1939-01-03 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXII Z-I AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1939 NUMBER 30
Christmas in Auburn
was, as usual, quiet. A sudden
hush always falls on the Loveliest
Village when the coming of the
holidays and the exodus of the
students for home. The entire
community seems to catch its
breath.
"They've gone to their families
—and the families can have 'em,"
landladies murmur, heaving sighs
of relief and luxuriating in the
silence, unbroken now for a little
while by the shrilling of the tel­ephone
in the hallway, the laugh­ter
and chatter of the co-eds, and
the noise of the bull-sessions up
in the boys' rooms.
* * *
At the Plainsman office
the clatter of the typewriter was
stilled in the copy room. There
was no business staff blundering
around our cramped quarters,
leaving turmoil and confusion
wherever they stepped. Even the
linotype machine in the back room
didn't seem so noisy. The usual
nervous tension and happy breezy
clatter that characterize the
Plainsman headquarters were ab­sent
. . . nothing but the quiet
hiss of the gas heater.
* * *
Midnight on main street,
on Christmas Eve, misty and chill.
Along about one p. m. the main
drag is most depressing, complete­ly
deserted with only an occas­ional
pair of headlights to break
the quiet solitude. The bright Ala­bama
Power Company front and
the flickering neon signs are the
only brightness in a dark land­scape.
Samford clock dimly shows the
".iiiij; the cupula « i U.c Chemistry
building is a remote outline of
white, and the whole campus a
jumbled mass of bulky shapes and
shadows.
Doug Wallace,
who ruled the editorial sanctum
of this newspaper during our
freshman year, 1935-36, was a
welcome visitor at the Plainsman
office Monday.
Same old Doug: faithful pipe
clamped firmly in his teeth, honor
keys still on his watch chain, hair
as unruly as ever, faint suspicion
of a needed shave. We proudly ex­hibited
the Plainsman office and
the bound files of the paper this
year and bulled half the morning
about the old days when he would
say "frog" to a frightened and re­spectful
rat reporter and we
would jump clear across his desk.
* * *
Back in the alley
in rear of the Plainsman office a
long, low narrow building, be­ginning
about even with the jail
and extending almost an entire
block to the Pitts Hotel, sprung
up overnight during the holidays.
The shape of the building and its
location in the smelly alley where
negroes formerly parked their
wagons and mule teams on Satur­days
made us believe that the new
edifice was a livery stable. But
on inquiry we discovered that this
was another of the "dormitories"
for students that spring up like
unhealthy mushrooms over town.
The location doesn't strike us
as a very desirable one from a
sanitary standpoint, and we are
frankly surprised that city offi­cials
have approved their construc­tion.
We see a day in the future when
the administration will get around
to requiring residences to meet
standards before students are al­lowed
to reside there. And we wel­come
the day.
* * *
"A Song in France"
is the name of a simple little
story in the December 31 issue of
Collier's—a story about a German
soldier who on a cold quiet
Christmas night sang "Heilig*
Nacht" (Silent Night) to a friend
in the enemy trenches a hundred
yards away.
We don't contend that it is a
great story; however, we haven't
forgotten it since we read it. And
in this day, that's something.
* * *
Christmas greetings
came to us from many friends, all
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Dick Stabile To Bring Band
Here For Mid-Term Dances
Famous Sax Player Opens
Dances Afternoon of
Jan. 26 in WPA Hall
Dick Stabile and his orches­tra
will play here for the Mid-
Term Dances on Jan. 26, 27,
and 28, according to announce­ment
made during the Christ­mas
holidays by Jack Owen,
Chairman of the Social Com­mittee.
The dances will be held in Bibb
Graves Center (WPA Hall), and
admission will be $9.50 for the set
or $3 per dance. There will be no
morning dances, as the band could
not be booked to play for them.
Tickets may be secured from any
of the following members of the
Social Committee: Harvey Sargent,
George Eason, Jake Cooper, Bill
Boynton, John Cobb, and Bob
McNulty.
Chairman Owen has announced
that all persons wishing to bid
on decorations must submit a
minature scheme along with their
bid to him by Monday. Bid cards
will be placed in fraternity houses
and uptown and will be taken up
Friday.
Stabile is playing for the dan­ces
at Auburn, University of Ala­bama,
Mississippi State, and Ole
Miss. He may be heard over WLW
at 6:15 on Monday, 10:15 on Tues­day,
11:45 on Wednesday, and 10:-
30 on Thursday.
Besides leading his band, Dick
Stabile renders solos on the saxo­phone,
sings torrid tunes a la Cab
Calloway, and makes all his own
orchestrations and arrangements.
But, to begin at the beginning,
Richard Dominic Stabile was born
in Newark, N. J., but spent most
of his life in Brooklyn. His father
was a violinist, and his godfather,
Gabriel Mazzio, was also a mu­sician.
. Dick just followed in the family
footsteps when he showed an early
training in matters musical at an
early age. He got most of his early
training at home, under the sup­ervision
of his dad, who is still
his severest critic.
Dick's pet aversion was going to
school and he didn't care who
knew it. But his parents, though,
thought otherwise. To them, he
was their pride and joy and, some
day, they wanted him to grow up
to be a prominent physician or a
famous lawyer. But if they plan­ned
so, Dick never knew it, or pre­tended
he didn't.
Master Stabile began his musi­cal
career as a member of the Boy
Scout band. The drums were his
fancy at this time, but the saxo­phone
craze came along about
then and he switched his atten­tion
to the curved reed instru­ment.
He saw the possibilities in the
new instrument and, at sixteen,
became quite adept at playing it.
It was just a matter of practice
and learning sax tricks, and giv­ing
them an individual style. His
own style came to him naturally,
without his having to strain for
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Equipment Given
By WSFA Being
Installed
Students in Radio Setting
Up Broadcasting Equipment
Donated by Station WSFA
A complete set of radio broad­casting
equipment has been do­nated
to the engineering school at
Auburn by the Montgomery
Broadcasting Company which op­erates
Radio Station WSFA.
A special room in the electrical
engineering laboratory has been
designated to house the equipment
which will be used by approxi­mately
B(y Auburn students in ra­dio
courses under Prof. Woodrow
Darling. The towers will be erect­ed
on the roof of the laboratory,
and the equipment is expected to
be ready for expermental work
during the present semster. In­stallation
is being made by Auburn
students under the supervision of
Prof. Darling.
The equipment, which is a Wes­tern
Electric Type 6-B, was used
by WSFA from 1930 to May 1,
1938. Including the installation it
was valued at approximately $20,-
000 and consist of a transmitter,
generators, control board and
towers.
"This equipment will be of in­estimable
value to the School of
Engineering- in connection with
radio instruction," said Dean John
J. Wilmore.
Officials of the Montgomery
Broadcasting! Company, who made
the donation, are Gordon Persons,
president; Sam Durden, secretary:
and Howard Pill, treasurer and
general manager. Both Mr. Per­sons
and Mr. Durden are Auburn
graduates.
Oracles and Sphinx Guests
At Weiner Roast
Dr. Rosa Lee Walston, Academic
Adviser of Women Students, en­tertained
the members of Sphinx
and Oracles at a weiner roast at
Wright's Mill before the Christmas
holidays.
Sphinx members present were
Sara Lee Banks, Jane Billingsley,
Doris White, Katherine Quattle-baum,
Virginia Holcombe, and
Frances Wilson.
Newly-tapped members of Ora­cles
present were Emma Nell Par-rish,
Claudia Weinman, Louise
Hayes, Jean Cogburn, Frencene
Breedlove, Christine Blackburn,
Doris Copeland, Jean Beasley,
Jewel Wilson, Jule Tisdale, and
Mary Irwin.
NOTICE
There will be an important
meeting of the Plainsman Editor­ial
Staff tonight at 8:45 in the of.
fice.
All members of the staff are
urged particularly to be there.
Christmas Holidays in Auburn
By John Ivey Jr.
During the last days of school before the Christmas holidays
that take three thousand individuals away from the heart of a little
town that has as its chief business the training of those persons
for future life, there is a strained attitude in the classroom . . .
sary funds to encourage the in­vestment
in a little transportation.
One or two late comers can be
seen jogging toward that puffing,
snake-like mass of machinery
which looks like it might roll off
any minute. One fellow ends up
on the wrong side of the train . . .
he bangs on the door and stoops
down to look under the car
through a swirl of steam to see
if the ticket-taker-upper is com­ing
to let him in . . . "darn fool
college boy," mutters the man in
black as he climbs slowly over the
"watch your step" sign to let the
tardy traveler board the day
coach. The snake wiggles down
the track leaving behind it a
cloud of black smoke and a few
cinders smarting in our eyes . . .
the station is deserted.
Two days drag by as the stu­dent
body is slowly absorbed by
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that impatient air which comes
from the happy anticipation of
seeing the "folks." For a very
small number of people the whole
matter is one to watch with in­terest
. . . they are not going any­where.
The holidays begin . . . the curb
in front of the Main Gate is cov­ered
by a mass of boys clad either
in the blue-gray of their "war"
uniform or in overcoats cover­ing
a widely varying group of
suits. For a block down the street
toward Ag Hill cars can be seen
stopping while a line of boys
with suit-cases in hand run after
the vehicles shouting the names
Montgomery, Birmingham and
other towns scattered in all direc­tions.
The afternoon train comes wear­ily
to a halt almost in the SAE's
front yard to be greeted by those
whose wallets contain the neces-
An Editorial
Last night two senior members of the Executive Cabinet,
Billy McGehee and Allen Martin, called on us at the Plainsman
office asking that we "kill" a front-page story already written
and set up for today's paper announcing that John Ivey, former
Vice President of the Cabinet, had stepped into the office va­cated
by former President Shelton Pinion when Pinion secured
a leave of absence during the holidays to take a job with the
Alabama Extension Service.
Refusing to be quoted in the paper on the subject, they
argued that Ivey was not qualified to serve as President and
pointed to certain clauses of the Constitution in support of their
argument that only a senior can hold that office. After a long
argument which grew into a stormy argument at the later at­tempted
meeting of the Cabinet, we refused to "kill" the story
because of reasons given below and because of the fact that these
two seniors visited us just before the Christmas holidays on a
similar errand—a request that we jeopardize our editorial stan-ards
by censoring news and editorial comment that they felt
would hurt them. At that time they wanted us to eliminate en­tirely
or at least cut down the news and editorial treatment that
would naturally result from the Cabinet members voting them­selves
free passes to the Mid-Term Dances. If we wouldn't
attack their actions on this mercenery deal, they would try to
vote themselves passes; on the other hand, if we gave wide
publicity to their action, they would not. We refused to trim our
standards to their requests, and no mention of free passes was
made in the Cabinet. We understand that they are now adopt­ing
the doubtful procedure of prevailing on the Chairman of
the Social Committee to donate them free tickets without men­tioning
the matter in Cabinet.
Now this Constitution which McGehee and Martin quoted in
support of their plan is a "document with which we are very fa­miliar,
for during the holidays we spent many hours with both
student and faculty members of the Committee on Constitutional
Revision. In cooperation with the Committee we searched pains­takingly
through the Minutes of the Executive Cabinet and the
old files of the Plainsman, and with some difficulty compiled a
true copy of the document governing the student body. The docu­ment
printed in rat bibles until several years ago is, to say the
least, most erroneous, containing provisions and clauses which
haVe been repealed four, five, and six years ago. Evidently no one
had ever gone to the trouble to bring the Constitution up to date.
McGehee and Martin pointed to two clauses in support of
their argument that Ivey was ineligible:
1. Article V, Section 1 of the Constitution which provides:
"Officers of the Executive Cabinet shall consist of a president,
vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. The president shall
be elected by popular vote of the senior class, the vice-president
by the junior class, the secretary by the sophomore class, and the
treasurer by the senior class."
2. A sentence in Article II, Section 1 of the By-Laws which
states "In the case of a permanent vacancy of any office in the
Executive Cabinet,* the Executive Cabinet shall elect a suc­cessor
as prescribed in Article V, Section 1, of the Constitu­tion."
Now, as to why their arguments are far-fetched: The Con­stitution
specifically states that "The vice-president shall as­sume
the duties of the President in case of the absence of the
latter." Nothing can be clearer than that; the phrase is applicable
in the present situation. But the two seniors argued that a junior
could not "assume the duties of the president" because he was
not a "senior elected by the senior class." Which is sheer nonsense,
because they are trying to saddle the vice-president with the
qualifications of the president.
The other argument is even more flimsy, because it is
based on a phrase which, though printed in the rat bible, is
not in effect. Here's why: Article V of the original Constitution
gave the Cabinet the power to elect its own officers. In 1932,
however, the student body passed an amendment giving this
power to the student body. Now Article II of the original Con­stitution
stated that "In the case of a permanent vacancy of any
office in the Executive Cabinet, the Executive Cabinet shall
elect a successor as prescribed in Article V, Section 1, of the Con­stitution."
When the method of choosing Cabinet officers was
changed, this provision became null and void because the Cabi­net
no longer chose its own officers.
The seniors in question are trying to revive the provision
and say that "the Executive Cabinet shall elect a successor"
means that "the Executive Cabinet shall elect such successor by
allowing the student body to choose him." Nothing like trying
to give a non-existent power of the Cabinet to the student body
—as long as it serves your purpose!
It is clear enough why these seniors are trying to trim
news and editorial comment in the Plainsman to suit themselves,
why they attempt to call a Cabinet meeting when they are not
empowered to do so, and why they are twisting the interpreta­tion
of the Constitution to suit their purposes. If they can obtain
a favorable Cabinet ruling, in all probability the student body
will never vote on the matter. One of them will become President
by the simple method of flipping a coin to decide. The winner
will have no opposition.
The juniors who refused to attend the meeting last night
and who left the meeting are due all praise for possessing the
courage to do what most juniors fear to do—buck the senior
political bosses. In our eyes they attain stature they did not pos­sess
before. They had the courage of .their convictions. And we
think they will still have that courage tomorrow night when
the matter comes to a vote in the Cabinet.
We want to make it clear that nothing in this article is in-ended
to be personal or vindicative. Both Martin and McGehee
are old friends of ours: both are brother officers in Scabbard
and Blade, McGehee is a brother in ODK, and we roomed with
Martin our freshman year. We are breaking with them cleanly
on the'issue and the merits of the question—nothing more.
Senior Cabinet Members Oppose
Ivey Taking Pinion's Post
Board of Trustees
Lets Contracts
For Buildings
Part of Work on All of
14 New Buildings Is
Now Underway
With contracts for excavations
and footings for two more build­ings
let last Tuesday, at least part
of the work on each of the 14
structures in the college's giant
building program is underway.
Award of the two contracts at
a meeting of the Board of Trus­tees
fulfilled PWA requirements
that all construction had to be
started by Jan. 1.
Subject to PWA approval, con­tract
for excavations and footings
on the general clossroom building
was awarded to Brice Building
Co., Birmingham, in the sum of
$1,966, and that for excavations
and footings on the veterinary
classroom and laboratory building
was awarded to Macintosh Con­struction
Company, Opelika, at
$4,183. Second and third lowest
bidders on the excavations and
footings for the two buildings
were as follows: general class­room
building, Algernon Blair,
Montgomery, $2,234, and Baston
and Cook, West Point, Ga., $2,-
518; veterinary school building,
Brice Building Company, $4,360,
and Algernon Blair, $4,776.
Construction on these buildings
and 12 others in the huge expan­sion
program at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute will be
started before Jan. 1, said Dr. L.
N. Duncan, president. Approxi­mately
one and one-half million
dollars will be expended in the
program with the PWA aid.
Brice Building Company, Birm­ingham,
obtained the contract for
the new $100,000 library building.
The same firm has also begun the
construction of a new home for
the college president and has ob­tained
the contract for the exca­vations
and footings for the $100,-
000 farm engineering building.
Faculty Forum to Meet
Tonight in WPA Hall
The next Faculty Forum meet­ing
is scheduled for tonight at Bibb
Graves Center, Dr. R. B. Showal-ter,
chairman, announced last
week. Supper will be served to
those attending at 6:30 p. m.
Addressing the faculty session
will be Dr. Raymond A. Pearson,
who will speak on the subject,
"Unique Functions of Land Grant
Institutions." Considered an able
teacher and lecturer, Dr. Pearson
is president Emeritus of Universi­ty
of Maryland. He served as as­sistant
secretary of agriculture in
the Wilson administration, and
held the presidency of Iowa State
College in Ames for a number of
years.
Attempt Cabinet Meeting
Last Night; Juniors
Refuse to Attend
Opposition developed yes­terday
among certain senior
members of the Executive
Cabinet to John Ivey of Au­burn,
a junior and former
Vice-President of the Cabinet,
stepping into the post vacated
by President Shelton Pinion
when the latter left school
during the holidays to take a
job with the Alabama Exten­sion
Service.
Refusing to be quoted themsel­ves
on the subject, the seniors,
Billy McGehee and Allen Martin,
attempted to persuade the Editor
not to publish a story already
written and set up announcing the
change in Cabinet officers. Failing
in this, they phoned the members
of the Cabinet and attempted to
call a meeting of that body in
Samford Hall last night to settle
the matter, in spite of the fact
that Ivey, who assumed the duties
of Pinion in the latter's absence,
had already issued a call for a
1 meeting tomorrow night at 8 in the
Student Hall.
Some junior Cabinet members,
realizing that only the president
(or the vice-president in case of
the absence of the president) can
call a meeting of the student gov-ming
body, failed to attend the
meeting. Two more juniors left the
gathering to prevent any possi­bility
of a quorum being present.
It was pointed out at the rather
stormy attempted meeting of the
Cabinet that the vice-president
assumes the duties of the presi­dent
in case of the absence of the
latter and that one of the presi­dent's
duties is to call Cabinet
meetings at his discretion or on a
written petition signed by Cabi­net
members.
One of the seniors, Allen Mar­tin,
attempted to secure the neces­sary
signatures on a petition at
the gathering in Samford Hall and
thereby legalize the meeting.
Finally forgetting this in the heat
of the argument, the seniors put
forth the argument that they were
justified in calling a meeting in
violation of the Constitution be­cause
of the "unusual circum­stances."
Finally realizing that the meet­ing
was illegally called and that
the official meeting of the Cabi­net
was scheduled for tomorrow
night, the meeting dissolved by
general consent, with the two
sides still in general disagree­ment.
In all probability the matter
will be brought up at the meeting
tomorrow night and a Cabinet
ruling secured.
Pinion, a senior in agricultural
education and a member of Alpha
Gamma Rho social fraternity and
Blue Key honorary society, left
Auburn Saturday to assume the
duties of assistant county agent
of Franklin County. He had serv­ed
as head of the student govern­ment
for almost a semester.
Pat Moulfon, Sports Writer
One of the highest honors bestowed on Pat Moulton, according
to him, was his appointment to the athletic board of the Auburn
Alumni Association by Maurice Bloch, president of the association.
Maurice Bloch said that he had a letter from Pat, the veteran
sports editor of the Mobile Press-
Register, saying that it was a job
that he had always wanted and
one that he was proud to hold.
Pat Moulton, an alumnus, is a
true Auburn man, supporting his
Alma Mater through his "Heard in
the Showers" column of the Mo­bile
Press. Not only that, Pat lives
and talks Auburn. Through his
contacts with the institution he
has encouraged many high school
graduates of the Gulf Coast sec­tion
to attend the college. Today,
approximately 50 students are
registered from Mobile and the
Gulf Coast section and many of
them can say that Pat Moulton
has had some influence in their
selection of Auburn.
Not just being an Auburn man,
Pat's an Alabamian and Mobile
claims him as a favorite son. He
was educated at the Barton Aca­demy
and also at Spring Hill Col­lege
before entering Auburn in
1923.
On this campus, William Patrick
Moulton, nicknamed "Pat," join­ed
the freshman football squad
playing end for the rate. The next
year he made the varsity and
played at end until 1926.
Baseball was also his calling in
the sporting events and this Au­burn
student was selected to cap­tain
his team. You might say that
Pat Moulton had plenty of sport­ing
blood in his three years of
baseball and four of college foot­ball
at the Plains.
Honors on the campus came al­so
to the young sportsman as he
held membership in Theta Nu Ep-silon,
interfraternity social organ­ization,
now called Keys; Scabbard
and Blade, military honor group;
Yellow Dogs, Bovine, and Owls,
organizations not found on the
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PAGE TWO THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1939
The Auburn Plainsman
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Of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, Alabama
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Issue Number 30
Issue number thirty—meaning that we are
half way through with our job of editing the
Plainsman. As this issue comes off the press,
we pause for a breathing spell and reflect
over the results of our efforts. Glancing over
the inked impressions of our brain children,
we have a faint feeling of pride mingled with
a tinge of disappointment. Here's the way we
figure it thus far:
The editorials are out of date, poorly writ­ten,
and are seldom read. Both the editor and
his columnists have to go off the campus
to find subjects to write on.
The news stories are the same old trite
kind that have been running for the past
decade. All the staff does is look up the old
stories, change the names and dates, and
hand it in.
The make-up is poorly planned, and the
heads never written right. The entire paper
is full of errors in grammar and punctua­tion.
No one does any proof-reading, and the
paper—such as it is—is always late in coming
out. All the news stories are inaccurate. The
few photographs used are poorly made and
do not print well. The editor is a complete
fool, and his editorial writers, columnists,
and reporters almost as bad.
John Godbold's column, "Before Tomor­row,"
prints comments on state and national
news that is a week old. We do not know
what newspaper he culls his opinions from,
but they are entirely biased. He is no fit
person to be a columnist. His comments on
campus subjects are entirely out of line with
what everyone else thinks.
Of John Ivey's production, "Well?", we can
say little. His stuff is entirely unoriginal and
evidently copied from "Ken" or some other
news magazine. No self-respecting editor
would accept his junk for publication.
"Mr. Wareagle" appears seldom on these
pages, thank heaven. All he does, anyway,
is agree with what the other columnists have
said about local events.
Brasfield's linoleum block cartoons are too
black and no one ever gets the point of one
of them, anyway.
The editor never prints any gossip. The
only readable part of the entire paper is the
jokes, and the students themselves send them
in.
On the whole, the publication is bad, and
we don't see how any self-respecting editor
has the nerve to put his name in the mast
head.
"Number, Please"
Auburn students received with a great deal
of pleasure the construction of a new and
enlarged telephone exchange here some years
ago. They were tired of having to nearly pull
the phone off the wall to get a little attention
from the operator and of waiting for what
seemed hours before she got around to ring­ing
the desired number.
They are still tired of it—for the old trou­ble
is cropping up again. We do not know
whether the rapid expansion of the town,
and with it the expansion of the company's
business, is providing too many calls for the
exchange here to handle or whether the
company, like any other enterprise that has
no competition, is becoming lax in its
methods.
All we know is that some unhappy com­bination
of conditions is forcing us to often
give the number we. want and then be ask­ed
some seconds later to repeat it. The same
conditions are making us squirm in agony
when the operator gives a wheezy little buzz
that wouldn't make a cat on the hearth bat
a whisker, and in other instances is making
us lose several years' growth when we are
aroused out of a semi-legarthy by a ring
that sounds like the local fire siren when the
truck is on an urgent call. Too, it often seems
that an interminable time elapses between
our giving a number and our being con­nected
with the proper party.
The Plainsman does not know whether
the intentions of the telephone company
parallel their service, but we do know that
their service has been below par this year.
The Deserted Village
A sudden hush falls on the Loveliest Vil­lage
with the coming of the Christmas holi­days
and the exodus of the students for home.
All the fraternity houses are shut up, with
the shades pulled down and with no smoke
coming from the chimnies. There is only one
lighted window in the boys' dormitory at
night. The nights are very, very quiet. The
few students left here roam about like lost
pups. There are no co-eds wearing gayly
colored dresses, no cheery greetings wher­ever
one goes. Nothing but stillness and
quiet.
The solemn stillness is almost too much
for students accustomed to the clatter of
typewriters, the shrill of telephones, the
noise of bull sessions. Auburn is merely
a small country town, instead of a gay me­tropolis.
There is a slump in the local coffee and
doughnut market, and the cafes and coffee
shops take advantage of the lull to install
new fixtures. The drug stores and barber
shops are empty.
A whole community feels the sudden hush
that always comes when school closes. Be­fore
the holidays are over the townspeople
and college officials are feeling the gloom
of a true "Deserted Village" and looking
forward to the return of the students and
the gaiety and color and movement that they
bring. /
Education
"Education," Elbert Hubbard once said, "is
a conquest, not a bequest—it cannot be giv­en,
it must be achieved. The value of an edu­cation
lies not in its possession, but in the
struggle to secure it."
Some of our modern educational theorists
seem to disagree with Mr. Hubbard, think­ing
that people can be educated by the man­ipulation
of their desires and interests by a
skilled teacher. Such a belief is a fallacy
beyond repair. Any interest which may pos­sibly
be aroused by urging can be effective
only when it is reinforced by an interest
resulting from some knowledge of the sub­ject
and a wholesome desire to know more.
Lowell, in a recent book, says, "The fresh­man
Philistine who confronts his professor
with the idea that 'you are the educator. I
am the educatee. Educate me if you can' is
going to leave the class room empty-headed."
The road to mastery is not easy. The habits
and qualities gained in the struggle to become
educated are quite as valuable as the know­ledge,
the culture, and the prestige attained.
All true education is self education—even
genius has been defined as "capacity for tak­ing
pains."
Work, and hard work, is the answer to suc­cess—
you can't thumb a free ride to any
valuable accomplishment. J.B.T.
Music
Classes have been instituted in many col­leges
to teach music appreciation and have
met with much success. The radio of today
realizes the value of good music, and more
and more the networks are presenting clas­sical
programs for the growing popularity
of such music.
With the obvious trend of such a represen­tative
organization as the national radio cor­porations,
it seems likely that more could.be
done among the schools to further sponser
this type of music.
Auburn has many students that feel the
need of some means of instruction in mus­ical
appreciation. With this group that is
constantly growing, there is no reason why
there should be cause for denying them a
just privilege. L.P.
By John Ivey Jr.
WHILE THUMBING THE RA­DIO
dial Monday afternoon trying
to get the highlights of the many
football games that were being
played, our mind wandered over
many of the far-reaching effects
of those contests. During the past
few years the nation has seen the
creation of a great variety of so-called
bowls which are the center
of attraction for the entire coun­try
along near the end of the holi­day
season.
Events of these kinds which
feature inter-sectional competition
bring the far-flung boundaries of
our great nation closer together.
There results a unity of the peo­ple
brought about through the de-velepoment
of one of the higher
of human instincts which has exis­ted
from the beginning of time—
desire to excell in physical ac­complishments.
On all sides of the land recog­nized
as Uncle Sam's estate, the
leaders of the various races are
striving to create a spirit of na­tional
unity through the glorify­ing
of another instinct that exist
in all the lower animals as well
as in man . . . armed might able
to end the existence of a neigh­boring
country, extention of a na­tionalistic
spirit that ultimately
will end either in destruction of
itself or other races.
Germany issues the call for all
"true Germans" to return to the
folds of the Fatherland. Anti-sem-etic
demonstrations result in driv­ing
out those persons who con­taminate
the land of a united peo­ple.
The unity of a people is
created through the destruction of
others.
Japan with the "die for the
glory of your emperor" campaign
instilled in the hearts of its people
calls for its citizenry to unite and
lend their efforts to the creation
of a new empire for the glory of
their emporer . . . a creation that
must first necessitate the humbling
of nation of impoverished Chinese.
So in many of the nations of
the world where the evils of de­mocracy
become material for dem­onstrating
the strength of the to­talitarian
governments, people are
prepared to die for the state. It
is very comforting to know that
in the United States we have lead­ers
and citizens who can get a
bigger thrill out of a football con­test
than the visualizing of future
contest of armies and nations.
* * *
HEARTIEST CONGRATULAT­IONS
to Cuba and the thirty thou­sand
of its working-men who rec­ently
lined up along the Santiago
dock and the main thoroughfares
of the city, each wearing a piece
of crepe in his buttonhole, to "wel­come"
500 Nazi cadets from the
school ship "Sehleswig Holstein."
When the ship sailed into the
harbor for a scheduled stop on e
propaganda journey aimed at
showing the Western world the
beauties of the totalatarian idea,
the harbor guns fired the official
salutes in accordance with naval
etiquette. But ashore there were
no joyous crowds thundering
"viva" for the visitors—only grim-faced,
disapproving, crepe-wearing
workers standing silently along the
streets.
That kind of determined, un­voiced
disapproval must have been
unnerving—more so than shouted
insults and jeers.
Our guess is that the young ca­dets,
once so impatient to go a-shore,
returned to their vessel vis­ibly
solemned. When one is con­fidently
expecting "heils" from en­thusiastic
crowds and gets only
silence from a grim-faced populace
dressed in mourning, he undoubt­edly
gains some idea of what the
world thinks of him.
* * *
TACT: Nicholas I of Russia had
asked Liszt, the great pianist to
play at court. Right in the middle
of the opening number, the great
musician looked at the Czar and
saw him talking to an aide. He
continued playing, but was very
much irritated. As the Czar did
not stop, Liszt finally quit playing.
The Czar sent a messenger to ask
why he was not playing and Liszt
said: "When the Czar speaks ev­eryone
should be silent.' There­after
there was no interruption in
the concert. —The Wall Street
Journal.
Fellows goinng to college have
found a new use for old razor
blades—they shave with them.—
Teacola.
* * *
Northwestern University sopho­mores
gave their annual "Sweater
Formal" Friday night. In spite of
the name of the hop, it is strictly
informal. The motto for the dance
is, "No top hat, no white tie, no
tails."
THE EDITOR'S MAILBOX
Editor
The Auburn Plainsman
Dear Sir:
I have your letter of December 10 to which you attached a copy
of The Plainsman for Tuesday, December 6, 1938, and beg to advise
that I am very much interested in the question raised in the letter
to you from Mr. Roy Taylor, a member of the Auburn student body.
The student activity fee is $15.00 for each regular undergraduate
student, payable $7.50 per semester—the $2.50 extra bringing the
total up to $17.50 for the nine months—is used to defray the costs of
taking individual student pictures and making plates for the class
sections.
The student activity fee for the first semester of 1938-39 has been
set up as follows:
Number of students
Number of regular undergraduate
$7.50 each
This has been allotted as
Department
Athletics
Debating
Auburn Band
Dramatics
Glee Club
Glomerata
Intramural Sports
Lectures
Plainsman
Social
Student Executive Cabinet
Women's Student Cabinet
Student Social Hall
Unappropriated
students paying
2,794
follows:
Per Cent
48
1
2
1.5
1
21
2
1
12
6
2
0.5
0.5
1.5
2,964
$20,955.00
Amount
$10,058.40
209.55
419.10
314.33
209.55
4,400.55
- 419.10
209.55
2,514.60
1,257.30
419.10
104.77
104.77
314.33
$20,955.00
These funds are set up on the books of the college as student
activity funds, and are disbursed by the treasurer on properly ap­proved
vouchers which are made by the heads of the various organi-aztions
listed above. Adequate records of all receipts and expendi­tures
are kept and preserved. The policy of the administration is to
aid these organizations in increasing the scope of the activities sup­ported
by this revenue.
I think the student body should know what their money is used
for, and feel that an effort is being made to make available a wide
range of activities that will be beneficial to the entire student body.
Any information that this office can furnish, or any service that
we can render will be done gladly.
Yours very truly
W. T. Ingram
Accountant
Gift Of Grab
By Bob Anderson
"Peace on earth," said the Mon-tevallo
paper in the issue before
Christmas. "Calling off the feud
with the Auburn boys and wishing
you a Merry Christmas. You'll
be hearing from us after the New
Year."
Thanks, and you'll be hearing
from us, too. Here goes:
We were just looking over the
Change and Exchange column of
the Montevallo Mud-Slingers' own
pride and joy, that vest-pocket
Alabamian. It seems that this
column has ceased to be "Change
and Exchange," and turned out to
be all Exchange. Almost every
crack, poem, and joke was lifted
from some other more original
publication. They make cracks at
other schools, and on the same
page, print copy lifted from the
publications of these same schools.
And then they put this poem at the
bottom of their column:
Exams are just like women—
This statement is quite right:
They ask you foolish questions,
And keep you up all night.
That's what we call self-con­sciousness!
* * *
Five essentials for a good date:
1. She doesn't eat much.
2. She's good-looking.
3. She doesn't eat much.
4. She's a good dancer.
5. She doesn't eat much.—The
Flor-Ala.
* * *
A special fraternity for married
women students has been founded
at L. S. U. It's called Phi Lambda
Pi. We suggest that the name be
changed to Dam Phi Data.
Before Tomorrow
By John Godbold
CONGRATULATIONS to John
Ivey upon becoming new President
of the Executive Cabinet. Your of­fice
is one which can become more
important and more useful than
it now is. You have the confidence
of the student body and you have
a capable Cabinet to back you up.
It is our firm belief that you also
have the ability which is needed
to make a success of your new po­sition.
You are going to face a lot of
obstacles and difficulties and prob­ably
some opposition. But go to
it and do the job which you are
capable of doing.
UNUSUAL among modern edu­cational
institutions are these col­leges
which combine education
with actual manual labor. Among
these unique schools are Berea in
Kentucky, Mt. Berry in Georgia,
and Blackburn in Illinois.
Blackburn, a junior co-educa­tional
college, limits its freshman
class to about 200 members. These
200 are selected from three to four
thousand applicants. Those accept­ed
must pass a physical examina­tion,
rank in the upper third of
their high school class, or pass a
stiff intelligence test if they rank
in the second third.
All work except instruction is
done by the students, each of
whom must work two and a half
hours each day to make up the
difference between his expenses
and what he pays in to the col­lege.
Blackburn's policy of making its
students work for their education
has met with wide approval. In
fact, under the leadership cf Pres­ident
William M. Hudson it has
grown from a bankrupt college to
one with a million dollar endow­ment.
One of the most remarkable facts
about the college is that no stu­dent
is at a disadvantage because
of having to work his way through,
for the entire student body works.
* * *
When the legislature of Ala­bama
meets in a few days one of
the problems which may be con­sidered
is that of a state wages
and hours law. The newly induct­ed
federal wages and hours law .
covers only industries which en­gage
in interstate commerce.
A state law would give protec­tion
to those many workers who
are not protected by the federal
law. Jackleg industries whioh suck
their profits from the lifeblood of
their employees would be forced
to raise their wage levels.
A model law of this type has
been drawn up and Alabama has
asked for information on it.
Whether anything will be done a-bout
it remains to be seen.
* * *
FOUR RHODES SCHOLARS
are on the staff of the Washing­ton
Post—the editor, a political
columnist, and two reporters. This
example serves to show that the
day has passed when it could be
said that all a person had to do
to become a first-rate newspaper
man was to know how to drink
wi'th the best of 'em and read the
Police Gazette to the cops on the
beat. That day is gone forever,
and most newspapers know it.
Many of the larger newspapers
constantly watch for men and
women who show unusual talent.
Besides having expert political re­porters,
they employ men who are
authorities in some particular
field: agriculture, labor, crime,
law, foreign affairs.
Every day better equipped per­sons
are charged with the respon-bility
of gathering and writing the
news.
Planks from the platforms of
candidates for "Mayor" of Rhode
Island State College in the recent
student elections:
1. Free dances every other
night (refreshments served)—al­ternate
nights left open for pet­ting.
2. No paddling of freshmen.
3. Refreshments and tobacco
served in classes.
4. The use of a Lincoln Zephyr
or Model T at the rate of 10 cents
a week under the Socialized Car
Users Association Act.
5. $30 every "blue" Monday or
"wet" Friday.
6. No corsages at college dances.
7. A full month once a month.
8. Free hurricane insurance for
professors over "80."
* • •
Seven ways to win a girl:
1. Get a car.
2. Wash your face.
3. Get a car.
4. Comb your hair.
5. Get a car.
6. Shine your shoes.
7. Get a car. —Yellow Jacket
TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1939 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
'Is The South The Nation's
Number One Economic Problem!'
By William Mitch, President
District 20, United Mine Workers of America
If so, What is wrong? and how did it get that way?
This subject matter is debatable, and the statement of
our President has been disputed by some teal Southerners.
One soon learns that to speak for the South, the first and
principal prerequisite is to be a Southerner by birth, hence
it ill behooves a Northerner to be too critical; but after all,
honest criticism should be helpful and constructive.
Causes and results lead to the
principal criticism. The first wrong
has been unfair exploitation of the
workers, and observation of Ala­bama's
statutes shows how cun­ningly
the representatives of large
corporations have served their
masters. This stigma should not
be attached to the Southerners as
a whole, but to a few unscrupulous
corporation lawyers, who have
protected for the most part Nor­thern
and Eastern capital invested
in the South.
Huntsville House Lease Cited
It would be a revelation to most
people to see firsthand and exa­mine
the house lease used by a
textile corporation at Huntsville,
Alabama, which is so manifestly
unfair that the tenant has no rights
at all. It requires the tenant to
work for the corporation or give
up the shack; this applies no mat­ter
what conditions of labor are
imposed or wages paid, at the dic­tates
of the company; it requires
that the friend or friends who
visit the worker in his house,
where he pays rent and where he
as an American has been led to
believe is the one and only "cas­tle"
of the; American citizen, must
meet with the approval of the
mill management, or such friend
is not allowed to visit, and if he
visits after checked and register-
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ed by the mill management, then
the tenant may be evicted. This
eviction process doesn't sound so
serious unless you follow.it to a
logical conclusion, but he might
say "Why bother about a thing
like a house. If I don't like one
house I will move to another. If
the landlord doesn't like me I
don't like the landlord and we
will agree to disagree."
Under Management's Thumb
That, however, is not how it
works in the Huntsville mill vil­lage
referred to, because there is
another rule that gives preference
in employment to those employees
living in the mill houses; conse­quently
if a tenant offends the
management by having a sister or
brother of the tenant, or even
mother or father visit contrary to
the wishes of the mill ownership
and the tenant is required to move
out of the house, then when slack
work occurs that tenant though
very much senior to some other
employee in the mill may find him­self
out of work because he does'
not "reside in the mill village;" it
provides that the rental of the
property can be raised at the will
of the mill management, giving the
tenant no right whatever in the
premises; it provides that the oc­cupant
or tenant of the house can
be moved without any cause or
excuse on the mere whim of the
mill management; it provides that
all rents due shall be "checked
off" or deducted from the pay of
the employee, and you may be
sure that this payment of rent
comes ahead of the doctor, the
grocer, or anyone else so far as
the mill ownership is concerned.
In short, the lease has some thirty
odd provisions, all of which are
most decidedly in favor of the
mill management and all of which
just as decidedly deny to the
tenant or employee any of the
rights so commonly known and
Part of the
rhythm of action
the pause
that refreshes
Auburn Board Meeting Crittenden-Dunstan
Wedding of Interest
Governor Bibb Graves and the Auburn Board of
Trustees are pictured above during a recent ses­sion
here to open bids for the construction of a
$100,000 college hospital and to accept PWA offer
for the construction of a $200,000 general classroom
building and a $150,000 classroom and laboratory
building for the School of Veterinary Medicine.
The Governor is pictured at right of picture (pen­cil
in hand). Clockwise around the table may Be
seen Col. T. D. Samford, Opelika; H. H. Conner,
Eufaula; Judge Hugh D. Merrill, Anniston; Robert
K. Greene, Greensboro; Judge Francis W. Hare,
Monroeville; Dr. L. N. Duncan, president of Au
burn; Dr. Albert H. Collins, state superintendent
of education; and at the extreme right Ralph B.
Draughon, secretary of the Board. Other members
of the Board are Dr. Victor H. Hanson, Birming­ham;
Paul S. Haley, Jasper; Dr. George Blue,
Montgomery; and Edward A. O'Neil, Florence.
It's the
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thing
to do
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accepted in regular tenancies or
house leases. The worker how­ever,
has no choice in the matter.
He must rent the company house
or he must ultimately leave the
employment of the company.
Workers Not Free
What does this system do to in­itiative
or individualism that we
hear so much about? Doesn't it
create a different type of employ­er-
employee relationship which re­tards
the prospects of indepen­dent
real estate operators and
house owners in finding tenants
for their property? And doesn't
it also create a serious incident in
the employment of those who work
in the mill? How would you like
to feel that you were not free to
live in the house you chose to
live in and the neighborhood you
chose to live in, and rent from the
landlord from whom you desired
to rent? These are all things you
would consider if you ever decid­ed
to go to work for a textile mill
as the average textile employee in
the South.
Justice Denied Workers in Court
If one would say it is practical­ly
impossible for a working man
to secure justice in our courts, he
would be looked upon as a radi­cal
or an extremist, yet some of
our greatest jurists and statesmen
made emphatic statements on this
subject. Former President William
Howard Taft, in testifying before
the Commission on Industrial Re­lations,
appointed by President
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"We must make it so that the
poor man will have as nearly as
possible an equal opportunity in
litigating as the rich man: and
under the present conditions, a-shamed
as we may be of it, this is
not a fact."
The Honorable Elihu Root, in
speaking on the subject "Justice
and the Poor" said in part:
"We have been slow to appre­ciate
the changes in conditions
which to so great an extent have
put justice beyond the reach of
the poor. But we cannot confine
ourselves to criticism much long­er;
it is time to set our own house
in order."
These distinguished lawyers
were speaking in national scope,
so let us see how we stand here
in our own state on economic leg­islation—
this by comparison with
other industrial states.
First it is assumed that labor
has the right to organize and bar­gain
collectively through repre­sentatives
of their own choosing,
inasmuch as this is Federal law—
we will not review the activities
of corporate avarice through
faithful emissaries by manipula­tion
in and with legal technicali­ties.
Although practiced most ev­erywhere,
Alabama runs second to
none where such procedure is used
against the poor man, the worker.
State Coal Mining Laws Amended
Immediately after the United
Mine Workers of America made
its first agreement with the coal
operators of Alabama, the mat­ter
of the antiquated and unfair
provisions of the state coal mining
laws was called to the attention of
Governor Bibb Graves, who sug­gested
that the representatives of
the coal operators and the coal
miners meet with the Chief Mine
Inspector and agree upon neces­sary
changes. This was done, and
over 50 specific amendments were
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presented to the Legislature, and
enacted into law. There are other
changes necessary for further pro­tection
of the health and life and
limbs of the workers in this haz­ardous
industry. It will not be a-miss
to say here that most all coal
operators, and especially the Chief
Mine Inspector and his force, are
actively and progressively interest­ed
in protecting these workers.
The worst offender we know in
this group is not a Southerner.
There are provisions of the un­employment
insurance that are
used by employers to intimidate
workers and force them to accept
reductions in wages or waive their
right to claim unemployment in­surance
that they have helped pay
for.
Workmen's Compensation Law
One of the worst examples of
manipulated so-called labor legis­lation
is the Alabama workmen's
compensation law. In most other
industrial states the workers are
protected against the hazards of
the industry, and are adequately
paid for injuries growing out of
and through the cause of their'
employment; but in Alabama a
worker or his widow and children
may be deprived of compensation
if by any stretch of imagination
it can be found that the injury or
death can be traced to the least
negligence of the employee. Said
law provides that no part of com­pensation
payable under the law
shall be paid to attorneys for the
claimant for legal services; the
corporations though, are represen­ted
by their high powered law­yers.
The claimant must make
application to the circuit judge be­fore
any attorney can be employed
by him. The law further provides
that interested parties shall have
the right to settle all matters of
compensation between themselves.
It further prohibits anyone not a
lawyer (this keeps his union from
speaking for him) to represent any
claimant, and provides punishment
for violation at 12 months' jail
sentence and $500 fine.
There are a number of other fea­tures
of this law that are unsatis­factory,
especially the administra­tion
feature, where it practically
puts it up to the uneducated work­er
without legal aid or assistance,
to settle his compensation claim
with the trained attorney of a cor­poration.
There should be a com­mission
to administer the law fair­ly,
subject to appeal to the courts;
or better still, it should be admin­istered
by the State through States
insurance, such as the Ohio law
and a number of others:
In addition to many more ob­noxious
laws, we have a host of
anti-labor city ordinances, which
in many instances prevent mixed
meetings of white and colored
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The marriage of Miss Effie
Stanley Crittenden to Arthur Dun-stan
of Washington, son of Prof,
and Mrs. Arthur St. C. Dunstan of
Auburn, took place Dec. 23 in
Montgomery, Ala., at 5 o'clock at
the Church of the Ascension at a
ceremony of impressive simplicity.
The Rev. Pierce N. McDonald,
rector of the church, performed the
ceremony in the presence of the
immediate families and a small
group of intimate friends.
Altar vases held white flowers
and churchly candelabra.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father, Stanley S. Critten­den,
of Greenville, S. C.
The bride, who is the daughter
of Stanley S. Crittenden and the
late Mrs. Crittenden, is of fami­lies
long influential and prominent
in Alabama and South Carolina.
She received her preparatory edu
cation in Montgomery, graduating
from Lanier High School, and at­tended
Florida State College for
Women at Tallahassee, where she
was a member of Tri Delta Sorori­ty.
Later,' she attended the Jones
Law School in Montgomery and
was admitted to the Alabama Bar
in 1934, and was made assistant
attorney-general in 1937, a posi­tion
which she now holds. She is
vice-president of the Alabama
Women's Bar Association; is a
member of the Junior League, and
of civic and patriotic organiza­tions.
Through her mother, the bride
is a granddaughter of the late
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nelia Bethea Graham. On her pa­ternal
side she is of the Critten­den
and Lynch families, prominent
in the history of South Carolina.
Mr. Dunstan received his pre-college
education in the schools of
Auburn and graduated from Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, with
Bachelor of Arts degree, and re­ceived
a professional degree in
electrical engineering here. He is
a member of Theta Ghi fraternity;
a member of Tau Beta Pi, of Phi
Kappa Phi, and of Eta Kappa Nu.
On his maternal side he is of the
Persons family of Alabama.
Through his father he is descended
from the Dunstan and Hall fami­lies
of Virginia. His father, Prof.
Dunstan, is outstanding in educa­tional
circles; and is head of the
department of electrical engineer­ing
at A. P. I.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Dunstan left for New
York, from which port they will
sail for Nassau and Bermuda. They
will make their home in Washing­ton
where he is electrical engineer
with the Federal Power Commis­sion.
Mrs. John Arrington of Green­ville,
S. C, sister of tha bride,
Prof, and Mrs. Arthur St. C. Dun­stan
of Auburn were among those
from out of the city attending the
wedding.
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THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1939
Dances
(Continued from Page One)
effects.
A short time later, he joined Ben
Bernie's band and was soon his
right hand man. His winning per­sonality
made him hosts of friends
in every city and every walk of
life. He became an attraction, sec­ond
in importance only to the Old
Maestro, himself.
When he gained sufficient in­formation
in the many allied arts
of leading a band, Dick Stabile re­signed
from the Bernie entourage
and organized his own orchestra.
From the very first, Dick Sta­bile
and his band were a success.
Engagements were plentiful for
the boys and everyone seemed to
want to see and hear the "Fritz
Kreisler of the Saxophone," as he
became known.
Dick can do many unique things
with a saxophone and is continual­ly
trying to devise the novel in
the way of musical effect. Not
only is he credited with being able
to hit the highest note on a sax,
but he usually plays above the
regular register to achieve his
tonal results.
He has an unique manner of
sound production and is said to be
the first saxophonist to use trills
in chord formations, and also to
have originated the "scream" on
the saxophone.
Just to keep his spare time oc-
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Snead's Bowling
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OPELIKA
NEW ALLEYS — NEW
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Bancroft Plays in
Submarine Show
"Wooden ships and iron men"
is not just a literary phrase to
George Bancroft, popular screen
actor. It's the keynote of two of
the highspots of his career—his
past service in the Navy and his
role in 20 Century-Fox's "Subma­rine
Patrol," the great story of the
"Splinter Fleet" sub chasers of the
Great War.
When, still in his teens, Ban­croft
enlisted in the Navy he was
assigned as an apprentice seaman
to the frigate "Constitution,"
sister-ship of "Old Ironside." Af­ter
an exciting period of training
he was transferred to the main
fleet in time to see service in the
Spanish-American war and later,
the Boxer Rebellion in China.
Bravery in the latter conflict won
him an appointment to Annapo­lis.
Such a background makes the
actor's new role in "Submarine
Patrol" a "natural." Cast as the
skipper of a World War munitions
freighter, Bancroft is accidentally
shanghaied abroad one of the
frail, splintery craft assigned to
clear the Atlantic sea lanes of-ene­my
U-boats.
The sub-chaser takes him on a
daring secret mission to destroy
an enemy submarine base, a spot
heavily patrolled and guarded by
huge land fortresses. The battle
between the invading splinter ship
and the U-boats is one of the
most thrilling naval engagements
ever screened.
At the Tiger Theater today arid
Thursday, "Submarine Patrol" al­so
includes in its cast Preston Fos­ter,
Slim Summerville, John Car-radine,
Joan Valeria, and Henry
Armetta in the stellar cast. Darryl
F. Zanuck was in charge of pro­duction.
It is one of the Movie
Quiz $250,000 contest pictures.
cupied, the handsome young or­chestra
leader acts as a private tu­tor
to fifteen advanced sax stu­dents
and writes technical articles
for Metronome as well as Euro­pean
musical magazines. He is
also responsible for an original de­sign
which shortened the neck
of the French saxophone.
Dick Stabile has been in several
musical comedies, including
"Strike Up The Band," "Captain
Jinks," and "Sunny." He has also
made a series of musical shorts
for Paramount.
Guest Article
(Continued from Page Three)
workers under any circumstances;
the real object is to prevent them
from considering their labor prob
lems. It is satisfactory for them
to work together, but not think to­gether.
This is another type of
local law that will not stand up
before the United States Supreme
Court.
It is easy to criticize, and this
could go on indefinitely, but we
must agree that there are two
sides.
Right of Franchise Restricted
Has there been improvement?
The answer is emphatically "Yes."
Can there be further improvement?
Again we say "Yes." Many of
these antiquated anti-labor laws
should at least be re-written and
give labor a chance to "get out
in the sun" and enjoy the rights
of a citizen. Chief among these is
the right of franchise. Recently one
of Birmingham's citizens who has
a fair share of this world's goods
made the statement for press con­sumption,
"Anyone who won't
pay poll tax should not be per­mitted
to vote." There is many,
many a worker who has not
made enough to maintain his fam­ily
with all his honest efforts, and
therefore accumulative poll tax
deprives that poor man of his vote.
Certainly no good citizen can de­fend
that kind of a program.
Bankruptcy is the method re­sorted
to by business men when
their debts overtake them; but the
poor unfortunate man who has
been unable to pay poll tax and
maintain his family in the past
cannot resort to bankruptcy—it
will not get him his right of fran­chise,
which is fundamental to the
maintenance of a democratic
country.
The South, and especially Ala­bama,
is a wonderful place—good
climate—great natural resources—
and splendid people, hospitable
and as honest and fair as one will
find anywhere in our country.'If
only the good citizenship can one
see the manipulation which has
been practiced to make dollars in­stead
of permitting cooperation be­tween
capital and labor to pre­vail
and make better citizenry—
they will join in remedying the
situation, and the slogan will be
"live and let live;" then we will
be on a parity with any section of
our Nation.
Patronize Plainsman advertis-
TCI Farm Expert
Speaks to Ag's
"Although the black belt of Ala­bama
produces some of the best
beef in the United States, 25 mil­lion
dollars worth of meat pro­ducts
is shipped into this state'an­nually,"
said Luther Fuller, gen­eral
farm products agent, Tennes­see,
Coal, and Iron Railroad Com­pany,
in an address to the Ag
Club before Christmas.
He continued by saying that
South Alabama farmers should
grow out more cattle on peanut
hay and corn. The corn raised in
this section of Alabama is of poor
quality from a commercial stand­point
and may be marketed profi­tably
by finishing feeder stuff
with it and selling the meat to
Alabama markets, said the speak­er.
According to Mr. Fuller, more
potatoes are lost by overcuring
than by undercuring. The farmer
spends too much money at first
building storage houses and going
into the business on too large a
scale, he said.
"We take up where the county
agents leave off and try to find a
market for the farmer's products
which they have told them how
to produce," state the speaker.
"Although I finished at Auburn
in agriculture, I can't tell you how
to produce anything, but I can
advise you how to market it, that
being, give the buyer what he
wants just like he wants it."
Holidays
Ripon College Debating API
Teams Tonight
Two debate teams from Ripon
College in Wisconsin will meet
two Auburn teams tonight at 8:15
in a discussion of the advisibility
of using government funds for the
relief of business.
One debate will be held in L4
and the other in Samford 315. J
Following both debates, improm-tu
speeches will be engaged in.
70 METEORITES COLLECTED
WASHINGTON — The Smith­sonian
has announced that it has
acquired specimens of 70 meteor­ites
in the last year, so that its col­lection
of 700 represents more
than half of those reported to have
hit the earth. You can tell a me­teorite
by noting its weight, the
institution said. They are much
heavier than the average rock on
this earth.
(Continued from page one)
the bordering countryside. The
Village of the Plains looks be­wildered,
groggy . . . what has
happened to the group of clowning
boys and girls that have walked
in never-ending streams toward
many buildings which now seem
shrouded in a coat of gloom?
Humming day and night the ad­ministrative
machinery of the in­stitution
is making plans . . . con­tracts
for fourteen new buildings
must be given before the present
year is pushed aside by Father
Time to make way for his new
born. Scores of contractors can be
seen waiting . . . scheming, fig­uring,
doing everything* in their
power to submit the bid that will
result in the awarding of a con­tract
for one of the new struc­tures.
Their waiting comes to an
end . . . they leave . . . some sat­isfied,
some wondering "how
could the job be done cheaper than
my bid?"
We pass the College Inn . . .
Bill Wright's ever present grin
comes from behind the cash regis­ter
that is almost out of the habit
of ringing since the boys left.
Aunt Hattie's place of business
doesn't have its mistress . . . she
has gone to meet Santa half way
. . . Tom Benson is worrying
whether our coffee will furnish,
by trade for a dime, enough to
pay for the light he turned on so
we could see the sugar bowl.
Christmas Eve and the dark fig­ures
of some of the stay-behinds
can be seen going' through the
necessary actions in order to com­plete
the shopping list . . . Santa
pays his visit and leaves behind
the usual group of shirts and ties,
maybe on pair of socks. Fire­crackers
pop in irregular cadence
. . . new bicycles brighten up the
streets . . . a couple of nigger boys
are trying to learn to skate, but
stay on the sidewalk most of the
time . . . raw elbows and knees
. . . two cars parked in front of
Homer Wright's constitute the
only traffic on main drag.
Ye Editor keeps the gas heater
sputtering gently in his office . . .
a white coat of vapor tries to shut
out vision of the little village of
filling stations slightly to the left
. . . no noise other than the
steady thump of a typewriter and
the drowsy sputter of the heater
. . . plenty of work to be done . . .
strangely enough some of it is
being done . . . nothing else to do!
Time glides steadily on . . Au­burn
Knights pile out of their blue
Ed's Column
m.a new year
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Chesterfields are better be­cause
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Chesterfields are the right
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(Continued from page one)
of whom we thank most heartily.
Many cards which we opened
pleased us greatly, but none so
much as one from the Editor of
University's Crimson-White and
one from Capt. and Mrs. Robert
Des Islets.
The Des Islets are now in Boone-ville,
Oregon, where the army is
in charge of the $75,000,000 dam
project still under construction. A
note at the bottom of their card
said: "There are so many in Au­burn
to whom we would like to
be remembered. We wish you
would be kind enough to print our
greetings to our friends . . . We
are thirsty for news of Auburn al­ways."
Cadets in the Engineers who
have entered school since Capt.
Des Islets left Auburn for Leaven­worth,
Kansas, are losers for it.
Since the departure of the debo­nair
Engineer officer, Capt. L. H.
Ham has to some extent upheld
the name of the military unit as
regards bull-shooting, but no man
ever equaled Des Islets. He was
a past-master in the art of story­telling
and repartee and held
membership in every association
of Tall-Story Tellers and in every
Liars Club in the country. His
after dinner speech at the Inter-fraternity
Council banquet when
we sat on that body our freshman
year is still by far the best we
have ever heard.
As honorary member of Theta
Chi fraternity, he matched tall
tales with such experts from Ag
Bottom as Dick Welty, B. D. God-bold,
and Herman Harris. But even
the Baron Munchasen himself
never had a chance against Capt.
R. E. M. Des Islets.
Pat Moulton
Mapping Quiz
The following slightly incorrect
answers were recently received
on a mapping quiz given to Engi­neer
ROTC students:
1. Closed circles with fringe in­dicate
a hill with a small defla­tion
in the top. (depression).
2. Contour lines always have
their ends meet somewheres.
3. Ground below sea level is a
desart.
4. Seventy-five to a hundred
feet is a slop of 75 per cent,
(slope).
5. Contours are imaginary be­cause
they require some imagina­tion
to work at.
6. Contours are lines drawn by
animals.
7. A contour line helps us find
out what is possible to see, yet
what isn't.
8. Contours can never go up or
down, but can go in and out.
9. The low place between. two
nearby hills is called a satle.
(saddle).
10. The low place between two
nearby hills is called a sadle.
(saddle).
11. Contour lines, are not parell
to one another, (parallel).
12. A contour is a closed figure
of which may not close on map.
bus . . . blinking weary-eyed
ready for a meal after having
played four hours for a crew of
happy souls and then having shiv­ered
and dozed the time required
to ride 150 miles home . . . must
try to get a few hours sleep be­fore
starting the cycle over a-gain.
New Year's Eve has rolled a-round
without much change ex­cept
that a few old faces are ap­pearing.
Countless games of Chi­nese
checkers . . . only eleven o'­clock
. . . according to the radio,
crowds are going crazy with de­light
in the east . . . all seems
kind of silly . . . we have got to
wait an hour before the New Year
reaches Auburn . . . Well, no hur­ry!
•
Now it's all over . . . the trains
deposit groups of students where
they were picked up a little more
than two weeks ago . . . the fel­low
who was late getting on the
train has to be waked up and
told to get off . . . the thumbers
who have used the appendage with
success arrive and climb quickly
out of the car . . . "thanks for
the ride" . . .
School bell starts its tune a-gain
. . . the Ed is shouting for
copy.
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campus today. His social frater­nity
is S. A. E.
Graduating from Auburn in 19-
27, he joined one of the major
leagues playing professional base­ball
until 1934. Then, in that year,
he was employed with the U. S.
Employees Compensation Commis­sion,
leaving there in 1937 to join
the sports staff of the Mobile
Press-Register, now holding the
sports editorship of that Alabama
daily.
His daily sports chatter, "Heard
in the Showers" is read by South­erners
and he is rated as one of
the best sports writers in the
South. Pat's really for Auburn
through that column.
He paid tribute to Auburn's
coaches in his column just follow­ing
the Auburn-LSU game, say­ing:
"Those men I know, those char­acters
I feel are as influential and
as powerful in the development of
character as any person under the
sun—that goes for all coaches.
"They have not reached the
point of picture saturation for
monetary security. They are still
teachers of character, manhood,
and courage for our young Ameri­can
lads. They are not overpaid,
they are not selfish.
"They are not ambiguous nor de­ceitful.
I like to look on them as
sane-saviors, men-moulders, gen­iuses
at making manhood."
Believe me, Pat Moulton's an
Auburn man, and one Auburn is
proud to claim just as much as
he claims Auburn.
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Coach Chambless requests the
members of the varsity swimming
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night in Langdon Hall. The
meeting will also be of interest to
the freshman squad.
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