1935-03-23 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUME LVIII
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AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1935 NUMBER 44
INITIAL AWARD
IN TOURNEY TO
BE GIVEN SOON
Executive Cabinet Elections Will
Be Held On April 4 Says Chairman
Funchess; Many To Seek Positions
Mobile Hi Times And Perri-
Winkle Winners In News­paper
Contest Held Here
PLAYS ARE PRESENTED
Ensley High School Wins Morn­ing
Round In Dramatic Con­test
With Entertaining Play
Supervises Election
Because of the unusually close
competition between several contest­ants
in the Plainsman high school
newspaper contest papers were di­vided
into two classes during the
judging.
The Murphy Hi Times copped first
prize in Class "A", which was com­prised
of newspapers from large high
schools.
The Perri-Winkle, of Perry County
High School, took top honors in Class
"B", which was made up of papers
from smaller schools.
Ensley High School, presenting
"The Drums of Oude" won first place
in the opening bracket of the State
Dramatic Tournament now in prog­ress
in Langdon Hall. Other schools
competing this morning were Shaw-mut,
Blount County, Auburn and Vin­cent.
Directed by Miss Florence Pass, and
written by Austin Strong, "The
Drums of Oude" is a play laid in the
oriental setting of colonial India, with
all the foreboding atmosphere char­acteristic
of the more remote sections
of northern India. A threatened up­rising
brings about a situation that
finds Captain MacGregor, Lieutenant
Alan Hartley, British officers, and the
latter's sister, Mrs. Clayton, thrust to­gether
in what looks like the final
reckoning for all of them.
Pope Meagher and Margaret Dom-inick,
in the two lead roles, deserve es­pecial
mention although the other
members of the cast wefe eminently
satisfactory. Meagher played the part
of the Captain and Miss Dominick the
role of Mrs. Clayton. Others in the
cast included John Thomas, as Lieu­tenant
Hartley, John Burnett as Ser­geant
MacDougall, Lowell Detamore
as the Sentry, Lee Vines, Caroline
Baker and Frances Morrow as the
Hindustan servants. Margaret Bur-ford
as the Drummer and Walter Ma­son
as Sepoy.
The first play given this morning
was "Sunrise" by Shawmut High. It
concerned the decision of a Roman
Captain in prison to decide between
loyalty to his country and his sweet­heart,
and loyalty to Christ; and was
adequately handled. The cast had
James Prather, as Gaius, a Colonel
in the Roman Army, Marjorie Davis
as Cornelia, the sweetheart of the im­prisoned
Captain; James Whitehead
as the Captain, Gerald Crowder as
Claudius, a subordinate of the Cap^
tain, with Ben Donald Davis, Louise
Strother, Johnny Hagood and Jack
Smith in minor parts.
Blount County had an interesting
play of the melodramatic type that
was very well-received by the audi
ence. The author of a "perfect crime"
detective story finds the tables turned
by a former employee of his who uses
all the details of the perfect crime
plot in attempting to*kill him. The
cast was excellent but th'e play com­paratively
mediocre. Included in the
cast were Drexal Dailey as the au­thor,
Bill Wittmeir as the former em­ployee,
Bob Denton as a nearby farm­er
who was instrumental in his res­cue,
Jack Fendley as a chauffeur ap­plicant,
and Harry Durham as the lo­cal
constable. Mrs. J. R. Copeland de­serves
credit for her direction as this
was evidently meritorious.
Auburn High presented a Lady
Gregory piece, "Spreading the News"
that had for its theme the dangers of
gossip. With a large cast, the local
school succeeded in turning a rather
bulky play into a fairly successful pro­duction.
Eleanor Scott, Ruth Lowe,
Suzelle Hare, Philip Smith, Mitchell
Wadkins, Hugh Wright, Macon Ellis,
David Wittel, Daniel Benson and John
Turner Hudson were included in a
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Nomination Blanks Be Turned
In By Next Wednesday Af­ternoon
Says Bill Hughes
LINWOOD FUNCHESS
RELATIONS GROUP
SELECTS NINE TO
MEMBERSHIP HERE
Initiation Of Newly Elected
International Relations Club
Members To Be Held Soon
CELEBRATION IS
PLANNED BY 'A'
CLUB AND 0 . DX
Nine students were chosen for mem­bership
in the International Relations
Club at a meeting of that group held
on last Tuesday night.
Those honored are: Martha Barrow,
of Auburn; Jean Batigne, of Paris,
France; Roy Bolen, of Jackson; Joe
Stewart, of Greenville; Hamp Wil­liams,
of Andalusia; Eugene Tomlin-son,
of Lexington, and Emmett Thomp­son,
of Powderly. In addition to the
students elected were Professors John
H. Goff and H. C. Hoffsommer.
Initiation of the pledges will be held
on next Tuesday, March 26. A prom­inent
out-of-town speaker will be pres­ent
to address the club at the initia­tion.
The regular initiation banquet
will be held later in the spring.
The purpose of the International
Relations Club is to study political,
economic, and social problems of the
United States as they relate to other
nations. Discussions on interesting
international questions are staged fre­quently.
Students report on problems
as they affect various countries, offer
solutions to the problems, and offer
suggestions as to how certain trade
and other barriers may be broken; and
how differences might be compromised.
Since its organization on the local
campus the Club has played a leading
role as a medium for extra-curricula
activity. The International Relations
Club is one of the few groups which
offers open forum discussion on im­portant
questions at Auburn.
Nearly every year the group is com­posed
not only of native United States
students but there are usually several
members from other countries.
Election of eighteen Executive Cab­inet
representatives for the 1935-36
school year will be held on Thurs'day,
April 4, according to an announcement
by Linwood Funchess, chairman of
the Elections Committee.
Nomination blanks must be sub­mitted
to Funchess or Bill Hughes,
president of the Cabinet, before five
o'clock on next Wednesday afternoon,
March 27. Nominations will be writ­ten
out in the following form and must
contain at least twenty-five signatures
of students in the school from which
nominee runs:
We, the undersigned members of the
school of > do
hereby nominate
for —•
(Sponsor's signatures)
I hereby accept the Yiomination.
(Signature of Nominee).
Voting will begin at eight A. M.
and will continue until five P. M. on
election day. The Student Center
will be the scene of the voting, with
members of the Elections-Committee
in charge. ,
In a statement to a Plainsman re­porter
Funchess said that all rules
and regulations applying to the elec­tions
will be enforced. There shall
be no politicing within the immediate
vicinity of the polls, and illegal vot­ing
will be watched closely. Chair­man
Funchess said that violation of
any of the regulations will be con­sidered
as grounds for disqualifying
any candidate from the election.
Three representatives will be chosen
from the School of Science and Liter­ature,
Engineering will get four, two
will be elected from the School of Vet­erinary
Medicine, Home Economics
will elect one, Architecture and Allied
Arts will get two, and Agriculture,
Chemistry and Pharmacy, Education
will each elect two representatives.
A number of candidates have
already announced their intentions of
seeking Executive Cabinet posts and
several have already effected strong
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Interfrat Track Meet, Baseball
Tilt, Polo Game, Banquet,
And Dance On The Program
GROUPS ANNOUNCE PLANS
"A" Club Dance Be Given In
, Alumni Gymnasium; Seniors
Be Honored With Banquet
Bank Appraisers Meet
For Brief Study Here
A short course for Federal Land
Bank Appraisers was held in Auburn
last week with approximately 40 men
from Alabama and Mississippi attend­ing.
The purpose of the meeting was to
discuss methods and problems of ap­praisal
work in Alabama.
Mr. E. P. Sanders, assistant chief
appraiser of the Farm Credit Admin­istration
conducted the course. He
was assisted by other members of the
Farm Credit Administration and by
Prof. B. F. Alvord of the Agricultural
Economics Department and Dr. J. W.
Tidmore of the Agronomy and Soils
department. Prof. Alvord discussed
the types of farming in Alabama and
the factors of success in farming.
Dr. Tidmore explained several new
fertilizer methods now being used and
their value to the land.
From Alabama the appraisers took
an extended field trip to the different
sections of the state to appraise some
farms and to criticize the methods
used in appraisal work.
Swimming Team Will
Meet Tech Wednesday
Auburn's 1935 . swimming team
makes its last campus appearance in
Alumni Gymnasium next Wednesday
as the strong Georgia Tech tank crew
invades the Plains for a dual meet.
The Plainsmen boast an impressive
record of three wins and one defeat in
their starts thus far this season and
will try hard to improve their per­centage
with a victory over the Jack­ets.
The meet has important Conference
implications in that final standings
in the loop will be decided by this and
the Georgia Tech-Florida result. Flor­ida
and Tech are tied for top honors
with Auburn runner-up at the pres­ent
time, and victory over Tech .vould
insure the locals of second place in the
final Southeastern ranking.
But a victory over Tech is a con­siderable
achievement. The Golden
Tornado, Yellow Jackets, or what-have-
you, have not lost but one meet
in sixteen years and this year's ag­gregation
is one of the strongest ever
to come out of the Flats. Florida
scored a relatively easy 48-36 vic­tory
over the Tigers and it will take
material improvement to place things
on an even basis next Wednesday in
the Tech affair.
The Auburn team has been strength­ened
with the return of Jack Bible to
the list of ables and he should add a
few more points in his respective
events. Bible was out of the Florid*
meet except for a brief appearance in
the relay, but is one of the most de­pendable
men on the squad.
The swimmers that will probably
compete for Auburn in their special
events include, Captain Howard Mor­ris,
Herschel Conner, Howard Conner,
Howard Wheeler, Carlos White, Louis
Rice, Brant Woodward, Gene Fort,
Jack Bible and Gordon McKinney.
Final plans for "A" Day, to be held
next Wednesday have been mapped
out by the "A" Club and Omega Cir­cle
of Omicron Delta Kappa, accord­ing
to announcements by leaders of
both organizations, and everything is
in readiness for one of the most at­tractive
of such celebrations in the
history of Auburn.
The program includes a full list of
events, with the annual Interfrater-nity
Council track meet slated to pry
the lid off the festivities.
All fraternities will participate in
the track meet and a silver loving cup
will be awarded to the winner of the
meet. Last year Pi Kappa Phi tal­lied
the largest number of points to
cop the trophy. Interest in this part
of the program is at a maximum and
many fraternities will fight it out for
top honors in the several contests.
Outstanding athletes from various
fAternities will be entered in the
track and .field events and close races
are expected in most contests.
The local unit of Omicron Delta
Kappa will hold its annual initiation
banquet at noon Wednesday. Twelve
new men will be honored at this func­tion
and several outstanding speakers
from the faculty group will speak.
A polo game between Auburn and
the Ramblers will begin about one-thirty
in the afternoon. A close con­test
between the varsity aggregation
and the Ramblers, composed of reg­ular
army officers on duty here and
several others, is anticipated on Bull-ard
Field when the opening chukker
gets underway.
Auburn will engage an outstanding
professional club in a baseball game
starting at two-thirty. Coach Mor­gan
has been bringing his charges
along at a fast clip in preparation
for the annual "A" Day diamond tilt.
The first banquet for the senior
class will begin at six-thirty o'clock
in Alumni Gymnasium. The entire
class is invited to attend this function.
Mr. Oscar Wells, noted industrialist
and business man of Birmingham, will
be the principal speaker on this oc­casion.
0. D. K. is cooperating with
college officials in staging the banquet
free of charge to members of the class.
The festivities will be concluded
with an "A" Club dance to be staged
in the gymnasium beginning at nine
o'clock Wednesday night. The Au­burn
Knights will furnish the music
for the affair. Several lead-outs and
other features will be arranged for
the dance. A host of out-of-town girls
and boys will be in attendance at this
affair.
Auburn Polo Team
To Play Seven
Matches
Seven games, three of which will
be played on the local field, are in­cluded
in the Auburn Polo Team
schedule as released today by Capt.
Gunby, coach of the Auburn team.
With three of the games to be
played next week, Capt. Gunby is
working hard to round out his squad.
All of the leading members from last
year's .team have graduated since
then, leaving practically all positions
to be filled by new men.
The opening game of the season
will be played on "A" Day, when the
Tigers will meet the Auburn Ram­blers
in what promises to be a keenly
contested match. The Ramblers, a
team composed of local army officers,
will include in its lineup for Wednes­day
Major G. H. Franke, Capt. Tom
Gunby, Lieut. J. V. Phelps, and Lieut.
W. J. Klepinger.
Those playing for the Tigers will
probably be selected from the follow­ing
who have shown outstanding abil­ity
in practices so far this spring:
E. Rouse, T. W. Briggs, C. L. Tur-nipseed,
and Cecil Strong, Bob Chan­dler,
B. N. Ivey, Lewis Wesley, Paul
Hicks and C. W. Walter. The last
two named are on the reserve list
but may play in the game Wednesday
as they have shown up well, accord­ing
to Capt. Gunby.
The game with the Ramblers will
begin sharply at 1:30 o'clock Wed­nesday
and will be a major event in
the "A" Day program. Students will
be admitted to this affair upon pre­sentation
of Athletic ticket books.
This will also apply to all other games
in the future which will be played on
the campus.
In the second game of the season,
to be played next Saturday, March
30, Auburn will engage the Fort Ben-ning
Cardinals from the 83rd Field
Artillery at the Fort. This game will
be played on the local campus as well
as another one on the following Wed­nesday,
April 3, against the Maxwell
Field Flyers.
Both the Fort Benning and Max­well
Field teams were engaged in
several matches last year in which
the competition was keen at all times.
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Auburn Ensemble Will
Play In Langdon Hall
The newly organized Auburn En­semble
will make its second appear­ance
tonight in Langdon Hall under
the direction of Lawrence Barnett
when it presents the musical back­ground
for the second showing of
"S. S. Queen of Cuba" by the Au­burn
Players.
Its initial appearance last week
resulted in many favorable comments
by townspeople and students. It is
expected that the Ensemble will sup­ply
a long-felt need for a small mu­sical
organization to participate in
formal college functions. In addition,
it offers excellent musical training
for musicians among students or
others in the town of Auburn.
Personnel of the Ensemble includes
Mr. Barnett, director and violinist;
Dr. E. L. Rauber, piano; Miss Frances
Cauthen and Joe Turner, violins; Dr.
D. C. Harkin, viola; Mrs. Earl Hazel,
cello; Frank Grubbs, clarinet; and
Willi»m Snffich, flute.
Physicists Convention
Draws Local Teachers
Four members of the physics de­partment
at the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute are in Atlanta, Ga., Satur­day
to attend an organization meeting
of physicists in the southern states.
An association will be formed at the
meeting which is to be held at Emory
University.
Those who will be present from
Auburn are Dr. Fred Allison, head
professor of physics; Dr. Gordon
Hughes, Prof. Roy Goslin, and Prof.
Woodrow Darling, instructors in
physics.
A joint paper by Dr. Hughes and
Prof. Goslin will be read before the
scientists setting forth their success­ful
application of -a photographic
technique to the magneto-optic appa­ratus.
A preliminary report of their
work was published in a recent issue
of the Physical Review.
Record Rainfall For
March Recorded Here
Auburn has already received more
than its average share of rain for the
month of March, according to reports
given by Prof. J. M. Robinson, local
U. S. weather observer.
The long time average rainfall for
Auburn during March is 5.84 inches,
with six inches having fallen already
this month.
This, however, is not true for Jan­uary
and February. The average
rainfall for January is 4.7 inches, but
less than half that amount fell during
the month, which was also the case
for February, when but 2.9 inches of
rain fell throughout the month.
Total rainfall to date this year is
about six inches short of the average
for the same time in previous years.
TAU BETA PI FRATERNITY
SELECTS TWENTY JUNIORS
IN SPRING TAPPING HERE
O.D.K. Pledges To
Be Inducted Here
Monday Afternoon
Initiation of twelve juniors, Dr. L.
N. Duncan, and State Superintendent
of Education J. A. Keller into Omega
Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa will
be held at five o'clock next Monday
afternoon in the president's office.
Students who were recently elected
to O. D. K. and who will become mem­bers
Monday are: C. Witty Walter,
Jimmie Vance, Bill McTyeire, Bob
Chandler, Haygood Paterson, Blake
Campbell, Bob Mercer, Alton Graves,
Doug Wallace, John Rush, Floyd Hurt,
and Billy Wingo.
The initiation banquet will be held
at noon on "A" Day, March 27. O. D.
K. is actively cooperating with the
"A" Club in preparing a well rounded
program for the annual "A" Day cel­ebration.
Faculty members Wilbur Hutsell,
Major Franke, Percy Beard, P. 0.
Davis, and several others, and possi­bly
Gov. Bibb Graves will be present
at the banquet. One or two of this
group will be on the program at the
affair for speeches.
COMPETITION FOR
PLAINSMAN PRIZE
UNUSUALLY CLOSE
Murphy Hi Times And Perri-
Winkle Grab First Honors
Classes *A', 'B' Respectively
Judges in the high school news­paper
contest were closeted in a long
session early this afternoon in an at­tempt
to decide the winner of the sil­ver
loving cup awarded annually to
the staff of the best high school paper
in the State.
A decision to divide newspapers in­to
two classes, according to size of
the several schools, and to award cups
to the winner in each class, was final­ly
reached with the Murphy Hi Times
and Perri-Winkle taking the prizes in
Classes "A", and "B" respectively.
Newspapers other than the Mobile
paper, entered in Class "A" were: the
Anniston Hi Echo, Tuscaloosa Hi Life,
and the Ensley High paper.
Those entered in Class "B" were:
the Perri-Winkle, Oneonta Crimson
and Blue, the Phenix City Key Hole,
and the Wetumpka Campus Bugler.
Second, third and fourth places in
Class "A" went to the Hi Echo, Hi
Life, and Ensley paper respectively.
In Class "B" the Crimson and Blue,
Campus Bugler and Key Hole took
second, third, and fourth honors.
The Murphy Hi Times, edited by
Miss Ruth Gray Bowling, has copped
first prize in the contest for the past
two years. Miss Mary Louise Nichols'
Perri-Winkle was runner-up in the
contest last year.
Judges for the contest were: Prof.
J. E. Roop, Journalism instructor,
Prof. K. Mt McMillan, instructor in
English and former editor of The
Plainsman, and Neil O. Davis, pres­ent
editor of The Plainsman.
Sorority Session To
Be Held In Atlanta
Six members of the Chi Omega so­rority
here will attend the annual cel­ebration
of Spring Eleusiania in At­lanta
Saturday, March 23.
Thoserrepresenting the local chap­ter
at the gathering will be Ruth
Jones, president-elect of the sorority,
Sarah Glaiber, Anna Morris, Margar­et
Morris, Annette Hudson, and Fran­cis
Sundberg. Members from chapters
at Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and
Tennessee will also be present. It is
expected that close to 200 members
-of Chi Omega will be present at this
affair.
Leading Juniors Are Awarded
Highest Engineering Honor
By Tau Beta Pi Society
INITIATION EARLY
Banquet Will Be Held In Con­junction
With Initiatory Ex­ercises
Says Pres. Funchess
Twenty outstanding juniors were
recently elected to Tau Beta Pi, hon­orary
engineering fraternity. They
are:
Electrical engineering: B. D. God-bold,
Selma; Lee Merrill, Montgom­ery;
W. C. Pease, Columbus, Ga.; J.
H. Williams, Shanghai, China; me­chanical
engineering: J. L. Foster, D.
O. Nichols, R. W. Steele, and C. C.
White, all of Birmingham; Civil en­gineering:
Harold McFadden, Mont­gomery;
W. B. Thomas, Huntsville;
aeronautical engineering: R. J. Chand­ler,
Mobile; R. B. Mercer, Birming­ham;
R. O. Turner, Sheffield; textile
engineering: L. R. Ellenburg, Annis­ton,
and W. H. Wolf, Piedmont; chem­ical
engineering: R. C. Feagin, Amer-icus,
Ga.; C. T. Hightower, Hogans-ville,
Ga.; G. B. Hughey, Pensacola,
Fla.; M. D. Thomas, Opelika; W. T.
Wingo, Birmingham.
All of the twenty pledges have at­tained
a high scholastic standing dur­ing
their three years in college and are
leaders in their respective depart­ments.
A meeting of the newly-elects will
be held on next Monday night at sev­en
o'clock in 109 Ramsay Hall. In­itiation
for the new men will be held
in the near future. According to Lin­wood
Funchess, president of the Au­burn
chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the an­nual
initiation banquet will also be
planned for the immediate future.
Tau Beta Pi is a national organi­zation
formed for the purpose of
marking in a fitting manner those men
who have conferred honor upon their
Alma Mater and to foster a spirit of
liberal culture in the engineering
schools of the country. Alpha chapter
of Alabama was established here in
May, 1920.
Tau Beta Pi holds two elections a
year, one in the spring and the other
in the early fall. Those tapped first
are the highest ranking juniors in
scholastic work, while those next in
line are selected in the fall.
Bahnsen Is Speaker
At Vet Session Here
Dr. P. T. Bahnsen, one time Geor­gia
State Veterinarian, was the prin­cipal
speaker at a meeting of the
American Veterinary Medicine Asso­ciation
last Wednesday.
Dr. Bahnsen's talk dealt largely
with the present-day problems of the
veterinarian, being those of building
up his reputation and convincing the
public in the need for veterinarians.
At the present Dr. Bahnsen is con­nected
with the Haver-Glover Labora­tories
in Albany, Ga., and he has been
in Auburn for the past several days
for conferences with Dr. C. A. Cary,
dean of the School of Veterinary Med­icine
and one of the leading veterin­arians
in the United States.
Dr. I. S. McAdory, professor of
veterinary medicine, will be the prin­cipal
speaker at the next meeting of
the association.
This year the local chapter of A. V.
M. A. will award 20 honorary diplo­mas
in May to seniors who have been
active along veterinarian lines during
their four years in Auburn. The di­ploma
carries with it an honorary
membership in A. V. M. A.
NOTICE
All candidates for freshman base­ball
report to Rat Baseball Field Mon­day
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
^
The Plainsman editorial staff will
meet Sunday night at 7:30 in the
Student Center. Be there.
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Welcome
To the many high school students who
are here for the annual Dramatic Tourna­ment
the student body, through The Plains­man,
voices a most cordial welcome to Au­burn.
We congratulate the high schools for their
outstanding dramatic organizations, and it
is our opinion that the schools are indeed
fortunate in having talent of the caliber
that is being displayed here this weekend.
We feel that the Dramatic Tournament,
with its adjoining projects, will do much to
inspire keener interest in student activities
in the participants, activities that will mean
even more during college days.
She Can't Do That!
Student government elections on the Au­burn
campus have caused any number of
regretable situations, but one which has
recently been called to our attention sur­passes
all others in tragic humor.
At once the idea of the head of a school
calling a meeting for the purpose of select­ing
a student to seek a post on the Execu­tive
Cabinet involves serious implications.
The Executive Cabinet is the student gov­ernment
body and is in no manner con­nected
with the faculty. However, one pro­fessor
seems to have forgotten the true pur­pose
of the Student Association and is labor­ing
under the impression that she must
take a hand in the nomination and selection
of the Cabinet representative from her
school.
The situation is amusing in that the
whole idea seems so absurd. At present the
professor in question seems to have all her
students buffaloed into believing that none
other than the student she wished to be
nominated can seek the Cabinet position.
Any eligible student in the school to run
for the student governing body would be
within her right to circulate a nominating
petition. Whether or not others wishing
to hold the Cabinet office will run is not
known. Several of the prospective candi­dates
have expressed themselves as being
afraid to enter the race because of the
trouble such action might cause them with
the professor.
The girl who was nominated to run for
the Cabinet, under the guidance of the pro­fessor
in question, might be the best quali­fied
student to hold the office. We are not
qualified to say whether or not she would
make a competent representative, but we
do know that the whole idea of student gov­ernment
is to maintain an association for
the guidance of student activities which is
entirely divorced from the faculty. In ad­dition,
competition for the several Cabinet
offices is a most healthy factor entering the
elections.
The Plainsman urges students who wish
to run for the Cabinet position in question
to assert their rights, call the faculty mem­ber's
hand, and circulate their nomination
petitions.
One hundred and thirty-five undergradu­ates
at Princeton University, working as
waiters in the dining halls during 1933-34,
received $31,971 wages.
It has been estimated that more than
$100,000,000 changed hands in the United
States in gridiron betting during the nine
weeks of the last football season.
Misconception Of A Word
Much talk has been heard in Auburn
about students not wanting politicians as
leaders in campus affairs. The Plainsman
does not believe that students mean exactly
what such statements imply.
Now there are politicians and politicians.
The genuine politician is an invaluable aid
and will serve the student body to advan­tage.
He who puts service to the school
above personal gain will make a competent
leader. At the same time he must be class­ified
as a "politician" because he is engaged
in a political campaign.
The Plainsman holds that what students
who say they will not vote for a politician
mean is that they will not vote for the
usual back-slapping, mud-slinging scheme-ster.
The word politics with all its implications
need not arouse any particular apprehen­sion.
Politics should be one medium through
which the several abilities of prospective
candidates are broadcast to a student body
that otherwise might be insufficiently in­formed.
The politics of bribery is a distasteful
blot on student life and stands in line for
censure, but the politics of a campaigner
who solicits votes for a worthy man is to be
acknowledged. Hear a politician of the
latter class gladly and weigh the qualifica­tions
of his candidate calmly and candidly
in your mind. His intentions are well de­vised
and trustworthy for he is attempting
to be a guide for your selection of a leader.
Students should realize that student elec­tions
always initiate a season of campaign­ing
and politicing. Whenever an election
is held there is every conceivable temptation
for buying and selling votes that character­izes
the professional game of political par­ties.
The far fetched stories which have
been hatched by several of those who stoop
to dirty politics might tend to influence
student voters to follow the dictates of their
impulses rather than of their mind. The
Plainsman urges every voter in the coming
elections to think the entire political situ­ation
through and vote for those candidates
whom he thinks are best prepared to dis­charge
the duties of the several offices.
Remember that although many good men
will be tagged as "politicians" in the current
campaign the cognomen does not imply that
they are of the honor seeking category. The
spirit of such students who have given
themselves to tasks throughout their col­lege
career and who are willing to sub­merge
such trivial things as personal pleas­ure
to serve in the high capacity of leaders
deserve the admiration and support of a
democratic student body.
The use of franchise to carry the "best"
men into office is the noblest privilege of a
voting population. Consider this privilege
as a duty to vote only for those whom you
believe will make capable leaders.
Intra-Maral Athletics
Since the fall of 1929 there have been few
means through which the average student
has been able to participate in athletics. It
is true that the Interfraternity Council and
W. A. A. have provided an opportunity for
a considerable number of undergraduates to
engage in some form of sport, but there re­mains
a group composed of about fifty per­cent
of the student body which is denied the
privilege of playing in athletic contests be­cause
of the lack of an intra-mural sports
program.
Mr. P. O. Davis, executive secretary, is
sympathetic with the cause of those who
are clamoring for a well rounded athletic
program which will include the participa­tion
of all students, who so desire, in ath­letic
games. However, at present the ad­ministration
is laboring under the handi­cap
of insufficient funds to provide for this
and other important phases of Auburn life.
The executive secretary and other college
officials are doing their utmost toward plan­ning
an extensive intra-mural athletic pro­gram.
At present their efforts can only
provide for several tennis courts which
will be used by all Auburn students. Two
tennis courts on Magnolia street have been
completed but students have not opportunity
to use them. Rather, as is characteristic
of a large group here, they continue to sit
around and gruinble about the lack of ath­letic
facilities for the average student.
It will probably be several years before
finances will enable Auburn to install a full
intra-mural sports program. Until that
time let the student body take advantage
of all opportunities for participation in ath­letics
and be appreciative of the efforts
toward affecting the realization of the de­sired
goal.
The Connecticut College for Women stu-ents
recently conducted a campaign to raise
money to bring a foreign student to their
campus.
The second oldest college newspaper in
the United States is the Beloit College,
(Wis.) Round Table, which was founded
in 1856.
Successful men do the best they can with
conditions as they find them and seldom
wait for a better turn.
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.
* * * *
RESPONSE . . . . The following letter
was received in response to our re­quest
for student comment. In an
earlier article we voiced our complete ap­proval
of the reestablishment of the dis­pensary.
Cabbages and Kings;
I have read with interest your column
and noted that in your Friday column you
invited any comments or letters. I hope
that your expressed desire to work for and
cooperate with the student body was sin­cere
and that this letter will assist you. I
was pleased to note in an earlier issue of
the paper that you commented with favor
upon this same subject.
On behalf of the student body, the de­partment
of Pharmacy, and the school as a
whole, all of whom will be benefited, I am
with you on the subject of reestablishing
the student dispensary. This subject is of
prime importance and should be seriously
considered by every Auburn student and
all others who are interested .in the welfare
and progress of Auburn and the general
health of the students.
Before the dispensary was discontinued
in 1932 it was run at no extra cost to the
student. The school furnished all finances.
The dispensary was discontinued because of
lack of funds. If the small fee of fifty
cents was charged each student at the time
of registration^ the dispensary could again
be operated and at no cost to the school,
and students could have prescriptions filled
at absolutely no additional cost.
The benefits to be derived from a dispen­sary
are numerous. In the first place it
would insure each student that he or she
could have prescriptions filled free. And
these drugs would be fresher than is usual
in the small drug store as there would be
more turn-over in this department; this
freshness in drugs is a rather important
factor in their usefulness. Secondly the
student in Pharmacy would receive a prac­tical
experience in filling prescriptions that
would be of invaluable aid to him. Third,
but by no means unimportant, this dispen­sary
would raise the standards of the Phar­macy
Department and this in turn would
raise the standards of the school. There
are other arguments in favor of a dispen­sary
which I will not mention at the pres­ent
time. I think that the reasons stated
are sufficient proof that the reestablishment
of the dispensary is not only wise, but
almost a necessity.
Some objection will arise from the local
druggists. That is to. be expected. But I
have reasons to believe that approximately
twenty-five per cent and probably less of
the total number of prescriptions written
for students are not filled (The cause in
most cases the prohibitive cost of drugs).
This is, as you see, a very small amount,
and therefore the profits to be derived from
these sales should be small. Consequently
the objections which may be raised by the
local druggists should be few, or if their
objections are great, then it can not be con­scientious.
Being a pharmacy student I am naturally
anxious to see the dispensary reopened. But
the benefits to be derived from it are not
limited to any one department, but is of
inestimable value to the college as a whole.
Sincerely,
A Pharmacy Student...
* * * *
TIME PASSES . . . . A recent question-aire
among fraternity students showed that
only three out of every twenty-four hours
are spent in leisure, and only one of those
hours is spent doing absolutely nothing.
Light reading, which consists of mainly fic­tion
and movie magazines takes up less than
four hours a week. Bull sessions occupy
only 1.96, dancing 1.64, and movies only
1.64 hours. Surprising to note, the activity
which created more comment than any other
phase of college life, outdoor sports, took
only fifty minutes a week. The great ma­jority
of the time was spent in "attending
classes, studying, reading assignments, re­search,
and eating and sleeping." This
questional, which was conducted by a na­tional
collegiate magazine, indicates that
contrary to the editorial belief of the Plains­man,
the college student is a pretty serious
student who comes to college in the pursuit
of knowledge. We feel no hesitation in say­ing
that if this survey had been conducted
in Auburn it would show that less time is
devoted to studying, that there is more leis­ure
and a great deal more time spent in bull
sessions.
* * * *
ACTUALLY SEEN . . . . A major por­tion
of the Kappa Delta sorority trying to
win the coveted jack-pot, only their dates
were lucky . . . . Earnie Vincent beaming
upon date Mitchell and being horned in by
none other than Tom (I-gotto-have-my-lov-in')
Melton . . . . Bennie Vail buying two
tickets to the show . . . . The whole crowd
* AUBURN FOOTPRINTS *
Some people never change. Ledbetter hits town and the editor on the rebound,
keeping the latter up until 2:05 A. M. telling the usual Joe Brown cock and bull
stories. What a lieyer this guy will make.
* * * * * *
Is it that
These Spring romances
Are caused by
Ants in pances?
* * * * * *
A record number of social events is being staged by fraternity groups this
spring. And junior politicians (who never did before) are receiving bids to several
fraternity dances. Funny.
* * * * * *
• '/
Ole Whistle-britches down at Auburn
By the nine gods he swore
That the drunks on the campus
Should suffer wrong no more
By the nine gods he swore it
And named a brewing day
And sent freshmen forth,
East and west, and north, and south
To git all the empty bottles they
Could find.
(With apologies to Macaulay).
* * * * * *
Instead of trying to inform the student body of the exploits of Joe Purvis
through Footprints, we are running a feature editorial on this noted character today.
Though the article consumes quite a bit of space it includes only about one-tenth of
Joe's real feats.
* * * * * *
The Dramatic1 Tourney, boys and girls. Cheer up, men, dates won't be scarce
this week-end. And did you see that number from ?
Purvis—" A*w, Joe's Just An Ordinary Man"
Being A Brief Dissertation On None Other Than Joe Himself, With A
Few Remarks Here, A Few There, And A Few More Con­cerning
This Noted Athlete From The Mountains
of Baron Maunchausen, the horseman and school, but Joe went to work. At the end
soldier of Europe the great and good Paul
Bunyon of the North Woods, and Blue, his
ox, which measured twelve ax handles from
eye to eye, who has not heard vf these im­mortals,
their exploits? And who; indeed
has not heard of the mighty Joe Purvis,
athlete, scholy, heart breaker, soldier, yea,
all these and more. Long before we first
turned our face toward the Village of the
Plains we had heard of him, strange ru­mors,
wild tales told with bated breath and
a reverent countenance. Alas, when we
arrived in Auburn we were told that he
had gone, had graduated and gone out
into the world, the same clean limbed,.clear
headed, magnificent creature we had always
known him to be. Yes, Joe Purvis was gone
but his deeds live on.
Strange as it may seem, it was not Au­burn
but Vanderbilt which claims Joe as
its alumni. It began in the second week in
August, three weeks before school started.
Dan was hunting, not athletic material, but
squirrels, high up in the mountains of Ten­nessee.
Now Dan was a good shot and a
keen hunter but he had hunted all day and
sundown found him with nary a squirrel.
As Dan rested beside the narrow mountain
trail, his peace was interrupted by the ap­proach
of a stranger. Looking up the trail,
Dan perceived a mountain lad, handsome,
graceful and with the body of one of the
minor Greek gods. His humble garments
were of homespun and he was shoeless as
the squirrel he hunted but around his raw­hide
belt there hung the bodies of fifty or
more of the beasts. An amazing feature of
the whole spectacle was that Joe, for Joe it
really was, carried no gun.
"Good evening, my lad," said Dan by way
of conversation.
The lad spat (a good distance too), which
is a form of greeting among hill billys.
"Tell me," said Dan, "How did you ever
kill all those squirrels?
Silent type that he was, Joe made no re­ply,
but scratching in the sand with his
toe he dislodged a stone about the size of
an egg which he picked up. His deep blue
eyes narrowed for far down the mountain­side
he spied a squirrel. With a swift
backhand motion he hurled the rock, catch­ing
the squirrel neatly between the eyes.
"Very well, indeed," said Dan, immedi­ately
seeing in this youth what was to as­tound
baseball fans of the near future. Joe,
melting somewhat under this applause fell
into a conversation with Dan and ended
by inviting the Coach home with him for
some "vittles."
Then and there, Dan McGoogin resolved
to bring Joe to Vanderbilt with him, and so
he did.
Now Joe, being a simple mountain youth
(well, not so simple at that) had never been
exposed to education in any kind of book
larnin', and to enter college, one is supposed
to have a high school education. It was
three weeks, as we said, until the beginning
of one-born-a-minute looking disappointed
at 8:47 P. M Rosie Sheppard with
Sam Gibbons sipping dopes in the Inn . . . .
Cue-ball Mac Hammond muttering an evil
incantation at Janie Slack's escort Billy
Roberts . . . . Mildred Wadkins and V. C.
Lokey splitting a pint (of ice cream) in a
secluded booth at the Tiger . . . . In and
out of a simple minded bull session with
Ralph Smith, Walter-the-Byrd, and Stooge
McKenzie.
of the first week he had passed all require­ments
for a grammar school education. At
the end of the three weeks he had attained
a high school education. So Joe Purvis
enrolled in Vandy.
History is a bit obscure as to just exact­ly
why, but the fact remains that the first
thing Joe went out for was baseball. Of
course he was to be a pitcher. ' Now Joe had
never seen a baseball before but he was will­ing
to try. The first ball that he threw
tore away the catcher's glove and his little
finger thereby putting him on the bench
for a good many seasons. Dan then decided
to teach Joe to throw curves. Joe soon be­came
so adept that he spent his practice
hours at the water tank, throwing the ball
around the tank and catching it himself.
When Joe put everything he had into it the
ball would travel through the air so fast
it would actually smoke, and Joe soon be­came
famous for spelling his name in smoke
between the pitchers box and home plate.
The fielders had an easy job of it that sea­son
for the ball never touched anything ex­cept
Joe and the backstop.
Joe's track, like so many other records
have never been equaled. In his first track
meet he ran the hundred in nine seconds
flat. No doubt he could have done better
had he not broken his leg in starting. In
the next event, pole vault, joe seemed to
have lost his head to the extent of forgetting
his pole, but he broke all existing records.
Vandy's opponents, the cads, tried to rule
this record out on the count that this was
not a pole vault, but Joe soon squelched
them by calling attention to the fact that
he had a toothpick in his mouth at the time.
Joe came near ruining all basketball
games for the season as his playing took
all competition out of the game. The op­position
didn't have a chance. He would
ring goals as often as he got his hands on
the ball which was- constantly. On one
occasion their opponents, Kentucky, I be­lieve,
became so disgruntled that they re­fused
to play unless they could be permitted
to tie Joe's hands behind him. Joe willingly
accepted these conditions, but the odds re­mained
the same. Joe butted the ball in
with his head.
Once Joe played tehnis. He did not go in
for tennis as a regular sport for he con­sidered
this a sissy game. This is the way it
happened. A six-armed Australian had
been touring the country for the past few
weeks winning games hand over fist, so to
speak, for he was a good tennis player and
played with a racket in each hand. Joe
was, as he spoke of himself, just an ordinary
man, but he said he would try anything
once, so the match was arranged. It was a
memorable game. These two wonders of
nature battled for three hours without the
ball touching the ground. At the end of
three hours the ball fell across the net a
limp rag, so they called it a draw.
Old timers can spend hours telling of
such feats of the mighty Joe, of doing the
R. O. T. C. camp in two weeks (ask Major
Franke), of the time they had to declare a
holiday at Montevallo because none of the
girls would make class so long as Joe was
on the campus, of the time he had the Zieg-field
chorus down for the dances, of—but
there are too many, and it is too easy to
confuse fact with fancy, and if there was
one thing Joe hated it was a lie, especially
about himself.
JOCULARITIES
By Jeremiah Juttingham
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.
AS A SUBSTITUTE for compulsory
church attendance, some Y. M. C. A.
geniuses years and years ago con­cocted
the now immortal scheme of having
a fraternity Go-to-church-month. Since
that historic day, the idea has met with
steadily declining success.
Up until three or four years ago, the fra­ternities
cooperated fairly well in what was
nothing more than a relatively harmless
method of getting students to church. Now
only two fraternities take any great amount
of interest in the contest, and only seven or
eight are interested enough to turn in re­ports.
One of the mistakes made in administer­ing
the Go-to-church-month scheme was the
increasing of the number of church at­tendances
per day to four instead of two.
Although this idea had a worthy motive be­hind
it, it worked oppositely to what was
expected. It made a perfect ' record or
nearly perfect record unattainable for most
fraternities, although last year two lodges
had perfect attendances and seem likely to
duplicate it this year. But with the excep­tion
of these two groups, the percentage of
the other fraternities are rather low.
But deeper than this administrative mis­take,
there is the false purpose of having
such a contest to begin with. Somehow the
virtue of going to church for only one
month out of twelve is not apparent, and
for some frats to abuse the system so as to
come in five minutes before services are over
almost approaches the sardonic insofar as
the general attitude of the contestants to­ward
the contest is concerned.
Therefore, it would seem advisable to
either abolish the Go-to-church-month con­test
entirely, or else do something to re­awaken
interest in future contests. Only
one more Sunday remains in the present
competition so any changes would have to
be for the future, but it seems that some­thing
should be done to take the contest
out of the ludicrous and sardonic light in
which it is now held by most Greek groups,
or do away with it competely.
* * * *
"We don't give a whoop" is the keynote
of the new editorial policy decided upon in
a recent meeting of the editorialists; and
although this program of treading on
people's toes has met with the whole hearted
disapproval of such conservatives as the
Society Editor and the Business Staff; the
bloodthirsty writers have pushed boldly for­ward
in uncharted waters searching for
new and unheralded areas to despoil. No
longer will we have a fence-straddling staff
of columnists and editorial hashers; the
Plainsman is to become the promoter of
thought on the campus—whether good or
bad, high or low, is beside the point.
Since this policy has unostentatiously be­come
the idea behind all future editorials,
we now point with pride to the past few
weeks' victims, among whom are numbered
the following: Stuart X. Stephenson, The
Vets, Junior Politicians, The Student Body,
excepting the Plainsman staff, The Mont­gomery
Advertiser, and The Women's Stu­dent
Council. We hope to add other hither­to
hallowed institutions to the list in the
near future.
The reason for this about-face in policy
is that it has become exceedingly difficult
to please everybody so the antithesis, not
pleasing anybody, has been adopted. After
all, a college paper should not be completely
stagnant.
• * * * *
Diary of a Nighthawk: WEDNESDAY,
March 20 . . . . to the drawing where hun­dreds
of people go expecting to win but aver
they don't have a chance . . . . and after­wards
to local soda emporium where a mob
is congregated congestedly . . . . Jawje
Quinney and the inevitable Margaret d'Or-say
. . . . while the cat's away the mice will
play Billy Roberts and Jane Slack
help us think of something real nice to say
about this couple . , . . Joe Sarver and Netty
Murphey, Sarver meandering up from his
booth once to procure an edible of one kind
or another . . . . McTyeire looking more or
less disconsolate . . . . Sarver's night . . . .
Leo Landers and Polly Griffin. Write your
own comment . . . . Ward Wright and Rosa-lee
Harris, another of those couples that ap­parently
never separate . . . . Hot Egg An­derson,
Dean of Loudspeaking Society for
the Advancement of Culture, and Margaret
Wakefield . . . . we just can't keep her out
of the public eye . . . . and Harry Whitten's
and Tom McGehee's . . . . Herschel Conner
and Louise Lee twirling around on an up­front
stool . . . . Denzil Blue and the now
famous two Sarahs' Smith and Stanley
safety in numbers, so to speak . . . . and out­side
where Bill Cox is hanging on the curb
engaged in what must have been an enlight­ening
conversation with Helen Funchess and
Jane Handley . . . . Bull Smith and Blake
Campbell trying to garner votes . . . . what,
no Chandler
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1935 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 P A G E T H R EE
JAP PARRISH, Editor
Contributors
B. C. POPE, JR.
JOHN CAMERON
Third Sacker
FRfttM ELLIS -ALfieAMfi POLJ-AUBIJRM
Dopey Ellis, mainstay 0^1 the
1934 diamond nine, might not get
back in harness this season. Ellis
was one of the smoothest fielders
and safest hitters in the circuit last
season.
j Flowers For A l l Occasions
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Phone 695-J
Opelika, Alabama
ORR AND MORRIS TO LEAD 1935 DIAMOND OUTFIT
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Four Interfrat Tourneys Remain To Be Played Says Nelson
TRACK, BASEBALL
GOLF, TENNIS TO
BE PLAYED HERE
Interfrat Track Meet Will Be
Run Off On "A" Day; Base­ball
Contest To Start Soon
By Jap Parrish
According to information released
this week by Wallace Nelson, Chair­man
of the Athletic Committee of
the Interfraternity Council* four
more tournaments remain to be play­ed
on the I n t e r f r a t athletic calendar.
This listing includes the track meet
next Wednesday, said Nelson. The
other competitions are the tennis,
golf and diamond ball tournaments.
I t is planned to r u n these last three
tournaments simultaneously as to r un
them one at a time would compress
the time limit on each bracket too
much. The baseball tourney is the
only one of those remaining that in­volves
more than two men, excepting
of course the t r a ck meet Wednesday,
and to spread them out would be a
mere waste of time.
Golf is t h e only one of the tourna­ments
upon which some kind of a
comparison from last year can be
made. A golf meet was s t a r t ed late
last spring but was never completed.
But in track, tennis and baseball
f a i r ly accurate predictions can be
made.
Pi Kappa Phi, A. T. O. and Sigma
Nu loom as t h e likely winners in the
track meet. Pi Kappa Phi has t he
same personnel that won last year
and the other two above named
lodges have unusually strong repre-
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Going into the last stage of spring football t r a i n i n g we find Coach Mea­gher
and his assistants making rapid progress out on Drake Field. The
several practice games in the past few weeks have revealed some startling
results. v
One of the most pleasing features has been the marked improvement of
the backfield, especially in the matter of speed. Last fall, Auburn's back-field,
at times, seemed fast enough, but lacked the essential element of any
football backfield—the ability to click. With the addition of the freshman
candidates, Jimmie Fenton, Billy Hitchcock, Buddy Crews, Osmo Smith, Jack
Suydam, plus the several shifts which Coach Meagher has made, notably
those removing H a r r y Whitten to right halfback, and Joe Stewart to quarter­back,
the team* has taken on new life. Stewart, from all appearances, will
be the Tiger's Number One field general next fall. He has t h e size, is a good
blocker, and a heady player.
Auburn's line, which was one of
the South's foremost forewalls last
fall, should be materially strengthened
judging by the results which have been
shown this Spring. Walter Gilbert,
the South's outstanding sophomore
linesman last fall, is improving with
every practice, and is certain to be
one of the foremost centers of the
nation next year.
The showing of Happy Sivell, soph­omore,
in spring practice has earned
him a tentative starting position at
one of the guards. Frank Gantt, by
his improved playing, will probably be
located at the other guard position.
Sam McCroskey, Wesley Loflin, Rob­ert
.Huie, and Collins Fenton are not
to be overlooked, however, for they
a r e rapidly improving and should see
much service.
Haygood Paterson should have his
best season next fall despite the in­j
u r y jinx which has followed him t he
past two years. Providing he is phys­ically
fit, one of the tackle posts will
be his for certain, while Fred Holmari,
Hugh Rodgers, Fleetwood Rice, Her­bert
Roton, and Vernon Burns, are
ahead in the race for the other
s t a r t i n g assignment.
Captain Mutt Morris is certain of
the regular right end position, and
his running mate, will in all proba­bility,
be Rex McKissick, probably the
most improved player of the year. It
will be hard to keep this boy down
next fall. Hamp Williams, George
Strange, Joel Eaves, and F r a n k Hamm
a r e waging a fine fight for recognition,
and any one of these are capable of
working up to a s t a r t i n g berth.
Lester Antley, sophomore, will be
Gilbert's chief understudy. Fred Black
will also help bolster the center of t he
line.
Stewart, Aubrey Hill, and Sid Scar­borough
should be much improved over
their 1934 performances, giving Au­burn
three reliable quarterbacks.
Karam, Fenton, Hitchcock, Tipper,
H a r r y Whitten, Blake, Fenton, Suy­dam,
McElroy,' Norman Whitten,
O'Rourke, Crews, O'Gwynn, Hath,
Bentley, Smith, and Kilgore promise
to give the Plainsmen power behind
the line.
YEARBOOK QUINT
GRABS WIN FROM
PLAINSMAN FIVE
First Battle Between Publica­tions
Staffs Results In 32-23
Triumph For Klein's Crew
WOOVKMI BfMES-AwMmftM-RuBm
Country Barnes, who was recent­ly
elected to Captain the 1936
basketball team, is one of the Con­ference's
leading forwards.
sentations. Carl Pihl, Captain of t he
1935 Track Team, is in charge of t he
Pi Kappta Phi aggregation; Baker
Dean, quarter-mile winner last year,
is the guiding genius of the A. T. O.
outfit, and Governor Will Turk is t he
same versatile athlete for Sigma Nu
that he has always been.
Unless some freshmen have come
in that a r e very excellent, the winner
of the Sigma Nu-Delta Sigma Phi
tennis match will probably annex the
crown. The two Mitchells, Glenn and
Cam, represent the Ag Bottom lodge,
with George Poole and Lois Busen-lener,
1934 champions, playing again
for Delta Sigma Phi. S. A. E. and
Pi K. A. will neither be as strong
as last year although there are a
number of fairly capable players in
both frats.
Sigma Nu won t h e baseball diadem
last year with a powerful, hard-hit­ting
nine that is considerably shot
through this year. Glenn Mitchell,
George Spann, Haygood Paterson,
and A. K. Allen will not be available
for service in the 1935 tournament
and they will be missed, materially.
However, with the practice that Sig­ma
Nu usually devotes to t h e Inter­frat
tournaments i t is reasonably cer­tain
that a strong team will come
from the Sigma Nu lodge.
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By J a p Parrish
The Glomerata basketball aggrega­tion,
composed of members of t h e staff
and prospective, staff members, won
a well-earned 32-23 victory over the
newshounds and ad-sellers of the
Plainsman last night in Alumni Gym­nasium.
A spirited and closely-fought
affair, the basketball finale for the
season made up in roughness what
might have been lacking in coordi­nation.
Captain Bob Klein of the Glome­r
a t a quintet was an important fact­or
in the nine point victory recorded
by himself and his cohorts. Klein
was a veritable ball hawk as he
swooped his way in awe-inspiring cir­cles
around the floor and garnered in
the ball on any and all occasions. Of­fensively,
the versatile Klein collected
three points.
Captain Neil Davis of the Plains­man
outfit also earned his share o*
the glory dished out last night. Davis
was a basketball player of tremendous
proportions as he followed closely be­hind
Klein on all his ball-seeking ex­cursions.
And the lanky Plainsman
(Continued on page 4)
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Pitchers Will Bolster Team In Race For Pennant
By John Cameron
Johnny Orr, leading candidate for
first base, has been elected to captain
the 1935 Auburn baseball team and
Mutt Morris, star hurler, chosen to
act as alternate captain.
With the first game scheduled to be
played on March 27, t h e fight for all
positions is in full sway. Seven in-fielders,
seven outfielders, five catch­ers,
and t en hurlers are listed among
the leading candidates for the s t a r t ­ing
lineup.
The opening tilt, scheduled for " A "
Day will probably be played against
the Chattanooga team of the South­ern
League. Last year the Plains­men
split t h e series of two games with
the Tennessee team, winning the first,
7-1, and losing the second battle.
Practically each infield position has
at least two candidates. For first,
Johnny Orr, newly elected captain,
appears to have a slight edge over his
leading opponent, Taylor. Taylor will
have a tough time trying to oust
Orr, who played in practically every
game last year, substituting for the
injured captain, Mason.
Kimbrel and Benson are fighting it
out for second base. Third has two
candidates, Mathews and Pitts. At
the present time Mastin seems to have
a monopoly on the shortstop position.
There are seven outfielders t h a t a re
putting up a strong bid for the three
garden berths. Those t h a t a r e p u t t i ng
(Continued on Page 4)
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INITIAL AWARD
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(Continued from Page 1)
cast that just about divided lines and
honors among themselves. Eleanor
Scott and Ruth Lowe probably had
more stage presence than did any of
the others, however. Miss Marie Sew-ell
directed the Auburn play.
Vincent High School completed the
morning's shows with "Not Quite
Such a Goose," a presentation that al­so
received considerable approbation.
Pauline Self as Sylvia Bell, Helen
Sharbutt as Hazel Henderson, Lor-etta
Graham as Mrs. Bell, Herman
Buckalew as Albert Bell, and Wallace
Denty as Philip Flick made up the
cast. Mr. L. R. Taff directed.
YEARBOOK QUINT
GRABS WIN FROM
PLAINSMAN FIVE
(Continued from page 3)
editor hit the baskets for the almost
astonishing total of one point. Toward
the end of the game, however, Davis
was visibly tired.
The greatest handicaps of their re­spective
teams were Beverly Biggin
and Bull Smith of the Glomerata, and
Jim- Pike of the Plainsman. Biggin
AUBURN POLO TEAM
WILL PLAY SEVERAL
MATCHES THIS SEASON
EXECUTIVE CABINET
ELECTIONS TO BE HELD
ON APRIL 4, FUNCHESS
(Continued from Page 1)
political line-ups which include prac­tically
every Cabinet office.
Close to forty-five aspirants are ex­pected
to submit nomination petitions
for the offices and politieing is ex­pected
to reach fever pitch by the
middle of next week. Several hotly
contested races are in the offing in
various schools.
Soon after t h e election representa­tives
will be officially installed and a
meeting of the new Cabinet will be
held. At this time Cabinet officers for
next year will be chosen and commit­tee
chairmen and committee personnel
will be elected. Hot races over the
Presidency and Social Committee
chairmanship are anticipated.
ORR AND MORRIS LEAD
1935 DIAMOND OUTFIT
(Continued from page 3)
up the stiffest fight are G. Mitchell,
McMillan, S. Scarborough, Wallace,
Whitten, Burleson, and Kilgore.
With five candidates for catcher it
looks as though the hole left by the
loss of last year's backstop might be
filled. Last year Ariail did most of
the backstopping and his graduating
hit the team hard. At the present
time all five of the catching candi­dates
are putting up a hard fight for
the first string position.
The strength of Coach Del Morgan's
1935 Tiger nine appears to be in the
pitching. There are ten men at the
present time working to make the slab
staff. The leading candidates are Mor­ris,
Stiles, Eaves, Mitchell, and Wil-coxson.
Besides this bunch they are
Furlow, Tipper, Thomas, Erwin, and
Edwards.
The freshman baseball nine will be
coached by Ralph Jordan. At the
present time the pitchers and catchers
have been called to duty.
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AUBURN, ALABAMA
"The Showplace of Ea*t
Alabama"
SATURDAY, March 23
"CAR 99"
With Fred MacMurray, Ann
Sheridan
Added: "Girl With Ironing
Board" Cartoon
And Comedy, "Speaking of
Relations"
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
March 24 and 25
Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy
"BROADWAY BILL"
Also Color Classic
"SONG OF THE BIRDS"
And Ben Blue in
"ALL SEALED UP"
TUESDAY, March 26
BEN BLUE
IN PERSON
—with—
RAY TEAL'S
GREATEST SHOW
On the Screen, Chester Morris
"I'VE BEEN" AROUND"
missed a number of shots and his
floor game was off but even so,' he
amassed the inconsequental total of
fourteen points. Smith also was off
but despite this fact made three field
goals and five free throws out of six
for a total of eleven points. Pike was
generally unsuccessful as twelve points
was the best he could do.
On the whole the playing by both
teams was ragged, excepting of course
the meritorious performances of Klein
and Davis. The newsies pulled up to
within one point of the grafters dur­ing
the early stages of the last quar­ter
but after this a reaction set in
(tiredness), that sent Glomerata stock
soaring insofar as basketball was con­cerned.
The game last night was the first
of a series of athletic contests be­tween
the two staffs. Several base­ball
games are already carded, with
the Glomerata already recruiting well-known
diamond artists around the
campus to play for them.
Patronize Plainsman Advertisers.
(Continued from Page 1)
Last year the number of wins over
losses in these games was about even,
but small hope is held this year by
Capt. Gunby for the local team to
equal this record.
Last year the Auburn team was
considered one of the best in this
section of the country. They rang
up six wins, one tie, and two losses
during the entire season. Auburn
split the two •game series with the
Ramblers, lost to the Fort Benning
Cardinals once, and won two games
from the Maxwell Field Flyers, de­feated
the Governor's Horse Guards
from Atlanta twice, and tied Mobile
in the only game of the year with
that club.
The outstanding high light of the
current polo season for the Auburn
team is an extended tour in which
the team will engage in several
matches against the University of
Missouri, Ohio State University, and
possibly the University of Illinois.
Capt. Gunby has been negotiating'
with the latter team for several weeks
in an effort to arrange a match with
them.
It is planned that Auburn will meet
both Missouri and Ohio in two
matches. Missouri will be played
during May 6 and 7, and Ohio during
May 9 and 10. If possible to arrange
'a schedule with Illinois, it will be in­cluded
in the tour. The first two
matches in the tour will be played in
Columbia, Mo., and Columbus, Ohio,
respectively. This is the first time
in the history of the local polo team
that such a tour has ever been made.
The complete schedule, with few
exceptions, as released by Capt. Gun­by
is as follows:
March 27, Ramblers; March 30,
Fort Benning; April 3, Maxwell Field;
April 13, Horse Guards, Atlanta,
played here; April 19-21, Mobile,
played here, tentative; May 6-7 Uni­versity
of Missouri in Columbia; May
9-10, Ohio State University in Colum­bus;
and May 27, to be arranged.
Open dates on April 27 and May 15
may be filled later, according to Capt.
Gunby.
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Ben Blue Will Appear
At Tiger On Tuesday
Ben Blue, famous movie comedian,
will be at the Tiger Theatre Tues­day,
March 26, with Ray Teal's great­est
show. Ben is best known for his
"Taxi Boys" comedies, and Vitaphone
comedies. His latest comedy, "All
Sealed Up," will be shown Sunday and
Monday on the same program with
"Broadway Bill."
Ray Teal, well known orchestra
leader, brings many outstanding acts
in his "Music Hall Varieties." Mar
ion Eddy, NBC singer is also one of
the first theatrical performers to ob­tain
a pilot's license. Pearson and
Ostrow, those "Broadway Hill Billies"
will be seen in a clever act. Other
artists are Alma and Roland, stars of
the Florida Blue Room. Lynn Lewis,
the female Hal LeRoy. An outstand­ing
feature of the show is "A Night
In Ben Blue's, Blue Room."
On the screen will be Chester Mor­ris
in a thrilling society drama, "I've
Been Around," plus Betty Boop in
"When My Ship Comes In," and News
Events.
Foreman Rogers says this is the
greatest show that has ever played
the Tiger.
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READY FOR LOVE'
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