1943-07-16 The Plainsman

              You're Not Through
Studying Yet, Boys 77i£ Vla\r\AmarL Don't Just Wave
Be A WAVE
'TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT1
VOLUME LXVIII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1943 NUMBER 11
ROTC SENIORS TO COMPLETE EDUCATION
WAVES Here
To Receive
Applications
Ensign Brantley,
Yoeman Caldwell
To Be In Charge
Representatives from the Navy
Department will interview and
enlist Auburn volunteers for
WAVES and SPARS Saturday
from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. in the
postoffice building.
Mrs. S. L. Toomer, Kirtley
Brown and Robert E. Smith have
been assigned to the work of
making appointments for -those
interested, and one of the three
should be contacted at once by
those desiring to be interviewed.
It is understood that a mini­mum
of 8 recruits from Auburn
has been established as a goal,
although it is hoped that this
number will be greatly exceed­ed.
Ensign Tempie R. Brantley and
Yoeman Muriel Caldwell will
have personal charge of the re­cruiting
here. Ensign Brantley
said that she and'Yeoman Cald­well
will be glad to visit the
homes of any interested girls to
talk about the WAVES to them
and their parents.
She explained that WAVES not
only receive valuable training
for future civilian employment at
government expense, but receive
regular Navy pay during their
training period. Pay, including
allowances, will equal or exceed
that earned by girls in civil life.
Margaret Bidder
Highlights Program
With Violin Solos
By C. W. Horton
The second in the series of
Step Sings met with the enthus­iastic
approval of a crowd of al­most
two hundred students,
servicemen and townspeople. De­spite
the fact that rain forced
a slightly early adjournment, the
sing was a huge success, judging
by the reactions of the crowd.
The two violin solos rendered
by Miss Margaret Bickler, ac­companied
by Professor Joseph
Marino-Merlo, highlighted the
program. Miss Bickler played
Fritz Kreisler's "Liebeslied" and
followed this up with Franz Le-har's
"Frasquita Serenade."
The program was opened with
the entire audience standing and
singing the national anthem. Fol­lowing
this the program at once
swept into old and new favorites
including "Don't Sit Under The
Apple Tree," "Carry Me Back To
Old Virginia," "Drink To Me
Only With Thine Eyes," and sev­eral
others. The hymn for the
night was "Onward, Christian
Soldiers."
Two movie shorts, "The
Naughty Nineties" and "The
Caissons Go Rolling Along," were
shown during the night. The first
depicted a typical floor show in
a speakeasy of the nineteenth
century while the latter was a
sing short, showing, to the ac-companinent
of singing, some of
America's machines of warfare
at work in maneuvers.
Wesley Open House
Servicemen, students, you are
cordially invited to an open
house at the Wesley Foundation
Sunday afternoon from 4 to 5:30.
There will be games of all kinds
—ping pong, horseshoes, check­ers,
chess, and folk games. If y^ou
enjoy singing come and sing at
the get-together Sunday after­noon.
Fun is in store for all at­tending,
so make your plans now
to be there.
SCENES FROM THE THREE-DAY ORIENTATiON PROGRAM FOR ASTP UNIT
Campus Heads,
College Faculty
Attend Banquet
Draughon Installs
Cabinet Members,
New Class Officers
New members of Auburn's Stu­dent
Executive Cabinet and new
class officers were inducted in
impressive ceremonies at a ban­quet
for campus leaders at the
Pitts Hotel Wednesday evening.
Elected in two recent student
elections, they were sworn in by
Ralph B. Draughon, civilian edu­cational
adviser for-.-all—Army
units on the campus.
They are Lawrence Cottle,
Montgomery, new president of
the Cabinet; D o n Jennings,
Americus, Ga., senior class rep­resentative;
Ben Jones, Shaw-mut,
president of the freshman
class; Larry Bartlett, Columbus,
Ga., freshman representative to
the Cabinet; and Marion Fergu­son,
Huntsville, freshman his­torian.
Cottle presided at the banquet
and each person present intro­duced
himself by reading his
rhymed place-card. Short talks
were made by all faculty mem­bers
present and by several stu­dents,
including Miss Blanche El­lis,
Centre, president of the
Women's Student Government
Association.
Other faculty members pres­ent
were Kirtley Brown, acting
executive secretary; Mrs. Marion
W. Spidle, dean of women and
dean of the School of Home Eco­nomics;
Col. John J. Waterman,
commandant of ROTC and Army
units on the campus; Mrs. Lena
Gough, faculty adviser of WSGA;
and Charles W. Scarritt, acting
director of the news bureau.
Oracles Notice
All members of Oracles now
in school are requested to con­tact
Doris Karcher, phone 820,
before next Tuesday.
College To Sponsor
Free Dance Concert
On Samford Terrace
Vytautas Finadar Beliajus, ex­pert
in oriental dances, authority
on folk dances and folk ways,
writer and authaor, will present
a program of dances -in colorful
costumes, Friday evening at 7:30
o'clock on Samford Hall Terrace.
He will be asisted by Olga Bib-za,
member of the women's phys­ical
education faculty at Auburn,
who studied dancing in Prague.
"Mr. Beliajus enriched his solos
with a fund of humor and an un­derstanding
of human nature
which found expression not only
in motion and posture but in sub­tle
grimace. He possesses a mo­bile
countenance and an arresting
personality," said Edward Barry
of the Chicago Tribune in de­scribing
one of his many per­formances
given in Chicago by
Vytautas Beliajus.
Mr. Beliajus, foremost Lithu­anian
dancer, now a member of
the Alabama College faculty, has
conducted folk dance institutes
throughout the state. He has
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ASTP's, left above, listen to
the convocation program at
which Dr. L. N. Duncan, Dr.
George Petrie, and other heads
of representative groups on the
campus spoke. These men are
part of a group of 400 which has
been assigned to API for basic
engineering training.
Dr. and Mrs. Duncan, above,
head the reception line, with
Senator S. L. Toomer next in
line. The reception, held for the
purpose of acquainting the
ASTP unit with Auburn, was
given in the formal garden at
the home of the president, and
climaxed the orientation period.
President Duncan, left, wel­comes
the new "freshmen" and
tells them that we are glad to
have them as students at API.
Five Auburn Artists Exhibit
Works In Birmingham Show
Faculty, Students Enter Water Colors;
Local Scenes Furnish Subject Matter
Five Auburn water colorists a r e among the exhibitors this
month at t h e t h i rd annual j u r y show of t h e Water Color So­ciety
of Alabama which will be on display in the Birming­ham
l i b r a r y throughout July. They are Prof. Joseph Marino-
Merlo and Prof. Maltby Sykes, members of the API art fac­ulty;
Pvt. H a r r y Lowe, Opelika, uniformed student at Au­burn;
and two former students,
Pvt. J. Dorrance Kiser, Garden-dale,
now at Fort Bragg, N. C;
and Midshipman Sheldon Toom­er,
Auburn, now at Notre Dame.
The display includes more than
30 pictures by Alabama artists.
Portraits, landscapes, seascapes,
still life floral pieces, and other
subjects make up the exhibit.
Names of artists are not infre­quently
preceded by "Private,"
"Sergeant," "Corporal," and oth­er
indications of Alabama's con­tribution
to the armed forces
from the world of art.
The subject matter of all the
Auburn water colorists were se­lected
from scenes around Au­burn
and within Lee County.
Prof. Marino-Merlo's "Hillside"
is a scene beyond the government
hatcheries on the Birmingham
highway. Prof. Sykes' "Chanti­cleer"
depicts a scene on the same
road and shows an old barn
topped by a rooster weather
vane.
Pvt. Lowe's water color is en­titled
"Old House," Pvt. Kiser's
is "Still Life," and Midshipman
Toomer's is "Landscape," a scene
along the Notasulga Road.
Receives Commission
As Ensign In Navy
Walter Bayley Davenport, Jr.,
Teaneck, N. J., has been com­missioned
an ensign, USNR, ac­cording
to data received from the
Boston Office of Naval Officer
Procurement.
Ensign Davenport received his
B. S. degree in electrical engi­neering
at the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute in 1941. While in
college he was active in campus
affairs being a member of Sig­ma
Pi, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta
Kappa Nu fraternities.
STAR Variety Show-
To Precede Dance;
Movie To Be Shown
Another variety show by serv­ice
men and an open-air dance
will be held Saturday evening on
Samford Hall Terrace. In addi­tion,
arrangements have been
made for the showing in Library
Grove of a movie of the Auburn-
Georgia football game. J e ff
Beard, instructor in physical edu-caton
and assistant coach, will
act as commentator during the
showing of the film, which will
be at 9:30.
Since the STARS stationed
here are subject to leave on very
short ^notice, it is not certain who
will be here to perform but, ac­cording
to Lawrence Barnett, Di­rector
of Campus Entertainments,
the high standard of talent in the
past will be maintained.
Pfc. Eugene Dreyer of Com­pany
5, violinist, and Pvt. Rob­ert
Scherer of Company 4, who
made such a hit on last Satur­day's
show, will be brought back
by popular request, if they are
still in Auburn.
The variety show will begin at
8:15, and in the event of rain, the
program and dance will be held
in Alumni Gymnasium.
SPE Pledges Elect
The pledges of Sigma Phi Ep-silon
fraternity have elected the
following officers for the sum­mer
quarter:
Luther Johnson, Montgomery,
president; Rob Moulsby, Opelika,
vice-president; John Jennings,
Americus, Ga., secretary-treas­urer.
Plans Drawn Up
For Blood Bank
In September
Red Cross Organizes
Governing Committee
To Supervise Drive
Robert E. Smith, general chair­man
of the Lee County Blood
Donor Service, has released in­formation
concerning f u t u re
blood-donor drives. Giving the
dates for the next drive, Septem­ber
21, 22, 23, Smith announced
also that at a recent meeting of
the board of directors of the Lee
County-American-Red-Cross, a
new organization, The Lee Coun­ty
Blood Donor Service, was
established.
Kay Hall, president of the
local chapter of Chi Omega so­rority,
has announced that the
Chi Omegas will be.one of the
three sponsors of the Lee
County Blood Donor Service.
Mr. Homer Carter of Pep-perell
Mill has announced that
Pepperell Mill will be one of
the other sponsors. •
The Opelika sponsor has re­quested
that his name not be
given.
"Unless we of Lee County un-der-
estimate the importance of
this work," said Smith, "I would
like to report that three addi­tional
blood donor centers are
being established in the South
and Southwest this month. .This
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Men May Apply
For Air Corps
Next Monday
President's Office
To Be Headquarters
For Making Drive
Capt. Haygood Paterson and
Capt. C. B. Whitehead, of Mont­gomery,
will be in Auburn, Mon­day,
July 19, for the purpose of
giving a mental test to any men
between the ages of 17 and 27
who are interested in enlisting in
the Army Air Force, it was an­nounced
today.
They will establish headquar­ters
in the president's office and
will give all applicants a test at
1 p. m. Those expecting to take
the test are asked to bring their
birth certificates, three letters of
recommendation and a filled-out
application blank. Application
blanks may be obtained at the
president's office at any time.
Here's How It's Done
Here is how you may become
a United States Army aviation
cadet:
If you are 18 to 26 Imd have
not been called for induction un­der
selective service, you may
apply. No school or college cred­its
are required. If you pass the
examinations and are found ac­ceptable,
you will be given a let­ter
to the armed forces. You may
then volunteer for induction
through your local selective serv­ice
board. After induction you
will be assigned for preparatory
training, upon completion of
which you will receive your ap­pointment
as an aviation cadet.
If you have already been called
for induction, you cannot apply
direct for aviation cadet train­ing.
But upon induction, if you
are assigned to the Army, you
have the same opportunity open
to every soldier, 18 to 26 years
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Group To Continue Work
Through Winter Quarter
ROTC Juniors Will Return To College
Under ASTP When Basic Training Ends
Advanced ROTC students, now in army khaki, will be al­lowed
to finish their college education, according to a late
notice received by Colonel John J. Waterman from the War
Department in Washington. The information received was
only an advance notice with a statement that further de­tails
would be released soon.
Eighteen senior engineers who
have not graduated and who are
subjected to the provisions of the
notice have been notified by the
Auburn military department of
the chance and have been re­quested
to notify the department
as to whether they wish to take
advantage of the opportunity and
finish, or to remain in their pres­ent
status.
A statement made yesterday
by Colonel Waterman reads: "I
believe this change will- allow the
men affected a much better
chance to prepare themselves for
Officer Candidate School. The
men will have more training in--
military work as long as they
remain here and when vacancies
do occur in Officer Candidate
School, and there are none now,
they will stand a much better
chance of finishing."
Excerpts from the notice as re­leased
by the Military Depart­ment
follow:
"Second year advanced ROTC
students who have not graduated
and who have not yet entered
Officer Candidate School are be­ing
permitted to return to col­lege,
at their request, to continue
their academic work. This group
will be permitted to complete the
semester or quarter in progress
on December 31, 1943, unless
sooner graduated.
"Second year advanced ROTC
students awaiting assignment to
Officer Candidate School and
those who do not elect to return
to school will be held in replace­ment
training centers where they
will be used as assistant instruc­tors
to provide them with addi­tional
training and experience
which will be of distinct value to
them when they enter Officer
Candidate School.
"First year advanced ROTC
students who are now undergo­ing
basic military training at re­placement
training centers will,
upon completion of this training,
be returned to college under the
Army Specialized Training Divi­sion,
pending vacancies in Offi­cer
Candidate School. During this
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Why Does The Custom Flourish?
By Dottie Woodall
Mr. Smith, in the last issue,
held forth on the subject of blind
dates, and rather creditably, too.
Which is no excuse for what I'm
about to do, but, then, maybe
you play the piano with both
hands.
Blind dates are one of the old­est
institutions—of course, but
what's a little thing like non-agreement
once you get out of
101 English? As I was saying, one
of our oldest institutions so let
no man condemn blind dates has­tily;
let him meditate at least fif­teen
seconds before giving an
opinion.
No One Will Commit
Themselves—
After reading all the serious
discourses on this subject avail­able
in the library, I became con­vinced
that the ground ha6 nev­er
been thoroughly covered. The
question that seems to have re­mained
unanswered is, why does
the custom continue to flourish,
do well, and grow apace if no one
can be found who is willing to
say a good word for it? Every­one
whom I have approached
with the question, "What d'ya
think of blind dates?" has an­swered
immediately, "I don't."
Except one. He said, "I never had
but one. I went home at 9:30."
So that seems to be that."
Why Do We Keep Doing It?
Although each of US' can re­member
some gruesome inci­dents
in this line, we just can't
seem to live up to our fervent
vow of "Never again!", And,
strtinge to say, we are absolute­ly
cold-blooded in roping our
friends in on blind dates. Just let
some boy from your home town
or the roommate of a friend of
that last year's love of yours call
you about two mintues before
supper some night with a "My
girl broke her leg today and I
just simply have to have a date
tonight for a" special party—
can't you fix me up with some­body
cute — maybe a fresh­man?"
and you go running all
over the house telling whoever
may be left at that late hour on
the available list for that night
that "No, you don't know exactly
what he plans doing but you're
sure it'll be fun" and "Yes, he's
real cute, and lots of fun."
Plenty of Fast Thinking
You stress that word "fun" be­cause
you see you'll have to talk
fast if you get anyone to go. Then
just when you're on the point of
calling him back to tell him
you've got him the cutest date,
and she'll be ready at eight, she
drags you back to ask you if
you're sure he's taller than she
is, and -so it goes ad infinitum.
That may not be exactly correct
Latin, but I think you know what
I mean.
Sometimes One Works Out
Lest, gently reader, you think
I paint too dark a picture, may i
say that sometimes one meets a
very interesting person on a
blind date, but it is usually the
other half of the double, the one
who doesn't part his hair in the
middle. In such a case you may
proceed with a clear conscious,
cause, after all, if dear, little
Roomy insists on your going
along to date these monstrosities,
it'll serve her right if you end
up by annexing her man. Of
course, you may have to move
to a single room if you make a
habit of it.
May I Recommend?
I can not disagree further by
going into this angle of the ques­tion,
but if you are interested, I
recommend very highly Tabitha
Casselton's "Handbook and Gen­eral
Suggestions On How To Be­come
That Forgotten Worman, or
The Technique of Taking Your
Roommate's Love-Lite."
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July 16, 1943
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Must The Gold Replace The Blue?
Our armies in, Sicily are moving for­ward
"according to plan." They have be­gun
the campaign which means the end
for Facism and Nazism, and a new birth
of freedom for the peoples of Europe. It is
fitting that Bastille Day, 1943 should have
found the work of liberation already be­gun.
Everywhere the victims of slavery are
waiting for our armies. Everywhere the
so-called "master-race" is looking over its
shoulder, looking under its bed at night,
fearful of the coming vengeance.
And yet, the work has only started. The
long .hard road is before us still, and our
• enemy is far from the beaten hulk, un­able
to stand up against us and ours, that
we would like to think him.
We have a job ahead, a job in the army
and out, a job thousands of miles behind
the fighting fronts as well as on them; a
job that needs our every strength now.
For the truth is that Americans have not
> yet begun, a year and a half after Pearl
Harbor, to think of themselves as the
home-front soldiers they must be, for us
to win. Too many are still waiting for the
hooked-cross planes to appear over New
York and San Francisco, or over Dubuque
and Birmingham, in "token" raids, before
pitching in, in the Red Cross, in buying'
War Bonds, in Civilian Defense.
There are those to whom this war has
meant only "business-as-usual" and "busi-ness-
betterrthan-usual." There are those
who have been more eager to win an elec­tion
than to win the war. There are those
who have helped, through shortsighted­ness
or malice, in the strikes, in the race-riots,
to cripple that unity of purpose
which we need so badly.
We have come to a time in the life of
our country when there is but one yard­stick
with which we must measure our
deeds, and the deeds of the men who lead
us: Are they helping to win the war?
There can be no other judgment. Have we
worked hard enough, and long enough,
so that we can think of the boys behind
the guns in Sicily and New-Guinea, with­out
shame?
How many gold stars must take the
place of the blue stars hanging in Ameri­ca's
windows, before we all get 100 per­cent
behind the war?
Time To Shove Off
Nearly every large branch of the armed
forces has representatives in Auburn; the
Navy, Marines, Army, and Air Force. Per-
, haps the least seen on the streets at any
time are the sailors of the radio school.
Their work is very difficult and technical,
requiring many hours to master, and in
addition they must perform the regular
duties of all men in the armed forces.
Sleep, therefore, is a major consideration.
They must obtain an adequate amount if
they are to do their best work, but to make
use of an aid adage about all work and no
play making a fellow dull, it does seem to
apply here.
The sailors should be considered just as
much Auburn students as a 17-year-old
freshman engineer. They take part in our
campus activities, sing in our church
choirs, and employ the use of our school
facilities. They are Auburn students.
The coeds of Auburn are required to be
in at specified times. The hour is 9:15 for
freshmen and sophomores and 11:00 for
juniors and seniors. On the weekends,
however, the freshmen have two nights on
which they may stay out until 11:00. Soph­omores,
have three week-end nights until
11:00.
The sailors have only one night in which
to blow off. They have until 10:00 Satur­day
nights. The women may get late per­mission,
but sailors must be in at 10:00.
The dances aren't really in full swing un­til
about 9:30, and with so many good
dancers in the Navy it seems unfortunate
that they must retire so early.
War, however, resembles Sherman's de­scription.
If it is necessary that the sailors
retire earlier and arise earlier in order
that they may learn more to win this war,
then it should be a case of grin and bear it.
The students of Auburn regret that cir­cumstances
are such as they are and are
sympathetic. There is one consolation; the
entire nation appreciates the sacrifices
our men in service are making.
More Evident Than Ever
Sometimes we get to wondering—what
is Congress' policy toward education any­way?
When the STAR and ASTP Units
were set up over the country, we believed
that the need for education and training
during and after the war had at last been
realized. When college students were able
to obtain deferments to finish school we
thought that finally we could begin to re­lax
about the education problem.
But when Congress wiped out NYA last,
week we again began to wonder—to won­der
if those fellows in Washington run­ning
our government are as wise and deep-thinking
as they are supposed to be. For,
from all we can gather, various New Deal
agencies, NYA included, were crippled not
as a result of long and deliberate consid­eration
but as action designed' to spite
the President.
With these facts before them Congress
took steps forcing the National Youth Ad­ministration
to liquidate by next January
1: 600,000 students have been able to com­plete
college because of NYA help and
800,000 to 900,000 others have been helped
through high school. NYA employees
were turning out 700 to 800 potential war
workers a day in 680 training centers
scattered throughout the country—were
learning, in one to three months, skills
that fitted them for jobs in war plants.
From Pearl Harbor to NYA liquida­tion
580,000 youths had been trained for
war work. The agency was also produc­ing
parts for war equipment. Forty shops
were turning out 10,000 parts a day for
the, Rock Island, Illinois arsenal, and
Brooklyn Navy Yard was getting 30,000
NYA-made parts every month.
This move by Congress makes us con­scious
more than ever of the need for edu­cation—
not just technical education but
social education—a social education for
our generation which will assure us that
our leaders of the future will be real lead­ers,
acting for the good of the country as
a whole rather than for the good of their
political party or their small section of the
country.
FOOD
WILL WIN
THE WAR.
DON'T -
WASTE ITI
Random Harvest
By ROBERT HART
Editor's note: The opinions expressed In this column are those of t h e writer and
are not to be construed as the editorial policies of this paper.
Why did you come to Auburn? To learn something? To
make money? To spend money? Or just don't know?
Curious to know the answers to this perplexing problem,
we have gone out and gotten a variety of answers—answers
from home ec girls, engineers, and even from the "recluses"
on the hills.
So here is why they did it.
Harry Hillhouse
What was good enough for Dad is good enough for me.
Sara Culbert
It was the only school in the state giving the course—in­dustrial
arts—I wanted.
Philip Raymond
I came to Auburn to get all the education I could before
I go to the Army, so it will help me after the war when I come
back.
Joe Justo
-So I could help animals. *,
Ed Jones
I came becatose Lamar Moree talked me into it.
Lamar Moree
I came because it was the nearest vet school.
Frank Mulhern
That's a long story. Mainly because Auburn is one of the
leading vet-school in the country. If I had my choice of any
school in the country, I'd still pick Auburn.
Betty Cosby
I wanted, to come to school in Alabama and to me Auburn
was the only school that was even to be considered.
Virginia Borders
I came because the boy I like goes to school here.
Helen Pitts
Because it had a better home ec school—and besides the
ratio is 5 to 1.
Bobbie Sconyers
It has a better pharmaceutical school and also because of
the Auburn spirit.
Albert (Mo) Cochrane
I came East to see how things look in the daytime. (Ed.
note: Al is from a certain place in the Dust Bowl known as
Oklahoma.)- J . .
Margaret Grinaker
I came because Auburn is the center of everything.
Frank (Kingfish) Wheeler
They had veterinary medicine and they would accept me.
Ann House
I just happened to come down one week and everybody
was so friendly I decided to stick around.
Charlie Davis
Damned if I know.
Kitty Phillips
I grew up with the idea of Auburn since my father came
here. And when the dormitories were built that settled things.
And when it got' to be nice for girls with the dormitories be­ing
built and everything I definitely decided to come.
Joe Blow
I came so I could register and still not have to go to class.
Nuthirv D'oirT
By LEROY SPEARMAN
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.
Did you ever become interested
in looking for mistakes in maga­zines
and newspapers? Of course
you will rarely find a typographi­cal
eiror in The Plainsman
(advertisement) but you may
find them in7 most of the other
papers. There are many different
types of mistakes to be found
and all of them are capable of
producing some pretty funny re­sults.
* * *
One of the most common types
of error is one that occurs when
a letter is accidently left off a
word. An example might be this
excerpt from a newspaper article
on the visit of a famous person
to a certain town—"I can only
say a brief word. I am very
pleased to have a chance to say
hell, good-by and good luck." Or
another example, "Mrs. Smith is
rapidly improving under the car
of Dr. Jones." See what I mean?
_ * * *
And another typographical er­ror
is often caused by getting a
wrong letter in place of the right
one in some word and thereby
making a new and totally differ­ent
word. For example, "The of­ficer
was suspended from the
force for accepting a bride." Or,
as was once found in the story
for a football game, "Many stu­dents
and local fans intend to
follow the team to the scene of
the bottle."
Not all of the humorous por­tions
of articles are typograpical
errors, however, as some are the
result of improper arrangement
of words. A church program was
once printed as follows:
Hymn . . . No. 339
(Congregation standing)
Sermon: "What Are You
Standing For?"
One paper ran the following
notice, "The women of the Elm
Street Church have discarded
clothing of all kinds. Call at. the
church for inspection."
* * *
Now that we have seen exam­ples
of some of the types of mis­takes
that might be found let us
list some actual errors and see
how they could be interpreted.
The Garden Club will meet
Wednesday at 3:00 p. m. The
subject will be, "The Conserva­tion
of Native Pants."
(Or, "Keep Your Pants On")
* * *
A screaming crowd of 300 men
and women attempted to enter
the jail to lynch the prisoner.
Two policemen defended the
prisoner until refreshments ar­rived.
(Everything stops when its
time to eat.)
* * *
Man sues his bride of four
mouths.
(It looks as if he would have
noticed that before he married
her.)
* * *
The bride was gowned in white
lace. The bridesmaids' gowns
were punk. The whole color
scheme of the decorations was
punk.
(Well, ya needn't be so frank
about it.)
* * *
A hysterical mother today
asked police to search for her
141-year-old daughter who dis­appeared
last night. She is five
feet, three inches tall, and
weighs eleven pounds.
(With a daughter like that she
should be hysterical.)
* * *
Mrs. Brown sued her husband
for a divorce, alleging that on
the morning of April 6, he sub­jected
her to the disgrace of be­ing
continued at the top of col­umn
8.
(And she did the right thing
too—that's more than anyone
could stand.)
* \ * *
The former prominent New
Yorker had liver in Paris for 8
years.
(And now you can't even get
that.)
* * *
We wish to correct the error in
yesterday's paper in which . we
stated that Roberts was a defec­tive
on the police force. This
should have read that he is a
detective on the police' farce.
(Now really, fellows, do you
think that helps things any?)
* * *
The building caught fire about
noon today but was soon brought
under control before much dam­age
could be done by the fire
department.
(The fire department should
appreciate' the compliment.)
(Continued on Page 3)
Prof Wash
By BOB SHARMAN
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.
With the beginning of the new
regime, speaking of this paper,
one of the editorial policies was
devised to give the professors,
instructors, and other faculty
members on this campus a chan­nel
through which they might
make a larger and more formal
contact with the students. After
all it is through mutual under­standing
and respect that the co­operation
between any groups of
people is gained, and the above-stated
aim is the first wish of all
individuals and groups interested
in Auburn.
* * *
So this column was created.
Its name is entirely original, and
the column possesses no definite
restrictions that the various
authors must observe while mak­ing
contributions. To the con­trary,
it was hoped that the con­tributions
would be original,
far-fetched, and interesting that
no set pattern would be estab­lished
for others to copy; ap­parently
the Idea has been car­ried
through successfully.
* * *
There have, however, been
some difficulties encountered.
Several members of the faculty
have been at loss as to what to
write.' They have something to
say, but for fear it might be too
radical, they decline the oppor­tunity
to express themselves with
the statement that if what they
have to say can't be said in a
forceful manner it might as well
not be presented.
* * *
Now the publications board
and the editor feel that a profes­sor
should know what and what
not to say. Anything interesting,
from the advantages of lighting
Ag Hollow at night to prevent
freshmen getting lost, to a dis-sertion
u p o n intussusception,
will be acceptable provided the
descriptive language is not too
strong and libel is not committed.
* * *
Professors are funny, people
anyway. They are destined to
walk forever the straight and
narrow path. If they deviate too
much toward the students' hab­its
and manerisms, they are sub­ject
to the (from the way they
react) seemingly fatal wrath of
the FBI, FDR, WPA, or who­ever
sees to it that teachers con­duct
themselves properly both in
actions and in what they say.
* * *
On the other hand, if profes-
SOTS side too much with the rules
and regulations, refuse to give
beats, hold classes the full hour
always, and count tardies as ab­sences,
then he is subjected to the
popular disapproval of the stu­dent
body and fellow professors,
and ends up usually as an old
fogy.
* * *
Perhaps as long as there is
need for a man to stand at the
head of a class and lecture, he
will be under this double pres­sure,
this war at nerves. He may
never be 'able to lead a normal
life, to be seen with any of the
opposite sex unless related to him
or at least another school teacher,
without the gossip flying. May­be
some day a professor will,
without fear of any criticism,
walk into a classroom, lie down
on .the desk, cross his legs, light
up a cigar or take a snort, and
begin his lecture. Or maybe the
motion picture industry will rev­olutionize
the situation now
existing in educational institu--
tions.
* * *
Until then we urge future edi­tors
of this column to be as lib­eral,
interesting, and original as
possible. The students are behind
you.
July 16, 1943 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Naval Cadets Entertain
With Dance At Hangar
Graduates Present Cup To Commander Frame;
Margaret Dykes, Dietitian, Receives Watch
The Naval Aviation Cadets training in Auburn and their
dates enjoyed a long anticipated 'hangar dance', given by
Flight Commander S. A. 'Buck' Frame, honoring the thirty-seven
cadets who finished their training here.'
The dance was held in the hangar at the Auburn Airport
Saturday night from 9:00 till 2:00 o'clock. The hangar was
and
CAMPUS ODDITIES
decorated with red, white,
"blue streamers and large bunch­es
of vari-colored balloons. On
the left side of the building was
a large American flag, accom­panied
by the official flag of the
flight school. On the opposite
side were punch and refresh­ment
tables.
Comm. Frame, Wife Lead Dance
During intermission, a picture
made at the Auburn Airport of
the cadets in training was shown.
The leadout was led by Flight
Commander Frame and Mrs.
Frame; Lt. Nardo and Mrs.
Nardo. They were followed by
the flight and ground school in­structors
and the graduating class
of cadets and their dates.
Immediately after intermission
a speech was given by Flight
Commander Frame congratulat­ing
the boys on their success in
Auburn, after which the co-masters
of ceremony, battallion
Commander A. L. Disher and N.
A. C. Matt Matthews presented
Mr. Frame with a silver cup
with the names of the graduating
clas sinscribed on it. Miss Mar­garet
Dykes, dietitian for the
group was given a beautiful
watch with 'V-5 1943' inscribed
on the back.
The cadets and their dates
were as follows:
Platoon A, A. M. Allen, Jane
Gatewood; A. L. Disher, Vir­ginia
Hollingshead; C. E. Craver,
Gayior Murphy; M. J. Keenan,
Cecille Jones; W. K. Anderson,
Sarah Tant; G. H. Bush, Jean
Mason; J. G- Hampton, Betty
Ruth Chambers; T. M. Hasell,
Manita Hansford; C. W. Ledford,
Jeanne Townsend.
Platoon B
Platoon B, Benny Vehorn, Ar-dell
Thomysson; Harris Peacock,
Dot Phipps; Ray Roberts, June
Adams; Bill Sanders, Jane Post;
Charlie Miller, Annie Mae Mor-ing;
Clyde Wall, Kitty Phillips';
R a l p h Matthews, Margaret
Dykes; Dallas Shugart, Virginia
Williamson; Kenneth Shokes,
Emma Lee Eversole; Lowre Tay­lor,
Marguerite Culpepper; John
Smith, Mary Frances Largent;
Louis Davis, Marye B. Bidez.
Platoon C
Platoon C, Robert Atchinson,
Mary Jane Muller; M. C. Best,
Dot Bryant; D. F. Davis, Mary
Nell Summers; Doug Gillman,
Lucine Stough; J. T. D. Corkran,
Betty Rust; Dayle Flemming,
Frances Coffey.
Platoon D
Platoon D, Frank Pouncy,
Ernestine Hill; Sidney Reed,
Kathleen Newton, R. M. Nucks,
Tayes Tarvin; C. D. Long, Alice
Chateau; J. A. Windley, Gwen
Tucker; E. B. Nicks, Jean Burton;
J ; T. McKenzie, Harriet Clemens;
M. A. Borturck, Edith Mason;
Charles Sykes, Dot Mayo; Earl
Luka, Doris Wilder; Don Bell,
Elizabeth Sahag; Henry Drew,
Dorothy Irish; Harry Clark, Mar-jorie
Prince; Charles Higdon,
Louise McDonald; Charles Ru­dolph,
Kathryn Owens; L. Lamb,
Faye Freeman.
The remaining cadets came to
the dance as stags.
LOST: Black and while ..Fox
Terrier. Answers to name "Trav­eler."
Was wearing red collar
when last seen. Call Plainsman
office, 448.
API Man Aide
To Gen. Giraud
Former ROTC Officer
Tours United States
With French Leader
Another high honor has been
conferred on a former Auburn
student and Army official. This
time it was Brig. Gen.' Louis J.
Fortier, who was selected by the
War Department to serve as an
aide to Gen. Henri Giraud, who
is touring principal defense areas
of the United States in the inter­est
of French forces in North
Africa, of which he is command­er.
General Fortier was with the
Frenchman when he inspected
Fort Benning, near Columbus,
Ga., a few days ago, and is ac­companying
the visitor through­out
his inspection tour. •
Gen. Fortier was stationed with
the ROTC in Auburn from 1919
to 1923, at which time he had the
rank of captain. He also took a
post-graduate course in history
while here and received an M. A.
degree. He is of French descent,
speaks the language fluently, has
traveled extensively throughout
the old world, and it was due to
these facts, it is believed, that
he was -selected to serve as an
aide to Giraud. Mrs. Fortier is
also a student of French and
taught the language while her
husband was stationed here.
Dr. Geo. Petrie, who is a close
friend and admirer of Gen. For­tier,
recalls very interestingly the
incidents attending the aide's
work in Auburn.
BN A SCRAP KEY DRIVE
UNIV. OF TEXAS COLLECTED
MORE THAN 6 5 0 0 KEYS /
HELP YOUR PALS
OVER THERE /
BUZ WAR BONDS
GIANT STUDIES LAW
CLIFFORD THOMPSON.6 FEET 7 INCHES
TALL, STUDIES LAW AT MARQUETTE
UNIVERSITY IN MILWAUKEE. NOTE HOW
HE TOWERS OVER HIS CLASSMATE /
NUTHIN' DOIN#
(Continued from Pago 2)
Police scent foul play in death
of man found bound and hanged.
(G'wan, who gave you the
hint.) J
* * * ^
The newly-formed Catnip Club
will hold its first formal meet­ing
tomorrow night in the "beau­tiful
bathroom of the Thomas
Jefferson Hotel.
(What! A formal meeting in
the bathroom?)
* * *
This country should remember
the last words -of Goethe as he
uttered, "More light." His eyes
were closing. Ours are open, light
is abundant and there is no rea-why
we should schgwnyi, shrdlu,
etaoin cmfwyp vbgkqj
(There certainly isn't, and any
one that does should be vbgkqj
etaoin schdlu cmfwwyp immed­iately
if not sooner!)
BUY WAR BONDS
AND STAMPS
! KEEP THOSE
\ HOME-FIRES BURNING.. \
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MRS. STEWART HONORS
SORORITY ADVISORS
Representatives Discuss Cooperation
Between Chapters And Alumnae Groups
Advisors from each of the so­rorities
at Auburn were enter­tained
by Mrs. Glenn G. Stewart
at lunch in her home at 282 Ope-lika
Road last Tuesday.
Closer cooperation between the
alumnae groups and the active
sorority chapters was the theme
of the discussion. ; *—-"""
Mrs. Jamesjj. Lawson gave an.
interesting" report on matters of
Pan-hellenic concern which were
studied at the Chicago Kappa
Delta workshop which she re­cently
attended.
Delta Zeta was represented by
Miss Louise Glanton and Mrs. J.
C. Grimes; Chi Omega by Miss
Mary Tamplin and Mrs. John
Garner Made Ensign
Homer D. Garner, former Au­burn
student recently graduated
from the Naval Air Training
Center at Corpus Christi, Texas,
and was commissioned an En­sign
in the Naval Reserve. En­sign
Garner's parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Garner of Fairhope.
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Mrs. W. D. Salmon; Kappa Del­ta
by Mrs. J. L. Lawson; Phi
Omega Pi by Mrs. A. W. Cooper;
Alpha Delta Pi by Mrs. John S.
Rudd, Jr., and Miss Marie Sewell;
Theta TJpsilon by Miss Jewel
Davis.
Mrs. Stewart, an Alpha Delta
Pi, was assisted by her sisters,
Mrs. J. G. Beasley and Mrs. Her­bert
M. Martin, also Alpha Delta
Pi's.
A patriotic motif was carried
out in the place cards and flow­er
decorations.
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food. Because, Uncle Sam, uses
great quantities of the vital dairy fobd
in the diet of our boys in the Armed
Forces . . . there isn't enough left to
supply us at home with all the dairy products we would
like. That means less Ice Cream for you. Ask for it
again and take some in Sherbet (or Fruit Ice) so that
everyone can enjoy some of the wholesome goodness of
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Battles In "Crash Dive"
Real As The Real Thing!
Studio Consults Navy
For Striking Scenes
In Technicolor Film
Going into battle requires "as
much logistics and split-second
timing and preparation in make-believe
as it does in the real
thing.
The striking action sequences
for 20th Century-Fox's action-packed
drama of submarine war­fare,
"Crash Dive," which stars
Tyrone Power and is slated to
open Sunday at the Tiger Theat­er,
took considerably longer to
film than the entire dramatic
portibn of the picture.
Navy Cooperated
• Realism was assured from the
very beginning, when it became
known that the actors were to
go on location at the Navy Sub­marine
Base in New London,
Conn. The ' Navy cooperated
whole-hearted, even allowing
technicolor cameras aboard a
giant submarine. Milton Sper­ling
handled the actual produc­tion
reins, and consulted fre­quently
with Commander M. K.
Kirkpatrick, of the United States
Navy, who acted as technical ad­viser.
Safety Measures Taken
Every prop and piece of equip­ment
that went into the picture
was first tested thoroughly so
that no accident could befall the
people using them. Even the fir­ing
of shells from machine guns
and rifles had to be figured out
accurately, because even blanks
fired at close range can inflict
painful injuries.
Distances were carefully mea­sured
and checked so that pow­der
burns could be avoided.
The first story of Uncle Sam's
submarine heroes, 20th Cen-t
u r y - F o x's technicolor hit,
"Crash Dive," stars Tyrone Pow­er
and Anne Baxter. The show
is to open Sunday at the Tiger
Theater. Much of the thrilling
film was made on location at
the Navy's great submarine base
in New London, Connecticut.
W J H O
AUBURN
Saturday, July 17
6:15 Overnight Sports
6:25 News Room -
6:30 Rise and Shine
Dial 1400 OPELIKA
11:15 Bill Hay Reads the Bible
11:30 WJHO Farm, Home Hour
12:00 Mid-day News Summary
12:25 A. P. News MBS
7:00 Morning News Summary 12:30 Luncheon with Lopez MBS
7:15 The Plainsman
8:00 U. P. News Summary
8:10 Tuskegee Salute
8:30 Sunrise Chapel Hour
9:00 Mutual News Room MBS
9:05 Rainbow House MBS
10:00 U. P. News
10:15 Morning Devotions
1:00 Cedric Foster MBS
1:15 Lum and Abner
1:30 Rev. Hendley MBS
2:00 Today's War Commentary
2:15 Two Keyboards MBS •
2:30 The Cheer Up Gang MBS
3:00 Headlines and Bylines
3:15 Leon Pearson
3:30 Zeb Carners MBS
10:30 Jr. Playhouse , ,,. TT _ _T
11 « A AT XT •„ TVMW: 4:00 U. P. News Summary
11:00 Army, Navy House Party / „ 'v» , . . „, . *
11:30 WJHO Farm, Home Hour « « £ ^ £ j £ " £
1122::0300 LNuonocnhdeaoyn Nweiwths Lopez
1:00 U. P. News
1:05 Lani' MacAntire MBS
1:30 Rev. Hendley
2:00 Elmer Davis
2:15 Palmer House Orch. MBS
2:30 Johnny Long MBS
3:00 Paul Martella MBS
3:15 Fleetwater Handicap
3:30 Brazilian Parade
4:00 Navy Bulletin Board MBS
5:00 I Hear America Singing
5:15 Cavalcade of Sports
4:15 The Black Hood MBS
4:30 Boy Detective MBS
4:45 Meet The Band
5:00 Phillip Keyne Gordon MBS
5:15 Cavalcade of Sports
5:45 Superman MBS
6:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr. MBS
6:15 Johnson Family MBS
6:30 Contrasts
6:45 10-2-4 Ranch
7:00 World News Review
7:15 Lest We Forget
7:30 The Better Half MBS
8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS
8:15 Manpower Limited MBS
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6:00 U. P. News Summary
6:05 Evening Vespers
6:30 Todd Grant
6:45 Confidentially Yours MBS.
7:00 This Is the Hour MBS
8:55 Sports Review
9:00 Raymond Clapper MBS
9:30 Paul Schubert MBS
9:45 Lou Diamond's Orch. MBS
'10:00 News—Silence
7:30 Boy's Town
8:00 This Is Our Enemy MBS
8:30 Spotlight Band Blue
9:00 John B. Hughes MBS
9:15 Bond Wagon MBS
9:45 Teddy Powell MBS
10:00 News—Silence
Tuesday, July 20
6:15 Overnight Sports
6:25 News Room
6:30 Rise and Shine
7:00 Morning News Summary
7:15 The Plainsman
8:00 UP News Summary
9:00 Ian Ross - MacFarland MBS
9:30 Shady Valley Folks MBS
.10:00 Mid-Morning News
10:05 Helpful Hanna
10:15 Karl Zomar MBS
10:30 Today's War Hero
r ,„ ,., , „ , , , .. . 10:45 Music and Fashion
5:30 Sunday Cavalcade of Sports, „-i^ ,r o r,
« AA-'T t. n ti - i iurr>a 11:00 Boake Carter MBS
9.00 John B. Hughes MBS
Sunday, July 18
7:45 Smith & Gaston Singers
12:Q0 Poland vs. Hitler
2:00 This Is Fort Dix MBS
4:00 Mac's Quiz Whiz
5:00 Murder Clinic MBS
Monday, July 19 *>
6:00 Sunrise Salute
6:15 Overnight Sports
6:25 News Room
6:30 Rise and Shine
7:00 Morning News Summary
7:15 The Plainsman
8:00 U. P. News Summary
11:15 Bill Hay Reads the Bible
11:30 WJHO Farm, Home Hour
12:00 Noon Day News
12:25 AP News' MBS
1:00 Cedric Foster MBS
1:15 Lum and Abner
2:00 Today's War Commentary
2:30 Melody Inc. MBS
3:00 Headlines and Bylines
9:00 Ian Ross MacFarland MBS 4:00 UP News Summary
9:15 Morning Devotions
9;30Shady Valley Folks MBS
10:00 Mid-morning News Sum.
10:15 Karl Zomar MBS
10:30 Today's American Hero
10:45 Fashion and Music
•11:00 Boake Carter MBS
4:15 The Black Hood MBS
4:30 Boy> Detective MBS
4:45 Meet the Band
5:00 Phillip Keyne Gordon MBS
5:15 Cavalcade of Sports
5:30 News Review MBS
5:45 Superman MBS
A MUTUAL STATION
Train As Bombardiers
Three former Auburn students
are now training as bombardier
cadets in the Army Air Forces
Bombardier School at Big Spring,
Texas, according to data received
from there.
The men being trained are
Henry L. Dickinson, Opelika;
Merle E. Shows, Epley; John M.
Bridges, Jr.
MARTIN
"THE PLACE TO GO"
Friday, July 16
'CHATTERBOX'
with
JOE E. BROWN
JUDY- CANOVA
Don't Miss It! It's A Daisy!
Also
Latest War News and Novelty
"New Era In India"
Saturday, July 17
'RAIDERS OF
THE DESERT'
starring
RICHARD ARLEN
ANDY DEVINE
Added
Serial, "Overland Mail."
No. 12
Cartoon, "Swing Your
Partner"
After 6 p. m, above program
will be double featured with
SHERLOCK
HOLMES
AND
'THE SECRET
WEAPON'
starring
BASIL RATHBONE
NIGEL BRUCE
Sunday and Monday
July 18-and 19
'BACKGROUND
TO DANGER'
George Raft meets the
screen's No. 1 menace.
Added
Latest War News
and Miniature, "Here At
Home"
Tuesday, July 20
Double Feature Program
No. 1
'DIXIE DUGAN'
starring
LOIS ANDREWS
No. 2
'IN OLD
MONTANA'
starring
Fred Scott, the silvery
voiced baritone
Added Novelty
"Information, Please"
Wednesday, July 21
'THE 0X-B0W
INCIDENT'
starring
HENRY FONDA
Also Musical
"Borrah Minnevitch and His
Harmonica Rascals."
And "American Battle Beauty"
Thursday, July 22
VAN HEFLIN
LIONEL BARRYMORE
RUTH HUSSEY
'TENNESSEE
JOHNSON'
Love and intrigue in
a stormy career.
Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN July 16, 1943
AUBURN STUDIES PLANS
FOR SYNTHETIC RUBBER
Vital War Material May Be Manufactured
From Common Goldenrod In Southern Plants
By Roy Hill, J r .
Thomas Edison's last achievement was t h e isolation of
rubber from goldenrod. Just before his death, chemists in
his laboratory succeeded in t h i s project. All of his research
data on different varieties of goldenrod were later turned
over to t h e U. S. D e p a r t m e n t of Agriculture, which, since t h at
time, has c a r r i ed on continuous propagation and cross-breed­ing
in continuation, of his p r e l i m i n a r y work.
Then, in 1942, Congress passed the Emergency Rubber
Act to determine posibilities of
producing rubber, from various
domestic plants. It has been
found that there are three plants
which might be capable of pro­ducing
rubber on the scale that
would be needed. These three are
guayule, a western shrub, Rus­sian
dandelion, a northern plant,
and our familiar goldenrod,
which grows in the favorable hu­midity
and temperature of the
Southeast. s
Auburn's Tillage Machinery
Laboratory, operating under the
Department of Agriculture, is
now engaged in working out
suitable machinery for planting,
cultivating, harvesting and de-leafing'
the goldenrod and for
drying the leaves. The deleafing
and drying are the most impor­tant
steps. All of the rubber in
the plant is present in the leaves,
which, for good production, must
be stripped from the stem and
dried immediately. If the leaves
are allowed to stand in the sun,
rubber quality goes down.
The entire project is a coopera­tive
enterprise with the U. S.
Forest Service and the Bureau
of Plant Industry, Soils and Ag­ricultural
Engineering.
Experimentation in this sec­tion
is being carried out under
the direction of Mr. E. D. Gor­don.
Last fall a crop of golden­rod
was grown a few miles south
of Savannah, Ga., and the dried
leaves sent to New Orleans,
where all of the extracting and
analyzing work is being carried
out. Tis experimental cultiva­tion
produced rubber which was
of quality comparable to that of
Cauotchouc, or India rubber.
Yield varied from 50 to 100
pounds per acre.
This spring the Government
leased a 575-acre tract of land at
Waynesboro, Ga., which was all
planted in goldenrod. Some test
samples have already been taken
here, and the main harvest will
begin soon. This farm is for the
purpose of evaluating all the fac­tors
concerned with the produc­tion
of rubber from goldenrod to
determine if the process has com­mercial
feasibility. If results here
are favorable, this may well be
the last step before beginning ex­tensive
cultivation of goldenrod
as an actual commercial source of
rubber.
MEN
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old, inclusive, to apply for avia­tion
cadet training after you are
in the ranks.
If you are 17 but not yet 18,
you can volunteer for enlistment
in the Air Corps Enlisted Re­serve.
If you pass the physical
examinations and are accepted,
after you become 18 you will be
assigned for preparatory training,
leading to appointment as an
aviation cadet. Enlistment under
the age of 18 requires parents' or
guardians' consent.
The training requires 14 to 16
months of intensive work before
you can go into combat—almost
two years will expire before
youths of 17 get into combat. The
training includes five months of
academic work at one of the uni­versity
training centers.
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PLANS
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brings the total for the United
States to 33.
"The question will arise con­cerning
the necessity of a Lee
County Blood Donor Service
Governing Board. Financial rea­sons
are largely^responsible.. In
the making of a budget for the
year, no allotment was made for
this work by the Red Cross as
no one knew or realized that we
would be able to participate,
hence there were no funds with
which to do the work.
"As the 'Lee County Blood
Donor Service' we may solicit
funds from organizations with
which to carry on this work in
conjunction with the Red Cross.
In next year's budget, sufficient
funds for this work will be set
up under the Red Cross program."
The committees have requested
that any organization desiring to
sponsor this program contact the
general chairman, and also that
no one volunteer as a donor be­fore
September 1.
the Atlanta-mobile blood donor
the Atlanta-Mobile blood donor
center that originally the mobile
units were expected to cover or
raise one-third of the donor cen­ter's
quota, but to date the At­lanta
unit is reaching approxi­mately
one-half or 50% of this
quota. The Atlanta quota is set
at 1500 units per week.
The following parties elected
to serve as a governing commit­tee:
Robert E. Smith, Jr., gen­eral
chairman, Auburn; E. V.
Smith, vice-chairman, Auburn;
Curtis Roberts, vice-chairman,
Opelika; Homer Carter, chair­man,
Pepperell; J. R. Jackson,
Lions Club representative, Au­burn;
Millard Samford, Rotary
representative, Opelika; Yetta
Samford, Chamber of Commerce
representative, Opelika; Dermot
Shemwell, Kiwanis representa­tive,
Opelika; Gus Coats, Rotary
representative, A u b u r n ; and
Arthur Burke, Lee County Amer­ican
Red Cross, Auburn.
The same operational commit­tee
will serve as per appoint­ments
of the June 16 and 17
drive. They are Don Kyle, chair­man
publicity, Auburn, Junior
Chamber of Comerce; John D.
McKibben, chairman publicity,
Opelika, Chamber of Commerce;
Marion Hyatt, chairman radio
Softball Opens
Summer Season
Alpha Psis Blank
Sigma Chi; All-Stars
Trounce Wonders
By Jay Green
Summer softball was ushered
on the campus with two games,
both played on wet fields. The
first game featured two of the
top ranking teams of the spring
quarter together in a game that
ended with the Alpha Psis win­ning
11 to 0. Curtis Kuykendall,
one of the college's finest soft-ball
hurlers who was not able
to finish the season with his fra­ternity
teams last quarter be­cause
softball interfered with
track, displayed his wares Wed­nesday
evening and only four
opponents reached first, one by
a walk. For Sigma Chi, Charlie
Peacock was hurling and .13 Al­pha
Psis reached the bases.
Yesterday evening the All-
Stars walked off with their game
against the Wonders. Behind
Fowler the All-Stars gathered 23
hits and 11 runs. The Wonders
collected 4 runs off 5 hits while
Meadows pitched. Fowler held
the Wonders to no hits until the
fourth inning w h e n Pullen
singled, Tate doubled, Ingram
walked, and Bradley singled. The
game can be chalked up as an
easy win for the All-Stars.
COLLEGE
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written many books on the dance,
among which are "Dance and Be
Merry"; "Palestine Makes Mer­ry";
"The Dance of Lietuva";
"The Evening Song"; "They Still
Do It"; and "Where the Neumas
Flows."
This will be a free concert to
which the public is invited.
publicity, Auburn - O p e l i k a ,
WJHO; Arthur Cooper, Civic
C l u b representative, Auburn,
Kiwanis; Katherine Hall, Wom­en's
Athletic Association, API;
Mrs. Wilbur Hutsell, chairman
Motor Corps, Lee County; Mrs.
C. R. Hixon, staff assistant, Au­burn;
Mrs. C. S. Sheally, staff
assistant, Opelika; Raymond T.
Coppenger, chairman arrange­ments,
Auburn; Margaret Toom-er,
chairman solicitation, Auburn;
and Mrs. Carl Warren, chairman
canteen, Opelika.
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FINE LETTER PAPERS
BURTON'S BOOKSTORE
NEW WAVES-SPARS BOOKLET OFFERED
BY ALL NAVY RECRUITING STATIONS
Dehydrated Potato Products
Perfected By Local Experts
Application for patents on 20
dehydrated products produced
here from sweet potatoes has
been filed in Washington, and
negotiations are underway to
either manufacture the products
in Auburn or in a neighboring
city.
These facts were disclosed
here this week, when Prof. L. M.
Ware, of the Horticulture De­partment
of the Auburn college,
permitted members of _ the Ki­wanis
Club to sample a dozen of
the products and to hear "behind
the scene" secrets as to how they
were produced, what their com­mercial
prospects are, and what
steps have been taken, tentative­ly,
to market them throughout
the nation.
"Alayams," the trade name
given the products until a more
suitable one is selected, range
from breakfast foods to flour.
That they are equal, if not su­perior,
to • other breakfast foods
and other products produced
from grains, was the consensus of
opinion of those who were per­mitted
to sample them.
The products are already listed
with the War and Navy Depart­ments
as Army and Navy foods
a n d lend-lease commodities.
Prof. Ware told the Kiwanians
that an Atlanta concern, and also
one in Columbus, Ga., had al­ready
put in bids for their man­ufacture,
and that concerns in
distant cities had manifested a
keen interest in the products,
several of which have proven to
be superior in taste and nutri­ment
to flaky and other break­fast
cereals now in use.
It is understood that the Au­burn
Junior Chamber of Com­merce
expects to start a move­ment
to have a dehydration and
processing plant established here
for the sole manufacture of the
products.
ROTC
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period, which will be l o ng
enough to provide two or more
quarters, they will be given aca­demic
instruction designed to
make them more useful as offi­cers
in their particular branch.
Military instruction will continue
during this college period."
...You can^
spot it every time
THE Civil Air Patrol has recruited more than
a third of the nation's 100,000 civilian pilots
to fly for national defense. Coming from <
walk of life, they are putting forth an ej
something to do their trained part. To thern^
and to you, in its own way, ice-cold
Coca-Cola offers something extra, too.
More than just quenching thirst it
brings r e f r e s h m e n t . . . refreshment
that goes into energy.
Made with a finished art and with a
taste all its own, Coca-Cola has quality
that sets it apart. Here is something in
refreshment that was, and still is,
original. Coca-Cola offers all the dif­ference
between something really
refreshing and just something to
drink. There's no comparison.
Wartime limits the sup­ply
of Coca-Cola. Those times
when you cannot get it, remember:
The best is always the better buy! c°^i?0
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BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
OPELIKA COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, INC.
Boys Aid Navy;
Donate Models
Several young air-minded boys
of Auburn recently called on Lt.
M. L. Beall, one of the officers
in charge of the Naval Aviation
Cadets training here, and of­fered
their services as construct­ors
of the model airplanes used
in instructing the cadets.
Since these model planes are
very helpful in familiarizing the
cadets with the identifications
of various aircraft, Lt. Beall
readily accepted the generous of­fer.
A few days later the boys ap­peared
with a huge box contain­ing
about 50 different types of
airplanes, all cut to exact scale
and painted black for ease in
studying silhouette.
The constructors, Jimmie Han­son,
Mike Hayes, and Sam Hay,
are to be congratulated on their
contribution toward furthering
Auburn's war effort.
BUY WAR BONDS
AND STAMPS
WHILE
THEY LAST
SPRING
DRESSES
AT
25 TO 50 SENT
REDUCTION
One and Two Piece
Crepes And Rayons
SUMMER
HATS
50 PER
CENT Off
Don't Wait. Only
a limited number.
MILDRED
LIPPITT'S
Town and Country
AND
Bonnet Box
Four Get Commission
Three ex-students of API, La­fayette
M. Carroll, Forest ,City;
Francis Crimmins, East Falls
Church; and John H. Broderick,
Birmingham; have been* commis­sioned
Second Lieutenants in the
Marine Corps Reserve following
completion of the prescribed
flight training course at the Nav­al
Air Training Center, Pensa-cola,
Florida.
Robert Yarbrough, Huntsville,
and former Auburn student, also
won his gold wings and was com­missioned
an Ensign in the Naval
Reserve.
FOUND: Initialed fountain pen
in front of Alpha Gamma Rho
House. Owner may have same by
identifying it and paying for this
ad. Call' Mary Ella Funchess at
214.
SHORT TERM LOANS
NO RED TAPE
On most anything of value.
Opelika Pawn Shop
Corner Clement Hotel
Friday, July 16
'JACARE'
Starring
FRANK BUCK
Also Harry James
Musical Comedy and
Sport Reel
Saturday, July 17
'BULLET SCARS'
Starring
REGIS TOOMEY
HOWARD DeSILVA
Also
Serial, "Jr. G-Men of the Air"
Superman Cartoon, and Comedy
Owl Show, Sat. 11 p. m.
Regular Showings
Sunday and Monday
July 18- 19
THE FIRST DRAMA
OF UNCLE SAM'S
SUBMARINE HEROES!
TYRONE
POWER
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Tuesday, July 20
'CHETNIKS'
The Fighting Guerrillas
Also.
Comedy, Cartoon, Novelty
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