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Special ASTP Edition IhB PlduiMtiarL Auburn Bids Farewell To ASTPs 'TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT•a VOLUME LXVIII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1944 NUMBER 15 Auburn's ASTP Students Leave This Week 'A WARM PLACE IN OUR HEARTS' Dear ASTP Students: We regret exceedingly that our group of wonderfully fine young men in the ASTP Unit are leaving us. The institution has been using its utmost facilities to aid the war effort. Nothing we have done in this entire program has given us more pleasure or real joy than to participate in your training. We have thought of you just as we do about our regular students—as a part of Auburn and as our very own in every way. * Your exceptional ability, your keen interest in the program, and your uniform gentlemanly conduct at all times have been sources of real happiness to us. Wherever you may be you may rest assured that you have a warm place in the affection of all of us here at Auburn. May God bless and keep each of you. Sincerely yours, L. N. DUNCAN, President. Hiring Of New Coach Assures Football Team Athletic And Physical Training Program To Be Set Up As One Unit Under Voyles Securing the services of Coach Voyles as director of the department of physical education and athletics at Auburn will not only make it possible for Auburn to field a football team this year, but the new coach will also be closely related with a proposed improvement on the present system of physical education for each individual of the student body. As a result of the observation and care- BIDS FAREWELL MEN LEARN LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AS CADETS "Bob" Adds Being Editor To Long List By Bob Sharman Private Robert L. Thompson, generally known on our campus as just "Bob," is the editor of this special edition of the The Plainsman, an issue that is dedicated in one grand finale to Auburn's departing engineering ASTP. Bob has spent many hours compiling the material concerning ASTs in this issue. He took a large number of the pictures, developed, printed, and sent them off to be made into cuts. That alone is a man-sized job, but trying to contact the different people in those pictures and get them at some convenient time when the picture might be snapped—that is really work. Bob has had quite an interesting life. Born in Evansville, Indiana, he attended Evansville College two years and took an engineering course. Then the motion-picture bug bit him while he was working at the Loew's Theater, a job that was helping to finance his way through college. Then and there he decided to study motion- picture production in college instead of engineering. Bob has always been interested in amateur motion picture photography. He owns quite an extensive motion picture outfit. He has done 16 mm newsreel work and free-lance 16 mm movie production. He once turned down a chance to become (Continued on Pago 4) ful study of the athletic program at institutions throughout the country, President Duncan is very anxious to readjust athletic organization at Auburn so that every student in the institution will be engaged in some appropriate health invigorating activity. In the past, though the work has been outstanding, at the same time too few students had an opportunity to participate. Under the new system being adopted the entire athletic and physical training program is tor be set up as one organization. Mr. Voyles will direct the entire program, including physical education as well as athletics. Mr. Voyles record as an athlete, physical instructor, coach, and all-round fellow is outstanding. Growing up in Oklahoma, where he was a rather unusual American boy, he attended the Oklahoma A. & M. College at Stillwater and made a brilliant record as a football player. Following his graduation from college, he was, for a period of years, a very successful coach of high school athletics, especially football. Later he made a great record as assistant coach at the University of Illinois under Zuppke. From about 1931 to 1939 he was assistant director of physical edu. cation and assistant football coach at Duke University. This was during the period when Duke was sending forth the greatest football teams in its history. Some quotations from people who have known Mr. Voyles: John Stewart Bryan, Chancellor, the College of William and Mary: "Carl's record will show what he has accomplished as a coach and athletic director, but only those who have been thrown with him know what he is as a man. It is because of his influence and example on the campus and with the student body, even more than because of his genius as a footballist, that I admire and love him." John E. Pomfret, president of the College of William and Mary: "Mr. Voyles came here five years ago and built up a splendid team from mediocre material. The season before last his team won the Southern Conference championship. Mr. Voyles' outstanding characteristic, however, I think, is his unique ability of winning the confidence of the boys with whom he works. He is a strict disciplinarian and does not permit (Continued on Pago 4) " . . . Your exceptional ability, keen interest in the program, and uniform gentlemanly conduct at all times have been sources of real happiness to us," said President L. N. Duncan in a message to the departing ASTs. The ambition of h>ost men is to be a leader in some field of work. The Army at the beginning of the war needed leaders in all branches of the service. When ASTP was set up by the War Department, one of the regulations provided by this department that ASTP men be given a chance to show leadership qualities by serving as cadet officers. Then the ASTP would serve as one source to supply the Army the leaders that they needed. All men in the ASTP Unit here are given a chance to show their leadership qualities. Colonel Waterman set up a plan whereby all men got a chance to serve as cadet officers under the supervision of the Tactical Officers (Regular Commissioned Officers). These tactical officers picked a new group of men to serve as cadet officers each month. These men were picked on leadership and scholastic qualities. The positions that the men filled were Cadet 'lf$ BEEN A PLEASURE, MEN' Captain (Cadet Company Commander), Cadet Lieutenants (Section Leaders), Cadet First Sergeants, Cadet Platoon Sergeants, and Cadet Corporals. A few of the men who served as Cadet Company Commander are First Company—Pfc. Howard Bridges, Sgt. Art H. Olafsen, Pfc. Robert Eyster, Pvt. Warren Mann, Pvt. Robert L. Thompson, and Pfc. William J. Wilson. Second Company—Pfc. Albert W. Eisen-houer, Pvt. Robert Berry, Pvt. Gerald Kelly, and Pvt. Jack Ma-gee. Third Company—Pfc. James E. Coward, Pvt. Julian Coleman, and Pvt. Elmer Gray. Fourth Company—Pvt, Robert D. Loring, Pvt. Raymond J. Rabbitt, Jr., Pvt. Ted Jenkins, and Pvt. Sidney L. Gunter. The men learned about what it took to become a good leader by serving in these cadet jobs. "For approximately one year, soldiers, sometimes as high as 1200, have been here for scholastic duty or for classification. It has been my pleasure during this year to have been their Commanding Officer. "After discontinuance of the Classification Unit and the organization and operation of SCU No. 3419 ASTP, the conduct, appearance, and behavior of the men have caused me practically no worries. Civilians of Auburn and vicinity have often complimented me on the type of young men of the ASTP Units and this, of course, has been gratifying to me. "I will be sorry to see the men go, but I know that each man on his new duty will reflect credit upon himself and utilize to the best the training he received at Auburn. "I want to take this opportunity to wish each man the best of luck and success not only in the Army but in his career after 'duration plus six month.'"—Colonel John J. Waterman, Commanding Officer. Contributions Near $IOOO Mark To Student Chapter Red Cross The Red Cross Drive for funds which began the first of this month is drawing to a close with the student body contributing several hundred dollars over their quota of $500. Cardinal Key members solicited a total of $314.44 in a one-day campaign covering all the main campus buildings, while the Women's Athletic Association donated $162.00, the proceeds from the Miss "A' 'Dance. Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, SPE ELECTS JOHNSON AS NEW PRESIDENT Sigma Phi Epsilon elected the following men as officers for the ensuing quarter: Luther Johnson, from Montgomery, president; Fred Duggar, of Hope Hull, vice-president; John Coats, of Mobile, comptroller; Bob Gatewood, of Americus, Ga., secretary, and Bobby Humphrey, of Columbus, historian. sponsors of the Red Cross membership drive, made a special canvass of all the girl's dormitories and contributions amounting to $132.00 were received. This sorority, whose members are pledged 100 per cent to the drive, is striving to enlarge still further .the membership among Auburn students. Proceeds of the fraternity-sorority skit night, amounting to $229, make the total still higher, and the proceeds of the fraternity basketball game between OTS and Pi Kappa Phi of Alabama will push the total well on toward the $1000 mark. Class Of '17 Built Gate As Project Many of the seniors of the class of 1917, which gave the money to builXthe Main Gate, left school when America entered the World War on April 7, and some of them never saw the completed gate. On May 10 others of the seniors left for Ft. McPherson and Officers' Training Camp. These men received their college diplomas in June. The members of the 1917 class who are still in Auburn include Professors L. M. Ware, C. L. Isbell, F. W. B u r n s and Y. A. E1 i z o n d o, and Mr. H. W. "Thomason of Toomer's drug store. It was from them that the following information was received. The custom of leaving to the school something permanent as a gift was started by the senior class of 1916. It was this class that raised the money that helped build a flag pole. At the time that this was done, each class had a treasurer who collected the class dues. Not to be outdone by the class of 1916, the senior class of 1917 decided at their class meeting on January 20, 1917, to build what is now known as the main gate. L. M. Ware was appointed chairman of the gate committee. The committee members consisted of R. W. Blanton and J. B. Leek. Leek, with assistance from the architecture department, designed the main gate. A picket fence located on College street between Magnolia and Thach was removed and work on the gate was begun by a general contractor. The cost of the work was to have been $150; but the college, which was under the administration of President C. C. Thach, gladly spent an additional $35 to finish the gate. The Glomerata of 1917 has a full page picture of the newly completed main gate and to those who would like to see it we refer them to the main library. The following year, the graduating class of 1918 planned to build an entrance or gate at the corner of. Thach and College, but their plans did not materialize. Will Arrive At Their Several Designated Stations By March 31 Soldiers Climax Nine Months Intensive Specialized Training With Top Ratings By Mimi Simms Auburn's Army Specialized Training Unit will leave the campus this week in accordance with a War Department order that all ASTP should be disbanded before April 1, 1944. They will arrive at their several designated destinations by March 31. In a recent statement by Colonel John J. Waterman, he said that most of the ASTP WAA ELECTS GIRLS TO MANAGE SPORTS FOR COMING YEAR WAA elected sports leaders to manage the girls' intramural tournaments for the coming year. Tennis, badminton, and ping-pong will be arranged by Mary Jo Thomas; volley ball and tene-quarts by Martha Walton; basketball by Martha Ellis; softball, Joy Camp and Melisia Winters; swimming and bowling, Tee Hug and Marjorie Burford. men will be assigned to the Army Ground Forces for duty with divisions and other units. Auburn has climaxed nine months of intensive specialized training with a rating that ranks among the top units of the country. That Auburn's ASTP Unit has achieved such an excellent record has been no accident. Even before the SCU No. 3419—ASTP was brought to this campus, Auburn was chosen as one of the two colleges in the Fourth Service Command to inaugurate the STAR program. Methods of examination, reclas. sification, and reassignment were devised which later were used by other STAR Units. From the inception of the STAR program here, April 15, 1943, until the disbanding in September, over 5,000 soldiers were reclassified. When college STAR Units were replaced by STAR Units in training camps, API exchanged the STARs for ASTPs. The first ASTP invasion of'the Auburn campus began, July 8, 1943, when 400 student-soldiers ar_ rived. Auburn carried several of her plans developed here during the STAR period over into ASTs program set up by the college. One of these was one hour of supervised study hall for every hour of classroom work. Although this called for more faculty members, it helped the soldiers to start out the term r i g h t , scholastically. When the government issued orders that all ASTP trainees would take G. I. Exams at the end of the term, Auburn was prepared to make a good showing because her student-soldiers were well schooled in their studies. After the results came back, Auburn rated at the top. The supervised study system proved to make better students out of the men. On September 22, 1943, another group of 450 Term One, Term Two, and Advanced Engineers were sent to Auburn from Fort McClellan. Due to a shortage of faculty members, the supervised study system was disbanded. The men still had to study but were put on the honor system. This proved to work out good because once more the student-soldiers were required to take G. I. Exams, and again Auburn rated at the top of the list of ASTP Units. A new group of 150 Term One men came to Auburn on January 7, 1944. This was in accordance with the Army plan that Auburn was to receive a new group of ASTP trainees every three months. They were the last ASTP trainees that Auburn received. The college officials released some figures on the number of ASTP men that were trained at Auburn. Beginning July 12, 1943, 1,381 men have received an education at Auburn in Basic Engineering, advanced phase work in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering; this also includes the Veterinary Medicine students. Now the time has come for Auburn to bid farewell to her soldiers, and she knows that they will go far in their designated branches of service. ASTs Give Boost To Saturday Night Dances In Gym Something had to be done! The all-campus weekly Saturday night dances were abandoned. This meant that those students, soldiers, and sailors who did not get bids to attend the fraternity formal dances were left without a place to go dancing. So the AST's took it upon themselves to sponsor the weekly Saturday night dances at the Alumni Gym. A committee composed of Howard Bridges, Bob Thompson, Warren Mann, Charles Kiely, and Gerald Kelly with Mr. Lawerance Barnett acting as an advisor made arrangements for each company to sponsor the event on different Saturday nights. The committee agreed that the dance would be open to all students and service men on the Auburn campus, and also that no stags would be allowed except those men, whose company was sponsoring the dance, would be allowed to come as stags. KEPT 'EM STUDYING Major Waller Johnson, Executive Officer of SCU 3419, is the man who sees that the ASTs get correct amount of studying while they are in school. He arranged all study hours and worked out all schedules for places to study. -. Page Two T H E P L A I N S M AN March 28, 1944 AST Glee Club Originated By First Company On the First Company's Bulletin Board one morning last November, there was a notice that stated: All men interested in forming a Glee Club, meet in Mr. Bar-nett's Studio tonight at 9:30. That night a few men, along with Sgt. Benjamin Price and Mr. Lawerance Barnett, met and made plans for a glee club. From that small start, the First Company Glee Club grew until it had about forty members. Robert Eyster, from Springfield, HI., was chosen its director. The glee club needed a good accompanist but none of the men could fill the position. So Madge Jarrard, a well-known musician on the campus, accompanied the glee club at the piano. Fred Fischman did the solo work with the Glee Club in the background. Mr. Barnett furnished the music for the men. The Glee Club gave a series of programs in and around Auburn. Their first program was at the Presbyterian Church on November 21. Thanksgiving morning, they sang at the Baptist Church. On December 12, Sgt. Price took the Glee Club to Notasulga for a church service. They sang on the ASTP variety show program, December 17. In January, the Glee Club was reorganized with 'Mr. Barneft taking complete charge. With the Girls' Glee Club, the ASTP Glee Club gave a joint concert at Lang-don Hall on February 26. Four men who are members of the Glee Club, formed an ASTP quartet. They are Fred Fischman, Merle Zook, Kermit George, and Wilbur Graff. They gave programs on WJHO station, and at Liberty, Notasulga, and Armstrong. For their last performance, they sang at the Methodist Church in Auburn. MARCHIN' ALONG TOGETHER This is the way the ASTs mach io school. The men march to school by sections in a column of two's. Marching to and from their various classes constitutes a great pari of the men's military drill. They have a battalion drill on Friday afternoons. RELAXIN' AND USTENIN' These men are taking it easy under the shade of the old pine and cedar trees. They are some ASTPs that were stationed here during the summer months listening to lectures and being processed. This is one way of escaping from ol' man Sol which shines nearly all the time during the summer in Alabama. It seems like at this moment most of the men are relaxing, and the jungle-hatted instructor looks as though he might be giving lessons in jitter-bugging or equitation from his stance, but from the serious looks on the faces of the boys, their minds are far away from such things. THEY'RE BOUND FOR CORNERS OF THE EARTH By Bob Thompson "Wherever the AST's may go, "From Natchez to Mobile, "From Memphis to St. Joe, "Wherever the four winds blow," This might well be the theme song of the AST's; they are going to all parts of the world in a short time. The AST's will be looked to for meritorious accomplishments in the future. And well they may be, basing such an assumption on their highly commendable record while here at Auburn. From the college campus, they are going to an army depot to be reclassified and sent to different branches of the service. Some are going back to their old outfits, some are going to the different organizations in the infantry such as headquarter companies, rifle companies, and heavy weapons outfits. The artillery men might be sent back to the artillery as battery men, liaison men, or observers. Some men are still hoping that the Air Corps will be opened once more in the near future. As soon as our army reaches the Alps, another unsung service goes into action, which are the Ski Troops. Because a lot of the men here are from the snow country, this b r a n c h of service may attract some more of our men. Other branches of service which may be open soon are the Signal Corps and Armored Divisions. The Signal Corps is composed of photography, radio, and telephone divisions. It would be a wild guess to say definitely where the men may go or what outfits they might be assigned. Our men are going, not where they can serve best according to their talent, but where they are most needed. Our main object now is to get the war over with and get back to our loved ones at SOLDIERS PRESENT "AST VARIETIES" 1400 ON YOUR DIAL PHONE 856 "The Twin-City Station" WJHO NEWS ! ! ! MUSIC ! ! ! ENTERTAINMENT ! ! ! VARIETY ! ! ! SPORTS ! ! ! Friday, March 24 6:00 Fulton Lewis, MBS 6:15 Johnson Family MBS 6:30 Blow Sweet—Blow Hot 6:45 10-2-4 Ranch 7:00 World News Review 7:30 Freedom of Opportunity 8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS 8:15 Gracie Fields MBS 8:30 Double or Nothing MBS 9:00 Boxing Bout MBS 10:00 QED Reporting MBS 10:15 Plainsman Hour 10:30 Dance 'Til Twelve MBS 12:00 News MBS 12:01 Silence Saturday, March 25 6:30 Auburn Daily News 7:00 Morning News Summary 7:15 Alarm Clock Club 8:00 U. P. News Summary 8:10 Western Serenade 8:25 According to the Record 9:00 Mutual News Room MBS 9:05 Rainbow House MBS 10:00 U. P. News 10:15 Rev. Hendley 10:45 Jr. Playhouse 11:00 Boy's Town 11:45 Red Cross Reporter MBS 12:00 Noonday News 12:30 Luncheon with Lopez MBS 6:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr. MBS 1:00 U. P. News 6:15 Johnson Family MBS 1:30 Mutual Goes Calling MBS 6:30 Strictly Instrumental 2:30 Army, Navy Party MBS 6:45 10-2-4 Ranch 4:00 Navy Bulletin Board MBS T:QQ World News Review 7:00 Morning News Summary 7:15 Alarm Clock Club 8:00 U. P. News Summary 8:30 8:30 Special 8:45 America Sings 9:00 WJHO News Room 9:15 Morning Devotions 9:30 Shady Valley Folks MBS 9:45 Lou Childre 10:00 Arther Gaeth MBS 10:15 Rev. Hendley MBS 10:45 Fashion and Music 11:00 Boake Carter MBS 11:15 Hank Lawson MBS 11:30 U. S. Army Band MBS 12:00 Mid-day News Summary 1:00 Cedric Foster MBS 1:15 Lum 'n Abner 1:30 Mutual Goes Calling MBS 2:30 Yankee House Party MBS 3:00 Headlines & Bylines 3:30 Music for a Half Hour 4:00 U. P. News Summary 4:15 Archie Andrews MBS 4:30 Boy Detective MBS 4:45 Let's Dance 5:00 News Review 5:15 Cavalcade of Sports 5:25 Lost John 5:30 World's Front Page MBS 5:45 Superman MBS 4:30 Mac's Ragtime Band 5:30 Cavalcade of Sports 6:00 Nick Carter MBS 6:30 Tod Grant 6:45 Number Please 7:00 Arthur Hale MBS 7:30 Cisco Kid MBS 8:00 Op. Hi Radio Players 8:30 Spotlight Band Blue 8:55 WJHO News Room 9:00 Royal Arch Gunnison 9:15 Bond Wagon MBS 9:45 Impact MBS 10:00 Dance Til Twelve MBS 12:00 News MBS 12:01 Silence Sunday, March 26 2:00 Can U Imagine That 2:30 Buldog Drummond MBS 3:30 Abe Lincoln's Story MBS 4:15 Song Time 4:30 The Shadow MBS 5:00 Rootsy of the AAF MBS 5:30 Upton Close MBS 7:00 Mediation Board MBS 8:00 Cleveland Symphony MBS 9:00 Cederic Foster MBS Monday, March 27 6:30 Auburn Daily News 7:15 Red Cross 7:30 Imperial Leader 7:45 Dance Orchestra 8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS 8:15 Robert Ripley MBS 8:30 Spot Light Bands Blue 9:00 Henry Gladstone MBS 9:15 Education for Freedom 10:00 QED'Reporting MBS 10;15 The Plainsman 10:30 Dance Til Twelve 12:00 News MBS 12:01 Silence Tuesday, March 28 6:30 Auburn Daily News 7:00 Morning News Summary 7:15 Alarm Clock Club 8:00 UP News Summary 8:30 8:30 Special 9:00 WJHO News Room 12:25 WJHO News Room 12:30 Luncheon with Lopez 1:00 Cederick Foster MBS 1:15 Lum 'n Abner 1:30 Mutual Goes Calling MBS 2:30 Yankee Houseparty MBS 3:00 Headlines & Bylines 3:30 Full Speed Ahead MBS 4:00 WJHO News Room 4:15 Archie Andrews MBS 4:30 Chick Carter MBS 4:45 Treasury Salute 5:00 News Review 5:15 Cavalcade of Sports 5:30 World's Front Page MBS 5:45 Superman MBS 6:00 Fulton Lewis MBS 6:15 Johnson Family MBS 6:30 Serenade in Swing time 6:45 Number Please 7:00 Arthur Hale MBS 7:15 Voice of France 7:30 Pick 'N Pat MBS 8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS 8:15 Bob Ripley MBS 8:30 Spotlight Bands BLUE 9:15 Bob Burnes 9:30 Alabama Forum 10:00 QED Reporting MBS 10:15 The Plainsman Hour 10:30 Sinfonietta MBS 11:00 Dance 'Til Twelve MBS 12:00 News MBS 12:01 Silence Wednesday, March 29 6:30 Auburn Daily News 7:00 Morning News Summary 7:15 Alarm Clock Club 8:00 U. P. News Summary 8:25 According to Record 8:30 8:30 Special 8:45 America Sings 9:00 WJHO News Room 9:15 Morning Devotions 9:30 Shady Valley Folks 9:45 Lou Childre 10:00 Arther Gaeth MBS' 10:15 Rev. Hendley MBS 10:45 Music and Fashions 11:00 Boake Carter MBS 11:15 Hank Lawson MBS 11:30 Army Service Forces 12:00 Noon Day News 12:25 WJHO News Room 1:00 Cederick Foster MBS 6:30 Rockin' Chair Time 6:45 10-2-&-4 Ranch 7:00 World News Review 7:30 Federal Agent 7:45 Five Star Theater 8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS 8:15 Robert Ripley MBS 8:30 First Nighter MBS 9:00 Royal Arch Gunnison 9:30 Dance Orchestra MBS 10:00 WJHO News Room 10:15 Dance 'Til Twelve 12:00 News MBS 12:01 Silence Thursday, March 30 6:30 Auburn Daily News 7:00 World News Review 7:15 Alarm Clock Club 8:00 U. P. News Summary 8:25 Accordng To The Record 9:00 WJHO News Room 9:15 Morning Devotions 9:30 Shady Valley Folks MBS 9:45 The Hero's Today 10:00 Arthur Gaeth MBS 10:15 Rev. Hendley MBS 10:45 Music and Fashions 11:00 Boake Carter MBS 11:15 Hank Lawson MBS 11:30 Marine Band MBS 12:00 Noon Day News 12:25 WJHO News Room 12:30 Let's Be Charming MBS 1:00 Cederick Foster MBS 1:15 Lum *N Abnet 1:30 Mutual Goes Calling MBS 2:30 Yankee Houseparty MBS 3:00 Headlines & Bylines 3:30 Sentimental Music MBS 4:00 News 4:15 Archie Andrews MBS 4:30 Chick Carter MBS 4:45 Let's Dance 5:00 News Review 5:15 Calvacade of Sports 5:30 World's Front Page MBS 5:45 Superman MBS 6:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr. MBS 6:15 Johnson Family MBS 6:30 Meet The Band 6:45 Number Please 7:00 Arthur Hale MBS 7:30 Human Adventure MBS AST Unit Produces Their Variety Show In Broadway Style REMEMBER The night that the ASTP soldiers presented their variety show, "ASTP Varieties," to the townspeople of Auburn. The date of this night was the unforgettable (to the men in the show) night of December 17. The ASTs took the means of expressing their gratitude to the townspeople for the kindness and courtesy shown them. The affair opened with Howard Bridges acting as master of ceremonies. The feature of the program was the First Company Glee Club, directed by Robert Eyster. The rest of the program included card magic by Bill Brower who gave that intangible something here now, gone a second, later— that's the only way of describing some of his mystifying tricks. Then music and mirth by the only trio like them in the world, Don Mead, Bob Merchant, and Carl Mounteer; "I Will Be Home For Christmas," sung by Phillip Pierce, and a good comedy skit by Pat Sorrentino and Ed Falk. Art Frackenpolh contributed his nimble fingers, dancing on the keys of the piano to several popular numbers such as George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue"; he also played his own boogie woogie. An outstanding hit was the jam session featuring Art Frackenpolh at the piano, Ray Cadieux, sax player; Neal Goodwin, trumpet, and Stu Pike <»* the drums. Their version of "Honeysuckle Rose" brought several encores. A special feature of the program was the dramatization of the story of the Christmas hymn, "Silent Night." The production work was done by Bob Thompson, Howard Bridges, Aaron Rubin, Sanford "Sandy" Latner, Warren Mann, and John Arbib. These men deserve as much praise as any one else. They spent every spare moment working on the show. An indication of the success of the show was shown by an invitation extended by the officers of Gunter Field and Maxwell Field to bring the show to Montgomery for the cadets there. Without a doubt the men will always remember this show. SAY GOODBY Say goodby to the slide rules and textbooks, Say goodby to the Auburn coeds and classes, And take one last spree As you finish term III, For you're , going right out on your—ear. It will make little difference to study, You're just like the rest of the dupes, For win, lose, or draw, You'll be eating it raw, And heading right back for the troops. The dear days at Auburn are over, The profs and the T-squares are gone So cry in your beers, You poor engineers, You'll be digging a ditch from here on. home. There is no doubt about it that these men here will serve to the best of their ability in any branch of service. Someone of this happy little group is about to receive something in the way of surprises. These are four AST men who were on the ASTP Variety show staff. They are from left to right: Pfc. John White, Pvt. Aaron Rubin, Pfc. Donald Bornman, and Pvt. Pat Sorrentino. Sorry! We don't know who actually got surprised in the end. THE BOOGIE WOOGIE MAN The man who can do anything on the keyboard of a piano. Art Frackenpohl, from Maplewood, N. J.; and a student of the Eastman School of Music. Art played with the Ambassadors and starred on the ASTP variety show. He has written many of his arrangements including his own boogie woogie. . FDRiayd.: E v e r y w o r k er should increase the amount of bonds he or she is buying. 9:30 Shady Valley Folks MBS 1:30 Mutual Goes Calling MBS 8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS 9:45 The Hero's Today 10:00 Arther Gaeth MBS 10:15 Rev. Hendly MBS 10:45 Music and Fashion 11:00 Boake Carter MBS 111:15 Hank Lawson MBS 11:30 U. S. Navy Band MBS 12:00 Noon Day News 3:30 True Story Dramas MBS 4:30 Chick Carter MBS 5:00 News Review 5:15 Cavalcade of Sports 5:30 World's Front Page MBS 5:45 Superman MBS 6:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr. MBS 8:15 Robert Ripley MBS 8:30 Spotlight Bands Blue 9:00 Henry Gladstone MBS 10:00 QED Reporting MBS 10:15 The Plainsman 10:30 Dance 'Til Twelve 12:00 News MBS 6:15 The Johnson Family MBS 12:01 Silence •o»o«oto«o«o»o«o»o»o«o«o»o«o»o«o»o»o«o« oio»o«o»o»o»u»u«o»o*c«o»o«o*o«Q«o»oeo«o / ! • w. I • r • S SORRY TO SEE YOU LEAVE, We are looking forward to your returning after final victory is our. Ward's Men's Wear Evidence Of Way Soldiers Apply AST Training? Soldiers are confronted by many problems that are not answered in FM 21-100. In times of emergency, when they must rely on their own judgment, some strange things result. At time for retreat the soldier was returning from town with his dry cleaning on a coat hanger. As the first notes of the bugle blew, he began to fidget, looking for some place he could safely deposit his freshly pressed blouse. He hurriedly scanned the campus, but didn't find anything on which he could hang his blouse. When the flag started to come down, the soldier was standing at attention, in proper position with his back very straight. Qn one of his belt loops he had hung the coat hanger. The Axis Stops at Nothing. g« Don't stop your War Bond I * Payroll Saving* at 10%. Every soldier Is a 100 percenter. Figure It out yourself. March 28, 1944 T H E P L A I N S M AN Honor ASTs Named For Last Term Twenty-Nine Men Designated By Colonel Waterman Twenty-nine soldiers, enrolled at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute as students under the Army Specialized Training Program, were designated this week by Colonel John J. Waterman, Commandant, as ASTP honor students for the school term ending March 17, 1944. These men were selected as the best men in each section; they were selected on the basis of reports from faculty members responsible for the instruction of the soldier-students. Those selected from each term and sections are: Term 1 Section 33—Jesse H. Foster and Charles T. Hall. Section 35—T. Minturnt, III. Section 37—Joseph M. Spinks. Term 2 Section 1—Fred E. Bechtel. Section 2—Charles Brooks. Section 3—Gifford Doxsee. Section 4—Bonnelle Helfrich. Section 5—David M. Keay and Paul Kerr, Jr. Section 6—Pierre O'Hare. Section 7—B er n a r d Sonem-shein. Section 8—James A. Werick. Section 9—William B. Green and John B. Cross. Term 3 Section 13—Robert Bialek. Section 14—Frank Ferry. Section 15—Lawrence L. Levy. Section 18—Robert E. Moore. Section 19—Harold J. Schott, Jr. Section 20—Erwin Dombkow-ski. Section 21—Kenneth Walker. Term 4 Section 24—Clark E. Briggs. Section 25—Howard Bridges. Section 26—Richard N. Donaldson. Section 28—John A. Carver. Section 29—Wayne D. Yancey. Section 30—James H. Black. Page Three MUSIC BY THE AMBASSADORS FOR ASTs DANCES The Auburn Ambassadors, lead by Bob White, is composed for ihe most part of AST men. The ASTs in the band are nearly all former college and professional danceband members. They are Ray Cadieux, sax; Eliot Annabel, sax; Victor Yellin, alto sax; Neal Goodwin, trumpet; Art Frackenpohl, piano; and Joe Robbins, drums. Later Stu Pike on the drums. The Ambassadors furnished music for the First Company and Second Company dances. Something's Always Happening To Spell Fun At The USO The USO has become the center of activity here at Auburn. The Servicemen and their dates always find something to do here. Entertainment has been provided by the Auburn Ambassadors and the Tuskegee Dance Band for various dances held here. The sororities on the campus sponsored many tea-dances for the men. The co-eds donated their services as Junior Hostesses. Senior Hostesses were townswomen who were interested in the welfare of the Servicemen stationed here at Auburn. Mrs. Mary Askw, the woman largely responsible for our USO, has proved to be one of the grandest hostesses to be f o u n d anywhere in any USO organization. To the Servicemen, she has become t h e i r adopted mother. Whether at the bridge table or tickling the keyboard of a piano, the men find her very entertaining. She is a remarkable pianist, playing old favorites, semi-classics, or modern hit t u n e s with equal ease. The men who have been sta- Soldiers Took To The Place Like A Duck Takes To Water Student Center Features Bridge, Dancing, Canteen For Soldiers By Mimi Simms When ASTs first walked into Student Center, they must have fallen in love with the place—for many have made it their Auburn residence. Whether that Auburn soldier has a few minutes off between classes or a whole afternoon to spend as he pleases, chances are he will be found at Student Center.- One of the reasons for this is Mrs. H. A. Jolly, genial hostess for the Center, who has a zest for living. She plays a lively game of FAREWELL BALL CLIMAXES ASTs STAY IN AUBURN Memories, like thoughts, are things, and a thing that will long remain in the hearts of many of the AST's is the memory of our " F a r e w e l l Ball." Elaborately planned and beautifully presented, the ball featuring the smooth music of Stan K e n t o n and his Band was a fitting climax to our time so happily spent here in. the "Loveliest Village of the Plains." Six hundred yards of an illu-sioned sky overhead, with brightly colored spot-lights playing on the crowd, presented a beautifully decorated, dance floor. With nearly three hundred feminine illusions and soldier d a t e s , thus bracketed the event into an out-of- this-world niche. Stan Kenton's music was as pleasing as could be wanted. His unique arrangements of such popular hits as "Mairzy Doats," "When They Ask About You," a n d "Holiday For Strings," make it well worth while to stop dancing and listen to them. There is no doubt that Stan Kenton is an up-and-coming young bandleader. He and his band will be well known in the near future. Without a d o u b t it was the quickest three hours spent here at Auburn. The AST's regret that this prom couldn't be opened to the whole campus but there wasn't enough space to accommodate such a crowd. Enough praise cannot be said for the AST men who made this grand affair possible. tioned here and know Mrs. Askew will long remember her after they have left. STREET DANCES Plenty of coeds and many stags make summer street dances a success. During the summer, street dances, sponsored by the Social Life Committee, are given for servicemen and students on Samford Terrace. bridge, is a sympathic listener, and is truly interested in the servicemen. Her son, a major in the Air Corps, has recently won the DFC. Cards, bridge tables, and even partners may be found in the Center at a moment's notice. Bridge games, springing up with anyone who will play, have made many civilian friends for the ASTs as well as acquainted them with other soldiers. Many of the soldiers are experts, and they play bridge with enthusiasm. Food Or Gals? Between classes in the morning, the Campus Canteen, which is operated by the Home Economic girls, is one of the most popular parts of the Center. It may be the food, which is tops, or the waitresses, who are friendly, that fills the red stools with soldiers; but whatever the reason, they always come back for more. When the Canteen Isn't open, ASTs often change their nickels into cokes by a magic process called "drop-a-nickel-in-the-slot." Since Student Center is one of the few places a serviceman can take his date dancing, it is well prepared to take care of many couples. A juke box that stands near the wall and the recently renovated floor are ready for both jitterbugs and waltzers. Loafing Too Just plain loafing is a thing soldiers don't have much time for. When they do, they know the center is the place. Stimulating conversations, current magazines, a radio, and a piano all add up to a good time for Auburn's soldiers. Maybe it's a combination of all these things that spells Southern hospitality and makes the student center a second home for the ASTs. WILL THE BOYS REMEMBER THESE THINGS? Everyone has favorite memories of the significant happenings in his life. Having lived at Auburn for a short while, here are some of the things the ASTs will never forget about the "loveliest Village of the Plain." Stan Kenton and his band playing for the Farewell Ball . . . Samford clock striking 1 1 . . . Glee Club's joint performance with the Girls' Glee Club . . . Auburn girls in general, and our dates in particular . . . The Rectangle . . . Sunday teas . . . Opelika . . . Mrs. Jolly's friendly greeting at the Student Center . . . Choosing Jean-nette Ellis as Pin-Up-Girl of Company Two . . . Dead Eye, sergeant . . . Yelling "Hey," in cadence . . . no-breaks . . . Learning where the girls' dorms, formerly frat houses, are hidden . . . The Grille and a cup of coffee . . . Patriotic rally in the stadium . . . Crowds at the show on Sunday afternoon . . . Boys in the Tuskegee AAF band getting in the groove . . . Ken Baldwin's first company's team capturing the basketball championship . . . Reveille, without Vam Card-well, the first company's choice for "Miss Reveille" . . . USO senior hostesses . . . Bowling . . . Auburn's churches, filled with servicemen . . . Honor students, who got out of study hall . . . Music room over Toomer's . . . Variety Show last Christmas; singing by the Glee Club, comedy by the whole cast, magic by Brower, and work by everybody . . . Dr. Duncan's welcoming speech . . . Getting caught by a section of ASTs, Naval Cadets, or Naval Radio Trainees, and having to stand in formation while they marched by . . . Crowds in Benson's late at night . . . Street dances . . . Swimming in the warm, brown water of the state park . . . Glee Club . . . "Miss Mary" Askew and her piano playing . . . Bridge at student center . . . More dogs than we could count . . . Girls in the booth at the main gate . . . Raw Deal Laundry . . . Red, White, and Blue Prom . . . Miss Auburn dancing to the Ambassadors . . . All-STAR shows before the street dances last summer . . . Mess Hall . . . Furloughs . . . USO junior SEVEN ASTs PLAY WITH BOB WHITE Soldiers Show Both Talent And Experience Whenever former college men are put together in a group, there is always some musical talent among them. This group stationed here at Auburn proved no exception to the rule. When Bob White decided to organize a dance band, seven ASTs answered to his call. Most of these men were experienced in the field of dance music because they had played with college or professional dance bands before coming to the Army. These seven men along with five former Auburn Knights got together and formed the Auburn Ambassadors. The ASTs who played in the band were Ray Cadieux, from Schenectady, New York and Siena University, and who also formerly played with Joe Coma, played the tenor sax and doubled on the clarinet. Eliot Annabel, from East Providence, Rhode Island, on the sax; Victor Yellin, from Boston, Mass., formerly at the New England Conservatory of Music, played the alto sax. In the trumpet section we find Neal Goodwin, from Erie, Pennsylvania, and George Anderson, from North Port, New York and Colgate University. The rhythm section was composed of Art Frackenpohl, former student of the Eastman School of Music, from Maplewood, New Jersey, at the piano; Joe Robbins, from New Rochelle, and formerly with bands at the Glen Island Casino and Pennsylvania State University, played the drums. Later on Stu Pike took over on the drums. No doubt these AST men will continue their dance music playing by performing in Army dance bands after they get permanently settled. After the war some of these men will probably be with big-time dance bands. Proms Feature Leadouts By Companies One, Two Reveille Queen Vam, Pin-Up-Girl Ellis, Chosen By Soldiers REVEILLE QUEEN Wishing You The Best Of Hunting —-AND— hoping that you will some day return to THE LOVELIEST VILLAGE' Wright's Drug Store hostesses . . . Quizes . . . Campus Canteen . . . Baseball . . . Crowds that left for furloughs in the rain . . . Auburn's weather . . . USO tea dances . . . Company sponsored dances . . . Names on the walls of the new building . . . Smell of sulphur coming from the Chem Lab . . . The Auburn Spirit . . . Hitchhiking corner . . . More Auburn weather . . . PT . . . Chiefs U-Driv- Its . . . USO Christmas parties . . . Church organizations adopting us . . . Samford Tower . . . No MPs . . . House dances . . . College street after 10 at n i g h t . .. Sunday morning sleep . . . Parade ground . . . Friendly Auburn police . . . Auburn Beauty Parade . . . WAA dance . . . Studying . . . New term and new soldiers . . . Ping-pong . . . Portraits by Maltby Sykes . . . Parties given by faculty members . . . Buying bonds . . . Mustache contest . . . WAR EAGLE. At Ihe First Company's Red. White, and Blue Prom, Miss Vam Cardwell, from Evergreen, Alabama, was chosen as their Reveille Queen. She is a vivacious brunette, brimming with personality, and liked by everyone. She is majoring in personnel work. Vam was crowned with white carnations by Warren Mann, dance chairman. As a little remembrance from the men of the First Company, she was presented with a gold locket. BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS During the months of February and March, the First Company and the Second Company of the ASTP Unit presented their individual company proms. The First Company gave the Red, White, and Blue Prom on February the 26th. Bob Thompson, Evansville, Indiana, and Dale Garber, ADPi, from Houston, Texas, were the leadouts for the dance. The feature event of the evening was the selection by the company of a coed for their Reveille Queen. A pretty coed from Evergreen, Alabama, Vam Card-well, was chosen for the honor. A committee composed of Warren Mann, chairman; Stan Wolfe, Sanford "Sandy" Latner, Glen Ross, Howard Bridges, and Robert Eyster are to be congratulated on their splendid work. The Second Company gave their dance, the Privates' Prom, on March 11th. Jack Magee, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Ann Black, Auburn, led the dance. The men of this company selected a pin-up girl. They chose a cute coed, Jean-nette Ellis, Jasper, for this honor, Warren McClure was in charge of arrangements for the dance. Lost and found columns of Toklo newspapers are crowded these days. Every time an American boys a War Bond, the Japs lose face. Boy your 10% every pay day. A. S. T. P.' S We hope your stay in Auburn has been made more enjoyable by our entertainments. - THE BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. Auburn Amusement Center Tiger Bowling Alley TO A.$.T,P, FELLOWS WISHING YOU BEST OF LUCK OLIN L HILL "THE MAN WITH THE TAPE" to»o«ofoto«o»o»o«o«o»o«o«o«ofn»nfo»c»ofO«o»o«OfX3f THE IDEAL LAUNDRY is fortunate to be able to store your furs again this year in Montgomery, but have been advised to send them as early as possible. Call 193 or 294 and let us pick up your furs at once. Ideal Laundry Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN March 28, 1944 OTS Conquers 'Bama Five 35-31 In Basketball Thriller Pi Kappa Phi Team Leads Vets By One Point At The Half Stapleton, Conway* Peace, and Nabors Scoring Stars Of History-Making Game Two cyclonic basketball teams, OTS of Auburn and Pi Kappa Phi of Alabama, clashed Saturday night in a history-making game that kept a capacity crowd of students and townspeople perching on the edge of their seats in a quandry of nervous fidgest from the first jump to the final thrilling play. The crowd, which packed the gym to its prosaic gills, and included about fifty 'Bama FOURTH CO. C. O. rooters, saw a scorching game which swung from, a decided 'Bama advantage in the first quarter to an Auburn sure-thing toward the middle of the final period. The 'Bama pennant - winners showed superiority in smoothness and team play, especially in the first half, but it was the Auburn quintet's aggressiveness and staying qualities which told the story. Some of the successful long shots by Nabors of Alabama were enough to almost cause despair among the Tiger rooters. But on the other hand, Stapleton, an OTS from Americus, Georgia, was the despair of the yelling Tide supporters. His trick left-hand shot completely upset any defensive opposition from the Pi Kappa Phi team and in this manner he built up steam in the third period and came through to tie Bill Peace, OTS, for high-point game honors with 13 points. The third period, the time when the score was tightly held to a see-sawing one-point difference for most of the quarter, was perhaps the strongest semblance to a varsity game, and if the crowd interest is any yardstick, Auburn might well have classed this team of varsity quality. Bill Peace in the first half and Stapleton in the second were the pace-setting stars of the Auburn offensive. For the whole game, Stapleton netted six field goals and Peace five, but their free-throw account brought them to the finish even in points scored. Stapleton, on the books, was a guard, but in the last ten minutes of the game he was everything and everywhere on the court. For the University five, Hudon Conway, former Hackleburg high school star and as fast-moving as the tornado which struck that town last year, led in field goals with four successful shots. Fight-in'est man on the 'Bama team, however, was Ollie Nabors, who scored 8 points. Ben Chapman, former New York Yankee baseball star, ref-ereed what was a surprisingly clean and swift-moving game. To him goes the credit for such an interesting and well-called game. Between the halves, the crowd, led by Dr. Paul Irvine and accompanied by Miss Madge Jarrard at the piano, stood and sang the Alma Mater songs of both colleges, Auburn supporters giving out lustily on the Alabama song from mimeographed sheets passed out by members of ODK fraternity, sponsors of the game. After the game, a trophy was presented by Roy Brakeman, president of ODK, to Rodman Lancaster, captain of the victorious OTS team. The 'Bama team were guests of the OTS at a house dance immediately following the game. Two red-skirted Alabama coeds led cheers for the enthusiastic University supportres while several Vet ASTs kept the Auburn rooters thundering with "War Eagles" and "Eat 'Em Up Tigers." The score: Pi Kappa Phi FG FIRST COMPANY C. 0. Capt. William P. Jones. Commanding Officer of the Firs! Company, has been with the ASTP Unit since early April, 1943. He is a graduate of API, majoring in aeronautical engineering. 'BOB" ADDS 1st Lt. Joe Roche, Commanding Officer of the Fourth Company. Lt. Roche was and is still connected with the Auburn ROTC Unit and is now with ASTP Unit. SECOND CO. C. 0. (Continued from Page 1) a theater manager for the Loew's Theater chain because he was more interested in- production than distribution. In 1942 he beat Jthat curt little "Greetings" from Uncle Sam by enlisting in the ERC, and was called to active duty in June, 1943. He had hopes of going into the Signal Corps and becoming a motion picture specialist but was assigned instead to ASTP because of his icollege background. He took his basic training at Fort McClellan and came to Auburn on September 22, 1943. Bob has participated in other activities such as the variety show, taking pictures for The Plainsman, First Company dance, service page of The Plainsman, and this special edition. Bob has served as Cadet First Sergeant and Cadet Company Commander (Cadet Captain) of the First Company. He plans to go to the University of Southern California to study 2nd Lt. Leavitt, Commanding Officer of the Second Company, came to Auburn in August, 1943. He is well acquainted with ASTP funciionings, having served in Adjutant General's Offices. motion-picture production when the war is over. After getting settled in motion-picture-work, he and his brother, Dick Thompson, who is an~aviation cadet in the AAF, plan to tour the world and shoot pictures. He states that the people are wonderful here and he certainly hates to leave. He is looking forward to the day when he can return to Auburn for a visit in the "Loveliest Village of the Plain." NEW COACH (Continued from Page 1) the boys he works with to fall into bad scholastic habits. In other words, he does work with the administration for the best interest of the college." McMillan, f Nabors, f Crawford, c Heddrick, g Conway Paulsen FT 0 2 1 0 1 1 Omega Tau Sigma FG FT Lancaster, f 2 Peace, f 5 Hendricks, c 1 Byrd, g 2 Stapleton, g Kronfeld, g 6 0 Good Luck To the swellest bunch of soldiers in the world, Mr. "Mac" wishes the best of luck. Come back after the war to the "Loveliest Village of the Plains" and enjoy the friendly atmosphere of McMillan's Billiard Parlor PASSIN' IN REVIEW Date Event April 15. First group of STARs, 55 in number, arrive in Auburn. June 19 STARs present their first talent program preceding the weekly street dance. This included impersonations, vocal, piano, trumpet, and violin solos. July 3 STARs get together with Navy to give pre-street dance talent program. July 8 ASTP Engineering Unit invades Auburn. July 12 School begins for student soldiers after orientation is complete. July 18 Variety show presented by ASTPs. August 7 Soldier-Sailor battle at quiz program, ASTs and STARs defeating a team of Naval Radio Trainees and Naval Air Cadets 110 to 95. August 25 Last of STARs leave to make room for more engineers. September 9 ASTPs participate in Patriotic rally in stadium. September 12 Coeds eat "Army Chow" with ASTPs in their dining hall. September 22 New group of 450 ASTPs arrive from Ft. Mc-clellan and then leave the next day on furlough. September 30 ASTPs back Third War Loan Drive with 90 percent of them buying war bonds. October 7 ASTPs return, are welcomed by Dr. Duncan and other college officials. October 15 Commandant announces that the ASTs will receive full college credit for work done here. November 5 First Company organizes glee c l u b , through the efforts bf Mr. Lawrence Barnett and Sgt. Benjamin R. Price. November 19 USO formal opening at Auburn. November 25 ASTP's Glee Club sings at joint Thanksgiving service in Methodist Church. December 3 Auburn's ASTP Unit outranks all other units on government achievement tests. December 12 "Dead Eye" was sent to dog heaven by the Vets. December 17 ASTPs present Variety Show as a Christmas gift to Auburn. December 23 Some of the ASTPs go home for Christmas. December 31 ASTPs leave on furlough. January 7 150 New ASTPs arrive as some former ASTPs leave for Cadet Training in Air Corps. January 10 ASTPs return from furlough and begin a new term. January 31 ASTP Basketball tournament begins. February 3 ASTPs double bond pledge in one day, supporting the Fourth War Loan Drive. February 4 Tuskegee Dance Band plays for USO Dance. February 11 Section 28 of Company 1 holds Intercollegiate Hop. i February 19 Third Company sponsors Saturday night dance at Alumni Gym. February 23 First Company emerges as winner of Basketball tournament. February 26 First Company sponsors the Red, White, And Blue Prom. February 26 AST's Glee Club and Girls' Glee Club give joint program. March 11 Second Company sponsors the Privates' Prom. March 18 ASTs bring Stan Kenton and his Band to town to play for Farewell Ball. March 19 Furloughs begin. March 26 ASTPs return and wait transfers to other stations. QUIET! PERSONNEL AT WORK Sgt. Fitzpatrick and his staff busy at work preparing orders and doing personnel work. The men from left to right are Sgt. Fitzpatrick, Pvt. Rodgers, Pvt. Stevens, and Cpl. Durham. ADJUTANT SGT. MAJOR 1st Lt. Hugh Ellis. Adjutant to Colonel Waterman, has been at Auburn for some time. He served with the ROTC Unit before joining the ASTP Staff of Officers. He has been very helpful to the men and is well liked by the men here. Auburn is his home; he graduated from API majoring in architecture. CHAMPIONSHIP Jimmie Nettles became ping-pong champion last Monday night Master Sergeant Spillman Fitzpatrick, Sgt. Major of the ASTP Unit, is a very familiar face on the campus. He is a real professional soldier and well respected by men and officers. by capturing the Girls' Intramural Ping-Pong Tournament. She defeated Mary Jo Bridges in the final round. In the play-off for the championship, the winner, Jimmie Nettles, won the first three games. o«o»o»eex "CHIEF" SHINE Takes this opportunity to thank all the members of Auburn's A. S. T. P. unit for their past patronage and trusts that he may be able to serve you again in the near future. Chiefs U-Drive-lt Phone 446 Bon Voyage Fellows! It is needless to say we are sorry to see you go. We can say wholeheartedly though that it has been a pleasure to have you as one of us here in "The Loveliest Village." We haven't tried to make visitors or guests of you, but have allowed you to be at home and we hope you have found it so. We have enjoyed your visits to our store and have accepted you as one of "The Men of Auburn" or more richly "An Auburn Man." As you branch off to all corners of the world in search of Victory and Peace.it is our hope that you will remember your joys while at Auburn and place us among your friends. When this peace has finally come pack up your "Ole-Kit-Bag," go by for "The One and Only" and come on home, to Auburn. Auburn of the future will definitely have a place for you as you are destined to be leaders of the New World Order. Our little village will continue to grow in keeping with our great institution and we can once again enjoy life to the fullest in keeping with the document written many years ago, but shelved at present by certain powers. A new man-made document will not restore The Peace and it is your great responsibility to apply the Shelved Document and restore the faith of our fathers. Burton's Bookstore "Something New Every Day" i 8
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Title | 1944-03-28 The Plainsman |
Creator | Alabama Polytechnic Institute |
Date Issued | 1944-03-28 |
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OCR Transcript | Special ASTP Edition IhB PlduiMtiarL Auburn Bids Farewell To ASTPs 'TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT•a VOLUME LXVIII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1944 NUMBER 15 Auburn's ASTP Students Leave This Week 'A WARM PLACE IN OUR HEARTS' Dear ASTP Students: We regret exceedingly that our group of wonderfully fine young men in the ASTP Unit are leaving us. The institution has been using its utmost facilities to aid the war effort. Nothing we have done in this entire program has given us more pleasure or real joy than to participate in your training. We have thought of you just as we do about our regular students—as a part of Auburn and as our very own in every way. * Your exceptional ability, your keen interest in the program, and your uniform gentlemanly conduct at all times have been sources of real happiness to us. Wherever you may be you may rest assured that you have a warm place in the affection of all of us here at Auburn. May God bless and keep each of you. Sincerely yours, L. N. DUNCAN, President. Hiring Of New Coach Assures Football Team Athletic And Physical Training Program To Be Set Up As One Unit Under Voyles Securing the services of Coach Voyles as director of the department of physical education and athletics at Auburn will not only make it possible for Auburn to field a football team this year, but the new coach will also be closely related with a proposed improvement on the present system of physical education for each individual of the student body. As a result of the observation and care- BIDS FAREWELL MEN LEARN LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AS CADETS "Bob" Adds Being Editor To Long List By Bob Sharman Private Robert L. Thompson, generally known on our campus as just "Bob," is the editor of this special edition of the The Plainsman, an issue that is dedicated in one grand finale to Auburn's departing engineering ASTP. Bob has spent many hours compiling the material concerning ASTs in this issue. He took a large number of the pictures, developed, printed, and sent them off to be made into cuts. That alone is a man-sized job, but trying to contact the different people in those pictures and get them at some convenient time when the picture might be snapped—that is really work. Bob has had quite an interesting life. Born in Evansville, Indiana, he attended Evansville College two years and took an engineering course. Then the motion-picture bug bit him while he was working at the Loew's Theater, a job that was helping to finance his way through college. Then and there he decided to study motion- picture production in college instead of engineering. Bob has always been interested in amateur motion picture photography. He owns quite an extensive motion picture outfit. He has done 16 mm newsreel work and free-lance 16 mm movie production. He once turned down a chance to become (Continued on Pago 4) ful study of the athletic program at institutions throughout the country, President Duncan is very anxious to readjust athletic organization at Auburn so that every student in the institution will be engaged in some appropriate health invigorating activity. In the past, though the work has been outstanding, at the same time too few students had an opportunity to participate. Under the new system being adopted the entire athletic and physical training program is tor be set up as one organization. Mr. Voyles will direct the entire program, including physical education as well as athletics. Mr. Voyles record as an athlete, physical instructor, coach, and all-round fellow is outstanding. Growing up in Oklahoma, where he was a rather unusual American boy, he attended the Oklahoma A. & M. College at Stillwater and made a brilliant record as a football player. Following his graduation from college, he was, for a period of years, a very successful coach of high school athletics, especially football. Later he made a great record as assistant coach at the University of Illinois under Zuppke. From about 1931 to 1939 he was assistant director of physical edu. cation and assistant football coach at Duke University. This was during the period when Duke was sending forth the greatest football teams in its history. Some quotations from people who have known Mr. Voyles: John Stewart Bryan, Chancellor, the College of William and Mary: "Carl's record will show what he has accomplished as a coach and athletic director, but only those who have been thrown with him know what he is as a man. It is because of his influence and example on the campus and with the student body, even more than because of his genius as a footballist, that I admire and love him." John E. Pomfret, president of the College of William and Mary: "Mr. Voyles came here five years ago and built up a splendid team from mediocre material. The season before last his team won the Southern Conference championship. Mr. Voyles' outstanding characteristic, however, I think, is his unique ability of winning the confidence of the boys with whom he works. He is a strict disciplinarian and does not permit (Continued on Pago 4) " . . . Your exceptional ability, keen interest in the program, and uniform gentlemanly conduct at all times have been sources of real happiness to us," said President L. N. Duncan in a message to the departing ASTs. The ambition of h>ost men is to be a leader in some field of work. The Army at the beginning of the war needed leaders in all branches of the service. When ASTP was set up by the War Department, one of the regulations provided by this department that ASTP men be given a chance to show leadership qualities by serving as cadet officers. Then the ASTP would serve as one source to supply the Army the leaders that they needed. All men in the ASTP Unit here are given a chance to show their leadership qualities. Colonel Waterman set up a plan whereby all men got a chance to serve as cadet officers under the supervision of the Tactical Officers (Regular Commissioned Officers). These tactical officers picked a new group of men to serve as cadet officers each month. These men were picked on leadership and scholastic qualities. The positions that the men filled were Cadet 'lf$ BEEN A PLEASURE, MEN' Captain (Cadet Company Commander), Cadet Lieutenants (Section Leaders), Cadet First Sergeants, Cadet Platoon Sergeants, and Cadet Corporals. A few of the men who served as Cadet Company Commander are First Company—Pfc. Howard Bridges, Sgt. Art H. Olafsen, Pfc. Robert Eyster, Pvt. Warren Mann, Pvt. Robert L. Thompson, and Pfc. William J. Wilson. Second Company—Pfc. Albert W. Eisen-houer, Pvt. Robert Berry, Pvt. Gerald Kelly, and Pvt. Jack Ma-gee. Third Company—Pfc. James E. Coward, Pvt. Julian Coleman, and Pvt. Elmer Gray. Fourth Company—Pvt, Robert D. Loring, Pvt. Raymond J. Rabbitt, Jr., Pvt. Ted Jenkins, and Pvt. Sidney L. Gunter. The men learned about what it took to become a good leader by serving in these cadet jobs. "For approximately one year, soldiers, sometimes as high as 1200, have been here for scholastic duty or for classification. It has been my pleasure during this year to have been their Commanding Officer. "After discontinuance of the Classification Unit and the organization and operation of SCU No. 3419 ASTP, the conduct, appearance, and behavior of the men have caused me practically no worries. Civilians of Auburn and vicinity have often complimented me on the type of young men of the ASTP Units and this, of course, has been gratifying to me. "I will be sorry to see the men go, but I know that each man on his new duty will reflect credit upon himself and utilize to the best the training he received at Auburn. "I want to take this opportunity to wish each man the best of luck and success not only in the Army but in his career after 'duration plus six month.'"—Colonel John J. Waterman, Commanding Officer. Contributions Near $IOOO Mark To Student Chapter Red Cross The Red Cross Drive for funds which began the first of this month is drawing to a close with the student body contributing several hundred dollars over their quota of $500. Cardinal Key members solicited a total of $314.44 in a one-day campaign covering all the main campus buildings, while the Women's Athletic Association donated $162.00, the proceeds from the Miss "A' 'Dance. Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, SPE ELECTS JOHNSON AS NEW PRESIDENT Sigma Phi Epsilon elected the following men as officers for the ensuing quarter: Luther Johnson, from Montgomery, president; Fred Duggar, of Hope Hull, vice-president; John Coats, of Mobile, comptroller; Bob Gatewood, of Americus, Ga., secretary, and Bobby Humphrey, of Columbus, historian. sponsors of the Red Cross membership drive, made a special canvass of all the girl's dormitories and contributions amounting to $132.00 were received. This sorority, whose members are pledged 100 per cent to the drive, is striving to enlarge still further .the membership among Auburn students. Proceeds of the fraternity-sorority skit night, amounting to $229, make the total still higher, and the proceeds of the fraternity basketball game between OTS and Pi Kappa Phi of Alabama will push the total well on toward the $1000 mark. Class Of '17 Built Gate As Project Many of the seniors of the class of 1917, which gave the money to builXthe Main Gate, left school when America entered the World War on April 7, and some of them never saw the completed gate. On May 10 others of the seniors left for Ft. McPherson and Officers' Training Camp. These men received their college diplomas in June. The members of the 1917 class who are still in Auburn include Professors L. M. Ware, C. L. Isbell, F. W. B u r n s and Y. A. E1 i z o n d o, and Mr. H. W. "Thomason of Toomer's drug store. It was from them that the following information was received. The custom of leaving to the school something permanent as a gift was started by the senior class of 1916. It was this class that raised the money that helped build a flag pole. At the time that this was done, each class had a treasurer who collected the class dues. Not to be outdone by the class of 1916, the senior class of 1917 decided at their class meeting on January 20, 1917, to build what is now known as the main gate. L. M. Ware was appointed chairman of the gate committee. The committee members consisted of R. W. Blanton and J. B. Leek. Leek, with assistance from the architecture department, designed the main gate. A picket fence located on College street between Magnolia and Thach was removed and work on the gate was begun by a general contractor. The cost of the work was to have been $150; but the college, which was under the administration of President C. C. Thach, gladly spent an additional $35 to finish the gate. The Glomerata of 1917 has a full page picture of the newly completed main gate and to those who would like to see it we refer them to the main library. The following year, the graduating class of 1918 planned to build an entrance or gate at the corner of. Thach and College, but their plans did not materialize. Will Arrive At Their Several Designated Stations By March 31 Soldiers Climax Nine Months Intensive Specialized Training With Top Ratings By Mimi Simms Auburn's Army Specialized Training Unit will leave the campus this week in accordance with a War Department order that all ASTP should be disbanded before April 1, 1944. They will arrive at their several designated destinations by March 31. In a recent statement by Colonel John J. Waterman, he said that most of the ASTP WAA ELECTS GIRLS TO MANAGE SPORTS FOR COMING YEAR WAA elected sports leaders to manage the girls' intramural tournaments for the coming year. Tennis, badminton, and ping-pong will be arranged by Mary Jo Thomas; volley ball and tene-quarts by Martha Walton; basketball by Martha Ellis; softball, Joy Camp and Melisia Winters; swimming and bowling, Tee Hug and Marjorie Burford. men will be assigned to the Army Ground Forces for duty with divisions and other units. Auburn has climaxed nine months of intensive specialized training with a rating that ranks among the top units of the country. That Auburn's ASTP Unit has achieved such an excellent record has been no accident. Even before the SCU No. 3419—ASTP was brought to this campus, Auburn was chosen as one of the two colleges in the Fourth Service Command to inaugurate the STAR program. Methods of examination, reclas. sification, and reassignment were devised which later were used by other STAR Units. From the inception of the STAR program here, April 15, 1943, until the disbanding in September, over 5,000 soldiers were reclassified. When college STAR Units were replaced by STAR Units in training camps, API exchanged the STARs for ASTPs. The first ASTP invasion of'the Auburn campus began, July 8, 1943, when 400 student-soldiers ar_ rived. Auburn carried several of her plans developed here during the STAR period over into ASTs program set up by the college. One of these was one hour of supervised study hall for every hour of classroom work. Although this called for more faculty members, it helped the soldiers to start out the term r i g h t , scholastically. When the government issued orders that all ASTP trainees would take G. I. Exams at the end of the term, Auburn was prepared to make a good showing because her student-soldiers were well schooled in their studies. After the results came back, Auburn rated at the top. The supervised study system proved to make better students out of the men. On September 22, 1943, another group of 450 Term One, Term Two, and Advanced Engineers were sent to Auburn from Fort McClellan. Due to a shortage of faculty members, the supervised study system was disbanded. The men still had to study but were put on the honor system. This proved to work out good because once more the student-soldiers were required to take G. I. Exams, and again Auburn rated at the top of the list of ASTP Units. A new group of 150 Term One men came to Auburn on January 7, 1944. This was in accordance with the Army plan that Auburn was to receive a new group of ASTP trainees every three months. They were the last ASTP trainees that Auburn received. The college officials released some figures on the number of ASTP men that were trained at Auburn. Beginning July 12, 1943, 1,381 men have received an education at Auburn in Basic Engineering, advanced phase work in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering; this also includes the Veterinary Medicine students. Now the time has come for Auburn to bid farewell to her soldiers, and she knows that they will go far in their designated branches of service. ASTs Give Boost To Saturday Night Dances In Gym Something had to be done! The all-campus weekly Saturday night dances were abandoned. This meant that those students, soldiers, and sailors who did not get bids to attend the fraternity formal dances were left without a place to go dancing. So the AST's took it upon themselves to sponsor the weekly Saturday night dances at the Alumni Gym. A committee composed of Howard Bridges, Bob Thompson, Warren Mann, Charles Kiely, and Gerald Kelly with Mr. Lawerance Barnett acting as an advisor made arrangements for each company to sponsor the event on different Saturday nights. The committee agreed that the dance would be open to all students and service men on the Auburn campus, and also that no stags would be allowed except those men, whose company was sponsoring the dance, would be allowed to come as stags. KEPT 'EM STUDYING Major Waller Johnson, Executive Officer of SCU 3419, is the man who sees that the ASTs get correct amount of studying while they are in school. He arranged all study hours and worked out all schedules for places to study. -. Page Two T H E P L A I N S M AN March 28, 1944 AST Glee Club Originated By First Company On the First Company's Bulletin Board one morning last November, there was a notice that stated: All men interested in forming a Glee Club, meet in Mr. Bar-nett's Studio tonight at 9:30. That night a few men, along with Sgt. Benjamin Price and Mr. Lawerance Barnett, met and made plans for a glee club. From that small start, the First Company Glee Club grew until it had about forty members. Robert Eyster, from Springfield, HI., was chosen its director. The glee club needed a good accompanist but none of the men could fill the position. So Madge Jarrard, a well-known musician on the campus, accompanied the glee club at the piano. Fred Fischman did the solo work with the Glee Club in the background. Mr. Barnett furnished the music for the men. The Glee Club gave a series of programs in and around Auburn. Their first program was at the Presbyterian Church on November 21. Thanksgiving morning, they sang at the Baptist Church. On December 12, Sgt. Price took the Glee Club to Notasulga for a church service. They sang on the ASTP variety show program, December 17. In January, the Glee Club was reorganized with 'Mr. Barneft taking complete charge. With the Girls' Glee Club, the ASTP Glee Club gave a joint concert at Lang-don Hall on February 26. Four men who are members of the Glee Club, formed an ASTP quartet. They are Fred Fischman, Merle Zook, Kermit George, and Wilbur Graff. They gave programs on WJHO station, and at Liberty, Notasulga, and Armstrong. For their last performance, they sang at the Methodist Church in Auburn. MARCHIN' ALONG TOGETHER This is the way the ASTs mach io school. The men march to school by sections in a column of two's. Marching to and from their various classes constitutes a great pari of the men's military drill. They have a battalion drill on Friday afternoons. RELAXIN' AND USTENIN' These men are taking it easy under the shade of the old pine and cedar trees. They are some ASTPs that were stationed here during the summer months listening to lectures and being processed. This is one way of escaping from ol' man Sol which shines nearly all the time during the summer in Alabama. It seems like at this moment most of the men are relaxing, and the jungle-hatted instructor looks as though he might be giving lessons in jitter-bugging or equitation from his stance, but from the serious looks on the faces of the boys, their minds are far away from such things. THEY'RE BOUND FOR CORNERS OF THE EARTH By Bob Thompson "Wherever the AST's may go, "From Natchez to Mobile, "From Memphis to St. Joe, "Wherever the four winds blow," This might well be the theme song of the AST's; they are going to all parts of the world in a short time. The AST's will be looked to for meritorious accomplishments in the future. And well they may be, basing such an assumption on their highly commendable record while here at Auburn. From the college campus, they are going to an army depot to be reclassified and sent to different branches of the service. Some are going back to their old outfits, some are going to the different organizations in the infantry such as headquarter companies, rifle companies, and heavy weapons outfits. The artillery men might be sent back to the artillery as battery men, liaison men, or observers. Some men are still hoping that the Air Corps will be opened once more in the near future. As soon as our army reaches the Alps, another unsung service goes into action, which are the Ski Troops. Because a lot of the men here are from the snow country, this b r a n c h of service may attract some more of our men. Other branches of service which may be open soon are the Signal Corps and Armored Divisions. The Signal Corps is composed of photography, radio, and telephone divisions. It would be a wild guess to say definitely where the men may go or what outfits they might be assigned. Our men are going, not where they can serve best according to their talent, but where they are most needed. Our main object now is to get the war over with and get back to our loved ones at SOLDIERS PRESENT "AST VARIETIES" 1400 ON YOUR DIAL PHONE 856 "The Twin-City Station" WJHO NEWS ! ! ! MUSIC ! ! ! ENTERTAINMENT ! ! ! VARIETY ! ! ! SPORTS ! ! ! Friday, March 24 6:00 Fulton Lewis, MBS 6:15 Johnson Family MBS 6:30 Blow Sweet—Blow Hot 6:45 10-2-4 Ranch 7:00 World News Review 7:30 Freedom of Opportunity 8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS 8:15 Gracie Fields MBS 8:30 Double or Nothing MBS 9:00 Boxing Bout MBS 10:00 QED Reporting MBS 10:15 Plainsman Hour 10:30 Dance 'Til Twelve MBS 12:00 News MBS 12:01 Silence Saturday, March 25 6:30 Auburn Daily News 7:00 Morning News Summary 7:15 Alarm Clock Club 8:00 U. P. 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Hi Radio Players 8:30 Spotlight Band Blue 8:55 WJHO News Room 9:00 Royal Arch Gunnison 9:15 Bond Wagon MBS 9:45 Impact MBS 10:00 Dance Til Twelve MBS 12:00 News MBS 12:01 Silence Sunday, March 26 2:00 Can U Imagine That 2:30 Buldog Drummond MBS 3:30 Abe Lincoln's Story MBS 4:15 Song Time 4:30 The Shadow MBS 5:00 Rootsy of the AAF MBS 5:30 Upton Close MBS 7:00 Mediation Board MBS 8:00 Cleveland Symphony MBS 9:00 Cederic Foster MBS Monday, March 27 6:30 Auburn Daily News 7:15 Red Cross 7:30 Imperial Leader 7:45 Dance Orchestra 8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS 8:15 Robert Ripley MBS 8:30 Spot Light Bands Blue 9:00 Henry Gladstone MBS 9:15 Education for Freedom 10:00 QED'Reporting MBS 10;15 The Plainsman 10:30 Dance Til Twelve 12:00 News MBS 12:01 Silence Tuesday, March 28 6:30 Auburn Daily News 7:00 Morning News Summary 7:15 Alarm Clock Club 8:00 UP News Summary 8:30 8:30 Special 9:00 WJHO News Room 12:25 WJHO News Room 12:30 Luncheon with Lopez 1:00 Cederick Foster MBS 1:15 Lum 'n Abner 1:30 Mutual Goes Calling MBS 2:30 Yankee Houseparty MBS 3:00 Headlines & Bylines 3:30 Full Speed Ahead MBS 4:00 WJHO News Room 4:15 Archie Andrews MBS 4:30 Chick Carter MBS 4:45 Treasury Salute 5:00 News Review 5:15 Cavalcade of Sports 5:30 World's Front Page MBS 5:45 Superman MBS 6:00 Fulton Lewis MBS 6:15 Johnson Family MBS 6:30 Serenade in Swing time 6:45 Number Please 7:00 Arthur Hale MBS 7:15 Voice of France 7:30 Pick 'N Pat MBS 8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS 8:15 Bob Ripley MBS 8:30 Spotlight Bands BLUE 9:15 Bob Burnes 9:30 Alabama Forum 10:00 QED Reporting MBS 10:15 The Plainsman Hour 10:30 Sinfonietta MBS 11:00 Dance 'Til Twelve MBS 12:00 News MBS 12:01 Silence Wednesday, March 29 6:30 Auburn Daily News 7:00 Morning News Summary 7:15 Alarm Clock Club 8:00 U. 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Hendley MBS 10:45 Music and Fashions 11:00 Boake Carter MBS 11:15 Hank Lawson MBS 11:30 Marine Band MBS 12:00 Noon Day News 12:25 WJHO News Room 12:30 Let's Be Charming MBS 1:00 Cederick Foster MBS 1:15 Lum *N Abnet 1:30 Mutual Goes Calling MBS 2:30 Yankee Houseparty MBS 3:00 Headlines & Bylines 3:30 Sentimental Music MBS 4:00 News 4:15 Archie Andrews MBS 4:30 Chick Carter MBS 4:45 Let's Dance 5:00 News Review 5:15 Calvacade of Sports 5:30 World's Front Page MBS 5:45 Superman MBS 6:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr. MBS 6:15 Johnson Family MBS 6:30 Meet The Band 6:45 Number Please 7:00 Arthur Hale MBS 7:30 Human Adventure MBS AST Unit Produces Their Variety Show In Broadway Style REMEMBER The night that the ASTP soldiers presented their variety show, "ASTP Varieties," to the townspeople of Auburn. The date of this night was the unforgettable (to the men in the show) night of December 17. The ASTs took the means of expressing their gratitude to the townspeople for the kindness and courtesy shown them. The affair opened with Howard Bridges acting as master of ceremonies. The feature of the program was the First Company Glee Club, directed by Robert Eyster. The rest of the program included card magic by Bill Brower who gave that intangible something here now, gone a second, later— that's the only way of describing some of his mystifying tricks. Then music and mirth by the only trio like them in the world, Don Mead, Bob Merchant, and Carl Mounteer; "I Will Be Home For Christmas," sung by Phillip Pierce, and a good comedy skit by Pat Sorrentino and Ed Falk. Art Frackenpolh contributed his nimble fingers, dancing on the keys of the piano to several popular numbers such as George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue"; he also played his own boogie woogie. An outstanding hit was the jam session featuring Art Frackenpolh at the piano, Ray Cadieux, sax player; Neal Goodwin, trumpet, and Stu Pike <»* the drums. Their version of "Honeysuckle Rose" brought several encores. A special feature of the program was the dramatization of the story of the Christmas hymn, "Silent Night." The production work was done by Bob Thompson, Howard Bridges, Aaron Rubin, Sanford "Sandy" Latner, Warren Mann, and John Arbib. These men deserve as much praise as any one else. They spent every spare moment working on the show. An indication of the success of the show was shown by an invitation extended by the officers of Gunter Field and Maxwell Field to bring the show to Montgomery for the cadets there. Without a doubt the men will always remember this show. SAY GOODBY Say goodby to the slide rules and textbooks, Say goodby to the Auburn coeds and classes, And take one last spree As you finish term III, For you're , going right out on your—ear. It will make little difference to study, You're just like the rest of the dupes, For win, lose, or draw, You'll be eating it raw, And heading right back for the troops. The dear days at Auburn are over, The profs and the T-squares are gone So cry in your beers, You poor engineers, You'll be digging a ditch from here on. home. There is no doubt about it that these men here will serve to the best of their ability in any branch of service. Someone of this happy little group is about to receive something in the way of surprises. These are four AST men who were on the ASTP Variety show staff. They are from left to right: Pfc. John White, Pvt. Aaron Rubin, Pfc. Donald Bornman, and Pvt. Pat Sorrentino. Sorry! We don't know who actually got surprised in the end. THE BOOGIE WOOGIE MAN The man who can do anything on the keyboard of a piano. Art Frackenpohl, from Maplewood, N. J.; and a student of the Eastman School of Music. Art played with the Ambassadors and starred on the ASTP variety show. He has written many of his arrangements including his own boogie woogie. . FDRiayd.: E v e r y w o r k er should increase the amount of bonds he or she is buying. 9:30 Shady Valley Folks MBS 1:30 Mutual Goes Calling MBS 8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS 9:45 The Hero's Today 10:00 Arther Gaeth MBS 10:15 Rev. Hendly MBS 10:45 Music and Fashion 11:00 Boake Carter MBS 111:15 Hank Lawson MBS 11:30 U. S. Navy Band MBS 12:00 Noon Day News 3:30 True Story Dramas MBS 4:30 Chick Carter MBS 5:00 News Review 5:15 Cavalcade of Sports 5:30 World's Front Page MBS 5:45 Superman MBS 6:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr. MBS 8:15 Robert Ripley MBS 8:30 Spotlight Bands Blue 9:00 Henry Gladstone MBS 10:00 QED Reporting MBS 10:15 The Plainsman 10:30 Dance 'Til Twelve 12:00 News MBS 6:15 The Johnson Family MBS 12:01 Silence •o»o«oto«o«o»o«o»o»o«o«o»o«o»o«o»o»o«o« oio»o«o»o»o»u»u«o»o*c«o»o«o*o«Q«o»oeo«o / ! • w. I • r • S SORRY TO SEE YOU LEAVE, We are looking forward to your returning after final victory is our. Ward's Men's Wear Evidence Of Way Soldiers Apply AST Training? Soldiers are confronted by many problems that are not answered in FM 21-100. In times of emergency, when they must rely on their own judgment, some strange things result. At time for retreat the soldier was returning from town with his dry cleaning on a coat hanger. As the first notes of the bugle blew, he began to fidget, looking for some place he could safely deposit his freshly pressed blouse. He hurriedly scanned the campus, but didn't find anything on which he could hang his blouse. When the flag started to come down, the soldier was standing at attention, in proper position with his back very straight. Qn one of his belt loops he had hung the coat hanger. The Axis Stops at Nothing. g« Don't stop your War Bond I * Payroll Saving* at 10%. Every soldier Is a 100 percenter. Figure It out yourself. March 28, 1944 T H E P L A I N S M AN Honor ASTs Named For Last Term Twenty-Nine Men Designated By Colonel Waterman Twenty-nine soldiers, enrolled at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute as students under the Army Specialized Training Program, were designated this week by Colonel John J. Waterman, Commandant, as ASTP honor students for the school term ending March 17, 1944. These men were selected as the best men in each section; they were selected on the basis of reports from faculty members responsible for the instruction of the soldier-students. Those selected from each term and sections are: Term 1 Section 33—Jesse H. Foster and Charles T. Hall. Section 35—T. Minturnt, III. Section 37—Joseph M. Spinks. Term 2 Section 1—Fred E. Bechtel. Section 2—Charles Brooks. Section 3—Gifford Doxsee. Section 4—Bonnelle Helfrich. Section 5—David M. Keay and Paul Kerr, Jr. Section 6—Pierre O'Hare. Section 7—B er n a r d Sonem-shein. Section 8—James A. Werick. Section 9—William B. Green and John B. Cross. Term 3 Section 13—Robert Bialek. Section 14—Frank Ferry. Section 15—Lawrence L. Levy. Section 18—Robert E. Moore. Section 19—Harold J. Schott, Jr. Section 20—Erwin Dombkow-ski. Section 21—Kenneth Walker. Term 4 Section 24—Clark E. Briggs. Section 25—Howard Bridges. Section 26—Richard N. Donaldson. Section 28—John A. Carver. Section 29—Wayne D. Yancey. Section 30—James H. Black. Page Three MUSIC BY THE AMBASSADORS FOR ASTs DANCES The Auburn Ambassadors, lead by Bob White, is composed for ihe most part of AST men. The ASTs in the band are nearly all former college and professional danceband members. They are Ray Cadieux, sax; Eliot Annabel, sax; Victor Yellin, alto sax; Neal Goodwin, trumpet; Art Frackenpohl, piano; and Joe Robbins, drums. Later Stu Pike on the drums. The Ambassadors furnished music for the First Company and Second Company dances. Something's Always Happening To Spell Fun At The USO The USO has become the center of activity here at Auburn. The Servicemen and their dates always find something to do here. Entertainment has been provided by the Auburn Ambassadors and the Tuskegee Dance Band for various dances held here. The sororities on the campus sponsored many tea-dances for the men. The co-eds donated their services as Junior Hostesses. Senior Hostesses were townswomen who were interested in the welfare of the Servicemen stationed here at Auburn. Mrs. Mary Askw, the woman largely responsible for our USO, has proved to be one of the grandest hostesses to be f o u n d anywhere in any USO organization. To the Servicemen, she has become t h e i r adopted mother. Whether at the bridge table or tickling the keyboard of a piano, the men find her very entertaining. She is a remarkable pianist, playing old favorites, semi-classics, or modern hit t u n e s with equal ease. The men who have been sta- Soldiers Took To The Place Like A Duck Takes To Water Student Center Features Bridge, Dancing, Canteen For Soldiers By Mimi Simms When ASTs first walked into Student Center, they must have fallen in love with the place—for many have made it their Auburn residence. Whether that Auburn soldier has a few minutes off between classes or a whole afternoon to spend as he pleases, chances are he will be found at Student Center.- One of the reasons for this is Mrs. H. A. Jolly, genial hostess for the Center, who has a zest for living. She plays a lively game of FAREWELL BALL CLIMAXES ASTs STAY IN AUBURN Memories, like thoughts, are things, and a thing that will long remain in the hearts of many of the AST's is the memory of our " F a r e w e l l Ball." Elaborately planned and beautifully presented, the ball featuring the smooth music of Stan K e n t o n and his Band was a fitting climax to our time so happily spent here in. the "Loveliest Village of the Plains." Six hundred yards of an illu-sioned sky overhead, with brightly colored spot-lights playing on the crowd, presented a beautifully decorated, dance floor. With nearly three hundred feminine illusions and soldier d a t e s , thus bracketed the event into an out-of- this-world niche. Stan Kenton's music was as pleasing as could be wanted. His unique arrangements of such popular hits as "Mairzy Doats," "When They Ask About You," a n d "Holiday For Strings," make it well worth while to stop dancing and listen to them. There is no doubt that Stan Kenton is an up-and-coming young bandleader. He and his band will be well known in the near future. Without a d o u b t it was the quickest three hours spent here at Auburn. The AST's regret that this prom couldn't be opened to the whole campus but there wasn't enough space to accommodate such a crowd. Enough praise cannot be said for the AST men who made this grand affair possible. tioned here and know Mrs. Askew will long remember her after they have left. STREET DANCES Plenty of coeds and many stags make summer street dances a success. During the summer, street dances, sponsored by the Social Life Committee, are given for servicemen and students on Samford Terrace. bridge, is a sympathic listener, and is truly interested in the servicemen. Her son, a major in the Air Corps, has recently won the DFC. Cards, bridge tables, and even partners may be found in the Center at a moment's notice. Bridge games, springing up with anyone who will play, have made many civilian friends for the ASTs as well as acquainted them with other soldiers. Many of the soldiers are experts, and they play bridge with enthusiasm. Food Or Gals? Between classes in the morning, the Campus Canteen, which is operated by the Home Economic girls, is one of the most popular parts of the Center. It may be the food, which is tops, or the waitresses, who are friendly, that fills the red stools with soldiers; but whatever the reason, they always come back for more. When the Canteen Isn't open, ASTs often change their nickels into cokes by a magic process called "drop-a-nickel-in-the-slot." Since Student Center is one of the few places a serviceman can take his date dancing, it is well prepared to take care of many couples. A juke box that stands near the wall and the recently renovated floor are ready for both jitterbugs and waltzers. Loafing Too Just plain loafing is a thing soldiers don't have much time for. When they do, they know the center is the place. Stimulating conversations, current magazines, a radio, and a piano all add up to a good time for Auburn's soldiers. Maybe it's a combination of all these things that spells Southern hospitality and makes the student center a second home for the ASTs. WILL THE BOYS REMEMBER THESE THINGS? Everyone has favorite memories of the significant happenings in his life. Having lived at Auburn for a short while, here are some of the things the ASTs will never forget about the "loveliest Village of the Plain." Stan Kenton and his band playing for the Farewell Ball . . . Samford clock striking 1 1 . . . Glee Club's joint performance with the Girls' Glee Club . . . Auburn girls in general, and our dates in particular . . . The Rectangle . . . Sunday teas . . . Opelika . . . Mrs. Jolly's friendly greeting at the Student Center . . . Choosing Jean-nette Ellis as Pin-Up-Girl of Company Two . . . Dead Eye, sergeant . . . Yelling "Hey," in cadence . . . no-breaks . . . Learning where the girls' dorms, formerly frat houses, are hidden . . . The Grille and a cup of coffee . . . Patriotic rally in the stadium . . . Crowds at the show on Sunday afternoon . . . Boys in the Tuskegee AAF band getting in the groove . . . Ken Baldwin's first company's team capturing the basketball championship . . . Reveille, without Vam Card-well, the first company's choice for "Miss Reveille" . . . USO senior hostesses . . . Bowling . . . Auburn's churches, filled with servicemen . . . Honor students, who got out of study hall . . . Music room over Toomer's . . . Variety Show last Christmas; singing by the Glee Club, comedy by the whole cast, magic by Brower, and work by everybody . . . Dr. Duncan's welcoming speech . . . Getting caught by a section of ASTs, Naval Cadets, or Naval Radio Trainees, and having to stand in formation while they marched by . . . Crowds in Benson's late at night . . . Street dances . . . Swimming in the warm, brown water of the state park . . . Glee Club . . . "Miss Mary" Askew and her piano playing . . . Bridge at student center . . . More dogs than we could count . . . Girls in the booth at the main gate . . . Raw Deal Laundry . . . Red, White, and Blue Prom . . . Miss Auburn dancing to the Ambassadors . . . All-STAR shows before the street dances last summer . . . Mess Hall . . . Furloughs . . . USO junior SEVEN ASTs PLAY WITH BOB WHITE Soldiers Show Both Talent And Experience Whenever former college men are put together in a group, there is always some musical talent among them. This group stationed here at Auburn proved no exception to the rule. When Bob White decided to organize a dance band, seven ASTs answered to his call. Most of these men were experienced in the field of dance music because they had played with college or professional dance bands before coming to the Army. These seven men along with five former Auburn Knights got together and formed the Auburn Ambassadors. The ASTs who played in the band were Ray Cadieux, from Schenectady, New York and Siena University, and who also formerly played with Joe Coma, played the tenor sax and doubled on the clarinet. Eliot Annabel, from East Providence, Rhode Island, on the sax; Victor Yellin, from Boston, Mass., formerly at the New England Conservatory of Music, played the alto sax. In the trumpet section we find Neal Goodwin, from Erie, Pennsylvania, and George Anderson, from North Port, New York and Colgate University. The rhythm section was composed of Art Frackenpohl, former student of the Eastman School of Music, from Maplewood, New Jersey, at the piano; Joe Robbins, from New Rochelle, and formerly with bands at the Glen Island Casino and Pennsylvania State University, played the drums. Later on Stu Pike took over on the drums. No doubt these AST men will continue their dance music playing by performing in Army dance bands after they get permanently settled. After the war some of these men will probably be with big-time dance bands. Proms Feature Leadouts By Companies One, Two Reveille Queen Vam, Pin-Up-Girl Ellis, Chosen By Soldiers REVEILLE QUEEN Wishing You The Best Of Hunting —-AND— hoping that you will some day return to THE LOVELIEST VILLAGE' Wright's Drug Store hostesses . . . Quizes . . . Campus Canteen . . . Baseball . . . Crowds that left for furloughs in the rain . . . Auburn's weather . . . USO tea dances . . . Company sponsored dances . . . Names on the walls of the new building . . . Smell of sulphur coming from the Chem Lab . . . The Auburn Spirit . . . Hitchhiking corner . . . More Auburn weather . . . PT . . . Chiefs U-Driv- Its . . . USO Christmas parties . . . Church organizations adopting us . . . Samford Tower . . . No MPs . . . House dances . . . College street after 10 at n i g h t . .. Sunday morning sleep . . . Parade ground . . . Friendly Auburn police . . . Auburn Beauty Parade . . . WAA dance . . . Studying . . . New term and new soldiers . . . Ping-pong . . . Portraits by Maltby Sykes . . . Parties given by faculty members . . . Buying bonds . . . Mustache contest . . . WAR EAGLE. At Ihe First Company's Red. White, and Blue Prom, Miss Vam Cardwell, from Evergreen, Alabama, was chosen as their Reveille Queen. She is a vivacious brunette, brimming with personality, and liked by everyone. She is majoring in personnel work. Vam was crowned with white carnations by Warren Mann, dance chairman. As a little remembrance from the men of the First Company, she was presented with a gold locket. BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS During the months of February and March, the First Company and the Second Company of the ASTP Unit presented their individual company proms. The First Company gave the Red, White, and Blue Prom on February the 26th. Bob Thompson, Evansville, Indiana, and Dale Garber, ADPi, from Houston, Texas, were the leadouts for the dance. The feature event of the evening was the selection by the company of a coed for their Reveille Queen. A pretty coed from Evergreen, Alabama, Vam Card-well, was chosen for the honor. A committee composed of Warren Mann, chairman; Stan Wolfe, Sanford "Sandy" Latner, Glen Ross, Howard Bridges, and Robert Eyster are to be congratulated on their splendid work. The Second Company gave their dance, the Privates' Prom, on March 11th. Jack Magee, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Ann Black, Auburn, led the dance. The men of this company selected a pin-up girl. They chose a cute coed, Jean-nette Ellis, Jasper, for this honor, Warren McClure was in charge of arrangements for the dance. Lost and found columns of Toklo newspapers are crowded these days. Every time an American boys a War Bond, the Japs lose face. Boy your 10% every pay day. A. S. T. P.' S We hope your stay in Auburn has been made more enjoyable by our entertainments. - THE BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. Auburn Amusement Center Tiger Bowling Alley TO A.$.T,P, FELLOWS WISHING YOU BEST OF LUCK OLIN L HILL "THE MAN WITH THE TAPE" to»o«ofoto«o»o»o«o«o»o«o«o«ofn»nfo»c»ofO«o»o«OfX3f THE IDEAL LAUNDRY is fortunate to be able to store your furs again this year in Montgomery, but have been advised to send them as early as possible. Call 193 or 294 and let us pick up your furs at once. Ideal Laundry Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN March 28, 1944 OTS Conquers 'Bama Five 35-31 In Basketball Thriller Pi Kappa Phi Team Leads Vets By One Point At The Half Stapleton, Conway* Peace, and Nabors Scoring Stars Of History-Making Game Two cyclonic basketball teams, OTS of Auburn and Pi Kappa Phi of Alabama, clashed Saturday night in a history-making game that kept a capacity crowd of students and townspeople perching on the edge of their seats in a quandry of nervous fidgest from the first jump to the final thrilling play. The crowd, which packed the gym to its prosaic gills, and included about fifty 'Bama FOURTH CO. C. O. rooters, saw a scorching game which swung from, a decided 'Bama advantage in the first quarter to an Auburn sure-thing toward the middle of the final period. The 'Bama pennant - winners showed superiority in smoothness and team play, especially in the first half, but it was the Auburn quintet's aggressiveness and staying qualities which told the story. Some of the successful long shots by Nabors of Alabama were enough to almost cause despair among the Tiger rooters. But on the other hand, Stapleton, an OTS from Americus, Georgia, was the despair of the yelling Tide supporters. His trick left-hand shot completely upset any defensive opposition from the Pi Kappa Phi team and in this manner he built up steam in the third period and came through to tie Bill Peace, OTS, for high-point game honors with 13 points. The third period, the time when the score was tightly held to a see-sawing one-point difference for most of the quarter, was perhaps the strongest semblance to a varsity game, and if the crowd interest is any yardstick, Auburn might well have classed this team of varsity quality. Bill Peace in the first half and Stapleton in the second were the pace-setting stars of the Auburn offensive. For the whole game, Stapleton netted six field goals and Peace five, but their free-throw account brought them to the finish even in points scored. Stapleton, on the books, was a guard, but in the last ten minutes of the game he was everything and everywhere on the court. For the University five, Hudon Conway, former Hackleburg high school star and as fast-moving as the tornado which struck that town last year, led in field goals with four successful shots. Fight-in'est man on the 'Bama team, however, was Ollie Nabors, who scored 8 points. Ben Chapman, former New York Yankee baseball star, ref-ereed what was a surprisingly clean and swift-moving game. To him goes the credit for such an interesting and well-called game. Between the halves, the crowd, led by Dr. Paul Irvine and accompanied by Miss Madge Jarrard at the piano, stood and sang the Alma Mater songs of both colleges, Auburn supporters giving out lustily on the Alabama song from mimeographed sheets passed out by members of ODK fraternity, sponsors of the game. After the game, a trophy was presented by Roy Brakeman, president of ODK, to Rodman Lancaster, captain of the victorious OTS team. The 'Bama team were guests of the OTS at a house dance immediately following the game. Two red-skirted Alabama coeds led cheers for the enthusiastic University supportres while several Vet ASTs kept the Auburn rooters thundering with "War Eagles" and "Eat 'Em Up Tigers." The score: Pi Kappa Phi FG FIRST COMPANY C. 0. Capt. William P. Jones. Commanding Officer of the Firs! Company, has been with the ASTP Unit since early April, 1943. He is a graduate of API, majoring in aeronautical engineering. 'BOB" ADDS 1st Lt. Joe Roche, Commanding Officer of the Fourth Company. Lt. Roche was and is still connected with the Auburn ROTC Unit and is now with ASTP Unit. SECOND CO. C. 0. (Continued from Page 1) a theater manager for the Loew's Theater chain because he was more interested in- production than distribution. In 1942 he beat Jthat curt little "Greetings" from Uncle Sam by enlisting in the ERC, and was called to active duty in June, 1943. He had hopes of going into the Signal Corps and becoming a motion picture specialist but was assigned instead to ASTP because of his icollege background. He took his basic training at Fort McClellan and came to Auburn on September 22, 1943. Bob has participated in other activities such as the variety show, taking pictures for The Plainsman, First Company dance, service page of The Plainsman, and this special edition. Bob has served as Cadet First Sergeant and Cadet Company Commander (Cadet Captain) of the First Company. He plans to go to the University of Southern California to study 2nd Lt. Leavitt, Commanding Officer of the Second Company, came to Auburn in August, 1943. He is well acquainted with ASTP funciionings, having served in Adjutant General's Offices. motion-picture production when the war is over. After getting settled in motion-picture-work, he and his brother, Dick Thompson, who is an~aviation cadet in the AAF, plan to tour the world and shoot pictures. He states that the people are wonderful here and he certainly hates to leave. He is looking forward to the day when he can return to Auburn for a visit in the "Loveliest Village of the Plain." NEW COACH (Continued from Page 1) the boys he works with to fall into bad scholastic habits. In other words, he does work with the administration for the best interest of the college." McMillan, f Nabors, f Crawford, c Heddrick, g Conway Paulsen FT 0 2 1 0 1 1 Omega Tau Sigma FG FT Lancaster, f 2 Peace, f 5 Hendricks, c 1 Byrd, g 2 Stapleton, g Kronfeld, g 6 0 Good Luck To the swellest bunch of soldiers in the world, Mr. "Mac" wishes the best of luck. Come back after the war to the "Loveliest Village of the Plains" and enjoy the friendly atmosphere of McMillan's Billiard Parlor PASSIN' IN REVIEW Date Event April 15. First group of STARs, 55 in number, arrive in Auburn. June 19 STARs present their first talent program preceding the weekly street dance. This included impersonations, vocal, piano, trumpet, and violin solos. July 3 STARs get together with Navy to give pre-street dance talent program. July 8 ASTP Engineering Unit invades Auburn. July 12 School begins for student soldiers after orientation is complete. July 18 Variety show presented by ASTPs. August 7 Soldier-Sailor battle at quiz program, ASTs and STARs defeating a team of Naval Radio Trainees and Naval Air Cadets 110 to 95. August 25 Last of STARs leave to make room for more engineers. September 9 ASTPs participate in Patriotic rally in stadium. September 12 Coeds eat "Army Chow" with ASTPs in their dining hall. September 22 New group of 450 ASTPs arrive from Ft. Mc-clellan and then leave the next day on furlough. September 30 ASTPs back Third War Loan Drive with 90 percent of them buying war bonds. October 7 ASTPs return, are welcomed by Dr. Duncan and other college officials. October 15 Commandant announces that the ASTs will receive full college credit for work done here. November 5 First Company organizes glee c l u b , through the efforts bf Mr. Lawrence Barnett and Sgt. Benjamin R. Price. November 19 USO formal opening at Auburn. November 25 ASTP's Glee Club sings at joint Thanksgiving service in Methodist Church. December 3 Auburn's ASTP Unit outranks all other units on government achievement tests. December 12 "Dead Eye" was sent to dog heaven by the Vets. December 17 ASTPs present Variety Show as a Christmas gift to Auburn. December 23 Some of the ASTPs go home for Christmas. December 31 ASTPs leave on furlough. January 7 150 New ASTPs arrive as some former ASTPs leave for Cadet Training in Air Corps. January 10 ASTPs return from furlough and begin a new term. January 31 ASTP Basketball tournament begins. February 3 ASTPs double bond pledge in one day, supporting the Fourth War Loan Drive. February 4 Tuskegee Dance Band plays for USO Dance. February 11 Section 28 of Company 1 holds Intercollegiate Hop. i February 19 Third Company sponsors Saturday night dance at Alumni Gym. February 23 First Company emerges as winner of Basketball tournament. February 26 First Company sponsors the Red, White, And Blue Prom. February 26 AST's Glee Club and Girls' Glee Club give joint program. March 11 Second Company sponsors the Privates' Prom. March 18 ASTs bring Stan Kenton and his Band to town to play for Farewell Ball. March 19 Furloughs begin. March 26 ASTPs return and wait transfers to other stations. QUIET! PERSONNEL AT WORK Sgt. Fitzpatrick and his staff busy at work preparing orders and doing personnel work. The men from left to right are Sgt. Fitzpatrick, Pvt. Rodgers, Pvt. Stevens, and Cpl. Durham. ADJUTANT SGT. MAJOR 1st Lt. Hugh Ellis. Adjutant to Colonel Waterman, has been at Auburn for some time. He served with the ROTC Unit before joining the ASTP Staff of Officers. He has been very helpful to the men and is well liked by the men here. Auburn is his home; he graduated from API majoring in architecture. CHAMPIONSHIP Jimmie Nettles became ping-pong champion last Monday night Master Sergeant Spillman Fitzpatrick, Sgt. Major of the ASTP Unit, is a very familiar face on the campus. He is a real professional soldier and well respected by men and officers. by capturing the Girls' Intramural Ping-Pong Tournament. She defeated Mary Jo Bridges in the final round. In the play-off for the championship, the winner, Jimmie Nettles, won the first three games. o«o»o»eex "CHIEF" SHINE Takes this opportunity to thank all the members of Auburn's A. S. T. P. unit for their past patronage and trusts that he may be able to serve you again in the near future. Chiefs U-Drive-lt Phone 446 Bon Voyage Fellows! It is needless to say we are sorry to see you go. We can say wholeheartedly though that it has been a pleasure to have you as one of us here in "The Loveliest Village." We haven't tried to make visitors or guests of you, but have allowed you to be at home and we hope you have found it so. We have enjoyed your visits to our store and have accepted you as one of "The Men of Auburn" or more richly "An Auburn Man." As you branch off to all corners of the world in search of Victory and Peace.it is our hope that you will remember your joys while at Auburn and place us among your friends. When this peace has finally come pack up your "Ole-Kit-Bag," go by for "The One and Only" and come on home, to Auburn. Auburn of the future will definitely have a place for you as you are destined to be leaders of the New World Order. Our little village will continue to grow in keeping with our great institution and we can once again enjoy life to the fullest in keeping with the document written many years ago, but shelved at present by certain powers. A new man-made document will not restore The Peace and it is your great responsibility to apply the Shelved Document and restore the faith of our fathers. Burton's Bookstore "Something New Every Day" i 8 |
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