1936-11-13 The Auburn Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman
Friday Issue W^t Auburn JUamsman
VOLUME LX
TO F O S T E R THE A U B U R N . S P I R IT
AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1936 • NUMBER 20
Photos For
Annual Be
Over 2,000
Pictures Of Campus Life Will
Be Featured More In Book;
Military Section Enlarged
ANNUAL IS LARGER
Class Sections Changed; Seven
New Groups Included In
Enlarged Campus Section
Ticket Book Good For Plays;
New Production Now Started
Over 500 Students And Townspeople Attended Concert; Pro-
> g r am Included Many Novelties And Popular Songs; Is Two
Hour Concert; Unique Bottle Chorus In Two Numbers
An unofficial estimate of the num­ber
of pictures taken for the Glome­rate
place the figure well above two
thousand. When the final work in
this phase is completed, it is predicted
that more student pictures than have
ever been in the yearbook will be
placed in the various panels.
Aside from this information releas­ed
from the annual offices, news con­cerning
the general make-up is given
by the editor, Sam Gibbons.
It is hoped that a larger and more
varied picture of campus life can be
presented. In this section there are
to be snapshots of student activities,
and the students are asked to-submit
any pictures they think usable.
Organization Space Larger
The section given over to organiza­tions
will be enlarged. Among the
groups to appear for the first time in
the publication are: The Friendship
Council; Kappa Delta Pi, education
society; Phi Psi, textile society; Delta
Phi Omega, band society; Future
Farmers of America, collegiate chap
ter; Glee Glub; International Rela
tions Club. Any other groups wishing
to appear can do so by acting now.
For the Military section the plan is
to increase it by adding the picture of
every senior cadet officer. There will
be changes in the class sections, but
none of these have been revealed.
The Editor has drawn up tentative
plans for changes in several different
phases. Although he is not yet ready
to disclose the exact nature of these
changes, the students may rest as­sured
that the Glomerate will feature
aspects of college life that will all go
to make the yearbook a larger and
more highly praised annual than that
department has been able to afford in
the past.
When asked as to about when the
Glomerata will be ready for distribu­tion,
Gibbons replied, "I hope to have
Glomerata ready for the student-body
by the time the final exams are
over."
Auburn Player's productions are to
be given free'to all students present­ing
their student activities books at
the door from now on, it was an­nounced
at the Player's meeting last
Monday night. This arrangement is
made possible by the school admini­stration
in its desire to have the plays
more available to the student body.
Additional funds were appropriated
for dramatics to make such a step
possible.
Past experience on the part of the
Player has shown that a marked in­crease
in audience numbers prevailed
when admission prices were extreme­ly
low. Thence, the administration
felt that those students who could not
afford any admission would benefit
from the new arrangement. The free
admission, however, does not apply to
any outside attraction sponsored by
the Players since the bulk of the gate
receipts normally go tb the visiting
artists. Admission will still be charg­ed
to town's people and anyone not
presenting a book.
New Play Selected
The Players have selected "Squar­ing
the Circle", a new Soviet farce in
which the Russians poke fun at them
selves and" which ran on Broadway
with great success last year, for their
next production. It is to be cast by
the dramatic group Tuesday night at
7:00 o'clock at the Y Hut.
The play requires five characters,
none of which may be classed as
"minor", two women and three men.
The Players are particularly anxious
to bring in new material for this their
first production to be given free in
Langdon Hall to students. Everybody
interested in dramatics is welcome to
attend the try-outs. The probable date
of production is December 14th. This
play was selected in place of a short
tragedy by Chekov as something more
appropriate to give before the entire
student body.
Large Mass Meeting
Is Planned Tonight
Cureton And Irvine
Conduct School Tests
Dr. Edward E. Cureton and Dr.
Paul Irvine have recently conducted
achievement tests at the Lee County
High School.
Last May, Dr. Cureton gave the
progressive achievement tests to the
junior and senior high school students
to determine achievement rattier than
speed. This was a newer test than the
Stanford Achievement TesD} and the
results were favorable. Dr. Cureton
gave the test again this year to those
students in senior high school who
failed to take it last year. This test
includes reading, language, arithmetic,
and English.
Dr. Irvine gave the Stanford Ad
vanced Test this year to the students
in junior high school. This test, which
is very reliable, includes reading, word
dictation exercises, language, litera­ture,
history civics, geography, physi
ology and hygiene, and arithmetic.
Former Student Gets
Job With Petrdl Firm
Parker Preston Powell, Jr., son of
Professor and Mrs. P. P. Powell of
the chemistry department of Auburn,
has been appointed to a position in
the research laboratories of the Im­perial
Oil and Refining Company of
Okmulgee, Oklahoma, effective im
mediately.
Mr. Powell is an Auburn graduate
of 1935 in Chemical engineering. He
received his M. S. degree in 1936 and
for the last few months he has been
doing additional graduate work and
instruction in chemistry.
Eight Are Initiated
Into Eta Kappa Nu
Eight men were initiated into Eta
Kappa Nu, honorary electrical engi­neering
fraternity at 6 o'clock last
night and feted with a banquet at 8
o'clock at the Tiger Cafe. Professors
W. W. Hill and J. C. McKinnon were
speakers at the banquet.
The men, all juniors, are J. E.
Lowery, B. M. Cameron, J. P. Ennis,
Gayle Riley, and G. T. Nelson of Bir­mingham,
Dave Phelps and R. J. Wood
of Bluefield, W. Va., and E. M. Sigler
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of Mobile.
Eta Kappa Nu is a professional
honor society for electrical engineers
the purpose of which is to bring to­gether
into closer union for mutual
benefit those men who, by their at­tainments
in college or in practice,
have manifested a deep interest and
marked ability in their chosen work.
The chapter here is the Xi Chapter
of a national organization and was
established on this campus in 1920.
Writers Wanted
With the object in view of en­larging
the Plainsman editorial
staff to twice its present size,
the editor invites any student in­terested
in writing for this paper
to come by the office during the
first part of next week.
It should be made clear that no
previous experience is necessary
to begin working on the publica­tion
and anyone wanting a trial
will be gladly accepted. Of course,
students with some experience will
find Plainsman writing a great
deal easier, but those without
previous training should be able
to do well after a week or so.
The reason for enlarging the
staff is to take the heavy load off
the shoulders of a few and dis­tribute
the editorial work among
a number of students. In this
way working for the Plaiisman
should be a pleasure—not a
burden.
According to Bill Lee, Senior
cheer leader, a big mass meeting
will be held in the City Audi­torium
in Birmingham tonight.
All of the alumni members of
Auburn, all of the students, and
the Auburn band will be present
to show the team and also the
residents of Birmingham how they
feel about the forthcoming game
with L. S. U.
There will be no parade given
by Auburn. Since the streets of
Birmingham must be cleared by a
certain time, and since Auburn
is host to L. S. U., the Alumni
Association of Birmingham de­cided
that Auburn should omit its
parade in order to let the visitors
have theirs.
However, Lee stated that his
cheerleading corps had planned to
make tomorrow the biggest day in
so far as fcheering went and ask­ed
the cooperation of every stu­dent
attending the game. "At the
kick-off tomorrow at 2 o'clock I
want every student cheering".
Auburn Is
Ready For
L.S.U. Tilt
Tigers In Best Shape Since
Start Of Season; L. S. U.
Team Formidable Opponent
IS CRUCIAL GAME
Coach Meagher Well Pleased
With Condition Of Team;
Practice Has Been Good
Probable starting line-
AUBURN Position
E^aves
Roton
Gantt
Gilbert
McCroskey
Rodgers
William.
Scarborough
Hitchcock
Fenton
Kilgore
L.E.
L.T.
L.G.
C.
R.G.
R.T.
R.E.
Q.B.
L.H.
R.H.
F.B.
ups:
L.S.U.
Tinsley
Strange
Leisk
Stewart
Baldwin
Carroll
Dumas
May
Crass
Coffee
Reed
Exhibit Is Now
On Display In
Art Building
Photographic Enlargements Of
Antebellum Homes In State
Shown By Prof. Burkhardt
A very interesting exhibit of photo­graphic
enlargements of a choice se­lection
of antebellum structures of
Alabama is now 0n exhibition in the
exhibit room of the Library of the
School of Architecture and Allied
Arts.
These 11 x 14 enlargements are a
selection which Professor E. W. Burk­hardt
has made from 5000 photo­graphs
taken during the operation of
the Historic American Building Sur­vey
which has been in progress for the
past three years.
It will be of interest as some of the
more outstanding structures are
featured by this exhibit, including
certain aloseups of unusual details.
Represented are such noteworthy
buildings In the state as Gaineswood,
at Demopolis^the PresidentVHome at
the University of Alabama, the home
of General Gorgas, Umbria, the home
of former Governor Pickens, Rose-mont,
one of the largest plantation
homes in the state, the Forks, near
Florence, and others. Of unusual in­terest
also is a group of enlargements
of some of the more charming build­ings
and ironwork of Mobile.
The exhibit will be open through
Thanksgiving. Students and public
are cordially invited.
Delegates Are Sent
To B. S. U. Conclave
A. M. Hocutt and G. L. Oakley, of­ficers
in the Baptist Student Union
will represent Auburn at the Alabama
Associational Training Union Officers
Conference which is meeting at Bir­mingham
November 12 and -13.
Hocutt is the associate Sunday
School director and Oakley is vice-president
of the Holmes Baptist
Training Union.
The conference, convening at the
First Baptist Church, is expected to
be attended by one thousand Baptist
young people from all over the state.
Outstanding Speakers
Many outstanding Southwide and
State Baptist Training Union leaders
are on the program. A few of the
most notable of the leaders are: Dr.
T. L. Holcomb, Executive Secretary
of the Sunday School Board; Mr. J.
E. Lambdin, Southwide Training
Union Secretary; Dr. Frank H. Lea-vell,
Southwide Student Secretary;
Mr. Davis Cooper, Jr., and Mr. Chester
L. Quarles.
Coach Meagher's Plainsmen appear
ready to play what is perhaps their
most crucial game of the year tomor­row
in Birmingham when they face
Louisiana State in a battle which may
determine the 1936 Southeastern Con
ference Champion.
According to the Auburn mentor,
the Tigers are in the finest shape since
the start of the season. The entire
squad is infected with the kind of
spirit that makes for victories over
teams that are superior. All this week
the team has shouted while working in
scrimmages and other departments
which make up the practice sessions.
Even darkness failed to keep their
buoyant spirits down as they toiled
until it was virtually impossible to
continue without using flood lights.
Every man has been out happily giv
ing his all in order to reach the ut­most
perfection for the contest in
which even the students give them
little chance.
Squad Eager
Jack Meagher is being made to
smile happily by the eagerness of his
charges to take on more and more
hard work without being satisfied.
Surely, this is a good sign as it is
seldom that a head coach smiles on the
r
eve of a game as Important as this
one Saturday. He seems to have in­jected
into the players some of that
spirit of teamwork he was noted for
during his days as an undergraduate
in Notre Dame. Even the spectators
are made to feel warmer and more
confident despite the cold and rain
so much in evidence.
Line Opens Up
The light backfield composed of
Fenton, Hitchcock, Kilgore, and Scar­borough
ran through plays while a
fairly heavy forward wall opened up
wide holes. The ends were pulling in
pass after pass while trekking down
the field under full steam. Bobbie
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Professor Staples
Is Given Mention
For Art Exhibit
Roy H. Staples, Professor in the
Department of Applied Art, has been
given Honorable Mention for his work
exhibited in the Seventh Annual Ex-hibition
of the Alabama Art League,
now being held in Montgomery. The
honor was awarded to Mr. Staples for
his water color, "Midday Exercise".
Four sleepy negroes sitting lazily in
the shade on a hot summer afternoon
gave Mr. Staples the idea for the
painting. This is the second time that
he has received Honorable Mention
for a water color shown at an Ala­bama
Art League Exhibition.
The highest honor given by this so­ciety
was awarded to Lamar Dodd, a
Birmingham artist, recent recipient
of one of the nation's highest awards
at the Forty-seventh Annual Exhibi­tion
of American Painting at the Art
Institute of Chicago.
Department Well Represented
The Applied Art Department is well
represented in the Montgomery ex­hibition.
Frank W. Applebee, head of
the department, is showing two paint­ings,
one water color, "Street Corner",
and an oil painting, "Sunday After­noon".
The oil is one of the twelve
paintings which represented Alabama
in the First National Exhibition of
American Art at Rockefeller Center
last summer. It is a highly chromatic
rendering of darkies celebrating the
holiday and is attracting a great deal
of attention.
On exhibit also in Montgomery is a
composition in oils "Four A. M." by
Daniel Eadie, Jr., Instructor in the
Applied Art Department. This picture
is of unusual interest in that it por­trays
a night scene and presents an
idea as well as a picture.
The members of the Applied Art
faculty are also represented in the
Alabama Art League Traveling Show
which is now on its circuit of the
state.
The Alabama Art League exhibi­tion
can be seen throughout this month
at the Montgomery Museum. There
are also several other exhibits at the
Museum and at Huntingdon College,
the chief of which is the unusually
fine exhibit of Contemporary Ameri­can
Art.
Bowling Alley To Be
Installed Here Soon
Within the next few weeks, a bowl­ing
alley will be installed in one side
of J. L. Wright's new building just
across the street from the Ideal Laun­dry
on College Street. The alley will
be owned and operated by Frank Col­lier
who is now connected with the
Collier Shoe Shop of Auburn.
According to Mr. Collier, the new
alley will be completely equipped. He
plans to install three alleys.
Mr. Collier expects his bowling alley
to attract a large number of Auburn
students who at the present have no
facilities for the ten-pin sport.
Alabama Club Well Received
Program Includes Many Novelty Numbers
By GEORGE KNIGHT
Wednesday night in Langdon Hall
the Alabama Glee Club gave one of the
most interesting and entertaining pro­grams
ever presented in Auburn. Over
500 students and townspeople enjoyed
the concert, which lasted nearly two
hours.
The program included many novel­ty
numbers and popular songs. As the
opening number the Club sang "Here's
to the Colors of Crimson White", then
William Benefield sang two old songs
—"Who is Sylvia?" and "Passing By."
His singing was so well liked that he
was forced to sing "The Lilac Tree"
as an encore. Joe Sischka then sang
two numbers, after which the entire
Glee Club presented two old spirituals
and "Oh, My Darling Clementine" as
an encore. The first part of the pro­gram
ended with the University Club
giving an excellent imitation of bag­pipes.
Novelty Well Received
Part two began with a unique novel­ty
number — the celebrated bottle
chorus, in which the members of the
Club produced some extra ordinary
music simply by blowing into bottles.
The chorus played "Nelly Gray" and
"Old Black Joe" then a quartet com­posed
of William Benefield, Norman
Bassett, Tom Shipley, and Jesse Chap­man
presented two entertaining songs,
after which the entire number sang
another old favorite—"Little David
Play On Your Harp". Joe Neely and
John Dighton next sang solos and
each was requested to give an encore.
The Glee Club then sang "The
Grasshopper", a lively tune. The pro­gram
closed with the University of
Alabama Alma Mater.
The University Glee Club left Wed­nesday
morning at ten o'clock for
Phenix City, where it gave its next
concert that night. From there the
Glee Club wifl visit at Huntingdon
College in Montgomery, then at Jud-son
College in Marion, returning to
the University Sunday. •
In charge of arrangements for the
concert here were George Hairston,
Birmingham, and David Cox, Mobile,
president and business manager of the
Auburn Club. A return concert at the
University will be given by the
Auburn singers next spring, under di­rection
of Lawrence Baraett •
Interest Mounts In
Selection Of Co-Ed
For "Miss Auburn"
Classes Excused For
November 26,27,28
Announcement received from
the President's office was to the
effect that classes would not be
held Friday, November 27, nor
Saturday, November 28.
This decision was reached at a
recent meeting of the Executive
Council and has just been made
official for publication. However,
there has been some unofficial
word concerning the likelihood of
this step being taken, P. O. Davis,
Executive Secretary, has made
this announcement so that stu­dents
may be planning to go home
or attend the Auburn-Florida
football game on Saturday, No­vember
28. This is the final game
appearing on the Tiger's sche­dule.
It has been urgently requested
that no student cut classes before
the holiday has begun on Thurs­day
morning. The administration
-feels that the students should be
willing to cooperate on the point
one hundred per cent.
Frank McCall
Is To Attend
Scarab Meet
Student Architectural Sketches
To Be Feature Of Exhibit;
Many Prominent Speakers
Frank McCall, senior in the School
of Architecture, has been selected by
Scarab, honor fraternity for archi­tecture
students, to represent the local
chapter at a national convention held
for that organization, November 23
through 25, at the University of Min­nesota,
at Minneapolis. Delegates
from thirteen temples are to be pres­ent
and guest of the University of
Minnesota.
Among the outstanding events of
the national convention of Scarab,
there will be an exhibit of architec­tural
sketches. These sketches are to
be contributed by students in nearly
all of the leading architectural schools
in the United States. This particular
event was initiated into the program
of the convention of 1921, and, since
that year, it has had a leading place in
the annual conventions.
Entertainment Planned
During the more formal portion of
the meeting, important men in the
architectural field will speak to the
group of delegates, using for their
subjects the various phases of the
architectural profession. Additional
entertainment for the delegates has
been prepared by members of the host
temple in the way of sight-seefng trips
and social affairs.
The fraternity has chapters in thir­teen
leading architectural schools of
the United States. Auburn has the
distinction of being one of the only
two schools in the South having mem­bership
in this organization. The first
temple was founded at the University
of Illinois in 1909, and five years later
its national expansion was begun when
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Glee Club Keys Are
Awarded Eleven Men
At a recent meeting of the Auburn
Glee Club 11 outstanding men in the
organization were awarded Glee Club
keys on the merit of work for a long
period of time. Lawrence Barnett,
popular director, made the awards.
Students receiving this honor includ­ed
Josh Couch, David O. Cox, Allion
Knight, W. O. Green, Burton Brooks,
Gerald Bilbro, Sam Teague, G. Weav­er,
Ellis Dunning, Tom Jester, and
Jimmie Green.
These men selected to be given keys
have been with the club for over one
year and have qualified out of 80 .as­pirants
as present members of this
group.
Libba Allison, Molly Brasfield,
Virginia Hubbard, Mary
Carmack Are Nominated
VOTE WEDNESDAY
Election Annual Event, Spon­sored
By Plainsman And
Glomerata; Expect Big Vote
As time draws near the interest in
the selection of "Miss Auburn" mounts
and a record vote for this type of elec­tion
is predicted by those in charge.
Voting will take place next Wed­nesday,
November 18, in the Student
Center from eight o'clock that morn­ing
until four o'clock in the afternoon.
Usually student elections have been
held from eight until five but by end­ing
the voting at an earlier hour final
returns may be published in the Wed­nesday
issue of the Plainsman.
Four Candidates
The four candidates selected by
nomination two weeks ago to compete
in this event are Elizabeth Allison,
senior, from Auburn; Molly Brasfield,
junior, from Demopolis; Virginia Hub­bard,
senior, from Auburn; Mary Car-mack,
from Auburn. All of these
young ladies are popular among the
students and each has a clique spon­soring
her in the coming election.
This election is an annual event
usually sponsored by the Plainsman
and Social Committee; however, this
time the Glomerata and the Plains­man
are to be co-sponsors. Tom
Powell, Chairman of the Election Com­mittee,
has agreed to have his group
supervise the election.
I* High "Honor
Election to "Miss Auburn" is con­sidered
as one of the highest honors
which may come to a co-ed on this
campus as it is a revelation of her
real popularity. The young lady elect­ed
to this position will be placed in
the Glomerate and her picture will
appear in the Plainsman.
It is urged that every student take
part in the election of one of these
four co-eds as "Miss Auburn".
I. R. C. Hears Talk
On Eastern Situation
At the regular meeting last night
of the International Relations Club,
the members enjoyed a well presented
program by the Southeastern discus­sion
group. Iris Joiner, chairman of
the group, gave a program on Chinese-
Japan Relations.
The discussion was divided into
three parts: Miss Robertha Steele,
taking the first part, discussed the
Chino-Japanese relation in regard to
early treaties made between Japan
and China. Edwin Godbold discussed
the most recent demands on China.
For the third part, Professor O. T.
Ivey gave a character sketch of Gen-eral
Chiang Kai-Shek.
The main part of the program next
Thursday night will be a talk by Mr.
Stewart, who is connected with the
Agricultural Economics department.
Mr. Stewart has recently returned
from Honduras so his talk will be
about his research and travels in that
country.
Try-Outs For Rifle
Team In Progress
Captain Erghott announced that the
try-outs for the freshman rifle team'
are in progress and expressed his de­sire
for more candidates. All students
who are interested, experienced or not,
in the handling of a rifle are urged to
attend the try-outs on Saturday, No­vember
14, from 8:30 to 11:30, or
Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday of
next week. A squad of thirty men will
be selected.
The varsity team will start regular
practice December first; however, the
range is open for individual practice
at this date.
Captain Erghott also announced
that practice for women will be held
on Monday's and Friday's from 1:00
to 5:30. All women students are in­vited.
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, NOVEMBER 13, 1936
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Recreational Center For
Faculty Men Not Impossible
Some time ago, at the suggestion of
a young faculty member, The Plains­man
commented upon the desirability
of a social center for faculty men.
Opinions and suggestions were re­quested.
Apparently no one was interested,
for no letter or comment has been re­ceived
by the editor. Either this is
true, or those who are interested have
simply neglected to express their in­terest.
It is unthinkable that none of the
faculty men, many of whom live in
single rooms, desire to have a social
center to call their own. It is much
more likely that the obtaining of such
a center seems so remote that the men
feel it is not worth while to mention
it.
At least twenty-five or thirty single
faculty men live in the various room­ing
houses of Auburn. Most of these
men are young, only a few years out
of college. Between classes and after
class hours as many as five or six are
often seen in groups in the halls or
classrooms discussing common in­terests.
The Plainsman cannot help
but feel that a room or set of rooms
where these men can meet at any time
to. talk or indulge in various forms of
recreation is both desirable and ob­tainable.
Of course what these men would
like is a commodious set of rooms
equipped with recreational facilities
and magazines. Most of them would
also like private apartments well
equipped; yet most of them live in
single rooms. If it is impossible to
get the well-equipped quarters, there
is doubtless a room at some place on
the campus which could become a
modest substitute. The columns of
The Plainsman are open to further
discussion.
Senator Byrd Will Attempt
Pruning Federal Expenses
President Roosevelt has engaged
Senator Byrd, of Virginia, to resume
the study of government reorganiza­tion
he started several months ago.
Of course the reduction of the United
States pay roll is the end sought. In
carrying out this work he is fulfilling
a project, of his own resolution, which
calls for a report in Congress at its
next session.
Such an investigation comes at an
opportune time. The growing ex­pense
of the administration has caus­ed
much unfavorable comment and
uneasiness. Our government seems
developing into a large bureaucratic
one and there are those who are view­ing
this growth with apprehension. It
seems that the depression has taught
our people to be thrifty; it is known
that such a situation as we find our­selves
approaching is anything but
saving.
The amount that this bureaucracy
has grown in the past several years
can be easily determined by these fig­ures:
In June 1930 government em­ployes
numbered 565,432 and a year
later this number had increased to
673,095. In 1934 they numbered 719,-
440. On June 30 of this year these
employes had increased in number to
824,259.
It appears then that it is certainly
time to reorganize along this line.
More Than One Way To
Manifest Auburn Spirit
The writer hesitates to approach
the oft-discussed topic of college
spirit, but feels there are still a few
things that might be said, or repeat­ed,
concerning that subject. There is
such a thing as an Auburn Spirit, and
unless the younger students on this
campus realize this one of the most
valuable treasures of the college is in
danger of being lost.
Bill Lee and his assistants attempt
to keep the spirit alive at pep meet­ings
and football games. Many loyal
students shout themselves hoarse on
those same occasions in the same at­tempt.
This is all well and good, but
not everyone is expected to repeat the
efforts of the cheer leaders, and many
students feel that they can best con­tribute
by some other way than mak­ing
noise. No doubt there are many
other ways.
One characteristic of the tradi­tional
Auburn Spirit is friendliness.
Is that characteristic losing face?
Would it not be possible for students
to make an added effort to be friend­ly
with each other, with the faculty,
and with strangers? Might it not be
true that 'this would build up the
feeling of patriotism for Auburn at
least as much as the making of noise?
Another way in which the Auburn
Spirit has often manifested itself is
in a show of loyalty. Were the stu­dents
who left the Santa Clara foot­ball
broadcast at the end of the half
showing the true Auburn Spirit?
Everyone likes to see his team win,
but true college spirit is more evident,
and impressive, when a student body
sticks with a losing team.
This enumeration could go on for­ever,
for Auburn Spirit is a compli­cated
as well as intangible thing. Let
every student ask himself one thing:
"Am I patriotic as concerns my col­lege?
Schools Receive Blow When No
Special Session Is Planned
In a conference with legislative op­ponents
Gov. Graves yesterday stated
that he would not call a special session
of the legislature for the sole purpose
of passing a prohibition modification
measure.
This statement comes on the heels
of an announcement by the comptrol­ler
that education, along with other
"non-essential" functions of the state
government, must bear the burden of
the budget deficit.
At first glance it would seem that
these are two widely separated sub­jects
but a further analysis, we be­lieve,
would prove otherwise.
We cannot by any stretch of the
imagination see how education can be
classified as a non-essential function
of the state. If that were not.a suf­ficient
travesty they deem it fit to
adopt an apathetic attitude toward
education that dQes little to further
the cause of progress to this state.
Liquor, of-course, is something the
people of this, and every other state
will have if they want it. Laws can
be made regulating the personal
habits of a people but enforcing them
is another matter. There is hardly a
community in the state where liquor,
beer, or both, can not be obtained.
Surely the minions of the law can not
be blind to this state of affairs.
Legalized liquor is not a cure-all for
the financial sickness of -Alabama but
it could most certainly relieve the
burden that the school system is forc­ed
to carry. Liquor is being sold and
the profits that justly belong to the
state enter the pockets of the boot­legger.
A two percent sales tax or a gross
receipts tax has 'been suggested but
this would only add more woe to the
already overworked taxpayer of the
state.
Education should not be made the
scapegoat of politicians and the people
of the state would do well to realize
the injustice that is being done to
their children through the medium of
an inadequate school system.
Clipped
Nobody has questioned the verity of a
sign observed on a government road project;
SLOW MEN AT WORK.
It is a .fact which all people can verify
that if you hear an unusual word or name
for the first time, you meet with it again in
the course of 24 hours.—Edgar Wallace,
The Dark Eyes of London.
* * * *
What a woman needs is: up to the age of
14—good health and good parents; from 14
to 40—good looks; from 40 to 60—personali­ty;
and from 60 on—cash!—Ladies' Home
Journal.
News and Views
By HOWARD WORKMAN
DEMOCRATIC: King Edward is putting
his kingship second to love and marrying
an untitled lady, who is, more surprisingly,
an American. Many royal matches are made
between countries but it is seldom that a
ruler condescends to marry out of the royal­ty.
Edward has also planned another un­precedented
action . . . that of visiting the
United States and Canada. These two acts
alone should serve to strengthen the ties
that bind our English speaking nations to­gether.
* * * #
WAR-SICK: The nations of the World
are evidently getting tired of war. In the
Spanish Civil War, as well as in the Italian
conquest of Ethiopia, there has been much
talk and many threats of intervention by
other; nations but there has been little or
no action. The futile arm waving of the
League in all cases has shown the true value
of that organization as a war preventive.
Perhaps the nations are becoming educated,
to the fact that wars cost more than they
are worth and eventually we can have peace
without any league to ban war.
* * * *
STEP-CHILD: The position that the
South's political policy places her in is
lamentable. The "Solid South" is always
Democratic in national elections. Conse­quently,
when a Republican administration
is in power the South gets no benefits be­cause
they did not support the president.
When a Democratic administration is in the
South gets few benefits because there is no
need to spend money in a place you can al­ways
depend on whether you give them a
nickel or not. However, our present presi­dent
has spent in regard to need rather than
to section and the South has certainly raked
in the dough because there is no section
that needs money more than the South.
* * * *
EMERGENCY: Gov. Graves is to be com­mended
for refusing to call a special session
just to repeal prohibition laws. The main
issue before state legislators should be the
framing of legislation that would put money
in the state treasury whether by legalizing
liquor or not. However, the governor's plan
of a gross receipts tax is not desirable in
that the tax on foods would be a burden on
the poor. To tax liquor is to tax a luxury
and the amount of tax on it can be the
amount of control the drys want. As the
situation now stands, the state is waiting
for legislation to keep the schools running.
Action is what the people want.
* * * »
SOFT PEDAL: With enthusiasm on the
part of both L. S. U. and Auburn supporters
at a fever pitch at the game Saturday, it
will be very easy for the crowd to get out
of the bounds of control. There could be
unlimited results if such a thing did hap­pen
so rooters should take care to take more
interest in the game, which will be the best
in the conference this year, than they do in
the sideline attractions. Flip a coin and
place your bets for the game is a toss-up.
One thing sure is that the Tigers will win
the game.
"Thumbitis"—
Cats and Canaries
TIMES A'WASTING: Tis rumored that
Maurice Shannon—after a six month
romance and a whispered wedding—has
never kissed the girl.
* * * *
According to Tommy Bacon, chances of
the polo team are pretty good—that is if
he gets to play.
* * * *,
Page Walker had better" quit glaring at
us and stepping on our feet or he'll be
sorry.
* * * *
Has Wimpy Thornton really a girl or is
it more talk.
» * * *
For a nominal sum we'll assist Holloway
in finding his dates.
* * * .*
Fred Porter's one ambition is to have
just one date with Brasfield.
» * * »
AFFLICTED WITH H. P.s: Bill Young
and Pat Miller (date book and all) Jack
Adams and Van Hoose; Bill Porteous and
Elizabeth Rimes; Maud McCall and Jerome
Davis.
* . * # *; •
Steve Kitchell got all wet during the
week-end.
* • * • * « • •
Sam Lowery has a new way of acquiring
Kappa Sig pins—from the ladies.
* * * . . . # . •
OBSERVED: that Col. Weatherby looks
like little Lord Fauntleroy with brass but­tons.
* * * *
Was Anne Dexter's face red the other
night when the landlady, pajama clad, walk­ed
in on her late date? Or can you blush
in the dark?
» * * •
Why did Red Hall break a date with
Lufred Brooks in Atlanta for the game last
week-end and then take her to dinner the
same night?
An Appeal To Students—By Son Thomas
(AN EDITORIAL)
Saturday Auburn and L. S. U. will
fight it out in'one of the week's feature grid
classics of the nation. The Bayou Bengals,
with only one tie to mar an otherwise per­fect
season will be heavily favored and
Auburn is conceded only the barest chance
of upsetting them. L. S. U., with visions of
a New Year's day clash in Pasadena's Rose
Bowl, will throw the combined strength of
three teams, one about as good as the other,
against a greatly weakened Auburn team.
The Louisianans are planning a gigantic
pre-game demonstration the feature event
being a parade of the entire student cadet
corps through the streets of Birmingham
led by the governor of Louisiana. Their
team should gain much inspiration from
this impressive display of loyalism but the
fact remains that much of it is of a syn­thetic
nature . . . . . . as if the supporting
of one's team were a regular commercial
proposition wherein cheers, were bought.
Nevertheless, L. S. U. fans will make a lot
of noise and it's going to be hard for Auburn
rooters to make a showing against them.
In contrast to the colorful L. S. U. "cir­cus"
the fighting Plainsmen will be spurred
to victory by nearly the whole student body
who have no special trains . . . . no $750.00
mascot no such impressive figure as
the governor of the state to lead their
parade . . . . and no such accommodation as
expenses for the game furnished gratis. All
they have is a small group of stubbornly re­sisting
Tigers who they know will give
everything they have for an Auburn victory
. . . . That is enough for them and with the
Auburn team as inspiration they will put
on a display of enthusiasm that will stack
up just as favorably as the L. S. U. demon­stration
if not more favorably.
The crucial moment is here. A victory
over L. S. U. will sky-rocket the Plainsman
back into national recognition and will give
them a share in the S. E. C. championship
possibly, the sole undisputed champ­ionship.
They deserve the victory after hav­ing
struggled through a suicide schedule
with no stain on their record other than a
heart-breaking tie with Tulane and a close
i loss to Santa Clara, leaders of the west
coast.
Thus the bruised and battered Tigers,
hampered by injuries and jinxes, will take
the field Saturday to give battle to one of
the nation's leading football teams with the
count of nine practically on them before the
game starts. They will need your support
more at this game than any other.
Let every loyal son of Auburn be at the
parade and rally Friday and at the kickoff
Saturday with his throat bursting with
praise for the Tiger. i
On Other Campuses—By The Wanderer
At Florida State College for Women some
of the girls have organized an eighteen piece
dance orchestra. Can you picture dignified
young coeds tooting on a trombone or plunk­ing
a bass violin.
* * * *
DIRE CONSPIRACY: At a northern uni­versity
some smart students pulled a trick,
which no doubt has caused considerable em­barrassment
for the school authorities. One
of the professors found his class to be 100 %
present the first day. One of the boys
found it inconvenient to be present at the
next session of the class, so a friend answer­ed
for him when his name was called. At
the next session he was again absent, but
his friend stood by him and answered for
him again.
Due to a change in program the fellow
finally dropped the course." His friend who
had been answering for him conferred with
anotherV student and they evolved a plot
whereby one or the other of them responded
to the ex-classmate's name everj time roll
was checked. When examination time came,
the two conspirators managed to write an
extra copy and hand in under the signature
of the pseudo-student. At the end of the
semester this young man received a "B" in
a four credit course which he had never
taken.
* * * *
WHERE IT'S SMART TO BE DUMB:
Students at the University of West Virginia
have established a mock honorary society
called Fi Betar Capper. The only require­ments
for membership are that you must
neither belong nor stand any chance of be­ing
elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Our guess
is that they have plenty of members.
* * * *
ALL PLAYS BARRED: The entire Wof-ford
College football squad was jailed tem-pprarily
at Martinsville, Virginia, because
one of its members tried to swipe a "no-marking"
sign as a souvenir.
* * * *
Fifty coeds at the University of Cali­fornia
are taking a course in* carpentry that
will enable them to qualify for handiwork
about the house, such as hammering, sawing
and chiseling. Coeds may need instruction
in sawing and hammering, but have you
ever seen one who wasn't already a very
competent chiseler?
Letters To The Editor
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
I just want to write a letter of apprecia­tion
for the fine work that has been done by
the cheerleaders—Bill Lee, especially, be­cause
he is the Senior of that group, and to
urge more cooperative cheering among the
students. I hope that you will see fit to
make this letter public.
It is needless to say that the cheerleaders
have done a swell job so far this season.
Everyone should know this." What I do want
to say concerns the student support given
during the games:' Lee and his assistants
are trying every minute of every game to
encourage the team by getting more cheer­ing
from the supporters. But it seems that
when one section of the bleachers get ready
to cheer, the other sections are glum. What
is needed is more cooperation throughout the
whole game and more team wOTk in each
cheer.
All that is humanly possible I firmly be­lieve
that the cheerleaders do, but aid is
needed—it is imperative.
The cheerleaders have gone to more
trouble and personal expense than ever be­fore
and I just thought that I would like for
them to know there are plenty of loyal
Auburn men behind them.
Thanks for the space,
An Auburn Man.
Editor, The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Auburn is perhaps inferior to larger
schools in some respects, but the most im­portant
phase of college life, campus at­mosphere,
is one in which Auburn towers
high above all. The atmosphere one finds
at Auburn is ideal for.students who are
seeking "personality education".
Among larger colleges and universities
campus life is predominated by snobbish
class distinctions; the rich boys ostracize
the less fortunate, and the seniors look down
on underclassmen. There is general disor­ganization
which inevitably produces poor
school spirit. Outside interests, as are found
in large college towns, make studying an
incidental activity. Students go to class in
new, sumptuous buildings that mean little
more to them than gifts of some philan­thropic
capitalist. Fraternity rivalry is in
many cases so intense that members sever
all relations with each other. A student
never begins to feel that he is actually a
part of the school until he has worked
around for several semesters and has ac­quired
a good number of speaking acquaint­ances.
None of these distasteful elements are
found on API's campus; in sharp contrast,
we find the extreme opposite in every case.
We have and have always had a campus
Thunderations
By HUGH CAMERON
Into a discussion of lineages Wednesday
night and find the very friend who claims
a mixture of Scotch and Irish meant soda
for Irish. A fizz for
you, friend.
I wonder what An­gus
Perkinson would
think of this Wednes­day's
Plainsman?
* * * *
And I do h o pe
Gerald Roop doesn't
have the same trouble with Fulton
Ousler I had. A most unreasonable man,
full of his own ideas ideas he doesn't
mind writing one about . . . . and having
the prettiest rejection slip outside of the
Satevepost.
* * * *
Kate Crossley was doing all right, with
that little white dog tale, below the Ship
Ahoy, until she started lifting her feet like
she had snow shoes on them, and hollering
"mush" at the mutt, and then the cafe man
threw a bowl of crackers and,milk down her
•teeth and she shut up. The only time Kate
Crossley ever shut up in her life.
* * * *
If Mary Hagood will call by the office we
will give her that calf bound lecture. The
lecture entitled: What to do in case one
doesn't know what to do, and one had rather
play in the sand pile anyway.
* * # *
The Glee Club dance Wednesday night
was full of rain, Dottie Hendon, and V.
Merritt. Dottie looked better than the rain,
but one knows about Merritt.
* * * *
Haven't placed a bet since Spark Plug
was running against "Sassy Susie" back in
'24, '25, and '26, but will now wager the
Tech and Bama score will not miss the
Auburn and Lou score more than two points
this Saturday.
* * * *
Would like to hire: One report on the
game this Saturday . . . one report on how
turns out Margee Cole's house party . . .
and one report on who the hell does my best
girl thinks she is, going to slag-town with
someone else. 9 •
* * * *
George Quinney is as full of Phil Harris
as is a Christmas Turkey, and Hal Kemp is
as full of George Quinney as is a Fourth of
July Goose. Any music that is heard in this
town will be Jan Garber, Ted Rio Rita, or
Louisa Taylor, singing: "Sugar Blues".
* * * *
Go by P. Bag's today and see if he has
made good his promise of getting Cab Cal­loway's
record of "Save Me Sister". Cab
was hollering that one night in Montgomery
this summer at 11:30 P. M. at the same
time Ann Dexter was hollering for a ham­burger.
Since I don't know just which one
was making the most noise . . . but having
a suspicion . . . I want to hear the record.
* * * *
Any blonde is a dizzy blonde, but it takes
a brunette to look like Rebecca at the well.
* * * *
The 'Little Red Digest", so the papers
say, is facing a Senate investigation for be­ing
wrong in regards to the late election.
Could the Digest help it if every State
voted wrong but Vermont and Maine?
* * * *
Hasn't this Miss Auburn election come to
pass yet? Or has football taken up the
news. I never thought I would see a foot­ball
write-up as pretty as Mollie Brasfield.
* * * *
And if Howard Workman thinks just set­ting
with June Tooker will make him good-looking
he is mistaken. It takes some few
years and a bit of New Jersey sunshine to-make
one look that nice.
* * * *
Next week-end is either homecoming or
when the next"4ssue of the Tiger Rag comes
out. Quinney and Hendon are so busy fuss­ing
they don't know whether it is homecom­ing
or wash night. Fussing about who's
picture will adorn the next issue, the co-ed
issue. Neither one can rate a date on the
campus so they are fussing on whether to
get a picture of a Sear's Roebuck corset add
or a Bellas Hess hosiery add.
* * * *
Somebody doesn't know coming and going
from been awhile.
cordiality which brings everybody onto the
same plane. The students are bonded to­gether
by common interests which go to
form a basis for that incomparable Auburn
school spirit. We have respect for our age-old
buildings and realize the significant tra­ditions
they represent. From your first day
on, when that first student gives you the
high sign and says Hi Fellow, your hearths
filled with a* feeling of sincere welcome. You
know that everybody wants to know you
and you to know them.
The importance of such salutable environ­ment
cannot be stressed too strongly. This
factor in college life to a large extent de­termines
one's personality, which is the
thing that makes a success or a failure of a
graduate. Sincerely,
W. W.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1936 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C INSTITUTE P A G E T H R EE
JACK TODD, Editor
Contributors
ROY POWELL
BROOKS SELLARS
J. W. NALL
ED BRIGGS
Coach Jordan's Frosh
Will Meet Tech Rats
On Monday Afternoon
L. S U TEAM, STUDENT BODY READY FOR GAME
• • Louisiana, Alabama, Auburn Pace Southeastern Conference
L. S. U. HAS LEAD
BY VIRTUE OF WIN
OVER MISSISSIPPI
Tulane's Hopes Lost When Ala­bama
Wins 34-7; Alabama,
Auburn Hold Second Place
Ready For L. S. U.
Coach Ralph Jordan's freshman
team meets a strong plebe eleven from
Georgia Tech Monday afternoon on
Drake Field. The Tigers have defeat­ed
the Baby Jackets for the past three
years and will be striving to retain
their clean record. On the other hand,
Tech will be out to avenge the varsity
game of last week, as well as the three
freshman losses to Auburn.
The following men will probably en­ter
the fray for the Baby Tigers:
Reeves, left end; Sharman, left tackle;
Davis, left guard; Jeffards or Bras-sell,
center; Priester, right guard;
Jeffries, right tackle; Bulger, right
end; Mercer, quarterback; Kenmore,
left half; Wendling, right half; and
Haynesworth, fullback.
The Auburn Band will be on hand
to furnish the music, and all students
are urged to be there to back the
frosh eleven. There will be no charge
for students; only coupon No. 10 from
the athletic book. Guest tickets may
be secured for $1.25. Kick-off at 2:30
P. M., Drake Field, Monday, Nov. 16.
Be there.
LOST—One large green Life-Time
Sheaffer pen. The pen had Peter
Preer's name engraved on it. If
found please return to the Plains­man
office or call Tom Preer at
310. Reward.
The Louisiana State Bayou Tigers,
the Alabama Crimson Tide, and the
Auburn Tigers pace the Southeastern
Conference race up-to-date. Last week
end the Bayou Tigers drove to a 12-0
victory.over Mississippi State to hold
the conference leadership with four
triumphs.
Tulane's hopes were swept aside by
Alabama for possible consideration in
the title chase and for a possible bid
for the Rose Bowl representation. The
Tide startled the South by walloping
Tulane's Green Wave by a 34-7 count.
The Auburn Plainsmen had a close
call but emerged victorious 13-12 in a
hard fought battle with Ga. Tech.
This leaves L. S. U. and Alabama the
only Southeastern elevens who have
not yet tasted defeat.
At the present time, Auburn and
Alabama are deadlocked for second
place in the conference standing with
three victories and one tie. The com­ing
Saturday's results will alter this
conflict one way or the other for a
new light will be thrown on the entire
conference standing when L. S. U. and
A. P. I. clash at Legion Field for the
feature attraction this week. Ala­bama
will invade Atlanta Saturday
to meet Ga. Tech.
Vandy was forced to call on her
first team in the last period to count
two touchdowns and beat Sewanee
14-0. Georgia's Bulldogs came through
with a powerful running and aerial
attack to defeat Florida 26-8 in an
evenly rated battle. Kentucky drop­ped
a decision in an intersectional fray
with Manhattan's Jaspers.
Mississippi and Tennessee were vic­torious
against non-conference teams.
Mississippi out-played Loyola 34-0 and
Tennessee ran over Maryville College
with the same number of points.
Next Saturday there will be three
conference games in addition to the
La. State-Ajuburn and Alabama-Ga.
Tech tilts. Tennessee will face Vandy
at Nashville. Tulane battles Georgia
at New Orleans and Sewanee plays
Florida at Gainesville..
Mississippi goes to Milwaukee for
an intersectional bout with Marquette
and Kentucky faces Clemson at Lex­ington.
Billy Hitchcock, halfback, is expected to show a pair of elusive
heels to the Louisiana tigers tomorrow when Auburn faces L. S. U.
in Birmingham. Billy has had a fine season on the gridiron thus far
and will probably be as big a star as his brother Jimmie, who was se­lected
as All-American in 1933.
Speedy Reserve
LOST—A Gold Bracelet with picture
in top and initials K. T., in front
of Tiger Theatre Wednesday after­noon.
Finder please return to
Plainsman office. Reward.
J . R . MOORE
Jeweler and Optometrist
Bulova, Elgin. Hamilton, Gruen
Watches. Diamonds, Silverware.
Engraving Free.
Watch and Jewelry Repairs
a Specialty
OPELIKA, ALA.
Jimmie Fenton
Has Turned In Fine Perform
ances This Year; Comes
From Lakeland, Fla.
Jimmie Fenton is now playing his
second season with the varsity Tigers
and is turning in some top-notch per­formances.
To date, he has advanced
the pigskin a total of 336 yards in 63
attempts, leading all the Plainsman
ball carriers in that department.
Jimmie, or "Snozzle", as he is known
to his team-mates, came to Auburn
Watch Our Window
Monday Morning
for
SHIRT SALE
Moore's Haberdashery
BILL ELLIS
4L/)5/)M/I POLY - - AUBURN
Although Bill Ellis has been used very little this season he is a
capable reserve halfback who is able to show plenty of speed in an
open field. Bill has one more year to play, being only a junior.
SPORTS CHATTER
By JACK TODD
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Birmingham, Ala.
Auburn embarks on what promises
to be one of the most exciting games
in the conference this week-end with
the winner sure to gain national re­cognition.
L. S. U. will have an enor­mous
cheering section, a 200-piece
band, and a $750.00 tiger as a mascot.
Auburn will have an 80-piece band
and as many supporters as can af­ford
to go to the game. The old, old
story of two schools, one wealthy, the
other poor; one a favorite, the other
not conceded a chance. There is only
one thing that the Louisiana aggrega­tion
can't buy, but which we have in
abundance — that famous Auburn
spirit. It is. this self-same spirit that
has pulled the Tigers to victory many
times in the past and there isn't a rea­son
in the entire world why it should­n't
do so Saturday. It all depends on
you who are proud of being an Auburn
man. Let's all go to Birmingham and
get behind those fighting Tigers!
from Lakeland High School where he
was lauded as the No. 1 high school
back in Florida for 1933. Besides
being captain of the high school eleven
in his senior year, he was named on
the All-State team for that season.
"Snozzle" is the brother of Bennie, the
Plainsmen's alternate-captain and All-
Southeastern flankman in 1934. In
addition to his proficiency on the grid­iron,
Fenton is one of the best looking
men on the campus and a favorite with
the opposite sex.
It has been announced by the offic­ials
there will be no S. R. O. sign hung
out at Legion Field this Saturday even
though all the reserved seats are sold.
Plans have been made to provide a
seat for anyone desiring to see the
game.
* * * *
While a senior in Langdale High,
Hugh Rodgers played two positions on
the football team — defensive tackle
and offensive fullback. In Auburn
he only plays tackle, but how he plays
it!
* » *
Supporting our own convictions*
Coach Bill Alexander, head coach of
the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets, was
heard to say both before and after the
game with Auburn: "I consider Gil­bert
of Auburn the greatest center in
America." No small praise from a
man as widely known as Bill Alexan­der.
* * »
The toughest • games of the year
come up this week-end and I am not a
little fearful of predicting the out­comes.
However, here goes for a high
dive:
Alabama 18 Tech 13
Auburn 7 L. S. U. 13
Tulane 13 Georgia 0
Vandy 6 Tennessee 19
Mississippi 7 Marquette 14
Florida 13 Sewanee Oj
Kentucky 6 Clemson 0
AUBURN HIGH WILL
ENGAGE OPELIKA IN
GAME AT 8:00 P. M.
Old RfVals To Play Traditional
Battle In Opelika Stadium;
. Opelika Is Slight Favorite
Coach Bully Hitchcock's Auburn
High School eleven will face Opelika
High tonight at Opelika under the
lights on Moore Field in the 1936 edi­tion
of their ancient feud. The game
begins at 8:00 o'clock.
The game, not previously scheduled,
was arranged last week when it was
found that the Auburn gridders could
not play their. scheduled opponent,
Fairfax, because of the latter team's
being ruled out of competition for us­ing
ineligible players.
Slight odds go to the Bulldogs as
they enter the tilt due to the impres­sive
record they have compiled to date
this season. However, a close game is
promised because of the intense rival­ry
between the two teams. Each
eleven would rather win this game
'than any other on the schedule and
every man will be in there fighting to
make this dream come true.
The Opelika team handed Tallassee
a set-back last week in an upset. Prev
ious to this, the Tallassee eleven held
Alex City, one of the topmost ranking
teams in the state, to a close score and
was favored to walk all over the Bull­dogs.
On the other hand, the Auburn
aggregation has a creditable bunch of
footballers who have been whipped
into fine shape by Coach Hitchcock
and have outplayed several much heav­ier
elevens this year.
Auburn Fencing Team
Will Duel B-Southern
Auburn's recently organized fencing
team crosses foils in its first inter­collegiate
match when the team meets
Birmingham Southern Sunday morn­ing
at nine o'clock in the Student
Building.
The team under the instruction of
Jimmy Davis and composed of Arm­strong,
Garcia, Caruthers, and Mc-
Clure have been practicing daily in
anticipation of the match, and as vic­tory
will bring them to the attention
of the athletic association the team
will put forth their utmost effort.
All students are cordially invited to
attend the match at the Student Build­ing
on the Birmingham Southern
Campus.
Lou Ervin To Referee
Louisiana-Auburn Tilt
Lou Ervin, Drake, will referee the
South's feature football battle for
1936 between Auburn and Louisiana
State at Legion Field in the Magic
City Saturday.
Ervin's assistants in handling
Auburn's toughest scrap of the year
with the Purple Bengals will be A. R.
Hutehens, Purdue, Lake Wales, Fla.,
umpire; G. W. Kalkman, St. Louis,
Birmingham, head linesman, and R. B.
Striegel, Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn.,
umpire.
Funchess Speaker At
Ag Club Wednesday
Dean M. J. Funchess, of the School
of Agriculture, was the principal
speaker on the Ag Club program Wed­nesday
night. Dean Funchess urged
the members of the Club to use their
time wisely, select subjects that will
be educating, learn to study, and to
do honest work.
The new students were urged to
join the old group and help make the
Ag Club and Alabama Farmer a suc­cess.
"The chief value of the Ag Club
is the development of its members",
said Dean Funchess, and the benefit
derived from it will rival the value of
the work done in the classroom.
H. P. Thomas concluded the pro­gram
with an interesting talk on "The
Small Farm and its Effect on the
Nation," in which he pointed out the
possibility of dividing all the large
farms into small ones; thereby, pro­viding
stable prices and better living
conditions for the farmers.
The books in the University of Min­nesota's
main library are valued at
$2,150,601.
LOUISIANA TIGERS CONFIDENT AS
PREPARATIONS ARE COMPLETED
S. U. Brings Team, 200 Piece Band, 5,000 Supporters To
Magic City For Tussle With Auburn Plainsmen; Several In­juries
Completely Healed As Coach Moore Drills Charges
By ED BRIGGS
Bernie Moore's charges, accompani­ed
by the L. S. U. cadet corps, 200
piece band, and about 5000 support^
ers, will invade Birmingham Saturday
for the first time since they have be­come
a power in the Southeastern Con­ference.
The Bengals spent the latter part
of this week in brisk dummy drills and
rehearsals of the offensive plays to
perfect an attack that may prove cap­able
of scoring on the Auburn Plains­men.
Coach Moore gave his blockers
plenty of attention in correcting indi­vidual
assignments and spent a good
part of the practice sessions in polish­ing
up on passwork. The return of
varsity tackle Strange, reserve flank-man
Myrick, and Gaynell Tinsley, s t ir
end, from the ailing list has strength­ened
the L. S. U. eleven's hopes of a
victory—a victory that will send them
further along the road to the Rose
Bowl. In addition, a win over the
Auburn aggregation will weigh heavi­ly
in the question of their retention
of the Southeastern Conference crown
at the end of the season.
With a list of victories over teams
including Rice, Georgia, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Vandy, and Mississippi
State behind them and an unmarred
Conference record to their credit, the
Purple Bengals are looking forward to
a hard fight with the Plainsmen who
are still in the running for the Con­ference
championship, being undefeat­ed
and tied only by Tulane.
In the seven games the charges of
Bernie Moore have played to date,
they have amassed a total of 136
points. They have, not only a power­ful
running attack, but also an excel­lent
aerial game with Crass and Cof­fee
doing the heaving and Gaynell
Tinsley being the principle receiver.
At present, the Williamson Rating
System places the Louisiana State
eleven at the top of the list containing
all the teams in the country while
Auburn occupies ninth position. How­ever,
this comparison is not to be taken
too seriously as the contest will be a
stiff one with both teams giving their
all and neither one certain of victory.
N O T I C E !
There will be an O. D. K. meeting
at 7:30 Monday night in 301 Samford
Hall.
N O T I C E !
The Pharmaceutical Society will
have a meeting Monday night at 7:00
in the Ross Chemical Laboratory.
J. W. WRIGHT
extends you a cordial invitation to attend
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P A G E F O UR 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 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1936
Fifty Are Enrolled
In Special Classes
Auburn's School of Education is con­tinuing
its special Saturday classes
this year for public school teachers in
active service. These classes, under
the direction of Dean Judd, head of
the Education department, have be­come
a regular feature of college
work, making it possible for teachers
in this vicinity to continue their sum­mer
school work throughout the year,
at the same time doing a full year of
teaching.
This year approximately fifty
teachers are taking these courses.
Though the homes of a majority of
these teacher-students are within a
fifty mile radius of here, some come
over a hundred miles every Saturday
to avail themselves of the opportunity
offered in this work.
Two Classes Each Saturday
It is possible for persons taking
Saturday work to attend two classes
each Saturday, each class being of
three hours duration. Each class car­ries
a credit of three hours for a
semester's work. A Saturday student
can earn twelve semester hours of
credit during the school term and
fourteen hours of credit in the regu­lar
summer session, making a total of
twtenty-six semester hours for one
year's work.
The four courses offered to the
Saturday classes this year are Philo­sophy
of Education (Dean Judd), The
Sociology of Teaching (Dr. Cureton),
English Education (Dr. Walston),
Alabama History (Professor Ivey).
Demonstration Club
Has District Meeting
"The Importance of Farmers and
Farm Women Having Comfortable
and Enjoyable Homes and Surround­ings"
was the topic stressed by Miss
Helen Johnston, State home demon­stration
agent, at the district meeting
in Auburn last Thursday.
Home demonstration agents and
presidents of county councils of home
demonstration clubs were present at
the meeting, called by M^ss Ruth
Dobyne, district home demonstration
agent. Several other interesting speak­ers
including Dr. L. N. Duncan, presi­dent
of Auburn, and Mrs. E. C. Bled-
OPELIKA
. A MARTIN THEATRE .
Today
Joan Bennett and Cary
Grant in
"Wedding, Present"
with George Bancroft
Added Shorts,
Sportlight - Paragraphic
"Straight as an Arrow"
Musical Romance,
"Lovers' Paradise"
in Color
Saturday Only
November 14
TIM McCOY in
"Outlaw Deputy"
Serial,
"Adventures of Frank
Merriwell"
Owl Show - 1 0 P. M.
"Murder with
Pictures"
with
Lew Ayres - Gail Patrick
Added Comedy,
"Blue Blazes"
Sunday-Monday
November 15-16
MARION DAVIES
and
CLARK GABLE
in
"CAIN AND
MABEL"
with
A l l e n Jenkins, Roscoe
Karris, Walter Cat-lett,
David Carlyle,
Hobart Cavanaugh.
Also—Will Osborne
and His Orchestra
And Latest News of
the Day.
Tuesday Only
November 17
"ROSE BOWL"
with
William Frawley, Elea-nore
Whitney, Tom
Brown, Larry Crabbe
Added Comedy,
"Bashful Buddies"
and Novelty
Scabbard And Blade
Of L.S.U* Auburn To
Hold Joint Luncheon
The local Scabbard and Blade ag­gregation,
Company "L" of the 5th
Regiment, and the L. S. U. group,
Company "8", 5th Regiment, will en­joy
a joint luncheon at 11:30 A. M.
Saturday morning at the Tutwiler
Hotel in Birmingham.
It will be an informal affair, in­tended
to provide another medium of
pleasure for the two units while in
Birmingham for the football game.
The L. S. U. sponsors and a few
other prominent individuals will be
the guests of honor at the affair.
Magician Will Appear
Here Thursday Night
Frye, the Magician, with his troop of
assistants will give his performance in
Langdon Hall next Thursday night at
eight o'clock. His appearance here is
sponsored by the Auburn Players.
William Eugene Frye, master ma­gician,
brings with him Miss Melba
Rhodes, woman ventriloquist, as part
of his staff of assisting artists. He
has toured all over the United States
featuring such things as ladies float­ing
in air, innumerable large strange
objects popping in and out of hats,
running people through with real
swords, and cutting them in two on the
stage.
There will be only one showing. Ad­mission
is fifteen and twenty-five
cents.
TALKING TURKEY
If your family has six members then
you are entitled to have a big Thanks­giving
feed.
Yes, according to the Bureau of
Agricultural Economics every family
in the United States whose member­ship
is six is allotted one turkey.
SWEET POTATO IS POTENTIAL
AUTO FUEL SAYS DR. C. H. HERTY
—.
Auburn Student Tells Of Work Being Done In This Connection
By W. T. Schreiber, Research Chemist Here; Domestic Oil
Will Be Given Out Within Next Twelve Years Is Prediction
The common sweet potato is poten­tially
a good fuel in automobiles so
says Dr. Charles H. Herty, director
of the Pulp and Paper Laboratory at
Savannah, Ga. I
Work is being {lone here in Auburn
by W. T. Schreiber, research chemist
for the textile department for the
utilization of starch from potatoes in
the textile industry. Mr. Schreiber
states that a report of this work will,
soon be published.
AUBURN IS READY
FOR L. S. U. GAME
soe, president of the Alabama Council
of Home Demonstration Clubs took
part on the program.
(Continued from page 1)
Blake, Karam, and Fenton consistent­ly
sent 60 yard punts spiraling down
the field while Captain Walter Gil­bert,
who is in on three fourths of the
plays in every game, was all over the
field intercepting and batting down
passes, tackling ball carriers with
ferocity, and bowling over interfer­ence
with seeming ease.
L.S.U. Stronger Than Ever
The Louisiana eleven, holders of the
Conference Championship, are even
stronger than last year and will be
bolstered by a cheering section of some
5,000 and a 207 piece band. They have
come through the season undefeated
and with only one tie outside the Con­ference
to mar their record—truly a
first-rate football team.
No matter what the result, Coach
Bernie Moore's charges will know that
they have been in a battle and can't
help but have respect for the Plains­men.
As for the latter, they fully
realize what kind of a club they are
up against and are determined to go
ouc and do their very best to gain
vicWy.
Patronize Plainsman advertisers.
Figures of the American oil in­dustry
predict the probable date of
the exhaustion of the domestic oil sup­ply
to be about twelve years. It was
shown in the Ethiopian war that
petroleum is the life blood of war and
therefore some substitute for our
petroleum must be found for national
defense.
Alcohol when blended with gasoline
provides a high grade fuel for com­bustion
engines. Therefore, a cheap
source of alcohol is imperative if this
fuel is to come into wide spread use.
The utilization of farm products is
the only practical source. Chief among
these elgible farm products is the
sweet potato because of its high yield
per acre of starch as compared with
grain and other starch producers.
There are two principal reasons for
using alcohol as a motor fuel and these
are the high anti-knock qualities and
the smooth running effect. Practi­cally
all land and air records have
been made on alcohol blended fuels.
In the production of alcohol from
potatoes the starch is converted to
sugar by malt which is then fermented
to alcohol by yeast. The production of
cheap alcohol from starchy products
such as the potato stands a great
chance of becoming an enormous in­dustry
of great importance in the im­mediate
future.
FRANK McCALL IS TO
ATTEND SCARAB MEET
(Continued from Page 1)
a temple was installed at Washington
University. Membership in Scarab is
extended only to those students who
maintain a high scholastic average
and who seem most likely to succeed
in the profession of architecture.
ACPFEATURESERVICE
Around Washington
This column is the first in a
. series of articles written by Mr.
Serwer, Washington correspond­ent
of The Plainsman and the
Associated Collegiate Press, who
is now touring the east and
middlewest in search of special
background material for his
weekly stories from Washington.
—Editor.
i By ARNOLD SERWER
(Associated Collegiate Press
Correspondent)
New York City—Last week this
column listed various goals toward
which the A. S. U. and its organ, The
Student Advocate, would drive during
this school year. Some of the objec­tives
then listed should now be more
fully described, others soon to be de­clared,
should now be added.
For example, the American Student
Union, together with other student
and youth groups is now making ten­tative
plans for a mass pilgrimage to
Washington during the coming session
of Congress. The pilgrimage is plan­ned
to demand enactment of the
American Youth Act when it is re­considered
at the 1937 session. It will
be recalled that this bill introduced in
the House by Representative Amlie of
Wisconsin and in the Senate by Sena­tor
Benson of Minnesota during the
last Congress, died in committee in
spite of hearings at which youth
groups spoke vehemently on behalf of
the Act. This year supporters of the
bill want to make a really impressive
showing in Washington by mustering
a sizeable army of young men and
women there on a peaceful but de­termined
mission.
The A. S. U. and The Student Ad­vocate
will also advocate organization
of those receiving student aid from the
N. Y. A. Chapters of the A. S. U.
will probably try to create such an
organization on every campus having
a fair number of N. Y. A. students.
As for this year's Peace Strike,
James Wechsler, editor of The Advo­cate,
is confident that there will be
over one million student participants.
With the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A.,
and the various student church organi
zations now behind the strike, along
with the A. S. U., this estimate of a
million strikers probably will not be
far off the mark.
If further evidence can be gathered,
The Advocate also expects to begin an
expose of political scholarships at the
University of Pennsylvania. If simi­lar
scholarships are found existing at
other colleges and Universities, Wech­sler
expects to reveal where, when,
why and how, as the data is accumu­lated.
The dispersing of scholarships
to state colleges and universities, in
return for political aid or because of
political connections important to some
politician, is a new kind of. menace,
he says.
Teachers' oaths, dismissals of facul­ty
members for views held, suppres­sions
of student organizations or ac­tivities,
will all continue to be fought
by the A. S. U- as threats to academic
freedom. At the present time, scarce­ly
a week passes .by without some such
instance cropping up on some campus,
providing members of local A. S. U.
units with new issues to be fought
out.
In the fight against R. O. T. C,
which is tied in with Peace Strike ac­tivities,
the A. S. U. is joined by the
American League against War and
Fascism, and other peace groups. The
League, it should be said in passing,
has been and continues to be interest­ed
in combatting threats to academic
freedom. It sees these as forerunners
of Fascism's program for the sup­pression
of civil liberties.
Students from other states may not
be aware of the fact that Saturday is
the deadline for obtaining their new
automobile licenses.
Automobile owners may get tags at
the office of the probate judge in
Opelika.
Auburn Men Serve On
State Policy Group
The Alabama Policy Committee has
appointed seven Auburn people to
serve on special committees to coop­erate
with the executive committee in
furthering the six major objectives of
the organization for 1936-37.
The Auburn men on the committees
are as follows: Farm tenancy, Walter
Randolph; Labor situation, Knox Mc­Millan;
Freight Rate Differential,
John H. Goff, State finance system,
Charles W. Edwards, J. E. Roop;
Civil Service, R. B. Draughon; Edu­cation,
B. R. Showalter.
I. J. Browder, president of the Ala­bama
Policy Committee made the ap­pointments.
The committees will make special
studies of these problems and provide
facts and document for study and dis­cussion
in local policy groups.
The next conference of the com­mittee
will be held next Spring, at
which time one or more of the major
objectives will be topics for discussion.
Local Chapter F.F.A.
Adopts Resolution
The Collegiate Chapter, F. F. A.
passed a resolution at its last meeting,
making it necessary for a member to
attend one-half of all meetings for the
time he is here in college in order to
receive a "Certificate of Merit". It
was also stated in the resolution that
the member could not be absent from
the meeting more than twice a semes­ter
for the time necessary for him to
attend.
It is necessary for the vocational
agriculture students to get a "Certifi­cate
of Merit" when he graduates be­cause
it shows that he is qualified to
be an efficient adviser in a F. F. A.
Chapter.
Being an adviser for a F. F. A.
chapter in one of the duties of the vo­cational
agriculture teacher and it is
also one of the qualifications neces­sary
for the teacher to have before he
is employed to teach agriculture. '
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