1930-03-29 The Plainsman

              "A DAY"
WEDNESDAY THE PLAINSMAN "A DAY"
WEDNESDAY
T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1930 NUMBER 50
TWENTY-THREE SCHOOLS TO Juniors Selected
ENTER DRAMATIC TOURNEY By Scabbard And
Auburn Wi l l Be Sc ene of An ­Blade
Fraternity
nual Tournament, Friday,
Saturday, April 4 and 5
Twenty-three schools are scheduled
to contest in the Alabama State
high school dramatic tournament to
be held in Auburn April 4th and
5th. The .preliminary contests will
begin in Langdon Hall Friday morn­ing
at seven o'clock, and will con­tinue
throughout that day and the
next, the last of the preliminary per­formances
being presented Saturday
afternoon at five o'clock. The win­ners
of the morning and the after­noon
groups of each day will com­pete
in the finals to begin at 7 p.
m. Saturday.
The judges for the contests will
be selected from members of the
faculty and the Auburn Players.
The entries for the tournament
this year include some of the most
prominent high schools in the state.
The tournament is expected to sur­pass
all previous dramatic meets
held in the state due to the number
and reputations of the schools enter­ing
the contest. The tournaments
are held annually for the purpose of
promoting interest in dramatic work
throughout the state and to recog­nize
and reward those teams attain­ing
proficiency in that art.
The schedule for the preliminary
contests to be held Friday is as fol­lows:
Lanier High of Montgomery,
7 a.m.; Lee County High of Auburn,
8; Tallapoosa County High of Dade-ville,
9; Clift High of Opelika, 10;
Waverly High of Waverly, 11; Alex­ander
City High of Alexander City,
12; Union Springs High of Union
Springs, 1; Talladega High of Lin­coln,
2; Murphy High of Mobile, 3;
Jones Valley High of Powderly, 4;
State Sec. Agr. School of Wetumpka,
5; and Shades Cahaba High of Birm­ingham,
6. The schools to compete
in the Saturday contests are: Pike
County High of Brundidge, 7 a. m.;
Dallas County High of Plantersville,
6; Barbour County High,, of Clio,
9; Felix High of Marion, 10; Beulah
High of Blanton, 11; Ridge Grove
High of Ridge Grove, 12; Handley
High of Roanoke,. 1; Marshall Coun­ty
High of Guntersville, 2; Wadley
High of Wadley, 3; Woodlawn High
' cf Birmingham, 4; and Alexandria
High of Alexandria.
The students of Auburn are urged
to extend every courtesy possible to
the members of the many dramatic
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THEY FORGOT
THEIR SKATES
And so the story goes that they
every one walked. Naughty,
naughty, don't lose your head
kind reader, but imagine twenty-five
girruls from a popular resort
school strung out along the muddy
road. But they hoofed it three
miles into that center of color,
Tuskegee. It will probably never
be known what went on inside
the bus, but it is certain that all
chose to play the roles of pedes­trians
when the great motor stal­led
on a rather unpopulated por­tion
of the highway. Reports
said that all used Ivory soap, but
there was no soap and it was af­ter
Saturday—the fact is it was
early Sunday morning—too early
for Auburn boys to be running
around unchaperoned. All Tus­kegee
gasped when the great bevy
hove in sight of the colored sac-tion.
The bus finally caught up
with the fast babies and a good
time was had by all. The second
calamity unparalled in the history
of woman occurred when the mo­tor
monster got out of gas and
still contained twenty-five girls.
First Interfraternity Net
Matches Must Be Played
Off Before April Second
y -—
Two Cup* To Be Awarded To
Winning Teams
Rotary Club Elects
Dr. Knapp President
Officials of Club Chosen At Thurs­day
Meeting
Dr. Bradford Knapp was elected
president of the Auburn Rotary Club
at the regular meeting _ which was
held on Thursday. Other officers
chosen are as follows: Professor
Herbert Martin, vice-president; Pro­fessor
C. A. Baughman, secretary;
Coach Wilbur Hutsell, treasurer; W.
D. Martin ^and Dean J. W. Scott, di­rectors;
and Hugh Tamplin, ser-gyant-
at-arms.
Baughman and Tamplin were re­elected
as secretary and sgt.-at-arms.
Retiring officers were Prof. J. R.
Rutland, president; Dean M. J. Fun-chess,
vice-president; Hoyt Jolly,
treasurer; and Dr. Bradford Knapp
and Major John T. Kennedy, direc­tors.
The. election followed a musical
program sponsored by John W. Brig-ham,
head of the Auburn music de­partment.
Dr. Duncan C. Harkin
played violin solos. He was accom­panied
by Walker Kinkaid. Ruth Fris-bie
of Auburn, soprano, sang "Hom­ing"
by Del Riego and "Lift Thine
Eyes" by Logan. Tull Allen of Ox­ford,
baritone, sang "Danny Boy"
by Wetherby and "Morning" by
Speaks. >
The first round of the Interfra­ternity
Tennis Tournament must be
played not later than April 2, it
was announced i;oday by Bill Wood,
chairman of the committee in charge.
Other rounds must be played by the
following dates: second round, April
4; third round, April 6; fourth
round, April 8; fifth round; April
10; arid the finals on Saturday, April
12.
Each fraternity which enters the
tournament will pay an entrance fee"
of one dollar. The pairing is posted
in the display window of the Student
Supply Shop; as each game is played,
.the team winning will go to the shop
and report the scores.
It was stated that the five rank­ing
men on the varsity tennis team
will not be eligible' to participate in
the tournament.
Two attractive cups, to be awarded
to the winning teams, will be on dis­play
in the window of the supply
shop the first part of the week.
The courts to be used are the A.
T. O., Kappa Sigma, Pi Kappa Phi,
and Y. M. C. A.
The other members of the tourna­ment
committee are William Sikes,
and Joe Hughes.
NOTICE
There will be a Plainsman meet­ing
Tuesday evening at 6:30 at the
Y. M. C. A.
Twelve Artillerymen, Six Engi­neers
Chosen by Honorary
Military Society
Eighteen juniors were chosen to
membership in Scabbard and Blade,
honorary military society, in the an­nual
spring election held several days
ago. Six of the eighteen are in the
engineers battalion, and the other
twelve are artillerymen.
The pledges are: T. P. Archer,
E. A. Bell, T. A. Burdeshaw, L^ F.
Camp, C. S. Davis, R. F. Ham, H. D.
Harmon, W. W. Hill, Jr., M. A.
Jones, C. H. Kimbrough, R. L. Lov-vorn,
H. D. Moseley, L. E. Mullins,
W. W. Myrick, Carl Schlich, Rex
Sikes, A. C. Taylor, and L. A. Wingo.
The national society ,of Scabbard
and Blade is an organization for
courses in military training. Com­pany
L of the Fifth Regiment was
established at Auburn in 1924. The
purpose of the society is to raise the
standard of military training in
American colleges, to unite in closer
relationship their military depart­ments,
to encourage the essential
qualities of good officers and to pro­mote
intimacy and fellowship be­tween
the cadets. Membership is not
based upon display of military effi­ciency
alone, but also upon qualities
of charter and manhood.
. Every Spring the junior members
of the unit are chosen and the seniors
are elected in the Fall. The date
for the initiation of the new mem­bers
has not yet been decided upon,
but will be announced later.
10 Studes Initiated Into
Gamma Sigma Delta
Forty Members of Society Attend
Initiation and Banquet
Ag.Ed. Students Visit
Secondary Ag. School
Twenty-One Inspect S c h o o l At
Blountsville
Twenty-one students in agricultu­ral
education left here early Thurs­day
morning to visit the State Secon­dary
Agricultural School at Blounts­ville.
The party was headed by S.
L. Chestnutt, professor of agricultural
education. They observed methods us­ed
in teaching secondary agricultural
classes at the Blountsville school. •
ASME Holds Annual
Election Of Officers
At a meeting of the A. S. M. E.
held recently, the following were
jelected officers for next year: K. C.
Gilbert, chairman; W. A. Hamilton,
vice-chairman; E. M. Gavin, secre­tary
and treasurer; J. F. Childs, re­porter;
and Professor S. Dixon, hon­orary
chairman. The new officers
are reported to be enthusiastic in
getting a one hundred per cent at­tendance
at every meeting.
Ten agricultural students were ad­mitted
into Gamma. Sigma" Delta,
honorary agricultural fraternity, at
the initiation of the society Wednes­day
afternoon at 4 o'clock. A ban­quet
in the form of an old time
barbeque followed the initiation. For­ty
members of -the fraternity at
tended the event.
The Alabama Chapter of Gamma
Sigma Delta was installed at Au
burn in 1916. The object of the so
ciety is to encourage high standards
of scholarship in all branches of ag
ricultural science and education and
a high degree of excellence in the
practice of agricultural pursuits. The
fraternity was organized at the
Ohio State University in 1905 and
now has ten chapters.
Each year a trophy cup to the
best all-round junior in agriculture
meeting the requirements in, scholar­ship,
student activities, and agricul­tural
club attendance, personality
and popularity. J. R. Carreker re­ceived
that honor at the annual
agricultural club banquet last year.
The newly initiated members of
the club are: J. R. Carreker, N. B.
Story, W. D. Turney, B. H. Grigsby,
J. M. Henderson, A. F. Bass, H. D.
Sexton, H. C. Sexton, F. M. Farring-ton,
and H. Granade. The officers
of the club are: Professor George
Eick, president; Dr. Wallace Tid-more,
vice-president; F. E. Guyton,
secretary and treasurer.
Dean Fields, Ga. Tech,
Is Visitor to Auburn
Math Department Head Is Guest of
Professor Camp
Dean Fields, Dean of men, and
head of the mathematics department
at Georgia Tech was in Auburn the
past week end as the guest of Profes­sor
E. W. Camp, head of the textile
department here.
Dean Fields and Professor Camp
are old friends, having been associat­ed
for twenty-one years at Georgia
Tech.
Mrs. Fields accompanied the dean
on his visit.
NEW POINT SYSTEM
TO GO INTO EFFECT
AT NEXT ELECTION
Suggestions W e l c o m e d By
Committee In Charge
Having been revised and a few
changes made in point assignments,
the Point System is about ready to
go into effect, following the coming
elections. t
At the request of the Point Sys­tem
Committee, of which Streeter
Wiatt is chairman, the assignments
are being listed again.
Any further suggestions for
changes in the system must be sent
to the Point System Committee,
Postoffice Box 2234 by Monday
night.
Following is a report of the Point
System Committee which * is subject
to any change that the cabinet may
wish to make. The honors, offices
and other positions of importance
held by students on the campus have
been divided into seven classes, each
class being~assigned a certain num­ber
of points. The maximum num­ber
of points any student can have
is 100. The classes mentioned above
are as follows:
Class A 75
" B - 50
" C 25
" D ~- 20
" E 15
" F 10
" G '< 5
Under each class comes the fol­lowing
:
Class A .
Editor Glomerata and Plainsman.
Business Mgr. Glomerata and
Plainsman.
Class B
Editor Cajoler, Alabama Farmer
and Auburn Engineer.
Business Mgr. Cajoler, Alabama
Farmer and Auburn Engineer.
Managing Editor of Plainsman.
Pres. Woman's Association.
Pres. Interfraternity Council.
(Continued on page 6)
Blue Key Furnishes
Baseball Programs
Society Will Continue Work Started
Several Years Ago
Baseball programs for all games
played by the Tigers here in Au­burn
will be furnished by the Blue
Key Honor Society. Each program
will contain the name, number, and
position of every player. A special
space, modeled after a score-board,
will be provided for scoring. The
program will also contain a sched­ule
of the remaining games that are
to be played. Patrons of these home
games should enjoy the sport better
knowing the number and name of
every player engaged in the game.
Blue Key is cooperating with Ath­letic
department in providing these
programs. It is a continuation of
the work carried on during previous
seasons.
Blue Key is placed among the lead­ing
campus organizations because of
its far-reaching work to better con­ditions
of collegiate interest. The
Auburn chapter was established in
1926. This society was organized
at the University of Florida and has
chapters located all over the United
dent leaders which carries the civfc
States. It is an organization of stu-luncheon
club idea into eolege. The
local chapter is composed of juniors
and seniors, the juniors being elected
every spring.
NOTICE
The Senior Invitation Com­mittee
announces that orders for
invitations will be taken on
Monday and Tuesday, April 7
and 8, by two students who will
be at the Main Gate on these
two days. r
This will be the only time at
which invitations may be or­dered,
and seniors are asked to
remember this.
The full amount in cash must
accompany all orders. The
prices for the leather booklets
are forty-five cents, and the
others are twenty-five cents.
Parks Is Chosen
Editor-In-
PUNS COMPLETED FOR ADAY
Chief CELEBRATION ON WEDNESDAY
AlabamaFarmer
Howard Gray, Lovvorn Are
Business and Circulation
Managers
John Parks, junior in agricultural
education, was elected to lead the
Alabama Farmer next year, monthly
publication of the Ag Club. The
editor-elect lives at Scottsboro.
Other staff members chosen are as
follows: Howard Gray, business
manager; R. L. Lovvorn, circulation
manager; C. P. DeMonia, managing
editor; C. P. Granade, associate edi­tor;
Becker Drane, campus farmer,
and W. L. Mims, sports editor. ~
• The Farmer is published entirely
by the ag students, and gives the re­sults,
discoveries, and improvements,
in agriculture. It gives hints on bet­ter
farming and, in general, tries to
improve the standards of the Ala­bama
farmer. It is one of the most
widely read agricultural publications
in Alabama.
Engineers Honor Frats
Elect Officers For 1931
Ham Heads Tau Beta Pi; Beavers
President Eta Kappa Nu
At a banquet in Thomas Hotel fol­lowing
the initiation of 14 juniors
into Tau Beta Pi, oh Wednesday
evening, the • new men elected offi­cers
of the honor society for the
year 1930-31. Those elected are:
president, Dick Ham; vice-president,
George Williamson; secretary, Tho­mas
P. Brown; corresponding secre­tary
and treasurer, Professor Hixon;
cataloger, J. R. Quinlivan, Jr.; Bent
reporter, Powell Williams, Jr.
Also, at this time the William L.
White Cup for excellence in engi­neering
was presented to Ernest A.
Bell, who was recently selected as
the recipient of the cup by Tau Beta
Pi and a faculty committee. The
presentation was made- by Douglas
Baird, toastmaster.
The banquet opened with an ad­dress
of welcome to be new mem
bers by A. V. Blankenship. Guests
representing other honor societies
were introduced and each in turn
made short talks. Visiting honor
men were Dr. Fred Allison, repre­senting
Phi Beta Kappa, Dr. Doner,
representing Pi Mu Epsilon, and Pro­fessor
Herbert Martin, representing
Gamma Sigma Epsilon. The remain­der
of the evening was featured by
brief talks from new and old mem­bers.
The recently initiated members
who enjoyed the banquet given in
their honor by the senior chapter
are: Dick Ham, J. L. Stone, J. R.
Quinlivan, Jr., J. A. Willman, and
G. A. Beavers, electrical engineering;
Powell Williams, A. N. Davis, Ernest
Bell, civil*engineering; Charles Hors-ley
and G. L. Williamson, mechanical
engineering; Lawrence Camp, J. D.
Smith, John Christian, and Thomas
P. Brown, chemical engineering. _
George L. Beavers was chosen to
lead the Eta Kappa Nu honorary
electrical fraternity for next year, as
a result of election of officers held
Thursday night. Other officers who
were elected are J. A. Willman, vice-president;
J. L. Stone, correspond­ing
secretary; L. E. Mullins, treas­urer;
J. R. Quinlivan, recording sec­retary;
L. W. Matthews, Bridge re­porter;
and W. L. Cochran, Engineer
reporter.
Home Of Prof. Hare
Is Damaged By Fire
A fire at the house of Professor
C. L. Hare on South Gay Street was
quickly extinguished by the fire de­partment
last Wednesday morning.
The blaze was discovered about nine
o'clock and the fire department
rushed immediately to the scene.
The cU'inage was small, amounting
to not more than $250, all of which
is covered by insurance. The blaze,
caused by a spark from the chimney
burned a small.hole in the roof.
'WHOOSTT IS A
FRAT BROTHER
Last year it was Damnitski but
since then the brothers have turn­ed
their attentions to more schol­arly***
pursuits. Damnitski' was a
horrible creature^—one of those
lonely beings that roamed the
streets of the village. His actions
were unbecoming a Russian wolf­hound
and what is more, did lit­tle
to improve the chapter rating
of Alpha Delta of Sigma Pi. The
Grand Mogul of the chapter after
frowning over adverse reports
from the Registrar has claimed as
a companion a more scholarly cre­ature
popularly dubbed Whoozit.
Some of the boys were accused of
having fowl ideas when number
339764 was tapped by the Sigs.
It was rumored " among campus
gossipers that Whoosit had a pris­on
record. It remained for ah
enterprising Plainsman reporter
to learn the truth of the new mem­ber
of the fraternity. Whoosit is
a great horned owl recently of
Kilby prison^ b6rn in captivity,
pledged by Alpha Delta and earst-while
friend of Scarface Al.
WAPI Broadcast Shows
Fraternity House Life In
Friday Night Program
Musical Numbers Featured In
Student Broadcast
Carrying the microphone into the
typical Auburn fraternity house, and
showing fraternity life here, a forty
minute program was broadcast by
students over WAPI Friday night.
A prospective student is carried in­to
the house, and there they discuss
phases of Auburn social life. The
building program and other important
topics were also discussed.
More entertainment than instruc
tion featured the broadcast. The Au
burn Collegians furnished dance
music, while Sy Raines and Bud^Jlen
non played several guitar duets. A
group of Glee Club singers rendered
vocal numbers. Leo McKinnon play­ed
a number of piano solos.
A.I.E.E. Membership
Prize Awarded Mann
Secures Twelve New Members For
Elec Society
For securing the most new mem­bers
to the A. I. E. E. during this
semester, Robert A. Mann, was
awarded a leather set by the society
at a smoker Thursday evening. Mann
who is a sophomore in electrical en­gineering,
won a membership cam­paign
prize by getting twelve new
members to join the society.
The members discussed plans for
entering the debating tournament
which is being sponsored by Phi
Delta Gamma. Mnsic for the smok­er
was furnished by Sy Rains, Buddy
Glennon, J. R. Quinlivan, Frank
Noble, and Jimmy Robbins.
Former Missionary Is
Church Club Speaker
Dr. W. O. Phillips Addresses Fifth
Sunday Meeting
Reverend W. O. Phillips, former
missionary to Japan, now of Mont­gomery
was the speaker at the fifth
Sunday meeting of the young peo­ple's
church organizations at the
Methodist Church.
Dr. Phillips, having served in Ja­pan
for over^five years is well ac­quainted
with the Orient, and based'
his talk upon his adventures in the
East.
The meeting was sponsored by Y.
M. C. A., the program being ar­ranged
by the Epworth League.
A large number of students and
townspeople heard Dr. Phillips speak.
Classes Excused Starting At 10
O'clock; Game, Dance and
Track Events To Be Held
With all plans for a successful day
'completed, students and several hund­red
visitors who are expected to be
.I*
in Auburn will celebrate the annual
"A" Day on Wednesday. Among the
visitors will be many prominent alum­ni
of the institution.
A holiday has been declared starting
at ten o'clock. All classes from then
on will not be held. Officials also
stated that there will be no track
practice, riding, pistol or rifle prac­tice.
A following is the program for the
day: ' _
10 to 12 a. m.
1. Greasy Pig Contest.
2. Flag Rush (Sophs-Rats)
3. Pie eating contest
4. Boxing matches
5. Tennis finals
12 to 1:30.
"A? Club luncheon
1:30 to 2:00
120 yd. high hurdles, Beard-Baskin
Other track events
2:00 p. m.
Awarding of Honorary A's
2:30 p. m.
Baseball game, Montgomery-Auburn
9:00 p. m.
"A" club dance (Gym)
The feature event of the day will
be the baseball tilt between the Tigers
and the Montgomery Lions. This will
be the third time this year that Coach
Sheridan's nine has encountered a
professional team. The game will be
played on Drake Field at 2:30.
Among the other events of the
day is a pie-eating .contest between
representatives of the three civic
clubs in Auburn. Dr. McAdory, pro­fessor
of veterinary medicine and S.
L. Toomer, local druggist will rep­resent
the Rotary club in the con­test.
The Kiwanis club will elect
its representatives at its weekly
meeting Monday, and the Lions Club
will elect its team Tuesday. The pies
for the contest are being donated to
the "A" Club by the Electrik Maid
Bake Shop.
A greased pig race between the
Freshman and Sophomores will be
held early in the afternoon. Sev­eral
boxing bouts under the super­vision
of Frock Pate; a flag race
between representatives of the frosh
and sophomore classes; tennis
matches between the four ranking
players in college; several -track
events, featured by a 120-yard high
hurdle race between "Weemie" Bas-kin
and Percy Beard, two of the
leading hurdlers in the United States;
presentation of honorary letters to
President Bradford Knapp and Cap­tain
H. P. Meikleham; the baseball
game; and the dance that evening
will complete the program for the
day.
Elaborate plans have been made
for the "A" Club dance which will
climax the program. Many out-of-town
girls will be here for that event,
and members of the "A" Club ex­pect
to make this one of the best
dances they have given this season.
A crowd of nearly 1500 is expect­ed
to attend the game between Coach
SherWan's Bengals and the Mont­gomery
Lions. The 1930 Tiger team
is reported as a much superior ma­chine
to the team of last year. The
catching is showing up well, and the
fielding has been improved upon.
Errors have been rare this season,
although team-work has been lack­ing
at times, Coach Sheridan is work­ing
steadily to improve this point,
and is staging practice tilts just as
regular as the weather permits.
Ray Primm will probably start the
tilt Wednesday against the Lions
holding down the mound, with either
Kaley or Ingram behind the plate.
The proceeds realized from the
"A" Day activities will go toward
the "A" Club Scholarship fund.
The following have agreed to close
their business during the hours of
to 5 p. m.:
W. R. Caton, C. R. Meagher, Au-
(Continued on page 6)
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THE PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1930
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Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates ?3.50 per year (60
issues). Entered as second class matter
at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
Business and editorial offices at Auburn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Office hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily. ,
STAFF
A. V. Blankenship 1 Editor-in-chief
Walter B. Jones Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
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Thomas P. Brown Managing
Robert Hume.. _ Associate
Rosser Alston Associate
H. G. Twomey Associate
Gabie Drey News
Victor White
A. C. Taylor
Murff Hawkins
Editor
Editor
Editor
Editor
Editor
News Editor
Sports Editor
Exchange Editor
REPORTERS
A. C. Cohen, '32; K. B. McMillan, s*33; J. C.
Johnson, '33; J. R. Chadwick, '33; R. K.
Sparrow, '33; C. H. Currey, '33; R. T.
Wasson, '33; Lewis Bischoff, '33; A. D.
Mayo, '33; G. F. Adams, 33; J. C.
McFerin, '33; Alan Troup, '32.
BUSINESS STAFF
Hugh W. Overton Advertising Mgr.
Charles Davis Circulation Mgr.
THE PLAINSMAN
—wonders how the unique radio programs
are being received over the state. Has no
one word as to their reception?
Class Elections Demand
Careful Attention of All ,
With the most important of all class and
post elections about to descend upon us, for
our necessary approval, comes the necessity
of a great amount of forethought and se­rious
consideration of the candidates by the
student body.
It is very necessary, to insure that the
most worthy men get into office, that every
student in college cast his or her vote in the
forthcoming elections. Failure to do so may
allow some nominee to be pushed into an
important office through the voting strength
of his personal friends and colleagues, re­gardless
of his capabilities and fitness for
\he post. We cannot hold such elections at
Auburn, and then expect very much out of
the student organizations. Tell-tale result's
in the past have verified this. From the
many nominations that have been going the
rounds, it would seem that some of the en­trants
into the elections are merely trying
to take a poll of their popularity in Au­burn.
Duct'o the absence of proper govern­ing
boards the most capable men are often
overlooked. Popularity should have no part
in the elections about to take place.
Every one should know, or make inquir­ies,
as to the fitness of the man seeking
election to a position, before voting. We do
not feel that the general class elections have
reached a safe or protective means of elect­ing
as yet, but progress, is sure to come and
bring changes, and until such a condition
is prevalent we must hope that the student
body is serious-minded enough to consider
the elections in the light of their importance.
Inspection Trip To
Be Of Practical Value
The annual senior inspection trip which
starts .Monday and continues through the
week should prove beneficial to the seniors,
as it will enable them to gain a much clear­er
insight into the practical engineering
and business world, which they are about
to enter.
There is quite a gap to be bridged be­tween
college on one hand and the business
world on the other and due to the sudden
change encountered by the average* college
student upon graduation this gap is often
quite troublesome. Methods, applications,
and fellow workers are all different than
those encountered while in college; but by
means of this inspection trip the senior^
is placed in a position to visualize these
changes. He actually sees the application
of the theory he has studied; he sees the
different methods which are used, in va­rious
industries and he gains a brief know­ledge
of the kind of men he is going to work
with in the future.
This trip broadens the men by giving
them a insight into fields other than their
own. As has been stated before, no single
branch of engineering, or any other field
of work for that matter, is a law in it­self;
all depend in some phase upon each
other and thus any knowledge gained of
other branches'of engineering will prove
, beneficial. Ah electrical engineer who is
not stopped by a problem in mechanics has
a far greater earning capacity than that
of a strictly electrical man. The same is
true for the others.
i n addition to this the inspection trip
has a distinct value as an advertising me­dium
for Auburn. Those students who
make the trip meet many influential men
who are able in many different ways to
help the college and consequently become
interested in the graduating students. The
trip is helpful and every senior engineer
should make it.
Blue Key Sponsors, ,
An Airport Meeting
The Blue Key Fraternity showed the first
effort among members of the Student body
and student organizations in promoting the
airport issue by having a joint meeting of
the Auburn and Opelika airport committees
at a dinner lastWednesday. The main event
was a very interesting talk by Major Weav­er,
commander of Maxwell Field, Montgom­ery,
in which he discussed the chief points
about air travel and transportation develop­ment.
Major Weaver stated that airplane travel
was one of the"safest means of transporta­tion
in the world due to the structure of the
plane and that it was powered with the
most highly developed motor. At the pres­ent
time it is by far the fastest and with
the proper development can be made one of
the cheapest.
The biggest problem before the airplane
industry today is to have lines operating on
schedule and with safety so that the public
will learn to~depend on them. If this is
done, more interest will be manifested by
the people of the country, and a startling
growth will be the result. Freight traffic
must blaze the trail for this development,
was the opinion of Major Weaver, so that
the lines can become efficiently and economi­cally
established after which the passenger
service will begin to grow.
Opelika and Auburn have a fine chance
to own a joint airport. It will not be very
long until this type of ownership and opera­tions
will be common throughout the coun­try.
There ^are many citizens in each city
who are ready to help promote such an air­port,
while the best way i t can be brought
to pass is through the civic organizations.
With the aid of the influential men compris­ing
the membership of these clubs, the air­port
can become a certainty. And as Au­burn
and Opelika are on the direct route
from Atlanta to Montgomery, the problem
of getting splendid plane service is greatly
lessened. The biggest problem is to find
the man in their midst who has the initia­tive
to push this project to a successful
close. '" ' i .
"A" Day Needs To Have
Complete Student Support
In the "A" day celebration to take place
next Wednesday, many features have been
planned to lend color and enthusiasm to
the occasion. Among them are boxing
matches, a baseball game between the Tigers
and the Montgomery. Lions, a banquet for
the members of the "A" Clubhand finally
a dance that night. Some parts of the
day's program are there merely to add in­terest
and pep so that this observation may
be the biggest success, financially and en­tertainingly,
than has ever been in the past.
The proceeds from the baseball game and
dance are to go to the athletic fund of the
club. In the past these funds have been
used very wisely with respect to the athletic
situation, and" it is certain that the proceeds
coming from the support given next Wed­nesday
will be as wisely invested.
"A" day in the past has been very suc­cessful,
and it is to be hoped that despite
the fact that a couple of hundred of the
seniors will be on the Inspection Trip a large
turnout of undergraduates and friends of
the institution will insure a worthwhile
gate.
WHY WE GO ABROAD
After more than a year's work the pass­port
division of the Department of State
has completed an analysis of the motives
which lead Americans to travel in foreign
lands. The study was based on the appli­cation
of some 200,000 persons who asked
for passports last year.
Nearly half of this number stated that
they were leaving home to travel. The
group next in size, 68,315, went abroad
because of "family affairs." Presumably,
most of these were naturalized Americans,
visiting "the old country," though the same
reason might be given by a traveler con­templating
a Paris divorce. More than
15,000 were traveling on "commercial
business." "Education" was the motive for
travel given by 12,838. Most of those
who had no occupation said they' were go­ing
abroad for rest or recreation.
The real reasons why so many Ameri­cans
travel probably lie deeper than these
glib answers to passport questions. It may
be because nowadays we have more time
and more money; because since the war we
have become more interested in European
countries; because as a nation we are
growing up; because' Lindbergh flew the
Atlantic; because of prohibition; because
travel is quicker and more comfortable
than it used to be; because of advertising
by tourist agencies.
Whatever the underlying impulse, Eu­rope
is hoping that Americans will continue
to obey it. In spite of the Wall Street
crash, Great Britain is looking for a bet­ter
tourist season than in years past. An
increase in first-class bookings on steam­ships,
advance reservations at hotels and
tentative orders to London tailors indicate
that the coming season will be good.—The
New York Times.
"Little Things"
By Tom Bigbee
Did you see in the paper last week
where there is going to be a debating tour­nament
among the technical societies in
Auburn? Seems to us that someone is
on the job and is determined to prevent
the art from becoming a part of a col­lection
in an art museum. Much good
can be derived from this tournament if
everyone interested will push it as it
should be.
Something else very catchy, we think,
are these radio programs depicting stu­dent
life and campus scenes being put on
right now. It adds a bit of spice to have
people over the state listening in op scenes
that, they have only been able to picture
in their minds heretofore.
As an after reflection of the recent re­ligious
campaigns that have been staged
in Auburn, we-- must say that some very
fine averages were turned in by the fra­ternities
in the "go-to-church-month" con­test.
Then in religious week services,
great, powerful sermons were delivered
to a more than interested student body.
Finally, it helps when a powerful mini­ster
comes along and tells us that there is
more genuine joy and satisfaction to be
had in helping others and thinking of and
planning their welfare than in all the
many possible things we might possibly
do for ourselves. They tell HIS that help­ing
others and forgetting ourselves is
great living.
Another thing that proves, interesting
and baffling about human beings is the
contradictions of their words and deeds.
Perhaps it is entirely fitting to pull an oc­casional
joke, but why try to add serious­ness
and conviction to it? Sometimes it
isn't good for the other party's health; nor
does it materially increase respect from
others for you.
COLLEGE STUDENTS COME UNDER
FIRE OF DISGUSTED CO-ED
Editor's note: The following letter was
written to the student publication of a
New Mexico College, by one of the co-eds
who had become disgusted with the male
students. It is worth passing on.
"The average college man is a smirking
young fathead. He is stingy; wants every­thing
for nothing, and thinks that a girl
is a poor sport who doesn't give it.
"The average girls matures earlier than
the man of the same age. By the time
that a girl reaches the end of her college
career she has a little sense. Perhaps she
is a £at, but let the average college man
gets a chance to wink at a girl's reputa­tion
in a fraternity bull-session; poof,
there it goes. Far be it from his to stick
strictly to the truth—Oh, no! Imagination
supplies much more interest, and we might
say, detail.
"They love—Oh, yes, they love every
girl on the campus, but as the song goes,
'You want loving and. I want love.' They
expect any girl to be overjoyed to go
riding with them. Such and honor, you
know. But say, when there is a dance do
they take a girl? No, they stag it.
"As for lines—yes, the latest wise-cracks
taken from 'College Humor,' or heard over
the radio, and the girl who occasionally
gets weary of playing up to them is 'all
wet,' she doesn't know the game. Perhaps
she responded to the same line the night
before, and the night before that. They
expect a girl to be always sparkling a«d
gay, never realizing that perhaps a part
of the evening's entertainment falls on
their shoulders. If they take a girl to the
picture show', they afterwards drive to the
mesa, where they demand the compensa­tion
of at least a necking party—'An eye
for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' As
a general rule, however, they never take
a girl to the show, unless it is free, prefer-ing
to wear ou,t the upholstering of sorori­ty
houses, or perhaps spend the evening
parked.
"They never doubt their sex appeal.
Every girl must naturally, as a matter of
course, fall for them. It is impossible, in
their eyes, for them to be repulsive to any
girl. They know their stuff, and practice
all their brothers' techniques.
"The college man1 likes the college girl
for her superficiality; Any college girl
knows that to go over she must disguise
the fact that she has brains, and can think
for herself. She must pull this, 'aren't
you wonderful' stuff, and pamper his male
egotism. She may play him along for the
sake of going places, but she is contempt­uous
of him. There is not one girl in ten,
who dates, because she wants to, but be­cause
she has to keep up a standard. She
never knows whether she is more bored
by going out, or by. staying at home. If
her sisters were at home to keep her com­pany,
she would prefer staying at home.
There she could at least carry on an intel-lieent
conversation.
"Why, Oh why, aren't there some in­teresting,
intelligent, real me|i on this
campus; instead of silly young fops.
A DISGUSTED CO-ED."
As this is written, the most stylish par­ents
are giving their children the ugliest
names they can dig out of the Bible.
% AUBURN FOOTPRINTS %
We wonder what is so attractive to Sam Wade at the "Zoo?" It seems that
his ten-thirty bell never sounds even an echo until eleven o'clock. Possibly this
Birmingham flash is so popular with the girl who rings it every night that she con­veniently
forgets to lock the front door until someone's beloved Sam has' strode
away into the darkness. At the same time it can never be dark^-not even dusky—
when this shining example comes into view.
* * * * * * . * * *
A rather destitute look is haunting the faces of some of the co-eds as the date
of the senior inspection trip approaches. Especially those that the famous Meyer
and Neeley combination favors with its frequent interviews.
* * * * * * * * * ,
We are getting the goods on some of our good friends down at the Phi Kappa
Tau fraternity. From the latest hearsay and gossip it is apparent that a couple of
these youngsters are meeting a certain blonde and brunette at the library every
night. We admit that it is a most convenient but not exactly appropriate place in
which to let lonesome hearts meet. On the other hand, possibly the library has no
book with the exact method stated and these four are simplifying matters for those^
interested by offering a course all free of charge. In fact, it doesn't have to be
read or notes taken as a very impressive sight is to be seen.
* * * * * • * * * *
The Glee Club girls didn't do so bad after all. Some of them had Sunday
morning dates and they had to leave at six-thirty. How is that for enjoying the
early morning air? Maybe we would too.
* * * * * * * * *
WHAT! ANOTHER?
From the constant knocks of Teufelsdrachk
We're made to see the scar
Of wistful souls and shattered goals
Of maids who've gone too far.
This mighty power, man of the hour
Deserves a word, it seems,
Of reprimand with correcting hand,
Or right his wrong with rightful means
For things he's done to others—
To enemies, friends, on down to brothers.
The sexual phase is a ready phrase
For him to rave about;
The most perfect girl in all the world
Is just another one to doubt.
Now the what-not's of Teufelsdrachk
Contain too many a whim
For the appeal to make one feel
The things they always dim.
But not even college profs
Who rouse his seetffing wrath
Are men to scorn, to scoff
This man who meets their path.
Anon, Xenephon!
* * * * * * * * *
Then there was a visitor who came to Auburn one day. The night following he
was walking about the campus catching a breath of fresh air when he became
rather suddenly interested in the zoo. The story goes that he went to the electrician
the next day and asked him to fix a light upstairs. It seems that the best effects
had not been obtained in the past. • ' .
* * * * * * * * *
What has been the reason for that peaceful, serenely happy look that has in­vaded
Betty's eyes recently? We do not know, but sincerely believe that McCree
had quite a bit to do with it.
& WITH OTHER COLLEGES <-
PROFESSORS
Theme by a Freshman:—Professors are
funny animals. They may be divided into
two classes: those who pass you, and those
who don't. The first class is the scarcest
and are O. K., the second class is *(&$%*,
well, not so hot. I guess that professors
get.cussed out more than anybody else in
the world excepting maybe the athletes who
fall in the clutches of the "Major." The
professors don't seem to mind it, though,
possibly because they never hear the cussin'
outs given them. The short-cut name for
the professor is '.'prof." A good prof does
not suffer from halitosis, B. O., and he
avoids that future shadow. Professors may
be defined as "One who gives grades." The
two main methods of getting good grades
out of profs are: (1) laugh like everything
whenever he tells a (?) funny story, and
(2) telling him that he is wearing a pretty
tie about once each month (provided he
changes ties that often). By doing this you
make him think that you are intelligent.
Professors often have pets, and if you
can get to be a professor's pet you are well
fixed. The principal methods for getting
to be a prof.'s pet is to follow closely the
above two methods outlined for making
high grades. The'success of avj)rofessor
depends entirely on his ability to start a
good bull session. Also he must be able
to keep one going after he has started it in
order to be a complete success. A prof, who
does not have bull sessions in his classes
soon loses out, and will then have to go to
work. Professors, chickens, flies and other
insects lead an easy life. They don't have
to work much and can just lay around, es­pecially
the chickens. «.
The "why" of professors now having been
so clearly explained, we will not discuss the
"how of them. As nothing further can be
said concerning profs, we will now conclude.
Concluded.—Technique.
* * * * *
GOING STRONG
Two sisters, Rosamond and Patricia
Stanley, graduates of the University of Cal­ifornia,
recently were chosen by the Ger­man
government as the most distinguished
American students studying art at Munich.
* * * * *
THE CO-ED HAS TO PAY
A once-a-year treat at which the co-eds
pays at Oregon State College is to be a
performance of "Skidding". A play by the
college dramatic society. The "Leap Year"
event, for which the women make the dates,
secure the tickets, hire the taxis, and pay
for the "feed" is the Friday night perform­ance.
* * * * *
MY
Rollins College, Florida, in introducing a
new course—a study of evil in all its phases.
The course will offter a clear minded survey
of what has been regarded as evil through
the centuries, its effect on life and ways of
thinking, and its social, political and ethical
significance. Before entering the source a
knowledge of psychology, philosophy, and
history is needed. A survey of the results
of the course a year from now might prove
interesting.
* * * * *
YES!
The University of Tennessee recently had
its fair name attacked by a certain young
male collegiate-fashion Savant, who made
humorous remarks in College Humor con­cerning
thje fashions of the college. He
claimed that the student's of the university
went to classes attired in overalls and had
dates with corduroys serving the place of
dress trousers. It is presumed that the
writer visited only the "Ag" farm and did
not view the style centers where modern
fashions are found. The Tennessee boys
claim that it is better to feed hogs while
wearing overalls than while dressed in Tux­edos.
_ * * * **
EATS? NOT BAD
"The Gamecock" of South Carolina ad­vocates
a plan to insure better friendship
between fraternities. It is suggested that
a day be designated as "Visitors Day", and
that delegations from the various frater­nities
go from one house to another with
entertainment to be arranged by each house.
A day for non-fraternity men would also be
arranged.
* * * * *
WHOW!
A man in a hurry to get rid of some of
his home brew, poured it into the gold fish
globe. On his return he discovered the fish
had eaten their way through the globe, had
killed the cat, overturned the kitchen stove,
and were putting the finishing touches to
the family bull dog. And all the colleges
in which votes are being taken on prohibi­tion
are voting wet.
THOUGHTS IN SILHOUETTE
c\Herr THogenese ^eufelsdrockh
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed ia
this column are not necessarily the editorial opin­ions
of this paper. It is a column of personal
comment, and is not to be read as an expression
of our editorial Dolicy.
* * * ' . * *
THE OTHER NIGHT I walked up
town to find a bunch of perfect hood­lums.
It seemed that Eta Kappa
Nu was initiating a bunch of boys into
their austere organization and was mak­ing
each one of them experience the realiza­tion
of making a perfect dunce of himself
in order that he might better understand
that he was getting into a really worth­while
organization. Each man was dress­ed
in some asinine garb and peddling some
silly chatter to Auburn, the state of Ala­bama,
and the universe at large. The whole
stitution smacked so much of rompers and
childhood days that I was led to wonder
how people so freshly grown could revert
to childishness so soon. For sonje time I
have been aware of the fact that old people
sometimes become childish in their over
maturity, but it) was a shock to find men
just recently shed their rompers in a situa­tion
as childish as that depicted by the
Eta Kappa Nu neophytes.
* * * * *
T HAVE often wondered why honorary
*- fraternities on this campus have not got­ten
away from such awfully silly racket.
Situations of that nature just do not mix
with my conceptions of a college honorary
fraternity. Anything as shallow as that
T observed the other night seems to me to
detract from the organization. In my own
personal opinion it is a rotten reflection
on the organization. I have racked my
brain in an effort to determine just how
dressing initiates in such unsightly garb
and having them make perfect fools of
themselves can possibly add anything of
credit to the organization, or add anything
of credit to the organization in the minds
of the initiates. For a man to advertise
his organization in a most dignified and
conservative manner, as a rule, does not
speak so well for it. To use such a brazen
medium ^is that used by* the Eta Kappa
Nu's the other night in getting their or­ganization
before the public is certainly a
putrid reflection on the fraternity. I know
of no nomenclature to depict such a de­plorable
procedure. For a bunch of grown
men to be mixed up in a situation so shal­low
and meaningless is, indeed, most ex­traordinary
sad.
The Spades have attempted to in some
mild manner, get somewhat away from a
procedure bordering so close to the proxi­mity
of nothing by having something of
a burlesque. Even at its best, though, I
can't see where it is any credit. It strikes
me that college honorary fraternities are
supposed to smack somewhat of dignity and
dignified gentlemanly conduct.
* * * * *
THE SITUATION I refer to, in my own
mind, seriously hurt one organization.
Certainly they add nothing to it by way
of prestige, or anything else worthwhile.
I 3m, laboring under the impression that
if I had to go through some such shallow
and silly procedure as that I have observ­ed
the other night to become a member of
any organization on the campus my chest
would never be burdened with the key.
Perhaps I looked at the situation different
in my earlier days here, but I hardly think
THE OTHER night while listening to
the radio I heard a number of reports
on the prohibition question. The votes
were for repeal, modification, and enforce­ment.
In practically every case the votes
for repeal were twice the votes cast for
any other phase of the question. The pro­hibition
law is an exemplification of what
the Ladies Welfare Organizations and like
organizations caS do. The time honored,
custom of drinking was snatched out of its
proper place, made a moral issue, and leg­islated
against; thus detracting from truly
moralistic issues and facilitating disrespect
for same.
THE TRUTH
Since I have seen a bird one day,
His head packed more than half way;
That hopped about, with but one eye,
Ready to fight again, and die —
Ofttimes since then their private lives
Have spoilt that joy their music gives. -
So when I see this robin now,
Like a red apple on the bough,
And question why he sings so strong,
For love, or for the love of song;
Or sings, maybe, for that sweet rill
Whose silver tongue is never still—
Ah, now there comes this thought unkind,
Born of the knowledge in my mind:
He sings in triumph that last night
He killed his father ip a fight;'
And now he'll take his mother's blood—
The last strong rival for his food.
—William H. Davis.
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
AUDREY FULLER
La VERNE WATTS
Phone 9115
Smith Hall S O C I E T Y AND F E A T U R ES This Department Open
From 11 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Daily
EVENING
When little lights in little ports come
out,
Quivering down through water with
the stars,
And all the fishing fleet of slender
spars
Range at their moorings, veer with
tide about;
When race of wind is stilled and
sails are furled,
And underneath our single riding-light
The curve of black-ribbed deck
gleams palely white,
And slumbrous waters pool a slum­brous
world;
—rThen, and then only, have I
thought how sweet
Old age might sink upon a windy
youth,
Quiet beneath the riding-light of
truth,
Weathered through storms, and gra­cious
in retreat.
—V. Sackville West.
WAPI to Have Charge
Of Radio Audition
AubumChapterEastem
Star Give Luncheon
, The Auburn Chapter of the East­ern
Star gave a luncheon at the
lovely home of Mrs. Zebulon Judd
on College Street "at noon Monday in
honor of the grand officers of the
local chapter who are Mrs. I. S. Mc-
Adory, Grand worthy matron; Mrs.
Eunice Moxham, Grand Ruth; Mrs.
W. D. Copeland, Grand Chaplin; and
Mrs. Effie Moore, Associate Grand
Conductress of Birmingham, and
guest of Mrs. McAdory.
A four course dinner consisting of
grape fruit, main course, salad, and
dessert was served to Mrs. I. S. Mc­Adory,
Mrs. Eunice Moxham, Mrs.
W. D. Copeland, Mrs. Effie Moore,
Mrs. R. Y. Bailey, Mrs. Minnie Rose,
Mrs. Lonnie Yarbrough, Mrs. W. 0.
Shubert, Mrs. Henry Good, Mrs. E.
G. Diseker, Mrs. G. G. Nunn, Miss
Kyle Caldwell, Miss Lona Turner,
Mrs. P. O. Davis, Mrs. Wicker, Mrs.
J. P. Creel, Mrs. John King, and
out of town guests, Mrs. Annie
Moore, Mrs. Will Davis, and Miss
Elizabeth Johnson, and to Dean and
Mrs. Judd.
Announcement was made today of
the acceptance by P. O. Davis, man­ager
of radio station WAPI, of Birm­ingham,
as manager of the commit­tee
of Alabama music lovers who
will this year have charge of the
Fourth National Radio Audition.
This competition to discover un­known
and non-professional singers
will be conducted under the auspices
of the Atwater Kent Foundation of
Philadelphia.
Mr. Davis states that Alabama's
campaign this year will be aggres­sively
conducted in the hope that
the state may be represented among"
the winners of the ten music scholar­ships
and cash awards aggregating
$25,000.
Plans .will be immediately formu­lated
for local auditions in communi-ities
throughout the state. From the
young men and young women win­ners
selected—one each from each
community—t h e state champions
wil lbe chosen. These state winners
—one young man and one young
woman—will represent the state in
the eographical district auditions, of
which there are five that embrace
the entire United States. Each dis­trict
w.ill send one young man and
one young woman to the national
finals, and it is the national winners
who will divide the substantial prizes
provided by the foundation.
The awards include:
Winners of first place (one boy
and one girl), $5,000 each and two
years' tuition in an American con-
RODEO IS ARRANGED FOR
COACHES AT KANSAS RELAYS
Lawrence, Kans.— (IP)—For the
entertainment of the university and
college coaches who will attend the
eighth annual Kansas relays on April
18 and 19, Dr. Forrest C. Allen and
his entire staff of the division of
physical education have arranged a
rodeo which will be staged in the open­ing
night events inside the University
of Kansas stadium, which seats 38,000.
Everything from broncho riding to
bull dogging is promised at the rodeo,
which will include trick and fancy
riding and other sports of the range.
The playing field of the stadium is
slated to be resodded before the foot­ball
season of 1930, so the churning
of hoofs will cause no damage to the
University.
servatory, or its equivalent.
Winners of second place, $3,000
each and one year's tuition.
Winners of third place, $2,000
each and one year's tuition.
Winners of fourth place, $1,500
each and one year's tuition.
Winners of fifth place, $1,000
each and one year's tuition.
This is the fourth year of the Na­tional
Radio Audition and the en­thusiasm
with which the announce­ment
of the 1930 contest was re­ceived
has already resulted in the
appointment of committees through­out
the United States to prepare for
the auditions. Some local contests
are planned for as early as the first
week in April.
Bottled Sunshine
For Health and Strength
GRADE A
JERSEY MILK
—and—
CREAM
PINEVIEW DAIRY
Phone 130
PERSONAL
MENTION
The children's story hour will be
held on Wednesday, April 2, at the
home of Mrs. Salmon on East Glenn
Street from three to four.
* * *
Miss Verna Campbell from Wom­an's
College is spending Spring Holi­days
with Miss Rubye Boddie.
* * *
Mrs. Toomer will be a delegate to
the meeting of the Alabama Fed­eration
of Music Clubs to be held
in Montgomery, April 3 and 5.
* * *
Major and Mrs. Weaver from
Maxwell field were the guests last
Wednesday of Major and Mrs. Ken­nedy.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Slick Moulton' are
guests of Mrs. Moulton's mother,
Mrs. Clara Yarbrough.
Miss Eleanor Buckalew of Mont­gomery,
was in Auburn last week­end
for the Engineers' Ball and was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. J-Wil-more.
* * *
The Union Missionary meeting
will be held at the Baptist Church on
Monday, March 31, at three p. m.
* * *
Mr. W. A. Ruffin has returned
home after a business trip of two
weeks, visiting points in North Ala­bama.
* * *
Mrs. Lazarus, Mrs. Lozen, Mrs.
Sparrow, Rev. and Mrs. William
Byrd Lee, Mrs. L. W. Spafford, and
Mrs. Toomer attended the Montgom­ery
convocation of the Episcopal
Church Thursday at Tuskegee.
* * *
Mns. Kennedy entertained at a
lovely informal luncheon honoring
her friend, Mrs. Weaver. Mrs.
Frank Wilmore, Mrs. B. C. Anderson,
Mrs. John Wilmore, and Mrs. Elmer
enjoyed her hospitality.
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The Lenten Study .Class meet Mon­day
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Wilmore. There was a fine attend­ance
and much interest is being
shown in the work.
Holiness League
Seeks To Reform
Ohio University
A purer and holier Ohio State Uni­versity
is the aim of the Holiness
League, a new organization formed
>n the campus there.
Believing students at Ohio State
are without a truly Christian organ­ization,
the new league seeks to sup­ply
this deficiency.
The league is opposed to Evolu-
;ion and condemns its teaching upon
the Ohio State campus in the depart­ments
of biology, sociology and psy­chology.
The Holiness organization does
not believe in the use of tobacco
and proposes to persuade co-eds and
men students to forswear its use.
The third point of attack of the
league is against dancing. The mem­bers
of the society do not condemn
solo dancing by either of the sexes
but heartily disapprove of "the con­tact
of the two sexes while danc­ing."
The first campaign in the battle
for a better Ohio State will take
place early in the Spring quarter,
when 10,000 pamphlets, decrying the
worldliness of the university, will be
distributed.
The campaign will be carried into
the enemy's territory by placing
tract holders' in five university dorm­itories.
Speeches will be given in
the university chapel.
Samuel Williams, graduate stu­dent
and resident of Columbus, is
director of the organization's acti­vities.
Pi Kappa Phi's Hold
Annual Dance
On Friday night the members of
the Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity
delightfully entertained a group of
friends with a dance in their home
on Glenn Avenue. Freshmen served
punch and cake to the guests.
Guests of the fraternity were:
Mrs. Harry Smith and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Edwards, chaperones; Misses
Jane Yarbrough, Elizabeth Smith,
Claire Griffin, Kathryn Porter, Vir­ginia
Bickerstaff, Einnan Hooper,
Mildred Wood, Edna Beard, Sara
Wilkes, Kathryn Wallace, Mary Hol-stun,
Mary Leon Ca.uthen, Jene
Funchess and Ruth Thornton.
Music was furnished by Abie
Hardin and his popular "Auburn
Collegians."
Alpha Gamma Rho Is
Entertained
Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Davis were
charming hosts last Saturday eve­ning
when they complimented mem­bers
of the Alpha Gamma Rho Fra­ternity
with a delightful bridge par­ty.
There were six tables of par­ticipants.
A profusion of spring
flowers were attractively arranged
throughout the living and dining
rooms. The girls' high score prize,
two decks of cards, was awarded Miss
Mart Olive Carnley, while the boys'
prize, a tobacco pouch, was won by
Earl Gissendanner. Miss Mary Ruth
Aiken received the second high score
prize, a beautiful box of stationery.
At the conclusion of the games a
delicious salad course was served.
The guests were: Misses Louise Be­dell,
La Verne Watts, Helen Shackle-ford,
Mary Louise Hakanson, Mary
Olive Carnley, Eleanor Home, Eliz­abeth
Dees, Dorothy Bradlowe, Mary
Ruth Aiken, Mary Ople Collins, and
Messrs. Earl Gissendanner, Carmon
Teague, Clarence Wills, Newman
Merriweather, Howard Gray, Clar­ence
Granade, Robert Strickland, V.
L. Vines, Avery Morrison, E. F.
Oakley, Becker Drane, Austin Hes­ter.
Cambridge, Mass. —(IP)—Because
he was "fed up" on himself, Aage
Brodtkorb Kloumann, a 26-year-old
Harvard graduate and employee of a
Boston engineering firm, shot and se­riously
wounded himself here recent­ly
after a party in his apartment".
Tarrytown, N. Y —(IP)—The jun­ior
college movement has already
proved itself successful in this coun­try,
according to Eugene H. Lehman,
president of the Highland Manor
School and Junior College, now cele­brating
its tenth anniversary here.
Nothing's so discouraging to re­form
work as trying to raise the
money to finance it.
GLIDER CONSTRUCTED BY
STUDENTS MAKES FLIGHTS
Hudson, O.—(IP)—A glider con­structed
by the manual training class
of Kent High School proved a success
when taken on trial flights here.
The machine was first tested by
Frank Gross, glider designer, at the
Baker H. McMillen Co., Akron, and
then flown by some of the high school
students.
The glider was dismanteled after
the seat was broken in one of the
flights.
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NEWS OF THE WOMAN'S CLUB
By Mrs. C. P. Townsley, Publicity Chairman
On Thursday, March 20, Mrs. Van
Wagenen gave a most interesting
talk to the education department
of the Woman's Club. Her subject
was the responsibility of the school
towards the deliquent child. She dis­cussed
causes and effects of delin­quency.
Alabama, though it began
no work along this line until 1919,
and still ranks low, is making pro­gress.
* * *
The literary department met on
Thursday, March 27, with Mesdames
Harkin, Brigham, Sewell, and Baver
as hostesses. Mrs. Arant gave the
reviews of current magazine arti­cles.
The main subject of the meet­ing
was "Irish Folklore." Mrs. Car-nes
sang "When Irish Eyes are Smil­ing"
and "A Little Bit of Heaven,"
accompanied by Mrs. Reeve. Miss
Dobbs gave the talk., She upheld
Lang's theory that there are no
myths typical of any particular coun­try,
hut that all are folklore of the
same fabric with local embrodiery.
The distinctive trimmings of Irish
folklore are a multiplicity of words
and a touch of Irish humor. Miss
Dobbs said that Irish tales lack the
dignity and depth of idea of the
Greek myths. However, her audi­ence
thoroughly enjoyed the exam­ples
she gave of the Irish stories.
* * *
Members of the Woman's Club
were invited to a lecture on Thurs­day
evening given by Mr. Misbe of
the firm of Olmsted Brothers land­scape
architects of Boston, and Cali­fornia.
Mr. Misbe made definite
and constructive suggestions for
helping the town of Auburn. As
particular problems he enumerated
the following: The railroad station,
as the gateway to Auburn, needs to
be more attractive; many houses
need paint; fences and hedges,
lawns and vines need continual care
and improvement. A general prob­lem
Mr. Misbe wished to see - an
individual characteristic established
for the vicinity. Auburn should de­serve
to be known as the town of
magnolias, or of crepe myrtles, or
of roses, or of some other distinct­ive
beauty. To carry out this plan
he suggested a small group with a
dependable leader to start the move­ment
and organize plans that the
work may grow continually and in
the right direction.
The Woman's Club was in a mood
to hear of town beautification, for
it is promoting a "Clean-up, paint-up"
campaign, the, second week in
April having been named Clean-up
Week.
ITALIANS NAME
PLANET 'PLUTO'
"Pluto" is the provisional name
that Italian astronomers have given
the new trans-Neptune planet discov­ered
March 13 at Lowell observatory
in Flagstaff, Ariz.
Professor Emilio Bianchi and his
assistants of Breara observatory
have photographed the new planet
despite the fact that the weather has
been bad, and they hope with one
more night to contribute somewhat
to the American researchers.
The Italian astronomers appar­ently
have chosen flhe provisional
name "Pluto" because that ancient
divinity was related to others for
whom planets are named. He was
the son of Saturn and the brother
of Jupiter and Neptune. He ruled
the infernal regions and was gen­erally
called Hades by the Greeks.
Buffalo — (IP) —Eight-year-old Gi-rard
Lyons, public school pupil, was
banished to the coat room by his teach­er
here for being unruly.
A half hour later when the other
children were dismissed they shrieked
in terror as they found the boy hang­ing
by his necktie attached to a pair
of coat hooks on the wall. Efforts
to revive him failed.
Westinghouse Gives
Demonstration of New
Photo-Electric Cell
An amazing demonstration of the
"electric eye," or light sentitive
photo-electric cell, was given recent­ly
by the ' Westinghouse Electric
Company, in the show rooms of the
Willys-Overland Company at Broad­way
and Fiftieth Street, New York,
when H. P. Davis, vice president of
the Westinghouse Company, from
his office in the company's admini­stration
building in East Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, U. S. A. directed the
movements of an unattended auto­mobile
in New York. As Mr. Davis
told the car to "go ahead," it moved
forward. Similarly, upon order from
the distant operator, the car stopped
and moved backward. The lights
were turned on in response to a re­quest
from the voice in East Pitts­burgh.
This was the first time in history
that an automobile in one city was
controlled and moved at will by the
voice of a person in a distant city.
It was made possible by the "elec­tric
eye," or photo-electric cell of
the Westinghouse Company. This
cell was placed in the trunk in the
rear of the Willys car. A telephone
connection was then established be­tween
Mr. Davis' office in East
Pittsburgh and the Willys-Overland
quarters on Broadway. Then Mr.
Davis spoke, sound impulses were set
up and transferred into light waves
which were picked up by the "elec­tric
eye," which in turn operated
certain relays and gave the automo­bile
its backward and forward move­ment.
The demonstration of this most
modern form of remote control was
witnessed by a large group of auto­motive
experts, technical men and
scientists from the Westinghouse
Company, as well as by the general
public and a group of newspaper
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THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1930
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ADRIAN TAYLOR, Editor RHODES WASSON, A..ociate Editor
Elmer Salter, Contributor; Harry Barnei, Freeman Barnes. W. O Free, Charlea Trice, Aaaiitents.
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Beard And Baskin
Run High Hurdles
For 'A' Day Event
Two of the greatest hurdlers in
the United States will run against
each other on Drake Field, Wednes­day,
April 2, in one of many feat­ures
planned for "A" Day at the
Cornerstone. Weems Baskin, as­sistant
track coach and holder of
many medals in meets against the
best thinly clad artists in the coun­try,
and Percy Beard, instructor in
Civil engineering at Alabama Poly­technic
Institute and recently named
on the National Inter-collegiate Hon­or
Roll for his wonderful record in
running the 120-yard high hurdles
in the Tech Relays last year, are
the two fence-toppers who will com­pete
against each other.
Both are former proteges of Coach
Wilbur Hutsell, who probably has
produced more nationally-known
track stars in Dixie than any other
one mentor. Coach Hutsell is aid­ing
both in getting in condition
every afternoon on Drake Field.
„ Beard has been in training for two
months in preparation for the South­eastern
A. A. U. which will be held
in Atlanta April 26, and he will run
as a member of the Birmingham
Athletic Club. Baskin has been un­dergoing
some strenuous work for
the meet with Beard, but hardly is
in as good condition as Auburn's
1929 track captain.
Baskin has always won from Beard
in important meets, but Beard is
determined to win this year. There
exists quite a rivalry between the
two former Orange and Blue track
stars because every year they meet,
some difficulty arises over the length
of their race. Baskin selected the
distance last year on "A" Day, 80
yards, and won, while Beard has se­lected
the distance this year and has
set it as 120 yards over the high
hurdles.
In addition to the feature race be­tween
Baskin and Beard, Coach Hut­sell
will also stage several other in­teresting
track events.
The Auburn "A" club will hold a
flag race; a greasy pig race between
sophomores and freshmen; a pie-eating
contest between members of
the local civic clubs; several boxing
bouts; finals in the tennis tourna­ment;
a ball game between Auburn
and Montgomery Lions; presentation
of honorary "A's" to President Brad­ford
Knapp and Capt. H. P. Meikle-ham,
agent of the Pepperell Mills at
Lindale, Ga., and hold their annual
"A" club dance in alumni gymna­sium
that evening which will make
this year's "A" Day the greatest ever
held.
Boys, who always have the time and
inclination but frequently lack the
price of admission, will see major
league baseball games in increasing
numbers this season. For years half
a dozen clubs have admitted small
boys without tickets to the ball parks
but as a result of an effort initiated
by two Chicago clubs the practice may
be made unanimous.
When Jimmy Walker cheered Babe
Ruth on to bigger and better home
runs as the Bambino's big league trail
seemed near its end five years ago,
the New York mayor appealed to the
big slugger in the name of the "dirty
faced kids of the street" to whom
Ruth was a hero. Since then Ruth
has amply justified the faith of the
"kids."
Panther Team Meets
Marion in Munger Bowl
Birmingham-Southern College's
baseball club will inaugurate its
home campaign Friday afternoon
when the Panthers play Marion In­stitute
in Munger Bowl on the Hill­top
campus. It will start at 2:30.
The Cadets will invade Birmingham
Friday for three games with the
Methodists, appearing in a double-header
Saturday at the bowl.
Coach Carey Robinson has tried
several changes in his Panther line­up
since his cohorts were walloped
last week by the Baron rookies, 17-3
Most prominent among the attempt­ed
changes centered around the
catching job. Waller has been re­ceiving
most of the slants, but Tate
and Denson have shared the work
in practice this week.
Jack McCollough will start on the
firing line for Southern. He started
against Clyde Milan's recruits, but he
was extremely wild and had to be
removed in favor of Carter, who
also was succeeded by Dunn and
Knapp. McCollough also plays the
MAJOR LEAGUES GIVE BOYS CHANCE
TO GO TO GAMES WITHOUT PAYING
"SAY IT AIN'T SO"
It was a small boy who appealed
to Joe Jackson with the "say it ain't
so, Joe," which went around the wdrld
when the White Sox star admitted
that everything was not all that it
should have been in 1919.
Thomas H. Bolwer, Chicago alder­man,
is leading the latest drive for
free admission of boys to major
league games. Mr. Bowler, who is
commissioner of semi-pro baseball for
Cook county, attended the last joint
meeting of the major leagues to pre­sent
the case of the boys, and the two
Chicago clubs have announced four
"boys' days" each week, with'a possi­bility
that the number may be in­creased.
NEW YORK HELPS
The New York* clubs for years have
shown a friendly feeling for boys and
on every playing date, except Satur­days,
Sundays, and holidays, when ca­pacity
crowds fill the seats, the gates
of the Polo Grounds and Yankee sta­dium
are thrown open to juvenile fans.
March Athletic Journal
Carries Article on Percy
Beard, Tiger Track Star
The Athletic Journal of March car
ries the following writeup about Per­cy
Beard, Auburn's 1929 track cap
tain, and selected on the National Col­legiate
Honor Roll: "Of Pearcy Beard,
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Elmer
G. Salter writes: Beard, winner of
the high hurdles in the Southern Re­lays
and Southern Conference meet is
also Southern record holder in the low
hurdles. He is six feet four inches in
height, and uses a modified step-over
action in the highs. In his left arm
action the elbow is carried well to the
rear, but with no cut (back down)
of the forearm."
Beard was the only track star be­low
the Mason-Dixon line to be chos­en
on the National Collegiate Honor
Roll.
Beard and Baskin will run the 120-
yard high hurdles in one of the many
interesting features planned for "A"
day, Wednesday, April 2. Both have
been intraining fo.r several week^and
will be in good condition for their an­nual
run on "A" day.
The proceeds from "A" will go to­ward
the "A" club scholarship fund.
In addition to the baseball game Wed­nesday
afternoon between Coach Fred
Sheridan's Tigers and the Montgom­ery
Lions, the annual "A" club dance
will be held that evening in alumni
gymnasium, and other social events
are planned for the day. •-»
The average number of boys admitted
free in New York parks ranges from
3,000 to 4,000 daily but as many as
10,000 have crowded in when "open
Sesame" was sounded.
Detroit has numerous boys' days
during the season. Youngsters spon­sored
by public schools, the recrea­tion
commission, sandlot baseball or­ganizations
and fraternal and char'
table organizations are admitted free.
The Tigers have restricted the move­ment
to properly sponsored groups as
the club believes an every-boy-free
policy would be impossible to control.
"KNOTHOLE CLUB"
The St. Louis Cardinals have a
"Knothole club" organized six years
ago, and composed of boys under 16
years of age, who are admitted to
Sportsman's park without charge on
all National league playing days ex­cept
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
The ranks of the Knotholers will grow-beyond
the normal increase this year
when girls will be admitted to mem­bership.
The Boston clubs for five years
have opened their gates to various
boys' organizations of Boston and
New England for several days each
week. Club officials say the plan has
helped to promote baseball interest
among the youth of the community
and it will be continued.
s .
OTHERS FALL IN
The St. Louis Browns, not yet for­mally
advised of the big drive for
boys, will give the suggestion se­rious
consideration when it is pro­posed,
as will the Cincinnati Reds,
Washington Senators and Pittsburg
Pirates.
Other major league clubs may adopt
the Chicago plan or schemes of their
own to make the game available for
baseball-hungry "kids" without money
and without price.
Trafton Goes Down in
First Round Of Bout
outfield. Knapp is a southpaw.
Coach Robinson announced' Thurs­day
night that he prpbably would
start th« following line-up in this
batting order against Marion in the
opener: Smith, leftfield; Waller,
catcher; McCollough, pitcher; Bat­tle,
rightfield; Blanton, shortstop;
Lawrence, first base; Cleveland, sec­ond
base; O'Brien, third base; Elli-soir,
centerfield.
Primo Camera, giant Italian car­penter,
Thursday boasted 12 knockouts
in as many appearances in American
boxing rings, the result of a 54-sec-ond
victory in Kansas City Wednes­day
night over George Trafton, erst­while
Chicago football professional.
The heavyweight match, scheduled
for 10 rounds, ended after Trafton
fell to the canvas for the third time.
The 8,000 fans present booed and
jeered.
At the bell Trafton rushed across
the ring at the towering Italian. Ar-ter
a mild embrace he fell to the floor
on his stomach. At the count of six
the ex-football player arose and again
charged across the cunvas. Camera's
big hand swung and again Trafton
fell.
The foreigner walked to his corner,
placed his hands on the ropes and
gazed at the crowd. Trafton climbed
to his feet at the count of nine, hur­ried
across the ring and clouted his
giant opponent in the back.
Camera then turned quickly and
the Chicagoan fell for the count be­neath
a flurry of rights and left's. A
short right-hand jab to the chin end­ed
the fight.
The Italian weighted 271 pounds, his
opponent 229.
As a result of Wednesday night's
fight Camera's gross earnings now
are well over the $100,000 mark. None
of his maches have gone more than
six rounds.
The best fight on the card was the
semi-windup between Ivan Laffineur,
billed as the welterweight champion
of France, and Meyer Grace, of Chi­cago.
Grace was awarded a technical
knockout in the sixth when Laffineur
claimed a foul, but a physician, after
an examination, said there was no
evidence of a low blow.
Tigers Drop First
Loss of Season To
Selma Cloverleafs
By W. E. Free
The Tigers lost their first game
out of four starts to the Selma nine
in Selma last Saturday. The Au­burn
team was somewhat handicap­ped
by a wet muddy field and did
not show their regular form by which
they defeated Fort Benning and the
Birmingham Barons in easy fashion.
• Brewer started the twirling for
Selma, but seemed to be rather wild.
With the aid of Brewer and four
hits the Tigers pushed over four
markers in the first stanza. In their
half the Cloverleafs counted twice.
During the second inning Auburn
chalked up one more and Selma lead
by the heavy hitting of Persons and
Parker knotted the count at five all.
Brewer secured a double; then fol­lowed
three consecutive singles, and
Lipe was walked forcing in the third
run.
Both teams secured another run
during the fray and in the last of
the ninth Selma pushed over the
winning tally. Howard Smith, who
was captain the nine at the Corner­stone
last year and lead the team
in batting, scored the winning run.
Smith singled, Lipe advanced to first
due to "Big" Ben's miscue of a
grounder, and Jackson, pinch hitter,
singled scoring Smith.
Frock Pate, Phil Hodges, - Rup,e
Ingram, and Ben Newton starred for
the Tigers with the willow and Pate,
Hodges and Riley gave a nice ex­hibition
of fielding.
Auburn— a.b. r h. p.o. a. e.
Hodges, If. 5 1 2 6 1 0
Pate ss. _. 5 0 3 1 2 0
Crawford, cf. -- 5 1 1 2 0 0
Newton, lb 5 1 2 9 0 1
Burt, r.f. 4 1 1 0 0 0
Lloyd, 3b 3 1 1 0 11
Ingram, c. 5 0 3 5 0 0
Riley, 2b 5 1 1 2 3 0
Carter, p. 2 0 0 0 1 0
Smith, p. 10 0 1 3 0
xHarris 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS _.- 40 6 14 26 11 2
Selma— ab. r. h. p.o. a. e.
Johnson, If. - - - 4 1 2 1 0 0
Persons, cf. 4 2 1 1 0 0
Parker, rf. 5 1 2 2 0 0
Col'ger, 2b 5 0 2 2 0 0
Mitchell, lb ___ '4 0 0 2 0 0
Smith, 3b . . . - - - 5 1 1 4 11
Lipe, ss. 1 1 1 1 2 0
Rowland, c. 4 0 1 2 0 0
Brewer, p. 2 1 1 0 2 0
Bennet, p. 2 0 1 1 3 0
Wheeler, p. 0 0 0 1 2 0
xxJackson 10 1 0 0 0
TOTALS - - - 37 7 13 27 10 1
xHit for- Carter in sixth.
xxHit for Rowland in ninth.
zTwo out when winning run was
scored.
Summary—Two-base hits: Ingram,
Pate 2, Parker, Brewer, Bennett,
Johnson. Sacrifice hits: Harris, Per­sons.
Double plays: Smith to Newton.
Hit by pitcher, Brewer (Lloyd). Wild
pitch, Carter. Struck out: by Carter
2, Smith 1, Brewer 1, Wheeler 1.
Left on bases: Auburn 4, Selma 3.
Winning pitcher, Wheeler. Losing
pitcher, Smith. Umpire Hovater.
Time, 2:00.
WOMAN Tb HANG
Miss Augustine Argogue, 27, con­victed
of killing her mother, must
be hanged while appearing before
the public in her night clothes. The
strange affair is the result of an
ancient French law which requires
that whoever kills his mother or fa­ther
must be executed in full view
of the public, dressed only in scant
night attire.
Young Jack Dillon, Louisville, won
a newspaper decision over Sammy De-
Salvo, Omaho, in a 10-round fight.
Both weighed 155 pounds.
Double-Play Combine
Expected To Function
During Present Season
Auburn has a double play combina­tion
on her 1930 baseball team around
the keystone which has completed a
twin-killing in every game except one
in which they have played together.
The only contest in which they did
not play major parts in a double play
was the Auburn-Selma tilt last Sat;
urday. <
Frock Pate, shortstop, and Page
Riley, second base, are the Tigers who
have figured in double killings since
they first teamed together last Sum­mer
as members of the Acipco team in
the Birmingham City-League. Pate
cavorted at short on Coach Slick Moul-ton's
1929 team, while Riley did like­wise
with the rodents. Riley was
shifted to the keystone with the ama­teurs
last Summer, and set a double
play record with Pate in the Magic
City League.
Pate and Riley have both engineer­ed
double plays and also have been
the pivotman about the same number
of times. In addition to their bril­liant
fielding, both of the Plainsmen
luminaries are doing some heavy clout­ing
this season on Coach Fred Sheri­dan's
1930 team. Pate has made sev­en
base hits, including two doubles,
in 19 times at bat, while Riley has
slammed out a home run and four
singles in 16 tries. Pate is only a
junior and Riley a sophomore.
Tigers Oppose Tulane
After Little Difficulties
When the Tulane Greenies invade
the Loveliest Village Friday and
Saturday for a two-game series with
Fred Sheridan's Orange and Blue
club, they will be facing a team that
has been handicapped this week in
training. King Winter has been
quite evident on Drake Field this
week.
Reports growing out of the Cres­cent
City are that the Greenies have
another strong team to fight for
conference honors this season. They
have not engaged in any college
games to date, but have shown up
well in practice tilts. The series
Friday and Saturday will be the init­ial
S. C. games for both teams. They
will be doubly anxious to win so
that they will get started on the
right foot in the conference race.
The Tigers have played four games
against Birmingham rookie, Fort
Benning and Selma Cloverleafs, hon,
conference teams.
The practices this week have been
cut short by Coach Sheridan as he
does not want an epidemic of sore
arms to break out just before' the
opening important series. A prac­tice
tilt was staged with the plebe
team Monday afternoon, but this is
the only long drill given the team
this week as short batting and in­field
practice has been on the menu
for the other afternoons.
Ray (Lefty) Prim, who so easily
defeated the Birmingham yannigans
in the last game that he pitched, and
Charles Kaley, both sophomores, will
form the battery for the Plainsmen
with Tulane Friday. Buck Carter
or Clifford Smith will hurl Saturday,
with Rupert Ingram doing the re­ceiving.
The batting order for the first
Tulane battle will be: Hodges, left-field;
Pate, shortstop; Capt. Craw­ford,
centerfield; Newton, f i r st
base; Burt, rightfield; Lloyd, third
base; Kaley, catcher; Riley, second
base; Prim, pitcher.
Ring Managers Have
Cure for Boxing Fouls
The ancient order of fight manag­ers,
the graybeards who should know,
have a few thousand words to say on
the subject of the foul plague that is
tearing at the throat of their favorite
pastime.
The cry for some action, some leg­islation
that will definitely curb the
evil, has reached such a pitch with
in the past few months that a half-dozen
boxing commissions have in­creased
penalties for low punching.
Lawmakers are watching the political
weathervane for the possibility of
repealing the Walker boxing law in
New York state. So far the fistic
profession itself has had no oppor­tunity
to suggest a cure.
But the managers haye a cure. In
fact they have three, all decisive, and
strangely enough all far more drastic
and severe than any penalties put in
force so far by state ruling bodies.
No suggestion, however, will brook
for an instant the idea that the wages
of the gladiators involved in^fouls
should be withheld from them by any­one.
The cure backed by a majority of
New York managers calls for the im­mediate
counting out of a fighter who
goes to the floor claiming foul. It
would punish the scant minority of
the innocent who really have been hit
low with the great majojrity of the
guilty who either are deliberately fak­ing
or are taking advantage of a tech^
nicalit'y.
This suggestion, backed by Leo. P.
Flynn, who managed Jack Dempsey's
last comeback; Dan Morgan, pilot of
the former welterweight champion,
Jack Britton; Frank Blackman, men­tor
of Maxey Rosenbloom; and many
others, is built around the idea that
no good fighter will stay on the floor,
foul or no foul, if he knows that the
referee is about to count him out.
These managers believe that an in-capacating
foul is the rarest thing in
the boxing business. Minor fouls, they
insist, are just ordinary incidents in
a game for rough and rugged he-men.
Jimmy Bronson, chief second of
Gene Tunney, adds one qualification
to that plan. He would permit ex­amination
by a physician after the
match and a reversal of the decision
if the loser had been badly fouled.
This was the rule in the A. E. F.
boxing overseas during the World
War. Jimmy refereed 1,020 bouts ov­erseas
and not one ended in a foul.
Jim said they fought, for glory, not
money, and never thought of fouls.
The chief counter cure is offered
by Jimmy Johnston, manager of Phil
Scott, whose calims of fould started
-most of the clamor. Jimmy insists
that rules are rules and should be
enforced, that most fouls start in a
fighter's corner where seconds en­courage
him to foul until warned,
that more drastic penalties should be
applied and include the foul punch­er's
manager, seconds and even close
relations. Jimmy blames referees for
indecision and fighters at times for
trying to save wagers by fouling out
when losing.
A diplomatic breach was narrowly
avoided recently when Governor
Huey P. Long, of Louisianna, re­ceived
the commander of a German
ship at New Orleans in green pa­jamas.
The ship officer, who was
reported highly indignant, later
treated the matter as a joke.
Kaye Don May Ask More
Time In Attempt At Mark
Unless he is able to make an assault
upon the world speed record within
four days, Kaye Don, British racing
driver, will ask the American Auto­mobile
Association for an extension of
of the original period of from March
15 to 30, allotted him for his" trials.
Beach conditions have not improved
sufficiently during the past few days
to permit superspeed racing, and un­til
this situation is corrected by the
winds and tide there is nothing for
the Englishman to do except wait.
A proposal by local promoter to
hold some barrel races on the beach
Sunday met with the disapproval of
the A. A. U. and as a consequence
the plans were called off.
Large Frosh Squad
Work for Positions
On Rat Ball Club
By Harry Barnes
With a squad of almost one hund­red
men to. choose his first nine
from, Coach Bull McFaden will start
his 1930 Tiger cubs in their first
battle of the season when they jour­ney
to Fort Benning Friday to take
on the soldiers nine. With" the Tiger
frosh taking the high end of the
score in a practice tilt with Coach
Sheridan varsity Orange and Blue
nine Monday afternoon, a slight ad­vantage
is given the Tiger cubs in
the Benning fray as the varsity nine
opened the season with two wins
over the strong soldiers aggregation.
Although upheld somewhat by in „,
clement weather all this week, Coach
McFaden has drilled his freshmen
hard in preparation for the opening
tilt with practice frays every after­noon.'
'
Many of the frosh aspirants for
the first nine have shown excellent
ability with the stick as they hit
Lefty Prim, who turned the Birm­ingham
Barons back with but a quar­tet
of hits earlier in the -season, at
will in the varsity-frosh battle last
Monday afternoon.
The tentative starting line-up will
be as follows:
Curlee, second base; Cook, right
field; Parker, left field; Hitchcock,
shortstop; Grant, third base; Mason,
first base; Jenkins, center field; Bas­set,
catcher; and Grubbs, pitcher.
Auburn Net Team Play
Matches In Magic City
Auburn's 1930 tennis stars will en­gage
in their first matches* of the
season this week-end when they jour­ney
to Birmingham and meet Birming­ham
Southern Friday afternoon at the
Hilltop, and the Howard College Bull­dogs
Saturday afternoon at East Lake.
Only four orange and blue racket
wielders will be called on the first
road jaunt.
Howard Halse, Montgomery; Karl
Nickerson, Siluria; George Washing­ton
Smith, Birmingham, and George
Averill, Montezuma, Ga.; are the play­ers
making the trip to the Magic City.
Penitent Shires Leaves for
Camp on $7,500 Contract
C. Arthur Shires, penitent but hope­ful,
on his- way to join the Chicago
White Sox in their San Antonio, Tex­as,
Spring training camp Wednesday
with a one-years contract for a salary
of $7,500 in his pocket.
The fistic-minded first baseman
strolled into the White Sox offices
here Tuesday, answered three ques­tions
asked him by owner, Charles A.
Comiskey, and signed the contract
which has held up for several weeks
by the club's officials.
The questions, is was rumored, had
something to do with Shires' behavior
last year which resulted in his sus­pension
from the club, namely the
battle with Lena Blackbume, man­ager,
and Secretary Lou Barber in
Philadelphia hotel. Comiskey also
wanted to learn something of Shires'
ring activities- last December.
UNIQUE CLUB
Cuba has one of the most unique
clubs in the world. It costs $2 a
month to belong, and anybody can
join. Besides a large and beautiful
club building, the club maintains a
system of specializing hospitals, each
with separate staffs prepared to
treat one or two specific diseases,
and members of the club are entitled
to free service at any of these hos­pitals.
If a cure is found impossible
there, the patient is sent to European
specialists with all expenses paid.
The club has almost 60,000 members.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE
AMERICAN COLLEGES ASK FOR
MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION
Opposition to Present Conditions Voiced by Editors of Many
College Newspapers
PENNSYLVANIA IS DRY
Yale News Says 70 Per Cent Student Body
Uses Liquor
A desire of modification of the
present prohibition laws is being ex­pressed
throughout the collegiate
world, as seen from results of polls
taken from a number of large col­leges
in . the United States.
A poll conducted by the "Harvard
Crimson," daily publication of Har­vard
University, 0^14 colleges has
given the "wets" a plurality of more
than 3 to 1 over the "drys."
A similar investigation was made
• by the "Daily Princetonian," student'
newspaper at Princeton also showed
that colleges believed the Eighteenth
Amendment to be faulty.
The following opinions were ex­pressed
by editors of college papers:
Michigan Daily — Students - may
drink less than before Prohibition
but they still drink more than
enough to keep the liquor problem
alive on the country's campuses.
Prohibition has completely failed to
root out the stubborn drink tradi­tion
in American college life. Young
men and women ^re still learning to
drink -at college but Prohibition has
denied them the privileg'e of learning
to drink like ladies and gentlemen.
Ohio State Lantern —The Lan­tern's
attitude on the question is one
of strict enforcement of the law. The
campus regards the amendment
loosely but doesn't violate it openly.
Brown Daily Herald—We see Pro­hibition
as the cause of increasing
crime and disrespect for law. We
firmly believe that there should be
not return to the saloon but that it
is better to give the people alcoholic
beverages served at meals than to
suffer the consequences of a Pro­hibition
law- which can not be en­forced.
We are not wet, but merely
favor sanity in law.
The Cornell Daily Sun—Have you
heard that- there is a Prohibition
law, too?
The Amherst Student—The Am­herst
campus sentiment so far as can
now vbe determined tends to favor
modification. Many are for sjtate
legislation, and all are for education­al
campaign to clarify the* situation.
The Dartmouth—Plans for survey
in formative stage.
The Daily Illini—Student drinking
at the University of Illinois grows
more common each year. Alcohol
is comparatively easy to procure and
the younger generation, unfamiliar
with pre-Volstead conditions, accepts
the present situation as a matter of
course. It is doubtful whether re-
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peal would increase drinking among
students. It would certainly improve
the quality of liquor, save the drink
er money, and reduce amount of time
lost recovering from bad stuff. Many
students apparently drink for the
thrill that breaking the law affords.
The Yale Daily News reported that
the general -opinion of the student
body was wet. The result of the
straw vote taken at Yale, 29 percent
of the number of students who voted
do not drink, as opposed to 71 per
cent who do. Of the drinkers, 825
answered that they drank frequent­ly,
or at least once a fortnight. Sev­enteen
per cent were for strict en­forcement,
where 83 per cent were
for complete repeal. , Two thousand,
six hundred and forty-eight replies
were received; 85 percent of the en­tire
student body submitted opinions.
Results of the poll sponsored by the
Harvard paper showed that only one
university—Pennsylvania—a s t he
only "dry" college in the group.
The total vote made by the four­teen
colleges in cooperating with the
Crimson was followed:
Present situation, 838.
Strict enforcement, 4,517.
Modification of present laws, 11,-
006.
Answering the question "do you
ever get drunk:" 4,781 students an­swered
yes, while 9,017 voted "no."
Theme Songs Outlive
Pictures, Report Says
And now the tail shows signs of
wagging the dog in the moving pic­ture
industry.
A recent contest sponsored by a
leading film trade journal to de­termine
the best pictures of 1929,
in which 139 judges representing
as many newspapers g a v e t he
"Broadway Melody," "Gold Diggers
of Broadway" and other musical
pictures highest mention, causes B.
F. Stevens, Jr., record sales manager
o f ythe Brunswick-Balke-Collender
company, to advance a statement to
the effect that the success of a mod­ern
picture hinges on its musical
score as well as on its dramatic qual­ities.
Sales reports of both sheet music
and records of "The Wedding Of
The Painted Doll," from the "Broad­way
Melody" and of "Tip-Toe Thru
The Tulips With Me," theme song
of the "Gold Diggers of Broadway,"
show that these selections went to
the head of the best sellers simul­taneously
with the release of the
pictures, and stayed there even af­ter
the films had been taken out of
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MODELS DEMAND
HEATED STUDIOS
Violent agitation from Montmarte
to Montparnasse is rife among ar­tists'
models demanding proper heat­ing
arrangements in the studios to
protect their shrinking bodies from
the recent icy blasts of unusually
severe intensity.
Painters and sculptors are being
subjected to as searching an exam­ination
regarding their plumbing
and heating apparatus as they are
wont to impose upon the prospective
model in the matter of her curves-and
contours. The artist who is un­able
to produce satisfactory eviden­ce
of comfort in his workshop must
frequently content himself with the
portrayal of bewrapped and bundled
figures of skaters and skiiers during
the inclement winter months.
Little difficulty is encountered by
the artists in discovering shapely
medels; they have simply become
somewhat less amiable- and tractable
on being invited to doff their gar­ments
in what sometimes amounts to
a refrigerating plant. The famous
"marches aux Modeles," or Model
Markets, are found both on the slopes
of -Montmartre and in the Latin
Quarter as well. Here every imag­inable
type of feminity is found.
Willowy and chunky, innocent and
seasoned, of all temperaments and
nationalities, they are clustered
Monday morning in the corridors of
the art academies on both banks of
the river.
Awaiting inspection by prospective
employer's, they chatter animatedly
and congenially among themselves,
for, strangely enough, there is almost
no jealously in the modelling profes­sion.
Friendly groups of ntodels are
to be seen invariably squeezed, an­other
on narrow benches, communing
quietly or excitedly, like a covey of
larks on a limb.
On the approach of the painter
or sculptor, suppressed eagerness and
anxiety charges the atmosphere; the
larks turn into peacocks, and stud­ied
preening takes the place of idle
gossip. An inquisitive artist may oc­casionally
politely request one of
the seated models to divulge the turn
of a calf or a knee by the lifting of
her dress. Others are asked to stand,
to turn, to stretch,' and in short, to.
undergo a preliminary inspection be­fore
being given a trial in the" nude.
As a rule, the Parisian model is
serious and hard-working, few trades
are more exacting in their nature,
or require more rigorous adherence
to a normal and healthy life. The
usual payment of two dollars a sitt­ing,
or standing, as the case may be,
is considered" a good return, and
those fortunate enough to posses bo­dies
of grace and unusual beauty
earn bonuses.
The well-known ambition of the
model, in Paris, as elsewhere, is to
marry her artist-employer, particu­larly
if he is successful. Success
is often gauged, too, on the quality
of the artist's work, apart from its
commercial value, and while few
models would seriously object to mar­rying
a millionaire, the increasing
number of marriages in Paris be­tween
models and unknown artists
attests the sympathy and esteem ex­isting
between members of the two
vocations.
DR. GOODMAN TALKS
ON USES OF FILTERED
ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT
Counterfeiters Work
Seen At Monte Carlo
Counterfeit-ehips that are causing
the casino to lose an average of
$2,000" a day have brought the lat­est
calamity to this little principal­ity
which already is stirred by po­litical
under-currents and the sep­aration
of its prince and princess.
The chips are said to be so perfect
that they cannot be told from the
genuine.
general circulation.
"In implying that the theme song
can be taken as a criterion of a'
musical picture it is not my wish
to, in any way, detract from the
dramatic excellence of a film," said
Mr. Stevens. "It is only that with
he advent of sound, pictures have
:ome to be judged from two angles
instead of one. The worth of a
modern picture naturally depends
upon the excellence of its musical
content as as well as the excellence
of its dramatic qualities."
Qualifying his statements even
further, Mr, Stevens offers such
pictures as "The Pagan," from which
came the still popular "Pagan Love
Song," and "The Singing Fool" with
its "Sonny Boy," as examples of
pictures whose popularity was en­hanced
and finally outlived by the
popularity of their theme songs.
The presence of such a tiny amount
as one in five million parts of a cer­tain
material in industrial alcohol is
sufficient to offer a means' whereby
the diversion of such alcohol for boot
leg liquor can.be detected, said Dr.
Herman Goodman in a talk before the
Society of Medical Jurisprudence at
a meeting in the Academy of Medi­cine
Building last night. Speaking on
"Medico-Legal Uses of Filtered Ultra­violet
or Black Light," Dr. Goodman
demonstrated and explained some of
the many innumerable ways in which
the longer, or near, rays of ultra­violet
light can be used in medical,
legal and chemical investigations.
Traces of fluorescent materials, invis­ible
in ordinary light but brilliantly
glowing when subjected to long wave­length
ultra-violet light can be used
in many ways to prevent and to de­tect
crime, Dr. Goodman pointed out.
Two pitchers filled with water were
placed beneath the ultra-violet light
tube. Crumbling a particle of a fluo­rescent
dye to dust, Dr. Goodman rub­bed
a trace of the dust from his fing­ers
into one of the pitchers. The wat­er
immediately glowed with a pale
blue light. Even when the water was
further diluted by mixing the water
in the two pitchers,^ the glow contin­ued.
"During a study of bootleg whis­key
"products, it was possible to detect
under the near ultra-violet, or black,
light the fluorescence of the adulter­ant
of the industrial alcohol from
which the bootleg whiskey was made,
despite the fact that the original com­mercial
alcohol had been distilled and
that' casual laboratory examinations
for diethylpthalate had been reported
negative," said Dr. Goodman. "By the
judicious use of various colored -fluo­rescing
dyes it should be possible to
determine the source, of industrial al­cohol
used in the bootleg trade. The
various districts could each have its
individual dye and fluorescing signa­ture."
•
One source of the near ultra-violet
or black light used by Dr. Goodman
in his demonstration' was a Cooper
Hewitt low pressure mercury vapor
lamp, supplied by the General Elec­tric
Vapor Lamp Company of Hobo-ken.
Instead of the usual glass tube,
used when the lamp is intended as a
source of ordinary light, or the quartz
tube used when the lamp is intended
as a. source of short, or far, ultra­violet
radiation, the lamp used by Dr.
Goodman was made of a dark blue-black
glass. This glass, containing
nickel and cobalt, is opaque to both
the visible light to which glass is
transparent and the far ultra-violet to
which quartz is transparent. It is,
however, transparent to the near ul­tra-
violet, or longer wavelengths than
the middle ultra-violet, found in sun
light and produced by health lamps,
and the short of medial wave lengths.
Since the light to which the human
eye is sensitive is cut off by the blue-black
nickel-cobalt glass, this emission
has come to be known as black light.
Such tubes have been used in specta­cular
theatrical illumination work, but
have not been applied commercially
otherwise.
Counterfeiting of bank notes and
stock certificates, alteration of bank
checks, and erasures in account books
can be detected with black light since
papers, even from the same manu­facturer,
which seem aUke under or­dinary
light are at once revealed as
different by ultra-violet. Similarly,
invisible inks which glow under ul­tra-
violet can be used as a protection
against forgers and check raisers.
Such inks could be used in marking
cloth and other commodities as an in­visible
mark of ownership and pro­tection
against loss by theft.
"In jails abroad letters which pris­oners
are permitted to send to their
relatives and friends are examined
under filtered~hlack light before de­livery
is made to the post office,"
said Dr. Goodman. "Writing with
such materials as the prisoner always
has available, such as sputum, milk,
lime water (from walls), etc., is in­visible
unless heat is applied, where­upon
the writing becomes brown or
black. Under black light such secret
writing is read without altering the
letter, and the plans of the prisoners
for escape or smuggling of drugs or
arms are permitted to go toward con­summation.
Of course the offenders
are then captured red-handed."
Natural teeth fluoresce with a bril­liant
white light. False teeth, no mat­ter
how cleverly matched to the nat­ural
ones in ordinary light seem
chocolate colored under black light if
made by one manufacturer, or yellow
if of another composition. . A record
of the fluorescence of the teeth could
be added to identification charts, al­though
such charts could be altered
at will by having natural teeth ex­tracted
and false teeth substituted, he
said.
An important place for black light
in the cosmetic industry has to do
with the substitution of cheap imita­tions
for well known trade marked
perfumes. By the addition of a tiny
amount of a secret fluorescent dye it
would be possible to detect substitu­tion,
Dr. Goodman demonstrated.
American Jazz Stamps
London Music Appetite
"Pick 'em up and lay 'em down,
learn the jazz ma tazz; let me give
you a wawnin', we won't be home
until wanin', everybody's full of jazz,
'bo, in that lovin' land of jazz."
Ten years ago London dipped and
rilled to its first real taste of jazz
music, the old, original, blatant,
brassy, bleating product manufac­tured
in the United' States and ex­ported
to all parts of the world.
The laughing trombone, the scream­ing
saxophone, the cornet muted
with a derby or a tin can, the trap-drummer
with his cow-bells, cym-bals,
"fly swatters" and steamboat
whistles the tatooed banjo with ^a
hundred autographs on its face, the
squeaking clarinet, the violin cour­ageously
trying to make itself heard
above the din.
Jazz, throbbing, rhythmic, pulsat­ing
music, now dimmed to suit a
"slow drag" until the blending of
brass and reed was barely audible
above the regular pules of the bass
drum, then loosed in all the fury
of a one-step or a Paul Jones.
"London lost her dignity . . . so
did France and Germany . . . the
world goes 'round to the sound of
the "International Rag." London
went 'round and 'round, from May-fair
to Limehouse Causeway.
The jazzmen of the new world,
Whiteman, Specht, Ted Lewis, the
pioneers in a new world of music
brought their sleek young men and
their new rhythm and melody to Lon­don.
New tempo, new combinations,
startingly new noises, soothingly
new melodies. The craze for smash­ing,
crashing music passed, jazz be­cause
softer, more civilized, as it
gained in years and experience.
London's craze for this new music
has never been satiated, and prob­ably
never will be^ The Englishman
loves to dance, and dances well. But
In his talk Dr. Goodman also show­ed
and explained different methods
by which the use of black, or near
ultra-violet, light could be used by
the medical profession in the investi­gation
of diseases and disorders of
the skin. '
the American jazz band will never
again enjoy the popularity it gained
here in the early postwar years.
Unemployment, blamed for so
many things in the British Isles,
really regulates the jazz programs
in England's hotels, cabarets, and
theaters. The fortunes of English
musicians have been none too good
in recent years, and thousands of
them lost their jobs with the arrival
of "canned" music and the talkies.
With the music market glutted with
unemployed native artistes, it has be­come
increasingly difficult for for­eign
bands to get bookings. Several
American bands appeared here last
year, and more will be over with the
spring and the tourists, but when I
they play in hotels or restaurants, an
equal number of British musicians
will be employed.
There are a few of the original
jazzmen left in England. They came
over with big bands or theatrical
troups, liked the country, and in
some cases organized bands or es­tablished
small "rackets" of their
own. They may be seen in the bars
of Leicester Square or the afternoon
drinking clubs off Shaftesbury ave­nue.
Americans will . be found in
important positions in publishing
houses and recording laboratories.
xThey still' retain the touch that is
not common property outside the
"land of jazz."
Mysterious Music
Heard In Church
The source of phantom "music"
which emanated from a steam pipe
in a church when a radiator
was removed for repairs and which
ceased after the radiator was re­placed
remains a mystery. One ob­server
declared the tones resembled
a piano and chimes, another said they
sounded like an organ, which a third,
a newspaperman believed they re­sembled
the "sawing" of a violin.
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PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1930
Columbus Said To
Have Been Pirate
~ London—(IP)—Christopher Co­lumbus
was a priate, and he. discov-erica
in 1464, not 1492.
These are the claims Luis Ulloa,
Peruvian engineer-historian will ex­pose
at the International Conference
on History in Seville, Spain, in May.
Ulloa has been engaged in histori­cal
research on this subject since
1892, and declares his claims are
substantiated by a document discov­ered
in Simaneas Castle, near Valla-dolid,
Spain.
This document, he reports, records
work of a special tribunal created
by Ferdinand of Castile, on the
death of Queen Isabella in 1504, to
judge claims for compensations the
queen had promised in order to "per­mit
the soul of the dead to rest in
peace."
Ulloa holds Columbus appeared to
complain that "promises made by
Queen Isabella about discoveries
made when he was about 28 had
not been carried out."
These discoveries, claims the Peru­vian,
included that of America, prob­ably
Florida, long before 1492.
Ulloa also says he is in possession
of documents revealing that Colum­bus
and his brother, Diego, frequent­ly
committed acts of piracy on the
high seas.
Love Trial Ends
In Man's Suicide
Detroit—(IP)—Benjamin March,
well known curator of Asiatic art at
the Detroit Institute of Art, consented
to tell the newspapers of the "17,000,-
000 hells" through which he passed in
the last few weeks because' of his
agreement to the proposal of his wife
that she have a trial love affair with
Thomas A. Newton, Jr., married son
of a millionaire Detroit packer.
March believed that his wife's ulti­mate
happiness would be found in
their own oriental home with her hus­band
and eighteen-month old baby. His
belief turned into fact before expira­tion
of one month—the time limit
agreed upon by the husband and wife
that she would be privileged to return
and be welcomed.
In Miami, Fla., the body of New­man,
Jr., was being shipped to De­troit,
back to his widow, following his
suicide at a Florida hotel.
, March and his wife met in China,
and have been married four years.
Tiger Theater
MONDAY, March 31
Victor McLaglen in
"HOT FOR PARIS"
Also Song Cartoon
TUESDAY, April 1
"LET'S GO PLACES"
Also Comedy—Cartoon
WEDNESDAY, April 2
Chas. Kaley and Ethelind
Terry in
"LORD BYRON OF
BROADWAY"
THURSDAY, April 3
"The FORWARD PASS"
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Loretta Young
FRIDAY, APRIL 4
"The BIG PARTY"
Also Talking Comedy
SATURDAY, April 5
"MURDER on t h e ROOF"
Also Talking Comedy
Hiram College Has
Young President
~r—vm' ' —
Hiram, O.—(IP)—Dr. Kenneth Ir­ving
Brown, professor of English at
Stephens College, Missouri, since
1925 has become the next to the
youngest college presidents in the
United States. He has been named to
succeed Dr. Munor Lee Bates, resig­ned,
as president of Hiram College.
He will take over his new duties in
September.
The new president, now 33, is be­lieved
to rank in youth next to Presi­dent
Robert Maynard Hutchins, pres­ident
of the University of Chicago,
youngest college executive in the
United States.
During the World War Brown serv­ed
in the United States navy, and in
1918 was commissioned an ensign.
Dr. Brown graduated with a bache­lor
of arts degree from the University
of Rochester in 1918 and spent the
five next years in Harvard, where he
took his A. M. degree in 1920 and his
Ph. D. degree in 1924. In Harvard
he majored in English.
Auburn Tigers Defeat
Tulane Greenies Twice
Tigers Make Hits Count In Taking
Twin Bill, Score 11-2 and 5-1
TWENTY-THREE SCHOOLS TO
ENTER DRAMATIC TOURNEY
(Continued from page 1)
organizations that take part in the
annual tournament here Friday and
Saturday.
Due to the fact that the players
are giving their presentations in
competition and that they are for the
most part young and are likely to
be .under a certain amount of ten­sion,
it has been requested by the
management that the audience ob­serve
several rules.
No one will be admitted during the
presentation of a play, and it is ur­gently
asked that no one leave while
a play is being given. Cheering
during a performance may cause
confusion, also during the interval
between plays while the scenes are
being shifted for the next play.
Auburn is asked to show every
courtesy possible to the visiting play­ers,
as members of the audience and
as hosts.
PLANS COMPLETED FOR 'A* DAY
CELEBRATION ON WEDNESDAY
(Continued from page 1)
burn Printing Company, J. T. Hud­son,
Cash and Carry Grocery, Jolly's,
Varsity Barber Shop, Tigers-Drug
Store, J. B. Richards, College Bar­ber
Shop, G. F. Collier, Homer
Wright, The Style Shoppe, J. W.
Wright, Auburn Furniture Co.,
King's Cash Grocery, R. T. More-man,
W. N. Bridges, Dillon's Drug
Store, Jitney Jungle, Moore's Mar­ket,
C. W. Owen, Clifton A. Jones,
Wm. Askew, Student Supply Shop,
Tiny- Tiger Links, Burton's Book­store,
W. D. Gibson, Toomer's Drug
Company.
The "A" Club has requested that
all business firms cooperate with the
club in closing on Wednesday.
All freshmen and sophomores are
urged to praticipate in the flag rush,
and be out on Drake Field Wednes­day
morning about ten o'clock.
'Tis Fine to
Dine
at the
PICKWICK
i— _ . - - . - - - .
Monday and Tuesday
Daring Achievement! — BETTY COMPSON in
"The Case of SERGEANT GRISCHA"
with CHESTER MORRIS, JEAN HERSHOLT, ALEC B. FRANCIS
Herbert's JBrenon's Supreme Effort—greater than "Beau Geste"
or "Sorrel and Son"
ALSO TALKING COMEDY. . Admission 10c and' 35c.
W e d n e s d a y
"TONIGHT AT TWELVE"
100'; TALKING—Owen Davis' Broadway stage sensation
brought to the screen with Madge Bellamy, Hallam Cooley,
Margaret Livingston, Robert Ellis, Vera Reynolds, George
Lewis and Norman Trevor.
T h u r s d a y
"PERSONALITY"
SALLY STARR
F r i d a y
BILLIE DOVE in
"THE PAINTED ANGEL"
with EDMUND LOWE and GEORGE McFARLANE
You'll give this little girl a great big hand when you hear her sing
"Help Yourself to My Love" and "A^Bride Without a Groom."
Saturday
"TROOPERS THREE"
Rainbow Theatre
Opelika, Alabama
Auburn made hits count for every­thing
they are worth here Saturday
afternoon in snatching a double vic­tory
from Tulane after rain inter­fered
with their series opener Fri­day.
The Tigers won the first fray,
11-2, and then annexed the seven-inning
nightcap, 5-1.
Coach Sheridan's club clouted 11
safeties in the opener and the
Greenies got nine. The Tigers pro
duced their five tallies in the night­cap
from six safeties. Tulane tallied
four blows.
First Game
Tulane— ., ab. r. h. po. a.
Burvant, If. - 4 0 2 6 0
Woods, lb .
Baker< cf. -
Opry, 2b. _
xYoung, 2b.
Hertzog, rf.
Ester'b, 3b
Guidry, c -
Suehs, ss _.
Lundy, p - -
xxL'singer _
xxxO'Neil _
._ 5 0 1 12 0
. . 4 0 1 0 0
. . 4 0 0 0 «
. . 0 0 0 0 0
. . 4 0 1 1 0
. . 4 0 0 0 3
. . 4 0 1 4 0
. 3 1 1 1 1
. . 3 0 1 0 0
. . 1 1 1 0 0
. 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 26 2 9 24 10
xBatted for Opry in eighth.
xxBatted for Suehs in ninth.
xxxBatted for Lundy in ninth.
Auburn— ^ ab. r. ~h. po. a.
Hodges, If 4 1 1 1 0
Pate, ss 3 1 2 3 1
Crawford, cf 5 2 3 0 0
Newton, lb _ . . - - 4 0 1 10 2
Burt, rf _<r. 4. 0 1 1 1
Lloyd, 3b 5 0 1 3 4
Kaley, c 3 2 1 7 0
Riley, 2b 4 2 1 2 3
Prim, p 2 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 34 11 11 27 13
Tulane 001 000 001—2
Auburn . . T : 130 021 04x—11
Summary
Errors, Woods 2, Young, Hertzog,
Suehs 2, Pate, Lloyd 2. Two-base
hit, Crawford. Three-base hit, Pate.
Stolen bases, Kaley, Baker. Sacrifice
hits, Pate 2, Newton, Burt, Prim,
O'Neil. Double plays, Lloyd to Riley
to Newton. Base on balls, off Prim
1, off Lundy 3. Struck out by Prim
6, by Lundy 4. Left on bases, Au­burn
7. Tulane 8. Umpires Jones
and Seay. Time of game, 2:15.
Second Game
TuIaneS— ab. r. h. po. a.
Burvant, If 3 0 1 „0 0
Baker, cf - 4 0 0 0 0
L'singer, rf 4 0 0 0 0
Opry, 2b 4 0 1 3 5
Woods, lb 0 0 0 12 0
Ester'b, 3b .3 0 0 0 2
Guidry, c 3 0 0 3 0
Suehs, ss 2 0 0 0 1
George, p 2 1 2 0 4
O'Neil, p __- 0 0 0 0 0
xYoung .--"*- 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 25 1 4 18 12
xBatted for Suehs in seventh.
Auburn— • ab. r. h. po. a.
Hodges, If 4 1 0 0 0
Pate, ss 3 0 1 0 2
Crawford, cf . 3 2 2V 2 0
Newton, lb 3 1 0 7 0
Burt, rf -_- 2 0 0 2 0
Lloyd, 3b 3 0 2 0 0
Ingram, c 3 •'() 0 8 1
Riley, 2b 3 1 1 2 3
Carter, p ..- 3 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 27 5 6 21 8
Score by innings:
Tulane 000 000 1—1
Auburn 202 100 x—5
Summary ,
Errors, Burvant, Luchsinger, Opry,
Esterbrqok, Suehs|, Two-base hit,
Pate. Home runs, Riley. Double
play, Suehs to Opry to Woods. Hit
by pitched ball, by Carter, (Bur­vant).
Wild pitch, George. Base
on balls, off Carter 5, off George
2. Struck out, by Carter 6, by Geor­ge
1. Left on bases, Auburn 5, Tu­lane
7. Losing pitcher, George. Um­pires
Jones and Seay. Time of game
1:25.
Professor Dies From
Burns In Trash Fire
. Richmond, Va— (IP)— Dr. James
Finch Royster, dean of the graduate
school at the University of North
Carolina, died- here from burns re­ceived
when he walked into a trash
fire at a sanitarium.
The dean was helping ten other pa­tients
gather rubbish for and tend to
the fire, .when he suddenly walked in­to
the flames observers said. He was
considered an authority on Chaucer
and Shakespeare, and was the author
of several books.
Communist Party
Shrinks To 5,000
New York—(IP)—The Commun­ist
party of the United States, torn
three ways by fights within the ranks
of its one-time members, can now
muster a membership of only 5,000
in the entire nation, writes Louis
Stark, fn the New York Times.
In the- heydey of the party its
membership mounted to 35,000,
Stark says.
Taking advantage of the "depres­sed
industrial situation," Starks
points out that the leaders of this
party, are now engaged in a mem
bership campaign throughout the
United States, with the effort cen
tering on the large cities.
In the United States," Stark con­tinues,
"the Communist parties have
passed through a complicated devel­opment.
Hardly was one formed be­fore,
there was a split. There were
12 between 1919 and 1921, four for
splitting process there has been on
the average a new Communist party
each of the three years. In the
every 10 months, «
"From a membership of 35:000 in
its heydey, the party has dwindled
to about 5,000, including that of the
two groups that have split off in the
last year or two. In 1923 the party
had 20,000 members, nine daily pa
pers, and 21 weeklies. The member­ship
was largely alien and split into
sixteen foreign language associations
—a "modern Babel," as one of the
Moscow representatives reported.
"The Communist party of the
United States is part of the Com­munist
International, or Comintern.
No effort is made to conceal the re­lationship.
Orders to hew the line
of the Comintern are published in
the party press, and American mem­bers
who "deviate' from the 'line'
are compelled to 'go to Canossa' and
recant, just as in Soviet Russia."
Northwestern Co-Eds
Don't Prefer Marriage
Evanston, 111.—(IP)—It's going to
be too bad for the men students who
go to college to get wives if the ans-were
«of 400 girls at Northwestern
University concerning their future
matrimonial intentions are honest and
indicative of a wide-spread feeling.
Of the 400 polled, only 23 admitted
that they preferred matrimony to any
other vocation.
Florence S. Bobnett, dean of women,
submitted the questionnaire to the
senior co-eds.
Teaching led in the choice of pro­fessions,
with 105 votes and business
was runner-up with 75.
Art and interior decorating ran
third with 39 votes, and marriage was
fourth. Journalism and social service
were selected by 22 girls each.
"But give 'em ten years," observed
Helen Reed, one of the seniors profess­ing
to favor marriage as a career.
Patronize our Advertisers.
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Most Yale Students
Admit They Drink
New Haven, Conn.—(IP)—The re­cent
poll of student opinion at Yale
on the drinking question, in which
most of the students admitted drink­ing,
demonstrates that the boy or girl
from a temperate home has a poor
chance of "keeping clean in such an
infested environment," according to
Frank M. Gregg, of Atlantic City, who
wrote a letter saying as much, to the
Yale Daily News.
He said that the poll, which was
taken under the News auspices, has
shown to American parents that Yale
is a poor place to send their children.
He said in part:—
"You have conclusively established
several other facts in the minds of
the American parents. First, that
Yale is a poor place to send his boy
or girl. Secondly, you have conclu­sively
explained why so many Yale
graduates fail in life. Third, the only
thing to do now is for every Univer­sity
to establish the alcohol-minded-ness
of its students."
"That is only fair and honest on
the part of the universities. With
these facts before them, the parents
know exactly what to expect. With
these facts established as they have
in Yale by the Yale Daily News, my
conclusions would be as follows:
"If Yale has 71 per cent alcohol
mindedness in 1930, it would be quite
reasonable to assume that such dom­inating
environment would influence
at least 20 per cent more students by
1934, so that 90 per cent of the stu­dents
would be the actual alcohol mind­edness
of the present body before it
graduates. So that a boy or girl from
a temperate home would have a pret­ty
poor chance of keeping clean in
such an infected environment.
"The second conclusion would be
that the moral leadership of the Unit­ed
States, if such conditions exist in
the universities, has definitely passed
from the big schools.
"The third conclusion from the in­dicated
alcohol-mindedness of Yale, if
such conditions exist in the other uni­versities,
the only thing for parents
to do is to send his boy or girl to the
smaller colleges near home which are
under better control and where the
environment is clean and his boy and
girl have at least an even break of
coming home clean after his other
academic career is ended, which you
have conclusively proven he cannot do
at Yale."
NEW POINT SYSTEM
TO GO INTO EFFECT
AT NEXT ELECTION
American Marines
to Leave Nicaragua
Washington—(IP)—P r e's i d e nt
Hoover has ordered the withdi-awal
of 650 marines from Nicaragua as
quickly as is compatible with safety.
This will leave a force of 65 offi­cers
and 886 marines on duty in the
Central American republic.
(Continued from page 1)
Pres. Social Committee.
Art Editor Glomerata.
Pres. Executive Cabinet.
Pres. Y. M. C. A.
Treas. Executive Cabinet.
General Sec. Y. M. C. A.
Class C
Business Mgr. Glee Club.
Pres. Glee Club.
Advertising Mgr. Glomerata and
Plainsman.
Pres. Blue Key.
Captain, First Lt. and First Sgt.
Scabbard and Blade.
Treas. Social Committee'. -
Pres. Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa
Nu.
Pres. O. D. K.
Sec. Executive Cabinet.
Sports Editor of Plainsman.
Associate Editor of Plainsman.
News Editor of Plainsman.
Pres. Senior Class.
Class D
Pres. and Sec. Dept. and Literary
Societies.
Pres. Auburn Players and Band.
Vice-Pres. Executive Cabinet.
Sec. and Treas. Y. M. C. A.
Vice-Pres. and House and Town
Pres. Woman's Association.
Sec. and Treas. Interfraternity
Council.
Sec. and Treas. Pan-Hellenic Coun­cil.
Editor and Business Mgr. Fresh­man
Handbook.
Pres. Rho Chi.'
Pres. Gamma Sigma. Epsilon.
Pres. Kappa Delta Pi.
Pres. Beta Alpha Sigma. S
Pres. Theta Alpha Phi.
Pres. Phi Delta Gamma.
Pres. Botegha.
Pres. Alpha Phi Omega.
Pres. Junior Class.
Pres. Sophomore Class.
Sec. Treas. Blue Key.
Circulating Mgr. Plainsman.
Chairman Standing Committees of
Cabinet.
Pres. Alpha Phi Epsilon.
Composing Editor of Plainsman.
Exchange Editor of Plainsman.
Class E
All Freshman Class officers.
All other class officers excluding
Presidents.
Vice-Pres. Y. M. C. A. and Y. W.
C. A.
Vice-Pres. Interfraternity Coun­cil.
Members of Social Committee ex­cluding
Chairman and Treas.
Members of Executive Cabinet
not mentioned above.
Other officers of Dept. and Liter­ary
Societies not mentioned above.
Vice-Pres. and Sec. Tau Beta Pi
and Eta Kappa Nu.
Vice-Pres., Sec. and Treas. of
Band and Auburn Players.
Vice-Pres. Rho Chi.
Vice-Pres. and Sec. Gamma Sigma
Epsilon.
Vice-Pres., Sec. and Treas. Kappa
Delta Pi.
Vice-Pres. and Sec. Beta Alpha
Sigma.
Sec. and Treas. Alpha Phi Epsi­lon.
Vice-Pres., Sec. and Treas. Phi
Delta Gamma.
Vice-Pres., Sec. and Treas. Bo­tegha.
< —-
Vice-Pres., Sec. and Treas. O.D.K.
Vice-Pres., Sec. and Treas. Alpha
Phi Omega.
Pres. Kappa Kappa Psi.
Pres. Alpha Mu Rho.
Pres. Keys, Yellow Dogs, Stags,
Bovines and Thendara.
Pres. Spiked Shoe. .
Class F
Vice-Pres., Sec. and Treas. Spik­ed
Shoe, Kappa Kappa Psi, Keys,
Stags, Bovines and Thendara.
Class tG
Minor Offices not otherwise listed.
Membership in organizations which
hold meetings every week.
Minor offices on publication staff.
Students Celebrate
Basketball Victory
New York—(IP)—Five hundred
Yonkers High School students, cele­brating
a basketball victory nearly
wrecked the interior of a subway
train, here and ten of the students
were arrested and hailed into court
for destruction of private property.
FORMER PRESIDENT OF
WELLESLEY COLLEGE DIES
Wellesley,. Mass.— (IP)—Word has
been received here of the death in
France of Mrs. Julia Josephine Irvine,
81, formerly president of Wellesley
college.
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