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MSK*8 NightlTTi^ Yuxin&iYicurv Both Sections of Co-ops to Have Vote; Special Election to Be Held March 18 All candidates for offices in the Spring Elections, with t h e exception of those seeking publication posts, must meet the Qualifications Board next Tuesday night at seven o'clock in t h e Executive Offices. The date was chosen by the Student Executive Cabinet at a meeting yesterday afternoon. The Qualifications Board is composed of both student and faculty members, and the senior representatives to the Cabinet sit on this body. Candidates must bring to this meeting a statement from the Registrar's Office stating which class the student is registered in. Politicians will be questioned by the Board as to their fitness for the office sought, their plans if elected, and their ideas of student government in general. The Qualifications Board was set up two years ago to improve the general caliber of office-seekers, and has functioned at elections since. Co-ops to Vote The Cabinet also made provision for both sections of co-ops to vote in the Spring Elections this year. The group now in school will vote on March 18, and the ballot box will be kept sealed until after the regular elections on March 24-25. Permission was granted by the Cabinet for this special election for this year only, // TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT1 VOLUME LXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1942 NUMBER 40 Organization Statements Due Tomorrow THIRTY-SIX AUBURN CHORAL CLUB SINGERS Shown above are members of the newly organized Auburn Choral Club. This group, which is composed of thirty-six mixed voices, will make an extensive tour of the state during the month of March. and not with the idea of establishing a precedent for succeeding years. This method will be on a one-year trial. Scarab Taps Senior And Five Sophomores Men Chosen On Basis of Creative Ability, Grades Scarab, national honor society for architects, recently tapped six men for membership, according to information received from Joe Meadows, president of the organization. Men honored were S. D. Collier, George L. Drake, Walter Hall, Duncan Liles, Z. A. Snipes, and H. G. Jackson. Scarab selects men on a basis of scholastic and creative ability. Samuel Douglas Collier, fourth year student in architecture, is from Montgomery, and a member of Sigma Nu social fraternity. George Leftwich Drake, sophomore from Montgomery, is a member of Sigma Chi. Walter Hickman Hall. Hunts-ville, is a sophomore. Duncan Parker Liles, also a sophomore, is from Brewton. He is a member of Sigma Nu. Zenas Alphonso Snipes is a second year architectural student from Atlanta. He is a member of Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity. Henry G. Jackson, Jr., is from Birmingham. He is a sophomore. Naval Officer To Interview Engineers Lieutenant (junior grade) G. E. Talbutt, special procurement officer, today began a swing through key cities in the Eighth Naval District seeking to recruit engineers to operate the Navy's new direction finding, sensing and locating device known as a RADAR, Eighth Naval District headquarters announced. Lt. Talbutt will be in Auburn on March 13. Electrical engineers with college degrees, in particular, will be sought, but men holding engineering degrees of any kind are desired. In some cases, certain specialized experience will be acceptable in lieu of a degree in engineering. Age limits are from 19 to 50. Men meeting the requirements will receive a special five-months course in electronics and ultra high frequency radio before being commissioned as officers in the Naval Reserve depending upon age, education and experience. Lieut, (jg) Talbutt will interview candidates for RADAR at the Navy recruiting offices in the cities visited, and in addition, contact engineering students in towns where colleges are located. Roy Fuller Is Chosen to FFA Co-op Position Three Men Elected To Book Store Managing Board Tuesday evening, Feb. 17, the Future Farmers of America in a meeting of their chapter elected Roy Fuller, a sophomore in Agricultural Education, as an assistant manager for the F.F.A. Co-op Book Store. Three men were elected to the F.F.A. Co-op Book Store Board which assists the manager in operating the book store. All the newly elected board members are students taking Agricultural Education, and they are as follows: Ethan Holt, a junior; Leroy Law-erence, a sophomore; and Leon Estes, a freshman. The freshman F.F.A. members were in charge of the program of entertainment for the meeting under the direction of Joe Mc- Manus, vice-president of the chapter. Those on the program included the following: Randolph Snell, chairman; Jerry Rhoden gave a talk on his ancestors; and Carl Norrell caught a few suckers with a string. ENGINEER STUDENTS MAY ENLIST IN SIGNAL CORPS Juniors and seniors in non- ROTC courses may now register in the Signal Corps Reserve and remain in college until they have completed their academic courses. This announcement was received from Colonel John J. Waterman, Commandant. The orders pertained to those students taking Electrical or communication courses. Those students who meet the qualifications and are selected will remain on an inactive status until they have completed their academic work, before they have to be called. Failure to complete their course will result in their discharge from school and their draftment in one of the armed forces. If they successfully complete their academic courses they will be tendered commissions in the Army of the United States and discharged from enlisted status. Those students who are interested should make application direct to the Chief Signal Officer, United States Army, Washington, D. C. R.O.T.C. Rifle Team Organization Is Announced The R. O. T. C. rifle team, although not active last year, has been reorganized this semester and will participate in a number of contests with riflemen from other southern schools in the near future. The expert marksmanship of Auburn teams has gained fame in the galleries for them in past years. Returning this year as the only lettermen on the squad are Alfred Green, J. P. Lewallen, and C. U. Smith. Other team members have had practically no experience' in gallery shobtttlg"Shd therefore cannot be counted upon too heavily for some time. The present team of fifteen men is composed of the following men: Oliver Board, C. U. Smith, L. V. Tindal, J. P. Lewallen, George McBride, and Clarence Scarsbrook, seniors; Alfred Green, George Mallory, and John Sanders, juniors; P. W. Lett and James Mayes, sophomores; Aubrey Craig, Kenneth Bateman, L. L. Jackson, and W. C. Murray, freshmen. Lt. Marion R. Panell and Lt George L. Shumaker, both of whom are excellent marksmen themselves, have done fine jobs of coaching the rifle team which already shows promise of being a most outstanding, outfit. Auburn Choral Club To Begin Spring Tour Cabinet Inspection Begins Immediately King, at Phi Delta Theta House, Heads Committee to Receive Society Reports Tomorrow is t h e last day for t u r n i n g in t h e r e p o r t s to t he Executive Cabinet by t h e various campus societies. That announcement by P e t e King, chairman of the committee of the Executive Cabinet attending to these reports, was made yest e r d a y to remind the 55 organizations, t h a t were sent l e t t e rs of inquiry, that they must a t t e n d to those r e p o r t s at once. King, vice-president of the cabinet, explained that the l e t t e r s sent out by the cabinet had not yet been answered, except in a very few cases. Those Sears Club Names Officers Jasper Jernigan, of Castleberry, has been named president of the Sears Scholarship Club for the second semester term. Other new officers are: T. H. Johnson, vice-president; Durward Tyler, secretary- treasurer; Bob Dunaway, reporter; and W. D. Ivey, parliamentarian. Retiring officers are: Pete Turn-ham, president; Byron Tompkins, vice-president; Mixon Byrd, secretary- treasurer; Chalmers Bryant, reporter; and Randolph Snell, parliamentarian. Group Is Composed Of Thirty-six Mixed Voices By BUCK TAYLOR The members of the recently organized- Auburn Choral Club will leave Auburn about March 2 to begin a spring tour of the state, according to an announcement made today by Director Lawrence Barnett. The t r ip will be made in a chartered bus and will require about one week lor its «ompte* tien.. >. Composed of thirty-six selected mixed voices, the choral club is a successor to the glee clubs of former years. During the tour, the University of Alabama and Huntington College will be visited. Other places to be included are Bessemer, Sylacauga, Birmingham, and Montgomery. In the last two cities mentioned, arrangements have been made for brief radio broadcasts. The exact times of these programs will be published at a later date. Arrangements have been made to visit as many high schools in the state as is practical Programs will feature, in addition to the regular choral numbers, piano solos by William Tam-blyn and several selections by a women's sextet and a men's octet The following students have been selected to make the tour: Sopranos—'Mary Jane Jansen, Mobile; Sara Lou Connell, Birmingham; Dorothy Murdock, Laurel, Mississippi; Sarah Ellen Jackson, Auburn; Nellie Jo Clayton, Auburn; Sarah Anne Bennett, Hartselle; Sarah Atkinson, Auburn; Madie Harper, Montgomery; Margaret Johnston, Auburn; and Henrie Cook, Butler. Altos — Mary Ella Funchess, Auburn; Evelyn Martin, Planters-ville; Jean Beasley, Auburn; Mailande Cheney, Livingston; Martha Northcutt, Chipley, Florida; Vernelle Fordham, Anniston; Catherine Norton, Clayton; Nanette E. Whitman, Montgomery; and Sara Frances Godfrey, Auburn. Tenors — Edward Henderson, Andalusia; Fred Bryant, Anniston; George J. Andreades, Mobile; Roy E. Wilson, Birmingham; Walter S. Going, Birmingham; Raymond Hubbard, Birmingham; and R. H. Mann, Tallassee. Basses — Ernest C. Capell, Greenville, South Carolina; D. W. Moody, Jr., Cooke Springs; Walter S. Kelly, Rep ton; R. Jack Morgan, Eva; Homer Hamlin, Allceville; Clyde D. Ware, Tooms-boro, Georgia; Andrew J. Ellner, Mobile; L. Steve Conner, Eufaula; Herbert C. Hoik, Foley; and William Martin, Richmond, Virginia. At the piano, accompanying the group, will be Madge Jarrard, Montgomery, and William Tam-blyn, Auburn. S.A.M.E. TO HEAR COL FROST SPEAK ON ARMORED FORCES The Society of American Military Engineers will meet Monday night to hear Colonel Frost speak on the Armored forces in the army. The title of Col. Frost's lecture will be "Employment of the Armored Force." The meeting will begin at 8:00 in Broun Auditorium. Red Cross Life Saving Course Planned Persons Interested Requested to Meet Monday Night Monday night at seven o'clock all students and residents of Lee County who wish to qualify for the instructor's course in Water- Safety and Life-Saving should meet in the Gym for the beginning of the Refresher Course. The Refresher Course is a preliminary requirement for the instructor's course which will be offered on March 2nd when a Washington representative of the Red Cross comes to Auburn, to teach it. .. Professor J. H. Raport is to be in charge Monday night and it is very important that all interested attend the first meeting of the class or else get in touch with him. The course is open to men and women. societies which have not yet turned in their reports to King must do so tomorrow. The reports are to be given to him at the Phi Delta Theta house, and he will present them to the cabinet committee in charge. The purpose of this survey is to determine the activities and aims of the various organizations on the campus to see if some of the duplication of these societies can be eliminated. The letters from the cabinet asked for a report stating the meeting program, the purposes, the aims, and the activities of the organization in question. The replies to these letters will be turned over to a faculty committee, not yet appointed, for study and recommendation. King urged that all the groups who have received letters from the Executive Cabinet make certain that their replies were in his hands tomorrow, Saturday the 21st, so that action on them may go forward according to schedule. ALPHA GAMMA RHO WINS IN LEAGUE With the cage season rapidly drawing to a close the Alpha Gamma Rhos are the only team to have clinched a league pennant Leagues two, three, four are all tied. Kappa Sigma upset the A. L. T's Wednesday night 21-19. In league three there is a three way tie between Beta Kappa, S.A.E. and Phi Delta Theta. Alpha Psi and Sigma Nu are leading contenders for the crown in league four. N YA'er Veasey Is Given Certificate Frank I. Veasey, 20, Route 2, Trussville, who didn't know the difference a few weeks ago between a micrometer and a milling machine, has been chosen by his project managers and supervisors as the "NYA youth worker most valuable to war production" in the Auburn war industries training project sponsored by the NYA, the State Department of Vocational Education, and the College. As a result, Veasey was presented with a certificate Friday afternoon by Pres. L. N. Duncan at a meeting of more than 200 project enrollees. "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" To Be Selected at Dance Tonight The Gamma Sigma chapter of Sigma Chi will select its "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" tonight at a dance in its fraternity house. The girls will be escorted by members of Sigma Chi. All of the girls will be freshmen chosen from the different sororities and dormitories on the campus, and several girls from the town. Each sorority and dormitory president nominated three girls to represent them in the contest. An informal party was held in the house on Monday night for the purpose of the members and the judges becoming better acquainted with the nominees. The judges will be composed of several adults from the town and on the faculty. They will select three of the girls tonight and the chapter members will vote on one of these three for their choice. The one with the most votes will be designated as the "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" for this chapter. The winner will be presented with a loving cup for her permanent possession. It will have suitable engraving for her and the sorority she represents. The girls will be judged on their beauty, intelligence, grace, talent, personality and their interest in Sigma Chi. Pre-Law Society to Sponsor Phonograph Record Drive Here The all-campus phonograph record drive, which is being sponsored by the Pre-Law Society in cooperation with the United Service Organizations of the state, will be held on Thursday, February 26. A silver cup will be awarded to the organization which contributes the largest number of recordings during the one-day campaign. Eligible for this award is any fraternity, sorority, or club at A. P. I. A written statement giving the number of records donated by an organization must be signed by the president of that organization and submitted to one of the members of the committee in charge of the drive before 6 P. M., Thursday. The committee is composed of the following students: Cullen Ward, Henry Poellnitz, and Buck Taylor. A desk will be placed at the Main Gate on the day of the campaign in order that the delivery of records may be facilitated. Not only are organizations urged to contribute, but faculty members and townspeople are also asked to do their part for Uncle Sam's fighting men. Briaerean Society Announces Tapping of Six New Members Briaerean Society, honor society for co-ops, announces the tapping of six new men. Men honored were Frank Brooks, James Clayton, Roger Holmes, Wilbur McDuff, Herbert Zieger, and Gerald Burnett. Briaerean selects men on a basis of scholastic record and leadership. Men tapped for this organization must have a weighted average of 85 or better. Initiation for new men will be held tomorrow evening at seven o'clock, and members and initiates will meet in Broun Auditorium. Frank Clinton Brooks, Birmingham, is a pre-junior in electrical engineering. When not in school, he is employed by the R. M. Broadwell Co. of Birmingham. James Monroe Clayton is from Columbus, also a pre-junior in electrical engineering, and works for the Georgia Power Co. Roger L. Holmes, Attalla, Ala., works for the Alabama Power Co. He is a junior in mechanical engineering. Wilbur S. McDuff, pre-junior in mechanical engineering from Birmingham, works for T.C.I. Herbert Evan Zieger, Birmingham, is a pre-junior in chemical engineering. He works for the Alabama Fuel and Iron Co. of Birmingham. Gerald Dean Burnett, Good-water, Ala., a pre-junior in chemical engineering, works for the Alabama State Highway Department. MITECS INVITE "A" SECTION CO-OPS TO DANCE FEB. 27 Clarence Methvin, Jr., president of Mitec Engineers, has asked The Plainsman to state that all co-ops in section "A", now at their jobs, are cordially invited to attend the Mitec dance, which will be held on Feb. 27. B M ^ M l k M i mm mmmm Page Two T H E P L A I N S M A N February 20, 1942 The Quarter Systenri as a Student Problem While faculty committees are spending long hours working over course and schedule revisions which the change to the quarter system will necessitate, students do not seem to realize, in a large part, that they must make some changes themselves. Of course, fraternities have become aware that they face a real problem, and possibly some few have already accomplished the laying of the groundwork for the new plan. Many others have talked over the problem, and are planning to get busy "sometime soon". But as far as the student body in general is concerned, there seems to be a lack of awareness. Plans are going ahead for class elections, but as yet there has been no requirement that an office-holder must stay in school for the four quarters. We are not saying that this should be done, but we do believe that provisions should be made for a substitute. This is especially applicable to the publications heads, if they are to run on a twelve-month basis. Action should be taken on this before experienced students are out of school and the job is in the hands of students who know little about the problem. H.M. Still Time to Contribute Books to the USO We have no idea of the extent of student cooperation in the Auburn Rotary Club Book Drive which ends today. We hope that students have contributed as well as have townspeople. The Rotary Club instituted the drive in Auburn, in line with a national Victory Book Campaign. All books collected in the drive will be forwarded to army camps in different sections of the country, and to USO recreation centers in the cities of the nation. • The Rotary Club is to be highly commended for its part in this drive. The distribution of books and reading matter, both fictional and non-fictional, among men in the service of the United States, seems almost as important to us as does the purchase of defense bonds—and a lot less selfish. Good reading material for soldiers should do much toward keeping army and navy morale up to the pitch necessary for good military service. Army camp libraries, and USO libraries the nation over seem to be lacking in such reading matter. It's not too late for students to contribute books. Any kind of book will do, although fictional contributions are preferred. The drive doesn't end until tonight, and the collection centers in the College Library and Ward and King's uptown are conveniently located. What's the Use of Air Raid Precautions? Students met Tuesday's Air Raid set-up story for Auburn with a laugh. "What possible good," the majority queried, "will something like that ever do Auburn?" There are two answers to that question —both of them deal with things. in the future, and consequently, both of them may be a little obscure to college students who develop the habit of ,iooking no further into the future than the next weekend or the next quiz in a course. Our answer number one would be something like this: Auburn is an institution of higher learning, established originally for the purpose of training students in things agricultural and mechanical. Since 1872, however, Auburn has developed into a real university. Auburn has accepted the idea of modern educators that education is preparation for life. We of Auburn are the future citizens of the nation. Many of us are the future officers and soldiers of our nation's army, but perhaps more are among those who will stay at home and help supply and equip the soldiers. It takes about twenty workers at home to keep one soldier fully prepared in the field. For the next few years, or until the end of the international crisis, most of our lives will be devoted to the nation's policy of keeping those soldiers fighting. Consequently, most of us will be in towns and cities and defense factories where air raid precautions may become absolutely necessary. Should Auburn as a training institution, allow her students to graduate untrained in these precautions? Should we as students, laugh at anything which might prepare us to save lives on the home front? This air raid system of Auburn's, if it had no further purpose than to train Auburn's students as to what to do in case of such a raid, would seem to us to be all-important. The answer number two to the question may seem even more vague to the casual student mind—but it too, may become an actuality. Auburn is, as we have said, a training institution. Auburn is training not only future officers and soldiers, but also future industrial leaders, future defense engineers and workers, future doctors and nurses, future cogs in a national defense machine. There is a bare possibility that somer where in the back of Herr Hitler's mind, or somewhere in one of the L.Y.B.'s war plans there lies a plan to put out of operation the colleges and universities of this nation—or at least those which are training these future home front fighters. If. there is such a plan, then there's no reason why Auburn shouldn't be one of the first to go. That's just a bare possibility, you say. Perhaps it is. Even so, it is a possibility. Although we have no defense industries here, although Auburn is comparatively a "one-horse" town, although there is no strategic military objective in this vicinity, Auburn might be subject to an air raid. The town is strategically located. In case of an attempted invasion of this country, it might make a fine base for some enemy operations. We're to have an airport here capable of handling even some of the largest planes. We're only sixty miles from Montgomery and Maxwell Field. We are only thirty miles from Ft. Benning. We're only a little over a hundred miles from Birmingham. We aren't over seventy miles from Childersburg. We could be in deep water. So why shouldn't Auburn consider the possibility of an air raid? And why should not Auburn be prepared for such. It doesn't seem to be such a laughing matter. IhB Plaindmarh Published semi-weekly by the Students of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Editorial and Business Office on Tichenor Avenue. ROBERT C. ANDERSON, Editor-in-Chief JAMES L. ROUSE, Business Manager HERBERT MARTIN Managing Editor GEORGE HEARD Associate Editor JOE C. GANDY Advertising Mgr. JOHN SCOTT, JR. News Editor JOHN PIERCE Sports Editor ESTELLE GAINES Society Editor NEWS STAFF Milton Kay David Allen Buck Taylor Chalmers Bryant Bill Martin HAM WILSON WOODIE HUBBARD Assistant Advertising Managers JIM McCRORY Collections Mgr. Advertising and Collections Assistants ALBERT SCROGGINS Circulation Mgr. ALFRED GREEN Office Mgr. Fred Allison Reuben Burch Luther Taylor Knud Nielsen Jack Berry Bobby Hails John Spencer Gladys Burbage Lawrence Cottle Member Plssocided Golle6iafe Press Distributor of Golle6iaie Di6est REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative AZO MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO ' BOSTON * LOS ANOELM - SAN FRANCISCO SiVMTTY SAY B6SS_PAY ME WITH DEFENSE. STAMPS AS PART" \ OF MY SALARY EA^H WEEK- — AWb, IF YOUD LIKE To4lVl= ME A r?AISE,Yon C>M MAkE BONDS/ To the Students Funds For The "Alabama Farmer"? The following letter, although written by a member of The Plainsman staff, does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editor or follow the editorial policy of this paper. The information found in it was furnished its writer by B. B. Williamson, Editor, :pf the Alabama Farmer. The writer, John Scott, Jr., merely states these facts and the plea of the Farmer staff in his letter. It is published here as a letter to the editor, merely for the consideration of the students of Auburn. The Letter To The Editor "Dear Editor: ' ; ' * ' "There are on the Auburn campus three student publications of first rank: The Plainsman, student newspaper published twice weekly and circulated .to the student body and exchanged with the publication offices of other schools; the Glomerata, student annual which each student pays for upon registration; and the Alabama Farmer, student periodical in agriculture published monthly by students in the School of Agriculture, i "The organization and service of the first two of these publications are familiar, to all of us, but the set-up of the Alabama Farmer is but poorly understood .except among the students of the School of Agriculture. Now, however, the support and continuance of operation of this magazine have become a matter of concern to us all. One And Only Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by mail: $2.50 per year, $1.50 per semester. "The Alabama Farmer is in its twenty-second year of publication as the only student agricultural periodical in the state. During those twenty odd years the magazine has grown in size, circulation, and quality. • There have been many improvements made in these years including the use of first-grade paper, use of pictures, and publication ot studeht-written feature articles of interest to^both student and practicing agriculturists. During those twenty-two years the Alabama Farmer, although comparatively unknown to most of the students not taking "ag", has become a symbol of Auburn's leadership in the field of agricultural education. "The magazine is published monthly, and each month's issue exceeds one thousand, for circulation-to the students interested in it, for circulation to interested agencies of the college and state, and for exchange with similar publications of the agricultural schools of other States. The Alabama Farmer is a member of the Agricultural College Magazines association, membership in which is limited to leading magazines in the field. "This record, and the progress that has lead to it, has been compiled without any support by the school. The magazine has been strictly a student publication and has been financed by the advertising and circulation which it has built up. Such a policy has unquestionably contributed much to the liveliness and interest of the staff members, but it cannot be continued. The Alabama Farmer has managed to keep a financial balance during its past twenty-two years through the sources of income mentioned here, but the cost of publication has risen at least thirty per cent. There are two alternatives for the magazine, each of them highly objectionable, unless financial aid is furnished. : Two Alternatives "First, the Alabama Farmer can raise subscription and advertising rates to meet increasing costs. But, this cannot be done on contracts already let, and cannot be done without a loss of advertisers. Neither can this policy be followed in regard to subscription rates with any degree of success. The subscription charge furnishes very little of the magazine's income and many of the subscriptions have quite a while to run before renewal and the increase can be effected. It must be remembered that the magazine is circulated to the Auburn students who are interested free of charge. "The second possibility is a drastic" reduction of standards and materials to meet the relatively decreased income. This would be objectionable for the Alabama Farmer is the voice of the students in agriculture as pertains to their development as leaders in the field. After having built the magazine to first rank in its line, it would hardly be "right to force it to take the back seat for similar publications by schools who support their magazines as part of the student-supported publication program. It's Up To The Students "The answer to the problem lies with the students of the college. The staff of the Alabama Farmer, a staff whose services are entirely gratis, has advanced the plan of utilizing a very small part of the student activities fee, from which The Plainsman and Glomerata draw support, for the continuance of publication. A« little as 4% of the student activities.fees would enable the magazine to continue publication with no slackening of standards or lessening of circulation to the farmer friends of the college. • ... "The Alabama Farmer is, of course, a specialized magazine. It is intended to be so, and is of primary interest only to one branch of the college. That this school is one of the largest and its services one of the very ones for which the college was founded is equally true. It is up to the students and administration of the college to decide whether or not the support of the Alabama Farmer shall in a small way be shouldered by the entire school. An Intensive Program "We realize that the next few years will see the entire nation launched on its most intensive agricultural program, and we all hope and expect Auburn to take its place among the leaders of this. Why can't we all make an effort to thus support one of the most progressive signs of student accomplishment by the students of agriculture at our own college. It is more than merely an excellent advertisement for the school; it is proof that reminds a thousand people each month that Auburn is alert and on the job, a maturely developed institution. 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. Too many organizations on the campus seem to be following a policy of "we've been here for years and we don't need to submit a statement for the Executive Cabinet's inspection to stay here." * * * The fact that many of these organizations accomplish a worthwhile purpose will have no weight with the Cabinet if such organizations should ignore the request for a statement of worth and service. Although the Cabinet does not plan to frown upon any group which can justify its existence, even slightly, it sees the need for more rigid requirements for recognition of an organization on this campus. * « * It means business, and you can file that under True Statements. Although it won't kick out any organization w h i c h is active, merely because it duplicates the work of another, it will allow no new group to come on the campus which duplicates the work of some existing society. * * * And organizations which do not submit statements will be judged inactive, and will be treated as newcomers, should they care to petition the Cabinet later for recognition. And no organizations of the types being examined will be placed on the recognized list which do not write up the requested information and turn it in to the Cabinet committee, which is headed by Pete King, who will receive these statements at the Phi Delta Theta house. * * * It would be a little difficult for the Cabinet to ask any society, which does submit a statement, to discontinue its activities, if its existence can be justified in any way, but it won't be hard at all to refuse a petition of membership to a group which the Cabinet feels would not fill a definite gap in Auburn's honorary society program. * * * If you are in doubt as to classification of any group to which you may belong, and if you are not sure whether or not you will be required to submit a statement, the safe thing to do is to ask Bill Moore, president of the Cabinet. If your organization is not a social fraternity or sorority, and if it is not directly needed for the success of some school activity, such as glee clubs, band, or dramatics, the chances are you'd better be working on that statement. * * * Don't forget to watch your calendar for developments. Tomorrow is Feb. 21. * * * And that's the story. And it's up to you. * * * Point of scenic interest . . . that little bungalow from which Squires sold tickets in front of the Main Gate to the Rollin' Rhythm affair. * * * All of this stuff about what to name the New Classroom Building may be a lot of stuff, but we'd like to see it christened something, even with a bottle of Coca- Cola, which is getting to be as rare as champagne ever was. We don't care whether they call it Socrates' Structure or Plato's Place, but we'd like to see it named. * * * We'd hate to see it still called the New Classroom Building when it gets to be as old as Broun Hall. * * * And Broun Hall is really red. That oughta make Ripley. * * * And to the politicians . . . don't be too free with those campaign promises. It's disgusting how some people always seem to remember them when you get in office. * * * To the voters . . . it's no use to lock the door, plug up the window, and crawl under the bed to study. It's just that season of the year. You can't keep the candidates out. * * * Karrie, the Kampus Keytoter, says, "What in the world is the Cabinet trying to do, run all the hock shops outa business?" Here, There, and Elsewhere By JOHN SCOTT, JR. 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. This week has been a sad one for all of the Allied Nations, but it has been an especially bitter one for Britain. For this week Britain's faith in everything British has been shaken to the core. From this week we can date any change that may someday,be effected in the whole system that runs England. Two weeks ago the British had faith in the fact that their navy was still supreme, that it could indefinitely bottle up the sea power of the Germans. Two weeks ago they still had faith that Singapore would hold India and the East for them. Two weeks ago the only trouble in Australia was an intra-camp argument about who was going to be "quarterback" on the Empire team in the Pacific. All that is gone now. The war in the Pacific is virtually lost, though not finally as long as Australia remains free. And, the coming Battle of India is beginning to develop in the jungles east of the Burma Road. England has learned that its best to date has not been good enough. Its Prime Minister seemed lifeless as he addressed the people last week. He did not give them the fighting speech, the assurance of stopping violation of ration law by the wealthy, the promise of immediate reprisal. He could not. England's Uncle Sam All that their leader could say to the people of England was that all was not lost because Uncle Sam was not ready to cry uncle by a very great deal. He appealed, not to the fighting spirit of a misled people, but to the United States for aid and protection. The reason that Winston Churchill did not mention the fiasco in the Channel, when the pride of the German navy spurned the best that Britain could offer, was that there was nothing he could say. There was no explanation. The facts were plain and clear, no matter how hard they might be to take. Cabinet Shakeup? The change in tenor of the British government that will come sooner or later was sending out advance notices this week. Pressure for removal of the dead wood from the cabinet became intense; pressure for the appointment of vigorous, liberal Sir Stafford Cripps to some high post likewise became intense. The British people, slow though they may be, were beginning to see the handwriting on the wall. They had hoped that there was no such animal as total war, but there is. They had clung to the idea that after all such a thing could not happen there, but it can and very likely will if we over here don't stop it. They still clung to the philosophy that nothing could be done that hadn't been done before, and once again it betrayed them. With all of this happening, even the most complacent of the British saw that their government had been at fault. It had committed once more the peculiarly British sin of underestimating the enemy. Singapore and Malay will some day be regained at a conference table, if the U. Sr can swing the job; but the British system of securing high office because Uncle Joe once held the same post will never come back, if the British people have learned one lesson from all this. Sub Activity This week the Germans have again unleased their sub packs to hunt down Allied shipping. The British report sighting a fleet of ten new under-sea fighters in the Mediterranean, and the U. S. has seen signs of even more of them off its own coasts. This double-edged cut at supply maintenance seems designed to, prevent effective use of American material, when we finally get to turning it out in really telling amounts. If the Germans can disrupt supply from America to the (Continued on Page 6) February 20, 1942 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page>$Kree Week-end Formals are Sigma Pi and ALT Ann Gosset ALT Annual Will Lead Sigma Pi Hop Anne Gossett, of Columbus, Ga., will lead the annual Founders' Day Ball of Sigma Pi fraternity tonight in Graves Center. She will be escorted by John Pope, president of the Alpha Delta chapter here. The dance will begin at nine o'clock and will feature the music of the Auburn Plainsmen. Graves Center will be decorated with the fraternity colors, purple and white, with a white ruffled backdrop with Sigma Pi written in large letters displayed in the center. Streamers from the ceiling will lead to the center of the hall supporting the color effect. At the other end of the floor a lighted Sigma Pi pin will be placed above a purple and white leadout entrance. The fraternity will entertain its guests at the chapter house with a breakfast following the dance. Mrs. D. W. Crosland of Montgomery, Sigma Pi housemother, will be hostess for the week-end and will be honored at the dance. The date list includes: Edward Lindsay, Sue Montgomery; Bob Brewer, Dot Boardman; Reuben Brawner, Virginia Boteler; Bill Shealy, Joy Hutchings; Jack Holt, Virginia Bartee; Buddy Boteler, Edna Jo Bowling; Don Brewer, Bebe Faust; James West, Jane Foster; Mike Blevins, Norma Ray Autery; Jim Warren, Anice Oswald; Jim Seamans, Jerry Card-well; John Christopher, Martha Rey; Joe Johnson, Anna Ruth Mc- Cracken; Alvin Stratigos, Maxine Powell; Harry Smalley, Mary Jo Spradley; Jake McCullough, Jer- TODAY MYRNA LOY TYRONE POWER GEORGE BRENT in 'The Rains Came' SATURDAY JEFFREY LYNN JANE WYMAN in 'THE BODY DISAPPEARS' Serial Novelty SUNDAY — MONDAY ROBERT UNA UYIOMER A MERVYN LeROY PRODUCTION with EDW. ARNOLD VAN HEFLIN • ROBERT STERLING PATRICIA DANE • GLENDA FARRELL HENRY O'NEILL • DIANA LEWIS Latest War News LEADS SIGMA PI DANCE TUESDAY BRIAN DONLEVY ANDY DEVINE BROD CRAWFORD in 'SOUTH OF TAHITI' Miss Anne Gossett, of Columbus, Ga., pictured above, will lead tonight's Sigma Pi Founders' Day Ball in Graves Center. She will be escorted by Sigma Pi president John Pope. LEADS ALT GRAND MARCH Mrs. James Dowdy, above, will lead the annual formal of Alpha Lambda Tau fraternity tomorrow night in Graves Center. Mrs. Dowdy is the wife of the President of Beta Chapter of A. L. T. ry McCullough; Dudley Martin, Bernice Hocutt; Byron Wates, Gloria Dorriety; Cromwell Cleveland, Willie Bee Washburn; Curtis Adams, Lucinda Lasseter; Jack Easterling,' L i l l i a n Thrower; Dolph Mosley, Tommy Pridmore, Jack Bolt, Don Nebrig, Leonard Hooper, Jim Smith, Neal Sims, and visiting members from the Emory University Chapter. Society by E. Gaines GET YOUR SADDLE SHOES BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. Just Received New Shipment of Spring Socks B. LOWE'S "The Store for Men" Alpha Delta Marjorie Butt, who was an Alpha Delta Pi pledge at Sophie Newcomb, transferred to Auburn at mid-year. The colonizing chapter of that sorority here has found a worthy addition. Pledge service will be held Thursday night for Carolyn Clay and Jean Hester. The newest A l p h a Delta patroness is Mrs. Nim Denson of Opelika, who has kindly assented to help the sistern in organizing and planning ways to strengthen the sorority on the campus. Alpha Gamma Delta Alpha Gamma Delta sorority entertained at a party honoring its rushees Feb. 5th in the sorority room. Decorations followed the patriotic theme. Rushees were summoned to "mess" when Thad Salmon blew a bugle call. Army rations of fried chicken and coffee were served in tin plates and cups. Defense stamps were presented to the guests as favors. Dorothy Murdock and John Farnham sang both patriotic and sorority songs accompanied by Delson Petrie at the piano. Mary Jo Spradley and Mary Hazel Ford entertained the group with a skit during the evening. EAT WELL TO STAY WELL The American Way each placed snake pins on the neophytes during the ceremony. Formal Is Tomorrow Beta chapter of Alpha Lambda Tau entertains with its annual dance tomorrow night in Graves Center. Leading the dance will be Mrs. James Dowdy, the wife of the president. She will be presented with a bouquet of red roses during the leadout. Decorations for the dance comprise a glistening blue backdrop, a lighted fraternity pin, and an enlarged Alpha Lambda Tau pin through which the leadout will start. Mounted on the backdrop is a large reproduction of the dancing couple design used on the dance bids. The couples in the leadout will walk through the ALT pin and march down the hall to form a V. Festivities for the week-end include a house party, a buffet supper Friday night, and a breakfast after the formal Saturday night. The date list includes: Malcolm Kelly, Frances Stanley; Ollie Bryant, Evelyn Vail; Warren Morris, Mrs. Warren Morris; L. J. McMil-lian, Jane Gatewood; Hollis Price, Jimmie Jean Neeley; John T. Schell, Jessie Mae Ford; Ralph Stanford, Mary Virginia Perdue; Jimmy Dowdy, Dorothy Dowdy; Tandy Little, Teenie Blair; Jesse Jordon, Caroline Fergueson; Bill Kelly, Willie Chase; Louis Mal-peli, Dink McDaniel; Hugo Park-man, Constance Make; Sam Mayo, Louise Lipscomb; Felix Williams, Katie Joe Dennis; B. B. Knowles, Sara Brooks; Jimmy Huggins, Millard Morgan; Bill Mitchell, Jean Mitchell; Penny Williams, Cardinal Key To Give Tea Sunday at 4 All Junior Women Students Are Invited Cardinal Key, senior women's honor society will give a tea Sunday afternoon f r om four until five-thirty at Social Center for all junior women. The receiving line will toe made up of the officers of Cardinal Key: Anita Albright, president; Adele Fox, vice-president; Emma Lou Farrior, secretary; Emma Nell Parrish, treasurer. The organization has taken a patriotic theme for its decorations, with red, white, and blue colors used predominately. Katherine Hayes; Seymore West, Sars Frye; Clarence Horton, Jane Caffey; Bill Rogers, Doris Caton; Helmut Thielsch, Lucretia Perry. Guests and alumni who will attend the dance will include Helen Marian, Bernice Malpeli; Bob Smith, Nelson Grubbs, Lt. Weaver, Professor Nickols, Professor A. J. Butler, Cam Glover, Brice Nelson, John F. Wright, Graham Howard, Cecil Thrower, Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Early, Bob Miller, Bill Flurry, Joe Nelson, Horace Burson, Lila Rhodes, Charles Driver, Loraine Lieger, John Foerg, Norma Blair, Evan Zieger, Dixie Black. LOST — Mechanical Drawing Set 2/17/42. Finder please call Joe Biddle, S9-M or come to 210 W. Glenn. Reward. FOR RENT — Efficiency apt. 343 S. College St. Available March 1. Call Mrs. Funchess 214 or College 279. 2-20-24 Kappa Alpha m SERVE BALL BREAD 3 Times A Day There's no shortage of bread in America! You can have delicious, satisfying Ball's Bread at every meal. It's your dependable source of health-giving vitamins. You'll like this perfect golden brown loaf with its flaky crust, its rich, different flavor! But it in the economical family size. For health and vitality, enjoy Ball's Bread at least 3 times a day. BALL'S BAKERY The good KA brethren on South College plan to give a hay-ride and house dance a week from Saturday night. No further details have been announced by the social chairman, Jack Becker, as yet. Kappa Sigma The Kappa Sigma pledges will entertain the active members Feb. 28th with a hayride out at Wright's Mill. "Momma Helen" will chaperon. Sigma Phi Epsilon The Alabama Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon was honored Wednesday and Thursday by the visit of William L. Phillips, better known to the Sig Eps as "Uncle Billy." A banquet was held in his honor Wednesday night at the chapter house. Mrs. Elizabeth Cox a c t e d as hostess. Alumni who attended were Ottis Ward, Alumni Secretary, Professor John Cottier, faculty adviser of the fraternity and Dryden Baughman, faculty member. Sigma Nu The alumnae attending the Sigma Nu initiation included Dr. Lan Lipscomb, Feagin Rainer and Bill Scott. The two former men had sons who were being initiated and the latter had a brother. They IT EVEN FEELS LIKE A NEW SUIT ! THAT 5ANITONE CLEANING IS SWELL I 4 REASONS WHY YOUR SUIT LOOKS AND FEELS NEW AFTER WE'VE SANITONED IT EMo • Sanitone's unique cleaning action get» out all the dirt and perspiration. • Sanitone improves texture by reviving original mill finish. • Our careful pressing raises the nap of the cloth. • Minor repairs made free—even if you forget to ask us. jut* SHOW YOUR PATRIOTISM BY MAKING THAT SUIT LAST AS LONG AS TWO. THIS CAN BE DONE IF SANITONED BY THE IDEAL LAUNDRY. Ideal Laundry Page Four THE P L A I N S M AN February 20, 1942 Tigers to Meet Florida Here Games Tonight And Tomorrow Afternoon YARDSTICK Five Tigers Give Last Performance Here; Team Leaves For SEC Meet Five Auburn basketballers give their last performance in Alumni Gymnasium tomorrow afternoon when Auburn plays the second of a two-game series with Florida. First game is tonight at 8 o'clock, and tomorrow's game will be played at 4 P. M. in order to allow the Gator squad to catch a train. The games also mark the curtain exhibitions by each team in regular Southeastern Conference play. On Wednesday morning the Plainsmen will leave by train for Louisville for the SEC meet. Hawkins. Manci Top Seniors Topping the list of seniors are Shag Hawkins, center and captain of the '41 and '42 teams, and Frank Manci, a regular for Coach Ralph Jordan since his sophomore year. This pair currently leads the Conference in scoring and will be out to clinch the honors in this final pair of league games. Other seniors at the end of their basketball rope are Marvin Motley, Ben Park and Jack Tanner. Motley, a guard was a valuable guard on last year's Auburn team and has played from that position this year also. Park was a guard in '41, but has been seen as both guard and forward during this season, showing effectively at either position. Tanner, a squadman for three years, has proved dependable in a reserve guard position and doubtless will show in that capacity against Florida. Hope To Snap Streak The Plainsmen hope to snap the streak which has followed them ever since their win over Georgia a week ago. At that time they held third place in the Conference. On Saturday, however, Mississippi sprang an upset in winning by 41-40. Tulane was met in New Orleans and Greenies pinned on the fourth Auburn loss, 50-41. Then Louisiana State conquered the Plainsmen in Baton Rouge by 63-49 and made it three losses within a four day period. This week-end's games will be the fifth and sixth played in nine days time for Coach Jordan's would have had to look hard to Plainsmen, and the Plainsmen find a tougher closeout opponent. GUARD OR CENTER? MAKV/fJ MQTUE.-/ Playing in his last games before the home crowds will be Marvin Motley, senior from Autaugaville. A guard on the first team for two years, Marvin also has shown as a center. Part of the rhythm of action the pause that refreshes It's the refreshing thing to do Opelika Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Phone 70 M-39-4 By JOHN PIERCE HAWKINS OUT Sometime during the latter part of next week (and the later the better) five seniors will play their last basketball for Auburn. Four are Jack Tanner, Frank Manci, Ben Park and Marvin Motley. Shag Hawkins is the other senior. So now might be an opportune time to attempt a summary of the activities of Capt. Hawkins. He is, they are saying, probably the hottest thing ever to play a spot in Alumni Gymnasium. Alumni Gym's history must cover a whole lot of basketball players, a whole lot of games, and a whole lot of crowds dangling from the creaking balconies. So we'd agree that out of all of the basketball players who have played there there have undoubtedly been some great ones. We haven't seen the others, but we'll ride right along with those people who acclaim Hawkins as Auburn's best. Because Shag Hawkins is the most deadly piece of basketball machinery we have ever seen. We've watched him play a lot of games and we have yet to walk in on one when he couldn't do some entirely unconventional thing with a basketball—something we hadn't seen before. Last Friday night after Shag had scored 21 points in the win over Georgia we walked about here and there and asked a lot of people about him. We asked the freshman, the senior, the alumnus. We asked Vic Costellos, Jim Samford, Pop Reynolds. A lot of people. "Have you ever seen a better basketball player than Shag Hawkins?" The interviewee would light up. It's a subject they like to talk about around Auburn. "No," said the frosh or the senior or the alumnus or Vic Costellos. "No, I haven't." Prejudice? Well, now, if Shag played with Georgia or Tulane or Mississippi State maybe he wouldn't look so good. Maybe we'd think him pretty fair, but nothing exceptional. But right here we're echoing, we think, the reactions of the Auburn students who have watched him play for four years. Okay. You have your Glammack of North Carolina who went out and racked up something like a 30 point average last year; you've read about the number with West Texas State who throws in 500 per season. We'll step out of the way for those of that category. But where you see something like that you'll also see a system where somebody can afford to go out and get the additional something that every All-American has to have before he can start tossing 'em in so fast the net smokes by half-time. Shag's style of play is unique. It's either the most countrified version of Dr. Naismith's brain-child ever to appear in public circles—or it's so metropolitan that New York isn't big enough for it yet. Nobody in these sections will profess to having seen anything like it. It involves a running shot which starts from two inches above the floor. It features a break for the backboard that will make the most alert defensive man stumble and fall and turn around in time to hear the swish. It utilizes a jump that drags down a rebound before the opposing gents can figure the situation out thoroughly. And it includes a swaggering, casual, easy one-handed type of play which is as colorful as anything in the business. The Auburn basketball crowds hinge on what this guy does. When Shag makes one of his spectacular breaks and leaves the opposition scattered around the floor like the Autumn leaves there is a gallery sound corresponding in its originality to the play. It's a combined roar and laugh. A roar for the two points he's ju"st chuck- (Continued on page 6) Starting slowly, the invading Gators have built their forces into a top-ranking contender and hold good phances of sinking the Auburn outfit. The lineup which has opened for the past few games will open GOOD VALUES Every Day in the Year atBAYNE'S Some Suggestions You Can't Go Wrong On Martha Washington TISSUES—200 10c 500 23c TEK TOOTH BRUSH—50c value i 29c TEK TOOTH BRUSH—2 in package 55c PEPSODENT FIFTY TUFT BRUSH 47c PEPSODENT PROFESSIONAL TYPE -20c DR. WEST MIRACLE TUFT 47c DR. WEST (Old Style 50c Brush) .25c PROPHYLACTIC BONDED BRUSH 47c PROPHYLACTIC (Old Style 50c Brush) 29c PROPHYLACTIC—NYLON BRISTLE 23c RUBBERSET D. D. 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Meagher Named to Naval Board Of Physical Training Experts Head Coach and Athletic Director Jack Meagher was this week named a member of a board of eight sports authorities which is to offer advice on the naval aviation program's physical training aspects. The board will function as an advisory council. It convened at the Navy Department at Washington Monday in its initial meeting. Members of the council will not give up their regular positions but will devote as much time as is necessary to the naval physical training activities. The advisers are Dr. Joseph Raycroft of Princeton; William Bingham, athletic director of Harvard; Jack Meagher, athletic director of Alabama Polytechnic Institute; L. W. St. John, athletic director of Ohio State University; Major John Griffith, commissioner of athletics for the Big Ten Conference; Elmer Mitchell, director of intramural athletics at the University of Michigan; Ray Eck-mann, director of athletics and student activities of the University of Washington, and Dean Carl T. Schott of Pennsylvania State College. Bengals Defeat Plainsmen 63-49 In Baton Rouge Louisiana State slid into the fourth position in the 1942 Southeastern Conference basketball race Tuesday night as the Bengals knocked over Auburn by a 63-49 score in Baton Rouge. It was the third successive loss for the Plainsmen and lowered them into fifth place in the Conference standings. The two teams battled evenly during the first half, left the floor with L.S.U. on top, 26-25. After the intermission, however, Auburn fell behind and the Louis-ianians, led by Chaney, increased their advantage to 14 points. Chaney led all scorers for the night with a 21-point total. The Frank Manci-Shag Hawkins combine continued to function despite the loss, and the two held their grip on the first two places within the SEC individual scoring race. Hawkins counted 14 points, Manci 10. Outstanding also for the Plainsmen was guard Ben Park, who's been playing from both guard and forward positions throughout the season. Functioning in a forward's spot against L.S.U., Ben showed himself as Auburn's most improved player since his start as a varsity basketballer. His scoring total reached nine points in Baton. Rouge. The Plainsmen showed improvement over their Monday night's form, but the barrage of L.S.U. goals outdid their best scoring efforts. Bass, a center, and Morey, forward, combined to score 30 of the L.S.U. total. Auburn (49) Pos. L.S.U. (63) Manci (10) JF (14) Morey Williams (6) J?_. (21) Chaney Hawkins (14) ._.C (16) Bass Canzoneri (4) G (4) Herbst Motley (2) G (4) Graham Substitutions: Auburn — Park (9); Young; Tanner (4); Burton. Louisiana State: Shows; Fulker-son; McLeod; Madison (4). jBBSjjSiBSMag^^ tonight for Auburn. Manci andl Williams will be the forwards, Capt. Shag Hawkins will be the wheelhorse from center, Canzoneri and Motley will start in the guard positions. Canzoneri is a junior, Williams a sophomore. PLANNED PERMANENCE When you decide to build a home of your own, there are many factors that should be thoroughly investigated and understood before you sign a contract. The best way to play safe is to deal with a reliable and reputable organization. When you buy a home built by The Auburn Ice & Coal Co. you are sure of buying a home that will hold its value and attractiveness indefinitely. These homes are planned for permanence and for genuine living comfort. There is no trace of flimsy construction or inferior workmanship in these homes. An Auburn Ice & Coal Co. home is an investment in permanent security. / SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF HOUSE PLANS. THERE IS NO OBLIGATION AUBURN ICE & COAL CO. "BUILDERS OF FINE HOMES" ssssssssssss; February 20, 1942 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Five Punishment, Good Examples, and Training Program Discussed in Series "Men Management" Article Continues With Lecture Notes on "Discipline" Discipline is the foundation upon which an Army is built. It is the object of the leader through training to produce a discipline within the unit which will insure cheerful and conscientious performance of all necessary tasks under all conditions. Discipline cannot be founded on punishment alone. Obedience to authority is rather founded upon leadership of such quality as to assist the adjustment of the individual to the group and cause the group to want to abide by the will of the commander. A discipline of force which tries to compel adjustment rather than prevent maladjustment arouses reaction and opposition. True discipline accordingly is the result of volition and is gained through building willingness, enthusiasm and cooperation—never through the fear of punishment. Such discipline is voluntary and is based on knowledge, reason, sense of duty, and idealism. The proper function of punishment under such discipline is to act as a powerful stimulant and reminder of the interest of the group to its more backward or egocentric members and to eliminate entirely from the group those few incorrigibles w h i c h may threaten the morale of the entire unit. The first rate officer will avoid petty punishments. If he has to punish he will punish hard and after fair warning. Fairness in the awarding of punishment is essential. However, fairness does not consist in always awarding the same punishment for the same offense under all conditions. The offender's record and personal characteristics should be studied in each case and the punishment awarded should be chosen primarily with a view to correcting the wrong tendencies of the individual and making him a use- LOANS Short Term Loans on Most Anything of Value Opelika Pawn Shop Clement Hotel Corner Opelika. Ala. I KING'S FLORIST We Specialize in Corsages of All Types Phone 611 Night Phone 365 "Flowers for all Occasions" ful member of the unit. Duty should never be awarded as punishment. One of the most common violations of this principle is the awarding of kitchen police as punishment. Such practices tend to lower the respect of the men for the duty and also detracts from the punishment. A good symptom of the state of discipline in any unit is the record of the absence without leave. A study in the First World War of 625 cases of absence without leave showed that 247 were due to the defects in the character of the offender; 160 were connected with his conditions of service; 186 were connected with his family; and 24 connected with outside matters, principally women. Of those connected with the service the great majority might have been easily avoided if the training of their units and the leadership of their superiors had been somewhat better. Of those connected with family matters about half were due to the illness or death of near relatives. It thus becomes apparent that of the cases studied probably about two-thirds could have been eliminated by the commanders by better instruction of their subordinates, a better understanding of their personal problems, and a more careful application of the principles of man management. Setting a Good Example The manner of the leader is an index to his character and state of mind and is carefully watched by his subordinates. The leader's manner is unconsciously imitated by his men. He must, therefore, cultivate a calm, controlled manner, particularly under circumstances which appear to be unfavorable. Few things can keep up the morale of the troops better than the realization that the leader with full knowledge of the difficulty of the situation neither looks nor acts as worried as perhaps as he has a right to be. The leader's appearance, gestures, and tone should give evidence of self-control. His language must be disciplined. He should speak plainly and simply and use words which he thinks the men he is yiCTORY BUY UNITED STATES DEFENSE BONDS STAMPS WAR NEEDS MONEY! It will cost money to defeat our enemy aggressors. Your government calls on you to help now. Buy Defense Bonds or Stamps today. Make every pay day Bond Day by participating in the Pay-roll Savings Plan. Bonds cost $18.75 and up. Stamps are 10t, 25£ and up. The help of every individual is needed. Do your part by buying your share every pay day. talking to will understand. His phraseology should be positive and direct and should never include such uncertain terms as "as soon as possible" or "if you can." Profanity, if used, should be reserved for special occasions; it will be more effective the less it is employed. Swearing at his subordinates is never justified. It is bitterly resented and the men are not only affronted but are also humiliated for their self-respect is impaired and they have no means for retaliation. In addressing his noncommissioned officers the officer shquld always use their proper titles since these men have every right to be proud of the promotions which they have won. The officer's manner must be cheerful in order that he may have cheerful subordinates. Being STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF , Bank of Auburn AUBURN, ALABAMA At the Close of Business December 31,1941 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts Overdrafts Furniture and Fixtures Stocks and Bonds Cash on hand and due from Banks LIABILITIES Capital Stock Surplus Undivided Profits Reserve for Taxes Deposits ..$484,566.29 124.12 ... 4,500.00 ... 90,850.00 ... 364,494.48 $944,534.89 . 25,000.00 . 25,000.00 . 51,644.18 7,000.00 . 835,890.71 $944,534.89. OFFICERS S. L. TOOMER EMIL F. WRIGHT _ W. H. SARTIN President ..... Cashier ..... Asst. Cashier DIRECTORS C. FELTON LITTLE EMMETT SIZEMORE C. L. HARE S. L. TOOMER C. A. JONES EMIL F. WRIGHT DR. C. S. YARBROUGH MEMBER F. D. I. C. cheerful implies being optimistic and an officer must have the ability to see and emphasize the brighter side of things. Men who are in a cheerful and optimistic frame of mind will stand up and work or fight where men of more pessimistic inclination will be inclined to shirk their duty. The leader should set his subordinates an example of courtesy. Real courtesy is simple, everyday civility and has aptly been described as the lubricant of human relations. The official expression of military courtesy is the salute. An officer may usually count on being rendered a salute in much the same manner as it is the custom to render it. A courteous manner in his relationship with his subordinates will increase their self-respect and the respect in which they hold their leader. Loyalty is a quality of character which any man must have in order to be proper material for development as a leader. However, it is not enough to be loyal but is also necessary to appear loyal. Loyalty must be not only to the leader's superiors but also to his subordinates and care must be taken to avoid any action or omission which may convey the impression of disloyalty. While loyalty on the part of men may seem difficult to inspire, if an officer is proud of his men and has faith in their ability, they will return his loyalty without hesitation. The leader should never give an impression of disloyalty to his superiors by loose criticism of them, especially in the presence The Management of Men in Regard To The Training Program Is Considered The object of all military training is to promote fighting efficiency. Fighting efficiency is promoted by imparting a knowledge of the technique of fighting and by developing the spirit and will to carry on the fight in accordance with the orders of higher authority. In military training the first mentioned of these considerations, imparting a knowledge of the technique of the soldier's duties in war, is ordinarily given the larger amount of conscious thought, but the second element is none the less important. The development of the spirit and will to carry on the fight, that is morale and esprit, is an object of all training but is not limited to the hours specifically allotted to training on the daily schedule; it continues throughout the day in the handling of the many details affecting the soldier's life and environment which are all a part of the problem of man management. Some types of training, especially close order, bayonet, and some other drills, have the development of discipline and the will to fight as a primary object; some other types of more technical training also have special value in this regard. Even the most technical types of training can contribute to increasing will to carry on soldierly duties under combat conditions if the soldier, as a result of the training, gains confidence in his ability to do his part and is shown how his work contributes to the defeat of the enemy. Training is facilitated if the individuals are grouped in squads which are not formed alphabetically or according to height, but rather by careful selection with a view to easy mutual adjustment and beneficial affects on each other. S In imparting the knowledge of the technique of military duties to the men, the leader must have a detailed knowledge of the instruction to be given and an understanding of the methods by which this information .can best be imparted. This in itself involves to a high degree the principles of man management. The time, location, and aids to be used for the training should be carefully planned. The information should be given in simple, clear language and with illustrations, demonstrations, and checks to see that it is thoroughly understood. The use of questions is the most common method of checking understanding in cases where the soldier cannot physically apply the knowledge by doing. Questions should relate not only to memory answers, but also to thought answers, any necessary assistance being given in the latter, often through appeal to the other students. If an exercise or drill becomes lifeless or mechanical it should be stopped and varied in order to regain attention. Boredom is one of the worst enemies of the leader and can be defeated only by intelligence and imagination. The training program "must be progressive and keep the men adequately occupied without normally being too severe and exhausting. This is especially important in the training of recruits and of men who have of his men. If they come to believe that he is disloyal to his superiors, they will doubt his loyalty to them and their loyalty will suffer correspondingly. ' • » ' i •£flRL PfiRK •PiORORH May We Suggest Delicious WHITEHOUSt Ice Cream For Your Dessert. Throughout February we are featuring Whitehouse Ice Cream. Froz-Rite Ice Cream Dairyland Farm Milk PHONE: Auburn Opelika 536 37 just been withdrawn from combat action. The officer should be a leader in thought as well as in the activities of his unit. In this day of new weapons and methods of combat much can be accomplished in gaining the confidence of his subordinates by gaining and passing on to them an understanding of the effect of new weapons and means of combating them. Instruction in the means of protection against air attack and tanks and of counter measures to be taken against them will increase the confidence of the individual soldier in himself as well as his leader. Organization of Working Parties In the organization of a party to accomplish an assigned task, consideration must be given not only to the problems of securing the best work of each individual, but also to those of securing the best cooperation among the individuals with a view to the most expeditious and efficient handling of the job by the unit as a whole. In so far as possible the habitual organization of the unit should not be disturbed and men should be employed under their own leaders. In many cases, due to restrictions of tools or of the working area, or due to the length of the task, it will not be profitable to employ all the men on a job at one time. In such cases those men who can not be profitably employed should be withdrawn under their own subordinate leader from the immediate vicinity of the work site and permitted to rest in an area where they will not interfere with or be disturbed by the work. If necessary, rest should be enforced in order that the men conserve their energy for later tasks which may be assigned. Although units which are resting may act as a reserve for security elements, the advanced s e c u r i t y detachments should not themselves be considered as a part of the resting elements since these detachments must be wide awake and constantly on the alert if the object of their assignment is to be accomplished. THIS WEEK The Auburn Grille ANNOUNCES THAT ANN PAFFORD has been selected to receive a Steak Dinner for his outstanding service to Auburn during the last three years. • Each week the Auburn Grille will select an outstanding student to receive this award. The Grille is Auburn's finest and most modern restaurant. The Grille invites the students to come in often for "the best food in town." The Auburn Grille LUCAS GAZES, Mgr. FRIDAY ONLY, FEB. 20 2 BIG HITS FOR THE PRICE OF HIT NO. 1 AN ALL-OUT B L I T Z of draftees' daffy doings! "TANKS A MILLION" with Wm. Tracy - James Gleason HIT NO. 2 THE RAF IS ITS CAST! THE RAF FILMED IT! "TARGET FOR TONIGHT" Actually Filmed Under Fire! — Also — LATEST WAR NEWS SATURDAY ONLY Thrill-Loaded "ARIZONA BOUND" with BUCK JONES - TIM McCOY RAYMOND HATTON — Added — SERIAL — CARTOON . . . note After 6:00 P. M. the above program will be double-featured with . . . Hair-Trigger Heroes! Dick Foran - Andy Devine Leo Carrillo 2 "ROAD AGENT" BIG FEATURES FOR THE PRICE OF SUNDAY — MONDAY DOORS OPEN SUNDAY AT 1:15 P. M. SHOWS BEGIN AT 1:30. 4:15. AND 8:45 P. M. — Added Joy — LATEST WAR NEWS A POPEYE COMEDY 2 TUESDAY ONLY BIG FEATURES FOR THE PRICE OF FEATURE NO. 1 Loads of FUN! JEFFREY LYNN JANE WYMAN in "The Body Disappears" FEATURE NO. 2 Gun-blazin' Adventure BILL ELLIOTT in "The Son of Davy Crockett" WEDNESDAY ONLY ON THE STAGE IN PERSON! MAJOR BOWES Presents His 'MERRY-GO-ROUND REVUE' 20 — A R T I S T S —20 ON THE SCREEN "BLONDIEGOES TO COLLEGE" with ARTHUR LAKE PENNY SINGLETON / Page Four THE PLAINSMAN February 20,1942 Fourteen Fraternities Initiate 112 New Members 1 Phi Delta Thetas Lead With 23 Sigma Nus Second With Twenty Men Inducted; Six Frats Yet to Initiate Fourteen campus fraternities, twelve social and two vet, have recently initiated a total of one hundred and twelve men. This leaves six fraternities yet to introduce their neophytes to the mystic rites and handshakes of Greek brotherhood initiation. The Phi Delta Thetas with, twenty-three new members lead the rest of the field so far. The Sigma Nus are second, having inducted twenty new men. The fraternities yet to hold membership initiation are: Alpha Gamma Rho, Beta Kappa, Kappa Alpha, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The new members of Alpha Lambda Tau are: Seymore West, Felix Williams, John Schell, Bill Mitchell, Holis Price, Marcus, and Bill Kelley. Alpha Psi: James Ray Harris and Bernard Sawyer. Delta Sigma Phi: David Butts, Carl Hicks, Dixon McCromack, Morris Potter, Ruel Russell, Jack Thornton, and Robert Ferguson. Omega Tau Sigma: Lee Backs-man, C. H. Poitevint, Robert Baucom, Luther Innes, and Le-roy Bowen. Pi Kappa Alpha: Frank Arthur, Randolph Bowling, Burnham Bullock, Reuben Burch, Dick Cousins, Eugene Cowart, Walter Cowart, Dorsett Davis, William C. Hitt, Randolph Kyzar, Charles Swan-son, Luther Taylor, and James J. Wyatt. Pi Kappa Phi: Glenn Crim, Joe Billy Fain, Ed Jemigan, Theo Massey, Charles Morgan, and Charles Wood. Sigma Chi: James Bradshaw, Ben Brown, Kilshaw Clisby, Dudley Ellis, Feilding Lindsay, Lloyd Malone, Junius McMahon, Rodger Norris, Sidney Patton, Glenn Richardson, Albert Thomas, Bub-ber Tillery, Frank Wyatt, and Howard Weir. Sigma Nu: Joe Bailey, Ed Cad-enhead, Lamar Champion, Howard Fulenwider, Horace Garth, William D. Greenwood, Bill Har-bert, Henry Lee Hilson, Malcolm Horrell, Gordon Isbel, Lan Lipscomb, George Logue, Peter Miller, Top Miller, Tom Nicholson, William Ci Person, Jackson H. Rainer, Neal Saxon, Teasely Scott, and Lawson White. Sigma Phi Epsilon: Hardy Ad-cox, Marshall Edmondson, Jack Evans, Neal Smith, C. L. Cook-son, Billy Chalmers, Bill Turnip-seed, Earl Jones, Billy Hill, Davie Lacey, Tommy Lovell, Pete Martin, Sam Wilson, Billy Weldon, Henry Dawson, and Andy Lamar. Sigma Pi: Dudley Martin, Harry Smalley. Theta Chi: Walter Bolton, Ralph Christopher, Lawrence Feagin, Gordy Loftin, Bobby Or-tagus, Edwin Rotherburg, Douglas Stevens, Lawrence Tollison, Albert Lowe, Wayne Dailey. Tau Epsilon Phi: Maurice Kras-elsky, Alfred Long, Marion Schlosburg. SCOTT (Continued from Page 2) British Isles, the Battle of Britain will become a cinch for the Germans. If they cannot disrupt shipping in the Atlantic, the Battle of Britain may never really be fought. Hitler aims to turn on England some day, but naturally he will wait as long as necessary if waiting weakens the British. If he could draw British sea power, freed from the Pacific by the United States, into the Mediterranean, he would have a much better chance of winning the submarine war in the Atlantic. Perhaps that is not his plan, but at least it would explain the sudden appearance of submarines in YARDSTICK Continued from page 4) ed in—a laugh for the way he's made a fool of one or more opposing players. That unorthodox gallery rumpus, known only to those who know Auburn and Shag Hawkins, will come whenever he reaches out with one hand to intercept a ball, whenever he shoots from the shoestrings while on the dead run. He had a neck operation during the Christmas holidays and his scoring hasn't stood up alongside the high he chalked up in 1941. But he's still second in the SEC scoring race right now. Last year he beat out Vanderbilt's Pinky Lipscomb and finished eleven conference games with a 188-point total. His mark in all games was 291. As a sophomore he made 163. This year, neck operation or not, he's scored 163. His total for three years is 617, or an average of 206. Last year in Louisville the players began to get fidgety on the day of the Alabama game. "I hope Shag's hot tonight," they'd say. Well, Shag's showing that night was a complete disappointment to those who hadn't seen him and had been waiting for the opportunity. He scored four points, all on free throws, and fouled out before the half. He was a broken-up boy as he sat at the end of the court and watched Auburn founder its way out of the tournament. We wondered what he'd say about it after the game, and what he said was something we were hoping for. "Don't say they lost because I was out of the game. Give them credit for what they did." Shag has his bad showings. There'll be some nights when he doesn't shoot any more than ten points—a low for him. So somebody might tell you he was over-rated, that their team stopped him cold. It's not hard to answer that. Just tell 'em, "Well, brother, if he was over-rated—why did you play three men on him?" Chaplains Are Needed By Navy at Once Now that the United States is at war and the Navy is rapidly expanding, several more chaplains are needed at once in the U. S. Naval Reserve it was announced today at headquarters of the Eighth Naval District. Although the duties of Navy chaplains are primarily religious, there are additional duties to be performed in connection with the Navy's program for the advancement of mental, moral and physical welfare of the officer and enlisted personnel. Vacancies exist in the district for Protestant ministers of Methodist, Baptist, Disciples of Christ, Presbyterian and United Brethern large numbers at such widely separated points as the eastern Mediterranean and the North Atlantic. gfaeet* t New Spring Dresses And Ensembles First signs of Spring . . . a new suit! See the smartest of the Advance Spring suits here . . . the latest fashions by . . . • NELLY DON • CAROL KING • MIZE MODE AND OTHER DESIGNERS FIRST SIGNS OF SPRING IN LADIES HATS By Gage, Brewster, and Rhodes Yes, They're Modestly Priced! I Wright's Dept. Store denominations, and for Roman Catholic priests. Chaplains in the Naval Reserve are commissioned lieutenants, (junior grade), from the ages of 24 to 34, and may be commissioned lieutenants if in the age bracket from 35 to 44, the maximum age. Chaplains are eligible for promotion as are other officers and draw the same pay for like rank and length of service. Lieutenants (junior grade) receive $2,000 a year as base pay plus allowances for subsistance and quarters if they have dependents. A candidate for a chaplain must be a citizen of the United States, be a fully ordained clergyman in the church he represents and be in the active ministry. He must be nominated and endorsed by the official authorities of his denomination and have completed four years of college work for the Bachelor of Arts degree, or an equivalent academic degree in an accredited institution. In addition the applicant must have completed three years in a Theological Seminary for the Bachelor of Divinity degree, or Doctor of Sacred Theology degree. Methodist, Baptist, Disciples of Christ and United Brethren pastors should send their applications to the General Committee on Army and Navy Chaplains, Woodward Building, Washington, D. C. Lutherans Synod of Missouri should apply in writing to the Army and Navy Commission, 82 West Washington Blvd., Chicago, 111. Roman Catholic priests should write to the Most Reverend J. F. O'Hara, C.S.C., D.D., Military Or-dinariate, 33 East 51st Street, New York, N. Y. FOR RENT—Furnished three-room apartment. Call 234. Steam-heated. T A I L O R ED F O R SPRING These handsome calf shoes were designed for your comfort and pleasure this spring Freeman - Fortune KOPLON'S Independent Intramural Basketball Schedule Date Time Teams Friday, February 20 | 4-5 p.m. FFA _ vs. Carr Hall Friday, February 20 9:45 p.m. Fayette vs. Nite Hawks Monday, February 23 9-10 Porcb House vs. Fire Dept. Monday, February 23 10-11 Thomas Boarding House - vs. Intra. Board Sunday, March 1 4-5 p.m. Porch House vs. Carr Hall Monday, March 2 7-8 Thomas Boarding House ._. vs. Nite Hawks Monday, March 2 8-9 FFA vs. Fire Dept. Monday, March 2 9-10 Fayette vs. Intra. Board Treasury Department Gives Information Concerning Students and the Income Tax (Editor's note: The following article is a release of the Treasury Department of the United States, of vital concern to students.) This is a message to students. Single persons or married persons not living with husband or wife, whose average earnings were as much as $14.43 a week for the year 1941, and married persons living together who had aggregate earnings averaging as much as $28.85 a week for the year, are required to file Federal income tax returns. This year, more than ever before, the necessity for prompt action in preparing and filing income tax returns is apparent to every one. It is estimated that 22,000,000 income tax returns will be filed before midnight of March 16, 1942, and that of this number 7,000,000 persons will file income tax returns for the first time. If under the laws of the State in which he has legal residence the earnings of the minor belong to the minor, such earnings, regardless of amount, are not required to be included in the return of the parent. In the absence of proof to the contrary, a parent will be assumed to have the legal right to the earnings of the minor and must include them in his return. A minor, just as a person of legal age, who is single, or is married and not living with husband or wife for any part of the taxable year, is required to render a return of income if he has a gross income of his own of $750 or over for the taxable year. If the aggregate gross income of such minor from any property which he possesses, and from any funds held in trust for him by a trustee or guardian, and from his earnings which belong to him is $750, a return, as in the case of any other individual, must be made by the minor or for him by his guardian, or other person charged with the care of his person or property. To assist taxpayers in the preparation of their income tax returns the Treasury Department has issued a folder entitled "How to File Your Income Tax Return the Simple Way." It contains a facsimile of the simplified Form 1040A and illustrates the six steps required to prepare the return. Form 1040A may be used by persons who are required to file returns but who have gross incomes of not more than $3,000 from salaries, wages, compensation for personal services, dividends, interest, rent, annuities, and royalties only. For taxpayers not eligible to use Form 1Q40A or those not choosing to use it, Form 1040 should be filed. The last page of the folder contains a table showing the individual income tax on 1941 net income before deductions of personal exemptions and credit for dependents from salaries and wages of selected sizes if Form 1040 is used. • All seniors are requested to have their measurements taken for graduation caps and gowns beginning February 25. 1 • Measurements will be taken and sent in to the company to make up the correct sizes. • This year you will not be required to pay for your caps and gowns in advance, but only when you come by to get them for graduation exercises. EARLY MEASUREMENT INSURES BETTER AND PROMPTER SERVICE Burton's Book Store "Something New Every Day" ASK ABOUT OUR SCHOOL BOOK EXCHANGE We will show you how to get the most for your USED SCHOOL BOOKS—Its an entirely new idea. Loftin M usic PHONE 262 C a NEW and USED Phonograph Records. 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Title | 1942-02-20 The Plainsman |
Creator | Alabama Polytechnic Institute |
Date Issued | 1942-02-20 |
Document Description | This is the volume LXV, issue 40, February 20, 1942 issue of The Plainsman, the student newspaper of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now known as Auburn University. Digitized from microfilm. |
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OCR Transcript | MSK*8 NightlTTi^ Yuxin&iYicurv Both Sections of Co-ops to Have Vote; Special Election to Be Held March 18 All candidates for offices in the Spring Elections, with t h e exception of those seeking publication posts, must meet the Qualifications Board next Tuesday night at seven o'clock in t h e Executive Offices. The date was chosen by the Student Executive Cabinet at a meeting yesterday afternoon. The Qualifications Board is composed of both student and faculty members, and the senior representatives to the Cabinet sit on this body. Candidates must bring to this meeting a statement from the Registrar's Office stating which class the student is registered in. Politicians will be questioned by the Board as to their fitness for the office sought, their plans if elected, and their ideas of student government in general. The Qualifications Board was set up two years ago to improve the general caliber of office-seekers, and has functioned at elections since. Co-ops to Vote The Cabinet also made provision for both sections of co-ops to vote in the Spring Elections this year. The group now in school will vote on March 18, and the ballot box will be kept sealed until after the regular elections on March 24-25. Permission was granted by the Cabinet for this special election for this year only, // TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT1 VOLUME LXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1942 NUMBER 40 Organization Statements Due Tomorrow THIRTY-SIX AUBURN CHORAL CLUB SINGERS Shown above are members of the newly organized Auburn Choral Club. This group, which is composed of thirty-six mixed voices, will make an extensive tour of the state during the month of March. and not with the idea of establishing a precedent for succeeding years. This method will be on a one-year trial. Scarab Taps Senior And Five Sophomores Men Chosen On Basis of Creative Ability, Grades Scarab, national honor society for architects, recently tapped six men for membership, according to information received from Joe Meadows, president of the organization. Men honored were S. D. Collier, George L. Drake, Walter Hall, Duncan Liles, Z. A. Snipes, and H. G. Jackson. Scarab selects men on a basis of scholastic and creative ability. Samuel Douglas Collier, fourth year student in architecture, is from Montgomery, and a member of Sigma Nu social fraternity. George Leftwich Drake, sophomore from Montgomery, is a member of Sigma Chi. Walter Hickman Hall. Hunts-ville, is a sophomore. Duncan Parker Liles, also a sophomore, is from Brewton. He is a member of Sigma Nu. Zenas Alphonso Snipes is a second year architectural student from Atlanta. He is a member of Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity. Henry G. Jackson, Jr., is from Birmingham. He is a sophomore. Naval Officer To Interview Engineers Lieutenant (junior grade) G. E. Talbutt, special procurement officer, today began a swing through key cities in the Eighth Naval District seeking to recruit engineers to operate the Navy's new direction finding, sensing and locating device known as a RADAR, Eighth Naval District headquarters announced. Lt. Talbutt will be in Auburn on March 13. Electrical engineers with college degrees, in particular, will be sought, but men holding engineering degrees of any kind are desired. In some cases, certain specialized experience will be acceptable in lieu of a degree in engineering. Age limits are from 19 to 50. Men meeting the requirements will receive a special five-months course in electronics and ultra high frequency radio before being commissioned as officers in the Naval Reserve depending upon age, education and experience. Lieut, (jg) Talbutt will interview candidates for RADAR at the Navy recruiting offices in the cities visited, and in addition, contact engineering students in towns where colleges are located. Roy Fuller Is Chosen to FFA Co-op Position Three Men Elected To Book Store Managing Board Tuesday evening, Feb. 17, the Future Farmers of America in a meeting of their chapter elected Roy Fuller, a sophomore in Agricultural Education, as an assistant manager for the F.F.A. Co-op Book Store. Three men were elected to the F.F.A. Co-op Book Store Board which assists the manager in operating the book store. All the newly elected board members are students taking Agricultural Education, and they are as follows: Ethan Holt, a junior; Leroy Law-erence, a sophomore; and Leon Estes, a freshman. The freshman F.F.A. members were in charge of the program of entertainment for the meeting under the direction of Joe Mc- Manus, vice-president of the chapter. Those on the program included the following: Randolph Snell, chairman; Jerry Rhoden gave a talk on his ancestors; and Carl Norrell caught a few suckers with a string. ENGINEER STUDENTS MAY ENLIST IN SIGNAL CORPS Juniors and seniors in non- ROTC courses may now register in the Signal Corps Reserve and remain in college until they have completed their academic courses. This announcement was received from Colonel John J. Waterman, Commandant. The orders pertained to those students taking Electrical or communication courses. Those students who meet the qualifications and are selected will remain on an inactive status until they have completed their academic work, before they have to be called. Failure to complete their course will result in their discharge from school and their draftment in one of the armed forces. If they successfully complete their academic courses they will be tendered commissions in the Army of the United States and discharged from enlisted status. Those students who are interested should make application direct to the Chief Signal Officer, United States Army, Washington, D. C. R.O.T.C. Rifle Team Organization Is Announced The R. O. T. C. rifle team, although not active last year, has been reorganized this semester and will participate in a number of contests with riflemen from other southern schools in the near future. The expert marksmanship of Auburn teams has gained fame in the galleries for them in past years. Returning this year as the only lettermen on the squad are Alfred Green, J. P. Lewallen, and C. U. Smith. Other team members have had practically no experience' in gallery shobtttlg"Shd therefore cannot be counted upon too heavily for some time. The present team of fifteen men is composed of the following men: Oliver Board, C. U. Smith, L. V. Tindal, J. P. Lewallen, George McBride, and Clarence Scarsbrook, seniors; Alfred Green, George Mallory, and John Sanders, juniors; P. W. Lett and James Mayes, sophomores; Aubrey Craig, Kenneth Bateman, L. L. Jackson, and W. C. Murray, freshmen. Lt. Marion R. Panell and Lt George L. Shumaker, both of whom are excellent marksmen themselves, have done fine jobs of coaching the rifle team which already shows promise of being a most outstanding, outfit. Auburn Choral Club To Begin Spring Tour Cabinet Inspection Begins Immediately King, at Phi Delta Theta House, Heads Committee to Receive Society Reports Tomorrow is t h e last day for t u r n i n g in t h e r e p o r t s to t he Executive Cabinet by t h e various campus societies. That announcement by P e t e King, chairman of the committee of the Executive Cabinet attending to these reports, was made yest e r d a y to remind the 55 organizations, t h a t were sent l e t t e rs of inquiry, that they must a t t e n d to those r e p o r t s at once. King, vice-president of the cabinet, explained that the l e t t e r s sent out by the cabinet had not yet been answered, except in a very few cases. Those Sears Club Names Officers Jasper Jernigan, of Castleberry, has been named president of the Sears Scholarship Club for the second semester term. Other new officers are: T. H. Johnson, vice-president; Durward Tyler, secretary- treasurer; Bob Dunaway, reporter; and W. D. Ivey, parliamentarian. Retiring officers are: Pete Turn-ham, president; Byron Tompkins, vice-president; Mixon Byrd, secretary- treasurer; Chalmers Bryant, reporter; and Randolph Snell, parliamentarian. Group Is Composed Of Thirty-six Mixed Voices By BUCK TAYLOR The members of the recently organized- Auburn Choral Club will leave Auburn about March 2 to begin a spring tour of the state, according to an announcement made today by Director Lawrence Barnett. The t r ip will be made in a chartered bus and will require about one week lor its «ompte* tien.. >. Composed of thirty-six selected mixed voices, the choral club is a successor to the glee clubs of former years. During the tour, the University of Alabama and Huntington College will be visited. Other places to be included are Bessemer, Sylacauga, Birmingham, and Montgomery. In the last two cities mentioned, arrangements have been made for brief radio broadcasts. The exact times of these programs will be published at a later date. Arrangements have been made to visit as many high schools in the state as is practical Programs will feature, in addition to the regular choral numbers, piano solos by William Tam-blyn and several selections by a women's sextet and a men's octet The following students have been selected to make the tour: Sopranos—'Mary Jane Jansen, Mobile; Sara Lou Connell, Birmingham; Dorothy Murdock, Laurel, Mississippi; Sarah Ellen Jackson, Auburn; Nellie Jo Clayton, Auburn; Sarah Anne Bennett, Hartselle; Sarah Atkinson, Auburn; Madie Harper, Montgomery; Margaret Johnston, Auburn; and Henrie Cook, Butler. Altos — Mary Ella Funchess, Auburn; Evelyn Martin, Planters-ville; Jean Beasley, Auburn; Mailande Cheney, Livingston; Martha Northcutt, Chipley, Florida; Vernelle Fordham, Anniston; Catherine Norton, Clayton; Nanette E. Whitman, Montgomery; and Sara Frances Godfrey, Auburn. Tenors — Edward Henderson, Andalusia; Fred Bryant, Anniston; George J. Andreades, Mobile; Roy E. Wilson, Birmingham; Walter S. Going, Birmingham; Raymond Hubbard, Birmingham; and R. H. Mann, Tallassee. Basses — Ernest C. Capell, Greenville, South Carolina; D. W. Moody, Jr., Cooke Springs; Walter S. Kelly, Rep ton; R. Jack Morgan, Eva; Homer Hamlin, Allceville; Clyde D. Ware, Tooms-boro, Georgia; Andrew J. Ellner, Mobile; L. Steve Conner, Eufaula; Herbert C. Hoik, Foley; and William Martin, Richmond, Virginia. At the piano, accompanying the group, will be Madge Jarrard, Montgomery, and William Tam-blyn, Auburn. S.A.M.E. TO HEAR COL FROST SPEAK ON ARMORED FORCES The Society of American Military Engineers will meet Monday night to hear Colonel Frost speak on the Armored forces in the army. The title of Col. Frost's lecture will be "Employment of the Armored Force." The meeting will begin at 8:00 in Broun Auditorium. Red Cross Life Saving Course Planned Persons Interested Requested to Meet Monday Night Monday night at seven o'clock all students and residents of Lee County who wish to qualify for the instructor's course in Water- Safety and Life-Saving should meet in the Gym for the beginning of the Refresher Course. The Refresher Course is a preliminary requirement for the instructor's course which will be offered on March 2nd when a Washington representative of the Red Cross comes to Auburn, to teach it. .. Professor J. H. Raport is to be in charge Monday night and it is very important that all interested attend the first meeting of the class or else get in touch with him. The course is open to men and women. societies which have not yet turned in their reports to King must do so tomorrow. The reports are to be given to him at the Phi Delta Theta house, and he will present them to the cabinet committee in charge. The purpose of this survey is to determine the activities and aims of the various organizations on the campus to see if some of the duplication of these societies can be eliminated. The letters from the cabinet asked for a report stating the meeting program, the purposes, the aims, and the activities of the organization in question. The replies to these letters will be turned over to a faculty committee, not yet appointed, for study and recommendation. King urged that all the groups who have received letters from the Executive Cabinet make certain that their replies were in his hands tomorrow, Saturday the 21st, so that action on them may go forward according to schedule. ALPHA GAMMA RHO WINS IN LEAGUE With the cage season rapidly drawing to a close the Alpha Gamma Rhos are the only team to have clinched a league pennant Leagues two, three, four are all tied. Kappa Sigma upset the A. L. T's Wednesday night 21-19. In league three there is a three way tie between Beta Kappa, S.A.E. and Phi Delta Theta. Alpha Psi and Sigma Nu are leading contenders for the crown in league four. N YA'er Veasey Is Given Certificate Frank I. Veasey, 20, Route 2, Trussville, who didn't know the difference a few weeks ago between a micrometer and a milling machine, has been chosen by his project managers and supervisors as the "NYA youth worker most valuable to war production" in the Auburn war industries training project sponsored by the NYA, the State Department of Vocational Education, and the College. As a result, Veasey was presented with a certificate Friday afternoon by Pres. L. N. Duncan at a meeting of more than 200 project enrollees. "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" To Be Selected at Dance Tonight The Gamma Sigma chapter of Sigma Chi will select its "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" tonight at a dance in its fraternity house. The girls will be escorted by members of Sigma Chi. All of the girls will be freshmen chosen from the different sororities and dormitories on the campus, and several girls from the town. Each sorority and dormitory president nominated three girls to represent them in the contest. An informal party was held in the house on Monday night for the purpose of the members and the judges becoming better acquainted with the nominees. The judges will be composed of several adults from the town and on the faculty. They will select three of the girls tonight and the chapter members will vote on one of these three for their choice. The one with the most votes will be designated as the "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" for this chapter. The winner will be presented with a loving cup for her permanent possession. It will have suitable engraving for her and the sorority she represents. The girls will be judged on their beauty, intelligence, grace, talent, personality and their interest in Sigma Chi. Pre-Law Society to Sponsor Phonograph Record Drive Here The all-campus phonograph record drive, which is being sponsored by the Pre-Law Society in cooperation with the United Service Organizations of the state, will be held on Thursday, February 26. A silver cup will be awarded to the organization which contributes the largest number of recordings during the one-day campaign. Eligible for this award is any fraternity, sorority, or club at A. P. I. A written statement giving the number of records donated by an organization must be signed by the president of that organization and submitted to one of the members of the committee in charge of the drive before 6 P. M., Thursday. The committee is composed of the following students: Cullen Ward, Henry Poellnitz, and Buck Taylor. A desk will be placed at the Main Gate on the day of the campaign in order that the delivery of records may be facilitated. Not only are organizations urged to contribute, but faculty members and townspeople are also asked to do their part for Uncle Sam's fighting men. Briaerean Society Announces Tapping of Six New Members Briaerean Society, honor society for co-ops, announces the tapping of six new men. Men honored were Frank Brooks, James Clayton, Roger Holmes, Wilbur McDuff, Herbert Zieger, and Gerald Burnett. Briaerean selects men on a basis of scholastic record and leadership. Men tapped for this organization must have a weighted average of 85 or better. Initiation for new men will be held tomorrow evening at seven o'clock, and members and initiates will meet in Broun Auditorium. Frank Clinton Brooks, Birmingham, is a pre-junior in electrical engineering. When not in school, he is employed by the R. M. Broadwell Co. of Birmingham. James Monroe Clayton is from Columbus, also a pre-junior in electrical engineering, and works for the Georgia Power Co. Roger L. Holmes, Attalla, Ala., works for the Alabama Power Co. He is a junior in mechanical engineering. Wilbur S. McDuff, pre-junior in mechanical engineering from Birmingham, works for T.C.I. Herbert Evan Zieger, Birmingham, is a pre-junior in chemical engineering. He works for the Alabama Fuel and Iron Co. of Birmingham. Gerald Dean Burnett, Good-water, Ala., a pre-junior in chemical engineering, works for the Alabama State Highway Department. MITECS INVITE "A" SECTION CO-OPS TO DANCE FEB. 27 Clarence Methvin, Jr., president of Mitec Engineers, has asked The Plainsman to state that all co-ops in section "A", now at their jobs, are cordially invited to attend the Mitec dance, which will be held on Feb. 27. B M ^ M l k M i mm mmmm Page Two T H E P L A I N S M A N February 20, 1942 The Quarter Systenri as a Student Problem While faculty committees are spending long hours working over course and schedule revisions which the change to the quarter system will necessitate, students do not seem to realize, in a large part, that they must make some changes themselves. Of course, fraternities have become aware that they face a real problem, and possibly some few have already accomplished the laying of the groundwork for the new plan. Many others have talked over the problem, and are planning to get busy "sometime soon". But as far as the student body in general is concerned, there seems to be a lack of awareness. Plans are going ahead for class elections, but as yet there has been no requirement that an office-holder must stay in school for the four quarters. We are not saying that this should be done, but we do believe that provisions should be made for a substitute. This is especially applicable to the publications heads, if they are to run on a twelve-month basis. Action should be taken on this before experienced students are out of school and the job is in the hands of students who know little about the problem. H.M. Still Time to Contribute Books to the USO We have no idea of the extent of student cooperation in the Auburn Rotary Club Book Drive which ends today. We hope that students have contributed as well as have townspeople. The Rotary Club instituted the drive in Auburn, in line with a national Victory Book Campaign. All books collected in the drive will be forwarded to army camps in different sections of the country, and to USO recreation centers in the cities of the nation. • The Rotary Club is to be highly commended for its part in this drive. The distribution of books and reading matter, both fictional and non-fictional, among men in the service of the United States, seems almost as important to us as does the purchase of defense bonds—and a lot less selfish. Good reading material for soldiers should do much toward keeping army and navy morale up to the pitch necessary for good military service. Army camp libraries, and USO libraries the nation over seem to be lacking in such reading matter. It's not too late for students to contribute books. Any kind of book will do, although fictional contributions are preferred. The drive doesn't end until tonight, and the collection centers in the College Library and Ward and King's uptown are conveniently located. What's the Use of Air Raid Precautions? Students met Tuesday's Air Raid set-up story for Auburn with a laugh. "What possible good," the majority queried, "will something like that ever do Auburn?" There are two answers to that question —both of them deal with things. in the future, and consequently, both of them may be a little obscure to college students who develop the habit of ,iooking no further into the future than the next weekend or the next quiz in a course. Our answer number one would be something like this: Auburn is an institution of higher learning, established originally for the purpose of training students in things agricultural and mechanical. Since 1872, however, Auburn has developed into a real university. Auburn has accepted the idea of modern educators that education is preparation for life. We of Auburn are the future citizens of the nation. Many of us are the future officers and soldiers of our nation's army, but perhaps more are among those who will stay at home and help supply and equip the soldiers. It takes about twenty workers at home to keep one soldier fully prepared in the field. For the next few years, or until the end of the international crisis, most of our lives will be devoted to the nation's policy of keeping those soldiers fighting. Consequently, most of us will be in towns and cities and defense factories where air raid precautions may become absolutely necessary. Should Auburn as a training institution, allow her students to graduate untrained in these precautions? Should we as students, laugh at anything which might prepare us to save lives on the home front? This air raid system of Auburn's, if it had no further purpose than to train Auburn's students as to what to do in case of such a raid, would seem to us to be all-important. The answer number two to the question may seem even more vague to the casual student mind—but it too, may become an actuality. Auburn is, as we have said, a training institution. Auburn is training not only future officers and soldiers, but also future industrial leaders, future defense engineers and workers, future doctors and nurses, future cogs in a national defense machine. There is a bare possibility that somer where in the back of Herr Hitler's mind, or somewhere in one of the L.Y.B.'s war plans there lies a plan to put out of operation the colleges and universities of this nation—or at least those which are training these future home front fighters. If. there is such a plan, then there's no reason why Auburn shouldn't be one of the first to go. That's just a bare possibility, you say. Perhaps it is. Even so, it is a possibility. Although we have no defense industries here, although Auburn is comparatively a "one-horse" town, although there is no strategic military objective in this vicinity, Auburn might be subject to an air raid. The town is strategically located. In case of an attempted invasion of this country, it might make a fine base for some enemy operations. We're to have an airport here capable of handling even some of the largest planes. We're only sixty miles from Montgomery and Maxwell Field. We are only thirty miles from Ft. Benning. We're only a little over a hundred miles from Birmingham. We aren't over seventy miles from Childersburg. We could be in deep water. So why shouldn't Auburn consider the possibility of an air raid? And why should not Auburn be prepared for such. It doesn't seem to be such a laughing matter. IhB Plaindmarh Published semi-weekly by the Students of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Editorial and Business Office on Tichenor Avenue. ROBERT C. ANDERSON, Editor-in-Chief JAMES L. ROUSE, Business Manager HERBERT MARTIN Managing Editor GEORGE HEARD Associate Editor JOE C. GANDY Advertising Mgr. JOHN SCOTT, JR. 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The following letter, although written by a member of The Plainsman staff, does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editor or follow the editorial policy of this paper. The information found in it was furnished its writer by B. B. Williamson, Editor, :pf the Alabama Farmer. The writer, John Scott, Jr., merely states these facts and the plea of the Farmer staff in his letter. It is published here as a letter to the editor, merely for the consideration of the students of Auburn. The Letter To The Editor "Dear Editor: ' ; ' * ' "There are on the Auburn campus three student publications of first rank: The Plainsman, student newspaper published twice weekly and circulated .to the student body and exchanged with the publication offices of other schools; the Glomerata, student annual which each student pays for upon registration; and the Alabama Farmer, student periodical in agriculture published monthly by students in the School of Agriculture, i "The organization and service of the first two of these publications are familiar, to all of us, but the set-up of the Alabama Farmer is but poorly understood .except among the students of the School of Agriculture. Now, however, the support and continuance of operation of this magazine have become a matter of concern to us all. One And Only Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by mail: $2.50 per year, $1.50 per semester. "The Alabama Farmer is in its twenty-second year of publication as the only student agricultural periodical in the state. During those twenty odd years the magazine has grown in size, circulation, and quality. • There have been many improvements made in these years including the use of first-grade paper, use of pictures, and publication ot studeht-written feature articles of interest to^both student and practicing agriculturists. During those twenty-two years the Alabama Farmer, although comparatively unknown to most of the students not taking "ag", has become a symbol of Auburn's leadership in the field of agricultural education. "The magazine is published monthly, and each month's issue exceeds one thousand, for circulation-to the students interested in it, for circulation to interested agencies of the college and state, and for exchange with similar publications of the agricultural schools of other States. The Alabama Farmer is a member of the Agricultural College Magazines association, membership in which is limited to leading magazines in the field. "This record, and the progress that has lead to it, has been compiled without any support by the school. The magazine has been strictly a student publication and has been financed by the advertising and circulation which it has built up. Such a policy has unquestionably contributed much to the liveliness and interest of the staff members, but it cannot be continued. The Alabama Farmer has managed to keep a financial balance during its past twenty-two years through the sources of income mentioned here, but the cost of publication has risen at least thirty per cent. There are two alternatives for the magazine, each of them highly objectionable, unless financial aid is furnished. : Two Alternatives "First, the Alabama Farmer can raise subscription and advertising rates to meet increasing costs. But, this cannot be done on contracts already let, and cannot be done without a loss of advertisers. Neither can this policy be followed in regard to subscription rates with any degree of success. The subscription charge furnishes very little of the magazine's income and many of the subscriptions have quite a while to run before renewal and the increase can be effected. It must be remembered that the magazine is circulated to the Auburn students who are interested free of charge. "The second possibility is a drastic" reduction of standards and materials to meet the relatively decreased income. This would be objectionable for the Alabama Farmer is the voice of the students in agriculture as pertains to their development as leaders in the field. After having built the magazine to first rank in its line, it would hardly be "right to force it to take the back seat for similar publications by schools who support their magazines as part of the student-supported publication program. It's Up To The Students "The answer to the problem lies with the students of the college. The staff of the Alabama Farmer, a staff whose services are entirely gratis, has advanced the plan of utilizing a very small part of the student activities fee, from which The Plainsman and Glomerata draw support, for the continuance of publication. A« little as 4% of the student activities.fees would enable the magazine to continue publication with no slackening of standards or lessening of circulation to the farmer friends of the college. • ... "The Alabama Farmer is, of course, a specialized magazine. It is intended to be so, and is of primary interest only to one branch of the college. That this school is one of the largest and its services one of the very ones for which the college was founded is equally true. It is up to the students and administration of the college to decide whether or not the support of the Alabama Farmer shall in a small way be shouldered by the entire school. An Intensive Program "We realize that the next few years will see the entire nation launched on its most intensive agricultural program, and we all hope and expect Auburn to take its place among the leaders of this. Why can't we all make an effort to thus support one of the most progressive signs of student accomplishment by the students of agriculture at our own college. It is more than merely an excellent advertisement for the school; it is proof that reminds a thousand people each month that Auburn is alert and on the job, a maturely developed institution. 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. Too many organizations on the campus seem to be following a policy of "we've been here for years and we don't need to submit a statement for the Executive Cabinet's inspection to stay here." * * * The fact that many of these organizations accomplish a worthwhile purpose will have no weight with the Cabinet if such organizations should ignore the request for a statement of worth and service. Although the Cabinet does not plan to frown upon any group which can justify its existence, even slightly, it sees the need for more rigid requirements for recognition of an organization on this campus. * « * It means business, and you can file that under True Statements. Although it won't kick out any organization w h i c h is active, merely because it duplicates the work of another, it will allow no new group to come on the campus which duplicates the work of some existing society. * * * And organizations which do not submit statements will be judged inactive, and will be treated as newcomers, should they care to petition the Cabinet later for recognition. And no organizations of the types being examined will be placed on the recognized list which do not write up the requested information and turn it in to the Cabinet committee, which is headed by Pete King, who will receive these statements at the Phi Delta Theta house. * * * It would be a little difficult for the Cabinet to ask any society, which does submit a statement, to discontinue its activities, if its existence can be justified in any way, but it won't be hard at all to refuse a petition of membership to a group which the Cabinet feels would not fill a definite gap in Auburn's honorary society program. * * * If you are in doubt as to classification of any group to which you may belong, and if you are not sure whether or not you will be required to submit a statement, the safe thing to do is to ask Bill Moore, president of the Cabinet. If your organization is not a social fraternity or sorority, and if it is not directly needed for the success of some school activity, such as glee clubs, band, or dramatics, the chances are you'd better be working on that statement. * * * Don't forget to watch your calendar for developments. Tomorrow is Feb. 21. * * * And that's the story. And it's up to you. * * * Point of scenic interest . . . that little bungalow from which Squires sold tickets in front of the Main Gate to the Rollin' Rhythm affair. * * * All of this stuff about what to name the New Classroom Building may be a lot of stuff, but we'd like to see it christened something, even with a bottle of Coca- Cola, which is getting to be as rare as champagne ever was. We don't care whether they call it Socrates' Structure or Plato's Place, but we'd like to see it named. * * * We'd hate to see it still called the New Classroom Building when it gets to be as old as Broun Hall. * * * And Broun Hall is really red. That oughta make Ripley. * * * And to the politicians . . . don't be too free with those campaign promises. It's disgusting how some people always seem to remember them when you get in office. * * * To the voters . . . it's no use to lock the door, plug up the window, and crawl under the bed to study. It's just that season of the year. You can't keep the candidates out. * * * Karrie, the Kampus Keytoter, says, "What in the world is the Cabinet trying to do, run all the hock shops outa business?" Here, There, and Elsewhere By JOHN SCOTT, JR. 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. This week has been a sad one for all of the Allied Nations, but it has been an especially bitter one for Britain. For this week Britain's faith in everything British has been shaken to the core. From this week we can date any change that may someday,be effected in the whole system that runs England. Two weeks ago the British had faith in the fact that their navy was still supreme, that it could indefinitely bottle up the sea power of the Germans. Two weeks ago they still had faith that Singapore would hold India and the East for them. Two weeks ago the only trouble in Australia was an intra-camp argument about who was going to be "quarterback" on the Empire team in the Pacific. All that is gone now. The war in the Pacific is virtually lost, though not finally as long as Australia remains free. And, the coming Battle of India is beginning to develop in the jungles east of the Burma Road. England has learned that its best to date has not been good enough. Its Prime Minister seemed lifeless as he addressed the people last week. He did not give them the fighting speech, the assurance of stopping violation of ration law by the wealthy, the promise of immediate reprisal. He could not. England's Uncle Sam All that their leader could say to the people of England was that all was not lost because Uncle Sam was not ready to cry uncle by a very great deal. He appealed, not to the fighting spirit of a misled people, but to the United States for aid and protection. The reason that Winston Churchill did not mention the fiasco in the Channel, when the pride of the German navy spurned the best that Britain could offer, was that there was nothing he could say. There was no explanation. The facts were plain and clear, no matter how hard they might be to take. Cabinet Shakeup? The change in tenor of the British government that will come sooner or later was sending out advance notices this week. Pressure for removal of the dead wood from the cabinet became intense; pressure for the appointment of vigorous, liberal Sir Stafford Cripps to some high post likewise became intense. The British people, slow though they may be, were beginning to see the handwriting on the wall. They had hoped that there was no such animal as total war, but there is. They had clung to the idea that after all such a thing could not happen there, but it can and very likely will if we over here don't stop it. They still clung to the philosophy that nothing could be done that hadn't been done before, and once again it betrayed them. With all of this happening, even the most complacent of the British saw that their government had been at fault. It had committed once more the peculiarly British sin of underestimating the enemy. Singapore and Malay will some day be regained at a conference table, if the U. Sr can swing the job; but the British system of securing high office because Uncle Joe once held the same post will never come back, if the British people have learned one lesson from all this. Sub Activity This week the Germans have again unleased their sub packs to hunt down Allied shipping. The British report sighting a fleet of ten new under-sea fighters in the Mediterranean, and the U. S. has seen signs of even more of them off its own coasts. This double-edged cut at supply maintenance seems designed to, prevent effective use of American material, when we finally get to turning it out in really telling amounts. If the Germans can disrupt supply from America to the (Continued on Page 6) February 20, 1942 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page>$Kree Week-end Formals are Sigma Pi and ALT Ann Gosset ALT Annual Will Lead Sigma Pi Hop Anne Gossett, of Columbus, Ga., will lead the annual Founders' Day Ball of Sigma Pi fraternity tonight in Graves Center. She will be escorted by John Pope, president of the Alpha Delta chapter here. The dance will begin at nine o'clock and will feature the music of the Auburn Plainsmen. Graves Center will be decorated with the fraternity colors, purple and white, with a white ruffled backdrop with Sigma Pi written in large letters displayed in the center. Streamers from the ceiling will lead to the center of the hall supporting the color effect. At the other end of the floor a lighted Sigma Pi pin will be placed above a purple and white leadout entrance. The fraternity will entertain its guests at the chapter house with a breakfast following the dance. Mrs. D. W. Crosland of Montgomery, Sigma Pi housemother, will be hostess for the week-end and will be honored at the dance. The date list includes: Edward Lindsay, Sue Montgomery; Bob Brewer, Dot Boardman; Reuben Brawner, Virginia Boteler; Bill Shealy, Joy Hutchings; Jack Holt, Virginia Bartee; Buddy Boteler, Edna Jo Bowling; Don Brewer, Bebe Faust; James West, Jane Foster; Mike Blevins, Norma Ray Autery; Jim Warren, Anice Oswald; Jim Seamans, Jerry Card-well; John Christopher, Martha Rey; Joe Johnson, Anna Ruth Mc- Cracken; Alvin Stratigos, Maxine Powell; Harry Smalley, Mary Jo Spradley; Jake McCullough, Jer- TODAY MYRNA LOY TYRONE POWER GEORGE BRENT in 'The Rains Came' SATURDAY JEFFREY LYNN JANE WYMAN in 'THE BODY DISAPPEARS' Serial Novelty SUNDAY — MONDAY ROBERT UNA UYIOMER A MERVYN LeROY PRODUCTION with EDW. ARNOLD VAN HEFLIN • ROBERT STERLING PATRICIA DANE • GLENDA FARRELL HENRY O'NEILL • DIANA LEWIS Latest War News LEADS SIGMA PI DANCE TUESDAY BRIAN DONLEVY ANDY DEVINE BROD CRAWFORD in 'SOUTH OF TAHITI' Miss Anne Gossett, of Columbus, Ga., pictured above, will lead tonight's Sigma Pi Founders' Day Ball in Graves Center. She will be escorted by Sigma Pi president John Pope. LEADS ALT GRAND MARCH Mrs. James Dowdy, above, will lead the annual formal of Alpha Lambda Tau fraternity tomorrow night in Graves Center. Mrs. Dowdy is the wife of the President of Beta Chapter of A. L. T. ry McCullough; Dudley Martin, Bernice Hocutt; Byron Wates, Gloria Dorriety; Cromwell Cleveland, Willie Bee Washburn; Curtis Adams, Lucinda Lasseter; Jack Easterling,' L i l l i a n Thrower; Dolph Mosley, Tommy Pridmore, Jack Bolt, Don Nebrig, Leonard Hooper, Jim Smith, Neal Sims, and visiting members from the Emory University Chapter. Society by E. Gaines GET YOUR SADDLE SHOES BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. Just Received New Shipment of Spring Socks B. LOWE'S "The Store for Men" Alpha Delta Marjorie Butt, who was an Alpha Delta Pi pledge at Sophie Newcomb, transferred to Auburn at mid-year. The colonizing chapter of that sorority here has found a worthy addition. Pledge service will be held Thursday night for Carolyn Clay and Jean Hester. The newest A l p h a Delta patroness is Mrs. Nim Denson of Opelika, who has kindly assented to help the sistern in organizing and planning ways to strengthen the sorority on the campus. Alpha Gamma Delta Alpha Gamma Delta sorority entertained at a party honoring its rushees Feb. 5th in the sorority room. Decorations followed the patriotic theme. Rushees were summoned to "mess" when Thad Salmon blew a bugle call. Army rations of fried chicken and coffee were served in tin plates and cups. Defense stamps were presented to the guests as favors. Dorothy Murdock and John Farnham sang both patriotic and sorority songs accompanied by Delson Petrie at the piano. Mary Jo Spradley and Mary Hazel Ford entertained the group with a skit during the evening. EAT WELL TO STAY WELL The American Way each placed snake pins on the neophytes during the ceremony. Formal Is Tomorrow Beta chapter of Alpha Lambda Tau entertains with its annual dance tomorrow night in Graves Center. Leading the dance will be Mrs. James Dowdy, the wife of the president. She will be presented with a bouquet of red roses during the leadout. Decorations for the dance comprise a glistening blue backdrop, a lighted fraternity pin, and an enlarged Alpha Lambda Tau pin through which the leadout will start. Mounted on the backdrop is a large reproduction of the dancing couple design used on the dance bids. The couples in the leadout will walk through the ALT pin and march down the hall to form a V. Festivities for the week-end include a house party, a buffet supper Friday night, and a breakfast after the formal Saturday night. The date list includes: Malcolm Kelly, Frances Stanley; Ollie Bryant, Evelyn Vail; Warren Morris, Mrs. Warren Morris; L. J. McMil-lian, Jane Gatewood; Hollis Price, Jimmie Jean Neeley; John T. Schell, Jessie Mae Ford; Ralph Stanford, Mary Virginia Perdue; Jimmy Dowdy, Dorothy Dowdy; Tandy Little, Teenie Blair; Jesse Jordon, Caroline Fergueson; Bill Kelly, Willie Chase; Louis Mal-peli, Dink McDaniel; Hugo Park-man, Constance Make; Sam Mayo, Louise Lipscomb; Felix Williams, Katie Joe Dennis; B. B. Knowles, Sara Brooks; Jimmy Huggins, Millard Morgan; Bill Mitchell, Jean Mitchell; Penny Williams, Cardinal Key To Give Tea Sunday at 4 All Junior Women Students Are Invited Cardinal Key, senior women's honor society will give a tea Sunday afternoon f r om four until five-thirty at Social Center for all junior women. The receiving line will toe made up of the officers of Cardinal Key: Anita Albright, president; Adele Fox, vice-president; Emma Lou Farrior, secretary; Emma Nell Parrish, treasurer. The organization has taken a patriotic theme for its decorations, with red, white, and blue colors used predominately. Katherine Hayes; Seymore West, Sars Frye; Clarence Horton, Jane Caffey; Bill Rogers, Doris Caton; Helmut Thielsch, Lucretia Perry. Guests and alumni who will attend the dance will include Helen Marian, Bernice Malpeli; Bob Smith, Nelson Grubbs, Lt. Weaver, Professor Nickols, Professor A. J. Butler, Cam Glover, Brice Nelson, John F. Wright, Graham Howard, Cecil Thrower, Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Early, Bob Miller, Bill Flurry, Joe Nelson, Horace Burson, Lila Rhodes, Charles Driver, Loraine Lieger, John Foerg, Norma Blair, Evan Zieger, Dixie Black. LOST — Mechanical Drawing Set 2/17/42. Finder please call Joe Biddle, S9-M or come to 210 W. Glenn. Reward. FOR RENT — Efficiency apt. 343 S. College St. Available March 1. Call Mrs. Funchess 214 or College 279. 2-20-24 Kappa Alpha m SERVE BALL BREAD 3 Times A Day There's no shortage of bread in America! You can have delicious, satisfying Ball's Bread at every meal. It's your dependable source of health-giving vitamins. You'll like this perfect golden brown loaf with its flaky crust, its rich, different flavor! But it in the economical family size. For health and vitality, enjoy Ball's Bread at least 3 times a day. BALL'S BAKERY The good KA brethren on South College plan to give a hay-ride and house dance a week from Saturday night. No further details have been announced by the social chairman, Jack Becker, as yet. Kappa Sigma The Kappa Sigma pledges will entertain the active members Feb. 28th with a hayride out at Wright's Mill. "Momma Helen" will chaperon. Sigma Phi Epsilon The Alabama Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon was honored Wednesday and Thursday by the visit of William L. Phillips, better known to the Sig Eps as "Uncle Billy." A banquet was held in his honor Wednesday night at the chapter house. Mrs. Elizabeth Cox a c t e d as hostess. Alumni who attended were Ottis Ward, Alumni Secretary, Professor John Cottier, faculty adviser of the fraternity and Dryden Baughman, faculty member. Sigma Nu The alumnae attending the Sigma Nu initiation included Dr. Lan Lipscomb, Feagin Rainer and Bill Scott. The two former men had sons who were being initiated and the latter had a brother. They IT EVEN FEELS LIKE A NEW SUIT ! THAT 5ANITONE CLEANING IS SWELL I 4 REASONS WHY YOUR SUIT LOOKS AND FEELS NEW AFTER WE'VE SANITONED IT EMo • Sanitone's unique cleaning action get» out all the dirt and perspiration. • Sanitone improves texture by reviving original mill finish. • Our careful pressing raises the nap of the cloth. • Minor repairs made free—even if you forget to ask us. jut* SHOW YOUR PATRIOTISM BY MAKING THAT SUIT LAST AS LONG AS TWO. THIS CAN BE DONE IF SANITONED BY THE IDEAL LAUNDRY. Ideal Laundry Page Four THE P L A I N S M AN February 20, 1942 Tigers to Meet Florida Here Games Tonight And Tomorrow Afternoon YARDSTICK Five Tigers Give Last Performance Here; Team Leaves For SEC Meet Five Auburn basketballers give their last performance in Alumni Gymnasium tomorrow afternoon when Auburn plays the second of a two-game series with Florida. First game is tonight at 8 o'clock, and tomorrow's game will be played at 4 P. M. in order to allow the Gator squad to catch a train. The games also mark the curtain exhibitions by each team in regular Southeastern Conference play. On Wednesday morning the Plainsmen will leave by train for Louisville for the SEC meet. Hawkins. Manci Top Seniors Topping the list of seniors are Shag Hawkins, center and captain of the '41 and '42 teams, and Frank Manci, a regular for Coach Ralph Jordan since his sophomore year. This pair currently leads the Conference in scoring and will be out to clinch the honors in this final pair of league games. Other seniors at the end of their basketball rope are Marvin Motley, Ben Park and Jack Tanner. Motley, a guard was a valuable guard on last year's Auburn team and has played from that position this year also. Park was a guard in '41, but has been seen as both guard and forward during this season, showing effectively at either position. Tanner, a squadman for three years, has proved dependable in a reserve guard position and doubtless will show in that capacity against Florida. Hope To Snap Streak The Plainsmen hope to snap the streak which has followed them ever since their win over Georgia a week ago. At that time they held third place in the Conference. On Saturday, however, Mississippi sprang an upset in winning by 41-40. Tulane was met in New Orleans and Greenies pinned on the fourth Auburn loss, 50-41. Then Louisiana State conquered the Plainsmen in Baton Rouge by 63-49 and made it three losses within a four day period. This week-end's games will be the fifth and sixth played in nine days time for Coach Jordan's would have had to look hard to Plainsmen, and the Plainsmen find a tougher closeout opponent. GUARD OR CENTER? MAKV/fJ MQTUE.-/ Playing in his last games before the home crowds will be Marvin Motley, senior from Autaugaville. A guard on the first team for two years, Marvin also has shown as a center. Part of the rhythm of action the pause that refreshes It's the refreshing thing to do Opelika Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Phone 70 M-39-4 By JOHN PIERCE HAWKINS OUT Sometime during the latter part of next week (and the later the better) five seniors will play their last basketball for Auburn. Four are Jack Tanner, Frank Manci, Ben Park and Marvin Motley. Shag Hawkins is the other senior. So now might be an opportune time to attempt a summary of the activities of Capt. Hawkins. He is, they are saying, probably the hottest thing ever to play a spot in Alumni Gymnasium. Alumni Gym's history must cover a whole lot of basketball players, a whole lot of games, and a whole lot of crowds dangling from the creaking balconies. So we'd agree that out of all of the basketball players who have played there there have undoubtedly been some great ones. We haven't seen the others, but we'll ride right along with those people who acclaim Hawkins as Auburn's best. Because Shag Hawkins is the most deadly piece of basketball machinery we have ever seen. We've watched him play a lot of games and we have yet to walk in on one when he couldn't do some entirely unconventional thing with a basketball—something we hadn't seen before. Last Friday night after Shag had scored 21 points in the win over Georgia we walked about here and there and asked a lot of people about him. We asked the freshman, the senior, the alumnus. We asked Vic Costellos, Jim Samford, Pop Reynolds. A lot of people. "Have you ever seen a better basketball player than Shag Hawkins?" The interviewee would light up. It's a subject they like to talk about around Auburn. "No," said the frosh or the senior or the alumnus or Vic Costellos. "No, I haven't." Prejudice? Well, now, if Shag played with Georgia or Tulane or Mississippi State maybe he wouldn't look so good. Maybe we'd think him pretty fair, but nothing exceptional. But right here we're echoing, we think, the reactions of the Auburn students who have watched him play for four years. Okay. You have your Glammack of North Carolina who went out and racked up something like a 30 point average last year; you've read about the number with West Texas State who throws in 500 per season. We'll step out of the way for those of that category. But where you see something like that you'll also see a system where somebody can afford to go out and get the additional something that every All-American has to have before he can start tossing 'em in so fast the net smokes by half-time. Shag's style of play is unique. It's either the most countrified version of Dr. Naismith's brain-child ever to appear in public circles—or it's so metropolitan that New York isn't big enough for it yet. Nobody in these sections will profess to having seen anything like it. It involves a running shot which starts from two inches above the floor. It features a break for the backboard that will make the most alert defensive man stumble and fall and turn around in time to hear the swish. It utilizes a jump that drags down a rebound before the opposing gents can figure the situation out thoroughly. And it includes a swaggering, casual, easy one-handed type of play which is as colorful as anything in the business. The Auburn basketball crowds hinge on what this guy does. When Shag makes one of his spectacular breaks and leaves the opposition scattered around the floor like the Autumn leaves there is a gallery sound corresponding in its originality to the play. It's a combined roar and laugh. A roar for the two points he's ju"st chuck- (Continued on page 6) Starting slowly, the invading Gators have built their forces into a top-ranking contender and hold good phances of sinking the Auburn outfit. The lineup which has opened for the past few games will open GOOD VALUES Every Day in the Year atBAYNE'S Some Suggestions You Can't Go Wrong On Martha Washington TISSUES—200 10c 500 23c TEK TOOTH BRUSH—50c value i 29c TEK TOOTH BRUSH—2 in package 55c PEPSODENT FIFTY TUFT BRUSH 47c PEPSODENT PROFESSIONAL TYPE -20c DR. WEST MIRACLE TUFT 47c DR. WEST (Old Style 50c Brush) .25c PROPHYLACTIC BONDED BRUSH 47c PROPHYLACTIC (Old Style 50c Brush) 29c PROPHYLACTIC—NYLON BRISTLE 23c RUBBERSET D. D. 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Meagher Named to Naval Board Of Physical Training Experts Head Coach and Athletic Director Jack Meagher was this week named a member of a board of eight sports authorities which is to offer advice on the naval aviation program's physical training aspects. The board will function as an advisory council. It convened at the Navy Department at Washington Monday in its initial meeting. Members of the council will not give up their regular positions but will devote as much time as is necessary to the naval physical training activities. The advisers are Dr. Joseph Raycroft of Princeton; William Bingham, athletic director of Harvard; Jack Meagher, athletic director of Alabama Polytechnic Institute; L. W. St. John, athletic director of Ohio State University; Major John Griffith, commissioner of athletics for the Big Ten Conference; Elmer Mitchell, director of intramural athletics at the University of Michigan; Ray Eck-mann, director of athletics and student activities of the University of Washington, and Dean Carl T. Schott of Pennsylvania State College. Bengals Defeat Plainsmen 63-49 In Baton Rouge Louisiana State slid into the fourth position in the 1942 Southeastern Conference basketball race Tuesday night as the Bengals knocked over Auburn by a 63-49 score in Baton Rouge. It was the third successive loss for the Plainsmen and lowered them into fifth place in the Conference standings. The two teams battled evenly during the first half, left the floor with L.S.U. on top, 26-25. After the intermission, however, Auburn fell behind and the Louis-ianians, led by Chaney, increased their advantage to 14 points. Chaney led all scorers for the night with a 21-point total. The Frank Manci-Shag Hawkins combine continued to function despite the loss, and the two held their grip on the first two places within the SEC individual scoring race. Hawkins counted 14 points, Manci 10. Outstanding also for the Plainsmen was guard Ben Park, who's been playing from both guard and forward positions throughout the season. Functioning in a forward's spot against L.S.U., Ben showed himself as Auburn's most improved player since his start as a varsity basketballer. His scoring total reached nine points in Baton. Rouge. The Plainsmen showed improvement over their Monday night's form, but the barrage of L.S.U. goals outdid their best scoring efforts. Bass, a center, and Morey, forward, combined to score 30 of the L.S.U. total. Auburn (49) Pos. L.S.U. (63) Manci (10) JF (14) Morey Williams (6) J?_. (21) Chaney Hawkins (14) ._.C (16) Bass Canzoneri (4) G (4) Herbst Motley (2) G (4) Graham Substitutions: Auburn — Park (9); Young; Tanner (4); Burton. Louisiana State: Shows; Fulker-son; McLeod; Madison (4). jBBSjjSiBSMag^^ tonight for Auburn. Manci andl Williams will be the forwards, Capt. Shag Hawkins will be the wheelhorse from center, Canzoneri and Motley will start in the guard positions. Canzoneri is a junior, Williams a sophomore. PLANNED PERMANENCE When you decide to build a home of your own, there are many factors that should be thoroughly investigated and understood before you sign a contract. The best way to play safe is to deal with a reliable and reputable organization. When you buy a home built by The Auburn Ice & Coal Co. you are sure of buying a home that will hold its value and attractiveness indefinitely. These homes are planned for permanence and for genuine living comfort. There is no trace of flimsy construction or inferior workmanship in these homes. An Auburn Ice & Coal Co. home is an investment in permanent security. / SEE OUR COMPLETE LIST OF HOUSE PLANS. THERE IS NO OBLIGATION AUBURN ICE & COAL CO. "BUILDERS OF FINE HOMES" ssssssssssss; February 20, 1942 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Five Punishment, Good Examples, and Training Program Discussed in Series "Men Management" Article Continues With Lecture Notes on "Discipline" Discipline is the foundation upon which an Army is built. It is the object of the leader through training to produce a discipline within the unit which will insure cheerful and conscientious performance of all necessary tasks under all conditions. Discipline cannot be founded on punishment alone. Obedience to authority is rather founded upon leadership of such quality as to assist the adjustment of the individual to the group and cause the group to want to abide by the will of the commander. A discipline of force which tries to compel adjustment rather than prevent maladjustment arouses reaction and opposition. True discipline accordingly is the result of volition and is gained through building willingness, enthusiasm and cooperation—never through the fear of punishment. Such discipline is voluntary and is based on knowledge, reason, sense of duty, and idealism. The proper function of punishment under such discipline is to act as a powerful stimulant and reminder of the interest of the group to its more backward or egocentric members and to eliminate entirely from the group those few incorrigibles w h i c h may threaten the morale of the entire unit. The first rate officer will avoid petty punishments. If he has to punish he will punish hard and after fair warning. Fairness in the awarding of punishment is essential. However, fairness does not consist in always awarding the same punishment for the same offense under all conditions. The offender's record and personal characteristics should be studied in each case and the punishment awarded should be chosen primarily with a view to correcting the wrong tendencies of the individual and making him a use- LOANS Short Term Loans on Most Anything of Value Opelika Pawn Shop Clement Hotel Corner Opelika. Ala. I KING'S FLORIST We Specialize in Corsages of All Types Phone 611 Night Phone 365 "Flowers for all Occasions" ful member of the unit. Duty should never be awarded as punishment. One of the most common violations of this principle is the awarding of kitchen police as punishment. Such practices tend to lower the respect of the men for the duty and also detracts from the punishment. A good symptom of the state of discipline in any unit is the record of the absence without leave. A study in the First World War of 625 cases of absence without leave showed that 247 were due to the defects in the character of the offender; 160 were connected with his conditions of service; 186 were connected with his family; and 24 connected with outside matters, principally women. Of those connected with the service the great majority might have been easily avoided if the training of their units and the leadership of their superiors had been somewhat better. Of those connected with family matters about half were due to the illness or death of near relatives. It thus becomes apparent that of the cases studied probably about two-thirds could have been eliminated by the commanders by better instruction of their subordinates, a better understanding of their personal problems, and a more careful application of the principles of man management. Setting a Good Example The manner of the leader is an index to his character and state of mind and is carefully watched by his subordinates. The leader's manner is unconsciously imitated by his men. He must, therefore, cultivate a calm, controlled manner, particularly under circumstances which appear to be unfavorable. Few things can keep up the morale of the troops better than the realization that the leader with full knowledge of the difficulty of the situation neither looks nor acts as worried as perhaps as he has a right to be. The leader's appearance, gestures, and tone should give evidence of self-control. His language must be disciplined. He should speak plainly and simply and use words which he thinks the men he is yiCTORY BUY UNITED STATES DEFENSE BONDS STAMPS WAR NEEDS MONEY! It will cost money to defeat our enemy aggressors. Your government calls on you to help now. Buy Defense Bonds or Stamps today. Make every pay day Bond Day by participating in the Pay-roll Savings Plan. Bonds cost $18.75 and up. Stamps are 10t, 25£ and up. The help of every individual is needed. Do your part by buying your share every pay day. talking to will understand. His phraseology should be positive and direct and should never include such uncertain terms as "as soon as possible" or "if you can." Profanity, if used, should be reserved for special occasions; it will be more effective the less it is employed. Swearing at his subordinates is never justified. It is bitterly resented and the men are not only affronted but are also humiliated for their self-respect is impaired and they have no means for retaliation. In addressing his noncommissioned officers the officer shquld always use their proper titles since these men have every right to be proud of the promotions which they have won. The officer's manner must be cheerful in order that he may have cheerful subordinates. Being STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF , Bank of Auburn AUBURN, ALABAMA At the Close of Business December 31,1941 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts Overdrafts Furniture and Fixtures Stocks and Bonds Cash on hand and due from Banks LIABILITIES Capital Stock Surplus Undivided Profits Reserve for Taxes Deposits ..$484,566.29 124.12 ... 4,500.00 ... 90,850.00 ... 364,494.48 $944,534.89 . 25,000.00 . 25,000.00 . 51,644.18 7,000.00 . 835,890.71 $944,534.89. OFFICERS S. L. TOOMER EMIL F. WRIGHT _ W. H. SARTIN President ..... Cashier ..... Asst. Cashier DIRECTORS C. FELTON LITTLE EMMETT SIZEMORE C. L. HARE S. L. TOOMER C. A. JONES EMIL F. WRIGHT DR. C. S. YARBROUGH MEMBER F. D. I. C. cheerful implies being optimistic and an officer must have the ability to see and emphasize the brighter side of things. Men who are in a cheerful and optimistic frame of mind will stand up and work or fight where men of more pessimistic inclination will be inclined to shirk their duty. The leader should set his subordinates an example of courtesy. Real courtesy is simple, everyday civility and has aptly been described as the lubricant of human relations. The official expression of military courtesy is the salute. An officer may usually count on being rendered a salute in much the same manner as it is the custom to render it. A courteous manner in his relationship with his subordinates will increase their self-respect and the respect in which they hold their leader. Loyalty is a quality of character which any man must have in order to be proper material for development as a leader. However, it is not enough to be loyal but is also necessary to appear loyal. Loyalty must be not only to the leader's superiors but also to his subordinates and care must be taken to avoid any action or omission which may convey the impression of disloyalty. While loyalty on the part of men may seem difficult to inspire, if an officer is proud of his men and has faith in their ability, they will return his loyalty without hesitation. The leader should never give an impression of disloyalty to his superiors by loose criticism of them, especially in the presence The Management of Men in Regard To The Training Program Is Considered The object of all military training is to promote fighting efficiency. Fighting efficiency is promoted by imparting a knowledge of the technique of fighting and by developing the spirit and will to carry on the fight in accordance with the orders of higher authority. In military training the first mentioned of these considerations, imparting a knowledge of the technique of the soldier's duties in war, is ordinarily given the larger amount of conscious thought, but the second element is none the less important. The development of the spirit and will to carry on the fight, that is morale and esprit, is an object of all training but is not limited to the hours specifically allotted to training on the daily schedule; it continues throughout the day in the handling of the many details affecting the soldier's life and environment which are all a part of the problem of man management. Some types of training, especially close order, bayonet, and some other drills, have the development of discipline and the will to fight as a primary object; some other types of more technical training also have special value in this regard. Even the most technical types of training can contribute to increasing will to carry on soldierly duties under combat conditions if the soldier, as a result of the training, gains confidence in his ability to do his part and is shown how his work contributes to the defeat of the enemy. Training is facilitated if the individuals are grouped in squads which are not formed alphabetically or according to height, but rather by careful selection with a view to easy mutual adjustment and beneficial affects on each other. S In imparting the knowledge of the technique of military duties to the men, the leader must have a detailed knowledge of the instruction to be given and an understanding of the methods by which this information .can best be imparted. This in itself involves to a high degree the principles of man management. The time, location, and aids to be used for the training should be carefully planned. The information should be given in simple, clear language and with illustrations, demonstrations, and checks to see that it is thoroughly understood. The use of questions is the most common method of checking understanding in cases where the soldier cannot physically apply the knowledge by doing. Questions should relate not only to memory answers, but also to thought answers, any necessary assistance being given in the latter, often through appeal to the other students. If an exercise or drill becomes lifeless or mechanical it should be stopped and varied in order to regain attention. Boredom is one of the worst enemies of the leader and can be defeated only by intelligence and imagination. The training program "must be progressive and keep the men adequately occupied without normally being too severe and exhausting. This is especially important in the training of recruits and of men who have of his men. If they come to believe that he is disloyal to his superiors, they will doubt his loyalty to them and their loyalty will suffer correspondingly. ' • » ' i •£flRL PfiRK •PiORORH May We Suggest Delicious WHITEHOUSt Ice Cream For Your Dessert. Throughout February we are featuring Whitehouse Ice Cream. Froz-Rite Ice Cream Dairyland Farm Milk PHONE: Auburn Opelika 536 37 just been withdrawn from combat action. The officer should be a leader in thought as well as in the activities of his unit. In this day of new weapons and methods of combat much can be accomplished in gaining the confidence of his subordinates by gaining and passing on to them an understanding of the effect of new weapons and means of combating them. Instruction in the means of protection against air attack and tanks and of counter measures to be taken against them will increase the confidence of the individual soldier in himself as well as his leader. Organization of Working Parties In the organization of a party to accomplish an assigned task, consideration must be given not only to the problems of securing the best work of each individual, but also to those of securing the best cooperation among the individuals with a view to the most expeditious and efficient handling of the job by the unit as a whole. In so far as possible the habitual organization of the unit should not be disturbed and men should be employed under their own leaders. In many cases, due to restrictions of tools or of the working area, or due to the length of the task, it will not be profitable to employ all the men on a job at one time. In such cases those men who can not be profitably employed should be withdrawn under their own subordinate leader from the immediate vicinity of the work site and permitted to rest in an area where they will not interfere with or be disturbed by the work. If necessary, rest should be enforced in order that the men conserve their energy for later tasks which may be assigned. Although units which are resting may act as a reserve for security elements, the advanced s e c u r i t y detachments should not themselves be considered as a part of the resting elements since these detachments must be wide awake and constantly on the alert if the object of their assignment is to be accomplished. THIS WEEK The Auburn Grille ANNOUNCES THAT ANN PAFFORD has been selected to receive a Steak Dinner for his outstanding service to Auburn during the last three years. • Each week the Auburn Grille will select an outstanding student to receive this award. The Grille is Auburn's finest and most modern restaurant. The Grille invites the students to come in often for "the best food in town." The Auburn Grille LUCAS GAZES, Mgr. FRIDAY ONLY, FEB. 20 2 BIG HITS FOR THE PRICE OF HIT NO. 1 AN ALL-OUT B L I T Z of draftees' daffy doings! "TANKS A MILLION" with Wm. Tracy - James Gleason HIT NO. 2 THE RAF IS ITS CAST! THE RAF FILMED IT! "TARGET FOR TONIGHT" Actually Filmed Under Fire! — Also — LATEST WAR NEWS SATURDAY ONLY Thrill-Loaded "ARIZONA BOUND" with BUCK JONES - TIM McCOY RAYMOND HATTON — Added — SERIAL — CARTOON . . . note After 6:00 P. M. the above program will be double-featured with . . . Hair-Trigger Heroes! Dick Foran - Andy Devine Leo Carrillo 2 "ROAD AGENT" BIG FEATURES FOR THE PRICE OF SUNDAY — MONDAY DOORS OPEN SUNDAY AT 1:15 P. M. SHOWS BEGIN AT 1:30. 4:15. AND 8:45 P. M. — Added Joy — LATEST WAR NEWS A POPEYE COMEDY 2 TUESDAY ONLY BIG FEATURES FOR THE PRICE OF FEATURE NO. 1 Loads of FUN! JEFFREY LYNN JANE WYMAN in "The Body Disappears" FEATURE NO. 2 Gun-blazin' Adventure BILL ELLIOTT in "The Son of Davy Crockett" WEDNESDAY ONLY ON THE STAGE IN PERSON! MAJOR BOWES Presents His 'MERRY-GO-ROUND REVUE' 20 — A R T I S T S —20 ON THE SCREEN "BLONDIEGOES TO COLLEGE" with ARTHUR LAKE PENNY SINGLETON / Page Four THE PLAINSMAN February 20,1942 Fourteen Fraternities Initiate 112 New Members 1 Phi Delta Thetas Lead With 23 Sigma Nus Second With Twenty Men Inducted; Six Frats Yet to Initiate Fourteen campus fraternities, twelve social and two vet, have recently initiated a total of one hundred and twelve men. This leaves six fraternities yet to introduce their neophytes to the mystic rites and handshakes of Greek brotherhood initiation. The Phi Delta Thetas with, twenty-three new members lead the rest of the field so far. The Sigma Nus are second, having inducted twenty new men. The fraternities yet to hold membership initiation are: Alpha Gamma Rho, Beta Kappa, Kappa Alpha, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The new members of Alpha Lambda Tau are: Seymore West, Felix Williams, John Schell, Bill Mitchell, Holis Price, Marcus, and Bill Kelley. Alpha Psi: James Ray Harris and Bernard Sawyer. Delta Sigma Phi: David Butts, Carl Hicks, Dixon McCromack, Morris Potter, Ruel Russell, Jack Thornton, and Robert Ferguson. Omega Tau Sigma: Lee Backs-man, C. H. Poitevint, Robert Baucom, Luther Innes, and Le-roy Bowen. Pi Kappa Alpha: Frank Arthur, Randolph Bowling, Burnham Bullock, Reuben Burch, Dick Cousins, Eugene Cowart, Walter Cowart, Dorsett Davis, William C. Hitt, Randolph Kyzar, Charles Swan-son, Luther Taylor, and James J. Wyatt. Pi Kappa Phi: Glenn Crim, Joe Billy Fain, Ed Jemigan, Theo Massey, Charles Morgan, and Charles Wood. Sigma Chi: James Bradshaw, Ben Brown, Kilshaw Clisby, Dudley Ellis, Feilding Lindsay, Lloyd Malone, Junius McMahon, Rodger Norris, Sidney Patton, Glenn Richardson, Albert Thomas, Bub-ber Tillery, Frank Wyatt, and Howard Weir. Sigma Nu: Joe Bailey, Ed Cad-enhead, Lamar Champion, Howard Fulenwider, Horace Garth, William D. Greenwood, Bill Har-bert, Henry Lee Hilson, Malcolm Horrell, Gordon Isbel, Lan Lipscomb, George Logue, Peter Miller, Top Miller, Tom Nicholson, William Ci Person, Jackson H. Rainer, Neal Saxon, Teasely Scott, and Lawson White. Sigma Phi Epsilon: Hardy Ad-cox, Marshall Edmondson, Jack Evans, Neal Smith, C. L. Cook-son, Billy Chalmers, Bill Turnip-seed, Earl Jones, Billy Hill, Davie Lacey, Tommy Lovell, Pete Martin, Sam Wilson, Billy Weldon, Henry Dawson, and Andy Lamar. Sigma Pi: Dudley Martin, Harry Smalley. Theta Chi: Walter Bolton, Ralph Christopher, Lawrence Feagin, Gordy Loftin, Bobby Or-tagus, Edwin Rotherburg, Douglas Stevens, Lawrence Tollison, Albert Lowe, Wayne Dailey. Tau Epsilon Phi: Maurice Kras-elsky, Alfred Long, Marion Schlosburg. SCOTT (Continued from Page 2) British Isles, the Battle of Britain will become a cinch for the Germans. If they cannot disrupt shipping in the Atlantic, the Battle of Britain may never really be fought. Hitler aims to turn on England some day, but naturally he will wait as long as necessary if waiting weakens the British. If he could draw British sea power, freed from the Pacific by the United States, into the Mediterranean, he would have a much better chance of winning the submarine war in the Atlantic. Perhaps that is not his plan, but at least it would explain the sudden appearance of submarines in YARDSTICK Continued from page 4) ed in—a laugh for the way he's made a fool of one or more opposing players. That unorthodox gallery rumpus, known only to those who know Auburn and Shag Hawkins, will come whenever he reaches out with one hand to intercept a ball, whenever he shoots from the shoestrings while on the dead run. He had a neck operation during the Christmas holidays and his scoring hasn't stood up alongside the high he chalked up in 1941. But he's still second in the SEC scoring race right now. Last year he beat out Vanderbilt's Pinky Lipscomb and finished eleven conference games with a 188-point total. His mark in all games was 291. As a sophomore he made 163. This year, neck operation or not, he's scored 163. His total for three years is 617, or an average of 206. Last year in Louisville the players began to get fidgety on the day of the Alabama game. "I hope Shag's hot tonight," they'd say. Well, Shag's showing that night was a complete disappointment to those who hadn't seen him and had been waiting for the opportunity. He scored four points, all on free throws, and fouled out before the half. He was a broken-up boy as he sat at the end of the court and watched Auburn founder its way out of the tournament. We wondered what he'd say about it after the game, and what he said was something we were hoping for. "Don't say they lost because I was out of the game. Give them credit for what they did." Shag has his bad showings. There'll be some nights when he doesn't shoot any more than ten points—a low for him. So somebody might tell you he was over-rated, that their team stopped him cold. It's not hard to answer that. Just tell 'em, "Well, brother, if he was over-rated—why did you play three men on him?" Chaplains Are Needed By Navy at Once Now that the United States is at war and the Navy is rapidly expanding, several more chaplains are needed at once in the U. S. Naval Reserve it was announced today at headquarters of the Eighth Naval District. Although the duties of Navy chaplains are primarily religious, there are additional duties to be performed in connection with the Navy's program for the advancement of mental, moral and physical welfare of the officer and enlisted personnel. Vacancies exist in the district for Protestant ministers of Methodist, Baptist, Disciples of Christ, Presbyterian and United Brethern large numbers at such widely separated points as the eastern Mediterranean and the North Atlantic. gfaeet* t New Spring Dresses And Ensembles First signs of Spring . . . a new suit! See the smartest of the Advance Spring suits here . . . the latest fashions by . . . • NELLY DON • CAROL KING • MIZE MODE AND OTHER DESIGNERS FIRST SIGNS OF SPRING IN LADIES HATS By Gage, Brewster, and Rhodes Yes, They're Modestly Priced! I Wright's Dept. Store denominations, and for Roman Catholic priests. Chaplains in the Naval Reserve are commissioned lieutenants, (junior grade), from the ages of 24 to 34, and may be commissioned lieutenants if in the age bracket from 35 to 44, the maximum age. Chaplains are eligible for promotion as are other officers and draw the same pay for like rank and length of service. Lieutenants (junior grade) receive $2,000 a year as base pay plus allowances for subsistance and quarters if they have dependents. A candidate for a chaplain must be a citizen of the United States, be a fully ordained clergyman in the church he represents and be in the active ministry. He must be nominated and endorsed by the official authorities of his denomination and have completed four years of college work for the Bachelor of Arts degree, or an equivalent academic degree in an accredited institution. In addition the applicant must have completed three years in a Theological Seminary for the Bachelor of Divinity degree, or Doctor of Sacred Theology degree. Methodist, Baptist, Disciples of Christ and United Brethren pastors should send their applications to the General Committee on Army and Navy Chaplains, Woodward Building, Washington, D. C. Lutherans Synod of Missouri should apply in writing to the Army and Navy Commission, 82 West Washington Blvd., Chicago, 111. 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Board Treasury Department Gives Information Concerning Students and the Income Tax (Editor's note: The following article is a release of the Treasury Department of the United States, of vital concern to students.) This is a message to students. Single persons or married persons not living with husband or wife, whose average earnings were as much as $14.43 a week for the year 1941, and married persons living together who had aggregate earnings averaging as much as $28.85 a week for the year, are required to file Federal income tax returns. This year, more than ever before, the necessity for prompt action in preparing and filing income tax returns is apparent to every one. It is estimated that 22,000,000 income tax returns will be filed before midnight of March 16, 1942, and that of this number 7,000,000 persons will file income tax returns for the first time. If under the laws of the State in which he has legal residence the earnings of the minor belong to the minor, such earnings, regardless of amount, are not required to be included in the return of the parent. In the absence of proof to the contrary, a parent will be assumed to have the legal right to the earnings of the minor and must include them in his return. A minor, just as a person of legal age, who is single, or is married and not living with husband or wife for any part of the taxable year, is required to render a return of income if he has a gross income of his own of $750 or over for the taxable year. If the aggregate gross income of such minor from any property which he possesses, and from any funds held in trust for him by a trustee or guardian, and from his earnings which belong to him is $750, a return, as in the case of any other individual, must be made by the minor or for him by his guardian, or other person charged with the care of his person or property. To assist taxpayers in the preparation of their income tax returns the Treasury Department has issued a folder entitled "How to File Your Income Tax Return the Simple Way." It contains a facsimile of the simplified Form 1040A and illustrates the six steps required to prepare the return. Form 1040A may be used by persons who are required to file returns but who have gross incomes of not more than $3,000 from salaries, wages, compensation for personal services, dividends, interest, rent, annuities, and royalties only. For taxpayers not eligible to use Form 1Q40A or those not choosing to use it, Form 1040 should be filed. The last page of the folder contains a table showing the individual income tax on 1941 net income before deductions of personal exemptions and credit for dependents from salaries and wages of selected sizes if Form 1040 is used. • All seniors are requested to have their measurements taken for graduation caps and gowns beginning February 25. 1 • Measurements will be taken and sent in to the company to make up the correct sizes. • This year you will not be required to pay for your caps and gowns in advance, but only when you come by to get them for graduation exercises. EARLY MEASUREMENT INSURES BETTER AND PROMPTER SERVICE Burton's Book Store "Something New Every Day" ASK ABOUT OUR SCHOOL BOOK EXCHANGE We will show you how to get the most for your USED SCHOOL BOOKS—Its an entirely new idea. Loftin M usic PHONE 262 C a NEW and USED Phonograph Records. 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