1931-03-04 The Plainsman

              Congratulations
Honor Men THE PLAINSMAN
T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
Congratulations
Honor Men
VOLUME LIV AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1931 NUMBER 41
TAU BETA PI
TAPS ELEVEN
MONDAY NITE
Members of Jr. Class
Are Chosen to Engi­neering
Fraternity
NOTIFIED MONDAY
MANY MEN ARE ELECTED TO HONORARY FRATERNITIES
MEMBERS OF JUNIOR CLASS ARE ENGINEERS' DAY
Three Elecs; Two Me­chanicals;
Two Civils;
Two Chemicals; Tex­tile,
and Architect Are
Chosen *
Eleven juniors enrolled in engi­neering
courses were named to mem­bership
in Tau Beta Pi, national hon­orary
engineering fraternity, at an
election of the society held Monday
night. The election, in the form of
tapping ceremonies, was held in
Broun Hall auditorium, and was a
feature of the meeting of the Engi­neers'
Club.
The men elected are as follows:
Architectural Engineering
Harry W. Dealing", Birmingham.
Chemical Engineering
Hoyed Chambers, Wylam.
J. Fleming Turner, Jr., St. Steph­ens.
Civil Engineering
L. H. Norris, Ensley.
G. W. Mozo, Jacksonville, Fla.
Electrical Engineering
C. 6. Elledge, Red Bay.
W. E. Free, Jr., Bamburg, South
Carolina.
R. E. Williams, Little Rock, Ar­kansas.
Mechanical Engineering
C. L. Dykes, Birmingham.
W. J. Rogers, Marion.
Textile Engineering
Cleveland Adams, Eufaula.
These eleven men are chosen from
the upper one-eighth of their respec­tive
classes.
In its annual spring election, Tau
Beta Pi picks men from the upper
one-eighth of the junior class. Each
fall, seniors in engineering from the
upper one-fourth of their classes are
chosen.
The local chapter was established
in May, 1920. The purpose is "to
mark in a fitting manner those who
have conferred honor upon their Al­ma
Mater by a high grade of scholar­ship
as undergraduates, or by their
attainment as alumni; and to foster
a spirit of liberal culture in the En-
, gineering school of America."
The initiation of the pledges will
take place in the near future.
PICKED BY HONORARY CHEMICAL
FRA TERNITY IN SPRING ELECTION
Honorary Chemical Engineering Fraternity Selects Three
Juniors and One Member of Faculty In Annual Spring
Election
In its annual spring elections Mon­day
night Gamma Sigma Epsilon,
national honorary chemical fratern­ity,
pledged three members of the
Junior class and one member of the
faculty.
Students honored for their work
in the school of Chemistry were:
Hoyed Chambers, Wylam; Lawrence
B. Haley, Oakman; and W. B. John­son,
Lineville.
Dr. H. B. Gordon, chemical pro­fessor,
was chosen from the faculty.
Elections to Gamma Sigma Epsi­lon
are held twice each year, the
first of which takes place in the fall
and recognizes only members of the
Senior class. In the spring elections
only Juniors are eligible.
The Delta Alpha chapter was es­tablished
on the Auburn campus in
1923, "For the purpose of promoting
high scholarship and fellowship
among students of chemistry."
The present officers of the fra­ternity
are: L. F. Camp, grand al­chemist;
John L. Christian, recorder;
S. P. Robinson, visor, and J. D.
Smith, sargeant-at-arms.
DAVIS LEAVES FOR
O.D.K. CONVENTION
Charles S. Davis to Attend
Meeting In Lexington This
Week-End
GLEE CLUB DEPARTS
ON ITS FIRST TOUR
LOUISE LEWIS CHOSEN
HEAD HOME EC CLUB
Because of her interest in home
economics and outstanding leadership
ability, Miss Louise Lewis of Auburn,
has been elected president of the
student Home Economics Association,
Auburn. Miss Lewis, a junior in the
home economics education course,
presides at weekly meetings of -the
Association where problems of im-
' portance to home economics students
are discussed.
The student Home Economics As­sociation
is a branch of the State
and National Home Economics Aso-ciation.
Officers serving with Miss Lewis
are: Jewel Golden, Opelika, vice-president;
Mary Underwood, Tus-cumbia,
secretary; Lois Brown, Wav-erly,
treasurer; Abigail Brasseale,
Birmingham, Plainsman reporter;
Dorothy Parker, Hayneville, Ala­bama
Farmer reporter; and Kirtis
Martin, Greensboro, assistant Ala­bama
Farmer reporter.
Charles S. Davis, president of the
Omega Circle of O D K; left yester­day
to attend the Ninth Biennial
Convention of the Omicron Delta
Kappa fraternity which convenes at
Lexington, Ky. Mu Circle' of the
University of Kentucky will be host
at this convention to which will come
delegates from all parts of the Unit­ed
States. Davis, who .is also Busi­ness
Manager of the Plainsman and
very prominent on the campus, will
remain in Lexington until Sunday
since the meeting is scheduled for
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Omicron Delta Kappa is a promi-nen
honorary leadership fraternity
which annually elects ten members
"in recognition of conspicuous "at­tainments
and services in collegiate
activity." Its members have to qual­ify
in scholarship, athletic ability,
social leadership, college publica­tions,
and forensic or other non-ath­letic
activities. The Omicron Circle
was established here in 1908. Be­fore
that time it was a local organi­zation
under the name of Scarabs.
Election to this fraternity is consid­ered
one of the most signal honors
on the campus.
Forty Singers Leave to Stage
Performances At Lineville
and Roanoke
The Auburn Men's Glee Club
started on its annual concert tour
this afternoon immediately after
lunch. Their first visit of the year
will be at Lineville where they will
play in the school auditorium to­night
at eight o'clock.
After spending the night in Line­ville
members of the Glee Club will
proceed to Roanoke for their second
concert, and return to Auburn Thurs­day
night after completing the per­formance
at Roanoke.
Forty members are making the
trip. They are travelling by auto­mobile.
Numbers in the repertoire are the
same as those presented to Auburn
last Saturday night in Langdon Hall.
PLANS REVEALED
AT MEET MONDAY
Committees Are Appointed For
Handling All Details For An­nual
Engineers' Festivities
CLASSES TO BE EXCUSED
Bids For Dance Be Distributed
Early Next Week; Tickets
Go On Sale At Early Date
Governor's Review One
Of Best Held In Auburn
WAPI Program For
Next Week Announced
NOTICE
All freshman pitchers and catch­ers
are requested to report to
Coach Earl McFaden at Alumni
gymnasium Monday for their first
practice. The workouts^for the in-fielders
and outfielders will start
March 16. All fielding equipment
and shoes will have to be furnished
by the candidates.
Splendid recreation in the form of
various hobbies for both parents and
children will be explained by Dr.
Paul Irvine, professor of education,
over Station WAPI on Friday, 3:45
p. m., March 13. In addition, dur­ing
the week of March 9-14, the reg­ular
noontime broadcasts will bring
many professors before the micro­phone
to discuss a variety of timely
topics on agriculture and home eco­nomics.
The week's program follows:
Monday—Review of new book by
English department; Insects and
Man, Prof. J. M. Robinson; Feature
for women by extension staff mem­ber.
Tuesday—Interview of Prof. G. A.
Trollope on poultry; Housekeeper's
chat by Mrs. Mary Drake Askew;
Primer for Town Farmers—U. S.'D.
(Continued on page 4) '
Major tfohn T. Kennedy, com­mandant
of the R. O. T. C. Unit,
expressed his appreciation to the
R. O. Tj. C. Regiment for the splendid
appearance and performance made
by them on the recent parade in hon­or
of Governor Miller and the Board
of Trustees.
Major Kennedy said that this was
one of the best reviews ever held at
Auburn.
"The many expressions of com­mendation
received from every
source bear witness to the excellence
of the bearing, appearance, and con­duct
of the unit," the Commandant
said.
Plans were completed Monday
night at a meeting of the Engineers'
Club for holding Engineers' Day
March 17. Committees for handling
details of entertainment for the day
were appointed by J. A. Willman,
chairman of the club. This day, set
aside as a holiday for the engineers
on the campus, was first inaugurated
four years ago for the promotion of
good feeling and cooperation among
all engineers on the campus.
The complete program of events
follows:
Classes excused 10:00 a. m.
Moving Picture (Tiger Theater)
10:30 a. m.
Baseball game (Ags vs. Engineers)
:1 3:00 p. m.
Banquet (Smith Hall) 7:30
Engineers' Ball 9:00 to 12
Consent was given by Dr. Knapp
to allow dismissal of all classes after
10:00 o'clock in the morning. A free
technical movie to be shown at the
Tiger Theater by courtesy of Mr.
Rogers will be the opening feature
of the day.
Committees which will have charge
of the various phases of the program
are as follows:
Manager of baseball team—A. C.
Taylor.
Banquet Committee—L. F. Camp,
chairman; J. L. Stone, P. C. Avant.
Dance Committee—J. R. Quinlivan,
chairman; R. A. Mann, J. D. Bush,
Sam Wade, K. C. Gilbert, Cleveland
Adams.
Committee on Publicity—Gabie
Drey, chairman; A. C. Cohen, Jr.,
R. L. Hume.
Committee on Decorations—Max
Williams, chairman.
Pledges of Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa
Nu, and Gamma Sigma Epsilon Exe­cutive
Committee—J. A. Willman, R.
F. Ham, Eugene Walters.
Tickets for the dance and the
banquet will «be on sale soon, the
price to be announced later. Bids
for the dance will be distributed
early next week. On former occa­sions
a number of out-of-town girls
have attended the dance, and a num­ber
of invitations are expected to be
sent out this time.
SIGMA PHI SIGMA
IS VICTORIOUS IN
FRAT TOURNAMENT
Sigma Phi Sigma Fraternity
Defeats Sigma Nu Fraterni­ty
by Score of 18 to 14
WINNERS GET CUP
Sigma Phi Sigma's Win Five
Games In Tournament While
Sigma Nu's Win Four
Jumping into the lead at the open­ing
whistle, the Sigma Phi Sigma
fraternity defeated the Sigma Nu's
in the finals of the interfraternity
basketball tournament by the score
of 18 to 14 in Alumni gymnasium
Monday night. At the end of the
half the Sigma Phi Sigma's were
leading 13 to 8. The winners were
awarded a large cup.
Moore, forward for the victors,
was high point man with 8 points.
He was closely followed by his team
mate John Wilson who looped 5
points.
In advancing to the finals, the
Sigma Phi Sigma's defeated the S.
P .E.'s 31 to 8; Sigma Pi's 32 to 12;
Beta Kappa's 31 to 19; and the T.
U. O.'s, last year's champions, 17
to 16. The Sigma Nu's had won vic­tories
over the Pi K. A.'s 35 to 17;
Lambda Chi Alpha's 27 to 16; Phi
Kappa Tau's 28 to 18, and the S. A.
E.'s 25 to 20.
Kappa Delta Pi Elects 12
New Members On Monday
FRESHMAN CABINET
MEMBERS WILL BE
ELECTED THURSDAY
Four Are Nominated For Of­fice;
Two Will Be Chosen
For Positions
Two new representatives of the
Freshman class will be elected to the
Executive Cabinet on Thursday when
the Rats go to the polls-for the sec­ond
time this year.
Nominations of only four aspir­ants
have been received by the com­mittee
thus far. They are Claude
H. Murray, Charles Adams, Nicholas
Hare, Lon Williamson, and Joe J.
Scherer.
The polls will be open from 8:30
a. m. until 5 p. m. and will be locat­ed
in the Y. M. C. A.
The two vacancies sought after are
coveted positions and competition
should be very keen in this election
Six Seniors, Five Juni­ors,
and One Graduate
Are Elected
COUNCIL BALL TO
BE GIVEN APRIL 17
Sig. Phi Sig.
Wedgeworth,
Moore, 8
Wilson, 5
Daniels, 1
McCullough
4
No substitut
Pos.
F
F
C
G
G
ions.
Sigma Nu
McCallum, 4
Morris, 4
Hardy, 1
Christian, 2
Lanier, 3
Committees For Annual Ball
Are Appointed At Meeting
Held Monday
Senior Mechanicals and
Electricals Interviewed
W. J. Hillen, director of Educa­tional
Training for the Carrier En­gineering
Corporation of Newark, N.
J., was in Auburn last week inter­viewing
members of the senior class
in electrical and mechanical engi­neering.
A number of men were in­terviewed,
and positions will prob­ably
be offered ' to several of those
interviewed at an early date, Mr.
Hillen stated.
This company specializes in heat­ing,
ventilation, and air conditioning
work. Three members of the 1930
class, O. W. Bynum, N. H. Darby,
'and J. E. Ware, Jr., are now with
the company. %Mr. Bynum recently
received a promotion, and was trans­ferred
to the Chicago office of the
company. The men selected from
the present senior class will enter
refrigeration work.
Local Gangsters in War; Fight Duel
Over Bewitching Photograph of Girl
Older Boy Scout Troop
Will Meet Friday Nite
The older boy scout troop, com­posed
of college students, will hold
its regular weekly meeting in the
wood shop on Friday evening, March
6, at seven o'clock. At present the
group is engaged in building and
flying model airplanes. There is ad­ditional
material available for any­one
interested in this work. Pre­vious
scout affiliations is not . re­quired,
and visitors are welcome.
The work ie under the direction
and leadership of Lt. V. C. Finch.
As the members of the Auburn
Lions Club licked their chops dur­ing
their regular weekly gather­ing
Tuesday noon at the Thomas
Hotel, a spectre of grim tragedy
hovered over the meeting.
AH the elements of a grim and
desperate duel were found in a
few apparently innocous remarks
made by "Gashouse" Cotting anent
the display of certain allegedly
enticing posters on the facade of
the local theatre.
According to information glean­ed
from apparently reliable sources
by one of the Plainsman reporters,
the great "Gashouse" Cotting was
meandering placidly down the main
drag at approximately eleven
o'clock, Bengal standard " time,
when his innate curiosity was
aroused to fever heat at the sight-of
a milling herd of gentlemen and
Auburn students. "Gashouse" im­mediately
bounded forward at top
speed and pressed, his way into the
center of the group. His startled
optics registered the fact that
"Salty" Teer and "Cup" Coppage
were on the verge of terminating
a heated argument in a hearty
bout of fisticuffs. The noble "Gas­house",
mindful of Lions Club
prestige, separted the would be
gladiators, and, after judicious
questioning, learned that the sub­ject
of debate was: "Resolved,
That Azure Orbed, Titian Tressed
Morsels of Femininity, Clad in Di­aphanous
Garments, are More Ap­pealing
to the Masculine Eye Than
Any Other Sight Known", with the
mighty "Cup" upholding the af­firmative
with vigor and vim and
the omnipotent "Salty" just as
stoutly contending that the afore­said
"Cup" should have his mind
on a more lofty plane of intellec­tual
activity.
In view of the conditions, the
whereinbeforementioned "Gas­house"
proposed that the debaters
adjourn until the Lions Club meet­ing,
at which time the question
could most probably be amicably
settled. The belligerents agreed,
and, in due course, "Gashouse"
arose to explain the situation to
the Lions in convention assembled.
All went well and a peaceful so­lution
seemed probable until "Big-
Six" Bain, a product of the great
open spaces where a man's gun is
law, suggested that "Salty" and
"Cup" fight it out in a duel. The
hot-headed element applauded this
idea so vociforously that the more
peacefully inclined faction of the
assemblage was forced to accede.
"Big. Six" then produced his pet
dueling weapons, a brace of mam­moth
squirt guns, loaded them
carefully, and proceded to an­nounce
the sections of the duel­ists'
code,-pertinent to the case in
hand. ,
The participants were placed
back to back, blindfolded, given
their weapons, told to march three
paces forward, turn, and fire at
will. '
They took their positions, the
command was given, they marched
(Continued on page 4)
April 17th was the date chosen by
the members of the Interfraternity
' Council for their annual dance. A
committee was appointed at the
Council's regular meeting which was
held at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house
on Monday evening, to get the date
approved. Dance committees as ap­pointed
by W. S. Myrick, president
o-f the council are as follows:
Executive—H. W. Ellis, chairman;
R. F. Ham, and W. S. Myrick.
Decorations—C. F. Davis, chair­man,
and Mac Jones.
Music—T. G. Amason, chairman,
and Robert Hume.
Invitations—Rex Sikes, chairman;
John T. Harris, and John Farris.
Reception—Murff Hawkins, chair­man;
Fred Hardy, and Professor J.
M. Robinson.
Professor Sewell made a short talk
in which he advocated buying of only
government inspected meat by all
fraternities belonging to the council.
He stated that some of the meat
which is sold in Auburn is unfit to
eat, and that government inspected
meat could be secured by boycotting
butchers who refused to sell inspect­ed
meat. A committee under the
chairmanship of H. W. Ellis, was also
appointed to look into this situation
and endeavor to find a method of
combating it.
SELECTED FROM
UPPER QUARTER
National E d u c a t i on
Fraternity Holds An­nual
Spring Election
Twelve members of the School of
Education were elected to Kappa
Delta Pi, national honorary educa­tional
fraternity, at a meeting Mon­day
night of the Auburn Alpha Phi
Chapter.
The purpose of Kappa Delta Pi
is to encourage in its members a
higher degree of consecration to so­cial
service, by fostering high pro­fessional
and scholarship standards,
and by recognizing outstanding ser­vice
in the field of education.
Membership in the fraternity is
chosen from education students
whose scholarship ranks in the upper
quartile of the entire student body.
Scholarship requirements having
been met, qualities of leadership and
service are determining factors in the
selection of members.
Kappa Delta Pi was founded at
the University of Illinois in 1909,
and the Alpha Phi chapter was es­tablished
at Auburn in 1928. The
fraternity has a total of sixty-two
active chapters, and has the unique
distinction of a laureate chapter
composed of outstanding educators
throughout the world.
One graduate student, six seniors
and five juniors were elected Monday
night and are as follows: Graduate:
John W. Wood; Seniors: J. W.
Wheeler, Henry Parris, Fred Rolling,
Mrs. Ernestine Fuller, Mrs. Fannie
Jones, and Miss Lorene Spain; Jun­iors:
Sara Wilks, E. C. Richardson,
J. F. Turner, Tom Lumpkin, and J.
W. Letson, Jr.
Y.M.C.A. BANQUET
HONORS SIGMA PI
A S.C.E. ORGANIZES AT
BIRMINGHAM HOTEL
The annaul Y. M. C. A. banquet,
given each year in honor of the win­ner
of the discussion group contest,
was held Monday night at the Bap­tist
church.
The members of the Sigma Pi dis­cussion
group, which won the contest
for the first semester, were honor
guests at this banquet, and according
to reports it was highly enjoyed by
all present.
Matis Coudra, a native of the
Phillipine Islands, was the principal
speaker of the evening, and the state­ment
was made by* several students
that the program committee is to be
congratulated on having secured such
a splendid speaker.
NOTICE
There will be a meeting of the
Senior Class tomorrow (Thursday)
at eleven o'clock in Langdon Hall.
It is imperative that all members be
present, as important business will
be discussed.
The organization meeting of the
Alabama State Section of the Amer­ican
Society of Civil Engineers, took
place last Friday night, the 27th, at
the Green Room of the Thomas Jeff­erson
Hotel in Birmingham.
The address of welcome was made
by Dr. J. D. Dowling, director of the
Jefferson County Board of Health,
who discussed the field of the sani­tary
engineer, and his importance in
health development work.
Prof. John W. Ro"e, assistant prof,
of modern languages here, gave a
number of banjo selections and sev­eral
songs in German, which were
most enthusiastically applauded.
Prof. John A. C. Callan, head pro­fessor
of civil engineering, reported
on his correspondence with the par­ent
society, which contributed $60 to­ward
formation of the local section.
He also reviewed the constitution and
by-laws.
Prof. Callan believes that the or­ganization
can do much toward pro­tecting
and extending the interests
of the profession in the state, as
well as to furnish a contact with the
two student chapters at the Univer­sity
and Auburn, which will prove
very stimulating and helpful.
The following officers were elect­ed:
John A. C. Callan, president; A.
Clinton Decker, Birmingham, sani­tary
engineer of the Tenn. Coal,
Iron, and Railroad Company, first
vice-president; R. D. Jordan, Mont­gomery,
engineer of the Ala. High­way
Department, second vice-presi­dent;
A. R. Peyton, Birmingham, en­gineer
of the Va. Bridge and Iron
Co., third vice-president, and Dr. Geo.
J. Davis, dean of engineering, Uni-
(Continued on page 4)
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CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
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BASKETBALL
It is with pride that Auburn students,
alumni, and other supporters of the insti­tution
may look toward the 1931 basket­ball
team, as it has probably been the
best team here since the phenomenal qin-tet
that wore the Orange and Blue in 1928.
This season has been much more of a
success than anyone had expected. Al­though
the team did not reach the semi­finals
or finals in the recent Southern Con­ference
Tournament in Atlanta, it made a
good showing against the games that it
did play. And the same is true of the
playing during the regular season.
Coach Sam McAllister is to be congrat­ulated
on the success of his first team
that he has coached since he arrived here.
He is to be congratulated, too, on having
such a fine squad of athletes, and we have
every reason to believe that he has made
a wonderful start as an Auburn coach.
Book Review
»- CHURCH SERVICES
Next week, March ninth to sixteenth,
has been designated as Religious Week.
Realizing the need of spiritual develop­ment
in the formative period, the faculty
has made these services possible. Classes
conflicting with the meetings have been
excused, and the work of students has so
been arranged that all desiring to do so
may attend services.
Since Auburn is a state institution, it is
often very difficult to properly develop
the spiritual phase of education. It would
seem that the promoters of this movement
have dealt with .the matter in such a way
and presented .it to the student body so
as to receive the best of response.
The Plainsman adds its recommendation
to these services and trusts that the en­tire
student body will cooperate to the
ultimate degree in making them a success
and a benefit to Auburn.
THE GLEE CLUB
The Plaimman wishes to add its praise
to the voluminous reception given the Au­burn
male Glee Club in its initial campus
performance Saturday evening. It was a
gratifying program to those who have la­bored
to give music a more prominent
place in student activity.
The entire program indicated extensive
preparation and the cultivation of excel­lent
talent by a skilled director. Professor
J. W. Brigham, the personnel of the club,
and the accompanist are to be congratu­lated.
It is the desire of the study body and
this publication that the organization* be
given the opportunity to appear through­out
the state in an extensive tour, believ­ing
that they will reflect credit on the
campus and will make alasting impression
in musical circles of the state.
GRANDPA WAS AN AWFUL LIAR
"If your grandpa lived in Georgia in
1860 and owned 2,000 slaves he was also
the biggest liar in the state." That may
seem to be a rash statement to the young
Southerner who was under the impression
that his grandparents owned a miniature
village of negroes, but that statement,
which was made by Dr. Theodore H. Jack
last week, is backed up by the Georgia tax
returns for that date which indicate that
"The Snake Pit." By Sigrid Undset.
Translated by A. G. Chater. New York;
Alfred A. Knoph. 301 pages. $3.
Sigrid Undset, winner of the, 1929 No­bel
prize, presents another delightful nov­el,
"The Snake Pit." -
While conversing with Dr. Ingvald
Undset, her father and a well-known arch-eological
scholar, Miss Undset developed a
keen interest for knowledge of people of
the Viking period. The dramatic lives of
these men and women soon became so
thoroughly a part of her own past that
she was able to excellently depict the
lives of- the fourteenth-century Norwegians
in very enticing novels.
The book centers around Olav Auduns-son,
Master of Hestviken, a typical Nor­wegian
lord. Early in life he is forced
into temporary exile during a period of
civil strife. He returns, heir to the fami­ly
estate, and begins a tragic life. As the
title may suggest, the book deals with
vices—in this instance the vices of a fami­ly.
Ingunn, before her marriage to Olav,
has become unfortunately involved with
a dashing young idler. Their love flashes
and fades, leaving Ingunn with a fatherless
son. Olav returns from exile and finds his
betrothed in such a condition. In his
haste he kills the interloper and secretly
disposes of him. From this point the
book deals with the sorrow and remorse
that comes to Olav, Ingunn, and Ingunn's
son, Erik.
The book suggests a belief in the futili­ty
of life. Whether this is my personal
supposition or whether it was intentional
on the part of the author is questionable.
The beauty of the book lies in the intri­cate
detail used in describing the customs
of the people. The story is full of these
little descriptions, which make it unforget­table.
Miss "Undset has portrayed her
characters in a charming fashion, by sur­rounding
them with countless subordinates.
Her diction and phi-aseology has an old-fashioned
air and lingers to create the
spell of antiquity.
O'Riley.
Richelieu. By Hilaire Belloc. Philadelphia:
Lippincott. 392 pages. $5.
Mr. Belloc's study of Richelieu makes lit­tle
attempt to portraiture, but sketches on­ly
the main events of the great Cardinal's
career. Although the story of Richelieu's
period is erroneous in some details, the au­thor
has given a true and brilliant des­cription
of the Cardinal's personality and
work. Possibly Mr. Belloc's thesis, that
Richelieu's policies were chiefly responsible
for two significant developments in Europ­ean
history—the division of Christendom in­to
two opposing branches, Protestant and
Catholic, and the growth of nationalism-is
exaggerated. At any rate, it is true
that Richelieu exerted an enormous in­fluence
on these developments, and prob­ably
that he was the originator of the
movements.
The first part of the book, "The Nature
of the Achievement", outlines the perilous
domestic and foreign situation of France at
the time when Richelieu attained full pow­er.
The second part of the book describes
Richelieu's internal and external diplomacy
in dealing with the obstacles which lay in
the way of his ambition to make France
the most powerful nationalistic state in Eu­rope,
even to the sacrifice of the Church
Richelieu dies in 1642 at the full note of
his achievement.
The last chapters are unavoidably crowd­ed,
but are quite as delightful reading as
the first. The author's style is as admir­able
as ever.
Mr. Belloc has created a biography of
Richelieu devoid of the usual romantic trap­pings,
and has made Richelieu stand out
as the first extant minister whose life was
dedicated to the cause of French national­ism.
A. W.
No matter how many millions a man has
in the bank; if he doesn't contribute more
to life than he takes out he is a beggar.—
Bishop Herbert Shipman.
President Hoover's effort to artificially
stem the course of the debacle made me
think of King Canute.—Henry W. Morgen-thau.
Modern science is very liable to super­stition
and tends to breed superstition in
its devotees.—Prof. John MacMurray.
It is only as the audience develops that
the moving picture can rise to artistic
heights.—Ella Winter.
Custom is reason fast asleep; it takes
the plarce of thought in all the popular
habits of life.—W. S. Sparrow.
Our age is more humanist than intelli­gent.
—G. K. Chesterton.
there was but one man in the state at that
time who owned more than 1,000 slaves.
—Emory Wheel.
Solitary Speculations
By Haakon Provost
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in
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.
AFTER A glance or two at Durant's
Story of Philosophy, the columnist
realizes that this symposium is only
an introduction to the study of metaphysics.
Since the institution prides itself on its
culture it is surprising to note that it does
not feel the importance of a course in phi­losophy.
Only the narrow can believe that religion
should satisfy the philosophical needs of
the individual. There are a few who are
afraid that should they read the works of
a great logician their faith would lose its
hold on them; a faith that cannot stand
the storms of doubt is a very poor one in­deed.
The average man knows deplorably
little of the significance of Aristotle, Plato,
Heraclitus, Fitche, Bruno, Hegel, Kant,
Nietszche, Locke, Hume, Schopenhauer, Spi­noza,
Santayana, Emerson, Russell, and
scores of others, and few people will take
the trouble to attempt metaphysics alone.
A great deal could be added to the student's
background should he be taught the funda­mentals
of logic.
* * * * * *
It is my opinion that W. Somerset Mau­gham
made history when he wrote Of Hu­man
Bondage. Although this book was pub­lished
in 1928, I do not feel any awkward­ness
in calling attention to it now. It is a
rare portrait of Philip Carey, the sensitive
cripple, and his contacts with a realistic
world. The young man is reared in a
Victorian environment, being taught that
life is beautiful and worthwhile. Disil­lusioned
by the philistinism of a conven­tional
uncle, he goes out into the world
with high hopes and great expectations.
Released from the ties of his Victorian
guardian, Philip realizes the futility of life.
He is thwarted on every hand; his best
friend and his sweetheart humiliate him;
his deformity is the subject of the jests of
his fellows; and he sees men in their true
light, as beasts. Life slaps him in the
face. At last he realizes that this terres­trial
existence is without meaning; man is
only a "physical reaction to environment."
The story ends happily; Philip marries
and secures-a fine position as a doctor in a
fishing village.
When Philip realized that life was with­out
significance he exulted in his cataclys­mic
discovery. Nature had attempted a
mean trick by dressing life in beautiful
colors, and he had stripped of those colors.
A new power rose within him as he realized
that he had wrested from "chaos the secret
of its nothingness." Even pessimism can
be delightful.
In my opinion this book is a strong argu­ment
in favor of realism in literature; it
gives the bare facts of life as it is. Real­ism,
since it follows the dictates of pure
reason, cannot give a meaning to life; mun­dane
existence is attractive only in the eyes
of the romanticist.
HANGOVERS
By HIC-HIC
Statistics show that more girls are
walking home now than ever beffwe.
No doubt this is due to the fact that
car fare is scarcer now than in the
days gone by.
* * *
As yet, the fact that Camel cigaret­tes
are now being wrapped in a trans­parent
covering has not affected the
popularity of the hand twisted variety.
* * *
And speaking of cigarettes and
modern girls, girls that smoke in pub­lic
seldom ever smoke in the privacy
of their own boudoirs.
* * *
The Sunday double play—Back to
Auburn.
* * *
The hitchhikers highway gag of "A"
broke college boy and trying to get
back to school" has become a reality
with the majority of the out of town
boys.
* * *
It is very pleasing to note that the
dear old Orange and Blue still pre­dominates
on the campus of our sister
institution. Auburn smoking-jackets
are as numerous on the Montevallo
campus as failures in Sophomore Phy­sics.
* * * •
No doubt the Western Railway offi­cials
were overjoyed to learn of Au­burn's
elimination in the tournament.
As a result, no extra thugs were need­ed
to protect the freight trans.
Those who believe there is such a thing
as free love are mistaken. There may be
plenty of freedom, but, believe me, there
is very little love.—Bishop Carey of Bloem-fontein.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
The Stunt Night at Montevallo this past week-end was a great pull-off, and
some of the bare facts of the weaker sex were revealed. Barrow, Johnson, and
Hicks, prominent Senior Elecs, were shocked at the revelation, and it is reported
that each blushed during the esthetic dances.
• * * * * * * * ,+
George Beavers, another senior elec, showed rare detective ability in the re­covery
of his hardware. We have heard that he had a hard time persuading some­one
that she had no use for a number of keys.
* * * * * * * *
Co-eds here will have to hang their heads out of a window if they wish to
smoke in the future, if rumors to the effect arc true.
* * * * * * * *
Which reminds us that we haven't written about co-eds in some time. We
haven't anything to rave about on the subject this week, so we'll remain quiet.
* * * * * * * *
You realize how truly wonderful radio is when you think of of the screaming
sopranos, arid addresses and alleged comedies that can be silenced with one little
turn of the dial.
* * * * * * * *
Double Ugly: Don't you feel sorry for a girl who is afraid of the dark?
General Business: Yes, I can't help feeling for her.—Ex.
* * * * * * * *
Modern married life is usually just like the Garden of Eden—you have noth­ing
to wear and are in daily fear of being turned out.
* * * * * * * *
Someone is always talking about conventions on the campus, and Atlantic
City has most of them.
* * * * * * * *
Atlanta missed a big opportunity to snap out of the business depression When
Georgia defeated Auburn.
* * * * * * * *
, "Do you like to love?"
"Oh, it's necks to nothing."
* * * * * * * *
It's a machine age—in Chicago.
She: I've just read that a man out in the west exchanged his wife for a
horse. You wouldn't exchange me for a horse would you dear?
He: Of course not; but I'd hate to have anyone tempt me with a darned
good car.
* * * * * * * *
This one isn't about a co-ed..
Then there was the girl who walked all the way to town to see the dentist,
and when he told her he was out of gas she climbed out of the chair and walked
home.—Ex. ' t
* * * * * * * *
. Taxicab: I have half a mind to kiss you.
Co-ed: If you had a whole mind you would have done it an hour ago.—Sel.
WITH OTHER COLLEGES *
EMORY PROFESSOR FINDS CALLING
Donald Drukenmiller, professor of Ger­man
at Emory, has at last found his true
profession—a street car motorman. This
information became known shortly after
the lad stepped to the controls and backed
up a street car, which had ove'rran a
switch, like a veteran.
"The thrill that I was driving a street
car made me realize that I had found my
long-sought yearning," said Mr. Druken­miller
with pride. Yes a noble calling.
Calling hogs is noble too. We wonder if
some of our own dear professors didn't
miss their calling. Just think of the great
commanding attitude one can take toward
old Beck, making him gee and haw with
a single word. Why they could be regu­lar
Napoleons in their own corn fields.
Listen, dear teachers; then heed the call.
* * * * * *
IN MEMORY s
A soda fountain at the Uinversity of
Wisconsin Memorial Union Building has
been housed in a typical German Rath-skellar,
with a huge bar and brass rail
at one end and rough furniture about the
room. .
Even the mural decorations carry out
the impression with everal traditional Ger­man
humorous drawings surrounding the
two huge fire-places. On each side of the
arching center doorway are the menu
cards, painted on the wall, announcing the
price of beer and "Schnapps."
The only thing missing is the real stuff.
Well we wouldn't be interested then. We'll
just journey over to Phenix City and do
without the menu cards and drawings, but
we'll probably notice the price.
* * * * *
TRA-LARUDY
My, my, how these naughty college stu­dents
do jump on our little Rudy. Poor
kid. Who is there among you who can
stand up and say truthfully that he or
she does not listen to our idol for one
solid hour on certain nights? Why? Be­cause
he is all over the dial, and one can't
get any music. Why do they continue
letting our little man, with the soul of a
flower and the voice of a moaning cow,
sing on the great radio chain? Because
fie makes the hearts of co-eds, wives,
sweethearts and disappointed old maids go
pitter-patter. My children—our sym­pathy.
Our friends up at Washington and Lee
have received quite a bit of criticism on
a recent editorial concerning his singing
of the "Washington and Lee Swing". They
say, "When we first heard Rudy's record
of the 'Swing' we still didn't think much
of it. Washington and Lee is a man's
school. There is not one female attending
it. Yet from the way 'America's Sweet­heart'
sang it, one would gather that it
was the alma mater of some girls' school."
We further gather that Rudy (Rudy should
be spoken with quivering lips and an affec­tionate
eeee sound at the end) didn't both­er
to get the composer's permission to
record the number.
Jealous? Yes! Rudy makes the dogs
howl so we can't study or sleep. Why,
this editor had rather hear Husk O'Hare
and "his own' band of genial gentlemen,
playing sweet, soft, dreamy, romantic
music; such as will make one's heart beat
faster." Still folks throw grapefruit, an­cient
eggs and other tokens of affection
at our song bird. Be shame.
* * * * *
BRING ON THE CIGARETTES
Washington State College claims that
college yells and cigarettes are bringing
about a definite lowering of girls' voices.
At last a remedy. Can we not hold mass
meetings every night with free cigarettes?
* * * * *
TOUGH LUCK
A warning has been issued by Profes­sor
Arthur J. Hill, head of the chemical
department at Yale university, to grad­uate
students and research fellows that
they must not make beverages out of
grain alcohol kept in the university store
house for experimental and laboratory
work.
The warning embodied the assertion that
evidence had been submitted by federal
officers to the chemical department that
alcohol had been diverted from rightful
uses, and declared this was not only un­lawful
but a distinct breach of faith with
the university.
Why some of our students have search­ed
and researched for grain alcohol here,
ever since it has been moved into the new
chemistry building, but most have had to
graduate to that potash, sulphuric acid
and lye reaction forming an acidious liquid
(and don't accuse me of trying to get a
boot on an English prof) that goes down
like castor oil and quinine, but sends one
up like a sky-rocket. And then he goes
into his dance. Anyway, that's where
our graduate and research students come
in; searching and researching, then having
to graduate to the more combustive type
of refreshment.
* * * * *
BILLING AND COOING TO BE
REWARDED
A contest is to be held at the University
of Kansas to find the most ideal pair of
sweethearts on the campus. Fidelity, com­patibility
and consideration will be among
the qualities sought after.
If this was the "FoJt Print" column or
one of the other columns whose authors
are so criticised for their frankness, some
very competent pairs could be named to
vie with any in the nation in this cooing
stuff. Being neither, and not desiring to
get into the public eye by running a lov­ers'
column, the editor hushes. The hush­ing
part should be received with great
clapping of hands and chewing of tooth
picks. Thanks.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in
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 Y. M. C. A. Go-To-Church Month
started Sunday. During the time that
the "contest" will last, fraternities will be
given an opportunity to show just how
many of their members are able to feel'
at ease in a church. And a cup is to be
given as a reward to the fraternity with
the best record—to be averaged in some
way or another.
The Y. M. C. A. sponsors the contest with
the hope that the students will get into
the habit of attending church. But most
of the fraternities go into the contest with
the intention of having a good attendance
record for a few weeks, and after that,
church is forgotten.
The "contest" will not require any real
effort on the part of any man—it will be
a test of the way that he feels toward the
prospects of winning a cup. As one man
has clearly pictured the situation, there
are no requirements of brains or athletic
ability; all that a, student has to do is to
get up in the morning and go to church.
They don't put one out of church for go­ing
to sleep; all that is required is atten­dance
and quiet. A good, easy chance for
a bunch of fellows to get a cup.
It seems a bit hypocritical, this con­test—
not, however, in the true meaning
of the word. I suppose that the funda­mental
purpose is to get as many students
as possible into the habit of going to
church. And that purpose is undoubtedly
realized—during the contest. But how
many of the men who attended during the
Go-To-Church Month will continue to do
so after the contest is over and the cup
awarded? They will go to church regular­ly
for four weeks, and then conditions will
go back to the pre-contest stage.
* * * * *
The Glee Club made its first presenta­tion
of the year in the-form of a concert
Saturday night in Langdon Hall. This is
one of the few organizations on the cam­pus
that merits the support and coopera­tion
of the student body. From reports,
it seems that the students have decided
that it is worthy of any support that it
may receive, as Langdon Hall was over­flowing
with students and others interest­ed
in this type of entertainment. This is
quite a reversal of conditions in past years,
as audiences have always been very small.
But this year Auburn has a Glee Club
to which it may point with pride. The
members are constantly rehearsing, trying
to improve themselves in this activity, and
the success they have had is shown in the
excellent program rendered Saturday
night. Auburn would be a better school
if other organizations were possessed of
spirit and ability-approaching the caliber
of that exhibited by the Glee Club.
* * * * *
The Military Ball is an example of what
a success such an affair can be if the
members Concerned will do just a little
work. The dance given Saturday night is
a credit to the members of the R. O. T. C.
unit.
* * * * *
The Engineering and Ag students will
be having their celebrations in the near
future. If a majority of the men in these
schools will go into the preparations with
even a slight determination to have suc­cessful
dances, there is no doubt that the
observances will be much better than they
have in the past. v.
* * * * *
Auburn has quite a poet in Mr. Hic-
Hic, whoever he may be. This young
gentleman is making a name for himself
in his chosen art. His poetry isn't hard
to read either, although it doesn't approach
any of the classics of which sophomores
studying English are so fond.
*
Quotations
Leviathan, we realize, is not a perfect
whale, made as a whale and as nothing
else, but the descendant of a land animal
doing its best to swim.—H. G. Wells.
People who are much alone become
clear-sighted; they turn the pages of life
slowly and read every word.—Alice Duer
Miller.
In democracies today's i minorities ,are
often tomorrow's majorities.—Tardieu.
If it were left to me I would no more
pay an athletic student than I would a
chemical student.—Chairman Mackellar of
Suwanee Athletic Committee.
A cultured mind not only appraises, ju­diciously,
but also delights irr things true,
just, lovely and honorable.—H. S. Coffin.
Be discreet physically, mentally, emo­tionally.—
Surgeon General Cumming.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1931 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
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BASEBALL PRACTICE STARTS
MARCH 9; SOME OUT ALREADY
By Elmer G. Salter
Although baseball practice for the
infielders and outfielders does not of­ficially
begin until March 9, several
of the candidates have been working
out with the battery men for the past
two weeks.
Coach Sam McAllister ordered the
pitchers and catchers to report Feb.
16 and has given them light work
which will unlimber their muscles in
preparation for the mammoth task
facing them this season. Clifford
Smith and Dunham- Harkins, vete­rans,
and Sam Grubbs, sophomore,
are the only pitchers in school who
saw service in a college game in
1930, and Chas. Kaley is the only
catcher returning who performed be­hind
the plate in either a varsity or
freshman game.
McAllister will have to develop at
least two more pitchers and a ca­pable
understudy for Kaley if the
Tigers make a good showing in their
initial season in the Dixie Baseball
League." Twenty games have been
scheduled in the league and two with
Vanderbilt, with several practice
games likely to be carded.
It is believed that Auburn's in­field
and outfield will stack up with
any in the Southern Conference.
Four letter men are back for the
inner works, Pate, Lewis, Lloyd and
Riley, and two for the outer gar­dens,
Burt and Hodges. Pete Harris
1929 "A" wearer, also will be out
for an outfield berth.
The main loss from the infield, is
Big Ben Newton, who was the Babe
Ruth of the team and held the bat­ting
championship along with Joe
Burt with an average of .349. The
George Kelly of the 1930 Tigers had
another season of college baseball,
but decided to try out with the New
Orleans Pelicans this Spring. He
held down the initial sack last year.
Harry Lloyd, who played third
base last year, will probably be shift­ed
to first. He looked good at first
as a freshman in 1929 and is ex­pected
to have a good season at his
first love. His batting and fielding
both fell down last year at the hot
corner. Sam Mason, frosh graduate,
will offer him the stiffest competition.
The old reliable Duck KSiley is back
to take over the duties at the key­stone,
and a better fielder was not
found in Dixie diamond circles in
1930. It was reported during the
Summer that he had signed with the
New York Yankees, but he has de­cided
to finish his collegiate career
before following four of last year's
players into professional baseball.
Capt. Frock Pate returns for his
final season wearing Orange and Blue
colors on. the diamond. He will ca­vort
around the short-stop territory
and if he is able to reach "his best
form, the Plainsmen will have a
leading contender ' for All-Southern
honors. He batted .300 last year, be­ing
a very dangerous hitter with
mates on the bases.
Hitchcock performed at short on
Coach Earl McFaden's 1930 plebe
nine, but saw much service at third
last Summer with a semi-pro club.
He is expected to be a valuable ad­dition
to the infield as he is a nat­ural
fielder and a good hitter.
Porter Grant, Ike Lewis and Chas.
Manley are three other players who
will be very much in the fight for
regular infield berths. Lewis was
utility last year. There is a possi­bility
of Grant being shifted to the
outfield.
Alternate-Captain Joe Burt, one
of the hardest swatters in college
baseball, and Phil Hodges, are the
two veteran fly chasers returning.
Burt plays right and Hodges left.
Neither will have much trouble hold­ing
their jobs if they come up to ex­pectations.
Burt hit .349 and Hodges
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By Elmer G. Salter
After weeks of intensive Spring
traning, the Auburn coaching staff
has decided to postpone further ac­tivities
until the fall of the year.
Many improvements have been noted
in the developments of the players,
and Auburn should be represented by
one of the best football teams that
she has had for the past several
years.
The vacancy left at center by the
departure of Dunham Harkins is go­ing
to be hard to fill. Lee John­son,
veteran, and Will Chrietzberg,
Fred McCollum and Ed Nobinger,
freshman, are the leading prospects
for this berth at present. Johnson's
experience will help him a good deal
in forging to the front as regular
snapperback, but the trio of plebes
are expected to be very much in the
running as Harkins successor.
The key position—guard—on a
team using the Notre Dame system
is requiring plenty of Coaches Kiley
and McFaden's time. Joe Burt, reg­ular
in 1930, is missing, and this
post was not so strong on the offense
last year. Donald Jones and Ernest
Molpus, sophomores, and Henry
Chambless have stood out above the
others in the practice games. Molpus
is a fearless player, who performed
at end and tackle before being shift­ed
to guard, but looms as a regular
in 1931 if he continues to improve.
Coaches Kiley and McFaden have
worked hard to develop several fe­rocious
and crashing tackles. Co-
Captain-elect James Bush, Hannis
Prim and Herbert Miller, "A" wear­ers;
George Holdcroft, 1929 letter
earner, and Ralph Burleson, Sam
Burge, Ralph Garris and Mark
Holmes, graduates from the frosh
ranks, are the tackles in the lime­light.
Holdcroft looked good his
freshman and sophomore years, but
was bothered all last season with in­juries.
He has completely recovered
from his' ailments and is due for a
good season.
The flanks will be better fortified
next year. Porter Grant, one of the
leading ends in Dixie; Cary Senn and
George Egge, are the seasoned play­ers
looking good in the Spring drills
along with David Ariail and John
Huggins, freshman. This quintet
will give Auburn the best set of
wingmen that she has had since 1925.
Ralph Jordan, center; Commodore
Wood, guard; Robert Arthur, tackle,
and Sam Mason, are the veteran line­man
on the cage team, who will don
moleskins in another week. They
have plenty of hard work ahead of
them if they catch up with the other
hopefuls.
The success of the 1931 team prob­ably
depends ..upon the players who
make touchdown on short" "and long
runs possible—lineman. Auburn's
backs stack up with the average, so
much depends on what the players
in the front line do next Fall.
Beard Shows Drive
Setting New World
Record In Hurdles
PERCY BEARD
STUDENTS FINED
Forty-seven students at the Col­lege
of the City of New York were
fined $25 and costs each for the dam­age
they did when celebrating after
a sophomore class dinner recently.
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.280 last year, and their fielding was
almost perfect.
Pete Harris, George Jenkins, Ike
Parker and Bing Miller are the lead­ing
candidates for center field left
vacant by the graduation of Jim
Crawford, 1930 captain.
The big " I F " enters into the base­ball
situation at the Cornerstone. If
the pitchers come through okeh, Au­burn
will again have one of the out­standing
baseball aggregations in the
United States. The Plainsmen won
the conference championship in 1928
and 1929 and have been among the
leaders for a decade or more.
By Christian (Red) Cagle
(N. Y. Evening Journal)
Probably the first authentic infor­mation
on the prospects of the Unit­ed
States in the 1932 Olympic games
is now at hand after the brilliant
National A. A. U. championships in
Madison Square Garden. And from
what was gleaned during the thrilling
evening, it appears as though this
country will once again take a ma­jority
of the first places.
In some of the running events the
foreign runners seem almost certain
to romp off with the honors, but
once again this country appears to
be well fortified in the field part of
the program. It must be remember­ed
that none of the California col­legians
was performing in the titular
meet, and this means that a conser­vative
one-fourth of the 1932 Olym­pic
team's strength was not on ex­hibition.
To me. the finest Olympic pros­pect
of the evening was Percy Beard,
of Alabama Polytechnic. This lean
limbed young man established a new
world record for the 60-yard high
hurdle event, but it was not the phe­nomenal
time that was most impres­sive
in his running.
Great Drive
The striking thing about Beard is
his terrific drive after the second
hurdle. In his trial, semi-final and
final sprints through the center of
the Garden he invariably was the
last of the four hurdlers to reach the
first obstacle. But each time it was
his foot that hit the boards first af­ter
clearing the second hurdle.
That race was over but four
hurdles and but seventy yards in
length. With his ability to pick up
more and more speed on each ob­struction,
Beard seems almost a cer­tainty
to smash the'120-yard high
hurdle mark once he starts compet­ing
out of doors. The farther he
goes, the more speed he seems to pick
up and it looks as though only an
injury can bar him from new world
records and Olympic honors.
Remarkable Fold
I doubt very much if the Olym­pic
games will furnish a faster field
in the high hurdles than the Nation­als
did last night. Lee Sentman, of
the University of Illinois, and John
Morris, of the Southwestern A. C,
Twelve Medals To Be
Awarded Best Players
During Spring Practice
The .12 .medals that will be given
to the dozen Auburn football players
showing proficiency in certain funda­mentals
of the game will be donated
by Dr. Bradford Knapp, and promi­nent
alumni in Alabama, Georgia and
Tennessee.
In addition to President Knapp,
the following alumni have willingly
expressed a desire to award a gold
medal for expertness shown during
the Spring drills: Foreman Rogers
and Homer Wright, Auburn; Thos.
Bragg and Chas. DeBardeleben, Bir­mingham;
T. G. Bush, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; John Illges, Columbus, Ga.;
Dr. John Rush, Mobile; Dr. Geo.
Blue and Haygood Paterson, Mont­gomery;
Winfield Williams, Opelika,
and Maurice Bloch, Selma.
The medals to be awarded next
AUBURN FIGHTS BRAVELY BUT
LOSES TO GEORGIA IN TOURNEY
A.A.U. Champions
In Garden Games
A courageous Auburn basketball
team entered the Southern Confer­ence
tournament, and defeated the
Virginia team, thereby earning the
60-yard dash—Ira Singer, unat- right to play the University of Geor-had
both equalled the world mark
prior- to the finals. Morris, incident­ally,
is the first Louisiana hurdler to
achieve greatness.
Track and field are making tre­mendous
strides in the South as can
be attested by the performances of
Beard and Morris in the Garden. The
last Olympic year saw Ed Hamm, of
Georgia Tech, capture the broad
jumping honors at Amsterdam, mak­ing
the serious entrance of the South
into the front rank of track compet­itors.
Only an accident can prevent
Beard from joining Hamm as an
Olympic champion. Built on the
specifications of an ideal high hurd­ler,
he has not reached the peak of
his ability.
tached, 0:65-10.
70-yard hurdles—Percy Beard,
Alabama Tech, 0:8 5-0.*
300-yard run—William Carr, Penn­sylvania,
0:32 5-10.
600-yard run—Phil Edwards, Ham­ilton
A. C, 1:12 6-10.
1,000-yard run—Ray Conger, Illi­nois
A. C , 2:14 1-10.
2-mile run—Leo Lermond, Boston
A. A., 9:11 8-10.
Steeplechase—Hans Assert, Deut-scher
S. C, 10:16 2-10.
(Continued on page 4)
week will be given to the players
looking the best in the following
fundamentals: guard pulling out,
tackle blocking guard, end blocking
tackle, best passer from center, best
blocking back, best passer, best pass
receiver, best kicker, best defensive
back, best defensive lineman, best
quarterback catching punts, and best
tackier.
gia in the quarter finals.
Hampered by illness among the
players, unable to practice, the Tig­ers
fought the Bulldogs viciously,
but were unable to keep up the fast
pace and fell by the wayside, Geor­gia
winning, 31-27.
Auburn led Georgia 19-14 at.the
beginning of" the second half, but
after Stewart was put out on fouls,
the Tiger offense weakened and Geor­gia
came from behind to win.
Georgia (31)
Sanford (7)
Moran (9)
Strickland (4)
Young (2)
Reeder (9)
Smith
Auburn (27)
Jordan (7)
Lumpkin (5)
Stewart (3)
Hatfield (1)
Kaley (9)
Mason (2)
Jenkins
Pate
Arthur
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Bell System service is custom-made. Each of
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average day must meet the exact wishes of
the person making the call.
Telephone men study a customer's com­munication
needs, then advise the type of
equipment that fits them best. For depart­ment
stores they may recommend the "order
turret" — a special switchboard for taking
orders by telephone. Thus they enlarge the
store's service and simplify ordering for the
customer. They develop equipment and plans
for brokerage houses, police departments,
nation-wide sales forces — and all manner of
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The telephone industry continues to grow
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CORPORATIONS STRESS
SCHOLARSHIP RECORDS
WHEN EMPLOYING GRABS
Value Of Scholarship Is Em­phasized
; Personality and
Leadership Highly Consid­ered
LOCAL GANGSTERS IN WAR;
FIGHT DUEL OVER BE-WITCH-ING
PHOTOGRAPH OF GIRL
Amherst Cojlege, (NSFA).—Ac­cording
to a review of the qualifica­tions
demanded by large companies
hiring college seniors in the Amherst
"Student", scholarship, personality
and leadership rank as foremost,
good character and conduct being
taken for granted.
Thirty years ago the situation was
quite different. At that time repre­sentatives
of the large and more
prosperous business houses chose
their prospective'employees from the
group containing captains in sports
and leaders in extra curriciilar acti­vities.
In those days, the amount of
collegiate lustre or'polish which a
man had determined his rating.
Through the first three decades of
the twentieth century, however, opin­ion
has slowly been altered, until
today the first question asked a col­lege
graduate applying for a posi­tion
is "In what quarter of your
class did you graduate?" Upon his
position in his class the relative ex­cellence
of that quarter and the
standing of his Alma Mater depend
the amount of attention paid his ap­plication.
Of course, other charac­teristics
are carefully noted. To
those who possess in addition to good
scholarship, an attractive and pleas­ing
personality and the ability to
lead others, obviously falls prefer­ence.
It is interesting to note how the
importance of a good scholastic
standing has become more and more
evident to undergraduates in Ameri­can
colleges and universities. In a
recent vote at Amherst 80 per cent
of the senior class cherished the Phi
Beta Kappa key above any other
honor. Time and again the prefer­ence
has been demonstrated at Yale,
where overwhelming majorities have
signified their preference for the key
over the varsity "Y".
A study of the past classes of any
college will reveal the fact that a
large percentage of men who are
eminent today were high in scholastic
attainments while at college.
In the light of these and other ex­periments,
it is evident that today
it is not the rah rahjboy or the col­lege
hero who makes the most after
college, but the man who takes his
work seriously and attains promin­ence
in his studies.
(Continued from page 1)
forward, turned, and went into
action. "Salty" delivered a mur­derous
fire at "Cup's" manly chest,
while "Cup" shot for the mug.
Meanwhile,, "Big Six", in a burst
of misguided zeal, squirted a gen­erous
quantity of Kress' pride
"Black Bottom" perfume over the
duelists to steady their nerves
while firing.
Far from having the desired ef­fect,
the perfume seemed to focus
the combatants' wrath on "Big
Six", and, whipping off the blind­folds,
the former enemies made a
concerted dive for the perpetrator
of the outrage. Had itmnot been
for swift action on the part of the
spectators, the ill-starred "Big
Si*" would undoubtedly have been
annihilated. However, the rage of
the late antagonists simmered
down shortly and all ended well.
Other features of the day in­cluded
a marvelous exhibition of
egg bouncing and other uncivil­ized
feats learned by "Kilowatt"
Watts during his stay in the Phil-lipines;
and an oratorical contest.
"Bugs" Guyton was rewarded for
his remarkable forensic ability, so
capably improved ' under the N.
C. S. course, which he has been so
diligently perusing for the last sev­eral
weeks, by the award of a
charming bag of hot air, presented
by Goldam Reprobate Townsley.
FOLLOW YOUR FAVORITE THROUGH THE TOURNAMENT
G o o d w a t e r—
Beulah—10T-Notasulga-
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Inverness-
Reeltown—6T-Lanett
Daviston
Waverly-
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WAPI PROGRAM FOR NEXT
WEEK IS ANNOUNCED
A. S. C. E. ORGANIZES AT
BIRMINGHAM HOTEL
(Continued from page 1)
versity of Alabama, secretary-treas­urer.
Prof. Callan is expecting to ar­range
for the next meeting to be
held in the first week of April. This
will permit Auburn students, mak­ing
the inspection trip at that time,
to attend and get acquainted with
many of the prominent Civil Engi­neers
of the State. With 50 per cent
of our student A. S. C. E. chapter
present, and excellent joint meeting
should be had.
(Continued from page 1)
A.; Mrs. G. Richard Trott, soprano.
9:45-10:15 p. m.—Dance music by
Auburn Knights directed by Jimmie
Robbins over WSFA (Montgomery).
Wednesday — D i c k ' a n d Dan
Around the Dinner Table; Home
economics discussion, Miss Louise P.
Glanton, .head of the school of home
economics; John W. Brigham, tenor,
and Earl Hazel, piano.
Thursday—Earnest, Frank and
Pete—The Boys with the Dairy Tem­perament;
Housekeeper's chat, Mrs.
Askew; Farm Science Snapshots—
U. S. D. A.; vocal duets by Dr. and
Mrs. Harold Hoffsommer.
4:40-5:10—Auburn department of
music presentation, directed by John
W. Brigham.
Friday—Pre-school child discus­sion,
Miss Lulu Palmer, director of
Nursery School; World Business
Summary; Auburn sports, Elmer G.
Salter.
3:45-4:00—"Hobbies for* parents
and children", Dr. Paul Irvine.
Saturday—Analysis of farm bus­iness
by Farmer Brown and Profes­sor
Jones; Status of agricultural
work in Alabama, P. O. Davis; House­keeper's
chat, Mrs. Askew; Inspira­tional,
message.
Hurtsboro—4T-Shawmut-
Bye
Union Springs-
Camp Hill—IT
Ridge Grove T
Langdale—2T J
Fairfax
Five P o i n t s — 8 T—
New Site-
Tuskegee—9Fri.—
LaFayette
Phenix—lOFri.
Hackney v i l l e -
Bye
Tallassee-
Rockford—9T-Seale-
Auburn—3T- :}
s, i.. i.
Opelika—7T-Wetumpka-
Union—5T-PRES.
KNAPP NAMES
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN
REPORT TO TRUSTEES
Nine Pieces of Work Are Dis­tinctly
Outstanding In Eyes
Of President
WESLEYAN U. RECEIVES
OVER MILLION IN DRIVE
Middletown, Conn. —(IP)—Gifts
of more than $1,000,000 have been
received by Wesleyan University in
its drive for $3,000,000 as a centen­nial
fund to be raised before Octo­ber.
Seven gifts have been for $100,000
each.
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AUBURN HI NOTES
Friday afternoon the girl's team
of Auburn High defeated Opelika's
team 42-12. From the opening
whistle the outcome was never in
and several pictures of actual scenes
from Mexico.
The Icannaci and Iwantabe Actors
Dramatic Clubs met together on Fri-doubt.
Maude Smith of Auburn led j day to discuss the play that Auburn
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Cumuze of Opelika scored 12 points
* * * *
OPELIKA BOYS WIN FROM
AUBURN
Saturday night the Opelika team
won from the Auburn team by the
score of 20-6. Auburn took the lead
6-0 but after that Auburn got few
shots and consequently did not score
any more.
* * *
OPELIKA JR. HI TEAM WINS
Thursday afternoon the Opelika
Junior High girls won from Auburn
Junior High team by the score of
10-9. The game was played on the
local court. The Opelika team was
handicapped by not being accustom­ed
to a dirt court. For Opelika, Hel­en
Ingram led the scoring with eight
points, while Lillie Mae Tippins led
for Auburn with six points. Eleanor
Lewis acted as referee.
* * *
The Junior I English class be­came
interested in curios, after they
had talked about and seen a Mexi­can
Serape. They decided to have
a lesson in the study of curios on
Thursday. Each member of the class
brought something interesting that
he had. Among the collection were
a book over one hundred years old,
antique coins from many nations, a
sword from China made of Chinese
money of various sizes, Indian arrow
heads, some sand rocks, a French
ball of wax, a number of miniature
figures representing a bull fight,
shoes from Holland and India, a
thorn "billy" from Ireland, a spur,
a tap and a combreno from Mexico
ment held here every spring. This
is sponsored by the college and a
number of schools from over the state
have already entered.
The Pamaho Camp Fire Girls had
their meeting at school Friday. They
are planning to go to the Grand
Council Meeting at Atlanta which
meets March 21. Each girl is making
her new green and white uniform as
a preparation for this trip.
After the game between Opelika
and Auburn Saturday night,'the re­serves
of both teams played a game,
Opelika won, 24-8.
A. A. U. CHAMPION
IN GARDEN GAMES
(Continued from page 3)
1-mile walk—William Carlson, un­attached,
6:47 4-10.
Medley relay—P e n n s y l v a n i a
(Steele, Jones, Healey, Coan),
7:30 4-10*.
Pole vault—Fred Sturdy, Los An­geles
A. C, 13 ft. 11 in. j
Running high jump"—Anton Burg,
Illinois A. C, 6 ft. 6 in.
Standing high jump—Harold Os-born,
Illinois A. C, 5 ft. 1 in.
Standing broad jump — William
Werner, Greenwood T. C, 10 ft.
7 3-8 in.
Shotput—Leo Sexton, New York
A. C, 48 ft. 11 inl
*New world record.
—N. Y. Telegram.
IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE
NO. 44
AN ORDINANCE, to provide for
certain improvements on Cedar Drive
from the South property line of
Magnolia Avenue southward to the
circle at the end of said drive and
around said circle.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City
Council of the City of Auburn, Ala­bama,
as follows:-
SECTION 1. That Cedar Drive
from the South property line of Mag­nolia
Avenue southward to the circle
at the end of said drive and around
said circle, shall be graded.
That both edges of a twenty (20)
foot roadway along Cedar Drive from
the South property line of Magno­lia
Avenue to circle at the end of
said drive and the perimiter of a
circle of fifty (50) foot radius at
the end of said drive, shall be curbed
with Portland cement concrete com­bined
curb and gutter, the curb to
be six (6) inches thick and the gut­ter
twenty-four (24) inches wide.
That a 6" x 14" header shall be
constructed, around the circle, on
the inside edge of a twenty foot
roadway, at the end of Cedar Drive.
That Portland cement sidewalk
paving 4" thick 4 feet wide shall be
constructed along Cedar Drive as
follows:-
Beginning on the West side of
said drive at the South property line
of Magnolia Avenue, thence south­ward
along the West side of Cedar
Drive to the circle at the end of said
drive, thence to the left around the
perimiter of said circle, of 59 foot
radius, to the East property line of
Cedar Drive, thence northward along
said east side of said drive to the
North line of Lot 13, Block 1, Cedar
Crest.
That driveway entrances into lots
along cedar Drive between said term­inal
points shall be paved with Port­land
cement concrete alleyway pav­ing,
six (6) inches thick, the full
width of the sidewalk and gutter.
That storm sewers of brick and
concerte, vitrified clay or cement
drainage pipe, with inlets and man­holes
of brick with cast iron covers,
shall be constructed for the purpose
of draining Cedar Drive, between
said terminal points.
SECTION 2. That said improve­ments
shall be made in accordance
with the established grades on file in
the office of the City Clerk, for said
portion for said highways, and ac­cording
to full details, drawings,
plans, specifications and surveys of
said work, and estimates, which shall
be prepared by the City Engineer, as
early as practicable, and placed by
him on file in the office of the City
Clerk in the Cjty Hall, not later
than two (2) weeks prior to the date
named in Section 4 of this ordinance,
where property owners who may be
affected by these improvements may
see and examine the same.
SECTION 3. That the total cost
of constructing . said improvements,
including grades, engineering, pre­liminary
work, inspection, superin­tendence
of work and publication of
proper ordinances and notices, pre­paring
bonds and selling the same
and interest on money borrowed dur­ing
construction, shall be assessed
against the property abutting on the
portions of the highways so im­proved,
provided:
(a) That the cost of improvements
at or upon street, avenue or alley
intersections shall be assessed against
the lots or parcels of land abutting
on said highways so intersecting for
one half block in each direction.
(b) That the cost of sidewalk im­provements
on street and avenue
corners shall be assessed against the
lots or parcels of land abutting on
or nearest to said improvements, and
the cost of sidewalk improvements at
the intersection of an alley, with a
street, avenue or other highway,
shall be assessed in fair proportion
against the respective lots or parcels
of land abutting on or cornering on
the alley at such intersection.
(c) That no assessment shall ex­ceed
the cost of such improvement
or the increased value of such
property by reason of the special
benefits derived from such' improve­ments.
SECTION 4. That tke estimated
cost of such improvement is Sixteen
Hundred and Ninety ($1690.00)
Dollars and the Mayor and City
Council of the City of Auburn, Ala­bama,
will meet on the 17th day of
March, 1931, in the City Hall of Au­burn,
at 7:00\ p. m. to hear any ob­jections,
remonstrances or protests
that may be made against said im­provements,
the manner of making
the same or the character of the ma­terials
to be used.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance
shall be published once a week for
two consecutive weeks in the Plains­man,
a newspaper in general circula­tion
in the City of Auburn, the date
of the first publication to be not lat­er
than fourteen (14) days prior to
the date set for hearing protests as
set out in Section 4 of this ordinance,
and that copies of this ordinance be
sent by registered mail, postage pre­paid,
to the persons last assessing
for city or town taxation, the prop­erty
which may be assessed for said
improvements, at their last known
addresses, said notices to be mailed
not later than ten (10) days prior to
the date of the meeting set out in
Section 4 of this ordinance.
Adopted this, the 17th day of Feb.
1931.
Approved this, the 17th day of Feb.
1931.
W. D. COPELAND
Mayor, City of Auburn, Ala.
A True Copy:
Bert Newton, City Clerk.
GRADE ORDINANCE
NO. 44-A
AN ORDINANCE, fixing and es-1
tablishing the grade of the street source of information on the fast
In his report to the board of trus­tees
recently, Dr. Bradford Knapp
named nine pieces of work which
he referred" to "as Sistinctly out­standing."
They were accomplished
during the last two years and named
by Dr. Knapp as follows:
1. Discovery of methods of manu­facture
of commercial chemical car­bon
from cotton seed hulls.
2. The new work in the study of
manufacture of starch from sweet
potatoes.
3. Dr. Allison's discovery of a
manneto-optis method of chemical
analysis and his proof of the exist­ence
of element No. 87 as^a part of
that work.
4. The discovery of the effect of
eleetric current on the moving parts
of machinery handling water and
other liquids in pumps, electric tur­bines
and otherwise and method of
preventing or mimimizing the injury
in such cases.
5. The publication of the Alabama
economic review for the purpose of
supplying to the state reliable infor­mation
regarding the agricultural,
industrial, commercial and economic
conditions.
6. The work for the improvement
of the quality and length of staple
of cotton lint, participated in by the
entire institution, including the ex­periment
station and extension staff
in co-operation with various forces
in the state.
7. The development of the textile
school and the perfecting o\ its rela­tion
to the study of cotton in all
of its phases and ultimately the es­tablishment,
we hope, of the best
cotton school in America.
8. The outstanding work of Pro­fessor
Salmon regarding the vitimins
m nutrition.
9. The work of the dairy and ani­mal
husbandry department, the es­tablishment
of Auburn as a real
and the curbs on both sides thereof
of Cedar Drive from the South prop­erty
line of Magnolia Avenue to the
circle at the end of Cedar Drive and
around said circle.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City
Council of the City of Auburn, Ala­bama,
as follows .-—that the grade of
Cedar Drive from the South property
line of Magnolia Avenue to the circle
at the end of said drive and around
said drive, and the curbs on both
sides thereof, be and the same are
hereby fixed and established as shown
on profile sheets No. F-260-G, here­tofore
exhibited to this Council and
now on file in the City Hall in the
office of the City Chirk.
Adopted this, the 17th day of Feb.
1931.
Approved this, the 17th day of Feb.
1931.
W. D. COPELAND
Mayor, City of Auburn, Ala.
A True Copy:
Bert Newton, City Clerk.
growing dairy industry in the state.
A birthday is not a thing for which
a man deserves any credit.—Dr.
Henry Van Dyke.
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paid to anyone furnishing j
evidence leading to recov- t
ery of a Columbia bicycle {
stolen off Mrs. Whatley's j
porch between 12:30 and j
6 a. m. Thursday. Notify {
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Tiger Theatre
WEDNESDAY, March 4
- JOHN BOLES
LUPE VELEZ
—In—
"RESURRECTION"
THURSDAY, March 5
JOHN BARRYMORE
—In—
"MOBY DICK"
—With— "
JOAN BENNETT
FRIDAY, March 6
The right girl who met the
wrong men.
HELEN TWELVETREES
—In—
" M I L L I E"
—With—
Lilyan Tashman - Robt. Ames
John Halliday - James Hall
SATURDAY, March 7
JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT
—In—
"The NIGHT RIDE"
Also LAUREL-HARDY
In "CHISLERS"
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A nice Pennant or Pillow Cover makes an
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