1941-09-23 The Plainsman

              CONGRATULATIONS
FELLOWS! Uw Plaindmarv PEP RALLY
TONIGHT!
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 1941 NUMBER 3
ODK AND BLUE KEY SELECT TEN NEW MEN
Edwards Predicts Enrollment
To Reach Approximately 4,400
3,631 Students
Already Registered
At ten o'clock this morning,
according to information released
by the Registrar's Office, enroll­ment
had reached a total of 3,631.
This is an approximate increase
of from 400 to 450 over last year's
figures at this same time.
Mr. Charles W. Edwards, Reg­istrar,
stated that enrollment
"appears to run about ten per
cent above last year's figures.
Perhaps we shouldn't make an
estimate of the final figure for
the year, but it ought to reach
forty-four or forty-five hundred."
Mr. Edwards explained that as
yet his office was unable to re­lease
a "breakdown" of these en­rollment
figures, telling what per­centage
of these were women
students, what percentage were
men, and which schools they
were enrolled in, but that such a
release could be given this week,
and will appear in time for Fri­day's
Plainsman.
Cross Country Runners
First meeting for cross country
men will be held tomorrow after­noon
at the field House. New
candidates are invited to attend.
Executive Council To
Excuse Classes For
Five Auburn Games
Classes will be excused in Au­burn
for five football games this
season, the Executive Council
ruled yesterday.
In addition' to these five, there
will be no classes after 12 noon
on Saturday, November 29, when
Auburn plays Clemson in the Au­burn
Stadium at Homecoming.
Classes will be excused after 3
p. m. only Friday afternoon of
this week, for the Howard game
Friday night in Montgomery.
Classes will be held as regularly
scheduled on Saturday of this
week.
On October 18, when Auburn
plays S. M. U. in Birmingham,
classes will be excused for the
day, Saturday.
When the Tigers meet Georgia
Tech in Atlanta on October 25,
there will be no Saturday classes.
Saturday classes will be excus­ed
on November 1, when Auburn
meets Georgia in Columbus.
Also in Birmingham, on No­vember
8, the Tigers play Missis­sippi
State. Saturday classes will
be excused for this game also.
These five games will be the
only ones for which students will
be excused from classes.
Freshman Cheerleader
To Be Chosen Tonight
FIRST PEP RALLY OF YEAR IS
TONIGHT AT 7*0 IN STADIUM
Social Calendar
To Be Drawn
Up Thursday
Each Society To
Be Represented
At Drawing
Schedule for campus dances
and social events of the year,
commonly known as "the Social
Calendar," will be drawn up
Thursday afternoon at 4 in the
Student Center, according to In-terfraternity
Council President
Tommy Schuessler.
The Social Calendar contains
dates of fraternity, sorority, all-school,
and society dances for the
entire year.
The calendar is arranged by the
drawing of numbers of preference
of dates. Each fraternity, sorority,
and society will send a repre­sentative
to the drawing, who will
draw a number. Preference for
dates is given in numerical order
from this drawing.
Selection of Coed
Cheerleader to Be
Made Later
Freshman cheerleaders for 1941
will be selected tonight at the pep
rally at 7:30 in the Auburn Stad­ium.
Try-outs were held Sunday
afternoon, and the field of aspi­rants
was narrowed down by
the cheerleaders to three boys.
Of these three, one will be
cheerleader of the Class of '45.
Headcheerleader Joe Gandy
stated that the selection would
not be made until tonight, be­cause
the three boys now in the
race were evenly matched, and a
decision would have been almost
impossible for the cheerleaders to
make by themselves. "So we want
to get those three down there in
front of the pep rally crowd and
see what they can do— and let
the students help us pick the
one."
The three boys were selected
for "final competition" after sev­eral
hours of trying out with yells
and tumbling, by the cheerleaders
and with the aid of members of
the coaching staff.
Gandy announced that the se­lection
of coed cheerleader would
be made in the near future.
Frosh Proofs
For Glomerata
Have Arrived
Glomerata proofs for freshmen
have been returned from the
photographers, and freshmen are
requested to go by the Student
Center this week to secure their
proofs and choose the one to be
used in the annual.
Proofs of sophomore and jun­ior
pictures, according to Glom­erata
Editor Joe Meadows will be
returned the first of next week,
and sophomores and juniors may
come by the Student Center to see
their proofs during the week.
Next week, beginning Septem­ber
29, senior pictures for the
Glomerata will be made.
• Sophomore and Junior proofs
may be obtained at the same time
that seniors are having pictures
made.
Bids to Be Asked
Soon for Airport
Runway Paving
CAA Office Approves
Plans; Mobile Group
Working Out Details
Plans for the new Auburn-Ope-lika
airport have gained approval
of the Atlanta Civil Aeronautics
Authority office, and were sub­mitted
Wednesday to the engi­neering
offices at Mobile.
Included in the approved plans
are two runways 4,200 feet long,
and 150 feet wide. Grading for
them will require moving of be­tween
500,000 and 600,000 cubic
yards of earth, according to Prof.
Roberts Pitts in charge of the
college-owned airport.
In Mobile, CAA engineers were
to begin work on specifications
Thursday or Friday, so that calls
for bids may be made Oct. 16.
The contract is to be let on Oct.
31. Work is to begin on Nov. 3,
and must be completed within 90
days from the start of operations.
This means the port will be ready
by early February, if all goes
well.
The runways will have an
earth base with asphalt paving
4,000 feet long. The grading will
be 500 feet wide.
Prof. T. M. Lowe was in charge
of surveying and preparation of
the topographical maps. A delega­tion
composed of Lowe, Pitts,
Prof. Charles R. Hixon, Owen
Draper, State Airport Director,
and Asa Rountree, director of
airport development in Alabama,
made the trip to Mobile Wednes­day
to submit the plans to the
CAA. This same group had won
approval Monday from Atlanta
CAA authorities.
Extension of runway lengths to
4,200 feet will make the airport
compare favorably with those of
much larger cities. Total approp­riation
for the field is $268,000,
which provides for "clearing,
grubbing, grading, sodding, and
paving of two runways, taxi
strips, and installation of basic
lighting."
Last Semester's
Cut System to Be
Used This Year
Students Allowed
One Cut for Each
Semester Hour
By GEORGE HEARD
After several attempts to find
the best cut system to use in the
school, the school officials have
decided to use the same one which
seemed so successfull last year.
The method of having one cut. for
each semester hour was believed
to be the best and the most com­promising
as far as the students
and the faculty were concerned.
Each school will again have its
own Dean's List composed of
those students who rank in the
upper five per cent of the class.
Those who are in the junior, sen­ior,
and fifth-year classes are eli­gible.
He must, however, attend
all ROTC classes and drills and
must be present at all announced
examinations and tests. He will
be removed from his Dean's List
when his grades show that he is
abusing his privilege and each
instructor will be required to
keep a record of the number of
times the student is absent.
Those students who are not on
any Dean's List will have a
quota of cuts amounting to the
number of credit, hours in the
course for the semester. In other
words, if a student is taking 19
hours which is required in his
course, he will have a total of 19
cuts. But, he will not be allowed
to take all of his cuts in one sub­ject.
In a three hour course he
will be allowed three cuts; in a
two hour course he will get two
cuts; and in courses of one hour
or less, he will be allowed a
quota of two cuts for the semester.
All students will be dropped by
the instructor when the quota of
cuts has been exceeded. It will
be the responsibility of the in­structor
to report such actions to
the Registrar and to the student's
Dean. The penalty for being
dropped from a course will be
zero.
Absences may be excused only
by the College Physician or the
student's Dean. The right is given
the instructor to make the stu­dent
make up, in any way satis­factory
to the instructor, all of
the work missed during the stu­dent's
absence. All instructors
will be required to keep accurate
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Great Auburn Band
To Be Present For
Opening Season
The first pep rally of the year
will be held at the Auburn stad­ium
tonight, starting at 7:30 and
will be highlighted by the talks
of several prominent members of
the coaching staff and the presen­tation
of the outstanding mem­bers
of the football team to the
student body.
As plans were completed today,
the rally and the rallies that fol­low
this season should be the best
that have been held during the
past few years. The Great Auburn
Band will be on hand to help the
freshmen learn the songs, and the
cheerleaders Will lead the stu­dents
in the yells.
All fraternities have been urged
to have their freshman pledges
learn the Alma Mater and to be
present at the rally. Independent
freshmen are also urged to aid in
making the pep meeting a success
by attending.
Alpha Phi Omega, national
scouting fraternity, has charge of
the pep rallies this year, and is
working with the "A" Club in an
endeavor to raise the spirit of
the Auburn students.
Another rally will also be held
Thursday night in the stadium
before the Howard game, which
will be played in Montgomery the
following night. These two rallies
are being held this week due to
the postponement of school.
All efforts are being made to
whip the cheering section in shape
to get off to a good start and get
behind the Tigers early in the
season.
Ticket Sales
Student tickets for the Howard
game will go on sale in the upper
lobby of the Field House tomor­row
morning at 8. The tickets
will continue on sale until 6 p. m.
Thursday.
Charles Flowers and Ed Allen,
above, are the presidents of
ODK and Blue Key, respective­ly.
ODK and Blue Key, national
honorary societies both announc­ed
the selection of new men
today.
"Rats" Step Into Swing
Of Things After Tests
Orientation Proves
Hectic But Frosh
Show Approval
By LAWRENCE TOLLISON
Placement test, fingerprinting,
more placement tests, photogra­phing,
parties, still more place­ment
tests, receptions, dates
(when we could get 'em), frat
houses, kind upperclassmen, and
last, but not least, placement
tests.
These are some of the fondest
memories that members of the
Freshman Class will carry with
them throughout their four years
at Auburn, which is aptly named
"The Friendliest College In These
United States."
But, do you know the differ­ence
between a orrestopoions and
a fenetencekly? And, do you
know what' "X" (the unknown
quantity) would be if "Y" equall­ed
to 12487.0987. Well, we of the
Class of '45 didn't. And, we still
don't. However, there is a slight
possibility that after four years,
we may be able to find out.
As for upperclassmen, they've
been swell to us. And, after their
careful teachings, we now know
to always carry at least a five
cent box of matches, and, on
threat of justifiable punishment,
carefully avoid passing through
the main gate. Even the fresh­man
women students should ob­serve
this rule, but apparently
they have not been told this.
But, getting back to orientation
exercises. On Monday night, two-thirds
of the boys parked them­selves
on street corners, because
of the fact that the girls were all
"booked" up for that night. On
Tuesday, it was almost the same
story. Placement tests and more
placement tests. But Tuesday
night, it was a little different
tale. The student leadership con­vocation,
at whicl* time officials
of various student organizations
were introduced to us, and the
never-to-be-forgotten reception
at Dr. and Mrs. Duncan's home.
We enjoyed it so much that we
even braved the chilling rain to
stick around.
On Wednesday came' our final
round of placement tests. Of
course there was a "get-to-gether"
for the women students, but many
of us were able to manage a date
or two.
Our classes started yesterday
morning, and the period of orient­ing
the "rats" was finished (sup-posably).
During this three-day
period, many of us pledged frats,
and all of us met the finest
bunch of freshmen and upper­classmen
we've ever seen.
We're proud of our class, and
we're proud of the college that
we chose to be our home the
next four years. But, most of all,
we're proud of our fellow stu­dents
and our faculty members.
Most of us probably now think
that we know all about the
school. That is certainly far from
the truth. We have much to learn.
In fact, do all the freshmen
know that the petrified is ten feet
north of the northeast corner of
the lathe between Samford and
Langdon Halls?
Men Honored As
Campus Leaders
ODK Initiation
To Be Held Soon
Five Auburn seniors were hon­ored
for their accomplishments
this morning, as Omega Circle of
Omicron Delta Kappa, national
honorary leadership fraternity,
announced new members.
The five new ODK s, Gray Car­ter,
Charles Dubberly, Herbert
Martin, Jack Snow, and Sam
Tisdale, were tapped in the tra­ditional
manner, their names be­ing
placed upon the Main Gate,
one each hour from eight until
twelve.
The five men were selected on
the basis of character, primarily,
and conditional to scholarship,
leadership, and on social and
extra-curricular activites such as
forensics and publications.
Gray Carter, of Columbus, Ga.,
is a member of Phi Delta Theta
social fraternity. Enrolled in
Electrical Engineering, he is sec­retary
of the Auburn branch of
the American Institute of Electri­cal
Engineers, and of Eta Kappa
Nu, national electrical engineer­ing
honorary society. Last Spring
Carter was a candidate for the of­fice
of Business Manager of the
Glomerata, having served on the
staff of the publication for three
years.
Charles Dubberly, of Tallassee,
is enrolled in Mechanical Engi­neering.
He is a member of ASME,
is vice-president of Pi Tau Sigma,
Mechanical Engineering honorary,
and is secretary of the Auburn
chapter of Tau Beta Pi, national
engineering honor society. A
member of the debate team for
three years, Dubberly is vice-president
of the Debate Council,
and secretary of Tau Kappa
Alpha, national debate fraternity.
He is a member of Scabbard and
Blade.
Herbert Martin, of Auburn, is
Associate Editor of the Plainsman,
having served on the editorial
staff of the publication for three
years. He was on the editorial
board of the Plainsman his Soph­omore
year, and was Associate
Editor last year also. Martin is a
senior representative to the Exe­cutive
Cabinet, serving his second
term in that body since entering
A. P. I. He is enrolled in Journa­lism.
Martin is a member of
Alpha Tau Omega social frater­nity,
in which organization he
holds an office.
Jack Snow, of Jasper, is enroll­ed
in Agriculture. He was se­lected
"outstanding Sophomore in
Agriculture" two years ago. He
was a member of Squires, sopho-
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Blue Key Chooses
Outstanding Men
Five men were tapped yester­day
for membership by the Au­burn
chapter of Blue Key, na­tional
honor society, on the basis
of their distinction in leadership
and scholarship.
As announced by E. C. Allen,
President of Blue Key, last night,
those tapped include George Aus­tin,
Jim Morgan, Max Morris, A.
B. Morrison, and Jim Samford.
The purpose of Blue Key, as set
forth in the constitution, is:
"To study, discuss, and strive
to further the best interests of
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute;
to promote the spirit of fra-ternalism
among the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute;
to foster intercollegiate 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."
George Austin, Atlanta, is a
member of the Engineering Coun­cil,
of. Chi Epsilon, of Scabbard
and Blade and of the swimming
team. He is a senior taking Civil
Engineering and is a member of
Sigma Alpha Epsilon social fra­ternity.
Jim Morgan, Albertville, is
Chairman of the Social Commit­tee
and is President of Pi Kappa
Phi social fraternity. He is a
senior in Agriculture.
Max Morris, Blountsville, is a
member of the "A" Club and of
Scabbard and Blade. He is a guard
on the Auburn football team and
a senior in Agriculture.
A. B. Morrison, Montgomery, is
President of A.I.E.E., is a mem­ber
of the Engineering Council
and of Scabbard and Blade. He
is a senior in Electrical Engineer­ing
and is a member of Sigma
Nu social fraternity.
Jim Samford, Montgomery, is a
member of the "A" Club and of
Sigma Chi social fraternity. He is
a senior taking Business Admin­istration,
an end on the Auburn
football team, and a Captain in
senior R.O.T.C.
Ag Club
Dean M. J. Funchess will speak
at the first meeting of the Ag
Club tomorrow at 7 p. m. in Ross
Auditorium. All freshmen are
urged to attend. There will be a
smoker for new men, during the
meeting in addition to the speech
by Dean Funchess.
Jessica Dragonette Will Open Concert
Series in Alumni Gym October 22
"Beloved Soprano"
To Sing Requests
Of Audience Here
Jessica Dragonette, glamorous,
golden-voiced artist of radio and
concert, who will open the 1941-
42 Auburn Concert and Lecture
Series, at Alumni Gym Wednes­day
night, October 22, has for
many years held the title of
"America's Beloved Soprano."
From New York to Honolulu,
from Texas to Toronto, and from
New Orleans to Seattle, record-breaking
audiences have wildly
acclaimed the renditions of the
petite songstress. Singing under
the leadership of many world-famous
conductors over the world,
Miss Dragonette has presented
programs made up of both classi­cal,
semi-classical, and current
popular numbers.
Although making many person­al
tours, Miss Dragonette carries
with her music to many selections
which might be requested by
members of the audience, the most
notable among them being "Songs
My Mother Taught Me." During a
recent concert she was forced to
repeat this number three times
because of the huge ovation it
received from her audience.
Devoting her time between the
concert stage and radio, the love­ly
singer has found time to ap­pear
in several movies. Probably
the most outstanding in which
she worked was "Gulliver's
Travels", a full-length cartoon.
Although not actually seen on the
screen in this picture, she fur­nished
the singing voice for the
Princess.
Miss Dragonette uses her won­derful
vocal gifts discriminately,
and in a wide range, projects a
well-rounded tone full of vibran­cy,
color, and richness. Her
phrasing is discerning, her diction
flawless, and the conception in
which she grasps the characteris­tics
of the songs, make each of
them an outstanding tribute to
her musicianship.
Page Two T H E P L A I N S M AN September 21, 1941
"Snatching" Should Stop
In a short editorial in last Friday's
Plainsman, Auburn freshmen were prais­ed
for wearing their "rat" caps better than
has been the case in the past several years.
We like to think that the freshmen have
caught the Auburn spirit from the start
and that they will continue to keep it as
will the Auburn upperclassmen.
Beginning next Friday night the Auburn
Tigers will begin their 1941 football season
and nearly every Auburn student will be
on hand to witness the game. The spirit
that has begun to rise on the campus will
really be needed at our first game and we
hope that it does not die before that game.
We believe that the one symbol of the
Auburn spirit among the freshman class is
the "rat" caps, and those same caps help to
boost the spirit of the upperclassmen. But
the freshmen can not keep that symbol of
the Auburn spirit without the cooperation
of the sophomores, juniors and seniors.
Already many freshmen have lost their
"rat" caps to upperclassmen who snatch
the caps from their heads.
Upperclassmen have always urged Au­burn
freshmen to wear their caps through­out
the year but have made such a practice
impossible because they have taken the
"rat" caps in the same fashion that Indians
once scalped their victims. The practice of
wearing "rat" caps has often come to an
end before the first football game.
This year has begun in much the same
way that other years have with the excep­tion
that there are more freshmen and
thus more "rat" caps. However, we believe
that the Auburn stands would look much
better Friday night if all Auburn freshmen
in the stands had his "rat" cap on his head
and we believe that such a sight can be a
reality if the upperclassmen will cooperate
with the freshmen.
Because freshmen must pay for their
"rat" caps, because uppercla'ssmen like to
see freshmen with "rat" caps on their
heads, and because the snatching of "rat"
caps destroys one of the symbols of the
Auburn spirit, upperclassmen should stop
snatching Auburn "rat" caps and should
stop any student from any other college or
university from snatching our freshmen's
"rat" caps. WH
Action Front!
"From now on if German and Italian
vessels enter the United States waters,
they do so at their own peril," said Presi­dent
Roosevelt in his broadcast to the
American people and to the rest of the
world.
The next move is up to the Germans. If
they want a shooting war we are prepared
to give them a battle that will go down in
history as one which was forced upon the
United States by a power which has no
respect for international laws.
President Roosevelt said that we must
set our course and sail through to victory.
We must produce ships, planes, and sup­plies
of all kinds that are vital to our de­fense
and to the defense of the rest of the
world.
"The time for action is now, we must
come face to face with fact," spoke Presi­dent
Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt pointed out
that if Germany wins the war her fleet
and her capacity for producing new ships
will far exceed that of the United States.
We must remain mistress of the seas in
order for the American way of life to con­tinue.
We cannot afford to let Germany
seize control of the Atlantic.
"The time for active defense is now,"
declared President Roosevelt. We cannot
afford to wait and see if the German
torpedoes are going to hit their mark. We
must crush those under-sea raiders before
they have a chance to strike. We cannot
afford to wait.
Wake up America—preserve those lib­erties
and freedoms your forefathers gave
their lives for. It is for us to decide
whether we want to live a peaceful life
under the American system, or a life of
slaves under the Hitler system. Wake up
America—Let's Go! B.B.
Use Cuts Wisely
Each student at Auburn is allowed a
quota of cuts for each course amounting
to the number of credit hours in the course
for the semester. Both freshmen and
upperclassmen do not realize that their
quota of cuts should be well budgeted and
used, and that for their own good, they
should use cuts wisely.
When a student exceeds his number of
cuts, he is automatically dropped from the
course and receives a zero for his semester
grade. With football season coming on,
many students will meet a great tempta­tion
to cut classes, especially Saturday
classes, in order to go to a game. Auburn
students should not be tempted to take
cuts in order to attend a game because that
cut may be needed at a more important
time when the student must visit his
dentist or oculist.
If students start the year off by taking
their cuts and using them unwisely, it is
probable that the practice of taking cuts
will become a habit. Such a habit may
cause the student to be dropped from
courses aggregating more than 40 per cent
of the hours for which he is registered.
When he has been dropped from such a
percentage of his work, he shall be drop­ped
automatically from college for the
duration of the semester.
So students, do not begin your year off
by forming the habit of roving about the
country when you should be in class, and
thus force yourself to be dropped from
classes or from school altogether, but use
your cuts wisely so that the folks back
home will remain proud of you and your
ability to stick a thing out to the end. WH
Darnell and Jack
Talented in ways other than in their
official capacity as porters at the quad­rangle,
are Darnell Giddens and Jack
Walker. Most of us probably know Darnell
as porter at Social Center—he brings mail
to the dormitories, so coeds should have no
trouble remembering him. Jack, by self-description,
is "Head Dining Hall Boy."
Together, they comprise a very good
duet for spirituals and amusing ditties of
colored folk. Jack sings bass in the duet
and offen "soloes." Darnell plays the piano
accompaniment, and carries the melody
in duets. Darnell is to be especially com­mended
for his really unusual ability at
the piano.
Greatly increasing the enjoyment of
hearing the team, is the unaffected and
sincere manner in which they present their
selections. Jack's big grin, and the note of
just barely suppressed amusement and fun
in his voice, make the remarks between
numbers as enjoyable as the remainder of
the program. B.K.
On Pep Rallies
Tonight the first real Pep Rally of the
year will be held. Of course, there was a
Pep-Rally for freshmen last week, held in
the stadium in the afternoon. But tonight's
will be the first real one of the year.
Tonight the Pep Rally crowd won't be
limited to freshmen. The whole student
body, or a good portion thereof, will be
there.
Tonight the Auburn student body will
have an opportunity to redeem itself in its
own eyes, as well as in the eyes of others,
on the subject of Pep Rallies.
Tonight the Auburn student body will
have the opportunity to go down to the
stadium, participate in the revival of spirit
necessary for the coming football season,
by yelling its collective head off, by sing­ing
the Auburn songs, by listening to and
appreciating the things that some of the
Athletic leaders of Auburn have to say,
and by raising all manner of Hell in the
best place for it on the campus — the
stadium.
Tonight the student body will have the
opportunity of showing that it does know
exactly what the Auburn spirit is by put­ting
some pep into that pep rally, and by
not becoming a bunch of mass saboteurs
and tearing up the town.
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Continuing with the "reform movement" in student organization
which has been the topic of conversation, and, praise allah, some
action in the past two or three years, upperclassmen came back to
school last week and the week before, some to begin work on various
ideas and ideals toward betterment of all things Auburn.
Student Government leaders are brimming over with ideas as to
how to make Auburn's Student Government what its name implies,
with ideas for a hospitalization insurance plan of some sort, with
ideas for, above all, a better spirit of cooperation between the student
body and the college administration.
Alpha Phi Omega leaders are back brimming over with ideas as
to how to make Auburn's Pep Rallies better this year, as are cheer­leaders.
Fraternity leaders (or some of them) are brimming over with ideas
of a closed rush system, and of cooperative buying.
Socially-minded ones are brimming over with ideas as to how
to get the biggest bands here this year, and when to have the dances
so as to get the biggest crowds.
Nobody seems to be brimming over with ideas as to how to get
something out of classwork and studies.
Seriously, though, we like to see all this very evident extra-curricu­lar
buzz of activity. We're hoping it'll last through the year, with
results.
Last year it didn't last. The leaders in the various groups became
so busy griping at each other that they couldn't see the forest for the
trees.
Once (or a million times), in a small Alabama town, there were two
ladies clubs. One was a Missionary Society. The other was a sewing
circle. But the Missionary Society never did any Missionary work.
And the sewing circle never got any sewing done. Because the ladies
in each group just sat around at meetings and gossipped about the
ladies in the other group. Auburn's student leader groups were that
way last year.
* * * * *
Registration was completed with fewer of the usual campus gripes
than we've heard during any registration period in three years. Main
faults found were the ancient ones about standing around in line so
long. However, three years ago, under the system of registration used
then, freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students,
all of them, would have had to stand in each of those lines, one at a
time, to register and pay their fees. And the frosh wouldn't have had
anyone officially appointed to help them make out their schedules, so
things are looking up. -
* * * * *
Usual Fall tappings of various campus honor societies are coming
off about this time of the year, as always. We've always admired the
system of leaving vacancies in honoraries in Spring tappings, to be
filled by seniors selected in the Fall of the year. It seems to us more
fair for these seniors to be selected by their own classmates—those
who know them best. Of course, Spring tappings are necessary. The
Seniors must select juniors for their honor societies, so that the
societies will carry over from one session to the next, but the idea of
leaving the total membership open until Fall is excellent.
* * * * *
Greeted with pleasure last week was the announcement of the
appointment and assignments of cadet officers for the first few weeks.
There had been talk around the campus that the system of appointing
only enough Captains to command the ROTC batteries and companies
was perhaps unfair—but those who were appointed, the twenty-seven
Captains and the mobs of Second Lieutenants, for the most part, are
all for the idea.
It gives the ones who haven't made the most of their chances in
ROTC another chance to work to the top, whereas the old system put
them into a rank and kept them there all year. It keeps up the ego
of all the lads, because there isn't so much difference between the rank
of Cadet Captain and that of Cadet Lieutenant, while there's still
enough to make the Captains feel good.
The Looeys will all be working their heads off out there on the
drill field for a promotion, and the Captains will be working theirs
off not only for promotion, but also in order to at least hang on to
what rank they have. Then too, there's the group who feel that they're
lucky even to be in advanced war, and are just as proud of that one
little button on each shoulder as they can be.
* * * * *
Things we've seen, but hate to see, around the campus: freshmen,
well marked with rat caps, going through the main gate. . . . students
tossing waste paper any and everywhere on the grounds. . . . freshmen
without rat caps. . . . students deliberately avoiding the new walks
to walk in the grass-to-be. . . . freshmen holding hands with the
coeds. . . . a faculty member refusing to speak to students who speak
to him. . . . freshmen counting cadence for coeds passing by.
By HERBERT MARTIN
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
in this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
Seeing all of the seniors back
around reminds us again of camp
this summer, and of a few more
or less substantiated stories of
sentry duty and the perils there­of.
* * *
One of the stories tells of one of
the LSU boys who was diligently
patrolling his post when he spot­ted
a figure approaching, .and
dutifully ordered, "Stop! Who is
there?" The Officer of the Guard
identified himself, and stood,
waiting to be passed. Silence, and
more of it.
"Ah!" said the officer, "you've
forgotten what to say."
"I have," the sentry admitted,
"but you'd sure better stand there
until I think of it!"
* * *
And one of the camp cooks, re­turning
a bit late one night,
answered t h e challenge with
"Little Red Riding Hood."
"Advance, Little Red Riding
Hood," responded the sentry,
"and be recognized." "And you'd
better be Little Red Riding
Hood!" he added.
* * *
It's a proven fact that two sen­tries
on adjoining posts challeng­ed
each other for some time one
night, each too stubborn to ad­vance
for recognition.
* * *
This one came originally from
Canada, where a large factory had
organized its own home guard,
and had posted men to guard the
premises.
It seems that the manager ap­proached
the main entrance, and
the sentry, torn, we quote, be­tween
duty and deference, un­quote,
came out with this gem,
"Halt, Mr. Brown! Who goes
there?"
* * *
The above was from the Arthur,
Ont, Enterprise-News.
* * *
Still on the subject, suppose
Auburn went martial, and posted
sentries at vantage points about
the campus. The hourly reports
might sound something like this:
Main Campus—"Eleven o'clock,
and all is well."
Quadrange — "Eleven o'clock,
and all is. . . . well?"
Ag Bottom and Bullard Field
circuit—"Eleven o'clock, and all
is swell!"
Stadium — "Ten minutes 'til
eleven. . . . now ain't that big
H?"
Forestry plots — (whispers) —
"Eleven o'clock, but I'm scared to
yell."
* * *
Concerning that little piggie
that was a hep little porker and
did the Lindy all the way home,
we wonder if, in view of recent
Lindy antics, "doing a Lindy" en­joys
the popular acclaim it form­erly
did. Seems as if now it might
be more akin to running the
wrong way for a touchdown.
* * *
One quiz program last week
asked this one: "Is F. H. La
Guardia a mayor or a fireman?"
We imagine that one might prove
to be quite a poser.
* * *
This logic was stolen from the
N. Y. U. Medley. . . . "A tune is
di-de-di-de-di-de. A 'didy' is
something a baby changes when
it is all wet. Therefore, a baby
changes its tune when "it is all
wet. It's a damn shame some poli­ticians
haven't enough sense to
do the same."
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus' most Kon-servation
Konscious Koed, says,
"With the stress of saving for de­fense,
and just plain old common
sense, I get sort of tired of seeing
comely lasses and some not so
comely busting perfectly good
bottles of champagne on innum­erable
ships, submarines, and
row boats, which probably can't
even feel the bubbles in their
bows. Ginger ale could do the job
just as efficiently, and salt water
would be even cheaper. This is'
where the country could save
billions of dollars, or at least put
it to better use. Why, they don't
even use domestic champagne!"
The World This Week
By EDDIE BERMINGHAM
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
Our allies, the Russians seem
to have gotten themselves into a
pretty tight fix. When the out­break
between the two erstwhile
partners in crime, Germany and
Russia broke out, we all said that
that was that. Wasn't it lucky
that Hitler would be occupied for
a few weeks so that England
could have a little breather.
Then it became pretty obvious
that Russia was not losing on
schedule, and we. all jumped to
the conclusion that perhaps they
weren't going to lose at all. Hav­ing
guessed both ways, no matter
who wins eventually, we all shall
have accurately predicted the
outcome of the war. As far as
anybody can see now, the Rus­sians
are almost as far from los­ing
as they are from winning.
Friday's papers tell of Stalin call­ing
up 25,000,000 more men. They
will constitute quite an obstacle.
No Military Victory
The hope of Russia should not
be a military victory over the
Reich. It is too much to ask of a
people who have been industria­lized
only twenty years that they
should overcome in actual com­bat
the greatest fighting machine
that the world has ever known
and which uses all the equipment
the most competent group of in­dustrialists
in the world has been
able to produce.
The Russians are going to de­feat
Hitler (if they do) in the
same way that the inhabitants of
Italy defeated a Greek named
Pyrrhus in 280 B. C. Pyrrhus in­vaded
southern Italy, and never
lost a battle, but he lost the war,
because every time he defeated
an Italian army, another came
against him. By the time he had
defeated the third army, he had
no men left.
Lose to Win
In this war it is not quite as
simple as that, because we have
the matter of equipment and sup­plies
for these new Russian armies
but in the essense, that is going to
have to be the Russians' strategy-
—to keep on losing battles until
they win the war. Of course, it
will not do them any harm to win
a battle once in a while, but we
are certainly asking too much if
we expect them to make a regu­lar
thing of it.
In a country such as Russia, it
is almost impossible to replace
equipment at anything like the
rate of men. We can all see in our
own country the tremendous dif­ficulties
involved in getting an
arms program under way, and
Russia is not anything like one-tenth
as industrialized as we are.
Not only that, but Red industry
has probably been completely de­moralized
by its enforced move
Eastward behind the Urals. Since
it is inconceivable that all indus­try
can have been moved, and
since important industrial sec­tions
are now falling into German
hands, we can assume that Soviet
capacity is being further curtailed.
As in any newly opened section,
we can also assume a power and
fuel shortage in this area, as well
as a considerable overload of
transportation facilities.
May Be Up to Us
If all this is true, which there
is no reason to doubt, the British
estimates of the Russian position
are discouragingly accurate, and
will be even more so if the Ger­mans
succeed in cutting the Rus­sian
supply lines from the Cau­casus.
Such an event would leave
the now icebound port of Arch­angel
and the Trans Siberian Rail­way
as the two possible openings
through which Rusisa could re­ceive
outside aid, and pretty ob­viously,
any aid they can receive
from Siberia is up to us.
This task would involve mod­ernizing
the railroad with Ameri­can
equipment and able manage­ment,
as well as getting the ma­terials
of war rolling off the as­sembly
lines. We are the arsenal
of the allies, and while they are
willing to fight, they cannot con­tinue
long to do so on their own
meager armament production.
Germany cannot either, and if we
can keep the war going until the
Germans fold we have done our
job.
*
September 23, 1941 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Intramural Touch Football Rules Set
Few Changes Made
From Preceding Year
Touch Football Entries Due October 1;
Play Scheduled to Start on Sixth
By MILTON KAY
As the time for the touch football entries, which are due
Oct. 1, draws near, the I n t r a m u r a l Sports Department has set
the rules for t h e season of 1941, w i t h very few changes being
made from the rules of last year.
There will be four ten minute q u a r t e r s with one minute
allowed between each quarter, but time will not be taken out
for incomplete passes. Five minutes will be allowed between
halves and for each time out two minutes will be allowed.
Games ending in a tie score at
the end of the regular playing
period are to be decided by a
play-off as follows: The ball is
placed in the center of the field,
and each team is given four plays,
alternating in turn. The team ad­vancing
the ball fartherest in four
plays will be declared the winner.
In case of tie in distance at the
end of the four downs, four more
downs will be allowed each team.
A touchdown on any one of the
four downs will automatically
give the ball to the opponent for
its four down attempts.
In case either team scores a
touchdown, the try for extra point
will be allowed and the ball
brought back to the center of the
field and play resumed.
No punting will be allowed dur­ing
this play off period, and in­tercepted
passes are counted as
an incomplete pass and a loss of
a down.
Regulation football equipment
and cleated shoes will not be al­lowed
contestants, although pad
necessary for protection and rub­ber
cleated softball shoes will be
allowed.
The winner of the toss will
have the choice of kicking, re­ceiving,
or defending a specific
goal, whereas the loser will have
the same option as above at the
beginning of the second half.
Official football rules shall be
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used with the following excep­tions:
Nine players on a side, with
five linemen and four backs; the
kick-off shall be made from the
30-yard line by placement kick
only; on offense, there must be
at least five men on the line of
scrimmage; a player may be sub­stituted
any number of times, but
he must report to an official each
time he re-enters the game; on the
kick-off, the ball going over the
sideline between the goal line,
shall go to the opponent at a spot
15 yards in from where it went
out of bounds; in case of a free
ball on the ground, the ball shall
go to the player first touching it.
This will' eliminate the necessity
of diving for the ball; there shall
be no tackling or rough handling
of the ball carrier, passer, or
kicker. Penalty: 15 yards from
spot of foul; the man having pos­session
of the ball is considered
down when touched by one hand
of an opponent.
A ball carrier who has not been
tagged but who accidentally falls
to the ground, may continue to
run; there shall be no violent or
strenuous blocking at any time.
Any offensive or defensive player
.leaving his feet to take out an
opponent will receive a penalty of
15 yards from the spot of the
foul; if a team does not advance
the ball 10 yards in four consecu­tive
downs, the ball goes to the
opponent at the spot; only one
forward pass may be made during
each play, but such passes may be
made from any distance from be­hind
the line of scrimmage; any
number of lateral passes may be
made during a play; all players of
the offensive team are eligible
receivers except the guards, and
any player of the defensive team
may intercept a pass; the first
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forward pass in any series of
downs (except on fourth down)
which becomes incomplete by
striking the ground, a second
originally eligible player of the
passer's team, or any obstruction
on, above, or behind the oppon­ent's
goal shall be penalized as
though it became incomplete in
the field of play. Penalty: loss of a
down; a forward pass which be­comes
incomplete behind the pas­ser's
goal line is ruled as a safety;
the contestants should try to
touch a runner with only one
hand. It is not necessary to touch
with two hands. Any diving,
pushing, or slugging at an oppon­ent
will result in a penalty of 15
yards. The sole judge will be the
official; no contestant will be al­lowed
to play without a shirt,
and no one will be permitted to
play in shorts. All breeches must
reach below the knees and all
shirts below the shoulders.
Scoring for the touch football
games will allow six points for
touchdowns, three points for field
goal, two points for a safety, and
one point^for after touchdowns.
In a summary of the penalties,
loss of a down will be rated: if
a second pass is attempted dur­ing
the same play. The ball be­comes
dead at the spot it was
first completed. A pass is ruled
incomplete: a n intentionally
grounded pass (also a 15-yard
penalty from spot of previous
down; interference by member of
defensive team with player eli­gible
for a pass (also 15 yards).
A penalty of five yards will be
ruled if: a request is made for a
time out more than three times
during a half, or failure to be
ready to play at the end of a
time out; illegal delay of game by
either team; the failure of a sub­stitute
to report; violation of
kick-off formation. This meaning
an offside or failure to receive or
kick from the correct yard line;
encroachment on neutral zone; in­terference
with opponent before
ball is put in place; a player tak­ing
more than two steps after a
fair catch; player of receiving
team ahead of the restraining
line; and illegal use of arms and
hands by players of defensive
team.
A penalty of fifteen yards will
be ruled if: forward pass by
member of defensive team after
recovering or intercepting the
ball; running into the kicker; in­tentionally
grounding the ball
during a pass to save loss of
yardage; interference by passing
team with player eligible for
catch; interference with an op­ponent
to make a fair catch; flag­rant
roughing of the kicker;
tripping, tackling, shoving, or
blocking a player or runner out
of bounds; and flagrant unsports­manlike
conduct.
Loss of half the distance to the
Swimming Schedule for Men and Women
Announced by Intramural Department
ELIGIBILITY
(Continued from Friday)
Year Independent squad is not
limited in number but only 15
all-year awards are allowed to
the winner.
(10) Lineups submitted at the
first match in horseshoes and
tennis must be kept for the re­maining
matches. There is to be
no shifting of the players and
their positions, although other
men may be substituted.
(11) Each fraternity must sub­mit
a list of all men that they
plan to play before Monday,
October 6. After this date, any
man pledged must have his name
submitted five days before he will
be eligible to play.
II. Health
All students passing the R.O.
T.C. basic or advanced physical
examination are eligible for In­tramural
Sports. All other stu­dents
will be required to have a
health examination card on file
at the Intramural Office.
III. Forfeits
(1) If a team or contestant fails
to appear at the appointed place
within 10 minutes after the sche­duled
time for a contest, the of­ficial
in charge may, at his dis­cretion,
declare the -contest for­feited
to the team or contestant
ready to play.
(2) A team shall forfeit any
contest in which it uses an ineli­gible
player and the ineligible
man is barred from further com­petition
in that sport for that sea­son.
IV. Protests
The Intramural Department
goal line will be ruled for strik­ing,
kneeing, kicking, or foul
within the one-yard line.
Loss of the ball will be ruled
for kicking out of bounds at the
kick-off, failure to advance ball
10 yards in four downs, forward
pass touched by ineligible player,
interference by team which did
not make pass, illegal use of
hand or arm when ball is free,
and a free ball kicked or kicked
at.
Players will be disqualified if
they are found either striking,
kneeing, kicking, flagrant rough­ing
of kicker, and flagrant un­sportsmanlike
conduct.
Before the actual playing of
games starts, the Intramural
Sports Department will hold a
touch football clinic on September
30, at the Alumni Gym, with the
purpose of acquainting the play­ers
with the preceding rules and
also to give suggestions that may
help in caring for the safety of
the players.
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Faculty Members
To Have Use Of
Pool One Night
The schedule for the swimming
pool was announced today by the
Intramural office. The pool will
be open to all students at the fol­lowing
hours.
Monday, Wednesday, and Fri­day:
11:00 to 12:00 in the morning,
4:00 to 5:30 in the afternoon, and
7:00 to 9:00 at night, except on
Wednesday nights when the Gym
will be reserved for the faculty
recreation time.
Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur­day:
2:00 to 5:30 in the afternoon,
and also, on Saturday only, 10:00
to 12:00 in the morning.
Raport Is New Head
Of Intramural Sports
does not assume the responsibility
for checking upon the eligibility
of men playing on various teams,
but any cases of ineligibility call­ed
to its attention will be dealt
with according to the rules.
(1) All protests, except those
regarding eligibility, must be
made in writing to the Depart­ment
within twenty-four hours
after the contest in question.
(2) Protests other than those
concerning eligibility must be
made on the field of play. Pro­tests
made on the field of play
and overruled by the field super­visor
may be appealed to the In­tramural
Director. At the time of
such action both teams are to be
notified that the game is being
played under protest and may
not be appealed.
(3) Games in which a protest is
sustained shall be replayed from
the beginning of the nearest pre­ceding
division of the game. For
example: In basketball from the
beginning of the quarter in which
the protest occurred, etc.
Fills Position
Left by Professor
Ernest B. Smith
By BILL MARTIN
The students of A. P. I. owe the
University of Kansas a great debt
for letting Professor James H.
Raport come to us as new head
of men's intramural sports. Young,
full of ambition and big ideas,
Professor Raport is ready to con­tinue
the excellent work done
previously by Professor Smith.
Mr. Raport brings with him an
enviable record as a coach and
intramural director, and is, him­self,
a man of considerable ath­letic
ability. Before going into
active duty at the University of
Kansas where he received his
Master's degree and participated
in football, basketball, and was a
member of the "All Big Six"
swimming team in 1935, he was
head boxing coach and intra­mural
director at Haskell Indian
Institute. Incidentally, one of his
star boxing pupils at the Institute,
Chester Ellis, by name, won the
international boxing champion­ship
by defeating the European
champion in 1939, being the first
Indian to hold such an honor.
From Haskell Institute, Pro­fessor
Raport returned to his
Alma Mater where he has been
director of intramural sports and
varsity fencing coach for the past
five years and varsity swimming
coach for the past three. During
his span as fencing coach, he com­piled
a record any coach would
be proud to own. His teams regis­tered
35 victories in 38 matches,
and in 1940, the Kansas fencing
team won first place in the Kan­sas
City Sportsman Exposition.
Quoting Professor Raport, "We
cannot hope to improve on Pro­fessor
Smith's excellent work, for
he has done a fine job in institu­ting
intramurals at this school,
but we just hope to iron out a few
difficulties that would naturally
come up. Dr. Lapp and I plan to
give a more extensive program of
activity with such work as box­ing,
wrestling, fencing, soccer,
and any other sports which the
students want us to teach. We
want the students to fee'l that the
Gym is for their recreation, and
to feel free to drop by any time
and use the games provided. We
are asking everybody to give us
their whole-hearted cooperation
so that we, at Auburn, may have
the best intramural sports set-up
in the South."
An afternoon swimming class
will be instructed by Professor
Raport, the date and swimming
pool rules to be announced later
in the Plainsman. Also classes in
Water Safety for Instructors and
Life Saving are to be conducted
at the gym pool.
The new intramural mentor
taught here this summer, and has
become well acquainted with the
school's activities. He emphasizes
the fact that men's intramural
sports are not only for fraternity
men, and wants to urge the for­mation
of m o r e independent
teams during the coming seasons.
Any student, freshman, sopho­more,
or junior, who wishes to
serve on the intramural board
this year, may make application
by letter to Professor James H.
Raport at the Intramural office
in Alumni Gym.
With a man like Professor Ra­port
at its head, the intramural
sports program should really go
places this year. He will be glad
to talk to students about any in­tramural
sports problems at any
time, and invites them to his of­fice
or to call the intramural de­partment
at 251.
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Page Four THE P L A I N S M AN September 23, 1941
YARDSTICK
By J O H N PIERCE
From Frank Campbell, Secretary of the New Orleans
Auburn Alumni Association, comes a l e t t e r asking that the
band accompany the football t e am to New Orleans. We quote
from Mr. Campbell's letter.
Do you realize that when Auburn and Tulane play on
October 4th there will be about 35,000 fans in the stands;
that this will be the largest crowd before whom Auburn
will play; that Auburn, outside of Tulane and L.S.U., is
the most popular college to appear in New Orleans; and
that Auburn is about the only southern school that does
not send its band to New Orleans for the Tulane game?
Even Clemson College, 600 miles farther from N ew Orleans,
sends its crack drill squad down here for their annual game.
. . . Now, here is your problem: It will cost about $1,000 for
the band to come to N ew Orleans, and the athletic depart­ment
cannot afford to spend this much money. Such was
the case when I was at Auburn too, but during our darkest
football era, from 1926 through 1930, we always managed
to send the band to N ew Orleans. We did it simply by hav­ing
a meeting of the four classes and voting that fifty cents
be taken from each student's class dues for the purpose.
As I recall, one year we borrowed the money from the
"contingent fee." . . . If in those days when winning a foot­ball
game was a novelty we had enough school spirit to
send the band with the team, surely in these days of fine
teams the student body should be willing to make a small
sacrifice for the prestige of good, old Auburn. With 4000
students the sacrifice will be very, very small.
As we recall, the distance to New Orleans isn't so much
greater than that to Knoxville, which t r i p was the last long
one made by the band members. And those who were in
Knoxville will agree that the show put on by the band and
the pep added to Auburn rooters was worth the expense.
We like to t h i n k of all 90 pieces blaring out at the 35,000
Tulane fans with "Tiger Rag."
In fact, from the impression we've received around the
campus, the band members are t h e only students not planning
on making the Tulane trip.
* * * *
Paul B. Williamson, nationally known football rating ex­pert,
helps considerably in brightening the gloom that was
bound to follow when Auburn lost ball players like Bill
Yearout, Rufus Deal, Theo Cremer, Henry Monsees, Teedie
Faulk, and Buddy McMahan, all in a year's space. Mr. Wil­liamson,
who, incidentally, is sending a son, Joseph William­son,
to Auburn this year, picks 'em to finish in the Southeast
in this order.
1. Alabama 4. Tulane 8. Tennessee
2. Mississippi 5. Georgia 9. Georgia Tech
3. Auburn 6. Vanderbilt 10. Florida
7. L. S. U.
"Trailing Alabama and Mississippi in the Southeast—
don't fool yourself—should be the Plainsmen of Auburn,
under Jack Meagher. That isn't because this writer happens
to be an alumnus of that institution. Jack says, 'We'll win
as many as we'll lose this year.' Candidly, train your 200-
inch telescope on those Tigers this season. If it weren't for
them, Tulane and Georgia, the last with the remarkable
Frank Sinkwich, would grade higher in the Southeast this
1941 period."
And in a sidenote Mr. Williamson writes,. "If Jack can
t r a i n some reserves in a h u r r y , don't worry too much about
the team's chances in 1941."
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S. M. U. Oct. 18 55c Oct. 15. 16 $2.50 4
Georgia Tech Oct. 25 50c Oct. 22, 23 $3.00 5
Georgia Nov. 1 55c Oct. 29, 30 $2.75 6
Miss. State Nov. 8 55c Nov. 5, 6 $2.50 8
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Student ticket office in Auburn—located in Lobby. Field House.
(Tulane tickets will be sold at the Stadium in New Orleans.)
"This Woman Is Mine"
Is Wednesday-Thursday
Feature at Tiger
Frank Lloyd, one of the screen's
greatest makers of adventure pic­tures,
reaches new heights in his
latest Universal film, "This
Woman Is Mine," which will be
shown Wednesday and Thursday
at the Tiger Theatre.
Famous for such pictures as
"Mutiny on the Bounty," "Caval­cade,"
and many others, Lloyd in
"This Woman Is Mine" supplies
a story of both adventure and ro­mance,
against a sea and land
background during the swash­buckling
early nineteenth cen­tury.
Based on Novel
The screen play by Seton I.
Miller and Frederick Jackson, is
based on Gilbert W. Gabriel's
best-selling novel, "I, James
Lewis." It deals with the voyagers
aboard the schooner Tonquin who
rounded the Horn in 1810 on a
hazardous journey to establish the
American fur trade in the Pacific
Northwest.
Franchot Tone plays one of the
starring roles in "This Woman Is
Mine" and turns in his best per­formance
since "Mutiny on the
Bounty." He portrays a young
clerk sent on the Tonquin to rep­resent
John Jacob Astor, sponsor
of the expedition.
Then, too, there is Walter Bren-nan,
only three-time winner of
Motion Picture Academy acting
awards, who is co-starred as the
stern, proud and cruel master of
the Tonquin. The role is in sharp
contrast to the benign characters
Brennan has portrayed in recent
years, and establishes beyond
doubt his great versatility.
"This Woman Is Mine" is im­portant
also as the debut picture
of brunette Casol Bruce, who rose
to overnight fame on the New
York stage. Miss Bruce, co-star­red
in the principal feminine role,
plays a soubrette who falls in love
with Carroll and stows away
aboard the Tonquin to- be near
him. Her unusual screen beauty
and her speaking voice have been
widely commented upon.
Student in nice front room
wants room-mate. Phone 462.
I AM CAUGHT!
Olin L. Hill, "The Man With
The Tape," is caught minus his
measuring strip one time. A
friend with whom he was fish­ing
at Britt, Ontario, snapped
this picture, unaware that it
would cost Olin heavily in soft
drinks when he returned home.
For he promises a free set-up to
everyone catching him without
his tape. Hill, as this picture in­dicates,
carried off top fishing
honors during the trip.
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OLIN L HILL
CUT SYSTEM
(Continued from Page 1)
records of the attendance but
they are not required to report
any absences to the Registrar un­til
the student is dropped for ex­cessive
absences.
Each student will have the re­sponsibility
of keeping up with
his own quota of cuts. It will be
his responsibility not to exceed
the quota of cuts allowed in any
course. Exceptions to the quota
in any course shall be made by
the action of the Executive Coun­cil.
Absences to visit dentists or
oculists will be charged against
the quota of the student.
The administrative rulings on
absence regulations are practical­ly
the same as they have been in
the past. All absences of student
organizations will be charged on
the student's quota. This applies
to the Student Executive Cabinet,
Interfraternity Council, Woman's
Student Government, Student
Social Committee, all initiations
of honorary or other clubs or so­cieties,
and all conventions.
The cuts taken by students who
wish to attend funerals, weddings,
dedications and other ceremonies
and which will require him to
miss a class or classes, will be
charged against him. Students at­tending
such ceremonies shall be
chosen from those who have un­expended
privileges.
Absences on College business
shall not be applied to the stu­dent's
cuts. This of course applies
to inspection trips, field trips, of­ficial
athletic team trips, and
practice teaching. Those absences
occuring from a special request
by the student's parents will be
marked up against the student's
cuts. Such special requests will be
discouraged and only those grant­ed
in which the student's Dean
thinks there is an emergency.
These special requests should be
made before the absence occurs
and all special requests in this
category, which are submitted af­ter
the absence, shall be denied.
When any student has been
dropped from a course he shall
not be reinstated unless he has
been under the care of the Col­lege
Physician. If he has been
away from Auburn, during his
illness, he must bring an excuse
from the physician treating him
stating the diagnosis and the
treatment. These excused ab-;
sences must be submitted within
ten days after the student returns
to classes.
When the student has suffered
such injuries of such a nature as
to permit him from attending
those classes which require phy­sical
exertion, he may secure an
excuse from the College Physi­cian
and the absences which re­sult
from this shall not be charged
against the student's quota. How­ever,
the student in Military
classes who has such an excuse,
must present himself at the Mili­tary
office in uniform prior to
10:30 a. m. on Drill Day. Upon
the satisfaction of the Military
authorities, the student will take
a card from the office to the phy­sician
for an excuse from drill.
ODK-BLUE KEY
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more honorary service group. He
is a member of Alpha Zeta, na­tional
agricultural honorary so­ciety.
Snow is a member of the
staff of the Alabama Farmer, and
of Alpha Gamma Rho social fra­ternity.
Sam Tisdale, of Hattiesburg,
Miss., is also enrolled in Agricul­ture.
wHe is chancellor of Alpha
Zeta's Auburn chapter, and last
year won the Danforth Award
for outstanding work in agricul­ture.
This summer he was given
the Danforth Tour. Tisdale is
First Lieutenant of Scabbard and
Blade, and is a Captain in ROTC.
Furnished apartment close in,
for rent, available Oct. 12. Phone
462.
Secret Practices Begin For
Plainsmen As Opener Nears
Powerful Ben Park is one of
the big reasons why the. Auburn
guard position ranks as one of
the most strongly fortified spots
on the 1941 team.
National President Of
Theta Chi Visits Here
Fred Ladue, national president
of Theta Chi Fraternity, left for
an extended visit to other South­ern
and Eastern chapters of the
Theta Chi social fraternity after
spending a week with the Chi
chapter here at Auburn.
Ladue was national treasurer of
the fraternity last year and was
elected national president for the
second time at the national con­vention
held in San Francisco,
California, September 4 and 5. He
installed all chapters of Theta Chi
in the South and installed the
local chapter in 1918, his last visit
to Southern chapters until the
present one.
Formerly of Atlanta, Georgia,
Mr. Ladue now lives in New York
City.
Squad Is Fortified With Good Punters;
Howard Game Just Three Days Away
J a c k Meagher yesterday hung out the "Secret Practice"
sign at Drake Field as h e hustled his squad of 46 t h r o u g h last
minute drills in preparation for Auburn's opener against
Howard Friday night.
Unless injuries occur between now and F r i d a y the Plains­men
will face the Bulldogs from Birmingham in top physical
shape. First string tailback Clarence Harkins, held out from
two days' scrimmage sessions by a pulled muscle, Monday
returned to duty, and guards Max
Tau Beta Pi
Tau Beta Pi will hold a meet­ing
Thursday night at 7 in Ram­say
109. This is an important
meeting, and all members are
urged to attend.
TODAY
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LATEST NEWS EVENTS
TIGER
Morris and Vic Costellos again
took their places on the first and
second line aggregations.
Only hurts now listed are
minor, those being the sprained
ankles suffered by guard Jack
Ferrell and end Fagan Canzoneri.
The latter had been exhibiting
his best football of the season
prior to the injury and was bid­ding
strongly for the post of
Clarence Grimmett, regular left
flanker.
No Shortage on Punters
Kicking practice last week took
an important spot on the Tiger
practice schedules, with an end­less
number of backs standing out
in this department. Foremost
among the kickers stand Monk
Gafford, Ty Irby, Clarence Har­kins,
Aubrey Clayton, and Buck
Jenkins. While none have been
unearthed as yet who can ap­proach
the mark set by Dick Mc-
Gowen it can be seen that the
Plainsmen will not want for de­pendable
punters with these five
available.
Impressive in recent scrim­mages
has been a first string line
composed of ends Grimmett and
Samford, tackles Crimmins and
McClurkin, guards Ardillo and
Morris, and center Tex Williams.
Against a second string detail this
line has thus far shown as the
best defensive bet, using smashing
tactics which make passes and
delayed plays little more than
hazardous gambles.
Ty Irby showed at his third
backfield spot during the week
just passed as he moved over in­to
the tailback spot to take up
the duties temporarily given up
by Clarence Harkins. This shift
put Jim Reynolds at fullback,
Monk Gafford at'right half, and
Cheatham at his signal calling
post.
Certain it is that Auburn fol­lowers
are apt to see a good bit
of shifting around during the sea­son
just ahead, not only in the
backfield but on the line at posi­tions
where experienced replace­ments
are lacking.
In line for probable shifts in
case of one or more injuries are
the Tiger flankmen where Jim
Samford continues as the big
hope due to his previous exper­ience.
The ends as they rank
now are Samford, Grimmett,
Canzoneri, and Barton.
Five New Tennis
Courts Ready
Just completed for the varsity,
intramural, and dub netmen of
Auburn are five new tennis
courts, located behind the Serum
Plant Building on Vet Hill. Mr.
Sam F. Brewster, of the Depart­ment
of Buildings and Grounds,
states that these new asphalt
courts will be ready to play on
as soon as they are lined off and
nets put up which will be a few
days from now.
Experiments with the black top
court have, in the past, proved
highly efficient. Their strongest
point lies in the fact that they are
unaffected by rain and can be
played on immediately following
the heaviest downpour. This type
of court also requires a minimum
of upkeep and Mr. Brewster pre­dicts
that they will stay in good
condition for some fifty years.
Plans are also being completed
for five clay, adjoining the as­phalt
ones, which will be play­able
by spring; all of which points
to a rosy future for Auburn ten­nis
fans.
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will open an up-to-date
flower shop about Oc­tober
1 in the building
now occupied by Homer
Wright Drug Store on
College Street.
For Present Service
Call 134-R or come to our Flower Shop on the
Auburn-Opelika Highway
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