1936-04-18 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUMN LIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1936 NUMBER 50
PARITY MAY BE
VOTED AT LAST
SESSION TODAY
Some Insist Measure Would Be
Thrown Out As Not Being
Constitutional, If Put T o Test
OTHER BILL WORKED ON
Final Session Of Legislature
Will Be Tonight; Parity
Bill Outcome Still In Doubt
(Special To The Plainsman)
With apparently a final decision to
adjourn sine die tonight the legisla­ture
met at the usual hour Friday
morning. The Senate immediately
took up the liquor bill referendum and
after amending it a couple of times
killed the bill by a vote of 19 to 14
which was short of the two-thirds ma­jority.
The general feeling at noon is that
both houses will act during the day on
a parity bill which would be beneficial
to education as a whole in the opinion
of those in Montgomery who have
analyzed the bill from every stand­point.
Some of the legal minds, however,
are insisting that the bill has not
had adequate readings as required by
the constitution and that as a result
it will not pass the constitutional
hurdle when thrown into the courts
as is certain to occur.
During the forenoon both houses
spent considerable time on local bills
with indications that the parity bill
become the chief issue of the afternoon
session. No one knows at what hour
the session will end.
Postmaster Announces
Erection Of New Boxes
Five new letter boxes have already
been placed in Auburn and two more
will be erected immediately according
to Postmaster Homer Wright. Let­ters
mailed here before 7:45 will make
the first delivery in the morning.
The five boxes already placed are
in front of the College Library, on
the corner by Meadows Garage, at
the intersection of Gay and Samford,
at> the intersection of College and
Tichnor, and on Cedar Crest Drive.
Two new ones are to ' be erected at
the ends of Magnolia Avenue. Mail
will be collected from all on exact
schedule.
During the past three months
stamps -sold at the local postoffice
total $8,710 to establish a new three-months
record. Stamp receipts serve
as an index to business in a town ac­cording
to Mr. Wright. ,
A special handling stamp for use
on packages has been issued by the
postoffice. A package carrying one
of them will be treated as first class
mail, getting straight delivery. Their
cost is determined by the weight of
the package.
Seven Students Make
Kappa Delta Pi Frat
Last Tuesday night, April 14, the
local chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, hon­orary
national society in education,
elected seven students as new members
of the group. This was the annual
Spring election at which time out­standing
students in this department
are voted into the society. The basis
for membership includes scholarship
and interest in the educational field.
Those selected include Wilson Hill,
Mary Pridgen Edwards, Malcolm
Luther Ferguson, Louise Houk, Lloyd
Little, Margaret Watts, and Basil
Collins.
The society will have a banquet the
first week in May for the new mem­bers
and old. An attractive program
is now being planned for the event
•and a number of alumni Kadelpians
throughout the state will be urged to
attend.
SENIOR DAY DECLARED FOR
FINAL DANCES BY CHAIRMAN
First Afternoon Dance To Be In Honor Of AH Seniors Who
Will Be Admitted For One Dollar; Over 300 Bids Sent To
Girls And Largest Final Dances In Some Time Expected
Declaring the first day of the Final
Dances as Senior Day, C. Witty
Walter, chairman of the Social Com­mittee,
has invoked a novel idea into
the dances this year which is expect­ed
to considerably color and add in­terest
to the festivities.
With more than 300 bid cards mail­ed
out Thursday night to girls
throughout Alabama and adjoining
states, interest in the dances is grow­ing
rapidly and a large and enthu­siastic
crowd is expected to be on
hand to enjoy the captivating and so­phisticated
rhythms of Maestro An­son
Weeks and his orchestra.
One of the features of Senior Day,
according to Walter, is that all seniors
will be admitted to the Friday after­noon
dance for the sum of one dollar
instead of the usual price of one dol­lar
and a half. In the past the cus­tom
has been for an organized group
of seniors to purchase one of the
dances of the final set, but the new
arrangement inaugurated this year
for the first time will permit all
seniors to participate in the affair in­stead
of the usual limited few. Wal­ter
said he believes that a Senior Day
will initiate a new and different as-pect
to the occasion and at the same
LOCAL T. E. X. TO
BECOME NATIONAL
CHAPTER PHI PSI
Group Granted Charter To
National Textile Fraternity;
Initiation To Be Saturday
Initiation of all members of T. E.
X., local society for undergraduates
in Textile Engineering, into Phi Psi,
national textile fraternity, will take
place Saturday night, April 181 A
delegation from the Georgia Tech
chapter of Phi Psi will conduct the
ceremony. :
Several weeks ago T. E. X. was
granted a charter from the national
honorary society and henceforth it
will be known as Lambda chapter of
Phi Psi. The granting of a charter
to a textile school so young as that
of Auburn is evidence enough of the
recognition that the local department
is gaining in the industrial textile
field.
Immediately preceding the initia­tion
will be a banquet at the Tiger
Cafe. The affair will be attended by
the members of T. E. X., the Auburn
textile professors, and members of the
Ga. Tech delegation.
The men to be initiated and subse­quently
the charter members of the
Lambda chapter of Phi Psi are as fol­lows:
George Bohorfoush, L. R. Ellenburg,
Perry Gordy, Joe Bohannon, Jim
Mann, James Pike, Billy Bradford, J.
S. Daniels, William Camp, Robert
Taylor, Shorty Williams, Davis Orr,
Charles Gravely, and Bill Cander.
Professors E. W. Camp and C. B.
Ordway will also be initiated at the
same time.
time put the dance within the reach
of all seniors.
On Friday night the Grand March
will take place, with John Rush, presi­dent
of the senior class, and his date
leading. The name of the girl who
has been chosen to lead the Grand
March will be announced in the next
issue of the Plainsman. Each senior
attending the Friday night dance will
be given a boutonniere. As this is
the last chance for seniors one last
splurge, everything is being done by
the Social Committee to assure them
of a successful set of dances.
TRACK TEAM WILL
MEET GEORGIA IN
OPENER SATURDAY
Georgia Brings Strong Team
Here For First Test For Both
Teams; Close Score Forecast
N O T I C E !
Admiral Semmes Chapter of U. D.
C. will meet Tuesday afternoon^ April
21, at three o'clock with Mrs. J. C.
Grimes.
Huntingdon Glee Club
Appears Here Tuesday
The Huntingdon College Glee Club
will appear here Tuesday night, April
21 in Langdon Hall beginning at 8
o'clock. The Montgomery singers have
a varied program of instrumental and
vocal novelties including Marimba
solos by Miss Ruth Stuber.
The concert is being sponsored by
the members of the Auburti Glee Club
who will entertain the visiting club
at a banquet to be given at the High
School before the concert.
During their stay the visiting girls
will be shown the Auburn campus by
members of the local glee club.
Officers of the Huntington Glee
Club are: Erie Danley, director; Jane
Wadsworth, pianist; Jane Roberts,
president; Evelyn Thomas, business
manager; Alice McBrayer, secretary;
and Dorothy Baxter, librarian.
Auburn's track and field force will
inaugurate this year's dual meet cam­paign
tomorrow afternoon on Drake
field against the University of Geor­gia.
This will mark the beginning of
Coach Wilbur Hutsell's fifteenth con­secutive
year as track coach at Au­burn.
Georgia will invade the Plains with
one of the strongest teams in its his­tory.
In Spec Towns the Bulldogs
have a performer who is assured of
a berth on the U. S. Olympic team.
This track ace is holder of the world's
record in the 60 yard high hurdles.
He is scheduled to enter no less than
four events.
Harman, football captain elect,
scored second place in both the con­ference
high jump and discus events
last year in Birmingham. Arnold
placed 'first in the low hurdles and
high jump in the conference fresh­man
meet, and Farren won the high
hurdles in the same meet.
Auburn's remarkable record of only
three losses in dual meets during the
14 years under Coach Hutsell's re­gime
stands little chance of remain­ing
in such an enviable position due
to the outstanding injuries to pres­ent
members of the team and losses
from last year. Coach Hutsell will
be compelled to make last minute se­lections
for entries in some events due
to the condition of a few of his per­formers.
Coach Hutsell's choice for entries
in the sprints are questionable. His
outstanding performers are suffering
from injuries. Entries for both the
100 and 220 will come from Lawrence,
Kelso, Mitchell, Tanner, or Karam.
In Kilgore and Hamp Williams Au­burn
has two of the best quarter
milers in the conference. Both were
consistent winners last year, and El­lis
is counted on to give considerable
(Continued on page 4)
CALLEN CHOSEN
TO HEAD FRAT
GROUP, 1936-37
Election Held At Banquet For
New And Old Members At
Baptist Church Last Night
PRESIDENT OUSTANDING
Other Officers Include Bob
Creel, Vice-president And
Paul Talmadge, Secy-Treas.
New officers to serve for the coming
year were elected by the members of
the Interfraternity Council at their
annual banquet in the Baptist Church
last night. The newly elected men
are Hamilton Callen, president; Bob
Creel, vice-president; and Paul Tal­madge,
secretary and treasurer.
Callen is a Junior in Electrical En­gineering.
He has made a high scho­lastic
average during his school ca­reer
and has been elected president
of Eta Kappa Nu, honorary frater­nity
for electrical engineers, for next
year. He was also tapped to ODK
at its recent'election. Callen was re­elected
president of his social fra­ternity,
ATO, for the coming year.
His home town is Geneva.
Creel is a business administration
student from Fairfield. He is a mem­ber
of Delta Sigma Pi, honorary busi­ness
fraternity, and president of the
SPE social fraternity.
Talmadge is enrolled in Aeronauti­cal
Engineering and is from Green­ville.
He has been very active in
campus politics having been elected
treasurer of the present Junior class,
and a member of the elections com­mittee.
The main speakers at the banquet
were Lieutenant Des Islets who de­scribed
some of his interesting as
well as very humorous army experi­ences.
And next, Professor J. M.
Robinson, faculty adviser, gave an
account of the history of fraternities
in Alabama and, more particularly
here in Auburn. In his speech, Prof.
Robinson pointed out that over 24,000
students have been initiated into fra­ternities
here since 1879. The first
fraternity to be established here was
Phi Delta Theta 57 years ago. At
present there are 21 fraternities of
which 50 percent of the male students
of Auburn are members.
Following Prof. Robinson's talk
were several short talks by retiring
seniors and officers.
Hops With Hooper AUBURN ROUTS
FLORIDA TEAM
IN TWO GAMES
Local Baseball Nine Scores A
• Double Victory Over Florida
By Scores Of 10-2 And 4-1
MISS CAROLINE FURNISS has been selected to leaa the Grand March
of the Honor Societies Ball tonight in Alumni Gymnasium escorted by
Harry Hooper, president of Blue Key. Miss Furniss is a senior at Sweet-briar
College, Sweetbriar, Va., where she is a member of Tri Delta sorority.
Fire Damages Small
In Auburn Ice Plant
Fire destroyed the boiler room of
the Auburn Ice and Coal Company's
ice plant last night at seven o'clock.
The source of the fire is unknown.
The tAuburn Fire Department
reached the scene as soon as possible
after having been called by the night
watchman on duty. In approximately
twenty-minutes the fire was under con­trol.
A careful checkup of the dam­age
done showed the control instru­ment
on the boiler was the main loss.
The building housing the boiler was
tin with wood supports. Other near­by
buildings were threatened but
water was put on them and no out­break
occurred.
NOTICE !
Published in this issue of the Plains­man
is the bracket for the Interfra­ternity
tennis tournament which will
begin immediately, according to Joe
Sarver, chairman of the athletic com­mittee.
Any tennis court available I
may be used by fraternity netmen.
Review In Honor Of
Confederate Dead Is
Planned For April 28
R. O. T. C. cadets of Auburn will
honor the Confederate dead with a
special review on Tuesday, April 28,
at which time Mrs. L. M. Bashinsky,
of Troy, former president general of
the United Daughters of the Confed­eracy,
will be the principal speaker.
Fourteen hundred grey-clad cadets
will participate.
The review will take place en Bul-lard
Field at 11:10 a. m. After the
presentation of the brigade by Wil­liam
T. Wingo, Birmingham, cadet
brigade commander, to the reviewing
officer, Mrs. B. B. Ross, of Auburn,
will announce over loud speaker the
purpose of the review and exercises.
The Auburn Band will then play
"Dixie," followed by an invocation by
the Rev. Carl Preer, Auburn Metho­dist
minister. Introduction of the
speaker will be made by Mrs. Herman
D. Jones, president of the Alabama
division, U. D. C, and the Rev. Sam
B. Hay, Presbyterian minister, will
pronounce the benediction following
the address by Mrs. Bashinsky.
Upon conclusion of the benediction
the Brigade Commander will .be di­rected
to "pass in review."
Mrs. Bashinsky for many years has
been a leader in the work of the Uni­ted
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Her tenure of office as chairman of
the Alabama Division's scholarship
committee, which she now holds, has
resulted in assisting some 2,000 boys
and girls in obtaining an education.
LIFE SAVING WILL
BE TAUGHT HERE
BEGINNING SOON
Course To Be Free and Under
Supervision Of Members Of
Auburn's Swimming Team
Beginning next Tuesday at 4 p. m.
a course will be given in junior and
senior life saving at the Alumni gym­nasium
for both boys and girls. This
course is conducted by the American
Red Cross and it is the second year
that it has been given. It is to be
given free of charge.
Instruction, in life saving will" be
given by Gordan McKinney, Brant
Woodward, and Dot Sellers, assisted
by several members of the swimming
team. These instructors all hold a
card of appointment as an examiner
or are senior members in good stand­ing.
Information can be obtained
from these instructors regarding these
tests.
Ordinary swimmers are eligible for
this course in life saving; it is not a
course for experts. By study and prac­tice
of the methods outlined by the
Red Cross, swimmers of ' ordinary
ability are prepared, in case of neces­sity,
to bring a drowning person to
safety. A person who has passed
these tests can render a great service;
can further the purpose of the or­ganization
by encouraging and assistr
ing in teaching swimming; advocate
and practice sane regulations and
methods for swimming and boating;
(Continued on page 4)
ANNUAL R. 0. T. C.
INSPECTION TO BE
HELD APRIL 2 0 , 21
Auburn Cadets Have Received
' Highest Possible Rating For
I S Years; Record Unbeaten
"A" Club Dance Will
Be Saturday In Gym
The third "A" Club dance of the
current semester will be given Satur­day
night in Alumni Gymnasium, be­ginning
at 9 o'clock and lasting until
mid-night.
As for all other similar dances so
far this year, the Auburn Knights will
provide the music for the occasion.
The Knights have gained a reputa­tion
as one of the finest collegiate
bands in the country and promise sev­eral
novelty numbers for the dance
Saturday night.
With the dance coming the night
following the Honor Societies Ball, a
large number of out-of-town girls are
expected to stay over one day to at­tend
the "A" Club affair.
NOTICE!
All women students are requested to
meet at Broun Auditorium next Wed­nesday,
April 22, at 5 o'clock. The
new Council will be elected at this,
time.
The annual War Department in­spection
of Auburn's R. O. T. C.
Units will be held next Monday and
Tuesday, April 20 and 21. The pa­rade
of the entire corps is to be Mon­day
at 4 o'clock and the various class
inspections are to be both days. There
will be no drill Tuesday morning un­less
rain causes the postponement of
the parade Monday afternoon.
The officers coming here to do the
inspecting are Lt. Col. L. E. Lyons,
Engineers, and Major J. M. Garret,
Field Artillery. Both men have been
here previously. During their stay
here the officers will confer with
President L. N. Duncan.
Information received from the local
R. O. T. C. office stated that the uni­forms
for the formal inspection on
Monday' would be white shirts and
blouses, and for classes grey shirts.
During these two days all students
are urged not to wear any part of
the uniform mixed with civilian
clothes.
Every phase of R. O. T. C. taught
here, is to be judged and graded. A
rating of the local units will be turn­ed
in to the War Department at Wash­ington.
For the past 15 consecutive
years Auburn has received an excel­lent
rating which is the highest given.
This record is equalled only by one
other school over the entire country.
WHITTEN STARS IN GAME
Plainsmen Entrain For Athens
To Engage University of Ga.
Team Today And Tomorrow
82 Cases Are Worked
On In Toxicology Lab
H. W. Nixon, State Toxicologist
with headquarters and laboratory
here, has had 82 cases for investiga­tion
since his laboratory was estab­lished
here July 19, 1935.
Mr. Nixon works' in cooperation
with the coroner and State Attorneys
of Alabama in their investigation of
deaths resulting from unnatural
causes and, within his discretion, vis­its
the scene of the death for the pur­pose
of securing medico-legal evidence
for the State of Alabama.
Mr. Nixon has just finished making
tests of the alcoholic amount of beers
sold in Alabama. Alabama laws, ac­cording
to Mr. Nixon, limit the alco­holic
content of beverages to one-half
of one per cent. Mr. Nixon reported
that the beer samples which he tested
showed an average of four and one-half
per cent alcoholic, content.
By JACK TODD
Recuperating from their two losses
to Louisiana State, the Auburn Tigers
came-back strong to hand Florida two
successive set-backs by the respective
scores of 10-2 and 4-1.
The 'Gathors opened Thursday's
game with a bang as they sprang into
an early lead by banging out two hits
for one tally. However, the Morgan-men
soon tied the score on Frank
Hamm's bingle which brought in Baze-more.
The second inning saw Florida re­tired
on three flies to the outfield
while Auburn did no better with but
one hit and two strike-outs.
Then came a nice display of de­fensive
work on the part of the Ben­gals
as they averted an almost certain
score by pulling a fast double play.
They then proceeded to put the game
on ice when their turn at bat came,
by ringing up three runs. A wallop
to center field was misjudged by
Bridges and resulted in Stewart's
crossing the plate standing up while
Hamm went to second. Taylor was
called out on strikes and then Billy
Hitchcock connected with a fast ball
and drove it out to left field where
an error by Mizelle enabled Hamm
to bring in a second tally as Hitch­cock
got to the second sack. Next,
"Chink" Whitten bingled to right field
and Hitchcock scored. The rally end­ed
soon after this as Fenton hit to
shortstop who relayed it to first and
retired the side.
In the next frame Joe Bob Mitchell
struck out two 'Gators and caused an­other
to hit a slow grounder to Stew­art
who made a pretty toss to first
for the third out. The Plainsmen
proved ineffectual with the. hickory
and were retired in short order.
Mitchell again bore down in the fol­lowing
inning to credit himself with
two more strike-outs. At this stage
of the contest the Florida nine put
on a nice exhibition of fielding as they
smothered every attempt of the Tigers
to hit safely and finally retired the
side by tagging out Hamm as he tried
to steal second.
The remainder of the game ran in
much the same way as the last inning
with no further scores on the part of
either team.
The Bengals entrained this morn­ing
for Athens, Georgia, where they
will meet the University of Georgia
this afternoon and tomorrow in a two-game
series. Both games promise to
be interesting as Georgia is reputed
to have a strong team and the Plains­men
have progressed a great deal
since their tilts with L. S. U.
Those making the trip are: Collins
Fenton, Norman Whitten, Bruce Tay­lor,
Monroe Hayes, Frank Hamm,
Billy Hitchcock, Joe Stewart, Gilbert
McMillan, Sidney Scarborough, How­ard
Bazemore, Malcolm McDonald,
i
Frenchy Gunter, Millard Morris, Ray-ford
Furlow, Lester Antley, and Rus­sell
Wright. i
Earl Murray Elected
President of Scarab
•Scarabs, national honorary archi­tecture
fraternity, at a meeting last
Monday, held its election of officers
for next year at which time Earl O.
Murray, fourth year architecture stu­dent
from Birmingham, was elected
president.
Other officers include William Bell,
Overton, vice-president; James L.
Murray, Andalusia, treasurer; Frank
W. McCall, Moultrie, Ga., secretary.
It was also decided that no new
men would be tapped until beginning
of next school year.
A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE
, AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Brawner says that his polo training should help him in later life. It has de­veloped
a strong arm and a desire to follow the horses. He should be able to get
a responsible position with the city.
* * * * * * * * * *
Speaking of the D. S. C, why doesn't the city install a radio system like the
police. A call from headquarters might sound something like this, "Calling'car No.
5, a horse was seen going down South Gay, follow him at once."
* * * * * * * * * *
ADVICE
I like all frails the wideworld through,
And think so many nice, «
To concentrate would be absurd—
I never date one twice.
This rule I've kept through thick and thin,
And if you ask advise—
Take out as many as you can,
But never date one twice.
—Edward Lorn
* * * * * * * * * *
He: "My clutch is slipping."
She: "It isn't noticeable, darling."
* * * * * * * * * *
They say that the first alcohol ever distilled was Arabian.
That explains those nights.
* * * * * * * * * *
Two colored boys were discussing their family merits. One said:
"My sister knows more than yours."
"It ain't so, my sister's a maid in a Frat House," replied the other.
* * * * * * * * * *
Howard Conner says that the greatest contribution that chemistry has made
to the world is blonds.
* * * * * * * * * *
Overheard at Alumni Hall:
"I didn't sleep a wink last night."
Why not?"
"The shade was up."
"Well, why didn't you pull it down?"
"Gosh, I couldn't reach all the way to the 'Zoo'."
* * * * * * * * * *
Girls who dig too oft for gold will soon find out man's love grows cold.
* * * * * * * * * *
A determined lass,
\ Is Estelle Leether—
Won't walk back, and
Won't pet either. i
A woman arriving in this country after a short trip to Canada was asked by
the customs official at the landing port, "Anything to declare, madam?"
"No," she replied sweetly, "nothing."
"Then, madam," said the official gravely, "am I to take it that the fur tail
I see hanging down under your coat is your own?"—Log.
* * * * * * * * * *
As McKinney, B. E., E. E. might write it: "Mazda, darling. Be mine, incan­descent
one. Watts life without you? Ohm is not ohm without the light of your
presence. My heart is a transformer that steps up at every thought of you; I
would insulate my head alongside your switch; the contact of your hand is like
a live wire. Marry me, and lets have a little meter in our ohm."
P A G E TWO
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Assistant Society Editors: Kay Sibert
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Special Writers: Jack Steppe, C. W. Bell,-
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Reporters: Bob Johnston, Jack Morton,'
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and Howard Strong.
Commentator Extraordinary: Hugh Cam­eron.
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ROTC Inspection
Intent on retaining the distinguished rat­ing,
which Auburn students consider as
one of the highest honors obtainable by an
undergraduate group, the cadets of the
R. O. T. C. Unit will undergo their annual
inspection on Monday and Tuesday.
In these times when the course of military
instruction is coming under undue fire from
many sources, Auburn stands with opinions
unaltered. The same pride, which has been
evidenced each year with a successful in­spection,
will be witnessed this year should
we retain the signal honor.
As a mark of the profound respect that
all of Auburn holds for the work, the rank­ing
cadet officers have asked that towns­people
and students not in the Unit be
present f,or the inspectors review on Mon­day.
The Plainsman voices the pride of the
student body for the enviable record that
has been made in the preceeding years, and
wishes the unit much success in the reten­tion
of this coveted honor.
To The New Cabinet
Ten students' were selected to Executive
Cabinet positions in a campus-wide election
recently. The student body placed a great
amount of responsibility on the shoulders
of these ten students who are supposed to
crack the whip over student government at
Auburn next year. *
The Plainsman urges each of the students
chosen to the Cabinet to be cognizant of
the duties which they will be expected to
discharge. Let them not be content now
that they have been elevated to the offices
which they sought. The election to the Cab­inet
should not be considered as the goal
of these students. The ultimate goal should
be the placing of the governing body on the
high pedestal which will be theirs when the
group performs its proper functions.
The student body knows that student gov­ernment
at Auburn has suffered from rid­icule
and non-support of various campus
groups ever since the Executive Cabinet was
set up. It is the new Cabinet's duty to
put student government on its feet, to make
it a real and respected power on the campus,
and to guide the destinies of student organ­izations
toward the desired goal.
It is to be hoped that next yerfr will
mark the revival of sincere interest in the
Executive Cabinet. The success of student
government during the ensuing year will
be determined in a large measure by the
officers selected to head the body and by
the combined efforts of the entire group
to accomplish that which other Cabinets
have neglected—a smooth working, efficient,
and powerful government organization.
Those new Cabinet members who have
the good of Auburn at heart are fortunate
in that many opportunities for service to
the student body will be theirs next year.
T H E AU
Plans for the improvement of student gov­ernment
organizations have been laid this
year. These plans should be studied by
the new Cabinet with the idea of taking the
best parts of each and incorporating them
into a logical proposal to be submitted to
the student body next fall. It will be only
after several changes in the Cabinet set­up,
and then only, that student government
will fulfill its proper functions on the Au­burn
campus.
Shall We Work Or Play?
By H. L. HARRIS
A few days ago the State of Massachus­etts
corrected an error it made in 1621,
when it banished Roger Williams from the
colony because he advocated freedom of
speech and religious thinking. Some credit
is due this Puritan rebel for our constitu­tional
right for freedom to believe that we
will and to speak our minds, which is funda­mental
in a democratic society.
Generally we think of the tyranny of
kings, rulers, upper classes, officers, but
just as real and just as galling are the
tyrannies of the group. There is real dan­ger
that the comparatively low aims of
thoughtless people will warp the characters
and dull the ambitions of impressionable
youth, especially in college" where college
spirit or loyalty may be easily invoked.
At Harvard years ago. "0" was humor­ously
called "The Gentleman's grade." After
the coming of the elective system the college
paper humorously debated whether a stu­dent
should dawdle along and graduate in
four years or work hard and finish in three
years.
Few people are willing to make martyrs
of themselves like Roger Williams in order
to accentuate a valid, true way of life, but
for us today Roger Williams is worth ten
boat-loads of ordinary Puritans. It is a
real fact that the least of us by working
honestly to attain scholarly way of think­ing
and working may help stiffen the fibers
of maliness of others and contribute his
"bit" to making the- Auburn spirit the
spirit of honesty and of noble behaviour.
Let The Fighters Vote
The honor accorded Representatives
Knutson and Lundeen Monday as the sole
survivors in the House of those who voted
against the United States' entrance into
the World War reminds us of the bitter
but futile struggle of a small group of con­gressmen
to prevent our participation in
that war. Viewing the thing in perspec­tive,
those who voted for entrance into the
war now realize their mistake, yet little of
the recent neutrality legislation has made
any attempt to democratize war.
Several months ago Arthur W. Little,
publisher and ex-soldier, wrote a letter to
several prominent congressmen adocating
a national referendum before the country
should enter a war. His formula was this:
"Before the country engages in any war,
except to repel invasion, let the question of
our entering upon such an engagement be
the subject of a nation-wide referendum.
Let the vote be by signed ballot (no secret
ballot). Have each affirmative vote be so
worded as to constitute a pledge of enlist­ment,
or, if by examination the affirmative
voter should prove to be unavailable for •
military service, then to constitute a pledge
of half of his or her fortune for the uses
of war.".
There are obvious advantages attached
to such a proposal. The responsibility for
the war would be placed more directly upon
the. people. A person would think twice
before pledging himself to enlist. Pressure
groups would not have as easy a time con­vincing
the public of the feasibility of war
as they would some 500. representatives of
the people. Propaganda forces "would con­tinue
to function, but they would- have a
more difficult job in carrying out their work.
The plan would at least absolve congress
from much of the blame it drew after the
last war.—Minn. Daily.
The Movie Idea
It has come to the point where everyone
who sees a college film these days goes
home murmuring, "Poor little collegians!"
In the last few years pictures dealing
with life in our universities and colleges
have portrayed the college boy and girl as
abnormal human beings who spend their
entire time being dragged through exam­inations
which no sane adult could stand
up under, whose literary taste is restricted
to obscene publications, whose time out­side
of gruelling classroom exercises is
spent in hectic orgies of drinking and danc­ing,
and whose oppressed thoughts center
wholly about ways and means of outwitting
that cruel taskmaster, the dean.
People spend many dollars of their hard-earned
money to see such things, at the
same time paying many other dollars as
taxes to support these same institutions
which are so portrayed. This seems incon­gruous,
but it is a fact.
The average citizen, although he likes to
watch such stuff unfolded before his eyes
by the cinema, does not believe half he sees.
However, what about these whq know no
better than to believe?
B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L
The conception of college life as portray­ed
in many college magazines is another
factor. It subjects the student bodies of
colleges and universities to the disapproba­tion
of the uninformed public who buy the
magazines for the pleasure of being scanda­lized.
These "true" revelations of life on the
campuses and in the fraternity houses and
sorority houses, while tripe in itself and
not worth bothering about, may someday
impress some taxpayer with an erroneous
interpretation of campus life, and that tax­payer
will feel that his taxes are going to
support an institution which is quite un­worthy
of his support. No end of trouble
could result from such an incident as that,
and it might take a long time to suppress
the propaganda which might result from a
misunderstanding of that sort. Needless to
say, the schools would suffer immensely
from any accusation of the kind which
might be made against them.
There is danger in sending this matter
far and wide over the United States. There
is more than a slight probability that it
will cause harm some day, and that harm
will be directly to the colleges and universi­ties
themselves. For the good of the educa­tional
system the practice of sending out
sensational pictures and magazines which
might give erroneous impressions should be
abandoned before it is too late.—The Re­veille.
Cats and Canaries
Do ydu know ?
Chink Whitten is losing a lot of sleep
over Mary Frances McGowan we are re­liably
informed.
* * * *
Northup thinks that the one sure way
to get your name in this column is to be
seen in a dark corner doing something you
shouldn't. She'll stay out of dark corners
—says she.
* * * *
Salis and Jane Billingsley are another of
the newer twosomes being seen, around.
Spring and all that eh!
* * * *
It pays to act dumb says Haygood—but
one listener cracked that experience is the
best teacher. How about it Mary?
* * * *
Has Powers got a weakness for that Dean
gal from Ensley—she's one of the dra­matists
that invaded town last week end.
* * * *
Elmer the Great (Square-jaw to you and
you) and Margaret Gunn are romancing so
tis whispered.
* * * *
One of the profs over on the distant hill
is acquiring quite a reputation as a rounder.
Tish, Tish!
* * * *
Add Hill and Albena Pierce are two more
of the current lovey doveys.
* • * •
Will Billy Thomas ever quit trying to
sell a car for the last two payments. The
answer is funny—but there still are cen­sors
to cope with.
* * * *
Which outfit has the greatest resentment
for the Columbus mistake of advertising
the Collegians as the Cavaliers.
Quotable Quotes
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
"One may sympathize with struggling
youth," says Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur of
Stanford, urging higher medical school
standards, "but one should sympathize more
with future patients."
* * * *
"It is encouraging that so many people
are dying of cancer." Yale's Dr. Howard
W. Gaggard goes on to prove that present
cancer mortality rates prove that the young
no longer succumb to the dread malady,
that the end of the fight against it is in
sight.
* * * *
"Colleges are failing miserably in aiding
students to apply what they have learned
of theory to what they need to learn of
experience." Justin Miller, assistant United
States attorney general, states an educa­tional
theory in the light of his experience.
* * * *
"Your professors are of he great com­pany
of liberal thinkers." Dr. Frederick
B. Robinson of CCNY offers a word to
freshmen.
"The theatre which has lowered a great
art to a disgraceful level, even though the
talents of misguided playwright or pro­ducer
are on occasion great,' nevertheless
will be boycotted." The Rev. Dr. Philip J.
Furlong of Cathedral College delivers a
sermon at St. Patrick's.
Three alligators, seven white mice, three
turtles and several cats and dogs were taken
alive in a spectacular "forbidden pet hunt"
held recently by Columbia dormitory author­ities.
Requests by real estate operators for
Columbia athletes to take the-plaee of strik­ing
workers were refused by university
authorities.
"The horse'was misbehaving and wouldn't
pay any attention, so I just bit him in the
neck," was the explanation a co-ed at a
Texas school gave when she showed up
at school one day minus two teeth.
* * * *
Reports have it that a public speaking
course at Amarillo College, Texas, includes
instruction in the arts of polite heckling,
asking embarrassing questions, hissing, and
acceptable booing.
* * * *
One morning last week the Raleigh, N. C.
News and Observer came out with a two-inch
advertisement proclaiming that Phil
Hallettle and his orchestra was on tour:
"For information—write or wire D. K. E.
House, Chapel Hill, N. C."
A couple of days later came a note to
Mr. D. K. E. House, Chapel Hill. "Dear
Mr. House," the letter began.
* * * *
I bought a wooden whistle,
But it wooden whistle.
I bought a steel whistle,
But it steel wooden whistle.
I bought a tin whistle,
Now I tin whistle.
—Reveille
* * - * *
A survey of 1,000.freshmen students dis­closed
that Utah men students are more
adept in tea-party etiquette than women
students and have a superior knowledge of
how to act when invited out.
Both sexes were unanimous in their con­demnation
of chewing gum and wooing in
public. Nearly one-half did not know the
proper answer to an introduction. One-third
of the girls thought it unnecessary
when acting as hostesses to rise and greet
male guests. One-third of the male stu­dents
were of the opinion that men need
not rise when a lady leaves or returns to
the table.
* * * *
Says the Gateway:
Doctor: "Congratulations, Governor, you
are the father of triplets."
Politician: "I demand a recount."
* * * *'
On the night before every election poli­ticians
at the University of Texas used
to serenade the co-eds under the dormitory
windows. The practice was discontinued
by the Austin police.
* * * *
When a Purdue student recently pla­giarized
a bit of writing from Thomas
Wolfe's best seller, "Of Time and the Riv­er,"
the English prof unwittingly rated the
theme' B-minus.
* * * *
The prize squelcher of the season comes
from the Houston Cougar. "The stork that
brought you should have been arrested for
smuggling dope."
* * * *
I wish I were a moment
In my. professor's class,
For no matter how idle moments are,
They always seem to pass.
—Collegian
* * * *
College students are often prone to do
incredible things, but the following seems
to take the little red apple hands downs:
A bunch of Amherst students once packed
a town meeting and voted, to the conster­nation
of the elders present, the new city
hall to be one foot wide, 100 feet long,
and made of glass.
s * * * *
A Kansas State poultry student has fin­ally
found the tops in Untouched by Human
Hands postal communication. He hollowed
a small cork, inserted a message written on
paper, and put it in a hen's egg duct. The
cork moved down the duct, and the white
of the egg and the shell formed normally
The student then sent the egg to a friend,
who opened the hardboiled"*egg during a
banquet, extracted the note and read it
aloud to the gaping, assembled guests.
Book'Review
AMERICAN SOLDIERS ALSO FOUGHT
BY GENERAL ROBERT LEE BULLARD
In Collaboration With EARL REEVES, New
York. Longmans Green & Co., $1.00
Reviewed By
DR. GEO. PETRIE
Every Alabamian will enjoy General
Robert Lee Bullard's new book, "American
Soldiers Also Fought." *It is a small book,
118 pages, and costs only one dollar; but
it is a thriller.
Lowell Thomas says: "If you want to get
a book that will almost burn your fingers,
a book full of blazing language, just get
a copy."
We all know that our fellow Alabamian
General Bullard was a great general. Now
we realize that he is a masterful writer.
Here for the first time Americans get full
credit for their share in the World War.
A Major General says: "For it's size it
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1936
Thunderations
By Gum
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.
* * * *
I'M LIKE the person, who stood on the
corner, watching the way of the sun and
the way of a dress: Kay St. Germain's
picture is the first decent thing appearing
in the Plainsman in four months.
* * * *
Vote for Bibb Graves for governor and
keep the schools open.
* * * *
Will some of the girls I know, who weigh
too much in the hitherlands please keep
those hitherlands covered when sun bath­ing?
Jf that much sunlight is used then
there could hardly be enough left to sun
my rickets.
In other words—when the sun rises please
remain seated.
* 1 * * *
This dedicated to the Tiger of the drug
store, Gordon Roy Meadows, for telling me
about the little sparrow one time.
Two men were discussing the intelligence
of another.
"Is he so smart", one asked the other.
"Is he smart? Say that guy is so foxy
all his wife will have to do do to get a
fur coat when he dies is skin him."
* * * * .
That one was as clipped as a Baltimore
Sun editorial, but as Meadows never gets
up in time to see the sun he won't know
the difference.
* * * *
It was for people like him that the Tiger
Drug store was built to face the afternoon
sun. It was Meadows who said, "Find a
man who has a drug store at a girl's school,
and facing in the same direction as this
one, and I'll PAY the man twenty-five dol­lars
a week to work for him.
* * * *
Unlike its contemporary across the street
it doesn't have a night show, but the after­noon
shows give someone something to think
about all night.
* * * *
Hal Kemp, with his: "I'se a-Mugging,"
and "When I Blow the Whistle Kiss Your
Partner," has at last started playing so
that decent people will listen to him. The
last named piece being the best since Ted
Weems' ^'The Martins and the Coys."
Now if Phil Harris would sew up his
mouth, and throw away everything except
his first sax, and have Lea Ray sing "Amer­ica
the Beautiful," maybe someone would
listen to him.
* * * *
The old cat, while digging for Captain
Kidd's treasure out in the yard the other
day uncovered Dog Sam's bone he had hid
and forgot since last October. He's now
so happy he's even forgot about the last
thorn he got in his foot from kicking that
black rose bush in the face..
* * * *
Kidd must have buried those pieces of
eight mighty slyly for that old cat's been
digging for two years now and ain't turned
up nothing but Dog Sam's October bone.
Soon as she does I'm taking the whole
thing up town and am buying Meadows' job.
* * * *
Pity the poor doctor, who introduced his
wife to a friend, and then came home one
night a week later to find her eating apples.
* * * *
And, an onion a day will keep even the
Devil away.
* * * *
The "A" Club dance Saturday night will
give all of us a chance to do some limbering
up for Shoesie's Weeks, who's coming just
next week-end.
Sunshine, Saturday night.
* * * *
Vote for Bibb Graves and keep the schools
open.
* * * *
George Quinney who is hell in any wom­an's
parlor, according to his own admission,
is reported trying to buy one of Mont­gomery's
disposed trolly cars in which to
ding ding down the dell. It'd make the
dell all right, but that climb up to Brasfield
Bluff would be too much of a strain.
It is so far from Quinney's end of Mag­nolia
to this end of Magnolia he has to
set his watch up an hour on arriving.
* * * *
Except Quinney hasn't arrived yet, and
there's grave doubts on his ever.
is the best book written on American par­ticipation
in the Great War."
It appeals, to old soldiers and civilians
alike,
A Sergeant writes: "A wonderful book,
written by a man who knows."
An old friend writes to General Bullard,
"You have given us in the briefest possible
space the imperishable picture of that tre­mendous
war. It is vivid, stirring, sweep­ing
in its large movement; yet it is full
of incidents' and human touches, and it is
obviously the direct story of a great sol­dier."
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 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 INSTITUTE PAGE THREE
LOCAL GOLF TEAM TO ENGAGE
BENN1NG IN MATCH SATURDAY
Auburn Golfers Will Play Their Second Match Of The Season
Against The More Experienced Team From Fort Benning;
Rapid Progress Has Been Made This Year By Auburn Men
The newly-formed Auburn Golf
Team will engage in its second match
of the season Saturday afternoon
when they play against the older and
more experienced team of Ft. Benning.
The match will probably consist of
six man teams and the Plainsmen's
squad will be composed of Bill Byerly,
Bevo Biggin, Kennon Wallis, George
Underwood, Gus Franke, and Donald
McCullough. These six men were also
on the team who were defeated by of­ficers
of Maxwell Field some days ago.
The golf team has been taking ad­vantage
of the fair weather by getting
in practice every afternoon, and the
game against Fort Benning should
show a remarkable improvement over
the other games of the match.
The Plainsmen golfers are planning
to leave here early Saturday morning
in order to get to Fort Benning in
time for practice rounds before the
match begins. Prospects tend to show
that match should prove to be close.
Coaches In Wisconsin
Abolish Center Jump
STEVENS POINT, Wis.—(ACP)
—Coaches of the Wisconsin State
Teachers College basketball conference
in a meeting at the Teachers College
here, abolished the center jump in
conference court games next season.
Anticipating a like change in rules
by the national basketball rules com­mittee,
the coaches adopted Tegula.-
SEE THE
L I F E OF C H R I ST
A Dramatic Picturization
of
The Greatest of All
PASSION PLAYS
SUNDAY, APRIL 19,
7:00 & 8:45 P.M.
Greater and More Elaborate
than the Oberammergau Stage
Play. Every Scene Taken in
Egypt and the Holy Land.
First Presbyterian Church
Auburn, Ala.
Under the Auspices of the First
Presbyterian Church, Rev. Sam
B. Hay, Pastor.
FREE-WILL OFFERING
ONLY
Riding Class Members
For Horse Show Asked
To Sign Up Wednesday
Those members and former mem­bers
of the Ladies Riding Class who
desire to enter in the Ladies Jump­ing
and Pair Jumping events in the
Annual Horse Show are requested to
report to the Stables at 4 p. m. on
Wednesday, April 22nd, for practice
and to draw for horses.
At the same time drawings will be
made for horses to be entered in the
Three Gaited Class (thoroughbred
type).
Much interest has been displayed
in those classes for which students are
eligible. For the Three and Five
gaited saddle classes and the Novice
Pony Class, all three of which are
being arranged for the people of Au­burn,
Opelika and surrounding towns,
very few entries have been received.
In order that all names of riders and
horses may appear in the program, it
is desired that they be reported at
the Military Department Office by
noon, April 22.
Cabinet Selects Rat
Bible Editor At Meet
Meeting for the first time, newly
elected members of the student Exe­cutive
Cabinet last Tuesday night
chose Max Welden to be editor and
Billy Radney to be business manager
of next year's edition of the "Rat
Bible."
Several other matters of importance
were also discussed at the first meet­ing,
and numerous plans for the com­ing
year were outlined by Joe Sarver,
president. All members were urged to
fully acquaint themselves with - the
contents of the Undergraduate Con­stitution,
and to be thinking about the
selection of committee members to
serve next year. The different com­mittees
will be named at the next
session of the group.
Joe Sarver stated that a complete
financial report will be required of
each organization receiving financial
aid from the Cabinet this year. The
report will be in the hands of Sarver
before the close of this school year.
How the money was spent this year
will determine the apportionment of
money next year by the Cabinet.
tions which will put the ball in play
by center jump at the beginning of
each half, but at other times under
the basket of the team scored upon.
THE DR. PARKER HOUSE FOR SALE
Samford Avenue, Opposite City School
Floyd Home/ Opelika St. Being Renovated,
and Painted Inside
FOR RENT OR SALE
ROBERT L. BURKES
Phone 264 Auburn, Ala.
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SPORTS CHATTER
==By EUGENE L E E =
OLD STOMPING GROUNDS
Coach Jack Meagher goes back this
summer to the territory that»received
the benefits of his early coaching ex­perience.
The popular exponent of the
famous Notre Dame system will serve
as chief instructor during the coaches
school at West Texas Teachers Col­lege
in Canyon, Texas from June 3rd
to 10th. Coaches Dutch Meyers and
Raymond Wolf of Texas Christian
University and Coach Charles Voyles
of Duke will aid Coach Meagher in
giving the coaches of Texas an idea
of football from the Notre Dame
angle.
COACH UACK. MEAGHER
]At-ABAh4A POL.y- AUBURhl
Coach Meagher is thoroughly fa­miliar
with the plains of Texas, for
he received his start in the coaching
game at Texas Tech and T. C. U.
He has served, as instructor in the
coaching school at Texas.Tech since
coming to Auburn.
Coach Meagher stated last night
that he had no intentions of making
a trip to Europe this summer for the
Olympic games as reported by the of­ficials
of the Cunard White Star Line
of New York. It seems that this
rumor was started last summer and
had him listed as the leader of a group
of athletes.
BIG LEAGUE STUFF
Auburn's baseball team has posed
as a big league nine this week in the
matter of a schedule. Coach Mor­gan's
crew has faced an opponent each
afternoon, and after polishing off the
Gators of Florida hopped over to
Athens to resume relations with Geor­gia
today and tomorrow.
Not only has the team approxi­mated
a big league team in this re­spect,
but the first year members are
living up to the reputation of all
rookies to grab early season honors.
To date Taylor, Hamm, Hitchcock,
Bazemore, and Gunter have been the
big guns in Auburn's attack. These
members have proved their worth in
the early games. Joe Stewart regain­ed
some of his old form in the late
games, and Captain Gilbert McMil­lan
and Sidney Scarborough should
come out of their batting slump for
both are .300 hitters. When these
start hitting the old apple like they
did last year, the Tigers are going
to be hard to stop.
Tiger Bills Special
Feature Show Today
"Three Little Words," a feature act
of the New York Variety Guild, will
be presented at the Tiger Theatre to­day.
This act, rivaling that of the
Boswell SisteVs, has risen from ob­scurity
to stardom within less than
a year's time. It is said to have been
personally sponsored by Kate Smith,
noted radio singer.
' ALUMNI WANT GAME
The first honest effort to settle the
question of Auburn and the Univer­sity
of Alabama resuming football ge­lations
was made by the Birmingham
Post recently. Ballots were carried in
the Post so that Alumni of the two
institutions could voice their favor or
disfavor of resumptions.
Not a single dissenting vote was
received. Even alumni who attended
the two schools around 1906 when the
last game was held failed to raise
objections. So any reasonable think­ing
person can figure out who is
keeping the two schools apart.
Billiard Champ Holds
Fine Exhibition Match
Last Wednesday night Johnny Lay-ton,
internationally known three-cushion
billiard champion, appeared in
Reed's Pool Parlor in an exhibition
match. Since there was no billiard
table available, straight pool was
played.
Layton has held many national and
international titles. He gave a thrill­ing
exhibition of difficult and trick
shots making and also told many
antedotes about his'' different experi­ences
touring the country.
These exhibitions come here once
every two weeks and are sponsored
by the Better Billiards Organization.
Reed's Pool Parlor always invites
these exhibitionists and since this par­lor
is up-to-date and. popular, there
Frosh Tennis
Start Monday
Afternoon
Will FROSH OPEN BASEBALL SEASON
TOMORROW AGAINST RAMSEY HI
Beginning Monday, April 20, the Y.
M. C. A. will hold a freshman tennis
tournament on the "Y" courts which
are adjacent to the Lambda Chi house.
This is the first tournament to be
sponsored by the Y. M. C. A. How­ever,
it is planned for the rat tourna­ment
to become an annual event.
Registration for . the tournament
closes Friday of this week. All men
who are intending to register should
do so at their earliest convenience with
Mrs. Jolly at the Student Hall, ac­cording
to E. P. Miller who is in
charge of the tournament. A small
fee of ten cents will be assessed each
entrant to partly cover the cost of
the tournament.
A suitable trophy for the winner
of the meet has been ordered from
the Balfour Company. The trophy is
designed with a silver and black metal
base with a silver emblem on the top.
The winners name will also be en­graved
on the cup.
Profs. In Land Grant
Schools Take Pay Cut
WASHINGTON, D. C.—(ACP)—
The extent of the severe salary cuts
taken by faculty members of the na­tion's
51 land-grant colleges during
the depression .period has been out­lined
here in a special report issued
by Dr. Walter J. Greenleaf of the
Department of Interior's office of edu­cation.
Deans employed on a nine-month
basis saw their medium salaries de­creased
from $5,193 in 1928-29, to $4,-
187 in 1934-35, an average decrease
of more than $1,000.
The survey showed similar depres­sion-
period slashes in salaries paid to
professors, associate professors, as­sistant
professors, and instructors.
Full-time professors, on a nine-month
basis received an average salary of
$4,278 in 1928-29. By 1934-35 their
annual income had decreased to $3,-
775. Those on an eleven-twelve-month
basis had their salaries cut from $4,-
161 to $3,682 over the same period
of time.
Associate professors dropped from
$3,352 salaries in 1928-29 to $2,903 in
1934-35; assistant professors from
$2,738 in 1928-29 to $2,449 in 1934-
35, and instructors from $2,005 to
$1,769 over the four-year period-
Salaries for the present year are
higher than last year.
is "always a well-known player to give
exhibitions every two weeks.
Bracket For Interfraternity Tennis Tourney
Strength Of Freshman Team Unknown; Coach Jordan Plans To
Use Every Man In Encounter Which Will Begin At 3 : 1 5;
Ramsey Tech Hi Will Bring Down Strong Team This Year
Opening their season against Ram­sey
Tech Hi here tomorrow at 3:15 the
freshman baseball team is an un­known
quantity inasmuch as they have
had but four days of actual practice.
Ramsey will bring down a squad
that has been practicing since the be­ginning
of the season and, consequent­ly,
are in fine fettle. On the other
hand, Coach Jordan's being called
away on business prevented him from
doing his usual fine job of turning out
a smooth-working nine.
As matters stand, little is known of
New York Students To
Hold Anti-War Strike
NEW YORK—(ACP)—More than
350,000 students, high school as well
as college, are expected to answer the
anti-war strike call at 11 a. m. on
April 22, according to Joseph P. Lash,
executive secretary of the American
Student Union.
"In addition to an impressive spon­soring
committee, we are confident
that the strike will be supported on
local campuses by wider, more in­clusive
strike committees than we
have ever before been able to rally,"
Lash said.
The first student strike against war
was held in 1934 and sponsored by
the National Student League for In­dustrial
Democracy. It was support­ed
by 25,000 students, but the next
year saw 175,000 demonstrating in
nearly 200 schools and colleges. The
current war scare in Europe and in­ternal
factors such as the huge 1936
military appropriations will bring an.
even greater increase this year, back­ers
of the strike predict.
the candidates except what may be
gained from their prep school records.
Consequently, practically every mem­ber
of the squad will see service to­morrow
in order that their respective
talents may be observed.
Such a course will make the team
seem confused and will result in some
ragged playing, but it is the only logi­cal
thing to do under the circum­stances
and will result in giving the
men some valuable experience.
Although the outlook is not very
bright, the rats have plenty of spirit
and optimism which should be of some
help. Added to this is the fact that
Coach Jordan will be on hand to in­struct
and advise the team besides giv­ing
them moral support should sup­ply
plenty of confidence.
Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Moe
Down to HOWARD'S we must go
To buy some stationery, very select
For writing your father for that
check.
Missouri Polo Squad
Engaged Friday 3:15
Facing one of the strongest tests
this season, Auburn's poloists will en­counter
the University of Missouri in
a two game series this Friday and
Saturday. Friday's tilt is scheduled
to start at 3:15 and the game on Sat­urday
will commence at 2:30.
Missouri's starting line-up will
probably consist of Blaine Ebling, No.
1; Dorsey Bass, No. 2; Bob Lindsley,
No. 3; Tom McHarg, Jr., No. 4. For
reserves Capt. C. S. Whitmore has
Stewart Blunk and Freddie Robbins.
Missouri's riders are made, up of
competent horsemen and it is expect­ed
that a close and interesting match
will ensue.
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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 A N -i. A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1936
More than 200 South Carolina stu­dents
have signed the university's
new "Honor System" pledge.
OPELIKA
. THEATRE *
Friday, April 17
"THE WALKING
DEAD"
with
BORIS KARLOFF
RICARDO CORTEZ
Saturday, April 18
BUCK JONES
in
"THE
IVORY HANDLED
GUN"
OWL SHOW
"MANHUNT"
Also: COMEDY
Sunday, April 19
WHEELER-WOOLSEY
in
"SILLY BILLIES"
with
DOROTHY LEE
Monday & Tuesday
April 20-21 ,
Song! Splendor!
Spectacle!
"COLLEEN"
Warner Bros., First
National Hit
with
RUBY KEELER
DICK POWELL
JOAN BLONDELL
JACK OAKIE
LIFE SAVING WILL
BE TAUGHT HERE
BEGINNING SOON
(Continued from1 page 1)
install or recommend proper safe­guards;
serve as volunteer life guard
at unguarded beaches.
The age requirement for these life
saving tests is seventeen years and
up for senior members, and junior
members twelve years and up. Each
candidate satisfactorily completing the
test will receive a membership certi­ficate
entitling the holder to wear the
insignia of the service.
Syracuse University has ordered
drastic reductions in membership for
three junior "honorary" societies.
Tiger Theatre
"Showplace of East Alabama'.'
Auburn, Alabama
SATURDAY, APRIL 18
Charles Bickford in
"EAST OF JAVA"
With Elizabeth Young, Frank
Albertson and Leslie Fenton
Added:
Comedy—"SLUM FUN"
Cartoon—"LITTLE NOBODY"
SUNDAY AND MONDAY,
APRIL 19 and 20
Janet Gaynor — Robert Taylor
In
"SMALL TOWN GIRL"
With Binnie Barnes, Lewis
Stone, Andy Devine, Elizabeth
Patterson, Frank Craven and
James Stewart
Novelty "Headlines of 25 Years
Ago." Mickey Mouse Cartoon
"MICKEY'S GARDEN"
TUESDAY, APRIL 21
Herbert Marshall and
Jean Arthur in
"IF YOU COULD
ONLY COOK"
With Leo Carrillo
Added: Brevity
"STARS CAN'T BE WRONG"
News Events
President Roosevelt
Honored By Rollins
WINTER PARK, Fla.—(ACP)—
In an impressive ceremony marked by
praise for his past efforts, and a
"pledge of our faith in the laws yet
to be drafted, in State papers yet to
be written," Rollins College conferred
the Doctor of Literature degree upon
President Roosevelt last week. Mrs.
Roosevelt was also honored by the
college.
Declaring that critics of his policies
are invariably motivated by group in­terests
instead of striving for the good
of the whole nation, President Roose­velt
pleaded for the "good neighbor"
policy.
Social and political methods must be
changed continually, he said, else they
grow stagnant, and added: "Yet
growth and progress invariably and
inevitably are opposed, bitterly, false­ly
and blindly opposed."
Rocket Ship Planned
By Noted Scientist
WASHINGTON, D. C—(ACP)—
Progress in actual scientific develop­ment
of a "rocket ship" which may
eventually carry a human being to
enormous heights has been reported
at the Smithsonian Institute here.
Although admitting the great prac­tical
difficulties in the way of even
the first step, Smithsonian scientists
announced that Dr. Robert H. God-dard,
of Clark University, has de­veloped
a satisfactory motor for the
rocket. It is a combustion chamber
from which are ejected the exploding
liquids which give propulsive power,
and it yields the terrific horsepower
of 200 pound of its own weight, with
possible speeds as high as 700 miles
an hour.
Passion Play Sunday
Presbyterian Church
One of the most fascinating stories
of history will be presented in this city
the the Presbyterian Church Sunday
evening, April 19, at seven o'clock,
when the World's Greatest of all Pas­sion
Plays will be portrayed in motion
pictures. This information was re­ceived
from Rev. Sam B. Hay.
This particular story of the Passion
Play to be presented in motion pic­tures
was made in Egypt and the Holy
Land, and will be particularly inter­esting
from an educational, inspira­tional
and spiritual standpoint. This
story of our Lord continues to thrill
the world, and there is not an attrac­tion
before the whole world today in
the way of entertainment, so impres­sive,
so pleasing, soul-stirring, and
uplifting as this wonderful creation
in motion picture form.
There is no charge for this picture,
but a free-will offering will be taken
to defray the necessary expenses in
presenting this great spectacle to the
people of this city and community.
Male Students More
Worldly-In Reading
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—(ACP)
—Although male students are mark­edly
superior to co-eds in knowledge
of the world's affairs gained through
newspaper reading, they still favor
the sports section and the comic strips,
to judge from results of a test given
at St. Petersburg Junior College.
With a score of 60 set as "good,"
those taking the test averaged 41.6.
The president of the International Re­lations
Club, in his test, named Hamil­ton
Fish, Jr., and Robert M. LaFol-lette
as the diplomats who proposed
the Anglo-French plan for settling
the Italo-Ethiopian dispute.
Two Former Students
Hold Jobs In Home Ec
News of professional success of two
former students in Auburn's school of
home economics has been received by
Miss Louise P. Glanton, head of this
division.„
Claud S. Pritehett, 1934 graduate,
is now teaching at the New York In­stitute
of Dietetic where he is receiv­ing
a good salary. Miss Marion
Toombs is one of the principal dieti­tians
at Cumberland Hospital, Brook­lyn,
N. Y. She recently held a special
clinic at which she lectured and gave
demonstrations of diets necessary in
treatment'of a particular nutritional
disease. One hundred-fifty patients
attended.
TRACK TEAM WILL
MEET GEORGIA IN
OPENER SATURDAY
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aid. Bill Emrey and Hamp Williams
are slated to enter the half mile
event. Emrey ran the 880 last year.
Emrey, Stinson and Ed Duncan will
step the mile while Ed Powers, Von
Chandler, and Hubert Lee will run
the two mile. Emrey and Powers
scored points in these events last
year.
The timber toppers have had little
experience and; can't be expected to
cope with the more experienced Towns
of the Georgia team. Sellers and
Bruce McGehee will enter the 120 yard
high hurdles, and Sellers and Woodard
will run the 220 lows.
Captain Ed McKenzie ranks as one
of the best pole vaulters in the South
and should have no trouble in win­ning
his specialty. Gantt and Gresham
are slated to enter this event. Bruce
McGehee and Nichols are scheduled
for the high jump, and Garrison,
Teague and Nichols will try for points
in the broad jump.
Rodgers, McCroskey, and Burns will
heave the shot put. Tom McGehee,
McCroskey, and Burns will enter the
discus event. Blake, Rodgers, and
Bentley are scheduled for the javelin
event.
WANTED WANTED
Several Freshmen and Sophomores
who are not afraid of real work dur­ing
summer vacation. Reputable com­pany
will employ 5 or more real live
wires who are free to travel.
Salary and transportation. Those
interested see Mr. Stephens at the
Jones Hotel Friday, April 17th, 6
to 8 p. m. or Saturday before noon.
t^UL^f
Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Opelika Phone 70
.. the President of the
throws out the first
ball... and the 1936 season is on
mii.
Yankees vs. Senators
Griffith Stadium
Washington, D. C.
Baseball. . . it's America's
outstanding gift to
the world of sport
SENATORS, representatives, states-
1 men, judges, doctors, lawyers, busi­ness
men and Jimmy the office boy...
they're all out for the opening game.
Thrills never to be forgotten . . .
perhaps a home run... or an electri­fying
no-hit game . . . perhaps some
callow recruit, unheard of in the
big time, smashing his way into the
hearts of the fans.
Baseball brings pleasure to the
millions who watch it, and
rewards the stars who play it.
must be deserved...
A t every game and wherever you go
you will find people enjoying Chesterfields.
Why. . . because Chesterfields are outstanding
for the pleasure they gi\e . . . outstanding for
mildness . . . outstanding for better taste.
More and more smokers, men and women
both, enjoy Chesterfield's pleasing taste and
aroma...such popularity must be deserved.
• 1936, LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO.