Semi-Weekly
Friday
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Leather,
Neophyte!
VOL. LXII Z-I AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939 ^gk^l
Military Pledges
Undergo Initiation
This Week-end
New Men Being Put
Through Semi-Annual Hard
And Colorful Initiation
Unique -entertainment for all
will be furnished by neophytes of
L Company of Scabbard and Blade
this week-end, for 20 new men
are being initiated.
Today the neophytes walked the
campus in military uniform, saluted
and addressed . every old
Scabbard and Blade man with his
proper name and rank and said:
"Sir, Sgt. Smith says sots should
see certain sights, surely seeing
separate ceremonies of the service!"
On request they were made to
spout forth the following definition
of leather: "Sir, if the fresh
skin of an animal, cleaned and
divested of all hair, fat, and other
extraneous matter, be immersed
in a dilute solution of tannic
acid, a chemical combination ensues;
the substance impervious to
and insoluble in water. That, sir,
is leather."
Entertainment has been provided
the neophytes for tonight, when
they will pitch camp every hour
on alternate camp sites, do military
drill, and stand guard all
night long.
Tomorrow morning the annual'
battle in full dress costume will
take place on Toomer's, Corner.
All passing co-eds will be measured,
and all cars stopped and
searched for whiskey and plots
against the government.
The morning's activities will be
concluded by the "banquet," to be
held in the vicinity of Benson's.
Saturday afternoon the neophytes
will work off demerits and
Saturday night special care has
been taken to arrange a horseback
ride for them. Entertainment
of a private nature will be furnished
them all through the night.
The initiation will be completed
early Sunday morning.
New BSU Officers
To Attend Meet
The Auburn Baptist Student
Union will be represented at the
State B. S. U. Retreat at Monte-vallo
April 22-23 by the new officers
and other leaders.
The meeting will begin at 10 a.
m. Saturday and continue through
noon Sunday. William Weaver of
Howard College, State B. S. U,
President, will preside. Outstanding
personalities who will speak
at the meeting, according to Earl
Gardner, vice president of the
State B. S. U., include Miss Mary
Nance Daniel, Southwide B. S.
U. secretary of Nashville, Tenn.;
Mr. Davis Cooper of Montgomery;
Mr. Chester Quarles of Montgomery;
and William Weaver of Howard
College, President of the B.
S. U.
The purpose of the retreat is to
explain the duties of the newly
elected officers and to plan work
ior next year. Officers from every
Baptist Student Union in the state
will be present to help make the
plans.
Those representing the Auburn
Baptist Student Union are as follows:
Earl Gardner, Davis Wool-ley,
Clyde Morris, Sarah Rowe,
Louise Green, D. T. Rogers, J. P.
Holladay, Annie Moon, Edwin
Rush, Houston Gravlee, Joe Cle-land,
Thomas Woolley, Claudia
Weinmann, Leroy Patterson, Mildred
Sconyers, Harold Malone,
Calvin Reed, and William Knight.
Annabella Graham Is Featured Vocalist
With Shep Field and His Orchestra
Ambitious Young Singer .
Practices Hours Every
Day to Perfect Voice
Only one week remains before
the final dances will be in full
swing with music by Shep Fields
and his famous Rippling Rhythm
orchestra. Enthusiasm is increasing
daily among Auburn students
over the prospect of hearing this
famous young mastreo who brings
his orchestra here through the
cooperation of the Music Corporation
of America and the Auburn
Social Committee.
Featured with Hal Derwin and
Jerry Stewart as vocalist is pretty
Annabelle Graham. She comes
of royal descent, musically speaking.
She was formerly known as
the Duchess of the "Dukes and
Their Duchess," a small piece
combination that had scored great
success wherever they played. She
decided, however, that Shep Fields
and his famous orchestra would
prove more profitable than her
continuing with her former associates.
So it is that Shep Fields
presents his new songbird to Auburn
fans during the final dances.
Annabelle was born in Chicago
where she ' attended the local
schools. She was an excellent
scholar and an active participant
in various school activities. Finishing
her education studies, she
decided'to become a piano ^teacher.
It was through this medium
that she learned the quality of
rhythm and the perfect tempos
that she displays so excellently.
One night while visiting the Villa
Moderne, an exclusive night club
on the outskirts of Chicago, she
was asked to give a contribution
in the way of a song to the gay
activities of the evening. She did
so, and was immediately asked to
give an encore. Finally , after
completing the many requests, she
was approached by the management
to stay and sing as part of
the entertainment of the club.
This she did and, in due time,
after getting valuable experience
as a professional, she became associated
with Paul Meeker's Orchestra
and the "Dukes and Their
Duchess."
During Shep Fields' stay in
Chicago while he was endeavoring
to find a girl singer for the Rippling
Rhythm orchestra, he became
acquainted with Annabelle
and asked her to come with the
band. This she did and is now
presenting her own renditions of
the many popular songs of the
day to the vast audiences of Shep
Fields and his Rippling Rhythm
Orchestra.
Annabelle has great ambitions.
She practices every day for a period
of six or seven hours. She
feels that to neglect an essential
part of her vocation is to destroy
all her peivious efforts. She is
an ardent admirer of Mildred
Bailey's singing and has a style
similar to that of Miss Bailey's.
According to Social Committee
Chairman Jack Owens, all bid
cards will be taken up Saturday
and mailed out immediately.
The local theater will r,un a
short subject on Shep Field's on
Tuesday, April 25, called "You
Came to My Rescue."
Singer
Ivey to Head ATO Lodge
During Coming Year
Alpha Epsilon of Alpha Tau
Omega elected officers to serve
for the coming year at the regular
meeting Wednesday night.
These officers were elected:
Worthy Master, John Ivey, Auburn;
Worthy Chaplain, Elmer
Almquist, Auburn; Worthy Scribe,
Jimmy Rutland, Tuscumbia; Worthy
Keeper of the Exchequer, Porter
Barnes, Savannah, Ga.; Worthy
Keeper of Annals, George
Knopf, Birmingham; Worthy Usher,
Arthur Steele, Birmingham;
Worthy Sentinel, Archie McGilliv-ray,
Birmingham; Palm Reporter,
Martin Lide, Birmingham.
Auburn Represented by Eight
At SSF Meet in Charleston
A delegation of eight student
officials at Auburn are in Charleston,
S. C, this week to attend
the annual meeting of the Southern
Student Federation which opened
at noon Thursday and continues
through Saturday.
The group includes Morris A.
Hall, Jasper, editor of the 1938
Glomerata who is chairman of the
Federation's college yearbook division;
Miss Doris White, Pensa-cola,
Fla., and Miss Virginia
Adams, West Point, Ga., present
and next year's head, respectively,
of the Auburn Women Student
Government Association;
John E. Ivey Jr., newly elected
president of the Executive Cabinet;
Charles Kelley, Eutaw, editor
of the 1940 Glomerata, student
yearbook; Hankins Parker,
Brewton, business manager of the
1940 Glomerata; John Godbold,
Auburn, editor of the 1939-40
Plainsman, student semi-weekly
newspaper; and Bob Armstrong,
Birmingham, business manager of
the 1939-40 Plainsman.
ANNABELLE GRAHAM
Featured vocalist with Shep
Fields is the young lady pictured
above. Born in Chicago, she
specialized in piano teacher,
later joining Fields and his organisation.
Council and Cabinet Sponsor
Parents Day May 1
Announcement came today from
officials of the Interfraternity
Council and the Executive Cabinet
that Sunday, May 7 .would be
celebrated as the second annual
Parents' Day.
Tentative plans include parents'
day programs at the local churches
at 11 a. m., special luncheons
for visitors at 12:30 p. m., program
at Graves Center at 2 p. m.,
and a polo game between Blue
and Orange squads at 3 p. m.
The Graves Center program will
include selections by the Auburn
presidents of the Council and the
Cabinet.
All fraternity and non-fraternity
men are urged to- write to
their parents and invite them to
attend the holiday.
The Interfraternity Council
committee in charge of the affair
is composed of George Hiller,
chairman, Parker Narrows, and
Julian Myrick.
Porter Grant Receives
Letter from Grad in India
In Porter Grant's mail this
morning was an envelope bearing
an India postmark and sent via
Europe. The contents bore a card
to the alumni secretary from an
alumnus in far off Bangialore,
Mysore State, India.
The card was from Sherman
Guy Forbes, holder of a BS degree
in electrical engineering in
the class of 1900, who is now chief
electrician of the government of
Mysore. It was written on March
18 and reached Mr. Grant's
hands exactly a month later.
In regards to our "Greater Auburn
Day" celebration here on
February 22, Mr. Forbes said,
"Am sorry I could not get there."
Forbes' son, Edward Coyle,
graduated in electrical engineering
in the class of 1938.
Phi Kappa Tau Initiates,
Elects New Officers
Alpha Lambda chapter of Phi
Kappa Tau held a formal initiation
ceremony Wednesday night in
which Dick McGowan of Empire,
was brought into the brotherhood.
Following the initiation, a short
banquet and meeting was held.
Installation of new officers of
Phi Kappa Tau took place last
Monday night at the chapter
house followed by a banquet attended
by the members only.
The men taking office were:
Murray Richardson, president;
Henry B. Holt, vice president;
Lochran A. Wise, treasurer; Ira
B. Kerlin, secretary; Warren H.
Bridges, chaplain; Derwin S. Dim-merling,
rush chairman.
Retiring officers of the chapter
were: Jack Todd, president;
John E. Adams, vice-president; J.
Foster Edmunds, treasurer; Warren
H. Bridges, secretary; and
Lochran A. Wise, chaplain.
Hooray!
The following statement was
released by the Glomerata
heads, Curty Farley and Perry
Schwartz, last night:
"The Glomerata staffs are
happy to announce the completion
of the yearbook. The present
plans are to distribute the
books next week if all accounts
are closed by the first of the
week.
"The business staff wishes to
announce that all organizations
owing money must be paid up
or members of those organizations
will not be able to receive
their books.
"All students owing for extra
prints are asked to wait and
pay for them when they receive
their Glomeratas.
"Organizations owing money
are asked to get in touch with
Curty Farley before next Wednesday.
"There will be an important
meeting of the business staff
Tuesday night at 7 p. m. in the
Glomerata office."
i^isa-"1 NUMBER 58
Beta Kappa, Theta
Upsilon Win Cups
Awards Made by YMCA,
YWCA at Meeting
At the joint meeting of the Y.
M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. last
Monday night members of the
winning fraternity and sorority
were present to receive the cups
for highest church attendance
during the month of March.
The winning fraternity was the
Beta Kappa, having a perfect score
of 100 per cent; second- in the
contest was the Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity with a score of
99.45 per cent. The winning sorority
was the Theta Upsilon, and
the Phi Omega sorority was second
in the contest. Because of their
nearly perfect score with the
large number of members in their
chapter the S. P. E.'s will be given
a* runner-up cup at- the~next
Glee Club and welcoming speeches meeting.
by administrative officers and the The meeting was opened by the
The Glomerata, long-awaited yearbook, will be distributed next
week to an impatient student body, according to announcement
made this morning by Business Manager Curty Farley and Editor
Schwartz. Ever since the first two weeks of school, it has been
falsely rumored that the Glomerata would be distributed "soon,"
but this announcement is no bum steer.
Organization Plans for Local Alumnae
Association Are Nearer Completion
New Professor
president, Walter Meadows, and
after the cups were presented the
student pastor of the Baptist
Church, Davis Woolley, gave an
inspirational talk. The meeting
was then adjourned by the president.
After the adjournment there
was a short business meeting in
which the officers for the coming
year were elected. They are as
follows: president,. Bill Carroll,
Birmingham; vice president, W.
G. Darty, Lake Wales, Fla.; secretary,
Virgil Thomas, Rockford;
and treasurer, Mohns Thornton,
Birmingham.
Pi Kappa Alpha Entertains
With Morning Dance
Upsilon chapter Pi Kappa Alpha
fraternity will entertain its
members, pledges, dates and
guests with a morning dance from
9 to 11 o'clock Saturday and a
steak fry that evening.
Z>£. <J.HOOPER WISE.
Leading the reading clinic to
be inaugurated at Auburn's
summer school session will be
Dr. J. Hooper Wise, head of
the reading clinic and professor
of education at the University
of Florida.
Faculty Members and Wives
To Have Dance Tomorrow
. College professors and their
wives will gather tomorrow night
at Student Center for a faculty
dance.
Beginning at 9 o'clock the dance
will last until midnight. All faculty
members are urged to attend.
Entrance fee will be one dollar.
Methods of 'Sorry, But I Can't Date You'
Co-eds Are Described by Feature Writer
By Bob Anderson
If an Auburn co-ed ever tells you that she never has refused a
date, she is either the biggest liar in the state,.has a martyr complex,
or has never been asked. The problem of turning down an undesirable
male in such a manner as to not hurt his feelings and so
that he is still good for an occasional cut at the dances is one that
seems to confront all Auburn girls.
But these iinnggeenniioouuss females ter or two, at some place.
have proved themselves well up
to the situation. They are always
ready with the latest in alibis and
excuses. After hearing a few of
these "reason-why-I-can't," reading
a feature in the Daily Tar
Heel on the same subject, and interviewing
several of the foremost
sorry-but-I'm-afraid-I-can't girls
of A. P. I., we have compiled for
the public several of the most
common variety, and perhaps a
few of the cream of the crop. -
Most common of all excuses is
the tattered and worn "already
have a date." This is dangerous
at times, unless the coy female
spends the evening in the seclusion
of her own room, because
ye tumed-down male might get
wise if she was seen guzzling beer
by herself or with a sorority sis-
Closely following this comes
the next on our list, that of "have
some studying that must be done."
The same hazards surround this
old stand-by. For those insistent
gentlemen that answer these two
with such remarks as, "How about
Saturday or Sunday," or "You
name the day," there are always
such returns as, "sorry, I don't
date so far ahead," and "call me
back in a week or so, and I'll
see about it then." Sometimes the
guy doesnt see through this subtle
(?) hint that he isn't wanted,
and DOES call back. But guys like
that just have to be looked over.
There are such alibis as "sickness
in the family" and "my
roomie isn't feeling well and I
oughta stay with her," and
(Continued on Page Four)
Nominating Committee Is
Appointed by Head
Of Local Group
Organization plans of the local
alumnae association for. former
Auburn students were a step
nearer completion yesterday when
Mrs. Emil Wright, president, announced
appointment of a committee
to make nominations for a
vice president, recording secretary,
arid treasurer of the new
group.
Named on the nominating committee
were Mrs. H. F. Gibson,
Miss Frances Blackmon and Miss
Eleanor Boyd.
Mrs. Wright announced that no
other new committees have been
appointed. She explained that
j other special groups to attend to
the association's affairs will be
named as need for them arises.
At a recent meeting of the executive
committee date for the next
meeting of the organization, first
of its kind in the State, was discussed
and tentatively set for
Monday, May 1, at 4 o'clock in
Student Center.
Mrs. Wright and her executive
committee have prepared a partial
list of local alumnae which
includes 104 names. However, the
president stated that the list is
"by no means complete." She has
asked that persons knowing of
alumnae whose names are not on
the list send them to a member
of the executive committee.
The partial list of local alumnae
follows:
Mrs. Roger Allen, Mrs. B. F.
Alvord, Mrs. F. S. Arant, Mrs.
C. A. Basore, Miss Charlene
Baughman, Mrs. M. L. Beck, Mrs.
P. R. Bidez, Miss Dorothea Biggin,
Mrs. Lyle Biggin, Miss Frances
Blackmon, Mrs. L. S. Blake,
Mrs. Bobbie Blake, Mrs. P. C.
Brook, Mrs. Russell Browder, Mrs.
E. W. Burkhardt, Miss Lucile Burton,
Miss Eleanor Boyd.
Miss Kyle Caldwell, Mrs. J. C.
Cannon, Miss Mary Carmack,
Mrs. W. H. Chambless, Mrs. W. V.
Chandler, Mrs. B. K. Collins, Miss
Leland Cooper, Mrs. D. H. Cope-land,
Mrs. B. M. Cornell, Mrs. G.
J. Cottier,, Mrs. E. E. Cureton,
Miss Lavada Curtis.
Mrs. Neil O. Davis, Miss Jewel
Davis, Mrs. P. O. Davis, Mrs. E.
G. Diseker, Miss Ruth Dobyne,
Miss Frances Duggar, Mrs. Milli-gan
Earnest, Mrs. J. R. Edwards,
Mrs. H. B. Ellis, Mrs. W. M. Fuller.
Mrs.» Harmon Gardner, Mrs. H.
F. Gibson, Mrs. H. G. Good, Mrs.
L. G. Gosser, Mrs. J. E. Greene,
Mrs. J. C. Grimes, Mrs. Nelson
Grubbs, Mrs. F. E. Guyton, Mrs.
William Ham, Miss Pattie Haney,
Mrs. J. H. Hanson, Mrs. Hubert
Harris, Miss Annie Heard, Mrs. W.
S. Herron, Mrs E. D. Hess, Miss
Estelle Hightower, Mrs. Milton
Hill.
Mrs. A. E. James, Mrs. T. I.
Jockisch, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson,
Miss Marie Jones, Mrs. H. D.
Jones, Mrs. J. G. Kuderna, Miss
Mary George Lamar, Mrs. H. M.
Lane, Miss Kate Lane, Mrs. F. W.
(Continued on page four)
Alabama, Georgia
Textile Men Meet
Here On May 1
National Textile Group
Bringing Meeting to
Auburn Campus
Several hundred textile mill
executives from Alabama and
West Georgia will visit Auburn
on May 1 to hear a series of addresses
to be delivered by representatives
of the National Textile
Foundation, Washington, D, C.
Sponsored jointly by the Textile
Foundation and the School of
Engineering at A. P. I., the meeting
which manufacturers are invited
to attend will feature nationally
prominent textile authorities.
Talks will be held in Broun
Hall Auditorium at 2:15 p. m.
Local plans call for a luncheon
in honor of the visiting speakers
prior to the main meeting, according
to Prof. E. W. Camp.
Hiram S. Davis, Research Department,
Wharton School of Finance
and Commerce, University
of Pennsylvania, director of the
study on "Vertical Integration in
the Textile Industries" will speak.
On the program also will be
George W. Taylor, member of the
Textile Industry Committee of
the Wage and Hour Administration,
and member of the Research
department, Wharton School of
Finance, University of Pennsylvania.
Other speakers will include
Warren E. Emley, National Bureau
of Standards, and member of
the Textile Foundation's Advisory
Committee for Scientific Research;
Frederick M. Feiker, General Secretary
of the American Engineering
Council, and author of
"Training of Men for the Textile
Industry;" Stanley B. Hunt of
the Textile Economics Bureau,
and.member of the Economic Research
committee of the U. S. Institute
for Textile Research.
Subjects to be discussed will
include marketing, merchandising,
management, progress and
profits from the laboratory, train-^
ing for new responsibilities, vertical
integration and inventory
policies. ' .
The meeting in Auburn is to be
the only one which the Textile
Foundation will sponsor in Alabama.
From here the group will
go to Georgia Tech, Clemson, and
North Carolina State at Raleigh.
Accompanying the speakers wiil
be Edward T. Pickard, Washington,
secretary of the Textile
Foundation.
Amy Drake to Head
Cardinal Key
Amy Drake, outstanding junior
in secondary education, was elected
president of Cardinal Key foT
1939-40 at a special meeting of
the sorority held last Tuesday
night. Ruth Lowe, third-year student
in science and literature, became
vice president.
•Miss Drake is noted on the campus
for her work in dramatics.
She is president of the Auburn
Players, and during the past two
years has played three highly-regarded
roles, first as "Amina" in
the Galsworthy drama, "The Forest,"
later as "Scheherazade" in
the 1938 Spring Festival, and finally
as "Cordelia" in "King Lear."
The new Cardinal Key head is
also a member of Kappa Delta Pi,
honorary fraternity for education
students.
Ruth Lowe is president of Chi
Omega sorority, and like Miss
Drake is a native of Auburn.
Cardinal Key is a national honor
society for senior college women
excelling in scholarship, ability',
achievement, and personality.
Names of other newly-elected officers
of the society were not
available as the Plainsman went
to press.
Library Announces Gift of
Rare Old Books
Contribution of several rare old
books to the Auburn library has
been announced by Miss Mary E.
Martin, librarian.
John H. Day, Auburn graduate
student, has given to the library
four well-preserved copies of Acts
of Alabama, the latest date of
which is a rare 1864-65 volume;
and two Digests of the Laws of
Alabama dated in the 40's.
PAGE TWO THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939
The Auburn Plainsman
Published Semi-Weekly By The Students
Of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Alabama
Editorial and business offices at Lee County Bulletin
Office on Tichenor Avenue. Phone 448. Editor
may be reached after office hours by calling 169-W.
Edwin C. Godbold Editor
Charles F. Grisham . . Business Manager
Editorial Staff
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Society Editor ..
Sports Editor —
News Editor —
Roy Taylor
J. H. Wheeler
. Eleanor Scott
Bill Troup
. John Godbold
Business Staff
Assistant Business Manager Bob Armstrong
Assistant Business Manager Julian Myrlck
Advertising Manager Billy Smith
Circulation Manager _, Arthur Steele
Assistant Circulation Manager
Office Manager
_ Walter Going
_ Martin Wender
Entered as second-class matter at the post office
at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by mail:
$2.50 per year, $1.50 per semester.
Represented for national advertising by National
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'Yank1 Troup
Yesterday afternoon in editing the copy
for "Sports Chatter," the column that appears
on the sport page every Friday, we
noticed Troup's last paragraphs and this
statement:
This will be the last issue of Sports Chatter
under the present editor, schoolwork and graduation
being the reasons. These four years
of writing for the Plainsman have been fun,
and it is with deep regret that Ye Ed bids
farewell to sports. If the readers of this column
for the past two years have received
half as much pleasure from reading it as the
editor did in writing it, then he is satisfied.
Of course, we've known all along that
this year had to end, but to see signs of it
in print gives us a lonesome feeling. "Yank's"
announcement that he will write no more for
the Plainsman somehow put us in a sad and
sentimental mood. ,
We'll save the good-byes for later, "Yank,"
but you are due your thanks now, since
you are stopping work for us.
One thing that has made this year less
punishing to the present editor is that, because
of "Yank's" excellent and faithful
handling of sports for the paper, he has been
able to forget the subject entirely and put
his mind on other editorial problems.
No one besides a harrassed college editor
can ever know the feeling of security and
comfort that one gets from the knowledge
that a certain amount of needed copy is coming
in at a certain time witho utfail every
week.
We haven't worried about sports coverage
this year or given it much attention personally
because we could always depend on
"Yank" and his staff.
For no reward other than the pleasure
of writing, the retiring Sports Editor has for
four years given a lot of time to the Plainsman.
This year saw his best writing. Take
a glance at the last part of "Sports Chatter"
over on the other page, and you'll get what
we mean.
Eminently fitted to write for any and all
branches of the paper, Troup chose sports
and the direction of the sports staff. Because
of his faithful help, this year's
Plainsman has seen what we consider the
freshest and most vivid sports reporting in
any college journal—and we read them all.
Just plain "thanks" is a poor reward for
a year's hard work, fellow. We know.
But taking you, all in all, and not forgetting
that you are a damyankee, we think
the Plainsman is going to miss you next year
and the years after that.
Thanks.
And Now?
Four years—come and gone! Where in the
name of thunder have they gone to in their
murderous pace? Spent in drug stores imposing
on their generosity by reading and
cutting the magazines there, and then putting
them down in the spilled portions of
someone's dope or chocolate soda. Spent in
the most interesting bull sessions that discussed
topics as varied as the new style suits
that appeared at the recent set of dances.
And possibly most of all in the phone booth
calling up innumerable and sundry types of
the fairer sex in an effort to become educated
in a broad social way.
And what has it cost us? Many, many
hours that could have been spent in getting
up that outside work which was due some
time ago; or in writing that term paper
which we had to cram in and do at the last
minute. Goodly hours of sleep which we
made up for the next day in some considerate
professor's class. Money that we knew
that we could replace by simply writing a
nice long newsy letter home telling the family
how hard we had been studying and how
our supply of shaving cream or tooth paste
had given out that very morning.
But most of all it has cost us opportunity
such as we will never run across again anywhere.
Chances to make a record that we
could be proud of when we dare to stand
up in front of some big shot and say: "Please,
Mister, I'm a college graduate. How 'bout a
position?" Opportunities to show the folks
back home our appreciation for the sacrifices
that they have made for us.
Guilty? Sure, we're as guilty as anyone in
Auburn; but to you who are in the rising
classes, take a tip from those of us who are
supposed to graduate and make the best of
the opportunities that are coming to you
now and will come to you in the future.
Well! 'WE'RE GOING TO THE COTTON BALL!"
The South's Books
Alas for the South! Her books have grown
fewer.
She was never much given to literature.
This melancholy dictum from the pen of
that Alabama poetaster, J. Gordon Coogler,
might have once been correct, but it is not
now.
That excellent little book, "The Wasted
Land," says in regard to books in the South:
"It remains true that the South's books are
few, much below her needs. But to say that
they are growing fewer is altogether false.
On the contrary, here is another instance of
a lag that has been notably reduced within
the last generation. In the Southeast are four
of the thirteen states that have State Library
Commissions. They . . . have been donig notably
successful work in establishing library
service where it never existed before, and
in extending the effective range of existing
libraries.
On Pipe Smoking
Many things a North American freshman
feels a strong urge to do. One such thing is
to smoke his tremendous, magnificent pipe
while he walks along the populous sidewalks
of the main street.
It is true that the pipe often get* too obvious
and too smelly to be entirely pleasant
and that, as a result, we are not overly enthusiastic,
but by pretending to be quite
overwhelmed, we give the freshman friend
a terrific sense of sophistication and thus
automatically make him susceptible to hints
and suggestions. He may even listen to a
little middle-age-ish advice if we are sufficiently
impressed with this evidence of his
ascension to many estate.
A fellow strugglng valiently to carry
around an oversized briar while at the same
time puffing to keep the draft going, is too
busy to be thinking of much of anything
that might cause parental anguish. It is also
true that such a fiery debauch is an accomplishment
of such magnitude that there is
not much danger of serious mental or spiritual
complications.
It is difficult to figure out the fascination
associated with burning a wad of tobacco
leaves in a wooden bowl, the while making
appropriate flourishes. One not interested in
the science-and art of pipe smoking might
wonder why it would not be more efficient
as well as more interesting to carry a burning
wad of leaves in a bucket. This latter
procedure would give a much more devasti-tating
display of smudge and be easier on
the teeth.
Our freshman friend is, however, very
persnickerty. He not only demands a pipe
having a wooden bowl, but the wood must
be briar, the design must satisfy specifications
and the name on the finished product
must be acceptable. He is also equally hard
to please when tobacco leaves are selected.
He must have those that are listed as the
finest of the crop. They must be subjected
to certain light rays. They must be roasted.
They must be certified by fifty doctors who
testify publicly that smoke from such leaves
is the one and only solace for over-tired mucous
membrane cells. Very complicated!
So it is that, knowing what we know, we
can gaze with wonder and admiration and
still refrain from fainting when Mr. Fresh
goes steaming and smoking down the street.
By Herbert Martin Jr.
This pinch-hitting has me on
the well-known spot. I've always
looked upon columnists with a
pity closely akin to scorn. Writing
a column is as certain a way
to bury yourself from the eyes of
the world as is being vice-president
of these United States. Near-epics
hidden away in a column
pass unnoticed unless some other
columnist needs a space filler.
Such columnists feel at perfect
liberty to draw upon any and all
sources for material.
Shu* Edlngton's prize winning
Scabbard and Blade joke has
found its way to Amherst, Mass.,
where it was reprinted, with due
credit to Shug, in the Massachusetts
Collegian. Latest reports
have it that it is taking the East
by storm. ,
* *
Monday's Inspection pleased almost
everybody. Several officers
stated that it was the best that
they had seen during their entire
stay in Auburn. As a reward there
was no drill Thursday. Did you
notice?
The foreign situation (you have
to at least mention this in any
column) is setadily showing no
signs of lessening of tension. One
of Hitler's later atrocities has been
termed the "beaters." Regularly,
about once a month, the beaters
make, the rounds of the public
schools, severely beating all students
who have any Jewish ancestry.
• * *
With convict labor available for
college improvements, tire time is
ripe for building a few tennis
courts. A six-court unit would be
a welcome addition to our campus,
and would certainly make
provision for those not playing on
the tennis team, but who would
enjoy playing if adequate courts
were available.
• • •
The Second Annual Parents'
Day bids fair to surpass the first,
which was termed a success in
every sense of the word. May 7
could prove of great benefit to
Auburn if the fullest advantage
were taken of the opportunities
offered.
We have a chance to show our
parents just what goes into the
making and distilling (not alcoholic)
of the intangible Auburn
Spirit. Auburn has material advantages
which may be easily
shown. The better things that Auburn
offers may be shown if this
is gone about in the right way.
* « »
Why not place a box in some
place convenient to the visitors
in which they might drop their
written opinions and suggestions
about Auburn? These parents feel,
rightly, that they have an interest
in Auburn. It seems that much
could be gained in good will and
actual beneficial suggestions.
We, every day, miss seeing
faults in our college because of
their familiarity, but these same
faults may be the first thing noticed
by our mothers and fathers
who do not have their sight dulled
by being to close to the faults.
• •• *
My neighbor on the right side of
this page suggested, earlier in
the year, the addition of a soda
fountain and a nickleodeon to the
student center. This suggestion
met with much favorable comment,
but no action was taken.
The idea is in danger of being
killed by the greatest enemy of
any idea . . . time.
Summer school would be an excellent
time to put this change into
effect. Such an investment
would pay for itself in a short
time, and after that, if it be
judged not worthy of being continued
for the regular term, it
could be removed.
• * •
Goodbye, now, to any of you
hardy souls who have managed to
read this much. My pinch-hitting
is over . . . three strikes and I'm
OUT!
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Dinner guest: "Will you pass
the nuts, professor?"
Prof: "Yes, I suppose so, but I
really should flunk most of them."
* « •
Students at Emory want a new
gym bad enough to really get out
and work for It. Inspired by architect's
drawings of a beautiful
gymnasium, and by memories of
discomfort caused by cold in the
present inadequate building, they
have opened a campaign to provide
a new one by contributions
and student subscriptions.
Gem of humor from The Akron Buchtelite file of 1892:
A high school girl, being told by her teacher to parse the sentence,
"He kissed me," consented reluctantly, because opposed to
speaking of private affairs in public.
"He—" she commenced with unnecessary emphosis and a fond
lingering over the word that brought crimson to her cheeks, "is a
pronoun, third person, singular number, masculine gender; a gentleman,
pretty well fixed, universally considered a good catch.
"Kissed—is a verb, transitive—too much so; regular—every evening;
first and third person, plural number and governed by circumstances.
"Me—oh, everybody knows me."
* • *
Thank Tou, Call Again
"Hello, what are you doing?"
"Getting ready for church."
"Sorry. Wrong number."
* * •
Then there was the Scotchman who fried his bacon in Lux to
keep it from shrinking.—Adapted.
* • *
I thought it were she,
She thought it were me,
But when we came together
It weren't neither of we. -
The Gift of Grab
By Bob Anderson -
An easy and less destructive
outcome of the present world political
crisis than is predicted by
well-known observers is foretold
in a pamphlet just published by
a Harvard University junior.
In "It Can't Happen There! A
Political Impossibility," Arthur
Isenberg presents a series of imaginary
newspaper and radio reports
of what he would like to
see happen in Europe. The booklet
states that Hitler resigned, saying,
"as I sit here before this
microphone, I am overcome with
the realization of the sins I have
committed in the past." Der Fuehrer's
resignation and the subsequent
liberation of the Jews caused
such an uproar in Italy that
Mussolini retired to dedicate himself
to "my home and family,"
Isenberg's reports continues. Reverberations
in Russia caused
Stalin to commit suicide after
admitting that communism was a
failure and recommending that a
democracy based on the United
States government be established.
* • •
A wonderful bird is the seagull
He can fly as high as an eagull,
He sits in the sands,
And sometimes he stands,
You can't tell a "he" from a "she"
gull.
* • • .
The "Diamondback" of the U.
of Maryland, tells of a labor saving
device installed in another
school (name not given) wherein
old examination papers are filed
in the library for the benefit of
The "Round-Up" of New Mexico
State College attributes the
following out-burst to "A Journalistic
Wit." We think they're
just about half right.
I asked a fair maiden once to wed,
And this was all the maiden said:
Editor's Mailbox
Gainesville, Fla.
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
Last week-end for the first time
I visited Auburn. To say I had a
swell time is a gross understatement.
Your students, professors,
townspeople, and even the weather
combined to make my short vacation
delightful, so I want to take
this opportunity to thank them
all.
Yours is the most friendly, happiest
community I have ever visited,
and I hope to have many
happy returns.
Gratefully,
Donald P. Griffith
Student
University of Florida
"Go see Papa."
Now she knew that I knew her
father was dead,
And she knew that I knew the life
he had led,
And she knew that I knew what
she meant
When she said, "Go see Pap.a."
* * »
Now I lay me down to sleep.
The lecture's dry, the subject
deep.
If he should quit before I wake,
Give me a poke, for goodness'
sake!
* * *
Stude: Do you know the secret
of popularity?
Co-ed: Yes, but Mother says I
musn't.
Daily Democrat
A Dad Vail Intercollegiate Rowing
Association has been formed
to honor the famed University of
Wisconsin crew coach.
Before Tomorrow
By John Godbold
Anonymous contributions are
familiar items in any newspaper
office, the Plainsman being no exception.
They are all consigned to
the wastebasket, but once in a
while we fish them out for curiosity's
sake.
This week we found an interesting
one which we thought we'd
pass on to you. It's on "Sleep:"
"Much has been said on the subject
of sleep—about its necessity
for health, wealth, and wisdom;
but its most desirable characteristic
is often slighted. Sleeping
makes dreaming so simple. Other
factors which help are: lettuce-cheese-
tomato-ham sandwiches,
cucumbers arid tight pajamas.
Dreams are the greatest blessing
of mankind. In dreams one can
experience a world of exciting
events.
"I've been shot at and felt the
bullets cut into my thigh. My only
feeling was one of curiosity as to
why the blood did not spout in
true dime story style. I've fallen
into deep wells writhing with
snakes, lizards, and other outlandish
creatures far more fear-provoking
than those in the most
imaginative literature. I've been
pursued by polar bears, when every
inch that I moved took more
effort than I have ever spent in
one day in my life.
"I know the fellings of a person
who has impossible odds against
him and yet is urged to press forward,
for I have tried to row up
Niagara Falls in a tiny rowboat.
I have done all of this—things impossible
on this earth and some
things possible tout withheld from
the experience of the average
person—and was all the time safe
in bed.
"Yes, dreams are to be looked
forward to. So don't refuse that
hamburger that is offered you at
II o'clock at night, and don't forget
to say, "Make mine with
onions."
* « *
No one who hasn't read the too-often
weak and insipid attempts
at sports-writing in other college
papers can appreciate the excellency
of Bill Troup's work for the
Plainsman.
* * *
"I'll take insecurity" is the statement
of H. V. Kaltenborn, widely
known authority and reporter on
foreign affairs, in a recent national
magazine.
Mr. Kaltenborn wants insecurity
because the possession of that
means that he possesses the liberties.
It means that within the
grasp of us all is the chance to
lead the life that is most interesting
and promising to us. It means
that we can choose for ourselves
whatever sphere of life we wish,
regardless of our birth, parentage,
religion, or race—and that we
can reach whatever position in
life our health, talents, and enthusiasm
equip us for. It means
that we, and not the state, are
the masters of our own destinies.
We'll line right up with Mr.
Kaltenborn on that. .None of the
sort of security that the dictatorships
promise—the sort of security
that a man in jail has . . . three
meals, a warm. bed, a roof over
his head, and the knowledge that
he won't be dispossessed.
* * *
President Roosevelt spoke in
Auburn last month. He spoke
wisely and well. He cited several
examples of the South's not producing
what it could and should,
depending instead on distant regions
of the nation. He discussed
milk, apples, shoes, and meat
among other things. He spoke of
the need of Southern youth as
leaders.
However, one link was missing.
As President he is in position to
see that the South is treated fairly
in the matter of freight rates.
Nothing has been done. His native
state, New York, headed by his
political ally, Governor Herbert
H. Lehman, has led the van of
the fight against fair freight rates
for the South and West. The
President has exerted no influence,
made no call for fairness
and non-discrimination by the
Northern - controlled Interstate
Commerce Commission.
He appointed the National Emergency
Council to make a searching
report of the South's deficiencies
and shortcomings and it
did. When its famous report' came
out he asked for salvation of the
problems of the South, the nation's
"economic problem number
one." But no mention was
made of the National Emergency
Council's plea for removal of discriminatory
freight rates.
Are we getting lip-service and
nothing more?
FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
start at first, Carl Happer at second,
Doug Bennett or Ray Mc-
Cluskey at shortstop, Capt. Malvern
Morgan at third, Howard
Bazemore in left, Tommie Thompson
in center, and Chicken Hawke
in right. It is probable that Dick
Swindle and Bill Andrews will
do the hurling, with relief coming
from Louis Diamond, Cooper Sellers
and Frenchy Gunter.
Auburn Out for Fifth and Sixth Wins
In SEC Competition This Week-end
By Bill Troup
Those Auburn Tigers will be gunning for their fifth and sixth
Southeastern Conference victories when they tangle up with the
Georgia Bulldogs on Drake Field Friday and Saturday, in what many
believe will be the feature rounds on the Bengals home schedule.
The game Friday will start at
3 p. m., and the second game of
the series Saturday will commence
at 2:30. These two engagements
will be the toughest yet for the
Plainsmen as the Georgia aggregation
have one of the best ball
clubs in the league and who are
considered as a likely contender
for the crown.
Auburn mad quick work of
Georgia Tech, who produced some
very inefficient hurlers, and won
both games of the series, 5-2 and
11-4. Frenchy Gunter was the
winning pitcher in the first contest
and Dick Swindle the second.
Another pitching masterpiece,
this time by Bill Andrews, the
junior fireballer, enabled the Auburn
Tigers to defeat Mississippi
State in Starksville Tuesday, 4-1.
Andrews, who had almost perfect
control and was backed with support
that miscued only once, limited
State to three hits, all singles,
and fanned five and walked two,.
Power at the plate was displayed
by the Tigers in all save three
innings in their eight-hit attack
that was led by Ralph Frazier
with two for three. F. F. A. leads League i of the
The Bengals took the second i independent division with one victory
in the only game that they
have played so far..Having each
won one game, Terrills and Clark
are tied for the lead in League 2.
Plainsman Sports -
Fraternity Softball Results
Are Asked by Prof. Smith
Prof. E. B. Smith requests that
all fraternities turn in results of
softball games to the intramural
office as soon as the games have
been completed. Incomplete records
show below the leaders of
the various leagues.
Beta Kappa leads
with two victories in
games. S. A. E. and
Phi are tied in League 2 with one
win each. S. P. E. has been undefeated
in three games to lead League
3. PiKA, Kappa Sigma:, and
A. T. O. are in a deadlock in Leagued
with one win each.
SPORTS CHATTER
By Bill Troup
League I
as many
Pi Kappa MkUAtf -H- 7&OP
game of the series from Mississippi
State Wednesday, 8-2, to remain
undefeated in their conference
schedule. Behind the six-hit
chunking of Charlie Kilpatrick,
junior curve ball artist, who fanned
five and walked two, the
Orange and Blue diamond club
started and finished strong. Both
Captain Malvern Morgan and
Chicken Hawke batted in three
runs apiece for the winners, with
Morgan's three for five performance
being the best hitting mark
for the Tigers. Carl Happer and
Kilpatrick also belted out a
couple of bingles apiece for Auburn.
There will not be any changes
made in the line-up against
Georgia. Red Caudill will wear
the mask, Ralph Frazier will
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Undefeated API Polo Team
To Meet Fort Benning
Friday at 3:30 the undefeated
polo team will meet Fort Benning
in a four-period game on Bullard
Field.
This game is only a four-period
match because none of the jumping
'horses will be available. These
horses are being saved for use in
the horse show Sunday.
Auburn's team has met and defeated
Ohio State (two games),
Atlanta Horse Guards, the University
of Illinois (two games),
and the Freebooters from Fort
Benning so far this season.
Probably the stiffest foe up to
date will be met Sunday when the
team journeys to Atlanta to engage
the Horse Guards in a return
game at Piedmont Park. The
game will be played on the At-lantian's
horses, and the entire
Horse Guard team will be ready
for action. Several of the better
players were unable to make the
trip to Auburn for the game here.
Judson College Glee Club
Presents Concert Here
Judson College Glee Club presented
a concert before students,
faculty members and townspeople
in Langdon Hall last night at 8:30
o'clock.
Sponsoring the Judson Glee
Club concert was the Auburn
men's glee club.
The program included: "Drink
To Me Only With Thine Eyes,"
"VillaneUe," "Song of the Nightingale,"
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot,"
"March of the Toys," baritone
solo, "Romanza Andaluza,"
"The Old Refrain," "Tomorrow,"
"Cecilia," "A Song in the Night,"
"Robin in the Rain," "Seguidilla"
(from Carmen), "American Lullaby,'
"Dance of the Reed Flutes,"
"Reverie," "Castanets and Tambourine,"
and as an effective finale,
"Alma Mater."
FOR JUST PLAIN ENJOYMENT — EAT
FR0Z-RITE ICE CREAM
Dutch Meyer of Texas Christian University will serve
on the coaching staff of schools in seven states this summer
. . . Man Mountain Dean, the furry wrestler, claims to
have boxed with Gene Tunney in France just before the
Armistice was sighed, but he doesn't recall the outcome.
Twenty-two swimmers have mastered the English Channel,
but only one, E. H. Temme of England has swum It in both directions
. . Ferd Haney, manager of the St. Louis Browns, is only
5 feet 5 inches tall ; . . Capt. Sam Brady was the
\ first American on record to surpass 20 feet in the
broad jump . . . Pursued by a band of Indians in
1780, he leaped the 22-foot Cuyahoga River without
breaking his stride .'-. . Tommy Connolly, umpire
in chief, has been with the American League
sjnce its organization in 1901.
Auburn's new athletic stadium will be
dedicated Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 30, with a
game between the Tigers and Florida, Coach
|Jack Meagher announced recently . . . It will
e the first major game played on Auburn's
home field since Loyola came here in 1936 . . .
Andy Frain has rejected more than 500,000
applications for jobs in his national ushers organization . . .
This is the sixty-first season of varsity baseball at the Uni-versit
yof Illinois . . . L. S. U. is air-minded . . . The boxing
team traveled by plane to the National Collegiate tournament
in Madison, Wis., and arrangements are being made to
tke the football team to Holy Cross next fall by air . . . Cub
officials estimate that the club's annual x-ray bill is something
under $1,000,000.
This 'will be the last issue of Sports Chatter under the present
editor, schoolwork and graduation being the reason •'. . . These four
years of writing for the Plainsman have been fun, and it is with
deep regret that Ye Ed bids his farewell to sports j. . . If the readers
of this column for the past two years have received half as
much pleasure from reading it as the editor did in writing it, then
he is satisfied.
When one looks back into the sports world, he recalls
many fascinating events, with the future holding just as
many more, even though these are mad times we are living
in . . . Sure, it's a bad world, a sad world, a mad world, but
it's still a world of unrivaled interest and fascination, passionate
in its quarrels, partisan in its justice, pompous and
pathetic in its crazy-quilt conception of law and order, forever
tragic and forever triumphant, forever doomed and yet
forever on the march!
But the world of sports is unaffected in these turbulent times—
it will live on forever, impartial and unbiased by the chaotic state
of international affairs . . .
Sophomore Diamond Stars
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Fraternity Minor Sports
Nearing Completion
Fraternity tournaments in tennis,
horseshoes, and golf are nearing
completion.
With between 60 and 70 entries,
the frat golf tourney is scheduled
to be finished this week. Each
fraternity may enter as many men
as it wishes; the total score of
the three lowest men will represent
the fraternity.
Horseshoe teams from Lambda
Chi, PiKA, S. A. E., Sigma Nu,
K. A., A. T. O., and S. P. E. have
entered the quarterfinal round and
the other quarterfinal bracket is
to be filled this week.
Phi Delta Theta,- A. T. O., and
K. A. are now in the quarter finals
of the tennis tourney. The other
•mia'tches to determine the remainder
of this round have not
been played.
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Hughes to Judge
17th Annual
Horse Show
Handsome Trophies, and
Ribbons Be Awarded to
Winners of 15 Events
Capt. O. W. Hughes of Ft. Benning
has been selected as judge
at the Seventeenth Annual Horse
Show here next Sunday afternoon
at 2:00. Capt. K. L. Johnson,
who is-supervising the show,
announced the selection of a
judge this morning.
Neil Lucas of Arab has entered
horses in the five-gaited and
three-gaited classes, Capt. Johnson
reported. Mr. Lucas has
shown horses at Past Auburn
shows, and is said to have some
of the best show horses in the
Southeast.
Another, regular entrant at the
Auburn show who is again sending
horses is Dr. Hewett of Al-bertville.
Other out-of-town horses
are expected before the days
ends, Capt. Johnson said.
Final local entries were completed
today, and the entry list
assured the sponsors that the
show this year would be up to
standards set in past years.
Handsome trophies and ribbons
will be awarded to each of the
winners in the 15 events. The affair
is under the supervision of
Captain K. L. Johnson, assistant
professor of military science and
tactics.
Last year a record number of
over 100 entered contests, with
2,000 spectators attending. No entry
fees are charged and outside
entries are furnished stable room
and forage without charge.
The following events compile
the program: sophomore horsemanship,
ladies jumping, three-gaited
class, polo stake race "B"
squad, five-gaited class, pair
jumping, ladies horsemanship (beginners),
junior jumping, junior
five-gaited class, ladies horsemanship
(advanced), polo race
"A" squad, senior jumping,
mounted wrestling and exhibition
jumping.
Special features are the five
different jumping classes: ladies,
pair, junior, senior and Olympic.
In the Olympic, jumps are five
feet high with the best jumpers
from Ft. Benning, Ga., invited to
compete against Auburn's best
jumpers. Entries have been received
from as far as Gadsden.
There will be two speedy polo
bending races and a mounted
wrestling event. If interest permits,
a children's pony class will
be added.
The 35-cent admission tickets
are already on sale at the main
gate and at the military office for
an advance price of 25 cents. They
are also available from any member
of the Auburn polo team. Athletic
activity books are not acceptable
for admission. Students
are cautioned to accept only tickets
countersigned by. Captain L.
E. Jacoby.
Unusual Track Attraction Brings API;
Georgia Tech, Clemson Together
One of Auburn's Best
Track Teams in Years
To Face Bulldogs
By Boots Stratford
Tomorrow, Captain Jim Swan
ner will lead his track and field
team against the strong Georgia
Bulldogs in half of one of the
most unique events in the sport
ing world—a twin track attrac
tion. The Yellow Jackets of
Georgia Tech and the Bengals of
Clemson will vie with each other
in the other half of the double-header.
One of the best all round Tiger
track teams in years will pit their
speed and muscle against Georgia.
With above average performers in
all events, the Plainsmen would
more than likely have mopped up
with the Bulldogs, but their
chances of winning have been
somewhat lessened by an injury
jinx that has hit the Tiger camp.
Bob Dickinson, ace 220 and 100
man and Conference champion in
the broad jump, is hampered by
an injured foot and faces two
tough opponents to boot. Vassa
Cate, sprint king of the conference,
and Oliver Hunnicut, ace
speedster, will be Dickinson's
competition.
Auburn's crack distance men,
John Sharp Roberts and Herbert
Drake, are also on the injured
list with ailing legs. .They were
figured to lead one pack in the
two mile event until they were
injured. Chuck Morgan, ace hurdler
and high jumper, is another
who is nursing injuries at the
present. He suffered a nasty fall
going over the hurdles Tuesday
and still is a bit stiff as a result.
Captain Swanner will meet his
toughest competition of the season
in Henry Fredricksen in the
880 and the mile. Fredricksen is
conference champ in the mile,
and either his or Swanner's flying
feet should run the course in near
record time. Chuck Morgan will
also meet trouble in the form of
Vassa Cate.
Completing the Tiger's strong
squad are Chet Bulger and James
Stephenson in the weights, Dave
Sprinkle in the pole vault if he
gets over his current attack of the
flu 'in time for the meet, Percy
South in the high hurdles and
high jump, and Jim Holley, Bill
Ellis, John Grady, and Wilbur
Davenport in the 440.
Eight Engineering Profs Are
Listed in Honor Publication
Eight members of the School of
Engineering faculty at the college
here have been honored by
being listed in the "Who's Who in
Engineering."
The publication each year selects-
men who have made outstanding
contributions to the industrial,
professional and teaching
branches of engineering.
Local men honored include:
Dean John J. Wilmore, Assistant
Dean J. E. Hannum, Prof. C. R.
Hixon, Prof. W. W. Hill, Prof. L.
M Sahag, Prof. A. L. Thomas, Dr.
C. A. Basore, and Prof. T. M.
Lowe.
BRANTLEY'S
Opelika
$1,000 Day
Saturday
Men's Shirts and MC
Shorts, each —-— JL
Men's Summer $4.69
Pants. Beg. 1.95 I
Men's Better Made $|.19
Shirts I
Men's Straw Hats $4.39
Special I
Steel Traveling $V49
Cases. Beg. $5.00 - - J
MEN'S OXFOBDS
New Spring Styles
Beg $4.00 to $5.00
$2.98 & $3.49
Milwaukee State Teachers College
is organizing a reducing class
for co-eds who are 20 per cent or
more over-weight.
A new pop-drinking record has
been set at the University of Mississippi:
Burns Deavors swigged
12 bottle» in 29 minutes.
Dartmouth College's seven-year-
old wood track is considered
the fastest indoor foot-race course
in the world.
Hundreds Of Spring Suits!
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PAGE FOUR THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939
New BSU Officers
Are Installed
The newly elected officers of
the Baptist Student Union were
installed in an impressive service
at the evening worship hour at the
Baptist Church Sunday. Larkin T.
Wyers, retiring president, presided
and gave the charge to the
new officers. Earl Gardner, the
new president, led the officers in
their response. Davis Woolley; student
secretary, ibrought the message
of the evening on "A Vision
of Service."
The new officers sat in the
choir beneath the B. S. U. motto,
"My Maximum for Christ." After
the newly elected officers made
their pledge of service to the
church and to the students whom
they will lead, Dr. J. C. Grimes,
Chairman of the Board of Deacons,
accepted the officers on the
part of the church.
The music of the evening included
a special chorus number,
"I Love to Tell the Story," and a
male quartet sang "Jesus I My
Cross Have Taken," expressing
the response of the new officers.
Eugene Knight, retiring Sunday
School Superintendent, led the'
prayer of consecration.
The program was centered
about the theme pf the cross and
the opportunity of service. The
new officers held lighted candles
presented them by the retiring officers.
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Traveling Secretary of LCA
To Visit Auburn Tomorrow
Tozier Brown, traveling secretary
of the Lambda Chi Alpha
fraternity, will pay a visit to the
local chapter, Omega Zeta, this
week-end, and will be in Auburn
until April 25.
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Tozier Brown
Mr. Brown has spent several
years in the fraternity work exclusively
and has visited colleges
all over the United States and
Canada where the fraternity's
chapters are established.
Lambda Chi Alpha employs
three full-time secretaries, two of
whom visit chapters continually
throughout the university year.
Mr. Brown is a graduate of the
University of Denver, where he
distinguished himself by collaborating
with other specially chosen
advance students in compiling
a review of the literature of all
languages.
'Gunga Din' Plays
At Tiger Theater
Romance and adventure, comedy
and thrills emerge in a whirl
wind of impetuous, headlong action
throughout the colorful
scenes of "Gunga Din," sensational
drama of British army life in
India.
The story is adapted from Rud-yard
Kipling's immortal poem of
the same name, its-central figure
being a "bhisti," or regimental
water carrier, who develops from
a humble servant into a heroic
fighting man, and makes the supreme
sacrifice for the sake of his
comrades.
Dominating the adventures of
"Gunga Din" are the three sar-geants,
a strong-arm, scrapping
trio who meet an attack by tribesmen
of the murderous cult of
Thuggee as a British military patrol
advances from a British outpost.
The plot includes a quest for a
secret treasure by the "bhisti" and
From Auburn, Mr. Brown will
journey to the University of Alabama
and from there to Mississippi
State College, where he will
assist the Auburn chapter in installing
Rho Zeta local fraternity
as Epsilon-Chi Zeta of Lambda
Chi Alpha.
The eighteenth biennial national
convention of the fraternity will
be held in San Francisco, Calif.,
this summer, Auburn being represented
by Charles Kelley, official
delegate of the chapter. Special
care will transport the delegates
westward from Chicago.
Broadcast
At 11:30 a. m. tomorrow station
VVRBL in Cohimbus will
present a "Goodwill Program"
featuring the city of Auburn
and the college.
All townspeople and students
who listen to the program are
urged to write their comments
and opinions of the program to
"Circle of Goodwill, Station
WRBL, Columbus, Ga."
AGD Installation Ceremonies
Begin Tonight w i t h Pledge
Service at Episcopal Church
Installation ceremonies for
Gamma Delta chapter of Alpha
Gamma Delta sorority are scheduled
to begin tonight at 7:30
when a pledge service for 22 Auburn
girls and three honorary
members will be held at the Episcopal
Church.
Schedule of installation events
for tomorrow includes a meeting
of undergraduate members of the
sorority at 11 o'clock to discuss
informally various campus problems;
a separate meeting of alumni
members at the same time; a
luncheon at the Pitts Hotel at
12:30; an installation and initiation
ceremony beginning at 2 o'clock;
and the traditional "Feast
of Roses" banquet at the Eastern
his pals, a love in which one of
the sargeants is ensnared, and a
finale which shows the imprisonment
of the four adventurers by
the native rebels, terminating
with an assault by the white infantry
on the Thug headquarters
and the sacrifice of his life by
Gunga Din.
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WHY STALIN SHOT HIS GENERALS.
Why were the leaders of the Red Army
executed? And just when Hitler was supposed
to be preparing for war? Now, for
the first time, the true story is revealed.
By the former head of Stalin's secret service
abroad, General W. G. Krivitsky.
"I'D GET MARRIED—EXCEPT FOR
MOTHER," Henry said. But can young
people in love wait forever? Read this
short story by Curlin Reed, / Don't
Know, Son. On page 18 of the Post.-
STRANGE S O S . . . from a ship's radio
operator 19 years old, in love and waiting
to die. Read about it in Song of Larnock,
by Albert Richard Wetjen.
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he shows you why it's a career he'd recommend
to young men... PLUS articles,
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THE SATURDAY EVENING POST Q
Co-eds and Dates
(Continued from page one)
"Cousin Arabella may drop over
this week-end and I don't want
to plan anything." And then if
he waits until the last minute to
call she can always say that she
is already undressed.
Excuses such as headaches,
"catching up on sleep," etc, are
so plainly flimsy that any guy
ought to know that when he hears
them he is merely wasting his
time with the fair damsel, as she
simply isn't interested. And speaking
of this kind of alibi we should
mention the girl who says, "sorry,
I'm married," or "I'm engaged,"
or "wearing another fellow's frat
pin." And, oh yeah, we almost
forgot, "Sorry, I was out late last
night."
Among the untold millions one
sometimes finds an excuse that
.shows a definite flair for the bizarre.
Such as the one which the
University of North Carolina coed
used when she told some poor
sucker that the entire fourth floor
of her dorm was quarantined for
measles. (He not only believed
this but spread the word around
and more than one fourth-floor
co-ed found herself stood-up by
dates who heard and believed the
fallacy.)
If the girl finds herself in dutch
about some little white lie like
the above, there are always ways
of smoothing over the difficulty.
For instance, if the one who asked
for the date and was refused
happened on her in any of the
haunts of the students who seek
refreshments each evening, unescorted,
she might say, "Well, fancy
meeting you here," or "I just
found out that the quiz, was postponed,"
or, simply, "Pardon me,
I've got to powder my nose, and
I'll see you later."
They say that once a co-ed told
a boy in no uncertain terms that
she merely did not want to date
him, but she didn't stay in school
long. When last heard from, she
was in a nunnery. .
Senior Ag Student Solving Financial
Problems by Inexpensive Brooder
By Oscar Threadgill
Inexpensive homemade lamp brooders are solving the chick brooding
problems of Charles W. Copeland, senior agricultural student of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, who is paying most of his school
expenses with a small broiler business.
(Living with his folks about two
miles from here, Copeland has
made his broiler business supplement
the income on his father's
small truck farm.
He obtained for building the
homemade lamp brooder from D.
F. King, associate professor of
poultry. Then by using secondhand
lumber and an old tin signboard
he was able to build the
complete unit without any cash
expense.
Young Copeland bought 50
Rhode Island Red and White Leghorn
cross chicks on November
18, and by making use of the
brooder was able to sell his first
fryer seven weeks and two days
later. Three weeks later he sold
the remainder when they reached
an average weight of two
pounds each.
•He fed the 50 chicks 320 pounds
of a well-balanced growing mash
and kept fresh water before them
at all times. He is enthusiastic
over the brooder and his records
show that he used only 5 gallons
of kerosene, at 15 cents per
gallon, in brooding his chicks during
the ten weeks. This gave an
extra charge of ten cents each.
All sales totaled $27 and expenses,
including cost of the chicks
feed and fuel, totaled $11.88,
which left a profit of $15.98.
Copeland is enthusiastic over
the brooder and says it can be
used in the open or under a shed
with equally as good results. He
believes it can be used to brood
chicks for layers or for the fryer
or broiler market.
Plans for this brooder can be
obtained by writing to Mr. King
at the Poultry Department, Auburn.
Auburn Tennis Team to Meet
Miami Players Here
Having already encountered
several of the best teams in the
South, the Auburn tennis team
is preparing to step forth into real
big time tennis when they meet
the University of Miami boys here
on April 27.
Miami has long been a cent
e r of outstanding tennis teams
from which several of our leading
nationally ranking players
average fuel cost of 1.5 cents peri have come. This year is no excep-chick
as compared to from- 3 to | tion, for the Miami teams boasts
Two Exhibits on Display in
Architectural Library
Two exhibits are now on display
in the architectural library and
will remain open to the public
during the coming week. One of
the exhibits is that of 30 prize
phoographs from the Charlotte
(N. C.) Camera Club and the
other is that of art work done by
students in four Alabama colleges.
School represented- in the art exhibit
are Alabama College, Jud-son
College, University of Alabama,
and Auburn.
Beta Kappa Chapter
Names New Officers
Sigma of Beta Kappa held its
annual election of officers Monday
night.
The outgoing officers were A.
C. Sansing, W. L. Ellner, H. S.
Lyde, and W. S. Coursey.
The newly elected members
are J. R. Dyas, president; J. I.
Warner, vice president; W. L.
Ellner, secretary; and W. E.
Boone, guard.
R. J. OUlen was reelected treasurer
,and W. L. Ellner was reelected
representative to the Inter-fratemity
Council.
J u l i e t t e Stevenson Weds
Davidson McClure
Juliette Stevenson of Montgomery
was married to Davidson McClure
Sunday afternoon at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hammond
on North Bridge Road in
Montgomery.
The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. R. J. Jones, Methodist
pastor of Mobile. Immediately following
the ceremony the young
couple left for a wedding trip to
Tampa and other cities in Florida.
The bride has made her home
in Montgomery for the past three
years, formerly residing at At-more.
The bridegroom attended Alabama
Polytechnic Institute and
holds a responsible position in
Montgomery.
Star Hall at 7:30.
Over 400 out-of-town undergraduate
and alumni members of
Alpha Gamma Delta are expected
to attend the Auburn installation.
Delia Martin Jones, national extension
chairman of the sorority,
is in charge of installing the new
chapter here.
Sophia Horn Hyatt, president of
Gamma Province, will serve as
toastmistress for the banquet tomorrow
night. Sunday afternoon
the new chapter will be formally
presented at a tea at the President's
Mansion from 3 to 5:30.
10 cents for other common types
brooders.
The brooder, developed to take
care of around 50 chicks solves
the needs on many farms for an
economical way to keep chicks
during the first few weeks, can
be built of rough lumber, hardware
cloth, tin, and screen and is
heated by an ordinary kerosene
lamp. Even if all material is
bought the cost will average from
$5 to $7.
Young Copeland sold his chicks
on the local market for 25 cents
per pound. Thirty of them were
dressed before being sold at an
Alumnae
(Continued from Page One)
Lincoln, Miss Susan Lipscomb,
Mrs. J. C. Lowery, Mrs. H. M.
Martin, Mrs. E. L. Mayton, Miss
Miriam Moore, Mrs. Bob Norris,
Mrs. A. M. Pearson.
Miss Virginia Raiford, Mrs.
William Richardson, Mrs. S. N.
Richburg, Mrs. B. B. Ross, Miss
Nora Rothrock, Mrs. W. A. Ruf-fin,
Miss Mary Allen Sawyer,
Mrs. J. W. Scott, Mrs. W. E.
Sewell, Miss Marie Sewell, Miss
Frances Shi, Miss Mildred Simon,
Mrs. E. V. Smith, Mrs. T. W.
Sparrow, Mrs. Glenn Stewart, Mrs.
D. G. Sturkie, Miss Mary Tamp-lin,
Mrs. M. E. Tisdale, Mrs. S.
L. Toomer, Miss Frances Trammel.
Miss Dorothy Ward, Mrs. J. W.
Webb, Mrs. W. H. Weidenbach,
Miss Louise Whatley, Miss Julia
Wiatt, Mrs. Albert Wild, Mrs.
Frank Wilmore, Mrs. J. B. Wilson,
Mrs. M. N. Womelsdorf, Mrs.
E. F. Wright and Mrs. C. S. Yar-brough.
Auburn Alumnus Is Married
I n Montgomery Recently
The marriage of Dorothy Thompson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Grady Thompson, to James
Ballard Francis, was solemnized
last Thursday evening at the
Montgomery First Baptist Church,
Dr. Frank Tripp, pastor of the
church, performed the ceremony
before a large gathering.
The bride is the granddaughter
of Waddy Thompson, prominent
member of the Alabama bar.
Mr. Francis is the son of Mrs.
James Ballard Francis and the
late Mr. Francis. He is a graduate
of Lanier High School, Montgomery,
and an alumnus of Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, where he
was a member of the Sigma Pi
social fraternity.
Following a wedding trip the
couple will reside in Montgomery
where Mr. Francis holds a responsible
position.
of such nationally known players
as Hardie Gillespie, and Pero, the
latter having beaten Frankie Parker
last year.
Realizing the handicaps under
which the Plainsmen have been
working this year, a victory seems
virtually impossible for the Auburn
boys. Indeed, it is only hoped
that the Tigers can give the
Miami lads a nice work-out.
From the spectators standpoint,
however, it is an entirely different
proposition. The times are few
and far between when Auburn
students can see half a dozen of
the nation's best players free of
charge.
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F r a n k Applebee to Make
Address in Wetumpka
"Modern Art" is the subject of
an address that will be made by
Frank W. Applebee, head of Auburn's
applied art department, before
the Music and Magazine Club
at Wetumpka on Thursday afternoon
at the Baptist Church. Mrs.
Reid Lancaster, pianist, will also
appear before the club at that
time.
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FRIDAY NIGHT AT 11
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RED-BLOOD AND GUN-POWDER
HEROES!
Born of Kipling's heroic lines.,
fighting, loving, swaggering
sons of the British Battalions
..in the picture that sweeps
the screen like a cyclone!
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