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VOLUME LIV AUBURN, ALABAMA.MVEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1931 NUMBER 34
NEW STUDENTS TO
GET MATERIAL ON
FRATERNITY LIFE
Leaves for New York
Booklet of Information About
Auburn Frats Will Eye Sent
To Prospective Frosh
WILL SHOW EXPENSES
Council Wift Encourage Higher
Scholarship Among Frater­nities
on Campus
CUP TO BE GIVEN
Cup To Go To Fraternity Hav­ing
Highest Average for the
Year
Acting on the advice of an inves­tigating
committee, the Inter-Frater­nity
Council Monday night voted to
publish a fraternity booklet, to be
presented to all prospective freshftien
before they enter college to familiar­ize
the new men with the principles
of fraternity life.
. The booklet is to contain a brief
historical sketch of all fraternities in
the "council, a list of each chapter's
officers, and the relative expenses of
belonging to a fraternity. It is to
be mailed to all applicants for admis­sion
to the college prior to the fresh­man's
entrance hv school. •
The council also ratified the re­port
of the scholarship committee,
which recommended that scholastic
work within the fraternity be stimu­lated
by rewards, in the form of jew-ely,
plaques, and service cups. Pro-visions
were also made to secure a
new scholarship cup, 'which is pre­sented
to the fraternity having the
highest average within the council
each year.
The committee in charge of pub­lishing
the booklet includes J. Mac
Jones, Howard Pringle, Louis Ghol-ston,
Charlie Davis, and Robert
Hume.
This was the first meeting of the
council during the current semester,
and was held atf the Pi Kappa Alpha
house.
Best Units of R.O.T.C.
Regiment Announced
In accordance with the policy of the
Commandant of choosing the best
Platoon and Battery of Field Artil­lery
and the best Platoon and Com­pany
of Engineers at all ceremon­ies,
the following results are announc­ed
from the inspection and review on
Saturday, January 31, 1931: . best
Battery Field Artillery, Battery B;
best Platoon Field Artillery, 1st Pla­toon
Battery B; best Company Engi
neers, Company B, best Platoon En­gineers,
1st Platoon' Company C.
The standing to date is as follows
Field Artillery, best Battery: Battery
E, Battery D, Battery A, BatteryfB.
Best Platoon Field Artillery: 2nd
Platoon Battery E, 1st Platoon Bat­tery
G, 2nd Platoon Battery A, 1st
Platoon Battery B. Engineers, best
Company: Company C, Company C,
Company A, Company B. Best Pla­toon
Engineers: 2nd Platoon Company
C, 1st Platoon Company C, 2nd Pla­toon
Company B, 1st Platoon Com­pany
C.
Gieb Talks At Meeting
Of Chemical Society
The Auburn Chemical Society has
shown great activity in securing
prominent men to address them in
their programs. At the meeting
Monday night, J. H. Gieb of the
United States Bureau of Standards,
delivered a talk on the work of the
bureau, and on "Civil Service'as a
Field for Chemical Engineers."
Next Monday night, Feb. 9, Pro-fesor
Z. M. Pirehian will speak on
the "Unique Properties and Uses of
Platinum Metals." All Chemical stu­dents
are invited to attend this meet­ing.
Later in the Spring the meetings
will be featured by talks from Dr.
R. W. Allen and Dr. H. B. Gordon.
Their Subjects will be announced
later.
PERCY BEARD
BEARD LEAVES FOR
NYAC TRACK MEET
LT. FINCH SPEAKS
TO MECHANICALS AT
MEETING MONDAY
Aviation and Engineering Dis­cussed
At Meeting of A. S.
M. E>
DESCRIBES NEW BOMBER
Says , Fighting' Planes Must
Combine Speed With Dura­bility
and Stability
Hurdler To Invade Eastern
Indoor Games for Second
Time
For the second consecutive year,
Percy Beard, one of the greatest
track stars ever developed here by
Coach Wilbur Hutsell, will invade the
East for indoor meets. He will" leave
Auburn Thursday : morning on the
Crescent Limited to participate in
the Millrose games at Madison Square
Garden Saturday night; the Meadow-brook
games Feb. 12, and the New
York Athletic Club games Feb. 16.
In 1930, Beard participated in the
N. Y. A. C. games and annexed a
first place in the 120-yard high hur­dles
and second honors in the broad
jump. He jumped "the fences in 15
flat1 over a- heavy track and hurled
his anatomy through the air for 23
feet 6 inches which was the best
mark made, but it was a handicap
event "and he emerged with .second
honors.
Weems Baskin, asistant coach here,
and Beard are the greatest hurdlers
ever developed by Mentor Hutsell,
asistant coach on the 1928 United
States Olympic team. Both made1
brilliant reeqrds wearing Auburn col­ors.
Beard graduated from Auburn in
1929 after leading his class scholas-tically
and making as great a record
in track that any 'Auburn athlete has
ever made. He is Southern record
holder for the 20-yard low hurdles^
having negotiated this distance in
24.2. His i e s t mark for the 120-
yard high hurdles is 14.8 which he
has made several times.
While captaining the Plainsmen
tracksters in 1929, he.was high point
man in the Southern Conference
meet in Birmingham and the South­ern
Relays in Atlanta. He* has won
the Southern Conference champion­ship
in both timber topping events
and the broad jump.
His outstanding achievements in
1929 won for horn a place on the Ail-
American Honor Roll in track.
Though he has ben handicapped in
training for the three Eastern meets
which he will enter because Auburn
does not have an indoor track, Beard
is expected to return to the Corner­stone
with additional honors won for
himself and Wilbur Hutsell, the only
track coach he has ever.had. His
training here it Auburn has beeil in
the small corridor in Alumni Gym­nasium.
A talk on "Engineering in Avia^
tion" by Lieutenant V. C. Finch, head
of the department of aeronautics,
was the feature of the program at
the regular meeting *f the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers held
in Ramsay Hall Monday night. Lieu­tenant
Finch stated that on a recent
visit to Washington, D. C, he had
had the pleasure of witnessing the
tests of the new diving bomber which
will, in future wars, revolutionize
the mode of attack of heavier-than-air
craft. The plane is a Curtiss
"Navy Command -Hel-Diver" which
was originally designed to be used
as a fast plane to travel around the
country in. It" is a two seated ship
powered with a Wright air-cooled
"Cyclone" motor which develops 575
horsepower at top speed of one hun­dred
eignty miles per hour. The
cockpits are glass enclosed and fear­ed
into the -, fuselage in such a way
that minimum wind resistance is en­countered.
When used as a Ijomber,
a machine gun is mounted on the
rear cockpit for protection against
rear attacks. This plane is very ef­fective
in that it dives from a height
of about ten thousand feet to three
hundred feet where the bombs are
released and the ship is pulled up
i Hwdnnntinnflri on paga 4) •»•
EGOTISM DISCUSSED
AT EVANS MEETING
Open Forum Features New
Type of Program Sponsored
By Literary Group
A new type of program was insti­tuted
by^the Evans Literary Society
at their meeting which was held Tues­day
riightf February 3, 1931. In­stead
of the regular set program
which has been used in the past, an
open discussion was held on the sub­ject
of "Egotism". _ Mr. Douglas
Brown read a prepared paper on
this subject,"the object of which was
to present both sides of the question
in such a manner that all present
would know the fundamental princi­ples
on which the discusion was to be
based.
The students present at the meet­ing
Tuesday night expressed the
opinion that this new kind of pro­gram
was a big improvement over
the old type, and N. H. Thomas, pres­ident
of the ^society, stated that it
was the object of the program com­mittee
to have this kind of program
at least once or twice a-month.
The president also stated that the
Evans society was going to present
programs every Tuesday night that
would be of interest to all Auburn
students.v A cordial invitation is ex­tended
to all to attend these pro-grams.
Speach Contests Begin Feb. 10
To Determine Varsity Speakers
Members of Band Who Will Make Mobile Mardi Gras Trip AUBURN WILL MEET
GREENIES IN GYM
FRIDAY, SATURDAY
Two Home Games Will Be
Played in Gymnasium' This
Week End By Cage Squad
Above are shown member* of the Auburn Band who will attend the annual Mardi Gras Celebration in
Mobile beginning Friday/ February 13. — .
They are, front row, left to right: H. L. Wailes, R. P. Campbell, Claude Currey, Frank Noble,
C. S. Perry, A. B. Newsome, R. E. Hodnette, P. R. Bidez, Director, L. N. Cater, W. H. McDaniel, A. C. Cohen,
H. B. Jones, M. Grubbs, and R. P. Lusco. Second row: N. S. Hare, J. Phillips, J. W. Beddow, B. M. Muse,
J. C. Williams, J. L. Underood, A. W. Headley, J. F. Carroll, L. P. Newsome, H. Downs, J. E. Robbins, and J.
D. Quinlivan. Third row: G. E. Tucker, J. R. Quinlivan, J. C. Fink, R. J. Kooiman, Cleveland Adams, E.
O. Batson, C. L. Blackledge, Roger Knapp, F. M. Bradley, Gabie Drey, V. W. Lovill, C. E. McKinnon, and
G. E. White. Fourth row: Harold Harmon,-D. Miller, B. B. Scantland, O. L. Robinson, R. Darling, F. Y. Pe-teet,
P. C. Avant, and O. A. Kitchens. _ " /
VET COURSE BEING
HELD AT AUBURN
Eighth Annual Short Course
For Graduate Veterinarians
Opens Monday
'With an address of welcome by
Dean C. A. Cary, Auburn's eighth an­nual
short course for graduate veter­inarians
opened Monday mornipg and
will continue, throughout the week.
The short course includes lectures,
demonstrations and clinics conducted
by outstanding veterinarians.
Following Dr. Gary's address Dr.
D. M. Campbell, editor of "Veterin­ary
Medicine," Chicago, spoke to
those assembled for the short course.
This was followed with an address
by Dr. Thomas F. Fergusan of the
University of Wisconsin, who is an
authority in the field, of veterinary
medicine.
Monda^ evening meat inspection
was taken up with D*. B. H.- Moon
speaking on the subject, "Who are
Qualified to do Meat Inspection?"
Dr. Cary discussed slaughter houses
for towns and small cities, while Dr.
W. P. Claugtitori talked on methods
or ways small cities or towns may
employ graduate veterinary inspec­tors.
Federal^B. A. I. meat inspec­tion
was presented~by Dr. R. E. Jack­son,
and the session was concluded
by Dr. Ed King, meat and milk in­spector
of Valdosta, Ga., who told of
the.meat inspection work in that city.
President Bradford Knapp is sched­uled
to address the gathering during
the week. , >
On the morning of the 7th an ex­amination
will be graen by the Fed­eral
Bureau of Animal Industry and
the State Veterinarian to seniors -and
graduate veterinarians who wish to
become approved for tuberculin test­ing
herds.
On the night of the 5th -visiting
veterinarians will be guests of the
Students' Veterinary Medical Asso­ciation
at a banquet, this being an
annual feature of the short course.
Local spee'ch contests will begin
February 10 to determine the Var­sity
speakers who will represent Au­burn
in the Southern Asociation of
Teachers of Speech intercollegiate
contests in Extempore Speaking and
Oratory, to be held in Atlanta, April
16, 17, and 18. The contests are open
to both men and women students.
Unless there are an unforseen num­ber
of contestants, there will be only
one elimination contest in each divi­sion.
The dates for these local try-outs
are as follows: Men's Oratory,
February 10; Women's Oratory, Feb­ruary
17; Men's Extempore Speaking,
February 23 with drawing February
22;-Women's Extempore Speaking,
S»
February 24 with drawing February
23.
All contestants will be rated, on
composition and delivery, by a staff
of judges.
Students who*Vvish to try for inter­collegiate
oratory or extempore
speaking need net be members of
any speech class. From the stand­point
of the subjects to be dicsussed,
the contests should prove of particu­lar
interest to students of Business
Administration, and Agriculture.
Every student in the institution may
enter the preliminaries, subject to
the usual eligibility requirements.
Anyone who is interested in either
(Continued on page 4)
LIONS CLUB HOLDS
INSTALLATION OF
OFFICERS FEB. $
Hugh C. Dillon, Local Druggist,
To Direct Affairs of Club
in 1931 v
Sigma Pi's Will
Be Given Banquet
Members of the Sigma Pi Frater­nity
will be entertained by the Y.
M. C. A. Executive Cabinet with a
banquet sometime in the near future
as a reward for their interest in the
Y. M. C. A. discussions. The discus­sion
group contest for the first se­mester
was won by, the" Sigma Pi
group. *
The Cabinet has decided to con­tinue
the discussions during the sec­ond
semester. At the next meeting,
the subject for discussion will be
selected and plans will be made for
rcauming discusaions-aa -aeon -aft pos­sible.
The Cabinet hopes that through
these meetings it will be able to help
the Auburn students solve some of
the problems which confront them.
FOUR ARE ELECTED
TO BLUE KEY FRAT
Men. Outstanding in Affairs of
Auburn Are Chosen to Mem­bership
in Society
Four men, outstanding in the af­fairs
of Auburn, were elected to hon­orary
membership in the local chap­ter
of the national Blue Key honor
fraternity. Of the ones to whom
this honor was accorded, three are at
present living in Auburn and one in
Birmingham. They are Coach Chet
Wynne, director of athletics; P. O.
Davis, head of the Publicity office;
Lt. C. P.: Townsley, assistant profes­sor
of military science and tactics;
and W. T. Henley, president of the
Auburn Alumni Asociation, and pres­ident
of the Birmingham Bank and
Trust Company. Initiation of these
new members will be held sometime
in the near future, and will be given
in the form of a banquet. The Blue
Key recognizes outstanding qualities
in character, scholarship, student ac­tivities,
leadership and service. The
membership in composed of both
graduate and undergraduate students
of all departments, and an honorary
(Continued on page 4)
A. PHI E. SPONSORS
SPEECH CONTEST
"My "Course As a Course And
Profession" To Be Subject
in Contest .
Alpha Phi Epsilon, national hopnr
forensic fraternity, will sponsor a
speech contest on the second Monday
night in March, according to T. E.
Kipp, president.
Alpha Phi Epsilon published a
statement some time ago stating-that
it would sponsor a debate besjveen the
professional societies on the campus,
but the contest on March 9 has been
substituted for the debate»T-«™^>»<-*—e
All professional societies will be
allowed one entry. Each society is
asked to have an elimination contest
before March 9 and have their con­testant
re"ady. The literary societies
will not be allowed to enter this con­test
because it was impossible to se­lect
a subject which would be suitable
to profesional societies and literary
societies. . -^
The subject for the contest will be
"My Course as. a Course and Profes­sion".
The maximum length "of the
speech will be eight minutes, and the
winner will receive five dollars in
gold.
The hour and place of the contest
will be announced at a later ^ate.
Course In Geometry
Now Being. Of fered
A course in solid geometry is to
be offered this semester by the Au­burn
Department of Mathematics,
and it is desired that all students in
engineering, chemistry, and architec­ture
who did not have this subject
as an entrance credit, make an effort
to schedule ,this course.
The course is scheduled for Mon­day,
Wednesday, and Friday from
5 to 6, p. m., at Samford 215, and
class cards may be secured from the
respective deans.
C. W. Edwards, Associate Regis­trar,
stated that is was very impor­tant
that this requirement for grad­uation
be passed, as soon as possible
so as not to interfere with later work.
GREENIES HAVE IMPROVED
Effort Will Be Made In These
Two Games To Go Above
.500 Mark ->
GAME A T SEVEN THIRTY
Tigers Working At Fast Pace
In Preparation As Last Half
Of Season Approaches
Installation of the new Lions Club
officers for 1931 took place at the
regular weekly meeting of the club
in the Thomas Hotel Tuesday at noon.
Eight offieers, which were elected
January 6, were administered the
oath Of office by the retiring presi­dent,
Prof. F. M. Or.
Those who took the oath of office
were: Hugh C. Dillon, president;
Chas. W. Edwards, 1st vice-presi­dent;
F. E. Guyton, 2nd vice-presi­dent;
A. D. Burke, 3rd vice-presi­dent;
W. T. Ingram, secretary; Z.
M. Pirenian, treasurer; Harry L.
Watts, Lion Tamer; "and Geo. W.
HargreaVes, Tail Twister. At the
(Continued on page 4)
Agriculture Department Offers
Two Short Courses in Dairying
From February 2 to 28, the Dairy
Department offers to dairy farmers
and dairymen, a short course in Dai­ry
Production and a short course in
Dairy Manufacturing. The" two
courses are so arranged that a per­son
may enroll for all or part of the
course in which he is interested, and
be assured of receiving complete In­formation
on- any particular subject
he desires.
The course in Dairy Production of­fers
the following subjects:-Testing
Milk and Cream, Producing and Mar­keting
Milk, Dairy Cattle Selection
and Breeding, Dairy Cattle Feeding
and Managingr-and Dairy Herd Im­provement.
The topics in the Dairy
Manufacturing course will be: Test­ing
Dairy Products, Market Milk and
Fermented Milk, Butter Making,~and
Ice Cream Making and -Refrigeration.
While it is preferable that appli­cants
have had some previous expe­rience
in dairy work, this is not a
requirement and a student without
experience may enroll if he so de­sires.
A registration fee of one dol­lar
is required to enter either of the
two courses, but no textbook of any
kind is needed. The college facul­ty
and outstanding men in dairy pro­duction
work will teach the courses.
Professor A- D. Burke will have
charge of the first week's work and
(Continued on page 4)
The Auburn Tigers will meet the
Tulane Greenies here in a two-game
series, Friday and Saturday. An ef­fort
will be made to go above the
.500 mark in these two games, due
to the fact that-the Tiger's South­ern
Conference record has been cut
in half during the past two weeks.
The opening engagement with the
Greenies will start at seven-thirty arid
Saturday night's battle at eight.
After getting off to a wonderful
start this season, the Tigers have
been losing regularly lately. Their
f i^st half showings in the past' three
encounters have been pleasing, but
in the final 20 minutes, they have
contracted "last-half-Gitis," especially
was this true in the Georgia Tech and
Vanderbilt games. f
Against Georgia Tech in their sec­ond
loss of the week, the Plainsmen
controlled a 25-16 lead at intermis­sion,
but were downed 37 to 33, when
they were outscored 21 to 8, in the
second half. In losing their third
game of the week to Vanderbilt in
Nashville last Saturday, they were
on top of" a 17-16 score a f tKeThalf,"
but had the score doubled on them in
the final period, the Commodores
finding the hoops for 20 points while
holding the McAllister clan to 9.
Auburn's defeat at the hands of
Vanderbilt was the most decisive
handed them this year. The reverses
given them by Georgia, Clemson and
Georgia Tech were by counts of 30-
27 and 37-33, but the Nashville five
lived up to their' reputation of being
one of the strongest quintets in Dix­ie
in annexing, a 10-point decision.
McAllister's team will meet the
Greenies just as they are getting
started this year. They won their
first conference game of the season
Saturday night from the University
of Mississippi and looked impressive.
They have a big, agile team which
will give the Bengals plenty of trouble
if they continue to improve and Au­burn
continues to suffer letdowns in
the second half.
In an effort to work up endurance
among Captain Ralph Jordan & Co.,
McAllister will give them the longest
workouts this week that they have
had this season. After the usual pre­liminary
work at the practices, leng­thy
scrimmages will be indulged in.
The rough work will see several
combinations working together, espe­cially
will there be plenty of shift­ing
among the forwards. Jack Ste­wart
is a sure fixture at center; Capt.
(Continued on page 4)
Prof. Hazel To Lecture
At Women's Club Meet
Drawing from his talents as both
artist and musician of unusual abili­ty,
Earl Hazel, instructor in piano,
will entertain members of the Music
Department of the Auburn Women's
Club with a demonstrated lecture on.
"Music in Pictures and Pictures in
Music", Thursday evening at 8 o'clock
in the studios of the college music j
department.
In addition to being a most capa­ble
pianist, Mr. Hazel has done many
fine sketches and paintings. He will
use some of his own pictures Thurs­day
evening and will illustrate them
musically with piano compositions.
Current happenings in the musical ~
world will be given by Mrs. Duncan
C. Harkin.
All members of the Women's Club
and their husbands are invited to­gether
with anyone else interested in
music.
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REPORTERS
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.'34; Frank Keller, '34; William Beck,
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FRATERNITY BOOKLET
The action of'the Inter-Fraternity Coun­cil
Monday night which provided for the
. publishing, of a booklet on fraternities to
be sent to freshmen before entering Au­burn,
is the most progressive step taken by
the Greek organizations of the campus in
several years.
The publication will be invaluable in giv­ing
parents a better view of fraternities,
and will serve to acquaint 'the freshmen
themselves with the true principles and
ideals of the college fraternity. Much of
the embarrassment resulting from our pres­ent
system of rushing will be eliminated.
The time which is usually lost in converting
parents to the fraternity idea, will be sav­ed.
Rushing can thus be carried on in a
more systematic manner.
The Plainsman wishes to congratulate the
Council, the committee, and the President on
the action,_feeling that it will be a lasting
benefit to Auburn fraternities.
" CREDIT FOR PUBLICATIONS WORK
Again our attention has been called to
the fact that most of the larger colleges
and universities are giving the men who
fill the higher positions on the publications
staffs of that institution college- credits
for work they are doing. Such ah idea
has become quite popular in recent years.
At least the students have become to rea­lize
that it is worth some credit to serve
on various staffs. Some of the larger
colleges give financial compensation for
the work of the men who'" have charge of
the publications. We realize that Auburn
is unable to do such, but it does seem that
work of the men on the publication staffs
is worth some credit. If a man serves for
four years on a publication staff he will
surely finish his term with more knowledge
along some lines that he had when he be­gun.
A person who holds a major position
on any publication staff, especially if it
is a weekly newspaper, puts as much time
on that publication as he does on any
course he takes. He is giving his time and
energy to the work and learning something
that will possibly prove to be of value
and for that reason it seems that it would
be worth a few hours credit.
Not only has it become true that some
colleges give credit for publication work,
but some also give credit for other kinds
of work. For example a small amount of
credit is given the Auburn students who
play in the Auburn* Band. That is as it
should be. They deserve all the credit they
get and then perhaps some for they are
putting their time on something 'that is
helpful to them. We do not see why the
same should not be true concerning publica­tions.
As much actual worth is gained
from the work as could possibly be gained
from some course along that line. All pub­lication
work is worth credit, we believe.
In a college of this size, the number of
men who do work on the staffs of the pub­lications
is extremely small. It is not an
easy task to get enough men who will work
seriously on the activities. If credit were
given, the men who work on the staffs
would feel like doing more and better work,
and at the same time, more interest could
be awakened from men who are capable
and who are not doing any work of this
nature.—Ex.
The teacher is justified by his scholars.
—Christopher Morley.
My Opinion
By Vasili Leonidaitch
The Inter-Fraternity Council comes for­ward
with the very progressive step of in­augurating
a fraternity booklet to be sent
to prospective freshmen each year. This
will undoubtedly aid in familiarizing the
new men with the purpose, expense, and
ideals of fraternity life. It should be a
great benefit in our cut-throat rushjng.
* * * * *
Among other howls of the economic de­pression
there are those who would return
to pre-war normalcy. .The business world
should realize that nothing could be more
disastrous than a revision of the utterly
primitive business methods and levels of
1913. If business is to be revived, it should
he adjusting its goal on an advancing
schedule. Looking back over the past dec­ade
of economic conditions it "would seem
that business in general is a junk heap
of antiquated methods and practices, but
even such wastefulness is better than cling­ing
to relics of a medieval past.
. . * * * *
• Ye old college town: A pop corn vendor
surrounded by four spectators . . . the
Friendly Five shoe man plays victrola rec­ords
and gives away shoe strings to an
uninterested crowd . . . everyone looking
for the Camel man hoping -to get a pack­age
free . . . the street . . . warm weather
. . . plenty of siestas in the afternoons . . .
thoughts of where the home brew urn was
left last season /. . and the great business
of education goes on.
Letters to the Editor
Auburn, Alabama,
February 2, 1931.
The Editor of The Plainsnjoh,
Auburn.
Dear Sir:
If you see fit, I would appreciate the ap­pearance
of the following poem in The
Plainsvian — '
In Memory of Mrs. C. R. Hixon
Tis not just a neighbor who sleeps 'neath
the sod,
But a friend who was kind and true;
One who believed in the teachings of God,
Whose life was an exxample for me, and
^for you.
I love, to think that the Savior said:
(This is the comfort for those who weep),
"She only sleepeth—she is not dead;
She with me shall vigil keep".
It makes our sorrow much less to bear,
To know she has seen God face to face.
To know she is in His mansion there,
And, has made heaven a still better place.
A Friend.
Editor The Plainsman,
Dear Sir:
The Auburn Department of Speech made
a brave effort throughout the first semester
of this year to organize and develop a debat­ing
team. This team has, at the present,
gone on the rocks because of the lack of
support on the part of the Auburn student
body. It is a known fact that it takes
more than three people to compose a suc­cessful
debating team, but it seems that
that number is an exaggerated estimate of
the Auburn students who are interested
enough in this kind of activity to attend
the meetings. Are we to. take this condition
as an indication that Auburn students are
not interested in any form of mental activity
except that which they are forced to con­sider?
In the past years Aubunr has had four
active literary societies. A few months ago
it was necessary to combine these four so­cieties
and form two because it was found
that eighteen hundred students were not in­terested
enough to support as many as four.
It is strange that this sudden decline of in­terest
should come so soon after the admin­istration
ceased giving quality points for
society work. Only time will €ell whether
these two can last, and it is certainly a
fact that they cannot survive without some
cooperation of the students.
At the present time there are three foren­sic
honor fraternities on this campus. The
sole object of all three is to sponsor and
further forensic activities, and to serve as
an award for excellence in this field. If
these societies were not listed in the college
catalog, it is certainly true that new stu­dents
would not know of their existence.
How could they know of their existance
when nothing is heard from them, and cer­tainly
nothing constructive has been done
to make them known on the campus. It is
specifically stated that the object of one of
these fraternities isHo further literary soc­iety
work in American colleges and make
this work as effective as possible. It is
queer that the members of this fraternity
should decide to make it more effective by
not even attending the meetings.
Auburn once had a dramatic club that
was developing, but because of the lack of
cooperation from the administration it has
now ceased to exist. For what possible rea-
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
During the World
War Lord Balfour
wrote an article deal­ing
with the differen­ces
between an auto--
c r a t i c government
and a democracy. I
remember his using
this very apt compar­ison:
He said that
when an autocracy 'wanted a thing done it
ordered it don# and it was done and when a
democracy wanted a thing done it appointed
a committee. I presume bur form of govern­ment
which depends so largely upon the
consent o f t h e governed must of necessity
be slow in it's movements and inefficient in
many of its methods. After all that is the
price we pay for our liberty. In times like
these when we all want to see things done
and done quickly the slow processes of a
democratic government are even more ap­parent
than ustial. lfc takes time to create
public sentiment, to get a knowledge of the
subject, and to arrive at a conclusion which
meets the judgement, not of one dictator,
but of the majority of all the-people. The
greatest thing just now is to still maintain
our confidence in our form of government.
I have had a great deal of correspondence
lately with men about financial matters.
All of these letters strengthen my confi­dence
in' Alabama. This great old state is
not going to take any backward steps.
* ,* * * ,
The other day the father of one of the
boys wanted to see the records of the insti­tution.
We of the faculty and the individual
student want to see the records of the in­stitution.
Whose records are they? True
they are kept by the Registrar but every
time I look at the records in the Registrar's
Office I think of one thing: The^records
were made by the students whose names
they bear. It is your record. ^ »
The other day a student who is not here
now applied for a transcript of the record
of one semester. To send him but one sem­ester
is not his record. The finest thing in
the world for young men or young women
to do is to regard that record as theirs and
to face it squarely. You made it and you
cannot escape it. While you are getting
your education why not write- that record
as you would like to have it appear when
the years have gone by. Why not write it
so that it is a credit to you?
T"- * * * *
There is another thing which' has im­pressed
upon me repeatedly- in the last few
weeks. When you come to think about it
you cannot steal an education. You may
use a crowbar or a plumber's jimmy and get
in and steal the property of this institution
but you cannot really steal an education.
You may even get by with cheating in class
and go on and get your degree without hav­ing
mastered the subjects you have been
taking in sufficient measure to heve war­ranted
the degree. The honestlruth of the
matter, however, is that you have not ob­tained
an education. You cannot get it
that way. The only real way that you
can get an education is the honest way by
acquiring it through hard and earnest work.
It is worth the price. Why not get it in the
right way? I am not worried about it. The
years are going to tell whether, you have
obtained your education the right way or
the wrong way. My long experience teaches
me that the vast majority of all students in
college get their education the right way.
TKe few who attempt the wrong way have
cheated themselves and not the college. The
test that Auburn measures up to is not the
Bachelor's degree it confers but the glor­ious
way in which its graduates are meeting
their everyday tasks in' their active life
after they leave college. The record after
graduation is the surest and best measure
of this Bachelor's degree.
QQt uotations
The fact is that we are no longer im­pressed
by final gestures; The sight of
one of pur friends taking up a dignified at­titude
does not fill us with respect.—Storm
Jameson, in The Bookman.
Women brought it on themselves; the
revolution in styles tends to differentiate
between the leisured and the working
classes.—Jean Patou.
The average American workman earns
58 cents an hour.
son should the membership of the Aubnrn
Players be limited to those who are taking
a course in play production. It only means
that Auburn is left without any form of one
of the most important activities of college
life.
As far as forensic activities on this cam­pus
are concerned, Auburn practically does
not exist. It—is time Jhat some drastic
measures were taken to remedy this situa­tion,
but the only effective way is for every
Auburn man to cooperate.
Very truly yours,
J. W. LETSON, Jr.
* AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
The Great Laurence F. (J. S.) Camp, is busying himself studying French cus­toms
and ways in order that,his company might be acceptable to former Tulane
students. y
* * * * * * * * *
The silent men are always the most dangerous. Take for eaxmple, George
Beavers, well known elec student. We never hear much from him, but we are told
that his trips to Columbus are developing into a serious matter.
* * * * * * * * *
THE FIELD ENGINEER
A Field Engineer is an underpaid gink,
Who goes thru life with no grieving.
The man who science and labor must link,
The man who is active, and ready to think,
And only succeeds by achieving.
The ruler of forces, abstract and real,
Advancing by progress each year.
Well fitted for eombat, or trying ordeal,
Master of power, of concrete and steel,
Hats off to this field engineer.
HIC-HIC. • '**'
% * * * * * * * **
Double Ugly Austin and Taxicab Capell were known to have accosted Axel,
new Plainsman columnist, and offered him bribes if he would continue to give them
publicity. \
* * * * * * * * *
The Younger folk no longer trust
The Emerson idea.
2
The duty sternly says, "You must".
The Youth replied, "Oh! Yeah".
* * * * * * * * *
Who said give me liberty or a ham sandwich, but not a co-ed?
* * * * * * * * *
• The saying goes that one swallow does not make a summer, but it puts spring
into your step.
* * * * * * * * *
George held her hand and she held hizen, .
And then they hugged and went to kizin.
They did not know her pa had riz'n.
(Madder than hops and simply siz'n)
And really tiz'n right to liz'n,
' But George got his and went out.~
* * * * * * * * *
Spring, when young men's fancies lightly turn to thoughts of- home brew.
y*' * * * * * * * **
. "Didn't you see me stick out my hand?" sriapped the woman to the man who
had just bumped her new car.
"No, I didn't, Miss."
, "Well, if it had been my leg you would have seen it."
* * * * * * * * *
When thinking of the Wickersham report just remember—the emblem of the
U. S. is an eagle, not a crab. <
NOISE BAD FOR SLEEP
Nine Colgate university men are sleeping
nightly on vibrating beds in order to find
new ways the "machine age" may cause
head-aches, circled eyes, and unsociable dis­positions.
The vibrations of noises are
placed under the beds and make a noise
slightly less than that of a train.
The psychological laboratory announced
that the early results of the experiment
have upset the saying that a person can
get used to any noise. It has been definite­ly
shown that the students tested are phy­sically
unfit and.very easily irritated. Just
imagine, these students' are physically un­fit
after being shaken around just a bit
with slightly less noise than that of a train
to disturb them. That means that our ho­boes,
both in college and out, are supposed
to be nervous wrecks.
Take our own open air sleeping porches,
where say twenty boys are sleeping, repre­senting
practically every course on the cam­pus,
from Engineering down to General
Business. Can't you just hear the great
variety of topics discussed in their sleep?
The engineer wojeking out Einstein's Theo­ry,
the Ag student plowing old Beck, the
Secondary Ed student playing some great
football game, the- Architect mumbling
words of love and art, the General Busi­ness
student talking money, the Pre-Med.
student kicking about Current Events be­ing
such a hard course, the Pre-Law stu­dent
rehearsing a recent love scene in his
campus course, and the student instructor
snoring, all accompanied by a goodly cho­rus
of alarm clocks ticking away? No,
children, it not noise or shocks that breaks
down a student's health, but the nerve
wracking energy that is exerted by the stu­dent
in keeping awake while changing class­rooms.
* * * * *
COMPANIONATE ENGAGEMENTS
- The Ohio State university students have
recently adopted as the latest rage that of
"companionate engagement."
The plan is for the boys and girls to be­come
engaged, the boy^pinning his frater­nity
pin on the co-ed. Then each is free
to have date with everyone else, just so he
or she is available to the other for the im­portant
events on the campus, and for such
other little events as one or the other may
desire from time to time. All of which
reminds one of that great saying, "Smok­ing
should be stopped in sorority houses
when the gals start stealing the housemoth­er's
cigarettes."
* * * * *
JUDGE LINDSEY QUACKS
Companionate engagements naturally
causes us to think of the good old Judge
Lindsey, so we take a portion-of our ser­mon
from his doctrines. Judge. Lindsey
says that these college marriages are quite
the thing, and have no logical opposition in
the world.
The Judge is of the opinion'that college
students who are biologically at the best
age for marriage should not suppress a
genuine bond of affection. He urges that
the ultimate success of these marriages is
impossible- without the cooperation and un­derstanding
of the youth's parents, to which
we agree. Who else is going to keep them
up?.. We would like to know, however, how
we can tell when we get to this biological
age for marriage. Is it as apparent as B.
O. or athlete's foot?
* * * * *
NOT BAD"
A novel arrangement of sittihg-out spac­es
featured a dance recently given by the
Architectural Society of McGill University.
Individual cubicles were constructed in the
lounge room. No artificial illumination was
used; the only light being provided from
the fire places reflected from the ceiling.
Absolute, privacy in every cubicle was guar­anteed
by the committee in charge of the
decorations. We imagine that the orchestra
had only the high-stepping dean of women
in her long flowing dress, high laced shoes,
plaited tresses and nose specs to watch and
get their inspiration for soft, dreamy ro­mantic
music- Whom else would be around
with cubicles at their disposal? Good old
cubicles.
-s * * * *
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
What Professor Arthur J. Todd, head of
sociology department at Northwestern,
thinks about co-eds falling in love at first
sight might be summed up in one word,
"Bah!"
Brother Todd gave his co-eds some of his
views on romance and marriage in a lec­ture;
so here goes. They should.not marry
until they have been out of college several
years and then they should march up to the
altar much like the old-fashioned girls of
the nineties, with young men who have been
courting them a long time.
As to "cozy nooks", he expressed the op­inion
that in the eyes of a sociologist they
aren't mUch good anyway. "Romance that
needs encouragement, hasn't much chance
to succeed." True brother. But, isn't it
better to have loved and lost, than to have
loved and won?
* * * * *
A NEW BRACKET
Colorado claims the latest campus "rack­et,"
insurance against being called on in
class. Rates vary with the questioning
habits of each professor. Should a student
thus insured be called upon to recite, the
"company" pays him double his premium.
That's nice.
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.
NEWS ITEM: "College boys in Geor­gia
would have to go back to the
old black ties and drab socks of their
fathers, or beg increased allowances from
home, if the Georgia legislature were to
pass a bill now before it providing an ex-horbitant
tax on red neckties and loud
socks."
I don't know how badly such a tax
would affect students in Georgia colleges,
but it is a fact* that it would not cause any
untold damage on our own campus. There
may be quite a number of red ties here, but
to catch- a student when he wears one
would be quite a hard job, in fact, there
are so few ties worn here during the warm
week days that to find a number of stu­dents
wearing ties would be no easy task.
And socks—well, just wait until the spring
weather comes around and try to find any
socks at all. But who cares?
* * * *
The Textile Engineering Building is al­most
complete. In a few weeks it will be a
finished fixture on the campus, and will
offer just another reason that Auburn is
growing and expanding. It was only last
year that textile courses were added to the
curricula, and in a short while there will
be an up-to-date plant where students desir­ing
this kind of training will be given the
best opportunities to learn.
* * * *
Auburn is able to boast of ' possessing
musical organizations, dramatics societies)
literary societies, forensic organizations, de­partmental
clubs and societies, the four
classes, and many honor societies. Very in­frequently
they are heard from—maybe an
election—perhaps a speaker at one of the
meetings, but how many of these organiza­tions
have done anything that mark them as
outstanding or progressive? How many
have done anything toward furthering their
ideals and purposes, or towards furthering
or improving the interests or activities of
the college?
Each society has a purpose—or why was
it formed? It is true that it is doing no
good if it is not trying to accomplish. Th^re
is no standstill, they either go backward or
forward. It seems as though the majority
of them are going on a downward path to
obscurity. They exist now in name only.
The musical organizations have been do­ing
fairly well this year, however. The
band will make its annual trip to the Mo­bile
Mardi Gras celebration.in a few weeks,
but the Glee Club was not able to secure
a favorable schedule, so the tour was post­poned
for a while. Both of these organiza­tions
have been working steadily this year
and deserve praise.. It would be well if
other organizations worked as well as these,
v * * *
The type of student that gets on my
nerves: the man who takes eighteen or
twenty hours of work and loudly blares
-forth with the information that his course
is the hardest on the campus. He will sit
around all day and complain of the work
that he does and the work that he is sup­posed
to do. Each night finds him either
at the picture show, at the radio, or maybe
engaged in a bull session. His week ends
are spent out of town. He cuts classes. His
professors give him work that even a mira­culous
student could not do. His course re­quires
more work than any other—all other
courses are "crips". He never cracks a book, v
never does required work with any degree
of painstaking care, content to spend a
minimum amount of time on it. And when
exams come, he does not worry. He often
flunks, fully convinced that the professors
are to blame, still believing that his course
is impossible.
* * * *
OZYMANDIAS
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of .
- stone ,
Stand in the desert.-Near them, on the sand,
Half, sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose
frown,
And wrinkled lip, and_ sneer of cold com­mand,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions -
read
Which yet survive, stamped onthese lifeless
things, ^ -
The hand that mocked them and on the
heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside-remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The long and level sands stretch far away.
" —Shelley.
In our still youthful American society
we have a great reverence for institu­tions
that begin to be aged. We have, too,
an unusual faculty-.for keeping their phy­sical
forms alive after they are spiritually
dead.—J. F. Kirkpatrick, in The Nation.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1931 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
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ADRIAN TAYLOR, Editor; Harry Barnef, Assistant Editor; Marshall Caley, L. B.
Graves, Tad McCallum, assistants.
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For Second Time-
Auburn To Have
Grid Co-Captains
Auburn will have co-captains on the
gridiron next season, but contrary to
• reports it will not be the first time
that the Tigers have gone through a
campaigrfwith dual leaders.
In 1895, the Plainsmen had joint
leaders in Walter Shafer and W. R.
Tichenor, who had this honor on the
fifth team ever produced at the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute.
When the meeting for the election
of a captain for the 1895 team was
held, it developed into a deadlock be-tween
Shafer and Tichenor, after an
afternoon of balloting. The late Wal­ter
M. Riggs, who was president of
Clemson College at the time of his
death, presided at the election and
could have broken the tie, but failed
to vote on account of the closeness
of the contest.
Shafer was a senior in 1895 and
Tichenor was afraid that he would not
return to school unless he held the
captaincy, so offered to withdraw
from the race and let Shafer be elect­ed,
but the latter would not adhere
to this, and suggested a plan where­by
he would be captain off of the
field and that Tichenor would serve as
field captain, except that he would do
the calling of the coin before the game
started. This plan was satisfactory
to all, so Auburn's 1896 football team
campaigned with joint leaders.
After serving as co-captain in 1896,
Tichenor was unanimously elected cap­tain
the following year. In only one
other instance has an Auburn grid­iron
eleven been captained twice by
Red Lawson is another Junior wjio
played »n last year's team, and is
helping Coach McAllister mould one
of the best teams that Auburn has
presented in Southern Conference cir­cles.
Lawson is a guard, and al­though
he does not perform regular­ly,
he has played well while in the
game. . .
Auburn Boasts Champs
In High Jump andDisus
If opponents of Auburn in track
this season annex points from the Ti­gers
in the discus and high jump
events, they will have to defeat South­ern
Conference champions. Alt-Capt.
William Coleman and Jack Stewart
are the champions whom Coach Wil­bur
Hutsell is depending upon this
the same player. Frank Lupton serv­ed
in this capacity on the Tigers first
team in 1892 and also led Auburn's
second team.
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REPAIRING
We Cater to Student Trade
CAPTAIN JORDAN GAINS ON CAGE
SHARP SHOOTERS; SECOND fLACE
Due to his recent sharp shooting in
"the past few conference games, Jor­dan,
Captain of Auburn's basketball
team, has jumped into second place
in the conference standing. Jordan
led the conference for a good while
last year, and was one of the high
point scorers in college basketball.
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Leading the southern conference has
become a habit with the University
of Alabama, but the Crimsons must
turn back two tough opponents this
week if they are to retain their fore­most
position in the loop basket ball
race.
Although idle last week, Alabama
took over the circuit leadership with
its seven victories as Georgia Tech
plastered the pace setting Georgia
Bulldogs, 37 to 19, Saturday. Geor­gia,
with eight wins, was unable to
cope with the fast passing and crack
shooting of the Tech performers.
The Tuscaloosa Clan goes into ac­tion
Friday night at Sewanee against
the University of the South," and on
Saturday faces Tennessee at Knox-ville.
Although beaten in most of
their engagements, the Vols have
fought splendid battles and still must
be regarded as dangerous. . -
Maryland and Kentucky, • following
Alabama with five and four victor­ies,
respectively, also meet stern com­petition.
Monday night the Old Lin­ers
were to encounter Virginia at
Charlottesville and Tuesday try con­clusions
with Washington and Lee at
College Park. The Generals from W.
& L. also furnish the opposition for
Kentucky at Lexington, Ky., Friday.
Both Georgia and North Carolina
have four contests arranged. Geor­gia
meets Clemson there Tuesday and
South Carolina in Columbia Wednes­day,
returning home to contest with
Florida Friday and Saturday. The
How The Teams Stand
After Saturday's Tilts
The standings of the Southern Con­ference
basket ball teams, including
games of Saturday night, January
31, as follows:
Team _____ Won. Lost Pet.
Alabama 7 0 1,000
Maryland 5 0 1,000
Kentucky 4 0 1,000
Georgia 8 1 .889
Vanderbilt 5 2 .714
Sewanee 2 i 1 .667
Georgia Tech 5 3 .625
Auburn 4 4 .500
V. P. I —- 3 3 .500
Duke 2 2 .500
Mississippi 2 2 .500
North Carolina . . 2 2 .500
Vh-ginia 2 2 .500
W. and L. 1 1 .500
Clemson - 2 4 .333
N. C. State 2 5 .286
L. S. U. 1 3 .250
Florida T. 1 5 .167
Tulane 1 5 .167
South Carolina . . 1 6 .143
Tennessee — 1 6 .143
V. M. 1 0 4 .000
Miss. A. & M. .... 0 0 .000
Tarheels meet North Carolina State
at Raleigh Tuesday and then swing
into Virginia for a three-game trip
starting Thursday with Virginia Poly­technic
and following with Virginia
Military and the University of Vir­ginia.
Georgia Tech, looked upon as a
dark horse contender since its surpris­ing
victory over Georgia and Auburn,
faces Vanderbilt in Nashville Satur­day.
The, Commodores have another
enagagement with Sewanee Tuesday.
Tulane goes to Auburn for a two-game
series with Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute Friday and Saturday.
Other important games for the week
include: .
Monday—Washington and Lee and
Loyola at Baltimore; Millsaps and
Birmingham-Southern at Jackson,
Mississippi.
Tuesday—Virginia Polytechnic and
Wake Forest at Blacksburg; Louis­iana
College' and Louisiana Tech at
Ruston; Berea vs. Eastern Kentucky
at Berea; Presbyterian and Furman
at Greenville; Birmingham-Southern
and Mississippi College at Clinton.
Wednesday—Kentucky Wesleyan
apd Centre at Winchester; Vander­bilt
and Louisville at Nashville; Ten­nessee
and Detroit at Knoxville; V.
M! I. and Richmond at Lexington;
Birmingham-Southern and Mississip­pi
College at Clinton, Miss.
Thursday—Kentucky Wesleyan and
Georgetown at Georgetown; Kentucky
Western and Louisville at Bowling
Green; Centenary and Indiana State
Teachers at Terra Haute.
Friday—South Carolina and Fur-man
at Greenville; Maryland and
Catholic University at Washington;
Erskine and Newberry at Newberry;
Millsaps and Missippi College at
Jackson; Centenary and Butler at In­dianapolis;
Transylvania vs. George­town
at Georgetown.
year. Coleman was undefeated in
Southern competition last season in
the discus, and Stewart won first
place in the high jump at the annual
Southern Conference meet in -Bir­mingham.
Coleman is a senior and
Stewart a junior.
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CHAS KAU>V-* GUARD ^AUBURN
The performance of Auburn's cage
team has been featured by the excel­lent
guarding by Charles 'Skik' Kaley.
Kaley was preceded at Auburn by an
older brother, who also won his let­ter
in basketball. "Skik" also plays
on the baseball team, being varsity
catcher.
Saturday—Louisville vs. Centre at
Louisville; Kentucky Wesleyan vs.
Eastern Kentucky at Winchester;
Washington and Lee and West Vir­ginia
at Charleston, W. Va.; Louisia­na
College, and Union at Jackson,
Tenn.; Chattanooga; and Mercer at
Chattanooga; Millsaps and Mississip­pi
College at Clinton; Louisiana Tech
and Birmingham-Southern at Ruston.
By Adrian Taylor
With the opening of Spring prac­tice
for baseball, many former Auburn
stars are getting*an opportunity to
display, their wares to Big League
managers.
Ben Sankey, one of the best short­stops
ever produced in Auburn, is to
get another trial with the Pittsburg
Pirates. Since leaving Auburn in
1928, Sankey has-been performing in
Class A baseball, and last Spring jour­neyed
to the Coast with the Pirates,
but failed to stick. However, after
another year's experience, Ben is to
get another trial, and should prove to
be very useful on the Pirate roster.
Another Auburn players of past
years, will also be given a chance to
perform for the Pirates. George
Grant, a veteran of the American
League, has been sold to Pittsburg and
should make them a capable man.
Grant pitched for the Cleveland In-dians
for many years, being a regu­lar
hurler. This is his first year's
experience in the National League.
Jim Crawford, captain and center-feilder,
of last year's baseball team,
has been purchased by the New Or-leans
club, and should give their vet­eran
outfielders some stiff competi­tion
for a regular position. Craw­ford
had a wonderful record last year
while playing in the Three-I League,
but had the misfortune to break his
leg while sliding into second base.
Big Ben Newton, first baseman on
last year's team has also been pur­chased
by the New Orleans club. Ben
is a terrific hitter, but is somewhat
slow in his fielding. However, he
should develop into a wonderful ball
player.
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Greater ability to serve the public is the rea­son
for the Bell System — made up of- the
American Telephone and Telegraph Compa­ny
and its 24 associated telephone companies.
The Bell System is operated by these 24
associated companies, each attuned to the
area it serves." Each enjoys the services of the
staff of the American Company, which is
continually developing better methods. Each
benefits from the work of the Bell Telephone
Laboratories and Western Electric — scien­tific
research and manufacturing branches of
the System.
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IDEAL SWEETHEART MAY ACCEPT
KISS OF RIVAL, SAY IOWA MEN
Iowa City, Iowa—(IP)—The ideal
sweetheart may accept an innocent
kiss now and then from a rival suitor
without arousing jealousy of her
fiance—if the fiance is a University
of Iowa fraternity man—replies to a
questionnaire revealed here.
But—the fraternity men don't think
it ought to be done just the same.
Emulating the example of co-eds,
who chose Francis Wilcox, non
dancer, -smoker, -drinker, -petter, as
"the man of their dreams," the frater­nity
men decided that Anne Bradfield,
of Davenport, la., is the sort of girl
they would like to marry.
Anne is blonde, five feet five inches
tall, a senior, and engaged to be mar­ried.
An ideal girl may smoke but should
not drink, the men decided. Beauty is
not essential, both personality and in­telligence
being more important. But
above all the girl must dress smartly
and be sophisticated.
AGRICULTURAL DEPT.»
OFFERS TWO SHORT
COURSES IN DAIRYING
(Continued from page 1) ^v
Mr. J. G. Winkjer of the U. S. De­partment
of Agriculture will be here
for the second week.
Three special features are contain­ed
in the Dairy Manufacturing course.
The first is a - one-week special ice
cream course, featuring the Educa­tional
Ice Cream Contest to be held on
Thursday, February 26. The second
feature will be the meeting of cream­ery
owners and operators on Febru­ary
20 to form the Alabama Creamery
Association. The last feature will be
a presentation of a Dairy School Cer­tificate
to each person satisfactorily
completing the four weeks course and
furnishing proof of a year's success­ful
work in an approved plant fol-lowing
the completion of the course.
A Dairy School Certificate will al­so
be awarded in the Dairy Produc­tion
-course to the students who suc­cessfully
complete the four weeks pe-
SPEECH CONTESTS BEGIN
FEBRUARY 10 TO DETER­MINE
VARSITY SPEAKERS
LT. FINCH SPEAKS
TO MECHANICALS AT
MEETING MONDAY
(Continued from page 1)
sharply_so that it will attain a maxi­mum
height from the inertia of the
dive. The safety of the plane de­pends
entirely on the speed at which
it climbs above the range of anti­aircraft
guns, the fire of which is
now very accurate. Terrific strain
is encountered by these planes when,
after a dive at three hundred fifty
miles per hour they are suddenly
pulled up and sent skyward once
more. Lieutenant Finch also brought
out the fact that reports to the ef:
feet that modern fighting planes
should be made to attain a speed of
two hundred and fifty milesi per
hour are ungrounded since fighting
planes must combirfe speed with du­rability,
stability, and tremendous
strength to withstand the great pres­sures
to which they are subjected.
Newspapers ofter feature a speed
attained by some plane such as the
"Mystery S", and seldom does the
public take into consideration the
fact that these planes are good for
only speed. Lieutenant Finch's talk
r
was received with hearty applause,
and his cooperation with the society
was greatly' appreciated.
"Hard Boiled Profs"
Are Popular in End
Baton Rouge, La.— (IP)—An arti­cle
in The Reveille, undergraduate
newspaper of the Louisiana State Uni­versity,
declares that of all the types'
of instructors on the campus, the most
hated, and a t the same time the most
popular in the end, is the so-called
"Hard-boiled prof."
riod^and who furnish proof of one
year's work on approved dairy farm.
Ten people have so far registered
for the first week's work, and more
registrations are expected as the
course gets under way.
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(Continued from page 1)
the oratorical or the extempore speak­ing
contest should begin preparing
for the campus tryouts at once. This
is particularly true of the orators,
who must memorize their speeches
after they gather the material and
write the manuscrpit.
The Speech Department has issued
a warning that the old meaning of
oratory, with its spread-eagle, emo­tional
verbisty hardly applies to the
present type of logical argument
presented in intercollegiate oratorical
contests. Modern oratory, is in every
respect, the practical speech of the
leaders of every field of endeavor.
The preliminary plans of the
Southern Association of Teachers of
Speech intercollegiate^contests in Ex­tempore
Speaking and Oratory, to be
held in Atlanta, provide that any
college may enter candidates for
these contests, the preliminaries for
which will be held April 16 and 17,
at Atlanta. The final winner will
be selected April 18 from among
those who have survived the prelim­inaries.
Cups will be awarded to
the winning schools and medals to
the successful speakers.
The orations, -limited to twelve min­utes
in length, must be on some
phase of this timely topic—"Ameri­can
Prosperity". They may deal
either with present economic-"malad­justments
or with the future devel­opment
of the economic life of the
Unrted States. They must be the
original composition of the .student
who" delivers them; must contain no
more than 200 words quoted or para
phrased_ from other authors or
speeches; and must not have been
used in" any previous speaking con­test.
The general topic for the extem­pore
speaking contests will be "Causes
and Remedies of the Present Indus­trial
Depression." All contestants
are to report at convention head­quarters
at 2:00 p. m. Thursday,
April 16. Each contestant will then
draw lots to determine what parti­cular
phase of the general question
he will speak on. He Will be given
until 8:00 p. m. the following even­ing,
April 17, to prepare a ten-minute
speech on his topic. At that time
the elimination contest will be held.
Students who desire to participate
in these contests are requested to
notify Professor Judson at once, and
AUBURN HI NOTES
The second semester of Auburn
High School began Monday, January
26, with an enrollment of one hundred
and eighty students. Due to a waste
of time in the usual way of holding
semester examinations, it was announ­ced
by Mr. Parrishf the principal, that
future examinations would be held
on a_ less extensive basis and that
more emphasis would be placed on
daily work.
* • *
The Icannaci Dramatic Club under
the direction of Mrs. Cannon had elec­tion
of officers in the Friday meeting.
The following officers were elected:
Evelyn Passmore, president; Mary
Gathings, V-president; and Berah
Pricey secretary; and Bessie Lee Ham­ilton,
Mildred Cottier, Doris Chrietz-bergh
and Jesse Drake, program com­mittee.
They are planning for bigger
and better plays this semester.
* * * •
About twenty'high school girls have
started practicing basketball with new
equipment which we* received only a
few days ago. With the help of Mr.
Cargile, the coach, we hope to have a
very pleasant and successful season.
* * *
Journalism Club Organized
.Under the direction of Miss Marie
Sewell a Journalism club has been or-ganized'at
Auburn High. The aim of
the club will be to contribute' High
School news to the public through the
Plainsman and the Opelika Daily
News, as well as to study journalism.
The following officers were elected:
James Parrish, editor-in-chief; Bessie
|Ruth Smyer, copy reader; Francis
Shi, secretary. The other members of
the club are: Elizabeth Allison, Elea­nor
Lewis, Helen. Gardiner, Ted Pen­nington
and Frances Passmore. These
are to be reporters.
• * * *
The physics class, under Dr. Ku-derna's
instruction, has been learning
of lines of magnetic force by making
blue prints in the laboratory, using
magnets and iron filings. Magnets
were placed in different positions to
find what effects could be obtained.
Others in the class found the lines
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LIONS CLUB HOLDS
INSTALLATION OF
OFFICERS FEB. 3
(Continued from page 1)
election, F. M. Orr, V. C. Finch, and
Ed L. Cottihg were also- elected as
the new directors, the first two being
elected for two year terms, while
Cotting is to fill the office for one
year.
Mr. Dillon, popular Auburn drug­gist
who will lead the Auburn Lions
in their Activities during the 1931
term, after graduating from Auburn
in Pharmacy in '21, resided in Birm­ingham
for several years. There he
became very active in Lions Club
work, being elected president of the
Avondale Lions Club in appreciation
of the valuable service rendered 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.
The officers for last year werts:
F. M. Orr, -president; R. D. Doner,
1st vice-president; F. E. Guyton, 2nd
vice-president; J. L. Seal, 3rd vice-president;
W. T. Ingram, secretary;
C. W. Edwards, treasurer; J. A.
Bain, Lion Tamerj and J. D. King,
Tail Twister.
^Hubert Nixon was appointed to or­ganize
and manage the Lions Club
golf team. It was suggested that
36-hole matches be played instead of
18-hole contests.
W. T. Ingram was Draised by mem­bers
of the club for the composition
of a poem on Lionism.
Mrs. Keith Reeve and Mrs. Richard
Trott entertained the club with sev­eral
beautiful musical selections du­ring
the meeting.
FOUR1 ARE ELECTED
TO BLUE KEY FBAT
(Continued from page 1)
membership may be extended to a
limited number of faculty and alumni
who have distinguished themselves in
the qualities which are the goal of
the fraternity. 'The object of the or­ganization,
is to try to further the
best interest of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, to promote a spirit
of fraternalism among the students,
and to foster intercollegiate relation­ship.
to begin preparing for the local try-outs.
The office of the Speech De­partment
is on the second floor of
the Power House.
of magnetic attraction of certain mag­nets
by using a tiny compass.
* * *
On Monday morning Coach Gran­ger
awarded athletic letters to the
following football boys: -W. Powell,
P. P. Powell, Carroll, Bain, Flanagan,
Benson, Howard, Cook, Smith, What-ley,
F. Moore, J. Moore, Schubert,
Foster and Swope. Watson Howard,
captain of this years team, will be suc­ceeded
by James Moore. Hubert
Swope was a loyal supporter and
manager for-this year's team.
* * *
Health Being Emphasized
In spite of a very crowded program
in the regular subjects three or four
periods each week are devoted to ac­tivities
that promote health. Bupils
under the direction of teacher have
about two hours of'recreational activi­ties
every week. The usual games "are
played, health habits are emphasized
and pupils are enjoying school better
by virtue of the fact that they are in
better physical condition. Many pu­pils
remain after school for an hour
or two to engage in games played dur­ing
the recreational period.
RUDY SAYS: 'GIVE ME SOMETHING
TO REMEMBER YOU BY'; GETS IT
Boston, Mass.— (IP)—Three young
men suspected of being rather closely
connected with nearby universities,
were arrested by police here when they
presented Rudy Vallee with a shower
of venerable eggs.
The crooner was rounding out
"Give Me, Something to Remember
You By," at the Metropolitan Theat­re,
when his request was granted.
From a "section of the orchestra
NEW PROCESS FOUND
Budapest—(IP)—A youthful Bud­apest
printer has invented a new type
printing process by which ordinary
printing methods are' combined with
a photographic process which, it is
declared, produces a finer print than
ever secured heretofore.
AUBURN WILL MEET
GREENIES IN GYM
FRIDAY, SATURDAY
(Continued from page 1)
Jordan at one forward, and Lindley
Hatfield, Chas. Kaley and Harbin
Lawson seem destined to be rated the
first-string guards, but finding the
best player to team with Jordan has
been a problem since the opening
game.
Sam Mason, Frock Pate, George
Jenkins, and Tom Lumpkin are the
goal shooters who have been tried at
the post opposite Capt. Jordan, but
none have come up to expectations in
every game. In certain tilts they
have been outstanding, but consisten­cy
has been lacking.
McAllister will work his pscjeges
at a fast pace trying to find the best
combination to send against Tulane,
Fort Benning, Vanderbilt and Geor­gia
Tech in the remaining games on
the 1931 schedule but above all work­ing
them hard for the Southern Con­ference
tournament which begins in
Atlanta February 27.
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seats came a barrage of eggs that
went whistling by the Vallee mega­phone
to shatter among the lesser
lights of his band.
Rudy ducked and escaped the in­tended
decorations. Not so his bass
drummer. That unfortunate indivi­dual
fielded an egg on his shoulder
and another one on his forhead.
Rudy made a little speech about if
anybody didn't like his music they
didn't have to stay, and then played
two more numbers, which many- an
elderly lady applauded.
TEXAS HAS HORSESHOW
College Station, Tex.—(IP)—The
first annual mid-winter horseshow at
the A. & M. College of Texas, was
held here last month, sponsored bv
students of animal husbandry.
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