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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-
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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
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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.
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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?
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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 *
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REPORTERS
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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
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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.
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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.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930
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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
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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.
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Name
Councillor
Corbitt
Hood
McBrayer
Werber
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Sanford
Smith
Croson
Dodd
W. Laney
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L.F.
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R.G.
L.G.
rhe Second Team
R.F.
L.F.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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
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citizens.
Home of "verything Good That's Baked
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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
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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