1942-03-20 The Plainsman

              YEP, IT'S JUNE 8
Frances Ellis is shown above circling June 8. 1942, which is to
be the opening date for Auburn's 71st Regular Session and also
the opening date for the newly installed Quarter System
Under the accelerated wartime program, Auburn's new Freshman
Class will forego summer vacation in order to enter college this
June rather than September.
"SUSPECT" STAGING
TO BE MARCH 30, 31
/ Cast Announced
For Next Auburn
Players Production
By BUCK TAYLOR
Forthcoming production of the
Auburn Players, the 'new melo­drama,
'SUSPECT', will be pre­sented
on Monday and Tuesday
nights, March 30 and 31, at 8:15
P. M.
An F. F. A. meeting, which is
scheduled to be held in Langdon
Hall from seven to eight on the
night of the' second performance,
will be over well before curtain
time, it was announced by A.
Morgan Wallace, president.
Admission to "SUSPECT" is
free to all students who present
their activities books; faculty
members and townspeople will
be admitted for twenty-five cents.
The scene of this exciting melo­drama
is laid in the home of an
elderly, eccentric lady who lives
in the coast town of Cornwall,
England. Action occurs at a time
just prior to the opening of the
present conflict in Europe.
Although very little of the un­usual
plot may be revealed with­out
destroying the play's entire
effect, this much may be said
about it. It involves the recalling
or review of a rather gruesome
murder which had occurred many
years before in Cornwall.
The cast, as announced by Pro­fessor
Telfair B. Peet, Director of
Dramatics, is as follows: Mrs.
S m i t h , Marjorie McKinnon;
Goudie Maclntyre, Jean William­son;
Dr. Rendel, Eliah P. Pearl-man;
Janel Rendel, Martha Ward;
Robert Smith, Robert D. Knapp;
Thfe Rev. Aflfred Combermere,
Geqtfge Andreades; Sir Hugo
Const,v Jack Colvard Jones; Lady
Const, Marian Tompkins. '
Seward Percy and Reginald
Den^am, the two well-known
British playwrights, are the au­thors
6f "SUSPECT." These two
men aTe; remembered for their
recent.Broadway and Hollywood
smiwh hit, "LADIES IN RETIRE­MENT."
Not only was this rated
as tops among all stage produc­tions
of last year, but it was also
selected by New York screen
critics as one of the ten best
films of the year.
"SUSPECT" is apparently re­ceiving
as much praise as has
been given to "LADIES IN RE­TIREMENT."
This is borne out
by the fact that it enjoyed a most
eventful run at The Playhouse
in New York after its initial
showing, which was very success­ful
at St. Martin's Theatre in Lon­don.
Women Students to Elect WSGA Officers Monday
Polls in Social
Center Open From
Ten to Five-Thirty
Elections for officers of the
Women's . Student Government
will be held Monday at the So­cial
Center in the Quadrangle.
The polls will be open from 10
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
All candidates have been qual­ified
by - the Examining Board
which requires them to have a
scholastic average of 2.5 and the
ability to handle W. S. G. A. af­fairs.
Mildred Brown Davis and Mary
Jo "Pat" Ford are the two can­didates
for President of W.S.G.A.
Mildred Brown 'Davis, junior in
home economics, is from Pike
Road. She is a representative to
W. A. A., treasurer of Theta Up-silon.
secretary of W.S.G.A., and
she \fc Is recently tapped by Car­dinal
Key. Pat Ford is a junior
in education from Columbus, Ga.
She is a member of P. O. P. so­rority,
served on the house com­mittee
of Smith Hall 41-42, and
she was recently tapped by
Sphinx honor society.
Candidates for vice-president
are Reid Anderson and Laura
Wallace. Reid Anderson is from
Greenville, S. C. She is a junior
in commercial art and is on the
Dean's List. She was recently
tapped by Sphinx honor society.
Laura Wallace is also a junior in
commercial art. She is from At­lanta,
Ga., and she has been
tapped by Cardinal Key. In her
freshman year she was tapped by
Oracles and in her sophomore
year she was tapped by Owls,
both honor organizations. .
Helen Crook and Emma Jean
Vick are candidates fir secretary
of W. S. G. A. Helen Crook is a
member of Alpha Gamma Delta;
she has been elected vice-presi­dent
of the organization for 42-43.
She is a junior in the school of
science and literature. Emma Jean
Vick is a sophomore in secretarial
training from Fayette. She is
president of. Dormitory 1, vice-president
of P. O. P. sorority,
and secretary-treasurer of I. R. C.
Frances Baldwin and Mary Jo
Spradley are candidates for
W. S. G. A. Treasurer. Frances
Baldwin is a freshman in secre­tarial
training from Robertsdale.
She is a member of Oracles honor
society and social chairman of
dormitory 2. Mary Jo Spradley is
a member of Alpha Gamma Del­ta
sorority. She is a freshman
in secretarial training from An-niston
and she is a member of
Oracles.
Three girls, Sara Atkinson, Bet­ty
Bell and Helen Smith, quali­fied
as candidates for town repre­sentative.
Sara Atkinson, a mem­ber
of Kappa Delta, is a junior in
the school Of science and litera­ture.
She has been tapped by Car­dinal
Key honor society. Betty
Bell, a sophomore in home eco­nomics,
is a member of Chi Ome­ga.
Helen Smith, Hartselle, is a
junior in home economics educa­tion.
She is secretary~of F.H.A. and
was recently tapped by Cardinal
Key. She was a member of Ora­cles
honor society in her fresh­man
year.
Frances Ellis and Mary Tinsley
are candidates for Women's
Representative to the Executive
Cabinet. Frances Ellis, Centre, is
a junior in the school of science
and literature. She is a member
of Chi Omega, secretary of W.A.A.
and she has been tapped for
membership in Sphinx honor
society. Mary Tinsley, president
elect of Alpha Gamma Delta so­rority,
is a junior in commercial
art. She is from Harpersville and
she has been tapped by Cardinal
Key.
Jlw Plaindmotv TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT'
VOLUME LXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1942 NUMBER 48
Spring Elections are Monday and Tuesday
Forty-six Submit
Marine Applications
Editor of Plainsman:
Forty-six men submitted ap­plications
for enlistment in the
Marine Corps Reserve. Lt. Fow­ler
will arrive here Monday,
March 23, at noon. Physical
examinations will be made and
men finally accepted and enlisted
by March 25.
John J. Waterman
Col. F. A.
Frosh, Sophs, Vote
Monday; Juniors Go
To Polls on Tuesday
Ticket Books Required; All Ags And
Vets Must Vote on Respective Hills
By HERBERT MARTIN
The Spring Elections, to select officers for t h e sophomore,
junior, and senior c l a s s e s n e x t year, will be held on Monday
and Tuesday of next week. Freshmen and sophomores will
vote for sophomore and junior officers Monday, a n d ' j u n i o rs
will go to the polls Tuesday to choose senior officers.
„ Charlie-Flowers, chairman,, o f t h e Elections Committee,
warns that all students must either present ticket books to
poll officials to receive a ballot, or obtain a" s t a t e m e n t of class
registration from the college registrar. Students who do not
have ticket books are requested to
SOPHS SPONSOR RED, WHITE,
AND BLUE DANCE TOMORROW
Free Picture
A motion picture, "How to
Fight Fire Bombs" will be shown
at the Tiger Theatre at 11 a. m.
Monday. There will be no admis­sion
charge for this show. The
public, and especially all auxil-liary
firemen and auxilliary po­licemen,
are urged to attend.
All-Stars Down AGR's 28-19;
A TO s Win Intramural Swim
Alpha Gamma Rho, Sigma Nu Take Cups
In Basketball; Phi Swimmers Second
In the initial attraction of Intramural Night last Wednes­day",
which was" the finals of the Interfraternity Swimming
Tourney, Alpha Tau Omega won over all opposition by large
margins.
Phi Delta Theta placed second with Kappa Alpha a close
third in the competition.
Winner of the various events with the winning times were
as follows;
150 yd. Medley, Alpha Tau
Omega, 1:11. Second, Kappa Al­pha.
Third, Phi Delta Theta.
50 yd. Dash, Nelson, of ATO,
Ronald, Kappa
Baumhauer, Phi
0:19. Second,
Alpha. Third,
Delta Theta.
25 yd. Dash, March, of ATO,
0:09. Second, Miley, SAE. Third,
Pelham, Kappa Alpha.
50 yd. Backstroke, Grace of
Kappa Alpha, 0:26. Second, Up-shaw,
ATO. Third, Stewart, Sig­ma
Chi.
50 yd. Breaststroke, Smith,
Kappa Sigma, 0:23. Second, Gal­loway,
ATO. Third, Moore, SAE.
200 yd. Relay, Alpha Tau Ome­ga,
1:22. Second, Kappa Alpha.
Third, Phi Delta Theta.
All-Stars vs. AGR
The Interfraternity Ail-Star
basketball team was victorious
over the Alpha Gamma Rho team,
interfrat champions, in the bas­ketball
game which was the sec­ond
big attraction of Intramural
Night.
The All-Stars scored 28 points
to the 19 of the Alpha Gamma
Rhos.
In the women's tables tennis
matches, Mary Jo Spradley won
a close match over her opponent,
Helen Wagner.
Professor Lawrence Barnett was
the winner of the badminton sin­gles
championship, defeating
N. W. Long by a score of 15 to 11.
Completing the night's program
was an excellent demonstration
of archery skill by the mid-west­ern
champion, Miss Eloise Lapp.
Cups Awarded
At the half of the All-Star
Basketball Game, the president
of the Interfraternity Council,
Tommy Schuessler, presented
championship-cups to the fratern­ities
who were victorious in bas­ketball
and swimming.
Alpha Gamma Rho received the
first-place award for basketball.
Alpha Tau Omega was present­ed
the winning cup in swimming.
Jimmy McCauley, senior mana­ger
of fraternity intramural
sports, awarded runner-up cups
to Sigma Nu and Phi Delta Theta
for basketball and swimming res­pectively.
Students and
Profs Take Rubber
Shortage Seriously
Auburn is taking the rubber
shortage seriously. Many towns­people
and professors, as well as
students, have put away then-cars
and may be seen peddling
gaily over the campus.
The wide sidewalks recently
completed, networking the cam­pus,
are ideal for the cyclists. It
is expected that the practice will
become more and more wide­spread.
One Professor and his wife
have solved the problem of fam­ily
transportation without sacri­fice
of personal liberty. They both
have their own bicycles, and two
year old Junior is towed along
behind in a kiddie car.
One Auburn co-ed comments,
"Bicycle riding not only conserves
tires but it is good exercise and
a lot of fun."
get their statements early in or­der
to avoid a rush at the regis­trar's
office on election days.
Polls will be open from nine
until eleven on both days, and
from one until five-thirty. All
results for both days will be giv­en
in Tuesday's Plainsman, which
will probably not be on the streets
until eleven Tuesday night. No
returns will be announced before
this, according to Flowers.
There will be three election
boxes on both days. One will be
at Student Center, one at Comer
Hall, and one in the New Vet
Classroom Building. All Ag stu­dents
must vote at the box;
in the lobby of Comer Hall, and
all Vet students on Vet Hill. Other
students will vote in Student
Center.
WORK FOR STUDENTS
AVAILABLE AT
SE&H OFFICE
Three or four students capable
of pruning pecan trees may ob­tain
employment for several days
or afternoons by applying to Dr.
J. V. Brown, director of student
employment and housing, first
floor of Samford Hall.
In some issues of Tuesday's
Plainsman, mistakes were made
in the ballots given. Pete king's
name was omitted from the can­didates
for president of the Ex­ecutive
Cabinet. He will oppose
Jimmy Butt for this office. Ray
Bozeman is a candidate for vice-president
of the junior class in­stead
of president, as reported
in the Plainsman, and Beejee
Harwell will run for secretary
of the junior class instead of
historian. •
Auburn Named
War Information
Key Center
Auburn has been designated
as one of three Key Centers of
War Information in the State.
The other centers are located at
the University of Alabama and
Tuskegee Institute.
The service "will include a col­lection
of printed information at
the Main Library, the establish­ment
of a Morale Service Com­mittee,
preparation of exhibits of
materials in the library, and a
counselor service for speakers
and teachers who desire various
types of war information.
Miss Mary Martin will be in
charge of the library materials;
members of the International Re­lations
Club will arrange the dis­plays;
and Dr. B. R. Showalter
will serve as counselor. The Mo­rale
Se r v i c e Committee was ap­pointed
several weeks ago.
Admission Proceeds to Go Toward
Equipment of First Aid Stations
Tomorrow afternoon, at/2 P. M. the "Red, White, and
Blue" Defense Dance which is being sponsored by the mem­bers
of the Sophomore Class, will be officially opened at
Graves Center by Roy Fuller, president of the class.
The purpose of the ball is to raise sufficient funds to
equip 11 first aid stations which are to be established at var­ious
points on the campus in the near future.
Tickets to the defense dance are twenty-five cents both
for stags and couples. In addition
stop by the Main Gate today or
tomorrow. A booth has been set
up ttiere tor- the purpose of facil­itating
advanced ticket sales.
Tickets may also be purchased
from fifty Sophomores who are
wearing red, white, and blue arm
bands. These students have been
engaged in general selling during
the past two weeks.
to this, a defense stamp of twenty
five cent denomination must be
presented at the door together
with the admission ticket.
The dance will last from two to
four. Music for the occasion is
to be furnished by the Auburn
Knights.
Advanced sale of tickets is in
the hands of Ralph Carroll, gen­eral
chairman of the Sophomore
dance committee. Carroll stated
that the class wishes to express
appreciation to the merchants of
Auburn who have cooperated so
wholeheartedly with the Soph­omores
in the dance preparations.
He also wants to remind anyone
who needs a ticket to the ball to
Importance Notice
Student leaders are urgently
requested to meet in the Presi­dent's
office this afternoon, March
20, at four o'clock.
Signed: L. N. Duncan, Presi­dent,
API.
Interfraternity Track Meet To
Be Held in Stadium March 25-26
New Regulations, New Scoring Method
Announced for Meet by ID Officials
Politicking Rules
No politicians or their suppor­ters
will be allowed in Student
Center, the lobby of Comer Hall,
or the lobby of the New Vet
Classroom Building for politick­ing
purposes.
At Student Center, politicians
and supporters must not solicit
votes any nearer the door to Stu­dent
Center than the walk above
the steps in front of Langdon
Hall, nor the corner by the Glom-erata
Office in rear of Langdon.
No signs or posters in behalf
of any candidate will be per­mitted.
,
All politicking will be by per­sonal
approach only.
Violations of any of these rules
by candidates or their supporters
will subject the candidate to
disqualification.
By GEORGE HEARD
The Interfraternity track meet
will be held oh March 25 and 26,
it was announced yesterday by
Professor James A. Raport of
t h e Intramural Department.
Many new regulations have been
made for the entrants and also
a new method of scoring is be­ing
tried for the first time. The
track meet. will begin on these
two days at 4:30. The exact time
has not been selected for ihs
final day's events.
Each fraternity has been mailed
an application blank and Pro­fessor
Raport asked that these
be returned as early as possible
They should be sent to the Gym­nasium
addressed to Tommy
Schuessler in care of Professor
James Raport. All blanks must
be in before 12 o'clock noon,
Monday, March 23, 1942.
All fraternities are reminded
that no member is eligible who
has represented Auburn in a Var­sity
or Freshman Track Meet
or in Varsity Cross Country
Meets.
According to information re.
ceived from Professor Raport
this morning, any student who
has earned a varsity letter, or
numeral in track at any other
institution, will not be allowed
to enter the interfraternity track
meet.
One of the new rules affecting
inter-fraternity track is that each
fraternity will be allowed to
enter two men in each event in­stead
of one per event as hereto­fore.
Professor Raport said that
this would give some fraternities
a better chance in more events.
The relay team of each lodge
will be composed of four men.
Another ^change that has been
made for this meet is the method
of scoring. The new system, that
was suggested by Mr. E. A. Thom­as,
Director of High School Ath­letics
in the State of Kansas,
gives the winner of first place
eight points instead of four
as was previously the case. Se­cond
place winner will get five
points, third place will get three
points, fourth place will get two
points and fifth and final place
will take one point. This system
has been worked out to give the
team with the most points the
distinct advantage. Before, a
team with all first places could
win the meet, if the first places
were divided up. This will elim­inate
this advantage. Also, new
in this year's meet is the fact
that there will be five instead
of four teams to place in the
winning bracket. This will give
more teams a- chance to place in
the track meet. The relay will be
scored the same as the other
events.
Coaches Wilbur Hutsell and
Jeff Beard have volunteered
their services to any fraternity
that wishes to get some pointers
or instruction in running or ii
any of the events. Those events
that will be offered this year
are the 100, 220, and 440 yard
dashes, the mile run, 880-yard
run, 120 high hurdles, pole vault,
high jump, broad jump, the shot
put, and the 880 yard relay race.
Any member of any fraternity
may go to the track and see
Coaches Hutsell or Beard for in­struction.
ELECTION ISSUE
Tuesday's issue of The Plains­man,
as is customary with elec­tions
issues will be held until
Tuesday night, and will contain
the results of the annual Spring
Elections.
Because of the amount of time
necessary for the counting of the
votes of the entire student body,
and because of the necessity of
setting those results into type
after they are counted, the Plains­man
will not appear until about
eleven o'clock Tuesday night.
Students, including candidates,
are requested not to call The
Plainsman office Tuesday night
to inquire about election returns,
and not come to the office build­ing
for information or papers un­til
that time.
Page Two THE P L A I N S ML A N March 20, 1942
The Place of the Auburn Student in Defense ^RIPUPUY
During Spring Holidays, representa­tives
of Auburn's Student Government,
and of the Plainsman and the Glomerata,
will attend the twenty-first annual con­gress
of the Southern Federation of College
Students and Publications Representa­tives,
in Baton Rouge, La.
General theme of this convention will
be something like, "The Place of the Col­lege
Student in the Present Emergency."
Auburn's delegates should have plenty
to offer in discussions of this problem. Few
colleges, at least according to their own
newspapers, have done or are doing as
much toward national defense as Auburn.
And we haven't even begun to do yet.
In the past we've had Red Cross drives,
waste paper drives, tin can drives, tooth­paste
tube drives, USO book drives, and
USO record drives. We charge defense
stamp admission to dances that were for­merly
free. Proceeds from these stamps,
sold by Alpha Phi Omega, are going to­ward
the purchase of a Red Cross Bond.
We have a thorough Defense set-up both"
in the City of Auburn, in the College, and
among the students.
We had a blackout this week, and there
may be another in the future.
We're training young men by the hun­dreds
for service as officers in Uncle Sam's
army. We've been doing that since Au­burn's
founding.
We're to have a Naval Radio Training
School here, to train radio operators for
the Navy.
We've entertained RAF fliers, and sol­diers
from Ft. Benning.
Auburn women are teaching and taking
emergency defense courses in first aid,
sewing, nutrition, and canteen service.
Auburn men are teaching and taking first
aid courses.
Officials here are investigating possible
food and raw material substitutes for fu­ture
use when supplies get even lower.
We're preparing for rationing.
We're offering students not in advanced
ROTC the opportunity of enlisting in va­rious
other branches of the services for
training as Reserve Officers.
We're training engineers, so necessary
for defense.
We're to have an airport large enough
to facilitate the landing of any plane in
the world.
We're speeding up our curriculum to
allow students to finish college earlier—
with even better educations than before—
educations for defense. We're going on the
Quarter System.
Auburn is all out for defense. Its rep­resentatives
to the Baton Rouge conference
should have no trouble in showing their
fellow delegates what the part of the
student is in defense. We're hoping they'll
come back with even more ideas. We're
ready for more.
It's the Little Things That Count Today
This is a time when details may mean
the life or death of a nation. That old
axiom about "the little things that count"
is as true now as it will probably be at
any time during the next ten years. If
that little detail about approaching air­planes
at Pearl Harbor had been heeded
perhaps many lives would have been
saved.
But, even, in this age and time when
these details are most important, they can
be over-done, just as all good things can
be stressed too much. Details are impor­tant
but, trifles are thorns in the sides of
the men who are trying to help us.
Trifles in the first place are things of
little importance that mean little or noth­ing
after they are said and done. In most
instances they do more harm than good.
Rumor is a good example for instance.
Now, more than ever before, 'rumors are
aiding the enemy in spreading its propa­ganda
and the ultimate destruction of na­tions.
It should be the duty of every stu­dent
and adult to do his best to keep down
rumors of any description. Bad rumors
are bad in themselves and rumors about
good things will sometimes give us the
feeling of overconfidence. The best thing
we, as patriotic Americans, can do is to
believe the things our government tells us
and try our best to help them in every
way.
This brings up another trifle that could
easily mean the downfall of this nation as
it has meant for several others. This trifle
has to do with the little faith and under­standing
that we sometimes have and
show for the heads of our government and
our armies and navies. This may not look
like much on the surface; but, underneath
it is all-important. If we expect to come
out victorious in this campaign as we have
in those past, we must put our confidence
in those who are doing their best to lead
us. They cannot expect to give the best
that they have unless we are behind them
"all the way".
As one rumor leads to another, so one
trifle leads to another now. Speaking of
the trifling way that some of us look upon
those who are trying to help and lead us,
we would like to mention the way-that
some of the students acted during, our first
trial blackout. Authorities reported that
on the whole our attempt was very suc­cessful.
As far as the blackout was con­cerned
it was almost 100 percent success­ful.
But, some of the details were treated
as trifles, as they are usually treated by
many. All of us were expressly asked to
stay off the street during the blackout
and leave the way open for the air raid
wardens and emergency police. Still some
of the "braver" students went prowlin*g»
around the streets, getting in the way, and
generally making nuisances of themselves
and hindering operations. This may seem
such a small detail now and may not be
looked upon as a trifle, but if a bomb had
been dropped these more venturesome stu­dents
would have wished they had stayed
inside as they had been directed.
Another incident typical of certain stu­dents'
lack of cooperation in the blackout
occurred at one of the larger rooming
places in town.
Several students procured fireworks of
various kinds, according to the report of
a blackout official, and proceeded to fire
them during the blackout. The flashes
from firecrackers were easily discernible
from the air, according to the pilot of the
army plane which circled Auburn at the
time.
Officials, hastening to stop the pranks
of the students, were doused with water.
A trifle? Maybe, but one which might
have been serious.
These things pointed out above may not
mean so much to you and might even be
treated as "trifles"; but, for your own
good, think about them and your part in
making the nation we love more secure by
taking care of the details and letting the
trifles be forgotten. —G. H.
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We have been snooping, of late around the Glomerata office. Be­hind
the bowed back of the editor, Alfalfa Joe Meadows, we've peeked
into cabinets, desk drawers, and files. We've seen quite a number of
the proof pages of the 1942 Glomerata.
And we like it.
We haven't been able to see a copy or proof of the yearbook cover,
however. But "we've questioned Meadows pretty thoroughly about it.
We've learned that the book will have a cover, at least.
We don't think any editor will ever quite be able to "sock" his
public with a novel cover idea quite so much as did Trigger McGehee
with the '41 book. But from what we can tell about this year's pro­duct,
it will be quite novel, itself.
«, And it's a relief to know that we will have a Glomerata this year—
at least, that's what the editor is publicly claiming.
College Journalists In The State
Students frequently ask us if we know, the members of the various
college newspaper staffs in Alabama.
We do know some of them—and they're interesting people.
Take, for instance, Hank Lewis, editor of 'Bama's Crimson-White.
We met Hank at a press convention somewhere or other. We were
impressed with his short stature, his huge spectacles, and his air of
quite cynicism. Beneath that exterior, we found him to be intelligent,
a thinker, and an exponent of the most modern journalistic make-up.
His copartner, Lem Coley, the Business Manager, is contrastingly
tall and good-naturedly humorous. We get a letter, once-in-a-while,
from Lem, just a sort of chew-the-rag letter. We ran into him„ too,
at conventions and once in Montevallo.
On their staff also we count Jim Beech, younger brother of former
Auburn prof (now Montgomery Advertiser Associate Editor) Gould
Beech, and Charlie McBurney, Tuscaloosa home-town product, as our
friends. We used to know Charlie when he was just entering high
school. He frequently came to Auburn for High School Tournaments.
We met Jim while he was working for the Montgomery Advertiser
in the Sports Department. We get occasional letters from Jim, too. He
usually invites us down .to 'Bama for a week-end. We fully intend to
answer his letters, and Lem's, sometime. We just don't get around
io it.
We went to high school with Montevallo's editoress of the Ala-bamian,
Jeanne Appleton. She's our friendly enemy. 'Nuff said.
We don't know Howard's present editor, but last year's Bill Riddle,
was an old friend. We grew up in the same county.
The only Birmingham-Southern staff member that we know well'
enough to count as even acquaintance is one Miss Becky Grey, writer,
newspaperwoman, and actress deluxe. She's quite a lass, Rebecca,
being not only a Hilltop News writer, but also one of the editors of
Southern's literary magazine, "The Quad."
There they are—and would that there were more room to tell you
about them. Since there isn't, you'll just have to meet them. They'd
like that, too.
By HERBERT MARTIN
Apologia To A Candidate
The first four hundred copies of Tuesday's Plainsman came off
the press with a rather glaring political error on its front page.
The name of Pete King, candidate for the presidency of the Exe­cutive
Cabinet, had been left off the pre-election ballots in the elec­tions
story.
The error was caught by a staff member, but only after these cop­ies
had been distributed in town. The mistake was corrected. We can'
but offer our sincere apologies to Mr. King, and hope that our mis­take'
didn't cost him any votes. >,
Wa can't even offer an explanation of the oversight. The ballots
were copied from a correet list of candidates furnished the paper by
the Elections Committee, were copyread by the editor, and proof-read
by both the editor' and the Chairman of the Elections Committee.
Neither caught the error.
But, only four hundred of those papers left King's name out (with
the name of a sophomore candidate in it's place.) The others of the
four thousand copies had the correct list in them. v
Review Of Auburn's Blackout
The first total blackout, in Auburn's history was experienced
Tuesday night, as the village and campus practiced for a possible
future reality.
In spite of the fact that the warning signals, blasts of the town
siren, could only be heard within a few blocks of the fire station,
within fifteen minutes after the first warning, the town was in total
darkness.
This total darkness lasted for over half an hour, with the only
visible light coming from two ground searchlights which played in
the sky, the airfield beacons at the Auburn-Opelika Airport and at
the port at Notasulga, and the red, white, and green lights of two
airplanes which circled above and dived down toward the town.
Those were the only lights—except for a few minutes of the black­out
period, when some of the brothers of one of Auburn's fraternities
decided, according to an unconfirmed report, to play "searchlight"
themselves. They proceeded to clirnb the roof of their house, and
flash spotlights into the sky.
A hastily deputized air raid warden quickly put an end to that
bit of uncooperation.
All in all, city officials seemed to be pleased with the results. So
did everyone else, with the exception of certain quadrangle lassies
and their boy-friends, who were forbidden to date until after the
blackout was over.
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.
Only criticism of the blackout
we have heard, besides one of
quiet alarms . . . the warning
signal really should come before
all clear and lights on, instead
of before grab your partners
and lights out.
'Twas rumored all wasn't clear.
* * *
And blackouts are not so new
after all. This community busi­ness
is merely an excellent in-,
novation.
* * * ,
But why blackout Alabama?
Any fool can look on a map and
tell where it is. It's like hiding
a table by covering it with a
tablecloth.
— * * *
Don't get the wrong idea,
though. We're all for the black­out
theme of decoration.
* * *-
Some good songs oughta come
out of this business. How about
these for titles?
Stock lick . . . "Blackout Blues."
More personal . . . "Blackout
for Two." (And if you pick the
wrong playmate, that blackout-might
refer to two orbs, which
will be out like a Louis victim.)
Or . . . "Lost in a Blackout
Until I Found You."
Perhaps . . . "When We Kissed
in the Blackout, I Thought you
Were Mabel, 'Til I Found That
You Kiss Like Mabel Ain't Able."
Last shot. . . "Two Lips Met
in a Blackout, but it Takes Four
to Do Any Good."
* * *
What this country needs is a
good five-cent blackout game for
them what don't wanna.
* * *
From other schools . . .
"During one of the recent col­lege
blackouts we heard some
coed's shrill voice ejaculate/Get
your hands off me, you! No, not
you! ! You ! ! !"
And, also this one:
Coed: The blackout's over.
Why don't you turn the lights
on?
Med: No use taking any
chances, you know. m
Coed: That's what I mean . ..
turn on those lights!
* * *
Off the subject . . . Auburn can
meet the U. of Alabama lads in
two weekly shoulder to shoulder
rifle matches, but not on the
gridiron. Why ? ? ?
* * *
The March 13 Alabamian, from
the presses at Montevallo, regret­ted
our mention of the inmates
of that institution. Says an editor­ial
column:
"There's no doubt, we're in­teresting
creatures to t h o se
swains from the city of the Plains.
We do appreciate this interest,
but not always the sentiment.
"Besides, we thought we kissed
and made up last fall."
* * *
Ladies, you must have us con­fused
with someone else. We did
make up, 'tis true, but . . .er . . er
. . . and that's just the point.
Shucks, we didn't even shake
hands.
We have no hard feelings,
though, and we are ready at any­time
to declare a lasting peace
. . . on your terms, as stated.
* * *
But not by proxy this time,
please.
* * * ,
Borrowed . . . . a toast:
"Here's to the land we love . . .
and vice versa."
* * *
Also stolen . . . •
"Hello, Mary Louise. Watcha
doing Saturday night?"
"I gotta date."
"And the Saturday after that?"
"I gotta date."
"Anna next Saturday?"
"Gotta date."
"Good Gawd, woman, don't
you ever take a bath?"
:;: * *
Lifted too .'. .
"What foah dat doctah comin'
outa your house?"
"Ah dunno, but ah thinks ah's
got a inkling."
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Kutie, pil­fered
this one herself.
"Campus Queen: I was elected
the girl with the prettiest legs.
"Commerce Man: Yeah! How?
You have calves only a cow could
love."
Here, There, and Elsewhere
By JOHN SCOTT, JR.
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
in this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
"Douglas MacArthur is in Au-tralia."
That quote has been the
theme song of the radio and daily
paper newscasters for the last
few days. The fact that, he is
there has long since ceased to be
news, but the discussions about
why he is there are just begin-ing
to get full grown. And, along
with the "Why's" of the situation,
there has come a chorus ..of
"how's."
. Starting with the problein of
how he got there, we can reach
an easy answer if we merely ac­cept
the fact that he flew. The
thing that has not been cleared
up yet is the little part about
what he flew in, where he flew
from, where he flew to, and how
he could make such a long flight
in one of the out-dated pursuit
ships that we understood were
the only planes on Bataan.
There are definitely some fea­tures
about the "how" of this
matter that are not clear, and
we shall all be-looking forward
to a little more information about
it all. If there is a field on Bataan
that can handle a ship of the
size necessary for such a long
non-stop - - flight as McArthur
made, then it must be possible
for planes of that same size to
land there also. Granting this
possibility, since we know that
the flight can be made, makes us
wonder if all is being done that
can be done to get air support
through to the men on Bataan.
Those men still fighting there
in the last stronghold on the
Phillipines are unquestonably in
great need of air reinforcement
to enable them to continue to
resist. They are just plain sol­diers,
and there will not be any
particular flight to Australia for
them. They do not expect that;
they can now, however, begin to
believe that they have a right to
expect air relief.
Leaving the possibilities that
MacArthur's flight to Australia
bring to mind, we can look at a
few of the reasons why the trip
was ..made. First, of course, is the
fact that MacArthur is the hero
of the Far East and he was to be
made commander of the war in
that area. And, naturally enough,
you can't have a commander who
is a virtual prisoner of the enemy
because of his encirclement.
They had to get the General out
of the Bataan trap to make him
cbmmander, but why they made
him commander is another ques­tion.
. Usually, in an allied set-up, the
nation with the most men in­volved
at that point furnishes the
officer to command. If that was
the reason, aside from his un­doubted
ability as a leader of
fighting men, we can draw the
conclusion that there must be
large numbers of American sol­diers
getting through to the Au­stralian
theater of the war.
On the other hand, in an allied
set-up, that nation often furnishes
the commander which seems to
have the largest future in the war,
and which is the strongest of the
participants. This gives another
reason why we can seemingly ex­pect
greater Amreican participa­tion
in the war "down under".
This also would indicate a weak­ening
of the Britishers' belief in
the abilities of their own leaders.
Or, to add another supposition, it
might indicate that the present
British government is making an
effort to endear itself to the
American government.
Any or all of these things may
lie behind the decision to put an
American leader in charge of
troops largely British in an area
entirely British, with the excep­tion
of small pockets of resistance
on Bataan and Java. Most prob­ably
it is a combination of these
things plus an expression of the
growing trust that the Australians
are placing in the United States to
help pull their nation through the
war.
Regardless of "how" or "why",
the whole world is impatiently .
waiting to see if MacArthur's
spectacular success was a matter
of military genius or merely of
fortunate position.
March 20, 1942 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Alpha Gam, OTS Annual Formals Are Week-end Dances
South Seas Theme OTS to Hold First
Used in Decorations
Alpha Gamma Delta President Christine
Blackburn to Lead With J. T. Hudson
Opening the week-end's social activities will be the annual
dance of the Gamma Delta chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta
sorority tomorrow night in Graves Center. Christine Black­burn,
president of the Alpha Gams, will lead the dance
escorted by John Turner Hudson, Jr.
A South Sea Island theme will be used in the decorations.
A blue backdrop designed with the outlines of palm trees
and the figures of tropical birds will be placed behind the
orchestra. At the opposite end of
the hall will hang a wall of moss
dotted with imitation native birds
and strung with bright colored
crepe paper. Other parts of
Graves Center will be decorated
with jungle flowers and moss.
During the leadout a canopy of
balloons will fall from the ceiling.
After the grand march a group of
South Sea Island songs will be
played, ending with the "Alpha
Gamma Girls". At this time Miss
Blackburn will be presented with
an arm bouquet of flowers.
Following the dance the soror­ity
will entertain with a breakfast
in the Auburn Grille where the
members' dates will be given their
favors.
The date list includes:
Frances Hay, Jack Dean; Claire
"Joyce Lasseter, Nollie Williamson;
Mary Tinsley, Jim Stephenson;
Margaret Weller, James Culpep-
'per; Julia Digby, Virgil Rice;
Alice, Blair, J. D. Derrick; Jean
Beaseley, Donaid Cottier; Kath-ryn
Blake, Dick Bjurburg; Lea
Akans, Jones Price; Mary Hazel
Ford, C. B. Hewitt; Sarah Boles,
Walker Richmond; Linelle Dob-
Diamonds - Watches
- Jewelry and
Giftware
Cook Jewelry
Co.
Eason T. Cook Class '14
US South Eighth Street
Opelika, Ala.
bins, Alan Grubbs; Adele Fox,
Bill Van Dyck; Helen Crook,
Jimmy Reddoch; Sarah Dobson,
Jack Turner; Gloria Vann Smith,
John Lawrence; Carolyn Funder-burk,
Jack Harper; Nelda Bease-ly,
Bob Huff; Celeste Allen, Rus­sell
Kulp.
Mary Abele, Henry Lee Hilson;
Pat Elliott, Jim Flanagan; Kath-ryn
Harmon, Tom Galloway;
Betsy Henard, Rene Bidez; Mar­garet
Hodge, John Pace; Emma
Frances Riser, George Allen;
Lois Rogers, John Spencer; Mar­garet
Rogers, Billy Bedford; Judy
Sandlin, Paul Weintritt; Marguer­ite
Sherlock, Harry Huggins;
Mary Jo Spradley, Sam Tisdale;
Julia Walls, Charles Morgan; Ilva
Gail Williams, Bill Pittman; Betty
Wilmore, Lem McCoy; Dale Wil­son,
John S. Bentley; Julia Wood­ruff,
D. K. Clanton; Dot Murdock,
Walter Calclough; Beryl Walker,
John Pelham.-
Polly Barfield, Joe Byrd;
Chubby Sims, Ed Pendleton; Jean
Hoffman, Frank Thomas; Mary
Nelle Chiles, Milton Kay; Mary
Louise Rogers, Paul Stuart; Mad­rid
Davis, Carl Benson; Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Clements; Mr. and Mrs.
Fleet Hardy; Billie Owens, Rene
Pino; Martha Owens, Barriie Cur-lee;
Marion Sims, Ed Penley.
Hess Speaks to
Future Farmers
Professor E. D. Hess spoke to
the Collegiate Chapter of the
Future Farmers of America Tues­day
evening, March 17, on "Some
Faults in Public Speaking."
Go m
SPRING
This
See the Scores of New Selections
AT
Olin L Hill's
'The Man With The Tape'
CHORAL CLUB RECEIVES
PRAJSE FOR RECENT TOUR
Reports of the successes of the
Auburn Choral Group's recent
tour of the state are expressed in
a letter recently received by
President Duncan, and a critic's
comments from a Tuscaloosa
newspaper.
The letter to Dr. Duncan is as
follows:
Dear Dr. Duncan:
Last Tuesday night, March 3,
we had the pleasure of a concert
given to the personnel of Max­well
Field by the Auburn Glee
Club.
Approximately there were 1,500
cadets 'and enlisted men who en­joyed
the concert so much that
several times different members
of the Choral Club seemed to be a
bit nonplussed when ithey were
called back time after time by the
heavy applause of the group. The
Choral Club gave a tremendous
amount of pleasure and enjoy­ment
to our men in this crowded
hour, and I want to convey to you,
from all of us, pur very deep ap­preciation
for the great good done
by the Choral Club in coming to
Maxwell Field.
The next afternoon, Wednes­day,
March 4, upon our request
the Club came back to Maxwell
Field for a brief tour. I want to
say to you especially that these
men and girls s composing the
Choral Club were so pleasant to
know and of such quality that
their every action reflected dig­nity
and credit upon Auburn,
their parents, and themselves.
I particularly wanted to let you
know personally how grateful we
are to have had-the Club sing for
us and be with us.
Sincerely,
DWIGHT M. WILHELM,
Captain, Air Corps,
Special Services Officer.
The newspaper report is as fol­lows:
"Thirty-seven singers of the
Auburn Choral Club presented a
delightful and well-performed
concert in Morgan Hall at the
University Thursday under the
skillful direction of Lawrence
Barnett.
"The club, composed of young
men and women, sang a varied
program that pleased the audience
which was generous in its ap­plause
attesting to the ability of
the group and its director.
"Especially pleasing was the
group which included "Softly, As
in a Morning Sunrise," from Rom­berg's
New Moon and Rudolf
Grind's "Donkey Serenade," from
The Firefly, and "Old King Cole"
by Forsyth.
"The girls' sextet composed of
the Misses Sara Lou Connell, Faye
Behind the Desk
(Editor's Note: The following is the second of a series of
weekly articles by members of the faculty and staff of API.
This article was written by Auburn's ROTC Commandant,
Colonel John J. Waterman.)
ROTC Training An Asset To The Student
By JOHN J. WATERMAN, Col. F. A. .
Omitting any discussion on the value of ROTC in winning the
present war, I want to write a few lines on the value of ROTC
training to the individual.
A freshman enrolling at Auburn is required by federal and state
law to take military training for two scholastic years, or six
quarters. He has no choice; it is compulsory' military training.
What good does he get out of this course as a student?
The military department gives the student a limited amount of
instruction on subjects the soldier in ranks has to know. He soon
forgets the details of these subjects and it is of little value to the
student after he leaves college and goes to his chosen work in
civilian life, but it does instill discipline which is invaluable to
any citizen in any walk of life. Let us analyze discipline, a
military term so misunderstood by many civilians.
Discipline—a subject not taught, but an attribute which military
training instills in a man. Discipline is the mark of a gentleman.
It calls for cheerful and willing compliance with law and regula­tions
enacted by our various government agencies—city, state and
nation, for the comfort, safety and peace of our citizens. Discipline
implies courtesy, a trait of character which is always an asset.
Courtesy wins friends and makes no enemies. Discipline assures
leadership, and gains for a man the respect and confidence of his
companions, his superiors and the men^who work under his control.
Discipline includes a respect for the feeling and welfare, of others,
a respect for their rights and privileges as Americans. Discipline
makes for initiative, an assurance of ability and the driving force to
direct a man forward of his own volition. Discipline calls for self
respect, an incentive to appear well, neat, clean, in person and dress.
This is the discipline which the Military Department tries to give the
ROTC cadet. ,
It is done as far as possible by precept and example, to have 1,800
men disciplined because they see the value of it, because they want
it and it is not enforced by too much admonition or punishment. If
we succeed, ROTC training will be of inestimable value to the
student in the years to come.
Carnation Ball
President Charles Swearingen to Lead
Dance With Jean Rainer of Judson
Omega Tau Sigma f r a t e r n i t y will give its first Carnation
Ball tomorrow night in Graves Center, J e a n Rainer, Judson
College, leading t h e Grand March with the chapter president,
Charles Swearingen, of Trenton, S. C.
The decorations, p o r t r a y i n g the carnation theme, will in­clude
a backdrop upon which will be mounted a large red
carnation, centered with a lighted f r a t e r n i t y emblem. White
l a t i c e work covered with small carnations will bank t h e sides
of the backdrop, and a large white
Wideberg, Jean Beasley, Evelyn
Martin, Catherine Norton and
Vernelle Fordham were encored
after their group of selections.
Equally pleasing was the men's
octet including Edward Hender­son,
Fred Bryant, Walter Going,
Roy Wilson, Ernest Cappell, D.
W. Moody, Jr., Clyde Ware and
Andrew J. Ellner. This group sang
"On Great Lone Hills," by Sibe­lius,
"I Got Plenty o' .Nuttin"
from George Gershwin's Porgy
and Bess and "Make Believe,"
from Jerome Kern's Showboat.
"The group sang four groups of
numbers and displayed fine
workmanship. The group was
particularly attentive to Director
Barnett arid responded to his di­rection
with finesse. Their attacks
and releases were especially well
executed and the chorus parts
were well balanced.
William Tamblyn, accompanist,
Are You a Senior?
Be Measured for
CAP AND GOWN
Before April 15th
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
AUBURN, ALABAMA
' Announces a.
FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Entitled
Christian Science: The Truth About God and
Man Which Produces Peace
By
GAVIN W. ALLAN, C. S. B.
of Toronto, Canada
Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church,
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts
I DUNCAN HALL AUDITORIUM
Sunday Afternoon, March 22nd, at 3:30 o'clock
The Public Is Cordially Invited To Attend
g
played De Falla's "Ritual Fire
Dance" as his solo contributign to
the performance and exhibited a
new technique. k
Following the concert the Uni­versity
of Alabama Glee Club and
Madrigal Club were hosts to the
visiting singers at a dance in the
Union Building."
REWARD—For information or
return of slide rule. Lost either
Monday or Tuesday. Please call
958-M.
LOST — Green-brown Water­man's
fountain pen. Black ink.
Return to fire station and receive
reward.
disc bearing the letters "O. T. S."
in the shape of a triangle and
centered with a red carnation,
will be placed on each post of the
latice work.
On Friday night, members and
dates will take a hayride to Che-wacla
Park for their annual
steak-fry.
Members and their week end
dates will be as follows:
Charles Swearingen, Jean Rain­er;
Grover Thornton, Lovinna
Bishop, Bill Weiissinger, Emily
Hurt; Kenneth Whittington, Betty
Mead; Mac Williams, Dody Lee;
Lee Backsman, Sara McKenzie;
Coy Poitevent, Mrs. Poitevent;
Luther Ennis, Francis Meadows;
Leroy Bowen, Mrs. Bowenr Mar­vin
Tucker, Louise Rodgers;
Harolde McGhee, Harriet Holmes.
Titon Quinones, Eleanor Hol-den;
Marcellus Boyd, Reyn
Chamblee; J. E. Brown, Ellen
Breedlove; Tom Bush, Josie Park­er;
Billie Caplinger, Mary Hack­ney;
Jimmie Carney, Edith Beck;
Wilburn Cochran, Mana Connor;
Irvin Cooper, Mattiel D. Cooper;
Ross Coppage, Nola Goode; Ray
Cowart, Michie Wood; B. W. Daw-sey,
Eileen Murray.
Tom Deal, Helen Turner; Bill
Hazelrig, Ellen Heacock; Boyce
Jolley, Mary F. Ward; J. D. Nail,
Mary Claire Reid; Albert
Knowles, Mrs. Knowles; Earl
Mackery, Ima Jo Garrett; Rufus
McFerrin, Beth Ham; Archie
Monk, Mrs. Monk; Charles Now-
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Julis Robbins.
Joe Sledge, Alice McCorklie;
Bill Hayman, Dot Conner; James
Whidden, Lucile Glahe; W. L.
Lindsey, Mrs.' Lindsey; Jack
Young, Sara Nell Wilson; Bud
Reed, Carolyn Cowden; Burt Jef­ferson,
Barbara Thompson; Clark
Bozeman, Martha Wood; Ed
Goode, Joy Vaughn; Buddy Hicks,
Virgil Myrick; and George Mc-
Carty, Beth Hart.
Other members present will be,
Joe Davis, Jack Howard, Clinton
Hughes, Quentin Jerome, John
Waters, Carrol Adams, Hugh Bass;
James Fancher, Bob Knowles,
Roy Rackley, George Whitney,
Robert Baucom, Grady Gilchrist,
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ENDS TONIGHT
JAMES CAGNEY
ANN SHERIDAN
—In—
"CITY FOR
CONQUEST"
SATURDAY
BRENDA MARSHALL
ARTHUR KENNEDY
QLYMPE BRADNA
—In—
"HIGHWAY WEST"
Short Features
Crime Doesn't Pay
"RESPECT THE LAW"
Chapter 8
'Don Winslow Of The Navy'
SUNDAY — MONDAY
Down On Railroad Ave. — Opelika, Alabama
Page Four THE P L A I N S M AN March 20, 1942
Davis Gammage, Nim Denson, Jim Gaston
Are Auburn Representatives in Meet
Three members of the Auburn swimming team will parti­cipate
today and tomorrow in the annual Southeastern Con­ference
Meet being held in the Georgia Tech swimming
pool, Atlanta.
The three, Capt. Davis Gammage, Nimrod Denson and
Jim Gaston left by automobile yesterday afternoon.
Gammage, who holds the SEC crown for the backstroke,
will seek to.repeat in that event and will go into the meet the
logical favorite. He may also rep­resent
Auburn in the 440, a race
in which he has enjoyed out­standing
success throughout this
tank season.
Denson, who has won the ma­jority
of his races as a freestyle
sprinter In his first year on the
team, will be the Plainsman can­didate
in the dash events. Gas­ton,
Coach Chambless' number
one breast stroke man, will com­pete
in that field.
The Tiger medley team will
feature a combination of the three.
They have previously registered
a win over Georgia Tech, and
so are in line to repeat and take
top conference honors, as the
Jackets had previously been re­garded
as the SEC's first rank­ing
medley group.
Backstroke and medley events
are to take place tonight while
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Now Is The Time '
To Buy Your
Diamond Ring
Have you seen our stock
of beautiful rings?
T. I. JOCKISCH
the sprints and breast stroke are
scheduled for tomorrow night.
Tech Is Favored
Georgia Tech has scored im­pressive
wins on every occasion
during the current season and is
conceded the top chance of an­nexing
team honors. Only last
week the Jackets handed Flori­da
its first swimming loss in
several years.
Next in line for the team title
is Tennessee. The Vols boast a
group of standouts including SEC
diviivgfcchampion Bill King.
Auburn lost to Georgia Tech
by 51-24, and fell before Tennes­see,
41-34.
"BALL OF FIRE"
TO BE AT TIGER
Mixing together with delight­ful
effect a group of serious col­lege
professors, a night club
queen and a gangster mob, "Ball
of Fire" which will be the Sun­day
and Monday film attraction
at the Tiger Theatre, offers a
spectular high in romantic com­edy.
Gary Cooper and Barbara
Stanwyck share stellar honors in
the lavishly-mounted film, with
Miss Stanwyck in the title role
as Sugarpuss O'Shea, a talented
singer, and Cooper as Professor
Bertram Potts, busily engaged
"with seven colleagues in compil­ing
a new encyclopedia.
The eight learned gentlemen
have worked nine years at their
task and have reached the letter
"S." Since Professor Potts is in
charge of the literary phases of
the work, it is his duty to prepare
an article on Slang, about which
he knows little. At the sugges­tion
of a friendly garbage man,
Swim Meet Begins in Atlanta Today
Tech, Tennessee Are
Rated as Favorites
TWENTY-FIVE BASEBALLERS
BEGIN PRACTICE FOR SEASON
Starters for First
Game Indefinite
By BILL MARTIN
Drake Field is getting hard
treatment these days as the base­ball
squad of some 25 aspirants
is making ready for the current
season which is almost upon them.
Preliminaries over, real workouts
including intrasquad games are
taking place.
Most of the initial workouts
have seen Coach Hitchcock drill­ing
the boys on fundamentals,
plays under certain ordinary
circumstances, etc. A great deal
of the time has been spent in try­ing
out new men at different
positions to find where they may
be used to the best advantage.
Starters Indefinite
There are very few positions
which are already set and during
the next few days' rearranging,
revamping, and switching will be
a very common affair. The catch­ing,
with Captain Jack Ferrell
in this role, is set. Tap Wallis has
cinched and Lloyd Cheatham has
no adversary for his centerfield
spot. Besides these and a couple
of moundsmen, the other posi­tion
are wide open.
Coach Jimmie had one team
working yesterday that looked
as though it would function ac­ceptably
with a good deal of prac­tice,
and he will undoubtedly
spend some more time with this
group. It had a variation of sen­iors,
juniors and sophomores, and
included Jack Ferrell, senior,
catcher; Manuel Vakakes, sopho­more,
first base; Clarence Har-kins,
junior, second base; Vick
Akin, sophomore, shortstop; Tap
Wallis, junior, third base; Jim
Martin, sophomore, left field;
Lloyd Cheatham, senior, center
field; and Charlie Finney, jun­ior,
right field. The outfield of
this combine looked especially
good and people are beginning
to wonder where Hitchcock will
find a place in the outfield for
Jack Curlee, who lettered in the
outer garden as a soph last year,
when he returns to the squad
next Monday.
YARDSTICK
By JOHN PIERCE
Potts seeks first hand information
amid Broadway's night life, and
in this manner encounters Sugar-puss,
whose wide command of
pithy repartee intrigues him.
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CHIEFS U-DRIVE-IT
In Which We Throw a Towel
There wasn't much time off for the basketball players after they
wound up the season, because in Auburn most of the bums aren't
content with fooling with one sport—they'd rather throw themselves
around all year. #
So you have Marvin Motley, Charley Finney and Shag Haw­kins
cutting up on the diamond under Coach Hitchcock. Herbert
Burton working as a juniper and javelin man on the track, and Pa­gan
Canzoneri scrimmaging with the football team. Even Manager
Charlie Rew got the fever—he's now one of Coach Wilbur Hutsell's
assistant trainers.
Three, Hawkins, Canzoneri and Motley, were first stringers
under Coach Jordan. You know all about Shag unless you've been
oui of town for the past four years, but possibly we've underplayed
the other two while making the rounds.
Fagan
is the Auburn galley's favorite, whether as a guard on the
basketball team or at his end post with the footballers. "Two Point
Canzoneri", he'd laughingly call himself after most of the cage games,
and he didn't miss it by much. His average was something like
three points a contest.
But Fagan doesn't have to make points. In fact most people
wouldn't care if he never took a shot at the basket, because he's
got everything else that the coach, players or fans want. A fine
defensive and offensive guard, a hard playing, tireless ball hawk,
and a man with spirit and pep enough to fire up any athletic
outfit is Fagan.
It's the same thing in football. Where you see Canzoneri you
see the whole works going full blast at full speed. He lettered at
left end in '41 and is in advanced ROTC, so will be around next
year for more work in both football and basketball.
We doubt if there's a more popular athlete on the Auburn cam­pus
than this lug, or if there's an athlete who wants to win more, or
if there's an athlete who gets a bigger kick out of doing things for
other lugs than Fagan Canzoneri.
And Marvin
who is a slow talking, easy going, likeable sort of guy who
knows how to get things done and gets them done. He, like, Fagan,
didn't break any scoring records during his two seasons as a regu­lar
guard, but they'd have played 'ell out there without him.
He was spending his time doing those unherald things like
coming out of a scramble holding a basketball, or outjumping
everyone else to steal a rebound, or working into a play—and
those kind of maneuvers are what eventually bring on the points.
Last year he lettered as a pitcher with the base ball team, win­ning
two games and losing none and striking out 15 men. He's one
of the reasons why the Plainsman mound staff is currently being
looked upon with a great deal of regard.
After throwing his last curve he'll pack his bags and look the
draft board in the eye unless something else springs up before then.
Wherever he goes, though, he leaves behind a record which has
had a whole lot to do with the Auburn won and lost columns since
he ambled in from Autaugaville.
Squad Trains For
"A" Day Grid Game
Women's Intramural Basketball
Finals Begin Next Monday
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By DOT FLOYD
The- women's intramural pro­gram
is moving rapidly ahead,
with more interest being evi­denced
in the program than in
the past several years. The finals
in the basketball tournament will
be held on Monday, Wednesday,
and Thursday nights of next
week.
The members of Town, Kappa
Delta, and Delta Zeta teams will
play for first, second, and third
place. The public is invited to at­tend
these final games. Admission
will be ten cents per person,
proceeds to go to WAA for Sadie
Hawkins activities.
Now in progress is the bowling
tournament. This is a new activ­ity,
ipstituted this year for the
first tjme as a team sport. Mr.
J. W. Wright, owner of the Tiger
Bowling Center," will present in­dividual
and team awards to
the winners of this tournament.
Pure
Refreshment
GIVE YOUR
FEET
A
BREAK!
Still on the intramural slate
are team swimming, an open
swimming meet, Softball, bad­minton,
and tennis. Entries may
now be made in the intramural
office for tennis singles and
doubles.
Leading the teams in scoring
are Town, with 235 points, Kap­pa
Deltas with 175, and Chi Ome­ga
with 120. Individual scorers
are led by Martha Walton, with
365 points, followed by Annie
Lou O'Grady (360), Dot Floyd
(345), Sarah Smith (330), ^Mary
Ella Funchess (310), Nancy E.
Whitman (270), Wanda Deramus
(241), Dale Garber (235), Babs
Thomas (208), and Sarah F. God­frey
Martin (194). All are mem­bers
of Town Team, except the
last two. Babs Thomas is a mem­ber
of the Kappa Delta team and
Sarah Frances Martin is a mem­ber
of Chi Omega.
Four Different
Team Combinations
Open to Meagher
Coach Jack Meagher is driving
his Spring Football Trainees
harder day by day in order to
get them in top shape for the
"A" Day performance they are
to give one week from tomorrow
in the Auburn Stadium. Now
getting into some real team play
after weeks of conditioning and
elementery work, are four dif­ferent
combinations.
Last year's "A" Day football
game was quite unusual in the
fact that the backs went wild
and new usage of the famous
"T" formation brought the score
keepers into a frenzy as the score
of the Oranges and Blues ran to
a 40-40 deadlock. The advance
information is that a repetitiou
of the 1941 brawl is to be ex­pected
on the 28th.
Much harder and more -frequent
scrimmages are in store for the
footballers in order to make them
ready for actual game conditions.
This week Coach Meagher has
had four different combinations
working on both offensive and
defensive formations and these
combinations "will be divided in­to
the two "A" Day teams on the
day before the contest. The groups
that" have been practicing on of­fense
have been made., up of
backs, centers, and ends while
the guards and tackles have been
Vorking separately under coaches
Jordan and Chambless.
Missing from the ranks for the
rest of the spring training period
are a number of men who will
be counted on heavily next year.
Among the missing are Ty Irby,
fullback; Herbert Burton, end;
Louie Chateau, tackle; Tommy
Kennell, back; Clarence Harkins,
back; Charlie Finney, back; and
Jack Ferrell, guard. These boys
have been transferred from the
football field to the track and
baseball field and will be unable
to appear in the "A" Day pro­gram
in their usual capacity.
One of the main attractions of
the game coming up, as is always
the case, will be the showing of
the new sophomores. Last year the
sophomores showed up exception­ally
well and there are a number
on this -year's squad that will
stand a great deal of attention.
The next week of training will
put on the finishing touches and
the coaches will have more than
a little bit of hard driving to -do,
before the teams will be well
rounded.
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THIS WEEK
The Auburn Grille
ANNOUNCES THAT
JOE MEADOWS
has been selected to receive
a Steak Dinner for his out­standing
service to Auburn
during the last three years.
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this award.
The Grille is Auburn's
finest and most modern
restaurant.
The Grille invites the stu­dents
to come in often for
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