1930-03-25 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1930 NUMBER 49
Eight Societies
Will Engage In
Debate Tourney
Phi Delta Gamma Sponsors A
Contest Between Depart­mental
Organizations
WINNER BE GIVEN CUP
RALPH JORDAN
CAPTAIN OF '31
HARDWOOD '5'
Star Forward Is Elected By
Lettermen To Lead Tigers
Next Year
Forensic Activities Will Start
The Second Week In
April
Final plans for the first campus-wide
debating tournament, to be held
under the auspices of the Phi Delta
Gamma honorary professional foren­sic
fraternity, have been made, and
eliminations will start the second
week of April. The purpose of the
tournament is to promote a keener
interest in forensic activities among
the members of the campus organi­zations.
The contest will consist of eight
teams provided for by the eight de­partmental
student organizations in
Auburn. Many of them have already
accepted the invitation of the frater­nity
to participate in the contest and
have started preparations. The group
consists of the civil, chemical, elec­trical,
textile, veterinary, agricul­tural,
social science and educational
clubs. The winning team will re­ceive
a silver loving cup which will
remain in its possession until anoth­er
club wins it.
Murff Hawkins, president of Phi
Delta Gamma, announces that plans
for selecting judges and arranging
the schedules have been made. Sub­jects
may be selected from the fol­lowing
themes:
The future of engineering vs. ag­riculture.
The value of military training vs.
athletic training.
Large city vs. small town for loca­tion
of A. P. I.
Large vs. small school.
Co-eds vs. lack co-eds.
Automobiles vs. absence of auto­mobiles.
Prohibition of students' absences
on weekends vs. non prohibition.
Boys and girls share expenses on
dates.
Recitation vs. lecture.
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Local Golfer Makes
Hole-In-One Sunday
Ottis Ward, Former Student, Is
Seventh to Perform Feat Here
Ottis Edwin Ward, assistant cash­ier
of the First National Bank, here,
made a hole-in-one on the local golf
course Sunday afternoon while play­ing
in a foursome with D. J. Grice,
John King and Travis Ingram. Ward
made his record shot in the second
hole, distance of 155 yards.
The feat made by Ward is not the
first time that it has been done on
the Auburn golf links as six other
prominent local golfers have already
received their many prizes for mak­ing
a hole-in-one.
Ralph Jordan, star 'forward on
Auburn's 1930 basketball team and
fourth in scoring among Southern
Conference sharpshooters, was elec­ted
captain for 1931 by letter men
of this year's team. He lives at
Selma.
The captain-elect will be a junior
next year, and will be the second
junior to be captain of an Auburn
cage team. Buck Ellis was captain
of the 1927 quintet during his junior
year.
Although he was fourth in the
number of points scored, Jordan's
average of a fraction over eleven
points per game placed him second in
average scoring. He averaged over
20 points per game while playing
with the Selma High School and
Selma "Y" teams. His average
while a freshman here was also over
twenty points per tilt.
Prospects for a winning team next
season are exceedingly bright as six
of the seven to receive letters will
be back. Only Capt. Louie James,
the final member of the James fami­ly
to make athletic history here, will
be missing. The sextet of "A" men
returning next year all have two
more years of basket ball as the past
season was their first on the varsity
team.
Jack Stewart, Anniston; Frock
Pate, Birmingham; Tom Lumpkin,
Millerville; Howard Lawson, Nelson,
Ga.; Ralph Jordan, Selma, and Lind-ley
Hatfield, Montgomery, are the
veterans who are returning next
year.
The above players will be aug­mented
by several freshman players
who showed promise during the seas­on.
Sam Mason, Tallassee; Robert
Arthur, Birmingham; George Jenk­ins,
Columbus, Ga.; Alan Pilgrim,
Foley; Aquilla Turk, Nelson, Ga.;
Stewart Pugh, Union Springs; Ar­thur
Kirkby, Birmingham, and Hous­ton
Goodson, Huntsville, are the
numeral members of the 1930 plebe
team who should aid the varsity
next season.
Chas. Kaley, star guard on the
1928 frosh five, who failed to enter
school this year until mid-term, is
expected to be the leading contender
for the guard post left vacant by
the departure of James, if he re­gains
his former form after a lay­off
of one season.
Western Union Co. To
Send Men Here Thurs.
Representatives of the Engineer­ing
Department of the Western
Union Telegraph Company are ex­pected
to be in Auburn on March
27th and 28th, to interview students
with a view to employing a certain
number of them in engineering work.
The Western Union Company offers
a very attractive opportunity to
young men interested in "communi­cations
Engineering."
Close Relationship Exists Between
Auburn and University of Virginia
Tying more closely the love knot
of friendly relationship between the
University of Virginia and Auburn,
three alumni and two former stu­dents
from the Plains are holders of
fellowships at Virginia, according to
Kenneth Daughrity, A. P. I. English
instructor, who himself is holder of
the Dupont Research Fellowship in
English at Virginia, is on a leave of
absence from Auburn.
Jabez Street, B. S., ' 25, who is
holder of the Dupont Research Fel-
. lowship in physics, Norman Harris,
'26, and Hartwell Davis, '28, are the
three Auburn alumni who hold fel­lowships
at Virginia. B. B. Comer
Lyle, who transferred from Auburn
to Virginia after his sophomore year
to take up the study of divinty, and
J. Max McMurry, who after three
years at Auburn, went to Virginia
to take advantage of advanced
courses in play writing and compo­sition,
are also enrolled on a fellow­ship
basis.
The friendly relationship between
the two schools is an old tradition,
for Virginia gave Auburn two of its
most noted and distinguished pro­fessors,
Dr. George Petrie and Dr.
Fred Allison. Dr. Petrie, Auburn's
grand old man who directs her grad­uate
school, is known at Virginia as
"little George" to distinguish him
from his father, who is one of the
best known and most beloved figures
of Charlottesville, whom he frequent­ly
visits. Dr. Allison, head of the
Auburn physics department, came to
the Plains after finishing his doc­torate
at Virginia and returns to the
latter school in alternate summers to
carry on his brilliant researches.
FRATERNITY LIFE
TO BE PORTRAYED
IN RADIO PROGRAM
Musical Selection Also Be Giv­en
In Second Student
Broadcast
Carrying the microphone into a
college fraternity home radio fans
will hear an unusual program depict­ing
fraternity life on the Auburn
campus to be presented by twenty-five
students from the Comer Hall
Studios of WAPI Friday, March 29,
at seven o'clock. The main part of
the program will be the conversation
of the students conducting Tom
Brown through a typical Auburn
fraternity home, and pointing out
to him the contrast in the serious
minded type of college men he finds
in the Auburn fraternity home with
the frivolous, "collegiate" type that
is so often portrayed in the motion
pictures, novels, and magazine stor­ies
of today.
Orchestra selections by the Au­burn
Collegians, v«cal selections by
members of the glee club and other
student singers, string duets, and in­strumental
and vocal solos will also
be presented during the broadcast.
The Auburn Collegians and students
appearing on the Friday program
have given presentations in previous
student broadcasts and have been
commended highly for the produc­tions.
Second Faculty Dance
WiU Be Held Saturday
Auburn Collegians To Furnish
Music For Affair
The second of a series of spring
dances will be held by the faculty
members Saturday evening, 9 to 12
o'clock, in the Alumni Gymnasium.
The Auburn Collegians will again
furnish the music, according to Prof.
F. E. Guyton, secretary of the fac­ulty
dance club in charge of ar­rangements.
The success of the last dance on
March 8 has resulted in the staging
of the coming affair which will
e c l i p s e all previous functions.
Whereas fifty couples were present
on March 8, preparations are being
made for half this many more Sat­urday
evening.
The arrangement of a few "no-breaks"
throughout the course of the
evening will be an added feature,
said Prof. Guyton.
The Collegians have come into
great demand on the Auburn campus,
being called upon to play for one or
more social functions each week.
Playing for the Engineers' Day ban­quet
and dance last week they pre­sented
an excellent interpretation of
modern music. Monday evening the
orchestra filled a radio engagement
over WAPI on the Alabama Junior
Chamber of Commerce Program
from Birmingham and Friday evening
will be heard in a special fraternity
feature broadcast from Auburn.
Senate Passes Bill To
Provide for Postoffice
Auburn Is Another Step Nearer Gov­ernment
Building
Auburn is another step nearer a
Government building for a postof-fice.
A telegram from Hugh G.
Grant, secretary to Senator Hugo
Black, stated that the Senate Tues­day
"passed public buildings bill
which should provide new postoffice
for Auburn." The message was re­ceived
by President Bradford Knapp.
For several years Auburn has been
conducting a systematic fight for a
postoffice building. Several months
ago Dr. Knapp, Prof. B. B. Ross,
Professor L. N. Duncan and others
made a special visit to Washington
with this in view. Senators Black
and Heflin and Congressman Steagall
have cooperated and it was through
them that the Auburn appropriation
was added to the bill.
A few weeks ago Congressman
Steagall wired Professor Duncan that
the bill had passed the House.
BLUE KEYS GET
UP IN THE AIR
AT LUNCHEON
Honor Society Host to Auburn-
Opelika Airport Committees
At Joint Meeting
MAJOR WEAVER SPEAKS
SIX DAY TOUR OF
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
BEGINS ON MONDAY
Seniors Will Inspect Large Cor­porations
During Visit to
Birmingham
Students and Citizens Renew
Interest In Aeronautics and
Airport
Speaking on the future of aero­nautics
before the Blue Key Honor
Society and the airport committees
of the civic clubs of Auburn and
Opelika, Maj. Weaver said that air
transportation was a development in
a new dimension. "Air transporta­tion
is the safest means of travel,"
the speaker said, "because the struc­ture
of a plane is exactly the same
as that of a bridge with a power
plant far superior to those found in
the higher priced automobiles." He
called attention to the fact that a
good automobSe motor rarely stops
and that an airplane motor with
double carburation and double igni­tion
was even more reliable.
"Freight and express transport by
airways will come first and then pas­senger
travel will develop" the speak
er said. He clearly pointed out that
air travel was the fastest, cleanest,
safest and will eventually be the
most economical of all forms of
transport.
The purpose of the meeting was
to acquaint student leaders with the
ever interesting topic of aeronautics
in general and renew interest of citi­zens
of Auburn and Opelika in the
establishment of a suitable airport
between the two cities.
Major Weaver said that the placing
of an airport between the two towns
will eventually mean that the twin
city idea will be developed and the
civic center of both communities will
grow up about the landing field. The
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Nourishment Campaign
Sponsored By Kiwanis
Purpose it to Encourage Children to
Acquire Milk-Drinking Habit
The Child Welfare committee of
the Auburn Kiwanis Club submitted
a report on its recent program of
conducting a proper nourishment
campaign in the local grade school
at the meeting of the club in the
Thomas Hotel Monday at noon. The
chairman of the committee stated
that the main purpose of the move­ment
is to encourage the children
to acquire the habit of drinking
plenty of milk. Statistics were pre­sented
to the club showing how the
local school children have benefited
by the practice. A letter from one
of the grade school teachers express­ing
appreciation for the efforts of
the club in furnishing milk and in
conducting the work was read. In
view of the good results obtained
during the campaign, a motion to
continue the work that is now being
conducted was passed.
A letter from the U. S. Depart­ment
of Commerce telling of plans
for taking a census of distribution
of the country, and the advantages
to be derived from compiling the in­formation
was read to the club.
The meeting ended with a session
of a school of Kiwanis education
conducted in comic style, the teach­er
questioning the presumably mis­chievous
pupils upon facts about the
national Kiwanis organization and
its policies.
NOTICE!
All students interested in trying
out for cheerleader, be on Drake
Field Friday afternoon before the
Tulane game and start leading yells.
The "A" club, at their meeting Tues­day
night, decided to let every stu­dent
that wants to, lead cheers dur­ing
all baseball games on the campus
and elect a head cheerleader and two
assistants at the end of the season.
Regardless of class affiliation, the
students that make the best showing
during the baseball games will lead
cheers for the Tigers next year.
Over one hundred and forty Sen­iors
and five faculty members will
assemble at the Thomas Jefferson
Hotel in Birmingham Monday morn­ing
for the annual senior inspection
trip. This is the largest group that
has ever made the trip, and students
from the mechanical, civil, electrical,
and chemical engineering depart­ments
as well as the business admin­istration
"department will be present.
Numerous invitations have been
extended the senior class to visit the
various industrial plants in the Birm­ingham
district, but due to the limit­ed
time only a few of the invitations
can be accepted.
The program for the trip 'is as
follows:
Monday, March 31: Westfield Steel
Works; 8 a. m. meet at Thomas-Jef­ferson
corner. Take car for Fair­field
Steel Works. 9 a. m. meet at
main gate, steel works. Lunch at
Commissary Cafeteria in steel works.
Tuesday, April 1: American Steel
and Wire Co., T. C. I. By-Product
Plant. 8 a. m. go to American Steel
and Wire Company's Plant, Fairfield.
9 a. m. meet at main office. 12:30
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Eta Kappa Nu Initiates
Eleven Juniors Monday
Banquet At Thomas Hotel Fol­lows
Formal Rites
Eleven juniors in electrical engi­neering
were admitted into the realm
of the Eta Kappa Nu honor fratern­ity
at the formal initiation of the
society on Monday.
Immediately following the initi­ation,
a banquet was given by the
juniors in honor of the seniors who
are members of Eta Kappa Nu at
he Thomas Hotel. At this affair,
J. K. Smith acted as toastmaster.
J. D. Neeley, vice-president of the
chapter, gave the welcome address
to the juniors. Professors W. W.
HMI, A. L. Thomas, and J. C. Mc-
Kinnon, faculty members, all made
short talks.
The public initiation was held on
Saturday night. Singing, pantomine
performances, escorting of people,
and electrical experiments of the
sidewalks formed many of the stunts
performed by the pledges.
Eta Kappa Nu is well known for
its novel initiation nights.
GAME & DANCE
TO BE HELD ON
'A DAY' APRIL 2
Tigers and Montgomery Lions
Will Play In Annual
Tilt
Wednesday, April 2, has been set
aside as the date for the annual "A"
day celebration. Activities of all
sorts, including the baseball game be­tween
the "Tigers" and the Mont­gomery
"Lions," an d numerous
track events will be held according to
the committees now at work. Tags
are for sale in town and proceeds
from them are to go to the assist­ance
of the "A" club in sharing ex­penses
of the day.
In the evening a banquet will be
given for the members of the "A"
club, and the closing feature of the
day will be a dance held in the gym.
One of the most important feat­ures
of the day will be the presen­tation
of honorary "A's" to Presi­dent
Knapp and Captain Meikleham
for their interest in sport in Auburn.
Several boxing bouts will be staged
by the "A" club next Wednesday
as one of the many features planned
for "A" day. The bouts probably
will be in the heavyweight class as
more interest is attached to the big
boys than the lighter ones. Frock
Pate and Strut Burnett are handling
all details concerning the boxing
bouts and have made it plain that
this feature alone will be worth the
money that is spent to buy an "A"
day ticket. Pate and Burnett al­ready
have several participants lined
up who have been in the square arena
before, but all others interested in
trying their skill with the leather
mits, get in touch with Frock Pate
at the Pi Kappa Alpha House or
Strut Burnett at the Alpha Lambda
Tau House.
Tuesday, April 8
Is Date Set For
Class Elections
Executive Cabinet Members To
Be Chosen On April
Tenth
MANY TO BE ELECTED
Nomination Must Be In By
Tuesday, April 1, At
1 P. M.
Eleven Studes Engaged
by General Electric Co.
One Mechanical, Ten Electrical Stu­dent*
Will Report For Train­ing
Course
Eleven students here have receiv­ed
appointments to positions in Gen­eral
Electric Company, Schenectady.
New York. They are J. D. Neely. of
Montgomery; Fred Chambers, of Car­bon
Hill; Douglas O. Baird, of Phoe­nix;
W. J. Marsh, Jr.,-of Birming­ham;
John J. O'Rouke, of Selma;
Haley H. Milligan, of Newton; T. S.
Winter, Jr., of Mobile; M. B. Clay­ton,
of Birmingham; William Keister,
of Montgomery; Cletus Meyer, of
Mobile; and Malcolm Franklin of
Birmingham.
All except Clayton are seniors in
the school of engineering at the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute and will
be graduated in May. Clayton grad­uated
with the class of 1929. All ex­cept
Franklin have studied electric­al
engineering while in college here.
He is a mechanical engineering stu­dent.
Those appointed include some of
the outstanding men in the class of
1930 both in scholarship and partici­pation
ir student activities.
After accepting the appointments
and leaving Auburn they will be
enrolled in a training course in
Schenectady for one year. Following
this they will be given responsible
positions on the staff of the Com­pany
at various points in the Nation.
Auburn Campfire Girls
Attend Atlanta Meet
Sixteen Represent Local Organiza­tion
at District Meeting
Led by Elizabeth Duncan, Marie
Sewell, and Margaret Mast, 16 Au­burn
Camp Fire girls attended the
annual Grand Council Fire for the
Southern District in Atlanta, Satur­day,
March 22. Each Auburn girl
and guardian was awarded honor at
the Council Fire by Miss Margaret
Thomasma, district executive, for at­tending.
The girls met in the At­lanta
athletic club and more than
200 were present.
Auburn girls who attended were:
Marguerite Kennedy, Frances Wil­liams,
Grace Edwards, Susan Little,
Elizabeth Chestnut, and Sarah Price
of Chewaukla Group; Frances
Wright, Elizabeth Wright, Dorothy
Brewer, Beuna Norris, Virginia Dud­ley,
and Helen Funchess of Pamaho
Group} and' Kay Kennedy, Hulda
Rutland, and Suselle Hare of Koda
Group.
Miss Duncan stated that the girls
wish to express appreciation to Mr.
Byron Jones, Mr. Felton Little, and
the Extension Service for their won­derful
cooperation in providing
transportation to Atlanta.
That the general class elections
will be held on Tuesday, April 8,
was announced yesterday by officers
of the Executive Cabinet. It was
also stated that the elections of mem­bers
to serve on the Cabinet for next
year will be chosen on Thursday,
April 10.
In the general elections, the mem­bers
of the freshman, sophomore,
and junior classes will elect officers
to serve next term. The juniors will
also be the following: orator; histo­rian;
post; editor-in-chief, and busi­ness
manager of the Plainsman; Edi­tor-
in-chief, business manager, and
art editor of the Glomerata.
Cabinet members will be chosen
from the different schools.
The nominations must be handed
into the Y. M. C. A. office beginning
Monday, March 31, at 8 a. m., the
deadline being set at 1 p. m. on
Tuesday, April 1.
The following is the required form
for nominations: The undersigned
members of the Class of do
hereby nominate
for . : _-
(Sponsors' Signatures)
I hereby accept the nomination.
(Signature of Nominee.)
For all class elections there must
be tKe signatures of twenty-five or
more sponsors on the nomination
blank.
The elections will be in the charge
of the election committee, and will
be governed by constitutional regu­lations.
Writers Go Saturday
On Montgomery Trip
Classes In Journalism Will Inspect
Montgomery Publications
Classes in College Journalism,
News writing and Editing, Feature
Writing, Ag Journalism, and Advan­ced
Ag Journalism, will leave at 9
o'clock next Saturday morning on an
inspection trip in Montgomery.
A group of 40 or more under the
direction of Professor Shuford and
Kirtley Brown will meet in front of
the Alabama Journal building at 1
p. m. After going through the
Journal the classes will then go thru
the Service Engraving Company's
offices and shop. As the Advertiser
issues only a morning edition the
group will not inspect that paper un­til
7 p.m.
The purpose of this inspection trip
is to acquaint the students more fully
with the process a newspaper goes
through in putting out it's sheet.
Triumph Scored at Concert Here by
Glee Club From Womanfs College
The Woman's College Glee Club,
under the direction of Professor
Orville J. Borchers, added another
triumph to its score in its appear­ance
Saturday evening before a
large crowd of music lovers from
Auburn and surrounding towns. At
no time during the program did the
interest lag. Each number received
the hearty applause of the entire au­dience.
The performance was divided into
three parts. The first part consist­ed
of classical music; the second was
a skit entitled "Alumnae Jamboree;"
the third was given with excerpts
from the "Caravan," which is to
be presented in Montgomery before
the alumni of the college in the
early spring.
To music lovers, most popular
piece was the "Serraphic Song,"
which was sung by Miss Catherine
Bullard, accompanied by a violin ob-ligato
by Miss Grace Dowling, and
the glee club chorus.
To students, the most popular part
of the program was the singing of
several "blues" songs.
Professor John W. Brigham, di-*
rector of the Auburn Glee Club,
which sponsored the concert, stated
that only a musician of the very
greatest ability could have presented
a program of such a high type with
such fidelity of interpretation. He
further said that the choral work
was excellent, and revealed the fact
that much conscientious effort both
on the part of the director and the
club had been spent in the prepara­tion
of the program.
While in Auburn, the girls were
the guests of the Auburn Glee Club.
They remained over until early Sun­day
morning.
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THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1930
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THE PLAINSMAN
—congratulates the T. O. X. boys for their
splendid record in the recent go-to-church
campaign. It is support such as this that
makes worthy movements a success. The
runner-up, Pi K. A., is also deserving of
a word of praise.
—takes pride in the work being done to
enhance the beauty of Auburn. The camp­us
will soon attract much attention.
Senior Class Must Act
To Change Dance Date
A revolting cry has gone out from the
ranks of the senior class because of the
present decree by the- college officials to
have the Senior Dances first week in May.
This is due to the fact that many graduat­ing
students have planned to have friends
and members of their families down for
the dances and commencement exercises,
and it is well nigh impossible for any one
visiting Auburn to remain here for a period
of almost three weeks.
The chief reason given out so far is that
the dances in the past have interfered
with the examinations of the undergrad­uates
as the hop came the week-end pre­ceding
them. The fact that some few
students become intoxicated during this
season of hilarity may have caused this
procedure on the part of the officials, but
we do not see how this could materially
affect their control over the seniors as no
one has received his diploma. Since he is
a student, until he has received this, no
action need be taken by the college in an
endeavor to keep him under control. He
already is.
The seniors have several good reasons
for desiring the dances to come at the reg­ular
time, chief of which are that friends
who come for the dances cannot stay for
commencement and that the senior exam­inations
will come immediately after the
prom. Most of the arguments- submitted
yet are in favor of having the dances come
just before commencement.. The seniors
are through with their work, and the un­dergraduates
have a few days in which
they can prepare for their examinations.
Unless the college is desirous of having
no visitors at all at any of the exercises,
the dances should not be. moved up. Of
course, there are many students whose fam­ilies
will be here for the final exercises,
but there should be nothing to prevent
others from being on the campus too, as
the dances coming early will certainly do.
The final dances of the year belong to
the senior class. It is their final appear­ance,
socially speaking, they will make on
the campus or as students. Should they
not be allowed this last concession? We
feel that they should; as it is, there are few
senior privileges. This last is deserved.
If the authorities will do this, it will un-doubtedly
be an appreciated act.
From many discussions with campus
leaders, we have learned that the majority
are decidedly in favor of the regular time
for the dances. But as yet the senior class
has done nothing about it. Can they not
^ind time to hold a class meeting to de­cide
what to do? Are they unable to get
up a petition to the President of the in­stitution
to grant them this privilege? If
they intend to act, something should be
done before the Inspection trip this coming
week. If intended action is postponed until
after they return, it will be almost too
late.
We feel that the officials are reason-al''
• and they, if possible, will permit this
c .nge of dates, but as it is at present,
t! i forces in the senior class are not to­gether,
and until they are, nothing can be
done. Again we ask: Are the seniors
going to take any action or let the question
drop?
Many Engineers Show Lack
Of Interest in Annual Day
It seems as if those very men in school
who more than any other group should
realize the value of close cooperation
among themselves have failed to acquire
this "esprit de corps." At least this was
the thought in evidence last Friday when
the third annual Engineers' Day was held.
Complete plans were drawn up and an­nounced
days in advance of the holiday.
Every inducement was offered for the en­gineer
to remain in Auburn; yet in spite of
the attractive program arranged, the trek
outward started Wednesday and continued
until Friday when only a pitifully small
representation of the Engineering student
body remained behind to enjoy the events.
The motivating idea of this annual holiday
is to bring into a closer union all the stu­dents
of engineering and it is basically
sound. No one field of this profession is a
law in itself; each branch relies upon the
other in one phase or another and complete
harmony and cooperation is required in
order that they all may be successful. The
visitors from out of town, who attended the
engineering banquet, applauded most en­thusiastically
the idea of Engineers' Day
and they were practical engineers not giv­en
to the utterence of abstract theories
which have no concrete foundation.
The Plainsman feels that Engineers' Day
should hold such a place in the hearts of
all engineering students that they would
not have the least desire to leave Auburn
but would regard it as the time most de­sirable
to be here. We most heartily, com­mend
the custom of an annual Engineers'
Day but feel that the student body should
give it the support needed for it to serve
its greatest purpose—that of paying hom­age
to the profession.
Summer Session To
Have Many New Courses
With the many improvements and en­largements
that are making the rounds at
Auburn, one of great importance is the
announcement of the enlarged and more
varied courses that will be offered at the
coming summer sessions. These courses,
which have been scheduled for the first
time, will increase the number of students
who are desirous to obtain an education
along certain lines, but are unable to at­tend
a full-time session.
As these courses are offered to the people
of Alabama as a means of furthering their
own interests, in a rapidly developing state,
and as the remuneration to the college, in
the form of fees, is only barely sufficient
to support such a complete faculty, with
state aid, the college and its authorities
are taking a decided forward step, one
that is promising to be at very great aid
to those who may be interested. We be­lieve
that the sixty-five new courses, though
as yet untried, will be greeted with enthu­siasm
by teachers, students, and those
working for a special training.
Radio Presents
A Great Future
According to Lee DeForest, who has of­ten
been called "the father of radio," the
future of that industry holds greater won­ders
that have yet been unfolded in the
world. He predicts that radio technique
will be applied in geology for locating
mineral deposits; industry for refining
rare metals in vacuum induction furnaces;
in medicine because of peculiar curative
properties of certain high frequencies; in
the radio surgery knife which has already
been proved by its cauterizing effects as
it sears through the flesh; and in the lab­oratory
due to its precisement. He pre­dicts
that the relatively crude field of
television has a wonderful future due to
radio. It will probably reach its zenith
in presenting sporting events and plays
in the home, theatres, and public gather-ngs.
Everything points to a gigantic develop­ment
in the sphere of radio. Its import­ance,
economically and socially, will grow,
possibly magnify itself, from year to year.
New fields will become open to its advent,
and the recent slash of salaries for radio
entertainers will probably prove an asset
as it will become more standardized and
commercialized. It will become of far
more importance, for it will have been
placed on a more economically sound basis.
Radio "freakisms" are of the past, while
an unknown future holds wild speculations
as to its probabilities.
The Gecko
I'm the morose moron who catapults
along the streets never looking at anyone
or anything. If I do look at somebody I
never speak. Often I am spoken to, but
I can't be bothered. When I first came
to Auburn, everyone was anxious to say
a word or so when passing, but I have just
about broken all of that habit. I won't
speak to them; I do not want them for
friends; I do not want to be bothered by
anyone. I just desire to remain unknown
and unmolested in my own narrow cell.
If it swalls do not allow men but a four-foot
domain, that is all I want. Maybe I
am losing most all of college by demanding
seclusion, but I don't care. No one's friend­ship
is worth anything to me.
" L i t t l e Things"
By Tom Bigbee
Rather nice performance, wasn't it?
What! you don't remember the appear­ance
of the Wo-Co-Ala Pepper girls here
last Friday evening? Why, 'twas the "talk
of the town" for a spat. And if you failed
to sit in on the event (or one of its mem­bers
afterward !), then talk it over
with one of the boys who was there. Too
bad they could not spend a week with us
here, eh?
Besides a lively group of femme peda­gogues,
the management announces a
group of new courses being offered here
during the coming summer school. Which,
indeed, makes it all the more inviting. Per­haps
we aren't all as lucky as some "rabbit-footers,"/
but those who fail to make at
least one summer school during their scho­lastic
training are known to emit spasmodic
sighs of regret as they listen to the moony
romances of the more diligent ones who do
remain through the warm season.
It is indeed gratifying to note that Au­burn's
funny bone tickler is to continue
through another season—in spite of all the
slanderous remarks and intended abuses
cast that way last fall. Although the reins
are now being delivered into the hands
of a new pilot for the remainder of this
session, we believe the splendid work of
the Cajoler will carry on with the same
flourish and keen wit. -
Too bad those overbold critics won't look
under the surface ere they cast their bar­rage
of supposedly "damning" remarks;
they simply don't understand the situation.
And all glory to the Cajoler Staff for hav­ing
the grit to carry on, in the face of all
their abuse. We are confident this publi­cation
and its pilots deserve far more corn-men
dory credit than will ever be cast
their way. One would think a number of
hearts are suffering from a coat of imper­vious
cement, with not a single plastic spot
inside.
"The time will soon come when all pro­fessions
will be open to women." Why not
substitute "has" for "will come," and "are"
for "will be"? We have noticed the weak­er
sex attempting almost every form of
activity except ditch-digging; and that
hasn't yet been classified as a profession.
Well, after weighing the fact that this is
a free country (until a man gets married),
we ask, "Why not?" Yet all the more
reason for many of us remaining in the
blissful confines of bachelorhood! No long­er
is it necessary to warn a real he-man of
the pent-up abrasions inside a woman who
asks him to marry her.
Who said the Auburn Collegians aren't
real musicians? We must hand it to them
for being able to deliver a brand of en­tertainment
that is coming forward and in
growing demand. Surprised we will be
if they fail to end up as strong rivals of
some me-owing menagerie like Al Katz and
his purring pets—no joking!
Did you know that Auburn has recently
been visited by a prominent member of
the faculty at the University of Moscow?
Not to bring insurrection here, but to bor­row
ideas and return to that land of re­formation
with them. We wonder if he
likes our institution.
NAMING THE PLANET
Like naming the new baby, this matter
of cognomenizing the newly-discovered sid­ereal
body that has been floating around
in the skies all these years, waiting to be
found, is a serious matter. It should be
approached not lightly, but with utmost
concern and with the misgiving that we
should be derelict in our duty to genera­tions
yet to come if we give the wrong
name. Imagine, if you please, a great-great
grandson eyeing with improved op­tical
and telescopic paraphernalia the
heavenly body while laughing contemptu­ously
at a generation that chose to call the
planet such a name as "Percival" or
"Lindy" or any of the other cognomens
that have been suggested.
We beseech the star gazers that they
take their time, study the problem arduous­ly
and pray if necessary for guidance in be­stowing
a fitting name upon this new-old
baby of the planetary family. They should
remember that the name will .stick for
good. There is no such thing as appeal to
the courts. Whether Venus thinks her
name a bit old-fashioned for this modern
day, or whether Mars wishes to rid him­self
of the war-like handle in this peace­able
age, it is to no avail. They were dub­bed
those names when found and will prob­ably
bear them to their graves. You never
do hear of planets being called by nick­names,
either. As soon call Chief Justice
Hughes "Charlie," or Justice Oliver Wen­dell
Holmes, "Ollie." They are outside
the ordinary kin of low life.
The ancients seemed to have no trouble
in naming Mercury, Venus, the Earth,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Nep­tune
in their respective order with refer­ence
to stages of discovery. Surely, with
our modern facilities for doing things well,
we can give the planet a name that it
should be proud of flaunt on high among
the stars and celestial oros for ever and
a day.—Charlotte Observer.
« AUBURN FOOTPRINTS «
One of the chief reasons why the Glee Club was so popular on the recent trip
has just been brought to light. The enthusiastic reception of this group of singers
was so great that we looked around for the spark that made it the fair maidens
flaming desire.
Bill Bryant, the boy with the pink cheeks and dynamic personality, the silent
powerful force when he is with the girls here, there, and everywhere, has success­fully
led his cohort of chorus bruisers into many a fray with the more resistant of
the feminine element at the female colleges. It can be truly said that they "came to
ridicule, but remained, not to hear him sing, but to worship that manly figure that
he graces the campus with every day." And he, great heartbreaker that he is, leaves
them pining away their hearts, yea, their very souls for his illuminating and radi­ant
presence, but he with the nonchalance that comes only with long years of ex­perience,
leaves them in quest of a new, a different field in whi^h he can "carry
on." Many others would probably be more successful were they to adopt his tactics
of silence and speed, although they can never hope to reach that perfection that has
made him so welcome wherever he journeys. He alone can achieve that.
* * * * * * * * *
More: "Porter has the biggest Hispano-Suiza I have ever seen."
So: "Yes, I know, and she will wear those tight dresses."
* * * * * * * * *
It seetns that Mai Collins, who still poses as Auburn's successor to Rudy Vallee,
entertained members of the younger society set with his popular on songs on Sat­urday
night over in Columbus. We believe that he will amount to something yet.
* * * * * * * * *
In a certain Western town, a beautiful girl sued a rich banker for breach of
promise and was awarded ten thousand dollars. Shortly after leaving the courtroom
she was hit by a street car and had eight ribs broken. The same judge awarded her
eight dollars as damages.
Moral: Never play with a woman's heart; kick her in fhe ribs.
* * * * * * * * * \
We are sorta like the guy who, being convicted by the magistrate because the
evidence showed that he had thrown a brick at the officer, hastened to assure him
that the evidence also showed that he had hit the officer. If we are going to be
convicted anyway, we may as well reach the limit.
* * * * * * * * *
More evidence concerning the architectural inspection trip up to LaGrange
shows that several of the boys did not fare so well with the belles of that suburb.
Renneker, Giddens, and Collins must have thought that they were in a backwoods
1;own to allow themselves to be so slow that they couldn't ride more than a block
with the ladies.
* * * * * * + * *
Last Friday evening one could hardly see a single student on the street. Then
the bus came with the Woman's oCllege Glee Club; about five minutes after that
we couldn't even elbow our way along the street.
* * * * * * * * *
Karl Conradi, another mammoth attraction at the zoo these days, was seen sat­isfying
his artistic soul last Sunday. It is well that he is a big man or he would
have never been able to bear that load of orange blossoms that Polly had picked for
him. That's right, Karl, get used to it early.
* * * - * * * * * *
No, no we aren't on a diet yet—we just eat at the cafeteria. You say we look
all fagged out. That's just because we have to fight like the chickens to get the
fork out of a tough steak we were sucked into putting it in, so that we can eat some
of the other rat poison.
* * * * * * * * *
The seniors on the inspection trip have an advance agent in Birmingham trying
to sign up all the cabaret girls, but the girls are wise. They know these Auburn
boys. At that, you can't blame them for watching their step.
* * * * * * * * *
According to the New York Times, there has been a decided decline in the
number of robberies in Chicago recently, due to the result of the drag-net arrests.
It seems that all the innocent citizens have been locked up by the police and the
robbers have no one to get to.
<* WITH OTHER COLLEGES *
NO RATS
At a recent meeting of the Student
Council, at Temple University, the council
decided to abolish all freshman regula­tions.
A survey was made of the campus
concerning the traditional hazings and the
results showed that opinion was three to
one in favor of abolishment. The Coun­cil
vote was unanimous.
* * * *
TECH
Georgia Tech was picked from 27 south-err:
educational institutions as the most
logical place for the aeronautical engineer­ing
school. This choice was made because
of the reputation of Georgia Tech as an
Engineering school, and largely because of
their splendid math course. Maybe some
of their football men will take up flying
and won't have time to play football.
* * * *
WHY CAN'T YOU?
The John W. Sterling estate has now
given a total of nearly $24,000,000 to Yale
University, the latest gift from this source
being one of three million dollars for the
construction of a graduate school quadran-gel,
and another million for the maintain-ance
of the quadrangle.
* * * *
NATIONAL ISSUE
Purdue.—In collaboration with The
Harvard Crimson, the papers of Princeton,
Pennsylvania, Cornell, Washington, Jeff­erson,
Dartmouth and a score of other uni­versities
throughout the United States, The
Exponent is taking a Prohibition Poll to
determine how the college students stand
on the great national problem of prohibi­tion.
The results of this poll throughout
the country are to be given over to the
public press in order that it may have
its influence in the enforcement,- repeal,
or modification of the Voltsead act.
Because the college students represent
the thinking element of the young popu­lace
of the country, and because the stu­dents
of today are to be the national lead­ers
of tomorrow, the colleges should take
a hand in such vital national matters as
prohibition. It is a problem with which
they come in contact constantly, and it is
one about which they know as much and
more, than many of the influential poli­ticians.
(Get that?)
It is no secret that the Eighteenth
Amendment is not being strictly enforced
—that it is impossible for the police to
maintain strict enforcement. It is a well
known fact that prohibition in its present
form in this country is a decided failure,
that it is costing the people millions of
dollars for unsuccessful enforcement, and
that the country is losing millions in reve­nue
to the bootleggers.
It is evident that something must be
done in regard to the liquor situation in
the United States and whatever is done
will be influenced by the opinion of the
public at large. Therefore, it is to the
interests of the college students, if not
their duty, to express their opinion on the
matter.
* * * *
MORE GOLF
The superintendent of buildings, at the
University of Indiana, is considering plans
for an 18 hole golf course. It is estimated
that $20,000 would be sufficient to build
the course and the upkeep would be $3,000
annually. That's nice.
* * * *
IDEAL WOMAN
Boston university boys have varied no­tions
when it comes to selecting their ideal
woman. Some want a social drinker, oth­ers
a girl with brains and beauty. "Pas­sionate
or spontaneous, but never both,"
were the words used by one student when
asked about his ideal mate. "She would
be slender, infatuating, warm, affection­ate
and slightly moral," said another. Other
specifications were: religious consecration,
sincerity, sophistication, excellence in cook­ing,
and that "she should think more of her
personality than her paint." Uh, huh.
* * * *
HOW'S THIS?
Colorado University.—If a motion which
will be voted on at the next meeting of
the local pan-hellenic, passes, rushees will
in tne future pay for all the parties they
attend at sorority houses during rush week.
Prices for the parties will be printed on
the date books. The rushees would then
send a check with their acceptances. It is
hoped that this rule will eliminate sorority
expenses for women not intending to pledge
and will relieve the rushees of any feeling
of obligation, according to Hazel Lee, pres­ident
of local pan-hellenic.
Another rule which will take affect next
fall, is the barring of favors at rush par­ties.
Scotch?
WELL, I'D SAY THIS
*By cAaron 'JBiUolvheel
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed a
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.
* * * *
I like to see in Auburn:
ABEER GARDEN located in the rear
of the library, with iron tables,
eight inch steins, a five piece Ger­man
band, a cigarette girl, pretzels, John
the Greek as proprietor and a private table
for myself over in the corner under a tree.
A local social fraternity or club for
every student in Auburn and the extinc­tion
of every hollow and meaningless class
and honorary society or class organiza­tions.
Athletics solely for physical benefit of
the entire student body instead of for pub­licity,
money and participated in by a small
majority of the' students.
A card-index system in the library that
is in some way related to the books on the
shelves. And more books on the shelves.
A place for the girl's physical education
classes other than just under the windows
of the library, a place distant enough that
the screams and giggles of fifty co-eds
would not make work in the library ab­solutely
futile in the afternoons.
Frequent lectures by visiting and dis­tinguished
men.
A course in philosophy.
No student cops. Or at least, if we have
to have them, take those confounded ear-splitting
whistles away from them, give
them uniforms or other .easily discernible
insignia.
Balmy days, golf balls with wings, cad­dies
who worked for nothing and didn't
whistle, the absence of politics in the stu­dent
body or outside and the arrival of
commencement.
MY FELLOW-MAN may turn away
with a hurried look in his eye when
I try to narrate my adventures; my friends
may yawn heavily and mildly cluck, "Tsk,
task," when I open a troubled heart to
them; my professors may reiterate their
statement that the paper is due next week
with a finality that is horrible to my har­ried
soul; in fact, the whole darn world
can just sit placidly by like a bloated, blink­ing
toad while I pound my breast like a
she-ape and scream into the deafening
blasts,—but the wind whips away my
breath and crams the words back in my
throat, and I choke, become tired and turn
toward home. I drag myself in and stand
limply, staring at the thing in the corner
by the fireplace. Ah! It all begins to
come back. I am growing stronger. "Ah,"
I say with some gusto. My shoulders lift,
and my eyes begin to shine. "Ah, ah,"
I spit out with very much gusto. And I
stare and grow stronger. "Ha, ha, hah!" I
say with so much gusto that everything
trembles. So I walk over to the corner by
the fireplace and turn on the radio. I am
king again! I am dictator! The all-power­ful
me, the king, the dictator! I whirl the
dial and a score of stations gasp as I pass
them by, and I cackle with fiendish de­light.
I turn to a lecture and cut it out
slowly and throw back my head and laugh
while he gurgles like a drowning man. I
turn to a song and mock him; to a soap
advertisement and call him a liar; to an
orchestra and hiss at it; to a pair of black­face
wise-crackers and refues to smile. I
turn to zero and dawdle indifferently
about the room while it sits sputtering
helplessly in the corner by the fireplace.
I am king of my radio, dictator of the air.
And when I am tired of being king and
and dictator, I cut the wretched thing off
and stride victoriously away to bed.
WOMAN'S SONG
No more upon my bosom rest thee,
Too often have my hands caressed thee,
My lips thou knowest well, too well;
Lean to my heart no more thine ear
My spirit's living truth to hear
—It has no more to tell.
In what dark night, in what strange night,
Burnt to the butt the candle's light
That lit our room so long?
I do not know, I thought I knew
How love could be both sweet and true:
I also thought it strong.
Where has the flame departed? Where,
Amid the empty waste of air,
Is that which dwelt with us?
Was it a fancy? Did we make
Only a show for dead love's sake,
It being so piteous?
No more against my bosom press thee,
Seek no more that my hands caress thee,
Leave the sad lips thou has known so
well;
If to my heart thou lean thine ear,
There grieving thou shalt only hear
Vain murmuring of an empty shell.
—Edward Shanks.
TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
United States to Lay Claims to Part
of Discoveries of Com. Richard Byrd
Washington— (IP) —The U n i t ed
States Government has disputed the
report of Rear Admiral Richard E.
Byrd to renounce American rights to
his discoveries in Antarctica and will
immediately lay claim to them.
This followed the announcement of
the famed explorer upon landing in
New Zealand that he would give up
all rights of discovery.
The State Department announced
that no American explorer has right
to waive the traditional rights of sov­ereignty
of any nation over land which
he may discover and that a long stand­ing
controversy with Great Britain
over Antarctic lands will be reopened.
In November, 1928, the British Am­bassador,
Sir Esme Howard, inform­ed
the United Statep Department of
State that while Great Britain would
cooperate with the Byrd expedition, it
was advising the United States in ad­vance
that Great Britain had laid
claim to virtually all of Anarctica.
The State Department replied that
this government would be glad to dis­cuss
the matter at some later time,
leaving it open should the United
States desire to claim any of the vast
stretch of territory. It is stated now
that United States will claim much
of the territory, so as to settle in ad­vance
what might arise in the distant
future when the region may become of
some practical value.
The British claims-followed a union
conference in London in 1926 at which
the various possessions of Great Brit­ain
said the Antarctic should be claim­ed
in the name of Great Britain.
As a result, the British laid claim
to Enderly land, Kemp Land, Queen
ROBERT H. MANY HAS 632
POINTS IN BASKETBALL
Bethlehem, Pa.—(IP)—One of the
outstanding basketball records of the
country has been established by Rob­ert
H. Many, of Lehigh University,
during his three years of varsity com­petition.
He has piled up 632 points
to his credit in intercollegiate com­petition
during the three years. Many
also is a varsity football man.
Mary Land, all the area to the west
of Adelie Land, Wilkes Land, King
George V Land, Gates Land all all of
the hinterland.
The United States, it is stated, will
refuse to concede any of these claims
as a result of the Byrd expedition.
They will particularly dispute the
British Wilkes Land, which was dis­covered
by an American naval officer
of that name in 1830.
The British have colonies on the
Ross and Plakland Island dependen­cies
off the extreme southern coast
of South America, due to discovery
and colonization.
The matter became a question for
exchange ajlmost immediately upon
Byrd's announcement that he would
give his discoveries to the world.
PREPARATIONS BEING MADE
FOR NEW CENSUS IN APRIL
Washington—(IP)—With practical­ly
everything all ready for the big­gest
Census in the history of the
United States, Census officials are
now carrying on in the public schools
of the country an educational program
destined, it is believed, to make the
parents see the need for properly ans
wering the questions to be put to them
after April, when the Census starts
More than 100,000 persons have
been trained to take part as enumera­tors
and counters in the census, which
is expected to last from two weeks to
a month.
WOMEN STUDENTS DO NOT
FAVOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—(IP)—T h e
results of a vote among New York
State students at Vassar College (for
women) on the Albany Bill to abol­ish
capital punishment, resulted in a
vote of 160 in favor of the bill, 130
opposed and 55 undecided.
Mount Berry, Ga.— (IP)—A sec­ond
dormitory for the Berry School,
here, is being built by Mr. and Mrs,
Henry Ford, of the Detroit Fords.
Construction is to begin immediate­ly.
r——-—
Always Ready To Serve You
BANK OF AUBURN
Bank Of Personal Service
Hold
Everything
Stop whatever you are do­ing.
Here is important news
for you. Braeburns for Spring
1930 are here, and with
them a new magnificence.
They are priced as modestly
as the proverbial violet.
$35 $40 $45
with extra trouser or kniclcer
Clothes for College Men
Probe Is Asked On
Unrest Of Faculty
Kansas City, Mo.— (IP)—Investi­gation
of a so-called unrest among
the faculty members of the Univer­sity
of Missouri, is being asked by a
number of prominent persons thru-out
the state.
The trouble began a year ago when
Dr. Harmon 0. DeGraff and Profes­sor
Max Meyer were rebuked by .Uni­versity
authorities for issuing a sex
questionaire to their students. De
Graff was dismissed, and Meyer sus
p ended.
Later, the American Association of
University Professors in turn re
buked Dr. Stratton D. Brooks, presi
dent of the state university, for his
part in attacking the professors.
Since then the situation has been
aggravated by the resignation of Dr.
James Harvey Rogers, professor of
economics, to accept a position at
Yale.
In announcing his resignation, Pro
fessor Rogers said, among other
things:
"The university, to the scientific
world, now is declared to be no long­er
an institution where scholars may
go and work with assurance of free­dom
in teaching and research."
Rabbi Samuel S. Mayerberg, of
Kansas City, charged there was "sup­pression
of academic freedom," at
the university. He was joined by
Dr. Burris Jenkins, pastor of the Lin-wood
Boulevard Christian Church; by
the Rev. Joseph Meyers, and by the
Rev. L. M. Birkhead, a Unitarian min­ister
who helped Sinclair Lewis gath­er
material for his "Elmer Gantry." ,
Brooks declares the resignation of
Rogers "has nothing to do with the
issue of academic freedom in the
university, and Gov. Henry S. Caul-field
refuses to investigate the uni­versity.
>-
German Oculist Finds
New Type Spectacles
Kiel, Germany—(IP)—Something
new in glasses has been invented by
a German oculist here, one Profes­sor
Heinie, who claims that he now
has glass disks which fit under the
eyes and take the place of spec­tacles.
The glass is very thin, ground to
the measurements of the eye and
then fitted under the lid. The in­ventor
alleges that one can sleep
with perfect comfort with the glas­ses
in place, and that they will not
steam up when coming into a warm
place from the cold of the outer air.
The professor believes that wom­en,
whose good looks are spoil­ed
when they don regulation spec­tacles,
will be glad to go over to the
new idea, a pair of which will cost
in the neighborhood of twenty-five
dollars.
RICHES ARE OF USE ONLY
TO BE GIVEN AWAY, IS SAID
Winter Park, Fla.—(IP)— Riches
are of use only to be given away,
August Hockscher, New York finan­cier
an<} philanthropist, told the stu­dents
of Rollins College recently in
an address here.
"What use is money to me," he
asked, "unless I can give it away?
Why do we have that faculty of be­ing
to amass what is called wealth,
just to leave it to our descendents to
corrupt them, to make them less
worthy?
"We should protect those who come
after us, because they may not be
equal to the fight, not as brilliant in
their efforts, or may not be as keen
to succeed as we are. But apart
from that and the necessity of keep­ing
enough under our fingers so that
the important things we want to do
may be done, nothing else is need­ed."
OPPOSITION EXPRESSED TO
FOOTBALL IN IOWA SCHOOL
Fows, Iowa—-(IP)—Voters of this
village are to go to the polls in the
near future to decide the future of
football in the local high school. Much
opposition to a football team has de­veloped
in the village, despite a con­sistently
winning team during the
past few years.
RUTGERS STUDENTS DO
NOT FAVOR PROHIBITION
New Brunswick, N. J.—(IP)—A
straw vote on the Eighteenth Amend­ment
held by the Targum, undergrad­uate
weekly at Rutgers University
here, revealed that the majority of
the students at the university, while
they are themselves abstainers, are
against the Ammendment.
Recuperation From
Lack Of Sleep May Be
Obtained Says Edison
Fort Myers, Fla.—(IP)—Recuper­ation
from lack of sleep may be at­tained
through the power of will,
Thomas A. Edison, 83-year-old in­ventor
said recently, in ^commenting
on recent "sleepless tests" conducted
at Colgate University, Hamilton, N.
Y.
"A person can get used to any­thing,
even to loss of sleep, if the
will power is sufficient," said the
man who during the height of his
great career, frequently made "three
or four hours of sleep," suffice him
for days at a time.
The Colgate tests reached a ten­tative
conclusion that not even ex­tended
sleep could compensate imme­diately
for the loss of vitality pro­duced
by extended loss of sleep, but
Edison said:
"I got used to it, and did not feel
any fatigue. However, I am not so
active now, and take an average of
seven hours sleep out of every 24. I
realize I cannot work as hard as I
used to, although my mind seems to
be just as alert."
Students Grow Beards
At Nevada University
Reno, Nev.—(IP)—Not since the
j days of the Forty-Niners in Nevada
has there been such a revival of the
red-blooded, old-fashioned pastime of
growing whiskers as that to be wit­nessed
today on the chins of the stu­dents
of the University of Nevada
here.
The occasion for all the hirsute
v.
display is the renewal of the tradi­tional
"whiskerino" dance festival of
the University which is to be staged
on April 12, with every instructor,
professor, and student at the college
present and "bearded like the pard."
Reno has already been in training
for several weeks for the event, of
which the upper class honor society,
Coffin and Keys is the sponsor. And
for the moment the university camp­us
and the streets of the city are
spotted with all manner of beards.
Rivalry is keen, since prizes are
to be given for the thickest beard,
the longest beard, the funniest mus­tache,
the best freshman beard,
growth of chin-whiskers.
The grand prize is for the most lux­urious
beard, and the winner is to
receive a huge gold shaving mug.
No Positive Proof In
Favor Of Evolutionists
Cleveland, Ohio—(IP)—Evolu­tionists
are pursuing their studies
with a high degree of probability in
their favor but they cannot demon­strate
that the ape, through its de­scendents,
became a wan.
Thus, with scientific precision, did
Dr. Benjamin C. Gruenberg, scient­ist
and author, attack the subject,
"The Facts and Theories of Evolu­tion,"
in a lecture here before the
Brush Foundation and the Adult Ed­ucation
Association.
The most interesting thing about
the newly discovered planet, Dr.
Gruenberg said, is that it proves the
validity of a scientific theory. Cer­tain
persons thought the planet
would be in. a certain position in
the heavens, looked for it, and found
it. The process, he pointed out, was
far different from "following a
hunch." f-
Observing that horses were re­placed
by automobiles, not transfor­med
into automobiles, Dr. Gruenberg
said that in the same way one might
speak of the evolution of the plant
and animal world. It is impossible
to say definitely that plants and ani­mals
of today are descendants of
plants and animals of a past age, he
asserted.
Scientists, basing their ideas of
evolution on the assumption of cer­tain
set of relationships and the fact
that the world seems to be one of
uniform action, dare to speak on
things which never can be proved,
Dr. Gruenberg continued.
Fossils, however, are facts and
seem to indicate a probable succes­sion
of life forms. Structures of
the body, such as muscles which
make it possible to wiggle one's ears,
point to a common ancestry. Tests
have shown striking chemical rela­tions.
It is known that one species
can give rise to another.
Then how do these adaptations
arise? Dr. Gruenberg recounted
three theories: That acquired char­acteristics
are transmitted; Darwin's
theory of the survival of the fittiest;
the theory that origin is by a muta­tion
or jump.
Explorers Report
Results Satisfactory
Havana, Cuba—(IP)—Their "My­stery
exploration" abandoned until
next December, with their work only
half completed, Commander E. F.
McDonald,. Jr., arctic explorer, re­turned
here recently with his party
of archeologists with whom he left
Miami Jan. 4, on a mission given out
as "secret."
The archeologists intimated that
their work so far has been very suc­cessful,
but they refused to com­ment
further upon it.
The group arriving here was com­posed
of Commander McDonald, Dr.
George Fox, president of the Michigan
Archeological Society; Dr. F. W. Fitz­gerald,
Chicago archeologist; John
Lock, Charles Hanna and U. J. Her­mann,
president of the Chicago Lib­rary
Board, and Dr. Baker Brownell,
professor of archeology at North­western
University.
There is sme speculation as to
whether to group are attempting to
discover facts which would lead to the
ascertainment of the existence or non
existence of the anciently mythical
continent of "Atlantica".
OBERLIN TO SPEND TWO
MILLIONS ON BUILDINGS
Oberlin, O.— ( I P )— Oberlin Col­lege
is to spend two million dollars
on a building program which will be*
gin this summer, according to Dean
of Men Edward F. Bosworth. One
million is to be spent for a new au­ditorium,
and another large sum for
the construction of a men's dormi­tory
group.
CO-EDS AT MINNESOTA USE
MORE CIGARETS THAN MEN
Minneapolis,—(IP)—The Univer­sity
of Minnesota control board is
thinking of investigating charges that
co-eds smoke more cigarets here than
do the men students.
It has been found that charity box­es
in which discarded tin foil from
cigaret packages fill up more quick­ly
in sororities than in fraternities.
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BILL INTRODUCES
TRIBUTE TO FLAG
Representative Sparks has intro­duced
a bill (H. R. 10420) to make
"Behold the Flag" the national tri­bute
to the flag. It is by Ignatius I.
Murphy, vice chairman P. C. Nation­al
Loyalty League, Hays, Kans., and
is dedicated to the American Legion.
It is as follows:
"Behold the Flag, purest, most po­tent
emblem of law, order, Christian
civilization, that ever saluted the
dawn.
"Behold the Flag, ne'er drooped in
dust of defeat, sired by revered fath­ers
of the Revolution, their names im-perishably
written in letters of gold
on the pages of Columbia's history,
defying the ages.
"Behold the Flag, floating in
zephyrs of high heaven o'er the eter­nal
capital of a republic, founded on
the rock of righteousness, symbol of
humanity's fondest, dearest hope, for­ever
proclaiming justice, human bro­therhood
throughout the land.
"Behold the Flag, unstained, un­tarnished,
bejeweled, gleaming in
darkest night, her triumphant march
across the centuries a path of light.
Who dare touch with profaning hand
this sleepless, majestic guardian of
an ardent people, strong, brave, free?
"Behold the Flag, inspiration of a
mighty race, mingling in sentiment
of cherished children, native to her
soil undefiled, and lovers of liberty
from every clime, seeking naught but
the common good, yearning to serve
mankind 'neath sheltering aegis of
the Red, White and Blue. ,
"Behold the Flag, immortalized by
Washington, her beauteous folds
spread from gulf to coast by Jeffer­son,
borne aloft by Lincoln in strife
of heroes that united as one a sister­hood
of states and blended the Blue
and Gray in fires of patriotism, pre­serving
every star in the shining stan­dard
of national sovereignty. May
Old Glory in all the flood of time
wave with undimmed radiance and
increasing splendor over the fairest
expanse of God's earth.
"Behold the Fiag, precious, sub­lime,
inheritance, blessing of Ameri­ca's
faith, power, unity, sanctified by
patriot blood. We consecrate anew
in o'erflowing measure our hearts,
our eager, willing service of hand and
brain to thy defense and greater
glory. In the sunlight of thy glow­ing
colors, the moving story of thy
past! wondrous promise of the future,
mayest thou, guided by the Heaven­ly
Father, lead the nations to loftier
heights, nobler aims, worthier deeds,
till the sword is beaten into the plow-
'iare and peace, benign, hallowed
peace, dwells among all the sons of
men in a world republican."
MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO
MEMORY L. STANFORD, JR.
Florence, Italy — (IP) — L e la n d
Stanford, Jr., of San Francisco, who
died here March 13, 1884, is remem­bered
in a tablet dedicated here re­cently.
On the stone, on the wall of the
Grand Hotel, is the following inscrip­tion:
"To Leland Stanford, Jr., who died
in this house March 13, 1884, and in
homage to the university bearing his
name, the alumni of the year 1907 es­tablish
this memorial.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1930
417 State College
Students Vote For
Light Wines, Beer
Students at North Carolina State
College favor modification of the
Eighteenth Amendment, according to
a consensus of opinion obtained from
the results of the straw vote poll
conducted by "The Technician," the
campus paper.
With the increasing widespread in­terest
and agitation of the prohibi­tion
question and the discussion in
Congress of college drinking, "The
Technician" decided to take a stu­dent
vote to find out just how the
students of State College stood on
the matter, assuming that the campus
opinion at N. C. State would be rep­resentative
of the prevailing opinion
in the colleges and universities of
America. The movement was a suc­cess,
as response was received from
many students.
The questions on the prohibition
ballot were as follows: (1) Do you
favor a repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment? 299 yes; \2) Do you
favor modification of the Volstead
Act to permit the sale of light wines
and beer? 417 yes; and (3) Do you
favor the continuance and enforce­ment
of the Eighteenth Amendment
and the Volstead Act? 52 yes. From
the above results those students fa­voring
modification of the Eighteenth
Amendment far surpass either of the
other groups in number..
One student marked his ballot in
favor of the repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment in blood, in memoriam,
he said, of the 1,360 who have been
killed enforcing that law. Others re­sorted
to various emphatic modes of
expression in order to satisfy their
burning desire to express their opin­ion
on the subject of the contempt­ible
and damnable curse to humanity.
The survey conducted by "The
Technician" was similar to that being
conducted by the Literary Digest,
and because of the wide interest in
it, the State College results have
been wired to the Literary Digest.
PROFESSOR GUYTON GRANTED
LICENSE FOR PREVARICATING
Hartford, Conn.—(IP)—At least
two "cellege degree mills" are at pres­ent
operating in this state with full
authority of the law, according to
Albert B. Meredith, State Commis­sioner
of Education, who has made
an investigation, pending an effort
to have the state legislature take an
interest in the matter.
A license to lie has been received by
F. E. Guyton, popular professor in the
Entomology department at Auburn.
Professor Guyton is a great fisherman
and has procured this license as a
means of protection. He believes in
the old saying "once a fisherman al­ways
a liar" and is very good at both
of these past times.
After returning from a fishing trip
once Professor Guyton stopped a
stranger on the streets of Auburn and
started telling how many fish he had
caught, which happened to be more
than the game laws of Alabama allows
one man to catch in one day. When
he had finished telling the stranger
the fish story, which of course it was,
the stranger asked if he knew to whom
he was talking. Professor at once
said no. The stranger told him that
he was the state game warden. Pro­fessor
Guyton then asked the stranger
if he knew who he was talking to and
the stranger replied no. Professor
Guyton said, "Well, you happen to be
talking to the biggest liar in Auburn."
If Professor Guyton is our biggest
teller of fish tales as he claims, this
license should serve him well during
the fishing season. The license reads
as follows:
"The Bearer F. E. Guyton having,
by reputation and long practice coup­led
with a vivid imagination, exhibit­ed
all the proper requirements there­for,
is hereby empowered to Lie, Pre­varicate,
and show every other reck­lessness
with the truth, considered ex­pedient
by him, in connection with all
matters relative to Tish and Fishing,
.for the current season, subject how-eveer
to the following regulations.
1. Lies may be told at any place or
time without notice. (Not advisable
to Game Wardens).
1. Cameras may be used, scales may
be doctored, and elastic rulers em­ployed.
3. Borrowed or rented fish may be
used at all times.
4. Guides or others may be bribed
or otherwise induced to corroborate all
good lies.
5. No lies may be retracted, but may
be added to,-at will.
6. An extra quarter pound or half
inch will improve all lies.
7. This license is null and void if
used for any other, including:
a. Weight of babies.
b. Tire and gasoline milage.
c. Golf scores.
d. Prohibition matters.
e. All private or business pur-purposes.
SECRETARY OF STATE INCURS
EXPENSES AT CONFERENCE
London—(IP)—Although the great­er
part of the expenses of the United
States delegation to the London Naval
conference are paid by the govern
ment, it is estimated that the confer­ence
will have cost Secretary of State
Stimson at least $30,000 personally
because of the many expenses he has
had to incur which are not included
in official expenses.
Princeton Inaugurates
School For The Study
Of Public Relations
DRINK TRAFFIC IS SOCIAL
QUESTION IN RECENT TALKS
Port-Au-Prince—(IP)—Ten thous
and youth are expected to join soon
the revolt here, which has been tem­porarily
put down by the selection of
a provisional president for Haiti.
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WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
"THE PARTY GIRL"
- W i t h
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR., JEANETTE LOFF,
MARIE PREVOST and JUDITH BARRIE
and a Great Cast.
ALL-TALKING ALL-THROBBING
SHE'S EVERYBODY'S PAL—A good-looking, fast-stepping,
warm-hearted j a z z baby with a ravishing smile,
a Ziegfeld figure and a million dollars' worth of "It"—
she's the Party Girl—and she's Hot Stuff!
Why College Boys Go Wrong—Why Traveling
Salesmen Go Broke—See Party Girl—She
Knows! ! !
College Boys Looking for a Hot Time
—so They Crashed the Gates of a
P a r t y—
This is the picture that stopped traffic in
Birmingham
(A Halperin Production)
Rainbow Theatre
Opelika, Alabama
Dr. Clarence True Wilson, in re­cent
addresses in various parts of
the country has been emphasizing the
difference between the private drink
habit and the liquor traffic, which
operates under social protection. The
one is susceptible to persuasion and
argument; the other must be con­trolled
by the collective will.
It has never been the belief of
prohibitionists that they are warran­ted
in interfering with the liberty of
action of any citizen, except as such
interference is for the purpoes of
self-protection. They sought the pro­hibition
of the liquor traffic not be­cause
some men drank to their ruin,
but because the traffic itself was
productive of so much harm, both to
those_who drank and to those who
did not drink. It was where the
traffic impinged upon the social wel
fare at the points of economics and
public order that it came into a field
where prohibition might rightfully
be applied.
There is no desire to impose per­sonal
standards of conduct upon oth­ers,
no desire to achieve the good
of any individual against his will.
There is a desire to prohibit a trade
which injures society, even tho indi­viduals
may be inconvenienced by the
prohibition.
SIX DAY TOUR OF INDUSTRIAL
PLANTS BEGINS MONDAY
(Continued from page 1)
p. m. meet at gate to T. C. I. by. Pro­duct
plant.
Wednesday, April 2: Phoenix Ce­ment
plant, Birmingham Elec. Co.
Phoenix Cement Plant, Phoenixville,
Alabama. Return to city for lunch
at 12:00 with Birmingham Electric
Company at old steam plant; Birm­ingham
Elec. Co., all afternoon 1 to
5 p. m.
Thursday, April 3: 8 p. m. Birm­ingham
"Cold Storage Co., 22nd St.,
Ave. E. So. 9 a. m. Moore-Handley
Hdw. Company. 11 a. m. American
Cast Iron Pipe Company, Dickey
Sewer Pipe Plant. 3 p. m. Stockham
Pipe Pitting Plant, E. Birmingham.
Friday, April 4: Young & Vann
Supply Co. 11 a. m. Matthews Elec.
Company. 1 p. m. Telephone Ex­change.
Saturday, April 5: Gorgas Steam
Plant. 6:50 a. m. Terminal Station,
Southern R. R. to Parish for Gorgas,
buy round trip ticket to Red Level.
On four occasions, the seniors will
be the guests of the plants which
they are visiting at lunch. On Wed­nesday
they will lunch with the Birm­ingham
Electric Company, Thursday
with the American Cast Iron Pipe
Co., at the plant's cafeteria; Friday,
with the Matthews Electric Com­pany
at the Southern Club, and Sat­urday,
with the Alabama Power Co.
The faculty members making the
trip are Professor W. W. Hill, who
will be in charge of the "electricals,"
Professor C. R. Hixon, who will ac­company
the "mechanicals," Profes­sor
P. P. Powell, who will be in
charge of the "chemicals," Profes­sor
John Callan, who will lead the
"civils," and Professor R. P. Marple,
who is to accompany the business
administration students.
All seniors will report to class as
usual on Monday morning April 7th.
For the benefit of those going by
rail, special rates are being extended
both by Opelika and Montgomery;
the price of a round-trip ticket be
ing $5.91.
"We dare not keep aloof and
closet ourselves while a nation grows
to maturity. The days of glad ex­pansion
are gone, our life grows
tense and difficult; our resource for
the future lies in careful thought,
providence, and wise economy, and
the school must be of the nation."
This prophetic utterance of Wood-row
Wilson delivered in 1896 at the
Sesquicentennial Celebration of the
founding of the College of New Jer­sey
found concrete realization re­cently
in President Hibben's announ­cement
at the meeting of the Na­tional
Alumni Association of the
establishment at Princeton of a
School of Public and International
Affairs.
The school, according to the pros­pectus
prepared by the university,
"will seek to give to its students a
fundamental background for a bet­ter
understanding of the new move­ment
in national and world affairs.
Although the primary purpose of the
program of the school is the train­ing
of men who expect to enter pub­lic
life or public administration,
whether national, state or munici­pal,
or to engage in international
business and affairs, as well as those
who contemplate careers in journal­ism
or law, it is anticipated that the
program will be attractive to others
who have not yet determined upon
their future careers but who desire
training which will equip them in a
broad sense in the fundamentals of
citizenship."
The school which will give, instruc­tion
to students both in undergrad­uate
years, will have four principal
features: First, it will provide a
co-ordinated training in liberal stud­ies
in the fields of history, politics,
economics, economic and political ge­ography,
and modern languages and
literature. Second, it will add to the
faculty in these departments, visit­ing
lectureships to be filled by men
of experience in world affairs who
will present to the students actual
conditions existing in the world to­day
as seen from the practical side.
Third, it will arrange for exchange
professorships and fellowships with
foreign universities. Fourth, stu­dents
of the school will engage in
supervised study in foreign coun­tries
during their summer vacations.
At the beginning the school will
give its principal attention to the
undergraduate program in order to
develop a body of well trained un­dergraduates,
some of whom will
form a nucleus of graduate students
in the school. A program of grad­uate
studies is being developed by
the university and will be described
in a subsequent report.
Certain trustees and friends of the
university have underwritten the ex
*nses for the first three years' ope­ration
of the school and the univer­sity
will meantime seek an endow­ment
of at least $2,000,000 to pro­vide
a substantial foundation for the
school.
The school will be directed by an
Administration Committee of which
Harold W. Dodds, Professor of Poli­tics,
wjill be chairman. Professor
Dodds was General Pershing's confi­dential
adviser on the Tacna-Arica
Commission and more recently chief
adviser to Brigadier General Frank
McCoy on the Electoral Commission
to Nicaragua.
Another important executive of
the school will be DeWitt Clinton
Poole, counsellor of the United
States Embassy in Berlin, who will
aid particularly in the' development
of the international program of the
s.chool and who will act as liaison
officer between the school and the
practical world of public and inter­national
affairs. Mr. Poole will re­tire
from the Foreign Service this
spring, after twenty years' service,
to accept a post at the school as a
member of the advisory board and
also as a member of the administra­tive
committee of the school.
RECENT BOOKS
IRON MAN
By W. ft. Burnett
Lincoln Macneagh
Reviewed by K. *M. McMillan
Those readers who are fond of a
condensed, journalistic style will like
W. R. Burnett's Iron Man immensely.
In this book we see the thick-headed
prize-fighter, coke Mason, and his
manager, George Regan, who makes
Coke a great success. Coke's ultimate
downfall was the result of the unfaith­fulness
and mercenary character of
his wife, Rose, a former chorus girl.
Regan turns against Coke after a
drunken brawl, and to square himself,
he trains another fighter who defeats
Coke in the final scene of the book.
Burnett's description of fights are
intensely vivid. His story is well-plot­ted;
it develops to the climax and
drops. Although the book cannot be
said to fill the requirements of the
best literature, it is well written, and
will hold the reader's interest to the
last.
BLUE KEY GETS UP IN THE
AIR AT LUNCHEON
PRNCETON TO RECEIVE
LARGE SUM FROM WILL
New York—(IP)—More than a
million dollars will be presented to
Princeton University eventually by
the will of the late William Isham,
who died April 1, 1929, leaving an
estate of more than three million dol­lars.
Princeton, N. J.— (IP)—Leaders in
the field of law and politics were
present and made speeches at a con­ference
held here this week, under
the auspices of Princeton Universi­ty.
COLLEGIATE
"Collegiate, Collegiate! Yes, we
are collegiate!" Thus runs the first
line of that one-time popular college
song. It is not so popular now, and
there are people—noticeably college
people who know the reason why.
That particular connotation if the
word "collegiate" has become dis­tasteful
to a world which is growing
thoroughly and truly "collegiate."
Usage has almost ruined a perfect­ly
good word.
What is it to be collegiate? Does
the hearing of this term call to mind
"shieks" and "flappers," boys and
girls of an unambitious, time-killing
character? So-called " f l a m i ng
youths" who go to college to keep
from working? Or does one rather,
in connection with this word, think
of earnest, hard-working individuals,
girls and boys, men and women, who
are endeavoring to better their lots
in this world, and by so doing are
bettering the world itself? Unfor­tunately,
the first described opinion
is the most prevalent, as yet, but
those days are passing.
The world of today is coming to
have a profound respect for the col­lege-
bred man or woman. It is these
men and women who have raised the
intellectual, moral, spiritual, and
even physical standards of the civil­ization.
And it is they who will keep
them high in the coming generations.
Then why should we not use "col­legiate"
in its broadest, purest sense?
It is a word that should be used to
describe this whole, wide-awake col­lege-
going world.
Blairstown, N. J.—(IP)—Alphon-so
Mires, 19 a model student at the
select Blair Academy, a Presbyterian
Boy's School, is being held on charges
of murder. He is accused of taking
part in a hotel hold-up at New York.
Harry Burns Hutchins, 81, presi­dent-
emeritus of the University of
Michigan, died at Ann Arbor, Jan.
25th.
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placement of hotels, terminals, and
other projects will develop where the
landing field is placed.
Commenting on the navigating of
planes the speaker urged that the
name of the towns be painted in a
suitable location in twenty foot let­ters
in order to aid air travelers. He
said that present markers were in­sufficient.
Representatives from the civic or­ganizations
of Auburn who were
present at the meeting were: Auburn
Rotary Club, Maj. John T. Kennedy
and S. X. Toomer; Lions Club, Lieut.
C. E. Pease, Lieut. C. P. Townsley
and Dr. Doner; Kiwanis Club, A.
Meadows, W. D. Copeland and Capt.
B. C. Anderson. Representatives of
Opelika who were guests of Blue
Key were: I. J. Dorsey, and M. P.
Hollinsworth of the Rotary Club; J.
K. Haynie of the Kiwanis Club; C.
S. Whittelsey and C. S. Shealy of
the Opelika Chamber of Commerce.
At a special session today the rep
resentatives of Auburn and Opelika
voted to invite the location squad
from Maxwell Field to make a survey
of the available property in this ter­ritory
for a field. It was stated that
a better location than the present
site might be available. Maj. Weav­er
stated that he would send his lo­cation
squad to Auburn early Mon­day
for work.
The location squad consisting of
a plane for air photography, a field
kitchen and officers will report to
Maj. Kennedy Monday to begin work
on the project. The Commanding
officer of Maxwell Field promised
any further aid to the project that
might be needed.
Major Weaver, attended the Vir­ginia
Military Institute where he
studied Electrical Engineering. He
later attended West Point and grad­uated
in the same class with Maj.
Kennedy. His coming to Auburn to­day
marks a renewal of friendship
with old associates and the launch­ing
of a project to further aviation
in the state.
What is said to be one of the most
progressive programs ever launched
HARVARD MEDICAL STUDENTS
EXPERIMENT ON COLDS
A handfull of men went into a
room at tropic temperature recently
at the Harvard Medical School,
worked feverishly to develop a sweat
and then walked out into the cold
street trying to catch colds, and "un­fortunately"
they were not success­ful.
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So they're going into the same
room, this time with a temperature
as far below freezing as it is possi­ble
to make it.
They will work some more and
then go into the streets and try to
catch colds again. And they're hop­ing
the get sick.
What's the matter with them?
Nothing. All doctors, they are try­ing
to discover the effect of environ­ment
on your tendency to catch that
common pest, a cold.
They are working with Dr. W. G.
Smillie, head of public health admini­stration
at Harvard, who has been
interested in the sneezings of the
human race for a long time, and
who expects to devote the rest of
his life finding out just what these
colds are all about.
EIGHT SOCIETIES WILL
ENGAGE IN DEBATE TOURNEY
(Continued from page 1)
Building fraternities on fraternity
row vs. elsewhere.
Value of semester exams as a stan­dard
of the students' grades.
This year marks the first time
that any such contest has been at­tempted.
To date, the fraternity has
devoted its attention upon the liter­ary
societies and arranged for them
three events, namely: oratical, decla­mation,
and debating. The decla-matic
contest has already been held,
but the other two events will happen
not until April or early May.
Most of us can fool ourselves with­out
half trying.
by an Auburn Honor Society is ac­corded
Blue Key in bringing together
the factors of collegiate and civic
interests in sponsoring a program
for the betterment of this section.
OPELIKA PHARMACY INC.
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YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED
Phone 72 Opelika, Ala.
VARSITY BARBER SHOP
Located Next to Tiger Drug Store
We Appreciate Your Trade
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Montgomery, Ala.
THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES
HAGEDORN'S
Opelika's Leading Department Store.
THE BIG STORE WITH THE, LITTLE PRICES
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