1941-09-19 The Plainsman

              SORORITY RUSHING
SEASON OPENS
JUST CAPTAINS
AND LOOEYS!
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT'
VOLUME LXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1941 NUMBER 2
CADET OFFICERS IN ROTC ARE APPOINTED
AND MORE FINGERPRINTS
(Plainsman Staff Photo—Lewis Arnold)
If these fingers are found lost, strayed, or stolen, please return
them to Ann Pafford, Montgomery, who is women's representative
to the Executive Cabinet. Finding owners of lost fingers is only one
of the many services the Alabama Highway Patrol can perform
through fingerprinting recordings. Sgt. C. T. Donaldson, chief
investigator, Alabama Highway Patrol, performs the operation.
Sorority Rushing
Begins Tomorrow
Pan Hellenic Council
Tea This Afternoon
Once more freshman girls have
occasion to become as nervous
and excited as if they were wait­ing
for final exams or a new eve­ning
dress or something just as
important. The reason for this
latest disorder is the beginning of
the "Sorority Rush Week" which
will officially begin tomorrow
afternoon. All of the sororities on
the campus have planned several
unique and interesting parties for
the rushees.
As a prelude and introduction
to the "Rush Week" the Pan
Hellenic Council will have a tea
this afternoon for all freshman
girls who have signed up for
rushing. The tea will begin at 4
o'clock and will last until 6. It
will be held at the Social Center
and all prospective rushees are
urged to be there.
Kappa Delta will begin its rush
period with a tea for the rushees
Saturday afternoon at 4:30. The
tea will last until 6 o'clock and
will be in the Chapter room in
Dormitory 3. Saturday night they
will have a Hawaiian party in the
Chapter room which will begin
at 7:30 and will last until 9. On
Sunday night they will entertain
the rushees with a buffet supper
at 5:30 and lasting until 7. The
supper will be held in town, the
exact place to be announced later.
Monday night the chapter room
will again be the center of the
KD's activities when they will
hold a Patriotic Party beginning
at 7:30 and lasting until 9. Tues­day
afternoon open house will be
held in the chapter room from 3
to 5. Tuesday night Kappa Delta
will wind up their rushing with
the White Rose ceremony. This
will be held in the chapter room
from 7:30 until 9.
Chi Omega will begin with a
party at the home of their spon­sor,
Mrs. R. B. Draughon on East
Magnolia Ave. The theme of the
party will be a Mexican Wishing
Well and it will be held on Satur­day
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Satur­day
night a movie party will be
held in the chapter room at
Dormitory 2. The party will begin
at 7:30. Sunday afternoon the
members and rushees will be en­tertained
at the home of Mrs.
Herman Jones on North Gay
Street. This entertainment will
be a Butterfly Tea. Sunday night
Mrs. John Ivey, Mrs. C. A. Ba-sore
and Mrs. S. L. Toomer will
give a progressive Three Bear's
Supper beginning at 6:30. Mon­day
night will bring forth a
carnival at the home of Mrs.
George Moxham. The carnival
will be held in the garden of her
home which is on South Gay.
Tuesday afternoon members and
rushees will be entertained at the
home of Mrs. P. O. Davis on East
Magnolia, with a School Party.
Tuesday night the Chi Omega
rushing events will come to a
close with a South American
night that will be held in the
chapter room at 7:30.
Phi Omega Pi will open their
rush season with a flower party
on Saturday afternoon from 3 un­til
4:30. The party will be held at
the home of Mrs. M. E. Tisdale.
Sunday afternoon they will have
a tea for the benefit of the rush­ees.
It will be held in the home
of Mrs. Henry Good on South
College Street. Sunday night will
find the chapter members and
their rushees at a Dinner Party
at the home of Mrs. John H. Han­son
on East Thach Ave. The par­ty
will last from 6:45 until 9.
Monday night the chapter will
entertain in their chapter room
with a carnival. It will be held
from 7 to 9. They will close their
rushing season Tuesday night
when they have a military party
in honor of the rushees. It will
last from 7 until 9 and will be
held in the chapter room.
Theta Upsilon will begin their
rush week with a Hawaiian party
held at the sorority room in
Dormitory 4. It will last an hour-and-
a-half from 4 o'clock on Sat­urday
afternoon. A Bowery party
will be given from 7 to 8:30 at the
chapter room on Saturday night.
The sorority will have a tea Sun­day
afternoon for the rushees
from 5 until 6. Sunday night a
Rainbow flower party will be
given for the rushees in the sor­ority
room from 7 to 8. Monday
afternoon a Theta Upsilon school
for War Eagles will be held in
Comer Hall from 4 to 5:30. Mon­day
night a country fair is to be
held in the chapter room from 7
until 8:45. Tuesday afternoon the
rushees will attend a Duck-in'
party from 4 to 5:30. The Theta
U's will end their round of acti­vities
Tuesday night at the home
of Mrs. Hamilton on Toomer St.
The Delta Zeta will begin their
parties in a roving manner Satur­day
afternoon with a Gypsy tea
from 3 to 6. Mrs. F. E. Guyton will
entertain at her home on Wright's
Mill Road with a circus from 7
to 9 on Saturday night. Sunday
afternoon Mrs. J. C. Grimes will
give the members and the rushees
a Barbecue at her home on South
Gay St. Sunday night rushees
will be entertained at a picture
show party from 6:30 until 9.
Monday night Mrs. Malone Collins
will give a Monte Carlo party at
her home from 7 until 9. Tuesday
afternoon a Beauty Parlor party
will be given in the chapter room
from 3 to 6. They will close their
festivities Tuesday night with a
Rose Banquet at the Pitts Hotel.
This will be from 7 until 9 o'clock.
(Continued on Page 6)
Registration Tops
Previous Records
Watts Promoted To
Rank of Lt. Colonel
Fincher Raised To
Rank of Captain
Harry Lee Watts, Jr., F. A., has
been promoted from the rank of
Major to that of Lt. Colonel, it
was announced by the Military
Department Wednesday.
Colonel J. J. Waterman, com­mandant,
said that the raise in
rank was effective September 18.
Colonel Watts is now on his
second tour of duty with the R. O.
T. C. staff here which began in
September, 1939. Previously Col­onel
Watts was stationed at Au
burn from 1930 to 1936.
Another recent promotion has
been received by a member of
the military staff: Lt. J. L. Fin­cher
was raised to the rank of
Captain in the Field Artillery.
Captain Fincher came to Auburn
last year.
ALPHA IETA HOLDS
SECOND ANNUAL
FRESHMAN TOUR
The second annual tour of the
Experiment Station held for fresh­men
enrolled in agriculture by
Alpha Zeta, national Agricultur­al
honorary service fraternity,
was held in conjunction with the
orientation activities for the fresh­men.
At 8:00 a. m. the freshmen as­sembled
in the auditorium of
Duncan Hall at which time they
were addressed by Mr. P. O. Da­vis,
Director of the Extension
Service; Dean M. J. Funchess,
Dean of the School of Agriculture
and Director of the Experiment
Station; and a short welcome was
made by Sam Tisdale, Chancellor
of the local chapter of Alpha
Zeta.
Mr. Davis made a short talk on
extension work, showing the need
for such a type of work which
conveys the results of research
work to the farmer. Dean Fun-chess
made a brief explanation of
the Experiment Station setup.
Following the talks, the fresh­men
were conducted around the
Experiment Station, and the dif­ferent
experiments were briefly
explained as the procession pass­ed
by. Following the tour, re­freshments
were served at the
amphitheater at Graves Center.
Cooperating with Alpha Zeta
to make the tour possible was the
entire staff of the School of Ag­riculture
and the Experiment
Station who furnished the trans­portation
for the tour, and also
the Baptist Student Union who
assisted with the refreshments.
Total Enrollment
Yesterday, 2,484
Proof that the boom which is
dismaying thousands of industria­lists
and retailers throughout the
country did not skip Alabama
Polytechnic Institute was given
yesterday when the total enroll­ment
of the college reached the
four digit figure. The exact num­ber
was 2484. This figure was re­leased
by the Accountant's office
at the close of registration late
Thursday afternoon.
At four-thirty yesterday after­noon
the accountant's office re­leased
the figures for the total
enrollment so far this year. The
estimated total of freshman stu­dents
was well over a thousand.
The exact number on Thursday
morning was 1058 and quite a few
more registered in the afternoon
session. This amount was well
over the 1940 amount and it is
continuing to grow each day.
At the close of the first week
last year the freshman total en­rollment
had not reached the 1000
mark. Exact statistics show the
figure to be 978.
With the new registration sys­tem
some of the upperclassmen
were able to register last spring
before leaving for home. Accord­ing
to the accountant's office 582
took advantage of this and saved
time. On the first day of registra­tion
881 boys and girls became
students of Auburn, making the
grand total for the pre-registra-tion
a n d first-day-registration
amount to 1463. At the close of
the third day the grand total was
well over the 1800 mark with the
majority of the upperclassmen
still waiting to go through the
registration lines.
Ebony Council
Hear ye, hear ye, Ebony Coun­cil!
There will be a meeting in K.
P. Hall at 3:30 p. m. Tuesday,
September 23. President Jerry
Moore asks that all members be
present, as this is a very important
meeting.
To you uninitiated Rats, the
Ebony Council is a distinguished
group. Its members are the cooks,
porters, and butlers in the various
fraternity and boarding houses in
Aubun.
Glomerata Picture
Taking Spree Is
Still in Progress
It's no sin to be ugly, praise be,
but it's apt to get mighty old to
frosh who will have to be re­minded
of it, courtesy college
photo service, for years to come.
Those little pictures that they
snapped off down in Student
Center will be your identification
in the eyes of the deans, regis­trar's
office, athletic department,
and all readers of the Glomerata.
But it's not as bad as it was,
even if some pictures may not be
especially glamorous. In times
past, the excellent facilities of­fered
this year have not been
available for ticket book photos.
Pictures were snapped in the
open almost au natural, and
touching up was unheard of. The
work, while not exactly amateur,
was certainly not professional.
Perhaps unskilled labor would
better describe it.
Picture-taking is being done
by the Whitehall Studios of At­lanta,
which is a town in Georgia,
and the set-up in Student Center
looks like a- little bit of Holly­wood
transplanted in the land of
magnolias and pellagra.
Nevertheless, one miss didn't
care to take a chance. Reports
are that she was a comely lass,
with purty black hair, but she
didn't care for cameras. She
would not, she insisted, appear in
the yearbook, and she could do
without football games. And. . .
she won. She emerged, high and
dry, and unsullied by film-mas­ter's
art.
Off the beaten path a bit, but
in the same room, a little drama
takes place with astonishing reg­ularity,
according to the workers
in the room. A maiden fair will
unfailingly come in, they say, sit
down to fill out her fingerprint­ing
card, and glance up bashfully
at the boy sitting next to her.
"What color," she asks, "are my
eyes?"
And there seems to be verifica­tion
for the fact that one miss,
coming to the blank for "build"
(heavy, medium, or light) proud­ly
wrote in, "Streamlined!"
Captain Highest
Ranking Officer
Brigade, Regimental, and Battaallion
Officers to Be Selected in Few Weeks
Special orders released for publication yesterday by Head­q
u a r t e r s of the ROTC unit announced temporary appoint­ments
and assignments of cadet officers in t h e corps.
These appointments and assignments, according to m i l i t a ry
officials, are temporary in that promotions and permanent
assignments of staff officers and officers of higher grade will
be made in a few weeks, based upon qualities of leadership
and m i l i t a r y aptitude as shown by seniors in ROTC in actual
drill and class work.
Band Meeting
There will be a meeting of the
Auburn band in Langdon Hall at
9 o'clock Saturday morning. All
old members and freshmen in­terested
in the band are urged to
be present.
PREPARED FOR ACTION
Wesley Foundation
There are many Methodist stu­dents
enrolled in API, but most
of them are unknown to the re­mainder
of the group. Why not
get acquainted? All are invited to
the reception at the Methodist
Church, on the corner of Mag­nolia
and Gay streets, from 7:30
to 9:30. Stop in for a while and
get into swing of things.
The Sunday's schedule is as fol­lows:
9:45, Sunday School, C. W. Ed­wards,
superintendent.
10:50, Church services, Dr.'Cow-art,
Pastor.
2:00, Young People's choir.
3:00, Dramatics Group.
6:30, Student Vespers.
Some of the many coming
events scheduled are the 11th An­nual
Possum Hunt, Oct 2, and the
Negro Choir Concert, Oct. 5.
Plainsman staff meeting
Monday night 7:30, 215 Samford.
New members invited.
(Plainsman Staff Photo—Lewis Arnold)
This is a one-way caravan for frosh Earl Jones and Tommy
Lovell, Birmingham, who have just been adding a few odds and
ends to stock equipment.
Twenty-seven Cadet Captains,
one for each Field Artillery bat­tery
and one for each Engineer
Company, were appointed, and
assigned as commanders of their
respective batteries or companies.
The remaining seniors in ROTC
were appointed Second Lieuten­ants
and assigned to batteries and
companies.
The twenty-seven Captains in­clude:
C. W. Scott, C. E. Scars-brook,
J. W. Fitzpatrick, S. A.
Tisdale, F. M. Turnipseed, J. M.
Phipps, F. Curtis, H. J. Fleming,
J. T. Hudson, W. S. Patrick, S.
D. Nettles, J. T. Lutz, C. R. Brad­ford,
J. C. Gandy, M. A. Morris,
R. C. Callaway, J. H. Samford,
R. O. Haas, E. C. Allen, R. S.
Carstens, G. A. Austin, R. B. Clop-ton,
G. H. McBride, A. D. Mullin,
D. J. MacKnight, E. C. Gentle,
and A. F. Henning.
Cadet officers in the Field Ar­tillery
as appointed and assigned
to Batteries include:
First Field Artillery Regiment:
Battery "A", Captain C. W.
Scott, Second Lieutenants, C. A.
Dubberly, A. B. Morrison, H. W.
Baker, J. H. Dick, H. H. Hinds,
and O. R. Lockhart.
Battery "B", Captain C. E.
Scarsbrook, Second Lieutenants
T. S. Hostetter, C. M. Clements,
J. F. McManus, D. L. Kelley, J.
Pelham, and E. A. Smith.
Battery "C", Captain J. W. Fitz­patrick,
Second Lieutenants R. L.
Adair, H. H. Tippins, L. B. Berry,
T. O. Brumley, L. M. Harris, and
H. D. Purswell.
Battery "D", Captain S. L. Tis­dale,
Second Lieutenants C. L.
Davis, J. H. Nichols, J. Berlin, J.
G. Ferrel, H. M. Denton, and M.
E. Montgomery.
Battery "E", Captain F. M.
Turnipseed, Second Lieutenants
C. H. Johnston, J. B. Cagle, T. W.
Schuessler, T. W. Underwood, B.
B. Darnell, and W. D. Jackson.
Battery "F", Captain J. M.
Phipps, Second Lieutenants J. L.
Downing, R. M. Huff, R. D. Stew­art,
W. F. Harrison, and J. H.
Stacey.
Battery "G", Captain F. Cur­tis,
Second Lieutenants P. E.
Adams, H. G. Carter, E. D. Gil­mer,
J. R. Ambrose, W. H. Collier,
and E. D. McGough.
Battery "H", Captain H. J.
Fleming, Second Lieutenants J.
L. Jordan, T. A. Hughes, M. J.
Jackson, O. E. Jones, M. K. Kel­ley,
and G. C. Wallis.
Battery "I", Captain J. T. Hud­son,
Second Lieutenants C. A.
Flowers, H. M. Dickinson, G. E.
Fowler, H. G. Maddox, J. H.
Gilley, and S. L. Smith.
Second Field Artillery Regi­ment:
Battery "A", Captain W. S. Pat­rick,
Second Lieutenants W. E.
Cannady, J. R. McCleskey, D. M.
Gammage, J. W. Cordell, J. S.
Butler, and F. S. McCain.
Battery "B", Captain S. ' D.
Nettles, Second Lieutenants S.
Vance, H. F. Hamilton, J. R.
Hornsby, W. T. Curry, R. B. Hud­son,
and G. E. Wood.
Battery "C", Captain J. T. Lutz,
Second Lieutenants D. F. Hurst.
J. M. Sprague, Edd Kennedy, C.
E. Autrey, M. P. Brewton, and
L. J. McMillan.
Battery "D", Captain C. R.
Bradford, Second Lieutenants R.
B. Allen, C. I. Alton, W. H. Mich-elson,
G. R. Rice, N. C. Kieffer,
and W. T. Kennedy.
Battery "E", Captain J. C.
Gandy, Second Lieutenants C. E.
Adams, T. W. Hereford, R. B.
Huff, A. H. Nottingham, C. E.
Jones, and R. T. Kulp.
Battery "F", Captain M. A.
Morris, Second Lieutenants R. C.
Anderson, J. G. Fields, D. A.
Lemmon, R. O. Kiper, and W. O.
Jones.
Battery "G", Cadet Captain R.
C. Calloway, Second Lieutenants
J. R. McCauley, W. Nelson, M.
W. Baldwin, R. A. Van Patten, J.
L. Pierce, and S. J. Price.
Battery "H", Captain J. H.
Samford, Second Lieutenants W.
W. McNair, J. P. Dandridge, W.
A. Dodd, T. S. Burns, K. B. Mad­dox,
and Jack Turner.
Battery "I", Captain R. O.
Haas; Second Lieutenants M. S.
Skelton, J. R. Snow, J. P. Thrash­er,
W. J. Gresham, W. E. Knight,
and I. C. Mayfield.
Band: To be Second Lieuten­ants:
J. N. Cooper, B. H. Craig, B.
B. Knowles, H. M. Martin, and
W. B. Moore.
Engineer Regiment:
Company "A", Captain E. C.
Allen, Second Lieutenants E. C.
Burgin, R. A. Duke, R. C. Gwil-lim,
B. Z. Henry, and R. E. Wil­son.
Company "B", Captain R. S.
Carstens, Second Lieutenants R.
M. Morton, J. A. Pope, W. L.
Richmond, G. L. Smith, and L. F.
Thigpen.
Company "C", Captain G. A.
Austin, Second Lieutenants F. P.
Adams, T. R. Benning, R. N.
Cambell, Jr., A. G. Milton, and J.
N. Mueller.
Company "D", Captain R. B.
Clopton, Second Lieutenants C.
H. McCall, V. P. Rice, H. L. Sin­clair,
T. M. Smith, and L. V.
Tindal
Company "E", Captain G. H.
McBride, Second Lieutenants C.
B. Hewitt, W. W. Hollingsworth,
J. W. Meadows, C. U. Smith, and
R. D. Wise.
Company "F", Captain A. D.
Mullin, Second Lieutenants W. C.
Bentley, O. P. Board, W. E. Mor­ris,
R. C. Stanfield, and J. C.
Hogg.
Company "G", Captain D. J.
MacKnight, Second Lieutenants
W. H. Donavan, J. L. Griswold, T.
M. Hoover, H. C. McClanahan,
and G. W. Willard.
Company "H", Captain E. C.
Gentle, Second Lieutenants J. P.
Brooks, W. R. Clinton, W. M.
Gregory, F. G. Morris, and R. A.
Sawyer.
Company "I", Captain A. F.
Henning, Second Lieutenants H.
W. Pearce, J. B. Rollins, J. F.
Suttle, and J. A. Weems.
FROSH CHEERLEADER
TRYOUTS TO BE HELD
Tryouts for a freshman cheer­leader
will be held at the stadium
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock,
according to Headcheerleader Joe
Gandy.
All freshmen who are interest­ed
are urged to be present at that
time, especially those who have
had experience leading cheers in
high school. Gandy requested
that those interested contact him
at once at 457.
A freshman boy will be select­ed
at the try-outs, and a plan is
now under consideration to select
a freshman girl, too.
Gandy announced that the next
pep rally will be held Tuesday at
7:30 p.m., at the stadium. Plans
are being made to have the band
on hand for this rally.
Page Two T H E P L A I N S M AN September 19, 1941
Freshmen: Don't Read This
Two issues of the Plainsman have al­ready
reached the student body and both
issues were primarily to help freshmen
in their first week of higher education and
to welcome them to their wise choice of
Auburn for that higher education. How­ever,
most freshmen are situated now and
upperclassmen are beginning to return to
their former places at Auburn.
To all those upperclassmen who are
able to continue their studies at API, we
want to extend our sincere welcome and
wish you another good year. Many of you
have met temptation during the summer
months in the form of high, salaried jobs
but such temptation did not keep you from
returning to Auburn to carry out your
original plan of getting an education—the
one thing that depression nor dictators can
never take from you.
It is good to see the many heads of
freshmen covered by rat caps moving
about on the campus, but it is still better
to see the faces of upperclassmen on the
campus for it is they who attended classes
with you last year, who borrowed your
money and cigarettes and who loaned you
theirs, and it is they who during last year
became your true friends.
Upperclassmen, it is good to know that
you are back in Auburn to continue your
education and extra-curricular activities,
it is good to realize that our friends of last
year are back to aid us in our work, and
above all it is good to be able to be among
other people of our own age, of our own
beliefs, and of our own thoughts. W.H.
On Fingerprinting
A good example has been set by one of
the newest groups on our campus. This
new group which we have reference to is
none other than that "lowly bunch of
freshmen" which every one is continually
degrading. But, they have taken to one
progressive movement on the campus
which the upperclassmen have been prone
to neglect. And we might get a good lesson
from them instead of the freshmen looking
to upperclassmen for an example of what
not to do and what to do.
This "good example" we have reference
to is the matter of fingerprinting each stu­dent
in the student center. The freshmen
have given their wholehearted cooperation
to the school in regards to having their
fingerprints taken. We do not know
whether they just got in the wrong line or
what, but it should teach us upperclass­men
a lesson.
Never before have fingerprints been so
necessary. You may think you are out of
range or out of classification when the
college and government officials say that
college students should have their prints
taken at the earliest possible time. But
they did not exclude anyone. They meant
that by having your fingerprints recorded,
that it might save many people time and
much worry if anything should—and it is
possible—happen to you.
For instance: Most of the boys attend­ing
Auburn will, at one time or another,
do some hitchhiking. It may not be far,
but then it does not have to be very far.
If, while you are traveling with an un­known
person, you should be involved in
an accident, who would be able to identify
you and notify your parents and your
friends? It is a very simple matter to take
your prints and send them to the govern­ment
in Washington and find out who you
are and where you live.
Another example, perhaps a little rarer
but still possible, is the matter of accusa­tions.
No one knows when one will be ac­cused
of some misdemeanor. But however
slight or insignificant the accusation is,
no one should take any chances in jeopar­dizing
his or her career because of a false
or untrue accusation.
So, with these facts in mind and with
registration time here and if for no other
reason than to keep the "folks back home"
from worrying, go by and have those fin­gerprints
recorded! It will mean a lot to
you and to others. G.H.
ROTC Merit System
Today the appointments of officers for
the Cadet corps were announced. Of these
officers, there were just enough Captains
for each battery of artillery and each com­pany
of engineers to have one commander.
The rest of the appointees were Second
Lieutenants.
In past years, appointments of brigade,
regimental, and battallion officers, as well
as the officers of their respective staffs,
were made at this time. Plainsman head­lines
were filled with appointments of
Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels, Majors, and
more Captains.
These appointments of past years were
made on the basis of military aptitude and
leadership ability as evidenced by the stu­dents
in advanced ROTC during their frist
three years here, and in ROTC camp the
summer before their Senior year.
In those first three years, a student had
the opportunity of leading a large group
of fellow cadets on the drill field only once
at the most, some never at all. In summer
camp they were allowed to show their
ability at commanding men,-but the men
whom they commanded were usually their
own classmates, men who had had just /as
much military training as they had. So
they didn't get much opportunity to show
how well they could lead men.
This year, with only the minimum num­ber
of commanders, military department
officials will have an opportunity to see
just how well the fourth year men can
work with their respective groups. The
fourth year men will all have the task of
taking a large body of untrained or com­paratively
untrained cadets, and making
them into another great Auburn ROTC
unit. After a few weeks, the "men will be
separated from the boys" and the officials
will be able to determine which of the
seniors have the leadership and military
ability to command not only platoons and
batteries and companies, but also battal-lions
and regiments and the brigade.
Auburn's merit system in ROTC has
been given another great forward boost
by Colonel John J. Waterman, Comman­dant
of the Corps.
Puzzling Polio
The opening of schools over the entire
state was delayed this year because of
the infantile paralysis epidemic. Luckily,
the epidemic has not yet touched Auburn;
however, the return of students from in­fected
areas will greatly increase the dan­ger
of this.
We who are responsible for the increas­ed
danger, must also be responsible for
taking all possible precautionary measures,
thus doing our utmost to lessen the danger
to ourselves and to the residents of Auburn.
While there are few definite facts known
about the disease and its prevention, there
are several theories which are widely ac­cepted
by medical authorities, and on this
basis merit our attention.
The best protection is to be in good
physical condition generally, and to give
especial regard to rest. Save a few of
those dates until later in the semester, and
while one shouldn't neglect his studies,
neither should he overdo studying. An­other
theory advanced in the current
epidemic is that the virus is carried to the
nervous system through the digestive tract,
probably on fruits and vegetables. Care
exercised in washing fruit and keeping
hands immaculately c l e a n , especially
when eating, may serve you from being a
cripple, and by saving you may save many
others.
In that odd hour between classes, take
a nap or lie down; wash your hands as
often as possible, and don't chew pencils.
Follow all the ordinary rules of good
health a little more diligently than usual;
do your part to keep Auburn free of this
menace. It's worth the trouble. B.K.
It Won't Be Long Now!
Congratulations, Rats!
Heartiest congratulations are in order
for the men of the Class of '45 for getting
off to a good start by wearing their rat
caps so religiously for these first few days.
Long may it last!
Th& Plaindmari
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Most democratic is the annual first convocation for women students,
this year's episode of which was held last night.
Featured on the program of the convocation were speeches by
women students representing two divisions of the women's student
body.
These two divisions are rather indistinct on the Auburn campus.
But still, there is a certain portion of the women's student body made
up of non-sorority girls, and another portion made up of sorority
members and pledges.
In certain schools, a girl just doesn't rate unless she is a sorority
member. Not so on the Auburn campus. Prime example of this fact
is Miss Elaine Freeman, a senior in home economics, who last year
was elected by a vote of the entire student body to reign over the
campus for a year as "Miss Auburn." Miss Freeman is not a member
of a sorority. There is no doubt as to her "rating" among the students
who know her.
Miss Freeman spoke before the assembled freshman women, some
of the upperclass women, and their leaders and advisors on the ad­vantages
offered to a non-sorority girl in Auburn.
Representing the sorority portion of the women students, Miss
Emma Nell Parrish spoke on the advantages of sorority membership.
Miss Parrish has made a name for herself, and a place for herself, high
in the innermost workings of the WSGA. Miss Parrish is the 1941-42
town representative to the WSGA council. There is little doubt as to
her "rating" among the students who know her.
Because of the pure democracy of the idea, because of the argu­ments
pro and con offered by Miss Freeman and Miss Parrish on the
question of sororities, because of the fact that almost every new
woman student on the Auburn campus is faced with the problem of
deciding whether or not she should accept a bid to a sorority, we offer
those two speeches, made last night, for your thought.
THE ADVANTAGES OFFERED A NON-SORORITY GIRL
ON THE AUBURN CAMPUS
By ELAINE FREEMAN
Most of you have come here to have as good a time as possible.
Our college offers many organizations in which you may find this
good time. Not all of these require money. In fact, all that most of
them cost you is time, energy, and a great deal of interest. And I
assure you these three things are not hard to find once you get into
the organizations for which you are best suited.
The organizations that first enter the minds of new students are
the sororities. There are quite a fe.w reasons for not becoming a
member of any sorority. Many students are not financially able to
pledge a sorority. Some cannot make up their minds at first. And it
isn't a good idea to pledge until you have fully made up your mind.
Some wait until the end of their first year when they know the group
in which they will fit best. Then others had rather put their time and
energy into other fields.
And now what can the non-sorority girl do? First she should find
out the opportunities offered a girl on this campus. Then she should
decide in which organization she would be most interested and the
one most appropriate for her.
The Auburn Players make up a most interesting group, not only
for those interested in acting, but for those interested in stage work,
lighting, and costumes as well. This group requires much of your
time, but it will certainly give you the good time we all are after, and
it will be time well spent.
We have a Girls' Glee Club here on the campus. They will always
welcome new voices.
If you are in the School of Home Economics you may belong to
the Home Economics Club or the FHA if you are in Vocational Home
Economics.
Then there are the International Relations Club, the Dance Club,
Women's Athletic Association, and all the honorary societies for
women, as well as work on the staffs of the Plainsman and Glomerata.
Several of these enjoy national affiliations and this is most worth
while in helping you professionally in your major field.
It isn't a good idea to try too many of these at once. Try one or
maybe two that you think you like best and if you find that they are
not what you want try another. You will find the more that you put
into one of these organizations the more you will get out of it.
All of you are citizens. Your franchise is your power. I urge all
of you to use your vote in student government. And that non-sorority
vote is just as valuable as the sorority vote.
Besides all the fun and entertainment you receive from these
organizations many of you will enjoy benefits derived from them in
later life.
In view of all these other activities it can easily be seen that being
a sorority member isn't essential on the Auburn campus. Interest,
time, and energy without spending a great deal of money can be
well spent in other ways.
If you are not planning to pledge, through choice or circumstances,
do not think that your college career is handicapped or blighted, be­cause
through the many activities I have outlined tonight you will
have ample time and opportunity to develop talent, ability, initiative,
and to give yourself opportunity to enjoy popularity and good fellow­ship
among your fellow students.
(Continued on Page 3)
We bet that the frosh know by
now why it is called "rush week."
They rush from line to line, and
test to test, and photo posing to
fingerprinting table, and frat din­ing
table to the little room up­stairs
until it's a wonder they are
in any fitten shape to begin the
year of study.
* * *
Competition among the Greeks
for the pledges with money
seems unusually keen this year.
In fact, there is a nasty rumor
about that the fire alarm early
this week was caused by a certain
frat hot box which got out of
control after a seven hour stretch.
* * *
Late Flash! The rumor was
false; the fire was a chicken
house, we hear. Any ressem-blance
to dormitories living or
dead is just one of those things,
and is not to be noticed by right-minded
people. We haven't heard
the cause of the blaze.
* * *
And the campus is still shaping
up into a thing of beauty. It's a
pity somebody couldn't give Mr.
Sam Brewster a free rein on the
Opelika highway for a couple of
days.
* * *
The Phi Beta Theta lodge at
New Mexico State College is real­ly
on the ball, according to the
Round-Up of that school. Seems
the boys planned a house dance
for a certain Friday . . . . immed­iately
after learning that Mayor
LaGuardia had planned a state­wide
blackout for New Mexico
for that night as a preparatory
defense measure.
* * *
We're not exactly an authority,
but from the pleased looks on
some of these masculine faces
around here, we'd guess that the
frosh coeds measure up to antici­pated
standards. They do look
sorta cute.
* * *
But a word of warning . . . .
never forget that even a frosh
coed is years ahead of the best-schooled
senior, junior, or sopho­more,
in plain and fancy court­ship
and double dealing, and, we
must admit, in general orneriness.
It's a feminine trait, and not in
the line of male warfare.
A little verse between friends
shouldn't hurt, so with pardon­able
pride we present an Ode to
a Lovely Maiden:
I'm wild about whiskey
I'm wild about gin
I'm wild about goodness
I'm wild about sin
I'm wild about dancing
I'm wild about brew
But most of all, dear,
I'm wild about foo.
* * *
We admit indebtedness to the
poet (?) who earned (?) fame (?)
some years ago with the verse
about how weary he was.
She's nice enough, but when she
smiles
You can see teeth for miles and
miles.
* * *
From the B'ham News . . . .
this makes us even.
Salesman: Little boy, is your
mother home?
Little lad: Yes.
Knock, knock, knock . . . .
knock, knock, knock . . . . knock,
knock, knock . . . . etc.
Salesman: I thought you said
your mother was home!
Little boy: She is, but we don't
live here.
* * * |
Word picture: Sophomore at
equitation class for the first time.
"One for the money, two for the
show, three to make ready, and
four to . . . . whoa!"
* * *
And as far as things like that
go, we are out like the lady of
the house to a brush salesman.
* * *
For terseness and good sense,
we like this statement attributed
to Fats Waller, when he was ques­tioned
by a musician as to a defi­nition
of swing. Said the inimit­able
Waller, "Man, if you don't
know what swing is by now . . . .
don't mess with it!"
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Koncen-trator,
koncentrates on worldly
affairs. "It seems to me," says
the little beast, serious for once,
"that in these days of you know
what kind, it's a rather healthy
sign that we can speak of "the"
Civil War over here." The gal
may have something there.
The World This Week
By EDDIE BIRMINGHAM
The most interesting recent
news happened over a week ago,
when on Thursday night the
President made his speech on the
freedom of the seas. What the
President said, roughly, was that
he didn't want the Germans mess­ing
with American, or any other
ships within the waters which
have been declared within the
zone of our neutrality patrol, and
that in the future the Navy would
make sure that nothing would
happen to them. Mr. Roosevelt
then described the Germans as
international outlaws preying on
an innocent and peaceful nation,
and called them a lot of names.
What this speech demonstrates
more than anything is the state
of mind of the American people.
As he pointed out in the speech,
Mr. Roosevelt knows that if Eng­land
goes down, we are in trouble.
We are doing all that we can to
keep England from going down,
and everybody knows it, but be­cause
of some peculiar quirk in
the American mind, in order to
be able to accomplish anything at
all in the way of helping the
Allies, the President is forced to
maintain the ridiculous fiction
that we are at peace with Ger­many.
Our position is the same
as a worker in a munitions fac­tory
in England.
An Enemy of Germany
He hasn't been shooting at any
Germans, but as far as the Ger­mans
are concerned he is as much
of an enemy as the fellow who
comes over and drops the bombs.
We may be at peace with the
Germans, but there are only two
reasons why they are at peace
with us. The first is that until
recently the neutrality laws have
kept our boats from going where
they could get at them. The sec­ond
is that the Germans are
smart enough to know that an in­discriminate
sinking of American
boats will bring into action an
American navy now held in
check by our fictional ideal of
peace, and that would considera­bly
raise the odds in the battle of
the Atlantic. When the Germans
decide that the gain is worth the
risk, we can expect to find our­selves
in a shooting war.
But since the American public
is peaceful and slow to move, un­til
that time we must maintain
the fiction that we are innocent
traders of the seas who are being
pirated upon. Germany has every
right to sink a United States ship
that is carrying help to her
enemies. In our righteousness, we
are inclined to forget that the
Germans too are fighting for their
existence, and if they can succeed
by taking a few American lives
they are going to do it.
After Versailles
The whole reason for this war
is that Germany had to fight to
survive. We have all heard that
the Versailles treaty is respon­sible
for the present calamity, and
forgotten the statement immed­iately.
After the last war Ger­many
was left with nothing of
value whatsoever. They were left
with no markets to trade in and
secure some means of livelihood,
and just in case they should get
their hands on a little cash, there
was a little matter of an unpaid
reckoning for some damage they
had done in France a few years
previous.
The result was that it wasn't
long before German money was
not any good even in Germany.
In the farming communities the
mark was rapidly replacing the
Sears Roebuck catalogue as a
staple grocery. In fact it got so
the government presses had to
stop printing the smaller denomi­nations
of currency. It cost about
twenty thousand marks to turn
out a ten thousand mark bill, and
there's no profit in that.
So the Reichstag was in an
uproar. Every member knew
exactly how to fix things. But no
other member agreed with him.
In all of these plans someone had
to lose, so there were always
people against them. They tried
this and that, and got over the
inflation, but they never did
make any money. Never, since the
(Continued on Page 4)
September 19, 1941 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
WITH THE STUDENTS
(Continued from Page 2)
WHY I JOINED A SORORITY
By EMMA NELL PARRISH
When asked to consider the reasons I might give for joining a
sorority, before I could logically distinguish specific reasons that I
might state, my mind was crowded with memories and associations
of my sorority life these past three years—just little things that mean
so much—such as a group singing around a piano on Sunday nite—
hours, long quiet and concentrated around a study table—just the
memory of sipping a coke with someone with whom you have so
much in common. Then of course there is the thrill of the one big
dance of the year and the many hayrides and parties that may in­clude
dates or that may be just a "let your hair down session of the
sisters." I suppose this could all be summed up into a very good
reason I could give for pledging a sorority, and that would be having
a truly good time with a group to which you belong—to which you
are a link in the chain. This sense of belonging can be quite a com­forting
thing in those moments that we might desire a little com­fort.
Contrary to many people's belief a sorority can be an incentive
for higher scholarship. This naturally depends on the individual, but
sororities do stand for scholarship, encourage studying as well as
frivolities, and even sponsor study halls at times. A cup is given to
the sorority with the highest average each year.
One of my greatest joys in college has been playing with my
sorority sisters basketball, Softball, volleyball, shuffle board, and
the many other sports offered in the intramural tournaments. The
fact that a cup is also offered to the winner of these is irrevelant
when one considers what fun it is to get out and enjoy the exercise
and friendly competition in the various sports. Incidentally, the
cheering section has a lot of fun giving a "Rah, rah rah" for their
special team. Any school could well be proud of the fine sports­manship
displayed on these occasions.
Perhaps I should mention the inter-college associations one is
privileged to enjoy at sorority conventions and state conclaves. It
is always a thrill to meet a stranger who wears the same pin you
do and know you have something in common.
Then, too, though it does not apply to every one here, I would
like to say that since I lived out in town and didn't have the thrill
and pleasure of staying in the quadrangle, my sorority definitely
tied me into the whole women student program. Without this in­centive
my trips to the dormitories would have been fewer and many
glimpses into dormitory life would have been lost. Besides being
just one of the several hundred women on the campus, I could also
be one of a much smaller and comprehensive number.
And finally, even now, while I still have one more year to enjoy
my sorority and associations with the members, I realize that always
there will be memories of many tangible and many elusive things too
that one never forgets and which one will always cherish. Although
I do not consider membership in a sorority an essential thing in any
one's life, it does fill a part of one's college career. Let me stress
the fact that Auburn's famed friendliness and democratic spirit
prevails in this situation as well as other phases, and it is a point
of our pride that no distinction is shown between sorority and non-sorority
girls. You may find some of your best friends in your own
sorority, or in another or she may be a girl who for her own reasons
never pledged. So it is purely a thing for individual choice, and in
closing I would like to say that I found and I believe you will find
that membership in a sorority is a thing whose value one is unable
to measure.
Carnival Honors Coeds
Cardinal Key, honorary society
for women, sponsored a carnival
Wednesday night in honor of the
TODAY IS
BARGAIN DAY
ADULTS 15c
WALLACE BEERY
in
'Thunder Afloat'
new coeds in school. The affair
was held on the lawn of the
Social Center, and was complete
with numerous booths, games,
and quantities of pink lemonade.
Not officially connected with
the carnival, several members of
Blue Key assisted in preparations
for the event. Music was furnish­ed
by the Auburn Players' ampli­fier
for the affair, which lasted
from eight until nine-thirty.
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Known to all bis many
friends as a sportsman
and a gentleman, Mr.
Crow Wright recently
had the honor of being
the namesake of an army
bowling team in Fort
Benning. The captain of
t h e team has informed
h im that the team has
taken the name, "The
Cousin Crows."
Cousin Crow invites you
to enjoy real sport at
THE
Tiger Bowjing
Centre
DIRECTORY OF
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND FACULTY
Corrected Through February 1, 1941
292 Industrial £ng. & Shops
205 Mechanical Engineering
295 Machine Design and
Drawing
208 Textile Engineering
222 Engineering Defense
Training
ADMINISTRATION
201 President's Office
206 Alumni Office
212 Executive Secretary
226 Stud. Employment &
Housing
221 Business Office
235 Auditor
229 Cashier
231 Stockroom & Pur­chasing
Office
242 Treasurer
230 Publicity Office
252 or
249 Registrar's Office
243 Buildings and Grounds
273 Night calls for
Supt. of B & G
AGRICULTURE, SCHOOL OF
279 Dean's Office
286 Agricultural Economics
289 Agricultural Engineering
279 Agricultural Exp. Sta.
296 Agronomy and Soils
297 Animal and Poultry
Husbandry
266 Botany and Plant Path.
219 Dairy Husbandry
241 Horticulture & Forestry
240 Horticulture Farm
277 Zoology & Entomology
ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED
ARTS, SCHOOL OF '
218 Dean's Office
245 Applied Art
225 Architecture
218 Architectural Library
238 College Architect
ATHLETICS
264 Field House
CHEMISTRY AND PHAR­MACY,
SCHOOL OF
234 Dean's Office
282 Chemical Engineering
246 Pharmacy
219 COLLEGE CREAMERY
DORMITORIES—BOYS
287 Alumni Hall
DORMITORIES—GIRLS
256 Dean of Women
224 Quadrangle Hostess
271 Dining Hall
213 Graduate Hall
301 Dormitory I—*9141
312 Dormitory II—*9142
323 Dormitory III—*9143
214 Dormitory IV—*9144
294—Smith Hall
207 Head of Smith Hall
217 Susan Smith Cottage
EDUCATION, SCHOOL OF
253 Dean's Office
281 Agricultural Education
291 Extension Teaching
276 Faculty Room No. 205
261 Faculty Room No. 211
276 Home Economics Education
251 Physical Education and
Intramural Sports
ENGINEERING, SCHOOL OF
262 Dean's Office
265 Aeronautical Engineering
272 or
269 Civil & Highway Eng.
275 Electrical Engineering
282 Engineering Exp. Station
285 Engineering Extension
Cardinal Key and Sphinx Are
Honor Groups Leading Women
EXTENSION SERVICE-DUNCAN
HALL
300 Director's Office
341 Administrative Assistant
345 Administrative Clerk
310 Supervisors—Men
330 Supervisors—Women
340 Agricultural Editor
306 Agricultural Engineer
316 Agronomist
297 Animal Husbandman
277 Entomologist and
Horticulturist
345 Extension Economist
348 Specialist in Horticulture
343 Land Use Planning
211 Animal Husbandry
348 Forester
348 Landscape Gardener
308 Poultryman
320 Soil Conservation
331 Women Specialists
335 State Home Dem. Agent
320 State 4-H Club Leader
318 Bulletin Room '
321 Equipment and Supplies
GRADUATE STUDY,
SCHOOL OF
223 Dean's Office
HOME ECONOMICS,
SCHOOL OF
209 Dean's Office
210 Foods Laboratory
263 Nursery School
236 New Home Management
House
259 Old Home Management
House
HOSPITAL, JOHN HODGES
DRAKE
250 Director's Office & Clinic
274 Hospital
327 Nurses' Home
LIBRARY, MAIN COLLEGE
288 Librarian's Office
279 Agricultural Library
218 Architectural Library
234 Chemistry Library
267 Economics Library
265 Engineering Library
MILITARY SCIENCE AND
TACTICS, SCHOOL OF
220 Commandant's Office
248 Artillery Stables
237 Supply Office or
R. O. T. C. Engineers
0 Mail and Telephone Service
SCIENCE AND LITERATURE,
SCHOOL OF
258 Dean's Office
267 Economics Dept, Library
and Stockroom
270 English Office—Samford
334 English Dept.—Broun
223 History Department
298 Mathematics Department
280 Modern Language Dept.
234 Music (Bandmaster)
216 Physics Department
*Pay Stations
"Hey look . ..
new
Everybody goes for Arrow
shirts — for Arrows go well
with everyone.
New fall Arrow shirts come
in snappy patterns and every
model desired—button-down,
low-slope, wide-spread points;
stripes, solids, or whites.
Mitoga tailored to fit, and
Sanforized-shrunk (fabric
shrinkage less than 1%). $2
and $2.50.
Pick up some new harmoniz­ing
Arrow ties, too! $1 and
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Senior Societies
Sponsor Projects
During School Year
Auburn's women are led by
chapters of two senior women's
honor societies: Cardinal Key and
Sphinx. These organizations, with
their own high standards and
achievements, set the pace for the
women students of API. They
play an integral part in keeping
high the standards of work and
behavior which are associated
with the women students at Au­burn.
One of the higher honors given
to women students of API is
membership in Sphinx, a senior's
women's honor society. Estab­lished
here in 1935, it has en­deavored
during its life to be­come
ample reward for the efforts
of any enterprising student.
Insisting upon distinct evidence
of the qualities of service, scholar­ship,
personality, and leadership,
it taps its eight members in the
spring of their Junior year.
The sponsor of Oracles, sopho­more
women's honor society,
Sphinx gives a cup to the girl
having the highest scholastic ave­rage
for the first two years of
school. It also sponsors the annual
bridge tournament and May Day,
with the election of the May
Queen.
The local chapter of Cardinal
Key was organized in 1932, being
the third chapter formed in the
nation. Cardinal Key is a na­tional
senior women's honor so­ciety,
a service organization hav­ing
as its members many of the
women leaders of the campus.
Members are tapped in March
of their Junior year, and must
have passed stiff qualifications to
be selected. Required to have an
average of 85 or above, they must
also excel in leadership, perso­nality,
and achievement. Strict
adherence to these principles has
made Cardinal Key the organism
that it is today.
Owls, sophomore women's hon­or
society, is sponsored by Cardi­nal
Key. Also, each year it gives
to the freshmen girls some form
of social, a party or carnival or
some other form of entertainment.
The Tea Room in the basement of
Dormitory 1 is operated by Cardi­nal
Key, the profits going into a
scholarship fund for women stu­dents.
Three of these $100 scholar­ships
were given this year.
The members of the two so­cieties
are:
Cardinal Key: President, Anita
Dr. Nat G. Long Guest
Minister Sunday Night
Dr. Nat G. Long, minister
Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.,
Church, will be the guest preach­er
Sunday night at eight o'clock
in the Amphitheatre. Dr. Long is
a graduate of Yale University
and of Edinburgh, Scotland, Uni­versity,
and has been a number
of years in Atlanta.
This service will be the last in
Orientation week. All new stu­dents
as well as upperclassmen
are invited. The public is also in­vited.
Special music will be
given.
Albright, Vice-president, Adelle
Fox, Secretary, Emma Lou Far-rior,
Treasurer, Emma Nell Par-rish,
Corrine Tatum, Eleanor
Hightower, Lila Mae Waters,
Sue Freeman, Claire Joyce Lassi-ter,
Mary Beth Marshall, Chris­tine
Blackburn.
Sphinx: President, Jule Tisdale,
Vice - president, Annie Lyde
Lewis, Secretary, Ann Pafford,
Treasurer, Martha Gardiner, Mar­tha
Vest, E d i t h Champion,
Claudia Weinman, Nell Gilchrist.
Under New Management
and Ready, Willing, and Able to Give You the Service and
Food You Like Best at a Price That Will More Than Please
WELCOME you
newcomers to AUBURN
To old Auburnites—Welcome Home
Appetizing
BREAKFAST
One Egg
Bacon or Sausage
Grits, Butter, Toast
Jelly and Coffee
20c
Special
DINNERS
Choice of Meat
Choice of three
Delicious Vegetables
Milk, Tea, or Coffee
30c
CAPITOL DINER
"Auburn's Only Dining Car Restaurant"
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TRUNK LIHE
MR. HAYES squinted at the coil
assembly and said, "That will take
one." A little later, while looking at a core
being stacked, he said, "That'll take two."
Finally, when the tank and other equip­ment
had been seen, he said, "That will
take all three."
A representative of an Indian aluminum
company, Mr. Hayes was referring to the
number of elephants required to transport
two G-E transformers through ioo miles
of jungle. Elephants have to be requisi­tioned
far in advance.
Mr. Hayes was on an inspection tour
of the G-E Pittsfield (Mass.) Works, where
his transformers were under construction.
In Pittsfield he met ex-Testman George
Vande Noord (Iowa State, '39), who is
now supervising the installation of the
transformers in India. After three months
with G.E., Vande Noord was made an
assistant head of a Test, then head of
Rectifier Test, and later traveled about
the U.S. getting installation experience.
HOWITZ DONE
NOBODY has yet succeeded in bend­ing
a gun to shoot around corners.
Next best thing is a howitzer, which
shoots over hills. The howitzer lobs shells
high in the air so that they drop on
targets immediately behind such obstacles
as high hills, in much the same way that
golfers pitch over trees or traps near
greens with a mashie.
Now being produced at General
Electric's plant at Erie, Pa., with much
of the machinery previously used to make
motors for street cars and locomotives,
are 75-mm howitzers for Uncle Sam.
Quickly and easily assembled, these
weapons are towed on pneumatic tires by
motorized troops and can hurl 15-pound
shells nearly three inches in diameter
more than five miles. General Electric
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
GENERAL <Sm ELECTRIC
Page Four THE P L A I N S M AN September 19,1941
Changes Made In Intramural System
Professor Report
Is New Supervisor
Intramural Executive Board Established;
Touch Football Clinic to Be Sept. 30
By MILTON KAY
The I n t r a m u r a l Sports Department, which supervises all
athletic activities among the men students, will introduce
several changes this year as t h e time nears for the fall sports
p r o g r am for fraternal and independent organizations to get
under way.
I n s t i t u t e d by James H. Report, formerly of t h e University
of Kansas, who is taking over t h e position vacated last year
by Prof. E. B. Smith, these changes will include t h e installa­tion
of an executive intramural
board, the completion and per­fection
of last year's point system,
and a touch football clinic.
The executive intramural board
will be composed of seniors Jack
Dandridge, senior intra-fraternity
man, and Maze Montgomery, sen­ior
independent, also four fresh­men,
four sophs, and two juniors,
who will be elected in the near
future. Mr. Report will also be a
member of the board in the capac­ity
as advisor.
Individuals who have qualifica­tions
such as scholarship and
managerial ability and are inter­ested
in membership on this
board, may apply to Mr. Report
or the senior managers in care of
the Intramual Sports Department.
The duty of the board is to help
leviate officiating problems and
general game supervisors, and al­so
to form a closer contact with
students with the purpose of mak­ing
intramurals an all student
activity.
All members of the board will
receive an intramural letter
awarded by the department.
The touch football clinic, an ad­dition
to the sports program which
will make its first appearance on
the local campus, will be held
September 30, starting at 7:00 in
the Alumni Gym. All students
and officials who will participate
in the sport activities are expect­ed
to attend so that they may be
shown demonstrations of con­ditions
that may arise during
games and also be given sugges­tions
for the safety of the players.
Entries of the touch football
teams must be in October 1, as
the first games are scheduled for
October 6. The inter-fraternity
sports program for touch football
divides the fraternities into four
leagues composed as follows: Lea­gue
1: Pi Kappa Phi, Alpha
Lambda Tau, Sigma Alpha Ep-silon,
Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Phi
Delta Theta. League 2: Pi Kappa
Alpha, Sigma Chi, Lambda Chi
Alpha, Alpha Pi, and Sigma Pi.
League 3: Sigma Nu, Tau Epsilon
Phi, Omega Tau Sigma, Kappa
Alpha, and Theta Chi. League 4:
Alpha Gamma Rho, Beta Kappa,
Delta Sigma Phi, Alpha Tau
Omega, and Kappa Sigma.
This year, also for the first time,
the whole intramural sports pro­gram
will be graded and points
awarded by the use of the new
point system. In the past, ques­tions
have been raised as to the
fairness of the old system, but the
new system will set a standard
rating so that all fraternities and
independent teams will have no
discussion as to the points allow­ed
for any one given sport.
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Monday, October 6
Alpha Lambda Tau vs P h i Delta Theta
Sigma Phi Epsilon vs Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Tuesday, October 7
Sigma Chi vs Sigma Pi
Lambda Chi Alpha vs Alpha Psi
Wednesday, October 8
Tau Epsilon Phi vs Theta Chi
Omega Tau Sigma vs Kappa Alpha
Thursday, October ~9
Beta Kappa vs Kappa Sigma
Delta Sigma Phi vs Alpha Tau Omega
Monday, October 13
Pi Kappa Phi vs Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Alpha Lambda Tau vs Sigma Phi Epsilon
Tuesday, October 14
Pi Kappa Alpha vs Alpha Psi
Sigma Chi vs Lambda Chi Alpha
Wednesday, October 15
Sigma Nu vs Kappa Alpha
Tau Epsilon Phi vs Omega Tau Sigma
Thursday, October 16
Alpha Gamma Rho vs Alpha Tau Omega
Beta Kappa vs Delta Sigma Phi
Monday, October 20
Sigma Pi vs Lambda Chi Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha vs Sigma Chi
Tuesday, October 21
Phi Delta Theta vs Sigma Phi Epsilon
Pi Kappa Phi vs Alpha Lambda Tau
SPORTS PROGRAM
Wednesday, October 22
Kappa Sigma vs Delta Sigma Phi
Alpha Gamma Rho vs Beta Kappa
Thursday, October 23
Theta Chi vs Omega Tau Sigma
Sigma Nu vs Tau Epsilon Phi
Monday, October 27
Alpha Psi vs Sigma Chi
Sigma Pi vs Pi Kappa Alpha
Tuesday, October 28
Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs Alpha Lambda Tau
Phi Delta Theta vs Pi Kappa Phi
Wednesday, October 29
Alpha Tau Omega vs Beta Kappa
Alpha Gamma Rho vs Kappa Sigma
Thursday, October 30
Kappa Alpha vs Tau Epsilon Phi
Theta Chi vs Sigma Nu
Monday, November 3
Delta Sigma Phi vs Alpha Gamma Rho
Alpha-Tau Omega vs Kappa Sigma
Tuesday, November 4
Sigma Nu vs Omega Tau Sigma
Kappa Alpha vs Theta Chi
Wednesday, November 5
Sigma Phi Epsilon vs Pi Kappa Phi
Sigma Alpha Epsilon vs Phi Delta Theta
Thursday, November 6
Pi Kappa Alpha vs Lambda Chi Alpha
Alpha Psi vs Sigma Pi
Intramural Sports
Rules Are Listed
POINT SYSTEM
INTER-FRATERNITY SPORTS PROGRAM
TOUCH FOOTBALL (150-point sport)
Entries close
October 1
Play, starts
October 6
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Winner
Runner-up
3rd place
4th place
150 points
135 points
127 points
118 points
For runner-ups in league play
3rd
4th
5th
90 points
75 points
65 points
50 points
VOLLEY BALL (100-point sport)
Entries close I. Play-offs
November 10 A. Winner
B. Runner-up
Play starts C. 3rd place
December 1 D. 4th place
II. League
E. Runner-up
F. 3rd place
G. 4th place
H. 5th place
(150-point sport)
(Same point scoring as Touch Football)
100 points
91 points
81 points
71 points
60 points
50 points
42 points
35 points
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Entries close
January 13, 1942
Play starts
January 27
SWIMMING (75-point sport)
Entries close I. Play-off
March 9
Play starts
March 10
A.
B.
C.
D.
Winner
Runner-up
3rd place
4th place
II. League
E. Runner-up
F. 3rd place
G. 4th place
H. 5th place
75 points
62 points
55 points
48 points
41 points
36 points
30 points
25 points
SOFTBALL (150-point sport)
Entries close
March 16 (Same as Touch Football)
Play starts
March 23
TRACK (100-point sport)
Play-off will
be announced (Same as Volley Ball)
later
(Continued on Page 6)
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(Continued from Page 2)
war, did they have a favorable
balance of trade. Labor conditions
were awful, and even the finan­ciers
were sort of dreading the
first of the month.
Along Came Hitler
Then along came a fellow nam­ed
Hitler. He didn't have any
plan, but he said he was sure
going to fix things, and he manag­ed
to let enough people think he
was on their side so that he got
into power. He had a fellow nam­ed
Schacht working with him
who was a financial genius, and
he managed to keep the country
going for six years by the simple
process of not paying for any­thing,
and by selling only for
cash.
But the credit gave out. Hitler
had promised results. What he
really wanted was some colonies,
but nobody had any extra ones,
so he just had to take what he
could reach. It is an old economic
law that no two people can live
very long by simply taking in
each other's washing, so he had
to keep on grabbing more and
All Students Are
Eligible to Play
Intramural Sports
The following intramural rules
as set by the Intramural Sports
Department of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute concerning the
eligibility, health, forfeits, pro­tests,
and postponements must be
followed by fraternities, inde­pendent
teams and students who
expect to actively engage in the
sports program.
(1) All students of the College
shall be eligible to enter any sport
except as provided later in this
article.
(2) Winners of the Auburn var­sity
award "A" shall not be eli­gible
to compete in that particu­lar
sport.
(a) Having been awarded a
letter at some other college or
university disqualifies a student
from the sport in which he has
earned a letter.
(b) Individuals receiving full
scholarships are eligible for fra­ternity
intramural competition,
with the exception of touch foot­ball.
(3) Any individual who is a
member of a varsity squad at the
time of a regularly scheduled var­sity
game, pre-season training
trips excepted, or who joins the
varsity squad after the starting
of the respective intramural sea­son,
shall not play on an intra­mural
team in that sport (or any
other sport during the same sea­son
if requested by a varsity
coach).
Such squad membership shall
be governed by a list submitted to
the Intramural Department by the
varsity coach.
(4) The varsity coaches may ex­ercise
authority to bar from the
respective intramural sport any
man of varsity calibre who is
scholastically ineligible or, for
any other reason, is not out for
varsity competition in that sport.
(5) A student barred from var­sity
athletics because of profes­sionalism
shall be barred from
those branches in intramural ath­letics
in which he has removed
his amateur standing.
(6) Regular members of fresh­men
or reserve squads shall not,
during that season, compete on an
intramural team in the respective
sport. All individuals who are
members of these squads one day
prior to the opening of the intra­mural
season, or at any time dur­ing
the season, shall be consider­ed
regular members.
Membership in a freshman or
reserve squad shall be governed
by a list submitted to the Intra­mural
Department by a freshman
or reserve coach.
(7) If otherwise eligible, all
active members and pledges who
are properly recorded may repre­sent
their fraternity.
(8) Only non-fraternity men or
fraternity men not having an ac­tive
chapter on the campus are
(Continued on Page 6)
more. And pretty soon he had a
war on his hands. It could have
been prevented in 1919, but it
wasn't. We may get another
chance in 1949 if we are lucky,
which means winning this war.
If we lose, we have to go through
just what Germany did.
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September 19, 1941 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Five
Flowers and Allen to Head
ODK and Blue Key for Year
Societies Foster Inter-Collegiate
Relationships on Auburn Campus
Two of the leading honorary fraternities on the Auburn
campus are Omicron Delta Kappa and Blue Key. The
purpose of Omicron Delta Kappa is three-fold of which the
first is to recognize men who have attained a high standing
of efficiency in collegiate activites and to inspire others to
strive for conspicuous attainments along similar lines.
ODK also brings together the most representative men in
all phases of collegiate life and thus to create an organization
which shall help to mold the sen­timent
of the institution on ques­tions
of local and inter-collegiate
interest.
The last purpose is to bring to­gether
members of the faculty
and student body of the institu­tion
on a basis of mutual interest
and understanding.
ODK a l s o sponsors several
events on the Auburn campus
each year of which the "Wilbur
Hutsell" ODK Cake Race former­ly
known as the ODK Cake Race
is probably the most well known.
The race, which is usually run in
the latter part of October, is a
three mile cross-country race in
which all freshmen, who are
physically able, must run. The
winner gets a cup, a huge cake, a
kiss from Miss Auburn, and
many other prizes and the next
24 freshmen to come in are re­warded
with smaller cakes.
Last year the ODK sponsored
the "Beauty Section" of the
Glomerata and will probably do
so again. The beauties are chosen
at a dance which the leading
beauties attend. Numbers are
placed on the beauties and they
are chosen according to the way
the other dancers go for each of
them.
The two new drink fountains
which are behind Samford Hall
were sponsored by Omicron Del­ta
Kappa. The funds for the
fountains were raised by a musi­cal
miscellany in which all mem­bers
of the society took part. Sim­ilar
projects are undertaken by
the members of ODK each year.
Omicron Delta Kappa taps new
members twice each scholastic
year. One initiation is held in
the fall and the other in the
early spring.
Officers of Omicron D e l ta
Kappa honor fraternity for this
year are Charles Flowers, presi­dent;
Bob Carstens, vice-presi­dent;
and Bobby Haas, Secretary
and treasurer.
The local chapter of the na­tional
honor fraternity, Blue Key,
has as its object to study, discuss
and strive to further the best in­terests
of the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute; to promote the
spirit of fraternalism among the
students at Auburn; to foster
inter-collegiate relationships and
develop a national spirit by plac­ing
the stamp of approval upon
college leaders, which will make
it possible to recognize them
wherever they will be found.
Each year t h e Blue Key
honor society awards a trophy to
the outstanding player on the
Auburn football team. Dick Mc-
Gowen won the award last year
for the second year in succession.
The award was given to Mc-
Gowen at the Homecoming game
in which McGowen scored two
touchdowns, kicked three extra
points and passed, punted and
ran Clemson to a 21 to 7 defeat.
For the homecoming game, Blue
Key also sponsors an election in
which Miss Homecoming, who
last year was Nancy Ray, is
elected.
Like the ODK society, Blue Key
BLUE KEY PRESIDENT
holds two initiations each year—
one in the fall and the other in
the spring. Ed Allen, a senior in
Aeronautical Engineering from
Memphis, Tennessee, and a mem­ber
of Sigma Chi Fraternity, is
the new president of Blue Key.
Vice-president is C. B. Hewitt,
senior in Civil Engineering from
Columbus, Georgia; secretary is
ODK PRESIDENT
Charles Flowers, above, of
Birmingham, is president of
Omicron Delta Kappa, national
leadership fraternity. Flowers is
senior representative to the Exe­cutive
Cabinet, and a member
of Scabbard and Blade. Ed Allen,
left, is president of Blue Key,
also a national leadership so­ciety.
Allen is from Memphis,
Tenn., and also is a member of
Scabbard and Blade.
Larry Heyduck, senior in Aero­nautical
Engineering from Fort
Benning, Georgia; and treasurer
is Jimmy McCauley, senior in
Business Administration f r om
Birmingham.
Upperclassmen Still
Being Fingerprinted
Practically All Frosh
Fingerprints Taken
During Orientation
By DAVID ALLEN
The fingerprinting for identifi­cation
of Auburn students is again
going strong. Practically all the
freshmen have smudged their fin­gers
and many of the upperclass-
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men are dropping around to do so
too.
It is an accepted fact to the law
enforcement agencies of all the
world that the fingerprints of a
person is one unchangeable means
of identification. Not only are
they unchanging from birth to old
age, but they are very personal
property, there being no two
alike.
The first use of fingerprints
was as a means of criminal iden­tification
and its main use today
is in the rogues galleries of law
enforcement agencies in our na­tion
and in many foreign coun­tries.
However, several years ago
another equally important and
useful application was discovered
and put into operation. Many
cases of amnesia, of bodies so de­teriorated
and marred that identi­fication
by ordinary, means was
impossible. So. . . some thought­ful
person, remembering that the
position and shape of the ridges
of one finger could make positive
identification of that person, had
the idea of forming civil files in
parallel with the criminal files, to
be operated by the federal gov­ernment
and the states.
The idea gained headway and
the civil files of the Federal Bu­reau
of Investigation in Washing­ton
and of the various state law
enforcement agencies have reach­ed
tremendous size.
The movement was peculiarly
acceptable to the colleges of the
nation. They were quick to accept
the new idea of identification,
and, being in a compact group for
nine months of the year, they had
easy accessibility to the equip­ment
and experience necessary
for the job.
In May of last year Squires and
Owls, sophomore honor societies
for men and women respectively,
inaugurated a drive to bring to
the students of API the opportun­ity
to place their fingerprints in
the files of the Alabama High­way
Patrol and also in the files
of the FBI in Washington. The
drive was met with success by the
campus leaders and college offi­cials
and, during the last few
weeks of that month, many fin­gerprints
were taken.
This year the freshmen and
upperclassmen again have the op­portunity
to store up means of
positive identification. The work
is directed by Sgt. C. T. Donald­son,
Special Investigator, and Mr.
O. T. McDuff, fingerprinting
specialists of the Highway Patrol.
These men, aided by the students,
have all necessary equipment in
the Student Center of Langdon
Hall. Since this is also headquar­ters
for the Glomerata photog­raphers,
it's possible to kill two
birds with one stone. . . have
your picture taken and also be
fingerprinted.
The student enrollment of API
this year will probably be above
the 4,500 mark. These students
travel millions of miles a year.
The chances of auto accidents
alone are easy to see. For this
Sam Tisdale Danforth Guest
This Summer for Month Tour
Award Made Yearly
To Junior in Ag
Each year an Auburn junior
and freshman receive the "Dan­forth
Award." The junior re­ceives
a full scholarship and the
freshman receives a half-scholar­ship.
The "Danforth Award" is
made to one junior in each of 37
A & M colleges in the United
States and one in Canada.
The junior winner from Au­burn
for the past year was Sam
Tisdale. Tisdale is from Hatties-burg,
Mississippi.
This award entitles the junior
to a two weeks' stay in St. Louis
and two weeks at the American
Youth Foundation camp at Shel­by,
Michigan. All expenses are
paid for the entire four weeks.
The award is made by William
H. Danforth, founder of the Ral­ston
Purina Mills, makers of
Purina Feeds. Mr. Danforth is
also the president of the Ameri­can
Youth Foundation.
Late in July all the students
who received t h e "Danforth
Award" for that year assemble
at the offices of the Purina Mills
in St. Louis. The first phase of the
award provides for a trip on an
air conditioned bus to the experi­mental
farm of the company at
Gray Summitt, Missouri. Three
days are spent on the farm which
is 50 miles from St. Louis. During
these three days the students
study the r e s e a r c h problems
which confront the company in its
endeavour to put out a high qual­ity
feed.
On the experimental farm, ex­periments
are carried on with
beef cattle, dairy cattle, calves,
turkeys, chickens and ducks; and
in addition to these animals, the
Purina Company carries on ex­tensive
experiments with such
animals as the silver fox, chin­chilla
(valued at $3,000 a pair),
mink, marten and dogs. It is in­teresting
to note the wide va­riety
of animals for which the
company manufactures feed, and
it is understood that their feed
business for these animals is
good enough to warrant all of the
extensive research which they do
along such lines.
After the three days at the ex­perimental
farm, the students re­turn
to St. Louis where they
spend the remaining week and a
half from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. every
day at the offices of the Ralston
Purina Company. This time is
spent in studying their methods
of business, advertising and re­search.
Lectures are given to the
"Danforth Fellows" by the head
of each department of the Ralston
Mills, the president of the com­pany,
Donald D a n f o r t h , and
others.
Of particular interest is the fine
up-to-date research equipment
they possess, some of which they
developed themselves. Their set-reason,
all students are urged to
not to delay in placing their fin­gerprints
in the civil files of our
law enforcement agencies.
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DANFORTH WINNER
Sam Tisdale, above, senior in
agriculture, won last year's an­nual
Danforth award, and took
the Danforth tour this summer.
Tisdale is Chancellor of Alpha
Zeta, Ag honorary society, and
an officer of Scabbard and Blade,
national military fraternity.
ingredients which are used in the
making of feeds.
Every phase of the business of
making, marketing and selling
feed is explained to the students.
Each different hour brings new
and interesting lectures and lec­turers.
Talks are given on sales­manship,
credit rating, buying,
business forecasts, statistics <md
personnel management. T h e se
lectures are not only of interest
but are of value, for they give an
idea of the workings of a large
business and it gives the fellows
an idea of what a concern looks
for when it hires an individual.
Not only do the students receive
educational lectures and tours,
but an interesting social program
is also outlined for them. During
the past summer, the "Danforth
Fellows" attended the St. Louis
Municipal Opera, which gave the
production, "The Merry Widow,"
by Franz Lehar; they were taken
up in a TWA airliner for a night
flight over the city; were taken
through an all-day inspection
tour of the East St. Louis Stock
Yards and the Swift Packing
Company; were taken for an all
day tour of the city including the
famous Botanical Gardens of
Shaw, the zoo, the St. Louis Grain
Exchange and many other poini.s
of interest; were taken through
KMOX and were featured on a
30-minute program o v e r CBS;
and finally the students' went on
a three-hour cruise on the stream­lined,
air-conditioned S S Ad­miral,
down the Mississippi.
On leaving St. Louis, the stu­dents
go to the American Youth
Foundation Camp at Shelby,
Michigan, via Chicago and Battle
Creek with overnight stop-overs
at both cities. Students spend the
night at the famous Battle Creek
Sanitarium, and the following
morning are shown through the
Ralston-Purina C e r e a l Plant
there.
On arriving at Camp Miniwanca
(as the American Youth Founda­tion
camp is called), students are
struck by the simplicity and
beauty of the spot. Situated be­tween
Stony Lake and Lake
Michigan, it is an ideal camp site.
The first phase of camp life for
the students is to take a plunge
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Jfage Six
Tigers Look To '41 Opener
In Montgomery Next Friday
i r p p M i n n r H u r f c H i n r l o r <tmm<4« ^-^
T H E P L A I N S M AN
Only Three Minor Hurts Hinder Squad;
Finney Looms as Most Improved Back
With but a week remaining until the A u b u r n opener with
the Howard Bulldogs on September 26, Coach Jack Meagher
today steered his squad of 46 Plainsman footballers around
the final turn and into the stretch which will have them
playing ten games during the coming ten weeks.
Added emphasis on passing and backfield formations
feature the closeout of the t h i r d week of practice, with all
backs being called on as passers.
Although scrimmages have been
held on Drake Field almost daily,
no serious injuries have occurred.
Junior guard Jack Ferrell suffer­ed
from an ankle sprained earlier
in the week, while Max Morris
and Vic Costellos, also guards,
were out of heavy action due to
head injuries.
Number one backfield continu­ed
to be that composed of quar­terback
Lloyd Cheatham, half­backs
Clarence Harkins and Monk
Gafford, and fullback Ty Irby or
Jim Reynolds. Serious contenders
for first string duty during the
week were halfbacks Buck Jen­kins
and Charlie Finney. Jenkins
is the sophomore from Birming­ham
who has spotlighted himself
by his uncanny passing ability
and who now ranks as Auburn's
first aerial artist. Finney, who as
a trackman can rip off the 100 in
ten seconds, is the squad's fastest
member and can be named with­out
hesitation as the most improv­ed
backfield performer of the
year.
Line Strong at Center
Though lack of experienced
ends continues to stand as a glar­ing
Auburn weakness, the re­mainder
of the line from tackle
to tackle is impressive in its large
number of veterans and capable
newcomers. Seven of Coach
Meagher's 13 lettermen play in
this territory and added reserves
from last season's freshman squad
make the future even more
bright. Francis Crimmins, John­ny
Chalkley, Jim McClurkin, and
Joe Eddins are all 200-pound let­termen
while Bill Schuler and
Elton Hinton now appear as the
first sophs in line for action next
week.
Max Morris and Nick Ardillo
are the lettermen. at the guard
slots, while Vic Costellos and
Jack Cornelius understudy them.
At center it's junior Tex Williams
doing the heavy duty, and Au­burn's
most promising sophomore,
Jim Pharr, scheduled as the first
reserve.
Number one end combination
continued as Jim Samford and
Clarence Grimmett. Fagan Can-zoneri
shows as a sure thing for
a large share of the flank duty
while Billy Barton, boasting ex­perience
as an all-state end in his
pre-college days, also shined as
a second stringer.
September 19,1941
YARDSTICK
By JOHN PIERCE
Joe promises to be a first string
tackle for the 1941 Tigers.
POINT SYSTEM
(Continued from Page 4)
HORSESHOES (75-point sport)
Same as Softball A. Winner
B. Runner-up
C. 3rd place
D. 4th place . -
E. 5th place
F. Entrance points
TENNIS (100-point sport)
Same as A. Winner
Softball and B. 2nd place
Horseshoes C. • 3rd place
D. 4th place
E. 5th place
F. Entrance points
GOLF (100-point sport)
Entries close (Number of teams entered will determine
May 1 how the points will be divided.)
Play starts
May 1, 2
75 points
65 points
55 points
45 points
35 points
25
100 points
85 points
70 points
60 points
50 points
35
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in "SUN VALLEY SERENADE"
a 20th Century-Fox film, with
GlENN MILLER and his band.
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A week from tonight Auburn plays its first game of the
1941 football season. The early stages of practice are over
now and there remain but five days for final polishing and
last m i n u t e scrambles for s t a r t i n g positions. Most of us who
have watched practice over any length of time have a p r e t ty
good idea of j u s t who it'll be in t h e heavy d u t y positions dur­ing
t h e season. Or we t h i n k we have, or t h i n k we could have
had one if we had been out to practice. '
But that is getting off the subject. I've sat around now a
couple of years and watched the wise guys go down swing­ing
on their predictions about Auburn's grid fates and
wondered just what was wrong. Because nobody ever wins
money betting on or against Auburn. It just ain't done,
friends, because Auburn just doesn't do what Auburn is
supposed to do.
So, liking to think I know something about what's going
on down on D r a k e Field and knowing t h a t I h a v e n ' t anything
to lose by just talking, I 'm jumping into the same whirlpool
I've been watching by saying that Auburn under Lloyd
Cheatham and Francis Crimmins will not have a poor year
nor a mediocre y e a r but a good year. The t e am will be b e t t er
t h a n that of last year or the year before that or the year
before that.
The team will be better than that of any of the past
three years because the team spirit is at a higher level than
at any of those seasons. There is a n ew attitude that is bring­ing
about a far more strict adherence to training rules and
bringing also a far greater desire to play the best football
possible. Lloyd Cheatham said before the freshman class
in Auburn Stadium Wednesday that the squad would be
one they could be proud of. That wasn't just chatter, rats.
You'll see what he means next Friday night.
Then t h e r e is something else t h a t makes me predict a good
year, and this sounds sure-fire. Manager Joe Sprague tells it.
It seems that foxy old Marine Jack has been caught red-handed
twice during the past week. Two times he was seen
smiling.
* * *
And if the above isn't enough I 'm going even further. I'm
going to sit up in h e r e behind a 1920 model t y p e w r i t e r in the
Plainsman office and name the s t a r t i n g lineup for n e x t week,
correct to the nearest eleven men. It should r u n something
like this: Ends, J im Samford and Clarence Grimmett; tackles,
Francis Crimmins and John Chalkley; guards, Max Morris
and Nick Ardillo; center, Tex
Tigers Boast Pair of
Red-Headed Twin Guards
John and Frank
Bridgers Primed
For Grid Action
By ELMER G. SALTER
If one can determine the dif­ference
between a football player
weighing 169 pounds and one
weighing 173 pounds, he can iden­tify
Auburn's twin guards, John
and Frank Bridgers, graduates of
Ramsay High School in their
native city of Birmingham. Al­though
they weighed the same at
birth and continued to do so until
two months ago, John now tips
the scales at 173 and Frank at 169.
Both red-headed a n d both
standing five feet, 10 inches,
these two boys have to be placed
under a microscope for the pur­pose
of observing any distinguish­ing
characteristic. Their high
school mentor, Coach Bill White,
now of Howard, never discovered
a mark of identification and
Coach Jack Meagher looks at
their jersey numbers before as­signing
them duties as Auburn
grid standard-bearers.
John, who is older by 30 min­utes,
performs in the left guard
slot and Frank in the right guard
berth. The Auburn coaches know
that the wearer of No. 24 jersey
is a left guard and that the wearer
of No. 32 jersey is a right guard.
A scratched face identified John
at one workout, but, at the next
practice, Frank also left the field
with a well-marked nose and
thus the coaches were baffled
again.
High school first-stringers in
1938 and 1939, Auburn's twins
were wheelhorses on both the of­fense
and defense at Ramsay,
where Frank captained the eleven
as a senior. Both also played
baseball at Ramsay, John in left-field
and Frank in rightfield. The
Tiger's ace sophomore halfback,
Buck Jenkins, was Ramsay's
alternate captain the same year
Frank was captain.
In their junior and senior years
at Ramsay, both compiled out­standing
scholastic records. John
received A's in all of his senior
subjects except one in which his
rating was B, and Frank's record
was equally as brilliant. And they
are prominent at Auburn as
scholars.
A wizard in mathematics, Frank
averaged 91.70 and 92.05 for two
semesters in mechanical engi­neering
last year. John's semester
averages in business administra­tion
were 92.95 and 94.46. Mathe­matics
does not give John any
trouble, but he is not particularly
fond of it.
BOB'S TAXI
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Operated Entirely by Students
Williams; quarterback, L l o yd
Cheatham; fullback, Ty Irby;
halfbacks, Clarence Harkins and
Monk Gafford.
That must be about enough for
one day.
Student Tickets
Student tickets for the Howard
game will be on sale next Wed­nesday
and Thursday, Sep. 24
and 25, from 8 a. m. until 6 p. m.
in the upper lobby of the Field
House. Price for the tickets is 55
cents plus coupon number one.
Guest tickets will sell for $2.25.
DANFORTH TOUR
(Continued from Page 5)
into the icey waters of Lake
Michigan, after which the "Dan-forth
Fellows" meet the man to
whom they are indebted for the
trip, Mr. William Danforth.
In Mr. Danforth, students find
a man full of love for life, a man
full of energy and vitality; a man
with an undying interest in youth
and all that youth stands for; and
above all, a man who dared to
dream a dream and make it ma­terialize.
To start the semester off
right, drop by and get fitted
in a pair of Freeman or
Fortune Shoes.
KOPLON'S
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SORORITY RUSHING
(Continued from Page 1)
The Alpha Gamma Deltas will
have as their theme for this rush
period "A Travel Around the
World." The entire rush week
will carry the members and
the rushees around the world
with stops at some of the
important countries of the world.
They will start their journey
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The first part of the trip will be
until 6 at which time there will
be a recess. The "ship party" will
continue at 7 and will last until
9. On Sunday there will be a
Japanese tea from 3 o'clock until
6. On Monday night they will
have a Hawaiian party from 7 to
9 o'clock. Tuesday afternoon
there will be a Pinafore party
from 3 to 6. They will reach the
home port and conclude their
rush trip Tuesday night with a U.
S. party.
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AUBURN PHONE 61 OPELIKA
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INTRAMURAL SPORTS
(Continued from Page 4)
eligible for independent team
competition. Players, after enter­ing
one contest with a given
team, may not transfer to another
team.
(9) Each independent team is
required to submit a list of its
players at, or before, its second
scheduled game. Only those play­ers
listed shall play with that
team during the season.
(Continued Tuesday)
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