1931-02-14 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LIV AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1931 NUMBER 37
MOBILIAN LEADS
MILITARY BALL;
KNIGHTSTO PLAY
Miss Mary McMullen To Lead
Gala Event With Cadet Col­onel
Carl Schlich
'A* Club Offers Prize of One HundredM
Dollars for Best Original Marching
Song; Contest Ends Thursday April 30
MEN ELECTED
TO MEMBERSHIP IN
PHI DELTA GAMMA
200 BIDS TO GO OUT
Honorary Bids To Be Sent To
Gov. Miller, Gen. Noble, and
Gen. King
ONLY SENIORS IN MARCH
E. R. Enslen, Chairman of
Committee In Charge of Dec­orating
For Ball
Miss Mary Melvin McMullan, a Mo­bile
girl now attending Alabama Col­lege
for Women in Montevallo, will
lead the grand march of the Military
Ball to be held in Alumni Gymnasium
the night of February 27 with Carl
Schlich, Cadet Col. of the Regiment.
The Auburn Knights, a student or­chestra,
will furnish music for the
occasion, which is an annual event.
This orchestra has been broadcasting
over station WSFA for the past three
months and plays excellent dance mu­sic.
Approximately two hundred invi­tations
will be sent out to girls
throughout the state, and a large
number are expected to attend. Those
who reside more-than sixty-four miles
from Auburn will be housed in town
for the night, otherwise they must
return to their homes immediately af­ter
the dance. Honorary invitations
will be sent to Governor B. M. Milter
of Alabama, Gen. R. E. Noble, of An-niston,
who was formerly president
of the Alumni Assn., Gen. Ging, com­mander
of Ft. Benning, and others.
Dances will be reserved for Scab-
. bard and Blade members, members
of the Engineer Unit, and members of
the Artillery Unit during the even­ing.
Only seniors in ROTC will be
allowed to participate in the grand
march which will take place.
Decorations will be arranged by a
committee in charge of chairman E.
R. Enslen and under the direction of
Captain Grower. Various other com­mittee
chairman are: executive com­mittee,
T. P. Archer, chairman; invi­tation
committee, T. G. Amason, chair­man;
finance committee, C. S. Davis,
chairman; music committee, Harold
Harmon, chairman; and refreshment
committee, A. C. Taylor, chairman.
DAVIS WRITES ABOUT
WAPI IN RADIO BOOK
Alabama Station Given Recog­nition
In Newly Published
Radio Book
( Recognition of the joint operation
of Station WAPI by the three insti­tutions
of higher learning in Ala­bama,
the Department of Agricul­ture
and industrier, and the" City of
Birmingham written by P. O. Davis,
general manager, forms a chapter in
a book just published by the Insti­tute
for Education by Radio. Bear­ing
the title, "Education on the Air",
its 400 pages embody authentic and
up-to-date information on radio edu­cation.
Discussions by Judge Ira E. Robin­son
of the Federal Commission, John
W. Elwood, vice-president of the Na­tional
Broadcasting Company, and
many others prominent in educa­tional
and radio circles constitute the
text of the book.
Alabama's unique cooperative un­dertaking
in radio attracted great in­terest
when Mr. Davis explained it
before the last meeting of the Insti­tute
of Education by Radio in Colum­bus,
Ohio. It was agreed that Ala­bama
is the only state where such a
desirable arrangement is in opera­tion.
NOTICE!
Dr. Charles F. Herty of New York
will deliver another of his series of
lectures on chemistry Monday morn­ing,
February 16, at 11:00 a. m., in
the auditorium of the Ross Chemical
Laboratory, according "to annonuce-ment
of Prof. Hare.
The Auburn "A" club, whose mem­bership
is composed of students win­ning
the major athletic award, has
offered a prize of $100 for a college
marching or victory song.
This prize is open to every one. The
only restriction is that the words and
music must be original. The "A"
club will return all songs hot used.
One person can write the words and
another the music, but they must be
original.
There has been a long felt need for
a new college song at the Cornerstone,
so the "A" club with the unanimous
approval of President Bradford
Knapp has taken this task in their
hands and will attempt to greet the
1931 Auburn Tigers with a new song
when they march upon the gridiron
next Fall.
- All songs must be mailed to Ham
O'Hara, Box 745, in time to reach
him not later than April 30.
President Knapp, Beedie Bidez, di­rector
of the Auburn band, and J. W.
Brigham and Earl Hazel, instructors
in the department of music here, will
serve on the committee which will
decide the winner. However, the "A"
club will have the final vote.
BAND LEADS KREWE
OF COLUMBUS EVENT
Band Members Are Guests At
Annual Ball At Battle House
Friday Night
The Krewe of Columbus parade last
night was led by the Auburn band on
their first appearance at the 1931
Mardi Gras; The band arrived in
Mobile at 4:00 p. m. yesterday af­ternoon,
and were assigned to quar­ters
at the National Guard armory.
The parade began at 7:30 p. m. and
continued around Bienville Square in
the heart of town, thence out Gov­ernment
Street to Broad Street, where
it turned, and came back to the busi­ness
section. The total length of the
traverse equalled approximately three
miles.
Following the parade, members of
the band were guests at the annual
ball given by the Krewe of Columbus
in the Battle House. This was a col­orful
event, and was largely attended.
A concert was given by the band
in Bienville Square this morning at
9:00 o'clock, and another this after­noon
at 3:00. The band members will
be guests tonight at a dance given by
the Phi Gamma Phi Sorority in the
ballroom of the Battle House Hotel.
At the conclusion of the festivities
Tuesday night, the band will entrain
for Auburn, reaching here Wednes­day
morning.
DR. MILLER'S BOOKS
GIVEN TO LIBRARY
Collection Of Late Chemist
Will Be Called Emerson R.
Miller Library
Southern Bee Keepers
to Meet In Montgomery
The Alabama Bee Keepers Asso­ciation
will be hosts to the Southern
Bee- Keepers Conference at the Jef­ferson
Davis Hotel in Montgomery
on February 18-19. Men interested
in all phases of bee keeping will be
present at the meeting. The program
has been arranged by the Auburn
Department of Zoology and Ento­mology,
and includes a conference of
the editors of the Bee Keepers Item.
Bee Keepers Inspectors will meet at
the same time and place, and repre­sentatives
of the American Honey
Producers League will also be pres­ent.
Books on chemistry and allied sub­jects
belonging to the late Dr. Emer-son
R. Miller that have recently been
presented by his heirs to the Chemi­cal
Library are to compose the Emer­son
R. Miller Library. Books of Dr.
Miller not suitable for this collection
were given by Miss Helen T. Parsons
to the main library. Some of them
will be sent to the Auburn High
School library; others will be saved
for the projected Lee County Library,
the establishment of which is now
being sponsored by Chas. W. Ed­wards.
Dr. Miller, the man of science, is
portrayed in the valuable collection
of periodicals and books to be housed
in the Ross Chemical Building, by
t h e CIOSLT notoE Kakaia prcoot ycd- uii
lectures here and abroad, by the care­ful
descriptions caried on for months,
by the dozens or more published
theses, bulletins, pamphlets, articles
written by himself or jointly with
fellow workers.
A glimpse into the varied collec­tion
brought to the main library re­veals
a man of catholic taste, claim­ing
for his own the best in art, phil­osophy,
religion—whether written in
Spanish, French, German, or English.
Collections of road maps, booklets on
places of interest from Canada to
Cuba, from Europe to California,
bulletins on gardening, advertise­ments
of cars, descriptions of ball
games, depict a man whose hobbies
made him human and lovable.
National Forensic Fraternity
Gives Bids To Ten Men From
Junior Class
TO INITIATE FEBRUARY 24
Fraternity Sponsors Annual
Oratorical and Declamation
Contests
Ten men were recently elected to
the Phi Delta Gamma, national pro­fessional
forensic fraternity, which
recognizes outstanding accomplish­ments
in any field of forensic endea­vor,
and has confered membership on
those men who have made names
for themselves in the field of public
speaking and debating at Auburn.
Of these ten, three are taking a
course in Agriculture: T. W. Lump­kin;
R. W. Montgomery, and C. F.
Simmons, and two are studying Pre-
Law: J. E. Jenkins, and J. Mc Jones.
Four are enrolled in the School of
Engineering: Jack Turner, Chemical
Engineering; V. H. Kjellman, Civil
Engineering; Joe Plant, Mechanical
Engineering; and Cleveland Adams,
Textile Engineering. J. W. Letson
is studying Education. All of these
men are Juniors. Their installation
will be held on Tuesday, February
24.
The Auburn chapter of Phi Delta
Gamma was established in 1924 for
the purpose of developing and main­taining
a greater interest in forensic
work, such as oratory, debating and
dramatics, to give men recognition
for their participation in forensic
activities that are collegiate rather
than intercollegiate, and to elevate
the standards of literary endeavor.
Any upper-clasman who has suffi-who
has shown interest and ability in
forensic fields is eligible for member­ship
in this national Order.
The Phi Delta Gamma sponsors an­nual
declamation and oratorical con­tests
and debates between literary so­cieties.
Officers of the organization are:
President, Murff Hawkins; Vice-Pres­ident,
R. L. Lovorn; Secretary and
Treasurer, G. L. Williamson.
ETA KAPPA NU TO
GIVE ANNUAL HIKE
TUESDAVFEB. 24
Annual Hike Is Given In Hon­or
of Junior and Senior Elec­trical
Students
PLANS ANNOUNCED LATER
Purpose of Hike Is For Gener­al
Get-Together, According
To Beavers
Miss Dobbs Speaks
At Alabama College
Miss Zoe Dobbs, dean of women,
addressed the students of Alabama
College at noon Friday, February 13.
She spoke on "The World Federation
of Educational Associations at Gen­eva,
Switzerland," which she attend­ed.
Miss Dobbs delivered this ad­dress
by special invitation.
PROFESSORS SPEAK TO MEMBERS
OF BIOLOGICAL CLUB THURSDAY
The botannical kingdom shared
equal honors with the biological king­dom
Thursday night when three in­teresting
talks were made to the Bio­logical
Club.
The first of these talks was made
by Dr. C. L. Isbell of the Horticul­ture
Department. Dr. Isbell descri­bed
some results which he had ob­tained
from an experiment with pro­pagating
potatoes and tomatoes from
leaves of these plants. This expe­riment
may open a new way whereby
the efficiency of insecticides may be
more accurately determined.
Following this talk was one made
by J. C. Moore of the Botany De­partment.
Mr. Moore's talk was on
the subject of "Reproduction without
Fertilization, or Eliminating the
Male." _In one of the aquatic insects,
Mr. Moore said, the males are being
eliminated but the race continues.
Only during periods of extreme un­favorable
conditions are males found.
The last talk of the evening was
made by W. C. Kelley of the Zoology
Department. This talk was upon the
topic of "Bird Migration." Mr. Kel­ley
gave a brief explanation of the
types of migration, routes of migra­tion,,
and reasons for migration. Ac­cording
to Mr. Kelley, birds migrate
from near the North Pole in the late
summer to near the South Pole to
spend the winter and return to the
North in the spring. The longest mi­gration
route taken by any one bird
is approximately 11,000 miles long
and the return trip is back by the
same route. The longest non-stop
flight is made by the golden plover
which flies out over the Atlantic
from Nova Scotia to South America,
a distance of 2,400 miles. Birds
which migrate annually have regular
schedules for migrating and seldom
deviate from their schedules more
than three or four days. Bird band­ing,
stated Mr. Kelley, is a great
help in obtaining the facts about bird
migration.
PROFESSOR PIRENIAN
HEARD BY CHEMICALS
Talk On Platinum With Dem­onstration
Proves Interesting
Subject
Monday night Professor Z. N. Pi-renian
gave, to the largest gather­ing
this year of Chemical Engineer­ing
and Chemistry students at the
Chemical Society, a very interesting
talk on platinum and the platinum
group. In connection with his talk
he gave a practical demonstration of
some of their chemical and physical
properties, including many of their
alloys and compounds. He further
showed the society how to get these
into solution and a few simple test's
for them. Osmium is the heaviest
known element, and also has the high­est
melting point. For the latter rea­son
it was once used in electric lamp
filament. All good pen points are
made from an alloy of iridiun and os­mium.
The Russians, not realizing
the value of platinum, once used it
for coin. One can remember that
during the late war he could not get
any jewelry containing platinum, thus
proving its great need.
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_The annual hike, given each year
by Eta Kappa Nu for juiors and se­niors
in electrical engineering, will be
held Tuesday afternoon, February 24.
Eta Kappa Nu is a national honor­ary
electrical engineering fraternity,
and George Beavers, president stated
that the object of the hike was to
serve as a general get-together for
junior and senior students in that de­partment.
The students attending the hike will
meet in Ramsey Hall at 3:00 p. m.,
but the course over which the hike
is to be conducted has not been de­cided.
This information and the final
plans for the program will be an
nounced at a later date.
According to a statement made by
several members of Eta Kappa Nu-an
excellent program is being plan­ned,
and it is hoped that all the ju­nior
and senior students in electrical
engineering will plarf to attend this
hike.
AUBURN WILL MEET STRONG
VANDERBILT TEAM TONIGHT
IN LAST S. I. C. GAME HERE
Leading Score* Commodores Rated As Strong­est
Team Tigers Have Met
This Season
GAME STARTS A T 7
Tonight's Game Expected To
Be Feature Game In Dixie
For Week
BENNING NEXT OPPONENT
Tigers Will Play Soldier Out­fit
Wednesday and Tech In.
Atlanta Feb. 24
Evans Literary Society
To Feature Open Forum
The feature of the next regular
meeting of the Evans Literary So­ciety,
to be held in room 209, Samford
Hall, at 7 p. m. will be a discussion
of the subject "Whether or Not a
Definite Amount of Extra-curricula
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didates for Graduation."
It is planned to have an open fo­rum
type of discussion, so all inter­ested
are invited to attend.
At the last meeting, Professor Dan
Bloch of the Journalism Department
gave an interesting report of a recent
novel written by Ben Hecht, a Chica-goan.
A discussion of "American Univer­sities"
and a talk ori "Sinclair Lewis
In Europe," completed the program.
Battery "G", Company
"A" Winners of Review
Battery "G", under command of
Captain H. A. Weinbaum, was judg­ed
by officers of the R. O. T. C. Staff
as the Best Battery of Field Artillery
at the inspection and review on Sat­urday,
February 7. Company "A",
Captain Murff Hawkins, won the title
Best Company Engineers for the day.
The Best Platoon Field Artillery was
awarded to the First Platoon of Bat­tery
"G", under 1st Lt. B. F. Sprat-
Ian, and the Best Platoon Engineers
(5* the second Platoon of Company
"A", commanded by 1st Lt. J. R. Ful­ler.
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Stewart is Auburn's leading scorer
and is second among Southern Con­ference
scorers with 86 points. His
defensive work has also stood out
this season.
FRAT BASKETBALL
TO BEGIN TUESDAY
Twenty-Two Fraternities Will
Participate In Series of
Games
The annual interfraternity basket­ball
tournament will begin Tuesday,
according to statements made by W.
S. Myrick, Jr., president of the In­terfraternity
Council. Twenty-two
fraternities will participate in the
series of games.
The teams have been paired off at
a previous drawing. Each two teams
will play at a designated time in the
gymnasium. The winners of this first
stage of the contest will again be pair­ed
off to determine the next contes­tants
and will continue thus until a
winner has been declared. The los­ers
of the first contests will, however,
compete for the consolation champion­ship.
Two loving cups will be given by
the Interfraternity Council. One to
the winner of the entire contest, and
the other to the winner of the con­solation
group.
Auburn Graduate To
Install Light Plant
Vanderbilt is the opposition sched­uled
for the Auburn Tigers here to­night,
and according to Coach Sam
McAllister and the Auburn players,
the Commodores are rated as the
strongest Southern Conference team
that Auburn has played this season.
This will be the last Southern Con­ference
game to be played in Auburn
this year, and according to reports
it is expected to be a fitting climax
for the games that,Auburn has wit­nessed.
Saturday night's battle in the Alum­ni
Gymnasium is expected to be the
feature game played in Dixie this
week. Gus Morrow's club from Nash­ville
is composed largely of six-foot­ers
and boast of the most decisive win
recorded over the Tigers this season.
Auburn's present standing in the
conference is 6 wins and 4 losses, but
according to Coach McAllister it is
hoped that this standing will be im­proved
upon in the two remaining
conference games.
Jack Stewart, Auburn's star cen­ter,
is tied for second place in the
Southern conference scoring columns,
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only four years he is one of the out­standing
centers in Dixie.
If the Tigers are able to get start­ed
early against Vandy and continue
a fast pace throughout the game, it
is believed that they will be able to
give the Commodores a tough strug­gle.
The Tiger's next game will be Wed­nesday
Night February 18, when they
meet Fort Benning at the Alumni
Gymnasium, and the last game of the
season before the tournament will be
with Georgia Tech. The game with
Tech will be played in Atlanta, Feb­ruary
24.
Arthur P. Nesbett, who graduated
at Auburn in 1922 in electrical en­gineering,
has obtained a franchise
from the town of Waterloo, in Laud­erdale
County, to install and operate
an electric light plant, which he es­timates
will cost $10,000. Nestbett
is moving to Waterloo from Colum­bia,
Tenn., where he was associated
with Buford Brothers of Nashville,
prior to which he was with the Ala­bama
Power Company.
RATS MEET WALKER CO.
CAGERS IN GYM TODAY
Twenty Enter Class
In Radio Announcing
There are now twenty members of
the Radio Announcing Class, accord­ing
to Professor L. S. Judson, instruc­tor
of the class. The class, which
meets twice a week, is now studying
the reactions of radio listeners to pro­grams
as indicated in questionnaires
obtained from over 400 persons.
Last Tuesday the class met in the
studio and watched the Auburn
Knights broadcast. On Saturday af­ternoon,
Mr. Carr, one of the stu-
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ICE CREAM MANUFACTURERS TO
MEET HERE FOR 2 DAYS' STUDY
The Alabama Association of Ice
Cream Manufacturers will gather at
Auburn for a two-day meeting on
February 25 and 26 to study improved
methods of ice cream manufacture.
In addition to a varied program of
study and recreation, Dr. Bradford
Knapp will address the gathering at
a banquet arranged by J. L. Whatley
on Wednesday evening, 7:00 o'clock,
at the Clement Hotel in Opelika.
The session opens Wednesday af­ternoon
at 2:00 o'clock with an ad­dress
by H. J. Sims, president of the
association. Registration takes place
during the morning. Dean M. J.
Funchess of the College of Agricul­ture
will speak on "The Ice Cream
Industry in Its Relation to Agricul­ture"
at 3:00 o'clock. At 4:00 o'clock
the visitors will make a tour of the
campus.
On Thursday morning at 9:00
o'clock, February 26, J. R. Kinnett of
the Southern Association of Ice
Cream Manufacturers will talk on
"Selling Our Products to the Consum­er",
followed by a discussion at 9:30
of "How Long Shall We pay Our
Dealers to Handle Our Products?"
by V. T. Troutman of the Meyer
Blanke Company. Coach Chet Wynne
of Auburn will speak at 10:00 o'clock.
From 10:30 to 11:00 o'clock Thurs­day
morning, J. W. Parkman of Do-than
and J. C. Boone of Huntsville
will talk on the operation of a milk
plant in connection with ice cream
plant. Selection of officers and a
business session takes place at 11:30.
At 12:00 o'clock noon a special dai­ry
radio program over WAPI from
Auburn will be presented by Earnest
and Frank—The Boys with the Dairy
Temperament. An educational scor­ing
contest of vanilla ice cream takes
place at 1:30 p. m. The new\ Auburn
Consumer Appeal Score CardVwill be
used and explained for the first time
by Prof. A. D. Burke, head o\f the
Auburn dairy 'department. For\ this
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Game Today To Close Season
For Local Team; Have Won
5 and Lost 5
Immediately after the practice game
Saturday afternoon on Drake Field
between the Oranges and the Blues,
members of Auburn's Spring footb*ll
contingent, Coach Earl McFaden's
freshman cage five will meet Ebb
James' Walker County Vikings in
Alumni Gymnasium in the final game
of the season for the local frosh.
The plebes will enter the final game
on their schedule without having a
practice this week. Three of the reg­ulars
and a leading reserve are out
for Spring football, so have been un-
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Australia Hears Of
Experiment Station
Through the Department of Public
Information, the work of the Experi­ment
Station of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute is being made known
to people over the United States and
also to people for from this country.
This is revealed by a clipping receiv­ed
by Dr. C. L. Isbell, head of the
Department of Horticulture, Jfrom
the International Press Cutting Bu­reau
of London. It was capped from
the Queenslander, published at Bris­bane,
Queensland.
The story was about a new discov­ery
made by Dr. Isbell on the pro­pagation
of sweet potatoes. The
story was used almost exactly as it
was sent from the Auburn office.
PACE TWO
THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1931
®|g Pautmnatt
Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $3.50 per year (60
issues). Entered as second class matter
at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
Business and editorial offices at Auburn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Offices hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily.
STAFF
Gabie Drey 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
R. K. Sparrow _ ..Contributing 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 William Beck, '34
George E. White, '34
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
FINANCIAL REPORTS
On the campus are many student ac­tivities
in the way of societies that derive
their financial funds from voluntary or
contributions from the student body. Ac­cording
to paragraph c, section 4, Article
II, of the Regulations of the Finance Com­mittee
of the Executive Cabinet, one of
the duties of this committee shall be "To
receive and permanently file financial re­port's
of Group A and B activities at the
end of the fiscal year, such reports to be
received not later than the second meeting
of the Executive Cabinet following the
close of the fiscal year of each activity."
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should be published in The Plainsman,
or put in some conspicuous place where
students could see them. There are too
many students on the campus who are ready
to criticize any group or society concern­ing
its financial status.
Too often these students will ask just
what is done with the money that is put
into these organizations. And is there any
reason why they should not make requests?
The students are probably not well acquaint­ed
with the financial situations of these
societies, and cannot, outwardly, see just
what has become of the funds. The stu­dents
feel that they are not getting any­thing
for their money, and they will al­ways
feel that way unless they can see
just what is being done with the money.
Not only should the organizations under
Groups A and B that get their finances
from the student body, but the Executive
Cabinet should also publish a financial
statement each year. Members of Groups A
and B pay ten dollars and one dollar dues,
respectively, annually. There is no doubt
that these dues are necessary, but many
arguments could be settled by simply pub­lishing
a statement.
The Plainsman believes that the Finance
Committee should look into this and see if
some remedy cannot be affected.
THE BASKET BALL TEAM
The Auburn basketball ball team, hailed
as the successor to the 1928 team which
obtained national recognition, continues to
reflect athletic credit on the institution.
The games of the past week end have placed
the team well among the Southern Con­ference
leaders, and are considered as one
of the strong contenders for the conference
championship. The members of the team
also hold enviable places in the list of in­dividual
scores.
Much of the team's success can be at­tributed
to Coach Sam McAllister, who is
serving his first season as basketball men­tor
in Auburn. Besides being an excellent
coach he is a man of impressive personali­ty,
and is exceeding popular with the stu­dent
body.
The Plainsman voices the sentiment of
the student's in congratulating the team
and Coach McAllister on their success. It
also insures them of their loyalty to the
team, and extends best wishes for success
in the Southern Conference tournament in
Atlanta.
The sportsman-like conduct displayed to­wards
opposing teams in the past few games
is commendable, and it sems that the un-pleasanties
of the early season games have
been eliminated.
LEARNING HOW TO THINK
The idea that college exists not to teach
a man what to think but how to think is
gaining ground in academic circles. It is
strange that this belief, so reasonable as
to be almost a truism, has waited to long
for full recognition. Along with it is com­ing
a realization that the college student
must be allowed freedom in his work, that
he must be placed in a situation which
leaves the initiative with him, and not with
a set of proctors, deans or other officers.
In later life he will have to plan his own
work. In college he should accustom him­self
to the task.
It is with some such thought as this that
Harvard University, venerable, yet always
progressive, has undertaken a new experi­ment
among its undergraduates. During
two weeks following the Christmas recess
there were held no classes, no lectures, ex­cept
for freshmen and students in the more
elementary courses. Preceding final exam­inations
in June there will be another sus­pension
somewhat longer than the first of
routine work.
These two "reading periods" are given to
Harvard undergraduates with the under­standing
that they shall use them for as­signed
work, done without the assistance of
professors. Tutors and professors, of
course, will be amenable to conferences in
case students feel they need advice. Each
student, however, will plan his own work,
according to his own methods.
Undoubtedly a certain number will con­sider
the time an opportunity for extended
vacation with intensive cramming during
the last few days of it, but it is expected
that a majority will make the most of their
freedom by doing a piece of carefully plan­ned
study. Upon the way in which they
receive it depends the success of the ex­periment.—
The Pathfinder.
THE LONGEST WORD
"The word honorificabilitudinitatibus,"
commented Professor Jas. R. Rutland, head
of the department of English, "is said to
be the longest word in the English lang­uage.
It is a medieval jaw-breaker mean­ing
honorableness. ' A close second to this
word is antidisistabllishmentarianism."
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor of The Plainsmans
In re: Rat Caps,
Rome had its day. The horse and buggy
flourished for awhile and then passed into
the realm of the forgotten. Then too, let
.HUH U£ bliC XJ.
hair cuts that used to be so common on this
campus, especially so at the beginning of
each school year. Rome represented beau­ty,
the horse and buggy represented a mode
of transportation, and the D. P. hair cuts
represented a bow unto the yoke 4m the
part of the freshmen around Tiger Town.
Please permit me to quote a little history
about the neophytes that have passed their
idle hours away in this institution. Once
upon a time, it was required by custom that
every freshman would have his head shaved.
This was thought barabarous, and no doubt
it was, but just the same, custom gave, and
the practice was abandoned on one condi­tion.
That condition was this: That every
freshman would have to wear his RAT cap
at all times. The rules in the rat manual
plainly describe this law. The next ques­tion
is, has the lowly first year man ad­hered
to this ruling? 'Tis a sad answer but
'tis true that he has not?
Is it that he is ashamed of wearing the
colors of this grand old institution? Has
he ever thought of the fact that he is the
only one allowed this privilege, except those
who have won recognition on the athletic
field, an it be true that the only use he
can have of that coveted chapeau is to catch
rides? One thing is sure—he is not wear­ing
it, and some one is to blame. •
Like the little boy who forgot his speech
and had to stop tout de suite, I'll close by
saying, where is the remedy?
I. C. Justice
SHORT SUBJECTS
Students at the University of Rochester
won't have to worry about making an 8:30
class any longer, for the faculty recently
ruled to do away with the early classes,
deeming it better for students to sleep in
their private rooms rather than in class
rooms. A wise move, we'd say.
* * * *
Officials at the University of Washing­ton
have found out that bright students
marry bright students, and stupid students
in turn marry stupid students.
* * * *
Now if you were at the University of
Maryland you would probably go to.class,
for when students cut they are liable to
a three dollar tax.
* * * *
Two co-eds were recently suspended by
the faculty of the New Jersey College for
Women when they were caught in a speak­easy
raid.
A man who has reformed himself has
contributed his full share toward the refor­mation
of his neighbor—Norman Douglas.
My Opinion
By Vasili Leoniduitch
The sham battle is over gentle readers.
Haakon Provost after shelling the Leoni­duitch
fortification with a series of fake
adjectives, playfully scampers back to his
old pursuits. I, grateful for the opportu­nity
of having something to write about,
calmly admit that I know no more about
music than the composer of "I Want To
Meander In The Meadow". I hope Mr.
Provost will let little Haakon come over
and play with me some other time.
* * * * *
Axel, the new-comer, seems a bit apt to
play rough. However, he will soon learn
the rules of the game.
* * * * *
Recently while in conversation with BU
professor the subject of constructive "bull
sessions" was brought up. It seems that
much might be obtained in an open session
between students and professors in group
discussions, where free and speculative
thought was encouraged. A place where
all ideas could be aired unrestrained by our
educational formalities.
* * * * *
About the campus . . .men who have been
tried and found worthy are praising Al­lah,
playing with cats, and acting generally
like one soon to adorn Greek jewelry. . . .
bandsmen rush in preparation for Mardi
Gras . . . several empty suitcases should
leave town this week end . . . wonder when
the Glee Club is going to start activity . . .
cooler days have failed to extinguish the
spring fever . . . Greek prepares to meet
Greek on the courts . . . the delightful disque
Cajoler makes its appearance . . .wonder
when something different will happen?
Book Review
R. v. R.
The Life and Times of Rembrant van Rijn
Literary Guild. 1930.
Reviewed by Al Summerlin
R. v. R. tells of the life and times of the
famous portrait painter, Rembrant van
Rijn, commonly known as Rembrandt.
The genius of the book lies in the fact
that it is a fictional biography, written by
Hendrik Willem van Loon. Mr. van Loon
has so built his story into a historical back­ground,
that he makes the characters and
story seem a reality. There is no doubt
; v j _.,. i.:„ ..wo am maae oi real
fact, but the greater part of Jiis story is
plain fiction. One will be surprised to
learn that it is not a true biography.
The title page of the book is elaborately
worked up to carry out the effect of a
story based only on sound, reliable facts.
The author, in the same old-fashioned man­ner,
has a whole page given to the title
on which he states that his book is written
from notes handed down by his ancestor,
John van Loon, who had taken^ time to
jot down his personal recollections of this
famous man.
The book is not confirmed strictly to the
life story of Rembrandt, but is a network,
closely woven, of the lives and exploits of
this painter's most intimate friends.
The scene is laid in Amsterdam, the cen­ter
of all governmental and religious strife
of the Dutch during the seventeenth cen­tury.
Much of the book is spent in explan­ations
concerning the state of afafirs ex­isting
prior to and after Holland's war
with Spain. The scene jumps for a short
period to America, where the Dutch are
trying to keep their foothold around New
York.
The book introduces various amusing cus­toms
and beliefs of the Hollanders. It is
indeed a book worthy* of anyone's spare
moments.
BARROOM BALLADS
By HIC-HIC
PRELUDE
When the winter days-are drifting,
Into warm and balmy weather;
When the birds begin their shifting,
Into coveys close together;
Then Spring Fever starts to working,
On our pent up life of care.
All about us intrigue's lurking,
Hither, thither, here, and there.
Then the leaves of toil start falling,
Lighter thus becomes our load.
And we heed that age-old calling,
Down the long and open road.
* * * * *
HITCH-HIKERS
When skies are blue, and pals are true
They love to travel far.
If skies are clear, and Spring is near,
They love to catch a car.
When money's low, and rides are slow,
And luck is just a ghost,
They start to grin, and then begin,
To see who'll laugh the most.
They have a smile, for every mile,
Old Fortune smiles on all.
So they just pray; things turn 0. K., *
And tourists hear their call.
* AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
"Dr. Thomas, I feel tough as an ox, eat like a wolf, am tired as a dog, and sleep
like a bear.
"In such a case you had better see Dean Cary."
* * * * * * * *
The man who wrote this had an imagination, like all poets,—imagine people
reading it.
Then there was an old maid who got her first date on a tomb-stone.
* * * * * * * *
Just when people were learning to keep their fingers out of other people's
business, along came the dial telephone.
* * * * * * * *
Wonder if they know Grant, Brown, and Senn?
Frat Steward: I smell the roast burning.
Brother: That won't hurt, I'll put some ungentine on it.
* * * * * * * *
On to Mardi Gras cries the Auburn band. The troubador has always played his
way to the heart and cellar of his host. Mobile seems to appreciate good music,
and I am sure that five months in Auburn would make anyone appreciative of that
city.
* * * * * ' * * *
A woman has a lot to go through. A man's suit has twelve pockets.
* * * * * * * *
The poultry farm is getting eggs from only 90 per cent of the chickens. We-suggest
that they gill one each day, and then they may tell which ones are not
laying.
* * * * * * * *
This report recently made to President Hoover would have a better name with­out
the Wicker.
* * * * * * * *
"Drink Canada Dry" says the advertisement. Then you can use Cuba and
Mexico for chasers. ,
* * * * * * * * *
Who is the Plainsman columnist that believes in love at first sight—and, at
every other opportunity?
* * * * * * * *
"So you sleep with your working clothes on!"
"Sure, I'm an artist's model."
* * * * * * * *
Who said she knew what it meant
When men asked her to dine
Gave her cocktails and wine—
Yes, she knew what it meant—but she went.
* * * * * * * *
You are an orator if you can talk a half soused student into going home
before he becomes paralyzed.
* * * * * * * *
Uncle Billy will soon be able to supply the students with fly swatters and
frigidaires.
* * * * * * * *
Our idea of humor is Hic-Hic in a Harem.
* * * * * * * *
Once upon a time there was a co-ed who wished to be neither fatter nor thinner
All fairy stories begin with "once upon a time".
One of the boarding houses is noted for its eighteen hole course dinner—six
doughnuts, a Swiss cheese sandwich, and three life savers.
* WITH OTHER COLLEGES *
WITH TEARS
A list of forty questions, prepared by an
engineer and a lawyer, were recently pub­lished
in Scribner's along with an article
by Thomas Beer. Twenty-five college stu­dents
had flunked the exam dismally, and
Mr. Beer took the occasion to comment on
the ignorance of our modern young people.
The Spectator, student paper at Colum­bia
offered the same list to 53 faculty mem­bers.
Of this number, only 10 would take
the exam, 43 refusing outright to have
anything to do with it. Only four of the
ten handed in complete answers, and the
highest grade, made by Prof. C. A. Man­ning,
teacher of Russian literature, was
55.1 per cent. Close behind him were two
more English professors with grades of
54.3 and 54.2 per cent. At the same time,
a number of students took the quiz, and al­though
the highest grade in this group was
46, several students finished ahead of some
of the faculty members. \
That the professor tend to bluff, just as
their students do, was indicated by the ans­wer
to, "Name three compositions of Bra­hms".
The answer was, "The first, second
and third sonatas."
Some of the questions proving the great­est
stumbling blocks were "Who were the
Piccolimini?" and "Who was Tillman Rie-menschneider?"
along wit;h "For what is
Abu Simbel noted?" which question was not
answered by anyone. The easier ones were
such as "Name five makes of English au­tomobiles"
and "Name three living Ameri­can
architects." "What is chromium" was
answered in many different ways.
The questionnaire was a part of the
Spectator's campaign against examinations.
As for the questions, the Piccolimini were
an ancient royal Italian family, and chrom­ium—
well, chromium is just chrimium.
This author has already given his views
on exams, saying that they were unfair,
conducive to cheating, etc. What can be
more concrete of the trjteness and complete
absurdity of exams than such an example
as given above. We are not surprised; in
fact, we would like to see some of our own
very dear professors pass some of the same
exams that they pop to us. Just how many
things are asked on exams that a student
will know, or even be expected to know, or
still further even need to know after he
gets the sheep skin?
* * * * *
CO-EDS AGAIN
In another survey conducted among the
freshman woman in Syracuse University
by Dr. Eugenie Leonard, acting Dean of
Women, some interesting findings were dis­closed.
For example: 28 per cent admit­ted
being in love many times while only
10 per cent had been in love but once. How­ever,
31 per cent insisted that they had nev­er
been in love at all.
62 per cent said that their mothers agree
with them in their attitude towards petting
and necking. And 73 per cent think the
college girl should know about sex. One
reply was as follows: "I think that a mother
should tell her daughter everything about
life before she goes away to school, instead
of letting her find things out for herself."
And another wrote, "A girl should know
how to take care of herself under all con­ditions.
She should know how to dress,
how to smoke, how to drink a little, how
to pet—so she won't be surprised into any­thing—
how to keep her heart and not to
fall easily, and how to get along with other
girls. I believe that a girl who has not
been on her own to some extent in her high
school years should not be allowed to go
away to college." Yes, we agree, but—show
us the girl that does stop at drinking a
"little", petting a "little" and smoking a
"little" if she does at all.
* * * *
SEEKERS AFTER KNOWLEDGE
Last year there were more college stu­dents
in the United States than all the
rest of the world combined. There were
some 1,237,000 students enrolled in the col­leges
and universities of this country.
* * * *
WHIZ BANG
w
At the University of Aberdeen in Scot­land,
according to The Alchemist, a grand
old tradition of the Highland clans has
survived in one of the yearly ceremonies
of the University. During rectorial elec­tions,
the students of the University formed
two teams and waged a battle royal with
"ancient" eggs, tomatoes, and paper bags
filled with flour. We know that the toma­toes
were "ancient" too, because this was
in Scotland, you know.
* * * *
SOME SMOKE
Not long ago, New York University was
sued by a man who claimed the smoke from
the University chimneys turned his white
poodle dog black in five minutes. Poor dog.
That he had some justification comes from
the supporting statement of the editor of
the New Yorker, who says he has had
Cream of Wheat turn to Grape Nuts in four
minutes in the same district.—Intercollegi­ate
News Service.
Solitary Speculations
By Haakon Provost
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in
this column are not necessarily the editorial
opinions of this paper. It is a column of personal
comment, and is not to be read as an expression
of our editorial policy.
* * * *
"Noiv since the s»i,o%e has blown away
Where Scot met Scot in close array . . .
* * *
No doubt our many vituperators were de­lighted
at' the recent verbal tilt between
Leoniduitch and myself. But I hope to dis­pel
all of the pleasure they may have re­ceived
from Vasili's withering satire on my­self
by admitting that we both were in
search of excitement; that what we said
about each other was probably the result
of overripe vodka; that neither of us know
anything about music, be it classical or mod­ern
; and what is worse, that we did not be­lieve
one atom of anything we said.
What then, may one deduct from the
above? That ye despisers of Haakon who
revelled in his darker moments are the
butts of our little joke and that I myself
am a cross betwen a hypocrite and a dam­ned
liar.
* * * *
"If we have to choose between an ugly
reality and a beautiful unreality, we hold
the reality." But is this essentially true?
Poet laureate John Masefield things it is.
The writers of the naturalistic school be­lieve
that they can grow only lasting things
out of a very real world. But does the
average reader prefer realistic Romanti­cism?
Many a movie fan has been sorely dis­appointed
because a picture did not "end
right." An example of this type of mov­ing
picture (base though my example is, it
best represents the public's love for the
Romantic is "The Easiest Way". It did
not end romantically, and as a result the
audience was, in a sense, disappointed. If
the young lady had been reconciled with
her bethrothed all would have been well;
but things do not happen that way. The
realistic thing did happen; she was for­saken
by both her lovers, because they were
not so ready as was the audience to for­give
her unfaithfulness.
Rudyard Kipling as their favorite poet.
Masefield attributes this favoritism of Kip­ling
to the fact that the author of Recess- .
ional was first in the field of realism, that
he was first to reverse the Victorian at-titute
towards life. I wonder how many
people in the Middle West know what the
Victc&rian alttitude -towards life was. I
wonder how many other poets these people
are acquainted with. Riley, Sandbury, and
Eddie Guest lost out in the contest. If
these three are, with Kipling, the only
poets with reputations in this section of
the country, it is not surprising that the
creator of Gunga Din was given the as­cendency.
* * * * *
And yet, realism is a great encourage- ,
ment for the reader to peruse modern boks.
The age in which one lives is the age with
which he is most familiar; hence it must
follow that the literature of that age, es­pecially
if it be naturalistic literature, will
mean more to the individual, will impress
him more forcefully, and will entertain him
more thoroughly than can the literature of
any other age.
Many scholars insist upon the classicists
and condemn the moderns, but even the
former are better understood when one is
familiar with the latter. Who would dare
criticise Moliere without having first ac- ^
quainted himself with O'Neil or Shaw? If
one does not understand the literature of
his own age, how can he comprehend that
of an era long since clouded by the inter­vening
veil of years?
STUDENTS SUSPENDED
Three co-eds and a young man, all stu­dents
of Heidelberg College, Tiffin, O.,
have been indefinitely suspended by the
faculty after an extensive investigation by
that body.
The explanation of the suspensions on
the campus was simply "infraction of the
rules and smoking."
It was learned, however, that members
of the faculty are carrying on an investi­gation
of parties that have been held in
and near Tiffin. Other students are said
to be under suspicion.
It was also learned on good authority
that the faculty members have possession
of the diary of a co-ed from which they
have gained information which is aiding
them in their investigations.
VERY IDEAL
"The ideal marriage is when a man finds
a beautiful girl and a capable housewife,"
says a writer. True brother, but you see
the two together so seldom that it sounds
a bit like bigamy.
An education by mail is the aim of 10,000
students who have enrolled for courses by
correspondence at Columbia university. All
of which seems to^ be to their advantage,
since they can't be expected to laugh like
hyenas at thrice told tales. And that's all.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1931 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
SHANGHAIED STUDENTS RETURN
HOME AFTER ADVENTUROUS TRIP
Oberlin, O.—(IP)—Four American
students, including one from Oberlin
College, who set out to work their
passage to the orient and back, but
were shanghaied to Cape Town, South
Africa instead, arrived back in this
country recently, according to the
Oberlin Review.
Henry Douglas, Oberlin '29, one
of the students, described conditions
on the boat as "appalling", and the
food as "bad at all times."
"The second day after we left
America," Douglas recounted, "one
of the crew fell and broke his leg.
He was not given proper attention,
and when we got to Shanghai he was
simply left there without any pro­vision
for his welfare. Though we
were in Borneo for a week, no one
was allowed ashore there.
"The mate got into a fight with
a young Dane, who was injured so
that he had to be left in the hospital
at Balik Papan, Borneo. Just before
we arrived in Cape Town one of the
engine boys fell sick, and died within
ten hours. To top it all, our last
night in Cape Town was spent in the
immigration detention barracks,"
The students shipped out of San
Pedro, Calif., on the Litiopa, a Nor­wegian
oil tanker, as deck hands last
June, with the understanding thajt
they would make a three month's
voyage, touching China, Borneo, and
Japan, returning to California in Sep­tember.
No contracts were signed and the
boys had no travelers passports. The
captain of the Litiopa, instead of
taking the ship back to California as
understood, sailed from Borneo to
Cape Town, Africa.
Trouble with the immigration au­thorities
arose when the students at­tempted
to leave the ship at Cape
Town.
Although the captain refused at
first to furnish transportation back
to the United States, the students
and some other American sailors, got
from the Supreme Court of South
College As Playground
Is Doomed By Hutchins
How President Robert Maynard
Hutchins has modernized education
by his latest innovation at the Uni­versity
of Chicago is the subject of
the editorial by Patricia Reilly Foster
in the March issue of College Humor.
Mrs. Foster calls attention to the
fact that:
"The playgrounds of America—the
colleges and universities reserved for
the pleasures of youth in this country,
wherein they may dwell in luxury for
four years, become expert drinkers
and dancers and dillettantes in the
grand manner—these country clubs
of the educational world are about to
be done over so that any fellow with
the strange hallucination that he
would like to go to school to learn
something may now be permitted to
do so.
"One of the most forward stens in
education in this country has just
been taken . . . . the Studious person
who wishes to apply himself to re­search
or a perusal of the art* will
now be permitted to go ahend as
fast as posible ajd even be given
a degree at the end of a year if he
can do the four year's work in that
time.
"President Hutchins has brought
freedom to education and if your
little loafing game has been spoiled
you can blame him."
Boys! If you Eat
M E A T
Buy it from your
Friends
MOORE'S MARKET
—Phone 3 7—
Fine Arts Student
Is Slain By Soviets
Bukharest, Roumania—(IP)—A
member of the National Academy of
Fine Arts in Moscow, was slain re­cently
while-swimming across the Riv­er
Dneister in an attempt to escape
Soviet Russia.
Frontier guards here saw the man
desperately swimming the river, with
bullets from Soviet guards spattering
the water about him. As he reached
shore and clambered up the Rouman­ian
bank, he was struck in the neck
by a bullet, and before he died mur-mered
to the Roumanian guards:
"I am Tscherbakow, a member of
the National Academy of Fine Arts
in Moscow."
His body was returned to his So­viet
pursuers.
Africa an attachment on the ship,
and thus secured passage to New
~i ork, where they arrived just recent­ly.
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YOUR SUCCESS
Depends on Neat Appearance
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Cars For Hire
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Tires
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And Say It With Ours
FOR EVERY SOCIAL OCCASION
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Florists
Montgomery, Alabama
Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn.
AND
HERE IS THE BEST
If you delegated us to search
the mines of the nation for its
very best coal, here is the coal
we would find for you. Coal
quality is as important to us as
it is to you, perhaps more so.
You and we both need it for
heat. But we alone must also
depend on its qualities for bus­iness.
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COMPANY
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Washingtonian Writes
Of Prize Winning Hen
(Editor's Note: The following is a
part of a letter written by Harry H.
Collier, of South Tacoma, Washing­ton.
It should prove of interest to
those who are interetsed in poultry
and poultry raising.)
Being a native Alabamian and an
adopted Washingtonian, I take great
interest when the two states are join­ed
together. I was born in Mont­gomery
in 1869 and came to the
State of Washington in 1889 and
have made my home in Tacoma ever
since.
I note in the Auburn Plainsman
when a hen (pullet) owned by Doc­tor
H. B. Peacock of Opelika, Ala.,
made the great record of 345 eggs
in 365 days. This is a world's rec­ord
as far as I know in an official
egg contest. I am well acquainted
with Auburn as I lived from 1874
to 1887 in Opelika and my uncle,
the late R. E. L. Collier, was a grad­uate
of the Alabama Polytechnic Ins­titute.
My brother, A. P. Collier of Ope­lika,
favored me with a copy of the
Plainsman containing the writeup
about the famous Single Comb Rhode
Island Red that made the great rec­ord
at Auburn and it was through
me that the great dam of this pullet
was sired to the fine Rhode Island
Red Cock from the State of Wash­ington.
When I was in Opelika visiting my
brother, he introduced me to Dr.
Peacock just before I took the train
fqr Montgomery on my way to the
Ardmore, Okla., convention of the
American Poultry Association. I had
only a few minutes conversation with
the Doctor but he said that he want­ed
one of the best males for his
next year's mating in Single Comb
Rhode Island Reds. He asked me
about stock out in the far Pacific
Northwest and I told him oi the
great winnings by Rhode Island Reds
that had been made by A. H. Notter
of Tacoma, Wash., both in the show
room and the eg laying contest. I
also informed him that a good male
could be secured from Mr. Notter
which would improve the lay of any
flock of Reds. The Doctor told me
to see what I could do "when I re­turned
home. I secured for Dr. Pea­cock
one of the best males that Mr.
Notter could spare. This male was
shipped to Dr. Peacock and "Lady
Peacock" has certainly made good.
Mr. Notter has bred Rhode Island
Reds for several years, showing his
fowls under the best judges that have
travelled the Pacific Coast shows.
He has never in any show, which I
have attended, failed to get a Blue
Ribbon and in onany cases he has won
not only Best display but often the
Champion Fowl of its sex in the show
room. Several of the same winners
in pullets have gone into the egg
laying contest at the Western. Wash­ington
Experiment Contest. Two of
his notable winners were Lucile J.,
dam.-of the cock shipped to Dr. Pea­cock
and Tacoma Lass, her sister who
made the record of 296 eggs in 365
days. For years these two females
held the record in Reds until one
of their daughters had increased the
lay.
Two years ago one of the Notter
pullets made 237 eggs in a Califor­nia
egg laying contest and several
have made good in the yards of cus­tomers
who bought the Notter strain
in Reds.
Dr. Peacock deserved to win in the
Auburn contest for he set his heart
on doing this and succeeded by breed­ing
the fowl that made this great
lay.
SOCIETY & PERSONALS
ETERNITY
On this wondrous sea,
Sailing silently,
Ho! pilot, ho!
Knowest thou the short
Where no breakers roar,
Where the storm is o'er?
In the silent West '
Many sails at rest,
Their anchors fact;
Thither I pilot the*,—
Land, ho! Eternity!
Ashore at last!
• * *
THE SEA
An everywhere of silver
With ropes of sand
To keep it from effacing
The track called land.
—Emily Dickinson.
COLLEGE STUDENTS NOT
LOAFERS SAYS THE TIMES
New York—(IP)—The New York
Times says that while colleges are
being branded as country clubs and
students as loafers, the amazing to­tals
are being computed of the boys
and girls who are paying in hard and
often menial work, for every crumb
of higher education they are getting.
"Forty-three per cent of the men
students of the land-grant colleges
throughout the country, according to
a recent government survey," says
the Times, "are working their way
through and almost a quarter of the
women, while the combined yearly
earnings of students in 1,000 higher
institutions are estimated at $32,500,-
000."
In Russia there are no inhibitions,
and therefore a minimum of tempta­tions.—
Dr. Robert Barrett.
Mrs. Killebrew and
Mrs. Weaver Entertain
The home of Mrs. Killebrew on
North College street was the setting
for a lovely occasion Saturday after­noon
when Mrs. C. D. Killebrew and
Mrs. Weaver entertained at a s
table bridge party.
The home was attractively decorat­ed
witly ferns and the valentine mo­tive
was carried out in the decora­tions
and in the refreshments.
' Miss Dana Gatchell made high score
and Mrs. Homer Wright won second
prize. • '
After the games lovely refresh­ments
were served by the hostesses.
* * *
Mrs. W. H. Coppedge
Entertains
Mrs. W. H. Coppedge entertained
with a lovely bridge party at her
home on South Gay street Wednes­day
afternoon.
The home was very attractively
decorated and the valentine spirit
predominated throughout the after­noon.
Mrs. J. C. Grimes won first prize.
Mrs. J. G. Kuderna won second and
Mrs. Ingram was awarded low prize.
The hostess was assisted in enter­taining
her guests by Mrs. Burke
and Mrs. Kuderna.
* * * ^
Mrs. C. P. Weaver
Hostess
Mrs. C. P. Weaver entertained a
few • of her friends at a charming
bridge party last Saturday evening
at the home of Mrs. Killebrew on
North College Street.
The Valentine spirit and colors
beautifully decorated t h e rooms
where the tables were arranged for
the game and the refreshments car­ried
out the sameythought.
Mrs. Beyers made high score and
was awarded first prize for ladies and
Prof. Van Wagenen received the first
prize for gentlemen.
The hostess was assisted in enter­taining
her guests by Mrs. Killebrew.
* * *
Mrs. Coppedge and
Mrs. Kuderna Hostesses
On last Tuesday afternoon Mrs.
W. H. Coppedge and Mrs. J. G. Ku­derna
were charming hostesses to
their friends at a lovely four-table
bridge party given at the attractive
home of Mrs. Coppedge on South
Gay street.
The color scheme of red and white
was artistically caried out and the
spirit of Valentine dominated. First
prize was won by Mrs. C. N. Cobb,
second by Mrs. Watts and consolation
was awarded Mrs. J. W. Brigham.
After the conclusion of the games
lovely refreshments were served to
the guests. The hostesses were as­sisted
in entertaining by Mrs. Paul
Irvine and Mrs. R. L. Johns.
* * *
Special services were held evary
night last week at the Methodist
Church covering a study of all phases
of the extension work of the church.
Monday evening the lesson was led
and discussed by Dr. Fred Allison,
Tuesday evening by Dean Judd, Wed­nesday
evening by Mrs. Herman
Jones, Thursday evening by Prof.
Beck, and Friday evening by Prof.
H. D. Jones.
* * *
Mrs. Kittie Champion of Montgom­ery
was the week-end guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Douglas Copeland.
Rev. R. B. McGehee spent
Wednesday in Montgomery.
last
Miss Gladys Tappan, former dis-rict
home demonstration agent of this
state, was the guest of Miss Mildred
McElhaney of this city last week.
The Pre-School Child Study Club
met last Wednesday and Mrsv J. C.
Grimes had charge of the program.
The subject was "Problem Parents"
and was discussed in a most inter­esting
way. This study club meets
the first Wednesday of every month
and all mothers of pre-school children
are invited to join.
* * *
The annual open meeting of the
Home Economics Department of the
Women's Club was held last Thurs­day
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Martin Beck. Dr. B. R. Showalter
was speaker for the occasion and
his subject was "Ambitions for Our
Children."
* * *
The Sunday School workers of the
Baptist Church held their regular
monthly meeting at the church Wed­nesday
night. Supper was served by
the T. E. L. Class and there was a
good number in attendance. Mrs.
Cooper, State B. Y. P. U. and Sun­day
School worker was present and
gave a very enlightening and inter­esting
talk.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Nunn announce
the marriage of their daughter Kath-ryn
to Mr. Kenneth Withington at
the First Methodist Church in Birm­ingham
on Saturday, January 31.
This announcement will be read with
much interest by the many friend's
of both the bride and groom on the
Auburn campus.
* * *
Miss Dabney Hare and Miss Ernes­tine
Hill were among the Auburnites
who went dow nto Montgomery Fri­day
evening to hear Paderewski play.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jones had
as -their week-end guest Dr. Frank
L. Thomas, State Entomologist of
Texas, stationed at Bryan, Texas.
DUKE UNIV. PROFESSOR SOLVES
PROBLEM OF SOVIET RUSSIA
Durham, N. C.—(IP)—Serious so­cial
conflict between capitalistic na­tions
of the world and adherents of
communism may be averted if the
capitalistic nations are constantly
able to offer labor a higher standard
of living than could be obtained un­der
communism, according to Prof.
Calvin B. Hoover, of Duke Univer­sity.
Describing Soviet Russia as a land
in which "force and fear reign su­preme
and individual liberty, free­dom
of speech, of conscience and of
the press are non-existant," he char­acterizes
their way of life as "fur­ther
removed from the 'good life' of
Utopian philosophers than is our
bourgeoise civilization."
Tis Fine to
Dine
at the
PICKWICK
Student Bootleggers
Caught at Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich.—(IP)—The
source of liquor for the campus of
the University of Michigan has been
somewhat limited, officials say, since
the arrest here of Robert Kuster,
22, a university senior, and Allan
Thompson, 21, both of whom, the sher­iff's
office says, have admitted be­ing
campus bootleggers. Orie E.
Brown, 25, law school freshman, al­so
is under arrest but refuses to talk.
Mrs. B. M. Morrell has returned
to her home in New York City after
visiting her sister, Mrs. J. T. Ander­son.
During her stay here many
lovely affairs were given in her
honor.
"At the same time, the Soviet eco­nomic
system has scored some im-presive
successes," he says, citing the
16 per cent industrial production in­crease
of the Soviet in 1928-29, while
production in the United States in­creased
at a rate of only 4 per cent.
Voicing his belief that peaceful
co-existence of capitalism and com­munism
is imposible, Prof. Hoover
says survival of the Soviet regime
through the next two or three years
will mean a beginning, wtih the dec­ade,
of a desperate conflict between
the two. The only question, he says,
is whether the first conflict will come
on the German or oriental front.
"Whether the Soviet regime can
survive the present difficult situa­tion,"
he declares, "depends primari­ly
upon the incredible canacity of the
Russian population to endure strain."
IOWA HEADS FACE
TWENTY CHARGES
DesMoines, Iowa—(IP)—Twenty
charges against the administration of
the University of Iowa will be inves­tigated
by a committee set up by
a resolution of the Iowa House of
Representatives. The investigation
was recommended by Gov. Dan Tur­ner
in his message to the legislature.
Several university officials were
named in the charges, mqst of which
involve the handling of university fi-
Read The Plainsman ads.
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STEPPING INTO A MODERN WORLD
Nothing small about this work
Reaching out to the far corners of the
earth for raw materials of telephone ap­paratus,
is a Western Electric function
in the Bell System.
To assure adequate sources of supply,
men engaged in this work of mass pur­chasing
continually search the entire
globe. To buy wisely, they study all
factors affecting prices—economic and
labor conditions, transportation facil­ities,
freight rates—on a world-wide
scale.' Each year their purchases, worth
many millions of dollars,'include such
diverse products as platinum from
Russia, mica from India, asphalt from
Venezuela, flax from Belgium and
France.
All in all, a vast and fascinating task.
For men of keen business judgment,
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1931
DR. KNAPP PREDICTS CONTINUED
GROWTH OF TRADE BETWEEN U. S.
AND CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
Gainesville, Fla.—Continued growth
of trade between the United States
and the nations of Central and South
America was forseen by Dr. Bradford
Knapp, in an address delivered at
the Wednesday forenoon session of
the Inter-American conference in ses­sion
here in connection with the ob­servance
of the twenty-fifth anni­versary
of the University of Florida.
The speaker said that for more
than thre hundred years the channels
of trade in this country have led to
the Atlantic seaboard and thence to
Europe. "I am not a prophet," he
continued, "and I do not assume to
prophesy but it has seemed to me
that the economic relationship of this
country to other countries is under­going
a distinct change, I might say
revolution. The growing trade with
South America in agricultural ma­chinery
and equipment, in dairy pro­ducts,
and in a hundred and one other
fields is common knowledge.
"If the changes which are now
taking place in the world should
change the channels of trade and our
Gulf Coast and South Atlantic sea­board
should become increasingly im­portant
because of their nearness to
our neighbors in the South the very
streams of commerce might take a
new direction in our own country.
The tendency of the manufacturing
industries to place themselves along
the streams of trade and commerce
would then gradually come into the
agricultural South. Indeed this is
the thing that is happening. The
South is rapidly adding industries to
its agriculture, textile manufacturing,
paper mills, steel and iron and their
products in machinery, the new dairy
manufacturing plants, petroleum pro­ducts,
are rapidly tending toward the
South. Forty years ago Latin and
Green were the predominant studies
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in languages in our colleges. Span­ish
was almost unknown. Today the
study of Spanish and French shows
a tremendous increase in these very
institutions. This is but an index
of the growing educational interest
in our neighbors to the South."
Dr. Knapp said that in recognition
of the interdependence between these
nations the United States is sending
to Central and South American coun­tries
agricultural representatives as
part of the consular service. This
is being done, he explained, so that
America may keep in touch with
what is being done elsewhere and
adjust her production program ac­cordingly.
"And we have welcomed represen­tatives
from other countries who have
come to us to learn what we are
doing. South American countries
have employed trained scientists to
aid in the establishment of experi­ment
stations and schools of agricul­ture
in their countries. To our ag­ricultural
colleges, especially in the
South, have come students from Cu­ba,
Mexico, from Central American
and from South American countries.
It has been my privilege to know
many of these. They have been re­ceived
on a democratic equality with
our own students and have taken
back to their own countries those
priceless possessions upon which there
is no tariff regulation, knowledge and
skill and education. All of this is
nothing more nor less than an intel­ligent
appreciation that education
and knowledge with intelligent co­ordination
and adjustment can and
will be the most potent factor in
promoting international peace and
good will."
The trade picture between the
United States and the countries to
the South as presented by Dr. Knapp
included a vast increase in port fa­cilities
and other developments if
trade grows to proportions foreseen
by him.
Dr. Knapp had assigned to him the
subject "The Place of Agricultural
Education in the Development of In­ter-
American Understanding and
Good Will." He named as of first
importance in this connection the
land-grant colleges and universities,
of which the University of Florida
is the land-grant institution of this
state, and the institution of which he
is head is the land-grant institution
for Alabama. He said that ten years
after Congress passed, in 1862, the
Morrill Act creating these institutions
their total enrollment was 2,243.
Two years ago this had climbed to
164,756. "Today," continued Dr.
Knapp, "these institutions furnish a
large and important group of scien-
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Is the absent-minded, impractical-minded
college professor about to dis­appear
from the American University
campus? There are some indications
that the old type prof is giving way
to the business-like instructor. I was
interested to note some such tendencies
during the holidays just past when the
American Association of University
Professors met in annual convention
in Cleveland. One of the first gentle­men
I met was the organization's
press agent. A little later I listened
to a speech in which he asked not to
be quoted in the newspapers—just like
a banker or politician. And finally,
at the convention's annual banquet,
several professors who came in late
admitted they had stayed in their
rooms to- listen to a radio broadcast
of the East-West football game.
* * *
On the other hand, it was not more
than four years ago that I sat in a
barber shop in the town where I at­tended
college, and saw a young pro
fessor of history enter, take off his
collar and tie, then his coat and vest,
then his shirt, and begin to take off
his shoes before he realized he was
not in his bedroom.
And about that time a professor of
English cancelled his subscription to
the college paper of which I was editor
because we had published a letter of
a student questioning the chapel talk
of a member of this professor's de­partment
in which he bemoaned the
erection of a gasoline filling station—
actually a very well constructed gas
station in keeping with the college ar­chitecture—
in the vicinity of the cam­pus.
* * *
However, as I sat at the aforemen­tioned
banquet table, and looked down
the speakers' table, I found that those
seated there—all of them professors
—looked in order like: a prosperous
farmer, a railroad president, a small­town
schoolmaster, a Rotary club
president, a soda fountain clerk, a
motion picture star.
When, as an undergraduate, I plan­ned
to take up newspaper work, I was
told by almost everyone that I was
preparing for a job that was the poor­est
paid in the country. The other
day a survey was made by some
friends of mine interested in this
theory. They found that the average
newspaper reporter's salary in that
city was a .little higher than the av­erage
income of the attorneys in the
city, and considerably more than the
average physician's income. Many of
the reporters had never been to col­lege,
some had gone one or two years
and none had spent more than four
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(Continued from page 1)
contest all manufacturers are asked
to send a three-gallon sample of va­nilla
ice cream to Prof. Burke by
Tuesday noon of February 24. Con
test result's will be treated confident
ially as its only purpose to to deter
mine the rating of manufacturers'
samples.
This meeting is a part of the short
courses in dairy production and man
ufacturing in progress at Auburn
throughout this month. During the
second week of the courses, emphasis
was given to the study of buttermak-ing,
with special lectures and demon­strations
conducted by J. G. Winjker
of the U. S. Department of Agricul­ture.
PROFESSOR PIRENIAN
HEARD BY CHEMICALS
(Continued from page 1)
The chief use of platinum is as a
catalyist, as illustrated in the man­ufacture
of both nitric and hydro­chloric
acid.
Monday night, February 16, Dr. R.
W. Allen will speak to the society
on the value of a chemist in the Coc-metic
industry and the pride that they
should take in their profession. He
will show the society a few simple
tests necessary to show to .the' con­sumer
the merit of a company's prod­uct
to encourage sales.
years in an institution of higher learn­ing.
In most states, on the other hand,
a student lawyer or doctor must take
three to five years work after grad­uation
from a college of arts and sci­ences.
If you like to write, therefore,
and are willing to spend the first year
at a rather low salary, don't be dis­couraged
by such reports as were cur­rent
at my college.
* * *
While at this point—one editor of
a large city newspaper ^reported the
other day that any college youth who
came to him and asked for a job on
the grounds that he was a graduate
of a school of journalism, wouldn't get
the job, no matter what his other
qualifications. Only one reporter on
that paper went to a school of journal­ism.
In the same city another large
newspaper employs only journalism
graduates. Pick your paper, there­fore
deciding on your graduate work,
if any.
Eight More Matches Be
Fired By Pistol Team
Auburn's pistol team has resumed
practice after the layoff for the mid-semester
holidays and is now^repar-ing
to fire a series of matches. The
team was victorious in its first match,
fired before Christmas with the Mas­sachusetts
Institute of Technology, but
lost to the- University of Utah in a
match fired on February 7. The var­sity
team has eight more matches to
fire, and the freshman team has five.
The following is the schedule of
matches issued by Lt. Gunby, coach
of the team: Feb. 14, Freshman,
University of Utah; Feb. 21, varsity,
University of Missouri; Feb. 28,
freshmen, University of Missouri;
Mar. 7, varsity and freshmen, Iowa
State; Mar. 7, varsity, Ohio State,
slow fire 30 shots; Mar. 28, varsity,
Cornell; April 4, varsity and fresh-
TWENTY ENTER CLASS
IN RADIO ANNOUNCING
(Continued from page 1)
dents, was allowed to announce a
portion of the program under the di­rection
of Mr. Kirtley Brown. On
Tuesday night, the group met again
in the studio, and received instruction
in proper positions to assume before
the microphone, and in the operation
of studio control equipment. Wood-row
Darling, senior in Electrical En­gineering
and operator of the studio,
also gave the class valuable and in­teresting
instructions in the opera­tion
of the studio.
Acceptance tests on the Diesell en­gine
in the Mechanical laboratory
were made last Tuesday by seniors in
Mechanical Engineering. This was
done in order to give the men con­cerned
practical experience in this
type of work, which will be of value
to them in their future business. Ac­ceptance
tests are made so that con­sumers
may know if the engine is
functioning propertly, usually after
installation to see if it was installed
correctly, and so see if it will do what
the manufacturer says it will do.
Commonly these tests involve not
more than three factors. The first
of these is to determine the fuel con­sumption
in pounds of fuel per brake
horse-power hour. In multi-cylinder
engines, the exhaust gas temperature
is taken to determine if each cylind­er
is carrying its fair share of the
load. Then the firing pressures in
pounds per square inch recorded for
different loads used, and curves plot­ted
between the brake horse-power
and full power. In the case of the
engine used Tuesday, loads of one-fourth,
one-half, three-fourths, full,
and five fourths were used. It is a
forty horse-power engine.
MIND OF COLLEGE STUDENT IS
OFTEN TEN TIMES BETTER THAN
INTELLECT OF HIS PROFESSOR
/
In an address before a science
group at the University of British
Columbia, Dr. Irlma Kennedy ex­pressed
this startling thought: "The
Profesor must remember that the stu­dent's
mind is often ten times better
than his own." Dr. Kennedy further
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(Continued from page 1)
able to practice.
However, they should be in good
physical condition and if they are
able to focus their eyes upon the bas­kets
should make a fairly good show­ing
against the strong high school
quintet.
The Tiger Cubs will attempt to
close the season with a record above
.500 since they have lost five and won
a similar number this year.
Coach McFaden will probably start
the following against Walker Coun­ty:
Bartlet Clark and Sterling Du-pree,
forwards; David Ariail, center,
and Marion Talley and Warren Mc-
Mahan, guards.
stated that "the professor is common­ly
criticised for being abstracted, ab­sorbed,
theoretical, impractical, sel­fish,
careless, conceited, intolerant,
and unsympathetic."
"Women and men think different­ly,"
Dr. Kennedy said. "In the lec­ture
room, a woman sometimes makes
a remark which is quite original, but
which is four or five realms ahead of
the profesor's limit of thought."
'Technical learning is often detri­mental
to a woman's nature," contin­ues
Dr. Kennedy, "because it adds a
fourth side to her intellect, namely,
inquisitive intellect. Intuition is the
main side of a woman's mind."
In concluding her address, Dr. Ken­nedy
remarked that British civiliza­tion
is on the decline, and it would
be necessary to look to the Orient for
new culture.
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tists in our industries as well as
in agricultural work and their an­nual
turn-out of students who have
finished their course of instruction
constitutes the most significant pro­portion
of college graduates of all
institutions in the country. The to­tal
degrees conferred from 1863 to
1928 was upward of four hundred
thousand."
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