Cagle and McClurkin; Beindorf and Kershaw. FOR RENT — Furnished apartment. Telephone 462 or 11 tf League Leaders Given at The Half-way Mark Four Fraternities Still Remain In Undefeated Class Below are the League standings for the four leagues of the Interfraternity Softball competition after they have reached the half-way mark. These standings are up to the games played yesterday, however two of the games have not been reviewed in The Auburn Plainsman, but will be in the Friday issue of the paper. Here are the standings as of yesterday: League I Won Hits and Misses On the Intramural Front By CHARLES SCALES Teams Sigma Nu Kappa Sig Alpha Psi Pi Kappa Phi Sigma Pi Teams Sigma Chi PiKA SAE Theta Chi KA League II Won 2 2 1 2 0 League III Won 2 Teams ATO Phi Kappa Tau 2 AGR 1 Phi Delta Theta 1 TEP 0 League IV Teams Won SPE 2 Delta Sigs 3 Alpha Lambda Tau 1 Lambda Chi 0 OTS 0 Lost 0 1 1 1 4 Lost 0 1 1 1 4 Lost 0 0 1 3 2 Lost 0 1 1 2 2 CALLING ALL MERCHANTS!! WHETHER YOU SELL OR a The Auburn Plainsman is your best medium of contacting over 6,400 students, sailors, towns- y^JdJ people, civil service and NYA workers. '^ USE ITS COLUMNS FREQUENTLY, AND WATCH YOUR SALES RISE! d^kfh\^sm& mm Published Every Tuesday—Friday During Summer School 3700 CIRCULATION ^^^^^M^^MM^^MllMMMi^MlB Interfraternity Softball sailed past the mid-stripe last week as several clubs finished league play. Standings within the various leagues have been brought up to date, and interest is growing as final results loom over the horizon. Thursday afternoon the Sigma Chis won a close victory over the KAs in a free slugging contest. Though the Kappa Alpha boys led through the opening frames by several runs, the Sigma Chis finally settled down and pulled the game out of the fire. Final score was 16-15. Frequent errors on the part of the winners led to several of the KA's runs, though Pryor managed to collect three for four during the afternoon. Leader at bat for the Sigma Chis was Brown, who also rapped out three for four. The Kappa Sigs rode high again last week as they trounced the Sigma Pis 18 to 2 in another one sided affair. Ronald, for the Kappa Sigs, pitched a great game and, with faultless fielding behind him allowed only four hits. Hahn, Brown, Magnuson, and Ronald led the way for the Kappa Sigma team, each pounding out runs for four times up, while for the losers Brewer, West, Cleveland, and Brawner got one apiece. In a fast game Friday the Phi Kappa Taus over ran an erroring Phi Delta Theta team in a brilliant 7 to 0 shutout. Jenkins pitching his usual unsurpassed brand of fast ball held the Phi Deltas to two hits, while perfect fielding left these men dead on base. For the Phi Kappa Taus, Ericson headed the batting list with three for three including a home run, while Seawell and Bricken rapped out the only Phi Delt hits. At the same time, the Delta Sig's powerful ball club clipped the Lambda Chis 7-2 in their final league game. Penuel led the Lambda Chis at the plate, beating out three hits for three times at bat, though Weaver and Haney, Delta Sigs, tailed close behind. * * * In independent Softball Friday the FFA men dropped a hard-fought game to the Mitecs. Postponed since July 1 because of rain, the clubs finally met and the skin began to fly. The FFAs held the eingineers several innings, but superior slugging power told in the end. For the Mites, Windham, Colvin, Helms, and Brown led at bat with 3 for 4 and Davis copped FFA honors, collecting a similiar number. * * * Well, folks, we've made a mistake! It's not our first, by a long shot, but it is our most noticabie so far, so we want to correct it at once. Last issue we gave the ALTs credit for a win over the Delta Sigma Phi club and this proved to be very wrong. Instead, the Delta Sigs won by a 10 to 5 margin. Our apologies, boys. We didn't mean it . . . * * * And here is an important notice for all fraternities! It seems that the first week has already slipped by in the interfraternity golf and tennis matches while no returns have been filed in the office. Better hurry those games, boys, since there's only one week left for the first rounds. The table tennis doubles, scheduled to begin tonight, have been postponed until Thursday night. The reason—too few entries! Come on, you table tennis fans, lets get in the game. File your entry by Thursday noon and we'll make the tournament a success yet! Faculty and Students Defeat Navy Team in Fast Game Sunday afternoon a team composed of members of the faculty and students defeated a fighting Navy nine to the tune of 7 to 5. Kronfeld on the mound for the winners yielded six hits all of which were bunched, as his mates fielded flawlessly behind his steady hurling. He was in trouble only once during the entire game and that was in the first half of the seventh when the sailor-boys combined three hits and two walks to score four of their five runs. Harp, on the mound for the sailors, was a bit wild at the start §§ of the game but eventually set- ! 8| I tied down after four tallies had h I been pushed across to hold the j §8 J visitors to five well-scattered hits , jjj ! the rest of the game. Timely er- i gg j rors proved costly in the defeat j | | of the sailors. They made a total of six for the afternoon. Wadja, with two for four, and Brown, who hit a home run, were the batting stars for the losers; while Young with two for four STUDENT CABINET MAKES REVISIONS IN CONSTITUTION At the meeting of the Executive Cabinet last Thursday night plans for the freshman election were discussed and revisions of the constitution introduced. Reports of the standing committees were made by Duncan Liles and Jug Wright. • Henry Park made the motion that three absences from Cabinet meetings be punished by pro- 'bation and two further absences be punished ^by suspension from the Cabinet. Either offense to be published in the student publication stating the representative, his offense, and fraternity affiliations. The motion carried. In closing Wright suggested that the Cabinet challenge the Glomerata and Auburn Plainsman staffs to a soft ball game. LOST—Brown leather zipper case containing set of personal keys, Oklahoma driver's license, and other identification. Wathena Temple, Dorm 1. Does Your Plumbing Need Repairing? Our repairmen are prepared to give you prompt and efficient service whenever your plumbing system is not functioning properly. PHONE 301 Benson Plumbing and Heating Co. was the best with the willow for the victors. Faculty Team 7 Navy Team 5 Summary: Runs batted in: Wadja, Brown, Huffman 2, Shrotell, Hill 2, Kronfeld; two base hits: Wadja, Mahan; three base hits: Huffman; Home Runs: Brown. Base on balls: off Harp 4, Kronfeld 5. ii*jf- <'•:'• yy-y-:L:'-y':'-:l '^J± LOST — One Gold miniature , Spiked Shoe for watch chain. Lost somewhere around corner of Mell St. and dirt road at Sigma Nu house. Finder please return to Warren Fleming, Sigma C h i house. FOR RENT — Upstairs apartment. Three rooms and private bath, private entrance. Refrigerator, stove, and hot water furnished. 342 So. Gay St. Telephone 551-J. tf Let Us Rebuild Your Old Shoes New soles and heels will help to make your old shoes as good as new. Langley's Shoe Shop AUBURN PHONE 35 THE GATHERING SPOT FOR AUBURN 'EDS' AND 'COEDS' ii ii si -oOo- Cheat the heat with a delicious sundae or a refreshing soda. We are always ready to serve you. Make our store your headquarters. First Aid Supplies, Cosmetics, Drugs, School Supplies, Tobaccos, Magazines . . . Visit Our Up-To-Date Prescription Dept. TOOMER'S DRUG STORE i ON THE CORNER FOR 50 YEARS gsaassmgasigaaaaam io,=.c,c.c,S,S.o,=?oSc,oScn , c , i n .Sjos^^^ " ALL THE LATEST POPULAR TUNES ARE IN OUR RECORD SELECTION Also Complete Album of Classical, Semi-classical Composers LOFTIN MUSIC CO. 1 SCHOOL N E E DS Loose Leaf Fillers, Note Books, Typewriter Paper, Ink, Fountain Pens All School Needs Can Be Found Here GRADY LOFTIN'S "We Appreciate Your Business"
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Title | 1942-07-14 The Auburn Plainsman |
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Date Issued | 1942-07-14 |
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OCR Transcript | maw 'TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT' VOLUME LXVI ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1942 NUMBER 10 Auburn Players Cast Is Given for Play Successful Production "Hay Fever" Will Be only Summer Attraction of Group For nearly a month now, a cast of nine Auburn Players have been rehearsing their p a r t s in the forthcoming production, "Hay Fever," which is to be presented by the actors society before the end of the Summer Quarter. This play is remembered as one of the most successful comedies ever written by the great English playwright, Noel Coward Soldiers To Get Mail By New "V-Mail" Soldiers, sailors, marines and all of those in the armed forces of the country will soon be get-ing mail on the new V-Mail stationery that is being distributed in this country now. This is a special type of paper that can be photographed and then reproduced. The first supplies of V-Mail letter forms, for use in correspondence to and from our armed forces outside the continental United States, have arrived at the Auburn Post Office and are available to friends and relatives of men on foreign duty. Until stores can obtain the forms for sale the Government is distributing them free, although only three will be given each person. The Victory letter forms are single sheets of paper which may be folded to form envelopes after the message has been written. The letters will be photographed on micro-film and sent abroad in reels. When they reach their destination they will be enlarged and printed on cards, the original letter being retained until it is certain delivery has been possible. The letters will be photographed a second time if necessary. The principal advantage of the V-Mail forms is the reduction in It was a brilliant success when first presented on the London stage. After a lengthy run in the English Capital, it was brought to New York, where Laura Hope Crews played the leading role during a long Broadway engagement. The new production, which will play in Langdon Hal1 is a worthy successor 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," and "Suspect." Students who have parts in "Hay Fever" are Bette Jane Hays, Robert Blackburn, Patty McCoy, Ed Cadenhead, Nancy Sallade, John R. Jones, Jr., Winifred Swenson, L. C. Fitzpatrick, and Evelyn Martin. Members of the production staff are Professor Telfair B. Peet, director; Allen Odom, promptor; Tommie Wood, stage manager; and Buck Taylor, house manager. Any' freshmen, upperclassmen, or transfer students who are interested in dramatic work of any type are eligible for membership in the Auburn Players and are urged to become affiliated with the society. CHEMISTRY SCHOOL RELEASES DEAN'S LIST FOR TERM Four juniors and four seniors are on the Dean's List of the School of Chemistry for the Summer Quarter. This was released today by Dean C. L. Hare. Members of the junior class receiving the honor were Evan Wil-bert Robinson, Jose M. Silver-stein, James M. Smith, and James L. West. Seniors were Roland G. Fry, Margaret O. Kilburn, John Bruce Martin, and Ralph E. Styring. Mr. Brown's News Office Is College Publicity Center News of Auburn Activities Distributed From News Bureau in Samford Hall ON THE CAMPUS By BOB SHARMAN For the benefit of young and bewildered freshmen the following directions are given. Start at the main gate, not through it, and follow the main drag south until you encounter the well-worn, northeast steps of Samford Hall. Amble up the steps, through the door, and continue west. When you stumble over a softly-snorting bird dog you're getting Pete" will wag his tail Navy Shows To Be Free for The Public in Future I Lt. Edwin Phillips, commander of the Naval Radio Training School here, announced today that the public is cordially invited to attend future USO Shows to be given in Auburn. The next show will be given here on Friday evening, August 7, in the Amphitheater at Graves Center. There will be reserved sections for the public and for service men, he said. Miss Martin Issues List Of New Books librarian, following weight and volume which the use of micro-film makes possible. The original volume of the letters is reduced to 3.15 per cent, a compactness which makes shipping easier and safer. Cabinet, Glomerate Pitted In Battle of Century In direct violation of all the Blue Laws of our fair city, the epic battle of the century will take place Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock on Bullard Field. After many weeks of preparation, the staff of the Glomerata, an Auburn yearbook, and the members of the Executive Cabinet, an alleged student government group, have finally released their official lineups for the fracas, a Softball game unprecedented in history. The Glomerata team will be coached by their able pitcher, John "I Guess I Can, I'm Editor" Scott, while the other end of the battery is as yet undecided, the catching position being a toss-up between Bill Dickey and Harry Meriwether. While Dickey holds a slight edge in the field, Meriwether's prowess at the plate is not to be disregarded. First base will be held down by Rudy York, assistant sports editor, while the keystone sack will be covered by Joe Gordon, second assistant sports editor. Shortstop is well handled by Buck "I Bat My Weight" Taylor, who at the last moment ousted Lou Bou-dreau, a member of the sports staff. Third base, Laline White. Short field will be played by one Joe DiMaggio, third assistant sports editor, while left field will be patrolled by Ted Williams, sports writer. Allen Odom, batting .550 for Dorm I, will patrol the center garden and most of right, supposedly covered by Pete "I Wish I Could Bat My Weight" King. The Executive Cabinet will also feature a star-studded lineup. Ed "Snow White" Cadenhead will endeavor to catch the pitching of Frances Ellis while an airtight infield, composed of Dune "I Only made $140" Liles at third, Luther "I Can Bat Both Ways" Taylor at second, Homer "Catch 'Em on the Big Hop" Wright at short and either Tommy Briscoe or some draftee from the WSGA at the initial sack. Short field will be handled by Roy "I Can't Stop Grounders" Fuller, while the entire outfield will be played by Check "Believe Me, I Can Do It" Stevens. Although the water-boy has not been announced, the assistant bucket-carrier will be John "Let Me Play Too" Spencer. After their last practice, held in March of '34, Coach Jimmy Butt, then in knee pants, urged his team to get out there and FIGHT. Coach Scott of the Glomerata ended his statement to the press by quoting odds of 33-1 that the losers would refuse to furnish the free picnic lunch they were to buy the winners. The Auburn Plainsman wishes to clear itself of any consequences resulting from the battle, as its only staff participants will be Ham "Where's My Staff" Wilson and Pinkie "Don't Ask Me" Heard, as officials. They had no comment to offer concerning the probable outcome of the fray. Sailor Shows Stamina In Training Kenneth Belden Graduates Despite Physical Handicaps Grit and stamina that will be an example for many of the future American soldiers and sailors to fonuw was displayed in the past few months by a sailor sent here for the Radio Naval Training. Kenneth G. Belden, of Withita, Kansas, was determined to be a radio operator in the United States Navy regardless of personal ailments or disabilities. The fact that he developed a highly painful illness soon after beginning his training here last March at the Auburn Naval Radio Training School did not deter him from his goal. Despite this handicap he graduated this week with the first class of radio operators to leave the school for service in U. S. Navy. He is now almost well. Tears came to Belden's eyes when informed several weeks ago by Lt. Edwin Phillips, commander of the school, that the illness would necessitate his transfer to a naval hospital. Realizing that Belden did not want to leave, the Lieutenant told him to return to his quarters and informed officers in charge that Belden was to continue in school until transportation to the hospital could be arranged. "We watched him hobble to school each day, sometimes having to use crutches," said Lt. Phillips. "Pretty soon his condi- t o g e t by his examinations Be-tion began to improve and we c a u s e of t h e magnificent stamina purposely forgot about his trans- a n d c o u r a g e already displayed by er" him we know that he will be a "Somehow or other he managed I winner." Miss Mary Martin, recently released the list of new books which have been received and catalogued in the various libraries on the campus. The books are as follows: General: Houseboat Summer, Coatsworth; Only One Storm, Hicks; Attack Alarm, Innes; Breathe the Air Again, Moore; Daughter of Time, White; Our Education Racket, Waterhouse; A Guide for the Self-Appraisal of School Systems, Mort; Stephen Grellet, Comfort; Three Hundred Gifted Children, Sumption; Must We Grow Old?, Newman; Come and Get It, Martin. Ag: Correlation Analysis, Tre-loar; Swine Practise II, Veterinary Medicine Periodical. Chemistry: Chemical Species, Timmermans. Engineering: Safety Supervision, Schaefer. Vet: Swine Practise II, Veteri nary Medicine Periodical. warm. and forgive you. Stagger through the nearest door and you are in the nerve center of API. Here, under the able direction of Mr. Kirtley Brown, Publications Editor of the College, news material, photographs, and bulletins are produced for the purpose of propagating Auburn and its activities. An efficient and c-curate network distributes news of Auburn far and wide. A college scrapbook is maintained for reference to past events and contains articles "which have been sent to the state newspapers. Personal stories of Auburn students have been published almost one hundred per cent by their local papers. With the help of student photographers, pictures of all major campus activities are recorded on film and filed for future reference. Miss Edith Ingram, Secretary to the News Bureau, clips Auburn news from state newspapers, mimeographs news and sends it to the newspapers, gets out the library list to the faculty, as well as getting The Auburn Plainsman in the mail for the faculty, and acts as information center for all news—past, present, and future. The Faculty Forum, a magazine for the faculty and staff; and pictorial magazines, sponsored by various departments of the college, are edited by the News Bureau. The tedious job of editing and proofreading the API Bulletin is another duty of this office. Through the efforts of the personnel, Glomeratas are present in all the state high school libraries. Besides being Publications Editor of the College Mr. Brown is Chairman of the Concert and Lecture Series and acts in a major capacity in scheduling the concerts that have been so well received in Auburn. Sigma Phi Epsilon The Sig Eps held a formal initiation Sunday, July 12, and re-cieved eight new men as brothers in the fraternity. The meeting was held in the chapter room of the fraternity house with P. M. Lovell presiding. Those being admitted were: Merril Yohn, Mobile; Albert Austin, Mobile; Bill Summers, Cedar Bluff; Joe Lawless, Birmingham; Phil Davis, Mobile; John Coates, Mobile; Joe Bid-die, Birmingham; Jack Bridges, Birmingham. The entire group was entertained at a buffet supper after the ceremony. Engineers Get Together There will be a meeting of the Engineer's Council Wednesday afternoon at 5:00 P. M. on the second floor of Ramsey Hall. Pre-Law Meeting There will be an important meeting of the Pre-Law Society Tuesday night, July 14, 8:00 P. M. 302 Broun Hall. All members are urged to be present. Sigma Pis Elect At their regular July 8 chapter meeting, the members of Alpha- Delta chapter, Sigma Pi fraternity elected the following new officers: Treasurer, Jimmie West, a junior in civil engineering, from Columbia, Tenn.; S e c r e t a r y, Leonard Hooper, sophomore in architecture, from Bay Minette, Ala. If You Want Money The contingent refund checks are ready in the cashiers office and those students to whom they are due should call for them immediately. The checks that are left will be mailed to the student's home address. "Fraternity Night" Tomorrow night has been designated as "Fraternity Night" at the all-campus Community Sing. Each lodge on the campus has been invited by letter to attend and sing its official song in a body. In addition to these selections, songs of the west will be featured on the evening's program. A special motion picture short will be shown during the evening. The concert will be held as usual at 8 P. M. on the rear steps of Ross Chemical Laboratory. In case of rain, Langdon Hall will be used. HOME ECONOMICS DEAN'S LIST IS REPRINTED Editor's note: The list of the following students was published by mistake under the heading of the School of Science and Literature. " ' Dean Marion W. Spidle released the Dean's List for the School of Home Economics this week. The list included two seniors and two juniors, and will be effective for the present quarter. Those on the list are: Seniors: Margaret Dykes and Clyde Dykes. Juniors: Annelu Moore and Mildred Hatchett. . . . . from cover to cover Ring Committee Members of the 1942-43 ring committee were announced today by Henry Park, vice-president of the Executive Cabinet. Those on the committee are Ralph Davis, Joe Justo, Pete King, Tom Rowan, Jack Tankersley, and E. T. York. w — < y ^« i // You Want To Learn More about Books Beginning this issue there will be a new weekly column devoted to the study and review of books. The writing, with this one exception, will be done by various students. If you have any response we are open for it. Also, on this page you will find editorials about the students and their attitude toward war, one concerning their religion and finally one about tobacco and its merits. Editorial page 2. Social Life and Other Comments A review of the social life carried on by the fraternities during the past week-end is given by the society editor along with several comments by the she-editor. Picture show review and an item about one of the local radio correspondents. All this is on the usual page 3. Fraternity Softball Reaches Half-Way Mark On page four will be found the league standings of the fraternities as they have played about half of their games. See Hits and Misses as well as Jimmie Davis' article to get all the details. Another column gives you the actual standings. Tennis Schedule Is Given for Play For Individuals Auburn's mixed doubles tennis tournament swings into action this week as ten couples begin their mad scramble over the campus courts in the opening rounds. Positions were drawn Monday and the schedule of matches is as follows: Weaver- Newsome vs McMillan-Hill and the winner vs Lindley-McKin-non, Lande-Tippins vs Windham- Price, McKinnon-Breeden vs Bryant-Mason, Wadsworth-Win-ters vs Simms-Jones and the winner vs Rouse-McCurdy. (In the list above men's names precede those of their partners.) These first rounds must be played before July 25 and the semi-finals must be finished before August 15. Matches will be set basis. Results must be filed decided on a best two out of three with the Intramural Office immediately after each game so that they may be posted. Next Concert To Be Here on July 22 Two More Concerts Will Be Presented Students During the Summer Quarter Appearing Wednesday evening, July 22 in the Graves Center Amphitheater will be the Master Singers, representing the second attraction in a series of t h r e e summer concerts. The Master Singers were organized in 1934 and have devoted themselves entirely to pre-instru-mental music of the church and plain songs of the people. They have made regular appearances over the air, prepared an album for Columbia records, and served as "stand-ins" for the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. The third and last in the current Summer Series will be the recital of 'E8whr Strawbridge and Lisa Parnova, ballet dancers. The Concert a n d Lecture Course Committee has made definite arrangements for two of the six concerts to appear in the fall, winter, and spring sessions. The two scheduled are the Graff Ballet, to appear October 19, and Fray and Braggiotti to appear February 22. There are several under consideration. H. R. Knickerbocker, lecturer, was scheduled to appear here last year but, due to the present crisis, was called away two days before his expected appearance, to serve as war correspondent. The date for Mr. Knickerbocker's lecture will probably be the first week in February. Two others under consideration are the Chekhov Players and Albert Spalding. The Concert and Lecture Course Committee consists of Mr. K. Brown, Chairman, Professors J. R. Rutland, Lawrence Barnett, Telfair Peet, Frank Ap-plebee, Lilly Spencer, Mrs. S. L. Toomer, Mr. W. T. Ingram and Mr. Ralph Draughon. Tickets wiil be sold under the same system as last year. Students may purchase s e a s on tickets for one dollar each, and outsiders may purchase them for three dollars. War Eagle Cries We had an interesting experience one day last week. Going into one of the local cafes, we had a snack that was as good as expected. Then, seeking to put off the bad part till the first of the month, we asked the proprietor to allow us to sign the ticket. Having had a few such experiences in other parts and not being known personally to the owner, I asked if any identification was necessary. Do you think you know the answer? I imagine you guessed wrong. . "I've been here for over twenty years, and I think I know a little something about the people here. You don't need any identification. You're a student, and that's enough. "Fifteen years ago I would certainly have asked for some sort of that stuff, but now I don't. The school, or the pupils, have changed that much. In the last five years we haven't lost a cent on students or their tickets." That's the kind of thing we like to hear, the kind of stuff that makes us proud of the reputation that has been slowly building up for these many years! Keep it up, fellows! NEWMAN CLUB WILL JMEET TONIGHT AT '8:00 FOR CATHOLICS The Newman Club will hold its i weekly meeting tonight at 8:00 in the club room on East Magnolia. The steady increase in membership during the last few weeks has prompted the president, Henry Shine, to put tonight's meeting in the form of a "get acquainted" meeting. Several interesting highlights have been arranged in conjunction with this unique meeting. All Catholic students and sailors will be welcomed at all times. Last week the members were entertained with several short moving pictures and dancing. The Reverend Moderator entertairied the group with a watermelon cutting after the dancing. i Spend Your Money for War Bonds and Stamps Page Two T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN July 14, 1942 Column Left Students Need To Be More War-Minded TRY DOING THIS FOR A CHANGE 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. Some months ago we stopped bumming cigarettes (i. e., we stopped smoking). Since that time, as an impartial observer, we have noted the various approaches used in this art. - » ' ' • * *• The direct method is often the most successful. The seeker approaches with an innocent expression and suddenly pats the victim's pocket, asking at the same time for a cig. If the victim is smoking at the time, the process is even simpler; one only needs to say, "Got another one of those?" » * * Perhaps the most insincere bummer of all is the one who says, "I left my cigs in my other shirt. How 'bout lending me one 'til we get home?" * » * Some simply admit their status, "Someday I'm gonna' buy some cigarettes, but I can't today." * * * It sometimes works to assume an attitude of .complete exhaustion and proclaim to the world at large that you'll die if you don't get a smoke. Sometimes this doesn't work, though, and you feel awfully silly not being able to die as you said you would. . - * * * No method is really more certain than an offer to buy a smoke. It gives the bummer an appearance of really trying to pay his way. Of course ho one ever takes the penny offered, so the cig doesn't cost anymore than one obtained by the direct, but crude, method. ' * ; • * . * The general type with the most subdivisions is the group who shout, "Shoot that duck!" There is real science in the determination of exactly the right moment to call. The hunter is in the position of a man who must choose the proper time for his move, but must also be sure he beats all others to the draw. v * * * The most skillful manage to call just as the smoker gets a good light. This means that the smoker must either refuse or stand around until he's had his fill. Either course being obnoxious, he usually takes the easy way out and offers a new one. * * * Those who want to be sure to have some success, but don't expect too much, will sing out just as the cig reaches the halfway mark. The smoker will then take two good draws and give a flip in the expected direction. * * * Students of human nature often make their request for a duck just as the cigarette gets too short to smoke. If they have judged correctly, they get a new cig; if not, a burned lip. » * * The most subtle bummers of all never say a word. They wait until someone puts a smoke in his mouth, and then they are right there with a light. The dig comes when they continue to hold the light after the victim has lighted his cig. Only the most hard-hearted will then fail to come through. * * * We didn't mean to give the impression that we don't approve of the name, Quadratics. We really think that it is especially apt. Webster defines "quadratic" as that "in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square." '* « * Phil, the Pony-Playing Poet, reports that his favorite jockey whispers the following poem in his horse's ear before each race: Roses are red, Violets are blue. Horses what lose Are made into glue. » * * IHA-LT ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Q u a d r a t i cs By ALLEN ODOM Editor's note: t h e opinion* expressed in this column are those of the writer and are not to be construed as the editorial policies of this paper. Hades thinks its high time we got back to a discussion of women in this column. And as usual Miss Daquiri is right. * * • Women at their best and worst can be found in the dining hall. There are several different types. * * * First there is the "great lady," who demands food, looks down her nose at the hostess, and speaks aloofly to everyone at her table. This young lady forgets that the table girl lets her study her notes before quizzes. In fact, she forgets the table girl. * * * Second there is the gossip. Between gulps she emits some choice bits of gossip. It is very upsetting to the digestion to learn that one of your sorority sisters got shipped for shooting craps with the janitor . . . right in the middle of ice cream, at that. » * * Then there is the dissatisfied young lady who is not in sympathy with the ideas of the dietician. She turns up her nose at all the dishes in succession, and after having expressed her opinion loudly and at length, leaves the table and its occupants. The remaining girls eat, glumly wondering if maybe they haven't the finer sensibilities of life. The food tastes all right to them. * • * Then there's the hopeful gal. She seems to suspect the dietician of being a "Whose got the button" fan. Only this girl plays with white meat of chicken. She obviously believes that there is a plot afoot in the kitchen to hide the choice bits of food under not-so- choice bits, for as it passes her she makes a minute examination of each and every particle on the plate. The disgusting part is that after much discussion, pro and con, she always ends up with the top piece. * * * There is the girl who wears a chip on each shoulder. If you pass the food too slowly she glares, if you pass it too fast she glares. If you speak to her she glares, if you don't speak she glares. She is a lovely person to have around. She watches each mouthful of food you eat, until you want to climb under the table and eat your dinner in peace. » * * And now for the individual who has a half-way sense of sound. After each statement that is made she says "What did you say?" After every announcement she turns to her tablemates and says, "What was that?" Of course, she is gaily chattering through everyone's conversation, and through the announcement. She's also the type that always hears the last part of a long story. She insists on hearing the first part. This is equally hard on the story teller and other listeners. * * *. Now for the good girls of the lot. There is the one who eats anything and everything. She doesn't tell the kind of tales that make you want to regurgitate, she has a calm good-nature, and doesn't like seconds. She smiles at the table-girl, especially if the table-girl is a boy, and she always says please and thank you. * * » This little saint of the dining hall doesn't dawdle over the food, making three girls late to their next class. She even passes up the plates to save time, occasionally. * » » But her prime virtue is that she doesn't simper around and say, "Well, I don't care if it is bad manners to eat a drum stick with your fingers . . ." She goes ahead and does it. Nobody notices. Everybody else is busy with •heirs. « * * Enough of that. Now comes something very nice. Billy Rich-ter . . . senior in mechanical engineering . . . very bright, but not too aware of it . . . he comes from the Empire State, Savannah, to be exact, and he claims kin to the Alpha Tau Omega clan. He's an awful nice person to know. In spite of all that's been said and done since the war began, the attitude of the general American public concerning the war is still a lackadaisical and uninterested one. With each new allied defeat lightly passed over, and each minor victory overemphasized, a false sense of security and optimism has been built up throughout the country—a feeling that should be done away with as soon and as completely as possible. People simply do not comprehend the true and serious nature of the situation. Still, each time that the public has been appealed, to for aid it has immediately responded with a spontaneous and sincere enthusiasm, but even that helpful spirit passed as soon as the novelty wore off. For example, the aluminum drive of a few months ago fell far short of the hoped-for goal and the recently completed rubber drive was, in almost all respects, a dismal flop, even with the wholehearted cooperation of many citizens. Despite the fact that the military draft and various shortages and priorities have brought the war closer to home than has anything in the past, we still need something to jolt us from our rosy dream of complacency to a grim realization of the true state of things. Though this feeling is prevalent throughout the entire nation here at Auburn we are affected probably as much as any place in the country. In the peaceful atmosphere of a quiet little town, war and bloodshed seem as remote and unreal as anything one could think of. Yet it is those now in school who should necessarily be so vitally interested in what is going on on the far-flung battlefields of the world. For it is their job to help all they can those struggling in Egypt and Russia, in China and the Aleutians— it is their job to add their resources of brawn and brains to the constantly increasing manpower fighting to win the war both in the battle of arms and in the equally "important battle of production. For this reason each should add all he can to the victory campaign, that he too might add another step on the long road to ultimate victory. A.L. There Is Always Something New to Learn Many a college student has. come to college and finds that his religious faith has been shattered and at the least shaken. These students sometimes lose all conception of the word religion and its true meaning in the individual's life. Perhaps this is as it should be however. For, it would be a poor college or university that did riot cause one to think about his beliefs, religious or otherwise. Then too it would be a poor student who could learn new things and acquire a broader vision about history, economics, and chemistry and still remain stagnant in the realm of religion. Being unsettled or having doubt in one's mind is a good thing, just so one does not remain so. The main trouble with most of us is that we do not and are not willing to pass from the kingdom of inherited religion into the democracy of experienced religion. It really is much easier to sit back and take someone else's view point or opinion than to go and find out for ourselves, even when little or no actual work is involved. Lots of the so called problems in religion that students think can only happen here, really occur to everyday people. But, people outside of college have to face the same problems each day. The difference is that we in college are in a better position to dig down and find out the why and the wherefore of these things that occur and cause doubt and find out what is the real truth. One of the main troubles with college students is that they give up the faith that they have without finding something better. Some students cannot find the same satisfaction in believing in God as they used to do wlien they were children. The same picture of God does not present itself to them now as it did when they were in the Grade School several years ago. The main trouble is that these students are trying to get peace of mind by denying the existence of God and His power and of His works. The real solution to all of this doubt in student's minds about religion that they get in college is this: Do not give up the Christian faith that you have until you are sure that you have something better. Your hometown religion might have been inadequate but it was at least so sincere it changed human lives by its sincerity. Coming off to college should mean the moving out of one house, the old, and into another, the new. Tobacco Merits and Demerits We've read the uncompromising opinion of Lt. Commander Gene Tunney on the evils of cigarette smoking. We've also seen articles by reputable physicians of the nation in which they have stated that the exact harm done by Raleigh's famous "weed" is not really known. It remained this month, however, for the editor of popular Reader's Digest (small in size, but big in circulation—over five million copies per month) to enter a controversy which has been raging in the pages of technical and non-technical publications for years. Believing that the comparative-merits or demerits of the various brands of cigarettes were approximately equal, and that claims and counter-claims of the leading tobacco companies were mostly pure "bunk," RD entered into a bit of laboratory experiment. Seven of the leading makes of cigarettes were tested, being "smoked" by a steel and glass robot specially constructed for this purpose. Results of the Digest's laboratory research could be boiled down to one short sentence. There was not sufficient difference in any of the different brands to support the extravagant advertising claims of the manufacturers. No evidence was found to justify any claim that one cigarette was less harmful to the throat and respiratory organs than another. Since the widely-heralded advantages of various cigarettes were found to be lacking in almost all cases, many a smoker was inclined to stop and think a minute. He still was not sure, though, as to the actual harmful effects which many people claimed were incurred as a result of smoking any kind of tobacco. For he could see too many real old-timers still "kicking" and still "puffing away." B.T. CMIMM *QflmlyMm • Published semi-weekly by the Students of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama Editorial and Business Office on Tichenor Avenue. 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Books, Not Text--- By GEORGE O'DONNELL (Editor's Note: The following article is one of a series that will be presented for your enjoyment and entertainment concerning books. The reviews will be written by students in one of Professor George O'Donnell's classes. The articles will deal with all types of books that students are or should be interested in. The articles will be the student's own opinion of the book and its contents. The following, the first, is not a book review, but Professor O'Donnell's idea of what the column will be like and what it will contain. He, as well as the editor, would appreciate any comments or criticisms or suggestions that you have to offer. What "Books, Not Text" Will Cover A book makes a good weapon for killing a rattlesnake. At least Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings says that it does, in her recent autobiography, "Cross Creek." But, books are more regularly,, although less showily, useful as weapons against ignorance, boredom, and isolationism in its worst form (the inability to understand anyone different from ourselves, ignorance of any kind of life that is radically unlike our own). In this column, every week, an Auburn student will talk about a new book. Any book discussed might prove helpful in an informal meeting with a snake. But the reviewers here will be more concerned with the book's usefulness in combating boredom and mental provincialism. Students Write Reviews Students will write the reviews for student readers. In other words, the reviews will be about books that students have actually read with enjoyment or have found worth reading even though they did not entirely approve. The reviewers won't be trying to make final literary judgments. "Great books (and what makes one "great" anyway, for that matter?) aren't written every year or every month, the publishers' blurbs to the contrary notwithstanding. But lively and interesting and worth-while books are being published all along. The books that seem lively, interesting, worth-while to present-day college men and women will be the ones talked about here. The date-line won't matter much, although most of the books reviewed will be fairly recent. After all, the only sensible definition of a new book is that it is a book you haven't read yet but can read without feeling you are trapped in the attic among hoopskirts, mustache cups, and cobwebs. Some books are as dead as elementary Sanscrit on a summer afternoon before they are two months old; other books, written a long time ago, are as alive as if they were the current choices of the Book-of-the-Week Club. The aliveness is what will count in this column; and if you want to keep up with what came out last week, you'd better stick to the "New York Times Book Review." Strictly Not Textbooks Another thing: We won't be concerned with books that aim primarily to give information. So if you want to know how to make a trip to Mexico or how to convert your automobile into a streamlined launch, the reviews here won't be very helpful in telling you what books you ought to look into. For the most part, the reviews will be about fiction, because nowadays people seem to read more novels than anything else. But there will be an occasional look at a biography, if it isn't of the ancestor-tracing sort that doesn't get the subject of the book born until page 273. Sometimes the discussion will be about a book on politics, or history, or economics—if the point-of-view is new, strong, and sensible. And poetry or drama may be treated if it seems to be the kind that might appeal to a good many readers. Reviews Try to Interest Students In general this column will try to deal with books that interest intelligent modern readers and ought to interest other'people of the same kind. It won't be "high-brow" and it won't be "low-brow" and it won't be "average". These words don't actually mean anything. Averages don't read books; people read them. And different people have different tastes. So the chances of your agreeing, with the reviewer are always about fifty-fifty. But if you are interested enough to read the book, the reviewer has done you a good turn if only by giving you something to argue about. There is another respect in which this column differs from the usual book page: You don't necessarily have to put out any money to get the books that are talked about; all you have to do is to put your library card to work. Of course, bookbuying is still legal, and bookstores and publishers encourage it. One more word. The reviews in this column are not to be written by any special group of people; anyone who wants to speak his mind about a particular book ought to speak his mind on paper and send in the results. If the results seem to serve the purpose, they'll be printed here. And comments, disagreeable or otherwise, will be welcomed. July 14, 1942 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three Fraternities Have Varied Social Life Over the Week-end Most of Functions Are Picnics And Swim Parties Held at Chewacla By KATE NUNGESTER Tau Epsilon Phi The TEPs entertained Saturday night with a "Scavenger Hunt. "Among the varied and assorted articles that were sought were live dogs, cotton plants, and dignitaries' autographs, (Mrs. Herbert of the Phi Delt house take notice). Following the hunt, they enjoyed a watermelon cutting and house dance, chaperoned by Professor J. W. Roe and Miss Beatrice Finklestine. The prize of the winner of the scavenger hunt' was a book of defense stamps. The following members, pledges, and dates attended: Roland Fry, Grace Finkelstein; Norman Cohen, Helen Kirkland; J. M. Sil-verstein, Sylvia Pincus; Leo Schiffman, Opelee Sen tell; Alfred Long, Margarette Yarbrough; Marion Scholsburg, Nell Payne; Maurice Kraselsky, Gerry Blum-burg; Leonard Michelson, Evelyn Johnson; Bertram Silverman, Sarah Ppuncey; Dan Rosenberg, Merwyn Mendelsohn, Kurt Vainer, Bob Corman, and Dave Hen-riques. Guest of the chapter was Mack Emerman. Wedding •An announcement of interest to API students is the wedding of Miss Ruby Jim Suber of Louisville, Miss., to William Douglass Nettles of Auburn. The wedding took place at six o'clock in the evening on July 3 at the Perry Street Methodist Church in Montgomery. They will both be enrolled in their senior year at API in September. Sigma Chi The cup for having the longest party of the week-end goes to the Sit and Chew lads. Their swimming-eating-singing-back to the house party started at 3:30 Saturday afternoon and lasted COOL OFF WITH A • SUNDAE • SHAKE • SODA They're Best At BENSON'S until 12:30 of the night of the same name. They went to Chewacla and swam and then filled up on a delectable menu of fried chicken, potatoe salad, potato chips, about sixty jillion kinds of sandwiches and Coca-Colas. Social Chairman Harry Donavan and house mother, Mrs. Lena Zeigler had charge of arrangements. Among the alumni returning and their dates were: Lt. Ed Allen, Frances Ellis; Bill Dykes, Frances Croley. Actives, pledges, and dates attending were: Harry Donovan, Martha Walker; Jim Heard, Margaret Lee Bradford; Harpo Warren, Marylene Heath; John D. Baumhauer, Alys Lewis; Jim Bourne, Betty Watkins; George (Pinky) Heard, Sara (Cuz) Bryan; Homer Carder, Bebe Gragg; Hugh Payne, Sunny Lewis; Jim Frey, Carolyn Hill; Lawrence Cottle, Ann DuBose; H e n ry Green, Mary Hazel Ford; Ben Brown, Gwen Young; Bubber Tillery, Betty Beall; Junius Mc- Mahon, Audrey W i l s o n ; Al Thomas, Jeanne Townsend; Frank Wyatt, Beryl Walker; Howard Weir, Carolyn Morgan; Francis Reins, Betty Pearson; Hunter Boulo, Frances Bledsoe. Jim Daniel, Frances Reagan; George Ryan, Gwen Tucker; John M. Powell, Sara Osburn; Claude Cowart, Sara Gammage; Lewis Tapp, Gilda Ware; Cole Fuqua, Mudine Sumner; Albert Wells, Evelyn Martin; Mark Quilty, Catherine Bradley; Kilshaw Clisby, Gloria Clancy. Alpha Tau Omega One of those house dances was the ATO entertainment this weekend. The dancing began at 8:00 and lasted till 12:30. Kappa Sigma Another hay-ride, picnic, dance was the Kappa Sig plan for week-end entertainment. We wish we had a date list to show you but the cooperation is slow. Pi Kappa Phi Another bunch of nice people, they had a house dance, started at eight and stopped at 12:30. But not even' the Lowells know who was there. Consult Consult your Plainsman for no details on any parties except TEP and Sigma Chi. LOANS on most anything of value Quick — No Red Tape Opslika Pawn Shop Clement Hotel Corner Opelika, Ala. BEAT THE HEAT BY HAVING YOUR CLOTHES DRY CLEANED OFTEN AT BILL HAM'S oOo FREQUENT CLEANING WILL MAKE YOUR SUITS AND DRESSES LAST LONGER -oOo- SHOE EPAIRING Our expert shoe repairing dept. will make your shoes last for the duration. COME IN TODAY BILL HAM DRY CLEANING i|iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillililllilllillllllllWlMM«WI^II[MlM MUMM Many Different Ways of Saving Old Rubber Methods of Saving Old Rubber For Supply Discussed The reclaiming of scrap rubber is a domestic industry using chemically-manufactured materials that are' believed plentiful enough to salvage every once of rubber donated for the war effort. This report, by Charles A. Hig-gins, president of Hercules Powder Company, is directly opposed to American dependence upon foreign markets for raw rubber. The basic rubber reclaiming process was discovered by an American chemist in 1899 and involves the use of caustic soda, and various chemicals derived from pine wood, coal, or petroleum. Production of reclaimed rubber during last year exceeded 25 per cent of total American rubber consumption. In other words, for every three pounds of raw rubber sold on the market, there was sold one pound of reclaim. There are two principal methods of salvaging scrap rubber, Mr. Higgins explained. The first, called "alkali digestion," is used to separate rubber in automobile tires from its cotton fabric, sulfur, and other components. In this process the tire is immersed in a weak solution of caustic soda and certain solvents and devulcaniz-ers for a period varying from 12 to 18 hours. The second method, used for such articles as hot water bags, boots, garden hose, is called the "pan reclaimer." It simply requires the action of solvents, or "softeners" to reduce the rubber to a lumpy mass which can then be flattened into sheets and made ready for a new compounding. In neither process is there loss of rubber. In a tire, the average rubber content is about 50 per cent of its weight. This means that every used tire donated to the scrap rubber pile produces approximately five more pounds of reclaim rubber for the war effort. For most other articles, the rubber content is much higher. Regenerated scrap, because it is less absorbent of water, is actually superior to raw rubber for certain uses. Several of these uses are for shoe soles and heels, and machine belting. The original rubber is superior where qualities of elasticity, resiliency, or abrasion resistance are required. Local Station Commentator To Help Navy Fulton Lewis, Jr., Mutual's and WJHO's news commentator has always been given a free hand by the network, and the result is "the biggest headache WOL has ever known." Lewis starts out in the morning carrying a record of his theme music and naming a station in the Mutual chain from which he would broadcast that night. This plan worked all right except when Lewis was hot on a story, and then nobody would ever know where he was. If some government official wanted to get in touch with him they would call WOL, only to get the reply that the caller's guess as to Lewis's whereabouts was as good as WOL's. It wasn't until Lewis was actually on the air that anybody would know where he was or what he was up to. There is terrific audience response to Lewis's efforts to speed up war production. After the Diamonds - Watches Jewelry and Giftware Cook Jewelry Co. Eason T. Cook Class '14 115 South Eighth Street Opelika, All. NAVY BLUES Many of Auburn's substantial citizens turned out to bid the boys of our first class goodby and good luck. Many of them had literally adopted those boys. Not only for themselves, but for the community as a whole, these men and women can feel that they have contributed something definite to the war effort, for the morale of our fighting forces is always an important element. We must clinch the faith of any doubters in the ideals of democracy. Not only have these hospitable men and women contributed to the good morale of the boys themselves, but they have helped to erase a bit of the sectional animosity that still prevails in our country. Some of these boys came here prejudiced against the South and southern people. In many of these cases their prejudice had been built by untimely but highly publicized magazine articles on mob violence, ignorance and malnutrition, and by attendance at shows of the Uncle .Tom's Cabin type. They came here and saw for themselves and formed lasting ties of love and friendship that will revive the renown of the hospitality of Auburn and the South. Coming soon to the Amphitheater at Bibb Graves Center a "Happy Hour" conducted and presented entirely by sailors of the school. Out of four hundred men we expect to find enough talent to keep one amused for an hour. The main idea is to give the boys a big hand and not to be too critical. They are all amateurs but will do the best they can. To every student of history of this country must come a form of disillusionment if the is perisistent in his search for truth, and especially if he has an inclination toward hero worship. In dealing with Youth today we find that many come from cities and sections where graft, dishonesty and inefficiency are not only prevalent but are subjects of wide publicity. Add to this the alertness of the modern youth to find out things for himself about his community and sometimes the result is a youth with withering cynicism. We must make men out of these boys and they must believe in the cardinal virtues. We cannot tolerate dishonesty or fraud for men cannot live as close as we do and tolerate these vices. So the Army and Navy is sometimes confronted with the problem of what we call "wise guys" in vernacular. These boys are the product of their community and the community, not the boy, is to blame for this outlook. One of these days in the future all people will exercise their right of franchise, and graft and corruption will be an exception and not the rule, nl the meantime we are grateful to this community's substantial citizens, good churches, and the hospitality of splendid homes that help us to train the more cynical to believe again in the fundamentals of good character. Somebody has said that the British always win their last battle. For the benefit of morale we wish that they would knock a couple of home runs spaced at intervals during the game, for we believe that there are too many things that can stop a lucky streak of runs during the last inning. Congratulations are in order for Chief Radioman J. W. Newton. Newton was advanced radioman first class to chief radioman by order of the Navy Department. He has over nineteen years in the service of his country and has reached the goal of all enlisted men of the Navy. There is a way for everyone to salute the flag, as follows: Anyone in uniform by bringing their right hand to their hat or cap, civilians by resting their hat or cap over their heart, and a woman by putting her hand over her heart. Thou shalt not seek a general Court Nor have two girls in any port. \ General Kennedy, Former Auburn Man On High Commission Brig. Gen. John T. Kennedy, commandant of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute's Reserve Officers' Training Corps from 1928-31, is one of seven generals composing the military commission before which eight German Navy, in a nation-wide campaign, succeeded in getting only seven pairs of a certain rare type of binoculars, Lewis started a drive of his own for some more. Through his radio appeals 600 pairs were collected in a short time. Fulton Lewis, Jr., and his Top of the News, is heard daily, Monday through Friday, at 6:00 P. M. as a regular news feature through WJHO, 1400 on your dial. saboteurs are on trial for their lives in Washington, D. C. Brig. Gen. Kennedy went from Auburn to Fort Sill and was later made commandant of Fort Bragg. LOST—Brown leather wallet lost Saturday contains identification cards and papers of Jack Earnest. Finder please call 343-M. Liberal reward. All of Our Shoe Repair is Done With the Best Available Material and by Experts. Next to Ala. Power Co. FRANK COLLIER'S SHOE SHOP +mrm**m ^ » * * ^ ' i "SWEET PICKIN" FROZ-RITE'S FRESH STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM TRY SOME TODAY FROZ-RITE OPELIKA CREAMERY "Saboteurs" To Show at Tiger For Two Days Robert Cummings And Pricilla Lane Are Stars Although only five days elapse between the opening scene and the final "fade" in the Alfred Hitchcock-directed "Saboteur," which will be the Wednesday and Thursday attraction at the Tiger Theater, the production was before the cameras at Universal studios for more than ten weeks. During much of that time Hitchcock had three camera crews at work—the No. 1 unit, which he personally guided on the Universal lot; the cross-country unit, a mobile affair, and the New York unit. During the unfoldment of the story, Hitchcock speeds Robert Cummings, who co-stars with Priscilla Lane, all the way from Glendale, Calif., to New York Harbor, setting an all-time record for hitchhiking. Portrays War-Worker Cummings, portraying a young aircraft plant worker who is falsely accused of sabotage and who sets out to track down the real saboteur, "hooks" a ride on a freight truck that carries him from Glendale to the heart of Nevada. From there he rides into Utah with Miss Lane in the lat-ter's coupe. Picked up by saboteurs near Salt Lake City, he covers the balance of the distance non-stop except for brief intervals for refueling. Norman Lloyd, imported from the Broadway stage, heads the big cast appearing in support of Miss Lane and Cummings. Other featured players include Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter, Alma Krug-er, Clem Bevans and Dorothy Peterson. FORMER AUBURN MILITARY LEADER NOW A GENERAL Edward S. Ott, former member of the ROTC staff at Auburn, has been raised to the rank of Brigadier General. General Ott served at Auburn from 1929 to 1933. Post Office Receipts Increase During The Past Year On the basis of figures for the past six months, the record receipts at the local Post Office in 1941 will be substantially exceeded this year. Homer Wright, postmaster, said that receipts for the first half of 1942 are 11.3 per cent greater than in the same period last year. So far this year the Post Office has received $26,245.18 which is $2,683.21 greater than in the same period of 1941. Total receipts in 1941 exceeded $50,000.00. TODAY BRIAN DONLEVY MIRIAM HOPKINS PRESTON FOSTER in "A GENTLEMAN AFTER DARK" WED. — THURS. ITHE MAN (EHtND YOU* BACK! Norman UOYO OttoKRUGER Alan BAXTER Alma KRUGER Ooforky PfTERSOK OMIKVARS More Enjoyment ROBERT BENCHLEY '• in "Trouble With Husbands' Latest News Events Part of the rhythm of action the pause that refreshes • ' • ' . • i • • • ••v • It's the refreshing thing to do Opelika Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Phone 70 M-39-4 Page Four THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN July 14, 1942 Four Fraternities Win Softball Games Games Played over the Week-End Are Given; Monday's Games Given Friday By JIMMIE DAVIS Completing the third week of league play, winners were Delta Sigma Phi over Lambda Chi Alpha by a count of 7-2 with Rye, Haney, and Wearer leading the hitting attack for the winners with two hits each. Kappa Sig played their best game of the season as they downed the Sigma Pi team by a sizeable score of 18-2. The winners collected fifteen hits while the Sigma Pi squad got four; Brown got a homer for the Kappa Sigs. Phi Kappa Tau played heads up ball to down a fighting bunch of Phi Delts with a shutout. Jenkins allowed only two singles in going the route for the Phi Kappa Tau team. Ericson, Lankford and Fred Morris lead the batting parade for the winning club. Sigma Chi outlasted the Kappa Alpha team to win a slugging duel with a 16-15 final. Center-fielder Brown had three safeties to pace the winners while Pyror lead the Kappa Alpha club. Thursday's Game Sigma Chi 16; Kappa Alpha 15 By virtue of a six run rally in the sixth the Sigma Chis out-scored the KAs in a slugging battle. Both teams showed that they had plenty of power with the willow. The winners had ten mis-cues charged against them while the KAs were charged with two. Sigma Chi 313 016 2-16-9-10 Kappa Alpha 411 303 3-15-11-2 Pope and Williams, Tillery; Sapp and McCowan Kappa Sigma 18. Sigma Pi 2 Unlashing a heavy hitting attack the Kappa Sigs scored in the late inning to down the Sigma Pi team 18-2. Ronald, Magnuson, Brown and Hahn led the hitting attack for the winners. Kappa Sigma 112 016 7-18-15-1 Sigma Pi 100 001 0-2-4-0 Ronald and Thompson; Whitehead and Brawner. Friday's Games With Jenkins hurling shut out ball the Phi Kappa Taus won a shut out over the Phi Deuts 7-0. The winners collected ten hits while the losers had only two. Phi Delta Theta 000 000 0-0-2-0 Phi Kappa Tau 202 102 x-7-10-0 Jenkins and Montgomery; Woodruff and J. Hudson. Delta Sigma Phi 7; Lambda Chi Alpha 2 Making eleven hits good for seven runs the Delta Sigs downed a hustling Lambda Chi squad by a 7-2 count. Hanks, Haney and Rye lead the hitting parade for the winners while Penuel was the leading hitter of the day with three safeties. Delta Sigma Phi 300 103 0-7-11-0 Lambda Chi Alpha 200 000 0-2-6-2 Cagle and McClurkin; Beindorf and Kershaw. FOR RENT — Furnished apartment. Telephone 462 or 11 tf League Leaders Given at The Half-way Mark Four Fraternities Still Remain In Undefeated Class Below are the League standings for the four leagues of the Interfraternity Softball competition after they have reached the half-way mark. These standings are up to the games played yesterday, however two of the games have not been reviewed in The Auburn Plainsman, but will be in the Friday issue of the paper. Here are the standings as of yesterday: League I Won Hits and Misses On the Intramural Front By CHARLES SCALES Teams Sigma Nu Kappa Sig Alpha Psi Pi Kappa Phi Sigma Pi Teams Sigma Chi PiKA SAE Theta Chi KA League II Won 2 2 1 2 0 League III Won 2 Teams ATO Phi Kappa Tau 2 AGR 1 Phi Delta Theta 1 TEP 0 League IV Teams Won SPE 2 Delta Sigs 3 Alpha Lambda Tau 1 Lambda Chi 0 OTS 0 Lost 0 1 1 1 4 Lost 0 1 1 1 4 Lost 0 0 1 3 2 Lost 0 1 1 2 2 CALLING ALL MERCHANTS!! WHETHER YOU SELL OR a The Auburn Plainsman is your best medium of contacting over 6,400 students, sailors, towns- y^JdJ people, civil service and NYA workers. '^ USE ITS COLUMNS FREQUENTLY, AND WATCH YOUR SALES RISE! d^kfh\^sm& mm Published Every Tuesday—Friday During Summer School 3700 CIRCULATION ^^^^^M^^MM^^MllMMMi^MlB Interfraternity Softball sailed past the mid-stripe last week as several clubs finished league play. Standings within the various leagues have been brought up to date, and interest is growing as final results loom over the horizon. Thursday afternoon the Sigma Chis won a close victory over the KAs in a free slugging contest. Though the Kappa Alpha boys led through the opening frames by several runs, the Sigma Chis finally settled down and pulled the game out of the fire. Final score was 16-15. Frequent errors on the part of the winners led to several of the KA's runs, though Pryor managed to collect three for four during the afternoon. Leader at bat for the Sigma Chis was Brown, who also rapped out three for four. The Kappa Sigs rode high again last week as they trounced the Sigma Pis 18 to 2 in another one sided affair. Ronald, for the Kappa Sigs, pitched a great game and, with faultless fielding behind him allowed only four hits. Hahn, Brown, Magnuson, and Ronald led the way for the Kappa Sigma team, each pounding out runs for four times up, while for the losers Brewer, West, Cleveland, and Brawner got one apiece. In a fast game Friday the Phi Kappa Taus over ran an erroring Phi Delta Theta team in a brilliant 7 to 0 shutout. Jenkins pitching his usual unsurpassed brand of fast ball held the Phi Deltas to two hits, while perfect fielding left these men dead on base. For the Phi Kappa Taus, Ericson headed the batting list with three for three including a home run, while Seawell and Bricken rapped out the only Phi Delt hits. At the same time, the Delta Sig's powerful ball club clipped the Lambda Chis 7-2 in their final league game. Penuel led the Lambda Chis at the plate, beating out three hits for three times at bat, though Weaver and Haney, Delta Sigs, tailed close behind. * * * In independent Softball Friday the FFA men dropped a hard-fought game to the Mitecs. Postponed since July 1 because of rain, the clubs finally met and the skin began to fly. The FFAs held the eingineers several innings, but superior slugging power told in the end. For the Mites, Windham, Colvin, Helms, and Brown led at bat with 3 for 4 and Davis copped FFA honors, collecting a similiar number. * * * Well, folks, we've made a mistake! It's not our first, by a long shot, but it is our most noticabie so far, so we want to correct it at once. Last issue we gave the ALTs credit for a win over the Delta Sigma Phi club and this proved to be very wrong. Instead, the Delta Sigs won by a 10 to 5 margin. Our apologies, boys. We didn't mean it . . . * * * And here is an important notice for all fraternities! It seems that the first week has already slipped by in the interfraternity golf and tennis matches while no returns have been filed in the office. Better hurry those games, boys, since there's only one week left for the first rounds. The table tennis doubles, scheduled to begin tonight, have been postponed until Thursday night. The reason—too few entries! Come on, you table tennis fans, lets get in the game. File your entry by Thursday noon and we'll make the tournament a success yet! Faculty and Students Defeat Navy Team in Fast Game Sunday afternoon a team composed of members of the faculty and students defeated a fighting Navy nine to the tune of 7 to 5. Kronfeld on the mound for the winners yielded six hits all of which were bunched, as his mates fielded flawlessly behind his steady hurling. He was in trouble only once during the entire game and that was in the first half of the seventh when the sailor-boys combined three hits and two walks to score four of their five runs. Harp, on the mound for the sailors, was a bit wild at the start §§ of the game but eventually set- ! 8| I tied down after four tallies had h I been pushed across to hold the j §8 J visitors to five well-scattered hits , jjj ! the rest of the game. Timely er- i gg j rors proved costly in the defeat j | | of the sailors. They made a total of six for the afternoon. Wadja, with two for four, and Brown, who hit a home run, were the batting stars for the losers; while Young with two for four STUDENT CABINET MAKES REVISIONS IN CONSTITUTION At the meeting of the Executive Cabinet last Thursday night plans for the freshman election were discussed and revisions of the constitution introduced. Reports of the standing committees were made by Duncan Liles and Jug Wright. • Henry Park made the motion that three absences from Cabinet meetings be punished by pro- 'bation and two further absences be punished ^by suspension from the Cabinet. Either offense to be published in the student publication stating the representative, his offense, and fraternity affiliations. The motion carried. In closing Wright suggested that the Cabinet challenge the Glomerata and Auburn Plainsman staffs to a soft ball game. LOST—Brown leather zipper case containing set of personal keys, Oklahoma driver's license, and other identification. Wathena Temple, Dorm 1. Does Your Plumbing Need Repairing? Our repairmen are prepared to give you prompt and efficient service whenever your plumbing system is not functioning properly. PHONE 301 Benson Plumbing and Heating Co. was the best with the willow for the victors. Faculty Team 7 Navy Team 5 Summary: Runs batted in: Wadja, Brown, Huffman 2, Shrotell, Hill 2, Kronfeld; two base hits: Wadja, Mahan; three base hits: Huffman; Home Runs: Brown. Base on balls: off Harp 4, Kronfeld 5. ii*jf- <'•:'• yy-y-:L:'-y':'-:l '^J± LOST — One Gold miniature , Spiked Shoe for watch chain. Lost somewhere around corner of Mell St. and dirt road at Sigma Nu house. Finder please return to Warren Fleming, Sigma C h i house. FOR RENT — Upstairs apartment. Three rooms and private bath, private entrance. Refrigerator, stove, and hot water furnished. 342 So. Gay St. Telephone 551-J. tf Let Us Rebuild Your Old Shoes New soles and heels will help to make your old shoes as good as new. Langley's Shoe Shop AUBURN PHONE 35 THE GATHERING SPOT FOR AUBURN 'EDS' AND 'COEDS' ii ii si -oOo- Cheat the heat with a delicious sundae or a refreshing soda. We are always ready to serve you. Make our store your headquarters. 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