1941-03-04 The Plainsman

              Senior Class
Meeting Tlu PlaindmarL One More Month
To Politick
"AUBURN—the friendliest college in the United States"
VOL. LXIV Z-I ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, MARCH 4, 1941 NO. 46
All-Campus Elections Will Be Held April 3
Prexy Politico* Seniors To Meet Tomorrow
To Nomination Blanks
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(Plainsman Staff Photo—Lewis Arnold)
Tom Hughes, Hugh Maddox, T. M. Smith, W. H. Gregg, and
John Pelham, candidates for the presidency of the Senior Class, are
pictured above, from left to right. The sixth candidate, Frank Manci,
_who does not appear in the picture was out of town on a basketball
trip when the picture was taken.
Six Candidates Try
For Prexy s Post
Back-Slapping in
Full Sway as Vote
Day Approaches
eniors Discuss Final Dance Question
Six members of the junior class
have thrown their hats in the ring,
figuratively speaking, for the job
of senior class president. The win­ner
will succeed Sam Pettus, the
current prexy.
All candidates have very def­inite
programs set out and which
they plan to follow if they are
elected. All of the candidates are
in accord on the point of having
a better organized class.
Following are the candidates
for the office:
T. M. Smith is a mechanical
engineering boy from Bessemer.
He belongs to the Lambda Chi Al­pha
social fraternity, and is a
member of the engineering coun­cil.
In addition to his plans for
holding regular class meetings, he
aims to put the University-Auburn
relations on a more intimate basis.
W. H. Gregg hails from Hamil­ton,
and is an ag education stu­dent.
He is at present the vice
president of the junior class, and
since the resignation of Craig
Jackson from school, he has been
acting in the capacity of presi­dent.
His chief platform plank is
the desire to organize the seniors
of the various schools into a more
central body.
John Pelham is an industrial
engineering major and a member
of the Kappa Alpha social fra­ternity.
In his platform, John
wants a definite class organiza­tion
in which the seniors can take
part and which will give the other
class officers something to do.
John is a home town product.
Hugh Maddox is a PiKA from
Douglas, Ga., and a chemical en­gineering
major. "The class should
sponsor something for the school
that will be a lasting gift from
the class of '42," said Hugh in
the interview. He added, "I would
like to promote a friendliness
campaign among the seniors, and
consequently among all the stu­dents."
Tom Hughes hails from Red
Bay. He is another ag man, in the
education school. He too wants
definite class organization like the
other candidates, but he plans a
drive for the decentralization of
campus politics in addition to his
class activities.
Frank Manci comes from Daph­ne
and needless to say, he is one
of the stellar forwards of the
basketball team. His project de­sires
include a drive for the get­ting
back of night pep rallys for
the students, and the senior class
enforcement of the wearing of
freshman rat caps during the
year. He takes mechanical engi­neering.
There you have them, and may
the best man win!
Plans Made for St. Patrick's.
Engineers' Day, to be March 16
St. Patrick's Day and Engi­neers'
Day are coming up on
March 26. The sponsors of this
day at Auburn plan to have a big
time for it. They plan to have
quite a few visitors and more
alumni. The purpose of Engineers'
Day at Auburn is to show the
great improvement being made in
our engineering schools, and to
provide a get-together for the
graduates of this school.
It has been announced that the
visitors will inspect all the engi­neering
labs as well as the chem­istry
and agricultural labs. The
ROTC will stage a field parade
for the benefit of the visitors. Mr.
Thomas W. Martin, president of
the Alabama Power Co., is giving
the school a model of the New-comen
steam engine which will be
^presented by Mr. Thomas Bragg
and will be received for the school
by Governor'Frank Dixon.
Each of Auburn's engineering
societies will have a girl as its
sponsor, and the engineering stu­dent
body will vote for the girl
of their choice to be Queen of the
Day and the Ball. An election
will be held and the winner will
lead the grand march the night
of Engineers' Day, escorted by St.
Patrick himself. The identity of
this individual will not be reveal­ed,
but he will arrive in town on
Engineers' Day in quite a color­ful
array, according to the spon­sors
of the day.
At the ball capping off Engi­neers'
Day, the Auburn Knights
and the Plainsmen will supply the
music. Dance tickets will go on
sale about March 10, it has been
announced. They will cost only
fifty cents per couple and will not
be restricted to engineering stu­dents
alone. The dance will be
semi-formal and quite a number
of students are expected to be
there.
Notice
A follow up social dance class
will have its first meeting on Fri­day,
Mar. 14, at 7 o'clock in the
Alumni Gym. Only those men and
women who have been members
of the beginners social dance class
will be admitted to this class.
This is not a date affair. Danc­ing
will be over by 8:30. Bring
old permit for identification.
King, Denting, and
Pettus Present
Views on Issue
The following letter, regarding
a meeting of the senior class, at
which time the question of
whether or not there should be a
set of Final Dances on the camp­us
this year, was sent to the
Plainsman by Sam Pettus, Senior
Class President.
"I would ilke to announce a
very important Senior Class meet­ing,
Wednesday, March 5 (tomor­row)
from 10 to 11 a.m. in Lang-don
Hall. All seniors are urged to
be present because the main issue
to be discussed is the continuance
of the Senior Dances in Auburn.
"Dr. Duncan and Mr. Drayghon
have excused classes from 10 to
11 tomorrow, for seniors that at­tend
the meeting. A roll will be
taken, and cuts given to those ab­sent,
according to Mr. Draughon.
"This meeting brings into real­ity
Dr. Duncan's words, concern­ing
"democratic government" of
the students, in that this will be
the first time since the first of
the year any class meeting has
been called to discuss an import­ant
question.
"Therefore I am asking all sen­iors
to please come and support
the meeting."
Signed, Sam Pettus, President,
Senior Class.
Another letter, from Social
Committee Chairman John Dem-ing
to Student Cabinet President
Jim King, states:
At a regular meeting of the Fi­nance
Board of the Student So­cial
Committee, a detailed fi­nancial
report was submitted and
approved covering the receipts and
expenditures of the opening and
mid-term dances.
Inasmuch as the dances have
not been as successful financial­ly
for the last three or four years
as they were prior tg this period,
the Board feels that probably the
Auburn student body may not be
as interested in this type of social
activity as they once were. It was
revealed and agreed at this meet­ing
that the management of the
dances, mentioned above as hand­led
this year, was decidedly better
than for the past few years, and,
as a result, our losses were such
less. However, the fact remains
that apparently one or two things
must happen to insure the future
success of these dances; one would
be the revival of interest among
the students, thereby, guarantee­ing
better attendance; the other
alternative being to reduce ex­penses
to an absolute minimum
which would anticipate the accept­ance,
on the part of the student
body, of less expensive bands.
Before we can be authorized to
proceed with the final dances, the
Board is insisting that the matter
be presented to the entire student
body and especially the Senior
class, to determine, if possible, the
extent of their desire to continue
student dances on the Auburn
campus.
Signed, John Deming, Chair­man
Student Social Committee.
When interviewed in regard to
the matter, President King said:
"So far this year the students
of API have not supported either
of the two major sets of dances
as they should have.
"This year the dances have
been under the supervision of a
Finance Board, which has func­tioned
v e r y efficiently. This
Board has made certain that all
money expended by the Social
Committee was for the best pos­sible
advantage for the student
body.
"Nevertheless, the Social Com­mittee
lost money on the Mid­term
dances. Therefore, it is the
opinion of the Finance Board that
the lack of success of the dances
was due to the lack of support
by the student body.
"The Finance Board feels some
hesitancy in continuing the an­nual
dances unless assured of
more support from the student
body."
"Golgotha" to Be
Shown in Langdon
A talking -motion picture, "Gol­gotha,"
a film portraying the life
and crucifixion of Christ, will be
shown twice .tomorrow at Langdon
Hall. This picture is sponsored by
the Newman Club, Catholic stu­dent
organization here, and show­ings
will be at three o'clock and
at seven thirty.
Auburn merchants are cooperat­ing
in bringing the film to Auburn,
and tickets may be secured from
them at no cost. A fee of ten
cents plus tax, together with the
ticket, is the admission cost.
Gatchell Club
Attends Home Ec
Meeting Saturday
Eighteen Girls Make
Trip to Montevallo
Eighteen girls from the Dana
King Gatchell Club attended the
state meeting of the Alabama As­sociation
of Home Economics
Clubs held in Montevallo Satur­day,
March 1. They were accom­panied
by Mrs. Marion S. Spidle,
Mrs. Marion Richardson, Miss
Florence Davis, and Mr. Dorothy
Dean Arnold of the home eco­nomics
faculty.
The girls from Auburn who at­tended
this meeting were: Miriam
McClendon, Bobbie Steele, Mar-jorie
Walls, ' Doris Carpenter,
Mildred Waldrop, Ruth Sundberg,
Anne Riley, Annie B. Waters, Wy-nona
Parker, Margaret Spidle,
Deby Aldredge, Dannie Lee
Browning, Mary Guarisco, Ruth
Moore, Estelle Vines, Mary Jane
Weaver, Claudia Weinman, and
Merle Woodard.
Phi Omega Pi Gives
"Barefoot Ball"
Phi Omega Pi members gave a
"Barefoot Ball" in honor of their
pledges and their dates on Tues­day
night, February 25, at 8
o'clock in their sorority room.
Dancing was the featured enter­tainment
of the evening. Shoes,
of course, were left outside.
During the last part of the
"ball" refreshments were served
to the party by Mrs. H. Hanson
and Mrs. Arthur Cooper.
'George and Margaret' Wins Applause;
Second Run Tonight at 8:00, Langdon
Orchid to Bobby Haas
And Marjorie McKinnon
By REDDING SUGG
Most Auburn theatre-goers had
never seen such a family as the
Garth-Banders, who, as portray­ed
by the Auburn PJayers last
night in Langdon Hall, won the
applause and laughter of a large
first night audience.
The Garth-Banders are the sub­ject
of the Gerald Savory play
"George and Margaret," which is
the lightest and most accurately
aimed offering of the current
Players season. This veddy British
family, with Alabama accents, put
over a combination of slapstick,
sex, and seriousness Which with­out
skillful acting could easily
have fallen to the ridiculous.
The scene is the Garth-Banders'
London house, and the action cov­ers
a fortnight. Two betrothals
occur mid much ado while the
family is waiting on George and
Margaret, "the bloodiest people"
they know, who were due for a
visit at the first of the play but
only get there after the excite­ment
is over.
As to the individual perform­ances,
we have one orchid to be­stow.
It is to be divided between
Bobby Haas and Marjorie McKin­non,
who as Malcolm and Alice
Garth-Bander did an excellent job
of being the absent, long-suffer­ing
husband and the scatter-brain^
ed wife.
As the maid Gladys, a good girl
who marries the elder son, Kath-ryn
Blake did a competent job
of changing from her meek and
tear-stained entrance to her seri­ous
talk with her class-conscious
former employer a n d future
mother - in - law. Gladys' man,
Scoutmaster Claude Garth-Band­er,
was played by W. D. Ivey,
whose chief virtue was his walk
and bearing, which stiffly showed
his character.
Biggest laugh of the show went
to Lillian Jane Smith, who as
Beer, Gladys' successor, reduced
the family to hilarious amazement
and who no doubt will impress the
arriving George and Margaret.
We think "George apd Mar­garet,"
which runs through to­night,
serves to highlight the ver­satility
of the Players. It is the
third production of the season.
Huntingdon Glee
Club to Sing Here
Saturday at 8:15
Thirty Selected Voices
Included in Personnel
The Huntingdon College Glee
Club, appearing under the au­spices
of the Auburn Glee Clubs
will present a concert in Auburn,
Saturday, March 8, at 8:15 o'clock
at Langdon Hall.
At present the club is composed
of 30 selected voices. In order to
qualify for this organization, can­didates
must pass three different
tests. The first test, one of voice,
eliminates many candidates. After
this preliminary test has taken
place, the group rehearses for
several months, and another test
of voice and musical appeal is
given. Those who still qualify re­main
members of the club and
attend practices until within two
weeks of the home concert.
Included in the personnel of
the club are: Misses Mary Cath­erine
Baker, Bee Ballow, Clai­borne
Carr, Marilyn Cogburn,
Edith Cooke, Charlotte Gibbs, Ar-line
Hanke, Nell Hill, Elizabeth
Kelley, Mary Ligon Solomon, Mary
Pierce Bowers.
Sue Brown, Dorothy Flaniken,
Wanda Hester, Lorena Manci,
Sara Nabors, Helen Trupin, Jean­ne
Walker, Mary Walker.
Grace Calhoun, Catherine Hor­ace,
Eloise Kelly, Joyce King,
Laura Ledbetter, Barbara Ray,
Ann Gillespie, Marie Sinclair.
Lillian Wilcox, Edna Higgin-botham,
Louise Holloway, Anne
Johnston, Paige Pankey, Florence
Perry, Eva Lanford Tate, Juanita
Fraser.
Must Be In March 27
Blanks Must Be Signed by Four Per Cent
Of Class of Which Candidate Is Member
Date for the spring elections has been set for Thurs­day,
April 3, as announced yesterday by Tom Roby, chair­man
of the Elections Committee.
Each candidate must submit a nomination blank sign­ed
by four per cent of the students registered in the nomi­nee's
elass. Candidates for publications offices and for
Chairman of the Social Committee are not required to sub­mit
a nomination blank.
Rabbi Silverman
To Speak Tonight
IRC Sponsors Address on
"Jews in Modern World"
Rabbi Myron Silverman, Bir­mingham,
will speak tonight in the
Ross Chemical Auditorium at
8:15. The subject of his address
will be "The Jew in the Modern
World".
Rabbi Silverman's visit is spon­sored
by the Auburn Internation­al
Relations Club in co-operation
with the* Jewish Chautauqua So­ciety
of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The taljc is open to the public,
and all interested in attending are
cordially ijivited to do so.
Rabbi Silverman received- his
education at the Universities of
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. He al­so
received a degree from the He­brew
College of America.
Before coming to Birmingham,
he was Rabbi at Ashland, Ky. He
is now Rabbi of the Temple
Emanu-el in Birmingham, as well
as being vice-president of the
American Jewish Club, and the
head of the YMHA. He has lec­tured
at many schools in the
South.
Nomination blanks may be turn­ed
in Wednesday, March 26, and
must be in by one p.m. on Thurs­day,
March 27. A box will be
placed in the Phi Delta Theta
house for the purpose.
Standard form for the nomina­tion
blank, as specified by the
Constitution of the Association of
Undergraduate Students of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute is
outlined below.
"We, the undersigned members
of the class of 19 __ do hereby
nominate for the office
of
This space is filled in with the
nominating members of the class.
I hereby accept the nomina­tion
.
(Signature of the nominee)"
Students who have qualified to
run for offices in the Senior
Class, are Bill Moore, from Sel-ma,
unopposed aspirant for the
presidenty of the Student Execu­tive
Cabinet, Hartwell Perry,
Hurtsboro, Harry Donovan from
Columbia, Herbert Martin from
Auburn, Charles Flowers, from
Birmingham, and Bobby Haas, of
Mobile, all seeking the post as
one of the three senior represen­tatives
to the Executive Cabinet.
Those seeking the office of wom­en's
representative to the Cabinet
are: Christine Blackburn of Au-
(Continued on page 4)
Notice to All Alumni
The Plainsman, which is being
sent to all 1940 grads and. paid
members, is mailed directly from
the Alumni Office and not from
the Plainsman office. Any changes
of address should be mailed to
this office.
Porter Grant,
Executive Secretary,
Auburn Alumni Asso.
Barrere Little Symphony to Present
Informal Concert Thursday Evening
Orchestra's Thirteen
Musicians Play Eleven
Different Instruments
An intimate, informal perform­ance
of the kind of music every­body
loves is in store for sub­scribers
to the 1940-41 Auburn
Concert and Lecture Series, which
presents the Barrere Little Sym­phony
in Alumni Gymnasium at
8:15 Thursday evening, March 6.
Directed by an eminent flutist,
Georges Barrere, the orchestra is
composed of 13 musicians playing
11 different instruments. The size
of the orchestra makes it neces­sary
for each performer to be a
virtuoso, which assures its audi­ences
of consummate playing.
The Barrere Little Symphony
brings to life many delicate and
melodious works of such master
composers as Haydn, Schubert,
and Mozart which hitherto have
been dust-gathering because of
the need for an orchestra of the
small size and top calibre for
which they were written.
A feature of the Barrere pro­grams
which heightens their in­formality
and charm is the com­ment
by the director which inter­sperses
the musical offerings.
Barrere is noted for the wit with
which he flavors his enlightening
talks on music in general and his
program in particular.
Thursday evening's program
here will begin with the Overture
to "Italians in Algeria," an Opera
by Rossini with much of the mel­ody
which has made his "William
Tell" a national favorite. This will
be followed by Haydn's Symphony
in G major.
Third on the program will be a
modern composition called "The
White Peacock," by Charles T.
Griffes. Next will come the music
from a scene from the Gluck
opera "Orpheus," which will be
played as a flute solo by Barrere.
After the intermission will come
"For My Little Friends," in four
parts, by Pierne. Sixth will come
the widely loved "Menuet" and
"Clair de lune" of Debussy.
In conclusion the Barrere Little
Symphony will play three rhyth­mic
and colorful pieces of Span­ish
music by Albeniz.
Music Makers
Barrere Little Symphony will appear at Alumni Gym on Thurs­day
evening at 8:15 o'clock. The symphony is conducted by Georges
Barrere, who is also the founder of the troup. This appearance is
one of the Auburn Concert and Lecture Series.
Page Two T H E P L A I N S M AN March 4, 1941
On Politicians
In the past, students who have entered
campus politics have more or less been
"looked down upon", by a majority of
the student body of Auburn.
Any student running for, or who at
any time had run for, an office of the
student government, was liable to the
phase, often uttered with a sneer,
"Him? Oh, he's just a politician."
It seems that it was a disgrace to run
for an office at API. If you were a suc­cessful
candidate, things were even
worse. You were considered grafting,
dishonest, a braggart, a snob, and in
general, a loud-mouthed louse.
Three years ago, the Student Execu­tive
Cabinet took the matter into its
hands—and quite properly. In line with
the constitutional revisions which were
in process, the system of elections—and
of politicking—were completely rework­ed.
The college took the "grafting" part
in its hands. Also quite properly. This
year's control of the Social Committee
by the administration was the last act
in the abolishing of chances for students
to make their fortune in college by over­charging
— grafting, if you like — their
fellow students.
The Executive Cabinet's formation of
the Qualifications Board, and the al­ready
well - established Publications
Board, brought about more reforms in
politics.
In the past, some of the most capable
students on the campus have refused to
run for student political offices, because
of the stigma which befell the candi­date.
They didn't want to be called
dirty, or dishonest, or grafting. They
wouldn't take a chance on being called
these things.
Now only the more capable students
can run for student offices. They must
be qualified members of the class in
which they are running, by verification
of the Registrar. They must have ideas
of ways with which to better student
government in Auburn if elected to their
respective offices, and they must state
and prove these ideas in a paper written
for examination by the Qualifications
Board.
They must prove themselves capable
in a personal interview with and by the
Board.
In short, their candidacy must be jus­tifiable.
Congratulations to the Executive Cab­inet
and the Elections Committee for
these political reforms. We needed
them.
The best of luck to the candidates for
office. They're qualified. They have to
be.
May the best of the best win, and may
more of the best enter campus politics
in elections yet to come.
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Final Dances?
Elsewhere in today's Plainsman there
is a letter which announces a senior
class meeting to be held this week. This
meeting will be for the purpose of al­lowing
seniors to express their opinions
as to whether or not there should be a
set of Final Dances, previously the Sen­ior
Ball, on the campus this year.
This meeting is an opportunity that
no senior should miss. It concerns a vital
problem for all students. The three big
dance sets held each year in Auburn
have, for some time, been financial
failures. This year, since the college took
the finances of the Social Committee un:
der control, there has been an improve­ment,
not only in the quality of the or­chestras
obtained for dances, but also in
the financial returns from the sets.
Seniors, you will be asked whether or
not you think there should be a set of
Finals this year. If you don't want the
dances, say so. It's your chance.
If you do want the dances, say so, and
then prove that you want them, in the
only practical way—by going to them,
by supporting the school and the stu­dents
who make the dances possible
through their efforts at securing money
and orchestras.
Whatever your feeling in regard to
the matter, be at the meeting to express
it. That's what the meeting is for. It's
your privilege.
We Didn't Win
Due to the extreme rarity of athletic
relations between Auburn and the Uni­versity
of Alabama there may or may
not have been reprecussions among stu­dents
following the Friday night Au­burn-
Alabama basketball game, the
first athletic contact between the two
schools.since 1924.
Speaking mainly to any who are per­turbed,
to those who have gone ahead
to form opinions of their own regarding
the outcome which showed the Tide on
top at the finish by 22 points—and there
is certain to be such a group—we would
clarify the circumstances existing be­fore,
during, and after the meeting in
Louisville.
Certain it is that there was deep-rooted
desire at Auburn to see the bas­ketball
team take the game; doubtless
there was tremendous disappointment
when the Tigers not only failed to win
but met their most disastrous defeat of
the '41 season. That is only natural. That
is school spirit.
Take, however, this attitude of some
4,000 students and vest it in a squad of
ten basketball players and you have an
idea of how the feelings of the men who
played the game can completely dwarf
any individual desires or motives for a
victory over Auburn's number one rival,
or over any opponent.
We who were there felt the anxiety
that set into the group that was to rep­resent
Auburn against the University.
There have been games that the players
wanted to win but the desire had never
before been so intense. Every thought
centered around a win over Alabama.
The attitude reached its high in the
Auburn dressing room; it took the floor
with the Auburn team and stuck
throughout, even when it seemed that
no play or method of attack would suc­ceed,
even when the Tide, one of the
South's great teams, had vaulted into an
insurmountable lead. It was a stunned,
confused team that left the floor Fri­day
night. They thought of more than
just the game; they were wondering
what they would have to say here, at
Auburn.
We can't see that there is any ex­planation
needed. It was one of those
things that is a vital part of any sport
—an over-keyed state that can wreck
any team and its best efforts.
Let those who might have experienced
discontent pass it off. Their regrets are
infinite when compared with the feel­ings
of the small group that huddled in
the dressing room afterwards and asked
itself what had happened. It was a
nightmare they have tried to leave in
th« Louisville Armory: We can all do the
same.
Their thoughts about Alabama ? They
call the game a clean one and the Crim­son
team a swell bunch. And they're
aching for another shot at 'em next year.
It'll be different then. J.P.
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We Still
Like Auburn
We spent the week-end at the
University of Alabama. We had a
swell time.
We met lots of people — and all
of them spoke English.
Nobody laughed at us, to our
face. Only one person derisively
called us a farmer. Only one, the
same one, even so much as men­tioned
Auburn's defeat at the
hands of the University Basketball
squad.
We met the editor of the Crim­son-
White, for the first time. We
met several staff members. We
liked them all. We talked shop
with them, and swapped ideas.
We met several staff members
of the Rammer-Jammer. We liked
them.
We went to a fraternity dance.
It wasn't so different from one of
Auburn's dances, except that we
didn't have to have a bid to get in,
we couldn't leave the dance hall
with our date, we had to have her
back at the sorority house fifteen
minutes after the dance, rather
than thirty minutes, as in Auburn,
and they didn't sell Coca-Colas at
the dance hall.
We could close our eyes and ima­gine
that we were at home, in
Graves Center Auditorium. The
Auburn Knights furnished the mu­sic.
We met some cute sorority girls
on one side of the»hall, and some
cute non-sorority girls on the other
side of the hall, and some swell
fellows in the middle.
We toured the University cam­pus,
and privately, though unin­vited,
inspected one of their new
men's dormitories.
We walked down the street and
spoke to everybody. Most of them
spoke to us. We went into one of
the fraternity houses and every­body
spoke to us and asked us to
stay for dinner and offered us
smokes. Just as in Auburn.
We dropped into a cafe for a
midnight snack, and had a hard
time getting waited on. Just as
in Auburn.
We had a grand time. The Uni­versity's
a fine place to spend a
week-end.
But we were glad to get home.
We still like Auburn.
The University of Buffalo school
of medicine is in its ninetieth year.
Spirit?
The Auburn Spirit is dead or
near it; as we can readily see, it's
as sick as it can be. In every way
on every day it is forgotten; it
doesn't pay, that is to say, it is
verboten. We don't say hey-o, we
don't say hell-o. We grease the
track and have the knack of over-cutting
on account of nutting—
much to the irritation of the ad­ministration.
We wreck the trains
and wrack our brains and take
great pains to act as simple as
swains. To know the cause would
be to pause to reflect a bit on the
heck of it. Some there are who fret
that we are children yet and can't
be expected to be respected. But
anyhow, just for now, the moral
is, the quarrel is, the Auburn
Spirit is dead or near it.
A New Economic
Order
We hate to admit it, but some
day we may realize that we've
got to learn to live at a tempo
in keeping with our scientific
progress. Inventions and machines
are years ahead of our economic
set-up, and they are using us in­stead
of our using them.
It may be that this period
through which we are now pass­ing
will solve the problem, and
give us a new economic order
which will serve much more effi­ciently
than the ones under which
we now operate.
On the other hand, there is
the chance that we're running
now without going anywhere, that
when all of the speeding and
fighting and shouting is over,
we'll have to sit down and figure
things out better. If this war does
nothing else, it will at least have
shown us the need for attention
to the economic field.
We don't mean by this that
there has been on effort to solve
the problem, but we do mean that
far too many people are not even
conscious that there is a problem.
Many of those who realize the ex-istance
of this problem firmly be­lieve
that it will solve itself, or
have believed it up until the last
year or so.
Most of us can't do much to­ward
the solving of these prob­lems
. . . if we could, we'd have
been spotted before now . . . b ut
we can prepare ourselves to ac­cept
the new order when it comes.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
We had optimistic hopes that
with the inauguration of the col­lege
switchboard and dial system,
that the telephone service in "The
Loveliest Village" would soon be­come
less congested, and consider­ably
more efficient.
Our experience has been, to date,
however, that the system is still
just as sluggish as before. It is
very often necessary for one to
wait many long seconds, and in a
few cases as long as a minute or
more for the operator's abrupt
"number please". After giving the
number, we are very seldom if
ever rewarded by a cheerful "thank
you", as one might justly expect.
Many times the operator, after
receiving our number, will give a
short feeble ring hardly sufficient
to instigate the answering of the
'phone by the party being called,
especially if said party happens to
be in a fraternity house. When the
feeble ring goes unanswered, our
centrdl coyly informs us that "they
do not answer". When we politely
suggest that they ring again, -the
earphone is immediately filled with
an earsplitting chaos of buzzings,
and crackling static.
We are not on the search for just
one more thing to grieve about, nor
do we fail to take into consideration
the task of a switchboard operator
is a difficult and tiring one. We
also realize that there are times
when floods of calls seriously com­plicate
her task. But we do fail to
understand why these operators
cannot be a little more alert, and
just a bit more polite.—A.J.
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed
in this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the ed­itorial
policies of this paper.
We've never been much of an
artist; in fact we can't draw water
from a well, but we're going to
try, just this once, to paint a por­trait
. . . a portrait of the man
who sits in front of you at the
movies.
* * *
Until the end of the picture,
you're in doubt as to his appear­ance,
as he doesn't arrive until the
show has begun. He picks an in­auspicious
time to enter, such as
when the hero grabs the first kiss
from the heroine.
* * *
His entrance is accompanied by
much disturbance the length of his
row, and he garnishes his entrance
with audible muttering about the
feet of the patrons he passes. When
he is finally seated, you notice that
he is- of more than average height
and breadth, but you manage to
worm yourself into a position from
which you can see a little of the
screen by stretching your neck a
bit. You mind, but exercise is good
for the neck, so you pretend you
don't.
He reminds you forcibly of his
presence when another dramatic
moment such as a kiss or a shoot­ing,
both fatal, arrive. He decides
at this moment that the weather is
warm, so he proceeds to remove
his overcoat. The show hereafter
is punctuated by his periodic re­moval
of superfluous bits of cloth­ing.
* * *
All the while he either enjoys
himself immensely . . . and audibly
. . . or expresses his dislike of the
feature no less audibly. He never
remains long enough in one posi­tion
for you to plot a course for
your gaze on its voyage to the
screen over the sea of heads, and
he is never quiet enough for you
to keep track of the screen con­versation.
* * *
He greets scantily dressed girls
on the screen with sighs of content
or anticipation, and makes pro­posals
to them of moonlight rides
and necking parties. He registers
vocal disapproval when the hero­ine's
skirt, by any chance, happens
to cover her knees.
* * *
He offers to substitute for the
hero in the clinches.
* * *
Nothing passes him. If any line
isn't funny he tacks an un-Hayes-like
meaning to it and appreciates
it just the same, explaining it to
all around him. Any suggestive
line of the show sends him into
spasms of deafening laughter. He
laughs not so much from enjoyment
as to show that he catches on, and
he often laughs when he doesn't
catch on, just to prove that he does.
* * *
You can't see his face, but from
the noises coming to you you think
he must be either King Kong or a
member of the bund. Because of
his ill manners, you rather lean to­ward
the bund theory.
* * *
When the show is all over and
you are all in and the house is all
lit up, you glance up to see just
what this beast looks like. He is
not at all as you suspected. He is
the usual handsome Auburn stu­dent,
and as you watch, he bends
over to pick up a handkerchief a
nice old lady has just dropped.
* * *
As you leave the theater, you
wonder what it is about a movie '
which makes such a person out of
a normally polite young fellow.
You're still wondering the next
time you are in the movie palace,
as you blow up a popcorn bag and
bust it.
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Kutie, has
gone off to visit Chisolm for a
spell. In her absence, her place
will be taken by Sal, the School
Sage, who has a few Happy
Thoughts to dispense. Happy
Thought Number One is this bit
of wisdom. "Love," says Sal, "is
what makes the world go 'round
. . . and 'round and 'round and
'round!"
Filchin'
By ART JONES
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed
in this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the ed­itorial
policies of this paper.
We take a bow to the Crimson
and White, University of Alabama
publication for the following edi­torial:
"We read with sincere re­gret
this week of the resignation
of Dan Hollis as editor of the Au­burn
Plainsman. We not only liked
.his paper as a whole, but we had
come to have more than a lion's
share of respect for his editorial
forthrightness and progressive-ness.
"Dan will be missed in Auburn
and in this office. With our best
wishes to him in his new work we
also send congratulations to his
successor, Bob Anderson, who has
been named acting editor for the
rest of the year."
* * *
POME
(So you've heard it before? Your
roommate hasn't.)
What a cute li'l bird the frog are—
Him ain't got no tail at all almost
hardly.
But when him run him hop and
when him sit down
We're not preaching any of the
isms or a new democracy, and
we're advocating no plan. We are,
however, urging that we ready
ourselves for the change, what­ever
it is, by developing an open
mind on the subject. H.M.
Lament of a
Conscription
Wallflower
He's such a handsome fellow,
And sweet as he can be.
But now he's been conscripted,
So where does that leave me?
He told me that he loved me,
And swore he would be true.
It was undiluted ecstacy,
But then the bugle blew.
They put him in an army truck,
And sent him far away,
So for a girl who's moon-struck,
There's nothing left today.
—Beverly Kilian.
Him sit on him old tail which him
ain't got at all almost hardly.
—Daily Tar Heel.
* * *
The little cold wave we have been
having lately has probably been
bothering some of us, what with
snow in various parts of the state
and even in Auburn. Oh well, chili
today, hot tamale.
* * *
Something new in the form of
dances has been born on the Louis­iana
State University campus,
where the Panhellenic and Inter-fraternity
Councils are sponsoring
a "Campus Ball for Canadian War
Relief." The novel fact about the
dance is that both men and women
will come stag, and both will break.
The women, however, will ask for
all three no-breaks. That sounds
like fun, but situations are likely
to become humorously confusing
at times.
* * *
A Meaty Bit—
Do you take this woman for but­ter
or wurst?
Or, liver alone, I ham what I
ham, T never sausage nerve.
—Alabamian.
* * *
We happened to be passing near
the stables the other morning, when
we overheard one horse bray forth
to another, "Your pace is familiar,
but I don't recall your mane!"
* * *
Dr. L. E. Hinsie, assistant di­rector
of psychology at the Colum­bia
College of Physicians and Sur­geons,
gives exhibitionism as the
chief psychological and scientific
basis for the extremes to which
women go to beautify themselves.
Speaking of the "high cost of
armaments and preparedness," one
entry for the fiscal year 1940 not
to be overloked is the $450,000,000
spent on perfumes and cosmetics.
That's a mess of lucre for a psy­chological
lift—and its the man
who pays, and pays, and pays, ad
nauseam. —Pordham Ram.
* * *
All of which brings to mind a
tender scene: He took her into his
arms and pressed her tenderly to
his breast. All the color left her
sweet face—and was deposited on
his coat.
March 4, 1941 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Glomerata Materia
Goes to P
CO-OPING
By C. J. BASTIEN
Student Annual Will Be Distributed
Early in May, States Editor McCehee
The editorial work was completed last week on the
1941 edition of the Glomerata.
Editor William B. (Trigger) McGehee, Tullahoma,
Tenn., said that part of the book had already been printed
and that the 388 page volume would be distributed to
students early in May. Business manager of the book this
year is Kirk Newell, Jr., Birmingham.
Members of the editorial staff are Boots Stratford,
Montgomery; John McCabe, Dora';
Joe Meadows, Opp; Harry Huff,
Birmingham; Brad Clopton, Co­lumbus,
Miss.; Al Lucas, Birming­ham;
Douglas Nettles, Auburn;
Bob Farrell, Leesburg, Fla.; Mary
Jane Phillips, Birmingham; James
Thomas, Auburn; Bob. Jeffers,
Glenco; Steiner .Garrett, Gantts
Quarry; Elaine Freeman, Auburn;
Bob Feagin, Monroeville.
Business staff members are Bob
Whitfield, Fairfield; Check Ste­vens,
Gadsden; Bob Gill, Pensaco-la,
Fla.; Lillian Luke, Eufaula;
Jean Atkins, Jasper; Allen Not­tingham,
Mobile; Emma Lou Far­rier,
Ft. Deposit; Dick Callaway,
Huntsville; Bob Ramey, Akron;
Grey Carter, Columbus, Ga.; Sam
Nettles, Tunnell Springs; Callen
Aired, Clanton; Winton Chumley,
Birmingham; Charles Jones, Birm­ingham;
Bettie Belle Brandt, Tus-kegee;
Helen Jordan, Birmingham;
Charles Crane, Mobile; Bill Acker,
Brighton; Bob White, Opp; Fran­ces
Plaxco, Russellville.
Student photographers are Lewis
Arnold, Fairfield; Leroy Spearman,
Birmingham; and Julian Braswell,
Tuskegee.
Cagney Stars in
'Strawberry Blonde'
Jimmy Cagney, who put the roar
in the "Roaring Twenties", is now
bowling them over as a bad boy
of the Naughty Nineties, in War-n
e r B r o s . ' "The Strawberry
Blonde", which will make its local
debut at the Tiger Theatre Wed­nesday
and Thursday. Cast with
Cagney and decked out in their
best bustles are lovely Olivia de
Havilland and demure Rita Hay-worth.
When those two honeys start to
vie for Cagney's affections they
prove that times may change but
love is love whether it be in the
Golden Nineties or the Flippant
Forties.
Blink! and here we are at the
end of another three month term.
It seems only yesterday that we
landed, shouldered .our way in and
firmly planted both feet in this
"Trough of Knowledge" still wip­ing
the grease of industry from
our hands.
Briaerean smoked, elected, and
initiated. Mitec elected and danc­ed.
A game or two of basket ball
and football was played and fol­lowed
by a day or two of settin',
groanin', and stretchin'.
Much unfinished business do we
leave behind in our unceremonious
haste to get back to tightening
nuts and bolts, drawing more
drawings, stirring up more chem­ical
concoctions.
How many hands of bridge are
left unplayed, how many dances
undanced with smiling partners
unmet?
It is lucky that we are "two";
those who come will play ths hands,
and dance the dances. Nothing
will be left undone.
There was talk by some, at the
Mitec meetings, of making the club
more "exclusive". A regrettable
turn; why do we gotta "build a
wall"? Whatta we got to hide?
Walls are a sign of fear. Ain't
we good enough to draw 'em and
keep 'em? If we ain't, we won't.
High Points: Them nineties;
when we went and the "little man"
wasn't there; mid terms; the time
we made a six bid and two fives
in a row; going and being there;
during the glut; them midnight
walks; a little unmentioned and
unmentionable here and there.
Low ones: Coming back; them
sixties; after the glut; just a'set-tin'
and a'thinkin'; startin' that
lab report; goin' away.
ELLIS FYSAL
Ellis D. Fysal, First Aid and
Life Saving Representative of the
American Red Cross, will conduct
the instructors' course in first aid
which will be held here, March 10
through 21, in Alumni Gymnasi­um.
The course will be open to
the public and no charge will be
made.
Kappa Alpha's
Initiate Nine
The Auburn chapter* of Kappa
Alpha social fraternity held for- (
mal initiation last Wednesday
night.
Nine students were inducted into
the chapter at the time. These
include:
Jim O. Johnson, Temple Bowl­ing,
Jack Telfair, Chester Ste­phens,
Shannon Hollinger, Billy
Burns, Billy Fountain, Robt. M.
Williams, and Taylor Bodkin.
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Rho Chi Taps
Four Pharmacists
Zeta Chapter of Rho Chi, hon­orary
society for the promotion of
advancement of the pharmaceutical
sciences and good fellowship, re­cently
tapped four new men.
The new undergraduate mem­bers
are Ben Askew, Gainesville,
Fla.; Paul Dalton, Slocomb; Har­old
Michelson, Decatur; and James
H. Stacey, Bay Minette.
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Used Clothing
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Jake's Place
123 So. 9th Street
Opelika, Alabama
Pan-Americans
Selected for
Flight Training
Cortina and Parra
Chosen from Auburn
Under New Program
Two students at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute who hail
from Latin countries will soon be­gin
flight training under the spec­ial
"Pan American College Phase"
set up by the Civil Aeronautics
Administration. They are Jacinto
Lucio Cortina from Mexico City,
Mexico, and Alberta Parra, from
Cuid, Bolivar, Venezuela.
Under this new "Pan American
College Phase", there will be
made available during the spring
session, "approximately twenty
flight scholarships to citizens of
Latin American countries who are
bona fide students enrolled in in­stitutions
participating in the
Civilian Pilot Training Program."
Such scholarships are not to be
charged against the quota of the
institution, and separate ground
and flight contracts will be pro­vided
for each recipient of one of
these scholarships.
Those chosen need not sign a
pledge for flight training in the
army or navy of the United States,
however they must agree to com­plete
the scheduled ground and
flight course unless disqualified
before completion of the course.
They must also agree to abide by
all the rules and regulations as
set forth by the Civil Aeronau­tics
Administration in connection
with the training.
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• JAMES CAGNEY
Is back in the good old days. . . . He scraps
as hard as ever . . . only it's a lot funnier!
• OLIVIA De HAVILLAND
In those good old two-step days!
• RITA HAYWORTH
And that Hayworth chicken. . . . Well I love
my wife, but oh you . . .
"STRAWBERRY BLONDE"
. . . With . . .
ALAN HALE JACK CARSON GEORGE TOBIAS
See what he predicts for
WORLD WAR No. 2!
He has been right so far!
"More About Nostradamus"
LATEST NEWS EVENTS
Wednesday
Thursday TIGER
Representative of
Red Cross Will
Conduct Course
First Aid Instruction
« Offered at Alumni Gym
March 10 Through 12
Ellis D. Fysal, First Aid and
Life Savings Representative of the
American Red Cross, will conduct
the instructors' course in first aid
which will be held here, March 10
through 21, in Alumni Gymnasium
at 7 p.m.
Mr. Fysal, former North Caro­lina
gridiron star and football
coach, was first associated with the
Red Cross in 1927 in the capacity
of life saving examiner.
When in high school, Mr. Fysal
served as junior director at Camp
Leach, B.S.A., near Washington,
N. C. Later, at the University of
North Carolina, he was a member
of the University life saving corps
organized by the Orange County
Chapter of the Red Cross. He was
instructor at the Red Cross nation­al
aquatic school at Brevard, N. C,
for three years, and taught Red
Cross first aid at Elon College,
where he was assistant football
coach, and head boxing and wrest­ling
coach. Also, he was assistant
football coach at Wake Forest Col­lege,
and for several summers he
trained state park personnel at
Myrtle Beach, S. C, in aquatics.
The Red Cross instructors' course
has been of great benefit during
the past year, the Red Cross hav­ing
given first aid training to
379,860 persons. This army of vol­unteer
emergency-men is equipped
to splint fractures, stop bleeding,
treat for shock and apply artificial
respiration while the doctor is on
the way. Often the result is a
patient for the physician rather
than a body for the mortician.
Although the accident fatality
trend is downward, accidents last
year killed 93,000, crippled 320,-
000 and injured 8,800,000 men,
women and children, and it is this
unnecessary loss of life the Red
Cross program aims to reduce.
To reduce the number of deaths
and disabilities caused by home ac­cidents,
which killed only 600 less
than automobiles last year, 9,000,-
000 self-check lists to homemakers
have been distributed.
Since 1935 the Red Cross has
established more than 6,000 high­way
first aid stations and mobile
first aid units to bring prompt aid
to injured motorists. These emer­gency
posts are located in police
sub-stations, rural fire departments
and other outlets bordering through
routes where no medical assistance
is available.
Master Magician To
Present Show Here
Birch, the Master Magician, who
will appear in Auburn a week
from tonight in the "biggest magic
show now in tour in the United
States."
Prelaw Society
Formed at Auburn
The recently formed Pre-Law
Society held its first meeting in
the Broun Hall auditorium on Feb­ruary
13. This organization is
made up of students taking the
pre-law course here at Auburn.
Officers of the new group in­clude:
Cullen Ward, president;
Robert Varner, vice president;
Harold Eich, treasurer, and Clara
Ellen Slaton, secretary.
Dr. C. P. Weaver, associate pro­fessor
of the English Department,
has been chosen to act as faculty
adviser for the newly formed so­ciety.
John Clinton Arnold and
Eddie Taylor will serve as senior
advisers.
The purpose of the society is to
"Promote friendship and better­ment
of the pre-law students of
A.P.I., and to further any causes
that may tend to the betterment
of A.P.I."
The group is made up of stu-
Nff charge will be made for the
instructors' course, which is un­der
the auspices of the local Red
Cross chapter, Prof. A. D. Burke,
chairman, and Dr. V. W. Lapp,
chairman of the First Aid Comr
mittee.
The public is invited to attend
the meetings. However, all persons
who enroll must be 21 years of
age. -
Tickets Being Sold
By Auburn Players
By REDDING SUGG
Not content with halving her,
Birch the Master Magician will
slice a beautiful girl into four parts
for his Auburn performance in
Langdon Hall at 8:15 Tuesday
night, March 11.
Tickets for the biggest magic
show now on tour in the United
States are being sold in advance
by the Auburn Players, and they
will also be sold at the door. Profits
from. the show will go into the
API dramatics fund.
Birch the Magician performed in
Auburn six years ago before one of
the largest and most enthusiastic
audiences ever to gather in Lang­don
Hall. There is a tale that he
was so good that he drained the
previously invincible movie theater
of all but two customers.
Tricks and illusions for the Au­burn
performance will be headed
by the baffling Houdini Box Trick.
The Auburn Ice and Coal Com­pany
will construct a stout wooden
box which will be displayed on
Toomer's Corner for several days
before the arrival of Birch. On the
night of the show local persons will
nail Birch securely in the box—
and he will promptly get out, leav­ing
you to explain it if you can.
The magician will shoot a live
canary into a burning light bulb,
and presumably neither bird nor
bulb will be harmed. He will walk
through a sheet of steel; and a
pony named Princess will be ele­vated
on a platform about one
plank thick, from which she will
vanish.
An ordinary piece of rope will be
tossed into the air and will remain
rigid. A boy will climb the unsup­ported
rope and disappear—just
dents of the freshman, sophomore
and junior classes in the pre-law
course. The present number of
members is 12.
The Pre-Law Society meets in
the Broun Hall auditorium every
Thursday night at 8 o'clock.
Miss Mabel Sperry, marimba
artist, who is one of the star per­formers
to take part in the magic
show will be sponsored by the Au­burn
Players next Tuesday night.
like that. Birch will have accom­plished
one of the most amazing
of all illusions, the ancient Hindu
Rope Trick.
Heading the company which sup­ports
Birch will be Mabel Sperry,
an outstanding performer on the
marimba. Her "Marvelous Marimba
Melodies" won her a place as solo­ist
with the 100-piece marimba
band at the Chicago World's Fair.
Harry Thurston, internationally
known as the magician Houdini,
publicly declared that Birch was
the only contemporary magician
talented enough to be his successor.
He officially picked Birch to "fill
his shoes".
With stage properties valued in
excess of $25,000, Houdini's suc­cessor,
Birch the Master Magician,
is reported to be breaking all at­tendance
records with his current
tour. Sponsored by the Auburn
Players, he is expected to better
his first Auburn performance.
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"What's in a Name?"
The Bard of Avon was right about the rose—its name
is unimportant. But if he'd had anything to do with
naming telephone exchanges, he'd have learned a lot!
Names must be easy to pronounce and transmit—must
not look or sound like other exchange names—must
not use the same dial finger spaces.
Take MUIR and OTIS, for example. Fine!—except
they dial alike! For the first two letters of each appear
in the same finger spaces on the dial.
Often hundreds of names are listed, studied, discarded
before one is found that meets all requirements. Such
care in every phase of Bell System work helps to make
your telephone service the world's finest.
Why not telephone home often ? Long Dis­tance
rates to most points are lowest any
night after 7 P. M. and all day Sunday.
Page Four THE P L A I N S M AN March 4, 1941
Auburn Bows Before
'Bama Basketeers
Severe Case of Jitters Limit Tigers
To Only Four Field Coals in Came
An Auburn win over Alabama Friday night just wasn't
in the books and the Plainsmen bowed to the University,
16-38, in the quarter-final round of the SEC Tournament.
It was the second basketball game between the two schools
since 1907.
The top-heavy loss was a real heart-breaker for Coach
Jordan's squad in that almost every Auburn attempt was
jinxed from the start by the huge Tide array which swept
on into the semi-finals with appa­rent
ease.
Time after time the Tigers
worked into scoring position, only
to have a severe case of jitters
gang up with stubborn 'Bama de­fense
and an ultra-sensitive back­board
limit them to but four field
goals during the entire game. The
Auburn plays were working and
the team was following capably at
the backboard, but t h e basket was
harder, to h i t t h a n a jackpot. Evi­dence
of this is the fact that the
Auburnites took over 50 shots at
the hoop Friday night.
Then, too, there is no getting
around the fact t h a t Alabama pre­sented
one of the class teams of
the Southeastern Conference. Up
until the final minute of play
against Kentucky Saturday after­noon
the Tide appeared an almost
sure bet to upset the defending
champions, the Wildcats, and^move
into the tournament finals. They
were that hot.
Hank Crisp brought along a
brilliant first string and plenty of
capable reserves. Louis Adair,
Crimson guard, can easily be call­ed
one of the most talentel cagers
to appear in tournament play at
All-Campus Elections
(Continued from page 1)
burn, Jule Tisdale also of Auburn,
and Ann Pafford, from Montgom­ery.
For the Chairmanship of t he
Social Committee, Juniors quali­fied
are: Francis Crimmins of
Falls Church, Va., Bobby Adair,
from Huntsville, and Russel Am­brose
from Wilton.
For the president of the Sen­ior
class, six men have qualified
to run. They are: Tom Hughes
of Red Bay, W. H. Gregg, from
Hamilton, T. M. Smith, of Bes­semer,
John Pelham of Auburn,
Frank Manci, from Daphne, and
Hugh Maddox, of Douglas.
Unopposed as secretary of the
Senior Class is Malcolm Cain,
from Bessemer.
Three girls have presented
qualifications for the position of
historian of the seniors. They a r e :
Martha Gardiner, from Huntsville,
Francis Hay, of Fayette, and
Corinne (Teeny) Tatum, of Ope-lika.
For office of Vice-President of
the Executive Cabinet, three Soph­omores
have been found to be
qualified: Theo Coleman, of Mill­port,
Pete King, of Florence, and
Ham Wilson from Greenville.
For the two offices of Junior
Cabinet representatives there a re
five persons qualified to r u n : Rob­e
r t Suarez, from Mobile, Tom
Bullington, of Athens, Warren
Fleming, from Atlanta, John Ball
of Auburn, and Homer Wright,
also of Auburn.
Four candidates aspire to be
President of t h e Junior Class. They
include: Harry Merriwether, of
Atmore, Comer Thompson from
Greenville, Owen Monroe, from
Atlanta, and Bobby Harris from
Montgomery.
Jimmy Butt, from Wetumpka is
unopposed as vice-president of t he
Junior Class.
For secretary of the Junior
Class there are three candidates:
Jimmy Jerkins, .from Dothan,
James Smith, of Bay Minette, and
Art Jones, from Birmingham.
S. M. Lufkin, from Atlanta, is
unopposed as treasurer of the
Junior class.
Two women students have pre­sented
papers for the office of
Junior Class Historian. They are
Evelyn Hope, from Notasulga, and
Margaret McCain from Montgom­ery.
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Louisville, while names like Roth,
Leeth, and Storey became by-words
before the Tuscaloosans finally
bowed out.
Auburn was ahead twice, once
when Shag Hawkins sunk a foul
shot in the opening minute, and
seconds later when the same Shag
dropped in two more to set the
Plainsmen in front, 3-2. From
there, however, 'Bama swept to
the lead and was never threatened.
The score a t the end of eight min­utes
of play was 14-4, and the
same count was on the scoreboards
12 minutes later when the half
ended — which will give some idea
of the fight put up by both teams.
The final blow in the series
which rode the Tigers mercilessly
came when Shag Hawkins, acting
Auburn captain and leading scorer
in the conference, left the game
midway in t h e second quarter with
four fouls chalked up against him.
The loss gave Auburn a season's
record of 13 wins against six losses
and closed out one of the most
successful cage seasons at the
Plains in years.
AUBURN G. F. Tp.
Manci, f
Dunbar, f
Tanner, f
Hawkins, c
Park, c
Motley, g
Mastin, g
Canzoneri, g
Totals
ALABAMA
Storey, c
Seals, f
Brantner, f
Thomas, f
Leeth, c
Sharpe, c
Adair, g
Hines, g
Roth, g
Finnegan, g
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
1
4
G.
3
0
1
2
2
0
3
3
0
1
2
0
0
4
1
0
0
1
8
F.
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
4
0
2
2
0
4
5
0
0
3
16
Tp.
6
0
2
4
5
1
7
7
4
2
Totals 15 8 38
Score a t Half—Alabama 14, Au­burn
4.
Free Throws Missed—Brantner,
Thomas, Sharpe, Adair 2, Roth,
Manci 2, Dunbar 2, Hawkins 4,
Park, Canzoneri 2.
Personal Fouls—Seals, Brantner,
Thomas 2, Leeth 3, Sharp 2, Adair
4, Roth 2, Manci 2, Dunbar, Haw­kins
4, P a r k 2, Motley 2, Canzon­eri
2.
Officials—Chest and Walters.
Notice
To All NYA Supervisors:
Dr. Clark L. Barrow, Regional
Director, and Mr. B. L. Balch,
State Director of NYA Student
Work, wish to meet all student
supervisors March 4, at 2:00, in
the New Classroom Building,
Room No. 116.
This is regarded as an import­ant
meeting. The President ex­cuses
the absences of all super­visors
from classroom work at
that hour to meet on this occasion.
Please let me urge that you be
present for this hour.
J. V. Brown, Director,
Student Employment and
Housing.
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Biologists Hold
Fifth Annual
Meeting Here
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Scientists from all p a r t s of t he
Southeast will gather in Auburn
on April 11 and 12 for the fifth
annual meeting of the Association
of Southeastern Biologists.
Arrangements for the meeting
are being made by Reed O. Christ-enson,
professor of zoology at Au­burn.
The program will include a sym­posium
on the subject, "Biological
Problems Affecting the Welfare of
the Southeastern States", on Fri­day.
Leaders of the symposium
will be: Dr. M. J . Funchess, dean
of the School of Agriculture and
director of Experiment Station;
Dr. Charles N. Leach, Internation­al
Health Division, Rockefeller
Foundation, and Alabama State
Board of Health; Dr. Benjamin
Schwartz, Bureau of Animal In­dustry,
U. S. Department of Ag­riculture;
and Dr. A. E. Hopkins,
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries.
On the opening afternoon, the
zoological section will hear papers
on malaria and fish culture and mo­tion
pictures on the bee-keeping
industry and wildlife research. A
botanical section is also being or­ganized.
Dr. J . R. Jackson, pro­fessor
of botany at Auburn, is in
charge of this portion of the pro­gram.
A tour of the Experiment
Station grounds and a visit to t he
Regional Laboratory is included on
the Friday schedule.
The closing day will be devoted
to the annual business meeting and
the reading of papers.
The annual dinner will be held
on the campus Friday night.
Dr. D. C. Boughton, Auburn, is
seci'etary-treasurer of the Associa­tion,
with R. G. Rhodes, Emory
University, Atlanta, Ga., a s pres­ident,
and M. S. MacDougall, Ag­nes
Scott College, Decatur, Ga.,
vice-president. <*
The U. S. Regional Laboratory
for Animal Disease Research and
the Alabama Cooperative Wildlife
Research Unit a r e both cooperating
with the college in making plans
for entertaining the Association.
Ayres, Sothern,
Team in Martin
Feature Tomorrow
From his role as t h e earnest and
struggling young "Dr. Kildare,"
Lew Ayres does an about-face to
become a society playboy and mem­ber
of the idle rich, teaming for
the first time with Ann Sothern in
"Maisie Was a Lady," opening
Wednesday at t h e Martin Theatre.
With Miss Sothern repeating her
familiar role as the stranded wise­cracking
showgirl, Maisie Ravier,
who s t a r t s the story as t h e "Head­less
Woman" in a carnival side­show,
Ayres appears as Bob Rawl-ston,
wealthy young inebriate who
is the cause of her losing her job,
and who then gives her employ­ment
as a maid in his home.
Edwin L. Marin, who guided the
original "Maisie" and "Gold Rush
Maisie," again directed, with J.
Walter Ruben continuing as pro­ducer.
The screen play is by Betty
Reinhardt and Mary C. McCall, J r .
COiS A ACkfEKLEY
Dr. Lois Ackerley, (above), di­rector
of the School of Home Eco­nomics
at Alabama College, will
speak on "Food Preparation as an
Essential to Adequate Nutrition"
at the first Alabama Nutrition
Conference which will be held in
Auburn, March 15, under the au­spices
of the Alabama Nutrition
Defense Committee, with Mrs.
Marion Spidle, head of Auburn's
home economics school, chairman.
Dr. Ackerley is research chairman
of the Alabama College Home
Economics Association, honorary
member of the Alabama Dietetics
Association, State chairman of
A. A. U. W. committee on Eco­nomic
and Legal Status of Wom­en.
Alpha Gamma Delta
Initiation Sunday
S e r v i c e s H e l d f or
F o u r t e e n N e w M e m b e r s
Gamma Delta Chapter of Alpha
Gamma Delta initiated 14 pledges
Sunday afternoon at 4:30 in the
chapter room of dormitory four.
As a p a r t of the formal initia­tion,
the traditional "Feast of
Roses" banquet was featured in
the Green Room a t the P i t t s Hotel
for both the old members and new
initiates. The sorority colors, red,
buff, and green, were carried out
in the decorations.
Frances Hodge, president, con­ducted
the program. Awards were
given to the model pledge, Linelle
Dobbins, and to the pledge having
the highest scholastic average,
Alice Blair.
The new initiates include Sarah
Mulloy, Laurel, Miss.; Margaret
Weller, Gadsden; Marilyn Mea­gher,
Auburn; Helen Crook, Birm­ingham;
Madrid Davis, Auburn;
Sarah Dobson, Wedowee; Evelyn
Hope, Notasulga; Jane Mathees,
Biloxi, Miss.; Alice Blair, Birm­ingham;
Linelle Dobbins, Emeral-lo;
Julia Digby, Birmingham; Lea
Akans, Birmingham; Edith Him-rod,
Birmingham; and Frances
Finley, Tupelo, Mississippi.
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First Nutrition
Conference to Be
Here March 15
The program for the first Ala­bama
Nutrition Conference, to be
held in Auburn, March 15, has
been announced by Mrs. Marion
W. Spidle, head of the Auburn
School of Home Economics and
Chairman of the Alabama Nutri­tion
Defense Committee. Those
attending the conference will study
the nutritional defense needs of
Alabama.
The meeting opens a t 9 a.m. and
coffee will be served in Duncan
Hall. Following this, Pres. L.. N.
Duncan will officially welcome the
visitors.
"Nutritional Deficiencies as a
Public Health Problem in Alaba­ma"
will be the subject of the
speech of Dr. J. N. Baker, head
of the Alabama Department of
Health, at 9:30 a.m. Miss Loula
Dunn, Commissioner of Alabama
Welfare Department, will discuss
"Nutrition as a Welfare Problem in
Alabama", and Miss Erna Proc­tor,
regional chief of home man­agement
of F a rm Security Admin­istration,
will talk on "Nutrition of
Rural Tenant Families in Ala­bama".
After this, the following mem­bers
of the Alabama Extension
Service and Experiment Station
will speak: Miss Mildred Simon,
"Food Production Plan for Ala­bama";
Dr. C. J . Koehn, "Milk and
Butter as Source of Vitamin A";
Dr. W. C. Sherman, "Soybeans and
Cowpeas for Southern Diets"; and
Dr. R. W. Engel, "Hemoglobin
Studies of Men of Draft Age".
Luncheon will be served at 12
o'clock, with Dr. M. J . Funchess,
dean of Auburn's agricultural
school, presiding. At 1 p.m. a visit
will be made to the Animal Nu­trition
Laboratory and the Ala­bama
Experiment Station.
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Back from Louisville where the lads with the Southern drawls
came together for t h r e e days to uncork a wild exhibition second to
none as regards thrills and j u s t plain damn good basketball.
The Kentuckians pulled everything out of the hat with an
eye to future meets and just about everyone agreed that the
meet was the most successful in years. The drawls may have
been slow but t h e ball from first round to final was as fast as a
supercharged rabbit.
Take the case of t h e ill-fated Kentucky Wildcats. The U. K. band
was there, the cheerleaders were there, and half the state of Ken­tucky
was jammed into the Louisville Armory every time the Cats
were scheduled to take the floor. Every fan could tell you the life
history, age, weight, and scoring record of the lowest ranking mem­ber
of t h e Kentucky squad.
The Wildcats didn't have to drop in a goal to s t a r t the house
shaking. All they had to do was get t h e ball and t h e Ohio River
would rise five feet, the s t a t e would hop up and down, and every­body
would take a drink. It was the gloomiest day since Bimei-lech
lost the Derby when Tennessee sunk a last minute free shot
to clinch the thriller which shoved Kentucky five from their
SEC throne.
As teams dropped by the side in the first two rounds the meet
quickly took the aspect of north Dixie versus south Dixie. Those
present from these sections pulled for Alabama and Florida, those
from Tennessee whopped it up for t h e Vols, and Kentucky gave its
everything for Kentucky.
It was good basketball all the way, but there was no games .
comparable to t h e last two which pitted the Wildcats first against
Alabama and later against Tennessee in the final. In the former
there was never more than two points difference, with 'Bama
holding a steady lead up until the last seconds. Then Kentucky's
Huber and Akers combined to sink two goals, Alabama's Thomas
failed with a split-second break shot, and the Cats were in the
finals.
The Kaintuck-Tennessee game followed the same pattern, though
Johnny Mauer's five did hold a nine point edge at the intermission.
I t was too much Huffman and Clark for t h e losers, the two combining
to come up out of a scramble with the ball at any given moment.
Clark, the smallest man on the floor, probably caused more hell for
the Wildcats than any of the Orange members. Tennessee was per­fection
Saturday night, a basketball team to watch with amazement.
Despite the Auburn downfall in the first Tiger appearance of
the tournament, the quintet of Coach Jordan must be given
credit. You will remember that the team started the season with
but two lettermen, Hawkins and Manci, and were expected to do
l i t t le more than break even in t h e 18 game schedule. Instead they
came hard from the fy-st game and trounced Tulane, Vander-bilt,
Georgia Tech, LSU, and Georgia and offered the confer­ence
the number one scorer o'f the year. They'll all be back next
year, and with the added reserves shooting up from the frosh
squad chances will be bright all the way.
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