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HEARW. C. A. GLEE CLUB THE PLAINSMAN T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT Make Engineer's Day Success VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1930 NUMBER 47 BANQUET AND DANCE WILL FEATURE ENGINEERS' DAY FRIDAY INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR BALL To Give Concert Here Saturday Night Hop Set For April 11, Will Be Formal; Puss Hortman And His Band May Play * L At the meeting of the Inter-Fraternity Council Monday night, further discussions and plans were made concerning the Council Dance which will be held on the 11th of April. Committees were appointed and different ideas were broached. The dance, the first of its kind in Auburn, will be formal and regarded as one ' of the biggest social events that ever occurs here. Each fraternity on the campus is entitled to ten bids which are transferable. Bids must be in by Thursday, March 27, and boxes for this purpose will be placed at the Student Supply Shop and Homer Wright's. Restrictions concerning the visitors will be the same as at the time of the Military Ball. House parties will not be held, although it is possible that teas will be held in the afternoon at the various fraternity houses. Miss Zoe Dobbs will act as honorary chaperone as well as many of the professors and their wives. The Council hopes to have as their" guests of honor Dr. and Mrs. Bradford Knapp. Jimmy Ware, president of the Council has selected for the Music Committee Henry Reeves and Rex Sikes, who are planning now to engage Puss Hortman and his band, playing at the present a series of performances in Florida, for the affair. Decorations for the hall will be selected by Charles Davis and Frederick Renneker. Bids will be solicited and called for at a later date. N. S. Illges and M. H Darby are in charge of the invitations, and Haley Milligan, William Bryant, and Professor Robinson head the Reception Committee. Shrubs And Trees Make Campus More Beautiful Movement In Keeping With Building Program More than 125 varieties of trees and shrubs have been selected for the beautification of the campus in the recent program of tree and shrub planting. Over $4,000 worth of plants will be set out. A large portion of the plants are being donated. Among the plants to be set out will be many magnolias, gardenias, crepe-myrtles, dogwoods, Carolina cherries, wistaria, japonicas, red cedars, and more Hhan 2,000 other plants. Most of the plants will be grouped in the vicinities of the Ross Chemical Laboratory, Duncan Hall, Broun Hall, Ramsay Hall, and in the rear of Samford Hall. The Olmsted Brothers of Boston have been given the contract of designing and planting. Additional trees and shrubs will be planted around the buildings to be built in the near future. The program of beautification of the college is in keeping with the building program, and students are urged to take every precaution against injuring the plants. WAPI AUBURN STUDIO WILL HAVE FULL TIME BROADCAST SERVICE Programs From Auburn May Go On Air Over Two Station Chain TO IMPROVE STUDIO HERE Alabama College At Monteval-lo Will Get Studio Soon Starting on an enlarged program of broadcasting service from Auburn, a full time circuit will be opened between Montgomery and Birmingham April 1, and as soon as the telephone company can complete the lines, the same service will be opened to the Auburn studio of WAPI. This new service means that the Auburn studio will have full time service, and at any time special programs are available broadcasting facilities will be at hand. At present Auburn has the lines available for only thirty minutes daily from 12 to 12:30 at noon, and on Friday nights from 7 to 8 o'clock, and the new service will mean a big expansion over the present program so states Mr. P. O. Davis. A conference of the studio managers of WAPI is being called to meet in Montgomery Saturday, March 22, to discuss plans for the enlarged program made possible by the added facilities. Kirtley Brown, and P. O. Davis will attend from Auburn. Station WSFA, a new commercial station in Montgomery will give its opening program the evening of March 31. After the completion of the continuous service between Auburn and Montgomery most of the programs presented from Auburn will also be broadcast over this station, thus making the Auburn programs available to the people of Alabama over a two-station chain. At a later date it is contemplated that Alabama College in Montevallo (Continuea on page 4) DANCE AT GYM TO BE FITTING CLIMAX TO GALA OCCASION THE WOMAN'S COLLEGE GLEE CLUB Record House Sees Chi Omega Play on Monday "Miss Blue Bonnet" Attracts Large Crowd TRUSTEES APPROVE SALE POWER PLANT Money Will Be Used For Completion Of Building Program That funds sufficient for the completion of the present building expansion program at Auburn may be secured was assured through action of the board of trustees of the institution Saturday, which approved" £ i sale of the electric distribtuion properties and franchises of the college in the town, also the water plant and properties of the institution that supply the town with water. Money to be derived from this sale, which is expected to bring a minimum of $300,000, together with legislative appropriations already provided for and other funds in sight, will amount to a sum fully sufficient to carry out the building plans for Auburn during this administration, it was announced." The board of trustees adopted a resolution Saturday morning authorizing Dr. Knapp to carry out the sale. The transaction will be made at an early date with the aid and ad- (Continued on page 4) Womans College Glee Club Offers Variety Program Classic And Jazz Selections Will Be Rendered By Wo-Co-Peppers Playing to a record crowd in Lang-don Hall Monday night, the musical comedy, "Miss Blue Bonnet," was given by the Chi Omega Sorority. The feature of the show was the acting of Murff Hawkins, Katherine Porter, and Virginius Taylor, and the music by the Auburn Collegians. TO THE PEOPLE OF AUBURN Westinghouse Selects R. Ham For Summer Work It Outstanding Junior In Electrical Engineering /The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company has selected R. F. Ham, as the outstanding junior in the electrical engineering course to enter the services of the firm at the East Pittsbur"g works and take a special course of instruction during the summer. On account of being a member of the R. O. T. C. unit, Ham will not be able to report to the Westinghouse company until late in summer, being required to spend a part of the period in the R. O. T. C. camp. This selection is an honor to Ham. We have striven for several months to get the people of Auburn to stop at intersection of streets. We wish to warn the people that from today a fine will be placed on any person violating these laws. W. D. COPELAND, Mayor. State Parks Sponsored By Lions As Activity Will Be Major Activity For Club During Year At their weekly luncheon, held at the Thomas Hotel Tuesday, members of the Lions Club, adopted a major activity which they will sponsor this year. After much discussion on the matter, the following motion was resolved upon: "The Lions Club will undertake as its major activity of the year, the dissemenation of information concerning state parks and the education of the people of Alabama in the benefits to be derived from such a system, from a historical, bo-tanival and beautification standpoint. The members were entertained by the A. P. I. quartet, which consists of Prof. J. W. Brigham, Bill Bryant, C. L. LeCroy and Woods. SEVEN-PIECE ORCHESTRA Work Of Girls' Glee Club Is Praised Throughout State After scoring a series of triumphs in previous performances, the thirty singers of the Woman's College Glee Club, together with the Wo-Co Peppers, a seven piece orchestra, are to arrive here on Saturday. They will present -a program in Langdon Hall Saturday evening, under the sponsorship of the Auburn Glee Club. The program will consist of full choruses, quartettes, solos, and selections by the Wo-Co-Peppers. Its range extends from the classics to modern jazz renditions. Solo numbers will be given by Grace Memborn Dowling, violin; Katherine Bullard and Anna Thomas, vocal; and Montine Lisenby, piano. Miss Edith Coale and Montine Lisenby are oc-companists of the Club. Professors Borchers is director of the organization, and has been conducting rehearsals since early Fall, which according to the state press evidenced themselves in the precision and exactness which all the performances have displayed. STATION WAPI ASKS FOR STUDENT TALENT Second Student Program Will Be Broadcast Friday, March 28 In order to improve the radio programs broadcast from Auburn Kirtley Brown, announcer and manager of the Comer Hall studios of WAPI is seeking new talent from the student body. So successful was the first student program broadcast Friday evening, March 7, that the use of students in future broadcasts was assured today. Those interested are requested to see Kirtley Brown in the office of the Dept. of Public Information, first floor of the administration building. The second of the series of student programs will go on the air at seven p. m. Friday, March 28. It was said that the same characters will be used in this program depicting fraternity life at Auburn, as appeared in the first of the series. The music will be furnished by the Auburn Collegians, a string duet, a double quartet of voices singing peppy favorites and several vocal soloists. Plans now under way predict a most entertaining feature which will be an added attraction for the Auburn hour. FOURTH DISTRICT TO HOLD TRACK, FIELD MEET HERE, APRIL 5 Spiked Shoe Sponsoring Meet Between Thirty-Seven Alabama Schools ELEVEN EVENTS Second Time This Year Fourth District Schools Have Competed Here Day Officially Starts At 10 O'Clock Friday, March 2 1, With Address By Dean Wilmore \ Announcement that the track and field meet of the fourth district of Alabama will be held in Auburn was made by W. T. Draper, of Langdale, chairman of the district board. The date set for the activities is Saturday, April 5. The meet will be staged under the auspices of the Spiked Shoe Society, national honorary track fraternity, and under the direction of Track Coach Wilbur H. Hutsell. The following events will be held: 100-yard dash; 220-yeard dash; 440- yard dash; half mile run; mile run; discus; shot put (12 pounds); broad jump; high jump; 120-yard low hurdles; and pole vault. This meet is expected to have close to five hundred participants, as thirty- seven schools are eligible to send athletes to compete. It will be the second time this year that schools in the fourth district have competed for athletic honors here; the recent basketball tournament was successfully staged under the direction of Coach Hutsell. Other members of the district board are: O. T. Smith, of Goodwater, and W. C. Edge, of Daviston. Leave Of Absence Of Dr. Ross Extended Professor Hare Appointed State Chemist For the Present Time Bird Day Is Observed At Kiwanis Luncheon Judge Tate, of Wetumpka, Talks On Optimism Dr. Knapp Is Elected President K A Alumni How Glomerata Began Is Related By Judge F. L. Tate, The First Editor How the Glomerata had its beginning was told by Judge F. Lloyd Tate of Wetumpka while in Auburn, Monday. Being the first editor-in-chief of the first Glomerata, Judge Tate spoke from a personal knowledge and told in an interesting way of the origin of the idea and of the initial annual at Auburn. He said, "It was suggested by Buford Hobdy—now Dr. J. B. Hobdy, who is in charge of vocational agricultural work in Alabama under the State Department of Education. Having decided to publish an annual our next step was to decide on a name. "I was assistant in Latin to Dr. Petrie. Numerous names were suggested. Finally we agreed upon the name Glomerata, which came from a Latin word meaning 'things gathered and rolled together.' Dr. Petrie offered many splendid suggestions concerning the initial publication." That was in 1897, the year Judge Tate graduated at Auburn. There- (Continued on page 4) Dr. Bradford Knapp was elected to the presidency of the state alumni of the Kappa Alpha fraternity, of which he is a member, which convened in Birmingham recently. After his election, he stated that he intended to fully organize the members of the alumni association. , NOTICE SENIORS The orders for senior invitations will be taken by two student representatives of the company within the next few days. The leather booklet invitations will be sold for forty-five cents and the cardboard invitations for twenty-five cents each. To insure the sale and delivery of all invitations ordered, it is necessary that seniors pay cash at the time the order is placed. The orders will be taken only two days in succession. Watch the Plainsman for further notice as to the exact date and place that orders will be taken s get all orders in without fail. "Bird Day" was observed by the Auburn Kiwanis Club at their meeting Monday. A spicial program was arranged by R. Y. Bailey. Speakers were Prof. John E. Pitts, of the mathematics department, and Otto Brown, extension forester. Following these speakers Judge F. Lloyd Tate of Wetumpka delivered an impromptu talk on optimism. Judge Tate was enthusiastic about the outlook in Alabama. He told of an impression made on him thirty years ago as to the future of the State, much of which has become a reality. Effective at once the sick leave of Doctor B. B. Ross, professor of chemistry and State chemist, is extended. To take care of the State's business Prof. C. L. Hare will become acting State chemist. This announcement was made by President Bradford Knapp after a conference with the state Board of Agriculture. He pointed out that it is only a temporary arrangement, made necessary by Doctor Ross' absence due to his illness. Doctor Knapp said that he is in close touch with Dean Ross and is delighted to know that he is recovering his health and feeling greatly rested by his stay in Florida. President Knapp said that of course matters in the department of Chemistry are going forward, much of the detail regarding the arrangement in the new building being handled by the staff of the department of chemistry and himself. He went on to say that on account of the great increase in the number of students who are (Continued on page 4) Reduction of Cotton Acreage is Advice To Demonstration Managers by Prexy Managers of demonstration farms in connection with the secondary agricultural schools of Alabama who are in a conference here were told by Dr. Bradford Knapp, in a talk delivered to them Monday, to reduce their acreage in cotton in line with what farmers are being requested to do. Although the total acreage removed from cotton as a result of this action will be small, Dr. Knapp declared that euch action will be in keeping with the needs and spirit of the time, and that the State should practice as well as recommend. Dr. Knapp is leading a State-wide movement for a 15 per cent reduction in the acreage planted to cotton in Alabama this year as compared with 1929. Following this statement about cotton, Dr. Knapp emphasized the importance of making each of these farms a practical success from a financial standpoint. "Your job is not completed," said he, "when you make (Continued on page 4) With nothing lacking and indications pointing to a successful day, the numerous committees engaged on the program for Engineers' Day announce that their work is done and that everything is prepared for a great festival of fun and enjoyment. The day officially starts at ten o'clock when -3ean Wilmore will give a short address at the Tiger Theatre in regards to the work of the Mining Congress which he recently attended. Following the Dean's talk a technical movie and also a comedy will be shown on the screen. At three o'clock a Field Day will be held, during which tugs-of-war between the different classes will be made. The feature of the afternoon, a baseball game between the Ags and the Engineers will start at three-thirty. The guest of honor of the day, Mr. L. H. Means, Director of the Educational Department of the General Electric Company in Schenectady, N. Y., will give a talk at a banquet held at 7:45 in Smith Hall, stressing the importance of engineering in everyday life. Also at this time the William L. White Cup for Excellence in Engineering will be given to Earnest A. Bell, selected as the most outstanding member of the junior engineering class. Th climax of the day's entertainment occurs at 9:00 when the huge Ball will be given in the gym. Over 150 bids have been sent out and an unusually large" number, of girls is expected to be on hand for the affair. The hall will be technical in appearance for machinery of all kinds will be placed around the walls. Banners and flags- of the engineering societies will hang from the galleries. In back of the orchestra stand a huge panel illustrating some engineering feat will be set up. Last year's ball was voted as one of the year's best and the extensive preparations for this year's ball tend to make this Friday's affair even better than last year's. Tickets for both the banquet and the dance are being sold by the members of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu engineering fraternities. The pledges of the two fraternities under the supervision of Gene Gray have charge of the decorations for the dance. Music will be furnished by the Auburn Collegians., the collegiate syncopaters. This years' program for Engineer's Day has been by far the most extensive and elaborate of any up to date. Much time and expense have been spent by the members of the various engineering organizations for the success of the day. Beard to Run In A.A.U. Tournament In Atlanta Noted Auburn Track Star Will Run Unattached At Meet In April Percy Beard, Auburn's latest contribution to the National Collegiate Honor Roll in track, will compete against the cream of Dixie's track stars in the Southeastern A. A. U. meet in Atlanta, April 26. Beard is Southern record holder in the low hurdles and present Southern Conference broad jump champion. It was at first reported that he would run in the Georgia Tech Relays, April 12, but only athletes now in school are eligible for this meet. Beard established his outstanding record of 14 4-5 seconds in running the 120-yard high hurdles last year in the Tech Relays. Since he completed his athletic career at the Cornerstone last May, Beard will run unattached in the Southeastern A. A. U. meet. PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1930 m$t plainsman 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 Editor-in-chief Walter B. Jones Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Thomas P. Brown -....Managing Editor Robert Hume .....Associate Editor Rosser Alston Associate Editor H. G. Twomey Associate Editor Gabie Drey News Editor Victor White News Editor A. C. Taylor ~ Sports Editor Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor REPORTERS A. C. Cohen, '32; K. B/McMillan, '33; J. C. Johnson, '33; J. R. Chadwiek, '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 —feels that the Fraternity Council will be more efficient now than ever before. All the fraternities are represented, and more united work can be done. E n g i n e e r i n g T r o p hy Is V e r y W o r t h y A w a rd To be chosen the recipient of the William L. White Trophy which is given annually by William L. White of Birmingham, and selected by Tau Beta Pi in cooperation with a committee of the engineering faculty, is t'o be singled out as the most outstanding junior in the School of Engineering and is undoubtedly the most coveted honor bestowed upon a member of this class. In making the selection consideration is given to scholarship, general character, personality and participation in college activities. Surely these four characteristics of a man form as sound and logical foundation for the judging of his excellence in any field as is possible. Without any one of them the basis of judging would be incomplete. Without scholarship a man's 'knowledge of engineering is poor, without general character his honesty is not above reproach, without personality he is colorless and without participation in college activities his viewpoint cannot help but be somewhat limited and narrow. A man who possesses all of these qualities, developed to a high degree, most assuredly is worthy of an honor such as this. The awarding of this cup is an important feature of the annual engineers' banquet, the presentation being made by the donor of the cup. The winner of the loving cup is to be congratulated for his excellence in the field of engineering, and for the other qualities that make him the receiver of this trophy. This annual award increases the interest of the engineering students in the profession, thereby making better work possible. B e a u t i f i c a t i o n Plan Being C a r r i e d Out Now Auburn has never been a place of physical beauty, and it is very gratifying to see that at present a plan of beautification is being carried out. The planting of the shrubbery and the setting out of the plants will do much to change the many barren spots on the campus to one of an inviting appearance. In the varieties of trees and plant's that constitute those selected for the beautification, more than four thousand dollars are invested. These trees and shrubbery are being planted around the engineering buildings, Duncan Hall, and in the rear of Samford Hall, while additional plants are to be placed around the buildings to be constructed in the near future. The work, which is being done under the direction of Olmsted Brothers, of Boston, is progressing rapidly, and it will not be long until the campus presents a very different aspect. Even as this is being done, we wonder if no more attention is to be paid to this new scenery as has been directed toward that in the past. Last year trees were set out, and those that are not dead now are straggling along, marring the landscape rather than helping it. Very little attention was paid to it, and due to bad location it was either tramped down or was unable to get any food from the barren earth in which it had been placed. We hope that the shrubbery now being planted will receive some attention; that it will be attended to as it should; and that an effort will be made to keep it looking as fine as can be. Unless it is watched carefully, four thousand dollars could have been saved by not planting it. Journalism Students To Be Aided By Inspection Trip Proof that the department of Journalism is rapidly advancing is seen in the inspection trip to be made by the journalism students and the members of the Plainsman staff to the Advertiser and Journal on the last Saturday in this month. This marks the initial movement to acquaint the local writers with the actual operation of a daily newspaper as well as to show the first outward sign of the interest in and growth in the new department. The trip, planned primarily to give the students a practical aspect of newspaper work, will include a visit to the editorial rooms, press rooms, posting room, and the engraving department, while news-gathering, editing, and printing will be fully explained to the visitors. It is remarkable that in the first year of its existence this department can work up the enthusiasm it has among those interested enough to make this trip. The support that this inspection is receiving brings to light the fact that things of a literary nature are highly regarded even on this technical campus. Professor Shuford, who teaches Journalism and who has charge of the trip, has done much this year in advising and helping the Plainsman staff in solving many problems pertaining to the operation of this paper. The sphere of literary activities has been enlarged due to his work here. The trip to Montgomery has received enthusiastic support and will undoubtedly aid greatly in developing the ability of some of the student talent along literary lines as it will show it the intricate and complete operation of news work. TESTIFYING FOR THE STUDENTS One bit of dry testimony in the senatorial hearings that left an impression of sincerity was that given by Professor Stagg, director physical education of the University of Chicago in which he defended college students from the promiscuous charges of drinking. Congressman LaGuardia, of New York, wet proponent, was moved to comment on the testimony of Professor Stagg, remarking that it was the "most sincere, the most telling statement I have heard on your side of the case." Professor Stagg, speaking for the athletic directors, maintained that drinking is not a problem in their institutions—certainly not in his own. As a matter of fact, he convinced the committee that "only a small percentage of college students drink at all." And that is to the credit of athletics, for students know that the effects of liquor on athletes is pronounced, that they cannot drink and keep the clear head that is necessary, this applying even to the temporate drinker. Professor Stagg appeared before the committee fresh from a meeting of the Intercollegiate Western Conference, at Minneapolis, where they got into an informal conference in regard to drinking conditions in their respective institutions. These men, Professor Stagg told the committee, are well informed on student life in their communities. It was agreed that there were small groups of men who drank, and some of them to excess, but "we were unanimous that conditions were getting better each year and the great mass of students were sensible and self-disciplined." Nevertheless, Professor Stagg pointedly claimed that there always will be some men "who are jackasses enough to take" chances of ruining their health and their future success in life by drinking," and that was probably what brought Wet LaGuardia to his feet in applause. But we are not to drop this interesting witness from Chicago without submitting some of his generalties. He is convinced that in most cities of 10,000 to 25,000 and less there is no serious prohibition problem. That does not mean there is no drinking nor bootlegging. "We shall never be able to stop them completely, no more than the Government is able to stop the bootlegging of opium. The big cities present the big problem for prohibition, same as they present the big problem for crime of all sorts." As Professor Stagg sees it, the prohibition law is not observed, first by the "idle rich," second, by "the ne'er-do-wells" as Westbrook Pegler calls them, third, by the class who demand special privileges for themselves, and fourth, by the follow-tails, that is the weak ones who just go along. The Gecko I am the Gecko who cuts up in Current Events. I don't feel that the class has really learned anything until I have added my irresistable little witticisms. I know they are funny because I'm not the only moron who laughs at them. I cannot respect the professor, because I know so much more than he, so why listen to his idle prattle? Of course, the professor rarely ever catches me, but when he does send me out I am filled with righteous anger. I rarely ever go to these classes, but when I do, I can't conceive of anyone's wanting to listen to the lecture, so I just have to poke my neighbor or pull his hair to add notoriety to my charming personality. Prexy's Paragraphs By Bradford Knapp Long years ago the Alabama Polytechnic Institute rose to an emergency and built a water plant. The work was done as well as it could be done at the time. The town of Auburn was at that time without any real water supply except that from wells which were fast proving inadequate. The college made a contract with the town to sell all its surplus water and this contract has been continued until now. At the present time insurance rates are exceedingly high due to lack of fire protection. Auburn is growing., New houses are being erected. New small industries are coming in and we shall all hope that larger ones will come later. The college is growing and its needs for water is rapidly increasing. In this situation someone will have to invest some money in enlarging the present plant and looking forward to an ultimate considerable increase in the supply of water for Auburn. The question which confronted the administration of the college was this: Which is the better thing to do, to enlarge the institution itself to meet the growing needs of its increasing student body, its many professors who have no offices in which to work, to increase the number of needed classrooms, to provide an Auditorium, Engineering Buildings, quarters for various departments now poorly housed, or to take some of the money and invest it in a new enterprise or enlargement of the water system. It seemed to me that the wise thing was to build an institution and let the municipality's supply of water rest where it ought to rest, either in the hands of the municipality itself or in the hands of some private corporation. In such hands an increase in investment can be made to meet the needs of our growing population. The franchise and business can be taxed for the support of a local system and water mains supplied and made available for the new residences and new industries which may come in. * * * * In much the same way the college began years ago to distribute electric light current to local residents. Later it began buying current from the Alabama Power Company after the hydro-electric development came into being and resold current to the residents of the town of Auburn. The old so-called power plant on the campus has not generated any electricity in a good many years. It is out of date and could not be so used to any advantage. It would be another story if the college had a new and up-to-date plant. Rates on electric light current are relatively high in Auburn. The rates should be lower. It seems to me the best way to do this is to put the franchise in the hands of someone whose business it is to look after it and not leave it in the hands of the college whose business it is to run an educational institution and who has been doing this other piece of work merely as a side line. I have no personal brief for those who claim the college should never engage in business. Such engaging in business may be necessary for educational purposes, for maintenance of the institution or for its. teaching the subjects in a practical way such as dairying, floriculture, etc. Never-the less the present distribution system outside of the campus is operated now not as a demonstration of the best methods of conducting a lighting plant but merely as a convenience and here again the college would have to devote a considerable amount of money ultimately to the improvement of the system. * * * * I am not one who would be in favor of selling either of these unless we could get a good round price for the sale of both of them, and give the institution money necessary to complete a part of its building program very sorely needed at the present time and, therefore, I am very hopeful of the situation as it now stands. It is making a lot of work for the president of the college but I am sure that is going to be worthwhile when we have finished it. * * » * A lot of work is being done on the campus now in putting out shrubbery and planting trees. This is really the first step toward campus beautification. I hope we may all cooperate to preserve these shrubs, to await their growth and see how greatly grass and trees and shrubs and flowers will add to the enjoyment of the campus itself. The Spring is'here, the flowers are blooming, the leaves are coming and the man or woman who doesn't love these things really has missed something out of their lives. I cannot write about it as the poets do, but I can enjoy it fully as much and I am inclined to think a little bit more than the poet or the song writer because I feel the beauty of these things. Possibly my practical soul is not sufficiently trained to express what I would like to express about it. « AUBURN FOOTPRINTS « We understand that George Beavers and Bess Raby are to have two of the engineering honor fraternities lead-outs at the Ball Friday night. Many who had not planned to go will be there to see G. A. in all his glory. By the way, George, it is well that John Locker isn't taking a course on this side of the hill, or else you might have trouble getting everything your way. * * * * * * * * * "The Episode of the Quilts" in Miss Blue Bonnet was like passing the buck —no one knew what to do next. * * * * * * * * * Those who know claim that Charlie Davis and Jimmie Ware paid Dr. Evans to give them a little free publicity in the play. He did it in a yery unusual way. * * * * * * * * * If Doctor Cary were to see Catherine Porter handling that cat so adeptly, he would persuade her to take a course in Vet. She has her life work all planned and told the world what it was in th^ show. * * * * * * * * * The excuse- was offered today that the choruses were paralyzed with fear. Undoubtedly something was wrong with them. Possibly they were tongue-tied and had paralysis too. While on the other hand, Abie Hardin directed his orchestra well, and his acting showed the duller moments of his courtship days—very nonchalant in the climax of his scene. Wonder if he acts that way when with the lady who occupied a seat in the audience. * * * * * * * * It is generally agreed that sports writers like blondes. Alma Taylor, the basketball referee, is the authority for this statement. Several days ago one particular visitor fell before his persuasive manner. * * * * * * * * * Wonder why Roscoe (oversize) Overton leaves his room door ajar every time he_ leaves? It is rumored that he is having a telephone installed so that he can have direct communication with a grass widow in Opelika. * * * * * * * * * Who was the young lady from Opelika (a popular city, huh?) who was trying to find her "True Love" the other day? Maybe she could find them both if she were to visit out on Drake Field. It may be that she wanted to break a date with one of them, seeing as how it is awfully hard, or unpleasant anyway, to have two dates at the same time. It is time either Andrew (Strut) or J. Boyce did a bit of investigating. * * * * * * * * * Henry Ford is building a hew factory to supply cars to Waterloo Wesson as fast as Wesson wears them out. Up to the present Waterloo has been, pushing his car through two hundred miles per year. Some distance. * * * * * * * * * Carmon Teague is, according to some, the quietest worker on the whole campus. He makes the girls glad they know him, but he does it silently. * * * * * * * * * Baseball will soon start and then will be the season for office boys' grandmothers to die for the glory of the old game. Wonder what kind of excuses are employed by some of the college students. * * * * * * * * * The old-fashioned boy used to bring his teacher an apple as a good-will offering, but we suppose that the modern student wouldn't think of giving her anything less than a package of cigarettes. * * * * * * * * * On the recent trip to LaGrange made by the Senior Architects, Streeter Wyatt and Sam Pope were attacked by a small army of girls from the Female College located there. "Papa" Dix, the local celebrity of that town, has been accused of having a finger in this pie, but he solemnly declares that he knew nothing about it. * * * * * * * * * What makes us laugh when some old gray-haired gentleman starts raving about the good times to be had four decades ago? * * * * * * * * * Then there was the fellow who called his homebrew "frog" because it had plenty of hops but very little kick. * * * * * * * * * Housemother: "And what do you work at, my poor boy?" Sigma Nu: "At intervals, ma'am." * • * * » * * * * * A Scotchman who had just landed in New York was seen watching some deep sea divers with great interest. Suddenly the air about him was blackened with profanity. And no wonder. If he had only thought of that, he might have walked away. *:- WITH OTHER COLLEGES * WE NOTICE Stanford lost two basketball games to California this year and the student body got up a petition to oust the coach. They take their sports seriously in California. * * * * * DIDN'T FOOL KNUTE An impersonator of Jack Elder overlooked a little detail in his representation of the famous hero of the Army-Notre Dame football game in Milwaukee recently. He forgot to familiarize himself with the Notre Dame coach who also happened to be at the banquet. * * * * * HELL WEEK PASSING Tulane: "The practice of physically and mentally torturing fraternity pledges, which, incidentally, is a thing of the past and the ancients, is dying a speedy death. In most of the colleges and universities of the nation it has well-nigh disappeared. We of Tulane are glad to note the passing of Hell-Week. At its best it was merely an excuse for the loosing of primitive instincts. And at its worst it was something to be abhorred." "Paddling the freshmen and making them generally subservient to the upper-classmen is all right, and, in a measure to be expected, but the moral and physical degradation which is a necessary accompaniment of Hell-Week is harmful and obsolete. Let's get rid of it." Why not? * * * * * WHY WONDER Since reading of an airplane accident in Montana in which the plane hit a cow that was so tough, that both occupants of the plane were killed in the collision, we begin to wonder if some of our meat doesn't come from that renowned state.—Blue Stocking. That's world of comfort; we are not the only ones that get indigestion from the bull. * * * * * TOUGH ON THE STUDENTS Budapest.—Because the moving picture company which paid a large sum for aiding in making a picture of a rocket trip to the moon, stopped its funds when the picture was completed, Professor Franz Oberth, has returned to his native village without completing his project "moon-shooting rocket.' He expects to complete the venture when he can secure more money, he says. Why don't he appeal to some of his students? They'd probably be glad to donate an exit ticket for the old boy. * * * * * HE WAS CRAZY Dr. Snook, former Ohio State University professor, put to death Feb. 28 for the murder last summer of Theora Hix, co-ed at the Ohio State Medical school, argued that he should not be put to death because it would create a waste of money the state spent to educate him. He's the kind, that when he was a college boy, would not take a beat, 'cause he felt that he was losing so many dollars for every class he missed. Poor boy. he should have stayed away from the co-eds. * * * * * SORORITIES RECEIVE A FAKED "SISTER" WARMLY Open arms and kisses greeted a Phi Kap "rushing papa" a few nights back when dressed in a fur coat and green hat, he was received as a pledge with sisterly affection by many sororities who were fooled by his make-up. This all happened at Texas A. & M. College. Well, at the Alpha Phi house the wolf in sheep's clothing was admitted to the fireside where his true identity was discovered when he attempted to warm his unusually large hands. His wits gained his admittance to the Gamma Phi house, but not for long, screams drove him from the porch of the Theta house; the Alpha O's were little more hospitable, but the Kappas and Phi Phi's locked the door in his face. He got perhaps his warmest reception at the Chi Omega house, but in his hurry to leave he dropped a dainty silk hank-erchief, which is serving as a clue for campus sleuths.—Stanford University Daily. WELL, I'D SAY THIS •By aAaron ^Billowheel EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed k> 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 policy. • • • • • THE Dothan Eagle rallies bravely to the colors of its village celebrity and deplores the traditional animosity between the University of Alabama and Auburn. The editor of John Mack Brown's home-town paper fans the air with the following: The foregoing does not impress the distinterested bystander as the seasoned opinion of a critic who has earned his place by years of intelligent observation and experience, but on the contrary- it rings true to the snort of a zealous Auburn freshman against an "Alabama Man." For many years tradition has inspired Auburn Men to the firm belief that an Alabama Man is good for only one thing—to be carried of somewhere and drowned, while Alabama Men will take an oath that the spectacle of an Auburn Man attempting to be either a scholar or a gentleman is as hopeless as Noah Berry is the role of a tender ingenue. (Let it be stated here that the writer of these lines was an Auburn Man until the faculty grew tired of it.) This wide difference of opinions grew out of a football game played in Montgomery at approximately the time Mr. Billowheel was wearing pants that were cut neither on the style of Oxford bag nor held up by gaudy suspenders, but were fashioned from a square absorbent material and fastened together by three of the first fraternity pins on record. Doubtless he does not recall the instance. One is not exactly amazed, therefore, that Mr. BillowheeFs opinion of Mr. Brown is slightly prejudiced. Whether or not John Mack Brown is a second John Barrymore is a matter affording grounds for debate, but on the other hand the cold, invulnerable fact remains that Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer would not have renewed his contract a few weeks ago if Mr. Brown was half so dumb as Mr. Billowheel infers. Everyone, of course, is entitled to his or her opinion, even a freshman. However, we venture that Mr. Billowheel will enjoy John Mack Brown's efforts to a greater degree after he has left the environs of Langdon Hall to mingle in a hard-boiled world that has a reputation for polishing off college kids. But just now Mr. Billowheel is probably so full of the college spirit that . he will even wager money on Auburn's football team, and one can not expect him exactly to witness John Mack's screen love-making with starry eyes and lower jaw slightly ajar. Among all accusing things written about myself, it has never before been said that I had college spirit. To me the only thing that is more ridiculous than college spirit is home town loyalty. Such an outburst of undying and dauntless loyalty to the local picture boy by the editor of the Eagle makes me a thousand times thankful that we didn't cast any slurs at their fire department or city streets—doubtless the militia would have been called out. The assumption that our criticism of John Mack Brown was based upon the grounds that he is a University man is entirely misconstrued. There is nothing further from the intentions of this writer. Our criticism of that person's acting as demonstrated in "Jazz Heaven" was simply a protest against most of the tripe that is labeled "acting" and sloughted off by picture producers on a ready and not too discriminating audience, and contained interest only from the fact that the hero was an Alabama (State of Alabama) boy. In my three years at Auburn I have never heard one remark from a student regarding the University that was of a critical or an abusive tone, and from many conversations with University students I am given the impression that the same attitude is prevalent at Tuscaloosa. The traditional grudge between the two Alabama colleges is non-existent upon the campuses today. All ill-feeling is largely among the alumni with bad- livers. If when "Jazz Heaven" comes to Dothan, the bands can be quieted and the audience can throttle all the I-knew-him-when and he's-a-local-boy prattle, and watch the spectacle, it will see probably the greatest monument to the carelessness with which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer makes its contracts. If it is possible that this writer is biased in his dramatic criticism by a brawl that happened many years ago when he was sporting those universally stylish pants that the editor mentioned, isn't it even much more possible that the Eagle's editor is greatly prejudiced by the present' day loyalty to his home town and its public opinion that are so dear to him and which give him his daily bread? TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE New High Record Set By Hens In Laying Contest The 1,000 hens competing in the sixth Alabama national egg-laying contest here set a new high record for a month's production with a lay of 20,366 eggs for February, it was announced Wednesday by G. A. Trol-lope, supervisor, and C. T. Bailey, manager. For February their per cent production was 72.8. This compares with 69.9 per cent for April, 1929, which is the next highest figure reached since the contest was inaugurated nearly six years ago. Bailey expects the February lay to establish a national record. A Rhode Island Red owned by Dr. H. B. Peacock and Dr. Roy M. Mc- Lure of Opelika continued to hold her place as the leading hen. This hen has been in the lead since the opening of the sixth contest on November 1. For 120 days she has laid 105 eggs and scored 114.8 points. Awards in the contest will be given on points, and eggs weighing 24 ounces to the dozen are given one point, with those weighing more or less scored accordingly. The leading hen lays especially heavy eggs, most of her production weighing 26 or more ounces per dozen. The next five high birds are owned by Dr. Peacock or jointly by Peacock and McLure. The birds are also in competition by pens, 10 hens being housed in one pen. A Rhode Island pen owned by Peacock and McLure maintained its lead set at the opening of the contest with a lay to the end of February of 1,008.3 points or 997 eggs. A pen of Rhode Island Reds owned individually by Dr. Peacock was in second place for the 120-day period, and a white leghorn pen belonging to Fox and Son Poultry Farm of Little Falls, N. J., was running a close third. One hen owned by Dr. Peacock has made a very high record for consecutive laying. She laid one egg a day for 93 days without missing, and has failed to lay only 4 days out of the 120. Though she has laid 116 eggs, which is the highest number laid by any one pen, she has scored GEORGIA TECH GETS FUND FOR AERONAUTICAL SCHOOL Atlanta, Ga. — (IP) — Three hundred thousand dollars has been given by the Daniel Guggenhiem Foundation for the Promotion of Aeronautics to the Georgia School of Technology here for the establishment of an aeronautical engineering school, to be the center for such work in the South. The gift is the last act of the fund which has given away approximately three million dollars for the promotion of flying in the United States and abroad. Georgia Tech was picked from 27 southern educational institutions as the most logical place for the aeronautical engineering school. Some time ago $350,000 was given by the fund to the California Institute of Technology, which was the largest single donation made by the Guggenhiem foundation. FEWER CHILDREN DRINK NOW SAYS HOOVER'S COMMISSION Washington—(IP)—Reports being received by President Hoover's law enforcement commission indicate that there has been less drinking among high school students under the prohibition laws than there was prior to their enaction. only 96.2 points, because of the lightness of her eggs, and is not numbered among the 10 high individuals. Feed to produce a dozen eggs in February cost only 12.14 cents. This is the lowest cost for the four months of the contest and compares with 15.2 cents for January, 19.4 cents for December, and 17.3 cents for November. The low cost is- attributed by Bailey to the larger number of eggs prpduced and to the fact that feed was lower in price for February. The birds were fed a mixture of scratch grain, dry mash, wet mash, milk, oats, and oyster shell. They consumed an average of 8.7 pounds of this feed per bird. The sixth contest will close September 30 and Bailey announced that applications for entry in the seventh contest are being received. Always Ready To Serve You BANK OF AUBURN Bank Of Personal Service • - . - * Get What You Want And Like What You Get. COLLEGE BARBER SHOP (ti tf 'Say It With Flowers' And Say It With Ours FOR EVERY SOCIAL OCCASION Rosemont Gardens Florists Montgomery, Alabama Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn. THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES HAGEDORN'S Opelika''s Leading Department Store. THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES Geology Meeting Draws Thousand Delegates More than one thousand leading American geological experts are expected in New Orleans for sessions of the 15th annual meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists to be held in the Roosevelt Hotel March 20-22, according to arrangements announced this week by Professor Reinhard A. Steinmayer, head of the Tulane geology department. Approximately 100 papers on present and past geological problems, the largest number of discussions ever presented at a meeting of the association, will be offered during the sessions. They include presentations of historical and geographical interest in many fields. An outstanding feature of the convention will be the extensive series of trips about the city and outlying parishes of New Orleans being arranged through a committee headed by Professor Steinmayer. Trips through the Evangeline country and the salt domes of the Louisiana Gulf coast, airplane inspection trips over the Delta, and other visits thru geological sections unique in this part of the country are being arranged for delegates. Dr. Albert B. Dinwiddie, president of Tulane, will deliver the address of welcome at the opening meeting. The Tulane geology department will be represented when Professor Steinmayer delivers and address on "Phases of Sedimentation in the Gulf Coastal Prairies of Louisiana." The talk will include a geological study, of the gulf coast sedimentation, paying attention to various phases of sedimentation especially in respect to environment. Geophysicists and paleontologists will also have special programs at the convention, the latter group being organized as an affiliated society of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, known as the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists. Illustrated discussions will be held in the Tip-Top Inn of the Roosevelt hotel during the three days of the convention. A variety of geological exhibits including maps, charts, laboratory and field equipment will also be displayed in connection with the meetings. Trips through the Vieux Carre are being planned by Professor Stein-mayer's committee. "Stunt Night on the Mighty Mississippi," a program which is expected to be of special interest to visiting geologists, will be held on Thursday, March 20. Soviet To Prosecute Students In Medicine Three hundred and fifty recent graduates of the medical school of Leningrad university are to be pros ecuted by the State Insurance depart ment, the official Izvestia said, on charges of embezzlement because they refused to live up to their education al contracts which provided that they assume charge of government clinics in small provincial towns. The embezzlement charge is based on the fact that upon matriculation the students agreed to practice medicine wherever the state might wish to send them in return for paying their way through university. The Insurance department asserts that since the students accepted money for which they refused to render service they actually embezzled state funds at the rate of $40 a month for fours years. Fifty graduates out of 400 in the class of 1929 kept their contracts. The remainder refused and have been without jobs since last June. Its the s JEFFERSON IAKER HOTEL DowatowB 350 ROOMS with Bath, Oiling Pans OkwKatlna I M Water. TWO LOUNCSf • BALLROOM DIITOfO BOOM COFFEE SHOP JICHESTRA PLAYS FOR RATES DAILY CONCERTS AND W " ^ ^^ THE MOST^MODERN IIOTEL IN THE SOUTH SCHOOL REFORM PROMISED BY PRESIDENT OF CZECHS DANCING Prague—(IP)—Czechoslovakia has been promised a reform in its educational system by President Masaryk, himself a former school teacher and professor. The promise was made on the occasion of the president's birthday, when he received a group of prominent educators of the country for a private audience. New Beacon is Made For Use in Dense Fog One of the newest developments in aviation lighting can be traced directly to Col. Charles A. Lindberg, Overhearing a remark made by "Lindy," when he visited the General Electric Company's research labora tory last summer, that to him "flash ings made by the poles of trolley cars are noticeable when flying in a dense fog, even though other lights are not distinguishable," Dr. Irving Langmuir assistant director of the laboratory, 3et about experimenting with appart us which would produce such a flash Experiments resulted in the building of an electric flasher, of a new type. Flashing of code signals by the light will guard aviators against the possible error they might make in mistaking a trolley flash for the beacon, and by a definite plan of airport signals, will inform the flyer of his location. Though the light is still in an experimental stage, satisfactory tests have been made at the General Electric Laboratory and at the Schenectady airport, where one has been in operation for nearly a year. While a high degree of visibility has been generally reported, a definite case of its satisfactory performance is on record at the airport. Flying in foggy weather, an aviator was traveling toward Schenectady at low altitude following the New York Central tracks. While at a distance of about four miles from the-airport, he picked up the flashing arc beacon, until then shielded from his view by hills, and followed it to the flying field. He reported that due to the nature of the light and the frequent flashes, the beacon was easy to pick up and follow. Nation Tunes In On WAPI'School Of Air' YALE RECEIVES $24,000,000 AS TOTAL FROM ESTATE New Haven, Conn. — (IP) — 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 quadrangle, and another million for the maintenance of the quadrangle. Announcement of the latest gift was made by Dr. James Rowland An-gell. With thousands of school children over the state listening in, WAPI inaugurated an experimental "school of the air" Wednesday of last week. Special programs for elementary, junior and senior high school pupils were presented between 9 a. m. and noon Wednesday, and were offered the remainder of that week and all this week. The school is being watched with unusual interest over the state by educators, WAPI hopes by this experiment to lay a foundation for an extensive radio school next Fall, and station directors are watching it with keen interest. Campbell Announces The programs are being presented by Marie Fenney, with Walter N. Campbell, station manager, announcing. In launching the experiment, P. O. Davis, general manager of WAPI, issued this statement: "In broadcasting the first of an experimental series of school programs, we are taking a step to which we have been looking forward since Station WAPI became, in reality, "The Voice of Alabama." We have visioned the time when we might extend the service and influence of this great institution to the boys and girls of the state who are in schools where they are being trained to live better and serve better in their present and future places of citizenship in a complicated, economic, and social structure. Seek To Aid Teachers "It is not the aim of Station WAPI to supplant or to replace the teacher in the schoolroom. We are seeking only to extend to you and your students that service which radio can and should render. We know that radio is distinct; that its field of service is unlike that of any other agency or institution; and that its field of service is unlimited. We know also that the place of radio in the school has not been determined. "In presenting this series we are thinking of you and your students. We are making an earnest effort to determine our place in the schools of Alabama. After making this determination we assure you that we shall fill our place in a manner that will be pleasing and helpful to you. "We want your frank criticism; we know that you will be constructive; and that you will measure these programs in terms of service to you and your school. If these experimental programs do not measure up to the standard which you have in mind, we are depending upon you to tell us wherein we fail and what deductions and additions should be made. Remember that_ this is only an experiment and that we shall ever be alert for that which will improve. School Co-Worker "I hope you will consider us as a co-worker for this we are. Being owned by educational institutions and operated by the owners in cooperation with the city of Birmingham, we are seeking only to serve in our proper place, not only in the schools but also in the homes and the hearts of the people of Alabama. Therefore, the mission of the teacher and the mission of WAPI are closely akin in nature and in purpose. "Looking into the future we can see the schools of Alabama equipped with receiving sets for the reception of programs which are presented especially for school children, and rendering an invaluable service which only radio can render. This being accomplished, we shall then look back to this humble beginning today when radio is making its first organized entrance into Alabama schools." 'Tis Fine to Dine at the PICKWICK STUDENTS ATTENTION! We invite you to open a checking account with us. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Your Interest Computed Patronize our Advertisers. MAY & GREEN Men's Clothing Sporting Goods Montgomery, Alabama STOP! • : AT > Ward's Place Hudson & Thompson Wholesale Grocers Montgomery, Ala. We Solicit Business Of All College and Student Organizations ...on the screen it's C . H A R M / . J H M l i i ^ ^ _ ^ , . ^^^ • SWARTHMORE COLLEGE HAS ENLARGED ENDOWMENT Philadelphia, Pa.—(IP)—One million eight hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars have been added to the endowment fund since two million dollars were raised by Swathmore College last year, it has been announced by Dr. Frank Aydelotte, president of the college. ...in a cigarette it's "MERIT IS SURE to rise." Make a cigarette of better quality, of richer aroma and finer fragrance— and all the world will find it out. Witness Chesterfield's popularity, growing every day. No flash in the pan, but enduring popularity — earned by giving smokers the one thing they want: JASTE/ TASTE above everytking M I L D . . . and yet THEY SATISFY hesterfield FINE TURKISH and DOMESTIC tobacco., not only BLENDED but CROSS-BLENDED t) 1929, LIOGETT It Mvxm TOIACC* Co. PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1930 Auburn Tigers to Meet Birmingham Barons for Third Time on Thursday The Auburn Tiger-Birmingham Baron baseball game carded for Birmingham, Thursday, March 20, will be the crucial game between the two teams. The two clubs have met twice before on the diamond with each capturing a decision. Both former games were played in Auburn and featured Auburn's "A" Day program. The first tilt was in 1926, when the Barons staged rallies in the closing innings, to win, 12 to 8. The Tigers evened the count in 1927 when they got off to an early lead which they maintained throughout the fray, winning 5 to 2. Fred Leslie Sheridan, former Plainsmen star pitcher and present baseball coach, played an important role in the past contests between the Bengals and Barons. Coach Dave Morey used Sheridan on the mound against the Birmingham nine in 1926 for seven innings. When Sheridan departed from the hill, the Moreymen were leading, 5 to 3. His successors were not as effective as he was as the final score will show. This was Sheridan's last season as an Auburn athlete. The initial meeting between the two teams was featured by some heavy hitting on the parts of Grant Gillis, Babe Ganzel, Ben Sankey and Bullett Hitchcock. Sankey and Hitchcock, former Auburn stars hit for the circuit, the former with the bases occupied, and the latter with one on the sacks. In the 1927 battle, Sheridan was a member of the Slagtown hurling staff. He had been one of the stars for the Barons in the exhibition games, but Manager Johnny Dobbs decided not to use him against his former mates. Sheridan was still very anxious to show his manager that he had the "stuff" to stick in the Southern League, and asked for a chance to pitch for his Alma Mater against his present mates. He was sure that he could hold the heavy Baron swatsmiths in check with a .strong defensive team like Auburn had backing him. When Sheridan was granted permission to pitch for the Orange and Blue nine, he immediately broke his allegiance with the Birmingham club and took a new oath for one day as a member of the Plainsmen nine once again. M-E-A-T The Very Best And Any Kind MOORE'S MARKET Phone 37 He started for Auburn and only gave up two hits and a like number of runs during the six innings that he pitched. After Sheridan had completely subdued tlhe heavy hitters with Birmingham, Coach Morey sent him relief, who held the losers scoreless for the remaining stanzas. Both of the runs scored off of Sheridan were gifts as he erred once and Ebb James, present Selma Cloverleaf catcher, committed the other bobble which gave the Barons their two runs. While the 1930 Plainsmen are minus another Sheridan, and such heavy hitters as Ellis, Akin, Wattwood, Hitchcock, Stewart, Ebb James, Fob James, Sankey and Wood, they have a formidable hurling staff composed of Carter, Prim, Harkins and Smith and some of the leading swatters in Southern Conference baseball in Capt. Jim Crawford, Alternate Captain Joe Burt, Phil Hodges, Pete Harris, Harry Lloyd, Frock Pate, Ruper Ingram, Chas. Kaley, Page Riley and Ben Newton. The major and minor league scouts rate the present wearers of the Auburn uniform very high, as thirteen of the above players have had offers to join the professional ranks. HOW GLOMERATA BEGAN IS RELATED BY JUDGE F. L. TATE, THE FIRST EDITOR TRUSTEES APPROVE SALE POWER PLANT (Continued from page 1) vice of the board's executive committee. Bids have already been submitted by the Alabama Power Company for the electric properties, and by the Warrior Water Company for the water properties. Advertisements for other bids will be made. The sale will not include the electric and water distribution systems on the college reservation. They will be retained for providing current for the school. The college will also have the privilege of purchasing electric and water service at wholesale rates. Under the present arrangement, the college purchases electric current from the Alabama Power Company, and distributes it in the town thru the distribution system owned and operated by the college. Water is supplied from the college's plant and through its mains, to the city, which sells it to customers. When the college began electric and water service Auburn was only a village. It is now a town ^oo large to get its supply of electricity and water from the college and the college feels that the money invested in these properties may be used to a better advantage. Most of us can fool ourselves without half trying. Always Ready to Give You the Best of Service TOOMER'S HARDWARE CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager —~i A. MEADOWS GARAGE AUTO REPAIRS TIRES TUBES CARS FOR HIRE U-DRIVE-'EM ACCESSORIES GAS OIL GREASES PHONE 29-27 OPELIKA PHARMACY INC. Prescription Druggist YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED Phone 72 Opelika, Ala. r — — — • KLEIN & SON Jewelers GRUEN WATCHES Montgomery, Ala. TOOMER'S WILL GIVE YOU SERVICE DRUG SUNDRIES DRINKS, SMOKES THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY ON THE CORNER (Continued from page 1) fore the Glomerata is now in its 33rd year. He received his M. S. in 1898. Mr. Tate entered Auburn in the fall of 1894, but the panic which swept the country kept him out of college three years. In addition to being editor-in-chief of the first Glomerata; he was also editor of the Orange and Blue, the college newspaper, his senior year Mr. Hobdy was business manager and, as related by Judge Tate, " was a good one. It was a difficult task, but we worked together un tiringly and with determination ir making it a reality. "The printing was done by a Nash ville concern and 250 copies were printed. The price was $2.50 per copy and we got the boys to give ui orders on their contingent fees Money was very scarce in those days and we had to get it any way we could. "By figuring closely with the print er and economizing in every way we paid all of our bills and had a balance of $60 which we turned into athletics." Therefore, from the very start the Glomerata has demonstrated its interest in college sports as well as in all other college activities. Of special interest is the fact that the editor-in-chief and business man ager of Auburn's first Glomerata have succeeded far above the average Immediately after graduation Judge Tate taught school. He went Jackson, Alabama, where he received a salary of $750 a year. Although he had milked cows to pay his board he determined to pay money. Conse quently he managed to pay $25 per month until he paid what the regular boarders had paid. While teaching he studied law for he was determined to become a lawyer. During summers he went to the University of Virginia and studied law. Later he opened an office at WetumpKa where he has remained continuously in the practice of law with the exception of one year with a law firm in Montgomery, one year as attorney general of Alabama, and two years as supernumerary judge. For twelve years he was solicitor of his district. Mr. Hobdy, too, went into the teaching profession after graduation at Auburn. He taught at different points. After several years as principal of the secondary agricultural school at Albertville, where he was an outstanding success. He came to Auburn and engaged in extension work in the early days of the 4-H club movement. From Auburn he went to the State Department of Education where he has distinguished as a leading educator. It happens that the two men were Auburn on the same day, Monday. Judge Tate was up looking around and admiring the progress of his alma mater, while Dr. Hobdy was engaged in a conference which was attended by principals of secondary agricultural schools, county agents, teachers of vocational agriculture, and members of the Extension Service staff at Auburn. It is a happy fact that these two men who were Glomerata pioneers have distinguished themselves in the life and affairs of their State. Architects Make Survey Of Italian Landscape Students Study Best Example Of Italian Gardening WAPI AUBURN STUDIO WILL HAVE FULL TIME BROADCAST SERVICE (Continued from page 1) 1 install a studio with connections to be made with the Auburn Birmingham line at Calera at the junction with the Montevallo line, thus making a three-way circuit into Montgomery. Another part of the improvement program includes the installation of additional equipment at the Auburn studio in order to secure better quality of reproduction of the programs going out from Auburn. Mr. Davis stated that the equipment at Auburn would be kept up-to-date at all times. At present a rectifier is being constructed in Birmingham to be installed in the Auburn studio this week which will replace the batteries now in use, and will also maintain a satisfactory volume level with marked improvement in the quality of reproduction, according to a statement from Mr. P. O. Davis. LOST:—Flowered Pink Chiffon Scarf, Saturday, March 15. Finder please return to M. E. Odendahl, Colonial Apartment, or call 252-J. Seven fifth year students in the school of architecture here and three instructors have returned to Auburn after making a survey of the best example of Italian landscape architecture in the South. They worked Saturday at Hills and Dales, the estate of the late Fuller E. Callaway and now the home of Mrs. Callaway and Cason J. Callaway at LaGrange, Ga. Several weeks ago E. S. Draper, one of the premier landscape architects of the South, received a request from the magazine, "Landscape Architecture," for a survey of the gardens at Hills and Dales so that their beauty and perfection might be presented to the architects of the country. "For," said the editors, "the gardens at Hills and Dales are the best examples of Italian Renaissance gardening in that section." Mr. Draper suggested that the class in landscape architecture at Auburn make the survey and permission was granted by Mr. Callaway. The students did the work under the direction of John W. Hyde, assistant professor of landscape gardening; E. W. Burkhardt, professor of design in the school of architecture; and Frank M. Orr, Jr., assistant professor of architectural engineering. They worked all day Saturday surveying and sketching. The students who assisted in the survey were G. C. Brinson, G. M. Collins, J. T. Dix, Kenneth R. Gid-dens, Samuel H. Pope, Fred W. Ren-neker, and J. S. Wiatt. REDUCTION OF COTTON ACREAGE IS ADVICE TO DEMONSTRATION MGRS. Dr. Hutchins Reports On Work in Mountains Berea, Ky.—(IP)—While youthful Robert Maynard Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago, is busy attempting to develop something new in great civic educational institutions, his father, Dr. William J. Hutchins, as president of Berea College, is engaged in the heroic work of educating the sons and daughters of the mountain whites. In his annual report just issued, Dr. Hutchins indicated that there has been much progress in the emergence of the Southern mountain people from their isolation of nearly two centuries. The continued need of these people however, is indicated by his statement that 2 r p e r cent of the parents of Berea's 2,500 students do not own their own homes or even small farms, and that 73 per cent live an average of more than nine miles from any community. "But in many of these homes, poor and isolated, there has persisted a great ability, a charming culture, and a passionate hunger for learning," Dr. Hutchins states. LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF DR. ROSS IS EXTENDED (Continued from page 1) taking courses leading to the degree in Chemistry, he and Doctor Ross are making plans to increase the staff, particularly the number of those having doctor's degrees and industrial experience. These' men are needed in the department for the purpose of teaching candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and for perfecting certain research work in the utilization of agricultural products in industry, he added. Doctor Ross is in full touch with the entire matter and the appointment of Professor Hare to the position mentioned above was with his full knowledge, consent and on his own recommendation. All the staff, from the President down to student assistants, are working to relieve Doctor Ross of the burdens of his work so that he may rest and come back soon to enjoy the administration of his important work in the new; Chemistry Building which bears his name, Doctor Knapp said. OHIO STUDENT MAY FACE CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER Warren, O.—(IP)—Daniel (Danny) Raeburn, 23, Warren boxer and student at Ohio Northern University at Ada, is in Allen County Jail at Lima, awaiting action of the grand jury in connection with the death of a school mate, Thomas Downs, of Bryan. Downs died as a result of injuries receive when a car driven by Raeburn overturned near Lima. (Continued from page 1) a fine yield of cotton or some other crop. The ultimate goal is satisfactory financial return. When you attain this goal you have succeeded." Principals of nine secondary agricultural schools of the State, county agents of the counties in which they are located, and teachers of vocational agriculture are spending two days in Auburn in a conference for the purpose of working out a record and accounting system that will be feasible for them. J. D. Pope and Elgin McLean, who are in charge of agricultural economics and farm accounting, presented a plan which was explained and studied in detail. In final form it will be adopted so that each of the schools will have a uniform system of accounting^ The method of operation of the different farms, with a view to making them of maximum service, is being considered. Dr. Knapp outlined a plan for making each of these schools a basic point where better methods in agriculture are demonstrated for the farmers surrounding the schools. He insisted not only upon business and financial success but also upon the production of high-quality products. The meeting here was called by Prof. L. H. Duncan, director of the Extension Service, and Dr. J. B. Hobdy who is director of vocational education in the State Department of Education. They are attending the meeting. R. E. Cammack is another representative of the State Department of Education. District Agents J. T. High, R. G. Arnold, and Emmett Sizemore have general supervision of the farms in their respective districts. They are assisting county agents, principals, and teachers in making the plans. County agents present are J. T. Belue, Limestone; W. R. Turnipseed, Marion; A. H. Barnett, Blount; W. T. Coker, Talladega; F. M. White, Clay; C. L. Hollingsworth, Clarke; J. E. Bonner, Sumter; H. M. Lewis, Elmore; and C. S. Keller, Henry. Principals and vocational teachers present are W. H. Johnson and T. C. McCartney, Athens; E. W. Branyon and J. L. McReynolds, Hamilton; J. B. Pennington and C. O. Davis, Blountsville; W. F. Nichols and C. R. ,ee, Sylacauga; E. H. Gentry and M. B. Smith, Lineville; E. J. Pace and B. H. Ford, Jackson; L. W. Cox and J. E. Harvey, Cuba; J. J. Williams and G. H. LeCroy, Wetumpka; and H. G. DeLany and B. F. Harkins, Abbeville. SECRETARY DELTA SIGMA PHI PLEASED ON AUBURN VISIT Hugh D. McMillan, traveling secretary of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and former editor of the McGill Daily of McGill University, Montreal, P. Q. Canada, left Auburn last night after a three day visit with the local chapter of that fraternity. He graduated from McGill University in 1925, where he established an enviable record as a student, both in his studies and in his senior year he was awarded the McGill crest, one of the highest honors to be conferred upon a student of that university. Translated from Latin, the inscription reads, "Here as everywhere, things begun increase by dutiful labor. You wear this because you have rendered valuable service to your Alma Mater." McMillan commended the Auburn chapter for its progress and gave suggestions for its improvement, especially urging the members to strive to improve their scholastic records and to take part in college activities. The man's quiet, unassuming manner impressed those who became acquainted with him during his visit, many expressing delight in having made his acquaintance. Auburn Girls Elevated In Ranks of Camp Fire Twelve Are Given Highest Ranking In Organization BENEFIT BRIDGE The Women's Club will give a benefit bridge party at the Thomas Hotel, Thursday, March 20, at 8 o'clock. Anyone interested is asked to call Mrs. J. J. Wilmore, chairman. College Students Poor Spellers Says Report Berea, O.— (IP)—College freshmen often are better spellers than college seniors, but both classes are far from perfect in this fundamental phase of instruction in English, according to Professor Marie C. Burns, of Baldwin-Wallace college. "Freshmen must pass spelling tests 90 per cent perfect," she explained. "The same students as seniors often fail that mark. The chief reason for this apparent slump is the change of circumstances under which the test is made. The test is dictated to freshmen. It is made in written discourse to seniors. "Most failures are made by incorrect pronunciation," she added, declaring that college students have a language of their own, veritably a "lingo." At a recent ceremonial here twelve girls received the torch bearer's rank in Camp Fire, which is the highest rank in the order. Four others received the first rank and one the second. The girls receiving the torch bearer's rank are Bessie Ruth Smyer, Elizabeth Wright, Frances Wright, Frances Atkinson, Helen Funchess, Helen Gardiner, Dorothy Breedlove, Dorothy Brewer, Laura Callan, Jane Eaton, Eleanor Lewis, and Ruby Long. Those receiving the first rank are Kathryne Mitchell, Marguerite Kennedy, Edith Ricks, and Alma Smith. Elizabeth Pace receiving the fire maker's rank, which is second in Camp Fire. Margaret Wright received all ranks in Camp Fire and was made assistant guardian as merit for her good work. The Auburn Camp Fire work is under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Duncan who has distinguished herself as a leader among the girls. OXFORD STUDENTS HEAVILY IN D E B T Oxford, England—(IP)—Oxford University students are in debt to the merchants of the town to the extent of $1,250,000 according to an article in Isis, the university's student publication. The writer of the article declares that the majority of these debts are incapable of recovery, and launches an attack on university authorities for allowing such a state of affairs to exist. He suggests that the time has come to enforce a legalized credit limit, such as in force at Cambridge University. Get Your Girl One of Our Beautiful Memory Books or Kodak Albums And Shell Be More Than v Pleased Burton's Bookstore Something New Every Day There's a Silver Lining .....W.i w; - "la ~~- LISTEN IN -*~- Crsallsnd Rice -»- Famous SporU Cbampiona —-Coca-Cola Orchestra. ••-Wednesday 10:30 lo 11 p. m. E. S. 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Title | 1930-03-18 The Plainsman |
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OCR Transcript | HEARW. C. A. GLEE CLUB THE PLAINSMAN T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT Make Engineer's Day Success VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1930 NUMBER 47 BANQUET AND DANCE WILL FEATURE ENGINEERS' DAY FRIDAY INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR BALL To Give Concert Here Saturday Night Hop Set For April 11, Will Be Formal; Puss Hortman And His Band May Play * L At the meeting of the Inter-Fraternity Council Monday night, further discussions and plans were made concerning the Council Dance which will be held on the 11th of April. Committees were appointed and different ideas were broached. The dance, the first of its kind in Auburn, will be formal and regarded as one ' of the biggest social events that ever occurs here. Each fraternity on the campus is entitled to ten bids which are transferable. Bids must be in by Thursday, March 27, and boxes for this purpose will be placed at the Student Supply Shop and Homer Wright's. Restrictions concerning the visitors will be the same as at the time of the Military Ball. House parties will not be held, although it is possible that teas will be held in the afternoon at the various fraternity houses. Miss Zoe Dobbs will act as honorary chaperone as well as many of the professors and their wives. The Council hopes to have as their" guests of honor Dr. and Mrs. Bradford Knapp. Jimmy Ware, president of the Council has selected for the Music Committee Henry Reeves and Rex Sikes, who are planning now to engage Puss Hortman and his band, playing at the present a series of performances in Florida, for the affair. Decorations for the hall will be selected by Charles Davis and Frederick Renneker. Bids will be solicited and called for at a later date. N. S. Illges and M. H Darby are in charge of the invitations, and Haley Milligan, William Bryant, and Professor Robinson head the Reception Committee. Shrubs And Trees Make Campus More Beautiful Movement In Keeping With Building Program More than 125 varieties of trees and shrubs have been selected for the beautification of the campus in the recent program of tree and shrub planting. Over $4,000 worth of plants will be set out. A large portion of the plants are being donated. Among the plants to be set out will be many magnolias, gardenias, crepe-myrtles, dogwoods, Carolina cherries, wistaria, japonicas, red cedars, and more Hhan 2,000 other plants. Most of the plants will be grouped in the vicinities of the Ross Chemical Laboratory, Duncan Hall, Broun Hall, Ramsay Hall, and in the rear of Samford Hall. The Olmsted Brothers of Boston have been given the contract of designing and planting. Additional trees and shrubs will be planted around the buildings to be built in the near future. The program of beautification of the college is in keeping with the building program, and students are urged to take every precaution against injuring the plants. WAPI AUBURN STUDIO WILL HAVE FULL TIME BROADCAST SERVICE Programs From Auburn May Go On Air Over Two Station Chain TO IMPROVE STUDIO HERE Alabama College At Monteval-lo Will Get Studio Soon Starting on an enlarged program of broadcasting service from Auburn, a full time circuit will be opened between Montgomery and Birmingham April 1, and as soon as the telephone company can complete the lines, the same service will be opened to the Auburn studio of WAPI. This new service means that the Auburn studio will have full time service, and at any time special programs are available broadcasting facilities will be at hand. At present Auburn has the lines available for only thirty minutes daily from 12 to 12:30 at noon, and on Friday nights from 7 to 8 o'clock, and the new service will mean a big expansion over the present program so states Mr. P. O. Davis. A conference of the studio managers of WAPI is being called to meet in Montgomery Saturday, March 22, to discuss plans for the enlarged program made possible by the added facilities. Kirtley Brown, and P. O. Davis will attend from Auburn. Station WSFA, a new commercial station in Montgomery will give its opening program the evening of March 31. After the completion of the continuous service between Auburn and Montgomery most of the programs presented from Auburn will also be broadcast over this station, thus making the Auburn programs available to the people of Alabama over a two-station chain. At a later date it is contemplated that Alabama College in Montevallo (Continuea on page 4) DANCE AT GYM TO BE FITTING CLIMAX TO GALA OCCASION THE WOMAN'S COLLEGE GLEE CLUB Record House Sees Chi Omega Play on Monday "Miss Blue Bonnet" Attracts Large Crowd TRUSTEES APPROVE SALE POWER PLANT Money Will Be Used For Completion Of Building Program That funds sufficient for the completion of the present building expansion program at Auburn may be secured was assured through action of the board of trustees of the institution Saturday, which approved" £ i sale of the electric distribtuion properties and franchises of the college in the town, also the water plant and properties of the institution that supply the town with water. Money to be derived from this sale, which is expected to bring a minimum of $300,000, together with legislative appropriations already provided for and other funds in sight, will amount to a sum fully sufficient to carry out the building plans for Auburn during this administration, it was announced." The board of trustees adopted a resolution Saturday morning authorizing Dr. Knapp to carry out the sale. The transaction will be made at an early date with the aid and ad- (Continued on page 4) Womans College Glee Club Offers Variety Program Classic And Jazz Selections Will Be Rendered By Wo-Co-Peppers Playing to a record crowd in Lang-don Hall Monday night, the musical comedy, "Miss Blue Bonnet," was given by the Chi Omega Sorority. The feature of the show was the acting of Murff Hawkins, Katherine Porter, and Virginius Taylor, and the music by the Auburn Collegians. TO THE PEOPLE OF AUBURN Westinghouse Selects R. Ham For Summer Work It Outstanding Junior In Electrical Engineering /The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company has selected R. F. Ham, as the outstanding junior in the electrical engineering course to enter the services of the firm at the East Pittsbur"g works and take a special course of instruction during the summer. On account of being a member of the R. O. T. C. unit, Ham will not be able to report to the Westinghouse company until late in summer, being required to spend a part of the period in the R. O. T. C. camp. This selection is an honor to Ham. We have striven for several months to get the people of Auburn to stop at intersection of streets. We wish to warn the people that from today a fine will be placed on any person violating these laws. W. D. COPELAND, Mayor. State Parks Sponsored By Lions As Activity Will Be Major Activity For Club During Year At their weekly luncheon, held at the Thomas Hotel Tuesday, members of the Lions Club, adopted a major activity which they will sponsor this year. After much discussion on the matter, the following motion was resolved upon: "The Lions Club will undertake as its major activity of the year, the dissemenation of information concerning state parks and the education of the people of Alabama in the benefits to be derived from such a system, from a historical, bo-tanival and beautification standpoint. The members were entertained by the A. P. I. quartet, which consists of Prof. J. W. Brigham, Bill Bryant, C. L. LeCroy and Woods. SEVEN-PIECE ORCHESTRA Work Of Girls' Glee Club Is Praised Throughout State After scoring a series of triumphs in previous performances, the thirty singers of the Woman's College Glee Club, together with the Wo-Co Peppers, a seven piece orchestra, are to arrive here on Saturday. They will present -a program in Langdon Hall Saturday evening, under the sponsorship of the Auburn Glee Club. The program will consist of full choruses, quartettes, solos, and selections by the Wo-Co-Peppers. Its range extends from the classics to modern jazz renditions. Solo numbers will be given by Grace Memborn Dowling, violin; Katherine Bullard and Anna Thomas, vocal; and Montine Lisenby, piano. Miss Edith Coale and Montine Lisenby are oc-companists of the Club. Professors Borchers is director of the organization, and has been conducting rehearsals since early Fall, which according to the state press evidenced themselves in the precision and exactness which all the performances have displayed. STATION WAPI ASKS FOR STUDENT TALENT Second Student Program Will Be Broadcast Friday, March 28 In order to improve the radio programs broadcast from Auburn Kirtley Brown, announcer and manager of the Comer Hall studios of WAPI is seeking new talent from the student body. So successful was the first student program broadcast Friday evening, March 7, that the use of students in future broadcasts was assured today. Those interested are requested to see Kirtley Brown in the office of the Dept. of Public Information, first floor of the administration building. The second of the series of student programs will go on the air at seven p. m. Friday, March 28. It was said that the same characters will be used in this program depicting fraternity life at Auburn, as appeared in the first of the series. The music will be furnished by the Auburn Collegians, a string duet, a double quartet of voices singing peppy favorites and several vocal soloists. Plans now under way predict a most entertaining feature which will be an added attraction for the Auburn hour. FOURTH DISTRICT TO HOLD TRACK, FIELD MEET HERE, APRIL 5 Spiked Shoe Sponsoring Meet Between Thirty-Seven Alabama Schools ELEVEN EVENTS Second Time This Year Fourth District Schools Have Competed Here Day Officially Starts At 10 O'Clock Friday, March 2 1, With Address By Dean Wilmore \ Announcement that the track and field meet of the fourth district of Alabama will be held in Auburn was made by W. T. Draper, of Langdale, chairman of the district board. The date set for the activities is Saturday, April 5. The meet will be staged under the auspices of the Spiked Shoe Society, national honorary track fraternity, and under the direction of Track Coach Wilbur H. Hutsell. The following events will be held: 100-yard dash; 220-yeard dash; 440- yard dash; half mile run; mile run; discus; shot put (12 pounds); broad jump; high jump; 120-yard low hurdles; and pole vault. This meet is expected to have close to five hundred participants, as thirty- seven schools are eligible to send athletes to compete. It will be the second time this year that schools in the fourth district have competed for athletic honors here; the recent basketball tournament was successfully staged under the direction of Coach Hutsell. Other members of the district board are: O. T. Smith, of Goodwater, and W. C. Edge, of Daviston. Leave Of Absence Of Dr. Ross Extended Professor Hare Appointed State Chemist For the Present Time Bird Day Is Observed At Kiwanis Luncheon Judge Tate, of Wetumpka, Talks On Optimism Dr. Knapp Is Elected President K A Alumni How Glomerata Began Is Related By Judge F. L. Tate, The First Editor How the Glomerata had its beginning was told by Judge F. Lloyd Tate of Wetumpka while in Auburn, Monday. Being the first editor-in-chief of the first Glomerata, Judge Tate spoke from a personal knowledge and told in an interesting way of the origin of the idea and of the initial annual at Auburn. He said, "It was suggested by Buford Hobdy—now Dr. J. B. Hobdy, who is in charge of vocational agricultural work in Alabama under the State Department of Education. Having decided to publish an annual our next step was to decide on a name. "I was assistant in Latin to Dr. Petrie. Numerous names were suggested. Finally we agreed upon the name Glomerata, which came from a Latin word meaning 'things gathered and rolled together.' Dr. Petrie offered many splendid suggestions concerning the initial publication." That was in 1897, the year Judge Tate graduated at Auburn. There- (Continued on page 4) Dr. Bradford Knapp was elected to the presidency of the state alumni of the Kappa Alpha fraternity, of which he is a member, which convened in Birmingham recently. After his election, he stated that he intended to fully organize the members of the alumni association. , NOTICE SENIORS The orders for senior invitations will be taken by two student representatives of the company within the next few days. The leather booklet invitations will be sold for forty-five cents and the cardboard invitations for twenty-five cents each. To insure the sale and delivery of all invitations ordered, it is necessary that seniors pay cash at the time the order is placed. The orders will be taken only two days in succession. Watch the Plainsman for further notice as to the exact date and place that orders will be taken s get all orders in without fail. "Bird Day" was observed by the Auburn Kiwanis Club at their meeting Monday. A spicial program was arranged by R. Y. Bailey. Speakers were Prof. John E. Pitts, of the mathematics department, and Otto Brown, extension forester. Following these speakers Judge F. Lloyd Tate of Wetumpka delivered an impromptu talk on optimism. Judge Tate was enthusiastic about the outlook in Alabama. He told of an impression made on him thirty years ago as to the future of the State, much of which has become a reality. Effective at once the sick leave of Doctor B. B. Ross, professor of chemistry and State chemist, is extended. To take care of the State's business Prof. C. L. Hare will become acting State chemist. This announcement was made by President Bradford Knapp after a conference with the state Board of Agriculture. He pointed out that it is only a temporary arrangement, made necessary by Doctor Ross' absence due to his illness. Doctor Knapp said that he is in close touch with Dean Ross and is delighted to know that he is recovering his health and feeling greatly rested by his stay in Florida. President Knapp said that of course matters in the department of Chemistry are going forward, much of the detail regarding the arrangement in the new building being handled by the staff of the department of chemistry and himself. He went on to say that on account of the great increase in the number of students who are (Continued on page 4) Reduction of Cotton Acreage is Advice To Demonstration Managers by Prexy Managers of demonstration farms in connection with the secondary agricultural schools of Alabama who are in a conference here were told by Dr. Bradford Knapp, in a talk delivered to them Monday, to reduce their acreage in cotton in line with what farmers are being requested to do. Although the total acreage removed from cotton as a result of this action will be small, Dr. Knapp declared that euch action will be in keeping with the needs and spirit of the time, and that the State should practice as well as recommend. Dr. Knapp is leading a State-wide movement for a 15 per cent reduction in the acreage planted to cotton in Alabama this year as compared with 1929. Following this statement about cotton, Dr. Knapp emphasized the importance of making each of these farms a practical success from a financial standpoint. "Your job is not completed," said he, "when you make (Continued on page 4) With nothing lacking and indications pointing to a successful day, the numerous committees engaged on the program for Engineers' Day announce that their work is done and that everything is prepared for a great festival of fun and enjoyment. The day officially starts at ten o'clock when -3ean Wilmore will give a short address at the Tiger Theatre in regards to the work of the Mining Congress which he recently attended. Following the Dean's talk a technical movie and also a comedy will be shown on the screen. At three o'clock a Field Day will be held, during which tugs-of-war between the different classes will be made. The feature of the afternoon, a baseball game between the Ags and the Engineers will start at three-thirty. The guest of honor of the day, Mr. L. H. Means, Director of the Educational Department of the General Electric Company in Schenectady, N. Y., will give a talk at a banquet held at 7:45 in Smith Hall, stressing the importance of engineering in everyday life. Also at this time the William L. White Cup for Excellence in Engineering will be given to Earnest A. Bell, selected as the most outstanding member of the junior engineering class. Th climax of the day's entertainment occurs at 9:00 when the huge Ball will be given in the gym. Over 150 bids have been sent out and an unusually large" number, of girls is expected to be on hand for the affair. The hall will be technical in appearance for machinery of all kinds will be placed around the walls. Banners and flags- of the engineering societies will hang from the galleries. In back of the orchestra stand a huge panel illustrating some engineering feat will be set up. Last year's ball was voted as one of the year's best and the extensive preparations for this year's ball tend to make this Friday's affair even better than last year's. Tickets for both the banquet and the dance are being sold by the members of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu engineering fraternities. The pledges of the two fraternities under the supervision of Gene Gray have charge of the decorations for the dance. Music will be furnished by the Auburn Collegians., the collegiate syncopaters. This years' program for Engineer's Day has been by far the most extensive and elaborate of any up to date. Much time and expense have been spent by the members of the various engineering organizations for the success of the day. Beard to Run In A.A.U. Tournament In Atlanta Noted Auburn Track Star Will Run Unattached At Meet In April Percy Beard, Auburn's latest contribution to the National Collegiate Honor Roll in track, will compete against the cream of Dixie's track stars in the Southeastern A. A. U. meet in Atlanta, April 26. Beard is Southern record holder in the low hurdles and present Southern Conference broad jump champion. It was at first reported that he would run in the Georgia Tech Relays, April 12, but only athletes now in school are eligible for this meet. Beard established his outstanding record of 14 4-5 seconds in running the 120-yard high hurdles last year in the Tech Relays. Since he completed his athletic career at the Cornerstone last May, Beard will run unattached in the Southeastern A. A. U. meet. PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1930 m$t plainsman 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 Editor-in-chief Walter B. Jones Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Thomas P. Brown -....Managing Editor Robert Hume .....Associate Editor Rosser Alston Associate Editor H. G. Twomey Associate Editor Gabie Drey News Editor Victor White News Editor A. C. Taylor ~ Sports Editor Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor REPORTERS A. C. Cohen, '32; K. B/McMillan, '33; J. C. Johnson, '33; J. R. Chadwiek, '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 —feels that the Fraternity Council will be more efficient now than ever before. All the fraternities are represented, and more united work can be done. E n g i n e e r i n g T r o p hy Is V e r y W o r t h y A w a rd To be chosen the recipient of the William L. White Trophy which is given annually by William L. White of Birmingham, and selected by Tau Beta Pi in cooperation with a committee of the engineering faculty, is t'o be singled out as the most outstanding junior in the School of Engineering and is undoubtedly the most coveted honor bestowed upon a member of this class. In making the selection consideration is given to scholarship, general character, personality and participation in college activities. Surely these four characteristics of a man form as sound and logical foundation for the judging of his excellence in any field as is possible. Without any one of them the basis of judging would be incomplete. Without scholarship a man's 'knowledge of engineering is poor, without general character his honesty is not above reproach, without personality he is colorless and without participation in college activities his viewpoint cannot help but be somewhat limited and narrow. A man who possesses all of these qualities, developed to a high degree, most assuredly is worthy of an honor such as this. The awarding of this cup is an important feature of the annual engineers' banquet, the presentation being made by the donor of the cup. The winner of the loving cup is to be congratulated for his excellence in the field of engineering, and for the other qualities that make him the receiver of this trophy. This annual award increases the interest of the engineering students in the profession, thereby making better work possible. B e a u t i f i c a t i o n Plan Being C a r r i e d Out Now Auburn has never been a place of physical beauty, and it is very gratifying to see that at present a plan of beautification is being carried out. The planting of the shrubbery and the setting out of the plants will do much to change the many barren spots on the campus to one of an inviting appearance. In the varieties of trees and plant's that constitute those selected for the beautification, more than four thousand dollars are invested. These trees and shrubbery are being planted around the engineering buildings, Duncan Hall, and in the rear of Samford Hall, while additional plants are to be placed around the buildings to be constructed in the near future. The work, which is being done under the direction of Olmsted Brothers, of Boston, is progressing rapidly, and it will not be long until the campus presents a very different aspect. Even as this is being done, we wonder if no more attention is to be paid to this new scenery as has been directed toward that in the past. Last year trees were set out, and those that are not dead now are straggling along, marring the landscape rather than helping it. Very little attention was paid to it, and due to bad location it was either tramped down or was unable to get any food from the barren earth in which it had been placed. We hope that the shrubbery now being planted will receive some attention; that it will be attended to as it should; and that an effort will be made to keep it looking as fine as can be. Unless it is watched carefully, four thousand dollars could have been saved by not planting it. Journalism Students To Be Aided By Inspection Trip Proof that the department of Journalism is rapidly advancing is seen in the inspection trip to be made by the journalism students and the members of the Plainsman staff to the Advertiser and Journal on the last Saturday in this month. This marks the initial movement to acquaint the local writers with the actual operation of a daily newspaper as well as to show the first outward sign of the interest in and growth in the new department. The trip, planned primarily to give the students a practical aspect of newspaper work, will include a visit to the editorial rooms, press rooms, posting room, and the engraving department, while news-gathering, editing, and printing will be fully explained to the visitors. It is remarkable that in the first year of its existence this department can work up the enthusiasm it has among those interested enough to make this trip. The support that this inspection is receiving brings to light the fact that things of a literary nature are highly regarded even on this technical campus. Professor Shuford, who teaches Journalism and who has charge of the trip, has done much this year in advising and helping the Plainsman staff in solving many problems pertaining to the operation of this paper. The sphere of literary activities has been enlarged due to his work here. The trip to Montgomery has received enthusiastic support and will undoubtedly aid greatly in developing the ability of some of the student talent along literary lines as it will show it the intricate and complete operation of news work. TESTIFYING FOR THE STUDENTS One bit of dry testimony in the senatorial hearings that left an impression of sincerity was that given by Professor Stagg, director physical education of the University of Chicago in which he defended college students from the promiscuous charges of drinking. Congressman LaGuardia, of New York, wet proponent, was moved to comment on the testimony of Professor Stagg, remarking that it was the "most sincere, the most telling statement I have heard on your side of the case." Professor Stagg, speaking for the athletic directors, maintained that drinking is not a problem in their institutions—certainly not in his own. As a matter of fact, he convinced the committee that "only a small percentage of college students drink at all." And that is to the credit of athletics, for students know that the effects of liquor on athletes is pronounced, that they cannot drink and keep the clear head that is necessary, this applying even to the temporate drinker. Professor Stagg appeared before the committee fresh from a meeting of the Intercollegiate Western Conference, at Minneapolis, where they got into an informal conference in regard to drinking conditions in their respective institutions. These men, Professor Stagg told the committee, are well informed on student life in their communities. It was agreed that there were small groups of men who drank, and some of them to excess, but "we were unanimous that conditions were getting better each year and the great mass of students were sensible and self-disciplined." Nevertheless, Professor Stagg pointedly claimed that there always will be some men "who are jackasses enough to take" chances of ruining their health and their future success in life by drinking," and that was probably what brought Wet LaGuardia to his feet in applause. But we are not to drop this interesting witness from Chicago without submitting some of his generalties. He is convinced that in most cities of 10,000 to 25,000 and less there is no serious prohibition problem. That does not mean there is no drinking nor bootlegging. "We shall never be able to stop them completely, no more than the Government is able to stop the bootlegging of opium. The big cities present the big problem for prohibition, same as they present the big problem for crime of all sorts." As Professor Stagg sees it, the prohibition law is not observed, first by the "idle rich," second, by "the ne'er-do-wells" as Westbrook Pegler calls them, third, by the class who demand special privileges for themselves, and fourth, by the follow-tails, that is the weak ones who just go along. The Gecko I am the Gecko who cuts up in Current Events. I don't feel that the class has really learned anything until I have added my irresistable little witticisms. I know they are funny because I'm not the only moron who laughs at them. I cannot respect the professor, because I know so much more than he, so why listen to his idle prattle? Of course, the professor rarely ever catches me, but when he does send me out I am filled with righteous anger. I rarely ever go to these classes, but when I do, I can't conceive of anyone's wanting to listen to the lecture, so I just have to poke my neighbor or pull his hair to add notoriety to my charming personality. Prexy's Paragraphs By Bradford Knapp Long years ago the Alabama Polytechnic Institute rose to an emergency and built a water plant. The work was done as well as it could be done at the time. The town of Auburn was at that time without any real water supply except that from wells which were fast proving inadequate. The college made a contract with the town to sell all its surplus water and this contract has been continued until now. At the present time insurance rates are exceedingly high due to lack of fire protection. Auburn is growing., New houses are being erected. New small industries are coming in and we shall all hope that larger ones will come later. The college is growing and its needs for water is rapidly increasing. In this situation someone will have to invest some money in enlarging the present plant and looking forward to an ultimate considerable increase in the supply of water for Auburn. The question which confronted the administration of the college was this: Which is the better thing to do, to enlarge the institution itself to meet the growing needs of its increasing student body, its many professors who have no offices in which to work, to increase the number of needed classrooms, to provide an Auditorium, Engineering Buildings, quarters for various departments now poorly housed, or to take some of the money and invest it in a new enterprise or enlargement of the water system. It seemed to me that the wise thing was to build an institution and let the municipality's supply of water rest where it ought to rest, either in the hands of the municipality itself or in the hands of some private corporation. In such hands an increase in investment can be made to meet the needs of our growing population. The franchise and business can be taxed for the support of a local system and water mains supplied and made available for the new residences and new industries which may come in. * * * * In much the same way the college began years ago to distribute electric light current to local residents. Later it began buying current from the Alabama Power Company after the hydro-electric development came into being and resold current to the residents of the town of Auburn. The old so-called power plant on the campus has not generated any electricity in a good many years. It is out of date and could not be so used to any advantage. It would be another story if the college had a new and up-to-date plant. Rates on electric light current are relatively high in Auburn. The rates should be lower. It seems to me the best way to do this is to put the franchise in the hands of someone whose business it is to look after it and not leave it in the hands of the college whose business it is to run an educational institution and who has been doing this other piece of work merely as a side line. I have no personal brief for those who claim the college should never engage in business. Such engaging in business may be necessary for educational purposes, for maintenance of the institution or for its. teaching the subjects in a practical way such as dairying, floriculture, etc. Never-the less the present distribution system outside of the campus is operated now not as a demonstration of the best methods of conducting a lighting plant but merely as a convenience and here again the college would have to devote a considerable amount of money ultimately to the improvement of the system. * * * * I am not one who would be in favor of selling either of these unless we could get a good round price for the sale of both of them, and give the institution money necessary to complete a part of its building program very sorely needed at the present time and, therefore, I am very hopeful of the situation as it now stands. It is making a lot of work for the president of the college but I am sure that is going to be worthwhile when we have finished it. * * » * A lot of work is being done on the campus now in putting out shrubbery and planting trees. This is really the first step toward campus beautification. I hope we may all cooperate to preserve these shrubs, to await their growth and see how greatly grass and trees and shrubs and flowers will add to the enjoyment of the campus itself. The Spring is'here, the flowers are blooming, the leaves are coming and the man or woman who doesn't love these things really has missed something out of their lives. I cannot write about it as the poets do, but I can enjoy it fully as much and I am inclined to think a little bit more than the poet or the song writer because I feel the beauty of these things. Possibly my practical soul is not sufficiently trained to express what I would like to express about it. « AUBURN FOOTPRINTS « We understand that George Beavers and Bess Raby are to have two of the engineering honor fraternities lead-outs at the Ball Friday night. Many who had not planned to go will be there to see G. A. in all his glory. By the way, George, it is well that John Locker isn't taking a course on this side of the hill, or else you might have trouble getting everything your way. * * * * * * * * * "The Episode of the Quilts" in Miss Blue Bonnet was like passing the buck —no one knew what to do next. * * * * * * * * * Those who know claim that Charlie Davis and Jimmie Ware paid Dr. Evans to give them a little free publicity in the play. He did it in a yery unusual way. * * * * * * * * * If Doctor Cary were to see Catherine Porter handling that cat so adeptly, he would persuade her to take a course in Vet. She has her life work all planned and told the world what it was in th^ show. * * * * * * * * * The excuse- was offered today that the choruses were paralyzed with fear. Undoubtedly something was wrong with them. Possibly they were tongue-tied and had paralysis too. While on the other hand, Abie Hardin directed his orchestra well, and his acting showed the duller moments of his courtship days—very nonchalant in the climax of his scene. Wonder if he acts that way when with the lady who occupied a seat in the audience. * * * * * * * * It is generally agreed that sports writers like blondes. Alma Taylor, the basketball referee, is the authority for this statement. Several days ago one particular visitor fell before his persuasive manner. * * * * * * * * * Wonder why Roscoe (oversize) Overton leaves his room door ajar every time he_ leaves? It is rumored that he is having a telephone installed so that he can have direct communication with a grass widow in Opelika. * * * * * * * * * Who was the young lady from Opelika (a popular city, huh?) who was trying to find her "True Love" the other day? Maybe she could find them both if she were to visit out on Drake Field. It may be that she wanted to break a date with one of them, seeing as how it is awfully hard, or unpleasant anyway, to have two dates at the same time. It is time either Andrew (Strut) or J. Boyce did a bit of investigating. * * * * * * * * * Henry Ford is building a hew factory to supply cars to Waterloo Wesson as fast as Wesson wears them out. Up to the present Waterloo has been, pushing his car through two hundred miles per year. Some distance. * * * * * * * * * Carmon Teague is, according to some, the quietest worker on the whole campus. He makes the girls glad they know him, but he does it silently. * * * * * * * * * Baseball will soon start and then will be the season for office boys' grandmothers to die for the glory of the old game. Wonder what kind of excuses are employed by some of the college students. * * * * * * * * * The old-fashioned boy used to bring his teacher an apple as a good-will offering, but we suppose that the modern student wouldn't think of giving her anything less than a package of cigarettes. * * * * * * * * * On the recent trip to LaGrange made by the Senior Architects, Streeter Wyatt and Sam Pope were attacked by a small army of girls from the Female College located there. "Papa" Dix, the local celebrity of that town, has been accused of having a finger in this pie, but he solemnly declares that he knew nothing about it. * * * * * * * * * What makes us laugh when some old gray-haired gentleman starts raving about the good times to be had four decades ago? * * * * * * * * * Then there was the fellow who called his homebrew "frog" because it had plenty of hops but very little kick. * * * * * * * * * Housemother: "And what do you work at, my poor boy?" Sigma Nu: "At intervals, ma'am." * • * * » * * * * * A Scotchman who had just landed in New York was seen watching some deep sea divers with great interest. Suddenly the air about him was blackened with profanity. And no wonder. If he had only thought of that, he might have walked away. *:- WITH OTHER COLLEGES * WE NOTICE Stanford lost two basketball games to California this year and the student body got up a petition to oust the coach. They take their sports seriously in California. * * * * * DIDN'T FOOL KNUTE An impersonator of Jack Elder overlooked a little detail in his representation of the famous hero of the Army-Notre Dame football game in Milwaukee recently. He forgot to familiarize himself with the Notre Dame coach who also happened to be at the banquet. * * * * * HELL WEEK PASSING Tulane: "The practice of physically and mentally torturing fraternity pledges, which, incidentally, is a thing of the past and the ancients, is dying a speedy death. In most of the colleges and universities of the nation it has well-nigh disappeared. We of Tulane are glad to note the passing of Hell-Week. At its best it was merely an excuse for the loosing of primitive instincts. And at its worst it was something to be abhorred." "Paddling the freshmen and making them generally subservient to the upper-classmen is all right, and, in a measure to be expected, but the moral and physical degradation which is a necessary accompaniment of Hell-Week is harmful and obsolete. Let's get rid of it." Why not? * * * * * WHY WONDER Since reading of an airplane accident in Montana in which the plane hit a cow that was so tough, that both occupants of the plane were killed in the collision, we begin to wonder if some of our meat doesn't come from that renowned state.—Blue Stocking. That's world of comfort; we are not the only ones that get indigestion from the bull. * * * * * TOUGH ON THE STUDENTS Budapest.—Because the moving picture company which paid a large sum for aiding in making a picture of a rocket trip to the moon, stopped its funds when the picture was completed, Professor Franz Oberth, has returned to his native village without completing his project "moon-shooting rocket.' He expects to complete the venture when he can secure more money, he says. Why don't he appeal to some of his students? They'd probably be glad to donate an exit ticket for the old boy. * * * * * HE WAS CRAZY Dr. Snook, former Ohio State University professor, put to death Feb. 28 for the murder last summer of Theora Hix, co-ed at the Ohio State Medical school, argued that he should not be put to death because it would create a waste of money the state spent to educate him. He's the kind, that when he was a college boy, would not take a beat, 'cause he felt that he was losing so many dollars for every class he missed. Poor boy. he should have stayed away from the co-eds. * * * * * SORORITIES RECEIVE A FAKED "SISTER" WARMLY Open arms and kisses greeted a Phi Kap "rushing papa" a few nights back when dressed in a fur coat and green hat, he was received as a pledge with sisterly affection by many sororities who were fooled by his make-up. This all happened at Texas A. & M. College. Well, at the Alpha Phi house the wolf in sheep's clothing was admitted to the fireside where his true identity was discovered when he attempted to warm his unusually large hands. His wits gained his admittance to the Gamma Phi house, but not for long, screams drove him from the porch of the Theta house; the Alpha O's were little more hospitable, but the Kappas and Phi Phi's locked the door in his face. He got perhaps his warmest reception at the Chi Omega house, but in his hurry to leave he dropped a dainty silk hank-erchief, which is serving as a clue for campus sleuths.—Stanford University Daily. WELL, I'D SAY THIS •By aAaron ^Billowheel EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed k> 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 policy. • • • • • THE Dothan Eagle rallies bravely to the colors of its village celebrity and deplores the traditional animosity between the University of Alabama and Auburn. The editor of John Mack Brown's home-town paper fans the air with the following: The foregoing does not impress the distinterested bystander as the seasoned opinion of a critic who has earned his place by years of intelligent observation and experience, but on the contrary- it rings true to the snort of a zealous Auburn freshman against an "Alabama Man." For many years tradition has inspired Auburn Men to the firm belief that an Alabama Man is good for only one thing—to be carried of somewhere and drowned, while Alabama Men will take an oath that the spectacle of an Auburn Man attempting to be either a scholar or a gentleman is as hopeless as Noah Berry is the role of a tender ingenue. (Let it be stated here that the writer of these lines was an Auburn Man until the faculty grew tired of it.) This wide difference of opinions grew out of a football game played in Montgomery at approximately the time Mr. Billowheel was wearing pants that were cut neither on the style of Oxford bag nor held up by gaudy suspenders, but were fashioned from a square absorbent material and fastened together by three of the first fraternity pins on record. Doubtless he does not recall the instance. One is not exactly amazed, therefore, that Mr. BillowheeFs opinion of Mr. Brown is slightly prejudiced. Whether or not John Mack Brown is a second John Barrymore is a matter affording grounds for debate, but on the other hand the cold, invulnerable fact remains that Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer would not have renewed his contract a few weeks ago if Mr. Brown was half so dumb as Mr. Billowheel infers. Everyone, of course, is entitled to his or her opinion, even a freshman. However, we venture that Mr. Billowheel will enjoy John Mack Brown's efforts to a greater degree after he has left the environs of Langdon Hall to mingle in a hard-boiled world that has a reputation for polishing off college kids. But just now Mr. Billowheel is probably so full of the college spirit that . he will even wager money on Auburn's football team, and one can not expect him exactly to witness John Mack's screen love-making with starry eyes and lower jaw slightly ajar. Among all accusing things written about myself, it has never before been said that I had college spirit. To me the only thing that is more ridiculous than college spirit is home town loyalty. Such an outburst of undying and dauntless loyalty to the local picture boy by the editor of the Eagle makes me a thousand times thankful that we didn't cast any slurs at their fire department or city streets—doubtless the militia would have been called out. The assumption that our criticism of John Mack Brown was based upon the grounds that he is a University man is entirely misconstrued. There is nothing further from the intentions of this writer. Our criticism of that person's acting as demonstrated in "Jazz Heaven" was simply a protest against most of the tripe that is labeled "acting" and sloughted off by picture producers on a ready and not too discriminating audience, and contained interest only from the fact that the hero was an Alabama (State of Alabama) boy. In my three years at Auburn I have never heard one remark from a student regarding the University that was of a critical or an abusive tone, and from many conversations with University students I am given the impression that the same attitude is prevalent at Tuscaloosa. The traditional grudge between the two Alabama colleges is non-existent upon the campuses today. All ill-feeling is largely among the alumni with bad- livers. If when "Jazz Heaven" comes to Dothan, the bands can be quieted and the audience can throttle all the I-knew-him-when and he's-a-local-boy prattle, and watch the spectacle, it will see probably the greatest monument to the carelessness with which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer makes its contracts. If it is possible that this writer is biased in his dramatic criticism by a brawl that happened many years ago when he was sporting those universally stylish pants that the editor mentioned, isn't it even much more possible that the Eagle's editor is greatly prejudiced by the present' day loyalty to his home town and its public opinion that are so dear to him and which give him his daily bread? TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE New High Record Set By Hens In Laying Contest The 1,000 hens competing in the sixth Alabama national egg-laying contest here set a new high record for a month's production with a lay of 20,366 eggs for February, it was announced Wednesday by G. A. Trol-lope, supervisor, and C. T. Bailey, manager. For February their per cent production was 72.8. This compares with 69.9 per cent for April, 1929, which is the next highest figure reached since the contest was inaugurated nearly six years ago. Bailey expects the February lay to establish a national record. A Rhode Island Red owned by Dr. H. B. Peacock and Dr. Roy M. Mc- Lure of Opelika continued to hold her place as the leading hen. This hen has been in the lead since the opening of the sixth contest on November 1. For 120 days she has laid 105 eggs and scored 114.8 points. Awards in the contest will be given on points, and eggs weighing 24 ounces to the dozen are given one point, with those weighing more or less scored accordingly. The leading hen lays especially heavy eggs, most of her production weighing 26 or more ounces per dozen. The next five high birds are owned by Dr. Peacock or jointly by Peacock and McLure. The birds are also in competition by pens, 10 hens being housed in one pen. A Rhode Island pen owned by Peacock and McLure maintained its lead set at the opening of the contest with a lay to the end of February of 1,008.3 points or 997 eggs. A pen of Rhode Island Reds owned individually by Dr. Peacock was in second place for the 120-day period, and a white leghorn pen belonging to Fox and Son Poultry Farm of Little Falls, N. J., was running a close third. One hen owned by Dr. Peacock has made a very high record for consecutive laying. She laid one egg a day for 93 days without missing, and has failed to lay only 4 days out of the 120. Though she has laid 116 eggs, which is the highest number laid by any one pen, she has scored GEORGIA TECH GETS FUND FOR AERONAUTICAL SCHOOL Atlanta, Ga. — (IP) — Three hundred thousand dollars has been given by the Daniel Guggenhiem Foundation for the Promotion of Aeronautics to the Georgia School of Technology here for the establishment of an aeronautical engineering school, to be the center for such work in the South. The gift is the last act of the fund which has given away approximately three million dollars for the promotion of flying in the United States and abroad. Georgia Tech was picked from 27 southern educational institutions as the most logical place for the aeronautical engineering school. Some time ago $350,000 was given by the fund to the California Institute of Technology, which was the largest single donation made by the Guggenhiem foundation. FEWER CHILDREN DRINK NOW SAYS HOOVER'S COMMISSION Washington—(IP)—Reports being received by President Hoover's law enforcement commission indicate that there has been less drinking among high school students under the prohibition laws than there was prior to their enaction. only 96.2 points, because of the lightness of her eggs, and is not numbered among the 10 high individuals. Feed to produce a dozen eggs in February cost only 12.14 cents. This is the lowest cost for the four months of the contest and compares with 15.2 cents for January, 19.4 cents for December, and 17.3 cents for November. The low cost is- attributed by Bailey to the larger number of eggs prpduced and to the fact that feed was lower in price for February. The birds were fed a mixture of scratch grain, dry mash, wet mash, milk, oats, and oyster shell. They consumed an average of 8.7 pounds of this feed per bird. The sixth contest will close September 30 and Bailey announced that applications for entry in the seventh contest are being received. Always Ready To Serve You BANK OF AUBURN Bank Of Personal Service • - . - * Get What You Want And Like What You Get. COLLEGE BARBER SHOP (ti tf 'Say It With Flowers' And Say It With Ours FOR EVERY SOCIAL OCCASION Rosemont Gardens Florists Montgomery, Alabama Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn. THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES HAGEDORN'S Opelika''s Leading Department Store. THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES Geology Meeting Draws Thousand Delegates More than one thousand leading American geological experts are expected in New Orleans for sessions of the 15th annual meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists to be held in the Roosevelt Hotel March 20-22, according to arrangements announced this week by Professor Reinhard A. Steinmayer, head of the Tulane geology department. Approximately 100 papers on present and past geological problems, the largest number of discussions ever presented at a meeting of the association, will be offered during the sessions. They include presentations of historical and geographical interest in many fields. An outstanding feature of the convention will be the extensive series of trips about the city and outlying parishes of New Orleans being arranged through a committee headed by Professor Steinmayer. Trips through the Evangeline country and the salt domes of the Louisiana Gulf coast, airplane inspection trips over the Delta, and other visits thru geological sections unique in this part of the country are being arranged for delegates. Dr. Albert B. Dinwiddie, president of Tulane, will deliver the address of welcome at the opening meeting. The Tulane geology department will be represented when Professor Steinmayer delivers and address on "Phases of Sedimentation in the Gulf Coastal Prairies of Louisiana." The talk will include a geological study, of the gulf coast sedimentation, paying attention to various phases of sedimentation especially in respect to environment. Geophysicists and paleontologists will also have special programs at the convention, the latter group being organized as an affiliated society of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, known as the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists. Illustrated discussions will be held in the Tip-Top Inn of the Roosevelt hotel during the three days of the convention. A variety of geological exhibits including maps, charts, laboratory and field equipment will also be displayed in connection with the meetings. Trips through the Vieux Carre are being planned by Professor Stein-mayer's committee. "Stunt Night on the Mighty Mississippi," a program which is expected to be of special interest to visiting geologists, will be held on Thursday, March 20. Soviet To Prosecute Students In Medicine Three hundred and fifty recent graduates of the medical school of Leningrad university are to be pros ecuted by the State Insurance depart ment, the official Izvestia said, on charges of embezzlement because they refused to live up to their education al contracts which provided that they assume charge of government clinics in small provincial towns. The embezzlement charge is based on the fact that upon matriculation the students agreed to practice medicine wherever the state might wish to send them in return for paying their way through university. The Insurance department asserts that since the students accepted money for which they refused to render service they actually embezzled state funds at the rate of $40 a month for fours years. Fifty graduates out of 400 in the class of 1929 kept their contracts. The remainder refused and have been without jobs since last June. Its the s JEFFERSON IAKER HOTEL DowatowB 350 ROOMS with Bath, Oiling Pans OkwKatlna I M Water. TWO LOUNCSf • BALLROOM DIITOfO BOOM COFFEE SHOP JICHESTRA PLAYS FOR RATES DAILY CONCERTS AND W " ^ ^^ THE MOST^MODERN IIOTEL IN THE SOUTH SCHOOL REFORM PROMISED BY PRESIDENT OF CZECHS DANCING Prague—(IP)—Czechoslovakia has been promised a reform in its educational system by President Masaryk, himself a former school teacher and professor. The promise was made on the occasion of the president's birthday, when he received a group of prominent educators of the country for a private audience. New Beacon is Made For Use in Dense Fog One of the newest developments in aviation lighting can be traced directly to Col. Charles A. Lindberg, Overhearing a remark made by "Lindy," when he visited the General Electric Company's research labora tory last summer, that to him "flash ings made by the poles of trolley cars are noticeable when flying in a dense fog, even though other lights are not distinguishable," Dr. Irving Langmuir assistant director of the laboratory, 3et about experimenting with appart us which would produce such a flash Experiments resulted in the building of an electric flasher, of a new type. Flashing of code signals by the light will guard aviators against the possible error they might make in mistaking a trolley flash for the beacon, and by a definite plan of airport signals, will inform the flyer of his location. Though the light is still in an experimental stage, satisfactory tests have been made at the General Electric Laboratory and at the Schenectady airport, where one has been in operation for nearly a year. While a high degree of visibility has been generally reported, a definite case of its satisfactory performance is on record at the airport. Flying in foggy weather, an aviator was traveling toward Schenectady at low altitude following the New York Central tracks. While at a distance of about four miles from the-airport, he picked up the flashing arc beacon, until then shielded from his view by hills, and followed it to the flying field. He reported that due to the nature of the light and the frequent flashes, the beacon was easy to pick up and follow. Nation Tunes In On WAPI'School Of Air' YALE RECEIVES $24,000,000 AS TOTAL FROM ESTATE New Haven, Conn. — (IP) — 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 quadrangle, and another million for the maintenance of the quadrangle. Announcement of the latest gift was made by Dr. James Rowland An-gell. With thousands of school children over the state listening in, WAPI inaugurated an experimental "school of the air" Wednesday of last week. Special programs for elementary, junior and senior high school pupils were presented between 9 a. m. and noon Wednesday, and were offered the remainder of that week and all this week. The school is being watched with unusual interest over the state by educators, WAPI hopes by this experiment to lay a foundation for an extensive radio school next Fall, and station directors are watching it with keen interest. Campbell Announces The programs are being presented by Marie Fenney, with Walter N. Campbell, station manager, announcing. In launching the experiment, P. O. Davis, general manager of WAPI, issued this statement: "In broadcasting the first of an experimental series of school programs, we are taking a step to which we have been looking forward since Station WAPI became, in reality, "The Voice of Alabama." We have visioned the time when we might extend the service and influence of this great institution to the boys and girls of the state who are in schools where they are being trained to live better and serve better in their present and future places of citizenship in a complicated, economic, and social structure. Seek To Aid Teachers "It is not the aim of Station WAPI to supplant or to replace the teacher in the schoolroom. We are seeking only to extend to you and your students that service which radio can and should render. We know that radio is distinct; that its field of service is unlike that of any other agency or institution; and that its field of service is unlimited. We know also that the place of radio in the school has not been determined. "In presenting this series we are thinking of you and your students. We are making an earnest effort to determine our place in the schools of Alabama. After making this determination we assure you that we shall fill our place in a manner that will be pleasing and helpful to you. "We want your frank criticism; we know that you will be constructive; and that you will measure these programs in terms of service to you and your school. If these experimental programs do not measure up to the standard which you have in mind, we are depending upon you to tell us wherein we fail and what deductions and additions should be made. Remember that_ this is only an experiment and that we shall ever be alert for that which will improve. School Co-Worker "I hope you will consider us as a co-worker for this we are. Being owned by educational institutions and operated by the owners in cooperation with the city of Birmingham, we are seeking only to serve in our proper place, not only in the schools but also in the homes and the hearts of the people of Alabama. Therefore, the mission of the teacher and the mission of WAPI are closely akin in nature and in purpose. "Looking into the future we can see the schools of Alabama equipped with receiving sets for the reception of programs which are presented especially for school children, and rendering an invaluable service which only radio can render. This being accomplished, we shall then look back to this humble beginning today when radio is making its first organized entrance into Alabama schools." 'Tis Fine to Dine at the PICKWICK STUDENTS ATTENTION! We invite you to open a checking account with us. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Your Interest Computed Patronize our Advertisers. MAY & GREEN Men's Clothing Sporting Goods Montgomery, Alabama STOP! • : AT > Ward's Place Hudson & Thompson Wholesale Grocers Montgomery, Ala. We Solicit Business Of All College and Student Organizations ...on the screen it's C . H A R M / . J H M l i i ^ ^ _ ^ , . ^^^ • SWARTHMORE COLLEGE HAS ENLARGED ENDOWMENT Philadelphia, Pa.—(IP)—One million eight hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars have been added to the endowment fund since two million dollars were raised by Swathmore College last year, it has been announced by Dr. Frank Aydelotte, president of the college. ...in a cigarette it's "MERIT IS SURE to rise." Make a cigarette of better quality, of richer aroma and finer fragrance— and all the world will find it out. Witness Chesterfield's popularity, growing every day. No flash in the pan, but enduring popularity — earned by giving smokers the one thing they want: JASTE/ TASTE above everytking M I L D . . . and yet THEY SATISFY hesterfield FINE TURKISH and DOMESTIC tobacco., not only BLENDED but CROSS-BLENDED t) 1929, LIOGETT It Mvxm TOIACC* Co. PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1930 Auburn Tigers to Meet Birmingham Barons for Third Time on Thursday The Auburn Tiger-Birmingham Baron baseball game carded for Birmingham, Thursday, March 20, will be the crucial game between the two teams. The two clubs have met twice before on the diamond with each capturing a decision. Both former games were played in Auburn and featured Auburn's "A" Day program. The first tilt was in 1926, when the Barons staged rallies in the closing innings, to win, 12 to 8. The Tigers evened the count in 1927 when they got off to an early lead which they maintained throughout the fray, winning 5 to 2. Fred Leslie Sheridan, former Plainsmen star pitcher and present baseball coach, played an important role in the past contests between the Bengals and Barons. Coach Dave Morey used Sheridan on the mound against the Birmingham nine in 1926 for seven innings. When Sheridan departed from the hill, the Moreymen were leading, 5 to 3. His successors were not as effective as he was as the final score will show. This was Sheridan's last season as an Auburn athlete. The initial meeting between the two teams was featured by some heavy hitting on the parts of Grant Gillis, Babe Ganzel, Ben Sankey and Bullett Hitchcock. Sankey and Hitchcock, former Auburn stars hit for the circuit, the former with the bases occupied, and the latter with one on the sacks. In the 1927 battle, Sheridan was a member of the Slagtown hurling staff. He had been one of the stars for the Barons in the exhibition games, but Manager Johnny Dobbs decided not to use him against his former mates. Sheridan was still very anxious to show his manager that he had the "stuff" to stick in the Southern League, and asked for a chance to pitch for his Alma Mater against his present mates. He was sure that he could hold the heavy Baron swatsmiths in check with a .strong defensive team like Auburn had backing him. When Sheridan was granted permission to pitch for the Orange and Blue nine, he immediately broke his allegiance with the Birmingham club and took a new oath for one day as a member of the Plainsmen nine once again. M-E-A-T The Very Best And Any Kind MOORE'S MARKET Phone 37 He started for Auburn and only gave up two hits and a like number of runs during the six innings that he pitched. After Sheridan had completely subdued tlhe heavy hitters with Birmingham, Coach Morey sent him relief, who held the losers scoreless for the remaining stanzas. Both of the runs scored off of Sheridan were gifts as he erred once and Ebb James, present Selma Cloverleaf catcher, committed the other bobble which gave the Barons their two runs. While the 1930 Plainsmen are minus another Sheridan, and such heavy hitters as Ellis, Akin, Wattwood, Hitchcock, Stewart, Ebb James, Fob James, Sankey and Wood, they have a formidable hurling staff composed of Carter, Prim, Harkins and Smith and some of the leading swatters in Southern Conference baseball in Capt. Jim Crawford, Alternate Captain Joe Burt, Phil Hodges, Pete Harris, Harry Lloyd, Frock Pate, Ruper Ingram, Chas. Kaley, Page Riley and Ben Newton. The major and minor league scouts rate the present wearers of the Auburn uniform very high, as thirteen of the above players have had offers to join the professional ranks. HOW GLOMERATA BEGAN IS RELATED BY JUDGE F. L. TATE, THE FIRST EDITOR TRUSTEES APPROVE SALE POWER PLANT (Continued from page 1) vice of the board's executive committee. Bids have already been submitted by the Alabama Power Company for the electric properties, and by the Warrior Water Company for the water properties. Advertisements for other bids will be made. The sale will not include the electric and water distribution systems on the college reservation. They will be retained for providing current for the school. The college will also have the privilege of purchasing electric and water service at wholesale rates. Under the present arrangement, the college purchases electric current from the Alabama Power Company, and distributes it in the town thru the distribution system owned and operated by the college. Water is supplied from the college's plant and through its mains, to the city, which sells it to customers. When the college began electric and water service Auburn was only a village. It is now a town ^oo large to get its supply of electricity and water from the college and the college feels that the money invested in these properties may be used to a better advantage. Most of us can fool ourselves without half trying. Always Ready to Give You the Best of Service TOOMER'S HARDWARE CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager —~i A. MEADOWS GARAGE AUTO REPAIRS TIRES TUBES CARS FOR HIRE U-DRIVE-'EM ACCESSORIES GAS OIL GREASES PHONE 29-27 OPELIKA PHARMACY INC. Prescription Druggist YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED Phone 72 Opelika, Ala. r — — — • KLEIN & SON Jewelers GRUEN WATCHES Montgomery, Ala. TOOMER'S WILL GIVE YOU SERVICE DRUG SUNDRIES DRINKS, SMOKES THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY ON THE CORNER (Continued from page 1) fore the Glomerata is now in its 33rd year. He received his M. S. in 1898. Mr. Tate entered Auburn in the fall of 1894, but the panic which swept the country kept him out of college three years. In addition to being editor-in-chief of the first Glomerata; he was also editor of the Orange and Blue, the college newspaper, his senior year Mr. Hobdy was business manager and, as related by Judge Tate, " was a good one. It was a difficult task, but we worked together un tiringly and with determination ir making it a reality. "The printing was done by a Nash ville concern and 250 copies were printed. The price was $2.50 per copy and we got the boys to give ui orders on their contingent fees Money was very scarce in those days and we had to get it any way we could. "By figuring closely with the print er and economizing in every way we paid all of our bills and had a balance of $60 which we turned into athletics." Therefore, from the very start the Glomerata has demonstrated its interest in college sports as well as in all other college activities. Of special interest is the fact that the editor-in-chief and business man ager of Auburn's first Glomerata have succeeded far above the average Immediately after graduation Judge Tate taught school. He went Jackson, Alabama, where he received a salary of $750 a year. Although he had milked cows to pay his board he determined to pay money. Conse quently he managed to pay $25 per month until he paid what the regular boarders had paid. While teaching he studied law for he was determined to become a lawyer. During summers he went to the University of Virginia and studied law. Later he opened an office at WetumpKa where he has remained continuously in the practice of law with the exception of one year with a law firm in Montgomery, one year as attorney general of Alabama, and two years as supernumerary judge. For twelve years he was solicitor of his district. Mr. Hobdy, too, went into the teaching profession after graduation at Auburn. He taught at different points. After several years as principal of the secondary agricultural school at Albertville, where he was an outstanding success. He came to Auburn and engaged in extension work in the early days of the 4-H club movement. From Auburn he went to the State Department of Education where he has distinguished as a leading educator. It happens that the two men were Auburn on the same day, Monday. Judge Tate was up looking around and admiring the progress of his alma mater, while Dr. Hobdy was engaged in a conference which was attended by principals of secondary agricultural schools, county agents, teachers of vocational agriculture, and members of the Extension Service staff at Auburn. It is a happy fact that these two men who were Glomerata pioneers have distinguished themselves in the life and affairs of their State. Architects Make Survey Of Italian Landscape Students Study Best Example Of Italian Gardening WAPI AUBURN STUDIO WILL HAVE FULL TIME BROADCAST SERVICE (Continued from page 1) 1 install a studio with connections to be made with the Auburn Birmingham line at Calera at the junction with the Montevallo line, thus making a three-way circuit into Montgomery. Another part of the improvement program includes the installation of additional equipment at the Auburn studio in order to secure better quality of reproduction of the programs going out from Auburn. Mr. Davis stated that the equipment at Auburn would be kept up-to-date at all times. At present a rectifier is being constructed in Birmingham to be installed in the Auburn studio this week which will replace the batteries now in use, and will also maintain a satisfactory volume level with marked improvement in the quality of reproduction, according to a statement from Mr. P. O. Davis. LOST:—Flowered Pink Chiffon Scarf, Saturday, March 15. Finder please return to M. E. Odendahl, Colonial Apartment, or call 252-J. Seven fifth year students in the school of architecture here and three instructors have returned to Auburn after making a survey of the best example of Italian landscape architecture in the South. They worked Saturday at Hills and Dales, the estate of the late Fuller E. Callaway and now the home of Mrs. Callaway and Cason J. Callaway at LaGrange, Ga. Several weeks ago E. S. Draper, one of the premier landscape architects of the South, received a request from the magazine, "Landscape Architecture," for a survey of the gardens at Hills and Dales so that their beauty and perfection might be presented to the architects of the country. "For," said the editors, "the gardens at Hills and Dales are the best examples of Italian Renaissance gardening in that section." Mr. Draper suggested that the class in landscape architecture at Auburn make the survey and permission was granted by Mr. Callaway. The students did the work under the direction of John W. Hyde, assistant professor of landscape gardening; E. W. Burkhardt, professor of design in the school of architecture; and Frank M. Orr, Jr., assistant professor of architectural engineering. They worked all day Saturday surveying and sketching. The students who assisted in the survey were G. C. Brinson, G. M. Collins, J. T. Dix, Kenneth R. Gid-dens, Samuel H. Pope, Fred W. Ren-neker, and J. S. Wiatt. REDUCTION OF COTTON ACREAGE IS ADVICE TO DEMONSTRATION MGRS. Dr. Hutchins Reports On Work in Mountains Berea, Ky.—(IP)—While youthful Robert Maynard Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago, is busy attempting to develop something new in great civic educational institutions, his father, Dr. William J. Hutchins, as president of Berea College, is engaged in the heroic work of educating the sons and daughters of the mountain whites. In his annual report just issued, Dr. Hutchins indicated that there has been much progress in the emergence of the Southern mountain people from their isolation of nearly two centuries. The continued need of these people however, is indicated by his statement that 2 r p e r cent of the parents of Berea's 2,500 students do not own their own homes or even small farms, and that 73 per cent live an average of more than nine miles from any community. "But in many of these homes, poor and isolated, there has persisted a great ability, a charming culture, and a passionate hunger for learning," Dr. Hutchins states. LEAVE OF ABSENCE OF DR. ROSS IS EXTENDED (Continued from page 1) taking courses leading to the degree in Chemistry, he and Doctor Ross are making plans to increase the staff, particularly the number of those having doctor's degrees and industrial experience. These' men are needed in the department for the purpose of teaching candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and for perfecting certain research work in the utilization of agricultural products in industry, he added. Doctor Ross is in full touch with the entire matter and the appointment of Professor Hare to the position mentioned above was with his full knowledge, consent and on his own recommendation. All the staff, from the President down to student assistants, are working to relieve Doctor Ross of the burdens of his work so that he may rest and come back soon to enjoy the administration of his important work in the new; Chemistry Building which bears his name, Doctor Knapp said. OHIO STUDENT MAY FACE CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER Warren, O.—(IP)—Daniel (Danny) Raeburn, 23, Warren boxer and student at Ohio Northern University at Ada, is in Allen County Jail at Lima, awaiting action of the grand jury in connection with the death of a school mate, Thomas Downs, of Bryan. Downs died as a result of injuries receive when a car driven by Raeburn overturned near Lima. (Continued from page 1) a fine yield of cotton or some other crop. The ultimate goal is satisfactory financial return. When you attain this goal you have succeeded." Principals of nine secondary agricultural schools of the State, county agents of the counties in which they are located, and teachers of vocational agriculture are spending two days in Auburn in a conference for the purpose of working out a record and accounting system that will be feasible for them. J. D. Pope and Elgin McLean, who are in charge of agricultural economics and farm accounting, presented a plan which was explained and studied in detail. In final form it will be adopted so that each of the schools will have a uniform system of accounting^ The method of operation of the different farms, with a view to making them of maximum service, is being considered. Dr. Knapp outlined a plan for making each of these schools a basic point where better methods in agriculture are demonstrated for the farmers surrounding the schools. He insisted not only upon business and financial success but also upon the production of high-quality products. The meeting here was called by Prof. L. H. Duncan, director of the Extension Service, and Dr. J. B. Hobdy who is director of vocational education in the State Department of Education. They are attending the meeting. R. E. Cammack is another representative of the State Department of Education. District Agents J. T. High, R. G. Arnold, and Emmett Sizemore have general supervision of the farms in their respective districts. They are assisting county agents, principals, and teachers in making the plans. County agents present are J. T. Belue, Limestone; W. R. Turnipseed, Marion; A. H. Barnett, Blount; W. T. Coker, Talladega; F. M. White, Clay; C. L. Hollingsworth, Clarke; J. E. Bonner, Sumter; H. M. Lewis, Elmore; and C. S. Keller, Henry. Principals and vocational teachers present are W. H. Johnson and T. C. McCartney, Athens; E. W. Branyon and J. L. McReynolds, Hamilton; J. B. Pennington and C. O. Davis, Blountsville; W. F. Nichols and C. R. ,ee, Sylacauga; E. H. Gentry and M. B. Smith, Lineville; E. J. Pace and B. H. Ford, Jackson; L. W. Cox and J. E. Harvey, Cuba; J. J. Williams and G. H. LeCroy, Wetumpka; and H. G. DeLany and B. F. Harkins, Abbeville. SECRETARY DELTA SIGMA PHI PLEASED ON AUBURN VISIT Hugh D. McMillan, traveling secretary of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and former editor of the McGill Daily of McGill University, Montreal, P. Q. Canada, left Auburn last night after a three day visit with the local chapter of that fraternity. He graduated from McGill University in 1925, where he established an enviable record as a student, both in his studies and in his senior year he was awarded the McGill crest, one of the highest honors to be conferred upon a student of that university. Translated from Latin, the inscription reads, "Here as everywhere, things begun increase by dutiful labor. You wear this because you have rendered valuable service to your Alma Mater." McMillan commended the Auburn chapter for its progress and gave suggestions for its improvement, especially urging the members to strive to improve their scholastic records and to take part in college activities. The man's quiet, unassuming manner impressed those who became acquainted with him during his visit, many expressing delight in having made his acquaintance. Auburn Girls Elevated In Ranks of Camp Fire Twelve Are Given Highest Ranking In Organization BENEFIT BRIDGE The Women's Club will give a benefit bridge party at the Thomas Hotel, Thursday, March 20, at 8 o'clock. Anyone interested is asked to call Mrs. J. J. Wilmore, chairman. College Students Poor Spellers Says Report Berea, O.— (IP)—College freshmen often are better spellers than college seniors, but both classes are far from perfect in this fundamental phase of instruction in English, according to Professor Marie C. Burns, of Baldwin-Wallace college. "Freshmen must pass spelling tests 90 per cent perfect," she explained. "The same students as seniors often fail that mark. The chief reason for this apparent slump is the change of circumstances under which the test is made. The test is dictated to freshmen. It is made in written discourse to seniors. "Most failures are made by incorrect pronunciation," she added, declaring that college students have a language of their own, veritably a "lingo." At a recent ceremonial here twelve girls received the torch bearer's rank in Camp Fire, which is the highest rank in the order. Four others received the first rank and one the second. The girls receiving the torch bearer's rank are Bessie Ruth Smyer, Elizabeth Wright, Frances Wright, Frances Atkinson, Helen Funchess, Helen Gardiner, Dorothy Breedlove, Dorothy Brewer, Laura Callan, Jane Eaton, Eleanor Lewis, and Ruby Long. Those receiving the first rank are Kathryne Mitchell, Marguerite Kennedy, Edith Ricks, and Alma Smith. Elizabeth Pace receiving the fire maker's rank, which is second in Camp Fire. Margaret Wright received all ranks in Camp Fire and was made assistant guardian as merit for her good work. The Auburn Camp Fire work is under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Duncan who has distinguished herself as a leader among the girls. OXFORD STUDENTS HEAVILY IN D E B T Oxford, England—(IP)—Oxford University students are in debt to the merchants of the town to the extent of $1,250,000 according to an article in Isis, the university's student publication. The writer of the article declares that the majority of these debts are incapable of recovery, and launches an attack on university authorities for allowing such a state of affairs to exist. He suggests that the time has come to enforce a legalized credit limit, such as in force at Cambridge University. Get Your Girl One of Our Beautiful Memory Books or Kodak Albums And Shell Be More Than v Pleased Burton's Bookstore Something New Every Day There's a Silver Lining .....W.i w; - "la ~~- LISTEN IN -*~- Crsallsnd Rice -»- Famous SporU Cbampiona —-Coca-Cola Orchestra. ••-Wednesday 10:30 lo 11 p. m. E. S. 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