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<< S u p p o r t Religious Week" THE PLAINSMAN T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT S u p p o r t "Religious Week » VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930 NUMBER 44 1930 GLOMERATA WILL BE DEDICATED TO DR. BRADFORD KNAPP Auburn Summer Session to Open Second of June Entire College Will Be In Action With Courses Offered In All Schools TWO SIX-WEEKS TERMS Second Session From July 14 To August 16 The 1930 summer session at Auburn will open June 2. It will continue for twelve weeks and be divided into two terms. The first will close July 11 and the second will open July 14 and close August 16 at which time the annual summer graduation exercises will be held. This is announced by President Bradford Knapp and Director Zebu- Ion Judd, as school teachers of Alabama and adjoining states begin to make plans for getting extra college training during the summer months. During the session the entire college will be in action. A program of studies will be offered by all schools of the institution including the graduate school and the schools of agriculture, engineering, textile engineering, science and literature, chemistry and pharmacy, veterinary medicine, home economics, and education. The faculty is now being selected by Director Judd who said that the regular Auburn faculty will be supplemented by distinguished teachers from other institutions. Arrangements are being made for many new courses, he said. The summer school will offer courses for all types of students attending Auburn. However, special service will be rendered particular groups, Director Judd said. These will include teachers who wish extension renewal, reinstatement, or issuance of teachers' certificates; normal school graduates and other teachers who wish credit towards a college degree; college graduates who wish to earn the master's degree in three summers, in preparation for the administration and supervision certificate, required of principals, superintendents, and supervisors; college students who wish to do back work or to graduate earlier through summer study; high school graduates who wish to finish their college course in three years by summer study, and junior and senior high school students who wish to earn one or two units of credit. In connection with the summer school a fully organized and staffed junior and senior high school will be conducted. This will serve to give students high school training and also as a practice school for adult stu-ents studying education. Unusual Radio Program Given On Friday Nite Feature Sponsored By Omega Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa On Friday evening a special college program was broadcast from the Auburn studio of station WAPI. The program was offered under the auspices of Omega Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa. The theme of the radio presentation was "The Impressions of a Freshman at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute." The program was opened with a selection by the Auburn Band. Then followed as impersonation of a train entering the station. When the prospective freshman detrained he was greeted by two upperclassmen, one of whom was from his home town and he was shown the high spots of the campus by the two students. First he visited Dr. Knapp's office, where he was welcomed by the President. Then followed a short conference with Professor Hare, who told him briefly the extensive application of chemistry in industry. Professor Nichols then told of the prospects for graduates in agriculture. On their way to a fraternity house the students met Dean Wilmore, who acquainted the freshman with some interesting facts about the engineering school at Auburn. Several times throughout the program the Auburn Band played selections. The parts of the upperclassmen were played by Rosser Alston and Haskins Williams, both members of Omicrom Delta Kappa. Tom Brown played the part of the freshman intending to enter college. Omen's Club Presents Program to Opelikans Opelika Business Women Hostesses To Members Of Auburn Club At its regular weekly meeting the Auburn business and professional women's club. The two organizations met together in the grill room of the Clement Hotel Tuesday night. In a brief address Miss Helen Collins, president of the Opelika club, welcomed the Auburnites. She then gave charge of the meeting to Miss Berta Dunn, president of the Auburn club who presided. Miss Louise P. Glanton, head of the Auburn school of home economics, and chairman of the club's educa- (Continued on page 6) NOTICE Bids for the Engineers' Dance, which is to be held on Engineers' Day, March 21, must all be in by Wednesday, March 12. Boxes for depositing the bids have been placed in the Students' Supply Shop and the reading room in Ramsay Hall. Trustees Authorize Appointment Of Dean Temporary Head of Chemistry School Will Probably Be Appointed By President Knapp The Board of Trustees, at a session held yesterday at Montgomery in the office of Governor Graves, authorized President Knapp to appoint a temporary acting head of the chemistry department to serve until the recovery of Dr. B. B. Ross, who is ill. The meeting of the board was at the call of the Governor, for the purpose of discussing financing of the remainder of the Auburn building program, the principal point under consideration being determining the amount of the legislative appropriation provided for this work, that will be expended at the present time. No decision as to this was reached at yesterday's session. Three of the seven buildings comprised in the expansion program are now under construction. Bids have been received by the board on the others, biit no contracts will be awarded until the financing routing has been settled. This will be done at another meeting of the trustees to take place at the Capitol next Saturday morning. Engineers' Ball Be Feature Of Annual Affair Decorations For Ball To Be Composed of Engineering Portrayals With all the committes busy at work upon the program for the annual Engineer's Day, indications are that the engineers will have one mammoth celebration on March 21. The dance committee announces that bid cards will be placed at the Student Supply Shop, and also at Ramsay Hall. Students are requested to fill these out immediately and return them to the boxes in order that the committee may send invitations, as soon as possible. As ig the custom at Auburn, the visiting young ladies, who live within a radius of 70 miles will be required to go home promptly after the dance. However, those who live outside that radius are allowed to stay in houses in charge of approved chaperones. The time of their arrival, the house at which they stay, their attendance at the dance, and date of their departure will be the obligatory. This information should be given to Miss Zoe Dobbs, Dean of Women. Many girls are expected to come of the Engineer's Ball, for last year an unusual large number attended and this year plans are for a more elaborate affair. The committee, dominated b y Henry Reeves, Rex Sikes, and John Christian have arranged things with the utmost diligence and activity. The music accorded will be by Abie Hardin and his Auburn Collegians who play for all the surrounding clubs. Much praise has been given to Abie and his Band for his music and the Ball will be the scene of another of his offerings. Complete "charge of the decorations has been given to Eugene Gray. Aside from the customary banners other decorations will be displayed. Around the dance floor machinery will be placed. AH kinds of engineering will be displayed to carry out the theme of Engineer's Day. Overhead, hanging from the balcony, emblems and insignia of the various, engineering, honorary fraternities and societies will be strung. AH departments of engineering in Auburn will be well represented by banners and flags. In back of the orchestra stand a panel with some engineering feat painted upon it will be placed. Official chaperones have not been arranged for, but the committee hopes to obtain the patronage of Dr. and Mrs. Bradford Knapp, Miss Zoe Dobbs, and the professors and their wives of the different engineering courses in the school. Any. additional information in regard to the dance may be secured by seeing the members of the committee or by writing to the Plainsman. Lutheran Services Be Held This Month Lutheran services, conducted by Rev. R. W. Hann of Tuscaloosa, will be held in the Y. M. C. A. assembly room at two different periods this month, according to Prof. George L. Fick. The first service is to convene Saturday evening, March 8, beginning at 8 o'clock; the second service Sunday morning, March 9, beginning at 10 o'clock. The service tonight involves the discussional topic, "World Peace," while the Sunday sermon will be "Redemption by Blood." All who are interested are cordially invited to attend these meetings. Similar services were held in the "Y" Hut last month. These services are to be regular monthly features here, occurring on and preceeding the second Sunday of each month. 'No More Roscoes,' Says Auburn's City Council Marks End of Long Series of Controversies Over Gambling Machines Thursday afternoon great pandemonium raged along upper College Street, for the City Council had ordered that no more playing of "Ros-coe" machines would be allowed and Sheriff Hodges executing his duty, compelled the storekeepers with said machines in their possession to stop the operation of them. Groups of students gathered at the corners to discuss the move of the Council. This order of the Council marks the climax of the long series of articles printed in the Plainsman concerning the "Roscoe" machines. Many letters were written to the Plainsman for and against the operation of such. This legal action brings to a close the long series of debates which have been pending and removes from the midst of the student body a controversial subject. Local Glee Club Has New Plan of Key Distribution In Future Only Three-Year Men Will Be Awarded Keys ELEVEN HONORED Songsters Will Soon Adopt New Constitution and By-laws Acting on the new plan recently adopted that keys be awarded only those men who have seen three or more years service in the organization, John W. Brigham announced at the weekly meeting of the Auburn Glee Club in Langdon Hall last Monday that eleven men would receive keys this year. The following men will be awarded keys which will be presented at the next honors convocation by Dr. Knapp: Robt. E. Martin, Haskins Williams, Howard Upchurch, W. C. Ellis, I. K. Roth, W. W. Bryant, Jr., H. E. Lewis, L. E. Owen, G. L. Williamson, Clarence LeCroy and J. W. Jones. A vote was taken by members of the club to have some kind of constitution and by-laws concerning attendance, election of officers, and other matters which will be drawn up, by Mr. Brigham, W. W. Bryant, Pres., and Howard Upchurch, Business Mgr. This constitution will be read before the club at an early date, Regular practices will be held throughout the semester and as several cities not previously visited on the weeks concert tour early this semester have written for tetms, another short tour may be arranged for an early date in April. A similar program to the ones presented on the concert tour was given over WAPI last Monday evening. This program probably had many interested listeners as the club was well received on its previous broadcasts and on its state tour. Religious Week Will Start on Monday With A Special Convocation Daily Church Services Will Be Conducted Throughout The Week Daily services in four of the churches here will be held next week, starting Monday and continuing through next Sunday, March 16, in observation of the annual religious week. It will open with a convocation of all students in Langdon Hall, at which time resident and visiting ministers will be introduced. Services at the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches will be held twice daily, once in the morning and once in the evening. The services at the Episcopal Church will be held in the evening only. The president has announced that no tests or examinations will be given during the week, and that all members of the institution will be excused from classes during the service hours. In this way, all may attend services without any inconvi-ences regarding studies. Meter School Declared Success, Prof. Dunstan Sixty Visitor* Attend School, Representing Four States The fifth annual meter school at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute was declared by Prof. A. St. C. Dunstan to be the best ever held at Auburn in attendance and in interest manifested by students. It. opened Monday and closed Thursday. Sixty visitors, representing Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi were (Continued on page 8) Prexy Accorded Honor As Great Head of College President Knapp Is Praised For His "Keen Interest In Student Activities" STUDENTS' TRUE FRIEND Improvements In Annual In Keeping With Progress Under Leadership Of Dr. Knapp T.O.X. ADMITTED TO TEXTILE ENGINEERS INTERFRAT COUNCIL BY LARGE MAJORITY Council Will Hold Its Annual Banquet April 14 The T. O. X. fraternity was admitted to the Interfraternity Council by a large majority of votes at the last meeting of the Council held last Monday night at the Phi Kappa Tau house. The admission of the T. O. X. was decided by a vote of all fraternities at their weekly meeting previous to the last meeting of the Council, The Council decided that their annual banquet would be held on April 14. The annual election of officers for the Fall term of 1930 and the Spring term of 1931 will be held at that time. A committee was appointed to arrange the annual Interfraternity Council dance which will be held directly before or directly after Easter, ASK RECOGNITION BY EXECUTIVE CABINET Petition Sumbitted To Student Body March 16 Faculty Members Enjoy Dance On Friday Night Auburn Collegians Play For First Of Faculty Dances Fifty couples enjoyed the first faculty dance of the spring season at the Alumni Gymnasium Friday evening. Music was furnished by Abie Hardin and his Auburn Collegians. Dancers praised the musicians very highly. This 10-pieee orchestra played a variety of dance numbers, which were well applauded by those in attendance. The musicians have been appearing at intervals over WAPI. In addition to Mr. Hardin, they are Gabie Drey, J. R. Quinlivan, Jimmy Robbins, Frank Noble, R. J. Kooiman, Leo McKinnon, O. L. Robinson, V. W. Lovill, and R. H. Jones. Through the courtesy of the "A" club, the comfortable chairs from the "A" club room were moved to the dance floor and arranged in a semicircle around the middle of the floor. This added an atmosphere of cozi-ness to the affair. At the close of the party those in attendance were so well pleased with the dance that it was decided to have another within three weeks. Arrangements for this will be made by Prof. M. L. Nichols, president, and Prof. F. E. Guyton, secretary, of the Faculty Dance Club. Auburn Golfers to Hold Elimination Matches Members of Team Will Be Chosen At Meeting Sunday Afternoon Elimination matches to determine who make the Auburn golf squad will be played Saturday afternoon, March 8, on the nine hole course at the Auburn country club according to Walter Clingo, 1930 captain. These matches will be played under the supervision of H. A. Nixon, manager of the Auburn golf club. Out of the eight men which will be picked Sat- (Continued on page 6) A petition by the School of Textile Engineering for representation in the Executive Cabinet was ratified by Cabinet members early this week. It will be submitted to the student body for approval on March 13. According to Section 3, Article IV, of the Constitution "A negative vote of two-thirds of the ballots cast shall be necessary to annul any act or decision of the Executive Cabinet." If the negative vote cast in the voting shall be less than two-thirds of the total ballots, the Textile Engineers will be accorded membership in the cabinet. If no complaints are received, it shall be assumed by the Cabinet that the apportionment of points by the Point System Committee has met with the approval of the entire student body. The election of officers in the spring shall be strictly governed by the activity points as apportioned by the Point System Committee. Applications C.M.T.C. Camp Being Received Students Interested in Going to Camp Should See Lieutenant Barth Applications are now coming in for this year's Citizen's Military Training Camp which will be held at Fort McClellan (near Anniston) beginning June 13th, and lasting for one month. These camps offer an excellent opportunity for young men of good character between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four to obtain a wholesome, interesting outing at government expense. The best of facilities are provided for the mental, moral and physical well being of the young men who attend. Attendance does not create any obligation for future military service. The training at these camps stresses citizenship, self reliance, initiative, and good fellowship, and teaches the young men how to work and play hard and efficiently. All expenses including railroad fare and meals, food and laundry while at camp, etc., are' borne by the government. All clothing used is issued free and is collected at the end of camp. Boys from this county will be sent to Fort McClellan (near Anniston, Alabama). This is a modern camp, having a fine swimming pool and other recreational facilities. Any boys interested in going to. camp this summer should see Lt. Barth at the military office for full particulars. NOTICE There will be a meeting of the Editorial Staff Sunday evening at six thirty p. m. at the Phi Kappa Delta House. That the 1930 Glomerata will be dedicated to Dr. Bradford Knapp was affirmed today by a statement from C. F. Davis, Editor-in-Chief of the annual. The dedication will be made in view of the capabilities of Dr. Knapp as an administrator, his interest in all forms of student activities, the devotion of his personality and energy to the interests of the college, and the love of the student body for him as a true friend. It has been the wish of the staff of the annual to portray the spirit of expansion that has been present in the minds of the Administration and which began to be realized this year. The staff has deemed it wise to increase the size of the book, both in quantity and in quality of material, to keep pace with the building program and the increase in the student body. The new volume will be 9x12 inches and will be of greater volume than the previous issues have been. The cover design will be finished in blue and gold. A tiger in natural surroundings with a large blue "A" in the background will be embossed upon the front of the book. The staff has endeavored to mirror the student life on the campus by the use of snapshots and bits of humor throughout the book. Members of the staff are confident that the dedication of the annual to Dr. Knapp will be in harmony with the one idea expressed in the volume, "expansion." The dedication as it will appear in the Glomerata reads thus: "To Bradford Knapp, who in the short time that he has been shaping the destiny of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute has not only won the respect of every student as a capable administrator, but also our love as a true friend, who has manifested a keen interest in all forms of student activities, and who has devoted his personality and energy to the highest interests of our Alma Mater, we, the staff, affectionately dedicate this, the thirty-third volume of the Glomerata." Freshman and Varsity Pistol Teams Chosen Slight Difficulty Found In Obtaining Matches Due to Small Calibre Pistols The following men have been chosen to represent Auburn on the pistol teams. On the varsity squad are: Philip Appleby, C. A. Brogden, W. H. Cumbee, K. George, M. A. Jones, O. W. Ivey, E. H. Miller, Henry Reeves, G. S Sanford, F. N. Williams, and Fred Willenbucher. For the frosh team: A. G. Bunkley, M. M. Caskie, T. W. Clarkson, C. E. Howard, J. M. Owen, J. L Parker, H. F. Pringle, W. Thombs, B. H. Rawls, and W. B. Wilson have been selected. On the varsity squad Appleby, Reeveg, Miller, Cumbee, Willifams, and WiHenbucher have shown marked ability for they have shown the most consistent progress. On the rat team C. E. Howard shines far above in proportion to the other freshmen. The highest scores turned on the rat team have been made by Wilson, Bunkley, Clarkson, P a r k e r and Pringle. Lieutenant Barth, who has charge (Continued on page 6) \ PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930 V AUBURN FOOTPRINTS * It was a tough case when two Scotchmen, one the husband of a woman who was being buried and the other a gravedigger, were in an argument about the price of digging a grave. We think the grave digger won out when he started to remove the recently-buried body. * * * * * * * * * It seems that Abie Hardin is a feminine operator now—he has gone in heavily for the Chi Omega show. * * * * . * * * * * . What power does this play director here have to make so many fall for her? She certainly has things her way. * * * * * * * * * The co-eds have scored another victory, for they have succeeded in putting the light out that bares the face of the old clock in the night time. * * * * * * * * Some of our old-fashioned people have decided that the girls should wear stockings to physical training. This proves that someone still has his mind in the gutter. * * * * * * * * * It seems that the irony of fate is in the decision to have a miniature golf course on church property when sueh a dogmatic battle has been waged against Sunday movies. It is funny what a little bit of money will do—even to a church. * * * * * * * * * It seems that Alma Taylor, the youngest member of the famous Alma and Elmer twin combination is studying to be a basketball referee. * * * * * * * * * Judging from the amount of "literature" Roscoe Overton carries around with him, one would think that he intends to start a library (for men only). * * * * * * * * * MY KIND OF MAN I'll write if I can, of my kind of man He's the fellow that's loyal and true He's the one that is fair and built on the square A genuine man thru and thru. He stands by your side when your heart's being tried He sticks thru the thick and the thin; He fills you with pluck when you're down on your luck ' And cheers you whenever you win. Tho' you lose in the bout and you're down and you're out To him you are ever the same Forgetting the past, he's a friend to the last And he's with you in fighting the game. So give me a man who will do all he can To lighten my burden and woe Who will stick to the end, if he claims me friend He's the man I'm thankful to know. Who with all his might will help me to fight When my spirits are ready to die I'll take off my hat to a fellow like that And admit that he's better than I. * * * * * * * * * A suspect when searched was found to have the following articles attached to his underclothing; fishhooks, scissors, nibspoons, keys, shoehorn, razor blades, coat hanger, inkstand, and petrol lighter. This is almost aa heavy as heavy Winter underclothing feels this time of year. * * * * * * * * * We are in accord with the ,druggist who had to get rid of his pretty assistant because all his customers said that a smile from her was better than a tonic. * * * * * * * * * It is being rumored that the Ags and Engineers are to stage a baseball game on Engineers' Day. It will probably be a prolongation of the battle started over at the Summer Camp: Coach Sheridan might find a star among the amateur performers; maybe he has too many now-amateur performers, of course. * * * * * * * * * Wonder what the fat lady thought when the gymnastic said he could do wonders for her? * * * * * * * * * Out in Montana the cows must be tough (probably where some of the steaks served here come from), for a plane hit one and two pilots were killed. * WITH OTHER COLLEGES * gtg glgmgmgn Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala. Business and editorial offices at Auburn Printing Co. on Magnolia Street. Office hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily. STAFF A. V. Blankenship Editor-in-chief Walter B. Jones Business Manager /EDITORIAL STAFF Thomas P. Brown... ...Managing Editor Robert Hume - ...Associate Editor Rosser Alston Associate Editor H. G. Twomey Associate Editor Gabie Drey News Editor Victor White News Editor A. C. Taylor Sports Editor Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor REPORTERS A. C. Cohen, '32; K. B. McMillan, '33; J. C. Johnson, '33; J. R. Chadwick, '33; R. K. Sparrow, '33; C. H. Currey, '33; R. T. Wasson, '33; Lewis Bischoff, '33; A. D. Mayo, '33; G. F. Adams, 33; J. C. McFerin, '33; Alan Troup, '32. BUSINESS STAFF Hugh W. Overton Advertising Mgr. Charles Davis Circulation Mgr. THE PLAINSMAN —extends best wishes to the pledges of Gamma Sigma Epsilon. Great determination and effort must be shown by one before he is accepted into this organization. —believes that the new library science course to be given here in summer school will fill a vacancy that has been keenly felt in the past in the high schools of Alabama. " R e l i g i o u s W e e k " Under Diection of Churches For the second time since Dr. Knapp has been here, the "Religious Week" exercises which begin Monday have been turned over to the churches of the town with the Y. M. C. A. working in conjunction with them. Fair success has been the result when the college has had direct charge of this series of religious meetings, but after the fine way everything was carried out under the supervision of the town churches last year, there was no question but that that Was the only logical way to bring the revival services to Auburn. Men who have become noted for their appeals to young men will be on the programs of the four churches of Auburn participating in the week's work. By depicting life to the students in realistic and convincing ways, they have been able to get many to look on the more serious side and to take an active part in the social and moral welfare of their community after leaving school. Many students are also impressed enough to begin work in the churches and on the campus after attendance at these meetings. The institution is heartily behind the exercises and has made it possible for everyone to attend the lectures and sermons by excusing classes in the mornings and having no tests or examinations during the week. The students are, therefore, in a position to be on hand at every sermon without feeling that any school work is being neglected. We urge every man on the campus to take an active part in the religious activities so that the spiritual ardor, which in far too many cases has become dampened by negligence to one's moral self, may again flame as it undoubtedly did before coming to the institution. The college is doing this for the students and the finest appreciation of this good work is to realize the most from the messages to be brought by the visiting pastors. D r a m a t i c Tournament I m p e t u s To High Schools More and more, as the time goes on, we are brought to the conclusion that Auburn, besides being an agricultural and technical school and turning out a number of perfectly competent engineers and agriculturists each year, is doing much good work throughout the state in numerous other ways. One of these fields in which Auburn is indirectly doing much good for Alabama is by holding an annual state wide dramatic tournament. Professor Rutland of the department of English struck the keynote of this phase of Auburn's service in a recent statement to the press in which he said, "The cultural level of a community can often be measured by its appreciation of the good things in music, painting and drama. If we can increase this appreciation by encouraging high school students to present the best in drama, we will have rendered a distinct service." By helping to sponsor this dramatic tournament, Auburn has created a great interest in drama among the high school students of the state, which might and probably would lay dormant, with the incentive to stir it up lacking. The tournament has created this incentive. To date eighteen schools have accepted the invitation to participate and, from the interest expressed by the high schools of the state, more than thirty institutions will enter before the closing date. From the list of high schools already entered the state has been very evenly covered and if the total number of participants comes up to what is expected, there can be no doubt about the amount of dramatic rivalry that will be created over the entire state. The Auburn English Department in conjunction with the Alabama Association of English Teachers is fulfilling a real need in Alabama by sponsoring this movement toward a better appreciation of the dramatic field of art. S o u t h e r n Highway S a f e t y To Be I n c r e a s ed An interesting piece of information comes from the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce to the effect that this organiza- . tion, aided by a number of the leading automobile companies, will remove sixty-nine thousand unfit motor vehicles from the highways of the South during the year of 1930, this number representing about seventeen per cent of the number to be taken from the American highways. Those from the South will involve an expenditure of about $2,600,000, and the entire work almost fifteen million dollars. Some of the leaders in transportation, including Alan Macauley, President of the Chamber, say that this move will perhaps be the greatest in industrial history. He states, "This widespread experiment will strike right at the heart of the unsafe vehicle problem by eliminating a huge block of those cars which are in the poorest condition." One of the most dangerous hazards of the highways is the rattle-trap car that continually returns from the discard into which it was presumably thrown. The aim of this move is to actually scrape the vehicles. If they were merely discarded, then many would soon make their appearance again. The minute details of the plan of scrapping will be worked out by the companies participating in line with its general sales policies and the volume of its business. This is the first time any move as gigantic as this has ever been made by the automobile men of America. Although the cost of carrying out this program may seem expensive at first, there is still doubt but that they will be well repaid in greater sales. But in spite of this, it is a commendable movement, for the greatest possible safety on the highways is an essential factor today. " THE SEARCH FOR GENIUS The search for genius has become a necessity in modern times. Democracy has given rise to universal education in the more advanced nations, and it is charged that the development of the minds of unusual capacity has been neglected. One of the most serious complaints against education is that it has become a great leveling-down process. Secretary Wilbur, of the Interior Department, has taken occasion in several recent addresses to point out the need for cultivation of genius. Speaking before the National Education Association at Atlantic City last week he said: "Educators must detect and train experts, and while we must care for every one capable, the steady rise of the general level of education makes it more imperative that we discover those of exceptional genius." To a committee of the child conference he suggested that too much energy is being devoted to those who have to be "whipped into line" and too little to the student of promising talents. The problem of the genuis in the schools is a difficult one. This is especially true because genius frequently runs in a single line of work or thought. Shall the child who shows brilliant aptitude in one line and takes no interest in the routine work of the school be required to drudge through the regular program? What of the exceptionally bright student who is advanced as rapidly as he can undertake the higher work until he finds himself far beyond his year, becomes a social misfit, and ends in discouragement? Scintilating lights often burn out in a short time unless they are carefully tended. On the other hand, the sharp edge of ambition may be easily turned if the precocious child is held down to the pace of the dullard. The number of geniuses is too small to require a class in every school, and if this were not so their great variety of talents might make group instruction for them wholly unsatisfactory. Genius is not only elusive; it is protean and defies discipline. The great material progress that has come about in the last few decades is all traceable to the revolutionary ideas of a comparatively small group. If the schools are putting the youth of special talents at a disadvantage, they are making a serious mistake indeed. Here is a problem that challenges the keenest intellects in the educational world.—Washington Past. Prexy's Paragraphs By Bradford Knapp Spending money is and other places about town including the picture show. I am sorry for him and sorry for any young man who fails to learn what a dollar is worth or the art of spending his dollars wisely. Money is not an object; it just just a convenience—well—yes, a pretty big convenience at times, it is true. But remember this, you will never have any money in the world unless you learn to be careful with your money. A certain percen- ' tage of your available funds may well be spent in enjoyment of. the right kind; that is recognized by all writers on this subject. But no writer will ever admit that any of your money should be literally thrown away. That is a sin, a folly unspeakable. Learn to be square and honest, pay your debts and ask odds of no one. So order.your life that you live within your means and be self respecting by doing so. Go to good shows and have a decently good time but avoid gambling, slot-machines and gambling games as you would the small pox. Too much money is just as bad for a student as too little, even worse, because too much leads to idleness and bad habits while too little means-self sacrifice, self control and hard work, lessons which are worth a good deal in after life. * * * * * I do not know why it is necessary for a newspaper correspondent to be not only unfair but absolutely unprincipled in serving his paper. In endeavoring to persuade a certain prominent football coach to become interested in Auburn, I thought it necessary to show him that we wsre united and that my representations to him regarding that unity were true. I, therefore, asked the Board of Trustees and presidents of Alumni chapters to wire him. Fifty as fine a telegrams as any man ever received were sent to him all breathing love and loyalty for old Auburn. But the newspaper reporter in a distant state gets hold of it and converts the whole thing into an effort to use "chamber of commerce and political" persuasion. Honestly, if half of the stuff reported in the press is as far from the truth as some of the statements about the football coach here at Auburn and about my effort to solve the problem, then the war is not over and President Hoover is still feeding Belgians and nobody knows who is a candidate for office in this state. Oh, it is all right. I bear no hard feelings but I am wondering why it is necessary always to warp a report out of shape and hunt for something sensational when all there was could be bound up in an honest attempt on the part of one man to show the truth to another. * * * * * The finest thing I am getting out of all this hard work is a constantly growing regard for this thing we call "Auburn Spirit". The Alumni have given most wonderful demonstrations recently of their faith and loyalty and no one could exceed the loyalty of this student body. We move on and none shall fear. We are coming along nicely, thank you, and Auburn is confident of ultimate victory not alone on the athletic field but in the field of life and work and service. My own spirit is always sustained by these thoughts and this knowledge. "Little Things" By Tom Bigbee These above from the University (Chattanooga) "Echo". And these from the Mississippi A & M "Reflector". Please bring me a false nose and a goatee so the girls will leave me alone and let me work. I am ambitious and would like to stand at the head of my class and become a business man."—A letter to Santa Claus, taken from the New York Cherry Tree." "A physiotherepy department has been formed in this school, "States one clipping. Now, wouldn't it have been more fitting— a saving of time, space and confusion—to have stated briefly just what the new department was?" "Students awoke on the drizzly morning of February 20 to find the figure of J. B. Cullins, then local laundryman, hanging in effigy at the top of a tree near the rear of Peele Hall. The effigy hanging was the culmination of the antagonism of the students toward the laundryman for—"(etc.). —1929 Review of One-time "Man's College" News. "With the co-eds kicking up sand at every chance, it is a safe bet that State students and alumni during 1930 will get plenty of tongue exercise talking about happenings at the one-time "Man's College."—Ibid. GREAT Soup eating music, chatter of students, clatters of pan and plates, and all such disconcerting noises are now replaced by music in the dining hall of Texas A. & M. A radio loud speaker has been installed there to furnish music and entertainment during the meals. All the college authorities sponsored the movement and believe it will eliminate the noisy condition heretofore existing. We can't have soup any more here at Auburn; the bull has gotten too tough to get any bones out. * * * * * CO-ED FAD Pennsylvania co-eds are forced to carry at least three nickles around with them all the time, in order to be able to pay fines incurred for the breaking of rules. Nickel-nursing? At any rate, University of Georgia authorities took a bold stand when they rejected a co-ed petition which would have given the co-eds the same privilege to smoke at the university as the boys. There's no telling what's forthcoming next from these co-eds. * * * * * SO WE DID Students at the University of Toronto registered their preference for the sale of beer within the university grounds by a majority of 1,283. The ballots in favor of beer totaled 1,365, while the opposition amounted to only 52 votes. A brainy bunch of students, we'd say. * * * * * RAT SHIEKS OUT Correspondence with a large Ethiopian usurped the time of a State College freshman until he received a picture of the dark-complexioned female recently. The code of ethics of the Negro girl who calls herself "Monk" is specifically stated in her letters. "I am fond of petting (dumb animals) and necking (giraffes). I am not so hot, but the boys handle me with asbestos gloves to prevent blistered hands." The freshman thinking he was corresponding with one of the Caucasian race and desiring a picture, wrote for one. He received the picture several days later. The words on the photo are: "Yours till they take hooks out of brassieres. Love, Monk". * * * * * TOUGH LUCK Not only the freshmen at State College are hitting in hard luck; it seems that all students there are: "Six months have passed and the president of this college has not addressed the student body. We've heard of 'beloved presidents', but evidently Dr. E. C. Brooks hasn't." "Even at Duke University the college president speaks to the students sometimes, but our 'common herd' only sees a picture in the paper. Even though we have no place to j>ut the student body, the freshmen meet in 'Noah's Ark' every Wednesday." * * * * * THUNDERING HERD The University of Missouri students are organizing what is expected to be a real pep organization of freshmen. It is to be known as the Thundering Thousand. * * * * * THANKS FOR THE BUGGY RIDE Thanks to the enterprise of Howard Lihme, of New York, some of the seniors of the Sheffield Scientific school now ride in a taxicab to recitations or laboratory work distant from their dormitory. Lihme solved the transportation problem by purchasing an old taxi which he parks near his dormitory. Just before classes Lihme and his passengers board the antiquated, decrepit vehicle, wedging themselves inside like sardines in a can and clinging to the running board like flies. Clattering and banging like a string of tin cans, the machine bounces its way for a mile through the university precincts from Pierson Sage to the medical school. THOUGHTS IN SILHOUETTE '•By <3terr THogenete ^eufelsdrockh EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed a this column are not necessarily the editorial opinions of this paper. It is a column of personal comment, and is not to be read as an expression of our editorial policy. * * * * * WELL, here I sit facing the key board and casting many a woeful glance at the four walls of the room, the ceiling, and what have you hoping that an idea will strike me for my weekly tirade and jaunt into the realms of bull. If you have never stared at the wonderful display of letters comprising the English alphabet in a vain hope to so arrange them as to represent a dissertation on anything you have missed a most devastating blank experience. I begin to get drunk. I go into a trance. My puny intellect begins to feebly function. Somewhere out in the close proximity of infinity I begin to get a very faint vision of the weekly disserta-f tion. Hark! It becomes a little more visible and apparent; so I give it to you with trembling fingers and a high tension of tremulous and chaotic feelings. MY FANTASY becomes more real. I become intrigued by the apparition. Satan is masquerading as Roscoe and his cohort, Beelzebub, as a punch board. They both descend to the Village of the Plains. There to attempt the destruction of the college youth's character; to have him wallow in the iniquity of the game of chance. The youth becomes fascinated with the presents from Hell. He begins to indulge himself in the horrible vice. In his seduction satan and his companion begin to smack their lips and rub their hands in the manner of the prosperous Jew. The poor misguided youth tells his companion of the presents. Curiosity leads them to it. They become intrigued. They hesitate and then they begin to play; to pit their pure celestial energies against the destrucive game of, chance. A smile of , pleasure overspreads the wreathy visage of Satan. The Village becomes a din of gambling. The boys become a slave to the gambling fiend. THE APPARATION begins to have a slight tremor. Some far seeing student, with the interest of his brother students at heart, knifes Satan in the back with an article to the Plainsman describing the evils of the practice and a plea for his brothers to turn their backs on Hell's designing representatives. He gets a laugh from many and a wrinkled brow from a few. Minds begin to creak and groan in profound thought on the new situation. More articles appear in the paper. Satan's face relaxes somewhat; the smile becomes less pronounced. He begins to fear the stabbing intellectual logic of the far-seeing man. He makes a hurried inspection of his devices only to find them still holding full sway. The boys become more corrupt. They begin to frequent the medium of iniquity more often. They begin to fail in their studies. A harraassed look begins to overshadow their fine, upright, and clean cut features. They become weak in character and morally corrupt. Satan calls up another of his companions, John Barley-Corn. The broken, miserable, dejected features begin to take solace from the intoxicating spirits of Hell. The sorrows become drowned in that old devil booze. Satan's work is most complete. The character and up-bringing of the fine student is destroyed. They are on the verge of moral pollution and destruction. The climax fast approaches. Satan is well pleased. THE PICTURE shakes violently. A large manly form approaches; it becomes more distinct. A bright piercing light begins to blind the subjects of the scene. The powerful light appears to com»- from an all powerful awe inspiring Star. Blazened across its surface for all to see are four words: Auburn Chief of Police. The Ladies' Welfare Workers and the Ladies' Aid Society had gone into consultation and chosen this blinding symbol to drive out of the Plains the demon of chance. Satan becomes struck with palsy. His companions quiver, and, shaking with a deadly fear, shrink to their leader. The light becomes more intense. The three figures begin to droop and falter; finally being consumed by the powerful light. The gameing device^ are destroyed. The town again becomes pure. A wholesome atmosphere prevails. New life is evident and all is well. Again I am led to wonder what will happen to the poor mis-guided Auburn Student when he no longer has these powerful controlling influences. FROM "SNOW BUNTINGS" They come fluttering helpless to the ground Like wreaths of wind-caught snow, Uttering a plaintive, chirping sound, And rise and fall, and know not where they go. —Frank Pruett. FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE AUDREY FULLER La VERNE WATTS Phone 9115 Smith Hall SOCIETY AND FEATURES This Department Open From 11 A. M. to 5 P. M. Daily A MAN TO A SUNFLOWER See, I have bent thee by thy saffron hair —O most strange maker— Towards my face, thy face so full of eyes —0 almost legendary monster— Thee of the saffron, circling hair I bend, Bend by my fingers knotted in thy hair —Hair like broad flames. So, shall I swear by beech-husk, spindleberry, To break thee, saffron hair and peering eye, ,-—To have the mastery? —Peter Qunnell. Miss Young Entertains In Honor Bride-to-Be Miss Elizabeth Young entertained Wednesday morning from 11:30 to 1:30 at a bridge luncheon and handkerchief shower in honor of Miss Gladys Copeland a bride-to-be. The living room and dining room were thrown en suite and decorated with a profusion of spring flowers. High score prize was won by Mrs. Phillips Hardy and the low score by Miss Gladys Copeland. After a three course luncheon was served little Miss Betty Grimes presented the gifts from a lovely silver basket to Miss Copeland. Those present were: Miss Gladys Copeland honoree; Misses Lysbeth Fullan, Marie Sewell, Elizabeth Duncan, Sara Hall Crenshaw, Leon Creel, Nola Heath, Prances Young, Mrs. Phillips Hardy, Mrs. Guy Tate, Mrs. Hugh Dillon, Mrs. Douglas Copeland, Mrs. Evans Young, Mrs. Jim Thig-pen, and Mrs. Eric Freel. McGriff-Ward Wed in Beautiful Ceremony A marriage of cordial interest to hosts of friends and one marked by impressive solemnity was that of Miss Evelyn McGriff of Columbia, Alabama to Mr. E. Fort Ward of Auburn, which was solemnized on Saturday, March 1, at high noon at the home of the bride. Rev. D. E. Bla-lock performed the ceremony in the presence of relatives and friends. • Miss Celesta Peterson sang "The Hour That Gave Me You." The only attendants were Miss Ruby Wakefield and Miss Ann McEntyre, who were flower girls. The beautiful bride was gowned in a - blue flat crepe made in period style with accessories to match. The bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McGriff. She is the brunette type of loveliness. Mr. Ward, formerly of Clayton attended the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and is well known in Auburn. Following the ceremony, the young couple left for a short motor trip and are now at home at 245 Gay street. Christian Endeavor Guests Of Dr. and Mrs. Baver The officers of the Christian Endeavor society of the Presbyterian Church held their regular monthly business meeting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Baver, Wednesday night at seven o'clock. George McMillan, president of the society presided at this meeting and led the round table discussion. Reports from several committees were received. After the business session a delightful social was thoroughly enjoyed by Misses Dorothy Parker, Edith Sleights, Mildred Hanson; Messrs. George McMillan, W. C. Kelly, John Goodman, Paul Ward, and Dr. and Mrs. Baver. Mesdames Grimes and Davis Honor Bride-Elect On Thursday morning Mrs. J. C. Grimes and Mrs. P. O. Davis entertained at the home of Mrs. Davis with a breakfast bridge honoring Miss Gladys Copeland, a bride-elect of this week. High score prize was won by Miss Leone Creel and a beautiful dance handkerchief was presented to Miss Copeland. M-E-A-T The Very Best And Any Kind MOORE'S MARKET Phone 37 Misses Spencer Hostesses At Double Bridge Party Misses Marguarite and Lillie Spencer were joint hostesses to a number of their friends at a double bridge party on Saturday afternoon and evening. There were five tables ~ of each. Ferns and Spring flowers were used in making their lovely apartment very attractive for the occasion. Dr. Baver won high score prize for men, a set of book marks, and Miss Eloise Floyd, won high schore for ladies at the afternoon party, a beautiful box of stationery, while Mrs, Mattie Lou Tate captured high score prize for the evening. Lovely refreshments were served PERSONAL MENTION Theta Epsilon Holds Initiation Theta Epsilon, local honorary home economics fraternity, held its initiation on Friday evening at the Practice House, of the Home Economics department. Immediately after the initiation a lovely party was given honoring the initiates, Misses Helen Hester, Izola Williams, Vivian Hester, Jessie Mae Carroll, Dorothy Reynolds. To be eligible to Theta Epsilon, one must have a high scholastic average and an active participation in campus activities. Blue and white, .the colors of the fraternity, were very artistically carried out in both decorations and refreshments. The active members are Misses Mignon Mallette, Lottie Collins, Pauline Watkins, Audrey Fuller, Dorothy Parker, Sallie Hamilton, Claribel Parsons, Mrs. Alice Whitcher Sandlin and Mrs. Hewitt. The fraternity, one of .the leading professional fraternities on the campus/ has grown much in the past year and is petitioning Omicron Nu, the national home economics fraternity. Kratzer's Ice Cream Your Local Dealer Has It Have the satisfaction of knowing that our products are pasteurized, and of the finest ingredients, thereby making it one of the very best. Eat the Purest and Best Sold Only by KRATZER'S Montgomery, Alabama Local Dealers Homer Wright S. L* Toomer Tiger Drug Store Miss Mary Martin, president of the Alabama Library association led a conference of this association in Birmingham last week. * * * Mrs. P. 0. Davis spent last Wednesday in Montgomery. * * * Professor C. A. Basore returned Wednesday from Jacksonville, Fla., where he attended the International Store Conference. * * * . Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Pate spent the week-end in Larigdale, Alabama, with Mrs. Patillo. * * * Mr. and Mr.s F. S. Arant visited in Andalusia and McKensie last weekend. * * * Mrs. W. N. Legan, Misses Louise Glanton and Dana Gatchell were dinner guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Toomer. * * * Miss La Verne Watts spent last week-end with relatives in Mobile. * * * L Miss Gretta Smith of New York City, who is national Y. W. A. secretary of the town division, spent last week-end with Dr. Beulah Van Wag-enen. * * * Mrs. L. D. Stodghill, who has been confined to her room with a fractured rib, is much improved. * * * Mrs. G. A. Trollope is visiting her family in Albany, Georgia. * * * Dea l and Mrs. J. J. Wilmore are making a short visit in Anniston, Alabama. * * * A telegram has been received^an-nouncing the arrival of a son to Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Rud at Plymouth, North Carolina. Mrs. Rud will be remembered here as Miss Sabrie Williams, '24. * * * Miss Ernestine Hill arrived here on Wednesday from Alabama College to spend a few days with her parents, Professor and Mrs. W. W. Hill. * * * Dr. Inzer, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Montgomery, will conduct services for the Baptist Church during "Religious Week." Dr. Inger has the reputation as one of the most interesting speakers of the South. While in Auburn, Dr. Inzer will be the house guest of Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Edwards. * * * The Baptist Woman's Missionary Society has just completed a week of prayer for Home Missionaries. The programs have been quite interesting and each one well attended. * * * Miss Ella Heard, principal of the elementary school of Auburn, is improving after a severe illness. * » * Mrs. J. T. Kennedy has her mother as her guest this week. y * * * Mrs. B. D. Lazarus entertained at "Tea" on Friday at four complimenting Mrs. Stoffoegen of Fredericksburg,, Virginia, and Mrs. W. B. Lee. * * * Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Scott have as tea guests Sunday afternoon Dr. and Mrs. Fred Allison, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Toomer, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Shi, Dean and Mrs. M. J. Funchess, Mrs. Burke and her mother, Mrs. A. D. Burke, of Wheeling, West Va. * * * Miss Francis Young is at home from Montevallo due to illness. She will not return. C. P. Boyd Weds Miss Janice Bonner Friends of Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Boyd will be interested to learn that their son, C. P. Boyd, was married to Miss Janice Bonner of Fordyce, Arkansas, last month. The bride is a most talented musician, having studied piano, pipe-organ, and violin, in Conservatories in Cincinnati and Chicago. Mr. Boyd is a graduate of Auburn in the class of '24, and while here was one of Auburn's best track men, having won several medals and making his letter in competitive meets. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd spent their honeymoon in Havana, Cuba, visiting his brother, Mr. W. W. Boyd and family, and then returned to Harpon Springs, Florida, to make their home. The many friends of "Ceepy" extend to him their congratulations. State Regent Guest Of Local D. A. R. The officers of the Light Horse Harry Lee Chapter of Auburn and Mrs. Zebulon Judd and Mrs. C. A. Basore were invited to a meeting of the Martha Wayler Jefferson Chapter. The principal address was given by Mrs. Watt T. Brown, state regent for the D. A. R. After the meeting the guests motored back and had dinner with Mrs. Judd. Those present were Mesdames Phillip Hardy, Bradford Knapp, C. A. Basore, J. M. Burt, state president of U. D. C, of Opelika; W. T. Brown, of Birmingham; Elinor Ingram and Clara Yarbrough, and Miss Mary Martin. Mesdames Powell and Rogers Hostesses At Bridge Party On Thursday afternoon Mrs. P. P. Powell and Mrs. Allen Rodgers gave a v--'dge party at the home of Mrs. Powell for a number of their friends. The St. Patrick idea with colors of green and white were used effectively in the living and dining rooms. White sweet peas and ferns were used as a centerpiece on the beautiful tea table. Mrs. C. P. Townsley won high score prize and Mrs. W. E. Sewell, consolation prize. The following tea guests called later in the evening: Mrs. S. B. Hay, Mrs. O. D. Langston, Mrs. B. H. Crenshaw, Mrs. C. A. Cary, and Miss Lula Forbes of Birmingham. Misses Gatchell and Glanton Hostesses At Bridge Misses Dana Gatchell and Louise Glanton were hostesses _to a number of their friends with a bridge party (at the Practice House on Saturday evening. High score prize was won by Mrs. C. R. Hixon, and cut prize was won by Dr. and Mrs. Scott. Beautiful refreshments were served to about thirty-two guests. Mrs. Toomer Entertains At Quail Breakfast Mrs. S. L. Toomer has as honor guest at a quail breakfast on Tuesday, Mrs. Stoffoegen, of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The local guests were Mrs. W. B. Lee, Mrs. C. Hixon, Mrs. C. A. Basore, Mrs. Bradford Knapp, Mrs. Lazarus, and Mrs. Bruce Mc- Ghee. Phi Kappa Sigma Entertained At Bridsre Mrs. B. R. Showalter and Mrs. Albert Thomas entertained with a bridge-dance party at the lovely home of Mrs. Thomas on Thursday evening in honor of the members of the Phi Kappa Sigma Sorority. Rev. and Mrs. S. B. Hay Entertain Christian Endeavor The members of the Presbyterian Christian Endeavor were delightfully entertained Wednesday at a luncheon given by Rev. and Mrs. S. B. Hay at their home on Thach Avenue. FOR RENT: Two Rooms, private entrance, unfurnished. 132 Rot* St. Mr*. A. H. Chrietzberg. Buy on Easy Terms Your Credit Is Good At Rosenberg's Pocket Watches, Strap Watches, Wrist Watches Small Weekly or Monthly Payments Rosenberg's Jewelry Co. Opelika, Ala. Next To Rainbow Theatre Woman's Club News By Mr». C. P. Towniley The music department of the Woman's Club met on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. High. Mrs. Homer Wright was also a hostess. Mrs. Doner, the chairman of the department, gave the program, which was devoted to "II Trovatore," in preparation for the presentation of that opera in Atlanta this season. Mrs. Doner gave a resume of the story, playing on the orthophonic vic-trola the following selections: From Act I, "Peaceful is the Night"; from Act II, "The Anvil Chorus", "Fierce Flames are Soaring", "At My Mercy Lay the Foe"; from Act III, "The Vows We Plighted", "Tremble, ye Tyrants", from Act IV; "Miserere", "Home to Our Mountains." On Thursday Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Barnes entertained the home economics department of the club. Mrs. Killebrew was in charge of the meeting, in which talks by Mrs. Weaver and Miss Glanton on child development were followed in a general discussion. The Art department also met on Thursday at the home of Mrs. Baughman. Mrs. Ward gave an excellent talk on Watteau, Hogarth, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Constable, Turner, David, and Delacroix. Mrs. Cary has been elected active chairman of the department since Mrs. Biggin was not well enough to finish her term as head of the department which she organized. Mrs. Edwards Gives Plate Supper For Y. W. Mrs. J. R. Edwards was hostess Wednesday at six o'clock to Y. W. A. girls. A splendid program led by Miss Berta Dunn was given after which a bounteous plate supper was served. The program was made up of talks given by various members of the gathering. Mrs. Pate Hostess At Bridge Shower Mrs. Pate was a charming hostess on Wednesday afternoon at a five table bridge shower given in honor of Miss Gladys Copeland. Beautiful Spring flowers were used in making her home attractive for the occasion. Mrs. Sarah McDonald won high prize, while the honoree was presented with a lovely silver salt and pep-peer set. Delicious refreshments were served to about twenty guests. Murff Hawkins is the "Biggest Frog Man in the South." See "Miss Blue Bonnet." Mesdames High and Killebrew Hostesses On last Saturday afternoon at three, Mrs. J. T. High and Mrs. C. D. Killebrew were joint hostesses at a lovely bridge party in honor of the active members of the Alpha Beta Chapter of Chi Omega. Cardinal and straw, the fraternity colors, predominated in the living and dining rooms. Bridge was enjoyed throughout the afternoon, Mrs. Bradford Knapp winning high score prize and Miss Lillian Meadows, low score. Delicious refreshments were served in the dining room from an attractive tea table with a centerpiece of cardinal spring blossoms and straw tapers. Mrs. J. C. Grimes very graciously presided at the table, pouring tea, while cakes and mints were served by Misses Inez Shepherd and Audrey Fuller. Those present were: Mesdames Hixon, Basore, Knapp, Toomer, Davis, McCulloch, Allison, and Misses Ruth Murray, Mary Louise Hakanson, Louise Bedell, Bertha Northrup, Miriam Toulmin, Mildred Wood, and Helen Shackleford. Mrs. Toomer Entertains Friends At Cards On Thursday evening, Mrs. S. L. Toomer has as her guests at cards, Mesdames Wilmore, Yarbrough, Askew, B. F. Thomas, Shi, Bohler, Wood, Kennedy, Hudson, and Misses Lane and Whitcher. Mrs. Wilmore won top score and Miss Lane consolation prize. • See "Miss Blue Bonnet". Lore Of Unknown Tribe To Be Brought To U. S. Chicago — (IP) — The Associated Press reports the return to this count ry of W. D. Hambly, who has brought to the Field Museum of Natural History here the lore of a little known primitive tribe—the Ovimbun-dus. Among the strange customs of the tribe, which inhabits the west coast of Africa, is a superstition that a blacksmith is not skilled until he has killed a man. The superstition was that the spirit of the victim entered a wooden idol, which the blacksmith kept nearby. A tribe undressed and unashamed, and another in which the women lean to slight garb when past the age of 18, was found. One tribe worshiped a white crocodile, said to be 200 years old, and carefully watched by the British Government for fear small children would be fed the monster as sacrifices. One forbidden custom, but practiced nevertheless, is a barbaric test of boys before admission into a tribe as men. They undergo beatings and minor mutilation and then are forced to dance in front of the girls, from whom they choose a wife. The girls undergo a similar ordeal, but Dr. Humbly was not allowed to witness anything except the dance. The beatings are especially severe and the surgery often brings death from infection, in which case the wooden vessel, from which the subject ate, is sent to the boy's mother with a hole punched in it,- signifying that the boy was not fitted to become a man. HILL & CATON BARBER SHOP Next to Burton's Bookstore TOOMER'S WILL GIVE YOU SERVICE DRUG SUNDRIES DRINKS, SMOKES THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY ON THE CORNER Strengthen your Defense Mechanism DEAN M I L L I O N a day Pause that refreshes The best defense is the attack. The best time to attack is when you're feeling good. Yon feel your best when refreshed. Q.E.D.; also, Eh, Voila! —Coca-Cola! Refreshment—that's the true inward meaning of Coca-Cola. Ice-cold, sparkling, delicious— an all-day drink, pure as sunlight. For millions of people, every day, Coca-Cola is the first thought and the last word in wholesome refreshment. Tfc* Coca-Col. C i f j , A H f . Ga. CW-* I V PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930 • • • ~ • • " — - • - - •'• • - > - • - " • fkl P^ r=^ D ADRIAN TAYLOR, Editor RHODES WASSON, Associate Editor Elmer Salter, Contributor; Harry Barnes, Freeman Barnes, W. C. Free, Charles Trice, Assistants • BASEBALL SEASON OPENS WITH FORTBENNING FRIDA Y, MARCH 14 The Alabama Polytechnic Institute baseballers will open their 1930 28- game schedule Friday afternoon, March 14, with Fort Benning furnishing the opposition on Drake Field. The two teams will also play a return game Saturday afternoon at Fort Benning. The Tigers will have had seven weeks of strenuous work when they meet the Army team. Coach Sheridan ordered his squad to report the early part of February and they have had long workouts given to^them every afternoon since they first donned the diamond attire. No startling developments have taken place during the training grind and the veterans have shown up well and the sophomores expected to fill regular berths have come through all right and should make the Orange and Blue tossers again contenders for the Southern Conference baseball pennant. Harry Lloyd, third base; Pug Riley, second base, and Phil Hodges, left field, are a trio of sophomores expected to be sure starters in the opening game. Ray Prim and G. C Smith, also first-year varsity men, will round out the varsity hurling staff with Dunham Harkins and Buck Carter. The only position that a strong battle is still being waged for is behind the plate. Rupert Ingram, veteran, and Chas. Kaley, a sophomore with world of promise, are waging a merrv fight. Who will catch in the initial game will hardly be known until the umpire calls out the batteries for the day. Whether the Plainsmen will again be weak in the field is still a mystery but it is almost a certainty that they will be one of the strongest, if not the strongest, offensive teams in Dixie. In Capt. Jim Crawford^ Alt. Capt. Joe Burt, Phil Hodges, Frock Pate, Harry Lloyd, Buck Carter and Ben Newton, the Bengals will present seven of the hardest hitting college players in collegiate baseball, as all are noted for their ability to slam out base knocks when needed. The four leading pitchers on the Auburn Baseball Stars Are Making Good In Professional Leagues C. O. Stewart, captain of Auburn's 1926 baseball team, is at present fighting for the keystone position on the Cleveland Indian club of the American League. Stewart is one of the leading contenders for this position, and his many friends hope that he will be successful in breaking into the "Big Time". Stewart comes to Cleveland from Shreveport, where he' made an enviable record in the Texas League. Jelly Akin, star outfielder on the '28 championship team has secured his release from the Jackson club of the Cotton States League, and will probably tryout with the Montgomery Lions of the Southeastern League. Ben Sankey, star shortstop on the '28 championship team has reported to the Pittsburg Pirates ,ho are training on the Pacific coast. Sankey worked out with the Auburn squad before leaving for the coast, and should be in excellent condition to capture the shortstop position. "Lefty" Wattwood left his home in Goodwater, Ala. a few days ago to join the Chicago White Sox club of the American League. Wattwood was an excellent outfielder while at Auburn, and last year he played regularly in the White Sox outfield, being one of the leading hitters of the club. George Grant,"star pitcher while at Auburn, has been with the Cleveland Indians for some time, and has pitched very consistently. team, Buck Carter, Dunham Harkins, Ray Prim and G. C. Smith, probably will have a chance to perform on the mound in the series with Benning. It is a little too early in the season to let one pitcher go the full route so Coach Sheridan probably will divide the hurling duties among his four stars if the opening games are close, and let his other pitchers see service if Capt. Crawford & Co. run up a very big lead. Uncle Sams boys always have formidable teams in every sport and are noted for holding the Plainsmen to close scores when meeting them in athletic competition. They will not have as much training as Auburn, but should give the Tigers strong opposition as players with several years experience are listed on their team. Coach Sheridan has not given out his starting lineup for the tilt with Fort Benning but it probably will be: Hodges, left field; Kaley or Ingram, catcher; Crawford, center field; Newton, first base; Burt, right field; Pate, shortstop; Lloyd, third base; Riley, second base, and Carter, Prim, Smith and Harkins, pitchers. Duke Places Five Men on All-Star Cage Team Duke's Blue Devils, runners-up in the southern conference basket ball tournament which closed in Atlanta tournament which closed in Athens, Tuesday night, placed two men on the All-Star team selected for the Associated Press by sport writers and coaches. Alabama, the champions, Tennessee and Kentucky, each had one player on the mythical honor squad. Councillor, Duke's flashy little forward, was an almost unanimous choice for forward, although he failed to score a single field goal in the titular game, while nearlv every sport writer and coach named Weerber, of Duke and McBrayer of Kentucky, for the guard posts. Lindy Hood had a narrow margin of victory over Joe Croson, Duke's pivot man, while votes for the other forward position were scattered among a half dozen players. The First Team :H«i|!lt fM'f^i. MtiM BEN NEWTON, JIM CRAWFORD, JOE BURT This group composes the three leading hitters on the Auburn baseball squad. Members of this trio hit from the left side at plate, and are dangerous sluggers. Joe Burt is alternate captain of the team, and is the left gardener. Jim Crawford, captain of the team, and center fielder. Ben Newton, the elongated first baseman and noted for his terrific drives. BASKETBALL QUINTESSENCE By ADRIAN TAYLOR . - - J Georgia Tech 43—Tulane 31 The Southern Conference basketball tournament opened very successfully in Atlanta Friday with Georgia Tech surprsing the large gallery by their one-sided victory over Tulane. The first half proved to be very close, but n the second half the Engineers went on a scoring rampage and accounted for 32 points making a total score of 53-31. A feature of the game was the excellent performance of Preacher Roberts, noted football center, who perhaps set a record by shooting seven consecutive throws. * * » * * Name Councillor Corbitt Hood McBrayer Werber r Sanford Smith Croson Dodd W. Laney (c) R.F. L.F. C R.G. L.G. rhe Second Team R.F. L.F. C R.G. L.G. School Duke Tennessee Alabama Kentucky Duke Georgia Alabama Duke Tennesse Alabama TALLASSEE DEFEATS GOODWATER 22 TO 8 Repulsed twice before this season, the Tallassee High basket'ers put up a determined drive to victory, and won the third meeting of the year with Goodwater High by a 22-8 score. The excellent defense of the Tallassee team permitted Goodwater but two field goals, one in each half. Putting on a scoring spurt in the final period, the Purple dribblers shot ahead to a safe lead after the two teams has clung together for three quarters. The score at half period was 5-4 in favor of Tallassee. The close defensive work featured the play. K. Mclntoch, high point scorer of the fourth district tournament held at Auburn, and selected for the all-district team, again featured the nights performance, receiving excellent assistance from Waldrop and W. Mclntoch. Gilliand was the outstanding player for Goodwater. Both of these High School have excellent teams, and are the favorites to win the State Tournament. Georgia 26—North Carolina 17 The Georgia Bulldogs defeated the University of North Carolina bas-keteers, 26-17, in a close and interesting game. Especially was the first half resplendent with thrills, and the opening of the second half saw Georgia trailing by a score of 13-8. However, by an excellent rally, the- Bulldogs accounted for 12 points while the Tarheels,were still clinging to their 13 points. After this rally the Bulldogs were never in danger, and remained in the lead. Sanford' a Catfish Smith taking prominent parts in the rally. * * * * * Duke 43—L. S. U. 34 The Duke Blue Devils after starting forth with a lead of 26-9 over the L. S. U. Tigers, suffered a letdown, and before they could score another point, the Tigers had reduced the margin to a score of 26-23. However, the Blue Devils managed to control the situation, and ended the game in a blaze of glory, winning by a score of 43-34. * * * * * Kentucy 26—Maryland 21 •The Kentucky Wildcats faced a very strong and determined club in the Old Liners of Maryland, however the Wildcats proceeded with their precision like defense, and combined with their workmanlike offense, proved to be the masters, winning 26-21. The shooting of Berger, and the passing of Radice featured Maryland's playing. v * * * * * Alabama 31—Clemson 22 The Clemson Tigers put up a determined struggle in their opening game with the strong Alabama club. The Bama basketeers jumped into an early lead by scoring 10 points before the Tigers could register. But from that time on the Tigers lead in the scoring and were always dangerous. * * * * * Tennesse 28^-V. M. I. 20 Coach Britton of the Tennessee squad gave the fans a treat by starting some of his football stars in the game with V. M. I. Hackman, Mc- Ever and Dodd were all in Tennes-ee's starting lineup, but after ten minutes of play, with neither side scoring, Coach Briton introduced his veterans into the fray, and from then on, the Vols had little trouble in winning 28-20. * * * * * W. & L. 33—Mississippi 29 In the only extra period game played in the opening bracket, the Generals of Washington and Lee defeated Ole Miss 33-29. The Generals appeared to be worn out by their pre-tournament games, and were very sluggish, and were quite extended in their victory over Mississippi. * * * * * Sewanee 25—N. C. State 19 The Sewanee Tigers eliminated last year's conference champions in their opening game of the tourney, and played a fast and excellent game. The astonishing long shots of Goodman, Sewanee guard, were the deciding factor of the game for the Tigers, however, the State team never functioned as it was capable of doing. * * * * * Alabama 29—Georgia 26 The Crimson Tide continued in its march to conference honors by a hard earned victory over the Georgia Bulldogs, winning the quarter final game by a margin of three points. The Bulldogs were somewhat handicapped by the loss of the services of their Captain and star forward, Palmer, who was forced to retire in the earlier part of the game due to a prev iously sustained leg injury. Laney, and Hood did noble work for Ala bama, while Smith and Sanford play ed well for Georgia. * * * * * Tennesse 38—W. & L. 29 The Generals were unable to emerge from their seista, and lost to the Vols 38-29. Bobby Dodd, who is as much at home on the hardwood as he is on the gridiron, • continued to loop the basket with astounding accuracy, and was one of,the main cogs in the Vol victory. * * * * * -. Kentucy 44—Sewanee 22 The Kentucy Wildcats, who had the most efficient defense of any of the competitors, doubled the score on the Sewanee Tigers, which made them strong contenders for the championship. Combs played a nice game for the Wildcats, while Goodman did good work for Sewanee. * * * * * Duke 44—Georgia Tech 35 Georgia Tech continued to be the surprise of the tourney, by their close decision with the Duke Blue Devils. Duke had a hard struggle conquering the Jackets, and but for the fast work of Councellor and Croson for Duke, the Enginers would have undoubtedly won. * * * * * Duke 37—Kentucy 32 Kentucky lost to Duke iiv the semifinal game in a fast and interesting game. These two teams, having an excellent defense as well as a skilled Percy Beard Selected on National Intercollegiate Honor Roll, Is Reported Percy Beard, captain of Auburn's 1929 track team and one of the leading hurdlers in the United States, has been selected on the National Collegiate Honor Roll. Beard is the only brack star below the Mason-Dixon line to receive this honor. Making the National Collegiate Honor Roll is equivalent to being selected on the Ail-American track team. Five men are selected on this honor roll in each event whose records have been the most outstanding during the season. No single All- American team is selected in track. Rockaway, Ohio State; Anderson, Washington; Collier, Brown; and Nichols, Stanford, are the other star timber toppers selected with Beard for their outstanding records in running the 120-yard high hurdles. Beard's remarkable record of 14 and four-fifths second in the 120- yard high hurdles was made in the Tech Relays. This was his first meet of the season and was the only one that he was closely pushed to win. In the other meets he engaged in, he always saved himself for the low hurdles and broad jump. He is Southern record holder in the low hurdles and is the present Southern Conference broad jump champion. While Beard spent several hours on the track every afternon under Coach Wilbur Hutsell during his college career. He failed to neglect his studies. His grand average of 94.12 for his four years at the Cornerstone was the highest made by any member of the 1929 graduating class. His best year on the cinder was also his best year in the classroom. His average for the first semester last year taking Civil Engineering was 96.20, while he increased his average during the second semester to 96.38. His scholastic record is to be envied, but his track record is much better as his average in jumping the timbers and the broad jump was 99.99. Beard is at present instructing in Civil Engineering here and working out every afternon on Drake Field. INDOOR WORKOUTS FEATURED IN DIAMOND PRACTICE SESSIONS offense played one of the hardest games of the tourney. The Wildcats set a foul shot record that will probably stand for some time. The club took 14 foul shots at the basket and made them all good. Also, McBrayer, for Kentucky, shot 10 foul shots out of 10 attempts. » * * * * * Alabama 32—Tennesse 22 With Alabama getting off to her usual slow start, the Vols gave the Bama five a hard struggle, and for the opening ten minutes of the.game lead by a score of 10-6. However, Bill Laney began to cavort about the floor, and with Lindy Hood's assistance, the Tidemen began to step into the lead, and won the game 32-22. Greenblott and Dodd were the stars for Tennessee, while Hood, Laney and Wamby were the luminaries for the Tide. * * * * * Alabama 31—Duke 24 Alabama won the Southern Conference championship crown in the annual tournament by their victory over the Duke Blue Devils. This final victory of the tournament completed a perfect schedule for the Tide as they have been through the entire season without a defeat. This was also Bama's first basketball championship. The game was brilliant throughout, and the wonderful offense of the Blue Devils was completely baffled by the superior defense exhibited by the Tide. With the exception of the first three minutes of the game, Bama continued in the lead, and with Wamby and Hood playing a superb game, the Tide set a stiff pace. Both teams played a good game, and the 1930 tourney ended in a blaze of glory. While King Winter and Jupe Plu-vius are reigning at the Loveliest Village, coach Fred Sheridan is working his baseball candidates indors. One generally thinks that indor workouts are much easier than outdoors, but it is just the opposite with the Plainsmen. About the only art concerning the diamond that the Tigers are not mastering on the gym floor is batting. Every other conditioning exercise is being given the pill pasters so that they will be in good condition to put in several hours of hitting daily when Spring arrives again. Coach Sheridan has his tossers jumping the rope, throwing the medicine ball and working on the parallel bars for the early part of the afternoon, while calesthenics and tug of wars»between two squads occupy the closing minutes of the two hour drills. Roy "Frock" Pate has already captured one championship this season as he was crowned the champion rope jumper on the varsity squad. Pate jumps the rope like the veteran boxers as he has used this method of getting into condition on past .occasions. The regular shortstop last seasons is getting in good shape and should have his best year. He was ate in getting in playing condition last year but reported to Coach Sheridan in" pretty good shape after performing with the Orange and Blue dribblers. . His injured hand is healing rather slow which necessitates him not participating in the batting practices but this is giving him more time to improve his fielding, which he is doing. He has shown in the past that he can swing a wicked stick when hits are needed, so no one is worried about his hitting. Joe Burt is receiving additional exercise as his waist line is spreading in all directions with no signs of stopping at present. Coach Sheridan is giving him plenty of exercise to reduce his "bay window" as he fears that his slugging outfielder and alt-captain will lose some of his 1929 form if he takes on more excess weight Ben Newton, hard-hitting first baseman, is suffering with eye trouble which will keep him out of uniform for a week or more. Newton was coming along good at the initial sack as he was grabbing grounders in all directions and also has been very timely with the hickory. While Newton is under the care of Dr. B. F. Thomas, college physician, Louis Gholston is filling his shoes at first sack and showing up well. The Bengals hurling staff will be composed of a trio of right handers and four southpaws. Buck Carter and Dunham Harkins, mainstays last season, and G. C. Smith, sophomore, are the members of the pitching corps throwing from the right side, while Ray Prim, Vernard Vines, Clarence West, and Troy Hall are the left handers. Prim is one of the best looking southpaws wearing the Auburn colors seen here in several years. He has speed, change of pace, a baffling delivery, and what other throwers from the left side generally lack—control. Very few free deliveries are issued by this promising sophomore mounds-man as he generally hits the target set by the catchers most every time. The record achieved by Beard is also another honor for Coach Wilbur Hutsell, one of the greatest track mentors in the nation. Weems Bas-kin, one of the assistant coaches on the Plainsman staff, and Euil Snider, are other track stars developed by Coach Hutsell who have received both national and international recognition. Baskin was a leading hurdler, while Snider won laurels in the dashes. Snider was a member of the 1928 United States Olyppic team along with Coach Hutsell who served as assistant coach. SPORT SHORTS In the hotbed of basketball, where the caliber of the game provides the keenest of competition all season, little Butler University has sprung into national prominence. Last winter with a lanky lad named Hildebrand always in the foreground, the Hoosier team was victorious in all but one game. Among their victims were such worthy opponents as Notre Dame, Illinois, Pittsburgh, Purdue, North Carolina and Missouri, to say nothing of the many clever fives in the State of Indiana. * * * When the Washington shell pulls down the Hudson in June, Captain Davis will be handling the bow *ar, which post he has had for two years in the Pbughkeepsie regatta and the colorful California-Washington race. In the words of his coach, Al Ulbrick-son, "Davis has more on the oar than any bowsman I've seen . . . and he is the lightest man in our boat, weighing only 160 pounds." The name of Dartmouth is more intimately associated with college winter sports than any other one institution, fof the annual outdoor carnival at Hanover is the greatest spectacle of its kind. Naturally, at Dartmouth the winter sports team is an important phase of the athletic scheme. This year the Big Green was captained by H. N. Sander, a quiet, unassuming member of the Dartmouth Outing Club. * * * The captain of the Northwestern aquatic team, Al Schwai-tz, has cracked every national intercollegiate record in the free style events. He holds claim to the fastest marks in the forty and fifty yard dashes and the hundred, two-twenty and four-forty free style swims. And yet the Purple natator cannot follow the diet regulations prescribed by Coach Tom Robinson for the other men on the squad. Its the s JEFFERSON SAKE* HOTIL Sari •••*— 17th St. Downtown 850 ROOMS iMh wMk Bath, Calling Fans Olr»wlatl*« IM Water. rWO LOUNCaW • BALLROOM HNam atoOffcOfTEE SHOP PLAYS FOR RATES DAILY CONCERTS AMD U» "^tm^ OTEL IN THE SOUTH DANCING FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE Negro Must Utilize Advantage To Live Says Dr. Moton Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, said that if the negro is to survive the test of modern civilization, he must utilize every medium and instrument of advancement. Speaking at exercises observing the charter date of Howard university, the negro educator said that "We, as negroes, find ourselves situated in the midst of an advanced civilization which has required in the aggregate thousands of years for its development." "In spite of our limited opportunities," he added, "we are measured by the same standards, we carry the same standards, we carry the same re sponsibilities and in spite of all handicaps we are expected to meet the competition of larger wealth, greater numbers, more favorable opportunities and unlimited resources. "If we survive in such a situation it must be only as we secure for ourselves every medium and instrument of advancement possessed bv those around us. B ythe logic of events, the negro must have every type of education to meet the demands of conditions with which he is confronted." Dr. Moton said that "We are fortunate that from the beginning we have had the cooperation and unselfish devotion of a host of men and women of another race representing the finest culture and the noblest traditions of our land from the north and also from the south, men and women who have counted it a privilege to serve in the emancipation of a race from poverty and ignorance." Ready Takers Found For Ancient Books Old Teacher Sees Student's Success Boston—(IP)—Three thousand old books, including such as "A Remedy for Bunions" and "The Sap in Trees", found ready takers from shelves at Goodspeed's Bookshop on Park street when they were given away, ten to a customer. The musty, dusty old volumes found no customers when offered at a dime each, but when the announcement was made that they were there for the taking the crowd showed up before the doors opened. Within an hour the free stock was gone. Students found text books of all descriptions. Fiction, long since forgotten, was again popular. Theological books went along with the rest Many men and women grabbed their quota at random and withdrew—after a struggle—to the sidewalk where they inspected their haphazard choices. There were those who expressed dissatisfaction with what they got— but they were those who expected to find rare editions. One woman lugged ten books from the chop and handed them to a livried chauffeur standing at a limosine. A little old lady made three trips into the place, each time leaving with arms book-laden to cache them i n * nearby doorway and then return. The answer to it all? The lease on the famous old premises expired and rather than hire movers to shift the old books to the two other Good-speed shops it was decided to give them away. Charles Dawes Seeks For Lost Atlantis Washington—(IP)—The age old search for the mystery of Atlantis, has engaged the sympathy of Ambassador Charles G. Dawes, who has employed Professor Charles Upson Clark, of Yale University, to go to the library of the Vatican, in Rome, to seek the key to the Mayan mysteries. The legend of Atlantis, much of which may be true, has it that it was a great continent of peacefulness, industry and wealth, whose people un-purged by travail, turned to sin for excitement. Then came a day of darkness when the sun was hidden by black clouds, and the earth trembled, and a great wave of the sea submerged Atlantic and its people. Today there stand the Mayan ruins, inscribed with hieroglyphics no man can read, although the Mexican and Guatamalan governments, the Carnegie Foundation and many exploring archeologists have labored for decades to find the key to their mysteries. Elyria, O.— (IP)—Fifty years ago, when she was quitting as teacher of the little red school house at Mercer Bottoms, W. Va., Mrs. Ella McConnell told a twelve-year-old boy whom she had taught from the first grade: "Johnny, I expect to hear great things from you." Today Mrs. McConnell, 79, widow of a Methodist minister, and for the past three years an inmate of the Home for the Aged here, is thinking of her experiences last week on her first trip to New York as the guest of Dr. John William Withers, dean of the Graduate school of Education at New York University, at the dedication services for a twelve story building of the graduate school there. One night she sat on the right of Dr. Withers at a banquet in his honor. John William Withers was the boy who showed aptitude for mathematics when he entered the first grade under Mrs. McConnell and whom she urged to "make a name for himself." Since she left him 50 years ago, Withers has been a teacher in West Virginia schools, president of the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio; head of the Harris Teachers College at St. Louis, superintendent of schools at St. Louis and since 1921 dean of the graduate school of education at New York University. He has received degrees from Yale, Washington University at St. Louis, and the Universit yof Missouri. His name is in Who's Who, and he is author of books on mathematics. Virginia To Have Traveling Schools Richmond, Va. — (IP) — The Virginia department of education is considering the use of schools on wheels, equipped with blackboards, desks and other necessities, to be taken into the isolated and spacely settled mountain districts of the state. Morris Hart, state superintendent df schools, says the teacher could easily learn to drive the bus. In this way it could serve one community in the morning and another in the afternoon. Plans considered would include in the equipment a small traveling library, adequate heat, drinking water and a first aid kit. GEORGIA TECH GETS AIR FUND Mammoth Cave To Become U. S. Park Frankfort, Ky.—(IP)—A bill to appropriate a million and a half dollars for the purpose of buying up land in the vicinity of Mammoth Cave, and turn it over with the cave to the national government as a park, has been signed by Governor Flem D. Samson. The land to be given to the government includes about 70,000 acres, and will include many other caves. Congress passed a bill several years ago accepting the land as a national park whenever it should be given to the United States. New York, March 3.—A committee of trustees appointed by Ambassador Harry F. Guggenheim, president of the Daniel Guggenheim fund for the promotion of aeronautics, announced a grant of $300,000 for the establishment of an aeronautical engineering center in the south had been made to Georgia School of Technology. Some months ago the trustees of the fund announced a grant would be made to supplement previous grants by the fund for similar schools in other parts of the country. Twenty-seven requests were received frjm southern educational institutions and each was investigated. The gift brings the total grants by the fund to educational institutions to about $1,500,000. The award is the final act of the fund which officially ceased to exist January 31, last, after its officials said it had accomplished the purposes for which it was founded in 1926. Patronize our Advertisers. Always Ready t o Give You the Best of Service TOOMER'S HARDWARE CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager 150 rooms, every room with bath and showers Circulating ice water and oscillating f a n s STRICTLY FIREPROOF The Greystone Montgomery, Ala. Wolff Hotel Company Charles A. Johnson Operators Manager Good Citizen May Refuse To Bear Arms For Country Evanston, 111.—(IP)—That it is now a part of good citizenship to refuse to bear arms is the opinion of Rev. Charles Clayton Morrison, of Chicago, editor of the Christian Century, who spoke here recently before a round table discussion of the third National Study Conference of the Nation committee on churches and world peace. "We are bekind the times in talking about conscientious objectors," Dr. Morrison said. "The thing to talk about now is loyalty to the United States government. The government has signed the Paris peace pact by which it has outlawed war. Therefore it is good citizenship and the highest patriotism on the part of every individual to refuse to bear arms. "The unpatriotic citizen is he who, in spite of the government's action, continues to stir up war feelings." After a lengthy debate, the round table group adopted a resolution calling on the conference to stand for amendment of the nationalization law to permit conscientious objectors to become citizens. The discussion group also urged that American marines be recalled from Haiti and China, it was asserted, with President Hoover's statement that he has no desire to have the American government represented abroad by our military forces. Dull Students To Get Consideration In Public Schools Atlantic City—(IP)—The sluggard now gets some consideration in the public school, according to William John Cooper, United States Commissioner of Education, who delivered an address here before the department of superintendents. The old custom of punishing the sluggard and not worrying if the slow student drops out no longer prevails, he said. The sociologist and the psychologist are better able to help the child than they were a short time ago. The social adaptation of the child is growing more important, Cooper said, and it must be left to the tax payers until all are convinced of the value of the service and are willing to provide funds for it. None but the educator, he said, sees the child as an important figure in society of which he is to be a member. He does not propose to make a diplomat out of material that would be best as a butcher, but he aims at adjusting the child to a niche in life where his abilities will be best expressed. In a questionnaire sent to 54 cities with populations of 100,000 or more, 40 reported that they maintained some sort of psychological service, four psychiatric clinics and sixteen others reported having both. In 115 cities of over 30,000, 40 reported service of these types. Alabama' Farm Boys Now Enrolling For Four-H Club Work Led by their county agents Alabama farm boys are now enrolling in 4-H clubs at the rate of several thousand per month for 1930. County quotas named by them total 17,000 for the State, and T. A. Sims, State leader of 4-H club work, is assured that these quotas will be attained. Reports to date show a larger enrollment in all counties from which reports have been received. Houston County, with Henry Witherington as county agent, is leading in numbers, although several other counties are near the top. It will be a neck and neck affair until the end of the enrollment season. As the boys enroll they are making plans to buy pigs and calves or to plant seed of their crops. Cotton, corn, peanut, pigs, and dairy calves are the leading 4-H club projects in Alabama this year. Last year 13,855 Alabama white boys were enrolled in the work. Of this number 7,079 were in the cotton club; 2,484 were in corn clubs. Others were distributed among other projects. A noticeable change this year will be the extension of dairy calf club work. Two years ago only a few counties conducted this work. Last year 25 and this year 40 counties will have organized calf clubs, the boys working under the direction of their county agents and F. W. Burns, extension livestock-specialist at Auburn. In Alabama 4-H club work has finished its twentieth year. It was introduced into the State in 1909 by Prof. L. N. Duncan. Since its introduction it has been an important part of extension work in agriculture and home economics. At first co"rn was the only project. Corn club boys immediately attracted much attention with their large yields made at a low cost per bushel. The purpose of the work was' to demon-state that corn could be made a profitable crop in Alabama, and thereby take the place of a portion of cotton which at that time was threatened by the boll weevil invasion. This they succeeded in doing, which became widely known. Having succeeded with cotton, other projects were added, the second being pigs. This was done to increase the number of livestock and also to consume the corn. Later (as boll weevils made cotton production a hazardous business) cotton was added to the list in order that these youngsters might demonstrate improved practices in making cotton. In this they have succeeded World Langauge To Become Necessary Cleveland, O.—(IP)—Within two generations, the airplane, plus the radio and the talking picture, will make a world language an absolute necessity, Will B. Stout, head of the South Airplane Division of the Ford Motor Co. said here in an address before 300 purchasing agents and business executives. "The airplane • shrinking distance even more than did the automobile," Stout said, "Mexico City, for example, is 43 hours from Tampico, on the Atlantic Coast, by the fastest means of ground transport, but regularly operating air lines will carry you between the two cities in four hours. Air lines are doing and will continue to do wonders in the development of the backward countries of Central and South America and of the rest of the world and will do much to bring about the world brotherhood we all desire. "Within three years air transport will overcome its worst handicap— that of being unable to land on fogbound airports. But the problem of private ownership will not be solved until planes are developed that are easy to learn to fly." Eighteen Railroads Are Now Electrified 156-YEAR-OLD TURK MISSES LOTS OF FUN Istanbul, Turkey—(IP)—Zaro Ag-ha, 156-year-old, who claims never to have tasted liquor, will abandon his job as doorkeeper of the city hall here, it is reported, and sail shortly for the United States where he will go on a tour in favor of prohibition. Zaro has buried 11 wives, and will leave his 12th at home on his trip to the New World. Eighteen railroads in the United States which formerly operated entirely by steam, now operate electrically on about 4,300 miles of track, according to a survey of railroad electrification just completed by the Copper & Brass Research Association. This electrification r e p r e s e n ts about 1,900 miles of route, while of the 4,300 miles of track approximately 3,150 miles are in main lines. In this electrified territory the railroads have in service 465 electric locomotives and 2,750 multiple-unit cars for passenger service. Of these cars 2,150 are motor cars and the rest are trailers. In addition to the electrification already completed, six railroads have similar work under construction, two railroads have definitely announced further electrification programs and six new projects have been tentatively announced. Definitely authorized projects, says the survey, will within five or six years almost double the present electrified mileage of the steam railroads. The survey further points out that although less than 1 per cent of the route mileage of American railroads is now electrically operated, more than 100,000,000 pounds of copper have been required for the various undertakings. Michigan Daily Paper Condems Volstead Act equally as well as they did with corn and pigs. Through local clubs the county agents direct the work. In this way group action is obtained, thereby practicing a form of cooperation destined to be useful when 4-H club boys become adult farmers. The local clubs have their officers and meet from time to time to discuss their work and exchange ideas. With 17,000 boys enrolled in the work this year there will be 17,000 demonstrators in scientific production of crops or in scientific husbandry. A significant fact about the work is that many of the present leaders in agricultural work in Alabama are former club boys. Each new freshman class at Auburn contains many boys who came up through 4-H clubs; and the number seems to be increasing from year to year. Scientist Explore Cave In Nevada Las Vegas, Nev.— (IP)—Scientists are exploring neaer here a cave believed to have been inhabited by Indians about 1500 B.C. Raymond Harris, of the Southwest Museum of this city, heads a party which is delving into the mysteries of the cave which he found last winter, and from which he took skeletons which gave indication of belonging to a people skelled in the making of baskets, but who had not developed the art of pottery. The cave also contains bones which seem to Harrington to belong to the age of 25,000 years ago when saber tooth tigers and imperial elephants dominated this land. Finding of human and animal remains of the Pleistocene period de-tensive search of the cave near here. The staff will remain in the field through March, and the remainder of the year will be spent in studying and classifying relics found. Has Miss Inez Shepherd ever been in love? See "Miss Blue Bonnet." Ann Arbor, Mich.— (IP)—Prohibition has been an utter failure in most colleges and the well-soured collegiate is casually regarded today, whereas he would have been publicly ostracized before the enactment of the Volstead act. This is what the Michigan Daily, student publication of the University of Michigan, thinks of the prohibition amendment and its effect on undergraduate life, as expressed in its editorial columns recently. "It is a well known fact that prohibition, whether enforced by federal, state or university officers, has not rooted out the stubborn drink tradition among college men," the editorial said. "Rather, indeed has the reverse been true; the fascination in doing something forbidden has proved irresistible. "The very dangers of being drunk have added little-needed incentive to drinking, and college students in their sophistication have taken the feeble enforcement attempts so lightly that a thoroughly soused individual became a joke instead of a pity." Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment wouldn't solve the problem entirely, the editorial says, "but we feel that flagrant intoxication would no longer be a thing to parade as conspicuously as possible and certainly good wholesome beer would be restored to first place in the hearts of college students." George Tilley, a senior in the literary college of the University, and a member of the editorial staff of the Daily, explained that the editorial represents general observations collected by the staff writers from personal and campus contacts. Ohio University Will Have Nursery School Athens, O.— (IP)—Ohio University Co-eds are going to learn what bottle to grab when baby has the colic, and what to say when Willie takes pleasure in chopping the piano with a hatchet. A nursery school for children of pre-school age is to be opened in the cided the museum to make a more ex-Ipractice house of the department of home economics. Athens children have been registered to attend the school daily. Co-eds will supervise the play. Florence Justin of the University of Minnesota has been named director of the nursery school, with Helen Humphrey, a graduate student, as teacher. j. JTJ fOUMT TURN A DOG OUT ON A NIGHT UU THKIisfed NELL "But father, with his slick city ways and perfumed hair, he turned my head . . ." "Out ye go!" roared the irascible old yeoman... "any gal of mine that gives away the last of my smoother and better OLD GOLDS suffers the consequences. Down to the corner store with ye, and bring back a fresh carton or never darken my doorstep again!" OLD GOLD OP.UriUwdOo. FASTEST GROWING CIGARETTE IN HISTORY.. .NOT A COUGH IN A CARLOAD On your Radio... OLD GOLD-PAUL WHITEMAN HOUR. Paul Whlteman and complete orchestra . . . every Tuesday, 9 to 10 P. M., Eastern Standard Time \ PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930 St. Clair Speaks Three Times During Week Meter School and Electric Students Hear Engineer of G. E. Company B. D. St. Clair, chief engineer of instrument division of the General Electric Company, Lynn, Mass., spoke at Auburn three times this week. One lecture was to students in electrical engineering and the other two were delivered before the annual meter school. He discussed the remarkable demands which the manufacture of measuring instruments makes on the world for materials and the microscopic accuracy required in the manufacture of measuring instruments. WOMEN'S CLUB PRESENTS PROGRAM TO OPELIKANS (Continued from page 1) tion committee, gave an interesting review of current events. Songs and stunts in which both clubs participated were enjoyed. The Opelika club served delicious refreshments. Twenty- four Auburn members and seventeen from Opelika attended the joint meeting. In a business session the Auburn club voted to invite the Auburn Grammar School faculty members as gueste at the next regular luncheon to be held March 19. They also voted to give a donation to the highway beau-tification project being sponsored by the U. D. C. The Auburn business and professional women's club will participate in the third annual observance of National Business Women's Week, March 10-16, by going in a body to the Baptist Church on Sunday night, March 9, and by asking merchants to cooperate by having special window displays in which will be placed a poster prepared by the art craft class in Home Economics. A prize of $2.00 is to be given for the best poster and fifty cents each for the next four best. The Auburn library is cooperating by having a Business Women's Bookshelf for the week. One radio broadcast over WAPI will be given. This special week is sponsored by the National Federation and its affiliated clubs in an endeavor to give the individual communities of the nation a "better conception of what a business women's group means, so that they may better utilize the resources of that group in projects which make for community welfare. • METER SCHOOL DECLARED SUCCESS, PROF. DUNSTAN London Herald Prints Short World History "A Very Short History of the World" has been written for the London labor newspaper "The Daily Herald" by Osbert Sitwell, the British poet. It is a really short history. It is in full as follows: Civilization had run its court. Europe had civilized America, America Asia, Asia Africa. Wild animals had been everywhere exterminated and resources had been developed. Samuel Butler's theory that poverty was a disease had long been accepted, and with no thought for the morrow, the rich had allowed the poor, as well as the unfit to be sterilized . Consequently the servant problem became so acute that the rich nearly died out, and in the next generation there were not even enough workers to make money for the rich. Soon only doctors, scientists and newspaper proprietors were allowed to beget their children. These children, too, had their human ambitions. They had often been told by their teachers that races which did not wipe one another out became degenerate, that the only true humor was to be found in war, and that the evils that ensued on a long era of peace were intolerable. So they grew up to invent new methods of longdistance killing—and as no suffering w a s inflicted on themselves—i t ceased to be cruel. Women now not only greatly outnumbered men, but were so well educated and clever that they were too busily engaged in writing novels and pursuing political careers to cook and bear children. Civilization spread, refinement increased, until there were only two male children left in the world. They grew up, were men—the only men—and quarreled. In this emergency the women were splendid. They said, "Very natural in a man," and delivered harrangues of more than ordinary eloquence. Only one woman demurred, saying, "This is not war, but murder." The men did not falter, but proceeded to adjust their death-machines. One said: "If it is murder, it's a murder to end murder." And the other said: "This will be a fight to a finish." And it was. FRESHMAN AND VARSITY PISTOL TEAMS CHOSEN (Continued from page 1) present. Total attendance, which included Auburn seniors, numbered 130. The school was sponsored by the department of electrical engineering at Auburn in cooperation with the Alabama Power Company and other electric companies. Lectures and demonstrations showing the latest developments in meter construction and operation were given. Speakers included Professor Dun-stan; S. A. Fletcher, Alabama Power Company, Birmingham; Prof. W. W. Hill, Prof. G. H. Carlovitz, Harold King, Sangamo Electric, Birmingham; J. H. Gearhart, Duncan Electric, Birmingham; C. R. Hilley and B. D. St. Clair, General Electric Company, Atlanta, and L. G. Snyder, Westing-house Electric Company, Atlanta. Professor Dunstan said that as long as the demand exists, it is planned to make this meter school an annual event. FOR RENT:—-Two rooms and bath, private entrance. Also large front room. Phine 75-J. (Continued from page 1) of the Pistol Team, announces that there is a little difficulty met in procuring matches with other colleges due to the fact that Auburn uses a .22 calibre pistol, while so many colleges use a .45 calibre pistol. Challenges have been sent to numerous colleges and further announcements of the matches will be made later. Probable matches will be made with the Colorado' Agricultural School, The University of Missouri, Purdue, The Oregon Aggies, and with Princeton. BELIEVE IT OR NOT The river system of the world carry to the oceans about 6,500 cubic miles of water each year? The damage done by a lone white wolf in Montana has been estimated to be over $8,000.00? He has not been captured yet. Sea water contains about 1,500 tons of solid matter per cubic mile? The Westinghouse plant at Schenectady, N. Y., has a floor space of over 22% million square feet? The skeleton of a shark is not bone, but gristle? There are 600 varieties of seaweed in Japan? The tallest elephant known was 11 feet, 4 inches in height? Start the Day Right —W i t h Electrik Maid rolls for breakfast. Their crispness, their delicious flavor, add zest to the morning meal, and help start the day in good style. Good bread, rolls, pastries, with the true homemade flavor—that's what you get when you buy Electrik Maid! There's no better time to start than now. Electrik-Maid Bake Shop Owned and operated by citizens. Home of "verything Good That's Baked "TASTE THE DIFFERENCE" ELECTRIK-MAID BAKE SHOP AUBURN, ALA. FILMS OF ALABAMA WILD LIFE READY FOR RELEASE BY COMMISSIONER QUINN Motion pictures of Alabama's wild life, on which the Department of Game and Fisheries has been working since last August, have been finally completed, and are now being shown throughout the State. Organizations interested in a showing of these pictures should communicate with the department requesting an engage ment, so that necessary arrangements may be made, Commissioner I. T. Quinn announced yesterday. The complete motion picture record that has been made consists of five reels, titled as follows: More Fish for the Fishermen: This shows scenes of the State Fish Hatchery, and the propagation and distribution of fish to the public waters of the State. The hatchery is one of the most modern in the South, and has attracted much attention. The methods of fish culture employed will be of interest not only to fishermen but to others as well. Glimpses of Outdoor Alabama: Scenes of a fix chase, of quail and deer hunting, and many forms of wild life, compose this reel. It takes the spectator into some of the world's finest hunting grounds and ends with one of the Allison deer hunts. Sport Fishing in Alabama: This reel was filmed during Alabama's First Annual Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, which attracted national attention to the State's coastal waters. It shows deep sea fishing at its best, and contains views of some of the numerous species of fish with which the coastal waters abound. There are several scenes here of a leaping tarpon, which show action from start to finish. Those who see this reel will realize that it is not necessary to leave Alabama to enjoy the best sport fishing. Let's go Fishing: This is complementary -to the deep sea reel, being made up of scenes of fresh water fishing. The cameraman has caught fishermen at many of the favorite fishing holes throughout the State and incidentally has secured some beautiful scenes a l o n g various streams. Alabama's Seafood Industry: This is an educational picture of the little known but very interesting seafood industry carried on along the Alabama coast. A complete story is given of the taking and canning of shrimp and there are also scenes of some of Alabama's fine oysters. The pictures have been carefully planned, and will serve to bring to even the experienced hunter and -fisherman much valuable information on the wild life resaurces of the State No A'abamian can see them without exper'encing a- feeling of pride in his native State, it is declared. Intellectuals To Get Break In College Philadelphia, P.—(IP)—-Less attention must be. concentrated on the "scholar" and more of those who are primarily intellectual by the colleges, Dr. Karl G. Miller, professor of Psychology and director of admissions at the University of Pennsylvania said recently in an address here. Dr. Miller said that from his contact with the parents of boys seeking admission to the university he felt that the "proud father wants his son to go through a ripening process, to make many contacts, to become interested in many things, to have a good deal of fun and to do reasonably well in his studies." "I do not mean to imply," he continued, "that the candidate or his father is unmindful of the academic values of the college career. The boy would not want to enter an institution with low scholastic standards, and his father would not foot the bill for a program involving no work and all play. Father and son both believe that the college will" provide knowledge and training which will be of real benefit in later life. "But, unless I am mistaken, the love of learning, the inspiration for research— these do not appear in the definitions of college education as it exists in the minds of prospective students and their parents. "Certainly we are confronted with two almost diametrically opposed definitions of the purpose of college edu cation. "The college should, and I believe does, provide stimulation for the awakening of intellectual interests and for the fostering of true scholarship. But obviously, the college is serving a quite different function in response to the demand of the Ameri- Hungarian War Prisoners Unable To Leave Russia "Believe it or not, 10,000 Hungarian prisoners of war are still living in Russia, 16 years after the outbreak of the war and 12 after the armistice. They would like to return to their homes, but cannot do so chiefly because they have not enough money to pay for the long journey from Russia to Hungary." This surprising statement was made to the United Press by Dr. Bela Fabian, member of the Hungarian chamber of deputies and one of the leaders of the Democratic party, during a recent visit to Berlin. He has undertaken to bring the 10,000 Hungarians home from Siberia. Dr. Fabian has made several fiery speeches in the Hungarian parliament on the subject, urging the government and the public to act immediately in the matter. Himself once a prisoner of war in Turkestan and Siberia, he has published a book depicting the sufferings and privations to which the prisoners were subjected in the Asiatic camps. The book is entitled "Forty Men or. Six Horses," (the stereotyped inscription appearing on the freight cars used for military transportation and that carried those 10,- Q00 and many, many others to the front durjng the war." It is an extraordinary document. "These 10,000 people," Fabian told the United Press, "live scattered all over the soviet union, that is to say, in a territory covering one-six of the inhabited world. They earn their living as fishermen in Vladivostok, as fur-hunters in the Kamtchatka and Jaktuk, as workers in the blazing cotton fields of Turkestan, as herdsmen in the steppe country, as factory hands in the cities of European Russia and as soldiers in the army facing the Chinese in Manchuria. "Relatives of these prisoners are receiving letters from them from each republic of the soviet union; some of the most recent letters have ben posted in the Burjat soviet republic. All these letters express the same feeling; a desire tcTreturn to Hungary. The Russian and Hungarian governments in 1920 and 1922 made agreements covering the exchange of war prisoners. However, the Hungarian Committees entrusted with the mission of assembling the prisoners did not penetrate the territory between Krankno-jark and Vladivostok because there were no concentration camps between these two cities. "The assumption, however, that all Hungarian prisoners of war were confined in the camps was erroneous. Many of them worked outside the camps in remote regions. These, prisoners may never have heard about the presence of Hungarian committees in Russia, or, at any rate, they did not have enough money to join them. The soviet government has declared that it does not regard these people as prisoners of war, but simply as aliens living in Russia, and it consequently refuses to send them home. The 10,000 therefore must remain in Russia, unless they can raise enough money to pay the passage. Another obstacle is the fact that in each case the Soviets demand a valid Hungarian passport, which can only be obtained from Hungary with considerable delay and expense." Teacher To Be Tried For Whipping Pupil Elyria, O.—(IP)—Mrs. Myrta Bradley, 22, teacher of a Russia township district school, is to stand trial March 10 on a charge of assault and battery for the alleged whipping ot a six-year-old girl. The teacher pleader not guilty when arraigned, and was released under $300 bond. A warrant for Mrs. Bradley's arrest was sworn out by Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius Gerhartinger of New Ober-lin, after their little girl, Mary, had come home from school with her face swollen and her body covered with black and blue bruises. A large homemade paddle was confiscated at the schoolhouse. can people. "It is furnishing an environment for youth whose ambitions are primarily academic; it is giving him the opportunity to acquire knowledge in varied fields of endeavor, which are practically inaccessible to men in later life; it is offering him treasured associations with his fellows; it is providing the stimulation for more complete mental and physical development for the prolongation of economic infancy." Aged Indian Will Translate Language George Washington Finley, last full-blooded member of Peoria tribe of Indians, will, before he goes to the happy hunting grounds of his fathers, try to write and translate the language of his tribe to a written dictionary. Finley, a tall almost perfect speci-man of an Indian brave, is 72 years old and weighs 200 pounds. Finley's Indian name in Ta-wah-quah- ke-nongh, meaning Path of Storm. His father's name was Crashing Thunder. Finley was born near what is now Paola, Kas., in 1858, where the Peoria tribe made its home. These Indians came from Illinois in about 1850 and a few years after Finley's birth were moved to Oklahoma. In his efforts to reduce the tongue of the Peoria's to a written record, Finley has secured the aid of the Smithsonian Institute and Columbia University. Officials of these institutions often visit Finley and thousands of words used by the Peoria tribe have been translated into English and now rest in government archives. Rotarians Hear Iowa State Man Americans do not realize the great opportunity of doing profitable business with the Latin American countries, is the opinion of Dr. L. H. Pammel of Iowa State College, who spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon Thursday in the Thomas Hotel. Cuba, for instance, said Dr. Pammel, is one of our best customers and if we will learn the Spanish language and customs of these people much mutual profit will result. The background and atmosphere of these Latin American countries is essentially Spanish, said Dr. Pammel, and we cannot Americanize them. We must learn their customs and acquire their manner of doing business. Prof. Chas. R. Hixon demonstrated to the club his ability to perform a most intricate trick with cards. He was able to remember the exact order of the entire deck of 52 shuffled cards after once turning through and observing the sequence. Two new Rotary members were welcomed to the club: Henry J. Hanson and Walter L. Randolph. Youngest Prexy Says Higher Wages Needed The great need of American education, according to the youthful president of Chicago University, Robert Maynard Hutchins, is more money for faculty members to "make education respectable and to enable colleges and universities' to compete with business for the nation's best minds." "In the past 25 years," he says, "the best minds of America have been drawn into business. Hence, American education faces a new problem in competition—competition with big business for the best men. If you spread $1,000,000 over all the worthy colleges in the land you might increase each professor's salary as much as $1.34. You might as well throw the money in the lake. But spend it on the key universities and you will develop pacemakers that will revitalize American education." See "Miss Blue Bonnet." AUBURN GOLFERS TO HOLD ELIMINATION CONTEST East Remains Center Of The Polo World (Continued from page 1) urday afternoon, four will compose the team. As this is the first time Auburn has attempted this sport, predicting members of the team will be difficult. Many students have been practicing daily, and although no prospective Bobby Jones have turned up so far, several have turned in excellent scores. Plans have been made for several matches with the Auburn Lions club, and Opelika country club which will serve as practice matches before taking on any intercollegiate competition. Birmingham Southern, Emory, and several other southern schools have written for matches, but no definite schedule has been arranged yet. If arrangements can be made the team will journey to Birmingham to enter the southern intercollegiate golf tournament which will be held May 1, 2, and 3. "The East is still the center of high goal polo, but the West is arriving fast," says Topliffe Sawyer in his article "The Galloping Game" in the April issue of College Humor. "There has been an addition of polo to the college ranks, for in the East Cornell is now organized and hopes for necessary facilities some time. The other colleges and universities— Norwich, Harvard, Amherst, Yale, Princeton, West Point and Penn Military—are thoroughly sold on the game and are carrying on with enthusiasm. "Elridge T. Gerry of New York has succeeded Tim Clark as Harvard polo captain and with E. K. Jenkins, Harry Nicholas and possibly Crispin Cooke of Buffalo, makes up the four around which coach Capt. Frederick D. Sharp plans to build his indoor and outdoor championship defenders. In 1929 Harvard wrested the indoor championship from Penn Milftary, and the outdoor title from Yale. "Yale has a wealth of polo material. The outstanding men are: S. B. Inglhart, J. C. Rathborne, and J. P. Mills, all of whom played on the Old Aiken team last summer, winning the junior championship, the Herbert Memorial Cup and the Westbury Challenge Cup. STUDENTS WIN AS COIN FIXES WEDDING DATES McCormick, S. C, March 3.—The flip of a coin gave Latin pupils in the high school here a holiday today. Their teacher, Miss Bonita Atkinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Atkinson of Spartanburg, was married yesterday after a silver coin had landed on heads. If it had landed on tails she would have waited until June to become the bride of M. E. Padgett, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Padgett of Edgefield and a brother of the captain of last year's Clemson football team. The bride is a graduate of Win-throp College, where she edited The Johnsonian, student weekly, and was head cheer leader. The bridegroom is a graduate of the Citadel and is connected with the state highway de-partment. MONDAY AND TUESDAY It Is An Honor To Introduce The New Sweetheart Of The Screen MARILYN MILLER "SALLY" From Florenz Ziegfeld's Musical Comedy by Guy Bolton, author, and Jerome Kern, composer. IMPORTANT "Sally" is not a revue. It is first and foremost an absorbing love story, with convulsing comedy moments, with dancing and spectacular stage features added to increase your enjoyment of a lovely romance. What a rare combination! One of the greatest love stories ever filmed, with Marilyn Miller, the star of stars as its heroine. You couldn't ask for more. But there's a hundred novel innovations besides. Five song hits! Six stars! All color! And boy, oh boy, what comedy. Look At The C a s t :— . Alexander Gray, Joe E. Brown, Pert Kelton, Ford Sterling, T. Roy Barnes, Maude Turner Gordon, E. J. Ratcliffe, Jack Duffy, and Nora Lane. Directed By JOHN FRANCIS DILLON A First National and Vitaphone All Color Hit WEDNESDAY "Sweetie" and a New Boy-Friend Making Love on a Tropical Isle In Her First Starring Picture More bewitching than she was in "The Dance of Life" or "Close Harmony." A woman-hating man and a man-loving woman alone in a South Sea paradise. Handsome Richar
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OCR Transcript | << S u p p o r t Religious Week" THE PLAINSMAN T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT S u p p o r t "Religious Week » VOLUME LIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930 NUMBER 44 1930 GLOMERATA WILL BE DEDICATED TO DR. BRADFORD KNAPP Auburn Summer Session to Open Second of June Entire College Will Be In Action With Courses Offered In All Schools TWO SIX-WEEKS TERMS Second Session From July 14 To August 16 The 1930 summer session at Auburn will open June 2. It will continue for twelve weeks and be divided into two terms. The first will close July 11 and the second will open July 14 and close August 16 at which time the annual summer graduation exercises will be held. This is announced by President Bradford Knapp and Director Zebu- Ion Judd, as school teachers of Alabama and adjoining states begin to make plans for getting extra college training during the summer months. During the session the entire college will be in action. A program of studies will be offered by all schools of the institution including the graduate school and the schools of agriculture, engineering, textile engineering, science and literature, chemistry and pharmacy, veterinary medicine, home economics, and education. The faculty is now being selected by Director Judd who said that the regular Auburn faculty will be supplemented by distinguished teachers from other institutions. Arrangements are being made for many new courses, he said. The summer school will offer courses for all types of students attending Auburn. However, special service will be rendered particular groups, Director Judd said. These will include teachers who wish extension renewal, reinstatement, or issuance of teachers' certificates; normal school graduates and other teachers who wish credit towards a college degree; college graduates who wish to earn the master's degree in three summers, in preparation for the administration and supervision certificate, required of principals, superintendents, and supervisors; college students who wish to do back work or to graduate earlier through summer study; high school graduates who wish to finish their college course in three years by summer study, and junior and senior high school students who wish to earn one or two units of credit. In connection with the summer school a fully organized and staffed junior and senior high school will be conducted. This will serve to give students high school training and also as a practice school for adult stu-ents studying education. Unusual Radio Program Given On Friday Nite Feature Sponsored By Omega Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa On Friday evening a special college program was broadcast from the Auburn studio of station WAPI. The program was offered under the auspices of Omega Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa. The theme of the radio presentation was "The Impressions of a Freshman at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute." The program was opened with a selection by the Auburn Band. Then followed as impersonation of a train entering the station. When the prospective freshman detrained he was greeted by two upperclassmen, one of whom was from his home town and he was shown the high spots of the campus by the two students. First he visited Dr. Knapp's office, where he was welcomed by the President. Then followed a short conference with Professor Hare, who told him briefly the extensive application of chemistry in industry. Professor Nichols then told of the prospects for graduates in agriculture. On their way to a fraternity house the students met Dean Wilmore, who acquainted the freshman with some interesting facts about the engineering school at Auburn. Several times throughout the program the Auburn Band played selections. The parts of the upperclassmen were played by Rosser Alston and Haskins Williams, both members of Omicrom Delta Kappa. Tom Brown played the part of the freshman intending to enter college. Omen's Club Presents Program to Opelikans Opelika Business Women Hostesses To Members Of Auburn Club At its regular weekly meeting the Auburn business and professional women's club. The two organizations met together in the grill room of the Clement Hotel Tuesday night. In a brief address Miss Helen Collins, president of the Opelika club, welcomed the Auburnites. She then gave charge of the meeting to Miss Berta Dunn, president of the Auburn club who presided. Miss Louise P. Glanton, head of the Auburn school of home economics, and chairman of the club's educa- (Continued on page 6) NOTICE Bids for the Engineers' Dance, which is to be held on Engineers' Day, March 21, must all be in by Wednesday, March 12. Boxes for depositing the bids have been placed in the Students' Supply Shop and the reading room in Ramsay Hall. Trustees Authorize Appointment Of Dean Temporary Head of Chemistry School Will Probably Be Appointed By President Knapp The Board of Trustees, at a session held yesterday at Montgomery in the office of Governor Graves, authorized President Knapp to appoint a temporary acting head of the chemistry department to serve until the recovery of Dr. B. B. Ross, who is ill. The meeting of the board was at the call of the Governor, for the purpose of discussing financing of the remainder of the Auburn building program, the principal point under consideration being determining the amount of the legislative appropriation provided for this work, that will be expended at the present time. No decision as to this was reached at yesterday's session. Three of the seven buildings comprised in the expansion program are now under construction. Bids have been received by the board on the others, biit no contracts will be awarded until the financing routing has been settled. This will be done at another meeting of the trustees to take place at the Capitol next Saturday morning. Engineers' Ball Be Feature Of Annual Affair Decorations For Ball To Be Composed of Engineering Portrayals With all the committes busy at work upon the program for the annual Engineer's Day, indications are that the engineers will have one mammoth celebration on March 21. The dance committee announces that bid cards will be placed at the Student Supply Shop, and also at Ramsay Hall. Students are requested to fill these out immediately and return them to the boxes in order that the committee may send invitations, as soon as possible. As ig the custom at Auburn, the visiting young ladies, who live within a radius of 70 miles will be required to go home promptly after the dance. However, those who live outside that radius are allowed to stay in houses in charge of approved chaperones. The time of their arrival, the house at which they stay, their attendance at the dance, and date of their departure will be the obligatory. This information should be given to Miss Zoe Dobbs, Dean of Women. Many girls are expected to come of the Engineer's Ball, for last year an unusual large number attended and this year plans are for a more elaborate affair. The committee, dominated b y Henry Reeves, Rex Sikes, and John Christian have arranged things with the utmost diligence and activity. The music accorded will be by Abie Hardin and his Auburn Collegians who play for all the surrounding clubs. Much praise has been given to Abie and his Band for his music and the Ball will be the scene of another of his offerings. Complete "charge of the decorations has been given to Eugene Gray. Aside from the customary banners other decorations will be displayed. Around the dance floor machinery will be placed. AH kinds of engineering will be displayed to carry out the theme of Engineer's Day. Overhead, hanging from the balcony, emblems and insignia of the various, engineering, honorary fraternities and societies will be strung. AH departments of engineering in Auburn will be well represented by banners and flags. In back of the orchestra stand a panel with some engineering feat painted upon it will be placed. Official chaperones have not been arranged for, but the committee hopes to obtain the patronage of Dr. and Mrs. Bradford Knapp, Miss Zoe Dobbs, and the professors and their wives of the different engineering courses in the school. Any. additional information in regard to the dance may be secured by seeing the members of the committee or by writing to the Plainsman. Lutheran Services Be Held This Month Lutheran services, conducted by Rev. R. W. Hann of Tuscaloosa, will be held in the Y. M. C. A. assembly room at two different periods this month, according to Prof. George L. Fick. The first service is to convene Saturday evening, March 8, beginning at 8 o'clock; the second service Sunday morning, March 9, beginning at 10 o'clock. The service tonight involves the discussional topic, "World Peace," while the Sunday sermon will be "Redemption by Blood." All who are interested are cordially invited to attend these meetings. Similar services were held in the "Y" Hut last month. These services are to be regular monthly features here, occurring on and preceeding the second Sunday of each month. 'No More Roscoes,' Says Auburn's City Council Marks End of Long Series of Controversies Over Gambling Machines Thursday afternoon great pandemonium raged along upper College Street, for the City Council had ordered that no more playing of "Ros-coe" machines would be allowed and Sheriff Hodges executing his duty, compelled the storekeepers with said machines in their possession to stop the operation of them. Groups of students gathered at the corners to discuss the move of the Council. This order of the Council marks the climax of the long series of articles printed in the Plainsman concerning the "Roscoe" machines. Many letters were written to the Plainsman for and against the operation of such. This legal action brings to a close the long series of debates which have been pending and removes from the midst of the student body a controversial subject. Local Glee Club Has New Plan of Key Distribution In Future Only Three-Year Men Will Be Awarded Keys ELEVEN HONORED Songsters Will Soon Adopt New Constitution and By-laws Acting on the new plan recently adopted that keys be awarded only those men who have seen three or more years service in the organization, John W. Brigham announced at the weekly meeting of the Auburn Glee Club in Langdon Hall last Monday that eleven men would receive keys this year. The following men will be awarded keys which will be presented at the next honors convocation by Dr. Knapp: Robt. E. Martin, Haskins Williams, Howard Upchurch, W. C. Ellis, I. K. Roth, W. W. Bryant, Jr., H. E. Lewis, L. E. Owen, G. L. Williamson, Clarence LeCroy and J. W. Jones. A vote was taken by members of the club to have some kind of constitution and by-laws concerning attendance, election of officers, and other matters which will be drawn up, by Mr. Brigham, W. W. Bryant, Pres., and Howard Upchurch, Business Mgr. This constitution will be read before the club at an early date, Regular practices will be held throughout the semester and as several cities not previously visited on the weeks concert tour early this semester have written for tetms, another short tour may be arranged for an early date in April. A similar program to the ones presented on the concert tour was given over WAPI last Monday evening. This program probably had many interested listeners as the club was well received on its previous broadcasts and on its state tour. Religious Week Will Start on Monday With A Special Convocation Daily Church Services Will Be Conducted Throughout The Week Daily services in four of the churches here will be held next week, starting Monday and continuing through next Sunday, March 16, in observation of the annual religious week. It will open with a convocation of all students in Langdon Hall, at which time resident and visiting ministers will be introduced. Services at the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches will be held twice daily, once in the morning and once in the evening. The services at the Episcopal Church will be held in the evening only. The president has announced that no tests or examinations will be given during the week, and that all members of the institution will be excused from classes during the service hours. In this way, all may attend services without any inconvi-ences regarding studies. Meter School Declared Success, Prof. Dunstan Sixty Visitor* Attend School, Representing Four States The fifth annual meter school at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute was declared by Prof. A. St. C. Dunstan to be the best ever held at Auburn in attendance and in interest manifested by students. It. opened Monday and closed Thursday. Sixty visitors, representing Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi were (Continued on page 8) Prexy Accorded Honor As Great Head of College President Knapp Is Praised For His "Keen Interest In Student Activities" STUDENTS' TRUE FRIEND Improvements In Annual In Keeping With Progress Under Leadership Of Dr. Knapp T.O.X. ADMITTED TO TEXTILE ENGINEERS INTERFRAT COUNCIL BY LARGE MAJORITY Council Will Hold Its Annual Banquet April 14 The T. O. X. fraternity was admitted to the Interfraternity Council by a large majority of votes at the last meeting of the Council held last Monday night at the Phi Kappa Tau house. The admission of the T. O. X. was decided by a vote of all fraternities at their weekly meeting previous to the last meeting of the Council, The Council decided that their annual banquet would be held on April 14. The annual election of officers for the Fall term of 1930 and the Spring term of 1931 will be held at that time. A committee was appointed to arrange the annual Interfraternity Council dance which will be held directly before or directly after Easter, ASK RECOGNITION BY EXECUTIVE CABINET Petition Sumbitted To Student Body March 16 Faculty Members Enjoy Dance On Friday Night Auburn Collegians Play For First Of Faculty Dances Fifty couples enjoyed the first faculty dance of the spring season at the Alumni Gymnasium Friday evening. Music was furnished by Abie Hardin and his Auburn Collegians. Dancers praised the musicians very highly. This 10-pieee orchestra played a variety of dance numbers, which were well applauded by those in attendance. The musicians have been appearing at intervals over WAPI. In addition to Mr. Hardin, they are Gabie Drey, J. R. Quinlivan, Jimmy Robbins, Frank Noble, R. J. Kooiman, Leo McKinnon, O. L. Robinson, V. W. Lovill, and R. H. Jones. Through the courtesy of the "A" club, the comfortable chairs from the "A" club room were moved to the dance floor and arranged in a semicircle around the middle of the floor. This added an atmosphere of cozi-ness to the affair. At the close of the party those in attendance were so well pleased with the dance that it was decided to have another within three weeks. Arrangements for this will be made by Prof. M. L. Nichols, president, and Prof. F. E. Guyton, secretary, of the Faculty Dance Club. Auburn Golfers to Hold Elimination Matches Members of Team Will Be Chosen At Meeting Sunday Afternoon Elimination matches to determine who make the Auburn golf squad will be played Saturday afternoon, March 8, on the nine hole course at the Auburn country club according to Walter Clingo, 1930 captain. These matches will be played under the supervision of H. A. Nixon, manager of the Auburn golf club. Out of the eight men which will be picked Sat- (Continued on page 6) A petition by the School of Textile Engineering for representation in the Executive Cabinet was ratified by Cabinet members early this week. It will be submitted to the student body for approval on March 13. According to Section 3, Article IV, of the Constitution "A negative vote of two-thirds of the ballots cast shall be necessary to annul any act or decision of the Executive Cabinet." If the negative vote cast in the voting shall be less than two-thirds of the total ballots, the Textile Engineers will be accorded membership in the cabinet. If no complaints are received, it shall be assumed by the Cabinet that the apportionment of points by the Point System Committee has met with the approval of the entire student body. The election of officers in the spring shall be strictly governed by the activity points as apportioned by the Point System Committee. Applications C.M.T.C. Camp Being Received Students Interested in Going to Camp Should See Lieutenant Barth Applications are now coming in for this year's Citizen's Military Training Camp which will be held at Fort McClellan (near Anniston) beginning June 13th, and lasting for one month. These camps offer an excellent opportunity for young men of good character between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four to obtain a wholesome, interesting outing at government expense. The best of facilities are provided for the mental, moral and physical well being of the young men who attend. Attendance does not create any obligation for future military service. The training at these camps stresses citizenship, self reliance, initiative, and good fellowship, and teaches the young men how to work and play hard and efficiently. All expenses including railroad fare and meals, food and laundry while at camp, etc., are' borne by the government. All clothing used is issued free and is collected at the end of camp. Boys from this county will be sent to Fort McClellan (near Anniston, Alabama). This is a modern camp, having a fine swimming pool and other recreational facilities. Any boys interested in going to. camp this summer should see Lt. Barth at the military office for full particulars. NOTICE There will be a meeting of the Editorial Staff Sunday evening at six thirty p. m. at the Phi Kappa Delta House. That the 1930 Glomerata will be dedicated to Dr. Bradford Knapp was affirmed today by a statement from C. F. Davis, Editor-in-Chief of the annual. The dedication will be made in view of the capabilities of Dr. Knapp as an administrator, his interest in all forms of student activities, the devotion of his personality and energy to the interests of the college, and the love of the student body for him as a true friend. It has been the wish of the staff of the annual to portray the spirit of expansion that has been present in the minds of the Administration and which began to be realized this year. The staff has deemed it wise to increase the size of the book, both in quantity and in quality of material, to keep pace with the building program and the increase in the student body. The new volume will be 9x12 inches and will be of greater volume than the previous issues have been. The cover design will be finished in blue and gold. A tiger in natural surroundings with a large blue "A" in the background will be embossed upon the front of the book. The staff has endeavored to mirror the student life on the campus by the use of snapshots and bits of humor throughout the book. Members of the staff are confident that the dedication of the annual to Dr. Knapp will be in harmony with the one idea expressed in the volume, "expansion." The dedication as it will appear in the Glomerata reads thus: "To Bradford Knapp, who in the short time that he has been shaping the destiny of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute has not only won the respect of every student as a capable administrator, but also our love as a true friend, who has manifested a keen interest in all forms of student activities, and who has devoted his personality and energy to the highest interests of our Alma Mater, we, the staff, affectionately dedicate this, the thirty-third volume of the Glomerata." Freshman and Varsity Pistol Teams Chosen Slight Difficulty Found In Obtaining Matches Due to Small Calibre Pistols The following men have been chosen to represent Auburn on the pistol teams. On the varsity squad are: Philip Appleby, C. A. Brogden, W. H. Cumbee, K. George, M. A. Jones, O. W. Ivey, E. H. Miller, Henry Reeves, G. S Sanford, F. N. Williams, and Fred Willenbucher. For the frosh team: A. G. Bunkley, M. M. Caskie, T. W. Clarkson, C. E. Howard, J. M. Owen, J. L Parker, H. F. Pringle, W. Thombs, B. H. Rawls, and W. B. Wilson have been selected. On the varsity squad Appleby, Reeveg, Miller, Cumbee, Willifams, and WiHenbucher have shown marked ability for they have shown the most consistent progress. On the rat team C. E. Howard shines far above in proportion to the other freshmen. The highest scores turned on the rat team have been made by Wilson, Bunkley, Clarkson, P a r k e r and Pringle. Lieutenant Barth, who has charge (Continued on page 6) \ PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930 V AUBURN FOOTPRINTS * It was a tough case when two Scotchmen, one the husband of a woman who was being buried and the other a gravedigger, were in an argument about the price of digging a grave. We think the grave digger won out when he started to remove the recently-buried body. * * * * * * * * * It seems that Abie Hardin is a feminine operator now—he has gone in heavily for the Chi Omega show. * * * * . * * * * * . What power does this play director here have to make so many fall for her? She certainly has things her way. * * * * * * * * * The co-eds have scored another victory, for they have succeeded in putting the light out that bares the face of the old clock in the night time. * * * * * * * * Some of our old-fashioned people have decided that the girls should wear stockings to physical training. This proves that someone still has his mind in the gutter. * * * * * * * * * It seems that the irony of fate is in the decision to have a miniature golf course on church property when sueh a dogmatic battle has been waged against Sunday movies. It is funny what a little bit of money will do—even to a church. * * * * * * * * * It seems that Alma Taylor, the youngest member of the famous Alma and Elmer twin combination is studying to be a basketball referee. * * * * * * * * * Judging from the amount of "literature" Roscoe Overton carries around with him, one would think that he intends to start a library (for men only). * * * * * * * * * MY KIND OF MAN I'll write if I can, of my kind of man He's the fellow that's loyal and true He's the one that is fair and built on the square A genuine man thru and thru. He stands by your side when your heart's being tried He sticks thru the thick and the thin; He fills you with pluck when you're down on your luck ' And cheers you whenever you win. Tho' you lose in the bout and you're down and you're out To him you are ever the same Forgetting the past, he's a friend to the last And he's with you in fighting the game. So give me a man who will do all he can To lighten my burden and woe Who will stick to the end, if he claims me friend He's the man I'm thankful to know. Who with all his might will help me to fight When my spirits are ready to die I'll take off my hat to a fellow like that And admit that he's better than I. * * * * * * * * * A suspect when searched was found to have the following articles attached to his underclothing; fishhooks, scissors, nibspoons, keys, shoehorn, razor blades, coat hanger, inkstand, and petrol lighter. This is almost aa heavy as heavy Winter underclothing feels this time of year. * * * * * * * * * We are in accord with the ,druggist who had to get rid of his pretty assistant because all his customers said that a smile from her was better than a tonic. * * * * * * * * * It is being rumored that the Ags and Engineers are to stage a baseball game on Engineers' Day. It will probably be a prolongation of the battle started over at the Summer Camp: Coach Sheridan might find a star among the amateur performers; maybe he has too many now-amateur performers, of course. * * * * * * * * * Wonder what the fat lady thought when the gymnastic said he could do wonders for her? * * * * * * * * * Out in Montana the cows must be tough (probably where some of the steaks served here come from), for a plane hit one and two pilots were killed. * WITH OTHER COLLEGES * gtg glgmgmgn Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala. Business and editorial offices at Auburn Printing Co. on Magnolia Street. Office hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily. STAFF A. V. Blankenship Editor-in-chief Walter B. Jones Business Manager /EDITORIAL STAFF Thomas P. Brown... ...Managing Editor Robert Hume - ...Associate Editor Rosser Alston Associate Editor H. G. Twomey Associate Editor Gabie Drey News Editor Victor White News Editor A. C. Taylor Sports Editor Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor REPORTERS A. C. Cohen, '32; K. B. McMillan, '33; J. C. Johnson, '33; J. R. Chadwick, '33; R. K. Sparrow, '33; C. H. Currey, '33; R. T. Wasson, '33; Lewis Bischoff, '33; A. D. Mayo, '33; G. F. Adams, 33; J. C. McFerin, '33; Alan Troup, '32. BUSINESS STAFF Hugh W. Overton Advertising Mgr. Charles Davis Circulation Mgr. THE PLAINSMAN —extends best wishes to the pledges of Gamma Sigma Epsilon. Great determination and effort must be shown by one before he is accepted into this organization. —believes that the new library science course to be given here in summer school will fill a vacancy that has been keenly felt in the past in the high schools of Alabama. " R e l i g i o u s W e e k " Under Diection of Churches For the second time since Dr. Knapp has been here, the "Religious Week" exercises which begin Monday have been turned over to the churches of the town with the Y. M. C. A. working in conjunction with them. Fair success has been the result when the college has had direct charge of this series of religious meetings, but after the fine way everything was carried out under the supervision of the town churches last year, there was no question but that that Was the only logical way to bring the revival services to Auburn. Men who have become noted for their appeals to young men will be on the programs of the four churches of Auburn participating in the week's work. By depicting life to the students in realistic and convincing ways, they have been able to get many to look on the more serious side and to take an active part in the social and moral welfare of their community after leaving school. Many students are also impressed enough to begin work in the churches and on the campus after attendance at these meetings. The institution is heartily behind the exercises and has made it possible for everyone to attend the lectures and sermons by excusing classes in the mornings and having no tests or examinations during the week. The students are, therefore, in a position to be on hand at every sermon without feeling that any school work is being neglected. We urge every man on the campus to take an active part in the religious activities so that the spiritual ardor, which in far too many cases has become dampened by negligence to one's moral self, may again flame as it undoubtedly did before coming to the institution. The college is doing this for the students and the finest appreciation of this good work is to realize the most from the messages to be brought by the visiting pastors. D r a m a t i c Tournament I m p e t u s To High Schools More and more, as the time goes on, we are brought to the conclusion that Auburn, besides being an agricultural and technical school and turning out a number of perfectly competent engineers and agriculturists each year, is doing much good work throughout the state in numerous other ways. One of these fields in which Auburn is indirectly doing much good for Alabama is by holding an annual state wide dramatic tournament. Professor Rutland of the department of English struck the keynote of this phase of Auburn's service in a recent statement to the press in which he said, "The cultural level of a community can often be measured by its appreciation of the good things in music, painting and drama. If we can increase this appreciation by encouraging high school students to present the best in drama, we will have rendered a distinct service." By helping to sponsor this dramatic tournament, Auburn has created a great interest in drama among the high school students of the state, which might and probably would lay dormant, with the incentive to stir it up lacking. The tournament has created this incentive. To date eighteen schools have accepted the invitation to participate and, from the interest expressed by the high schools of the state, more than thirty institutions will enter before the closing date. From the list of high schools already entered the state has been very evenly covered and if the total number of participants comes up to what is expected, there can be no doubt about the amount of dramatic rivalry that will be created over the entire state. The Auburn English Department in conjunction with the Alabama Association of English Teachers is fulfilling a real need in Alabama by sponsoring this movement toward a better appreciation of the dramatic field of art. S o u t h e r n Highway S a f e t y To Be I n c r e a s ed An interesting piece of information comes from the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce to the effect that this organiza- . tion, aided by a number of the leading automobile companies, will remove sixty-nine thousand unfit motor vehicles from the highways of the South during the year of 1930, this number representing about seventeen per cent of the number to be taken from the American highways. Those from the South will involve an expenditure of about $2,600,000, and the entire work almost fifteen million dollars. Some of the leaders in transportation, including Alan Macauley, President of the Chamber, say that this move will perhaps be the greatest in industrial history. He states, "This widespread experiment will strike right at the heart of the unsafe vehicle problem by eliminating a huge block of those cars which are in the poorest condition." One of the most dangerous hazards of the highways is the rattle-trap car that continually returns from the discard into which it was presumably thrown. The aim of this move is to actually scrape the vehicles. If they were merely discarded, then many would soon make their appearance again. The minute details of the plan of scrapping will be worked out by the companies participating in line with its general sales policies and the volume of its business. This is the first time any move as gigantic as this has ever been made by the automobile men of America. Although the cost of carrying out this program may seem expensive at first, there is still doubt but that they will be well repaid in greater sales. But in spite of this, it is a commendable movement, for the greatest possible safety on the highways is an essential factor today. " THE SEARCH FOR GENIUS The search for genius has become a necessity in modern times. Democracy has given rise to universal education in the more advanced nations, and it is charged that the development of the minds of unusual capacity has been neglected. One of the most serious complaints against education is that it has become a great leveling-down process. Secretary Wilbur, of the Interior Department, has taken occasion in several recent addresses to point out the need for cultivation of genius. Speaking before the National Education Association at Atlantic City last week he said: "Educators must detect and train experts, and while we must care for every one capable, the steady rise of the general level of education makes it more imperative that we discover those of exceptional genius." To a committee of the child conference he suggested that too much energy is being devoted to those who have to be "whipped into line" and too little to the student of promising talents. The problem of the genuis in the schools is a difficult one. This is especially true because genius frequently runs in a single line of work or thought. Shall the child who shows brilliant aptitude in one line and takes no interest in the routine work of the school be required to drudge through the regular program? What of the exceptionally bright student who is advanced as rapidly as he can undertake the higher work until he finds himself far beyond his year, becomes a social misfit, and ends in discouragement? Scintilating lights often burn out in a short time unless they are carefully tended. On the other hand, the sharp edge of ambition may be easily turned if the precocious child is held down to the pace of the dullard. The number of geniuses is too small to require a class in every school, and if this were not so their great variety of talents might make group instruction for them wholly unsatisfactory. Genius is not only elusive; it is protean and defies discipline. The great material progress that has come about in the last few decades is all traceable to the revolutionary ideas of a comparatively small group. If the schools are putting the youth of special talents at a disadvantage, they are making a serious mistake indeed. Here is a problem that challenges the keenest intellects in the educational world.—Washington Past. Prexy's Paragraphs By Bradford Knapp Spending money is and other places about town including the picture show. I am sorry for him and sorry for any young man who fails to learn what a dollar is worth or the art of spending his dollars wisely. Money is not an object; it just just a convenience—well—yes, a pretty big convenience at times, it is true. But remember this, you will never have any money in the world unless you learn to be careful with your money. A certain percen- ' tage of your available funds may well be spent in enjoyment of. the right kind; that is recognized by all writers on this subject. But no writer will ever admit that any of your money should be literally thrown away. That is a sin, a folly unspeakable. Learn to be square and honest, pay your debts and ask odds of no one. So order.your life that you live within your means and be self respecting by doing so. Go to good shows and have a decently good time but avoid gambling, slot-machines and gambling games as you would the small pox. Too much money is just as bad for a student as too little, even worse, because too much leads to idleness and bad habits while too little means-self sacrifice, self control and hard work, lessons which are worth a good deal in after life. * * * * * I do not know why it is necessary for a newspaper correspondent to be not only unfair but absolutely unprincipled in serving his paper. In endeavoring to persuade a certain prominent football coach to become interested in Auburn, I thought it necessary to show him that we wsre united and that my representations to him regarding that unity were true. I, therefore, asked the Board of Trustees and presidents of Alumni chapters to wire him. Fifty as fine a telegrams as any man ever received were sent to him all breathing love and loyalty for old Auburn. But the newspaper reporter in a distant state gets hold of it and converts the whole thing into an effort to use "chamber of commerce and political" persuasion. Honestly, if half of the stuff reported in the press is as far from the truth as some of the statements about the football coach here at Auburn and about my effort to solve the problem, then the war is not over and President Hoover is still feeding Belgians and nobody knows who is a candidate for office in this state. Oh, it is all right. I bear no hard feelings but I am wondering why it is necessary always to warp a report out of shape and hunt for something sensational when all there was could be bound up in an honest attempt on the part of one man to show the truth to another. * * * * * The finest thing I am getting out of all this hard work is a constantly growing regard for this thing we call "Auburn Spirit". The Alumni have given most wonderful demonstrations recently of their faith and loyalty and no one could exceed the loyalty of this student body. We move on and none shall fear. We are coming along nicely, thank you, and Auburn is confident of ultimate victory not alone on the athletic field but in the field of life and work and service. My own spirit is always sustained by these thoughts and this knowledge. "Little Things" By Tom Bigbee These above from the University (Chattanooga) "Echo". And these from the Mississippi A & M "Reflector". Please bring me a false nose and a goatee so the girls will leave me alone and let me work. I am ambitious and would like to stand at the head of my class and become a business man."—A letter to Santa Claus, taken from the New York Cherry Tree." "A physiotherepy department has been formed in this school, "States one clipping. Now, wouldn't it have been more fitting— a saving of time, space and confusion—to have stated briefly just what the new department was?" "Students awoke on the drizzly morning of February 20 to find the figure of J. B. Cullins, then local laundryman, hanging in effigy at the top of a tree near the rear of Peele Hall. The effigy hanging was the culmination of the antagonism of the students toward the laundryman for—"(etc.). —1929 Review of One-time "Man's College" News. "With the co-eds kicking up sand at every chance, it is a safe bet that State students and alumni during 1930 will get plenty of tongue exercise talking about happenings at the one-time "Man's College."—Ibid. GREAT Soup eating music, chatter of students, clatters of pan and plates, and all such disconcerting noises are now replaced by music in the dining hall of Texas A. & M. A radio loud speaker has been installed there to furnish music and entertainment during the meals. All the college authorities sponsored the movement and believe it will eliminate the noisy condition heretofore existing. We can't have soup any more here at Auburn; the bull has gotten too tough to get any bones out. * * * * * CO-ED FAD Pennsylvania co-eds are forced to carry at least three nickles around with them all the time, in order to be able to pay fines incurred for the breaking of rules. Nickel-nursing? At any rate, University of Georgia authorities took a bold stand when they rejected a co-ed petition which would have given the co-eds the same privilege to smoke at the university as the boys. There's no telling what's forthcoming next from these co-eds. * * * * * SO WE DID Students at the University of Toronto registered their preference for the sale of beer within the university grounds by a majority of 1,283. The ballots in favor of beer totaled 1,365, while the opposition amounted to only 52 votes. A brainy bunch of students, we'd say. * * * * * RAT SHIEKS OUT Correspondence with a large Ethiopian usurped the time of a State College freshman until he received a picture of the dark-complexioned female recently. The code of ethics of the Negro girl who calls herself "Monk" is specifically stated in her letters. "I am fond of petting (dumb animals) and necking (giraffes). I am not so hot, but the boys handle me with asbestos gloves to prevent blistered hands." The freshman thinking he was corresponding with one of the Caucasian race and desiring a picture, wrote for one. He received the picture several days later. The words on the photo are: "Yours till they take hooks out of brassieres. Love, Monk". * * * * * TOUGH LUCK Not only the freshmen at State College are hitting in hard luck; it seems that all students there are: "Six months have passed and the president of this college has not addressed the student body. We've heard of 'beloved presidents', but evidently Dr. E. C. Brooks hasn't." "Even at Duke University the college president speaks to the students sometimes, but our 'common herd' only sees a picture in the paper. Even though we have no place to j>ut the student body, the freshmen meet in 'Noah's Ark' every Wednesday." * * * * * THUNDERING HERD The University of Missouri students are organizing what is expected to be a real pep organization of freshmen. It is to be known as the Thundering Thousand. * * * * * THANKS FOR THE BUGGY RIDE Thanks to the enterprise of Howard Lihme, of New York, some of the seniors of the Sheffield Scientific school now ride in a taxicab to recitations or laboratory work distant from their dormitory. Lihme solved the transportation problem by purchasing an old taxi which he parks near his dormitory. Just before classes Lihme and his passengers board the antiquated, decrepit vehicle, wedging themselves inside like sardines in a can and clinging to the running board like flies. Clattering and banging like a string of tin cans, the machine bounces its way for a mile through the university precincts from Pierson Sage to the medical school. THOUGHTS IN SILHOUETTE '•By <3terr THogenete ^eufelsdrockh EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed a this column are not necessarily the editorial opinions of this paper. It is a column of personal comment, and is not to be read as an expression of our editorial policy. * * * * * WELL, here I sit facing the key board and casting many a woeful glance at the four walls of the room, the ceiling, and what have you hoping that an idea will strike me for my weekly tirade and jaunt into the realms of bull. If you have never stared at the wonderful display of letters comprising the English alphabet in a vain hope to so arrange them as to represent a dissertation on anything you have missed a most devastating blank experience. I begin to get drunk. I go into a trance. My puny intellect begins to feebly function. Somewhere out in the close proximity of infinity I begin to get a very faint vision of the weekly disserta-f tion. Hark! It becomes a little more visible and apparent; so I give it to you with trembling fingers and a high tension of tremulous and chaotic feelings. MY FANTASY becomes more real. I become intrigued by the apparition. Satan is masquerading as Roscoe and his cohort, Beelzebub, as a punch board. They both descend to the Village of the Plains. There to attempt the destruction of the college youth's character; to have him wallow in the iniquity of the game of chance. The youth becomes fascinated with the presents from Hell. He begins to indulge himself in the horrible vice. In his seduction satan and his companion begin to smack their lips and rub their hands in the manner of the prosperous Jew. The poor misguided youth tells his companion of the presents. Curiosity leads them to it. They become intrigued. They hesitate and then they begin to play; to pit their pure celestial energies against the destrucive game of, chance. A smile of , pleasure overspreads the wreathy visage of Satan. The Village becomes a din of gambling. The boys become a slave to the gambling fiend. THE APPARATION begins to have a slight tremor. Some far seeing student, with the interest of his brother students at heart, knifes Satan in the back with an article to the Plainsman describing the evils of the practice and a plea for his brothers to turn their backs on Hell's designing representatives. He gets a laugh from many and a wrinkled brow from a few. Minds begin to creak and groan in profound thought on the new situation. More articles appear in the paper. Satan's face relaxes somewhat; the smile becomes less pronounced. He begins to fear the stabbing intellectual logic of the far-seeing man. He makes a hurried inspection of his devices only to find them still holding full sway. The boys become more corrupt. They begin to frequent the medium of iniquity more often. They begin to fail in their studies. A harraassed look begins to overshadow their fine, upright, and clean cut features. They become weak in character and morally corrupt. Satan calls up another of his companions, John Barley-Corn. The broken, miserable, dejected features begin to take solace from the intoxicating spirits of Hell. The sorrows become drowned in that old devil booze. Satan's work is most complete. The character and up-bringing of the fine student is destroyed. They are on the verge of moral pollution and destruction. The climax fast approaches. Satan is well pleased. THE PICTURE shakes violently. A large manly form approaches; it becomes more distinct. A bright piercing light begins to blind the subjects of the scene. The powerful light appears to com»- from an all powerful awe inspiring Star. Blazened across its surface for all to see are four words: Auburn Chief of Police. The Ladies' Welfare Workers and the Ladies' Aid Society had gone into consultation and chosen this blinding symbol to drive out of the Plains the demon of chance. Satan becomes struck with palsy. His companions quiver, and, shaking with a deadly fear, shrink to their leader. The light becomes more intense. The three figures begin to droop and falter; finally being consumed by the powerful light. The gameing device^ are destroyed. The town again becomes pure. A wholesome atmosphere prevails. New life is evident and all is well. Again I am led to wonder what will happen to the poor mis-guided Auburn Student when he no longer has these powerful controlling influences. FROM "SNOW BUNTINGS" They come fluttering helpless to the ground Like wreaths of wind-caught snow, Uttering a plaintive, chirping sound, And rise and fall, and know not where they go. —Frank Pruett. FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE AUDREY FULLER La VERNE WATTS Phone 9115 Smith Hall SOCIETY AND FEATURES This Department Open From 11 A. M. to 5 P. M. Daily A MAN TO A SUNFLOWER See, I have bent thee by thy saffron hair —O most strange maker— Towards my face, thy face so full of eyes —0 almost legendary monster— Thee of the saffron, circling hair I bend, Bend by my fingers knotted in thy hair —Hair like broad flames. So, shall I swear by beech-husk, spindleberry, To break thee, saffron hair and peering eye, ,-—To have the mastery? —Peter Qunnell. Miss Young Entertains In Honor Bride-to-Be Miss Elizabeth Young entertained Wednesday morning from 11:30 to 1:30 at a bridge luncheon and handkerchief shower in honor of Miss Gladys Copeland a bride-to-be. The living room and dining room were thrown en suite and decorated with a profusion of spring flowers. High score prize was won by Mrs. Phillips Hardy and the low score by Miss Gladys Copeland. After a three course luncheon was served little Miss Betty Grimes presented the gifts from a lovely silver basket to Miss Copeland. Those present were: Miss Gladys Copeland honoree; Misses Lysbeth Fullan, Marie Sewell, Elizabeth Duncan, Sara Hall Crenshaw, Leon Creel, Nola Heath, Prances Young, Mrs. Phillips Hardy, Mrs. Guy Tate, Mrs. Hugh Dillon, Mrs. Douglas Copeland, Mrs. Evans Young, Mrs. Jim Thig-pen, and Mrs. Eric Freel. McGriff-Ward Wed in Beautiful Ceremony A marriage of cordial interest to hosts of friends and one marked by impressive solemnity was that of Miss Evelyn McGriff of Columbia, Alabama to Mr. E. Fort Ward of Auburn, which was solemnized on Saturday, March 1, at high noon at the home of the bride. Rev. D. E. Bla-lock performed the ceremony in the presence of relatives and friends. • Miss Celesta Peterson sang "The Hour That Gave Me You." The only attendants were Miss Ruby Wakefield and Miss Ann McEntyre, who were flower girls. The beautiful bride was gowned in a - blue flat crepe made in period style with accessories to match. The bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McGriff. She is the brunette type of loveliness. Mr. Ward, formerly of Clayton attended the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and is well known in Auburn. Following the ceremony, the young couple left for a short motor trip and are now at home at 245 Gay street. Christian Endeavor Guests Of Dr. and Mrs. Baver The officers of the Christian Endeavor society of the Presbyterian Church held their regular monthly business meeting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Baver, Wednesday night at seven o'clock. George McMillan, president of the society presided at this meeting and led the round table discussion. Reports from several committees were received. After the business session a delightful social was thoroughly enjoyed by Misses Dorothy Parker, Edith Sleights, Mildred Hanson; Messrs. George McMillan, W. C. Kelly, John Goodman, Paul Ward, and Dr. and Mrs. Baver. Mesdames Grimes and Davis Honor Bride-Elect On Thursday morning Mrs. J. C. Grimes and Mrs. P. O. Davis entertained at the home of Mrs. Davis with a breakfast bridge honoring Miss Gladys Copeland, a bride-elect of this week. High score prize was won by Miss Leone Creel and a beautiful dance handkerchief was presented to Miss Copeland. M-E-A-T The Very Best And Any Kind MOORE'S MARKET Phone 37 Misses Spencer Hostesses At Double Bridge Party Misses Marguarite and Lillie Spencer were joint hostesses to a number of their friends at a double bridge party on Saturday afternoon and evening. There were five tables ~ of each. Ferns and Spring flowers were used in making their lovely apartment very attractive for the occasion. Dr. Baver won high score prize for men, a set of book marks, and Miss Eloise Floyd, won high schore for ladies at the afternoon party, a beautiful box of stationery, while Mrs, Mattie Lou Tate captured high score prize for the evening. Lovely refreshments were served PERSONAL MENTION Theta Epsilon Holds Initiation Theta Epsilon, local honorary home economics fraternity, held its initiation on Friday evening at the Practice House, of the Home Economics department. Immediately after the initiation a lovely party was given honoring the initiates, Misses Helen Hester, Izola Williams, Vivian Hester, Jessie Mae Carroll, Dorothy Reynolds. To be eligible to Theta Epsilon, one must have a high scholastic average and an active participation in campus activities. Blue and white, .the colors of the fraternity, were very artistically carried out in both decorations and refreshments. The active members are Misses Mignon Mallette, Lottie Collins, Pauline Watkins, Audrey Fuller, Dorothy Parker, Sallie Hamilton, Claribel Parsons, Mrs. Alice Whitcher Sandlin and Mrs. Hewitt. The fraternity, one of .the leading professional fraternities on the campus/ has grown much in the past year and is petitioning Omicron Nu, the national home economics fraternity. Kratzer's Ice Cream Your Local Dealer Has It Have the satisfaction of knowing that our products are pasteurized, and of the finest ingredients, thereby making it one of the very best. Eat the Purest and Best Sold Only by KRATZER'S Montgomery, Alabama Local Dealers Homer Wright S. L* Toomer Tiger Drug Store Miss Mary Martin, president of the Alabama Library association led a conference of this association in Birmingham last week. * * * Mrs. P. 0. Davis spent last Wednesday in Montgomery. * * * Professor C. A. Basore returned Wednesday from Jacksonville, Fla., where he attended the International Store Conference. * * * . Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Pate spent the week-end in Larigdale, Alabama, with Mrs. Patillo. * * * Mr. and Mr.s F. S. Arant visited in Andalusia and McKensie last weekend. * * * Mrs. W. N. Legan, Misses Louise Glanton and Dana Gatchell were dinner guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Toomer. * * * Miss La Verne Watts spent last week-end with relatives in Mobile. * * * L Miss Gretta Smith of New York City, who is national Y. W. A. secretary of the town division, spent last week-end with Dr. Beulah Van Wag-enen. * * * Mrs. L. D. Stodghill, who has been confined to her room with a fractured rib, is much improved. * * * Mrs. G. A. Trollope is visiting her family in Albany, Georgia. * * * Dea l and Mrs. J. J. Wilmore are making a short visit in Anniston, Alabama. * * * A telegram has been received^an-nouncing the arrival of a son to Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Rud at Plymouth, North Carolina. Mrs. Rud will be remembered here as Miss Sabrie Williams, '24. * * * Miss Ernestine Hill arrived here on Wednesday from Alabama College to spend a few days with her parents, Professor and Mrs. W. W. Hill. * * * Dr. Inzer, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Montgomery, will conduct services for the Baptist Church during "Religious Week." Dr. Inger has the reputation as one of the most interesting speakers of the South. While in Auburn, Dr. Inzer will be the house guest of Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Edwards. * * * The Baptist Woman's Missionary Society has just completed a week of prayer for Home Missionaries. The programs have been quite interesting and each one well attended. * * * Miss Ella Heard, principal of the elementary school of Auburn, is improving after a severe illness. * » * Mrs. J. T. Kennedy has her mother as her guest this week. y * * * Mrs. B. D. Lazarus entertained at "Tea" on Friday at four complimenting Mrs. Stoffoegen of Fredericksburg,, Virginia, and Mrs. W. B. Lee. * * * Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Scott have as tea guests Sunday afternoon Dr. and Mrs. Fred Allison, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Toomer, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Shi, Dean and Mrs. M. J. Funchess, Mrs. Burke and her mother, Mrs. A. D. Burke, of Wheeling, West Va. * * * Miss Francis Young is at home from Montevallo due to illness. She will not return. C. P. Boyd Weds Miss Janice Bonner Friends of Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Boyd will be interested to learn that their son, C. P. Boyd, was married to Miss Janice Bonner of Fordyce, Arkansas, last month. The bride is a most talented musician, having studied piano, pipe-organ, and violin, in Conservatories in Cincinnati and Chicago. Mr. Boyd is a graduate of Auburn in the class of '24, and while here was one of Auburn's best track men, having won several medals and making his letter in competitive meets. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd spent their honeymoon in Havana, Cuba, visiting his brother, Mr. W. W. Boyd and family, and then returned to Harpon Springs, Florida, to make their home. The many friends of "Ceepy" extend to him their congratulations. State Regent Guest Of Local D. A. R. The officers of the Light Horse Harry Lee Chapter of Auburn and Mrs. Zebulon Judd and Mrs. C. A. Basore were invited to a meeting of the Martha Wayler Jefferson Chapter. The principal address was given by Mrs. Watt T. Brown, state regent for the D. A. R. After the meeting the guests motored back and had dinner with Mrs. Judd. Those present were Mesdames Phillip Hardy, Bradford Knapp, C. A. Basore, J. M. Burt, state president of U. D. C, of Opelika; W. T. Brown, of Birmingham; Elinor Ingram and Clara Yarbrough, and Miss Mary Martin. Mesdames Powell and Rogers Hostesses At Bridge Party On Thursday afternoon Mrs. P. P. Powell and Mrs. Allen Rodgers gave a v--'dge party at the home of Mrs. Powell for a number of their friends. The St. Patrick idea with colors of green and white were used effectively in the living and dining rooms. White sweet peas and ferns were used as a centerpiece on the beautiful tea table. Mrs. C. P. Townsley won high score prize and Mrs. W. E. Sewell, consolation prize. The following tea guests called later in the evening: Mrs. S. B. Hay, Mrs. O. D. Langston, Mrs. B. H. Crenshaw, Mrs. C. A. Cary, and Miss Lula Forbes of Birmingham. Misses Gatchell and Glanton Hostesses At Bridge Misses Dana Gatchell and Louise Glanton were hostesses _to a number of their friends with a bridge party (at the Practice House on Saturday evening. High score prize was won by Mrs. C. R. Hixon, and cut prize was won by Dr. and Mrs. Scott. Beautiful refreshments were served to about thirty-two guests. Mrs. Toomer Entertains At Quail Breakfast Mrs. S. L. Toomer has as honor guest at a quail breakfast on Tuesday, Mrs. Stoffoegen, of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The local guests were Mrs. W. B. Lee, Mrs. C. Hixon, Mrs. C. A. Basore, Mrs. Bradford Knapp, Mrs. Lazarus, and Mrs. Bruce Mc- Ghee. Phi Kappa Sigma Entertained At Bridsre Mrs. B. R. Showalter and Mrs. Albert Thomas entertained with a bridge-dance party at the lovely home of Mrs. Thomas on Thursday evening in honor of the members of the Phi Kappa Sigma Sorority. Rev. and Mrs. S. B. Hay Entertain Christian Endeavor The members of the Presbyterian Christian Endeavor were delightfully entertained Wednesday at a luncheon given by Rev. and Mrs. S. B. Hay at their home on Thach Avenue. FOR RENT: Two Rooms, private entrance, unfurnished. 132 Rot* St. Mr*. A. H. Chrietzberg. Buy on Easy Terms Your Credit Is Good At Rosenberg's Pocket Watches, Strap Watches, Wrist Watches Small Weekly or Monthly Payments Rosenberg's Jewelry Co. Opelika, Ala. Next To Rainbow Theatre Woman's Club News By Mr». C. P. Towniley The music department of the Woman's Club met on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. High. Mrs. Homer Wright was also a hostess. Mrs. Doner, the chairman of the department, gave the program, which was devoted to "II Trovatore," in preparation for the presentation of that opera in Atlanta this season. Mrs. Doner gave a resume of the story, playing on the orthophonic vic-trola the following selections: From Act I, "Peaceful is the Night"; from Act II, "The Anvil Chorus", "Fierce Flames are Soaring", "At My Mercy Lay the Foe"; from Act III, "The Vows We Plighted", "Tremble, ye Tyrants", from Act IV; "Miserere", "Home to Our Mountains." On Thursday Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Barnes entertained the home economics department of the club. Mrs. Killebrew was in charge of the meeting, in which talks by Mrs. Weaver and Miss Glanton on child development were followed in a general discussion. The Art department also met on Thursday at the home of Mrs. Baughman. Mrs. Ward gave an excellent talk on Watteau, Hogarth, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Constable, Turner, David, and Delacroix. Mrs. Cary has been elected active chairman of the department since Mrs. Biggin was not well enough to finish her term as head of the department which she organized. Mrs. Edwards Gives Plate Supper For Y. W. Mrs. J. R. Edwards was hostess Wednesday at six o'clock to Y. W. A. girls. A splendid program led by Miss Berta Dunn was given after which a bounteous plate supper was served. The program was made up of talks given by various members of the gathering. Mrs. Pate Hostess At Bridge Shower Mrs. Pate was a charming hostess on Wednesday afternoon at a five table bridge shower given in honor of Miss Gladys Copeland. Beautiful Spring flowers were used in making her home attractive for the occasion. Mrs. Sarah McDonald won high prize, while the honoree was presented with a lovely silver salt and pep-peer set. Delicious refreshments were served to about twenty guests. Murff Hawkins is the "Biggest Frog Man in the South." See "Miss Blue Bonnet." Mesdames High and Killebrew Hostesses On last Saturday afternoon at three, Mrs. J. T. High and Mrs. C. D. Killebrew were joint hostesses at a lovely bridge party in honor of the active members of the Alpha Beta Chapter of Chi Omega. Cardinal and straw, the fraternity colors, predominated in the living and dining rooms. Bridge was enjoyed throughout the afternoon, Mrs. Bradford Knapp winning high score prize and Miss Lillian Meadows, low score. Delicious refreshments were served in the dining room from an attractive tea table with a centerpiece of cardinal spring blossoms and straw tapers. Mrs. J. C. Grimes very graciously presided at the table, pouring tea, while cakes and mints were served by Misses Inez Shepherd and Audrey Fuller. Those present were: Mesdames Hixon, Basore, Knapp, Toomer, Davis, McCulloch, Allison, and Misses Ruth Murray, Mary Louise Hakanson, Louise Bedell, Bertha Northrup, Miriam Toulmin, Mildred Wood, and Helen Shackleford. Mrs. Toomer Entertains Friends At Cards On Thursday evening, Mrs. S. L. Toomer has as her guests at cards, Mesdames Wilmore, Yarbrough, Askew, B. F. Thomas, Shi, Bohler, Wood, Kennedy, Hudson, and Misses Lane and Whitcher. Mrs. Wilmore won top score and Miss Lane consolation prize. • See "Miss Blue Bonnet". Lore Of Unknown Tribe To Be Brought To U. S. Chicago — (IP) — The Associated Press reports the return to this count ry of W. D. Hambly, who has brought to the Field Museum of Natural History here the lore of a little known primitive tribe—the Ovimbun-dus. Among the strange customs of the tribe, which inhabits the west coast of Africa, is a superstition that a blacksmith is not skilled until he has killed a man. The superstition was that the spirit of the victim entered a wooden idol, which the blacksmith kept nearby. A tribe undressed and unashamed, and another in which the women lean to slight garb when past the age of 18, was found. One tribe worshiped a white crocodile, said to be 200 years old, and carefully watched by the British Government for fear small children would be fed the monster as sacrifices. One forbidden custom, but practiced nevertheless, is a barbaric test of boys before admission into a tribe as men. They undergo beatings and minor mutilation and then are forced to dance in front of the girls, from whom they choose a wife. The girls undergo a similar ordeal, but Dr. Humbly was not allowed to witness anything except the dance. The beatings are especially severe and the surgery often brings death from infection, in which case the wooden vessel, from which the subject ate, is sent to the boy's mother with a hole punched in it,- signifying that the boy was not fitted to become a man. HILL & CATON BARBER SHOP Next to Burton's Bookstore TOOMER'S WILL GIVE YOU SERVICE DRUG SUNDRIES DRINKS, SMOKES THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY ON THE CORNER Strengthen your Defense Mechanism DEAN M I L L I O N a day Pause that refreshes The best defense is the attack. The best time to attack is when you're feeling good. Yon feel your best when refreshed. Q.E.D.; also, Eh, Voila! —Coca-Cola! Refreshment—that's the true inward meaning of Coca-Cola. Ice-cold, sparkling, delicious— an all-day drink, pure as sunlight. For millions of people, every day, Coca-Cola is the first thought and the last word in wholesome refreshment. Tfc* Coca-Col. C i f j , A H f . Ga. CW-* I V PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930 • • • ~ • • " — - • - - •'• • - > - • - " • fkl P^ r=^ D ADRIAN TAYLOR, Editor RHODES WASSON, Associate Editor Elmer Salter, Contributor; Harry Barnes, Freeman Barnes, W. C. Free, Charles Trice, Assistants • BASEBALL SEASON OPENS WITH FORTBENNING FRIDA Y, MARCH 14 The Alabama Polytechnic Institute baseballers will open their 1930 28- game schedule Friday afternoon, March 14, with Fort Benning furnishing the opposition on Drake Field. The two teams will also play a return game Saturday afternoon at Fort Benning. The Tigers will have had seven weeks of strenuous work when they meet the Army team. Coach Sheridan ordered his squad to report the early part of February and they have had long workouts given to^them every afternoon since they first donned the diamond attire. No startling developments have taken place during the training grind and the veterans have shown up well and the sophomores expected to fill regular berths have come through all right and should make the Orange and Blue tossers again contenders for the Southern Conference baseball pennant. Harry Lloyd, third base; Pug Riley, second base, and Phil Hodges, left field, are a trio of sophomores expected to be sure starters in the opening game. Ray Prim and G. C Smith, also first-year varsity men, will round out the varsity hurling staff with Dunham Harkins and Buck Carter. The only position that a strong battle is still being waged for is behind the plate. Rupert Ingram, veteran, and Chas. Kaley, a sophomore with world of promise, are waging a merrv fight. Who will catch in the initial game will hardly be known until the umpire calls out the batteries for the day. Whether the Plainsmen will again be weak in the field is still a mystery but it is almost a certainty that they will be one of the strongest, if not the strongest, offensive teams in Dixie. In Capt. Jim Crawford^ Alt. Capt. Joe Burt, Phil Hodges, Frock Pate, Harry Lloyd, Buck Carter and Ben Newton, the Bengals will present seven of the hardest hitting college players in collegiate baseball, as all are noted for their ability to slam out base knocks when needed. The four leading pitchers on the Auburn Baseball Stars Are Making Good In Professional Leagues C. O. Stewart, captain of Auburn's 1926 baseball team, is at present fighting for the keystone position on the Cleveland Indian club of the American League. Stewart is one of the leading contenders for this position, and his many friends hope that he will be successful in breaking into the "Big Time". Stewart comes to Cleveland from Shreveport, where he' made an enviable record in the Texas League. Jelly Akin, star outfielder on the '28 championship team has secured his release from the Jackson club of the Cotton States League, and will probably tryout with the Montgomery Lions of the Southeastern League. Ben Sankey, star shortstop on the '28 championship team has reported to the Pittsburg Pirates ,ho are training on the Pacific coast. Sankey worked out with the Auburn squad before leaving for the coast, and should be in excellent condition to capture the shortstop position. "Lefty" Wattwood left his home in Goodwater, Ala. a few days ago to join the Chicago White Sox club of the American League. Wattwood was an excellent outfielder while at Auburn, and last year he played regularly in the White Sox outfield, being one of the leading hitters of the club. George Grant,"star pitcher while at Auburn, has been with the Cleveland Indians for some time, and has pitched very consistently. team, Buck Carter, Dunham Harkins, Ray Prim and G. C. Smith, probably will have a chance to perform on the mound in the series with Benning. It is a little too early in the season to let one pitcher go the full route so Coach Sheridan probably will divide the hurling duties among his four stars if the opening games are close, and let his other pitchers see service if Capt. Crawford & Co. run up a very big lead. Uncle Sams boys always have formidable teams in every sport and are noted for holding the Plainsmen to close scores when meeting them in athletic competition. They will not have as much training as Auburn, but should give the Tigers strong opposition as players with several years experience are listed on their team. Coach Sheridan has not given out his starting lineup for the tilt with Fort Benning but it probably will be: Hodges, left field; Kaley or Ingram, catcher; Crawford, center field; Newton, first base; Burt, right field; Pate, shortstop; Lloyd, third base; Riley, second base, and Carter, Prim, Smith and Harkins, pitchers. Duke Places Five Men on All-Star Cage Team Duke's Blue Devils, runners-up in the southern conference basket ball tournament which closed in Atlanta tournament which closed in Athens, Tuesday night, placed two men on the All-Star team selected for the Associated Press by sport writers and coaches. Alabama, the champions, Tennessee and Kentucky, each had one player on the mythical honor squad. Councillor, Duke's flashy little forward, was an almost unanimous choice for forward, although he failed to score a single field goal in the titular game, while nearlv every sport writer and coach named Weerber, of Duke and McBrayer of Kentucky, for the guard posts. Lindy Hood had a narrow margin of victory over Joe Croson, Duke's pivot man, while votes for the other forward position were scattered among a half dozen players. The First Team :H«i|!lt fM'f^i. MtiM BEN NEWTON, JIM CRAWFORD, JOE BURT This group composes the three leading hitters on the Auburn baseball squad. Members of this trio hit from the left side at plate, and are dangerous sluggers. Joe Burt is alternate captain of the team, and is the left gardener. Jim Crawford, captain of the team, and center fielder. Ben Newton, the elongated first baseman and noted for his terrific drives. BASKETBALL QUINTESSENCE By ADRIAN TAYLOR . - - J Georgia Tech 43—Tulane 31 The Southern Conference basketball tournament opened very successfully in Atlanta Friday with Georgia Tech surprsing the large gallery by their one-sided victory over Tulane. The first half proved to be very close, but n the second half the Engineers went on a scoring rampage and accounted for 32 points making a total score of 53-31. A feature of the game was the excellent performance of Preacher Roberts, noted football center, who perhaps set a record by shooting seven consecutive throws. * * » * * Name Councillor Corbitt Hood McBrayer Werber r Sanford Smith Croson Dodd W. Laney (c) R.F. L.F. C R.G. L.G. rhe Second Team R.F. L.F. C R.G. L.G. School Duke Tennessee Alabama Kentucky Duke Georgia Alabama Duke Tennesse Alabama TALLASSEE DEFEATS GOODWATER 22 TO 8 Repulsed twice before this season, the Tallassee High basket'ers put up a determined drive to victory, and won the third meeting of the year with Goodwater High by a 22-8 score. The excellent defense of the Tallassee team permitted Goodwater but two field goals, one in each half. Putting on a scoring spurt in the final period, the Purple dribblers shot ahead to a safe lead after the two teams has clung together for three quarters. The score at half period was 5-4 in favor of Tallassee. The close defensive work featured the play. K. Mclntoch, high point scorer of the fourth district tournament held at Auburn, and selected for the all-district team, again featured the nights performance, receiving excellent assistance from Waldrop and W. Mclntoch. Gilliand was the outstanding player for Goodwater. Both of these High School have excellent teams, and are the favorites to win the State Tournament. Georgia 26—North Carolina 17 The Georgia Bulldogs defeated the University of North Carolina bas-keteers, 26-17, in a close and interesting game. Especially was the first half resplendent with thrills, and the opening of the second half saw Georgia trailing by a score of 13-8. However, by an excellent rally, the- Bulldogs accounted for 12 points while the Tarheels,were still clinging to their 13 points. After this rally the Bulldogs were never in danger, and remained in the lead. Sanford' a Catfish Smith taking prominent parts in the rally. * * * * * Duke 43—L. S. U. 34 The Duke Blue Devils after starting forth with a lead of 26-9 over the L. S. U. Tigers, suffered a letdown, and before they could score another point, the Tigers had reduced the margin to a score of 26-23. However, the Blue Devils managed to control the situation, and ended the game in a blaze of glory, winning by a score of 43-34. * * * * * Kentucy 26—Maryland 21 •The Kentucky Wildcats faced a very strong and determined club in the Old Liners of Maryland, however the Wildcats proceeded with their precision like defense, and combined with their workmanlike offense, proved to be the masters, winning 26-21. The shooting of Berger, and the passing of Radice featured Maryland's playing. v * * * * * Alabama 31—Clemson 22 The Clemson Tigers put up a determined struggle in their opening game with the strong Alabama club. The Bama basketeers jumped into an early lead by scoring 10 points before the Tigers could register. But from that time on the Tigers lead in the scoring and were always dangerous. * * * * * Tennesse 28^-V. M. I. 20 Coach Britton of the Tennessee squad gave the fans a treat by starting some of his football stars in the game with V. M. I. Hackman, Mc- Ever and Dodd were all in Tennes-ee's starting lineup, but after ten minutes of play, with neither side scoring, Coach Briton introduced his veterans into the fray, and from then on, the Vols had little trouble in winning 28-20. * * * * * W. & L. 33—Mississippi 29 In the only extra period game played in the opening bracket, the Generals of Washington and Lee defeated Ole Miss 33-29. The Generals appeared to be worn out by their pre-tournament games, and were very sluggish, and were quite extended in their victory over Mississippi. * * * * * Sewanee 25—N. C. State 19 The Sewanee Tigers eliminated last year's conference champions in their opening game of the tourney, and played a fast and excellent game. The astonishing long shots of Goodman, Sewanee guard, were the deciding factor of the game for the Tigers, however, the State team never functioned as it was capable of doing. * * * * * Alabama 29—Georgia 26 The Crimson Tide continued in its march to conference honors by a hard earned victory over the Georgia Bulldogs, winning the quarter final game by a margin of three points. The Bulldogs were somewhat handicapped by the loss of the services of their Captain and star forward, Palmer, who was forced to retire in the earlier part of the game due to a prev iously sustained leg injury. Laney, and Hood did noble work for Ala bama, while Smith and Sanford play ed well for Georgia. * * * * * Tennesse 38—W. & L. 29 The Generals were unable to emerge from their seista, and lost to the Vols 38-29. Bobby Dodd, who is as much at home on the hardwood as he is on the gridiron, • continued to loop the basket with astounding accuracy, and was one of,the main cogs in the Vol victory. * * * * * -. Kentucy 44—Sewanee 22 The Kentucy Wildcats, who had the most efficient defense of any of the competitors, doubled the score on the Sewanee Tigers, which made them strong contenders for the championship. Combs played a nice game for the Wildcats, while Goodman did good work for Sewanee. * * * * * Duke 44—Georgia Tech 35 Georgia Tech continued to be the surprise of the tourney, by their close decision with the Duke Blue Devils. Duke had a hard struggle conquering the Jackets, and but for the fast work of Councellor and Croson for Duke, the Enginers would have undoubtedly won. * * * * * Duke 37—Kentucy 32 Kentucky lost to Duke iiv the semifinal game in a fast and interesting game. These two teams, having an excellent defense as well as a skilled Percy Beard Selected on National Intercollegiate Honor Roll, Is Reported Percy Beard, captain of Auburn's 1929 track team and one of the leading hurdlers in the United States, has been selected on the National Collegiate Honor Roll. Beard is the only brack star below the Mason-Dixon line to receive this honor. Making the National Collegiate Honor Roll is equivalent to being selected on the Ail-American track team. Five men are selected on this honor roll in each event whose records have been the most outstanding during the season. No single All- American team is selected in track. Rockaway, Ohio State; Anderson, Washington; Collier, Brown; and Nichols, Stanford, are the other star timber toppers selected with Beard for their outstanding records in running the 120-yard high hurdles. Beard's remarkable record of 14 and four-fifths second in the 120- yard high hurdles was made in the Tech Relays. This was his first meet of the season and was the only one that he was closely pushed to win. In the other meets he engaged in, he always saved himself for the low hurdles and broad jump. He is Southern record holder in the low hurdles and is the present Southern Conference broad jump champion. While Beard spent several hours on the track every afternon under Coach Wilbur Hutsell during his college career. He failed to neglect his studies. His grand average of 94.12 for his four years at the Cornerstone was the highest made by any member of the 1929 graduating class. His best year on the cinder was also his best year in the classroom. His average for the first semester last year taking Civil Engineering was 96.20, while he increased his average during the second semester to 96.38. His scholastic record is to be envied, but his track record is much better as his average in jumping the timbers and the broad jump was 99.99. Beard is at present instructing in Civil Engineering here and working out every afternon on Drake Field. INDOOR WORKOUTS FEATURED IN DIAMOND PRACTICE SESSIONS offense played one of the hardest games of the tourney. The Wildcats set a foul shot record that will probably stand for some time. The club took 14 foul shots at the basket and made them all good. Also, McBrayer, for Kentucky, shot 10 foul shots out of 10 attempts. » * * * * * Alabama 32—Tennesse 22 With Alabama getting off to her usual slow start, the Vols gave the Bama five a hard struggle, and for the opening ten minutes of the.game lead by a score of 10-6. However, Bill Laney began to cavort about the floor, and with Lindy Hood's assistance, the Tidemen began to step into the lead, and won the game 32-22. Greenblott and Dodd were the stars for Tennessee, while Hood, Laney and Wamby were the luminaries for the Tide. * * * * * Alabama 31—Duke 24 Alabama won the Southern Conference championship crown in the annual tournament by their victory over the Duke Blue Devils. This final victory of the tournament completed a perfect schedule for the Tide as they have been through the entire season without a defeat. This was also Bama's first basketball championship. The game was brilliant throughout, and the wonderful offense of the Blue Devils was completely baffled by the superior defense exhibited by the Tide. With the exception of the first three minutes of the game, Bama continued in the lead, and with Wamby and Hood playing a superb game, the Tide set a stiff pace. Both teams played a good game, and the 1930 tourney ended in a blaze of glory. While King Winter and Jupe Plu-vius are reigning at the Loveliest Village, coach Fred Sheridan is working his baseball candidates indors. One generally thinks that indor workouts are much easier than outdoors, but it is just the opposite with the Plainsmen. About the only art concerning the diamond that the Tigers are not mastering on the gym floor is batting. Every other conditioning exercise is being given the pill pasters so that they will be in good condition to put in several hours of hitting daily when Spring arrives again. Coach Sheridan has his tossers jumping the rope, throwing the medicine ball and working on the parallel bars for the early part of the afternoon, while calesthenics and tug of wars»between two squads occupy the closing minutes of the two hour drills. Roy "Frock" Pate has already captured one championship this season as he was crowned the champion rope jumper on the varsity squad. Pate jumps the rope like the veteran boxers as he has used this method of getting into condition on past .occasions. The regular shortstop last seasons is getting in good shape and should have his best year. He was ate in getting in playing condition last year but reported to Coach Sheridan in" pretty good shape after performing with the Orange and Blue dribblers. . His injured hand is healing rather slow which necessitates him not participating in the batting practices but this is giving him more time to improve his fielding, which he is doing. He has shown in the past that he can swing a wicked stick when hits are needed, so no one is worried about his hitting. Joe Burt is receiving additional exercise as his waist line is spreading in all directions with no signs of stopping at present. Coach Sheridan is giving him plenty of exercise to reduce his "bay window" as he fears that his slugging outfielder and alt-captain will lose some of his 1929 form if he takes on more excess weight Ben Newton, hard-hitting first baseman, is suffering with eye trouble which will keep him out of uniform for a week or more. Newton was coming along good at the initial sack as he was grabbing grounders in all directions and also has been very timely with the hickory. While Newton is under the care of Dr. B. F. Thomas, college physician, Louis Gholston is filling his shoes at first sack and showing up well. The Bengals hurling staff will be composed of a trio of right handers and four southpaws. Buck Carter and Dunham Harkins, mainstays last season, and G. C. Smith, sophomore, are the members of the pitching corps throwing from the right side, while Ray Prim, Vernard Vines, Clarence West, and Troy Hall are the left handers. Prim is one of the best looking southpaws wearing the Auburn colors seen here in several years. He has speed, change of pace, a baffling delivery, and what other throwers from the left side generally lack—control. Very few free deliveries are issued by this promising sophomore mounds-man as he generally hits the target set by the catchers most every time. The record achieved by Beard is also another honor for Coach Wilbur Hutsell, one of the greatest track mentors in the nation. Weems Bas-kin, one of the assistant coaches on the Plainsman staff, and Euil Snider, are other track stars developed by Coach Hutsell who have received both national and international recognition. Baskin was a leading hurdler, while Snider won laurels in the dashes. Snider was a member of the 1928 United States Olyppic team along with Coach Hutsell who served as assistant coach. SPORT SHORTS In the hotbed of basketball, where the caliber of the game provides the keenest of competition all season, little Butler University has sprung into national prominence. Last winter with a lanky lad named Hildebrand always in the foreground, the Hoosier team was victorious in all but one game. Among their victims were such worthy opponents as Notre Dame, Illinois, Pittsburgh, Purdue, North Carolina and Missouri, to say nothing of the many clever fives in the State of Indiana. * * * When the Washington shell pulls down the Hudson in June, Captain Davis will be handling the bow *ar, which post he has had for two years in the Pbughkeepsie regatta and the colorful California-Washington race. In the words of his coach, Al Ulbrick-son, "Davis has more on the oar than any bowsman I've seen . . . and he is the lightest man in our boat, weighing only 160 pounds." The name of Dartmouth is more intimately associated with college winter sports than any other one institution, fof the annual outdoor carnival at Hanover is the greatest spectacle of its kind. Naturally, at Dartmouth the winter sports team is an important phase of the athletic scheme. This year the Big Green was captained by H. N. Sander, a quiet, unassuming member of the Dartmouth Outing Club. * * * The captain of the Northwestern aquatic team, Al Schwai-tz, has cracked every national intercollegiate record in the free style events. He holds claim to the fastest marks in the forty and fifty yard dashes and the hundred, two-twenty and four-forty free style swims. And yet the Purple natator cannot follow the diet regulations prescribed by Coach Tom Robinson for the other men on the squad. Its the s JEFFERSON SAKE* HOTIL Sari •••*— 17th St. Downtown 850 ROOMS iMh wMk Bath, Calling Fans Olr»wlatl*« IM Water. rWO LOUNCaW • BALLROOM HNam atoOffcOfTEE SHOP PLAYS FOR RATES DAILY CONCERTS AMD U» "^tm^ OTEL IN THE SOUTH DANCING FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE FIVE Negro Must Utilize Advantage To Live Says Dr. Moton Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, said that if the negro is to survive the test of modern civilization, he must utilize every medium and instrument of advancement. Speaking at exercises observing the charter date of Howard university, the negro educator said that "We, as negroes, find ourselves situated in the midst of an advanced civilization which has required in the aggregate thousands of years for its development." "In spite of our limited opportunities," he added, "we are measured by the same standards, we carry the same standards, we carry the same re sponsibilities and in spite of all handicaps we are expected to meet the competition of larger wealth, greater numbers, more favorable opportunities and unlimited resources. "If we survive in such a situation it must be only as we secure for ourselves every medium and instrument of advancement possessed bv those around us. B ythe logic of events, the negro must have every type of education to meet the demands of conditions with which he is confronted." Dr. Moton said that "We are fortunate that from the beginning we have had the cooperation and unselfish devotion of a host of men and women of another race representing the finest culture and the noblest traditions of our land from the north and also from the south, men and women who have counted it a privilege to serve in the emancipation of a race from poverty and ignorance." Ready Takers Found For Ancient Books Old Teacher Sees Student's Success Boston—(IP)—Three thousand old books, including such as "A Remedy for Bunions" and "The Sap in Trees", found ready takers from shelves at Goodspeed's Bookshop on Park street when they were given away, ten to a customer. The musty, dusty old volumes found no customers when offered at a dime each, but when the announcement was made that they were there for the taking the crowd showed up before the doors opened. Within an hour the free stock was gone. Students found text books of all descriptions. Fiction, long since forgotten, was again popular. Theological books went along with the rest Many men and women grabbed their quota at random and withdrew—after a struggle—to the sidewalk where they inspected their haphazard choices. There were those who expressed dissatisfaction with what they got— but they were those who expected to find rare editions. One woman lugged ten books from the chop and handed them to a livried chauffeur standing at a limosine. A little old lady made three trips into the place, each time leaving with arms book-laden to cache them i n * nearby doorway and then return. The answer to it all? The lease on the famous old premises expired and rather than hire movers to shift the old books to the two other Good-speed shops it was decided to give them away. Charles Dawes Seeks For Lost Atlantis Washington—(IP)—The age old search for the mystery of Atlantis, has engaged the sympathy of Ambassador Charles G. Dawes, who has employed Professor Charles Upson Clark, of Yale University, to go to the library of the Vatican, in Rome, to seek the key to the Mayan mysteries. The legend of Atlantis, much of which may be true, has it that it was a great continent of peacefulness, industry and wealth, whose people un-purged by travail, turned to sin for excitement. Then came a day of darkness when the sun was hidden by black clouds, and the earth trembled, and a great wave of the sea submerged Atlantic and its people. Today there stand the Mayan ruins, inscribed with hieroglyphics no man can read, although the Mexican and Guatamalan governments, the Carnegie Foundation and many exploring archeologists have labored for decades to find the key to their mysteries. Elyria, O.— (IP)—Fifty years ago, when she was quitting as teacher of the little red school house at Mercer Bottoms, W. Va., Mrs. Ella McConnell told a twelve-year-old boy whom she had taught from the first grade: "Johnny, I expect to hear great things from you." Today Mrs. McConnell, 79, widow of a Methodist minister, and for the past three years an inmate of the Home for the Aged here, is thinking of her experiences last week on her first trip to New York as the guest of Dr. John William Withers, dean of the Graduate school of Education at New York University, at the dedication services for a twelve story building of the graduate school there. One night she sat on the right of Dr. Withers at a banquet in his honor. John William Withers was the boy who showed aptitude for mathematics when he entered the first grade under Mrs. McConnell and whom she urged to "make a name for himself." Since she left him 50 years ago, Withers has been a teacher in West Virginia schools, president of the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio; head of the Harris Teachers College at St. Louis, superintendent of schools at St. Louis and since 1921 dean of the graduate school of education at New York University. He has received degrees from Yale, Washington University at St. Louis, and the Universit yof Missouri. His name is in Who's Who, and he is author of books on mathematics. Virginia To Have Traveling Schools Richmond, Va. — (IP) — The Virginia department of education is considering the use of schools on wheels, equipped with blackboards, desks and other necessities, to be taken into the isolated and spacely settled mountain districts of the state. Morris Hart, state superintendent df schools, says the teacher could easily learn to drive the bus. In this way it could serve one community in the morning and another in the afternoon. Plans considered would include in the equipment a small traveling library, adequate heat, drinking water and a first aid kit. GEORGIA TECH GETS AIR FUND Mammoth Cave To Become U. S. Park Frankfort, Ky.—(IP)—A bill to appropriate a million and a half dollars for the purpose of buying up land in the vicinity of Mammoth Cave, and turn it over with the cave to the national government as a park, has been signed by Governor Flem D. Samson. The land to be given to the government includes about 70,000 acres, and will include many other caves. Congress passed a bill several years ago accepting the land as a national park whenever it should be given to the United States. New York, March 3.—A committee of trustees appointed by Ambassador Harry F. Guggenheim, president of the Daniel Guggenheim fund for the promotion of aeronautics, announced a grant of $300,000 for the establishment of an aeronautical engineering center in the south had been made to Georgia School of Technology. Some months ago the trustees of the fund announced a grant would be made to supplement previous grants by the fund for similar schools in other parts of the country. Twenty-seven requests were received frjm southern educational institutions and each was investigated. The gift brings the total grants by the fund to educational institutions to about $1,500,000. The award is the final act of the fund which officially ceased to exist January 31, last, after its officials said it had accomplished the purposes for which it was founded in 1926. Patronize our Advertisers. Always Ready t o Give You the Best of Service TOOMER'S HARDWARE CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager 150 rooms, every room with bath and showers Circulating ice water and oscillating f a n s STRICTLY FIREPROOF The Greystone Montgomery, Ala. Wolff Hotel Company Charles A. Johnson Operators Manager Good Citizen May Refuse To Bear Arms For Country Evanston, 111.—(IP)—That it is now a part of good citizenship to refuse to bear arms is the opinion of Rev. Charles Clayton Morrison, of Chicago, editor of the Christian Century, who spoke here recently before a round table discussion of the third National Study Conference of the Nation committee on churches and world peace. "We are bekind the times in talking about conscientious objectors," Dr. Morrison said. "The thing to talk about now is loyalty to the United States government. The government has signed the Paris peace pact by which it has outlawed war. Therefore it is good citizenship and the highest patriotism on the part of every individual to refuse to bear arms. "The unpatriotic citizen is he who, in spite of the government's action, continues to stir up war feelings." After a lengthy debate, the round table group adopted a resolution calling on the conference to stand for amendment of the nationalization law to permit conscientious objectors to become citizens. The discussion group also urged that American marines be recalled from Haiti and China, it was asserted, with President Hoover's statement that he has no desire to have the American government represented abroad by our military forces. Dull Students To Get Consideration In Public Schools Atlantic City—(IP)—The sluggard now gets some consideration in the public school, according to William John Cooper, United States Commissioner of Education, who delivered an address here before the department of superintendents. The old custom of punishing the sluggard and not worrying if the slow student drops out no longer prevails, he said. The sociologist and the psychologist are better able to help the child than they were a short time ago. The social adaptation of the child is growing more important, Cooper said, and it must be left to the tax payers until all are convinced of the value of the service and are willing to provide funds for it. None but the educator, he said, sees the child as an important figure in society of which he is to be a member. He does not propose to make a diplomat out of material that would be best as a butcher, but he aims at adjusting the child to a niche in life where his abilities will be best expressed. In a questionnaire sent to 54 cities with populations of 100,000 or more, 40 reported that they maintained some sort of psychological service, four psychiatric clinics and sixteen others reported having both. In 115 cities of over 30,000, 40 reported service of these types. Alabama' Farm Boys Now Enrolling For Four-H Club Work Led by their county agents Alabama farm boys are now enrolling in 4-H clubs at the rate of several thousand per month for 1930. County quotas named by them total 17,000 for the State, and T. A. Sims, State leader of 4-H club work, is assured that these quotas will be attained. Reports to date show a larger enrollment in all counties from which reports have been received. Houston County, with Henry Witherington as county agent, is leading in numbers, although several other counties are near the top. It will be a neck and neck affair until the end of the enrollment season. As the boys enroll they are making plans to buy pigs and calves or to plant seed of their crops. Cotton, corn, peanut, pigs, and dairy calves are the leading 4-H club projects in Alabama this year. Last year 13,855 Alabama white boys were enrolled in the work. Of this number 7,079 were in the cotton club; 2,484 were in corn clubs. Others were distributed among other projects. A noticeable change this year will be the extension of dairy calf club work. Two years ago only a few counties conducted this work. Last year 25 and this year 40 counties will have organized calf clubs, the boys working under the direction of their county agents and F. W. Burns, extension livestock-specialist at Auburn. In Alabama 4-H club work has finished its twentieth year. It was introduced into the State in 1909 by Prof. L. N. Duncan. Since its introduction it has been an important part of extension work in agriculture and home economics. At first co"rn was the only project. Corn club boys immediately attracted much attention with their large yields made at a low cost per bushel. The purpose of the work was' to demon-state that corn could be made a profitable crop in Alabama, and thereby take the place of a portion of cotton which at that time was threatened by the boll weevil invasion. This they succeeded in doing, which became widely known. Having succeeded with cotton, other projects were added, the second being pigs. This was done to increase the number of livestock and also to consume the corn. Later (as boll weevils made cotton production a hazardous business) cotton was added to the list in order that these youngsters might demonstrate improved practices in making cotton. In this they have succeeded World Langauge To Become Necessary Cleveland, O.—(IP)—Within two generations, the airplane, plus the radio and the talking picture, will make a world language an absolute necessity, Will B. Stout, head of the South Airplane Division of the Ford Motor Co. said here in an address before 300 purchasing agents and business executives. "The airplane • shrinking distance even more than did the automobile," Stout said, "Mexico City, for example, is 43 hours from Tampico, on the Atlantic Coast, by the fastest means of ground transport, but regularly operating air lines will carry you between the two cities in four hours. Air lines are doing and will continue to do wonders in the development of the backward countries of Central and South America and of the rest of the world and will do much to bring about the world brotherhood we all desire. "Within three years air transport will overcome its worst handicap— that of being unable to land on fogbound airports. But the problem of private ownership will not be solved until planes are developed that are easy to learn to fly." Eighteen Railroads Are Now Electrified 156-YEAR-OLD TURK MISSES LOTS OF FUN Istanbul, Turkey—(IP)—Zaro Ag-ha, 156-year-old, who claims never to have tasted liquor, will abandon his job as doorkeeper of the city hall here, it is reported, and sail shortly for the United States where he will go on a tour in favor of prohibition. Zaro has buried 11 wives, and will leave his 12th at home on his trip to the New World. Eighteen railroads in the United States which formerly operated entirely by steam, now operate electrically on about 4,300 miles of track, according to a survey of railroad electrification just completed by the Copper & Brass Research Association. This electrification r e p r e s e n ts about 1,900 miles of route, while of the 4,300 miles of track approximately 3,150 miles are in main lines. In this electrified territory the railroads have in service 465 electric locomotives and 2,750 multiple-unit cars for passenger service. Of these cars 2,150 are motor cars and the rest are trailers. In addition to the electrification already completed, six railroads have similar work under construction, two railroads have definitely announced further electrification programs and six new projects have been tentatively announced. Definitely authorized projects, says the survey, will within five or six years almost double the present electrified mileage of the steam railroads. The survey further points out that although less than 1 per cent of the route mileage of American railroads is now electrically operated, more than 100,000,000 pounds of copper have been required for the various undertakings. Michigan Daily Paper Condems Volstead Act equally as well as they did with corn and pigs. Through local clubs the county agents direct the work. In this way group action is obtained, thereby practicing a form of cooperation destined to be useful when 4-H club boys become adult farmers. The local clubs have their officers and meet from time to time to discuss their work and exchange ideas. With 17,000 boys enrolled in the work this year there will be 17,000 demonstrators in scientific production of crops or in scientific husbandry. A significant fact about the work is that many of the present leaders in agricultural work in Alabama are former club boys. Each new freshman class at Auburn contains many boys who came up through 4-H clubs; and the number seems to be increasing from year to year. Scientist Explore Cave In Nevada Las Vegas, Nev.— (IP)—Scientists are exploring neaer here a cave believed to have been inhabited by Indians about 1500 B.C. Raymond Harris, of the Southwest Museum of this city, heads a party which is delving into the mysteries of the cave which he found last winter, and from which he took skeletons which gave indication of belonging to a people skelled in the making of baskets, but who had not developed the art of pottery. The cave also contains bones which seem to Harrington to belong to the age of 25,000 years ago when saber tooth tigers and imperial elephants dominated this land. Finding of human and animal remains of the Pleistocene period de-tensive search of the cave near here. The staff will remain in the field through March, and the remainder of the year will be spent in studying and classifying relics found. Has Miss Inez Shepherd ever been in love? See "Miss Blue Bonnet." Ann Arbor, Mich.— (IP)—Prohibition has been an utter failure in most colleges and the well-soured collegiate is casually regarded today, whereas he would have been publicly ostracized before the enactment of the Volstead act. This is what the Michigan Daily, student publication of the University of Michigan, thinks of the prohibition amendment and its effect on undergraduate life, as expressed in its editorial columns recently. "It is a well known fact that prohibition, whether enforced by federal, state or university officers, has not rooted out the stubborn drink tradition among college men," the editorial said. "Rather, indeed has the reverse been true; the fascination in doing something forbidden has proved irresistible. "The very dangers of being drunk have added little-needed incentive to drinking, and college students in their sophistication have taken the feeble enforcement attempts so lightly that a thoroughly soused individual became a joke instead of a pity." Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment wouldn't solve the problem entirely, the editorial says, "but we feel that flagrant intoxication would no longer be a thing to parade as conspicuously as possible and certainly good wholesome beer would be restored to first place in the hearts of college students." George Tilley, a senior in the literary college of the University, and a member of the editorial staff of the Daily, explained that the editorial represents general observations collected by the staff writers from personal and campus contacts. Ohio University Will Have Nursery School Athens, O.— (IP)—Ohio University Co-eds are going to learn what bottle to grab when baby has the colic, and what to say when Willie takes pleasure in chopping the piano with a hatchet. A nursery school for children of pre-school age is to be opened in the cided the museum to make a more ex-Ipractice house of the department of home economics. Athens children have been registered to attend the school daily. Co-eds will supervise the play. Florence Justin of the University of Minnesota has been named director of the nursery school, with Helen Humphrey, a graduate student, as teacher. j. JTJ fOUMT TURN A DOG OUT ON A NIGHT UU THKIisfed NELL "But father, with his slick city ways and perfumed hair, he turned my head . . ." "Out ye go!" roared the irascible old yeoman... "any gal of mine that gives away the last of my smoother and better OLD GOLDS suffers the consequences. Down to the corner store with ye, and bring back a fresh carton or never darken my doorstep again!" OLD GOLD OP.UriUwdOo. FASTEST GROWING CIGARETTE IN HISTORY.. .NOT A COUGH IN A CARLOAD On your Radio... OLD GOLD-PAUL WHITEMAN HOUR. Paul Whlteman and complete orchestra . . . every Tuesday, 9 to 10 P. M., Eastern Standard Time \ PAGE SIX THE PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930 St. Clair Speaks Three Times During Week Meter School and Electric Students Hear Engineer of G. E. Company B. D. St. Clair, chief engineer of instrument division of the General Electric Company, Lynn, Mass., spoke at Auburn three times this week. One lecture was to students in electrical engineering and the other two were delivered before the annual meter school. He discussed the remarkable demands which the manufacture of measuring instruments makes on the world for materials and the microscopic accuracy required in the manufacture of measuring instruments. WOMEN'S CLUB PRESENTS PROGRAM TO OPELIKANS (Continued from page 1) tion committee, gave an interesting review of current events. Songs and stunts in which both clubs participated were enjoyed. The Opelika club served delicious refreshments. Twenty- four Auburn members and seventeen from Opelika attended the joint meeting. In a business session the Auburn club voted to invite the Auburn Grammar School faculty members as gueste at the next regular luncheon to be held March 19. They also voted to give a donation to the highway beau-tification project being sponsored by the U. D. C. The Auburn business and professional women's club will participate in the third annual observance of National Business Women's Week, March 10-16, by going in a body to the Baptist Church on Sunday night, March 9, and by asking merchants to cooperate by having special window displays in which will be placed a poster prepared by the art craft class in Home Economics. A prize of $2.00 is to be given for the best poster and fifty cents each for the next four best. The Auburn library is cooperating by having a Business Women's Bookshelf for the week. One radio broadcast over WAPI will be given. This special week is sponsored by the National Federation and its affiliated clubs in an endeavor to give the individual communities of the nation a "better conception of what a business women's group means, so that they may better utilize the resources of that group in projects which make for community welfare. • METER SCHOOL DECLARED SUCCESS, PROF. DUNSTAN London Herald Prints Short World History "A Very Short History of the World" has been written for the London labor newspaper "The Daily Herald" by Osbert Sitwell, the British poet. It is a really short history. It is in full as follows: Civilization had run its court. Europe had civilized America, America Asia, Asia Africa. Wild animals had been everywhere exterminated and resources had been developed. Samuel Butler's theory that poverty was a disease had long been accepted, and with no thought for the morrow, the rich had allowed the poor, as well as the unfit to be sterilized . Consequently the servant problem became so acute that the rich nearly died out, and in the next generation there were not even enough workers to make money for the rich. Soon only doctors, scientists and newspaper proprietors were allowed to beget their children. These children, too, had their human ambitions. They had often been told by their teachers that races which did not wipe one another out became degenerate, that the only true humor was to be found in war, and that the evils that ensued on a long era of peace were intolerable. So they grew up to invent new methods of longdistance killing—and as no suffering w a s inflicted on themselves—i t ceased to be cruel. Women now not only greatly outnumbered men, but were so well educated and clever that they were too busily engaged in writing novels and pursuing political careers to cook and bear children. Civilization spread, refinement increased, until there were only two male children left in the world. They grew up, were men—the only men—and quarreled. In this emergency the women were splendid. They said, "Very natural in a man," and delivered harrangues of more than ordinary eloquence. Only one woman demurred, saying, "This is not war, but murder." The men did not falter, but proceeded to adjust their death-machines. One said: "If it is murder, it's a murder to end murder." And the other said: "This will be a fight to a finish." And it was. FRESHMAN AND VARSITY PISTOL TEAMS CHOSEN (Continued from page 1) present. Total attendance, which included Auburn seniors, numbered 130. The school was sponsored by the department of electrical engineering at Auburn in cooperation with the Alabama Power Company and other electric companies. Lectures and demonstrations showing the latest developments in meter construction and operation were given. Speakers included Professor Dun-stan; S. A. Fletcher, Alabama Power Company, Birmingham; Prof. W. W. Hill, Prof. G. H. Carlovitz, Harold King, Sangamo Electric, Birmingham; J. H. Gearhart, Duncan Electric, Birmingham; C. R. Hilley and B. D. St. Clair, General Electric Company, Atlanta, and L. G. Snyder, Westing-house Electric Company, Atlanta. Professor Dunstan said that as long as the demand exists, it is planned to make this meter school an annual event. FOR RENT:—-Two rooms and bath, private entrance. Also large front room. Phine 75-J. (Continued from page 1) of the Pistol Team, announces that there is a little difficulty met in procuring matches with other colleges due to the fact that Auburn uses a .22 calibre pistol, while so many colleges use a .45 calibre pistol. Challenges have been sent to numerous colleges and further announcements of the matches will be made later. Probable matches will be made with the Colorado' Agricultural School, The University of Missouri, Purdue, The Oregon Aggies, and with Princeton. BELIEVE IT OR NOT The river system of the world carry to the oceans about 6,500 cubic miles of water each year? The damage done by a lone white wolf in Montana has been estimated to be over $8,000.00? He has not been captured yet. Sea water contains about 1,500 tons of solid matter per cubic mile? The Westinghouse plant at Schenectady, N. Y., has a floor space of over 22% million square feet? The skeleton of a shark is not bone, but gristle? There are 600 varieties of seaweed in Japan? 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Quinn announced yesterday. The complete motion picture record that has been made consists of five reels, titled as follows: More Fish for the Fishermen: This shows scenes of the State Fish Hatchery, and the propagation and distribution of fish to the public waters of the State. The hatchery is one of the most modern in the South, and has attracted much attention. The methods of fish culture employed will be of interest not only to fishermen but to others as well. Glimpses of Outdoor Alabama: Scenes of a fix chase, of quail and deer hunting, and many forms of wild life, compose this reel. It takes the spectator into some of the world's finest hunting grounds and ends with one of the Allison deer hunts. Sport Fishing in Alabama: This reel was filmed during Alabama's First Annual Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, which attracted national attention to the State's coastal waters. It shows deep sea fishing at its best, and contains views of some of the numerous species of fish with which the coastal waters abound. There are several scenes here of a leaping tarpon, which show action from start to finish. Those who see this reel will realize that it is not necessary to leave Alabama to enjoy the best sport fishing. Let's go Fishing: This is complementary -to the deep sea reel, being made up of scenes of fresh water fishing. The cameraman has caught fishermen at many of the favorite fishing holes throughout the State and incidentally has secured some beautiful scenes a l o n g various streams. Alabama's Seafood Industry: This is an educational picture of the little known but very interesting seafood industry carried on along the Alabama coast. A complete story is given of the taking and canning of shrimp and there are also scenes of some of Alabama's fine oysters. The pictures have been carefully planned, and will serve to bring to even the experienced hunter and -fisherman much valuable information on the wild life resaurces of the State No A'abamian can see them without exper'encing a- feeling of pride in his native State, it is declared. Intellectuals To Get Break In College Philadelphia, P.—(IP)—-Less attention must be. concentrated on the "scholar" and more of those who are primarily intellectual by the colleges, Dr. Karl G. Miller, professor of Psychology and director of admissions at the University of Pennsylvania said recently in an address here. Dr. Miller said that from his contact with the parents of boys seeking admission to the university he felt that the "proud father wants his son to go through a ripening process, to make many contacts, to become interested in many things, to have a good deal of fun and to do reasonably well in his studies." "I do not mean to imply," he continued, "that the candidate or his father is unmindful of the academic values of the college career. The boy would not want to enter an institution with low scholastic standards, and his father would not foot the bill for a program involving no work and all play. Father and son both believe that the college will" provide knowledge and training which will be of real benefit in later life. "But, unless I am mistaken, the love of learning, the inspiration for research— these do not appear in the definitions of college education as it exists in the minds of prospective students and their parents. "Certainly we are confronted with two almost diametrically opposed definitions of the purpose of college edu cation. "The college should, and I believe does, provide stimulation for the awakening of intellectual interests and for the fostering of true scholarship. But obviously, the college is serving a quite different function in response to the demand of the Ameri- Hungarian War Prisoners Unable To Leave Russia "Believe it or not, 10,000 Hungarian prisoners of war are still living in Russia, 16 years after the outbreak of the war and 12 after the armistice. They would like to return to their homes, but cannot do so chiefly because they have not enough money to pay for the long journey from Russia to Hungary." This surprising statement was made to the United Press by Dr. Bela Fabian, member of the Hungarian chamber of deputies and one of the leaders of the Democratic party, during a recent visit to Berlin. He has undertaken to bring the 10,000 Hungarians home from Siberia. Dr. Fabian has made several fiery speeches in the Hungarian parliament on the subject, urging the government and the public to act immediately in the matter. Himself once a prisoner of war in Turkestan and Siberia, he has published a book depicting the sufferings and privations to which the prisoners were subjected in the Asiatic camps. The book is entitled "Forty Men or. Six Horses," (the stereotyped inscription appearing on the freight cars used for military transportation and that carried those 10,- Q00 and many, many others to the front durjng the war." It is an extraordinary document. "These 10,000 people," Fabian told the United Press, "live scattered all over the soviet union, that is to say, in a territory covering one-six of the inhabited world. They earn their living as fishermen in Vladivostok, as fur-hunters in the Kamtchatka and Jaktuk, as workers in the blazing cotton fields of Turkestan, as herdsmen in the steppe country, as factory hands in the cities of European Russia and as soldiers in the army facing the Chinese in Manchuria. "Relatives of these prisoners are receiving letters from them from each republic of the soviet union; some of the most recent letters have ben posted in the Burjat soviet republic. All these letters express the same feeling; a desire tcTreturn to Hungary. The Russian and Hungarian governments in 1920 and 1922 made agreements covering the exchange of war prisoners. However, the Hungarian Committees entrusted with the mission of assembling the prisoners did not penetrate the territory between Krankno-jark and Vladivostok because there were no concentration camps between these two cities. "The assumption, however, that all Hungarian prisoners of war were confined in the camps was erroneous. Many of them worked outside the camps in remote regions. These, prisoners may never have heard about the presence of Hungarian committees in Russia, or, at any rate, they did not have enough money to join them. The soviet government has declared that it does not regard these people as prisoners of war, but simply as aliens living in Russia, and it consequently refuses to send them home. The 10,000 therefore must remain in Russia, unless they can raise enough money to pay the passage. Another obstacle is the fact that in each case the Soviets demand a valid Hungarian passport, which can only be obtained from Hungary with considerable delay and expense." Teacher To Be Tried For Whipping Pupil Elyria, O.—(IP)—Mrs. Myrta Bradley, 22, teacher of a Russia township district school, is to stand trial March 10 on a charge of assault and battery for the alleged whipping ot a six-year-old girl. The teacher pleader not guilty when arraigned, and was released under $300 bond. A warrant for Mrs. Bradley's arrest was sworn out by Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius Gerhartinger of New Ober-lin, after their little girl, Mary, had come home from school with her face swollen and her body covered with black and blue bruises. A large homemade paddle was confiscated at the schoolhouse. can people. "It is furnishing an environment for youth whose ambitions are primarily academic; it is giving him the opportunity to acquire knowledge in varied fields of endeavor, which are practically inaccessible to men in later life; it is offering him treasured associations with his fellows; it is providing the stimulation for more complete mental and physical development for the prolongation of economic infancy." Aged Indian Will Translate Language George Washington Finley, last full-blooded member of Peoria tribe of Indians, will, before he goes to the happy hunting grounds of his fathers, try to write and translate the language of his tribe to a written dictionary. Finley, a tall almost perfect speci-man of an Indian brave, is 72 years old and weighs 200 pounds. Finley's Indian name in Ta-wah-quah- ke-nongh, meaning Path of Storm. His father's name was Crashing Thunder. Finley was born near what is now Paola, Kas., in 1858, where the Peoria tribe made its home. These Indians came from Illinois in about 1850 and a few years after Finley's birth were moved to Oklahoma. In his efforts to reduce the tongue of the Peoria's to a written record, Finley has secured the aid of the Smithsonian Institute and Columbia University. Officials of these institutions often visit Finley and thousands of words used by the Peoria tribe have been translated into English and now rest in government archives. Rotarians Hear Iowa State Man Americans do not realize the great opportunity of doing profitable business with the Latin American countries, is the opinion of Dr. L. H. Pammel of Iowa State College, who spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon Thursday in the Thomas Hotel. Cuba, for instance, said Dr. Pammel, is one of our best customers and if we will learn the Spanish language and customs of these people much mutual profit will result. The background and atmosphere of these Latin American countries is essentially Spanish, said Dr. Pammel, and we cannot Americanize them. We must learn their customs and acquire their manner of doing business. Prof. Chas. R. Hixon demonstrated to the club his ability to perform a most intricate trick with cards. He was able to remember the exact order of the entire deck of 52 shuffled cards after once turning through and observing the sequence. Two new Rotary members were welcomed to the club: Henry J. Hanson and Walter L. Randolph. Youngest Prexy Says Higher Wages Needed The great need of American education, according to the youthful president of Chicago University, Robert Maynard Hutchins, is more money for faculty members to "make education respectable and to enable colleges and universities' to compete with business for the nation's best minds." "In the past 25 years," he says, "the best minds of America have been drawn into business. Hence, American education faces a new problem in competition—competition with big business for the best men. If you spread $1,000,000 over all the worthy colleges in the land you might increase each professor's salary as much as $1.34. You might as well throw the money in the lake. But spend it on the key universities and you will develop pacemakers that will revitalize American education." See "Miss Blue Bonnet." AUBURN GOLFERS TO HOLD ELIMINATION CONTEST East Remains Center Of The Polo World (Continued from page 1) urday afternoon, four will compose the team. As this is the first time Auburn has attempted this sport, predicting members of the team will be difficult. Many students have been practicing daily, and although no prospective Bobby Jones have turned up so far, several have turned in excellent scores. Plans have been made for several matches with the Auburn Lions club, and Opelika country club which will serve as practice matches before taking on any intercollegiate competition. Birmingham Southern, Emory, and several other southern schools have written for matches, but no definite schedule has been arranged yet. If arrangements can be made the team will journey to Birmingham to enter the southern intercollegiate golf tournament which will be held May 1, 2, and 3. "The East is still the center of high goal polo, but the West is arriving fast," says Topliffe Sawyer in his article "The Galloping Game" in the April issue of College Humor. "There has been an addition of polo to the college ranks, for in the East Cornell is now organized and hopes for necessary facilities some time. The other colleges and universities— Norwich, Harvard, Amherst, Yale, Princeton, West Point and Penn Military—are thoroughly sold on the game and are carrying on with enthusiasm. "Elridge T. Gerry of New York has succeeded Tim Clark as Harvard polo captain and with E. K. Jenkins, Harry Nicholas and possibly Crispin Cooke of Buffalo, makes up the four around which coach Capt. Frederick D. Sharp plans to build his indoor and outdoor championship defenders. In 1929 Harvard wrested the indoor championship from Penn Milftary, and the outdoor title from Yale. "Yale has a wealth of polo material. The outstanding men are: S. B. Inglhart, J. C. Rathborne, and J. P. Mills, all of whom played on the Old Aiken team last summer, winning the junior championship, the Herbert Memorial Cup and the Westbury Challenge Cup. STUDENTS WIN AS COIN FIXES WEDDING DATES McCormick, S. C, March 3.—The flip of a coin gave Latin pupils in the high school here a holiday today. Their teacher, Miss Bonita Atkinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Atkinson of Spartanburg, was married yesterday after a silver coin had landed on heads. If it had landed on tails she would have waited until June to become the bride of M. E. Padgett, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Padgett of Edgefield and a brother of the captain of last year's Clemson football team. The bride is a graduate of Win-throp College, where she edited The Johnsonian, student weekly, and was head cheer leader. The bridegroom is a graduate of the Citadel and is connected with the state highway de-partment. MONDAY AND TUESDAY It Is An Honor To Introduce The New Sweetheart Of The Screen MARILYN MILLER "SALLY" From Florenz Ziegfeld's Musical Comedy by Guy Bolton, author, and Jerome Kern, composer. IMPORTANT "Sally" is not a revue. It is first and foremost an absorbing love story, with convulsing comedy moments, with dancing and spectacular stage features added to increase your enjoyment of a lovely romance. What a rare combination! One of the greatest love stories ever filmed, with Marilyn Miller, the star of stars as its heroine. You couldn't ask for more. But there's a hundred novel innovations besides. Five song hits! Six stars! All color! And boy, oh boy, what comedy. Look At The C a s t :— . Alexander Gray, Joe E. Brown, Pert Kelton, Ford Sterling, T. Roy Barnes, Maude Turner Gordon, E. J. Ratcliffe, Jack Duffy, and Nora Lane. Directed By JOHN FRANCIS DILLON A First National and Vitaphone All Color Hit WEDNESDAY "Sweetie" and a New Boy-Friend Making Love on a Tropical Isle In Her First Starring Picture More bewitching than she was in "The Dance of Life" or "Close Harmony." A woman-hating man and a man-loving woman alone in a South Sea paradise. Handsome Richar |
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