1943-03-12 The Plainsman

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"TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT"
VOLUME LXVII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1943 NUMBER 3
RED CROSS ASKS STUDENT BODY FOR $500
MAYOR APPEALS FOR SUPPORT
IN RED CROSS DRIVE
WHEREAS the men of our armed forces are fighting and dy­ing
on the far-flung battlefronts of the world—from the steam­ing
jungles of New Guinea to the sunbaked sands of Africa—
on the sea and in the air; and
WHEREAS the success of our forces in preserving a world
where men and women may be free depends on the support and
inspiration they get from the people back home; and
WHEREAS it is the privilege and duty of every man and
woman and child to serve the cause of humanity in every man­ner
possible and to get as great extent as possible; and
WHEREAS it is the aim of peace-loving people of. our nation
to contribute in sweat and toil and sacrifice—sacrifice of luxuries
and comforts to the support of those men who are risking and
giving their lives for us; and
WHEREAS at the same time our home front must be prepared
lo cope not only with possible attack on our shores but with na­tural
disasters, such as earthquake, flood, hurricane, tornado,
drought, fire, explosion or epidemic; and
WHEREAS the American Red Cross is able and ready to
render protection and relief in case of the aforementioned dis­asters;
THEREFORE I, Cecil S. Yarbrough, Mayor of Auburn, in ac­cord
with the President of the United States who has proclaimed
March as Red Cross Month, do call on all public spirited people
of this community to make every effort to support the 1943 Red
Cross War Fund. I urge every man and woman, boy and girl to
give their support by contributing through our local chapter to
the Red Cross War Fund; and I further proclaim that it is the
sense of all of us who are residents of Auburn that our gifts
must be larger than ever this year, in order to enable this great
national organization of ours to meet whatever demands are
made upon it.
RED CROSS HOSTESSES HIGHLY SKILLED
RED CROSS DESIRES
BLOOD AND FUNDS
By ROBERT SHARMAN
The Red Cross has set for its
Wat Fund of 1943 a grand total
^125,000,000 which must be rais­ed
<luring the month of March.
With the population of the nation
roughly 130 million this means
that an average of one dollar per
person must bo donated to com­ply
with this request.
Besides financial support, the
Red Cross is pleading for another
substance that can neither be
bought in large quantities nor
manufactured artificially. The ma­terial
has been only recently be­come
recognized and applied ex­tensively.
It is blood plasma. Plas­ma
is that part of the blood from
which the red and white cells
have been removed. By the pro­cess
of evaporation it Is reduced
to a powdered form and needs
only to be mixed with distilled
water to be ready for use. An
oven more recent discovery has
provided a use for the formerly
discarded red blood cells. Victims
'. the Boston fire were treated
with a substance processed from
the red blood colls and their injur­ies
were healed remarkably well.
During the past two years thou­sands
of college men and women
have made voluntary contribut­ions
of blood. These donations are
processed into plasma and serum
albumen and used on the world's
battlefields to help give our woun­ded
a much better chance to live.
Before being moved, often on the
battlefield, the wounded receive
first aid and frequently blood
(plasma transfusions to stop hem­orrhage
and reduce shock. In the
| first world war more than seven
percent of the wounded died of
'their wounds. According to Rear
|Admiral Ross T. Mclntyre, Sur-
Igeon General of the Navy, less
1 than one percent of the wounded
at Guadalcanal died.
Blood plasma is comparatively
simple to use. There is no question
of delays for blood typing, as plas-
1 ma is universal, and it requires
but moments to mix and admin-
| ister.
So effective has the use of plas­ma
proved that the Red Cross has
been requested to furnish four
million donations in 1943. Like the
niillion donations collected last
'year, they will be used with tell-
• ing effect along our battle lines,
on our ships at sea and in our mil­itary
hospitals.
The Red Cross is your Red
Cross. It is doing your work. It
is helping your people. It acts for
Iyou in all those things which you
I would do if granted the oppor­tunity.
Support it to the utmost
!of vour ability.
One Day Campus Drive
Scheduled Wednesday
Executive Cabinet Is Handling Plans;
Committee Heads Are Announced by Park
The Student Executive Cabinet will conduct the Red
Cross War Fund Drive this year, with the President of the
Cabinet acting as General Chairman in charge of and re­sponsible
for all arrangements. The drive will last for one
day only, March 17, and the contributions will be solicited
from the individual students in the various classrooms and
from tables in the classroom buildings.
Planning of the Executive Cabinet is well underway, but
final details have not been an-
A Red Cross worker examines the doughnut making machine, part of the equipment of the
"clubmobile" of which she is a crew member in the picture at left. At right: Miss Fern Maddox of
Oklahoma City, serves doughnuts to a soldier at an airfield "somewhere in England." Center: Mem­bers
of a Red Cross mobile unit distribute coffee and doughnuts to U. S. soldiers in the British Isles.
Auburn Graduate Downs Seven
z eros in
Capt<
Bismarck Sea Battle
ON THE CAMPUS
Council Formal
If there are any representatives
lo the Interfraternity Council
who have not secured their bids
for tomorrow's dance they should
contact Jimmie Davis at phone
519-J.
Delta Sigma Pi
A meeting of Delta Sigma Pi
will be held Monday afternoon at
5 p. m. in Room 214 of the Gen-end
Classroom Building.
The Plainsman
There will be a meeting of the
editorial and business staffs of
The Plainsman on Tuesday night,
March 16 at 7 p. m. in the news­paper
office on Tichenor Avenue.
If you have ever written for or
done advertising work for any
other paper, or if you don't know
anything about newspaper work
and want to learn, then come to
The Plainsman office Tuesday.
Solid Geometry
All students who need and de­sire
to take solid geometry dur­ing
the present quarter should
meet Professor Williams in Room
304 of Broun Hall Monday after­noon
at 5 p. m. A class will be
organized at this time.
WAAC Officer Coming
Auburn women students and
townspeople will be given full in­formation
on enlistment in the
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
when Lt. Skidmoro will be in Au­burn
on Monday and Tuesday,
March 15 and 16.
Senior College women will meet
Miss Skidmore at 12:45 in the
lounge at Social Center on Mon­day;
and on Tuesday at 5 p. m.
Miss Skidmore will be at the
same place to speak to towns-women
and senior students who
are interested in learning more
about the WAACS.
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fain Ealon Hocutt Also Credited
With Downing Four Planes at Rabaul
Captain Ealon Hocutt, an Auburn graduate of five years
ago, who now commands a Flying Fortress in New Guinea,
has added his name to the list of famed Auburn fighters by
his exploits in the recent Battle of Bismarck Sea, in which
American flyers sank 22 enemy ships and downed scores of
Jap planes.
In two combat missions Hocutt's
Flying Fortress crew shot seven
Zeros into the sea, according to
an INS dispatch from somewhere
in New Guinea.
His mother, Mrs. A. M. Hocutt,
said this week that she feels like
he got the best training he could
have, and that although she wor­ries
about him, she believes his
training will bring him through if
anything will.
She told of several letters she
has received from him since he
participated in the Battle of Mid­way,
in which he was credited
with hits on a battleship and a
cruiser.
He described how they were
"shot at with everything the Japs
had to shoot with," and said, "I
can tell you one thing—I'm do­ing
what I came here to do."
Later, just before the recent en­counters
in the Battle of Bis-mark
Sea, she received another
letter from him, at a camp where
he had been sent to rest either in
New Guinea or an Australian
base.
He had high praise for the crew
of his Fortress, who he said had
been transferred with him from
the Midway area, and formed a
highly skilled crew.
It was not until just before his
latest exploits that he discovered
that he had been promoted to a
captain. His orders had been
signed some four months before
but had just gotten through to
him.
He graduated from Love, Ran­dolph,
and Kelly Fields, all in
Texas. He won his wings in June
1941, after which he was sent to
Hawaii as an instructor where
he was at the time of Pearl Har­bor.
He has a brother in Auburn,
George Hocutt, and another, Capt
A. M. Hocutt, Jr., who is stationed
in Colorado.
The HfS description of his part
in the Battle of Bismarck Sea is
as follows:
Hocutt, a veteran of Hawaii and
Midway, bagged four Zeros dur­ing
a hot 15 minutes over a Jap
E n s i g n Virginia Hillyard.
WAVE Recuting Officer, will be
in Auburn Monday to speak to
young ladies in Auburn interest­ed
in serving in the WAVES.
She will speak at 5:00 p. m. at
Social Center.
convoy Wednesday. He came out
of the scrap with a souvenir from
the Japs— a spent 50-caliber bul­let
which came uncomfortably
close.
"I was intercepted by 12 Zeros
and I had to throw the ship all
over the sky to stay out of serious
trouble."
The successful Fortress gun­ners
were Second Lieutenant Wal­ter
Bill, of Revere, Mass., and
Staff Sergeants Ray Quillen,
Steubenville, Ohio, and Don Pit-tenger,
of Hudson, Mich.
Hocutt snared the first three
Zeros at Rabaul early in Jan­uary.
He also is credited with hits
on a battleship and a cruiser in
the Battle of Midway.
New Professor
Arrives Here
From California
Alva Crobaugh Comes
From West Coast To
Join Economics Staff
Prof. Alva B. Crobaugh, new
addition to the Economics depart­ment,
hails from Sunnyvale, Calif.
Having received his B. A. and
A. M. degrees at Stanford Uni­versity,
he has done other work
at the University of Southern Cal­ifornia
and the University of Buf­falo.
While in college, Mr. Crobaugh
was active in intramural sports.
He was also a member of one of
the eating clubs. These clubs were
organized by the boys of a par­ticular
hall, and their main func­tion
was not only eating together,
but also having different celebri­ties
as guests.
Before coming to his post in Au­burn,
Mr. Crobaugh taught at Re­gis
College in Denver, and Byron
Stratton Business College in Buf­falo.
Mr. Crobaugh said that it was
too early to say anything about
Auburn. However he was impress­ed
by the reception he has receiv­ed
from the faculty and students.
He says he doesn't have much
time for hobbies, but he is inter­ested
in travelling and swimming.
nounced as yet. Soliciting, how­ever,
will be regulated so as to
interfere with classwork as little
as possible.
The thermometer method of
registering results will be used,
and the big scale will be placed
at the main gate and results re­corded
each hour. The goal of
$500.00 will be marked and the
progress of the drive can be ob­served
at any time.
A statement as issued by Rev.
William Byrd Lee> county chair­man
of the War Fund campaign
is as follows:
"The Red Cross is making an
appeal this month for the largest
amount of money ever asked.
Never before have the needs been
as great, and never before have
possible rewards coming to this
country been greater."
The chaiimen of the various
committees as appointed by
Henry Park, chairman of the
drive, are: Jim Kelly, treasurer
for the drive with Marjorio
Prince as assistant. David Allen,
and Fred Duggar are handling
the publicity; Blanche Ellis is in
charge of the drive in relation to
the women students; Check Stev­ens
is chairman of the soliciting
committee; Gibbs Ashley is re­sponsible
for the handling of the
various material used by the
drive; Jimmie Wood is secrtary
of the campaign committee; La­mar
Ware is responsible for the
hourly record of the drive as
read from the thermometer.
Professor Kirkley Dies In
Opelika After Stroke
Mrs. Hill Recuperates
Mrs. Charles P. "Dottie" Hill,
graduate assistant in English, un­derwent
a major operation last
week in the Athens, Georgia,
General Hospital. She will be
confined there for several weeks
before returning to her work at
Auburn.
ROY FULLER ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF FUTURE
FARMERS OF AMERICA
Roy Fuller, of Loachapoka, has
been elected new president of the
Future Farmers of America. Ful­ler
will serve during the spring
quarter.
Other officers chosen were
Vernon Perry, vice-president;
Tom Robinson, secretary; Herbert
Morgan, treasurer; Daniel Phares,
reporter; Lamar Phillips, parli-mentarian;
and Harold Warren,
sergeant-at-arms. Professor R. W.
Montgomery is adviser of the
organization.
All students enrolled in agri­cultural
education are urged to
become active participants in
FFA activities at Auburn.
Final Rites Held
Wednesday Afternoon
At Episcopal Church
James Allen Kirkley, associate
professor of English and beloved
"daddy" of the Phi Kappa Tau
fraternity, died suddenly Satur­day
night. Professor Kirkley was
stricken with paralysis at his farm
near Lake Martin and was rushed
to the Opelika Infirmary.
Surviving Professor Kirkley are
a niece, Miss Paula Kirkley, Gal­veston,
Tex.; a sister, Miss Ber­tha
Kirkley, Huntsville, Tex.; and
a nephew, Horace Taylor, New-
York City.
. Funeral services were held from
the Auburn Episcopal church,
Wednesday at three o'clock, with
the Rev. William B. Lee, Episco­pal
rector, officiating. Burial was
in Auburn Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were T. H.
Pearce, John K. Livingston, Wil­liam
C. Regan, and Cameron
White, who are alumni of Phi
Kappa Tau fraternity; Daniel Bit-tner,
William Bittner, Jack White,
and Albert Gaines, members of
the fraternity.
Honorary pallbearers w e re
members of the English depart­ment
of the college, Ralph Drau-ghon,
Executive secretary, and the
deans of the several schools.
Professor Kirkley was a native
of San Augustine, Tex..He attend­ed
Southwestern University in
1897, Harvard University in 1905
and 1906, and received his A. B.
and M. A. degrees from Colum­bia
University in 1921 and 1922,
respectively. While attending Har­vard
University, Professor Kirk­ley
played in the backfield on the
football team.
Professor Kirkley has taught at
Auburn for over twenty years, his
first appointment being in 1921.
He was a member of N. E. A., A.-
E. A and the Modern Languages
Association.
Before coming to Auburn, Pro­fessor
Kirkley taught at Orange,
Tex. High School, from 1904 to
1907; at Bonham, Tex., from 1908
to 1912; and Greenville, Tex., from
1912 to 1916.
Professor Kirkley was a faith­ful
member of Phi Kappa Tau
fraternity, and bad been faculty
adviser for the group since its in­ception
as Kappa Phi local in 1923.
He lived at the house and was
more like a father to the boys than
a mere adviser. Professor Kirk-ley's
heart was completely with
the organization. He set a high
standard for the fraternity and
high ideals for the members.
"I have often heard faculty
members talk about 'the frater­nity
problem' ", Professor Kirk­ley
once said. "It has long been
my desire to do something about
it. By moving in with the boys I
found there was no problem, un­less
it were lack of interest and
counsel on the part of their elders.
Fraternity men are only human,
lovable boys like any others, but
away from home and in need of
affectionate guidance."
Professor Kirkley's one wish
was that his heart could remain
with the fraternity. Following his
expressed wish his heart was cre­mated
and sealed into a silver
cup. It was a cup which he had
presented to the fraternity and
which was formerly used in ini­tiation
rituals.
Through the death of Professor
Kirkley, Auburn has lost a belov­ed
professor, one who was deeply
interested in all young people
and a faithful student adviser.
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Panel Discussions On
"Building a New World
Begin at Church Sunday
A series of five panel discus­sions
on "Building a New World"
will begin at the Methodist
Church Sunday night at 7:45.
First on the series will be 'The
Economic Foundations." Those
which follow in the next four
weeks will be "The Political
Structure," 'The Racial Founda­tions,"
"The Educational Founda­tions"
and "The Spiritual Foun­dations."
Taking part in the discussion
Sunday night will be Dr. Earle
Rauber, Dr. Glenn Scott, Dr. J. T.
Fain and E. E. Speight.
The student choir will lead the
musk in the vesper service open­ing
the program. A period of dis­cussion
and questions by the au­dience
will follow the round table
panels.
Give Liberally to Red Cross Fund Next Wednesday
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March 12, 1943
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Is All Criticism of Local Laundry Just?
The local laundry has been criticized a
number of times in the past, and some of
the criticisms were just. Many people
seem to forget, however, that we are now
fighting a war that is sapping the labor re­serve
of non-essential industries. Conse­quently
there has been in the last several
months a noticeable lack of sufficient and
efficient aid in local concerns. Naturally
the results of this shortage have produced
complaints.
Anonymous letters have been received
by the laundry, the contents of which, at
the least add nothing to the prestige of
Auburn students as a whole. The Plains­man
is always more than willing to con­sider
for publication an open letter of criti­cism
if such persons will sign their names
and employ decent figures of speech. Sure­ly
these criticisms are of just enough na­ture
to stand up under the light of public
opinion.
The staff of the laundry has been kind
enough to issue refunds on returned laun­dry
bags. For the sake of convenience one
person has been allowed to return several
bags and receive the refund for these re­spective
persons. But when bags are stolen
and returned for the refund, and fictitious
names supplied on the signature cards,
then it seems probable, that the student
himself is largely responsible for the feel­ing
of distrust and misunderstanding be­tween
the laundry and student body.
The manager of the laundry has issued
an invitation to anyone caring to take a
tour through the plant and view the meth­ods
employed and compare them with
methods of other establishments.
To prevent misplacement of socks for
the duration it is a wise plan to leave the
number tags on each sock tabbed and if
possible remove tags from other garments
that may be identified and place these
tags on socks unmarked. This will save the
laundry confusion and the student his
socks. It is becoming extremely difficult to
obtain these identifying tags as they con­tain
aluminum and other metals essential
to war industry.
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Value of PE IOO Not Realized by Students
There was quite a bit of "grumbling"
among the students at the end of last quar­ter
on the subject of the punishment giv­en
for excess cuts in PE 100. It seems that
the students have not yet reached the point
where they understand the reason that the
course in physical education was added to
the curriculum of the students here.
Many students seem to be unable to un­derstand
the reason for the hour's workout
each day. Even after seeing the improve­ment
in the physical stamina of the entire
student body since the incorporation of the
classes in each student's program last June,
a large portion of the students continue to
cut the classes.
Knowing the attitude of the students
and the inherent desire of most of us to
sleep instead of exercising, the physical
education department has set up the rules
to cover the continued cutting of some of
the students and the loafing on the job,
commonly called "gold-bricking," of oth­ers.
These rules include an hour of extra
work for "gold-bricking," and, after the
use of the two cuts allowed a student, an
additional two periods for each unexcused
absence.
This may seem harsh to many students,
but if the students contemplate the results
to be had when everyone is allowed un­limited
cuts, the reason for the rules is ap­parent.
The physical education department here
is not alone in its application of discipli­nary
measures for unexcused absences.
Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska,
has inaugurated similar measures to in­crease
attendance at all classes, academic
and military. That covers even more ter­ritory
than the "stringent" rules in effect
here.
Each unexcused absence is punishable by
two hours of physical exercise or campus
work. In the case of the undergraduate co­eds,
each unexcused absence brings a $1
fine which may be worked out in library
or office work.
The Very Rev. Joseph P. Zuercher,
president of Creighton University, com­mented:
"In these war years there is no
room in college for loafers. The armed
forces have been cooperative in the mat­ter
of permitting serious-minded young
men to remain in college, with the single
view in mind of preparing themseves ade-quatey
for future service as officers. We
intend, on our part, to see that the students
make such preparations as adequately and
as speedily as possible."
And we agree with the educator. If any
person is in school now, when the armed
forces are in such an urgent need of trained
personnel, their whole energies should be
applied to the development of their minds
and bodies in such a way as to be pre­pared
to the fullest extent when called into
service with the armed services of the
United States.
Blood Bank Should Be Started Here
With the national Red Cross drive enter­ing
its third week, people all over the
country are beginning to realize the great
debt which they owe this great organiza­tion.
Never before has the need been so
great and the appeal been so large. This
year, however, money is not the only thing
asked for by the Red Cross. Citizens have
been asked to donate blood, from which
plasma may be obtained for on-the-spot
treatment of the wounds of modern war.
Science has contributed one of the great­est
healers known to man in its discovery
of the properties of plasma, and thereby
has saved the lives of many soldiers who
otherwise would have had but a slight
chance of recovery. All over the country
people are donating pints of their blood
to the Red Cross for use by the soldiers,
but here at Auburn we have not even been
approached on this matter.
It seems that by its willingness to co­operate
in all phases of war work which
have been put before it, Auburn has shown
itself willing to contribute to a Red Cross
blood bank, were one established here.
Huge quantities of this plasma is needed,
as the coming allied offensive promise un­heard
of numbers of casualties, and it
would be a useless sacrifice if some soldiers
died because they were not able to get this
valuable plasma tn time.
All over the country blood banks have
been organized, but they still have but
scratched the surface of American generos­ity.
Very few small communities have even
been approached, and Auburn is in this
number. It would be a very good idea if
those in charge would establish a blood
bank in Auburn to receive the donations
which the students would be no doubt glad
to give to help their friends in the service.
It would at least be worth a try, for Au­burn
has yet to fail when called on for a
contribution to any worthwhile cause!
Student Personalities
By SHIRLEY SMITH
Nell Mosely, Uniontown
Uniontown is a typical old southern town, with colonial
homes, saddle horses and wide streets. And Nell Mosely is ty­pically
southern from her soft voice to her definitely feminine
manner.
* * *
Underneath the feminine manner lies leadership, however.
To be president of a. sorority requires many traits—poise, tact,
originality. Nell seems to have them all. Besides being the
newly-elected president of Kappa Delta sorority, she has been
tapped for Cardinal Key and Theta Epsilon honor societies.
* * *
Nell's hobby of collecting dolls and sewing for them re­sulted
in her taking home economics with a major in clothing
and textiles. She definitely likes to sew and definitely dis­likes
anything to do with food except eating it. "And," she
says, "you can tell that to my teachers." •
* * *
Not athletically inclined, "Nell fusses about having to take
physical ed every day. She'd enjoy playing bridge much more
that hour.
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More data . . . favorite coor is blue (unusual, isn't she?),
this is her junior year at Auburn, and she gets many boxes of
food from home. You are bound to profit from visiting her in
Dormitory Three.
* * *
Jack Ad am son, Birmingham
"Nickname?" said Jack. "Well, er—, I don't really have
one." Then, maybe because of his conscience, he added, "Late­ly
they have been calling me "Blimp" and Roundman."
* * *
It seems that the food of the new housemother made Mr.
Adamsort lose control of his waistline. No wonder he says,
"I'm disappointed that Uncle Sam took oyer the fraternity
house before June."
* * *
He likes to keep up with sports—football, baseball—but is
interested only, not active. He played in his freshman year
on the frat team but the coach said, "That'll be enough, Adam-son,"
so what else was there to do except be interested?
* * *
Sports ability evidently doesn't mean everything because
he is a past president of SPE.
He is a senior in industrial engineering and is a member of
ASIE and SAME, whatever that means. Immediate ambition
is to get through Officer's Candidate School. Future ambition
is to get rick quick—at least he's honest.
* * *
Blimp, or rather Jack, is interesting to talk to. He has good
ideas-on many subjects and at the same time lets the other
fellow express his opinion.
* * *
Every paper should have a column and a columnist who
frankly admits he is just filling space. I would like to apply for
this position, and I feel that I can meet the qualifications. As
an example of my work, I would like to submit the following
paragraph.
* * *
I noticed on page three of this issue that "all dormitories
are to be picked up Tuesday morning and delivered as quickly
as labor conditions will permit."
* * *
Does this mean that a person can have Dormitory Two de­livered
to his front door? Does the Administration approve of
these tactics? What happens if one of the dormitories is mis­placed
in the moving process? Will little Nell be able to find
her home?
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We are waiting anxiously for the next installment of this
exciting true-to-life drama.
Editor* aote: The ©ptalens «P"*!«£
la this column are those of *»• wrttar
and are not to be construed aa the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
Each year at the end of the sec­ond
semester the Freshman Class
at Harvard edits the "Confiden­tial
Guide to Freshman Courses."
For two-bits, next year's green­est
Frosh can get the low-down
on his professors, textbooks,
examinations, extra-curricula ac­tivities,
and local night clubs.
* * *
The Guide's first pages contain
some advice on academic prob­lems.
"Most of the space in this
booklet is devoted to opinions and
criticisms of Freshmen courses, as
given by the class of 1945. "Al­though
these opinions will be val­uable
to you, don't take them for
gospel truth. One man's meat may
be another man's poison.
* * *
"Don't let your desire to get a
job as a second lieutenant or en­sign
obscure the fact that you are
going to Harvard to get a liberal
education.
* * *
"Choose your courses on the ba­sis
of professors as well as "ma­terial
covered. Often times you
may get more out of a good teach­er
in a poor course than a poor
teacher in a good course."
* * *
The next section describes and
evaluates the extra-curricula ac­tivities.
Then you get to the des­criptions
of the courses. Here is
a typical write-up.
* * *
Astronomy 1
CONTENTS: Descriptive as­tronomy.
LECTURES: Whipple is superb
as a lecturer, and being a famous
astronomer in his own right,
knows his material cold. Federer
is the direct opposite.
READING MATERIAL: Baker
is excellent in material, presenta­tion,
and usefulness.
By FRANK MARSH
ASSIGNMENTS: Moderately
short and quite easy.
EXAMINATIONS: Comprehen­sive,
but of only average tough­ness.
COMMENTS: Cinch course-nothing
lower than a B. but ex­cellent
for all that. Only critic
from '45 was an English concen­trator
who couldn't stand the
mathematical gaff."
* * *
Here are comments on other
courses: "The Department ought
to overlook the fact that Osgood
is a Harvard professor and gel
a new textbook. The worst lec­turer
this side of Berlin . . . On
readings in the English Bible: '45
approves of the Bible . . . On read­ings
in the Greek Classics: Who
are we to criticize Messrs. Homer.
Herodotus. Plato, and Sopho­cles?
. . . Kluckhohn's lectures
on the social life of monkeys
were popular . . . On the great­est
living sociologist: While So-rokin's
obsession with Sorokin
was received by '45 with mixed
feelings, all agree that his lec­tures
are at least diverting."
* * *
We think a similar guide to Au­burn
courses would be interest­ing
and helpful not only to the
students, but to the faculty as
well.
Harvard's newspaper sponsors
The Guide and The Plainsman is
logical organization to do the job
here. An Auburn version of the
Confidential Guide could be in
the form of a special edition of
The Plainsman.
* * *
We believe every Auburn stu­dent
would like to take part in
evaluating the courses he is tak­ing.
And if everyone took part,
the results should be interesting
enough to make a Confidential
Guide to Auburn Courses an in
stitution.
Stuff and Nonsense
By RALPH STANFORD
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
in this column are those of the writer
and are not to he construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
The Morning After:
Referring to spring holidays—
I'd like to see the sun come up,
All radiant and pearly;
But the darn thing comes up too
early.
The Days Before
Spring holidays again—The mi­gration
started Thursday so that
by Friday afternoon's issue came
out there wasn't many folks left
to read it—and that breaks our
little hearts. However, there was
enough left to fill four eighteen
and have some left over—accord­ing
to the conductor who was in
charge, so he left 'em standing in
the rain—which was pretty lousy.
Then those gals who journeyed
back to the dormitories had their
little difficulties there — about
dating etc.—and that was pretty
d n lousy on some folks part.
Friday:
There was a little thing in this
column called The Flapper's Pe­tition—
here is the lawyer's ans­wer—
This is beginning to sound
like a serial—
The advice I give is sure and
true,
You can't eat your pie and have
it too.
If you want the men and want
the wine;
You must pay the price while
you love and dine.
If first one yields to a moment's
bliss;
Why the next must be a longer
kiss,
If you want the arms of a man
of heart,
It is his to give that certain
part.
If you want the things the good
girls miss,
Then you've got to be wiser
than most girls, sis;
So watch ypur step is my ad­vice;
If you want to be naughty and
still be nice.
Go to it kid, with your powder
and paint,
To make you look'just what
you ain't,
Dance, and drink to your hearts
content,
And be bugged and squeezed
till your ribs are bent
Park your clothes on § hickory
limb;
But never my dear, go in to
swim,
Stay, if you will, on the dewy
green,
But you can't use mud and still
be clean.
The game you play is a man's.
long suit,
Since first he nibbled forbidden
fruit,
Whatever you get, you pay the
price—
You can't be naughty and still
be nice.
Error:
The feature "Stars in the Serv­ice"
in Friday's issue had as its
star Dixie Howell, who is accord­ing
to the caption on. the cruise:
Boise—According to authorita­tive
sources Howell is still in the
U. S. serving as physical instruct­or
under the Navy program V-5.
This is not first hand information.
The Army:
It seems that this particular
Negro private had just about
enough of the first six weeks of
his army training and was ready
to get out for awhile. Saturday
nite rolled around so he dressed
and started to town. All went
well until he came to the out­side
gate guarded by a big tough
sergeant, who wanted to see his
pass, which he didn't possess.
Very roughly he was informed
that he couldn't leave camp with­out
a pass. This didn't phase him.
and attempted to shove past the
guard and promptly found a
bayonet rammed against his stom­ach.
"Listen, Big Boy," he said,
"I've got a mother in heaven, a
father in hell, and a girl in Har­lem,
and I'm going to see one of
them tonight."
Letters:
With so many friends and oth­erwise
in the war effort most
folks are writing more than their
usual quoto of letters. Letters are
of many types. Here's what Helen
Severs of Holland magazine—
what am I doing with that—has
to give along these lines from the
woman's angle:
Tale: Mail:
Give him the gossip of ye olde
home town and make it a cute
communique full of "so and so"
said this and "so and so" did this.
Just brimming over with quot-
. able quips and gay going ons.
She should nave added "sweet
nothings," that's what the whole
ig will amount to.
$)
March 12, 1943 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
W a r Thz PloindmorL Page
Former Students Take
Places in Armed Forces
Five Auburn Men, Now on Active Duty,
Are Serving Nation in Different Branches
There are several h u n d r e d former s t u d e n t s of Auburn who
are now serving in the armed forces of the United States.
Every mail brings releases to The Plainsman telling of their
accomplishments.
Recent press releases have brought news of:
James A. Payne, Jr.
Corporal James A. Payne, Jr.,
Ih-lcna, has been promoted to the
rank of sergeant in the 380th Base
Headquarters and Air B a se
Squadron at the Avon Park
Bombing Range, Avon Park,
Florida.
The Avon Park Bombing Range
is the nation's newest and larg-es1
(111,000 acres) practice bomb-ing
range for training bombard-iers
and fighting pilots.
Sergeant Payne Ls manager of
the large branch Post Exchange
,it the Range, having complete
charge of all the business affairs.
Prior to enlisting in the Army
Air Forces he was a student here
sented with his designation as a
naval aviator (airship) by Cap­tain
W. E. Zimmerman, com­manding
officer at Lakehurst,
and was ordered to active flight
duty.
James H. Hughens, Jr.
James Horace Hughens, Jr.,
Birmingham, now wears the
"Wings of Gold" of a Navy flier
and is an Ensign in the Naval Re­serve
following completion of
his advanced flight training at
the U. S. Naval Air Station, Jack­sonville,
Fla.
At a brief commissioning cere­mony,
Captain J. D. Price, com­mandant
of the Jacksonville Nav-and
was a member of Delta Sigma a) Air Station, complimented
Phi fraternity. j Hughens on his fine showing
Edwin C. Allen throughout the training period.
, . ,, , ,,.. A11 ~ A student here, the 23-year old
1,1 J',(hviii Clinton Allen, Dyers- !„,. „ , ; , , "V _ .•:
, . jllier was called to duty at Jack- his
the
bufg, Tenn., recently won
ilver wings of a pilot in
Army Air Forces at Turner Field,
Albany, Georgia.
A former student here, he
graduated in aeronautical engi­neering
in June, 1940. He received
his commission in the Engineers,
but was transferred to the Air
Corps and reported for training as
.Indent officer.
Eugene S. Pace. Jr.
Eugene Stewart Pace, Easta-boga,
won his wings and a com­mission
as Ensign in the U. S.
Naval Reserve after completing
the prescribed flight training
course at the Naval Air Station
m Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Trior to reporting for Navy
flight training at Lakehurst, En-iign
Pace was a student here,
participating in football and
ROTC, and was a member of Mi-lee
Engineers.
Immediately upon being com­missioned.
Ensign Pace was pre-sonville
last May after under­going
elimination training at the
Naval Air Station, Atlanta, Ga.
Hillard S. Powell
Hillard S. Powell, Fort Lauder­dale,
Fla., received the coveted
silver wings of the Army Air
Forces and his commission as a
second lieutenant upon his grad­uation
at Spence Field, Ga., on
Jan. 14.
He had previously taken his
primary and basic training, and
at this Advance Flying School
for single-engine pursuit type
planes he completed the final
phases of his flying instruction
leading up to his rating as "pilot."
Lt. Powell, son of a Lieutenant
Colonel in the U. S. Engineers,
was a student here before report­ing
for duty with the Army Air
Forces.
FOR RENT: Pleasant room
with double decker bed. 213
Bragg Ave. Phone 686-J.
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rhythm of action
the pause
that refreshes
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refreshing
thing
to do
Are You Planning To Enter the Army?
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Operations of Army Personnel
Classification System Explained
American Council on Education Releases
Information to Students Leaving for Army
This material should be of interest to students before they
leave colleges and universities to enter the Army. It is be­lieved
that students will adjust more quickly and intelligent­ly
to their new way of life in the Army if they have some
knowledge before hand of the new procedures in the person­nel
program. It should of course be recognized that assign-signed
to a type of service not,
related to their special training, given their first instruction in
yet through these assignments A r m y regulations, sanitation, and
they may be able to make a great the Articles of War, and given
contribution to the successful tests and interviewed in order to
prosecution of the war. Also, in determine their qualification.s
any system involving so many in­dividuals
the accurate classifica­tion
of each individual is impos
Each man is given the General
Classification Test, which is a
measure to provide an index of a
In Occupied Europe
OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
The following stories are being circulated underground in Oc­cupied
Europe. These stories, passed from person to person, serve
to keep up the morale of oppressed people:
* * *
Norwegian patriots in a Trondheim movie palace were aston­ished
to see a propaganda film showing the German forces giving
food to the Norwegian civil population. For a few minutes they
were too amazed to speak. Then one of them stood up and cried,
"Slop! You're running the film backwards."
* * *
One day a German officer said to a close-mouthed loyal Dutch­man:
"Who is behind the resistance given by your people?"
"Only one man," was the reply, "and he is dead."
"What was his name?" pursued the officer.
"William the Silent," replied the Dutchman.
* * *
In parts of France the Germans have imposed a fine of ten
francs for the use of the French language. An Alstalian girl one
day entered a shop and said, "Good morning, everybody." in
French. A Gestapo man reminded her that the use of French was
prohibited and asked her to hand over 10 francs. The girl gave
him 20 francs without so much as looking at him and said. "Now
I can say 'Goodbye, everybody' in French as well."
Of * *
After the attempting bombing of Hitler in the Munich Brauhaus
became known, the following notices appeared in the windows of
several butcher shops in Prague the next morning:
"There will unfortunately be no lard or pork today as the swine
wasn't killed yesterday."
* * *
A German teacher asked a Luxembourg school girl to name
one of her country's greatest rulers and without hesitation she
replied, "The Grand Duchess Charlotte." Nettled, the man asked
sarcastically, "And who fled, leaving the people in the lurch?"
The whole class answered in chorus: "HESS."
* * *
Hitler and Goering went to Calais and stood looking sadly across
the Channel toward England. Suddenly. Goering said, "Adolph, I
have an idea. When I was at school, I remember I learned a story
about a man who divided the sea in order to enable his army to
cross on dry land." Then he added doubtfully, "But I think he was
a Jew."
Hitler, very excited and past caring whether the man was a Jew
or not, sent immediately for a Rabbi. When he came, the Fuehrer
asked him, "Is it true that a Jew once divided the sea, leaving dry
land for his army to cross?"
"Certainly," was the answer. "It was Moses."
"Where is he now?"
"I am afraid he has been dead a long time."
"Well, but how did he do it?"
"By striking the sea with a stick given him by God."
"And where is the stick now?" asked Hitler, very excitedly.
"The stick?" was the quiet reply. "Oh, that is in the British
Museum."
sible. It is encouraging to know I person's ability to learn, to think
that the Army is constantly im- j quickly and accurately, to analyze
proving the procedures and opera- a situation, and to follow direc­tions
of its personnel classifica- tions. It consists of three sections:
vocabulary, arithmetic problems,
and spatial relations. (This last
named section consists of pictures
of blocks, and the object is to
judge the number of blocks in
each picture). There is a time lim­it
on the test so it is advisable not
to spend too much time on any
item which proves difficult. A
good score will not only help in
a man's original classification, but
will also be an important determ­inant
for selection to the Army
Specialized Training Program.
College men should be able to
score in the top 30% of the pop­ulation,
which is high enough to
qualify for specialist ratings and
the Army Specialized Training
Program. In addition to the Gen­eral
Classification Test, a mechan­ical
aptitude test, based largely on
elementary physics, and a radio­telegraph
operator aptitude test,
dealing with code, are usually
given.
tion system.
Induction Station
Before the registrant or recruit
is accepted by the Army, he is
examined by a board of psycho­logical
and medical specialists.
This board is responsible for
identfying any who are not fit
for military service. If any dis­qualifying
disability is found, the
man is sent home. Those men who
are accepted are given a short
furlough to wind up their person­al
affairs before reporting to the
Reception Center. This is done so
that no one will complete ar­rangements
for leaving until he
has definite knowledge that he
has been accepted by the Army.
Reception Center
At the thirty-six Reception
Centers, newly inducted men are
quartered for a few days while
they are outfitted with uniforms
and other clothing, innoculated,
Classification Interview
The interview at the Reception
Center is a most important factor
'in determining a soldier's classi­fication.
The trained interviewers
secure from the enlisted man such
information as his age, schooling,
occupational history, earnings,
skills, athletic activities, avoca­tion,
and preferences. Leadership
data are particularly important.
A transcript and qualification
summary from the college or uni­versity
are extremely helpful at
this stage of the procedure.
Men should realize that this is
practically an employment inter­view.
They should have their
thoughts well organized in order
to state their qualifications and
interests in as objective terms as
possible. Emphasis on one or two
vocational fields is better than
indecision covering many fields,
or special training should be stat­ed
frankly. The inductee should
be alert and reasonably enthuias-tic
during the interview, since the
interviewers have little patience
with the "do with me what you
will" attitude or the "Pollyanna"
type. The interview will last from
10 to 30 minutes, depending upon
the material to cover.
Letters of Recommendation
In addition to the transcript
and qualification summary, stu­dents
should be encouraged to
get one or two letters of recom­mendation
from faculty members
and employers to be presented
during the interview. These let­ters
should point up sharply par­ticular
abilities, performances,
and aptitudes. Stereotyped "char­acter"
recommendations are of
little aid.
During the interview the man
(Continued on Page 5)
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Blended JMH*i cchhomiccee KKeennttuucckkyy hbuurrleieyy*t,,
Sir WalUr Raleigh is extra mild—burns
cool—witha delightful aroma all its own.
Sit WALTER
RALEIGH
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COMPLYING WITH THE WAR-EFFORT, THE IDEAL
LAUNDRY HAS TO CHANGE THE SCHEDULE OF PICK-UP
AND DELIVERY OF LAUNDRY AND DRYCLEANING FOR
THE STUDENTS OF A.P.I.
EFFECTIVE MONDAY, MARCH 15,1943
ALL LAUNDRY EAST OF COLLEGE STREET TO BE
PICKED UP EACH MONDAY MORNING AND DELIVERED
BACK AS QUICKLY AS LABOR CONDITIONS WILL PERMIT.
ALL DORMITORIES TO BE PICKED UP TUESDAY
MORNING AND DELIVERED AS QUICKLY AS LABOR CON­DITIONS
WILL PERMIT.
ALL LAUNDRY ON COLLEGE AND WEST OF COLLEGE
STREET TO BE PICKED UP ON FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK
AND DELIVERED BACK THE FOLLOWING WEEK AS
QUICKLY AS LABOR CONDITIONS WILL PERMIT.
BOTH LAUNDRY AND DRYCLEANING WILL HAVE TO
BE SIGNED FOR AT ADDRESS ON DELIVERY CARD.
SHOULD A STUDENT MOVE, ADVISE LAUNDRY OFFICE
OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
SHOULD A STUDENT RESIDING EAST OF COLLEGE
STREET FAIL TO HAVE HIS LAUNDRY OUT MONDAY
MORNING, HE OR SHE MAY BRING IT TO THE OFFICE UP
TO WEDNESDAY OF SAME WEEK AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON;
AND THOSE RESIDING ON COLLEGE STREET AND WEST
OF COLLEGE STREET MAY BRING THEIRS UP TO 12 ON
SATURDAY.
YOU WILL OBTAIN BEST SERVICE BY HAVING YOUR
LAUNDRY OUT WHERE TRUCK WILL SEE IT ON MON­DAY
TUESDAY, AND FRIDAY. ALL LAUNDRY AND DRY-CLEANING
BROUGHT TO OFFICE WILL BE HELD UNTIL
THE LAST AND YOU WILL HAVE TO CALL FOR IT.
IDEAL LAUNDRY
Page Four
T H E P L A I N S M AN
March 12, 1943
TWO AUBURN COEDSfTiger to Show
APE cm! L FLYING |Expose of Nazi
ARb b I ILL K-LImv Schoo| System
Women Students Continue Their flight
Training Under Private Instructors
Film Is Based On
"Education For
Proving that college girls can Death/' Best-Seller
do anything that the college boys;untary guest, but the boys don't
can do two Auburn coeds have'l«em to mind." Presenting a vivd picture of
can do. two AUDun ^ U n u s u a l Ambition what a Hitler victory would mean
taken to the airways to prove.. M j ^ J o m . s h a s a s i n g u l a r a m b i - j to a n enslaved world. ''Hitlers
their point. These girls, Miss ^ ghe r e m a r k e d ; «j would like Children." which plays at the Tig-
Carolyn Jones, Birmingham, and l 0 l a n d o n Bullard Field at theler Theatre Sunday and Monday,
Miss Virginia Payne, Talladega,' regular drill hour when the ROTC j features Tim Holt
regularly enrolled students in' boys are marching."
the school of education and aero-1 ;.,,,.,,! „r. :,:,>,, tin- h;i>is <>f
respective
Bonita Gran-
| ville and Kent Smith in a dar-
Miss Virginia Payne, freshman jing, highly dramatic and thought-
I in aeronautical engineering, is provoking expose, the basis
nautical engineering, respectivt - c a l ] e £ j «o n e of them thar dratted which is an epic love story, men-ly,
have been taking flying u n d e r j g a l engineers" by her classmates, aced by official frustration and
instructor as the CPT|a collection of boys from the ageiclimaxed with a double tragic
is no longer! of 16 to 60. She has the unique | sacrifice.
honor of being the other half of Based on Best-Seller
a private
program at Auburn
open to girls..
Miss Jones, a friendly, blue-eyed
blonde, a sophomore in
education, has
a
a
18 hours and 35
minutes of flying time to her cred­it.
Having started her aerial ca­reer
on October 1, she has since
earned her student license. She
soloed after nine hours instruc­tion
under Jack Williams at the
Auburn airport.
Carolyn Working for License
The demure Carolyn says, "I
am working on my private pilot's
license which requires 35 hours
of flying time. I do not know for
sure what I will do this summer,
but I think I may join the
WAACS when I become 21."
Miss Jones has been studying
navigation at home, which she
says is the hard way to learn
navigation. The best way is to
sit in on the classes which are
held for the Marines. These are
the Marines who are taking prim­al
y flying at Auburn, under the
War Training Program. She
says, "I sit in the class as a vol-the
Auburn team of "Flying j The unusual film is based on
Tigeresses." j the sensational best-seller, "Edu-
Miss Payne, who has 25 hours I cation for Death," by Gregor Zie-of
flying time to her credit, holds I m e r ) who for ten years headed
a student pilot's license and is
working for a private pilot's li­cense.
She says that Jack Wil­liams,
her civilian instructor,
makes flying mighty easy.
Virginia Is Joining WAACS
Virginia loves flying and says
after she gets out of the WAACS
(all Auburn girls prefer the
WAACS because they go where
the men go) she is coming back
to Auburn for some more flying.
Miss Payne does not know very
much about airplane motors, but
she does know what the instru­ments
mean and which way to
move the "stick." She likes the
Piper club, but longs for the day
when she will be doing inside
loops in a Waco, the advanced
training plane used in secondary
flying.
To qualify for a private pilot's
license, one must have studied
certain courses in "the ground
school" and completed 35 hours
of flying time.
Auburn Girls May Return
Auburn men who have left
their "Alma Mater" and gone into
the Air Corps have the "homing"
instinct of carrier pigeons when
it comes to flying back to Au­burn
and diving on the girls dorm­itories.
But, some day two Au­burn
girls will, break the tradi­tion
and fly back to Auburn and
try swooping on the boy's dormi­tories,
taking off the. chimneys,
leaving the roof, and then flying
off into the blue. And either
Carolyn or Virginia might be one
of these daring young maids who
proved that a man's world could
be made into a woman's.
CAMPUS ODDITIES
GWENDOLYN
WAS THE TENTH SISTER OF
HER FAMILY TO ATTEND
GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE
FOR WOMEN/
THE LONE BROTHER.
IN THE M« MICHAEL
FAMILY WENT TO
GEORGIA TECH
HUNTER COLLEGE WAS
FOUNDED CN ST. VALENTINE'S
- DAY IN 1870 -
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF FOULS IN A
BASKETBALL GAME JS 22/
the American Colony School in
Berlin, saw the insidious growth
of Nazi teachings among Ger­many's
young people and came to
the United States to tell what he
saw.
Kent Smith portrays Ziemer's
own school-master part in the pic­ture,
with Holt as a young Ger­man-
American who succumbs to
the Nazi beliefs and Miss Gran­ville
as Smith's pupil who later
becomes his assistant, only to be
sent to a 'labor camp because of
her German parentage.
Smith Plays Gestapo Officer
Attempting to find the girl and
get her out of the country, Smith
runs into the opposition of Holt,
who as a Gestapo officer is try­ing
to conceal his basic affection
for Miss Granville under the stern
cloak of what he believes to be
his duty to the state. Inwardly
both young people are rebels
against the Nazi doctrines, but
outwardly they hide their feelings
for one another until a crisis aris­es
that forces Holt to punish the
girl.
Then he too goes berserk and
makes a futile but courageous at­tempt
to set her free, knowing
full well what the inevitable con­sequences
will be. The ensuing
climax, with both young people
endeavoring to enlighten their
contemporaries on their "educa­tion
for death," is said to consti­tute
one of the most graphic film
scenes of recent years.
Exposes Nazi Teaching
Bringing as it does the first au­thentic
revelations of Nazi teach­ing
to the screen, "Hitler's Chil­dren"
shows those teachings for
what they are, an inhuman pro­gram
for enslaving the rest of the
world under a German yoke, for
ruthlessly breeding legions of il­legitimate
babies, for killing off
all who do not fit into the Nazi
scheme of things.
The entire program is fearless­ly
disclosed in the course of the
unusual romance in "Hitler's
Children," its grim attributes and
menacing reality forming the tap­estry
against which the spirited
action and romance of the plot are
carried out.
Featured also are Otto Kruger,
as an S.S. Chief and H. B. Warn­er,
as a fearless churchman. Ed­ward
A. Golden produced the pic­ture
for RKO Radio, with Edward
Dmytryk directing and Robert S.
Golden as associate producer.
Emmet Lavery wrote the screen
play from Ziemer's book.
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Auburn Women Play Many Definite
Roles in the Push to Win the War
Students for First-Aid Training, Knitting;
Women Alumni Free Men for Fighting Duty
By ANNE McCLURKIN
I overheard Weary Willie, that ole creature in "Tiger
Spirit," say at drill the other day . . . "Now look at that . . .
there's what WE boys are doing in this war. They ought to
put the so-called fairer sex out there and let them see what
they can do. Why, I bet'cha they couldn't last five minutes!"
Nuff of Willie for now. cause he just doesn't know what he's
talking about. We, of the fairer
sex, may not drill, but we get in
the usual hour of calisthenics
each day whether it rains or
shines. That's just a minor detail,
however, since there are so many
more things that we have done
and are doing. First of all I must
mention the fact that we make
up a great portion of the morale- au b u r n Women Active
builders . . . now don't we? But
to get to the facts.
Proof of Coed Help
First-aid courses h£fc-e been
held in Smith Hall, certain hours
have been set aside for knitting,
and many organizatons have done
"their part" at the USO Center.
Selling war stamps has occupied
an unusual amount of interest . . .
several organizations have pur­chased
large war bonds. A few
minor details may be included
here just to show you that we
can give up many of our luxuries
(at least we look upon them as
luxuries now) . . . take for in­stance,
we now have our meals
served to us cafeteria style (it's
more economical), only have cof­fee
and milk once a day, and we
don't even have table cloths on
the tables any more.
There's Teally no use worrying
and fussin' over such minor things
as these, since we have a number
of Auburn women who are al­ready
playing a definite role in
the war.
Mary Ann McMillan, who just
graduated, has gone to work for
the. Brecon Loading Co. in Tal­ladega,
her home town. This is
a bag plant where the gun pow­der
made at Childersburg (you've
all heard about it) is loaded into
bags and then shipped to Annis-ton
for storage. The majority of;from
workers in this plant are wom­en.
Mary Ann seems to think that
"there is only one way that this
war can be won, and that is by
every girl having an active share
in it. Each one should do her
part when she leaves college
whether she feels it is necessary
for her to work or not, for men
must be released to take their
places in the armed forces." Mary
Ann says to stay in college if you
possibly can, as a well-educated
person is in great demand.
Several Choose WAVES
Several Auburn coeds have
chosen the WAVES as their
branch of the service. Dot Floyd
has already gone to Smith Col­lege
in Northampton, Mass.,
where she will enter the Officers'
Candidate School for WAVES.
Dot gave as her reason for go­ing
. . . "I thought that this was
the quickest and surest way to
do my part." (There's the good
ole Auburn spirit for you.)
She has a different opinion
on the "stay in college" question
. . . "all girls who can should
complete their education, but if
it is impossible, go now and do
your part because you are need­ed."
Kitty Phillips, who will depart
the Loveliest Village in
June, places the "invaluable ex­perience
gained" as her principal
reason for joining the WAVES.
She seems to think that if you
want to quit school now and go
. . . it's all O. K cause "if
you're big enough and want to bad
enough, you can and will come
back after the duration and fin­ish."
Only One in WAACS
There is only one Aubumite in
the WAACS at present, and she
is Juanita Johnston, who grad­uated
several years ago. She gave
us the impression, when she was
here several weeks ago for a short
visit, that the WAACS is the
thing, and it must be, for an­other
Auburn graduate. Melba
Moorer, will soon be taken in by
this branch of service.
I happened to hear about an­other
coed of some years ago
(some of you may remember
her) . . . Marion Prather. She
will soon receive training in
Washington, D. C, as a staff as­sistant
in Service Men's Clubs
(this training is not open to girls
of college age). Marion seemed
quite excited about her future
work and told me a great many
things about it . . . only two and
a half weeks of training are re-
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combine their skill and experience to satisfy today's
demand for vital war necessities. Thanks to our air­plane
makers, ground crews and pilots like Capt.
Haakon Gulbransen (shown here), of Pan American
Airways, needed supplies are flown to our fighting
men all over the world.
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T H E P L A I N S M AN
Page Five
nterf rater nityCounc il Presents A a I F orma I
Auburn Spirit
Still Strong,
Even in Miami
The Plainsman:
great Auburn Spirit. Ls
iving under a bright sun in
OUthern extremity of these
, I States. The "Spirit" is
, much in evidence as the
training group c o m es
, ' hing down the streets of
imi Beach singing "Glory to
i Auburn."
you hear people .say: "That's
chool that beat the Rose
iwl Champs," and you feel a
tie tmgle go up and down your
ne, and you throw your shoul-back
a little farther, and your
• out another inch.
And that battle cry . . . "War
has resounded in some of
mini's best theaters (not dur-i
,i program, but in meetings of
Society
By JEANNE TOWNSEND
LEADS INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL FORMAL | g a | | | S TomOrrOW N At Alumni Gymnasium
Tucker—Kennell
• re are men here from Clem-
Georgia Tech, Duke, Wi.s-
,n in, North Carolina, Ohio
Illinois, and other schools.
The "esprit de corps" is tops.
i.i . only to hear a flight sing-ng
in cadence the "Air Corps
;" to feel that "nothing can
I ip the Army Air Corps." A
book was one of our first is-is
a !
Miss Margaret Tucker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Tucker
of Fairfield, Alabama, was married Saturday at nine a. m. to Tom­my
Kennell, well-known student and football player at API.
The ceremony was conducted at the Catholic church by Father
Schrader. George Waldeck acted as best man and Miss Drusilla Mul-lane
as maid of honor.
The church was decorated with white gladioli and Dolly Hayes,
organist, played nuptial music during the ceremony.
The bride wore a white ensemble with brown and white acces­sories.
She carried a white prayer book and a corsage of white
orchids.
A reception was held for the couple Sunday afternoon at the
home of the bride's mother, Mrs. A. O. Tucker.
Mr. and Mrs. Kennell are at home at 153 West Glenn, Auburn.
Beard—Sprinkle
The marriage of Miss Frances Beard, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
W. S. Beard, to Lieut. David Sprinkle, took place February 20, at the
St. James Methodist Church in Chicago.
Mrs. Sprinkle wore a blue wool suit and carried a corsage of
orchids. Her accessories were black.
The bride is a graduate of API, where she was a member of Theta
Upsilon sorority.
Lieut Sprinkle graduated from API and was a member of OTS
fraternity, Spiked Shoe, and "A" Club. He received his commission
in October and has been stationed in Chicago where he and his bride
•side at 4153 South Brexel Boulevard.
and singing in cadence
practice.
We're living in a $10-a-day-hotel,
the "Walburne," with
MlahtiC Ocean and a beau-iful
beach 100 yards away,
gotten our share of a good
in in tin- afternoons we've spent
ing touch football on the
in«l swimming.
Oui food is the best, and plenty
too 'I'his is processing week,
i our activities have included
in!', films, classification, im­munization,
issues of clothing and
pquipment, etc.
There arc 117 Auburn boys in
flight, and the remainder in
T G 115, Kit. B. Our ROTC is a
l here.
Among the things we'd like
• (o see are a bundle of The
Pl.nnsman and a Glomerata.
What about it, Ed?
And we'll be expecting to see
other "men of the plain" down
ere on a "winter vacation" as
:le Sam's guests.
Sincerely yours.
The Boys of AAFTTC,
TG420 BTC No. 4, Fit. B
Miami Beach, Fla.
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fountain pen, Wednesday,
March 3, between Langdon Hall
and Alumni Hall. Mary Bowen,
Alumni Hall.
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Foster—Pruett
Miss Virginia Foster was married at six o'clock Saturday to Otis
Pruett of Midway. . , „ r n
The Rev W C. Cowart conducted the ceremony at the Auburn
Methodist church. The church was decorated with white gladioli
and snap-dragons. ,
The bride wore a navy blue suit and earned a white rose and
orchid corsage. Miss Dot Cottier, Miss Ceola Lamar, and Mrs. Foe
were bride's maids and were attired in pastel shades with navy
blue accessories. ,, u .....
A reception was held for the couple at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. D. S. Foster, on the Opelika Highway.
The bride is enrolled in Home Economics at Auburn. The groom
is enrolled in Mechanical Engineering, and is a member of Theta
Chi fraternity.
The couple will live in Auburn.
Martin—Allen
Miss Elizabeth Martin and Lieut. A. C. Allen were married at the
Auburn Baptist church March 2, at 7:30 p. m.
The ceremony was performed by Dr. Edwards, with Billy Tam-blyn
rendering nuptial music during the rites
Mrs Martin, for the last year, has been head of the Farm Secui-ity
Home Management House and has taught foods in the Home
Economics Dept. of API.
Lieut. Allen, of the Marines, is an API graduate and is now
stationed at Pensacola, Florida.
The bride wore a white satin gown and white veil during the
ceremony and carried a bouquet of white flowers. .
Mrs Martin chose as maids of honor her sister, Miss Mary Love
Martin," and her niece, Miss Dees. The maids of honor were attired in
gowns of light blue.
A reception was held for the couple at Social Center and mem­bers
of the school of home economics who are now living at the
Hme Management House were in charge.
Lieut, and Mrs. Allen will live in Pensacola.
Reuben Brawner, Mary Brown;
Emanuel Vakakes.
Kappa Alpha, Check Stephens.
Annie Dent; Shine Hollinger;
Sigma Chi, Sam Boroughs, Phyl­lis
Kloeti; Ben Brown, Mary
Martha Sellers; Alpha Gamma
Rho, Tommy Briscoe, Katie Lou
Brock; Dudley Tyler; Lambda
Chi Alpha, Jack Skewes and
Martha Young.
Miss Betty Nichols, of Birmingham, pictured above, will lead
the annual Interfraternity Council formal tomorrow night at Alum­ni
Gym. Miss Nichols will be escorted by Council President Hom­er
Reid. who is vice-president of Pi Kappa Alpha social fraternity.
DO YOU P IG I T?
Submitted by David P. Billings,
University of California
Marjorie Smith Is
Elected President
Of Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Delta Pi sorority elected
officers for the coming year at
its regular meeting Wednesday
night. Marjorie Smith, of Slo-comb,
was chosen to be the new
president of the sorority.
Others selected were Mildred
McGough, vice-president; Jane
Post, treasurer; Frances King,
recording secretary; Imogene Ben­nett,
corresponding secretary; Pa­tricia
Kansinger, social chairman;
Mary Bagwell Tucker, reporter;
Bette-Jane Wilson, rush chair­man;
Martha Clift, historian;
Sara Glenn, guard; Marjorie Burt,
Pan-hellenic delegate; Martha
Northcutt, chaplain.
ARMY SYSTEM
(Continued from Page 3)
is asked what his main occupa­tion
or main ability is. For some
of the approximately 600 special­ist
jobs in the Army, the inter­viewer
uses an oral test to de­termine
the extent of a man's
knowledge and ability in a cer­tain
field. The test in each trade
consists of a number of questions
and the per cent which a man
can answer is a relatively good
index to his familiarity with that
trade. There are approximately
450 civilian occupational classifi­cations
that are useful in the mil­itary
service.
Qualification Card
All pertinent information dur­ing
the interview is recorded on
a qualification card. This accom­panies
a soldier throughout his
Army career, for on it also is kept
a record of his duties and assign­ments
while in the service. The
initial classification of a soldier is
to determine in which of the
Arms and Services of the Army
the abilities of a man will best
be used. In making this decision,
the Classification Officer uses all
the information secured from a
soldier during the interview, and
the scores on tests which he has
taken are considered.
Basic Training
From the Reception Center, the
soldier is shipped either to one
of the twenty-eight Replacement
Training Centers or directly to a
unit. Here he receives training
that is basic for all soldiers serv­ing
in the Arm or Service of
which he is a part. Here his of­ficers
observe him at many kinds
of work, and if necessary, reclas­sify
him. An effort is made both
to ascertain a man's proficiency
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quired (learn all about group
singing, dramatics, parties, etc.,
for service men-, and after this
training you are sent overseas
(if transportation is available) to
the big hotels, which have been
taken over by the government,
and where the soldiers make their
headquarters. It is a form of Red
Cross work. I was also interested
in hearing what Marion thought
about that old question of stay­ing
in school. She says by all
means to graduate first, because
there will be many jobs and
things to do after the war is
over, and you must have training
for them.
This gives you a . bird's-eye
view of a few things that girls
can do in this war, and the things
that the girls at Auburn are do­ling.
There's much more to be
done of course, but at any rate a
good start has been made . . .
don't you think?
in his trade and to examine, by
means of tests, his aptitudes for
acquiring new skills. Helping the
Classification Officer is a Per­sonnel
Consultant Officer and a
staff of assistants who help carry
out the program of testing, inter­viewing,
and follow-up. From
five to twelve week* is available
for this period of basic military
training and for such reclassifica­tion
as may be found necessary.
Before the period is over, there
is indicated on each qualification
card the duty for which the sol­dier's
experience and perform­ance
up to that time indicate he
is best suited.
At the end of the basic train­ing
period, he will probably be
(Continued on Page 6)
STUFF AND NONSENSE
(Continued from Page 2)
Frail Mail: Be good sweet maid,
and who will be clever. But be
pul—lenty good. Good at putting
over your point about not sitting
under the apple tree with anyone
else but him—and all those little
things he longs to hear—but subt­ly.
Is she kidding? She oughta
know better than that. That stuff
doesn't go anymore.
Wail Mail:
This jamais—Weep no more my
lady. Smear your social station­ery
with Pollyanna cheer, but
never, never make it a Wailing
Wall. Make him whistle "You
Are My Sunshine" every time he
looks at your picture.
She should have said, "I Won­der
Who's Kissing Her Now."
Kale Mail:
Better leave this to his dad—if
you know what I mean. And if
you don't—ask his dad, he knows.
Brother she's not kidding there.
Miss Betty Nichols, of Birmingham, Will Lead
With Homer Reid, President of the Council
Miss Betty Nichols, of Birmingham, will lead the Interfra­t
e r n i t y Council Ball tomorrow night with Homer Reid, vice-president
of Pi Kappa Alpha and president of t h e council.
The I n t e r f r a t e r n i t y Council Ball is an annual function
given by t h e council in which all t h e f r a t e r n i t i e s on t h e cam­pus
participate.
Dance Is at Aumni
The dance is to be at nine o'clock in Alumni Gym, with
the Auburn Knights furnishing
music. The hall will be attrac­tively
decorated with a backdrop
consisting of the Interfraternity
Council Key.
Dance Committee Announced
Members of the committee in
charge of the dance are Jimmie
Davis, Jack Brush, and P. M.
Lovell.
Two delegates to the council
from each fraternity together with
their dates will participate in the
leadout. They are listed below.
Date List
Delta Sigma Phi, B. W. Peake;
Omega Tau Sigma, John Nail;
James Young; Phi Kappa Tau,
Hugh Johnson; Pontiac Creel; Sig­ma
Phi Epsilon, Goree Johnson;
Knud Neilson; Sigma Phi Epsilon,
Jack Curlee; P. M. Lovell; Tau
Epsilon Phi, Morton Novick;
Theta Chi, Ted Williams; Hugh
Long.
Sigma Nu, Duncan Liles, Marg­aret
Lee Bradford; John Holman;
Pi Kappa Alpha, Luther Taylor,
Mary Frances Jackson; Jack
Brush; Kappa Sigma, Jimmie
Davis, Anglyn Hollingsworth;
George O'Neal; Phi Delta Theta,
William Buck Taylor, Carolyn
Moyer; Henry Seawell, J oy
McGlynn; Pi Kappa Phi, Bob
Smith, Louise Ogletree; C. E.
Weldon; Alpha Lambda Tau,
Tandy Little, Virginia Ruth Blair.
Rex Rainer, Betty Ann Page.
Alpha Tau Omega, John Bent-ley,
Dale Wilson; Jack Plewes,
Elsie Walker; Alpha Psi, Sheldon
Scoville, Betty Lou Sconyers; Al
Sutton, Ida Lockhart; Sigma Pi,
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Saturday, March 13
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and serial: "Perils of Nyoka"
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T H E P L A I N S M AN
March 12, 1943
Over Thirty Men Are Out for Track This Quarter
Hutsell and Beard SPORTS CONTEST
CLOSES MONDAY
Entries Should Be
Brought by Plainsman
Office by Noon
Noon of next Monday will be
the deadline for all entries in the
Plainsman Sports Quiz Contest.
The contest, sponsored by the pa­per
in cooperation with a nation­wide
poll conducted by the Ath­letic
Round Table of Spokane,
Washington, deals with the ques­tion
of whether baseball should
be continued in the United States
or discontinued until after the
war.
Blank Printed Below
Any interested student may file
his entry, either for or against the
continuance of the sport, by using
the blank printed below for a
statemenl of 150 words or less,
which should be left at the Plains­man
office before the contest clo­ses.
Local awards will be two
passes each to the Tiger Theater
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Hits and Misses
On the Intramural Front
By JAY GREEN
Interfraternity sports for the
for the five entries presenting the j s p r i n g q u a r t e r begin on Monday
' best arguments for or against, and
those winning local prizes will be
entered in the national Round
Table competition with chances
for some of the $2000 in War
Bonds being offered as prizes.
Ideas Most Important
The entries, which will be judg­ed
by three members of Auburn's
athletic faculty, need not be rhet­orically
perfect, with ideas rather
than form being the determining
factor in judging. As most sports
fans have noticed, there has been
| quite a bit of controversy on the
subject of the continuance or cur­tailment
of baseball during the
war, and good, sound arguments
have been brought to bear by both
sides. Any sports fan, whether he
knows a great deal about the
game or not, should be able to
set forth a few clear and logical
reasons in favor of his viewpoint,
and thereby have a good chance
for either a local or national prize,
and perhaps both. So, sports fan,
if you're interested, and would
like to pick up a couple of passes
to the Tiger, have your entry in
by Monday noon, and take a
chance on winning a worthwhile
War Bond prize as well.
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SPORTS QUIZ CONTEST
Fill in the following blank with your entry in 150
words or less and present at The Plainsman office before
noon of March 15, 1943.
Entry Blank
(Delete word or words not applicable)
I THINK THAT BASEBALL (SHOULD, SHOULD
NOT) BE CONTINUED IN THE UNITED STATES
DURING THE WAR BECAUSE:
when the volleyball season opens.
This sport is scheduled to last
for two weeks, with softball play
beginning on March 30.
We have been asked to reprint
the results of the volleyball
league drawings, the official rules
of the game, and the schedule of
play, so here's the desired dope.
League I—Phi Delta Theta, Tau
Epsilon Phi, Alpha Tau Omega,
Alpha Psi. and Sigma Pi.
League II—Sigma Nu, Lambda
Chi Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon,
Kappa Alpha, and Pi Kappa Al­pha.
League III—Pi Kappa Phi, Kap­pa
Sigma, Phi Kappa Tau, Omega
Tau Sigma, and Delta Sigma Phi.
League IV—Theta Chi, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Alpha
Gamma Rho, and Alpha Lambda
Tau.
Official rules with 15 point-games
prevailing will be played
throughout the season and play­off.
Winner of two out of three
games will be the champion in
league play, and winner of three
out of five games will be winner
in playoffs. All games will be
played on courts adjoining Drake
baseball diamond, and all will be­gin
promptly at 5:10 p. m. ex­cept
the Saturday games which
will begin at 2 p. m. and 3 p. m.
respectively.
March 15—TEP vs SP, LCA vs
PKA, KS vs DSP, SAE vs ALT.
March 16—ATO vs AP, SPE vs
KA, PKT vs OTS, SC vs AGR.
March 17—PDT vs AP, SN vs
KA, PKP vs OTS, TC vs AGR.
March 18—TEP vs ATO, LCA
vs SPE, KS vs PKT, SAE vs SC.
March 19—SP vs ATO, PKA vs
SPE, DSP vs PKT, ALT vs SC.
March 20 — 2 p. m. — PDT vs
TEP, SN vs LCA, PKP vs KS,
TC vs SAE. 3 p. m— AP vs SP,
KA vs PKA, OTS vs DSP, AGR
vs ALT.
March 22—AP vs TEP, KA vs
LCA, OTS vs KS, AGR vs SAE.
March 23—SP vs PDT, PKA vs
SN, DSP vs PKP, ALT vs TC.
March 24—ATO vs PDT, SPE
vs SN, PKT vs PKP, SC vs TC.
SUPERVISES WORK OF AUBURN'S TRACKMEN
To Train Trackmen
Thre^ Lettermen Lost from Last Year's Squad;
Varsity Holdovers Are Found T o Be Numerous
By ALBERT LOEB
The 1943 track season officially opened in Auburn Wed­nesday
afternoon as some thirty-odd trackmen and potential
trackmen [net with coaches Jeff Beard and Wilbur Hutsel]
at the Aubiurn Stadium track. As far as could be judged from
the first fejw practice sessions, this year's team will be a fair­ly
well-roiknded one, being built around nine returning let­termen,
as] well as several varsity holdovers.
Brush and Finney Back
W/JL0C//e H. HUTS£LL 4 4 TGACH COACH, A\U8URAj
Wilbur Hutsell, "Dean of Southern Track Coaches," while los­ing
the services of three capable lettermen this quarter, finds track
prospects at Auburn not too dark.
THIS WEEK
The Auburn Grille
ANNOUNCES THAT
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a Free Dinner for his out­standing
service to Auburn.
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ARMY SYSTEM
(Continued from Page 5)
assigned to one of the following:
(1) School for the training of
Army specialists. (See Specialist
Training Program below). (2)
Officer Candidate School for
training as an officer. (See Of­ficer
Candidate School below).
(3) College or University for
technical training. (See Army
Specialized Training Program
below). (4) A tactical unit, if not
privates at the end of such train­ing.
A small number, however,
are sent to enlisted specialist
schools where they receive train­ing
similar to that in Officer Can­didate
Schools, and on completion
of the course are made technical
noncommissioned officers.
Army Specialized Training
Program
To p r o v i d e the necessary
trained specialists and officers,
the Army has set up the Army
Specialized Training Program,
which consists of two parts, Col­lege
or University, and Officer
Candidate School. A soldier
makes application for the Army
Specialized Program, and if ac-
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freshman ranks. Big Louis Cha­teau
will team with Ward
hurling the discus and heaving
the sixteen pound shot, aided by
newcomers George Willoughhy
and Charles Harper. Curtis Kuy
kendall and Homer Tapia are the
most promising of the pole vaul-tcrs
and Ed Palmer, D. II. Bes1
and Dick Wade are three ambit­ious
newcomers on the hurdles.
A whole host of good runners
will be back to push the letter-men
for their regular position!
with Bob Hints and Bob Ortagus
leading the pack. Hints, a cross­country
star, barely missed a let­ter
duiing the 1942 season and
should be an outstanding con­tender
for 1943 honors.
During the spring quarter War­ren
Fleming will serve as senioi
track manager.
cepted he is assigned either to
attend a college or university or
an officer candidate school de-1
pending upon his qualifications.
College or University
In order to provide the needed
specialists and technical experts,
the Army is planning to send to
college many thousands of men
to continue their education.
Courses will be offered in pre-medical,
pre-dental, and pre-veterinary
education; in medi­cine
and dentistry, and veterinary
medicine; in aeronautical, civil,
chemical, electrical, mechanical,
metallurgial, and sanitary engi­neering;
and in the following spe­cial
technical courses: chemistry,
languages, mathmetics. physics,
personnel, and psyhology. Both
basic and advanced courses will
be offered.
(Continued Next Issue)
Sprinters Jack Brush and
Charlie Finney, who earned their
letters last season, will be back
for another * year of competition
as will quarter-miler Bud Reed,
half-miler Earl Cleghorn and
distance runners Herb Morgan
and Jim Robinson. Field stars
who lettered-last season and who
will return aire hurdler Jim Seay,
weight and jiiscus man Cullen
Ward, and sjtar jumper Herbert
Burton. These men will form the
nucleus of a track team which,
despite the war situation, has
scheduled four meets for the com­ing
season. Tine Tigers will prob­ably
engage fin dual meets with
their old rivals Georgia and Tech
as well as participating in the
Southeastern AAU and Confer­ence
meets.
Three Lettermen Lost
Only three lettermen were lost j
from last year's strong squad, but j —~
the absence of these three will be i
felt. John C. Ball, SEC two-mile j j — TODAY —
champ and a mainstay of Tiger. , , . , , , , , , ,,
track for two seasons was lost by j ANN RUTHERFORD .
graduation as were Bob Morton, j GEORGE MONTGOMERY j
a fine hurdler, and John Grimes, •_/ '
who finished fourth in the SEC
two mile event last year. Jim
Robinson, senior two-miler from
Veto, is expected to go a long
way toward filling Ball's place,
however, and'senior Jim Seay
and junior Andy Lamar should
be able to adequately fill the
hurdling vacancy left by Morton
Earl Cleghorn, returning letter-man,
Bob Ortagus, and Elnomac
Creel are the leading contenders
for the half mile spot vacated by
Grimes.
Varsity Holdovers Numerous
Varsity holdovers from last
r numerous this
il f a dozen good teturning and sev-ling
up
WANTED: Table boy to bring
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RENT: Two rooms for
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Each week the
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re-
The Grille is Auburn's
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restaurant
The Grille invites the stu­dents
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909.
ROOM AND BOARD: Mrs. T.
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909.
A certain proportion of the
men who have received their ba­sic
training are selected to go to
a school for the training of Army
specialists. These soldiers will
learn specialists skills of the sort
needed in the Arm or Service of
which they are a part. For exam­ple,
the Signal Corps needs types
of specialists, such as photo­graphers,
radio operators, radio
repairmen, etc. A large percen­tage
of men in the Army are giv­en
specialist training and remain
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