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VOLUME LIV AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1931 NUMBER 29
ROGER KILEY
RETAINED AS
GRID TUTOR
Dr. Knapp Announces Assistant
Will Return and Continue
Work Here
FORMER ROCKNE STAR IS
INTERESTED IN AUBURN
"Considered One of the Finest
Coaches In Country . . •
Could Have Gone Elsewhere
As Head Coach"
WELL LIKED BY FRIENDS
AND ALUMNI OF AUBURN
Kiley Will Return For Month
of Spring Training and Three
Months of Regular Football
Season
President Bradford Knapp announced
Tuesday that Roger J.
Kiley, who served during the past
gridiron season as assistant to Head
Coach Chet Wynne at Auburn, has
agreed to return and continue his
work here, in which he has become
deeply interested.
Under the new arrangement, Dr.
Knapp said that Kiley would return
for a month of Spring training and
for the three months of the regular
football season.
Continuing his statement concerning
the return of the mentor who was
a valued assistant to Wynne last season,
Dr. Knapp wrote: "Had Kiley
been willing to do so he might easily
have accepted positions elsewhere as
head coach.
"He is considered one of the finest
coaches there is in the country and
the Auburn prospects for the new
year are greatly strengthened by his
agreement to continue his work here.
The combination of Chet Wynne for
the backfield and Kiley and McFaden
for the line did wonders with the
team in 1930
"With the addition of much promising
material from the freshman
team of 1930 Auburn feels that the
prospects for 1931 are very materially
better.
"Alumni and friends of the institution
have been consulted and they
are in full agreement with the program.
The student body and the
team itself are very wonderfully
wrapped up in the new coaching system
and the continuance of the work
of 1930."
AUBURN'S END COACH
Older Boy Scout Troop
to Meet Thursday Nite
Boy Scouts of Troop 13, sponsored
by the College, will meet for the
first time since the holidays Thursday
evening of this week at 7 o'clock
in the lecture room.
Lt. V. C. Finch will serve as
Scoutmaster of this older boy troop,
assisted by Roger Knapp and Joe
Barrett.
All boys interested in continuing
their Scouting experiences while here
in the A. P. I. are urged to be present.
Patrol formation and an outline
for the month in activities will
be discussed.
The new scoutleader reminds boys
that Scouting is 'A Learning by doing
program'. Troop 13 will meet
weekly to continue projects under
direction of patrol leaders.
This troop will take the initiative
in Auburn's celebration of Anniversary
Week (Feb. 8-14th). At that
time scouting will be 21 years old in
America.
BEAUTY SECTION
TO FEATURE DANCE
ISSUE OF CAJOLER
Pictures Desired Of All Girls
Attending Junior Prom
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21, IS
DATE OF PUBLICATION
Photographs Should Be Submitted
to Staff Members Before
Saturday Night
A special beauty section containing
pictures of girls attending the Junior
Prom will feature the dance issue of
the "Cajoler" to be put on sale Wednesday
before the opening dance. An
opportunity is being given for each
boy to submit his girl's picture. All
desiring to submit pictures should give
the photograph to Sam Pope, Fred
Hardy, or Joe Jenkins, or it may be
turned in to the Cajoler office in the
basement of Langdon hall. Three
dollars to cover the cost of making
cuts will be charged for each picture
accepted.
In order to take advantage of this
special offer, all arrangements must
be made not later than Saturday night
of this week.
The dance issue of Auburn's popular
humor magazine will also contain
a picture of Jimmie Green and his
orchestra.
STEWART LEADS AUBURN
CAGE TEAM TO VICTORY
OVER SOUTH CAROLINA
ABOVE: Roger J. Kiley, who will return to Auburn as assistant to
Coach Wynne, it was announced yesterday by President Knapp.
CAGERS PLAY 11
MORE S. C GAMES
Tournament In Atlanta Will
Close Season For Auburn
Basketball Team
Glomerata Pictures
Must Be In by 14th
Pictures for the beauty section of
the Glomerata must be turned in before
January 14, according to announcement
made today by Rex Sikes,
business manager of the annual. All
photographs should be turned in either
at the Glomerata office in the
basement of Alumni hall or to members
of the Glomerata staff.
Eleven games with Southern Conference
teams and two against non-conference
opposition will be played
by the Auburn Tigers during the remainder
of the basketball season.
The season for the Plainsmen officially
opened last night when they
trounced the South Carolina Gamecocks
by the score of 39-21. Clem-son
will also be played this week as
they will be encountered Saturday
evening.
North Carolina State, Georgia, Tu-lane,
Georgia Tech, Vandy and Fort
Benning are the other teams that will
be played before the regular season
is brought to a close against Georgia
Tech in Atlanta, Feb. 24.
The complete schedule follows:
Jan. 3—Tallassee All-Stars at Auburn.
Jan. 6—South Carolina at Auburn.
Jan. 10—Clemson at Auburn.
Jan. 12—North Carolina State at
Auburn.
Jan. 23—University of Georgia at
Athens.
Jan. 24—South Carolina at Columbia.
Jan. 26—Clemson at Clemson.
Jan. 28—Georgia Tech at Auburn.
Jan. 31—Vandy at Nashville.
February 6—Tulane at Auburn.
Feb. 7—Tulane at Auburn.
Feb. 10—Fort Benning at Fort Benning.
Feb. 14—Vandy at Auburn.
Feb. 18—Fort Benning at Auburn.
Feb. 24—Georgia Tech at Atlanta.
Feb. 27 & 28, March 2 & 3—S. C.
tournament at Atlanta.
DILLON IS NEW
LION PRESIDENT
Local Club Holds Annual Election
of Officers
Former Auburn Men
Study At U. of Virginia
Two former AuDurn students, Curry
Street of Anniston and Norman
Harris of Decatur, both of the class
of '27, are upholding the good name
of the inst'tutiqh at the University
of Virginia where they are now doing
graduate work. '
Mr. Street, who receives his doctorate
in physics next June, is leading
his class. Mr. Harris stands at
the head of his law class, according
to information received at the Alumni
office of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
H. C. Dillon, popular Auburn druggist,
will lead the Auburn Lions in
their activities during the 1931 term,
it was decided at the regular weekly
meeting of the club Tuesday at noon
in the Thomas Hotel when eight new
officers and three new directors were
elected. Dillon, after graduating in
Pharmacy in '21, resided in Birmingham
for several years. There he became
very active in Lion.s Cub work,
being elected president of the Avon-dale
Lions Club in appreciation of the
valuable service rendered for the club.
Since his arrival in Auburn in September,
1929, Dillon has been a valuable
citizen to the community, and
is well liked by the many people of the
town who know him.
C. W. Edwards, associate registrar,
was named as the 1st vice-president,
while F. E. Guyton and A. D. Burke
are to be the 2nd and 3rd vice-presidents
respectively. W. T. Ingram
was reelected as secretary. Z. M. _Pi-renian
will manage the funds of the
club, serving in the capacity of treasurer.
H. L. Watts is the new Lion
Tamer, while George W. Hargreaves
will occupy the job as Tail-twister.
F. M. Orr, V. C. Finch, and Ed. L.
Cotting were elected as the new directors,
the first two being elected for
two year terms, while Cotting is to fill
the office for one year.
Coach Wynne Marries
During The Holidays
A wedding of interest to Auburn
alumni was solemnized in Omaha,
Neb., Dec. 27, when Chet Wynne, head
coach and athletic director, married
Miss Grace Dolores O'Brien, one of
Omaha's most charming girls and
daughter of a prominent Omaha auto
dealer.
Mrs. Wynne was one of the most
popular members of the Omaha younger
set. She is a graduate of Duchesne
College at Manhattanville, N. Y.
Mrs. Wynne was a member of the Junior
League as a professional member,
having served as secretary to the
Nebraska election commission, William
D. McNugh, Jr., for the past
two years.
Coach Wynne and his bride will return
to the Cornerstone January 10,
after a short honeymoon in the West.
Extermination of
Rats Will Begin
Saturday, Jan. 10
Saturday, January 10, does not
have any unlucky number attached
to it but it will be an unlucky day
for rats (of the rodent family) living
in the town of Auburn. It is so decreed
by Mayor W. D. Copeland and
the town council of Auburn; and also
W. A. Ruffin, extension entomologist.
On that day "red squill" on fresh
hamburger, canned salmon, and rolled
oats will be placed in every home
and every business house of Auburn.
Rats eating it will be enjoying their
last feast, according to Mr. Ruffin,
who has helped to eradicate rats from
several towns in Alabama, using "red
squill" as a poison.
In reality it is an emetic. It is
fatal to rats only. Other animals
eating it regurgitate, thereby suffering
illness only a few hours.
The town council has appropriated
funds for buying "red squill" and
bait. Prof. F. E. Guyton's class in
sanitary entomology will assist in
mixing and distributing it. Most of
the distribtuion work will be done
by Auburn boy scouts.
Each home and each business house
will receive a supply of it. Each bag
will contain directions as to how and
where to apply it. In the main, it
will be located in attics and basements
and outhouses. Distribution
will be made Saturday afternoon.
Rats eating "red squill" usually seek
water and fresh air. In this way
they leave buildings before they die,
(Continued on page 4)
By Tad McCallum
The Auburn cagesters successfully
opened their Southern Conference
schedule Tuesday night by trouncing
South Carolina 39 to 21 in the Alum-,
ni gym.
The game was a typical early season
affair w.ith both teams fumbling
passes frequently and missing numbers
of easy shots. The Tigers got
away to a slow start and were awkward
in employing the fast short pass
system that Coach McAllister has installed.
They began to function better
as the game progressed, however,
and showed promise of developing into
a powerful offensive outfit under
the guidance of the new cage mentor.
The Tigers put up a neat defensive
exhibition and the Gamecocks were
forced to take most of their shots from
unfavorable angles. The South Carolinians,
although outclassed, fought
gamely throughout the encounter and
kept the Tigers on their toes.
The two quintets fought on even
terms for the first few minutes of the
game with South Carolina scoring the
initial basket. Lindley Hatfield dropped
one through a few seconds later
to even matters and the Tigers gradually
pulled away to a 17 to 10 lead
at the half.
Shortly after the second half commenced,
the Auburn sharpshooters began
to locate the hoops and led by
Jack Stewart and Tommy Lumpkin
ran the score up to 27 to 10. The
Gamecocks cut down the huge lead
just as quickly, however, when Captain
DuPre, DeVaughn, and Freeman
each hit the netting in rapid succession.
The Tigers soon stopped this
scoring spurt and South Carolina did
not threaten for the remainder of
the contest. With five minutes left
to play in the final period Coach McAllister
substituted a new team, and
the reserves more than held their own
with the visitors.
Jack Stewart, lanky pivot man, was
high scorer of the game with 14
points. He was closely pressed by
"Little Papa" Lumpkin who came
through with five field goals and two
free throws for a total of 12 points.
Lindley Hatfield turned in a jam-up
defensive exhibition at left guard and
Captain Jordan, although badly off
in his shooting, played the floor well.
DuPre, captain of the Gamecock
quintet, was the outstanding star of
the visiting crew. He led his team's
scoring with eight points. Lineups:
Auburn—Pate and Jordan (6), forwards;
Stewart (14), center; Kaley
and Hatfield (5), guards. Substitutes:
Lumpkin (12), Jenkins (2),
Rogers, Lawson, and Turk.
South Carolina—Bedenbough (2)
and DuPre (8), forwards; DeVaughn
(2), center; Freeman (4) and Hugh-ey
(2), guards; Substitutes: Douglas,
Green (4), and Watson (1).
Referee: Roosma (Army).
PARTIES WILL
BE GIVEN BY
SEVEN FRATS
Seven Fraternity Houses Will
Be Used By Girls Visiting For
Junior Prom
BID CARDS WILL BE
TAKEN UP ON FRIDAY
Only Invited Girls and Co-eds
Will Be Allowed To Attend
Day Dances
MOBILIANS HAVE
CHRISTMAS BALL
Students and Alumni Are Hosts
At Enjoyable Affair
Duncan in Capital
To Arrange Loans
To make final arrangements for the
distribution of drouth relief loans in
Alabama, Prof. L. N. Duncan, Director
of the Extenison Service is now
in Washington with officials of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
This department was placed in charge
in the act of congress making the
funds available.
Before leaving Auburn, Director
Duncan said that his intention is to
get as much money as can be had
for Alabama farmers. Loans will be
made after approval by county loan
committees, which will work in cooperation
with the county agents.
The loans will be made for the
purchase of fertilizers, feed for animals,
and seed. They will come from
the $45,000,000 authorized by congress
for the relief of farmers in
the drouth areas in all states. No
definite amount was assigned to any
state.
Always an important social event
of the Christmas season in Mobile is
the Christmas ball of the Auburn
Mobile Club, and on the evening of
December 26, at their dance in the
Battle House Hotel ballroom, this
club eclipsed all past efforts, with a
brilliancy, beauty and ingenuity that
gave this event a foremost place in
the holiday gaieties, for which Mobile
is noted. In a striking modernistic
setting of orange and blue, students
and alumni of Auburn and
their guests happily danced away the
hours to the many famous old college
songs so harmoniously rendered by
the Crescent City orchestra.
The brilliantly lighted ballroom
was artistically decorated in orange
and blue, with the idea of joviality
so fittingly carried out in the strik
ing modernistic stage scene of a
dancing couple, with such symbols of
gaiety as a tilted wine glass and a
pair of dice- in the background. The
colorful lighting effects made the attractive
canopy of orange and blue a
beautiful spectacle, with a huge cluster
of multi-colored balloons to add
to its lustre. On each of the stately
columns down the sides of the ballroom,
was an equally stately "A".
As the lights were dimmed and
the Crescent City orchestra burst into
strains of "Glory, Glory to Old
Auburn", charming ladies in lovely
gowns, escorted by members of the
club, began appearing from either
side of the stage, and as the spotlight
revealed the leader of the
dance, Tom Brown, senior, president
of the club, and Miss Elaine Brown,
his lovely sister, whom he had chosen
for this much coveted honor, there
was much applause. After the twenty-
five couples formed a huge "A"
in the center of the ballroom, and the
changing lights added mystery to the
scene, the orchestra began softly to
play the strains of "I'm Yours", for
the first dance, as myriads of multicolored
balloons floated down from
the ceiling and mingled among the
dancers.
As a fitting climax to the enthusiasm
predominating throughout the
dance, just after intermission, when
pleasure seemed to be at its height,
the dancers were given rolls of serpentine
and a chance to individually
(Continued on page 4)
TEN GAMES TO BE
PLAYEDJN 1931
Six Conference Tilts Will Be
Played In Next Football Season
WAPI, WSFA BROADCAST
MUSIC BY JIMMIE GREEN
Admission Will Be Charged
Students Who Attend Morning
and Afternoon
Ten Games are included on Auburn's
1931 Football schedule, as announced
recently by Professor C. L.
Hare, faculty chairman of athletics.
Six games are Southern Conference
tilts. The first intersect'ional game
since 1924 will be played by the
Plainsmen when they meet the University
of Wisconsin in Madison on
October 10.
The schedule calls for two night
games. Howard, Wisconsin and Se-wanee
are newcomers to the schedule,
replacing Mississippi A. & M.,
Vanderbilt, and Wofford.
The schedule:
September 25—Birmingham-South-,
ern at Montgomery (night game).
October 2—Howard, at Birmingham
(night game).
October 10—Wisconsin, at Madison.
October 17—Georgia Tech, at Atlanta.
October 24—Florida, at Jacksonville.
October 31—Spring Hill, at Au-
(Continued on page 4)
County Demonstration
Agents Meet In Auburn
A special meeting of the county
demonstration agents of Alabama was
held here December 29-30. It was
called by Professor L. N. Duncan,
director of the extension service of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, for
special study and consideration of the
agricultural situation and outlook for
next year; and to formulate extension
plans of work for the State, and also
for the counties.
Following the State meeting the
county agents returned to their respective
counties and set up county
organizations for promoting the county
program of work. Bankers, merchants,
and farmers cooperated with
the county agents.
County key bankers representing
the Alabama Bankers Association
were invited to attend the meeting,
but due to the pressure of business
at the end of the year they were
unable <to accept the invitation, Director
Duncan announced.
NOTICE
Seniors fill out information cards
for the Glomerata at once. Cards
have been left at Burton's Book Store.
House parties at the Junior Prom
will be given by seven fraternities.
The houses which will be turned over
to the visiting girls are those of the
Lambda Chi Alpha, Delta Sigma Phi,
Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Nu, Theta
Chi, Theta Kappa .Nu, and Sigma
Phi Sigma fraternities.
Invitations have been placed in the
fraternity houses, the boys dormitory,
and at the Tiger Drug Store.
These will be collected Friday afternoon
and mailed by the social committee.
No bid cards will be accepted
after this date, and only invited
girls and girls in college will be permitted
to attend any of the dances.
The practice of allowing uninvited
girls to attend the day dances will be
discontinued.
Arrangements have been made for
broadcasting the music of Jimmie
Green and his orcehstra from the
floor of the gymnasium over stations
WAPI in Birmingham, and WSFA in
Montgomery. Jimmie Green's music
makers first became popular with the
southern listeners while playing over
station WENR in Chicago. He is now
filling an engagement at one of the
New York stations.
This series of seven dances, beginning
on Thursday evening, January
22, and lasting through Saturday,
Jan. 24, constitutes the peak of
the year's social events on the campus.
Miss Myrtle Ellen Lowder,
charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Lowder, of Mobile, will be escorted
during the Grand March on
Friday evening, January 23, by J. D.
Bush, president of the Junior class.
After graduating from high school in
Mobile, Miss Lowder attended Sweet
Briar College at Lynchburg, Va., for
two years where she featured prominently
in both scholastic and social
activities.
J. D. Bush, a member of the Alpha
Tau Omega fraternity, is studying
civil engineering. He is popular with
the student body, having previously
been vice-president of his class during
both his freshman and sophomore
years. In addition, Bush is one of
the outstanding athletes on the campus.
After making his freshman
football numeral, he became a regular
on the varsity squad during his
sophomore and junior years, and was
the star of several games last fall.
He was recently honored by being
elected co-captain of the 1931 football
team to serve in this capacity
along with M. V. "Chattie" Davidson,
of Montgomery.
Contrary to former custom, admission
will be charged for the day
dances of the Prom. The price of
admission to these dances will have
to be decided upon by the Executive
Cabinet, and will be announced later.
Approximately 1,000 birds are expected
to be sent to girls in Alabama,
Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and
other Southern states.
The prom begins Thursday evening,
January 22, with an opening
dance lasting from 9:30 to 1 a. m.
Friday morning the Interfraternity
Council will sponsor the dancing
from 11:00 to 1:00 p. m., followed by
an Executive Cabinet tea dance Friday
afternoon, 4:00 to 6:00. The
most gala dance of the series, the
Junior Ball, comes Friday evening
9:30 to 1:30, at which time the
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THE PLAINSMAN
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1931
3ty? JUattumum
Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60
issues). Entered as second class matter
at the' Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
Business and editorial offices at Auburn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Offices hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily.
STAFF
Gabie Drey
Charles S. Davis
' Editor-in-Chief
Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Thomas P. Brown Associate Editor
Robert L. Hume Associate Editor
Victor White Managing Editor
\ Claude Currey News Editor
R. K. Sparrow News Editor
J. W. Letson News Editor
Alan Troup Composing Editor
A. C. Cohen Composing Editor
Adrian Taylor .
Murff Hawkins
K. M. McMillan
Sports Editor
Exchange Editor
Literary Editor
REPORTERS
H. W. Moss, '33; C. E. Mathews, '32; V.
H. Kjellman, '33; Otis Spears, '34; S. A.
Lacy, '33; A. D. Mayo, '33; Horace Shep-ard,
'34; Frank Keller, '34; William Beck,
•34; N. D. Thomas, '33; C. F. Simmons, '32;
A. B. Hanson, '33.
BUSINESS STAFF
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Asst. Business Mgr.
_ Advertising Manager
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. Asso. Advertising Mgr.
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Charles Adams, '34 W. E. Pope, '34
L. E. Sellers, '34
Book Review
NEW IMPROVEMENTS
The officials of the town are to be congratulated
for the improvements that have
been made during the past several weeks,
the latest of which is the markers that
have been placed at intersections of streets
here.
A system of street marking has been badly
needed in Auburn, as it has been hard
for strangers as well as students to find
different streets in the town. There are
in Auburn today many students who can
name not more than three or four of the
streets, and are unable to find places designated
by the name of the streets.
The latest paving project, the new fire
engine, the proposed grammar school
building will all prove to be of much value
to the community and it is with pleasure
that both townspeople and students witness
the formulating of plans that will be
for the betterment of the town.
'BAMA'S VICTORY
When the final whistle blew in the recent
Tournament of Roses football game between
Washington State College and the
University of Alabama it marked the end
of the reign of Coach Wallace Wade as
head football mentor at the University.
It would have been impossible to have
found a more fitting way in which to usher
out the era of Wade than the way which
the natural course of events provided,
namely, Alabama, twenty-four; Washington
State, zero. In addition to this, what
was probably the greatest football team
ever to go forth from Denny Field made
its last appearance at this game; the manner
in' which it dazzled the Cougars is
well known by this time.
During the years that Wade has been at
Alabama he has built up a reputation that
has made the name of Alabama and football
synonymous; and he has left behind
a record that will stand for a long time.
Three times the Crimson Tide has traveled
to the coast of the Pacific, and only once
has it failed to flow back with the proverbial
bacon, and that game resulted in a tie.
Duke University is to be congratulated
upon securing a man of Wade's caliber.
About a month ago we published an editorial
of congratulation and best wishes to
the University upon their gaining of the
Southern Conference championship and
their reception of an invitation to the
Tournament of Roses. Again do we offer
our congratulations but without best wishes
for there is nothing more to wish for, the
pinnacle has been attained.
In place of classes in physical education,
undergraduates at Barnard College, New
York, who are in poor physical condition
because of fatigue, are being required to
take courses in "rest and relaxation." Full
credit is given students in this course, who
are being taught how to sleep.
In order to show students of wealthy
parentage how to get started in the business
or professional world, a "Professor
of Work", has been added to the faculty
of Antioch College, at Yellow Springs, 0.
Dean Christian Gauss, of Princeton University,
declares that one-third of the undergraduates
in American colleges and universities
today have no business ever going
beyond high school.
SUCCESS
By Lion Feuchtwanger.
The Literary Guild—1930
Reviewed by John C. Farley
Success begins with this note in the front
of the book, "No figure in this book actually
existed in Munich during the years
1921-23; but they did exist in their totality.
Success does not present photographically
real,,but rather historically typical figures."
However, the pulse of its characters beats
too true for them to be creatures of the
imagination. I believe it to be a literary
description rather than a novel.
Success is a powerful word picture of
Munich and Bavaria after the World War
in which Mr. Feuchtwanger has stressed
one particular case typical of Bavarian injustice.
This is the case of Martin Kruger,
director of the national gallery, who has
fallen into disfavor because of personal dislike
and is railroaded suavely and inexorably
into prison on a framed charge of
perjury. Johanna, his mistress, appears
as witness for him and the only thing she
accomplishes by her heroic act of self-sacrifice
is personal disgrace. She then sets
out to obtain Kruger's release before his
sentence is out and comes in contact with
Bavarian social, political, and financial dictators
and learns the hidden motives which
control their political methods. Finally
Martin Kruger's pardon is obtained by the
casual intervention of an American multimillionaire.
But it is too late, for Kruger
lies dead in his uncouth cell.
This book has more of the historical,
sociological, and philosophical in it than
of the artistic. It is the most delightful
study of society I have ever read. After
reading this book one realizes that this
civilization of ours isn't the well-thought-out
thing the ballyhoo artists claim it to
be; that this democracy of ours is a sham;
that Karl Marx is more interested in murdering
capitalists than in culture; that the
inertia of the brain is greater than the
inertia of the muscles. This act is clearly
brought out by a remark of Turin, one of
the admirable characters in the book. "A
great man whom you don't like, nor *I
either for that matter, a certain Karl Marx
once wrote that since philosophers had explained
the world the next step was to
change it. But for my part I think the
only way of changing the world is to explain
it. If you explain it plausibly
enough then you change it quietly by the
operation of reason. It's only men who
can't explain it plausibly who try to change
it by force. These noisy attempts always
peter out; I prefer the quiet ones. Great
kingdoms disappear, but a good book endures.
I believe in well-written pages more
than machine guns."
LIVE AND LEARN
Every day the world is learning and individuals
are learning. Each day brings
with it some new experience, some new
friendship, some new contacts with the
world. From each we gather lessons, practical
lessons, which we would do well to
follow. Every experience we have broadens
our intellect and our knowledge; every
person presents us with new ideas. Each
day we learn more about ourselves, our
faults, and our short comings. Every day
we learn to understand ourselves and others
better. We are continually learning.
The world sometimes learns great lessons
by wars and blunders made by nations.
>It often takes mistakes and the punishment
following such mistakes to drive
home great truths. We, as individuals, are
continually erring and having to suffer
for our mistakes. Sometimes it is what
we say that is wrong. Sometimes it is
what we do that is wrong. Again, it might
be our attitude that causes us to err. We
may make mistakes in any number of
ways.
But, we must not be discouraged by our
mistakes. If we do a misdeed, we should
come back more determined than ever to
do well. If we are disappointed in some
friend, we should not lose faith in humanity.
If we find ourselves making mistakes
in our thoughts and taking the wrong attitudes
we should not lose confidence in ourselves.
Instead, we should be more inspired
to do better and to correct our
faults. So let us not lose confidence in
life, in people or in ourselves, but let each
mistake be a stepping stone to something
higher and may each day teach us lessons
which we may benefit from.
—Blue Stocking.
A possible division of opinion between
Dr. Glenn W. Frank, president of the University
of Wisconsin, and Gov.-elect Phillip
La Follette, over the acceptance of money
by the University from the General Education
Board, looms.
Although the two men* so far have been
friendly, the new governor, because of the
fact that the education board is a Rockefeller
Foundation, does not believe it compatible
to accept gifts from such an organization.
Dr. Frank does not agree in
this point of view.
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
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Coach Chet Wynne
was married during
the Christmas holidays
and I know we
are all going to wish
him well, hope he will
be happy and that
this will add to his
fine capacity as a
leader in our intercollegiate
sports. Meantime I have just sent
to the papers the news that Roger Kiley
has promised to come back and be with
us this year. Everything that could reasonably
be done has been done in the
training division. Now the main thing is
to keep up with the studies and figure some'
way that the fine fellows on the freshman
team can go on through the year and qualify
in their collegiate work for the intercollegiate
contests next year and there is
also the task of keeping the sophomores
and juniors so that they may participate
next year.
* * * *
I hope everybody had a pleasant time
during the Christmas holidays. We have
had a good rest. We ought to be ready
for work. There is much to do. A consistent
effort and steady application from
now to final examinations will accomplish
much. Try it and see where it gets you.
* * * *
When so much is distressing and worrying
us and so much is in the papers about
conditions everywhere I sometimes think
the best thing to do would be to find out
how bad off the rest of the world really is
and, if we could do that, I think we in
Alabama would find that we are not in so
serious a condition as some of us think.
It depends upon what you compare conditions
with. If yon are going to compare
conditions now with the way things used
to be when we were at the peak of prosperity
w'e may feel terribly depressed. But
if we look the other way and compare it
with conditions around us or when we were
in the depth of hard times in the olden days
we might find ourselves very much better
off than we had imagined. It all depends
upon the yard stick with which you do your
measuring.
A good thing to remember is that a
soft time and a lot of luxury, money and
pleasure never made a great people. I
went to see "The Big Trail" twice because
I love those old pioneer days. There was
a great fundamental truth in that picture
when the leading character said that civilization
was not made by soft, rosy, beds of
ease but by fighting and hardship. Struggle
and difficutly always develop character
and so these difficult times, while they
are sad times, nevertheless may have their
good points. We may find out the stuff
of which men are made. We may find out
who are the soft and easy ones who can
be readily wihpped in such a period and
who are made of that sterner material and
cannot be conquered by a few difficulties.
* * * *
Our good friend "Ole Timer" has a
mighty interesting article on "Winning in
the Game of Life" in the Atlanta Journal
the other.day. The article pays a very
high compliment to Auburn. I am going
to quote two paragraphs from it. It ought
to be published in every publication of
this institution. There is more truth in
it than I have seen for a long time and it
fits in beautifully with just what we are
facing now.
"Ole Timer" quotes Mr. G. Edwin
Michael of the Virginia Bridge and Iron
Company as follows:
"A striking thing about our company",
said Mr. Michael, "is the work being done
by our young employes who have come
from southern polytechnic schools, especially
from Auburn, Georgia Tech and V.
P. I. They have certain characteristics
that set them somewhat apart from the
men who come from other sections and
from schools which may be even more
famous.
"The salient characteristics of them as a
class are their ingenuity, their initiative
and their self-reliance.
"Our southern boys stand out although
we permit no sectional bias in our dealings
or in our judgments. But in checking results
against our personnel records we
find so steadily that our best technicians
are boys from Alabama Polytechnic, Georgia
Tech and Virginia Tech that we have
come to accept it as an established fact."
* * * *
Read what I have said above and then
tell me if you are going to be whipped or
going to quit college because of either
scholastic difficulty or financial difficulty,
or have you the courage of the kind the
boys call by a very common word to "stick
it out" and come on through in spite of
the difficulties. Have these Auburn fellows
who have gone on and won their
way in the world won it because of ease
and luxury or have they won it because
they have learned to work and had the
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Ham O'Hara reports a heavy jewelry theft during the holidays but refuses to
admit that he is married.
* * * * * * * * *
We wish to congratulate the Cajoler on the last issue—the one about the
traveling salesman would have made it complete.
* * * * * * * * *
If all the bids promised during the Christmas holidays, (for various reasons)
are sent out, Auburn will be faced with a housing situation during the Junior Prom.
* * * * * * * * *
TASTE , .
I like you and winter moons
White fruit cake, and new dance tunes.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, rainy days,
Ice cold beer, and Shakespeare's plays,
Lillian Roth, and plain toed shoes,
Football games, St. Louis Blues,
Oyster Cocktails, Mclntyre,
Boxing bouts, and open fire,
Shower baths, the radio,
Broadway at night, and E. A. Poe, •
Christmas day, the Four Marx Brothers,
Senior Hops and all the others,
Ted Lewis' music, Charleston streets,
Dopes and bozos, Burns and Keats,
Laughter, sunsets, ties of blue, .
I like winter moons and you.
—Selected.
* * * * * * * * *
Jimmie Green and the low market price of corn should make the dances a
— success.
* * * * * * * * *
Making an eight o'clock class after the holidays is like getting up in the
middle of the night.
* * * * * * * * *
Signs of an economic spring faded when we got only one tie for Christmas.
* * * * * * * * *
THE TRIO OF LIFE
Who make the men dig down and pay,
Who keeps them inspired day by day?
women.
• What tints the sky with golden hues,
What helps to drive away the blues?
wine.
What keeps the gates of time ajar,
What drives the age-old care afar?
song.
What makes our pain and joy abound,
What makes this dizzy world go 'round?
Women wine song.
—HIC-HIC.
* * * * * * * * *
As yet we have been~unable to get any foot print material on "Goof" Robinson
or Piccolo Pete, but promise the gentle readers something in next issue.
* * * * * * * * *
Donald Trowbridge, suffering from too much Florence night life, is not sure
that he will drink when he dies but is resting assured that he will smoke.
* WITH OTHER COLLEGES *
A plan to secure a fund of $200,00,000
for the benefit of American liberal arts
colleges has been formulated by the Liberal
Arts College Movement, recently organized
with President Ward, of Western
Maryland College as chairman.
The purpose of the movement, its sponsors
declare, is to promote liberal arts
studies.
"We shall undertake a vast advertising
campaign," said Dr. H. J. Burghstahler, of
Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa,
"which shall urge American youth to undertake*
such college work as will make
them well-rounded citizens. Too frequently
students are graduated with a lop-sided
education. They know one subject very
well, but don't know anything about anything
else."
* * * *
That middle-aged students can learn as
rapidly, if not more rapidly, than young
students, has been proved by the University
of California in a series of examinations
conducted here.
According to university officials, adults
taking correspondence work as well as regular
college courses during the past year,
have in general showed greater progress in
their subjects than campus undergraduates
of college age.
This superiority is laid, in part, to the
serious intentions of the older students.
* * * *
That last minute tutoring before examinations
exerts a "vicious influence on the
intellectual life of the university", was
the statement made in an editorial recently
by The Daily Princetonian, undergraduate
publication of Princeton University
here.
The editorial opened with an explanation
that the newspaper had refused an
advertisement from the Hun School tutoring
sessions for the freshman examinations
near at hand, and then lists four reasons
for the editorial attack on the system of
tutoring for examinations.
"First, cramming is a superficial method
of review," the paper said. "It deadens
undergraduate initiative and places a premium
on merely getting by. Second, in
view of the faet that only certain types of
examination questions can be asked, and
that these can be easily spotted by experi-courage
to keep on no matter what the
difficulties.
enced tutors, cramming by Hun puts university
examiners under the temptation of
trapping the trapper and giving tests that
will beat Hun and fail everybody.
"Third, shallow tutoring, foreign to the
purpose of all worthwhile study, encourages
habits of mental laziness and is worse
than useless in preparing for comprehensive
examinations of upper-class years.
"Fourth, it is« partially responsible for
the failure of men who relied, in freshmen
and sophomore years, on intellectual
dope and found it unavailing later."
* * * *
Organization of the Georgia Association
of Junior Colleges has been completed with
the election of officers and the appointment
of committees.
The group, consisting of the heads of
sixteen Georgia junior colleges, met recently
at the University of Georgia upon
the invitation of Chancellor Charles M.
Snelling.
Officers elected were: J. L. Skinner, Augusta
Junior Collegle, president; J. M.
Thrash, Douglas College of Agriculture
and Mechanical Arts, vice-president; J. A.
Lance, Young Harris College, secretary.
The new organization is to ask to be
made a division of the Georgia Association
of Colleges.
* * * *
That the suggestion of the Barnard College
Bulletin that the women of the college
should riot in order to call attention
to their school and thus gain finances, was
not entirely wasted, was indicated, according
to the New York Times, when a Princeton
man sent the paper $1, accompanied by
a letter, which read, in part:
"We feel that nothing will indicate our
sentiments better than the enclosed donation,
the interest/of the principle to be
used for the purpose of fostering, inciting
and urging on to riot, the Barnard students.
We would appreciate notice of the
time and place for any forthcoming riot
to Be conducted under your auspices."
The dollar is to be used to purchase the
Barnard postcards which Barnard alumnae
are selling in their campaign of publicity
for the college, The Bulletin said.
Barnard undergraduates this year have
awakened to the fact that their college, because
it is associated with Columbia University,
appears to the public to have lost
its individuality.
Rhapsodical Revelations
By Alexandre Provost
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in
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.
* * * * *
"All he had loved, and moulded into
thought.
From shape, and hue, and odor, and
sweet sound,
Lamented Adonais . . . . "
* * * * *
A few weeks ago a small article in one
of the leading Southern newspapers mentioned
the fact that Kin Hubbard was dead.
The average reader does not know who Mr.
Hubbard was, but everyone is familiar with
"Abe Martin." Since his creator, Kin Hubbard,
has passed on, the proverbial "Abe"
has left us forever. Artist, writer, and
humorist, Mr. Hubbard was one of America's
leading journalists, and his daily contributions
to the country's foremost newspapers
will be missed. "Abe Martin" was
a typical Hoosier character, being representative
of the average inhabitant of a
small town in Indiana. Through "Abe"
Mr. Hubbard has made a name that will
always be ranked among the highest in
American journalistic circles.
* * * *
Thoughts arising in an idle moment: The
returning holiday crowd is about the same
as usual. Everybody still uses the trite
post-Yuletide expression "Have a big
Christmas?" Wonder what will be the result
of hard times. A week and one-half
till exams. No more picture shows or bull
sessions for a while. How can one acquire
a ticket to the dances when the purchasing
power is nil and the "pull" is less than
nil? Arthur Brisbane seems to favor more
and bigger mergers and takes a high-handed
crack at the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
Maybe he's right. Everyone says the
country is going to the dogs. Let her slide,
on with the show, and other expressions.
President Hoover and the wheat situation.
The true friend of humanity and the apostle
of prosperity. Strange that a man's religion
can break the Solid South. In a
country of religious freedom, too. A good
Catholic sneered at by hypocritical Protestants.
Bad as a civilized human being voting
for Tom Heflin. Whoever started the
current campus expression "Aah-Boyee''
ought to be drawn and quartered. The arrival
of 1931. The king'is dead. Long live
the king!
* • * * *
What has the Republican government of
the last twelve years done? Mr. Wilson's
term" expired shortly before the wave of
prosperity began to rise. Since this wave
rose while the Republicans were in power,
they quickly took advantage of the situation
and rode triumphantly on the crest, singing
the praises of the Government of the People.
Now that the wave has turned to recede
the riders are left high and dry. Mr.
Hoover has been left "holding the sack"
so as to speak, and his government is held
up to ridicule. He has'always been noted
for his ability to rescue the perishing; his
chance has come to do his stuff, but he
evades the issue and recommends resolution
and patience as a panacea for all economic
ills. Long live the G. O. P.!
* * * *
"It's all your fault," bellows Mussolini
at Wall Street as the bread line in Italy
lengthens with astonishing rapidity. II
Duce claims that the Italians have always
looked upon America as a land flowing with
milk and honey, and now their bubble has
burst with the advent of the depression of
1930. Probably the omnipotent Benito "is
depressed over the decrease of Italian immigration
into this country. He is unusually
fortunate in having someone on
whom he can blame hard times; Mr. Hoover
is afraid to admit the shortcomings of his
administration and cannot find anyone else
on whom he can lay the fault.
* * * *
Bill Munday may be a splendid sports
writer and radio announcer, but it would
profit him a great deal should he learn to
distinguish the true Southern brogue from
Negro dialect. A mixture of the two is
most obnoxious.
* * * *
The harder a dog is kicked the louder
he will howl, and the howl of the mongrel
is easily distinguished from that of the
thoroughbred.
OUR SYMPATHY GENTLEMEN
The Charge of the Light Brigade of students,
according to the Mountain Collegian
fell a bit short; stopped cold by three
stalwart "Rushums" (cops). "Always upholding
right against wrong, these brave
officers seen their duty and they done it."
Following this little incident those that were
left on the outside formed and gave three
silent cheers for the officers of the law;
they deserved more, but the students didn't
have any tomatoes.
American citizens have given more than
eight millions of dollars to the League of
Nations.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1931 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
GOVERNOR IS CRITICIZED FOR
FAILURE TO MENTION DIETY
Richmond, Va. —(IP)— Because
he left out mention of the Diety in
his annual Thanksgiving proclamation
to the State, Gov. John G. Pollard,
former university professor, became
the obejct of the ire of Rev. Laurence
Brent, rector of Trinity Episcopal
Church, at Fredericksburg.
The rector ^accused the Governor
of "utter lack of faith in God."
The governor had asked that each
person observe the day according to
his own conscience, and that "we
characterize the day with words of
good cheer and deeds* of kindness
and charity, to the end that the less
fortunate may share in the blessings
of those who are prospering."
In his reply to Dr. Brent, Gov.
Pollard asked whether every Virginian
should "observe the day according
to the dictates of his own conscience
or according to the dictates
of your conscience?"
He said, furthermore, that if Dr.
Brent knew "of a better way of
thanksgiving to your God and mine
than by helping our fellowman," that
he, the Governor, would be glad to
consider including such a suggestion
in his next year's proclamation.
Haiti President
Is Anti-American
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti—(IP)—Ste-nio
Vincent, newly elected president
of Haiti, is an opponent of American
occupation. He is editor of the
anti-American newspaper, The Haiti
Journal, and is also president of the
bar ' association of Port-Au-Prince.
He is the first regularly elected president
of the Republic since American
intervention in 1916.
Dudley Field Malone
Causes Basketball Riot
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—Phone 37—
"In conclusion," writes Corey
Ford, The Grand Old Man of Basketball,
in the February College Humor,
"I feel that the history of basketball
would not be complete unless I mentioned
the great Basketball Riot of
1843, which took place while I was
Captain of the Princeton team of that
year. It was a direct result of this
riot, in fact, that the modern basket,
(in which the bottom of the net is
cut out), first came into vogue. In
my day the basket was not cut as it
is today, but consisted of a large
closed net hanging from a round
iron brace, in which the ball rested
after it entered the basket, without
falling through. At first these nets
had seemed satisfactory but as
months went by and one basketball
after another came to rest within
these nets, high off the floor, it became
apparent that sooner or later
we would be faced with a serious
basketball shortage, threatening the
whole future of the sport. Pleas of
the undergraduates were of no avail;
the authorities steadfastly refused to
cut the nets and release the captive
basketball, and at last the loyal supporters
of the game decided to take
a hand. A large and enthusisastic
meeting was held in the old Nassau
Hall on the evening of December 2,
1843, and one Dudley Malone, center
of the Princeton team, made a
stirring speech pointing out the dire
possibilities of the situation.
" 'When in the course of human
events,' said Malone in part, 'it becomes
necessary for one people to
dissolve the political bonds which
have connected them with another
and to assume among the powers of
the earth the separate and equal station
to which the laws of Nature and
Nature's God entitle them, a decent
respect to the opinions of mankind
requires that they should declare the
causes which impel them to the separation.'
"This stirring speech had the desired
effect. An undergraduate uprising
followed, known as the Princeton
Rebellion, in which scores were
killed or wounded, and at last the
frightened authorities gave in and
consented to cut the ropes at the bot-
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RETURN TO SOUND BUSINESS
"The year drawing to a close has
presented a, progressively disappointing
picture for commerce and industry
in general", said F. A. Merrick,
president, Westinghouse Electric &
Manufacturing Company. "Following
the stock market break in October,
1929, the high tide of business receded
rather quickly to a level which
was almost universally accepted as
the base line to be expected for the
current course of things until the
upturn came in sight. This view,
was encouraged by several favorable
factors present which have not usually
been found in similar situations.
Prominent among these were the
plentiful money supply and the general
absence of swollen inventories.
Existing inventories, however, were
then judged in relation to past consumption,
and when the stock markets
began their pronounced downward
slide .in midsummer of this
year and customer buying was abruptly
curtailed in consequence, the
inventories loomed larger and prices
of all commodities yielded, bringing
the result of added stagnation thru
the natural timidity of purchasers in
a falling price market.
"The electrical manufacturing industry
suffered with all others in
this series of changes, except in so
far as work on larger types of equipment,
requiring considerable time for
fabrication, held up the level of employment
during the greater part of
the year.
"While the short time outlook .in
the industry thus shows a much lower
trend than has been the case in
recent years, there are many aspects
of the situation that promise improvement—
the extension of electrical service
to the farms of the country is
Supreme Court Is
142 Years Of Age
Washington, D. C. —(IP)— The
session of the Supreme Court which
began its deliberations this Fall, was
the 142nd year of that body's life.
The U. S. Supreme Court was established
in 1789 with John Hay
as its first Chief Justice, and with
Philadelphia as the meeting place.
Hay, should he come back, probably
would-be more puzzled today by
the inventions over which many of
the suits are brought into this court,
than he would be by the legal questions
which arise therefrom.
Undoubtedly, he also, as a wine
drinker, would be a bit puzzled by
the Prohibition questions which arise
in the court.
torn of the basket. Thus the game
of basketball was saved. On the
other hand, the nets were ruined."
progressing with increasing rapidity
—there are important lines of industry
are embracing this period of
relatively slack business to rehabilitate
their plants on most modern efficient
basis which generally means
increased electrical equipment—all
branches of Government, Federal,
State and Municipal, are joining in
an effort to advance construction of
useful public works—and even under
present conditions there is ground
for expectation that the use of electricity
in the households of the country
will be accelerated throughout
the coming year, with attendant
market for the appliances which will
create this added use.
"And beyond all this is the basic
fact that goods in the hands of the
public are daily being consumed, that
the shelves of the dealers are being
cleaned up and the stocks of distributors
lessened — thus the fundamentals
of a normal return to sound
business in all lines are working
themselves out as must ever be the
case.
"This is too large and too fundamentally
prosperous a country to
stand still for any long period."
Misunderstanding
Is Necessary For
A Happy Marriage
"I was a regular magazine worm
and had come to the conclusion that
all the advice they give about attracting
and keeping a man is salami no
matter how you slice it," writes Lillian
Day "For Adults Only" in the
February College Humor. The only
way to get a good husband is to take
another woman's husband, because
how can you tell whether a man will
make a good husband until he's married?
I started out with all those
ideas about being a Helpmate and a
Pal. I got up early every morning
and was all dressed and bright and
cheerful at the breakfast table. I
did it for six months until Harold
suggested that I shut up for godsake
so he could read the paper.
"Harold and I didn't get along
badly for married people, but the
trouble was I didn't misunderstand
him. No marriage can be successful
without a reasonable amount of misunderstanding.
Harold had no imagination.
He would bring those terrible
boxes af assorted chocolates
from the drugstore and pink roses.
For my birthday he would give me a
vacuum cleaner, or a Frigidaire. I
was tired of being a Suburban Wife
and wanted to change my bungalow
apron for orange pajamas. We tried
to figure whether it would be cheaper
to go to Paris or hire Max Steuer."
Wedding of Auburn
Students Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Abner Macey Buchanan,
Jr., announce the marriage of
their daughter, Betty, to Mr. Ottis
Ward, of Dothan, Alabama, on Oct.
25, 1930, at Tuskegee, Alabama.
The above announcement will be
read with much interest by the
many friends. The bride, a junior
in applied arts at Auburn - College
has made one of the outstanding brilliant
records in the institution and
is one of the most popular students
of Auburn and in social circles of
this city. The groom is a senior of
Auburn and a popular young student
of the college, and of his home city.
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In the Atlantic City Auditorium
the football teams of Washington
and Jefferson College and Lafayette
College recently met in the first indoor
football game. Playing before
a crowd of approximately 20,000,
many of whom were in formal evening
clothes, the red and black of
Washington & Jefferson triumphed
over the Eastonians by a score of 7
to 0.
To provide ample illumination for
the game, the normal lighting equipment
of the auditorium, which utilizes
600,000 watts, Was supplemented
by the addition of a powerful
flood-lighting system using another
Outboard Motor Race
Held For Collegians
As a forerunner of College Humor's
second annual series of intercollegiate
Gold Cup outboard regattas,
a special event was staged at
Lake Elsinore, California, on December
6th. The race, open to outboard
drivers in colleges and junior colleges
on the Pacific Coast, was one
feature of the meet sponsored by the
Southern California Outboard Association.
Miss Loretta Turnbull, in her "Sun-kist
Kid," won the College Humor
Gold Trophy for first place, averaging
41:00 miles per hour. Loretta,
a prominent figure in national out-,
board racing, represented the Citrus
Junior College.
Merle Priest, driving "Duke", as
the Occidental College entry, was second.
Herb Stovall of Ventura Junior
College finished third in the collegiate
race. Last spring thirty-two different
schools accepted this new
sport, and College Humor is now
making preliminary arrangements
for increased entries in all the college
regattas for 1931.
200,000 watts. The main lighting
consists of 540 Westinghouse floodlight
projectors spaced 14 feet apart
in the trusses arching across the curved
ceiling. Using a white football
and playing in the light provided by
the two lighting systems, the players
experienced no difficulties due to
poor visibility.
The roof of the auditorium is supported
by ten pairs of 3-hinge trusses
weighing 220 tons per pair. They
have a clear span of 350 feet and a
clearance above the playing field of
135 feet. It was noted during the
game that the highest and longest
punts seemed puny in their relation
to the roof of the auditorium.
The interior of the auditorium
measures approximately 500 feet by
300 feet; therefore, ample room for
a full sized football field with comfortable
margins on the end zones
and the sidelines was available. The
absence of pillars in the auditorium
assured unobstructed vision. The
field was composed of dirt brought
from the interior of New Jersey in 48
freight cars. The total weight of
the dirt laid and rolled to a perfect
playing surface was 2,500,000 lbs.
The formal clothes and the very
noticeable lack of hats on both men
and women constituted new notes
among a crowd witnessing a football
game, usually associated with fur
coats rather than with the black and
white and gay colors of evening
dress. Immediately following the
game, a dance was held in the Auditorium
ball room, a separate room,
the dance floor of which can accommodate
2,500 couples.
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DRAMA LEAGUE TO CONDUCT
TOUR OF EUROPE IN SPRING
Walter Prichard Eaton and Sheldon
Cheney, leading experts in stagecraft,
are to conduct drama tours to
Europe in the late spring and summer,
according to an announcement
made by the Drama League of America.
Mr. Eaton, author of "The American
Stage of Today", "The Actor's
Heritage", and a recent history of
the Theatre Guild, will lead the
fourth annual Summer Theatre Tour,
which is scheduled to sail from New
York on July 4th. The party will be
in England for the Shakespeare Festival,
in Orange for the yearly festival
in the Theatre Antique, in Sals-burg
for the Reinhardt Festival and
in Heidelberg, Munich, and Bayreuth
for their festival seasons. Interviews
are being arranged with Sir Barry
Jackson, Sir Archibald Flower, Max
Reinhardt, Gordon Craig, the Capeks,
and others. Special features will include
visits backstage to investigate
theatrical equipment and machinery,
and the party will enjoy plays from
both sides of the footlights.
Sheldon Cheney, outstanding exponent
of theatre arts and author of
"The Theatre—1000 Years of Stage
Decoration" and the recently published
"New World Architecture",
will lead the Russian Theatre Tour.
This novel trip sails from New York
on May 9th in order to reach the Soviet
Republic while the theatres are
still open. It is designed to give students
a fascinating opportunity to
view Russia as well as to study outstanding
examples of the new drama.
The director will give lectures on the
experimental and workers' theatres
and there will be frequent comparisons
with the Continental methods
and with the Russian school preceding
and following the work of Stanislavsky.
Rehearsals will be attended
and conferences will be held with the
leading producers. Theatres to be
visited include the Meyerhold Theatre,
Moscow Art Theatres, Kamerny
Theatre, Blue Blouse Troupes, Theatre
of Social Satire in Moscow, and
Ukranian National Theatre.
Folders and full particulars can be
obtained from the Drama League
Travel Bureau, 15 West 44th Street,
New York.
Kiwanis Cooperates
With County Agents
The Kiwanis Club of Auburn will
cooperate with County Agent C. H.
Bedingfield in forming and maintaining
an advisory council on agriculture.
At the regular meeting
Monday Mr. Bedingfield appeared before
the club and asked that a representative
be named to serve, on the
council with representatives of other
clubs and organizations of the county.
President R. Y. Bailey appointed
Prof. D. G. Sturkie, chairman of the
committee on agriculture.
It was the first meeting of the
club since the holidays and a full
attendance was present. The program
included several musical numbers by
the club under the leadership of Dr.
Paul Irvine and Mrs. Mary Drake
Askew.
The radio is making people so particular
about their entertainment
that a street band of five pieces will
soon be declared a public nuisance.
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give vent to their joyousness and
add to the colorful scene of the final
Auburn leadout, which they enlivened
by the throwing of serpentine as
an expression of their gaiety and frivolity,
while the orchestra did their
bit by playing, in syncopated time,
the sleigh bell song, "Jingle Bells."
Dances were reserved during the
evening for the University of Alabama
and all visiting college students.
Those participating in the grand
march were: Miss Elaine Brown and
Tom Brown; Miss Virginia McLeod
and Charles Davis; Miss Katherine
Steele and Eugene Gray; Miss Nancy
Hill and Bill Gaines; Miss Eva Thur-ber
and Claude Currey; Miss Gertrude
Stewart and Eugene Lavallet;
Miss Mary Cade Aldridge and Oliver
Glennon; Miss Jane Abbott Toulmin
and Arch Winter; Miss Louise Hol-ton
and Robert Bracken; Miss Edith
Johnson and Jim Feore; Miss Lucy
Lesesne and Horace Shepard; Miss
Lida Goodloe and Frank England;
Miss Velma Lassiter and Jim Backes;
Miss Sammie Sutton and Howard
Pringle; Miss Catherine Davis and
Howard Ellis; Miss Amalie Koehler
and Powell Williams; Miss Anna England
and Norton Williams; Miss Virginia
Dunlap and Curtis Gentry;
Mi£s Marion Ross and Shannon Hunter;
Miss Helen McCary and Elmer
Green; Miss Virginia Wade and
James McLemore; Miss Mary Ellen
Murphree and Gerald Laubenthal;
Miss Mary Alba Warner and Ben
Hutson; Miss Helen Graeber and
Claude Murrey; Miss Mary Yukers
and Joe Quinlevan.
PARTIES WILL BE GIVEN
BY SEVEN FRATERNITIES
(Continued from page 1)
Grand March will be staged. Keys,
honorary fraternity, will sponsor the
morning dance on Saturday. 11:00
to 1:00 p. m. with the A Club giving
the tea dance in the afternoon, 4:00
to 6:00 p. m. A Farewell Dance Saturday
evening, 8:30 to midnight,
brings the prom to a close.
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GEO. ADE SAYS
EIGHTIES WERE
GRAY, NOT GAY
"As I check over the primitive
conditions and the limited opportunities
of the far away eighties, I can
think of only one great privilege we
enjoyed which is now denied the student
of any inland college," reveals
George Ade in his article on. "The
Gray Eighties" in the February College
Humor. "We were given the
best that the theatre had to offer and
the expense was trifling. Music, the
drama, food, stimulation and tobacco,
all rounded out an evening of riotous
living for a grand total of four
bits! But student life, outside of the
class work and the literary societies,
was just plain starvation. We had
the Y. M. C. A. and a Scientific Society
(to which I contributed a paper
on "Cellular Structure of Seed
Coats") but any one who classes
them as thrilling diversions from the
dull routine of the curriculum is either
imaginative or crazy.
"In the eighties it was the fashion
for young men to go out serenading
at night—standing around in
the moonlight, singing very sentimental
songs to young women who
were concealed behind curtains
above. As I look back upon it, it
strikes me that this nocturnal practice
never led up to anything worth
talking about and was simply another
evidence that we were not half
as devilish as we thought we were.
"I am going to wind up this discourse
with the story of what the
average soph or junior really did in
one day away back yonder. He arose
from a straw tick in a most unattractive
room at about seven thirty a. m.
and ran to a boarding-house where
he ate a frugal breakfast, consisting
largely of oatmeal. Soon after eight
o'clock he went to a recitation and
at nine he went to another and at
ten he attended chapel! Usually he
had a third recitation in the morning
and ate dinner about twelve thirty.
He did most of his lab or shop work
in the. afternoon. When that was
over he was practically through for
the day.
"Along about sun-down he strolled
out and partook of a modest meal
which was known as supper. On nine
nights out of ten he had nothing to
do after that except go to his room
and sit down and talk or study a
little or pop corn over a gas burner
or play a few hands of penny-ante.
He didn't devote any time to housekeeping
and his evenings were undisturbed
by the present feverish
flare-ups and celebrations which now
help to make college life a more or
less continuous jamboree. In other
words, we had not found out what a
college was for. When we get together
now and blow about the good
old days, we are simply discussing
a lot of things that didn't happen,
because practically nothing did happen
at any Middle West college during
the eighties. If we are sentimental
regarding a college experience
of long ago, it is because of the
fact that we met and lived with a
few men that we liked. It may be
true that the university of 1931 has
become too gay and festive and intricate
but at least it is an improvement
over the complete vacuum
which we established along about
1885."
EXTERMINATION OF RATS WILL
BEGIN SATURDAY, JANUARY 10
(Continued from page 1)
said Mr. Ruffin.
"Rats", he added, "are very destructive.
It is estimated that the
average rat eats or destroys annually
products worth $2. In addition
they spread insect pests, and may
spread human diseases. They are
pests that work under cover and frequently
make surprise attacks in the
poultry yards—especially on baby
chicks."
To keep rats under control "red
squill" should be applied throughout
the town semi-annually, Mr. Ruffin
added.
A little vision goes a long way—
too much vision has wrecked more
men than too little.
It's always a tragedy when circumstances
prevent a man from expressing
the best that is in him.
It's getting mighty expensive for a
husband to take an interest in modern
household devices.
Insurance For
Football Players
Urged By Editor
"Present day football has shown
us that the successful coach (meaning
one who wins games and fills
stadiums,)" says H. N. Swanson,
Editor, in the February College Humor,
"will be known hereafter not as
a mentor who believes in sports to
build a man's body and mind, but as
a crafty stage director who drives his
men and sacrifices them whenever
scoring is at stake. The successful
coach (still meaning the best showman)
will urge his men to play hard
and dangerously. The public loves a
fast running attack, with plenty of
spectacular tackling and spills. More
men will be hurt and permanently
crippled. Literally, it will be dying
for dear old Goofus.
"Games of this sort cause the outside
public to help lift the burden of
higher education. For the price of
a "cheap theater ticket the dear old
public is, knowlingly or not, doing a
great service. And that's fine. But
I say that since the players of football,
basketball, hockey and the other
sports are so important to the
school, the school should do something
about them. Business institutions
are required by law to insure
workers against injury or death. I
feel there should be a state law, requiring
every school to take out compensation
insurance for all players,
except in intra-mural sports. In case
a man is injured, a certain sum
should go to him until he recovers—
no matter if he leaves school. Today's
undergraduate doesn't ask that
his expenses be paid or his academic
way be made easy. But he is entitled
to the assurance that if he
does get a shattered knee or broken
collar bone, his future will be protected.
I am certain the schools will
need no laws to force them to this.
As business institutions they cannot
help seeing its worth."
FIRST LEGAL STATE PARK
LOCATED ON COOSA RIVER
The first State Park legally established
in Alabama was recently set
aside by Governor Graves under the
Act of September 6, 1927. The tract
is located on the banks of the Coosa
River in the southwestern part of
Talladega County. It possesses
marked scenic values, and at the
same time is readily accessible to foresters.
The area included is four
hundred twenty-one acres.
It is situated about a mile east of
Owen's Ferry on the bend of the river
south of Bullocks Islands.
The State parks movement in Alabama
has been gathering strength'
for several years. No tangible re-
TEN GAMES TO BE
PLAYED IN 1931
We all try to escape realities.
(Continued from page 1)
burn.
November 7—Tulane, at Montgomery.
November 14—Sewanee, at Birmingham.
November 21—Georgia, at Columbus,
Ga.
November 26—South Carolina, at
Columbia (Thanksgiving).
The struggle for existence is the
most interesting part of existing.
suits were attained, however, until
the passage of the State Land Act
by the last legislature which placed
the promotion and jurisdiction of
State parks under the Commission of
Forestry. The management of natural
and woodland park areas is very
similar to that exercised over woodlands
devoted to forestral purposes,
differing only in final utilization.
The area set aside for the Talladega
State park will be kept as far
as practicable in a wild and natural
condition. Expenditures toward its
improvement will be quite limited
subject to funds that may be made
available by legislative action or by
private contributions.
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