1942-05-22 The Plainsman

              COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE PLANS COMPLETE
Edmonds, Gilkey To
Address Graduating
Class in Stadium
First Quarter to Begin Here June 8
Phi Delta
Theta's Win
Ail-Year Cup
Sigma Nu's Second
As Intramural
Year Draws to End
Phi Delta Theta fraternity was
awarded the championship sports
cup this week for gaining the
largest numher of points during
the past year in intramural com­petition.
The. Phis were closely
followed by the Sigma Nus, who
were presented with the runner-up
cup.
Of all the sports contests, Phi
Delta Theta was first in volley­ball
and golf, and second in swim­ming.
Sigma Nu won first place
in Softball, and was runner-up
in basketball.
Third, fourth, and fifth places
in the intramural standings will
not be decided until the playoffs
in the tennis and horseshoe brac­kets
are completed. Alpha Tau
Omega, Pi Kappa Alpha, and
Sigma Phi Epsilon are compet­ing
for these positions.
Instructions for Degree Candidates
For Processional Released This Week
Commencement exercises for five hundred and thirty four
graduating Auburn students will be held Sunday May 31,
and Monday, June 1, in the Auburn Stadium.
Speaker for the Baccalaureate Sunday program, which
begins at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, will be Dr. Henry M.
Edmonds, Minister of the Independent Presbyterian Church,
of Birmingham.
Dr. Charles W. Gilkey, Dean of the University Chapel, of
the University of Chicago, will
deliver the Baccalaureate address
on Monday, June 1, also at 5 P.M.
Candidates for degrees, and
parents and friends, are invited
to attend the President's Recep­tion
from 8 to 10 o'clock Sun­day
evening, on the lawn in front
of the President's Home.
Degree candidates may obtain
admission cards at the office of
the President, beginning Wed­nesday.
These cards will be used
for entrance to the stadium for
the programs Sunday and Mon­day.
In case of rain, the exercises
will be held in Alumni Gymna­sium,
and special blue cards will
be issued for admission. The num­ber
of these cards will be limited
because of limited space in the
Gym.
Students who have not paid
their graduation fees of $10.00 are
required to do so by noon Fri­day,
May 29. All candidates for
degrees will be required to at­tend
the exercises on May 31
and June 1.
Formation
Candidates for degrees will
form in line for the processional
at the Artillery barn east of the
stadium, at 5 o'clock on Sunday
and Monday. They will take their
places in the line in the order in
which they are listed in the
printed program.
Graduate students will form at
the head of the line, and all other
degree candidates will arrange
themselves in the exact order in
which their names appear in the
program.
The faculty will precede the
graduating class in the Proces­sional.
Caps and Gowns
Caps and gowns will be worn
by all candidates for degrees. The
gowns should be fastened at the
neck before the processional be­gins.
The tassel of the caps should
hang to the left. Black shoes and
dark clothing should be worn by
both men and women.
Women students receiving the
Bachelor's degree will wear a
white collar attached to the gown.
The collar will be furnished by
Burton's Book Store. Master's de­gree
candidates do not wear the
collar.
All degree candidates other
than Master's will wear Bache­lor's
gowns.
Master's Degree Candidates
will wear the Bachelor's hood
during the processional a nd
throughout the exercises on both
Sunday and Monday.
Candidates who have not made
reservations for Caps and Gowns
are urged to do so immediately,
at Burton's Book Store.
The Processional
After degree, candidates have
formed in the lirte for the proces­sional,
the column will move for­ward
from the North end of the
wooden bleachers, turning left at
the edge of the field. Opposite the
50-yard line, the double column
will turn right and move across
the field to a point near the east
edge of the track. Here the col­umn
will divide, the right single
column proceeding to the right
entrance of Section F, and taking
seats beginning with Row 4, up
into the stands.
The left single column will en­ter
the Stadium at the left en­trance
of Section F, proceed to
the top row of the reserved space,
and fill in the rows downward,
20 to the row, to the end of the
column.
LAUNDRY BAGS
All students who have sent
their laundry in for the last time
this semester, are urged to re­turn
their laundry bags to the
Ideal Laundry office immediately.
Two New Men
Initiated By
Debate Frat
Tau Kappa Alpha
Officers For
New Year Named
Tau Kappa Alpha, national
forensic debate fraternity, re­cently
initiated into the Auburn
chapter two new men who were
tapped for membership at the
beginning of this semester.
These tapped were Cullen
Ward, a sophomore taking Pre-
Law from Auburn; and Nick
Nigosian, a sophomore enrolled
in mechanical engineering- from
Gadsden.
Election to Tau Kappa Alpha
is based upon ability in debate.
To be chosen, a student must have
participated in at least three in­tercollegiate
debates and must
have debated a minimum of six
times on the campus.
Officers recently selected to
serve during the coming year are
as follows: President, Bob Guil-lot;
vice-president, Hoyt Hall;
and secretary-treasurer, Nick
Nigosian.
Two Co-op Civil
Engineers Inducted
By Chi Epsilon
Two co-op students recently
tapped for membership in Chi
Epsilon, honorary civil engineer­ing
fraternity, were inducted in­to
the local chapter this week.
These were Walter J. Dunaway,
of Birmingham; and William Neil
Campbell, of -Dadeville.
Immediately following the init­iation
ceremonies, a banquet
was held at the Auburn Grille
in honor of the new members.
Officers of Chi Epsilon for the
coming year are president, Ma­rion
Wilkins; vice-president, Ed
Rogers; secretary-treasurer, Cul­len
Harris; associate editor of
"The Transit", Malcolm Cook.
W. D. DeBardeleben and Marion
Wilkins will represent the orga­nization
on the Engineers Coun­cil.
CORPS GIVEN EXCELLENT
RATING; AWARDS MADE
One Hundred And
Fifty-two Receive
Army Commissions
The ROTC unit at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute has again
this year received »the maximum
rating of "excellent" by the War
Department.
This was the announcement
made Wednesday morning by
Pres. L. N. Duncan to the entire
corps of 1800 cadets and a large
number of visitors assembled in
the stadium for exercises at which
152 commissions in the U. S.
Army were presented to ROTC
graduates. The graduation parade
and competitive drill were held
earlier in the morning.
President Duncan commended
Colonel John J. Waterman, com­mandant,
officers on the ROTC
staff, and the cadets on what was
termed "the best report ever re­ceived
by this institution from the
War Department."
The rating this year continues
the unbroken record by the ROTC
unit since its establishment here
in 1920—a record that is unique
among colleges and universities
throughout the country.
The rating was given on the
basis of the recent annual in­spection
of the unit by Maj.
Joseph H. Earle, Corps of Engi­neers,
and Maj. Stanley Addis, F.
A.
Following are excerpts from
the report by Major Earle and
Major Addis: "There appears to
be nothing that I could recom­mend
that would increase the ef­ficiency
of the military depart­ment
here . . . The performance
at all of my inspections left noth­ing
to be desired . . . Too much
could not be said about the ex­cellent
spirit within the Corps".
All of the ROTC graduates will
go immediately into the army as
second lieutenants after receiving
their academic degrees. The com­missions
included those in field
artillery, corps engineers, air
corps, and quartermaster corps.
In addressing the cadets at the
close of the exercises, Dr. Dun­can
said: "The charge has been
made that the young men of
America are soft. But I am cer­tain
that this is not the case, and
I am confident that -you young
officers and others like you will
see to it that the principles of
freedom and democracy do not
perish from the earth."
"The purpose of the military
training at Auburn is to enable
the Allied Nations to take the
offensive. When they do, we will
be on our way to victory," said
Colonel Waterman.
Waterman Praises
Cadets in Letter
To Entire Corps
(Editor's note: The following
letter was received by The Plains­man
yesterday, following Wed­nesday's
Graduation Parade and
Competitive Drill, and written by
Col. Waterman.)
"To the Members of the Corps
of Cadet:
"Wednesday morning, I failed
you in that I couldn't say what
was in my heart. Long years as
a soldier make any expression of
emotion difficult. A habit of "yes
sir" and "no sir" is hard to break.
You men are just like so many
sons to me and I have the pride
in your performance, the best
interest in the success of every
man of the Corps. No officer
could ever ask more loyal sup­port
than you have given me and
the members of the military staff.
I wish I had some way of better
expressing my thanks to you.
"The Cadet Officers, the finest
group of men to whom I have
had the honor to present commis­sions.
By your co-operation with
the desires of an old, bald head­ed
Colonel, you have molded and
guided the Corps during the year
and by your efforts, have made
it the outstanding ROTC unit
in the Corps Area. I really meant
what I said when I told Dr. Dun­can
that 1942 is the best class to
complete ROTC since I came
to Auburn. I can recommend
every man without reservation
as an excellent to superior officer
of the Army. It is a pleasure to
salute such men and it makes a
lump come in my throat to watch
you parade for the last time here.
"Col. John J. Waterman
"F. A., Commandant,
ROTC"
SIGNAL CORPS
APPLICANTS TO
BE INTERVIEWED
The following telegram was
received today by Colonel Water­man:
"Lieutenant Little, officer of
Chief Signal Office, will be at
Headquarters Fourth Corps Area
from nine A. M. to five P. M.
May 23 to interview applicants
for appointment in Signal Corps.
"Notify all within your juris­diction
considered qualified, es­pecially
electrical engineers. Ap­plicants
to be interviewed in
Room 511 Walton Building, At­lanta,
Georgia."
Prizes and Awards
Made to Cadets
And Units of Corps
Prizes and awards to individ­uals,
batteries, and companies
followed Wednesday's competi­tive
drill exercises, in the Au­burn
Stadium.
Prizes for the best drilled bat­tery
were presented to Battery E,
1st Field Artillery, commanded by
Cadet Captain Felix Turnipseed
(C. O.) Montgomery; Battery F,
2nd Field Artillery, commanded
by Cadet Captain Max Morris
(C. O.), Blountsville; and Com­pany
F, Engineer Regiment, com­manded
by Cadet Captain G. L.
Smith (C. O.), Auburn. Members
of the winning batteries were
awarded recognition ribbons and
the Captains were presented with
silver sabers.
Regimental medals awarded to
the best-drilled basic soldiers
were presented by Colonel Water­man
as follows:
First medal for the Engineer
Regiment, J. B. Thomas, Sipsey;
second medal, E. J. Vakakas, Ens-ley,
First medal for the 1st Field
Artillery Regiment, R. D. Cousins,
Spring Hill; second medal, Grover
Campbell, Chattanooga, Tenn.
First medal in the 2nd Field Ar­tillery
Regiment, R. F. Ruther­ford,
Montgomery; second medal,
H. E. Smolley, Biloxi, Miss.
The annual Scabbard and Blade
award of a silver saber was pre­sented
to Cadet Col. George A.
Austin, Atlanta, Ga.
Saber Awards to Regimental
Colonels were given to Cadet Col.
C. R. Bradford, Hollywood, of
the 1st Field Artillery; Cadet Col.
R. O. Haas, Mobile, of the 2nd
Field Artillery; and Cadet Col.
E. C. Allen, Memphis, Tenn., of
the Engineer Regiment.
Honor graduates who received
certificates of award were as fol­lows:
Engineer Unit—E. C. Allen,
Memphis, Tenn.; G. A. Austin,
Atlanta, Ga.; E. C. Gentle, Birm­ingham;
A. F. Henning, Birming­ham;
D. J. MacKnight, Colum­biana;
A. D. Mullin, Phenix City;
R. S. Carstens, Mobile; and R.
N. Campbell, Mobile. Field Artil­lery
Unit—R. B. Allen, Columbus,
Ga.; R. C. Anderson, Montevallo;
C. R. Bradford, Hollywood; J. B.
Cagle, Crossville; R. C. Calloway,
Huntsvi|le; F. Curtis, Atmore;
Charles A. Dubberley, Tallassee;
J. W. Fitzpatrick, Birmingham;
H. J. Fleming, Birmingham; J.
T. Hudson, Auburn; J. T. Lutz,
Mobile; M. A. Morris, Blounts­ville;
A. B. Morrison, Montgom­ery;
S. D. Nettles, T u n n el
Springs; C. E. Scarsbrook, Ost-ville;
C. W. Scott, Birmingham;
and J. R. Snow, Jasper.
Freshman Orientation
Begins at 9 O'clock
Classes to Begin for Freshmen And
Upperclassmen on Thursday, June 11
By GEORGE HEARD
Auburn's first war time summer school will officially
begin on Monday morning, June 8, when the graduating class
of 1944 will line up for their registration and their enrollment.
Although the first term of the new quarter system will be
conducted along the same lines as the summer school in pre­vious
years, students will be able to continue on through
the summer uninterrupted with their school work.
The freshmen will begin their orientation period at 9:00
o'clock Monday morning and will "~
Profit Made On
Dances, Says
Committee
officially end at 5:00 Wednesday
afternoon. During this time they
will be conducted over the cam­pus
on different tours and visits
to points of interest on the cam­pus.
These tours will include
visits to various buildings on the
campus and to the farms and
laboratories at API. They will
have a reception at the Presi­dent's
home at which time they
will hear from many of the facul­ty
members and also hear the stu­dent
leaders for the coming year.
Various special tests will be
given the freshmen at some time
during their orientation period.
All freshmen will be required to
take these tests. They will in­clude
English placement, psycho­logical
and achievement tests.
Students who are absent from
any one of these tests will be as­sessed
$1.00. The freshmen will
be sectioned in English and math­ematics
on the basis of the show­ing
they make on these tests.
Upperclassmen
Except for several upperclass­men
on the campus to help with
the orienting of the freshmen, no
upperclassmen will return until
Thursday morning, when class
work begins. Upperclassmen are
asked to stay away until time
for them to return.
Upperclassmen who are in
school now should be registered
now, or at latest before they leave
for home. New upperclassmen
will be registered on June 9 and
10, Tuesday and Wednesday. A
late fee will be charged those
students ho are enrolled in
school now and have not regis­tered
before June 9. No student
will be permitted to enroll ex­cept
by permission of his dean
after the second week of school.
His load will be ascertained by
his dean.
All students will be required
to attend classes on Thursday
morning and absences will be re­corded.
Colonel John J. Water­man,
Commandant of the ROTC
unit here, said last Wednesday
that the regular Physical Edu­cation
classes would be started
on this day and the rolls would
be taken.
At a recent meeting of the
Students Social Committee, Jim
Morgan, retiring chairman, re­ported
that this year's Opening
and Homecoming Dances netted
a profit of approximately $1150
and that this sum will be used
to offset the $2500 deficit incurred
during preceding years.
A motion was made and unan­imously
passed at the meeting
which provided as follows: That
the Chairman of the Student So­cial
Committee be paid at the
rate of $30 per month for a per­iod
of nine months or a total of
$270 for the school year, and that
he receive a bonus of 20 per cent
of the profits after $600 of the
current profits has been applied
to the mentioned debt, provided,
however, that the bonus not ex­ceed
a total of $100.
A motion was also made and
unanimously carried that the
Chairman of the Student Social
Committee be paid a full nine
months salary and a bonus of
$100; also, that the Chairman be
commended for his services in
successfully handling the two
dances this school year.
PRE-LAW SOCIETY
Bill Morton, a sophmore en­rolled
in Pre-Law, and Gus
Barnes, _ a Pre-Law freshman,
have been elected to membership
in the Pre-Law Society. These
students were chosen because of
their outstanding scholastic rec­ords.
Leadership and character
were also considered in the se­lections.
New officers of the organiza­tion
for the next year are presi­dent,
Yetta Samford; vice-presi­dent,
Cullen Ward; secretary,
Billy Hill; treasurer, John Glenn;
and publicity chairman, Buck
Taylor.
Thz PlairidrriarL "TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT"
VOLUME LXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1942 NUMBER 65
You Knew We'd Get the Masthead Down Here Finally
By THE EDITOR
No, we haven't gone complete­ly
crazy. We did this just to please
those of you who've had fun kid­ding
staff members of The Plains­man
about the way we've kicked
our masthead around in the past
few months. And, to give those
who don't like it something more
to complain about.
We think we know why you
don't like it. You don't like it for
the same reason that people
didn't like automobiles when they
first came into existence—they
weren't used to them.
You're accustomed to seeing
the masthead of a newspaper in
one place—and one place only.
At the furthermost point in the
mass of print at the top of the
front page of the paper.
It's just a characteristic human
trait, that anything new must be
looked upon with dislike—or at
least suspicion.
We admit that we put the mast­head
of this, our last issue, down
here in the bottom of the page
just "for the heck of it", but we
could give you a good reason, if
called upon to do so. We could
say, with perfect honesty, that
we did it because we thoroughly
believe that the masthead of a
newspaper is the least important
thing on its front page. We do
believe that.
It's usually put at the top of
the page because Addison and
Steele, or some of the old timers
long ago, put it there first, and
people got used to it. »
Now, the more progressive,
and less conservative, modern
newspapers are removing it from
its hallowed position and placing
it in a position of lesser import­ance.
We had our reasons for mov­ing
it down from the top of the
front page of The Plainsman,
everytime we did it.
First of all, moving it down
gives the make-up man one more
place for a headline news story.
Secondly, by moving it still
further down, he's given a chance
for still another big news story—
entirely above the masthead.
In other words, with the mast­head
of the paper at the top of
the page, there can be only one
large headline—and it secondary
to the masthead. With the mast­head
moved to the right of the
page, and three or four inches
down from the top, the make-up
man can get in a seven-column
headline at the top, with the
story to the right or left, a five-column
headline and complete
story above the masthead, and a
five-column headline and less im­portant
stories, directly below the
masthead.
But don't get the idea that the
idea was all ours. It wasn't. The
better college newspapers all
over the country have been do­ing
it, this year, and some even
before.
Nothing in newspaper make-up
is done without a reason. When
newspaper editors did away with
the more old-fashioned form of
headline writing—that of the
straight line and inverted pyra­mid,
and put them "flush-left,"
or in a straight line on the left
side of the column, they did it
to accelerate headline writing—
not just because it made their
papers look better.
When Plainsman Editor John
Godbold took the column rules
out of this paper, he did it to im­prove
the appearance of the pa­per—
and because the best col­legiate
newspapers in the nation
were doing it. When his succes­sor,
Dan Hollis, put 'em back in,
he did it to save space and in­creasing
paper costs.
We have an idea that most of
the papers in the nation will be
doing, in the xnext ten years, ex­actly
what we've done with our
masthead this year—so you see,
we've just been trying to educate
newspaper readers for the future.
Page Two THE P L A I N S M AN May 22, 1942
Wiping the Grin Off the Dictator's Face
The next term of school opens June 8.
For the "duration," every effort in Auburn
will be toward preparation for victory in
this war.
Those efforts, some of them at least, are
going to be hard.
Already students are complaining be­cause
they have to take "exercises" every
day, and in the afternoons at that.
Maybe it would be better to have those
physical conditioning periods in the early
mornings. We're willing to leave that deci­sion
to more qualified minds, however.
There's one thing we aren't willing to
leave to other minds, though. And that is,
this business of complaining about things
considered by the nation's authorities,
such as physical conditioning, to be for
the advancement of our cause, and our
victory.
If the little ex-paper-hanger could hear
those complaints, he'd grin with glee. Be­cause
they're just what he wants to hear.
He likes to hear his enemies kick about
things war forces them to do that they
don't want to.
He likes to hear people complain, be­cause
those complaints mean t h a t the
morale of the complainers isn't holding up.
Perhaps the complaints of certain students
in Auburn about such minor things as
daily exercise periods don't seem to
amount to much—but those little dissatis­factions
are the very things that ate their
way into the heart of France—and look at
France now.
So Adolph would grin if he heard them,
and grin even more if he heard American
men complaining of being drafted, and
having to go into the army at $21 a month.
We haven't heard any of that kind of
complaining around heres. We don't think
there is any of it. Auburn's not the kind of
place where odd students preach propa­ganda
from soap boxes on the campus.
Auburn's a leader in national defense.
Let's keep it so, and take it, when the high­er-
ups dish it out. When the going gets
tough, let's remember France, and do the
grinning ourselves, while Herr Hitler
scowls!
Our Friends—the Citizens and Merchants
It's poppa who pays, in the Jiggs family,
but it's your advertisers who pay in the
newspaper business. Auburn's advertisers,
aided by those in Opelika, pay for about
a third of the. costs of publishing your
Plainsman twice a week.
They do more than that. Many of those
gentlemen—and ladies—who advertise in
The Plainsman, are the "Pillars of the
city." They make the village what it is.
They give students credit, and furnish
them with their worldly needs. They pro­vide
for police and fire protection for the
students as well as the townspeople. They
provide for sanitation. They build and
landscape, and keep up the beautiful
homes in the residential sections of the
city, making Auburn the swell little town
that it is.
And they talk Auburn. Wherever you
go, you'll never be able to find a greater
love for a school and what it stands for
than you find among the merchants and
townspeople of Auburn. They're real Au­burn
men and women, even if some of
them never attended class on the campus.
They helped to make possible the fame
of great Tiger football teams. They helped
to build up, and keep up, the Auburn
Spirit.
They advertise in your newspaper, not
only because they realize that advertis­ing
is necessary for good business, but- also
because they believe in you—as students,
and have a desire to show their belief and
appreciation to you through your news­paper.
Many of them depend almost entirely
upon student trade and support for their
living. They're our friends, and y o ur
friends. And they always will be.
So while we're tying up the loose ends
of another school year, and taking our
leave, let's don't forget those people, and
what they've done for Auburn and for us.
And when we come back, those of us
who do come back, let's show them our ap­preciation
too, by trading with them.
Full Activity Program Ready for Summer
Students who will attend the first quart­er
of Auburn's accelerated war-time pro­gram
which starts on June 8, needn't
worry about what they are going to do
with their extra time this summer. Reli­able
sources inform us that there will be
plenty to do. And it won't be all work.
Social activities, athletic competition,
and other extra-curricular activities, will
start functioning the first week of school
and continue without a break throughout
the duration.
The Physical Education Department has
planned intramural tournaments for the
fraternities, and although it is unofficial,
these sports will probably be golf, tennis,
softball, swimming, and several others.
But non-fraternity men won't be left out.
Through the physical conditioning pro­gram,
m|any independents will have a
chance to engage in athletics with their
respective batteries, as was done in the
ROTC units this year. This will reach
many of the students who, otherwise, are
not as apt to engage in any athletic com­petition
whatsoever. This is one of the
numerous advantages that the physical
conditioning program will give to stu­dents.
In addition to the sports program, the
Physical Education Department is plan­ning
a sing one evening a week which
will be held in the Graves Center amphi­theater.
The Social Committee has released in­formation
to the fraternities that their
dances will start this June, although the
dates for the respective fraternity dances
have not been selected.
And as for other extra-curricular activ­ities,
there'll be plenty of them. All cam­pus
organizations, publications, and fra­ternities
are planning active programs.
These activities, coupled with studies that
might be a bit harder than usual, will
give students a well-rounded summer
schedule. It looks like a full time activity
program for Auburn students this sum­mer.
M. K.
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To the Students i
Yep, this is it. We could say if were we inclined, "It is with mingled
feelings of pleasure and regret that we bid adieu to you, gentle
readers . . . pleasure in being able to turn your newspaper over to a
more competent editor and journalist . . . regret in that we have
to leave you . . . "
But you see, we don't quite feel that way about it. In fact, our
feelings aren't mingled at all. We're darned glad to get out of here,
to be honest with you.
We're darned glad not only because we're leaving you with a
better editor, but also because now we may have a chance to
cross some more sheafs in the direction of the Japs this time, instead
of that lone pine tree on the Ft. Benning firing ranges.
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But on the Other Hand
Of course, we'll miss Auburn. Everybody does. You come down
here when you're a freshman, and you can't wait until the first week­end
that you can get a chance to go home . . . you leave Friday after­noon
if you're lucky, get home that night, and by Saturday you wish
to heck you were back in Auburn.
There's something about the place.
But we'll be back, the Lord and Uncle Sam willing. And when we
do come back we're coming around to The Plainsman office to sit
on the old desk, with our feet on the exchange table, and tell the
editor of '43 how the Auburn men won the war.
/* Ain't So Bad, Though
Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by
mail: $2.50 per year, $1.50 per semester.
This place really isn't so bad, you know. Of course, after a year-and-
a-half in this office, you get kinda soured on the world. And
we've cussed it enough, and just about everybody in it. But we
usually took back what we said, even if we didn't always do it in
print.
College seems to be a place to make enemies, as well as friends.
We can't think of anybody who always makes more of the former
than the editor—unless it's the Executive Secretary.
But Auburn's a great place. That is, of course, a gross understate­ment.
We've got the best President, the best Student Body, the best
ROTC Corps, and the worst weather of any place in the world.
And we can look over even the weather, for the rest of it.
Out of the Red
We've seen a little of Auburn's miraculous over-night growth—
this graduating class. We came here when Auburn didn't have but
about three hundred co-eds . . . when "the quadrangle" was something
from a math book . . . when the Auburn Stadium was a dump heap . . .
when Duncan and Co. were just beginning to pull the school to the top,
financially speaking . . . when co-op engineers were almost as scarce
as Journalism students.
There was something about that Auburn we liked.
There's something about the newer, greater Auburn that we like.
And Still We're Happy
We're happy, though. We aren't going to shed any tears when they
hand us our tickets to life. We're going to say, "Thanks, Dr. Duncan,
for the diploma", and say it in such a way that he'll wish to heck
he were going to Tokyo with us.
Why should we be sad about leaving college? We've never been
able to understand those people who cry at commencements. There
are people you hate to say goodbye to, of course—but not college!
After all, you spend four years here, and the money that goes with
it, to get a degree so you can earn a living. Why mope about it when
you do get it?
Once an Auburn Man
Always an Auburn man . . . even if you've only been here two
weeks. And proud of it. You know, when you leave, that you've had
the best college life in the world. You know that you've learned some­thing,
even if it's just that laundries rip buttons off and shrink
clothes. You know that Auburn's given you something that'll earn
you a thousand square meals a year, the rest of your life.
We Once Made a Promise
Once we made a promise, to ourselves. Really three times, not
just once. We swore, after seeing three other Plainsman editors pour
out their hearts in last-issue editorials and columns, that we'd never
write a swan song. We promised ourselves that we'd just let the last
editorial page go through with a column about the need for another^
Coca-Cola machine in the basement of the Y-Hut, or something like
that.
But we must have broken that promise. This reads like a swan
song, after all. Guess we just couldn't help it.
And while we're swanning, we might as well do something we've
wanted to do all year, and put off. We want to thank those who've
made your Plainsman possible.
First of all, thanks to our staff. We've had the best. They've edited
the paper. We didn't do it.
Too, we want to thank Eugene Speight and Naomi Kirbo of the
Lee County Bulletin, for their patient aid in publishing your paper.
And we want to thank the fellows in the back room at the Bulletin
office. They're the guys who make your paper look good, whether it
reads good or not. That's been about the only perfect part of the
paper—what they've done.
And we want to thank Kirtley Brown and Edith Ingram, without
the both of whom no Plainsman could ever be published.
But most of all, thanks to the students of API. You've really made
The Plainsman your paper.
Plains Talk
By HERBERT MARTIN
I'M It or'a note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed a* the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
Columnist's Note: The opinions ex­pressed
elsewhere on this pace are those
of the writer, and are not to be taken
as the editorial poller of this column.
And brother, it won't be long
now. What we mean is, time is
getting short. Folks are just be­fore
leaving, and there ain't no
weekend return ticket included.
But it's not time for that sort
of stuff yet. There are still other
things to talk about.
* * *
For example, did you read the
letter Ickes wrote columnist Paul
Mallon?
He closed with, "If things were
like you columnists say they are,
this world would be in a hell of
a mess.
"Hoping you are the same (!),
I am, very truly yours, Harold L.
Ickes."
* * *
Speaking of Second Lieuten­ants,
and we were, weren't you,
pore old Germany and Japan had
better hunt a hole. After listen­ing
to that letter the federal in­spectors
wrote, we fully believe
that the Auburn cadet corps could
lick them buzzards with sling­shots.
* * *
Make that BB guns.
* * *
We're holding off this sob stuff
as long as possible.
* » *
And about this graduation. We ,
just do it from college once, and
we're going to feel kinda silly
doing it in skirts, especially look­ing
forward to what's coming.
That ain't saying women can't
fight. Some of them, we hear, are
pretty good at it, but this is an
entirely different kind of fight­ing.
We'd sorta like to wear
britches at this finale, but it's
a little late to think of that.
* * *
We've always figured that when
the time came to finish off this
job, we'd stay a fur piece from
these swan serenades. We figured
we'd just quit, and that would be
that.
But you can't just slope off and
leave something or somewhere
that has been the biggest thing
in your life for several years
without saying goodbye. It just
ain't cricket. What's more, it ain't
right.
* * *
And you can't just say, "Good­bye,
Auburn, it's been swell."
* * *
You get to thinking about
things you're going to miss, like
reviews, and pep rallies and pre-game
parades, and afternoon
beats, and coffee and bull ses­sions,
and discussion classes, and
rain on the campus, and listen­ing
to orchestra practices, and
dances at the Center and slosh­ing
home in the rain.
* * *
And football games, and bas­ketball
games, and baseball
games, and home track meets if
we get any, and running up a blue
fog to get to the dormitories by
eleven, and the slower trip home
with the other expelled suitors,
and getting to class just as your
name is called, or shortly after,
and doing a year's work in a
week, and fellers and gals and
professors, and a lot too many
things to name.
* * *
But, most of all, you readers.
Thanks a lot for sticking around,
and we'll miss pounding out this
stuff when the deadlines start
rolling around.
* * *
And wherever we wind up,
we just hope there'll be plenty
of Auburn men around. If you
have to holler, there'll be some­body
to listen and either help or
holler with you.
* * • *
Karrie, the Kampus Kutie, says
her farewells too. "It's been a
lot of fun, and I'm going to miss
ever'body, but I think I'd better
string along just in case Plains
Talk crops up somewhere else.
And, believe me, if it does, every
mother's son that sees it will
know where it got its name, be­cause
I'll be right on hand to
tell the story. Goodbye, we'll
be seeing you, and thanks."
Here, There, and Elsewhere
By BOB BUNNEN
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.
Russo-German
Reports from Russia reveal
that hundreds of German bodies
cover the battle fields in the
Kharkov area as the fighting
there grows more tense with each
passing day.
The Russians are putting into
use 52-ton tanks in this battle for
the important city of Kharkov.
The counter-offensive by the Rus­sians
is driving the Germans
back on some fronts, particularly
on the 125 mile flank of Kharkov,
and is holding them in check in
other strategic fronts.
One Russian communique said,
"Our troops waged offensive bat­tles,
beat off enemy counter­attacks
and advanced."
That bulletin from the head­quarters
of the Red army is typi­cal
of the reports coming from
Russia. The important event of
the present time is the stubborn
resistance being offered by the
Russians. They have held up
with remarkable courage after
receiving some of the most pun­ishing
blows ever to be dealt out
by the powerful German war
machine.
The Russians have seized the
offensive from the Germans on
many fronts, and they are stub­bornly
resisting any effort by the
Germans to make progress on
other fronts. The Russian cour­age
and ability to fight, combined
with the supplies reaching them
from this country will spell a
final victory for the United Na­tions.
However, should the Rus­sians
fail in their attempts to
stop the Germans in this new of­fensive,
a prolonged war would
result and we would have the
difficult task of opening up a
new front without any support
from the Russians.
It is imperative that we do not
fail to get supplies to the Rus­sians.
Without the continuous
line of supplies form the New
World, the Russian campaign
would be an unsuccessful one for
the United Nations. For that rea­son
we must not let Russia be
unprepared. If the Russians are
willing to fight and die, we sure­ly
should take the responsibility
of getting supplies to her.
Raid on Japan
The War Department has of­ficially
announced that the raid
on Japan was led by Brig. Gen.
James Doolittle, famed racing
pilot. General Doolittle informed
newsmen that contrary to claims
boasted by the Japanese no Amer­ican
bombers were shot down on
their flight over Japan. The Jap­anese
had previously boasted of
bringing down nine American
bombers.
For leading this sensational
raid over Japan General Doo­little
was decorated with the con­gressional
medal of honor. The
presentation was made by Pres­ident
Roosevelt.
General Doolittle said that it
was evident that the Japanese
were not expecting a raid because
they were not prepared to meet
an invading air force. General
Doolittle pointed out that they
had no trouble in locating their
objectives. They flew at low al­titudes
to observe the effect such
raids were having on the Japa­nese
people, and to observe the
excitement of the anti-aircraft
batteries.
There was still no news that
told where the attacking planes
were based, or where they re­turned
after the raid. General
Doolittle refused to discuss the
situation in which an American
plane is said to have landed in
Russia after the raid and has been
interned there.
General Doolittle expressed
high praise for the men who made
the raid over Japan. None of them
knew what he was about to un­dertake
but, General Doolittle
pointed out, all did the job well.
Each of the men who made the
daring raid has been presented
with the Distinguished Service
Cross.
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May 22, 1942 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Three
One Hundred Fifty Two Receive Commissions Here
Over One Hundred To
Enter Army in June
New Officers Are in Air Corps, Engineer
Corps, Artillery, Quartermaster Corps
The greatest possible contribution by a Land-Grant Col­lege
to the Allied Nations' world-wide fight for Democracy
was made here Wednesday morning when 152 graduates in
the Reserve Officers Training Corps were commissioned as
officers in the United States Army.
The commissions were presented at exercises in the Au­burn
"Stadium following the annual competitive drill and
graduation parade.' Dr. L. N. Ducan, president, of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, de
livered a brief address to the new
officers in which he reviewed
the many phases of Auburn's
contribution to the Nation's war
effort.
Col. John J. Waterman, com­mandant,
said that the commis­sions
as second lieutenant in­cluded
95 in the field artillery,
36 in the corps of engineers, 13
in the air corps, and eight in the
quartermaster corps. More than
2,000 Auburn men are now in
the various branches of the armed
forces with commissions ranging
up to that of Major General. -
One hundred and seventeen of
the new officers will receive their
academic degrees at the 71st
Commencement Exercises on
Monday, June 1. The remaining
35 will receive their college di­plomas
in August at the close of
the Summer Quarter under the
new Accelerated War Program
which begins with the 72 regular
session on June 8.
Each of the 117 June graduates
will go immediately into the
army, many of them having al­ready
received their assigments
from the War Department and
purchased their army uniforms.
The others will go into the army
early in September.
Following is the list of ROTC
graduates:
Air Corps — Robert Lafayette
Adair, Jr., Huntsville; Charles
Ealy Adams, Mobile; Richard
Charles Callaway, Jr., Huntsville;
Charles Larramore Davis, Lake­land,
Fla.; Jackson Garvin Fields,
Birmingham; Harry Byron Huff,
Birmingham; David Armstrong
Lemmon, Birmingham; Warren
Scott Patrick, Putney, Ga.; Sam­uel
Jones Price, Jr., Birmingham;
Charles William Scott, Birming­ham;
Joseph Miles Sprague, Jr.,
Ensley; John Peyton Thrasher,
Huntsville; and Felix Martin
Turnipseed, Jr., Montgomery.
Engineer Corps — Frederick
Palmer Adams, Sheffield; Edwin
Clinton Allen, Memphis, Tenn.;
George Arthur Austin, Jr., At­lanta,
Ga.; Theodore Russell Ben-ning,
Jr., Atlanta, Ga.; William
Carey Bentley, Jr., Birmingham;
Oliver Paxton Board, Birming­ham;
Ernest Clay Burgin, Jr.,
Birmingham; Robert Newton
Campbell, Jr., Mobile; Robert
Southard Carstens, Mobile; John
Paul Brooks, Montgomery; Rob­ert
Bradford Clopton, Columbus,
Miss.; Russell Alexander Duke,
Gadsden; Reese Coulter Gwillim,
Fairfield; Beverly Z. Henry, Jr.,
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Birmingham; Clyde Burton Hew­itt,
Jr., Columbus, Ga.; Willie
Ward Hollingsworth, Jr., Fair­field;
Joseph William Meadows,
Opp; Abie George Milton, Birm­ingham;
Robert Monroe Morton,
Birmingham.
James Newton Mueller, Birm­ingham;
Al Dene Mullin, Jr.,
Phenix City; George Heacock Mc-
Bride, Birmingham; Cummings
Herrington McCall, Jr., Gulfport,
Miss.; Warren Edwin Morris, Syl-acauga;
John Allen Pope, Jr.,
Columbus, Ga.; Virgil Preston
Rice, Birmingham; Walker Lew­is
Richmond, Mobile; Hugh Lun-dy
Sinclair, Jr., Selma; Cyril
Ubert Smith, Birmingham; Gra­dy
Lawrence Smith, Auburn;
Thomas Marion Smith, Bessemer;
Lane Fitzgerald Thigpen, Gads­den;
Lorenzo Vastine Tindal,
Greenville; George Ward Willard,
Fairfield; Roy Elmo Wilson, Jr.,
Birmingham; Robert Dale Wise,
Birmingham.
Field Artillery — Philip Exton
Adams, Alexander City; Robert
Bruce Allan, Columbus, Ga.;
Charles Irving Alton, Bayou La
Batre; Robert Cletus Anderson,
Montevallo; Clyde Edward Au-tery,
Jr., Dixon Mills; Michael
William Baldwin, Robertsdale;
Leroy Brookshire Berry, Blounts-ville;
Charles Raymond Brad­ford,
Jr., Hollywood; Thomas
Shannon' Burns, Birmingham;
Jack Scott Butler, Fayette; Wil­liam
Edward Cannady, Dothan;
Henry Gray Carter, Jr., Colum­bus,
Ga.; William Hooper Collier,
Jr., Birmingham; John Newton
Cooper, Jr., Natchez, Miss.; Joe
Wilson Cordell, Hartwell, Ga.;
Benjamin Hogan Craig, Jr., Flo­rence;
Fred Curtis, Jr., Atmore;
B. B. Darnell, Notasulga; Jack
Horace Dick, Ashland; Henry
McLain Dickinson, Jr., Auburn;
William Alonzo Dodd, Jr., Nu-voo;
John Lee Downing, Atmore;
Charles Allen Dubberley, Tallas-see;
Jack Gordon Ferrell, Birm­ingham;
James Ward Fitzpatrick,
Birmingham; Herbert Johnson
Fleming, Geneva; Charles Allen
Flowers, Jr., Birmingham.
George Edward F o w l e r,
Blountsville; Davis Milton Gam-mage,
Birmingham; Joseph Clark
Gandy, Fairfield; James Hershel
Gilley, Cullman; William John­son
Gresham, Washington, Ga.;
Robert Oliver Haas, Mobile; Har­vey
Freeman Hamilton, Russell-ville;
Lewis Martin Harris, Alex­ander
City; Thomas Wilson Here­ford,
Gurley; Joseph Ross Horns-by,
Dothan; Thomas Spencer Hos-tetter,
Tuskegee; John Turner
Hudson, Jr., Auburn; Robert Mc-
Duffie Huff, Jr., Columbus, Ga.;
Thomas Alexander Hughes, Red
Bay; Daniel Frederick Hurst,
Birmingham; William David
Jackson, Lineville; Charles Dem-ing
Jones, Evergreen; Olen Ever-ette
Jones, Vernon; William Orlo
Jones, Snowdoun; Charles Hern-don
Johnston, Dawson; Donald
Luquer Kelley, Rep ton; Edd Ken­nedy,
Jr., Lower Peach Tree;
William Thomas Kennedy, Tal-lassee;
Ralph Orian Kiper, Mon­roe,
La.; William Eric Knight,
Lacon; Benjamin Brown Knowles,
Jr., Montgomery; Russell Theo­dore
Kulp, Birmingham; Oliver
Roy Lockhart, Jr., Birmingham;
John Thomas Lutz, Mobile; Fran­cis
Saxon McCain, Ashland;
James Russell McCauley, Birm­ingham;
Joseph Ray McCleskey,
Jr., Daytona Beach, Fla.; Edward
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New Nostradamus
Feature at Tiger
Sunday, Monday
One of Hollywood's most pop­ular
stars, from a standpoint of
fan mail, is a, gentleman who has
been dead four hundred years.
His name is Michel de Nostra­damus,
and his popularity stems
from the fact that he seems to
have been endowed with some
strange faculty which permitted
him to foretell the future with
amazing accuracy.
For those not familiar with the
previous prophesies of Nostra­damus,
here are a few of the
seer's predictions which history
has already borne out. A full cen­tury
before the event, for in­stance,
Nostradamus predicted
the great fire of London which
almost destroyed the entire city.
He foretold England's rise to a
great sea power when that coun­try
was nothing more than an
inconsequential island. He pre­dicted
submarines and planes. He
not only predicted the rise of
Hitler but called him by name.
But enough of the past, what
of the present and future? In the
one reeler Nostradamus has this
to say about the German cam­paign
in Russia: "Then r a i n,
snow, sudden, impetuous, shall
hinder the insults of the robbers.
The most powerful armies in dis­order
.shall be routed and shall
be pursued."
About Pearl Harbor, the pro­phet
warned against when "Little
men shall talk of peace, their
foreign guard shall betray a for­tress."
"So great shall be the at­tack
of the plunderers," wrote
Nostradamus, "twenty-one and
more shall range themselves in
great league."
There are twenty-one signators
to the Pan-American conference.
"Further Prophecies of Nostra­damus"
will be an added attrac­tion
at the Tiger Theatre Sunday
and Monday with "To the Shores
of Tripoli" as the feature.
Dent McGough, Montgomery; Joe
•Floyd McManus, Wedowee; Wood-row
Wilson McNair, U n i on
Springs; Hugh Gilbert Maddox,
Douglas, Ga.; Kenneth Bruce
Maddox, Fayette.
Herbert Marshall Martin, Jr.,
Auburn; Ira Crawford Mayfield,
Jr., Opelika; William Harold
Michelson, Decatur; William Ben­jamin
Moore, Jr., Selma; Max
Adams Morris, Blountsville; An­drew
Brydge Morrison, Mont­gomery;
Mays Elliott Montgom­ery,
Vincent; Wayne Brasher Nel­son,
Jr., Birmingham; Samuel Du-
Bose Nelrtles, Tunnel Springs;
James Hugh Nichols, York; Al­len
Hale Nottingham, Birming­ham;
John Pelham, Anniston;
John Manderville Phipps, Nat­chez,
Miss.; John Leonard Pierce,
Jr., Camp Polk, La.
Henry Douglas Purswell, Do­than;
George Robert Rice,
Double Springs; James Horace
Samford, Montgomery; Clarence
Edwin Scarsbrook, Orrville,
Thomas Warren Schuessler, La-
Fay ette; Mark Scott Skelton,
Scottsboro; Earnest Alex Smith,
Cullman; Samuel Lee Smith,
Brewton; Jack Richard Snow,
Jasper; Russell Douglas Stewart,
Atmore; Hamlin Hannibal Tip-pins,
Auburn; Samuel Luther
Tisdale, Hattiesburg, Miss.; Thom­as
Wright Underwood, Summer-dale;
Scott Vance, Gadsden;
Richard Arthur Van Patten, Ope­lika;
Guy Clifford Wallis, Ho-boken,
Ga.; and Gordon Edward
Wood, Andalusia.
Quartermaster Corps — John
Russell Ambrose, Wilton; Hold-man
William Baker, Eufaula;
William Thomas Curry, Gadsden;
Howard Marvin Denton, Oneonta;
Jack Berlin, Montgomery; Ed­ward
DeKalb Gilmer, Jr., Mont­gomery;
Jesse Lee Jordan, Jr.,
Chatom; and Lawrence James
McMillan, Brewton.
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War Information in Library
Pamphlets Displayed
At Headquarters
Recently Auburn was named
one of the Key War Information
Centers of the state, with the
Library at API as headquarters
for War Information.
A series of pamphlets, prepared
by the Office of Civilian Defense,
in Washington, are available
there for the public's attention.
The following is a list of sever­al
of these pamphlets, taken from
the many on display at the lib­rary:
B-3 Air Raid Warning System.
U. S. Office of Civilian Defense,
Sept., 1941, No. 11.
A guide to local civilian de­fense
organizations in planning
to set up their part of the air
raid warning system. Military,
civilian, and public air raid warn­ing
systems are described and
their uses indicated.
B-3 Volunteers in Health, Med­ical
Care, and Nursing. Office of
Civilian Defense, Washington,
D. C.
Because of war services and
war industries, the need for vol­unteers
in health services is
great. Volunteers with or with­out
professional training may
render a wide range of vital serv­ices:
blood donors, child care as­sistants,
first aid teachers, home
nursing teachers, nutritionists,
are but a few.
B-3 Staff Manual, United States
Citizens' Defense Corps. Office of
Civilian Defense, Washington,
D. C.
Outline and description of the
staff organization for civilian de­fense
in a community. It con­tains
a chart of all such officers
and functions. Appendix B is a
bibliography of publications of
the OCD, which may be ordered
through the State Council.
B-3. Glass and Glass Substitutes
Protective Construction Series
No. H. U. S. Office of Civilian
Defense, Dept. of Documents,
Washington, D. C, 10c.
In case of exploding bombs, un­protected
glass is broken or splin­tered
causing injury to persons
in the vicinity. This pamphlet
describes"methods of barricades,
sand-bagging, shutters, and sub­stitutes
for glass.
B-3. Protection of Schools and
School Children. U. S. Office of
Civilian Defense. Washington,
D. C, Jan. 1942.
B-3. Protection of School Chil­dren
and Property. U. S. Office of
Civilian Defense, Washington,
D. C. *
THIS WEEK
The Auburn Grille
ANNOUNCES THAT
CHARLES DUBBERLEY
has been selected to receive
a Steak Dinner for his out­standing
service to Auburn
during the last three years.
CHARGES WGffSieA./
Each week the Auburn
Grille will select an out­standing
student to re­ceive
this award.
The Grille is Auburn's
finest and most modern
restaurant.
The Grille invites the stu­dents
to come in often for
"the best food in town."
The Auburn Grille
LUCAS GAZES, Mgr.
Specific instructions on conduct
of air-raid drills in school.
School authorities are responsi­ble
for air-raid protection of
school children and property.
This twelve page pamphlet gives
instructions as to hazards, meth­ods
of control and protection.
Organizing school aids to co­operate
with wardens; how to
prepare drill for, and carry out
an air-raid routine are also de­scribed.
B-3. Regulations for Retail
Stores for Blackouts-Air Raids.
U. S. Office of Civilian Defense.
Washington, D. C.
Responsibility of store owners
for raid protection. Also orga­nizing
defense team and suggest­ed
equipment and training for
same.
B-3. Civilian Protection: Stand­ard
School Lpctures. Series 1,
General Subjects: Series 11, Fire
Defense: Series 111, Gas De­fense.
U. S. Office of Civilian
Defense, Washington, D. C.
A manual for guidance of in­structors
in local schools in pre­paring
lectures, demonstrations,
dramatization, and in organizing
local school for defense. Contains
charts of bombs, gases and gas
masks.
B-3. Guide for the Training of
Volunteer Nurses' Aides. Ameri­can
Red Cross. U. S. Office of
Civilian Defense, Washington,
D. C.
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Page Four THE P L A I N S M AN May 22, 1942
Six Placed on First Annual Plainsman Honor Roll
First Annual
Plainsman Honor
Of Athletes
Roll
NICK ARDILLO
JOHN BALL
LLOYD CHEATHAM
DAVIS GAMMAGE
SHAG HAWKINS
WALT MILNER
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Sports StafffSelects
Outstanding Athletes
Ardillo, Ball, Cheatham, Gammage
Hawkins, and Milner Are Named
Six Auburn athletes have been placed on the first Plains­man
Honor Roll by the paper's sports staff. They are Nick
Ardillo, John Ball, Lloyd Cheatham, Davis Gammage, Shag
Hawkins and Walt Milner.
The selections were made by writers who have covered
the past year's sports events with an eye to recognizing the
most outstanding athletes on the Plains during the 1941-42
school session.
Bailey Named
Outstanding
Vet Student
Fifty-one Given
AVMA Diplomas For
Outstanding Work
By MILTON KAY
Wilford Sherill Bailey, senior
in veterinary medicine from Au­burn,
has been selected as the
outstanding senior in the School
of Veterinary Medicine and was
presented with the annual Amer­ican
Veterinary Medical Associ­ation
award at the last meeting
of the year of the Auburn Junior
AVMA held this week.
This award, which was pre­sented
by the retiring president
of the Association, Kenneth Whit-tington,
is given to the senior who
is judged by the Association as
the most outstanding in scholar­ship,
leadership, and personality.
Thomas S. Slaughter, from
Brooklandville, Md., was pre­sented
the first annual John Gill-man
Award of $25 by the dean of
the school of veterinary medi­cine,
Dr. Redding S. Sugg.
Slaughter had been judged by
the faculty of the department as
the outstanding graduate in clin­ical
laboratory work.
In addition to these awards, 51
seniors were given diplomas from
the AVMA in recognition of their
outstanding work in veterinary
medicine by Dr. Isaac McAdory,
a member of the faculty.
Seniors receiving the awards
were James Felix Andrews, Flo-rala;
Ray A. Ashwander, Hance-ville;
Wilford Sherrill Bailey,
Auburn; Robert Edwin Baucom,
Marshville, N. C; Louis Becker,
Jacksonville, Fla.; Ardell Henry
Bodine, Arab; Marion Pullen Bo-mar,
Paris, Tenn.; Walter Ed­ward
Brewer, Moulton; Hey ward
Gregg Brown, Springfield, S. C;
Jeff Willard Byrd, Broxton, Ga.;
Grover David Cloyd, Florence;
Marion Lawrence Crawford, Ma­rion;
Thomas Perry Culpepper,
Jr., Cullman; Thomas Claude
Deal, Conover, N. C; Derwin S.
Dimmerling, Elrod; W. R. Dobbs,
Loachapoka; George Echols Ea-son,
Hartsell; Lovick Culver El­lis,
Florence; Ira I. Franklin, Au­burn;
Silas Bauer Gates, Ard-more,
Tenn.
Grady Lee Gilchrist, Clayton;
C. L. Gross; George C. Hardwick,
Decatur; Arthur Francis Hayden,
Dedham, Mass.; Haswell C. Jack­son,
Ivanhoe, Va.; Quentin Ross
Jerome, Wilson, Ark.; James
Lewis Johns, Montgomery; Gor­don
Kenneth Jones, Jamestown,
N. Y.; Henry Jowett Jones, Cit-ronelle;
Daniel E. Kallman, New
York, N. Y.; A. D. Knowles, West
Palm Beach, Fla.; Thomas Ed­gar
Lanham, Edgefield, S. C;
William Lee Lanier, Florence;
Earl R. Machery, Jacksonville,
Fla.; Timothy Archie Monk,
Goldsboro; George E d w a rd
Moore, Waltersboro, S. C.
Hoyt Nelson, Red -Bay; Roy
Men chosen were judged the
best in the sports in which they
participated. All ranked at the
top in the Southeastern Confer­ence.
All are well known/to SEC
sports followers. All have brought
credit to Auburn through their
athletic performances.
Nick Ardillo—Football. Ardillo
was the squad's number one line­man.
A guard, he was famous for
his offensive and defensive play
and for his spirit, which was un­surpassed.
Only his ineligibility
during the final two games pre­vented
his making Conference
honors. He is a senior from Amite,
Louisiana.
John Ball—Track. Ball is the
Southeastern Conference two-mile
and cross country champion.
A junior, he was undefeated in
the cross country and lost only
one two-mile race, that to an
Auburn teammate. He is from
Opelika.
Lloyd Cheatham—Football and
baseball. Captain and quarter­back
of the football team, Cheat­ham
was an All-SEC choice and
was named the Conference's out­standing
blocking back by Asso­ciated
Press. A centerfielder on
the baseball team, he led the hit­ters
with a .413 average and made
only two errors in the field. He
has been offered professional con­tracts
in both sports. He is a sen­ior
from Nauvoo.
Davis Gammage — Swimming.
Gammage was captain of the
swimming team and holds the
Southeastern Conference back­stroke
crown. The team's leading
scorer, he also figured promin­ently
in the 440 and medley
events. He is a senior, and is from
Birmingham.
Shag Hawkins — Basketball.
Named by many as the greatest
Auburn player of all time, Haw­kins
was captain of the basketball
team. He made the All-SEC team
and was the league's second rank­ing
scorer despite a neck opera­tion
which kept him on the side­lines
during the early part of the
season. A senior, he's from Dora.
Walt Milner—Baseball. A jun­ior,
Milner pitched Auburn to
seven of its ten wins during the
baseball season. He struck out 48
batters in compiling the most out­standing
Tiger pitching record in
recent years. His home is in
River View.
YARDSTICK
By JOHN PIERCE
Chappell Rachley, Pelham, Ga.;
Vassar Edwin Rachley, Pelham,
Ga.; Thomas O. Roby, Silver
Spring, Md.; George Rogoff, Wil­mington,
Cal.; Thomas B. Saw­yer,
Frisco City; Thomas B.
Slaughter, Brooklandville, Md.;
Thomas Bridges Sutton, Sylves­ter,
Ga.; Charles R. Swearingen,
Trenton, S. C; Leslie Hene
Thompson, Swainsboro; Grover
C. Thornton, Union Springs; John
Morgan Walters, Manassas, Va.;
Kenneth Whittington, Midway;
and Hilburn Ross Williams, Win-field.
One afternoon about two years ago we got lost while walking
from the post office to College Street and ended up by wandering
up a flight of stairs and into the room which was then the Plains­man
office.
Dan Hollis was the man behind the desk at that time, and he
looked up from one of his philosophical novels to ask, "What do
you want?" (
"Just looking around," we- answered.
"Okay," Hollis said. "You can be Sports Editor."
So that was that. On the following Friday we journeyed over
to Montgomery to see Auburn beat Howard. 27-13. and enjoyed
the whole week-end so much that we decided to make some more
trips.
As a result were travelled some 22,000 miles to and from vari­ous
parts of the country to watch various sports events. That in­cludes
20 Auburn football games, two SEC basketball tournaments,
a Kentucky Derby, a Cotton Bowl game, and any and everything
else they'd let us out of class for.
We've learned a lot in those two years—a lot about sports, and
a lot about the boys who make sports what they are. And we've
learned that the Auburn athletes are the finest group we've ever
associated with, anywhere.
There was some fear of the great beyond in us when we first
started on this job. "The football players!" they'd said, "Don't get
around them," leaving us in doubt as to whether it would be a
knife or a right to the jaw.
It didn't work out that way, though. There have been no knives
and no rights, and we've been around the bums quite a bit.
You can't over-rate the boys who represent Auburn in sports.
They're the kind of friends who'll do anything for you, the kind
you'll remember the longest. There are a lot of things they learn
that we never get in a classroom, and those things stick with 'em
after the last football or basketball game is played. It's something
you can't talk about, but you know it's there.
* * »
Bill Yearout is the greatest athlete we've seen in an Auburn
uniform. He could have written his ticket to anywhere. Bill was
the type that a publicity writer dreams and daydreams about. He
could do practically anything he wanted to do on a football field,
and he knew he could do it and he'd tell you he could. That was
Yearout. Auburn lost a drawing card when he left.
Training rules were so much paper work to number 42, yet
look what he was without 'em. But Bill Yearout was one in a
thousand.
* * •
They've told us, "You've been a good sports writer," and we
laugh at that, because there isn't anything to putting it down when
you can work with the set-up that Auburn has. The coaches, the play­ers
and everyone connected in any way have been wonderful
throughout. It might have been a rough road otherwise.
So we'd like to thank Elmer Salter, Coaches Meagher, Hutsell,
Jordan, Beard, and Hitchcock; and ex-coaches Grant, McCollum
and Chambless; and Mrs. Nickel; and managers Sprague, Rice,
Kloeti, Rew, Hudson, Fleming and Thrasher; and every Auburn
athlete; and everyone else who has assisted in every way. We
hope we've overlooked nobody.
And we'd like to thank the "A" Club for the greatest honor
we've ever received.
That's just about all of it.
Harkins Named Baseball Captain
By BILL MARTIN
Last night at the annual base­ball
banquet in the Pitts Hotel
Green Room Clarence Harkins,
junior second baseman, was elect­ed
to captain the 1943 baseball
Tigers. v
Harkins, a Gadsden product,
rounded out his second year at
the regular second base spot af­ter
having served at short and in
the outfield in his sophomore
year. Playing the second base po­sition
in fine fashion, and by
wielding a mighty potent bat
Harkins rates with the best in
the conference. He finished the
season as the' fourth Auburn bats­man,
hitting .338, was first in
number of hits with 24, was
tied for the home run leadership
with two round trippers, and was
third in runs scored with 16.
Harkins' choice was a unanimous
one and it is expected that he
will make a fine leader for the
diamond team next year. Be­sides
his baseball, Clarence is
a flashy halfback on Coach Jack
Meagher's gridiron aggregation.
The 1942 letter winners are as
follows: Capt. Jack Ferrell, Walt
Milner, Tommy Mastin, Turner
Kronfeld, Gordon Wood, Carl
Fletcher, Clarence Harkins, Buck
Jenkins, Tap Wallis, Jack Curlee,
Lloyd Cheatham, Frank Williams,
and Jimmy Martin.
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