1932-12-14 The Plainsman

              Merry
Christmas THE PLAINSMAN
TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N S P I R IT
Prosperous
New Year
VOLUME LVI AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14, 1932 NUMBER 27
ENGINEERS' DAY IS
TO BE HELD HERE
MARCH SEVENTEEN
Local Engineering Organiza­tions
Will Sponsor Annual
Event Next Spring
BASEBALL GAME
Calvin Black, Isaac Ledbetter,
R. W. Wages, and Robert
Pitts in Charge
PLANS UNDER WAY
Many Prominent Engineers to Be
Invited to Attend Popular Student
Annual Affair
Engineers' Day will be held March
17, as usual, in honor of St. Patrick,
the first engineer, whose birthday is
on this date. In the past the festival
has been sponsored by the Engineers'
Club. This year, however, due to
the fact that this organization has
ceased to function, the event will be
promoted by the technical societies
on the campus, namely, A. I. E. E.,
A. S. M. E., A. S. C. E., together
with Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu,
and Phi Lambda, honorary engineer­ing
fraternities.
Preliminary plans as presented by
the executive committee include an
electrical show, the annual Ag-Engi-neer
baseball game, and possibly a
polo game for the day. The evening
will be taken up with a banquet for
engineers, and a dance which will be
open to all students.
Detailed plans are being drawn up
by the committee in charge and will
be made public at a later date. The
executive committee which is direct­ing
the affair consists of R. W.
Wages, R. G. Pitt's, Isaac Ledbetter,
and Calvin Black.
Engineers' Day is one of the lead­ing
student events on the college
calendar for the second semester, and
the committee promises a successful
affair this year.
Invitations will be sent to promi­nent
engineers in all of the larger
Southern cities and a number are
expected to be present for the affair.
A great many visiting girls are also
expected to be in town for the dance.
Fun-Loving Architects Shout With Glee As Santa Claus
Pays Annual Visit; Youngsters Decry Rutland As Hoax
True to their juvenile instincts, our playful senior Architects had
their annual Christmas tree Monday night. With the drafting room
• bedecked with Yuletide decorations, Santa Claus entered with all his
benignity, and distributed his gifts to all the little ones. Kenneth
Engwall, local hell-with-the-women man, received a dainty piece of fem­inine
apparel to hang up among his other trophies. "Wiggie" Parker,
far-famed for his prowess in big game hunting, was presented with a
pop-gun of formidable dimensions. Howard Ellis, big butter-and-egg
man, received a pink elephant (a loving companion for our ferocious
Howard). Pinky Howard, aspirant to heights attained by one of the
country's leading orchestra leaders, was given a horn to further his
musical efforts. Mallory Collins, local high-pressure man, was given a
Walter Winchell whistle to give expression to his more aesthetic instincts.
"Primo" Henry,- promising young second-fiddle player, was donated a
stringed instrument for effective expression of Jhis inimitable talent.
Architect Kirkland was responsible for the maudlia" decorations. Be-grizzled
Richard Rutland broke the tiny tots' hearts when he pulled
off his mask and revealed the damning truth—there ain't no Santa
Claus.
CHRISTMAS BALL
GIVEN ON FRIDAY
Many Out-.of-Town Visitors At­tend
First Social. Event Spon­sored
by Senior Honor Frats
PROGRAM DANCE
Captain Ott Principal Speaker
at Banquet Held at Baptist
Church Prior to Dance
BRANNON LECTURES HERE
ON ABORIGINAL INDIANS
"Woman in aboriginal times had
no more time or did no more work
than the average woman of today,"
according to Mr. Peter Brannon of
the Department of Archives and His­tory,
and • the greatest living expert
of Alabama history, in a lecture given
to Auburn chapter, D. A. R., Tuesday,
Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. in the Architecture
building. The Indian woman reared
the children, usually three or four in
number, cultivated the garden, and
made the pottery including domestic
utensils; while the man made pipes,
fished, hunted, and helped with the
cultivation.
"We owe our- economic civilization
of the new world to the Indians," said
Mr. Brannon. Some of the things we
owe them are the agricultural pro­ducts,
such as beans, peas, and corn;
quinine, alcohol substances, caffine
fofr drinks from the cocoa and coffee
beans, tobacco, domestic utensils, and
houses.
"The Creeks of Alabama reached
the highest form of government in
the U. S. among the Indians,'' he said.
They were an agricultural tribe.
"The largest collection of Indian
relics in the world is in Montgomery,"
said Mr. Brannon.
"Prom the artistical side of their
work, theer were six points on the
compass, N., E., S., and W., and up
and down, which influenced the de­signs
on the pottery," Mr. Brannon
said. Each Alabama tribe had its
own characteristic pottery and design.
The pottery had two, four, or no
handles. The designs which were
made of lines, represented rufflos or
ripples of streams, handclasps, the
moon, the sun, winged serpents, the
Ivory Billed Woodpecker, the m:st
beautiful of all southern birds which
was much revered by the Indians,
and snakes. The scroll design was
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The first Honor Society Ball was
held Friday night in the Alumni Gym­nasium,
preceded by a banquet at the
First Baptist Church.
Fifty or more visiting young ladies
attended the affair, and it proved to
be one of the most colorful social
events of the Fall season. The Gym­nasium
was decorated in Christmas
attire.
Fourteen program dances were the
feature of the Ball proper; this was
an innovation in Auburn, most of the
dances so far being given on the tag
plan.-
Captain Ott, of the Military De­partment,
was the principal speaker
at the banquet. Captain Ott stated
that education was the chief object
of the institution, the sole reason for
its existence. He further remarked
that the honor societies could do much
through the example of their mem­bers
to further the educational aims
of the institution.
President Croen, of Blue Key fra­ternity,
welcomed the assembly and
expressed his hope that worth while
results will be obtained from the union
of the honor societies in the social
affair.
Mr. Charles Floyd, or the Music
Department, rendered two solos, and
Professor Hixon of the School of En­gineering
exhibited his power of men­tal
suggestion.
Dean Judd, of the School of Educa­tion,
was toastmaster at the banquet.
The Grand March of the dance was
led by Mr. Herbert Croen and Miss
Mildred Franke, popular member of
the Auburn younger set.
Music was rendered for the dance
by the Auburn Knights, student or­chestra.
Calvin Black, of Mobile, chairman
of the executive committee in charge
of the affair expressed the hope that
the senior honor societies will sponsor
a like social event next fall.
The programs were unique in de­sign,
carrying rosters of the honor
societies who took part in the affair.
Blue Key, national^ student activities
fraternity, was sponsor of fthe occa­sion.
EPIDEMIC RENEWED
AMONG TOWNSFOLK
With Decline of Flu Reported
Throughout State, Increase
Is Evidenced in Vicinity
500 CASES REPORTED
Opelika Employs Outside Aid
in Attempt to Control Mal­ady;
F ew Student Cases
With the height of the influenza
epidemic perceptbly on the decline in
other parts of the state, a report has
been issued to the effect that there
still remain over five hundred cases
in the vicinity of Auburn.
Slightly over four hundred cases
have been reported by doctors in Ope­lika,
this number being slightly lower
than the number stricken several
weeks ago. Here in Auburn about
fifteen or twenty students are still
confined to their beds but the cases
have been pronounced light and no
ill effects are to be feared. Ameng
the townspeople, approximately fifty
persons are receiving medical atten­tion,
according to a tablation by the.
local doctors.
In spite of the fact that the epi­demic
has slightly diminshed in Ope­lika,
a number of out-of-town trained
nurses are still occupied in that area.
A large number of those stricken at
present in Opelika are suffering from
relapses and special attention is re­quired.
Until the present time, very
few casualties have been reported as
a result of the malady and this is
largely attributed to the work of the
doctors and nurses in the vicinity.
According to a report issued by
Dr. D. G. Gill, director of the Bureau
of Epidemiology of the State Health
department, there still remain six
thousand, six hundred eighty-seven
people ill with influenza in fifty-four
of Alabama's sixty-seven' counties.
This total compares with three thous­and,
five hundred twenty-seven cases
of the preceding week. In only one
locality has it been necessary to close
schools on account of the epidemic,
this being in Elba.
SCHEDULE OF RIFLE
TEAM ANNOUNCED
BY LIEUT. BOWMAN
Bowman Selects Forty-Eight
Men to Constitute Squad for
This Year
NEW MEN CHOSEN
Team Announces Schedule for
Year; Includes Many Prom­inent
Schools
PLAY MANY SCHOOLS
Dexter is High Scorer in Practice
Matches; Owen Captures Second
Place Among Marksmen
ANNOUNCEMENT IS
MADE CONCERNING
SECOND SEMESTER
Administration Makes Known
Details of Second Semester
Registration
EARLY PAYMENT URGED
Students May Use R. O. T. C.
- Salaries for Registration Up
To $32.50
WARRANTS BE ACCEPTED
REV. WILKS SELECTED
VICE-PRESIDENT BOARD
Dr. D. P. Wilks, pastor First Bap­tist
church, Opelika, was elected vice-president
of the Alabama State Con­vention
Board at its meeting held in
Birmingham last week.
Dr. Wilks. was, also, made a member
of the Executive Committee which
carries out the plans of the Board
through the current year.
Nine Students in the School of Science and Literature
Average Above 90; E. H. Butler Leads Class With 96.3
E. H. Butler of Jackson, Mississip­pi,
a junior in the School of Science
and 'Literature, made the highest av­erage
of any student in the School
at mid-semester with an average of
96.3. Jackson is enrolled in the Gen­eral
Course. D. H. Morris, a junior
i'n t h e Business Administration
Course, made the second highest av-orago
in the School with a mark of
95.G. Other students who averaged
90 or above include: Helen Gard.ner,
C. K. Warren end Anne T. Gunby,
all of whom ara taking the Gen oral
Course; J. K. Rcgors, J. B. Bass,
John A. Jonos, Jr., and Herbert Evcrs
in the Pro-Medical course.
Tho noxt 27 students with averages
of 85 and above are: John Beck, Mil­dred
Franke, Sam Grubbs, Marion
Kelley, William Riser, Jr., Sarah
Stanley, J. E. Vance, Charles W.
Walter, Louis A. Baisden, Clinton
Wallis, Fred . A. Chapman, Mary
George Lamar, John T. Mitchell, K,
N. Byrne, Samuel E. Wbittel, M. Con­ner,
Cecil H. Strong, Alfred H. Jack­son,
Jr., Helen Franke, M. C. Padgett,
Sarah Hooper, Lewis M. Jones, Cor­delia
Smith T, William C. Thomas,
and George Bagwell.
Following each mid-semester and
semester report of grades the School
of Science and Literature publishes
the ranking of its most industrious
students.
By Ed Moyer
The Auburn rifle team of 1933 is
now a reality. The squad as chosen
by 'Lt. Bowman consists of 48 men.
The veterans are Team Captain M.
P. Freret, Manager M. J. Reynolds,
Brewer, Casson, Copeland, Crane,
Green, A. McKinney, Polk, Robert­son,
J. J. Sherer, T. W. Sparrow, Van
Hoose and Zachery.
The -following new men were se­lected
after four weeks of practice
and instruction by Lt. Bowman and
Sgt. Reeves: W. H. Dexter, 0. E.
Owen, Nat. Bradford, J. F. Hurd,
W. N. Bowis, E. A. Wright, F. P.
Strothers, W. C. Thomas, Wendt, R.
B. Mercer, C. Walter, J. MacLaughlin,
Chandler, Whatley, W. H. Chambers,
E. A. Gait, H. Tucker, Bailey, Tom-linson,
J. L. Calloway, B. Foy, In­gram,
McCauley, J. V. Curtis, Alexan­der,
C. B. Cooper, L. Funchess, D. T.
Bowie, Ed. Moyer, G. M. Jones, W.
Middleton and J. R. Humphreys.
Dexter was the high scorer; Owen
was next, the other men scored as
listed. The veterans did not parti­cipate
in the elimination contest.
s
Auburn's schedule is very repres­entative.
The team has matches with
teams throughout the nation. The
season starts during the week of Jan­uary
14 and continues through March
11. The matches run as follows:
Week of January 14—New Mexico
Military Institute, Syracuse Univer­sity,
Presbyterian College, Wisconsin
University.
Week of Jan. 28—Univ. of Wyom­ing,
Ohio State Univ., Miss, A. & M.,
State Univ. of Iowa (R. O. T. C ),
Univ. of Porto Rico, New York Mili­tary
Academy.
. Week of Feb. 4—Univ. of Califor­nia
(Berkley), Drexel Institute, Univ.
of West Virginia, Univ. of Georgia.
Week of Feb. 11—Univ. of Wash­ington,
Colorado School of Mines,
South Dakota State, Univ. of Illinois,
Washington Univ. Western Maryland
Umv., Univ. of Vermont, Rose Poly­technic
Institute, Univ. of Idaho, La­fayette
College, Georgetown Univ.
Week of Feb. 18—Texas A .& M.,
State Univ. of Iowa (varsity), North
Dakota Agricultural College, Cornell
Univ., Norwich Univ., Univ. of Ha­waii,
Univ. of South Dakota. ,
Week of Feb. 25—Montana State
College, Univ. of Minnesota, Univ. of
Nebraska, Univ. of Missouri, Univ. of
Pittsburgh, Georgia School of Tech­nology,
Univ. of Tennessee, Univ. of
Alabama, Iowa State A. & M., Mass­achusetts
School of Agriculture.
Week of Mar. 4—Univ. of Califor­nia
at Los Angeles (U. C. L. A.),
Univ. of Dayton, Univ. of Michigan,
New York Univ., Univ of Florida,
Davidson College, Lehigh Univ., Mich­igan
College of Mines.
-Week of Mar. 11—Indiana Univ.,
Univ of Kansas, Fordham Univ.,
Univ. of Pennsylvania.
In addition to these matches the
Tigers will participate in the Fourth
Corp Area, the Hearst Trophy and
the Military Engineer Matches.
The match with the Univ. of Hawaii
is the result of Lt. Bownjan's service
in the Islands.
Auburn does its shooting' on its
own, range and the opponents on
theirs. The scores are exchanged and
the winner announced. This is a
novel but standard method for rifle
matches.
Because of the excellent results and
the interest the men have shown Lt.
Bowman looks forward to the 1933
season with high hopes.
Fees. May Be Paid As Early As Jan­uary
9; Twenty-third is Set As
Last Date
The Administrative Committee has
asked that the following announce­ment
be made to the students concern­ing
the second semester which begins
on January 23:
December 13, 1932
To All Students:
Friday and Saturday, Januery 20-
21, 1933, will be registration'days for
the second semester for the 61st ses­sion
of the Alabama Polytechnic Ins­titute.
Class work will begin "at 8
o'clock a.m., Monday, January 23.
Students may pay fees at Accoun­tant's
Office on Januery 9 or there­after
up to registration. Advance
payment will relieve congestion on
registration days. A fee for late
registration will be collected after
January 21. Beginning January 23
it will be $5 and thereafter an addi­tion
of $1 per day up to a maximum
of $10.
Each student must pay registration
fees on or before registering. This
is required by our governing board.
The administrative authorities are au­thorized,
however, to accept warrants,
certificates, or other bona fide evi­dences
of indebtedness of State, coun­ty,
or school district as security on
note which will bear interest at the
rate of six per cent per annum, pro­vided
that no warrants, certificates,
or other evidences of indebtedness as
herein stated will be accepted unless
issued to the student or to a member
of the student's immediate family,—
father, mother, brother, or sister.
Payment of fees this way does not
include student activities fee of $7.50
and subscriptions to publications.
Cash payment of these is required
because student activities (athletics,
Glgmerata, Plainsman, lectures, dra­matics
and speech, Y.M.C.A., Y.W.
C.A., social, and band) cannot be con­ducted
properly without cash.
Juniors and seniors who are in the
R. 0. T. C. unit may pledge their
R. O. T. C. income up to a maximum
of $32.50 in payment of fees provided
said students have written request
from either his father or mother or
guardian that this be done, and pro­vided
also that it is approved by the
Military Department. Students who
pledge their R. 0. T. C. income wil
not be permitted to pay the balance
by note with warrants or certificates
attacked as security. No student who
is working for the college will be per­mitted
to use warrants or certificates
in payment of fees.
We realize that -many worthy and
ambitions young men and women are
finding it very difficult to obtain
funds with which to complete their
education. But we believe that there
is a way for each one provided he or
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To Play For Prom
Art Kassel, prominent orchestra
leader, song writer and composer,
who has been engaged by the Social
Committee to' play for the mid­term
dances on January 19-21.
TWO ART STUDENTS
GET CONTRACT FOR
PROM DECORATIONS
Arabian Castle Scene to Be
Theme of Decorations for
Junior Prom
HAREM SCENES PLANNED
Decorations Theme to Harmo­nize
With Art Kassel and His
Kassels in t h e Air
CRYSTAL BALL BE USED
Ceiling to Be of Dark Blue and Stud­ded
With Stars; Back Drop Be
Facade of Elaborate Castle
Ladies' Night Is
Kiwanis Feature
Emil Wright Takes Office as
New Club President, Suc­ceeding
P. O. Davis
MANY VISITORS PRESENT
Readings and Musical Numbers
Form Entertainment at An­nual
Ladies' Affair
The local Kiwanis Club held its
annual Ladies' Night dinner Monday
night at the Thomas hotel as the last
meeting of the club for the current
year.
Emil Wright, newly elected presi­dent
of fthe Kiwanians, was present­ed
to the assembly by P. O. Davis,
retiring head. Mr. Wright commended
the work accomplished by the club
under the leadership of Mr. Davis
and asked for the cooperation of the
members for the coming year.
Kiwanis officials from Opelika who
attended the banquet included John
K. Watkins, district governor, and
Dr. 0. H. Tatum, president-elect of
the Opelika club. Mrs. Tatum was
also present as guest of the club.
Many Auburn and Opelika enter­tainers
appeared on the program. Two
readings each weer given by Mrs.
Jim Spann and Mrs. John Ingram of
Opelika. Vocal solos were rendered
by Miss Lois Walker and Professor
Charles Floyd, the latter being now
connected with- the department of
music here. Mrs. Mary Drake Askew,
honorary club member, played the
accompaniments. Professor W. H.
Eaton entertained the assembly with,
an amusing presentation of the lady
guests. The program was featured
by many stunts put on by various
members of the club.
Jimmie Hitchcock, Auburn's all-
American 1932 football captain, and
Captain-elect Ripper Williams were
made honorary members of the club
when J. V. Brown presented them
with Kiwanis buttons. Miss Mary
Ellen Barnes and Miss Lilly Bernes
Cherry, of Opelika, were presented as
respective guests of Mr. Hitchcock and
Mr. Williams.
Other guests at the affair were
Kirtley Brown, of the Publicity De­partment,
and Knox McMillan, Plains­man
Editor.
Ladies' Night is always the last
meeting of the club every year, and
the program honors members' wives.
The contract' for decorating the
gymnasium prior to the mid-term
dances was let to Tom Kirkland and
Virgil 0. Callaham in a special meet­ing
of the Executive Cabinet held
last night.
The scheme for the decorations is
to be "A Castle in the Arabian Des­ert,"
and the decorations will be ar­ranged
accordingly. Art Kassel and
his Kassels in the Air will play in the
courtyard of the castle, thus carrying
out the general theme.
The ceiling of the gym is to be a
dark blue with gold and silver stars
of varying sizes. In the center of the
ceiling will be a crystal ball on which
numerous spot lights are trained.
Just above the crystal will be a clus­ter
of balloons embodying all the
Arabian colors.
The two basketball goals will be
converted into castle balconies in the
arches of which can be seen silhouettes
of harem girls. Arabian tapestries
will be hung from these improvised
balconies.
The orchestra scene will depict the
facade of an elaborate castle, and it
will be ornamented with Arabian de­signs
in varying colors. Through the
main arch of the castle will be seen
a large mural of the magic carpet,
while sentinel towers will surmount
the two front corners of the orchestra
platform.
Around the wainscoting will be ar­ranged
scenes of the desert on which
will be drawn shieks, harem girls,
Arabian horses, etc. The men's en­trance
will represent the entrance to
an Arabian tent while the ladies en­trance
will depict a harem entrance.
The panel lights between the win­dows
will be in the form of crystal
gazers and urn bearers and indirect
lighting will be employed.
The lighting effect of the entire
gymnasium will be arranged to de­pict
a moonlight night on a desert.
Mobile Club Holds First Meeting of Year to Discuss
Plans for the Annual Christmas Ball in Coast City
DR. CARY URGES DUAL
PLAN LIQUOR CONTROL
The first meeting of the Mobile
Club for the current year was held
Sunday night in Ramsay Hall with
over twenty students attending.
The outcome of the session was that
plans for a dance in Mobile during
the holidays are being formulated,
and an investigation of the cost of
such an affair in under way.
Following the suggestion of B. W.
Hut'son, it was decided that the re­organization
of the Club would not
take place until after Christmas, at
which time a larger number of stu­dents
will take part.
James Baches suggested that in
view of the financial condition of the
students involved, the idea of having
an expensive ball be done away with
and some more informal means of
entetainment be substituted. The
idea of having a dinner dance or a
tea dance received the approval of
the majority of those present since
very little cost will be entainel.
Committees were appointed to form
some plans along these lines and an­other
meeting is scheduled to be held
in Mobile immediately after the start
of the holidays.
The Mobile Club Dance has been
one of fthe outstanding events in the
social calendar of Mobile each winter,
and especially has it been popular with
the college set since the Mobile Club
at the University ceased to function.
A dual plan of liquor control was
advocated by Dr. C. A. Cary, state
veterinarian and dean of the school
of veterinary medicine at the Alaba­ma
Polytechnic Institute, speaking at
the Auburn Presbyterian Church in
the absence of the pastor, Rev. Sam
B. Hay, Sunday.
Education of the youth as to evils
of alcoholism and intelligent legisla­tion
were the two proposals advocat­ed
by Dr. Cary who is a "tee-totaler"
all the time and everywhere. He de­clared
that the return of the saloon
would be the worst thing possible in
strong-drink use and control.
He argued that education of young
folks is the paramount need, and that
"the liquor problem will solve itself if
the young people are wisely trained
and instructed as to the evils thereof."
He declared that the right kind of
education is more effective than leg­islation,
emphasizing, however,, that
intelligent legislation is essential.
Dr. Cary has been at Auburn 41
years during which time he has never
suffered illness other than from an
accident. He went through the yel­low-
fever epidemic in Alabama and
also Cuba. He attributes his good
health to the fact that he never takes
strong drinks and that he eats good
food and takes plenty of exercise.
NOTICE!
There will be a ' meeting of the
Plainsman staff at the office at 4
p. m. on January 2, 1933.
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REPORTERS: H. N. White, '36; Rex God­win,
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YULETIDE SEASON
Gloomy are the prospects for the coming
Yuletide season. Thousands are in want.
Many are suffering from cold and lack of
shelter. The loudly-bruited upturn in bus­iness
has not been forthcoming in 1932.
Merry-making will be of a restrained
sort this Christmas. But we are gradually
becoming accustomed to the strained finan­cial
situation. Less expensive gifts and
cards will be exchanged this year. But
we of the Plainsman intend to be merry in
our poverty-stricken fashion. And we feel
that you will find the new year easier to
begin if you follow our example. Anyhow,
we wish to extend to you all the sentiments
pertaining to the Yuletide season, and hope
with you for brighter prospects in 1933.
RENEWAL OF EPIDEMIC
Contrary to all reports so far, the in­fluenza
epidemic has grown gradually
worse. Most of the cases in Auburn are
among the townsfolk and faculty, but some
fifteen or twenty students are ill also. The
situation in Opelika is indeed grave, some
400 people being afflicted with the malady.
Several have died in the last week there.
Doctors say that inoculation against the
disease does more for prevention than any
other one thing. Students here should
take every precaution against infection,
as an appalling loss of life can easily result
from carelessness.
As the entire student body will have left
for their homes by Saturday there it little
danger of the disease becoming uncontrol-able
here, but everyone should exercise the
utmost care to prevent the spread of the
epidemic in their home towns.
BY THEIR FRUITS
The worth of an institution is best ex­pressed
in its graduates. That school is
greatest which best prepares its students
in their respective fields of endeavor. It
needs no high pressure advertising methods.
It is never engaged in scrambles for finan­cial
aid. It prepares its students as best
it can and remains indifferent to side is­sues
that occupy dominant places in minor
institutions of learning. It does not seek
to enroll an enormous student body. How­ever,
on its own merit it attracts students
who are willing to learn and who will, after
graduation, contribute something to the
advancement of the institution. •'-
Today many American universities en­deavor
to increase their enrollments by
developing football teams that will enjoy a
notiohwide reputation. Football, used for
this purpose, is not a sport; it is a business
interest. As a sport, football occupys a
ranking position in education; it develops
character, leadership, and physique. But
no truly great institution will prostitute
the sport for business purposes.
No intelligent man will judge an institu­tion
by its football team. When he thinks
of sending his son to college he enquires
into the achievements of the graduates of
various schools. He wants his boy to learn
something besides an alma mater song and
a whoopee yell.
Athletics should occupy a prominent place
in the curriculum of any school. Each stu­dent
should be given the advantage of
physical training; learning without health
is useless. ,
A real institution of learning presents
education to its student body in as many
forms as possible. • I t urges its students to
participate in every branch of campus life;
it provides for student publications; it has
social affairs at frequent intervals; and,
in short, it tries to prepare its students for
life in as many ways as it thinks advan­tageous
to them.
Until an institution gains a sense of bal­ance
and the ability to recognize values it
cannot be said to be great. It will continue
to pursue misleading paths; these paths
soon become ruts; and the institution in
time ceases to function.
THE ETERNAL PROBLEM
It remains unsettled—the issue of how
and when, if at all, man shall enjoy "the
traditional pleasures of the glass. Yet the
speakeasy era will probably end by the
actions of the Wet Congress. Even so,
with the repeal of the Volstead Act, the
issue will remain unsettled in the minds
of the citizens of the country. It is appar­ent
that the only solution to the problem
lies not in the actions of Congress and
politicians but in the mental attitude of the
people of the U. S., as a whole.
The prohibition era taught America how
to drink. Now the prohibition amendment
will be repealed to teach America the pro­per
sources of liquor. Once the citizen
finds that he may obtain his beverages
legally and upon his own political terms,
he will not extend sympathy to racketeer­ing,
bootlegging, gang wars and all the
other undermining evils of the "dry" era.
This same "dry" era increased the propor­tion
of women who drink, socially and cas­ually.
The devout women who considered
the sanctity of their sex to be bound up
with prohibition have lived to see women
assert equal rights at the bar as elsewhere.
The women folk, without doubt, have learn­ed
to drink within the last twelve years.
Sharing man's foolish pleasures, they no
longer have a rawly envious pleasure in
dispoiling them.
Social drinking, as one observes it in
New York and other cities, is on the-mend.
It is no-longer necessary, as in the early
years of the Volstead rebellion, for a wet
patriot to get drunk at every opportunity
to establish his loyalty. Although drunk­enness
enjoyed a revived tenure of respect­ability
during the twelve years, it is whol­ly
accurate to say that the American, peo­ple
have come upon more wholesome drink­ing
habits than before. It is more likely
that Americans will now demand, decent
drinking places, to approximate, with the
help of women's fastidiousness, the civilized
accompaniments of drinking which exist
abroad. The cafe is almost certain to re­place
that harshly maligned institution, the
saloon.
Drinking is a personal problem which no
law passed by a governing body can control.
When all the citizens of America realize
that the drinking class has grown up in its
habits and become^ Europeanized, the issue
will be forgotten and Mr. Citizen can drink
or not drink as he sees fit and it will be
nobody's business but his own.
Without The Pale
Duke University, Durham, N. C.—The
student health department, notorious for
being addicted to "mop" throats of students
whether their trouble be "athlete's foot",
fallen arches, cerebral homorrhage, or spi­nal
meningitis, has carried its practice too
far. A reported of the Chronicle, who went
to the department to obtain information
concerning student sickness, was forced to
pass under the discretion of the doctor in
charge and the student nurse. He was gag­ged,
a flashlight was held to throw light
on the subjects—the tonsils—and his throat
was mopped. The reported left, having
scribbled his name on the register even
though there had been nothing wrong with
him when he entered.—Chronicle.
* * * *
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louis­iana—
For the first time in the university's
history the Tulane" student body has been
granted representation on the Athletic
Council and will seat a "non-voting" mem­ber
at the next monthly meeting of the
body.—Hullabaloo.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.—
The sad state of national affairs is revealed
through employment bureau statistics of
Madison, which show that whereas one
hundred college women have enlisted for
domestic work in city homes, two hundred
men have applied for jobs ranging from
dishwashing to chauffering and including
playing nursemaid to children.—Daily Kan-san.
* * * *
Florida State College for Women, Talla­hassee,
Fla.—Gay, vivacious, mixing good
times with a little serious study, looking at
like from the up-side, the girls who will
graduate from Florida State College for
Women in June are little different from
the seventy-six girls who received diplomas
from this institution a decade ago.
If there have been any changes, they are
due to the innovations of education and
changing standards. The students' them­selves
are examples of the unchangeable-ness
of human nature.—Flambeau. (Old-fasioned
girls, what?)
Thutiderations
By Gum
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.
» * * »
AND SO WE go home for Christmas.
Nice Christmas, with wisps of wind,
holly, open fires, night music, girls,
pretty girls, yellow hair and all that; how
much very nicer than studying and wonder­ing.
I wonder.
I wonder what I shall do Christmas, out­side
of writing up six lab. reports, and
the writing of six thousand words on this
typewriter. Now if I had a dog I could
pat his head, call him nice dog, and ask if
a bit of a hunt would interest him. It
wouldn't. He wouldn't play like that. He
would fight other dogs and chase cats. I'll
have to do something else. Egg nogg?
Won't do. I prefer my eggs cooked with
bacon grease instead of fusel oil. Dance?
Might do. ^But those who are not drunk,
and those who are not fools wear mechani­cal
.smiles. They don't want to dance; a
dance is an excuse to get away from home.
You don't want to dance, you want to get
powder on your coat and lipstick on your
face. Messy. But better than studying,
what? Might do. Might be a fool and
dance. Fools dance, don't they? Someone
has gotta make the brawl look like "a dance
anyway. Might do.
And there is the fun of convincing a
drunk person that he needs a bath before
he goes home. He will always tell you,
if he can talk, that he had a most enjoyable
bath just before he left home. But don't
let that prevent you from giving him an­other.
You didn't get any fun out of the
bath he took at home, did you? No. Well
see that he gets another. 'Tis fun, don't
you think?
Once there was a drunk man. It was
Christmas. He was as tight as a co-ed's
sweater, and didn't look a bit better. This
Christmas there shall be a drunk person
tight as a co-ed's skirt, and he won't look
a bit better, and me and my friend shall
give him a bath. That is what I shall do
Christmas. This is as much fun as pop­ing
acorns with your heels.
Thoughts and Things: Girls with their
powder and paint always remind me of In­dian
braves putting on war paint before
making a conquest. But the Indian bagged
better game. He captured strong limbed
warriors. What do you girls get? Cigar­ette
smoking, knicker wearing, greasy hair­ed
little boys. Say, you girls are getting
cheated. And you use more paint in the
conquest than the Indian did. What a
shame. Let's me and you play Indian some
time.
And I shall go to Ft. Benning Christmas
and put out that fire I started this sum­mer.
- We were shooting cannon into the
woods so fast, you know, that the trees
just caught on fire. Very beautiful sight.
I shall take Louis James. He also has to
put out a fire he started this summer. Red­headed
fire. Very beautiful sight.
John Fonville is the person who rode
a bicycle to see a girl the other night and
got a date from the girl away from a man
with a Master-Six Buick. What's six cyl­inders?
Fonville is the type of man who has
twelve cylinders under the hood. Evidently.
I can get no more pleasure out of seeing
the moon come up over a sprinkling of
clouds now that I have heard Kate Smith's
mountain and moon soul twister.
You who sets the alarm clock at 3 a.m.
to get up and cry; stop it. I'm still study­ing.
After that we will eat hamburgers.
* * * *
If after going 60 miles an hour between
two cars on a motorcycle you can-get off
and roll a cigarette, you can more than
likely stand a date with a certain co-ed.
You have pretty good nerves.
And so at last it's come to this.
* * * * /
I read books with a sense of futility,
searching. Literature has degenerated with
the present day writers into sensational
magazines, wild-west magazines, sex books.
Beauty of writing has vanished, and has
left in its stead a pitiful shamble of writing
designed to catch the eye of a hurrying
reader as he goes about selling his soul
and the peace and beauty of his life, in
quest of money, and more money.
Who, now, takes the time to describe the
beauty o f ' a gently sloping hillside, with
trees on its sides, and red-gold leaves softfly
slipping down to be blown into little* circ­ling
eddies on the ground? Who sees, now,
the beauty in the stillness of a deep woods
just before dawn, the first streak of dusty
red in the Eastern skyj and the sudden
stealing whisper of wind, and the rumpling
of a leaf or two? Who sees the trusting
whimsical beauty of a child's eyes? Who
understands the friendship of a dog for a
man?
And we read Jean Harlow's own story
4»
of the sordid suicide of Paul Bern.
* * * *
A mood is something one get into. Like
a shirt. You get in, and there you are.
"She's a nicely reared girl."
"Yehi and she doesn't look so bad from the front."
* . * * * * * * *
After all these years it looks like Clinton Wallis would learn that blind dates
don't go to banquets needing a shave.
, * * * * * * **
Gold-digger: How's.your new boy friend?
Second: Cold enough to be my father.
* * * * * * * *
Housewife: Don't bring me any more of that horrid milk. It is positively
blue.
Milkman: It ain't our fault, lady. It's these long dull evenings as makes the
cows depressed.
* * * * * * * *
For the human race
' Thus saith a booster
The hen's more useful
Than the rooster.
* * * * * * * *
Now that we have a sales tax, where are we going to use it?
* * * * * * * *
I love Coffee, I love tea
W. C. T. U. did this to me.
* * * * * * * *
If your girl tells you you can't see her any more, be nonchalant—turn out
the lights.
* * * * * * * *
Making an eight o'clock class after the holidays is like getting up in the middle
of the night.
* * * * * * * . *
We are still wondering what prominent sophomore a certain visitor from
Montgomery was hiding behind her door Saturday night .while she was busily en­gaged
in getting rid of her early date.
* * * * * * * *
It is being rumored that the same young lady was very much in evidence" a t
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon dance the same night. The dance had to be stopped
several times so that she might be paged to receive phone calls.
* * * * * * * *
Then there was the girl without any principle who drew plenty of interest.
* * * * * * * *
The strangest of drinks is the cocktail—it has whiskey to make it strong, and
water to make i t weak; gin to make it hot and ice to make it cold; lemon to make
it sour, sugar to make it sweet; then-they say, "Here's to YOU!" and drink it
themselves.
ACROSS THE CAMPUS
By P. 0. Davis
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.
* * * *
THIS IS the last issue of The Plains­man
until after Christmas. We hope
that each and every student enjoys
thoroughly the holidays at home with rela­tives
and friends; and that each will be
back in Auburn for resuming classwork at
eight o'clock Monday morning, January 2.
We wish to remind each student—with-'
out lecturing—that you are Auburn's rep­resentative
wherever you go and that the
good name of this institution is in your
hands. Those with Whom you come in con­tact
think of Auburn as you impress them
by your appearance, by your conduct, and
by your words.
It is probable that while away you will
come in contact with young men and young
women who should become Auburn students.
If they want more information than you
can give them, please write us or tell them
to write us. We expect many new students
to register on January 20 and 21 for the
second semester of the 61st session.
* * * *
Another suggestion is that all students
make while they are at home their financial
arrangements for the second semester. This'
is essential and important.
We are hoping also that registration
days, January 20 and '21, will be kept in
mind. A fee for late registration will be
required of those who register after Jan­uary
21. Beginning on Monday, January
23, this fee will be $1.00 per day up to a
maximum of $5.00.
* * * *
When, students return to Auburn after
the holidays they will have a few days of
classwork before coming face to face with
the final examinations, during which they
will reveal the extent to which they have
mastered their respective courses in sub­jects.'
' And the word "extent"^ has a significant
meaning because it indicates the degree to
which a student has developed the habit and
the technique of thinking. If he.or she
has not become a thinker and an analyzer
failure on examinations is expected.
This failure will be unfortunate within
itself but it will be far more unfortunate in
life. He or she who does not gain informa­tion
and develop the habit of thinking and
challenging isn't qualified to be a college
graduate and certainly not qualified to hold
successfully a position after graduation.
* * * *
When Auburn students come to their fi­nal
examinations beginning on January 13
'they will face a hurdle which is 10 points
higher than heretofore. Sixty was until
this year a pasing grade, now it is seventy.
Notice of this was given a year ago.
When college opened in September students
were aware of fit. And they will be burn­ing
after Christmas "midnight oil" in pre­paration
for these examinations.
A jump from 60 to 70 is a considerable
jump but it can be made by any student
who wills to do it and will work according-ly.
* * * *
Dean John J. Wilmore has received a
very interesting letter from Ed ("Beaut")
Bukofzar, a successful Auburn graduate of
1900. He opens with this paragraph:
"As I walked about the campus the other
day, and saw the look of determination on
the faces of the students, I could not help
but be impressed by what we have always
called 'Auburn Spirit'."
After a little discussion, he added:
"The progress that the institution has
made in the last decade, is little short of
marvelous. Not only has the college im­proved
but the town of Auburn as well and
I come away prouder than ever that I can
go out and tell the world that I am an
Auburn man."
Mr. Bukofzer is an alumnus who has suc­ceeded
and, in doing so, he has honored his
Alma Mater.
* * * *
A sophomore who is looking forward to
work in journalism has requested sugges­tions
from us as to what course to take.
He is a student in agriculture and is inter­ested
especially in manufacturing and pro­cessing
in dairying and meats.
Our answer to him is about as follows:
"Get your basic information and combine
with it a knowledge of the technique and
the practice of writing effectively and in­telligently."
Writing and speaking are based upon
knowledge. A man cannot write or speak
intelligently on a subject without having
facts. Hence it all traces back to basic
knowledge. And the student who is think­ing
and looking to the future is commended.
* * * *
Dr. C. A. Cary "turned preacher" Sun­day
and filled the pulpit of the Auburn
Presbyterian church. He talked about al­cohol
and its relatives, emphasizing the
fundamental fact that the best way to con­trol
this evil and pesky group is by educa­tion.
There is nothing new in this true doc­trine.
Only by education or intelligence
has the 'human race advanced at any time
on any issue and they will do it with alco­hol,
as Dr. Cary aptly said.
* . * * *
As the curtain falls on 1932 and 1933 ap­pears
in the near-distant dawn our own
thoughts turn to the following:
"Therefore when we build, let us think
that we build forever. Let it not be for
the' present delight, nor for present use
alone; let it be such work as our descend­ants
will thank us for, and let us think, as
we Jay stone on stone, that, a time will
come when those stones will be held sacred
because our hands have touched them, and
that men will say, as they look upon the
labor and wrought substance of them, 'See!
this our fathers did for us'."—John Ruskin. I
INVICTUS
By Casual Observer
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.
* * * *
CHRISTMAS COMES but once a year
so this observer has decided that
the affairs of the state can rest for
the time being at least while he tries his
hand at spasmodic essaying. Probably
won't work, but when subjects lag, it is
only natural that one turns to greener
fields. Please don't misconstrue my mean­ing—
I still thing that it would be a shame
for the legislators to enjoy the holiday sea­son.
For they got the jump on the rest of
the state and started early last fall.
* * * *
There is no point in my trying to be
clever, but since this is a season in which
good cheer quite blurs the general outlook,
it is likely that I will be able to get by
with most anything. Besides, the editor
has suddenly become editorially impotent,
and needs this for space filler. Proceed at '
your own risk.
A few suggestions to Nicholas, the saint
who started it all. That dear old gentle­man
who is the patron saint of sailors,
thieves, virgins and children. DEAR NIC­KY:
A new set of legislators (not the mechan­ical
kind like last year) and a big bottle
of red ink.—The Voters.
An extra session. Am tired of hunting.
—The legislators.
. 1934.—His Excellency.
Some glasses and a tack.—The Economy
League.
A second semester.-—State Schools.
What have you?—The Administrative
Committee.
Have you?—The Faculty.
There ain't no Santa Claus.—Auburn
Merchants.
A broken wrist watch.—Dean of Women.
Three squares and a 'flop' after June 1.
—Senior Class.
January 19, 20, and 21.—Junior Class.
A fog-horn.—Sophomore Class.
June 1.—Freshman Class.
An extention.—The Architects.
Another map for 'treasure hunting'.—
The Engineers. \
A set of roller-skates.—The Ags.
The king's'English.—Science and Liter­ature.
Prosperity.—Democrats.
1936? 1940? ad infinitum.—Republicans.
Time.—Socialists.
We want Cantor.—Bronx.
Tie, coat, and good right hand.—Campus
Politician.
A strong back.—Campus Voter.
'Laissez faire.—W. C. T. U.
A yellow-haired girl, Guy Lombardo, and
a boxing team.—Gum.
Wool.—Foreign Diplomats.
A peaceful mind.—The Editor.
Punctuality.—The Publisher."
Another plan.—Russia.
A plam—United States.
Class dues.—The Classes.
A Murad.—Shades of Hon. Joe Cannon.
Memory course and Will.—Captain Metts.
A furnace.—Broun Hall.
A bid to the dances.—Your Girl.
A new rag.—Drug-Store Politicians.
10,000 more.—S. A. E.
A sock to hang.—Casual Observer.
* * * *
And in comes the editor with a request
for another twenty lines. He asked for it
and am not advising you to read it. If you
do don't say I didn't warn you. There
should be some legislation enacted against
the joint reference of Langdon Hall and the
adjective, historic. The usually applied
term might be changed to histrionic, if the
acoustics were not so poor. A nice subject
for debate: "Well Known Landmarks and
Fitting Descriptions". A most unintelli­gent
conversation between an associate edi­tor,
the sports editor, the managing editor,
and the editor. Judy has recovered. When
this paper can't 'scoop' them, then they
can't be scooped. Why not use state war­rants
for fuel? And winter earning .on.
Why don't the* papers stop screaming for
damp legislation? Even if Congress does
approve it, it will take at least a couple of
years for the public to be fully introduced
to legalized products. From all reports,
pre-war liquids leave just as bad a 'hang­over'
as post war liquor does. Now we
might start an argument over "Temperate
tots".
* * * *
This has bone much too far . . . now
that*the seniors have their holidays what
do they comtemplate doing? . . . stay here
and gloat over the other three classes tntil
Saturday . . . a pleasant thought—exams
two weeks after the holidays . . . just a
little ray of sunshine . . . here's hoping
. . . at least this is over for this year.
People who feel the need of a dictator
always envision him as dictating to some­body
else.—Detroit Free Press.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14, 1932 T H E P L A I N S M A N -!- 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
ALLSTARS DEFEAT VARSITY
IN PRACTICE GAME TUESDAY
R e g u l a r Squad Shows Up Well in Game W i t h G r o u p of Last
Y e a r s S t a r s ; J e n k i n s , Q u i n n e y L e a d i n g Scorers for V a r s i ty
The Auburn All-Stars, a team com­posed
of some of the greatest basket­ball
players in the South, nosed out
the Auburn varsity here Monday
night, 41 to 39, to open the current
hardwood season for the Tigers.
The All-Stars started off with a
rush, but the Plainsman attack soon
began functioning and rolled up a
lead at intermission, 17 to 14. The
Stars came back in the second half
to knot the count, and from then on
it was anybody's game.
The Tigers looked exceptionally
good against a team taken from Au­burn's
two greatest quintets, and
flashed an unusally fine attack for
so early in the season. With the
basketball prospects are considerably
bright, and all pre-season doubts of
a weak team have been dispelled.
Red Jenkins, diminutive forward,
scored over half of his team's points
to lead the scorers with 20 points.
Jenkins was looping them from all
angles Monday night, but the majority
of his shots came as a result of skilled
passes which found him under the
basket time and again.
Auburn used two complete teams in
their opening encounter with very
little difference to choose between
"them. George Quinney, sophomore
forward, accounted for 7 points to
gain the place of second high scorer
for the Plainsmen. The floor work
of Frank Sindler, Howard Baker,
Warren McMahan, and Cleve Brown,
stood out." .
Lindley Hatfield led the All-Stars
with 12 points. The other markers
were fairly evenly distributed be­tween
Jack Stewart, Jelly Aiken, and
Frank DuBose.
Lineups:
Auburn (39) Pos. All-Stars (41)
Jenkins (20) F Dubose (11)
Aldridge (2) ......F Aiken (8)
Kelley (0) C ....._". Stewart (10)
Sindler (3) ........G Jones (0)
McMahan (4) _...G Hatfield (12)
Substitutions: Auburn, Arthur (1),
Baker (2), Brown (0), Quinney (7);
Referee, Salter (Auburn).
PERSONAL
MENTION
Mrs. Zip Nelson left Saturday for
her home in Mer Rouge, La., where
she will spend the holidays with rela­tives.
* * *
Miss Bes Raby is still -with her
mother in Montgomery who is very ill
with the flu.''
* * *
Miss Bit Mitchell will arrive Sat­urday
from Rockhill, S. C., to spend
the holidays with her mother, Mrs.
Nell Mitchell and other relatives.
Miss Mitchell is a student at Win-throp
college. ,
* * *
Mother Berney is able to be out
again after an attack of the flu.
OPELIKA PHYSICIAN
ADVISES MEANS FOR
PREVENTION OF FLU
Many Unemployed To
Be Used On Highway
Two hundred and fifty of the Lee
County unemployed will be used in the
construction of fthe Lee County unit
of fthe Auburn Tuskegee road.
The list of workers was approved
by the welfare department; married
men were to be given the preference.
Opelika Pastor
Dies on Sunday
Rev. S. U. Turnipseed, new pastor
of the Trinity Methodist Church in
Opelika, died in that city Sunday,
following a short illness.
Pneumonia followed an attack
of influenza, contracted shortly be­fore
he moved from Montgomery to
Opelika.
Mr. Turnipseed, who was fifty-sev­en
years old, was a native of Mont­gomery
county. He attended South­ern
University, Greensboro, Ala., and
Vanderbilt. He was widely known
in middle Alabama, having served in
the ministry for more than thirty
years.
Patronize Plainsman Advertisers.
TOOMER'S
WILL GIVE YOU SERVICE
Drug Sundries Drinks Smokes
Prescriptions Magazines
DON'T FORGET OUR SANDWICHES
ON THE CORNER
Miss Margaret Riley spent the week
end with friends in Opelika.
* * *
Misses Margaret Graves and Julia
Jester are the guests of Miss Verna
Patterson.
* * *
Mr. Bob Cammack of Montgomery
spent Friday here with relatives and
friends.
* * *
David Passmore, Auburn, is ill at
the hospital, to the regret of his
many friends.
* * *
Sigma Phi B e t a E n t e r t a i ns
P l e d g e s w i t h Dinner
The Sigma Phi Beta sorority en­tertained
its pledges with a Turkey
dinner on Monday night at the home
of Miss Katherine Jackson.
After dinned the guests were ush­ered
into the living room where a
Christmas tree loaded with gifts ffor
everyone was discovered. Later in
the evening dates called and shared
this hospitality with the sorority.
^Punch was served during the evening.
* * *
Lambda Chi E n t e r t a i ns
W i t h Tea Dance
The Lambda CKi fraternity enter­tained
with a tea dance Saturday af­ternoon,
followed by a dinner dance
in the evening.
* * *
Dinner D a n c e Given
By Sigma A l p h a Epsilon
The S. A. E. fraternity entertain­ed
with a dinner dance on Saturday
evening.
Rules for the prevention and'care
of influenza are stated by Dr. A. H.
Graham, Opelika county health offi­cer.
The ruled-are as fallows:
1. Go to bed at once.
2 Call your physician immediately,
and follow his instructions in detail.
3. Do not take any risks.
Preventative rules are:
1. Take precautions around the
sick room, a mouth wash is advisable.
'6. Don't associate with crowds.
3. Don't become excessively fati­gued.
A. Protect yourself against weather
changes.
5. Follow all reasonable health
rules.
6. Don't associate with persons with
colds or suspicious symptoms.
Dr. Graham stated that two hun­dred
mjllion people had influenza in
1918-19, and ten million died of the
disease.
Turpentine Obtained
From Terebinth Tree
Priviledged Riding
Schedule Announced
Privilege riding during Christmas
holidays will be allowed as follows:
December 17 and 18th afternoon
on present schedule.
December 19 to 23 morning 8:30
to 10:30.
December 27 to_ 31 morning 8:30
to 10:30.
January 1, afternoon 1:30 to 3:30.
Present regulations as to using and
caring for horses will apply.
For Captain Metts,
< T. S. Gunby,
1st Lt. F.A.DOL.
The world's supply of turpentine
was not -always obtained from Pine
trees but was first derived from the
Terebinth tree, a member of the
Sumach family and a native of the
islands and region of the- Mediter­ranean
Sea, according to J. M. Stauf-fer,
Forest Inspector, Alabama Com­mission
of Forestry. It is claimed
that turpentine was first produced
commercially from this source on the
Island of Chios in the Agean Sea,
whence the name Chian turpentine
came into use.
Other turpentines found in com­merce
are Venice turpentine from the
Larch, and Strassburg turpentine
from the Silver Fir. The so-called
Canada Balsam is also a true turpen­tine
obtained from the Balsam Fir.
The greatest source of all turpen­tines,
however, lies in the Pines. The
Mountain Pine, Stone Pine and
Aleppo Pine all produce resin from
which turpentine is derived. The
most important individual species,
however, are the Cluster Pine, other­wise
known as the Maritime Pine, of
southwestern Europe and the Slash
Pine and Long-leaf Pine of south­eastern
North America where the
production of turpentine is a major
industry throughout the states of
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana
and Texas.
CAIN, ARIAIL NAMED CAPTAINS
ON TARHEEL ALL-STAR TEAM
A u b u r n End a n d A l a b a m a Back S e l e c t e d on A l l - S o u t h e r n T e am
of R a n k i n g N e w s p a p e r ; Hitchcock Also Selected
Gump Ariail and John Cain were
named co-captains of the all-southern
team which was picked by the "Daily
Tar Heel," the selection being based
on the work of these stellar players
during their college careers. Ariail
has been the star end for the Tigers
during the past two years, and was a
unanimous choice by southern
coaches for the right wing post.
Cain has been Alabama's star for
three years, being rated on the All-
Clothing Canvass
Proves Successful
Textile Department
Is Aided By Foxboro
Three units of valuable equipment
have been supplied by the Foxboro
Company of Massachusetts for use
by the School oi Textile Engineering
and in connection with experimental
work on potato starch as a sizing
material for cloth conducted by W.
T. Schreiber and M. N. V. Geib of
the U. S. Bureau of Standards.
The equipment includes three sep­arate
control units, one for temper­ature,
another for pressure, and a
third for regulating the amount of
starch flow into a splashing machine
used in the experiment. After the
experiment is completed the equip­ment
will remain at the school of
textile engineering, said Prof. E. W.
Camp, school head, who expressed
himself-as greatly pleased over the
arrangement made with the Foxboro
Company.
The equipment is of great service
to those conducting the experiment
since it affords the gathering of ex­tremely
accurate information on the
suitability of potato starch as a sizing
material for yarns. Valued at several
hundred dollars, the equipment is of
latest design and embodies some of
the newest developments in the field
of textile machinery.
The canvass for clothing, made by
the local service committee #of the
Auburn Woman's Club, met with a
generous response. Five hundred
and twenty-eight garments and sixty-five
pairs of shoes were collected.
These articles will be distributed
locally under the direction of Mrs.
Hawkins, chairman of the Lee Coun­ty
Welfare Workers, and Miss Willie
Tant, of Auburn.
Van Sheck Addresses
Club on Slavic Art
The Art -Department of the Au­burn
Woman's Club met Thursday af­ternoon,
December 8, at the home of
Mrs. Charles Edwards on College
Street. \
Current events of are interest were
given by Mrs. Ralf Draughton. Pro­fessor
Sidney Van Sheck gave an in­teresting
talk on "Slavic Art".
Tea was served during the social
hour following the program.
The next meeting of the Art De­partment
will be on January 5, with
Mrs. Leslie 'Wright as hostess.
Parent-Teachers
Meet On Friday
The Parent-Teachers' Association
of Auburn met on Friday, December
9th, at Smith Hall.
Professor Martin Beck spoke to a
small but appreciative audience on
the subject, 'Faith in Youth."
Mrs. B. H. Thomas, representing
the Lee County High School board,
gave a report on the joint meeting of
the school board and town council
which took place on the night of
Thursday, December 8. At this meet­ing
tentative plans were discussed
for the opening of 'Lee County High
School by public subscription on Jan­uary
2, 1933.
Tea and wafers were served during
the social hour at the end of the meet­ing.
American last year and on the All-southern
team for the other two years.
He brought his college football ca­reer
to a close by running seventy-one
yards for a touchdown against
St. Mary's, this being the only score
of the game.
The All-southern team of the "Tar
Heel" is as follows:
Player Position School
Rayburn, left end Tennessee
Leyendecker, left tackle..Vanderbilt
Frank, left guard Tennessee
Gracey, center Vanderbilt
Scafide, right guard Tulane
Aitken, right tackle Tennessee
Ariail, right end Auburn
Zimmerman, quarterback Tulane
Hitchcock, left halfback Auburn
Feathers, right halfback._ Tennessee
Cain, fullback. Alabama
Many Planes Stop At
Auburn-Opelika Field
An average of one plane a day has
visited the AuburnfOpelika airport
for the past five weeks, according to
Mr. Long, resident manager. .
The field, which was constructed
jointly by the Opelika and Auburn
Chambers of Commerce in 1931, is
headquarters for the Auburn Aero­nautical
Association.
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We Invite Student Accounts
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Make our B a n k your Bank
Legion Rally To Be
Held Opelika Today
An American Legion rally, in which
all of the posts in Lee county will
take part will be held in the Opelika
Court House, Wednesday, Dec. 14, at
7:30 p.m. This rally is one of a se­ries
that will meet over the entire
state. The state organization of the
Legion has planned that eleven coun­ties
hold a meeting each day until all
of the counties have .had one.
The principal speaker will be Col.
J. M. Holley, Jr., a prominent We-tumpka
attorney.
Dr. Oliver, commander of the John
H. Wells Post of Auburn, urges that
all of the Legionnaires in this vicinity
attend the meeting.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Miss Florence Thomasson, field
worker for the Woman's Missionary
Union of the Alabama Baptist Con­vention,
requests any "reliable stu­dent"
wishing to drive a Ford up to
'or near Pulaski, Virginia, to commu­nicate
with Mrs. R. D. Watt, care
Mrs. B. M. Duncan, Los Robles, Tal­lahassee,
Florida. Mrs. Watt is con­sidering
making the trip and wants
a driver.
The man who offered to tell what
he knew about gang crimes is •sur­vived
by a wife and three children.—
Minneapolis Star.
LOST—About two weeks ago: one
Parker pencil between Samford Hall
and Library. If found return to a
little brown-haired child answering
to the name of Lucile Johnson.
Wishing You
a
Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year
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Let us supply your Xmas Card re­quirements.
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FIFTH AVENUE AND
TWENTIETH STREET THEY know its character—its
reputation for rigidly main­taining
certain standards. They
like its friendly, courteous and
i n f o r m a l atmosphere. They
value Its considerate, attentive
service. And they find it moat
convenient to be so close to the
shopping -district and the
aters.
RATES
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J. A. DRIVER, Mgr.
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BIRMINGHAM
First Aid
for unbroken joints
How to keep silt and sand from clogging tele­phone
cable ducts was one problem put up to
engineers at Bell Telephone Laboratories. No
known method of joining sections of vitrified clay
conduit effected a seepage-tight joint. t
With scientific thoroughness, telephone men
made many tests under service conditions. They
devised a bandage of cheese-cloth, waterproof
paper and mortar. Easily made and applied, this
mortar bandage is tight against silt and sand. It
prevents clogging, greatly simplifies the installation
of new telephone cables and the removal of old ones.
Through solving such interesting problems,
v Bell System men work steadily nearer to their goal
telephone service of highest possible efficiency.
BELL SYSTEM
A NATION-WIDE SYSTEM OF INTER.CONNECTING TELEPHONES
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OVER 500 ATTEND
ANNUAL FLOWER
SHOW IN OPELIKA
One of the features as hundreds en­tered
the doors of Hall's floral gar­dens
Sunday was an impressive sight
of eight thousand blooming Poinsetta
Christmas plants—their beautiful nat­ural
Christmas colors typifying the
Christmas spirit and adding festive
air to this the fourth annual Flower
Show which has made Hall's show
famous throughout this section.
Five to six hundred lovers of beau­tiful
flowers from as far distant as
fifty miles swarmed the greenhouses
of Mr. Hall all Sunday afternoon de-
* spite bad weather and sickness so
prevalent. Sweet peas as bouteniere
were given men and ladies at en­trance
door by young ladies and in
the office rooms punch was served
which was a bower of lovely cut and
potted flowers and Christmas decora­tions
in tasteful decorative array.
Those assisting the host, Hugh Hall,
were Mrs. Hall, L. D. Johnson, grow­er
foreman; Miss Elise Hall, Miss
Mildred Capps, and J. M. Brown, of
Fairfax. Visitors enjoyed inspecting
the flowers such as poinsettas, bego­nias,
azaleas, geraniums, cherries,
gardenia, rose, sweet pea, snap drag­ons,
lillies, etc.
Mr. Hall's annual Flower Show
just before Christmas is a heralded
event which grows in interest and at­tendance
each year.—Opelika Daily
News.
S.A.E/S Defeat
Opelika Quintet
The fast S. A. E. quintet handed
Coach "Dizzy" Pruitt's Opelika High
five a 15-11 lacing~last Friday night
on the Opelikan's court. The game
officially opened the Court season in
Opelika and a large crowd wwas pres­ent.
The Bulldogs from Opelika encoun­tered
tougher opposition than they had
bargained for and the defeat came
as a surprise to the fans. Led by
"Pinky" Howard, the S. A. E. team
preesnted a smooth running attack on
the offense and were air-tight on de­fense.
Freeman Barnes also played
a steady game at the forward oppo­site
Howard and this pair of sharp­shooters
dropped many of their shots
through the hoop for points. Kille-brew
at center and Housten and
Goodrich at guards rounded out the
lineup of the fraternity men. Every
man on this combination played su­perb
basketball. The coordinated
team work displayed by this group
was, in the main, responsible for their
victory, i
Fall Planting of
Fruit Trees Okey
The decline in the value of money
crops and the increase in the demand
for making the farm self-sustaining
has turned more attention to home
orchards to produce fruit for home
and for sale.
And fall is the preferred season for
planting fruit trees. Early winter is
about as good. If trees are planted
at these seasons the soil - settles
around the roots and the trees are
ready to start growing the following
spring. Another advantage is that
nurserymen have in the fall a bet­ter
supply of trees.
"But an orchard should not be
planted," said Julian Brown, exten­sion
horticulturist at Auburn, Ala­bama,
"unless the planter has resolv­ed
fully to take care of it.
"In brief," said Mr. Brown, "an
orchard must be treated as any other
cultivated crop. In addition to good
soil, fertilizer, and cultivation, fruit
trees require pruning and spraying.
If they are not sprayed, insects and
diseases will prevent the production
of good fruit."
The home orchard need not be very
large. A small area planted to trees,
properly selected and then receiving
proper attention, should make all the
fruit an average family will need.
Varieties of different fruits from the
earliest to the latest should be in­cluded
in the home orchard.
The extension service at Auburn
has a bulletin entitled "The Home
Orchard in Alabama." It is used by
county agents in conducting demon­strations
and also in giving farmers
information about orchards.
Ashurst Is Elected
To Women's Council
Miss Frances Ashurst of East Tal-lassee
was elected freshman repres­entative
on the Auburn Women Stu­dent
Government Council at a meeting
of feminine members of her class
Tuesday.
Miss Ashurst will attend the week­ly
meetings of the council for the re­mainder
of the colleg year.
Other members of the council in­clude
Miss Libby Jean Israel of West
Blocton, president; Miss Mildred
Garlington of Camp Hill, vice-presi­dent;
Miss Verna Patterson of Wat­son,
house president; Miss Mary
George Lamar of Auburn, town rep­resentative;
Miss Jewell Golden, of
Opelika, secretary; and Miss Cora
Lee Kilgore of Weogufka, treasurer.
Miss Zoe Dobbs, dean of women and
social director, serves as advisor for
the council.
Boys' 4-H Club
Shows Increase
The enrollment in 4-H club work
for boys in Lee county has increased
from 173 members in 1927 to 317
members in 1932 according to a re­port
by C. H. Beddingfield, Lee coun­ty
farm demonstration agent. The
1933 enrollment goal has been set at
400.
Of the 317 enrolled, 237 completed
the year's work. 190 certificates and
40 diplomas were given this year in
comparison to 53 certificates and no
diplomas in 1927. 95 boys attended
the club camp in 1932 and 55 in 1927.
The following kinds of projects
were carried out by the boys: cotton,
corn, peanuts, hogs, calves, poultry,
and rabbits.
BRANNON LECTURES HERE
ON ABORIGINAL INDIANS
(Continued from page 1)
also used. The women had nothing
to work with except the hands, the
eye, and sticks, but they turned out
many pieces of good workmanship. •
"It would take 100 people 1000
years or 1000 people 100 years to
build one of the Indian mounds, at
Moundville, in Hale county, as the
Indians built them," according to, Mr.
Brannon. The Indian women carried
the dirt in aprons or baskets. The
mounds were built for the chiefs to
live upon.
Slides of the pottery and mounds
were shown along with the lecture.
Tiger Growls
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MANNING'S STUDIO—December 14, 1932
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Good until December 20, 1932.
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With best Christmas wishes to all
of you and sincerely hope we will
see each of you back in 1933. *
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OPELIKA ALA.
WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
ON THE STAGE
LI-H0-CHANG
Famous Chinese Magician and his company of
supporting artists
-m-
The Greatest Mystery Performance
the World Has Ever Known!
D O N ' T M I S S IT
Regular Admission-Students 15c
Picture for Wednesday
"Age of Consent"
Picture for Thursday
"Speed Demon"
Get Acquainted Tickets Not Good For This 'Show.
DR. MOORE CITES
REASONS FOR NOT
CLOSING SCHOOLS
Before Auburn's gridiron season
has passed on, this column wishes to
dedicate a few remarks to those men
whose untiring efforts in behalf of
the team and the school have had a
major role in the brilliant record
made by the Plainsmen—those unsung
heroes, so to speak.
Coaches Wynne, Kiley, and Mc­Allister,
Jimmie Hitchcock, Gump
Ariail, McCollum, Williams, and all
the other lettermen of last season
have had publicity showered upon
them during the past campaign. They-well
deserve everything that has been
said or written about them. But with­out
the reserves, those boys who were
out there every afternoon taking the
bumps uncomplainingly to make it
possible for the varsity to be in shape
each week, and the members of the
freshman football team, who, because
of the small size of the Tiger squad,
were compelled to learn a new set of
plays eacb,_week to run against the
varsity in scrimmage, Auburn could
not have carried on. They deserve
the gratitude and admiration of the
entire student body.
Manager Ed Holiday, and all of his
assistants, have rendered great ser­vice
in the execution of the countless
duties which student managers have
to face. The-contributed greatly to
the success of the team.
We cannot close this discussion
without a word in behalf of the hard­est
worker of them all—Cheerleader
i
Bill Ham. The position of cheerleader
is perhaps the most thankless office
on the campus. It takes time, thought,
and energy, plus work against all
kinds o fodds. And there is not one
among us who does not recognize the
splendid service rendered Auburn last
season by Hamr- Assistant cheerlead­ers
Earl Parmer, Red Jenkins, Ed
Prewitt, and Bo Crooks assisted nobly
in carrying out Ham's instructions,
and their efforts out there before the
grandstands had much to do with
keeping up that ol' spirit on the field.
* * *
Auburn has engaged in her first
basketball game, and the results of
the encounter Monday night against
the All-Stars has stamped the Tigers
as leading threats in the conference
race.
* * *
The formation of the new South­eastern
Conference, composed of Au­burn,
Alabama, Tech, Georgia, Flor­ida,
Mississippi, Mississippi State, Se-wanee,
Tulane, Vandy, Tennessee,
Kentucky, and L. S. U. will greatly
help to do away with the annual
wrangle about this time each fall con­cerning
the championship award. As
is now, both the Southern and South­eastern
Conferences are of ideal size.
With the proper number of intra-con-ference
games scheduled, the problem
of selection of a title holder will be
solved. Incidentally, need you be re­minded
that our Plainsman are un­disputed
champions of the new South­eastern
with 5 wins. L. S. U. is
second with three.
After conference with the Mayor,
Board of Education and City Health
Officer G. H. Moore and County
Health Officer Dr. A. H. Graham,
the following official statement is
made for publication in the Daily
News this afternoon by Doctors
Moore and Graham:
Influenza and School*
The question frequently asked is
"Why not close the schools and stop
the spread of Flu?"
The answer is based on past ex­periences
particularly the epidemic of
1918-19. As many of you will recall
everything which might be interpre­ted
as gathering together in groups
was absolutely forbidden. This in­cluded
closure of schools, churches,
theatres, banquets, -balls, etc., etc. In
spite of these rigid precautions no
appreciable results could be demon­strated.
Since the 1918-19 epidemic
the procedure has been modified and
applied but the opinion of reliable
observers is that Influenza spreads
rapidly in the face of all precautions.
Schools Should Not Be Closen On
Account of Influenza for the
Following Reasons:
(1) Closing does not check the
spread of the disease.
(2) Sick children are excluded
from school.
(3) Presumably well children have
the advantage in school of low tem­perature,
proper ventilation and con­stant
supervision.
(4) Less exposure occurs in
schools than elsewhere in the city such
as streets, shows, etc.
If the situation demands school
closing at a later date such procedure
will be authorized by the Lee County
Board of Health.—Opelika Daily
News.
Miss Payne Announces
Engagement to Texan
The residents of Auburn will be
interested in the engagement of Miss
Sarah Payne, daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. L. W. Payne, Jr., of Austin,
Texas, to Mr. Jack 'Lenior Foxworth
of Dallas Texas.
Dr. Payne, father of the bride-to-be
was born, and reared in Auburn and
is a graduate of Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
Dr. Payne, a cousin of Mrs. Mattie
Flanagan of Auburn, holds the chair
of English in the University of Texas,
Austin. He is the author of several
school text books which are now in
Two Years Ago
In Auburn
Lawrence Lewis, S. A. E. pledge,
led a field of approximately 350
freshmen to the tape yesterday in
the annual 2.7 mile All-Freshman
Cake Race which was sponsored by
the Omicron Delta Kappa Fraternity.
He succeeded in forging ahead of
Stokes Johnson, Pi K. A. "Rat", with­in
about ten yards of the finish line
after Johnson had led almost contin­ually
throughout the race. Close on
the heels of these two came H. F.
McQueen, a non-fraternity entrant.
The time, 15 minutes 35% seeonds,
was considered remarkably good con­sidering
the condition of the weather
and the track.
* * *
The long awaited and much hoped
for new fire engine has at last ar­rived
in Auburn. This ninety h.p.,
six cylinder Seagrave is the very
latest model of fire fighting appara­tus
on the market. It is equipped
with a pump capable of furnishing
600 gallons of water per minute from
a plug, creek, or any other source of
water. It has an eighty gallon boos­ter
tank instead of using chemicals.
Included in its equipment of 1200
feet of 2%-inch new hose, and 36
feet of extension ladders. In addition
it is completely equipped with axes,
crowbars, nozzles, and lanterns.
* * *
Freshman football numerals have
been awarded to 32 members of Jack
Cannon's and Weems Baskin's 1930
plebe squad.
The first-year team finished the
season with a percentage of .500.
Wins were recorded over Georgia and
Tulane; setbacks from Florida and
Georgia Tech and the opening game
with Birmingham-Southern was a
tie, 0-0.
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Bukofzer Impressed
By Advancement Here
Mr; Ed Bukofzer, '00, upon a re­cent
visit here gives the following as
his impression of the institution after
an absence of seevral' years:
—"As I walked about the campus
the other day, and saw the look of
determination on the faces of the
students, I could not help but be
impressed by what we have always
called Auburn Spirit.
"Yes, I know of the difficulties
with which you are contending, and
that makes the fight that everyone
connected with the institution is put­ting
up, all the more remarkable.
"Auburn has weathered the storm
through a great number of distur­bances,
and while the clouds appear
blacker than ever at the moment, I
know that somewhere in the horizon,
there is a rainbow that will soon ap­pear.
"The progress that the institution
has made in the last decade, is little
short of marvelous. Not only has
the college improved but the town of
Auburn as well and I come away
prouder than ever that I can go out
and tell the world that I am an Au­burn
man.
"Was so happy to meet so many
of my friends, of course regretting
that a few were not at home.
"Kindly express my greetings to all
of your associates, and say that I
trust to be with them soon again."
Petrie Speaks To
Birmingham P.T.A.
Dr. George Petrie, professor of his­tory
and dean of the graduate school
at Auburn, addressed a Parent-Teach­ers'
meeting in Birmingham Tuesday
afternoon, December 13. Dr. Petrie
was scheduled for a meeting in 1933
but exchanged places with Dr. O. C.
Carmichael, president of Alabama
College at Montevailo.-
Li Ho Chang Feature
At Opelika Theatre
. Li-Ho-Chang, Chinese magician will
play a twor days engagement at the
Opelika Theatre Wednesday and
Thursday of this week. This show
has played some of the largest thea­tres
in the country, including the
Roxy of New York City.
Chang carries 5,000 pounds <of
scenery and baggage.
We quote below a report of Chang's
show from a newspaper reporter of
the Miami Daily News, of Miami, Fla.
"Dropped around to the Olympia
last night to see 'Li Ho Chang.
"I expected to see just another
vaudeville magician to pull rabbits
from an Oriental hat, palm a few
cards, shoot flags out of a gun and
maybe saw a women in two.
"Instead I saw suave, long-fingered,
gracious Chang open the gol-darndest
bag of tricks imaginable. For an
hour or a lot longer than his show
was supposed to run, this Oriental
Thurston held a capacity audience
spellbound with his high class leger­demain,
and any time you can keep
a movie audience on the edge of its
collective seat with magic, you've got
a show.
"If audience appeal means anything
in these days of degression, Chang
ought to be a millionaire when he re­turns
to China.
"Chang is a superlative showman
with an act to match his excellent
stage presence."
Auburn sutdents will be admitted
at the regular admission fee, 15c.
Coupon tickets will not be accepted.
MORRILL, HALL
ARE WINNERS IN
DEBATE TOURNEY
The last of a series of semifinal
contests in the Auburn upperclassman
debating tournament was won Monday
evening by Justin Morrill of Mobile
and W. G. Hall of Dothan over the
affirmative team composed of J. B.
Moffett of Birmingham and A. T.
Dunlap of Uniontown.
The winners, who will defend the
affirmative, will meet George Con­ner
of Auburn and O. S. Spears of
Pisgah in the final contest on January
6.
The tournament is sponsored by
Alpha Phi Epsilon, national honorary
forensic fraternity, which is offering
a prize of ten dollars to the winning
team.
The question being debated is,
"Resolved: That legislation be enact­ed
by the several states providing for
compulsory unemployment insurance."
NOTICE!
Due to the fact that most Seniors
will not be in town, the regular meet­ing
of the Ag Club for this week has
been postponed.
(Signed) E. E. Nelson, President.
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NOTICE!
Anyone desiring to donate non-per­ishable
food for Christmas distribu­tion
to Auburn's unemployed, in a
project sponsored by women students,
are asked to leave their gifts at the
office of Miss Dobbs in Smith Hall
any time this week. The food will be
distributed by Mayor Copeland to
many of the destitute families in Au­burn.
Cardinal Key, in cooperation with
the Women's Student Council, is
sponsoring the donations.'
Those making donations are asked
to add their names to the list is Miss
Dobbs' office.
ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE
CONCERNING SECOND TERM
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she firmly resolves to find the way
and work persistently with this in
view.
Looking forward to another semes­ter
of excellent work, I am
_ Cordially yours,
Jno. J. Wilmore,
. —Chairman.
Knights To Tour
During Holidays
The Auburn Knights are to make
a tour playing for different dances
during the Christmas holidays. The
orchestra will leave from Auburn on
December 21 and will return on Jan­uary
1. During the tour the Knights
will play for a series of engagements
at South Albany, Ga., • Monroeville,
Mobile and Atmore.
A writer declares that few poets
look like poets nowadays. And not
very many write like them either.—
Punch.
DUKE UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Durham, N. C.
Four terms of eleven weeks are given
each year.- These may be taken con­secutively
(M.D. in three years) or
three terms may be taken each year
(M.D- in four years). The entrance
requirements are intelligence, charac­ter
and at least two years of college
work, including the subjects specified
for Grade A Medical Schools. Cata­logues
and application forms may be
obtained from the Dean.
THE JUNG HOTEL
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
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Hotel Luxury.
700 Rooms, 700 Baths,
700 Servidors.
700 Ice Water Faucets,
700 Electric Ceiling Fans.
The only Hotel in New
Orleans that has all of these
conveniences in every room.
Without exception. Largest
Free Parking Grounds in the
South.
Rates $2.50 and $3.00
"You can live better at the
Jung for Less"
Tiger Theatre
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14
"Central Park"
—with—
Joan Blondell, Wallace Ford,
Guy Kibbee
Comedy 'Hesitating Love' -with
Louise Fazenda and Hollywood
on Parade.
THURSDAY, DEC. 15
JACK HOLT
. —in—
"Man Against
Woman"
Lillian Miles, Walter Connolly,
Gavin Gordon
"Millionaire Cat" and Novelty,
"Among Wide Open Spaces."
FRIDAY, DEC 18
"TheDevflls
Driving"
—with—
EDMUND LOWE, WYNNE
GIBSON
James Gleason, Lois Wilson,
Dickie Moore and Allan Dine-hart.
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ARE grateful to the Students and Faculty
for their liberal patronage this y e a r and
wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Pros­perous
N e w Year.
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