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VOLUME LXVIII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1943 NUMBER 29
Don Cossack Chorus
To Give API Concert
Program Scheduled To Be November Sixth;
Tickets Go On Sale Tomorrow Morning
The original Don Cossack Chorus under the direction of
Serge Jaroff now on their fourteenth American tour will
gallop into Auburn on November 6, to'present another of
their prized programs of songs and dances of Russia at the
Alumni Gymnasium. This world-treveled ensemble whose
voices, according to the New York World-Telegram critic,
"can turn Madison Square Garden into a telephone booth,"
began their current season with three consecutive concerts
at the Metropolitan Opera House
COMMENTS
By VAN HEMERT
WHO HAS NOT HEARD the
p h r a s e "over-all strategy"
used to explain everything
from the Italian invasion to
who put the overalls in Mrs.
Murphy's chowder? It has ber
come as common as the equally
overworked expression, "the
war, you know," which is used
by one and all to explain every­thing
concerning the hardship
of civilians during war time.
JUST WHAT IS THIS "over­all
strategy," and why does it
effect the lives of all of us to
such an extent that we find
ourselves using this group of
words as a kind of "open sesa­me"
to the door behind which
the United Nations war council
map the military campaigns of
the future.
EVEN THOSE WHO THINK
a newspaper is something in
which to wrap fish are prob­ably
aware of a few of the more
general facts concerning the
aims of the over-all strategy of
the United Nations. They know,
for instance, that we (the Al­lies)
intend to knock out Ger­many
first and then turn our
attention to Japan. They rea­lize
that this entails putting
the greatest part of our forces
in the European theater of op­erations
while the Pacific the­ater
must wait for any but the
minimum requirements neces­sary
for holding the Japs where
they are.
- BUT THE ACTUAL CAR­RYING
OUT of these general
aims involves a great deal of
intricate planning. It involves
many months and perhaps
years of never-ending moves
toward the ultimate goal which
is absolute victory.
IT IS WITH THE PATTERN
of these moves that the "over­all
strategy" may be identified.
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in early October, under the pen­nant
of S. Hurok.
Organized 23 years ago by
"Hop - O' - My - Thumb" Jaroff,
these singing giants of the
Steppes have performed almost
5000 times all over the globe. To­day
they are settled in the USA.
During this past summer they
quit their usual quarters on the
Jersey coast for 11 sensational
straight weeks as the featured
attraction on the Radio City Mu­sic
Hall stage. Between shows,
they continued the daily class­es
in, the study of the Constitu­tion
of the United States begun
the previous summer. One by
one, the choristers have been is­sued
their naturalization papers.
In studying the Constitution,
the Cosacks first translated it
into Russian in order to get the
sense of it. They then memorized
it. In that fashion they studied
the English language at the same
time. The sessions lasted one
hour each. Soon all the Don stal­warts
will be U. S. citizens. In­cidentally,
they will be numbered
among the few who know , the
Constitution from memory.
Included in their current rep­ertory
are the latest importa­tion
from Russia. Some of these
songs come hot off the battlefield
where the Red Army turned the
tide of the war against the Nazis.
Featured in the season's catalog
is "The Hymn of the United Na­tions"
by the famous composer,
Dimitri Shostakovitch.
Tickets for the Cossacks will go
on sale this Saturday morning.
Students .55c and student activi­ty
card. Others $1.15. These pric­es
include all taxes. They can be
purchased at. the API News Bu­reau
in Samford Hall and at Lof-tin's
Music Store.
WAA Intramural Notice
All girls interested in play­ing
in the shuffleboard tourna­ment
sponsored by WAA are
asked to go by the gym and
sign up by Wednesday, October
27.
Rival Veterinarians
To Fight It Out
In Intramural Finals
When the dust has rolled
away from the field of battle,
and the last play has been run;
when the last weary player has
straggled off the gridiron after
the departing crowd . . .
All Auburn is invited to at­tend
the championship games
between Alpha Psi and OTS
fraternities as the regular intra­mural
football season is ush­ered
out Tuesday, 5-6, in a
blaze of glory. The game prom­ises
to be one of the fastest,
closest, and most thrilling of
the season. The rivalry be­tween
the two is of the keen­est;
it might be compared to
an Auburn-Alabama game in a
small way. Both teams are
made up of veterinary students
only, and with the football
spotlights of the entire campus
turned upon these boys, well,
anything might happen. Come
and see it. Rat Field will be the
scene of action.
Figures Show
Auburn Behind
In Chest Drive
Campaign To Go On
Until Goal Is Reached,
Says Mr. Sizemore
Lee County is lagging in its
goal of $14,939 in the War Chest
drive, and Auburn is proportion­ately
behind in its Community
Chest campaign according to
figures tabulated late Thursday
afternoon.
Only $6,959 has- been sub­scribed
to Auburn's combined
War Chest-Community Chest
quota of $7,628. .
Despite one of the most vigor­ous
fund-raising campaigns in
the county's history, with fully
300 workers practically dropping
their personal affairs for two days
in order to put the county over
the top in 48 hours, General
Chairman Emmett Sizemore said
last night that more time will
have to be devoted to the cam­paign,
else the county will for the
first time in its history have
failed to do its patriotic duty.
Those who have not contribut­ed,
and those who desire to in­crease
their donations are asked
to call Phone 2 at police head­quarters
up to 9:00 p. m., where
workers will remain on the job
to receive the calls, and 383-M
after that hour.
"Everything But Tiger Rag On Radiator/'
Says Reviewer Of Templeton Performance
By Roysce Smith
- At his Auburn concert Satur­day
night, Alec Templeton, pos­sessor
of one of the most imagi­native
minds in music today, did
almost everything except play
Tiger Rag on a radiator. When
one stands off and examines Mr.
Templeton's versatility, he finds
that it is almost frightening. The
man can do the job of six; he's a
walking anthology of music.
Mr. Templeton's accomplish­ments
as a concert pianist have
been neglected in most of the re­views.
Although he is not a Rub-enstein
a Horowitz, or a Giesek-ing,
he is definitely first-rate. He
is suggestive of Gieseking in that
he lets you hear every note, even
in the most rapid run, without
impairing the continuity or dis­secting
the whole.
His program was generous and,
for the most part, well-selected.
It was divided into three sections;
standard classics, contemporary
classics, and a group of Mr. Tem­pleton's
own works.
Templeton and the Classics
In the first section this review­er
liked best Mozart's Rondo in
B Flat. It had a brilliant metal­lic
sheen which was irrestible.
Mr. Templetons interpretation of
PurceU's Sarabande and Min-
, uet ranks second because of sheer
beauty. In this selection Mr.
Templeton showed the Gieseking
touch to advantage. One might
wish that his playing of Bee­thoven's
Pathetique Sonata had
been slightly heavier, but it is
better to have it played a shade
too lightly than to have it filling
the auditorium with mushy over-heaviness.
(Note: It is high time
that someone told Auburnites
that Sonatas usually have more
than one movement. Beethoven's
Pathetique has three. When the
artist pauses between movements,
it is not for applause.)
In the second section Mr. Tem­pleton
did a wonderful job on
Shostakovich's parody of the
nineteenth-century polka from
his ballet, "Age of Gold." (Over-applausive
Auburnites should
also be told that a pianist does
not expect applause until he has
taken his hands completely off
the keyboard and placed them on
the piano bench.) The other num­bers
in this section were fairly
trivial, though well played. The
Chopin Nocturne in C minor was
probably at a disadvantage since
it came immediately after the
Correction
George Baumhauer's ban-lams
placed in the Southeast­ern
Fair, not Ed Baumhauer's
as was stated in The Plains­man
several issues ago.
polka, and our ear-drums were
trying to recover. Ravel's Mother
Goose Suite is fairly thin Ravel.
Templeton At His Best
In the last portion of the pro­gram
Mr. Templeton gracefully
hopped, trilled and jumped from
mimicry to improvisation to com­position.
This was the Templeton
about whom we have all heard
and read so much. What we have
heard and read are words which
can only attempt to give the un­fortunate
one who hasn't heard
Templeton a general idea as to
what he can do with eighty-eight
keys and his own particular kind
of fabulous ingenuity. His inge­nuity
has made him a master of
rare art—true humor in music.
Anything we might say in re­gard
to individual numbers in
his group would merely mean
that more words were being
printed in an attempt to describe
the indescribable. Those who at­tended
the concert need no re­viewer
to tell them what Temple­ton
is like or how good he is. To
the ones who missed Mr. Tem­pleton
we can only recommend
that they hear him—on record,
on the radio, or in person. But
look out for that wit, friend; it
has an ironic bite.
(Note to The Power Behind the
Concerts: We hope that we have
not seen the last of Mr. T.)
Campus Band
Is Organized
By Bob White
"Ambassadors'1 Are
Students And ASTs;
Positions Still Open
Since June 5, 1943, when the
great Auburn Knights disbanded
for the duration, there has been
a decided lull in dance activities
on the campus because there have
not been enough musicians on
the plains at one time to form
an orchestra for dances.
This situation is now remedied.
Last week five old Auburn
Knights combined with seven
ASTs to form the Auburn Ambas­sadors.
The new band is to be lead by
Bob White, a Knight adoptee
from Spartanburg, S. C, and will
be booked as Bob White and,the
Auburn Ambassadors.
The saxophone section will be
composed of Tommy Staples,
former Auburn Knight from Pen-sacola,
Fla., and Ray Cadieux,
-Siena University,' formerly with
Joe Coma from Schencetady, N.
Y., on tenor sax; Eliot Annabel
from East Providence, R. I.,_and
Victor Yellin, Boston, Mass.,
formerly at the New England
Conservatory of Music, on alto
sax.
In the brass section Paul Irvin
will play lead trumpet. He is
from Auburn and has been play­ing
with Act McKinnely since the
Knights disbanded. Neal Good­win,
Erie, Penn., and George An­derson,
Colgate University, and
from North Port, N. Y., will com­plete
the section.
Johnny Hearn, Birmingham,
and Chunky Barnes, Opelika,
former Auburn Knights, will con­stitute
the trombone section.
The rhythem section- will., be
composed of Art Frankerpoles,
former student of Eastman School
of Music from Maplewood, N. J.,
piano; "Zu" Edney, Birmingham,
bass; Joe" Robbins, formerly with
bands at Glen Island Casino, and
Penn. State from New Rochelle,
N. Y., drums.
Persons interested please call
Bob White or Ed Edney at 517.
Alpha Phi Omega
Taps Twelve Men
The Delta chapter of Alpha
Phi Omega recently tapped 12
boys. The purpose of this national
scouting service fraternity is that
of assembling college men in the
fellowship of the Scout Oath and
Law, developing friendship, and
promoting service to humanity.
The following 12 boys were
tapped:
Charles Watley, member of
AIChE and an SPE pledge; Bob
Jones, sophomore from Spring
Hill; Gus Baldwin, Montgomery,
sophomore and a member of
AED, Cadeusus Club, and Kappa
Sigma; Edgar Thompson, sopho­more
from Memphis, Tenn., is a
member of Interfraternity Coun­cil
and Kappa Sigma.
Max West, Miami, Fla., is a
junior and. a member of Kappa
Sigma and IAeS; John Hearn, a
senior from Birmingham, is a
member of ASME, IAeS, and also
a former member of the Auburn
Knights; Hugh Maudlin, Mont­gomery,
is a member of Theta
Chi; Oscar Frasier is a sopho­more
from Montgomery and a
member of Kappa Sigma.
Herman Dean, a junior from
Birmingham, is a member of the
tennis team and Kappa Sigma;
Luther Johnson, Montgomery, is
a junior and a member of ASME
and SPE; Jack Wegener, Savan­nah,
Ga., is a freshman and a
member of the band.
Ag Club To Give Away
Two Free Show Tickets
"Date Night" at Ag Club is
next Wednesday night. All Ag
students are urged to be present,
with a date. Games, refreshments,
and fun are promised for every­one.
As an added inducement,
two free theater tickets are given
away at each meeting.
WSGA Election Date
Set; Petitions Due
Monday Afternoon
The twenty-first election of
the Women's Student Govern­ment
Association officers, in-luding
president, vice-presi­dent,
secretary, and treasurer,
as well as town representative
and house presidents, will be
held Wednesday, November 3.
Each candidate is required to
have a scholastic average of
2.5.
A petition containing a hun­dred
signatures must be filed
at Smith Hall before 5 o'clock,
Monday, October 25. The quali­fications
board will meet the
candidates Monday night at
7:45 at Smith HaU.
Recent changes in the re­quirements
for president and
vice president now require the
candidates to have attended
Auburn for least three quarters,
and also to have served either
on her house committee for
two quarters or as house presi­dent
for one quarter.
Picture Display
Of Servicemen
Growing Daily
Group Represents
Men And Women
From Auburn Homes
With approximately 135 pic­tures
ranging all the way from
Apprentice Seamen and Privates
to Commanders and Colonels, and
the collection growing daily, Mil­dred
Lipitt's window is the cen­ter
of much interest.
As a feature of the War Chest
campaign, these pictures of Au­burn
men and women in service
have been placed on display. At
almost any hour one can find
a group of people gathered
around the window and remarks
such as ^'Oh, there's a boy I
know," or "Why, I didn't know
Jack was a Lieutenant!" are
quite frequent.
This annual display has had
quite a part to play in the life of
one Auburn student, Miss Oeuida
Clark, a senior from Andalusia.
Last August, 1942, Miss Clark
was viewing this, display with a
group of girl friends, when three
sailors passed by. The sailors
stopped to look in the window,
too. One of them casually asked,
"How many of them do you
know?" and they started talking.
One of the sailors, Robert Boy-sen,
now a Radioman Third Class
with the Atlantic Fleet, asked
Oeuida if he could walk home
with her. Before he graduated
from Radio School here in No­vember,
1943, they had become
fast friends, and after almost a
year's correspondence with Ra­dioman
Boysen, Miss Clark mar­ried
him in Williamsburg, Vir­ginia,
on September 3, 1943. Now
Mrs. Boysen is again enrolled in
school at API to finish her course.
All of which goes to prove that
gratifying interest in Mildred
Lippitt's window does not go un­rewarded
(pd. pol. advt.), so all
ye lasses, take a tip and go by to
look at the display.
Auburn Players To Give
"Penny Wise" In Y Hut
The Auburn Players under the
direction of Mr. Telfair Peet will
present the play, "Penny Wise,"
at the Y-Hut at 8:15 p. m., No­vember
15, 16, 17 and 18, with
Elizabeth Deese playing the part
of Penny.
Tina will be played by Mar-jorie
McKinnon; Martha by Skip-py
Duchac; Katherine by Vivi-enne
Duncan. Charles Dickinson,
Bill Ingels, and Edwin Tomlin
will play the parts of Gordon,
Commissioner Dunn, and Jeff, re­spectively.
ASTP Plans Program
For Returning ROTCs
Group To Arrive On Or After Oct. 23;
Will Be Assigned To Town Rooming Houses
Another and larger group of former API students will re­turn
to the campus this week end as soldier-students in the
Army Specialized Training Program. They are the former
junior advanced ROTC members who have been receiving
their army basic training at Ft. Bragg, N. C.
All those who successfully complete that training on Oct.
23 will be sent directly to" Auburn. The time of their arrival
has ribt yet been ascertained by military headquarters here,
but they should be ready for
Formal Fall Initiation
Omega Zeta of Lambda Chi Al­pha
completed the formal initi­ation
of the fall quarter Thurs­day
night, October 21. Those initi­ated
into the fraternity were:
Hugh Griffith, Hueytown, and
Buel Johnson, Birmingham.
processing and classification
Monday and for starting class
work Tuesday morning, accord­ing
to Col. John J. Waterman,
commandant. They will be as­signed
to rooming houses in
town which are under contract
with the college to house the men.
"Streamlined" Courses Planned
Since these men have missed
two and a half weeks of the cur­rent
ASTP term, they will be
placed in newly activated sec­tions,
their classification depend­ing
on their former college rec­ord.
All will be given "stream­lined"
courses for the remainder
of this term in the attempt to
get them ready for term No. 2,
starting in January. At that .time
those qualified will be placed in
the regular ASTP classes.
During the speed-up this term
the men will be given concen­trated
doses of mathematics,
physics, and engineering draw­ing,
Kirtley Brown, acting civil"-
ian educational advisor for the
army -units on the campus, said
today. While the schedule is not
definitely set up, it may mean
that the new men will be taking
nine hours of math, for example,
where the present ASTP students
are taking six.
They will also be given mili­tary
and physical training on the
same basis as the present train­ees.
Gafford May Return
The number of new trainees
and their names cannot yet be
released by headquarters, as
neither will be definitely known
until the men arrive. It is almost
certain that among them will be
Roy H. "Monk" Gafford, Leto-hatchee,
Auburn's All-Southeast­ern
back of last fall, who was
mentioned in several Ail-Ameri­can
selections. Monk was mar­ried
last winter, and his wife,
whose home is in Birmingham,
may join him later.
ERC-AST Is Newest
Group To Arrive
On API Campus
By Susan Brown
More than one Auburn student
has turned his head recently to
look twice at a marching group
of boys dressed in civilian clothes.
And at least one professor has
been surprised on entering his
classroom and finding this same
group when he had expected to
see an august body of khaki-clad
men.
The boys of this much discussed
group are members of the Army
Enlisted Reserve Corps. They are
now sixteen and seventeen years
old—and will attend college here
until the end of the term in
which their eighteenth birthday
occurs. At this time each reserv­ist
will be sent to an army camp
for 13 to 17 weeks of basic train­ing.
If he still qualifies after re­ceiving
this training, he will be,
sent back to college under the
Army Specialized Training Pro­gram.
While the pre-ASTs are on the
campus, they will be on inactive
duty, wear civilian clothes, and
receive no pay, but their tuition
board, and lodging will be paid. .
Of the 37 reservists here most
of them are from the states of
Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mis­sissippi,
and Tennessee.
Marino-Merlo
Complimented
By Art Gallery
A distinct compliment was
paid Marino-Merlo, head of the
Applied Art department of the
Auburn college, when the Con­temporary
Art Gallery of New
York invited him to show one of.
his paintings in the current group
show now in progress in that city.
The exhibition of paintings
consists exclusively of the works
of outstanding artists and sub­jects
are secured only on invita­tion.
Professor Marino-Merlo's sub­ject
matter during the past sever­al
years has depicted Auburn lo­cale,
and the painting now on ex­hibition
in New York is a storm
scene, the central figure of which
is the old oak tree which stands
across the street from Brown
Hall. Its weather-beaten and
broken limbs outstretched as if in
awe inspired the artist to build
around it a rural scene of Negro
fear of strong wirid. It is regard­ed
as one of Professor Marino-
Merlo's masterpieces.
DEADLINE
The deadline for notices and
other write-ups is Tuesday night.
Thanks for observing it.
PiKA Girls To Give
Sunday Open House
The Sunday afternoon tea will
be held at the PiKA house from
four until five o'clock. The PiKA
girls and their housemother, Miss
Sarah Tomlinson, are to be host­esses
at the fifth of a series of
Sunday open house entertain­ments.
All servicemen, s t u d e n t s,
townspeople, and the faculty are
invited to attend.
ON THE CAMPUS
Interfraternity Council
An important meeting of the
Interfraternity Council will be
held Monday night at 7:15 in
Samford Hall.
AVMA
The regular weekly meeting
of AVMA will be held Tuesday
night at 7:30 in the old Vet
building.
Newman Club
Newman Club will meet in
the basement of the Catholic
Church Tuesday night at 8:00.
Sphinx
Sphinx, a senior honor orga­nization
for women, will meet
Thursday afternoon at 5:00
in Smith Hall.
Marriage and Family
Mrs. Mary G. Bickler re­quests
that any boys wishing
to take Marriage and Family
hand in their names to the
Economic Department by Oct.
26.
Auburn Debate Council
The Auburn Debate Council
will hold its regular weekly
meeting Monday night at 7:00
in Broun room 306. The nation­al
question has been received
and will be discussed.
Alpha Phi Omega
The Delta chapter of Alpha
Phi Omega, national scouting
service- fraternity, will meet
Thursday night at 7:00 in the
chapter room above Bensons.
Ag Club
The Ag Club will meet Weefc-nesday
night in Comer Hall,
room 108.
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You Can See It Plainly
There is something very pleasant about
walking across the campus in October.
Walking is just like walking last October,
but there is a difference. The difference is
in the atmosphere.
Since last October our campus has
changed. Last year there were no soldiers
cutting the square in front of Ross as they
marched to class. There were no soldiers
in the halls. The flags over; the door of
Alumni Hall weren't there. The freshmen
weren't so young. Everyone was saying
"War is hell" as if it were all one word.
There are very real changes. They
have affected the atmosphere of our cam­pus.
The atmosphere in turn affects every­one
who comes in contact with the cam­pus;
the students are not excepted. Th.e at­titudes
we have formed because of the
change of atmosphere brought about by
the war will be a permanent part of our
mental make-up.
On the other hand the attitudes that we
develop play a major part in creating at­mosphere
on the campus. For this reason
we must not instigate attitudes that we
have not carefully considered and exam­ined.
The development of attitudes and the
creation of atmosphere is one of the more
important of our contributions to wartime
living.
How About This Idea?
Here's a suggestion we have heard from
a number of the students and t h e service
men here which we pass on to "the powers
that be" for what disposition they care
to make of it. Why not a name band for
a dance or a set of dances on the Auburn
campus? ,
It has been more than a year since the
last name band (and the name part is still
a matter of opinion) appeared on the cam­pus
and since then the social life has fallen
off to a mere shadow of its former self.
There is much less to do than ever before
and many more people wishing for some­thing
to do.
The regular Saturday night dances held
in the Gym help in this matter somewhat
but dancing to records can't dompare with
dancing to the music of a real live orches­tra.
It would be a pleasure to gather
around in front of the bandstand and gaze
with rapture at the person of a beautiful
female vocalist. And it's always so much
nicer to know that you do not have to
hear the same old.tunes and arrangements
that you have been listening to for the last
three months.
So we suggest that the officials and the
students, too, give this matter some serious
thought. The officials in charge might talk
to the students they know and the stu­dents-
talk it up among yourselves. Write
us a note and let us know how you feel
about the matter.
If we all get together and push we
should be able to put this idea over.
A Problem In Navigation
At exactly 10:01 yesterday morning we
stood by the south side of Alumnf Gym
and watched 276 students, faculty mem­bers,
and dogs as they attempted either
to scale or descend the boulder-scattered
slope.
As we watched, we saw students stand­ing
at the top of this precipice yodeling
vigorously, faculty members placing
heavy boots on their feet and opening um­brellas
in preparation for the leap, and
dogs standing at the foot of it just moan­ing.
Coeds think it's a plague; strong he-men
look upon it as a pitfall which might
disprove their strength. Everyone agrees
that something should be done about it;
no one knows exactly what. Maybe Build­ing
and Grounds could scrape up enough
cement to construct a set of steps. Let's
put an end to this wanton destruction of
shoe and limb!
Our Readers Speak
What Shall I Write?
What shall I write to the folks tonight?
Shall I tell them of the towns where we
go?
Shall I tell them of all my buddies,
In other outfits that I know?
Shall I tell them of all the wind and the
dust
That covers the things in my tent?
Or tell them where our outfits are
And why we too weren't sent?
Shall I tell them of letters I never get,
Or how long it's been since I heard?
Shall I tell them we've been here month
after-month?
No! I shall not tell them a word!
'Tis better not to mention the towns at
all,
Or just where our camps have been;
For any of the dope that may leak out
Conuld help the Axis to win.
, So I sit down with pen in hand,
And then I begin to write—
"Dear Mom, I'm w.ell and feeling fine,"
(1 tell her that every night)
I've got to keep up the morale at home;
They worry if they think I am sad.
So I just write the good side of things,
(There is a few of them that I've had)
Now where was I with my letter?
Oh yes, I had written one line.
Now what shall I say in the others
To fill up the space and the time?
And there I'm stumped; there's nothing
to say
That I haven't said often before,
So I ponder and worry and try to think,
But I don't get to write anymore
Then I get mad; I tear up the sheet!
I throw my pen on the ground!
I turn to my buddies around me,
But they don't utter a sound.
So now you see what happens—
Why so few of my letters reach home,
The censors have plenty of others to
read
And I have more time of my own.
1st Lt. Grady L. Smith .
North Africa
Ami, &**£&.. Ajihc - \ -
Fail O.w.i, V-753
'SHE MAKES A SWELL CADET NURSE BUT SHE'LL HAVE TO
GET OVER SAYING, 'WHAT'S YOURS, MISTER?'"
Confidentially
By A. D. BROOKS
Editor's note: The opinions expressed in this column are those ol the writer and
ore not to be construed as the editorial policies of this paper.
Auburn has been the site of some michievous and interest­ing
events. We thought you'd like to hear about a few of the
colorful happenings of the Auburn that once was.
Behind the Y-Hut, there used to be a large square cage
where a feathered friend of Auburn—the War Eagle—resided.
He was a fussy old bird and a petulant one. About 1930, he
either died or was lost, strayed, stolen, or given away. Maybe
we need another.
* * *
In the long years past, Auburn was the center of county
interest when the circus or carnival came to town. Then one
night, the "big-top" was carried off by a train that had stopped
just long enuf for some michievous rats to tie the tent ropes
to the train. For some odd reason, the circus company's feel­ings
were hurt and there hasn't been a circus in Auburn since.
* * *
About the same time, some imaginative soul hatched the
idea of dipping mops into red paint and holding them out at
a passing train. The train really painted itself—it wasn't their
fault it ran into the mops they happened to be holding.
* * *
When Auburn was young, there was a regulation making
it compulsory to attend church each Sunday morning. The
boys marched in formation by all churches, and those going to
the various churches dropped off as they passed the one of
their choice. There was no Catholic Churxh in Auburn,* at the
time; consequently there were many students of Catholic pref-.
erence. Wonder why!
* /* *
An annual event used to be the Easter Egg Fights on Ag
Hill. All the Auburn families would donate dozens of eggs of
various colors and various degrees of hardness and age. After
they were hidden and found—and the participants had con­sumed
all they comfortably could—someone would throw one
at someone else. Before long, everyone, from the schoolboy of
9 years to Dean Petrie and Mrs. Toomer, would have bits of
yellow and white in their hair and on their faces. Many a
freshman went home with an egg shampoo, and at least twice,
someone fell heir to an odor akin to Ross Chemical Lab and
hydrogen sulfide. We would have hated to be the guy to clean
up Ag Hill after it was all over.
* * *
The biggest event of the year used to be the pep rally
where a large bonfire was built to burn down the Georgia
bull dog, and give it a, treatment similar to that which the Au­burn
team would give the Georgia team the following Satur­day—
a little bit of H . You'd never believe Auburn stu­dents
could yell as loud as they did on that night. Those who
went to the game, next day, were usually hoarse.
* * *
The next biggest event was the pajama and torch parade.
Everyone held a large tarred torch as they marched down
Main Street to the station for the team send-off. It was a wild,
barbaric scene; it was thrilling.
* • * *
Then there was the time when a special train for a football
game was so ill-treated by souvenir hunters—after a success­ful
Auburn performance on the gridiron—that the train com­pany
sued and received a part of everyone's contingent deposit
to pay for the necessary repairs to the train.
* * *
The day after Hallowe'en used to find Auburn in a fine
fix. Somebody's jalopy was left, each year, on the porch of
Smith Hall. Lawn furniture slipped on tiptoes all the way
across town to the top of somebody's garage, and some re­sourceful
children never failed to grease the train tracks. The
brakes would be put on, and the train would slide a mile; then
it would be unable to start.
* * , *
But, confidentially, we loved it!
Grossed Cannon and Castles
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.
ROTC cadets will not wear
coats or sweaters over their
shirts to drill on Mondays and
Saturdays. It is permissible to
wear sweaters under the shirt.
* • •
During the last two quarters
the instruction given to the ca­dets
of the ROTC has been sup­plemented
by the use of the
training films. Last quarter alone
more training films were used as
visual aids than had been used in
many years.
While the STARS were here
during the summer, they too
used the training films. Twenty-four
films were shown 139 times
to a total of 11,377 students.
* * *
"All of us in ASTP would like
to give three rousing cheers and
a hearty "thank you" to the citi­zens
of Auburn, the faculty mem­bers,
and to the other Auburn
students—those darling coeds in
particular—for their most cordial
and friendly welcome. You have
made us feel welcome and at
home here in the loveliest vill­age
of the plain, and that will
make our sojourn here pleasant
and our school work easier. Au­burn
is truly the friendliest town
we've had the privilege to live
in."
* • *
A Charge of Quarters for the
3rd Company ASTP left the fol­lowing
poem on the First Ser­geant's
desk as he was going off
duty.
The C. Q.' Job
Of all the job I've ever had
I think this takes the cake;
You run and type and slave all
.day
And never get a "break."
It's "type this, please" or "take
this there,"
And "where, oh, where is that."
So many, many gosh-darned
thing
You don't know where you're
at!
But worst of all is dinner time,
(That lovely time of day!)
For C. Q.'s haven't time to eat
At least that's what they say.
So, with my stomach crying
out,
I buy a nickle coke;
Sit down to drink it slowly
And have myself a smoke. ^
But ting-a-ling the phone be­gins
He must be hungry too!
I don't care; I'll let him ring
Until his face is blue!
Wake up, C. Q., wake up, I
hear; '
I start and almost scream.
I find I've slept the entire day
And this was all a dream!
* * *
It might be well to induct the
big brown dog into the Wags.
He meets all formations and one
day last week he was seen sneak­ing
up stairs into one of the class
rooms to a class. One as faithful
as he should be allowed to "en­list."
-* * *
At the end of the first term,
a soldier of the 3rd Company in­quired
at the orderly room con- —
cerning his future assignment. It
seems that he wanted to discon­tinue
his monthly war bond allot­ment
if he were to continue his
training at Auburn, but was will­ing
to keep that deduction if he
were to be assigned to another
post. This seeming rather unus­ual,
an explanation was request-"
ed. The soldier made the follow­ing
reply:
"Sir, I have no allotment and
only a small insurance deduction
monthly in addition to the
amount taken out for one $25
bond. If I am to remain here, I
"just can't afford to buy bonds.
Entertaining these college girls
is just too expensive."
Rhapsodizings
By FRANK MARSH
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this oolumn are those of the writer
and are not to be construed aa the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
In certain respects many col­lege
professors rate their descrip­tion
as a bunch of medievalists
who ought to have their heads
shaved and be stuck away in a
nunnery.
* - • * -
I say this because even brick­layers
and hod-carriers have ob­tained
more security, freedom,
democracy, and have set relative­ly
higher standards in their work
than college professors have in
the teaching profession.
* * *
These statements require proof
and explanation. And here's both.
* • *•
One who hires a union brick­layer
may be sure the employee
can lay brick. And he'll probably
be a pretty good one. But there
is no proof a man with a degree
or two who wants to teach can
teach.
* • •
The union hod-carrier has a
minimum wage for which he can
work. The professor's minimum
wage is just the lowest pay for
which he will teach. The fact that
even in peace times his wage is
little better than a fireman's
salary is proof that financially
speaking the professors' system
isn't so hot.
' > • * *
Perhaps money isn't all he's
after, but that's true of many
hod-carriers also.
* * •
Look at teaching from another
angle. The professor has no se­curity.
Many colleges are gov­ernment
institutions. Teachers in
such schools work under con­tracts.
If they don't fulfill their
part of the contract they can be
sued. But they can't sue the col­lege
in a reversed situation un­less
the government permits the
suit.
* * * -.
In carrying out their part of
the contract, then, the adminis­tration
is guided, by its con­science.
But when the president
is a man who got his job through
politics or by endowing the
school with money his father
earned, then his conscience or
honor could easily be a doubtful
guide.
* * *
Practically all state constitu­tions
give their university heads
feaudalistic authority without re­quiring
these heads to have even
a Black Marketer's rating as an
educator.
» * «
It's human nature for men in
authority to use it. So these ad­ministrators
usually play a big
part in determining the educa­tional
policies of the college.
» * *
You can see, then, that a presi­dent
who is first of all a politician
would advance the yes men,
squelch the others, and govern
the school according to political
rather than educational rules.
* • •
Students and citizens ought to
resent this kind of set-up because
they suffer under it just as do
the professors. However, profes­sors
are the ones to take the lead
, in fighting these conditions be­cause
they are hit the hardest by
them and because they stay at
the colleges longer than the in­dividual
student.
* * *
It's a hard fight because their
yes-men colleagues will oppose
them, along with the administra­tion,
as stiffy as a coed claws a
feminine rival for her boy friend's
attention.
* • *
College professors will have
your and my sympathy in this
battle so long as they are willing
to do their own fighting. But col­lege
professors are much better
equipped to assert themselves
than were other groups such as
the hod-carriers and brick-layers.
* * •
The best way for professors to
remedy this situation is not by
appealing the state legislatures
to change the educational laws.
It seems to me that their best
method would be to unionize.
• . ' . * *
They probably won't do this,
however, because so many of
them are almost blissfully indif­ferent
toward some of the worst
aspects of their jobs. They also
seem to resent unionization as if
they were above that sort of
thing.
* • *
I don't see how they figure
that way because even the "musi­cal
artists, and I don't mean
swing bands but men who could
really afford to look down their
noses at unions, voluntarily
organized themselves i n t o a
union.
October 22, 1948 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
We Finally 'Doodit';
Our Rag Has A Serial!
Hollywood Has Hope, Auburn Has Kronfeld;
Both Are Characters As You Can See
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:.
This and succeeding installments of my life are to be
swallowed with a grain of salt (NaCl). The material for this
script is both original and unoriginal. Some of the jokes came
from hearing Bob Hope. Some were stolen from William
Saroyan. Who they stole them
from is irrelevant.
My life follows immediately if
not sooner.
Turner Kronfeld
Printed*—Oct. 20, 1943
First Copy—Sold to Author
Second Copy—old to Author's
' mother
Third Copy—Still for sale
Editor's Note—No parts of this
book may reproduce without
consent of the author.
Introduction
Before allowing myself to write
this autobiography I had to de­liberate
with myself for a long
time. I sat down and asked my­self
a question, "Should I write
exactly what I think of myself
in plain English or are children
going to read this?"
Naturally my first thoughts go
back to the days before I became
famous. Even at this time, how­ever,
I made a nice living selling
moth balls.
Just A Phenomenon
I must, however, say that wher­ever
I went I always attracted
attention. In fact, people couldn't
figure out whether I was born or
whether my mother knitted me.
But—I have used only one
formula for my success. That is
—by keeping my nose to the
grindstone—keeping it there in
fact, until the grindstone gave up,
and I don't blame it.
My Life
There was a great deal of ex­citement
at our house on the
date (see local draft board). My
best friend was having a baby—
me.
The nurse brought me in to
see my mother soon after I was
born. The nurse said, "Mrs. Kron­feld,
here is your baby." Mother
looked at me and said, "Is that a
baby?"
My Parents
My mother's name was Mar­garet
Kronfeld. She had a really
fine voice and did a lot of con­cert
singing. My father's name
was Charles. He didn't have such
a good voice and he did what­ever
my mother told him to.
It was my mother who discov­ered
my face. Up until then no
one had dared mention it, think­ing
it might go away.
Early Memory
One of my earliest memories of
my father and mother dates from
a raw winter night not long af­ter
Franklin Roosevelt purchased
the White House. I think I was
about seven days old at the time.
My father came to me, picked me
up, and said, "Well son, how do
you think you will like living
with us?" Quick as a flash I re­plied,
"The hell with Georgia."
From that moment on I knew I
was destined to go to Auburn.
Our family left New York
shortly after I was born, and
sailed to England for a vacation.
I'll always remembered that voy­age.
As the boat pulled into Lon­don's
harbor we were yelling so
loud you could hardly hear the
cattle.
When we returned from Eng­land,
I spent the early part of my
.childhood in Baltimore, a great
city in spite of that.
But Look At Me Nowl
I was a beautiful baby. In fact,
I was such a beautiful baby that
my parents had me kidnapped
twice a week just so they could
see my picture in the papers—
they told me.
I had long golden curls down
to my hips. Mother was proud of
my mop of golden curls; besides,
they came in handy to polish the
car with. It wasn't until I got
my first hair cut that I had to
wear a shirt.
A Sad Day
When I was seven years an
important thing happened. I
learned how to speak.
We had a pretty big family as
families go and ours just seemed
to keep going. And my father
didn't -milly-coddle any of us,
either. He spanked me so hard
once that I went to a fortune tell­er
and had his palm read. I used
FormerMember
Of Parliament
To Speak Were
Local Rotary Club
Will Present Lectures
On World Forces
A former member of the Ger­man
Reichstag, a Canadian who
once served as a Member of Par­liament,
an Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the Philip­pines,
and a former NBC radio
commentator will be the speak­ers
in Auburn's Institute of Inter­national
Understanding spon­sored
by the Local Rotary Club
and under the general direction
of Prof. Ben R. Showalter of the
API faculty. The Institute will
open on Friday, October 29, and
continue for three successive Fri­days.
The general theme of the
lectures will be "Contributors to
a New World Order."
In addition to the evening ad­dresses
for the general public in
Langdon Hall at eight o'clock, the
speakers will talk to the students
of Lee County. High School in
the high school auditorium at
two^fifteen in the afternoon.
According to Professor Sho­walter
the purpose of these lec­ture
is to give the people of Au­burn
and the neighboring towns
an opportunity to hear from in­formed
speakers concerning the
dominating forces on the world
scene and their probable impact
upon the post-war world.
to spend so. much time in the
wood shed that a man had to
come twice a year and treat me
for termites.
(To Be Continued)
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OPINION POLL
By Nick Nigesian
July 4, 1946, is the date set
by law and by vote, of the Fili­pinos
for the independence of
the Philippine Islands. Do you
think we are acting Wisely in
giving the Filipinos their inde­pendence?
The students interviewed
were equally divided in their
opinions, four being for inde­pendence
and four against it.
Pfc. Harold Caudle, Tallade­ga:
"No. Any government that
they might set up would be a
Japanese puppet state and in
my estimation we couldn't just­ly
bestow independence upon
them by selling them into slav­ery."
Tom Simms, Auburn: "No.
At the time the Japs attacked.
Pearl Harbor, the United States
Army had troops fighting the
Filipinos on the remote islands.
We can't give them their inde­pendence
until we have them
all subdued. The safety of the
U. S. merchant fleet is depend­ent
upon the control and use
of the Philippines Islands."
R. T. Whistler, Ft. Dupont,
Delaware: "Yes. Provided that
the war is brought to a success­ful
conclusion by then, which
is doubtful, the Filipinos should
maintain an army and a navy
on the islands. The garrisons
should be permanent and
strong."
Barbara Weaver, Nauvoo:
"No. I don't think that" they
would be able to govern and
protect themselves alone.'
Evan Martin, Fairfax: "Yes.
If we have defeated the Japs
by 1946, the Philippine Islands
should have their independ­ence.
The Filipinos are fully
capable of. governing them­selves
and will set up a good
democratic government. It is
the right of all men to be free."
Gus Baldwin, Montgomery:
"No. If the Japs should con­tinue
to be aggressive, the Phil­ippine
Islands would be a val-able
United States base from
which we could check Japan.
In a region of so many conflict­ing
powers, America should
have a say as to what goes on;
because after the war, trans­portation
and a world police
force will make the world far
more ciosely knitted together."
Lamar Ware, Auburn: "Yes.
If the war is over by 1946,
they should be given their in­dependence,
if they still want
it. However, 1 think an agree­ment
should be made between
the Philippines and the Unit­ed
States for the use of strate­gic
bases on the islands by the
U. S.
Buddy Burton, Dayton, Ohio:
"Yes. If the war has not been
concluded by 1946, it would
promote better relations and
more Filipino support against
the Japanese."
"Next to wives, sweethearts and letters from home,
among things our soldiers mention most is Coca-Cola.
Of course, our fighting men meet up with Coke many
places overseas. But Coca-Cola got there first. Yes
siree, Coca-Cola has been a globe-trotter since way
back when. It has been sold in more than 100 foreign
lands.
"Even with war and so many. Coca-Cola bottling
plants in enemy-occupied countries, our fighting men
are delighted to find Coca-Cola being bottled right
on the spot in so many places around the globe.
And do they go for it when they find ill Who doesn't?"
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY iY
OPELIKA COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, INC.
Little Boy Establishes
Harem On Campus;
Composed Of Home Ecs
'Operator, gibe me wong dis-sence."
- _:
"Wong dissence, gibe me de
Aubun Omeck dirls."
"Hawow, is you de dirls" dat
wants a baby?"
"Yes—I'se de baby."
"Did you thay, 'What are
you?' Dith a minit; let me thee.
I muth be a little boy tause I's
dot on blue thocks."
Well that's how it was, and
the baby is here.
Yes.—Jimmy is a very cute
baby. Like all other babies lit-^
tie Jimmy has two arms, two
legs, blue eyes, etc., but unlike
most little ones he has six mo­thers,
including -Miss Davis and
five home ec. girls.
The four-month-old cutie is
quite a guy, and, boy, does he
get the attention.. Can you
imagine five women doing ev­erything
you want them to do
for you?
The best part of it all is that
little Jimmy was looking for a
home and now that he has
found one' he is very happy.
Who wouldn't be?
TWIST OF WRIST
DOES IT AGAIN
The alarm clock situation in the
nation is admittedly bad these
days, but at Gustavus Adolphus
College in St. Peter, Minn., it
was more than critical for one
coed.
B. J. Lundquist's alarm clock
simply refused to run and so she
toted it down to the local jeweler.
Imagine her embarrassment
when the jeweler asked her if
she had ever tried winding it,
and, with a twist of the wrist,
the timepiece started in ticking
again.
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BULL SESSIONS RANGE
FROM FOOD TO MALES
By Frances Duncan
When Samford clock strikes
9:15 p. m., do all freshman and
sophomore girls go upstairs and
study? Well, all freshman and
sophomore girls go upstairs. Of
course, there are a few that
study, but these cases are few
and far between. The typical API
coed takes her book with good
intentions into a room where sev­eral
of her friends are gathered
for a sort of "community study
hall" spelled b-u-1-1 s-e-s-s-ion.
There are va few requirements
one must meet before she is al­lowed
to enter the solitude of the
study hall. First, she must bring
any food she may have on hand;
second, she must bring a book
(if she possesses one); third, she
must have a good topic to discuss;
and fourth, she must be willing
to make the sacrifice of staying
awake long enough to contribute
her share to the conversation.
Bull Session Box
Nothing is more disgusting
than to gather for a bull session
and then not be able to think -of
anything to talk about. This prob­lem
could be solved by the use
of a "bull session box." Each per­son
wishing to take part in the
nightly bull session could drop
into the box a subject or question
that she has-thought of during
her class periods. At the begin­ning
of the bull session a ques­tion
is drawn from the box and
thus a lively discussion is on its
merry way.
Bull sesions can be of differ­ent
lengths and about many sub­jects.
The shortest ones are usual­ly
about the professor who an­noyed
us most during the day.
These are also the dullest discus­sions.
The longest session take
place on Saturday nights, begin­ning
about 12:00 and lasting un­til
about 3:30 or 4:00. The sub­jects
of these conversations may
range anywhere from potato
chips to men—men, of course,
dominating the larger part of the
discussion. There is very little to
say about potato chips, but gosh,
what we can say about men!
Which Are You?
The people who sit in on bull
sessions can be classified in two
specific groups—assets and bot­tlenecks.
The assets are those
who know what is being talked
about and help to keep _the dis­cussion
from dying a slow death
from lack of conversation. Bottle­necks
are those who never know
anything to talk about, never
talk when they do know any
thing, and always hear nothing
but the end of what has just been
said. The better part of the bull
session begins when the bottle­necks
leave.
After the subject has been
thoroughly discussed and the
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Service men overseas will re­ceive
hundreds of thousands of
Chesterfields this year from the
college newspapers of the Unit­ed
States.
In addition to the campaign
that has already circulated
through the colleges and univer­sities
another has been originat­ed
to send even more cigarettes.
This plan" gives the school papers
a chance to do something mater­ial
in supporting the war effort.
The plan provides that an ad­ditional
amount equal to the 2%
cash discount is to be deducted
from the amount received from
Chesterfield advertising and this
will be used by the newspapers
to purchase cigarettes. Each pack­age
will contain an- imprint and
greeting from the colleges. Be­cause
of the special price of five
noisy roosters remind us' that it cents a package at which Chester-is
almost the breaking of a new
day, the sleepy-heads drift to­ward
the door. One by one the
studious freshmen and sopho­mores
file out and there is no­thing
left -to say.
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thousands of servicemen
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The Plainsman is glad to take
part in this patriotic plan and
urges individual students to send
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to have a part in this plap.
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9:00 WJHO News Room
9:15 Morning Devotions
9:30 Shady Valley Folks MBS
9:45 Leon Childre
10:00 Arther Gaeth MBS
10:15 Rev. Hendley MBS
10:45 Fashion and Music
11:00 Boake Carter MBS
11:15 Bill Hay Reads the Bible
11:30 WJHO Farm, Home Hour
12:00 Mid-day News Summary
Friday, Oct. 22
6:00 .Fulton Lewis, MBS
6:15 The Johnson Family
6:30 Blow Sweet—Blow Hot
6:45 10-2-4 Ranch
7:00 World News Review
7:30 Cisco Kid MBS
8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS
8:15 Gracie Fields
8:30 Spotlight Bands BLUE
9:00 Cederick Foster MBS
9:15 The Plainsman
9:30 Paul Schubert MBS
B:45 Dance Orchestra MBS
10:00 WJHO News Room
10:15 Dance 'Til Twelve MBS
12:00 News MBS
12:01 Silence
Saturday, Oct. 23
6:15 Overnight Sports
6:25 News Room
6:30 Rise and Shine
7:00 Morning News Summary
7:15 Alarm Clock Club
8:00 U. P. News Summary
8:10 Western Serenade
8:35 According to the Record
8:30 Weekend Jamboree
9:00 Mutual News Room MBS
9:05 Rainbow House MBS
9:30 Jackls Varieties
8:45 Bible Story Hour
10:00 U. P. News
10:15 Rev. Hendley
11:00 Army, Navy House Party
11:30 WJHO Farm, Home Hour
12:00 Noonday News
12:30 Luncheon with Lopez MBS 8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS
1:00 U. P. News 8:15 Gracie Fields MBS
1:05 Football Game 8:30 Spot Light Bands Blue
5:00 Navy Bulletin Board 9:00 Raymond Clapper MBS
5:50 WJHO News Room 9:15 The Plainsman
5:55 Navy vs. Ga. Tech 9:45 Dance Orchestra MBS
6:45 Confidentially Yours, MBS 10:00 WJHO News Room
8:30 Spotlight Band Blue
11:15 Bill Hay Reads the Bible
11:30 WJHO Farm, Home Hour
12:00 Noon Day News
12:25-WJHO News Room
12:30 Luncheon with Lopez
1:00 Cederick Foster MBS
1:15 Lum 'n Abner
1:30 Mutual Goes Calling MBS
2:30 Yankee Houseparty
3:00 Headlines & Bylines
. 3:30 Full Speed Ahead MBS
4:15 Black Hood MBS
4:30 Chich Carter MBS
6:45 10-2-&-4 Ranch
7:00 World News Review
7:30 Take A Card MBS
8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS
8:15 Gracie Fields MBS
8:30 Spotlight Bands Blue
9:00 John B. Hughes MBS
9:15 Art Kassel's Orch. MBS
9:30 Paul Schubert MBS >
9:45 Chuck Foster's Orch.
10:00 WJHO News Room
10:15 Dance 'Til Twelve MBS
12:00 News MBS
5:00 Phillip Keyne Gordon MBS12:01 Silence
5:15 Cavalcade of Sports .
5:30_ News from Everywhere
5:45 Superman MBS
6:00 Fulton Lewis MBS
6:15 Johnson Family MBS
6:30 Serenade in Swingtime
12:30 L^creonwithTo"pez~MBS **» Confidentially Yours MBS 7:15 Alarm Clock Club
7:00 Sinfonietta MBS " "" XT " "
Thursday, Oct. 28
6:00 Rise and Shine
6:15 Overnight Sports
6:25 News Room
7:00 World News Review
1:00 Cedric Foster MBS
1:15 Lum 'n Abner
1:30 Mutual Goes Calling MBS
3:00 Headlines & Bylines
3:30 Full Speed Ahead MBS
4:00 U. P. JNews Summary
4:05 Lazy River
4:15 Black Hood MBS
4:30 Boy Detective-MBS
4:45 Let's Dance MBS
5:00 Phillip Keyne Gordon MBS
5:15 Cavalcade of Sports
5:30 News from Everywhere
5:45 Superman MBS
6:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr. MBS
6:15 Johnson Family MBS
6:30 Contrasts
6:45 10-2-4 Ranch
7:00 World News Review
7:30 Boy's Town
8:55 Sports Reports
9:00 John B. Hughes MBS
9:15 Bond Wagon MBS
10:00 WJHO News Room
10:05 Football Roundup
10:30 Halls of Montazoma MBS
11:00 WJHO News Room
11:05 Dance 'Til Twelve
12:00 News MBS
12:01 Silence
Sunday, Oct 24
4:30 The Shadow MBS
5:30 Upton Close MBS
7:15 Cavalcade of Sports
7:30 Famous Fathers
9:00 John B. Hughes MBS
10:15 Dance 'Til Twelve MBS
12:00 News MBS
12:01 Silence
Tuesday, Oct. 26
6:15 Overnight Sports
6:25 News Room
6:30 Rise and Shine
7:00 Morning News Summary
7:15 Alarm Clock Club
8:00 UP News Summary
8:30 8:30 Special
9:00 WJHO News Room
9:30 Shady Valley Folks
9:45 The Hero's Today
10:00 Arther Gaeth MBS
10:15 Rev. Hendly MBS
10:45 Music and Fashion
8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS
8:15 Gracie Fields MBS
8:30 Spotlight Bands BLUE
9:00 John B. Hughes MBS
9:15 The Plainsman
9:45 Dance Orchestra MBS
10:00 WJHO News Room
10:15 Dance 'Til Twelve MBS
12:00 News MBS
12:01 Silence
Wednesday, Oct 27
6:00 Rise and Shine
6:15 Overnight Sports
6:25 News Room
6:30 Sunrise Salute
7:00 Morning News Summary
7:15 Alarm Clock Club
8:00 U. P. News Summary
8:10 The Four Notes
8:25 According to Record
9:00 WJHO News Room
9:15 Morning Devotions
9:30 Shady Valley Folks
9:45 Leon Childre
10:00 Arther Gaeth MBS
10:15 Rev. Hendley MBS
10:45 Music and Fashions
11:00 Boake Carter MBS
11:15 Bill Hay Reads the Bible
8:00 U. P. News Summary
8:10 Songs of the Islands
8:25 Accordng To The Record
9:00 WJHO News Room
9:15 Morning Devotions
9:30 Shady Valley Folks MBS
9:45 The Hero's Today
0:00 Mid-Morning News
10:15 Rev. Hendley MBS
10:45 Music and Fashions
11:00 Boake Carter MBS
11:15 Bill Hay Reads the Bible
11:30 WJHO Farm & Home Hour
12:00 Noon Day News
12:25 WJHO News Room
12:30 Luncheon With Lopez
1:00 Cederick Foster MBS
1:15 Lum 'N Abner
1:30 Mutual Goes Calling
3:00 Headlines & Bylines
3:15 Homer P. Reeves
3:30 Full Speed Ahead MBS
4:00 News
4:05 Lazy River
4:15 Black Hood MBS
4:30 Chick Carter MBS
4:45 Let's Dance
5:00 Phillip Keyne Gordon MBS
5:15 Calvacade of Sports
5:30 News From Everywhere
11:30 WJHO Farm & Home Hour 5:45 Superman MBS
12:00 Noon Day News
12:25 WJHO News Room
12:30 Luncheon with Lopez
1:00 Cederick Foster MBS
1:15 Today In Movieland
1:30 Mutual Goes Calling MBS
3:30 Full Speed Ahead MBS
6:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr. MBS
6:15 Johnson Family MBS
6:30 Tea Time Tunes
6:45 Confidentially Yours MBS
7:00 The Better Half MBS
8:00 Gabriel Heatter MBS
8:15 Gracie Fields MBS
8:30 Spotlight Bands Blue
8:00 Cleveland Symphony MBS11:00 Boake Carter MBS
4:30 Chich Carter MBS
5:00 Phillip Keyne Gordon MBS 9:00 Raymond Clapper MBS
MBS 5:15 Cavalcade of.Sports 9:15 The Plainsman
5:30 News from Everywhere 9:30 Paul Schubert MBS
5:45 Superman MBS 10:00 WJHO News Room
6:00, Fulton Lewis, Jr. MBS 10:15 Dance 'Til Twelve MBS
6:15 The Johnson Family MBS 12:00 News MBS
6:30 Rockin' Chair Time 12:01 Silence
Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN October 22, 1943
Chi Omega Sorority To Present "Autumn Formal"
Women Marines
Given Chance
To Be Officers
Major Ruth Cheney Streeter,
director of the United States Ma­rine
Corps Women's Reserve, has
announced that the Marine Corps
Women's Reserve has reached a
point in its development where it
is now preparing to offer mem­bers
of its enlisted personnel op­portunities
to become commis­sioned
officers.
Women of the Marine Corps
Women's Reserve who'have been
in service for varied periods of
time up to three or four months
following their indoctrination,
and applicants who have demon­strated
their ability and capacity
for military service may now be
recommended by their command­ing
officers for entrance in the
Officer Candidate School.
It was pointed out, however,
that the new plan will not result
in the entire closing down of ap­plications
for officer training di­rect
from civil life. Major Street­er
has announced that there will
always be need for some persons
with specialized qualifications or
outstanding abilities and that op­portunities
will remain open for
women of this type to join the
Marine Corps Women's Reserve.
TODAY
LIONEL BARRYMORE
in
'DR. GILLESPIE'S
CRIMINAL CASE'
Cartoon - Sport - Serial
— SATURDAY —
RICHARD ARLEN
WENDY BARRIE
in
'SUBMARINE
ALERT'
Superman Cartoon
Musical - Novelty
Owl Show, Sat. 11 P. M.
Regular Showing
Sunday—Monday
A SALVO of THRILLS!
BEERY
"ttFayBAINTER
Reginald OWEN
IN GORGEOUS
TECHNICOLOR
RAY COLLINS
KEYE LUKE
MARILYN MAXWELL
WILLIAM LUNDIGAN
Latest WAR News
— TUESDAY —
'FOOTLIGHT
GLAMOUR'
with
BLONDIE
Cartoon, Novelty and
"S. American Sports"
Wednesday—Thursday
FRED ASTAIRE
in
'YOU WERE
NEVER
LOVELIER'
with
RITA HAYWORTH
• THEATRE*
ALT PLEDGES
Alpha Lambda Tau has pledged
the following men:
Clyde William Taff, Columbus,
Ga.; John McKenzie, Marietta,
Ga.; R. G. Vkk, Magnolia, Ala.;
Albert Hall, Lannett, Ala.; Wil­liam
A. Weed, Columbus, Ga.; W.
Henry Thomas, Hot Springs,
N. C; and Bill G. Dunn, Lanett,
Ala.
Auburn Plans
To Have Drive
On Scrap Paper
Final plans are Deing made for
gathering Auburn's waste paper
in a one-day drive on Saturday,
October 30. The Auburn Junior
Chamber of Commerce, sponsor
of the Scrap Drive, urges every­one
to please save every scrap of
paper possible in order that the
drive may be of maximum bene­fit
to the war effort.
"Paper is a very critical item
in our war economy. It is literal­ly
true that waste paper may
have a large part in winning this
war. Paper is used extensively
for wrapping shells and for mak­ing
"V-boxes" in which food and
ammunition are shipped overseas.
Approximately 500,000 tons will
be used this year for this pur­pose
alone," Chairman Glenn
Scott stated.
"Shelter for our soldiers are of­ten
made of paper and paper is
also used extensively for camou-flouge
p u r p o s e s . Parachutes
which are used for dropping food
and ammunition to our boys are
also made of paper.
"Everyone is urged to keep
wastepaper stacked in conven­ient
bundles so that the Boy
Scouts may gather it with a min­imum
of difficulty. Old magazines
are especially desirable since they
are compact and will weigh more
than other, types of paper per
unit of volume," Mr. Scott con­tinued.
REDUCED PRICES: On perm-anents
at Newsome's Beauty Sa­lon.
Call 909 for information.
Shampoo and set 65c. 249 E.
Glenn.
FDR iatfl:
I hope Americans
will figure out for
themselves addi­tional
payroll sav­ings.
Phi Kappa Tau
Treasure Hunt
Given Saturday
Knowing a chest of treasure
was well-hidden in the vicinity,
the men of Phi Kappa Tau and
their dates assembled in front of
Samford Hall at 3:30 Saturday af­ternoon,
October 16. After the
party had assembled, the leader
divided the group into sections
of four and read the first clue
that started the Phi Taus and
their lovely guests off for the
treasure.
The clues that led to the treas­ure
were difficult, but the easiest
of all proved to be the clue that
gave directions to the most pop­ular
tree on the campus, the one
that you would be most likely to
visit on a moonlit night. Follow­ing
these planted clues, which
led to all important buildings
and land marks of Auburn, the
groups finally arrived at the hid­ing
place of the treasure which
proved to be at the present home
of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.
The four victors found the
treasure to be a carton of cigar­ettes
and an ample supply of
candy, which was enjoyed by all.
While recuperating from the long
trek about town members and
dates enjoyed several jokes and
games.
At long last the time for sup­per
arrived, and, heeding the
suggestion of one of the more mil­itary
minded members, the=party
formed in regular formation of
columns of twos to be marched
to the Tiger Cafe where dinner
was waiting. This unusual mili­tary
formation created quite a
show as it marched through the
main streets of town to mass com­mands
and cadence. Soldiers on
the side walks could be seen
cranning their, necks to observe
the goings on, and civilians
peered from store windows at the
marching group of Phi Taus and
their dates.
After reaching the cafe safe­ly
and enjoying a delicious meal,
the group disbanded just in time
to dress for the evening's concert
and dance.
Those lucky couples finding
the treasure were Dan Bittner,
Frances Biddle; Jack White and
Marye Beasley Bidez.
LOST: One identification
bracelet with Robert Wojohn en­graved
on front. Finder please
call 448.
FOR THE FALL PARTIES
TO LEAD CHI FORMAL
. . . you'll be high in the ranks of charm and irresistible
beauty in these "designed for gaiety"
EVENING FROCKS
Never before have we shown such a wide range of selec­tions
in evening attire . . . taffetas, silks, nets, satins . . .
charmingly draped and trimmed to set off every bit of
charm one likes to display on an evening of merriment
and light-heartedness.
12.98 to 35,00
Exclusively at
MILDRED LIPPITT'S
'"i& A' ''f'¥''}''•
;itimm ,-:%:;•
:M-Miss
Kay Hall, president, will lead the Chi Omega formal tomor­row
night. She will be escorted by Carl Owen, West Point.
Miss Jackson Weds Dr. Brewer
In Church Ceremony At Dozier
Meyer, Greeson;
Banks, Carroll
To Marry Soon
The marriage of Miss Mazie Et­ta
Jackson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Jackson, of Dozier, to
Dr. Walter E. Brewer, of Moul-ton,
former Auburn student, took
place on September 3, in the
Baptist Church in Dozier with
the Rev. W. T. Guder officiat­ing.
The bride is a graduate of St.
Margaret's Hospital in Montgom­ery,
and held a position in the in­firmary
at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute.
The groom received his degree
from the School of Veterinary
Medicine at API on June 1, 1942.
YOU'LL ALWAYS
BE PLEASED WITH
The Food
Served
AT THE
GRILLE
TOWN & COUNTRY
««4
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.
He is a practicing veterinarian in
Tuskegee, where he and his bride
will make their home.
Banks-Carroll
The approaching marriage of
Miss Marguerite Downing Banks,
Auburn student from Guerryton,
and Cadet Thomas Morris Carroll,
of Hurtsboro, is of cordial inter­est.
The bride to be is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Banks.
She received her preparation for
college in the schools of Hurts­boro
and attended the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute.
Cadet Carroll is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Carroll, of Hurts­boro.
He graduated from T. M. I.
and attended the University of
Alabama. He is now an aviation
cadet at Campbell, Ky.
The marriage will take place
at an early date.
Meyer-Greeson
The marriage of Miss Marilyn
Frances Meyer, daughter of Mrs.
A. W. Morris, Jr., of St. Louis,
Mo., to Ensign John Aubert Gree-son,
former Auburn student, will
take place this month at St. Mi­chael's
Episcopal Church in St.
Louis.
The bride-elect is a graduate of
Bradford C o l l e g e , Bradford,
Mass. She made her debut in
1942, being presented at the Belle
Rive County Club in St. Louis.
Ensign Greeson is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Greeson of
Montgomery. He received his de­gree
at Auburn in 1942 from the
Miss Kay Hall, President,
To Lead With Carl Owen
Bob White And Auburn Ambassadors To Play
For Tea Dance Preceding Saturday Formal
Miss Kay Hall of Atlanta, Ga., will lead the 'autumn form­al',
given by Chi Omega sorority, with Carl Owen of West
Point, Ga.
The dance will be given by the sorority, Saturday night
from 9 till 12 at the gym on Opelika Road. Cecil Mackey and
his orchestra will furnish the music for the occasion.
Miss-Hall will wear a gown of — '
Hopton-Jones; Elbertine Fields,
Bob Conner; Marjorie Homer,
Dan Powers; Nell Martin, T. C.
Davis; Boo DeVan, Lt. Eastman.
Virginia Ware, Bill Blackburn;
Mary Loranz,' Stanley Hand;
Martha F; Kilgore, Henry Stea-gall;
Jane ' Anderson, James C.
Smith; Kimball Boan, J. D. Nail;
Alta Wise, Dave Platzer; Viola
Coons, Jimmie Smith; Mary
Fearn Geron, Irvin Cooper; La-cey
Wikley, Greely Moore;
Blanche Ellis Dykes, Lt. H. M.
Dykes; Eleanor Hannum, Wil-liard
Blunschi.
black net with red, evening
length gloves, and will be pre­sented
with a bouquet of white
carnations by Mrs. P. O. Davis
during the leadout.
The hall is to be decorated in
the Chi Omega colors, cardinal
and straw, which will also carry
out the autumn theme. The
streamers are to extend from the
crystal ball. Gold flecked autumn
leaves and vines will edge the
walls and the Chi Omega crest
is to be centered upon the back­drop.
A tea dance will be given at
the hall from 4 till 6 o'clock pre-ceeding
the formal with Bob
White and his Auburn Ambassa­dors
furnishing the music. After
the dance the sorority will give
a breakfast at their house.
The members, pledges, and
dates attending the dance are as
follows:
Kay Hall, Carl Owen; Martha
Ellis, Gene Griffiths; Connie
Wheeler, Jim Starling; Doris Kar-cher,
Don Turner; Claire Mar­shall,
Council Sapp; Marion
Boyle, Marcellus Boyd; Amy
Williams, Ed Baumhauer; Jane
Gatewood, Al Sutton; Beryl Gil­liam,
William Buck.
Ruth Strain, Jay Green; Ra­chel
Bowen, Leslie Barber; June
Adams, Buck Taylor; Phyllis
Kloeti, John Lanier; Carolyn
Dixori, Jesse Derick; Pat Kirk-wood,
John Lodge; Katherine
Phillips, Lt. Wayne Firestone;
Laline White, Norman Baring-ton;
Nancy Driskell; Stanley
Wasman; Bobbie Burrowes, Ted
Theta U, ADPi# Chi O
Elect Pledge Officers
The pledges of Theta Upsilon
sorority elected the following of­ficers
in a recent meeting:
Pat Crowe, president; June
Black, vice-president; Vivian
Duncan, treasurer.
» * *
The new pledge officers of Chi
Omega sorority were elected re­cently
and are as follows:
Bobby Burrows, president; Vi­ola
Coons, Secretary; and Susan
Deloney, treasurer.
* * *
At their regular Monday night
meeting, the ADPi pledges elect­ed
the following officers: Halsa
Kyser, president; M a r g a r et
Crane, vice-president; Sue Mc­Donald,
secretary; Catherine San­derson,
treasurer.
School of Architecture. While at
API he was a member of Pi Kap­pa
Alpha fraternity.
The groom-elect received his
commission last July at Lambert
Field, S t Louis, Mo. He is sta­tioned
at the Naval Air Naviga­tion
School.
SCRAPBOOKS AND PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
Each day produces events that will someday b e fond memo­ries.
Now is the time to record these events so they will be a
permanent source of pleasure in future years. Start your book
of memories today with one of our lovely scrapbooks or photo­graph
albums.
BURTON'S BOOKSTORE
"SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY"
MARTIN
"THE PLACE TO GO"
Today
'CABIN IN THE
SKY'
Also
Latest War News
Our Gang, "Farm Hands"
Admission: 10c and 30c
Saturday, Oct. 23
Double Feature Program
No. 1
'IDAHO'
No. 2
'MURDER ON
WATERFRONT'
Also
Serial, "Secret Code," No. 11
Cartoon
Sunday and Monday
Oct. 24 and 25
(Feature starts, 1:30, 3:10;
4:50, 9:00)
'FIRED WIFE'
Also
Latest War News
Musical, "All-American Band"
Tuesday, Oct. 26 .
Double Feature Program
No. 1
'LET'S HAVE
FUN'
No. 2
'BORDER
BUCKAROO'
Also
"Oil In Blood"
Wednesday, Oct. 27
'THE SKY'S THE
LIMIT'
Also
"Cuba, Land of Romance" and
"Fixing Tricks"
Thursday, Oct. 28
Double Feature
No. 1
'THE RAINS
CAME'
No. 2
'UNDER TWO
FLAGS'
Optoher 22, 1843 THE P L A I N S M AN Page five
There Is Never A Dull Moment
With Entertaining Templeton
From Sweet And Low To Loud And Long
"Piano Swinging Alec Lays The Music Down
By Frank Marsh
Alec Templeton really ought to be written up by a Menc­ken
or a Mclntyre because his mind and muscles move at a
pace that would embarrass a nose-diving P-38.
He hears the word Opelika and immediately decides to
compose a number called "The Russian Balalaika Played in
Opelika." He steps off the train from Atlanta and, in spite of
his blindness, picks a pretty coed
as his Auburn Sweetheart. It was
her accent that got him.
His train-weary companions
leave him to his own devices
while waiting to be served at
the Grille. So he beats out a tune
on the table-top and plucks a
tune-from the prongs on his fork.
' While eating, he and Mr. Bar-nett
indulged in about ten min­utes
x>t double-talk that was at
least as entertaining as his "Re­volver
Loading Mother." But he
admits that the master at dou­ble-
talk is Major Fielding Elliot,
the military news analyst, al­though
he doesn't intend to be.
He met and made friends of
scores of Auburn people. He vis­ited
the gym and tried the piano
during the afternoon, came back
to the hotel where he was inter­viewed
by several people whose
names he remembered gave a
two-hour concert, and still looked
as if he had spent the last twen­ty-
four hours in grandma's soft­est
feather bed.
But last Saturday was nothing
unusual for Mr. Templeton. This
appearance before soldiers and
college students—his favorite au­diences—
was almost a vacation.
Besides these tours he has oth­er
engagements such as the one
he has just completed at the Wal­dorf-
Astoria where h& appeared
with Andre Kostelanctz.
He stars on his own coast-to-coast
radio program Wednesday
evenings at' 9:30, makes numer­ous
recordings, remains the na­tion's
most ardent radio and rec­ord
fan, grows a victory garden
on his Connecticutt farm, enter­tains
thousands of people, does
Johnsons Carry
Auburn Spirit
All Over Globe
Six Brothers Are
Graduates Of API;
All Are In Service
Six Johnson brothers, now
members of the armed forces, as
graduates of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute are keeping
are keeping alive that "Auburn
spirit" by spreading the "Tiger"
battle cry "War Eagle" all over
the globe. They are the sons of
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Johnson "of
Alexander City.
Lt. Rowe Johnson, oldest bro-ther^
received his degree in, the
School of Agricultural Educa­tion
in 1927 graduation with hon­ors.
Outstanding in campus ac­tivities
he was a member of Phi
Kappa Phi and Gamma Sigma
Delta. He is now stationed at
Clinton, Miss., in) charge of farm
and labor production, soil erosion
and farm work at the prison war
camp there.
Lt. Col. Herman T. Johnson,
another brother, graduated from
Auburn in 1928 from the School
of Architectural Engineering. He
is now supervising the building
of a post hospital somewhere in
North Africa.
A third brother, Captain Thom­as
George Johnson, received his
degree in 1932 from the API
School of Civil Engineering. He
is now stationed with the Army
engineers at the Middletown,
(Pa) Air Base.
Two other brothers, twins,
First Lieutenant Otis Johnson,
and First Lieutenant Oel John-
STRAYED OR STOLEN: Per­sian
cat. Light, reddish-yellow
with- white stomach. Male, 3
years, old. Reward. Mrs. Bob
Norris. Phone 176-R.
FOR SALE: Girl's bicycle in
good condition. Balloon tires. Call
292-R.
son, graduated in 1935 from the
API School of Engineering. The
former is acid supervisor for the
Army at a powder plant in Penn­sylvania.
The latter, who was a
chemist for the Coca-Cola Com­pany
in Manila at the outbreak
of World War II, is now a Jap
prisoner in the Osaka camp.
The sixth brother, First Lieu­tenant
John Willis Johnson,
graduated in 1940 from the School
of Agricultural Engineering. He
has served as battery commander
both in African and the Sicilian
campaigns.
Sir Walter Raleigh
Still On The Job
Mr. Lawrence Barnett was
hurrying down the hall to his
music appreciation classroom.
In front of him, a comely coed
ambled gracefully. As .he
moved to the right to pass her,
she also swerved to the right—
directly in front of him. Since
the hall was narrow, he im­patiently
slowed down. Again
he tried to pass, this time on
the left, and again he was. foil­ed.
After trailing the lass a lit-le
while, he finally did suc­ceed
in passing her.
Then, with all the courtesy
of Sir Walter Raleigh, he
turned and said, "Thanks for
the dance!"
POPs Elect
The pledges of Phi Omega Pi
Omega Pi elected officers for the
quarter Jast week. Those elected
were Mary Bowen, president;
Barbara Buckley, vice-president,
Virginia Collins, treasurer, and
Helen Kirkland, secretary.
everything that's humanly pos­sible
on a piano, makes a pile of
money, and gets as much of a
kick out of living as anybody in
the world. Any of these things is
a full-time job.
Then he composes, interprets,
jives, aranges, and combines all
types of music. And he's an im­personator
par excellence.
His sideline is being the world's
greatest improviser.
But there are still more of the
Templetonian believe it or not.
For instance, he made his debuts
at the age of five, the same year
he started taking piano lessons.
He is the only Englishman to
have an American sense of hum­or.
And when he played "Star­dust"
with one hand and "Rhap­sody
in Blue" with the other, a
combination he had probably
never made before, and could
tell they wouldn't clash, well . . .
He could no more explain how
he did that than a hen could
describe the process of laying an
egg. They just manage to do if
somehow.
Mr. Templeton learns his music
by listening to records or by hav­ing
someone read the notes to
him. He doesn't read the music
in Braille. There's even a -possi­bility
that he doesn't read at all.
Anyway, it's not important.
Mrs. Templeton complements
the pianist. Each year they drink
a toast to Hank Ford because it
was through another guest on the
Ford hour that the couple met.
Theirs is a happy love affair, but
we'll let it go at that because the
1936 match, starring the Duke
and Duchess, was love story
enough for this century so far
as news value is concerned.
Here Today, There Tomorrow
Conditions Of Sicily
As Seen By Radiomen,
Former Auburn Sailors
The following letter was re­ceived
by Jim Green, CBM,
from four graduates of the Au­burn
Naval Radio Training
School.
September 15, 1943
Somewhere in Sicily
Hi Chief,
I almost started to write this
letter in Italian; been here a
while. The hoys and I (we were
a draft of 23 men out of class
No. 8 who graduated from Au­burn
during January, 1943, and
went to Norfolk). What is left of
the 23 of us, are all well and in
good spirits (of course we over­look
such mere trifles as dysen­tery,
etc.). How are you fellows
at old "Alma Mater"?
We hit the beach at various
spots along the Sicilian coast
(three of us rode ashore on
tanks) on July 10-11 and had a
time of it for a while. Now we
are waiting for "Them guys" to
relieve "Us guys" being as "Us
guys" got here on our own hook.
Home Sounds Good
We never realized what a soft
set-up the U.S.N. Radio Sch. at
API was until we hit Africa and
had to live in tents. (Say Chief,
that dehydrated stuff is the
"thing" and as for those canned
field rations—well, we started
barking at one another and fight­ing
over "dog" biscuits. Can you
imagine a guy getting filled up
on a box of Crackerjacks? That
is how things were .with us.)
Now we are all O. K. We live in
a house here with running water
(if you want to run and get it),
electric lights, which we put in
ourselves (you would be surprised
at what a radioman can do un­der
certain conditions) and we
couldn't get better chow any­where.
Why, only the other day
we had fresh meat (at least they
said it was a freshly killed cow,
but I never knew of a cow to
wear a saddle, did you?)
It is getting so that we can't
trust the cooks any more. Only
last night we went to draw our
night rations and they gave us a
can of what they called "Beef
and' Pork Loaf." Well, when we
opened the can some of us were
inclined to believe that it may at
one time have been beef and
pork, but—We ate it anyhow.
I'll never be able to look an hon­est
hot dog in the face as long
as I live. That Vienna Sausage
they feed us is slowly killing me.
The boys feel the same way about
them.
Send Love To Coeds
, Well changing the subject for
a moment, the women here aren't
beautiful (contrary to popular be­lief).
Chief, you have seen the
Arabs (pronounced "A"-rabs as
in "day"), haven't you? You
would do us a great favorN by
giving our love to all those pret­ty
coeds at API.
Say Chief, do you remember
Louis Sherbacow? Yes, he went
to Norfolk with us. While we
were there, he was transferred.
The next time we saw him we
were in Africa. You wouldn't
have known him except for the
fact that he was selling mattress
covers and sun glasses to the
Arabs, he has lost quite a bit
of weight and has grown a beau­tiful
set of "handlebars and a
van dyke." Nice fellow, that guy
Louis. We heard later that he is
Lieut, (jg) Sherbacow. Give him
oUr love if and when you see
him and tell him that Bill Jones
really misses him.
With Tongue In Cheek?
Seriously Chief, this duty is
O. K. We wouldn't change it for
any other in the world (unless it
were permanent duty at EACH
or NAH). We have been through­out
this island and are getting to
like it more and more every (al­right,
so I am saying this with
my tongue in my cheek) day. We
missed out on the invasion of
Italy proper; how I don't know.
If you knew our skipper (maybe
you do—Lt. Comdr. Nolan, USN)
you couldn't imagine how we did
miss out.
Harold Gath (he and Bill Jones
aren't with us any more—they
were transferred) paid you a visit
at Auburn during April. That
was the last time we heard of
you "guys." The fellows that
graduated in February and
March, who were sent to the Rec.
Sta. NORVA left there before we
did.
Have a Heart Commander s
We read in Our Navy magazine
that Chief LaCroix was advanced
to RE. Our heartiest congratula­tions
to him! By the way, is he
still with you? Please tell Mr.
Phillips to go easy on the boys
and to be generous with the rates.
Our class had 18 ratings out of a
class of 82 men (if I remember
correctly). One RM3c and twenty-two
S2c's went to Norfolk. Just
about all of us are rated now,
many being RM2c. I guess the
oficers we have now appreciate
our radio knowledge a little more
than you fellows.
Enough of that. It is getting
near dawn (I have just come off
the midnight watch) and I could
LOST: Pair American Beauty
evening gloves between Samford
and Thach on So. Gay. Call 867
or 829.
t,.... ^Jki'Y
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ou light up a cigarette, unfold your newspaper
and the news of the world unfolds before your
eyes. You depend on the printed word to keep
you up to the minute on everything that counts.
And smokers depend on Chesterfield
for everything that counts in a ciga­rette.
Their Right Combination of the
world's best cigarette tobaccos makes
them Milder, Cooler-Smoking and far
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Chesterfield and see how really good a
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a little sleep. (Ah, just to
think, no automobile horn to
blow us out of bed at the ungod­ly
hour of 6:30).
Just Call on Us
Before I close this, Chief, I
want to ask you to do a favor for
me. If ever Mr. Phillips needs
four good radiomen (second class
ones at that) put in a word for
us, will you?
Well, Chief, I'll stow the gaff,
batten my hatch and shove off.
(Salty?, I'll say). Regards to all.
CTM Smith, CY Smith, CRM
Newton, Lt. Comdr. Phillips, Dr.
Young, and all the others I have
not mention—and of course, Mr.
Rudd. Our love to "Pretty Boy"
(Vackiner, I believe is his name;
shall never forget the man:
Sweet Misery of Life), Hilla and
Vanae Mark. They don't know
how lucky they are—sitting at a
table for chow and being served
(at one time here, we had a Lt.
(jg) getting our chow.)
Seriously hoping to receive a
speedy reply to this chronicle, I
remain, respectfully
Your shipmate,
James Giglio, RM2c, USN
(for the boys)
Manuel Sarabia, RM2c,
USNR
R. G. Guidetti, RM2c, USNR
A. W. McDaniel, RM2c,
USNR
We Wonder If They
Were Zoofc Suits
It's only a rumor but it trav­eled
all the way from Emory
University, Georgia, to the Uni­versity
of Indiana.
J. Edward Hedges, acting di­rector
of the Indiana personnel
and placement bureau, didn't
shake off a legend about himself
when he left Dixie.
When he taught at Emory, Dr.
Hedges had a wide variety of
suits, and soon his students be­gan
to keep a record of what he
wore in order to find out how
many days would pass before he
repeated the cycle of his ward­robe.
"I used to throw them off the
track," Dr. Hedges said, "along
about the middle of the semes­ter
when I wore a suit that had
been packed away for months."
Thereafter, Dr. Hedges was
known as "the man with the va­riety
of suits." The legend was
transferred to I. U. when he fur­nished
an Indiana reporter with
some clippings of his days at
Emory.
ON WJHO TONIGHT!
USO Center To Open
Within Next Week
The new USO center will be
open for the service men within
the next week.
The main room will have a
creme colored ceiling with sun­light
yellow walls. The floor of
the room is to have linolium of
tan and brown in a marble de­sign.
Furniture for the lounge is
of maple.
The game room will be deco­rated
with brown as the final
theme and a linolium to match
in a battle ship design. There
will be three ping pong tables,
two pool tables and other •small­er
games provided.
.All men in uniform are invited
to enjoy the center, which will
be completed in short time.
"HELLO EVERYBODY!" It's
Grade Fields back from her com­mand
Performance tour of Army
camps in England and Africa
ready for her "Victory Show"
over the Mutual network and
WJHO, Mondays through Fridays,
8:15 to 8:30 p. m. C. W. T.
THIS Coast Guardsman stands watch over the
convoy — telephones warnings that keep it in
protected formation—helps to get fighting men and
fighting equipment through to their destination.
On every battlefront—at sea, on land and in the
air—telephone and radio equipment made by Western
Electric is seeing plenty of action.
For 61 years, this Company has been the manufac­turer
for the Bell Telephone System. In the impor­tant
war work that Western Electric is doing today,
college graduates—men and women of varied abilities
—are finding opportunities to serve their country well.
Buy War Bonds regularly—from now till Victory!
Western Electric
IN PEACE...SOURCE OF SUPPLY TOR THE BELL SYSTEM.
IN WAR... ARSENAL Of COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT,
Page Six THE P L A I N S M AN
OTS And Alpha Psis Battle
For Touch Football Crown
October 22,1943
ALT Elects Officers
For Coming Quarter
Alpha Lambda Tau has elect­ed
the following officers whose
terms of office will begin with
the final meeting of this quarter:
Rex Rainer, DeFuniak Springs,
Fla., president; Dick Whistler,
Pineville, La., vice president; R.
C. Johnson, Greenville, secre­tary-
treasurer; and Paul Barks-dale,
Huntsville, Interfraternity
Council representative.
PiKAs Suffer Defeat At Hands Of Both
In First Round Of Interfrat Playoff
By Jay Green
Interfraternity touch football competition reaches its final
stage as the playoffs began Tuesday. PiKA suffered defeat at
the hands of both Alpha Psi and OTS and was eliminated
from the playoff as a consequence.
Alpha Psi and OTS will meet in the final games next week
with the first two being on Tuesday and Thursday at 5 p. m.
on Drake Field. Since neither
team has been defeated, these
should prove interesting games.
OTS-PiKA
OTS and PiKA opened the
play-off Tuesday evening as the
OTS won a 26 to 6 victory. Ex­cellent
teamwork, a driving line,
a wonderful passer and a superb
pair of ends is what won for
OTS.
The game opened with OTS
receiving. After two unsuccess­ful
pass plays, Kronfeld passed
to J. D. Nail for 30 yards plus a
touchdown. The try for extra
point was unsuccessful.
Wiley Byrd intercepted a PiKA
pass in PiKA territory and this
.swift center easily returned it
for a touchdown. The try for ex­tra
point was no good. The score
then stood OTS 13, PiKA 0.
OTS started the second quarter
with a touchdown on -a hideout
play with Rod Lancaster hiding
out. This play was good for 45
yards. A pass to Nail netted the
extra point.
The final score came at the be­ginning
of the second half. Lan­caster
received the ball on his
own 15 and ran through the en­tire
PiKA team for a touchdown.
On this play he started up the
right side line and finished on
the left corner, every PiKA hav­ing
been a potential tackier. The
extra point was made on a pass
to Bill Peace over the goal.
Alpha Psi-PiKA
The second game of the playoff
was played by Alpha Psi and
PiKA on Thursday evening.
Again PiKA faced a heavy team
with plenty of reserves, speed,
power and one of the best passers
on the campus. PiKA kicked off
and the Alpha Psi quickly pushed
the ball to the PiKA one yard
line. When a fumble occurred on
the third down and a pass over
the goal fell incomplete, the ball
was given the PiKAs on their 20.
Another Alpha Psi threat ended
on the PiKA 5 yard line. The
strength of the PiKAs reached
its height at this point in the
playoff.
The first Alpha Psi touchdown
came when Robert Williams 'in­tercepted
a PiKA pass and
stepped over the goal for the
score. The extra point was good.
The Alpha Psis topped this
touchdown by scoring a seeond
in the third quarter on a pass
from Bob Williams to Morgan
and again the try for extra point
was good.
On the longest run of the year
Williams scored the final Alpha
Psi touchdown. The run occurred
in the fourth quarter. A PiKA
pass fell into the arms of Wil­liams,
who was then on his own
one yard line. He started toward
the left sideline, quickly changed
his direction and headed toward
the right side. By the time he
reached the PiKA 25, he was in
the clear. The game ended short­ly
after this run and the Alpha
Psis stepped into the finals with
the OTS.
BUY WAR BONDS .
AND STAMPS
COMMENTS
(Continued from Page 1)
The campaigns which we are
making and will make in the
future against our enemies
must be carefully planned and
intricately timed. The coordi­nation
so necessary to the suc­cess
of any military undertak­ing
is'much harder to attain in
modern war, because of the
tremendous distances involved
and the increased speed of ma­neuver
made possible by the
mechanization of present day
armies.
WITH THIS INCREASING
DIFFICULTY of coordination
has come increasing necessity
for it. It is because of this ne­cessity
that we began to hear
about "over-all strategy."
THE STRATEGY OF THE
UNITED NATIONS is con­ceived
on a global basis and
therefore it must be in keep­ing
with the military situation
as it exists in.every part of this
w i d e world. To accomplish
the downfall of our collective
enemies in the shortest possible
time and at the least possible
cost in men and materials we
were forced to" resort to a cen­tral
planning board, so. to speak.
It is from behind the secret
doors of the offices of this great
coordinating body, sometimes
referred to as the United Na­tions
War Council, that the
phrase, "over-all strategy" has
come.
IT MEANS MORE than just
what it says. It means we are
cooperating with our allies. It
means we are coordinating our
armed forces in a single grand
strategy under a unified com­mand.
It means we have read
the lessons of the last war and
refuse to blunder under several
mixed commands as we then
did, before Marshall Foch was
appointed supreme head of the
Allied Armies on the western
front.
AS TO THE FUTURE
MOVES of the war, on our part
and on the part of our enemies,
your'guess is as good as mine.
Predictions, however logical
they may be, are made without
access to any specific informa­tion
regarding the movements
of military or naval forces. The
person who hastens to venture
a prediction in such circum­stances
is taking his reputation
as a prophet in his hands, for
accurate observation is practi­cally
impossible.
Poor Football
Better Than
No Football
Esquire Poll Finds
Majority Favor
Continuing Sports
Football and other competitive
sports may suffer a lot due to
the manpower shortage in Amer­ican
colleges and universities,
but even a suffering game is bet­ter
than none at all, according
to the Esquire Sports Poll find­ings
of Ralph Cannon and Herb
Graffis in the November issue.
Asked why they thought foot­ball
and other competitive sports
were being dropped by many col­leges
and universities, 86.46 per
cent laid the blame at.the door
of the manpower shortage. Their
accompanying comment favored
continuance of the game in spite
of this handicap, however, the
Esquire Poll found. Fear of com­petition
from schools with Navy
and Marine personnel on their
teams was discounted as a rea­son
for the dropping of sports by
63.03 per cent of the voters.
Nearly three-quarters of those
polled did not believe that antag­onists
of sports were using their
emergency authority to drive
competitive athletics from our
collegiate system.
No Lack of Interest
Lack of interest on the part of
student body, faculty or alumni
can't be held responsible, over
three-fourths of the voters said.
Transportation difficulties were
brought up frequently as a pos­sible
reason for many colleges
dropping football.
The Poll's second question,
which asked voters if they con­sidered
this dropping of sports
unwise on the part of colleges,
netted a 58.97 per cent affirma­tive
vote. The reason given by
those who said "Yes" was that
it will be difficult for the 189
colleges who have dropped sports
to start again after the war. It
will take time and will involve
many mistakes to reorganize
defunct athletic departments.
Some added that athletically in­clined
students would not be
likely to choose colleges that
dropped sport with the season.
How Serious Is Situation
The third question also drew a
s t r o n g affirmative response.
Asked if they considered the sit­uation
serious enough to warrant
organizing to protect the contin­uance
of sports, 62.50 per cent
said "Yes." The voters suggested
the formation of national and re­gional
committees to perform
these duties, and urged the con­tinuance
of local sports-minded
organizations such as alumni
groups, quarterback clubs, coach­es
associations, .the American Le­gion
and Junior Chamber of Com­merce.
Question IV concerned the
practice of the Navy and Marine
Corps in letting their personnel
engage in collegiate competition,
whereas the Army will not. An
overwhelming majority —. 87.43
per cent voted the Army should
follow the lead of the other
branches of the service and per­mit
its personnel to join colle­giate
competition. But the voting
was hot in spite of the landslide,
Esquire reports.
Phone 446
CHIEF'S
U-DRIVE-IT
Sinclair Service Station
First One Thing
Then Another
Yes, we realize that we were
sorta hasty with our comments
about the Girls' Intramural pro­gram.
Since our ears have ben
constantly filled with protests
—from both of our readers.
One claimed that we were
slightly mixed up. And it seems
that we were.
The idea of the volleyball
tournament wasn't to give the
girls exercise at all. PE does
that—just ask any girl. Rather
it was to promote good sports­manship
and leadership among
the participants.
More than ever this year, the
program has been popular with
the girls. The physical educa­tion
department has done a
swell job, as can be proved by
the enthusiasm of everyone
who participated in the pro­gram.
And while we're on the sub­ject—
we didn't mention the
Kappa Sigs victory over the
Phi Kappa Taus. It was a grand
Sigma Nu Holds
Officers' Election ,
Sigma Nu fraternity held its
semi-annual election at their
regular meeting last Wednesday
night. The following officers
were elected:
Commander, Jack. B. Thomas;
It. commander, Malcolm B. Hor-rell,
Jr.; recorder, Walter C. Eden,
II; treasurer, Henry S. McCreary,
Jr.; chaplain, Charles Ebert, Jr.;
reporter, alumni contact officer,
and sentinel, Eugene C. Cham-bliss,
Jr.; marshal, Ivan W. Mil­ler.
Chi Omegas Chosen
League Two Winners
game, and as it put the Kap­pa
Sigs into the finals, we
think it might be mentioned
"better late than never."
FDR day*:
E v e r y worker
should increase the
amount of bonds he
or she is buying.
Victors In Three
Brackets Will Play
In Final Tournament
By Frances Benford
The Chi Omegas beat the POPs
and the girls from Susan Smith
cottage this week in the decid­ing
games of league two. Blanche
Ellis was the best all-round
player for the Chi Os in both
games while Marjorie Rohmer
was their high scorer.
In the game Monday between
the Chi Os and the POPs Vir­ginia
Collins and Dot Irish were
outstanding players for the losers.
The final score was Chi O 55,
POP 18.
The game Tuesday afternoon
was the fastest, most interesting
game that has been ,played so
far. Susan Smith's girls were
definitely outplaying the Chi Os
in the first half and when the
whistle, blew the score for the
half was 15-13 in Susan Smith's
favor. During the last half, how­ever,
Marjorie Rohmer "served"
her team to victory and , the
game ended, 31-23 with the Chi
Os leading. *
To decide the tournament win­ner
the winners in the three
leagues will play in a round rob­in
tournament. Those teams play­ing
are Delta Zetas from league
I, Chi O from league II, and the
Independent girls from the Kap­pa
Sigma House as the winners
in league III.
The Axis Stops at Nothing.
fH Don't stop your War Bond
Payroll Savings at 10%. Every
soldier is a 100 percenter. Fig­ure
It out yourself.
Back Them Up with
Your Gift to the
ALABAMA WAR CHEST
THROUGH the annual appeal of the Alabama War Chest—which
started this week—you are being asked to make one contribution which
will aid 17 great war service agencies, banded together in the National
War Fund.
A big part of your gift to the Alabama War Chest will go to USO,
which makes "a home away from home" for men in the armed services
—among them perhaps your son or your neighbor's son. Some of it will
be used to bring a bit of home to the "barbed wire legion"—war prison­ers,
including American boys.
Still another part of every dollar you give will warm and feed torpe­doed
seamen of our Merchant Marine. Some will aid our Allies , . .
British, Chinese, Dutch, Greeks, Poles, Russians, Norwegians, Czechs,
Belgians, French and Yugoslavs . . . who have suffered vastly more
than we.
By only one appeal, made once a year, the Alabama War Chest raises
Alabama's quota to meet the urgent needs of those who fight for us,
and fight with us. This year our state's quota is $1,176,315—less than
1% of the total amount needed. Surely we will not fail them!
Let your heart decide how much your gift
will be to all who fight today for freedom!
$ U * A
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