1943-08-20 The Plainsman

              Down With
Smith, Sharman
And Horton Hw STARS Ousted;
We'll Have
More Engineers
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LXVIII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1943 NUMBER 21
3,300 EXPECTED TO ENROLL FOR FALL
Here Lies The Senior Staff—R. I. P. u
The reader is now holding in his hands four pages which repre­sent
the.blood, sweat, and tears of a group of industrious students
fondly called "the junior staff" by what is known not too fondly, in
some circles as "the bosses." "The bossesV are some folks who sleep
on Sundays and Wednesdays and come up and dash about on Mon­days
and Thursdays trying to brow-beat "the junior staff" into get­ting
enough copy in for them •to get out a sheet of paper which is
folded in the middle and bears the banner of The Plainsman. Last
Tuesday the bosses decided they would sleep on Mondays and
Thursdays and let the j . s. have the reins in putting out an issue all
by themselves. And then the bosses wonder why the junior staff
jumped ^at the chance to get credit for the work they were doing
all the time.
And now the junior staff has shown the bosses how to get out a
decent paper. We have worked in an orderly manner, getting copy
in on time, reading proof quickly and efficiently, and cringing just
the proper amount when the linotype operator found that maybe
we weren't too efficient and told us so in no uncertain terms. Or
at least we thought we were showing the bosses how to do it. When
we look over our work more closely we wonder if it isn't just about
the same class job as the bosses have been doing. What do we mean
"the job the bosses have been doing?" It's the job we have been
doing—don't you remember . . . back up in the first there in the
first paragraph.
Welcome back, senior staff, there's one more issue this quarter.
Two More API
Officers Are
Transferred
Orders Received
By Col. Gates And
Major James
API is to lose two more mem­bers
of its military staff, accord­ing
to official orders received
here recently. Colonel Oscar Irv-in
Gates has been ordered to re­port
for duty to the Georgia
School of Technology, Atlanta, as
professor of military science and
tactics. Major Louie Webb James
has received orders to report to
Fort Bragg, N. C.
Col. Gates, who has been sta­tioned
in Auburn for the past two
years, is holder of the Purple
Heart, Croix.de Guerre, and has
three citations in General Or­ders
for distinguished service in
five campaigns during World
War I; in which he served as a
major in the AEF Seventh Field
Artillery, First Division. A native
of Okolona, Miss., Col. Gates is
a graduate of the Virginia Mili­tary
Institute.
Major James, a former Auburn
student, received his B. S. de­gree
in 1930 and his M. S. degree
in 1934. Very active in campus
affairs he was a member of the
varsity basketball team, a mem­ber
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra­ternity,
Blue Key, "A" Club, and
after leaving college, the Auburn
Kiwanis Club.
From 1930 to 1938 Major James
was principal of the Demopolis
High School. He served as tacti­cal
officer and instructor at the
Marion Military Institute for one
year before coming to Auburn as
assistant professor of military
science and tactics.
Surely Cured, Or
Slightly Squelched
A certain camp had quite a
reputation regarding its infirm­aries
and notoriously large sick
calls.
At the infirmary there' were
only two recognized types of ail­ments
. . . colds . . . and athletes
foot. The treatment for both be­ing
the same: aspirin and iodine
or iodine and aspirin.
Occasionally a GI would com­plain
to the T/5 medico that he
did not have a cold and that he
did not have athletes foot.
Whereas he was promptly sent
to the guard house for imperso­nating
an officer!
Don't Read This
The senior members of the
editorial staff—Smith, Shar­man,
Horton, et al—assume no
responsibility for anything that
appears in this issue. The cred­it—
or blame—goes entirely to
Acting Editor Jay Green and
his stooges.
Don't be discouraged, though.
The senior staff will be back
for the next issue and this fool­ishness
will cease.
HANDS OFF
POLICY
When the announcement was
made for the men to stay out
of the reading room down at
the Army quadrangle several
of the men were very puzzled
as to the exact reason'for the
order.
It seems that "something
new" had been added in the
barracks, but, due to a slight
misunderstanding, the "some­thing
new", turned out to be
floor WAX and not members
of the WAC as was thought at
first by the bewildered men.
ATO Elects Eight
New officers have been elected
in Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
They are John Benson, president;
Roy Hill, vice-president; Albert
Smith, treasurer; Bob Gingrich,
Secretary; Kenneth Matzenger,
historian; Jimmy Mills, usher;
Charlie Walker, sentinel; and
Billy HaTrell, reporter.
Humorous Guest Entertainers
To Appear Before Street Dance
Coe To Re-Enact Everyday Experiences;
Morgan Will Present Program Of Magic
Coe & Morgan, the southland's humorous entertainers,
will appear Saturday night in a program of humorous patter
and magicians tricks at 8:15 P. M. on Samford Hall Terrace.
In his subject, "The Skipping of Time," Mr. Oscar Coe
has selected poems and stories from many well-known au­thors.
These selections cover many humorous experiences of
life with which all of us are fa-miliar
either from observation or
actual experience—not the big
moments of life, but the small,
everyday, inconsequential mo­ments,
the sum total of which
goes to make up life itself.
It is surprisingly funny to view
those experiences from a distance
as they are related and re-en­acted
by Mr. Coe. His unique
manner and sparkling wit im­press
you immediately that you
are in the presence of a master
story teller with an artistry that
can take-a simple poem or story
and transform it into a real dra­matic
moment.
O. B. Keeler recently wrote of in chemistry from the University
him in the Atlanta Journal: "Mr
Coe was guest speaker at the re­cent
dinner party of the Atlanta
Writers Club and made a tre­mendous
hit. His "Road to Man-dalay"
made me cry and his
"Casey at the Bat"—well I've
heard DeWolf Hopper in his
prime, and he had nothing on Os­car."
Mr. Morgan has a rapid-fire
conservation of humorous sayings
in connection with his magic
stunts and is considered one. of
the best in the magician's asso­ciation.
Dancing on the terace will fol­low
the program. Movies to "be
shown in Library Grove will in­clude
"Wild Elephont Roundup";
"Rio de Janiero"; "Big Cat and
Little Mousie," cartoon; "Hawai­ian
Rhythem," musical; and
"Roadrunner Battles the, Rattle­snake."
Graduating Sail
Friendliness Of
By Norman McLeod, Jr.
Numerous columns have been
written about students personal
opinions of Auburn, but hardly
ever does one hear what a serv­ice
man has to say about the
"loveliest "village." A require-for
each Naval Radio Trainee be­fore
graduating from the school
here is to write his impression of
Auburn. Let's take a gander at
several writtened by the last
graduating class.
Charles Vernon Pitts, of Bowman
Georgia, says, "I think the peo­ple
of Auburn are very nice and
I am sure I speak for every sail­or
stationed there now. We have
sincerely appreciated the good
sportsmanship, the kindness and
interest that everyone has shown
us. We thank you people of Au­burn
very much and hope that
such kindness and love will greet
us the next place we go and as
long as we are in the Navy."
J. J. Mansfield, of New York
City impression is, quote "Au­burn
has made a great impression
on me and I'll never forget it. I
have lived in New York City all
my life and Auburn was some­thing
entirely different. Gone
were the subways, noise, the hus­tle
and bustle which is a great
part pf New York. Here was a
quiet little southern town with­out
all of the noise of the large
city. It wasn't an easy change,
however, I had to get used to
grits for breakfast and other
things which is just a part of the
grand old South. The change was
made though and the time did
come when I really looked for­ward
to my liberty in Auburn.
If it wasn't dancing at the USO,
it was bowling at the center,
meeting the friendly a%d very
nice people of Auburn. I thought
there wouldn't be any chance to
ors Like
Auburn
see any of that southern hospi­tality
with rationing going on,
but I saw it in the smile of the
storekeepers, in that "Hey" of
the Coeds. I felt it everywhere.
If I have one complaint about
Auburn, it is this: There just
isn't enough to do with the ever
increasing population of service­men
here."
E. S. Short, from Georgetown,
Delaware surmises: "All the way
down on the train, I kept trying
to picture what Auburn was go­ing
to look like. I had pictured
it as a small town with nothing
to do. When we finally did get
there, I can truthfully say that I
wasn't disappointed and I was
keenly impressed by the cordial­ity
of the people of Auburn, af­ter
having been there for a cou­ple
of weeks."
Jack Curry Made
Second Lieutenant
In Marine Corps
Jack Birney Curry, .27, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren M. Curry,
Atlanta, has been commissioned
a second lieutenant in the U. S.
Marine Corps and will undergo
the final phases of the rugged of­ficers'
training course at Quan-tico,
Va., before taking to the
field to lead Leathernecks in bat­tle.
Lieut. Curry attended Ala­bama
Polytechnic I n s t i t u t e,
where he majored in industrial
engineering and was a member
of Sigma Nu fraternity.
His wife, the former Dorothy
Guin Curry, and son, Jack, are
living in LaGrange, Georgia. His
brother is an ensign in the Navy.
Prof. Frishe
Has Become
Doctor Frishe
Receives Ph.D.
In Chemistry
From Indiana U.
W. C. Frishe, Assistant Profes­sor
of Chemical Engineering, has
been awarded his Ph. D. degree
of Indiana. Dr. Frishe was noti­fied
of this last Saturday and
that his degree is now on its
way by mai_*>His Doctor's Thesis
was entitled "Catalytic Oxidar
tion of Aniline in the Vapor
Phase."
Dr. Frishe received his B. S.
from Maryville College, and his
M. S. from the University of Cin­cinnati.
He took up his Auburn
appointment as instructor in
chemistry in 1941 and was pro­moted
to his present "position, in
1942.
His wife, Eleanore P. Frishe, is
also on the API faculty.. She is
an instructor in the chemistry
department who teaches anato­my.
Naval Cadets
Receive Praise
Of Officials
Area Superintendent,
District Supervisor,
' Compliment Fliers
Mr. R. A. Wakefield, Senior
Ground School Superintendent
for the Southeastern region of
the CAA-War Training Schools,
paid this school an unexpected
visit last Tuesday and was ex­tremely
impressed by the entire
curriculum. Accompanying Mr.
Wakefield was Mr. E. A. Wilkin­son,
District Supervisor.
The most outstanding things
that pleased these oficials were
the cleanliness of the barracks,
and the cadets' physical'training
program. Mr. Wakefield said vol­untarily
that the Auburn WTS
Unit "Drilled twice as well as
any WTS he had visited." Cred­it
for this compliment is due
wholly to Lieutenant Andrew
Nardo.
T h e visitors complimented
highly the facilities and training
system at the airport and the
military conduct along with the
spirit and morale of the cadets.
The credit goes not only to the
cadets, but to the coordinator,
Mr. R. G. Pitts; "Commander"
Buck Frame; the fight instruc­tors;
and Mr. Devendorf, the
CAA Supervisor.
Kappa Sigma Elects
At their regular meeting last
Tuesday night the Kappa Sigmas
elected the following officers to
serve for the next two quarters:
Lamar Ware, president; Ed
Thompson, vice president; Ken­neth
Hobbs, pledgemaster; Jim­my
Heflin, chairman of the social
committee; Bill Randolph, rep­resentative
to interfraternity
council; Ed Smith, assistant sec­retary;
and Herman Dean, assis­tant
treasurer. >
The Testing Day
Is Near At Hand
Examinations for graduating
seniors will be held on August
24. On "that day the exams sched­uled
for mother students on Fri­day,
August 27, will be given.
All other students will have
exams in all five hour courses be­ginning
Wednesday, August 25,
and going through Friday, the
27th.
The schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, August 25 — A ll
freshmen English, 8:30-11; eight
o'clock classes, 1:00-3:30; two
o'clock classes, 3:30-6:00.
Thursday, August 26 — Three
o'clock classes, 8:30-11:00; nine
o'clock classes, 1:00-3:30; two
o'clock classes, 3:30-6:00.
Friday. August 27—Ten o'clock
classes, 8:30-11:00; eleven o'clock
classes, 1:00-3:30; subjects not
scheduled elsewhere, 3:30-6:00.
Freshman and sophomore
ROTC exams will be Monday,
August 23, at 4:00. Senior mili­tary
training exams will be Mon­day
at 3:00.
Physics laboratory examina­tions
are scheduled for Saturday,
August 21 at 1:30.
Examinations for all other sub­jects
carrying less than five
hours credit are scheduled for
the last class meeting prior to
Wednesday, August 25.
No exams are held in PE 100;
however, all cuts over two must
be accounted for by Saturday,
August 21.
SPE Initiates, Elects
This week the SPEs elected of­ficers
for the fall quarter.'The
following men were elected and
installed: president, Don Jenn­ings,
Americus, Ga.; vice-presi­dent,
John Coats, Mobile; comp­troller,
Leroy Spearman, Bir­mingham;
historian, Pvt. Jimmy
Jones, Birmingham; secretary,
Pvt. Rodger Smith.
Retiring officers are as fol­lows:
president, Albert Austin;
vice-president, Merril Yohn; and
comptroller, Don Jennings.
The fraternity held formal ini­tiation
Thursday, admitting the
following men to the brother­hood:
Claude Crane, Birming­ham;
Luther Johnson, Montgom­ery;
and Rob Maulsby, Opelika.
Following the rituals refresh­ments
were enjoyed by all mem­bers.
STARS Leaving To Provide
Room For Additional ASTs
Dean Spidle Announces That Coed Enrollment
Will Go Well Over 1,000 Mark Next Quarter
President L. N. Duncan announced yesterday that a con­servative
estimate of total enrollment this fall at t h e College
indicates that more than 3,300 civilian, military, and naval
students will be in attendance.
Of this number approximately 1600 will be civilian men
and women with the remaining 1735 m i l i t a r y and naval stu­dents
divided as follows: ASTP Basic Engineers 800, ASTP
Advanced Engineers 240, ROTC juniors to be r e t u r n e d to col­lege
by the Army, 150, ASTP
"Great Game"
Capt. Hughes
Writes Mother
API Graduate Tells
Of Artillery's Work
In Tunisian Battle
"It was a great game," Capt.
Phillip G. Hughes, Auburn- grad­uate
of 1934, wrote his mother,
Mrs. Thomas S. Porter, Birming­ham,
in describing the work of
the American artillery in destroy­ing
German guns during the Tu­nisian
campaign.
Capt. Hughes, with the First
Field Artillery, Observation Bat­talion,
wrote his mother how the
men lost some of their clothes
and bedding when the* Germans
drove them back from Longstop
Hill on Christmas Day.
He sent her pictures of the
North African drive that finally
brought about elimination of the
Axis forces.
"In one day," he wrote, "we
cleared out all the artillery that
opposed us." That was at Bou
Chebka.
Capt. Hughes, 30, graduated in
electrical engineering from the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
He was*a member of Tau Beta
Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, and was
president *of Eta Kappa Nu, hon­or
society for electrical engineers.
A reserve officer, he has been in
service more than three years,
and has been overseas since last
August. Capt. Hughes was em­ployed
in the engineering depart­ment
of Alabama By-Products
Corporation before the War.
veterinary trainees 45, Naval
Radio School trainees 400, V-5
Naval Aviation Cadets, 100.
The prospect that enrollment
of women students will exceed
that of last year is shown by the
fact that room reservations are
today 100 ahead of the same date
a year ago. Mrs. Marion Spidle,
dean of women and social direc­tor,
says that the number of
women students will exceed 1,000
for the regular session.
The STAR Unit, which has
been in operation here since
April 7, is being discontinued by
the Army in order to utilize Au­burn's
facilities for the training
of more engineers in the Army
Specialized Training Program.
Since that time a total of 4,805
men have been tested and classi­fied,
and certified for specialized
training or returned to then-units.
It is understood that STAR
units have now been established
at the replacements centers.
In notifying Dr. Duncan of the
discontinuance of the STAR
Unit, Colonel LeRoy W. Nichols,
chief of the Army AST Branch,
had the following to say:
"The Commanding General has
asked me to inform you that it
is felt advisable for the Army
Specialized Training Program to
utilize your most excellent engi­neering
instructional facilities to
a greater extent than at present.
In order to do this, it is contemn
plated that the STAR unit be
moved elsewhere in the near fu­ture
and that replacement in the
form of permanent trainees be ef­fected.
"The institution has done a re­markably
fine job in classifica­tion.
Your interest and that of
your staff is evidenced by the
success attained by this unit."
Sixty-Four Men And A Girl
By Patty, McCoy
"This volme of, the Glomerata
is dedicated to Dr. George Petrie,
Professor of history and latin in
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute,
whose qualities as a teacher,
a scholar, and a man have won
for him the esteem, respect, and
admiration of everyone who has
known him." Thus begins the
Glomerata for 1905. Arid you will
begin an interesting two hours or
more by taking down from their
spot in a corner of the architec­tural
library the somewhat musty
stack of Glomeratas from 'way
back.
API must have been quite a
college back in the days of 1904-
05. One custom which flourished
then might brighten our campus
life quite a bit if it still existed
today? There were clubs—clubs
to fit the personality of any
struggling knowledge-seeker oi
the day. Notable among these
clubs was the Redhead-Aggrega­tion,
with its rather puzzling
motto, "Keep Your Distance."
Crap shooting was even fra­ternized
in those days. Among
the rules of the Crap Club were:
"Members are allowed to cheat
upon condition that they are not
caught up with. All jewelry and
valuable possessions must be left
at home, as the Club is not re­sponsible
• for articles lost within
the Club House."
Familiar Names
Turning on to the ad section,
we find that the names pf Toom-er
and Wright were prominent in
Auburn even then. There is the
ad of S. L. Toomer, the druggist,
and Wright Brothers ad reads in
part: "To please you, we try; To
please us, you buy—Your gents'
furnishings, stationery, school
books, and supplies at t he
'Wright' place." Another familiar
ad is that of "R. W. Burton—The
Book Store That Stays."
Perhaps the most interesting
advertisement of all is that of
the college itself. Among other
information offered is the follow­ing:
"Boarding—The college has
no barracks or dormitories, and
the students board with families
of the town of Auburn, and thus
enjoy all the protecting and ben­eficial
influences of the family
circle.
"Expense—There is no charge
for tuition for residents of Ala­bama.
Incidental fee per half
session $2.50; library fee per half
session $1.00; surgeon's fee per
half session $2.50; laboratory fees
in junior and senior years $5.00
per session; board per month $12
to $15; at houses rented by the
college board can be secured at
$9.50 per month."
If you can manage to leave this
1905 Glomerata long enough to
go on to those of later date, you
will find listed among the facul­ty
in 1906 a certain Luther N.
Duncan, B. S., instructor in agri­culture
(accompanied by an ap­propriate
photograph—with his
parted in the middle, too.)
Information is disclosed that
API has 20 professors and 25 in­structors
to take care of its 579
students from 12 states and 3
foreign countries. Nine coeds are
listed among those present this
year.
More Clubs Added
The various clubs of 1905 have
been supplemented by some state
clubs—Georgia, Carolina, Ten­nessee,
and Florida. And more
humorous clubs are the Slide
Rule Brigade, Married Man's
Club, Swell Head Club with its
motto: "We Are It," "Lovers'
Club, and the Grave Yard Owls,
who say, "We won't go home 'til
morning."
Skipping to 1911, we find that
there are still only nine coeds
gracing the campus, but they are
considered worthy enough to
have a lengthy poem dedicated to
them. It concludes thus:
"Far more priceless they than
diamonds,
Fairer they than brightest
pearls;
By none else in this world
equalled
Are our own dear Auburn
girls."
Among the ads .this year we
find one from Girls Technical
Institute, Montevallo, Alabama—
"Healthfully situated, high eleva­tion,
purest drinking water, de­lightful
climate, boarding accom­modations
unsurpassed." The API
ad now states that there are 64
professors and instructors and
671 students. It proudly lists new
buildings as: Smith Dining Hall,
Carnegie Library, New Ag Hall,
Broun Engineering Hall, Dairy
Laboratory, Horticultural Labora­tory
and Green Houses.
(Continued on page 4)
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An Appeal From The South
Open consideration of the race problem,
set aside by the South for the duration in
patriotic acceptance of our need for unity
of action behind the war effort, has been
taken up and vigorously prosecuted by
numerous individual in the North. While
we are thus devoting our efforts to the
winning of the war, we are being consist­ently
attacked by those who would seek
to sow discord in our nation. They are tak­ing
advantage of our preoccupation in our
part of the aggregate national effort.
Two weeks ago Negro' mobs in New
York wantonly destroyed an untold
amount of property and looted many
stores in mass protest, the reason for .
which few of them could explain. There
was no race riot, whites walked unmo­lested
on the streets during the entire dem­onstration.
In PM, a newspaper with a large fol­lowing
in this country, appeared an arti­cle
by Roi Ottley, a well-known Negro
author, who lives in New York, who at-
- tended college in Michigan, and whose lat-v
est book is called "A New World A-Com-ing."
The following paragraphs are quot­ed
from PM.
"Much of what the Negro suffers today
may be attributed to the failure .of so-called
liberals to advance the Negroes
cause aggressively. These men are actual­ly
traitors to the democratic cause. They
are, to coin a word, queaslings—those fas­tidious,
uncertain people who want to
draw delicate distinction between "social
equality" and "economic equality" for the
Negro, and thus save the cause of reaction
by their vacillation.
"These qeaslings in the 'silence give
tactic support to the 'white trash' block of
Southern politicians and those sworn ene­mies
of the Negro. Those unhealthy ele­ments
(from the South) wage a daily battle
to choke off the Negro economic life, and
thus,halt his advance. They are vocal and
vociferous in their prejudice. The federal
government — including the President —
has appeased these fascist-minded red
necks. Few liberals have spoken out for
the Negro with anything like the vehe­mence
of the Southern politicians who at­tack
him."
- These are but two paragraphs from Au­gust
3 issue of PM. The entire article is in
this same vein and there are many other
such articles in this issue.
The author states that the unhealthy
element (from the South) wage a daily
battle to choke off the Negro economic life,
and thus halt his advance. You can rest
assured that in the South any action sim­ilar
to the demonstration in New York, by
any group, whether black, white, or any
other color, would have been halted by
the police. If stopping such action is halt­ing
the progress of the Negro, the South
may well be guilty.
Was this mob action to advance the Neg­ro
cause aggressively? If not, why did it
take place? No excuse can be offered; none
can be invented ridiculous enough to ade­quately
explain such action. If so, who
would support such a cause? Your answer
is, of course, no one. Why, then, is so much
being done to cause bitter feeling toward
the South? And it is being done every day.
No publications appear giving the actual
feelings of the South, the actual conditions
in the" South, the actual needs of the South,""
the actual wants of the South, or the actual
intentions of the South.
Southerners are referred to as "white _
trash", and "fascist-minded red necks."
While Fascist, Nazi, and. Communistic
organizations were flourishing in other
parts of the country, either of the three
„were as scarce in the South as a cactus in
Iceland. , . .
Such misrepresentations as appear daily
against the South are as detrimental to
the welfare of our country as any purge
by the Nazis. The South has neither pro­tested
nor defended itself against these
attacks which are constantly appearing
and getting more vigorous each time.
We of the South invite the writers, pub­lishers,
and all those connected with these
infamous attacks against us" to find the
truth about our social situation. We seek
your understanding not your abuse.
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Editor's note: The opinions expressed In this column are those of the writer and
are not to be construed as the editorial policies of this paper.
Nearly all persons have dates, but do all of them know
how to act on a date? The girls think the boys should act this
way, and the boys think the girls should act another. This has
been a very popular question in many opinion columns, but
the students have §aved this column from -trite and unoriginal
answers, by giving their honest and libelous opinions, often
I might add, at the risk of losing a loved one.
i
Opinions on this question "How do you think the boy (girl)
you are having a date with should act?" range from the ultra-conservative
to the immoral, and as Dorothy Dix says, it is
of the utmost importance that the younger generation and
blah blah blah.
Ill the future please address all of your love questions to
this column, and we shall be happy to solve your problem at
two cents a~ word. Oh, and by the way, don't forget to send in
your Krispley Krumbley box-top along with the question, as
we want all of our fans to stay in good health by eating this
delicious, new adventure in breakfast hay.
But you can't eat Krispley Krumbleys on a date so let's
find out what people think.
Timed
Jane Post
It all depends on the boy. A girl doesn't like for a boy to
try to kiss her ten minu^s after they leave, but he musn't be a
slow leak either. To be a good date, he should be interesting.
Passing The Buck
Clyde Ussery
I think it's up to the girl as to how she should act. She
should find what mood the boy is in and act accordingly.
API MALES
Ginger Duncan
A boy should be friendly, agreeable and polite. I think the
average student knows how to conduct himself, and knows
how to act and how not to act.
Nuthin' Doin'
By LEROY SPEARMAN
By ROBERT HART
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
If there is one thing that this
Country has, and I'm sure there
is, it's history. It just can't be
-helped. The country is older to­day
than it ever was before and
it's alive with history of itself.
It all kinda got started back
when the Pilgrims navigated
right smack up to Plymouth Rock
and establshed a beach head.
This was known as the Pilgrim's
Progress.
* * *
When they got here, there were
mostly just Indians running"
around. A lot of fighting took
place between the Pilgrams and
Indians in which a lot of Indians
were killed and this proved very
fatal to them. At first the Indians
outnumbered the Pilgrams be­cause
they had more men but
now there is about one mile of
land for every 5 square Indians,
and the population of the white
man has been steadily, increased
each year by the census takers.
* * *
Then many great men came to
power in this country and many
changes and developments were
made in the form of government.
We used a president instead of a
king for a ruler. One difference
is that a king is the son of his
father and a president doesn't
hafta be.
* * *
We have had several presidents
in this country if not more—
there was Washington, and Lin­coln,
and since then I think
Roosevelt has been the only one.
Washington was the first and
when he was inaugurated he
went to New York and swore at
John Adams. Then he married
and in due'time became the fath­er
of his country.
* * *
We were still fighting a lot of
wars about that time too. We had
a war with England because they
put tacks in our tea and so we got
our independence so we could
have a holiday every year. We
also had the French and Indan
war to put up with. It was in
this war that Braddock or some­body
probably got killed. He had
3 horses shot out from under him
and
hat.
a fourth went through his
Then about 1809 Lincoln was
born in a little log cabin that he
helped his father build. When
Lincoln was made president he
wore a tall silk hat but' what's
that got to do with it? He did
many fine things but nothing
was more spectacular than his
Gettysburg -Address which he
wrote while going to Gettysburg
on the back of an envelope. Lin­coln
was killed by an actor in a
motion picture. We had another
war along here, too, and that was
the Civil War in which we
fought each other and won.
* * *
Many changes were made in
our form of government and we
have developed the democratic
type which gives us all sorts of
freedoms that other people don't
have, such as freedom of religion,
freedom of speech, freedom of
press (or to press), and the right
to keep bare arms.
We have two houses of legisla­tion—
one to make up laws and
the other to talk 'em over. Mem­bers
of these bodies, as well as
other officials must be citizens
and inhabitants of the place in
which they live. There are 'cer­tain
rules for getting to be a citi­zen.
You may be either a male,
or female citizen if you are born
here when you get to be 21 years
old. Or your parents may sign a
paper and have children or you
may become a citizen by neutra­lization.
* * *
Under our judicial system we
have a Supreme Court that has
one chief justice and eight soci­able,
justices and what they say
goes, too. Then there are other
courts that refer things to that
court if you don't like what they
say.
* * *
Now our president is Roosevelt
—the same as last year and the
year before and probably -for
years to come. And whatta ya
suppose? We gotta war going on
again this fiscal year—that comes
under the heading of history re­peating
itself or s'umpin', I sup­pose,
and as you can no doubted-ly
tell by reading this (if you can
tell anything by reading this) it
sure does.
Prof Wash
By R. ATTLEBERGER
Very, Very
J. T. McRae
Very friendly- -very, very, very, very, very, etc., friendly.
Our Readers Speak
For Language Men Only
Put back the service flag mother
Your son's left the ASTP
He's gone back to join the others
And he's as sorry as he can be.
He had visions of the life of Riley
Far from the battle scene
He dreamed of spending his evenings
Courting a beautiful queen.
But his days as a STAR were not many
And instead of ocurting a queen
He found that his room was odd num­bered
And he diligently cleaned the latrine.
He once was a brilliant student
Suited only for better things
But his IQ was less than 130
Now'its "Blues in the Night" that he
sings.
His body once strong and supple
Is now shaped more like a bean
And without any visible effort
He can slide through a very fine screen.
His manner once calm and gentle
Is now violent and horrid to see
He froths at the mouth as he mumbles
A curse on the ASTP
His ears are long and extended
As if trying to catch a word
And he mumbles in frantic fashion
"What's the latest rumor you're heard?"
He's mad, he's stupid, he's crazy
I know this will make you ill
Put back that service flag, mother
Ye Gods, what a bitter pill.
Yes, put back that service flag, mother
Your son's left the ASTP
You may visit him on alternate.Wednes­days
The asylum's his home now you see.
How?
Caroline Page
He should act like his mother taught him.
A Natural . „ - „
Doris Karcher
I just like for them to act natural. I like for the boy to be
very congenial and cut-up. No girl likes to date a chicken.
Cooperation—Yippey
John Benson
I think she should be cooperative and above all not too in­dependent.
Bill Ingalls
When calling for a date, she should be ready to go within
five minutes for a regular date and not later than ten for a
dance. After that she- should act her own sweet little self. A
good conservationalists, who holds the floor at least half of
the time, is a good date.
I'll Bet You Don't Know Him
C. Gordon Roberts, III
"As an imaginary or at least partly imaginary person, I
really haven't much use for girls, but divide me up into three
parts and ?
Joe Blow
"I don't know whut yer talking bout, but I'll bet it's not
good. .
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
The day is fine, the sun is
shining, and the birds are twit­tering
in the tree tops, or tweet­ing
the tree tops, or whatever it
is that birds do in the tree tops
when the day is fine and the sun
is shining and all that stuff. But,
withal that, I have a pain. It's
not a very severe pain; as a mat­ter
of fact it is rather obscure,
but, as I punch and poke around
here and there on various parts
of my anatomy, I become con­vinced
that I really do have a
pain of sorts.
* * *
Oh well, if I let it alone, maybe:
it'll go away. Anyway, the day is
fine, the sun is—but let's not
start that again. My friends are '
around me now; everybody is
happy and gay and we've things
planned. What's a little old pain
anyhow? Maybe it'll go away.
* * *
Well, we had a swell time to­day,
didn't we? Everything was
perfect except that little pain I
have. I must have forgotten it
for a while because I only re­member
of having noticed it
from time, to time. Oh well, may­be
it'll go away.
* * *
It's getting dark now and the
sun is not shining etc., etc. The
fun is all over and my friends
have all gone their respective
ways. So, I guess I'll turn in. I
still feel that pain and I believe
it's getting worse. I wonder if I
imagine things? Maybe it'll be
gone by morning.
* * *
It must be getting on into the
night now; I wonder why I can't
go to sleep? Maybe it's because
my pain is getting worse. Gee,, it's
dark and everything is quiet. I
believe I've got a fever. I don't
feel well. I wish morning would
hurry un and get here. I'm sick.
I'm scared. I've got to do some­thing.
I'll call the hospital.
Well, here they are, and I must
say it took them long enough
about it. If they only knew how
sick I am—I wonder if I'm going
to die?
* * *
This bed they have put me in
is far from my idea of comfort.
Why do they always have these
great h*igh things in hospitals?
And why dont those nurses get
excited about me? Don't they
realize how bad off I am? And
where is that doctor they called?
I must have been at least ten
minutes ago.
* * *
I wonder who this bleary-eyed
guy is who is just coming in? Oh,
it's him—or he. He looks like he
has been asleep. What does he
mean by sleeping when I'm sick?
And anyhow, it's only three
o'clock in the morning. And what
does he mean by telling me I
should have come here sooner?
Well, maybe I should. Next time
I will^or will I?
* * *
I wonder what that stuff was
that they gave me? Gee, I'm
sleepy. That pain is a little bet­ter
now. Maybe it'll be gone by
morning.
* * * v
Ho hum, I wonder what time
it is? It must be tomorrow be­cause
it's daylight. I think I can
still feel that pain, tho*. Say that
just reminds me, the big dance
is on tonight. Yes, that's right.
I'm sure of it. I've got to get out
of here. I feel a lot better this
morning. Come to think of it,
I'm well. I want to see somebody
about getting out. There's nothing
the matter with me anyhow. The
day is fine, the sun is shining,
and the birds are—you know
what. I've got to get out of here,
honest I do.
Note: Statistics show that
workers in the field of medicine
have a very low suicide rate.
Remarkable thing, that!
August 20, 1943 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
INTERFRAT DANCE TO CLOSE SUMMER SOCIAL SEASON
Miss Mary Brown Will Lead
For Interfraternity Council
Dance Will Be In Alumni Gym At Nine O'clock
With Cecil Mackey And Band Furnishing Music
By J e a n n e Townsend
Miss Mary Brown, of Clayton, will lead t h e annual inter­f
r a t e r n i t y ball with Reuben Brawner, president of t h e Inter­f
r a t e r n i t y Council and member of Alpha Psi f r a t e r n i t y . Miss
Brown will wear a fitted gown of aqua and will carry red
roses. j>
The dance, which is to be held in Alumni Gym, will begin
at nine o'clock and last till twelve, w i t h the. orchestra of Ce­cil
Mackey playing.
The hall is to be decorated
with a large dark blue backdrop
centered with a glittering gold
Interfraternity Council key.
Greek letters, also of gold, of each
fraternity on. the campus will
emboss the margin of the back­drop.
Banners representing each
fraternity color will be placed
around the gym. Red, white, and
blue streamers, are to be extend­ed
from the back-drop to each
fraternity banner.
Mrs. Wallace Tidmore, college
chaperone, and Professor J. M.
Robinson, faculty advisor, are to
chaperone the dance.
The first no-break of the eve­ning
will be dedicated to all the
fraternity men in uniform on the
Auburn campus. The second no-break
is to be dedicated to all
fraternity men who left Auburn
to join the armed forces, and the
third is to be to fraternity mem­bers
of other schools represented
by members in the STARS Unit.
During the leadout, two lines
will form, headed by Jack Berry,
secretary, and Sam Hardie, vies
president of the council.
Tnterfraternity council repre­sentatives
and their dates will
be as follows:
Alpha Psi: Reuben Brawner,
Waverly, Miss Mary Brown,
Clayton; Al Sutton, Sylvester,
Ga., Miss Betty Cole, Auburn;
Phi Delta Theta: Sam Hardie,
Florence, Miss Mary Bingham,
Montgomery; Fred Greene, Co­lumbus,
Ga., Miss Maxine Tatum,
Opelika; Tau Epsilon Phi: J. M.
Silverstein, Birmingham, Miss
Ellen Cohen, Birmingham; Don
Rosenberg, Bellville,, 111., Miss
Barbara Klein, Birmingham; Sig­ma
Chi: Lawrence Cottle, Mont­gomery,
Miss Anne DuBpse,
Huntsville; Charles " Peacock,
Montgomery ^ Miss Martha Rush,
Auburn.
Lambda Chi Alpha: Lilbern
Stevens,_ Gadsden, Miss Elizabeth
Mackie, Dadeville; Searcy Pen-uel,
Birmingham, Mrs. S. Penuel
Birmingham; Sigma Nu: C. T.
Scott, Birmingham, Miss Sara
Ann Nichols, Fort Payne, How­ard
Fulenwider, Birmingham,
Miss Winifred Bridges, Bessem­er;
Sigma Phi Epsilon: Merrill
Yohn, Birmingham, Mrs. M. Yohn
Mobile; Albert Austin, Mobile,
Miss Betty Jane Wilson, Auburn.
Alpha Lambda Tau: Evan
Zeiger, Langdale, Miss Mildred
Wisdom, West Point; C. W. Hor-ton,
Courtland, Jane Coffey, Bir­mingham;
Kappa Alpha: Shan-on
Hollinger, Camden, Miss.,
Kay Hall, Auburn; Council Sapp,
Albany, Ga., Miss Evelyn Beall,
Luverne. '
Kappa Sigma: George O'Neal,
Troy, Miss Virginia Beall, Lu­verne;
Edward Thompson, Mem­phis,
Tenn., Miss Hattie Flour-noy,
Columbus, Ga.; Alpha Tau
Omega: R. C. Barnes, Savannah,
Ga., Miss Jane Post, Mobile; H.
Martha Hicks,
Lt. Crimmins
Are Married
The marriage of Miss Martha
Hicks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Hicks, Camp Hill, and Lt.
Francis Crimmins, Jr., Falls
Church, Va., former Auburn stu­dents,
took place in Jacksonville,
Fla., on August 5.
The bride is a graduate of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
where she was a member of Kap­pa
Delta sorority, and of 'the
Woman's Student Government
Association. For the past year
she had been employed as assis­tant
home demonstration agent at
Troy.
Lt. Crimmins, who also re­ceived
his education at API, was
a'member of the "A" Club, Blue
Key, and Alpha Gamma Rho fra­ternity
and was co-captain of the
football team. He graduated as a
Marine pilot from the Pensacola
Naval Air Station, and has been
stationed in Jacksonville, Fla.
Lt. and Mrs. Crimmins will be
stationed at San Diego, Calif., af­ter
Aug. 31.
A. Buchanan, Birmingham, Miss
Betsey Davis, LaGrange, Ga.;
Phi Kappa Tau: Jack White,
Alexander City, Miss Mary Beas-ley
Bidez, Auburn; Milliam Bitt-ner,
Mobile, Miss Doris Wilder,
Albany, Ga.
Theta Chi: Jay Green, Mobile,
Miss Ruth Strain, Mobile; Wil­liam
Van Hemert, Auburn, Miss
Saxon " Shoemaker, Abbeyville;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon: John La­nier,
Birmingham, Miss Betsey
Golden,' Columbus, Ga.; Norman
McLeod, Dothan, Miss Rudy Ren-froe,
Opelika; Omega Tau Sig­ma:
James Shuler, Aiken, S. C.
Miss Peggy Shugart, Ft. Payne;
3. D. Nail, Georgiana, Miss Jackie
Breedlove, Opp; Pi Kappa Alpha:
Jack Berry, Bessemer, Miss Eiri-ilee
Walton, Piedmont; John
Blake, Birmingham, Miss Mary
Furr, Selma.
(U. S.-Coast Guard Magazine)
Mother—Daughter, didn't I tell
you not to let that strange man
come over to your apartment last
night? You know things like that
cause me to worry.
Daughter—Don't be ridiculous,
mother; I went over to his apart­ment.
Now let his mother worry.
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Miss Mary Brown, above, will lead the Interfraternity Council
dance escorted by Reuben Brawner.
MISS FOSTER MARRIES
LT. JOHN B. MARTIN
The marriage of Miss Jane
Foster, daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
W. C. Foster of Lanett, and '.Lt.
John Bruce Martin, son of Pro­fessor
and Mrs. Herbert Martin
is of recent interest.
The marriage was solemnized
in the famous old Post Chapel at
Ft. Sill, with Major Morris Live­ly,
reading the vows. The nuptial
music was rendered by the chapel
organist and Mr. John Druary of
Fairfax, Ala., and Ft. Sill.
Mrs. John C. Ball of AUburn.
was the matron of honor and the
bride's only attendant. She wore
a street length dress of rose crepe
with navy accessories..
The bride wore a two piece
dress of powder blue with brown
accessories and her flowers were
a corsage of white orchids. She
attended Lanett High School and
was a popular member of the
senior class of Alabama Poly-nic
Institute.
The groom- attended Auburn
High School and graduated with
honors from API. He is a mem­ber
of Alpha Tau Omega.
The couple will reside at 1813
Columbia, Lawton, Okla.; while
Lt. Martin is stationed at Ft. Sill.
(USS Trojan Seahorse)
A necessity is something you
can't get along without, but do.
A luxury is something you ought
to get along without, but don't.
TfatgfeAijtof1
You can spot it every time
GIRLS are In training, t o o . . . at univer­sities,
under the new pre-graduation
program to fit them later for various auxili­aries
of true Armed Forc.es. Ask them if
they welcome a chance to pause and
enjoy refreshment... the refreshment
of Ice-cold Coca-Cola. Who wouldn't?
Deliciousness In every drop. Re­freshment
in every sip. That's ice-cold
Coca-Cola. Enjoy a Coke and
you enjoy all the difference between some­thing
really refreshing and just something
to drink.
The best
is always the better buy J
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OPELIKA COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, INC.
Judy Garland,
Van Heflin
Co-Starred
"Presenting Lily
Mars" Is Romance
Of Modern Theater
Judy Qarland goes glamour
girl, gets plenty of opposition in
the person of exotic Marta Eg­gerth,
and charms no less an au­stere
personage than Van Heflin
in M-G-M's "Presenting Lily
.Mars," her newest singing ap­pearance,
now playing at the
Tiger Theater. This is a romance
of the modern theater, with
haunting music embellishing an
equally haunting romance. It tells
what happens when a young sing­er
sets out to attain stardom.
Judy is the young singer. She
tries to "crash" her way to the at­tention
of a famous producer,
Heflin, manages to make his
prima donna, Miss Eggerth, plen­ty
. jealous, and amid comical
complications and a touching
love story the embryo s t ar
achieves success, musically and
romantically.
Catchy musical numbers high­light
the action.. "Tom, Tom, the
Piper's Son" is another hit for
Miss Garland, and Miss Eggerth
scores in the exotic "Kulebiaka,"
and the old favorite, "Every Lit­tle
Movement," is guaranteed to
evoke nostalgia.
Richard Carlson is well cast as
a harassed young playwright, Fay
Bainter and Spring Byington are
effective as mothers of the two
principals.
TODAY
'HIGH
EXPLOSIVE'
Starring
CHESTER MORRIS
JEAN PARKER
SATURDAY
'THE GORILLA
MAM'
A WARNER BROS.
PICTURE
Owl Show, Sat. 11 p . m.
Regular Showing
Sunday and Monday
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«H »AY - - HICHAUD*
BAINTER • CARLSON
Sprtez BYINGTON • Muta EGGERTH
Co.«i« GILCHRIST • LttRM KfNSKEY
TOM'MY DORSET
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
.?. CROSBY
AND HIS ORCHISTRA
• THEATRE'*!
GOES GLAMOUR GIRL
Judy Garland, as a young
singer, is teamed with Van Hef­lin,
a famous producer.
Cowden-Reed
To Wed Soon
Couple To Receive
Their API Degrees
At End Of November
Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Cowden,
Mo"bile, announce the approach­ing
marriage of their daughter,
Carolyn, to Ernest Lynwood
Reed, Pensacola, Fla. The wed­ding
will be an event of Septem­ber
4.
Both Miss Cowden and Mr.
Reed are students at the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute where
she is a member of Kappa Delta
sorority and where he is affiliat­ed
with Omega Tau Sigma fra­ternity.
Each will receive degree in
November 'of this year.
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friends on the fighting fronts. Fig­ure
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Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN August 20, 1943
Lt. Commander Meagher Takes
Command Of Athletic Office
Former Auburn Coach Transferred To Daytona
From Naval Aviation Base At Hollywood, Fla.
Lt. Commander J a c k Meagher, USNR, former head coach
at Auburn, has been transferred from the Naval Aviation
Base, Hollywood, Fla., to t a k e command of the a t h l e t i c office
at Daytona Beach (Fla.) Naval Air Station.
Commander Meagher is con­tinuing
the program with which
cadets have become familiar at
their pre-flight schools, namely
obstacle courses, swimming, run­ning,
basketball, and agility ex­ercises.
Before leaving for Daytona
Beach, Commander Meagher de­livered
the principal address to
the school's third graduating
class of cadets.
The ex-Marine who rose from
private to captain in the Marine
Corps during the last war, at­tended
Notre Dame and played
football under t h e immortal
Knute Rockne before his en­trance
into World War I.
Commander Meagher f i r st
broke into the limelight as an
outstanding end on the Notre
' .Dame team during the years of
1915-1917 and later played one
year of professional football.
His coaching record shows 94
victories against 45 defeats dur­ing
the 12 years he spent before
coming to Auburn. He was head
coach at Auburn for the past
nine years.
Auburn teams under Coach
Meagher have won 47 and lost 32
games while tying ten. There
have been some unusual tie games
played by his teams. For three
consecutive seasons Auburn tied
Tulane. Under Meagher, Auburn
played in two post season games,
tying Villanova 7-7, in Havana,
Cuba, Jan. 1, 1937, and defeating
Michigan State, 6-0, in Miami,
Jan. 1, 1938, with Meagher to be­come
the coach of the first Dixie
eleven to win the Orange Bowl
trophy.
OTS Win Softball
7-2 From Wonders
The OTSs won their last game
of the season from the Wonders.
This win placed OTS in the semi­finals
against Kappa Sigma. The
game was easily won; however,
Meadows, freshman Wonder Pit­cher,
started the game as a pit­chers'
battle against Bill Till'.
Catching for OTS4and the Won­ders
was Hamlin and Pass re­spectively.
This loss was the Wonders sec­ond
of the year. OTS completed
the season with but one loss.
Both teams have played five
games.
Credit for this game is due Bill
Till, OTS pitcher who has turned
in some of the best performances
of the year.
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SIXTY-FOUR
(Continued from Page
War Eagle!
Notable throughout all these
old Glomeratas is the emphasis
placed on athletics, and this is
climaxed in the 1914 annual,
which not only runs the athletic
section in the very front of the
book, but take up 43 pages with
it. "Our Vision" of Alumni Gym
is pictured by the class of 1914,
who contributed $2,000 to start
the building fund.
This year a new club appears—
"The Footlights," a dramatic
club. And the coeds have now in­creased
to fifteen.
By 1919 there arc enough coeds
for a beauty section. It contains
some very striking poses and is
chivalrously titled "Southern
Belles."
And History Repeats—
The girls even then worried
about the date situation, but it
seems they had it pretty well in
hand. One of the class histories
describing the year 1918-19 reads
in part: "About October 10 we
were routed from our boarding
houses and herded into barracks
with thirty pounds of straw and
strick orders. This was a blow to
Auburn girls for "dates" were
then out of the question. How­ever,
the fittest/ survived, and
some went so far as to get mar­ried."
And leaving you with timely
comment, we must come rudely
back to 1943 and exam week. And
if Mrs. Moore, librarian of the
architectural l i b r a r y g e ts
swamped, we hope we won't get
too severely' chastised.
Shepard, Dean
Enter Georgia
Tournament
Both Players Reach
Third Round Before
Dropping Matches
Louis Shepard and Herman
Dean, numbers one and two on
the Auburn tennis squad, ven­tured
to Atlanta for the Georgia
State Tennis Tournament this
week. Our boys entered only the
singles because of exams to be
held this and next week.
In their first round, both play­ers
drew bys. In the second
round Shepard met and defeated
M. F. Rickenbacker 6-1, 6-1. J.n
the same round Dean drew Alyin
Davis and defeated him 6-3, 6-2.
In the third round Shepard
drew Malcolm Manley, then
seated sixth. Manley handed
Shepard his first defeat 6-3, 6-3.
In this round Dean lost to Lt.
Walter Pettit 6-1, 6-2. Lt. Pettit
was seated third.
These boys were the only two
who could make the trip from
Auburn. Both men are charter
members of the Auburn tennis
team.
Tennis season has l a s t ed
throughout the summer and be­cause
of open invitations, is ex­pected
to continue into the fall
quarter.
Auburn will lose its number
four man this quarter, however,
when Fred Hopton-Jones is grad­uated.
His absence will leave a
vacancy in the teams and will be
fulfilled by some member of the
student body who can hold off
all players seeking to replace
Hopton-Jones.
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STARS, KAPPA SIGMA WINNERS
Alpha Psi, OTS Losers As Winners Enter
Finals For Summer Quarter Championship
ALL STARS WIN CROWN
IN SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Fowler Beats Austin In Seven Inning Game,
Winners Finish Season With Single Loss
The All Stars, an independent
team, captured the intramural
championship yesterday evening
by defeating the Kappa Sigs 8 to
5. After losing but one game dur­ing
Ahe regular season, and it by
the toss of a coin, the All Stars
enter the finals as favorite over
the Kappa Sigs.
Fowler pitched for the All
Stars and Austin for Kappa Sig­ma.
The Stars waited three in-
In the semi-finals played Wednesday evening the All
S t a r s and t h e Kappa Sigs won over the Alpha Psis and the
OTSs respectively. The game between Kappa Sigma and OTS
was perhaps the most t h r i l l i ng of the season. The Kappa Sigs
ran wild in the first inning when they scored six r u n s . The
OTSs took four innings to tie this score and as the game
e n t e r e d the fifth inning, both teams were fighting for any
and everything.
In the last of the fifth, the first
two batters tapepd Buchanon,
Kappa Sigma pitcher who is an
ATO, for two consecutive singles.
These men reached second and
third from the outfield. The third
man grounded out to the pitcher,
no advance. The fourth man up
grounded, short to first, no ad­vance.
The final man up flied to
short field, causing both runners
to have hit in vain.
In the first of the sixth one
man reached first for Kappa Sig-nings
before starting to move
ahead but once started they could
not be overtaken.
The winners have made two
successful trips this year, win­ning
from the Opelika Kiwanis
Club and headquarter company
at the internment camp near
Opelika.
The team that the Stars field­ed
has shown more ability than
any this year. Never in any of.
their games were they in a hole.
The boys on the team justly de­serve
all praise offered a campus
softball team.
ma, however, he was forced at
second for the final out.
The OTSs were retired with no
hits in the sixth. ,
With the score reading 6 to 6
as the game entered the seventh,
the Kappa Sigs started a rally.
Campbell, the first man up,
walked. Heflin followed and
reached first on a slow roller to
the pitcher, who made the play
to second. Both runners were safe
when Boyd dropped the ball
while tagging Campbell. Austin
then hit a grounder to third
forcing Campbell there. T he
next batter flied to short field,
all runners were safe when the
ball was dropped. O'Neil then
stepped across the plate while
attempting a hit and run play.
The bases were then full with one
out.
Hohn walked scoring Jones
who was running for Heflin.
Buchanon then grounded to sec­ond
forcing Hohn for the final
out of the ending inning.
In their half of the seventh,
the OTSs tried vainly to recap­ture
the one all important point.
The game ended 7 to 6. '
Winning pitcher was Howard
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Davis Graduates
As Bombardier
Unique among schools of the
Army Air Forces is the naviga­tion
school at the Carlsbad Army
Air Field, Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Included among the graduates
was Second Lieutenant Woodard
E. Davis, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Davis, Selma, Alabama.
Lt. Davis recently received his
bombardier wings upon gradua­tion
from the Deming, N. Mexico,
Bombardier School. • -
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school—the only one of its kind—
are comissioned bombardiers who
come to Carlsbad to receive a
special intensified course in "dead
reckoning" navigation. With this
additional training they are able
to direct a plane to its objective
and also drop the bombs on the
precise spot most beneficial to
the United Nations' war effort.
He is a former student of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Alabama.
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Buchanon while losing pitcher
was Bill Till.
Thus, the Kappa Sigs reached
the finals in softball for the sec­ond
time this year. The All Stars
who are to be their opponents,
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