1934-01-13 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LVII AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, JAN. 13, 1934 NUMBER 28
BIRMINGHAM GIRL
WILL LEAD GRAND
MARCHAT DANCES
Miss P e g g y McKewen Selected
By Social Committee To
Lead Annual Prom
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HOUSTON ESCORT
Ten Girls Will Be Chosen As
Maids-of-Honor And Review
March With Committeemen
Miss Peggy McKewen, of Birming­ham,
was selected as the girl to lead
the Grand March of the Junior Prom
by the Social Committee in a meeting
yesterday afternoon. Norman Hous­ton,
president of the junior class, will
be Miss McKewen's escort.
Enrolled in the freshman class at
Howard College, in Birmingham, Miss
McKewen is a member of the Delta
Zeta sorority.
The committee voted to initiate a
new feature into the regular order of
the Grand March. Ten girls will be
selected by this group to act as Maids-of-
Honor during the Prom. Togeth­er
with members of the committee
they will form in front of the orches­tra
pit and review the Grand March.
Committeemen will form in line in
front of the orchestra just before the
Grand March gets underway and the
Maids-of-Honor will march to a po
sition beside the members. After this
formation is complete the "march"
will begin.
Chairman Morris has announced
that all bid cards will be collected
next Sunday, January fourteenth, and
the invitations are to be addressed
and mailed out Tuesday night. He
also stated that recipients of bids
should be reminded by the persons
sending them that acceptance cards
must be in the hands of the Social
Director not later than two days be­fore
the dances begin.
An early tabulation on the number
of bid cards already made out reveal
ed that approximately four hundred
bids would be extended. Five frater
nities: Delta Sigma Phi, S. P. E.,
Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta Theta,
and Pi Kappa Alpha; have offered
to entertain visiting girls with house
parties during the dance series. Ow­ing
to the large number of girls ex­pected
to be in atendance, immediate
reservations for them at one of these
houses is urged.
Negotiations with several societies
for reserved day dances have begun
and the committee expects to sell each
of the dances. Several lead-outs for
the society sponsoring the dance will
be included in the program. Also,
several banquets are being planned by
these groups to take place after their
dance.
Joe Sanders and his Nighthawks
Orchestra is scheduled to arrive in
Auburn Thursday, January 19, about
noon. The band has recently com­pleted
a long engagement in Cincin-natti,
Ohio, and is now on an extend­ed
road trip. Sanders went to the
Ohio city from New York where he
pUayed at the Hotel New Yorker.
Among the night clubs and restau­rants
at which he played during six
seasons in Chicago are: The Black-hawk
Cafe, The Dells, The Gold Room
of the Congress Hotel, and the College
Inn at the Hotel Sherman.
NOTED ARCHITECT WILL
SPEAK HERE SATURDAY
C. Grant LaFarge, noted architect
of New York City will lecture here
Saturday morning at 10:00 o'clock in
the recreation room of Langdon Hall.
His subject will be "Modern Tenden­cies
in Architecture and the Indus­trial
Arts".
Mr. LaFarge, one of the outstand­ing
architects in the United States,
comes to Auburn under the auspices
of the American Institute of Archi­tects
and the Auburn school of archi­tecture
and allied arts.
A cordial invitation has been issued
by Dean Biggin to both college and
townspeople to attend the lecture
which will be attractively illustrated
by the use of lantern slides.
Mr. LaFarge is a lecturer and art
critic of wide reputation. His father
was also a distinguished architect,
Practical Ice Cream Making" Is Subject
Of Book Written By Professor A.D. Burke
A new book, "Practical Ice Cream Making" written by Prof. A. D.
Burke, dairy department head at Auburn, was issued late in December
by the press of Olsen Publishing Company in Milwaukee, Wis.
Consisting of 214 pages and attractively bound, the book contains
many practical ice cream mix tables. It is designed to convey to the
practical ice cream maker, to the student, and to the beginner in the
industry, a knowledge of those basic facts and fundamentals that will
enable the production of a high-quality ice cream.
A chapter of the book dealing with defects and remedies of poor-quality
ice cream makes it unique among dairy publications. No other
book is said to contain such material. This chapter discusses defects
in flavor, body, texture, and color of ice cream. In addition to analyzing
these possible defects, a complete and practical explanation for their
correction is presented.
Chapters discussing merchandising of ice cream, costs, testing ice
cream, and other topics basically important in ice cream manufacture,
make the book of practical value to those engaged in the industry.
Other books written by Professor Burke, "Practical Dairy Tests",
first published in 1929, and "Laboratory Manual of Suggested Practi-cums
for Freshman Dairying", 1931, are widely used as texts throughout
the country and by ice cream manufacturers. In addition, Professor
Burke has written a number of smaller volumes and pamphlets which
are in wide use throughout the country. Mr. Burke has held the posi­tion
of Head Professor of Dairying here since 1929, and has been on
the faculty for a number of years.
BIGGIN IS NAMED
PRESIDENT OF AIA
Dean Of Architecture Here
Elected To Presidency Of
State Organization
Dean Biggin of the school of archi­tecture
and allied arts was elected
president of the Alabama Chapter
American Institute of Architects at
the annual meeting in Birmingham
on Tuesday. Dean Biggin will serve
for the present year.
It was voted by the chapter to of­fer
three design prizes for graduat­ing
architectural students at Auburn
next commencement. One is to be a
prize of $10 for the best thesis in
architectural design, a second prize
of $5 for the next best thesis in archi­tectural
design, and a third award of
$10 for the best thesis in construc­tion
design. The money is to be used
for the starting of a professional li­brary
for the winning students.
Dean Biggin also reported that the
Alabama Chapter endorsed the pro­ject
of securing an endowment for
the library of the school of architec­ture
and allied arts at Auburn.
Another project endorsed by the
Chapter, he said, was the securing,
by contributions from those interest­ed
in art training for boys and girls
of Alabama a loan fund for students
in the Auburn school of architecture
and allied arts. Dean Biggin is to
administer this fund in aiding meri­torious
students of the third or later
years who might otherwise be forced
to discontinue their college training
because of exhausted finances.
Other officers chosen by the Ala­bama
Chapter for the coming year to
serve with Dean Biggin are William
T. Warren, vice-president; Hugh Mar­tin,
secretary and treasurer; and Jack
Bass Smith, executive committee
member. All three reside in Birming­ham.
OPELIKA COTTON MILL
IS LEASED FOR YEAR
The Wehadkee Yarns Mills of Rock
Mills, Ala., have leased the entire
property of the Opelika Manufactur­ing
Company (cotton mills) for a
period of one year.
Mr. Joe L. Lanier, President of the
Wehadkee mills, stated that a maxi­mum
of 60 people would be employed
immediately; and three thousand
spindles would be used.
RIFLE TEAM WILL
OPEN SEASON SOON
Three Varsity Matches And
One Plebe Match Scheduled
For This Week
The. Auburn Rifle Team opens it's
season this week with three varsity
matches and one plebe match. The
varsity matches will be fired against
Rose Polytechnic, Lafayette College,
and Presbyterian College, while the
lone plebe match will be fired against
the freshmen of West Virginia Uni­versity.
In preparation for the coming
matches, Lieutenant Bowman has di­vided
his team into two squads, the
"Oranges" and "Blues", and practice
matches have been fired by them dur­ing
the past week.
In the first match fired, the
"Blues" were victorious by a score of
5107 to 4607. 6400 was the possible
score. Lieutenant Bowman was well
pleased with the result of this match,
and believes that the experience the
men get in firing in this manner will
be beneficial in intercollegiate
matches.
The roster of the two teams is as
follows:
"Blues" — Dexter, Casson, Van
Hoose, Bradford, White, Wright, Tom-linson,
Gordy, Lee, Adams,. Harkins,
Cooper, R. S. Jones, McKinney, and
Powell, led by team manager M. P.
Freret, and "Oranges"—Green, Chap­man,
Strother, Chandler, Copeland,
Heistand, D.-T. Jones, Moyer, Swen-son,
Brewer, Calloway, Robertson, and
Hamilton, led by team captain J. M.
Reynolds.
From now until the close of their
season the team will fire several
matches each week, and will engage
practically every team of note in the
country.
DR. CARMICHAEL
HONOR GUEST FOR
SOCIETY BANQUET
President Of Montevallo Is
Featured Speaker On Phi
Kappa Phi Program
STUDENTS INITIATED
Revolution In Higher Educa­tion
Circles Predicted By
Noted College President
LIONS CLUB INSTALLS
NEW OFFICERS TUES.
The Auburn Lions club installed
new officers at the regular meeting
held Tuesday evening at the Thomas
Hotel. Travis Ingram became presi­dent,
to be assisted by Dr. J. L.
Seal, A. D. Burke, and Lt. H. L.
Watts as first, second, and third
vice-presidents respectively. G. H.
Carlovitz was installed as Secretary-
Treasurer, H. W. Nixon as Lion
Tamer, and Roy H. Staples as tail
twister.
Professor John Callan, Administrator For Coast And
Geodetic Survey, Visits Mobile And Selma Districts
Prof. John A. C. Callan, state ad­ministrator
for the U. S. Coast and
Geodetic Survey, in company with
Webster M. Smith, principal engineer
for Alabama, and H. G. Stokes, en­gineer
in charge of the Auburn di­vision,
are making a tour of inspec­tion
in the Selma and Mobile districts.
In the Mobile and Baldwin County
area they will visit Dauphin Island
to establish signals visible from the
triangulation stations northward
across the bay at a distance of 20
miles. These signals will serve as
preliminary work to later working of
detailed traverses and secondary tri-angulations
systems necessary to the
making of a complete topographic
map of these two counties. Twelve
surveying parties are already at work
on the project in this area under the
CWA project which is being directed
by Professor Callan through the
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Some 400 civil engineers and ex­perienced
workers will be engaged on
similar work throughout Alabama
when the full personnel is recruited
by Professor Callan. At present the
force numbers some 250.
Vast changes in American higher
education of the near future were pre­dicted
by Dr. C. C. Carmichael, presi­dent
of Alabama College in an ad­dress
here Tuesday evening before
members of Phi Kappa Phi, honorary
scholarship fraternity.
"A veritable revolution is going on
in higher education today," said Dr.
Carmichael. "Both from within and
without college circles, the practices,
methods, and products of the Ameri­can
college are being severely ques­tioned
and criticised. And there is
today a strange lack of belief in many
quarters that this institution should
be supported by public taxation.
"Higher education in America to­day
is at the crossroads—the changes
which are seen to take place will spell
either its success or failure," he said.
As an outgrowth of the many ex­periments
now carried on by colleges
throughout the country with a view
to revamping the system, Dr. Car­michael
predicted that the college of
the future would "place greater em­phasis
on development of thinking
and intellectual power and less em­phasis
on mastery of mere facts.
"There is today," he added, "too
much investigation and reading with
too little thinking." Grades and cred­its,
which the speaker said had be­come
a sort of fetish in American
education, are vastly out-of-date.
Dr. Carmichael believes that col­leges
in the future will place greater
emphasis on the social sciences and
the field of intimate human relations.
He holds that our highly-developed
scientific civilization can only be sav­ed
with a proper understanding of
the social sciences which are the very
foundation of our entire social struc­ture.
Dean Zebulon Judd of the school of
education served as master of cere­monies
at the banquet and initiation
of the 27 new members of Phi Kappa
Phi. Other speakers included Dean
John J. Wilmore, Dr. John W. Scott,
Dr. R. L. Johns, and Dr. R. L. Rauber,
the latter two being now members of
the fraternity. Two vocal numbers
were sung by Mrs. Rauber.
New members initiated include
Louis Aimer Baisden, Andalusia;
John Burrell Bass, Gadsden; William
Woolverton Beck, Charleston, S. C;
John Kilbourn Boseck, Robertsdale;
Julius Daniel Capps, Opelika; Fred
Aldridge Chapman, Grove Hill; Her­bert
Ray Evers, Repton; Miss Mil­dred
Garlington, Camp Hill; Mrs. Ed­na
McGowin Gibson, Auburn; Frank
Ephraim Grubbs, Montgomery; John
Caldwell Hooper, Auburn; Phillip
Goggans Hughes, Birmingham; Jul­ian
Cannon Ivey, Milledgeville, Ga.;
George Edward Lourie, Birmingham;
Walter Raymond Lytz, Mobile; Jus­tin
Smith Morrill, Mobile; Drury
Hampton Morris, Geneva; Stuart
Crum Pugh, Union Springs; George
Hugh Sewell, Montgomery; Horace
Armor Shepard, Mobile; Otis Sheldon
Spears, Pisgah; Melvin Carlton Tomp­kins,
Osceola, Ark.; Francis Erskine
White, Birmingham; Riley LaFay-ette
Tielding, Hackleburg; Dr. Roe
Lyell Johns, Auburn; and Dr. Earl
LeRoy Rauber, Auburn.
Keys Interfraternity Organization Plans
Annual Banquet, Dance During Mid-Terms
In session at the Lambda Chi Alpha house last night, Keys voted
to entertain during the Junior Prom with their usual Saturday morning,
dance and a banquet immediately afterward. These two features are
given annually by the organization.
New members will be honored at the dance and two lead-outs will be
reserved for the society. The banquet will be held at the Clement Hotel
in Opelika. A committee of Lawrence Ennis, Randy White, K. G.
Taylor, and Neil Davis has been appointed by the president, W. L.
Gaines, to work out details of the banquet. All Keys and their dates,
along with several other guests of the organization, will be in attendance.
A varied program of entertainment is being planned, the feature of
which will be the rendition of several popular vocal numbers by Joe
Sanders.
Several men will be tapped by Keys sometime during the coming week.
The formal initiation of these men will take place shortly before the
dances begin. It was voted to hold another election since several fra­ternities
do not have their quota of representatives in the society.
Membership in Keys is drawn from the pledge groups of the fraternities
belonging to the Interfraternity Council, two pledges being selected
from each fraternity.
The purpose of the society is to promote a friendly feeling between
the different groups on the campus. Keys has sponsored and been
instrumental in sponsoring several activities and contests, the most
recent of which was the "Mothers and Dads" contest, which was won
by the S. P. E.'s.
SAMFORD SPEAKER
AT WOMAN'S CLUB
Popular Representative Speaks
Before Meeting Of Business
Women Wednesday
AUBURN PROFESSOR TO
LECTURE AT MEETINGS
Three meetings of dairy organiza­tions
are on the program of Profes­sor
A. D. Burke during the latter
part of January and early February.
He will attend the Alabama Dairy
Products meeting on January 24-26,
the American Dairy Science Associa­tion
meeting on January 31 to Febru­ary
2, and will teach a short course
on butter and ice cream making at
the University of Tennessee on Feb­ruary
5 to 10.
"The state of being a citizen has a
dual aspect; that of the benefits the
citizen derives from being so allied,
and that of the duty to the country
of which one is a citizen," alleged Rep­resentative
T. D. Samford, Jr., at
the regular monthly meeting of the
Business and Professional Woman's
Club Wednesday evening.
After defining the term "citizen­ship"
the speaker explained that the
citizen enjoys the freedom, privileges,
and protection of his country. These
benefits were made more impressive
when he cited examples throughout
history where the lives of individuals
were saved simply because he hap­pened
to be a citizen of the more
powerful country.
To bring the benefits closer home
Representative Samford reminded his
audience that all the people of this
country had not been citizens until
the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
had been ratified. Since that time
the fourteenth Amendment has be­come
the basis of United States citi­zenship.
"The citizen while enjoying these
benefits has many important duties
to perform, and the most important
of these are the right to vote and to
support the laws of the country. One
of the main benefits of allowing wo­men
to vote was the hope that they
would clean up politics. This has not
been realized because the most cap­able
and intelligent women are ne­glecting
their duty, charged the speak­er.
"Until they come forward and
perform this duty intelligently poli­tics
will remain as they are."
Judge Samford went on to say that
the laws of this country are supreme
and should be obeyed whether good
or bad until they are repealed. He
closed by saying that "the destruc­tion
and downfall of this country will
not come from external enemies but
be caused by the canker worm of
disregard for the laws of the land."
At this same meeting Mister For­ney
Renfro, President of the First
National Bank of Opelika, briefly con­trasted
the present banking code of
the federal reserve banks with the
banking laws before the N. R. A. Mr.
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FREE SHOTS GIVE
JACKETS VICTORY
Tigers Fall In Extra Period
After Leading Through Most
Of Court Battle
Two free shots in an extra period
necessitated by a 25-25 tie at the end
of the game was the margin of vic­tory
for the Georgia Tech Yellow
Jackets over the Auburn Tigers as
an inspired Auburn team lost 28-26.
Tech, a highly touted quintet, was
doped to defeat Auburn with compar­ative
ease, but led by Captain Gump
Ariail, who played a sterling defen­sive
game to hold the Tech basketeers
virtually scoreless, the Tigers jumped
to a 10-1 lead in the first few min­utes
of play. After a time-out which
gave them a chance to gather their
•forces, the hardwood artists from the
Flats improved their offensive play
to pull up near the Tigers, who at
the end of the half were still on the
long end of a 13-9 score. Entering
the second half determined to even
things up, the Jackets pulled up even
with the Plainsmen in a very few
minutes, but except for the times that
the score was deadlocked, the Tigers
managed to maintain a one or two-point
lead. In the early minutes of
the extra period, Quinney was suc­cessful
in sinking a free shot but
this meager lead was shortlived, as
fouls committed by Auburn gave Tech
several free throws, three of which
were converted into points.
All of the Auburn team played
good basketball with George Quinney
and C. D. King the outstanding of­fensive
stars. Captain Ariail turn­ed
in his customary sterling game on
the defense while Frank Ellis con­tinued
the cool floor game evidenced
in the Vanderbilt game last week.
Sindler, Brown, and Fenton played
well at the guard positions, as did
C. D. King who alternated between
guard and center.
For Tech Woodall carried off in­dividual
honors, amassing thirteen
points to lead in scoring for the game.
ACTUAL WORK FOR
BUILDING OF NEW
STADIUM STARTED
Workmen Begin On CWA
Grading And Draining Pro­ject
Wednesday Morning
STANDS ARE PLANNED
Other CWA Projects On Cam­pus
Progressing Satisfactori­l
y ; Plans Outlined
RECORD ESTABLISHED
IN PROBATE OFFICE
A new record was established at
the Lee County Probate office Satur­day,
December 23rd when licenses
were issued to 5 white couples and
30 negro couples.
Albert H. Collins Is Appointed Member Of National'
Group Of Financing Public Education Says Report
Albert H. Collins, state supervisor
of teacher-training, has been appoint­ed
a member of a National Committee
on financing public education. He
was announced at Association head­quarters
by Paul C. Stetson, Presi­dent
of the Department of Superin­tendence
of the National Education
Association.
This committee will meet at the
Cleveland convention of the Depart­ment
of Superintendence, Feb. 24-
March 1, 1934, and make a report on
the reorganization of the convention
plan followed by the educational lead­ers
in their national professional or­ganization
for many years.
The Department is making an at­tempt
to meet more effectively the
current crisis in education and the
change gives greater responsibility
to individual members.
Seven such committees have been
appointed who will give their atten­tion
to problems of teacher training,
financing the schools, public educa­tion
and public welfare, and the inter­pretation
of the schools to the public.
It is expected that great benefit will
be derived from their work.
Initial work has been done on the
erection of a stadium at Auburn.
Workmen started Wednesday morn­ing
of this week on a CWA project
which provides for grading the field
and preparing the ground upon which
the stadium itself is to be located.
In addition to grading a concrete
culvert and lateral drainage lines will
be inserted. This concrete culvert
will be 309 yards long, 4 feet high,
and 6 feet wide. Lateral drainage
lines will be connected with it to pro­vide
for rapid flow of water under all
conditions.
The field is located in the valley
between the present football fields
and the veterinary buildings. Ten­tative
plans for the stadium provide
for a section on the west side and
another section on the east side. The
topography of the soil makes it pos­sible
to erect the stadium largely on
the ground without supporting struc­ture.
The CWA project which has been
approved already includes all the
grading and leveling of the ground
and the drainage facilities. It does
not include the stadium itself which
is to be sought as another CWA pro­ject.
To attain it enough money must
be raised for one-half of the material;
and the material is tentatively esti­mated
by engineers to require 40 per
cent of the total cost of the stadium.
Architects and engineers are now
at work on the plans for the stadium
with a view to filing an application
with the State CWA Board at Mont­gomery
if, as, and when -it becomes
known that CWA work is to be ex­tended
beyond February 15, the date
now set for discontinuing it.
Already 100 men have been assign­ed
to the ground work of the field.
It is hoped that this number will be
augmented by future adjustments of
labor quotas.
Other CWA projects on the campus
at Auburn are making satisfactory
progress. The largest of these is the
rebuilding of Smith Hall. This build­ing,
when finished, will house the foods
and clothing laboratory for girls, now
in Comer Hall. The foods laboratory
will be where the kitchen was and
the clothing laboratory immediately
above. The third floor of the exten­sion
will be used for bathrooms and
bedrooms. The top floor of the build­ing
will be practically as it was be­fore
the fire with minor improve­ments
and the bathrooms placed on a
level with the bedrooms.
The main floor of the building will
be divided into four parlors, a draw­ing
room with a kitchenette connect­ed
therewith, a guestroom, a restroom,
and office and quarters for the dean
of women.
Extension of sewerage mains which
serve the college is progressing satis­factorily.
This was the first CWA
project started at Auburn.
Another project is the erection of
a dam to make a lake which will be
divided into plots for a study of fish
production. This is located on the
experiment station grounds one-half
mile beyond the barn for beef cattle.
Still another project is that of im­proving,
transplanting, and resetting
forestry and ornamental shrubbery
and trees. Recent rules, however, pro­hibit
using student's.
As part of the building project la­bor
cottages are being erected on the
experiment station grounds, a barn is
being rebuilt, and two cottages are
being remodeled.
As soon as labor can be provided
work will be started on general cam­pus
improvement. It is uncertain at
present as to how much of this work
can be done, the limiting factor being
labor.
In the library women workers are
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P A G E TWO 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 SATURDAY, JAN. 13, 1934
* AUBURN FOOTPRINTS *
If the person who lost the letters addressed to "The dearest of the dears," and
signed "your own, Ducky Wucky" will call by the Plainsman office, they will be
returned and very few questions will be asked.
* * * * * * * *
He did I wrong,
—. He did I dirt,
I never knew he were a flirt.
So girls beware
Of boys that kid,
Or you'll be done
Like I was did.
* * * * * * * *
Just when we thought the "Kingfish" was losing his power he pulls an ace out
of his sleeve and sits in the reserved section at the basketball game.
• • • * * * * *
In the parlor there were three,
She, the parlor lamp, and he.
Two's enough to have about,
So the little lamp went out.
* * * * * * * *
The footprints editor hereby apologizes to one Jim Roe for getting him mixed
up with one Bill Moreland in the last attempt at humor. However, you folks will
agree with me when I say that at times it is pretty hard to tell the twins apart.
* * * * * * * *
And Bill, I sincerely hope that your brunette girl friend does not become angry
because I mentioned her in connection with Jim.
* * * * * * * *
Guard: Sir, the prisoners are rioting again.
Warden: What's the matter now?
Guard: The chef used to cook for a fraternity.—Michigan Gargoyle.
* * * * * * * *
Dr. Fox (Huntsman xleluxe): I always hunt in a divers outfit so if I get lost,
I can follow the air hoses back.
* * * * * * * *
POME
Why is it professors can wear purple ties,
Haphazard haircuts, and coats the wrong size,
Trousers too short, and color schemes vile,
Yet bust me in English because of my style?
—Cornell Widow.
* * * * * * * *
Prof.: I'll give you just one day to hand in that paper.
Schwine: All right. How about the Fourth of July?
—Northwestern Purple Parrot.
* * * * * * * *
Ledbetter: (reading sign in library): Only low talk permitted here.
Gaines: Oke, then I will go on with the story I was about to tell.
EDITOR'S NOTE: (If there appears to be any discrepancy in the above story,
it lies in the fact that neither of the mugs mentioned has ever entered those sacred
precincts.)
* * * * * * * *
White: Lets get drunk yesterday.
Sledge: Lets get drunk tomorrow.
White: We'll compromise and get drunk today.
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Lester, Dan Parkman, Jack Knowlton.
Advertising Managers: Fred Moss, Max­well
Benton, William Hall.
Circulation Manager: Joe Whiteside.
Circulation Assistants: Speedy Shannon,
V. Rhodes, Bill Lee, Robert Morgan, James
C. Hearn, H. Chapman.
FRANKLIN P. GLASS
The death of Franklin P. Glass, publish­er
of the Montgomery Advertiser marks
the end of a noble and illustrious career.
Active to the day of his death, Mr. Glass
has been an outstanding figure in South­ern
Journalism for more than twenty years.
He served a year as president of the
Southern Newspaper Publisher's Associa­tion,
and for two years as president of the
American Newspaper Publisher's' Associa­tion.
Mr. Glass had a personality that was
outstanding both on and off the editorial
page. The editorial page in the Advertiser,
his paper, is considered one of the best in
the South.
Mr. Glass was a loyal, conscientious
Democrat, and gave his whole hearted sup-'
port to his convictions, yet he never sought
any public office. He was rather one to
do his good work without public recogni­tion.
He stood firm on his convictions, fear­lessly
and unashamed.
Alabama and the entire nation mourns
the loss of this great national figure. Mr.
Glass's entire life was devoted to noble
work in the interests of his fellow man and
to the advancement of Southern Journal­ism.
No words can more aptly describe the
love and veneration Alabama has for this
illustrious figure than the tribute paid by
Judge Leon McCord who said, "I am rich
for the reason that I claimed him as my
personal friend."
REPEAL IN ALABAMA
Apparently the State of Alabama is deny­ing
itself a chance to begin the rejuvena­tion
of its financial structure as long as
possible. The eighteenth amendment has
been repealed since the first part of De­cember,
and still this noble state is labor­ing
under the reduced financial income
which goes hand in hand with a state pro­hibition
law.
The people of the state plainly showed
by the balloting on the national issue that
they were opposed to the national dry law.
For what reason would they have opposed
prohibition had they suspected that the
state law would continue in effect? Surely
it appears that it is high time for some
definite action on the issue if full value of
national repeal is to be realized.
Especially is state repeal of importance
in educational circles at this time when
from every corner of the state comes the
cry for a special session of the legislature
to take such steps as would insure public
education for the remainder of the present
term. With the money which would pour
into the coffers of the state from liquor
revenue alone it would be possible to defi­nitely
establish the continuance of public
education on a sound basis.
Immediately after repeal became certain,
states that had not previously repealed
their own prohibition laws hastened to do
so. The advantages of such action in these
states immediately were evidenced; and at
the present time, a number of those which
were laboring under conditions similar to
bur own, are beginning a definite trend
toward stabilization of finances.
The folly of a state law forbidding the
sale of intoxicating beverages is well known,
since almost every block in the cities of
our state houses some dispensary. Condi­tions
are such in one of our southern coun­ties
that the sheriff has sought the aid of
higher authorities to devise some method
of permanently closing bars. Raid after
raid is conducted with the result that at
intervals small fines are paid and the bars
are reopened for business within twenty-four
hours. In addition to denying itself
the revenue of a state tax on liquor sales,
the state is imposing upon itself the neces­sity
of added expense in law enforcement
departments for the sole purpose of try­ing
to accomplish a thing which is as im­possible
as trying to trim the reptilian
locks of the mythical Medusa.
In our opinion, the present Utopia for
state supported educational institutions
would be to have the state prohibition law
repealed and a certain percent of the reve­nue
resulting from a state tax on intoxi­cating
beverages turned over to the depart­ment
of education.
A NEW YEAR—THEN WHAT?
So begins the year 1934.
How great a part will it play in the his­tory
of the university, or the United States,
or the world?
How great a part will it play in the life
of each student?
So many questions one formulates,
standing eagerly on the threshold of a new
year. So many things one sees answered
only partly in the past year.
Truly we are. living in historic times,
and the lives of the university students,
more than any other, perhaps, will be af­fected
by the events of the past year and
their continuation into the future.
Men tell us that we are on the verge of
a great change. If in this era, the old
order will change, "giving way to the new,"
then into the hands of the university stu­dent
of today will fall directly the affairs
of a revolutionized world. He has a re­sponsibility
that he can neither evade-nor
thrust aside.
Such thoughts greet the student, perhaps,
as he meets the new year. Such thoughts
—and others.
He sees his record of the past—in his
school life, his social life, his home. And
perhaps he realizes that this record will be
continued over into the very warp and
woof of the country's future. It may be
that he begins to feel his own importance,
not as an invaluable asset individually to
the world, not as a person who will work
for his own gain, but as a person who will
make his life fit into the niche which he
can best serve the future. The events of
1934 will only be a part of the great whole,
but they may present a vital and effective
influence.
And if the student, on the threshold of a
new year, and perhaps a new era, realizes
this, then he is no longer a student.
He is a man.—The Reveille.
TUGWELL ACT
When a bottle is marked "poison," we
ordinarily don't swallow the contents. But
when the bottle is marked something else,
we may make the fatal gulp.
While the American public has not been
consuming poison by mistake, there is rea­son
to believe that many foods and drugs •
on the market today are not as pure as
they should be. In other cases false claims
have been made by various producers. Al­though
it is better to be ''gypped" than
poisoned, it is best not to be either. Con­gress,
in the present session, will be asked
to pass legislation correcting both evils.
Washington commentators look for a
battle'in Congress when the Tugwell pure
food and drug act comes up for discussion.
Certainly it can be only to the public's
benefit if Congress raises the standard for
food and drugs; but such action by the
government may mean dollars and cents
out of the pockets of certain vested inter­ests,
and it is from the latter that opposi­tion
will be expected.
It is hard to see on what reasonable
grounds anyone can object to the Tugwell
act. Acting under the present pure food
and drug laws, the federal government has
rendered a distinct service to the people
of the United States by protecting them
from useless or dangerous foods and drugs.
A tightening up of the laws can mean only
more complete protection. More complete
protection of the public can be opposed by
only one class of people—those who profit
by cheating the public. But the American
people have a right to demand pure foods
and drugs, honestly and fully labeled. Con­gress
should pass the Tugwell act.—Daily
Tar Heel.
More than 100 college and university
presidents have accepted invitations to par­ticipate
in the celebration of the 50th an­niversary
of the founding of Temple Uni­versity
on February 11.
Professor J. M. McNiff of Miami Uni­versity,
Oxford, Ohio, owns private letters
written by a student who attended that
institution in 1837-40 which are a revela­tion
as to university conditions prevailing
during that period.
The Navy football team wears cleatless
shoes when playing on a frozen field.
Thunderations
By Gam
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.
* * * *
WE ALWAYS heard that Knights
of old wore beribboned ladies gar­ters
in decisive combats. It seems
that this custom has been revivified along
different .lines on the campus, since at the
S. A. E. vs. Sigma Nu football game, we
saw two co-eds wearing Pig Peagler's
shoes. As for the game itself, 'twas very
exciting. The S. A. E.'s have not as yet
surmounted the Sigma Nu jinx and the
final culmination was a score of 8 to 6
in favor of the latter. Kent and Spann
were the heroes of the fray, having made
the only touchdowns. We attribute the
cause of the victor's winning by a mere
two points to the fact that Joe Ledbetter
did not take part. Tally-ho!-
* * * *
If Dirt Dobber Derf can't attend a K. D.
dance without practically waxing lyric on
the subject of a certain yaller-haired gal,
who is already spoken for, then we advise
that he stay home.
* * * *
If one so-and-so sports editor and one
say-so lady columnist don't refrain from
the subtle remarks to the fact that I have
pledged K. D., I'll suggest that the said
writer of sports do the same thing as he
has made no headway whatsoever with an
Ex-K. D., who is the Gem of the Ocean
and the Queen of the May. And I'll fix
the feminine fooey flinger at a later date.
* * * *
For the benefit of those art students in­terested
in picturesque backgrounds, let
us say that there is no more aesthetic sight
than Billy Morrison silhouetted against the
mauve and rose February sunsets at around
six on Tuesday afternoons, on the corner
across from the Engineer's Drill Field.
Wonder why he picks that particular spot.
* * * *
To whom it may concern: Let it be known
that Red Pruitt has all his Delta Gamma
Rho leadouts filled for the Mid-term dances.
Where we come from, they call 'em "Mistle­toe"
Leadouts.
It seems that the Ideal Laundry would
save "Round Man" Hamm considerable
trouble by installing the Knee Action
Wheels on his truck. Last Monday__after-noon
he found said truck on the steps of
the Tiger Drug Store.
* * * *
Those of you who missed the Auburn-
Ga. Tech basket ball game Wednesday
night, missed an hour of the most exciting
fpn ever witnessed by this writer. Au­burn's
fine showing against Vanderbilt and
Tech is proof in itself that her team, even
though small, is one of the scrappiest five
ever to represent the college. The play of
"Sophomore Slim" King at center and
guard was outstanding. And Captain Dave
Ariail directed his team in a manner that
justifies the great leader that he is.
- * • * - . * * f-
We hear that Dozier Howard is direct­ing
his attention toward West Point of
late. See you there Saturday night, Pinky.
* * * *
And may we advise that "Lord Chest-appeal"
Hughes, the Man with the perfect
Earl Leiderman physique, pull his shades
down of an evening.
. * * * *
Now that Hoover's administration and
the debt moratorium are things of the past,
we demand payment of the nickel that Duke
Patterson owes us. Don't say you can't
afford it, since you can afford to wear such
gay regalia to football games.
• * * * *
Wonder if the Lanier students carried
flashlights to the midnight show at the
Paramount last night. High school boys
do do such things.
* * * *
Since the Dormitory fire we hear that
the refugees at the Jones Hotel are having
a hi-de-hi time. What is this, Miss Dobbs?
* * * *
Since pirates are always represented as
being slightly inebriated, we wonder if
Poole, Brugh, and Sewell had this in mind
when planning the decorations for the Mid­term
dances. We are sure that the "stew"-
dents will do all in their power to live up
to this theme.
* * * *
Since my lore of scandal and slander is
now dissipated and my cranium refuses to
function, I must bid you a fond adieu.
The famous false teeth of George Wash­ington,
which were displayed at the Cen­tury
of Progress, are the property of the
University of Maryland's dental school.
The effects of the Century of Progress
have already reached the far north, for
the Phi Delta Theta chapter at the Uni­versity
of North Dakota has painted its
bathroom an orchid and green color.
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN AMERICAN COLLEGES
The president of the University of South­ern
California says that' a college fresh­man
has only about one-half the vocabulary
of the common laborer. "Swell," he says,
"is used to describe 4,972 situations."
Professor George H. Barton, 81, of the
Harvard University Geology Department,
died in the class room last week.
Six-footers among the men students at
the University of Maryland are rejoicing
over the installation of a number of extra-length
beds in the men's dormitories.
Lawson Robertson, Penn track coach, ad­vocates
reducing football teams to nine
men by eliminating the guards.
The student employment outlook at the
University of Michigan brightened con­siderably
last week with the announcement
that several civil works administration pro­jects
may be launched on the campus.
Vegetables packed for Byrd's antarctic
expedition have been dehydrated by a spec­ial
process developed at the University of
Southern California.
President Neilson, of Smith, formerly a
Harvard professor, claims that college men
lack mature understanding of art and lit­erature
because they spend so much time
developing their bodies.
"The only requirement made of an ap­plicant
for admission to college should be,
"You must have shown yourself intellec­tually
proficient at something!" says act­ing-
President Elery of Union College, in
a recent article in the New York Times.
Almost one-fourth of the 1,853 women
students registered at University of Ne­braska
are employed in some kind of out­side
work, according to Miss Amanda Hep-ner,
dean of women.
Yale alumni are about to abandon the
policy of having a former Yale player as
coach. Harry Kipke, Michigan grid men­tor,
or T. A. D. Jones, Howard's brother,
may coach the Eli team next year.
An examination at the University of
Mississippi asked for the principle parts
of any Latin verb. Upon one paper was
written: "Slippeo, slipere, falli, bumptus."
The returned paper had these words:
"Falio, failere, fluncto, suspendum."
About this time it is a consolation to
know that Lindbergh flunked out of the
University of Wisconsin; Dr. W. J. Mayo,
of the Mayo Clinic, flunked out of the Uni­versity
of Michigan medical school; and
Stewart Edward White and Franklin P.
Adams were likewise given their walking
papers from the S. L. A. college of the
same institution during their freshman
years.
Heat will be turned off in nearly all the
buildings on the main campus at the Uni­versity
of Minnesota on Sundays and holi­days
when no classes are. scheduled and it
is estimated that $5,000 will be saved
through this action.
A student in the art department at Mich­igan
State College has created a new type
of Christmas card stamped from linoleum
cuts and giving the card the appearance
of a woodcut print.
At the University of Nevada, seniors
only are privileged to wear sombreros and
mustaches.
Scientists of Harvard, Toronto, and oth­er
universities'" are busy in Cambridge
studying through a microscope the photo­graphs
of more than 700 Leonids taken dur­ing
the recent Leonid shower, with a view
to discovering, if possible, the elements of
the star-dust.
The need to get away from our "tradi­tional,
classical, and mathematical schools"
of today, and to substitute a more practi­cal
curriculum in our educational system
was pointed out by Prof. George E. Carro-thers
of the University of Michigan, over
the radio.—Technique.
* * * *
THE "COLLEGIATE CO-ED"
Enter—the "collegiate co-ed, 2 model 1934.
She's the flightiest, skippiest, liveliest,
loudest person in the school.
She has just learned to inhale, and she
smokes cigarette after cigarette, proudly
trying to attain brown, nicotine-stained
fingers.
She loves to tell little jokes, especially
if she thinks someone will be shocked.
She adores to be blase, feeling sure that
slick hair, money eyes, and an unperturbed
manner make for sophistication.
She gazes dreamily into the eyes of any
available male, trying to captivate him with
her alluring charms.
She chatters incessantly about nothing
in general and herself in particular.
To boys she sentimentally speaks of her
great worth and her duty to the world, or
else subtly hints at how much her own
charm surpasses that of all other coeds in
the world.
To girls she babbles of her many ro­mances,
of the men all over the nation who
lie at her feet, of the exquisite compliments
given her.
She's the collegiate coed, latest model.—
The Reveille.
DEADLY DEDUCTIONS
By Derf
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.
* * * *
Thunderations of last issue was ghost
written, and it's dimes to doughnuts
you didn't even notice it. I still
can't make up my mind whether the like­ness
to genuine Gum work is compliment­ary
to the ghost or whether it is an insult
not to be stood for.
* * * *
Dear Social Committee:
We loved Boulanger, we're just simply
curazy for Joe Sanders; so please kind sirs,
why not sign up the Carolina Tarheels for
the Senior dances.
Yr. ob't srv't
Derf
* * * *
Little Willie, full of Hell
Chunked his pappy in the well.
Mama said, "You hadn't orta,
"Papa doesn't like well water."
' * * * *
Morrill objects to inferences drawn by
this columnat'or last Wednesday, and fur­ther
states that it would please him no end
to get that shiny pin back on his own manly
chest, bless his little big shooting heart.
* * * *
Assigned to two dozen students in an
engineering class—three hard problems' in
Economics. Saturday of all days. You
na-asty mayiin.
* * * *
A bit of midyear physiological research
was conducted by a sub-instructor of fresh­man
chemistry recently. Little was learn­ed,
although the project was acclaimed a
howling success. (OOOOOH I'm a night-owl).
The typographical misnomer that made
Gum's column a complete success I nomi­nate
as the luckiest break of the new year.
Because the title really should have been
"Frying Down To Rio". Just a bunch of
greasers and a hot rock.
. * * * . *
Sara Lee Stanley, smart girl, has learn­ed
to Carioca. I think she could leave the
face slapping step out acct. I have a tender
cheek.
* * * *
It is a very narrow minded body of law
niakers that pulls all the liquor ads out
of mags going into dry states. One would
think that the Coca Cola interests would
be satisfied with keeping the states mod­erately
arid instead of demanding that its
lobbyists keep all suggestion of 1—q—r out
of the periodicals. People, rise up in all
your power & glory & so forth and demand
that we get to see the same ads the dam
Yankees have. They're as good as we are
let the cats say what they may.
* * * *
Alphabetical Speculations
Maybe the XXX
Will come with NRA
And we will break our necks
To work for CWA.
Perhaps that course P.T.
That calls for BVD's
Will make us fit when FA
Calls us overseas.
KD's must be sure
To know their ABC's
If they fool around
with PH SAE's.
And when I get my BS
By that I mean my degree
You'll have no more CS
By WB.
* * * *
Perhaps you have wondered even as I
had wondered why you didn't hear all those
songs in "Take a Chance" that the radio
gives "Take a Chance" credit for. There's
a reason. In the picture you saw, the songs
were: "OO, I'm a Nightowl", "I Never
Had a Lesson in My Life", "C'mup 'N Sim-me
S'mtime", "Should I Sing Sweetly", and
several others that we'd all recognize if we
heard them. Then over the air waves we
get half a dozen other songs "from Take
a Chance'". The explanation is simply
that in the stage version and screen ver­sion,
entirely different musical scores were
employed. Does that clear anything up?
Students at the University of Wisconsin
are patiently awaiting sufficient snow and
cold weather to enable them to experience
thrills on their newly completed • toboggan
slide which guarantees 60 miles an hour
down an almost perpendicular cliff.
Gate crashing in theatres at Berkeley
after the University of California games
is a thing of the past. Fourteen police
dogs will guard the doors of four Berkeley
theatres.
The Marquette University football squad
includes 21 Milwaukee youths.
SATURDAY, JAN. 13, 1934 THE P L A I N S MAN 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 P A G E T H R EE
B. C. POPE, Editor
CONTRIBUTORS:
K. G. TAYLOR
HUGH CAMERON
ED MOYER
HIGH SCHOOL TO
MEET OPELIKA IN
CAGE TILT TODAY
Coach Fowler's Quintet Mater­i
a l ly Weakened By Gradua­tion
Of Regulars
Losing practically all of last year's
first team via the graduation route,
Coach Gordon Fowler of the Lee
County High School, has had to build
his team this year around several
reserves from last year who had
considerable experience in practice
games, and several transfers from
other schools.
To date the high school team has
played two games, one with Hurts-boro
which was won by the latter
20-5. However, in the second game,
with Waverly, the locals made a con­siderably
better showing winning 15-
10, in a game featured by the defen­sive
efficiency of both teams.
Insofar as there being any out­standing
players on the high school
quintet, there are none, the majority
of the players being of approximate­ly
the same abilities. At the present
Whatley, McKinnon and Wright are
the outstanding candidates for the
forward positions. Hamm and Smith
alternate at center, neither being suf­ficiently
outstanding to insure his
having the position cinched. Fowler,
Gilchrist and Yarbrough have the in­side
track on the guard posts.
The locals next game is with Ope-lika,
whom they play at Opelika to­night.
RAT HARDWOOD
ARTISTS DEFEAT
FOUR OPPONENTS
Rodents Show Great Possibili­t
i e s In Preparation For Con­ference
Games
Patronize Plainsman Advertisers.
Winning four victories in as many
starts, the freshman basketball team
is rapidly developing into a first-class
quintet and should be able to take
in tow any of the Conference frosh
teams to be encountered later in the
season. Although to date, the oppo­sition
of the rodents has been of me­diocre
caliber they have nevertheless
demonstrated that if the occasion de­mands,
they can extend themselves.
A fast quintet from Reeltown, play­ed
Monday, gave the freshmen more
real opportunity to display their
wares than any of the other teams,
although the freshmen finally won by
a relatively large score, 23-12. Reel-town
played the frosh off their feet in
the first half, leaving the floor at the
end of the period on the long end of
a 10-4 score. However, the rats
seemed literally to "come back" the
second half with more coordination
and flash than they had previously
shown, and tied the score shortly after
the second half opened. After this
badly-needed scoring spurt, the frosh
settled down to a steady, consistent
game offensively while holding Reel-town
to two points in the last half,
the result of two converted foul shots.
For Auburn, Mitchell was the most
successful in hitting the baskets,
scoring six points; Rogers, Scar­borough,
and Strange getting four
each. Elkins led the Reeltown team
with four points.
Opelika, losing 32-17, proved no
match at all for the freshmen who
annexed 17 points in the first ten
minutes of the game. After this ex­hibition
Coach Porter Grant used his
regulars only intermittently. Wright
and Mitchell accounted for nine and
six points respectively in this scoring
spree, which obviously eliminated all
possible chance of a defeat for the
frosh. In the last half, Elkins prov­ed
the big gun as he sank five field
goals, two of them from difficult an­gles.
Woody led the Opelika aggre-
TIGER GROWLS
By B. C. POPE
While nearly everyone in the South and a large number of people
throughout the entire country are all stirred up about a head coach for the
Tigers, students and townspeople here merely sit and wait for further de­velopments,
confident that when the time comes, a man worthy of our past
record and aspirations will be named by the Administrative Committee.
Papers everywhere have quoted numerous greats and near greats as saying
that they had been approached and had the position under consideration,
but here on the Plains, we feel that this has been slightly overdone.
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We realize that the selection
of a man to suit the particular
conditions of Auburn is one
which requires no little time and
care, and we feel confident that
we will all bd pleased when the
selection is made.
* * *
Meantime Coach Jordan has taken
practically raw material and formed
a hardwood quintet which my prove
the surprise of the Southeastern Con­ference
tournament. Ariail and Sind-ler,
the only two regulars of last sea­son,
have been playing the sterling
type of basketball which earned them
letters during last season; and re­cruit's
from reserve and Frosh ranks
have been showing up exceptionally
well in varsity berths.
* * *
Captain "Gump" Ariail has
displayed countless times, both
in practice sessions and in games,
his ability to lead the team well
and through his advice based on
previous experience, he has done
much to hold the quintet togeth­er
in situations which might
easily have spelled disaster.
* * * *p
- The playing of George Quinney and
Frank Ellis at the forward positions
and "Slim" King, recruit' from last
year's frosh five, at center marked
them as potentialities not to be over­looked
during this and coming seasons.
Quinriey's eye for the basket is rem­iniscent
of the days of Jelly Aiken
and Sug Jordan, and the floor work
of Ellis has been at times sensational.
King's ability to get the tip-off, play
the spot position, and take balls off
the backboard has been very much in
evidence despite the fact that a little
"first season" nervousness bothers
him at times.
* * *
The entire team, so far, has
shown a marked ability on the
defensive. There remains but to
develop a- few offensive plays
and put them into effect for the
Tigers to upset the dope bucket
on some of their more seasoned
rivals.
H* * *
Reorganization of the polo team and
the assurance of the continuation of
that support for the remainder of
this year has met with marked appro­val
throughout the entire schoool. Al­though
some students are still of the
•opinion that polo is a "sissy" game,
we are convinced that these have nev­er
seen a polo match and besides have
gation with 5 points. Most of the
Opelika counters were scored with the
first and second frosh quintets under
the showers, except Rogers.
In the other game the early part
of the week with Bevelle Athletic
Club, the frosh emerged victorious,
34-15. Joe Mitchell sank seven field
goals to lead the rodents in scoring;
Elkins getting six points and Wright
five.
In Mitchell and Wright at for­wards,
Coach Grant has a pair of
sharpshooters that are rangy; good
floor players, and all-round perform­ers.
Elkins, while not having the
height of these two, is an excellent
shot and has performed brilliantly in
the games he has participated in.
Boles is the other outstanding candi­date
for forward but he has neither
the reach, speed or accuracy to dis­place
Mitchell, Wright or Elkins.
Strange is the first-string center, al­though
Coach Grant has two other
capable pivot men, Clarke and Little,
who can also play forward. Eaves,
Rogers, and Scarborough are just
about even in the race for the guard
positions with McCrosky and Furlon
next in line to make things interest­ing.
All in all, the freshman team
is well fortified at the forward and
guard positions, the principal weak­ness
at present being a center that
can get the tip from tall opponents,
and is also an accurate shot.
been totally mis-informed. This sport
is filled with hard- slashing riding,
whizzing mallet and ball play, and
occasional spills which might easily
become serious, and only the men in
the best of condition are able to sur­vive
the strenuous play which is re­quired.
_,
* * *
Now that polo has been reviv­ed,
we would like to see the en­tire
school turn out for practice
sessions and the matches here,
so that the next time any ar­gument
is brought up concerning
the .merit of such a sport, all
will be well qualified to intelli­gently
discuss the matter.
* * *
The innovation of touch football on
the Interfraternity Council athletic
program has brought no end of ap­proval
from all groups, and from all
appearances, the initial season will be
one which will be long remembered.
That competition between the frater­nities
has been keen is shown by the
fact that no less than six of the con­tests
have been taken to extra periods
to break a deadlock and one contest
was taken to four extra quarters, the
equivalent of two full games.
* * *
Flashy systems ranging from
the straight Notre Dame forma­tion
to double wing back forma­tion
have been shown in the
games so far, and defensive sys­tems
above the understanding of
any but the most ardent foot­ball
fans have been disclosed.
From all appearances, some of
the best coaches in the country
are acting as mentors for the
Greek elevens—or is it sevens.
* * *
We have but one criticism to make.
That a rule definitely states that
leaving the feet to block shall be al­lowed
only in the line, and so far,
forms may be seen sailing through the
air on any part of the field in any
game. If the rule is to be continued,
we are of the opinion that the officials
should be forced to call violations in
order that equal advantage would be
allowed both teams. Some, it seems,
are wary of the rule and use the
shoulder block when beyond the line
of scrimmage.
PLANS ARRANGED
FOR REOPENING
OF POLO SEASON
Order Of
Known
Today
Procedure Is Made
In Announcement
Polo which was begun at the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute in the fall
of 1931 and carried along during the
following two academic years, is to be
resumed again at this institution on
January 15, this year.
As in the past, this sport will be
under the supervision and direction of
the Military Department and will be
coached by Lieut. T. S. Gunby.
The present plans for carrying on
this sport during the balance of this
academic year are as follows:
Varsity men from the last year's
squad will be started next Monday,
January 15, to prepare them for the
more strenuous work in preparation
for the match game season and to
improve the schooling of old ponies
and the development of new ponies.
Freshmen and other new candidates
from the sophomore and junior classes
taking R.O.T.C. will be called upon
to report at the beginning of the
second semester. The new candidates
are expected to be well qualified in
riding and all candidates must be able
to report for practice a minimum of
3 afternoons per week in addition to
Saturdays at least an hour between
3 and 5 P.M.
Training for new candidates will
consist of:
(a) Use of mallet in the cage, (b)
Riding, control and schooling of horse,
(c) rules and tactics of the game,
(d) stick and ball practice, (e) scrim­mage,
dismounted.
Where a phase of this instruction
is dependent upon a preceding phase,
a candidate will be advanced only
after successfuly passing a test; e.g.,
he will.only be permitted to come to
stick and ball practice after he has
satisfactorily learned the use of the
mallet in the cage, can ride well and
understands the proper control and
schooling of horses.
Reserves from last year will be call­ed
out individually to join the begin­ners
and varsity group as their qual­ifications
warrant. The squad will
be cut as the season advances accord­ing
to individual's qualifications, as
denoted by the enthusiasm, persisten­cy,
ability and promise which they
display.
All candidates will, as soon as prac­ticable,
be divided into three groups,
depending upon their ability. The
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FOUR TEAMS IN THIRD ROUND
OF INTERFRATERNITY TOURNEY
Sigma Pi, Beta Kappa, Kappa Sigma, and Sigma Nu Survive
Second Round Encounters; Four Games Yet To Be Played
To Complete Quarter Final Bracket
The four games played to date in
the Interfraternity Touch Football
Tournament advanced the Sigma Pis,
Beta Kappas, Kappa Sigmas and Sig­ma
Nus to the third round, two games
being necessary for the Sigma Nus to
defeat the S. A. E.'s.
The Sigma Pis defeated the Phi
Delta Thetas in one of the longest
games yet played, four extra quar­ters
being necessary to break a 6-6
tie to give the former a 12-6 decis­ion.
The Sigma Pis counted first,
their touchdown coming as a result
of a long pass from Bagley \o Lind­say
that placed the ball within scor­ing
distance; Bagley then racing
around left end to score a few min­utes
later. The Phi Delta Thetas
brought their total to 6 points short­ly,
scoring on a series of short passes.
Both touchdowns were scored in the
first half, matters coming more or
less to a standstill until the fourth
extra quarter when Bagley scored on
a straight run through the center of
the line after several passes placed
the ball within the ten-yard stripe.
The Kappa Sigmas experienced ap­proximately
the same amount of dif­ficulty
in advancing to the third
round, finally conquering a determin­ed
Phi Kappa Tau team by virtue of
a long pass from Rutland to Richey
in the third extra period to 'insure a
6-0 win.
. An efficient passing attack decid­ed
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Omegas 12-0. The first Beta
Kappa marker came as a result of a
25-yard pass from Merkle to Pierce
who ran the remaining 55 yards to
score in one of the longest runs yet
made in the tournament; and the sec-
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN A L A B A M A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE SATURDAY, JAN. 13, 1934
Harvard has enough football equip­ment
to outfit 6,000 men.
Tiger Theatre
Auburn, Alabama
"The Show Place of
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SATURDAY, January 13
"MASTER OF MEN"
with Jack Holt, Fay Wray, and
Walter Connolly
Comedy "Ritzy Hotel"
SUNDAY and MONDAY
January 14 and 15
"FOOTLIGHT PARADE"
Battalions of stars and girls,
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Dick Powell, Joan Blondell
—The show of 1,000 new sen­sations!
300 beauties—20 stars
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Also Short Reels That You
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TUESDAY, January 16
Edmund Lowe in
"BOMBAY MAIL"
with Shirley Grey, Onslow Ste­vens,
and Ralph Forbes
Bing Crosby in "Just an Echo"
and News Events
FOUR TEAMS IN THIRD
ROUND OF INTERFRAT
FOOTBALL TOURNEY
(Continued from page 3)
ond also via the aerial route as Mer-kle
hurled a nice pass to Simon Jones
who scored after a net gain of about
sixty yards on the play.
The first contest between the Sig­ma
Nu and S. A. E. teams ended in
a complete deadlock, neither lodge be­ing
able to penetrate the defense of
the other. However, the second,
which the Sigma Nus won 8-6 was
one of the most interesting yet play­ed,
a safety being the deciding factor
in the final result.
The first Sigma Nu score came in
the second quarter, when Alfred Allen
tagged Lovelace, an S. A. E. back, be­hind
the goal to give the Sigma Nus
a 2-0 margin. The touchdown for
the Sigma Nus was the work of Cam
Mitchell, who completed two long
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(Continued from page 1)
Eenfro pointed out that the most im­portant
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Were protected against the bank's fail­ing.
The meeting was then turned into
an open forum discussion during
which many interesting and import­ant
points were brought out.. The
meeting was adjourned at 8 o'clock
by Mrs. Henry Good, President.
passes to Glenn Mitchell, and then
threw a short pass to George Spann
for the score. The S. A. E. touch­down
was scored on a long pass from
Teague to Kent.
Other games yet to be played in the
second round are: Pi Kappa Phi vs.
Theta Chi; Pi K. A. vs. K. A.; Alpha
Gamma Eho vs. T. K. N.; Sigma Phi
Sigma vs. Lambda Chi Alpha. All
second round contests must be play­ed
by Saturday of this week, January
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"Flashes of Fun Unit", current
stage show of Dan Fitch, which is to
play at the Tiger Theatre next Tues­day,
is heralded as the greatest stage
show ever to appear in Auburn.
Fitch's shows have been playing this
section of the country for many years,
and have won fame for him as a
producer of successful stage shows,
but the present production is by far
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Charles "Cupid" Kemper, Broad­way's
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Star of stage and screen, in person with
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PLANS ARRANGED
FOR REOPENING
OF POLO SEASON
i
(Continued from page 3)
A group will be those who are con­sidered
suitable for varsity playing
in match games. The B group, those
other than the group A, who are qual­ified
for mounted scrimmage. The C
group, those continuing fundamental
training. Transfers from one group
to another may be made from time
to time.
All candidates will be expected to
assist in the administrative work in­cidental
to the conduct of the sport
such as care of horses and equipment
and other like things.
To what extent the above plans can
be consumated will be very largely
dependent upon funds that can be
made available to promote the sport.
It is hoped that sufficient funds may
be found so as to preclude the neces­sity
of having to attempt to collect
admission charges from students at
the match games.
The two polo teams of the two pre­vious
years at Auburn have made
most enviable records, particularly
when the infancy of the sport is con­sidered.
The teams won most of their
games of each of the seasons. Last
season the squad played 15 matches,
11 of which were on their home field.
Only 5 games were lost as against 10
wins. Eight of the matches last sea­son
were against other colleges and
6 of them were victories. In view
of the great amount of time required
in developing proficiency in this sport
on the part of the individual player,
ACTUAL WORK FOR
BUILDING OF NEW
STADIUM STARTED
(Continued from Page 1)
engaged in binding and rearranging
magazines and books.
Alumni Hall and the Stodghill Dor­mitory
for girls have been repainted
and painters are now at work in Ram­say
Hall. They will continue this
painting work, one building after an­other,
until their work is finished.
Several miscellaneous jobs are to
be done. As one of these the room
in Broun Hall which was used by
girls as a gymnasium will be made
usable by the School of Architecture
and Allied Arts.
TO THE PEOPLE OF LEE
COUNTY:
I am again asking the voters of our
County to support me for the office
of Probate Judge in our May pri­mary.
You will remember I was a candi­date
for this'office in 1922. You all
know me, and I know the most of you
personally.
I have been a citizen and tax-payer
of Lee County for thirty years. We
are strictly an agricultural county,
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farmers. Being a farmer myself, I
think I know our farmer's needs,"1 and
if I am nominated and elected for this
office, I shall with the cooperation of
our Commissioners work in every way
possible with all the County's agencies
for the good and well-being of all the
people of Lee County.
I promise to give my best personal
attention to all matters pertaining to
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I will appreciate your support and
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