1930-03-18 The Plainsman

              HEARW. C. A.
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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
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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
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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-
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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