1944-03-28 The Plainsman

              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
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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
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" . . . 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.
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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
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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
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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"
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but have been advised to send them
as early as possible. Call 193 or 294
and let us pick up your furs at once.
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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."
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Nabors, f
Crawford, c
Heddrick, g
Conway
Paulsen
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2
1
0
1
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Omega Tau Sigma
FG FT
Lancaster, f 2
Peace, f 5
Hendricks, c 1
Byrd, g 2
Stapleton, g
Kronfeld, g
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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
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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.
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"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"
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