1943-08-10 The Plainsman

              Here's Proof
We Can Still
Turn 'Em Out Tkz VlaindmarL Auburn Hears
From The Boys
At Leonard Wood
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT'
VOLUME LXVIII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1943 NUMBER 18
"Ladies In Retirement" Opens
Successfully For Week's Run
Bouquet Is Presented To Leading Lady,
Nancy Sallade, Between Second, Third Acts
By C. Gordon-Roberts, III
A Broadway-ish touch was added to the Auburn Players
production of "Ladies In Retirement" when, between the sec­ond
and third acts, a large bouquet was presented to the lead­ing
lady, Miss Nancy Sallade.
Miss Sallade perhaps deserved this bouquet. The only ob­jection
to her acting, which could be remedied at this date, is
her tendency to stare into "the great beyond." Her enuncia­tion
was not the plainest either. She had the habit of slurring
her words and of inserting "uhs"
and "ahs" into the lines.
Suspense Well-Sustained
The players had good m'aterial
with which to work and it would
have been extremely difficult to
produce a poor play. The su­spense
was well sustained. The
lighting effects were well-done
and added greatly to the general
atmosphere.
The costumes were good and
the makeup, although slightly
overdone in places, was excep­tional
for an amateur production.
The scenery, designed by Miss
Augusta Oelschig, fitted nicely
into the mood of the play. The
bricks were unusually realistic.
Sisters Are Good
The two most exceptional char­acters
in the play were the in­sane
Creed sisters, played by
Misses Sara Bailey ad Elizabeth .
Deese. Miss Bailey, in the part of
Louisa, used her high-pitched
voice to great advantage. The
voice, at times, grated on the
nerves, however. Miss Deese, as
Emily, gave an excellent portray­al
of practical insanity. Her drift­wood
scene was perhaps the most
dramatic in the whole production.
Miss Susan Brown, in the role
of Lenora Fisk, the retired chor­us
girl, gave a dramatic rendition,
even though it did not follow
exactly the characterization con­ceived
by the authors. She acted
a little young for the part.
Oh That Razor!
Henry Cook, in the role of Al­bert
Feather, the only male in
the cast, had a certain monoto­nous
beat to his voice with his
habit of sharply accenting every
second or third syllable. His
handling of the straight razor
caused your critic to wonder how
long Mr. Cook had been shaving.
Too, his spontaneous combustion,
which resulted in tears was a lit­tle
too spontaneous. His acting
was more than satisfactory in the
kissing scene, however.
The characters of Lucy Gilham,
the maid and Sister Theresa, a
nun, portrayed by Vivienne Dun­can
and Katherine Pugh were
adequate. The nervous, weak-charactered
maid was played ner­vously
and with weak character.
Sister Theresa was a very minor
part and one could hardly judge
the acting during such short ap­pearances.
Midnight Sun, No Doubt
The technical details w e re
handled nicely although the light
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You Can Sing
Sans Criticism
Of Roommate
Professor Guyton
Directs Programs
For Step Sings
By Mimi Simms
Attention all you bathtub bari­tones
and shower-shouting so­pranos!
Especially for you—and
for the relief of your roommate—
there is a Step Sing each Wed­nesday
night at 8 o'clock in the
Grove behind the library. Stu­dents,
servicemen, and towns­people
alike "give out" at these
sings which are lead by Maestro
F. E. Guyton. At the piano is
Joseph Marino-Merlp.
An Auburn tradition for many
years, the sings were started by
Mr. Stookey, professor of music
in Murphy High School, Mobile,
and have been enjoyed by hun­dreds
of former Auburnites. This
summer there threatened to be"
no more sings because Mr. Stook­ey
didn't return to Auburn. Mr.
Guyton, sensing the need for
these sings on the campus, gra­ciously
accepted the position of
song-master and chief wit of the
evening.
"But I don't know the words
to that song!" is no excuse. Slides
are made and the words project­ed
upon a screen.
Mr. Guyton says that all re­quests
• should be given to him
and he will have slides made if
possible.
Jokes told by Mr. Guyton keep
the program lively. A different
movie is shown each Wednesday;
the subjects of these range all the
way from opera to boogie-woogie.
Solos, quartets, and instrumental
music have been popular special­ities.
Servicemen and townspeo­ple
have participated in present­ing
these.
Rains do not put a damper on
the spirits of the singers who
merely meet in Langdon Hall if
the elements interfere with an
outdoor sing. Maestro Guyton be­lieves
that the crowds have been
especially cooperative this sum­mer,
although the weather has
not been very favorable this far.
To those who can't sing well—
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A Little Long,
Don't You Think?
The STARS were on their
weekly four mile hike and at
the time of the return trip
when the buildings of Auburn
usually appear on the horizon,
no such buildings were in sight.
One of the STARS who had
been on many of the previous
tours approached the leader
and between gasps for breath
suggested that the group migh\
be lost. The leader stated that
he was perfectly confident in
his ability to lead the group
home safely. To which the
panting soldier replied:
"But, Coach, we just passed
a sign which read ' Camp
Wheeler, 2 miles'."
ARMY MEN GET
NAVY'S GOAT
IN CONTEST
Making a strong comeback in
the second half, the Army mule
got the Navy!s goat in the Army-
Navy Quiz Contest held Saturday
night on Samford Hall Terrace.
Sgt. Rafael Ortiz, Wichita,
Kan., made the highest score, 35
out of a possible 35, winning the
grand prize of a 10 day pass to
the Tiger Theater. The Army won
with a score of 110 to the Navy's
95. The winning team received
passes to the Tiger Theater. Oth­ers
representing the Army were
Sgt. Murry Shapiro, STAR,
Brooklyn, N. Y.; Pvt. Aaron J.
Rubin, ASTP, Paterson, N. J.;
arid Charles Shufelt, ASTP, Al­bany,
N. Y.
Putting up a good fight for the
Navy were aviation cadet Donald
Beall, Sumter, S. O; aviation ca­det
R. E. Ward, Lake City, Fla.;
and bluejackets R. A. Cheney,
Seaman second class; and M. D.
Coleman, seaman second class,
both first level men from the
Naval radio school.
Tuskegee Band
To Be Featured
Saturday Night
Concert To Precede
Open-Air Dance
On Samford Terrace
Tuskegee's 313 th Army Air
Forces Band, 50-strong, will pre­sent
a popular concert Saturday
night at 8:15 p. m. on Samford
Hall Terrace. First Lieutenant
Frank L. Drye, will conduct the
program.
The band has traveled exten­sively
throughout Alabama, and
has assisted in the selling of over
a million dollars worth of War
Bonds. The 313th Army Air
Forces Band is divided into three
parts—orchestra, band, and drum
and bugle corps. Its personnel is
composed of men from some of
the nation's outstanding college,
university and dance bands.
The director, Lt. Drye, is a vet­eran
of World War I, and was
cited with the Purple Heart and
Silver Star for gallantry and for
being wounded in action. He was
director of music at Tuskegee In­stitute
for approximately 25 years
prior to being called to active
duty. x
The program will feature as
soloist, Cpl. Clarence Edmond-son,
trumpet, former Erskine
Hawkins band member.
The regular open air dance on
the terrace will follow the con­cert.
The following movies will be
shown in Library Grove at -9:30
o'clock: "Island of Mystery" trav­elogue;
"Ride 'Em Cowboy";
"Nautical Knights"; "Unpopular
Mechanics" and "Football Thrills
of 4942."
So Much Of Life Is Wasted
Pursuing This Empty Bubble
ON THE CAMPUS
Interfraternity Dance
The date of the Interfraternity
Council dance has been post­poned
until August 21. The dance
will definitely be held on this
date. All fraternity men should
contact their council representa­tive
for further details.
AVMA
AVMA will meet tonight at
7:30 p. m. in the old Vet Build­ing".
Obstacle Course Race
The obstacle course race will
be run tomorrow at 5:00. All who
desire to enter please come by
the PE office in the Field House.
Step Sing
The weekly Step Sing will take
place in the library grove at 8
o'clock Wednesday night. In the
event of rain it will be held in
Langdon Hall. All students, serv­icemen
and townspeople are cor­dially
invited to attend.
IRC
International Relations Club
will meet Thursday night in the
economics library at 7:30.
Recorded Concert
Another in a series of recorded
concerts will be held in Library
Grove at 7:30 Tuesday evening.
In the event of rain the pror
gram will be held in Langdon
Hall.
ASTs who are unable to hear
these programs during the week
will be given a special concert
on Sunday afternoon if enough
are interested. Contact Lawrence
Barnett, director of campus en­tertainments,
in Room 107, Sam­ford
Hall, or telephone the News
Bureau, College 230, to leave the
name of men interested in a Sun­day
afternoon concert.
Alpha Epsilon Delta
Alpha Epsilon Delta will meet
tonight at 7:30 in Ross Chemistry
Building.
By Patty McCoy
"Methought I heard a voice
cry 'sleep no more' — Macbeth
may have been having night­mares
over the idea of losing a
little sleep, but his lamentings on
the subject might be a bit of good
advice.
Do you sleep eight hours a
night? Of course that in itself is
foolish question number 9,999,
because of course no Auburn stu­dent
has ever been known to do
a thing as drastic as that. But per­haps
you know some fossile who
still manages to get in the pre­scribed
eight hours. Do you real­ize
that such a person is wasting
one-third of his life unconscious
to what is transpiring in the
seething caldron qf humanity
around him?
One-fourth of your life is lost
in slumber if you sleep six hours
a night, and if you manage to
subsist on even a measly four
hours, you are still sacrificing
one-sixth of your precious mo­ments.
Life is far too short to be
thrown away in such large
chunks, so the point is this —
From this day forward all sleep
should be abolished on the Au­burn
campus. Sleeping is nothing
but a habit anyhow, so let's
change it to a better habit—not
sleeping. We shall now arouse
ourselves from our pre-dinner
nap long enough to consider what
wonderful changes this move­ment
would bring.
First of all, if we never went
to bed we'd never have to dress
and undress, and think of all the
time that would save, including
those moments all coeds insist on
spending deciding what and what
not to wear. After all, this is war
and we must keep things on a
super-efficiency, strictly time-economizing
basis.
If we never slept, we'd never
have to put forth all that heart­rending
energy it takes to get
up (on Monday mornings espe­cially).
On to the more pleasant sub­ject
of what we could be doing
during all those glorious hours
we aren't asleep—Of course it is
all a matter of what one has al­ways
wanted to do and has never
had time to. Now the time is
there; nothing left to gripe about.
Of course some studious drip
would surely want to spend his
extra hours doing all that re­search
or writing all those term
papers that never seem to get
written till the last hour of the
last day of a quarter. Then when
the end of the quarter arrives
this charming person will gad
about in absolutely maddening
fashion in front of those less
methodical people who refused to
spend their extra hours doing
anything but playing.
But on to these people—the
ones who insist on playing—they
are more interesting anyhow. Of
course there are ways and more
ways of playing.
Some might be sublimely hap­py
to have that one-third, one-fourth,
or one-sixth of their lives
to spend drowning their sorrows
at the brew mill. The results of
same might serve to shorten said
life by the same percentage, but
it's more fun that way anyhow.
If WSGA could be persuaded
to abolish all those rigid rules
and regulations for coeds, there
are people who might enjoy those
extra hours in Ag Hollow, the
stadium, or some other more in­genuous
spot.
The mystery of "Whodunit?"
might finally be solved because
those people who never quite
have time to finish that latest
book will be left absolutely
alibi-less by this new non-sleep
set-up.
How many times have you
heard the remark "I could dance
all night"? To some that would
be the ideal way to spend those
wee small hours until the dawn.
Bridge playing fiends might also
try the marathon method.
One of the college student's
prime joys would be abolished,
however. Some of the starch
would be taken out of his boast
that "he stayed up all night
studying for that quiz."
Our old friend Macbeth may
have murdered sleep, but just
leave it up to the Auburn stu­dent
to commit mayhem with
I those extra waking hours!
And He Shut Up . . .
For A While
Have you heard the one about
the student who went to the
laundry to submit a complaint
about the way he was being
sent other people's handker­chiefs.
He took along a sample
of the sort of thing he was be­ing
gifted with—an old, ragged
sieve of its former self—and
set to fighting his way up the
staff of employees to the man­ager.
<
Finally reaching his goal, he
complained to the manager:
"This isn't my handkerchief."
The manager looked it over,
felt the material of which it
was made, held it up to the
light, folded it neatly, and re­turned
it with this comment:
"No, it's not your handkerchief,
It's your shirt."'
Horses Leave
But Not For
Active Duty
By Bob Sharman
Two horses were left behind
when the last shipment of the
animals in the API Stables was
made to the various army camps
for cavalry units. Barney and
War Eagle, two of the oldest and
most respected horses in the sta­bles
were retained because of
their age and physical condition.
Yesterday morning they too left;
they departed for the Big Camp.
A painless operation was per­formed
that sent the two equine
comrades into the place where
all horses go .that need and de­serve
an eternal resting place.
In saying the last word for the
deceased it is the usual practice
to give merits and outstanding
characteristics, but in this case
it will be sufficient to say that
Barney and War Eagle were
horses. They were well trained
arid served with ajl they had un­til
the end. That is enough.
War Eagle was purchased in
Texas by the U. S. Army. He was
used in the Tenth Cavalry and
later sent to the ROTC Detach­ment
at the University of Georgia
and in 1933 was transferred here.
He became known as War Eagle,
and immediately became a fav­orite
with lady eqestirennes be­cause
of his excellent disposition.
Not only did War Eagle possess
a good disposition but he was a
performer of the best. He won a
long line of blue ribbons for his
excellent demonstrations in the
horse shows in this locality, and
has seen his share of students. It
has been estimated that some
2,000 students have ridden him
during his 10 years at Auburn.
Before his death he was used by
Golonel Waterman for a limited
amount of riding about the cam­pus.
Barney is another of the old
school of horses that many alum­ni
will remember. He was,a West­ern
horse, and was brought to
this campus in 1927. Sorrel in
color and 21 years of age at his
death, he was an active mount
until the last. Few horses could
equal his remarkable disposition
'and for this reason he, also, was
classed with the. best in the sta­bles.
The blue ribbons he won as
a jumper probably exceed those
of War Eagle's in number.
It was Barney that Dr. Duncan
rode in the Grand Entry of the
rodeo last year, while Colonel
Waterman rode War Eagle.
The orders for the two faithful
steeds disposal were issued by
Colonel Waterman, and only
those who have owned a horse
know what sorrow accompanies
such a decision, even though it is
for the best. Both horses were old
and War Eagle suffered a disease
of the hoof. It is much better that
they leave in this manner than
for them to be transferred to
some other post where neglect
would cause months of suffering
before the end.
More food will be available for
civilian consumption in 1943 than
in the years 1935-39, but tre­mendously
increased demands,
due to much higher incomes,
would wreck the nation's food
supply, if it were not for ration­ing.
GRADUATING CLASS
TO RECEIVE DEGREES
IN LIBRARY GROVE
One Hundred Twenty-Four To Finish;
Dr. Norton To Be Commencement Speaker
One hundred and twenty-four seniors and graduate stu­dents
will receive their degrees in Auburn's 31st summer
commencement to be held Friday, August 27, in the Library
Grove. Of these, 22 will receive master's degrees while the
remainder will receive bachelor's degrees.
The principal address of the day will be delivered by Dr.
E. B, Norton, -superintendent of public education for the state
of Alabama. Dr. Norton received his A. B. degree from Bir­mingham-
Southern and last year
was awarded the honorary de­gree
of Doctor of Laws from API.
Candidates for degrees in the
ten schools of the college are di­vided
as follows: Agriculture, 9;
Architecture, 1; Chemistry, 6;
Education, 41; Engineering, 21;
Home Economics, 7; Pharamacy,
2; Science and Literature, 11;
Veterinary Medicine, 4; and
Graduate School, 22.
The following is the complete,
to date, list of candidates- for
graduation as released by Regis­trar
Charles W. Edwards.
School of Agriculture
Bachelor of Science in Agricul­ture:
Ernest H o y t Brothers,
Thomas Harold Bullington, Barn­ey
Rentz Dunn, Sewell Marriott
Lufkin, Jr., James Fred Newman,
George Dell Sims, and Louis
Charles Wright.
Bachelor of Science in Agricul­tural
Administration: William
Morton Reed.
Bachelor of Science in Agricul­tural
Engineering: James Murphy
Jackson.
School of Architecture
Bachelor of Interior Decoration:
Ernestine Murray.
School of Chemistry '
Bachelor of Science in Chem­istry:
Davis Lloyd Ingram.
Bachelor of Science in Chemi­cal
Engineering: Charles Daniel
Cox, Robert Thomas Ferguson,
Frank Pou Forster, and Charles
Nesbit Searcy.
Bachelor of Science in Labora­tory
Technology: Nancy Merrill
Backsman.
(Continued on Page 4)
This Fable Is
An Ultimatum
To All Frosh
The War Eagle Is
Screaming For Swift
Revenge Upon Rats
By Roysce Smith
Once, within the memory of
the youngest sophomore, there
was a nice little college in the
Deep South. The nice little col­lege
was called Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, and it was in a
nice little town called Auburn.
They were both in a state called
Alabama. Auburn was nicknamed
"the loveliest village of the
plains." And API was said to be
"the friendliest college in the
United States."
Now, API was simply steeped
in tradition. And the biggest tra­dition
of all was the tradition of
the Auburn freshman. The nice
little freshmen were fairylike
creatures who once a year came
to Auburn to pay homage to the
great Auburn Spirit and to get an
education under the influence of
that Spirit.
For nine months they were
very humble, and they acted like
all the nice little freshmen before
them had acted. They would
speak to everyone they met. And
never, never walk through the
main gate. And carry matches so
they could light things for the big,
strong upperclassmen. And run
everywhere waiting on the big,
strong upperclassmen hand and
foot. And, oh, they were just the
sweetest little things.
Every now and then' one of the
nice little freshmen would get out
of line and would have to be sev­erely
reprimanded by the big,
(Continued on page 4)
Poster Exhibit
Is Being Given
By Art Dept.
Former API Student
Has Work Featured
In Victory Exhibit
An Artists for Victory" poster
exhibition is being presented by
the Department of Applied Art
at the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
through August 16, in the
library of the School of Archi­tecture.
This is one of the most
distinguished exhibits which has
been brought to the campus.
From Auburn the exhibit will go
to the Birmingham Public Li­brary.
Over a year ago, under the au­spices
of the Artists for Victory,
the Museum of Modern Art in
New York and the Council for
Democracy, a War Poster Com­petition
was organized and some
2300 entires were submitted.
From these a group of 200 was
selected for an opening exhibi­tion
at the Museum of Modern
Art. The exhibition went from
New York, with other posters
added to bring the number to 350,
to the National Gallery in Wash­ington,
where it was viewed by
112,000 people.
It was next shown at the Car­negie
Institute in Pittsburgh with
an attendance of 16,000. At that
time it was decided that because
the interest in these posters was
so great, it should reach the wid­est
possible public, so the exhi­bition
was broken into three
equal parts which are touring the
country for a year. Within a few
weeks the three circuit exhibi­tions
were booked solidly by mu­seums
and art galleries beyond
this period.
An item which makes the Art­ists
For Victory exhibitions of
especial interest to Auburn is
the fact that Reid Anderson, an
API graduate in applied art, has
a poster design included in one
of these national shows. She
made the poster while a student
in Auburn, and hers is one of
the few from the South accepted
by the jury.
The regular exhibit hours are:
Monday through Friday 8 .to 4,
and Saturday 8 until noon.
Theta Chi Initiates;
Installs New Officers
Chi Chapter of Teta Chi fra­ternity
initiated pledge Joe Ted­der
from Columbus, Ga. On the
same Sunday evening Bill Van
Hemert, of Auburn, and Greely
Moore, of Evergreen, were in­stalled
as president and secretary
respectively.
After the initiation and instal­lation
rituals the fraternity was
honored with a buffet supper
given by the president's mother.
Lt. South Participates
In Bombing Of Germany
, Lt. S. W. South, former student
at API, recently wrote his par­ents
of his participation in the
bombing of Germany. "I suppose
you read about the last raid over
Kiel, Germany. Well, we just
bombed the devil out of them,"
he wrote.
Lt. South was a student in me­chanical
engineering at Auburn
and a member of Pi Kappa Al­pha
fraternity.
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Only A Small Story But . . .
Fifteen railroad unions have j u st
reached an agreement with railroad offi­cials
on wage increases.' There was no
threat of strikes, nor were there full-page
ads taken by the railroad management de­nouncing
its employees. Instead there was
a meeting of men and minds fully in
agreement that the welfare of the nation,
and especially the war effort, must come
first.
The story rated only a few inches in
most papers. Perhaps editors felt that this,
the usual method of settling industrial dis­agreements
in wartime, did not deserve
more prominence. It is apparently editorial
nature to be more sparing of praise than
of blame.
The organized labor movement has
shown, by and large, that it is a leading
member of the American brotherhood
which.wants first and foremost victory
and the complete destruction of Fascism.
On the day;after Pearl Harbor, William
Green, president of the AF of L, and Phil­ip
Murray, president of the CIO, pledged
their support to the war effort, and since
that day they and their organizations have
worked ceaselessly, overtime and double
time, to make that pledge good.
It is the renegades, the few in the labor
movement who have always put their own
petty interests before those of the many,
who have given labor's enemies the am­munition
for the countless editorials and
speeches. It is these few whom labor itself
has denounced time after time in its own
councils.
For labor knows that it is still not rid
of its enemies. Enemies who are using this
emeregency in an attempt to settle old
scores, who feel that they may now wipe
out the gains labor has made under the
New Deal, who have never given up hope
of returning to the old cut-throat days in
our labor relations, enemies to whom John
L. Lewis and his crew present a God-sent
excuse for the abolition of our present
body of social legislation.
Under Hitler and Mussolini, the unions
were crushed at the very beginning, and
men and women became little better than
slaves in the factories of Fascism. Under­standing
that, it is not hard to see why
union men were so quick to take their
posts next to the Marines on Wake Island,
why the list of Americans decorated for
bravery in action includes so many "trade- -
unionists.
For every John L. Lewis in America
there are thousands of union men and
women, in the army and out, who know
that theirs would be the heaviest burden
after a Nazi victory, and who are fighting,
in every way. and with eyery energy, for
the" victory of democracy.
For what is a trade union, honestly and
justly run, but democracy at work?
Crossed Cannon and Castles
En Passant
By DOTTIE WOODALL
Our Readers Speak
August 2, 1943
Dear Auburn,
This letter is supposed to constitute an
unofficial communique from the Auburn
engineers of Fort Leonard Wood. We have
tried to keep up with the old "Village of
the Plain" through the medium of old
Plainsman copies. In this way we have
a fair idea of what's happening to us and
to comment on events of interest in Au­burn.
Last week end marked * our seventh
week of life here at Fort Wood. Those sev­en
weeks have been the busiest any of us
have ever spent. All of us are wondering
what we did with all of the spare time we
had in civilian life.
We hit the barracks floors at 0530 every
morning, and until 1730 it's "On the double,
soldier!", "Move right out," "Hurry, hur­ry,
hurry." The kicks some of the students
at school had on two hours of PE 100 were
very amusing. We've had enough here to
even streamline Jack Thomas and Paul
Dension.
We do our double-timing in heavy G. I.
shoes and at right-shoulder arms. We have
calisthenics with the M-l rifle. The ob­stacle
course has several times as many
obstacles as the Auburn course. In addi­tional
we have our five to twenty mile
hikes with full field packs up and down
Ozark mountain trails.
In addition to the process of physical
toughening we are getting well-planned
training in the duties of an engineer and
combat soldier. We've studied and put into
practice field rigging, anti-mechanized de­fense,
anti-chemical warfare defense, field
fortifications, interior guard duty, combat
principles, scouting and patrolling, wire
entanglements and many others.
We have also completed rifle marks­manship.
J. O. Williams, Thomas O'Bryan,
and Henry Shine shot high enough to
qualify as experts in ."A" company. Sev­eral
Auburn boys from "C" company also
made expert with the M-l. We've started
training on demolitions, bayonet, and
fixed bridges.
The news that we may return to Au­burn
,on ASTP to await OCS vacancies
was the best news we've heard yet. You
really miss the old place when you get
away from it. We're doing a fair job of
keeping that Auburn spirit up. We've got
men who got as far as the fourth grade
yelling "War Eagle" and singing "Glory
to Old Auburn."'
Our new company commander is First
Lieutenant Eugene Knight of the Auburn
class of '39. He's a fine C. O. Our battalion
was inspected by General Garlington not
long ago, and our platoon topped the list
for first place.
We're glad to hear fraternity life is still
going. It's hard to get many comments out
of this bunch except that they'd all a hell­uva
lot rather be in Auburn than here and
will be damned glad to get back.
That's about all from the 3rd platoon,
Company "A" boys. We've got a bunch of
Auburn boys in "C" company who are
thinking about writing. Keep things going
down there and we'll keep these Ozarks
echoing "War Eagle."
Pvt. Ben C. Frazer
Pvt. Sam Given, Jr.
Pvt. Jack B. Thomas
Pvt. Thomas C. O'Bryan
Pvt. George L. Cobb
Pvt. John O. Williams, Jr.
Pvt. Walter J. Everitt
Pvt. Wm. V. Bishop
Pvt. R. E. Clotfelter ;
Pvt. Arthur C. Burge
Pvt. Hughes R. Darden
Henry Shine, Pvt. C. E., A. U. S.
Ivan W. Miller, Jr., Pvt. C. E., A. U. S.
Paul S. Dension, Jr., Pvt. C. E., A. U. S.
Asa B. Fuller, Pvt. C. E.
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.
The rain is raining all around—and who's surprised? Who
says it isn't raining rain to him—he lies. Don't go away. I'm
not going to attempt to keep up that superb rhyme scheme
in the face of a frown like that. Frown like what? Frown like
what is looking over my shoulder right now.
* * *
Sleep—yeah, you know that stuff, or do you? Anyway I sure
could use a bunch of that. Here it is ten ininues after supper on
Sunday night and we with my shoes to polish between now
and eight o'clock. So what am I going to do? Make hay while
the sun ain't shining?"No, I'm going to keep on typing while
I think about how nice it would be to close my other eye, take
~ this printin' contraption off my knee and go to sleep. It would
be rather radical I know, but why don't more people start get­ting
more sleep?
* * #
Sometimes I wonder "if Mr. Edison's incadescent light bulb
is such a blessing after all. In the days when tallow candles
were always catching the curtains on fire, not only Grandma
and Aunt Hepzibah went to bed early, but quite a majority of
other people did, too. Or so IVe heard. But what with all this
"good lighting" night ain't night any more, and neither is
January.
* * *
"Ladies In Retirement," which opened at the Y-Hut Satur­day
night, will be presented each night this week through
Thursday. As the title suggests, the plot is concerned with se­clusion—
more or less. But it isn't the "retiring" part that's so
interesting, it's the "Ladies," and when you've seen it you'll
know what I mean. Have I seen it? Oh, yes, three times a day,
and six times on my birthday if I'm good.
* * *
Talking about unsung heroes—you, uh, were talking about
unsung heroes? You were? Are you sure? Well, if you're abso­lutely
positive—as I was going to say, I think these people that
struggle to class in the dim grey dawn should top the list. A
certain group of girls I know in the education school go^reg-ularly,
but not exactly enthusiastically, at six o'clock. And
guess what? Everyone in the house thinks it's morning when
they hear them leaving, and imagine the delight of all and
Monday when they find themselves awake in'time to go back
to sleep again.
* . * *
This isn't a lost and found column, but if anyone finds a
notebook with a letter stuck in it, there's someone who sure
would like to have it back. It isn't the notebook, so much, for
it only contains all the important notes for an especially tough
course, but it's the letter that is causing worry. She's afraid
whoever finds it will mail it, since it already has a stamp, and.
that would be tragic.
* * *
And since we're on the topic of letters—they tell me that
there's a boy in the freshman class who has received no less
than fifty-seven letters during this quarter from his girl at
home. Love? Well, I don't think so, just an over-supply of ink
and energy.
* * *
Any minute now I shall have to bestir myself to get up
and go to gym class.'Oh, yes, I'm doing this in bed, and it's
Monday morning, no>fr. It isn't that I don't believe in physical
education, but, really, it is inconvenient. First, you have to
walk clear over to the gym—of course, if you're already as
far over as the New Building, this doesn't count. Then, it Is
always necessary to spend quite a while trying to unlock your
locker. After that, you must go to the trouble of undressing
and putting on your gym suit. By that time, it is probably so
late, that you have to run all the way up to the tennis court.
You arrive just in time to hear your name called and shout,
"Here" across the thirty feet that still seperates you from the
teacher. That is if your name is at the end of the alphabet, and
you ran fast enough.
* * *
Then after this refreshing and invigorating hour spent in
exercise so good for man, woman, and PE majors, you go out
to face your next class, just radiating physical fitness.
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.
A lieutenant was investigating
the theft of the Captain's car. He
found a soldier in the company
had it, and Isked for an expla­nation
of how he came to take it.
The soldier replied: "Sir, the car
was standing in front of the cem­etery
and I naturally thought the
Captain was dead."
* * * *
Do you know your army ex­pressions?
Here are a few.
AWOL — Absent W i t h o ut
Leave.
> Bob-Tail—A dishonorable dis­charge.
Cits—Civilian Clothing.
CO or KO—Commanding Offi­cer.
Hash Mark—A service stripe.
Dog Tags—Identification disks.
Dough boy—An infantryman.
• * * *
AH successful leaders . have
been marked by their ability to
decide to act and then to act.
* * *
Many of the students have been
voicing discontentment over the
recent regulation concerning the
wearing of the cadet uniform only
to drill and special announced
formations. The uniform may be
worn^to classes preceding drill
either on Monday or Saturday.
Army regulations prohibit wear­ing
the uniform except for drill.
The regulation does not permit
wearing the uniform away from
Auburn except for men who live
at a distance, and wear the uni­form
to college on Monday and
Saturday.
* * *
Question: Why is grain fed to
a horse?
Answer: Grain absorbs' the
water, thus preventing colic.
* * *
They Like John
.fDear Sir:.
The Army is fortunate, ASTP
. is fortunate, and 1st Co. is for­tunate
because they all have
claim to Pvt. John Rench, who is
a genius, a wizard, and a quiz kid
from way back. Because of this
great fortune, and because we are
in dire need of an embryonic
John Kieran, we nominate John
Rench to represent 1st Co. at the
Quiz Contest.
Signed:
21 signatures
* * *
All those who have been won­dering
what has been making
Major James walk and act dif­ferently
of late might ask him
about that goat he has been rid­ing.
* * *
The training films, which have
been shown the past week, have
been viewed with new interest.
The trainees' are putting into
practice the thing shown in the
films. The way the questions
were answered after the pictures
were shown prove that the men
were interested in the kind of
training thus given. May more
films be shown.
* * *
The 5th STAR Company de­feated
the "Singing Sixth" at
softball during the regular PE
period Thursday afternoon. The
Fifth won behind the stellar
hurling of Sgt. Carrol, their ace
southpaw, who turned in a most
creditable performance. However,
what the .Sixth lacked in runs,
they made up in pep and palaver
with an exhibition of the old spir­it
that would have put the
"Brooklyn Bums" to shame.
Three members of the First
Platoon (ROTC) 6th Company,
Louis Chateau, Thomas W. Rob­inson,
and Walter B. Patton, have
been commissioned 2nd Lieuten­ants
in the U. S. Marine Corps.
They will, it is assumed, soon be
leaving for affiliation with the
famed leatherneck organization
and, while we regret to lose them
from the company and from the
Auburn campus, we wish them
Godspeed in their new duties.
Rhapsodizings
By FRANK MARSH
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.
Very few Auburn students
have ever been in one of the na­tion's
large art galleries. Furth­ermore;
several of the students
wouldn't visit the galleries if
they had access to them.
* * *
But Auburn people do have the
opportunity to see the best of
certain types of art. For instance,
the recent exhibits of Mexican
water colors and the collection of
-Russian' war posters were as good
as can be found.
* * *
, This week in the Architecture
Building, the applied art depart­ment
is sponsoring an exhibit of
some of the best of 2300 posters
submitted in the Artists for Vic­tory
contest held last year.
* * *
Some of the posters on display
are prize winning originals that
you have seen- reproduced jn
magazines such as Life and
Time.
* * *
Many ag, slip-stick, vet, and
business boys may be avoiding
these exhibits because they are
housed in the midst of that much
feared aht and beautieh crowd
over on the town corner of the
campus.
* » *
Take it from me that the
spooks over there are no worse
than the spooks on the other
parts of the campus. And don't
be afraid that you'll go over and*
make some remark such as, "Gee,
Myrt, just look at "all those pic­ture,
and just think, they're all
done by hand."
* * *
After all, the posters were
done by American artists for the
American public. And the themes
of the posters are already famil­iar
to every American who has
either learned to read or owns a
radio. That's why I think you'll
find the treatment of these
themes by the more sensitive and
cieative citizens to be a refresh­ing
contrast to the oratory spout­ed
by some of our back water
politicians.
* * *
One of the posters contains
nothing but the faces of about
eight children and one sentence
—"Deliver us from evil." Now,
I'm not going to attempt- to make
an "evaluation of the artistic
valuev of that poster. Anyone in
the art department could, do a
better job of that than I could.
* * *
What I want to say about the
picture is that I think anyone
who looks £t it will see and feel
in it an appeal for unity in the
war and peace efforts and the
responsibility we, as the future
victors, have. More is needed to
show us these facts than cold
and infinite statistics about in­flation,
post-war unemployment,
or what have you.
Or, if you are one of the young
chicks who likes his posters to
be somewhat tricky, you're sure
to go for a good one that has Hit­ler's
head painted as a cuspidor
in the corner of a saloon where
loose talk is being spread.
* * *
Another poster asking us to
share the cost of freedom con­tains
the'torso of a man in over­alls
which has a button pinned
on it showing that ten percent of
his pay goes into the war effort.
One tenth of his pay is his cost
for that which makes h i m
wealthy.
* * *
If you had seen the collection
of Russian war posters you could
not help appreciating the fact that
Americans can still be thinking
of the bitter things the Russian
artists portrayed because the war
is so much closer to them.
* * *
There are other posters that I
must mention as a group that are
very good. They are the ones ap­pealing
to people to keep quiet
about confidential war informa­tion.
The new idea I got from
those posters is that the people
making the appeal for silence are
not just the ones at the head of
the Navy or War Departments.
The appeal comes from every one
who has a friend or relative who
could possibly be affected by the
loss of this or that ship. There-,
fore, the appeal comes almost all
of the one hundred and forty
million people in the U. S. Such
an appeal has to be listened to.
* * *
Finally, in addition to carrying
powerful messages, the posters
are good art. In seeing this ex­hibit
you will become acquainted
with some of the latest techniques
(Continued on Page 3) ^
August 10, 1943 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Dean Biggin Informed
Of His Son's Promotion
From Captain To Major
Captain Beverly Biggin, 26,
United States Army Engineering
Corps, now in North Africa, has
been promoted to the rank of
major, according to word re­ceived
from the War Department
by his father, Dean F. C. Biggin,
of the API School of Architec­ture.
Major Biggin, an Auburn grad­uate,
received his degree in archi­tecture
in 1938. He was a member
of Scarab, honorary architectural
society, and of Kappa Alpha fra­ternity.
Before entering the serv­ice
he was associated with the
architectural firm of Miller, Mar­tin
& Lewis, in Birmingham.
Major Biggin in writing to -his
sister, Miss Dorthea Biggin,
writes that he has enjoyed play­ing
baseball very much while in
North Africa. He also wrote that
although it is very damp there it
seldom rains. One of the interest­ing
sights to him, one Sunday
while he and his entire company
were coming out from Sunday
School, was seeing the Sultan of
Morocco and his colorful retinue.
A quaint street scene is to see
the Arabs lie down right in the
middle of the street whenever
they get sleepy, he says.
API ALUMNUS GOVERNS
PANTELLERIA ISLAND
Foreign Correspondent Describes.
Visit With His Excellency 'De Boss'
Brigadier General Aubry Stricklan, Andalusia, who is the
m i l i t a r y governor of the island of Pantelleria, attended Au­b
u r n from 1914 to 1917 as a student in agriculture.
In an article written by Frank
Gervasi, war correspondent who
recently visited the island, in the
August 14 Colliers, he gives the
following account of General
Strickland's efficiency in a job
well done:
"The head man at Pantelleria
now is Brigadier General Aubry
Strickland, who bears the fancy
title of Commanding General Air
Base Command and Governor pro
tern of Pantelleria. He is known
to his friends from Alabama as
'His Excellency, de Boss'."
"Strickland's Italian is limited
to mispronouncing 'Buon Giorno.'
When he arrived with his .sol­diers,
he brought food for the
hungry and medicines for the
sick. Right now we are feeding
half the island's sick people. The
other half manages to live on
what the island grows—a little
wheat, a few grapes, goat cheese,
olives, and wine.
"The gratitude of those who
have been fed and restored was
expressed in a proclamation they
sent to His Excellency, de Boss.
The document said that the citi­zens
of Panteleria had looked to
the inevitable arrival of the
Americans and British w i th
dread, for they had been told
tales of what those bloodthirsty
non-Aryans would do t° them.
The citizens were both stupefied
• and gratified, the proclamation
said, to find Americans and Brit­ons
really good people, after all,
and it concluded with a vote of
thanks for providing Pantelleria
with the 'only real freedom we
have ever known.' Two hundred
and fifty names of prominent
citizens were appeanded to 'this —• r . i K t »
fiat of faith." Three Friends Meet
Two Thousand Miles
From Their Home
The army is responsible for the
reunion of three former college
classmates who had not seen each
other since their induction into
the army. These men are all from
the same county in New York and
all attended Queens College.
The soldiers are Sgt. John Ossi,
former basketball star; Cpl. Lou
Kolokoff, member of the track
team; and Pfc. Dave Jacobs, who
was editor of The Queens Crown,
weekly newspaper of Queens Col­lege.
The soldiers in question are
not very enthusiastic about the
South. They admit that their pre­judice
is probably due to the
fact that they are viewing the
South from the Army. However,
they do like the southern women.
To quote Cpl. Kolokoff, "I think
they are swell. I'd like to date
every one of them."
Tau Beta Pi
Gives Picnic
At Chewacla
Intermission Party
Held By Chi Omega
For Kappa Sigmas
Tau Beta Pi, honorary engi­neering
fraternity, enjoyed a hay-ride
and picnic at Chewacla Sat­urday
afternoon. The .following
members attended the social:
Albert Wells, Glenda Bennett;
Ed Richburg, Evelyn Knapp; E.
C. Mitchell, Winnie Price; M. O.
Smith, Jimmie* Nettles; J. L.
West; Regine Bazemore; • John
Blake, Margie Prince.
Stags attending were Eric
Turnbull, W. A. Boone, J. A.
Morton, H. E. Zeiger, Jack
Brush, and Neil Campbell.
Professor and Mrs. C. R. Hixon
were also guests of the fraternity.
* * *
Chi Omega sorority gave an
intermission party honoring the
Kappa Sigs, their brother fra­ternity.
Invited to the party were
the Chis Os and their dates and
the Kappa Sigmas and their
dates. The party was held at the
Chi Omega house during inter
mission from the Kappa Sigma
Black and White Ball.
Mrs. Edris Hughes, housemoth­er,
presided at the punch table
during the party.
RHAPSODIZINGS
(Continued from page 2)
in poster making. When you saw
"Citizen Kane," you may not
have liked it, but you did know
you had seen some of the latest
developments in the art of pho­tography.
At least you were glad
you had seen the picture. And I
think you'll feel the same way
after seeing this exhibit.
YOU CAN DINE MODERATELY AT
HITCHCOCK'S
Enjoy good food and good company in a pleasant at­mosphere.
For quality eating pleasure, eat at Hitch­cock's
regularly.
Hitchcock's Cafe
PITTS HOTEL
CAMPUS ODDITIES
BLONDE, ATTRACTIVE MISS
JO CHAPMAN
IS THE ONLY FEMININE COLLEGE
BASKETBALL COACH IN THE U.S.
(MARTIN G0LLESE,TCNN)
UKE UNIVERSITY IS LOCATED
ON WHAT WAS ONCE A RACE-
• • • TRACK/ • • •
MARIA MONTEZ CREATES OWN
COSTUME FOR "WHITE SAVAGE"
Screen star Maria Montez doesn't mind being cast as an
island princess in a South Seas picture, but she definitely re­fuses
to be involved in any way with a sarong—much less
permit the middle 'of her curvaceous torso to be exposed to
searching cameras in one.
Maria made this clear during
the production of "White Sav­age"
at Universal studio. Her
eyes flashed and she tapped an
angry tatoo with a sandaled foot
while emphasizing her convic­tions
to Director Arthur Lubin
and George Waggner, the produc­er.
She had been approached to
don a sarong in a scene in the
film in which she co-stars with
Jon Hall and Sabu. The Techni­color
feature comes Wednesday
and Thursday to the Tiger Thea­ter.
•
Maria declined—loudly, firmly
—and stood her ground while
studio seamstresses quickly need­led
up a less daring costume and
the entire "White Savage" troupe
marked time to the beat of a
soaring budget.
The argument dated from early
planning stages of "White Sav­age."
Bans Sarong
Maria insisted from the start
that she regarded the convention­al
sarong inartistic. Working with
Universal stylists, she devised a
costume which she considered
YOU'LL ALWAYS
BE PLEASED WITH
The Food
Served
AT THE
GRILLE
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
JOHN GAZES, Mgr.
more appropriate for a South
Seas beauty—and a princess to.
boot. She innovated a name for
the creation—"sheerong."
From this original idea a dozen
"sheerongs" were developed. All
of them have long graceful lines
and sheer transparency in com­mon,
the latter giving rise to the
name.
A Worthy Cause
The daring note emphasized in
each, however, is a slit -down the
front. By skillful manipulation of
the "sheerong," Maria is able to
expose as much epidermis as the
law will allow, and Maria is by
no means all thumbs. So obvious­ly,
on Maria, the "sheerong" -is
dedicated to the cause of sightly
entertainment. .
"But," said Maria, "I don't have
to expose myself when I don't
feel in the mood. In a sarong, one
has no choice." And Maria went
on to explain that a nightie is a
perfectly proper garment, yet
one would not think of showing
up at a dinner parly in one.
"Can't Say I Didn't Warn You/' Says ASTP
In Letter Telling Of His Bewildering Life
Spare Time Is Rare
After You Start
Living By A Bugle
I am not one to plant seeds of
discontent, but I am a fatherly
soul and can't refrain from tell­ing
you something that will make
you step cautiously into the ranks
of the ASTP. Here it is; I can't
hold it any longer.
Your first. conscious percep­tion
of the day is the bugle call
shattering your dreams at six
o'clock in the morning. This call
means that you have exactly ten
minutes to go until reveille. So,
when the bugle blows, you reach
for your shoes with one hand and
your trousers with the other.
As you put your shoes on, your
laces invariably break because
you didn't get new ones the last
Round And Round She
Stops Nobody Where
A man had twelve bottles of
liquor in the cellar. His wife
found them and told him to pour
the contents of each bottle down
the sink. To start the painful
duty, he pulled the cork from the
first bottle and poured the con­tents
down the sink, with the ex­ception
of one glass, which he
drank. He extracted the cork
from the second bottle and also
emptied it, with the exception of
one glass, which he drank. He
then pulled the cork out of the
third bottle and poured the con­tents
down the sink, with the ex­ception
of one glass, Which he
drank. He pulled the cork from
the fourth sink and poured the
bottle down the glass, which he
drank. He pulled the next bottle
from the glass and drank one
sink of it and poured the glass
down the cork.
He pulled the sink out of his
next glass and poured the cork
down the bottle. He pulled the
next cork out of his glass and
poured the sink down the bottle
and drank the cork. Then he
corked the sink with the glass,
bottled the drink, and drank the
pour. When he had everything
emptied, he steadied the house
with one hand, counted the bot­tles
with the corks, and the glass­es
with the other, which were 29.
To be sure, he counted them
when they came by again, and
he had 74. As the house came by,
he counted them again, and fin­ally
had the houses, bottles, and
corks, and glasses counted except
one house and one bottle, which
he drank.
time you were intown. It happens
every morning and should teach
you a lesson, but it doesn't.
After you surmount this diffi­culty,
you quickly pick up your
toilet articles and make a dash
for the bathroom. You need not
have rushed, because there are
seven others ahead of you any­way.
So, you wait. Just as you
settle in a chair, comfortably un­dressed,
the bugle blows reveille.
It is now 6:10 a. m. and you
drop every thing, pick up your
caps, and proceed to dress after
a fashion, as you go down three
flights of stairs. You finally get
to your position in line just a
scant second or two before the re­port
is given. Then the report is
made and you breathe a sigh of
relief, you have made it!
By now it is 6:20 so the bugle,
that same 'darn bugle, blows the
mess call. This is the signal for
every man to rush to the mess
hall and wait in a long double line
until it starts, to "inch" forward.
Then you finally get to the place
where the food is being thrown
on your tray in a haphazard fa­shion
by eight different people.
Being still half asleep,' you look
at the result and immediately
wonder whether you have al­ready
eaten it or are just about
to eat it. At this point, your stom­ach
comes to your rescue with a
few groans and decides you have
not eaten yet.
When you are through eating,
you feel much better (heaven
knows why) and you are almost
awake. You start to think about
the nice date you are going to
have this week end and then you
even shave, make your bed, shine
your shoes and clean the bath­room.
Now you feel bad again,
/but that thought moves you
speedily to your room for a clean­up.
At eight o'clock, you emerge
and fall in line to march to
ICE CREAM
SAVES YOU
'OVERTIME'
IN THE
KITCHEN!
America is hard at work. Hours at home should
be devoted to relaxation to be ready for tomor­row's
job! The family today needs foods that are
wholesome and healthful. Few foods are easier
to serve and contain more food value than Ice
Cream. Froz-Rite Ice Cream is a wonderful ener­gy-
food to add to your regular diet. It contains
important vitamins, and minerals and calcium. It
tastes delicious and is made with every ease to
assure its purity. Make it a habit to stop by your
dealers for a take-home package. It takes no time
to prepare and the whole family loves it.
FROZ-RITE
OPELIKA CREAMERY
school. You wear a self-satisfied
expression on your face until al­most
ten-thirty. Then you let
your mind wander back to the
barracks for a minute, thereby
missing three months of trigo­nometry,
and you suddenly re­member
you forgot to turn the
water off when you cleaned the
bath tub. Visions of your bed
floating around the room make
you shudder. But what about that
week-end pass—will you get it
now? You still have one whole
hour before* you go back to the
barracks; what will it look like
then? -
You are tempted to skip class
and run madly back right away,
but that would be risking the
wrath of a certain 2nd Lieuten­ant
who doesn't like you anyway.
What to do?
By twelve o'clock, your finger
nails are gone and your hair is
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Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN August 10, 1943
Kappa Sigma Wins Game
By The Flip Of A Coin
Writer Gives Character Sketch Of Dean
Who Is Number Two Man On Tennis Team
i
By Jay Green _
Yesterday evening after the rain and after supper when
most of us were comfortably in a session or in bed, the All
Stars played Kappa Sigma in a softball game which the lat­ter
won in an unusual way. It happened thusly. The Kappa
Sigs started the scoring with two runs. The Stars retalliated
with one, the Kappa Sigs raised their score to three. It was 3
to T1h ei n twhein nfeorusr th.s tepped their
score to four. The Stars tied the
game in the fifth. In the sixth in­ning
both teams scored two runs.
The score then read six all.
By this time darkness had set­tled,
the ball was wet, and the
players were wet. The managers
decided to end the struggle in an
easier manner than fighting it
out. They were going to let a coin
decide the outcome.
Tension fell over the field as
the coin rose. Players of both
sides dropped to the ground in
silent and verbal prayers. Alas,
the coin fell for Kappa Sigma.
The definite score is unknown
but one thing is certain, the Kap­pa
Sigs won.
Winning pitcher was Freshman
Sergrest and the losing pitcher
was Fowler. This was the final
game of the All Stars who have
chinched their chances of enter­ing
the playoff. The Kappa Sigs
have one more game.
# * *
While tennis is at a standstill
due to lack of opponents and an
abundance of rain, we offer a
character sketch of Herman Dean,
a junior in business administra­tion.
Herman comes to Auburn
from Birmingham where he was
No. 1 man on West End tennis
team. He is our No. 2 man.
- In Auburn's match with Bir­mingham
Country Club, Herman
lost to the former captain of
Dartmouth's tennis team. This
was his first and only set of
singles since joining the blue and
orange squad.
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Despite Graduation
Despite the fact that gradua­tion
interferred with the usual
week-day sports of the Naval
Aviation Cadets, four teams fin­ished
the schedule. Rain, exams,
and hikes also interfered with
the program but in the final tal­ly,
the Helldivers won over the
Mariners, and the Coronados
beat the Buccaneers 18 to 12.
Most of the contests were close
as the scores indicate, usually
the winner being decisive in one
department only. Swimming,
softball, football, baseball, water
polo, and track were the sports in
which the cadets participated.
Members of the Vindicators,
Seagulls, Venturas, and Buffalos
graduated Wednesday, leaving
their program unfinished.
LADIES
(Continued from Page 1)
blazing off-stage in the midnight
scene was a decided distraction.
The play was well-directed and
the characters knew their lines
well—almost too well at times
since they were inclined to
pounce upon them.
The play was enjoyed by your
critic very much—sometimes too
much as he often forgot the rea­son
for his coming. I recommend
that you see this play.
THIS
(Continued from Page 1)
strong upperclassmen. And he
would soon see the right way to
do things and would once again
walk the straight and narrow
path.
All was well—until one sum­mer
when nearly all of the big,
strong upperclassmen went away
to fight the big, bad wolf. You
just should have seen those nice
little freshmen. Why they almost
took the place over. Then . . . one
day . . . out of a clear Auburn
•sky, there came a mighty War
Eagle. It shook old Samford tow­er
as it swooped over the village
and took all the nasty little
freshmen away to meet the great
Auburn Spirit, who sentenced
them to one year of soft labor
at the University of Alabama.
Moral: The big, strong upper­classmen
should help the nice
little freshmen to stay as sweet
as they are.
YOU r
(Continued from Page 1)
you can at least sing loud. And if
you don't sing, you can whistle
or hum. It's really as much fun
to try and, when everyone tries,
the result is remarkable. So re­member—
we'll be singing with
you next Wednesday!
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GRADUATING
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School of Education
Bachelor of Science in Educa­tion:
Lucinda Laseter Adams,
Mary.Frances Boyett, Viola Mc-
Kee Bradley, Alvis George Bris­coe,
Louis Arthur Chateau, Alma
Thompson Childers, Annett Col-quett,
John Morgan Druay, Mary
Elizabeth Gause, Luther John
Haynes, Floy Holstun Johnson,
Sherrell Juanita Lee, Ora Lee
Lemaster, Lice Wilson McCreary
(as of May 29, 1939), Nellie May
Parker, Annie s Lee Pritchett,
Mary Jim Delbridge Randall,
Sarah Elizabeth Smith, Annie
Maude Upchurch, Nellie Jo Up-church,
Helen Ross Willoughby,
and Roella Crapps Windham.
Bachelor of Science in Agricul­tural
Education: Samuel Merwin
Draper, Elton Loftis Hinton,
Vernon George Perry, Nathan
Lamar Phillips, Thomas W. Rob­inson,
Thomas Bryon Tompkins,
and Gus Wilson Young.
Bachelor of Science in Home
Economics. Education: Deby All-dredge,
Isabel Wilson Allen, Hen-rie
Blanche Cook, Laurena Croom
Daniels, Sarah Emmaline Davis,
Emmagene Dawson, Jane Wal­lace
Gibbs, Beryl McDaniel Har-i
is, Clara Brooks Martin, Elean­or
Margaret McNutt, Valera Por­ter,
and Cliffie Eleanor Whatley.
(Continued Next Week)
Scene: College Classroom
Time: One To Two On Any Day
Look Around, Says Observer, And See
If You Can Spot These Typical Types
By Arnold Glass
That deathly stillness had crept over everybody as it can
only do from one to two every day. The last man awake said
the professor was wondering whether to integrate or raise it
to the oompteenth power—at any rate it kept him busy.
What ever it was he was doing,
he did it, they tell me.
One time he was interrupted
when one feller's neck got lim­ber
and his head hit the desk in
front of him. It didn't break the
'lessor's chain of thought nor the
feller's head either. Both of 'em
were 'off the planet' when it
happened, so it didn't matter.
Just Another Blackout
Many of the boys were adding
another hour of blackout to their
lives just like they didn't know
what else you went to a one
o'clock class for. Some just closed
their books, folded their arms an'
lay down to sleep right after roll
call. Without a doubt, this was
the best way to sleep.
Now the boys with the limber
necks were at a decided disad­vantage.
Their heads would get
heavy and tumble sideways, for­ward,
and backward. Falling on
their chests and shoulders it
would mean a quick end to the
siesta. They were perfectly miser­able.
Neither were they sound
enough asleep to enjoy it nor
wide enough awake to hear the
lecture. One of them would wake
up for a minute, ask a question
and then go back to sleep before
the prof could answer.
Smart Guys
Those on the front row in this
class were the smartest of the lot
—they've learned to sleep with
their eyes open and their heads
straight up. (The stuff they drink
to do it is good for floor polish 'n'
cleaning fluid too.)
This business of sleeping with
the eyes open is on old one. Only
recently has a formula been
compounded that will prevent the
rolling back of the eyes from
their normal position when the
process of sleep is begun. (A neat
pine box comes with every third
bottle.)
A number of men with polaroid
glasses on in the class were real­ly
enjoying their sleep—yet they
look wide awake. This method
has a stiff neck as its only pre-r—-~—
requisite for complete disquise.
Bui They Have The Same Idea
The class at best represents a
mixture of the aforementioned
types. Around the room seeking
relief from the heat were the
lumbermen sawing the logs, the
summer chickens with the lim­ber
neck, one with the dead-man
pan and rolled-back eyes, and one
with polaroid glasses—all sound
asleep.
Various things would interfer
with their- nap. Now and then a
book would drop, somebody
would shift around in his seat,
and the prof would accidentally
drop his eraser—all of which
would create enough confusion to
arouse the soundest sleeper.
Anyway you try it, it's a losing
proposition — sleeping in class
don't pay., in the long run. You
don't get enough sleep to help
'n' ya might miss the very stuff
that'll be the answer to that
fourth question on the quiz.
The problem is not to learn to
stay awake in class or how to get
more sleep at night. The real
problem is to figure out just
when he's going to give you the
answer to those questions on the
quiz and sleep all the rest of the
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