1940-01-19 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXIII z-i ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, JANUARY 19, 1940 No. 33
EDDY DUCHIN, "the magic fingers of radio", who will bring his band
to Auburn for four of the dances of the Junior Prom next week.
Committee Issues
More Prom Invites
Total is 355; Bid
Boxes Collected
The Social Committe mailed
out 138 more Junior Prom invi­tation
Tuesday night to raise to
355 the total number of girls in­vited
to attend Auburn's biggest
social affair next week.
Remainder of the group of in­vitations
sent out Sunday, as con­tinued
from Tuesday's Plainsman
included bids to:
From miscellaneous towns in Ala­bama
are: Mary Hackney, Mary
Hall, and Ann Tatum, Opelika;
Margaret Fraley and Helen Ham-by,
Fairfax; Jane Billingsley and
Gail Sandberg, Gadsden; Bessie
Wright and Martha Young, Fair­field;
Marjorie Miller and Lloyd
Pierce, Selma; Caroline Acree and
Jerry Morgan, Dothan; Martha
Blake, Sheffield.
Dorothy Jilek, Marbury; Willie
Theman, Lanett; Elizabeth Clop-ton,
Scottsboro; Sara Walker,
Jasper; Sara Pride, Huntsville;
Erin Douglas, Leighton; Mary
Patterson, Waverly; Margaret
Mitchell, Bessemer; Annie Folmar,
Troy; Cecil Lightfoot, Alex City;
Mayme Bennett, Fairhope; Mary
Hornsby, Ozark; Woodrow Kill-goe,
Linden; Elizabeth Bright,
Andalusia; Alice Fulford, Athens;
Laura Serritt, Florence.
Georgia
Sara Jordan, Polly Rushton,
Louella Stone, and Louise Wood­ward
of Atlanta; Betty Henderson,
Eloise Lennard, Katherine Wilk­inson,
and Evelyn Baty of Agnes
Scott; Dot Bailey of Athens; May­me
Sheppard and Graham Wright
of University of Georgia; Anne
Wright, of Shorter College; Vir­ginia
Hershberg, Annie Brooks,
Beuna Vista; Chick Stokes, Elea­nor
Key, Columbus; Martha Black-well,
Savannah; Jane Kay, Al­bany;
Evelyn Priester, Forsyth;
Margaret Cook, Dawson; Jessie
Pierce, Ft. Benning; Elsie Mann,
Concord; Lavonia Cranford, New-nan.
Florida
Elizabeth Greene and Eleanor
Webb, St. Petersburg; Midge
Scott, Margaret Vogt, FSCW;
Margie Oxford, Lakeland; Lynn
Kanner, Palatka; Sophie Spivak,
Jacksonville; Mary Riley, Pensa-cola.
Virginia
Louise Stumberg, Sara Crock-ette,
of Hollins College; Martha
Smith, Randolph-Macon College;
Josepaul Easterling, Richmond;
Catherine Carpenter, Lynchburg;
Ruth LaMarr, Hernden; Jean
Thompson, Fredericksburg.
Louisiana
Frances Galloway, New Or­leans;
June Mitchell, Ruston; and
Mary Moore, Earlyne Seals, and
Carroll Reiley of LSU.
North Carolina
Mary Clinard, University of
North Carolina; Mary Dell, Duke;
Norma Garland, Rocky Mount;
Ann Fox, Womans College; and
Jeane Hoyle, Charlotte.
New York
Patricia Donevan and Ann Berg-er,
Brooklyn; Louella Haselton,
Jamaica; Eula Semple, New York
City; Judy Helmick, Skidmore
College.
California
Lana Turner, Judy Garland,
and Margaret Early of Holly­wood;
Helen Herrick of Long
Beach.
Continued on page 4
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
rr a r • t in student responsibility" is what
All tXPCrimCni Executive Secretary Ralph
Draughon calls the new absence rule as he issues explana­tory
regulations on it. See column 6
CL I in t n e k n e e s Dut naPPy a r e t n e seven CAA
JMOKy students who have made their solo flights af­ter
eight or more hours of dual instruction. Bobby Nester
was the first. See column 5
It' H "LI that ' • P - Streetman, influenza-stricken
it S I OSSIDIC forward will be in the line-up when Au­burn
plays Vanderbilt tomorrow night at 7:30. See page 3
TL C\ f*\ U an(* D r " L - *** D u n c a n a r e Auburn's
1116 UICG v l U D representatives on the Alabama
"Symphony of the South" program over CBS tomorrow
night at 9:30 to 10:00. • See column 5
/* i l l will not leave Auburn. The rumors of
VOQCM JUlUUl the popular mentor's departure are
quieted by Coach "Jenks" Gillem acceptance of the Se-wanee
head coaching position. See page 3
Cabinet To Have
Office Next Term
Other Changes Slated
For Student Center
The Executive Cabinet will
maintain an office in the Student
Center during the second semest­er,
Cabinet officers said yester­day,
as soon as a few scheduled
changes are made in the Center.
A radiator is to be installed in
the room occupied by the YMCA,
and Mrs. Rena Jolly, Center host­ess,
will move her office there.
Mrs. Jolly's present headquarters
will then be turned over to the
Cabinet.
At one time Mrs. Jolly's pres­ent
office was the headquarters
of the Cabinet, but for the past
few years it has maintained no
office of its own, meeting instead
in the President's office.
In addition the Center floors
are to be redone, the walls and
workwork repainted, furniture
repaired, and drapes and furni­ture
covers cleaned.
Vets Elect New
AVMA Officials
George Long and Cary
Carlton Chosen Heads
The local student chapter of the
American Veterinary Medical As­sociation
elected George Long of
Foley, president and Cary Carlton
of Arcadia, Fla., vice-president,
at its last meeting of the semester.
Both Long and Carlton are se­niors
and will graduate in May.
Beginning next year, or perhaps
later this year, the organization
will function under a new set-up
in which the activities of all stu­dent
chapters will be more closely
unified.
The senior association recently
issued a new constitution and by­laws
under which all student chap­ters
will operate. Each chapter
will direct its business to suit its
own conditions, but only under
guidance of the official constitu­tion
and by-laws.
The election clauses of the new
document provide that all officers
be elected for one collegiate year,
and the election to be held late
next semester will be governed
thereby.
The senior association has also
adopted an official key and diplo­ma
for senior members of the stu­dent
chapters. Several of the new
keys have already been purchased
locally.
The local organization was or­ganized
about 1907 under the
name of the Auburn Veterinary
Medical Association. It became af­filiated
with the American Veteri­nary
Medical Association in 1932
and became known as the Junior
AVMA, but it continued to oper­ate
under its own constitution and
by-laws.
Eight Instructors
Added to API Staff
Eight new members will be add­ed
to the Auburn faculty for the
second semester. Nearly all of the
seven are replacing other faculty
members, thereby leaving the to-total
of faculty and administra­tive
officers at about 255.
Vernon W. Lapp has been em­ployed
by the physical education
department, which will now offer
a major, instead of just a minor,
as previously.
Francis E. Johnstone, Jr., will
replace Keith C. Barron as assist­ant
vegetable breeder in the hor­ticulture
department. D. M. Turn-ey
will replace N. R. Crawford as
instructor in animal husbandry.
R. W. Montgomery, teacher of
vocational agriculture in the Camp
Hill high school for the past year
and a half, will come to Auburn
as assistant professor of agricul­tural
education. Others are Sam
F. Brewster, who resigned as first
commissioner of conservation in
Tennessee to accept a teaching
position here; N. W. Muller, in­structor
in chemical engineering;
Miss Janet Lee, who has already
taken her place as head of hall in
dormitory number four; and M.
W. Williams, instructor in anat­omy
in the School of Veterinary
Medicine.
Chairman of the committee which
is handling arrangements for Au­burn's
Roosevelt Birthday Ball on
Jan. 30.
TAYLOR HEADING
BALL COMMITTEE
Roosevelt Birthday
Fete to be Jan. 30
A u b u r n ' s 1940 President's
Birthday Party and Ball will take
place Tuesday, Jan. 30, at Bibb
Graves Center, Alex O. Taylor,
chairman of this year's Ball com­mittee
has announced.
There will be games of bridge,
Chinese checkers, and similar
amusements this year in addition
to the dance, the games beginning
at 8:30 and the dance lasting from
9:30 until 12:30. The Auburn
Plainsmen, featuring R o s a 1 y n
Shepherd and a 13-piece orches­tra,
will play.
Admission is to be $1.00 per
couple for the dance and 25 cents
per player for the games.
The party is an annual affair,
the proceeds to go for the support
and medical care of children crip­pled
by infantile paralysis.
FIFTY-ONE TO
GRADUATE AT
CLOSE OF TERM
Fifty-one Auburn students are
candidates for undergraduate and
graduate degrees at the close of
the first semester session, accord­ing
to a list released today by the
registrar's office. Degrees will be
awarded these students at the
regular commencement exercises
in May.
Graduates in the School of Ag­riculture
include Robert P. Arm­strong,
Jr., Terrell F. Cannon, W.
Woodrow Chestnut, Bernard M.
Crow, Wendell Wade Crowder,
Leo Bryant Hollinger, C. L. Hol-lingsworth,
William Drew Mims,
George Wendell Pruett, Francis
Baker Riddle, William Temple
Seibels, Charles Chan Vickery.
School of Education graduates,
including students enrolled in ed­ucation,
agricultural education,
and home economics education,
are Robert C. Bamberg, George
Stuart Butler, Marilyn Belcher,
William Howard Dudley, Oliver
Boyd Gowder, Sidney Lanier Grif­fin,
Irby E. Hammonds, Sarah
Speake Hardwick, Milton L. How­ell,
Bellaire Krudop, Samuel
Perry McClendon, James Henry
McRae, Robert Presley Robbins,
J. P. Streetman, Jr., Orrin Talia­ferro,
Dora A. Traylor, Wallace T.
Vernon, Ward Wagnon, John In-man
Warner, Jr., Anne Whatley,
Malcolm Ellis Wilson, Mary Eve­lyn
Yates.
Three students are graduating
from the School of Engineering,
G. W. Cantrell in textile engineer­ing,
Eugene Morelli in mechanical
engineering, and Hubert Wiley
Stone in electrical engineering.
Augustus Gaines Williams, Jr.,
is the sole student graduating in
pharmacy.
Graduates in the School of
Science and Literature are Law­rence
F. Aycock, Herbert T. Hinz,
George Vernon Kenmore, Willmar
Patrick Locke, James Norton Mc-
Nutt, Charles Benedict O'Reilly,
Jr., Louise Christine Simms.
T. Upton Cleary and Tyler Jen­nings
Young are candidates for
the degree of Doctor of Veteri­nary
Medicine.
Students expecting to receive
advanced degrees include James
Barnard, John E. Davis, Jr., B.
G. Nelson, Pearl Grace Stroud.
Administration Clarifies New
Class Attendance Regulations
Duncan And Glee
Club To Appear
On CBS Program
They Will Represent
API on "Symphony of
South" Broadcast
Dr. L. N. Duncan will speak
and the Auburn Glee Club will
present a 10-minute program
when Alabama celebrates its 120th
anniversary of statehood with a
giant program and a 30-minute
nation-wide broadcast over CBS
tomorrow night. The program is
entitled~"A Symphony of the New
South" and will be broadcast from
9:30 to 10:00, CST over CBS.
Gov. Frank M. Dixon will be
the featured speaker and will
serve as master of ceremonies on
the preliminary program, which
will be held in the Municipal Au­ditorium
in Birmingham and will
begin at 7:30.
Other musical organizations
participating include the Birming­ham
Civic Symphony Orchestra of
76 musicians, led by Dorsey Whit-tingdon,
and the Tuskegee Insti­tute
Choir of 100. voices, directed
by W. E. Dawson, famous Negro
composer. The Glee Clubs from
the University of Alabama and
Montevallo will also sing.
Other speakers include Dr.
Richard Foster, president of the
University of Alabama; Dr. A. F.
Harmon, president of Alabama
College at Montevallo; and Dr. F.
D. Patterson, president of Tuske­gee
Institute. Benjamin Russell of
Alexander City, president of the
Alabama State Chamber of Com­merce
will introduce Gov. Dixon.
All stations in Alabama will cut
in on the program at 9:00 and
will carry the broadcast for one
hour, including the nation-wide
broadcast at 9:30.
Draughon Emphasizes that New Rule is
"Experiment in Student Responsibility"
With a series of regulations issued yesterday the Presi­dent's
Office clarified the new absence rule passed Jan. 9
by the Executive Council to go into effect the second se­mester.
When he issued the explanatory regulations Ralph
Draughon, executive secretary, emphasized that the new
absence rule is an experiment in student responsibility.
"The manner in which students use cuts will determine
whether the rule is retained and ~"—"""—""~""•""•"""•"•""—"""'—'^~~
Seven CAA Students
Make Solo Flights
Seven of-Auburn's 20 CAA stu­dents
made their solo flights this
week, winning their wings under
the federal government's flying
training program here. All of them
were aeronautical engineering stu­dents.
Bobby Nester, junior, was the
first. He took off alone Tuesday
morning with eight hours dual
flying time behind him.
Wednesday, R. B. Allen, sopho­more,
and R. N. Campbell, junior,
made their initial flights alone.
W. W. Wyatt, junior', J. C. Mc-
Culloch, senior, and J. H. Harper,
senior, soloed Thursday.
In obedience with CAA regula­tions
a student must have com­pleted
at least eight hours of dual
flying before he can make his
solo flight.
whether other responsibilities are
given them as well," he pointed
out.
His recommendation was that
students not absent themselves
from class for no reason but hus­band
their number of cuts, saving
them for emergencies.
The original rule provided that
each student is allowed a quota
of cuts for each course amounting
to twice the number of credit
hours in that course. When the
student exceeds his quota in any
course he is automatically drop­ped
with a zero.
When a student is dropped for
excessive absences from courses
aggregating more than 40 per
cent of the hours for which he
is registered, he is dropped from
college for the duration of the se­mester.
The rule also provided for a
dean's list of the upper five per
cent of the enrollment in each
school, those on the list to have
unlimited cut privileges.
The Explanatory Regulations
The clarifying rulings, as issued
by the administration are as fol­lows:
1. All absences acquired by
members of student organizations
in the conduct of student activi­ties
shall be charged against the
allowed quota of the individual
student absenting himself from
classes. This applies to Student
Executive Cabinet, Interfraterni-ty
Council, Women's Student Gov­ernment,
Student Social Commit­tee,
all initiations of honorary or
other clubs or societies, all con­ventions
whether fraternal, reli­gious,
professional or otherwise.
2. Occasions requiring student
representatives, such as funerals,
weddings, dedications, or other
ceremonies resulting in absences
from classes, shall in each case be
charged against the allowed quota
of each student so participating.
Students attending such ceremon­ies
shall be selected from those
having unexpended privileges.
3. Absences on college business
shall not be charged against the
quota. This applies to inspection
trips, field trips, official athletic
team trips as scheduled in ad­vance,
practice teaching.
4. Absences incurred as the re­sult
of special requests from par­ents
shall be charged against the
allowed quota of the individual
student. Special requests from
parents shall be discouraged, and
granted only when the reasons
given are such as to satisfy col­lege
authorities that an emerg­ency
exists. In any case, all such
requests shall be made in advance,
and granted only after full con­sideration.
Special requests coming after
absences have been incurred shall
be denied.
5. When a student has been
dropped from a course for ex­ceeding
his quota he shall not be
reinstated except upon evidence
of illness involving treatment in
the College Infirmary, or unques­tionable
evidence of similar con­finement
under care of a physic­ian,
if away from Auburn. Such
evidence to be from the physician
treating the student and to give
information both as to the diag­nosis
and the treatment.
6. When a student has suffered
an injury of such nature as to pre­vent
him from attending classes
in which physical exercise is re­quired
but which would not bar
his attendance upon routine lec­ture
and laboratory classes, the
College Medical Officer may ex­cuse
him from such classes, and
the absences so incurred shall not
be charged against the quota,
PROVIDED, that to be excused
from MILITARY CLASSES un-this
rule, the student shall report
to the Military Office in uniform
prior to 10:30 a.m. of drill day.
Upon satisfaction of the military
authorities the student will take
a card from the Military Office to
the College Medical Officer for
excuse from drill.
Where the injury is such that
absence for a period of days from
drill or riding classes is required,
the College Medical Officer will
excuse for the period estimated
required for recovery. At the end
of the period, the student will re­port
again to the Medical Officer
if the recovery is not sufficient
for resumption of drill or riding
classes.
7. Any absence not in the pur­view
of the above rules and regu­lations
shall be considered as a
special case, and shall be investi­gated
by the Executive Secretary
for men, and the Director of
Women Students for women, who
will recommend to the Executive
Council for final decision.
Staff Photo by Lewis Arnold
The administrative officers and participating students of the Civil Aeronautics Authority flying pro­gram
at Auburn. Front row, left to right, Bobby Nester, Robert S. Carstens, Bobby Jack Champman, Alex
McKenzie, W. W. Wyatt, Marshall Hooper, Charles L. Davis, Hugh Grundman. Second row, Rollins Ald-ridge,
R. N. Campbell, James Harold Harper, Oliver P. Board, R. M. Stewart, Bill Carroll, R. G. Campbell,
Edwin C. Allen, E. R. Callaway, Carlyle McCulloch, Boiling H. Rawlinson.
Third row, J. B. Atkinson, co-owner of the Alabama Air Service, which is handling instruction; L't.
B. M. Cornell, head of the department of aeronautical engineering, J. K. Ashley, of Alabama Air Service;
Wren Allen, instructor and co-owner of Alabama Air Service; Jimmy Brennan, instructor; Prof. Robert
G. Pitts of the aeronautical engineering department.
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Nobody's Fooling This
Time
THE ADMINISTRATION means
business with this new absence
rule. Two years ago officials
were forced by unprecedented
laxness in class attendance to im­pose
the rigid "two point" rule,
something they had no more
stomach for than did we. This
year the students insisted that
they'd like another trial, that
they could be adults about going
to classes.
The administration swallowed
its doubt, licked its fingers —
burned by past experience-—and
decided to give us a chance. Once
the decision was made they went
far more than half way by giv­ing
us a system that's very liber­al,
but they refused to make it
unconditional; sagely, they put
us on trial for one semester to
see if we will observe their brain­child.
This time no person will be
pampered or nursed along, as
students frequently were under
the old "20 per cent" rule. If you
go over your quota of unexcused
absences, out of the class you'll
go with a cold zero. If you are
dropped for absences from a cer­tain
per cent of your total hours,
home you'll go with your bags
packed.
When you begin your tale of
explanation and woe and your
parents begin their tearful ap­peals
for reinstatement, you'll
all find some surprisingly deaf
ears over in Samford Hall.
We asked for a rule based on
the assumption that we were ma­ture
enough to be discreet. Now
we have exactly what we request­ed.
Those of us who don't live up
to it will be- bitterly disappointed
to find that there are no excep­tions
and no special cases.
Debts To Society And
Their Payment
OCCASIONALLY, at least far
too frequently, one picks up a
newspaper to read of a "highly
respected citizen" of some town
being identified as an escaped
convict and returned to prison to
serve the duration of his term.
The entire philosophy of im­prisonment
is involved in any at­tempt
at impartial judgment of
such a case. Is the sentence for
a convicted criminal for the pur­pose
of punishing him or is it to
rehabilitate him? If punishment
is the objective, then there is jus­tice
in making him take his medi­cine.
But if the motivating idea is re­habilitation,
then a case like this
is controversial to justice. Assum­ing
that the term "highly respect­ed
citizen" is genuine, sending the
offender back to prison is con­trary
to the original purpose in
mind.
A man who has broken the law
and then made himself a man a-gain
needs no more of the "re­habilitation"
of a prison. There
is something basically wrong with
a philosophy of protection for so­ciety
that can send back to pris­on
to rub elbows with criminals
a man who has thrown aside his-anti-
social tendencies. He owes
no "debt to society." His debt
has been paid when he made
himself into an honest man.
The Paper War
WHENEVER THE newspapers
keep telling us over and over
what we want to hear, we begin
to wonder and then to question,
and in the case of the Russo-Fin-nish
War we are beginning to
question.
It is all very nice to believe in
the strength of the case of virtue,
but in war the value of virtue
at the front is zero.
This incessant talk of the vic­tory
of the Finnish forces every­where
and all of the time over
incredible odds is beginning to
wear down even our inherent
gullibility, and a thing or two has
recently seeped through in the
news that gives some support to
our incredulity.
First of all, the fact that the
Russians slipped when they chose
this season for the war is ques­tionable,
as evidenced by the
statements of authorities who say
that this is the only season dur­ing
which the war could be
fought in that region, because the
land is so low and swampy.
(There are 7,000 lakes in and a-round
the region of the Manner-heim
Line.)
It is held that war with mod­ern
equipment a n d methods
would be impossible in any sea­son
in which the water is not
frozen over. With a little calm
thought, if the above reports are
true, it is not only incredible but
impossible that those in authority
would make many of the mis­takes
attributed to them by our
news reports, which are probably
one-sided.
Another thing, the report that
the Russian fighting troops are
ill-equipped and even without
gloves is almost unbelievably
crude when one knows that the
troops in and around Moscow,
300 miles south of the front, are
well equipped for the Season.
Finally, the fact that it is re­ported
that our State Department
discounts all Finnish reports by
60 per cent before examining
them should be enough to make
the use of "salt" prevalent with
news readers. C.J.B.
Anybody who would steal
eight bucks' worth of light bulbs
off a Christmas tree would take
a rattle away from his baby
cousin.
When is Uncle Samuel going to
quit putting nasty tasting stick-um
on the back of his postage
stamps? Vanilla would be much
nicer. Not protesting, just won­dering.
Everybody who brags about
how he has finished studying for
exams ought to be tossed out of
Samford Hall tower. And no fire
net below either.
The Plainsman Forum
Should Roosevelt Run for a Third Term?
Plains Talk
By Herbert Martin
Kro
PROBABLY THE biggest question in
the minds of Americans at the pres­ent
time is not, "Will we go to war?"
but, "Will President Roosevelt seek a
third term?" Newspapermen and politi­cal
observers have repeatedly tried to
corner Mr. Roosevelt on this question,
but so far he has avoided making a pub­lic
decision.
Of course there is always the prob­lem
of breaking the age-old precedent
established by several of Mr. Roose­velt's
predecessors. I do not think, how­ever,
that he will let custom stand in
his way, if he wishes to run for the
presidency again.
Apparently the breaking of this
precedent is the biggest objection in the
minds of the majority of the American
people. And so I ask the question, "Why
shouldn't Mr. Roosevelt seek a third
term?" He is evidently the strongest
member of his party, politically speak­ing.
Some people may say, "Why be a
'hog' about it?" That would hardly be
a sensible question. This is a democratic
country and the people should elect the
person they think will best fulfill the
duties of political offices. If the people
of the United States want to elect Mr.
Roosevelt for a third term as president
of their country, that is their right and
they should do so.
Opinion polls have recently shown a
decided rise in public third term. The
American people realize the critical
political situation throughout the world
and believe that retaining the same
president would give more stability "to
the government and help to keep us
out of war.
This is a democratic country. Why
not let it remain so by giving its peo­ple
an opportunity to vote for whom
they please for president of the United
States? D.H.
Con
"WILL I VOTE for Mr. Roosevelt for
a third term?" may become an im­portant
question of the immediate fu­ture,
the answer to which, en masse,
may decide the entire future of this
nation.
There is, of course, the important
point that the world is now at war and
the nation needs an experienced head
to guide it on its way, but in this day
of dictators there is also the trifling
details that there is such a thing as a
too experienced head.
Mention is made in the "Pro" editor­ial
of the fact that "changing horses in
the middle of the stream" is danger­ous,
but the reply is made that there
will always be a "middle of the stream"
in political and international problems,
and the risk of putting an incapable
politician in office is one of the legiti­mate
and unavoidable costs of this form
of government we hold to be best.
The fact that Mr. Roosevelt refuses
to assert himself on the question of a
"third term" is laudable in the light
that it is an almost invulnerable poli­tical
weapon in the disorganization of
the opposition, but is he just in its use?
The longer he withholds this inform­ation
the less time the voters will have
to give to a scanning of the merits of
the candidates, and the more likely are
the voters to choose an unqualified man.
Finally, there is the much depreciat­ed
item of precedent involved, and this,
in our estimation, is the important point
which all voters must consider in the
last analysis. Precedent, in this case,
may be taken as the "unwritten law"
protecting the rights and security of the
American people. >
Democracies are created, operated,
and preserved by apparently unimport­ant
precedents; let no citizen toss them
off lightly. C.J.B.
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this
column are those of the writer and are not to
be construed as the editorial policies of this
paper.
WE HATE TO see Karrie mistreated.
Somehow, we think that we love her as
much as Bergen loves McCarthy or Tom-my
his Betty Lou.
We may differ and
we may have our lit­tle
spats, but we hate
to see anyone else
take part in them.
Karrie wuz mis­quoted
last issue. Her
s t a t e m e n t should
have read, "It's great
life, if your "don'ts"
weaken!" The "s"
was left off "don'ts",
"' making Karrie sound
pretty simple. We feel that she deserves
a correction.
* * *
Guy Lombardo is quoted as attribut­ing
his success in picking hit tunes to
his having a taste in music on a par
with that of the average listener. It's
our opinion that he is grossly overesti­mating
his taste in music, and we at­tribute
whatever success he may have
gained to nothing but pure blind luck!
* * *
A DAY IN HER LIFE
What has happened before: The gal
ate breakfast,
ror. . . .
She also wished for mir-
Letters to the Editor
In Defense of the Coed Rules
Editor
Auburn Plainsman
Dear Godbold:
In reading The Plainsman Forum to­night,
I found the letter written by a
person who calls himself "Gallant Tom­my
O'Leary." To me it seems that he
should sign himself "A Moron." For,
to my mind, no one but a moron could
say the things and make the charges
that he made in his letter.
I think that I am qualified to give an
opinion on the new rules governing the
girls in the new dormitories. I have been
over at the dormitories every night ex­cept
about 4 since I came back to Au­burn
on Jan. 1st. I have no complaint
whatsoever to make towards those rules.
I think that they are very lenient.
What does this "Gallant Tommy O'­Leary"
want? Even though he may call
it old fashioned, the school has to have
some rules for the students to live up
to to protect itself. Why doesn't he
state his objections, instead of just "is­suing
a mild reproof of the practical
jokers" as he calls them.
I grant that the rules may be noth­ing
short of an insult to the intellect
and judgment of a few of the women
students on this campus. But there are
some that do need such rules, so the
rules are made and all the students
have to abide by them.
"Gallant Tommy O'Leary," if you
have some plausible suggestions, let's
have them and no more of this griping.
Also please answer this question:
"How many parents would allow their
daughters to come to Auburn to school
if the school did not have these rules?"
Or is it your idea to cut out the rules
and thereby cut out the girls alto­gether?
A Satisfied Junior.
The Squires Protest
To Whom It May Concern:
The questionable gentlemen who pur­loined
60 (count 'em) colored light
bulbs from the "Christmas Tree" on the
"Thumbing Corner" on Friday night,
Jan. 5, made a lamentable mistake. The
one bulb left on the tree by some dread­ful
oversight is safe in the hands of the
Plainsman. The persons concerned may
obtain this other bulb by calling by the
Plainsman Office for it at any time.
Yours for more honesty on the camp­us.
Squires
7:50 — After-breakfast intermission.
Intermission, as usual, is spent in rear­ranging
hair and applying fresh make­up.
She is getting pretty good at mak­ing
up blind by now. Do all girls kiss
and then pull out the compact to make
up?
8:00—Hastens to campus to see and
be seen. Thinks she looks unusually
fresh and appealing. Fact is, she prob­ably
does.
8:11—Patters breathlessly into class.
8:15 — Cleans fingernails, applies
make-up, combs hair, wishes for mirror,
goes into trance.
9:00—Awakened by bell, stops to
smile at professor.
9:02—Student Center, a mirror at
last.
9:11—Patters breathlessly into class.
9:15—Applies make-up, wishes for
mirror, goes into trance.
9:59—Is awakened by professor's
question.
10:00—Saved by the bell.
. . . and so 'til noon.
(to be continued)
Not exactly new, but . . .
And then there was the little duck
who was a year and a half old before
he found out that his pants were down!
* * *
For the benefit of those young ladies
who may feel that the present rules and
regulations are a bit stiff, we would
like to mention these rules which pre­vail
at the institution currently show­ing
at Montevallo. We quote verba­tim.
. . .
* * *
Referring to conduct on dates . . .
". . . At night students and their dates
may traverse the walk in front of Main,
in front of Peterson Hall, Hanson Hall,
and Ramsay Hall. . . ." Ah, Liberty!
Dating privileges . . . "Sophomores
and freshmen may have five night dates
a month."
Definition . . . "Any conversation of
more than 20 minutes' length with a
young man will be considered a date."
Signing for dates . . . "No student
who has not signed for a date may
spend an entire evening talking to
young men who are on the campus."
Time limit . . . "At night young men
may stay until 9:45 except on Friday
and Saturday nights when they may
stay until 10:30."
Gawsh!
* * *
We learn that Duchin's first girl vo­calist
was Dorothy Lamour. It must
have been quite a step from a Duchin
song stylist to a smoochin' sarong styl­ist!
* * *
This isn't strictly original, but we
wonder how many girls have lost their
sorority pins during this first half-month
of leap year?
* * *
These suggestions may be out of
place, but Karrie, the Kampus Kaper
Kutter, read these somewhere and would
like to pass them on. Conceited little
thing that she is, she thinks that they
don't apply to her, but we believe that
these tips to those who aren't exactly
belles of the balls or prom-stoppers
were meant for her. The rules can ap­ply
to boys at girl-breaks. Auburn girl-breaks
are, bless 'em, as scarce as sick
excuses will be under the new cut rule.
1. Smile, not for the effect, but mean
it. Let that smile say that you're not
only having a good time, but a good
rush as well. Almost before you realize
it, you will.
2. Don't be too sensible when meet­ing
someone. You don't have enough
time to impress new men with your
wisdom, and they probably wouldn't be
interested if you could. Start talking;
tell him you didn't understand his name.
If it's something simple like Smith or
Jones, make him pronounce it several
times. Still act puzzled, and make him
spell it.
3. Don't gush, and don't try to be
another type; capitalize on being the
type that you are.
4. Avoid trite remarks such as "How
do you like the dance?" and "Isn't the
music swell?"
We don't know just where Karrie
found these jewels of wisdom, but we're
fer 'em.
The Washington Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s! ALLEN
W i t h the Co-OpS—By C. J. Bastien
Mitec Club
THE MITEC ENGINEERS Club is plan­ning
to have a dance some time in
the near future. The plans were dis­cussed
at the meeting last night, a so­cial
committee was appointed, and mem­bers
with ideas on the subject are ask­ed
to make them known at the first op­portunity.
'
The Executive Cabinet is to meet
next Tuesday night to discuss constitu­tional
matters.
The Briaerean Society, honor society
for Co-ops, at Tech has issued a form­al
invitation to us to organize a chapter
here, and Mr. A. O. Taylor has said
that he will call a meeting of those who
are eligible some time next week.
* * *
War
The Co-ops will continue to drill
through the exam period. For the first
time the acting officers have been ap­pointed
from among the Co-ops them­selves.
Freshmen are to join their companies
next Thursday and there will be a form­al
parade and inspection at that time.
* * *
Notices ,
All Co-ops interested in debating
please get in touch with C. M. Bloom-field
as soon as possible. Bloomfield is
at last in his proper sphere. We would
back Bloomfield with laryngitis in an
oratorical contest against Daniel Web­ster
and Demosthenes himself.
The Co-op basketball team met last
Saturday morning and held a good
workout. All who are interested are ask­ed
to meet again next Saturday morn­ing
in the gym.
Alumni Hall
It has been heard that Dr. Duncan
is in favor of Co-op plans for taking
over Alumni Dormitory, and at the pres­ent
time the details are being examined
and worked out by R. B. Draughon,
executive secretary, and W. T. Ingram,
accountant. The plans are humming a-long
nicely, and before long we may all
have a home with a pool in the base­ment
and a dining room in the rear.
How does that sound?
* * *
Sick List
After seeing the nurses around the
new infirmary we are undecided wheth-ed
to offer our congratulations to Ben
Galloway, who is there with the measles,
or to visit him with the hope of catch­ing
them.
* * *
Many a sophomore is groaning under
the stupendous load of physics, and one
philosophical soul was heard to say that
he believed the reason it was taught was
to imbue all engineers with an air of
humility.
* * *
Statistic*
Of the 30 Co-ops who attended school
in September without jobs, Mr. Taylor
secured jobs for 23 before the semester
was over. More marks in the "good
book" for Mr. Taylor.
Alabama Natural Gas has agreed to
take on two additional Co-ops.
We now have a Co-op, Lucius Haney
by name, who is alternating with a Tech
man on a job at Woodward Iron. Wel­come
into the fold, Brother Haney.
Sistie Dall Coveted Government's White
Rats for Diet Experiments; CIO Does­n't
Approve of Lewis' Presidential
Boom for Burt Wheeler; Hillman,
Other Leaders Seek Strong Third-
Term Bloc for Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON — While her brother
"Buzzie" visited the Navy Yard and
other manly spots, Anna Eleanor Roo­sevelt
("Sistie") Dall did her capital
sightseeing in places that appeal to the
feminine heart. Most important was the
Bureau of Home Economics, where her
lively and intelligent interest made a
hit.
Twelve-year-old Sistie was particular­ly
intrigued by the Bureau's dietetic ex­periments,
and was all ears and eyes as
Director Louise Stanley showed her
several cages of white rats. Dr. Stanley
explained that the rats were used in
experiments on balanced diets; in fact,
that the menus which the Bureau rec­ommends
to housewives are based on
the results of these rat tests.
"How fascinating," exclaimed Sistie.
"You know, I'm very much interested
in dietetics. I wonder if I might take
two of these rats home with me to
Seattle to make some experiments."
This was a poser for Dr. Stanley.
Government property can't be given a-way,
also the experiments had reached
an important stage and the rats could­n't
be spared. But the officials were
touched by the little girl's enthusiasm
and hated to disappoint her.
Finally, Dr. Stanley solved the prob­lem
by appealing to Sistie's knowledge
of government affairs.
"You know there is a lot of red tape
about matters like that," she explained,
"and it would take some time to get
the necessary permission to turn the
rats over to you. You can probably get
them much quicker from the Washing­ton
State University back home."
"That's a good idea," replied Sistie.
"I'll ask mother to get me some rats
when I return home. I know about this
government red tape. Terrible, isn't it?"
CIO Rift
John L. Lewis has the ways all greas­ed
for his powerful United Mine Work­ers
to pin a presidential bouquet on
Senator Burt Wheeler at their annual
convention this month. But that doesn't
mean the CIO is going for the Montana
Senator. Far from it.
Inside fact is that other CIO chief­tains
disagree with Lewis on Wheeler
and are rooting for a Roosevelt third
term.
Prominent among them is Sidney
Hillman, astute head of the Amalgamat­ed
Clothing Workers and one of the
founders of the CIO. A few days after
Lewis bestowed his personal blessing
on Wheeler, Hillman issued a ringing
pronunciamento for Roosevelt, declar­ing
that "as far as our membership is
concerned, I am sure we will give the
President greater support in 1940 than
ever before. On his record he is the
safest man not alone for labor but for
the country."
Similarly, and clearly as a direct an­swer
to Lewis, Branch 1 of the CIO
Hosiery Workers launched a "draft
Roosevelt" d r i v e in Pennsylvania,
stronghold of the miners.
Behind Lewis' move is not so much
enthusiasm for Wheeler as political
strategy. He is convinced that Roose­velt
will not run again and that he is
quietly laying the groundwork for a
compromise candidate, such as Secre­tary
Cordell Hull.
Hull is unacceptable to Lewis. More­over,
Lewis wants a voice in the selec­tion
of the Democratic standard bearer
and he thinks he can put himself in a
strong trading position by endorsing
Wheeler.
Hillman and the other dissenting CIO
leaders can't see this reasoning. They
hold that, regardless of what the Presi­dent
finally decides about running
again, the best way to strengthen his
hand in the convention is to build up
powerful third-term support.
The rift isn't serious, but wide enough
at least to preclude any chance of
Wheeler getting a blanket CIO endorse­ment.
January 19, 1940 THE A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Auburn-Vandy Tangle
Here Tomorrow Night
Ailing Forward May
Be Able to Start
Auburn's ailing J. P. Street-man,
dismissed from the college
infirmary Wednesday after a ses­sion
with influenza, probably will
be able to play against Vander-bilt
tomorrow night, the infirm­ary
reported yesterday afternoon.
However, there's no doubt that
the sparkplug of a forward will
not be in top physical condition,
if he plays at all. Auburn will miss
the dependable service of the
fifth highest scorer in the confer­ence,
for Streetman has amassed
a total of 40 points against SEC
competition already.
When the Commodores take the
floor at 7:30 they will find fac­ing
them the usual dependable
foursome of Shag Hawkins at cen­ter,
conference high-scorer Prank
Manci at forward, Ray Gibson and
Teedy Faulk or Jack Tanner,
probably Faulk, at guards.
Streetman's relief, whether he
starts or not, probably will come
from Bob Dickinson and Woodie
McNair. Both showed up well
against Sewanee. However, Dick­inson
has the edge in speed and
experience.
Vandy is bringing to Auburn a
team that has played both hot and
cold all year. They downed Au­burn
in a previous encounter 51-
45, but the Tiger squad had not
been working together for long at
that time, and Coach Jordan's
sophomores had not developed as
they have now.
Coach Buford of the Nashville
school will have Pinky Lipscomb
at forward, Captain Ross Hanna
at center or forward, and Joe Lit­tle
at guard, all veterans.
Lipscomb, reputed to be one of
the best courtmen in the Confer­ence
was stopped cold Monday
night by Gilbert Huffman, sensa­tional
Tennessee guard, and he
couldn't even score one field goal.
The flying forward rimmed 20
points at Auburn's expense in their
other engagement of the year,
and Auburn will be out to stop
him tomorrow night.
Coach Dell Morgan's freshmen,
"JENKS" CILLEM
ACCEPTS VACANT
SEWANEE POST
J. F. "Jenks" Gillem, head
coach at Birmingham - Southern
College for 17 years accepted the
vacant chief coach's position at
Sewanee Tuesday afternoon. His
acceptance of the proferred place
ended rumors that Coach "Shug"
Jordan of Auburn might accept it.
Coach Gillem is a Sewanee
graduate and made the All-South­ern
eleven for three straight
years while playing there in 1910-
11-12. He is still known as one of
the greatest ends in Sewanee his­tory
and is one of the best kick­ers
the South ever produced.
He also made All-Southern as
a pitcher in baseball in 1911 and
1912.
Coach Gillem succeeds Harry
"Hec" Clark who voluntarily gave
up his job there at the end of the
past season.
The new appointment is not
expected to affect the status of
Joel Eaves, former Auburn star
and now head basketball coach
and end coach at the University
of the South.
upset last Saturday by Opelika
High 26-25, will face Maxwell
Field in a preliminary game begin­ning
at 6:30.
The freshman lineup will prob­ably
consist of Monsees, Childrey,
Finney, Canzoneri, and Clayton,
the leaders in the Opelika High
game.
Brief Sketches Given of Vanderbilt
Players Who Will Appear Here Tomorrow
Bob Dickinson
Bob is expected to get first call
to relieve J. P. Streetman, ailing
forward, against Vanderbilt's Com­modores
tomorrow night. How­ever,
Streetman probably will be
able to start.
S e v e r a l M e m b e r s of
S q u a d a r e V e t e r a ns
Here are thumbnail sketches of
the Gold and Black Cagers from
Vanderbilt who invade Alumni
Gym tomorrow night for a game
with Auburn.
Ross Hanna: Captain, serving
his third year on the varsity. Us­ually
plays center but can play
forward.
Pinky Lipscomb: Almost invari­ably
a starter at one of the for­ward
positions. Last year he was
the leading Vandy scorer and high
man in the Conference. Is co-holder
of the one-game scoring
record for this year. Shoots bet­ter
with his left hand than with
his right. Regarded as potential
Phi Beta Kappa and Bachelor of
Ugliness, highest individual honor
that can go to a Vandy man.
Joe Little: Playing his third
year on the varsity. He plays
guard with emphasis on the guard­ing,
so he's never a high scorer
but usually manages to drop in
one or two.
Jack Irby: Earned his letter last
year as a sophomore. Teams with
Little to make up the guard duet.
He is generally regarded as the
smoothest ball-handler on the
squad and is noted for his fancy
and unorthodox shots.
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Maurice Holdgraf: Usually plays
at guard and dishes out a lot of
punishment on the court. His fav­orite
pastime is following up un­der
the basket where the going is
tough.
Harrison Rue: Big and power­ful.
Plays either the guard or cen­ter
position. A sophomore and
vastly improved over last year.
Most of his very effective shots
come from over his head.
Joe Davis: One of the smaller
boys, relying on speed and his bas­ket
eye. When teamed with his
partner, Johnny Hyden, he can
run the legs off most guards.
Takes his playing seriously and is
good at making follow-ups under
the basket.
Johnny Hyden: A sophomore
with plenty of speed. His best and
his favorite shot is a long one
from a far-off corner. He is a
forward.
Poyner Thweatt: Relief man at
the center position for Captain
Hanna. A sophomore, he is partic­ularly
adept at recovering shots
under both baskets.
LOST—1 pair yellow gold frame
glasses, tinted lens. Lost be­tween
Toomer's Drug & Kurtecy
Sandwich Shop Monday morn­ing.
Finder return to Kurtecy
Sandwich Shop and receive re­ward.
ROOM FOR RENT — Room for
one boy available Jan. 25. Gas
heat. Price $7.50. Can be seen
after 6 o'clock. 322 N. Gay.
We buy men's sec­ond-
hand Clothing
and Shoes.
Jake's Place
123 So. 9th Street
Opelika, Alabama
Jewelled formals sparkled with sequins are
the kind of evening dresses that make
social events a success.
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cheap.
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Page Four T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN January 19, 1940
Kemp's Singer
Began His Career
In A Drug Store
Bob Allen Almost
Flopped in His
First Appearance
Bob Allen, romantic song styl­ist
who will appear here with Hal
Kemp and his orchestra next week,
was born on a farm and worked
in a corner drug store for sever­al
years before he ever received
a chance to demonstrate his vocal
ability.
The farm on which Bob was
born and lived during his boyhood
days was just outside of Cincin­nati.
He left home and went to
the nearby city to work in a drug
store for money to further his
singing career. The store where
he worked was next to one of
the big theatres where Ben Bernie
was playing with a vaudeville
unit. Bernie was using local tal-
BOB ALLEN
ent in his show and one of his
girl singers was a friend of Bob.
His girl friend persuaded him
to go back stage and meet "the
old maestro." He went, so scared
he didn't think he could sing, but
Bernie pushed him out on the
stage, and he came through with
flying colors. With encourage­ment
from Bernie he went to
Chicago, after obtaining a leave
of absence from the drug store
where he worked.
However when he left for Chi­cago
he was still so uncertain
about his success that he bought
a round-trip ticket. When he ar­rived
he obtained an audition at
Station WBBM and was later sent
to the Blackhawk Restaurant to
sing for Hal Kemp and his orches­tra.
He has been singing with
Kemp ever since that time. As a
souvenier he still retains that re­turn
half of the ticket to Chica­go.
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'GULLIVER' TO
COME TO TIGER
THEATRE SUNDAY
After two years of work by some
two hundred artists and the ex­penditure
of more money than it is
good taste to mention, "Gulliver's
Travels," Max Fleischer's full-length
animated cartoon in Tech­nicolor
reaches the screen! Sched­uled
for Sunday and Monday at
the Tiger Theatre, "Gulliver" is the
first picture of this kind to be pro­duced
since Walt Disney's "Snow
White" of two seasons ago and the
first ever to issue from Para-mount's
studios.
"Gulliver's Travels" comes from
Jonathan Swift's immortal classic
of the same name which, since its
first appearance two centuries ago,
has been read by countless millions
of children and adults alike and
been translated into virtually every
language on earth.
The picture opens with "Gulli­ver's"
shipwreck on the shores of
"Lilliput," a fantastic wonderland
"somewhere in the South Seas,"
where the tallest inhabitant meas­ures
up to a man's boot and the
highest building could be hidden be­hind
a barrel. In spite of their size,
the "Lilliputians" tie up the im­mense
visitor while he is sleeping,
and he awakes to find himself their
prisoner.
"Gulliver's" adventures crowd
thick and fast when, after super­human
effort, the "Lilliputians"
drag him to their capital city on a
flat car. At first regarded as a
menace, "Gulliver" turns into a
national hero through his amazing
feats of strength and soon becomes
chief aide to "King Little," the
ruler of the bantam kingdom.
Notice
Permits for the new Social
Dance Class for men and women
will be given Tuesday night, Jan.
30, and Thursday night Feb. 1, at
7:00 o'clock at Student Center.
George Washington University
will soon begin the construction
of a million dollar auditorium.
Sunday-Monday
adventure-romance wer
ADVENTURE with the ship,
wrecked Gulliver among the
Lilliputians—25,000 of them!
MEET the grandest cartoon
characters ever created... laugh
at their lovable antics... sing
their lyrical songs)
THRILL to spectacle unequalled
in its lavish splendor—the cap­ture
of the giant... Gulliver,
single-handed, vanquishing the
enemy fleet!
HEAR these smash song hits:
"Faithful Forever", "Bluebirds
in the Moonlight", "It's a Hap-
Hap-Happy Day"and five more!
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TIGER
GEORGIE AULD and his Tenor
Sax. He'll bring Artie Shaw's band
to the Martin Theatre Sunday
night.
Two Graduating Vet
Seniors Land Jobs
Rafe A. Houston of Colquitt,
Ga., and Tyler J. Young of Duf-field,
Va., both of whom are com­pleting
their work in the School
of Veterinary Medicine here this
semester, have accepted jobs in
the field of veterinary medicine.
Houston will work with Dr. E.
A. Davis of Columbus, Ga., and
Young will leave immediately af­ter
exams for Silver Spring, Md.,
where he will be associated with
the Ambassador Animal Hospital.
Diplomas will be awarded to
both at the regular commence­ment
exercises in May.
KA's Hold Week-End
Of Entertainment
Kappa Alpha entertained last
week-end with a complete round
of festivities capped by its annual
formal Saturday night.
The week-end of entertainment
began on Friday afternoon with a
steak fry. Saturday afternoon the
chapter held a tea dance at the
Student Center, followed by a
buffet supper at the chapter
house. The formal, held at Graves
Center, was attended by several
hundred guests and was led by
Carrie Atkins of Selma and Mar­shall
Hooper, chapter president.
Following the dance, members,
pledges, and their dates attended
a breakfast at the chapter house.
Chaperones were Mrs. M. W.
McClendon, housemother, and
Mrs. J. H. Martin.
Prom Bids
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South Carolina
• Mary Dixon, Columbia; Jane
Henderson, Converse College; and
Mary Harper of Swansea.
Massachusetts
Jeanne Barton, Winthrop; Mar­garet
Manfields, Haneshill; and
Betty Black of Smith College.
Texas
Marguerite Manley of Weslaco
and Jimmy Lee Barker of Crystal
City.
Illinois
Margaret Kohn of Evanston and
Caroline Barfield of Champaign.
FOR FRESHER
BREAD
TRY INGRAM'S
BREAD
I N G R A M ' S BREAD
Once Tasted Never Wasted
Ingram's Bakery Opelika
In Person!
ON OUR STAGE
ARTIE SHAW'S
FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
Under Direction of GEORGIE AULD
Featuring
KAY FOSTER
ON OUR SCREEN
"Oh! Johnnie, How You Can Love!"
Featuring the Scorch Song of Year
3 COMPLETE STAGE AND SCREEN SHOWS
Starting at 2:00, 4:30 and 9:30 P.M.
ADMISSION
Ba l c ony ,.... 25c Orchestra 4 0 c
Sunday, Jan. 21
Martin Theatre
The Place To Co
DANf F Saturday, Jan. 20
l/MMV»L 9:00 p.m. 'til 1:00 a.m. — 99c Per Person
ARTIE SHAW'S FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
Idle Hour Park
PHENIX CITY 2 Miles on Summerville Road
Tennessee
Lorraine Guinn and M a ry
Garth, both of Knoxville.
Other out-of-state girls to re­ceive
bids are Henrietta Reeves,
Gulf port, Miss.; Catherine Ogin,
Wopwolloper, Pa.; Sarah Atkin­son,
Baltimore; Md.; Verna Pitts,
New London, Conn.; Bernice Ham-mett,
Columbia, Mo.; Doris Wohl,
Madison, Wis.; Martha Sue Foy,
Paducah, Ky.; Norma Sakes,
Drake University, Des Moines,
Iowa; Mrs. Leah Franklin, Cam-den,
N. J.; Margie Miller, De­troit,
Mich.
Girls to whom bids were mailed
out Tuesday night included the
following Auburn girls:
Jonnielyn Campbell, Frances
Plaxco, Elizabeth Leyden, Jule
Tisdale, Emma Nell Parrish, Gene
Scott, Sadie Edwards, Suzelle
Hare, Elaine Freeman, Margaret
Lindon, Annice Watkins, Margaret
Fletcher.
Helena Miller, Billie Hightower,
Frances d'Orsay, Mary Ellen Bag-by,
Dorothy Benbow, Lydia Stan­ford,
Jean Williams, Winifred
Heidenreich, Deloris S a n d e r s ,
Emily Hixon, Eloise Williams, An­nie
Lyde Lewis, and Phyllis Gal-vin.
From the University of Ala­bama
are: Lulie Bartee, Martha
Binion, Marguerite Newton, Fran­ces
Brown, Margaret Throckmor­ton,
Faye Stapleton, Mary Dannel-ly,
and Mary Lee Davidson.
Other girls in the second group
are Virginia Long, Birmingham;
Nancy Burgett, Mobile; Julia Reid,
Birmingham; Hazel Meadors, Bir­mingham;
'Jensie Turner, Con­verse
College; Lillie Wood, Hunt­ingdon;
Ruth Scanlon, Tallahas­see,
Fla., Mr. and I Mrs. Terry
Mosley, Maryville, Tenn.; Ruth
Marion Payson, Whitinsville, Mass.
Frances Smith, Montgomery;
Julia Ridley, University of South
Carolina; Juanita Bedgood, Mont­gomery;
Brownie Davis, FSCW;
Jane Berry, Rome, Ga.; Martha
Woodruff, Anniston; Mary Chap­man,
Montgomery; Dorothy Ann
Campbell, Oxford, Miss.; Ruth
Thompson, Dadeville; Ellen Pow­ers,
Augusta, Ga.
Jackie Morgan, Gulf port, Miss.;
Ida Pease, Columbus; Edris Dona-van,
Selma; Inez Huggins, Mont­gomery;
Mary Ware, Alabama
College; Lucile Rutland, Hunting­don;
Nell Robinson, Huntingdon;
Mary Joe Chingumano, Bessemer;
Martha Louise Clark, Mobile;
Mary Kate Boswell, Randolph-Ma­con;
Nancy Turner, Montgomery;
Ceil Nuchols, Winston Salem, N.
C; Elvie Scarbrough, Columbus;
Phyllis K. Noel, Grand Rapids,
Mich.; Annette Lee, Montgom­ery;
Virginia Long, Birmingham.
Helen Johnson, University of
Kansas; Florita Davis, New York
City; Barbara Beeland, Randolph-
Macon; Jeanie Anderson, Clay­ton;
Carleton Sterne, Nashville,
Tenn.; Betty Jane O'Guinn, Mont­gomery;
Winifred Smith, Jackson­ville;
Marjorie Gregary, Shorter
College; Raye Cohn, St. Peters­burg,
Fla.; Eloise Neville, Mobile.
Beverly-Ann Gordy, Columbus,
Ga.; Dorothy Berman, Birming­ham;
Betty Mead, Montgomery;
Totsia Bellapania, McComb, Miss.;
Mildred McCorstin, Birmingham;
Yvonne Soloman, Columbus, Miss.;
Mrs. R. S. Hunt, Jr., Columbiana;
Ruth Butler, Huntsville; Mary
Gay Blau, LSU; Pattie Campbell,
Mobile.
Dorothy Lancaster, Birming­ham;
Jean Hoffman, Birmingham;
Kathleen Crossley, Opelika; Mary
Howey, FSCW; Charlotte Petree,
Montgomery; Isabelle Stowers,
Montgomery; Frances Hug, Uni­versity
of Georgia; Dot Ruttman,
Foley; Jean Freisleben, Univer­sity
of Georgia; Betty Shelby,
Union Springs; Marjorie Sheppard,
University of Georgia; Dorothy
Bird, State Teachers College;
Jensie Turner, Converse College;
Joyce Wohl, Decatur; Evelyn
Costine, Lakeland, Fla.
(Continued next issue)
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