1942-04-14 The Plainsman

              Dormitory Presidents
Elected by Women
Will Hold Office
For Next Three
Scholastic Quarters
The elections of the house pres­idents
and vice-presidents in the
Quadrangle were held last Wed­nesday,
April 8th in the liv­ing
rooms of the respective dorm­itories.
The new president of Dormi­tory
One is Marian Tompkins of
Lake Village, Arkansas. She is
a junior in Home Economics, and
is affiliated with Delta Zeta soror­ity.
She defeated Mary Briscoe
for the office.
Serving as vice-president of
Dormitory One for the coming
year will be Christine Weldon,
a sophomore from Birmingham.
Annie Lee Jones was the only
other candidate in the race.
Mary Lou Thompson was elect­ed
the new president of Dormi­tory
Two. She comes from Boaz,
and is a sophomore in Home Eco­nomics.
Her opponent was Mary
Loranz.
Becky Gunn won over Barbara
McCamy for vice-president of
Dormitory Two. She was recently
tapped by Cardinal Key and is
a junior from Jackson, Tenn.
In Dormitory Three the new
president is Dorothy Norman,
who was elected to the office over
Wenona Parker. Miss Norman is
a sophomore in Home Economics
from Fort Deposit and is a mem­ber
of Kappa Delta sorority.
Defeating Marie Goldsmith,
Dorothy Foreman, a Kappa Delta
from Birmingham, won the office
of house vice-president of Dorm­itory
Three.
Mary Elizabeth Pritchett de­feated
Betty Barnes for house
president in Dormitory Four. Miss
Pritchett is a junior in Home
Economics from Linden. She is
a member of Theta Upsilon
sorority.
Gloria Vann Smith was the
winner in the race for vice-presi­dent
in Dormitory Four. Her op­ponent
was Henrietta Story.
All the house presidents are
members of the Women's Student
Council.
PlaindmarL
Navy's V-7
Program to Be
Terminated
Applicants Will
Be Taken Only
Through V-l Class
The present class V-7 program,
which is procurement of college
juniors, seniors and graduates 19
to 27 years of age for naval re­serve
officer training will be
terminated about May 1, 1942,
Birmingham Navy Recruiting Of­ficials
announced last week.
After that the only method by
which applicants will be taken
into class V-7 will be via the class
V-l Accredited College Program.
The class V-l, program permits
high school seniors, college fresh­men
and sophomores 17 and un­der
20 years of age to enlist in
the naval reserve and continue
in school.
High school seniors who desire
to take advantage of this oppor­tunity
must present certificates
from a junior college or univer­sity,
showing that they passed the
entrance requirements and are—
or will be—enrolled in college.
(High school seniors who do not
plan to go to college and pre­pare
themselves to become naval
reserve officers may still enlist
in class V-l and be called to act­ive
duty in June unless the mil­itary
situation necessitates their
being called sooner.) •
V-l applicants will be permit­ted
a minimum of two years in
college at their own expense. Af­ter
a year and a half in college,
V-l applicants will be given an
examination to determine their
fitness for aviators and reserve
midshipmen.
Of the 80,000 V-l's enlisted
each year about 20,000 will be
sent to aviation schools—after
two years in college— and be
trained to become naval officer
aviators.
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT1
VOLUME LXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, APRIL 14,1942 NUMBER 54
Cabinet Refuses to Disqualify Park
Declares Protest On
Insufficient Grounds
Report of Committee Reprimands Park,
Others Using Rented Automobiles;
Cabinet Makes New Ruling Interpretation
By HERBERT MARTIN, JR.
In the case of the contested election of Henry Park to the
office of vice-president of the Executive Cabinet, the Cab­inet
last night accepted the report of the Elections Committee
which did not find sufficient grounds to disqualify Park
from office.
Cullen Ward, the defeated candidate, had, upon pressure
by his constituents and others, contested the election on the
grounds that he believed Park's use of rented automobiles
on election day for the purpose
of conveying voters to the polls
was in violation of the constitu­tional
ruling stating, in part, that
personal approach shall be the
only means of soliciting votes.
Report Reprimands
The committee report, given by
Chairman Charles Flowers, said
that the committee believed that
Park, and others who rented auto­mobiles
for the purpose of con­veying
voters to the polls on
election day, were guilty of vio­lation
of the spirit of the ruling,
they were not guilty of violation
of the letter of the ruling, and
the committee found no grounds
for the disqualification of Park.
The committee reprimanded
Park and others who rented cars,
but stated that the blame for the
use of them should be placed up­on
the inadequacy of the consti­tutional
ruling rather than upon
ACCEPTANCE BLANKS SENT TO
EVERY RODEO CONTESTANT
individuals. As this practice has
been common in prior elections,
candidates this time could not
have been expected to abandon
the practice voluntarily, accord­ing
to the findings of the commit­tee.
Interpretation
The Cabinet passed an inter­pretation
of the ruling to be used
in future rulings, submitted by
the Elections Committee in an
effort to clarify the ruling, which
was worded as follows:
"This provision of the Consti­tution
shall, in the future, be
construed as meaning that no
money may be spent by a candi­date
or his supporters with the
explicit purpose of influencing
votes in the candidate's behalf."
The Report
The committee report was as \ assist
(Continued on page 4)
•
Tiger Baseballers Take Week-end Games
From Tech Here, Winning 7-1 and £-4
By BILL MARTIN
Playing host to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Friday
and Saturday, the Auburn Tigers treated them rough in
trouncing the Jackets twice, 7-1 and 8-4. Walt Mflner^won his
third victory of the year with a brilliant 4 hit performance
on Friday and Turner Kronfeld, a sophomore hurler, won his
first victory for Auburn with a six hit mound job Saturday.
Milner, who has gotten better and better in every appear­ance
this season, won his third game in three starts with his
best performance to date. Stingy
with his hits and stingy in the
free pass department, issuing only
one base on balls, Milner was
superb. His backing up by the in-
, field was the best so far and two
of the four hits that made the
official score book were of the
scratch variety. Tech was unable
to cross home plate until s the
eighth when they bunched two
of their hits for the score.
The Tigers garnered 7 safeties
for their day's work and pushed
across runs in the second, fifth
and seventh. Their big inning was
the seventh when they put the
game on ice with four tallies com­ing
from three hits, a base on
balls and a fielders choice. Jim
Martin was the big man at the
plate for the home team in get­ting
3 of his team's seven k*hocks
including the game's only extra
bases hit a double in the fifth
inning.
Saturday was a big day for the
Tigers again as they manufac­tured
8 runs from 10 hits to take
the series concluder, 8-4. Turner
Kronfeld, rookie hurler, made
his coach beam with joy as he
proved himself starting material
and a big help to the weak mound
staff, in pitching veteran like ball
and holding the Jackets scoreless
for six and one-third frames. Not
until the ninth, was the Tech
aggregation dangerous, when they
pushed across three runs. The
Jackets were befuddled by Kron-feld's
offerings all through the
contest and not more than two
hits came in any one inning.
Three of the Jackets hits were
garnered by the pitcher Carlton
Lewis.
Harkins, Cheatham, and Wil­liams
led the Tigers batters with
a pair of hits each. Three triples
were pounded out by the Tigers
and were the longest extra blows
of the game, these blows were
sent out by Cheatham, Ferrell
and Harkins.
The first hit by a Tiger pitcher
this year came when Kronfeld
slapped out a clean single in his
last appearance at the plate Sat­urday.
Box Scores.
Friday's game:
Auburn AB HGa. Tech ABH
Martin If 4 3 Castag'ta 2b..3 0
Wallis 3b-.. 2 1 Andel cf- 4 1
Chet'm cf 4 0 Scruggs ss ...4 1
Ferrell c 4 1 Lewis lb 4 0
Willi'm lb....4 0 Vanden'l rf .3 0
Curlee rf..... 3 1 Quigg If 4 0
Harkins 2b—4 0 Crawf'd 3b... 3 1
Jenkins ss ...4 1 Morris c... 3 1
Milner p.. 4 0 Smith p ...3 0
total 33 7 total 31 4
Saturday's game:
Auburn AB H Ga. Tech AB H
Martin 4 0 Castag'ta 2b 3 0
Fletcher .....1 0 Andel cf..... 5 0
Wallis -.4 1 Scruggs lb... 5 0
Cheatham ....4 2 Lewis p....... 5 3
Ferrell c 4 1 Vanden'l rf 4 0
Grant c 00
Willi'm lb .4 2
Curlee rf 4 1
Harkins 2b 4 2
Jenkins ss .4 0
Kronfeld p.—4 1
Quigg If- 2 0
Harper c—4 1
Plaster 3b 4 1
BonyaL ss..... 3 0
(a) Stein .... 1 1
total 37 10 total 36 6
(a) Batted for Castagnetta in
ninth.
Line scores:
Friday:
Ga. Tech
Auburn
Saturday:
Ga. Tech
Auburn
000 000 010
020 010 40
000 000 103
202 201 10
RHE
1 4 1
7 7 1
4 6 3
8 10 3
ALPHA ZETA TAPS
SIX; NAMES DUNAWAY
OUTSTANDING SOPH
Thirty-Three
Colleges Offer
V-l Training
Thirty-three colleges and uni­versities
in Louisiana, Texas, Ok­lahoma,
Arkansas, Mississippi and
Alabama were commended for
undertaking the Class V-l pro­gram
of training material for the
United States Naval Reserve to­day
by Secretary of the Navy,
Frank Knox, in a telegram re­leased
by the Office of Public
Relations of the Eighth Naval
District.
Of these thirty-three educa­tional
institutions, nineteen are
located in Texas, five in Louis­iana,
four in Oklahoma, two in
Mississippi, two in Alabama and
one in Arkansas.
Secretary Knox's telegram to
the various injtitutions reads as
follows: "The Navy is proud that
your college has undertaken our
V-l plan for training freshmen
and sophomores as officer mater­ial.
Please tell your young men
who apply for enlistment and
training under this plan that they
will be serving the nation if they
•continue their college courses no
less than those of your alumni
who are already in active ser­vice.
The Navy knows your in­stitution
and your V-l students
will do their part.'
The colleges and universities in
Alabama to which this telegram
was address are Springhill Col­lege
and Florence State Teachers
College.
Red Cross Asks
For Donations
For Blood Banks
National Frats
Organize In
Donation Effort
Within one year it is expected
that every able bodied fratern­ity
man in the country will have
given at least one pint of his
blood to the American Red Cross
blood bank.
Under the direction of the ex­ecutive
committee of the National
Inter fraternity Conference, which
is composed of over 60 national
college fraternities in the U. S.
and Canada with approximately
2,500 chapters, the organized
blood donation will be made in
coRperation with the American
Red Cross.
Adoption of this mass blood
contribution is part of the Con­ference's
search for ways in
which national Greek letter
groups can aid in the furtherance
of the war effort.
John M. MacGregor, chairman
of the conference, sent a copy of
the resolutioft-to President Roose­velt
stating that the National In-terfraternity
Conference "offers to
in organizing the student
bodies of the American colleges
and universities to the end- that
every student may appreciate the
need of his donation to the much
needed blood bank."
MacGregor also declared in his
letter to the President, "among
the undergraduates we have al­ready
found a very enthusiastic
response. The donation to the
blood bank is one way in which
the fraternities can make a prac­tical
and valuable contribution."
Robert Dunaway, of Orrville,
was selected, last week by Alpha
Zeta as the most outstanding
sophomore in agriculture for the
year. In addition to Dunaway,
four juniors and one senior were
selected for membership in Alpha
Zeta for their outstanding work
in the School of Agriculture.
These men are J. O. Cooper,
Jimmie Lee Butt, V. L. Keeble,
L. A. Smith, and D. C. Till.
Dunaway, a sophomore in ag
science, was winner of. the Sears
-Scholarship this year. He is also
an active member of the Alabama
Farmer staff, a member of
Squires, and a member of the
Ag Club.
Cooper, a senior in agriculture
from Auburn, is a member of
Gamma Sigma Delta, and a mem­ber
of the Alabama Farmer staff.
At the present, time, in addition
to attending school, he is serving
as assistant county agent for Lee
County.
Butt, a junior in ag engineer­ing,
is from Wetumpka, Ala­bama.
He was recently tapped
for Scabbard & Blade, and is
president-elect of the Student
executive cabinet. He is a mem­ber
of Pi Kappa Phi social fra­ternity.
Keeble, a junior in ag admini­stration,
hails from Roanoke, and
is a member of the Ag Club.
Smith, a native of Eclectic,
Alabama, is a junior in ag science.
Till is a junior in ag science,
and is from Hayneville, Ala.
Alpha Zeta, national honorary
service fraternity of agriculture,
founded at Ohio State in 1897,
selects men in agriculture, who,
aside from maintaining a high
scholastic average, show ex­ceptional
character and ability
as leaders in their field.
BAPTIST STUDENTS
HOLD SPRING
BANQUET FRIDAY
On last Friday night, 185 mem­bers
of the Auburn Baptist Stu­dent
Union gathered in the base­ment
of the First Baptist Church
for their annual Spring Banquet.
Officers for the coming year, who
were introduced at the beginning
of the evening, included the pres­ident,
George Heard; first vice-president
in charge of enlistment,
Phillip Lett; second vice-presi­dent
in charge of socials; and
June Forbus, third vice-president
in charge of devotionals.
The banquet was opened by the
pastor, Dr. J. R. Edwards, who
gave the opening prayer.
"A View at the Ship's Log" was
the subject of a review of the
important activities of B. S. U.
during the past year. This was
given by Ernest Burgin, retiring
president of the union.
All old council members and re­cently
inducted members were
introduced by T. C. Clark. After
this, a short talk on the subject
of "Full Steam Ahead" was given
by Mr. Clark.
The main address of the evening
was delivered by the Reverend
Hoyt Ayers. The subject of this
speech was "Christ, My Captain."
First Student
Enlists in Signal
Corps at Auburn
According to an announcement
from the Military Department
made by Colonel John J. Water­man,
Thomas Cowan Perry was
enlisted on April 10, 1942 in the
Signal Corps Reserve of the
United States Army.
This is the first student of API
to enlist in the army and to re­main
on inactive duty until he
graduates.
Entrants for Each
Event Are Listed
Notification a n d acceptance
blanks were mailed today to all
applicants who have been accept­ed
for participation in the second
annual Auburn Rodeo. These
blanks show the events for which
applicants have been accepted.
Applicants must sign both copies.
They are to retain the original,
but must return the duplicate to
Mr. Sam Brewster at the Depart-of
Buildings and Grounds not
later than 5 P. M., Friday, April
17. Anyone not returning the du­plicate
copy by this deadline will
be barred from participation in
the rodeo.
The following per.sons are those
who have been selected to. take
part in the rodeo:
Event No. 3: Wild Mule Scram­ble;
Joe McManus, Harry Hug-ghins,
Robert Reisinger, and Rufe
Neale.
Event No. 4: Mounted Wrest­ing;
Arnold Silverberg, Hopkins
C. Beverly, Abe Rosenthal, J. T.
Edgar, Robert H. Meacham, Mai­mer
Browder, E. H. Stratmeyer,
Bill Spence, Ben Dawsey, Rufe
Neale, M. V. Truss, Norman Co­hen,
Jack McLemore, Evan N.
Johnson, R. G. Hicks, J. S. Smith,
L. D. Rodgers, D. R. Coppage,
Arthur R. Romanos,_ Tom Roby,
and Mack Williams.
Event No. 5: Wild Cow Milking;
Francis Holton and Sam G. Fores­ter,
Sam G. Forester and Francis
Holton, J. S. Smith and J. O.
Whidden, L. D. Rodgers and DfR.
Coppage, D. R. Coppage and L. D.
Rodgers, James O. Whidden and
J. S. Smith, Tom Roby and Mack
Burriss, Mack Burriss, and Tom
Roby Arnold Silverberg and J. P.
Young, Harry L. Hillhouse and
Joe Justo, J. P. Young and Arnold
Silverberg, Joe Justo and Harry
L. Hillhouse, Willard S. Blunschi
and Paul Crow, Paul Crow and
Willard Blunschi, Mack Williams
and Ben Dawsey, Leslie Barber
and Ed Whaley, Jimmie Carney
and M. R. Tucker, Marvin R.
Tucker and Jimmie Carney, Ben
Dawsey and Mack Williams, Ed
Whaley and Leslie Barber.
Event No. 6: Mounted Musical
Chair Race; Ann W. Norton, M. V.
Truss, Norman Cohen, Evan N.
Johnson, Arthur R. Romanos,
Robert Sharman, Arnold Silver­berg,
Ray Hubbard, Harry L.
Hillhouse, J. P. Young, Joe Justo,
Hopkins C. Beverly, Anna Bree-den,
Mozelle Breeden, Abe Ros­enthal,
Theresa Hug, LeRoy Jack­son,
Maimer Browder, Jack R.
Snow, E. H. Stratmeyer, Doris
Carpenter.
Event No. 7: Steer Riding (stu­dents
only); Joe McManus, Dick
Akin, Jack R. Snow, Willard S.
Blunschi, Paul Crow, Harry Mor­gan,
Leslie Barber, Jimmie Car­ney,
Marvin R. Tucker^ I. R.
Cooper, Robert Baucom.
Event No. 8: Barrel Race; Joe
Justo and Mary Bidez; Hopkins
C. Beverly and Anna Breeden,
Anna Breeden and Hopkins C.
Beverly, Moselle Breeden and
Abe Rosenthal, Abe Rosenthal
and Moselle Breeden, Theresa
Hug and Leroy Jackson, Leroy
Jackson and Theresa Hug, E. H.
Stratmeyer and Doris Carpenter,
Doris Carpenter and E. H. Strat­meyer,
C. W. Reedy and Ann W.
Norton, Ann W. Norton and C. W.
Reedy, William C. Limburg and
Shirley Smith, Shirley Smith and
William C. Limberg.
Event No. 9: Saddle Bronc;
Harry Morgan, Robert Reisinger,
R. G. Hicks, Mark Quilty, Robert
Sharman, and Mack Burriss.
Event No. 10: Steer Riding
(open to anyone); Bill Meagher,
James B. Mitchell, Waylon A.
Smith, Jim Phillips, Charles C.
Mitchell.
Event No. 11: Bareback Bronc;
Harry Huggins, Paul Crow, Mack
Williams, Harry Morgan, Leslie
Barber, Jimmie Carney.
Event No. 12: Cowgirls Milking
Contest; Anna Breeden, Mozelle
(Continued on page 4)
Independent
Volley Ball
Tourney Opens
The Independent Volley Ball
tournament will begin on April
28 according to an announcement
from the Intramural Office yes­terday.
All teams who wish to enter
the contest must turn their names
in at the Intramural Office by
noon April 20. A schedule has
been arranged so that these games
will not interfere with the soft-ball
games now in progress.
Gold and bronze medals will be
awarded to the winners in the
tournament.
College Women's
Red Cross
Sewing Resumed
Red Cross sewing for college
women will be resumed on Fri­day,
April 17, in Smith Hall room
39.
To date the group has com­pleted
54 dresses, 6 sweaters and
other miscellaneous items for the
Red Cross. A new shipment of
supplies has arrived and there are
about 50 more garments to be
constructed.
All college women not affil­iated
with some other phase of
work are urged to attend the
Sewing Unit.
Military Status
Of Engineers
Is Explained
The following announcement
was received yesterday from the
Military Department:
The following decision will be
of interest to men in the School
of Engineering.
Reference status of recent grad­uates
of Engineering Schools cov­ered
in paragraph 1, Part V,
Memorandum (1-405) Headquart­ers
Selective Service System, as
states "such registrant must be
engaged in a critical occupation."
A recent graduate with promise
of employment or recently em­ployed
does not logically fall
within the category of a "neces­sary
man."
The above decision was made
on my request so that I could pro­perly
advise sophomore engineers
who were applying for Advanced
Course ROTC, and Seniors and
Juniors o f Advanced Course
ROTC.
Signed: ,
John J. Waterman,
Colonel, F. A.,
P. M. S. & T.
Red Cross Chapter
To Conduct Senior
Life-Saving Course
The following announcement
was made this week by Dr. V. W.
Lapp, Chairman of the Water
Safety Committee of the local
Red Cross:
There will be a Senior Life-
Saving Course conducted under
the auspices of the Lee County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross. This course will consist of
fifteen hours of instruction and
a two-hour examination.
The course will be conducted
by Jim Lane, and the first meet­ing
will be at Alumni Gymnasium
Wednesday, April 15, at 7:00 P.M.
All persons interested in taking
this course will report prepared
to swim. All persons using the
pool in Alumni Gymnasium must
wear suits and rubber caps.
Page Two THE P L A I N S M AN April 14, 1942
Advertising in Plainsman Reaps Big Profits
Lately we have heard the business man­ager
complain about the apparent lack of
interest among some of the business men
of. Auburn and Opelika concerning the
amount, or lack, of advertising in the
Plainsman. It seems that the merchants, at
least a part of them, do not wish to ad­vertise
to the students their goods and
things they have to offer. For some un­known
reason they think that the. stu­dents
do not and are not willing to patron­ize
the advertisers in our college paper.
Then too, it seems that they believe that
the response derived from such advertise­ments
does not warrant the expense of
putting them in our paper.
We will not try to argue with them on
any of the above points that they have of­fered
as excuses for their lack of support.
They evidently have sufficient evidence
of what they believe and it must justify
their actions.
But, we would like to offer proof to the
contrary. Proof from one of Auburn's
leading business men and one who is cer­tainly
qualified to speak from a stand­point
of dealing with the students day in
and day out.
Gus Goats, manager of the Tiger The­ater,
is the source of our proof and we do
not believe that any one. has reason to
doubt him or his statement. He recently
stated to a member of the business staff
of this paper, that always in the Spring of
each year his movie attendance, and con-*
sequently his business and profits, dropped
off at least 10 per cent. This time last year
he decided to try something new or at least
something different. So, when- the adver­tising
manager, of the Plainsman "called on
him for his regular advertisment, he
found Mr. Coats ready to give him three
times the regular amount subscribed to the
columns of this paper.
»This may or may not seem the amazing
part of the statement to you for on the
out-side there are many fallacies. The catch
and the answer comes when Mr. Coats con­tinues
that he "had not increased his ad­vertising
in other papers in this locality
and that he had not increased the grade
of pictures.
Without increasing other types of ad­vertising
and continuing to run the same
grade of pictures, Mr. Coats not only re­gained
the 10 per cent that he had prev-*
iously been losing but showed a 15 per
cent increase over this, giving him a total
of 25 per cent increase attributed solely
to the increased advertising in the Plains­man.
G. H.
"Shall I Continue My Education or Enlist?"
"Shall I continue my education or en­list?"
This question, it is pointed out in a
recent Bulletin of the American Council
on Education, must be translated into
another question before today's college
man can intelligently answer it for himself
"In what way can I, being the person I am,
best serve my nation in the war?"
According to the American Council's
Bulletin, three alternatives are off erecTthe
lege man under an even more serious ob-question.
He may volunteer! He may go to
work in an essential industry. He may in­tensify
his college study to fit himself for
a later place of leadership in the armed
forces or the production world.
Even if he volunteers, however, provi­sion
may be made for him to continue his
studies until he has completed his require­ments
for a degree. The service fields in
which this provision is most likely are Ad­vanced
ROTC, Medicine, Dentistry, and
Reserve Midshipman training (V-7).
"There is today," the Bulletin continues,
"a pressing need (far greater than the sup­ply)
for technical and scientific personnel
in industry, as civilian employees in the
armed forces, and in other government
capacities. Any proffered position, though,
should be measured in terms of its ultimate
and not its immediate personal value. The
real criterion is this: Does my taking this
job here and now make me a more effec­tive
fighter for my nation than if I were
to continue my preparation for a more
important service later?"
With respect to the third alternative,
continuation of study, the Bulletin notes
that nineteen technical and professional
fields have been listed for serious consicL-eration
for deferment in the light of a
study of present and potential shortage of
manpower. It must always be remembered
that the man who is granted occupational
deferment is selected for deferment by his
government. This places the deferred col-college
man who asks himself this latter
ligation than his classmates who enlist, but
it makes his eventual worth to the nation
that much greater.—From "Higher Educa­tion
and National Defense," American
Council on Education.
The Case of Students Versus Beautification
Lack of consideration on the part of
some of the members of the Auburn stu­dent
body is threatening to nullify many of
the improvements which have been made
of late in the campus beautification pro­gram.
When this improvement campaign was
inaugurated approximately two years ago,
the grounds of A. P. I. were almost devoid
of grass, shrubbery, and other beautifying
vegetation.
One of the very real needs of the school
at that time was supplied when asphalt
walks were completed between the various
college buildings.
Another improvement • made several
months ago which greatly increased the
attractiveness of the campus was the plant­ing
of winter grass and the. cultivation of
a fine lawn on Auburn's grounds.
It was only recently, however, that the
Department of Buildings and Grounds set
out 1800 shrubs and flowers of 26 different
types. These were placed at advantageous
points on the campus and at some places
were guarded from possible injury by
protective barriers.
In spite of this precaution, many of
the plants have already been destroyed or
damaged. If more care is not shown by
those who have occasion to use the school
walks very few, if any, of the newly-planted
shrubs will survive. The easiest
way to aid in preserving the lives of
these plants is by not cutting walk corners
and by using only the walks which have
constructed on the college grounds for
your convenience. B. T.
Iht VlaAJti&marv
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At this writing the final decision of the Elections Committee, and
the even more final decision of the Cabinet in regard to the Ward-
Park case has not been released.
It seems that any controversial issue which first makes its
appearance on the front page, or in 'the editorial columns of The
Plainsman, usually ends up in this column.
And it seems that everything which appears in this or any other
editorial column in The Plainsman, is taken as a personal affront by
somebody.
Following a recent editorial concerning one of those controversial
issues, we were warned by a fraternity brother of one of the students
involved, that "there was no telling what his fraternity brothers
might do to us."
But to get back to the Ward-Park issue.
Nobody, at this time, seems to dare guess as to the outcome of the
contest. Everyone, however,, seems to agree that the very fact that
the election has been contested means political ruin in the future for
somebody. Nobody seems to agree as to who the affair will ruin poli­tically.
Some students are firmly convinced that Ward wouldn't "have
a chance in another • election, because he was the one who had to
bring the matter to the light. Yet, we recently heard one of Park's,
fraternity brothers telling him that as far as politics was concerned,
"Church is out. You might as well load the chairs in the wagon."
But Come What May
Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by
mail: $2.50 per year, $1.50 per semester.
Whatever the outcome of the mix-up, and whichever side you, as
individual readers, are takings we're glad Ward contested the election.
We're sorry, however, that Park had to take the brunt as far as
being the object of the accusations is concerned.
Park may have used U-Drive-Its to carry voters to the polls, but
we feel sure that in doing so he had no idea of violating elections
rules.
And he alone was not responsible, and should not be held solely
responsible. It just so happened that Ward was the only candidate,
defeated or victorious, who had the guts to bring the matter to light.
His opponent happened to be Park. Naturally he could only contest
Park's election.
But there were others, perhaps just as involved in U-Drive-It
rentals, perhaps more so, who are going scot-free in the issue. They
should be made to bear some of the brunt of this protest.
In the line-up with Ward were seven other sophomores. Three of
the eight in the line-up won their positions. Whether all the candi­dates
in the opposing line-ups were using TJ-Drive-Its, we don't know.
But we do know that five other candidates, not in the Ward line-up,
lost their elections. Maybe U-Drive-Its help to bring in votes. Maybe
not.
And that was just one class. There must have been other candidates
using U-Drive-Its in other classes. They, too", are going scot-free, with­out
even a reprimand.
Which All Boils Down To
Our contention still is that the whole trouble is with the Elections
Rules. Cabinet members inform us that this trouble won't last long.
The rules need revising—or, more properly, rewriting. If it is a
violation of tJa>B rules to use U-Drive-Its, then the rule should say so
—or should say that a candidate may not spend any money whatso­ever
toward promoting his election.
PI ains Talk
By HERBERT MARTIN
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.
Columnist's Note: The opinions ex­pressed
elsewhere on this page nre those
of the writer, nnd are not to be taken
as the editorial policy of this column.
This time it's another sample,
this time by brother dear. The
author is Bruce Martin. And now,
Mr. Martin, if you please . . .
Undress Uniforms
In Friday's Plainsman there appeared a notice from the Military
Department, regarding the annual Spring discarding of ROTC Uni­form
blouses.
A student, anonymous, clipped the notice from the paper, and
mailed it back to us.
The notice read, "Until further notice, uniform for the R. O. T. C.
drill will be cotton shirts-only, the Military Department has announced.
The blouse will not be worn with the shirt."
Below this, the student had printed "What! No pants?"
And, on the same subject, this from a coed! It came into our hands
via Columnist Herb Martin. Martin received it via pony express, or
something, and, gloating like a candidate whose election isn't being
contested, turned it over to us.
Mr. Herbert Martin,
Managing Editor, "The Plainsman,"
Auburn, Alabama.
My Dear Mr. Martin:
While reading "The Plainsman" this afternoon the article con­cerning
the R. O. T. C. uniforms attracted my attention. Now don't
you think it will look a little odd for all those men to be running
around out there in their shirt tails? Just think too what Miss Perkins
would say, she already has us without shoes and now if she catches
us without our pants we'll never be able to live it down.
What the heck tho; after all the drill's the thing so why worry.
. • Yours for comfort,
Thelma Rorke
Now that the weather man has
lost his argument with the cal-lendar
and has admitted that
spring is here, it seems appro­priate
to expose to public view
the following definition of said
season:
Spring is what a young man
(from eight to seventy-nine)
awakens one morning after a date
with his current One to exclaim,
"Ah! 'Tis . . ."
* * *
After the chemistry portion of
the senior exams Thursday, an
interesting discussion reputedly
took place between three seniors
who definitely were not chemi­stry
majors. It seems that .two
were arguing as to whether water
is composed . of hydrogen and
nitrogen or nitrogen and oxygen.
They had just agreed upon hydro­gen
and nitrogen, because two of
them had put that. Then the third
produced a point which settled
the argument to the satisfaction
of all concerned. Water couldn't
be - composed of hydrogen and
nitrogen, because hydrogen is a
gas! ^
* * *
A bit of overheard conversa­tion
has at last caused us to solve
a problem which has had us con­fused
for years. First, we present
the conversation. Time: Monday
morning. Speakers: Two co-eds.
Conversation:
"What did you and John do last
night?"
"Oh, we fussed a while, but
then we fought a while, so every­thing
was all right."
* * *
Now the problem:
Q. Why is a freshman entitled
to exact a payment upon being
struck in the proper place by
aipaddle having a female attached
to the other end?
A. If someone attacked you
from the rear with a board,
wouldn't you think you had a
right to fight?
* * *
An Auburn professor once told
us that he could read any lan­guage
ever devised with the ex­ception
of Greek. Further ques­tioning
revealed that all foreign
languages were Greek to him.
For the benefit of this professor
and other learned ones who need
only this knowledge to complete
their education, we now present
a brief course entitled "Greek."
We shall begin with a study of
the Greek letters and what they
mean.
* * *
Alpha—everyone in favor or,
e. g. Alpha the motion as stated
will please signify by the usual
sign.
Beta—to be preferred, e. g.
Beta" late than neva.
Gamma—a form of amusement,
e. g. A Gamma chance.
Delta—past tense of deala, e. g.
I Delta Royal Flush last night.
Epsilon—a kind of medicine,
e. g. Epsilon salts.
Zeta—to express an opinion of,
e. g. What do you Zeta a bottle of
beer? „ .
Eta—to have consumed, e. g.
I Eta cookie.
Theta—a cargo vessel.
Iota—I should, e. g. Iota go,
but I won't. .
Kappa—the commander of a
battery.
Lambda—to bring an airplane
to earth.
Mu—not the noise a dog makes.
Nu—to have known. Yu Nu
that.
Xi—masc. form of Psi.
Omicorn—a beast with one
horn.
Pi—has no English translation.
Rho an ambiguous- word. In
one sense it means "to propell
with oars," e. g. I will Rho the
boat. In the other sense it means
"fish eggs."
Sigma—a request for a cigar­ette—
sometimes spelled "Cigme."
Tau—a term used in a sport­ing
game played with marbles.
Upsilon—an impolite word. Its
use is not recommended.
Phi—a military command, e. g.
Ready, aim Phi!
Chi—sissy, e. g. Chi baby.
Psi—to make a deep audible
respiration.
Omega—an exclamation. The
Anglicized version is "Omigawd!"
* * *
Sweet but Simple Sister Susie
says, "If Karrie were here she
would co*mment that that last re­mark
exactly expresses her
opinion." •
* * *
, But Karrie is not here, for Kar­rie
has bought a paddle and is
now engaged in making a nation­wide
tour of fraternity houses.
Therefore said comment will prob­ably
never become a said com­ment.
« * *
We don't regret it.
Here, There, and Elsewhere
By BOB BUNNEN
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
in this column are those of the writer
and are not to be constrned as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
The news of greatest import­ance
at the present time is the '
fall of Bataan and India's refusal
of Britain's proposal of self-gov­ernment.
The results of these two
set-backs to the United Nations
may be very serious.
Bataan
Bataan has fallen. To those men
who held out for 100 days with
no hope of rescue or help we
owe the highest tribute of this
war. They fought against supreme
odds and fought the truly Ameri­can
way. They fought until they
were beaten. They didn't quit
when the going got tough—they
fought until their supplies were
exhausted and their injuries so
great that they could not go on.
MacArthur said of these men,
"No army has ever done so much
with so little."
The fall of Bataan did one all
important thing for the Ameri­cans.
It made them a soldier na­tion.
This week, for the first time
of this war, we were told the
news straight and to the point.
Our losses were not hidden and
our victories played up. We were
told the truth. We were told that
this nation must learn to take.
both good and bad news. The fall
of Bataan may have been the
spark that was needed to awaken
the American people and make
them realize that we were fight­ing
a war that must be won. The
fall of Bataan has further served
to unite congress. If these two
services have been accomplished
by the fall of Bataan we may
well appreciate the fact that those
men who fought and died there
have won for the American
.-people that intangible something
that is far superior to an individ­ual
victory. They have awakened
us and prepared us for our life
fight.
What will the fall of Bataan
mean? Many military experts feel
that it will be looked upon as an
outrage that must be avenged,
and that it will serve as a light
to show the way for future Amer­ican
war plans.
India
India this week turned down
Sir Stafford Cripps' offer for self-government.
They turned it down
because they were not satisfied
with the proposals contained in
the offer. The Indians want self
government at once, with no
strings attached. Britain wants to
give India self-government, but
wants to control India's war pol­icies
for the duration. And India
must further agree to join the
United Nations in •their struggle
against the Axis.
The leaders of India could not
agree to such a proposal. They did
not feel that the people of India
would agree to join in a struggle
that would endanger their now
peaceful way of life. They evi­dently
did not take into consider­ation
the fact that Japan would
doubtlessly attack India at the
successful climax of her present
campaign.
Many people are asking what
Japan's next move will be now
that Bataan has fallen and India
has turned down Britain. Some
predict that Japan will move
against Australia—but the most
probable step will be against
India.
Japan has started a series of
bombing against British lines of
(Continued on page 3)
April 14, 1942 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Lambda Chi, Delta Sig Dances
Are Top Week-end Social Events
Doris Evans, Martha Johnson Lead Grand
Marches of Formal and Annual Sailor Ball
By ESTELLE GAINES
The annual formal of the Omega Zeta chapter of Lambda
Chi Alpha and the informal "Sailor Ball" of Delta Sigma Phi
highlighted the week-end's social activities.
Doris Evans of Mississippi Southern College led the Lamb­da
Chi formal Friday night. She was escorted by Charles
Waggoner, the president.
Graves Center, where the dance was held, was decorated
with a large blue backdrop on which the Greek letters of
Lambda Chi Alpha were placed.
After the dance the Lambda
Chis gave a breakfast in the chap­ter
house, at which the dance
favors were presented.
On Saturday afternoon the fra­ternity
entertained their guests
with a barbecue at Wright's Mill.
Martha Johnson of Birmingham
was the Delta Sig leading lady
Saturday night. She led the dance
with Robert Crook. She was pre­sented
with a large arm bou­quet
of white carnations, the
fraternity flower.
The backdrop behind the or­chestra
had centered on it a large
fraternity crest. At the opposite
end of the hall was a lighted Del­ta
Sigma Phi pin. On the posts
were hung life-savers on which
the words "U. S. S. Delta Sig"
were written.
The fraternity invited twenty
sailors to attend the dance.
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According to an announcement
made yesterday by Mr. Sam Brew­ster
townspeople are requested
not to bring waste paper to the
collection spots in Auburn.
This announcement was made
due to the fact that at present
there are no buyers for this paper.
It is suggested that individuals
dispose of their paper as they best
see fit.
Nolen Commissioned
As Naval Ensign
DeForest Moody Nolen, of^Au-burn,
Alabama, has been commis­sioned
an Ensign in the Engineer­ing
Corps of the United States
Naval Reserve, according to an
announcement by the Eighth
Naval District Public Relations
Office today.
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Pharmacy Dept.
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American Council
On Pharmaceutical
Education Meets
Full accreditation-by the Amer­ican
Council on Pharmaceutical
Education was granted to the
School of Pharmacy, Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, at a recent
meeting of the Council in Balti­more,
Maryland, according to an
announcement made by Dr. L. N.
Duncan, Auburn president.
To meet the requirements of
the American Council on Phar­maceutical
Education, standariz-ing
agent for pharmacy schools in
the United States and for the
licensing of pharmacists, the
pharmacy department at Auburn
was organized and set up as a
separate school of the college on
July 1, 1941, with Dr. Lynn Stan­ford
Blake as dean.
The School of Pharmacy is also
a member in good standing of
the American Association of Col­leges
of Pharmacy.
Departmental faculty for Au­burn's
School of Pharmacy is as
follows: Dr. Blake, pharmacology
and pharmacognosy; George Wal­ter
Hargreaves, pharmaceutical
chemistry; and Albert Ferdinand
Nickel, pharmacy.
Under the Quarter System re­cently
adopted by the College,
212 quarter hours within 12 quar­ters,
or three full years, will be
required for a Bachelor of Science
in Pharmacy degree.
The practical work in pharm­acy
includes the manufacture of
not less than 200 pharmaceutical
preparations and the compound­ing
of not less than 100 pre­scriptions.
The work in pharm­acognosy
includes the study of
more than 250 drugs. .
NAVY BLUES
Local Honesty and Courtesy
One of the bluejackets attending our school came back from the
local cinema complaining that he had lost his pocketbook contain­ing
most of his payr A telephone call to the manager brought in­formation
that the pocketbook had been found by Mrs. Len Riley of
227 Payne Street and the manager, Mr. Gus Coats, got in his car and
brought the pocketbook over to Copeland. We feel that such ser­vice
and honesty is deserving of mention, and we know that Cope-land
is a much happier sailor than he would have been but for the
honesty and courtesy of these two citizens. When your salary is little,
a little can mean a lots.
Sky Pilot
The Chaplain aboard ship is sometimes called the Padre or Sky
Pilot. The old time sailormen had a religious vein that was mingled
with superstition. They seldom showed any fear for the hereafter.
Their philosophy was expressed by an old "Sky Pilot" as that since
they lived hard, worked hard, and died hard, they thought it would
be hard indeed to have to go to hell. That this superstition no longer
exists is evidenced by their regular attendance at divine services.
An Old Navy Custom
The U. S. Nayy custom of lashing a regular corn broom to the
foretop indicates that the vessel so doing has swept the seas in gun­nery
or engineering, and is another old custom of maritime coun­tries.
VAN TROMP followed this custom when he sailed to meet
Cromwell's fleet. With a broom lashed to his topmast, he boasted that
he would sweep the.English from the channel.
Names of Our Ships
The ships in the Naval Service are named from the following
sources; Battleships from the~names of the states, Cruisers from the
names of cities, Destroyers from the names of men who have given
their life in some way for their country, Submarines from the names
of fish, Mine-layers from the names of birds, Transports from the
names of stars and Gunboats from the names of the Islands of the
United States Possessions. ,»
Stuff and Nonsense
She: "And what do you sailors do when the ship starts leaking?"
Sailors "Oh, just put a pan under it and let it leak."
* . * *
Captain: "If this storm continues I shall have to "heave to."
Very Young Ensign: "What a horrid way of putting it."
» * *
Chief: "What was your occupation in civil life?"
Recruit: "Salesman."
Chief: "Well you'll get plenty of orders around here."
* * *
Commander: "Who was that woman I heard in your room last
night?"
Ensign: "That was no woman sir. That was my radio."
Commander: "Well, tell your radio not to trample her lipstick on
the rug."
Frat Men of Nation Higher In
Scholarship Than Independents
National Interfrat
Conference Releases
Results of Survey
Fraternity men rank higher in
scholarship than non-fraternity
men in the United States for the
twelfth consecutive year, accord­ing
to a survey covering institu­tions
of higher learning which
has just been released by the Na­tional
Interfraternity Conference.
The nation-wide survey made
by Dr. Alvin E. Duerr of the Man­ufacturers
Trust Company of
New York City included the
scholastic records of more than
75,000 undergraduate members of
the 2,389 chapters belonging to
60 national fraternities estab-lised
at 180 colleges and univer­sities.
When fraternity men passed
unorganized men in scholarship
for the first time in 1929-1930,
there were only 125 institutions
which furnished scholastic re­cords
covering 60,000 fraternity
members.
The av.erage rating of all fra­ternities
throughout the country
for the academic year 1940-1941
is .036 per above the* composite
all-men's average of their insti­tutions,
states the report, and
therefore proportionately higher
than the average of all non-fra­ternity
men. The margin how­ever,
is the narrowest since 1929-
1930. This might be due, Dr. Duerr
points out, to disturbed conditions
resulting from the national emerg­ency,
as no previous survey had
revealed so many complete re­versals
of form between semesters
on the part of individual chapters.
The outstanding record for gen­eral
fraternity scholarships was
made at Washington College in
Maryland, where the group aver­age
was 23 per cent better than
the all-men's. Gentenary College,
followed closely with 22 per cent.
At Transylvania, Davidson, Mill-saps,
Alabama Polytechnic, Fur-man,
Mississippi State, and Miss­issippi
College, the fraternities
were ten per cent or more above
the all-men's average.
In the Southern States 28 of
the 40 fraternity institutions list­ed
are above the all men's aver­age
rating, outranking the other
sections of the country. Among
these the leaders are Centenary
College with 22.7 per cent above,
Transylvania with 17.6 per cent,
Davidson College with 15.2 per
cent, Millsaps College with 13.3
per cent, Alabama Polytechnic
Institute with 12 per cent, and
Mississippi with 10 per cent.
Leading in this area of the
country are the following with
their respective percentages: Ala­bama
Poly's Tau Epsilon chap-
(Continued on page 4)
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FIVE INITIATED BY
ALPHA LAMBDA TAU
Five men were recently initiat­ed
into Alpha Lambda Tau social
fraternity.
They were: Rex Rainer, and
B. J. Brown of De Funick Springs,
Fla\; Dick Whistler, Columbus,
Ga.; Bill Rogers, Montgomery,
Ala.; John Feorg, Sheffield, Ala.
This is the third ALT initiation
this year.
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communications to India, and
several points on the continent of
India have been invaded. The
Japanese troops in Burma are
moving nearer to India and the
last.of theJUnited Nations supply
of oil in that district.
Japan will undoubtedly strike
against the Indians. And their
fight against the Indians will
serve to unite the Indians with
the 'British. The Indians have
made it clear that they will fight
to defend their country. When
they fight they will have the sup­port!
of Great Britain and the
other nations opposing the Axis.
The only reason that Britain of­fered
India self-government was
to gain India's support in their
common struggle.
The fall of Bataan and the loss
of India will have their results.
But, as many experts point out,
these losses are not as serious as
some individuals believe. They
are lost for,the present but ex­perts
believe that it will be pos­sible
to regain Bataan with a lot
of hard fighting and convince
India of the importance of her
joining the war against Hitler
and his junior partner.
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IOO TIMES TOO BRIGHT
TN the early days of electric lights, eco-nomical
city fathers used to turn out the
street lamps on nights when there was a
full moon. For the best blackout techniques
today, even moonlight is ioo times too
bright. But although air-raid wardens can't
do anything about the moon, for overcast
nights General Electric's illuminating lab­oratory
has developed a special- street light
which produces illumination about equal to
starlight.
The fixture contains a 'io-watt lamp, so
concealed that the only light visible comes
through a circular narrow piece of plastic
around the side. A projecting black canopy
screens the light from the eyes of aviators.
The light output, equivalent to that from a
single candle flame, seems at first sight to be
practically zero. But after a little time eyes
become adjusted, as they do in a movie
theatre, and objects can be dimly seen 30 to
40 feet away. Specifications for the new
lamps are based on the experience of the
British in their blackouts.
ELECTRON WHIRLIGIG
VV^HETHER you sail it a "rheotron" or
v * "betatron" or by its longer name of
"induction electron accelerator," a new
science tool recently built by Dr. Donald W.
Kerst in the G-E Research Laboratory is
one of the world's most potent merry-go-rounds.
On it, electrons ride to a speed close­ly
approximating that of light—equivalent
to that produced by 20 million volts. Copper
bombarded by these dizzy, super-speed elec­trons
becomes temporarily radioactive, and
other interesting possibilities are -being
investigated.
Dr. Kerst, young professor at the Univer­sity
of Illinois, got the idea for the device,
built a small model, and came to General
Electric to build a bigger one. Like the
much-publicized cyclotron, except that it
accelerates electrons instead of positive
ions, the device chases the charged particles
round and round in a magnetic field, adding
to their speed at every revolution. Scientists
are reticent about predicting what the rheo-tron's
chief use will be, but it is promising
enough so that a bigger one is being built in
the G-E laboratory to give speeds of 100
million volts.
GENERAL M ELECTRIC
Page Four THE PLAINSMAN
Auburn's Interfraternity Track
And Field Records
100-yard dash—10.2 Brooks (SPE) (1939); Brush (Pi K. A.) (1941)
220-yards dash—22.6 Brush (Pi K. A.) (1941)
440-yards dash—:54 Griffith (Sigma Chi) (1940)
Half mile run—2:09.6 H. Drake (Sigma Chi) (1938)
One mile run—4:51.7 Findlay (S. A. E.) (1933)
Half mile relay—1:41.4 (Pi K. A.) (1941)
Pole vault—11 feet 1 inch Cooke (Sigma Chi) (1938)
High jump—5 feet 10% inches Morgan (S. A. E.) (1937)
Shot put—40 feet, 8Vi inches Cordell (Kappa Sigma) (1940)
Broad jump—21 feet, 4% inches Irby (Alpha Psi) (1941)
April 14, 1942
YARDSTICK
By JOHN PIERCE
AG CLUB MEETS
All freshmen enrolled in ag­riculture
are requested to be at
Ag Club meeting Wednesday
night at seven o'clock in Ross
Chemical Lab.
MITEC ENGINEERS
There will be a meeting of Mi-tec
Engineers at seven o'clock
Thursday night in Room 109
Ramsay.
Beta Tau Chapter with 34 per
cent above, and the Delta Chi
chapter on the same campus with
32 per cent above.
All fraternities are above the
all men's average rating on the
following campuses: Centenary,
Davidson, Millsaps, and Transyl­vania.
FRAT MEN
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ter with 57 per cent above, Miss­issippi's
Alpha Tau Omega chap­ter
with 41 per cent above, South-western's
Alpha Tau Omega
chapter (Tenn.) with 35 per cent
above, Louisiana
RODEO
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Breeden, Theresa Hug, Doris
Carpenter, Ann W. Norton, Shir­ley
Smith.
Event No. 13: Bulldogging;
Willard S. Blunschi, Harry MOT-.
gan, Leslie Barber, Ed Whaley,
Robert Baucom.
Event No. 14: Bareback Mule
Riding; Dick Akin, Bill Spence,
Coming This Week
Sports followers around the Plains are to have their biggest show
in some time beginning Friday. Qn that afternoon Coach Hitchcock's
baseball team goes up against the Dogs from Georgia at Drake Field
in the first of two return games. While the two teams bang away
Saturday the Plainsman track squad opens its 1942 season against
the Georgia trackmen in Auburn Stadium.
The Auburn baseballers have thus far taken four of six con­tests,
kicking over Georgia Tech in a twin bill and splitting pairs
of games with Georgia and Oglethorpe. Georgia's ball team is
always one of the SEC powers—you'll remember the Bulldogs
knocked off Auburn in Athens last year by a count of 30-4, then
came to Drake Field and lost their only two Conference games to
give the league title to Alabama.
For the track enthusiasts the Saturday show will be as revealing
as a leg show, because since the draft roared through after last year's
cinder season nobody has had much idea of just how Coach Wilbur
Hutsell is going to patch up all the holes. He's still got us on just who
will go where and in what race, so it'll be interesting doing in the
stadium.
Another Colorful High School Meet
And while on the subject of Coach Hutsell, the man who's as much
a fixture in Auburn as is Samford Hall, we'll slow down to extend
him great credit for his efforts with the Interscholastic Meet Satur­day.
He put on the first of the annual events last year and drew
sixteen teams made up of 125 contestants. This year's meet proved
as much a success despite the fact that the tire shortage whittled
the number of teams down to eleven.
It was a good idea, this gathering of the State's best high school
talent on one of the South's finest tracks. There's almost no limit to
proportions which the Auburn Interscholastic Track and Field Meet
can reach after the war.
You'll wait a long, long time before you'll see the day that
Coach Hutsell isn't doing something to bring credit or fame to
Auburn. One of these days somebody in this office is going to put
out another six or eight page paper and we'll take up his case in
full. It's one every Auburn sports addict will be interested in.
PHILLIPS HIGH WINS ANNUAL
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK MEET
Three for Walt Milner
Walt Milner, junior pitcher who won three and lost two as a
sophomore, has pushed the baseball machine away to a good start
by winning his first three games with comparative ease. The Tiger
mound staff was expected to be the squad's front line barrier, and
Walt's showings have backed the guessers up.
And to take away from the jolt received when Marvin Motley
was ruled ineligible. Turner Kronfeld Saturday stepped up from
the freshman ranks and hurled a six hitter to win his first game
for the varsity.
Surprise hitter to date has been Hawk Harkins, second baseman,
who stands well over the .400 mark in leading all Tiger batters. His
average for the 1941 season was .247.
High School Gains 49 Points for Top
Honors; Ramsay Places Second with 42Vi
By JIMMIE DAVIS
Coach Ernest Tucker's t e am from Phillips High in Birm­ingham
won Auburn's 42 annual interscholastic track and
field show in Auburn s t a d i um S a t u r d a y afternoon. Roy Led-better
lead the Phillips squad with first in the high hurdles
and broad j u m p and t h i r d in the 220. Phillips gained a total
of 49 points to win top honors.
Running close behind was Ramsay High, another Birm­ingham
entry, with 42% points. Coach Dewey Cox's men
topped the half mile relay and scored in every attraction save
one. *•
Bessemer High, last year's first
place winner, took third place
honors with 23. Bessemer had the
high scoring man for the after­noon
in Carl Christian who mast­ered
the 100 and 220 with good
time in both.
Other scorers for the meet
were: Georgiana 14, Gadsden 6,
Starkes of Montgomery 3, Lee
County High of Auburn 3, and
Ensley winner of second spot last
year 2 ¥2.
100-yard dash (1st heat) Chris­tian
(Bessemer), first: Curlee,
(Phillips), second; Spurrier (En­sley),
third, time 10.4.
4:47.1.
440-yard dash: Ellis (Ramsay),
first; White (Phillips), second;
Davis (Phillips), third; Man-grum
(Ramsay), fourth. Time
52.8.
220-yard dash: Christian (Bes­semer),
first; Ledbetter (Phil­lips),
second; Gavalos (Ramsay),
third; Fearing (Ramsay), fourth.
Time 23.2.
880-yard run: Crump (Phillips)
first; Williams (Auburn), second;
Gallagher (Phillips), third; War­ner
(Ramsay), fourth. Time
2:12.7.
880-yard reilay; Ramsay '(Ga-
IRC TO GIVE OPEN
HOUSE DISCUSSION
The International Relations
Club will hold an Open House for
the next several weeks for the
purpose of discussing national
and international affairs that
students have questions about.
The meetings will be held in the
New Classroom Building, Room
219 at 7:10 each Thursday night.
The Open House idea was de­veloped
to better acquaint the
students with these affairs. The
discussion this week is going to
deal with China and its prob­lems
and will be led by Irene
Yuan, a Chinese novelist who is
in Auburn to finish a book.
100-yard dash (second heat): j valos, Mangrum, Fearing, Ellis)
Gavalos (Ramsay), first; White first; Phillips, second; Bessemer,
CABINET REFUSES
"Hellzapoppin'" Reaches Screen
In Auburn at Tiger Tomorrow
"Hellzapoppin'," modestly de­scribed
the greatest smash-bang,
eye-filling, tune-filled show to hit
New York in a dozen years, has
reached the screen, with the orig­inal
stars, Olsen and Johnson,
plus Martha Raye, Hugh Herbert,
Mischa Auer, Jane Frazee and
Robert Paige? The picture starts
Wednesday at the Tiger Theater.
Singing and dancing choruses
j together with a score of unex-
\ pected innovations are declared
I to surpass the many highlights
of the great Broadway success.
Included in the tune list are
"Watch the Birdie," sung by Mar­tha
Raye and The Six Hits, "You
Were There," sung by Jane Frazee
and chorus, "Heaven For Two,"
warbled by Jane Frazee and Rob­ert
Paige and the Martha Raye
number, "What Kind of Love Is
This."
Among other . spectacle se­quences
will be the colorful pre­sentation
of the Olive Hatch Wa­ter
Ballet.
Olsen and Johnson, of course,
play their own crackpot, screw­ball,
zany selves just as they did
in the New York play, and Miss
Raye has the role of an overgrown
kiddie vaudeville player.
(Phillips), second; Tidmore (Gad
sden), third. Time 10.4.
220-yard dash (first heat):
Christian (Bessemer), first, Ga­valos
(Ramsay), second; Ledbet­ter
(Phillips), third. Time 23.2.
Finals:
120-yard high hurdles: Ledbet­ter
(Phillips), first; Cater (Ram­say),
second; Worsham, (Phil­lips),
third; Motley (Ramsay),
fourth. Time 16.9.
100-yard dash: Christian (Bes­semer),
first; Curlee (Phillips),
second; Gavalos (Ramsay), third;
Spurrier (Ensley), fourth. Time
10.3.
200-yard low hurdles: Curlee
(Phillips), first; Carter (Ramsay),
second; McDavid (Ramsay), third
Corr (Phillips), fourth. Time 24.1.
One mile run: Barnard (Phil­lips),
first; Pendleton (Bessemer)
second; Kerr (Ramsay), third,
Pilley (Ramsay), fourth. Time
third; Gadsden, fourth. Time
1:38.3.
Shot put: Robinson (Gadsden),
first; . Beene (Phillips), second;
Crook (Bessemer), third; Wilson
(Georgiana), fourth. Distance, 41
feet, 4V2 inches.
Discus: Wilson (Georgiana),
first; Lanier (Ramsay), second;
Ellis (Ramsay), third; Beene,
(Phillips), fourth. Distance, 115
feet, %Yz inches.
Pole vault: Curry (Georgiana),
first; Weaver (Starke), second;
Barnes (Ensley), and Mangrum
(Ramsay), tied for third. Height
11 feet, two and 3-8 inches.
Broad jump: Ledbetter (Phil­lips),
first; Calloway (Bessemer),
second; Gavalos (Ramsay.), third;
Curry (Georgiana), fourth, Dis­tance,
20 feet, 10 3-4 inches.
High jump: Feinberg (Ram­say),
first; Calloway (Bessemer),
second; Curry (Georgiana), third;
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follows:
"The Elections Committee finds,
in the case of the contested elec­tion
of Henry Park to the office
of vice-president of the Executive
Cabinet, that Park did not violate
the letter of the law, and that
there is nothing in the law that
covers the use of automobiles oh
election day.
"However, the committee feels
that, although Park did not vio­late
the letter of the law, he and
others who have used such means
of campaigning have violated the
purpose of the law, and suggests
that the Cabinet clarify the
wording of the ruling.
"The committee feels that Ward
had a legitimate protest, and com­mends
him for bringing this in­adequacy
in the ruling .to the
attention of the Cabinet."
Worsham (Phillip)s fourth
Height, five feet, seven inches.
FOR SALE—.22 Calibre Ranger
target rifle in good condition.
Equipped with sling and adjust­ment
for windage and elevation.
Weight 8'i> pounds. Price $15. See
Donald Wells, 110 West Magnolia.
Phone 146.
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Fishermen!
Announcing the beginning of the most sensational "BIG
FISH" contest ever sponsored in Auburn and Lee County.
For the Biggest—
BASS, casting, 1
BASS, fly fishing, 1
CRAPPIE 1
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5 VALUABLE PRIZES!
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This contest starts April 15 and runs until June 15—All contestants
must register in person at our store in order to be eligible to win.
The fish entered must be caught within 50 miles of Auburn. The
fish must be brought to our store and weighed on our scales. Get
busy today and enter the contest and win one of the valuable S s L s ' ^s
prizes!
We Are Now Featuring A Complete Line of
Fishing Equipment
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