1937-04-14 The Auburn Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman
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VOLUME LX AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1937 NUMBER 53
Business College To Be
Established Next Year;
F* X* Carberry Is Head
School Is To Be Operated In
Cooperation With College
And Will Open in September
APPLIES ON B. S. DEGREE
Frat Baseball Scores
MustBe Reported By
Winners After Tilts
Planned For Those Students
Who Find It Impossible To
Attend College Four Years
It was announced today that Ala­bama
Business College, in coopera­tion
with Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute,
will open in Auburn next
September. Francis X. Carberry,
who Will be manager of the new in­stitution
and who is now an assistant
professor in the Department of eco­nomics
of Auburn, states that the
Business College will offer an inten­sive
course in commercial and secre­tarial
training for one school year.
The training at Alabama Business
College is not being established so as
to serve as a substitute for regular
college work but rather is being of­fered
for those individuals who are
unable to devote four years of study.
Attendance at the Business College
will enable one to do part time col­lege
work at Auburn while securing
a business education. The courses
will be so arranged that upon the
completion of the one year training,
approximately one half year of col­lege
credit will have been received
which may be applied upon a B. S.
Degree.
Same Facilities As Regular Students
Professor Carberry states that all
Alabama Business College students
will have access to all campus activi­ties,
social functions, dances, and
sports, of Auburn as they will be part
time students of Auburn. It is ex­pected
that such a Business College
will be especially attractive in view
of the fact that the cultural and soc­ial
atmosphere of regular college life
will be a part of every student en­rolling
in this school.
Intensive training in typewriting,
shorthand, filing, business procedure,
and book-keeping, designed to pre­pare
graduates for business and sec­retarial
positions, will be offered.
The regular college courses of Fresh­men
English, Business Correspond­ence,
Business Procedure, and Filing
will be taken at Auburn. Mr. Car-continued
on Page 4)
Players Progressing
On "Great Katherine"
The Auburn Players have made tre­mendous
headway in their first week's
work on the satirical comedy "Great
Katherine", written by George Ber­nard
Shaw in 1912 as a burlesque of
the Russian regime in power in the
year 1776.
Professor T. B. Peet, director of
the production, states that he is well
pleased with the progress being made
by the entire cast. The first practice
of the week marked the withdrawal
of the use of play-books as an aid to
the actors and actresses. If the same
steady progress is -maintained, the
comedy will be presented before the
end of the month.
In spite of the short time of three
weeks which is to be spent on the
practice, the play promises to be the
gayest and most comical of all the
comedies presented by the organiza-
• ion in years.
Praise Due Cast, Directors
Too mueh praise cannot be given the
mbers of the cast and the directing
•!f who devote their efforts with-
°m desire of reward to the difficult
->.m of amosing a most critical
and expectant student body. The mem­bers
hive shown splendid cooperation
in attending every practice promptly.
No changes in the casting have been
necessitated as in previous productions
by the neglect of any nember to learn
his part or fail to api ) e a r regularly
for practices.
The set for the comedy Vfll not be
as elaborate as in the last reduction
of the Players; however, mu | h work
will have to be done on the varied
costumes which are to be made & ac­cordance
with the style in swafl at
that time in Russia.
The Plainsman has found it im­possible
to carry on its present policy
of news coverage in regards to inter-fraternity
baseball.
As is now the set-up, a reporter
must phone twice weekly to nearly
every fraternity on the campus to find
results of games played. Many of the
scores given to reporters are in error
and appear so in The Plainsman
through no fault of the editorial staff.
In order to avoid further incon­venience
and error, when a fraternity
wins a game it must be reported to
the paper not later than the following
noon. All results must be in writing
and placed in a special copy basket
in The Plainsman office marked "Fra­ternity
Baseball". Games played
Tuesday and Thursday must be re­ported
the same afternoon or night to
John Ive#, phone 160.
Each week ratings will be given all
teams based on games reported in the
paper. Games not reported as in­structed
will be thrown out in The
Plainsman ratings.
Forum Leader
Pi K-A. Wins
Fifth Game To
Lead Tourney
League Leaders Win Handily
From Sigma Chi's; Pi Kappa
' Phi's Beat Phi Kappa Tau's
The Pi K. A. baseball team is still
leading in the inter-fraternity dia­mond
race adding the Sigma Chi ag­gregation
to list of victims with a
score of 8 to 2. This gives the Pi K.
A. nine their fifth straight win.
The Pi Kappa Phi's came through
to win over Phi Kappa Tau by 9 to 3,
but lost to the Theta Kappa Nu team
12 to 2. The Kappa Sig's turned in a
good performance by defeating the A.
L. T. sluggers 10 to 1. Yesterday the
Phi Delta Theta's handed the Kappa
Sig boys a 10 to 9 loss.
Staging a last inning rally the
Lambda Chi nine defeated the Delta
Sig's in a thriller 3 to 2. After losing
to Lambda Chi the Delta Sig's gave
the A. L. T. base runners a licking to
the tune of 27 to 7. In a close one the
T. U. O.'s set the Sigma Pi's back 11
to 10.
K. A., Sigma Nu Play Tie
Still holding their record of no de­feats
and one win the K. A. team tied
up with the Sigma Nu's 11 to 11. As
a result of costly errors the Sigma Chi
outfit bowed to the S. A. E.'s 13 to 6.
The Theta Chi nine chalked up an-
(Continued on Page 4)
Swor Leads
Discussions
Next Week
Director Of Religious Activities
At Mississippi College Will
Be Here Sunday To Tuesday
STUDENTS ARE INVITED
Campus Problems Be Taken
Up By Swor; Prof. Draughon
Is Delighted With Program
CHESTER SWOR, of Mississippi
College, will conduct an open
forum discussion of student prob­lems
and make several other ad­dresses
during his stay here.
Kiersted Elected
As Tank Captain
For Next Season
At a meeting of the swimming team
held last night Ray Kiersted, dash
star, was selected to captain next
year's tank outfit with Ed Forbes as
alternate captain.
Kiersted is a junior in electrical en­gineering
and has been a valuable
member of the swimming team ever
since his freshman year. His best
work is done in the 50 and 100 yard
dashes in which events he has placed
in practically every meet with a large
number of firsts to his credit. Kier-sted's
home is in Jersey City, N. J.,
and he is a member of Phi Kappa Tau.
Ed Forbes has also been' an out­standing
member of the tank team
ever since his matriculation here and
has starred in the dash events all this
year. Forbes is a junior in electrical
engineering and resides in Schenecta­dy,
N. Y.
By ROBERT JOHNSTON
Chester Swor who is to lead the
Open Forum discussion group at the
Student Center Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday, is professor
of English and director of religious
activities at Mississippi College. Mr.
Swor is at present on leave of absence
from his school and is devoting all his
time to the leading of conferences and
discussion groups in colleges of the
South.
Last summer at Ridgecrest, Mr.
Wednesday, April 21, Date Set
To Elect Officers Of Cabinet;
Petitions Due At Noon Friday
400 Bid Cards Are Mailed To Girls
For Senior Dances On April 23, 24
Over 400 bid cards for the Senior
Dances on April 23, 24, were mailed
to girls by the Social Committee Sun­day
night. Four fraternities includ­ing
Delta Sigma Phi, S. A. E., T. U.
O., and Phi Kappa Tau, have volun­teered
the use of their houses for
house parties for visiting girls, with
the Sigma Pi house available if
needed.
The decorations contract for the W.
P. A. Hall where George Olsen and
his orchestra will play has not yet
been awarded. The choice of the
spacious new hall by the students
marks the first time the dances have
not been held in the Gym. Though
not so close to town as the Gym, the
Swor was leader of the discussion I hall offers the added advantages of
group on campus problems, at a stu-! a better floor, twice as much space, a
Allen, Hargreaves
Science Officials
\
Two of the highest offices in the
Alabama Academy of Science are held
by members of Auburn faculty who
will take a leading part in the Acade­my's
1938 meeting at Troy State
Teachers College.
They are Prof. Roger W. Allen,
who succeeded to the active presidency
of the organization following the an­nual
meeting at he University of Ala­bama
last week. Professor George
Hargreaves, of the school of chemis­try
and pharmacy, was named one of
the four vice-presidents who will serve
as chairman of the section on chemis­try,
physics, and mathematics.
Auburn was represented at the
meeting in Tuscaloosa last week by
the professors already mentioned and
Dr. C. A. Basore, R. W. Wingard,
Prof. J. M. Duggar and two graduate
students, A. B. Marshall and Chester
Feagin. Prof. Herman D. Jones, now
doing graduate study at Vanderbilt
University while on leave from Au­burn,
also attended the meeting.
Papers were read before the Acade­my
meeting this year by Dr. Allen,
Dr. Basore, Professor Hargreaves, and
Professor Duggar.
One-Armers Defeated
In Interesting Game
Bill White's One-Armed Wonders
provided stiff opposition for the Au­burn
Tigers in a well-played and very
interesting game in Opelika Monday
afternoon. Auburn bunched their
runs in the fourth and fifth innings
to chalk up a, 6-0, victory over the
Wonders.
The Bengals will play their . last
non-collegiate game at Cramton Bowl
in Montgomery this afternoon when
they meet the Montgomery Bombers.
John Paul Tipper will be given the
opening assignment for the Auburn
nine. Georgia and Auburn, who en­gaged
in two heated battles at Athens
last week-end, will clash in a return
brace of scraps on Drake Field at
Auburn Friday and Saturday at 3
o'clock.
Lefty Burt Humphrey, who struck
out six, held the Bengals to only one
bingle and no runs the opening three
sessions, but he began to weaken in
the fourth. However, he lasted the
fourth with only two runs being
scored by the Tigers, but the winners
blasted him from the mound in the
fifth. Hank Forrer hurled the re­maining
two and one-half innings
for the Wonders and yielded two
knocks.
Sophomore Dan Sellers made his
first successful appearance on the
mound this season and limited the
losers to four hits, two each to Eddie
Hartley and Bill Barnhard.
dent assembly of more than 1200 stu
dents. He also conducted the Camp
fire service, being one of the most
popular speakers at the assembly.
Three Services Each Day
According to the plans outlined by
the B. S. U., who is sponsoring Mr.
Swor's coming to Auburn, there will
be three services each day. He will
speak on Sunday morning and evening
at the regular worship services at the
Baptist Church. The Forum discus­sion
group is to be held at the Student
Center at 4:30 each day. On Monday
through Wednesday the program in­cludes
a noon-day devotional at Lang-don
Hall at 12:40 to 1 o'clock, and an
evening service at the Baptist Church
at 7:30.
Executive Secretary Ralph Draug­hon
has voiced his delight in having at
Auburn a series of meetings, including
opportunity for student expression and
discussion of present campus prob­lems.
He has assured the local group
of the cooperation on the college in
making the four-day conference a
success.
All campus groups are being urged
to take advantage of this opportunity
of hearing this outstanding student
leader, and of informally discussing
campus problems.
more pleasing appearance, and more
especially the comfort of air-condi-the
Senior Dance when Miss Molly
Brasfield and Charley Lawrence will
lead the Grand March. Flowers will
be furnished tc( all Seniors at the
dance. Other dances are available to
honor societies and organizations.
Morning dances will begin at 11 o'­clock,
afternoon dances will begin at
4 o'clock, the Friday night dance will
begin at 9 o'clock, and the Saturday
night dance will begin at 8:30 o'clock.
There will be two no-breaks at the
day dances and three at the night
dances. There will be two ten minute
intermissions each night. The same
rules governing girls at the Mid­terms
will apply to the Finals as the
Dean of Women and the Social Com­mittee
deemed them successful with­out
any drastic changes.
Season tickets to all five dances may
be bought from any member of the
President, Vice-President, Sec­retary,
And Treasurer, Will
Be Selected At This Time
VOTING BY CLASSES
Petitions Coming In A f t e r Noon
Friday Not To Be Accepted
By Powell, Elections Head
tioning. The improvement in the hall • Social Committee for Single
and the brand of orchestra for the
dances point to one of the most suc­cessful
sets ever held.
Of the set of five dances, the Fri­day
night dance has been set aside as
tickets to day dances are on sale at
$1.50 and night dances at $3.50. Ar­rangements
have been made whereby
Juniors and Seniors may borrow
money on their war checks.
Huntingdon
Gives Concert
Next Tuesday
Girl's Glee
Langdon
Hairston
Club Appears In
Hall 8 O'clock;
To Be In Charge
Move Begun
To Organize
Tennis Club
Spring Singing Music
Distributed To Frats
Pike Attends Textile
Meet in Philadelphia
Jim Pike, president of Phi Psi, hon­orary
fraternity for textile students
is in Philadelphia, Pa., attending the
National convention of the Phi Psi
fratefnity.
While representing the local group
Pike will make a talk at the conven­tion
giving a resume of the work ac­complished
during the past year and
also the work which is planned for
the coming year.
Pike also attended the Convention
of Textile Chemists and Colorists in
Greenville, S. C, last Thursday before
going on to Philadelphia. After leav­ing
Philadelphia he will spend several
All copies of "Drink To Me Only
With Thine Eyes" have arrived and
have been distributed to the 14 Spring
Singing fraternity chairmen. 13 copies
were allotted to each participating
group.
The Arrangements Committee, de­cided
that there would be no charge
for the program and that the two
sponsors, Blue Key and O. D. K.,
would bear all expenses.
A complete program carrying the
names of singers in each fraternity,
judges, selections, and other informa­tion
will be distributed at the Singing,
it was decided by the committee.
Lawrence Barnett, glee club direc­ted,
announced yesterday that Hunt­ingdon
College, of Montgomery,
would present a concert here next
Tuesday, April 20. The presentation
will be in Langdon Hall at 8 o'clock.
The Hundingdon Glee Club has
toured the state extensively during
this season and have been received
with much enthusiasm at each con-concert.
This will be the second
woman's club to come here, as Jud-son
College, group was here early in
March.
George Hairston, president of the
local singers, is in charge of arrange­ments
for the program. He has
asked that if any townspeople can
make arrangements to house several
of the visitors for them to get in
touch with him at the Delta Sigma
Phi fraternity.
When questioned about another
concert by his club here, Mr. Barnett
said the following: "The possibility
of another home concert rests with
the student body. If enough show
they they want another one, we will
be glad to give a second concert."
Auburn was to give a concert in
Dadeville next Monday, but due to
unforseen difficulties the trip was
called off. •!
One Court In. Fine Shape, Two
Near,, Completion At Golf
Course; O'Hara Is Manager
Average Student Can't Figure Out Coed
"The Forgotten Man" Is Interviewed
Distrusts Politics, He Isn't A Frat Man
By JOAN METZGER
I'm frequently asked "Why don't
you interview an 'average' student?
Must you write interviews to the per­petual
tune of jingling honor keys?"
Take a boy or girl who frankly
"flunks" a course or two each se­mester:
the individual who drifts
through college, fading as the years
multiply into the moldy obscurity of
the shadows of those who because of
greater natural ability or persistence
and ambition obtain the honors.
What do these average students think
about campus problems, life, social
inequality? What about the forgot­ten
man?
Due to the personal element of
thus labeling a specified student, his
identity must remain anonymous.
You may pass him on the campus.
He may be the boy who sits next to
you in physics. In response to that
days in New York City before return- request, may I present "the f orgot-ing
to Auburn. ten man"—
He attacked the warm subject of
campus politics with "I don't know"
—it looks like a fraternity hook-up.
I'm for that independent party. I'd
like to see a change. The same
thing goes for sports. There's too
much fraternity blood in them. The
independent or the guy that can't
afford a frat doesn't get a break.
"The co-eds", he rambled on, "are
a bunch I can't figure out. They run
to extremes as to looks and ability
to dance. You know", he continued
Pat O'Hara, manager of the
Auburn Golf Club, has started a
movement to form a student tennis
club and to furnish this club with the
finest courts in this section of the
country.
One court is already completed and
there are two other courts under con­struction
and will be ready for use
by the last of this week. There are
to be two double courts and one sin­gle
court.
A complete set of flood lights will
be in use on the new courts making
the courts available at night.
In order to make the next project
a real asset to students the fee for
membership to the tennis club is to
be set at a figure that will be with­in
reach of everyone. The club will
be organized and governed by a com­mittee
of students under the direc­tion
of Mr. O'Hara.
The new W. P. A. Community
House is to be constructed on ground
given to the city by the Golf Club.
As soon as this project gets under
day the sand greens on the golf
course are to be reworked and re­placed
by turf greens.
Mr. O'Hara wants it to be known
to all students that the golf links is
to be put on a basis that all can af­ford.
Although the fee for mem­bership
to the golf club has been &r
bove the means of the average stu­dent,
effective in the near future the
fees for students only are to be
lowered. An announcement of the
exact charges will be made at a later
date.
By JAMES BUNTIN
Tom Powell, elections chairman, an­nounced
last night that the election of
Student Executive Cabinet officers
would be held next Wednesday, April
21. Voting is to be held in the Stu­dent
Center from eight until five o'­clock.
It will not be known until Friday
noon, deadline for all petitions, which
cabinet members will enter the race.
There are four students eligible to
compete for presidency of this group:
Jake Chambers, George Lehnert, Dick
Wood, and Max Welden. These men
are seniors on the cabinet next year.
Only Juniors will vote for the presi­dent.
Vice-President To Be Junior
Cabinet vice-president is to come
from the Junior class of next year,
making the following sophomores eli­gible
to run for this position next
Wednesday: Jack Owen, Ernest Pap-pas,
and Alvin Vogtle. Only sopho­mores
will vote on these men.
The secretarial chair will be filled
by either Ted Chiles of Marshall
Smith, elected to the cabinet from the
freshmen class to serve next year as
sophomores. Only freshmen are to
vote on these men.
Treasurer of the cabinet will be a
senior.
Powell announced that all candi­dates
must turn in petitions by Friday
noon if they wish to run the following
Wednesday and that petitions received
later than this date would not be ac­cepted.
All candidates for cabinet of­fices
are to be listed in Friday's paper.
All elections rules will be strictly
enforced during the voting with the
same penalties in effect for violations.
Allen, Godbold Win
Over Jones Law Team
NOTICE !
Students living in dormitories:
Bring your laundry in by 2 p. m.
Thursday as usual and your uniform
will be returned as heretofore. Allow
same charge as always on ticket. If
your laundry has already come in for
this week then bring it in for next
week, from twelve until three Friday,
By virtue of a two-to-one judges'
decision an Auburn team composed of
A. C. Allen and John Godbold emerged
victors Monday night in a debate
against a team composed of W. A.
Terry and William Allen of Jones
Law School, Montgomery.
The contest was closely contested
throughout, both sides being well-pre­pared
and thoroughly familiar with
the subject which was "Resolved: That
the government should own and oper­ate
all electric utilities." The Auburn
team upheld the affirmative side of
the question while the Jones Law
School team defended the negative.
Argument centered around the right
of the government to take over private
business, the success and failure of
previous attempts at government
ownership, the successes and short­comings
of TVA, and the economic
and political aids and hindrances
which would result from a govern­ment
electric power system.
and your uniform will be returned
with simple earnesjtness, "I think the Saturday night.
school should have a set of dances
for the students paid for out of the
contingent deposit, so that guys who
don't have a dollar ten or ten dol­lars
for the mid-terms can go, not
sit in a tree outside the gym or just
hear about those "Great Auburn
Knights".
"Do you study much"? I ventured.
"Yeah—the more I study the less I
(Continued on Page 4)
Students living in private homes: In
stead of putting in your regular laun­dry
for week of April twenty-four on
Saturday or Monday, bring it to the
laundry Friday by 3 p. m. and uni­form
will be out Saturday night. Al­low
regular price on ticket for uni­form.
All uniforms outside of bag will be
charged for at rate of 45c each.
Ideal Laundry.
Summer Catalogues
Are Now Available
Students who are interested in at­tending
the 25th Auburn Summer Ses­sion
may obtain full information at
the School of Education office in Sam-ford
Hall, room 212, where new cata­logues
for the summer term are avail- }
able. i
The catalogues, which came from
the press this week, contain answers to
all questions which might be asked re­garding
the Summer Session. They
are available for free distribution.
With the development of Chewacla
State Park at the old site of Wright's
Mill, students attending the forth­coming
Summer Session will have in­creased
opportunity for many types of
recreation not heretofore available at
Auburn.
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Where Are They Heading?
It is noticed as years pass more
and more the social fraternity is
coming into the spotlight for stu­dent
comment, thought, and con­troversy.
The sides lined-up for and
against the social fraternity seem
about equal. Most editorial com­ment
has to do with whether or not
the fraternity should be continued
on the campus, whether or not stu­dents
get what they should from
such organizations, reasons why the
fraternity is a great institution, rea­sons
why the whole thing should be
thrown overboard.
Although these various points are
interesting, we wish to go to a more
vital question: Will the fraternity
remain on our American campuses
or will it be discarded? What is
the answer, and why?
The fraternity is a very old and
honorable organization founded for
the purpose of bringing closer to­gether
men with ideas, interests, and
principles alike. Apparently today,
with only small variations, the pur­pose
is unchanged. Students join a
fraternity for companionship, to
take part in fraternity activities, and
to be associated with the group in
general.
When first founded the fraternity
was not in any part commercialized;
it was primarily forf pleasure, not
profit. Although we do not say the
principal interest of the fraternity
of national scope is money, we feel
safe in saying that is where a great
deal of emphasis has unfortunately
been placed. National headquarters
have seen to it that the chapters
have been able to keep up a con­tinual
stream into its vaults. Com­mercialism
is overshadowing fra-ternalism.
Of course it takes money to keep
up national headquarters, but the
average fraternity man is seeing
this less and less. He sees only what
is benefiting him personally. He
feels for the money he is investing
he should be able to realize more in
return.
It is up to the fraternity to* change
such a condition of the mind if it
would hold its own. We have no
idea whether the national dues are
too high or not, but we do know
that year after year students are
saying, "That's a lot of money to
spend just to be a member of that
fraternity."
There was a time when a student
wasn't in a fraternity, he was just
"out of it". But now he realizes
that he no longer needs the moral
support of Zeta Zeta.
The fraternity is going to have to
do an about face if it is going to
stay popular with this generation
that rightfully demands something
in return. The fraternity must go
back to its original interest—fra-ternalism,
and lessen its interest in
commercialism.
Interest Mounts
From all sides interest is mount­ing
in the Spring Singing program.
Fourteen fraternities are hard at
work on their numbers and pro­gram
plans are drawing towards
completion. All in all this event
shows indications of over-shadow­ing
any like attraction ever sponsor­ed
here.
It is up to every fraternity mem­ber
to do his work well, to give his
best cooperation; it is necessary for
the two organizations—Blue Key
and O. D. K.—not to lag on the
job; and it is imperative that the
entire student body plan to attend
the event.
If the program proves a big suc­cess,
no doubt the event will be
broadened and made better.
It is up to the entire school to see
that enough genuine interest is
shown to carry the event on from
year to year.
Student Problems
Writing under the title "College-
Student Problems", in an old issue
of Ladies Home Journal, Dr. Karl
Menninger says, in part:
"Young men and women who
have entered college with high
hopes, of success, although often
without any definite idea of what
they want to succeed at, are right
now—many of them—facing dis­couragement
and distress. Some
will have already dropped out, some
will have been asked to leave be­cause
of unsatisfactory work, some
will be out of funds. Others are
about to desert their educational
plans for a career in business or the
Navy. Some are homesick, some
heartsick, some physically or ment­ally
sick; these, too, are very likely
to drop by the wayside."
"One of the commonest difficul­ties
of college students is, of course,
connected with the learning process
—that is, difficulties in studying, re­citing,
understanding, and the like.
. . Students frequently appear stupid
because of emotional conflicts with
the proper functioning of their in­telligence."
"By far the most painful manifes­tations
of maladjustment are the
moody reactions. It is an amazing
paradox that among college stu­dents,
whom we are apt to regard
as the most jolly, carefree and gay
of all individuals in.the world, there
exist the keenest depressions, heart­breaks,
discouragements and disap­pointments."
"Many students go through all
the motions of education, attend
classes, appear to work hard, even
get good grades, but substantially
accomplish nothing. They elect
profitless courses, recite mechani­cally,
interest themselves in nothing,
create nothing, retain nothing. At
the bottom of this is very often a
fundamental hostility to the whole
business of education because it re­presents
the wishes of parents."
Dr. Menninger also discusses the
way in which psychological prob­lems
may bring about physical
symptoms; how over-sensitiveness,
inferiority feelings, painful con­sciousness
of and misunderstandings
about sex may effect moods; and
how students can be aided.
Still Harping
Yes, again it's tennis courts. But
this time it'll be short, snappy, and
encouraging.
Auburn will have her first real
tennis courts in about one week.
One has been completed and the
other two are to follow shortly.
These three courts are part of the
community center project and will
do honor to any town.
We are glad that a few of the
many students who have been want­ing
a place to play will have it.
But this is far from solving our
college tennis problem. The tennis
team will occupy these courts a
good part of the time when towns­people,
for whom they were pri­marily
built, are not using them.
And, too, the price for playing, al­though
exceedingly^ reasonable, is
beyond a great many students who
cannot afford toVinvest money into
the sport to which they are right­fully
entitled free of all costs.
A GOOD FORTY-NINTH STATE ought
to be made out of Alaska. Reports give us
that there is every chance in the world to
get most any and all kinds of jobs there.
The government is offering a $150 grub­stake
to aspiring settlers. The highway
from New York City to Fairbanks will be
opened within a year.
Nomination for the Hero of the Week is
the absent-minded professor who forgot to
write a $4.25 textbook to sell to his class.
News and Views
By JAMES BUNTIN
Plainsman Forum—Voice of the Students
CO-ED'S HEY DAY COMES WITH
THE PRESENTING OF MAY DAY ac­tivities.
This boy's school, the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, has virtually been
given over to male activities. For long, it
wasn't considered necessary to give
thought to the women students other than
to cajole a date or some other coveted
moment of pleasure from them. But last
year, under the sponsorship of a strong
Women's Student Government Association,
plans were formulated to give the Auburn
Co-Ed a chance to shine her headlights—
that is, unless their bulbs had received too
much frosting. They have put over a
great deal more this year than ever be­fore,
and they have definite plans to carry
on still further. The vigor withvwhich they
are going about the preparation of the
MAY DAY PAGEANT is proof of their
intentions and initiative. It promises to be
a good show—a comedy of emotions and
ideas, all in brilliant arrays of color.
* * * *
The "King Anthony," who claims to be
a direct descendant of Henry VIII, is a-gain
demanding the recognition of the
Archbishop of Canterbury. He insists that
the crown be bestowed upon his "rightful"
head on Coronation Day, May 12. This
time, he is bringing forth newer proof in
the form of a collection of writings of some
old parchment.
* * * *
Hitler's Nazi Government is requiring
the daughters, as well as the sons, to take
the semi-military exercises in the Hitler
Jugend and Peasant Youth Camps. But
much dissension has arisen on the part of
the parents, for an alarming rate of illigiti-mate
births have resulted. To soothe the
parents, the government recommends that
all German parents view such births with
more tolerance.
Another of the Reich's policies is a cam­paign
to build up a home supply of fats.
Germans are being urged to save their
coffee grounds—the -grounds contain 12 per
cent oil, good for soap making.
* * * *
MORE FOREIGN SCENES display that
Belgium cast an overwhelming vote in favor
of Democracy over Fascism, the vote being
276,000 for and 69,000 against—which also
reminds us that Fascism received 4,000
votes less than in last year's voting.
As for Mussolini's position in Spain, one
can easily speculate just how much he would
like to pull out of the picture completely, if
it wasn't for the fact that he has to save
his face—the "iron jaw part of his face".
It all seems to add up to the point that all
the big powers of Europe will probably get
together and make some kind of meditation
before the Spanish forces have the pleasure
of fighting their little war to a final show
down.
* * * *
Gandhi must have been watching the pro-cedings
of the American sit-down strikes.
He is again coming out of seclusion to
hammer away in his passive manner for
India's independence. He is the father of
this particular type of strike. Maybe he
ought to bide his time a bit and see what
will happen to his pet idea in America. It
is fairly plausible that he might seek for
other schemes.
Cats and Canaries
By THE DIRTY DUO
Mary Lucus H.— The POLO TEAM
wishes that it be known Swifty Burton has
severed all connections with Capt. Klepin-ger's
gleam boys.
* * * *
It has been asked where the music for the
Phi-Sleep and Eat juke came from, or who
played it. (use local talent and never go
wrong.)
* * * *
HAZY IMPRESSIONS: Joe Stewart gone
"high hat" on us. .
* * * *
HIGH-LIGHT: The gentleman who did
the solo dance at the A. T. O. struggle
should have been taken over to the W. P. A.
Hawl to pep things up.
* * * *
Question: Why is the editor-elect called
Bundling Buntin?
* * * *
Louise Taylor of THUNDERATIONS
fame denies being picked up on her jaunt
from Wright's Mill the other night with
Peevy Thomas. Well what do you call it?
, * * * *
It has been said that there was enough
sorrow drowned at the Wind Mill last Wed­nesday
night to keep this town happy for
many moons. Wiley (my friends will put
mo in) Sharp led the sorrow.
* * * *
The Shi little girl from across the tracks
sought greener fields during the past week­end.
* » * *
Another Question: Wonder how Susy Bell
Hare felt when she was left standing alone
by Lopey the Greek as he took flight last
Friday night?
Thomas Congratulates Buntin On Suc­cessful
Campaign For Editorship
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Allow me to convey, through The Forum,
my congratulations to Jim Buntin in his
recent* race for next year's Editor of The
Plainsman. It was a swell fight.
I would also like to express my apprecia­tion
to those who supported me. I regret
having disappointed them; but, you know,
we can't all win.
With best wishes to The Plainsman for a
successful year in 1937-8, I remain,
' Sincerely,
Son Thomas.
May Day Event Has Long Been Needed On
Our Campus; Urges Cooperation
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
I am using the Student's Forum to ex­press
my opinion of the May Day plans. It
has been a long time since this practice was
discontinued on the Auburn campus. There
has been sore need in Auburn for the ap­pearance
of higher types of entertainment
in the last few years.
From all reports the festival will be a
big success. The girls in charge have work­ed
hard and deserve a lot of credit. It is a
man-size job to put on a program of this
kind and make a go of it.
Those taking part in the program ask only
tjiat a fair amount of interest be taken by
students and .townspeople. If this is done,
the girls will feel that they have made a
success of the event and will work all the
harder to put on a better program next
year.
Why not let everyone get behind this pro­gram
and really put it over in a big way.
It will mean something to the college, to the
participants, and to the spectators.
Yours truly, A Co-Ed.
Believes That WPA Hall Is Ideal Place To
Stage All Dances During Year
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
The granting of the use of the newly
completed WPA Extension Hall for dances
is the answer to the prayers of many fra­ternities
and campus organizations. For a
number of years Auburn has badly needed
a new and larger place where social af­fairs
could be given; the Student Center is
far too small for the dances that are given
at Auburn. Appeals were made by various
organizations for the use of the girls gym­nasium
and for Alumni gymnasium, but all
efforts were in vain.
The completion of the new colonial hall
among the pines of Ag Hill was the solu­tion
to the frequently arising question of
"Where can we get a floor big enough for
our dance?" With a floor space of 9316
square feet, the extension hall can easily
accommodate 400 dancers. It affords
more dancing space than any building in
Auburn.
Though the hall is no,t an expensive
structure by any means, it is well-laid out,
well located and just what this school has
been needing since Auburn's dance-going
crowds outgrew the promenade floor in
Langdon Hall. For better dances,
L. F.
Tells Plainsman He Appreciates Its Taking
Part Of "Poor Working Students"
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
I just finished reading the column in your
paper for today in which you and Mr. Ed­win
C. Godbold take the part of the poor
working student in Auburn. This is the
first time I have ever seen any thing in
print in Auburn that called a working stu­dent
a commendable or praiseworthy person.
In fact about a month ago you wrote an edi­torial
on the poor fool who has no more
sense than to attempt to work his way
through school. I must say that the editorial
you wrote on that made me "boil". I work
and do my own cooking and I am rather in­clined
to believe that my grades are as high
as quite a few of the boys I know whose
hardest work is to hold up ten fingers for
gas to charge to "Daddy".
However, this is beside the point because
I wrote this letter to thank you and Mr.
Godbold for your enlightened view on the
student who has the determination to get a
college education even if it calls for some
actual sweat of the brow—maybe there is
still a small (very small I'm afraid) bit of
democratic idealism left in Auburn after all.
Yours sincerely, George Miller.
We Forty-Six
By HUGH CAMERON
Some Break In School Is Needed Between
Christmas And May Is Argument
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
"I read a letter in the Forum a while back
asking for Spring Holidays. I am doing
the same thing. We need some break in
school between Christmas and late in May.
As matters now stand, all of our vaca­tions
come during the Fall and Winter
months when the weather is so bad that
we cannot fully enjoy them. But now with
all this beautiful weather, we are required
to keep our nose "to the grindstone". Don't
think that I don't know we come here to
work and not to have holidays; I put as
much time as the next one on my books,
but every once in a while about this time
of the year I crave to get out and away
from here. Maybe its the gypsy in me.
It seems as if it is too late to change
matters this year, but when the schedule
is prepared for next year the administra­tion
should endeavor to arrange it so we
would get our holidays when we most feel
the need. Thank you, B. M.
On Our Campus
By EDWIN C. GODBOLD
The restless spirit that goes with this
modern age is almost too much for us.
This column has been wandering around
the editorial page for so long that we are
beginning to think we will never find a
place of permanent anchorage. One day
we are up in the air with the '"Voice of
the Students" sounding out below us; next
day we are at the very bottom of the page
with the same voice coming from above.
So we are not sure if that voice, like Ham­let's
ghost, comes from heaven or hell.
* * * *
Besides, we not only move northward
and southward on this page, but also east­ward
and westward. First we are on one
side of "On Other Campuses", then on the
other. We are not sooner settled in one
corner than we are moved by the powers
that be to some other location. Really, we
grow a-weary of traveling.
* * * *
Last Friday we noticed that even the
settled "We Forty-Six" had taken to wan­dering
and was meandering out in the cen­ter
of the page, far from its usual north­east
corner. Perhaps next Friday we are
to have callers—all forty-six at the same
time. Which will be all right. But we
solemnly warn you, we quit the day we
find ourselves sandwiched in between The
Dirty Duo on one hand and Pete the
Epistle-Writer on the other.
* * * *
"For of the making of books there is no
end, and much study is a weariness to the
flesh." Yea, thou aged writer of Ecclesi-astes,
how weary, how weary!
4i * *' *
President Wilson once said in regard to
a certain argument: " 'Learning' is not in­volved.
No one has ever dreamed of im­parting
learning to undergraduates. It
cannot be done in four years. To become
a man of learning is the enterprise of a
lifetime. The issue does not rise to that
high ground."
* * * *
We certainly think Tom Powell and his
elections committee should be compli­mented
for so efficiently and adequately
handling the election of last week. We
On Other Campuses
By JOHN GODBOLD
The student-faculty social committee of
Hunter College recently gave a magic-lan­tern
exhibition that was the hit of the cam­pus.
It was a public exhibition of pictures
of members of the faculty taken during
their long-past babyhood days. The de­lighted
audience rocked with laughter each
time snap shots of little boys in sailor suits
and of little girls in pinafores and pig-tails
were flashed on the screen. As each picture
appeared the operator of the projector call­ed
out the department in which the subject
was teaching, and students bellowed identi­fication.
* * * *
If you are interested in being another
Daniel Boone, or some such, just take Michi­gan
University's course in adventure and
scientific exploration. The first summer's
work was done in the Yukon region of the
"royal northwest" where students slowly
traveled across the Alaskan terrain chart­ing
the unknown wilds, mapping the land,
studying plant and animal life, and care­fully
estimating the natural resources and
geological resources of the territory.
And how would you like to attend class
on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. It's
really being done. Zoology students of
Miami University obtain data on sea life
by donning the type of diving helmet used
by William Beebe in his submarine explora­tion
trips and submerging themselves in the
Gulf Stream until they have collected all
the information they desire. Our guess is
that it's one class where there's absolutely
no talking or sleeping.
* * * *
We hear of the college professor who
says he finds five different kinds of dumb­ness.
It seems incredible that anyone who
teaches should have met so few people.
* * * *
The charter of Purdue University stipu­lates
that there be on the Board of Regents
"One farmer, one woman, and one person
of good moral character." Will ag students
and coeds please note?
have heard few complaints from candi­dates,
and have heard it conceded every­where
that this was one of the straightest
of elections.
The sweetest words of mouth and pen is
the same old dance, "It might have been."
However, this is no might have been. The
man said that bids
for the decoration for
the woods out there
will be received with
no thought for the
cost. Now ain't that
something? Quite re­minds
me of the time
j t took four hundred
and eighty dollars
and three gallons of corn whiskey to de­corate
the gymnasium for the Jimmy
Green dances.
* * * *
You know, four hundred and eighty dol­lars
can make an atmosphere mighty en­thralling.
Things will look good even to
a sober person. (Voice from the gallery:
"Who KNOWS a sober person?")
* * * *
If it rains during that set of dances
there will be quite some ruckus. I will
volunteer to take all us Kappa Deltas out
there, but somebody else has got to do
something about the remainder of you.
* * * *
"Chicago" Merritt expects this set of
dances to be the best set to have ever been
held down here, and with the things com­ing
off out in the woods, where all us
woodsmen won't be so embarrassed at the
things the visiting wimmen Will wear, he
may be just about right. However, that
set of dances that Green put on down here
some time ago with the four hundred and
eighty dollars and the three gallons of
whiskey is still firmly at rest in my memo­ry.
I will venture to say, however, the
woodland dance will about be the best set
of final dances to have ever been thrown
down here. . . . with Smiling George put­ting
on a shade of a better floor show than
did Kay Kyser.
* * * *
It might interest some of you to know
Olsen is costing for two nights what Ky­ser
cost for three. Some of it is name, of
course, but most of it is music. Come out
in the woods and see.
* * * *
It is reported that "Widder" Richie Robr
erts already has the bridal suite of the new
hotel engaged for the opening FOUR
weeks. Somebody is doing a dite of boast­ing
about something or other.
* * * *
The coming opening of the Track season
reminds one of what Snitz Snyder, one of
Auburn's entries in the 1928 Olympics,
once said about a competitor. It was
either Tech or Georgia . . . or somebody
. . . who had a fast man, and Snitz was
asked had he ever seen him run. Snitz
said he hadn't.
"But haven't you run against him two
or three times", someone asked?
"Yes," Snyder said, "but when he came
in his eyes were so full of dust I couldn't
see him. Next year I think I will just sit
out a race and watch his style and see how
he does run."
* * * *
We have no Snyder this year, but Kil-gore
might have to do some of the same
kind of explaining. Kilgore gets around
mighty fast to look so sleepy.
Pete's Epistle
Dere Paw:
I have a little pome; i rote hit fer yew,
Taint pertickerly old; taint pertickerly
new,
Taint pertickerly funny; taint perticker­ly
sad,
Hit's a song about my great-gran-dad.
Great-gran-dad, when the west was
young
He barred his door with a wagon tongue.
Times was hard and the redskins mocked
And he said his prayers with his shotgu-cocked.
Great-gran-dad was shore a busy
He cooked his grub in a frying pan.j
He ate of corn pone and bacon fat
When great-gran-son would have .
on that.
He was a citizen, tough and grim, ]
Danger was "duck soup" tJ him.
He picked his teeth with * hunting knife,
And wore the same sui» all his life.
Twenty-one children came to bless
The old man's Horn* in the wilderness.
Twenty-one boys #id not one bad.
They didn't get fresh with great-gran­dad.
Twenty-on» beys and how they grew
Strong and tall on the bacon, too.
They slept on the floor with dogs a
cats,
And sho/pped in the woods fer coon-hats/
continually yours, pete.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 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
MRS. ROOSEVELT IS
TERMED 'GRACIOUS'
BY MISS ZOE DOBBS
Dean Of Women Gets Impress­ion
Of First Lady While At­tending
Washington Meeting
The Nation's -First Lady, Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, was referred
to as "the most gracious person I
ever met" by Miss Zoe Dobbs, Au­burn's
dean of women and social di­rector,
in an address before the
local Lions Club here Tuesday at the
Thomas Hotel.
In relating her experiences in Wash­ington
last week where she attended a
dinner- at the White House given in
honor of Katharine Cornell, foremost
American actress, Miss Dobbs told of
her chats with Lillian Gish, Secretary
of Labor Frances Perkins, and
Eleanor Robson, and Senator McAdoo.
Miss Dobbs visited one of the Senate
sessions where she observed a series
of heated debates on the Supreme
Court question. The general feeling in
Washington, she said, is that Con­gress
will enact none or very little im­portant
legislation until the contro­versy
is settled.
Jim Ham Lewis, the dapper Demo­cratic
whip, is still performing his
duties in the Senate, said Miss Dobbs.
In formal morning dress, with light
green tie, green handkerchief, harmo­nizing
flower in his lapel, and still
wearing the vermillion wig, this' color­ful
figure was observed by Miss Dobbs
scurrying about the Senate Chamber
attending to his duties of informing
the chair as to whether or not a
quorum was present.
Chi Omega Sorority Has
Annual Banquet
The Chi Omega held their annual
banquet at the Baptist Church Satur­day
night. It was their Spring Eleu-sinia
Banquet Commemorating Chi
Omega Founders Day.
Miss Spencer gave a short address.
Miss Dobbs told about her trip to
Washington, D. C, where she attend­ed
the presentation of the National
Achievement Award presented to
Katherine Cornell by Chi Omega.
Those attending the banquet were
the members and the Chi Omega
Alumnae.
Monday night the Chi Omega pledges
entertained the members and their
dates with a hay ride and weiner
roast.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
Society Editor, MARION STANLEY, Phone 305
Five Delta Sigma Pi's
Attend Atlanta Meet
Five members of Delta Sigma Pi
attended the joint celebration of the
fraternity's birthday in Atlanta last
week-end. The members of the local
chapter attending were Milton Roth,
president, L. J. Fuller, George Perry,
John Dubberly, and David Wittel.
Other chapters of the fraternity
taking part, in the joint celebration
were the Kappa Chapter at Georgia
Tech and the Pi chapter at the Uni­versity
of Georgia. Members of the
three chapters enjoyed a steak fry
given by the host chapter at the Del-tasig
Lodge Saturday afternoon. Sat­urday
night, a dance was given in
honor of the two visiting chapters of
the fraternity.
The local chapter of Delta Sigma
Pi was founded on this campus on
March 21, 1931, and has steadily pro­gressed
since that date until today
it is one of the outstanding honor or­ganizations
on the campus.
Local Club Is Invited
To Flower Exhibition
McDonald Elected t o Head
Pi K. A. Next Year
Upsilon chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha
recently elected new officers for next
year. Those elected were: Malcolm
McDonald, President; Bo Russell,
Vice President; Edwin Haygood, Sec­retary;
John Bishop, Treasurer; Billy
McGehiee, Alumni Secretary; Larry
Aycock, Sarg. at Arms; Julian My-rick,
Reporter; and Randolph Panell,
House Manager. Malcolm McDonald
and Billy McGehee were chosen as
Interfraternity Council representa­tives.
$
These men were elected to fill the
places of the retiring officers who
are: G. H. Plumlee, President; T. K.
McGehee, Vice President; James Hugh
Kyzar, Secretary; John Bishop,
Treasurer; Ben Smith, Sarg. at Arms;
Walter McCulla, Reporter; Alp'h
Davis, House Manager; and G. H.
Plumlee and Malcolm McDonald, In­ter-
fraternity Council representatives.
Caroline Jones Receives
Chi Omega Award
Caroline Jones was presented with
a bracelet as an award for being the
most outstanding Chi Omega pledge
initiate.
An invitation was extended to Au­burn
Woman's Club members to attend
the Annual Pilgrimage of Garden
Clubs of Georgia, presented by Mrs.
Fred Allison, and coming from Mrs.
George Burroughs of Columbus, Ga.
The Pilgrimage includes gardens of
Thomasville, Brunswick, Savannah,
Augusta, Macon, Milledgeville, Colum­bus.
La Grange, Newnan, Athens, and
Atlanta, extending from April 3-17.
The Dogwood Festival of Atlanta is
April 15-18 with the Pilgrimage of
that city during this period.
Outstanding Gardens will include:
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. De Renne, Sa­vannah,
Wormsloe Gardens where
bright-'hiued azaleas are mirrored in
a clear brown pool; Mr. and Mrs. Al­fred
S. Bautne, Augusta, Morningside
with bands of pansies and iris against
a diversity of evergreens; Governor
Herschel V. Johnson home built in
1838, Milledgeville, with the fence
costing more than the home and was
cast by Dugal Fern & Bros, of that
city (It is now the home of 0. M.
Ennis). Home of B. T. O'Neal built
in 1838 with surviving boxwood,
shrubs and flowering trees; Mr. and
Mrs. Lionel Levy, Columbus, a IY2
mile avenue of crepe myrtle; Mrs. Ful­ler
Calloway, La Grange, a walk of
Sentinel Box; Boxwood. Gardens of
the historic Benjamin J. Hill home
now the residence of Mrs. W. H.
Bradshaw, Athens; and "Pinebloom",
home of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Ark-wright,
Atlanta, with April color and
dogwood in Formal Garden.
PERSONAL
AENTION
I. T. Reed Presents Movie
To A g Club Wednesday
Mr. I. T. Reed, assistant in the De­partment
of Agricultural Engineering,
presented a very interesting movie to
the Ag Club Wednesday evening,
April 7.
The picture consisted of actual
scenes taken during the construction
of the experimental soil type plots lo­cated
on the Auburn Experiment Sta­tion
near the dairy barn. The scenes
gave a clear explanation of the meth­ods
used in collection and transfering
the soils to Auburn, and how they
were prepared for comparison and
study of farm machinery and tillage
problems. The "$20,000 mule" was al­so
shown in action, giving a clear con­ception
of the method in which experi­ments
are conducted on these plots.
Margey Ann Flautt was the guest
of Ann Van Hoose this week-end at
her home in Montgomery.
* * *
Among the former students who
were in town this week-end were Ruth'
Jones, Floyd Hurt, Perry Gordy, and
Lee Merrell.
* * *
Bruce Bingham, of Pensacola, is
spending several days with Macias
Noa.
* * *
Friends of Pete Snyder will be glad
to know that he is back in school after
his recovery from an appendix opera­tion.
* * *
Mrs. O. L. Shellnut of La Fayette
was the guest of her daughters, Doris
and Margaret Shellnut, last week.
* * *
Louise Caraway spent the week-end
in Montgomery as the guest of Mil­dred
Suggs.
* * *
Friends of Lucile Bethune will be
glad to know that she has returned
from her home in Clayton where-she
has been confined with illness.
Ann Argo spent the week-end
her home in Birmingham.
at
Miss Evelyn Taylor, Mr. Bill Stone,
and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Williams of
Kingsport, Tenrt., were visiting Cur­tis
Jennings last week-end.
* * *
Marie Kelley spent the week-end at
her home in Jasper.
* * *
Stan Worsham and Gene Tanner
were in Tallahassee for the week-end.
* * *
Elizabeth Williams of Montgomery
spent the past week-end in Auburn as
the guest of her brother, J. D. Wil­liams.
* *'. *
Margaret Graves, former Auburn
student, spent the week-end at the
Phi Omega Pi house.
"Sailors' Dance" Planned
By Delta Sigma Phi
The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity will
entertain Saturday afternoon with a
tea dance from 4 until 6 at the WPA
Hall and Saturday night with a "Sail­or's
Dance" from 9 to 12, at the Re­creation
Hall.
The members will be dressed alike
in white shirts and ducks. Their dates
will wear white also.
"Doc" Mosley and his Auburn
Woman's Club Holds
Meeting On Thursday
The April Business meeting of Au­burn
Women's Club was held Thurs­day
afternoon. Annual reports were
made by Mrs. W. T. Schreiber, Presi­dent;
Dr. Rosa Lee Walston, First
Vice-President; Mrs. L. M. Sahag,
Secretary; Miss Annie Heard, Treas­urer
; Mrs. W. D. Salmon,- American
Home; Mrs. Charles Edwards, Art
(presented by Mrs. L. M. Sahag in
absence of Mrs. Edwards); Mrs.
George Sargent, Garden; Mrs.
Charles Floyd, Music; Miss Mary
Martin, Literature; Mrs. Zebulon
Judd, Civics; Mrs. L. O. Brackeen,
Publicity.
Mrs. C. H. Davis presented the
Nominating Committee's list of candi-
Phi Psi Is Jo Stage
Ball On Friday Night
Phi Psi honorary Textile Fraternity
will entertain at their first social
function of the year, Friday night
from 9:30 to 1:00, which will be in
the form of a Cotton Ball.
The dance will be one of the most
novel costume affairs of the year. The
boys will be dressed in blue .overalls
or white coveralls and the girls will
wear cotton dresses, either plain ging­ham
or made up into a novelty
costume.
Miss Eleanor Brown, of Birming­ham,
will lead the grand march with
Mr. E. G. Jones, Vice President of
Phi Psi.
The Auburn Knights will play for
the dance which will be held in the
new W. P. A. building. During the
evening there will be two lead-outs
and three no-breaks.
FLOWER SHOW PUNNED HERE
BY GROUP OF ORGANIZATION
Exact Date Has Not Been Set But Will Probably Be Staged
Sometime Around First Of May; Mrs. Fred Allison Is In
Charge Of AH Arrangements For Show; Many Entrants
The Garden Club of Auburn with
the cooperation of Perry Garden Club,
Business and Professional Women's
club and the Five Departments of
Auburn Woman's Club will sponsor
a Spring Flower Show at the Au­burn
Baptist Church, announces Mrs.
Fred Allison chairman. The show will
be-around May 1, with exact date be­ing
announced later.
"The Five Departments of the
Woman's Club will have each a shadow
box exhibit, and there are approxi­mately
twenty group classifications of
entries", said Mrs. Allison. Classifi-and
two no-breaks.
\ happened in Salem, Mass., on Februrary 12, 1877. The
yomg reporter attended a demonstration of inventor Bell's
newtelephone — then "talked" his story to his paper in
BosUt ty telephone!
ThoVh he didn't realize it, he was inaugurating a new
era in jSrnalism. For today's newspapers could hardly exist
{without ^ telephone.
Gatberva-ucl spreading news with lightning speed is just
one oc tbXJbgphone's countless contributions to modern
life. And A^OQO Bell System people strive constantly to
make the sefcce gtjjj hetter, still more useful.
Why not telephone home oftener?
ate* to most points are lowest after
P M. and all day Sunday.
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The New Shipment
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type you can appropriately wear
almost anywhere, at any time this
Summer. This comfortable model
Is faithfully reproduced stitch-for-stitch
from a custom-made original
by the house of Crosby Square.
See our complete selection of these
fine shoes for sports and warm-weather
occasions.
Knights will furnish music for both
occasions. There will be one lead-out d a t e g f o r e l e c t i o n . D r , R o s a L e e WaL
ston asked for other nominations from
the floor after which a secret ballot
showed the 1937-38 officers of the
club to be: Mrs. W. T. Schreiber,
President; Mrs. P. O. Davis, First
Vice-President; Mrs. L. M. Sahag,
Secretary; Miss Annie Heard, Treas­urer;
Mrs. W. E. Sewell, Auditor;
Mrs. W. D. Salmon, American Home
Chairman; Mrs. Charles Floyd, Music
Club Chairman; Miss Mary Martin,
Literature Chairman; Mrs. George
Sargent, Garden; and Mrs. J. G. Ku-derna,
Art.
New members accepted were Mrs.
Henry and Mrs. L. L. Sellers. Mrs.
R. L. Partin, a future member, was a
visitor.
Delegates to the State Federation of
Women's Clubs Convention to be held
in Mobile this month include Mrs. W.
T. Schreiber, Mrs. L. M. Sahag and
Mrs. P. O. Davis.
The Music Department was hostess
to tea following the business. Serv­ing
were: Mrs. C. L. Boyd; Mrs. Paul
Irvine; Mrs. Earle Rauber; Mrs. J.
G. Kuderna; with Mrs. Charles Floyd
and Mrs. J. T. High presiding at. the
tea services.
to wtorftfMf la Esqa/r* and TIME
0LIN L. HILL
Little Klothes Shoppe
Theta Upsilon Be Hostess
To All Sororities
Iota Alpha Chapter of Theta Upsi­lon
will be hostess to other sororities
with a tea at their chapter room at
110 Miller Avenue on Sunday, April
18 from 4 to 5:30. This is the third
of a series of Pan Hellenic teas given
this semester by different sororities.
Mitchell-Sims Marriage
Is Last Saturday
Miss Rebecca Mitchell was married
to Mr. William Mosley Sims, Auburn
graduate, Saturday in a ceremony of
impressive simplicity at the Highland
Avenue Baptist Church in Mont­gomery.
'
After a short wedding trip Mr. and
Mrs. Sims will reside in Tallassee,
where he is engaged in business.
The bride is a graduate of the Uni­versity
and also did post graduate
work at Peabody College. She has
been active in work of the First Bap­tist
Church.
Mr. Sims is a native of Troy where
he received his preparatory education.
Delta Sigma Pi Has Meet
Last Tuesday Night
The Beta Lambda chapter of Delta
Sigma Pi held its regular monthly
professional meeting Tuesday evening
in Broun Hall. Members of the fra­ternity,
pledges of the fraternity and
other students of the business depart­ment
attended the meeting which was
presided over by Milton Roth, presi­dent
of the local chapter.
Professor Dilley, of the economics
department, gave an interesting talk
on the present issue of the Supreme
Court. He gave many interesting
sidelights on the question of whether
or not the President should be given
the right to increase the number of
judges on the Supreme Court bench.
After the talk by Professor Dilley,
there was an open forum.
After the professional meeting ad­journed,
a meeting of the pledges of
the fraternity was held and final ar­rangements
for the initiation next
Tuesday night were made.
cation lists are in the hands of Mrs.
Allison for distribution.
Group entries are: Finest named
i-ose; Finest climber; Finest collection
of six roses; Miscellaneous roses; Best
arrangement of one color roses; Ger­man
Iris; Spanish Iris; Dutch Iris;
Best arrangement of Iris either mixed
or of one color; Potted Plants; Peren­nials
; Annuals; Novelties—unusual
flowers; Artistic Table Flower ar­rangements;
Artistic Flower arrange­ment
for General Use; Flowering Tree
or Shrub; Scout Exhibits.
There will be no charge for entering
exhibits. Voluntary offering will be
taken at the door to cover necessary
expenses.
A sweepstake prize will be awarded
to the individual exhibitor whose win­nings
total the greatest number of
points on first prize only.
Committees for exhibitors' assist­ance
include Classification: Mrs. W.
A. Ruff in; Mrs. B. F. Thomas; Mrs.
Jude Robinson; Mrs. Alpha Cullars;
Mrs. Roger Allen; Mrs. J. W. Scott;
and Mrs. C. A. Basore.
Arrangement: Mrs. L. M. Sahag;
Mrs. E. L. Spencer; Mrs. W. T.
Schreiber; Mrs. R. L. Mundhenk;
Mrs. L. M. Ware; and Mrs. J. C.
Lowery.
Prizes: Mrs. A. D. Burke; Mrs.
John Ivey; and Mrs. Susie Wright.
—Flowers For AH Occasioi
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Phone 134-R
Auburn, Ala.
G - E Campus News
' —the "New American" home is building a
brighter future for the cottage and the
mansion.
SQCUATE FAM,Lv(
IT'S "NEW AMERICAN"
Conceived by General Electric, the "New
American" home promises to influence pro­foundly
the trend in American building. The
program is sponsored in co-operation with all
those professionally interested in building new
and better homes.
The modern kitchen is one of the results of
this work. It has been changed from just a
room where a variety of tasks must be per­formed
to a scientifically planned workshop. It
is equipped with electric appliances which do
the drudgery of kitchen work silently and
easily. The electric range, refrigerator, dish­washer,
Disposal] unit, and modern lighting
are but examples of the improvements which 'M along the Ohio Valley,
have been made in the home workshop.
IN EVANSVILLE
Into the flood zone several General Electric
engineers—among them Herbert Duval of
Washington University, Eugene Darlington of
Oregon State, and Harold Towlson of Clarkson
Tech— took two radio-equipped police cars and
played an important part in the relief activities
The radial wiring system used in the "New
American" home was designed for safety and
convenience. Plenty of outlets for lights and
for appliances are the outstanding features of
this system.
The home is thoroughly air conditioned. Condi­tioned
air is not only more comfortable but also
more healthful, and the G-E air-conditioning
units have been designed to promote such
conditions.
With the elimination of wasted space, steps,
and time throughout the entire dwelling-—with
the maximum in health, comfort, and economy
The equipment included a two-way ultra-short­wave
police radio set in each car, a 50-watt
headquarters transmitter, and a 150-meter
transmitter having its own gas-engine-driven
electric generator—-in reserve in case of power
failure.
One of the engineers reported, "We arrived in
Evansville and erected our antenna on the
75-foot tower of a bank building. We were on
the air continually, rendering service to the
flooded area."
In a further effort to aid flood victims. General
Electric sent extra men to the G-E Service
Shops in the affected area to speed repair work.
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THE FIRST PRODUCT TO HOLD TWO NATIONAL RADIO AWARDS
P A G E POUR T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N •:• A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1937
High School To Give
'Rhythm Revue* Friday
On Friday night at 7:45 o'clock in
the Lee County High School auditor­ium,
the students in the Warner-
Ferguson School of Dancing will be
presented in a "Rhythm Revue". On
Tuesday and Friday of each week,
Mr. Warner and Miss Ferguson are
at the Auburn school to meet their
dancing classes. Throughout the
year they have done some interesting
work with pre-school children, ele­mentary,
junior and senior high
school students.
The "Rhythm Revue" Friday even­ing
will be one of the most enter­taining
of school activities. Dances
of many types will be included on the
program. Winter Wonderland, Child­ren
in the Snow, Snow Balls, Snow
Birds, Snow Sprite, and Skaters ap­pear
in one scene. Twelve rhythm
varieties will be seen in another
scene, including High Steppers, Cross
Patch, Tapping Toes, Acrobatics,
Birmingham Jerry, Rhythm Time,
Waltz Clog, Adiago, Star Dust, When
a Lady Meets a Gentleman, After
Beat Rhythm, and Sing Baby Sing.
The People who will take part in
the Revue are: Martha Orr, Mary
Beth Robinson, Bettye Brackeen,
Patsy Allen, Martha Barrington,
Betty Jo Moreman, Jill Caldwell,
Ellen Edwards, Camilla Long, Gene
Hurt, Patty Reeves, Louise Young,
Martha Ryan, Mary Lee, Betty Ware,
Daphne Brown, Phyllis Barrington,
Jean Swingle, Janet Welstead, Louise
Sims, Mary Claire Burns, Eloise
Burns, Eloise Reed, Modesta Bidez,
Ada Wright, Grace Ogletree, Nelda
Beasley, Jean Beasley, Emman Nell
Parrish, Virginia Fos;t, Bobby Des
Islets, Sidney Fuller, Evans Young,
Jr., and Nell Horsley of Opelika.
Have Your Thesis Or Term
Paper Typed By
Robert S. Andrews.
Reasonable Terms.
275 S. College St. Phone 4
TIGER
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Thursday. Dinner
Roast Chicken and Dressing,
Cranberry Sauce, Baked Ap­ples,
String Beans, Tomato and
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C U R B S E R V I C E
AVERAGE STUDENT CAN'T
FIGURE CO-ED; DISTRUSTS
POLITICS, NOT A FRAT MAN
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make. It's a tricky matter of con­centration,
and I can't concentrate".
"Do you object to disclosing your
chief diversion at Auburn?" "Monte-vallo",
he exclaimed brightly. "School
is my vocation and Montevallo my
avocation. But listen, Joan, it's that
Auburn spirit I want to gat at. To
talk about this spirit is all right, but
some people have an exaggerated
view of school spirit. Just mention
the University of Alabama and
watch them get red around the eyes.
Tha,f s what I mean by school spirit."
"Do you think extra-curricular ac­tivities
are stimulating for students",
I inquired.
"Since I'm a member of every free
organization, I wouldn't know, (he's
Scotch). It all depends on the
student. If he can keep up with his-classes
and outside work, O. K.",
"School work's all right", he went on,
"if you can keep up with it, and you
can keep up if you're man enough".
When I asked if he thought he
really represented the "average" or
"forgotten" man, he replied, "I do
as far as my grades and campus ac­tivities
go—and most of my ideas
could be classed as the average. The
difference is the guy extraordinary
gets all the publicity and attention;
the average guy gets the cross sec­tion
of everything. That's why I
think we're forgotten men. If we'd
get just a little stimulating attention,
the majority would respond willingly.
We're naturally not the type'to go
sticking our chins into things; that's
where encouragement from the profs
helps. One professor encouraged me
this fall, and I did the best work for
him I ever did in my life. You like
to feel as if your efforts are noticed.
I think our outlook on life is care­free
and hopeful. Just because we
can't all be shining lights or choose
brilliant professions doesn't mean
that we don't crave courteous con­sideration."
Remember the forgotten man!
NOTICE !
Art Club will meet with Mrs. L. S.
Prickett Friday at 3 o'clock.
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HUNTINGDON COLLEGE GLEE CLUB
Auburn Takes Two
From Georgia Nine
The Auburn Tigers bunched six of
their eleven hits and all of their runs
in the third and seventh innings Fri­day
afternoon to defeat the Georgia
Bulldogs, 7-4, in the first of a two-game
series in Athens.
Monroe Hayes led the Tiger attack
with three singles in his five trips to
the plate. John Mason and Captain
Sidney Scarborough each gathered in
two hits, Mason connecting for a three
bagger in the fifth. Billy Hitchcock
hit a homer in the third inning blast.
Begin In Third
Wallace Miller held Auburn to, one
hit the t:\3t two sessions, but the
Plainsmen started the ball rolling in
tjie third. The blast was set off when
John Paul Tipper got on base through
an error, advanced to second on a
fielder's choice and Went to third when
the third baseman miscued Scar­borough's
ball. Hayes brought them
both in on his bingle. Hitchcock's
home run cleaned the bases.
Georgia scored two tallies in the
third on Albert Collins' bingle, a pass
to Alf Anderson, and Bill Hartman's
double accounted for the two runs.
The Bulldogs scored another run in
the fourth. A single by Jim Cavan,
George Stallings' sacrifice, Cavan's
steal to third, and Miller's swat to
center gave the losers their marker.
Tipper, who struck out four and walk­ed
two, was relieved in this stanza by
Les Antley. Antley's only free ticket
to first to Anderson in the seventh,
and Carroll Thomas' two bagger that
followed Anderson's steal to second,
accounted for Georgia's only run off
the Bengal's second hurler.
Singles by Scarborough and Hayes
and an intentional walk to Hitchcock
gave the Plainsmen an opening in the
seventh. Frank Hamm laced out a
line drive triple to bring in the three
men on base.
Second Game
The Plainsmen landed on the of­ferings
of Victor Hansard and Es­mond
Culberson for 14 hits and 12
runs and slammed out a 12-7 decision
over the Georgia Bulldogs to sweep
the two-game series in Athens last
Saturday.
Determined to win their third con­secutive,
Southeastern Conference
game the Bengals jumped off to a
four run lead the opening four frames
that Hansard hurled for the Bulldogs.
They rang up five and three markers,
respectively, in the fifth and seventh
sessions off Hansard's successor, Cul­berson.
Behind four runs in their half of
the fourth, the Georgians counted
three times on as many knocks. The
losers also let loose another outburst
in the fifth that sent Dick Swindle to
the showers and wielded John Paul
Tipper into action. Tipper yielded on­ly
one hit, but his wildness kept him
in hot water and he was relieved by
Joel Eaves in the ninth, who halted
Georgia's potential rally.
Auburn's 14 knocks were pretty
well distributed throughout the team,
eight players getting hits. Only two
of the Bengal's starters failed to get
a hit, Captain Sidney Scarborough,
who sacrificed twice, and Malvern
Morgan, whose hitting was below par
in his four trips to the plate.
Six of Auburn's knocks were gath­ered
in by "Speck" Kelly and Billy
Hitchcock, each getting three hits.
Hitchcock rapped out a double once
that brought in two runs. Frank
Hairnn batted, .666 during the game,
collected a bingle and a two bagger.
"Jug" Mason also got a double and a
single. "Chink" Whitten and Monroe
Hayes were the other Plainsmen who
hit a double during the afternoon.
Box Score, First Game
AUBURN AB R H O A
Kelly, If . . - —5 0 0 3 0
Scarborough, cf 5 1 2 2 0
Hayes, rf 5 2 3 1 1
Hitchcock, ss ...A 2 1 4 2
Mason, 2b .... 5 1 2 2 0
Hamm, 3b 5 0 1 1 1
Taylor, lb 4 0 1 7 0
Whitten, c 4 0 1 6 1
Tipper, p 2 1 0 0 2
Antley, p 2 0 0 1 1
Reggie Escapes By A Hair's
Breadth
A SHORT SHORT STORY
By LAURENS PIERCE
Totals 39 7 11 27 8
Reggie was always getting into a
jam in some way or other. In fact,
his father had already bluffed and
bought him out of more than one such
mess in the last month; the previous
ones had been mere incidences as com­pared
to the present fix he had man­aged
to get in.
The first that Reginald Wyanscott,
Sr. knew of the matter was when he
was mysteriously presented with a
scrawled note that morning at break
fast. Although Percival swore on his
time worn honor that it had not been
there when he last saw after the
table, there was no doubting its pres­ence
when the master had sat down
with the morning paper. He immedi­ately
took it as one of his son's practi­cal
jokes, for it was obviously written
in the young scoundrel's own hand­writing.
The shock of realization
came, though, when Percival assured
him that Reggie's bed had not been
disturbed. Of course the note had
said not to notify the police, and
that all of the terms must be complied
with since Reggie was obviously their
captive. They had also informed him
that they were not naturally a cruel
gang, but sometimes they lost control
of their actions and during such
periods, often murdered innocent peo­ple
; they were not referring to Reggie,
but if he should find himself the vic­tim
of one of these spells, they, of
course, did not feel responsible.
All this was quite a stunning blow
to old Wyanscott; however, the reign­ing
climax came that afternoon with
the arrival of a second, but somewhat
different, note from the kidnapped
son. The note came through the med­ium
of a very ragged street waif who
immediately asked for a tidy sum of
fifty cents that the note indicated he
would get upon delivery. Much to his
amazement and pleasure, he was paid
twice that sum and told to wait, nor
was he displeased' when he was pre­sented
with a large bowl of very
brown ice cream. This kept him busy,
even too busy, for he positively re­fused
to divulge any side information
until he had been assured of a second
helping of the ice cream. When he
had finished he told of finding the
paper, with a half dollar wrapped
inside, in front of a once occupied
GEORGIA AB R H O A
Collins, 2b 5 1 2 0 4
Mims, 3b 5 0 1 2 5
Anderson, ss _3 2 1 2 2
Hartman, rf 5 0 1 0 0
Thomas, If . - - 4 0 1 2 1
Cavan, cf 3 1 1 4 0
Stallings, lb 3 0 0 12 0
Richards, c 4 0 0 5 2
Miller, p 4 0 2 0 3
Totals 36 9 27 17
Box Score, Second Game
AUBURN AB R H O A
Kelly, If . 5 1 3 2 0
Scarborough, cf -.3 2 0 2 1
Hayes, rf 5 2 1 1 0
Hitchcock, ss 5 1 3 1 3
Mason, 2b 6 0 2 4 3
Hamm, 3b 3 3 2 0 2
Chitty, 3b 1 0 0 0 1
Morgan, lb 4 1 0 9 1
Whitten, c u.2 0 1 1 0
Riddle, c 2 2 1 6 0
Swindle, p ..._ —.3 0 1 0 0
Tipper, p 1 0 0 1 1
Eaves, p 0 0 0 0 0
Totals -38 12 14 27" 12
GEORGIA AB R H O A
Collins, 2b 4 1 1 1 1
Mims, 3b 5 2 2 3 1
Anderson, ss 4 1 2 2 3
Hartman, rf 1 0 0 0 0
Gershon, rf 3 1 1 0 0
Thomas, If 4 0 1 2 1
Ca\ian, cf 4 0 0 2 0
Stallings, lb 3 *0 0 11 1
Richards, c 3 1 1 6 2
Hansard, p 1 0 0 0 3
Culberson, p 1 0 0 0 3
Totals 34 7 8 27 16
East side store. The note had appar­ently
been thrown from the second
story window of a dwelling above the
store, and, as it plainly stated, it was
not urgent.
To get right to the point, Reggie in
formed them that he was quite safe
and that he rather liked being held
for ransom. He was in no immediate
danger from his captors and, through
the negligence of his keeper, he was
allowed the full run of the upper
floor. His keeper, he assured, was
very watchful and alert on the out­side,
but not having discovered the
door through the closet of his prison,
he was thought well guarded from
only the outside door. Apparently, he
stated, they had just rented the place
and therefore knew nothing of the
particulars of his prison; he had found
the door early that morning, previous
investigation being made impossible
by the darkness, since they gave him
no means of lighting the place. He
also had several fifty cent pieces left
and so, until we heard from him, he
informed us to leave him strictly to
his abductors. The last line of his
note insured his being left alone, it
stated that any interference from the
outside might mean his end, and Reg­gie,
being an only son, had his father
well in hand.
It was not until late afternoon that
a second note from the kidnappers
came; this time it arrived attached
to a rock that was thrown through
one of the side windows. It had little
more to say than that the money,
$50,000, should be left at a vacant
house in the neighborhood of the East
side store. Details were given, but
they were of little use since there was
to be no money left. Reggie had said
to hold them off and this was done by
leaving a note at the assigned place
that read to the effect that the money
couldn't be gotten together in the
short time allotted and that it would
be delayed a day or two.
In the mean time, a second epistle
came from the captive. This time,
however, it contained definite plans
for the attack. Although Reggie stat­ed
that he was having a charming
time, it had become imperative that
he take leave of his lovely host. True,
they had received him with much cere­mony
and pomp, they had also tended
him with the greatest of care, but
even the generous hospitality with
which they had heaped him could no
longer hold his attention and he felt
it his duty to relieve them of his
presence. The details for the arrange­ment
of his departure were very sim­ple,
even Regginald Sr. could follow
them, for so Reggie had designed
them. So, when the appointed hour
arrived, a car left the Wyanscott ga­rage
and headed in the general direc­tion
of the East side.
At exactly 7 o'clock that same even­ing,
the Wyanscott car drew to stop
at a drug store at the far end of the
block in which Reggie's prison was
located. Also, at this same time, Reg­gie
was calling to his genial host who
had so thoughtfully been placed just
outside his door. At the end of the
second shout, the door opened and al­lowed
a rather apish individual to en­ter.
Immediately, Reggie asked for a
match to light his cigarette; this was
quite the usual thing, since it was
thought dangerous for Reggie to keep
matches on his person. In return for
the match, Reggie offered a cigarette;
this also being usual, his,keeper ac­cepted
and the two sat down to smoke.
Fully five minutes had elapsed with
nothing more than the ordinary con­versation
when, for no apparent rea­son,
the apish gentleman grew very
pale.
When Reggie came down the narrow
stair supporting a somewhat limp
form, he did not seem surprised to see
his father and Percival waiting for
him. The two older men relieved him
of his burden and immediately began
showering him with questions about
his stay with the abductors. These,
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berry adds that the same require­ments,
a graduate from an accredited
high school, required of students
upon their entry to the regular cur­riculum
of Auburn will be asked of
those entering Alabama Business
College.
he put aside by saying that he would
explain later; but for now, there was
more important business to attend to.
That evening at the Wyanscott
home, Reggie sat surrounded by his
father and a group of reporters. The
questions that seemed to be the most
important at the moment, were how
Reggie had overpowered his armed
guard. How had he managed to es­cape
from the gang and what had
been the reason for the obvious con­dition
of his guard when Reggie
brought him down to the street? To
most of these inquires, the reporters
received nothing more unusual than
answers of the ordinary type. But,
when Reggie told how he had added
two fine horse hairs from the couch
to the cigarette that he gave the guard
and explained that one was sufficient
to induce an acute case of nausea, the
reporters could do no more than gape
in amazement.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
PI KAPPA ALPHA
WINS FIFTH GAME
TO LEAD TOURNEY
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other one by defeating the Pi Kappa
Phi's 4 to 3.
There are three undefeated teams
in the race including the Pi K. A.,
Theta Chi and K. A. ball clubs. In
five starts the Pi ' K. A. team has
emerged with five victories and the
Lambda Chi's have turned in four wins
in as many starts. The K. A. team
has played two games with a record
of one wine and a tie with Sigma Nu.
With the weather remaining clear
the postponed games should be played
off by the end of the week. By turn­ing
in scores promptly to the Plains­man
office, the fraternity will enable
an exact check to be kept on the
league standings. There will be a box
with team standings printed once a
week from now until the season ends.
FOR SALE—1935 Harley Davidson
"74" motorcycle. In good condi­tion.
For details see Bill Prince at
the Phi Delta Theta House or
telephone 138.
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a Specialty
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Phone 239-J
Women
WILL BE CROWNED
Sovereigns!
Saturday, April 17th
is
"Women's
Day"
AT
Montgomery's Largest Department Store
The women of the store will
reign supreme on this day.
They have planned all the
events, all the merchandise of
ferings, and have carried of
their own ideas in all arrant"
ments. They have follo^d
closely, in all their plans, ^ e r r
slogan for the day: r
"Women Know Quality
And Appreciate
• THE WOMEN OF
INVITE THE WOMEN O
TO SHOP WITH THEM
The Store Hours
Are 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
<3Ct Value
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GOMERY FAIR
OUR COMMUNITY
N WOMEN'S DAY
No Mail Orders
Accepted