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Will You Give VOLUME LXVIII Ths Plaindrncuv "TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT" ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1944 Blood For Invasion? NUMBER 17 Blood Donor Service Comes In Two Weeks Quota For County Is Five Hundred Pints; Kappa Delta To Assist In Soliciting In announcing the fourth visit of the mobile unit to Auburn, Robert E. Smith, Jr., chairman of the Lee County Red Cross Blood Donor Service, said that 500 persons must contribute blood during the unit's two day visit, if the community is to supply its share of the millions of pints of blood requested by the Army and Navy to be processed into dried blood plasma. An hour of your time, a pint of your blood, can mean years of a lifetime to a wounded American fighting man. Donate a pint of blood to the Red Cross mobile unit when it visits Auburn on April 18 and 19. It will toe turned into life-saving dried blood plasma for our armed forces, and the blood taken at this particular time will toe used for plasma for the casualties which will be the inevitable result of the European invasion. You know many boys who will be in that invasion— your sweetheart, your husband, your brother. Telephone the Red Cross at Auburn 206 .or Opelika 815 today. Make an appointment now to save a man's life. Miss Betty Cosby, president of WSGA, is chairman of student solicitation, and Miss Margaret Toomer is chairman of Auburn solicitation. They are supported by the Kappa Delta sorority. Members of the sorority will be at the picture show every night this week and at the Main Gate Booth today to solicit blood donors; they are also canvassing the women's dormitories. Lee County's quota is 500 pints and Auburn students want to put that over the top. "You have not finished your job, if you h a ve donated blood only once," Mr. Smith said. "You can donate a pint of blood to the Red Cross at eight week intervals, until you have donated three times; after the third time a period of months must elapse before another donation is made." Miss Cosby says "We realize that the silver button donors will not be able to give their blood this time but we hope that newcomers who may have been hesitant before will come forward to compensate for this." The mobile unit will be set up in the Baptist Church at Auburn, Alabama. After the blood is collected here, it will be shipped in refrigerated containers to a processing laboratory where the plasma will toe extracted under direct (Continued on Page 6) NOTED MEN TO ATTEND VET CONFERENCE Dr. W. A. Hagan, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, and prominent men from the Department of Agriculture will attend a two-day conference at the Auburn Regional Research Laboratory April 13 and 14. Other men, all from Washington, D. C, are Dr. H. E. Schoen-ing, chief of the pathological division of the Bureau of Animal Industry; Dr. Benjamin Swartz, chief of the zoological division of the Bureau of Animal Industry; Dr. O. E. Reed, chief of the Bureau of Dairy Industry; and- H. W. Marston of the Agriculture Research Administration. Staff of the laboratory will confer with these men on the past and future of the Regional Laboratory. Second Rabies Clinic Because many requests h a ve been made for a second rabies clinic for dogs, the rabies inspector will hold a clinic Saturday, April 8, from 1 p. m. to 6 p. m., in the rear of the fire department. The present Alabama law requires every dog over three months of age to be inoculated against rabies by the rabies inspector or a competent veterinarian. WSGA Offices Filled; Cosby Resigns WAA Pat Kirkwood, Chi Omega, Frances Williamson, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Gwen Tucker, Delta Zeta, were elected vice president, secretary, and town representative of WSGA at the polls Tuesday. Betty Cosby, .vice president of WSGA who was installed as president this week, announced her resignation as president of WAA. Over 230 votes were cast in the election at Smith Hall Tuesday. This special election was called because three WSGA officers resigned from school at the end of last quarter. Filling the office of Audrey Wilson, former president, Betty Cosby v a c a t e d the vice presidency. Dale Garber, former secretary, and Doris Ruth Beding-field, former town representative, also left their offices open when they did not return this quarter. Pat Kirkwood defeated her only opponent, Mary Bowen, POP, by 176 to 154-votes. Polling 170 votes to her opponents 154, Frances Williamson won the office of secretary over Betty Beall, Alpha Delta Pi. Gwen Tucker became town representative, defeating Margar. et Toomer, Kappa Delta, by 24 votes to 17 votes. Mary Jo Chiles, Alpha Gamma Delta, has taken the office of president of WAA u p o n Betty Cosby's resignation because she had too many points. Under the present point system, 40 points is the maximum number one girl may hold at one time. This equalizes the distribution of offices among coeds and limits the number of offices one girl may hold. Since 35 points are g i v e n for WSGA president, Betty Cosby's points totaled more than the allowed limit. An Anniversary, But Not A Happy Thing To Remember By Sarah Smith April 6—anniversary of our entry into World War I—the War To End All Wars. Twenty-seven years have pulsed through Auburn since then, to the measured strike of Samford clock, and the twenty-seventh anniversary o f our first entry finds our boys scattered over the seven seas in another struggle for democracy— this time on a truly world-wide scale. The scene c h a n g e s , .times change, and faces change, but the same old War Eagle spirit still burns brightly in the hearts of everyone of her boys, from Kiska to Timbuctoo! The day that war was declared in 1917 electrified the whole nation, just as did the news of Pearl Harbor when it was broadcast that Sunday afternoon, December 7, 1941. We all hoped vainly that it w a s o n l y a bad dream and we should soon wake up. In '17 however, the Auburn student body did not assemble in Langdon Hall to listen over the radio to the declaration of war— for there were no radios. Nevertheless the presence of WAR struck deeply into the heart of the campus. Things began to buzz. Boys left school to enlist in the Army, the Navy, and the Marines. The campus felt a rest- (Continued on Page 6) Spivey Unopposed As Glomerata Editor We Can't Believe That Shirley Smith Is Really That Old! The class that is held in The Plainsman office on Thursday afternoon took an hour off to give a surprise birthday party for Shirley Smith, managing editor. A lighted birthday cake and ice cream were brought in, amid rather off-key singing of the old favorite, "Happy Birthday To You!" The office was almost quiet for a change, as even the teacher was busy eating ice cream. Patty McCoy, former managing editor, who was visiting in Auburn, made the party a reunion, too. It is rumored that Shirley is older than she will admit—her birthday cake had only e i g ht candles. Don't Wait-Enroll In That First Aid Class Immediately One of the most attractive opportunities at present is now being offered by the Red Cross collegiate chapter to the students of Auburn. This opportunity is the privilege of enrolling in one of the first aid classes which are soon to be organized. These classes, to be conducted toy specially trained instructors, will be held two nights a week at the v a r i o u s women's dormitories. Each class will last for two hours, and the entire course will cover thirty hours. Instructors will go to the dormitories to h a v e the classes, and each dormitory will be allowed to select the nights of the week on which it wishes the classes to be held. This course may easily prove a valuable one. Not only would it prepare the individual to render temporary aid in an emergency, but students interested in becoming social workers, laboratory technicians, or perhaps Red Cross workers, will find this training a great asset. Groups interested in having these classes started at their individual houses may contact Herman Dean, chairman of the corps, at 790-W. The ideal size of a group should be around twenty or twenty-five persons. A certificate will be awarded upon completion of the course. GRADUATING CLASS DECIDES TO WEAR CAPS AND GOWNS Graduating seniors decided to wear caps and gowns for graduation ceremonies, Tutter Thrasher, senior class president announced after a class meeting Tuesday afternoon. All candidates for degrees should be measured for gowns, even if they are uncertain about graduation. Gowns are made to order from Burton's Book Store from April 6 to May 4, and are to be paid" for upon delivery. Any senior ordering a gown, but failing to graduate, will not be required to pay for the gown. MISS LOUISE GREEN TO SERVE AS NEW BSU SECRETARY Auburn is like a m a g n e t to Miss Louise Green — she just can't stay away. Having graduated from API in May, 1942, Miss Green has recently returned as the< student secretary of the local Baptist Student Union. While a student here, she served as social chairman and Training Union director on the BSU Council. Originally from Greene County, Miss Green's parents are now living in Greensboro. During the 1942-43 school year she taught in the Roanoke High School. Since last August she has been student secretary at Appalachian S t a te Teachers' College in Boone, N. C. In the position of student secretary to Auburn's BSU she succeeds Raymond Coppenger who resigned last August to go into Naval duty. BSU's newly elected Council is as follows: Tom Roberts, president; Beth Martin, enlistment vice president; Louie Verle Warren, social vice president; Mary Wilson, devotional vice president; Morris Wilkinson, Sunday school supt; Paul Becton, Training Union director; Bonnie Walker, noonday prayer meeting chairman; Barbara Weaver, music director; Dot Plant, publicity director; Alton Little, Brotherhood president; Frances Sullivant YWA president; Mary Jo Thomas, Friendship Circle chairman; Era Gunnels .librarian; Anne Dutoose, secretary-treasurer; Frances Wilkinson, alumni chairman; Ann Bishop, poster chairman; Nettye Kathryn Turn-ham, Bible Study Chairman; Dr. Randall Jones, faculty advisor. These officers will be officially installed at the evening worship service this Sunday. Auburn Cadet ROTC Officers Are Appointed Appointment of cadet band second lieutenant J. W. Mills, Jr., cadet Battery "A" first sergeant R. R. Liddell, cadet Battery "B" first sergeant R. C. Humphrey, cadet band first sergeant T. P. Prichard, and 26 other non-commissioned officers in the F i r s t Field Artillery Battalion was announced by Col. J, J. Waterman. New non-commissioned officers of Battery "A" are cadet staff sergeants J. S. Meadows and T. L. Young; cadet sergeants V. J. Cul-livan and D. V. Tuden; and cadet corporals R. M. Drewry, M. Q. Horton, J. C. Jennings, J. W. Anderson, W. A. Granberry, Max Muchnick, M. W. Perloff, C. S. Keller, and W. R. Wallner, who is also guidon bearer. Appointed as n o n - commissioned officers of B a t t e r y "B" were cadet staff sergeants R. J. Vinson and W. C. Montgomery; cadet sergeants R. J. Rollins and W. R. Riggins; cadet corporals J. D. Loposer, E. G. Lennep, W. R. Russell, E. C. Chambliss, R. W. Barnard, A. R. Simms, H. E. Meeks, K. J. Barr, and H. O. Fuller, who is also guidon bearer. Miss Louise Green, API '42, has returned to the campus as student secretary for the Baptist Student Union. In this capacity she serves as coordinator of the work of the newly elected Council members, and the entire BSU, and as friend and advisor to all Baptist students. GIRLS BEAT AGNES SCOTT IN DEBATE The Auburn Girls' debate team, consisting of Marvis Reeder and Mary Susan Brown, bested the Agnes Scott girls t e a m a t the Southern D e b a t e Tournament which was held in Jackson, Mississippi, March 21 through 25. The debate question was: "Resolved that the United States should cooperate in establishing and maintaining an international police force upon the d e f e a t of the Axis." The Auburn girls' team, however, was bested by the more experienced teams of: Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, Louisiana State University, Southern Methodist University, Alabama College, and Mississippi State College for Women. The junior boys team consisting of Buris BosheU and Kinne Sutton bowed to: Louisiana S t a te University, Southwestern of Oklahoma, Southern Methodist University, Drake, Alabama College and Louisiana Polytechnic Institute. The senior boys team made up of Gus Baldwin and John Nigo-sian lost decisions to: Millsaps, University of Florida, University of Alabama, and two teams from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute. The Southern Debate Tournament was conducted in conjunction with the Southern Association of Teachers of Speech Convention, Prof. Henning of Alabama College was the director. Prof. E. D. Hess, who accompanied the debaters to Jackson, gave a talk to the convention on "Methods of Wartime Discussion in the College." The value and need for trained, clear-thinking, and public spirited men and women in the post-war Board Qualifies Only One Student; Business Manager Candidacy Still Open Charles T. Spivey, Macon, Ga., and a j u n i o r enrolled in Landscape Architecture, was the only student who successfully met the qualifications of the Publications Board last Tuesday night for the office of editor of the Glomerata and consequently is unopposed for the office. Qualifications were submitted for the office of business manager of t h e Glomerata but none were acceptable according to the standards upon which the Publications Board is operated. Spivey will go into office with the beginning of the summer quarter of this year and will have the material for the next Glomer. ata completed by the end of the winter quarter of '44 and '45, in order that the actual printing may be done to insure the book's appearance during the spring quarter of '45. No other cadet non-commissioned officers of the band were I period was stressed at the conven named. (Continued on Page 6) Afraid Of The Big, Bad Needle? Girls standing in line looked at the half-filled tubes of blood as the latest victims stepped out of the doctor's office and shivered. One came out smiling and another barely got out and to the couch in the waiting room. "It doesn't hurt at all," said a rather frail-looking girl, holding her arm straight and removing the cotton. "My arm still hurts," said a healthy-looking girl, anxiously examining the mark for more blood. There were those who made use of the occasion for dramatization and t h o s e who brushed the incident off as an everyday matter. Assisting with" the tests were four laboratory technician seniors who threatened some of their friends in reprisal for misdeeds of the past. But they proved entirely capable. Assisting with the tests for the first group of civilian students were Opal Deason, Bil-lingsley; Winnie Price, Ashford; Polly McGinnis, Montgomery; and Sara Bailey, Andalusia. Blood tests for the second group will be made from 9 a. m. to 11 a. m., and from 1 to 4 p. m., Monday through Friday, April 10-14. Students will be notified of their appointment by postal cards sent out from the registrar's office. In so far as p o s s i b 1 e, the appointments will be scheduled so that the student will not be forced to miss any classes. However, where this is not possible the student will be instructed to present his card, signed by the college physician and showing the hour of his apointment, to his dean, in case he is forced to miss a class. / Easter Services To Be Held In Amphitheatre The Amphitheatre, at Graves Center, will be the setting for Easter Sunrise Services Sunday morning at six o'clock. Various church choirs, under the direction of Dr. Paul Irvine, will present a program of appropriate music. Mrs. Sherwood Leavitt will sing "The Holy City," and" Joseph Marino-Merlo will play the organ. Services are to be conducted by Dr. Karl Reiland, former rector of St. George Episcopal Church, New York City. Invocation is to be led by Rev. William Bird Lee of the Episcopal Church in Auburn. Rev. Fagan Thompson of the Methodist Church will lead the Lord's P r a y e r ; Rev. J. R. Edwards will say benediction; and Rev. Sam B. Hay will read the scripture. Boy and Girl Scouts will serve as ushers. A crowd of three thousand is expected to turn out for this service presented by the churches of Auburn, weather permitting. Information could not be gathered on the subject of weather, as the weatherman no longer releases such. His only statement is that the sun is scheduled to rise at 6:30 a. m. Since no one qualified for Ihe position of business manager of the Glomerata, candidacy for that office is still open for anyone who can meet the qualifications printed below in this article. Anyone desiring to submit their qualifications for this office are urged to obtain an application blank from Mrs. Tidmore in the President's office, and this completed application should be submitted to her by 4 p. m. Tuesday, April 11. The Board of Student Publications will meet at 8:30 p. m. Tuesday, April 11, in Mr. Draughon's office. AVMA Election Of Officers Set For Tuesday Nomination of officers iov the American Veterinary Medical Association was made last Tuesday night at the regular AVMA meeting. Ten men were named for the positions, two for each office. They are Frank Mulhern, Wilmington, Delaware, and C u r t i s Kuykendall, Sallis, Mississippi, for president; Dan Kirkpatrick, Montevallo, and Lee Rodgers, Kingstree, S. C, for vice president; Frank Wheeler, Kentwood, La., and Parker Hatchett, Chattanooga, Tenn., for secretary. Ross Grey, -New Bern, S. C, and Gelfer Kronfeld, Herndon, Va., for treasurer; Claude Mau-berret, New Orleans, La., and Ed Bryant, West Palm Beach, Fla., for freshman representative to the Executive Cabinet. The election is to be held Tuesday, April 11 from 9:00 u n t i l 12:00 noon at polls on Vet Hill. Qualifications for business manager of the Glomerata are: 1. That every candidate must have completed at the time of election, at the end of the second quarter of his junior year, at least 138 hours of work. 2. That a minimum grade-point a v e r a g e of 2.0 be accepted as standard. 3. That every candidate must submit a paper of not more than 1,000 words, including his • plans for improvement of the publication, together with constructive criticism of the publication during the present year. 4. That candidates shall h a ve completed, with an average of 2.0 (Continued on Page 6) ON THE CAMPUS BARBECUE-HAYRIDE Members and pledges of Sigma Chi social fraternity entertained guests and dates at a Barbecue-hayride on the afternoon and evening of Saturday, April 1 at Che-wacla State Park. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Jones were the chaperones for the function. BULLETINS The vice-presidency of WAA is now vacant. An election to fill this office will be held on April 11 from 8 to 5 at the gym. Mary Nell Chiles, former vice-president, has succeeded to the presidency because of the resignation of Betty Cosby. The girls' tennis tournament will begin on April 17. Practice starts on April 10 and all who wish to participate should sign at the gym b e f o r e that dale. Only singles will be played. The next meeting of WAA will be held Wednesday, April 12, at 5 o'clock at the gym. Canterbury Club The Canterbury C l u b of the Episcopal Church held an election of officers last Sunday night. The following officers w e r e elected: W. H. Floyd, president; Pat Kirkwood, vice-president; E l e a n or Hannum, secretary; and Roland Wallin, treasurer. AIChE The student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers will meet next Monday night at 7:00 in Ross 116. Two technicolor movies, "More Than Meets The Eye" and "Keeping in Touch," will be shown. Sabers Sabers will meet Tuesday night at 8:00 in Langdon Hall. AED Alpha Epsilon Delta, honorary pre-med fraternity will meet Monday night at 7:30 in Ross 204. Debate Council The Auburn Debate Council will hold a special meeting Monday night at 7:00 in Broun 306. All members who wish to have debating continue should Be present. A new faculty advisor will be chosen. Theta Chi The pledges of Theta Chi fraternity elected officers this week. The following were elected: Jack Wagener, president; John Nigosi-an, vice-president; and Harold Penley, secretary-treasurer. ACS Convention Auburn will be represented at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society to be held this week in Cleveland, Ohio, by Dr. W. C. Frische, Dr. J. Capps, and Prof. H. G. Sellers, all of the school of Chemistry. Page Two T H E P L A I N S M AN April 7, 1944 THE TRUTH COMES OUT Hw Pkurumarv Published weekly by the students of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Editorial and business office on Tichenor Avenue. Phone 448. BOB SHARMAN, Editor-in-Chief GENE GRIFFITHS, Business Manager SHIRLEY SMITH, Managing Editor HENRY STEINDORFF, Advertising Manager MIMI SIMMS, Associate Editor RAY GRANT, Circulation Manager Society Editors JEAN TOWNSEND MARTHA RAND SUSAN BROWN, News Editor DC-TTIE WOODALL, Feature Editor Reporters And Feature Writers Billy Goode Sarah Smith Beverly Barrack Eleanor Hannum Nick Nigosiam Bill Van Hemert Irene Long Audrey Wilson Richard Whistler Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by mail: $1:00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 months. Member Associated Golle&iaie Press Distributor of Golleftiate Di6est REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISINO BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 4 2 0 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO • BOSTOH • LOS A B O I L M - SAB FHAHCISCO The Pleasure Was Theirs, Too— "The infantry, the infantry, with the dirt behind its ears—". The boys who left Auburn for Camp Atterbury are getting a taste of real Army life. After their months as Auburn students, there are quite a number of adjustments to be made. Many of their friends in Auburn have been wondering about their trip up and the conditions they found there. This letter, which has been abridged, was received by a member of The Plainsman staff from 'one of the former ASTPs. 29 March Dear Dottie, I am tempted to say of Auburn, as I did of the champagne, "It was good, but not enough." My father has attempted to teach me many things during the course of years; one of the things he laid great stress on was that I should learn to appreciate good things while I had them, and not make of them what the French aptly call "les espYits d'escaliers." Even the small dose of infantry life I've had in this short time has shown me, with the poignance only being deprived of something can show you, how lucky we were. I knew it then, and, I know it now. In one respect the trip up here was a revelation. It was the first time I was consciously aware of the vastness (that's very trite) of the U. S. If you ride from Alabama to Pennsylvania the change is so gradual and your mind so preoccupied that you perceive on the one end red clay and cottonfields, and on the other the rolling hrils and lush fecundity of the Piedmont. Yesterday I was in an especially receptive mood and, despite the rain and hail, spent a good bit of time looking out the window. In the manner of a kaleidoscope, the red-clay desolation of Alabama and the "cracker" hovels give way to the rolling hill land of Tennessee, jack-pine gives way to deciduous poplar and maple and oak; cities and towns assume a whirlwind-mad-rush- Yankee 'air; and yesterday the soothing warmth of the Alabama sun was thrown aside in favor of an ugly overcast sky, grey and heavy-laden with sleet, cold and rain. And then Indiana, true mid-west; flat, fertile and prosperous. Whitman, Sandburg, and Thomas Wolfe became more than words—I was riding through the coastal plain of Alabama, the undulating hills of the Appalachian Plateau—you know the paean Americana. The complete lack of privacy that comes with living in barracks is another thing I must become acclimated to again. If I need an excuse for any incoherence in this letter, the ebullient spirits and rancous group of my barrack-mates is it. Has Your Patriotism Been Selfish? Well, the ASTPs are gone. They swung their dances, had their dates, and made the girls of Auburn, apparently, very happy. And now they have gone to see a bit of the more active side of this war. Our best wishes go with them. That leaves three branches of the armed forces still represented on the campus, and approximately the same number of girls are here as of last quarter. With military restrictions imposed upon the servicemen, and study hall hours and limited dating privileges for the coeds, that makes for a rather limited social situation. We're all for entertainment of servicemen. What few hours on the week-end that these men have off should be crammed with as much fun as is reasonably possible, but darned if we don't think one group of the servicemen is being left out. It's definitely not the Naval Cadets. There are not many times we pick up a paper and don't see where someone has entertained the Alumni Hall boys with a party or other function. And it's not the Vet ASTP boys. They're about the largest bunch of original pre-war students left on the campus, and if they haven't already made the acquaintance of the coeds they wish to know, then there is small hope for them now. We have reference to the Naval Radio School trainees. Their course is just as important, hard, and intensified as any other course we can think that is taught on this campus. True, they are only here for a short period, complete their work and go into active duty, but that is all the more reason they should be shown the best hospitality Auburn can produce. We have seen several of those men come back from active duty. And we do mean active duty. A radioman is not the first man off the ship. Remember that. He is one of the last. He must stay until the last hope for help is gone, until he has given the message time after time. Some of these boys are young—freshmen, if you want to call them that, but they'll be seniors in experience long before many of us. Some of you, especially girls, may have a young brother in the Navy. Entertainment can dispel a lot of lonesomeness. We speak of Auburn hospitality. Hospitality is like a balloon. One break in the wall, and it doesn't hold air. Girls, get hep. The Pleasure Was All Ours— University of Alabama March 30, 1944 Mr. Gibbs Ashley, President Student Executive Cabinet Auburn, Alabama STUDENT BODY OF AUBURN: We would like to take this means to convey our appreciation for the cordial hospitality and good fellowship extended to us on our recent trip to Auburn, as representatives of the University of Alabama. It was a real pleasure to compete in an athletic engagement with as fine a group of fellows as we found in your school. All of us were greatly impressed by the fine spirit shown by the Auburn students. All of the fellows who were representing the University of Alabama wish to tell you that they had literally, "the time of their life" at Auburn. It is our hope that in the near future we can have the opportunity to repay each of you for all your kindness. We hope that athletic relations between the two schools can be resumed in the immediate future. Sincerely Yours, Ohmer S. Trigg, president Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. "Oh, Mabel—GiVe me back that gold ring . . . They're looking for iron to beat the Axis." A contribution by Kirk Stiles to the salvage campaign. Around The Editor's Desk While the ASTs are away, the officers will play. Or so it seemed over the week-end. Privates were the rarity and bars, leaves, and possibly eagles decorated the campus. One student wondered out loud if this was an OCS or a college campus. Others growled about the tactics of infiltration and wondered when the invasion would reach the point of paratroopers via chutes. This could be an answer to the increasing social manpower shortage, however. We still say the trouble, if any, between Auburn and 'Bama does not exist between the two student bodies. Take a look at the letter next door in the editorial column and form your own opinions. Looks like they've got that old spirit, too. Recently, a certain Auburn guy took a trip into the interior of Georgia to visit someone in one of the colleges for women in that fair state. It so happened that the college was swinging a big dance, and had an elaborate leadout planned. Just before the big event of the evening, the leading lady walked up, said her date was too short, and wanted this big handsome Auburn lad to lead the dance with her. Which he did. These men from the Plains really rate. And this office received a strange request last week. A letter, short and to the point, stated that any picture received that was of a likeness to the author of said letter should not be printed under any circumstances, and explained that we would readily see why when we first look at the picture. That was all and we are still wondering what the future holds. Incidentally, it was a she. ft'*. $ - l i e 3(1 Bullard field is as green as we have seen it in some three and one-half years. Instead of the several thousand military feet of '40 and '41 that kept the field down to a smooth carpet, the old grass cutter is now being employed. Remember how you used to read of the happy-go-lucky, devil-may-care cowboys in the western books and magazines? They used to roll wheatstraw fags with one hand, lick 'em, and light 'em, all while riding at full speed on a galloping equine. The colored man riding the gas-powered grass cutter seems to have it down pretty pat also. He did the feat a few days^ ago while cutting the grass on the plot in front of Ross, and he hardly slowed his steel steed down. In a practice track meet Saturday afternoon between the Naval Cadets of Alumni Hall and Auburn's track team, the students trimmed the cadets by taking seven first places to the Navy boys' two. They also placed more men in the rest of the events than did the cadets. This certainly speaks well for the training the track men get from Coach Hutsell. Anyone knows that the Naval Cadets get plenty of hard, intensive, physical training, and regularly. Only a matter of days now until the girls again will invade the dormitories. It's possible that the town will look again like old times with the ferns strolling to and from classes across the grass. Everybody take a good look at the grass in front of the erstwhile ASTP headquarters and take another look three months from now. We'll wager there'll be less grass on the corners. •I* •(• T* "I* V Ye olde managing editor, Miss Patty McCoy, dropped in Thursday morning much to the overworked staff's pleasant surprise, and began her duties as of old. Only catch is, she'll be here just for this issue. We still can't quite forgive our ex-associate editor, Ensign C. W. Horton, for marrying one of our best staff members. If she makes as good a wife as she did managing editor, then Horton has found his ideal. Campus Cross-Country By SUSAN BROWN 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. Spring is here. Nothing else could have inspired this notice reprinted in its entirety from the Kentucky Kernel: "Some-soldier from Ft. Knox came Sunday in a peep and took everyone out." Indicative of spring, too, are the editorials on green grass and students who still walk on it. The superintendent of Building a nd Grounds at Duke in an interview with a Chronicle reporter on the subject of grass stated, "There has been a marked improvement in the amount of grass trampling done lately, but now more than ever we should refrain from cutting corners." Then there is a new spring perfume, brewed by Jack of "hair tonic, shoe polish, shaving cream, etc.", sent to a woman's college student at the University of North Carolina, and named "Lust." Attached to the bottle was this information: " 'Lust' gives you all the freshness of the American country gal; the sultriness of the Assyrian barmaid; the gay Paree of the petit French taxi dancer." So much for "Lust," product of shoe polish and the The girls take the lead at Massachusetts State College now. Always a predominantly male school, M. S. C. did not even allow women to vote in senate elections. The March 23 issue of the Collegian announced in three different front page headlines that Senate elections are to include co-eds, that "Hansel and Gretel" is to be presented featuring an all-girl cast, and that the new business manager of the Collegian is a woman. * * * Professor Sally Beals at Mary Baldwin College took "glamour shots, portfolio shots, or any kind of shots' 'of students or faculty for 25c in a YWCA sponsored project. "You bring the chassis; Beals'll make it classy" was the campaign slogan. * * * Six Brazilian flight trainees will take part in the Purdue University production of "My Sister Eileen." The trainees, ad-libbing in Portugese at rehearsal were warned by director Cass that there would be people in the audience who spoke Portugese. Purdue is host to a whole group of men from all over S o u t h and Central America who are "Inter- American Pilots." After the completion of their training course most of them will return to their countries as commercial pilots, instructors, or officers in their respective air forces. * * * "Dear Mrs. Bushnell," wrote a sailor to the Dean of Women at Mary Washington College. "The crew of my ship has decided to chip in and give a prize to the fellow that gets the most letters when we hit port the next time. What I would like for you to do, if possible, is to have as many of your girls that will, to write me a letter between March 1 and April 1. With your help, I cannot lose. I will certainly appreciate it if you will help me." The first one hundred letters taken to Mrs. Bushnell's office between those dates were to be mailed to the sailor. * * * The Brown and White of Lehigh University ran an editorial last week on the end of the "AST episode." A part of the editorial read, "The program, however gone, is not forgotten. Here, as well as at other higher schools, faculties' eyes have been popped open by the results actually achieved with 30-hour curricula and compacting of instruction in a shorter length of time than was previously thought feasible. New teaching methods have emerged in the year that the ASTP has bene in full operation. Short-cuts to language and other skills have set the educators off on new approaches to learning." Does that mean that we finish sooner or that we learn more? WE--THEY By SHIRLEY SMITH Editor's note: The opinions expressed in this column are those of the writer and are not to be construed as the editorial policies of this paper. The ratio of sorority to non-sorority girls on the campus is approximately one to three. Yet, as has been frequently, and sometimes bitterly, observed, most of the women's offices are held by sorority girls, in spite of their minority. "It just burns me up," said a typical non-sorority girl, "to think of how much the sororities get away with just because they're organized. If we independents would organize, we'd get a lot farther politically." On many campuses the independents are organized. They put up candidates for office, line-up, if necessary, with various groups and are often successful in getting their candidates elected. "That's just what I think we should do at Auburn," says Typical Independent. Stick together. She means, of course, for all the independents to agree on one candidate whom they wish to support and then all vote for her. We think the plan would be feasible if it weren't for that phrase "agree on one candidate." Just how long does T. I. think it would take to agree on one candidate? What would happen would be this: A group of independents would agree on one person and then the others would have to vote as they were told. And voting as we're told is just what we don't want to do. We, as independents, like and want to keep the privilege of casting our vote for whom we darn please— for whom we, as individuals, think will make the best officeholder, not for the person some other fellow has chosen. It may be hopeless, but we'd rather vote for that person we want to vote for even if that person never wins an election than to vote for someone we didn't select ourselves and have her hold every office on the campus. * * * We've got the bicycles, the people to rent them, and Chewacla opened last week. All of which serves to remind us of the plan of a certain honorary organization to open up the old bicycle trail to Chewacla. We think the idea is one of the best we've heard, and would be a good lick if carried out. But remember, boys, weeds sometimes materialize quicker than plans. * * * A car belonging to the brother of a vet BMOC wouldn't start after repeated effort so the vet pushed it down to the garage. The mechanic worked on it for a day and a half before he found the trouble—no gas. * * * We know several coeds who came back from a shopping tour in Columbus Saturday loudly proclaiming the merits of one Sergeant Fitzpatrick of Auburn. "A perfect gentleman," they said, and explained how they had been standing helplessly looking at a flat tire when the Sergeant, also on his way to Auburn, had stopped and gallantly fixed it for them. "About ten minutes later," said the girls, "we passed a big black car stopped on the road and three ladies were standing helplessly looking at a flat tire. And offering to fix it for them, a little less enthusiastically but with just as much gallantry, was Sergeant Fitzpatrick!" * * * If Editor Sharman would ever take time off from his fishing to read his managing editor's column, we might succeed in starting a first-class feud! » * * The sports page of last week's Crimson and White looks more like The Plainsman than the paper of our traditional rival, Alabama. Besides printing the letter to the University Pi Kappa Phi president from Gibbs Ashley, there was a story on Auburn's naming of a new coach,, and, of course, the write-up of the Au-burn-' Bama basketball game. We noted; however, that the latter story, while it mentioned that the 'Bama quintet had been "defeated by a narrow margin," neglected to give the score. April 7, 1944 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three MISS McCOY ENGAGED The engagement of Miss Patty McCoy, former API student and managing editor of The Plainsman, to Ensign C. W. Horlon has been announced. Miss McCoy is from LaFayette, and Ensign Hor-ton's home is Courtland. Ensign Horton is an alumnus of API and served as associate editor of The Plainsman. Patty McCoy Will Marry C. W. Horton Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McCoy, of LaFayette, announce Sunday the engagement of their daughter, Patty Elizabeth to Ens. Clarence William Horton, USNR, of Court-land, Ala., and Key West, Fla. The wedding will take place in May. Miss McCoy is a graduate of LaFayette High School and has completed her sophomore year at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, where she was a member of Oracles, freshman honor society, the Auburn Players, dramatic organization, a council member of Baptist Student Union, and managing editor of The Plainsman, weekly college newspaper. Her maternal grandparents are Mrs. Pattie Laurie Stanley and the late Thomas Edwin Stanley, and her paternal grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. F. M. McCoy. Her sister is Miss Mary Eleanor McCoy, of Columbia, S. C. Ens. Horton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Horton, of Court-land. His maternal grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mayfield, and his paternal grandparents are Mrs. J. W. Horton and the late Mr. Horton. His brother is Pfc. Wiley Horton, photographer with the Army Air Forces, now serving overseas. Ens. Horton was graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute with a degree in electrical engineering. He is a member of Alpha Lambda Tau social fraternity, and while at API was associate editor of The Plainsman and a member of the Interfraternity Council. Being commissioned before graduation, he went to Ft. Schuyler, N. Y., for his indoctrination and has since been stationed at the Fleet Sound School in Key West, Fla. Skits Presented Third Time By Alpha Gams The 7:45 curfew brought the Naval Cadets back to their ship before they had seen the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority's prize-winning skit Thursday, March 23, so the performance was repeated by request of the cadets on the following night. Even then many of the men could not attend because of re-trictions. Again the Alpha Gams obliged, staging the skit for the third time, on Monday night. As an added attraction the Delta Sigs, winner of second place in the contest, repeated their skit. LOST: S i l v e r identification bracelet. Name engraved: M. F. Carney, Jr., also serial number. Call Mildred McGough 844. Miss Nixon Weds Dr. B. U. Flynn Wednesday Night Miss Charlie Faye Nixon, daughter of Mrs. Forrest D. Nixon, Sr., became the bride of Dr. Billie Underwood Flynn, of Birmingham and Mississippi at 7:30 p. m., Wednesday, at the First Baptist Church of Auburn. Dr. J. R. Edwards officiated. The bride was given in marriage by her uncle, Mr. E. A. Phillips, of Ashland, Alabania. Mrs. W. M. Askew played, and Miss Sue Hall sang "Because" and "I Love Thee." For the ceremony, Mrs. Flynn wore a long gown of ivory Dutch satin with fingertip veil. Her flowers were white split carnations and orchids. Mrs. J. B. Hull, matron of honor, wore white chiffon and carried red roses and white carnations. The brides-maids, Misses Margaret Wyatt, Kitty Finnegan, Gwendolyn Tucker, and Mrs. F. D. Nixon, Jr., wore dresses of white chiffon, elbow - ldngth gloves, and carried red roses. The groomsmen, fraternity brothers of Dr. Underwood, were Robert Jones, Frank Thomas, Herbert Riddle, Erston Cox, and Reuben Brawner. The bride's mother wore a gown of aqua and her corsage was of pink carnations. After the ceremony a reception was held at the Nixon home. lAeS Meet The Institute of Aeronautical Sciences will meet on Monday, April 10, at 7:15 p. m., at Room 109, Ramsey Engineering Building. The subject of the meeting will be celestial navigation. In- PiKA House To Sponsor Campus Hop The campus hop, sponsored by Theta Upsilon sorority last Saturday night, proved that even with no local band, no elaborate deaoratidns, no ' flowing gowns and tuxedos that the students can have the same good time. The success of these dances, which will be continued as long as enough students show an interest, depends upon nothing more than the age old desire of the young 'uns to dance. And after hearing of "the good time had by all" last Saturday night, when the Theta U girls initiated the series for the spring season, even more campus cats will want to show up for the fun. Next Saturday night the dance is to be sponsored by the girls at the PiKA house. The dance is held at Alumni Gym with music from the platters. > Spread the word, everyone, and lets get these informal dances going. MRS. YOUNG, RECENT BRIDE PiKAs Entertain , With House Dance And Picnic Supper Members of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity entertained with a picnic and house dance last week honoring Dan Nunnelly, district president of PiKA. • Mrs. Bess Hill, housemother, prepared a hot-dog supper at Chewacla, for members and dates. Later in the evening the party returned to the PiKA house for dancing. Those who attended were Gene Griffiths, Martha Ellis; Henry Steindorff, Phyllis Kloeti; Ashby Foote, Marion Snow; Lee Garrett, Donna Sims; and James Riley, Jeanette Ellis. Jep Moody, Ray Monroe; Charles Mobley, Nan Keller; George Strother, Elaine Braswell; Edwin Lennep, Sara Goodson; and Jack Livingston, Martha Brush. Rob Williams, "^Tynnelle Mitchell; Robert Blanton, Dot Clisby; Willis McArthur, Jean Nelson; Lawson Young, Mary Farmer; Paul Sturdevant, Virginia Heath; and Scott Meredith, Jackie Swann. Maragret McCarley Weds Ray Golden In Mississippi The marriage of Margaret McCarley to Ray Golden took place Monday, March 20, at the Calvary Baptist Church, Columbus, Mississippi. The bride, a graduate of Alabama College and a teacher in the schools of Lamar County for the past thirteen months, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. McCarley, of Woodland, Alabama. The groom, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Golden, Millport, attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute, where he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. eluded on the program will be two films entitled "Celestial Navigation." Anyone interested in aeronautics is cordially invited to attend this program. The Latest In Milady's HATS The Season's New Fad In GENUINE PANAMAS Is Here In Abundance. Will out-wear any hat made, and always right out in front in the march of styles. MILDRED LIPPITT'S BONNET BOX Miss Carolyn Brown, Cullman, became the bride of Oswald Young, Sylvester. Georgia, recently. Both Mr. and Mrs. Young are students at API, being in the schools of Science and Literature and Veterinary Medicine, respectively. FOR RENT: Furnished efficiency apartment. Call 361. Mrs. Fun-chess. FOR RENT: One house and several apartments, all furnished. Call 695-R. We feature the best selections of smart spring suits in East Alabama. Drop in and select yours today. Hagedorn's "THE STYLE CENTER OF EAST ALABAMA" SERVICE PERSONALS Bruce Key, Good Springs, former Auburn student, graduated from aerial navigation school at Selman Field, Monroe, Louisiana, where he received his wings and commission as second lieutenant. * * * George Smith, Clanton, ex-student of API, was recently appointed a Naval Aviation Cadet, and has been sent to Pensacola, Florida, for flight training. * * * Jesse Lafayette Mitchell, Fairfield, is now stationed at Pampa Air Field, Texas, in AAF twin-engine advanced flying school. * * * Richard Howell, Bexar, Alabama, received his wings and commission at Selman Field, Louisiana, upon graduation from aerial navigation school. * * * Lt. Harold Johnson, Love Field Ferrying Command, N. Y., former vet student here, was an Auburn visitor last week-end. * * * Lt.-Col. F. H. Ingram arrived in Auburn Monday for a short visit. He was formerly stationed at API as a military instructor. Col. Ingram left today for Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, where he will be stationed. Mrs. Ingram is at home at 225 Hill Crest in Auburn. * * * John I. Morgan, Jr., has been promoted to first lieutenant, it has (been announced here by Brigadier General Earl S. Hoag, Commanding General of the India- China Wing, Air Transport Command, USAAF. .Lt. Morgan, son of Mr. J. I. Morgan of 1536 Fulton Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama, was a mechanical engineer before he joined the Army. He was graduated from API. » * * Lt. Raymond Owens, Repton, former student at API, is stationed at Columbus Army Air Field, where he is in charge of squadron instrument training. Invasion Costs Moie Money— UpYouiPayroll Savings today "SAY IT WITH FLOWERS" King's Flower Shop Phone 611 Nite 365 8SSS2S8SSS8SSSSSSSSSS?S5SSSSSSSSSSSSS5£?SSS?SSSSSSSSS;SS£SSSSSSSSS£SS5SSSSSSS5SSS5S5SSS;S5SSSSSSS?, JOIN THE Easter Parade IN A LOFTIN PRINT With all the accessories so essential to a gay season. 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" Miss Dana King Gatchell, A u b u r n ' s Woman of the Week, was standing at the refrigerator in the foods laboratory in Smith Hall, her voice, strong and authoritative, carrying above the chaos of several classes at work. A stalwart figure in white uniform, she was unperturbed by the rattle of dishes and the hum of the Mix-Master, the clatter of voices that spoke in anxious tones as coeds bent over the foods. One girl laid thin slices of potatoes on cloths which absorbed the moisture before being dipped in hot grease by another girl. Squares of cake, some with white icings and some with green, were on one table and a bread batter was being mixed at the other end of the room. Miss Gatchell assigned a job at the refrigerator and went to her office adjoining the kitchen, advising and instructing as she progressed. "Make Life Less Difficult For Others" She didn't seem to enjoy sitting at her desk in the fairly quiet office to tell of her accomplishments; she was anxious to get back in the kitchen. A native Ala-bamian, she was educated in the arts at public and private schools in Selma, specializing in music. She is a member of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. Her interest in needlepoint began when she was 11 years of age and one of her tapestries was presented to Columbia University, where she received her B. S. and M. S. degrees. She did not begin her education with the thought of studying or teaching home economics, but after the death of her father she worked for her first grade certificate, became the principal in a two-room school near Evergreen, where she remained until going to Columbia. While teaching in Alabama high schools, she introduced home economics before it was introduced by the state. She came to Auburn from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute. Her biography is listed in "Who's Who in American Education," "International Who's Who," and "American Women." Her hobbies —collecting laces and menu cards, oil painting, music (especially opera), teapots, and historical research— touch on her various interests. "Live most and serve best to make life less difficult for others" is her philosophy. On her desk were Easter baskets containing attractive foods beautifully wrapped, made by Miss Gatchell to give to friends No Such Thing As Spare Time Something demanded attention in the kitchen and she excused herself. After she saw that every thing was going all right, she began helping with decorations for the cakes, rolling an orange mixture in the palm of the hand until it looked like a carrot. Miss Gat-chell's hands are beautiful and capable; the long tapering fingers are never stil. She had made a dozen carrots, all nearly alike, while the student at her side produced one that resembled a carrot. "You roll it around in the palm until it is round, then make one end smaller," she explained with demonstrations. Laughing at a question, she said to the assistant, "She wants to know what I do with my spare time. I don't have any." Famous among Auburnites for her wonderful food and first-rate table service she is a source of inspiration to home economics girls. "You have to have a class under Miss Gatchell to appreciate her," someone said. "She scared me at first," said another, "but after I got to know her, I found her to be very kind and understanding." A guide to -gracious living, she teaches that home is wherever one lives, even for a short while, and that it should be treated as such. She attributes her success to "hard work and tending to my own business." "No," she said emphatically, "I have never in my life entered into any kind of competition. I crochet and do needlework because I enjoy it. I'll never enter any of my work for competition." She is not competing for any honors, but she might well be Auburn's Woman of the Century. Auburn Group Attends AEA In Birmingham Led by Dr. L. N. Duncan, president of the college, a delegation of API educators attended the Alabama Educational Association's annual convention in Birmingham Wednesday, March 29, through Friday, March 31. Faculty members at the meeting were Dr. Paul Irvine, Dr. B. R. Showal-ter, Dr. V. W. Lapp, Dean Marion W. Spidle, Prof. Jerome Kudernaj Coach W. H. Hutsell, Miss Rebecca Pate, Mrs. James Land, Miss Harriet Barnes, Miss Olga Bibza, Miss Harriet Donahoo, Miss Minnie Lee Dean, and Miss Ann Canon. Several API speakers were featured on the program, which was officially o p e n e d Wednesday night with the Assembly of Delegates session at the Tutwiler Hotel. Dr. Paul Irvine, chairman of the committee on public relations, made his annual report to the assembly at this session. On Thursday, Dr. Irvine addressed the Association of School Administrators on "The Superintendent's Responsibility in Public Relations." Thursday morning, Lt. F. J. Holmes spoke to the Alabama Mental Hygiene Society on his observations as personnel consultant for the Army Specialized Training Program at Auburn. Lt. Holmes, who has been serving as classifications officer at API, discussed the causes of mental and emotional disturbances among ASTP trainees, who were selected by the Army because of exceptional intelligence and educational qualifications. Dr. B. R. Showalter, professor of education at Auburn and president of the society, presided. Thursday afternoon Prof. Wilbur Hutsell, Auburn track coach, addressed the athletic coaches' Session, held at the Phillips High school, on "Conditioning/of Athletes," and Friday he discussed the "ASTP Physical Fitness Program at Auburn" before the Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Alumni headquarters for Alabama Polytechnic Institute were established in rooms at the Tutwiler Hotel, where all visitors were welcomed and Auburn alumni found an opportunity to contact old friends during the convention. A tea for all former Auburn students was given at these rooms Thursday afternoon, with Dean Spidle and Miss Pate as hostesses. mm IL *»<* •L "*1 •ferd Izl MJM FDR &oyl: Payroll savings is our greatest single factor in protecting ourselves against inflation. War Speeds Up Progress In Home Ec Field "Advancement in the field of home economics has been more rapid in the five years of this war than in fifty normal years of peace," said Dr. Judith Bond, head of the Home Economics department at Columbia University who came to Auburn as a special guest for the unveiling of the portrait of Miss Dana Gatchell. "With the inventions and time-saving ideas the war has produced, the release of critical war materials will create a demand for trained home economists both to show industry the needs of the home and to show consumers how to apply the new inventions. "Industrial feeding is the field with the greatest shortage of trained workers today," Mrs. Bond continued. "Many girls have gone into the services from this field, leaving a great need for hotel,- transportation, and war plant dietitians and managers." Dr. Bond advised girls to stay in the field of home economics rather than going into service. "This, I feel, is not unpatriotic," she explained, "for many trained girls have gone into the services only to be put in some work requiring no training. However, if a girl trained in home economics wishes to go into war service, I advise, her to go into the Red Cross or dietetics." Dr. Bond is an Iowan and graduated in home economics from the University of Iowa. Later she was sent to Columbia University on a fellowship. Here she received her M. S. and Ph. D. degrees. She has traveled in Europe and was appointed to her present position in 1937. LACK OF GUTS "IS THAT LAST STITCH NECESSARY ?• CONSERVATION, YOU KNOWl" ALABAMA FIRST IN COMPULSORY BLOOD TESTS Alabama is the first state to pass a law making blood tests compulsory for all residents. The action is the result of the state health department's all-out offensive against venereal disease, the control of which is among the greatest problems of preventive medicine and public health today. "It is a problem of the entire community," says Dr. B. F. Austin, state health officer, #"and for its solution the combined medical, public health, economic, social, religious and educational forces must co-operate." The law states that "any person who shall willfully fail or neglect to comply with any of the provisions of the act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100." GIRL'S BIKE for sale. Phone 9126. Ask for Mary Lavender. BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS ONCE MORE, "HERE'S THAT PIECE ABOUT A FARMER AND HIS MULE" Ever so often we have a request for an issue of The Eagle contain, ing "that piece about a farmer talking to his mule." This being a Monday morning, to add to our natural laziness, we hereby let the farmer recite this monologue for the benefit of those subscribers who want to clip the piece— to say nothing of our own personal benefit: "Bill you are a mule, the son of a jackass, and I am a man, made in the image of God. Yet here we work, hitched together, year in and year out, I often wonder if you work me or I wdrk you. Verily, I think it is a partnership between a mule and a fool. You work on four legs and I on two, therefore covering the same distance, I do twice as much work as you. "We are now cultivating this corn crop. When it is harvested I give one-third to the landlord for letting me cultivate this tiny speck of God's creation; one-third goes to you, and the balance is mine. You consume your portion, while I divide mine among seven children, two dogs, six hens, two ducks and a banker. If we both need shoes, you get yours, Bill, you are getting the best of me, and I ask you, is it fair for a mule, the son of a jackass, to swindle a man, the lord of creation, out of his substance? Why, you only help to plow and cultivate the ground, and I alone must cut, shock and husk the corn, while you look over the pasture fence and hee-haw at me. "All Fall and part of the Winter the whole family, from granny to the baby gotta pick cotton to raise money to pay taxes, buy new harness, pay interest on the mortgage on you. And what do you care about mortgages? Not a damn, you onery, long-eared cuss! I alone must worry about the mortgage on your ungrateful hide. "About the only time I am your better is on election day, for I can go to the polls and vote for old Bilbo and the other politicians, and you can't. And after the election I realize I was fully as great a jackass as your papa. Verily, I am prone to wonder if politics were made for men or jackasses, or to make jackasses of men. "And that ain't all, Bill. When you die that's supposed to be the last of you. But me—well, the parson says when I die I gotta go to hell forever. That is, Bill, if I don't do just as He says. And most of what He says, and what Henry Wallace says, keeps me from getting any kick outta life. "Tell me, then, William, how you keep a straight face and look so solemn. You've got a one-track mind, Bill, you long-eared son-of-a- gun. You think only of the horn blowing for noon. And then, while I'm going to the spring after water, filling the wood box and changing diapers on the baby to keep family matters running smoothly, you snooze in the fence corner, under-lip and one hip dropped, dreaming of doles, social security and old age pensions, until I reach for your head with the bridle, when bingo! you come to life suddenly and I have to chase you all over the lot. "I don't think you are toting fair, William." ss RENT A BIKE AT CHIEF'S (ACROSS FROM CHIEFS U-DRIVE-IT) I SSS£SSS3!SSSS2SSSSS£SSS£SSS2SSS2g2SSS£S£S2S888S88SS2SSSSS£SSS; Debater Visits Legislature; Gets Real Dope On "Orators" By Nick Nigosian While attending the Southern Debate tournament and t h e Congress of Human Relations at Jackson, Mississippi, I decided to l e a r n how real debaters act, so I visited t h e Mississippi legislature. The Mississippi capitol is like any old capitol building. It has a dome, a right and left wing and an extra added attraction — large spacious grounds. Most of us have seen at least one capitol building, and if we, have not seen a capitol building in the "flesh" we have, at least, seen the picture of one. Let us now examine the mass of humanity which occupies the two august branches of the capitol— the house of representatives and the senate. The senators and representatives had voted to adjourn the present session March 31, and consequently were trying to rush through important legislation so that they could hurry home and tell all the voters why they should be re-elected. Upon entering the senate, I saw a group of men and one lady seated in the chamber. Nearly all the senators—with the exception of the lady senator—had their feet propped on their desks and were smoking cigarettes. One senator was so tired he was resting his mind by reading the comic page of a local paper while a fellow speaker debated. Some of the senators were walking around getting exercise and talking with fellow members. Most of them had their desks cluttered with bills and papers. (Reminded me of the Plainsman office at press time.) As it was a rather warm day, the senators were keeping the page boys busy getting theirr cokes. The loud speaker system didn't work so well and I had to strain my ears in trying to hear what was going on. The clerk of the senate was reading senate bill No. 441 which, translated from the legal language, read: "A bill to raise the amount paid jurors to the pre-depression level." The clerk was a tired man. He had been reading many bills and had done much roll calling in the course of the day. The tone of his voice was like that of a college professor trying to put his class to sleep. After debating for and against senate bill 441, a vote was taken and the bill passed. The nexj; morning I visited the house gallery. As it was Saturday, the house was engaged in a huge debate on whether or not they should adjourn until Monday afternoon. They voted to adjourn. This was for the convenience of Still Plenty Of Time Before Matrimony Coeds at Montana university don't believe in love at first sight. And despite the wartime trend, they're in no big rush to get married. These facts are revealed in a campus survey of attitudes toward engagement and marriage in a sociology class titled, "The Family." The conclusions were based on the answers of 95 university women proportionately allocated among the four college classes. A romantic 18 per cent of those questioned looked upon "love at first sight" as a requisite to- a happy marriage, but an impressive 82 per cent thought there's nothing to it. The coeds agreed 25 is the ideal marriage age for men, and 23 for women. COME IN TODAY TO SEE OUR SELECTION OF LOVELY SPRING COATS. HAGEDORN'S "THE STYLE CENTER OF EAST ALABAMA" members who wanted to spend the week-end at home. Upon leaving the capitol, I con. eluded that if a debater developed himself into a good enough speaker and got in with the right crowd he might some day be a senator or a representative. —FRIDAY-WARREN WILLIAMS as The Lone Wolf in "PASSPORT TO SUEZ" Novelly and The Phanlom —SATURDAY-JIMMY LYDON in HENRY ALDRICH BOY SCOUT" Carloon—Musical Owl Show Sat. 11 P. M. Musical "Grandfather's Follies" Sunday and Monday A DASHING AMERICAN, A LOVELY RUSSIAN... They bring music to your heart and ear! ROBERT TAYLOR SUSAN PETERS in M-G-M's with JOHN ROBERT HODIAK • BENCHLEY FELIX BR ESS ART Funny Color Carloon "Egg Cracker Suite" Latest WAR News rr —TUESDAY-RED SKELTON in WHISTLING IN BROOKLYN" Cartoon "Puss and Boots" Sport Reel "Fun For All" April 7, 19|4 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Five Science And Beauty At Last Is Taught Class Plans To Give Fashion Show; Emphasizes Posture; Studies Cosmetics By Annette Cheney Hollywood has nothing on A u b u r n for, l i k e that city of glamour, Auburn, too, has a b e a u t y course. This b e a u t y course is available to all coeds through t h e t h r e e - h o u r elective Personal Grooming. It is taught on Monday, Wednesday, and F r i d a y afternoons from four until five p. m. b y Miss Jewel Golden, instructor in home eco nomics. An outsider would have thought he had invaded a bathing beauty contest if he had walked in the day posture was being discussed. It seems that all girls wore swimming suits and modeled them for the class. The idea was to give constructive criticism of each girl's posture and walk. The proper corrective exercises were then suggested and given as part of her homework. The need for emphasis on graceful carriage was noted at the Glomerata-Blue Key Beauty Parade this year. Several would-be beauties didn't meet the qualifications and were among the first to be eliminated because of poor posture and an unattractive walk. Other things which are included in this course and will be discussed are among the following: cleanliness, complexion and its care; hair, its care, and possible arrangements; care and treatment of the hands and feet; teeth; selection, purchase, and care of clothes, and social graces. A number of practical demonstrations will be given before the quarter is over. Miss Golden pointed out that cold creams could be easily made at home for much less money than the popular drug store brands. In the discussion of the care of the hair directions will be given for making an effective shampoo. A fashion show will be given for the benefit of the class. In this show will be girls dressed correctly and incorrectly for various occasions. "This class has been quite popular with the girls in the past, and we hope even more girls will join our group of good grooming discussions," said Miss Golden. "We've even had several requests from boys," she added. She said that these requests might be fulfilled through a similar class taught exclusively for boys. This probably won't be attempted until after the war, but Miss Golden thinks it would be an interesting job as well as a worth while one as "men, too, wear clothes." Three Groups MayQualifyFor Commissions Lt. O. H. Swayze, in charge of officer procurement in Alabama, has just released an important announcement regarding qualifications for Naval commissions. Aside from the continued urgent need for chaplains and doctors, commissions are now being awarded to men in three groups: 1. In the technical field, chiefly to chemists, metallurgists, a nd engineers of all types. 2. In specialized fields, chiefly engine specialists, riggers, shipbuilders and stevedores. 3. In the general business fields, for a c t i v e sea duty. (Men under 38 years of age.) Lt. Swayze, however, warned prospective officers to consider the high standards of the Navy before making application for commission. Age and experience requirements vary, depending on the commission under consideration, but these are the essential needs for cmomissioned personnel. 1. A college degree, though desirable, is not required in a case where practical experience in civilian life fits a man for the specialized work of the Navy. 2. Certain basic physical requirements must be met. These needs vary somewhat with the particular billet involved. 3. Applicants must possess officer- like qualities. They must have real ability, fine personal honor and more than average appearance and personality. Preliminary interviews to de- CUTIES :• By E. Simms Campbell J Roistered U. S. Pltent Offlc* % Copr. ly-M. King FiatuKJ Syndicate, liu.. World rights reserved. 2-4 "Wow! But you're good, Lady! You did all that with just an automobile!" LANDSCAPE DEPT. TO SPONSOR ANNUAL SPRING FLOWER EXHIBIT A spring flower show, open to all flower enthusiasts in the state of Alabama, will be held for the first time this year at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute April 30 and May 1 and 2. The show will be divided into several classes of exhibits, and entries will be accepted both from individuals and from garden clubs. Those wishing to enter the competition are urged by Alfred Edwards, associate professor in charge of landscape architecture, to plan their plantings now with the show in mind. Details regarding group classification and other information about the exhibit may be obtained by writing Prof. Edwards, in care of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, API, Auburn. Sponsored by the department of landscape architecture, the show will become an annual affair, it was announced. Tippins Family Scores Eight Out Of Ten By Nick Nigasian "My husband and I wish that we were younger so that we could enter the service". This is the statement of Mrs. J. Tippins, 242 East Magnolia, eight of whose ten children are either in the service or in government work. According to information received from Mrs. Tippins, the following account of her family is given. Rankin Tippins is now a signalman second class in the South Pacific. Rankin entered the Navy at 18, immediately after graduating from Lee County h i g h school. After being trained at Great Lakes, 111., for the Signal Corps, he was sent to the Aleutians for an eight months' stay. Hamlin Tippins, a first lieutenant in the field artillery, is now fighting in Italy. He was in the first group that invaded North Africa and later Sicily. In 1942, Hamlin received a degree in Ag science, and went to officers' training camp at Ft. Bragg, N. C, and Ft. Sill, Okla. Glenn Tippins is now located at an Italian replacement center. He was nearly thirty-seven when he entered the Army in May, 1943. After receiving f o u r months' training at Camp Wheeler, Ga., Glenn was sent to the Mediterranean Theater. Phil Tippins is located in the South Pacific with the A r my Medical Corps. Phil attended Auburn and was taking horticulture, but volunteered M a r c h 6, 1941. After being stationed a t C a mp Blanding, Fla., Camp Bowie, Texas, Camp Shelby, Miss., and having Army maneuvers in Lou-iF^ ana, he sailed overseas. Jo Tippins is at Mare Island, San Francisco, waiting to sail to a Navy position in Hawaii. She graduated from Auburn in home economics and for the past two and one-half years has been working for the Farm Security Administration, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Minnie Tippins left April 5, to enter Hunter College, a WAVE school in New York City. In June, 1943, Minnie finished at API in landscape architecture. Frances Tippins, formerly secretary to the college b u s i n e s s manager, W. T. Ingram, is now stationed with a WAVE unit at Pensacola, Fla. Frances took a secretarial training course and resigned her position to join the WAVES in February of last year. Lilie May Tippins is located in Mobile with the extension service of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and the Department of Agriculture. Of the two remaining members of the family, one is married and the other is still in high school. Mary Tippins is married and lives in Birmingham. She married Haskin Williams, an Auburn KA, and now has a twelve-year-old daughter. Pat Tippins, 16, now attending Lee County high school, wants to attend summer school so that she can finish high school and join the Cadet Nurse Corps. OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN IN DENTISTRY _ Women dentists, as scarce now as women welders were before Pearl Harbor, will appear in the future in ever-increasing numbers, Professor Charles W. Creas-er, chairman of the pre-medical and pre-dental committee at Wayne university, predicts. Professor Creaser points out that of more than 1,400 dentists now practicing in Detroit, only 12 are women, and that throughout the country there are 35 men in the profession for every woman. "The skill which women in war industries are displaying in the manipulation of small tools," said Pofessor Creaser, "gives ample evidence of their aptitude for at least one phase of dental work. Furthermore, we know that the few women who have entered the profession have proved exceptionally successful, particularly in the fields of children's dentistry and orthodontia." Dr. Creaser also emphasized the existing need for Negro dentists, both male and female, and quoted Dr. M. Don Clawson, director of dental education at Meharry medical college, Fisk university, as saying that there are only 2,000 Negro dentists, very few of them women, serving the 12,000,000 Negroes in the United States. The Rains Came—To Auburn! Like the storied stars, rains fell on Alabama. And they fell ardently in love with Auburn, for they lived on her doorstep all the past month. Literally, we mean. April showers may bring May flowers, but all our recent March downpours managed to bring out were dripping umbrellas and raincoats, dampened curls, and wet feet. The recorded rainfall for the month was 11.87 inches — 6.10 inches above the average. The heaviest fall was the 5.06 inches showered down on us during the 24-hour period of M a r c h 22-23. Prof. J. N. Robinson, Auburn's weather man, tells us if we think t h a t was prolific we should've been on the campus in March of '29, when 17.44 inches were recorded. But we're from Missouri! termine basic requirements can be arranged at the Office of Naval Officer Procurement, 601 Jackson Building, Birmingham 3, Ala. Letters of inquiry will be answered. YOU'LL ALWAYS BE PLEASED WITH The Food Served AT THE GRILLE 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 JOHN GAZES, Mgr. c r r £ Of course you w a n t to dress u p t h i s Easter and look your very best. But looking your best need not mean wearing brand new clothes. If your wardrobe is well filled, you won't need a n ew Easter outfit. And i t ' s p a t r i o t i c not to b u y u n less you n e e d to buy. Our stocks a r e l a r g e a nd smart and t e r r i b l y tempting, we know. And i t ' s fun buying n ew clothes in t h e Spring. But i t 's fun too, to add a fresh blouse to a n old suit . . . or a crisp jabot to a last-season dress. So for t h e sake of those who may need clothes more t h a n you . . . and so t h a t you m a y b e s u r e of b e ing able to b u y n ew clothes next year and n e x t and next . . . look your situation over carefully before you l e ap in to b u y t h i s Easter! P. S. We're glad to see you w h e t h e r you b u y or not . . . so come in to visit us anyway! DOW'S Dress Shop OPELIKA 1400 ON YOUR DIAL PHONE 856 "The Twin-City Station" WJHO NEWS ! ! ! MUSIC ! ! ! ENTERTAINMENT VARIETY ! ! ! SPORTS ! ! ! I ! ! 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Hi Radio Players 8:30 Spotlight Band Blue 8:55 WJHO News Room 9:00 Royal Arch Gunnison 9:15—Nick Carter MBS 9:45 Impact MBS 10:00 Dance Til Twelve MBS 12:00—News—Sign Off Sunday, April 9 2:30 Buldog Drummond MBS 3:30 Abe Lincoln's Story MBS 4:15 Song Time 4:30 The Shadow MBS 5:00 Rootsy of the AAF MBS 5:30 Upton Close MBS 7:00 Mediation Board MBS 8:15 Robert Ripley MBS 8:30 Spot Light Bands Blue 9:00 Henry Gladstone MBS 9:15 Education for Freedom 10:00 QED Reporting MBS 10:15 The Plainsman 10:30 Dance Til Twelve 12:00—News—Sign Off Tuesday, April 11 6:30 Auburn Daily News 7:00 Morning News Summary 7:15 Alarm Clock Club 8:00 UP News Summary 8:30 8:30 Special 9:00 WJHO News Room 9:30 Shady Valley Folks 9:45 The Hero's Today 10:00 Arther Gaeth MBS „, , , -, , ..,,,,10:15 Rev. Hendly MBS 8:00 Cleveland Symphony M B S ^ , . M u g i c a n d F a s M o n 11:00 Boake Carter MBS 11:15—Harmony Lane Monday, April 10 11:25—WJHO News Room 6:30 Auburn Daily News 11:30 U. S. 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Hendley MBS 10:45 Music and Fashions 11:00 Boake Carter MBS 11:15—Harmony Lane 11:25—WJHO News Room 11:30 Marine Band MBS 12:00 Noon Day News 12:15—Jack Berch MBS 12:30 Let's Be Charming MBS 1:00 Cederick Foster MBS 1:15 Lum 'N Abner 1:30 Mutual Goes Calling MBS 2:30 Yankee Houseparty MBS 3:00—Walter Compton MBS 3:30 Sentimental Music MBS 4:00 News 4:15 Archie Andrews MBS 4:30 Chick Carter MBS 4:45—Dependable Time 5:00 News Review 5:15 Calvacade of Sports 5:30 World's Front Page MBS 5:45 Superman MBS 6:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr. MBS 6:15 Johnson Family MBS 6:30 Meet The Band 6:45 Number Please 7:00 Arthur Hale MBS 7:30 Human Adventure MBS 8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS 8:15 Robert Ripley MBS 8:30 Spotlight Bands Blue 9:00 Henry Gladstone MBS 10:00 QED Reporting MBS 10:15 The Plainsman 10:30 Dance 'Til Twelve 6:15 The Johnson Family MBS 12:00—News—Sign Off Page Six T H E P L A I N S M AN April 7, 1944 Track Team Trims Naval Cadets In Practice Meet Saturday Cinder Representatives Take Seven First Places In Nine Events Entered Auburn's track team met its first competition of the current season last Saturday The competition was furnished by the Naval Aviation Cadets. The event was not a regularly scheduled track meet but was a workout that served two purposes. First, to compare the ability of both teams, secondly, to afford a weekly record of the times for individual membfts of the track team. The Navy team was composed of former members of other colleges and also of men. without previous track experience. Many of the V-5 participants showed ability but lack of training specifically for track proved to be to their disadvantage. Six of Auburn's twelve men who placed in events were freshmen. For many of the members of the teams this was their first competition. No dual meets have been scheduled for t h e track team but they will probably see action in the SEC and the AAU meet. Results are as follows: Mile: Green, Auburn; Horton, Auburn; Saffen, Navy. Time: 5 min., 54 sec. 440 Yard Dash: Carley, Auburn; Askew, Auburn; C a s e, Navy. Time: 53.5 sec. 100 Yard Dash: Fleming, Navy; Lasday, Auburn; Cranston, Navy. Time: 10.5 sec. 880 Yard Dash: Taff, Auburn; Humbert, Navy; Crain, Auburn. Time: 2 min., 9.1 sec. 2 Mile: Saffen, Navy; Collins, Navy; Elizondo, Auburn. Time: 11 min., 36 sec. 220 Yard Dash: L a s d a y , Auburn; Fleming, Navy; Cranston, Navy. Time: 23.1 sec. Discus: Watkins, A u b u r n; Moore, Auburn; Garrett, Auburn. Distance: 122 ft., 7 in. Shot Put: Moore, Auburn; Wise, Navy; Watkins, Auburn. Distance: 34 ft., 8 in. Broad Jump: Kuykendall, Auburn; T a b o r , Auburn; Johns, Navy. Distance: 20 ft., iy2 in. Auburn Graduate Is Vice-President Of Allis-Chalmers James Marvin White, graduate of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1929, has been appointed vice-president and general manager of Allis-Chalmers Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After graduating from Auburn, Mr. White married Ruth Watson, daughter of the former Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Watson of Montgomery, and sister of Mrs. R. L. D o u g l a s of Montgomery. He started work with Allis-Chalmers Company immediately upon graduation and has worked up to the position of vice-president of the company. Mr. White's home was formerly in River Falls, Alabama. While attending school here, he was a member of fhe American Society of Mechanical Engineers, freshman baseball team, Auburn Players, Social Science Club, and the Wilsonian Literary Society. AN ANNIVERSARY (Continued from Page 1) less, feverish surge of wartime activity. At the beginning of the regular session in 1918, the Army took over the school's facilities to initiate the SATC—a program of soldier- student training, bearing little resemblance to our late-and- . lamented ASTP unit. As was to be the case twenty years later, a military air pervaded the college, with reveille at 5:30 a. m.; breakfast at 6; military drill from 7 to 8; and khaki-clad students marching to classes throughout the day. November 11, 1918, and the Armistice, and Auburn, along with the rest of the nation, went wild with joy. Our boys were coming back! Back to Auburn they came, too. Classrooms filled again, happy-go-lucky college life was resumed, time marched on, and through the years Auburn kept building and building — expanding more and more. Once more our boys are off to another war. Those of us left on the campus are engaged in another accelerated wartime program; and hopes that another grim anniversary like April 6 and December 7 wil never have reason to be remembered. • GIRLS BEAT (Continued from Page 1) tion banquet, which was attended by over one hundred southern college delegates and teachers. John Nigosian received a certificate of merit from Prof. R. C. Brand of the University of Alabama for his work in the Congress of Human Relations. The organization of the congress was similar in nature to our national congress and consisted of a steering committe and committees on labor, industry, agriculture, and education. The representatives of the congress brought up bills relating to the post-war south. They voted to send copies of resolutions reached and bills drawn up and passed to the various government departments with which the bills are concerned. By this action the opinions of a cross section of southern college students will be voiced. BLOOD DONOR (Continued from Page 1) Army contract. From the laboratory, the dried plasma is delivered to the Army and Navy and distributed to American f o r c e s , wherever they may be. Plasma, Mr. Smith explained, is the liquid part of the blood remaining after the red and white corpuscles are removed. The nation- wide blood collection project was undertaken at the request of the Surgeons General of the Army and Navy by the American Red Cross. A total of 5,300,000 pints of blood has been requested to date. More than 80,000 persons must contribute blood to the Red Cross each week to meet the requests already made by the Army and Navy, he added. This appeal gives every able-bodied resident of Lee County a chance to help our men on the battlefields and at sea. Warships throughout the war z o n e carry blood plasma. Every Army medical unit carries blood plasma with it. LOST: Silver identification bracelet bearing name, "Carl Sellers" and API Executive Cabinet key attached. Finder please call 9150. Reward. Noted Aviator To Be Speaker At Aero Club Captain Edgar Wynn Flies Ocean 88 Times, Ferries First Lady Capt. Edgar J. Wynn, who has flown the Atlantic 88 times and on one crossing had Eleanor Roosevelt as a passenger will be the speaker at an open meeting of the Auburn-Opelika Aero Club to be held Thursday, April 13, at 8 p. m. in Langdon Hall. Author of a book, "Bombers Tennis, Golf, Horseshoe Drawings Held Today Doctor's Wives Have Nothing On Coaches' Mates-Mrs. Voyles By Dottie Woodall According to Mrs. Carl Voyles, wife of Auburn's new coach, doctors' wives have nothing on coaches' wives when it comes to emergency schedule changes. She says it is an unusual day when she knows just where to find h im at any given time, or just when to expect h im home. Not t h a t that is in the nature of a complaint— she loves it. They met at Oklahoma A. and M. College when he was star wingman on the football squad, and she was, as she says, "taking science and literature— a nice vague course—just taking it; I won't say how well I did." They were married in October, after his graduation in June. He started on a coaching job immediately. Mrs. Voyles' blue eyes showed a mirth indicating that it was one of her favorite little jokes as she told that he had said the football job was for "only two years." Only two years, and then he would quit. "But his work is just play to him," she explained, "He could never quit." She is a person with whom one is immediately at ease. Her little trick of hitting on exactly the thing one would like best to talk about is especially charming. However, it is apt to make a reporter have so much fun that she forgets what she came for. Mrs. Voyles has never lived any farther south than North Carolina. She had been through Alabama only when en route to other places until her visit to Auburn this week. She says that she expects to like Auburn very much. She has already had an opportunity to look it over well, since there is no better way to become acquainted with a town than to go in search of a house. Mrs. Voyles believes that so far as knowing her way around the streets, you couldn't lose her! Looking for living quarters is a task at best, but she is optimistic about it. Unlike some house hunters, she found, not one, but two! She has also met several people in Auburn, and even remembers their names. She also recognizes their faces when she meets them on the street. One would think that remarkable, but for her confession that she cannot quite attach the names she remembers to the faces she recognizes quick enough to do any more than smile and offer a tentative "Hello." Mrs. Voyles has two sons, Carl, Jr., and Bob. Knowing her, looking at her, and not knowing the boys, one's first impulse was to ask, "And do you plan to put them in the nursery school? There's quite a good one here." However, she immediately added, "Carl, Jr., is 21, and Bob is 16." The older son is an Army medical student at Duke, and Bob is in prep school at Alexandria, Va. She and her husband left Auburn Monday night after having spent the week-end. They will re. turn to make their home here on April 15. Canned Calf The girls at the Home Ec farmhouse are looking at their steak with tearful eyes these days. "Poor Butch," they say when they see meat on their table, "he was so sweet." Butch was a calf that the girls took care of for a time. He was loved by all of them, and even getting up at six o'clock to feed him was fun. But Butch was living on borrowed time. He was doomed. Of no avail was his most pleading calf-look. When he was old enough he was fed to the wolves, or, to speak more literally, to the Vets. After the tragic slaughter, the grief-stricken girls canned their pet. This only shows to what lengths a group of hungry girls will go to beat the meat shortage. Using all the arts they had acquired in years of foods labs, they prepared B u t c h for final consumption. When the task was finished, there was only an array of sixteen neatly sealed glass jars to show that the gentle and long-suffering Butch had passed that way. Annette Cheney, Carolyn Robinson, Burma Ann Norrell, Fay Campbell, and Miss Thelma Graves are 'honorary" survivors since complete statistics o n Butch's family are unavailable. SPIVEY (Continued from page 1) or above, a course in Accounting, or shall be enrolled in that and doing work of that quality. 5. That candidates shall have had one year's experience on the publication, or the equivalent. 6. That candidates be informed that the Board will expect them to assume duties as assistant in the position for which they are elected immediately a f t e r their election in April and serve for the remainder of the year in order to gain valuable experience. 7. The candidate agrees, if elected, not to hold or secure any other job or p o s i t i o n with or without remuneration unless he first obtains approval by the Board of Student Publications. L O S T : Black Shaeffer fountain pen with name "Jean Edwards" engraved on side. Finder please call the Chi Omega house, 820. Reward. The Axis Stops at Nothing. Don't stop your War Bond Payroll Savings at 10 %. Every soldier is a 100 percenter. Figure it out yourself. iSm Edgar J. Wynn Across," s o o n to be published, Capt. Wynn will tell his audience here of some of the experiences related in that book. As a ferry pilot for both the Royal Canadian Air Force and the United S t a t e s AAF, Capt. Wynn, now only 29 years old, has been flying steadily since the war broke out. He has ferried his ships to points in England, Africa, Russia, Iran, India, a n d China, and has never yet failed to deliver one—all in one piece. His closest call was during a take-off at Natal. His plane carried a load, mostly gasoline, which was one and a half tons over the maximum. Halfway down the runway, at a speed of 85 miles per hour, the nose wheel collapsed. "It looked like the end all right," says Capt. Wynn, "but somehow the ship stayed righted and its fuel tanks intact. The only damage was to the nose and props." He is very proud of Mrs. Roosevelt's signature on. his Short Snorter bill. He carried her from England to the United States. Capt. Wynn has ferried every type of plane from Lightning fighters and he-man Martin Marauders to four-engined craft. Flying the North Atlantic, he says, can be a pretty rugged job, due to the weather. The South Atlantic, in comparison, is a picnic, in his opinion. "Bombers Across" is being published by E. P. Dulton and Company and will be out in May. In addition, Capt. Wynn is author of a War Department publication, "So You're Going To Fly The Big Stuff." Volleyball Finals Seen For Next Week Tennis, horseshoe, and golf tournaments are gathering interest as fraternity competition begins next Wednesday. Drawings were delayed until today due to failure in obtaining lists from the fraternities. According to Coach Evans, the volley ball tournament has progressed "as well as I have ever seen." Coach Evans expressed belief that the regular scheduled games would be completed this week. Games that were postponed will be played in the order that they were rained out, and if necessary, games will be extended into the next week. Semi-finals and finals will be played the following week. Announcement to that effect will be issued by the PE department. Results of the volley ball games for the past week are as follows: Friday, March 31: In league I, SAE defeated ALT, 16-14, and 15- 8. The ALT's winning the second game 15-13. In league II, the Theta Chi's defeated the DSP's 15-7, 15-12. The game in league III between SPE and AGR was postponed. In league IV, PKT won over the ATO's 15-3 and 15- 11. Monday, April 3: All games played were make up games that had previously been postponed because of rain. In league I, SC defeated the ALT's 15-5, 15-9. In league II PDT won from DSP 15-5 and 15- 9. In league III, the AP's defeated the SPE's. After losing the first game 15-13, the AP's came back to win the remaining two 15-8 and 1512. In league IV, KS defeated a hard fighting PKT, 15-5, 15-4, with the PKT's winning the second game 15-7. Tuesday, April 4: The Sigma Chi's defeated the ALT's 15-11, 15-11, with the ALT's taking one game, 15-7. The PDT's took two games from DSP's scoring 15-2 and 15-0. AP won over SPE in one of the best games of the tournament, 15-7, and 15-9, after SPE had taken the second game 15-12. The PKT's won over OTS in the closest three games yet played. The PKT's winning two, 16-14, 15-11, while OTS won the second game, 16-14. Wednesday, April 5: In league I, the SAE's defeated KA, 15-9, 9-15, 15-7. The TC's defeated PKA, 15-7, a n d 15-4, to t a ke league league II. In league III, LCA won from AGR, 15-10, 15-11, AGR taking the second game, 15- 12. In league IV, KS won their fifth straight victory by defeating the ATO's, 15-5 and 15-6. DEAN'S LIST The dean's list for the School of Architecture and Allied Arts has been released and includes the names of Norma McNeill Denham, Prattville; Mittie Moore Jones, Auburn; Dorothy Jean UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CARRIES ON RESEARCH ON GROWTH OF PENICILLIN • ..•:,»,«^»j»j»j«j»j«3»o»a»o«a»o»o»Q»o»a»Q»o» EASTER CARDS DON'T FAIL TO SEND EASTER CARDS To those you hold dear to your heart. We carry a complete line of greeting cards for every occasion. BURTON'S BOOKSTORE 'Something New Every Day' SSSSS3SSS3SSSSSSSSSSS3SSSSSSSSS8SSSSS8SSSSSSSS. Optimum conditions for the growth of penicillium, the mold that produces penicillin, are being studied on the Berkeley campus of the University of California by Dr. Michael Doudoroff, assistant, professor of bacteriology, and Helen Jackins, research assistant. The present process for making penicillin is slow and tedious and often produces small yields. The studies in the laboratory are an attempt to find out what constituents of the vegetable extracts used in the cultivation of the mold will stimulate the formation of more of the needed drug. The addition of some known compound might increase the production, Dr. Doudoroff pointed out. The mold is now grown in complicated vegetable media; it might be possible to find a simpler one, he added. "Many people throughout the country are studying this problem of penicillin production," Dr. Doudoroff said. "There are many angles of attack and we are working on only one phase.—ACP. Washables For Spring These lovely dresses are so distinctive in style, colors and nobbiness. They look so dressy, and are dressy, yet they are so low in price as to make it possible for you to own several at a time. WHITES — STRIPES — PASTELS $5.98-^7.98 And Just Like The Pictures Above MILDRED LIPPITT'S TOWN & COUNTRY SICK BAY Patients at Drake Infirmary in the week of April 3-7 were as fol. lows: Students: L o u i s Letamosky, Bonnie Dean Walker, Elizabeth F. Heard, Henry W. Thomas (out), Helen Strickland (out), and Carolyn Goodall (out). ASTs: Homer H a m l i n , J. W. Roberts, Arthur H. Olafson (out), and George F. McCarty (out). Naval Radio Trainees: James R. Sullivan, Harold E. Hornocher, Howard Meister, E d w a r d A. Banks, Jr. (out), and Manuel J. Sullivan (out). Naval Cadets: Thomas M. Davis (out), Forrest A. Neely (out), Perry D. Johns (out), Otto Carter (out), and Richard G. Wooton (out). Nichols, Washington, D. O; and Frances E. Wilmore, Birmingham. On the dean's list for the School of Science and Literature are Josephine Bass, Opelika; William Britton Davis, Vincent; Harriet Anne McGuire, Atlanta; Thomas Simms, Auburn, and Jeanelle Boon Swindall, Goodwater. MARTIN "THE PLACE TO GO" TODAY "SHE'S FOR ME" With DAVID BRUCE GRACE MCDONALD Also • Latest War News "March of Time" Saturday, April 8 Double Feature No. 1 'FRONTIER LAW With RUSSELL HAYDEN FUZZY KNIGHT DENNIS MOORE No. 2 "WHISPERING FOOTSTEPS With JOHN HUBBARD RITA QUIGLEY Also "Junior G-Men of the Air," No. 5 Cartoon: "He Dood It Again" rr Sun. & Mon. April 9-10 "THE PURPLE HEART" With DANA ANDREWS RICHARD CONTE FARLEY GRANGER Also Latest War News Superman Comedy Tuesday, April 11 Double Feature No. 1 rn MYSTERY BROADCAST" With FRANK ALBERTSON RUTH TERRY No. 2 "CHEROKEE STRIP" With DICK FORAN JANE BRYANT DAVID CARLYLE Also "Flicker Flashbacks" Wednesday, April 12 "THOUSANDS CHEER" In technicolor With KATHRYN GRAYSON GENE KELLEY MARY ASTOR JOHN BOLES And 3 Great Bands Also Latest War News Community Sing
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Title | 1944-04-07 The Plainsman |
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Date Issued | 1944-04-07 |
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OCR Transcript | Will You Give VOLUME LXVIII Ths Plaindrncuv "TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT" ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1944 Blood For Invasion? NUMBER 17 Blood Donor Service Comes In Two Weeks Quota For County Is Five Hundred Pints; Kappa Delta To Assist In Soliciting In announcing the fourth visit of the mobile unit to Auburn, Robert E. Smith, Jr., chairman of the Lee County Red Cross Blood Donor Service, said that 500 persons must contribute blood during the unit's two day visit, if the community is to supply its share of the millions of pints of blood requested by the Army and Navy to be processed into dried blood plasma. An hour of your time, a pint of your blood, can mean years of a lifetime to a wounded American fighting man. Donate a pint of blood to the Red Cross mobile unit when it visits Auburn on April 18 and 19. It will toe turned into life-saving dried blood plasma for our armed forces, and the blood taken at this particular time will toe used for plasma for the casualties which will be the inevitable result of the European invasion. You know many boys who will be in that invasion— your sweetheart, your husband, your brother. Telephone the Red Cross at Auburn 206 .or Opelika 815 today. Make an appointment now to save a man's life. Miss Betty Cosby, president of WSGA, is chairman of student solicitation, and Miss Margaret Toomer is chairman of Auburn solicitation. They are supported by the Kappa Delta sorority. Members of the sorority will be at the picture show every night this week and at the Main Gate Booth today to solicit blood donors; they are also canvassing the women's dormitories. Lee County's quota is 500 pints and Auburn students want to put that over the top. "You have not finished your job, if you h a ve donated blood only once," Mr. Smith said. "You can donate a pint of blood to the Red Cross at eight week intervals, until you have donated three times; after the third time a period of months must elapse before another donation is made." Miss Cosby says "We realize that the silver button donors will not be able to give their blood this time but we hope that newcomers who may have been hesitant before will come forward to compensate for this." The mobile unit will be set up in the Baptist Church at Auburn, Alabama. After the blood is collected here, it will be shipped in refrigerated containers to a processing laboratory where the plasma will toe extracted under direct (Continued on Page 6) NOTED MEN TO ATTEND VET CONFERENCE Dr. W. A. Hagan, dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, and prominent men from the Department of Agriculture will attend a two-day conference at the Auburn Regional Research Laboratory April 13 and 14. Other men, all from Washington, D. C, are Dr. H. E. Schoen-ing, chief of the pathological division of the Bureau of Animal Industry; Dr. Benjamin Swartz, chief of the zoological division of the Bureau of Animal Industry; Dr. O. E. Reed, chief of the Bureau of Dairy Industry; and- H. W. Marston of the Agriculture Research Administration. Staff of the laboratory will confer with these men on the past and future of the Regional Laboratory. Second Rabies Clinic Because many requests h a ve been made for a second rabies clinic for dogs, the rabies inspector will hold a clinic Saturday, April 8, from 1 p. m. to 6 p. m., in the rear of the fire department. The present Alabama law requires every dog over three months of age to be inoculated against rabies by the rabies inspector or a competent veterinarian. WSGA Offices Filled; Cosby Resigns WAA Pat Kirkwood, Chi Omega, Frances Williamson, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Gwen Tucker, Delta Zeta, were elected vice president, secretary, and town representative of WSGA at the polls Tuesday. Betty Cosby, .vice president of WSGA who was installed as president this week, announced her resignation as president of WAA. Over 230 votes were cast in the election at Smith Hall Tuesday. This special election was called because three WSGA officers resigned from school at the end of last quarter. Filling the office of Audrey Wilson, former president, Betty Cosby v a c a t e d the vice presidency. Dale Garber, former secretary, and Doris Ruth Beding-field, former town representative, also left their offices open when they did not return this quarter. Pat Kirkwood defeated her only opponent, Mary Bowen, POP, by 176 to 154-votes. Polling 170 votes to her opponents 154, Frances Williamson won the office of secretary over Betty Beall, Alpha Delta Pi. Gwen Tucker became town representative, defeating Margar. et Toomer, Kappa Delta, by 24 votes to 17 votes. Mary Jo Chiles, Alpha Gamma Delta, has taken the office of president of WAA u p o n Betty Cosby's resignation because she had too many points. Under the present point system, 40 points is the maximum number one girl may hold at one time. This equalizes the distribution of offices among coeds and limits the number of offices one girl may hold. Since 35 points are g i v e n for WSGA president, Betty Cosby's points totaled more than the allowed limit. An Anniversary, But Not A Happy Thing To Remember By Sarah Smith April 6—anniversary of our entry into World War I—the War To End All Wars. Twenty-seven years have pulsed through Auburn since then, to the measured strike of Samford clock, and the twenty-seventh anniversary o f our first entry finds our boys scattered over the seven seas in another struggle for democracy— this time on a truly world-wide scale. The scene c h a n g e s , .times change, and faces change, but the same old War Eagle spirit still burns brightly in the hearts of everyone of her boys, from Kiska to Timbuctoo! The day that war was declared in 1917 electrified the whole nation, just as did the news of Pearl Harbor when it was broadcast that Sunday afternoon, December 7, 1941. We all hoped vainly that it w a s o n l y a bad dream and we should soon wake up. In '17 however, the Auburn student body did not assemble in Langdon Hall to listen over the radio to the declaration of war— for there were no radios. Nevertheless the presence of WAR struck deeply into the heart of the campus. Things began to buzz. Boys left school to enlist in the Army, the Navy, and the Marines. The campus felt a rest- (Continued on Page 6) Spivey Unopposed As Glomerata Editor We Can't Believe That Shirley Smith Is Really That Old! The class that is held in The Plainsman office on Thursday afternoon took an hour off to give a surprise birthday party for Shirley Smith, managing editor. A lighted birthday cake and ice cream were brought in, amid rather off-key singing of the old favorite, "Happy Birthday To You!" The office was almost quiet for a change, as even the teacher was busy eating ice cream. Patty McCoy, former managing editor, who was visiting in Auburn, made the party a reunion, too. It is rumored that Shirley is older than she will admit—her birthday cake had only e i g ht candles. Don't Wait-Enroll In That First Aid Class Immediately One of the most attractive opportunities at present is now being offered by the Red Cross collegiate chapter to the students of Auburn. This opportunity is the privilege of enrolling in one of the first aid classes which are soon to be organized. These classes, to be conducted toy specially trained instructors, will be held two nights a week at the v a r i o u s women's dormitories. Each class will last for two hours, and the entire course will cover thirty hours. Instructors will go to the dormitories to h a v e the classes, and each dormitory will be allowed to select the nights of the week on which it wishes the classes to be held. This course may easily prove a valuable one. Not only would it prepare the individual to render temporary aid in an emergency, but students interested in becoming social workers, laboratory technicians, or perhaps Red Cross workers, will find this training a great asset. Groups interested in having these classes started at their individual houses may contact Herman Dean, chairman of the corps, at 790-W. The ideal size of a group should be around twenty or twenty-five persons. A certificate will be awarded upon completion of the course. GRADUATING CLASS DECIDES TO WEAR CAPS AND GOWNS Graduating seniors decided to wear caps and gowns for graduation ceremonies, Tutter Thrasher, senior class president announced after a class meeting Tuesday afternoon. All candidates for degrees should be measured for gowns, even if they are uncertain about graduation. Gowns are made to order from Burton's Book Store from April 6 to May 4, and are to be paid" for upon delivery. Any senior ordering a gown, but failing to graduate, will not be required to pay for the gown. MISS LOUISE GREEN TO SERVE AS NEW BSU SECRETARY Auburn is like a m a g n e t to Miss Louise Green — she just can't stay away. Having graduated from API in May, 1942, Miss Green has recently returned as the< student secretary of the local Baptist Student Union. While a student here, she served as social chairman and Training Union director on the BSU Council. Originally from Greene County, Miss Green's parents are now living in Greensboro. During the 1942-43 school year she taught in the Roanoke High School. Since last August she has been student secretary at Appalachian S t a te Teachers' College in Boone, N. C. In the position of student secretary to Auburn's BSU she succeeds Raymond Coppenger who resigned last August to go into Naval duty. BSU's newly elected Council is as follows: Tom Roberts, president; Beth Martin, enlistment vice president; Louie Verle Warren, social vice president; Mary Wilson, devotional vice president; Morris Wilkinson, Sunday school supt; Paul Becton, Training Union director; Bonnie Walker, noonday prayer meeting chairman; Barbara Weaver, music director; Dot Plant, publicity director; Alton Little, Brotherhood president; Frances Sullivant YWA president; Mary Jo Thomas, Friendship Circle chairman; Era Gunnels .librarian; Anne Dutoose, secretary-treasurer; Frances Wilkinson, alumni chairman; Ann Bishop, poster chairman; Nettye Kathryn Turn-ham, Bible Study Chairman; Dr. Randall Jones, faculty advisor. These officers will be officially installed at the evening worship service this Sunday. Auburn Cadet ROTC Officers Are Appointed Appointment of cadet band second lieutenant J. W. Mills, Jr., cadet Battery "A" first sergeant R. R. Liddell, cadet Battery "B" first sergeant R. C. Humphrey, cadet band first sergeant T. P. Prichard, and 26 other non-commissioned officers in the F i r s t Field Artillery Battalion was announced by Col. J, J. Waterman. New non-commissioned officers of Battery "A" are cadet staff sergeants J. S. Meadows and T. L. Young; cadet sergeants V. J. Cul-livan and D. V. Tuden; and cadet corporals R. M. Drewry, M. Q. Horton, J. C. Jennings, J. W. Anderson, W. A. Granberry, Max Muchnick, M. W. Perloff, C. S. Keller, and W. R. Wallner, who is also guidon bearer. Appointed as n o n - commissioned officers of B a t t e r y "B" were cadet staff sergeants R. J. Vinson and W. C. Montgomery; cadet sergeants R. J. Rollins and W. R. Riggins; cadet corporals J. D. Loposer, E. G. Lennep, W. R. Russell, E. C. Chambliss, R. W. Barnard, A. R. Simms, H. E. Meeks, K. J. Barr, and H. O. Fuller, who is also guidon bearer. Miss Louise Green, API '42, has returned to the campus as student secretary for the Baptist Student Union. In this capacity she serves as coordinator of the work of the newly elected Council members, and the entire BSU, and as friend and advisor to all Baptist students. GIRLS BEAT AGNES SCOTT IN DEBATE The Auburn Girls' debate team, consisting of Marvis Reeder and Mary Susan Brown, bested the Agnes Scott girls t e a m a t the Southern D e b a t e Tournament which was held in Jackson, Mississippi, March 21 through 25. The debate question was: "Resolved that the United States should cooperate in establishing and maintaining an international police force upon the d e f e a t of the Axis." The Auburn girls' team, however, was bested by the more experienced teams of: Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, Louisiana State University, Southern Methodist University, Alabama College, and Mississippi State College for Women. The junior boys team consisting of Buris BosheU and Kinne Sutton bowed to: Louisiana S t a te University, Southwestern of Oklahoma, Southern Methodist University, Drake, Alabama College and Louisiana Polytechnic Institute. The senior boys team made up of Gus Baldwin and John Nigo-sian lost decisions to: Millsaps, University of Florida, University of Alabama, and two teams from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute. The Southern Debate Tournament was conducted in conjunction with the Southern Association of Teachers of Speech Convention, Prof. Henning of Alabama College was the director. Prof. E. D. Hess, who accompanied the debaters to Jackson, gave a talk to the convention on "Methods of Wartime Discussion in the College." The value and need for trained, clear-thinking, and public spirited men and women in the post-war Board Qualifies Only One Student; Business Manager Candidacy Still Open Charles T. Spivey, Macon, Ga., and a j u n i o r enrolled in Landscape Architecture, was the only student who successfully met the qualifications of the Publications Board last Tuesday night for the office of editor of the Glomerata and consequently is unopposed for the office. Qualifications were submitted for the office of business manager of t h e Glomerata but none were acceptable according to the standards upon which the Publications Board is operated. Spivey will go into office with the beginning of the summer quarter of this year and will have the material for the next Glomer. ata completed by the end of the winter quarter of '44 and '45, in order that the actual printing may be done to insure the book's appearance during the spring quarter of '45. No other cadet non-commissioned officers of the band were I period was stressed at the conven named. (Continued on Page 6) Afraid Of The Big, Bad Needle? Girls standing in line looked at the half-filled tubes of blood as the latest victims stepped out of the doctor's office and shivered. One came out smiling and another barely got out and to the couch in the waiting room. "It doesn't hurt at all," said a rather frail-looking girl, holding her arm straight and removing the cotton. "My arm still hurts," said a healthy-looking girl, anxiously examining the mark for more blood. There were those who made use of the occasion for dramatization and t h o s e who brushed the incident off as an everyday matter. Assisting with" the tests were four laboratory technician seniors who threatened some of their friends in reprisal for misdeeds of the past. But they proved entirely capable. Assisting with the tests for the first group of civilian students were Opal Deason, Bil-lingsley; Winnie Price, Ashford; Polly McGinnis, Montgomery; and Sara Bailey, Andalusia. Blood tests for the second group will be made from 9 a. m. to 11 a. m., and from 1 to 4 p. m., Monday through Friday, April 10-14. Students will be notified of their appointment by postal cards sent out from the registrar's office. In so far as p o s s i b 1 e, the appointments will be scheduled so that the student will not be forced to miss any classes. However, where this is not possible the student will be instructed to present his card, signed by the college physician and showing the hour of his apointment, to his dean, in case he is forced to miss a class. / Easter Services To Be Held In Amphitheatre The Amphitheatre, at Graves Center, will be the setting for Easter Sunrise Services Sunday morning at six o'clock. Various church choirs, under the direction of Dr. Paul Irvine, will present a program of appropriate music. Mrs. Sherwood Leavitt will sing "The Holy City," and" Joseph Marino-Merlo will play the organ. Services are to be conducted by Dr. Karl Reiland, former rector of St. George Episcopal Church, New York City. Invocation is to be led by Rev. William Bird Lee of the Episcopal Church in Auburn. Rev. Fagan Thompson of the Methodist Church will lead the Lord's P r a y e r ; Rev. J. R. Edwards will say benediction; and Rev. Sam B. Hay will read the scripture. Boy and Girl Scouts will serve as ushers. A crowd of three thousand is expected to turn out for this service presented by the churches of Auburn, weather permitting. Information could not be gathered on the subject of weather, as the weatherman no longer releases such. His only statement is that the sun is scheduled to rise at 6:30 a. m. Since no one qualified for Ihe position of business manager of the Glomerata, candidacy for that office is still open for anyone who can meet the qualifications printed below in this article. Anyone desiring to submit their qualifications for this office are urged to obtain an application blank from Mrs. Tidmore in the President's office, and this completed application should be submitted to her by 4 p. m. Tuesday, April 11. The Board of Student Publications will meet at 8:30 p. m. Tuesday, April 11, in Mr. Draughon's office. AVMA Election Of Officers Set For Tuesday Nomination of officers iov the American Veterinary Medical Association was made last Tuesday night at the regular AVMA meeting. Ten men were named for the positions, two for each office. They are Frank Mulhern, Wilmington, Delaware, and C u r t i s Kuykendall, Sallis, Mississippi, for president; Dan Kirkpatrick, Montevallo, and Lee Rodgers, Kingstree, S. C, for vice president; Frank Wheeler, Kentwood, La., and Parker Hatchett, Chattanooga, Tenn., for secretary. Ross Grey, -New Bern, S. C, and Gelfer Kronfeld, Herndon, Va., for treasurer; Claude Mau-berret, New Orleans, La., and Ed Bryant, West Palm Beach, Fla., for freshman representative to the Executive Cabinet. The election is to be held Tuesday, April 11 from 9:00 u n t i l 12:00 noon at polls on Vet Hill. Qualifications for business manager of the Glomerata are: 1. That every candidate must have completed at the time of election, at the end of the second quarter of his junior year, at least 138 hours of work. 2. That a minimum grade-point a v e r a g e of 2.0 be accepted as standard. 3. That every candidate must submit a paper of not more than 1,000 words, including his • plans for improvement of the publication, together with constructive criticism of the publication during the present year. 4. That candidates shall h a ve completed, with an average of 2.0 (Continued on Page 6) ON THE CAMPUS BARBECUE-HAYRIDE Members and pledges of Sigma Chi social fraternity entertained guests and dates at a Barbecue-hayride on the afternoon and evening of Saturday, April 1 at Che-wacla State Park. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Jones were the chaperones for the function. BULLETINS The vice-presidency of WAA is now vacant. An election to fill this office will be held on April 11 from 8 to 5 at the gym. Mary Nell Chiles, former vice-president, has succeeded to the presidency because of the resignation of Betty Cosby. The girls' tennis tournament will begin on April 17. Practice starts on April 10 and all who wish to participate should sign at the gym b e f o r e that dale. Only singles will be played. The next meeting of WAA will be held Wednesday, April 12, at 5 o'clock at the gym. Canterbury Club The Canterbury C l u b of the Episcopal Church held an election of officers last Sunday night. The following officers w e r e elected: W. H. Floyd, president; Pat Kirkwood, vice-president; E l e a n or Hannum, secretary; and Roland Wallin, treasurer. AIChE The student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers will meet next Monday night at 7:00 in Ross 116. Two technicolor movies, "More Than Meets The Eye" and "Keeping in Touch," will be shown. Sabers Sabers will meet Tuesday night at 8:00 in Langdon Hall. AED Alpha Epsilon Delta, honorary pre-med fraternity will meet Monday night at 7:30 in Ross 204. Debate Council The Auburn Debate Council will hold a special meeting Monday night at 7:00 in Broun 306. All members who wish to have debating continue should Be present. A new faculty advisor will be chosen. Theta Chi The pledges of Theta Chi fraternity elected officers this week. The following were elected: Jack Wagener, president; John Nigosi-an, vice-president; and Harold Penley, secretary-treasurer. ACS Convention Auburn will be represented at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society to be held this week in Cleveland, Ohio, by Dr. W. C. Frische, Dr. J. Capps, and Prof. H. G. Sellers, all of the school of Chemistry. Page Two T H E P L A I N S M AN April 7, 1944 THE TRUTH COMES OUT Hw Pkurumarv Published weekly by the students of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Editorial and business office on Tichenor Avenue. Phone 448. BOB SHARMAN, Editor-in-Chief GENE GRIFFITHS, Business Manager SHIRLEY SMITH, Managing Editor HENRY STEINDORFF, Advertising Manager MIMI SIMMS, Associate Editor RAY GRANT, Circulation Manager Society Editors JEAN TOWNSEND MARTHA RAND SUSAN BROWN, News Editor DC-TTIE WOODALL, Feature Editor Reporters And Feature Writers Billy Goode Sarah Smith Beverly Barrack Eleanor Hannum Nick Nigosiam Bill Van Hemert Irene Long Audrey Wilson Richard Whistler Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by mail: $1:00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 months. Member Associated Golle&iaie Press Distributor of Golleftiate Di6est REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISINO BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 4 2 0 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. CHICAGO • BOSTOH • LOS A B O I L M - SAB FHAHCISCO The Pleasure Was Theirs, Too— "The infantry, the infantry, with the dirt behind its ears—". The boys who left Auburn for Camp Atterbury are getting a taste of real Army life. After their months as Auburn students, there are quite a number of adjustments to be made. Many of their friends in Auburn have been wondering about their trip up and the conditions they found there. This letter, which has been abridged, was received by a member of The Plainsman staff from 'one of the former ASTPs. 29 March Dear Dottie, I am tempted to say of Auburn, as I did of the champagne, "It was good, but not enough." My father has attempted to teach me many things during the course of years; one of the things he laid great stress on was that I should learn to appreciate good things while I had them, and not make of them what the French aptly call "les espYits d'escaliers." Even the small dose of infantry life I've had in this short time has shown me, with the poignance only being deprived of something can show you, how lucky we were. I knew it then, and, I know it now. In one respect the trip up here was a revelation. It was the first time I was consciously aware of the vastness (that's very trite) of the U. S. If you ride from Alabama to Pennsylvania the change is so gradual and your mind so preoccupied that you perceive on the one end red clay and cottonfields, and on the other the rolling hrils and lush fecundity of the Piedmont. Yesterday I was in an especially receptive mood and, despite the rain and hail, spent a good bit of time looking out the window. In the manner of a kaleidoscope, the red-clay desolation of Alabama and the "cracker" hovels give way to the rolling hill land of Tennessee, jack-pine gives way to deciduous poplar and maple and oak; cities and towns assume a whirlwind-mad-rush- Yankee 'air; and yesterday the soothing warmth of the Alabama sun was thrown aside in favor of an ugly overcast sky, grey and heavy-laden with sleet, cold and rain. And then Indiana, true mid-west; flat, fertile and prosperous. Whitman, Sandburg, and Thomas Wolfe became more than words—I was riding through the coastal plain of Alabama, the undulating hills of the Appalachian Plateau—you know the paean Americana. The complete lack of privacy that comes with living in barracks is another thing I must become acclimated to again. If I need an excuse for any incoherence in this letter, the ebullient spirits and rancous group of my barrack-mates is it. Has Your Patriotism Been Selfish? Well, the ASTPs are gone. They swung their dances, had their dates, and made the girls of Auburn, apparently, very happy. And now they have gone to see a bit of the more active side of this war. Our best wishes go with them. That leaves three branches of the armed forces still represented on the campus, and approximately the same number of girls are here as of last quarter. With military restrictions imposed upon the servicemen, and study hall hours and limited dating privileges for the coeds, that makes for a rather limited social situation. We're all for entertainment of servicemen. What few hours on the week-end that these men have off should be crammed with as much fun as is reasonably possible, but darned if we don't think one group of the servicemen is being left out. It's definitely not the Naval Cadets. There are not many times we pick up a paper and don't see where someone has entertained the Alumni Hall boys with a party or other function. And it's not the Vet ASTP boys. They're about the largest bunch of original pre-war students left on the campus, and if they haven't already made the acquaintance of the coeds they wish to know, then there is small hope for them now. We have reference to the Naval Radio School trainees. Their course is just as important, hard, and intensified as any other course we can think that is taught on this campus. True, they are only here for a short period, complete their work and go into active duty, but that is all the more reason they should be shown the best hospitality Auburn can produce. We have seen several of those men come back from active duty. And we do mean active duty. A radioman is not the first man off the ship. Remember that. He is one of the last. He must stay until the last hope for help is gone, until he has given the message time after time. Some of these boys are young—freshmen, if you want to call them that, but they'll be seniors in experience long before many of us. Some of you, especially girls, may have a young brother in the Navy. Entertainment can dispel a lot of lonesomeness. We speak of Auburn hospitality. Hospitality is like a balloon. One break in the wall, and it doesn't hold air. Girls, get hep. The Pleasure Was All Ours— University of Alabama March 30, 1944 Mr. Gibbs Ashley, President Student Executive Cabinet Auburn, Alabama STUDENT BODY OF AUBURN: We would like to take this means to convey our appreciation for the cordial hospitality and good fellowship extended to us on our recent trip to Auburn, as representatives of the University of Alabama. It was a real pleasure to compete in an athletic engagement with as fine a group of fellows as we found in your school. All of us were greatly impressed by the fine spirit shown by the Auburn students. All of the fellows who were representing the University of Alabama wish to tell you that they had literally, "the time of their life" at Auburn. It is our hope that in the near future we can have the opportunity to repay each of you for all your kindness. We hope that athletic relations between the two schools can be resumed in the immediate future. Sincerely Yours, Ohmer S. Trigg, president Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. "Oh, Mabel—GiVe me back that gold ring . . . They're looking for iron to beat the Axis." A contribution by Kirk Stiles to the salvage campaign. Around The Editor's Desk While the ASTs are away, the officers will play. Or so it seemed over the week-end. Privates were the rarity and bars, leaves, and possibly eagles decorated the campus. One student wondered out loud if this was an OCS or a college campus. Others growled about the tactics of infiltration and wondered when the invasion would reach the point of paratroopers via chutes. This could be an answer to the increasing social manpower shortage, however. We still say the trouble, if any, between Auburn and 'Bama does not exist between the two student bodies. Take a look at the letter next door in the editorial column and form your own opinions. Looks like they've got that old spirit, too. Recently, a certain Auburn guy took a trip into the interior of Georgia to visit someone in one of the colleges for women in that fair state. It so happened that the college was swinging a big dance, and had an elaborate leadout planned. Just before the big event of the evening, the leading lady walked up, said her date was too short, and wanted this big handsome Auburn lad to lead the dance with her. Which he did. These men from the Plains really rate. And this office received a strange request last week. A letter, short and to the point, stated that any picture received that was of a likeness to the author of said letter should not be printed under any circumstances, and explained that we would readily see why when we first look at the picture. That was all and we are still wondering what the future holds. Incidentally, it was a she. ft'*. $ - l i e 3(1 Bullard field is as green as we have seen it in some three and one-half years. Instead of the several thousand military feet of '40 and '41 that kept the field down to a smooth carpet, the old grass cutter is now being employed. Remember how you used to read of the happy-go-lucky, devil-may-care cowboys in the western books and magazines? They used to roll wheatstraw fags with one hand, lick 'em, and light 'em, all while riding at full speed on a galloping equine. The colored man riding the gas-powered grass cutter seems to have it down pretty pat also. He did the feat a few days^ ago while cutting the grass on the plot in front of Ross, and he hardly slowed his steel steed down. In a practice track meet Saturday afternoon between the Naval Cadets of Alumni Hall and Auburn's track team, the students trimmed the cadets by taking seven first places to the Navy boys' two. They also placed more men in the rest of the events than did the cadets. This certainly speaks well for the training the track men get from Coach Hutsell. Anyone knows that the Naval Cadets get plenty of hard, intensive, physical training, and regularly. Only a matter of days now until the girls again will invade the dormitories. It's possible that the town will look again like old times with the ferns strolling to and from classes across the grass. Everybody take a good look at the grass in front of the erstwhile ASTP headquarters and take another look three months from now. We'll wager there'll be less grass on the corners. •I* •(• T* "I* V Ye olde managing editor, Miss Patty McCoy, dropped in Thursday morning much to the overworked staff's pleasant surprise, and began her duties as of old. Only catch is, she'll be here just for this issue. We still can't quite forgive our ex-associate editor, Ensign C. W. Horton, for marrying one of our best staff members. If she makes as good a wife as she did managing editor, then Horton has found his ideal. Campus Cross-Country By SUSAN BROWN 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. Spring is here. Nothing else could have inspired this notice reprinted in its entirety from the Kentucky Kernel: "Some-soldier from Ft. Knox came Sunday in a peep and took everyone out." Indicative of spring, too, are the editorials on green grass and students who still walk on it. The superintendent of Building a nd Grounds at Duke in an interview with a Chronicle reporter on the subject of grass stated, "There has been a marked improvement in the amount of grass trampling done lately, but now more than ever we should refrain from cutting corners." Then there is a new spring perfume, brewed by Jack of "hair tonic, shoe polish, shaving cream, etc.", sent to a woman's college student at the University of North Carolina, and named "Lust." Attached to the bottle was this information: " 'Lust' gives you all the freshness of the American country gal; the sultriness of the Assyrian barmaid; the gay Paree of the petit French taxi dancer." So much for "Lust," product of shoe polish and the The girls take the lead at Massachusetts State College now. Always a predominantly male school, M. S. C. did not even allow women to vote in senate elections. The March 23 issue of the Collegian announced in three different front page headlines that Senate elections are to include co-eds, that "Hansel and Gretel" is to be presented featuring an all-girl cast, and that the new business manager of the Collegian is a woman. * * * Professor Sally Beals at Mary Baldwin College took "glamour shots, portfolio shots, or any kind of shots' 'of students or faculty for 25c in a YWCA sponsored project. "You bring the chassis; Beals'll make it classy" was the campaign slogan. * * * Six Brazilian flight trainees will take part in the Purdue University production of "My Sister Eileen." The trainees, ad-libbing in Portugese at rehearsal were warned by director Cass that there would be people in the audience who spoke Portugese. Purdue is host to a whole group of men from all over S o u t h and Central America who are "Inter- American Pilots." After the completion of their training course most of them will return to their countries as commercial pilots, instructors, or officers in their respective air forces. * * * "Dear Mrs. Bushnell," wrote a sailor to the Dean of Women at Mary Washington College. "The crew of my ship has decided to chip in and give a prize to the fellow that gets the most letters when we hit port the next time. What I would like for you to do, if possible, is to have as many of your girls that will, to write me a letter between March 1 and April 1. With your help, I cannot lose. I will certainly appreciate it if you will help me." The first one hundred letters taken to Mrs. Bushnell's office between those dates were to be mailed to the sailor. * * * The Brown and White of Lehigh University ran an editorial last week on the end of the "AST episode." A part of the editorial read, "The program, however gone, is not forgotten. Here, as well as at other higher schools, faculties' eyes have been popped open by the results actually achieved with 30-hour curricula and compacting of instruction in a shorter length of time than was previously thought feasible. New teaching methods have emerged in the year that the ASTP has bene in full operation. Short-cuts to language and other skills have set the educators off on new approaches to learning." Does that mean that we finish sooner or that we learn more? WE--THEY By SHIRLEY SMITH Editor's note: The opinions expressed in this column are those of the writer and are not to be construed as the editorial policies of this paper. The ratio of sorority to non-sorority girls on the campus is approximately one to three. Yet, as has been frequently, and sometimes bitterly, observed, most of the women's offices are held by sorority girls, in spite of their minority. "It just burns me up," said a typical non-sorority girl, "to think of how much the sororities get away with just because they're organized. If we independents would organize, we'd get a lot farther politically." On many campuses the independents are organized. They put up candidates for office, line-up, if necessary, with various groups and are often successful in getting their candidates elected. "That's just what I think we should do at Auburn," says Typical Independent. Stick together. She means, of course, for all the independents to agree on one candidate whom they wish to support and then all vote for her. We think the plan would be feasible if it weren't for that phrase "agree on one candidate." Just how long does T. I. think it would take to agree on one candidate? What would happen would be this: A group of independents would agree on one person and then the others would have to vote as they were told. And voting as we're told is just what we don't want to do. We, as independents, like and want to keep the privilege of casting our vote for whom we darn please— for whom we, as individuals, think will make the best officeholder, not for the person some other fellow has chosen. It may be hopeless, but we'd rather vote for that person we want to vote for even if that person never wins an election than to vote for someone we didn't select ourselves and have her hold every office on the campus. * * * We've got the bicycles, the people to rent them, and Chewacla opened last week. All of which serves to remind us of the plan of a certain honorary organization to open up the old bicycle trail to Chewacla. We think the idea is one of the best we've heard, and would be a good lick if carried out. But remember, boys, weeds sometimes materialize quicker than plans. * * * A car belonging to the brother of a vet BMOC wouldn't start after repeated effort so the vet pushed it down to the garage. The mechanic worked on it for a day and a half before he found the trouble—no gas. * * * We know several coeds who came back from a shopping tour in Columbus Saturday loudly proclaiming the merits of one Sergeant Fitzpatrick of Auburn. "A perfect gentleman," they said, and explained how they had been standing helplessly looking at a flat tire when the Sergeant, also on his way to Auburn, had stopped and gallantly fixed it for them. "About ten minutes later," said the girls, "we passed a big black car stopped on the road and three ladies were standing helplessly looking at a flat tire. And offering to fix it for them, a little less enthusiastically but with just as much gallantry, was Sergeant Fitzpatrick!" * * * If Editor Sharman would ever take time off from his fishing to read his managing editor's column, we might succeed in starting a first-class feud! » * * The sports page of last week's Crimson and White looks more like The Plainsman than the paper of our traditional rival, Alabama. Besides printing the letter to the University Pi Kappa Phi president from Gibbs Ashley, there was a story on Auburn's naming of a new coach,, and, of course, the write-up of the Au-burn-' Bama basketball game. We noted; however, that the latter story, while it mentioned that the 'Bama quintet had been "defeated by a narrow margin," neglected to give the score. April 7, 1944 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three MISS McCOY ENGAGED The engagement of Miss Patty McCoy, former API student and managing editor of The Plainsman, to Ensign C. W. Horlon has been announced. Miss McCoy is from LaFayette, and Ensign Hor-ton's home is Courtland. Ensign Horton is an alumnus of API and served as associate editor of The Plainsman. Patty McCoy Will Marry C. W. Horton Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McCoy, of LaFayette, announce Sunday the engagement of their daughter, Patty Elizabeth to Ens. Clarence William Horton, USNR, of Court-land, Ala., and Key West, Fla. The wedding will take place in May. Miss McCoy is a graduate of LaFayette High School and has completed her sophomore year at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, where she was a member of Oracles, freshman honor society, the Auburn Players, dramatic organization, a council member of Baptist Student Union, and managing editor of The Plainsman, weekly college newspaper. Her maternal grandparents are Mrs. Pattie Laurie Stanley and the late Thomas Edwin Stanley, and her paternal grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. F. M. McCoy. Her sister is Miss Mary Eleanor McCoy, of Columbia, S. C. Ens. Horton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Horton, of Court-land. His maternal grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mayfield, and his paternal grandparents are Mrs. J. W. Horton and the late Mr. Horton. His brother is Pfc. Wiley Horton, photographer with the Army Air Forces, now serving overseas. Ens. Horton was graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute with a degree in electrical engineering. He is a member of Alpha Lambda Tau social fraternity, and while at API was associate editor of The Plainsman and a member of the Interfraternity Council. Being commissioned before graduation, he went to Ft. Schuyler, N. Y., for his indoctrination and has since been stationed at the Fleet Sound School in Key West, Fla. Skits Presented Third Time By Alpha Gams The 7:45 curfew brought the Naval Cadets back to their ship before they had seen the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority's prize-winning skit Thursday, March 23, so the performance was repeated by request of the cadets on the following night. Even then many of the men could not attend because of re-trictions. Again the Alpha Gams obliged, staging the skit for the third time, on Monday night. As an added attraction the Delta Sigs, winner of second place in the contest, repeated their skit. LOST: S i l v e r identification bracelet. Name engraved: M. F. Carney, Jr., also serial number. Call Mildred McGough 844. Miss Nixon Weds Dr. B. U. Flynn Wednesday Night Miss Charlie Faye Nixon, daughter of Mrs. Forrest D. Nixon, Sr., became the bride of Dr. Billie Underwood Flynn, of Birmingham and Mississippi at 7:30 p. m., Wednesday, at the First Baptist Church of Auburn. Dr. J. R. Edwards officiated. The bride was given in marriage by her uncle, Mr. E. A. Phillips, of Ashland, Alabania. Mrs. W. M. Askew played, and Miss Sue Hall sang "Because" and "I Love Thee." For the ceremony, Mrs. Flynn wore a long gown of ivory Dutch satin with fingertip veil. Her flowers were white split carnations and orchids. Mrs. J. B. Hull, matron of honor, wore white chiffon and carried red roses and white carnations. The brides-maids, Misses Margaret Wyatt, Kitty Finnegan, Gwendolyn Tucker, and Mrs. F. D. Nixon, Jr., wore dresses of white chiffon, elbow - ldngth gloves, and carried red roses. The groomsmen, fraternity brothers of Dr. Underwood, were Robert Jones, Frank Thomas, Herbert Riddle, Erston Cox, and Reuben Brawner. The bride's mother wore a gown of aqua and her corsage was of pink carnations. After the ceremony a reception was held at the Nixon home. lAeS Meet The Institute of Aeronautical Sciences will meet on Monday, April 10, at 7:15 p. m., at Room 109, Ramsey Engineering Building. The subject of the meeting will be celestial navigation. In- PiKA House To Sponsor Campus Hop The campus hop, sponsored by Theta Upsilon sorority last Saturday night, proved that even with no local band, no elaborate deaoratidns, no ' flowing gowns and tuxedos that the students can have the same good time. The success of these dances, which will be continued as long as enough students show an interest, depends upon nothing more than the age old desire of the young 'uns to dance. And after hearing of "the good time had by all" last Saturday night, when the Theta U girls initiated the series for the spring season, even more campus cats will want to show up for the fun. Next Saturday night the dance is to be sponsored by the girls at the PiKA house. The dance is held at Alumni Gym with music from the platters. > Spread the word, everyone, and lets get these informal dances going. MRS. YOUNG, RECENT BRIDE PiKAs Entertain , With House Dance And Picnic Supper Members of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity entertained with a picnic and house dance last week honoring Dan Nunnelly, district president of PiKA. • Mrs. Bess Hill, housemother, prepared a hot-dog supper at Chewacla, for members and dates. Later in the evening the party returned to the PiKA house for dancing. Those who attended were Gene Griffiths, Martha Ellis; Henry Steindorff, Phyllis Kloeti; Ashby Foote, Marion Snow; Lee Garrett, Donna Sims; and James Riley, Jeanette Ellis. Jep Moody, Ray Monroe; Charles Mobley, Nan Keller; George Strother, Elaine Braswell; Edwin Lennep, Sara Goodson; and Jack Livingston, Martha Brush. Rob Williams, "^Tynnelle Mitchell; Robert Blanton, Dot Clisby; Willis McArthur, Jean Nelson; Lawson Young, Mary Farmer; Paul Sturdevant, Virginia Heath; and Scott Meredith, Jackie Swann. Maragret McCarley Weds Ray Golden In Mississippi The marriage of Margaret McCarley to Ray Golden took place Monday, March 20, at the Calvary Baptist Church, Columbus, Mississippi. The bride, a graduate of Alabama College and a teacher in the schools of Lamar County for the past thirteen months, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. McCarley, of Woodland, Alabama. The groom, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Golden, Millport, attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute, where he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. eluded on the program will be two films entitled "Celestial Navigation." Anyone interested in aeronautics is cordially invited to attend this program. The Latest In Milady's HATS The Season's New Fad In GENUINE PANAMAS Is Here In Abundance. Will out-wear any hat made, and always right out in front in the march of styles. MILDRED LIPPITT'S BONNET BOX Miss Carolyn Brown, Cullman, became the bride of Oswald Young, Sylvester. Georgia, recently. Both Mr. and Mrs. Young are students at API, being in the schools of Science and Literature and Veterinary Medicine, respectively. FOR RENT: Furnished efficiency apartment. Call 361. Mrs. Fun-chess. FOR RENT: One house and several apartments, all furnished. Call 695-R. We feature the best selections of smart spring suits in East Alabama. Drop in and select yours today. Hagedorn's "THE STYLE CENTER OF EAST ALABAMA" SERVICE PERSONALS Bruce Key, Good Springs, former Auburn student, graduated from aerial navigation school at Selman Field, Monroe, Louisiana, where he received his wings and commission as second lieutenant. * * * George Smith, Clanton, ex-student of API, was recently appointed a Naval Aviation Cadet, and has been sent to Pensacola, Florida, for flight training. * * * Jesse Lafayette Mitchell, Fairfield, is now stationed at Pampa Air Field, Texas, in AAF twin-engine advanced flying school. * * * Richard Howell, Bexar, Alabama, received his wings and commission at Selman Field, Louisiana, upon graduation from aerial navigation school. * * * Lt. Harold Johnson, Love Field Ferrying Command, N. Y., former vet student here, was an Auburn visitor last week-end. * * * Lt.-Col. F. H. Ingram arrived in Auburn Monday for a short visit. He was formerly stationed at API as a military instructor. Col. Ingram left today for Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, where he will be stationed. Mrs. Ingram is at home at 225 Hill Crest in Auburn. * * * John I. Morgan, Jr., has been promoted to first lieutenant, it has (been announced here by Brigadier General Earl S. Hoag, Commanding General of the India- China Wing, Air Transport Command, USAAF. .Lt. Morgan, son of Mr. J. I. Morgan of 1536 Fulton Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama, was a mechanical engineer before he joined the Army. He was graduated from API. » * * Lt. Raymond Owens, Repton, former student at API, is stationed at Columbus Army Air Field, where he is in charge of squadron instrument training. Invasion Costs Moie Money— UpYouiPayroll Savings today "SAY IT WITH FLOWERS" King's Flower Shop Phone 611 Nite 365 8SSS2S8SSS8SSSSSSSSSS?S5SSSSSSSSSSSSS5£?SSS?SSSSSSSSS;SS£SSSSSSSSS£SS5SSSSSSS5SSS5S5SSS;S5SSSSSSS?, JOIN THE Easter Parade IN A LOFTIN PRINT With all the accessories so essential to a gay season. You'll feel better and it will contribute to the home morale while the boys are over yonder—they want you to be happy and look your best at this significant and happy season. $6.95 to $19.95 (Sizes 9 to 44) And with -the dress, select your season's BLOUSE — HAT — HOSE — COSTUME JEWELRY DICKEY — HANDBAG I And Oodles of Accessories LOFTIN'S READY-TO WEAR isSSS3^^SSSSSS^^SSSSSS^S3SSSSS3S3S3S3SSSSSSS3SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS^S3£SSSS3SSSSS3S3SSSSS^ ^— Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN April 7, 1944 A Kitchen Is Her Lab; Food, Her Guinea Pig Miss Dana King Gatchell Seems Always To Have Time For One More Accomplishment By Irene Long "Bring some waxed paper, Somebody, and p u t over this salad . . . A r e these your nuts, Sarah? . . . L e t ' s get this place cleaned up because the n e x t class . . . " Miss Dana King Gatchell, A u b u r n ' s Woman of the Week, was standing at the refrigerator in the foods laboratory in Smith Hall, her voice, strong and authoritative, carrying above the chaos of several classes at work. A stalwart figure in white uniform, she was unperturbed by the rattle of dishes and the hum of the Mix-Master, the clatter of voices that spoke in anxious tones as coeds bent over the foods. One girl laid thin slices of potatoes on cloths which absorbed the moisture before being dipped in hot grease by another girl. Squares of cake, some with white icings and some with green, were on one table and a bread batter was being mixed at the other end of the room. Miss Gatchell assigned a job at the refrigerator and went to her office adjoining the kitchen, advising and instructing as she progressed. "Make Life Less Difficult For Others" She didn't seem to enjoy sitting at her desk in the fairly quiet office to tell of her accomplishments; she was anxious to get back in the kitchen. A native Ala-bamian, she was educated in the arts at public and private schools in Selma, specializing in music. She is a member of the Metropolitan Opera Guild. Her interest in needlepoint began when she was 11 years of age and one of her tapestries was presented to Columbia University, where she received her B. S. and M. S. degrees. She did not begin her education with the thought of studying or teaching home economics, but after the death of her father she worked for her first grade certificate, became the principal in a two-room school near Evergreen, where she remained until going to Columbia. While teaching in Alabama high schools, she introduced home economics before it was introduced by the state. She came to Auburn from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute. Her biography is listed in "Who's Who in American Education," "International Who's Who," and "American Women." Her hobbies —collecting laces and menu cards, oil painting, music (especially opera), teapots, and historical research— touch on her various interests. "Live most and serve best to make life less difficult for others" is her philosophy. On her desk were Easter baskets containing attractive foods beautifully wrapped, made by Miss Gatchell to give to friends No Such Thing As Spare Time Something demanded attention in the kitchen and she excused herself. After she saw that every thing was going all right, she began helping with decorations for the cakes, rolling an orange mixture in the palm of the hand until it looked like a carrot. Miss Gat-chell's hands are beautiful and capable; the long tapering fingers are never stil. She had made a dozen carrots, all nearly alike, while the student at her side produced one that resembled a carrot. "You roll it around in the palm until it is round, then make one end smaller," she explained with demonstrations. Laughing at a question, she said to the assistant, "She wants to know what I do with my spare time. I don't have any." Famous among Auburnites for her wonderful food and first-rate table service she is a source of inspiration to home economics girls. "You have to have a class under Miss Gatchell to appreciate her," someone said. "She scared me at first," said another, "but after I got to know her, I found her to be very kind and understanding." A guide to -gracious living, she teaches that home is wherever one lives, even for a short while, and that it should be treated as such. She attributes her success to "hard work and tending to my own business." "No," she said emphatically, "I have never in my life entered into any kind of competition. I crochet and do needlework because I enjoy it. I'll never enter any of my work for competition." She is not competing for any honors, but she might well be Auburn's Woman of the Century. Auburn Group Attends AEA In Birmingham Led by Dr. L. N. Duncan, president of the college, a delegation of API educators attended the Alabama Educational Association's annual convention in Birmingham Wednesday, March 29, through Friday, March 31. Faculty members at the meeting were Dr. Paul Irvine, Dr. B. R. Showal-ter, Dr. V. W. Lapp, Dean Marion W. Spidle, Prof. Jerome Kudernaj Coach W. H. Hutsell, Miss Rebecca Pate, Mrs. James Land, Miss Harriet Barnes, Miss Olga Bibza, Miss Harriet Donahoo, Miss Minnie Lee Dean, and Miss Ann Canon. Several API speakers were featured on the program, which was officially o p e n e d Wednesday night with the Assembly of Delegates session at the Tutwiler Hotel. Dr. Paul Irvine, chairman of the committee on public relations, made his annual report to the assembly at this session. On Thursday, Dr. Irvine addressed the Association of School Administrators on "The Superintendent's Responsibility in Public Relations." Thursday morning, Lt. F. J. Holmes spoke to the Alabama Mental Hygiene Society on his observations as personnel consultant for the Army Specialized Training Program at Auburn. Lt. Holmes, who has been serving as classifications officer at API, discussed the causes of mental and emotional disturbances among ASTP trainees, who were selected by the Army because of exceptional intelligence and educational qualifications. Dr. B. R. Showalter, professor of education at Auburn and president of the society, presided. Thursday afternoon Prof. Wilbur Hutsell, Auburn track coach, addressed the athletic coaches' Session, held at the Phillips High school, on "Conditioning/of Athletes," and Friday he discussed the "ASTP Physical Fitness Program at Auburn" before the Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Alumni headquarters for Alabama Polytechnic Institute were established in rooms at the Tutwiler Hotel, where all visitors were welcomed and Auburn alumni found an opportunity to contact old friends during the convention. A tea for all former Auburn students was given at these rooms Thursday afternoon, with Dean Spidle and Miss Pate as hostesses. mm IL *»<* •L "*1 •ferd Izl MJM FDR &oyl: Payroll savings is our greatest single factor in protecting ourselves against inflation. War Speeds Up Progress In Home Ec Field "Advancement in the field of home economics has been more rapid in the five years of this war than in fifty normal years of peace," said Dr. Judith Bond, head of the Home Economics department at Columbia University who came to Auburn as a special guest for the unveiling of the portrait of Miss Dana Gatchell. "With the inventions and time-saving ideas the war has produced, the release of critical war materials will create a demand for trained home economists both to show industry the needs of the home and to show consumers how to apply the new inventions. "Industrial feeding is the field with the greatest shortage of trained workers today," Mrs. Bond continued. "Many girls have gone into the services from this field, leaving a great need for hotel,- transportation, and war plant dietitians and managers." Dr. Bond advised girls to stay in the field of home economics rather than going into service. "This, I feel, is not unpatriotic," she explained, "for many trained girls have gone into the services only to be put in some work requiring no training. However, if a girl trained in home economics wishes to go into war service, I advise, her to go into the Red Cross or dietetics." Dr. Bond is an Iowan and graduated in home economics from the University of Iowa. Later she was sent to Columbia University on a fellowship. Here she received her M. S. and Ph. D. degrees. She has traveled in Europe and was appointed to her present position in 1937. LACK OF GUTS "IS THAT LAST STITCH NECESSARY ?• CONSERVATION, YOU KNOWl" ALABAMA FIRST IN COMPULSORY BLOOD TESTS Alabama is the first state to pass a law making blood tests compulsory for all residents. The action is the result of the state health department's all-out offensive against venereal disease, the control of which is among the greatest problems of preventive medicine and public health today. "It is a problem of the entire community," says Dr. B. F. Austin, state health officer, #"and for its solution the combined medical, public health, economic, social, religious and educational forces must co-operate." The law states that "any person who shall willfully fail or neglect to comply with any of the provisions of the act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100." GIRL'S BIKE for sale. Phone 9126. Ask for Mary Lavender. BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS ONCE MORE, "HERE'S THAT PIECE ABOUT A FARMER AND HIS MULE" Ever so often we have a request for an issue of The Eagle contain, ing "that piece about a farmer talking to his mule." This being a Monday morning, to add to our natural laziness, we hereby let the farmer recite this monologue for the benefit of those subscribers who want to clip the piece— to say nothing of our own personal benefit: "Bill you are a mule, the son of a jackass, and I am a man, made in the image of God. Yet here we work, hitched together, year in and year out, I often wonder if you work me or I wdrk you. Verily, I think it is a partnership between a mule and a fool. You work on four legs and I on two, therefore covering the same distance, I do twice as much work as you. "We are now cultivating this corn crop. When it is harvested I give one-third to the landlord for letting me cultivate this tiny speck of God's creation; one-third goes to you, and the balance is mine. You consume your portion, while I divide mine among seven children, two dogs, six hens, two ducks and a banker. If we both need shoes, you get yours, Bill, you are getting the best of me, and I ask you, is it fair for a mule, the son of a jackass, to swindle a man, the lord of creation, out of his substance? Why, you only help to plow and cultivate the ground, and I alone must cut, shock and husk the corn, while you look over the pasture fence and hee-haw at me. "All Fall and part of the Winter the whole family, from granny to the baby gotta pick cotton to raise money to pay taxes, buy new harness, pay interest on the mortgage on you. And what do you care about mortgages? Not a damn, you onery, long-eared cuss! I alone must worry about the mortgage on your ungrateful hide. "About the only time I am your better is on election day, for I can go to the polls and vote for old Bilbo and the other politicians, and you can't. And after the election I realize I was fully as great a jackass as your papa. Verily, I am prone to wonder if politics were made for men or jackasses, or to make jackasses of men. "And that ain't all, Bill. When you die that's supposed to be the last of you. But me—well, the parson says when I die I gotta go to hell forever. That is, Bill, if I don't do just as He says. And most of what He says, and what Henry Wallace says, keeps me from getting any kick outta life. "Tell me, then, William, how you keep a straight face and look so solemn. You've got a one-track mind, Bill, you long-eared son-of-a- gun. You think only of the horn blowing for noon. And then, while I'm going to the spring after water, filling the wood box and changing diapers on the baby to keep family matters running smoothly, you snooze in the fence corner, under-lip and one hip dropped, dreaming of doles, social security and old age pensions, until I reach for your head with the bridle, when bingo! you come to life suddenly and I have to chase you all over the lot. "I don't think you are toting fair, William." ss RENT A BIKE AT CHIEF'S (ACROSS FROM CHIEFS U-DRIVE-IT) I SSS£SSS3!SSSS2SSSSS£SSS£SSS2SSS2g2SSS£S£S2S888S88SS2SSSSS£SSS; Debater Visits Legislature; Gets Real Dope On "Orators" By Nick Nigosian While attending the Southern Debate tournament and t h e Congress of Human Relations at Jackson, Mississippi, I decided to l e a r n how real debaters act, so I visited t h e Mississippi legislature. The Mississippi capitol is like any old capitol building. It has a dome, a right and left wing and an extra added attraction — large spacious grounds. Most of us have seen at least one capitol building, and if we, have not seen a capitol building in the "flesh" we have, at least, seen the picture of one. Let us now examine the mass of humanity which occupies the two august branches of the capitol— the house of representatives and the senate. The senators and representatives had voted to adjourn the present session March 31, and consequently were trying to rush through important legislation so that they could hurry home and tell all the voters why they should be re-elected. Upon entering the senate, I saw a group of men and one lady seated in the chamber. Nearly all the senators—with the exception of the lady senator—had their feet propped on their desks and were smoking cigarettes. One senator was so tired he was resting his mind by reading the comic page of a local paper while a fellow speaker debated. Some of the senators were walking around getting exercise and talking with fellow members. Most of them had their desks cluttered with bills and papers. (Reminded me of the Plainsman office at press time.) As it was a rather warm day, the senators were keeping the page boys busy getting theirr cokes. The loud speaker system didn't work so well and I had to strain my ears in trying to hear what was going on. The clerk of the senate was reading senate bill No. 441 which, translated from the legal language, read: "A bill to raise the amount paid jurors to the pre-depression level." The clerk was a tired man. He had been reading many bills and had done much roll calling in the course of the day. The tone of his voice was like that of a college professor trying to put his class to sleep. After debating for and against senate bill 441, a vote was taken and the bill passed. The nexj; morning I visited the house gallery. As it was Saturday, the house was engaged in a huge debate on whether or not they should adjourn until Monday afternoon. They voted to adjourn. This was for the convenience of Still Plenty Of Time Before Matrimony Coeds at Montana university don't believe in love at first sight. And despite the wartime trend, they're in no big rush to get married. These facts are revealed in a campus survey of attitudes toward engagement and marriage in a sociology class titled, "The Family." The conclusions were based on the answers of 95 university women proportionately allocated among the four college classes. A romantic 18 per cent of those questioned looked upon "love at first sight" as a requisite to- a happy marriage, but an impressive 82 per cent thought there's nothing to it. The coeds agreed 25 is the ideal marriage age for men, and 23 for women. COME IN TODAY TO SEE OUR SELECTION OF LOVELY SPRING COATS. HAGEDORN'S "THE STYLE CENTER OF EAST ALABAMA" members who wanted to spend the week-end at home. Upon leaving the capitol, I con. eluded that if a debater developed himself into a good enough speaker and got in with the right crowd he might some day be a senator or a representative. —FRIDAY-WARREN WILLIAMS as The Lone Wolf in "PASSPORT TO SUEZ" Novelly and The Phanlom —SATURDAY-JIMMY LYDON in HENRY ALDRICH BOY SCOUT" Carloon—Musical Owl Show Sat. 11 P. M. Musical "Grandfather's Follies" Sunday and Monday A DASHING AMERICAN, A LOVELY RUSSIAN... They bring music to your heart and ear! ROBERT TAYLOR SUSAN PETERS in M-G-M's with JOHN ROBERT HODIAK • BENCHLEY FELIX BR ESS ART Funny Color Carloon "Egg Cracker Suite" Latest WAR News rr —TUESDAY-RED SKELTON in WHISTLING IN BROOKLYN" Cartoon "Puss and Boots" Sport Reel "Fun For All" April 7, 19|4 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Five Science And Beauty At Last Is Taught Class Plans To Give Fashion Show; Emphasizes Posture; Studies Cosmetics By Annette Cheney Hollywood has nothing on A u b u r n for, l i k e that city of glamour, Auburn, too, has a b e a u t y course. This b e a u t y course is available to all coeds through t h e t h r e e - h o u r elective Personal Grooming. It is taught on Monday, Wednesday, and F r i d a y afternoons from four until five p. m. b y Miss Jewel Golden, instructor in home eco nomics. An outsider would have thought he had invaded a bathing beauty contest if he had walked in the day posture was being discussed. It seems that all girls wore swimming suits and modeled them for the class. The idea was to give constructive criticism of each girl's posture and walk. The proper corrective exercises were then suggested and given as part of her homework. The need for emphasis on graceful carriage was noted at the Glomerata-Blue Key Beauty Parade this year. Several would-be beauties didn't meet the qualifications and were among the first to be eliminated because of poor posture and an unattractive walk. Other things which are included in this course and will be discussed are among the following: cleanliness, complexion and its care; hair, its care, and possible arrangements; care and treatment of the hands and feet; teeth; selection, purchase, and care of clothes, and social graces. A number of practical demonstrations will be given before the quarter is over. Miss Golden pointed out that cold creams could be easily made at home for much less money than the popular drug store brands. In the discussion of the care of the hair directions will be given for making an effective shampoo. A fashion show will be given for the benefit of the class. In this show will be girls dressed correctly and incorrectly for various occasions. "This class has been quite popular with the girls in the past, and we hope even more girls will join our group of good grooming discussions," said Miss Golden. "We've even had several requests from boys," she added. She said that these requests might be fulfilled through a similar class taught exclusively for boys. This probably won't be attempted until after the war, but Miss Golden thinks it would be an interesting job as well as a worth while one as "men, too, wear clothes." Three Groups MayQualifyFor Commissions Lt. O. H. Swayze, in charge of officer procurement in Alabama, has just released an important announcement regarding qualifications for Naval commissions. Aside from the continued urgent need for chaplains and doctors, commissions are now being awarded to men in three groups: 1. In the technical field, chiefly to chemists, metallurgists, a nd engineers of all types. 2. In specialized fields, chiefly engine specialists, riggers, shipbuilders and stevedores. 3. In the general business fields, for a c t i v e sea duty. (Men under 38 years of age.) Lt. Swayze, however, warned prospective officers to consider the high standards of the Navy before making application for commission. Age and experience requirements vary, depending on the commission under consideration, but these are the essential needs for cmomissioned personnel. 1. A college degree, though desirable, is not required in a case where practical experience in civilian life fits a man for the specialized work of the Navy. 2. Certain basic physical requirements must be met. These needs vary somewhat with the particular billet involved. 3. Applicants must possess officer- like qualities. They must have real ability, fine personal honor and more than average appearance and personality. Preliminary interviews to de- CUTIES :• By E. Simms Campbell J Roistered U. S. Pltent Offlc* % Copr. ly-M. King FiatuKJ Syndicate, liu.. World rights reserved. 2-4 "Wow! But you're good, Lady! You did all that with just an automobile!" LANDSCAPE DEPT. TO SPONSOR ANNUAL SPRING FLOWER EXHIBIT A spring flower show, open to all flower enthusiasts in the state of Alabama, will be held for the first time this year at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute April 30 and May 1 and 2. The show will be divided into several classes of exhibits, and entries will be accepted both from individuals and from garden clubs. Those wishing to enter the competition are urged by Alfred Edwards, associate professor in charge of landscape architecture, to plan their plantings now with the show in mind. Details regarding group classification and other information about the exhibit may be obtained by writing Prof. Edwards, in care of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, API, Auburn. Sponsored by the department of landscape architecture, the show will become an annual affair, it was announced. Tippins Family Scores Eight Out Of Ten By Nick Nigasian "My husband and I wish that we were younger so that we could enter the service". This is the statement of Mrs. J. Tippins, 242 East Magnolia, eight of whose ten children are either in the service or in government work. According to information received from Mrs. Tippins, the following account of her family is given. Rankin Tippins is now a signalman second class in the South Pacific. Rankin entered the Navy at 18, immediately after graduating from Lee County h i g h school. After being trained at Great Lakes, 111., for the Signal Corps, he was sent to the Aleutians for an eight months' stay. Hamlin Tippins, a first lieutenant in the field artillery, is now fighting in Italy. He was in the first group that invaded North Africa and later Sicily. In 1942, Hamlin received a degree in Ag science, and went to officers' training camp at Ft. Bragg, N. C, and Ft. Sill, Okla. Glenn Tippins is now located at an Italian replacement center. He was nearly thirty-seven when he entered the Army in May, 1943. After receiving f o u r months' training at Camp Wheeler, Ga., Glenn was sent to the Mediterranean Theater. Phil Tippins is located in the South Pacific with the A r my Medical Corps. Phil attended Auburn and was taking horticulture, but volunteered M a r c h 6, 1941. After being stationed a t C a mp Blanding, Fla., Camp Bowie, Texas, Camp Shelby, Miss., and having Army maneuvers in Lou-iF^ ana, he sailed overseas. Jo Tippins is at Mare Island, San Francisco, waiting to sail to a Navy position in Hawaii. She graduated from Auburn in home economics and for the past two and one-half years has been working for the Farm Security Administration, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Minnie Tippins left April 5, to enter Hunter College, a WAVE school in New York City. In June, 1943, Minnie finished at API in landscape architecture. Frances Tippins, formerly secretary to the college b u s i n e s s manager, W. T. Ingram, is now stationed with a WAVE unit at Pensacola, Fla. Frances took a secretarial training course and resigned her position to join the WAVES in February of last year. Lilie May Tippins is located in Mobile with the extension service of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and the Department of Agriculture. Of the two remaining members of the family, one is married and the other is still in high school. Mary Tippins is married and lives in Birmingham. She married Haskin Williams, an Auburn KA, and now has a twelve-year-old daughter. Pat Tippins, 16, now attending Lee County high school, wants to attend summer school so that she can finish high school and join the Cadet Nurse Corps. OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN IN DENTISTRY _ Women dentists, as scarce now as women welders were before Pearl Harbor, will appear in the future in ever-increasing numbers, Professor Charles W. Creas-er, chairman of the pre-medical and pre-dental committee at Wayne university, predicts. Professor Creaser points out that of more than 1,400 dentists now practicing in Detroit, only 12 are women, and that throughout the country there are 35 men in the profession for every woman. "The skill which women in war industries are displaying in the manipulation of small tools," said Pofessor Creaser, "gives ample evidence of their aptitude for at least one phase of dental work. Furthermore, we know that the few women who have entered the profession have proved exceptionally successful, particularly in the fields of children's dentistry and orthodontia." Dr. Creaser also emphasized the existing need for Negro dentists, both male and female, and quoted Dr. M. Don Clawson, director of dental education at Meharry medical college, Fisk university, as saying that there are only 2,000 Negro dentists, very few of them women, serving the 12,000,000 Negroes in the United States. The Rains Came—To Auburn! Like the storied stars, rains fell on Alabama. And they fell ardently in love with Auburn, for they lived on her doorstep all the past month. Literally, we mean. April showers may bring May flowers, but all our recent March downpours managed to bring out were dripping umbrellas and raincoats, dampened curls, and wet feet. The recorded rainfall for the month was 11.87 inches — 6.10 inches above the average. The heaviest fall was the 5.06 inches showered down on us during the 24-hour period of M a r c h 22-23. Prof. J. N. Robinson, Auburn's weather man, tells us if we think t h a t was prolific we should've been on the campus in March of '29, when 17.44 inches were recorded. But we're from Missouri! termine basic requirements can be arranged at the Office of Naval Officer Procurement, 601 Jackson Building, Birmingham 3, Ala. Letters of inquiry will be answered. YOU'LL ALWAYS BE PLEASED WITH The Food Served AT THE GRILLE 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 JOHN GAZES, Mgr. c r r £ Of course you w a n t to dress u p t h i s Easter and look your very best. But looking your best need not mean wearing brand new clothes. If your wardrobe is well filled, you won't need a n ew Easter outfit. And i t ' s p a t r i o t i c not to b u y u n less you n e e d to buy. Our stocks a r e l a r g e a nd smart and t e r r i b l y tempting, we know. And i t ' s fun buying n ew clothes in t h e Spring. But i t 's fun too, to add a fresh blouse to a n old suit . . . or a crisp jabot to a last-season dress. So for t h e sake of those who may need clothes more t h a n you . . . and so t h a t you m a y b e s u r e of b e ing able to b u y n ew clothes next year and n e x t and next . . . look your situation over carefully before you l e ap in to b u y t h i s Easter! P. S. We're glad to see you w h e t h e r you b u y or not . . . so come in to visit us anyway! DOW'S Dress Shop OPELIKA 1400 ON YOUR DIAL PHONE 856 "The Twin-City Station" WJHO NEWS ! ! ! MUSIC ! ! ! ENTERTAINMENT VARIETY ! ! ! SPORTS ! ! ! I ! ! 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Hendley MBS 10:45 Music and Fashions 11:00 Boake Carter MBS 11:15—Harmony Lane 11:25—WJHO News Room 11:30 Marine Band MBS 12:00 Noon Day News 12:15—Jack Berch MBS 12:30 Let's Be Charming MBS 1:00 Cederick Foster MBS 1:15 Lum 'N Abner 1:30 Mutual Goes Calling MBS 2:30 Yankee Houseparty MBS 3:00—Walter Compton MBS 3:30 Sentimental Music MBS 4:00 News 4:15 Archie Andrews MBS 4:30 Chick Carter MBS 4:45—Dependable Time 5:00 News Review 5:15 Calvacade of Sports 5:30 World's Front Page MBS 5:45 Superman MBS 6:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr. MBS 6:15 Johnson Family MBS 6:30 Meet The Band 6:45 Number Please 7:00 Arthur Hale MBS 7:30 Human Adventure MBS 8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS 8:15 Robert Ripley MBS 8:30 Spotlight Bands Blue 9:00 Henry Gladstone MBS 10:00 QED Reporting MBS 10:15 The Plainsman 10:30 Dance 'Til Twelve 6:15 The Johnson Family MBS 12:00—News—Sign Off Page Six T H E P L A I N S M AN April 7, 1944 Track Team Trims Naval Cadets In Practice Meet Saturday Cinder Representatives Take Seven First Places In Nine Events Entered Auburn's track team met its first competition of the current season last Saturday The competition was furnished by the Naval Aviation Cadets. The event was not a regularly scheduled track meet but was a workout that served two purposes. First, to compare the ability of both teams, secondly, to afford a weekly record of the times for individual membfts of the track team. The Navy team was composed of former members of other colleges and also of men. without previous track experience. Many of the V-5 participants showed ability but lack of training specifically for track proved to be to their disadvantage. Six of Auburn's twelve men who placed in events were freshmen. For many of the members of the teams this was their first competition. No dual meets have been scheduled for t h e track team but they will probably see action in the SEC and the AAU meet. Results are as follows: Mile: Green, Auburn; Horton, Auburn; Saffen, Navy. Time: 5 min., 54 sec. 440 Yard Dash: Carley, Auburn; Askew, Auburn; C a s e, Navy. Time: 53.5 sec. 100 Yard Dash: Fleming, Navy; Lasday, Auburn; Cranston, Navy. Time: 10.5 sec. 880 Yard Dash: Taff, Auburn; Humbert, Navy; Crain, Auburn. Time: 2 min., 9.1 sec. 2 Mile: Saffen, Navy; Collins, Navy; Elizondo, Auburn. Time: 11 min., 36 sec. 220 Yard Dash: L a s d a y , Auburn; Fleming, Navy; Cranston, Navy. Time: 23.1 sec. Discus: Watkins, A u b u r n; Moore, Auburn; Garrett, Auburn. Distance: 122 ft., 7 in. Shot Put: Moore, Auburn; Wise, Navy; Watkins, Auburn. Distance: 34 ft., 8 in. Broad Jump: Kuykendall, Auburn; T a b o r , Auburn; Johns, Navy. Distance: 20 ft., iy2 in. Auburn Graduate Is Vice-President Of Allis-Chalmers James Marvin White, graduate of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1929, has been appointed vice-president and general manager of Allis-Chalmers Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After graduating from Auburn, Mr. White married Ruth Watson, daughter of the former Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Watson of Montgomery, and sister of Mrs. R. L. D o u g l a s of Montgomery. He started work with Allis-Chalmers Company immediately upon graduation and has worked up to the position of vice-president of the company. Mr. White's home was formerly in River Falls, Alabama. While attending school here, he was a member of fhe American Society of Mechanical Engineers, freshman baseball team, Auburn Players, Social Science Club, and the Wilsonian Literary Society. AN ANNIVERSARY (Continued from Page 1) less, feverish surge of wartime activity. At the beginning of the regular session in 1918, the Army took over the school's facilities to initiate the SATC—a program of soldier- student training, bearing little resemblance to our late-and- . lamented ASTP unit. As was to be the case twenty years later, a military air pervaded the college, with reveille at 5:30 a. m.; breakfast at 6; military drill from 7 to 8; and khaki-clad students marching to classes throughout the day. November 11, 1918, and the Armistice, and Auburn, along with the rest of the nation, went wild with joy. Our boys were coming back! Back to Auburn they came, too. Classrooms filled again, happy-go-lucky college life was resumed, time marched on, and through the years Auburn kept building and building — expanding more and more. Once more our boys are off to another war. Those of us left on the campus are engaged in another accelerated wartime program; and hopes that another grim anniversary like April 6 and December 7 wil never have reason to be remembered. • GIRLS BEAT (Continued from Page 1) tion banquet, which was attended by over one hundred southern college delegates and teachers. John Nigosian received a certificate of merit from Prof. R. C. Brand of the University of Alabama for his work in the Congress of Human Relations. The organization of the congress was similar in nature to our national congress and consisted of a steering committe and committees on labor, industry, agriculture, and education. The representatives of the congress brought up bills relating to the post-war south. They voted to send copies of resolutions reached and bills drawn up and passed to the various government departments with which the bills are concerned. By this action the opinions of a cross section of southern college students will be voiced. BLOOD DONOR (Continued from Page 1) Army contract. From the laboratory, the dried plasma is delivered to the Army and Navy and distributed to American f o r c e s , wherever they may be. Plasma, Mr. Smith explained, is the liquid part of the blood remaining after the red and white corpuscles are removed. The nation- wide blood collection project was undertaken at the request of the Surgeons General of the Army and Navy by the American Red Cross. A total of 5,300,000 pints of blood has been requested to date. More than 80,000 persons must contribute blood to the Red Cross each week to meet the requests already made by the Army and Navy, he added. This appeal gives every able-bodied resident of Lee County a chance to help our men on the battlefields and at sea. Warships throughout the war z o n e carry blood plasma. Every Army medical unit carries blood plasma with it. LOST: Silver identification bracelet bearing name, "Carl Sellers" and API Executive Cabinet key attached. Finder please call 9150. Reward. Noted Aviator To Be Speaker At Aero Club Captain Edgar Wynn Flies Ocean 88 Times, Ferries First Lady Capt. Edgar J. Wynn, who has flown the Atlantic 88 times and on one crossing had Eleanor Roosevelt as a passenger will be the speaker at an open meeting of the Auburn-Opelika Aero Club to be held Thursday, April 13, at 8 p. m. in Langdon Hall. Author of a book, "Bombers Tennis, Golf, Horseshoe Drawings Held Today Doctor's Wives Have Nothing On Coaches' Mates-Mrs. Voyles By Dottie Woodall According to Mrs. Carl Voyles, wife of Auburn's new coach, doctors' wives have nothing on coaches' wives when it comes to emergency schedule changes. She says it is an unusual day when she knows just where to find h im at any given time, or just when to expect h im home. Not t h a t that is in the nature of a complaint— she loves it. They met at Oklahoma A. and M. College when he was star wingman on the football squad, and she was, as she says, "taking science and literature— a nice vague course—just taking it; I won't say how well I did." They were married in October, after his graduation in June. He started on a coaching job immediately. Mrs. Voyles' blue eyes showed a mirth indicating that it was one of her favorite little jokes as she told that he had said the football job was for "only two years." Only two years, and then he would quit. "But his work is just play to him," she explained, "He could never quit." She is a person with whom one is immediately at ease. Her little trick of hitting on exactly the thing one would like best to talk about is especially charming. However, it is apt to make a reporter have so much fun that she forgets what she came for. Mrs. Voyles has never lived any farther south than North Carolina. She had been through Alabama only when en route to other places until her visit to Auburn this week. She says that she expects to like Auburn very much. She has already had an opportunity to look it over well, since there is no better way to become acquainted with a town than to go in search of a house. Mrs. Voyles believes that so far as knowing her way around the streets, you couldn't lose her! Looking for living quarters is a task at best, but she is optimistic about it. Unlike some house hunters, she found, not one, but two! She has also met several people in Auburn, and even remembers their names. She also recognizes their faces when she meets them on the street. One would think that remarkable, but for her confession that she cannot quite attach the names she remembers to the faces she recognizes quick enough to do any more than smile and offer a tentative "Hello." Mrs. Voyles has two sons, Carl, Jr., and Bob. Knowing her, looking at her, and not knowing the boys, one's first impulse was to ask, "And do you plan to put them in the nursery school? There's quite a good one here." However, she immediately added, "Carl, Jr., is 21, and Bob is 16." The older son is an Army medical student at Duke, and Bob is in prep school at Alexandria, Va. She and her husband left Auburn Monday night after having spent the week-end. They will re. turn to make their home here on April 15. Canned Calf The girls at the Home Ec farmhouse are looking at their steak with tearful eyes these days. "Poor Butch," they say when they see meat on their table, "he was so sweet." Butch was a calf that the girls took care of for a time. He was loved by all of them, and even getting up at six o'clock to feed him was fun. But Butch was living on borrowed time. He was doomed. Of no avail was his most pleading calf-look. When he was old enough he was fed to the wolves, or, to speak more literally, to the Vets. After the tragic slaughter, the grief-stricken girls canned their pet. This only shows to what lengths a group of hungry girls will go to beat the meat shortage. Using all the arts they had acquired in years of foods labs, they prepared B u t c h for final consumption. When the task was finished, there was only an array of sixteen neatly sealed glass jars to show that the gentle and long-suffering Butch had passed that way. Annette Cheney, Carolyn Robinson, Burma Ann Norrell, Fay Campbell, and Miss Thelma Graves are 'honorary" survivors since complete statistics o n Butch's family are unavailable. SPIVEY (Continued from page 1) or above, a course in Accounting, or shall be enrolled in that and doing work of that quality. 5. That candidates shall have had one year's experience on the publication, or the equivalent. 6. That candidates be informed that the Board will expect them to assume duties as assistant in the position for which they are elected immediately a f t e r their election in April and serve for the remainder of the year in order to gain valuable experience. 7. The candidate agrees, if elected, not to hold or secure any other job or p o s i t i o n with or without remuneration unless he first obtains approval by the Board of Student Publications. L O S T : Black Shaeffer fountain pen with name "Jean Edwards" engraved on side. Finder please call the Chi Omega house, 820. Reward. The Axis Stops at Nothing. Don't stop your War Bond Payroll Savings at 10 %. Every soldier is a 100 percenter. Figure it out yourself. iSm Edgar J. Wynn Across," s o o n to be published, Capt. Wynn will tell his audience here of some of the experiences related in that book. As a ferry pilot for both the Royal Canadian Air Force and the United S t a t e s AAF, Capt. Wynn, now only 29 years old, has been flying steadily since the war broke out. He has ferried his ships to points in England, Africa, Russia, Iran, India, a n d China, and has never yet failed to deliver one—all in one piece. His closest call was during a take-off at Natal. His plane carried a load, mostly gasoline, which was one and a half tons over the maximum. Halfway down the runway, at a speed of 85 miles per hour, the nose wheel collapsed. "It looked like the end all right," says Capt. Wynn, "but somehow the ship stayed righted and its fuel tanks intact. The only damage was to the nose and props." He is very proud of Mrs. Roosevelt's signature on. his Short Snorter bill. He carried her from England to the United States. Capt. Wynn has ferried every type of plane from Lightning fighters and he-man Martin Marauders to four-engined craft. Flying the North Atlantic, he says, can be a pretty rugged job, due to the weather. The South Atlantic, in comparison, is a picnic, in his opinion. "Bombers Across" is being published by E. P. Dulton and Company and will be out in May. In addition, Capt. Wynn is author of a War Department publication, "So You're Going To Fly The Big Stuff." Volleyball Finals Seen For Next Week Tennis, horseshoe, and golf tournaments are gathering interest as fraternity competition begins next Wednesday. Drawings were delayed until today due to failure in obtaining lists from the fraternities. According to Coach Evans, the volley ball tournament has progressed "as well as I have ever seen." Coach Evans expressed belief that the regular scheduled games would be completed this week. Games that were postponed will be played in the order that they were rained out, and if necessary, games will be extended into the next week. Semi-finals and finals will be played the following week. Announcement to that effect will be issued by the PE department. Results of the volley ball games for the past week are as follows: Friday, March 31: In league I, SAE defeated ALT, 16-14, and 15- 8. The ALT's winning the second game 15-13. In league II, the Theta Chi's defeated the DSP's 15-7, 15-12. The game in league III between SPE and AGR was postponed. In league IV, PKT won over the ATO's 15-3 and 15- 11. Monday, April 3: All games played were make up games that had previously been postponed because of rain. In league I, SC defeated the ALT's 15-5, 15-9. In league II PDT won from DSP 15-5 and 15- 9. In league III, the AP's defeated the SPE's. After losing the first game 15-13, the AP's came back to win the remaining two 15-8 and 1512. In league IV, KS defeated a hard fighting PKT, 15-5, 15-4, with the PKT's winning the second game 15-7. Tuesday, April 4: The Sigma Chi's defeated the ALT's 15-11, 15-11, with the ALT's taking one game, 15-7. The PDT's took two games from DSP's scoring 15-2 and 15-0. AP won over SPE in one of the best games of the tournament, 15-7, and 15-9, after SPE had taken the second game 15-12. The PKT's won over OTS in the closest three games yet played. The PKT's winning two, 16-14, 15-11, while OTS won the second game, 16-14. Wednesday, April 5: In league I, the SAE's defeated KA, 15-9, 9-15, 15-7. The TC's defeated PKA, 15-7, a n d 15-4, to t a ke league league II. In league III, LCA won from AGR, 15-10, 15-11, AGR taking the second game, 15- 12. In league IV, KS won their fifth straight victory by defeating the ATO's, 15-5 and 15-6. DEAN'S LIST The dean's list for the School of Architecture and Allied Arts has been released and includes the names of Norma McNeill Denham, Prattville; Mittie Moore Jones, Auburn; Dorothy Jean UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CARRIES ON RESEARCH ON GROWTH OF PENICILLIN • ..•:,»,«^»j»j»j«j»j«3»o»a»o«a»o»o»Q»o»a»Q»o» EASTER CARDS DON'T FAIL TO SEND EASTER CARDS To those you hold dear to your heart. We carry a complete line of greeting cards for every occasion. BURTON'S BOOKSTORE 'Something New Every Day' SSSSS3SSS3SSSSSSSSSSS3SSSSSSSSS8SSSSS8SSSSSSSS. Optimum conditions for the growth of penicillium, the mold that produces penicillin, are being studied on the Berkeley campus of the University of California by Dr. Michael Doudoroff, assistant, professor of bacteriology, and Helen Jackins, research assistant. The present process for making penicillin is slow and tedious and often produces small yields. The studies in the laboratory are an attempt to find out what constituents of the vegetable extracts used in the cultivation of the mold will stimulate the formation of more of the needed drug. The addition of some known compound might increase the production, Dr. Doudoroff pointed out. The mold is now grown in complicated vegetable media; it might be possible to find a simpler one, he added. "Many people throughout the country are studying this problem of penicillin production," Dr. Doudoroff said. "There are many angles of attack and we are working on only one phase.—ACP. Washables For Spring These lovely dresses are so distinctive in style, colors and nobbiness. They look so dressy, and are dressy, yet they are so low in price as to make it possible for you to own several at a time. WHITES — STRIPES — PASTELS $5.98-^7.98 And Just Like The Pictures Above MILDRED LIPPITT'S TOWN & COUNTRY SICK BAY Patients at Drake Infirmary in the week of April 3-7 were as fol. lows: Students: L o u i s Letamosky, Bonnie Dean Walker, Elizabeth F. Heard, Henry W. Thomas (out), Helen Strickland (out), and Carolyn Goodall (out). ASTs: Homer H a m l i n , J. W. Roberts, Arthur H. Olafson (out), and George F. McCarty (out). Naval Radio Trainees: James R. Sullivan, Harold E. Hornocher, Howard Meister, E d w a r d A. Banks, Jr. (out), and Manuel J. Sullivan (out). Naval Cadets: Thomas M. Davis (out), Forrest A. Neely (out), Perry D. Johns (out), Otto Carter (out), and Richard G. Wooton (out). Nichols, Washington, D. O; and Frances E. Wilmore, Birmingham. On the dean's list for the School of Science and Literature are Josephine Bass, Opelika; William Britton Davis, Vincent; Harriet Anne McGuire, Atlanta; Thomas Simms, Auburn, and Jeanelle Boon Swindall, Goodwater. MARTIN "THE PLACE TO GO" TODAY "SHE'S FOR ME" With DAVID BRUCE GRACE MCDONALD Also • Latest War News "March of Time" Saturday, April 8 Double Feature No. 1 'FRONTIER LAW With RUSSELL HAYDEN FUZZY KNIGHT DENNIS MOORE No. 2 "WHISPERING FOOTSTEPS With JOHN HUBBARD RITA QUIGLEY Also "Junior G-Men of the Air," No. 5 Cartoon: "He Dood It Again" rr Sun. & Mon. April 9-10 "THE PURPLE HEART" With DANA ANDREWS RICHARD CONTE FARLEY GRANGER Also Latest War News Superman Comedy Tuesday, April 11 Double Feature No. 1 rn MYSTERY BROADCAST" With FRANK ALBERTSON RUTH TERRY No. 2 "CHEROKEE STRIP" With DICK FORAN JANE BRYANT DAVID CARLYLE Also "Flicker Flashbacks" Wednesday, April 12 "THOUSANDS CHEER" In technicolor With KATHRYN GRAYSON GENE KELLEY MARY ASTOR JOHN BOLES And 3 Great Bands Also Latest War News Community Sing |
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