1942-07-14 The Auburn Plainsman

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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.
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// 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.
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Spend Your Money for War Bonds and Stamps
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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|
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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.
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Navy Team 5
Summary: Runs batted in: Wad­ja,
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Wadja, Mahan; three base hits:
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Base on balls: off Harp 4, Kron­feld
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