JUNIOR SUMMER ROTC CAMPS ARE CANCELED
Information Radioed
ROTC Headquarters
Future ROTC Graduates Will Receive
• Commissions Only in Branch Trained In
There will be no summer camp for juniors in ROTC
according to an announcement from the Military Department
made yesterday. No camps will be offered for the juniors
this year or for the duration of the war and for six months
thereafter.
Colonel John J. Waterman, Commandant, announced yesterday
that he had received a radiogram containing this
information. The. order was dated February 9, 1942.
Colonel Waterman stated that
the order also contained information
concerning the commissions
that the graduating senior
KOTC officers will receive. He
said that in the future all men
taking the course in Engineering
must be commissioned in the
Engineer Corps, and that all men
with training in the Field Artillery
will receive commissions in
the Field Artillery.
Instructions will be received
later as to any type of instruction
or training or camp which
the juniors may receive after
graduation. The juniors will be
notified of any changes to the
present order when they are received.
Colonel Waterman expressed
his opinion concerning the present
condition of the juniors in school
now and that of the future advanced
ROTC students who will
come under this new order.
"It is my opinion that commissions
will be given on successful
completion of the 12 quarters of
ROTC training. Newly commissioned
officers will probably be
given short intensive courses of
instruction in their branch of the
service and then be sent to different
units of the Army," he
stated.
Colonel Waterman also stated
that this action of the War Department
in regard to summer
camps being discontinued came
because of the many changes being
made by many of the colleges
in reducing the time required to
complete college from four to
three years.
No anouncement was made as
to whether juniors will be required
to attend summer school this
summer.
'NO CAMP'
CoL Waterman, pictured above,
Auburn's ROTC Commandant,
announced yesterday that juniors
will not attend summer
camps this summer, according
to information received by the
military department here, from
the War Department.
Students to Register for Draft Tomorrow and Monday
ROTC SENIORS
TO MEET MONDAY
There will be a meeting of all
ROTC seniors Monday night in
Langdon Hall at seven o'clock,
according to George Austin, Cadet
Brigade Colonel. Purpose of
the meeting will be to discuss
plans for the annual military ball,
which is scheduled for March 28.
Four Sororities
Announce Pledging
By ESTELLE GAINES
After a week of rushing, four
sororities announced today that
they had pledged seventeen girls.
The bids of the sororities were
placed in the office of the Dean
of Women, Dr. Walston, where
the preferential lists of those girls
who wished to pledge were compiled
Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday
at noon the individual
girls were informed of the sorority
which had offered them bids
and pledged them.
Three sororities, Alpha Gamma
Delta, Chi Omega, and Kappa
Delta pledged the maximum
number under the Pan-Hellenic
rule which limits each sorority to
five girls at the mid-year.
The names of the girls pledged
include:
Alpha Gamma Delta: Polly
Barf ield, Marion Sims, Mary Nelle
Chiles, Mary Louise Rodgers, and
Jean Hoffman.
Chi Omega: Claranelle Hupps..,
Caroline Moyer, Carolyn Dickinson,
Katherine Phillips, and Jane
Gatewood.
Kappa Delta: Kathryn Odom,
Bruce Davis, Virginia Bartee,
Erin Csum, Betty Mason.
Phi Omega Pi: Lavelle Mc-
Mahan, Dot Zachary.
WESLEY GROUP TO
HOLD STUDENT
DISCUSSION SERIES
The Wesley Foundation, cam-p\
is Methodist youth group, is
cooperating with Rev. W. C. Co-wart
of the local Methodist
Church in the presentation of a
series of discussion programs
about youth problems.
The series begins Sunday,
xteb. 15, with a discussion of "A
Student Peril? Weekending—
Hitchhiking."
Rotary Book
Drive Opens
Here Today
By BUCK TAYLOR
The Victory Book Drive, which
is being sponsored in both Lee
and Chambers Counties by the
Auburn Rotary Club, officially
opens today.
For one week the local civic
group will join with the rest of
the nation in a gigantic effort
which, it is hoped, will net a
grand total of ten million volumes
of reading matter for U. S.
soldiers.
Dr. Ralph D. Doner is chairman,
and Professors Robert L. Partin
and R. E. Wingard are members
of the Faculty Committee which
will have direct charge of the
book collection on the college
campus. They urge all faculty
members, students, and fraternities
to join now in this worthwhile
project by donating as
many copies of fiction or non-fiction
as possible.
Although almost any type of
book is acceptable, the sponsors
of the campaign hope that some
recent popular fiction will be donated.
To receive the books, large
boxes have been placed in the
College Library and at the Ward
& King Clothing Store. These will
remain throughout the campaign
for the conveniece of all who wish
to contribute.
If, for any reason, a person finds
it impossible to deliver reading
material to either of the above locations,
he should contact Mr.
Dryden Baughman, G e n e r al
Chairman of the book collection
drive in this area, by calling telephone
number 960. i
Advanced ROTC
Students Exemption
Is Confirmed
In a. memorandum issued this
week to all directors, deans, department
heads and instructors,
Dr. Duncan stated that Local
Board Number 2 of the Selective
Service and Training Act had
asked the college to handle the
third registration, tomorrow and
Monday.
According to Dr. Duncan's statement,
facilities for registering all
College employees and students
would be established in the basement
of Samford Hall.
Persons unable to report for
registration on either of the two
days, because of illness, are instructed
to notify Mr. W. T. Ingram,
college business manager,
at telephone 960 - 221.
ROTC Advanceds
Mr. Ingram stated last night,
that according to information received
recently from Selective
Service officials, students in advanced
R.O.T.C. are exempt
from this registration just as
they were in previous registrations.
The exemption includes enlisted
men, students in advanced
R.O.T.C, cadets at West Point
and Annapolis, and at the Coast
Guard Academy, as well as men
in several other categories.
Age Limits
All male persons, employees or
students of A.P.I., born between
the dates February 16, 1897, and
December 31, 1921, who did not
register in either the first or
second registrations, will be required
to do so now. The dates for
this third registration are Saturday,
February 14 (tomorrow) and
Monday, February 16.
Registration booths will be
open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. on
those days.
Nine Questions
Registrants will be asked nine
questions. These i n c l u d e : (1)
Name, (2) mailing address, (3)
place of residence, (4) telephone,
(5) age in years, (6) place of birth,
(7) name and addresses of persons
who will always know his address,
(8) name and address of
employer, and (9) his place of
employment or business.
Mr. Ingram's statement of the
exemption of advanced ROTC
students from registration came
after students questioned information
in The Plainsman of
Tuesday, stating that these students
would not have to register.
The memorandum issued by Dr.
Duncan this week contained no
information regarding this exemption.
Officials of the Military
Department at the college stated
that they had received no information
changing the "draft
status" of advanced ROTC students
from that of the last registration
periods.
Ths PlMndmarL 'TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT'
VOLUME LXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1942 NUMBER 38
Spring Elections Slated for March 24-25
Rollin 'Rhythm Opens
Tuesday in Langdon
Musical Review Is
Kiwanis Production
By HERBERT MARTIN
When the bus-load of travelers
appearing in the "Rollin' Rhythm
Minstrel", benefit show sponsored
by the Kiwanis Club to raise
money for defense bonds, unloads
next Tuesday on the Langdon
Hall stage, they'll bring with
them a program that is -refresh-*
ing, different, and entertaining.
The cast is made up of local
talent, and the production is under
the direction of the John B.
Rogers Producing Company of
Fostoria, Ohio, which furnishes
costumes, scripts, musical scores,
orchestrations, and scenery. This
company is billed as the largest
producers of amateur theatrical
productions in the world.
A ticket-selling contest is being
held for fraternities, sororities,
and honor societies which desire
to participate. The prize for the
largest number of tickets sold
will be a $25 defense bond, donated
by Squires, sophomore honor
society, and plans call for second
and third prizes of $10 and $5 in
defense stamps.
The Auburn Knights will play
for the production, and Helen
Johnson, vocalist, will also have
a feature part as a prima donna
of the blues when the Rollin'
Rhythm bus stops at St. Louis.
The program is divided into
two parts. The first consists of a
mythical bus tour of the U. S.,
beginning at the Auburn Bus Station
and featuring stops at a
number of places, including the
Ozark Hills, St. Louis, Niagara
Falls, and Harlem.
The other half of the show is in
the form of a minstrel, but not of
the usual strictly black-face kind.
This minstrel is in. the heart of old
Mexico, and features senors and
senoritas.
Both students and townspeople
are included in the cast of 75.
Among students taking part are
Sue Hall, Wiley Fancher, Helen
Mosley, Allen Odom, Beth Sheffield,
Luther Douglass, Charles
Johnston, Barney Estes, Harold
Warren, Leon Estes, Pat Patterson,
Clifton McLean, Bobby Pate.
Also Babs Thomas, Jean Beas-ley,
Anna B r e e d e n, Mozelle
Breeden, Dot Cottier, Elinor Bell,
Margaret McCain, Margaret Tucker,
Laura Wallace, Christine
Blackburn, Madge Jarrard, Dorothy
Johnson, Martha ^Gerhardt,
Teeny Blair, Annice Watkins,
Elaine Freeman, Louise Sims,
Mary Claire Burns.
And Jack Berlin, Homer Hamlin,
Beverly Hopkins, Eric Turn-bull,
Homer Wright, Dick Commander,
Frank Forster, Mac Williams,
Monroe Wilson, John Ball,
and Herb Holt.-
Class Ring Sales
To Continue
Through Semester
Sale of class rings to Juniors
and Seniors will continue during
this semester, it was announced
today by Pete King. Vice-President
of the Executive Cabinet
Although no advance in price
is expected at the present time,
delivery of orders will probably
be somewhat delayed because
of national defense priorities.
Any one of the following students
may be contacted if the
purchase of a ring is planned:
Ned Jordan, Alpha Fsi House;
Gray Carter, Phi Delta Theta
House; Tom Rowan, W J H O;
Tommy Schuessler, Kappa Alpha
House; Jesse Jordan, Alpha
Lambda Tau House; Pete King.
Phi Delta Theta House.
Martha Walton
Named To
WAA Council
Martha Walton, a freshman in
education from Raleigh, North
Carolina, was elected freshman
representative to the Women's
Athletic Council Thursday at Convocation
by a count of one hundred
and thirty-six votes.
Laline White, the only other
candidate in the election received
eighty-nine votes. She is a freshman
in Business Administration
from Atlanta, Georgia.
Tentative Entrance List For
Boxing Tourney Swells to 225
By BILL MARTIN
About 25 potential boxers
showed up for the initial meeting
to discuss plans for the coming
all-campus tournament, and
with the 200 that signified that
they would like to participate
through the recent R.O.T.C. survey,
the tentative list of entrants
is now swelled to 225.
Due to the number of entrants,
the tourney is to be run two
nights, with a possible third night
for the finals. The tentative dates
set by Professor Raport, Colonel
Waterman, and the Mitecs are
Wednesday and Thursday, March
18 and 19. These dates are subject
to -change, but most likely
hold.
Training
The tournament will be under
the general supervision of Professor
Raport, intramural head,
and it is his plan to have scheduled
training periods 5 days a
week up until the time of the
bouts. He will be the judge of
the fitness of the contestants and
will also direct the training periods.
In the event that a contestant is
not able to go two three minute
rounds against the heavy bag on
the completion of his training, he
will not be allowed to enter the
ring because his physical condition
will not allow him to take
the punishment of three two minute
rounds in the ring, and the
intramural department cannot
take the responsibility of injuries
due to faulty conditioning.
The contestants ^are to have
five hours of supervised training
per week plus road work that
can be gotten in. Professor Raport
says that the minimum for
anyone should be two miles a
day. The program of training is
arranged to comply with all the
boys, and three hours are set
aside each day to allow the trainees
to work out in the gymnasium.
Training will begin Tuesday
afternoon and Tuesday night and
will run through Friday of next
week, then the following weeks
of training will include Monday
through Friday. Trainees may report
any of these hours each day,
5-6 p. m., 8-9 p. m., or 9-10 p. m.
More equipment is being secured
for the benefit of the boys, these
are to include two new punching
bags, skip ropes, and an outside
ring to aid in allowing contestants
to get used to fighting in a ring.
There will be two awards for
each division, a winners and a
runners-up. Besides these individual
awards there is to be a
large award for the team trophy.
Any team, fraternity or otherwise,
is eligible to enter, but the individual
is just as important as the
teams, if not more so, since this
is an all-campus tournament.
Rules
It has been decided that the
intercollegiate boxing rules are
to be used and the gloves will be
10 ounce for the light weights
and 12 ounce for the heavy
weights. The weight division will
be as follows: 118, 126, 135, 145,
155, 165, 175, and unlimited. The
fighting weight will be determined
by the officials and there
will also be a physical examination
before the bouts.
The bouts are to be run off in
a specially constructed ring in
Alumni Gym and the affair is
expected to draw boxing enthusiasts
from all the nearby cities,
so again Auburn moves ahead
with one of the largest and best
programs ever to be turned out
by an intramural dept.
Committee Proposal
Awaits Approval
Executive Cabinet to Meet Today At
Five to Consider Tentative Dates
Subject to the approval of the Executive Cabinet, the
annual Spring Elections, at which time all major campus and
class offices for the year 1942-43 will be filled, will be held
on March 24 and 25.
This announcement was made last night by Elections Committee
Chairman Charles Flowers, j
According to the plans of the Elections Committee, which
are pending the approvaTof the Cabinet, freshmen and sopho-mores
wwiillll vv oo tt ee oonn Tuesday,
March 24, and juniors will vote on
Wednesday, March 25.
Executive Cabinet President
BilL Moore announced last night
that there would be a meeting of
the Cabinet this afternoon at 5
p. m. in the Student Center, to
consider he proposals of the Elections
Committee, and officially
set the date of the elections.
If the Cabinet approves the proposal
of the Elections Committee,
petitions of office-seekers must
be in the hands of the Chairman
by six p. m. March 20.
Petitions, according to the Constitution
of the Associated Undergraduate
Student Body, must read
as follows:
"We, the undersigned members
of the class of , do hereby
nominate for
This statement must be followed
by the signatures of at least
four percent of the members of
the candidate's class. Following
these sponsors' signatures, the
candidates acceptance, stated "I
hereby accept the nomination,"
must be closed with his signature.
Alpha Phi Omega Taps Ten At
Regular Meeting Last Thursday
Alpha Phi Omega, national service
fraternity, tapped 10 new
men for membership in the Delta
chapter at the regular meeting on
Thursday, Feb. 5. Men tapped
were Russell Bentell, Charles
Crowe, Paul Crowe, William
Green, Eugene Griffiths, Phillip
Fichandler, William Mayben, Ben
Noojin, Luther Taylor, and Albert
Wells.
Charles Crowe is a junior in
electrical engineering from Birmingham.
Paul Crowe is from Fort Payne,
and is a junior in civil engineering.
v
William Green, Lexington, is a
third-year student in business administration.
Eugene Griffiths is a freshman.
He is from Pensacola, and is
studying mechanical engineering.
Phillip Fishlander, from New
Haven, Conn., is a third-year student
in veterinary medicine.
William Mayben, sophomore in
architecture, is from Gadsden.
Ben Noojin is a senior, enrolled
in agriculture, and is from At-talla.
Luther Taylor, Andalusia, is a
freshman in mechanical engineering.
Albert Wells is a sophomore in
mechanical engineering from Pensacola.
MITEC DANCE DATE
Clarence Methvin, Jr., president
of Mitec Engineer's announced
this week that the date
of the Mitec Dance has been
changed from Saturday, February
28 to Friday, February 27.
Tau Kappa Alpha
Is Sponsor Of
Discussion Contest
It was incorrectly stated in The
Plainsman, of February 3, that
the Auburn Debate Club was cooperating
with the Coordinator of
Inter-American Affairs in the
sponsorship of a national extempore
discussion contest to be held
this month on the campus.
Tau Kappa Alpha is the college
organization which has charge of
these discussions, and this group
is planning to select, before March
1, the six Auburn students who
have exhibited the greatest ability
in the public expression of
their ideas on the subject of the
relationship of South America to
the United States at the present
time.
Any student at A P I is eligible
to try for one of the six places to
be chosen. The only preparation
required is the reading of some
material on certain South American
subjects.
A meeting will be held of all
who may be interested in this
contest on Monday night at 8
P. M. in the discussion room of
the college library. Everyone is
welcome to attend.
Any students who are planning
to take part in the discussions are
asked to contact Debate Director
Eugene D. Hess at telephone number
960.
Page Two T H E P L A I N S M AN February 13, 1942
Changing Times—A Change in Rushing?
Auburn's going on a quarter system. It's
a difficult job to change from an established
semester system to an entirely different
plan.
It's not only a difficult thing for the
people who have to make the change* as
far as the school is concerned—it brings
up a problem for the students themselves,
the problem of how to adjust their plans
and finances to meet the new system.
Perhaps most concerned, on this campus
at least, are the social fraternities. They
have to decide, and rather hastily, for
there are only a little over three months
before the new quarter system goes into
effect, what they'll do about such things
as house management in the summer,
whether to keep the houses open or not,
whether they'll have enough of the "brothers"
in school for the summer quarter to
allow them to run as usual.
And it brings up the major problem of
rushing in the summer.
Fraternity men the campus over are
asking the question, "What are we going
to do about rushing this summer?" Thing?
stack up this way in most fraternities: The
seniors will all be gone. Many of the juniors
will be in ROTC camps this summer.
That leaves, for summer quarter attendance
and fraternity activity, only sophomores
and juniors, and the new freshmen
who will come in this summer.
Those men have had only, at the most,
one year of experience with rushing, as
fraternity men. .
For years, Auburn's fraternities have
dallied with the question of instituting a
system of "deferred rushing", which has
proved so sucessful on many campuses.
This seems a logical time to re-open
that question for discussion by thinking
fraternity men. We feel that deferred rushing
would be the solution to many of the
problems which the change in conditions
have brought on fraternities now.
We feel, that with younger men running
fraternities, and that with a general change
in the membership of fraternities during
the summer, and with the necessity of
pledging men in the summer in order to
make the wheels go 'round, deferred rushing
would prove of greatest benefit to all
concerned.
Main objections in the past must have
been made by fraternities whose pledging
of men depended upon a concerted herding
of pledges into the lodge before they
had a chance to consider other fraternities.
No fraternity which really felt that it could
offer the best to its pledges would be afraid
to give the rushee a chance to look over
the other lodges on the campus before
making up his mind.
Only the fraternities who are a little
ashamed of their own chapters on the campus
would be harmed in pledging by a
deferred rushing system.
At least, under a deferred rushing system,
the ancient and unhonorable art of
hot-boxing would become a thing of the
past. That alone would be triumph enough.
Pat on the Back for the Ideal Laundry
For years Plainsman editors have been
sitting down to their typewriters, and
when they had nothing better to write,
knocked out editorials knocking out the
Ideal Laundry.
We aren't trying to say that all those
editors were wrong—we'd have to include
ourselves in that. We're not saying we're
not going to do that again. We will, if we
feel that Auburn's student laundry service
isn't what it ought to be.
But we think that the Ideal deserves a
pat on the back for its recent action in refunding
money to students who did not
use laundry service during the two weeks
in September that school was supposed to
be in progress and wasn't.
Of course, the Student Executive Cabinet
was behind the matter of bringing
those refunds into reality—insisting that
the refunds be made, and even handling
the actual refund of the cash.
But the idea was originally advanced
by a member of the Ideal's managerial
staff, believe it or not.
With as much money as the laundry
takes in from the students each year, and
since the school term was two weeks shorter,
thus reducing the laundry's expenses
considerably, perhaps that concern could
well afford to return several thousand
dollars to the students. But they didn't
exactly have to.
If the matter had been taken to court,
a jury might have ruled that since the
laundry of students is handled by contract
with the school, and since the school
was supposed to begin two weeks earlier
than it did, the laundry would not have to
make the refund.
But the laundry officials were willing
to do the right thing, speaking from the
standpoint of the Auburn Spirit, and give
that money back to the s t u d e n t s^
It took a lot of work, for laundry officials.
They had to check back on the records
of each individual student, to see exactly
how much laundry he did turn in, during
those two weeks, to be able to see how
much they owed him. That must have
been a tremendous job.
We think it was a handsome gesture.
The Case of the Purloined Figurine
The figurine representing the Nunn
Priestess of the Canterbury Tales was
taken sometime last week from Dormitory
Two.
The small statuette was firmly cemented
to a wooden display board and could
not have been removed without the use
of a knife or some other instrument. This
is not the first time that property placed
in the living room of the dormitories for
the enjoyment of visitors to the Quadrangle
has been missing.
Often magazines and papers which have
been placed in the parlors in the morning
can not be found a few hours later, or, if
they are still there, they are so mutilated
that they no longer afford any pleasure to
the reader. These articles add to the attractiveness
of the reception rooms and the
practice of putting them there will be discontinued
unless this petty vandalism
stops.
The Quadrangle is home to four hundred
girls who expect their visitors to respect it
as such. If students remove property for
initiation purposes they should first ask
permission from the head of halls before
taking it.
If the person who took the figurine will
return it, no questions will be asked this
time. E.G.
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What You Can Do
Kirtley Brown, API's "minister of publicity", recently called our
attention to a pamphlet published by the Coordinator of Inter- American
affairs, entitled "The American Republics."
The pamphlet featured a map showing the exports which are
continuously coming from Latin American nations into our own nation.
It gave reasons for union between the Americas.
The thing that most of all attracted our interest, however, was the
section of the pamphlet labeled "What you can do", which explained
how we, as United States Citizens, can help in uniting the Americas.
We quote from that section:
"Listen To the radio—News and feature programs will keep you
informed on current events and give you a good idea of our neighbors'
culture in an entertaining as well as profitable way. To lectures and
concerts—Speakers of the other Americas have something interesting
to tell you—Music from below the Rio Grande is fun.
"Look At exhibitions—The people of the other American Republics
express themselves in paintings, textiles, furniture, pottery. Exhibits
are frequently held in this country. They are worth seeing.
"Read Newspapers and magazines—Stories and articles on Western
Hemisphere topics help to achieve that understanding that is the foundation
of the Good Neighbor Policy. Books—Those written both by
and about our neighbors will fill in the background for periodical
literature. - ,. . .... • i
"Buy Products of the other American Republics—You will find
many things once imported from Europe or the Far East now available
in inter-American trade, in addition to hundreds of special products
found only in this hemisphere.
"Study Spanish or Portugese—Speaking and reading the language
of our neighbors opens a new world to you.
"Organize Language and study courses—Enlist your friends and
your community in the program of Hemisphere Solidarity.
"Information Use your local library or write: Department M, Coordinator
of Inter-American Affairs, at either 444 Madison Avenue,
New York, N. Y., or Depart, of Commerce Bldg., Washington, D. C."
We Still Want a Cartoonist
Since the resignation of ace cartoonist Johnny Shaw, originator
of the Laundry Machine design, and the Bookstore Robbery idea, as
well as the Cake Race Dream sketch, and many others praised the
campus over, we of The Plainsman have been looking about for a
cartoonist.
Surely with Auburn's renowned School of Architecture and Allied
Arts only about three blocks from this office, some student from that
school would have time to drop around and offer his or her services.
You wouldn't even have to bother to change your clothes, either.
We're used to loud clothes around here, with H. Martin on the staff.
This week we received a letter which gave promise of a solution
to our problem. Some enterprising student offered to draw cartoons
for us, and mailed a few sketches as samples of his work. They looked
encouraging. But the student just signed the letter "Jack". They are,
as you may imagine, several "Jacks" on the Auburn campus. As our
staff is limited, we are unable to call each of them up this semester
to find out which one draws cartoons.
Of course, Glomerata Editor Joe Meadows has not only offered
his services (and only rightly, too, since the staff of The Plainsman has
been writing the Glomerata for years), but also has actually submitted
a cartoon (?). Seriously, we appreciate that—but we'd hate to
have to count on Joe to do all our cartooning for the remainder of the
year. After all, he does have to read a few pages of proof on the
Glomerata yet, and the grapevine has it that he's awfully busy trying
to get somebody to take pictures for the book—and still busier trying
to get somebody to pose for them.
Compus Leader of the Week . . . Ann Pafford
Red-heads have a reputation, in general, of being just a little on
the hot-headed side, but there's one on the Auburn campus who
seems to hold her temper rather
well. At least, we've never heard
of Ann Pafford exhibiting any redheaded
fire.
She's had plenty of chances, too.
Anybody has that sits on Auburn's
Student Executive Cabinet. Ann
does.
She's officially the Women's
Student Government Association's
representative to the Student Executive
Cabinet of the Associated
Undergraduates of Alabama Polytechnic
Institute. Colloquially
speaking, she's the women's rep
to the cab.
She's president of Auburn's Chi
Omega chapter, and she's a home-economics
major from Montgomery.
Miss Pafford's one of the eight
members of Sphinx, Auburn's top
ranking local honor society for
women.
PI ains Talk
By HERBERT MARTIN
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column ore those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the editorial
policies of this paper.
We don't mind getting up in
the middle of the night to make
an eight o'clock class. We don't
object to leaving a date at twilight,
or awaking before the
derned ole rooster even things
about crowing.
* • *
We can put up with beating the
sun by a couple of hours. The fact
that it's so dark at seven o'clock
that you can't see a lighted candle
doesn't make a dern bit of difference.
* * *
We can stand all of these
things, but wo can't learn to like
breakfasting in the dark. It seems
so silly to turn on the lights for
breakfast that no one seems to
think about it, but you can make
some awful mistakes feeling
your way around the breakfast
tsflflo,
* -• *
For example, have you ever put
sugar and cream on your scrambled
eggs, spread oatmeal on your
toast, mixed jam with grits, stirred
your coffee with the bacon,
and put your spoon in a biscuit?
It's downright disconcerting, and
will in time make for national
cacaphony, which is a four-bit
word meaning discord. Discord is
a two-fer word that you can pick
up at your corner drug store.
* • *
Ifs a toss-up as to whether
today or tomorrow will bring
the wust luck. Ifs a cinch that
if you forget to send over those
flowers or that heart-shaped
box of candy or a reasonable
facsimile thereof, Friday the
Thirteenth will have nothing on
you for what St. Valentine's Day
will bring.
* • *
Not to bring up anything corny
about what hath no fury like a
woman scorned, but this earth
hath no fury like a woman forgotten
on this day of hearts.
* * *
Local undertakers always have
a hunk of buryin' to do for unfortunate
souls who don't remember
well, and after Valentine's
Day the local cemetery
looks like a Kansas dust storm.
Let us pause to mark this
spot . . .
Sons of our fathers, known of
old,
Fuel for the far-flung battle
line,
From ages past this truth we
hold
"Don't forget your Valentine!"
Lord God of Hosts, be with us
yet,
Lest we forget . . . lest we forget!
* » *
No apologies to Rudyard Kipling
for that. He probably won't
even see it.
* * *
A clipping in the McGill Daily.
lifted from Gateway . . . and having
to do with mistakes. In fact,
"Mistakes" is the title.
* * *
"When a plumber makes a
mistake, he charges twice for it.
"When a lawyer makes a mistake,
it is just what he.wanted,
because he has a chance to try
the case all over again.
"When a carpenter makes a
mistake, ifs just what he expected.
"When a doctor makes a mistake,
he buries it
"When a judge makes a mistake,
it becomes the law of the
land.
"When a preacher makes a
mistake, nobody knows the difference.
"But when an editor makes a
mistake . . . Ye Gods!"
* * *
Write in for booklet on "What
to Do in a Blackout." Price is $15,
postage paid. The booklet will be
mailed to you in a plain wrapper.
* * *
We understand that the post-office
officials are having a bit
of trouble with folks who think
.that the chain-letter regulations
do not apply to defense stamps.
Ifs really just a bit hard to take
sides.
* * »
Karrie, the Kampus Kutie, says,
"If you don't have a Valentine,
just send me the dern candy. Til
be your Valentine . . . and yours
and yours and yours."
Kandy to Karrie may be sent
care of this column to 272 Ope-lika
Road.
Here, There, and Elsewhere
By JOHN SCOTT, JR.
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.
Singapore
This week has marked the invasion
of Singapore. Little else
can be considered of lasting significance.
True, there was news
worthy of headlines from other
sections, principally the burning
of the $60,000,000 liner Norman-die,
lately converted into a troop
ship by the Government. But, the
thing that will stand the longest
in our memories, and will require
the most to remedy is the loss of
Singapore.
It may seem a little premature
to talk of the loss of Singapore
before we definitely know that the
great island city-base is gone. It
is a point of history, however,
that the island has been invaded,
and even now we are merely
waiting for the news that Singapore
is lost.
There is no need to recount
here the great advantages that
will fall to the Japs when they
have Singapore to use as the
base for their further expansion.
We all know just how completely
equipped the great base was—
with everything but the planes to
fight the Japs and the men with
vision to realize this short-coming.
Next Move?
The thing that interests us now
is to speculate upon what the next
move of the sons of the sun will
be. The pattern for conquest is
really fairly simple in that part
of the world, and we can predict
it with an accuracy that is not
probable with any other front.
Look at a map of the Indies and
the Malay region and you can see
what the next move will be.
Sumatra
Just across the narrow Strait
of Malacca from the Malay Peninsula
lies the island of Sumatra,
180,000 square miles of jungled
wealth. Sumatra lies like a huge
bowling pin with the small end
pointing northwestward and the
base extending to within a very
few miles of Java on the south
end. Sumatra, because of its location
just beside Singapore, will
in all likelihood be the next target
of the Japs.
Java Jive
From Sumatra the stepping
stone invasion of the Dutch Indies
will move to Java, the seat of
government of all that area, the
location of the headquarters of
the military command, and the
home of over 40,000,0,00 people
packed into an area less than that
of the state of Alabama. Java is
the real pearl of the Indies. Java
has oil, and lots of it. That, if
(nothing else, has sealed Java's
fate in the eyes of the Japs.
To Australia
From Java the spearhead of the
southward thrusting Jap attack
may swing for a drive into India,
but more probably will continue
southward to Australia. And it is
Australia that the Japs have always
had in mind as the place to
build another homeland for their
crowded millions. Australia has
been the sore point with the Japanese
since they first began to realize
that except for the matter of
British sovereignty they could expand
and soon dominate the fifth
continent of the world.
Australia has everything that
Japan has not. It has oil, though
not what the Indies can produce.
It has iron, to end Japan's dependence
on American supply. It
has coal with which to smelt that
iron. But above all Australia has
space, the vast spread of nearly
3,000,000 square miles. And in all
that expanse of land, which is
very little smaller than the United
States, there are less than 7,000-
000 people. The United States is
not one of the densely populated
nations of the world, but right
now we have 22 times as many
people per square mile as' does
Australia.
There are other reasons why
Japan wants the "down under"
land. Restriction of space has prevented
the Japanese agricultural
(Continued on Page 3)
February 13,1942 THE PLAINSMAN Page Three
Theta
Annual Theta
Upsilon Mop
Is Tonight
Norma Ray Autery To
Lead Rainbow Ball
With Mike Blevins
Iota Alpha of Theta Upsilon
Sorority will hold its annual formal
Rainbow Ball tonight from
nine until twelve at Graves Center.
Music will be furnished by
the Auburn Knights.
Norma Ray Autery of Dixon's
Mills will lead the dance with
Mike Blevins.
The decorations for the dance
will consist of a rainbow on a
dark blue backdrop, which is
sprinkled with silver stars. The
large Greek letters of Theta Upsilon
are in silver above the rainbow.
At the end of the rainbow
will be a pot of gold, over which
will hang the lighted pin of the
sorority.
A breakfast at the College Inn
will be given after the dance.
Date List
The date list includes: Beulah
Crawford, Lawrence Crawford;
Mildred Brown David, Lamar
Phillips; Louise Gilmore, Edward
Lindsey; Dorothy Johnson, Charles
Dubberly; Helen Krauss, William
Gregory; Avis Middleton,
Bob Erwin; Charlie Faye Nixon,
Banks Griffith, Jr.; Mary Elizabeth
Pritchett, Jack Green; Sue
Hall, Wendell Nix; Katharyn
Hamilton; Burt Simpson; Louise
Pollard, Tom Dyer; Jean Mc-
Curdy, Clyde Orr; Betty Nun-nally,
Boyd Pullen; Mabeth Piper,
Willard Dahlberg; Hazel Pow,
Bill O'Brien; Betty Simpson, Ernest
Howell; Dorris Williams,
Neal Sim.
Guests
Alumnae- and guests will include
Mrs. William D. Sinis, National
Editor; Mrs. Louise Lee,
Province President; Ruth Pren-
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WHEN PETE LIT HIS PIPE,
poor Patsy got dizzy. "Listen
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"You stop and get some mild
tobacco that smells good or
else!"
Chi's Present Formals
Miss Elisabeth Penny, above, of Gadsden will lead the annual
formal dance of Chi chapter of Theta Chi fraternity at Auburn,
which will be held in Graves Center, Saturday night, February 14.
She will be escorted by W. T. Curry, president of the chapter, also
of Gadsden.
tiss, Ruth Williams, Carlton Far-rish,
Margie Ellen Mallory, Virginia
Humphries, Claire Morrison,
Virginia Reynolds, Dot
Young, Soula Smith, Ruth Boldin,
Rosalyn Ritchie, Allie Christian,
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THIS WEEK
The Auburn Grille
ANNOUNCES THAT
CHARLIE FLOWERS
has been selected to receive
a Steak Dinner for his outstanding
service to Auburn
during the last three years.
SCOTT
(Continued from Page 2)
economy from expanding in the
wheat and cattle line, but Australia
is peculiarly suited to the
production of wheat and livestock.
Except for a few straggling
ranges of hills and under-developed
mountains, and the Great Dividing
Range, Australia is generally
flat. From Lake Eyre, 36 feet
below sea level, the land rises
gently until it forms a plateau
1,000 to 2,000 feet high, on the
western half of the continent.
Answer to Prayer
Nearly all the way around the
coast lie fertile well-watered
slopes that expand in the southeast
and east to run for miles and
miles inland. These sloping meadows
and pastures have looked
like the answer to the Japanese
national prayer for too long to
expect the Jap army to overlook
them now.
The Japanese are a nation of
hard-working little men who expect
little in return for their labors,
but as they have gazed
south for decade after decade,
they have seen less work yield
much more. All because of a more
richly endowed land. Australia
has been their dream, and they
mean to have it. The attack in
the Far East may swing toward
India and Burma, bur the chances
are much better that the ever-reaching
hand of the little yellow
expansionist will still grope its
way southward toward the dream
of millions of little yellow men
back home.
Each week the Auburn
Grille will select an outstanding
student to receive
this award.
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finest and most modern
restaurant.
The Grille invites the students
to come in often for
"the best food in town."
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Theta Chi
Formal to Be
Tomorrow
Bill Curry Will
Lead Formal With
Elizabeth Penny
Elizabeth Penney of Gadsden
will lead the annual Theta Chi
formal tomorrow night, escorted
by Bill Curry, president of the
Chi chapter here.
The decorative theme will be
that of Valentine, using the fraternity's
colors, red and white.
Following the dance a buffet
supper will be held for members
and their dates at the Theta Chi
house.
Tea Dance, Party
The fraternity is giving an informal
party Friday night and a
tea dance on Saturday afternoon
from four until six in the Girls'
Gym on Opelika Road. Music for
the tea dance will be provided by
the Auburn Plainsmen.
Nick Huntley, national representative
of Theta Chi from Los
Angeles, Calif., will be here for
the functions.
Date List
The dates of Theta Chi's will
include:
Elizabeth Penney, Gadsden; Sybil
Combs, Atlanta; Emma Nell
Parrish, Auburn; Betty Ann Dar-des,
Gadsden; Claire Willard,
Birmingham; M a r t h a Brown,
Uniontown; Betty Pruitt, Birmingham;
Martha Gerhard t, Mobile;
Erin Walker, Selma; Sarah
Osborne, Selma; Velma Thames,
Montgomery; Beverly Sanderson,
Dadeville; Virginia Foster, Auburn;
Eloise Farmer, Anniston;
Jeanne Wilson, Jacksonville, Fla.;
Eleanor Rassell, Montgomery;
Elizabeth Mitchell, Montgomery;
Katherine Kirz, Birmingham.
Emily Hunt, Marion; Sara
Walker, Eufaula; Ruth Lee Clem,
Birmingham; Betty Lou Boze-man,
Evergreen; Hazel Garrison,
Society
by E. Gaines
Alpha Lambda Tau
Six new members were formally initiated into the Beta chapter
of Alpha Lambda Tau last Tuesday night. They were: Seymore West,
Jacksonville, Fla.; Felix Williams, Montgomery; John Schell, Chatom;
Bill Mitchell, Columbus, Ga.; Hollis Price, Montgomery; Marcus
Helms, Talbolton, Ga., Bill Kelly, Sylacauga.
This was the third initiation that the ALT's have held this year.
Sigma Nu
Last Saturday Malcolm Sewell, the general national secretary,
John Ward, the second Vice Regent, and Roy Cox, chapter inspector,
visited the snakes here. They were royally entertained at the house.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
A surprise Valentine party was given the SAE's by their house
mother, Mrs. Hart, last Wednesday night. About fifty girls were
invited to the house and when the boys came out of chapter meeting
they found the beautiful damsels crowding the living room. Since
the fraternity was playing the Beta Kappas in basketball that night
the members and the girls went to see it. Sad tale: the SAE's, despite
the inspiring cheers of the fair maidens, lost.
Phi Omega Pi
The POP's honored the Chi Omega national inspector, Lynnette
Hearon, with a tea Thursday from four until five in the chapter room
in Dormitory Two.
In the receiving line was Martha D. Vest, President of the sorority,
Dr. Walston, and Miss Hearon. Miss Meade poured tea at one of the
tables.
Mitec
The Mitec dance has been changed from Feb. 28 to Feb. 27, the
president, Clarence Methvin, announces.
Alpha Tau Omega
The ATO's are planning their annual Founder's Day Banquet,
for Monday evening, March 16. Alpha Tau's of the local chapter,
and alumni, will be invited to the affaid. Brothers of the fraternity
from Auburn, the University, Mississippi State, and Birmingham
Southern will attend another Founder's Day Banquet in Birmingham
on March 14.
Gadsden; Lucy Ford, Birmingham;
Betty Hard, Birmingham;
Jean Chamberless, Birmingham;
Ester Morris, Decatur; Janie Lou
Thompson, Birmingham; Danna
Dotson, Fort P a y n e ; Peggy
Klingesmith, Judson; Janet Gra-boury,
Florence; Frances Bryant,
University of Alabama; Ann
Howe, Tuskegee; Faye Wideberg,
Chicago, 111.; Margie Jones, Cairo,
Ga.; Ann Butt, Montgomery;
Betty Hall, Birmingham; Helen
McBrayer, Gadsden; June Mc-
Whorter, Huntsville; Willa Mae
Rutherford, Birmingham; Lucre
tia Perry, Kansas; Elsie Leigh
Banks, Attalla; Virginia Adams,
Auburn; Betty Cosby, Birmingham;
Isabell Stowers, Montgomery;
Dorothy Moody, Gadsden;
Wannah Dean, Birmingham.
Owls to Give
Tea for Co-op
Group Sunday
New Members of
Mitec Honored
Owls, sophomore honor society
for women, will entertain at a
tea for new members of the Mitec
Club on Sunday afternoon from
four until five-thirty at the Social
Center. Approximately one
hundred and fifty boys and one
hundred and fifty girls have been
invited.
In the receiving line will be
Betty Barnes, president of Owls;
Clarence Methvin, the president
of the Mitecs; and Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Wade, a member of the
co-op faculty.
The tea is to be given so that
the co-op students who enter in
the middle of the year may meet
some girls on the campus.
Cardinal Key, sister organization
of Owls, will assist in the
preparations for the affair.
Drusilla Mullane will preside
at the tea table and Betty Mason
at the coffee table.
Members of the refreshment
committee are: Dorothy Foreman,
Dotty Norman, Mary Loranz, and
Marjorie Prince.
The decorations committee consists
of Alice Blair and Eloise
Lapp.'
Margaret Tucker, Betty Mason,
Drusilla Mullane, Maxine Hill,
and Marjorie McKinnon make up
the invitation committee.
Heads-of-halls of the various
dormitories will be present to
make introductions and help
serve.
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February 13, 1942
Tigers Resume
Meet Georgia Team In
Alumni Gym Tonight
State Here Tomorrow; Plainsmen Will
Play Six League Games in Nine Days
By JOHN PIERCE
The Tigers of Auburn step out onto a road as rocky as
the New England coastline as they resume Southeastern
Conference "basketball play tonight at 8 o'clock in Alumni
Gymnasium. Opposition is the Georgia Bulldogs in the first
of six conference games to be played within a space of nine
days.
After taking on visiting Mississippi State tomorrow night
the Plainsmen aarree to depart for Louisana State in Baton
Rouge Monday night and Tulane
at New Orleans Tuesday. Wednesday
they will return, and on Friday
and Saturday will be hosts
to Florida's Gators in a two game
series.
It's a big order for one team,
but the fine record Coach Jordan's
players have compiled thus
far in the season establishes them
as the logical favorites to go
through the strenuous circuit
holding the upper hand. Having
six wins against two defeats they
now rank as the number two team
in the league. A clean sweep in
the coming six-game series, which
is conceivable, what with four of
the six being played on the home
court, would give the Plainsman
undisputed claim for second in
the final SEC rankings and rate
them as a top contender in the
Louisville Tournament.
Undefeated In Alumni Gym
The Jordan quintet is undefeated
in Alumni Gymnasium,
having taken five games on the
home floor from Spring Hill,
Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech and
Howard.
Seeking to snap the record and
even the season's count will be
Bobby Moore and his Georgians
tonight. Previously the Bulldogs
have taken a 32-28 defeat at the
hands of Auburn. In that game,
played at Athens a week ago,
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Georgia held a 21-10 half-time
lead but allowed the Plainsmen
to rush from behind following the
intermission.
Aside from Moore, who ranks
among the conference's scoring
leaders, the Red and Black will
field capable. performers in Ken
Keuper, veteran forward, and
Sproull, Bulldog center.
Frank Williams, Auburn forward
who missed Tuesday's game
because of a family illness, had
not returned at last reports, but
there was a chance that he would
appear among tonight's starters.
Otherwise Ben Park will open
at the forward spot, Frank Man-ci
the starter at the other forward.
Shag Hawkins will be the
center and Fagan Canzoneri and
Marvin Motley the guards. Jack
Tanner will rank as a top guard
replacement against the Bulldogs.
HIGH SCORER
Play After Stomping Howard
Manci Counts Twenty
Points in Tuesday Win
FRANK MANCI
Auburn
Frank, now playing his senior
year of basketball, will seek to
increase his SEC scoring lead in
the six conference games ahead.
Hell be seen first against Georgia
tonight.
Auburn
Manci
Park
Hawkins
Canzoneri
Motley
POS. Georgia
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C Sproull
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Tank Team to Meet Georgia
Swimmers Tomorrow Afternoon
Next Scheduled
Meet Is With
Emory Outfit
Auburn's swimming team takes
on its third opponent within a
week tomorrow afternoon as the
Plainsmen meet Georgia University
at 4 o'clock in Athens. A
squad of nine is to leave tomorrow
morning, take part in the
meet and return shortly thereafter.
Next meeting after the Georgia
match is tentatively scheduled
with Emory in Alumni Gym
next week-end.
The swimmers, led by Capt.
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Davis Gammage and coached by
Boot Chambless, have engaged
in two matches thus far, losing
both. Tennessee was a winner
by 41-34, while Texas A&M administered
a 49-26 beating to the
Plainsmen on Monday of this
week.
Chief hope of the local tankers
in tomorrow's bout is again the
reliable Gammage, Southeastern
Conference back stroke champion
and a talented performer in
a variety of other events. He has
single-handedly accounted for 20
of the Auburn points thus far.
Another bright spot in the Orange
and Blue lineup is Nimrod Den-son,
free stylist, who has taken
two events in the past pair of
meets.
Those who will make the
Athens trip tomorrow include:
Davis Gammage, Nim Denson,
Hawkins Shows Return to #41 Form;
Canzoneri Is Defensive Standout
Auburn audiences watched the most interesting home
game of the 1942 basketball season Tuesday night as Frank
Manci, Shag Hawkins and Fagan Canzoneri led the Plainsman
squad to a well-earned 57-44 win over Howard College's
Bulldogs.
The match was not only the highest scoring exhibition but
provided the closest play yet seen in Alumni Gymnasium.
For before Auburn's last half splurge the visitors from Birmingham
had apparently surprised
everybody but themselves as they
matched the Tiger sharpshooters
point for point. Revealing of the
evenness is the fact that the lead
changed hands eleven times before
Auburn broke a 30-30 deadlock
to go ahead for good.
Williams Absent
Frank Williams, sophomore
forward was absent from the Auburn
lineup, having been called
home earlier because of sickness
in his family. Playing in his vacated
position were Ben Park and
Herbert Burton.
Frank Manci continued his
point-making spree with a volley
which netted him a 20-point total
and raised his season's high to
156 for 12 games, while tireless
Fagan Canzoneri again grabbed
off defensive honors with a job
of ball hawking that had the entire
Howard team tied up on more
than one occasion. Fagan also
stood out in the scoring division,
counting ten points.
Hawkins Stars
But as usual it was the play of
unbelievable Shag Hawkins, the
FROSH WIN ONE AND
LOSE ONE IN WEEK
Auburn captain, which held the
main interest of the Orange and
Blue galleries. Shag, it seems,
just doesn't run out of. tricks, and
against Howard he was using
every one, hanging onto both
back-boards, recovering the ball
in every scramble and dashing
through the dazed Bulldogs to
score frequently.
Peterson, Edgar and Denham
shared honors for Howard, shooting
brilliantly during both halves
to count 10, 11, and 11 points
respectively.
Auburn (57) (44) Howard
Manci (20) -F__(6) Flemming
Park (8) F_(10) Peterson
Hawkins (11)—.
Canzoneri (10)—
Motley (2)
Substitutions:
ton, f; Tanner
C (11) Edgar
G.._(ll) Denham
G (5) Epsman
Auburn—<Bur-
(6), f; Allen, c.
Howard—Drake, f; Reilly (1), g.
Free throws missed: Manci 7,
Tanner 1, Hawkins 2, Flemming
1, Peterson 1, Edgar 1, Epsman
3, Reilly 2.
Halftime score: Auburn 20,
Howard 18.
Four Lettermen Return From
'41 Squad As Training Begins
By JIMMY DAVIS
Although handicapped by bad
weather and candidates with late
classes, Coaches Hutsell and
Beard have started work on track
entries for this year.
Only four lettermen, Morton,
Reed, Ball and Robinson return
from last year's crop.
The work so far, mostly to get
the legs in shape, has been conducted
as one unit and no events
have been practiced or timed.
Any student interested in track
and with experience in pole vault-
Lester Shannon, Jim Burt, Bob
Sherling, Jim Gaston, Cecil
Vance, Byron Yarbrough and
manager Peyton Thrasher.
ing is asked to get in touch with
Coach Hutsell as no candidates
have reported as yet.
Due to the induction of Babe
McGehee, captain-elect and Dudley
Tyler, co-captain-elect, into
the army the lettermen will select
a captain and co-captain in the
near future.
Varsity contenders this year include
Ball, Chateau, Grimes, Morgan,
Morton, Reed, Seay and Robinson.
From these will come the
contenders for the various events
for this year. Managers who will
assist the squad this year include
Hudson, Fleming, Ash and Butell.
Coach Hutsell has promised
practice in the various events as
soon as weather permits.
Men Management
Keeping the Soldier Contented
A practical matter of decisive
importance is that the head of the
unit keep himself accessible at all
times for any of his men who may
wish to talk with him. If every
complaint is given a careful and
cheerful hearing and is carefully
investigated, unsound complaints
will practically cease and most of
those received will reveal faults
that do require a remedy. The
man who makes the complaint
thinks that he has suffered an
injustice.
If he has, the fault should be
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remedied; if not, his faulty
pression should be corrected. The
proper handling of complaints requires
a knowledge of men and
skill in leadership and should result
in making every man who
makes a complaint feel that he
has found in his commander a
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must always make himself available
to those who have complaints
which they feel justified in bringing
to his attention, he should
not carry this to the extent of
making himself a wailing wall for
normal grumbling and growling
that seems to be an important
part of the soldier's daily life.
This is not apt to result if each
man knows that every complaint
is carefully checked as to its
validity. Much of the soldier's
grumbling is principally a means
of letting off steam and can be
and often is done very cheerfully.
Mental Condition
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him feel that the work on which
he is engaged is important and is
worthy of his sacrifice of personal
affairs incident to it. He has become
accustomed in civil life to
the constant flow of information
through the press and radio and
will feel a naturally unfavorable
reaction if he does not understand
the general picture of the national
war effort and his relation to
it.
(Continued in next issue)
Meet Jefferson And
Columbus Teams
This Week-end
The freshman basketball team,
taking up the traveling policies
of the varsity, treked over and
handed Tallassee High School a
56-47 licking Monday night in
Tallassee. The second game of a
four game week schedule saw
the Baby Tigers return to the
Plains and take a doubled score
whipping from Elmer Riddle's
Nehi Reds Tuesday night, 42-21.
Still to be met on this week's
card are The Columbus Manufacturers,
tonight, and the Jefferson
Insurers who have already
met defeat at the hands of the
frosh twice this year, tomorrow
night.
Shy High
Dewitt Shy led the freshmen
to victory in the free scoring
Monday night encounter playing
brilliantly and sinking 27 points
to post the high individual record
for the nine games played
thus far, and with the 6 tallys
he accounted for in the Tuesday
fracas, he ran his team leading
total to an even 90 points.
The story was not so favorable
concerning the game with the
highly publicized Nehi Reds from
Columbus. Most people who had
not seen this aggregation play
had thought that they got their
publicity merely from the name
of their famed coach, but their
opinions were changed as they
watched the Reds put on the
steam and double the score
against the helpless freshmen.
In handing the p l e b e s the
worst defeat of the season, 42-21,
the Reds let loose their big guns
in Copeland, Jones, and Lasseter,
who scored 14, 10, and 7 points
respectively. Shy and Crenshaw
led the freshmen with 6 scores
apiece.
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