RED CROSS DRIVE TOMORROW
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VOL. LXV Z-I ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, DECEMBER 15,1941 Cake Race Extra
Bob Ortagus Wins Cake Race
Pi Kappa Alpha Wins
ODK Fraternity Cup
Kenneth Kirkwood,
Joe Lawless Place
Second and Third
By BILL MARTIN
Bob Ortagus, Theta Chi pledge from
Neptune Beach, Fla., won the annual
Wilbur Hutsell-ODK cake race this afternoon
with a time of fifteen minutes, nine
seconds.
Ortagus was followed by Kenneth Kirkwood,
Sigma Chi freshman, and Joe
Lawless, S.P.E. pledge, in second and third
places respectively.
The race began with the usual bunching
of the contestants but by the time the
runners had turned down College Street
into town, the leaders were beginning to
string out and the pace became steadier.
The five hundred and ninty-three runners
who finished show that more training
had been stressed for this race than for any
year before, and stood up pretty well
throughout the trek.
A large majority of those who left the
rat football field at three-thirty crossed the
line before four o'clock.
The twenty-five cake winners, in order
of their crossing the finish line, included
(1) Ortagus, (2) Kirkwood, (3) Lawless,
(4) Bill Darden, KA (5) Russell Upshaw,
ATO (6) Bob Walker, Theta Chi (7) Jimmy
Wyatt, Pi K A (8) Andy Lamarr, SPE
(9) H. Brislin, Pi K A (10) Charles Hixon,
Kappa Sig (11) Dan Wood, (12) N. W.
Wakefield, (13) H. J. Blackburn, Sigma
Nu (14) Curtis Kuykendall (15) W. C.
Cowart, Pi K A (16) Kirby Johnson, (17)
T. Howard Johnson, (18) J. P. McKinnon,
(19) J. D. Ellis, Sigma Chi (20) Bill Man-ley,
Phi Delta Theta (21) Harold Conn,
(22) Bill Thompson, (23) Dick Commander,
SAE (24) C. H. Swindle, (25) Jeff Norman,
Sigma Chi.
Fraternity winning the ODK Cake Race
cup was Pi Kappa Alpha, who had men
placing 7th, 9th, 15th, and 35th.
Next twenty-fice men to finish, in order
of their crossing the line, beginning with
number twenty-six and going through
number fifty, included:
Roger Norris, Sigma Chi; Charles
Bailey, Kappa Sig; Clyde Terrell; Ben
Noojin, Theta Chi; William Tackett; Junius
McMahon, Sigma Chi; Sam Main;
Charles Ray; George Etheridge; Charles
Swanson, Pi K A; Harry Dicus, Pi Kappa
Phi; Jimmy Davis, Kappa Sig; David
Parker, Phi Delta Theta; Mack Stewart;
George Hughes; James Gossett; William E.
Birks, Kappa Alpha; Earl Kirby; L. S.
Taylor, Pi Kappa Alpha; Nail Nuckolls,
ATO; Don Cheatham; Frank Keown; Allen
McMillan, SAE; William Rogers, ALT; and
Ed Sloop.
Omicron Delta Kappa President Charles
Flowers announced today that the cakes
and prizes will be awarded to the winners
tonight on the stage of the Tiger Theatre
at nine o'clock.
Bob Ortagus, winner of the 1941 race,
Students From Various Schools Comment On
Subject of Participation in $1,000 Drive
BILL MOORE Student Executive Cabinet
"Speaking, as I believe I am justified in
doing in so important a cause as this, for
the Student Executive Cabinet, and for the
student body as a whole, we're looking for
not only a high of $1,000 on the big thermometer,
but an all-out rush for the top.
"Everybody's just waiting, and wanting
to do something for our nation. Some of
us want to grab a baseball bat and start
swinging at our enemies. We can't do that,
from this distance.
"But we can contribute to the Red Cross,
and we will, and in a big way, if I know
Auburn."
NELLE GILCHRIST Woman's Student Government
"The W. S. G. A. is behind the Student
Red Cross Drive in a big way! Already
we've participated by taking up collections
for the drive in the Tiger Theater. And
we're willing to do anything else that will
help.
'•'I think that I can promise contributions
from every woman student on the
Auburn campus.
"We want to do our part in the war. As
CHARLIE SCOTT . . . School of
"Today we're students, studying not
only Engineering, but other subjects which
seem at the present just as far removed
from war as they did before the war began.
"Tomorrow we may be soldiers. Then
we'll be glad that we can fight for our
country.
But between today and tomorrow, there
may be a long night.
"We don't want to just sleep through
yet we haven't had the opportunity. We
can't take ROTC, we can't join the army,
we can't enlist for Naval Reserve training.
But we can help in this Red Cross drive,
and feel that we're doing something for
our country.
"We consider it a privilege to be able
to help this way. We hope that all the
other students on the campus will recognize
this privilege, too."
Engineering
that night, and forget about tomorrow.
"I think that I speak not only for the
Engineering students in Auburn, but also
for the majority of those men students who
may have to fight in this war, when I say
that between now and the time that they
give us a gun and a uniform, we want to
do something to help.
"And I think that cooperating in this
student Red Cross Drive is certainly one
way to help. We're all for it."
JACK SNOW . . . School of Agriculture
"When election time on the campus
comes around, they always say that we
Ags stick together. Tomorrow I think we'll
show them that we stick together in other
things, too.
"Out here on the Hill, we want to help
in Uncle Sam's fight too. We'll be in there
helping, when they call us to war, but
we've i»een pretty anxious to be able to do
something before that happens.
"This student Red Cross Drive is just
the thing for us. When somebody passes
the straw hat tomorrow, out on Ag Hill,
I'll be willing to bet that it'll come back
loaded down — and not with tokens,
either."
JOHN TURNER HUDSON . . . School of Science and Literature
"We've all been sitting around wondering
what good we can do. We don't know
what they'll do with us yet—and we don't
want to wait to find out, to be doing something
for our country.
"It seems to me that this drive offers us
an opportunity to do something, something
which doesn't require just waiting.
"I'm all for giving, 'until it hurts', for
the Red Cross. Then I'll feel a little more
useful."
will receive a huge cake, a month's pass to
the Tiger, a three weeks' pass to the Martin
Theatre, $1.50 in dry cleaning at Bill
Ham's, a numeral sweater for 1945, and a
kiss from "Miss Auburn".
Kirkwood will receive a two weeks' pass
to the Martin Theatre, a pair of shoes from
Koplon's in Opelika, a shaving set from
Hagedorn's, also in Opelika.
Lawless will receive a one week's pass
to the Martin, a shirt from Olin Hill, and a
sweater from Hollingsworth and Norman,
of Opelika.
Bill Ham's will award $1.00 worth of
dry cleaning to the men who placed 13th,
25th, and 302nd in the race.
Olin Hill will award one quart of sweet
milk to the man who finished last.
Student Leaders
Dr. Duncan requests the presence of
all Student Leaders at a meeting tonight at
8 o'clock in his office. This meeting was
originally scheduled for 7, but will be at 8.
Students Ready To
Reach $l,ooo Goal
Contributions Collections
To Be Made in Classes
Auburn's student quota for the new Red
Cross drive, which will be carried out on
the campus tomorrow, has been set at
$1,000.
The student drive quota was established
by a group of approximately fifty students,
representing most of the organizations on
the campus, at a meeting held yesterday
afternoon.
The drive came as a result of a request
made last week by President Roosevelt, for
an additional $50,000,000 for Red Cross, to
take care of necessary expenses entailed
by the present war.
Tomorrow morning the various students
who attended yesterday's meeting will attend
classes in various departments of the
college, requesting for contributions from
students.
All students are urged to contribute to
the drive, in order to raise the $1,000 quota
by tomorrow night. As collections will be
made in classes, students are requested to
bring money with them to school in the.
morning, to eliminate any delay in contributions.
Dean Roger Allen, who is in charge of
the new Red Cross drive in the City of
Auburn, instituted the student drive after
a meeting with five student leaders Friday
afternoon, at which he presented the facts
of the situation to them, and asked if they
thought that students would be interested
in the drive as a project.
Upon acceptance of the plan by these
students, the matter was turned over to
them. Dean Allen and Cabinet President
Bill Moore invited students to attend
yesterday's meeting, and led a discussion
on the advisability of the project.
Students attending e x p r e s s e d their
whole-hearted cooperation and promised
the support of the groups they represented.
Plans call for a huge thermometer to be
placed at the main gate, to measure hourly
additions to the drive.
At noon today there was an exhibition
of Red Cross aid in an accident situation,
in town. •.
Various students at yesterday's meeting
expressed the opinion that this drive is
"one way in which we, who are not in the
war actively as yet, might help our country,"
and stated that their opinion was
that other Auburn students would feel the
same way about the drive.
Emergency Defense
Classes Offered To
Women Students
A meeting to organize special emergency
defense classes for women students
will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in Smith
Hall, according to an announcement made
by Home Economics Department Head,
Mrs. Marion Spidle, this morning.
Classes will be organized in First Aid
and other defense work, under the instruction
of Miss Davis; Red Cross Sewing,
under Miss Spencer, Mrs. ArnoldT and Miss
Temple; Nutrition and Canteen Service for
Volunteer Workers by Miss Finklestein;
and Elementary N u t r i t i o n by Mrs.
Schrader.
These classes will be open to all Auburn
women students, irrespective of their
major fields, who wish to participate in
this emergency defense measure.
Contributing Their Tid-Bit for Defense — Inspired by the avalanche
of thank-yous which one cake brought in, 1 1 0 Home Economics students
at Mundelem College, Chicago, set aside a "Bake a Cake for a Soldier
Day" and really went into production. The cakes were sent to Army,
Navy and Marine bases all over the country. A n d do the boys like 'em!
Once It's Being Danced! — Swirling his bright red cloak, Matthew Vit-does
the Dance of the Bull to the delight of student guests at a recent Open
se at Willard Straight Hall, the student union of Cornell University. Matthew
een dancing since he was seven and has been teaching the art for the past
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Cramming for a Test — But this time it's in sorority lore and not a language quiz.
Pledges Doris Swenson, Margaret Hansvall, and Tom Eckert have to study if they expect
to be initiated into Kappa Alpha Theta at the University of North Dakota.
Preview of What's to Come? Women of the nation may soon be forced into
cotton stockings so these Texas State College for Women students, Marion Good,
left, Blake Gohlman, Mary Ann Curlee, and Judy Jones, posing with a cotton stocking
on one leg and a silk or nylon on the other, are helping to make the cotton substitutes
a campus fashion Collate Dtges. Photo by 6>r31n
News Room
The copy desk of the Red
and Black, University of
Georgia's All-American
Pacemaker student newspaper,
is always a busy
place. Located in the editorial
laboratory of the
Henry W. Grady School
of Journalism students on
the " r i m " are copyreading
stories and writing headlines
while Managing Editor
Ouimby Melton, Jr.,
runs the show from the
S l o t Diqest Photo by Scruggs
To Be Army Man
Ananta Khittasangka, son
of the prime minister of
Thailand and an engineering
student at Purdue University,
was recently given
permission to enter the
U. S. Military Academy.
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Switch
When senior co-eds
of Furman University
presented their senior
stunt r e c e n t l y , they
used national defense
for their theme and
gave the boys the j ob
of k n i t t i n g and entei-ta
i n i n g t h e " g i r l "
soldiers. Here David
L i n g l e , V a n c e Bettis,
and Julian U p t o n go
about their knitting
in all earnestness.
Dig.-st Pho'o by F r.uVo"
6*3 ' '. - V P u f f — a n d l»'s O u t ! Prof. H a r o l d A Fales
of the Columbia University chennstiy department
demonstrates the use of l i q u i d carbon d i o x i d e in
extinguishing fires caused by gas explosions.
Other forms of extinguishers demonstrated were
soda and acid, vaporizing liquids, and chemical
f o a m . Collegiate D.g.-st Photo by ( osi.kyan I
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Romance came in for an inning or two, what with the help Naturally, telling ghost stories was one of the popular diversions of the eve
Juliet stuff so expertly executed in this case by Sammy
Pearson and Lucille Nunn.
TauiAnT^nTiTTir
to a spooky one.
Lights orno lights, there had to be some singing and that's how they ended up
the evening after stuffing with food cooked over the fire. Real "black-outs"
will be no ordeal for this gang — they really enjoyed themselves.
Squiring Sue home wasn't much of a job until the
keyhole had to be discovered. Earl McClanhan solved
that one by working the key in the light of a match held
by Sue Hooker.
She Rides Cowboy Style — O n e of the crack riders in
Gene A u t r y ' s rodeo show this year is pretty M a r y Mercier,
sophomore art student at the University of O r e g o n . Picked
both for her looks and riding a b i l i t y , Miss M e r c i e r accompanies
the popular movie star in his act. She holds the t i t le of
Intercollegiate Rodeo Champion. Cotitsu'i Disc:; Photo by Burton
To R e i g n as Q u e e n of M a y — Students at Woman's College
of the University of N o r t h Carolina are not only far-sighted but
good judges of beauty. They have already selected Miss Elizabeth
Sargent, l o v e l y brunette beauty, to reign over the traditional
M a y Day festivities.
T h e y ' r e I n the A r m y N o w When M a j o r Joseph F. M o r e and a cadet examining board of the A r m y A ir
C«.rps visited the University of N o t r e Dame recently, the first to a p p l y for admission were, left to right, Lawrence
K e l l e y , Paul L i l l i s , captain of the 1941 " F i g h t i n g I r i s h " , and Lawrence F. H i c k e y . A l l N o t r e Dame men accepted
w i l l become members of the " K n u t e Rockne Squadron" of Uncle Sam's f l y i n g cadets, with headquarters at Rand
o l p h Field, Texas.
he 'Student Prints
. . . may mean " p l a y " to you but to the staff of the
A d r i a n ( M i c h . ) College W o r l d it's good hard work.
From news gathering to final p r i n t i n g this c o l l e g e paper
is e n t i r e l y the work of the student staff. A l l work done
is on the college's new Self H e l p time and w e e k l y pay
vouchers are a p p l i e d toward the students' t u i t i o n.
Associate Editor W a l d r o n Stewart, left, and Editor Gene
Porter, right, check late copy prior to press time. These
boys write, edit, set heads, lay the form and help run
the press.
Self H e l p students Bob Peard, Jay Cawley, and Warren
Crandell set the stories in t y p e with these three l i n o t y pe
machines. A l l three boys are p a y i n g their t u i t i o n through
print shop work.
Bob Tuttle, left, advisor to the paper and print shop
foreman, lends a hand to Porter and Stewart as they
make up forms in the composing room
The big press rolls under the guidance of Stewart and
Peard, turns out 500 copies of the paper in about 45
minutes. The paper is then cut, f o l d e d and distributed
by other Self H e l p students. It's truly a student enterprise
from start to finish.
Students Follow War
Closely — Lambda Chi
Alpha men at Bucknell
University excitedly read
the Monday morning paper
the day following Japan's
attack on the United
States. Each student reads
with deep interest anii
thoughts of the uncertain
future in store for him.
Most of them spent Sunday
with their ears glued
to the radio listening for
latest reports, disregarding
any studying whatsoever.
Pictured are Bert Waters,
seated, and standing from
l e f t to right are Clair
Thomas, J r . , G e o r ge
Schuh, Paul Godley, and
Cliff Zeliff.
Largest Vase in A m e r i c a i_oc_dieu m a pduo on ine r-uizuna jiaie
campus at Tempe A n ; this rdre terracotta vase which stands seven feet hign uiem
medieval culture with the culture of the West Visitors die oveiwhelmed dt the beauty
and immensity of this unusual "ob/et d art"
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Her Beauty is A d m i r e d Brown-eyed, brunette, Vivian Baker captured top honors
in the Gir I -of the Month contest conducted by Point, student humor magazine of
Los Angeles City College Student voters selected Miss Bdker by d wide margin over
ten other contestants < oil. am.- lii*,-.\ Mhuio bv Kw.
The camera spots Carol Purington about to swim through a graceful hoop
made of the extended arms of Doris Martens and Ann Avery Smith. Members
of the swimming team have worked out many unique underwater stunts
such as this one.
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The graceful evolutions of the ballet are reproduced in an unusual element
at Wellesley College where members of the swimming team dance beneath
the surface of the school's new George Davenport pool, one of
the best equipped in the country. It has an underwater observation window
through which the coach can watch the girls and correct swimming
faults not detectable from above. In this unusual set of pictures made
through the viewing window, the giris are b'hown as they dive to the bottom,
practice group figures and perfect their swimming technique. ttU*.J X -jL.
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No, this is not a fan dance although the thousands of bubbles give that appearance as Doris
Martens enters the water from the three-meter springboard. Her arms are just being brought
forward to break her descent.
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wnere she stops W%s p U t s e c o n d , a »«
shows surtace
of the P°o1
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Mary Johnson swims through a human hoop formed
Hayes, and Ann Aveiy Smith. Note that in this dem
touches the surface. Absence of bubbles here shows per
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