1932-04-13 The Plainsman

              Cabinet Elections
April 20th THE PLAINSMAN
TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N SPIRIT
Cabinet Elections
April 20th
VOLUME LV AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1932 NUMBER 51
Sixteenth Annual
Commencement
Begins May 15
Program Is Opened With Bac>
calaureate Sermon by Dr
James Randolph Hobbs
V
MANY VISITORS EXPECTED
Dr. Henry Snyder to Deliver
Graduation Address Tues­day
Morning
With the baccalaureate sermon de­livered
on Sunday morning, May 15,
in Langdon Hall by Dr. James Ran­dolph
Hobbs, pastor of the Southside
Baptist Church, Birmingham, the
60th annual commencement exercises
at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
will begin.
In making this announcement
President Bradford Knapp said that
a large number of relatives and
friends of' the seniors, alumni, and
others interested in Auburn are ex­pected
to be here for this annual
event to which the seniors have been
looking forward since they began as
freshmen at Auburn four years ago.
It will climax their college careers.
The announcement by. Dr. Knapp
said that Monday, May 16, will be
alumni day with Dr. Charles A.
Brown, associate superintendent of
Birmingham schools as the speaker.
Dr. Brown is an alumnus of Auburn,
class of 1892. Alumni will meet in
Langdon Hall at 10:00 o'clock fore­noon.
The annual R. O. T. C. military
review and presentation of commis­sions
to the students in the reserve
army will take place in the fore­noon,
beginning at 9:00 a. m. It is
expected that Governor B. M. Miller
will be the reviewing officer and will
award the commissions.
The annual meeting of the board
of trustees is scheduled for 2:00
o'clock in the afternoon in the office
of Dr. Knapp with Governor Miller
presiding. Members of the board
are: Governor B. M. Miller, ex-officio;
A. F. Harman, superintendent
of education, ex-officio; Charles
Henderson, Troy; J. A. Rog
Gainesville; C." W. Ashcraft, Flor­ence;
H. H. Conner, Eufaula; Victor
H. Hanson, Birmingham; W. H.
Oates, Mobile; T. D. Samford, Ope-lika;
P. S. Haley, Oakman; H. D.
Merrill, Anniston; Harry Herzfield,
Alexander City; C. S. Culver, Gads­den.
Graduation exercises will begin at
10:00 o'clock Tuesday morning, May
17. Following the baccalaureate ad­dress,
which will be delivered by Dr.
Henry N. Snyder, president of Hof-ford
College, at Spartanburg, S. C,
degrees will be awarded to those who
have completed requirements. Ap­proximately
235 seniors are now in
line for graduation. This is the
largest number ever to graduate at
one time at Auburn. Special honors
will be awarded at the same time.
Leads Council Dance DOROTHY KITCHENS
TO LEAD INTERFRAT
DANCE FRIDAY NITE
Annual Council Dance Ex­pected
to be One of Social
Season's Highlights
KNIGHTS TO PLAY
Miss Dorothy Kitchens, of Ashland, who will lead the Grand March
of the Interfraternity Council Ball with Hugh Ellis, President of the
organization.
CABINET ELECTION
TO BE HELD 20TH
Friday is Last Day to File Nom­inations
for Executive Cabi­net
Bids to Be Opened On
Post Office May 3rd
That bids for the construction of
the proposed federal building in Au­burn
would be opened on May the
third, nineteen hunderd and thirty-two,
in the office of the Supervising
Architect in the Treasury Depart­ment
at Washington, was announced
today by L. A. Knapp, local post­master.
It was still further announ­ced
that once the contracts for the
foundations and construction of the
building were let, that work would
begin immediately and that an early
completion would be reached. Local
authorities expresf^d a desire to see
the unemployment situation partly
solved in Auburn and in Lee County
upon the first ground-breaking cere­monies.
The announcement of the time
limit for are contained in the fol­lowing
item sent to local federal of­ficials
from Washington:
"Treasury Department, office of
the Supervising Architect, Washing-
(Continued on page 4)
Friday, April 15 is the last date.
All nominations for the Execu­tive
Cabinet must be in by Friday,
April 15. The election is to be held
on April 20, and a large number of
students are expected at the polls
on that date.
The seventeen members of the
Cabinet are chosen from the various
schools in which they are registered,
the apportionment being made on
jhe number of students in each divi­sion.
The Executive Cabinet is the
governing board of all student ac
tivities, and the selection of its mem­bers
is a matter of the highest im
portance.
The various schools and the num­ber
of representatives from each are
listed below:
School of Engineering—Two Sen­iors,
one Junior, and one Sophomore
School of Architecture—One Sen­ior,
and one Junior.
School of Agriculture—One Senior
and one Junior.
School of Science and Literature
—One Senior and one Junior.
School'of Education—One Senior
and one Junior.
School of Chemistry and Phar­macy—
One Senior and one Junior.
School of Home Economics—One
member.
School of Textile Engineering—
One member.
School of Veterinary Medicine—
One member.
All nominations must be turned in
to George Tucker at the Sigma Nu
House by five o'clock on Friday,
April 15.
Polo Match With Fort
Benning Team Saturday
Arrangements for a polo-game be­tween
the local squad and the 83rd
Field Artillery Junior team from
Fort Benning for 2:30 p. m. Satur­day,
April 16, are being completed
by Lt. T. S. Gunby.
This will be the first match game
ever played on the Auburn campus,
and will possibly pave the way for
intercollegiate contests in the future.
A match with the University of Geor­gia
has already been arranged, but
no definite date has been set.
An admission charge of twenty-five
cents will be charged for the
six periods to be played Saturday.
WHITTEN TO EDIT
ALABAMA FARMER
Phillips Chosen as Business
Manager of Publication
Edited by Ag Students
Staff members for the 1932-33
Alabama Farmer were selected re­cently
at a meeting of the present
staff and Board of Control of the
Farmer. Thomas P. Whitten, Roa
noke, and Mabry Phillips, Carrollton,
were selected as editor-in-chief and
business manager of the publication
respectively.
Other students selected as staff
members for next year were: H. M
Finney, Scottsboro, assistant editor;
Carl Majors, McKenzie, managing ed­itor;
J. C. Odom," Parrish, campus
section editor; H. W. Green, Lex
ington, alumni editor; E. L. Low-der,
Cartelyou, assistant business
manager; B. W. Appleton,_ Collins-ville,
advertising manager; E. E
Nelson, Millerville, circulation man­ager;
and John Boseck, local adver
tising manager.
The Alabama Farmer is the month­ly
publication of the Ag Club. It
gives hints on better farming, pub
lishes the results, discoveries, and
improvements in agriculture, and in
general tries to. improve the stand
ards of the Alabama farmer.
Pi Kappa Alpha Wins
Cup For Mock Events
The Pi Kappa Alphas were award­ed
the loving cup which was presented
to the winning fraternity in the mock
track meet held on "A" day. The
S. A. E., K. S., and A. T. O. fraterni­ties
followed the victors in the order
named.
The final event of the meet, the
greased pole climbing contest, was
not won by anyone, due to the fact
that the pole had been so thoroughly
greased that it could not be ascended.
This event probably would have
meant victory to the fraternity plac­ing
a man at the top of the pole,
since fifteen points was scheduled as
the reward. As it was, the outcome
was merely a lot of fun to both the
spectators and participants.
NOTICE!
Uniform regulations during the
forthcoming annual inspection by the
War Department, April 25 and 26,
Monday and Tuesday, will be blouses
with white shirts, except for cadets
attending practical classes such as
riding where grey shirts and trousers
will be required. This announcement
is made by Captain Ott.
Prominent Alabama College
Student to be Escorted by
Hugh Ellis
Miss Dorothy Kitchens of Ashland,
and Hugh Ellis of Birmingham, pres­ident
of the Interfraternity Council,
will lead the Grand March of the
Council Ball, to be held here on
April 16.
The Auburn Knights, popular stu­dent
dance orchestra, have been en­gaged
to furnish the music. This
widely known group has enjoyed a
considerable success this year, play­ing
for the "A" Club dances, nume­rous
fraternity dances, •the Engi­neer's
Ball, the Military Ball, and
many other dances, and the presence
of a local band will add to the en­joyment
of the occasion.
President of the student body of
Alabama College, Montevallo, Miss
Kitchens enjoys a wide popularity at
Auburn, having previously attended
a number of Auburn dances.
The dance will begin at nine
o'clock and last until twelve-thirty.
Included in the program for the eve­ning
are three no-breaks, an Inter­fraternity
Council leadout, Grand
March, and a short intermission.
The ball is given annually by the
Interfraternity Council, composed of
representatives of Greek-letter social
fraternities, an4 is attended by many
out-of-town girls. A large number
of bids have been sent out, and the
dance promises to be one of the ma­jor
events of the school year.
Committee chairman appointed by
President Ellis ^are: music, Cary
Hooks; decorations, John T. Harris;
ii.vitations, W. B. Paterson, and exe­cutive,
Joe Jenkins.
The ornamentation of the dance
floor will be under the direction of
J. Lake Parker, Panola, and J. Bonds
Garmany, Chattanooga, who will
transform Alumni Gymnasium into
an Indian campfire scene. Covering
the entire floor will be a scarlet ca­nopy,
and behind the orchestra plat­form
will be a huge painting of two
braves seated beside a glowing fire,
smoking a peace pipe. Around the
walls will be miniature silhouette of
Auburn fraternity houses.
Ten members of each fraternity
represented on the Council will at­tend
the ball.
Weede-Meyer Engaged To Play For
Final Dances May 13th And 14th;
Orchestra Is Favorite On Campus
ARCHITECTURAL HONOR FRAT
SELECTS EIGHT FOR MEMBERSHIP
Scarabs Elects Six Prominent Students and Two Professors;
Newly Installed Chapter Holds First Election
Auburn Ag Debators
Win From Georgia U.
The Auburn Agricultural Society
was awarded a decision in a debate
Friday night with the University of
Georgia Agricultural Club. W. G.
Hall and E. E. Nelson upheld the
affirmative against the Georgia team
of Huff and Thorne. Judges for the
debate were,Captain Stanley Ott, act­ing
chairman, and C. H. Bedding-field
and W. H. McGregor of Ope-lika.
The question for the debate was:
Resolved—"That the raising of live­stock
for market is essential to agri­cultural
prosperity in the southern
states."
Saturday night a no-decision de­bate
was held with the University of
Louisiana. Justin S. Morrill and W.
H. Baskervill 4he affirmative team
(Continued on page 4)
Six students and two members of
the Architectual Faculty were pled­ged
to Scarabs, national honorary
Architectual Fraternity, following
their annual Spring election. The
juniors thus signally honored are
Kenneth Engwall and Howard Ellis
of Mobile, Harold Eaton of Apple-ton,
N. Y.,'George Sewell of Mont­gomery,
Stewart C. Pugh of Union
Springs, and John Phillip Roberts of
Sylacauga. Prof. J. W. Hyde, asso­ciate
professor of landscape garden­ing,
and Prof. W. H. Swettman, in­structor
in Architectual Design were
the faculty members pledged.
Following the election of new
members, officers for the coming year
were elected. John Farris, a senior
from Mobile was selected to lead
the local Temple with Wm. J. Bar-toldus
of New York assisting in the
office of vice-president. Other offi­cers
are J. Lake Parker, secretary,
and Jesse D. Simmons, treasurer.
Scarab is a national honorary fra­ternity
composed of twelve temples,
all of which are in the North with
the exception of Hathor Temple at
the University of Virginia, and
Ammon Temple at George Washing­ton
University in Washington. The
local Temple was installed soon #fter
a charter was granted to what was
formerly Botegha. Botegha was
founded in 1919 and had petitioned
Scarab continually for eight years
prior to the granting of a charter in
the early part of December.
Famous Band Includes Auburn
In Tour of Southern Univer­sities
This Spring
REDUCED ADMISSION
Plans to be Complete Soon For
Senior Dances Social Com­mittee
States
Y. M. C. A. ELECTS
NEXT YEAR HEADS
Foster Named President For
Next Year Assisted by Mur­f
e e and Clark
At the meeting of the Y. M. C. A.
Sunday afternoon, Troy Foster, of
Littlefield, Texas, was selected as
President of the "Y" for the next
school year. Foster will be a senior
in Electrical Engineering next year
and is a member of the Kappa Sigma
social fraternity.. He is very active
in a large number of campus activi
ties and is well known to the student
body.
Hopson Murfee, of Prattville, was
chosen to act as the vice-president of
the student religious group next year
Murfee will be a senior in Agricul­ture
and is a member of the Kappa
Alpha social fraternity.
Howard Clark of Birmingham will
be secretary of the organization. In
addition to being very active in the
"Y" and other campus organizations
he also serves as assistant scouLmas
ter in a local boy scout troop. Clark
will be a senior in Electrical Engi
neering next year.
For treasurer of the club Bob Mc-
Cauley of Marion was chosen. Mc-
Cauley will be a junior in Electrical
Engineering next year and is very
pppular among students.
The pianist for the club' next year
will be Marion Kelley, of Auburn,
who will be a senior in Mechanical
Engineering next year.
Dates Changed For
Debating Schedule
The debates scheduled for this
week-end by the girls' debating have
been postponed according to an­nouncement
this morning by Mr.
Hess.
Saturday night the Auburn team
debated a team from Louisiana State
University in a no-decision debate.
The Ag Club team defeated an Ag
Club from the Universtiy of Geor­gia.
Eight
By
Are Selected
Phi Delta Gamma
Eight men were elected to Phi
Delta Gamma at its annual spring
election Tuesday night according to
T. N. Pike, president. Two sopho­mores,
six juniors, and one faculty
member are included in this group.
The men elected are as follows:
J. S. Morrill, Mobile; C. C. Workman,
Jr., Ashland; R.W. Wages, Birming­ham;
Nicholas S. Hare, Monroeville;
A. C. Black, Mobile; Troy Foster,
Littlefield, Texas; T. P. Whitten,
Roanoke. Professor E. D. Hess,
head of the Speech department, was
chosen as an honorary member.
Phi Delta Gamma is a national
honorary forensic fraternity which
has as its aim the fostering of for­ensic
activities on the campus. It
sponsors annually a declamation con­test,
oratorical contest and debate
between the two literary societies of
the campus.
AG DAY WILL BE
HELD APRIL 22ND
Gala Events Are Planned For
Annual Cleberation of Ag
School
NOTICE!
Important meeting of Scabbard
and Blade, Thursday night at 8:00
o'clock. Everyone be there!
On Friday, April 22, the students
in Agriculture and Home Economics
will observe the first Ag Day to be
held on the Auburn campus. Classes
for all students in Agriculture and
H<5me Economics will be excused at
ten o'clock Friday morning and im­mediately
following | the dismissal of
classes will begin the program ar­ranged
for the day.
The program will start shortly af­ter
ten o'clock with a baseball game
between members of the agricultural
faculty and members of the Ag Club,
and will close with a dance in Alum­ni
Gymnasium at nine o'clock. The
annual Ag banquet will be given at
the college cafeteria at seven o'clock
and will be featured by the presenta­tion
of a large silver loving cup to
the best all-around junior in Agri­culture.
This cup is awarded an­nually
by Gamma Sigma Delta, na­tional
honorary agricultural fraterni­ty,
to the junior selected by the fra­ternity
as the most outstanding man
in his class in scholarship and extra-curricula
activities. Another feature^
of the banquet will be the awarding
of Ag Club diplomas to approximately
fifteen senior members of the Club
for their outstanding work in this
organization.
The principal speaker of the even­ing
will be Dr. D: W. Daniels, head
of the English Department at Clem-son
College.
Music for the dance will be furnish­ed
by the Auburn Knights, popular
student orchestra, and a large at­tendance
is expected including a num­ber
of out of town girls. Admission
to the dance will be one dollar and
students in any department of the
school may attend.
Attempts are being made to ar­range
a polo game early in the after­noon
between teams composed of the
polo squad, and though the possibil­ities
for having the match are not
yet known it is hoped that it can be
accomplished. In the latter part of
the afternoon the Auburn varsity will
play a regularly scheduled baseball
game with the University of Florida.
Final arrangements for the obser­vance
of Ag Day have not been com­pleted
and several events are being
contemplated. Complete plans will be
announced at a later date.
~ Announcement that Weede-Meyer
and his ever popular orchestra would
play for the final dances May 13 and
14, was made public today by L. H.
Norris, chairman of the Student So­cial
Committee. Auburn is to be in­cluded
in this famous band's tour of
universities before they take up a
permanent engagement at Virginia
Beach. They will come here direct
from the Hotel Walton in Philadel­phia,
where the orchestra has been a
regular feature of station WCAU at
eleven o'clock each evening.
Weede-Meyer is no stranger in Au­burn,
having played for two previous
sets of dances here. His return will
be welcomed by that host of music
lovers who have long applauded this
as one of the best bands to have
visited the Plains. It will be an en­larged
orchestra that opens the
Senior dances, as the director has re­ported
several additions to his group.
The Social Committee is busily en­gaged
in arranging house parties,
decorations, and minor details and
promises a complete set of plans in
the near future.
The admission price is to be $£.00
for the set of dances beginning Fri­day
afternoon and continuing through
Saturdayjaight. One night dance is
to cost $3.00, including day dances.
Day dances will remain at the usual
price of $1.00. This deduction
should make the dances within the
reach of every dance lover in school.
NOTICE!
Several dogs have been bitten
by a dog with rabies and for the
protection of the people of Au­burn,
it will be necessary to en­force
the ordinance which states
that all dogs must be vaccinated.
W. D. Copeland, Mayor.
Dr. Knapp to Speak
At Library Meeting
Dr. Bradford Knapp will be. a
speaker before the Agricultural Li­braries
Section of the American Li­brary
Association which will meet for
its 54th Annual Conference in New
Orleans, April 25-30.
It is estimated that more than 2000
representatives from libraries in all
parts of the U. S., Canada and Mexi­co
will attend the conference at which
Josephine Adams Rathbone, presi­dent
of the Association, and assist­ant-
director of the Pratt Institute
School of Library Science will pre­side.
President Frank P. Graham, of the
University of North Carolina; Hend-rick
Van Loon, author of "Story of
Mankind"; Edwin R. Embree, presi­dent
of the Julius Rosenwald Fund;
Frederick H. Koch, of the University
of North Carolina who is the origina­tor
of community Folk-playwriting
through cooperative authorship; Miss
Mary Mims, community organizer for
Louisiana, and author of "The awak­ening
community"; Miss Edith A.
Lathrop of the U. S. Office of Edu­cation;
and Count Rene d'Harnon-court,
illustrator of children's books
will be distinguished speakers on the
conference program.
"Libraries in a changing world"
will be the theme of the Conference.
Changes and adjustments in library
service to meet the. demands of the
times; new trends in reading; new
developments in the work of libraries
in rural districts, in schools, hospit­als,
prisons and special, phases of
work with both adult and juvenile
readers will be subjects for group
discussions.
The Newbery Medal awarded to
the author of the outstanding book
of children's^literature published dur­ing
the year will be presented during
the conference. This is an annual
award, founded by Frederick G. Mel-cher
of New York in honor of John
Newbery who was one of the first
publishers to recognize the import­ance
of books for children.
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Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $2.50 per year (60
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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
Victor R. White, Jr. Editor-in-Chief
J. Roy Wilder Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Gabie Drey Associate Editor
R. A. McMillan Associate Editor
J. W. Letson Associate Editor
J. R. Chadwick Managing Editor
L. C. McCallum Sports Editor
H. W. Moss - News Editor
Horace Shepard News Editor
M. M. Spruiel Exchange Editor
Frank G. Keller Contributing Editor
W. W. Beck Contributing Editor
REPORTERS '
Billy Hamilton, '34; Walter Brown, '35;
J. C. Ivey, '34; W. G. HaU, '35; B. C. Pope,
Jr., '33; Jack Knowlton, '35; Walter Smith,
'35; Marion Kelley, '33; J. A. Parrish, Jr.,
'35.
BUSINESS STAFF
James Backes Asst. Business Manager
Knox M. McMillan Advertising Manager
Robert Greer Circulation Manager
Phillip M. Benton Asst. Adver. Mgr.
Circulation Department: T. A. Dunlap,-
'35; Edward W. Prewitt, '35;- George H.
Lester, '35.
IN MEMORIAM
It would be difficult to express in words
the loss that Auburn feels upon the death
of one of her most distinguished Alumni,
William M. Williams, '96. "Billy" Williams
is endeared in the hearts of every true
lover of Auburn for his services to our in­stitution
in many capacities, as a great
athlete, as an influential political figure,
and as a loyal alumnus. /
Entering Auburn in the fall of 1892,
"Billy" Williams immediately became a
prominent figure in student activities, espe­cially
in athletics. He was probably the
most outstanding halfback in the first de­cade
of Southern football, playing first as
substitute, then as regular, and finally as
captain. Also, he was a spectacular base­ball
player, being noted chiefly as an extra­ordinary
batter.
But, as is true in an astonishingly high
percentage of cases among outstanding col­lege
athletes, his football and baseball were
but stepping stones for an even greater suc­cess
in life.
After leaving Auburn the gridiron idol
became a student, graduating from the
Harvard Law School in 1899. He first
practiced law in New York, but soon moved
back to the South, becoming a member of.
the firm of Rushton, Williams, and Cran-shaw
at Montgomery. He was occupied in
this capacity- until President Wilson called
him to Washington to enter the public ser­vice.
It was at Washington that Mr. Williams
became the head of one of the leading law
firms of the national capital and a citizen
of broad usefulness. While in Washington
he occupied many public offices, as solici­tor
of the federal department of agricul­ture
and commissioner of internal revenue.
Although he had lived in Washington for
fifteen years Mr. Williams never lost touch
with Auburn and was deeply interested in
the football recrudescence of his old school.
In the last few years he had been in closer
touch with Auburn had been his wont, and
he had especially impressed his personali­ty
upon the present student body.
Mr. Williams was one of Auburn's truly
great alumni, and our loss will impress it­self
upon us more and more forcefully as
the years go by, and no one rises to take
his place, a place which will be impossible
to refill. Let us then keep his memory en­shrined
in our hearts as an example and as
an object of respect; he was a real "Auburn
man, and to be like "Billy" Williams should
be the goal of all Auburn men.
WHITHER COLLEGE EDITOR?
The sensational expulsion of Reed Harris,
editor of the Columbia Spectator has come
as the climax to a hard year on college
newspaper editors; students all over the
country who have dared to have unortho­dox
opinions and to publish them in their
college papers have suffered oppression of
unusual violence from college authorities.
It is rather shocking that Columbia, the
shrine of American learning, the sine qua
non of American colleges, should expel a
student who did not toe the line and agree
with his omnipotent faculty. The old adage
that holds that this is a country of free
speech is rapidly being disproved, and cen­sorship
is assuming power once more; it is
npt the censorship of the Puritannical Vic­torians,
but rather that of big business, a
censorship that dictates what the American
people are to think and do.
It will take a great many Reed Harrises
to dispense with subsidized athletics; he is
one of the few who have had the nerve and
courage to print what he knows to be the
truth about our collegiate physical educa­tional
system, and it is to be hoped that he
has not sacrificed himself in vain.
A LIBERAL EDUCATION?
In these times of educational theories,
when everybody has his idea on how college
students ought to be instructed, when the
hard-and-fast Victorian professors are
puzzled over neglected classes and copied
theses, it is only natural that we should
have our own pet theory.
We believe that the best education is
that one which is conducted without re­straint,
that education which holds that ex­perience,
though the most severe, is the
best teacher. After all, what one learns
from text-books is of little use to the ado­lescent
mind; such books contain the result
of other men's experiences, what they have
learned from life, but modern youth must
try things for itself, and it is only in this
way that it learns. The only way to find
out about life is to live, and living involves
evil as well as good. The best characters
are those that are built by a ceaseless re­sistance
to evil, and those characters which
never brush with evil are soaked with
prudishness and smug respectability.
Let us not tHen be perturbed by the wild-ness
and excesses of youth; the younger
members of every generation have gone
through the same experiences, and if our
forebears were successful in the building
of their characters, it is only reasonable
to assume that we shall be successful also.
In spite of the loud outcries and warnings
of the older generation, youth would be
served, and it will be served, and after all
one generation occupies a very infinitesimal
place in the march of centuries.
We further believe that that law is best
which governs least, and that youth is the
least submissive of all the governed. What
our fate will be is best expressed in the
terms of preceding generations; we are no
better or no worse than our forebearers
have been. Since youth will not be restrain­ed,
since it insists on learning by experi­ence
rather than by precept, and since it
is gifted with the same faculties of its
predecessors it is only just that it be given
equal opportunities, to express itself and
to make of life what it sees fit.
VOTING WITH POLITICIANS
Student elections always initiate a season
of campaigning and "politicking." Perhaps
a just appraisal of-this form of sport would
be to pronounce it wholesome because of
the quality of leadership resulting from it.
Whenever an election is held there is every
conceivable temptation for buying and sel­ling
votes that characterizes the profes­sional
game of political parties. There is
also a counter temptation which causes the
volunteer campaigner to contribute his best
power and service to a common purpose.
If there must be either of the two tenden­cies
it is hoped that the latter one will
prevail for the university stands in need
of the choicest talent in its halls. Were
the ends aimed at a mere filling of va­cancies
the matter would not be so impor­tant,
but the offices represent the voice
and leadership of the student body and
through no other medium can the wishes
of the undergraduate body be satisfied or
brought to the attention of the proper au­thorities
than through their vested leaders.
The success of any candidate will be
largely due to his fitness for the office as
well as to his ability to influence and work
with men during the exacting days prior
to election. The spirit of a man who has
conscientiously given himself to a task
throughout the year of preceeding years
and who is willing to submerge such trivial
things as personal pleasure to serve in the_
high capacity of a leader deserves the ad­miration
and following of a democratic
campus group. The use of franchise to
carry that man into office is the noblest
privilege of a voting population. There will
be those who are doomed to fall back into
the routine of simpler duties and surrender
their coveted places to the upcoming office-seekers.
The word politics with all its implica­tions
need not arouse any particular appre­hension
for in many instances the practice
is connected with bribery and railroading
besides other misleading connotations. Poli­tics
is one medium through which the sev­eral
abilities of prospective candidates are
broadcast to a student body that otherwise
might be insufficiently informed. The poli­tics
of bribery is a distasteful blot in col­lege
circles and stands in line for censure
but the politics of a campaigner who solicits
votes for a worthy man is to be acknow­ledged.
Hear such a politician gladly and
weigh the qualifications of his candidate
cajmly and candidly in your mind. His in­tentions,
at most, are well devised and
trust worthy for he is attempting to be a
guide for your selection of a leader. The
genuine politician is an invaluable aid and
will serve you to advantage.
—Duke Chronicle.
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It is a great compli­ment
to the people of
Auburn to know that
contributions have
been made so gener­ously
and splendidly
to the Red Cross for
relief work on account
of the storm. The
showing made by Au­burn
is gratifying particularly because of
the great difficulty under which our people
are laboring in the present emergency. It
is comforting to know that our disposition
is to render help in spite of our own diffi­culty.
The fine showing made by the track team
and baseball team on Friday and Saturday
was a source of satisfaction to all of us.
It was a splendid track meet and an ex­ceedingly
interesting baseball series and the
results gratifying indeed.
* * * *
May 6 will not only see the Boy Scout
Jamboree which will bring many young
boys from this section of Alabama to Au­burn
for a Field Day but it will also see
many interested in textiles coming here for
a formal inspection of the Textile Plant and
program incident to its dedication.
* * * *
At Commencement time we have secured
three splendid speakers. Dr. James Ran­dolph
Hobbs, Pastor of the'Southside Bap­tist
Church, Birmingham, will deliver the
commencement sermon on May 15. On
Monday the 16th, Qr. Charles A. Brown, one
of the ablest and most loyal of Auburn men
will deliver the principal address on the oc­casion
of the Alumni meeting. On com­mencement
day the address will be delivered
by Dr. H. M. Synder, President of Wof-ford
College, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
* * * *
Speaking of visitors coming to Auburn
recently a stranger who came to look over
the college plant paid a very high compli­ment
to one of the students of this insti­tution
who volunteered to show him one of
our new buildings and who took the strang­er
through and sent him away with a very
wonderful spirit in his heart for the insti­tution
because of the intimate knowledge of
this institution and particularly of the de­partment
the student was working. It was
courteously and efficiently done and made a
distinct impression upon the visitor. Every
such act helps Auburn. This man was im­pressed
with the intimate knowledge of the
students and particularly of the division in
which he was working.
* * * *
Announcement was made in the Sunday
Birmingham News that the paper, under the
able leadership of Dr. Victor H. Hanson,
one of our trustees, is again offering schol­arships
one of which comes to Auburn. In
times of distress it is comforting to know
that this paper is not going to give up its
practice of assisting young men and worn;
en to get an education. The applications
must be made to the newspaper and not to
the President of the College. All the in­formation
surrounding the offer will be
found in the Birmingham News, edition of
April 10.
> AUBURN FOOTPRINTS *
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.
No doubt the readers of Idle Em's have
been wondering where that guileless soul
has been keeping himself. . To tell would
betray a secret, so one must be contented
to know that he is back, and, we fear, back
to stay. One would think that such a long
lay-off from the sinister typewriter would
be thorough-provoking, but alas, such does
not seem to be the case. Anyway, here is
our usual line of hooey.
* * * *
A mechanism which appears to us as the
last word in propaganda is a sheet pub­lished
by the National Council for Pre­vention
of War, called International Dis­armament
Notes. A one-page newspaper,
it decorates it center columns with a grotes­que
picture of a human hand, severed from
the rest of the body and illustrative of the
horrors of war.
* * * *
One of the best talks we have heard in
some time, and a talk that has provoked
state-wide comment, was delivered not long
ago by our own Dr. Petrie on "Immortali­ty."
Adapting his words to the intellects
of his hearers, the learned Doctor analyzed
in detail the more common reasons for the
almost universal belief in a life after death.
Should we be favored by another such dis­course
from Dr. Petrie we might even be
persuaded to register for his Current
Events course, which has become one of the
favorite units in the History curriculum.
"I'll tell you something if you wjll keep your mouth shut."
"I will. What is it?"
"You've got halitosis."
* » * * * * * * * *
A college professor says that the price of civilization is insanity. If he thinks
the present brand is worth going insane over, he's crazy.—Thomasville Times.
* • * * * ' * » » * »
One may be a fine upstanding respectable citizen but a banana skin doesn't care.
* * * * * * * * * *
Somewhat like Walter Winchell and his magic carpet, the movie actress vent­ured
that from her numerous trips from coast to coast that one might say she lived
with one foot in Hollywood and the other in New York. O. K, Chicago.
* * * » ' * * He * * *
"In Honolulu I loved a lass
With eyes of brown and skirt of grass.
I thought she loved me, too, you see,
But I was wrong, alack, alas, ~r
She wore a sign, "Keep off the grass."
* * * * * * * * * *
He: "Babe, you are a double-dating, gin-drinking, gold-digging college widow."
She: "Don't call me Babe. It sounds so unrefined.
* * * * * * * * * *
We hear that the stork is a- bird of chance.
* * * * * * * * * .*
How is it that liquid assets make a solid bank?
* * : * * * * * * * *
Cure for the depression . . . Wolf stew.
* * * * * * * * * *
We wonder if contortionists are having a hard time during the depression . . .
they don't seem to have much trouble making ends meet.
* * * * * * * * * *
*
We often marvel at the wonder of the human brain. It starts working when
we get up in the morning, and never stops until we get to class.
We call the little girl temperance she keeps whiskey down so well.
It was a year ago today that K-9 passed away. The memory of the grand ole
dog shall live with the numerous other campus traditions.
* * * * * * * * * *
We hear that the depression is so bad in Chicago that the two-gunmen are sel­ling
one of their guns now.
* ' * * * * * *
At last we have decided why we came to college to age.
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
This from the Hotvard Crimson:
"The too often spoken about, but i
not enough put into practice phrase
'College Spirit' needs once again to be
brought to light. Freshmen come with­in
these walls enthusiastic over their
college and are almost laughed at when
they learn every verse of the 'Alma
Mater.' If students aren't going to
boost their college, who is? We are
the ones who know its good character­istics
and our college will live many
fruitful years if we tell others."
The writer of this stirring editorial will
probably grow up to be a president of the
Kiwanis Club. It is indeed a shame that
college freshmen can not work up spinal
shivers every time they hear the strains of.
the Alma Mater. Long live Ole Hossis!
Long live Old Hossis! Let this be the guid­ing
star of every first year man in Ameri­can
colleges. Rah!
* * * *
" 'Don't let your studies interfere with
your college education", though spoken jest­ingly
is really meant seriously.
"Many upperclassmen advise freshmen to
'see life' in college so as to become an all-round
man and not a mere 'grind.'
"Are men who gain high marks in col­lege
more likely to be successful in actual
life, after they leave college, than those
who barely get by?
"The University of Chicago, found that
students who did not make above twenty-five
per cent between the passing mark and
one hundred failed in college classes. So
it is in passing from college into life. But
why work so hard for high college marks?
We can just wait until We are specializ­ing
in our own field as law, medicine, etc.
Rarely ever do students who strive for just
average or passing grades attain their
dream of high scholarship in post-graduate
or practical specialized studies."
Thus spake the Hotvard Crimson. True
to their Baptist traditions the students of
Howard rise up and damn extra-curricula
activities as a factor in education. To judge
from the editorial page of this bit of col­lege
journalism we believe that they do
neglect their activities.
* * * *
About organizing national political par­ties
on the North Carolina Campus the
Daily Tar-Heel says:
* "The movement, however, is of even
greater significance and value if given
a non-partisian, objective consideration.
The relative apathy and ignorance of
American students toward political and
civic problems, as compared with the
attitude of foreign students, are well
known. ' At least charges to that ef­fect
have often been made. Whether
the criticism is valid or not, any effort
to awaken the interest and inform the
The last issue of The Plainsman was
greeted by the student body with an out­burst
of applause, indicative of modern
youth's love for satiric ballyhooism. Even
the staff must have its fun. And who takes
life seriously any more?
intelligence of college men in regard to
politicis deserves the heartiest support
of all those desirous of securing or
maintaining the reality of popular
self-government, . . . "
Should Auburn students interest them­selves
in the national election as they do
in campus vote-getting bloody riots would
probably mar the peaceful face of tranquil
Lee County.
* * * *
We agree with The Petrel that the fol­lowing
is a great record:
"John H. Goff, a member of the first
class to graduate from Oglethorpe, has
finally settled down after extensive
globe-trotting. He is now Professor of
Economics and Foreign Trade at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute and a
member of the Alabama Economic Re­search
Bureau.
"After receiving his diploma, Goff
taught one year at Randolph-Macon
Academy in Bedford, Virginia, and
from there he went to Mississippi A.
and M. College. In 1922, he was award­ed
a scholarship by the American School
of Prehistory. He was at this time in
France where he passed the summer of
1922 excavating at the prehistoric site
of La Guina. Goff continued his stay
in France, studying at the Sorbonne
and the Ecole de Paleonthologie Hu-maine.
He then went to the Univer­sity
of Strassboui'g during the summer
of 1923, and in the winter 1923-24, he
studied at the National Centro de Gur-sos
Historicos in Madrid. During the
years 1924-1927, he taught Romance
languages at Georgia Tech. Goff then
went to the School of Foreign Service
at Georgetown, Washington, D. C,
where he received his Ph.D. in 1929.
He then returned to his role as profes­sor,
and taught at Armstrong College
in Berkeley, California, until 1930, at
which time he took up his present post.
That's a great record, we think."
* * « *
Under the perplexing caption of "All
for Auburn", we find the following in The
Alabamian:
"Why Joe- Purvis doesn't give Eu­gene
O'Neill a fighting chance. The
old meanie!
"How certain 'town boys' can be such
'cut-ups'!
"That 'Hic-Hic' styles himself as a
'Tempremental Troubador'. We can
attribute such ravings only to tempera­ture.
• "About 'Good? They've got to be good.'
"How the Auburn alumni of Monte-vallo
has the nerve to cast reflections
on the appearance of Alabama College
girls during the week. We wonder if
they've ever heard that every issue has
two sides. We mean, of course, 'Oh
wad-N some pow'r the giftie gie us—'!
"Who the lad was that walked up to
the office in Main Dormitory on Col­lege
Night and asked to see 'Henrietta'!
We have grown weary of. attempting
wisecracking at the dears.
INSIGHTS
By Conscientious Cletus
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.
* * * *
RUMORS of foul play have recently
been heard on the campus of Utopia
college if verified the American col­lege
fraternity system might be radically
affected. It is also rumored that college
authorities are indignant over the occur-rances
of last Saturday night, and that an
investigating committee has been appoint­ed
to snoop out all the facts in the case.
A strange malady visited itself on the
members of Kappa Kappa Fraternity Sat­urday
night, and the seriousness of • the
blight was not realized until over half the
chapter was discovered in varying stages
of revolving unsteadiness. The condition
of the Kappa Kappa members became so
serious that a physician had to be called in.
Before the doctor could get to the house
seven members became unconscious, and
when he walked in the door he found six
more on the verge of becoming despondent
from stock losses. After thoroughly diag­nosing
the case the doctor prescribed sleep
as the best remedy for the epidemic, and
left the boys to their fate, leaving by way
of the side door. •
Ten minutes later a passerby found the
doctor lying unconscious at the foot of the
stairs. As yet the snooping committee has
not had timp to do much snooping, but the
whole group is of the opinion that there was
foul play somewhere in the deal. Walter
Winchell is of the opinion that this occur­rence
might prove an important clue in the
Lindbergh kidnapping case, and suggests
that all students be on the look-out for sus­picious
looking characters. It is reported
that the doctor is up but still unconscious.
* * * *
"Epitaph Broker" is the calling-card title
assumed by two students at Auburn who
have devised an ingenious method of sup­plying
themselves with ready cash during
this period of depression.
By making a complete catalog of all the
grave-yards in Auburn, these two students
are now able to furnish fraternity neo­phytes
with the inscription on any grave in
town, and the charge is only one dollar for
each inscription.
Now, instead of fraternity pledges com­plying
with the age old Auburn custom,
and searching all night for the inscription.;
on some remote grave, the name is looked
up in the epitaph catalog, and the fresh­men
spend the night putting one over on
the upperclassmen.
On being questioned regarding their
plan, the originators of the unique system
stated that they were in favor of anything
to help out the poor and unfortunate fresh­men.
* * * *
The Christian religion may be losing its
hold on American college students, if recent
occurrences on the Auburn campus can
be taken as general throughout the coun­try.
It was during an. evening, "Current His- *
tory" class that the professor in charge was
rudely interrupted by loud cries of "Praise
Allah for my end is Nigh". There was
such anguish expressed in that one wailing
cry, which seemed to come right out of the
sky, that the whole class rose as one and
rushed out to see what the trouble was.
The bowing mohammedan stationed on
top of the school water tank turned out to
be none other than a freshman neophyte
seeking admission to the secrets of a cer­tain
fraternity on the campus. His fellow
worshippers were stationed on top of every
building on the campus, and although their
praises for Allah continued to ring out all
during the night it is reported that they all
became Christians before morning.
* * * *
During the recent series of religious
meetings held at Auburn, Dad Elliott, the
noted college religious leader, had an ex­perience
that taught him exactly how a
thief must feel when he gets caught.
Dad stayed at a private home during his
visit to Auburn, and one night when pre­paring
to retire he found that the bath­room
door was locked. Not wishing to wake
the two students who shared the bath with
him, Dad decided to go on down the hall
and enter through the door connected with
the student's room.
Entering what he thought was the bath­room
door, Dad found to his surprise and
discomfort that he had entered a clothes
closet and locked the door behind him.
The two students, who were roused from
a deep sleep by poundings on the closet
door, and increasingly insistent cries of,
"Open the door; let me out of here", grab­bed
a double-barrelled shot-gun from the
corner of the room, and stood ready to
march the intruder down to the polioe sta­tion.
Imagine the embarrassment of all con­cerned
when the door was .opened, and Dad
Elliot was found standing there dressed
in a long, old-fashioned night gown.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1932 T H E P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE PAGE THREE
SEVEN TRACK VETS
SCORE HEAVILY-IN
TIGER'SJRACK WIN
Seven of the eight veteran mem­bers
of Auburn's' 1932 track team
who participated in the Auburn-
Tulane dual meet last Saturday an­nexed
points. They are: Capt. Jeff
Beard, Greensboro; alternate-captain
Ham O'Hara, Hurtsboro; Felix
Creighton, Montgomery; Zach Huff,
Brundidge; Clay Jones, Bessemer;
Jack Stewart, Anniston, and Ross
McQueen, Tallassee.
Not only did Capt. Beard carry off
first honors in the shot put and discus
to lead the Tigers experienced track-sters
in scoring with 10 points, he
turned in the outstanding perform­ance
of the meet when he threw the
discus 144 feet two and a half inches.
This mark broke the Auburn record
and eclipsed the Southern Confer­ence
record by over seven feet.
Creighton and Huff crossed the
tape first in the 440 and 880, and
O'Hara, Stewart, McQueen and
Jones placed second in the 220, 120-
yard high hurdles, mile and 880.
Emmett McQueen, the ninth let­ter
wearer on the Plainsmen team,
was out of action against the
Greenies because of injuries. He
holds the Southeastern A. A. U. two-mile
championship and probably
would have counted for his team in
their initial meet of the year.
Auburn s Coaching Staff Views New Ford; Is On Display Here Today
Dr. Dowell Speaks At
Baptist Church Sunday
Dr. Spright Dowell, president of
Mercer University at Macon, Ga.,
and former president of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, filled the
pulpit at the Auburn Baptist Church
at the regular service Sunday. He
stopped in Auburn enroute to Tuske-gee
and spoke'by special invitation
s of the pastor, Dr. J. R. Edwards.
COLUMBUS
TYPEWRITER COMPANY
Sales & Service
Office 306
Georgia Home Bldg.
Columbus, Ga.
Tiger Frosh to Play
First Game of Year
With Madison 15-16
A two-game series Friday and Sat­urday
with Coach Wallace Butts
Madison, Ga. A. & M. Aggies will
open the current diamond campaign
for Coach Earl McFaden's 1932 Au­burn
first-year diamondeers. The
games with the Aggies will be played
here on Drake Field, the initial tilt
slated to start Friday afternoon at
3:15 and the final encounter at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Naturally
Teacher: Now, Johnny, what did
Caesar exclaim when Brutus stabbed
him? "
Johnny: Ouch!
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
SELECTED BY A.LE.E.
AT THURSDAY MEET
At its weekly meeting Thursday
night the members of A. I. E. E.
elected the following officers to
serve next year: chairman, R. W.
Wages, Birmingham; vice-chairman,
C. W. Stickle, Birmingham; secre­tary-
treasurer, J. W. Solomon, Eu-faula;
reporter, L. Ennis, Birming­ham.
The A. I. E. E. is a society to
further the interests of Electrical
Engineers and all electricals are cor­dially
invited to attend the meetings
which are held on each Thursday
night in room 109, Ramsay Hall, at
seven p. m.
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Prof. L. N. Duncan has received
praise from the White House at
Washington for the work which he
and members of the Extension Ser­vice
staff have done in connection
with the Citizens' Reconstruction
Organization at the request of Don­ald
Comer, Birmingham, who has
served as chairman for Alabama.
"The President wishes you to know
of his warm personal appreciation of
your work in connection with the
Citizens' Reconstruction Organiza­tion,"
wrote Mr. Lawrence Richey,
secretary to the president. "The
hoarding situation has been fraught
with the most serious perils to the
financial stability of the country, and
thus to the entire economy of the
Nation. The campaign of the or­ganization
has turned back this men­ace,
and the President feels that you
who have borne the direct burden of
the task deserve the gratitude of' the
country for a signal service to the
whole people. He directs me to send
you no behalf of the public, as well
as himself, this note of sincere
thanks."
CRIST SPEAKS TO
STUDENTS HERE ON
SATURDAY, 10 A. M.
John L. Crist, Southern manager
of the Calco Chemical Company, will
talk to students in engineering and
chemistry in Ross Chemical Labo­ratory
auditorium Saturday, April
30, at 10:00 a. m., according to Prof.
Charles B. Ordway of the school of
textile engineering. His subject will
be "The Engineering Graduate and
What is Expected of Him in Indus­try."
Mr. Crist has made a national
name as an executive and engineer
in the chemical and dyestuff indus­try.
His products, from a small but
well managed plant, became famous
all over the Nation for high quality
and he met foreign competition in
such a manner that the foreign com­panies
found it best to buy from
him on some of the most competi­tive
products instead of importing.
He has been in the southern indus­try
for fifteen or twenty years and
is recognized nationally as a man of
great ability.
Miss Spencer Talks At
Meeting of Art Dept.
Tracing the influence of fashions
in dress upon architectural design
throughout the various periods of
history, Miss Lilly Spencer gave a
most interesting talk at the meeting
of the art department of the Auburn
Woman's Club Thursday afternoon,
April 7, 'at the home of Mrs. K. G.
Reeve, 304 Payne Street. Addition­al
remarks were made by Mrs. Sam
Brewster and Mrs. C. W. Edwards.
We never heard of a wife trying
to humiliate or belittle her husband
by applying for a divorce and asking
for just one dollar a week alimony.
Kappa Deltas Have
Silver Tea On Friday
For the benefit of its building fund
the Kappa Delta Sorority entertain­ed
members of its alumni and close
friends of the chapter with a silver
tea Friday afternoon, April 8, at the
home of Mrs. Howard LamaT on
College Street. \
Creamy white calla lillies on the
tea table effectively carried out the
colors of the sorority, green and
white, which were also used in the
refreshments.
We ASKEW in—
Uncle Billy's
Shoe Shop
We ASKEW in—
Uncle Billy's
Barber Shop
The Barber Shop calls in num­ber*:
8900, 9226, 9027, 9370,
8726, 8866—week ending April
9, inclusive. Thank you.
UNCLE BILLY
Auburn's Coaching Staff views the new Ford while on exhibit in
Opelika. This new car, which has caused a sensation in the motorist world,
is on display here today at the Tiger Motor Company, who extends to
the public a cordial invitation to attend this showing.
Always Ready to Serve You
BANK OF AUBURN
Bank of Personal Service
Mr. Hyde will be here on his final Spring
trip with the Famous Moses Line of Tailored
Suits—Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Don't fail to see our new line of Jantzen
Bathing Suits.
Just received another shipment of Portage
Sport Oxfords.
G IBSON
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AUBURN WINS OPENING TRACK
MEET FROM TULANE 70% TO 41%
Scoring in all but one event and
sweeping the points in four of the
others, Auburn handily defeated Tu-lane,
Southern Conference Cham­pions,,
by a score of 70% to 41% on
Drake Field last Saturday afternoon
in the first track and field meet of
the season for the Plainsmen.
Coach Wilbur HutselPs thinly-clad
Tigers surprised everyone by their
complete superiority over the highly-touted
Greenies who defeated the
University of Alabama very decisive­ly
last week.
The sensation of the afternoon
proved to be Lloyd Richey, who
, scored fifteen points in winning the
high and low hurdles and the high
jump. Richey, a long, lanky sopho­more,
has been coming along fast in
training under Coach Hutsell and
Percy Beard but few expected him
to defeat Foots DeColigny, brilliant
Tulane hurdler, in both of his special­ties
as he did.
Second to Richey in the points
scored was another sophomore, Casey
Kimbrell, fleet football back, who an­nexed
thirteen points by sprinting to
an easy victory in the "hundred" and
"furlong", and placing second to
Zimmerman in the running broad
jump.
Captain Jeff Beard, of Auburn, had
a perfect afternoon, scoring ten
points, and broke the Auburn record
ofr the discus, starting off what
promises to be his most successful
season. He threw the old Greek plat­ter
144 feet, 2% inches, erasing the
mark of 143 feet, 2% inches set by
Primo Coleman last year.
High scorers for Tulane were Don
Zimmerman and Pischoff, double win­ners
both. Zimmerman, flashy half­back
and famous "Flying Dutchman",
did some real soaring when he won
the pole vault by three inches from
Robert Rutland of Auburn. In the
broad jump he beat Kimbrell by the
very slim margin of one-quarter inch.
Pischoff pulled the "iron man" act
by running to victory in both the mile
and two-mile, defeating Ross Mc­Queen
and Marshall Caley in each
event, respectively.
Other sterling performances were
turned in by Creighton and O'Hara,
both of Auburn, in a very fast quart­er
mile run and by Zach Huff, who
surprised by running a gallant race
to win the half-mile run in 2:04.2.
Tiger Theatre
W e d n e s d a y , April 13
"SCANDAL FOR
SALE"
with
Rose Hobard - Charles Bickford
Pat O'Brien
Also cartoon "ROCKATEARS"
and comedy,
"SELLING SHORTS"
T h u r s d a y , April 14
"SYMPHONY OF
SIX MILLION"
with
Ricardo Cortez
Irene Dunne
Also comedy,
"TWENTY HORSES"
and SCREEN SOUVENIRS
F r i d a y , April 15
CLAUDETTE COLBERT
in
"MISLEADING
LADY"
with
Edmund Lowe - Stuart Erwin
Also Paramount News and
Comedy,
"THE NEWS HOUNDS"
OPELIKA
THEATRE
Opelika, Ala.
Open Daily 2:30 p. m.
Saturday 1:30 p. m.
The Students Friend
ADMISSION:
15c
Any Time
THURSDAY
Will Rogers
in
"Business
and
Pleasure"
FRIDAY
C h a r l o t t e Henry
in
"Lena Rivers"
SATURDAY
Ken Maynard
in
The Two-Gun Man'
Clay Jones, Auburn, finished second
giving Auburn a clean sweep in this
event. Jack Stewart ran a fine race
in the high hurdles despite leg in­juries
that have hampered his train­ing.
The meet was run off under ideal
conditions and there was a large,
crowd in the stands cheering louder
and louder as the Tiger athletes
swept on, piling up score on top of
score and upsetting a fine Tulane
team.
The summaries: Auburn (70%);
Tulane (41%).
100 yard dash—Won by Kimbrell
(Auburn), Dupree (Auburn), second.
Time, 0:10.
One mile run—Won by Pischoff
(Tulane), McQueen, R. (Auburn),
second. Time, 4:39.2.
120 yard high hurdles—Won by
Richey (Auburn), Stewart (Auburn)
second. Time, 0:15.4.
220 yard dash—Won by Kimbrell
(Auburn), O'Hara (Auburn), sec­ond.
Time, 0:22.6.
. 440 yard run—Won by Creighton
(Auburn), Bouzon (Tulane), second.
Time, 0:51.3.
Two mile run—Won by Pischoff
(Tulane), Caley (Auburn), second.
Time, 10:34.8.
220 yard low hurdles—Won by
Richey (Auburn), DeColigny (Tu­lane),
second. Time, 0:25.2.
880 yard run—Won by Huff (Au­burn),
Jones (Auburn), second.
Time, 2:04.2.
Discus Throw—Won by Beard
(Auburn), Payne (Tulane), second.
Distance, 144 feet, 2% inches (New
Auburn record).
Javelin Throw—Won by Cleve­land
(Tulane), Haynes (Tulane),
second. Distance, 168 feet, 4%
inches.
Shot put—Won by Beard (Au­burn),
Payne (Tulane), second. Dis­tance,
43 feet, 3% inches.
Pole vault—Won by Zimmerman
(Tulane), Rutland, R. (Auburn),
second. Height, 12 feet, 6 inches.
High jump—Won by Richey (Au­burn),
Anderson (Auburn) and
Richards (Tulane), tied for second
place. 'Height, 5 feet, 10% inches.
Broad jump—Won by Zimmerman
(Tulane), Kimbrell (Auburn), sec­ond.
Distance, 22 feet, 1 inch.
Auburn Leads County
i In Red Cross Drive
Home Ec Department
Woman's Club Meets
Mrs. G. G. Bennett was co-hostess
with Mrs. C. B. Godfrey, when the
home economics department of the
Auburn Woman's Club met Thurs
day afternoon, April 7.
Mrs. Martin Beck discussed the ad­vantages
and disadvantages of own­ing
a home. Supplementary talks
on financing the building of a home
and "the cost of furnishing were made
by Miss Louise Lewis, a senior in
the department of home economics
of the college, and Miss Halley Mae
Ingram, a junior in the same course.
The next meeting, will be held
Thursday, May 5th, in the home eco­nomics
department of the college.
Misses Louise Glanton and Lilly
Spencer will have charge of the pro­gram.
This will be the last meet­ing
of the season for this division of
the Woman's Club.
Textile Department
Has Moving Picture
A moving picture sponsored by the
Textile department was shown here
Monday night in Langdon Hall. This
picture was shown through the
courtesy of the corporation of Collins
& Aikman. Thomas J. Dark, who lec­tured
in connection with the picture
said that he had one of the largest
and most appreciative audiances he
had appeared before. He had already
given demonstrations at Clemson,
Georgia Tech, North Carolina State,
and other colleges in the south.
AUBURN AG DEBATORS
WIN FROM GEORGIA U.
(Continued from page 1)
of the Auburn Debating Society,
were opposed to the L. S. U. nega­tive
made up of Charles H. Dameron
and Robin C. Anderson. •
The question for this debate was:
Resolved—"That congress should en­act
legislation providing for the cen­tralized
control of industry, consti­tutionality
waived."
On account of the illness of Mrs.
Crump, one of Auburn debaters, the
debate with Montevallo scheduled to
be held here the 15th of this month,
has been indefinitely postponed.
Auburn led the other two largest
cities of Lee County, Opelika and
Phenix City, by a wide irfargin in
contributing to the relief of Ala­bama
tornado victims. Nearly $400
in cash and large quantities of cloth­ing,
groceries, kitchen utensils and
other needed articles were collected
in Auburn within a short time after
the Red Cross sent out an appeal.
Several of the smaller communities
in the vicinity of Auburn, who were
included in this district, contributed
much of the food and clothing.
Rev. Sam B. Hay, Presbyterian
minister, acted as chairman of the
campaign in the Auburn district and
enlisted the aid of all the churches,
civic organizations and social clubs
in the city of Auburn. Dr. Graham,
of Opelika, served as Lee County
chairman.
Although the active campaign has
been brought to a close, Rev. Hay
stated that the local organization
would still be glad to handle all con­tributions
and see that they were
received by the Red Cross authorities.
Interfrat Egg Hunt
Acclaimed Success
NOTICE!
Classes on religious education
will meet as scheduled Thursday
morning.
Dean Scott.
First year men of all the Greek
lodges on the campus were given op­portunity
to display their ingenuity
at the freshman Easter Egg Hunt
which was given by the Interfrater-nity
Council on Sunday, April 3.
Freshmen of all kinds and sizes ap­peared
in any number of unique cos­ts
tumes.
After assembling at the A. T. O.
house, where pictures were taken to
preserve the scene for those to come,
the egg-hunters and spectators pro­ceeded
to Ag Bottom. Judges were
called in to select the best costume.
The honor was awarded to J. A.
Camp and Robert Botsford, Delta
Sigma Phi freshmen, who were at­tired
as a rural couple. Howard Mor­ris,
K. A., was given honorable men­tion
by the judges for his costume of
a Head Hunter, as were a trio of
Pi Kappa Alpha freshmen who were
rigged out as the main characters of
a hurry-up wedding.
Next in the order of events was
the Egg Hunt. Jimmy Dowdell, Pi
K. A. rat, won the smoking stand
which was offered to the freshman
who found the most eggs. After the
eggs had been counted the boys
squared off for a friendly little egg
fight which was followed by a scram-
BIDS TO BE OPENED ON
POST OFFICE MAY 3RD
(Continued from page 1)
ton, D. C, April 6, 1932. Sealed bids
in duplicate, subject to the conditions
contained herein, will be publicly
opened in this office at 3 p. m., May
3, 1932, for furnishing all labor and
materials and performing all work
for the foundations, etc., of the
United States Post Office, Etc., at
Auburn, Alabama. The prevailing
rate of wage shall be paid all labor­ers
and mechanics employed on the
project as provided in the Act of
March 3, 1931 (Public No. 798).
Drawings and specifications, not ex
creeding one set, may be obtained by
any satisfactory general contractor
at this office in the discretion of the
Supervising Architect. Jas. A. Wet-more,
Acting Supervising Architect."
INTERFRAT TOURNAMENTS
PROGRESS AS INTEREST GAINS
ble for the huge Golden Egg. Carl
Hacker, also a member of Pi K. A.,
won this monstrous egg, which, since
is was a gilded football, was/slightly
out of proportion. However, in this,
as in the other events of the day, it
was the spirit of the thing that
counted.
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The interfraternity tennis tourna­ment
is progressing nicely with all
but two of the second round matches
played off. The tournament is slight­ly
behind schedule and all partici­pants
are urged to play their matches
as soon as possible so that the tourn­ament
will be completed in the speci­fied
time.
The survivors to the third round
are the T. U. O.'s, D. A. D.'s, A. T.
O.'s, Sigma Nu's, Phi Delta Theta's,
and the K. A.'s, with two matches
yet to be played off in the second
round. The winner of the match
between the Pi K. A.'s, and Phi Kap­pa
Tau's, and the one between the
S. A. E.'s and the Pi Kappa Phi's
will proceed to the third round of
the tournament.
The second tournament sponsored
by the interfraternity council that of
playground ball, has proceeded into
the second round with" the D. A. D.'s,
the Alpha Gamma Rho's, the Sigma
Nu's, the Pi K. A.'s, the Sigma Phi
Sigma's and the Lambda Chi Alpha's
winning their matches. This tourna­ment
is holding the active interest
of the entire campus and ramark-ably
good brands of ball are being
played. The handsome gold trophy
to the winner, is on display at Homer
Wright's drug store.
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