1935-09-12 The Auburn 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 LIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1935 NUMBER 1
REGISTRATION SETS NEW RECORD
BILLY WINGO NAMED CADET
BRIGADE COLONEL; CONNER,
WHITESIDE, POWELL CHOSEN
Military Dept. Announces Bri­gade,
Regimental, And Bat­talion
Corps Staff Officers
OTHERS NAMED LATER
Engineer Appointments Com­plete
; Incompleteness Of
Registration Affects Others
With the approval of the President
the following appointments of cadet
officers are announced by the Com­mandant,
Lieutenant Colonel G. H.
Franke:
FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE
Cadet Colonel, W. T. Wingo, Jr.
Cadet Lt. Colonel, C. K. Warren,
Executive.
Cadet Captain, W. C. Piatt, Adju­tant.
Cadet Captain, D. C. Wallace, In­telligence
Officer.
Cadet Captain, H. L. Harris, Plans
and Training Officer.
Cadet Captain, E. M. Lee, Supply
Officer.
FIRST FIELD ARTILLERY
REGIMENT
Cadet Colonel, M. H. Connor.
Cadet Major, First Battalion, B. D.
Godbold.
Cadet Major, Second Battalion, G.
E. McMillan.
Cadet Captain, Battery "A," R. O.
Turner.
Cadet Captain, Battery "B," S.
Pugh.
Cadet Captain, Battery "C,"
Maples, Jr.
Cadet Captain, Battery "D," F.
Farley.
Cadet Captain, Battery "E," J.
Moreman.
Cadet Captain, B a t t e r y "F,"
(Mounted Battery), L. C. Merrell.
SECOND FIELD ARTILLERY
REGIMENT -
Cadet Colonel, J. L. Whiteside.
Cadet Major, First Battalion, B. N.
Ivy.
Cadet Major, Second Battalion, H.
L. Hooper.
Cadet Captain, Battery "A,", L.
Pollock.
Cadet Captain, Battery "B," J.
Rush.
Cadet Captain, Battery "C," C.
Adams.
Cadet Captain, Battery "D," A.
Weissinger.
Cadet Captain, Battery "E," W. F
Thomas..
Cadet Major, Battery " F , " (Mount
ed Battery), P. S. Hicks.
BAND
Cadet Major, L. R. Ellenburg.
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G.
E.
M.
O.
B.
MASS MEETING
IS SLATED FOR
SEPTEMBER 20
Season's First Gathering Is
Expected To Be Mammoth
Affair; Frosh Must Attend
Orchestra Leader
The season's first mass -meeting will
be held on Saturday night, September
20, in Langdon Hall, according to Bill
McTyeire, head cheer-leader.
Contrary to the statement made in
the blotter pad handed students at
registration, freshmen will not be ad­mitted
free to the picture show fol­lowing
the pep meeting, said Mc­Tyeire.
Freshmen will be admitted to
the picture show free of charge after
the second mass meeting, to be held
the following Thursday night. To be
admitted each freshman is required
to have his rat cap.
The Auburn band in full force will
be present at both meetings, which
will get underway at 7 o'clock. On
September 20 the band will form in
front of Langdon Hall, march through
town, then back to Langdon Hall,
where new students will be introduced
to a few of Auburn's yells. There will
also be several feature talks at this
time. /
At the second pep fest practically
the same procedure will be carried
out except that members of the foot­ball
team will be introduced to the
students by Coach Jack Meagher. In
the near future a sophomore and
freshman cheer leader will be chosen.
McTyeire makes this statement in
regard to the second mass meeting
when the freshmen will be admitted
to the show: "In appreciation for this
kindness rendered to Auburn's new
students by Mr. Foreman Rogers,
manager of the local picture house, it
behooves them to get rid of their ex­cess
energy before entering the show
and conduct themselves in a manner
befitting Auburn students."
TIGERS TO FACE
ONE OF HARDEST
CARDS IN NATION
Greets Students
Experts Consider Schedule For
Season As Being One Of
Most Difficult In Country
MORRIS IS CAPTAIN
Meagher Expects To Have Im­proved
Team This Season;
Fourteen Lettermen Report
Earl Burtnett brings his popular
WGN Chicago orchestra here to
furnish the music for the Sopho­more
Hop on September 20 and 21.
EARL BURTNETT
WILL PLAY FOR
OPENING DANCES
Will Bring .Orchestra Here
From Chicago; Bid Cards
Now Out In Frat Houses
Earl Burtnett and his orchestra
from Chicago have been engaged to
play for the opening dances to be
held on Friday and Saturday, Sep­tember
20 and 21.
C. W. Walter, chairman of the So­cial
Committee, stated that arrange­ments
for the dance series were well
underway. Bid cards are now out in
all the fraternity houses and at the
Tiger Drug Co., and will be taken up
this coming Saturday afternoon.
Owing to the limited time before
the dances, the contract for decorat­ing
the gymnasium, according to Wal­ter,
will be given to some college stu­dent
who meets with the approval of
the Executive Cabinet. In the past
bids have been asked for the decorat­ing
and the contract awarded to the
most satisfactory bidder.
The entire dance set will include
five dances, two on Friday and three
on Saturday. At present the fratern­ities
that will stage house parties dur­ing
the Hop are not known but will be
released at a later date.
The Friday afternoon dance will
(Continued on page 10)
By Eugene Lee
This year's Auburn grid machine
will be a much improved eleven over
last year's edition, but a severe sched­ule
offers the Tigers no chance as a
championship contender.
The Plainsmen had one of the best
defensive lines in the South last year,
but the offence was too weak, and
as a consequence only two games were
won. All the games were lost by close
scores, and the lack of an offensive
kept the Tigers from converting scor­ing
chances into points.
The defensive strength of this
year's team will rate just as highly
as last year's eleven. The backfield
will be an improvement as several out­standing
sophomores and two football
men who have returned after having
been absent from school will bolster
this department.
Coach Meagher had 14 lettermen
and 23 sophomores to report on Drake
field Labor day, and it is these candi­dates
that the Tiger mentor is de­pending
on to carry the hopes of Au­burn
through as tough a schedule as
any team in the country will face. The
Tigers face Birmingham-Southern in
their season's inaugural classic on the
night of September 27th in Montgom­ery.
After this game the Bengals play
7 Southeastern teams, 1 Southern
Conference team, and another S. I. A.
A. team. Alabama is the only out-continued
on page 10)
OVER 2 0 0 0 ENROLLMENT IS
SEEN; FRESHMAN CLASS IS
LARGEST IN HISTORY HERE
DR. L. N. DUNCAN
Freshmen Expected
To Obey Rat Rules
Following is a list of "rat
rules" with which all freshmen
are expected to become familiar.
These regulations are those made
each year as an old and estab­lished
custom at Auburn, and
all freshmen are expected • to
obey them.
1. Wear rat caps at all times
when out on the campus.
2. Carry matches for upper-classmen
at all times.
3. No freshmen will jay-walk
at Toomer's Corner.
4. Freshmen will not enter
the campus through the main
gate.
5. All freshmen are required
to speak to everyone on the cam­pus.
6. Freshmen must attend all
mass meetings.
7. Freshmen must familiarize
themselves with the layout at
Auburn and be able to direct
anyone to any place on the cam­pus.
Commandant Franke Is Promoted
To Rank Of Lieutenant Colonel
The rank of three army officers of
the ROTC staff at Auburn were ad­vanced
recently as a result of the pas­sage
by Congress of the army pro­motion
bill.
G. H. Franke, formerly major in
the field artillery, has been raised to
the rank of lieutenant colonel. Col.
Franke is beginning his fifth year
here as head professor of military
science and tactics.
W. J. Klepinger and James L. Mc-
Kinnon, both of the field artillery, now
hold the rank of captain.
With these promotions the nine of­ficers
of the ROTC staff will consist
of one colonel, six captains, and two
lieutenants. Besides those already
referred to, the staff consists of Capts.
E. H. Almquist, Harry L. Watts, The­odore
L. Futch, J. V. Phelps and
Lieuts. H. W. Ehrgott and R. E. M.
Deslslets. New members of the staff
this year are Capts. McKinnon and
Futch and Lieut. Deslslets.
According to Col. Franke, the unit
this year will continue its bid for the
maximum rating by the War Depart­ment
which has been received during
the past 15 years.
FEW CHANGES ARE
MADE IN FACULTY
N O T I C E !
There will be a W. A. A. meeting
Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock in the
Recreation Hall.
N O T I C E !
Blue Key will meet Monday night
at 7 o'clock in 212 Samford.
With a limited number of changes
and additions to the faculty the 64th
annual session at Auburn is being
started.
Professor J. E. Pitts has returned
to the department of mathematics
after an absence of two years on
leave in Civilian Conservative Corps
work in Georgia and South Carolina.
F. 13. Grubbs has been promoted from
graduate assistant to instructor in the
same department.
Tom Sparrow, Auburn alumnus, is
now instructor in Mechanical Engin­eering,
replacing Solon Dixon, resign­ed.
Mr. Sparrow was in educational
work in Louisiana last year.
Dr. Karl Owen and Dr. Frederick
DeWees are additions to the school of
veterinary medicine. Dr. DeWees is
instructor and Dr. Owen is an assist­ant
professor.
Robert G. Pitts, Auburn alumnus
of 1933, is instructor in aeronautical
engineering, replacing Joe Barrett,
resigned. Mr. Pitts has done gradu­ate
work in California Tech for the
last two years.
J. H. Green has succeeded Profes­sor
W. O. Schubert as instructor in
machine shop. Mr. Green graduated
at Auburn in 1935.
Professor J. T. Allen has returned
as assistant professor in economics in
(Continued on page 10)
Reception For Frosh
To Be Held On Friday
Announcement from the college of­ficials
is to the effect that the first
convocation and reception for the new
students at Auburn will be held to­morrow.
A convocation for freshmen will be
held in Langdon Hall Friday morning
at 11 o'clock at which time all fresh­men
are asked to be present. Au­burn's
president, Dr. L. N. Duncan,
will make a brief talk. Also, Hardie
Deer will present the members of the
Executive Cabinet, student governing
body at Auburn, with the possibility
that a few of the student leaders will
make brief talks.
That evening at 8 o'clock at the
President's Mansion all new students
will be guests of Dr. and Mrs. Dun­can
at a reception. The object of the
reception is to enable new students to
become acquainted with the college
president and a few of the professors
and faculty members.
This is the second reception of this
kind to be held at Auburn as a part
of the orientation period of freshmen
and other new students. Several fea­tures
are planned to facilitate in mak­ing
a success of the reception and "get
acquainted" gathering. Refreshments
will be served at the conclusion of the
reception.
The orientation period for fresh­men
begins Friday morning at the
convocation, where the freshmen will
be acquainted with their school and
work at Auburn.
DUNCAN GREETS
NEW STUDENTS
WITH MESSAGE
Auburn's President Assures
Student Body Of Successful
Year; Rules To Be Enforced
To All Students:
We are most happy in welcoming
you to Auburn. For the old students
it is your return; for the new it is
your first visit t« us and we are de­lighted
to have you.
It is our greatest ambition to make
your stay with us pleasant and of
maximum value from an educational
standpoint. Our business is education,
and we are seeking diligently to make
it the best in higher education any­where.
Enough passing grades will, in
time, get your diploma but your train­ing
will be much better and you will
be much better equipped if your
grades are high. In this connection
we wish to impress upon you the fact
that employers—under the present
competitive system—are not interest­ed
in students whose grades are low
or mediocre. They are looking for
outstanding students, as revealed by
the records made on their examina­tions
in college.
Please feel free at all times to pre­sent
your problems to your dean, your
(Continued on page 10)
FUNERAL RITES
FOR BOB KLEIN
HEDONSUNDAY
Registrar's Office Says Frosh
Registration Thirty Per Cent
Higher Than Last Session
Outstanding Member Of Stu­dent
Body Killed In Auto­mobile
Accident Saturday
Funeral services for Bob Klein, who
met death in an automobile accident
early last Saturday morning, were
held in Birmingham Sunday after-
Acting pall bearers were Cameron
Mitchell, C. W. Walter, John McCon-nel,
Joe Parker, George Lester, George
Fort, Ed Hannahan and John Hol-comb.
Klein was killed instantly when the
car in which he was driving struck
the guard rail of a bridge over Wa-toola
Creek about a mile from Mar­vin
Community on the Tuskegee-Co-lumbus
highway. Motorists passing
the scene several hours later said the
car which overturned when it struck
the guard rail was completely de­molished.
In the car with Klein were four
Auburn students who received only
minor injuries. They were John Har-rel,
Thomaston; John Tucker, Talla­dega;
Albert Hightower, Montgom­ery,
and Alvin Bogtle, Birmingham.
It has been advanced by some that
Klein momentarily fell asleep while
driving.
Klein was the only son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Klein of Birmingham,
and was prominent in campus activi­ties
at Auburn. He was editor of the
Glomerata, student annual, last year
and a member of numerous honor so­cieties
including Spades, Omicron Del­ta
Kappa, Blue Key, Scabbard and
Blade, and the Interfraternity Coun­cil.
He was a cadet captain in the
ROTC and a member of the Sigma Nu
fraternity.
INCREASE WIDESPREAD
Authorities Expect Banner
Year; Orientation Period For
Freshmen Starts On Friday
Report from the Registrar's office
at noon today gave the enrollment
figure for that time as 2007. Stu­dents
are still registering at the rate
of several an hour.
Ninety-One Degrees Awarded At
Summer Commencement, August 16
ANNUAL PICTURES
TO BE MADE SOON
N O T I C E !
No Glomerata pictures will be tak­en
on any Saturday or Sunday or on
Friday September 27 from 1:30-5:00.
Some cards were stamped on these
days through an error, and such pic­tures
will be taken care of by special
notice after the others. Some were
marked prior to September 23 and
should be October, the same time and
date.
Blake Campbell, Bus. Mgr.
Work on the 1935 Glomerata, Au­burn's
year-book, will get under way
by September 23, when Don Johnson,
photographer from Columbus, will be­gin
taking pictures in the Glomerata's
new office above the power house.
Prior to this year the office was lo­cated
in the basement of Alumni Hall,
but has been moved to the power
house this year to provide more space
and better facilities. The office is lo­cated
to the left as the building is en­tered
at the top of the iron steps.
The time for each student to re­port
has been stamped on his regis­tration
card, and it is asked that each
student come promptly at the time
specified. When presented to the pro­fessor,
the card will excuse the stu­dent
from class for the time it takes
him to have his picture taken. In view
of this it is necessary that everyone
keep his or her card.
Pictures will be taken in the morn­ings
from 8:30 to 12 o'clock and in
the afternoons from 1:30 to 5 o'clock.
All those having their pictures taken
must wear coats.
The administration is anxious that
the pictures of all students appear in
the annual. The cost of having the
pictures taken is covered in the reg­istration
fee.
During the latter part of the sum­mer
Blake Campbell, editor, and Al-
(Continued on page 10)
With the awarding of 65 first de­grees
and 26 master's degrees at the
annual summer commencement on
Friday evening, August 16, the most'
successful Auburn Summer School in
the history of the college was brought
to a close.
The 1935 summer session set'a new
record in enrollments, with 923 stu­dents
enrolled for the first term and
885 for the second term. Total en­rollment
of 1,908 students for the
summer exceeded the highest previ­ous
figure by 283 students.
Not until last summer had the rec­ord
enrollment of 1930 been equalled.
Net enrollment for the 1935 session
also set a new record in that it reach­ed
a total of 1,296. The nearest ap­proach
in net enrollment to this figure
was 1,190 in 1930.
Dr. John J. Tigert, president of
the University of Alabama, delivered
the baccalaureate address in Langdon
Hall. The old idea that education can
be divided into that which is cultural
and that which is utilitarian or voca­tional
was vigorously attacked by Dr.
Tigert in the course of his address.
Dr. L. N. Duncan awarded degrees
to the 91 graduates upon their pres­entation
to him by Dr. Judd.
Music for the exercises was by the
Auburn Ensemble, with Lawrence
Barnett directing, and vocal solos by
Collins Cameron and Miss Ruth
Frisbie.
At 10 o'clock this morning exactly
1,998 students had registered for the
sixty-third annual session of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, with full
assurance from the registrar's office
to the effect that total enrollment will
easily exceed the 2,000 mark before
the day is«over.
Over 800 freshmen have registered
to date, which figure closely exceeds
by 30 per cent the freshman enroll­ment
for last year of 617, which up
to this year was the highest in the
history of Auburn. Associate Regis­trar
C. W. Edwards expects fresh­man
registration to climb consider­ably
over the 800 mark during the
week.
Complete enrollment for the semes­ter
is expecting to go beyond 2,300,
which would be approximately 300
higher +han the previous record 'of
2,025 set for the first semester,
1931-32.
Total first semester enrollment for
the 1933-34 session was 1,553, and for
the first semester of the 1934-35 ses­sion
it was 1,784.
The Registrar's office has not had
time to analyze enrollment figures, but
unofficial reports from the deans say
that the huge increase in the fresh­man
class has been widespread among
the schools on the campus.
A substantial increase was noted in
the registration of new sophomore,
junior and senior students who have
attended other colleges. Figures in­dicate
at least 2,300 will be regis­tered
within the next few weeks.
Registration this year proceeded
rather slowly for the first day, Mon­day,
with around 600 students regis­tering.
Tuesday, though, over 1,000
students were signed up for courses
here, with many more going through
the line Wednesday morning.
The administration is anxious that
no students be turned away because
of no rooms. P. O. Davis, college reg­istrar,
announces that there are still
many rooms for students in Auburn.
The orientation period for freshmen
will begin with the convocation Fri­day
morning and the reception that
night at the president's mansion.
N O T I C E !
Big cards for the Sophomore Hop
will be taken up Saturday.
Co-ed Students Have
Rat Regulations Too
Discovered in the musty
depths of the Y Hut last year
was a list of "rat rules" for co­ed
rats at Auburn as set forth
by the Women Student Govern­ment
Association. As far as can
be determined these rules are
still in effect and are printed
here for the benefit of those
concerned.
1. Freshmen shall at all times
keep to the walks on the campus.
2. Freshmen shall not chew
gum, hold hands, or swing the
arms of young men in public.
3. Freshmen shall give full
support at all mass meetings.
4. Freshmen shall not refuse
to lend upper-classmen powder,
hair pins, needles, thread, etc.
5. Freshmen shall not jay­walk,
lipstick, or rouge conspic­uously
anywhere at any time.
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Auburn's Loss
As the years succeed each other with
relentless exactitude those students whom
we have come to know as a part of Auburn
are taken with equal inevitability. It is
known our melancholy task to write a word
in memory of Bob Klein, who died early last
Saturday morning.
Bob Klein entered Auburn as a freshman
in the fall of 1931 as a student in the en­gineering
school. .After the first semester
of his sophomore year he changed his
course to architecture, which study he fol­lowed
until his untimely death. Always a
keen student he made one of the highest
scholastic records in his department.
In the spring elections of his junior year,
Klein was elected to the editorship of the
1935 Glomerata. Following his election to
this important office, he was chosen for
membership in numerous honor societies on
the campus. Each of the honors awarded
Bob Klein came as a fitting reward for the
brilliant record he had compiled during his
first three years on the campus.
Endowed with a bright mind and a nat­ural
taste for scholarship, he grew year by
year into one of Auburn's most outstanding
students. His cheery disposition and his
willingness to help all won him many
friends who loved him the more for his
charming modesty. His honesty and cour­age
of his convictions drew the admiration
of all his associates. Possessing a wonder­ful
personality, a truly great gift for mak­ing
staunch friends, and a singular kind-heartedness,
he was one of the most pop­ular
students on the campus. Bob Klein
will live long in the memory of those who
knew him as a capable editor, true friend
and real Auburn man.—His friend.
Welcome Freshmen!
The Plainsman voices the welcome of the
faculty, entire student body and towns­people
to the freshmen. Auburn greets the
class of '39 with every good wish for a
successful and profitable four year stay
here. > „
New students entering college this fall
are doing so just as social, economic, ed­ucational
and other conditions throughout
the nation begin a climb upward. Also,
here at Auburn things are assuming a
brighter aspect. We are building for the
future. This is a time that calls for the
earnest cooperation of every unit of the
college. The attitude of you freshmen will
have much bearing upon the success bf this
campaign for a greater Auburn.
We believe you come imbued with that
spirit which has been manifest by the
freshmen classes which have preceded you
here. Auburn has long looked to her fresh­men
to supply the proper stimulus to those
principles of democracy, loyalty and edu­cational
ideals which have given the insti­tution
her good name.
Respect for seniority and a willingness to
work are the qualifications necessary for
the building of real Auburn men—we be­lieve
the class of '39 is thus characterized.
Regardless Of Size
Any newspaper, regardless of its size,
scope or the class of people to which it
caters, must have an editorial policy. This
policy should be clear and well defined. As
a democratic government is run according
to its constitution and laws, so a news­paper
is run in strict accordance to its
editorial policy.
Whereas the Chicago Tribune, through
its editorial and news columns, steadily
gains its objectives of better state and lo­cal
government, lower taxes and the such,
likewise the Plainsman will attempt during
the school year to bring the student body
into a compact, friendly and efficient or­ganization
working for the benefit of each
individual and for Auburn as an institu­tion.
Along this same idea it is the aim of
this paper to further the relation between
the student body and the college—its ad­ministrative
heads and faculty members.
This aim can be accomplished in three
major ways: through the news columns,
editorial columns, and discussion by the
student, body at large. In regard to the
latter, it is sincerely desired that all stu­dents
should feel free to air or express
their opinions through the "Letters to the
Editor" column. Criticism pertaining to
anything concerning the college is welcome.
In fact it is highly desired, especially that
criticism which is written in more or less
of a constructive nature.
In order that all organizations on the
campus may benefit through the news col­umns
of the Plainsman and that the stu­dents
may know of what is going on about
them, it is asked that there be continued
cooperation between the different student
groups on the campus and the Plainsman.
All such news will be given equal consider­ation
and handled in an unbiased manner.
Lastly it is hoped that each student will
consider the Plainsman as a paper of
which he is part owner and in which he
has an equal voice in saying how it shall
be managed. For truly such is the way
an ideal college paper would naturally
be run.
True Aim Of College
"The drudge may fret the tinker
Or labor with lusty blows,
But back of him stands the thinker,
The clear-eyed man who knows"
The men who guide the destiny of this
nation, those who forge into unknown ter­ritory
for the purpose of exploration, and
those behind the wheels of industry are the
real thinkers of the world; and chances are
that most of them began to do their seri­ous
thinking while in college. In college
they learned facts; but more important
still, they learned to apply their knowledge
of these facts toward some constructive end.
One should not go to college for the sole
purpose of learning so many cut and dried
facts from countless textbooks. Facts alone
are worthless. One must learn how to use
them in order to forge ahead in a continual
search for the truth. A pedant may as well
have not learned anything, for what good
will all his knowledge do if he cannot ap­ply
it?
Too many cases are on record of men
and women holding college degrees who do
not appear to do any better in life than
those With no degrees at all. If those peo­ple
had only mixed in with their learning
a little thought toward practical applica­tion,
how much better equipped they would
be. The saying that knowledge is power is
all right within certain limits. Rather it
should be—ability to use knowledge is
power.
It is true that college cannot make a man
think unless he has the ability to think at
the beginning, but nevertheless it is a great
help to those who want to learn' what the
past has given in order that they might
give to the future.
Hog Calling
In past days the tendency for the
"stronger sex" was to whistle slightly to
draw in the breath at the sight of a girl
with certain beautiful aspects, either
questionable or otherwise. But this method
of expression now seems to have developed
to a point where it closely resembles some
sort of a hog calling affair.
Any number may take part. The par­ticipant
needs only to have a vibrant voice
of moderate pitch and a seat on the steps
of Alumni Hall where he can command a
view from three directions. This is gen­erally
conceded by some to be a most ex­cellent
way of making use of those other­wise
rather droll minutes after meals and
during the evenings.
By little observation during these per­formances
it is a comparatively easy mat­ter,
to determine those of the "weaker sex"
who have attended Auburn before and
those who have not. The former have a
tendency to put on a few extra wiggles with
a sweet smile or two, while the latter do
several things: cross the street a block
above or below, blush and bear it, or at­tempt
to appear unconcerned by looking for
something across the street.
In time both sides will join in the fun.
Just another of Auburn's quaint customs.
Pale Faces
During a casual conversation a profes­sor
was heard to remark that during the
first few weeks of every year he would
notice a distinct pale and somewhat puz­zled
and worried look on the faces of most
freshmen in his classes.
Naturally, one entering college for the
first time seems to be faced with an end­less
train of worries. But most any upper-classman
will readily testify that there is
really little basis for many of the pet wor­ries
of a freshman, unless it be financial.
In that case a student should not have en­tered
college until he had that matter well
figured out.
As a rule the freshman will find the fac­ulty
at Auburn to be very genial and
friendly and more than anxious to answer
any perplexing question. All of them were,
freshman once1 upon a time, and in many
instances that time was not so very
long ago.
Faculty Members Hope
On numerous occasions this year already
many members of the faculty and student
body have expressed the desire that the
new students at Auburn this year will be
a credit to the college rather than a dis­grace
as has been the case at public meet­ings
and gatherings at so many times in
the past. Of particular note along this
line is the conduct of students in the thea­tre.
Ajiburn is a college and not a high
school, which fact seems to be misunder­stood
every year by the incoming students.
T R I V I A
By TrMer
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.
"Dr. Duncan we are here' and strange
to say we are here "en masse." Each year
as the old guard gathers with the new and
passes through the labyrinth which even­tually
leads to the right to pursue a higher
education we hear the familiar cries in re­gards
to the number and the looks of the
prospective student body. But in this, the
first year of the Duncan Regime, the cries
are not misplaced. To date the applications
of the new students and the renewals of
the old have far exceeded those of any
previous year. The above, however, are
not the only indications of increased en­rollment
for the year. One of the chief
jobs of the student now is to find a place
to stay. Not only does every landlady say
that her house is full, but she goes further
to say that she has turned away many more
and that she knows of no other place that
one might try. All of which goes to show
that the talk about there being more stu­dents
at Auburn than ever before is not
just rumor but a fact. It seems that some­one
has been on the job during the vaca­tion
months and the results are speaking
for themselves. A salute to the admin­istration.
The long talked of "greater Auburn"
seems to be rapidly approaching a reality.
Not only on the campus is a marked change
noticed, but already throughout the State
the "grads" are getting tpgether as never
before. Mr. M. I. Bloch, the new president
of the Alumni Association, has taken to
his job with a new enthusiasm. When talk­ing
to him this summer he already had
plans for the organization majpped out. His
goal is a larger, more closely knit, and wide
awake group. It is his' opinion that with
an association of this type behind the
school the future growth of the institution
is assured. The first undertaking of the
new officers is to get the name of every ex-
Auburn student on the roll of the Asso­ciation.
Then as a logical sequence the
group "will become an active functioning
body with the welfare of the school at
heart. More power to Mr. Bloch and the
Alumni, I say!
Who said Auburn Spirit was dead? With
the two steps mentioned above there seems
nothing but Auburn Spirit in the air.
Group activity seems to be the issue of
the day. With the Blue Key sponsoring the
move, signs reading "AUBURN, HOME
OF ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTI­TUTE"
will be placed at the city limits on
the two paved highways approaching the
city. This move on the part of the Blue
Key is an attempt to clear up questions in
the minds of passing motorists as to what
the unusual activities in a place of this
size are due to. Many people stop each
year to inquire as to what place this is,
and what all the buildings are for. This
is a good step in advertising the school,
and at the same time it will add interest
to Auburn for people who are out to see
the country. According to Harry Hooper,
president of the group, the signs will be
up within the next week.
* * * *
IMPROVEMENTS. Having mentioned
specifically a few of the individual improve­ments
around and about the plains it seems
but fitting that the general improvements
of the city itself.
1. If I count correctly thirty new homes
and a Bachelor Apartment House for Wo­men
has been added to the housing ac­commodation.
2. The Tiger Cafe has spread to new
quarters with a host of fourteen to give
service to those that hunger. The Capitol
Diner invades the Plains and sets up on
church property. Unk dispenses Hot Dogs
and Hamburgers from his newly annexed
Grill.
3. Moore's new Haberdashery will at­tempt
to meet the needs of the well dressed
Auburn man.
4. The Hotel will assume a new face,
and with other improvements will prepare
to take care of the increased demands for
modern transient housing.
5. While on the "new face" of things
one must needs make note of the quanti­ties
of paint that have been smeared gen­erously
in practically all sections of town.
6. Of course everybody knows about the
new Billiard Hall that has made its ap­pearance.
That is a good half dozen of the improve­ments,
others—many others, such as the
railway crossing and the road signs could
be pointed out, but I must leave something
for you to find out for yourself.
* * * *
DRIPPINGS. Since McGriff and Riley
have so completely reformed I think their
idea of rooming together is an good one.
Sorta like old times to have ex-Editor
Davis now of the Dothan sheet with us over
the week-end.
It is pleasure to note that Netty Murphy
and Frances Ashhurst have taken up
Dietotheraphy and Nutrition from a prac-
One of the first questions asked Ed McKenzie upon his arrival in Auburn con­cerned
the progress of his knitting. Finding the routine of camp last summer a
bit boresome, he took up knitting as a diversion and made astounding progress in
the art.
* * * * * * * * * *
FOOTPRINTS
Ode To A College Girl
She goes to school in an evening gown,
She looks like a Sheba Queen.
She paints her face like a circus clown.
She flirts with a jelly bean.
She walks like a 10 cent movie vamp,
She talks like a vaudeville tough,
Her skirt fits tight as a postage stamp,
She believes in strutting her stuff.
With low cut back and bare white arms,
She reeks to high heaven of sex.
She gets a kick from exposing her charms,
Cataloged, classified and indexed.
Why she goes to college is a mystery, '
She belongs in a Hoochi - Kootch show,
A throw-back to the stone age of history
When men first learned women meant woe.
She's the flapper, of college, 0, bless her!
That she's decent is all can be said—
She simply needs someone to dress her
And about two grains of sense in her head.
* * * * * * * * * *
With graceful feet a maiden sweet
Was tripping the light fantastic.
When suddenly she tore for the dressing room door—
You never can trust elastic.
* * * * * * * * * *
THE EIGHT AGES OF WOMEN
(After the Seven Ages of Man by Will Shakespeare)
Age one: "Da Da"
Age six: "Nice mans"
Age nine: "Carry my books"
Age sixteen: "I'll ask mother"
Age twenty: "Drive faster"
Age twenty-five: "Do call me up"
Age thirty-five: "Nice mans"
Age forty-five: "Da Da"
* * * * * * * * * *
It is reported that the S A E's are meeting all trains and doing right well
by it too.
* * * * * * * * * *
MORE POETRY
There was a young lady named Banker
Who slept while the ship was at anchor.
She awoke in dismay
When she heard the mate say:
"Now hoist up the top plank and spanker."
* * * * * * * * * *
Contributions to this department are welcome at all times.
* * * * * * * * * * !
A traveling man named Phipps,
Got married on one of his trips
To a widow named Bloch.
But what was the shock
When he found she had six little chips.
* * * * * * * * * *
Clothes give a man a lot of confidence. He goes to a lot of places with them
that he would not go without them.
* * * * * * * * * *
Figures that have attracted men include Venus de Milo, Ruth St. Denis, Jean
Harlow.
Figures that have attracted women: $3.98.
* * * * * * * * * *
He: "Where will you meet me tonight?"
She: "Halfway."
* * * * * * * * * *
A doctor fell into a well
And broke his collar bone.
A doctor should attend the sick
And leave the well alone.
TREND of the TIMES
By Floyd Hurt
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.
A word of consolation to the school
and to all its students is very inade­quate
when a man of the calibre of Bob
Klein has passed away. But even so
may we say here that these losses are
the kind which are not to be replaced.
Bob Klein was a man and a student.
In him Auburn would have had a grad­uate
to point to with pride—Bob's
record in school gave evidence of that.
But death cannot be explained when it
comes to one so young, so ambitious,
so full of the hopes of future years.
So lets not try to fathom it. Remem­ber
Bob as we all knew him—as a
man.
* * * *
Again a beginning! Greetings are in
order with all their "Hello's," "Glad to have
you's," and the like. There is a stiffness
and formality about the usual ones which
the writers of this column want to do away
with immediately in welcoming to Auburn
all the new men and women and in renew­ing
our relations with the old. Let's try
to consider this welcome a friendly hand­shake
and the beginning of a close associa-.
tion free from all formality. With this in
mind, we extend to every student and every
member of the faculty a warm "How­dy
do."
And as warning to the freshmen! Those
fellows with the swelled chest and long
paddles are sophomores. That furious
smoke from their pipes is indicative of the
indignation which has been growing in them
since last September against the present
Juniors. But that wrath will have no ef­fect
upon those guilty juniors—you are to
get the entire benefit.
But don't get the wrong ideas about
these fellows. They are not Dacl eggs,
really. We knew them last year. You
might just as well go on and take it. They
are a hard headed bunch of collegians and
rightly so. All this stuff is hand-me-down
and the sophs are not going to let it die.
And to tell the truth, you freshmen wouldn't
want them to. Something to write home to
tell the folks so they can write their
sympathy.
Another word to the fellows just begin­ning
the four year journey. You are go­ing
to find things different. Your high
school education was a crip what with the
football, baseball, and basket ball teams
having to have men with passes in every­thing.
And too, recall the few times you
even once considered taking home a book
during the past four years—to study. Men,
you are going to find a change. It is best
to realize that in the beginning and act ac­cordingly.
Don't let anything get ahead of
you. Keep up with the work even over
week-ends filled with football. It can be
done—and it's a big help when final exams
come around.
Mussolini had better make up his mind
right quitk or somebody will make it up
for him, and probably against him as well.
Now there's nobody in Louisiana to bawl
out, or to be bawled out by. Bilbo will in
all probability supply the need, though.
tical standpoint. (Note—This is a paid ad­vertisement—
Eat With Netty and Die.)
Who said Cabbages and Kings was gone
forever. He—Cecil Strong just breezed in
and demands that he make front page.
When you rip those red flannels mother
made before you left home see Capt. Ed
McKenzie—he can K-N-I-T as well as he
can jump poles.
Bob Creel may be seen circulating around
the Wright Apartments quite a bit, but
that's all right for Annie doesn't live there
and Moore, Mary Banks on that.
For dates with any of the ravishing new
co-eds all you have to do is get in touch
with Tyson. He will be glad to oblige.
Uncle Sammie Wittel promises that if
you can't find a place to fire the furniture
come to see him. He is reserving space.
AND SO ON FAR, FAR INTO THE
NIGHT IF YOU WANT TO.
It shall be my honest endeavor for the
coming year to give to the student body a
picture of the campus and its relations as
I see them. If you don't like the stuff,
write to me about it and I'll do to suit my­self
if the Editor will leave town. And so
until the next time—"Good night."
Success often lies not so much in what
we do as in what we don't do.
Opportunity for distinction lies in doing
ordinary things well and in erratically
striving to perform grandstand plays.
The way to get ahead is to start now.
An expression of appreciation is more
satisfying than a sack of gold if you al­ready
have a sack of gold.
G-E Campus f^em
means of four sets of electric instruments, one
for each motor. Each set consists of an electric
tachometer, an electric oil-pressure gauge, an
electric fuel-pressure gauge, and an electric
oil-temperature gauge. In addition, the big
19-ton airliner is provided with two G-E
wingedge landing lights.
FIREFLY EFFICIENCY
TTHE firefly's flicker may be suited admirably
•">• to the firefly, but it is not of much use to
man. In demonstrating the efficiencies of
various light sources, engineers of the General
Electric Research Laboratory produced some
of this cold light synthetically. A glass tube
was partially filled with a mixture of luminol
and sodium hydroxide, to which water was
added. A second mixture, of potassium ferrocy-anide
and hydrogen peroxide, was then allowed
to run into the tube through a funnel, and
the bright glow began. This manifestation, or
chemiluminescence, resulting from the oxida­tion
of the luminol, represents the same
operation which takes place in the firefly.
To produce a single lumen-hour of light by this
means, would require $25 worth of the chemi­cals.
The sodium lamp, developed in the G-E
Research Laboratory as a Highly efficient
source of artificial light, on the other hand,
will produce one lumen-hour of light for one
ten-thousandth of a cent.
TRANSPACIFIC FLYING AIDS
THE Pan-American Clipper, which not long
ago completed a 2400-mile flight from
Alameda, Cal., to Honolulu, to inaugurate com­mercial
air-line service to the Far East, is
equipped with a number of aids to flight which
have neen developed by the General Electric
Company especially for aviation service.
Each of the giant ship's four 700-hp Pratt
& Whitney Hornet engines is "souped up"
with G-E superchargers, and the performance
of the engines is checked by the engineering
officer at his post in the first compartment by
HOME OF THE FUTURE
'T'HE home of the future, as indicated by 2000
-"- sets of plans submitted by architects from
every state, in General Electric's $21,000 com­petition,
will be of the flat-roof, utilitarian
type. These plans herald a new concept in
American home architecture. The "New
American" homes will be designed from the
inside out, to give the maximum of living
comfort and efficiency for the minimum
expenditure.
The concept is a direct break with the old
tradition, which started with an impressive
and frequently unnecessarily expensive exterior,
often sacrificing convenience and economy.
Fully 75 per cent of the plans not only depict
this utilitarian type, but offer other radical
changes in home construction. The tendency
is to place the garage in front of the house,
with the kitchen adjoining, and the living
room in the back, facing I lie yard and garden.
In other words, the business end sticks out
where it is easily accessible.
Houses based on the prize-winning designs
are now being erected in cities throughout
the country in order better to familiarize
people with the comfort, convenience, and
economy which may be obtained through «
these modern electrically equipped homes.
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GENERAL « ELECTRIC
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1935 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE P A G E T H R EE
Sports Writer Will
Speak Here Sunday
Morgan Blake, sports editor for the
Atlanta Journal, will speak in Auburn
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the
Methodist Church. He will speak
again in the afternoon at 3 o'clock in
Langdon Hall.
Mr. Blake is a graduate of Vander-bilt
University. He teaches the Ago-ga
Bible Class in Atlanta, one of the
largest classes of its kind in the city,
and he is known throughout this sec­tion
of the South as a forceful relig­ious
lecturer. He has lectured before
at Auburn and at several points in
Alabama and Georgia.
Having been a member of the Jour­nal's
sports staff for some 20 years,
Mr. Blake is considered one of the
leading sports writers of the south.
N O T I C E !
For the first class period in ROTC
juniors and seniors will meet together
in Broun 309. Sophomores will meet
class in rear of Samford Hall and the
freshman at the gun shed at the
stables.
BUSINESS CONCERNS PREPARING
FOR GREATEST YEAR SINCE 1929
Several New Concerns Have Opened For Business; Other Es­tablishments
Have Remodeled Or Improved Buildings;
Have Enlarged Stocks Of Goods And Services For 1935-36
The best year since 1929 is fore­seen
by business men of Auburn,
many of whom have remodeled or im­proved
their buildings and enlarged
their stocks of goods and services for
College during the year. In addi­tion,
several new business firms have
opened here during the summer.
The most extensive improvement is
taking place at the Thomas Hotel,
which is being remodeled throughout.
The building will be made into an at­tractive
brick-veneer structure with
the addition of four rooms. When
completed this fall eight of the rooms
will have private baths;
During the summer Benson's has
opened an annex which specializes
in lunches, sandwiches, hamburgers,
hot dogs, milk shakes, and bottle
drinks. Also a large dining room has
been opened on the second floor where
LEE J A M ES
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The Student's
Friend
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DRY GOODS
NOTIONS
Ladies' and Men's
Ready-to-Wear
HABERDASHERY
a monthly rate for "home-cooked"
meals is available to students.
Two of Auburn's drug stores have
undergone extensive remodeling. An
attractive tile floor has been laid at
the Tiger Drug Store and the store
front has been remodeled. The inte­rior
of Homer Wright's Drug Store
has been repainted and many of the
fixtures have been re-arranged.
Show windows at W. D. Gibson's
Men's Furnishing Store and fixtures
have been repainted. Olin F. Hill has
moved his headquarters to Jolly's
where he is continuing as the repre­sentative
of Siebler Clothes. Both
Jolly's and Gibson's have on display
extensive fall lines of men's clothes
and furnishings.
' Millard Moore has opened Moore's
Haberdashery in the location on Col­lege
street formerly occupied by G.
W. Rew. Mr. Rew is now located at
the Varsity Barber Shop where he is
the representative for Brooks and
Schloss Brothers clothes and is han­dling
a line of men's furnishings.
Everything in men's wear is avail­able
at Moore's Haberdashery.
In addition to having the store
front repainted and the interior of
his establishment redecorated, Mr.
Howard of Howard's 5 and 10 Cent
Store has made trips during August
to Birmingham, Atlanta, and St.
Louis to buy new merchandise. Mr.
Howard is highly optimistic concern­ing
the increase in business this year.
The inside of his store has also been
enlarged.
Foreman Rogers says that a new
air-washed, silent cooling system has
been installed at the Tiger Theatre.
Also during the summer new carpets
have been laid throughout the thea­tre.
As usual, says Mr. Rogers, the
best pictures made in America will be
brought to Auburn.
A new and unique eating establish­ment
in Auburn is the Capitol Diner
near the Baptist Church on College
Street. The diner was moved here
during the summer from Montgomery.
D. H. Reeves, owner, states that he
specializes in chili and hamburgers
and that the diner will be open at
all times for the accommodation of
students. All-night service will be
available on dance nights, he says,
adding that his place has long been
known for its cleanliness and high
quality of food.
Extensive purchases of new equip­ment
have been made by the Ideal
Laundry, including six presses, a
washing machine, and new cleaning
and hot water systems. Also a new
truck has been purchased for delivery
of student laundry. Interior of the
building has been repainted and con­siderable
remodeling has been made
for office space and delivery counters.
In the way of amusements, H. D.
Reed has opened a billiard parlor on
College Street next to the Western
Union Office. The equipment, all of
which is new, includes five billiard ta­bles
and one snooker table.
Tryouts For Auburn
Band Now Underway
Try-outs for the Auburn band be­gan
yesterday, and will continue
through today and Friday, according
to an announcement by P. R. Bidez,
conductor. The try-outs are being
held from four until six, in Langdon
Hall.
Reguar practices will begin next
Monday, and a large group of all men
and new members are expected to be
on hand. The band will probably
number about 75 or 80 this year.
In addition to playing for the mili­tary
unit, the band usually accom­panies
the football team on several
trips, and also gives a series of con­certs
in the spring. All new men who
can play musical instruments are urg­ed
to try-out before Monday.
Many Homes Built
Here During
Summer
According to estimates of the Au­burn
Coal and Ice Company the build­ing
program for the year already
amounts to something better than one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
This expenditure covers the building
of something like twenty-five homes
and one apartment house.
Mayor Copeland stated that after a
close check this building program ex­ceeded
any that Auburn had known
since he had lived here. He went on
to say that the type of building a'nd
the materials used were superior, as
a whole, to those of the past. He
pointed out that more attention was
given to conveniences and built-in ap­pliances
than ever before. The build­ings
are better than those built be­fore.
Brick, hollow tile, stone, and
brick veneer seems to be the construc­tion
of the majority of the buildings.
The mayor went further to say that
the greater percentage of these new
homes were designed by architects and
the actual building was supervised by.
architects.
The program has not let up but
seems to have left the bigger projects
to the last in that the two major con­struction
jobs thus far are just in
the beginning, The Thomas H,otel,
spending something like ten thousand
dollars, will be entirely remodeled.
The old building is to be given a smart
and new line and then to be brick ve­neered.
The dining room will be dis­continued
and the space converted in­to
guest rooms. About eight new
baths are to be added and modern con­veniences
in general will be included
in the renovation.
Second to none in the building pro­gram
is the construction of the great­ly
anticipated stadium. Plans for this
project are well under way and the
actual work will begin in the very
near future. Size of the job can be
imagined from the amount of cement
ordered, which is forty carloads.
Some of the new homes built by lo­cal
companies are: H. M. Martin, E.
L. Rauber, J. A. Naftel, Julian Brown
and the Pope Apartments were built
by the Auburn Coal and Ice Company.
The W. D. Salmon home built by
Lewis Curr, the Swingel home by Hull
Cullers, where ever possible home con­tractors
were used.
The construction of the stone homes
on Samford Avenue was under the
supervision of J . W. Drake, who pre­dicts
that stone will be used more in
the future than ever before. The rea­son
for this he explained, is the turn
to natural beauty.
TWENTY-FIVE COTTAGES BEING
BUILT HERE AS PWA PROJECT
Are Now Under Construction Near Duncan Hall; Will House
Visitors To Auburn For Conventions; Plan. Accommodations
For Total Of 6 0 0 People When Completed In Near Future
As a Public Works project, there is
now being constructed on the campus
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
near Duncan Hall, 25 cottages which
will be used to house delegations of
visitors, those who come to Auburn
for conventions, for leadership train­ing,
and for other purposes. Each of
the 25 cottages will provide housing
facilities for 24 people, a total of 600
for the 25 cottages.
When finished, as announced by
President L. N. Duncan, they will be
furnished, ready for use. Each cot­tage
will contain modern bath room
facilities.
The total cost of these cottages is
estimated at $105,000, the majority
of this to come from Federal Public
Works funds.
In addition, a supplementary appli­cation
has been filed for a dining
room, a swimming pool, and five ad­ditional
cottages; also sidewalks, curb
and gutter connecting the cottages
with other divisions of the campus.
This addition is estimated to cost
$81,000.
Dr. Duncan said that this is a proj­ect
which has been in mind several,
years and that when the cottages and
other buildings are finished they will
be very useful in furthering the work
and the services of Auburn through­out
Alabama.
Relief labor is being used in the
main with Dan T. Jones in charge.
It is expected that the first 25 cottages
will be finished in time to 'use next
Scabbard and Blade meeting Mon­day
night at 8 o'clock. Samford, 213.
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Junior Salesmen For
Balfour Rings Named
Word received from E. G. Fitz­gerald,
Balfour representative, is to
the effect that junior class ring sales­men
have been selected. They are
Ben Vail and Sam Gibbons. Rings
can be bought this year from either
of the two salesmen.
Senior ring selesmen are Jimmy
Vance and Lee Ross Ellenburg. ,
NOTICE !
Y. M. C. A. Friendship Council
meeting Friday night 7:30 in Student
Hall. It is important that all mem­bers
be present.
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to the Village of the
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you have had a de­lightful
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We also extend a hardy welcome to the new-comers
— Faculty and Students alike — for we know that once
you move to Auburn and enjoy the friendly association
that abounds here, you will always be a friend of Auburn
and the A. P. I. that is fast forgetting the depression be­cause
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P A G E FOUR T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1935
Coggin Is Engaged To
Teach Piano Lessons
Austin Coggin, who holds the Mas­ter
of Music degree from Northwes­tern
University, arrived in Auburn
Thursday morning to begin his new
work as Glee Club accompanist and
teacher of piano for college credit.
Mr. Coggin, a native of California,
received his undergraduate training
at the College of the Pacific, Stockton,
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Cal., later going to Northwestern for
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He is regarded as a brilliant pian­ist
who has done extensive concert
work. While at Northwestern he
taught under-graduate classes in the
theory of music. In California Mr.
Coggin taught piano for six years
and for the past two years he has been
teaching in Chicago. Mr. Coggin is
also an accomplished organist, having
served in this capacity in several
churches in both California and
Chicago.
Studios will be maintained by Mr.
Coggin and Mr. Barnett, teacher of
violin and band instruments, at 225
Mell Street, just south of the College
library.
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{MUTT) MORRIS -ALABAMA Poiy- AUBURN
Always a consistent wingman, Mutt Morris won the praise of sports
enthusiasts all over the South last fall. In his first year of varsity
football he made a name for himself by a brilliant performance against
the powerful Georgia Bulldogs. He was elected captain last year as
a fitting tribute to his tireless energy.
Alternate Captain
Haygood Paterson is back at his
old tackle position and ready for a
good season. A rangy and heavy
tackle, Haygood is one of the best
tempered and hardest working
players on the squad.
COLLEGE BARBER SHOP
Sports Topics
Montgomery is the only city in
which Alabama Poly's football team
will play two games this season. Au­burn
will open an attractive and sui­cidal
10-game schedule against Bir­mingham-
Southern in Montgomery,
Friday night, September 27, and in­vade
the Capitol City for the second
and final time this year on October
19 for a scrap with Chet Wynne's
Kentucky Wildcats.
* * *
Alabama Poly's 1935 football team
will play in five states, Alabama,
Louisiana, North Carolina, Georgia
and Florida. Auburn will meet Bir­mingham-
Southern, Tennessee, Ken­tucky
and Oglethorpe in Alabama;
Tulane and L. S. U. in Louisiana;
Georgia Tech and Georgia in Georgia;
Duke in North Carolina, and Florida
in Florida.
* * *
"Get That Pa'nther" is the sign that
greets the Alabama Poly students as
they enter the main gate to the cam­pus.
This is a reminder to the stu­dents
to start "greasing" their vocal
chords for Auburn's opening game of
the 1935 football season with Bir­mingham-
Southern in Montgomery,
Friday night, September 27.
* * *
After the first football mass meet­ing
of the year for Alabama Poly
students in preparation for Auburn's
first clash of the season with Bir­mingham-
Southern in Montgomery,
Friday night, September 27, all fresh­men
will be the guests of the Tiger
Theatre here.
* * *.
Like Alabama Poly's varsity foot­ballers,
Auburn's plebe gridders will
open their current season against
Birmingham-Southern. The varsity
Tigers and Panthers will make their
season's debut beneath the floodlights
LOCAL B.S.U. WILL
INAUGURATE NEW
SYSTEM SEPT. 15
First Meeting Of Council Is
Held Last Evening; Plans
Laid And Teacher Named
The first meeting of the Baptist
Student Union Council was held last
evening at 7:30 in the B. S. U. of­fice
at the church. At that time the
plans for the year's program were
outlined.
The Sunday School Superintendent,
Ernest Thornhill, made a short talk
in which he explained the new system
of classes for the coming year. He an­nounced
that the teachers would be
L. M. Ware, O. T. Ivy and Mrs. J. T.
Williamson. Sunday, Sept. 15, will be
the first time the system will be put
into effect, and for the occasion the
B. Y. P. U. orchestra will provide
special music.
The first of the socials scheduled by
the B. S. U. will be a Freshman Din­ner
which will be held on the week­end
of the 21st. This event will be fol­lowed
later by a Baptist Student re­ception
to which all Baptist Students
in Auburn will be invited. The Dinner
is part of the orientation program of
the council. The freshmen invited
will be grouped with picked church
members and upper classmen from the
School.
»
Officers of the council for this year
are: Rubye Long, president; Pat Wes­ton,
second vice-president; John L.
Liles, Jr., third vice-president; Bill
Hargett, recording secretary; J. P.
Handley, treasurer; Lewis Wesley,
orchestra director.
Huge Water Tank Is
Nearing Completion
Within the week a gigantic new
water tank with a capacity of 200,000
gallons will be completed in Auburn.
This tank is located on a lot ad­joining
the cemetery where the nec­essary
elevation may be had to force
the water through the eleven miles of
pipe lines connected with the tank.
Only a fraction of this pipe line will
be newly laid, as most of the water
coming from this tank will go through
old lines in the east part of the City.
The Chicago Bridge and Iron Works
was awarded the contract for this
project by the Alabama Power Com­pany
about four weeks back and the
finishing touches are now being ap­plied.
As compared with the other tanks,
this structure holds to four times as
much water as either of the others.
Mr. Hurt, in charge of the A.P.C.
here, explained this by the fact that
the new type of tank is increased in
diameter, not in height, to increase the
storage capacity. Formerly, the City
was able to have water for eight-hour
periods without additional pumping,
now there is enough stored to supply
the 2,800 inhabitants for twenty-four
hours without a refill.
at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Fri­day
night, September 27, and the
frosh clubs will clash on Drake Field
at Auburn the afternoon of September
28.
SYMPHONY, GLEE
CLUB, ENSEMBLE
TO BE ORGANIZED
Students Who Play Musical
Instruments Asked To Try
For Groups Under Barnett
An enlarged musical program,
which will include the organization
of a small symphony orchestra, is be­ing
planned for Auburn this year, ac­cording
to a statement made by Pro­fessor
Lawrence Barnett, director of
the school's musical activities.
All students who can play any mus­ical
instrument are urged to report to
the music studio, which is located in
the second house back of the library,
by Tuesday, or to get in touch with
Professor Barnett, phone 242-J, for
a try-out for the symphony orchestra.
Professor Barnett stresses that all
aspirants will be welcome, regardless
of the degree of skill with which they
perform on their chosen instrument.
In addition to the symphony orches­tra,
a select group from it will form
the Auburn Ensemble, which received
much commendation for its work last
year. The Ensemble last year took
several trips, including a trip to Bir­mingham,
where they broadcast a
program. They also gave several con­certs
on the campus.
The Glee Club, of course, will again
function, with try-outs to be held
Monday night in Langdon Hall. All
private lessons will be offered in piano,
violin, and band instruments.
These various activities offer Au­burn
students an unusual opportunity
for excellent musical instruction, and
all students who are at all talented
musically are urged to take part in at
least one of them.
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FRESHMEN IN DAIRYING
Freshmen in dairying 101 will meet
in Broun Hall auditorium, eight to
nine o'clock a.m., Friday and Monday,
instead of Comer Agricultural Hall,
as planned.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 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 F I VE
Short Visit Made By
Old Auburn Graduate
Mr. J. M. Ward, class '17, paid Au­burn
a short visit Monday. Mr. Ward
is director of the Industrial Division
of the Birmingham Chamber of Com­merce.
While at Auburn he took the
general course, and in '26 he was an
assistant to Dean George Petrie of
the History Department.
At the present time Mr. Ward is
the instrumental figure of the move­ment
in Birmingham to obtain an in­dustrial
water supply through a gov­ernment
WPA loan, involving $6,000,-
000. This project, if approved, said
Mr. Ward, would mean the employ­ment
of approximately 3,000 men for
over a year. So far the application
for the loan has been approved by
the PWA and now needs only to meet
with the approval of the WPA allot­ment
Board under Harry Hopkins.
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ANNUAL ENROLLMENT IN NINE
AUBURN SCHOOLS ABOVE 2500
Presents An Interesting Contrast To Humble Beginnings Of
College In 1872; First President Of Auburn Was Dr.
William Broun Who Laid Foundations For Service To South
The nine separate schools of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute give
more than 2,500 students annual in­struction
in all phases of engineer­ing,
agriculture, chemistry, architec­ture,
home economics, veterinary med­icine,
education, military science and
tactics, and science and literature.
This presents an interesting contrast
to its humble beginnings as the Ag­ricultural
and Mechanical College in
1872.
The gigantic intellect of a pioneer
in the adaption of the sciences to ed­ucation
in the person of the Reverend
Dr. William LeRoy Broun, laid the
foundations for Auburn's service to
the South and nation. Dr. Broun suc­ceeded
Dr. Isaac Taylor Tichenor as
president, then came Dr. Charles C.
Thach, who from 1902 to 1920 ex­panded
the ideas inaugurated by Dr.
Broun. Dr. David F. Boyd was pres­ident
for one year, 1883-84, while Dr.
Broun was chairman of the faculty
at the University of Texas where he
took a leading part in projecting the
early beginning of that institution.
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Celebrate Homecoming
In 1902 following the death of Dr.
Brown, the presidency of Auburn was
t
taken over by Dr. Charles C. Thach,
who for years had been a professor
of English here. A decade of prog­ress
was celebrated at one of Auburn's
greatest homecomings in 1913. All de­partments
had been expanded; the en­rollment
had increased from 406 to
810 in 1912, and the number of full
professors from 14 to 25.
Broun Engineering Hall was com­pleted
in 1910 as a memorial to Dr.
Broun. There also had been erected
the O. D. Smith Hall, the Carnegie
Library, and Comer Agricultural
Hall, named in honor of Alabama's
Governor Braxton Bragg Comer. In
1916 Alumni Gymnasium was dedi­cated
as a gift of former students and
a monument to the leadership of
Thomas Bragg, of Birmingham, at
that time head of the Alumni Asso­ciation.
More Expansion Made
Under the administration of Dr
Spright Dowell, who became president
of Auburn in 1920, even more expan
sion took place. From the fruits of
the Auburn Drive came the Alumni
Hall and the Ramsay Engineering
Hall made possible through the bene­ficence
of Hon. Erskine Ramsey, of
Birmingham.
While Governor Bibb Graves was
in office the Legislature appropriated
$750,000 for buildings from which
were erected the Ross Chemical Lab­oratory,
t h e Textile Engineering
Building, the Animal Husbandry
Building, Duncan Hall, and other mi­nor
buildings. Though the appropria­tions
were made under the regime of
Dr. Dowell, it remained for their con­struction
to take place under the pres­idency
of Dr. Bradford Knapp.
Following the resignation of Dr.
Knapp, the fate of the college was
left in the hands of an Administrative
Committee, appointed by the Board of
Trustees, with Dr. John J. Wilmore,
president, and Dr. B. H. Crenshaw,
and Dr. L. N. Duncan. On February
22 last year Dr. Duncan was selected
by the Board of Trustees to be pres­ident
of the college which position he
now holds.
Auburn
Be Celebrated
Founding QUINNEY WILL EDIT MONTHLY
HUMOR MAGAZINE FOR AUBURN
Former Professor Is
Minister To Albania
Hugh G. Grant, former professor
of political science and journalism at
Auburn, was recently appointed as
United States minister to Albania.
He is expected to sail from New York
September 23 for a brief tour through
France and Italy before he assumes
his official duties in Albania.
Born in Birmingham, he was ed­ucated
at Howard College, at Har­vard
University, where he received
the A. B. degree, specializing in the
study of government; and at George
Washington University, where he re­ceived
the master of arts degree in
government.
Following a varied career as po­litical
reporter for the Birmingham
News, principal of a high school, and
member of the U. S. Army Federal
Board of Vocational Education staff,
Mr. Grant in 1923 became a profes­sor
at Auburn in political science and
journalism, which post he filled un­til
1927.
He resigned from Auburn to go to
Washington as secretary to Senator
Hugo Black. In 1933 Mr. Grant re­signed
as secretary to Senator Black
to accept an appointment in the De­partment
of State.
Mr. Grant is the first minister to
be 'appointed from Alabama since
Hannis Taylor, of Mobile, was made
minister to Spain 42 years ago. Mrs.
Grant and their daughter, Louise,
will accompany him.
Next Year
By Kirtley Brown
The 100th anniversary of the found­ing
of the town of Auburn will be cel­ebrated
with fitting ceremonies next
year.
At that time due credit will be given
the courageous pioneer spirit of Judge
J. J. Harper and his little band of
intrepid settlers from Harris County,
Georgia, who came here in 1836. An­drew
Jackson was spending his last
stormy career in the White House and
the removal farther west of the Creek
Indians that year and next made pos­sible
the settlement of this section of
Alabama.
Though a few straggling Indians
remained to harrass the settlers at
times, the hardy Georgians lost no
time in felling the trees, erecting
crude houses; and Judge Harper him­self
laid out the town of Auburn.
Railroad in 1847
The first post office opened in 1837
and two years later the town was in­corporated.
Mail arrived irregularly
by horseback and stage coach until
the opening of the railroad in 1847.
Old Auburn had both wealth and
culture, this being one of the most
prosperous Alabama settlements in the
antebellum days. These plantation
owners of the Old South made it an
educational center where their girls
and boys might have the best avail­able
training.
And this tradition has prevailed in
Auburn down through the years. Au­burn
today makes no particular bid
to industries but it does provide an
ideal place for residence and for edu­cation.
It is an educational town sur­rounded
by farms. Auburn extends an
invitation to those who desire the best
in educational opportunities from the
first grade in the public schools
through graduate studies of the high­est
rating in college.
Has All Conveniences
Residents of Auburn today enjoy all
the conveniences, service, and oppor­tunities
for recreation available in
any city throughout the country many
times its size. •
The population of Auburn is 3,000,
exclusively of approximately 2,000
students who attend regular and sum-mer
terms of the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute. Though a small town,
its streets are paved. It has an up-to-
date water system, electricity, gas,
modern mercantile establishments and
an excellent moving picture theatre.
"Tiger Rag" Will Be Name Of Publication; Will Contain Num­erous
Special Features Of Student Activities And Sports;
Special Subscription Price Offered Throughout Next Week
For the first time in three years
Auburn will have a special humor
magazine in the "Tiger Rag" to be
published this year with George
Quinney as the editor.
With humor being the main sub­stance,
the magazine will also con­tain
several columns concerning stu­dents
activities and sports. A spec­ial
feature of the first edition, sched­uled
to be off the press by the end of
the month, will be a .date rating sec­tion
on the more prominent co-eds
on the campus.
A special year subscription price
of $1.00 is being offered through next
week. The magazine will be published
every month during the year, except
May, and each issue will sell for 25
cents at the news stands.
Offices of the publication are lo­cated
in back of Moore's Haber­dashery.
Quinney stated that the magazine
has no connection whatsoever with
the "Cajoler" which was published at
Auburn several years ago.
NOTICE !
There will be a meeting Monday
night at 7:30 in the Y. M. C. A. Stu­dent
Center of all those who are in­terested
in becoming members of the
Plainsman staff.
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Crippled Child Gets
Aid From Lions Club
The Auburn Lions Club completed
during the summer their project for
the care of a Lee County crippled
child. The child was selected by the
county welfare committee, approved
by the Lions Club committee, and giv­en
complete hospilization. A six-year-old
girl unable to walk was selected,
and there are hopes of her being able
to attend school during this year.
The care of the crippled child was
the annual project selected by the
Lions Club for last school year. With
its completion, a new project will be
promoted.
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P A G E S IX T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1935
COMPLETE BROADCASTS DIRECT
FROM FIELD ASSURED TO FANS
Play By Play Accounts Of Major Games Of Both Auburn And
Alabama Are Assured Football Fans This Fall Over Sta­tions
WBRC And WAPI; Both Are Located In Birmingham
For the first time in a number of
years this fall football fans are as­sured
of hearing complete broadcasts
direct from the field of all the big
games played by Auburn and Ala­bama.
The announcement was made by R.
P. McDavid and Co. that contracts
have been entered into with WBRC
and WAPI to bring these major
games over the radio direct from the
field. Both WBRC and WAPI will
broadcast the same game at times,
being hooked together.
The complete broadcast menu for
the season:
WAPI Schedule
Sept. 28—Alabama vs. Howard.
Oct. 5—Auburn vs. Tulane.
Oct. 12—Auburn vs. Tennessee.
Oct. 19—Alabama vs. Tennessee.
Oct. 26—Alabama vs. Georgia.
Nov. 2.—Alabama vs. Kentucky.
Nov. 9—Auburn vs. Georgia Tech.
Nov. 16—Alabama vs. Georgia Tech.
Nov. 23—Auburn vs. Georgia.
Nov. 28—Alabama vs. Vanderbilt.
Sept.
Oct.
ington.
Oct.
State.
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
WBRC Schedule
. 28—Alabama vs. Howard.
5—Alabama, vs. George Wash-
12—Alabama vs. Mississippi
19—Alabama vs. Tennessee.
26—Alabama vs. Georgia.
2—Alabama vs. Kentucky.
9—Alabama vs. Clemson.
16—Alabama vs. Ga. Tech.
28—Alabama vs. Vanderbilt.
Students Advised To
Leave Local Address
Students are advised by Postmaster
Knapp to leave their addresses at the
post office as soon as possible, other­wise
letters with insufficient address
will be put in the general delivery
and returned to the sender within five
days, says Mr. Knapp.
To Haile Selassie, peace is just a
five-letter word.
Robert L. Burkes
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Auburn's 1935 Football Squad
(Alt.-Capt.) 3
2
2
Centers
Fred Black
Walter Gilbert*
Lester Antley
Milton Bagby
Guard*
Collins Fenton
Frank Gantt*
Sam McCroskey*
Fred Gillam
Wesley Loftin
Ralph Sivell
Tackles
Haygood Paterson*
Herbert Roton
Hugh Rodgers*
Vernon Burns
Fay Caton
Freddie Holman
Jeff Bogue
Torrance Russell
Ends
Millard Morris (Capt.)*
Joel Eaves*
Hamp Williams
George Strange
Rex McKissick
Frank Hamm
Travis Vernon
Quarterbacks
Joe Stewart*
Sidney Scarborough*
Osmo Smith
John Davis
Halfbacks
Harry Whitten
Bobbie Blake*
Joe Bob Mitchell*
James Karam*
John Tipper*
Charlie Bentley
Bob Coleman
Billy Hitchcock
Buddy Crew
Jimmie Fenton
Bill Ellis
Ralph O'Gwynn
Ray Scarborough
Fullbacks
Wilton Kilgore*
Dennis O'Rourke
Walter Heath
Floyd McElroy
Norman Whitten
»—Denotes letter winner in 1934.
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Home
Macon, Ga.
Fairfield
Eloree, S. C.
Birmingham
Lakeland, Fla.
Lavonia, Ga.
Birmingham
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Athens, Ga.
Chipley, Ga.
Montgomery
Montgomery
Langdale
Frisco City
Andalusia
Dothan
Tchula, Miss
Birmingham
Blountsville
Atlanta, Ga.
Andalusia
Birmingham
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Florence
Tifton
Montgomery
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Chattanooga, Tenn.
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LaGrange, Ga.
Auburn
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Carbon Hill
Goodwater
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Union Springs
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Lakeland, Fla.
Atlanta, Ga.
Selma
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Ark.
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MISS D0BBS APPOINTED MEMBER
OF STATE COMMITTEE IN A. E. A.
Will Promote Cooperation Between Organization And The
Alabama Congress Of Parents And Teachers; Four Others
In State Named To Committee; To Serve This School Year
Miss Zoe Dobbs, dean of women and
I social director at the Alabama Poly­technic
, Institute, has accepted ap­pointment
to a committee from the
Alabama Educational Association to
promote cooperation between that or­ganization
and the Alabama Congress
of Parents and Teachers.
Miss Dobbs was named for the com-j
mittee by P. M. Munro, Selma, presi­dent
of the Alabama Education As­sociation,
and will serve for the pres­ent
school year.
Others on the committee are A. R.
Meadows, chairman, supervisor of at­tendance
and child accounting with
the State Department of Education;
Miss Virginia Hanson, Birmingham;
Mrs. Sara H. Nicholson, Centerville;
and Miss Elsie Schurter, Brewton.
WELCOME STUDENT BODY
RODGERS BROS.
WOCO PEP SERVICE STATION
lips To Freshmen!
By One Who Learned
This bit of advice to the fresh-imen
is lifted almost bodily from
page sixty-five of the rat bible—a
page which you will profit by thor­oughly
reading when the press of
registration subsides.
An Auburn man should at all
times and under all circumstances
be a gentleman. The era of the
rowdy, boisterous "collegian" is
past. A braying jackass can at­tract
attention. Don't try to com­pete
with him, as his natural talent
for being an ass probably is greater
than yours. .
Study. That's what you are here
for. The knowledge essential to a
liberal education is everywhere
about you. But no one is going to
try to cram it down your threat.
Don't be too quick to tell people
about your high school honors. In­stead,
by earnest endeavor achieve
new honors here. High school af­fairs
are of little importance here.
Men are judged at college by their
accomplishments, rather than by
their bank account and pedigree.
Don't let college estrange you
from your home. The parents who
are sending you to school desire
your sincere cooperation in making
y o u r college course successful.
Write home often, and let your
family know what you are doing.
Don't cut classes unnecessarily, as
you will regret it at the end of the
semester.
SPEAK TO EVERYONE ON
THE CAMPUS. Make friends with
your classmates, and upperclassmen
also.
Make personal friends of the fac­ulty
members. You will enjoy and
be benefitted by the contacts you
have with them.
WSM Will Broadcast
A. P. I. Program Soon
On the evening of October 11 at
9:30 o'clock, station WSM, Nashville,
Tenn., will broadcast a 30-minute
program featuring Auburn.
This program is to be the third on
the subject of Auburn to be presented
within the past two years by this sta­tion
in its annual "Campus Theater
of the Air" series.
N O T I C E !
The Two Boys who caught
rides to Opelika Monday Morn­ing
around 10:00 in a new
Chevrolet, please call Herman
Harris at Plainsman Office.
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GROCERIES
Tour Of South Ended
By Improved Knights
Returning from a tour of the South,
the Auburn Knights are again prov­ing
very popular. The band has im­proved
considerably during the sum­mer
and according to reports it is
one of the best the campus has had
in years.
New personnel include members
from several other popular college
orchestras. Members of the orches­tra
are: Yank Friedman, director,
second trumpet; Louis Busenlener,
business manager, guitar; Bill Por-teous,
first trumpet; Doug Jarrand,
second trumpet; Jimmie Motley, first
trombone; Gerald Yelverton, first
sax; Gamar White, second sax; Mer-win
York, third sax; George Poole,
piano; Babe Lacy, drums; Tubby
Griffith, bass; and Mosley, violin.
Special arrangements are by Yel­verton,
Jarrand, Poole, Motley and
White. Vocalists featured by the or­chestra
include Friedman, Jarrand,
Motley and Lacy.
The Knights opened the summer
with a seven-weeks' engagement at
the Markham Hotel, Gulfport, Miss.
Here they were the featured attrac­tion
of the floor show with their nov­elties
and glee club. During their stay
at the Markham they accompanied
dance teams and floor show artists
from the Blue Room of the Roosevelt
Hotel in New Orleans. Broadcasts
from the roof garden of the Mark­ham
could be heard twice nightly.
The band is now featured twice
daily at Benson's and will play for
the "A" Club dance to be held Sat­urday
night.
N O T I C E !
Those who did not receive their
Glomeratas last year will receive the
same in the near future. The exact
date will be announced later.
Piano Lessons To Be
Given By Miriam Best
Miss Miriam Best, accomplished
pianist, will teach private lessons in
i
piano at Auburn this year. Her stu­dio
will be located over the Bank of
Auburn, and she will give lessbns
every Wednesday and Saturday after­noons.
Miss Best has been teaching piano
lessons since 1909 in such cities as
Boston, Mass.; Tuskegee; Birming­ham;
Fremont, North Carolina; and
Agusta, Maine. She is also a mem­ber
of numerous music teachers
organizations and has been active in
choral and club activities.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 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 INSTITUTE P A G E SEVEN
TIGERS HAMPERED BY RAIN AS FIRST GAME APPROACHES
FIRST SCRIMMAGE IS
TO BE ON MONDAY;
TEAMS NOT CHOSEN
Team Not As Far Advanced In
Fundamentals As They Were
At This Time Last Season
Due to the inclemency of the weath­er
and slight colds among the mem­bers
of the team, the Tigers have not
yet had their first scrimmage in prep­aration
for the Panthers on the 27.
Coach Meagher has been playing
the role of doctor during part of the
last week in making sure that his men
are in tip-top physical condition to
begin the real work. The reaction of
the team to his dosing up will determ­ine
when the first scrimmage will
come off. It had been slated for next
Monday, but this date is not official
as yet. So far the time has been oc­cupied
with fundamental group work
which will put the whole team in bet­ter
shape to begin the real knocking
against each other sometime next
week.
At present, the squad includes 44
men. Since scrimmage has not start­ed,
it is too early to begin picking first
and second teams. Though this is
true, it appears that the team that
includes Gilbert and Paterson has
most of the seasoned performers.
Doubtless experience will play a great
part in selecting the team which will
meet Birmingham-Southern.
The centers, guards, and tackles
have been catching most of the rough
work to date. Most of the work of
the backs and ends has been confined
to running plays mixed with a little
blocking, but the linemen have tried
a few line scrimmages.
To date the gridders are not as far
advanced in their fundamental work
as they were at this time last year.
On Wednesday they began a long
stretch of one practice a day, after a
tough stretch of two a day.
Tennessee, Alabama,
L.S.U. Likely Champs
Tennessee was chosen by Coach
Meagher as the 1935 champions of
the Southeastern Conference in a talk
before the Montgomery Kiwanis Club
Tuesday. Other teams rated as top-notch
outfits were Alabama, L. S. U.
and Tulane.
Coach Meagher expressed doubt
that Auburn would be able to win half
of the games on the hard ten-game
schedule, but promised a better rec­ord
than last year for the Tigers, as
well as for Georgia Tech and Missis­sippi
State, other weaker 1934 teams.
The 1934 Auburn line was described
as good in spots, but for 1935 a great
deal of hard work will have to be done
before Auburn has a first rate of­fensive
line. Coach Meagher believes
that the holdover backs will be better
than they were last year, and with
several sophomore replacements the
backfield s h o u l d be noticeably
stronger.
At the request of the listeners,
Coach Meagher discussed some spec-
Five From Auburn
At Camp Perry
For Match
Five juniors at Auburn have al­ready
spent two weeks at Camp Per­ry,
Ohio, competing in the annual
Camp Perry Rifle Competition be­tween
the nine ROTC Corps Areas in
the United States.
Those from Auburn representing
the Fourth Corps Area are, Bob Mer­cer,
Birmingham; Wade Brunson,
Blakely, Ga.; Nat Bradford, Bir­mingham;
Bill Wallace, Gainesville;
and Bob Chandler, Mobile. Selection
for membership in the team was de­termined
last summer in the ROTC
Camp at Fort Benning following the
practice in rifle marksmanship.
Because of interference with foot­ball,
Fred Black, who ranked as num­ber
five man on the team from Ben­ning,
was unable to make the trip
and his place was taken by Nat Brad­ford.
Each year 12 trainees are selected
from each of the nine corps area to
compete in the match, five being chos­en
from Benning and the other seven
from the Infantry camp at Anniston.
This year's selection of the five men
from Benning was notable in that all
five were from Auburn. The camp
scores of the five were: Mercer, 227;;
Brunson, 226; Chandler, 226; Wal­lace,
225; and Bradford, 223. Black
made 223 also. All shots were rated
as expert.
Bradford is captain of this year's
rifle team at Auburn. Brunson is a
member.
The first week at Camp Perry was
spent mostly in instruction in the
Small Arms Firing school, and in
practice with the rifle. The camp will
close September 19. It is reported
that the Fourth Corps Area stands an
excellent chance of winning the
match.
No Changes Made In
Fall Coaching Staff
Coach Jack Meagher announces
that no changes have been made in
the coaching staff this year. Del Mor­gan,
who is in charge of the baseball
team, will function in the capacity
of line coach.
Morgan will be assisted by Boots
Chambless and Buddy McCollum, both
of whom are recent graduates of Au­burn's
eleven.
In the backfield Coach Meagher
will be assisted by Jimmie Hitchcock,
captain and All-American ace of Au­burn's
championship team of 1932. He
is expected to report for duty within
a few weeks.
Coach Ralph Jordon will again act
as head freshman coach and Wilbur
Hutsell as trainer.
tacular lateral passes that are used
by various teams today. However, he
prophesied that there will be no sen­sational
development in the lateral
pass in the 1935 season.
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Auburn Football Mentor
COACH JACK. MEAGHER - flLfiBAtf/i VOLV ^ AUBURN
Coach Jack Meagher came here at the beginning of spring training
year before last and has moulded one of the hardest fighting grid teams
in the South since then. He is a favorite on the campus and where-ever
he goes, being one of the most popular coaches ever to tutor
Auburn athletes.
TIGER GROWLS
=By OBSERVER;
As Auburn's backfield goes, so will go Auburn's fortunes on the grid­iron
this fall.
The above statement, in short, sums up the Tiger football pictures, as
the Plainsmen go through their paces on Drake Field preparatory to the
opening game of the season.
Returning a forewall considered one of the strongest in the South, Coach
Jack Meagher's worry lies in the development of his backfield. Many look to
the sophomores to bear the brunt of the attack. Several juniors may con­tinue
their development and come into their own this year.
Only three Tigers are considered
MEAGHER GETS GRAY HAIRS AS
HE THINKS OF COMING SEASON
Presents Views In Article In Auburn Alumnus; Will Not Ven­ture
Guess As To Number Of Games Tigers Might Win Or
Lose; Thinks Team Has Improved Greatly Over Last Year
certain starters in Alburn's opening
encounter against Birmingham-South­ern.
Captain Mutt Morris, one of the
best blocking ends in the South last
season, Alternate-Captain Haygood
Paterson, scion of the famous Mont­gomery
family which has made foot­ball
history at the Plains, who is con­sidered
one of the finest tackles in
Auburn history, and Walter Gilbert,
the South's outstanding sophomore
linesman of 1934, are the only Plains­men
considered fixtures at their re­spective
posts. All three will be out­standing
candidates for sectional and
national honors.
As the situation now stands, either
Joel Eaves or sophomore Rex McKis-sick
will be paired with Captain Mor­ris
for the opening game. Hamp Wil­liams,
George Strange, and Frank
Hamm will understudy the Tiger
leader.
Haygood Paterson at left tackle,
with Bummie Rotonm, who is a much
improved player over last season as
chief understudy, seems a virtual cer­tainty.
Either Hugh Rodgers or Fred­die
Holman will be at right tackle,
with Rodgers, because of his experi­ence
more likely to get the call.
Frank Gantt and Wesley Loflin are
in the lead for the left guard assign­ment.
Gantt, although smaller in size,
seems to have the edge at present. At
right guard Sam McCroskey and soph­omore
Ralph Sivell are having a mer­ry
battle, the outcome of which will
probably be in doubt for several
weeks.
The center position seems well for­tified
with Gilbert, a sure starter, and
sophomore Lester Antley and Fred
Black as understudies.
The backfield, as yet an unknown
quantity, but with much potential
talent, lists the following outstanding
candidates:
Joe Stewart,- right halfback of last
season, has been transferred to quar­terback
to bolster this department,
which suffered a blow in the loss of
Cleve Brown and Aubrey Hill. Stew­art,
at present is considered a likely
starter, although Sid Scarbrough,
scrappy junior, and Osmo Smith,
sophomore, should see much service.
At left halfback Joe Bob Mitchell,
James Karam, Bobby Blake and Billy
Hitchcock are the leading candidates,
either one of which is capable of hold­ing
down the position satisfactorily.
At right half John Paul Tipper,
Harry Whitten and Jimmie Fenton
seem to have the inside track. All
three progressed nicely in spring
training, and on their performance
this fall will depend a large measure
of the team's success.
Wilton Kilgore and B u n k y
O'Rourke are leading in the race for
the fullback position. The final choice
will not be made for'some weeks, al­though
both will undoubtedly see much
service during the season.
The Tigers are expected to show an
improved brand of football this year.
Writing for the Auburn Alumnus,
Coach Jack Meagher presented a few
of his views and outlooks toward the
coming grid season for the Tigers. A
few excerpts from the article are re­printed
here:
"In our Southeastern Conference
. . . there will be four teams with all
the qualifications of greatness—speed,
weight, experience, class in every po­sition,
and fine coaching. The teams
I refer to—Tennessee, Louisiana
State, Alabama arid Georgia—will be
among the best in the United States,
if one or two of them are not the best.
And not far behind these would be
Kentucky, provided that Chet Wynne
and Porter Grant can get the snow
and ice shoveled out of their state
this summer. In another bracket I
would put Vanderbilt, Florida, Tulane,
Ole Miss, Miss. A. and M., Georgia
Tech, Sewanee, and Auburn. All of
these will be good teams. However,
I will not attempt to rate them as to
their ultimate strength.
"Here at Auburn, the drug stores,
barber shops and boarding houses are
already talking football. Most of these
spots are very conservative in their
estimate of the Tiger's prospects this
year. Folks shudder when they glance
at that schedule of games with Tu­lane,
Tennessee, Kentucky, and Duke
coming in October; and breathers like
Louisiana State, Georgia Tech, Geor­gia,
and Florida coming in November.
There is no doubt that Auburn is
playing the hardest schedule of any
school in the United States.
"There is no doubt that our sched­ule
is a tough one and I get a few
more gray hairs each time I think of
it. We have made it a little more dif­ficult
this year by adding Tennessee to
the list. The reason for continuing
the policy of a very tough schedule
was financial. In 1936, with a better
football team, we can afford to light­en
our schedule and play some games
that are less attractive.
"To cope with the 1935 schedule,
we have returning all but five of the
lettermen of last year. We had great
losses in Bennie Fenton, Barney Mus-grove,
and Mike Welch; but these
losses should be compensated for by
the addition of a few good men from
the freshman team. Our line, both on
offense and defense, should be strong­er
than a year ago. This should be
a great aid in enabling the backs to
get the ball up to the neutral zone.
"The backfield of 1934 are practi­cally
all returning. We will have ad­ditional
help from the freshman team
and as the season develops, we should
have a quartet capable of putting on
more pressure. The backfield will be
an improvement over the one of last
year, but it will be late in the season
before they begin to show polish and
finesse and be really effective.
"The team will be an improvement
over last year. It will be one with am­bition,
morale, color and fighting abil­ity
and should be a good, tough foot­ball
team. I would not venture an
opinion as to the number of games we
might win or lose. However, it will be
1936 before they will become a top-notch
team.
". . . Our outlook is better this year
and it will be better with each suc­ceeding
year. . . .
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Office Of Dr. Brown
Now In Power House
The office of Dr. J. V. Brown, cus­todian,
is now located upstairs in the
powerhouse. For a short time the
Freshman Drafting Class of the Ar­chitecture
School will occupy Dr.
Brown's former location—the small
brick building on the north side of
the Architecture Building.
As soon as the floor of the base­ment
in the Architecture Building is
repaired, the Freshman Drafting
class will move there and the Com­mercial
Design division of the Ap­plied
Arts School will then occupy
Dr. Brown's former office building.
Louise Glanton Has
Been Granted Leave
Miss Louise P. Glanton, head of the
school of home economics, has been
granted a leave for the first semester
in order to travel and recuperate her
health. She will go abroad. Miss
Dana Gatchell, associate professor,
will serve as acting head in her ab­sence.
H. W, Nixon, Auburn,
Receives Appointment
As State Toxicologist
Under authority of the recently en­acted
law creating the position of
State Toxicologist in Alabama, H. W.
Nixon, class of '21, has been commis­sioned
by Governor Bibb Graves to
fill this position.
The law provides for equipping and
operating a toxicological laboratory
at Auburn as part of the law enforce­ment
agencies, of the state. Its pur­pose
is to provide a free, expert serv­ice
to all law officers and courts of the
State in any criminal investigation
where the use of poison is suspected,
analysis of blood stains, investigation
of deaths from unknown causes, and
also animal poisonings.
Mr. Nixon has been handling the
bulk of the toxicological work of the
State Chemical Laboratory under the
supervision of Dean C. L. Hare of
the school of chemistry at Auburn.
Mr. Nixon has already begun to
equip his new laboratory. The greater
part of his work will consist of the
investigation of deaths from unnat­ural
causes.
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Extends a Cordial Welcome to Both
New and Old Students
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1,000 Future Farmers in Meeting Here This Summer Forbes Pays Visit To
Campus At Auburn
S. G. Forbes, '00, noted Auburn
Alumnus of Bombay, India, paid a re­cent
hurried visit to the campus of
Auburn.
Mr. Forbes is director of the Tata
Hydroelectric Agencies and a director
in the United Eastern Agencies of
Bombay. As Chief Electrical Engin­eer,
Government of Mysore, India, he
supervised the construction of the
Cauvery Metrfr Dam on the Cauvery
River, a project larger than the Wil­son
Dam at Muscle Shoals. Prior to
that he was Electrical Superintend­ent
of the Atlantic Division of the
Panama Canal Zone.
A son, Edward Coyle Forbes, of
the class of '38, returned to Auburn
this year to resume his studies.
The nation with a bent for war fre­quently
goes broke by it.
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One thousand farm boys attended the seventh annual meeting of the Alabama Association of the Fu­ture
Farmers of America held in Auburn in July. At this, the largest gathering of its kind ever held in
the State, members of the organiation heard addresses by both state and national F.F.A. officials and
Alabama educational leaders, visited the experiment station and made plans for an even larger program
of work for the coming year. The F. F. A. organization is a part of Alabama's system of vocational
education directed by Dr. J. B. Hobdy, Montgomery; State adviser is R. E. Cammack, supervisor of agri­cultural
education.
Still another important meeting held in Auburn this summer was the annual Short Course for 4-H
club girls. ' More than 450 girls attended from practically every county in the State. Here they studied
the latest methods in modern home-making.
Keen Interest Shown
In R. 0. T. C. Camp
"It was a very successful camp,"
said Lt. Colonel Franke in an inter­view
regarding the six-weeks ROTC
Camp at Fort Benning, Ga., last June.
Speaking more about his opinion of
the camp, Lt. Colonel Franke said:
"The students displayed a keener in­terest
this year than in years before."
Out of the 300 students who at­tended
camp this year, 147 were from
Auburn. The other four institutions
represented were University of Flor­ida,
Georgia Tech, University of Ala­bama
and University of Tennessee.
Due to the lateness of the Infantry
School graduation, there was a slight
modification in the camp program this
year. The entire first week was de­voted
to demonstrations.
A marked improvement in pistol
firing was shown this year over the
previous years. Approximately fifty
per cent of the students qualified for
positions as expert sharpshooters and
marksmen.
Auburn engineers, 38 in number,
made an excellent showing with their
rifles this year. Five of the fifteen
students chosen to represent the
Fourth Corp Area in the National
Rifle Matches at Camp Perry this
year were Auburn engineers.
The usual types of recreation were
given to the students this year. The
soft ball league, inter-camp baseball,
volley ball, track meets, and boxing
kept the students engaged in many
sports. Wrestling was not offered
this year.
Auburn Players Will
Meet Tonight; Gave
Summer Production
Coeds Be Featured
At Smith Hall Tea
Tiger Cafe Remodeled
And In New Location
The Tiger Cafe, formerly located
next to the Tiger Theatre, has chang­ed
its location to the building vacated
by the Auburn Cafe, which adjoined
Wright's drug store.
Besides having more up-to-date fix­tures,
this new location, is spacious
enough to accommodate over twice the
number of patrons which filled the
old one.
The cafe has been thoroughly re­modeled
and redecorated in the last
month with a new banquet hall, large
enough to seat fifty guests, being add­ed
at the back end. This room is par­titioned
off from the main dining hall
and special menus will be prepared
for banquets.
A row of booths have been ffxed
along one of the walls of the main
floor with more than a dozen tables
placed over the floor, which has been
attractively done over. Two other fea­tures
of this place include a new ef­ficient
hot plate for sandwich mak->
ing and the indirect lighting system
overhead. ^
Mrs. Wild is the proprietress of the
cafe and has been in this business for
the last two years.
The Auburn Players, students dra­matics
group on the campus, will hold
their first meeting of the year tonight
at the Y Hut. All those who are in­terested
in dramatics, including act­ing,
stage work, or make-up, are
asked to attend the meeting.
An open discussion for the fall pro­duction
will be held in which numer­ous
plays will be discussed. E. C.
Blackshear, new director of the group,
has suggested three play possibilities,
they being "Death Takes a Holiday,"
"Lady Windermere's Fan" and "Out­ward
Bound." Following the selection
of a suitable play, dates for tryouts
will be announced, and parts will be
awarded on a competitive basis.
Under the direction of Charles
Wade, professor of English, the
Players presented a summer produc­tion
of "Children of the Moon." The
general opinion of those who witness­ed
the play being that it was the best
performance ever to be staged by an
amateur group in Auburn.
Members of cast included Peter
Hamilton, Maurice Schneider, Mary
Elizabeth Watson, Jimmy Lovelace,
Professor Wade, Lorah V. Smith,
Kathlyn Funk, and Leondus Brown.
The entire cast, it was reported, turn­ed
in excellent performances. Many
of them are back for the regular ses­sion,
and it is expected that the Play­ers
will have one of the most success­ful
seasons this year.
The play, by Martin Flovin, was a
tragedy of the Greek type in which
the characters work their own de­struction.
It was a serious study of
human emotions, as well as a presen­tation
of the problem of whether or
not insanity in the family should pre­vent
marriage. The author merely
presents the problem and does not at­tempt
to answer it.
An afternoon tea, sponsored by the
Women's Student Government Asso­ciation,
will be given this afternoon in
Smith Hall for which all freshman
co-eds are invited to attend.
The tea this year will take the
place of the annual traditional dance
"mixer" held about this time every
year at Auburn for the past ten years.
Mary Jim Enloe is president of the
Organization. A larger number of
girls than ever before are to be greet­ed
by the upper classmen at the tea.
Old and New Students
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good fan to keep you cool.
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We extend a most cordial
greeting and welcome to each
of those who are returning to
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 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 N I NE
THREE ARMY OFFICERS BEGIN
DUTY ON R.O.T.C. STAFF HERE
Captains Futch And McKinnon, Artillery, And Deslslets, En­gineer,
Will Teach Military Science And Tactics; Replace
Three Officers Assigned To Other Posts Last Spring
Three army officers will begin their
four-year tours of duty this fall with
the ROTC staff at Auburn.
They are Captain L. Futch and
Captain James L. McKinnon of the
field artillery, and First Lieutenant
R. E. Deslslets of the engineers. The
trio replaces officers previously on the
staff here who have been assigned to
other posts.
A native of North Carolina, Cap­tain
Futch graduated at the United
States Military Academy in 1917. In
1926 he completed the field artillery
battery officers course and comes to
Auburn soon after completing the
two-year command and general staff
school course at Ft. Leavenworth,
Kansas.
Captain McKinnon graduated at
Auburn in 1923 in civil engineering.
In 1930, he graduated from the field
artillery school and battery officers
course and completed the course of
advanced horsemanship in 1932. He
comes to Auburn from Ft. Hoyle, Md.,
and began his new duties here July
1st.
Lieutenant Deslslets was appointed
from Pennsylvania to the United
States Military Academy where he
graduated in 1926. He also holds the
Wright Is Appointed
As Local Postmaster
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Homer Wright, Auburn druggist,
and prominent alumnus, is slated to
become Postmaster at Auburn. Mr.
Wright was recommended for the po­sition
by Representative Henry B.
Steagall.
Mr. Wright has taken considerable
interest in the civic progress and de­velopment
of Auburn. As a member
of the City Council for many years
and as a leader in civic movements,
he has contributed numerous services
to the city and college.
He, graduated in pharmacy at Au­burn
in 1907 and has been in the
drug store business for 25 years. He
is a member of Board of Stewards,
Auburn M. E. Church, member of the
City Council since 1922; Mason,
Shriner, K. of P.; President of the
Auburn Gin and Warehouse Op.;
Chairman of Board of Directors Ala­bama
Warehouse Assn.; and Presi­dent
of the local Alumni Association.
This is but a partial list of his many
affiliations.
In 1935 Mr. Wright was made an
honorary member of the Auburn "A"
Club. The 1927 Glomerata was ded­icated
to him.
Crenshaw Rounds Out
44 Years At Auburn
Dr. Boiling Hall Crenshaw, head
professor in mathematics, is now com­pleting
his forty-fourth year of con­tinuous
service at Auburn.
Dr. Crenshaw graduated at Auburn
with the B. S. degree in 1899; M. E.
in 1890. In 1932 the Board of Trus­tees
conferred Upon him the honorary
degree of doctor of laws.
For one year after graduation he
was employed in railroad engineering
work and in 1891 returned to his al­ma
mater as instructor in mechanical
engineering and mathematics, i n
whieh position he remained until 1896.
He was then appointed assistant pro­fessor,
and nine years later was plac­ed
at the head of the department.
Prom 1932 to 1935 he was a member
of t h e Administrative Committee
which served in lieu of a president un­til
Dr. L. N. Duncan was elected pres­ident
on February 22, 1935.
In conjunction with, his work at
Auburn, Dr. Crenshaw has found
time to be the senior author of four
college text books in mathematics.
These books, which are now in gen­eral
use, are Crenshaw and Derr's
Plane Trigonometry; Crenshaw and
Killebrew's Analytical G e o m e t r y ;
Crenshaw and Harkin's College Al­gebra;
and Crenshaw, Pirenian and
Simpson's Mathematics of Finance.
RIDING CLASS TO
START OCTOBER 1
SAYS KLEPINGER
Two Sections To Be Held First
Semester; Will Meet Twice
A Week From Four To Five
Circulation Of "Rat
Bible" Is Completed
The Auburn Handbook, b e t t er
known as the "Rat Bible," which is
published annually by the Student
Executive Cabinet, is now in the
hands of every freshman at Auburn.
President L. N. Duncan, in his
short article "Greetings to the Fresh­men,"
stressed mental development
and character building. The other two
salutations, "To the Freshmen," by
Hardie Deer, President of the Execu­tive
Cabinet, and "Foreword," by the
editor, Helen Tigner, expressed vir­tually
the sentiments of Dr. Duncan.
Besides these personal suggestions,
this little booklet contains much in­formation
about the College proper.
The constitution of the Undergrad­uate
Students is given in full, includ­ing
all regulations of the several stu­dent
committees. A section termed
"College Life," stating general facts
about registration, examinations, re­port
cards, and convocation is in the
general aid of freshmen.
The book this year was edited by
Helen Tigner, junior in architecture.
Vernie Holloway, junior in engineer­ing,
was the business manager.
bachelor of science and civil engin­eering
degrees from Cornell Univer­sity.
In 1929 he completed the civil
engineering course and in 1932 the of­ficers
course at the engineering school
of Ft. Belvoire. He reported at Au­burn
for duty last August 15.
Captain R. W. Grower, formerly as­sistant
professor of military science
here of the engineers, is now with the
engineering staff of General Hugh S.
Johnson, who is directing the expen­diture
of 350 millions of dollars of
Public Works funds in New York
City. Captain Tom Gunby, field ar­tillery
officer here for the past five
years, began a tour of duty at Ft.
Riley, Kan., on July 1. Captain W. C.
Huggins left Auburn August 15 to
begin his new assignment at Ft.
Hoyle, Md., September 1.
The ladies riding class, under the
direction this year of Captain W. J.
Klepinger, will commence on Tuesday,
October 1,
During the first semester two sec­tions
will be held, one being on Mon­day
and Thursday and the other on
Tuesday and Friday. The class will
be held for one hour from 4 to 5
o'clock in the afternoon. Only one sec­tion
will be held during the second
semester.
Registration for the first semester
must be made between September 16
and 28, with a fee of $7.50 being
charged for each semester. Registra­tion
must be accompanied by the pay­ment
of the entire semester fee, and
in case it is not found possible to ac­cept
for membership all who have
registered, their fees will be returned.
In case the entire number who reg­ister
cannot be enrolled, selections for
membership will be based on the fol­lowing
schedule of priority:
1, Members of last year's class, who
were members before last year and
who do not have absences totalling
more than one-third of the classes in
the following order.
A, College students.
B, Members of the faculty, or fac­ulty
families.
C, College employees and members
of their families.
D, Residents of Auburn.
E, Those living out of Auburn.
2, Members of last year's class who
had not been members before and
who did not have absences totalling
more than one-third of the classes in
the order above.
3, Members of last year's class who
had absences totalling more than one-third
of the number of classes held—
selection in reverse order of the per
cent of their absences.
4, New members in the order in
which they register.
All applicants are asked to register
with Mrs. Hackney in the ROTC of­fice
and furnish the following infor­mation:
Full name, mail address, and
whether a student, member of the fac­ulty,
or college employee.
kW Blackshear To Direct
Local Players Group
Mr. E. C. Blackshear, transferred
here from the Louisiana State Uni­versity,
will direct the destiny of the
Auburn Players this year, having
taken the place of Telfair Peet, who
resigned this summer to accept a po­sition
with the University of Wy­oming.
Up until last year Mr. Blackshear
had been engaged for two years in
graduate work at L. S. U. Prior to
that he taught for seven years and
has directed a number of plays. Dra­matics
is his chief interest.
Aside from directing the Players,
Mr. Blackshear will teach classes in
public speaking along with an ad­vanced
course in dramatics for ju­niors
and seniors.
N O T I C E !
Blue Key meeting will be held Mon­day
night, 7:00, at 212 Samford Hall.
Guidons Will Signify
Rainy Day Schedule
Announcement from the military
office is to the effect that red guidons
will again be used this year as a
means of letting students know when
a rainy day schedule is in force for
drill periods.
The guidons will be hoisted on the
college flag pole behind the main
building about half an hour before the
drill period on days when the rainy
day schedule is declared.
Freshmen and juniors will attend
classes when one guidon is raised,
while the sophomores and seniors will
be excused, and vice versa when two
guidons are raised.
With a rainy day schedule in effect
either the freshmen or sophomores,
according to the number of guidons
raised, of "the 1st Bn, 1st F. A. will
meet in Broun 315; 2nd Bn, 1st F. A.
in Samford 302; 1st Bn, 2nd F. A. in
Broun 209, and the 2nd Bn, 2nd F. A.
in Broun 309. The field artillery ju­niors
and seniors will meet in Ross
auditorium; engineer freshmen and
sophomores in Broun Hall Audito­rium;
and the engineer juniors and
seniors in the north Samford base­ment.
First "A" Club Dance
To Be Held Saturday
The first "A" Club dance of the
current season will be held Saturday
night in the Alumni Gymnasium with
the Auburn Knights, under the direc­tion
of Yank Friedman, furnishing
the music for the affair.
Dancing will get underway at nine
o'clock and continue until twelve
o'clock. Admission price for the dance
will be the same as that of last year,
namely, one dollar.
Because of the increased enrollment
this year, Bobby Blake, treasurer of
the club, expects the dance to be one
of the largest opening dances in sev­eral
years. Many Saturday night
dances during the summer session
were sponsored by the club and were
attended by larger crowds than at
any time in the past.
The Knights are expected to fur­nish
the best possible in the way of
the latest dance numbers.
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We Extend a
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Saturday
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Monday
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LORETTA YOUNG
Owl Show Every Sat. Nite
THIS WEEK
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Tuesday
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ENGINEER REGIMENT
Cadet Colonel, T. N. Powell.
Cadet Lt. Colonel, R. B. Mercer,
Executiv