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ELECTION OF PARK
States That Use
Of "U-Drive-lts"
Is Rule Violation
Cullen Ward, candidate for
vice-president of the Executive
Cabinet in the recent elections,
has contested the election of
Henry Park to that office on the
basis of alleged violation of poli­ticking
rulings.
Ward states that Park rented
U-Drive-Its on the day of the
election, and used the automobiles
to convey voters to the polls. In
a statement to Charles Flowers,,
chairman of the Elections Com­mittee,
Ward said that this vio­lated
the ruling passed last year
by the Executive Cabinet which
states that any means of cam­paigning
other than personal con­tact
with the voters shall render
the voters ineligible, and shall
subject the candidate to disquali­fication.
The ruling, in part, is as fol­lows
:_
" . . . any means of campaign­ing
other than personal contact
with the voters shall render the
voters ineligible. No candidate or
any of his supporters may dis­tribute
free merchandise or ad­vertising
of any type or have
cards or circulars printed or cir^
culated in his behalf. The Elec­tions
Committee shall decide
cases in which any of the above
rules are said to be violated."
The Elections Committee will
study the evidence, and will pre­sent
-$he evidence and it? Recom­mendation
to' the Execu^xe^^b-,
inet for approval. The Cabinet's
decision will be final.
Park could not be reached for
a statement last night.
Review This Morning
Honors Col. Watts
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1942 NUMBER 52
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The following release is a copy
of the orders read to the entire
cadet corps at the review this
morning on Bullard Field. The
Review was held in Honor of
Lt. Colonel Harry L. Watts who
is leaving Auburn after a second
term of duty here.
1. War Department orders re­lieve
Colonel Watts from duty at
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
and order him to duty with a
division being activated.
2. It is with extreme regret
that we see Colonel Watts leave
Auburn. During his many years
he has proven of inestimable
value as an instructor in military
subjects and has won the confi­dence
and respect of students,
faculty and townspeople. The
Corps of Cadets loses a true friend
and counselor. • '
3. We wish Colonel Watts the
best of luck and success wherever
he serves.
By order of Colonel John
Waterman.
J.
-R. P. Grant,
Captain, F. A.
Adjutant
eniors Take Record Examinations
Schedule is Released For
Thursday and Friday Mornings
e Team
Meets Davidson
Orators Here
Question Regards
Labor Settlement
The Auburn debate team will
meet the team from Davidson
College tomorrow in.a series of
two debates.
At 4 P. M. in Broun auditorium
the Auburn affirmative team,
composed of Clara Ellen Slaton
and Elizabeth Kirk, will meet the
Davidson College negative team.
At 8 P. M. in Broun auditorium
the Auburn negative team, com­posed
of R. C. Horn and Cullen
Ward, will meet the Davidson
College affirmative team.
The question for both debates
is "Resolved: That the Federal
Government should regulate la­bor
unions."
The public is invited to attend
these debates.
Over One Hundred Apply For
Entrance in Second Rodeo
Prizes for Winners of Various Events
Are Announced by Rodeo Association
With the applications of over one hundred Auburn stu­dents
and many Western cowboys already received, plans for
the second annual Auburn Rodeo, which is to be held in the
Auburn Stadium on April 25 and 26 starting at 2 o'clock, are
almost complete
Phi Kappa Phi
To Initiate
New Members
Forty-four new members of
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ing, 1st prize, sport shirt, 2nd
prize, cowboy belt, and 3rd_prize,
Western tie clasp.
Event 14. Bulldogging. 1st prize,
sport shirt, and 2nd prize, cow­boy
belt.
sociation. This organization is non-profit and is composed
largely of students associated with A. V. M. A., Ag Club,
Collegiate F. F. A., and the. Ag
Engineering Club.
RODEO MEETING
All students who are inter­ested
in assisting or taking
part in the second annual Au­burn
Rodeo on April 25 and 26
are requested to meet in Lang-don
Hall tonight at 8:15 P. M.
The officers of the 1942 Rodeo
are as follows: General Manager,
Sam F. Brewster, Assistant Mana­ger,
Harry Morgan, Secretary and
Treasurer, R. J. Sugg, Assistant
Secretary, Bill Spence, and As­sistant
Treasurer, Bob Reisinger.
Chairman appointed for the
commfFtees are Prize Committee,
Jack Snow, Publicity, Kirtley
Brown, Assistant Publicity, Buck
Taylor, Advertising, Paul Crow,
Stock, Willard Blunschi, Equip­ment,
Jimmy Carney, Buildirig,
Leslie Barber, Ticket Sales, Tom
Hereford, and Program and Hat
Sales, Jim Robinson.
Prizes for the winning contest­ants
have been selected and are
as follows:
Event 3. Wild Mule Scramble.
1st prize, sport shirt, 2nd prize,
cowboy belt.
Event 4. Mounted Wrestling.
1st prize, cowboy belt, 2nd prize,
same.
Event 5. Wild Cow Milking.
First day, two cowboys belts,
2nd day, same prizes.
Event 6. Musical Chair Race.
First day, cowgirl belt and cow­boy
belt, 2nd day, same prize.
Event 7. Steer Riding. (Stu­dents
only) 1st prize, pair of
bronco spurs, 2nd prize, cow­boy
belt, 3rd prize, Western tie
clasp.
Event 8. Barrel Race. First day,
cowgirl belt and boot jacket,
second day, same prizes.
Event 9. Saddle Brong, a con­tinuation
of event 6. 1st prize,
pair of bronc spurs. 2nd prize,
cowboy belt, 3rd prize, Western
tie clasp.
Event 10. Steer riding (Open
to anyone). 1st prize, pair of
bronc spurs, 2nd prize, cowboy
belt, and 3rd prize, Western tie
clasp.
Event 11. Bareback Bronc Rid­ing.
1st prize, pair of bronc spurs,
2nd prize, cowboy belt, and 3rd
prize, Western tie clasp.
Event 12. Cowgirls Milking
Contest. First day, cowgirl belt,
second day, same prize.
Event 13. Bareback Mule Rid-
Heard Elected
BSU President
George Heard, junior in aero­nautical
engineering from Fair­field,
has been elected president of
Auburn B. S. U. Heard, 1942-43
editor of the Plainsman, is also
state B. S. U. president.
Philip Lett, sophomore in me­chanical
engineering, was elected
first vice-president in charge of
enlistment. Dorothy Norman
was '.elected second vice-presi­dent
in charge of socials. June
Forbus, third vice-president, is
in charge of devotionals.
Other officers elected include:
Frank Jenkins, Sunday School
Superintendent; J o h n Harvey
Thomas, Training Union Direct­or,
Howard Johnson, extension di­rector,
Cathryn Goldsmith, libra­rian;
Robert Jeffers, friendship
circle; Dorothy Allen, music chair­man;
Annie D. Brooks, Link's
editor; W. J. Isbell, publicity di­rector;
Tom Roberts, Poster chair­man;
Maizie Nelson, Y. W. A.
president.
C. A. Shepherd, Brotherhood
president; Winifred Swenson,
secretary; Leon Marsh, treasurer;
Mildre'd Herring, Bible Study;
Ed Rush, choir; Elizabeth Lam­beth
and Jim Pharr, Noonday
Prayer Meeting.
Installation services for these
officers will be held Sunday night
at the church. The student de­partment
will be in charge of the
night service.
These new officers will be pre­sented
at the annual Spring Ban­quet
to be held this Friday night
in the basement of the church.
The banquet is open to all Bap­tist
students and will begin at
7:00 P. M. Tickets are fifty cents.
Dr. Randall Jones, faculty ad­visor,
T. C. Clark, student secre­tary,
and Dr. J. R. Edwards, pas­tor
advisor, will continue to serve
in their respective capacities.
next Monday at 6:15, when the re
tiring President, Professor Rob
ert G. Pitts, will conduct the cere­mony.
Following the initiation the
new members will be t he
guests of the Faculty Forum at
its monthly dinner, on invitation
of President Arthur D. Burke. The
guest speaker of the evening is
Dr. Hubert Searcy, President of
Huntingdon College, who will ad­dress
faculty and honor society
on the subject of "Scholarship in
College and in Life."
The newly elected officers of
Phi Kappa Phi, to be installed at
the initiation, are: President, Pro­fessor
Lily Spencer; Vice-presi­dent,
Prof. Roy Goslin; Secretary-
Treasurer, Dr. Paul Irvine; Cor­respondent,
Miss Mildred Moore.
The new members to be ini­tiated
are as follows:
School of Architecture and Al-
Alton, John Thomas Cope, Wil­liam
Dixon Ivey, Hency Porter
Orr, and Jack Snow.
School of Architecture and Al­lied
Arts: Christine Blackburn.
School of Chemistry: James L.
Rouse and Ronald D. Young.
School of Pharmacy: William H.
Michelson.
School of Education: Mary Vir­ginia
Bethea, Vera A. Darby, and
James Shirley Owen; Michael W.
Baldwin, George Ingram, William
B. Knight, and Byron B. William­son
(Agricultural Education);
Emma Lou Farrior and Mary B.
Marshall (Home Economics Edu­cation).
School of Home Economics:
Anita Albright, Evelyn Burney,
and Floris Copeland.
School of Engineering: Edwin
Allen, Archie Diegel, R. C. Stan-field,
Russel Duke,' Edgar Gentle,
Clarence R. Moster, James Fitz-patrick,
John N. Cooper, Charles
A. Dubberly, James Preston Lew-ellen,
and Holdman Baker.
School of Science and Litera­ture:
John Turner Hudson, Claire
Joyce Lasseter, Samuel D. Nettles,
and Lloyd Z. Thrasher.
School of Veterinary Medicine:
Wilford Bailey, Albert Knowles,
Thomas Robey, and Thomas Sut­ton.
School of Graduate* Studies:
Henry G. Sellers, Jr., and Mar­garet
Williams.
Faculty Members: Dr. R. S.
Sugg, Dean of the School of Vet­erinary
Medicine, and Prof. Frank
Applebee of the School of Archi­tecture
and Allied Arts.
Success of Exams May Mean Membership
In American Association for Auburn
Graduate Record's; Examinations, which constitute a part
of the College's application for membership in the American
Association of Universities, will be taken Thursday and Fri­day
mornings by all members of the Senior Class.
A postal card has been mailed to each senior indicating
the place and time fcfr the examinations. In case a senior fails
to receive his card by Wednesday noon, he is asked to call at
the Registrar's office for this information.
. In the table found on page 3
of this issue, the place of the
examinations for various students
is indicated wjth reference to the
special field of subject matter in
which seniors have elected to be
examined in one of the tests. The
other three examinations will be
uniform for all seniors.
Dr. V. W. Lapp, who heads the
faculty committee as chief ex­aminer,
asks that all seniors bring
their own pencils or pens and that
they report promptly at 7:50 A.M.
on Thursday and Friday mornings.
College officials urge that all
seniors make the best grades pos­sible
on the examinations, since
this phase of the College's ap­plication
is highly important. If
Auburn is admitted to the Amer­ican
Association of Universities
it will mean that Auburn grad­uates
will be accepted by the
Graduate Schools of the Assoc­iation
without special examina­tions.
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It was also emphasized by Col­lege
off ici^S'^lhSPHhe •••"Gra'*fetei
Records Examination will have no
bearing whatsoever on the stu­dent's
present scholastic status at
Auburn. However, he will later be
informed as to his perforrfrance
on the examinations in compari­son
with other college seniors
throughout the country.
The examination questions will
be handed to the student in a
sealed envelope. After all exami­nations
are completed they will
be sent to New York where they
will be graded by officials of the
Association.
Besides Dr. Lapp, other mem-
Entries Close
For Horse Show
On April IO
Entries for the Twentieth An­nual
Horse Shosf'will close on
April 10. Any glfodeajts who are
interested are urged to register
at the Military Office sometime
before this date. Practice dates
will be announced later and eli­minations
will be conducted be­fore
the horse show which will
be on May 3. This announcement
was received from the Military
office yesterday, it having been
previously reported that entries
closed April 1.
There will be ten classes and
events open to the students. En­tries
in all events should be in
the hands of Lt. Charles C. Adams
sometime before the final date,
April 10. Prospective entrants
must suTimit their names to Lt.
Adams and must register with
him at the same time.
One of the events will be open
only* to sophomore equitation stu­dents.
This class will be called
Sophomore Horsemanship Class
and will be open to all those
sophomore ROTC students who
had equitation last semester or
are now taking the course. Their
entries must be recommended by
their equitation instructor. Those
students who are accepted will
be allowed to practice on Wed­nesday
afternoons from 3 to 4
P. M. in the riding pens. Their
practice periods will begin on
April 8. Only 20 students will be
allowed to compete in the show.
Junior students in college will
have an opportunity to demon­strate
their riding ability in the
Junior Jumping Class. This class
wijl be open to all juniors in ad­vanced
ROTC training. Only ten
of them will be allowed to com­pete.
Seniors will be entered in their
own class, the Senior Jumping
Class. Seniors in ROTC are al­lowed
to enter this class. It too
will be limited to ten members.
The ladies of Auburn, students
and non-students will be allowed
to take part in the Horse Show.
The ladies who are members of
A. P. I. may enter the Ladies
Horsemanship Class. This class
will be opened to those students
who are enrolled in the advanced
riding class which is now in
progress. Their exhibition will be
shown at a walk, trot and gallop.
The Ladies Horsemanship Class,'
(First Year) will be opened to
those ladies who are not students
of Auburn and who are not ac­complished
riders. Their exhibi­tion
will be limited to a walk
and a trot.
The juniors will have their op­portunity
in the Junior Class.
Entries in this class will be from
the ages of 12 to 14 years of age.
Their part in the show will be
exhibitions at a walk and a trot.
Two other jumping events will
be the Bareback Jumping Class
and the Pair Jumping Class. In
the first event, only those mem­bers
of the Bareback Riding
Class will be eligible. In the Pair
Jumping Class;< ladies will be al­lowed
to enter and to select a
partner from the members of the
Advanced ROTC Course. Couples
in this event will be limited to
ten.
No person may enter in more
than one jumping event.
Like to Sing? Glee
Club Open to Any
Student Who Does
Everyone interested in singing,
whether or not they have signed
their contract with the Metro­politan
Opera, is urged to come
out and sing with the Auburn
Choral Club for the rest of the
semester.
Both boys and girls (married
or single) are invited to be a
part of this organization which
has brought so much prestige to
the institution on past perform-
Rural Home Ec
House Under
Construction
Project Here Is
First in Country
A $3,800 farm house, where
students in home economics may
learn first-hand the problems of
rural homemaking, is now under
construction on the Auburn cam­pus.
The project will be the first
of its kind in the entire country,
according to Mrs. Marion W.
Spidle, head of the School of
Home Economics.
Located west of Graves Center,
the house will have seven rooms
complete with refinished furni­ture,
homemade mattresses, wood
stove, and hand operated wash-ances
this year. The work for j ing machine. The plans also call
the rest of the year will be very for a' smokehouse,
interesting as work is about to poultry house.
barn, and
begin on a very noteworthy bit
if music.
NO TRYOUTS ARE TO BE
HELD FOR THE NEW MEM­BERS.
ALL ARE URGED TO
JUST COME AND BE A PART
OF THE CLUB AND ADD TO
IT BY THEIR SINGING. SO­PRANOS.
ALTOS. TENORS.
BASSES, — AND SINGERS
JUST PLAIN SINGERS ARE
NEEDED.
In finishing the rest of this year,
Professor Barnett is also prepar­ing
for next year's work. The
next meeting of the club is set'
for Thursday night at 7 P. M.- and
then it will meet every Monday
and Thursday night following
•lifafce-TOWR debut with the^Ree^
Club Thursday Night! ! !
ROTC INSPECTION
TO BE MAY 11,12
According to an announcement
from the Military office yester­day,
the Federal Inspection of
the Auburn ROTC Unit will be
on May 11 and 12. These two
days are on Monday and Tues­day.
Lt. Colonel Thiclkeld will
inspect the Field Artillery and
Lt. Colonel H. W. Collins will in­spect
the Engineers. Both officers
bers of the examining committee ' are from L. S. U., and Lt. Col-are
Professor Jacob and Dr. Wat- j onel Collins was the inspector
kins. last year for the engineers.
Students in groups of six will
live in the house for six weeks,
with each of them having her own
responsibilities in managing the
farm home. The use of house and
grounds will serve as laboratory
work for prospective home dem­onstration
agents and Farm Se­curity
home-management super­visors.
The project will be direct­ed
by Miss Florence P. Davis, as­sistant
professor of home eco­nomics.
The future home advisors will
care-for baby chicks, two milk
cbws^fmd fifty hens. They will
supervise a vegetable garden, can
meats and vegetables, and make
hand-loomed rugs. Home eco-jtlroady
making
bedspreads, curtains, table cloths,
napkins and towels for the house
from flour sacks and inexpensive
but durable materials.
The house is being built on a
typical Farm Security plan as
designed by Munsey G. Over-street,
state engineer for Farm
Security, and will be furnished
•according to standards set by Mrs.
Nonnie Herron, state Farm Se­curity
head.
CONVOCATION
There will be a convocation
for all women students Thursday
morning at 11:00 in Langdon
Hall.
Players to Present "The King's
New Clothes" as May 8 Finale
By BUCK TAYLOR
On May 8, the Auburn Players
will present their final effort of
the year, "THE KING'S NEW
CLOTHES." This play is a broad
farce which may be termed gen­erally
satiric. It is based upon
the Hans Christian Anderson
story of "The Emperor's New
Clothes."
Over 75 colorful costumes will
be required for the performance
which is scheduled to be held out-of-
doors at Graves Center Am­phitheater.
Mrs. Ethel Marty will
be in charge of both the design­ing
and making of the costumes.
Many unusual and attractive
dances are to be interwoven with
the action of the play. The Dance
Club under the direction of Mrs.
Louise K. Forte will furnish all
of these for the performance.
Direction of "THE KING'S
NEW CLOTHES" will be in the
able hands of Professor Telfair
B. Peet, who is presenting the
play as his third offering of the
present school term. His initial
performance this year was the
outstanding success, "Adam the
Creator" which was so well re­ceived
by Auburn theatergoers.
Only last week, the melodrama
"Suspect" was presented t o
packed audiences in Langdon
Hall on two nights.
Members of the cast of "THE
KING'S NEW CLOTHES" are as
follows: Tom and Jerry, Jack
Colvard Jones and Jim Burt; the
two ministers of state, Wheezer
and Puffer, William D. Ivey and
F. G. Charlton; the hag, Jean
Williamson; King Homunculus,
Gordon Hallmark; Queen Hal-stein,
Dot Norman; Princess Pet-tybrain,
Lois Rogers; Prince Led-eedah,
R. D. Knapp, Jr.; the page,
Winifred Swenson.
Sears Club Holds
Two Recent Meetings
Two programs on the subject
of 'The Four-Square Way of Life,'
have highlighted the meetings
of the Sears Scholarship Club for
the past month.
The first program was present­ed
by T. C. Clark, state Baptist
Student Secretary, on the sub­ject
'Practical Religion in Col­lege
Life."
Prof. James H. Raport, form­erly
of the A. P. I. intramural
sports department, spoke to the
group at the following meeting
on "Physical Fitness and the War."
"The Four-Square Way of Life,",
made famous by William H. Dan-forth,
stresses four-fold develop­ment—
spiritual, physical, mental,
and social.
"The two points of the "Four-
Square Way" which have not yet
been presented, that is, those con­cerned
with the mental and soc­ial
sides of life, will be featured
on club programs to be presented
at the next two meetings.
AlChE Officers
Named for Year
Auburn's student chapter of the
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers recently elected the
following officers to serve dur­ing
the coming year:
President, Asa Dodd, Birming­ham;
Vice-president, John San­d
e r s , Birmingham; Secretary,
Jule M. Davis, Sylacauga; Trea­surer,
Jim Heard, Fairfield; Sen­ior
representative to the Engi­neers
Council, Bruce Martin, Au­burn,
Junior representative to
the Engineers Council, Jim Rat-cliffe,
Gastonburg.
FEES PAYABLE AT
CASHIER'S OFFICE
Fourth quarter basic fees,
laboratory fees, and graduation
fees become due and payable
at the Cashier's Office in Sam-ford
Hall on April 7 and 8.
Accounts not paid by 4
o'clock. Wednesday. April 8.
1942. will be subject to the late
fee, explained in paragraph
7. page 39. of the 1941-42 cata­logue.
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Page Two T H,E P L A I N S M AN April 7,1942
Senior Grad Exams—Blessings in Disguise
This week Auburn's seniors take a se­ries
of Graduate Examinations.
This is something new in Auburn. When­ever
something new makes it appearance
here, especially if it involves a little work
for students, it appearance is greeted by
some with disfavor.
The announcement of the graduate ex­ams
was no exception.
However, we are of the opinion that if
Auburn's seniors understood the reasons
for the series, and realized the benefits
that they, as individuals, can derive from
these exams, there would be no complain­ing.
Those benefits are widespread and many.
To the students, the exams will serve as
a personal judgment record. Each stu­dent,
after the exams, will be issued a
chart booklet which will show him exactly
how he stands in relation to the other
members of his class, generally, and ac­cording
to separate subjects. He'll know
just what subjects he is'strongest in—just
which ones he weakest in.
If he's a real student, he'll take advant­age
of this information. If he has a high
rating in one subject and a low one in
another, he'll take it upon himself to study,
extra-curricularly, as much as he can
about that weak subject.
Ratings on these exams, which are high­ly
approved by those on the top in the
field of education, may be used as recom­mendations
by students seeking jobs. „
.And they won't be used against you, as
an individual, while you're still in school.
They will have nothing to do with whether
or not you graduate. The results of the
exams will not be made public, as far as
individual ratings are concerned. Your
professors won't know what you, as an in­dividual,
made.
Those professors will be benefitted,
though. For instance, suppose the entire
school showed- a weakness in mathematics.
It would be logical for math professors
to ascertain that there was something
wrong with their methods of teaching.
And Auburn's professors should be pro­gressive
enough, once shown their weak­nesses,
to correct them. It's now their duty
to their country to do so.
The school, too, will benefit from these
exams. If Auburn's seniors rate high
enough on them, it may mean member­ship
for Auburn in the American Associ­ation
of Colleges and Universities. We'd
be "accredited" as far as the Association
was concerned.
As things stand now, Auburn graduates
must pull strings and cut red tape to even
be admitted for graduate work in the more
exclusive graduate universities of the na­tion.
If the AACU gave us it's smile of ap- .
proval, that condition would cease to exist.
Any Auburn man could walk into the in­ner
chambers "of any good school in the
nation, and receive full graduate privileges
and credits.
The Job of Our 1942-43 Student Officials
After returning from the convention at
Baton Rouge we feel that some recogni­tion
should be given to those new student
government heads who were elected some
time ago.
We saw many different personalities
and characters at this meeting, but we
still think that we have some leaders that
will equal those of any other school. It is
up to all of the newly elected heads to
show us what they can really do.
They probably think they are the green­est
bunch of student government heads
that has ever been elected. They might
think this especially after going down
there and seeing some student leaders
from other colleges and universities in
the South.
They should not forget that one year ago
today, these same students that they ad­mired
were in exactly the same condition
that they are in now. Only more so in that
they, the outgoing officers, did not have
the experiences of another year to base
their decisions on.
Plans for freshmen orientation week
will begin some time in the very near fu­ture.
Here our new officers will have their
first chance to show us what they know
and some of their plans for the future/"
They will have other opportunities in
elections, improvements for our system
of student government and its power, and
many other instances.
You students have invested in these lead­ers
the future of yOur student govern­ment
on this campus. If they use their
power wisely and do their best in the
performance of their duties and tasks then
we will continue to be high in the ranks
of other schools, but if they fall down and
fail to give you their best then we know
where our mistakes have been and can
correct them next time.
After looking over other leaders and
student government heads we think that
we have made no mistakes in our choice.
They are well able to represent us and
will give us their best in their term of
office. , G. H.
Insuring Success for the Second Big Rodeo
As last year's Auburn Rodeo was de­clared
a success, the Auburn Rodeo As­sociation
is planning another one for the
Auburn students on April 25 and 26, and,
as to be expected, the plans call for a
show which is to be bigger and better.
Of course, how successful this year's
show is, and whether or not these shows
can be continued, depends upon how the
students receive this year's rodeo.
What profit, if any, will go back to the
general fund for advertising the show for
future years, and some students may feel
that it will not be their duty to attend as
none of the gate receipts will go to the
government for national defense. But as
the amount taken at the gate will probably
just be enough to offset the expense of
advertising and producing the show, the
profit will be negligible. But the rodeo
itself should prove to be a big drawing
card.
Rodeos in this section of the country are
a rarity, therefore students should support
it for the educational value and pleasure
that can be attained.
The Auburn Rodeo Association, which
is composed of students associated with
A. V. M. A., Ag Club, Collegiate F. F. A.,
and Ag Engineering, under the direction of
Sam Brewster, of the Building and
Grounds Department, have secured the
services of several big name westerners
who will add reality to the show.
So if students want a show that will be
entertaining as well as educational, and
want that show continued, they can plan
to attend the annual Auburn Rodeo. M. K.
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By HERBERT MARTIN ^*-
Our Trip to Baton Rouge
i
• Ten Auburn juniors and seniors spent their Easter Holidays rep­resenting
the student body at the twenty-first annual Congress of the
Southern Federation of College Students on the campus of LSU in
Baton Rouge, La.
Representing Auburn's Associated Undergraduate Student Body
were Bill Moore, retiring president of the Executive Cabinet, and
Jimmy Butt, incoming president.
Recently elected WSGA officers Mildred Browne Davis and Reid
Anderson represented the women students in their respective capaci­ties
as president and vice-president of the WSGA Council.
John Scott and Harry Merriwether, new Glomerata heads, attended
the meetings of the yearbook division of the Federation, and Bob
Anderson, George Heard, Joe Gandy, and Ham Wilson were the dele­gates
of The'Plainsman.
And What We Did
These ten Auburnites, along with some one-hundred and forty other
delegates, representing similar groups and publications on the cam­puses
of such schools as 'Bama, Tech, Tulane, Florida, TSCW, GSCW,
FSCW, Alabama College, Ole Miss, State, and numbers of others in
the South, spent three days—Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, at
LSU. -
During those three days they discussed their problems, listened t o '
speakers, wrote a new constitution for the Federation, and made
resolutions galore.
In general, the theme of the convention was "The Place of the
College Student in the Present Emergency."
Members of the press divisions discussed the problems of college
publications in regard to this theme, and student government officers
discussed plans for streamlining their groups to fit in with new
speeded-up college curricula.
Delegates from every important (and some not so important)
schools in the South arrived in Baton Rouge on Thursday morning of
last week, to register for the convention. At twelve, they attended a
luncheon, the- opening session of the Congress.
At two they went to business meetings of their respective divisions.
At four, they were taken by bus on a tour of the city, and of Louisi­ana's
magnificent product of the Huey Long regime, the state capitol.
And what a capitol. Huey spent a million and a half of somebody
else's money just to landscape the grounds around the building!
At six they went again by bus several miles out of the city, to an
ante-bellum home known as "The Cottage," which sits right by one of
the levees on the banks of the Mississippi. There they were enter-
. tained with a picnic.
Friday morning the delegates again attended business meetings of
their divisions, stopping work at twelve for another luncheon. Friday
afternoon more business sessions lasted from two until five or six.
At six-thirty, in LSU's swanky Faculty Club, Governor Sam Jones,
of the state of Louisiana, addressed the delegates at the annual con­vention
banquet. He talked about the future—and the parts those
who are college students now will have in rebuilding our nation after
the war.
The banquet ended at nine, and the convention ball began promptly,
in the ballroom of the club.
Saturday morning the entire" group of delegates met in plenary
session to approve a new constitution, which was mostly written by
the former president of the Federation, Auburnite Hankins Parker.
At 12:30, the last Baton Rouge meeting of the Congress was held
at another luncheon. Officers for the coming year were elected, and
a convention site and approximate date for the next congress were
set.
John McConnell, of 'Bama, will swing the gavel for the Federa­tion
during the year 1942-43. Vice-president for the part- of the Fed­eration
to which Auburn belongs, is Orrville Emmett, of LSU.
George Heard, of The Plainsman, was the only Auburn delegate to
cop a major Fed office for next year. He was elected to succeed B.
Anderson as Chairman of the Editorial Press Division of the Federation.
The 1943 Congress is to be held in Jacksonville, Florida, with
the U. of F. group as hosts, sometime in February.
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
in this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
Columnist's Note: The opinions ex­pressed
elsewhere on this page are those
of the writer, and are not to be taken
as the editorial policy of this column.
This time another sample col­umn
is being offered, courtesy
Earl Cleghorn, junior in business
administration from Montgomery,
a member of the track squad,
and the author of the dissertation
on hitch-hiking which appeared
in "To the Students" recently.
Arid now, Mr. Cleghorn, if you
please:
* * *
One last volley at the retiring
politicans. It seems as if there
was one poor misguided junior
stateman who was so sure of de­feat
in the recent election that he
lost $18 betting against himself—
the dope. I only lost $2 betting
against him.
Politicans are like early spring
gales—they are felt once a year
and then forgotten for another
one. ,
* * *
Skipping from the sublime to
the ridiculous—There was the one
about the two. varsity linemen.
They were having difficulty in
blocking each other. After watch­ing
them in utter disgust for five
minutes, the line coach remarked
drily, "When you girls finish that
no-break, I would like to cut in
on the next number!"
* * *
They say the meat is tough
at the local beanery. I don't ex­actly
know—but once when I
ordered a steak (that was when
I had money), they dropped the
gravy, which promptly rolled out
the door. The. next time I saw
the gravy it was being used for
retreads on a student's automobile
tire.
* * *
They sure do have some bull
sessions at ALUMNI HALL. It
gets plumb misty in that neigh­borhood
around three A. M. It
must be a carryover from the
days when the girls lived there.
* * *
I onced saw a student from a
college up-state catching a ride.
(I "Won't say what college, but
his ROTC pants had a red stripe
down them like a circus band
boy's uniform.) He had on an
Auburn War Hat!
* * *
I got the following from H. B.
Cowsinthebarn, foreign corres­pondent,
for United Underwear.
A Jap soldier upon leaving for
the front told his girl that when
he got to Hollywood he would
send her Clark Gable's auto­graphed
picture. The. soldier boy
from Alabama told his girl that
when he got to Tokyo, he would
send her Admiral Tojo's auto­graphed
head, suitable for fram­ing.
* * *
"Who cares for the sugar short­age,"
yelped the freshman, as he
approached the Quadrangle.
_ « * *
This particular columnist, would
appreciate letters from blue-eyed
blondes, wt. 110, with convertible
coupes, or any other varieties of
girls with coupe—or any girl
without coupe.
The college sure is considerate
to those boys from South Ala­bama.
Spring holidays came along
at the right time for them to go
home and help Pap with the
spring running of the mash, (side-note—
mash is used in brewing
white lightning. White lightning
is an alcoholic concoction which
causes sudden spasms in the
middle region of the anatomy of
a human or any other animal.)
* * *
Special notice: All members of
the armed forces of the Japanese
^government who hold box tops
from Bigger Bitecake boxes will
have to turn them in and will
therefore lose their chance at the
big silver plated reversable bot­tle
opener and keg kutter which
we are giving away absolutely
free of charge Jor 12 box tops,
four old tires, two metal tubes,
and one dime.
* * *
Then there was the one about
the boy from Montgomery who
asked his mother if the people
from the nawth were folks also.
And, also, there was the women
who was member of the stitch-in-
time sewing circle. It seems
as if she had just been informed
by her local grocer that he did
not have any coca-cola's left. She
turned to the sisters of the lodge
and remarked, "This war sure
is hitting close to home."
* * *
It is rumored from an Unreli­able
source that a certain land­lady
in Auburn had been ration­ing
before Roosevelt started his
campaign. She must have jumped
the gun.
* * *
It is also reported from another
unreliable source that a certain
professor is having a hard time
sleeping with his wife, radio, five
pounds of sugar, and four auto­mobile
tires. This war reaches
even into the quiet undomesti-cated
village of the plains.
* * *
There is a particular group of
athletes on this campus who have
in the past been on the wrong
end of a considerable amount
of criticism. During the presenr**
school term I have heard of no
outrages or atrocities committed
by these boys, and I am most
certain there has been none com­mitted.
These boys are among the
best in character and behavior
on the campus—so here's a toast
to them in their own drink, warm
milk. I predict them to win all
their games next fall 65.to 0.
* * *
Speaking of'toast, I'll take but­ter
and jelly with mine.
* * *
All jokes used in this column
were by courtesy of Adam and
Eve, Incorporated.
* * *
• Thanking all who have read
this far out of idle curosity, I
gently slam the cover on my type­writer
and stomp away into the
mists of Morpheus and leave you
to your books which I know yo^
are anxious to study. j/ £
* * * ji
And thank you. Earl (Martin
speaking). This is a great life, if
you don't weekend.
Here, There, and Elsewhere
By BOB BUNNEN
And What We Accomplished
Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by
mail: $2.50 per year, $1.50 per semester.
There'll probably be some changes made in things concerning
students around the Auburn campus now, because press, yearbook,
and student government delegates to that convention came back
crammed full of ideas for better student activities.
We're looking forward to a cabinet request for a constitutional
levision to change our entire student government. We're expecting
a better Glomerata than ever next year, and we know darned well
there'll be some changes made in this office.
As far as the editorial press division was concerned, it's delegates
were in agreement as to the major editorial policy problem of the
hour. They agreed that the thing to do was to. continue, (as The Plains­man,
as well as other papers had been doing) the policy of urging
students to stay in school for their own good, just as long as possible,
and yet advising them to the fullest as to their opportunities of ser­vice
to their country—so that they might best decide for themselves
the part they could play with most benefit toward victory.
The Federation in general "damned" the use of the word "defense"
in regard to our national war policies—substituting that of "victory"
wherever possible. And rightly so. We're no longer holding a defensive
policy nationally. We're out for a win!
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.
India
As the struggle for India grows
more tense, we find people who
are continually wondering of the
possibilities of an Indian revo­lution.
Many experts predict that there
will be no revolution as long as
Mahatma Gandhi can retain his
leadership of the Indian people.
Gandhi rules the people of India
with an "iron hand," and his abil­ity
to sway the thoughts of India's
85 million Moslems and 250 mil­lion
Hindus is one of Britain's
greatest assets.
Britain offered India her in­dependence,
after the successful
climax of the war. For the dura­tion,
however, Britain would di­rect
India's fighting forces and
in general remain in control of
that country.
Sir Stafford Cripps, represent­ing
Great Britain, flew to India
and read the proposed plan of
independence to India's leaders
and newsmen. Prior to his depart­ure,
Sir Stafford had allowed
himself two weeks for the com­pletion"
of- his difficult task.
India has made no direct ans­wer
to this offer. She has not
expressed herself in any notice­able
manner. This lack of ex­pression
is of considerable inter­est
to Britain. Each day that the
Indians put off answering this
question brings Japan that much
closer. If India doesn't answer
pretty soon it may be too late,
because Japan is getting closer to
India and may soon dictate India's
policies.
Britain does not want this to
happen because she needs India's
many resources and her man­power.
With India in the war
the burden would be considerably
weakened for the British.
It is believed that India will
join in the fight if she is given
representation on the War Board.
She will undoubtedly have this
request granted because the Allies
need her support.
The one important feature of
this bill is the speed with which
it must be enacted. Time must
not be lost, or India may be lost
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John McConnell Is New President;
Convention to be in Jacksonville
George Heard, recently elected Editor-in-Chief of The
Plainsman for 1942-43, was chosen Chairman of the Editorial
Press Division of t h e Southern Federation of College Students
at its twenty-first annual congress last week in Baton Rouge.
Heard succeeds Bob Anderson, present editor of The
Plainsman, and this y e a r ' s press division chairman.
Ten Auburn delegates attended the convention, including
Bill Moore, J im Butt, Mildred Browne Davis, Reid Anderson,
John Scott, Jr., Harry Merriweth-er,
Joe Gandy, Ham Wilson,
Heard, and Anderson.
Elected president of the Federa­tion
for the coming year was
John McConnell, of the University
of Alabama. McConnell succeeds
Billy Mitts, vice-president who
became the executive officer of
the Federation upon the resigna­tion
of former Auburnite Hankins
Parker.
Vice-president of the Federa­tion
for the coming year from
the Southern Division of the Fed­eration,
will be Orville Emmett,
of LSU.
Federation secretary will be
Mary Jane Baird, of Texas.
The twenty-second congress of
the Federation, according to the
decision of the delegates, will be
held in Jacksonville, Fla. in Feb­ruary,
1943. Host college for the
next congress will be the Univer­sity
of Florida.
Main theme of the convention
last week concerned the problems
of college students in regard to
the present emergency.
A new constitution, written
and submitted by a committee of
the Congress the chairman of
which was Hankins Parker, Au­burn,
'41, was accepted by the
Federation.
The program of the convention,
which lasted from April 2 to April
4, featured an address by Gover­nor
Sam Jones, of Louisiana.
Delegates were taken on a tour
of Baton Rouge during the meet­ing,
and later when conveyed by
bus to New Orleans, where they
were addressed by Harnett Kane,
author of the book which "ex­posed"
the Long Regime, "Louisi­ana
Hayride."
The Southern Federation of
College Students is a regional or­ganization,
a part of the National
Student Federation of America.
Miss Elizabeth Robertson, NSFA
president, spoke to the Southern­ers
at several of the congress
meetings, announcing a revision
of the financial, requirements for
membership in the NSFA. Dues
for member colleges have been
reduced to ten dollars for each
school, per year.
BUNNEN
(Continued from Page 2)
with it. The problem of getting
India's population to fight is one
of Britain's hardest of the war.
Once this is accomplished, she
can deal freely with Japan, and
have India to back her up.
European Front
Fighting on the Russian -front
has slowed down considerably.
This is because both the Germans
and the Russians are bringing
up new troops and new supplies
for the new spring campaign.
What will be the outcome of
that campaign? Most experts re­fuse
to predict the outcome of
that campaign because they do
not know how well prepared Rus­sia
is or how much aid she is
receiving from the United States.
They do know that Germany
is not in a position to last through
another winter like the one just
past. They realize that Germany
has taxed her resources to their
utmost, and she cannot continue
to do this indefinitely. Germany
must either effect an early end
to the spring campaign or she
must face the future of a re­treating
war with the Russians.
Our aid to the Russians has
undoubtedly been increased many
times. But no one seems to know
if this will be enough to stop the
Germans. If the Russians can hold
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Ten Represent API
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Room Schedule
SENIOR GRADUATE EXAMINATIONS
(Thursday — Friday)
Rooms Advanced Exams
Ross Auditorium
Veterinary Building 107
Gymnasium
Library Reading Room
Library Reserve Room
New Classroom Bldg.
(Physics Lecture)
New Classroom Bldg.
(Room 116) .
New Classroom Bldg.
(Room 222)
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Physics
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Thanks from the Navy
Many very complimentary remarks have been overheard during
this week regarding the excellent dinners and gracious hospitality
for our men on last Sunday by Auburn church members. We are
all deeply grateful. -
Please Drive with Care
Motorist passing through. Graves Center are kindly requested to
drive with caution and at a speed that will permit their car being
stopped instantly. The reason for this request is that men quartered
in the cottages On both sides of the road are constantly crossing it,
and in addition, this road is frequently used by marching men. A
motorist coming over the crest of the hill at a fast speed might
easily have a bad accident that all of us would long regret. Let's lock
the barn before the horse is stolen. v
Flag Waving
In these strenuous times some of us might easily be unintention­ally
guilty of flag waving. However, it is believed that this is bet­ter
than to seem lacking in courtesy to the emblem that represents
our way of life. Here at Bibb Graves Center we make a ceremony
of raising the flag at eight o'clock in the morning and lowering it
at sunset. Now your flag is one of the very few left flying that
stand as a symbol of the things we love. Even in peaceful times
everybody should show respect accordingly. Today, more than
ever before, your flag expresses in a,way, your love for God, your
family, and your hope for the future. This is simple logic, for we all
know that if the stars and stripes ever fail to fly over our land, all
those things wilj be gone from the face of the earth.
Lucky Blue Jacket
One of your blue jackets has received notice that he is about to
inherit a small sum of over two hundred thousand dollars. Don't
rush girls—the boy is married.
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their own this spring some people
believe that Germany will begin
to crack next winter. This is all
guesswork, but it is based on
facts. If the Russians can hold the
Germans no.w, the Germans will
have exhausted their supplies and
will be in no position to carry on
an offensive war. If Germany
cannot carry on an offensive war
she is beaten. In order for the
Germans to win they must con­tinually
be on the offensive be­cause
those are the principles
on which the German war ma­chine
is built.
Germany may have spent her­self
in the winter months. If that
is the case, the Russians may be
able to continue on their march
toward victory, and thus save
many months of hard reprepar-ing.
It will be much easier for
the Russians to keep on fighting
now than it would be for them
to stop for a while, reprepare
themself, and then carry on. That
is the reason it is so important
for us to get our supplies to the
Russians.
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Auburn Players Produce Double
Performance of "Suspect"
Acting, Direction
Praised; Selection
Of Play Condemned
By THEODORE C. HOEPFNER
Axe-woman at large in Au­burn!
Marjorie McKinnon amok.
Telfair Peet, instigator and ac­complice,
threatened by indignant
citizens. Police protection promis­ed
Martha Ward, apparently next
intended victim of insane pair.
Tribute and reproof are alike
owed able Director Peet and his
capable Auburn Players for their
presentation of SUSPECT, by
Edward Percy and Reginald Den-ham,
March 30 and 31: tribute for
directing, acting, and setting; re­proof
for poor play selection, and
for not understanding the charac­teristic
effects of smoke.
The complaints may as well be
disposed of first. A director has
his problems, not the least of
which is the selection of a play
that will have audience appeal,
a relatively small cast, parts that
will interest the players, a low
royalty cost, and stage effects that
are within the possibilities of his
equipment. This problem is ad­mittedly,
therefore, difficult; but
the difficulty is no excuse for the
selection of a sensational horror
splurge with a poorly constructed
plot and an ending which is, in
spite of several plain clues, not
adequately prepared for.
Tragedy must purge us through
the emotions of fear and pity.
Melodrama need not do this; but
even melodrama must leave us
with a sense of satisfaction or
completion, of a resolution of the
action. SUSPECT is a four-act
play with only three acts, and we
are left at the play's end with a
feeling of dissatisfaction, of hav­ing
been cheated of the last
thirty pages of the book. I am not
now concerned with the morality
of the work, but I am concerned
with the art of it; in short, I must
condemn its ineffectiveness as a
play, the final scene of which
leaves the audience with a sense
of strain and shock, of having
been slapped in the face by a
clown. The Players may t a ke
their cue here from the way in
which the audience hurried out of
Langdon Hall at the end of the
play, and (on Monday evening, at
least) from the noticeable lack of
applause. Audiences may fail to
appreciate an excellent produc­tion;
this is a commonplace. But
audiences are under no obligation
to make up for this failing by
approving so poor a work as SUS­PECT.
The effect of mist may be ob­tained
with lighting or by smoke.
The Players chose smoke; and one
result was . that this reviewer
missed half of the first act from
not being able to see or hear. The
make-up was overdone. Miss Mc­Kinnon
was not helped by look­ing
(from the tenth row) as if she
had simply forgot to wash her
face; and the less said about the
make-up of the Rev. Combermere,
the better. Incidentally, I should
mention here also—though the
Players are not responsible for it,
and have no control over it—the
sheer inadequacy of Langdon
Hall.
This much had to be said; but
we may now turn to pleasanter
things. The • "stage pictures" or
groupings, were always quite
good, and the direction—except
for the handling of the part of
Combermere, most notably in the
"goodbye scene"—was expert, the
pace, after a slow start, being well
maintained throughout. The trou­ble
with Combermere was in the
direction, rather than in the act­ing;
the part was overdone as
comedy, breaking the tension of
the scene with the effect of in­congruity
rather than of relief.
The technical effects, except for
the smoke, were excellent,, the
setting and stage furnishings de­serving
special praise.
The proof of the pudding in
any production, however, is in
the acting, and on this score we
came to praise and nothing
changed our mind. Jack Colvard
Jones gave a portrayal of Sir
Hugo Const that was deft, finish­ed,
and admirably alive. In Mr.
Jones' adroit handling, Sir Hugo
lived and moved with more
vitality than the authors them­selves
ever allowed him. It was
a superb piece of acting, and hav­ing
seen Mr. Jones in ADAM THE
CREATOR and in SUSPECT, we
give him our stellar award for
the year.
To Marjorie McKinnon we of­fer
our congratulations also. The
role of Mrs. Smith is a very diffi­cult
one; it demands about every
trick of voice and action in an
actress' handbag of accomplish­ments,
and despite an occasional
lack of iron beneath the velvet,
Miss McKinnon gave a perform­ance
of the part that was "right".
(Continued on page 4)
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Tigers Win Two, Lose Two in Year's First Series
Four Auburn Golfers to Take
Part in SE College Tourney
Melton, Mitchell,
Bowen, and Jones
To Play at Athens
Four Auburn golfers, very good
golfers at that, are to represent
this school at the South Eastern
Intercollegiate Golf Tourney at
Athens, Ga. The tourney will be­gin
Thursday, April 16th.
The foursome that will repre­sent
Auburn will include two Ala­bama
boys from the neighboring
state of Georgia. Billy Melton
hails from Cuthbert, Georgia, Jule
Mitchell is a product of Eufaula,
Ala., Buddy Bowen is from Tifton,
Georgia, and Deming (Hot Dog)
Jones comes from Evergreen,
Ala.
The weather is beginning to be
weather for golfing now and the
little balls (though hard as the
dickens to get these days because
of some war or something) are
flying right and left on courses
over the country, almost as much
as previously was the case.
The course in Athens is one of
the finest in the south and ex­cluding
the hooks and slices, that
will undoubtedly be prevalent,
some fine scores should be turned
in. The Auburn representatives
have had golf in their blood all
year and rain or shine have made
their weekly rounds of the local
and neighboring courses. Big
things are expected of them in
this southwide tourney and we
are hoping that their showing will
stimulate sufficient interest on
this campus to institute this world
wide sport as a regular part of the
sports program of this school.
Ace Hill of Auburn, who was
enrolled here last semester, was
entered in the "Land .of The Sky
Open" golf tourney in Ashville, N.
C. last week and was paired with
profession Jimmy Demaret in the
opening round. Though Hill could
not hold the pace set by the na­tion's
best, he made a good show­ing
for himself and wound up as
the sixth low amatuer.
AUBURN PLAYERS
(Continued from page 3)
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Among the supporting players,
Robert Knapp, Jr., and Jean Wil­liamson
did particularly well as
Robert Smith and Gouldie Mac-
Intyre, but to commend every ac­tor
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Split Pairs With
Georgia, Oglethorpe
Milner, Wood, Kimsey, and Mastin
Handle Tiger Mound Work Over Week-end
By BILL MARTIN
Playing four games in as many days to open the 1942
season, the Tigers got off to a mediocre start by winning two
and losing two. They split a pair with Oglethorpe Wednesday
and Thursday and split another pair with Georgia on Friday
and Saturday. After taking the Petrels in a close 5-4 contest,
the Auburnites dropped the second game of the series, 7-5.
The first game of the Georgia series brought the second
reverse in two days as the Tigers
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went down, 8-4, but with Milner
at the throttle, they picked up
their winning ways in the second
game and walked off with an 8-3
victory.
Milner Wins First of Season
Walt Milner, picking up good
form after a slow start in pre­season
training, pitched 7 hit ball
for 8 innings before being relieved
by Gordon Wood, in the first
game with Oglethorpe last Wed­nesday,
to receive credit for his
first victory of the 1942 season.
The Tigers got two runs in the
fifth and one run in each the
second, eighth, a n d ninth, for
their total of 5. A three run rally
in the ninth by the Petrels was
a valiant effort to catch the
Tigers but fell short.
Vic Akin, starting Auburn
shortstop, collided with an Ogle-
Seven Tiger
Tracksters Of
1941 Lost
By ELMER SALTER
Prospects of another outstand­ing
track and field team at Au-bur
nthis year have been ruined
by the loss of seven 1941 stand­outs.
And the Tigers' outfit of
thinly-clad performers this season
will be much weaker than last
year, since top-flight spikemen
are not on hand to replace the
ones lost.
From the 1941 outfit have de­parted
such able tracksters as
James Stephenson, shot, discus,
and high jump, and the team's
h i g h scorer; Bud Wendling,
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thorpe player on a force play at \ sprints and mile relay; James
second in this contest and sus- jHolley, 440, 880, and mile relay;
tained a broken collarbone. Offi* I Hoyt Hall, pole vault; Hugh Mad-cials
say he will be out for the'dox, discus; Babe McGehee, hur-rest
of the season.
Martin, Ferrell, and Harkins
topped the Tiger stickmen with
two hits apiece.
Petrels Rally In Eighth To Win
Second Game
The* Petrels evened the two
game series on Thursday in tak­ing
the game, 7-5, by virtue of
a big three run uprising in the
eighth. Trailing 5-4 when the inn­ing
began, Oglethorpe capitalized
on two singles, a double and an
error. Three Sophomore hurlers
saw the mound duty for the Tig­ers.
Nine of Auburn's 11 hits were
collected by Wallis, Ferrell,
Cheatham, and Williams.
Kimsey and Mastin Go Distance
Both Cliff Kimsey of Georgia
and Tommy Mastin of Auburn re­ceived
ragged support as they
each went the distance for their
respective teams in the Bulldogs
8-4 triumph in Athens Friday.
Kimsey, husky football star,
pitched fine-seven hit ball while
his teammates made 9 safeties off
the offerings of Mastin. The con­test
could have gone either way
until the seventh as the count was
5-4 in Georgia's favor but then
came the fateful seventh when
the Bulldogs crossed home plate
3 times to put the game on ice.
Cheatham, Curlee, and Harkins,
were the Tiger heavy hitters, each
hitting safely twice.
Milner Wins Second in Two Starts
In rare midseason form, was
Walt Milner as he pitched his
second game of the week and
came through with a brilliant six-hit
performance to trim the Geor­gians
in the second game of the
series, 8-3. Auburn won the game
in the first inning with four runs.
Martin, Wallis, and Cheatham, the
first three men to face Stewart,
the starting Georgia hurler each
doubled to start the rally. Wallis,
Auburn third sacked, topped the
attack with a double and two
singles. Cheatham and Harkins
got two hits each. The Auburn
infield was ragged making eight
errors during the contest.
The next two games for the
Tigers will be Friday and Satur­day
of this week against Georgia
Tech. They will be home games
for the Tigers.
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dies, and Dudley Tyler, undefeat­ed
miler and the loser of only one
half-mile race. Stephenson, Hol-ley,
and Wendling received diplo­mas
last June; Hall and Maddox
have rounded out bright careers
as Tigers and Capt.-Elect Mc­Gehee
and Alternate Capt.-Elect
Tyler, with one and two cam­paigns
of eligibility, respectively,
left, were called to the colors by
Uncle Sam. Wendling also is serv­ing
his country. He is in the Army
Air Corps in California.
Besides being high scorers in
dual meets, most of the Tigers
lost placed in the 1941 Southeast­ern
Conference carnival. Tyler is
the Big Twelve mile champion,
and also wears the Southeastern
A. A. U. crown in this event and
the half-mile.
The leading hopefuls for Au­burn's
1942 track and field team,
by events are: 100, Jack Brush,
Tommy Kennell, and Ty Irby;
220, Brush, Ernest Reed, and Ken­nell;
440, Reed, Elnomac Creel,
and Bob Hardin; 880, John
Grimes, Bill Cleghorn, and Creel;
mile, Herbert Morgan, Bob Hints,
and Grimes; two-mile, John Ball,
Jim Robinson, and Morgan; high
hurdles, Bob Morton, Jim Seay,
and Bob Smith; low hurdles, Mor­ton,
Kennell, and Seay; pole vault,
Tom Bush and George Drake;
high jump, Herbert Burton, Au­brey
Clayton, and James Lewal-len;
broad jump, Burton, Irby,
Kennell, and Clayton; shot put,
Joe Cordell, Louis Chateau, and
G e o r g e Willoughby; discus,
Chateau, Cullen Ward, and Will­oughby,
and javelin, Charlie
Stewart, Burton, and Morton.
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ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL TRACK
MEET TO BE HELD APRIL
Alabama School
Track and Field
Stars to be Here
By JIMMIE DAVIS
Coach Hutsell has announced
the annual interscholastic track
and field meet for Alabama to be
held in Auburn, Saturday April
11. The meet will comprise thir­teen
events and competition is
expected to be close for top
honors.
The winning team will be pre­sented
a special trophy while
gold, silver and bronze medals
will be awardedj^the winners of
first, second, third and fourth
places. In the half-mile relay each
member of the winning team will
be awarded a medal.
Coach Hutsell is expecting a
record entry for this year's meet.
This meet is open to all students
in Alabama who represent high
schools in the State High School
Association.
Birmingham high schools grab­bed
top honors last year with
Bessemer High first, Ensley High
second and the third spot going
to Ramsey High. Bessemer gained
top honors by winning the last
event and another close meet is
promised for this year.
Coach Hutsell, Auburn's track
and field mentor since 1921 and
president of the National Track
and Field Coaches will be master
of ceremonies and his number
one aide will be assistant track
coach Jeff Beard. The inter­scholastic
meet will be held on
the new track in the Auburn
Stadium.
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1942
Date
April 7
April 9
April 10
April 13
April 14
April 16
April 20
April 21
April 23
April 27
April 28
April 29
April 30
May 4
Field 1
TEP vs SN
PiKA vs PDT
PiKP vs TChi
SPi vs K A
KS vs SPE
SAE vs ALT
KS vs SPi
KA vs SPE
SN vs PiKP
TChi vs TEP
OTS vs PiKP
AGR vs SX
PiKA vs SAE
ALT vs APsi
Field 2
OTS vs TX
ATO vs SX
SX vs BK
AGR vs ATO
PiKPhi vs TEP
LXA vs SChi
PDT vs SAE
SPi vs DSP
KA vs KS
SPE vs DSPhi
PDT vs ALT
SN vs OTS
DSP vs KS
Field 3
DSP vs KA
APsi vs PDT
APsi vs PiKA
BK vs AGR
BK vs ATO
SPE vs SPi
LXA vs AGR
Date
April 7
April 13
April 20
April 23
April 27
April 30
May 4
All Games Begin Promptly at 4:10 P. M
Field 4
LXA vs BK
TChi vs SN
TEP vs OTS
ALT vs PiKA
SAE vs APsi
ATO vs LXA
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