1936-05-06 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUMN LIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1936 NUMBER 55
TIGER HURLERS
TO END SEASON
THIS WEEK-END
Auburn Tossers Lose To Union
Springs By 5 To 4 Score In
Slow Game Yesterday P. M.
WHITTEN IS CATCHER
Four Games Left On Tiger
Card; P l a y In Buford Today;
In Atlanta Friday, Saturday
In a listless game in Union Springs
yesterday afternoon Auburn lost to
the Alabama-Georgia leaguers by a
5 to 4 score. Rayford Purlow pitched
a steady game, but the big hurler fail­ed
to receive enough support from his
mates to win the game.
"Chink" Whitten caught the slants
of Furlow and played a good game.
Billy Hitchcock starred at shortstop
in performing before his home town
fans.
With but four more games left on
their schedule since they cancelled the
two-game series with Lanett on May
11 and 12, the Auburn baseball team
entrained this morning for Buford,
Georgia, where they will meet the
strong Bona Allen Shoemakers on
Wednesday and Thursday.
Composed mostly of ex-profession­als,
the Bona Allen nine is probably
the strongest team to face the Tigers
this season. They handed the Plains­men
two defeats in the 1935 campaign
and have been strengthened consider­ably
this year by the addition of sev­eral
crack players.
After leaving Buford, Coach Mor­gan
and his men will go to Atlanta
where they will engage Oglethorpe in
a two-game series on Friday and Sat­urday
to close the current season. The
Petrels were setback twice by the Ben­gals
earlier in the season by scores of
7-6 and 8-4, and will be thirsty for
revenge.
Although the Tigers are preparing
to hang up their spikes until next
year, starters in the left field and sec
ond base posts are still uncertain. In
all probability, Sophomore Monroe
Hayes will take Captain McMillan's
place for the remainder of the season
since the latter has left school. Hayes
is a former first baseman and a fine
man on the defense besides being one
of the best hitters on the squad.
Malcolm McDonald has been show­ing
up so well at the keystone sack
that he will probably be kept there
for the remaining four contests. Mc­Donald
got his big chance when an in­jury
to Frank Hamm, regular second
baseman, put the husky football player
on the bench. Previous to this, Hamm
had been shifted from third base and
had been experiencing a little dif­ficulty
in becoming accustomed to his
new position.
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS ARE
SLATED FOR SUMMER TOUR
"Education Through Travel" Course Will Again Be Offered By
College For Summer Session Students; 3,000-Mile Tour
Will Be Taken To Washington, D. C. And New York City
The Summer Session at Auburn will
continue its "education through trav­el"
course this summer by offering a
3,000-mile study tour to Washington,
D.-C., and New York City.
Traveling by motor bus, the class
will leave Auburn on Sunday morning,
June 7, for the 15-day tour, it was
announced by Dr. Zebulon Judd, Sum­mer
Session director.
In direct charge of the tour will
be Prof. Walter M. Jackson, of Selma,
who states that reading, lectures, and
informal discussions will be given, but
that the major part of the student's
learning on the trip will come from
observation.
Following the tour the students will
be examined and those who satisfac­torily
complete the course will be
awarded three semester hours of col­lege
credit, i The course may also be
used for credit toward the master's
degree, it was stated.
Considerable time will be spent by
the students in Washington and New
York City. Enroute they will visit
the University of Virginia and Edgar
Allen Poe's room, the chapel at Wash­ington
and Lee with Lee's tomb, the
tomb of "Stonewall" Jackson, Wood-row
Wilson's birthplace, the home of
Jefferson, Lee, and Washington. Many
of the battlefields of the War Between
the States in Northern Virginia will
be visited on the tour which will in­clude
the complete length of the Shen­andoah
Valley.
In New York City the students will
visit the newly constructed Radio
City, Wall Street, the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, the American Mu­seum
of Natural History, Polo
grounds, the Cathedral of St. John
the Devine, the Empire State Build­ing,
the water front, Chinatown, Co­lumbia
University, and many other
points of interest.
In Washington visits will be made
to the National Capitol, the Library
of Congress, the new Supreme Court
building, Bureau of Engraving, the
National Museum and the Smith­sonian
Institute, Corcoran Art Gall­ery,
the National Cathedral, Washing­ton's
Monument, the Lincoln Memorial
and the White House.
Sees Good Year Ahead SENIOR CLASS VOTES FOR
USE OF CAPS AND GOWNS
IN GRADUATION EXERCISE
A real friend to Auburn students is Mr. P. O. Davis—he is never
too busy to confer with any student who conies to his office. .As
College executive secretary,' registrar, and head of the department of
public information, Mr. Davis' duties are many; but they do not over­shadow
his kindly interest in the personal problems of Auburn students.
AUBURN PILES UP
HIGH SCORE OVER
FLORIDA RUNNERS
Tiger Trackmen Win First
Conference Meet Of Year
In Contest Against 'Gators
ARTILLERYsGROUP
AT FORT BENNING
SPENDS DAY HERE
Graphic Picture Of A Crack
Army Unit Presented When
Field Artillery Camps Here
Martin'Elected Head
Of Auburn Vet Group
Ellis Martin was named president
of the local chapter of the American
Veterinary Medical Association at the
regular bi-annual election held last
week. Martin and the others chosen
at this time will serve the organiza­tion
until the close of the next fall
session.
Other officers named by the society
last week were: Theron Williams, vice
president; W. L. Pinkard, secretary;
Woodrow Harkins, treasurer; Tom
Bonds, critic; S. Fittapaldi, sergeant-at-
arms; and Clayton Stephens, editor.
Record Discus Throw
Made By Auburn Boy
John Ham, Auburn High School's
lone entry in the state track meet at
Legion Field in Birmingham last Sat­urday,
came off with honors as he
broke the record in the discus throw
and placed second in the shot put.
Ham hurled the plate 118 feet 10 1-2
inches-for the longest throw ever of­ficially
accomplished in state prep
school meets. He considerably bet-
Auburn's track and field team won
their first conference victory of the
year Saturday in Gainesville by down­ing
the University of Florida 72 to'
54. The Tigers lost to Georgia in the
first conference meet of the year prior
to their win over Birmingham-South­ern.
Wilton Kilgore, after trying for
points in the 440 and 880, entered the
220 for the first time this year and
registered the fast time of 22.6 in
placing first. Kilgore also won the
440 race with a time of 51.8.
Hamp Williams scored a great win
in the 880 with the fast time of 2:04.4.
Auburn swept to victory in all of the
places awarded in this event, for
Gresham and Emrey secured the other
places.
After being bothered with an in­jury
during the early part of the sea­son,
Charlie Lawrence broke the tape
first in the 100 yard dash in 10 flat.
Ed Powers scored his third consecu­tive
first place win in the two mile
event in his fastest time of the year.
The track team will bring their con­ference
schedule to a close Saturday
with their meet with Georgia Tech
in Atlanta. The team is in better
condition for this contest than for any
previous meet this spring. In Geor­gia
Tech the Tigers will go up against
one of the strongest teams in the con­ference.
The season will close with
the Southeastern Conference meet in
Birmingham next week.
Summary:
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Frosh Engage Sidney
Lanier In Last Game
The Plainsmen Frosh will wind up a
season of baseball this week when they
engage in their last three games.
The Rat nine play Alexander City
here this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,
then travel tomorrow to Lannett,
where they play one game there. Re­turning
to Auburn, the Frosh will
have a one-day rest period or prac­tice,
and then engage Sidney Lanier
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
for the final game of the season.
The Tiger Freshmen, due to a late
start in practice, lost a few games
this season, but they have been stead­ily
improving which should make
every game this week a good one,
however, the game with Sidney Lanier
as the last game of the season, should
A graphic picture of a crack army
unit in the field was seen by students
and townspeople here Tuesday when
the 83rd Field Artillery from Ft. Ben-ning,
Ga., camped here on the College
campue that afternoon and night. Col.
Leroy P. Collins is in command.
Arriving in Auburn at 11:30, the
83rd pitched camp on the southwest
portion of the campus near the artil­lery
stables. In the afternoon the
battalion's baseball team met the sec­ond
varsity aggregation on Drake
Field and an impressive parade-re­treat
was staged at 5:30 on Bullard
Field.
The unit will leave Auburn early
Wednesday morning for Martin Dam
in Tallapoosa County to spend a few
days before its return to Ft. Benning.
The trip into the field constitutes a
sort of "shake-down" march, said
Capt. E. L. Sibert, adjutant, in pre­paration
for the annual Spring ma­neuvers
soon to be held at Ft. Ben­ning.
The 83rd, consisting of 19 officers,
635 enlisted men, 3.50 animals, and 42
motor vehicles, is one of the full-war-strength
army units. It is unique in
having half motorized and half horse-drawn
transportation. This arrange­ment
gives valuable information on
the comparative usefullness of both
motors and horses under various con­ditions.
Tht motor vehicles can cover
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ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK FOR
NEXT YEAR HELD BY DAVIS
Based upon records in the office of
the registrar the outlook for the 65th
session of the Alabama Polytechnic
Instiute is most optimistic. Announce­ment
is made by P. O. Davis, execu­tive
secretary, that requests from
prospective freshmen for catalogs and
other information exceeds the total
received up to the same date any pre­vious
year. Additional requests are
coming daily.
The session will open September 7-
8 and already new students are mak­ing
their preparations, including room
June Beetle Working
Here For First Time
BLUE KEY ELECTS
NEW LEADERS FOR
1936-37 SESSION
Dick Charlton Is Elected Head
Of Organization; Banquet Is
Held At The Baptist Church
tered the mark of 114 feet, 8 1-2 inches
set by Halbrooks, of Phillips High, j prove to be one of the best ever play-last
year. ed on the local field.
June beetles are causing a great
deal of damage to Japanese persim­mons,
and pecan trees according to
Prof. C. F. Isbell of the horticulture
department. This is the first year
that June beetles have been found in
Auburn.
The grub worm remains under
ground during the winter months.
When the grub worm has reached ma­turity,
it grovels its way to the sur­face
of the ground and begins feeding
from tender grass. These beetles have
already worked considerable damage
in eating the entire foliage off the
tree that they attack.
The most effective method of com­batting
this pestilence is to spread
sheets beneath the trees at night while
they are feeding and shake them from
the tree, upon the sheet If a light is
used while shaking the tree, they seem
to lose all resistance and are easily
dislodged.
At the annual banquet and initia­tion
Tuesday night, Dick Charlton
was elected president of the local
chapter of Blue Key for the 1936-37
school year.
Charlton is a junior in Chemical
Engineering and president-elect of Pi
Kappa Phi social fraternity.- He is
also a member of Spades and the In­terfraternity
Council.
Other newly elected Officers of the
fraternity are: Hamp' Williams, vice-president;
Wimpy Tjiornton, corres­ponding
secretary; Milton Roth, re­cording
secretary and treasurer. All
of these men have taken an active
interest in extra-curricular activities
during their first three years at Au­burn.
Preceeding the election of officers
and the initiation of new pledges, a
banquet was staged at the Baptist
Church at which B. H. Johnson made
a short talk on the history and pur­pose
of Blue Key.
Lieut. R. E. M. Deslslets was elected
to membership to serve next year in
the capacity of faculty adviser to the
society. Lieut. Des Islets will succeed
Capt. Harry Watts, who was present^
ed with a Blue Key at the banquet in
appreciation of his services this year.
Retiring officers of Blue Key are:
Harry (Shine) Hooper, president;
Gilbert McMillan, vice president; Rup­ert
Wilson, corresponding secretary;
and Billy Thomas, recording secretary
and treasurer.
reservations. Their high school cred­its
will not come, however, until after
their graduation because they are not
available until high school work is
finished.
The new general catalog has been
mailed extensively and others are be­ing
mailed in response to requests.
Nine thousand copies were printed,
this being one thousand more than
was published a year ago. Along with
these catalogs 25,000 illustrated fold­ers
have been published and almost
all of these have gone into the mails
to prospective students and others in­terested.
The summer school has printed 14,-
000 summer school bulletins concern­ing
the summer session which will
open June 8, or two weeks following
the annual commencement, 'May 24-25.
"We see no reason," said Mr. Davis,
"why our next session should not he
bigger and better in every way, ex­cept
for the financial condition and
we are exceedingly hopeful that this
can be adjusted before the session
opens in September.
"While Auburn has suffered tre­mendously,
the fact remains that Au­burn
still has a faculty as good as
the best anywhere and our buildings
and grounds are in the best condition
that they have ever been. Students
and the people of Alabama can never
repay in money the faculty for the
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Auburn Polo Squad
Has Two Wins
To Credit
Caps And Gowns Will Be Worn
By Seniors For First Time In
History Of The Institution
Through a special telegram this
morning to the college sports pub­licity
department, it was learned that
Auburn defeated the University of
Illinois polo team yesterday in the
first game of a two-game series by a
score of 9 to 8. The second game
with Illinois will be played today.
A fast start and a determined last
half defense enabled the University
of Missouri's polo team to even the
series with Auburn in Columbia, Mo.,
this Monday, 7-6.
Missouri's mallet swingers were off
to a fast start, scoring two goals in
the first chukker, three in the second,
and two in the third period. They
put up a fine defense in the last half
and although not scoring themselves
kept Auburn from overcoming their
slim lead. The hard riding poloists
from the Plains scored one goal in
the second period, two in the third
and fourth chukkers, and one in the
fifth for a total-of six goals.
Auburn captured the first game of
the series with Missouri on May 2,
10-7. The visitors accumulated the
majority of their goals in the first
half and maintained this lead through­out
the entire game, staving off a late
Missouri rally.
The Tigers met the University of
Illinois in Champaign on May 5 and
are to face Ohio State in Columbus
on May 7.
OFFICIAL ORDER AWAITED
First Decision Of Senior Class
Is Reversed By 76 To 24
Vote; Polls Open Four Hours
Helen Franke Winner
In Horse Show Event
Two Frats Battle In
League Tie-Off Game
Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Lambda
Chi fraternities are now battling it
out for the championship in the Amer­ican
League of the Interfraternity
Baseball Tournament. The S. A. E.
team has won one tilt in the play-off
and have only to win one more in
Lt. Colonel G. H. Franke, Captains
Joseph V. Phelps, James L. McKinnon,
and Johnson and Helen Franke were
Auburn's representatives in Fort Ben-ning's
Horse Show last*Thursday, Fri­day,
and Saturday. This quintet did
fairly well, capturing one first place,
three seconds, five thirds, and one
fourth place. The lone first place
was taken by Helen, Franke in the
final championship jumping on Satur­day
night.
Thursday night Colonel Franke cap­tured
second in the polo pony class,
riding Becky, and third in the open
jumping. Captain Johnson took sec­ond
in the novice hunter event.
A trio composed of Colonel Franke
and Captains Johnson and McKinnon
received third place in Teams of Hunt­ers
on Friday evening and. also cap­tured
third in the polo relay race
with Franke, Phelps, and McKinnon
participating. In the Hunter Cham­pionship
Auburn's riders placed sec­ond,
third and fourth, respectively,
with Colonel Franke, Captain Johnson,
and Captain McKinnon placing in that
order, each getting a reserve ribbon.
In the polo championship Franke cop­ped
third place.
On the final night of the Horse
Show, Helen Franke, riding Tiger
Lily, was the only Auburn represen­tative
to place, winning first place in
Successful Year For
Frosh Co-ed Society
Be Brought To Close
Since being organized by Sphinx
during the first semester of this year,
Oracles, honor society for freshmen
co-eds, has made considerable pro­gress.
Their constitution has been in
force for several' months and had
proved highly satisfactory.
At the end of this school year the
present members of the society will
be ex-members and new members will
be elected next fall to compose the
group for the term.
The society is strictly for freshmen
and founded solely to promote schol­arship
among freshmen co-eds.
Plans are now being made for the
tapping of new members next fall.
Jean Campbell, vice president-elect of
Sphinx, will be in charge and will at­tend
all meetings. All freshmen with
a scholastic average of 85 or better
will be eligible for membership at
mid-semester next fall.
Members of the group this year are:
Ruth Holcombe, president; Evelyn
Johnson, vice-president; Estelle Bree-den,
secretary-treasurer; Mary Car-mack,
reporter; Neva Teague, Camilla
Newberry, Cornelia Stephens, Bertha
Kahn, Doris White, Dorothy Ward,
Jeanette Franke, Mary Hulsey, Susan
Anne Wallace, and Gladys Ward.
For the first time in the history of
the institution, it is highly likely that
seniors this year will graduate in caps
and gowns. Members of the senior
class yesterday reversed their first
decision and voted 76 to 24 in favor .
of the new attire for the graduation
parade Monday morning, May 25.
Dr. L. N. Duncan will be notified
of this move by the senior class, and
an official announcement is awaited
from him before final plans will be
announced to the graduating seniors. '
There is little doubt that Dr. Duncan
will approve the measure.
John Rush, president of the senior
class, announced last night that black -
gowns will be worn instead of white
gowns as was previously planned. The
senior co-eds will wear black gowns
with white collars and the boys all
black outfits. White caps and gowns
were contemplated when it was
thought that the graduation would be
held on Sunday evening on the lawn
of the President's Mansion.
The voting yesterday was unusually
light, probably due to the fact that
the polls were open for only four hours
in the morning, closing at noon. It
was thought, with only 235 seniors
eligible to vote, that four hours would
be sufficient time.
In spite of the light vote, however,
many seniors had changed their minds
concerning the question since the con­vocation
two weeks ago. Only those
seniors who will graduate this spring
were ..allowed to cast their ballot at
the polls which were in charge of the
junior class members of the Executive
Cabinet.
Bob Smith at Burton's Bookstore
will handle the entire affair, and as •
soon as the college authorities ap­prove,
an announcement will be made
concerning the deadline on measure­ments.
The cost for each senior will
be $1.75, which will be paid when.
measurements are taken.
The quotation of $1.75 is one dol­lar
cheaper than the price first listed
to students. This reduction is "because
of the fact that several other com­panies
put in bids when it became
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Co-ed Honor Society
Elects New Officers
Sunday Last Date In
Frat Tennis Tourney
The final game in the Interfrater­nity
Tennis Tourney, must be com­pleted
by the coming Sunday, accord­ing
to Joe Sarver.
Sarver further stated that first
round games have already been
thrown out and that unless the sec­ond
round is completed by today, it
will also be thrown out.
Third round of the tennis tourney
must be completed by Thursday,
fourth round by Friday, and the final
round either Saturday or Sunday.
Fraternities have already had more
than a month's notice on the tourna­ment
in order to complete their
brackets but have to date failed to
make much headway. A silver loving
cup will be awarded the fraternity
At a recent meeting of Sphinx, co­ed
honor society, Netty Murphy was
elected president for the coming school
term. „
Other officers elected at this time
were: Jean Campbell, vice-president;
Gretchen Talley, secretary; Marion
Stanley, treasurer, and Helen Tigner,
editor.
Sphinx was organized on the cam­pus
in the Spring of 1934 with the
ultimate purpose of petitioning Mor­tar
Board for a local charter. Mor­tar
Board is the highest ranking na­tional
honor society for college women.
order to compete with Alpha Gamma
Rho, winner of the National League. J the final championship jumping event, winning the final match,
Fraternity Golfers
Give Up Tournament
Because of a decided lack of inter­est,
the Interfraternity Golf Tourna­ment
has been called off by Joe Sar­ver,
president of the Athletic Com­mittee.
To date three notices have been pub­lished
in the Plainsman and mention
of the tourney was made at a meet­ing
of the Interfraternity Council, yet
despite this only four fraternities
signed to participate in the matches.
A cup has already been purchased but
will be saved over until next year
when it is hoped that more interest
will be shown.
P A G E T WO 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 WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1936
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* Student Activities
The question of student activities is con­stantly
in the thoughts of the undergrad­uate
during the time that he is in college,
whether he takes a part in extra-curricu­lar
activities or not. Like many other prob­lems,
this is one that can be settled by
experience alone.
We believe that the student who ties him­self
to his college work and who keeps
his head constantly in a book, and who
avoids any form of campus activity is los­ing
an opportunity which he will never
have again. As a rule, student activities
call for association with fellow students,
and dealing with them in college will help
any student to be more successful in after
life in his associations with men in the
business world.
Several underlying motives lead students
into the various campus activities. These
motives are multitudious: the desire for
honor, a liking for some particular work,
desire for popularity, love of notoriety, and
lastly, the will to create or to do something
worthwhile.
It is this last motive that we are con-
-cerned wih here. The greatest joy any man
has is in work well done, and the joy of
the creator is the most self-satisfying of
all. The student who enters an activity and
who is ultimately given charge of it, and
who in the discharge of his duty to the
best of his ability has served his fellow
students in accomplishing that work set be­fore
him, and at the same time he has
satisfied his ego in the thought of a task
well done and of an work of art created.
Breaking At Dances
The procedure followed at dances at Au­burn
has now reached the stage where
something should be done. Of course, the
feminine element is all in favor of un­limited
breaking because it bolsters up their
ego and affords them the opportunity of
asserting their independence. As this is a
novel experience for most of them, they
take full advantage and generally overdo it.
However, there must be considered the poor
sucker who carries them to the affair, looks
after them while there, and feeds them
shakes after the final strains of the orches­tra
have died away.
As things stand, the stags have all the
fun without assuming any of the respon­sibility
and then have the colossal nerve to
call the draggers "saps." The prescribed
formula for one of these lone wolves is to
get pleasantly lit, dash to the dance, break
in on the first good-looking gal he sees,
dance with her until he is relieved by some
of his fellows, and then search for another
victim. Previous to all this, he has ar­ranged
to have the no-breaks with different
lasses who have been carted by some, well-meaning
guy. Naturally, the well-meaning
guy doesn't think much, of this as he is
usually forced to park himself on a bench
or else pretend indifference by going down­stairs
for a smoke. However, being- afraid
to be classed as a poor sport, he says noth­ing
about it and suffers in solitude.
Meanwhile, the dance floor Jess* James
is whispering sweet nothings in a shell-like
ear and making arrangements for a late
date so he can enjoy a bit of feminine com­panionship
and charm without interruption.
He has no worries about keeping the lass
well-occupied, fighting through a jostling
mob to get a wrap, paying for refreshments
in an overcrowded soda dispensary, or get­ting
her home on time. He lets the "sap"
take care of all this while he gets the gravy.
After the light fantastics have all been
tripped, he goes to his room and enjoys
a few drinks while waiting for the ap­pointed
hour to arrive. As a general thing,
he usually whiles away the surplus time
telling of his experience with the gal he
has the date with and how he has her
under control, etc. When the time finally
arrives when he must go, he trips off with
a happy grin to the lady and a few hours
of uninterrupted love-making.
To get back to" the date-bringer—he
brings a girl to a dance because he enjoys
her company, dancing, or mugging. How
can he fully enjoy all these things if he
is constantly beseiged by dance-mad Scotch­men
tapping him on the shoulder and sep­arating
him from his love? The perfectly
obvious answer is that he cannot. The
next query is why shouldn't he be accorded
the privilege of seeing his date more than
five minutes between the time he steps on
the dance floor until he brings her wrap?
Again it is obvious that he should. Now
for a solution.
Many remedies have been proposed and
all of them fairly practical. For one, why
not put a prohibitive tax on all stags at
script dances, that is, for a $1.00 ticket
charge the stag $1.50, for $2.00 tickets,
$3.00. This would eliminate a great many
of the lone wolves and yet still leave those
who are running the affair to act as the
stag line if they*so chose. Invitation dances
could have a notice printed on the bids that
nobody will be allowed into the hall who
hasn't a date. Surely there are enough
girls in and about Auburn to make it pos­sible
for everyone receiving a bid to get
himself a date. In addition to all this,
make it a standing rule that all no-breaks
belong to the escort.
At any rate, something should be done
about the matter in order that future Au­burn
dances will be social affairs instead of
the brawl-stage they are nOw rapidly ap­proaching.
Education's New Problem
With the Birmingham papers objecting
and the Montgomery papers approving, edu­cation
has dropped its fight for parity. The
Plainsman insisted at the time that parity
was desirable and should come fiTst in edu­cation's
fight for enough revenue. Belief in
that program has not been shaken in spite
of education's abandoment of the program,
but something ought to be said in favor of
the program substituted for it.
Education is now demanding complete
earmarking of all school funds. That means
that education would be placed on a par
with the highway department, the depart­ment
of agriculture, and some other favored
divisions at Mongomery. If the demands
are granted, taxes raised for education in
the future will go to the schools and to
schools alone.
The chief advantage of this will be in
the divorcement of education from capitol
city politics. With the funds in the educa­tional
treasury where they cannot be touch­ed
by anyone else, there will be little diffi­culty
in getting it appropriated. No other
department will be the least bit interested
in either raising or lowering educational ap­propriations.
On the other hand, when funds raised for
education are not sufficient no department
but education will be the least bit interested
in raising new revenue. Whenever new
taxes for the schools are to be raised, edu­cation
must go out singlehanded to persuade
the people and legislators to grant them.
This might be a disadvantage, but the as­surance
that the money actually raised will
go to schools alone would seqm to offset it.
The chief difficulty in the way of putting
this program into operation is that it dis­regards
entirely the widespread demand for
economy in government. Of course educa­tion
has been forced to economize beyond
reason because the money was not forthcom­ing;
further economies for education are im­possible,
and present false economies are
disastrous. However, citizens of Alabama
insist that some other departments, the exe­cutive
department of the state in particular,
are wantonly extravagant. During the last
session of the legislature they demanded
certain economies in these quarters before
new school revenue was granted. Educa­tion's
program as recently worked out re­fuses
to recognize any need of economy.
The parity amendment that was defeated
during the special session would have forced
economy. Unless education includes some
provision in its new plan that will have a
similar effect it is doubtful if it is going
to get the popular support it no doubt had
for the parity amendment.
Cats And Canaries
Do you know 1
Two mote editions—we have carte blanche
and the lid is off. And now the "fun begins.
* * • *
About this time of the year everybody is
giving awards, prizes and such like. Not
to be outdone and with apologies to Win-chell
we would, if we had any, award
orchids to: Hagood—for her smile, Joiner,
for everything—she's got it, Mary Murphy
—for—I'll be dammed if I know what,
Blumberg—just to be different, Slack—just
because of that, Doug Jarrad's overgrown
flea—for* finding Doug, Shoaf—for his
sauve manner, Tooker—for the biggest
amount of uncontrolled energy. I've seen,
'Wallace—for surviving fifty some editions
of this rag, Bill Lee—for being second "to
Tooker', Stokes—for being the best, stooge
around these parts, and Brasfield—because
• it would be wrong to leave her out.
* * * *
In the same manner we would give seal-lions
to: Jarrad—for finding that flea; Ar-ruza—
for his conceit; Gum—just on general
principles; Galvin—for the rides she can,
and does give; Holcombe—f or being so darn
snooty, all of my self-appointed assistants
—for being so evil minded, to you—for
reading this tripe, to me—for writing it,
and Wallace—for printing It.
* * * *
With that off our chest we will proceed
with the regular dirt.
* * * *
What is Nat Bradford looking for—
something in the animal line' we hear.
Could it be a blond?
* * * *
Jane Billingsley should know that Emily
Post doesn't approve of young ladies sneak­ing
from behind dark buildings late at
night with young men.
* * * *
What Benson freshman is giving Chink
a close race with McCowen.
* * * *
Believe it or not, a Auburn grammar
stude named Doug Wallace, Grover C. Hall
and Ben Franklin as the three greatest
editors on a quiz—and in that order.
* * * *
Scoop! Allison seen holding hands with
some other gink at the S. A. E. brawl Fri­day
night.
* * * *
From all we hear tickets should have been
sold to that fan dance in Room 12, Smith
Hall, recently.
* * * *
People who leave wrecks and dent fenders
and can't remember when, should know that
other people don't hit parked cars when
they're not parked.
* * * *
Tibbals is pining for a date with Tooker
but he can't seem to muster the necessary
courage to ask her.
* * * *
Pi Kappa Phi's marathon binge was, or
is, a Lulu. It may still be going.
* * * *
Some students seem to be under the im­pression
that the Plainsman these days is
being edited by Bobby Chesnutt. We wish
to correct this and say the same old staff
that has been functioning all year is still
functioning and will continue to function
until the last issue comes off the press ex­actly
one week from today.
Hits And Encores
Lady Esther must have repented. Wayne
King lately has been demonstrating most
-effectively that he can play something be­sides
waltzes. His arrangement of the cur­rent
swing favorite "Stomping at the Sa­voy"
is quite a bit of all right. Wayne
should play more tunes like that. At pres­ent
Wayne's only broadcasts are those for
Lady Esther. These programs come at 8:00
Monday over the CBS and at 6:30 on the
NBC chain on Tuesday and Wednesday.
* * * *
Try Phil Levant some Wednesday night
at «ine over NBC and WENR, Chicago.
He has a dance arrangement of Schubert's
"Serenade" that is well worth hearing.
* * * *
At 9:30 on Wednesday tune in a Colum­bia
Chain station and hear Sterling Young.
His style is similar to Ted Fio Rito's and
his music hts the spot.
* * * *
Jack Denny s on the air on Monday at
9:00 over WHAS and other CBS stations.
He is still playing in the smooth style which
made him famous some years ago.
* * * *
Don't forget; to keep an eye, or rather
an ear, on WGN. They have too many
good orchestras on their schedule, which un­fortunately
varies from day to day. Con­sequently
no definite times can be given.
Outstanding among these orchestras is our
old friend Kay Kyser. His arrangement
of "Margie's Doing the Rhumba Now" is
really good. Merwin "Isch Ka Bibble,"
Bogue's interpretation of "Wahfto" is a
classic. Yessir, Kay can hold his own
against any of them.
-:• AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Men are the light of a woman's world, but she's getting tired of the light
going out every night. .
* * * * * * * * * *
"That's the cat's pajamas," said Mr. Henpeck, as he picked up the wife's
sleeping togs.
. * * * * * * * * * *
Little Willie, tall and straight
Got home early one night late.
His father met him at the gate,
And Willie stood up all night.
* • • * * * * • * •
Says Gibbons: "If you are caught in hot water, be nonchalant—take a bath.
* * * * * * * * * *
Seen on freshman English paper: (Question) Give a sentence using the word
"diadem." (Answer) Folks who drink bootleg diadem sight sooner than them
what don't.
• * * * * t * * * , *
Aunt Hattie's cottage pudding is genuine. You can taste the wall-paper and
plaster.
* • * * * * * * » *
It was down by the old mill that he tried to kiss her, but she wouldn't kiss
him by a dam site.
* * * * * * * * ' * *
On the seawall she held my hand,
I let my soulfelt pleading flow.
I prayed, I begged, I swore—and yet—
That d—— crab would not let go. —Log.
* * * * * * * * . * •
Freshman: "I wanna go out tonight,.mamma."
Soph: "Please, may I go out tonight. I'll be back by ten."
Junior: "I'm going out tonight, dad."
Senior: "Good-night, folks. I'll bring in the milk."
* * * * * * * * * *
THE REASON AT LAST
We only allow the mentally capable to vote, while the rest run for office.
Guinea Pigs And Counterfeits
By C. W. BELL
Soap is soap and it is something to wash
yourself with, contrary to the modern belief
that some toilet soaps make movie queens
out of its users by some magical property.
The manufacturers of some soaps claim that
by using their soap you will obtain a com­plexion
of peach-bloom quality, smooth and
clear textured skin, a charm that will bring
back lost love; in other words, a skin that
will be so alluring until a constant guard
must be present to repel ardent admirers.
These swindling, defrauding, counterfeiting
manufacturers find out what the poor, ig­norant,
trusting people want and then claim
it for their products, rather than give it to
them as they claim.
The common belief that castile soaps are
the most pure and most desirable has been
proven by Consumer's Research to be er­roneous.
After numerous tests they con­cluded
that toilet soaps were much better
for the skin due to the absence "of certain
harmful chemicals.*
In testing toilet soaps, the chemist is
concerned chiefly with the water content,
the free alkali or acid content, the "builder"
content, the content of water-insoluble ma­terial,
the salt content, and the rosin con­tent.
Now why is the" chemist concerned
chiefly with the content of the above named
substances? The water content is desired
because this figure becomes the basis for
comparing the costs of various brands of
soaps; water is free, why pay for it? The
best, soaps contain no free alkali or acid,
for such products produce quite a corro­sive
action on animal tissue as well as on
all other organic material. "Builders," or
all material that is not soluble in alcohol,
may aid in dirt removing and act as water-softeners
; on the otherhand, they may dam­age
fine silks and woolens and prove irri­tating
to the skin.
Materials insoluble in water, "fillers," are
added to increase the weight or volume of
the soap such as talc or pumice. They are
most desirable in toilet soaps. Salt in. toilet
soap indicates poor manufacturing methods
and it has no cleansing action. Rosin, if
present in amounts greater than 25 per cent
produces excessive irritation to delicate skin.
The following quotations are from Phil­lips'
Skin Deep. "The claim of Ivory Soap
'99-44-100 per cent Pure' is just an adver­tising
slogan. Proctor and Gamble was
hard put to it to give an intelligent inter­pretation
of the exaet definition to inquirers
who wrote to ask them what it meant. In
Suicide Dirge
GLOOMY SUNDAY
Sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless.
Dearest, the shadows I live with are num­berless.
Little white flowers will never awaken you.
Angels have no thought of every returning
you.
From where the black caoch of sorrow has
taken you.
Would they be angry if I thought of joining
you?
Gloomy Sunday, with shadows I spend it all,
My heart and I have decided to end it all.
Soon there'll be candles and prayers that
are sad I know.
Let them not weep, let them know that I
am glad to go.
Death is no dream, for in death I am
caressing you,
With the last breath of my soul I'll be
blessing you.
Gloomy Sunday.
1932, they wrote: 'As for the meaning of
'pure' the statement means that Ivory Soap
as far as it is possible analytically to de­termine
by chemical analysis is 99-44-100
per cent pure. It has no impurities of any
kind, such as dye to disguise the quality of
the ingredients, or perfume to disguise the
odor of inferior ingredients, or medica­ments
as a basis for false and factitious
claims to healing. Ivory Soap is simply
pure, unadulterated soap made from a qual­ity
of ingredients that needs no disguise.'
It is interesting to note, however, that tests
showed the presence of what may well be
termed impurities in the amount of 1.1 per
cent. Ivory Soap is a good soap that meets
government specifications. It is a good,
first-rate, economically priced soap.
"One of the best soaps at the lowest price
is Sweetheart Soap. Others which were
found to be both good and inexpensive were
Walgreen's Cocoanut Oil and Almond Soap,
and Gondola White Floating Soap. Other
soaps which were good but higher in price
are Palmolive Toilet Soap, Kirkman's Float­ing
Soap, Colgate's Cup Soap."
"Soaps of good quality but comparatively
high in price are Billy B. Van's Pine Tree
Soap, Williams Yankee Soap, and Cashmere
Bouquet Soap."
v "Other soaps that were inexpensive but
only fair in quality are Lifebuoy Soap, Octa­gon
Toilet Soap, Palm Oil Soap, Bouquet
Hard Water Soap. Other soaps in the
same class as Lux, that is, below govern­ment
specifications and higher in price than
the Octagon Toilet Soap, for example, were
Liggett's French Milled Soap and Procter
and Gamble's Camay Soap. In the only
fair quality but very expensive class were
Woodbury's Facial Soap, Cuticura Medicinal
and Toilet Soap, Johnson's Lanolin Soap,
and Yardley's Old English Lavender Bath
Soap. Soaps found of inferior quality when
tested and compared with government speci­fications'
were Fairy Soap, Coleo Soap, Jer-gen's
Violet Soap."
Shaving soaps are usually the most re­liable
toilet soaps available. They are com­pelled
to be less irritating and of higher
quality, otherwise, due to the long time the
lather remains on the face, they., would be
quickly irritating. "At least one skin spec­ialist
believes that .on the whole the com­plexion
of the average man is superior to
that of the average woman because most
men shave daily, using soap and water. The
Palmolive, Williams, and Colgate's shaving
Tablets are all first-class soaps and are
moderate in price."
Further quoting Counterfeit on the ap­praisal
of a few soaps in the light of Con­sumers'
Research tests: .
"Woodbury's (The skin you love to
touch): A soap of average quality, poorer
than many cheaper soaps, Claims unwar­ranted.
"Camay (The soap of beautiful women) :
Average quality. Claims unwarranted.
"Lux (You can have the kind of skin the
screen stars have): Average quality.
Claims unwarranted.
"Palmolive (That schoolgirl complexion):
A good soap. Claims unwarranted. •
"Cashmere Bouquet (The complexion
benefits that, only a soap so fine can give) :
Good soap, but expensive. Claims unwar­ranted.
"Lifebuoy (B. O.): Contains rosin which
is undesirable in a toilet soap. No more
efficacious than any other soap in destroy­ing
odors."
Thunderations
By Gam
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in
this column are not necessarily the editorial opin­ions
of this paper. It is a column of personal
comment, and is not to be read as an expression
of our editorial policy. \
* * * *
• THE UNMITIGATED wretch, the en­fant
gate (Parlez?), the person, who-writes
the centerfield section, fares
forth with a badly limping reason why this
column prefers those with pomegranate
curls. * The explanation was far fetched,
ill founded, and as far as went the veracity
of the statement it did not go at all—fact,
was never present.
* * * *
It will have to be admitted dawn-doused
glasses were worn for a time to attempt to
put all members of the feminine element in
the proper light, but with that combination
the true Titans" appeared to have curls the
eolor of a third floor back hall-way when
the lights are turned off, and since my Sun­day
School teacher had always told me that
little boys who weren't good would die and
go to live in a back hall-way three stories
up with all the dust and the red carpets,
and the cabbage smells, I had to remove
the glasses.
* * * *
Besides most all of the feminine element
with other than carroty curls seem to be
constructed on the lines of a watering
trough, i. e. kind of big and Toomy, all
wet, full of mud, and hard to fill.
* * * *
One of Winchell's friends, who has now
passed on, was musical critic of a paper one
time, and in his piece on a certain play
had this to say, "I think I have- knocked
everything in the show but the chorines'
knees; God anticipated me there."
I know someone so oh so very much simi­lar
to that. Her knees should one be named
bride and the other groom—inseparable.
Another of my "watering trough" friends
lost five pounds during the past week by
talking pop-pop and piffle. Tom Heflin
would be considered tongue-tied alongside.
However, after being invited out to dine
Sunday night, and by making a perfect pig
out of herself, she went right on back to
the original one-thirty-two and a half.
Had best watch, elsewhere might be ac­cused
of living on East Magnolia. I think
we have all the blue ribbon winners and
chair strainers out here. An apple fits its
skin shyly in comparison to some of our
East Siders.
* . . _ * * . *
Semi-goon Meadows, the Tiger of the drug
store, thinks one of our West-Siders must
have Daniel's picture embroidered on her
petticoat, considering how all the boys roar
like lions when she passes.
* * * *
I think its a picture of Reynard, you
hounds.
* * * *
Scene: The Rainbow Room of one of our
many down town bucolic beaneries. A twerp
chirps for chilli. The pot man makes a
mark on the wall with a dirty forefinger,
and two other waiters leave for the back
door into the alley. There they encounter
a mangy member of the feline family, his
coat hanging in taters, and with his wheezy
mug dunked into the garbage pail. Pres­ently
there is a cry of "Con Carne"; the
middle man hollers, "Talley", and the pot
man hollers, "Ho." The head waiter steps
up to the twerp and calmly announces,
"Your chilli is being seasoned and will be
out in a moment, sir."
* * * *
I used to eat chilli downtown, too, until
I found myself getting too chummy with
the back fence, digging in the yard, and
spitting at bird dogs.
• * * * *
A roomer at a boarding house for the
theatrical noticed his room-mate would al­ways
sit looking out across the court, after
donning pajamas and before going to bed.
One night he asked him, "Why do you
look out of that window every night?"
"I'm looking at a star," announced his
room-mate.
Thinking he would have a look at the
star, the curious one went to the window
and looked out across the court
"So!" he exhaled. "But she'll never be
a star; look at those hips."
* * * *
That one, if it may be called one, is dedi­cated
to Doug Wallace, whose Alumni Hall
room is closest to Smith Hall, and who has
been whistling "Star Dust" under his breath
for the past three weeks now.
* * * *
According to the "Writer's Digest" there
was once a green reporter who was sent
by his editor to cover a flood that had
wiped out a country town.
"God," began the reporter in his wire
to the office, "is sitting on the hills above
Johnstown this morning, gazing with»Fath-erly
compassion on the desolation in the val­ley
"
That was only the beginning but it was
enough for his editor, who wired: "Never
mind flood. Interview God."
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1936 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
Large Number Enjoy
Tea Given Saturday
Mrs. Jack Slack of Birmingham,
Mrs. H. L. Watts, and Miss Elizabeth
Bearcke of Auburn, were honor guests
at a tea given Saturday afternoon
by Mrs. J. L. Seal and Mrs. Cecil
Yarbrough at the home of Mrs. Seal.
This affair was enjoyed by approxi­mately
75 guests. Mrs. Seals' home
was beautifully decorated in roses and
gave a very effective appearance by
the unique arrangement of the tea
tables. Dainty refreshments were
served by a number of friends.
Mrs. I. T. Reed and Mrs. J. L.
Spencer were hostesses to bridge par­ties
last Tuesday afternoon and even­ing.
The high score prizes at the two
occasions were received by Mrs. Del
Morgan and Mrs. I. B. Gritz.
» - - - » » - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - — - t
Flowers for all Occasions
KING'S NURSERY
Phone 695-J—Opelika
Phone 134-R—Auburn
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
LUELLA BOTSFORD, Society Editor
Picnic Is Enjoyed By
Resettlement Group
Over 75 members of the agricul­tural
resettlement office, with Lieut.
Bascom Jones in charge, enjoyed a
picnic at "Chewacla State Park last
Thursday night, April 30.
Lieuts. Jones and H. N. Cooper as­sisted
in the evening's entertainment
which consisted of stunts, a male quar­tet,
and singing.
The Park service pensonnel con­sisted
of T. J. Jones, R. G. Brassell,
Henry O'Quinn, Hannie Bill and A.
U. Granby.
The park is well under construction,
but facilities for entertaining are not
developed..
Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe
Down to HOWARD'S we must go
Shopping there for something new
Does me good and helps me to.
ANNOUNCING OPENING OF
BILLIARD PARLOR
In Rear of Drug Store
LADIES INVITED
LIPSCOMB'S
TIGER DRUG STORE
Home
and save
Railway Express can handle laundry
packages for you very easily and
economically. Simply notify the folks
that you are shipping your laundry
by Railway Express and ask t h em f o
return it t he same way. If you wish,
you can ship "collect." It saves time
and detail, and loose change.
Railway Express is fast and depend­able
and can be relied upon to get
your laundry back as fresh and in a s
good condition as when it left home.
So think the idea over and telephone
Railway Express. Our motor truck
will pick up the package at your door
at no extra charge.
For service or information telephone
Mitcham Avenue
'Phone 127
Auburn, Ala.
juwse
RAILWAY EXPRESS
A G E N C Y I N C .
N A T I O N - W I D E R A I L - A I R SERVICE
Two Former Students
To Be Married Soon
The announcement of the engage­ment
and the approaching marriage
of Miss Clyde Kent, of Wedowee, and
David H. Gaillard, of Mobile and Au­gusta,
Kansas* is of interest here.
Both Miss Kent and Mr. Gaillard
were formerly Auburn students. She
was enrolled here during the 1933-34
and 1934-35 sessions. He received his
degree in Chemical Engineering with
the Class of 1935. While in school
here he took an active part in campus
organizations, being afficiated with
Phi Lambda "Upsilon, Tau Beta Pi,
and Scabbard and Blade honorary fra­ternities
and Delta Sigma Phi social
fraternity.
The wedding will take place in We­dowee
on May 23rd. The young couple
will make their future home in Au­gusta,
Kansas, where he holds a re­sponsible
position as chemist for an
oil company.
Announce Engagement
Of Miss Eunice Thomas
The engagement of Miss ' Eunice
Thomas, of Atmore, and Mr. Walter
H. Clingo, of Cut Bank, Montana, was
announced Sunday. Miss Thomas,
who is a sister of Lewis Thomas, has
been a member of the faculty of Ope­lika
City Schools for the past two
years. Mr. Clingo,-who was formerly
of Atmore, is an Auburn graduate,
having received his degree here in
1930. After the wedding, which will
take place in Atmore in June, the
couple will make their home in Gut
Bank, Montana.
Mrs. Orr Is Elected
Head Of Music Club
Mrs. Frank Orr was reelected vice-chairman
of the Music Department of
the Woman's Club on Thursday, April
13, at the sixth and last meeting of
the »year held at the home of Mrs.
R. L. Johns.
Mrs. Paul V. Bomar was elected
secretary. Mrs. C. M. Clark gave an
interesting discussion on recent cur­rent
event topics after which delight­ful
refreshments were served by MTS.
Johns assisted by Mrs. W. H. Cop-pedge.
Style Show Will Be
Held By Woman's Club
The American Home Department of
the Auburn Woman's Club will have
its style show, featuring knitted gar-
.ments made by members of that de­partment,
on Thursday afternoon at
three o'clock in the parlors of the
Methodist Church. All members of
the Woman's Club are cordially in­vited
to attend.
FOR SALE—One large oak stained
Kitchen Cabinet, also one Vacuum
Cleaner. Very reasonable. Phone
330-M.
G-E Campus News
and analytical apparatus of incredibly small
dimensions this industrial superdetective finds
tiny crystals of sulphate near the break. The
trail leads to a nearby furnace giving off
sulphurous fumes. Thus, the wire is cleared of
suspicion of having been defective, and the
criminal fumes are eliminated.
This analysis is typical of many industrial
"micro-mysteries" that have been solved in the
Research Laboratory of General Electric. A
development from methods devised in the
CLEAN DIRT
COAP and water will still be needed to clean
Junior's face and hands, but if Junior's
father is a florist he will welcome this clean dirt.
Florists and specialty growers wage a never-ending
battle against weeds, insects, and plant
parasites which flourish in greenhouse soil.
But reinforcements have arrived. Clean dirt
may now be economically obtained by means
of electric equipment developed by General
Electric scientists.
Electric heating units, arranged in a wooden
bin, heat a quantity of soil to a temperature of
160-180 F. Heating sterilizes the soil by a
process which resembles the pasteurization of
milk, and weed seeds, insects, and fungi which
are dormant in the soil are killed during the
sterilization process. In the resulting germless
dirt, plants can attain a vigorous, uniform
growth, free from the competition of weeds
and the inroads of other plant enemies.
"AH, WATSON,
AN INDUSTRIAL CRIME"
TPHE "corpus delicti"—a broken resistance
wire; the suspect—a defect in the wire; the
detective—a microchemist. With microscope
fields of biology and medicine, microchemistry
has become an indispensable servant to in­dustry,
with accomplishments as great as the
quantities with which it deals are small. %
With thimble-sized beakers, and test tubes as
small as 1 /50 of an inch in diameter, the micro-chemist
analyzes quantities of material 17,000
times lighter than a drop of water. He has
defined a new unit of mass, the gamma, one
millionth of a gram. A streak of dirt, a smudge,
a minute pit mark—all these can be taken into
the laboratory with a reasonable assurance
that the microchemist will be able to provide
the answer to the problem.
96-257FBI
GENERAL ® ELECTRIC
PERSONAL
MENTION
The Pi K: A.'s entertained with a
steak fry last Saturday night, May 2,
at the Delta Sigma Pi cabin.
* * • *
Among the out-of-town girls who at­tended
the Sigma Chi dance last Sat­urday
night were: Evelyn Branner, of
Atlanta; Frankie Cooper, Marie
Stokes, and Amelia Lamar, of Mont­gomery;
and Rose McGaffy, of Monte-vallo.
*. * * *
Dwain Luce, Jex Luce, Perry Gordy,
Ralph Searcy, Wimpy Wallace, Tom
Barker, George Lehnert, and Murray
Bradley went to the Chi Sigma Chi
dance in Montgomery on last Friday
night. <•
* * *
Dorothy Martin, and Betty Hol-comb,
of Birmingham; Jean Beeland,
of Greenville; Julia Hamner, of An-dulsia;
Floy Hill, of Gold Hill; Elea­nor
Edmunds, of Birmingham; Mar­tha
Claude Tiller, of La Fayette were
visitors at the Pi K. A. tea dance Jast
Friday afternoon.
* * *
Among the out-of-town visitors who
were present at the S. A. E. dance last
Friday night were: Louise Hill, of
Tampa, Florida; Westea Wilkins, of
De Funiak Springs, Flbrida; Jean and
Ruby Beeland, of Greenville; Betty
Weaver, Jane Moore, Mary Sorrell,
Eleanor Edmunds, Jane Judge, Ann
Leslie, Mary Hobson, Mary McCor-mack,
Mary Anne Geisking, of Birm­ingham;
Charlotte Golden, Eleanor
Key, Leslie Mullin, and Beth Knight,
of Columbus; and Mary Davis and
Mrs. Ernestine Sherman, of Albany,
Georgia.
* * *
Ella Frances South spent the week­end
at her home in Birmingham.
* * *
Bill_ Casson spent the week-end in
Macon.
* * *
Melba Holley, of Columbus, spent
the week-end in Auburn.
* * *
Pearl Rudolph is able to be back
in school after spending several weeks
at St. Margaret's Hospital in Mont­gomery
Becuperating from an opera­tion
-for appendicities.
* * *
Sarah Hooper spent the week-end
in Tuscaloosa where she was the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Phillips Brown.
* * »
Fred Black and Roland Scott spent
the week-end in Macon.
» » *
George Doughtie spent the week­end
at his home in Columbus.
* * *
Prof. W. E. McElwee spent the week
end in Mobile.
* * *
Bill McCullough spent the week-end
in Huntsville.
•» * * *
Lucille Lewis spent the week-end in
Atlanta.
* * *
Marguerite De Grey, Harriet and
Grace Brock, Gerald Laubenthal, and
J. D. Larkin, all of Mobile, visited
Auburn last week-end.
* * *
. Louise Houk spent the week-end in
Montgomery.
* * *
Ruth Smyth attended the May Day
Festival at Huntington College in
Montgomery on Saturday.
Former Student Here
Dies On April 27
James A. Ward, Jr., 56, Auburn
graduate, died April 27 a t Fort Smith,
Ark., where he was president of the
Ward Furniture Company.
Mr. Ward entered , the furniture
business with his father in Huntsville,
after receiving his bachelor of science
degree at Auburn. He went to Fort
Smith in 1903. -
Higb School Class
Has Outing Friday
The Junior I Class of Lee County
High School enjoyed an outing at
Lake Condy on Friday of last week.
A number of the students enjoyed
their first swim of the season. After
the swimming, a picnic dinner was
served. This affair was given by Dr.
J. G. Kuderna, assisted by Mary Love
Ward, Jeanette Sawyer and Luella
Botsford.
Keys Initiation Held
Here Saturday Night
The Keys, a social interfraternity
organization, held its spring initiation
last Saturday night. The following
neophytes were brought into the or­ganization:
Bill Piatt, Birmingham;
William Benus, Montgomery; Roy
Taylor, Birmingham; and James Dur-den,
Montgomery.
Following the initiation, a weiner
roast was held by the group.
This is the last initiation to be
held this year. Definite plans have
been made to make the organization
fulfill its purpose as a representative
group of fraternity men next year.
Many social events have been planned
for the next school year.
Beta Kappa To Give
Dance Next Friday
Sigma chapter of Beta Kappa fra­ternity
will entertain at a dance at
the Girl's Gym Friday night from
9:30 to 1:00 o'clock. The decorations
will be in the fraternity colors of
purple and gold. During the evening
there will be one leadout and three
no-breaks. Music will be furnished by
the Cavaliers. A number of out-of-town
visitors and alumni of the chap­ter
are expected.
E. F. Randall Wedding
Is Held Last Week
The marriage of Miss Elsie Fair-cloth,
of Birmingham and Washing­ton,
and Mr. Ernest F. Randall, of
Auburn and Marion Junction, took
place last week at the home of the
groom's parents.
Following a short trip to points in
Florida, the couple will make their
home in Auburn where he is connected
with the Resettlement Administration.
Officers Are Chosen
By Co-ed Honor Club
At a recent meeting of the Auburn
chapter-of Cardinal Key, national
honorary fraternity for women, the
following officers were elected for the
coming year: President, Gretchen Tal-ley;
Vice-President, Marion Stanley;
Secretary, Marie Kelley; Treasurer,
Frances Hain.
Luncheon Ends Year
For P. E. O. Society
The luncheon given Tuesday by
Mrs. Arthur Burke and Mrs. M.
Funchess brought to a close the so-cial
program for the P. E. O. organ­ization.
Mrs. John Ivey and Mrs. W. W.
Hill entertained the group at a lunch­eon
last week.
I t m a t t e r s not
W h e t h e r a gift,
Or j u s t a t h o u g h t,
But
REMEMBER
MOTHER
Mother's Day
Sunday, May 10
BURTON'S BOOKSTORE
GIFTS FOR ALL OCCASIONS
A steer raised by the Animal Hus­bandry
Department here was selected
as winner of first prize at the Mont­gomery
Livestock Show held April
15, 16. This 11-months old 670 pound
steer brought $177.50 on being sold,
and wbn $40.00 in prize money.
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SENIOR CLASS VOTES
FOR USE OF CAPS AND
GOWNS AT EXERCISES
(Continued from page 1)
generally known that seniors here
might use caps and gowns for their
graduation parade.
In the future plans may be made
whereby seniors may pay for caps
and gowns in their college, fees at the
first of their senior year which will
do away with the trouble of having
to pay cash at the close of the season.
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NOTICE
We are happy to An­nounce
the introduction of
ZOTOS METHOD
Of Permanent Waving
In our shop, as we strive to
give our patrons the newest and
most modern styles in hair
dressing.
You are cordially invited to
attend a demonstration to be
held
SATURDAY, MAY 9
Free test curl will be given to
any who desire it. Every per­manent
guaranteed. Make your
appointment early. PRICES
REASONABLE.
In addition to our three regu­lar
artists, Mrs. Welcher, Misses
Sutton and Botsford, we will
have with us, for this one day
only, Miss Shaefer from the
New York Zotos Laboratory.
THE LADIES SHOP
MRS. GEO. KIRBY, Mgr.
Thirty Houses Near
Here Being Finished
Over thirty houses are being built
by the government for the county
agents, farmers, and 4-H Club mem­bers
of Alabama who come to Auburn
for meetings.
These houses, located back of Dun­can
Hall, are being built .by unskilled
laborers who were taken off the relief
rolls.
They are well-built, five room houses
with large bed Tooms. Each house
will accomodate from ten to twelve
persons. They are of the dormitory
type rather, than the residence type
house, as there are no kitchens in the
houses. A kitchen and dining-room
large enough to take care of all the
men is to be built, also an auditorium.
A swimming pool is to be built near
the houses and the street running
through the section is to be paved.
Officers Elected By
I.R.C. For Next Year
The International Relations Club
elected officers at their last meeting
of the year last night.
The new president is R. C. Boles, a
junior in the school of education. Fred
Schomberg, a sophomore in the school
of business administration, will suc­ceed
himself as vice-president. Miss
Kay Sibert, a junior in the home ec­onomics
school was elected secretary
and treasurer. The retiring officers
are: Howard Conner, president, and
Miss Louise Liles, secretary and treas­urer.
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HIGH SCORE OVER
FLORIDA RUNNERS
(Continued from page 1)
Shot: Brown (F), first; Duke War­ren
(F), second; Rodgers (A), third.
Distance, 46 feet, 1 inch.
Mile run: EJmrey (A), first; Met-rezet
(F), second; Chandler (A),
third. Time, 4:44.1.
440-yard dash: Kilgore (A), first;
Williams (A),- second; Ellis (A),
third. Time, 51.8.
100-yard dash: Lawrence (A),
first; Peeples (F), second; Mitchell
(A), third. Time, 10 flat.
Pole vault: McKenzie XA), first;
Gantt (A), second; Gresham .(A),
third. Height, 11 feet 6 inches.
High jump: B. McGehee (A), first;
McAnly (F), and Newell (F), tied
for second. Height, 5 feet 8 inches.
120-yard high hurdles: Richard­son
(F), first; B. McGehee (A), sec­ond;
Schucht (F), third. Time, 15.9.
880-yard run: Williams (A), first;
Gresham (A), second; Emrey (A),
third. Time, 2:04.4.
220-yard dash: Kilgore (A), first;
Lawrence (A), second; Gardner (F),
third. Time, 22.6.
Javelin: McClane (F), first; Pat­terson
(F), second; Dick Warren (F),
third. Distance, 182 feet 9 inches.
Two-mile run: Powers (A), first;
Metrezet (F), second; Stinson (A),
third. Time, 10:21.
220-yard low hurdles: Richardson
(F), first; Woodard (A), second; Sel­lers
(A), third. Time, 26.2.
Discus: Brown (F), first; Tom
McGehee (A), second; Duke Warren
(F), third. Distance, 130 feet 91-2
inches.
Broad jump: Baldwin (F), first;
Teague (A), second; Brown (F),
third. Distance, 21 feet 41-4 inches.
LOST AND FOUND
Welding Exhibit Now
Opened To Students
With more than 200 people in at
tendance, the Welding and Cutting
Show sponsored jointly by the College
and the Air Reduction Sales Co.,
opened this morning in the welding
laboratory.
The visitors were welcomed to Au­burn
by Prof. Dan T. Jones, head
professor . of industrial engineering
and shops. Professor Jones explain­ed
that the College, which fosters not
only campus instruction and research,
was likewise concerned-with extension
teaching. The Welding and Cutting
Show, he* said, was an excellent ex­ample
of valuable teaching to indus­trial
engineers and workers.
"Purpose of the show," explained
W. P. Roberts, manager of the Air
Reduction Sales Co., Birmingham, is
to bring together men who are inter­ested
in the latest developments and
possibilities of oxyacetylene welding
and cutting and electric arc welding,
presenting an opportunity for those
present to try their hand in these new
developments. The show also offers
opportunity for free and open discus­sion
relative to specific problems faced
by those in the trade."
Other speakers affd demonstrators
during the morning and afternoon ses­sions
were P. S. Naar, W. O. Couch,
J. P. Floor, all of Birmingham. Wed­nesday
evening Mark Holt, vice-presi­dent
of the Chattanooga Welding and
Machine Co., Chattanooga,' Tenn.,' and
W. L. Poole, W. O. Couch,.and P. S.
Naar will be the speakers.
The show will close Thursday after­noon.
Seniors Interviewed
By Former Students
On April 29 * the Allis-Chalmers
Manufacturing Company sent two
representatives to Auburn to inter­view
senior engineering students for
positions with their company. One
of the representatives was J. M.
White, class of '29 in Mechanical En­gineering.
White went with the Allis Chalmers
Company upon graduation'from Au­burn.
He was later transferred to
the Advanced-Rumley Tractor Divi­sion
at LaPorte, Indiana, where he
was made assistant works manager in
charge of production.
Also on the same day a former
Auburn student, J. Fritz Thompson,
Jr., class of '22 in Electrical Engin­eering,
was in Auburn interviewing
electrical engineering seniors. Thomp­son
went with the Alabama Power
Company upon his graduation here
and • is now assistant district man­ager
of the Georgia Power Company,
Athens, Ga.
Lost Articles May Be Ob­tained
From Plant Service
Office In Power House
3 Pairs of Glasses.
A number of keys.
14 Men's hats.
2 Ladies' hats.
3 pairs of leggins.
1 Lady's pocketbook.
4 English books.
2 Note books.
2 Raincoats
2 Jackets.
1 Sweater
• 1 Coat (lady's).
1 Watch band. '
2 Math books.
Honor Diplomas Are •
Given At Ag Banquet
The outstanding event of the year
for the Ag Club took place last Sat­urday
evening in the form of a ban­quet
and dance. This is an -annual
affair for the students in the School
of Agriculture.
Serving as toastmaster for the ban­quet
was Dr. D. G. Scarseth, of the
Soils Department. The prinicpal ad­dress
of the evening was delivered by
Mr. Daniels from Clemson College.
As is the custom of the Ag Club
each year, club diplomas • were pre­sented
at the banquet to the seniors
who have fulfilled the requirements
necessary. Dr. L. N. Duncan pre­sented
the diplomas to the following
seniors: M. E. Tisdale, T. E. De
Loach, Calvin Arant, Herbert Payne,
Boyd Ellis, Wade Webster, J. L. Pate,
Hubert Harris, Winston Gullatte, and
W. H. Alsobrook.
A handsome silver loving cup was
presented to Ernest Thornhill who
was chosen by Gamma Sigma Delta as
the best all-round junior in the School
of Agriculture. This selection is made
each year by faculty members of Gam­ma
Sigma Delta, national honorary
agricultural fraternity, and is based
on scholarship, campus activities, per­sonality,
leadership.
Following the banquet a dance was
given at the Girl's Gym, with the
Auburn Cavaliers providing the music.
Armstrong Property
Sold To Dr. Duncan
The sale of the old Armstrong home
and property on Armstrong Street and
Samford Avenue to Dr. L. N. Dun­can,
May 1, was one of the largest
real estate transactions in some time.
The sale was conducted through R.
L. Burke, local real estate agent.
J. Allen Jones was the representa­tive
for H. Clay Armstrong in the
transaction, Mr. Armstrong being in
Pensacola, Fla., where he holds the
office of mayor. Dr. Duncan has been
seeking property in Auburn for quite
a while that has investment qualities.
It is understood that Dr. Duncan
plans to remodel the present home into
suitable apartments. The remainder
of the plot will be utilized for the pos­sible
construction of two brick duplex
type houses to face on Samford Ave­nue.
All the work is planned for com­pletion
before the beginning of the
school session next September.
The old Dr. Dowell property that
adjoins the recently traded Armstrong
place is being sold off in lots for de­velopment.
Dr. J. W. Scott has a five
room bungalow under construction at
the present time on one of the lots.
Homes Are Visited
Last Week By Club
The homes of Felton Little, Dr. H.
B. Peacock, and Mrs. C. J. Young
were visited by a large group last
Thursday afternoon in a garden tour;
which was one of the principal fea­tures
of Auburn's celebration of Na­tion
Better Homes Week.
The tour was arranged by Mr. Fel­ton
Little, assisted by Homer Fisher
and Miss Libby Spencer. The land­scape
possibilities of this section of
Alabama was clearly indicated by the
beautiful lawns and gardens that were
included in the tour.
Wilbur B. Nolan, Associate State
Director of the Federal Housing Ad­ministration,
Birmingham, gave valu­able
information concerning the finan­cing
of new homes under the F. H.
A. Plan in his talk to the Kiwanis
Club on Monday.
Dr. James A. Naismith, 74-year-old
inventor of basketball, played the
game only twice in his life.
ENCOURAGING OUT-LOOK
FOR NEXT YEAR
- HELD BY MR. DAVIS
(Continued from page 1)
losses they have suffered but they
can reward them with genuine grati­tude.
I am sure that every student
at Auburn is sympahetic with the fac­ulty
to the fullest extent.
"As unfortunate as it may be, many
other institutions have had financial
troubles and for several they are still
unsolved, the same as for- us. The
feeling here and at the majority of
other institutions which have gone
through financial stress is that they
are emerging and must emerge better
and bigger institutions. , This is and
must be our philosophy at Auburn.
"We assure our students that there
is no cause for them to be disturbed.
We are planning and expecting our
1936-37 session to be o. k. in every
way. Please assure your friends ac­cordingly."
Mr. Davis made no definite predic­tion
about enrollment but gave as­surance
that there will be room and
accommodations for all; and that they
will be taught by an able faculty of
devoted teachers.
The present freshman class at Au­burn
totals 864 against 672 last year.
If all students take an active interest
in it the next freshman class should
exceed the present
Twelve Graduates To
Be Awarded Diplomas
Thsre are twelve graduate students
who are candidates for degrees this
year, according to Dr. George Petrie,
dean of the graduate school.
These people who plan to receive
masters' degrees are as follows: Mas­ter
of Science, Josephine Dunning
Duncan and Frank Howard Echol;
Master of Science in_ Chemical Engin­eering,
Calvin Clifford Chunn and
James Howard Hoffman; Master of
Architecture, Grady Leon Hicks; also
Chemical Engineering, George A. Mil­ler,
Jr.; Mechanical Engineering, Mil­ton
D. Stone; and Civil Engineering,
Benjamin O'Connor Childs and Robert
Paul Holley; Mechanical Engineering,
Charles Colton Bush and Kenneth
Wittington; Agricultural Engineer­ing,
Thomas Nelson Jones.
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OPELIKA
. THEATRE .
Wednesday, May 6
HAROLD LLOYD in
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y> MILKY WAY
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VERREE TEASDALE
GEORGE BARBIER
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NOVELTY
Thursday & Friday,
May 7 and 8
ANN HARDING
HERBERT MARSHALL
"THE LADY
CONSENTS"
MARGARET LINDSAY
WALTER ABEL
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Movietone News Events
El Brendel in Comedy
"OKAY JOSE"
Saturday, May 9
BUCK JONES in
"FORBIDDEN
TRAIL"
Also Cartoon
The Great Air Mystery
Scholarship Offered
for Architect Grads
The New York University School
of Architecture and Allied Arts an­nounces
a competition for the selection
of a student of unusual ability to pur­sue
graduate work leading to a degree
of Master of Architecture during the
academic year • 1936-37, on a basis
of scholarship with an income equal
to the tuition fee for the year.
This competition is open to any
graduate of an approved school of
architecture who is between 22 arid
30 years of age on. July 1, 1936 and
who is a citizen and resident of the
United States. Together with the
formal application, the applicant must
submit the following:'
(1) A photostat or official copy of
the applicant's college record or de­gree;
(2) A recent photograph of the
applicant; (3) The name and address
of -the supervisor. The candidate is
expected to fulfill all the requirements
listed above for the completion of the
Master's Degree course. .
The competition will consist of a
design problem involving a reasonable
knowledge of design and construction.
Programs will be mailed to reach the
constant on June 13, 1936. The draw­ing
must be done without criticism or
aid except from reference work and
must bear a post mark prior to noon,
June 22.
Candidates are requested to write
for application forms and additional
information concerning the course and
competition. Applications must be
filed on or before June 6.
ARTILLERY GROUP
AT FORT BENNING
SPENDS DAY HERE
(Continued from page 1)
in an hour what it takes horses a
day to accomplish but on certain types
of rough or muddy terrain the horses
have the advantage, it was explained.
The baseball nine of the 83rd Artil­lery
of Fort Benning were victorious
in close win over the Tiger Frosh
yesterday by a score of 3-2.
Tiger Theatre
"Showplace of East Alabama"
Auburn, Alabama
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
"YOU MAY BE NEXT"
With Ann Sothern, Lloyd No­lan,
Douglas Dumbrille, John
Arledge, Berton Churchill
—Added—
"Midnight Blunder." Novelty,
"Shorty at Coney Island"
THURSDAY, MAY 7
Irvin S. Cobb in
"EVERYBODY'S
OLD MAN"
With Rochelle Hudson, Johnny
Downs, Norman Foster
Added: "Stranger Than Fic­tion"
Color Cartoon, "Molly
Moo Cow and Robinson Crusoe"
FRIDAY, MAY 8
"THE GARDEN
MURDER CASE"
With Edmund Lowe, Virginia
Bruce, Benita Hume, Douglas
Walton, Nat Pendleton
Added: Our Gang Comedy,
"Divot Diggers." Cartoon
"Barnyard Five"
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Many kinds of food be­come
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