1942-01-06 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LXV "ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1942 NUMBER 28
REGISTRATION FOR
SECONDTERMOPENS
Upperclassmen To
Register Monday,
Freshmen Jan. 19
Students may begin next Mon­day
morning to register and pay
their fees for the new semester.
These fees may be paid in the
cashier's office on the first floor
Samford.
All upperclassmen (Sopho­mores,
Juniors, and Seniors, and
Fifth-Year Students) will begin
next Monday registering and pay­ing
their fees and must have
completed this part of it by noon
of the 17th of January.
Freshmen will begin their reg­istration
on the 19th of January
and continue until noon on the
24th of January.
Mr. Charles Edwards urged
that all students make the neces­sary
arrangements for the pay­ment
of their fees during the pre­scribed
dates shown above. Ex­ceptions
to these rules will be
made by the Deans of the parti­cular
schools where the occasion
arises.
Mr. Edwards also said the stu­dents
would report to their classes
at 8:00 a. m., Monday, Jan. 26.
Absences will count from the first
class meeting.
For registration after Jan. 24
(noon), a surcharge of $3.00 will
be made for the first day and an
additional $1.00 per day to a max­imum
of $5.00.
Deferred Duty For
Students in Navy
New Ruling Makes
Allowance For
Course Completion
The Plainsman has received the
following letter from the regis­trar's
office concerning new re­quirements
for enlistment in the
United States Navy which make
it possible for college students to
enlist in the navy without being
called for immediate duty:
"Editor of the Plainsman:
"We shall appreciate your
bringing to the attention of the
student body the following para­graphs
from a letter which we
have received from the United
States Navy Recruiting Station at
Birmingham, Alabama.
" 'By recent ruling of the Navy
Department those students of the
senior and junior classes in col­lege
may enlist in the Navy in
Class V-7 (which requires a col­lege
degree) and will not be call­ed
for training as deck officers
until after graduation.
" 'Likewise, those students in
the junior and senior classes who
enlist in Class V-5 (which re­quires
two years of college) may
have their calls to training as
aviation cadets deferred until the
end of the current scholastic
term. Sophomores may also en­list
in V-5 and be deferred until
the end of the current term pro­vided
the Registrar states in writ­ing
that their marks show every
reasonable expectancy that they
will have the required credits at
the end of such term.'
Sincerely yours,
Chas. W. Edwards
Registrar"
Semester Examinations Begin Jan. 15
Last Tests Scheduled
For Thursday, Jan. 22
1942 Pays Call to Plainsman
Office Last Week . . . in Person
Lee County Tops
Red Cross Quota;
Students Praised
Lee County's Emergency Red
Cross Drive, in which Auburn
students took a major part, was
successful to the extent of rais­ing
$5,000, which was $750 over
its quota.
Auburn students, according to
the last report, raised $1,026,
which was $26 over the quota of
$1,000 which they voluntarily set
for themselves.
"In announcing the results" of
the drive, stated the Lee County
Bulletin last week, "Prof. Burke,
Mr. Lee, and Prof. Eaton praised
especially the Auburn students."
The Red Cross Drive, which
was instituted as an emergency
war measure to raise $50,000,000
by President Roosevelt, came
shortly after the annual Red Cross
Roll Call this fall.
Dr. L. N. Duncan, in lauding
the response of the people of Lee
County toward the drive, stated:
"The excellent response of the
people of Lee County to the
appeal of President Roosevelt
through the American Red Cross
for war funds has been unusually
satisfactory. Almost everywhere
people volunteered their contri­butions
without solicitation. Es­pecially
were we happy with the
contribution of our fine student
body which over-subscribed its
quota of $1,000."
The student fund of $1,026 was
raised in a two-day whirlwind
campaign. Student representa­tives
from various organizations
met on Sunday afternoon of the
week of the drive^ and set the
quota. The next day a special
edition of The Plainsman an­nounced
plans for the drive.
By Wednesday of that week,
the quota had been raised and
Warns He Won't
Be a Pleasant
Twelve Months
By HERBERT MARTIN
No cherub with an angelic
smile, but a fearsome midget
with an unpleasant scowl, young
1942, in person, dropped by the
Plainsman office last week after
a brief stop at the editorial desk
of the Montgomery Advertiser.
He was dressed in faded khaki
diapers, with a two-fer cigar
drooping from the corner of his
Ned Sparks mouth, and he had a
sawed-off shotgun slung across
his back. He stated that he had a
few words for publication, and
perched on the corner of the desk
in the place usually reserved for
the editor's feet.
"I ain't goin' to be no cherful
year," he warned. "I'm goin' to be
a year of toimerl an' strife."
He expectorated, knocking a
hole in the cement floor inches
beyond the overflowing waste-basket.
"I'm goin' to be ruff an' tuff,
an' youse guys ain't goin' to like
me none atall. I'm goin' to de­crease
the poperlashun, an' kill
off a lotta good fellas, but I got
a job to do, an' I'm goin' to^do it."
"It's goin' to be bad, an' I didn't
have no room to bring along any
fun, but I've got what I need."
"I'm goin' to be bad ever'whar,
but worse over there than over
here. I'm on yore side, on the side
of the folks over here. I'm with
you an' I'm goin' to do a lot for
you, but youse guys has got to
do a lot for yoreselfs."
He swaggered to the door, turn­ed,
and, surprisingly, winked.
"An' some day you are goin' to
say I wasn't such a bad guy after
all!"
surpassed.
Student leaders in charge of the
drive expressed their apprecia­tion
for the enthusiasm shown by
the contributors.
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
NOTE: Examinations in subjects which meet only once a week and labora­tory
classes which cannot reasonably conform to the following
schedule will be held at the last period scheduled for the section
prior to January 15, unless the examination is officially scheduled.
A.M. Examinations Begin 8:30 P.M. Examinations Begin 1:30
Thursday, January 15, A.M.
4th Hour classes, scheduled 11-12 Tuesday-Thursday, 4 p.m.
7th Hour classes, scheduled 3-4 MTWThF, MWF, or MF
Thursday, January 15, P.M.
7th Hour classes, scheduled 3-4 TTh
Also all sections of Economics 251, 151, and 255
Chemistry 101-3 (4:30 P.M.)
Friday, January 16, A.M.
1st Hour classes, scheduled 8-9 MWF, MW, MTWThF, or MF
Friday, January 16, P.M.
1st Hour classes, scheduled 8-9 TThS, TTh, ThS, or TThF
Saturday, January 17, A.M.
2nd Hour classes, scheduled 9-10 MWF, MW, MTWThF, or MF
Saturday, January 17, P.M.
2nd Hour classes, scheduled 9-10 TThS, ThS, TTh, or TThF
Monday, January 19, A.M.
3rd Hour classes, scheduled 10-11 MWF, MW, MTWThF, or MF
Monday, January 19, P.M.
3rd Hour classes, scheduled 10-11 TThS, ThS, TTh, or TThF
Tuesday, January 20, A.M.
4th Hour classes, scheduled 11-12 MWF, MW, MTWThF, or MF
Tuesday, January 20, P.M.
All 6th Hour classes, scheduled 2-3
Wednesday, January 21, A.M.
5th Hour classes, scheduled 1-2, MWF, MW, MTWThF, or MF
Wednesday, January 21, P.M.
5th Hour classes, scheduled 1-2, TThS, ThS, TTh, or TThF
Thursday, January 8, and Tuesday, January 13
7 p. m., Current Events
Saturday, January 10, 1:30 P.M.
Physics Laboratory 207
Wednesday, January 14, 4 P.M.
English A, 101, 101S, and 102
Thursday, January 22, 8 A.M.
Classes which meet 4-5 MWF, TTh, and MF
Thursday, January 22, 1:30 P.M.
Conflicts and subjects not scheduled elsewhere.
Laboratory, One Hour Courses' Exams Are
Scheduled for Last Meeting of Class
Final examinations for the semester will officially begin
Thursday of next week, January 15, according to an an­nouncement
made yesterday by Mr. Charles Edwards,
Registrar.
Examinations in one hour courses, and in laboratory sec­tions
which cannot reasonably conform to the exam schedule
will be held at the last meeting of the class or lab section
before January 15.
Staff of "Alabama Farmer" For
1941-42 isAnnouncedbyAgClub
B. B. Williamson,
John Reid Head
Staff for Year
The 1941-42 staff of the Ala­bama
Farmer, monthly magazine
published by members of the Ag­ricultural
Club of API, has been
announced,, with Bryon B. Wil­liamson,
Jr., of Pine Apple, as
editor-in-chief, John Alexander
Reid, of Montevallo, as business
manager, and Pete B. Turnham,
of Abanda, as associate business
manager.
Managing editor of the student
publication, which is one of the
three on the Auburn campus, is
Francis S. McCain, of Ashland,
and associate editors are Horace
O. White, Ashland; James E.
Dukes, Atmore; Aubrey Pettis,
Fayette; Charles I. Ayton, Bayou
La Batre; and Sam Tisdale, Hat-tiesburg,
Miss.
Charles H. Johnson, of Cross-ville,
is advertising manager, and
Dewitt Alsobrook, of Cusseta, is
his assistant. Troy O. Brumley,
of Hamilton, is circulation man­ager,
James W. Morgan, Albert-ville,
local circulation manager,
and Thomas H. Bullington, of
Athens, is assistant business man­ager.
The board of control for the
monthly magazine includes Jack
Richard Snow, Jasper; Ralph La­nier
Davis, Kennedy; and Troy
O. Brumley, Hamilton.
Members of the news staff are
Luther T. Lowery, Georgiana;
James M. Barton, Ralph; Marvin
M. Smith, Cullman; B. M. Mc-
Kinney, Belgreen; Joseph H.
Yeager, Cullman; James Dur-wood
Tyler, Clio; Cecil H. Eller,
Bangor; Robert C. Horn, Samson;
John Thomas Cope, Inverness;
E. T. York, Jr., Valley Head;
Ralph L. Davis, Kennedy; Rob­ert
W. Dunaway, Orrville; John
Aaron Rogers, Springville; Perry
A. Dunn, Deatsville; James Mil­ler
Smith, Bay Minette; Thomas
W. Underwood, Summerdale;
George Page, Tanner; Alphus G.
Driggers, Andalusia; Donald L.
Kelley, Sylacauga; Robert Car­roll
Adamson, Alexander City.
Assistants on the business staff
are William Wayne Nordan, Ab­beville;
Chalmers Bryant, Dozier;
John Tillman Bryant, Clayton;
Harvey Simpson Gordon, Jr.,
Greenville; Vernon Perry, Boaz;
Norris Watson, Muscadine; James
A. Robinson, Veto.
IMPORTANT MEETING
OF "A" CLUB
CALLED TONIGHT
There will be a very important
meeting of the "A" Club tonight
at 8:00 P. M. in Ross Chemical.
All members are requested by
the president, Tommy Mastin, to
attend.
During the regularly scheduled
examination period, which will
last until January 22, two exams
will be held each day, one in the
morning and one in the afternoon.
Morning exams will begin at 8:30
and afternoon exams at 1:30.
Classes for the second semester
will begin on Monday, January
26.
Mr. Edwards stated that a final
examination will be given in all
subjects and that the official
examination schedule given be­low
will be adhered to by all in­structors.
Changes from this sche­dule
will be made only with the
consent of the Executive Council.
Mr. Edwards also announced
that seniors and juniors of draft
age have an opportunity to finish
their college careers, and that the
sophomores will have a chance
to finish two years of their work.
Mr. Edwards received his infor­mation
from the United States Re­cruiting
Station in Birmingham.
Juniors and seniors may enlist in
the Navy in class V-7 (which re­quires
a college degree) and will
not be called until they have
completed their four years of col­lege
work. Sophomo/res, juniors,
and seniors may also enlist in
class V-5 (which requires two
years of college) and not be called
before the end of the current
scholastic term. Sophomores may
do this only if they have a note
from the Registrar stating that his
grades are high enough to give
him the required credits at the
end of the term.
The examination schedule is
given below:
Thursday, Jan. 8: C u r r e nt
Events, 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 13: C u r r e nt
Events, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 10: Physics Lab.
207, 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 14: English A,
101, 101S, and 102, 4:00 p. m.
Thursday, Jan. 15: In the
morning, all 7th hour classes,
scheduled 3-4 MTWThF, MWF or
MF. In the afternoon, all 7th hour
classes, 3-4 TTh. Also, all sections
of economics 251, 151, and 255.
And, Chemistry 101-3 at 4:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 16: In the morn­ing
all 1st hour classes 8-9, sche­duled
MWF, MW, MTThF, or MF.
In the afternoon, all 1st hour
classes 8-9, scheduled TThs, Ths,
or TThF.
Saturday, Jan. 17: In the morn­ing
all 2nd hour classes, 9-10,
scheduled MWF, MW, MTWThF,
(Continued on page 4)
Alabama Water Color
Paintings on Exhibit
Auburn Represented
By Work of Staples,
Marino-Merlo
The School of Architecture and
Allied Arts is showing paintings
by outstanding Alabama water
colorists during this week.
Auburn is represented by the
work of two members of the Ap­plied
Art faculty, Joseph Marino-
Merlo, and Roy H. Staples.
Karl Wolfe and Mildred Nun-gester,
also included, will be re­membered
from previous exhibits
this . semester. Dawn Kennedy
and Charles Le Clair, heads re­spectively
of the art departments
of Alabama College and the Uni­versity
contributed to the exhibit
as well as Virginia Barnes of
Montevallo, Jessica Farnham,
Belle Comer and Martha Hender­son
Goings of Birmingham.
"The artists included are from
all over the State and the work
compares favorably with the best
work from other parts of the
country," states Dawn S. Ken­nedy,
President of the Alabama
Water Color Society.
The paintings come to Auburn
highly recommended from the
Public Library in Mobile where
they were shown in November
under the auspices of the Art
Project of the W. P. A. and from
the December exhibit of the
Montgomery Museum of Fine
Arts.
The exhibition hall is open
daily from 8-12 and 1-4; Satur­days
8-12. Everyone is cordially
invited to come in and see the
work of these Alabama water
color painters.
Auburn's Fire Chief Pfaff
Volunteers For Naval Reserve
Will Leave On
Thursday As
Petty Officer
Fire and water may be classed
as opposites, but they seem to be
one and the same to Auburn Fire
Chief Ross Pfaff, who has volun­teered
for active duty with the
United States Naval Reserve.
Chief Pfaff could not be reach­ed
to verify facts about his en­listment,
but information in this
article was secured from some of
his assistants at the fire station.
He will leave on Thursday of
this week, and will be rated init­ially
as a specialist mechanic
with rank of Petty Officer, Sec­ond
Class, according to this in­formation.
Pfaff has been chief of the Au-
\
burn Fire Department since about
1936, and has been instrumental
in building the department to its
present high standing of ef­ficiency.
While in Auburn he has also
been employed in the projection
room at the Tiger Theater, and
has acquired quite a reputation as
a mechanic. Hearing of his en­listment,
one Auburnite remark­ed,
"Give him a hammer and a
couple of nails and Ross Pfaff
could build a battleship!"
He has been active in amateur
motor boat racing, and has won
several trophies with boats which
he built himself. It's quite a jump
from fire-fighting and fresh-water
boating to mingling with the
salts, but his Auburn friends are
confident that it will be just an­other
successful job for Chief
Pfaff.
Page Two THE P L A I N S M AN January 6, 1942
Paper for the White Shed-and Defense
In the middle of the College Street cen­ter
section, just across from the campus, a
white shed has made its appearance since
school closed for the holidays.
This shed was erected for the purpose of
giving the citizens of Auburn an oppor­tunity
to contribute paper for National
Defense purposes.
Why it was located just across from the
campus, we don't know. But its existence
there offers a challenge for students of
Auburn to help in this paper campaign.
As we -^understand it, practically any
kind of paper is acceptable in this collec­tion.
Old newspapers, old magazines,
classroom notepaper, and dozens of other
types of paper, used regularly by college
students, could be given for National De­fense.
This paper campaign might be a good'
project for one of Auburn's project»hunt-ing
honor societies. And The Plainsman
will be glad to contribute quite a bit of
paper to any such move, so drop around, if
you want to do your bit for National De­fense!
Toward Better Auburn-Alabama Relations
In the pre-Christmas issue of The
Plainsman there appeared an advertise­ment—
a rather large one—which read "To
the Students of The Alabama Polytechnic
Institute. It is our most sincere wish that
the holiday season be a pleasant one for
you. All good wishes for a Merry Christ­mas
and a Bright New Year from the stu­dents
of The University of Alabama."
Comments on this campus concerning
that advertisement were many and varied.
Some students wanted to know if we
"faked it". Some wondered if we "swapped
out" on advertisement of similar import.
Some just said, "Say, that was swell of
them, wasn't it?"
The latter comment expressed our own
feeling in the matter. The ad wasn't
"faked". We didn't "swap out" with the
Crimson-White in advertising.
They just beat us to the draw on a good
lick—and did something that Auburn
might have done, had Auburn's student
governing body thought of it before the
University's did. —
Along with the copy for that advertis­ing,
The Plainsman received a letter, writ­ten
by a student government official at the
University, stating a felt need for a better
spirit of cooperation between the students
of the two schools, and asking us to print
their ad, and bill their student association
"at regular rates".
Which expression of good-fellowship
made us feel a bit qualmish because of
certain previous remarks about the stu­dents
of the University, and their school.
Alabama's students—or at least half of
them—come from the towns and cities of
this state. So do Auburn's students. Prac­tically
every Auburn student has some
close friend in school at the University.
So why shouldn't there be a "spirit of co­operation
between the students of the two
schools?"
Its a Risk Not to Come Back to College!
The latest issue of "The Baldwin Times",
and possibly of other weekly newspapers
in the state, carries a boxed notice to col­lege
students, stating that the local draft
board has declared that students who re­turn
to college for the second semester of
this year do so at "their own risk".
We don't feel that way about it. We
think the statement might have read:
"Students who do not return to college for
the second semester do so at their own
risk".
We've said before, and we'll say, over
and over again, that now, if never before,
college students need to continue their
education—to get as much out of their
classwork as they possible can.
Suppose they stay at home next semes­ter,
and then aren't called into the service.
They've missed a half-year of college edu­cation
which they may not ever again be
able to have. And that half-year of college
training might make the difference be­tween
unemployment and a good job—
after the war.
We realize that it is the local draft
boards' "duty" to warn college students
that they may be called into service next
semester, but perhaps the boards don't
realize that a student can get quite a bit
of knowledge which might be helpful in
war or in peace, from even one month
more of college training.
We think the results are worth the risk.
The Need for a Student Defense Council
The latest "paper" drive in Auburn adds
one more campaign to the list of "defense
drives" which has been steadily growing
since the outbreak of the war.
These drives, and there will be more of
them, ' will call for a certain definite
amount of cooperation by students. If
any two of them were to occur simultane­ously,
and involved donations of money
particularly, there might result a natural
confusion which would tend to cause a
feeling of animosity toward their backers
—even when they are so vital.
Then too, Auburn's student body, al­though
as yet it hasn't exhibited much of
a mass idea of "jining up", might decide
that en masse it wanted to go into Uncle
Sam's service. Which would indeed be
disastrous for Auburn.
In view of these facts, and in view of
the establishment of similar organizations
on other campuses, it is our opinion that
Auburn has need for a Student Defense
Council, of some kind or other, to coordi­nate
the efforts of students of Auburn so
as" to best develop their usefulness. .
Such a group might tie student defense
efforts together, bring about a unity of
action, and give students the feeling that
they are doing something—right here in
Auburn—for their country. This some­thing
might serve as a substitute for active
participation in the war, until Uncle Sam
actually calls our students.
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PI ains Talk
By HERBERT MARTIN
Dili tor's 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.
Auburn is glad to have you
back. It's been kinda lonesome.
SPRIS' o&Mpr
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LIFE OF A FOOT­BALL
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CAREER IS 10.
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Back Again!
So after sixteen days of wishing that school wouldn't start again,
here we are back in Auburn—and as usual, glad to be here.
It's always that way, though, after about the first two months of
one's freshman year. When you come to Auburn, and get to know
Auburn, then, although you're always ready to leave the place, you're
always more than ready to come back—usually by the next day.
We hang around down here and complain that there's nothing to
do. Then we go home and find out what "nothing to do" really
means.
There's just something about this place.
Our New Year's Resolutions
f And we're going to keep these:
To continue trying to do what we've tried to do all along—
make The Plainsman your newspaper.
To present, in the columns of The Plainsman some of that which
you want to read, and some of that which you ought to read, and to
try to present that which you ought to read in such a manner as to
make' you want to read it.
To publish as much as we can of the material which you bring to
our office, and phone in to our office, to be published.
To be fair to you, and to your viewpoint, in our editorial columns.
To present the past and coming events of most importance and
interest to you as students in Auburn.
And to foster the Auburn Spirit.
Major Uncertainties of the Coming Year . . .
Whether or not, and when, you'll be in the army.
Whether or not, and when, you'll pass the courses you're taking.
Whether or not, and when, Auburn's varying clocks and bells will
be regulated and standardized.
Whether or not, and when, The Glomerata will make its vaguely
annual appearance on the campus.
Whether or not, and when, our usual rainy season will begin and
end.
Whether or not, and when, Auburn professors will stop making
huge assignments for Monday classes.
Whether or not, and when, you'll get this week's laundry back.
How About a Literary Magazine
Auburn has a yearbook—and a good one. Auburn has an Agricul­tural
magazine—and a good one. Auburn has a newspaper. Auburn
lias a faculty magazine. Auburn has its quota of official bulletins.
Auburn has all sorts of printed publications—except one.
Auburn has no literary magazine.
Most Auburn students may not know this, but one of the most
"up and coming" young writers of the South is one of the Faculty of
our English Department. He's not the only faculty member whose
students turn out page after page of literary matter.
There are some promising writers of fictional and cultural
articles in Auburn. These writers are producing a wealth of material
throughout each year, most of which goes to waste, as far as publica­tion
is concerned.
Auburn students like to read.
Why shouldn't they be given the opportunity of reading the literary
efforts of their own fellow-students?
The Essence of Patriotism
Several persons, all of whom were college students during the last
war, have recently expressed to us their laments about the lack of
patriotism as displayed by students during this war.
They suppose that we should wave flags, and shout about the
glory of death for our country, and hang effigies of Hitler, Mussolini,
and whoever the Japanese big boy is, from the tower of Samford and
other places.
They think we aren't embued with the spirit of patriotism, and the
realization that our country is in war.
To those persons we have said that there is no lack of patriotism,
just the natural solemnity of our generation which has come from a
lifetime of hearing of the evils of war, the gore, rather than the
glory, of it, the seriousness rather than the excitement of it. The
generation which preceded the one which fought the last war knew
nothing of the horrors of the submarine, air and tank warfare, chemi­cal
warfare, and so forth. All of our lives we've heard, seen, and read
about these things. Naturally we aren't as openly anxious to get into
it.
But as far as lacking patriotism is concerned, we don't.
Two stories, reportedly true, illustrate that point.
Recently an RAF cadet, from Maxwell Field, visited Auburn.
While talking to a group of Auburn boys, he said that he had heard
that the United States was to add another stripe to its flag . . . a yellow
one. Whereupon, one of the Auburnites proceeded to knock the hell
out of him. The other Auburn students formed a ring around the
two, while the Auburn boy protected, perhaps in the wrong way, the
honor of his country.
And then, on Monday, December 8, when President Roosevelt de­livered
his address to Congress, asking for a declaration of a state of
war on Japan, a group of boys sat around the radio in a certain Au­burn
frat house. While they were quietly listening, one of their
brothers came into the room, talking loudly, laughing, and "cutting
up". So one of the listeners, without saying a word, stood up and
let the noise-maker have a haymaker on the chin, which quieted him
in a hurry.
Have we no patriotism?
As report of the activity around
here during the holidays, this
column should be blank as a frosh
stare in an oral quiz.
* * *
Karrie says she felt like a pall­bearer,
the place wuz so dead.
You could almost sense slow mu­sic
and complimentary words in
the air.
* * *
There was one dawg fight, but
none of us knew either of the
dawgs.
* * *
Once or twice we gathered all
of the younger set together for a
party, and all were seated in one
room without difficulty.
* * *
There was a high school dance
which lasted until just after one
o'clock, but, of course, all of the
college students had to leave at
twelve. We understand that
someone took names of Aubur­nites
who attended the ten 'til
two affair in B'ham, and that
these students will be blacklisted
from Auburn social affairs.
* * *
The radios were functioning,
and the newspapers were deliv­ered,
but any other ressemblance
to a town was purely coincident­al,
and not to be taken as an
indication of civic status.
* * *
Four people were counted at
once on College Street just after
the Sunday show.
* * *
Late flash: Military authorities
say it will be perfectly ok for
us to let you in on this defense
secret . . . we had quite some rain
during the holidays. We are not
allowed to tell you on just what
days it fell, as this might be of
assistance to enemy bombers, but
we had it.
An enemy aviator, however,
had he been flying over this place,
would have probably said, "Oh,
what the hell," and buried him­self
in the rising sun.
* * *
Anyone with two tires or tubes
in good condition for sale, rent,
or give-away, is cordially invited
to drop around to The Plainsman
office or drop a card, care of this
station.
* * *
We read that around half of the
country's cars, at least, will be
off the highways by spring, be­cause
of worn-out tires or other
infirmity. Already cars are being
limited for amusement purposes.
We also read (what would you
have done in Auburn) that indoor
and parlor games and amuse­ments
would take the place of
this gadding about over the
countrysides.
* * *
Fraternities are asked to in­crease
den and living room seat­ing
arrangements, and to pick up
a few sets of dominoes and
checkers, as well as more cards
for playing bridge and other less
respectable games.
But suppose we make these
arrangements find rainfall de­creases
and OPM says turn out
the lights.
Ain't it going to be fine!
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Komic,
tells this story of a man who
wanted to buy a horse.
"It seems," says the old gal,
"that this feller went to a feller
to purchase a domestic animal
known as a horse. The feller with
the horse says he has a fine beast,
a swift and enduring runner, and
easy to the saddle.
"Well, the feller bought the'
horse and started over to saddle
his purchase. Said animal broke
into a run, ran into the barn, and
knocked himself flat.
" 'You didn't tell me', said the
buyer, 'that this hoss was blind'!"
'"He ain't blind', the feller
said, 'he just don't give a
damn'!"
Here, There, and Elsewhere
By JOHN SCOTT, JR.
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
The U. S. has this past week
started its first calendar year of
war since 1918. The New Year's
celebrations were in many cases
carried on in much the same man­ner
as usual, complete with fire­crackers,
all night parties, and
soon - to - be - broken resolutions.
But, there were many other cases
where the celebrations had a dif­ferent
tone. The little fellow,
"1942", was ushered in wearing
something more substantial than
the traditional three-cornered
Hart, fechaffner, and Marx. This
time he wore what many of us
will soon be wearing—a uniform.
The Americans who think that
this is going to be an easy war
"are wrong. We will know that
war is something other than ex­citing
reading matter in the
morning headlines; we will join
the air force for another reason
than driving a convertible auto­mobile;
we will join the Navy
with more in store for us than a
world cruise and the annual ma­neuvers;
rationing will be as fa­miliar
as a "War Eagle" at a pep
meeting; and we will all of us be
on the closest of terms with
taxes so high that now we have
little conception of them.
But, even so, adding all these
things to the casualty lists that
will once again contain the names
of Americans like ourselves—if
not our very own—we all know
that as certainly as another New
Year will roll around, we will
prevail. This may not be a
"Happy New Year", it may not be
a "Prosperous New Year", but
it will be a VICTORIOUS NEW
YEAR.
V V V V V V
During the holidays, while we
were relaxing from our labors,
there were millions of others just
getting under way at theirs. They
were the American, Dutch, In­dian,
Australian, and British fel­lows
that are right now in that
part of the world that the little
chap with the over-grown molars
thinks is exclusively his. Not
only does he consider that half
of the globe as his own back­yard,
but he wants to play there
entirely by himself. He had a
choice to make—he could Jet us
play with him and be peaceful
about it, or he could try to throw
us out.
Our statesmen cannot point out
the error in this choice to our
lemon-skinned opponent. They
tried, but it didn't work. It is up
to our armies to convince him of
it. He struck the first blow, and
it was a hard one, but it landed
on our gloves. All Jap blows will
do that. They can strike at us
again and again, but they cannot
strike at the source of our
strength; our factories are too far
away. They cannot hope to in­flict
such great losses of man­power
that we will succumb; we
out numbered the Japs when they
first began fighting the Chinese,
and the Chinese have taken a
terrible toll. The change won't be
so sudden, but before long the
much - belittled "Chinaman's
chance" will be a pretty good bet.
v v v v v v
The German Army has much
to be thankful for in beer. Last
fall when the British had word
that Field Marshall Goering was
visiting one of the invasion ports
just across the channel from
Britain, they decided to make a
try at bagging him. Accordingly
a small force of Commandos, the
super-shock f o r c e of raiders
trained for such jobs, stole across
the channel and landed at that
port. They w a l k e d quietly
through the streets, strolled up
to the portly Marshall's quarters
and inquired if he were in. He
was not, and the British after a
little fracas were forced to leave.
It was revealed later that Herr
Goering was attending a beer
party in his honor at another
camp.
Last week much the same thing
occurred, only with different lo­cale
and prospective guest of
honor. A group of Commando
troopers landed on the coast of
Libya behind the fleeing Axis
forces and fought their way to
the headquarters of General
Rommel, commander of the Ger­man
Afrika Korps. They took
everyone there by surprise and
searched through the whole place,
but with no luck—soldier Rom­mel
was attending a party and
was not at home to greet his un­expected
guests.
January 6, 1942 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Wedding Bells Ring for Students And
Former Students During Holiday Season
Several Weddings
Take Place Here
Among the Auburn alumni and
students who were married over
the holidays were Teresa Ann
Boyd and Roy Franklin Stinson.
They were married on New
Year's Day in the Auburn First
Baptist Church. The groom was
a member of Kappa Alpha social
fraternity and Alpha Epsilon
Delta, honorary pre-med frater­nity,
of which his bride was once
president.
Susan Mizelle Hare was mar­ried
to Lieut. William Caffey
Edington Saturday evening, De­cember
twenty-seventh in the
Presbyterian Church in Auburn.
The bride is the daughter of Dean
C. L. Hare. She was a member
of Kappa Delta sorority while the
groom was an A. T. O.
Before the holidays on Decem­ber
12, Jack Becker married
Edith McLellan of Lakeland,
Fla. The ceremony was perform­ed
in Opelika. The groom is the
social chairman of Kappa Alpha
Order, and plans to continue his
studies here. ~
Three Phi Delta Thetas were
married during the holidays. In
Huntsville Jack Yarbrough mar­ried
Ada Bell Bullock; Gilmore
Clifton Colyer took Elizabeth
Schell to be his wife; and Dean
Hannum's son, Wallace Hannum,
married Frances Folmar, an
Auburn student, in Luverne, Ala.
Diamonds - Watches
Jewelry and
Giftware
Cook Jewelry
Co.
Eason T. Cook Class '14
115 South Eighth Street
Opelika, Ala.
TODAY
LAUREL & HARDY
in
"GREAT GUNS"
also "We The People"
Crime Dosen't Pay series
Two Auburnites
Selected For
Training
To Attend New
Officers'
Candidate School
Pvt. Leo K. Shwarts of Mont­gomery,
Ala., formerly a student
of the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute,
who is a trainee in the
Field A r t i l l e r y Replacement
Training Center at Fort Bragg,
was selected from among hun­dreds
of applicants to attend the
special officer candidate training
school at Fort Bragg, N. C, in
the FARC. At the school Pvt.
Shwarts met further competition
in that only a certain quota of
those who attend the school are
picked to go on for further artil­lery
officer training at the officers
training school at Fort Sill, Okla-^
homa. His excellent ability and
aptitude for military science and
tactics won him a place on the
list of those chosen to go to Fort
Sill.
Pvt- Shwarts' training during
the past month while he attended
the school in the FARC was of
an intense nature and covered all
phases of the duties of a commis­sioned
officer. When he gets to
Fort Sill he will take up where
he left off and go into greater de­tail
of the numerous functions
required of an artillery officer.
The preliminary training school
was inaugurated at Fort Bragg
back in August by Brig. General
Edwin P. Parker, Jr., commander
of the Field Artillery Replace­ment
Training Center of Fort
Bragg and is headed by "school
principal" Lt. Colonel Robert O.
Montgomery who was himself in
1914 a buck private in the Army
of the United States.
Pvt. Horry M. Trofford, of
Bowling Green, Ky., an Auburn
man, was also selected for officer
training.
WED. & THURS.
More Enjoyment
Funny Color Cartoon
"Inki and The Lion"
Highlights of all the BOWL
GAMES in the NEWS
TIGER
LOST at Bus Station Sunday
afternoon black handbag. Reward
offered. Call 811-J.
Home Economics Defense
Classess Now in Progress
Two Hundred Are
Registered For
Five Courses
In order to train women for
their place in the national emer­gency,
the School of Home Eco­nomics
has organized special de­fense
courses in foods and nu­trition,
sewing, and first aid.
About 200 women students regis­tered
for the five courses which
are designed to meet the require­ments
of the national Red Cross.
In the foods and nutrition unit
will be three courses, nutrition re­fresher,
taught by Miss Beatrice
Finkelstein; elementary nutrition,
taught by Mrs. Inez M. Schrader;
and the canteen course, taught by
Miss Dana Gatchell and Mrs.
Stella Montgomery.
Under the supervision of Miss
Florence Davis, Prof. A. D. Burke,
Prof. V. W. Lapp, Dr. A. H.
Graham, and G. H. Coats, a group
of 84 women will learn First Aid
techniques.
The Red Cross sewing is under
the direction of Mrs. Dorothy
Arnold,- Miss Lilly Spencer, and
Miss Wathena Temple. The as­signment,
which calls for 955
yards of material, will include the
following garments: 40 Toddlers
packs, 1 woolen suit, 2 pairs of
rompers, 2 woolen shirts, 2 sleep­ers,
1 sweater, 1 pair of mittens,
10 diapers.
For children four, six, and 12
years of age the following cloth­ing
will be made: 100 girls woolen
skirts, 50 girls wool dresses, and
100 boys outing shirts.
Civil Service Examinations
For Personnel Jobs Announced
The United States Civil Service
Commission has just announced
examinations for two types of
positions in the personnel field.
The first' is for Junior Occupa­tional
Analyst, $2,000 a year, for
the Federal Security Agency, and
the second for Personnel Assist­ant,
$2,600 to $3,800 a year, and
Principal Personnel Clerk at $2,-
300 a year, for various Govern­ment
agencies.
Qualified people are urgently
needed to fill Personnel Assistant
jobs. Separate lists of eligibles
will be set up for each grade of
positions and in appropriate fields
of experience. Eligibles are par­ticularly
needed in the fields of
position classification and place­ment.
Applicants must have had
responsible experience in a regu­larly
c o n s t i t u t e d personnel
agency such as a government
agency or personnel office of a
large commercial or industrial
firm. Provision is made for the
utilization of college study for
part of the experience and for the
acceptance of applications from
senior students who will finish
the appropriate - college work
prior to July 1, 1942. No written
test will be given for these po­sitions.
Occupational Analysts observe
jobs and identify them by U. S.
Employment Service code struc­ture.
They prepare job analysis
schedules and job order specifi­cations.
Three years of respon­sible
experience in an employ­ment
office doing interviewing,
placement, or job analysis is re­quired
of all applicants except
those who have appropriate col­lege
study which they may sub­stitute
for two years of the ex­perience.
Applicants will be re­quired
to take a written test, part
of which will be designed to test
their knowledge of occupational
fields.
Persons trained in the field of
personnel who are interested in
Government service are urged to
get copies of these announce­ments
from the Commission's lo­cal
representative at any first- or
second-class post office or from
the central office in Washington,
D. C. All applications must be
filed with the Washington office
not later than January 15, 1942.
Tiger Offers Passes in Contest
Just Straighten
Out the Mixed
Legs Below
Hey movie fans! Here is your
chance to win twenty free passes
to the Tiger Theatre and have a
little fun besides.
Cut-up Bob Hope, in the ad
below, has mixed up the incom­parable
legs of some of those
gorgeous Louisiana Lovelies who
appear with him in the "Louis­iana
Purchase", the Paramount
music, comedy, girl spectacle in
Technicolor, which makes its
bow at the Tiger Theatre, on
Sunday and Monday.
All you have to do to be one of
the twenty prize winners is to cut
out the pictures below. Cut the
bodies as they appear above the
panel and place them above the
correct pair of legs. Paste them
down when you have solved this
problem and send your contest
entry to Gus Coats, manager of
the Tiger Theatre, by 10 a. m.
Thursday morning. The first
twenty fans whose entries are
correct will be awarded passes for
the Sunday and Monday show­ing
of the picture.
"Louisiana Purchase", which
was produced by Buddy De Sylva
and which has music by Irving
Berlin played on Broadway for
58 weeks an.d is one of the big
hits of the New York stage. The
movie is said to be even funnier
so, prize winner or not, you can't
lose by seeing "Louisiana Pur­chase."
In addition to Bob Hope and
the Louisiana Lovelies, Vera Zo-rina,
Victor Moore, Irene Bor-doni
and a host of others share
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honors in Paramount's brilliant
comedy. Zorina, Moore, and Bor-doni
also appeared in the stage
production.
"WEEK-END IN
HAVANA" IS TIGER
MID-WEEK FEATURE
Tropical magic, catchy Cuban
rhythms, warm blooded senori-tas,
dark eyed romeos, are neatly
combined in the story of the
sing-sational" musical "Week­end
in Havana" which will be
shown Wednesday and Thursday
at the Tiger Theatre.
With Alice Faye, Carmen Mi­randa,
John Payne and Cesar
Romero in the starring roles, the
film is set in the capital city of
our Latin-American neighbor and
shows Havana with all its beauty
in the naturalness of Technicolor.
Alice portrays a New York
salesgirl who has carefully bud­geted
herself for several years in
order to treat herself to a Havana
vacation. When her ship is caught
on a reef, she refuses to sign a
release to the shipping company
until she has had—and enjoyed—
pany's representative, JohnPaney
her Havafta v a c a t i o n . The
company's representative, John
Payne, postpones his wedding to
make sure she has a grand time.
In a magnificent Havana night
club, the exotic Carmen Miranda,
who has captured the admiration
of American film audiences in
her previous screen appearances
with her unusual songs and
dances, does a spectacular new
number with 200 feminine danc­ers—"
The Nango."
A funny color cartoon "Inki
and The Lion" and the highlights
of all the 3owl Games that were
played New Year's Day are
shown in the latest Paramount
News, which rounds out this Wed­nesday
and Thursday program at
the Tiger.
Coast of 8th Naval District
Area Now Better Protected
Five Bases Are
Completed Since
First of War
The dawning new year of 1942
finds the great coastal area bor­dering
the Eighth Naval District
from the Florida Apalachicola to
the Mexican line better prdtected
from hostile attack than at any
time in its history, records at
Headquarters show today.
"Beginning from scratch" on
December 15, 1940, Captain T. A.
Thomson, Jr., U.S.N., Acting Dis­trict
Commandant, and his staff
of officers, have built up Naval
activities and personnel until the
Eighth District comprising the
states of Louisiana, Alabama,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Texas, and Western
Florida occupies a foremost place
in national defense.
Five formidable Naval Section
Bases at Burrwood, Louisiana,
Mobile, Alabama, Corpus Christi,
Galveston and Sabine Pass, Texas,
were rushed to completion since
the declaration of war. Built at a
cost of approximately $3,000,000,
these bases are now fully manned
and armed to supply and service
the fleet of patrol vessels and
district craft constituting the
Eighth Naval District's Inshore
Patrol.
The Naval Air Station at Cor­pus
Christi, acknowledged to be
the world's largest, was commis­sioned
last March, and is now
graduating hundreds of finished
Naval fliers every month. The
sister Naval Aviation Training
Station at Pensacola has been
more than doubled in size dur­ing
the past twelve months and
also is turning out finished fliers
in large numbers.
As receiving depots for Corpus
Christi and Pensacola, there are
two Naval Reserve Aviation
bases—one on Lake Pontchar-train
in New Orleans and another
near Dallas, Texas. Here young
college men enlisting for com­missions
in the air wing of the
Navy's forces are indoctrinated
and receive preliminary training
up to ten hours of solo flight.
Of importance to the entire
Mississippi Valley area is the re­habilitation
of the New Orleans
Naval Station at Algiers, which
in recent months has become the
training station for the Coast
Guard and apprentice seamen en­listing
in the Naval service. Upon
completion, the New Orleans
Naval Station will again assume
its place among the foremost
s h o r e establishments of the
United States which it occupied
during World War days.
During the twelve months of
1941, several large shipyards
along the Gulf Coast were reop­ened
or constructed in New Or­leans—
Pensacola—Nashville, Mo­bile
and Chickasaw, Ala., Biloxi
and Pascagoula, Miss., and at
Houston, Galveston, Seabrook,
Rockport, Beaumont, Orange,
Port Arthur, and Brownsville,
all in Texas.
In addition to the construction
program, the Eighth Naval Dis­trict
Recruiting Services consist-
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ently have broken records for re­cruiting
men in both the regular
service and the Naval Reserve,
with a total of approximately
4,533 in the entire district. Since
the-war began Dec. 7, nearly 800
men joined the Navy for regular
duties. At one time during the
summer, four of the five cities in
the country which topped all oth­ers
for the largest number of re­cruits
were within the Eighth
District. A survey by the Bureau
of Navigation in Washington in
the late Fall showed that Birm­ingham,
Alabama, was first of all
the cities in the country in re­cruiting
during the first nine
months of 1941.
The Eighth Naval District also
topped all other districts in the
United States in enlistments of
college graduates in Class V-7 of
the United States Naval Reserve
which leads to a commission as
Ensign with duties as deck or en­gineering
officers in the fleet.
Since last May, 1051 college grad­uates
within the District have
enlisted in Class V-7 of which 772
were for deck duties and 229 for
commissions as engineers.
Procurement of young college
men as Naval aviation cadets has
increased more than 100 per cent
during the last six months of the
year with New Orleans consist­ently
supplying a large number
of candidates for flying wings of
gold.
With the dawn of the new year,
recruiting activities in the Dis­trict
are primarily aimed towards
the procurement of thousands of
men for the fleet and air, as well
as hundreds of college men and
college graduates for enlistment
in V-5 and V-7 classes which lead
to commissions. In an effort to
obtain youths for these all-im­portant
deck and engineering
duties, the limitations recently
were lowered to permit the en­listment
of men still in their
sophomore, junior or senior years
Former Auburn
Students At
Maxwell Field
Four Birmingham
Boys Now Enrolled
At Training Center
Four Birminghamians are en­rolled
as aviation cadets in the
Air Corps Replacement Training
Center at Maxwell Field, Ala.,
headquarters of the Southeast Air
Corps Training Center.
They are Charles Edwin King
of 1407 33rd Street North; Donald
Lewis McCullough of 4045 Mon-tevallo
Road; Sell Wade South of
1724 33rd Street North, and Jos­eph
David Turner of 637 Prince­ton
Avenue. These men will soon
be sent to primary schools in the
southeast for the initial phase of
their flight training. Upon the
completion of courses in primary,
basic and advanced schools, they
will be awarded commissions as
second lieutenants in the Army
Air Forces.
Cadet King, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alta Lamar King, attended
the University of Alabama at Tus­caloosa.
He is a member of Alpha
Tau Omega. Cadet McCullough,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George C.
McCullough, attended the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute at
Auburn. He was owner and oper­ator
of the Alabama Mineral
Wool Company before he entered
the Army.
Cadet South, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. G. South, also attended
Auburn where he was an adver­tising
salesman for The Plains­man,
college paper. Cadet Turner,
also a former student at Auburn,
was a teacher before he entered
the service.
of college. All men enlisted while
yet in college will not be called
to active duty until the comple­tion
of their regular courses of
study.
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Page Four THE P L A I N S M AN January 6, 1942
Cheatham, Deal
Picked by Pro Teams
Former Star
Chosen Second
Lloyd Cheatham and Rufus
Deal of Auburn were among the
200 college football players se­lected
in the annual professional
draft of ten league teams on De­cember
22.
Cheatham, who captained the
1941 Auburn team, was chosen
early by the Chicago Cardinals.
Deal, a fullback standout with
the Plainsmen during his sopho­more
and junior years, was sec­ond
of twenty choices made by
Washington's Redskins.
Players picked by both clubs,
in order of choosing, were:
CHICAGO CARDINALS—Lach
Duke, back; Cheatham, Auburn,
back; Schwenk, Washington,
back; Banonis, Detroit, center;
Reinhard, California, tackle; Dan­iel,
Texas, guard; Thornton,
Santa Clara, guard; Renzel, Mar­quette,
back; Wetterlund, Illi­nois
Wesleyan, back; Ringer,
Minnesota, end; Brycre, Mar­quette,
tackle; Givler, Wake For­est,
guard; Swink, Okla. A & M,
tackle; Harshman, Pacific Luthe­ran,
back; Arabian, St. Mary's
(California), back; Crain, Texas,
back; Suntheimer, North Caro­lina,
center; Nelson, Alabama,
back; Wallich, Missouri, tackle.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS—
Sanders, Texas, back; Deal, Au­burn,
back; Zeno, Holy Cross,
guard; McCollum, Tulane, tackle;
Fitch, Minnesota, end; Peters,
Oregon State, back; Swiger, Duke,
back; Goodyear, Marquette, back;
De Mao, Duquesne, center; Ah-weesh,
Duquesne, back; Kovatch,
Notre Dame, end; DeCorrevont,
Northwestern, back; Whited, Ok­lahoma?
back; Chipman, Brigham
Young, back; Watts, Appalachian
St.," tackle; Stewart, Williamette,
back; Timmons, Clemson, back;
Croft, Ripon, tackle; Juzwik,
Notre Dame, back; Coupee, Iowa,
back.
Auburn Rates
Thirty-Three
In Nation
Final ratings for the 1941 foot­ball
season place Auburn in po­sition
number 33 as adjudged by
Paul B. Williamson, nationally
known rating expert. Staying in
the high forties during the ma­jority
of the season, the Plainsmen
came fast in the three final games
to finish comparatively high
among the nation's elevens.
Number one eleven is Texas
University because of its impres­sive
showings against some of the
country's top teams. The tie of the
Longhorns by Baylor and the de­feat
by TCU is ascribed to the
injuries which kept five first
string players out of the lineup
on those two week-ends. Minne­sota
ranks second and Notre
Dame third.
First ranking teams, in order,
are 1. Texas; 2. Minnesota; 3.
Notre Dame; 4. Fordham; 5. Navy;
6. Missouri; 7. Michigan; 8. Penn­sylvania;
9. Duquesne; 10 Missis­sippi
State; 11. Oregon State; 12.
Alabama; 13. Duke; 14. Texas A.
& M; 15. Tennessee; 16. Vander-bilt;
17. Georgia; 18. Northwest­ern;
19. TCU; 20. Ohio State; 21.
Ole Miss; 22. Cornell; 23. Harvard;
24. Washington State; 25. Okla­homa;
26. L.S.U.; 27 .Rice; 28.
Stanford; 29. Tulane; 30. S.M.U.;
31. Oregon; 32. Santa Clara; 33.
Auburn; 34. Washington U.; 35.
Army.
Rifle Team
R. O. T. C. students interested
in membership on the Rifle Team
are requested to contact either
Lt. Panell or Lt. Shumaker im­mediately,
as record five begins
this week.
Six Montgomerians, Including
Four Auburnites, at Maxwell
Jones, Lapsley,
Stewart, and
Walker Enrolled
Six Montgomerians, including
the son of Governor Frank M.
Dixon, are now enrolled as avia­tion
cadets in the Air Corps Re­placement
Training Center at
Maxwell Field, Ala.
They are A'Dalbert Bowen of
23 Longview Street, Sam Perry
Dixon of 702 South Perry Street,
Julian Harris Jones of 1259 South
Court Street, George Waring
Huston Lapsley of 14 Wilson
Street, William Craig Stewart of
102 Madison Terrace and Hal
Tabb Walker. They will soon be
sent to primary schools for the
first phase of their flight train­ing.
Upon the completion of cour­ses
in primary, basic and
advanced schools, they will be
awarded commissions as second
Lieutenants in the Army Air
Forces.
Cadet Bowen, son of Mrs. Ger­trude
W. Bowen, attended the
State Teachers College at Flor­ence.
He was at Gunter Field be­fore
he was accepted as a cadet.
Cadet Dixon, son of the governor,
attended the University of Ala­bama.
He was connected with
the Goodyear Tire Company at
Gadsden before he entered the
service.
Cadet Jones, son of Mrs. Lucy
Hinds Jones, attended Auburn
and the University of Alabama.
He formerly was a draftsman
with the state highway depart­ment.
Cadet Lapsley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Lapsley, also
attended Auburn where he re­ceived
his B. S. degree last June.
Cadet Stewart, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Andrew Stewart,
also an Auburn man, was a
wholesale parts clerk in an auto­mobile
concern before he came
into the Army. Cadet Walker,
son of Mrs. Corrine L. Walker,
was a tire salesman formerly, and
he also is an Auburn man.
YARDSTICK
By JOHN PIERCE
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We stepped into the teeth of Dallas' 15 degree temperature
to watch.Alabama and Texas A&M fight it out in the Cotton
Bowl, and a fairly interesting spectacle of football and color
it turned out to be.
For the Tide it was strictly smart, heads up football, the
kind that wins more games than you can keep track of these
days, the kind that makes the team wait for the breaks and
then—socko and 29 points. Statistics, hashed and rehashed
by this time, showed one thing—that the Aggies had it but
didn't quite do the right thing with it against Texas or
Alabama.
We hadn't seen Jimmy Nelson before Thursday, but that
afternoon was sufficient to show him off to anybody as a fast,
shifty, versatile and quick thinking back. His 72 yard run-back
for one touchdown was no surprise at the time it came.
He had been leading up to it all along.
One look at A&M's ends will show one why that team
has been so successful in the passing department. There
were eleven of 'em and not one stood under six feet, two
inches. Homer Norton kept switching his flankers regu­larly
and the Tide performed creditably in making #ie
famed Daniels to Sterling and Henderson aerial show back­fire
as it did (12 completions, seven interceptions in 42
tries.) Jitterbug Henderson, one of the Southwest's great
ends, took a plane as soon as the game ended to join the
Aggie basketball team in Illinois.
So it was 'Bama's day in the football end of it, but it
remained for the Aggie hooters to provide the day's peak in
color. It is a custom for the whole A&M student body (7,000
cadets) to stand during the entire two hours of the game. And
not only does Joe Aggie stand, but if he has a date with him
she stands, if his mother came along she stands, or if he
dragged grandpa out, he does the same.
At the halftime the Aggie band—made up of 216 pieces
paraded while the Texans roared, and gave the best all
around demonstration we've ever seen anywhere by a col­lege
band.
Approximately 38,000 attended the classic. Bruce Layer of
the Houston Post now talks of tentative plans to enlarge the
Cotton Bowl to a capacity of 85,000. Which is all right if you
can do those things, and we've seen nothing about the way
Texas does things up to indicate that the enlargement won't
take place. --
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Coach Del Morgan, formerly Auburn's line coach, rounded
out his first year at Texas Tech by sending his once-beaten
Red Raiders to the Sun Bowl where they dropped a close de­cision
to Tulsa. The new Tech schedule indicates a rapid
toughening of the class of opposition. Texas A&M, Baylor,
Rice and TCU all will be met by Morgan's boys in 1942. . . .
All Southwest schedules are out—unless some changes are
made Auburn will not meet a Texas team during the coming
season. . . .Joe Sprague, senior manager of the footballers,
has seen every Auburn football game during his four years in
school. . ..^ Lloyd Cheatham was a co-captain of the South
football squad which took the North into camp by a 16-0
count. . . . Rufe Deal is among the eight married footballers
recently drafted by the Washington Redskins. The draft isn't
run, by any means, on the same line with another draft we've
all been hearing of. It's simply a method of dividing the
cream of the college talent among the ten pro grid teams.
The Washington Times Herald gave an amusing picture
of the enthusiasm registered over players with infirmities or
dependents picked by coaches or owners.
Vincent X. Flaherty tells it as follows:
In running over his list, Steve Owen, coach of the Giants,
was enthused over the acquisition of one particular player.
"This guy," said Steve excitedly, "has got flat feet and
hasn't got a tooth in his head!"
"That's nothing," put in Ray Flaherty (Redskin Coach).
I've got a boy who is married and has two kids, and, besides,
his mother is dependent upon him."
* * * * *
And, though a little belatedly, we offer our congratulations
to Vic Costellos and Tex Williams, captain and alt.-capt,
respectively, of the 1942 Plainsmen. The squadmen made a
fine choice. Probably the best thing we could say of the
outcome was—both Vic and Tex deserved what they got—
and that can cover a lot of territory.
* * * * *
Forward Frank Manci, who's stood high in conference
scoring parades since his sophomore year when he made his
first Auburn cage team, has gotten off to a whirlwind start
to take over the Conference lead before the race has gotten
well started. Against Mississippi State he accounted for 16
points, and against Ole Miss he racked up 19, a total of 35,
almost half of the entire team total of 73. We hadn't expected
such a fast start with Tommy Mastin, Fred Williams and Mar­vin
Motley, all among the missing, but that always seems to
be what comes of thinking. The Spring Hill bill should offer
some fine basketball despite the fact that Shag Hawkins
will be on the sidelines.
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Lands Ride With
Visiting Motorist
By JIMMY PASTEUR
The big '42 maroon Buick cap­tured
my attention the moment
it rounded the corner, and I im­mediately
made ready to use my
best hitch-hiking technique. As
the automobile drew closer, I put
out my thumb and in my politest
manner inquired, "Montgomery?"
The driver pulled over to the
curb just a little ahead of me
and motioned for me to get in. I
opened the door and asked, "Go­ing
to Montgomery?" He merely
nodded his head and immediately
opened the conversation with,
"I'm from Hawaii," or so I in­terpreted
the statement. He spoke
with such a dialect that I was
forced to use my imagination
most of the time. It was perfectly
obvious from the outset that the
man's chief interests were of a
foreign nature — information of
which I realized I was sadly
lacking in. This, I thought, was
going to be a most interesting
trip.
The preliminaries over, I sub­jected
myself to being a pupil of
foreign Geography. I very quickly
learned that his country was an
ideal place in which to live, that
the scenery was wonderful, the
climate delightful, the people the
best on this turbulent planet, the
soil most fertile, the roads ex­tremely
good, the economic con­ditions
perfect, and the topo­graphy
unexcelled. In addition,
discovered that the U.S. was a
"Ver' nice Countree," but was in
no way comparable to his own
native land.
With very little effort, I also
learned that he had been in
America only five months, most
of which he had spent touring
the country, that he didn't like
the South, that Baltimore was
an undesirable place in which to
live, that Washington was our
most beautiful city, and that he
liked New York best of all.
I tried, with no appreciable
amount of success, to steer the
conversation into other channels,
attempted to call his attention to
some of the points of interest
along the way, to which he re­sponded
by grunting, "Uh, huh,"
nodding his head indifferently...
Persistently, I tried another
method of approach and asked,
"What do you think of the war
situation?" to which query he re­plied/
The war? Pooh!" making
a gesture of indifference as he
did so, which neccessitated tak­ing
both hands from the wheel.
My pulse rate increased consider­ably,
as we were doing some­what
better than seventy when
he executed this maneuver. I
solemnly vowed not to make
another such hazardous move,
and resigned myself to a verbal
tour of his country for the re­mainder
of the journey.
Navy Launches
New Drive For
Combat Flyers
Launching a drive to procure
2,500 aviation pilots each month
for combat fliers in the aviation
wing of the U. S. Navy, the Navy
Department today extended en­listments
in the Naval Reserve
Aviation class to include soph-mores
in college and announced
that all men enlisting as volun­teers
in Class V-5 will be eligible
for active duty at the end of their
current school year.
The enrollment of sophomores
in college as potential candidates
for commissions in the Naval Re­serve
Aviation is the result of an
effort by the Navy Department to
build up the pool of able-bodied
young men to take the place of
the thousands of young Naval
pilots now passing through Naval
Air Training Stations for duty
with the fleet.
Candidates for appointment as
Aviation Cadets must:
(a) Be a male citizen of the
United States for a period of at
least ten years.
(b) Be not less than twenty
years of age, and have not
reached his twenty-seventh birth­day
at the time of enlistment as
seaman, second class.
(c) Agree to remain on active
duty four years, including period
undergoing training as aviation
cadet, unless sooner released by
the Navy Department.
(d) Be unmarried, must not
previously have been married,
and must agree to remain unmar­ried
until the expiration of two
years from the date of entering
upon active duty.
(e) Be educationally, morally,
Meet Spring Hill
This Week-end
In Alumni Gym
Winners over Mississippi and
Mississippi State, Coach Ralph
Jordan's Auburn c a g e r s this
week-end open their home sche­dule
with a pair of games against
the Spring Hill Badgers in Alum­ni
Gym.
Two games featuring the fresh­man
team will precede the var­sity-
Spring Hill games with the
rats entertaining Columbus Man­ufacturing
on Friday and Chad-wick
Gassers Saturday.
The Plainsmen opened Con­ference
play strongly with their
first two victories. Despite the
absence of veteran guard Marvin
Motley from the lineup they
dropped Mississippi State by 39-
29 and Mississippi by 34-31. Frank
Manci stood out in both engage­ments,
sinking a total of 35 points
during the bill..
Absence of Shag Hawkins, SEC
high scorer in 1941, from his cen­ter
position this week-end is a
certainty. A neck operation in
Birmingham during the holidays
is the cause, and it is yet un­known
just how long it will be
before he will return to the line­up.
To fill the vacancy Coach Jor­dan
has experimented with an
altered lineup which moves
Manci, regularly a forward, into
the center spot, Fagan Canzoneri,
a guard, to the forward position,
and Jack Tanner in as a guard.
This would have the starting
lineup showing guards Tanner
and Park, forwards Burton and
Canzoneri, and center Manci.
Motley, out because of scholas­tic
ineligibility, is expected to
return to active duty with the
squad before the next conference
battles.
physically and psychologically
qualified.
College juniors and seniors,
after enlistment in Class V-5,
may be deferred from call to ac­tive
duty until completion of -
their current college year, if they
so request. Thereafter they will
be assigned to active training
duty in the earliest class in which
they can be accomodated.
Part of the
rhythm of action
the pause
that refreshes
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or MF. In the afternoon, all 2nd
hour classes, 9-10, scheduled
TThS, ThS, TTh, or TThF.
Monday, Jan. 19: In the morn­ing
all 3rd hour classes, 10-11,
scheduled TThS, ThS, TTh, or
TThF. In the afternoon all 3rd
hour classes scheduled, TThS,
ThS, TTh, or TThF.
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Tuesday, Jan. 20: In the morn­ing
all 4th hour classes 11-12,
scheduled MWF, MW, MTWThF,
or MF. In the afternoon all 6th
hour classes scheduled 2-3.
Wednesday, Jan. 21: In the
morning all 5th hour classes, 1-2
scheduled MWF, MW, MTWThF,
or MF. In the afternoon all 5th
hour classes, 1-2 scheduled TThS,
ThS, TTh, or TThF. Also at this
time will come the 4th hour
classes, 11-12, TTh. Instead of be­ginning
at 1:30 as the others will,
this one will begin at 4:00.
Thursday, Jan. 22: In the morn­ing
at 8:00, classes which meet at
4-5 MWF, TTh, and MF. In the
afternoon at 1:30 all subjects
which have a conflict with this
schedule or which are not sche­duled
elsewhere.
H. H. SIMMS, FORMER
AUBURN MAN, IS
MAXWELL CADET
Henry Holland Simms of 102
South Morgan Street, Dothan, is
enrolled as an aviation cadet in
the Air Corps Replacement
Training Center at Maxwell
Field, Ala.
Cadet Simms, who attended the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
and the State Teachers College
at Troy, was a salesman before he
entered the Army! He is a mem­ber
of Lambda Chi Alpha
fraternity.
He will soon be sent to one of
the numerous primary schools
in the southeast for his initial
flight training. Upon the comple­tion
of training at primary, basic
and advanced schools, he will be
commissioned as a second lieu­tenant
in the Army Air Forces.
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