1937-02-05 The Auburn Plainsman

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AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1937
NUMBER 34
Big Season 'Glee Club Given Praise At |Cast Picked
Is Plan For | E v ^ C o n c e r t P u r i ng T o u r For Coming
Frat Teams
Teams With Eyes On Interfrat
Trophy Begin Working In
Gym As Tourney Time Nears
SEVERAL PRACTICE GAMES
Wires From Club Keep Plains­man
In Touch With Progress
Of Tour In Central Alabama
Two telegrams came to the Plains­man
office just before the paper
went to press. They follow:
University, Alabama
Plainsman:
Auburn's Glee Club made immense
hit here tonight. A brilliant audi­ence
is enthusiastic over the excellent
voices and the beautiful finish of the
By JOHN WATTERS j choruses, proving that the talented
Preparation for the Interfraternity 18™«P » »pl*ndidly directed. Solo,
Sturdy Will Lecture
To Home Economists Production
Plans Complete
For LR*C- Meet
February 19, 20
Outstanding Players Take Part
In Preliminary Work-Outs
Between Strong Contenders
basketball tournament are well un­der
way and officials in charge pre­dict
an active season.
The S. P. E.'s, K. A.'s, Sigma Nu's,
and the Theta Chi's were at the Alum­ni
Gymnasium Wednesday night get­ting
in trim for the tournament. Other
and special numbers made distinct
hits. TOM GARNER,
Director, Alabama Glee Club,
University, Alabama.
time.
the mid-term holidays, they were nev
ertheless handling the ball well in the night, Montevallo Saturday, home
final minutes of play. The Sigma Nu'
were paired against the K. A.'s, and
the S. P. E.'s battled it out with the
strong Theta Chi. team. The scores
were kept but were not indicative of
the comparative abilities of the teams.
Pass-work was stressed particularly
's Sunday at two o'clock.
GEORGE HAIRSTON,
LAWRENCE BARNETT.
According to reports received here,
the Auburn Glee Club is enjoying a
> very successful tour through central
and all four teams seemed to be weak Alabama. The singers have appeared
in this department
Sigma Nu's Outstanding
The Sigma Nu team boasts such High Schools in Birmingham, the Y.
outstanding athletes as Billy Hitch
cock, Bobby Blake, Hoyt Jolly, Bruce
McGehee, and Charlie Haynesworth,
and consequently are to be figured
prominently in the picking of possible
tournament champions. The Theta
Chi's have a big tall fellow, Homer
Gossett, who handles the ball well and
should give opponents lots of trouble.
Lanky Horace Weissinger of the K. A.
team showed unusual ability at re­trieving
shorts off the backboard and
was high scoreman for the night. The
tournament will not lack individual
stars although these stars mentioned
comprise only three of the teams in
the bracket.
With this continued improvement
in team-play, the teams shrould be
ready to start their matches very soon.
The games will be played as scheduled
in the bracket published Wednesday.
Draughon Speaks To
Relations Assembly
"Democracy today must challenge
authoritarian dictatorships with well-directed
propaganda based on every
citizen's right to uncensored expres­sion
of opinion, spread by aggressive
leaders, and focused on those auto­cratic
principles which menace rep­resentative
government", said Profes­sor
R. B. Draughon of the History
Department, speaking lgst night on
"Propaganda and Dictatorship" before
the International Relations Club.
"The most remarkable tendency
since the World War, presumably
fought to make the world safe for
Woman Attorney Will
Speak At Convocation
For Co-eds Thursday
Continuing the general theme this
year of convocation lectures empha­sizing
women in the professions, Mrs.
Mabel Yerby Lawson, a practicing at­torney
of Greensboro, will speak at
the convocation for women students
here in Langdon Hall on Thursday,
Feb. 11, at 11 a. m., according to
announcement of Miss Zoe Dobbs,
dean of women and social director.
Mrs. Lawson obtained her law
training at the University of Ala­bama.
Her first case some years ago
resulted in saving a client from the
gallows. Before beginning her law
practice Mrs. Lawson served as Eng­lish
instructor at Huntington College,
Montgomery.
Miss Albena Pierce, of Milstead,
president of the Auburn women stu­dent's
association, said that the
lecture would be open to all students
and townspeople. It was also an­nounced
by Miss Pierce that the next
convocation for women students
Democracy", he began, "has been the would be devoted to the election of
emergence of authoritarian states women student officers for the com
ruled by absolute dictators. . These ing year
autocracies threaten representative
government"..
Tells Of Nazi Progress
Professor Draughon entered a de­tailed
explanation of the progress of
Nazism in Germany, showing the per­ils
it holds for democratic institutions.
"Hitler", said he, "has succeeded re­markably
in selling himself to the
masses of the German people. Through
propaganda: the Brown Shirt, the
Swasticka, rigid censorship of the
press, and an extensive system of ra­dio
communication, he has solidified
himself with his nation to the extent
that the Germans practically worship
him. Always he has propagated the
idea that Hitler brought Germany out
of the chaos into which Democracy
had thrust it."
"What is true in Germany," he con­cluded,
"is true in the other European
dictatorships. Authoritarianism has
made of Democracy a sort of political
'devil' around which to center attacks.
If Democratic ideals are to survive,
we must adopt aggressive propaganda
based on tolerance."
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CARLTON F. STURDY
Widely known as a lecturer and
writer on canned food subjects, Mr.
Plainsman:
Concert at University received by
teams have practiced from time to most enthusiastic and appreciative
audience on trip. Reception this af- ! Sturdy will speak in Langdon Hall on
Although the players showed the ternoon and dance after concert.
effects of their lack of practice over Hospitality is marvelous and showing
- us a grand time. Judson Friday
Thursday morning, February 16, at
11 o'clock before students in home
economics, members of the Auburn
Women's Club, the P. E. 0., and
others interested in the subject of
canned foods.
Represents American .Can Co.
Mr. Sturdy is a representative of
the American Can Company and de­votes
his entire time to speaking, in
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in concert at Huntingdon College in
Montgomery, Ensley and Phillips
M. C. A. of the American Cast Iron
Pipe Company also in Birmingham,
and Alabama College in Montevallo.
Everywhere the club has sung it has
been received with unbounded enthu­siasm
and interest. Many entertain­ments
and courtesies have been shown
the club both before and after the con-certs.
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Auburn Takes
B-Southern In
Hard Contest
Auburn Basketeers Get Back
In Winning Column As They
Trounce Panthers 39 To 22
Coach Jordan's hoopsters came back
into the winning columns of intercol­legiate
basketball Wednesday night as
they severely trounced Birmingham-
Southern to the tune of 39-22.
The Tigers had little trouble in
setting back the Southern five as they
took the lead early in the initial period
and kept piling up points until they
held a 23-10 margin over the Panthers
at half time. Coach Jordan then gave
his substitutes an opportunity to dis­play
their talents while the varsity
members were given a well-deserved
rest.
McKissick High Scorer
Rex McKissick, ace forward, took
scoring honors for the evening as he
annexed five field goals and two foul
shots for a total of 12 points during
the time he was in the contest. Mc-
Kissick's closest rival was Gordon
Holmes, sophomore, who rang up 7
points while playing a fine floor game.
Outstanding on the defensive was An­drew
Curlee, junior guard, who play­ed
one of the best games of his career.
Captain Morland was high scorer
for the Panthers with 6 tallies follow­ed
closely by his teammate, Walton,
with 5. Four of Morland's markers
were the result of his extremely ac­curate
foul shooting while Walton
gained most of his from the floor.
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Annual Veterinary Short Course Is
To Be Held Beginning February 8
The thirteenth annual short course
for graduate veterinarians opens
here Monday, February 8, to con­tinue
throughout the week, announces
Dr. I. S. McAdory, acting dean of
School of Veterinary Medicine, of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Colonel Robert J. Foster, V. C. U.
S. Army, Washington, D. C, Presi­dent
of the American Veterinary
Medical Association, will be guest of
honor and will address both the gen­eral
sessions and the meeting of the
Alabama Veterinary Medical Associ­ation.
Dr. H. M. O'Rear of the Tubercu­losis
Eradication Division, U. S. B.
A. I., Washington, D. C, will speak
on Bang's Disease, Avian Tubercu­losis,
and Johne's Disease.
Dr. R. E. Jackson, Inspector in
charge, U. S. B. A. I., Montgomery,
Alabama, and his assistant, Dr. R. H.
Hamner, will discuss progress in the
eradication of Bovine Infectious
Abortion and other sanitary prob­lems
of the State; Dr. C. C. Middle-ton,
U. S. B. A. I., Birmingham, Ala­bama,
will give a discussion of Bovine
Tuberculosis. A demonstration of
proper methods of taking blood
samples for the Bang's Disease Ag­glutination
test will be made on a
local dairy herd, under the super­vision
of Dr. Hamner and the results
of the test will be demonstrated and
discussed by Dr. E. H. Walker, Au­burn,
Manager of the State Bang's
Disease Testing Laboratory.
Bang's Disease Subject
Dr. F. D. Patterson, Auburn, will
have charge of the poultry section,
which will include, among others,
Professor. D. F. King, Head of the
Poultry Department, A. P. I., Dr. C.
I. Harkins, U. S. B. A. I., Auburn,
and Dr. E. H. Walker. Dr. Patter-
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Seven Of The Fourteen Re­maining
Roles In "Wings
Over Europe" Are Selected
WILL HAVE LARGE CAST
Wallace, Godbold, Esslinger,
Richard, Brooks, And Am­brose
Given Parts Tuesday
By FRANKLYN WARD
In the Y-Hut last evening at 7:30
o'clock the casting for seven of the
fourteen • remaining roles in "Wings
Over Europe" was held by the Auburn
Players. Although three judges were
chosen explicitly to select the best men
trying for the parts, all the members
of the Players present were allowed
to aid in the choice.
i
R. T. Hunt was awarded the role
of Lond Sunningdale; L. E. Wallace
that of Lond Denham; John Godbold
that of Matthew Grindle; M. S. Ess-linger
that of Sir Humphrey Halibur-ton;
S. Richard that of Lord Cossing-ton;
B. W. Brooks that of Sir Romily
Blount; and E. A. Ambrose that of
H. G. Dunne.
Setting In London
Practically all of these roles are of
cabinet members of the British Em­pire.
The setting for their action is
within the cabinet room of the home
of the Prime Minister at No. 10 Down­ing
Street in London.
The set used for the forthcoming
production will be the largest ever
used at Auburn. Extensive backdrops
and furniture are being made for the
set. All the available space offered by
the stage in Langdon Hall will be
used. The presence of fourteen actors
on the stage most of the time calls
for a large set. The Players believe
that their effort will be well rewarded
by the acclaim of the students for the
production.
The Players will meet again tonight
at seven thirty to continue the cast­ing.
Prof. T. B. Peet urges everyone
interetsed to attend the meeting and
promises all a chance to try for the
remaining roles.
Tony Sarg Comes
To Langdon Hall
On Next Monday
Tony Sarg and his marionettes will
return to Auburn Monday to present
the production "Mikado". His ar­rival
will be greeted with enthusiasm
by those who have witnessed Sarg's
performances in the past and with
eager curiosity by those who have not
been so fortunate.
Sarg will give two performances,
one a matinee and the other in the
evening. The performances begin at
3:30 and 8:00 respectively, in Lang:
don Hall.
The prices for the matinee will be
15c and 25c, for the evening 25c and
35c.
Sarg and his marionettes are spon­sored
by the Auburn Players; how­ever,
this organization expects no
profit whatever frdm the perform­ance.
Reverend Mann States
Value Of Rotary Club
"The Rotary Club has meant more
to me than any other organization
except the Church," said the Rev.
R. M. Mann, pastor of the Opelika
Presbyterian Church, in an address
here Thursday before the Auburn Ro­tary
Club at the Thomas Hotel.
The Rotary Club, continued the
speaker, has a close kinship with the
church, because it is founded on the
Golden Rule. Men in the Rotary
Club, not being separated by dif­ferences
of race, creed, religion, and
the like, are able to become closer
acquainted than in any other organi­zation.
Hence, they have developed
one great brotherhood, he said.
From his observation of 17 Rotary
Clubs of which he has either been a
member or which he has visited, Dr.
Mann said that the most noticeable
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The complete program of round-table
discussions and addresses on in­ternational
affairs and entertainment
for the annual conference of Interna­tional
Relations Clubs of the South­east
to be held at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute on Friday and Satur­day,
Feb. 19 and 20, has been an­nounced
by R. C. Boles, Notasulga,
president of the organization.
Some 200 student representatives
and advisers from the 128 internation­al
relations clubs in colleges of the
Southeast are expected to attend the
conference. Assisting with arrange­ments
are Prof. O. T. Ivey, of the
history department, arid the entire
membership of the Auburn Interna­tional
Relations Club.
President Duncan To Speak
Following registration of delegates
from 8 to 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb.
19, the conference will open with an
address of welcome by Dr. L. N. Dun­can,
Auburn's president, or his repre­sentative.
Miss Amy Hemingway
Jones, of the Carnegie Foundation,
New York City, will be the next
speaker. The first round-table ses­sions
will follow at 10:30 to 11:45.
At noon Miss Carol Riegelman, mem­ber
of the staff of the International
Labor Office at Geneva, Switzerland,
will address the conference.
The principal speaker Friday af­ternoon
will be Miss Jones. An infor­mal
social gathering will conclude the
afternoon's schedule, 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.
Featured speaker at the banquet
Friday evening will be Major C. D.
Booth, of the Carnegie Foundation,
who is an outstanding authority and
writer on international affairs.
A film dealing with international
questions at the Tiger Theatre, begin­ning
at 9 a.m., round-table discussions,
election of officers, and another ad­dress
by Major Booth will complete
the conference.
All City Clubs Vote
Support Community
Project Now Planned
The construction of a Community
House to serve the needs of the city's
clubs and other social organizations
is a step nearer reality. During the
past week all clubs under the Inter-
Club Council voted to support the
project.
A committee has been appointed to
go to Montgomery and investigate the
possibility of securing federal funds
to aid in the building of the Commu­nity
House. '
If arrangements are completed the
$9000 structure will be erected on land
deeded to the city by the Auburn Golf
Club, and is to be financed by Federal
Funds which will cover two-thirds of
the total cost. The various clubs will
raise the remainder of funds neces­sary.
The building is to provide accommo­dations
for all the various organiza­tions
in town including the Boy and
Girl Scouts. There will also be a
lounge for recreation and social func­tions.
Military Ball To Be
Held February 19th;
Plans Not Complete
Lee County Bulletin
Will Appear On 11th
All R. O. T. C. Officers Are
Eligible To Attend Affair
Sponsored By Military Corps
The first edition of the Lee
County Bulletin will appear to
citizens of the surrounding terri­tory
on Feb. 11. Neil O. Davis,
publisher and editor of the new
paper, stated that the set-up
would not be complete until the
end of this week causing a de­lay
of one week in publishing the
first issue.
"The Lee County Bulletin, said
the owner, "will endeavor to serve
Auburn through the publication of
. the city news and to serve the
county through publication of
rural news. It is designed pri­marily
to serve the county as its
only weekly paper."
The offices and composing
rooms of the paper are in the Dil-lard
building back of B. C. Pope's
insurance office. A four-page Cot-trell
press has already been in­stalled
along with a few pieces of
minor equipment. A new No. 14
Linotype is no won its way to
Auburn.
W.aGilchrist
Dies At Home
Here Tuesday
Heart Trouble Takes Life Of
Father Of Three Auburn
Men And Auburn Resident
KNIGHTS TO PLAY
Scabbard And Blade Is To Give
Banquet In Church Before
Ball; Leader Not Chosen
W. G. Gilchrist of this city passed
quietly away yesterday afternoon at
one-thirty o'clock. The deceased had
been in ill health for over four years
and was confined to his bed six weeks
before his death. Heart trouble was
the cause of Mr. Gilchrist's death.
Mr. Gilchrist and his family have
lived in Auburn for a number of years
and have established many friendships
during this time.
The body has been sent to Decatur,
Alabama, where funeral services are
to be held today. Decatur is the old
home of the Gilchrist family.
Sent 3 Sons; To Auburn
Mr. Gilchrist during his lifetime
sent three sons to school here. W. G.,
Jr., "Dooley", graduated with the class
of '28 and during his college career
he was a versatile athlete, starring in
baseball. Also "Dooley" was a mem­ber
of a number of honor societies and
a campus leader. He is now working
for the Government in Mississippi.
Phillip, the second son, graduated last
year. He was varsity football man­ager,
member of Blue Key, honor fra­ternity,
and a member of the Inferfra-ternity
Council. Philip is now assist­ant
trainer under Wilbur Hutsell.
Bill, youngest, is enrolled in Auburn
at the present and is a Sophomore.
All three boys are members of the
Kappa Sigma social fraternity.
One Out Of Every Ten Students Are
Receiving Aid From U.S. Government
By PETE SNYDER
Did you know that one-tenth of Au­burn's
student body is on the payroll
of the United States Government?
There are 260 boys and girls work­ing
for Uncle Sam under the Na­tional
Youth Administration. They
hold jobs in every department and
building on the campus and some of
these teach night classes at the CCC
camp on Montgomery Highway.
Pay for these various jobs is 30
cents an hour which amounts to from
twelve to fifteen dollars earned by
each student every month. Of the
total number of applicants for jobs
under the N. Y. A.,_only about six
times as many boys working as girls
—since there are six boys to every one
girl enrolled in school. The allotment
to Auburn from the government is
10,600 hours per month or a total of
$3,180.00 to be used in compensating
students for their labors.
At the textile building students are
employed in keeping various machines
clean and in good running order. Stu­dents
working on Ag Hill are kept
busy weighing rations for the stock,
caring for experimental animals, and
keeping the stables and coops clean.
There are also students employed in
the dairy. Those in the Chemistry
Building and in Comer Hall aid lab­oratory
instructors to keep equipment
clean and help other students in their
lab work. The majority of girls hold­ing
jobs are engaged in operating dup­licating
machines, taking dictation,
typewriting, filing, and doing odd
jobs peculiar to the office in which
they work.
Some Student* Instruct
Student instructors teach memberis
of the Conservation Corps woodwork­ing,
photography, English, mathe­matics,
radio principles, surveying,
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Sponsored by the Military Corps,
the annual Military Ball will be held
in the College Gym on Friday, Febru­ary
19. The Auburn Knights have'
been engaged to furnish the music.
All committees to make various pre­parations
for the Ball have been ap­pointed
by Mark Corr, Captain of
Scabbard and Blade, with instructions
to make all arrangements necessary
as soon as possible. Corr stated that
the young lady who is to lead the
Grand March has not yet been se­lected.
The dance is to be entirely military
in nature. All cadet officers will wear
their ROTC uniforms, and all army
officers, their regular army uniforms.
The Grand March will also be mili­taristic,
the dancers passing under an
arch of sabers. During the dance re­freshments
will be served in the gym­nasium.
160 Bids Issued
One hundred and sixty invitations
have been issued to the members of
Scabbard and Blade. These bids must
be turned in by Monday, February 15.
No invitations can be accepted after
this date.
The Scabbard and Blade banquet,
preceding the ball, will be held at
7:00 at the Baptist Church. Mem­bers
of the organization and several
army officers will be present. Colo­nel
Wallace is to be the chief speaker
of the banquet.
Final plans for both the banquet
and the ball will be published at a
later date.
Rifle Team Prepares
For Active Season
The rifle squad is daily firing on
their range in the attic of the Textile
building for competition in the corp
area match.
All rifle teams in this corp area
will send their results of firing in
four positions to headquarters. The
team making the best record will fire
in national competition.
Composed Of Ten Men
The local team has completed the
firing in the prone position. The
team's score for the prone firing
position was 975 out of a possible
1000. The other three positions to
fire in is sitting, kneeling, and- stand­ing.
The riflemen will also compete
with two teams this month in
shoulder-to-shoulder matches. To­morrow
afternoon at one o'clock, the
Headquarters Company, 29th Infan­try,
Fort Benning, is scheduled for a
home meet, and on February 13th, a
match has been scheduled with the
University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
The ten men who have been firing
in the corp area competition are as'
follows: Cabiness, Howard, Nordan,
Perry, Panell, Robbins, Strickland,
Ullman, Wells, and Wilkes.
Auburn Band To Hold
Dance Saturday Night
The Auburn Band will hold its an­nual
dance at the Recreation Hall on
Saturday night between the hours of
9 o'clock and 12 o'clock. Marie John­son,
band sponsor will lead the dance
with Leroy Parker.
Music for the affair will be furnish­ed
by the Auburn Knights. During
the course of the evening there will
be two no-breaks and one Delta Phi
Omega lead-6ut. Delta Chi Omega is
an honorary band organization.
Parker stated that there will be
numerous out-of-town girls at the
dance and it should be a success as the
other band dances which have pre-ceeded
it have been.
P A G E T WO T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1937
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Show Of Confidence
The highest enrollment Auburn has
ever had at mid-term should be en­couraging
to those interested in the
welfare of the school. It is proof
enough that the temporary probation
we have been put on has not caused
people over the State to lose one iota
of confidence in the high grade of
work done here.
It is an accepted fact that money is
always invested where it will bring
the most in return. Approximately
2250 students are enrolled here for
this term and will spend more than
$500,000 for their education. Such
an amount invested in any project by
so great a number is indeed a show
of confidence — confidence in the
future status of Auburn, in the ad­ministrative
powers, and in the re­sults
obtained here.
College Boy's Chance •
Prospects for jobs in business and
industry for the college graduates will
be better next June than at any time
since the boom years of the late
1920's. This is the opinion of the sec­retary
of appointments at Columbia
University, Robert F. Moore.
Industrial and business concerns,
he points out, after several years of
absorbing relatively few young men
to ultimately fill responsible places,
are faced with a real scarcity of train­ed
men. What they are now seeking,
according to his information, is
promising material to go into train­ing.
At the same time it was stressed
that they particularly desire college
graduates who in their later years as
students specialized in such subjects
as accounting and statistics, various
phases of engineering, journalism,
architecture, or chemistry. Along
with these specializations, leaders in
school activities are in demand.
To meet the growing demand for
collegians readily adaptable to the
world of reality, Moore advocates a
system of "apprenticing" students in
offices, stores and industrial occupa­tions
during Summer vacations. It is
held that after the first two or three
years of college, every student should
be asked "to choose a definite future
course and to call a halt if he has been
merely pleasantly drifting without
purpose through an unspecialized aca­demic
curriculum."
To a considerable extent this has
been done more and more in recent
years, with colleges and universities
attempting to frankly face the practi­cal
consideration that all professions
and occupations now demand special­ists.
Changing social and economic con­ditions
are such that educational in­stitutions
are expected to accept more
direct responsibility for the vocational
guidance of their students. .The
graduates of schools which are the
most successful in this respect have
the best chance of fitting into the
workaday world.
Markers Needed
The Auburn Aero Club has called
attention to the fact that due to the
lack of proper indicating marks on
the buildings of Auburn and Opelika
two planes have recently been forced
to land in rough fields after being un­able
to locate the local airport. Both
of these planes could have reached the
field if indicating signs had been
available. Fortunately no serious
damage resulted from the forced land­ings,
due solely to some expert pilot­ing.
At present there are no signs indi­cating
the field from Auburn and the
one sign in Opelika indicating the di­rection
of the field is too small to
serve the purpose adequately. It
should be a matter of civic pride with
both communities to have adequate
signs erected indicating the direction
of the local field and the name of the
town. The local field, while being
easily visible at night, is extremely
difficult to locate during the day.
The cost of erecting such signs
would be small and the value they
would be to a pilot in trouble might
well be the means of preventing a
serious accident. With the growing
amount of air traffic every communi­ty
should feel as obligated to erect
guiding signs for flyers as they do in
putting up highway signs for visiting
motorists.
Due to the activities of the Auburn
Aero Club and the increasing air-mindedness
of both communities the
air traffic at the field has been steadi­ly
growing and the least the civic
bodies of both towns can doas to make
certain that there is no recurrence
of the two recent accidents.
Wet
After 22 years of securing liquor
under a dry law, the people of Ala­bama
will be able to discard the guil­ty
conscience attitude toward the pur­chase
and consumption of whiskey.
A state-wide local county option elec­tion
will be held on March 10. Until
that time liquor will not be legal any­where
in Alabama, including the 15
counties that went wet in the 1935
referendum.
No doubt can be entertained as to
the advisibility and practicability of
the legislative action. The provisions
of the bill that was passed leaves no
plausible loop-hole for the return of
the "old saloon days". The revenues
derived from this legal sale of liquor
will certainly go to make up a huge
deficiency in the providing of funds
for social welfare. To be sure, it will
eliminate the possibility of neighbor­ing
states and bootlegger interests to
exploit the "natural resources and
revenues" of the state and its people
in regards to the sale of liquor.
The governor will name a three-member
state liquor control board,
the Senate confirming their appoint­ment
by a majority vote. The board
then will name a state liquor admini­strator.
This board and its admini­strator
will determine how many and
where state liquor stores will be lo­cated
in regards to the regulations set
forth by the law. This plan is favor­able
in appearance and should be in
action if the proper precautions are
taken in the choice of board members
and the administrator.
It Would Be A Wise Move
The Confederate lathe, probably
the only one of its kind in the South,
given us by the T. C. I. Company of
Birmingham, has a great deal of edu­cational
and sentimental value and
should be kept here as a worthwhile
relic—but it should be kept in the ap­propriate
place which is not in a con­spicuous
spot on the main campus.
Such a large and ungraceful piece
of machinery cannot be made to fit
into the landscape of our small front
campus. It seems that the logical
place would be on the square behind
the Engineering building or in the
workshops.
"Ain't Love Grand"
A 9 year old girl marries a 22 year
old boy in the mountains of Tennes­see.
In Rumania, after a 60-year
romance, an 80 year old couple marry.
Well, the papers say that the young
mountaineer gave his bride a doll for
her wedding present.
We suppose the old Rumanian gave
his bride a walking cane.
Grinnell College men have found it a
dangerous practice to tell their coed friends
that those who come from small families are
"spoiled." Two out of every three Grinnell
girls are the "only children" in the family
or one of two children in the home group.
Dr. Arthur Ansel Metcalf, professor of
secondary education at Michigan State Nor­mal
College, was once a cow-puncher.
News and Views
By JAMES BUNTIN
THIS TIME: WORLD'S OLDEST RIDDLE,
QUOTING ADVERTISER ON PRO­HIBITION,
SIT-DOWNERS, BRIEFS
The old and the new struggle for a place
in the limelight. Puns and the better
jokes continue to have turnovers. Dis-couragingly
simple, Dr. Archie Taylor of
the Chicago University finds that the old­est
known riddle to be: What moves on
four legs at birth, on two legs at maturity,
on three legs at old age? Extensive pon-derings
upon the subject of this brain-twister
probably ends in one looking quite
soberly at man as he flounders through
his life and down through the ages with
such actions as these.
* * * *
Quoting the Montgomery Advertiser,
"PROHIBITION must be a bigger flop
than had been supposed when it is seen
that even Alabama has turned against it".
True to melodramatic form, the legis­lature
sideslips around and suddenly, with
large Majorities, makes Alabama a wet
state, providing for local county option.
Now, one can, quite brazenly, walk into a
state liquor store, buy intoxicants, and
feel at ease as the tax receipts will go for
public welfare and other necessary evils.
Fifteen counties went wet in the 1935 re­ferendum;
the remaining counties will de­cide
March 10 as to whether they wish to
remain dry. Until that date, we will con­tinue
under the old dry plan.
* * * *
The sit-down strikers in the General
Motors plants seemed passive Snough at
the onstart of a new style of U. S. strikes.
These new stylist had a very nice and easy
time for a while. Then G. M. C. got tired
of fooling with them. So, hoping to put
an end to the aggravating situation, they
secured an injunction from the courts to
oust the strikers, but a higher authority,
Gov. Murphy of Michigan, seeing that vio­lence
on both sides was the result, ordered
the enforcement officers to hold their
hand. The united efforts of President
Roosevelt and Gov. Murphy postponed a
violent crisis. This may give time for both
factions to return to their original roles
and to an ultimate arbitration.
* * * *
IN THE BRIEF—Sir Anthony Eden told
England's House of Commons that Hitler
would soon start a campaign for the re­possession
of her colonies. But there
seemed to be a definite undertow of op­position
to this move The Civil War
in Spain is beginning to see some action on
the high seas. Children of the Loyalist
faction are being sent to Russia
Mussolini is making attempts to shake
hands with Turkey across the Mediterran­ean
Sea A 9 year old child in the
mountains of Tennessee marries a 21 year
old man; then, Leona Roshia, 12, of New
York, says "I love him" and marries a
19-year-old factory hand President
Roosevelt asks for a six-year Public Works
Program which involves the expenditure
of more than five billions, so designed to
combat future depressions The fight
continues between T. V. A. and private
utilities.
Cats and Canaries
From now on absolutely no female what­soever
will have anything to do with this
column. Ain't that good? And we will from
now try to include the names of Ted Child­ress
and all his playmates at least once a
month.
* * * *
P. Bag's face and P. Bag's bread pudding
tend to give one indigestion. But P. Bag is
a good boy and means well.
* - . * * • ' *
Betty Showalter, one of the younger de­butantes,
is the only co-ed who hasn't been
seen running around in this Mid-Winter
Summer weather in clothing scanty and not
befitting a gentlewoman.
* * * *
Quinney and Hendon have moved over
next to the railroad tracks. The S. A. E.'s
live OVER the railroad tracks, thereby
making Quinney and Hendon fifty feet bet­ter
than the S. A. E.'s. And that is plenty
to say about anybody.
* * * V
Peeping in windows is a better way to
determine which students are married than
by consulting the records of various Probate
Judges. This practice has been tried and
found successful.
* * * *
Chief Hawkins scooped Prof. Henry G.
Good on finding drunks at the past dances.
Consequently the found gentlemen got in
jail instead of on the black-list.
* * * *
Better be careful how you handle the local
co-ed from now on unless you want to get
stuck by a hidden fraternity pin. They are
wearing them hidden this season.
* * * *
Margaret Fryer claims the people who
live in the house she lives in walk in their
sleep.
Plainsman Forum—Voice of the Students
"Stand Pat" Attacks Action Of Local
Police Department
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Editor:
. I, like a large group of other students,
want to attack the new police force or at
least the way they have been handling col­lege
students. They seem to think that they
are in Columbus handling enlisted men or
down on Beale Street in Memphis handling
negroes.
. To me, who was only an innocent by­stander,
the way the police put some of the
students in that little jail that rare­ly
holds anybody but negroes, was out­rageous.
If they intend to be strict they
can at least be reasonable about it. Auburn
students have been getting the same for
decades and it is not in the book for them
to be thrown in a calaboose for it.
If they intend to start a reform let them
start it at home. I mean, let them start by
putting up a decent jail, then start enforc­ing
the laws after they have warned the
students of the reform.
There is no need for any reform in the
first place. As I have said, students have
gotten along for this long and they can get
along from now on without interference
from Mr. John Law and Cab Calaboose.
Disgustedly yours, Stand Pat.
Writer, Who "Has Nothing To
Say", Says Plenty
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Several times this year I felt inclined to
write in to the Plainsman but due to various
diversions did not. At first I wanted to
tell you that I thought the Plainsman a
very good school paper. Then as my en­thusiasm
began to wane slightly, my in­terest
was revived by some of the editorials,
syndicated (?) columns, articles, and also
controversies which raged in the inner con­fines
of the Plainsman.
Now that semester exams are over and
the tempo of things has eased up slightly, I
am writing you, though with practically
nothing to say. However, I would like to
mention this, several times I noticed that
there were complaints saying that the arti­cles
on the editorial page were too limited
to the writers and their cliques. Though
this is true to a certain extent, I think it
should be fbrought out that probably every
school paper has this condition. It is only
natural for writers to dwell upon the doings
of their friends and associates. Of course
the above mentioned problem should be
worked upon to make the paper as versatile
and universally interesting as possible.
. And another thing. Though I don't know
how others feel about it, I would like to see
the space devoted to international and na­tional
news given over to something else
as that can be found in any daily news­paper
and practically everyone has access
to one. . Sincerely yours,
A Reader.
Asks That Glomerata Pictures Not Be
Molested By Individuals
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Along with other fallacies of the admini­stration
of campus offices and student in­terests,
I would like to disclose what I be­lieve
to be a deplorable situation.
Due to the gentle toleration of allowing
students to get pictures from the files in
the Glomerata offices or their indiscretion-ate
exercising of this assumed privilege, or­ganizations
can not expect to procure
pictures of.their members for panels.
It is a recent occurrence that a campus
organization attempted to get such a group
of pictures to make up a panel, but when
they tried to collect the pictures, only a
few were to be found. The pictures had
been made expressly for the organiza­tion's
use. It is obvious that someone has
been violating a privilege. This left the
organization in a difficult position as to
just how and when they will be able to se­cure
a complete set of pictures for their
group.
It is the sincere wish of every well-mean­ing
person and group that this practice will
not be allowed to continue. No recommenda­tions
need be offered, but proper steps
should be taken to prevent the recurrence
of a similar incident.
Prayerfully yours,
Conscientious Cletus.
Praises Glee Club Concert Given
Last Friday Evening
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
This is written as an appreciation of the
Auburn Glee Club concert given in Langdon
Hall last Friday evening. Anyone who fail­ed
to hear this most excellent performance
is indeed the loser.
The young men composing this club are a
credit to any college. They showed poise,
dignity and splendid training. The singing
showed that Director Barnett is a real
musician with a keen appreciation of what
is best in music.
The program was well balanced, pleasing
and uplifting. "Morning" could not have
been better rendered by any group of col­lege
students. Mr. Hubbard's "Water Boy"
was fine. The young pianist showed promise
and his rendition of "Liebestraum" by Liszt
was excellent. "Greetings to Spring" was
perhaps the climax. No college can afford
to be without the influence of such an or­ganization.
Its cultural value is beyond
price.
But where is the Girl's Glee Club? Seems
that I read.in the columns of your paper
that there was a movement on to organize
a Girls Glee Club. What is more inspiring
and refining than music? And please do
not let the Fraternity "Sing" fall through.
Yours for more and better music.
BEL.
On This Campus
By EDWIN C. GODBOLD
We had always thought that the Monte-vallo
Maidens were sincere in their mud-slinging
at us as country boys attending a
cow college, but after seeing a card which
arrived at the Main Building this morning
from the Office of the Dean, Alabama Col­lege,
Montevallo, we have changed our
mind. It seems that the Dean's Office there
is unable to keep a copy of our catalog on
file and wants two copies. To those Monte­vallo
students who have been pilfering the
Dean's file we are pleased to say that they
may secure a copy of the Auburn catalog
by addressing a card to this institution.
* * * *
One thing that we have always lamented
is that with all the organized groups and
societies existing on the campus there are
few students with the ability to conduct a
meeting in a proper and efficient manner.
The constitutions of most of these groups
probably state that their parliamentary
proceedings shall be governed by Robert's
Rules of Order. But we wager that half
the organization presidents on the Auburn
campus have never seen a set of parliamen­tary
rules. They tap their gavels and re­cognize
members who address the chair, but
generally there is little order, harmony, or
speed.
Not that we advocate that organization
leaders be a mine of information as to
parliamentary law. That is not desirable,
but if groups are to transact business with
speed and efficiency, their presiding officers
must know at least the basic principles of
parliamentary law.
We hardly think any campus leaders will
go dashing to the library for a copy of
Robert's Rules of Order as soon as they
finish this. It wouldn't be a bad idea. Know­ing
that there are few who will pursue such
a cut and dried subject of their own accord
with no seeming recompense in sight, we
suggest that it might be well for the Eng­lish
department to give a course in parlia­mentary
law—say, a one hour course giving
some actual practice in parliamentary pro­ceedings.
Until that suggestion is taken, however,
dust off Robert's Rules of Order and fa-
On Other Campuses
By JOHN GODBOLD
AN APPLE A DAY: An L. S. U. history
class was in session; on the scene appear­ed
a late comer. Slowly he walked up to
the professor's desk. From under the
books in his arms he produced a huge
shiney-red apple, which he proffered to the
lecturer. "Getting close to exam time,
huh, Prof," he drawled. The class roared,
whereupon the kind-hearted professor can­celled
the quiz due for the day. (This
might be tried on our history department.)
* * * *
SOME SITUATION: A college news­paperman
was attending a meeting of the
Carolina Press Institute. He found him­self
sitting next to a very attractive young
brunette. He began to lead the conversa­tion
into the preliminaries that always pre-ceed
asking for a date.
Just when he was about to pop the ques­tion,
the object of his admiration turned
to him, "Perhaps you know my son?"
"Your son," the surprised collegian gaped?
"Sure, he's a freshman at the University."
* * * *
FEATURE ATTRACTION: Columbia
students invited Gypsy Rose Lee, strip
tease artist, to their senior formal. To
their evident surprise she accepted the bid.
Now the proudest guy on the Columbia
campus is the senior who was invited to
escort her.
* * * «'
THE COOPERATIVE TREND: Student
cooperatives are becoming more and more
widespread in colleges, over the country.
Texas A. and M. has a "room and board"
co-op with over 500 members; North Caro­lina
has a cleaning and pressing group;
Harvard has a student co-operative book
store with an annual business of nearly a
million dollars.
The most unusual one is a medical ser­vice
cooperative at DePauw whereby mem­bers
obtain all medical services for slightly
over a dollar a month.
miliarize yourself with at least the funda­mental
principles of conducting a meeting,
and practice what you learn.
Thunderations
By HUGH CAMERON
Those hundreds of us who believe Molly
Brasfield to be the prettiest little girl in
town possibly have been wondering. And
when one wonders
about someone that
nice looking he does­n't
do any frivolous
dreaming; it's pretty
serious. Now, de­spite
how mundane
and moody it may
sound, the first thing
a male wonders about
is whether or not the girl can cook. You
know, you have often heard the old axiom
reading: She is beautiful but she can't even
boil water. Well, at a gathering Monday
night, and a coffee making, Molly could­n't
even boil water. So there are two
thinj^ left to do, i. e. stop thinking serious­ly
or stop drinking coffee. As for myself
I seldom if ever drink coffee.
* * * *
However: At the next /gathering if there
is toast to go with the coffee and if the
toast comes out burnt, then there is time
for some really serious thought. One just
doesn't burn toast* you know, even if one
can't boil water. The man who first de­vised
capital punishment as a penalty for
major crimes no doubt had burnt toast
for breakfast that morning.
* * * *
I probably won't get invited the next
time for this, but as self-appointed spokes­man
for these hundreds I'd either like to
stop some serious but futile thinking, or
turn the thing into some really desperate
pining,
* * * *
Water can be finicky and not boil, you
know . . . . but burnt toast is burnt toast.
* * * *
J. "Hurrayford" Roberts, local big yegg
and better man, who bet Pastor would last
a half round against Louis the other night,
placed a small wager on a hoss in the third
the other afternoon at Hileah. Says the
hoss' name was "One If By Land", and
he says he put the money on this hoss'.
nose because of his odd name . . . just
playing a hunch, you know.
Well, after the race, when his hoss came
in with the last trolley to run that night,
and had stayed out so long the oats had
sprouted in his stable, Roberts got to think­ing
about that "One If By Land" name,
and something about it reminded him of
Paul Revere, so, playing another hunch he
went back to the stable where the hoss was
laying down, and summoning his thin pip­ing
voice shouted: "Get up the British are
Coming." He says that horse took one look
at him and dashed out that stall like he'd
been shot, running twice as fast as he ran
in the race. And you know, he says that
fool hoss tore down one side of the street
and then back up the other pausing just
a second at each horse on the street.
Roberts says even if Paul Revere had
been there he couldn't have made that hoss
of his run faster.
Pete's Epistle
dere paw
I jest heard that some of the stoodents
have figgered up a new game called play­ing
squirrel. I aint heard much about the
game but from what i have heard i think
i would like tew ploy. They tell me that
Bill Lee knows how although he did not
play the game first by any means. I may
try it sometime.
I must be toched in the haid because i
aint been tew see my campus cutie in
nearly a month. Hit aint because i aint
got a deep affekterashun fer her so i
guess hit must be because she jest always
stays dated up with other fellows. My
gal tew! I hope! I thought. Aw yew get
what i mean anyhow.
What gets me is the way a bunch of
these local "collegians went and got them­selves
cooled off in the cooler jug during
the dances. They say the local chief tan
filled the jale up and then made a new
cell by stacking the passed out dronks up
like briks and then filled the cell with
slowly passing rowdies. Yew know how i
used tew make pig pens out of stove wood.
Well thats the way he done hit. Pretty
smart huh? Me and him, smart men. Get
hit?
Yew should see a great, big machinashun
they have put out in front of mane bild-ing.
Hits tumble looking. And what
makes hit worse is that they say hit is
used tew make sophomores out of the
frashmen. They say yew come out hor­ribly
mutelaited and mangled and all-run­ning
with blood like a stuck pig and hit
takes yew all summer tew get well and be
a second year man. Aint hit terriful?
Yew may not recpgnize yore pore ole boy
when i comes home tew help yew run the
still this summer. Funny aint hit?
Feerfully yours, . pete,
p. s. (that means more pin scratchin)
Yew must be having trouble with that
danged ole sheriff. I aint gettin no cawn
likker.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1937 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 P A G E T H R EE
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Forty Candidates Report For First Polo Practice Wednesday
PLEBES SHOW POTENTIAL POWER
DURING GAME IN ALUMNI GYM
Writes Sports
PROSPECTS FAIR
FOR GOOD YEAR;
TWO SQUADS OUT
Work-Outs Consists Of Cage
Practice For "B's" And "A"
Group Works With Ponies
ELMER C. SALTER
Athletic Publicity Director
_ ' . . i l l ' J ' . f . ' —-. ' • -
Elmer G. Salter, graduate of
Auburn several years ago, handles
all sports publicity for the college.
Swimming Team Works
For Georgia Contest
Auburn's 1937 swimming team un­der
the direction of Capt. Brandt
Woodard is hard at practice preparing
for their first meet which is to take
place on February 27, with the Uni­versity
of Georgia. The tank team
has been striving to perfect its form
and is in tip top shape. Time trials
will be in order shortly and men will
be singled out as to their particular
talent in the various events.
Coach Woodard is on the lookout for
freshmen swimmers and especially
urges Frosh divers to report for
practice—there is yet time to de­velop
new talent.
With the turn-out of over forty
candidates for this season's team the
polo squad began their first practice
Wednesday afternoon. The candidates
were immediately separated according
to their experience into two squads,
the "A" squad composed of experienc­ed
men of previous years, and the
"B" of the new and relatively inex­perienced
men.
• Those on the "A" squad this sea­son
are Bacon, Brawner, Floyd, Bur­ton,
Herren, Hardie, Hurd, Hardee,
McNulty, Tinsley, Schell, and Yost.
These men began their practice with
•an hour's vigorous workout with the
ponies on the polo field.
Each man on the "A" squad is to
train two of the thirty-two experienced
ponies available to the squad. All of
these ponies have at some time seen
experience in polo playing.
The "B" squad began their work
in the cage on practice strokes with
mallets under the direction of Capt.
L. E. Jacoby, who is assisting Capt.
W. J. Klepinger with the squad. Al­though
this work will be continued
throughout the season, the main prac­tice
of equitation which will be begun
today or tomorrow will occupy most of
the time. Besides being instructional,
this work in horsemanshsip will be on
a competitive basis. Those best adapt­ed
will be selected to compose the re­serve
teams.
Three Reasons Why Auburn Wins
Fencers Will Engage
Two Teams Next Week
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With the fencing season coming well
into its own, Jimmie Davis and his
men have resumed their daily work­outs
in efforts to establish fencing as
a minor sport for Auburn.
The sport has gained a foot-hold of
the athletic interest of the Auburn
students, and is expected to climb to
great heights and win recognition as
a minor sport before the semester is
over.
Next week-end the team will travel
to Birmingham where they will meet
the Dexter team Friday night, and
the Panthers of Birmingham-Southern
Saturday. Those accompanying Davis
on the trip will be Armstrong, Garcia,
Worthy, and Caruthers.
- Davis has also arranged a meet with
Tech the following week-end. Other
teams that will furnish competition
during the season will be from Van-derbilt,
Tulane, University of Florida,
University of Virginia, L. S. U., and
Alabama.
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Captain Eaves, guard, Morgan,
forward, and Curlee, forward, have
been outstanding in all games
played by the Tigers this season.
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Young folksr-old folks—family—friends—you'll
find Valentines for everyone in our card section this
year. Humorous Cards and sentimental, special
types for every conceivable purpose—all are there
for you to choose from.
Don't neglect the ones whose love and friend­ship
mean the most to you! Send Valen­tine
Cards—it costs so little and means
so much. Ask for the Hallmark kind.
B U R T O N ' S
B o o k s t o r e
Something New Every Day
Behavior Of Frat Men
Challenged By I. F. C.
Syracuse, N. Y.—(ACP)—The be­havior
of the individual fraternity
men and not the purposes of the fra­ternity
was challenged in the final
session of the Interfraternity Confer­ence
held at Syracuse University.
"Unless we live up to fraternity
criteria, our days are numbered," said
John D. Scott, secretary of Delta Up-silon,
during a round table conference.
SPORTS CHATTER
By JACK TODD
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to be doing right well this year with
only one Southeastern Conference loss
to date. However, it has been ob­served
in this corner' that the guards
have sort of been kept from handling
the leather quite a bit in the past two
contests. Seems as though Captain
Eaves and Curlee aren't such bad
shots that they should delegate all of
the scoring duties to the forwards. '
* * *
The frosh basketeers have a flock
of tall men to pick from this year with
quite a bit of smaller talent that is
not at all bad. With this material
coming up for the varsity next year it
seems as if Auburn might become a
power in the basketball world in the
next few years.
* * *
Got me a severe stomach-ache from
excessive laughter. It's all due to the
^Honorable His Excellency Mr. Coach
Elmer G. Salter. Seems he objects to
being addressed without a title on ac-counta
he wants to be respected or
something. It was the funniest gag
heard since Jack Benny's last pro­gram.
Where, oh where, is that famed
democratic feeling supposed to be had
by all Auburn men?
* * *
Although the polo team might not
be able to travel the highways and by­ways
this year in search of competi­tion,
numerous candidates have signed
up for the sport. With only one letter
man returning Captain Klepinger has
a job on his hands.
, * * *
Still wondering what about the box­ing
and wrestling teams. Can it be
that both sports are to die a natural
death because of lack of interest? We
had the makings of a good team here
last year so what seems to be the
matter?
* * *
The booing on the part of the stu­dent
body at basketball games deserves
mention here. Not only does it reveal
the razzer*s as being poorly reared, but
it reflects on the name of Auburn.
What opinion can a visiting team have
of the school as a whole if a few in­dividuals
persist in showing extremely
bad taste? It most certainly is some­thing
we can do without and we could
persist in behaving in that manner.
* * *
Looks as though the Brown Bomber
will meet Braddock on June 15 re­gardless
of Mike Jacob's stalling.
* * *
S.E.C. BASKETBALL RATING
Won Lost
Mississippi 4 0
Ga. Tech 4 0
Miss. State -3 0
Kentucky 2 0
AUBURN -.: 3 1
Tennessee —— 2 1
Vanderbilt 2 2
La. State 2 3
Tulane -1 3
Florida 1 4
Alabama 1 7
Sewanee 0 5
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Five S.E.C. Teams
So Far Not
Beaten
Five undefeated quints are staging
a battle royal for leading positions in
the SEC rating. Thus far Mississippi,
Ga. Tech, Miss. State, and Kentucky
are undefeated by another SEC quin­tet.
Mississippi and Tech maintain the
top ranking positions; they are tied
for leadership with four straight con­ference
victories. Mississippi State
runs a close third with three triumphs,
and is being pressed by Kentucky with
two wins. Auburn is next in line hav­ing
three victories and one defeat.
Tech strengthened her standing by
moving ahead of Miss. State by a 34-
20 score in her last SEC game.
The Kentucky Wildcats stunned
Vandy by a 41-26 wallop. Alabama
was turned back by Georgia 28-16 and
was also handed a drubbing by Ken­tucky
38-27 giving Alabama its
seventh defeat in eight SEC tilts. Au­burn
downed L. S. U. Monday night
37-24 but failed to repeat Tuesday los­ing
by a 54-34 margin. Saturday at
Athens, Florida engages Georgia. In
other conference games Vandy will be
host to Tennessee Thursday and Ala­bama
Saturday.
Smooth Work And Early Lead Of Industrial Proves Too Much
For Locals; Renfro, Dickinson, Frosh Forwards, Are Stars
With Four And Six Points Respectively; Many Shots Missed
The Auburn Frosh basketeers fell
before Columbus Industrial High by
a score of 26 to 33 in Alumni Gym­nasium
Wednesday night.
The plebes, although not as smooth
as more seasoned players, showed
much potential ability and fought
Local High To Battle
Five Points Tonight;
Tilt Scheduled There
"It isn't the fraternity aims and pur­poses
that are challenged but the be­havior
of the individual fraternity
men."
Dr. Harry Rogers, president of the
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute said:
"Naturally, fraternities such as at
Dartmouth, with 75 members, fewer
than 20 of whom are living in the
chapter house, cannot be successful.
"The aims of the fraternity are to
develop personality and character
through warmth of close personal com­panionship.
I doubt whether the
freshmen know the seniors of their
house at Dartmouth."
A. Blair Knapp, director of men's
affairs at Syracuse University, stated
that the issue was whether or not the
fraternity is performing its main
function, helping the student to get a
"well-rounded education".
By ROY POWELL
The local high school hardwood
quintet will meet the strong Five
Points five there tonight in the second
game of the season between the two
teams. The Pointers will attempt to
avenge the one point defeat the locals
gave them earlier in the season.
Dadeville was crushed 29-9 Wednes^-
day night as the locals added another
game to their string of victories. The
charges of Coach "Bully" Hitchcock
have won eight games this year while
losing a slow game to a mediocre We-tumpka
five early in the season. Coach
Hitchcock sent his team to the state
tournament last year via a hard earn­ed
district championship, and the lo­cal
lads seem intent on visiting the
Capstone this year. Charlie Ham, Ab
Chrietzberg, Paul Starr, Mitchell
Wadkins, and Jack Bright compose
the starting line-up. All save Bright
were members of last season's crack
squad.
A rapid fire passing attack has been
the "Baby Tigers" best weapon this
year, and, coupled with the accurate
shooting of Ham and Starr, this meth­od
has overwhelmed their opponents.
Ham, crack forward of last year, has
been moved to the center post this
season, and has not yet hit his full
stride. A great point manufacturer,
Ham led the team to the district cham­pionship
with the aid of Cousin John
Ham, who played center.
hard throughout the game to overcome
the early lead held over them by the
Industrials.
The score at the end of the half
stood 14 to 19 with Auburn on the
short end. Early in the second half
the freshmen were overwhelmed by an
offensive rally and did not recover un­til
they were trailing their opponents
by ten points. For a few moments in
the final period, victory was in sight
for the freshmen when one goal would
have placed thenr on even terms, but
the Industrial's defense proved to be
too tight and their own poor pass -work
and anxiety to shoot ruined their
chances. From this point on the game
was plainly in the hands of the boys
from Columbus and remained so until
the final whistle.
Forwards Dickinson and Renfro
were high scorers for Auburn with 6
and 4 points respectively while Wilson
and Lewis shared honors for In­dustrial
with 12 points each.
Coach Morgan started Renfro and
Dickinson at forward, Baker at cen­ter,
and Belin and Jordan at the guard
posts. Forwards Wilson and Goodwin,
center Brown, and guards Lewis and
Holy started for Industrial.
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son will also conduct a symposium
on Bovine Mastitis, including in ad­dition
to the pathology of the condi­tion,
discussion of the anatomy of
the udder by Dr. R. L. Mundhenk,
the physiology of milk secretion by
Dr. E. S. Winters, the bacteriology
involved in Mastitis by Dr. I. T. Reed
and diagnosis and treatment will be
discussed from the floor by various
clinicians.
Dr. W. L. Stroup, Corinth, Missis­sippi,
will lecture on and demonstrate
methods of restraint in large ani­mals.
Dr. J. W. Venable, U. S. B.
A. I., Gadsden, Alabama, will discuss
various phasses of diseases of swine.
Drs. F. P. Woolf and W. M.
Howell, both of Auburn, will be in
charge of large and small animal
clinic, respectively.
Dr. L. E. Beckham, Tuscaloosa, will
address the session on Municipal
Meat Inspection, and Professor A. D.
Burke, Head of *Dairy Department,
A. P. I., will speak on and demon­strate
the grading of butter, Ice
Cream, and other milk products.
.Drs. J. L. Miller and E. A. Davis,
both of Columbus, Georgia, will
lecture and demonstrate on Diseases
of Small Animals.
Dr. Frank Kitchens, Greenville,
South Carolina, will discuss Practi-cal
Inspection of City Meat, Milk and
1 Curb Markets.
Other prominent speakers, opera­tors
and demonstrators will be pres­ent
and be given an opportunity to
An Eventful Day
On February 4, 1861, Delegates From Six Southern States
Met In Montgomery To Decide Fate Of South
By JUDGE WALTER B. JONES,
President Jones Law School.
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Also News and Comedy.
Seventy-six years ago yesterday,
history was being made in the capi­tal
city of Alabama, a little over
fifty miles from Auburn.
Auburn must have been a very
little village then. The great Ala­bama
Agricultural and Mechanical
College (now the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute) had not been founded.
Eleven years were to pass, and Au­burn
was to wait until 1872 for the
founding of the college. Indeed, there
was no Lee County then, for it was
not until December 5, 1866, that
the county was formed and named
for General Robert E. Lee, who was
in after years to serve the new na­tion
that was being formed at Mont­gomery
on February 4, 1861, and as
its ablest general go down in history
as one of the great military captains
of all the ages.
At Montgomery histqry was in the
making. The excitement there that
morning so long ago, February 4,
1861, filled the entire State, and at
Auburn, then a small town of about
one thousand, the townspeople, and
the faculty and students of the East
Alabama Male College, then scarce­ly
two years old, and an institution
under the auspices of the Methodist
Church, anxiously awaited the news
from Montgomery. The history that
was made at Montgomery that Feb­ruary
day, just seventy-six years ago,
profoundly affected Auburn. For a
year later the college closed, unable
to continue its educational functions
while cruel war raged throughout the
land and its students marched away
to fight under Lee and Jackson. Dur­ing
the latter part of the war, the
buildings of the East Alabama Male
College were used for hospitals for
Confederate soldiers. And in Janu­ary,
1864, General Rosseau, U. S.
A., and his federal troops burned the
depot at Auburn.
This morning at Montgomery,
seventy-six years ago, delegates from
six Cotton States—South Carolina,
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia
and Louisiana—were meeting to de­termine
the fate of the South. The
brains of the Southern Confederacy
were holding high and solemn council
in the hall of the house of representa­tives
of the capitol at Montgomery.
Out of that meeting grew the South­ern
Confederacy, for the six Cotton
States organized at Montgomery on
February 4, 1861, the Provisional
Government of the Confederate
States of America, which the great
Cobb, of Georgia, had wanted to call
"The Republic of Washington."
South Carolina which, on Dec. 20,
1860, was the first Southern State
to "declare and ordain that the union
now subsisting between South Caro­lina
and other States under the name
of 'The United States of America' is
hereby dissolved", issued invitations
on January 3, 1861, proposing the
meeting of the delegates at Mont­gomery.
The deputies to the convention re­ceived
their appointments from the
conventions of their States, and each
State was given the same number of
delegates as it had electoral votes
under the United States Constitu­tion.
Among the distinguished and
able Southerners who met at Mont­gomery,
seventy-six years ago, were
Robert Toombs, Martin J. Crawford,
and Howell Cobb, of Georgia; Robert
B. Rhett, and C. G. Memminger, of
South Carolina; and J. L. M. Curry,
of Alabama.
The Provisional Congress, wrote
Alexander H. Stephens, after serving
with it a month, is, "upon the whole,
the ablest, soberest, most intelligent
and conservative body I was ever in.
. . . Nobody looking on would ever
take this congress for a set of re­volutionists."
Howell Cobb, of Georgia, a great
lawyer, Democratic leader of Con­gress
in 1847, governor of Georgia,
secretary of Treasury in President
Buchanan's cabinet, was selected as
presiding officer of the congress.
Later he became a major general in
the Confederate Army.
One of the first rules of the Con­gress
provided that all questions
should be decided by the votes of the
State, each State to have one vote.
February 8, 1861, a constitution
was adopted for the provisional gov­ernment
of the Confederate States,
and on the next day by the unani­mous
vote of the six states present,
Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi was
elected president, and Alexander H.
Stephens, of Georgia, vice-president.
They were inaugurated on February
18, on the front portico of the capi­tol
at Montgomery, and took up at
once the orderly administration of
the affairs of the Confederate Gov­ernment.
The provisional congress was a
very conservative body. This is
shown in all of its actions, but es­pecially
in one of the first enact­ments
it made, and that was to the
effect that the laws of the United
States in force in the Confederate
States in November, 1860, and not
inconsistent with the Confederate
Constitution, should continue in full
force and effect.
Another enactment passed by the
Confederate Congress provided for
an adjustment of the relations be­tween
the United States and the Con­federacy
in a fair and honorable man­ner.
Indeed, the Provisional Con­stitution
of the Confederacy contain­ed
the provision that the Confeder­ate
States declare it "to be their
wish and earliest desire to adjust
everything pertaining to the com­mon
property, common liabilities,
and common obligations of that Un­ion,
upon the principles of right,
justice, equity and good faith."
On March 11, 1861, the constitu­tion
of'the Confederate States was
adopted by the Congress, and on
March 16, the Confederate Congress
adjourned. On April 29, 1861, it
again met at Montgomery, this time
in called session. On May 21, 1861,
it adjourned to meet next in Rich­mond,
Virginia, and on May 29 the
capital of the Confederate States was
transferred from Montgomery to
Richmond, the executive departments
going there in June.
The last sessions of the Confeder­ate
Congress were held at Richmond
during the early months of 1865. Its
most important act was to provide
for the creation of a new office, Gen­eral-
in-Chief of all the Confederate
Armies. President Davis approved
the act on Jan. 23, 1865 and at once
appointed Robert E. Lee to the gen­eralship.
Less than three months
later the unequal struggle ended and
the gallant armies of the South laid
down their arms to take up the wea­pons
of peace and to rebuild a new
civilization on the ruins of the old.
The story of the Southern Confed­eracy,
the purity of her motives, the
statesmanship of her leaders, the
ability of her generals, the gallantry
of her soldiers, the devotion of her
women, and the greatness of her
achievements—all these belong now
to history.
And the beginnings of the Confed­eracy
go back through the years, sev­enty
six long ones, to that fourth 6f
February, when the delegates of the
Cotton States met at Montgomery.
Tells History ONE OUT OF EVERY TEN
STUDENTS ARE GETTING
HELP FROM UNCLE SAM
Judge Walter B. Jones, Presi­dent
of Jones Law School in Mont­gomery,
writes of interesting event
in 1861—secession of south.
DRAUGHON SPEAKS TO
RELATIONS ASSEMBLY
demonstrate their methods.
A program has been prepared each
day for the visiting ladies, which will
include lectures and demonstrations
by Miss Dana Gatchell, Professor of
Home Economics, on candies, cak»s
and salads.
On Friday afternoon, February
12th, the Alabama Veterinary Medi­cal
Association will hold its regular
annual meeting.
During the latter part of the week
the College Student's Veterinary
Medical Association will give a ban­quet
to all visiting veterinarians and
STURDY WILL LECTURE
TO HOME ECONOMISTS
(Continued from Page 1)
response to requests, before clubs,
chambers of commerce, adult food
classes, high schools, trade meetings
and conventions.
The story of the great harvests,
together with the romantic history
and progress of the great food in­dustry,
are graphically described by
Mr. Sturdy in his lectures. In charge
of arrangements for Mr. Sturdy's
lecture are Miss Louise P. Glanton,
head of the Auburn school of home
economics and Mrs. Alice Schreiber,
president of the Auburn Women's
Club.
their friends.
SLIDE RULE lost Thursday morning
somewhere near Samford Hall
with name J. E. Gunn on case.
Finder return to J. E. Gunn, Delta
Sigma Phi House. Reward.
(Continued from Page 1)
Mr. Draughon's talk was the first
of a series familiarizing Relations
Club members with subjects of round-table
discussions in the coming South- ]
eastern I. R. C. Conference. Next
Thursday night Professor Padgett of
the History Department will lecture
on American Foreign Policy.
Following the talk, new officers
were elected to serve the second se­mester
session. They are: Robert
Roberts, President; Edwin Godbold,
Vice-President; and Miss Iris Joiner,
Secretary-Treasurer. Ralph C. Boles,
retiring President, declined a renomi-nation.
Preparatory work for the South­eastern
Conference February 19 and
20 is rapidly being finished. Progress
has been gretly facilitated by the Bus­iness
and Professional Women's Club,
who have offered to accommodate a
number of the visitors as a feature of
their observance of National Peace
Week.
Upperclassmen at the University of
Buffalo are not required to take any
courses but those they desire.
(Continued from Page 1)
and news-gathering and editing to aid
them in the compilation of a weekly
newspaper that has recently been es­tablished.
Being asked whether she liked her
work and if it interfered with studies,
one of the employed students replied,
"I enjoy working under the N. Y. A.
very much, and believe that it has
helped me in my school work because
I now appreciate'more fully what a
college education means to a person,
and I have also succeeded in raising
my scholastic average because of the
high average required for employment
in N. Y. A."
W. T. Ingram, local administrator,
states his opinion of the Act: "We feel
that N. Y. A. has been a big help.
The primary purpose is to keep young
people from the ages of 16 to 25 away
from outside employment and aid in
keeping them in school so that per­sons
with families may hold the posi­tions
that might otherwise be held by
young and aggressive people of school
age. Further, I am convinced that N.
Y. A. has done as much as any other
single project to relieve the unem­ployment
that exists at the present
time."
AUBURN TAKES
B-SOUTHERN IN
HARD CONTEST
REVEREND MANN STATES
VALUE OF ROTARY CLUB
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characteristic of all of them was
friendly and cordial spirit. Rotarians
visiting the Atlanta Club, for in­stance,
not only are warmly welcom­ed,
but have the honor of sitting at a
guest table with members of the club.
Also in other Clubs Dr. Mann said
that he had been afforded the oppor­tunity
to meet leaders in various pro­fessions
with the result that several
had become life-long friends.
As further illustration of the
world-wide brotherhood of Rotary
International, Dr. Mann referred to
his recent attendance at the Interna­tional
Convention in Detroit, Mich.,
where he participated in round-table
discussions with Rotary members
from nine foreign countries.
(Continued from Page 1)
While Southern's passwork was well
executed, they could seldom break
through the stonewall defense set up by
the Plainsmen and were forced to take
most of their shots from long range.
Interesting to note is the fact that
every man who saw action for the
Tigers scored at least one point. Joel
Eaves, besides playing a stellar game
at guard, managed to thread the hoop
for five points while Childers, handi­capped
by an injured eye, hit the hoop
for four tallies.
The officiating was well taken care
of by Ben Chapman, star baseball
player and all-round athlete. He call­ed
every decision quickly and seemed
to be all over the court. Mr. Chapman
also officiated at the Tuesday night
contest with L. S. U.
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AUBURN (38)
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GLEE CLUB GIVEN
PRAISE AT EVERY
CONCERT ON TOUR
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At Judson Tonight
From Montevallo, the thirty singers
under the direction of Mr. Lawrence
Barnett will travel to Marion where
they are to sing before the students
of Judson College tonight. Saturday
evening the glee club will give a re­turn
concert at the University of Ala­bama,
the latter club having visited
in Auburn earlier in the year. The
club will return to Auburn on Sunday,
February 7.
It was previously announced that
the glee club would give only one home
concert this year, but the first presen­tation
on January 29 was such a suc­cess
and the listeners seemed to ap­preciate
and enjoy the program so
much that Mr. Barnett will probably
begin planning another program to
be presented in Langdon Hall early
in the Spring.
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