1932-01-09 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LV AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, JAN. 9, 1932 NUMBER 29
Interest Is Keen
As Prom Plans
Are Completed
Bid Cards Collected Sunday,
Over Two Hundred Girls
Expected
SIX FRATS ENTERTAIN
Cummins Starts South; Decora­tions
Progressing Rapidly
On Unique Scheme
With only one day remaining be­fore
bid cards are collected, interest
is exceptionally keen oyer the coming
mid-term dances. The decorations
are fast nearing completion, and im­mediately
after examinations the
Alumni Gymnasium will change from
an arena for sports into a raging in­ferno
ruled by a giant Satan.
Word that Bernie Cummins has
started southward has increased the
pace of activities and caused every­one
to realize that revelry is impend­ing.
Cummins, leader of one of
America's outstanding orchestras, has
just completed a.lengthy stay in GinT
cinnati where his music makers have
broadcasted nightly over station
WLW.
About two hundred girls from all
parts of the South are expected to
attend the dances and seven fratern­ities
have agreed to turn over their
lodgings to the visitors. Those who
are giving house parties are Sigma
Phi Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta, Delta
Sigma Phi, Sigma Phi Sigma, Lamb­da
Chi Alpha, Sigma Nu, and "Theta
Chi. Numerous outside parties are
being planned by various farternities
and organizations so that this sea­son's
entertainment should exceed all
others.
Miss Virginia Flowers, prominent
Montgomery debutante of last season,
has been selected to lead the Junior
Ball on Friday night with Robert
Greer, president of that class. Miss
Flowers has attended a number of the
Auburn dances and is an extremely
popular member of the younger set.
The gymnasium will be converted
into Hades with a nine foot mask of
the archangel Lucifer glaring down
upon the revelers while wisps of
smoke drift menancingly from his
mouth and nostrils, the whols form­ing
a most elaborate setting for the
occasion.
Drum and Bugle Corps
Formed At High School
A drum and bugle corps consist­ing
of 5 drums and 17 bugles has
been organized at the Lee County
High School by Mrs. Mary Drake
Askew, instructor in music. The
corps will drill with high school stu­dents
who are put through their
maneuvers under the supervision of
Frank DuBose, director of athletics.
Roger Knapp and Billy Askew are
assisting with the training of the new
organization.
A high school orchestra has also
been organized and plays for school
entertainments and at various convo­cations.
The orchestra consists of
Jerry Kuderna, violin; George Har­dy
and John Ivy, cornets; Byron
Campbell, saxaphone; Beverley Big­gin
and Mark Nichols, drums, and
"Virginia Dudley, piano. The or­chestra's
recent initial appearance be-fpre
the school assembly was praised
highly by students and faculty.
American Legion Has
Monthly Meeting Mon.
The American Legion Post here at
Auburn will hold its regular month­ly
meeting next Monday night in
Samford Hall at 7:30. The princi­pal
speaker of the meeting will be
Master Sergeant Livingston, who is
rounding out thirty years service in
the United States this year. He will
speak on the subject, "The Old Army
and Its Customs." A short business
meeting will be held directly after­wards.
BOTEGHA TO BE INSTALLED AS
CHAPTER OF SCARAB JAN. 23
Local Chapter Be Known As Khufu Temple; Walter M. Con­ner,
National Officer, Will Be Present For Installation
Ceremonies
According to information recently
received by the officers of Botegha,
local architectural honor society, the
formal installation of the organiza­tion
as a chapter of Scarab-will take
place on the afternoon of January 23.
Scarab is a national architectural hon­or
fraternity which recently grant­ed
Botegha its charter as one of the
chapters, of the national organization.
Walter M. Conner of the Univer­sity
of Cincinnati, director of activ­ities
of Scarab, will be present to con­duct
the installation ceremonies. The
director of activities is one of three
members of the supreme council, or
governing body of Scarab. A large
number of alumni who were members
of Botegha are expected to be in Au­burn
for the occasion also.
Members of the Auburn chapter
have selected Khufu as the name of
their temple or chapter. Each chap­ter
of the fraternity is allowed to
choose its own name as it becomes a
part 6f the national organization, and
the name of some old Egyptian temple
is always selected. Khufu Temple,
or the Sphinx Temple as it is some­times
called, because of its close prox­imity
to the- famous Sphinx, is one
of the oldest temples in Egypt. It
includes in its construction practic­ally
all of the basic principles used
in architecture today.
Students in architecture who will
go through the initiation as charter
members are: H. W. Ellis, V. O. Cal-laham,
John Farris, B. A. England,
C. F. Davis, W. J. Bartoldus, H. L.
Wailes, H. W. Dearing, J. L. Parker,
J. D. Simmons, and E H. Grey. Sev­eral
members of the architectural fac­ulty
will also be taken in as honorary
members.
CRIMINOLOGY CLASS
GOES THROUGH KILBY
Students Witness Prison Work
Under Leadership of Dr.
Hoffsommer
Conditions in two of Alabama's
penal institutions were studied Fri­day
by Auburn students taking the
course in criminology under Dx. Har­old
Hoffsommer when a visit was
made to "Kilby Prison in Montgomery
and the Reform School for Negro
Boys at Mt. Meigs.
At Kilby the students witnessed
the procedure of taking into the in­stitution
a number of convicts who
had just arrived at the prison to be­gin
terms.
Dr. Hoffsommer sa^d that Kilby
was one of the most modern prisons
in the entire country. The parole sys­tem
whereby prisoners with good rec­ords
are allowed vacations at Christ­mas
time and put on their honor to
return is a valuable step in the re­formation
of criminals, he believes.
He was informed that these prisoners
were keeping their promises of vol­untary
return in almost every in­stance.
Some of them, however, found
it difficult to secure work while on
parole and many had no homes to
go to.
AUBURN BANK GAINS
PROFITS ON STOCK
8 Per Cent Dividend Declared
and 10 Per Cent Added to
Surplus
Alpha Phi Epsilon Has
Initiation For Eight
The Beta chapter of Alpha Phi Ep­silon,
honorary literary society fra­ternity,
initiated eight new members
yesterday evening, it was announced
today by Thomas Kipp, president of
the Beta chapter. The newly admit­ted
members are all outstanding in
literary and forensic Vork. They are
E. Nelson, a junior in agriculture;
Walter Edwards, a sophomore in sci­ence
and literature; H. W. Green, a
junior in agriculture; Charles Work­man,
a sophomore in business admini­stration;
Kirtis Martin, a senior in
home economics; Jewell v Golden, a
junior in home economics education;
Caroline Lawson, a sophomore in edu­cation;
and Prof. Hess, head of the
department of speech. Prof. Hess was
elected honorary member.
Alpha Phi Epsilon is a national or­ganization
•whose purpose is to furth­er
literary society work in American
colleges, and to make this work as
effective as possible. Members are
chosen from recognized literary so­cieties.
But they must first have
shown considerable ability in general
school work. Attention is also given
to scholarship, character, and partic­ipation
in other worthy college activi­ties.
During 1931 the Bank of Auburn
had a net earning of 18 per cent of
the capital stock, a report of which
was made to the stockholders at
their annual meeting. A dividend of
8 per cent was declared and 10 per
cent added to the surplus, the total
of which already was $15,000.
Following this report of W. D.
Martin, cashier, all officers were re­elected,
they being S: L: To'omer,
president; Dr. C. A. Basore, vice-president;
Mr. Martin, cashier, and
Emil F. Wright, assistant cashier.
All directors were re-elected, they
being B. L. Shi, C. L. Hare, C. A.
Jones, Thos. Bragg, Emmett Size-more,
Dr. C. S. Yarbrough, L. N.
Duncan, Dr. C. A. Cary, S. L. Toom-er,
and W. D. Martin.
The Bank of Auburn ft an old
bank. It has been a successful in­stitution
from its beginning.
RESEARCH WORK IN
GLASS MANUFACTURE
CONTINUES IN 1932
Manufacture of Black Glass
from Slag to Get Special At­tention
COST A T MINIMUM
Professor Basore States That
Many By-Products May Be
Produced
Auburn Cagesters Win
From B'ham-Southern
Auburn defeated Birmingham-
Southern 41 to 23 in the first inter­collegiate
game of the year last
night. Captain Jack Stewart was
the high point man of the evening,
scoring 13 points. Birmingham-
Southern has -one of the strongest
fives in the S. I. A. A.
The Tigers meet Vanderbilt to­night
in their first conference game.
During the new year, 1932, re­search
work to determine new facts
about the manufacture of slag glass
will be continued by the department
of chemical engineering here. The
work will be a continuation of that
of 1930 and 1931, during which
chemists in this department succeeds
ed in -producing transparent glass
from blast furnace slag of the Birm­ingham
district at a 25 to 30 per cent
saving in the cost of materials, plus
a glass of superior quality. It has
a tensile strength about 25 per cent
greater than that of soda lime glass;
and it is practiclly unaffected by
most corrosive agents.
In reporting new year plans to
President Bradford Knaj>p, Dr. C.
A. Basore, research chemist, said that
special attention will be given to the
production of black glass from slag.
He explained that most black glass
is being made by the addition of col­oring
materials to transparent glass.
The aim is to develop a process for
the elimination of this addition,
thereby reducing by almost 50 per
cent the cost of raw materials, with
the probability of securing a superior
glass.
Production of a good grade chemi­cal
glass from blast furnace slag is
another of the 1932 objectives of
Dr. Basore and his associates. Their
experience seems to indicate that it
is possible to make a very cheap
glass from slag, which* might take
the place of Jena and similar glasses
for test tubes, wash bottles, pipettes,
funnels, flasks, and the like, he de­clared.
As a side thought Dr. Basore said,
"We believe that it is possible to
make Portland Cement from this
slag."
Other research projects on the
1932 calendar are studies of sweet
potato starches; development of plas­tics
from agricultural projects; an
improved method for removing sul­phur
from ores, iron and steel; de­velopment
of a process for the ex­tensive
utilization of Alabama man­ganese
ore; and continued study of
waste materials in which Dr. Basore
is inclined to specialize.
Geological reports show that man­ganese
ore is widely distributed over
Alabama. A variation in the manga­nese
content of this ore is the main
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FINCH NAMED HEAD
LOCAL LIONS CLUB
FOR ENSUING YEAR
Seven Others Chosen As Of­ficers
to Lead New Program
of Club
INSTALLATION ON 14TH
Ingram Made Secretary For
' F o u r t h Successive Year; Di­rectors
Named
Lt. Volney C. Finch was elected
president of the Auburn Lions Club
for the coming year at the regular
weekly meeting Thursday evening-
The honor came as a distinct recog-nititno
of his service rendered the
club in past years.
Other club officers elected include
Lt. H. L. Watts, first vice-president;
E. S. Winters, second vice-president;
Prof. W. H. Coppedge, third vice-president;
W. T. -Ingram, secretary;
Lt. W. C. Higgins, treasurer; Dr. R.
V. Doner, Lion tamer; and Prof. A.
F. Nickel, tailtwister.
The board of directors will consist
of Hugh Dillon, retiring president,
Prof. L. S. Blake, and Dr. H. F. Thut.
Prof. F. E. Guyton, district governor
of Alabama, was elected honorary
member of the board, and H. W.
Nixon was re-appointed manager of
the golf committee.
^.Installation of the new officers
will be conducted next Thursday
evening, Jan. 14, at the regular
meeting.
The coming year will be the fourth
that Mr. Ingram has served as club
secretary. Since July, 1931, he has
also held the office of district secre­tary
for Alabama.
Dean Cary Announces
Vet Short Course Here
Feb. 1 to 6 has been desiganted by
Dr. C. A. Cary, state veterinarian
and dean of the college of veterinary
medicine as the week for the 9th
annual short course for graduate vet­erinarians
at Auburn.
Veternarians from several south­ern
states are expected to- attend
Dr. Cary said.
Dr. W. L. Williams of Cornell Uni­versity
of Othaca, N. Y._, and the fac­ulty
of the Auburn school of veterin­ary
medicine will conduct the short
course, the subjects and problems
which veterinarians n the South are
now giving major attention.
Dr. Williams is a famous author
of national and international reput-a
tion, Dr. Cary said. He has written
two books on veterinary subjects. His
books and his. writings are widely
quoted by European veterinarians.
They know more of Dr. Williams
than they do of any other American
veterinarian, Dr. Cary added.
(Continued on page 4)
Salaries For First Month
To Be Paid Professors As
State Appropriates Funds
First 'A' Club Dance
Of Year Starts At 9
Immediate Resumption of Alabama-Auburn
Athletic Activities Being Urged By Alumnus
NOTICE!
Bid cards for the Junior Prom have
been placed in all fraternity houres
and the Tiger Drug Store. These
cards will be collected on Sunday,
January 10. Uo cards can be ac­cepted
after that date.
An editorial appearing in the cur­rent
issue of the Auburn Alumnus,
which is published nine times a year
by the Alumni Association, favors the
resumption of athletic relations be­tween
the University of Alabama and
Auburn.
Dr. J. V. Brown, who captained the
Tiger gridders in 1894, is editor of
The Alumnus, and his son, Kirtley
Brown, is assistant editor. Dr.
Brown played against the Crimson
Tide in 1893 and 1894 and said that
he enjoyed playing against Alabama
more than any other team that he
faced. Auburn won the 1893 tilt, 40
to 16, and Alabama the following
year, 18 to 0.
The editorial, which is headed, "The
Game for the Game's Sake Only," fol­lows
: "The world moves on. A quar­ter
of a century has rolled around
since Auburn and the University of
Alabama met in a hectic struggle
which resulted in the final fracture of
athletic relations. For the few years
leading up to that time relations had
become more and more strained. It
was i nthe day of the chrysanthemum
haircut, the flowing mustachio, and
the flying wedge.
"With the passing of these 25 years
much of the old feeling has disap­peared.
Alumni no longer refer with
.glowing details to games in which
brass knucks and horse pistols were
used. Just between us, we have nev­er
believed these tales anyway. W'd
like to see Auburn and Alabama meet
again in friendly athletic relations.
We believe, regardless of the trend
of victory, that both schools would
profit by renewing their rivalry. Cer­tainly
the public deserves the. spec­tacle
of such a contest. We believe
that it would not result in mayhem,
murder, riot and sudden death, as
some of our older alumni insist. We
believe that, on the. contrary, more
sportsmanship would be shown at
these than in any other contests play­ed
with other rivals by either school.
"Horse and buggy days are gone
forever, Brass knucks are antiquated
weapons, and the chrysanthemum
haircut is no longer listed on the sar­torial
bill of fare. Let us then rele­gate
to the limbo of a dead past all
the other follies of that day. Let us
seek to promote a more friendly spirit
among the alumni of these two great
Alabama institutions. Let us not be
held back by the consideration of de­feat
in thesS contests. Let's let the
game be the thing."
• Alabama and Auburn have not met
in football since 1907. From 1893 to
1907, the two teams played 11 games
on the gridiron, with Auburn win­ning
six, Alabama four and one tilt
ending in a tie. The Southern Con­ference
basketball tournament in At­lanta
brought Auburn and Alabama
together on the hardwood in 1924
with the Crimson Tide winning a
friendly, hard-fought and close battle.
The Tide-Tiger fray was one of the
dleanest played in the tournament
that year.
L. S. U. and Tulane, Duke and
North Carolina, Tennessee and Van­derbilt,
Georgia and Georgia Tech,
Howard and Birmingham-Southern,
South Carolina and Clemson, Virginia
and V. P. I., Virginia and V. M. L.,
Mississippi and Mississippi A. and
M., Sewanee and Chattanooga and
numeroue other leading state rivals
meet in athletics.
/
Rushed in by those dispensers
of royal entertainment, the "A"
Club, the social year will begin
tonight when the brawney gen­tlemen
of athletic fame sponsor
another of their notable dances.
Fresh from a successful tour
of South Alabama the Auburn
Knights will be on hand to dis­play
musical wares comparable to
the greatest of bands. Much
practice during the holidays has
lent unnecessary improvement to
the campus 'orchestra. Jimmie
Robbins announced today that
his men would present a number
of new musical numbers only to
be surpassed by those offered in
the future.
At nine o'clock, before they will
have fully recovered from the ex­citement
of their mid-year initi­ation
they will give the best that
have ever given though not of
the same caliber of those they
will give in the future. Regu­lar
prices will cover the improved
form of entertainment. The last
chance for superlative entertain­ment
before the flood of exams
descend upon us. Enjoy your­selves
while you may.
Lee County Boy Scouts
Conduct Hobby Shows
During the week of February 7-14
Boy Scouts of Lee County will stage
Pet-Hobby shows in both Opelika and
Auburn, Scout Executive John J . Sig-wald
announced today. The show in
each place will be for one day.
The show will be for all boys. They
are divided into three classes: Boy
Scouts; Other boys 8-18; and Father
and Son. Their classifications will
be as follows: ?
(1) Bird houses; (2) Natural his­tory
collections, rocks, minerals, but-terflys
and moths, pressed flowers,
leaves, woods, seeds; (3) Coin col­lections,
native and foreign, paper
money, medals and badges; (4) Stamp
collection, best album, loose sheet dis­play;
(5) Miscellaneous collection,
buttons, cartoons, cigar bands, gum
wrappers, magazine covers, postcards,
pop bottle tops, etc.; (6) Curios,
white civilization, knives, guns, and
swords; Indian collection, arrow
heads, beads, tools, etc.; (7) Handi­craft,
furniture, play articles, (scoot­ers),
sport (kites, bows, airplane);
(8) Art, charcoal, pencil, crayon,
water color, pastel clay, soap and
wood, basket weaving; (9) Radio,
electrical, articles from erector, etc.,
(10) Camera, taken by self, still,
action; ((1) Pets, rabbits, guinea
pigs, pigeons, birds, cats, dogs; (12)
Leathercraft, any article (must be
tooled).
President Clarifies Rumors
Concerning Financial State
of Institution In Letter to
Students and Faculty
$117,070 APPROPRIATED
Funds Are For General College
Expenses, Maintenance of
Experiment Stations, Agri­cultural
Extension Work
Clarifying the prevailing rumors
with regard to payment of salaries
and recent incomes to the institution,
President Bradford Knapp announ­ced
today that all salaries for the
first month of the scholastic year
would be paid within the next few
days. The following is the President's
statement for The Plainsman:
"So much misinformation seems to
be circulating regarding the finanees
of the institution that I feel I should
make a frank statement at this time.
The institution has received from the
Treasurer of the State the first money
since last October. The payment last
October and this payment together
constitute the full payment for the
quarter beginning July 1, last. The
payment being received at this time is
as follows:
For general College ex­penses
$38,695.00
For the maintenance of
branch experiment sta­tions
and the general Ex­periment
Station, special
appropriations 30,250.00
For the support of Agri­cultural
Extension Work,
" special appropriation 48,125.00
'A' Club Initiates
Nine Football Men
Nine members of Coach Chet
Wynne's 1931 football machine, one
of the smartest to ever represent Au­burn,
will cross the hot sands of the
Auburn "A" club Saturday. They
are: David Ariail, end, Birmingham;
Boots Chambless, guard, Montgom­ery;
Will Chrietzburg, center, Au­burn,
Sterling Dupree, fullback, Syl­vester,
Ga.; Buddy McCollum, tackle,
Ensley; Firpo Phipps, halfback, Mo­bile;
Allen Rogers, halfback, Green­ville;
Marion Talley, fullback, De­catur,
Ga., and Ripper Williams, quar­terback,
Tuscumbia.
The "A" club holds initiations twice
during the scholastic term and each
one is thoroughly enjoyed by the stu­dents
and townspeople. Initiation in
the "A" club, composed entirely of
varsity athletes and managers, is one
of the highest honors that can be re­ceived
by a student at Auburn.
Total $117,070.00
"Necessarily these funds must each
be expended for the purpose for which
same has been appropriated by the
legislature, therefore, they are placed
in separate accounts in the bank.
With the funds for the Experiment
Station all back bills on the branch
stations, outlying fields, and the sal­aries
of experiment station staff will
be paid so far as this amount will
reach. Out of the money for the Ex­tension
Service will be paid back sal­aries
and all outstanding accounts so
far as the money received in that
fund will reach.
"The amount credited to the col­lege
will be used in the payment of
salaries and other expenses of the in­stitution.
We will receive within a
few days from the state, an addition­al
$10,140 as interest on the original
Land-Grant endowment fund. Our
plan is for those of us who have Aug­ust
salaries due to forego receiving
pay upon the same because August
salaries go only to those members of
the staff who are on a twelve months
basis. We have felt it would be fair­er
for us to pay September salaries
and hence we hope by the first of the
week to pay September salaries to all
teachers. By the last of the month
we hope to have from the fees paid
in by students which normally go to
the institution itself sufficient funds
to pay October salaries. We can do
this only by the most strenuous and
judicious spreading of these college
funds.
"For sometime past I have been at
work on another scheme trying to bor­row
some money so that we can pay
outstanding obligations for the insti­tution
and trying to make arrange­ments
to take care of some of these
by the last of the month. I deeply
appreciate the patience, loyalty and
fortitude of the ejitire faculty and
staff of the institution, and I am anx­ious
to include our friends here in
Auburn."
NOTICE!
The Auburn Chemical Society will
meet Monday night, January 11th, at
7:30 in the Ross Chemical building.
Officers for the coming semester will
be elected at this meeting and all stu­dents
in chemistry are urged to at­tend.
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STAFF
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EDITORIAL STAFF
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REPORTERS
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Jr., '33; Jack Knowlton, '35; Walter Smith,
'35; Marion Kelley, '33.
BUSINESS STAFF
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AUBURN'S LOSS
As the years succeed each other with
relentless exactitude the Grim Reaper takes
his toll with equal inevitability. It is now
our melancholy task to say a word in mem­ory
of Professor William Phillips Brown,
who died on Monday night, December 28.
Mr. Brown was born in Sylacauga on
July 15, 1902. He graduated here with the
B. S. degree in 1924. In 1926 he received
his Master's degree, and later spent three
summers in graduate work at the Univer­sity
of Chicago in. his chosen field of work
—history. For the past seven years he has
been a member of the history faculty at
Auburn, and his loss will be severely felt
by his colleagues and by the student body.
Endowed with a bright mind and a nat­ural
taste for scholarship, he grew year by
year in knowledge and culture. His cheery
disposition and his readiness to help all
who needed him won for him many friends
who loved him the more for his charming
modesty. He did his work with cheerful­ness
and taught the dullest student without
impatience. He had an unfailing personal
interest in his pupils and a talent for find­ing
out who they were and for remembering
their names and faces. These rare gifts
gave him a strong hold on the hearts of
Auburn men, who will greatly miss him
in the years to come.
Possessing a wonderful personality, a
truly great gift for making friends, a sing­ular
kind-heartedness, an unselfish consid­eration
for others, and a willingness to
help, Phil Brown was one of the most pop­ular
professors on the campus, and he will
live long in the memory of those who knew
him.
SUCCESSFUL SEASON EXPECTED
The sophomore quintet of 1930 completes
its hardwood career this year as it enters
the opening stages of its schedule against
thirteen college opponents. Classed as a
possible leader in Southern Conference cir­cles
the team will begin its second year
of play with the same five men. Beginning
as freshmen six of the mainstays on this
year's squad will round out their fourth
year as either numeral or lettermen. Last
year's smoothly working team reminded us
of the famous team of three years ago
when Auburn went to the finals of the
conference tournament only to lose by one
point in an overtime match to the only
team that had beaten them during the regu­lar
season. This year another team of vet­erans
and stars take the count in an effort
to surpass all former records. Great pow­er
was evidenced in the initial encounter
of the season against a mediocre opponent.
This week-end will show whether the power
that was evidenced last year is still contain­ed
within the squad which will carry the
hopes of a conference championship for
1932 with it. It is our belief that with
four years of uninterrupted team work
among these men that the bid which will
be established by the basketball team this
season will be stronger than any made by
an Auburn team since 1928. Shades of
'Jelly' Aikin and the James'! Good luck
and may this year be your best.
THE RENEWAL OF FAITH
After the circulating of innumerable ru­mors,
explanations and_ refutations, we
have the announcement that the school has
obtained funds with which to meet partial­ly
the outstanding obligations which it now
bears none too easily. Coming as a momen­tary
relief from the depression headache
it is still an undecided question as to the
effect and the following circumstances
which will succeed the payment of a few
of the debts which the college has unavoid­ably
assumed. The outcome of the situa­tion
will perhaps become somewhat more
clarified after the payment of student fees
for the second semester. Just what moves
will be made by the state in an effort to
secure additional funds for the college is
entirely unknown. It is sincerely hoped
that in the near future that some plan will
be organized by the State of Alabama in
view of the fact that they are fully con­scious
of the condition in which the insti­tution
now stands.
The statement issued by the president is
somewhat confusing in its content in that
there-are conflicting references made con­cerning
just which periods of faculty sal­aries
will be paid from the funds which
have been secured and those which will
be secured within the next week. It was
stated that the approximation would be
used to pay the salaries for the quarter
beginning July 1; a following phase of the
same statement leads us to believe that
those who -nave August salaries due will
be asked to forego these until a later time
due to the fact that all members of the
faculty and school staff do not work on a
twelve month basis. It is hoped that those
to whom the college is indebted for the
most will receive the first consideration
with priority over the creditors with lesser
claims.
Following the announcement by the
president a feeling of relief was felt
throughout the business circles of the town
proper. Much commercial traffic is depend­ent
on the salaries paid by the college; the
money about to be placed into circulation
will do much toward the stimulation of
business and trade in Auburn and its vi­cinity.
IDLE EMS
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.
It was our exceeding good fortune du­ring
the holidays to interview one of the
most versatile members of the Alabamian
staff, one of the leading contributors to
the editorial page of the famous publica­tion.
She intimated that the Plainsman
was a horrible newspaper and that its
staff were a bunch of meanies to write
such things about the little Montevallo
girl's paper, and especially about her col-yum,
"Polly Prattles to Patty"'. Nor did
she recognize our authority to comment
on the swelling tide of obesity at Alabama
College; in other words she trounced us,
committing us to the custody of Old Nick
himself and hoping our paper would find
its just reward in the waters under
the earth. An account of this interview
Set the staff all agog with excitement;
at last someone is taking notice of
us! Dark and mysterious have been the
rumors of disapproval at Montevallo of
our malignant jibes, and it is with fear
and trembling that we contemplate a visit
to the cradle of Alabama's feminine charm,
the sanctuary of the sanctum sanctorum,
where Patty and her playmates hold forth.
* * * *
There are countless rumors as to the
existence of a mystic organization on this
campus known as the Red Shirts. It is
reported that they are founded with no
ideas of improving anything, without prin­ciples,
and with the intense desire to ac­complish
nothing. If such be true then
numerous honor fraternities may congrat­ulate
them on their sincerity.
* * * *
Are times hard? The following is an
interesting reprint from Harpers weekly
of seventy-four years ago. One wonders
if present conditions are unprecedented.
"It is a gloomy moment in history.
Not for many years—not in the life­time
of most men who read this paper
—has there been so much grave and
deep apprehension; never has the fu­ture
seemed so incalculable as at this
time. In bur own country there- is uni­versal
commercial prostration and pan­ic,
and thousands of our poorest fellow
citizens are turned out against the ap­proaching
winter without employment,
and without the prospect of it.
"In France the political caldron
seethes and bubbles with uncertainty;
Russia hangs, as .usual, like a cloud,
dark, and silent, upon the horizon of
Europe; while all the energies, re­sources
and influences of the British
Empire are sorely tried, and are yet
to be tried more sorely, in coping with
the vast and deadly Indian insurrec­tion,
and with its disturbed relations in
China.
"It is a solemn moment, and no man
can feel an indifference (which, hap­pily,
no man pretends to feel) in the
issue of events.
"Of our own troubles no man can
see the end. They are fortunately, as
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Nothing is more en­couraging
than to sit
down with a group of
prominent and suc­cessful
men who are
graduates of this in­stitution
and discuss
the welfare of the in­stitution
with them.
We had that kind of
a conference on Thursday. These men
came willingly through the mud and many
of them could scarcely spend the time to
be away from their work because they are
important men in the state but they came
just the same. It is wonderfully encourag­ing
to have had them with us.
* * * *
For the first time in more than six years
it is apparent that intercollegiate athletics
at Auburn will be able to operate for the
year 1931-32 and show a balance on the
right side of the ledger for the year's ope­ration.
Of course we can do this only by
curtailing the minor sports, by purchasing
few if any supplies, by having only about
half the number of basketball games and
only a very few baseball games and a very
limited schedule for the track team. Some
of us are going to take our own automobiles
and carry these teams on some of their ex­cursions
in order to eliminate railroad fare
and other traveling expenses. Therefore,
by rigid economy the expenditures can be
kept materially below the income from
games plus the other income normally
credited to Intercollegiate Athletics and
Intra-mural athletic activities of the insti­tution.
Years ago the Athletic Department
contributed to the property and capital in­vestment
of the institution. These matters
have been looked into by the alumni and
will be brought to the attention of the
Board of Trustees with certain suggestions
which" the alumni are making regarding
an increased interest in physical education
as such and as distinct from intercollegiate
sports.
* * * *
In another column I have had something
to say about finances. I wish everyone
knew how many sleepless nights and how
many long hours of the day have had to be
devoted to this task of trying to find the
money necessary to keep the institution go­ing.
Some of us have had to travel long
weary miles at our own expense on this en­terprise.
A little relief after these months
of anxiety is a great thing in a sense but
it must make us redouble our effort to ad­just
our whole financial program. I for
one want to see the state solve its financial
problems and solve them quickly. I have
already indicated my desire to cooperate
in earnest and frank conferences with all
those who have the supreme interest of the
state as a whole,—its people and its future,
—at heart.
* * * *
Two faithful employees of the institution
have passed away recently. Not only do
we feel the loss keenly but our hearts are
saddened at their untimely passing. The
one case was so sudden and startling that it
shocked all of us. All who knew her and
who had occasion to go to the Registrar's
office where the records of the whole in­stitution
regarding scholarship are kept
will always remember how efficiently, earn­estly,
loyally and yet cheerfully she per­formed
her task in life. The other one
was the passing of a young man under
circumstances most heart-rending. I could
not help but feel a sense of deep sorrow
when one so young and with such promise
had to be taken awayv I think the world
may not know the courage with which he
faced the inevitable. When the time comes
I hope there are others of us who will have
his fortitude in facing the end so patiently
over so long a time. It takes character to
meet the inevitable. They fall by the way­side
all around us and yet we go on with
our work not knowing what day we our­selves
may be called. I know it has been
used so often that many have lost their
love for it but nevertheless Tennyson's old
poem "Crossing The Bar" is still the most
beautiful sentiment at the end of life. I
am mainly concerned with how we live af­ter
all. I wish every one of us might live
with the consciousness of responsibility and
that there remain but few days to many
of us in which to lay our tribute or our
contribution on the Altar of Time. I hope
that contribution may not be in financial
worth but rather that intangible contribu­tion
of friendship, character, service, and
love of our fellow beings.
yet, mainly commercial; and if we are ,
only to lose money, and by painful pov­erty
to be taught wisdom—the wisodm
of honor, of faith, of sympathy and of
" charity—no man need seriously to des­pair.
And yet the very haste to be
rich, which is the occasion of this
widespread calamity, has also tended
to destroy the moral forces with which
we are to resist and subdue the calam­ity."
* AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
The constructing genius^rf the age has been located here in our midst. In
constructing the reconditioned gaol for the city he did not make the door wide
enough and the little iron cage for the impure is too large to be placed inside.
* * * * * * * * * *
Mid-term dances only two weeks off and the mail box is flooded with letters
from females of only slight acquaintance.
* * * * * * * * * *
Out-posts have been established to rush to town immediately upon sighting
missionaries.
* * * * * * * * * *
' Just another month or two and the juniors can start thinking about camp
and the foot-ball season of 1932.
* * * * * * * * * *
And just another year and the same juniors will still be talking about
camp.
* * * * * * * * * *
After a week's persuation we have finally managed to give the last atrocious
Xmas tie to the butler.
* * " * * * * * * * *
What will the newspapers do for running stories when Lenz and Culbertson
terminate their epic encounter? Perhaps they will be able to settle down to sensi­ble
journalism. That is until someone tries to set a new record for non-stop
checker playing. /
The question is not how to tax checks but how to.check taxes.
* * * * * * * * * *
• It is believed that Chicago will be rid of its criminal element after the Repub­lican
Convention is held there. After a few high-pressure politicians lay plans
for the new campaign the best of the 'con' men and 'heist' guys will see that they
belong to the innumerable hosts suggested at one time by Barnum.
* * * * * * . * * * *
Hush little corner lot,
Don't you cry.
You'll be a filling station
Bye and bye.
— Fla. Times Union.
* * * * * * * * * *
No-more does the advertisement contain the little footnote: "This testimo­nial
is not paid for".
* * * * * * * * * *
It is reported that the Mystic Order of the Red Shirts will expose themselves
during the Junior Prom.
* * * * * * * * * *
Suggestions on how to enjoy the Junior Prom during a depression year. See
your bootlegger but don't drink anything you get from him (this is used with
yourself in a locked room and place all the furniture in the center of the floor.
The dances should be a success.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION—by CLARA
SHARPE HOUGH, New York, Century.
As an almost intangible picture of a
newspaper office, Not For Publication is
first rate; as a novel about men and wo­men,
as opposed to newspaper, men and wo­men,
it is not so good. The fascination
which a newspaper man has for a layman
depends in large part on the, inhumanity
which a newspaper office at full speed
seems to cultivate. To the naive eye of
an outsider, murder, death and catastrophe
are the breath of life to these servants of
the press, and: the more horror there is,
the more gleefuHy impersonal do they be­come.
But when the clock strikes, the
magic armour falls off, they are vulnerable,
hungry, quarrelsome as the rest of us. The
author's position in the midst of the Ban­ner's
city room is well chosen, and she is
evidently at home there, but once outside
the office, her assurance falters. It is as
though a competent reporter had been cal­led
upon to interpret a love story. The
facts may be there, but something more
essential is lacking, and without that es­sential,
the facts are unconvincing. Her
newspaper office is grand, but her men and
women are really not for publication.
—SEM.
THE SWINGING CARAVAN—by
ACHMED ABDULLAH, New York,
Brentano's.
This collection of "short stories" is a
dazzling succession of scenic effects and a
startling confusion of tongues rather than
a literary creation. Mr. Abdullah's extr'
ord'nary fluency in lingual, racial and so­cial
catch-phrases—a dragomanic gift of
tongues—distract attention from plots that
against another background would seem
creakingly artificial. But who can chal­lenge
verisimuhtude of emotion and conduct
—even "European" conduct—staged in Sa­markand?
Most of the stories are brilli­antly
plausible; all are spectacular; but
to this reader only one—The Great Wife—
went below the surface glitter to emotional
verities. One wishes Mr. Abdullah would
leave off startling the bourgeoisie and be
content to touch them.
—SEM.
THE DECORATIVE ART OF FRANK
BRANGWYN, New York—Dodd, Mead.
$20.
'Frank Brangwyn's art is the kind Eng-lsh-
speaking people understand and seem
to like; it has the great appearance of ro­bustness
and energy, and at times it
achieves decorative interest without de­manding
more than a casual aethetic ap­preciation.
Brangwyn, it is interesting to
learn, got an original inspiration from Wil­liam
Morris, and in a sense may be looked
upon as carrying on the Morris-Crane tra­dition.
He is copious, virile, and unafraid
of his age; and in every thing is an honest
ciaftsman, who gives full measure. I can­not
get over the feeling that his painting
has only an accessory value; his real forte
is furniture making and perhaps architec­ture.
Except for the fact that by its bulk
and richness of illustration this book tends
to magnify the importance of Brangwyn's
art, it is an honourable piece of work.
Incidentally, you'd better hope to get
this volume as a Christmas gift, as I did.
Few chaps will spend twenty dollars for a
single book in these parlous times.
—SEM.
INSIGHTS
By Conscientious Cletus
LOVELY LADIES—by FERRIN L.
FRASER, New York, Sears.
Lovely Ladies is flip, improbable and
pert. Though it gets off to a bad start be­cause
the beginning has not quite the cour­age
of its pertness, it wears its manner
more easily as it proceeds. The series of
lightly amorous adventures that befall one
too-attractive young man bear no semb­lance
to reality, and are not intended to—
they are meant, rather, to help lovely
ladies, on their way to the office, while
away the tedium of the subway rush hour.
And this Lovely Ladies will do well enough,
so they shall pass on their way, with no
hard words from me.
—SEM.
THE GIFT OF GOD
By Warren L. Van Dine
A pauper- clad in rags begged a pence for
bread
In one of London's streets. It chanced that
day
King Edward weary with the cares of state
Wandered an hour unknown among the
crowds
Before his palace door. "Sixpence for bread,
Good man," smote the king's ears. "God
give you all
Your heart desires for this mite from your
purse." /
The king poured into the astonished hand
A pocketful of gold, and bending low
Whispered his wish, "Thou fool, I crave
the peace
Surpassing understanding priests declare
God gave to man." "Only the dead know
that,"
The beggar sighed. With bitter smile the
king
Turned back to cares of state.
That month the plague
Broke out in London. First, the beggar
slept
In potter's field. And, then the king was
borne
To royal rest among his warrior sires.
It is worth while going through college
if only to know what is not there.—Lincoln
Stevens.
Before the coming of leisure, "life" was
the monopoly of the very few.—Joseph Lee.
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.
JUDGING from the large amount of gen­eral
discussion that is being carried on
by Auburn students, Auburn professors,
and Auburn business men, there is almost
nothing, at the present time, that would
mean more to the residents of Auburn than
a reduction in the admission price of the
Tiger Theatre. Lower production costs,
and lower general expenses, which have
been the natural results of the financial
crisis that we have been passing through
during the last few years, should result in
lower retail prices. As a general rule this
has been true throughout the business es­tablishments
of Auburn, regardless of
whether service or merchandise has been
sold, but as yet there has been no public
move in this direction by the management
of the Tiger Theatre. It is certainly not
the object of this article to try to formulate
the business policies for the Tiger Theatre.
Nothing would be more foolish than such
an effort. It is hoped, however, that by
bringing this matter to the attention of
the theatre management, something might
be done that will be for the mutual benefit
of all concerned.
* • - * - . *
Judging from a comparative standpoint,
Auburn's picture show is a credit to the
town, and this is appreciated even more
when we consider the fact that it is about
the only form of regular recreation and
amusement offered to Auburn students. jFor
this reason and possibly for many others,
students are going to attend the picture
show whether they can really afford it or
not. Thus any change that will make it
possible for more students to attend the
picture show and at the same time stay
within their means will be a great material
advantage for the whole town because those
students who spend what they cannot afford
are forced to live on the credit extended by
Auburn citizens. It is quite obvious that
one of the main objects of college should
be to teach a student how to live on the
money he receives, but it is also quite ob­vious
that students are going to the theatre
regardless. It is the facts of past experi­ence
that must be faced in this connection
not the theory based on what should be
true.
* * * *
Naturally it is a mere guess, but after
discussing this subject with several people
who have had experience in business of this
type it seems to be a good bet to say that
the total cash receipts would increase in­stead
of falling off if the admission price
was reduced to twenty-five cents. Even if
the cash receipts remained the same the
increased advantages that the residents of
Auburn would derive from such a reduction
should be an important factor in bringing
about this most needed change.
The fact that the Tiger Theatre has a
monopoly on all of the picture trade in Au­burn,
complicates matters greatly, and
makes it possible for the management to
enforce monopoly prices. It is only fair to
add, however, that the Tiger Theatre has
made many valuable contributions, material
and otherwise, to Auburn's progress, and
"the studentbody's appreciation for these
contributions has certainly not been lost
sight of in- making the above suggestions.
It is also only fair to add that in the past,
thirty-five cents was considered very rea­sonable
for the admission price to the the­atre,
but in view of the general scaling
down of all prices it is only right that the
citizens of Auburn should expect a like
move on the part of the theatre" manage­ment.
The reduction in admission prices
has been common with a large number of
picture shows throughout the state. This
is another indication that it is not unrea­sonable
for the citizens of Auburn to ex­pect
the same reduction.
It has often been stated that to attend
the picture show regularly is a sure sign
of mental emptiness. In order to conform
the suspicions of those who are looking for
some such information, it might be well to
add that Cletus is a regular attender. Be-,
cause of that fact it will be better to leave
every man to his own opinion regarding
the truthfulness of the above statement.
* * *
If only Auburn professors could learn
to be gentle like Mark Twain's mother: she
always warmed the water before she drown­ed
the kittens.
SOME ENJOY POOR HEALTH
The regular meeting of the Woman's Re­lief
corps was held in Union Hall last even­ing.
Due to sickness and other attractions
there was only a small attendance.—Win-sted
(Conn.) paper.
It is good to love the unknown.—Charles
Lamb.
SATURDAY, JAN. 9, 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
STATISTICS SHOW REMARKABLE
SUCCESS OF EDUCATION GRADS
Marked Ability of Graduates of School of Education Shown
By Bureau of Education Service.
Of the 103 men and women who
were awarded bachelor's and mas­ter's
degrees in education here in
1931, 70 are engaged in educational
work, 9 are taking post-graduate col­lege
work; 4 are engaged in other
gainful occupations; 2 are married;
and 18 are unaccounted for, accord­ing
to statistics announced by the
Bureau of Education Service of the
School of Education at Auburn.
B. S. Graduates In Education
Lois Adamson, teacher of 5th
grade, Tallassee; Mrs. Julia Gray Al-verson,
2nd grade, Tuskegee; Jomie
Pope Bedingfield, vocational agricul­ture,
Sweetwater; Lurline Betts,
graduate student, A. P. I.; Lilly Bon­ner,
junior high school, Five Points;
Nellie Bonner, junior high school,
Carrollton,'Ga.; Talton A. Carnes, as­sistant
county agent, Blount County;
Daniel W. Clements, principal ele­mentary
school, Jackson; James Fred
Clements, principal elementary
school, Abbeville; Helen Collins, ele­mentary
school, Opelika; William
Webster Catney, vocational agricul­ture,
Robertsdale; LuVerne Cotney,
science in junior high school, Tallas­see;
Mrs. Guanda P. Duke, home eco­nomics
and occupational studies, Mc-
Kenzie; Cleburne Doughty, science,
Sylacauga; Wilton William Eubanks,
vocational agriculture, Benton, La.;
Mary Claude Fletcher, home econom­ics,
Chatom; Dewey H. Floyd, prin­cipal
junior high school, Wedowee;
Elizabeth Garrett, 2nd grade, Dade-ville;
W. G. Granger, student A. P.
I.; Roberta Haden, science, Beaure­gard
High School, Opelika; JTTroy
Hall, science, Bear Creek; Dalton
Riggs Harbor, vocational agriculture,
Walnut Grove; Edward H. Harkins,
Coach and teacher of science, Rus-sellville;
Reginald M. Hatcher, social
science and coach, Coffee Springs;
Estelle Heard, 1st grade, Lanett; Hel­en
B. Hester, home economics, Ram-er;
Otto Holloway, coach and teach­er,
Douglas school, Boaz; Tinnie Mae
Hunt, social science, Riverview; Mrs.
Fannye Maples Jones, home econom­ics
and English, Reform; Milner H.
Jones, science and mathematics, Re­form;
Ralph C. Jones, industrial r
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^MOLTON
J. A.DRIVER, MANAGER-arts,
Vinemont; William Clifford
Jones, social science and coach, Mc-
Kenzie; William W. Jones, graduate
student, Perdue University; Tommie
Ruth Lewis, home economics, Hack-leburg;
Katherine Lowe, stenograph­er
for Y. M. C. A., Auburn; Louie
Irwin Lumpkin, vocational agricul­ture,
Arab; James Fred McClendon,
science and coach, Rayou La Batre;
Henry Frank McCroskey, vocational
agriculture, Baker Hill; Shackleford
Matthews, graduate student, A. P.
I.; George A. Mathison, principal
Texasville School, Clayton; Frances
Moore, graduate student, A. P. I.;
Crawford Nixon, science, Felix; John
Jenkins Parks, graduate student Uni­versity
of Maryland; Robert S. Park­er,
Jr., assistant county agent, Haley-ville;
Henry E. Parris, principal, East
Tallassee; Allen M. Pearson, grad­uate
student Iowa State College;
Louis E. Porter, rural school, Cres­cent
Hill; James R. Pittard, social
sciences, Parrish; Dorothy Reynolds,
home economics, Maplesville; Fred
Rollings, mathematics school; George
Sheldon' Ross, English and Latin,
Fairfax; Thos. Hayden Rogers, voca­tional'
agriculture, Felix; Louise
Rowe, elementary school, Pepperell,
Opelika; Grace Hudmon Smith, Eng­lish,
Chatom; Sallis Smith, junior
high school, Langdale; Johnnye Lo-rene
Spain, English, Geiger; Ernest
L. Stewart, mathematics and coach,
Ridge Grove School, LaFayette, R.
F. D.; Chas. Jefferson Tidwell, prin­cipal,
Piedmont; Ralph E. Trammell,
graduate student, A. P. I.; John
Virgil Watts, graduate assistant, A.
P. I.; Patrick I. Washington, mathe­matics,
agriculture, and science, Bil-lingsley;
Pauline L. Watkins, home
economics, Wadley; Anice Weather-wax,
home economics, Notasulga;
Samuel L. White, vocational agricul­ture,
Lyeffion, Evergreen; Izola Wil-laims,
home economics, Leroy; Mar­garet
Williams, Latin and French,
Dothan; Samuel A. Williams, grad­uate
student, Y. M. C. A. School,
Nashville, Tenn.; John Wesley Wil­liams
with steamship company; Har-rell
Morgan, teaching in Jefferson
County. Fourteen graduates are un­accounted
for.
M. S. In Education
Roy Clifton Cargile, science, Lee
County High School, Auburn; Wil­liam
Houston Coppedge, assistant
professor of Industrial arts and shop,
A. P. I.; Edward C. Dillard, prin­cipal
high school, Camp Hill; Theo.
David Kimbrough, principal, Ridge
Grove; Lemuel Jasper Howell, voca­tional
agriculture, Reform; Mrs.
Blanche Yewell Martin, dean of Wo­men
and teacher of home economics,
Reinhardt College, Waleska, .Ga.;
James W. Milner, vocational agricul­ture,
State Agricultural School, Al-bertville;
R. A. Stevens, industrial
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Powerful Plainsmen
A Clipping from the Sport Page of the Asheville,
North Carolina, Times
Charles B. Ordway, Auburn alum­nus,
submits the following interest­ing
item clipped from the sports page
of the Ashville (N. C.) Times. A. L.
Banister, sports editor of this paper,
is deeply interested in Auburn and is
keeping the remarkable come-back
record of the Plainsmen before the
eyes of the North Carolina fans in
view of the fact that Duke University
comes down to Birmingham to en­counter
the Tigers next season.
Mr. Banister coached Sam Robin­son,
captain of Auburn's 1931 track
team, at an Ashville prep school be­fore
the Tiger cinder star entered col­lege.
Following is the excerpt from Mr.
Banister's column:
To L. B. "Roy" Ordway's pleasant
expression is added profound smiles
when his Auburn team comes through
as it frequently has during the past
season. But even this loyal Plains-
Dr. Herty Speaks to
Chemical Engineering
Students On Friday
On a visit to Auburn, Dr. George
Herty, special lecturer for the school
of chemistry here, addressed the
chemical engineering students, Fri­day
at eleven o'clock, on the general
development of the American Chem­ical
Society and growth of the Amer­ican
chemical industry as the result
of the World War.
Dr. Herty showed how from a be­at
ginning in 1876, with thirty-five
members, the American Chemical
Society has grown until at present
there are over eighteen thousand
members, representing every phase
of industrial and experimental chem­istry.
According to Dr. Herty, the
magazine of chemical abstracts pub­lished
by the society, has been ac­cepted
as a standard all over the
world, great libraries in European
scientific centers using it exclusive­ly.
The magazine was first publish­ed
in 1906, amid a great deal of fore­boding
among the three thousand
members, and at present, the yearly
budget is for more than a half mil­lion
dollars.
When the World War opened, the
many industries of this country de­pended
upon the German chemical
industries for a large part of their
necessary materials. When these
materials were cut-off from the Unit­ed
States, the prices rose beyond
reason and it was only after a great
deal of difficulty that the American
chemists received the legislative pro­tection
necessary for them to pro­duce
the needed materials. A typi­cal
example presented by Dr. Herty,
was the dye industry where the total
supply had been coming from Ger­many.
After much work, the dyes
were manufactured here, and despite
the legislative protection that they
possessed, the prices of the dyes have
been cut to a fair minimum by the
companies manufacturing them.
Dr. Herty told how the Allies con­fronted
by a shortage of ammunition
appealed to America and of the
prompt manner in which they were
answered. The demand for explo­sives
developed the coke by-product
industry, advancing the cause of
American chemistry along with the
extensive chemical education pro­gram
that made the entire nation
realize the abilities of the American
chemist.
This is the third of the lectures of
the series that Dr. Herty gives each
year at A. P. I. Dr. Herty will re­turn
for the fourth lecture within a
few months, the lectures being along
the same lines as the previous ones.
arts, Fairfield; James W. Watson,
superintendent of Opelika Schools;
Jesse J. Williams, superintendent,
Wetumpka. Three graduates are un­accounted
for.
A total of 90—54 men and 36 wo­men—
were graduated with under­graduate
degrees and 13 majoring
in education received the master's
degree. The graduates are placed
as follows: agriculture, 28, social sci­ences
16, natural sciences 11, home
economics 10, English language and
literature 8, applied arts 2, mathe­matics
2, modern foreign languages
1, and elementary education 9.
The education school maintains an
appointment office through the bu­reau
for the benefit of school offi­cials
and its own graduates. -
man fan cannot expect the "good old
days" to return to the fullest extent
of their former glory. However, to
refresh the memories of the old tim­ers
and enlighten the youngsters to
some medieval football history, Roy
sends some interesting clippings
which reveal the past fame of Au­burn,
which Chet Wynne is endeavor­ing
to bring back to the fore. They
are passed along as most interesting
to this writer and possibly to sports
fans.
Main feats of the great teams are:
. 1 . They have played 265 games in
39 campaigns, winning 152, losing 95
and tying 17.
2. Five of their teams have been
unbeaten, those of 1893, 1900, 1904,
1908, 1913.
3. They have scored 4,417 points
to opponents' 2,180.
4. They held opponents scoreless in
1908, 1914.
5. In 1920 they scored 318 points
to opponents' 49.
6. Their 1913 schedule contained
seven teams now in the Southern con­ference
and Mercer.
7. The best record in the past de­cade
was made in 1922 when they
beat Georgia, Tulane and Centre
among others, losing, to Army 19 to
6 and Georgia Tech, 14 to 6. They
scored 276 points to 48.
8. 46 of their 96 defeats have been
suffered since 1922.
9. Until their 1931 victory, the
Plainsmen hadn't won from Georgia
Tech since 1919.
10. In 1908 Auburn whitewashed
Georgia, Georgia Tech, Sewanee, Mer­cer,
Howard and Gordon.
"Indeed every dog has his day, and
almost every college its heyday.
Sigma Nu Defeats
Opelika Hi School
The Sigma Nu basketball team,
finalists in last year's interfraternity
tournament, defeated Opelika High,
31 to 18, on the latter's court Wed­nesday
night. The game was well
attended by the Opelika fans.
The fraternity team ran up against
tough opposition in the first half and
left the floor at the half trailing by
a 13 to 11 score. Opelika wilted in
the second period, however, and the
Sigma Nus scored freely. Jimmy
Hitchcock led the attack for the win­ners
and was responsible for 13
points. Many of the fair sex of the
neighboring city were on hand to wit­ness
the Auburn flash in action and
they were not disappointed.
Weaver,' stocky guard, and Haw-
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TIGERS OPEN SEASON
IN CONFERENCE LOOP
WITH VANDY TONIGHT
TIGERS AND YELLOW JACKETS
TO RENEW CAGE FEUD TUESDAY
After defeating the Birmingham-
Southern Panthers last night in Bir­mingham,
the Auburn basketball
squad proceeded to Nashville where
the fighting Tigers will open their
Southern Conference schedule against
the strong Vanderbilt quintet.
Coach McAllister and his veteran
crew will return Sunday and begin
preparations for the Georgia Tech
passers who will appear here Tues­day
night in one of the three home
engagements of the Tiger quintet.
Vanderbilt always has a smooth
working court machine and this year's
outfit seems stronger than usual.
The Commodores have already played
quite a few games and will have a
decided advantage over the Auburn_
cagesters who have only played two
practice affairs.
The Auburn team showed flashes of
great offensive form against the Hub­bard
team last week, however, and
may reach midseason perfection in
Nashville tonight. In case they do
the game will undoubtedly be placed
in the win column. The Tigers boast
of a high pressure scoring trio in
Captain Jack Stewart, Ralph Jordan,
and Tommy Lumpkin, all of whom
finished the season last year number­ed
among the fifteen leading scorers
of the conference. Charles Kaley and
Lindley Hatfield can be counted upon
to ably handle the defensive end of
the proposition.
The above five will start against
the commodores tonight with Mason,
Lawson, Jenkins, Rogers and McMa-han
held in reserve. Lawson played
a great game against the Hubbard
team and will probably be used con­siderably
tonight.
kins, forward, played well for Ope­lika.
'
Sigma Nu—Hitchcock (13) and Mc-
Callum (10), forwards; Kemp (3),
center; S. Turk (3) and Grant (2),
guards. Subs: Lanier, Thrasher, Da­vis,
W. Turk, Spann, Paterson.
Opelika—Hawkins (9) and Stan-field
(4), forwards; Lowe (1), cen­ter;
Weaver (4) and Ingram, guards.
The more clocks and watches there
are in a house the oftener somebody
asks somebody else what time it is.
Sigma Nu and Lambda Chi Alpha Will Meet in Quarter-Final
Match of Interf rat Basketball Tournament as Preliminary
to Varsity Match.
The five seniors, four of whom are
regulars, on Coach Sam McAllister's
1932 Auburn basket-ball squad have
a grudge to, settle with Georgia Tech
when the Tigers open their current
Southern Conference campaign at
home against the Yellow Jackets
Tuesday night. They have met the
Engineers four times during the past
two seasons and have not been able
to emerge victorious.
As sophomores, Capt. Jack Stewart,
Lindley Hatfield, Harbin Lawson,
Tom "Little Papa" Lumpkin and
Ralph Jordan met defeat at the hands
of Roy Mundorff's five, losing the
lone tilt at Auburn, 47 to 34 and the
engagement in Atlanta, 40 to 29.
The team "from the Flats won.last
season's games, 37 to 33 and 47 to
22. The four-point reversal was re­ceived
here in alumni gymnasium and
Hazel Speaks to
Art Department
Prof. Earl C. Hazel was the speak­er
at the January meeting of the Art
Department of the Women's Club,
held Thursday, the seventh. His sub­ject
was "Music in Pictures and Pic­tures
in Music." Prof. Hazel used his
original paintings as illustrations, and
showed gerat preparation, and inter­est
in the topic. The meeting was
well attended.
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Auburn, Alabama
January 10, 1932
First Sunday after Epiphany
Church School and Bible Class,
9:45 A. M.
Morning Prayer and Sermon, 11:00
A. M.
and was one of the best games of the
season on the local court. Auburn
fought hard in the return fray in
Atlanta, but was an easy victim with
a trio of regulars unable to play on
account of influenza.
Coach Sam McAllister's 1932 team
will attempt to open their college
schedule at home with a triumph, and
since the first college game here is
against Georgia Tech, they will at­tempt
to break into the win colmn
against the Golden Tornado for the
first time since the present senior
players were freshmen in 1928.
Tuesday's fracas will be the Tigers'
fourth of the present year, Hubbard
Hardware being played here and Bir­mingham-
Southern and Vanderbilt at
Birmingham and Nashville. The
Orange and Blue wearers looked good
in each game.
In a preliminary contest to the var­sity
game, the Lambda Chi Alpha and
Sigma Nu fraternity teams will meet
"in the quarter finals of the Inter­fraternity
tournament. The "varsity
fray will start at eight and the frat­ernity
tilt at seven.
While the Plainsmen-Yellow Jacket
tilt will be the major athletic attrac­tion
at the Plains Tuesday night, the
fraternity tussle will provide 40 min­utes
of amusement for the ardent
cage fans. The participants in the
curtain raiser Tuesday have been
practicing fo rtheir encounter for
several weeks and a close game is pre­dicted.
Sigma Nu Pos. Lambda Chi
Hitchcock F Metcalfe
McCallum F Floyd
Kemp C Senn
Turk G Jones
Grant G Brown
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But the telephone
conversation must not freeze
A sudden cold snap might seriously inter­fere
with long distance telephone service were
it not for the studies made by Bell System
engineers.
They found that temperature variations
within 24 hours may make a ten-thousandfold
difference in the amount of electrical energy
transmitted over a New York-Chicago cable
circuit! On such long circuits initial energy
is normally maintained by repeaters or ampli­fiers,
installed at regular intervals. So the
engineers devised a regulator—operated by
weather conditions—which automatically con­trols
these repeaters, keeping current always
at exactly the right strength for proper voice
transmission.
This exaimple is typical of the interesting
problems that go to make up telephone work.
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
SHOWING ABILITY IN DIETETICS
Wholesome Foods Are Relished by Youngsters While Sweets
And Indigestibles Are Disdained
Carrots and spinach are the most
unpopular dishes served at the Pub­lic
School Cafeteria.' "But the stu­dents
are extremely fond of turnip
greens and muffins", added Miss
Hazel Arant, school dietitian in
charge, who directs the preparation
and serving of splendid food to ,250
students and faculty members each
school day.
However, the students' marked
taste for turnip greens, believes Miss
Arant, gives them practically the
same food value present in spinach
—the disfavor for which she is un­able
to account. Other vegetables
eaten by the students provide the de­sirable
food elements afforded by car­rots.
When asked to name the two best-liked
foods appearing on the cafe­teria
menu, Miss Arant immediately
responded, "meat loaf and ice
cream". But of course these two
dishes are only a part of the desirable
selection of foods which students^are
encouraged to make.
A menu is sent to classrooms each
day before the lunch hour and facul­ty
members follow the suggestion of
Prof. J. A. Parrish, principal, in that
students be advised about various
balanced lunches which may be selec­ted
from the list. "And it is sur-prising
to observe the unusually
good judgement displayed by them.
It sounds incredible, but really I be­lieve
that first, second and third
graders make better choices of food
than do the high school students for
their tend to overemphasize the meat
dishes. However, the older students
are quite fond of salads, which con­stitute
good noontime dishes," said
Miss Arant.
She commended the youngsters'
taste for "whole milk, a fresh supply
of which is available for every
lunch.
The average cost of a lunch is 12
cents, and no students spends more
than 20 cents for a single meal, she
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continued. Each dish costs 5 cents.
Coffee is never ^served though cocoa
will be provided on cold days in the
near future.
On Wednesday, Jan. 7, the stu­dents
had the following varied foods
from which to choose—vegetable
soup, salmon loaf, sweet potatoes,
Boston baked beans, and turnip
greens. There were also cold slaw
with dressing, and potato and pine­apple
salads, while jello, blackberry
cobbler, cookies, and three kinds of
ice cream were the desserts. Breads
included white, whole-wheat, crack­ers,
and corn meal muffins.
A line of youngsters from the three
lower grades, most of whom have not
yet reached their 10th birthday,
forms promptly at 11:20 o'clock.
With trays in hand they march quiet­ly
by the serving counter and indicate
the foods they want. After handing
their few cents to the cashier, they
select a table and enjoy their lunch
in company with their friends. There
Is a distinct constancy of these va­rious
groups, fof they have already
begun to form close friendships with
their classmates. They return their
dishes after each lunch.
Approximately thirty minutes lat­er,
a second line forms by fourth,
fifth, and sixth grade pupils, with the
junior and senior high school students
following close behind. Faculty
members take their lunches along
with the students and music from a
splendid radio set adds to the enjoy­ment
of the luneheon hour when at­mospheric
conditions make reception
possible. However, the music always
has strenuous competition with the
student chatter which forms an in­formal,
social atmosphere for the
meals.
Most of the students buy their
lunch at the cafeteria; however, some
bring their food and supplement it
with milk or a portion of the menu
served at the school. A few who
live nearby find it convenient to go
home during the 25-minute luncheon
period.
Each week three-members of the
Auburn Parent-Teachers Association
assist Miss Arant with the serving
in the cafeteria. Mrs. John W. Scott,
Mrs. William Hardy, and Mrs. Al­bert
Thomas are helping this week
and Miss Arant commended the effi­cient
cooperation of the P.-T. A.
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League Of Nations
Branded As Failure
The declaratfon was made yester­day
by Albert Bushnell Hart, profes­sor
emeritus of history at Harvard,
that the "failure" of the League of
Nations in the Manchurian situation
had proved that the League never
would be able to meet a real crisis
with more than an appeal to the of­fending
nations to consider the in­terests
of mankind.
Setting forth that the fundamental
obstacle for world peace was the fact
that every country was selfish enough
to think only of its own interests,
without regard to the rights or feel­ings
of the other countries, Professor
Hart added.
"The League is very valuable for
making treaties and for settling small
disputes between minor powers, but
when it comes to preventing war on a
large scale, it simply cannot do it.
For example, if Russia should get
control of Manchuria, there would be
a war to the death between Russia
and Japan.
"Until Russia, China, and India
with their 700,000,000 people can be
pacified, worl dpeace is impossible,"
he concluded.
Rifle Team's Schedule
Has Fifty-One Matches
Fifty-one matches have been sched­uled
for the year by the rifle team at
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, it
was announced by Lieutenant F. O.
Bowman, in charge of instruction.
These matches will be fired with uni­versities,
and colleges in the United
States, and one each with the Uni­versities
of Hawaii and Porto Rico.
Scores are compared by mail.
Two matches are scheduled for this
week, against Johns Hopkins Univer­sity
of Baltimore and Presbyterian
College of Clinton, S. C.
As a result of recent eliminations,
the roster of the team has been re­duced
to its final strength of 29, out
of an original turn-out of 87. Lieu­tenant
Bowman said that new men
should figure prominently in the work
of the squad.
R.O.T.C. Association
Will Meet In Atlanta
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Hot Chocolate
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On Campus Corner
The annual meeting of the, R. O.'
T. C. Association of the Fourth Corps
area will meet in Atlanta, Georgia,
no February 12. The Georgia School
of Technology will be host.
Announcement of the meeting was
made here by Dr. Bradford Knapp,
president of the association, and by
Major G. H. Franke, Auburn com­mandant,
who is .secretary. Dr. John
W. West, president of the North Geor­gia
College at Dahlonega, Georgia, is
vice-president.
Officers of both junior and senior
R. O. T. C. units in Alabama, Georgia,
Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Tenn-these
eight states there are 13 senior
R. O. T. C. units and 29 junior units,
Major Franke said. College and uni­versity
officials will attend also.
Dr. M. L.- Brattain, president of
Georgia Tech, has invited delegates
to a luncheon the day of the conven­tion^
All-American
Football Selections
By College Humor
Eleven men were selected for
athletic immortality, while many
more will occupy lesser niches in the
gallery of great athletes of 1931,
with the announcement of College
Humor's annual all-American foot­ball
team in the February issue of
the magazine.
In publishing '31's all-American
ratings, Les Gage, sports editor of
College Humor, makes the following
statement:
"The assignment of selecting an
all-American eleven has become so
complex that one individual can no
longer rely entirely on personal views
and convictions. One must depend
upon the counsel of those who are
on the ground. Coaches, football
writers and officials are consulted
and their recommendations carefully
weighed and deliberated.
"College Humor's ail-Americans
for the season recently concluded
were chosen with the assistance of
an advisory boards comprising eight
of the country's foremost football
critics."
— All-Americans
(These selections made Nov. 28).
Dalrymple (Tulane)—End.
Quatse (Pittsburgh)—Tackle.
Munn (Minnesota)-—Guard.
Miller (Purdue)—Center.
Hickman (Tennessee)—Guard.
Hardy (Harvard)—Tackle.
Cronkite (Kansas State)—End.
Morton (Dartmouth) — Quarter­back.
Schwartz (Notre Dame)—Half-
Rentner (Northwestern) — Half­back.
•
Pinckert (So. California)—Full­back.
SOUTH AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE
OPPOSED TO PRINCIPLES OF U. S.
RESEARCH WORK IN
GLASS MANUFACTURE ,
CONTINUES IN 1932
(Continued from page 1)
objection to its utilization in steel
making. It is believed by Dr. Ba-sore
that this ore can be treated in
such a way as to bring it to uniform­ity;
and also to use the by-products
of the process.
Dr. Basore is being assisted in the
work by L. H. Hull, G. C. Marks,
H. Y. Schaefer, and E. M. Eiland.
In addition to his research work
.Dr. Basore carries a full load in
teaching classes in chemistry.
After graduating from the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute in home
economics in 1929, Miss Arant
)taught these subjects at New Hope,
Ala. She became assistant manager
of the College cafeteria in the sum­mer
and remained in this position
until she was appointed dietitian of
the Public School Cafeteria in Sep­tember,
1931.
Federal Forestry
Completes Inspection
Mr. H. J. Eberly, district forest
inspector of the United States For­est
Service with headquarters at New
Orleans, has completed an inspection
of the work of the Alabama state
commission of forestry carried on in
cooperation with the United States
forest service. Mr. Eberly extended
his inspection to both the field and
the headquarters work of the commis­sion.
He spent twelve days in the
state covering a great part of its
area.
Mr. Eberly was particularly inter­ested
in the system, developed chief­ly
in Alabama, of promoting forestral
practice among the owners of wood­lands
with the main responsibility
placed directly upon the land-owner,
as contrasted with the systems adopt­ed
in some sections of having the
greater part of the work done by the
state itself at the expense of the tax­payers.
The advocates of the Ala­bama
system point out that since the
landowners and the local communi­ties
themselves perform most of the
work the drain upon the state treas­ury
is comparatively light, while the
second system requires for its suc­cessful
application quite large ap­propriations.
Veteran to Address
American Legion Post
Speaking from a varied experience
gained as a soldier in many parts of
the world during the last 30 years,
Master Sergeant Charles Livingston
will address members of the John H.
Wills Post American Legion on the
subject, "The Old Army and Its Cus­toms"
Monday evening. This, the reg­ular
monthly meeting, will be held in
the basement of Samford Hall at
7:30 p. m.
Sergeant Livingston has seen ser­vice
in the Philippines, in the Span­ish
American War, and in France,
together with other assignments of
record as a soldier. He has been at-duty
which he has made a splendid
tached to the Auburn R. O. T. C. unit
since its establishment in 1919.
POTTERY EXHIBIT
The Art Department of the Club
is sponsoring an exhibit of American
Pottery, to be held in the architectur­al
library, during the last week in
January. The exhibition will be open
to all interested.
In the South American student
body, a group with tremendous po­litical
influence, lies "the most in­fluential
anti-United States feeling
in South America," says Dr. Steph­en
P. Duggan, director of the Insti­tute
of International Education, who
has just returned from a five months
tour of South America, during which
he visited leading universities in
nearly every country on the contin­ent.
"Everywhere I went," Dr. Duggan
said, "I found the same situation. The
student groups were not interested in
listening to me until they had ascer­tained
my stand on the Nicaraguan
question and the Monroe Doctrine.
They see an imperialistic menace in
every step we take in South America.
They were cordial when they had de­cided
my attitude was friendly.
"We are regarded by them as a na­tion
of standardized materialists.
They are the most anti-United States
group in South America, and unlike
students here, they wield a tremen­dous
political influence."
In contrast to their general atti­tude
toward the United States, how­ever,
the sudent group to the south
of us is friendly in its attitude to­ward
the undergraduates of this
country, according to Dr. Duggan.
"Although they look down on the
United States' university population
as complacent accepters of the pres­ent
regime, they are convinced that
all students are naturally idealistic,
and that theje must be a few ideals
among even our students. As a mat­ter
of fact, they are anxious to get
in touch with undergraduates here,"
Dr. Duggan continued
Need Exchange Students ,
A tremendous task he felt, and one
that should be undertaken at all
costs, lies ahead of the American stu­dent
in establishing an understand­ing
with fellow-students in South
America.
"That's why I believe so strongly
in an interchange of students be­tween
this country and South Ameri­ca,"
he said. "First of all, we might
get rid of our superiority complexes
in getting to know them—we haven't
a lot to be superior about when you
face the fact that most of our stu­dents
are indifferent to politics, and
don't want to enter public affairs,
even when they have private incomes
that would allow them to. And, sec­ondly,
meeting students from the
United States might convince South
Americans that we have at least a
few ideals up here."
Dr. Duggan said that South Ameri­can
students possessed a very real
power in the conduct of the national
government and the administration
of their universities.
"All over South America," he went
on, "the students go on strike—walk
right out on their universities, refuse
to attend classes, parade the streets
—whenever something in the univer­sity
administration displeases them,
or whenever they are seriously an­noyed
.with the government. And it
has an effect. They make pronounce­ments
on politics which are seriously
received and considered by govern­ment
officials, and if they don't get
what they demand, they go on strike
and make so much trouble that very
frequently the governmerft does what
they ask to quiet them down."
Lauds Political Activity
For the political effect of South
American students' activity, Dr. Dug­gan
has nothing but admiration. He
claims that corrupt politicians actual­ly
fear them, and that wherever they
have exerted their influence, it has
been for better government, and to
drive out tyrannical and dishonest dic­tators.
Organized university students
were prominent in three of South
America's four 1930 revolutions, and
were in the ranks of the revolution­ary
forces in the fourth.
Dr. Duggan got to Santiago just
three days after the revolution there
in which students actually led the
mob on the Moneda, the president's
residence, to drive out Ibanez, who
had established himself as dictator.
"It was a popular movement, backed
by the best element in Chile, and ac­tually
headed by students. Many of
them were shot down in' the streets
in that march, but Ibanez was driven
out."
Political activity—by Latin Ameri­can
students has been a tradition
ever since the revolutions which drove
Spain out of the continent, in which
they played a prominent role.
Student influence there has its
drawbacks as well as its virtues, ac­cording
to the Institute head. "It's
a dangerous thing as soon as it be­gins
to disrupt university regula­tions."
Although Dr. Duggar ap­proves
of the students' driving out
incompetent rectors and instructors,
he believes that other students inter­ferences
with university administra­tion,
which generally take the form
of a demand for postponement of
examinations, longer vacations, or
substitutions for unpopular courses,
have been distinctly detrimental.
Politically, too, he said, while stu­dent
influence has been unqualified­ly
for the best, there is a drawback
in that dictators who fear student
opposition frequently retaliate by
closing universities for long periods
of time. The year before last, for
example, Leguia, the Peruvian dic­tator,
shut down the universities of
the country for over a year with ob­vious
damage to the educational ca­reers
of Peruvian youth.
South American students are much
more mature and much more real­istic
in their attitude than North
Americans. They are "an individ­ualistic
and skeptical lot," and they
are far less sentimental than our
students, according to Dr. Duggan.
Paradoxically, they are at the same
time extremely idealistic. Their at­tacks
have always been concentrated
on government evils; their political
philosophy is of the most radical, and
the most theoretic; they are the arch
suppotrers of complete change—so­cial,
political and economic. A large
number are Socialists, he says; and
there is a perceptible sprinkling of
communists.
Unlike increasingly powerful stu­dent
groups of Central and Eastern
Europe, South American students are
not violently nationalistic. "Peruvian
students are not extreme Peruvians,
and Chileans are not 100 percent
Chileans. There is no very strong
feeling of Latin American student
unity. There is a great deal of talk
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Spanish Most Friendly
Says Auburn Graduate
Of the four foreign countries visit­ed
within the past six months, the
Spanish are by far the most friendly
to American sailors in the opinion of
Roberts Brown,-1930 graduate of Au­burn,
who was here during the holi­days
after spending several days in
these countries. There is a decided
antipathy in England for "Yanks"
as all Americans are there referred
to, and the Scotch have the same
attitude. In Ireland he found a more
congenial reception, he said, and the
Spanish make one really feel welcome.
Brown has made two voyages to
Europe and one through the Panama
Canal and up the West Coast to
Seattle, Washington, while employed
as a seaman with a shipping company.
He taught in the Brewton High
School his first year after graduation.
DEAN CARY ANNOUNCES
VET SHORT COURSE HERE
(Continued from Page 1)
Auburn professors of veterinary
medicine who will participate in the
short course along with Dr. Williams
and Dr. Cary are Dr. I. S. McAdory,
Dr. I. M. Hays, Dr. R. S. Sugg, Dr.
M. W. Emmel, Dr. M. L. Boevers,
Dr. E. S. Winters, and Dr. Edd Ev­erett.
now about stronger ties on the South
American continent, but nothing
much is being done about it as yet."
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