1943-12-17 The Plainsman

              Football Team
Maybe
Next Year
^ M H U
May Dead-Eye
Rest
In Peace
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT'
VOLUME LXVIII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1943 NUMBER 3
Quota Of Junior ROTC-ASTs Leave For OCS Pool
An Editorial
ALL WE CAN OFFER
It would give us great pleasure to announce to the student
body thai Auburn will field a team next year with Rose Bowl
aspirations, but instead we can only offer as a final parting gift
to you before you leave for the holidays a faint gleam of hope
that the "Tiger" will roar next year. It is only a feeble, flicker­ing
flame that must be carefully tended and worked over to
give results. It was kindled at the Southeastern Conference meet­ing
last week with the introduction of a new rule in the confer­ence;
that of allowing transfers to play.
President Duncan commented on the situation, saying, 'The
possibility that Auburn might field a team next year is being
given serious and careful consideration by the school officials.
Every possible point for and against the proposal must be dis­cussed
and measured before any decision can be made."
Everybody knows how the policy of non-participation dis­appointed
students and alumni alike. We feel sorry for those
new students who have never followed an Auburn team. They
are missing part of the finest portion of college life.
And yet we wonder what would have happened. How many
one-sided, humiliating defeats could we have suffered with­out
loss of respect? Every student wants a team he can be
proud of. We want it that way. We hope it can be ararnged.
Schools Give
Fall Quarter
Dean's Lists
Students whose scholastic av­erage
was in the upper five ~ per
cent of all juniors and seniors for
the fall quarter included seven
in the School of Veterinary Med­icine,
five in the School of Chem­istry,
eight in the School of Edu­cation
and five in the School of
Science and Literature.
Honor students are listed be­low.
School of Veterinary Medicine
Lawrence Cottle, 3.83; J. J.
Davis, 3.83; R. L. Jones,. 3.83;
Herbert Riddle, 3.83; B. F. Moss,
4.0; A. D. Sherrill, Jr., 4.0; Frank
Wheeler, 4.0.
School of Chemistry
James Thomas Roberts, 4.0;
Mary Emily Brown, 3.75; Dru-silla
C. Mullane, 3.75; Marvin O.
Smith, 3.28; Vernon Smith, 3.25.
School of Education
Elizabeth Averett, 3.50; Ann
Bishop, 3.65; Evangeline Brom-field,
3.55; Laura V. Harris, 3.65;
Mildred R. Jones, 4.0; Sara Ruth
Neel, 3.75; Stella Spurlin, 3.56;
Mary Jo Ventress, 3.73.
School of Science and Literature
Josephine Bass, 3.72; Billy M.
Goode, 3.78; Eugenia Kegley, 4.0;
Helen F. Perkins, 3.72; Annie
Catherine Thrasher, 4.0.
STUDENTS
SELECTED
BY SCARAB
Architectural Frat
Taps New Members,
Elects Officers
Two second-year design stu­dents
and two third-year design
students have been tapped by
Scarab, national honorary archi­tectural
fraternity. The new men
chosen were Lewis A. Scar-brough,
SAE, Columbus, Ga.;
Lewey Frank Harris, PiKA, New
Brolton; Sidney Emmons Pat-ton,
Sigma Chi, Como, Miss.; and
Harry Simms Shields, KA, Jack­son,
Miss.
New officers were elected by
the fraternity to serve for the
coming quarter. They are Albert
Williams, Montgomery, presi­dent;
Pfc. Walter Hall, Montgom­ery,
vice-president; Pvt. John H.
Thomas, Jr., Montgomery, secre­tary-
treasurer; John Skewes, Jr.,
Bessemer, sergeant-at-arms.
Four Chairmen Selected
At the last meeting of the
Executive Cabinet the following
committees chairmen were elect­ed:
Howard Fullenwider, elections;
Herman Dean, invitations; Mary
Jo Bridges, finance; and Carl
Sellars, ring. Serving on the ring
committee are Jim Kelly, Merrill
Gerideau, Lawrence C o t t l e,
Gibbs Ashley, and Buck Taylor.
TWENTY-SEVEN
PLEDGE GREEK
SORORITIES
Sorority rush week for the win­ter
quarter has ended and the
pledges have received their colors
at the various sorority houses.
The following pledge list has
been announced for each soror­ity:
-
Theta U
Sara Ford, Birmingham; Jean
Wilderman, Atlanta, Georgia;
Dorothy Greene, Cullman.
Alpha Gamma Delta
Elizabeth Anne Baum, Bir­mingham;
Anne Grant, Linden;
Dot Clisby, Cullman.
Kappa Delta
Catherine Vinson, Brewton;
M i t z i Chambers, Washington,
D. C; Jean Tutt, Butler; Mary
Seibold, Lynnville, Tennessee.
Phi Omega Pi
Marjorie Scarbrough, Gaines­ville,
Florida; Katherine Smith,
Birmingham; Harriett McGuire,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Chi Omega
Wanneta Gillespie, Bothington;
Marjorie Cannard, A t l a n t a,
Georgia; Jean Nelson, Mosspoint,
Mississippi; Katherine Thornton,
Alex City; Anne Kearse, Lees-burg,
Georgia; Lucia Andrews,
Citronelle, Alabama; M a r i an
Snow, Birmingham.
Delta Zeta
Imogene Logan, Mobile; Faline
Knowles, Headland.
Alpha Delta Pi
Nancy Black, Fort Deposit;
Jean Hester, Russellville; Halza
Kyser, Minta; Jane Ardis, Bir­mingham;
Jean Crawford, Mont­gomery.
Fifteen Auburn Grads
Complete Belvoir's OCS
Fifteen Auburn graduates have
received commissions as second
lieutenants in the Engineer Re­serve
after completing Officer
Candidate School at Fort Belvoir,
Va.
The men are Lieutenants Wil­liam
H. Ashmore, Bessemer; Hen­ry
G. Baars, Jr., Pensacola, Fla.;
Frank C. Brooks, Huntsville;
Cromwell L. Cleveland, Selma;
Robert E. Colvin, Birmingham;
Clyde Dunn, Jr., Hamilton; James
E. Gaston, Jr., Fairhope; George
H. Gould, Mobile; Harry H. Hahn,
Jr., Birmingham; Thomas M.
Hoover, Marion; James Goree
Johnson, Jr., Camden, Ark.;
Charles G. Kershaw, II, Fort
Payne; and James A. Weems,
Birmingham; Thomas A. Bell,
Montgomery; Fred R. Blanken-ship,
Jr., Birmingham.
Dr. Sewell Addresses
Members Of FFA
Dr. William E. Sewell of the
animal husbandry department
spoke on "Your Job, Your World,
Your Self" at the regular meet­ing
of the Auburn collegiate
chapter of FFA last Tuesday
night.
ASTs To Give
Variety Show
In Langdon
The big variety show given by
the ASTs as a Christmas gift to
Auburn people is to be in Lang­don
Hall tonight at 8:15. Here's
what Pvt. Auburn writes his
folks about the big night:
Friday, Dec. 17, 1943
Dear Mom and Dad,
At last the eve of our long
awaited variety show has arrived.
We certainly have done our ut­most
to present an evening of
continuous entertainment. The
so-called "scene of the crime"
will be Langdon Hall at 8:15. The
only price is the presence of your
body or a reasonable facsimile
wrapped up in your winter
"duds."
Remember Bob Thompson, the
AST from Evansville, Ind.? Well,
he, Howie Bridges, and Aaron
Rubin have combined talents to
organize, produce, direct, and ad­vertise
the show. (We call them
the three Orsons.) The AST glee
club, directed by Bob Eyster,
and featuring Fred Fischman and
his voice, are donating their vo­cal
chords for several songs and
Yuletide carols.
Art Frackenpohl has contribut­ed
his nimble fingers, dancing on
the keys of the piano to several
popular numbers. Bill Brower is
giving an intangible something—
here today, gone today—that's
the only way of describing some
of his mystifying tricks. A dram­atization
of the conception of
"Silent Night" by Franz Gruber
has been prepared by several of
our more theatrically inclined
group in conjunction with the
glee club. The humor side of our
show deserves much praise, too.
We made the setting our Read­ing
Room.
Well, I have to go to a class
now, folks, but I'll write again
tomorrow and tell you how it
came out.
Love,
Pvt. Auburn
NIMBLE FINGERS, SPARKLING SMILE
'Sabers' Constitute
New Organization
For ROTC Officers
A new organization is soon to
appear on the Auburn campus
according to a reliable report re­ceived
this morning by Henry
Steindorff, Lt. Col. of ROTC
Unit.
The organization will be called
the Sabers and will be on the
order of Scabbard and Blade, or
it might be paraphrased as a
wartime Scabbard and Blade.
Membership in the Sabers will
be limited to commissioned or
non-commissioned officers in the
ROTC. Membership will not
terminate with the completion
by a member of his ROTC train­ing.
The charter members of the
Sabers will be the comissioned of­ficers
who completed their ROTC
training last quarter.
A meeting is soon to be held
by the charter members at which
time ofifcers of the organizations
will be elected and policies, pos­sible
limits on membership, and
other business of the organiza­tion
will be decided upon.
This organization is a purely
local one. Already, plans are be­ing
formulated for the Sabers to
be represented at the Military
Ball which is to be held on Jan­uary
22, 1944. The key for the
organization has been designed
and ordered.
Pvt. Arthur Frackenpohl, a basic engineer of the Second Com­pany,
ASTP, will contribute his talents as a pianist to the ASTP
variety show in Langdon Hall tonight.
HE WAS JUST A DOG
BUT THEY'LL REMEMBER
AG Club Elects
A Club elected and installed at
the regular club meeting last
week the following men:
Byron Keener, president; Roy
Gregory, vice president; Robert
High; secretary; Bernard Fowler,
treasurer; Floyd Turk, monitor;
Chalmers Bryant, junior report­er;
Eddie Venson, sophomore re­porter.
By Shirley Smith
A dog was chloroformed this
week at the veterinary hospital.
He was an ugly pup—just a red
mongrel, long-tailed, and flop-eared,
with too short legs; to
match the rest of him. An ugly
pup, all right, but he had the
•heart of a soldier underneath-his
ugliness.
No one knows exactly where
"Dead-Eye" (for he was blind in
one eye) came from; he reported
one day for duty at AST head­quarters
and no questions were
asked. He was "just another dog"
to the ASTs to follow them
around and to get in their way.
Dead-Eye did follow them
around but he didn't get in their
way. He marched along at a re­spectful
distance and came to at­tention
when the command was
given. Formations, chow lines,
and even military parades were
soon routine with him. In no time
at all, he was made mascot first
class.
Life was not all routine. There
was the narrow escape he had
when the dog-catcher chased him
all the way to the barracks.
Lucky for him that dog-catchers
have to get permission to go in­side,
and lucky for him that the
ASTs could slip him in a dark
closet. But he was their mascot
and a good mascot can't be found
every day. So to be sure that
Dead-Eye wouldn't be bothered
by the dog-catcher again, the
men took up money to pay for
his rabies innoculation. And
when he got his dog-tag, he was
promoted to Sergeant.
Dead-Eye was an army dog
from head to tail. Maybe this was
why he could never become rec­onciled
to civilians. He couldn't
understand that his job of pro­tecting
"his men" had its limita­tions.
Like the hard-boiled ser­geant
he was, he was gruff to­ward
people he • didn't know,
namely civilians, and civilians
are not too understanding in such
matters.
The ASTs miss their long-tailed,
flop-eared mascot. But
they remember too, that Dead-
Eye was a good soldier and Dead-
Eye would have asked for no
more.
The Army career of Dead-
Eye, Sergeant and mascot of the
AST Unit, was brought to an
end this week when he was sen­tenced
and executed on the
charge of taking his job too
seriously.
Christmas Banquet
Given Honoring
New O D K Members
Five newly-elected members of
the Omega circle of Omicron Del­ta
Kappa honor society, Gibbs
Ashley, John Blake, Jack Brush,
Roger Holmes, and Robert Shar-man,
were honored with a Christ­mas
banquet held at the home of
Executive Secretary and Mrs.
Ralph B. DraugKon Wednesday
night.
In addition to these students,
who were tapped by the local
chapter at the end of last quarter,
there were fourteen active and
alumni members present.
Included among these were Dr.
Luther Noble Duncan, Dean Rog­er
W. Allen, Dean J. E. Hannum,
Dean M. J. Funchess, Head Track
Coach Wilbur Hutsell, Coach Jeff
Beard, Lt. Hugh W. Ellis, P. O.
Davis, Duncan Liles, Merrill Gir­ardeau,
Jim Pharr, Jim Kelly,
and William Buck Taylor.
Seniors Are Unaffected;
Allowed To Graduate
Identification Of Those Leaving;
Time Of Depature Yet Undisclosed •
An undisclosed number of first year advanced ROTC-ASTs
will leave Auburn to be sent to OCS pool located at
Fort Sill or Fort Bragg in the near future according to an an­nouncement
made by the Military Department yesterday.
Also included in the announcement was the fact that seniors
in Advanced ROTC would be allowed to graduate.
Although it was stated that a
Cadet ROTC
Non-Com Men
Are Appointed
Selections Made
With The Approval
Of President Duncan
Tentative appointments of ca­det
non-commissioned officers in
SCU 3434 ROTC have been made
with the approval of President
L. N. Duncan. They are as fol­lows:
1st F. A. Battalion
Color Bearers, Cadet Staff Sgt.
E. B. Thompson, Cadet Staff Sgt.
P. T. Raymond; Color guards,
Cadet Sgt. J. A.Daniel, Cadet
Sgt. B. W. Dean; Buglers, Cadet
Cpl. W. Latham, Cadet Cpl. T. H.
Price.
Battery A
Cadet 1st Sgt. J. C. Denton; Ca­det
Staff Sgt. W. S. Roden; Ca­det
Staff Sgt. J. F. Luquire; Ca­det
Sgt. T. B. Strickland; Cadet
Sgt. L. O. Sanford; Cadet Cpls.
A. L. Bartlett, J. C. James, T. L.
Shore, W. H. Thomas, A. M. Na-man,
R. E. Rice.
Battery B
Cadet 1st Sgt A. H. Adelman;
Cadet Staff Sgt. W. A. Weed;
Cadet Staff Sgt. R. M. Drewry;
Cadet Sgt. T. L. Young; Cadet
Sgt. C. M. Jones; Cadet Cpls. R.
P. Lewis, J. S. Meadows, W. R.
Russell, W. C Montgomery, C. J.
Burton, J. T. Bowling; Acting
Cadet Cpl. L. S. Garrett.
Battery C
Cadet 1st Sgt. R. F. Roberts;
Cadet Staff Sgt. J. W. Green;
Cadet Staff Sgt. L. A. Letanosky;
Cadet Staff Sgt. H. S. McCreary;
Cadet Sergeant R. R. Lidell; Ca­det
Sgt. G. W. Whitmire; Cadet
Sgt. N. B. McLeod; Cadet Cpls.
M. W. Perloff, Y. J. Elizondo,
W. S. Garmon, E. B. Vinson, F.
Campbell, E. C. Chambliss, W. E.
Martin.
Band
Cadet 1st Sgt. A. J. Smith; Ca­det
Sgt. H. S. Cook.
few men would be sent each
month, the names or the num­ber
of those included in the first
group have not yet been dis­closed.
Of the 116 men affected, 44 of
them are Engineers and 72 are
in the Field Artillery. They were
assigned to the AST unit here af­ter
completing their basic train­ing
at Fort Bragg, but were giv­en
no assurance as to how long
they will be allowed to remain
in school. Like the senior ROTC
soldier-students, the, juniors live
in rooming houses in town and
eat at boarding houses, all at
government expense, and receive
the pay of privates first class.
It Isn't So . . .
The rumor concerning liqui­dation
of ASTP units over the
nation was effectively and of­ficially
discredited yesterday by
an announcement read to ASTP
trainees in an effort to clear up
the misunderstanding concern­ing
certain radio and newspaper
bulletins.
ASTP units will continue to
function as usual in spite of the
many varied rumors to the con­trary.
Army Style Is Feature
Of New ROTC Uniforms
The new uniform for the Au­burn
ROTC has been seen on va­rious
assorted handsome young
men. For the time being these
uniforms will be army style. The
caps will have the ROTC braid,
which is field artillery red.
Trousers Will be upheld by reg­ular
web belts, but there will be
no leather belts to gird the waists
of their blouses. No wool shirts
have been issued and cotton
khaki ones will be worn with
the winter uniforms.
Cadets will supply their own
brown shoes and socks, but to
the regret of some they are not
allowed to wear the new uniform
out of Auburn with, or without,
said shoes and socks.
The new type of ROTC insig-inia
has not arrived yet and a
description of such is not avail­able.
However, the insignia for
the cadet officers is the same as
before. A single silver disk for
second lieutenant, double silver
disk for first lieutenant, triple
silver disk for captain, single
silver diamond for major, and
double silver diamond for lieu­tenant-
colonel.
TRUCK DRIVER DIES
AS RESULT OF CRASH
A swiftly-moving troop train
crashed into a heavy trailer truck
in the heart of Auburn early this
morning, killing the driver, James
Edward Langham, 24, of Foley,
Ala., and demolishing the cab of
the truck.
The train, running as the sec­ond
section of the Western Rail­way
of Alabama's No. 34, headed
for Atlanta, apparently was not
scheduled to stop at Auburn. The
truck, going south, was struck at
the College street crossing. The
cab of the truck apparently re­ceived
the full impact of the
blow, Auburn police said, as it
was carried 125 feet down the
track.
Langham was in the cab when '
Police Officer M. D. Meadows ar­rived
at the scene. He died on
the way to a hospital. The motor
was knocked clear out of the
truck and was found some dis­tance
from it.
The truck belonged to the Abbs
Transfer and Service Company of
Mobile.
ON THE CAMPUS
ASTP Holidays
A notice from the War Depart­ment
received December 14 di­rects
no class or study period on
December 24 or 25. ASTP trainees
will have holidays December 24,
25, and 26.
Ten day furloughs will be
granted the AST trainees, begin­ning
December 31, it was also
announced.
Cadet Excused
All ROTC cadets that were
present for the Homecoming re­view
will be granted an addition­al
excused absence. This excuse
will be good for December 18,
1943.
Houses Approved
The Alpha Tau Omega house
at 111 Mitcham street, and the
Alpha Lambda Tau house at 125
Thomas street have been ap­proved
by the Dean of Women
for dating and houseparties for
college women.
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As We Go Home This Christmas—
The Plainsman Wishes You Each
MERRY CHRISTMAS -:- HAPPY NEW YEAR
Christmas has come again, and with it
our third year of the war. Few remain
here today who were present during De­cember
1941, and there will probably be
fewer this time next year.
Auburn men are now on all of the
American fighting fronts and are repre­sented
in all branches of our armed forc­es.
Our petty sacrifices are .nothing as
compared with theirs, and one should be
thankful that he is able to continue his
studies for God, country, and himself.
Today and tomorrow students will be
returning to their homes to talk with
their folks, to visit friends, to be happy
and contented. The Yuletide season is time
for cheer and good fellowship. However,
it would do us no harm to stop and devote
a few moments to prayer for those loved
ones, friends, and comrades far away,
some of whom will never see their native
land again.
While we are by our firesides Christ­mas
night many of them will be far from
comfortable in body an?f mind. On the
snow covered hills of the Italian front
they will be hugging Mother Earth to
their bosom, gritting their teeth, with a
twisted knotty feeling in the pit of their
stomach, as the frozen earth heaves and
erupts about them under the hammering
roar of high explosive shells; on the
beaches and in the swamps of New Guinea
they will be fighting a stubborn foe, lying
wounded and sick in the mud and sand,
with the moonlight glittering on blood­stained
bayonets; they will be on ships
plowing through the icy waters of the
North Atlantic under scudding clouds with
the cold wind, rain, sleet and snow chill­ing
them to the bone; on the tumbling
wastes of the vast Pacific on our ships
and submarines men will spend a lonely
Christmas on-guard; in the skies of Europe
and Asia our airmen will be engaging
enemy birdmen, whirling and twisting in
combat, some of them to fall from giddy
heights to their destruction.
In Latin America, Africa, Iceland, the
Middle East, India, and China countless
numbers of our men, despite their troubles,
will be thinking of home and friends. In
the States thousands of men, and women,
too, will not be at their accustomed place
at Christmas, but they will be thinking of
you, also.
So, when you are home this Christmas,
stop and reflect how lucky you are. Go to
church and pray for them, and when you
come back to school work, do everything
you can to speed the day when we can
truthfully say, "Peace on Earth, Good Will
Toward Men."
Here And There
By BOB CHISHOLM
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 weather of the past week has really put the Christmas
spirit in the air with its cold, snappy winds, its rain, sleet, and
what have you. It makes us feel at home, though, for this is
the kind of weather that we use to have in Auburn around
Christmas time.
By the time this issue is off the press everyone will have
quit work for the holidays, even though there are Saturday
quizzes. The rooms of the various rooming houses and sorority
houses will be filled with trunks and clothes and suitcases as
lads and lassies endeavor to pack everything they'll need, and
more, too. General turmoil will reign, but everyone will be
happy.
* * *
Of course, we feel sorry for the ASTP boys who will work
right on through Christmas. Being away from home on Christ­mas
day is not the nicest thing in the world, because that is
the day the family, when all the folks, young and old alike,
gather together to be gay. This year, however, there are hun­dreds
of thousands of homes from which will be missing one
or more members of the family. We hope and believe that next
year on Christmas day many, many of these homes will be hap­py
again at having their loved ones returned.
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.
Furlough, furlough, furlough
—that word gets around even
more than does the death of the
ASTP's guardian angel, "Dead-
Eye."
Now that another t w e l ve
week's treatment of concentrated ,
knowledge is drawing to a close,
the bug of "furlough-itis" seems
to be taking complete charge of
Auburn's Quadrangle. At present
the "Transportation Blues" phase,
sometimes referred to as the
"How in heck will I ever get
home" period, holds full sway.
Since the railroad problem is
what it is, some of the men have
about decided to resurrect API's
famous War Eagle and attach
gliders to his esteemed plumage.
They must still believe in that
old adage that "Where there's a
'quill', there's a way"!
* * *
Farewell To Auburn
or
From Pup Tents to Tile Bath­rooms
— and Back
Farewell to thee, ASTP
It's back to the troops for me.
Veni, vidi . . . That's all broth­er.
Term 2? Never! I couldn't
stand another.
There are many things I'll long
recall—
Dead Eye, Smiling Jack, Lang-don
Hall.
Even aft' time has dimmed my
mind
I'll think of the things I left
behind.
So here's to the lamp of know­ledge,
Yea, throw in the sword of
valor.
And here's to the boys of Au­burn
College
Sporting that night club palor.
After a McClellan bivouac
This life, indeed, was mild.
But woe, alas, and alack,
I hear the call of the wild.
So with these few words I say
"adieu,"
You have the stuff to whip
Term 2.
And now—adios, farwell, good­bye,
To API.
• • •
The following is quoted from
official information receiyed from
Hq. 4th Service Command:
The ASTP is not to be regarded
as a sure road to a commission,
since ASTP graduates must com­plete
with all other enlisted men
for selection to fill the limited
quotas in the OCS.
Although the trainees' chances
for advancement are enhanced by
successful completion of their
courses, with officer training a
possibility, the primary aim of
the program is to train soldiers
for the highest duties they are
capable of performing in special­ized
fields where the Army has
greatest needs.
The ASTP having reached the
peak of its trainee allotment, the
size of the future quotas of en­tering
classes will be determined
by the outflow of graduates and
losses due to attrition. The num­ber
of soldiers generally eligible
for consideration for the program
is greatly in excess of the num­ber
of current openings. This sit­uation
is expected to continue
indefinitely. Only soldiers with
the highest qualifications can be
selected for admission.'
* * *
One ASTP trainee evidently
is happy here, as each morning
early his sergeant noticed he was
all smiles.
One morning the sergeant
asked: "What the heck are you
grinning about soldier?"
Trainee: "Well, Sarge, I used to
be a milkman, and now I can
sleep until six o'clock."
* * *
From a soldier's letter to his
young bride: "Come down if you
possibly can next Sunday—and I
am short of cash, so please bring
me $10.90.
P. S. "If you can't come, send
me $15.00."
Confidentially
By A. D. BROOKS
Is There A Santa Claus For You?
'And a little child shall lead them . . ."
Perhaps this year more than ever before
we need that child to lead us to have
Christmas faith.
Many years ago a little girl wrote a let­ter
to the New York Sun. We have all read
it before, but this year, in a world filled
with bitterness, hatred, and cynicism, a
pause to read again this little girl's letter
and the reply she got should give us a
significance perhaps never gotten before.
Dear Editor:
I am 8 years old. Some of my little
friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa
says, "If you see it in the Sun, it's so."
Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa
Claus.?
Virginia O'Hanlon
In reply to this letter Charles A. Dana
wrote and published an answer which has
become an American Christmas classic.
As we read his answer again this Christ­mas
may it renew our faith in Santa Claus
and everything for which he stands.
"Virginia, your little friends are wrong.
"They have been affected by the skep­ticism
of a skeptical age. They do not be­lieve
except what they see.
"They think that nothing can be which
is not comprehensible by their little minds.
All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's
or children's are little.
'"In this great universe of ours, man is
a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as
compared with the boundless world about
him, as measured by the intelligence cap­able
of grasping the whole of truth and
knowledge.
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
He exists as certainly as love and generos­ity
and devotion exist, and you know that
they abound and give to your life its high­est
beauty and joy.
"Alas! How dreary would be the world
if there were no Santa Claus! It would be
as dreary as if there were no Virginias.
There would be no childlike faith then,
no poetry, no romance to make tolerable
this existence. We should have no enjoy­ment,
except in sense and sight. The etern­al
light with which childhood fills the
world would be extinguished.
"Not believe in Santa Claus! You might
as well not believe in fairies! You might
get your papa to hire men to watch in
chimneys on Christmas evening to catch
Santa Claus, but even if they did not see
Santa Claus coming down, what would
that prove?
"Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is
no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The
most real things in the world are those
that neither children nor men can see.
"Did you ever see fairies dancing on
the lawn? Of course not, but that's no
proof that they are not there. Nobody can
conceive or imagine all the wonders there
are unseen and unseeable in the world.
"You may tear apart the baby's rattle
and see what makes the noise inside, but
there is a veil covering the unseen world
which not the strongest man, nor even
the united strength of all the strongest
men that ever lived, could tear apart.
Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance,
can push aside that curtain and view and
picture that supernal beauty and glory
beyond.
"Is it real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world
there is nothing else real and abiding.
"No Santa Claus?
"Thank God, he lives and he lives for­ever.
A thousand years from now, Vir­ginia,
nay, ten times ten thousand years
from now, he will continue to make glad
the heart of childhood."
At this time of year the annual sale of Christmas seals to
aid the fight against tuberculosis gets under way. It is one of
the worthiest of all money-raising drives, yet its costs to each
individual who contributes is relatively small. In what better
way can the real Christmas spirit be shown than by giving a
few cents to aid some unfortunate individual to overcome this
dreadful disease, or to, perhaps, help prevent some other per­sons
from contracting it? Get in and give by buying your sup­ply
of tuberculosis Christmas seals today.
Did you know that the first all-synthetic rubber tire was
made in the United States in 1934? Wouldn't a set of four real
rubber tires be a fine Christmas present? And they might
throw in an unlimited supply of gasoline, too. Well, we can
dream, can't we?
* * * -
We can't say enough in the way of warning everyone to
t a k e care of themselves during this rough December weather.
Already in this country influenza is g e t t i n g started. About ten
per cent of the population of Detroit is ill; Washington has
been h a r d hit; other large cities throughout t h e country report
numerous cases and in m a n y instances deaths a r e also reported.
A few cases have been listed in A u b u r n already.
As a list of precautions to take—stay out of this rainy
weather as much as possible, and w h e n you come in, get out of
those wet clothes and shoes, and above all get warm. Don't
eat too much of h e a v y foods, stay away from people who have
t h e flu, avoid public gatherings as much as possible, and above
all, go to bed t h e instant you feel that cold and achy feeling
coming on. By following the above precautions as much as
possible you can do your p a r t to h e l p stave off a n epidemic of
influenza. Such an epidemic, if widespread, might take a ter­rific
toll of lives as it did d u r i n g t h e last war. Undoubtedly, it
would be worse this time due to t h e crowded and congested
conditions.
* * *
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.
Often, when we are walking
over the campus, we see signs
concerning a meeting on such-and-
such a night at so-and-so
o'clock of the AIChE, the Jr.
AVMA, the Ed Students, or some
other organization of students in
the various professional schools
of API.
It can readily be seen that these
organizations are majoring in the
career toward which their mem­bership
is studying. The students
who participate receive another
approach to their professional
field and are acclimatized—so to
speak—to some of the angles of
that chosen career.
Were you to take the Auburn
campus at a glance, you would
find that there are quite a few
professional organizations. How­ever,
you would see a similar
number of schools, departments,
and professional groups without
any common footing to bind them
together.
Is it because they are less "pro­fessional-
minded"? What about
the business administration stu­dents,
the secretarial training,
the sociology majors, the liberal
arts? It happens that all these
groups are parts of the School of
Science and Lit. There are oth­ers.
* * *
So do your part and let's all stay well this year!
And now as we close up and prepare to start our journey
homeward for awhile we can't help but hope that this will be
the last Yuletide season that will see us engaged in war. We
have faith in our leaders and feel that they are doing their
best to make that hope come true.
So from the bottom of our heart we wish and hope for
everyone a grand and glorious holiday season with lots of gifts
and scrumptious food, and plenty of jolly good times. Thus, to
all—A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
The professional organizations
on the campus may seem over­shadowed
by other activities
which pertain to the more social
angle of college life. But they
are an important part of the
schedule of the student who is
working toward a career. Besides
giving the members a social bas­is
for friendship, people with
similar interests are led to know
each other; they carry on various
projects on the campus and they
promote interest in the careers
for which their members are pre­paring
themselves.
In the early years of Auburn,
there were literary clubs which
took care of some of these activ­ities
for the students with gen­eral,
rather that particular, inter­ests—
such as the students in the
School of Science and Lit with
majors in all of the subjects
known as the liberal arts.
What happened to those clubs?
We have inquired and found out
from several antique sources va­rious
reasons for their exodus. It
seems that they died out. They
went out of style. It became passe
to be interested in the pursuits of
any such club. After all, college
students aren't interested in cul­tural
thinking.
Are they?
» » *
Perhaps college students are
not interested in organizations.
Ever since the ABCs went on a
rampage, in the form of every
combination from AAA to ZZZ,
people, as a general rule, have
sidestepped organization in any
form.
It is an effort, too. And since it
is generally regarded as a fact,
that we come to school to pro­long
our dependence on Dad and
to have a good time, there is no
need to harangue on that point.
But is that true? Or shall we go
back to the thought of last week
and admit we have no capable
leaders among us? Or is it that
we just don't want any more org­anizations,
and any more meet­ings
to go to?
It may surprise some of you
that a small group of un-profes-sional
students already are work­ing
themselves into a headache
over how to approach this sub­ject.
Then along comes tactless
us and spoils it all.
• * *
The subject of meetings and
organizations has always, and
probably} will always, be met with
a lot of dissension. It is a very un­comfortable
subject to discuss.
Not knowing how the audience,
if any, will take it, not knowing
their preconceived ideas on the
subject, can make it rather un­pleasant.
We do know, however, that
those students who do participate
in the organizations which exists
find satisfaction and pleasure in
that effort.
If there is an enlightened soul
in the house, the floor is his. -
There are a lot of battles to be
fought and won and a lot of new
territory to be conquered and
explored.
December 17, 1943 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
SERVICE PERSONALS
Lieutenant Joe Gandy, PiKA,
was a campus visitor last week
end. Joe is a former API student
and while here filled the capacity
of head cheer leader. He has been
stationed at Ft. Sill and will re­turn
there this week.
* * *
Lt. Lawson Robinson (AAF)
who has been overseas for some
time has returned to the states
and to his home in Auburn. Lt.
Robinson was listed as missing
in action from July to October
of '43.
Robinson is a graduate of Lee
County High School and attend­ed
API before enlisting in the
Air Force.
* * *
Walter Cowart was a campus
visitor last week end from
Georgia Tech. Walter returned to
atetnd his fraternity formal
(PiKA). He is a graduate of Lee
County High and attended API
for two years.
* * *
Fred Allison, Jr., is home, on
furlough from Vanderbilt where
he is studying meteorology. Fred
is a member of SAE fraternity
on this campus and is a graduate
of Auburn High. He will return
to 'V after Christmas.
* * *
Lieut. Herbert Martin, Jr., was
an Auburn visitor last week. Lt.
Martin married Miss Allen Odom,
a former API student, in Bir­mingham,
Saturday, December 11
and they will return this week
to Bragg where he has been sta­tioned.
* * *
Lt. Sloan Fountain, Auburn,
was here on leave last week from
Sill. He has returned there to
attend liaison training school.
Sloan was an Auburn student for
three years and is a member of
Kappa Alpha fraternity.
* * *
Lieut. Herbert Morgan, Center-ville,
has completed his officer's
training and post-graduate course
at Quantico.
Morgan attended API where
he received a BS degree in ag­riculture.
He was a miler on the
varsity during his last two years
and also lettered in cross coun­try
track.
* * *
Lieut-Louis Chateau, New Or­leans,
has been assigned to ac­tive
duty with the U. S. Marines
after completing his officer's
training at Quantico.
Lt. Chateau attended, API
where he was a member of Phi
Kappa Tau fraternity and of the
varsity football team.
* * *
Oscar Northington, Montgom­ery,
was recently appointed Nav­al
Cadet and transferred to the
training center at Pensacola for
intermediate flight.
Cadet Northington, b e t t er
known as Ocky, attended API
for three years and is a member
of Phi Delta Theta.
* * *
Ensign C. W. Horton, Court-land,
who was graduated from
API in November, was a visitor
on the campus last week. Hor-
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ton will report to Ft. Schuyler,
N. Y., December 28 for train­ing.
* * *
Lt. Stonewall Shows, Dekalb,
Miss., has returned to Sill for
Battery Exec school training in
Field Artillery.
Lt. Shows was recently in Au­burn
on leave and formerly at­tended
API.
* * *
Aviation Cadet Albert Lee
Thomas, Auburn, was home re­cently
from Tyndall Field where
he was stationed at gunnery
school.
Cadet Thomas won highest
gunnery honors at Tyndall, and
is now stationed at Selman Field,
La., where he is continuing his
navigation training.
Thomas is a graduate of Lee
County High and was a member
of Sigma Chi fraternity while at­tending
API.
GARDEN CLUB,
LOCAL SCOUTS
DECORATE USO
The Christmas'decorations for
the Auburn USO center are a
cheery result of work done by the
Garden Club department of the
Auburn Woman's Club arid the
Auburn Boy Scouts.
Thursday afternoon the Gar­den
Club met at the center for
their regular meeting and an
'apple shower.' The baskets of
apples are to be left at the cen­ter
for the service men. Miss Dana
Gatchel spoke to the group pre­senting
Christmas decoration ar­rangements
to be used in the
USO.
The Scouts of Auburn present­ed
a beautiful tree to be used
during the holidays and will give
a Christmas program Friday, De­cember
24.
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Proof That ASTs
Do Indulge In
Wishful Thinking
The Christmas spirit has hit
the barracks in a big way. Not
just in the form of a Christ­mas
tree casually put up in
some corner. Not just a red
crepe-paper bell dangling from
a window shade or a sprig of
holy stuck in an old jelly jar.
A good dose of glamour a la
Santa Claus has been given the
day room by the ASTs. Decora­tions
include Christmas trees,
Christmas bells and even mis­tletoe.
The latter item has been the
subject of much comment.
"Lotta good mistletoe will do
us in the barracks. Why, there's
not even a maid around!"
It's A Girl
For "Monk"
And The Mrs.
The new baby at the home of
the Roy H. "Monk" Gaffords is
not a future halfback, but a
cheerleader, perhaps. It's a girl,
her name is Judy Claire, and she
arrived Nov. 24 at the Opelika
Infirmary, weighing in at 4
pounds, 14 ounces. •—
Monk, who is one of the great­est
football stars ever turned out
at the Plains, made two All-
American teams last year, the
INS and Liberty magazine's
"players' choice" elevens. He
also made the All-Southeastern
and was chosen as one of the
South's representatives in the
Blue-Gray game at Montgomery
last Christmastime.
The galloping halfback was in­ducted
into the army last spring
and received his basic training
at Ft. Bragg. As an advanced
ROTC student he was returned
to Auburn last month and is now
continuing his work toward a de­gree
in business administration.
If the army allows him to remain
in school another quarter he can
get that degree.
The Gafofrds have been staying
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Hocutton, Burton street.
A Hat For Christmas
GIVE HER A HAT
Provided it comes from
an exclusive hat shop —
It's sentiment is not just
for a day or week. And
they are marked down
to make buying econom­ical.
Mildred Lippitt's
BONNET BOX
Auburn's Only Exclusive Hat Shop
MERRY CHRISTMAS
GIFTS
FOB HER
DRESSER SETS
CIGARETTE CASES
COMPACTS
TOILET ARTICLES
STATIONERY
FOR HIM
BILL FOLDS
SHAVING SETS
CIGARETTE CASES
LIGHTERS
CIGARS
JUST RECEIVED!
FRESH SHIPMENT OF CANDY
LIPSCOMB'S
TIGER DRUG STORE
GALA FRAT SOCIALS
CELEBRATE SEASON
Three campus fraternities en­tertained
with Christmas parties
last week end.
Alpha Lambda Tau
Alpha Lambda Tau gave a
house dance Saturday night in
their new home at 125 Thomas
street. The chaperones, Mrs. Grif­fith
Nelson and Mrs. Brown
served refreshments during the
evening.
Members, pledges, and their
dates were as follows:
Ensign' C. W. Horton, Patty
McCoy; Pfc. Paul Barksdale,
Nancy Elam; Hubert Wells, Per­ry
Nell Caraway; Dick Whistler,
Carol McCool; Tommy Tompkins,
Willodene Jordan; Bill Mitchell,
Margaret DuBose; Alder Casta-noli,
Margaret Bruce; Glenn Wil­son,
Mary Nell Summers; Henry
Cook, Sarah Smith; Bill Weed,
Janet Smith; Bill Taff, Jean
Jones; Albert Hall, Florence May-ton;
Terry Dover, Jean Mason;
and John McKenzie, Vivienne
Duncan.
Stags were Rex Rainer, R. C.
Johnson, Henry Thomas, Marion
Cox, George Gibson, David Spur-lock,
Jimmy Corby, and John
Merchant.
Alpha Psi
Alpha Psi gave its annual
Christmas party Sunday.
Highlighting the evening was
a presentation of some 60. books
to the fraternity by the pledge
group which has joined the Book
of the Month club individually.
Mrs. 'Becky" Henry, house­mother,
was given a jeweled
costume pin by the fraternity.
Refreshments of eggnog, cake
and candy were served. The
guests and members drew names
and distributed presents with
Reubin Brawner acting as master
of ceremonies.
Attending the party were the
following guests:
Dr. and Mrs. F. P. Woolf, Dr.
and Mrs. E. S. Winters, Miss Mary
Cox, Dr. J. K. MacNamee, Dr.
and Mrs. LeRoy Mims, Dr. and
Mrs. B. T. Simms, Mrs. Bessie
Emrick, Dr. and Mrs. I. S. Mc-
Adory, and Dr. W. E. Cotton, Dr.
T. C. Davis, Mrs. Sam Woods,
Mrs. Harold Nance, Mrs. Ed Wha-ley,
and Mrs. Ralph Scott.
Theta Chi
Theta Chi entertained at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter T.
Schreiber. Dancing and the sing­ing
of Christmas songs and carols
were features of the evening. Ed
May as Santa Claus presented
gifts to dates and guests. Cigars
were passed around by Charles
Dolbear to celebrate the pinning
Christmas Fun
To Be Feature
At Local USO
A special 'game and fun' ses­sion
is planned for the service
men at the Auburn USO center
for Thursday night, December 23.
Quizzes, guessing games, games
of skill, and prizes will be fea­tured.
There will be a musical pro­gram
Christmas Eve, Friday, De­cember
24.
The Auburn Girl Scouts and
other groups are to take special
parts in the program with Christ­mas
carols as the main theme.
All service men of Auburn, and
those visiting are invited to come
both nights and take part in the
fun.
of Dora Lee Hoffman. Refresh­ments
were served to the follow­ing
members, dates, and guests:
Carter Denton, Billy Crocker;
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Make Your Gift Dollars Do
Double Duty
This Wartime Christmas
F OR a wartime Christmas, give Christmas presents with a definite future
—UNITED STATES WAR BONDS! When you do this, your money will
be doing double-duty. It will help our armed forces win this war by provid-ing
more planes, torpedoes, submarines and tanks with which they can crush
the enemy. It will also enable those who receive the Bonds to buy wanted
Gas Appliances — perhaps an entire Gas Kitchen — when manufacturers turn
from war work to making home appliances again.
Many families have decided to be really sensible about their
Christmas giving this year—to give each other War Bonds.
It's the patriotic thing to do, of course. And at the same time,,
these Bonds (with the interest they will earn) can provide
the necessary cash for an All-Gas Kitchen after Victory has
been won by our armed forces!
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Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN December 17, 1943
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
BOXING DAY REPLACES
CHRISTMAS FOR SCOTCH
"Father Christmas" is Santa
Claus to the few Scottish people
who observe December 25 as a
holiday. According to Dr. F.
Fagan Thompson, who studied at
Edinburgh from 1930 to 1932,
Christmas customs, observed
where the English influence pre­vails,
are increasing in popular­ity
and in a few years will
doubtless be observed throughout
Scotland as in America. As a us­ual
thing there is no celebration
in the rural districts, and work
goes on as usual in the cities.
Boxing Day, known as Hog-many,
is a substitute for Christ­mas
in Scotland. At the time of
the Protestant Reformation, Scot­land
reacted violently to every
custom observed by the Roman
Catholic Church. Christmas was
to principally because it was like
so many other things observed
by the Roman Catholic Church.
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Climax Of Season
In Eastern Canada
Is New Year's Eve
"New Year's, rather t h an
Christmas, is the time for fun in
Rigaud, Quebec, a section of
Eastern Canada," said Mrs. B. T.
Simms, an Auburn citizen who
spent her early childhood there.
"Christmas is strictly a relig­ious
holiday," she added. "The
old French custom of kissing ev­eryone
on the first day of the
New Year is a universal one.
"Christmas Eve dinner begins
the celebration of "Les Fetes,"
or the Christmas holidays," she
explained. "Families gather from
cities and farms to be together
at this meal. They retire early,
but arise in time to go to Mid­night
Mass. This is a Solemn
High Mass, and is sung by a full
choir."
On Christmas Day families
again attend church services.
Christmas dinner is very elabo­rate
and gay. Throughout the af­ternoon,
Bible stories are told
and quiet games played by the
children.
A week of festivities, including
outdoor sports, dancing, a nd
games reaches its climax on New
Year's Eve. This is the night the
children hang up their stockings
for St. Nicholas to fill.
many years was hardly recog­nized
in that country. "But most
people enjoy giving," said Dr.
Thompson, "so Boxing Day, Jan­uary
1, is Christmas with no re­ligious
significance."
Letter To Santa
Dear Father Christmas, I hope you'll allow
Me to set forth my wishes for Christmas Day now.
I know that you're busy with the wartime rush
But do be a dear and don't give me the brush.
While flying over Europe why don't you hurl in
A sleighload of block-busters on top of Berlin.
As you circle the earth, well, just for fun,
With the few that are left sink the "Kising Sun!"
Our White House Commander has been quite a resident;
Grant us, for a change, a Republican president. y
And for Mrs. R., a rocket ship—she can't get it too soon-
She's covered the globe, let her visit the moon.
Gas coupons are limited by the OPA,
How about a few extras, what do you say?
I'm tired of chicken and fish and tough joints,
I would really appreciate some lovely red points.
As for PE, nothing can be said.
It's a hopeless procedure and an ache in the head.
Saturday quizzes are also a nuisance
Take them both away, and you'll have my thanks.
Lost socks and ripped shirts have left me in a quandry—
Couldn't something be done for the Raw Deal, our laundry?
This approachs a woman's world—may authority relent
And let coeds stay out at night to their heart's content.
For the schools, ag, eng, chem, pharm, and home ec
Science and lit, education, arch, and vet
Our greetings and besh wishes to them all are sincere
A Merry Christmas to all, and a Happy New Year!
F. M. H.
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French Yule
Contrasted
With Swiss
By Richard Whistler
"Hot wine and whoopee are
what the Alsatians of Strasbourg,
France, m a k e in celebrating
Christmas," says Professor John
W. Roe of the foreign languages
department.
Numerous parties are held at
which natives gather around a
punch bowl the size of a young
bath tub. The drink is vin chaud,
a sort of spiced egg nog. After
two or three goblets, the celebrat-or
begins singing the French na­tional
anthem, the "Marseillaise,"
and Christmas carols. Merriment
reigns supreme, says the profes­sor.
These Alsatian French, or "Ale-mani,"
have the same general
idea of Christmas as we have,
due to their German background.
Kris Kringle brings presents to
young hopefuls, along with cakes
and candies.
Christmas spent with a Calvan-ist
family in Geneva, Switzer­land,
is rather reserved and re­strained,
according to Professor
Roe. T h e s e French-speaking
Swiss go to church and sing
hymns a n d Christmas carols
while colored slides of Biblical
scenes are shown. A sense of
peace and happiness is felt by
any observer, Professor Roe con­tinued.
Santa Claus is personified by
the Christ Child. Presents are giv­en
mainly to small children.
Religious stories told on Christ­mas
Day are more concerned
with the Three Wise Men than
Greetings Everybody!
I'm Santa Claus. Jolly Old
Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or
whatever you'd like to call me.
Read about me on page five.
the Virgin Mary, as they are in
America. In the country the pea­sants
put on their native cos­tumes
to celebrate.
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YULETIDE SPIRIT
OF SIMPLICITY
FILIS BOHEMA
Children Expect Little Lord Jesus
To Bring Gifts Rather Than Santa
By Audrey Wilson
"Christmas in Czechoslovakia is sweet and simple," says
Miss Bibza of the physical education staff who has spent six
years in Czechoslovakia.
"It has not been commercialized as Christmas has in
America today," she added. As she talked, tiny lights fairly
sparkled in her eyes, and her account of a Christmas in
Czechoslovakia was so vivid that
a listener could sense something
of the sincerity, the reverence,
and the beauty of a Christmas
season in Bohemia.
The capital city of Czechoslo­vakia,
Prague, is divided into
thirteen sections. At Yuletide, a
Christmas tree is placed on the
square of each section, and a
larger tree is decorated in the
huge square in the center of the
city. The Christmas -melody, "I
Bring You Tidings," peals forth
from the square at all times dur­ing
the season.
December 6 in Bohemia is St.
Nicholas Day, and this is the
time when the Christmas season
really begins. On this day St.
Nicholas, dressed, in a flowing
white robe and wearing a crown,
visits each house and leaves fruit,
candy, and nuts in the shoes of
the good little girls and boys,
and ashes in the shoes of the bad
ones. He is accompanied by an
angel and the devil who repre­sent
the good and the bad chil­dren.
On Christmas Eve, December
24, all work ceases. The shops
close at six o'clock, and there is
no last-minute Christmas shop­ping
as there is in America.
The main meal is served on
Christmas Eve night rather than
on Christmas Day as is our cus­tom.
This meal is no elaborate
feast. In Prague, the main dish
would probably consist of a mix­ture
of sauerkraut, mushrooms,
prunes, and smoked sausage,
which, according to Miss Bibza,
is a very delicious dish. In South­ern
Czechoslovakia, where the
population is mainly Catholic,
the main dish would probably be
fish.
The Chrismas tree is brought
in and decorated on Christmas
Eve night. The decorations are
simple, homemade ones. Apples,
highly-spiced cookies, nuts, and
bits of colored paper are strung
on the tree.
No fat, jolly, bearded Santa
Claus visits the children on
Christmas Eve night, and they
don't worry how he will manage
to get down the chimney. In­stead,
the "Little Lord Jesus"
leaves their gifts for them.
Miss Bibza says that her first
Christmas in Czechoslovakia was
a very lonesome one as the cus-
Gift Problem?
It's Solved
For You Here
By Susan Brown
I. C. P. (ideal Christmas pres­ent)
was found in Auburn at a
grocery store. It was in a vege­table
bin, not fully complement­ed
by its surroundings, but hold­ing
promise. It is a beet.
It seems to be the general opin­ion
of people who give Christ­mas
presents and most of the rest
of us too, that presents this year
will be bought (assuming that
you have not already bought
yours) only after conscientious
thought and foresight.
With this in mind someone has
described the ideal Christmas
present as being attractive, in­expensive,
and practical.
Using these three words as a
guide, we began the tour in quest
of the ideal Christmas present.
We ended up in a vegetable bin.
Beets are attractive. The root
is a deep, lucious red. Rising from
this root on stems of a slightly
lighter red are dark green leaves,
veined with stem's same red.
Most certainly beets are attrac­tive.
Beets are inexpensive. One
bunch, containing three or four
beets, depending on their size,
costs ten cents.
Beets are practical. The dic­tionary
defines a practical thing
as one which is available, usable,
or valuable. Beets are all three.
Beets possess other, only slight­ly
less important, qualities which
should place them at the top
(next to war bonds) on your
Christmas gift lists. There are
few other presents which would
be likely to fit as well into the
traditional C h r i s t m a s color
scheme. There are few other
presents which could be so eas­ily
obtained.
Above all, there are few other
presents which would be as taste­ful.
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CHRISTMAS IN CHINA
"We went through the Chinese streets filling the night
with carols," said Mrs. Louisa B. Greene, former missionary
to China, in telling of how Christmas in the heathen city of
Canton showed the real Christmas spirit to the Chinese who
looked on in wonderment.
"Christmas is not a Chinese celebration," Mrs. Greene
continued "The majority of the
Chinese are heathens so they
have no reason for observing
Christmas. Their celebration is
the New Year which is welcomed
in with riotous revelry. Our all-night
vigil and reverent caroling
made quite an impression on the
people of that heathen city,
though we as Christians were
only a small minority."
"There were Chinese people in
the city who had lived in the
United States or other countries
where Christmas was celebrated,"
explained Mrs. Greene. "These
people, though they had not
caught the real meaning of
Christmas, acquired the custom
to the extent of gift exchanging.
Firecrackers are used in China,
as here, for noisemakers."
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LONG HOLIDAY
By Ralph Ownby
A person traveling through
Mexico in December would be
able to celebrate Christmas many
times, according to Associate
Professor Y. A. Elizondo, a native
of Mexico, of the mechanical en­gineering
department.
"In southern Mexico," he said,
"the people observe the tradition­al
ceremony of the 'pasada'." This
ceremony, which commemorates
the journey of Joseph and Mary
to Bethlehem, is both a religious
and social function. Beginning on
December 16 and repeating each
night until Christmas, the "pas­ada"
is an event of great import­ance
to the Mexicans. The cere­mony,
which appeals both to
young and old, is held in private
homes, and in a different one
each night. In the first part of
the ceremony, the guests, each
holding a lighted candle, march
slowly around the patio, singing
religous songs.
After the first part of the cere­mony
is over, the lighter part of
the program, called the "pinata"
begins. The "pinata," a large jar
made of pottery and filled with
candy and presents, is suspended
bya rope over the heads of the
guests. Someone is then blind­folded,
and armed with a club,
trys to hit the "pinata." When hit,
the pottery is easily broken, and
the good things that were held in
it fall to the flood. Immediately
a wild scramble ensues, the guest
being allowed to keep what they
are able to retrieve from the
floor. Several "pinatas" may be
broken in a single evening, after
which there is feasting and danc­ing.
"Farther north in Mexico,
above Mexico City, Christmas is
celebrated much in the same way
as it is here in the United States,"
Mr. Elizondo added. "The chil­dren
hang up their stockings in
eager expectation of S a n ta
And We Thought We Had
Troubles Of Our Own
Poor Santa Finds It
Hard This Year, But
Remains Undaunted
By Mimi Simms
"I'm Santa Claus," a genial-looking
gentleman wearing a red
and white suit announced as he
jingled into the office.
"Merry Christmas to all and to
all good—oh, excuse me, I'm just
practicing," he said when he
noticed the bewildered look on
our faces.
This year of war has told on
Santa's face. He is still cheery,
but has lost his energetic look so
familiar to everyone.
"I've just been to see my draft
board," he confided, "and I
thought I'd drop in the office for
a minute."
"Did you know," he continued,
"that a WAVE tried to take over
my job? She would have too, but
a technicality saved me. This gal
has been gaga ever since women
invaded the field of war work,
and she has been trying to get
me drafted. My draft board put
me in 1-A, but I don't know
exactly when I was born. You
see, my birth certificate was froz­en
one year, and they can't prove
that I was born at all—so of
course they couldn't draft me!"
The labor shortage has given
Santa plenty of trouble. All his
gremlins left to work on air­planes;
the chief snow fairy is
in the WACs; and, worst of all,
Mrs. Santa has taken up welding.
Santa has a terrific bout with
Claus just as the American chil­dren
do."
"So you see," Professor Eli­zondo
concluded, "although cus­toms
may differ and you might
say 'Merry Christmas,' or 'Feliz
Navidad,' the Christmas spirit is
the same."
WPB. "I finally managed to get
priorities," he stated, "but only
because Henry Kaiser was on my
side."
"An epidemic of cat fever has
broken out at the North Pole
because of the fuel shortage. Mr.
Ickes only allowed us half our
annual supply of coal and we've
been freezing."
The food shortage has played
its part in changing his life, San­ta
explained as he examined his
stomach. "It used to shake like
a bowl full of jelly when I
laughed, but I'm afraid it's gone
forever. See," he continued sad­ly,
"it's only a pillow now."
Christmas will still be a jolly
affair, though, Santa thinks,
thanks to the 48-hour week. His
elves accepted the government
regulations and he points out
with pride that they have not
gone on strike either.
"Now Santa," we said, slyly,
"if you'll just give us a list of
the presents you are going to
give the students, it will save us
a lot of work. Besides, it will be
a scoop, too."
Santa seemed to loose his poise
at this point. "Oh, my, really,
well, that is, I'd love to, but you
see, I've just got to go. Merry
Christmas to all and to all good
night—oh, excuse me, I'm just
practicing again," he said as he
disappeared.
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Page Six T H E P L A I N S M AN December 17, 1943
"A" Club To Carry On
Tradition Of Wearing
Only Auburn Sweaters
Cooperation Of All Students Is Sought
In Abandoning High School Monograms
By Ralph Owenby
The "A" Club's campaign to sustain an old Auburn tradi­tion,
one that permits only the monogram awarded by API
to be worn on this campus, was unanimously indorsed by six
well-known Auburnites who were interviewed this week.
Most students have complied with the "A" Club's request
that the only letter worn on the campus be Auburn's "A",
according to Norman Barrington,
president of that organization.
However, he added, a few letters
from other schools are still to be
seen. The majority of the offend­ers,
it was pointed out, are fresh­men
who are wearing high school
letter sweaters or jackets. The
"A" Club does not wish to be­little
the achievement of win­ning
a letter in a high school
sport, but makes this request in
order that the orange "A" of
API be first and last n this cam­pus.
"This tradition of Auburn
should be observed even during
the quarters when monograms
are not given for major sports.
Students should observe this
tradition now and avoid more
arguments later," Barrington as­serted
in an interview Thursday.
Allen, Hutsell
Represent API
At Conference
Dr. Roger W. Allen, chairman
of the faculty athletic commis­sion,
and Coach Wilbur Hutsell
represented Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute at the annual South­eastern
Conference meeting in
Nashville, Tennessee, last Friday,
December 10. Important steps
were taken pertaining to the rules
to be used by the conference
members in the future.
Dr. Allen attended a special
meeting for all presidents and
faculty representatives as a spe­cial
envoy of Dr. L. N. Duncan,
president of API.
Coach Hutsell attended the
one-day meeting of all the coach­es
of the twelve SEC members
in which the officiating for the
next seasons football games was
planned. The only change in the
1943 conference rules was the an­nouncement
that all transfers en­tering
a school still participat­ing
in inter-collegiate sports
from one that has abandoned
sports, will be allowed to play
for that college without interfer­ing
with his number of varsity
years at-his former alma mater.
This plan was established to fos­ter
the teams that are having dif­ficulties
in securing the necessary
men and without ruining the par­ticipants
chances of returning to
his school and continuing ath­letics.
DR. GEORGE
AND
HIS COFFEE URN
WISH ALL
THEIR AUBURN
FRIENDS
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
ANDA
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
All of the beautiful gifts
were greatly appreciated.
GEO.
BOORAS
Barrington, as president of the
"A" Club, said that the coopera­tion
of the student body is neces­sary
if the current effort of that
organization is to be a success.
"It has always been a custom
at Auburn that the only mono­gram
worn on the campus be that
of the "A" Club. I do not think
that the war should cause this
tradition to be broken," com­mented
Bob Sharman, editor of
The Plainsman.
"The boys should be proud of
their high school letters—they
worked hard enough for them,"
stated Jim Pharr, varsity player
on the team that beat Georgia
last year. "However," he added,
"it has always been the custom
to wear only the "A" of API on
this campus, and I think it should
be abided by."
"In the past, the only mono-grammed
sweaters worn here at
Auburn belonged to the members
of the 'A' Club. This is a tradi­tion
that should be adhered to,"
emphasized Jay Green, sports ed­itor
of The Plainsman, and mem­ber
of the Auburn track team.
"When I said something to
some freshmen who were wear­ing
letter jackets of other schools,
they seemed quite glad to coop­erate—
they just didn't know any
better," said Merrill Girardeau,
ODK and former member of the
football team.
Intramural Board
Has Positions Open
For Twelve People
Council Sapp, new intramur­al
manager announced that
positions on the intramural
board are open for those who
wish to qualify. He stated that
this board, on which Dr. Vern­on
Lapp and Coach R. K. Evans
will serve as faculty advisors,
plans to take a more active part
in the sports on the campus
than in the past.
Anyone who has had prev­ious
experience in any phase of
intramural or sports activities
is eligible to apply for one of
the twelve positions. All appli­cants
must write a brief note
stating their qualifications, and
these must be turned in to
Coach Evans by Wednesday,
January 5.
All basketball teams and
names of members, both frater­nity
and independent, must be
posted with Coach Evans or
Council Sapp by January 5, so
the schedule can be arranged
for the opening of the season.
Those who have had any ex­perience
or wish to officiate in
the intramural games this sea­son
must contact Coach Evans.
All officials will be excused
from physical education.
GALA FRAT
(Continued from page 3)
Bob Svenson, Laline White; Pfc.
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Dick Christopher, Lois Swingle;
Ralph Owenby, Jerry Bullard;
Dean' and Mrs. Z. Judd; Mrs.
Sherman Rogers; Mrs. W. H.
Gregory; Pfc. Greeley Moore;
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Pfc. Billy Tamblyn; James Fitz­gerald;
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in a fight to
a finish!
with.
MAR60 -TOM NEAL
J. CARROL NAISH • ROBERT
RYAN • 6L0RIA HOLDEN
Directed by
EDWARD DMYTRYK
Original Screen Play by Emmef lovery
R KO
RADK5
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21
'TONIGHT WE RAID CALAIS'
STARRING
JOHN SUTTON — ANNABELLA
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, DEC. 22-23
'REAP THE WILD WIND'
STARRING
JOHN WAYNE — RAY MILLAND
PAULETTE GODDARD
MISSING IN ACTION
FOR THREE MONTHS
Lt. Robertson Has
Exciting Experience
The eighth bombing mission of
Lt. Archibald Lawson Robertson,
former API student from Auburn,
began the same way the previous
seven had begun. The flying field
was put on the alert in the late
afternoon of July 9, 1943. The
crews were awakened at 1:30 the
following morning by the squad­ron
operations officer and told to
be ready for briefing at 2:30. In
the briefing room the airmen
were tense, anxiously waiting for
the group intelligence officer to
come in and remove the blan­kets
that covered the maps. The
entire crews listened with fixed
attention as the officer outlined
the course and told them how
much flak to expect and how
many fighters to expect.
After this came a special brief­ing
for each group of crew mem­bers:
pilots, bombardiers, navi­gators,
gunners, and radio opera­tors.
As dawn began to crack, the
ships had been checked thor­oughly,
the gunners had checked
their guns and were into their
electrically-heated suits. The
planes were lining up on the run­way,
ready to take off. At the
appointed time the first plane
took off, the others followed at
thirty-second intervals, and took
their places in formation over the
field, then headed for the tarket.
Unable to bomb the airfield in
northern France because of an
overcast, the formation turned to­ward
the secondary target, at
Caen, when they were attacked
by several enemy fighters.
"After a head-on attack by an
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TODAY
'UNDER TWO
FLAGS'
with
RONALD COLEMAN
CLAUDETTE COLBERT
ROSALIND RUSSELL
VICTOR McLAGLEN
Also
Latest War News and
Tommie Tucker and Orchestra
Saturday, Dec. 18
Double Feature
No. 1
'THE LAW RIDES
AGAIN'
starring
Those Action Kings
HOOT GIBSON
KEN MAYNARD
No. 2
The East Side Kids in
'NEATH
BROOKLYN
BRIDGE'
A smashing story of crime and
terror, with
NOAH BEERY, JR.
ANN GILLIS
Also
Serial:
"The Batman." No. 4
Cartoon:
"The Pan Alley Cat"
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enemy fighter," -said Lt. Robert­son,
"I looked out and saw num­ber
one engine on fire, and knew
we had to go down. All crew
members bailed out, and I didn't
know whether we would hit wat­er
or land."
"The wind blew us back in­land,
three miles from the coast,"
he continued.
The details of his three-month
journey back to England cannot
be revealed, but it is no secret
that he was glad to see Allied
soil in October. The first thing
the young pilot did was to send
a cable to his mother, who had
been notified that he was missing
in action. He says he is not sup­erstitious,
but on all previous
raids he had carried an English
half-penny.
Lt. Robertson, who was study­ing
electrical engineering when
he enlisted in the Army Air
Corps, will go to Miami for his
next assignment.
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