1931-03-14 The Plainsman

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T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
Engineers' Day
Tuesday
VOLUME LIV AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1931 NUMBER 44
SCOUT JAMBOREE
TO BE HELD HERE
ON FRIDAY, MAY 1
Central Alabama Council Boy
Scouts Will Hold Jamboree
Contests on Drake Field
AUBURN TROOP HOST
Officials Will Act As Judges;
President Knapp Will Pre­sent
Awards
Scouts in the Central Alabama
Area Council will gather on Drake
Field on May 1, for another annual
scoutcraft jamboree, according to
the announcement of Scout Execu­tive
John J. Sigwald.
The following scout troops will
participate in the field day activities;
Opelika, Auburn, Tallassee, Camp
Hill, Ashland, Society Hill, Camden,
Alexander City, Hurtsboro, Selma,
Minter, Greenville, McKenzie, Clan-ton,
Plantersville, Marion Junction,
Uniontown and Lock 12.
Activities will begin on Friday
morning, May 1, at 10:30 o'clock,
with an inspection on Drake Field.
This will be followed by archery and
rescue race events. At noon, all
scouts will attend a barbecue dinner
given at the Log Cabin, headquarters
of Auburn Troop No. 7. Scoutcraft
events will be resumed on Drake
Field at 1:30 p. m. and festivities
will come to a close at 4:00 o'clock
with presentation of awards by Dr.
Bradford Knapp, president of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, which
will be broadcast directly from Drake
Field over Station WAPI, Birming­ham.
The jamboree will include a gen­eral
inspection of alltroops, contests
in archery, a rescue race, semaphore
signaling, water boiling, first aid,
Morse signaling, fire by friction, tow­er
building, and a patrol project win­dow
display.
Among the prizes for the many
events, there will be free tickets to
the Tiger Theatre, books on scouting,
and valuable boy scout equipment.
Serving as host to the Scouts, the
college will give awards to the win­ning
troops and college professors
will assist in judging the events. The
noon barbecue will also be provided
by the institution. To the first, sec­ond,
and third winning troops will
go respectively a bronze tablet of
the Boy Scout Oath, an official scout
kodak with films, and a troop bugle.
Committee chairmen for the Jam­boree,
serving with President I. J.
Dorsey, Sr., are Dr. Bradford Knapp,
awards; Coach W. H. Hutsell, field;
W. T. Ingram, finance; Kirtley
Brown, publicity; and Dr. I. S. Mc-
Adory, barbecue.
The following men will serve as
judges for the various events, Cap­tain
E. S. Ott, Lieutenant C. P.
Townsley, C. F. Strickland, C. R.
Hixon, Joe Barrett, Roger Knapp, A.
D. Burke, A. Carnes, E. M. Gavin,
Lieutenant H. L. Watts, Kenneth
Withington, P. P. Powell, W. W. Hill,
Jr., J. H. Quinn, Dr. R. S. Suggs, W.
T. Ingram, Rev. S. B. Hay, Rev. W.
B/ Lee, S. Dixon, A. L. Thomas and
Gabie Drey.
Secretary Sigwald urges all moth­ers,
dads, sisters, brothers and
friends of scouts to come to Auburn
on May 1st, and witness the mam­moth
scout celebration.
'TWELFTH NIGHT' IS PLAY TO
BE PRESENTED BY BEN GREET
Eminent Group of English Players to Present Play Said to be
One of Greet's Best Productions; Shakespearean Players
Are on Second Transcontinental Tour.
Sir Philip Ben Greet, eminent Eng­lish
actor and producer, with his
famous group of players will present
"Twelfth Night" in Langdon Hall,
April 3. This play is said to be one
of Greet's best productions and one
in which the leading role is excel­lently
suited to his rare dramatic
abilities.
This is Sir Philip's second trans­continental
tour. He is returning to
America by insistent demand of lead­ing
universities and cities that had
them last season and those where
they did not appear. The tour open­ed
in late October at Memphis, Ten­nessee.
He has been to such univer­sities
as Columbia, Brown, Pennsyl­vania,
Michigan, Yale, Harvard, and
Princeton, where he was received fa­vorably.
Sir Philip has been on the stage
fifty years and is said to have taught
more actors than any other living
man. He is world famous as one of
the greatest living authorities on the
English drama. His Shakespearean
productions have set the standard in
both England and America. In rec­ognition
of a life devoted to the cause
of drama in education, he was knight­ed
by King George V in June, 1929.
In his plays he creates an atmosphere
of medieval reverence. His only
modifications of the true Elizabethan
manner is in the use of richer and
more elaborate hangings than were
employed in the Elizabethan days.
The simplicity of his productions is
based on the theory that the stage
should stimulate and inspire rather
than relieve the imagination.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports
of Ben Greet's production of
"Twelfth Night":
"It is a pleasure to hear the lines
spoken so clearly and with such com­prehension
of their meaning. The
performance moved with remarkable
smoothness. It was the sort of-eve-ning
which makes one realize that
the theatre has its intellectual feat­ures
after all.
The College is sponsoring the pres­entation
of the _Ben Greet Players
who will appear here April 3, at 8
o'clock in Langdon Hall. Admission
prices will be $1.00 and $1.50.
RELIGIOUS WEEK
CLOSES FRIDAY
Bishop John M. Moore Attracts
Large Congregations During
Week
CORRESPONDENCE
COURSES OFFERED
Religious week closed last night,
when Bishop John M. Moore, of Dal­las,
Texas, spoke to a large congre­gation
in the auditorium of the Bap­tist
church.
Officials of the college and mini­sters
of the various churches in Au­burn
have cooperated in bringing
this annual series of meetings to stu­dents,
faculty, and people of the
town. Services were held in the
mornings at Langdon Hall for the
benefit of students and faculty mem­bers,
and at night in the various
churches for the benefit of citizens
of the town. Colonel R. B. McGe-hee,
said that Bishop Moore, as well
as local ministers and college offi­cials
were gratified by the large at­tendance
of the meetings.
It has been the purpose of those
in charge of religious week, to af­fect
the cooperation of all denomin­ations
in order that an outstanding
speaker could be procured for this
event, ft was stated that a minister
from the Presbyterian church will be
chosen for next year.
Bishop Moore, holder of Ph.D., and
D.D. degrees from Yale University,
has been very popularly received by
Auburn congregations. He has been
closely associated with college stu­dents
throughout his career, having
spent several years at Yale Univer­sity
fifteen years at Vanderbilt. He
has been recently connected with the
Southern Methodist University, at
Dallas, Texas. During his stay here
he has been the guest of several
Greek Letter fraternities.
Economics,
Business
Courses
Psychology
Math Are
And
New
DELTA SIGMA PI
INSTALLATION TO
BE HELD MAR. 21
Installation Team to Consist of
Members from Alabama and
Georgia Tech
PROF. HERREN HONORED
GLEE CLUB PROGRAM J n v i t n t i n n ^ T n F n o i n P O Y s9
WILL FEATURE SKIT „ ,, T I T J A l ! r ^ ?
ON COLLEGE LIFE Ball Mailed As nans tor
Repe r toi r e Inc lude s Ens embl e Program Near Completion
Numbers, Vocal Solos, and
Instrumental Numbers
APPEAR IN LANGDON HALL
Installation Ceremonies Are to
be Followed by Banquet and
Dance
To meet the large demand by those
doing home study during the present
increase in unemployment, three ad­ditional
correspondence courses have
been added by the Division of Exten­sion
Teaching. This includes courses
in Economic Organizations, Educa­tional
Psychology and Business Math­ematics.
Economic Organizations, prepared
by Prof. W. C. Crow is planned for
those who wish to understand the
economic structure of our times. It
is not of a technical or statistical
nature but is arranged along de­scriptive
lines to impart an intelli­gent
understanding of economic in­stitutions
and practices.
The course in Educational Psychol-
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Christian Endeavor
Plans Sunrise Service
A .Sunrise prayer Service, sponsor­ed
by the Christian Endeavor of the
Presbyterian Church, is being plan­ned
for Easter morning, April 15.
The young peoples organizations of
the different churches are cooperat­ing
with the Christian Endeavor, and
an effort will be made to make this
one of the best services of the year.
Plans for this program have not-as
yet been completed, but it is the
object of those in charge to secure
a special speaker for the ossacion.
The place of meeting has not been
decided on, but it will be in the near
vicinity of Auburn and will be an­nounced
at a later date.
Installation of Beta Alpha Sigma,
local business fraternity, as the Beta
Lambda chapter of Delta Sigma Pi,
international professional business
fraternity, will take place here
on March 21, with an installation
team of members from the Universi­ty
of Alabama and Georgia Tech
headed by H. G. Wright, grand sec-rectary-
treasurer of Chicago.
Initiation ceremonies during the
day are to be followed by a formal
banquet in the evening in the base­ment
of the Baptist Church. Later
in the evening the initiates and visi­tors
will enjoy a dance given at the
Delta Sigma Phi house.
Officers of the new chapter include
S. L. Shanks, headmaster, Selma; J.
H. Quinn, senior warden, Russell-ville;
H. P. Henderson, scribe, Tus-cumbia;
J. L. Capell, treasurer,
Montgomery. On the roster of mem­bers
appears the names of J. A. Ca­pell,
Montgomery; H. P. Henderson,
Tuscumbia; D. M. McCain, Shawmut;
J, H. Quinn, Russellville; S. L.
Shanks, Selma; S. B. Fort, Ensley;
J. H. Hogue, Marion; W. M. Keller,
Birmingham; J. R. Wilder, Dadeville;
V. R. White, Hamilton; T. S. Cole­man,
Jr., Fort Deposit; R. E. Sheri­dan,
Bessemer; J. P. Curry, Jr.,
Snowdoun; S. E. Wittel, Shortleaf;
S. W. Grubbs, Clayton; Renfro For­ney,
Opelika; N. H. Thomas, Jones;
and G. B. Ward, Auburn.
Delta Sigma Pi was founded on
November 7, 1907, at the New York
University of Commerce, Accounts,
and Finance to encourage scholarship
and the association of business stu­dents;
to promote closer affiliation
between the commercial world and
students of commerce: and to fur­ther
a high standard of commercial
ethics and cultrue. v
PROFESSOR HERREN TO BE
HONORED
Joe Myron Herren, profe&»«aL_of
Commerce and Business at The Juni­or
College of Connecticut, has Been"
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Seven States Represented In
Personnel Under Direction
of Orville J. Borchers
MENINGITIS SCARE AT
AUBURN IS UNFOUNDED
All Throat Cultures of Alpha
Lambda Tau Boys Prove
Negative
JUDGE BUTLER ELECTED
HEAD OF LIBRARY BOARD
Duties of Board to Control Ex­penditures
of AH Library
Funds
The new county library board re­cently
appointed, was announced by
Charles W. Edwards at a joint meet­ing
of the service clubs Thursday
night, as follows: G. P. Butler,
Judge of Probate, chairman ex-of-ficio;
W. Y. Fleming, county super­intendent
of education, secretary ex-officio;
Mrs. S. L. Toomer, Auburn;
Miss Inez Duke, Opelika, and J. L.
Killian, Salem. According to the
county library law of 1919 tHfe lib­rary
board shall be composed of the
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BUSINESS WOMEN'S CLUB MEETS
WITH CIVIC CLUBS AT BARBECUE
As the climax to the observance of
anniversary week of the Business
and Professional Women's Club of
America, members of the Lions, Ki-wanis,
and Rotary Clubs of Auburn
joined, Thursday evening with the
Auburn club in a barbecue and a so­cial
hour in the Eastern Star room.
Mrs. A. F. Nickel, presided.
The program for the evening in­cluded
singing by the different 'clubs,
and a short talk' by representatives
of each club,
F. M. Orr spoke for the Lions Club,
naming library work as a major achi­evement.
Several other lines of
work were mentioned by him before
he presented Charles W. Edwards,
who reported library development in
Lee County to date, and announced
the library board as given to him
by W. Y. Fleming, superintendent of
education in Lee County, as follows:
Judge G. P. Butler, chairman ).W. Y.
Fleming, Mrs. S. L. Toomer, Miss
Inez Duke, and J. L. Killian.
Rev. Sam Hay spoke for the Ro­tary
Club. He said that this club
has been identified with the various
civic and other developments of Au­burn
since the club was organized
ten years ago. . •"""
Mr. Hay said, that the Rotary Club
has been happy to work with the
other clubs and .also other agencies
and organizations«for the improve­ment
of the town.
President R. Y. Bailey spoke for
the Kiwanis Club. As an illustration
of Kiwanis work he asked Professor
J. H. Parrish, chairman of the com­mittee
on underprivileged children to
tell what the club has dpne in this
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All swabs from the throats of
members of the A. L. T. fraternity
have been negative for the organism
causing meningitis. The tests were
made by Dr. R. S. Sugg, bacteriolo­gist
of the school of veterinary medi­cine
of the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
and announced by Dr. B. F.
Thomas, college surgeon.
The results mean that there is ab­solutely
no cause for disturbance
about meningitis in Auburn, Dr.
Thomas said.
Since the death of Robert Posey
Morton, on March 7 in Birmingham,
a feeling has prevailed among some
that there was meningitis in Auburn.
Dr. Thomas has contended all the
time that the disease was not con­tracted
by Mr. Morton while he was
in Auburn but after he left Auburn.
In addition to a repertoire of en­semble
numbers, vocal solos, and in­strumental
numbers, the Woman's
College Glee Club, which will appear
in Langdon 'Hall Monday night at 8
o'clock, will feature a skit portray­ing
contemporary college life in
America.
Orville J. Borchers, head of the
music department at Woman's Col­lege,
and director of the glee club,
has earned for himself and the club
an enviable reputation during the
years in which he has been connected
with that institution. His program
of last year was acclaimed by many
as one of the best of its kind to be
given here.
Miss Edith Coale, of Jackson, Ala­bama,
is accompanist and business
manager of the club, and Miss Eliza­beth
Call, of Springfield, Missouri is
violinist.
The personnel of the club includes
girls from seven states. Alabama
leads with 19. . Tennessee follows
with four rperesentatives, one of
whom is talented in dramatic expres­sion.
Georgia contributes three
girls, one being the soprano' soloist
of the club. Two members come
from Mississippi, one from Florida,
and one from South Carolina. The
most distant state represented, Mis­souri,
contributes the violinist.
Following is a list of the members
of the Glee Club: ,
First Sopranos
Clyde Reinhardt, Helen Wright,
Martha Tom Morris, Cecile Moore,
Mary Glenn Agee, Edith Coale, ac­companist,
Blanche Esalinger, Dor­othy
Monroe, Madeline Chambless,
Ruth Gray, Virginia Morris.
Altos
Annie Claire Galloway, Lucille
Craddock, Evelyn Storey, Rubilane
Mellinger, Helen s Turner, Glancye
Morriss Ezelle, Loraine Boswell.
Second Sopranos
Encita^Voltermajuu Eleanor Had
'A' Club Dance To
Be Given Tonight
The "A" Club will sponsor a dance
to be given tonight in the Alumni
Gymnasium at 9 o'clock. This is the
second "A" Club dance of the se­mester,
and should be largely attend­ed
according to reports of those in
charge. Girls from Opelika, Colum­bus,
Montgomery, and other sur­rounding
towns are expected.
The Auburn Knights, student dance
orchestra, has been engaged to play
for the dance. On Tuesday night,
this orchestra is playing for the an­nual
Engineers' Ball, the concluding
feature of the Engineers' Day pro­gram.
Program to Include Free Mov­ie,
Banquet, Baseball Game
and Address
TICKETS NOW ON SALE
Chas. F. DeBardeleben and
H. H. Houks to be Principal
Speakers at Banquet
AUBURN KNIGHTS
WILL PLAY FOR
INTERFRAT BALL
Student Dance Orchestra Will
Furnish Music for Formal
Affair
dock, Elizabeth-^Dall, violinist, Fran­ces
Davis, Nelda RamelfcS^garet #
Ellis, Willar D. Sellers', FrSnMaj Missionary Talks To
Young, Mary Pruitt, Patti Gee Mar­tin.
.Tickets may be secured from any
member of the Auburn Glee Club.
Southern Observes
75th Anniversary
To take part in the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the founding of Birm­ingham
Southern College which will
be celebrated in Birmingham next
Tuesday, March 17, a large number
of guests have been invited by the
college officials. Those who will rep­resent
Auburn are Dr. Bradford
Knapp from the faculty and P. S.
Haley from the Board of Trustees.
The Auburn Knights, popular local
dance orchestra, will play for the an­nual
Interfraternity Council Dance
to be given April 17. This orches­tra
which is composed of Auburn stu­dents
has already shown its capabili­ties
by playing for "A" Club dances,
and the Military Ball. Next Tues­day
evening it will play for the Engi­neers'
Ball. The personnel of this
orchestra is:
Jimmie Robbins, saxophone, direc­tor;
J. R. Quinlivan, Jr., saxophone;
Frank Noble, saxophone; Frank Ten-nille,
banjo; Howard Upchurch, pi­ano;
Otho "Goof" Robinson, bass;
Red McRae, drums; Gabie Drey,
trumpet; Floyd Carroll, trumpet;
Charles Blackledge, trombone.
The Interfraternity Council Dance
is an annual affair, and is the biggest
social event of the Spring term be­tween
the Junior and Senior Proms.
A large number of out-of-town girls
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tian Assembly
Rev. C. E. Benlehr, wholuK~4pent
27 years as a missionary in India,
addressed members of the Missionary
Societies of the Christian Church of
East Alabama at a special meeting
here Tuesday. It was a Missionary
institution with Mrs. Belt White of
Roanoke in charge.
Rev. Benlehr told of the mission­ary
work in India and gave many in­teresting
facts about the religion and
also the civil and political life of
that country.
Several Christian churches in East
Alabama and a few in Georgia were
represented at the meeting.
AUBURN PSYCHOLOGIST TELLS
REASON OF KIDS' BAD HABITS
Mrs. Judd Elected
President Alabama
Society D. A. R.
. . Following. her election as • State
Regent of the Alabama Society of
Daughters of American Revolution,
Mrs. Zebulon Judd resigned as presi­dent
of the Officers Club. She had
held this office and had been re-elect­ed
to it just before her election as
State Regent. * She was succeeded
by Mrs. Joseph T. Allen, of Birm­ingham,
i '
Parents need not be alarmed if lit­tle
Johnny doesn't always tell the
truth or if little Mary sometimes flies
into tantrums when not allowed to
do exactly as she wishes. Both
Johnny and Mary are merely dis­playing
habits, common to most chil­dren
at one time or another, which
may easily be corrected.
This is the bejief of Dr. B. R. Sho-walter,
Auburn psychologist, who has
just completed an extension course
in parental, education at Tuskegee
where more than 50 Macon County
mothers attended his ten lectures.
Many said that Dr. Showalter's talks
helped them t© better understand
their children, and appreciation was
expressed by the mothers to Mrs.
Lydia Jones, home demonstration
agent, who included the course in
her county program for-women.
Speaking from the view point of
a father who has many times, he
said, found his psychological theories
sorely tried in rearing his own chil­dren,
Dr. Showalter stressed only
those principles which his experience
has proved practical.
"Don't waste money on mechani­cal
toys which need only to be wound
up to do their stuff," said Dr. Sho­walter.
"Johnny can't do very much
with them, except watch them per­form.
What he wants.js toys he can
do something with—which he can use
in building, in making things.
"If you want your child to develop
self-reliance and the ability to go
ahead and do things, leave him alone.
Provide him with a well-chosen va­riety
of play things and then leave
him to his own device^. The mother
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One hundred invitations to the En­gineers'
Ball to be given Tuesday,
March 17, were mailed during the
early part of the week to girls in
Montgomery, Mobile, Opelika, Co­lumbus,
and other nearby towns.
Music for the dance which is the con­cluding
feature of the Engineers'
Day program will be furnished by
the Auburn Knights.
A number of out-of-town visitors
are expected to be present for the
banquet to be given at 7:30 p. m. in
Smith Hall. H. H. Houks, of the
Alabama State Bridge Corporation,
and Chas. F. DeBardeleben, of the
Alabama Fuel and Iron Works, will
be the principal speakers of the oc­casion.
Other prominent engineers
of the state have been invited, and
are expected to attend.
Tickets for the dance and banquet
are on sale by all members of Tau
Beta Pi assisted by the following
men: J. R. Quinlivan, R. A. Mann,
J. D. Bush, Sam Wade, K. C. Gilbert,
and Cleveland Adams. The price of
single tickets for either banquet or
dance is $1.00 each. Two banquet
tickets or one banquet ticket and one
dance ticket will be sold for $1.75.
Radio station WSFA, in Montgom­ery,
will broadcast the music by the
Auburn Knights from 9:45-10:45 p.
m. and WAPI, in Birmingham, will
broadcast the program from 10:45-
11:15 p. m. The broadcast over the
Montgomery station fills the regular
weekly period of broadcast by the
Auburn orchestra from Ihe Comer
Hall studio.
The Engineers' baseball team has
been working out for the past week
with manager Adrian Taylor in prep­aration
for the tilt with the Ags.
Tuesday afternoon. The Ag team
has also been working hard getting
ready for the game. Jeff Duke is in
charge of the Ags.
Classes will be dismissed at 10:00
o'clock, and the complete program
for the day is reprinted below:
10:00 a. m.—Classes dismissed.
""Mi30 a. m.—Free movie at Tiger
3:00 p. m.—BasebaTf g i b u . Ags vs.
Engineers.
7:30 p. m.—Annual banquet at
Smith Hall.
9:00 p. m.—Dance at Alumni
Gymnasium.
Y. M. C. A. DISCUSSION
GROUPS START MONDAY
Object of Y.M.C.A. to Organ­i
z e Group in Every Frater­nity
and Boarding House
The Y. M. C. A. discussion groups
for the second semester will begin
Monday, March 16, according to an
announcement made by the chairman
of the discussion group committee. It
is the object of the Y. M. C. A. to
organize a discussion group in every
fraternity and boarding house on the
campus, and, with this object in mind,
the support of every Auburn stu­dent
is hoped for.
According to the present plans, the
discussion group season will continue
for seven weeks, and will include the
discussion of subjects that should
prove interesting and valuable to
every Auburn student.
A list of tentative subjects is as
follows: What is the Place of Re­ligion
in Life? What is this so cal­led
Auburn Spirit, and What is Be­coming
of it? How Honest shall we
be? What can be done to foster a
spirit of honor on the campus? How
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PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1931
Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates S3.50 per year (60
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Business and editorial offices at Auburn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Offices hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily.
STAFF
Gabie Drey -'- ~ .... Editor-in-Chief
Charles S. Davis Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Thomas P. Brown Associate Editor
Robert L. Hume Associate Editor
Victor White Managing Editor
Claude Currey —- News Editor
J. W. Letson News Editor
Alan Troup .. Composing Editor
C. F. Simmons _ Composing Editor
Adrian Taylor '. Sports Editor
Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor
K. M. McMillan _ Literary Editor
A. C. Cohen Contributing Editor
V. J. Kjellman Contributing Editor
C. E. Mathews Contributing Editor
H. W. Moss Contributing Editor
REPORTERS
Horace Shepard, '34 Otis Spears, '34
Frank Keller, '34 R. E. Hodnette, '34
N. D. Thomas, '33
BUSINESS STAFF
Virgil Nunn Asst. Business Mgr.
Ben Mabson _ Advertising Manager
Roy Wilder Circulation Manager
James Backes Asso. Advertising Mgr.
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Charles Adams, '34 W. S. Pope, '34
L. E. Sellers, '34
DAMATIC TOURNAMENT
Host to the State Dramatic Tournament
of Alabama high schools, Auburn will spon­sor
the third of these events next week.
These Tournaments have done much to
perpetuate an interest in dramatics in the
secondary schools of the state, and have
aided materially in laying a background
for the fullest appreciation of the drama
among high school students.
It is the duty of the student body to as­sist
in every possible way to make this
event a success, by attendance to the plays,
and by extending a royal welcome to all
visiting contestants. The fraternities are
urged to make preparation to accommodate
as many of these high school students as
convenience will permit.
The Plainsman endorses this movement,
and trusts that our guests will have a most
pleasant and profitable stay in Auburn. The
publication also congratulates those pro­fessors
of the English and Speech Depart­ments,
who are responsible for the tourna­ment,
and wishes them much success.
SOMETHING WRONG
The following is an article taken from
the Daily Nebraskan, student newspaper at
the University of Nebraska, in which the
writer attacks the lack of conversation. The
article is as follows:
"Something is radically wrong when stu­dents
cannot talk about nothing. Try and
visit an instructor's office some fine day.
His first question will be, 'What would you
like to see me about?' or 'What's on your
mind?'
"Now, really, one cannot say, 'I don't.
want to see you about anything,*j)r--*Not£
At Auburn, the great majority of the
men who indulge in "bull sessions" discuss,
for the post part, sex; if they are discuss­ing
the subject in general, they talk of
their girls, and more frequently the session
will turn to jokes. Some few will often
discuss literature, their courses, or some
subjects relating to the arts and sciences.
The higher-minded struggle vainly to
keep conversation at a high plane, but they,
often have to give up and go back to the
usual lines of discussions.
It would not be impossible for some group
or organization to start a crusade to rid
conversation of the worthless element, but
to make such a drive a success would be
an utter impossibility. Why should we try
to start anything that we couldn't finish?
Somebody will surely say, "The main pur­pose
for which one goes to college is to
get an education. "Bull sessions," no mat­ter
what the subjects may pertain to, are
education in one form or another."
My Opinion
By Vasili Leonidaitch
ing"s on my mind.'. '"would be-dis­astrous.
he situation- is alarming. What has
become of the old fashioned talk, about
nothing at all? Conversation is fast be­coming
a neglected art. Today people ask
and answer questions. They no longer
merely talk, for the pure joy of talking.
Can a student get acquainted with an in­structor
when he would like to know by
asking any particular definite question', re­ceiving
an answer, and fleeing?
"Only one recourse, as far as we can see.
One can always talk to women about noth­ing.
They like to talk about such a topic.
Co-eds invariably grow bored and run away
when any real subject of conversation is
mentioned. Not that they are wrong in
doing so; far from it. Matter-of-fact, bus­iness-
like conversations are appalling. Of
the two extremes, we stick by the co-eds.
We like to talk about nothing.
"Would that we might inveigle an in­structor
or two into a chance conversation
about nothing in particular, though, after
all, it's the only possible manner of be­coming
acquainted."
To a certain extent, conditions are dif­ferent
here. Take for instance, a conver­sation
between students, a "bull session;"
the main topics for any such discussion
are sex, "intellectual" subjects, and social
problems. Included in sex are the many
stories that are always told at a "bull
session."
Statistics have been gathered that show
that 22 per cent of all topics mentioned
deal with sex, 12.7 per cent are discussions
of personalities, "intellectual" things are
16.1 per cent, and social problems form the
rest. These statistics were gathered at a
western school.
More criticism of our American system of
education reaches us from our untiring crit­ics,
the English. Sir Micheal Sadler, Mas­ter
of University College, Oxford, explains
that in England one out of one thousand
attend a university, while in this country
the ratio is one out of every one hundred
and twenty. The English disapprove of
such democracy in higher education.
Dr. Butler, of Columbia, clearly justifies
the American view point in a recent let­ter
to an alumnus, "If that wonderful group
of men on Morningside Heights will teach
those young men to think, I don't give a
hurrah in hell what else they do." If our
system of education will promote clear in­dividual
thinking, England may well profit
by our example.
* * * * *
Yet, too many of the products of this
mass education consider mental activity
finished when they receive their diploma.
The idea that a university-bred man is
entitled to permanent mental superiority
is ill founded. It is on this point that the
Englishman may lift his eye lids and- heave
his cynical sigh for every American edu­cational
institution.
* * * * *
LITTLE INCONSISTANCIES -
1. Detective stories advertised in the
"Golden Book."
2. Attending classes. -
3. Haakon Provost.
4. The female sex.
5. Writing columns.
* * * * *
Every Auburn student owes it to himself
to see the Ben Greet players, when they
appear here next month. These accom­plished
actors are bringing something to
Auburn that the student body needs. We
are all woefully undernourished in the
poetry of action, and this will be an oppor­tunity
to see one of the greatest of dramas
«by the greatest of dramatist.
BARROOM BALLADS
ByHIC-HIC m
TO A DEAR FRIEND
To you, my friend, J3H*eiTa liileT
To XfiBr-my^fhoughts convey.
-^Attempt Jte-Word the views of mine,
.. Iri my .poor, unversed way.
If I could paint as artists do,
I'd paint your perfect face.
Careful would I blend the hue,
. To add your charm and grace.
If I could sing with ardent tone,
I'd sing when you are near.
I'd sing to you, and you alone,
And tell you why you're dear.
Since I can neither paint nor sing,
I'll scribble off this line.
I'll let this little ditty bring,
My thoughts of you—Divine.
Qftl otations
I knew W. J. Bryan intimately and there
can be little or no doubt that too much wa­ter
hastened his death. I often sat beside
him at a banquet. A silver pitcher holding
a gallon of water would be placed before
him. He would not only drink the contents
of this pitcher but have it refilled and drink
the second one also.—Carter H. Harrison.
The Quaker is against defending others
by arms because he is against defending
himself by arms; he is against internation­al
sanctions because he is against national
sanctions.—Norman Angell.
New writers should take the losing side.
There are too many on the winning side,
too many influences. On the unpopular
side one can be himself.—Ben Hecht.
The University of Pennsylvania will not
get worthwhile coaches at a faculty salary.
A good coach can earn $12,000 to $15,000
a year.—Coach Lud Wray.
Solitary Speculations
By Haakon Provost
EDITOR'S NOTEl The opinions expressed in
this column are not necessarily the editorial
opinions of this paper. It i* a column ol personal
comment, and is not to be read a* an expression
of our editorial policy.
* * * * *
"Truth from his lips prevailed with double
sway,
And fools, who come to scoff, remained to
pray."
* * * * *
DURING THE past week the students
and people of Auburn have been
most fortunate in having the op­portunity
to listen to a series of sermons
by Bishop John M. Moore of Dallas, Texas.
The colyumnist does not write this para­graph
as a panegyric; he only wishes to
express a sincere gratitude for the spirited
talks of Bishop Moore. Bishop Moore is
not an indifferent, lackadaisical Christian
minister; he is forceful and self-assured.
He talks with impressive dignity, express­ing
thoughts produced by a scholarly in­tellect,
delivering his homilies with orator­ical
effectiveness, and demonstrating his
points with forceful examples.
Throughout his series of sermons Bishop
Moore has plead for the worthwhile things,
for the higher development of the sensi­bilities,
for integrity, for honesty, and for
uplifting ideals. He delivered a particu­larly
impressive sermon Wednesday night
in which he urged the individual to imbibe
the immanent Kingdom of God, and, in so
doing, to develop the necessary capabilities
for the final acquisition of immortality.
Sin is more than the' departure from dog­matic
ruling; it is a dulling of the sensi­bilities
by which spiritual values are lost.
Those of the student body who failed to
hear Bishop Moore missed a rare oppor­tunity
to receive spiritual truths emma-nating
from a clear-cut Christian with a
philosophical conclusiveness of conviction
and an attractiveness of personality that
tend to make his discourses more effective.
* * * * *
Gamma Sigma Epsilon innovated a rath­er
novel psychological idea when it posted
the "Please" signs in the center of the
unsightly path across the Ross Labora­tory
lawn. These signs are now seen all
over the campus, and they are remarkably
effective. The paths are rapidly recovering
their past verdure. There is a note of
sentimental pleading in the one word
"Please", and the student respects this sign
far more than he ever did the "Keep off the
grass" posters. It would not be a bad idea
to place one of these signs over the sloth­ful
one's book shelf or desk.
* * * * *
It is an interesting fact that true humor
should survive throughout all ages of lit­erature.
"Amos 'n Andy" are probably
the two foremost humorists in America to­day,
and secret of their humor may be
largely attributed to the fact that both of
these' men are well-read in Shakespere,
Moliere, and Lamb. Perhaps the modern
wise-cracker could better equip himself for
the gentle, art of repartee should he con­descend
to examine the humorjolVd'ays gone
by. . : ^ , — '"
. A- -^", - * * * * *
Humbert Wolf e gives the naturalists some­thing
to think about in saying, "The mod­ernist
knows the world is a nasty mess, and
it means its poetry to be like it. It has
heard the noise of a person falling from
the second story window on to the milk­man
in the area, and it has reproduced the
noise of the falling person and the ex­clamations
of the milkman with extreme
fidelity."
* * * * *
There has been quite a bit of discussion
on the campus on the standardization of
a name for the institution. It is said that
Alabama Polytechnic Institute and Auburn
are often regarded as two different schools
by persons living in other parts of the
country. The former name describes the
nature of the school; the latter is a brief
designation that is most convenient to use
in football yells. "Auburn" is a senti­mental
Goldsmithsonian creation, and it
is by that name that most of the alumni
designate the institution. The colyumnist
will not take issue in this matter; he as­sumes
a graceful pose on top of the fence.
But if such schools as Massachusetts In­stitute
of Technology, Georgia School of
Technology, Louisiana State University,
Carnegie Institute of Technology, Colorado
School of Mines, George Washington Uni­versity,
and Virginia Agricultural and Me*
chanical College and Polytechnic Institute
can get by with long names; there is no ap­parent
reason why Auburn cannot. On
the other hand, "Auburn" has the ascend­ancy
in common usage, and it is not so
easily confused with the University of Ala­bama.
It is better to wait until people are dead
before one says anything unkind about
them.—George Bernard Shaw.
Slang, like profanity, is the resource of
those whose vocabulary is limited.—Wil­liam
Lyon Phelps.
New definition of transparent—the keyhole.
* * * * * * *
It's not what the present generation is coming t o -
* * . * * * * *
-it's when.
*
This joke is used with the kind permission of the copyright owner, "Meat
Man" Ellis.
Teacher: Name six animals of the polar regions. %
Student: Three polar bears and three seals.
* * * * * * * *
So dumb she thinks a carol is a Roumanian throne song.
* * * * * * * *
He could never be an army officer because he went to a private school.
* * * * * * * *
Since Sir Thomas Lipton was given a cup for being the world's best loser.
Why not one for:
The college boy who after four years is still a freshman.
The golfers who play against Bobby Jones.
The Republican who runs for mayor in New York City.
The Boston Red Sox.
The man who made fifty-nine on a course.
* * * * * * * *
My shoes look dowdy,
My hair is a mess,
My eyes are quite cloudy
With looks of distress.
My nose seems to shimmer
And gradually spread,
My thoughts are much grimmer,
I wish I were dead!
My ties all seem silly,
My grin is a flop,
My grace like a lilly
„ Has turned to a hop!
Instead of romantic,
I look like a clown,
I'm too elephantic,
My sweetie's in town!
« , —Relflector.
* * * * * * * *
What will the Directors of the Twentieth Century Limited do in the year 1999?
* * * * * * * *
That is the guy I'm laying for said the hen as the farmer passed the barn yard.
* * * * * * * *
Knox McMillan, one of the big eaters about the campus, is reported to have
eaten a steak large enough to milk recently.
*. WITH OTHER COLLEGES *
SELDOM MISSED IF EVER
"Somebody has lost his textbook," said
Dr. R. H. McLean to his English history
class recently. . "I found one on the back
seat with no name in it. Whose is it?"
Nobody stirred.
"Here is a sample of the owner's hand­writing,"
the professor continued, exhibit­ing
a page in the book.
Still nobody stirred.
"Oh, well," he said dryly, laying the book
aside. "If the student doesn't even know
whether he lost his book or not, I don't
suppose he would recognize his own writ­ing."—
Emory Wheel.
* * * * *
INITIATED 57 YEARS AFTER
ELECTION
Wenzel A. Raboch, professor of Music
at Theosophist University, Point Lomas,
California, was inducted into Phi Beta Kap­pa
recently, fifty-seven years after his
graduation from City College, New York.
Some curious person, delving into the
fraternity records, discovered the amazing
fact that Raboch, who stood second in his
class, had actually been elected to member­ship
in 1873. The notification had been
lost en route by some innocent post office
employee.'—Gold and Black.
* * * * *
Diary of some of the modern collegians:
Up at 7:30 for a ravenous breakfast in
the bull hall. Then to class, where the
monotonous tones of the prof encourage
nodding. Exchange amenities with stu­dents
at change-class period. And this un­til
the classes are nodded through. To a
show in the afternoon. This followed by
scrutiny of Meredith beauties as they pa­rade
the walkway. A date in the evening,
followed by a late dance or wild party
climaxes the day. Sluggishly to bed with
a resolution to study tomorrow—which
never comes.—Technician.
We think somebody else must have been
nodding when they wrote the above diary.
At least the afternoon part seems like a
dream to us.
* * * * *
STOPS BABY CRYING
The following article may seem a bit
out of place, when we think that this is
strictly an Ag and Engineering college,
where one comes to learn how to speak
correct English to old Beck while harrow­ing
the soybeans, and where we come to
learn the art of handling mathematics pro­ficiently
enough to keep bridge-game scores.
But some people are fool enough to get
married, and they might need this bit of
information. So here 'tis.
" 'Only too well do I know how a scream­ing
baby can disturb a man's bed-life,'
writes Groucho Marx in a recent College
Humor. 'I can remember, as though it
were last Michaelmas, those days when I
had to get up in the middle of the morn­ing-
because my son took a notion to yell
until he was picked up. But I cured him
of that habit. It all come about like this.
" 'I was curled up in my little bed one
September noon, dreaming that St. John
Ervine was chasing me out of a theatre
with a portable typewriter, while Alex
Woollcott, Heywood Broun and Percy Ham­mond
sat in an upper box singing 'I'm Just
A Vagabond Lover.' Suddenly I hear my
son screaming the sound saddened me.
'Should I-' was the question I put to myself,
'Should I pick the brat up again and pace
the floor?' I was about to answer the
customary 'Yes!' when my manhood as­serted
itself. 'No,' I finally replied. 'No!
I'll scream for awhile and let the brat
carry me and see how he likes it.
"So I began to yell. Surely enough, the
baby came and picked me up and carried
me around the room until. I ceased making
noise. (Maybe I'm just a foolishly proud
father, but it seemed rather wonderful
when you realize that the lad was scarcely
ten months old and I was feeling close to
a hundred.) I repeated this performance
for eight successive mornings, until the
neighbors complained. You see, being a
pretty strong fellow who eats his roughage
every evening and drinks plenty of milk,
I was able to cry about twice as loud as
the baby. Day after day I'd scream—the
brat would crawl out of his crib, pick me
up and pace the floor.
"Eternally, of course, he got pretty tired
of the whole business. And although he
wasn't talking to me at the time, there
was a silent understanding between us. If
he wouldn't scream, neither would I. And
I can only say that no Marx ever breaks
his word—except maybe to an employer,
the landlord or a dame."
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
After a hard three
days' trip filling en­gagements
at Mont­gomery,
Birmingham,
Cullman, and Albert-ville
I am glad to get
home and find every­thing
going on so
well. The institution
has endeavored to
take every precaution to preserve the health
of the student body. In so doing it may
have caused apprehension on the part of a
few. The few things we have had to do
have been out of abundance of caution.
They have been approved by the best au­thorities
in the State, all of whom agree
with us that the danger is practically past
and there need be no fear regarding the
situation whatever. May I commend the
very fine and wholesome cooperation on the
part of all those who have been involved.
* * * * *
This institution and the entire Auburn
community are under a very great debt to
Bishop John M. Moore for his wonderful
work during the past week. I cannot help
but believe he has caused many to think
and think deeply regarding the most im­portant
part of their lives, for surely the
spiritual and religious side of life is the
most important. We are all gratified that
the meetings have been of such excellent
character and that the cooperation of the
several denominations in Auburn has been
so genuine and wholehearted in every way.
I believe we have been setting an example
which other communities might well afford
to follow.
* * * * *
The Dramatic Tournament next week is
an event in which all of us ought to take
a very deep interest. While I was in Al-bertville
the other night a young boy ap­proached
me and gave me his name and
then said, "I know you already because I
was one of our team who went down for
the dramatic contest last year." This boy
will not be ready for Auburn for several
years, but he was thoroughly interested in
this institution and the dramatic tourna­ment
did-it. You do not know how many
will get their attachment in practically the
same way. I have always said that the
more people who can come to Auburn and
get acquainted with it the better it is for
Auburn ajid the State as a whole. I would
not say that if I did not believe this insti­tution
had something worthwhile to offer
to the people.
* * * * *
On St. Patrick's Day the Engineers are
going to have a great celebration. It is
an important event. Practically one-half
of the entire student body of this institu­tion
are taking courses in engineering. I
have a letter on my desk from one of the
great engineering organizations of this
country. This great engineering organiza­tion
used the following language from
which I have purposely omitted their name:
"We also wish to express our cordial ap­preciation
of the earnest work that is being
done by the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
in furnishing a sound education to her stu­dents
and to acknowledge the benefits that
we receive from your institution in secur­ing'
trained' men for our organization.
"Engineers' Day" is not only a celebration
on the part of the engineering students,
but it is a recognition of the earnest work
on the part of the whole engineering group
at this institution just as "Agricultural
Day" is an effort to recognize the splendid
work of the agricultural group. These
annual events ought to be more than mere
periods of pleasure. They ought to have
in them appreciation, honor, and thought-fulness
regarding the work of these various
divisions of the institution.
I live on hope, and that, I think, do all
who come into this world.—Robert Bridges.
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Now Offers
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Cultured Buttermilk, Cottage Cheese
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For your convenience we operate a retail sales room and
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Call us for your daily needs—Phone 227.
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\
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1931 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
Frosh Are Serious;
Have Definite Aim
New York—(IP)—The Hunter
College freshman has become a se­rious
minded individual with a defi­nite
aim in life and willing to work
her way through college if necessary
to gain an education, according to
the general results of a questionaire
answered by more than 500 fresh­men
girls last month.
Reading is the favorite indoor hob­by
of 203 of the girls. Others had
artistic subjects as their hobbies and
four were interested in cooking as a
hobby. Swimming proved to be the
favorite sport of the girls.
The Soviet government has furth­ered
its drive against organized reli­gion
by increasing the already op­pressive
taxes on clerical incomes.
The income rate for priests and
church workers was increased by 75
per cent, and the change was made
retroactive, applying to 1930 in­comes.
WORLD IS TWO BILLION YEARS
OF AGE SAYS RESEARCH REPORT
New Haven, Conn.—(IP)—Ac­cording
to a report of the National
Research Council committee on the
age of the earth, the world is two
billion years old, and has a develop­ment
as fickle as any woman's na­ture.
This estimate is made from the
oldest identified rock, having a radio­activity
age of 1,852,000,000 years.
But according to the report, this rock
is not the beginning, for it is made
of still older materials, of which no
specimens now survive.
Allowing for errors the committee
decided that the earth cannot be
younger than 1,600,000,000 or older
than 3,000,000,000 years. ^_
i
"There have been times in the his­tory
of the earth," the report says,
"when for tens of millions of years
there was hardly any change in sea
life, while at other times life on land
was in a very rapid state of evolu­tion.
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"Some modern sea shells can be
traced back to the eocene period,
showing 60,000,000 years have been
required to evolve these marine in­vertebrates.
On the other hand it
is known that snail shells in an arti­ficial
lake created by a dam in Wis­consin
changed into distinct and
easily recognizable varieties after 60
years."
SENATOR DIES AT
BASKETBALL GAME
Atlanta—(IP)—Samuel Olive, 57,
former president of the Georgia sen­ate,
died suddenly here while attend­ing
a basketball game between the
University of Georgia, his alma ma­ter,
and Washington and Lee Uni­versity,
of Virginia. It was believed
the excitement of the game had
proved too much for the former leg­islator.
He was a lawyer of note in the
state, and several years ago success­fully
defended Thomas E. Watson,
former state senator, who was charg­ed
with sending obscene matter thru
the mails.
COLLEGE EDITORS ADDRESS
ALUMNI OF PRINCETON
Princeton, N. J.— (IP)—Editors of
college papers at Harvard, Yale,
Darthmouth, Cornell and Princeton
recently addressed the Princeton
alumni here, each of them noting a
growing spirit of conservatism among
college students.
This is resulting, the editors said,
in a decline of interest in athletics,
class spirit and campus activities.
CO-EDS DISH OUT COOKIES
AT OHIO WESLEYAN UNIV.
Delaware, O. —(IP)— Delaware
has its cookie line instead of the or-thadox
bread line.
Co-eds at Ohio Wesleyan Univer­sity
here have established a cookie
station in the South Side School to
feed hungry pupils. m__
The Wesleyan girls pay for the
materials and bake the cookies them­selves.
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at the
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Progress Of Man
Has Been Downward
Says Noted Professor
Dayton, Tenn.—(IP)—While there
has been a sort of evolution in the
animal world, man's progress has
been downward since his creation in
the image of God, according to Dr.
Howard A. Kelly, recently elected a
trustee of Bryan University here,
and one of the original "big four"
of the Johns Hopkins Medical School
at Baltimore.
Evolution, he says, is not an ac­cident,
but a process directed by God,
the creator.
The William Jennings Bryan Uni­versity
had its inception in the
Scopes trial at Dayton growing out
of the alleged teaching of evolution
in the Tennessee public schools. Be­fore
his death Mr. Bryan gave $50,-
000 toward such a school, and a cam­paign
has been going on fo raise
$5,000,000.
"I am a thorough believer in the
special creation of man," Dr. Kelly
said. "The continuity of animal cre­ation
is easily admissible from the
Bible, where we find several ac­counts
of creation, each of which
formed a direct spiritual appeal for
the purpose of teaching spiritual les­sons,
and is in no instance an at­tempt
to anticipate any of the dis­coveries
which may be forthcoming as
a result of modern scientific investi­gations.
"If man is but the product of un­aided
intrinsic forces of mere matter,
and no more, then what we call sin,
which is everywhere breaking down
the world today, is but an evolution­ary
product, and as such, must go on
forever.
"The Bible alone accounts for the
origin of sin, lays bare its nature
and gives us the assurance that in
due time it will be utterly done away
with.
Women's College Name
Changed at Cleveland
CHeveland, O.—(IP)—The name of
the College for Women at Western
Reserve University here has been
changed to the Flora Stone Mather
College of Western Reserve Univer­sity.
Flora Stone Mather was the
daughter of Amasa Stone, who re-founded
Western Reserve College
and brought it from Hudson, O., to
Cleveland in 1882, naming the men's
liberal arts college Adelbert College
for her brother, Adelbert Stone.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY
MADE IN LEISTEKSHIRE
An interesting _ discovery in the
title heads' of two old cottages at
Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, hear
the battlefiield of Bosworth, was a
latin inscription which has "been
translated as follows:
"With water drawn from this well
Richard the Third, King of England,
assuaged his thirst when fighting in
the most desperate and hostile man­ner
with Henry Duke of Richmond,
and about to lose > before night his
life, together with his sceptre. Aug.
22, A. D. 1485."
There is a large well in the gar­den
of the cottages.
TEN BIGGEST EVENTS OF
1930 NAMED BY COOPER
The ten biggest news events of
the year 1930, according to Kent
Cooper, well known newspaper man,
were: The solution of Andree's fate,
the flight of Coste and Bellonte, Bob­by
Jones, the Ghandi movement in
India, the Lindbergh baby, the Ohio
Penitentiary fire, the American
drought, the discovery of planet X,
the return of King Carol of Rou-mania,
and the burning of the dirig­ible
R101.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
PRODUCES FIRST TALKIE
The United States government is
making a talkie star of Dr. Stephen
Moulton Babcock, who spurned a
fortune so the nation might benefit
freely from his milk test. The 87-
year-old scientist is re-enacting for
the camera his discovery of the pro­cess
which brought millions to the
dairymen of America. It is the first
production of the Department of
Agriculture.
The war to take the divorce busi­ness
away from Nevada has been
started in two states. Bills making
divorce easier have been passed in
both Idaho and Arkansas.
STUDES OF OHIO WESLEYAN
ARE IN A POLITICAL UPROAR
Delaware, O. — ( I P )— Formation
of a new political party has thrown
the Ohio Wesleyan University cam­pus
into an uproar.
The new group is composed both
of old and Progressive party mem-
(•
bers.
Built around a nucleus consisting
of Beta Theta Pi, Phi Gamma Delta,
Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Psi, _and
Sigma Chi fraternities, the new par­ty
also includes Kappa Sigma, Sig­ma
Phi Epsilon, and Union fraterni-
LINGUISTIC ATLAS OF
AMERICA TO BE MADE
New Haven, Conn.—(IP)—Work
is to start here this summer on a
linguistic atlas of the United States
and Canada, under the supervision
of Professor Edward Prokosch, of
Yale University.
It will require five or six years of
work to complete the Atlas, which
is to be developed under the auspices
of the American Council of Learned
Societies.
ties, and Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha
Delta Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega,
Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gama, Gam­ma
Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta and
Theta Upsilon sororities.
Almost on the eve of student elec­tions,
announcement of the new
group came as a surprise to the stu­dent
body.
Francis Hughes, of Wilmette, 111.,
son of Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, and
James McElhaney, of Portsmouth,
are rallying other Greek groups to
combat opposition of the big five.
The strong majority party has rul­ed
the campus for several years. Only
five members of the old Progressive
faction are included in the new
group.
Shortest Play Has
Two Lines Spoken
Paris—(IP)—The shortest play in
histQry, so far as is known, has been
written here by Tristan Bernard. It
is entitled "The Exile." .
The exile, Labourdin, and a moun­taineer,
Melaneau, are the only char­acters.
As the curtain rises, Melaneou is
seen before a fire in his mountain
cabin near the frontier. A knock at
the door, and the exile enters.
The dialogue of two lines goes:
Labourdin—Whoever you are,
have pity on a hunted man. There
is a price on my head.
Labourdin turns and walks out as
the curtain falls.
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STEPPING INTO A MODERN WORLD
Striking a balance
for a #4,000,000,000 industry
"On a large scale" describes account­ing
in the Bell System, whose properties
cost more than $4,000,000,000.
On the outgo side are, for example,
four or five hundred million dollars
annually for new construction; vast
sums for keeping telephone equipment
in good order; a payroll running into
hundreds of millions a year. Under in­come
are such diverse items as a few
cents for a local telephone call, or thirty
dollars and upward for a call to a city
across the Atlantic.
The men responsible for this phase of
the telephone business have worked out
scientific methods of control—but their
effort to refine old practices and devise
new ones goes on. The opportunity is there I
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1931
DELTA SIGMA PI
INSTALLATION TO
BE HELD MARCH 21
(Continued from page 1)
invited to become a charter member
of the Auburn chapter of Delta Sig­ma
Pi. Professor Herren has ac­cepted
the invitation, and he will be
formally initiated at the New York
University chapter.
While an instructor in Economics
and Business Administration at Au­burn
during the years of 1926-30,
Mr. Herren organized honorary busi­ness
and commeree fraternity, Beta
Alpha Sigma. This fraternity was
but a means to an end when Beta
Alpha Sigma was firmly established.
The members, at the urge and under
the counsel of Mr. Herren, petitioned
Delta Sigma Pi for membership. The
petition was granted and recently the
Institute received its charter. The
society is desirous of paying a trib­ute
to Mr. Herren, although he is no
longer with them, by asking him to
become a charter member of their
chapter of the international fratern­ity.
Professor Herren was graduated
from Dartmouth College in 1922-with
an A.B. degree. He attended the
Amos Tuck School of Administra­tion
and Finance, the Graduate
School of Business of Dartmouth Col­lege,
and did graduate work at West­ern
Reserve University, Cleveland,
Ohio. He was later in charge of,
sales promotion for Bellings-Chapin
Company of Cleveland, manufactur­ers
of paints and varnishes, and has
been the traveling representative of
the Atlantic Monthly Press in the
middle west. Professor Herren was
also employed in the superintendent's
office of The Pennsylvania Railroad
in Cleveland, and just prior to his
entering upon teaching, he was econ­omist
and statistician for The T. V.
Gore Investment House of Cleveland
and New York.
JUDGE BUTLER ELECTED
HEAD OF LIBRARY BOARD
Y. M. C. A. DISCUSSION
GROUPS START MONDAY
(Continued from page 1)
do fraternities contribute to college
life? How can students work for (a
new industrial order? Where shall
we stand on relations between men
and womfen?
A meeting of the discussion group
• leaders will be held Monday, March
16, at 6.30 p. m., and any house
which has not at the present orga­nized
a discussion group is invited to
send a representative.
AUBURN KNIGHTS WILL PLAY
FOR INTERFRATERNITY BALL
(Continued from page 1)
are expected to be present. The
dance will be formal, and the num­ber
attending is restricted.
In the past the Council dance has
always been a great success, and it
has every reason to look forward to
another gala event this season.
(Continued from page 1)
Judge of Probate and the County
Superintendent of Education, ex-of-ficio
members, and three others ap­pointed
by these authorities.
The duties of this board are to con­trol
the expenditures of all funds re­ceived
or appropriated for such lib­raries;
to provide quarters for the
library; to purchase books and equip­ment
and to provide a system of cir­culating
or travelling libraries. The
board formulates the policies of the
library and plans for expansion of
service. It will appoint an efficient
county librarian and other employ­ees.
Member of the board will inter­pret
the library to the community.
In every way the board has full au­thority
and power to manage and
.control the county library.
Mr. Edwards states that the ap­pointment
of a county library board
is the first step in providing the ma­chinery
for a county library. When
the board meets at an early date they
will survey the funds available and
take the necessary steps for getting
the project under way. It is hoped
that good public library service will
soon be available to all persons of
Lee County.
CORRESPONDENCE
COURSES OFFERED
(Continued from page 1)
ogy, offered by Dr. B. R. Showalter,
head of the division, will aid teach­ers
to adapt instruction to problem
students. The physiological phases
of psychology are not stressed but
major emphasis is given to teacher-effectiveness.
The course in Business Mathemat­ics,
by Prof. Z, M. Pirenian, is plan­ned
for ambitious, business men in­terested
in the home study of their
professions. Prof. Pirenian is joint
author of a recent text in business
mathematics.
With courses in bookkeeping, ac­counting,
business law, and business
English, Auburn is perhaps offering
the most complete business corre­spondence
course of any school in
tjie South.
AUBURN PSYCHOLOGIST TELLS
REASON OF KIDS' BAD HABITS
(Continued from page 1)
whose child is always saying, 'Mother,
What can I do now?' has only her­self
to blame. She has trained the
child to depend on her.
"While obedience may be a virtue,
it is not true that all obedience is
good,:—for the child.' The child who
always obeys when we say, 'Johnny
don't do that,' or 'Mary go comb your
hair,' is learning to depend on others.
Such obedience is not good. Only
when obedience is secured in such a
manner that the child grows in the
ability to guide and direct his own
activities is it really good, tfhis
means that we must tell Johnny why
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he should not do the forbidden thing,
that Mary must be shown why her
hair should be combed. Once these
have been learned—and it is not ac­quired
on the first telling—the
youngsters should be held respon­sible
for doing them, perhaps thru
a system of rewards and not punish­ments,
until the desired habits are
thoroughly established.
"From the standpoint of child
training, obedience is a virtue only
when it results in building a founda­tion
for self-direction and freedom
from parental guidance."
BUSINESS WOMEN'S
CLUB MEETS WITH CIVIC
CLUBS AT BARBECUE
. (Continued from page 1)
line of workv Parrish said that sup­plying
milk to a group of children at
the public school improved their
health and their school work, and that
these and other children formed the
good habit of drinking rich, whole­some
milk.
As the last speaker of the evening,
Dr. R. S. Sugg asked for the support
of all clubs in a movement to im­prove
the sewerage disposal system
of Auburn. He said that this is a
project which different clubs have un­dertaken
from time to time but none
have been successful. Consequently
he advised united support of all
clubs.
Mrs. Nickel spoke briefly of the
work of the Auburn Club of the Busi­ness
and Professional Women's Club
qf America since itywas organized in
1929.
NOTICE
Anyone desiring a room in Alumni
Hall for the rest of this semester call
or leave name at Plainsman office.
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What the NEW
HUMIDOR PACK
means to Camel Smokers *
COMPARE a package of Camels with
any other cigarette and note the
difference in the technique of packing.
Note that Camels are completely en­closed
in an outer transparent cover of
moisture-proof cellophane and sealed
air-tight at every point.
We call this outer shell the Humidor
Pack. It differs from the ordinary cello­phane
pack and while it is egg-shell
thin, i t means a lot in terms of cigarette
enjoyment.
It means, for instance, that evapora­t
i on is checkmated and that Salt
Lake City can
now have as good
Camels as Winston-
Salem.
While Camels are
made of a blend of
the choicest Turk­ish
and mellowest
domestic tobaccos,
i t is highly impor­tant,
if you are to
get full benefit of
this quality, that these cigarettes come
to you with their natural moisture
content still intact*
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Pittsburgh T e s t i n g Laboratory Report N°150473-JanJ2.193l|
The Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory chart above
graphically shows you that only the Camel Humidor
Pack, delivers cigarettes to you in prime condition
The Humidor Pack insures that. It
prevents the fine tobaccos of Camels
from drying out and losing any of their
delightful flavor.
Aside from cheap tobacco, two fac­tors
in a cigarette can mar the smoker's
pleasure:
Fine particles of peppery dust if left
in the tobacco by inefficient cleaning
methods sting and irritate delicate
throat membrane.
Dry tobacco, robbed of its natural
moisture by scorching or by evapora­tion
gives off a hot smoke that* burns
'the throat with
every inhalation.
We take every
precaution against
these factors here
at Winston- Salem.
A special vacuum
cleaning apparatus
removes dust and
now the new Humi­dor
Pack prevents
dryness.
Check the difference yourself
It is a very simple matter to check the
difference between Humidor Packed
Camels and other ordinary dry cigarettes.
First of all you can feel the difference
as you roll the cigarettes between your
fingers. Camels are full-bodied and
pliable. A dry cigarette crumbles under
pressure and sheds tobacco.
If you will hold a cigarette to each ear
and roll them with your fingers you can
actually hear the difference.
• The real test of course is to smoke them.
And here's where the new Humidor Pack
proves a real blessing to the smoker.
As you inhale the cool, fragrant smoke
from a Camel you get all the mildness
and magic of the fine tobaccos of which
i t is blended.
But when you draw in the hot smoke
from a dried cigarette see how flat and
brackish it is by comparison and how
harsh it is to your throat.
If you are a regular Camel smoker
you have already noticed what proper
condition of the cigarette means.
But if you haven't tried Camels in
the new Humidor Pack you have a new
adventure with Lady Nicotine in store.
Switch your affections for just one
day, then go back to your old love
tomorrow if you can.
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Wimton-SaUm, N. C.
*smoke a F r e s h cigarette!
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