1935-05-08 The Auburn Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman
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TO F O S T E R THE A U B U R N S P I R IT
VOLUME LVIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1935 NUMBER 56
R.O.T.C. CORPS
TO HAVE FINAL
PARADE MAY 14
Gov. Bibb Graves And Staff To
Review Entire Unit In Clos­ing
Ceremony Next Tuesday
PLANS ANNOUNCED
Officers From Fort Benning To
Inspect And Judge Units In
Competitive Drill In Morning
The annual competitive drill to de­termine
the best company of Engin­eers
and the best batteries of the
First and Second Field Artillery will
be held Tuesday morning, May 14.
At the same time the best drilled in­dividual
soldiers will be chosen.
Following the competitive drill a
graduation review will be held on
Bullard Field, with Gov. Bibb Graves
present to witness the affair. Fol­lowing
formation on the field seniors
will be marched in a line to the front
for a salute to Gov. Graves after
which they will form in double rank
two paces behind the reviewing stand.
Junior cadet officers will take com­mand
of the units for the review.
After passing in review the brigade
will be marched to the bleechers on
the baseball diamond for a talk by
Gov. Graves. Uniform regulation for
the competitive drill and review will
be blouses and white shirts.
The first call on Tuesday morning
will be sounded at 7:50 o'clock with
the Engineers forming at the main
building and the Artillery on the Rat
football field. The Engineer com­pany
and individual competitive drill
will be held on Drake Field with com
petitive drill for the Artillery being
held on Bullard Field. Assembly will
be sounded at 8 o'clock.
All units will be assembled on Bul­lard
Field by 10:30 o'clock for the
graduation parade and review. This
annual event concludes the R.O.T.C.
drill for the year.
Three officers from Fort Benning
will act as the inspectors for the com­petitive
drill. Major F. A. Heilman
will be the inspector for the Engi­neers
and Lieutenants W. A. Harris
and P. T. Hennigar for the Artillery.
Plans for the graduation parade
were annojunced by Major G. H.
Franke. The Governor's staff will be
headed by Adjutant General W. A.
Gayle, who was appointed recently to
this office.
Delta Sigs Go Into
Finals Of Tourney
Delta Sigma Phi advanced to the
finals of the Interfraternity Council
tennis tournament at the expense of
Phi Delta Theta 6-4, 6-2 in a closely
fought match early1 this week. With
George Poole and Louis Busenleiner
playing their usual championship
giame, the Phi representatives, Reu­ben
Maxwell and Walter Schuster,
nevertheless made a very interesting
match out of this semi-final engage­ment.
In the upper bracket, things are not
so far along. Sigma Pi is in the semi­finals
but the quarter-final match be­tween
Sigma Nu and Alpha Lambda
Tau is yet to be played. This match
is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
Although Sigma Nu's two tennis
brothers, Cam and Glenn Mitchell, are
given a slight edge over the A.L.T.
team composed of Windy Smith and
Robert Jones, a closely-contested
match is being forecast.
Sigma Pi's freshman racket-wield-ers
have also been showing up to good
advantage, and are all set to give the
winner of the Sigma Nu-A.L.T. match
a close game. Inexperience may ham­per
Guilford and Williamson in this
match but in their three contests thus
far, they have been performing like
veterans.
Susie Freeman To Play
For 'A* Club Dance In
Gym On Saturday Night
The 'A' Club will sponsor the
semi-final of a series of gay danc­es
in Alumni Gymnasium Satur­day
night, according to Haygood
Paterson, president of the group.
Susie Freeman and his popu­lar
orchestra from Columbus have
been engaged to play for the
dance. Freeman has a band of
twelve pieces and brings a talent­ed
woman vocalist with him. He
has played for one dance on the
campus this year, and is being
considered for the 'A' Club danc­es
this summer.
Dancing will begin at nine o'­clock
with three no-breaks and
two 'A' Club lead-outs scheduled
for the evening.
Admission to the affair will
carry the usual charge of one dol­lar
and a large crowd is expected
to be on hand, with a number of
out-of-town girls here for the oc­casion.
The athletic group will sponsor
one more dance before the end of
the current school year.
PLAINSMEN ANNEX
DECISIVE VICTORY
IN FLORIDA MEET
Local Track Stars Overwhelm
'Gators In Gainesville Satur­day;
Florida Gets 3 Firsts
By John Cameron
Capturing their third meet of the
current track season, the Auburn
Tigers overwhelmed the University of
Florida, 86 1-2 to 25 1-2, last Satur­day
at Gainsville, Florida.
The Plainsmen performed remark­ably
well, allowing the Gators to
cop only three first places. In the
shot put, the high jump, and the
javelin throw, wins were registered
for the Florida team.
Results:
Shot put—A. Brown, Florida, first;
Tolve, Auburn; Warren, Florida,
third. Distance 44 feet 2 inches.
High jump—Looke, Florida, first;
Crews, Florida, and McGehee, Au­burn,
tied for second. Height 5 feet
10 inches.
220-yard dash—Karam, Auburn,
first; Wright, Auburn, second; John­son,
Florida, third. Time 22.8 sec­onds.
120-yard high hurdles — Mercer,
Auburn, first; Schucht, Florida, sec­ond;
Mc'Gehee, Auburn, third. Time
15.8 seconds.
Two mile run—Gait, Auburn, first;
Powers, Auburn, second. Time 10:10.
220-yard low hurdles—Mercer, Au­burn,
first; Schucht, Florida, second,
Dummett, Florida, third. Time 25.3
seconds.
Discus — Tolve, Auburn, first;
Brown, Florida, second, Warren,
Florida, third. Distance 133 feet 8
inches.
Broad jump — Martin, Auburn,
first; Langdon, Auburn, second;
Looke, Florida, third. Distance 21
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NOTICE
The following fraternity banners
can be gotten from the Phi Kappa Tau
house: Delta Sigma Phi, S. P. E., Sig­ma
Pi, Beta Kappa, Lambda Chi Al­pha,
and Kappa Sigma.
Auburn Knights Will
Play At Gulf Resort
The Auburn Knights, popular local
college orchestra, has been booked to
play during the summer months at
the Hotel Markam at Gulfport, Miss­issippi.
According to Jimmy Vance, the
dance band will begin their engage­ment
on June 10 and will continue on
location at the gulf resort for several
weeks.
Several changes will be effected in
the personnel of the band before the
summer. One new piece will be
added to the group, making twelve
members of the organization.
The orchestra, under the direction
of Earl Starnes, saxaphonist, is add­ing
many new arrangements to its
repertoire and is featuring several
new novelty numbers.
Last summer the band played at
Radium Springs, Ga.
PLAY GROUP IS
WELL RECEIVED
IN APPEARANCE
Auburn - Opelika Community
Players Score Hit In Presen­tation
Of "Queen's Husband"
BROWNFIELD STARS
Local Thespians Show To Good
Advantage; Zoe Dobbs Is
Acclaimed In Difficult Role
By Jap Parrish
The Auburn-Opelika Community
Players scored their fourth hit of the
current season in Langdon Hall last
night as "The Queen's Husband" re­ceived
measurable acclaim as the out­standing
production of the year by
the group.
A three-act comedy-drama, "The
Queen's Husband" concerned the ma­chinations
and plots of a group of
suave diplomats in charge of a Euro­pean
government who were intent on
wresting complete control of the
country from the rapidly-waning
queen and king. How the hitherto
powerless king succeeded in bringing
about the much-to-be-desired depo­sition
of these diplomats formed an
interesting story.
Mr. Otis Brownfield, of Opelika,
was undoubtedly the star of the show.
Playing the difficult part of the king,
Mr. Brownfield moved through his
lines and role with a convincingness
that gave definite proof of his finish­ed
and polished ability to portray
character types. While in many ways,
the part had more in it, due to the
writing of the play, than did the rest
of the castings, Mr. Brownfield made
full use of his opportunities and gave
an excellent all-round characterisa­tion.
Miss Zoe Dobbs, of Auburn, and
Miss Erma Cook of Opelika, shared
the feminine leads to superb advan­tage.
Miss Dobbs had the fairly
complex portraiture of the queen to
carry out, and she handled it in mas­terful
fashion. In many ways the
dominant personality of the play, the
queen as played by Miss Dobbs, was
a real person moving across the
stage invital, living reality. Miss
Cook probably had the most versatile
acting technique required of her than
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Harman Gives Library
To Education School
A donation consisting of 70 books
and several magazine files has been
made to the school of education li­brary.
Dr. A. F. Harmon, former
state superintendent, made the dona­tion.
The books deal with school admin­istration
and the files consist of four
professional education magazines.
These books and magazines will bring
the education school library to more
than 10,000 volumes.
The magazines that the file contain
are: Alabama Education Association
reports since 1879, several year's is­sues'
of the A. E. A. Journal, The
Columbia Teachers College Record,
The School Board Journal, and the
National Education Association Jour­nal.
Ballyhoo Artist Tells
Of W.A.A. Show To Be
Staged Here Tomorrow
"It's starting tomorrow, the
greatest show on earth. Come
over, come over", bawled the bil-lious
W. A. A. barker to a Plains­man
reporter this morning. And
thus were we informed that the
roly-poly maids of Auburn will
congregate in the Recreation
Hall tomorrow afternoon at four
o'clock for a "tacky party". No
more fitting name, was ever
given a gathering.
At last a show has been found
which can uncompromisingly
compete with anything ever to be
staged here. Prominent among
the "big" personages expected to
attend the function will be the
new initiates of the W. A. A.
A Plainsman sleuth saw a group
of the converted huddled in a
corner plotting the affair yes­terday.
As a forerunner to the affair,
Miss Zoe Dobbs will be presented
a book entitled "Of Time and the
River" tonight. What the con­nection
between the presentation
of the novel and the tacky party
is has not been ascertained.
Those wishing to retain their
sense of aesthetic symmetry are
urged not to view the lassies dur­ing
the party. It is understood
that costumes to be worn will
display ample proportions of the
athletic lassies.
PI K. A. MEETS
PHI DELT TEAM
IN FINAL GAME
Two Strong Teams To Fight
For Interfrat Diamond Ball
Crown This Afternoon At 4
GAMES HARD FOUGHT
Alpha Psi Falls Before Pi Kap­pa
Alpha Onslaught In Close
Game Yesterday Afternoon
LOVING CUP WILL
BE AWARDED NEXT
YEAR BY SOCIETY
Eta Kappa Nu Will Present
Trophy To Highest Ranking
Freshman In Department
During the Eta Kappa Nu lead-out
at their dance, in the Sophomore Hop,
the society will present a silver lov­ing
cup to the sophomore who attain­ed
the highest scholastic average his
freshman year. The cup will become
the permanent possession of the re­cipient.
Awarding of the trophy will be an
annual function of the electrical en­gineering
society. According to J.
H. Williams, Eta Kappa Nu is initiat­ing
its program of encouraging high
scholarship in the electrical engineer­ing
course through awarding the cup.
Mr. A. B. Zerby, national executive
secretary of Eta Kappa Nu, spent
last Monday and Tuesday morning in
Auburn visiting the local Xi chapter
of the national organization.
His visit was part of a nationwide
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Six Local Horses To
Be Entered In Show
Six horses from the local army
stables will be entered in the Fort
Benning Horse Show, which will be
staged on next Thursday and Friday
nights, and Saturday afternoon and
night.
Come-On, No. 15; Frank, No. 6;
Boots; Tiger Lilly; Wildey, Capt.
Watts' mount, and Josephine, Lieut.
Klepinger's mare will be entered in
the jumping and polo events.
Major G. H. Franke, Captains T.
S. Gunby and H. L. Watts, Lieuts.
J. V. Phelps and W. J. Klepinger, and
Miss Helen Franke will ride in the
show.
This is the first time the Fort Ben­ning
show has been open to outside
competitors.
Interfrat Golf Will
Begin Next Saturday
The Interfraternity Golf Tourna­ment
will be played Saturday and
Sunday, according to announcement
this morning by Wallace Nelson,
Chairman of the Interfraternity Coun­cil
Athletic Committee. The tourney
will be of the medal variety with each
fraternity having two representatives.
The combined score of the two men
playing for each lodge will determine
the final ranking of the lodge. In the
event of tying scores in the first four
totals, the play-off matches will be
held Sunday afternoon, they to be
played off on a hole-won basis.
A green fee for the country club
will be charged for the eighteen holes
amounting to 50c, according to H. W.
Nixon, treasurer of the Auburn Coun­try
Club. All rounds will be played by
Sunday noon in order that the finals
may be played off Sunday afternoon
if necessary.
Pi Kappa Alpha's strong baseball
aggregation advanced to the finals
of the Interfraternity Council tour­ney
yesterday, defeating Alpha Psi
7-6 in a spirited, closely-fought dia­mond
engagement. As a result of
this win, Pi K. A. clashes with Phi
Delta Theta in the final round, this
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Neither team scored for three in­nings
yesterday but in the fourth the
offensive guns of both nines began
booming prodigiously and from that
point on out it was a wierd ball game,
with errors playing a prominent part
in the final result. Alpha Psi came
up first with the Babe Ruth of its
outfit, George Wright, the lead-off
man. Wright poled one long and far
out over TJilly Roberts in left field,
hitting the street in front of the
library on the fly, and it was only by
some quick throwing back by Roberts
and Bruce that he was limited to a
triple. Dan Pittman followed Wright
and hit a low short out field fly to
right. Jack Knowlton came in fast
and gathered in the ball on the dead
run, a phenominal catch in itself.
Culver flied to Roberts, and Wright
had time to come home after Roberts'
catch for the first score of the game.
Moore was out on a fly to short cen­ter,
caught by Sonny Hall.
And them came thej Pi K. A.'s big
inning, their half of the fourth. F.
A. McKenzie opened things up by a
base-stealing exhibition that sent him
around the bases for t.the first score
of the game. McKenzie made first
on a hit, Moore missed the ball and
McKenzie scooted to second, and then
to third as Pittman missed Powell's
throw from short right and finally
home, with a nice argument starting.
The run counted however. A bar­rage
of hits from the bats of Hall, Bo
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Auburn Tennis Team Is
Upset By Fort Benning
Netmen Last Saturday
The Auburn tennis team lost its
third match of the season Satur­day
as the formidable Fort Ben­ning
team defeated the local rack-et-
wielders by a 6-1 count at Fort
Benning. This is the second de­feat
this year by the Benning net-men,
who won by a similar mar­gin
here several weeks back.
In the singles, Private Miller
beat George Poole 6-4, 6-1; Lieu­tenant
T. E. P. Barbour beat C.
W. Hixon 6-3, 6-4; Major Philip
Blackmore beat Bevo Biggin 6-1,
6-4; Randolph Russell defeated
Lieutenant Bennie Thurston 6-0,
6-1, and Lieutenant F. A. Horn-isher
won over Walter Byrd 6-4,
6-3.
In the doubles Major Fred Irv­ing
and Captain J. H. Drake beat
George Poole and Beverly Biggin
6-4, 9-7, and Lieutenant J. S. Up-ham
and Lieutenant K. C. Stroth-er
upset Hixon and Russell 6-2.
A return match with Birming­ham-
Southern is now in progress
at the country club courts.
AUBURN RIDERS
WIN TWO TILTS
ON ROAD JAUNT
Tiger Poloists Split Series With
Ohio State And Win Lone
Match From U. Of Missouri
ONE GAME CANCELLED
Rouse And Strong Star In
Matches; Is First Intersec-tional
Trip For Auburn Team
DANCE COMMITTEE
FOR COMING YEAR
ELECTED TUESDAY
Executive Cabinet Picks New
Members Social Committee
At Session Held Last Night
NOTICE!
In Mr. Johnson's section, History
202 examination will be given next
Monday night at 7 o'clock in Broun
Auditorium instead of Tuesday morn­ing.
The transfer was made neces­sary
because of the conflict with the
Graduation Parade, which will be
held Tuesday morning.
High School To Give
Annual Senior Play
The Senior Class of the Lee County
School will present its annual senior
play in the high school auditorium to­morrow
night at 8 o'clock, when "Raf-ferty
Racket" will be presented by
the 1935 graduates of the local school.
Written by Howard Chenery, author
of many Broadway hits, "Raffetry
Racket" is a combination comedy and
melodrama hit. Chenery has turned
out a number of plays within the last
few years that have had sensational
runs on Broadway, and "Rafferty
Racket" has been one of his most
popular.
The story of the play deals with a
trap to chatch a customs official, Raf­ferty,
whose game is to pull exhorta­tions
with pay-offs from smugglers.
How the plot finally emerges to the
satisfaction of everyone concerned is
a very interesting evening's enter­tainment.
A talented cast is scheduled to take
the various parts in the show. Mil­dred
Nunn, Eugene Trotter, Kathleen
Pace, Philip Smith, Fletcher Whatley,
Elizabeth Rogers, David Wittel, Elea­nor
Scott, Myrtis Thompson, Hazel
Avery and Macon Ellis are included
in the group who will perform tomor­row
night.
The play is directed by Miss Marie
Sewell with Miss Rosa Lee Walston
and Mr. Peet, of the College Dram­atic
Department, acting in advisory
capacities. An attractive set along
the modernistic lines has been worked
out, and a full house is expected to be
on hand to see the prospective gradu­ates
in the first senior class play since
1932. An admission charge of 15c
and 25c is to be charged for the per­formance.
Selection of the student social com­mittee
for next year was made at a
special meeting of the 1935-36 Student
Executive Cabinet, according to Hard-ie
Deer, president of the 1936 govern­ing
body.
In addition to C. Witty Walter, and
Gordon McKinney, who were elected
chairman and treasurer of the Com­mittee
at the first official convocation
of the newly elected Cabinet a few
weeks ago, the following men were
selected.
Seniors: Ashford Broughton and
Mervin York; juniors, Hugh Wilson,
Vernon Merritt and John Maroney;
sophomores, Bill Fulford and George
Hariston.
Election to the social committee is
one of the highest honors that the
campus affords. The committee
awards the contracts for decorations
and selects the orchestras for the
three big sets of dances yearly.
The outgoing committee, of which
Marion Thrasher is Chairman, has
brought two outstanding orchestras
here, Kay Kyser and Ted Weems, and
a third, Gene Sammarco, was satis­factory.
Beech Nut Gum Given
Out By Sample Crew
A sampling crew of attractive
young ladies, representing the Beech
Nut Packing Company, and wearing
red dresses, trimmed in blue, with mil­itary
headgear, were in Auburn Mon­day
distributing Beech Nut gum to the
students and townspeople. They will
return again Thursday, May 16, for
another free distribution of their well-known
and poular products.
Beech Nut's advertising program of
having these young ladies greet their
passersby with a cheery "Have a
stick of Beech Nut gum! It's refresh­ing"
will last several weeks and will
include neighboring cities and towns
in central and east Alabama within
a radius of 75 miles of Montgomery.
The crew was in Opelika Monday
morning and at Pepperell Monday af­ternoon.
In charge of the sampling crew for
this section of Alabama is Harold
Irby, formerly sports editor of the Mo­bile
Times and one of Auburn's best
friends while he was a member of the
fourth estate. He remains one of Au­burn's
loyal supporters.
NOTICE
The Womens Club is sponsoring an
Annual Reciprocity Day, Thursday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, at the
President's home. All members are
urged to attend and be on time.
The Auburn polo team defeat­ed
University of Missouri riders
yesterday afternoon by an 8 to 7
score. According to word re­ceived
from Coach Tom Gunby,
the entire team starred in win­ning
the match. The first game
with Missouri, scheduled for
Monday, was not played. It is
believed that the match was
rained out.
Auburn's nationally famous polo
team split a two game series with
Ohio State on the latter's field last
Friday and Saturday in losing the
first match by a 6 to 5 score and
winning the last tilt 11 to 2. This
series was one of the first intersec-tional
collegiate polo series to be
played by a Southern team. Auburn
is engaging in a two game series with
Missouri University this week.
With their forward strokes very
short and their riding far below par,
the Auburn poloists were barely nosed
out in the first Ohio State match.
Half the members of the squad were
in poor physical condition and their
playing was considerably off form.
Four of the representatives were
caught in a mountain storm the night
before the game and did not arrive
at Ohio State University until a few
hours before game time.
The team finally hit their stride in
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the fourth period to tie the score, but
they were outridden in the closing
minutes of the tilt and lost by a 6
to 5 count. Rouse, with three goals,
and Strong, with two, made Auburn's
score.
In the second match the entire
squad showed improved form to grab
a convincing 11 to 2 victory. Hitting
long and clear, turning and spacing,
and riding like few college polo teams
have ever ridden, the Tiger outfit
jumped to an early lead never to be
headed.
Their offensive attack in this con­test
was the most brilliant they have
displayed this season. Tom Briggs
exhibited a dashing type of riding
but played a calm steady game in
this match to lead the Auburn scor­ers
with four goals. Cecil Strong,
co-star with Briggs, tallied three
markers, with Elwood Rouse and T.
N. Ivey counting for two scores each.
During the second match the entire
team performed better than at any
time in recent matches. Their riding
was top notch and their stroking,
turning, and spacing were contribut­ing
factors in their trouncing of the
highly-touted Ohio State team.
Education Fraternity
Holds Session Monday
Last Monday night at 7:00 P. M.
in Samford Hall the Auburn' chapter
of Kappa Delta Pi, national honorary
society in education, held a regular
meeting.
The program pictured the birth and
development of the American secon­dary
school from 1635 to the pres­ent
day. The wide contrast between
the educational philosophy of colonial
times and that of today was revealed.
Following the program, officers for
the coming year were elected as fol­lows:
J. E. DeVaughn, president;
Ruth Dunn, vice-president; Emma
Bennett Sellers, secretary; and Clyde
Warren, reporter.
NOTICE
Members of the Mounted Battery
will attend the Graduation Review on
Tuesday morning, May 14, 1935.
Assembly at stables—9:30 A.M.
Uniform: Blouses, white shirts'and
leggins.
P A G E TWO T H E A U B U R N 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 WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1935
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Eenie, Meenie, Mink, Mo—
In discussing a suggestion that higher
education cease to be a state function, the
Crimson-White points out that such, a sug­gestion
is a serious challenge to the present
order, and remarks that the chief objection
to state-cc ptrolled institutions is the prin­ciple
of mtss production inculcated and
realized, especially in Alabama. The edi­torial
ends despairingly and looks in vain
for a solution.l
The question of who should own and
operate institutions of higher learning is
one that presents many angles. It is well
known that nearly all of our colleges are
controlled by interests with axes to grind:
the state would make good citizens in time
of peace, good soldiers in time of war; the
church would make good sectarians all the
time; and even privately endowed schools
must bow to the whims of the purse-string
holder.
As far as the grinding of axes is con­cerned,
except in the land-grant colleges,
the state seems to have a cleaner slate
than the churches or the private individuals.
Democratic principles, when practiced and
insisted upon by students and teachers, mil­itate
against any rigid authoritarianism;
and the democratic state has in a great
measure complied. Not so with churches
and big business: the Lord's anointed and
the tycoon can force obedience, for their
institutions are generally founded on prin­ciples
that will brook no doubters near the
thrones.
However, when we come to the question
of management we find that the state has
assumed a greater obligation and that that
obligation is often shamefully neglected.
Especially is this true in Alabama: we need
only to point to overcrowded conditions at
the University and to partly-paid salaries
at Auburn.
The reasons for this neglect are not hard
to find. Alabama, being one of the most
illiterate states in the country, will not—
and, apparently, cannot—recognize the ob­ligation
of the state to its institutions of
higher learning; infinitely more important
is the construction of good roads. Better
a good road to a bad school than a bad
road to a good school. Thus saith the
Alabama voter. And Alabama continues
to cavort around the top of the illiteracy
scale. • •
From inadequate appropriation come the
evils of mass graduation, of exploitation
of collegiate sports for financial reasons,
of education advertising in general. Why
not come out in the open and line the
paved roads with legitimate advertising
signs: "Send Your Son to Weteachem-quicker,"
"Have You a Little Adolescent
in Your Home?"
These seem to be the principal ills of
state education, but these evils exist in
religious and endowed institutions also.
As for a constructive course of action, we
suggest a state government made up of
men who can see and act upon the state's
obligation to higher education.
A Penn State College freshman who is
addicted to collecting autographs has se­cured
signatures from six famous persons
within a month of their deaths, including
Knute Rockne, Sir Thomas Lipton, John
Philip Sousa and William Howard Taft.
Are We Softies?
It has always aroused ovgc editorial ire
to an almost insane pitch to hear members
of a past generation bewail the plight of
modern youth. Many of our elders pic­ture
themselves as people who overcame
almost insurmountable obstacles, while they
insist on looking upon youtlh as being
"soft".
It might be well here) to point out" some
of the products of our "rugged predeces­sors".
The World War can not be said
to have been brought on by the "softness
of youth", but we must remember that
the then modern youth had to fight that
war. And it is universally agreed that the
present economic depression is the result
of "rugged" machinations of the captains
of industry, men who certainly can not' be
classed as adolescents. And who can deny
that the present social order is an improve­ment
on the one which prevailed imme­diately
before the war? Modern youth is
not hypocritical, nor is it prudish. It has
dared to face the truth, and admit the
truth. Yet, it is soft. We youngsters are
totally without "rugged" characters.
It is our suggestion that fanatical and
sentimental people cease decrying youth,
especially columnists who belong to a past
generation, the generation whose memberr
by their "rugged characters", brought
about disaster in the social order, and in
civilization as a whole. That generation
has had "its day. The present situation is
a result of Victorian character-building.
We know that we are going to live in this
world; we believe that we should make our
environment what we want it to be; and,
finally, and incidentally, we are going to
do as we see fit.
JOCULARITIES
By Jeremiah Jattingham
Worthwhile Program
Of the many alphabetical projects com­ing
out of Washington, few have been
received with such whole hearted commen­dation
as the CCC. With an able director,
Robert Fechen, at its head, it has accom­plished
some outstanding things.
It has given jobs to more than a million
men, and three million persons are de­pendent
upon its payroll. Thus has it ac­complished
its original object as means for
relief distribution.
Its members have built thousands of
miles of telephone lines and roads. They
have planted over 266 million trees. Tre­mendous
work has been done in fire fight­ing,
fire prevention and soil erosion. The
amount of game preservation can hardly
be measured.
The continuance of the CCC may mean
a victorious battle over future dust storms
through concerted prevention of wind ero­sion.
Aside from this, the amount of money
expended in this project has repaid itself
in the health development of its million
members who live in the open, under con­trolled
sanitary conditions.
Without The Pale
SECRETARY ICKES TO DELIVER COM­MENCEMENT
ADDRESS AT ALA.
When Harold Le Clair Ickes, Secretary
of Interior and Administrator of Public
Works, comes to the University May 27 to
deliver the Commencement address, those
present will listen to the words of a man,
who is by general consent, the strongest
member of the President's, cabinet, and
next tc>,Henry Morganthau, the most influ­ential
man in the government.
For, as one writer said, "the Department
of Interior is the treasure-house of the
American nation." The department has the
trusteeship of all the undeveloped natural
resources of the country, the wealth of the
future generations of Americans. It has
control of the American colonies. It also
controls the destiny of the American In­dians,
and maintains the parks and forests
of the public domains, and Mr. Ickes as­sumes
the responsibility for it all. In ad­dition,
he is the Oil Administrator under
the NRA.
But that is not all Secretary Ickes at­tends
to. He has the herculean task of
administering huge sums for public works.
He was allotted the first three billions of
dollars to be employed in public projects.
Now with Harry Hopkins and Rexf ord Tug-well,
the indefatigable Mr. Ickes has full
responsibility for spending the vast sum of
$4,800,000,000 for the attack on unem­ployment
this summer.
To get the Work Relief Bill past the
House, President Roosevelt originally had
to promise that Secretary Ickes would not
have complete charge of spending the four
billions. The main reason for this prom­ise
was prompted by Congress's obvious dis­like
for the crusty attitude of Mr. Ickes
toward politicians seeking political favors.
Known throughout the capitol circles as
the man who runs the most honest depart­ment
in Washington, Ickes has accumulated
a larger list of enemies than any other
man in Washington. He will not play
politics with appointments or appropria­tions,
hence politicians hold him in con-
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.
* * * *
RAIN, rain go away. But who wants
to play now anyway. With final ex­ams
just a little more than a week
off the school has suddenly become scholas-tically
conscious. A whole semester's work
to be done in the short, short time of one
hundred and sixty-eight hours. Seniors of
two kinds—those who are finishing up their
thesis and term papers, and those who are
just starting them. It has been our ob­servation
that the latter's efforts turn out
to be just about as good as do those who
have deliberated all through the year on
theirs. We hope this is true, to say the
least.
» * * *
The finals gone and back to the prosaic
business of going to classes. Arguments
all around the campus as to the relative
merits of Kay Kyser and Ted Weems. We
won't enter the argument, but both bands
had their advantages, and disadvantages.
Sufficient to say that lovers of fast music
had their day during the recent set. And
Red Ingle the prize of the vocalists.
* * * *
A year gone by and nothing changed yet.
The Editor and columnists raving on to no
avail. Maybe we were all wrong to begin
with. But somehow we are conceited
enough to think not. Of course one should­n't
expect any material changes, not in the
short period of one year, but nevertheless
it would have done us good to know that
we had brought about one advancement or
betterment during our senior year. But
we suppose it cannot be.
* * * *.
Politicians will still continue to dominate
the operation of campus affairs. But there
is one thing about politics. On rare occas­ions
a capable man is elected who, during
the campaign may have seemed to be noth­ing
but a politician. We think this has hap­pened
in one or two instances next year,
for major campus offices. And seniors don't
always know as much as they think they
know. That is sad, too. We like to regard
ourselves as ultimate authorities on every­thing.
We condemn underclassmen for their
tempt. Secretary Ickes holds vantage po­sition
to break up many political games,
as he is guardian of resources and cash—
two important ingredients in making a po­litical
pie.
political activities, forgetting that last year
we did exactly the same kind of thing.
* * * *
•
No changes of any importance have been
made in the Executive Cabinet Constitu­tion.
The proposed changes might have
passed after the elections, when people
would have no reason to suspect, everyone
hears suspecting something wrong about
everything, but as we said once before, we
think it an impossibility to get two-thirds
of the campus to agree on anything. Of
course that's just what we think, but even
so, we think that in the light of past events
it is more than true.
* * * *
The rules of the Women's Student Gov­ernment
have not been changed. Not that
that makes any difference either. Most
girls move out of the dormitory after their
freshman year, if they have any social in­clinations,
and the rest of the girls, if fair­ly
discreet, do approximately what they
want to, the latter situation making us very
happy. Like the birds in spring.
* * * *
No, on the whole there have not been
many material changes in anything at Au­burn
this year. The Interfraternity Council
Dance was moved up so late that it had to
be made informal, taking away its distinc­tiveness,
and more dances were given than
ever before. Each set of big dances had its
spasmodic social organization, the sopho­mores
their Knaves, the junior their Black-hawks
and the senior their Snazis. Two
outstanding orchestras have been brought
here by Squint Thrasher and his Social
Committee lads, and the incoming Social
Committee will have its work cut out for
them if they succeed in getting bands just
as good.
* * * *
Probably no positions on the campus
are sought so diligently as are the mem­berships
on the social committee. And yet
most of it is carried on under cover -of
darkness. Members of the Executive Cab­inet
make frat dances for weeks in advance,
and drink many dopes at local soda founts.
And all for honor. Being on the committee
is no set-up job. We felt particularly
sorry for one member of the outgoing com­mittee
whose business it was to sit over by
the" south entrance and keep boys from
coming up and going down the stairs, all
the time watching the rest of us make
merry. And the rest of the committee
downstairs selling tickets and tagging peo­ple.
Not an enviable job, certainly, but
one that is probably wanted by more people
than anything here. It's a queer world.
* * * *
Only two more issues, including this one,
CABBAGES AND KINGS
By Cecil Strong and Bill Emrey
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.
TOLERATION . . . "THe American
people must decide whether they will
longer tolerate the search for truth."
So says Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, president
of Chicago University, in a recent talk.
"If they will not tolerate truth, then we
can blow out the light and fight it out in
the dark; for when the voice of reason is
silenced, the rattle of machine guns be­gins."
We are struck with the potency of these
works and wonder if there could be any
connection between them and the recent
student protests against war. It seems
to us that the desperate and seemingly
rather futile demonstration against the
greatest and most horrible of all human
enemies, WAR, is an attempt on the part
of the rising generation to advance tol­eration
and the search for truth. For
how can truth be brought to light when the
facts are concealed beneath a shroud of
hatred and suspicion?
Dr. Hutchins remarks were occasioned by
the so-familiar charges that radicalism is
predominant, on the campuses of American
colleges. His reply was that smugness, not
radicalism is the dominant characteristic
of the campuses of this country. Radical­ism
is not the real enemy of democracy; the
real enemy, it seems, is the red-baiting,
faculty-heckling alarmists who would sup­press
"whatever freedom of inquiry, dis­cussion,
and teaching" now exists.
* * * *
HATS OFF. . . . In past discussions of
the responsibilities of school for the educa­tion
of its students we have advanced our
theory that in many instances the fault
for the students poor work lay in that
the teacher had no interest either in the
pupil or in the subject that he was teaching.
At Loyola A and M. college, a professor
discontinued a class with the following
statement, "The class is lousy!" It seems
that some professors have a certain amount
of feelings after all. Now if only the stu­dents
could discontinue a class because it
was "lousy" that would be something else.
Possibly many teachers realize that the
courses which they are required to teach
are pretty "sorry", but this is the first
time we can remember that one has had
the integrity to abandon such a course. We
are tempted to believe that it is the results
of art educational system which is inclined
to subjugate education to other things,
which not only allows a professor to carry
on such a class, but practically forces him
to do so—if he would have his crust of
mouldy bread.
* * * *
GUESS WHAT? . . . At about this
stage in every column we come to the
same conclusion: that writing a column is
like winking at a girl in the dark. You
know what you're doing but no one else
can figure it out.
* * * *
to go and we look back and wonder how
four years have passed so fast, and this
year particularly. It takes a lot of us two
or three years to get into the swing of
things here, and some of us never do. And
yet, with very few exceptions, the boys
who were outstanding as freshmen have
carried on through as the class leaders. A
few, who weren't anything their rodent
days, have come out, but on the whole the
leadership of the class is concentrated in
ten, twelve or fifteen men. The rest are
just here.
SUCKERS. . . . The college student for
all his assumed sophistication and general
all-'round smartness is probably one of the
greatest class of "suckers" in the world.
As extra proof (if any be needed) we read
in last week's issue of "The Red and
Black", University of Georgia student pub­lication,
that an amazingly great number
of students were "took in" by suit sales­men
who offered "ultra-modern, double-breasted
heather gray models with pleated,
shirred, or bi-swing backs, etc., etc., for
the ridiculously low price of only $7.50.
The suits upon arriving had the "general
appearance of burlap, the shoulders of
which have been described by an angered
buyer as 'tent shoulders' and the pleated
effect has been declared to have come only
from a misfit."
The Red and Black take it upon itself
to warn each and every Beau Brummell
who sees a heaven-sent chance to dress up
cheaply to steer clear—these "$7.50" sales­men
are bad medicine.
After last year's episode with the book
and magazine salesmen Auburn needs no
warning. We're still broke.
Latest college humor: "Who was Talley­rand?"
"Oh, she is a fan dancer, and don't talk
baby talk."
A bright student at the University of
Missouri says that a skeleton is a sack of
bones with the people scraped off.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1935 T H E A U B U R N PLAINSMAN •:• A L A B A M A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE P A G E THREE
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
MILDRED WADKINS, Society Editor
T.U.O. Group Stages
Alumni Meeting Here
Among the enjoyable events of the
past week-end was the annual alumni
banquet given by Eta Beta Chapter of
Theta Upsilon Omega at the Eastern
Star Hall.
Prof. Solon Dixon, '26, acted as
toastmaster for the occasion and kept
the program moving in a pleasing
manner.
Alton Graves, president of the
chapter, welcomed the alumni after
which B. W. "Buck" Appleton, '34,
gave a short talk in response.
Prof. J. M. Robinson, Chairman of
the Faculty Fraternity Committee,
addressed the group on the various
problems which fraternities on the
Auburn campus are now facing.
Walter Smith, '35, reviewed the
chapter's activities during the past
year. Prof. John Cottier, '29, also
made an interesting talk on the im­portance
of closer contact between
the alumni and the active chapter.
Short talks were made by the alum-
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Local Citizens Hear
Concert In Tuskegee
Many Auburn residents were
among the 3,000 who attended the
concert given by the Birmingham
Civic Symphony Sunday at Tuskegee.
The negro Folk Symphony, composed
by William L. Dawson, Director of
Music at the Institute, was the main
feature on the program.
The composer, William Dawson,
and the director, Dorsay Whittington,
were presented beautiful flowers at
the conclusion of the concert.
Dawson was born in Anniston, Ala.,
but has been connected with the Insti­tute
for several years.
PERSONAL
MENTION
ni members present, among whom
were: Walter L. Mims, Birmingham;
D. M. Turney, Crossville; C. E. Mc-
Cord, Auburn ; Aubrey Taylor, Clan-ton;
B. C. Pope, Jr., Auburn; B. W.
Appleton, Gadsden; R. F. Perry, Bir­mingham;
Solon Dixon, Auburn; John
R. Carmack, Auburn; and Prof. F. C.
Hulse, faculty adviser.
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This young lady record* the meaningless syllables spoken by the man,
4 ND, "How does kib like that?" Such questions sound
- t \ senseless — yet they play an important part in
making, articulation tests on new types of telephone
apparatus at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
In making these tests, 6336 meaningless syllables
are spoken — while observers record what they hear.
Comparison of sounds actually spoken with those heard,
shows how well the new apparatus reproduces the many
sounds of which speech is composed.
Such thoroughness is typical of Bell System methods.
Years of inventing, improving and testing have led to
the apparatus which transmits your words so clearly.
Why not say "Hello" to Mother and
Dad tonight? Bargain rates on sta-i
tion-to-station calls after 8:30 P. M.
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Loyd Richey, '34, former Auburn
track star, and prominent campus
leader last year, spent the past week­end
here renewing old acquaintances,
and attending the final dances. Rich­ey
is now connected with the South
Carolina State Highway Dept. with
headquarters at Honeapath, S. C.
* * *
B. W. "Buck" Appleton, '34, as­sistant
county agent of Etowah
County, spent the week-end in Au­burn,
coming down for the TUO ban­quet
and the dances. He is now lo­cated
at Gadsden.
* * *
William Beck, Auburn graduate of
last year, attended the dances the
past- week-end. He is now at the
University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
where he is taking graduate work.
* * *
Sam Fort, of Birmingham, was here
Sunday.
* * *
Mr. George A. Miller, graduate of
Auburn, and his wife, the former
Lillian Alirs, stopped in Auburn last
week while on their way to Philadel­phia
where Mr. Miller is connected
with the Frankford Arsenel Company.
* * *
Mrs. M. Sledge visited in Greens­boro
last week. *
* * *
Mrs. Ben Showalter spent last week
in Miami, Fla., attending P.«T. A.
meetings.
* * *
Co. L., Scabbard and Blade, enter­tained
wilih a breakfast ride last
Sunday morning. The ride was to
Wright's mill.
* * *
Among those going to Dothan for
the U. D. C. convention were: Mrs.
Herman Jones, Miss Lucile Burton,
and Mrs. B. B. Ross.
¥ * *
The students in Home Economics
entertained with a tea last Tuesday
complimenting Miss Louise Glanton.
* * *
Among the visiting alumni who at­tended
the dances here-last week-end
were George Spann, of Dothan, Tom
Kirkland, Greenville, Richard Rut­land
and Bill Smith, Montgomery,
Dozier Howard, Columbus, Ga.
* * *
Miss Jo Tippins, who has been
teaching in Gurlie, Ala., has returned
home to spend the summer with her
parents.
* * *
The weekly meeting of the D. A. R.
was held Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. B. R. Crenshaw, with
Mrs. George Petrie and Mrs. L. N.
Duncan acting as co-hostesses. The
meeting was in honor of Mrs. Zebulon
Judd, who has been recently been na­tionally
honored in D. A. R. work.
* * *
Mesdames J. T. Williamson, Emil
Wright, and Leslie Wright entertain­ed
with a lovely tea last Friday com­plimenting
Miss Delotie, who suc­ceeds
Mrs. Emil Wright in Extension
work.
* * *
Mrs. Keith Reeve was hostess at a
tea last Wednesday honoring her
mother, Mrs. Smith from Illinois.
Capt. and Mrs. Pick from Ft. Lea­venworth,
Kan., returned to their
home last Friday after attending the
funeral of Mrs. Pick's father, Dean
C. A. Cary.
Mrs. Jones Selected
U.D.C. Division Head
Mrs. Herman Jones, of Auburn,
was elected president of the Alabama
Division, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, on May 2, the final day
of the organization's annual conven­tion
being held at Dothan.
Mrs. C. A. Basore, also of Auburn,
was elected corresponding secretary
of the organization.
Mrs. Jones has been president of
the Woman's Club of Auburn for the
past two years, and is active in other
organizations.
Mrs. Nell Mitchell
Is Wed To G. Strick
The announcement of the marriage
on April 26 of Mrs. Nell Mitchell,
former secretary on the dairy depart­ment
here, to Mr. George H. Strick,
Reading, Penn., will be of interest to
friends here.
Mrs. Strick has resided in Auburn
for several years with her sister, Mrs.
H. B. Peacock. Mr. Strick is the
manager of a textile company in
Reading.
After a short trip, Mr. and Mrs.
Strick will be at home in Reading.
On Saturday
week, Mrs. S. L.
at her home with E
honor of Mrs. Smith
afternoon of last
Toomert entertained
lovely tea in
Friday Mrs. Wallace Tidmore and
Mrs. R. B. Mardre will honor Mrs.
L. N. Duncan with a luncheon.
* * *
Mrs. W. W. Hill will leave Wednes­day
night for Memphis, Tenn., where
she will attend the Southern Baptist
Convention.
* * *
Last Sunday morning the Auburn
Business and Professional Women's
Club enjoyed an outdoor breakfast.
* * *
Mrs. Herman Jones has recently
been elected State Pres. of the U.
D. C.
'Bama Ahead In Race
For Conference Flag
At the close of last week's base­ball
schedule in the Southeastern
Conference the University of Ala­bama
had taken posession of first
place by having eight victories against
one defeat. The Auburn Tigers,
having already finished with their
Conference schedule, are restink in
the first division with a .500 percent­age.
The Crimson Tide, in holding the
top position, has lost its only Con­ference
game to the seventh place
Louisiana State Tigers. Mississippi
State has lost only one game this
season but, having played only six
Conference schedule, are resting in
second place, behind the University
of Alabama. Mississippi State's sole
defeat was also registered by the
Louisiana State Tigers.
Georgia Tech has taken hold of
third place with three wins and two
losses. Following the Atlanta team
is Auburn, which is the only other
Southeastern nine to get into the
first division.
Resting below the Tigers are Geor­gia,
Florida, Louisiana State, and
Mississippi. Florida's only Confer­ence
games were played against the
Tigers, the Plainsmen winning two
out of the three tilts played. Louis­iana
State's only two wins were taken
from the two leading teams, the Uni­versity
of Alabama, and Mississippi
State. So far Mississippi has been
unable to break into the win column
in the Southeastern standing.
The Auburn Tigers, in taking
fourth place, took two of the three
games played with Florida and did the
same with Georgia. Georgia Tech
won the only series that the Tigers
lost, the two defeats and no wins
by the Engineers probably costing
the Plainsman third place.
vThe standings are as follows:
W L Pet.
Alabama 8 1 .888
Mississippi State 5 1 .833
Georgia Tech 3 2 .600
Auburn 4 4 .500
Georgia 2 3 .400
Florida 1 3 .333
Louisiana State 2 6 .250
Mississippi 0 6 .000
Fat Folks Read This
SHE REDUCED 14
LBS. IN 3 WEEKS
Paid No A t t e n t i on
To Envious Go**iper*
Mrs. J. H. Valentine of Freeport,
N. Y., writes: "I lost 14 lbs. with
Kruschen and my husband took off
12 lbs. in 3 weeks and intends keep­ing
up the good work. I think
Kruschen is simply wonderful."
Intelligent folks like Mr. and Mrs.
Valentine don't listen to gossipping
folks who tell them it's impossible to
reduce safely.
Kruschen Salts is one safe reduc­ing
treatment—it's a health treat­ment—
physicians prescribe it—just
take a half teaspoonful in a cup of
hot water first thing every morning
•tastes fine with juice of half lemon
added—a jar lasts 4 weeks and costs
but a few cents—any drugstore.
Lipscomb's Drug Store sells lots of it.
Lutz-Mathis Wedding
Is Of Interest Here
The marriage of Miss Helen Rose
Mathis of Montgomery to Mr. Rueben
Lutz, Auburn graduate, was solemn­ized
on May 4 at the church of the
Ascension, Montgomery.
The bride attended Huntingdon and
Agnes Scott College. The groom re­ceived
his higher education here. He
is a member of the Lambda Chi Fra­ternity.
Rifle Team Members
Receive Minor Award
Twelve members of Auburn's rifle
team have been voted minor athletic
insignia. The team, coached by Lt.
H. W. Erghott and Sgt. Charles
Reaves, was victorious in 37 out of
46 matches including their four
shoulder-to-shoulder contests.
The athletic council awarded let­ters
to the following riflers: Captain
James Van Hoose, Mclntoch; John
Mayer, New York; Fitzhugh Lee,
Montgomery; Harlow Chapman, St.
Albans, N. Y.; Milton Hardeman,
Athens, Ga.; Normal Riestand, Fair-hope;
Robert Strucjkabd, Birming­ham;
Wade Brunson, Blakeley, Ga.;
and Eugene Tomlinson, Lexington.
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Streamlined Piping
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g r a c e a n d e f f i c i e n c y i n m o d e r n p i p i n g systems.
By G. O. CARTER*
NOWADAYS everything is being
"streamlined" — airplanes, auto­mobiles,
trains, ships, approach
their greatest degree of grace and
efficiency through this design prin­ciple.
Usually their streamlining
is all on the outside. Piping joined
by welding is streamlined both
inside and outside.
WELDED ASSEMBLIES such
as this loop in a steam line are
easily made.
100,000 Miles Installed
Welded joints were first used
for river crossings in oil pipe lines.
They proved strong ana sturdy
enough to withstand the shocks of
this difficult service. Soon welding
came into general use for every joint
in the line. Today over 100,000
miles of welded pipe carry oil,
gas and gasoline over the country.
The economies which welding
brought to the construction and
maintenance of pipe lines led to
its adoption for power plant and
industrial piping. Now it is the
first choice of many engineers for
all kinds of piping.
Prevents Leakage Loss
Streamlined welded piping has
many attractive features besides
its smooth lines. Welding is sound,
safe, and in the final analysis, the
most economical way of putting
pipe together.
Welding makes a "jointless"
job—insures the owner from fu­ture
maintenance. Permanence is
so positive that in the Cathedral
of St. John the Divine in New
York, welded piping has been in­stalled
in masonry walls fourteen
feet thick. In other instances coils
of welded piping have been set
directly in plaster in the ceilings
and walls of beautiful residences.
Modern skyscrapers enclose mile
upon mile of welded piping. In
one building group in the East
there are over 85 miles of welded
steam piping alone.
Avoids Friction
Pipe joined by welding is smooth
inside and outside—truly stream­lined.
The smooth outside makes
insulation less costly and easier to
apply. The smooth inside makes
friction negligible and reduces
power losses. Welded piping is
now used for gases and liquids of
all sorts and for many solids^-
requiring pipe of every size and
of almost every metal.
Permanent but Flexible
To be a sound investment today,
buildings must remain relatively
free from maintenance. Piping
SINUOUS CURVES of welded
pipe sweep from floor to floor carry­ing
steam, water, gases and liquids.
must be permanent, strong, leak-proof
and reasonable in cost.
Welded piping is permanent.
But alterations can be made easily
when desired. The oxy-acetylene
cutting blowpipe gives the ready
means of making an opening. The
addition is then tied-in simply by
means of welding. This is espe­cially
important in the moderni­zation
of old buildings.
Installation Facilities
Everywhere
The Linde Air Products Com­pany,
a Unit of Union Carbide
and Carbon Corporation, has
pioneered many applications of
the oxy-acetylene process in pipe
welding. Without cost or obliga­tion
to you, it will gladly furnish
complete data on welded piping
methods. It will make available
also such further technical assis­tance
your engineers or construc­tion
men may require. Linde Sales
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welding and cutting — including
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Apparatus and Supplies—-is avail­able
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plants and warehouse stocks,
everywhere.
"JOINTLESS"—With a safe, simple and portable oxy-acetylene welding
and catting outfit and suitable welding rods, pipe of any size, any com­mercial
metal, is assembled rapidly into sound jointless piping systems.
•Consulting Engineer. The Linde Air Products Com­pany,
Unit of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation.
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P A G E FOUR T H E A U B U R N PLAINSMAN A L A B A M A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1935
PLAY GROUP IS
WELL RECEIVED
IN APPEARANCE
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any actor in the play. Shifting from
fast comedy to whimsical pleading
and at times to dramatic outbursts of
protestations against unsatisfactory
turns of event, Miss Cook as the
Princess Anne and helpless victim of
circumstances was eminently satisfac­tory.
With the possible exception of Dr.
Sawyer in the part of the unwilling
suitor of an unwilling fiancee, the
rest of the cast was just adequate.
Dr. Sawyer, however, deserves espe­cial
mention for his fine work in a
serio-comic part that was in a sense
sublimely ridiculous.
F. M. De Weiss as General North-rup,
Loie Vogel as Fred Granton, the
real lover of Anne, Harry Kroll as
Laker, a revolutionary leader, Lieu-
Tiger Theatre
AUBURN, ALABAMA
"The Showplace of East
Alabama"
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8
"Transient Lady"
With Gene Raymond, Henry
Hull, Frances Drake
— A l . o—
COMEDY AND SCREEN
SOUVENIR
THURSDAY-FRIDAY,
MAY 9-10
James Cagney and Pat O'Brien
—in—
"Devil Dogs Of The
Air"
With Margaret Lindsay,
Frank McHugh
—Added—
BARNEY RAPP AND HIS
BAND ,
IN A MUSICAL NOVELTY
Opelika, Alabama
WEDNESDAY, May 8
"The Florentine
Dagger"
With Margaret Lindsay and
Donald Woods.
Paramount Pictorial, Goofy
Movies, and Varieties.
THURSDAY, May 9
"The
Band Plays On"
With Robert Young, Stuart
Erwin, Leo Carillo, and
Betty Furness
Comedy i Rural Romeo
FRIDAY, May 10
"A Dog of Flanders"
Ouida's great novel you will
remember.
Also "Flying Down to Zero"
Pathe Topics and Metrotone
News
Franke Lauds Rifle
Team For Fine Mark
Following is a memorandum in
which Major G. H. Franke commended
the Auburn rifle team for their ex­cellent
record during this school year:
1. The Professor of Military Science
and Tactics desires to commend the
Rifle Team upon its excellent record
of this year. The records of the team
since 1930 show a consistent improve­ment
from a standing of 11th place
in the Corps Area Match and 19th in
the Hearst Trophy Match to 1st Place
in the Corps Area Match and 4th
place in the Hearst Match this year.
In addition to the high ranking in
the above matches the winning of thir­ty-
seven matches out of the forty-six
fired, against the best teams from ev­ery
section of the country, and of all
four shoulder-to-shoulder matches
against the outstanding teams of the
Fourth Corps Area, is a record of
which Auburn may well be proud.
2. First Lieutenant Herbert W.
Ehrgott, the Rifle Team Coach, and
Sergeant Charles R. Reeves, the as­sistant
coach, deserve special com­mendation.
Without expectation of
compensation, except satisfaction in
a task admirably performed, they have
given enthusiastically and unstinting-ly
of their own time which might have
been devoted to other more personal
recreational purposes. .
3. It is desired especially to com­mend
the following team members:
J. M. Van Hoose, team captain, for
four years' firing, during which time
he placed fourth, seventh, fourth, and
sixth, in the squad, and for his un­stinting
zeal in performance of the du­ties
of team captain.
Emmett E. Casson, team, manager,
for four years' firing, during which
time he placed sixth, fifth, sixth, and
seventh, in the squad, and for his ef­ficient
performance of the duties of
team manager at great personal sacri­fice
of time.
Nathaniel G. Bradford, for his un­failing
interest and zeal, which result­ed
in his placing fifth in the squad this
year, and being elected team captain
for the coming year.
John E. Moyer, for his untiring ef­forts
and ceaseless work as assistant
manager, to which the success of the
team may be ascribed in large meas­ure,
and in recognition of which he
was elected manager for the coming
year.
H. Fitzhugh Lee, for showing the
greatest individual improvement dur­ing
the season. From an average of
322 last season he improved his sea­son
average to 360, with a high score
of 378.
Harlow M. Chapman, for all around
excellence as a shot, and for twice
establishing a new high score for the
team.
Milton L. Hardeman, fot consistent­ly
excellent shooting, which resulted
in his placing first on the squad.
Norman T. Hiestand, for the out­standing
performance of the season,
in scoring 97 standing.
4. In addition to the above the fol-tenant
Ehrgott as Dr. Fellman, Joe
Zwinakis as Major Brent, Walter
Kennon as the page, Laurence Hamp­ton
as the doorman, and Mildred and
Miriam Moore as Ladies-in-waiting
were all satisfactory and had con­siderable
stage presence.
SUMMER SESSION
Alabama Polytechnic
Institute
1935
First Term—June 3 - July 12
Second Term—July 15 - August 17
Standard college courses offered by all divisions of the
college.
Work especially designed for:
Persons wishing to earn through summer study the
bachelor's or the master's degree in various fields.
Graduates from two- and four-year courses, at
Teachers Colleges.
School Superintendents, Principals, and teachers.
Room and table board in excellent boarding houses at
minimum prices. Cottages available for boarding
clubs at actual cost.
Good library facilities and recreational opportunities.
For further information write
ZEBULON JUDD
Director of the Summer Session
Auburn, Alabama
LOVING CUP WILL
BE AWARDED NEXT
YEAR BY SOCIETY
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tour of the various units. Eta Kap­pa
Nu has about twenty-five chapters,
with the Auburn unit the only one in
the deep South. The only other
group below the Mason and Dixon
line is the chapter at University of
Texas, Austin.
While here the organization enter­tained
Mr. Zerby at a luncheon on
Tuesday. The secretary made an in­teresting
speech on national organiza­tion,
alumni chapters, and other
phases of the fraternity at the lunch­eon.
lowing deserve special commendation
for their firing this year, which en­titles
them to the award of the minor
sports "A":
Robert E. Strickland, William H.
Dexter, Wade W. Brunson, Jr., Eugene
Tomlinson.
By order of Major Franke.
J. V. PHELPS,
1st Lt., F. A., Adjutant.
Chemical Group Will
Present Honor Award
An honor award for the freshman
registered in the School of Chemistry
and Pharmacy making the highest
scholastic average for his entire
freshman year has been established
by Alpha Iota of Phi Lambda Upsilon,
national honorary chemical fraterni­ty.
The winner of this honor will have
his name engraved on a permanent
plaque which will be hung in the halls
of Ross Chemical Laboratory.
In addition the senior in the chem­istry
school who makes the highest
scholastic mark for his four years
here will have his name engraved on
the plaque.
WANTED
Fifty young men who want work at
home this summer. This is a good
money making proposition that will
not require experience or full time.
If interested see Selman Johnson,
Phi Delta Theta House Saturday
from one till six.
PI K. A. MEETS
PHI DELT TEAM
IN FINAL GAME
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Russell, Bennie Fenton, Knowlton,
and Bruce accounted for four more
runs in this inning. Bad throwing
and a number of errors hurt the Al­pha
Psi cause in this inning.
In the fifth, Powell of Alpha Psi
hit a beautiful home run deep in
right center with the bases clear but
his mates got nowhere and that scor­ing
start was ended then and there.
Pi K. A. failed to score in their half
of this period, and the game entered
its final stages 5-2.
Wright got to first in the Alpha
Psi part of the sixth and in home a
moment later as Culver slammed out a
clean triple to right center, the latter
being caught out trying to steal home.
Pi K. A. got one more in their half of
the same canto as Bruce and Davis
hit a double apiece to score the former.
Roberts managed to make first on a
bunt but Davis was out at home trying
to come in.
And in the seventh Pittman, run­ning
for Harris, made another run
after Harkins' triple had insured his
coming home, and Geetchie Moore
added one more in the ninth that fell
just one run short of tying the ball
game.
PLAINSMEN ANNEX
DECISIVE VICTORY
IN FLORIDA MEET
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feet 10 1-2 inches.
880-yard run—Funchess, Auburn,
first; Emery, Auburn, second; Crews,
Florida, third. Time 2 minutes.
440-yard run—Williams, Auburn,
first; Kilgore, Auburn, second; Love,
Florida, third. Time 52.3 seconds.
Pole vault—Kenzie, Auburn, first;
Gannt, Auburn, second; Crews, Flor­ida,
third. Height 12 feet.
Javelin throw — McLane, Florida,
first; Blake, Auburn, second; Warren,
Florida, third. Distance, 175 ft., 8 in.
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SYNTHETIC SUNLIGHT
THE people whose apartments faced the
lower levels of the ventilating shafts in a
14-story New York apartment house had long
ago given up the hope that direct sunlight
would enter their windows. Imagine their
astonishment one morning not long ago to find
light—lots of it — streaming in. When they
looked, they found not the sun, but 18 of the
sun's able little imitators—General Electric
floodlights. They had been mounted on the
ninth-floor level.
The engineers were thoughtful of the tenants'
feelings. For when the switch is thrown no
sudden glare of light paralyzes unaccustomed
householders in the act of brushing their teeth
or doing setting up exercises, pastimes which
were formerly cloaked in intimate gloom. A
fully automatic synchronous-motor time switch
actuates a dimmer, and the floodlights do not
attain full brilliancy for 15 minutes.
. GROANING RAILS
AFEW weeks ago, the rails between Sche­nectady
and Benning, D. C, groaned
under what is believed to be the heaviest load
ever transported on a single car. The load con­sisted
of the generator shaft, rotor, and poles
for a General Electric frequency converter set
being installed at the plant of the Potomac
Electric Light and Power Company to deliver
25-cycle, single-phase power to the Pennsyl­vania
Railroad. The total weight on the rails
was 471,300 pounds.
Because of weight and clearance requirements,
however, the route of the shipment was round
about. A check of practically every foot of the
way was made to determine if temporary ob­structions
could be removed to allow the load
to pass. From Schenectady to Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., the car traveled on the Delaware & Hud­son.
From Wilkes-Barre, the car was sent to
Hagerstown, Md., on the Pennsylvania Rail­road,
where it was turned over to the Western
Maryland Railroad. After an extensive detour,
it was delivered back to the Pennsylvania on
its main line just south of the Baltimore
tunnels, which were the principal reasons for
the complicated routing. From there it was
carried directly to the power company's riding
in the District of Columbia.
FISH LIFE SAYER
nPHE people in the New York Aquarium
*- were very unhappy. Many of their rare
fish were dying of a mysterious malady. An
investigation snowed that the water pumped
into the tanks contained contaminating metal
salts, and that these salts came from the metal
pumps in the system.
They appealed to the H. A. Smith Pump &
Motor Company for help. Mr. Smith began
testing all the nonmetallic substances available
for making pumps. He tried 14 materials and
found that General Electric Textolite was the
only one that would prevent this pollution of
the water and at the same time make a satis­factory
pump.
Engineers of the General' Electric Plastics
Department were called in, and a new pump
was designed, using five different grades of
Textolite. The pump was so constructed that
no water can come into contact with metal.
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