1943-10-01 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LXVIII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1943 NUMBER 26
COMMENTS
By VAN HEMERT
So now it is Cordell Hull's
turn. I had hoped the aging sec­retary
of State would go down
in history as the one who did
not take a trip to Europe dur­ing
his tenure of office. But
then, everyone else of note in
the public gaze, as it were, has
taken a trip or two and the
Secretary has at last succumbed
to the lure of foreign scenery.
(Or should I say entangle­ments.)
I refer, of course, to the
forthcoming Moscow confer­ence.
Mr. Hull has been select­ed
to represent the United
States at this conference. The
importance of this already
m u c h discussed diplomatic
event is readily apparent when
you consider that Hull is the
number two man in Washing­ton
today. The choice of Hull
to fill this mission is, in my
estimation, a wise one. He sees
eye to eye with the President
on matters of foreign policy.
He is also in on the "know"
when it comes to United Na­tions
strategy, as he was pres­ent
at the much publicized
Quebec conference. What is
more important, Cordell Hull
is a citizen of the United States
rather than a "citizen of the
world." He spends much less
time in starry-eyed contempla­tion
of our idealistic war aims
than do many of his cohorts
and subordinates. He is far
more practical than the futur­istic
Hopkins, who has already
paid a visit to the Kremlin.
The conference, almost cer­tainly,
will be a supplement to
the recent Quebec conference.
Considering this view to be the
correct one, Cordell Hull would
appear to be another highly
paid messenger boy after the
manner of Ambassador Davies.
This appearance is deceiving,
however, for if such were in­deed
the case there would be
no possible object in thus mere­ly
changing messenger boys.
Hull is being sent to Moscow
to avoid this inadequate and
costly method of communica­tion
between our government
and the Soviet government.
If Hull has been chosen as
only the man who carries the
brief case the most he could do
would be to present the find­ings
and agreements of the
Quebec conference to the Rus­sian
government for their ap­proval
or disapproval. In such
circumstance he could in no
way alter these agreements in
the event the Russians did not
agree with them. Logically,
speaking this would be a fool­ish
thing to do. And Cordell
Hull has not been selected to
play the fool. He has been
chosen because he can "speak
with the voice of authority"
for the United States govern­ment.
He undoubtedly will be
empowered to make conces­sions
to the Russians in the
name of our government if it
becomes necessary to do so.
Coincidence Unites
Two Ex-students
Of Alabama College
Two young women who went
to school together at Alabama
College, Montevallo, find them­selves
working together this fall
as instructors in the physical ed­ucation
department at API.
Miss Mariette Donahoo, whose
home is in Bessemer, received
her B. S. degree at Montevallo
in 1940, with a major in physical
education. For the past two years
she has been head of physical
education for girls at the Bes­semer
high school. She will be
in charge of swimming classes at
Auburn.
Working toward a Master's
degree, Miss Donahoo attended
the University of Wisconsin dur­ing
the past summer.
Miss Ann Canon, Opelika,
graduated from Alabama College
in 1941, also with a major in
physical education. She has also
had one summer term's work at
Auburn. Here she will direct
team sports and recreational ac­tivities.
COEDS NOMINATE
TWELVE ASPIRANTS
Ramsay Hall, Student Center, Vet Hill,
Ag Hill To Be Site Of Miss Auburn Polls
Miss Auburn, traditional queen of the A u b u r n Campus,
will be elected by popular vote of t h e students at a n election
to be held Wednesday, October 13. P o l l s will be located at t he
Student Center, in Ramsay Hall, on Vet Hill, a n d on Ag Hill.
The candidates nominated for this post were selected by
the girls in the various sorority houses and dormitories on
the campus. They are: Marjorie Smith, ADPi, junior in home
economics from Slocumb; Margaret Rew, Alpha Gamma
Delta, sophomore in education
from Selma; Margaret Toomer,
KD, sophomore in science and
literature from Auburn; Phyllis
Kloeti, Chi Omega, sophomore in
home economics from Havana,
Cuba, and New Orleans, La.
Several Independents
Barbara Weaver, independent
from the Kappa Sig house, soph­omore
in laboratory technique
from Nauvoo; Wynelle Mitchell,
independent from the Delta Sig
house, sophomore in secretarial
training from Fayette; Elaine
Hill, independent from Auburn
Hall, sophomore in science and
literature from Memphis, Tenn.;
Julia McCord, independent from
the PKT house, freshman in
physical education from Lanett.
Elinor Bell, independent from
the Phi Delt house, senior in
home economics from Birming-.
ham; Jean Gauntt, Delta Zeta,
sophomore in home economics
from Jasper; Shirley Smith, in­dependent
from the PiKA house,
senior in science and literature
from Springville; Barbara Buck-
Pvt. H. F. Lowe,
Auburn Artist,
Presents Show
The Department of Applied
Art will present an exhibition of
Water Color paintings by Pvt.
Harry F. Lowe, III, in the library
of the School of Architecture and
Allied Arts, October 1st to 10th.
Pvt. Harry Lowe, a graduating
senior in Commercial Art, is the
first applied art student to hold
a one-man show in the art' li­brary
and to circuit a solo exhibit
while an undergraduate. His en­tire
art training has been received
at API and his work has already
been accorded recognition.
The following comment con­cerning
Lowe's work appeared in
the Montgomery Advertiser when
his exhibit was shown at the
Montgomery Museum of Fine
Arts. j
"These paintings are v e ry
forceful and well-conceived. A
dynamic design is evidenced
throughout his work as well as a
stimulating emotional quality.
Though his color is subtle at
times and at other times bold, it
is never blatant or used without
discrimination. The directness
and freshness of Pvt. Lowe's
work are its outstanding charact­eristics."
Other centers which will dis­play
Pvt. Lowe's water colors in­clude:
The Junior League Gal­lery,
Birmingham, The Commu­nity
Center, Tuscumbia, Mary
Buie Museum, Oxford, Mississip­pi,
Alabama College, Montevallo,
and Birmingham-Southern Col­lege.
The water colors will be on dis­play
Monday through Friday
from 8:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m., and
7:30 p. m. to 10:00 p. m. On Sat­urday
from 8:00 a. m. until noon,
and Sunday afternoon from 2 un­til
5.
WSGA Sponsors Teas
Held In Social Center;
All Coeds Are Invited
The first in a series of teas
given by the Women's Student
Government was last Wednes­day
afternoon.
A tea given by this organiza­tion
will follow each Wednesday
afternoon from four till five
thirty. The teas are to be in the
Social Center at Smith Hall and
all women students on the cam­pus
are invited.
ley, POP, freshman in home eco­nomics
from Gainsville, Fla.
Winner Awards Prizes
Miss Auburn will participate in
several campus events during the
year, chief among which is the
awarding of prizes to the winners
in the annual Wilbur Hutsell
Cake Race. In the past she has
always led the beauty section in
the Glomerata.
At the same time as the an­nouncement
of the candidates
was made, Chairman Gibbs Ash­ley
of the elections committee
announced the names of the men
who will serve on the elections
committee during this quarter,
supervising this and other elec­tions.
Committee Men
The men so named are Jim
Kelly, senior in civil engineering
from Monroeville; Buck Taylor,
senior in business administration
from Mobile; Ray Bozeman, sen­ior
in agriculture from Dozier;
Lawrence Cottle, junior in vet­erinary
medicine from Mont­gomery;
Merrill Girardeau, sen­ior
in mechanical engineering
from Montgomery-; and "Foots"
Davis, senior in chemical engi­neering
from Sylacauga.
Female Chatterers;
Note This Perfect
Verbal Restraint
Did you hear about the
trainee who went to see his
math prof the other night?
Said trainee was trudging
diligently out Samford Ave.,
trying to figure out in which
house Prof. "X" lived. Seeing a
small boy seated on the steps in
front of one of the houses, he
asked, "Do you know Prof.
'X'?"
The youngster replied, "Sure,
he's my father."
"Is he at home?" was the
next question.
"Sure," was the encouraging
reply.
Whereupon t h e aforesaid
trainee mounted the steps and
discreetly pushed the bell but­ton.
Nothing happened. After
a proper wait the trainees tried
again, holding the button down
a longer time. Still nothing
happened. Then the trainee
really leaned on the button.
Same result. Turning to the
boy who had watched all this
with evident interest, he said,
accusingly, "I thought you said
your father was home."
"Sure, he is," came the reply
in a voice filled with youthful
disdain, "But we live two hous­es
down from here."
Could Be A Fable
About The Impossible
Consider the case of a recent
baseball game between Columbia
and Yale. Starting pitcher for the
Columbia—via V-12—was last
year's no. 1 moundsman for Yale.
The starting pitcher for Yale by
the same route was last year's
star hurler for Columbia.
Just whom does an old Eli
root for? .
ODK ANNOUNCES PLANS
FOR ANNUAL CAKE RACE
Course Will Be Same As In Former Years;
Winner Will Be Awarded Kiss, Sweater, Cake
By Buck Taylor
The fifteenth annual ODK-Wilbur Hutsell Cake Race will
be run on Wednesday afternoon, November 17, at three
o'clock, it was announced this week by Omicron Delta Kap­pa.
All Auburn freshmen are to participate in t h e race un­less
excused by the college physician.
The 2.7 mile course, beginning at t h e r a t football field and
ending at the entrance to Drake
Field, is the same that has been
run in former years. The record
is held by John C. Ball, Alpha
Tau Omega, ho smashed previous
marks three years ago with the
time of 14:05.6. Last year's win­ner
was Nick Holmes, Phi Delta
Theta, who toured the course in
the time of 15:12.5.
Awards to the winner include
a kiss from Miss Auburn, a fresh­man
numeral sweater, and a
mammoth cake. The next 24 men
to finish wall also receive cakes
and additional prizes donated by
local merchants.
The fraternity having the first
four men to cross the finish line
will be presented with a hand­some
trophy. Theta Chi won this
award last year.
Runners will leave the rat
football field, proceed up Thach
to College, turn down College and
continue to Ross, turn at Ross
and run to Magnolia, follow Mag­nolia
to Gay, and proceed down
Gay to Samford. A trek across
College to Ag Bottom and the
final run to Drake field will com­plete
the jaunt.
Dance To Be In Gym
The regular Saturday night
dance will be held tomorrow
night from 8:30 p. m. to 11:38
p. m. in the Alumni Gymnasi­um.
These dances are given for
all students and service men on
the Auburn campus.
A program of movie shorts
will also be shown Saturday
night beginning at 9 o'clock in
Langdon Hall. The shorts will
include Charlie Chaplin in
"The Pawn Shop"; "Clyde
Beatty's Animal Thrills"; "Rest
Resort"; "Track Meet"; and
"Navajo Sand Painting."
J. M. Richardson
New Professor
Of Economics
Has Master's Degree
From U. of Alabama;
Makes Home Here
J. M. Richardson, formerly of
Guin, Ala., has been appointed
assistant professor, of economics
at the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute.
He came here from the
University of Alabama, where he
had been teaching geography dur­ing
the summer term.
Holding both A. B. and M. A.
degrees from that university,
Prof. Richardson has completed
all residence requirements for a
Ph. D. from the George Peabody
College for Teachers, Nashville,
Tenn. He has also done graduate
work at Vanderbilt University.
Prof. Richardson's wife is the
former Miss Josephine Powell of
Lowndesboro, Ala. Both her fa­ther,
the late B. S. Powell, and
a brother, Bishop Noble C. Pow­ell,
graduated from Auburn. Bish­op
Powell is Episcopal bishop of
Maryland and at one time was
dean of the National Cathedral in
Washington.
Formerly principal of the Em­ma
Samson high school in Gads­den,
Prof. Richardson has also
served as principal of the public
schools in Kennedy. He is a mem­ber
of Kappa Delta Pi and Phi
Delta Kappa, honorary educa­tion
fraternities.
Professor and Mrs. Richardson
are making their home at 147
Burton Street in Auburn.
Auburn Surpasses Bond Quota
By Sixty Thousand Dollars
Orders For Invitations
To Be Given Next Week;
Three Styles Offered
Don Jennings, chairman of the
invitations committee, announced
today that orders will be taken
for invitations starting Monday
afternoon. You may place your
order with the committee at the
main gate. It is desired that or­ders
be placed as soon as possi­ble
in order that the invitations
may be received in time forAuse.
The styles and prices will be
the same as those of last quarter.
There will be three styles on sale.
French Fold, cardboard, and
leather. The French fold type
folder will be priced at $.20 each
Cardboard folders will be $.30
each; and leather folders will be
$.50 each.
Auburn Men
Commissioned
At Fort Sill
Group Has Completed
Officer Training
In Field Artillery
The following men, former stu­dents
at API have been commis­sioned
second lieutenants in
Field Artillery upon completion
of the Officer Candidate Course
of the Field Artillery - School,
FqrJLSil!,, O k l a . ^ ..,^-..,...,_1.
Sloan R. Fountain, Montgom­ery,
Ala.; Harold W. Warren,
Alexander City, Ala.; Barney R.
Estes, Covin, Ala.; Otto L. Poul-sen,
Selma, Ala.; Ted L. Williams,
Bellamy, Ala.; Clarence A. Grim-mett,
Jr., Auburn, Ala.; Robert
W. Dunaway, Orrville, Ala.;
Tandy D. Little, Jr., Montgom­ery;
Nathan L. Phillips, Butler,
Ala.; Warren H. Weisz, Mont­gomery;
Thomas M. Galloway,
Mobile, Ala.; Paul C. Dean, Hart­ford,
Ala.; C. M. Wood, Atlanta,
Ga.; John T. Cope, Jr., Inverness,
Ala.; Spillman N. Fitzpatrick,
Jr., Auburn; David C. Till, Jr.,
Hayneville, Ala.
Eli W. Robinson, Jr., Lowndes­boro,
Ala.; Warren S. Sockwell,
Huntsville, Ala.; Robert Hints,
Lewisburg, Ala.; Jasper H. Mc-
C 1 u r k i n, Birmingham, Ala.;
Charles R. McMeans, Lexington,
Ala.; Ethan C. Holt, Brilliant,
Ala.; William J. Keenan, III, Co­lumbia,
S. C ; Robert F. Ellis, Jr.,
Pensacola, Fla.; Clarence E. Mi­chaels,
Birmingham; Edward H.
Wilson, Greenville, Ala.; and Jo­seph
W. Hubbard, Montgomery,
Ala.
Major John Moyer
Leads Engineers
In Burma Jungle
An Auburn graduate, Major
John E. Moyer, Jr., of New York
City, is now in Burma leading a
battalion of tough Army engi­neers
trying to hack their way
through the dense jungle from
India into Burma. This group, as­sisted
by well-trained Indian and
Chinese troops, is preparing the
roadway over which the Allies
hope to march as they drive the
Japanese out of Burma in a pre­liminary
step to the reopening of
the Burma Road.
Headquarters in India call the
new highway the Ledo Road, but
Major Moyer has renamed it the
"Tokyo Road", for, as he says,
'the stuff transported over it
will eventually wind up in Ja­pan."
While at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, Major Moyer
maintained a creditable scholastic
average and was also active in
extra-curricular activities. He
was a four-year man on the Rifle
Team, and was a first lieutenant
in the Reserve Officers Training
Corps.
Last Night's Auction Results Increase
Sales Ten To Fifteen Thousand Dollars
Auburn's four hundred thousand dollar quota in the
Third War Loan Drive had been met and exceeded by
sixty thousand dollars as this paper went to press. Bob
Smith, in releasing this statement, said that before the
day was over the committee expected the half million
dollar mark to be reached. The auction last night result­ed
in the sale of between ten and fifteen thousand dollars
worth of bonds.
By Patty McCoy
Twenty-six hundred for a pair
of nylon hose—that was the be­ginning
note and the highlight of
the big war bond auction held on
College Street Thursday night.
Beginning with a twenty-five dol­lar
offer, the bidding rapidly rose
to $1700. The jump was then
swift and sudden to $2500, and
Mr. Gordon Burch's bid of $2600
won the priceless nylons for his
wife.
Got His Girdle
Olin L. Hill got the prize of
the evening—a pre-war all rub­ber
girdle—and for only $50, too.
Just to prove he could do it, the
auctioneer, Tom McCord, fam­ous
throughout the South, blew
up a paper bag of "hot air" and
put it up for sale. T. D. Samford
bought it with a $100 purchase of
war bonds, and proved he was a
shrewd bidder by pulling a $25
bond out of the bag as his prize.
M. L. Beck came to the front
several times, winning a box of
Hershey bars, a carton of chew­ing
gum, and some machine gun
bullets used in the Sicily invasion
and brought back here by a form­er
Auburn man.
Navy Comes Through
When a second pair of nylon
hose was offered, Lt. Command­er
Edward Phillips, who had
fought hard for the first pair and
lost, took the hose with a $1000
purchase. Among other things
given away with purchases were
golf and tennis balls, and album
of wedding music, films, rubber
baby pants, letterhead stationery
and envelopes, and bobby pins.
Yell for Tiger Rag
The auction was preceded by a
parade featuring the Auburn
band providing martial music,
while the Naval radio trainees
and aviation cadets marched
through the business section. The
Navy boys sang " A n c h o rs
Aweigh," and the crowd roared
for the band to play "Tiger Rag."
With this unbeatable combina­tion
of Navy and Auburn spirit
the crowd felt inspired to make
good the battle cry of the cur­rent
drive, "Over the top or
bust."
After the rally a special show­ing
of "The Sky's The Limit" was
held at the Tiger Theater, with
admittance only on evidence of
bond purchases made during the
Third War Loan Drive.
Navy Instructor,
Ex-Tennis Pro,
Coaches Team
Gil Stacey, one of the South's
outstanding professional tennis
players, is now the unofficial and
unpaid coach of the Auburn ten­nis
team. He is also director of
the campus intramural tourna­ments
now being played. Mr.
Stacy is attending to these du­ties
on the side, as his regular
position here is instructor in aer­ial
navigation and assistant di­rector
of physical education for
Auburn's War Training Service
school for Naval aviation cadets.
Mr. Stacey, who operated the
West Side Tennis Club in Atlanta
before going to work for the
Navy and Auburn, at one time
held the Alabama junior cham­pionship.
At his Atlanta club he
has staged exhibitions by almost
all the tennis "greats," and has
played many of them himself. He
considers Don Budge the great­est
of them all. "But don't ask
me what happened when I played
(Continued on Page 6)
Plane Crash
Injures STAR
Who Was Here
Former News Reporter
Writes Auburn Girl
From Iowa Hospital
Severly injured in his second
plane crash, H e r b Harmetz,
former Auburn STAR trainee
who was preparing to go to Mos­cow
as Associated Press corres­pondent
when he was inducted,
is lying in an Army hospital in
Iowa facing months of invalid­ism
and a possible medical dis­charge.
In a letter to Miss Mar­garet
Toomer, Auburn student
and daughter of State Senator
Sheldon L. Toomer, Harmetz
said he still hoped to see active
service.
Most of the letter was written
by Harmetz's nurse. He was able
to add only a few words. The
former Washington and New
York newspaperman was in a
plane which crashed somewhere
in the Midwest and was. taken to
Schnick General Hospital in
Clinton, la. He had been in a
plane accident before he went
into the Army, which left him
with a bad knee.
In the recent crash Harmetz
suffered several broken vertbrae
and at the hospital paralysis was
induced so that the back could
heal. The nurse said he would be
immobilized for some time, but
that he should recover the full
use of his body eventually. Since
his accident he has received word
that his father, a lieutenant com­mander,
is reported missing in
action in the Southwest Pacific
theater.
Herb, who made many friends
while at Auburn, was sent from
here to an ASTP foreign area
school at the University of Iowa
in Iowa City. Why he was travel­ing
in a plane was not disclosed.
He holds a pilot's license and has
always been enthusiastic about
flying, according to Miss Toomer.
ON THE CAMPUS
Dance
Another open air dance and a
program of movie shorts will
be held Saturday night according
to an announcement made by
Lawrence Barnett, director of
campus entertainments.
The movies will be shown at
9:00 in Library Grove and will
consist of a number of shorts.
AVMA
The AVMA meeting will be
held in the old Vet Building at
7:30 Monday night.
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega, National
Scouting fraternity, will hold its
regular meeting Thursday night
at 7:30 in the chapter room over
Benson's.
ASME
The ASME regular meeting
will be held Tuesday night at
7=00.- i. j Mi';l
AIChE
AIChE will meet Monday night
at 7:30 in Ross, room 203.
Interfraternity Council
The regular meeting of the In­terfraternity
Council will be
Monday night at 7:15.
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It Can And Does Happen Here
Before Mr. Marsh's column of two weeks
ago went on a tangent concerning Eras­mus,
Grable, et al, he made a point con­cerning
the ignorance of one of the female
students which bears repition.
It seems impossible that a college stu­dent
should have such an abysmal ignor­ance
of world affairs. The reader may re­member
the case: a girl in Auburn did not
know Russia's position in this war. This
is, of course, abnormal, and as such it
needs little more than a pitiful glance.
We fail to recognize, however, that ignor­ance
(not so obvious, of course) pervades
the atmosphere of too many places . . .
well-educated as well as illiterate areas.
The immediate concern of college men
and women should be the eradication of
this ignorance, and since education, by
definition, is the only cure, the education
of the mind is the logical solution.
An example of this loose thinking is all
too apparent in our evaluations of the cur­rent
world situation. We leave it to our
readers to discover the truth about, shall
we say, Franco Spain,- Congressmen Dies,
Hoffman, etc., the cartel situation, and
numberless other centers of interest from
which a careless and brief perusal of the
daily press would never withdraw the
veil.
As a point, do you know that Finland's
last election was a farce, and the people
had no more opportunity to choose their
president than the people of France today?
Is it known that the president of Finland,
along with Mannerheim (representing the
military), represents a center of Fascist
thought and action that is no less repre­hensible
than that of Hitler's himself? Is
it known that an incongruous situation
exists, when Finland fights our allies, and
maintains an efficient staff in Washing­ton
(perhaps to get military information*
as well as to give diplomatic receptions)
with the approval of the United States
government?
There are numerous, unfortunately all
too numerous, examples of this sort. The
popular press must be scanned more care­fully
than it is. Ignorance is dangerous.
Misinformation is more so, for there is no
reason for its existence. The people can
only be expected to act wisely if it has
the information upon which to act. ~
Careless thought is dangerous. Read with
the mind as well as with the eye.
Our Readers Speak
Dear Auburn,
We, an isolated but loyal detachment of
Auburn men in the Army Air Forces,
wish to notify the world that we are still
in existence. We are unfortunate enough
to be members of the A. E. F. (Americans
Exiled in Florida). We are Auburn men
who entered the Air Corps as technical
non-flying cadets for training at the Army
Air Forces Technical School at Yale Uni­versity
in Engineering, Communications,
Meteorology, Armament, etc. However,
the courses at Yale are preceded by a thir­teen-
week basic course which we are now
deeply engaged in here.
Those of us stationed here have been
here for periods varying from two weeks
to thirteen weeks. That time has been the
busiest we have^ever spent in our lives
and although most of us thought we
worked hard at API, we're wondering
what we did with all the spare time we
had there.
We are living in an $8,000,000 club the
army has taken over on the Atlantic Coast
thirty-five miles north of Miami. However,
the club has been stripped of all its glam­orous
furnishings and we live six, eight,
and ten men to the room sleeping on dou­ble
decker beds (with mattresses like slabs
of marble) and without chairs or tables.
I'm writing this with the paper spread on
a book which is balanced precariously on
my knee. We roll out at 0530 (5:30) and
from then continuously until 2200 (10:00)
when lights are out, it's, "Look proud,
Mister!" "On the double, Mister," "On the
triple, Mister," "Hurry, Hurry, Hurry."
All our P. T. is done in those "ton-heavy"
G. I. shoes and the obstacle course we have
here turns strong men gray haired in short
order. Our cross country course (called the
"Burma Road") looks like a section of the
Andes Mountains. The P. T. Department
takes particular pride in concorting devil­ish
new exercises, their latest brain child
is a fiendish sport called "Boca Murders"
(a very appropriate title) which is a com­bination
of football, soccer, basketball,
waterpolo, wrestling, and boxing. The P.
T. and drill here have earned the place and
title of "Commando Training Center No.
1."
In addition to the rigorous drill and P.
T., we have regular classes in mess man­agement,
military law, administration, air­craft
recognition, interior guard duty, sup­ply,
etc., which practically constitute an
O. C. S. course in themselves.
We see in The Plainsman (which is prac­tically
our only contact with the outside
world) where several of the Auburn En­gineers
of Fort Leonard Wood are return­ing
to API on ASTP to await OCS vacan­cies.
We envy them greatly because we
are moving soon to Seymour Johnson
Field, North Carolina and then of course,
we expect to eventually wind up at Yale
University, in the land of the "dam Yan­kees."
It's gratifying to hear that fraternity
life is still functioning. We are glad to hear
of anything that makes Auburn seem like
the old "pre-Shickelgruber" Auburn. All
of us would give several years of our lives
to attend one more good Auburn dance.
Florida, my friends, (with all due respect
to the Auburn students who reside in this
fair state) is far from being a land of sun­shine
and flowers. It is, instead, a land of
hellish heat, of mosquitoes like dive bomb­ers,
and of endless sandy soil (that with
coral snakes and sand burrs galore!)
Some of us in this detachment are grad­uates
of API. Those of us who have not
graduated intend to return to API as soon
as possible after the war to continue the
work toward our degrees. Yes, you really
miss the old Village of the Plains once
you're away.
I am writing this in behalf of Aviation
Cadets Marion Wilkins, Melvin White,
Lewis "Hot Dog" Morgan, Hamp McRae,
E. W. Tyler, Dick Turner, Norm Cohen,
Stewart Douglas, B. J. Dryden, and myself
—all good loyal Auburn men (so we think,
at least).
Well, Auburn, we all hope to see you
again and until then—"War Eagle"!
Sincerely,
Bill Trammell
Aviation Cadet
U. S. Army Air Forces
IFOMWjAlWEJfgg^^
Confidentially
By A. D. BROOKS
Editor'» note: The opinions expressed In this column are those of the writer and
are not to be construed as t h e editorial policies of this paper.
We have heard so many ASTs—they come up habitually,
don't they? We'll get it over first, this time—speak of their
professor in such-and-such a course. Sometimes it's compli­mentary;
in fact, lots of times what they have to say is com­plimentary.
But, even if they desire to cuss him out, they can't
tell you—9 times out of 10—the name of the prof.
When we were in high school, we walked into a new room
each hour, for the first time in our lives. We took our text and
ourselves and hurried to a back seat on that first exciting and
unhappy day in the school year. In each strange room, a new
face greeted us as teacher, and his or her introduction to us be­came
as habitual as the initial roll-taking.
But perhaps, by the time we get to college, we don't need
to know who is lecturing us. It is very seldom that the teacher
of a course introduces himself. Usually, however, there are a
few in the class who know him, and his name circulates among
the students. That's good.
On the other hand, in a class of ASTs, no one knows whom
it is who comes to class in the capacity of professor. So it can't
get around among the class members just to whom they say,
"sir." That's bad. Perhaps his face and personality is sufficient
to some, but it is apparent that the knowledge of his name
would not necessarily be excess baggage. They have to re­member
so much, anyway, that a few names might not over-iburden
them.
It is our modest suggestion that each Prof. This and Dr.
That inform his students of his appellation. It wouldn't be a
bad idea to do so even though his anxious audience does not
wear khaki.
Now, let's put the professors and ASTs in a moth-proofed
bag and forget about them for a while. Suffice it to say that
our remarks grew not out of an AST-problem, but that their
coming opened our eyes—and our typewriter—to an old situa­tion.
* * *
Katie and we have spent quite some time, recently, convers­ing
on the subject of changes in Auburn since Pearl Harbor.
She projected herself into the future some ten or fifteen years
and delivered a pensive monologue on "Way back when . . ."
* * »
While we are on the subject, we remember certain things
voiced by faculty members and townspeople who were in Au­burn
at the time of the last war. When the threat of war was
only a shadow, when a uniform was something to stare at,
when we had a football team that beat Georgia, when frater­nity
houses were fraternity houses, when you could get a taxi
when you wanted one, when we had a full faculty, when board­ing
houses in town were crammed with boys, when special
trains ran for major football games, and when there were no
Saturday quizzes—we heard some interesting facts about the
changes the last war made in Auburn.
It was fun to listen to them rather impersonally; after all,
it wouldn't ever happen again, would it? We heard about Au­burn's
being changed into an Army Training Camp; we heard
with open ears and closed minds.
It's happened, though. In future dream-like years, when
Junior comes to Auburn, perhaps he'd like to hear about the
Auburn of the Second World War, when rationing, war-movies,
shortages, war bonds, uniforms, V-Mail, the bugler-on-the-platter,
and the obstacle curse made Auburn at least some­what
aware of a war in the world somewhere.
Crossed Cannon and Castles
Kditor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be eonstrned as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
The 3rd Company ASTP re­ceived
218 new trainees from Fort
McClellan on September 21. The
Quadrangle seemed to be burst­ing
with soldiers. Telegrams,
mail, phone calls, rosteTs, etc.,
kept us on the run. Then, sud­denly
everything became quiet.
Reason—218 men had entered
Auburn, been assigned quarters,
became acquainted with their
new location and were off on fur­lough
before they realized what
had happened to them.'
* * »
The First Sergeant was ex­plaining
to the newly arrived
trainees that they would be giv­en
furloughs prior to starting
their schooling. He went on to say
that furloughs would be stag­gered
so that a small group would
be leaving each day and there­fore
a small group would be re­turning
in the same manner un­til
all the men had had a fur­lough.
There was a pause and then a
voice from the crowd remarked,
"You stagger us out. We will do
the staggering in."
* * *
If anyone should wander
through the quadrangle, he would
discover that the main topic of
conversation is furlough. Just in
case you didn't know, the AST
basic will complete their quarter
on October 1st, and will go on
8-day furloughs, starting Oct. 2.
For most of the byos, it will be
their first appearance at home in
uniform and, as you might expect,
they are quite anxious.
By Oct. 1st, the boys will have
completed a tough 12-week quar­ter,
climaxed with 12 examina­tions
lasting about 2 hours each.
Taken all in all, we think the
boys deserve a vacation, and
hope each one has the time of
his life.
The boys are scheduled to start
classes again on Oct. 11th, so un­til
then, so long!
Off Limits: For the information
of the- men in army uniform who
leave Auburn on pass or fur­lough,
the following establish­ments
have been prescribed "Off
Limits" for all members of the
Army:
Mattie Hursts Place and Lee
Smith's Place on the Eufaula
Highway between Georgetown,
Ga„ and Eufaula, Ala.
* * *
The vets have been authorized
to wear the medical department
braid on their caps. They are to
wear the caduceus on the blouse
lapel button.
If you notice a number of "pill
rollers," as they are often dubbed,
just remember they are our fa­miliar
vets.
» « *
ROTC Cadets are again cau­tioned
to wear the uniform only
on authorized occasions—drill.
The uniform is to be worn com­plete,
including the cap, and in
the prescribed manner. Should
the weather be such as to require
additional garments for warmth,
these garments are to be worn
under the shirt.
* * *
The Army Signal Corps now
has a combination weather and
radio station, about the size and
shape of a steamer trunk,, that
will broadcast reports on tem­perature,
humidity and barom­eter
pressure every few hours for
three months when buried on the
shore of an enemy country.
* » *
A former Auburn student now
in North Africa wrote back to a
friend here and commented on
what the French in Algeria think
of the American way of fixing a
high ball. The French say that
First the Americans put whis­key
in to make the drink strong.
Then water in it to make it
weak.
Next add sugar to make it
sweet,
Then lemon to make it sour,
Raises the glass and says
"Here's to you,"
Then drinks it himself.
Rhapsodi zings •
By FRANK MARSH
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed aa the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
In the summer of 1940 a young
employee of the Department of
Interior was making a boat trip
down the Ulewa River in British
Borneo. Except for the mosqui­toes
and stinging flies, the Amer­ican
was alone and lost in the
jungle blackness that screened
the river.
* • *
He was trying not to think of
the crocodiles that were swim­ming
beneath his boat when he
became conscious of a roaring
sound of a massive waterfall, and
he knew his boat would soon be
moving faster with the water that
was rushing to the falls.
* • *
Then, in the distance, he saw a
small opening in the jungle sky­line
which might indicate a trib­utary
stream which could harbor
his craft until morning. So he
steered the boat in that direction.*
* » *
From the river bank a light ap­peared
and a voice, an English
voice, called to him and told him
to steer the boat toward the light.
The lonely American did so and
when he had tied the boat to a
tree he stepped off the boat to
clasp the Englishman's extended
hand.
* * •
The two introduced themselves
and the Englishman invited the
American to follow him to his
place where they could spend the
night. Because the Englishman
seemed too busy fighting off in­sects
to talk, the pair walked in
silence.
* » »
In a short while the two men
arrived at a high bamboo wall.
The Britisher rapped one of the
poles a few times with his pipe
and a gate was opened from the
inside by a native servant.
* * •
The open gate revealed a clear­ing
through which they walked
to an impressive English type
house. They walked into the
house and over to a table on
which there were two large
scotch-and-sodas.
* * »
The Englishman handed the
American one of the drinks and
they sat down on two heavily
stuffed chairs and faced each
other. Then the Englishman
spoke.
* * *
"Save your questions for a
minute," he said, "and I'll try to
give you an explanation about
myself and this place. For fifteen
years I was a junior partner in a
London banking firm which has
been in the family for genera­tions.
My help wasn't needed
around the place so I started
spending several months of each
year at big game hunting here in
Borneo.
* * *
"My fascination for the sport
grew with my skill and I finally
decided to move down here. This
house, which I brought from Lon­don,
is my only reminder of
home. My family no longer tries
to find me and I am quite happy
to be left alone.
* • *
"Hunting jungle beasts, how­ever,
has become boring to me. I
am now too good a hunter for the
sport to be dangerous enough. I
know the instincts and habits of
every animal in this jungle so
well that armed with a single
rifle I can bag any type of game
without getting excited.
* * *
"At various times different an­imals
have been my favorite
prey. Apes, because they are more
intelligent, were the last beasts
to amuse me. But now they are
as easy as the others.
* • •
"Consequently, the only ani­mal
that now is worthy of my
opposition in a hunt is man. And
man is only when I give him the
odds.
* • •
"You didn't come here by ac­cident.
The sound you thought
came from a waterfall is really
sound equipment placed down
the river about a mile from here.
You, like everyone who comes
down this river, naturally turned
into the tributary stream • y o u
saw.
* * •
"You must realize that you are
completely at my mercy. You
may or may not knoW that one of
my men is standing just back of
your chair at this very moment.
The point is that there is nothing
(Continued on Pago S)
• '
October 1, 1943 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Draughon Outlines API's
Part In All-Out War
Naval Radio School, ASTP, Aviation Cadet,
Regular Students All Trained At Auburn
Approximately 30,000 civilians have been trained in shop
and technical work by Auburn for work in essential war in­dustries,
hundreds of Army and Navy men have been trained
in specialized courses, and the work of the regular college
students has been carried on without interruption, Ralph B.
Draughon of Alabama Polytechnic Institute told Kiwanians
at their annual "Auburn Day"
Forty API Men
Go To Maxwell
For Training
Enter Third Phase
Of Army Air Forces
Intensive Program
Forty youths from API have re­ported
to the Army Air Pre-
Flight School for pilots at Max­ell
Field to begin the third phase
of their training as pilots in the
U. S. Army Air Forces' expand­ing
program.
These aviation cadets are re­ceiving
nine weeks of intensive
physical, military and academic
instruction ai Maxwell Field,
preparatory to beginning their
actual flight training at one of
the many primary flying schools
located in the Army Air Forces
Eastern Flying Training Com­mand.
(
These men are Aviation Cadets
James L. Beindorf, Douglas W.
Blalock, James A. Bryant, Leon
B. Burns, Jr., Jerry H. D. Butt,
Eugene D. Carder, Milton M.
Christie, Harold Clayton, Brad­ley
F. Cliett, Jr., Gordon D. Do-lan,
William E. Dupree, Thomas
F. Dyas.
Robert E. Hails, John R. Hall,
Harry W. Jehle, Forest S. Jen­kins,
Earl G. Jones, William H.
Jones, Walter S. Kelly, Earl C.
Knowlton, Jr., Harry C. Maddox,
Paul N. Mallette, Erwin H. Man-grum,
Felix A. McKinney, Jr.
Allen G. McMillan, Arthur P.
Miller, John E. Montgomery,
Loyd W. Nix, Harlan A. Page,
Jr., Henry E. Pitts, Jr., James
E. Prichett, John G. Rea, James
. W. Rye, John M. Schnell, Jr.,
Thomas W. Scruggs, Jr., Dean
Sessamen, Hillary A. Taff, Dal-ton
F. Tommei, Jack C. Turner,
and Ollie R. Williamson.
program Wednesday at Mont­gomery.
Preceding Mr. Draughon's talk
Dr. L. N. Duncan, API president,
spoke briefly on Auburn's con­tribution
to the war effort.
Outlining the college's war
training program, Mr. Draughon
said that the first service group
trained at API was.400 sailors
with an aptitude for radio. The
second classes to arrive were
from the Army Signal Corps fqr
training in pre-radar. Since then,
there have been classes for train­ing
in engineering, medicine and
pre-medicine, dentistry, veteri­nary
medicine, personnel, a-n d
foreign areas and languages.
The college, Mr. Draughon
said, from April 8 to Aug. 25,
assisted in selecting men for spe­cialized
training from 5,000 sent
to API by Army field selection
boards.
Commenting on the "tremend­ously
intensive" courses given
the Army and Navy students, the
speaker said the engineers and
naval aviation cadets had 48
hours of class work per week in
contrast to 18 hours of the regu­lar
college student.
BUY WAR BONDS
AND STAMPS
AVIATION OFFICER
SPEAKS TO LIONS
ABOUT NAVY UNIT
Out of the 30,000 Naval avia­tion
trainees of last year, only
20,000 received their "wings"
while 10,000 were "washed out,"
Lt. Henry H. Orr, Jr., resident
Naval officer of the Naval Avia­tion
Unit, told the Lions Club at
their recent luncheon meeting.
In a period of four years the U.
S. Navy, increased its personnel
of trainees from 400 to 30,000, he
said.
Lt. Orr declared that the Navy
Department selected Auburn as
an aviation training base because
of the outstanding record of the
API alumni, the high rating of
the school's faculty personnel,
the friendly atmosphere existing
here, and the excellent airport
facilities offered by the local
field.
OPINION POLL
By Nick Nigosian
Not that we're trying to make
this thing too self-centered, but
this week's question of the hour
is on this column itself. With the
affirmative side coming out very
definitely in the lead, it is im­portant
to know that the question
is "Do you.think that questions
on current events should be
asked in this student opinion
poll?"
Billy Russell, Luverne: "Yes,
people who didn't know of some
special event would benefit by
reading The Plainsman."
Alberto Parra, Caracas, Ven-zuela:
"Why yes, especially stu­dents'
opinions on questions con­cerning
the way that happenings
of today will affect the future
American way of living in par­ticular,
and American policies in
general."
Bob Svenson, Florence: "Yes, I
believe that it would stimulate
an interest in current news and
its significance."
A. D. Brooks, Auburn: "No, I
read the Birmingham News and
listen to Raymond Gram Swing's
opinions. That's enough.
Elah Bell, Auburn: "Yes, many
of us never take time to read
any paper except The Plains­man."
Bill Ingalls, Montgomery: "Yes,
while the average student doesn't
have time to go into the matter
as thoroughly as some of the old­er
armchair strategists, his opin­ion
should by no means be over
looked."
David Jenkins, Birmingham:
"Yes, this poll would tend to
arouse more interest in current
events and would serve as an in­formative
source as well as an
argumentative stimulant."
Harriet McGuire, Decatur, Ga.:
"Yes, I think students would read
more and think more of current
events if they had a place to ex­press
their opinions in a poll of
this sort."
Home Economics Club
To Do Red Cross Work
As the first project .of the year
the Dana King Gatchell Home
Economics Club has chosen Red
Cross work, with Marvis Reeder
as chairman. The girls plan to
meet each Wednesday night in
the Red Cross room to roll band­ages.
A membership drive is under
way; all students enrolled in the
School of Home Economics are
urged to attend the meetings each
second a n d - fourth Thursday
nights at 7:15 o'clock in Smith
Hall.
Have a Coca-Cola =• Howdy, Neighbor
MWEKIB
from Arizona to Australia
At home or abroad, when the American soldier says Have a
"Coke" to a stranger, he's made a new buddy. From Minneap­olis
to Melbourne, Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes
—has become the mark of the good neighbor.
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"Auburn Girls Stink", Says Paratrooper
In Letter To Plainsman Staff Member
The following letter was re­ceived
last week by a member of
the staff. We thought it might be
of some interest to the students of
API, especially the girls.
My Dear Mimi— -
Believe it or not . . . but I
have been sitting at this damn
typewriter trying to figure out a
novel way to start this letter.
As yet I have found no novel
way, so in desperation I'm re­sorting
to ordinary writing and
I feel human once more.
Starting from scratch . . . you
arid I are both total strangers . . .
in other words the only thing
that you know about me at pres­ent
is that I am a member of the
armed forces and right now you
can't even be too sure of that.
What I know about you is even
less informative. But I do know
that your name is Simms and
that you do have journalistic
tendencies . . . and that is all I
need know. So if you promise
not to tear this letter or hate the
writer or pass this off as a jest,
I will attempt jn my own corny
way to try and relate to you just
what I have on my mind. Are you
with me?
Visits Auburn Three Times
Since I have been at Fort Ben-ning
I have gone to the lousy
town of Auburn only three times
and believe me when I say that
it has been three times too much.
Perhaps the fault of the town is
not in jthe town itself but more
or less in the college girls who
practically run it.
Maybe I haven't been clear
enough so I'll try to present the
facts more coldly. Auburn girls
stink! And you can quote me on
that. They are as high-toned or
as intelligent as they appear . . .
it's just that they were born with
turned up noses. They can't dress
. . . and they don't know what
style means. Personality to them
is just some long word . in the
dictionary.
Never have a bunch of females
been blessed with so little a sense
of humor . . . and the little they
do have is so effected that it's
corny. They are about as allur­ing
as a bunch of goats . . . and
some of-them have the beards to
match. They are silly, unexciting,
gawky looking, unshapely, sad
faced, conventionable . . . an be­sides
that they have not one iota
•of "S. A." They are like spinach
. . . some people like it . . . but
most people do not and I have
more than one male's name to
back up everyone of those state­ments.
Take it for what it is
worth.
He Gets Gooey
Now look Mimi, I do not want
to seem like a louse. You may or
may not apply to the above and
besides I did not intend that the
screaming slur on Auburn wom­anhood
apply to all Auburn fe­males.
It is my fervent hope that
you are not one to whom this
document (if that is what it may
be called) denounces. Somehow
or other I have always favored
the first name of "Mimi" so in
that way I seem^to take an in­direct
liking to you. Maybe that
sounds crazy and confused.to you
but I wish that you would think
that I mean it because sincerely
I do.
Now for the rest of my story—
What's the matter with the
girls? Are they too "upper class"
to go out with a common ordinary
soldier who may in a day or
month or year be fighting for
these same ideals that the girls
hold so loftily. Hell, it isn't a mat­ter
of great importance—the sol­diers
can go to other towns for
outside enjoyment. It's just that
we here think that it is all some
terribly undemocratic treatment,
and maybe it was good enough
for the southern boys once upon
a time. But Yankees don't like
it—not that they are any better
—but they have been honeyed so
much with this farce called
"southern hospitality" that they
are sick.
I understand perfectly that this
won't create any good will be­tween
paratroopers and the "Tig­er
Girls" . . . but then I don't
give a good damn. All I know is
that I was told to Write to some­one
. . . and say exactly what I'm
saying now. Personally I feel
the same way—but as for myself,
I wouldn't waste the time in
writing this to them if it wasn't
what the troopers requested—
and, after all, I'm here to do any­thing
for their morale.
I would like very much to hear
your side of the argufnent if
there is any. And if this is print­ed,
I would like to have a few
issues. Please don't think that
I'm trying to preach or change—
our outfit and myself are "pub­licity-
hungry" and we like to cre­ate
ill-will where ever we go.
Very sincerely,
Cpl. Bob Silver
Special Service Office
513th Parachute Infantry
Ft. Benning, Georgia
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AUBURN'S FINEST
SCHOOLS ISSUE
DEAN'S LISTS
FOR QUARTER
Twenty-seven students were in
the upper five percent of their
respeetive schools and entitled to
be on the dean's list. They are
the following:
Chemistry:' Marjorie McKin-non,
Auburn; Pauline McGinnis,
Montgomery; and James Roberts,'
Montgomery.
Science And Literature: Sara
Evans Glenn, Opelika; Billy
Myrick Goode, Auburn; Frances
King, Lanett, and Annie C.
Thrasher, Auburn.
Engineering: G. Wilkes Burn­ett,
Goodwater; William Neil
Cambell, Dadeville; James L.
Flinn, Centerville, Tenn.; James
H. Sheppard, Jr., Edison, Ga.;
Charles D. Brown, Selma; Ed­ward
E. Palmer, Auburn; Wil­liam
C. Brady, Grove Hill; John
G. Coats, Jr., Mobile, and Ed­ward
J. Lide, Birmingham.
Cooperative students who
earned this privilege during the
Spring Quarter are: Warner Sin-back,
Dixiana; Milner H. Eskew,
TJniontown, and William Robert
Robinson, Nashville, Tenn.
Veterinary Medicine: B. W.
Caplinger, Frankfort, Ky.; J. L..
Sledge, Greensboro; C. .C. Har-man,
Floyd, Va.; H. E. Riddle,
Piedmont, S. C; J. J. Davis,
Gadsden; W. F. Rawlinson, Man­ning,
S. C; and R. W. Porter,
Quincy, Fla.
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T H E P L A I N S M AN October 1, 1943
Sigma Chis
Give Picnic
On Weekend
Sigma Chi fraternity gave an­other
of their famous 'chicken
barbecues' last week end. The
members, pledges, and dates left
Auburn at four oclock, third War
Bond time, for the well-known
"Chewacla State Park."
A picnic supper was. enjoyed
and the group sang, as is the old
Sigma Chi custom. Mr. and Mrs.
E. O. Jones were guests of the
fraternity.
Guests, members, pledges, and
dates were Harry Donovon, Bet­ty
Fearn; Tommy Mastin, June
Mastin; Johin D. Baumhaur, Bar­bara
Powell, Charlie Hill, Dotty
Hill; Bill Cunningham, Barbara
Weaver; Howard Weir, Emma
Frances Riser; Frank Hale,
Martha Hogden; Henry Green,
Jane Jansen; Hugh Payne, Betty
Beall; Harpo Warren, Mary B.
Tucker; Fielding Lindsey, Marcia
McWilliams; Frank Wyatt, Vir­ginia
Ann Strong.
Albert Wells, Katherine San­derson;
Leo Mueller, Virginia
Collins; Charlie Peacock, Martha
Rush; Walter Nelson, Virginia
Jernigen; Biddie Bidez, Jean
Smith; Harper Johnson, Eleanor
Muer; Harold McGee, Betty Wat-kins;
Harold Massey, Minnie
Ward Bamburg; Lawrence Cot­tle,
Ann DuBose; Bobby Bare-field,
Dottie Woodall; Geo. Keen-an,
Katherine Vinsen; Bobby
Whitly and Maurice Wally.
SAE PLEDGES ELECT
Pledges of Alabama Alpha-Mu
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon elected
officers at a recent meeting.
Montgomery Allen, Charleston,
S. C, was elected president and
Hicks Ford, Columbus, Ga., will
serve as secretary and treasurer.
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Here's The Easy Way
To Be A Lady-Killer
A Coed Divulges The Deep, Dark Secrets
Of How To Get Along With The Auburn Girls
By Jeanne Townsend
Some of the uniformed men who attend Auburn are def­initely
off the beam as far as campus manners and every day
etiquette are concerned, and need some sort of informal guide
pertaining to foresaid.
Of course, the above does not apply to many of you who
come here and you who have been here for any length of
time, but for those boys who are
just coming in (and some few al­ready
here) we print a short list
of prerequisites for your making
friends and keeping the respect
that your uniform commands.
1. Never, never whistle or
howl at a girl passing. Speak
in a friendly way and ten to
one, she'll return the greeting.
2. You must learn that some
things just aren't done on this
campus and no matter where
you are from and how they do
it there, it best that you get
in the know about what goes
here.
. Afteryall, you don't know
how long you'll be on this cam­pus,
and you should get started
on the right foot.
3. Dont walk up to a girl and
start a conversation w i t h,
"What's your name?" or "Say,
you're cute!" The girl who falls
for this isn't the one you want
anyway, so try being a little
more subtle, at least.
4. No need in verbally tear­ing
the place down, either,
even if you don't like it. So
don't tell the natives what
they've missed by not living in
Schenectedy or Kalamazoo.
5. As peculiar or po-white the
accent is in these parts, don't
ridicule it. Buddy, this can
work two ways and back again
. . . and after all, we were here
first and, if we like it, so what?
6. No matter how you feel
about your plight, don't make
slighting remarks about boys
you see in civilian clothes. You
don't know them; they may be
doing their part without the
uniform and may be sacrificing
more than you.
7. If you do want to meet
girls, .and what boy doesn't?,
try chumming up with a boy
who has been here a while . . .
undoubtedly he has a friend
who has a friend.
8. If you do no good there,
the SO rooms, the Episcopal
Service rooms, and the Student
Center are open daily for your
use.
Well men, this is enough for
now; we all know that you are
fine groups of boys and we do
wanta be friends!
PS . . . This article was not
written by a college instructor,
chaperone, dean, nor member of
any anti-social organization, and
is intended to aid you as much as
possible.
Kappa Sigma Initiates
Beta Eta chapter of Kappa Sig­ma
announced that it initiated
Oris Hopkins, Samson, this week.
Pi Kappa Phi Girls
Will Be Hostesses
At Sunday Open House
The girls of the Pi Kappa Phi
house and their housemother,
Mrs. W. H. Gregory, will be
hostesses at the second of the
series of open house entertain­ments
which is to be held from
3:30 to 5:30 on Sunday after­noon,
October 3.
Every student on the Auburn
campus and every one connect­ed
with the campus in any way
is invited to attend this affair
at the Pi Kappa Phi house on
South College Street.
Shell Toomer
Commissioned
At Notre Dame
Sheldon Lyne Toomer, a grad­uate
of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, with the graduating
class of midshipmen at Notre
Dame, was commissioned this
week as an ensign in the United
States Naval Reserve.
"Shell" was a member of Sig­ma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity arid
a member of the Auburn Knights
Orchestra, playing first saxo­phone,
clarinet and arranging
music for the latter organization.
During 1942 he was co-art editor
of the Glomerata, student year
book. ; .
While attending the midship­men's
school at Notre Dame, En­sign
Toomer, was made squad
leader. He played in the Notre
Dame Orchestra which is com­posed
of 16 cadets chosen from
150 cadet musicians.
Ensign Toomer arrived Thurs­day
to enjoy a short leave with
his parents in Auburn.
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6:15 Overnight Sports
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6:30 Rise and Shine
7:00 Morning News -Summary
7:15 Alarm Clock Club
7:00 World News Review
7:15 Alarm Clock Club
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30:00 Mid-Morning News
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11:15 Bill Hay Reads the Bible
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Hayride Given
By Kappa Sigma
Fraternity Uses
Wagons And Teams
For Ride To Park
Kappa Sigma fraternity gave a
real, old-fashioned hayride last
Saturday evening. It was quite
unique in the fact that wagons
and teams were used instead of
the conventional trucks.
Members, pledges, and dates
met at the Kappa Sigriia house
at four o'clock where they board­ed
the wagons and took off for
Chewacla. The group enjoyed a
weiner roast supper with all the
trimmings and returned to the
campus at 9 o'clock.
Bill Stump, Catherine Smith;
Lt. and Mrs. Sutton were guests
of the fraternity.
Kappa Sigs and dates were La­mar
Ware, Nancy Reinsmith; Bill
Randolph, Jeannette Ellis; Harry
Campbell, Lulu Embrey; Don
Wiggins, Ruth Strain; Walter
Pitts, Molly O'Connell; Lorenzo
Sinclair, Margaret Nell Maxwell;
Larry Bartlett, Becky Fincher;
Ellis Stanley, Grace Tange; Paul
Irvine, Anne Tredwell.
Billy Salmon, Hermione Farn-ham;
Hugh Capers, Henrietta Al­lison;
Fletcher Edders, Martha
Athey; Bob Stanley, Ann Tanner;
Tom Simms, Mittie Jones; Cecil
Price, Winifred Hill; Jack Greg­ory,
Mickey McCarty; Byrd Lee,
Mildred Lippitt; Jack T a t e,
Kathrine Truss.
Oriss Hopkins, Betty Sue
Smith; Gus Baldwin, Nan Keller;
Jimmy Dick, Helen Walden; Her­man
Dean, Beck Plowden; Sid
Ingram, Faye Freeman; Oscar
Frasier, and Jeanne Townsend.
Dr. Kruell Begins Work
With Colorado State
Dr. Wendell H. Krull, part
time instructor in pathology in
the API School of Veterinary
Medieine, has been added to the
faculty of the School of Veteri­nary
Medicine at the Colorado
State College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, Fort Collins.
Dr. Krull received his B. A.
degree from Upper Iowa Uni­versity,
Fayette, and his M. S.
degree from the State University
of Iowa, Iowa City. He received
his Ph. D. degree from the Uni­versity
of Michigan at Ann Ar­bor.
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SPE Pledges Elect
Pledges of Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity have elected the fol­lowing
officers to serve this
quarter. Bobby Humphrey, presi­dent,
Bob Gatewood, vice-presi­dent,
and Elliott Dunn, secretary
and treasurer.
SERVICE PERSONALS
Bob Dunaway, who has been
in OCS at Ft. Sill was recently-ly
on furlough here. Bob, form­erly
a student at API, returned
to Sill today for an advanced
course in Survey.
Ab Chrietzberg of Auburn is
visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Chrietzberg, this
week. Ab, who attended API,
is now a captain.
Jack McKinnon, who has fin­ished
his training at Chapel
Hill, visited his parents, Mrs.
and Mrs. John McKinnon of
Auburn this week. Jack left
Thursday for Chicago Univer­sity
where he will continue his
study in meteorology.
'Snug' Fitzpatrick of Auburn
has been visiting his parents in
Auburn. Shug was a member
of the great Auburn Knights
while attending API. He will
return to Sill this week.
Sloan Fountain of Auburn
has been visiting here while on
furlough from Ft. Sill. Sloan is
a member of Kappa Alpha fra­ternity
on the Auburn campus.
He will return to Sill this week.
Kay Montgomery, formerly
with the Auburn Knights, visit­ed
Auburn friends this week.
Kay has recently finished his
training at Chapel Hill.
Charlie Scales, former stu­dent
of API and member of
Phi Delta Theta fraternity, vis­ited
Auburn Monday and Tues­day.
Charlie was formerly sta­tioned
at Chapel Hill.
Harry Donovon, Sigma Chi
from API, is a frequent visitor
on the Auburn campus. Harry
is stationed at Maxwell Field.
John D. Baumhaur, former
student of API and member of
Sigma Chi fraternity, was a
week-end visitor in Auburn.
John D. is stationed with the
Navy at Georgia Tech.
Ed Allen, who is stationed as
an instructor with the Army
Air Corps in Albany, Ga., was
in Aubufn Tuesday. Ed, a mem­ber
of Sigma Chi fraternity, is
now a first lieutenant.
Private James Werrell, mem­ber
of SAE fraternity, has re­cently
entered basic training at
Ft. Benning. Jim attended API
and is a frequent week-end vis­itor
on the campus.
Medical Cadet Hugh Ford,
former Auburn student, has^ re­turned
to Vanderbilt after
spending a short furlough with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Ford of Auburn. Hugh was a
member of Alpha Epsilon Del­ta
on this campus and, prior to
his enlistment, taught chemis­try
at API.
'Ham' Wilson, former student
Pi Kappa Alpha
To Give Picnic
Prior To Dance
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity
plans to give a picnic at Che­wacla
State Park tomorrow after­noon.
Members and pledges and
their dates will leave for the
park at 4 o'clock and return to
Auburn at 9 o'clock in Chief's
bus. Mrs. Wallace Tidmore and
Mrs. C. E. Lowe will be the guests
of the fraternity. After returning
to town the party will attend the
street dance on the terrace of
Samford.
The following members, dates,
and guests plan to be present:
John Blake, Mary Furr; Jack
Berry, Emilee Walton; Lewis
Blackwell, Janet Blake; Mac
Davenport, Beryl Gilliam; Lee
Garrett, Julia Le Seuar; Eugene
Griffiths, Martha Ellis; Henry
Steindorff, Ruth Strain; Charles
Mobley, Catherine Bradley; Reu­ben
Burch, Halsa Kyser; Jack
Brush, Virginia Beall; Edwin
Lennep, Susanne Lowe; G. C.
Lee, Margaret Rew; Ben Risher,
Emma Lee Eversole; Billy Lynn,
Joyce Slaughter; M. O. Smith,
Ashby Foote, Marion Snow;
Frank Sadler, Joe Webb, Bob
Wynn; James Riley.
Hope-Hutton Film,
'Let's Face If,
Swell Laugh Show
The film version of the Cole
Porter musical, "Let's Face It,"
that wowed Broadway, is to show
at the Tiger Sunday and Monday.
The Paramount picture co-stars
Bob Hope and Betty Hutton,
the happiest comedy and combi­nation
seen in a long time.
The two stars caper and cavort
in this saga of a soldier-boy's off-duty
dilemmas in a way to make
you forget everything but the
good time you are having. There
is music in the right places —
some of the Cole Porter stage
show tunes and one original, writ­ten
by Sammy Cahn and Jule
Styne, called "Who Did? I Did!
Yes, I Did!" The Hope gags are
there a-plenty; in addition some
high-hitting Hutton contribu­tions,
plus the comedy talents of
Dona Drake, Cully Richards, Eve
Arden, ZaSu Pitts, Marjorie
Weaver and Raymond Walburn.
The supporting cast is an excel­lent
one and special mention must
be made of the comedy talents of
Eve Arden, ZaSu Pitts and Phyl­lis
Povah who are very funny as
romance-hungry wives. Miss Ar­den
played the same part in the
stage version.
at API and business manager
for The Plainsman, was in Au­burn
Wednesday and Thursday.
Ham, who is a member of PiKA
fraternity, recently received his
commission from Ft. Sill. He
will leave this week end for
Ft. Bragg.
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NOTICE
Due to the shortage of operators, Rubye's Beauty Salon
Will be closed for the duration. Rubye and her operators take
this opportunity to thank the ladies of East Alabama for their
patronage in the past five years of delightful association with
them. A beautician could not find lovelier ladies to serve pro­fessionally
than the ladies of Auburn, Opelika, and vicinity.
Some day I shall look forward to serving all of you again.
Until then may there be a speedy victory that will restore
peace to all.
Rubye will be in her shop the first two weeks in October,
after which the shop will be closed.
RUBYE'S BEAUTY SALON
October 1, 1943 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page five
Sale Of Concert Tickets Begins
Saturday At API News Bureau
Alec Templeton, Famous Wind Pianist,
To Give Auburn Concert October 16
Tickets for the coming Alec Templeton Concert will go on
sale Saturday morning, October 2. They can be purchased
at the API News Bureau in Samford Hall or at the Loftin
Music Company on East Magnolia' Avenue.
Alec Templeton, internationally famous musician, will
appear in Auburn Saturday, October 16. His concert will take
place in Alumni Gymnasium starting at 8:15 p. m.
On July 4, 1910, Wales gave a
musical giant to the contempo­rary
world, Alec Templeton, to­day
a concert pianist of the high­est
rank and an inimitable im-provisor
and vocal mimic.
He composed his first, piece at
the age of four, won the British
Broadcasting Corporation prize
for composition at. 13, and ac­quired
the degrees of Licentiate
of the Royal Academy of Music
and Associate of the Royal Col­lege
for Music shortly afterward.
Competing against 8,000 entrants
from the entire United Kingdom,
he won the piano contest spon­sored
by the famous London
Daily Express.
He toured England, France,
Holland, and Germany like a
medieval minstrel, playing the
masters both seriously and satiri­cally,
and vocally mimicking
with his great interpretive talent;
both classical and comical. In
1936 he came to the United States'
of America, of which he is now
a citizen.
In a six-week period, Alec
Templeton appeared with the
Symphony orchestras of New
York, Philadelphia, San Fran­cisco,
San Diego, and Los Ange­les,
breaking several attendance
records. He has appeared on
many radio programs and is now.
starred on the Cresta Blanca ra­dio
program every Wednesday
evening.
Admission to this outstanding
attraction for API students will
be 55c and their student: activity
cards. Admission to all others,
will be $1.15. These prices in­clude
all state and federal taxes.
Information as to where the
student activity cards will be
distributed will appear in next
week's paper.
Pvt. Peters
Birthday Is
Remembered
President L. N. Duncan acted
as an intermediary between a
father and mother in distant
Pennsylvania and a soldier son
when he presented a wrist watch
Monday to Private John C. Pet­ers,
Jr., a member of the ASTP
unit stationed on the Auburn
campus. The award was made in
celebration of Pvt. Peters' 21st
birthday.
The parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
G. Peters of Upper Darby, Pa.,
had planned for a long time to
give their son a gold watch when
he became of age, but with Au­burn
so far away it seemed like
an impossibility until Mrs. Peters
wrote to Dr. Duncan and asked
if he would present, the gift to
her son.
Dr. Duncan graciously consent­ed
and an informal presentation
took place in the office of the
president Monday afternoon.
Col. John J. Waterman, com­mandant,
participated in the
presentation. Others present in­cluded
Ralph Draughon, execu­tive
secretary and co-ordinator;
Kirtley Brown, director of pub­licity,
Armed Forces representa­tive,
and acting executive secre­tary;
Miss Berta Dunn, secretary
to the president; Dean Marion
Spidle; Mrs. J. W. Tidmore, col­lege
chaperone and receptionist;
Dr. J. V. Brown, director of stu­dent
employment and housing;
and Miss Patty Haney, secretary.
RHAPSODIZINGS
(Continued rrom page 2)
for you to do but sit here
listen to my proposal.
and
"I intend to give you a .22 rifle
and all the food and camping
equipment you want. When one
of my men has helped you col­lect
your supplies, I shall select
a fifteen-inch knife and nothing
else.
* • »
When you are ready let me
know and you, I, and my men
will gather in this room. Then
you will take your equipment
and leave this room. You may go
anywhere you choose. But re­member
that two hours after you
leave I shall start after you, tak­ing
only my knife and my skill.
* * *
"You may be assured that I
shall take nothing else with me
because this is the only way I
have of making the hunt inter­esting.
You will do as I say be­cause
otherwise you will be
killed here and I am confident
Servicemen Spend
Sunday On The Farm
ASTs, Marines and V-12s at
Cornell did not find time drag­ging
on Sundays this summer.
Many of the servicemen stationed
on the campus lent helping hands
harvesting beans for farmers
around the campus who were
pinched by the farmpower short­age.
On one Sunday more than 55
servicemen pitched in to harvest
more than 50,000 pounds of beans.
Alec Templeton, international­ly
famous musician, will appear
in Auburn on Saturday, Octob­er
16. The superb blind pianist,
genius of the modern- entertain­ment
world, will display his
talents—both serious and com­ic—
in Alumni Gymnasium. The
concert begins at 8:15 p. m.
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ARMY PRAISES API ENGINEERING COMMITTEE
FOR ITS USE OF PLASTIC GEOMETRIC MODELS
Highest praise from the Fourth
Service Command, has. been given
to the API Engineering commit­tee;
headed by Dean J. E. Han-num
of the School of Engirieer-ing,
for its exceptional pioneer­ing
work in the use of plastic
geometric models as visual aids
in college instruction under the
Army Specialized Training Pro­gram.
Use of plastic models in the
study of engineering drawing
and descriptive geometry at Au­burn
was first conceived by the
models sub-committee of the en­gineering
committee, which rea­lized,
because of the stringent
requirements of the army college
program, the necessity of com­pletely
revamping the traditional
methods of teaching engineering
drawing, courses; The sub-com­mittee
saw as it's- first job the
need for an accurate set of geo­metric
models to be used as vis­ual
aids in the teaching of these
subjects.
James D. McClung, instructor
in machine design and mechan­ical-
drawing at API, constructed
the first complete set, of plastic
models entirely by hand. Profes­sor
Albert L. Thomas directed
the manufacture of the machine-made
plastic figures, which were
patterned, after the original hand­made
set.
The standard group of models
now in use at Auburn consists of
you would rather take a chance
on saving your life.
* • *
"If you kill me and return to
this place it will be yours and my
men will obey you."
* « »
At that moment mess call
sounded and I lay down the mag­azine
to go eat. And when I got
back the magazine was gone. I
forget which magazine it was in,
but if you read the story and
know how it ended, for God's
sake, let me know.
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Swing into line with the rest
of the crowd. Relax your war­time
nerves with a session of
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15 geometric figures of both sim­ple
and complicated design. These
are made of special transparent
and non-inflammable plastic se­lected
by API engineers after ex­haustive
tests of many synthetic
materials? Because the production
of these models in quantity was
necessary if they were to be used
effectively, the sub-committee on
models designed and developd
a device which could duplicate
quite complicated figures with
remarkable accuracy.
After the desirable theories of
this new type of visual instruc­tion
were put into successful
practice in ASTP courses at Au­burn,
the officers of "the Army
Specialized Training Branch of
the Fourth Service Command re­quested
that they be displayed at
a meeting in Atlanta on Septem­ber
13.
During this conference of ASTP
representatives from colleges
throughout the Fourth Corps
Area, the API models on exhibi-received
wide attention and high
praise from civil and military au­thorities
present. Attending the
meeting from Auburn were Col­onel
John J. Waterman, Execu­tive
Secretary Ralph Draughon,
and Dean Hannum.
The great advantages to be de­rived
from the use of visual aids
in the classroom have been ful­ly
recognized by the ASTP engi­neering
committee at API. In its
teaching program, the commit­tee
is planning to supplement
classroom lectures with explana­tory
motion, picture films, film
strips,, models, charts, diagrams,
and demonstration sets. By means
of these devices it is hoped that
the immense value of visual edu­cation
may be completely utilized
in the instruction of army stu­dents
at Auburn.
Comm. Phillips Speaks
At Roanoke Bond Rally
Lt. Commander Edwin C. Phil­lips,
of the Naval Radio Train­ing
School at Auburn, was the
principal speaker recently at a
huge bond rally held at the Mar­tin
Theater in Roanoke.
Commander Phillips during Jtiis
stay in Auburn has been in-great
demand by patriotic and civic
organizations throughout this sec­tion
as a public speaker. He has
been particularly sought for par­ticipation
in the presentation of
the Army-Navy "E" Award, his
two engagements being at the
Pepperell and Tallassee mills,
both which won the coveted
honor.
DAY OF A SAILOR
IS A BUSY ONE
Radio Trainees Put Into Practice
Navy's Motto Of "Early To Rise"
At five-thirty in the morning the sound of the bugle not
too. softly interrupts the sailors' dreams. It is the signal for
the bluejacket to hit the deck, take an eye-opening shower,
shave, and to do a snappy shoe-shine before chow at six,
After chow he returns to his quarters and immediately
sweeps and swabs for a general clean-up. His work is thor­oughly
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be out of order he pays for his
carelessness by doing a little ex­tra
marching or' having that
hoped-for weekend pass rejected.
The Navy has very efficiently
supervised a training program
whereby the sailor can, besides
doing his school work, keep in
top physical condition and is able
to compare with the best when
the time comes for parade march­ing.
"Liberty" night is Wednesday
evening and the sailor heads for
town where- his- time- is spent
either at the local theater or at
the bowling alleys. Benson's has.
always been a popular meeting
place for the sailor to eat a- dish
of ice cream or drink a coke.
The boys are entertained by a
boxing match followed by a
movie at the camp amphitheater
on Friday evening. Sometimes
the sailors get together and en­tertain
their shipmates with sink­ing,
playing, musical instruments
or other talent which: they may
have. |
Much of the Navy personnel
consists of men from the north,
commonly c a l l e d "yankees."
When the northern sailor first
comes to the village of the plains,
he unconsciously begins to asso­ciate
the stories he has. heard or
r.ead concerning southern hospi­tality.
Most of them, on leaving
Auburn, agree it really does exist.
Then too, one must not forget
the fair sex in the eyes of the
sailor. To leave out his thoughts
and intentions in regard to the
southern gals, as the sailor puts'
it, would not be giving a true ac­count
of the sailor.
It has been stated by many of
the Navy men that the girls of
the_South are different from the
Craig Starts
New Duties
As Forester
Prof. Johnston Clyde Craig has
taken over his duties at the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute as as­sociate
forester in the department
of horticulture and forestry.
Prof. Craig, who comes to Au­burn
from Evansville, Ind., is a
native of Romeo, Mich. He re­ceived
his B. S. P. degree in 1929
from the University of Michigan,
and his M. F. degree in 1931 from
the« Yale Forestry School, He was
a member of the freshman varsity
track teams and a member of the
Forestry Club and Les Voyageurs
at the University of Michigan. He
was also a member of the Lion's
Club and the Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Prof. Craig served as field as­sistant
for the U. S. Forest Serv­ice
from 1927 tb 1929. He was for­ester
for the Springfield (111.)
Water Department from 1932 to
1935 and was associate forester
for the Soil Conservation Serv­ice
from 1935 to 1943. He has also
done newspaper and radio work
over station WGBF.
girls back home. However one
jsailor from Detroit says the girls
of the South are tops. And the
same holds true with a good
many of the other sailors.
The Navy feels proud of hav­ing
the opportunity of attending
school at Auburn, and appreciates
the friendliness which so many
of the Auburn people bestow
upon the sailors.
Sweaters Galore
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Page Six T H E P L A I N S M AN October 1, 1943
Interfraternity Football
Season Opens Tuesday
SPEs Down Phi Kappa Taus; KAs Blank Phis;
PiKAs, Theta Chis Deadlock In First Game
By Jay Green
As varsity football is out this quarter, the eyes of the
campus are focused on interfraternity touch football. The
season enjoyed a gala opening with a large number of spec­tators,
many of whom were coeds.
In the opener, the Phi Kappa Taus kicked off to the SPEs.
The first quarter was a see-saw of air. Albert Austin's 60
yard punt was the highlight of
the first half. Jimmy Thompson,
Phi Kappa Tau, showed plenty of
speed but the fast charging SPE
line would not be held as they
stopped the plays before they
started.
The SPEs kicked off to open
the second half. The game con­tinued
at the same tempo until
SPE passes started clicking.
When no receivers were open,
Austin would pick up yardage on
runs, not without fighting for
every inch, whoever. Passes to
Don and John Jennings and Ap-pleton
usually worked.
Austin is credited with the only
score of the game. When John
Jennings caught a short pass over
the goal, the try for extra point
was good. The game ended at
that score, 7 to 0. i
KAs Down Phis
The KAs won over the Phis
Wednesday evening by the score
of 7 to 0. The first half passed
without a score. A single pass
to Sam Hardie in this half, net­ted
twenty yards. The KAs util­ized
a break to score the lone
touchdown. J. T. Thomas, stand­ing
in kick formation on his own
thirty, was unable to handle a
high center and the ball fell dead
on the Phis two yard line. The
KAs took over as that down was
the fourth. Council Sapp made
the tally, while Finley chllked up
the extra point.
The KAs threatened a second
time when Bob McDonald inter­cepted
a pass and carried the ball
to the goal line. A pass was com­pleted
over the goal but out of
the end zone. This threat was the
only major one that did not score.
EVERY SUNDAY
Go To The Church
Of Your Choice And
Take Your Friends
This space contributed
by the
JUNIOR CHAMBER OF
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Final score was 7 to 0, the KAs
winning.
In probably the hardest fought
game played this year, the Theta
Chis and the PiKAs deadlocked
0 to 0. During the first quarter
the PiKAs completed several
passes and had their way by
quickly taking the ball when the
Theta Chis took over on downs.
Two men were injured during
this quarter.
Overtime Game Played
Gene Griffiths led the way for
the PiKAs for the first half, as
he received passes and was out­standing
in all his play. Entering
the second half the tide turned.
The game continued at an even
pace until the Theta Chis started
to move. Passes from Ralph
Christopher to Fred Carley, Jim­my
Burgess, and Joe Tedder
clicked continuously in a march
from the Theta Chi 40 to the
PiKA 2 as the third quarter end­ed.
On the second play of the
fourth quarter Gene Griffith in­tercepted
and was tagged on the
spot.
The final threat came when the
PiKAs reached the Theta Chi 25
and lost the ball when Fred Car-ley
intercepted on his own 1 yard
line as the game ended.
In the three minute overtime
period the PiKAs scored a touch-back,
and the game ended in a 2
to 0 victory for the FiKAs.
Auburn Musician
Scores Decided Hit
Pvt. John Tamblyn, Auburn
boy and former organist at the
First Presbyterian church, scored
a decided hit in a recital given
recently in the USO at Fayette-ville,
N. C, according to a letter
received by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Tamblyn, from Doris
P. Merrill, who was among the
400 civilians and soldiers who
heard him.
Mr. Tamblyn accompanied Pvt.
Irwin Hoffman, violinist, and in
describing the event, Miss Merrill
said that the two musicians cap­tivated
their audience.
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.
Men In Restrictive
Class Not Allowed
To Play Football
Any man in a restrictive
class of PE 100 definitely is
not allowed to play in the
t o u c h football tournament
game on the days he is in that
restrictive class. Coach Bob
Evans stressed today.
Schedule Given
For Women's
Intramurals
Dorms, Organizations
Divided Into Leagues
Of Six Teams Each
By Frances Benford
The annual Girls' Intramural
tournaments will begin Monday
when the first volleyball games
of the season will be played. They
will take place on the volley ball
courts on Vet Hill.
For the last week, between 150
to 250 girls have been practicing
from 5 to 6 o'clock in the after­noon.
These practices have been
scheduled in order that the tour­nament
games will be more inter­esting.
Those dormitories and organi­zations
participating in the tour­nament
have been divided into
three leagues. The winners in
each league will in turn play the
winners of the other two leagues.
In that way, the tournament win­ner
will be determined.
The three leagues consist of 6
teams, which will play according
to the following schedule:
League I
KD vs. PiKA House (Inde­pendents),
Mon., Oct. 4; DZ vs.
ADPi, Tues., Oct. 5; KD vs. ADPi,
Wed., Oct. 6; DZ vs PiKA House
(Independents), Thur., Oct. 7; KD
vs DZ, Mon., Oct. 11; ADPi vs
PiKA H o u s e (Independents),
Tues., Oct. 12.
League II
Chi O vs Phi DT House (Inde­pendents),
Mon., Oct. 4; POP vs
Susan Smith Cottage, Tues., Oct.
5; Chi O vs Susan Smith Cottage,
Wed., Oct. 6; POP vs Phi DT
House (Independents), Thurs.,
Oct. 7; Chi O vs POP, Mon. Oct.
11; Susan Smith Cottage vs Phi
DT House (Independents), Tues.
Oct. 12.
League III
AGD vs KE House (Indepen­dents),
Mon. Oct. 4; Theta U. vs
PiKA H o u s e (Independents),
Tues. Oct. 5; AGD vs PKPhi
House (Independents), Wed., Oct.
6; Theta U vs. KE House (Inde­pendents),
Thurs., Oct., 7; AGD
vs Theta U, Mon., Oct. 11; PKPhi
Smith Accepts
New Position
In Air Corps
To Be Supervisor
Of Physical Training
At All Flight Posts
Major Ernest B. Smith, former
head professor of physical educa­tion
and director of physical edu­cation
and intramural sports at
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute,
has been appointed Chief of
Physical Training and Assistant
Chief of Air Staff Training with
headquarters in the Pentagon
Building, Washington, D. C. Ma­jor
Smith is directing and sup­ervising
the Air Corps Physical
Training Program at all flight
posts throughout the United
States.
Major Smith, who is on leave
from API for military service
since January 1941, served as di­rector
of physical training for the
Southeast Army Air Force Train­ing
Center at Maxwell Field
where he was in charge of the
House (Independents) vs KE
House (Independents), Oct. 12.
Another tournament that is
scheduled for girls is singles in
tennis. Twelve girls have filed
applications and play will begin
immediately.
All matches of the first round
must be played by Monday, Oct.
4. Winners of matches will be de­termined
by the defeating op­ponent
2 out of three sets. A
draw sheet is posted in the gym
giving full information concern­ing
the tournament.
They're Still Tigers
And What's More,
They Play Football
If grieves us to mention the
fact again, meaning of course
our football team which ain't,
so we'll just skip over it right
quick and try to suggest some­thing
that will allay our in­jured
feelings.
Tomorrow, the Auburn Hi
"Baby Tigers" play Starke in
our stadium. There'll be pros­pective
Ail-Americans crash­ing
through a 200-pound line,
and the Auburn Band will
probably be scattered to the
four winds, but those "Baby
Tigers" still represent Auburn
and the game is still called foot­ball.
Many of us have forgotten
how a high school game is
played. From what most of us
remember, however, we liked
it. Perhaps the college brand of
the game has made us a bit
discriminating in our taste, but
those high school boys can
play mighty interesting foot­ball
sometimes. Turn out and
support our junior gridiron rep­resentatives.
physical training of flying cadets
in the Southeast.
While at Maxwell Field, Major
Smith developed a new type of
physical conditioning for cadets
based on the specific develop­ment
of those muscles used by a
pilot in flight This work result­ed
in national publicity and rec­ognition
by officials in charge of
physical training for aviation ca­dets.
By actual tests the new
type of training proved to be
highly efficient.
Naval Cadet Wins Title
As Auburn Tennis Champ
Doubles Tournament To Be Played Sunday
With Shepard, Dean Against Stacy, McLaney
M. J. McLaney is the new tennis champion of the Au­burn
campus, unseating Louis Shepard, student from Mobile,
who was last year's title holder, in a blistering finals match
Wednesday which closed the singles tournament. McLaney,
who is lineman at Auburn's War Training School for Naval
aviation cadets, is from New Orleans and once reached the
finals in the Sugar Bowl tourna­ment
there, losing to Bobby
Riggs.
In the championship match
here, Shepard won the first set
6-4. McLaney came through to
win the hotly contested second
set, 8-6, and then bested his worn-down
opopnent in the third and
deciding set, 6-1.
The finals of the doubles
tournament will be played on the
API courts Sunday afternoon.
McLaney is teamed with Gil
NAVY INSTRUCTOR
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Budge," he warned. "That fel­low
doesn't outplay you—he just
blasts you off the court. He has
more power than any man I've
ever seen."
He has beaten some of the big
timers, Stacy admitted, but he
preferred not to mention their
names because, as he said, "I nev­er
knew whether they were try­ing
or not."
In the doubles tournament
here this week Stacy is teamed
up with M. J. McLaney, lineman
at the Auburn flight school,
whose home is New Orleans.
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THAT IS FOR THE BOYS OVERSEAS
An important thing you can do now is ship your Christmas package for
overseas at once.
If you ship now things are arranged in such a way that you may be as­sured
that it (your package) will reach its destination in time for Christ­mas.
Don't put this thing which is so dear to your heart off any longer.
A Christmas package delivered in March is very very flat, and the one
for whom it is intended is oh so disappointed when it doesn't arrive on
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We are prepared to give you the utmost in service and have an ideally se­lected
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SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY
Surprises last week: 3 Electric Toasters, 2 Electric Shavers
Stacey; one of the South's leading
professionals and formerly pro­prietor
of the West Side Tennis
Club in Atlanta. Stacy is now
teaching aerial navigation and
directing physical education for
the naval aviation cadets here.
Probably the best the student
body can put up against this for­midable
pair is the team of Louis
Shepard, Mobile, and Herman E.
Dean, Jr., Birmingham. They
were ranked Nos. 1 and 2, re­spectively,
on the campus last
year.
Another interesting team in the
doubles tourney is that of Ben­nett
T. Simms, Sr., and Bennett
T. Simms, Jr. The father is di­rector
of the Auburn regional re­search
laboratory for animal di­seases
and the son is a senior pre-medicine
student at the college.
MARTIN
"THE PLACE TO GO"
TONIGHT
'THE LEOPARD
MAN'
with
DENNIS O'KEEFE
Saturday, Oct. 2
'SANTE FE
SCOUTS'
BOB STEELE
Sun. and Mon.
Oct. 3 and 4
'WINTERTIME'
starring
SONJA HENIE
JACK OAKIE
CESAR ROMERO
A whirl of grand, glorious
entertainment.
Also
Latest War News
Short, "Passing Parade"
Tues. Oct. 5
Double Feature Day
No. 1
'THE FALCON
STRIKES BACK'
with
TOM CONWAY
No. 2
'SUNDOWN KID'
with
DON "Red" BARRY
Added
Special, "Black Marketing"
Wed. October 6
'C0RREGID0R'
An epic of blazing glory,
Don't miss it!
starring
OTTO KRUGER
ELISA LANDI
DONALD WOODS
Added
Musical. "Swing That Band"
Thur. Oct 7
'REVEILLE
WITH BEVERLY'
with
FRANK SINATRA