Congratulations
Football Captains THE PLAINSMAN
TO F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
Congratulations
Football Captains
VOLUME LIV AUBURN,, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1930 NUMBER 27
MCALLISTER IS
DRILLING CAGE
MEN FOR TILTS
Practice Games Are Scheduled
In Near Future With Strong
Teams.
FUNDAMENTAL DRILLING
Mason and Arthur On Injured
List; Are Unable to Report
FIGHT FOR POSITIONS
Many Football Men Are Out
Seeking Berths On The Cage
Squad
The opening game for Sam McAllister's
Auburn cage team will not
be played until next week, but long
workouts are in the offing for the
cage candidates every evening with a
leading team from Columbus or the
Chattahoochee Valley early next
week. Hubbard Hardware, who gave
the Tigers two hard-fought battles
last season, and Lanett and Langdale
Athletic Clubs are the teams that are
strong in these sections. The Hardware
quintet heads the list because
they have already rung up an impressive
record, being undefeated.
The conference schedule for the
Plainsmen will not open until after
the Christmas holidays, McAllister
prefering to see his proteges in a few
practice tilts before sending them
against the strong opposition offered
by the Southern Conference members.
The drills to date have been largely
fundamental with a few scrimmages
thrown in. Dribbling, weaving,
shooting, and pivoting have occupied
prominent places in the drills which
generally last two or more hdurs.
Sam Mason and Robert Arthur, two
luminaries on the frosh five last year,
have been unable to report for practice
because of injuries received in
football. Mason is bothered with a
bad shoulder and Arthur's knee is
causing him trouble. It is doubtful
if either will report for the hardwood
team until after the 1930 Yuletide
season.
Lindley Hatfield, veteran guard, also
a member of Chet Wynne's gridiron
eleven, is still resting up after
a strenuous season in football, and
will not report until the latter part
of the week.
Captain Ralph Jordan, Frock Pate,
Carl Creel, and Cary "Shot" Senn
are the lettermen in football who reported
for the hardwood quintet for
the initial time Monday night. The
first two are also "A" wearers in
basket-ball.
No places on this season's team have
already been cinched; but several
members are showing up much bet-
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MISS ELAINE BROWN WILL
LEAD ANNUAL MOBILE CLUB
CHRISTMAS BALL THIS YEAR
MANN IS CHOSEN
A.I.E.E. PRESIDENT
THURSDAY NIGHT
Officers Of Elec Society Elect
ed At Regular Meeting
New officers were elected at a
meeting of the Auburn chapter of
the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers which was held Thursday
night, December 11, 1930. The officers
who were elected at this meeting
are to hold office until the end
of the year and are as follows: R.-A.
Mann, president; C. S. Perry, vice-president;
L. B. Crouch, secretary
and treasurer; and K. R. Clark, Auburn
Engineer reporter.
R. A. Mann, the new president,
stated that plans were being made to
increase the active membership of
the Intsitute, and that programs of
vital interest to all electrical engineers
would be given at every meeting
in the future.
The following officers have served
throughout the first part of this
year: J. A. Willman, president; J. L.
Stone, vice-president; P. C. Avant,
secretary and Treasurer; and L. E.
Mullins, Auburn Engineer reporter.
MISS ELAINE BROWN
AUBURN ENGINEER
IS GIVEN PRAISE
BYE.CM.A. HEAD
Student Technical Magazine Is
Highly Commended
Direct from Willard V. Merrihue,
Schenectady, New York, president of
"Engineering College Magazines Associated"
has come high praise for
the Auburn Engineer of which Lawrence
F. Camp is editor-in-chief.
Writing to Mr. Camp on December
2 Mr. Merrihue said, "I am indeed
proud of your November issue. I
cannot commend you too highly for
the intelligence and initiative you
have displayed in applying the ideas
you obtained at our convention to the
improvement of the Auburn Engineer.
.
"You have put your convention experience
to work so effectively that
I am going to call it to the attention
of all delegates in a special form letter.
Please acept my sincerest congratulations."
The convention to which Mr. Merrihue
referred was held in Colorado
and attended by Mr. Camp, and also
W. L. Cochrane, business manager of
the Auburn Engineer.
NOTICE
PLAINSMAN REPORTERS
There will be a meeting of the
Reporters of the Plainsman Staff at
the Sigma Pi House, Sunday evening,
at seven o'clock.
AUBURN EXTENDS
HEARTY WELCOME
TO GAS OFFICERS
Appropriate Exercises Held
For Inauguration of Natural
Gas
With appropriate exercises, the in
auguartion of natural gas service for
the town of Auburn and for the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute was observed
here Wednesday.
J. H. White, president, and George
H. Parks, superintendent of dis-tributon
for the states of Alabama
and Mississippi for the Southern Natural
Gas Corporation participated in
the formal exercises in conjunction
with President Bradford Knapp, of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
of Auburn, and other prominent local
factors.
The exercises were held in the parlors
of the Auburn Baptist church.
The luncheon clubs of Auburn—Rotary,
Kiwanis, and Lions—particpat-ed,
with many others.
A special feature of the program
was a group of numbers sung by the
Auburn Glee club, under the direction
of Prof. John W. Brigham, in
their initial appearance this year.
The Auburn exercises followed
similar exercises in Opelika, Tuesday,
and in Tuskegee on Friday, officials
of the company announced. Ed
Cotting, formerly of Birmingham, is
Auburn manager for the company.
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Announcement of Speech Contests
In Atlanta Made by Prof. Judson
Announcement of the Southern Association
of Teachers of Speech intercollegiate
contests in Extempore
Speaking and Oratory, to be held in
Atlanta, April 16, 17, 18, 1931, open
to both men and women students, has
been made by Lyman S. Judson, Head
of the Department of Speech.
The preliminary convention plans
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
prelimaries. 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 United
States. They must be the original
composition of the student who delivers
them; must contain no more than
200 words quoted or paraphrased
from other authors or speeches; and
must not have been used in any previous
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
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OVER 500 ARE
EXPECTED TO
RUN IN RACE
Class Numeral and Large Cake
To Be Given Winner of Annual
Cake Race
J. D. BUSH AND DAVIDSON
ARE ELECTED CO-CAPTAINS
OF 1931 GRIDIRON MACHINE
FROSH SHOULD LOWER
RECORD MADE IN 1929
Over five hundred Freshmen are
expected to start in the Cake Race
to be run Tuesday afternoon, December
16. This affair, sponsored
by the Omega circle of the Omicron
Delta Kappa fraternity, will start at
Drake Field promptly at four p. m.,
when the winner of this 1.7 mile
jaunt will go a mammoth cake and
probably his class numerals. The
"Rat" finishing second will receive a
cake about two thirds the size of the
winner's while the next twenty-three
to finish will receive smaller cakes.
The fraternity having the first four
men to cross the finish line will be
awarded the Interfraternity Council
Trophy, a beautiful fourteen inch
silver loving cup. Last year's time
of fifteen minutes and thirty seconds
should be shortened considerably because
of the number of men who
have been training for this event.
The course will be through the streets
of town so that all may have an opportunity
to watch this interesting
test of speed and endurance. Coach
Hutsell is looking forward to this
affair because it will mean more material
for his track team. The rules
as stated by the Omicron Delta Kappa
fraternity follow:
The race will start at the entrance
to Drake Field at 4 p. m. on Tuesday,
December 16th. All Freshmen will
be required to enter and report to
Drake Field not later than 3:30 p.
m. for final instrutcions. Any kind
of uniform may be worn that would
pass ordinary censorship. Parts of
military uniforms or whole uniforms
are absolutely taboo.
Upon arrival at the starting point
individual tags' will be issued, upon
which each man will write his name
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J O. Best/
ABOVE: Left: J. D. Bush, guard; and right
quarterback. ^
Chattie" Davidson,
KENNEDY TELLS
EXPERIENCES IN
THE PHILIPPINES
For the first time in the history
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
the Tiger football team will have
co-captains. At a meeting of the
1930 football lettermen, Chattie Davidson,
quarterback, of Montgomery,
and James D. Bush, guard, of Mobile,
received an equal number of
votes for the captaincy, so it was
decided to have co-leaders in 1931.
Davidson and Bush will both be seniors
next year and have been outstanding
men during the three years
that they have performed on the
gridiron as plainsmen.
As a defensive linesman, Bush was
the best on Chet Wynne's squad this
season, and is also rated as one of
the leaders in the conference. He
was unable to play all of the 1930
season, being stricken with an attack
of mumps after the Wofford game,
but his work stood out in six games.
He had the mumps when he played
against Wofford, but failed to let that
keep him from starring.
Though carrying the ball on few
occasions, Davidson ran the team
well from the signal-calling post. The
quarterback on a team using the
Notre Dame system has few opportunities
to gain yardage, but they
have plenty of blocking to do for
their mates. In this phase of the
game, he is brilliant. He had few
equals in blocking for the kicker
and leading interference for Hitchcock,
Brown, Hatfield, Pate, et al.
On the defense he was also a luminary,
his deadly and hard tackling
standing out throughout the season.
ALL-COLLEGE
HIKE H A pD
HUGE SUCCESS
Fun and Merry Making Prevail
At Annual Outing
SPONSORED BY Y.M.C.A.
Professor J. C. McKinnon Acts
' As Master Of Ceremonies
FROSH BATTLE SOPHS
Tug-of-War, Boxing, Co-ed
Football, and Refreshments
Enjoyed
BRINSON AND DAVIS
GIVEN CONTRACT
FOR DECORATIONS
Gymnasium For The Mid-Term
Dances to Be Decorated In
Modernistic Style
Philippine Service- Furnishes
Interesting Subject At A. S.
M. E. Meeting
Major John T. Kennedy, R. O. T. C.
commandant, gave a very interesting
talk on his many thrilling experiences
in the Philippine Islands at the A. S.
M. E. meeting Thursday night at" seven
o'clock. At that time Mojor Kennedy
was a newly appointed second
lieutenant in the United States Army.
As his reasons for being in the
army, Major Kennedy stated that his
father and grandfather were also in
the service. He entered West Point
in 1904, and was graduated in 1908.
While still in West Point, he entered
the calvary branch of the service.
After his graduation, he was commissioned
a second lieutenant, and
sent with twenty-five other men to
the Philippine Islands. They embarked
from San Francisco, and approximately
two months elapsed before they
reached Manilla.
The ancient city of Manilla made a
deep impression on the young lieutenant.
Major Kennedy described it
as being modern and historical, but
strictly foreign. After staying in
Manilla only a short time, he acquired
transportation to Holo, his destination,
and reported to the commanding
officer of the Sixth Calvary stationed
there.
At Holo, it was necessary to go
armed at all times because the natives
often ran amuck. These natives
would murder at sight all Christians,
and it was imperative that the soldiers
protect themselves. About the
time Lieutenant Kennedy arrived in
Manilla, an outlaw native, Jikiri, was
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The contract for the Mid-term
dance decorations was awarded to
George C. Brinson, and C. F. Davis
at a meeting of the Executive Cabinet
which was held Monday night,
December 8th. According to the
president of the Executive Cabinet
the contract was let to the fairest
bidder which is defined in the Constitution-
of the Associated Undergraduate
Students, as the lowest responsible
bidder. Davis is a senior
in architecture from Birmingham.
The decoration scheme for the
Mid-term dances is a modernistic
ballroom, using a general black and
white color scheme throughout. The
holders of the contract stated that
these colors were chosen so as to
be in keeping with the general formality
of the occasion. Many colored
lights are to be used throughout the
scheme but no light will be direct.
The present plans are to have all
the light reflected so as to give a
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FROSH CAGE TEAM
TO OPEN SEASON
IN GYM TONIGHT
G. M. A. Cadets To Furnish
Opposition In The Season's
Opener
The 1930-'31 basket-ball season
will open here tonight at eight
o'clock in alumni gymnasium when
Sam Burbage's G. M. A. cadets from
College Park, Ga., invade the Cornerstone
for a lone game with Earl
McFaden's freshmen cagesters.
The yearlings have been undergoing
strenuous practice for the game
with the cadets. Practice started last
week and the first call was answered
by 55 hopefuls, and then the squad
grew to 75 when McFaden started
using the ax until after the holidays.
Every candidate will be allowed to
report with the advent of the year of
1931.
The squad now numbers 16, McFaden
having to work with a small
squad in order to concentrate on a
few • players for the opening tilt).
With the opening encounter carded
for Saturday,- it would have been almost
impossible for McFaden to put
a formidable team on the floor in so
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Alumni Association Committees
are Announced by J. V. Brown
Fun of every description prevailed
on the annual All-College Hike held
this afternoon. This interesting
campus activity was sponsored by the
local organization of the Y. M. C. A.
the officers of which took minute
pains to see that nothing was lacking
so far as a good time was concerned.
Prof. J. C. McKinnon acted
as master of ceremonies and conducted
the fun in masterly fashion.
After assembling in front of Lang-don
Hall at 2:30, the crowd hiked out
Magnolia Street to Dr. Gardner's
pasture, where the entertainment
reached its height. The entertainment*'
started with a game called
"Hot-Tail", in which the Freshmen
played the Sophs. Neeedless to say,
the "Rats" easily walked away with
the victory. Then followed a Three-
Legged Race and a Potatoe Race,
both of which offered some very exciting
moments.
A member of the Engineer unit
succeeded in vanquishing an Artilleryman
in an interesting boxing
bout. Following this pugilistic encounter,
were a passing contest, a
pie eating contest, and a paper bag
contest, which also provided quite a
number of thrills. The two main
features of the program were the
Tug-of-war, between the Freshmen
and Sophomores and between the
Juniors and Seniors.
After all were tired of play, wein-ers
and buns with pickles and kraut
were served, and these were followed
by cocoa and cakes. The hike
was very successful and was attended
by a large number of students, all
returning to town before dark.
MISS GLANTON TO
DIRECT CAMPAIGN
FOR BETTER HOMES
More Attractive Architecture
Will Be Stressed In Local
Campaign
Officers and committeemen who
who will serve the Auburn Alumni
'Association have been named by President
Haygood Paterson of Montgomery
and announced by Dr. J. V.
Brown, executive secretary, with
headquarters at the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute here.
By districts the Alabama vice-presidents
of the organization are:
first district, Judge Francis W. Hare,
Monroeville; second district, Dr.
George Blue, Montgomery; third district,
John V. Denson, Opelika; third
district, C. L. Hare, faculty member,
Auburn; third district, S. L. Toomer,
additional member, Opelika; fourth
district; W. R. Reynolds, Anniston;
fifth district, Judge F. Lloyd Tate,
Wetumpka; sixth district, J. D.
Steele, Eutaw; seventh-district, C. S.
Culver, Gadsden; Eighth district, A.
J. Harris, Decatur; ninth district,
Walter E. Henley, Birmingham, tenth
district, J. M. Moore, Montgomery.
J. D. Foy of Dothan was appointed
vice-president for the State at
large.
Vice-Presidents living outside of
Alabama are: William M. Williams,
Washington, D. C ; M. S. Sloan, New
York; O. E. Edwards, New York; Lee
Ashcraft, Atlanta, Ga.; Judge F. C.
Dillard, Sherman, Texas.
Members of the executive committee
are: C. L. Hare, chairman, Auburn;
S. L. Toomer, Auburn; Josiah
Flournoy, Columbus, Ga.; B. H. Crenshaw,
Auburn; P. O. Davis, Auburn;
and John V. Denson, Opelika.
The athletic advisory committee;
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I
Miss Louise P. Glanton will again
head the committee to direct the 1931
Better Homes campaign in Auburn.
The local program is a part of the
nation-wide campaign to bring about
more attractive architecture, landscaping
and furnishing and better construction
for small homes. This program
is sponsored by Better Homes
in America, the organization which
was initiated in 1922, with Herbert
Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce,
as chairman of its board of directors.
Mr. Hoover continues his interest in
this important work by serving as
honorary president of the organization.
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary
of the Interior, is its president,
and Dr. James Ford, executive
director.
The Better Homes movement is cooperating
with the President's plan
for the stimulation of home building
and home ownership, as outlined in
his statement to the planning committee
of that conference, which met
on September 24, 1930. The purpose
of that conference is a determination
of the facts with relation to housing
and home ownership in every important
direction and the formulation of
the collective judgment of leaders of
the country. The Better Homes movement
is engaged in mobilizing men and
women in every American community
in an active program which will
provide for families of small or mod-continued
on page 4)
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THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1930
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REPORTERS
H. W. Moss, '33; C. E. Mathews, '32; V.
H. Kjellman, '33; Otis Spears, '34; S. A.
Lacy, '33; A. D. Mayo, '33; Horace Shep-ard,
'34; Frank Keller, '34; William Beck,
'34; N. D. Thomas, '33; C. F. Simmons, '32;
A. B. Hanson, '33.
BUSINESS STAFF
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r CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
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L. E. Sellers, '34
RADICAL CRITICS
Auburn is besieged by a number of students
whose most ardent desire is to radically
criticise and tear things apart rather
than try to offer suggestion for the betterment
of the school.
Whenever anything is done here, there
the worth and use of the action in quu ha
are always those who severely criticise
the worth and use of the action in question.
There are students who try to stir up
controversies on the co-ed question. They
well realize that co-education at Auburn is
an establishment. This was one of the first
co-educational schools in the South, and
co-education is as old as Auburn itself
These students are aware of this no doubt,
but they keep intimating that this school
would be better off without the co-eds. To
their minds, maybe it would, but do these
men have the welfare of the school in mind
when they make such statements and assumptions.
These same men are always "jumping
on" some students for their slovenly dress
and negative appearance. They are justified
in making criticisms of this nature,
although the general appearance of this
student body today is so much better than
it was several years ago.
And then, students are reprimanded for,
leaving Auburn on week-end trips. At one
time it was thought that Sunday movies
would relieve the situation. It did, to a
certain extent, but do Auburn students leave
town just to go somewhere to see a picture
show? The co-ed question again . . . .
This is no defense of anyone or any one
body. It is an appeal for the student body,
through the many organizations established
to improve this institution, to work together
in an effort to better existing conditions
that may bear the brunt of unwarranted
attacks.
It would be better for the narrow-minded
element in the school and in the, town to
forget their own personal desires at times
and try to accustom themselves to things
which cannot be changed. And when there
are criticism and suggestions to be made,
let this element make its suggestions with
e . . ..
a constructive idea, and not criticise* for
the sake of being called radical professional
gripers.
FROM FATHER TO SON
We are publishing below a letter which
was handed to us by Dean B. A. Tolbert.
The letter was written by a father of one
of our freshmen immediately after delinquent
reports for the first month were mailed
out to parents.
We do not believe that we have ever seen
a letter from a father to his son which contained
better advice so well expressed as
we observe here. How many could help
making good with a Dad like that pulling
for him, is beyond us. With the father's
and Dean Tolbert's permission we print the
letter with names omitted as follows:
"My Dear Son:
"I received your very welcome letter of
the 28th and in the same mail, I received
a letter from B. A. Tolbert, Dean of the
Students, giving me your delinquent grades
for your first month of your school year.
They are as follows: History G; Mathematics,
Grade E; English, Grade E. It appears
from the letter that Grade "E" registers
a total failure in that subject and that
grade "D" indicates that the failure is not
complete but that no quality points are
being earned and that in order that a student
may graduate at the University of
Florida, he must earn as many quality
points as he is' taking credit hours. Now,
how many credit hours are you taking thi§
semester so that we can, together, figure
up just where you stand in this first month.
They do not give us your rating on any subjects
except those in which you are delinquent
so I am wondering if you have your
rating on your other subjects and what
other subjects you are taking. The letter
states that if more than two subjects are
delinquent, that the student is in a rather
bad way and indicates that he is failing
over one-half of his work and should his
report continue, he will be dropped for fail?
ure. The letter reminds me that this is
ample time for you to improve and that
you can save the situation by improving
your report in those subjects in which you
are delinquent.
"Now, old scout, this report does not
phase me a bit. I have had too many experiences
in my life where I have suddently
jumped up into a higher grade of work and.
discovered that I was not equal to the demands
made upon me in my new sphere so
that I have had the same experience that
you are having in your first year at college.
I never permitted myself to become
stampeded but took careful analysis of myself,
found out where my weakness was,
then worked like the "Devil" on my weak
points and that is the advice I want to
pass .on to you. You know, there is no
short cut to any of these things and there
is no such thing as bluffing one's way
through like there is in High School. You
have tackled a man's job and it is up to
you to deliver and the only way to deliver
is, first of all, to find out just what is required
of you and then go after it with all
your might and main. You have been under
some disadvantage in that, they have
permitted High School to be easy, but remember
that is no excuse, that is only a
reason for you to overcome the disadvantages
you inherit. Men only become strong
intellectually by overcoming disadvantages,
and it is in overcoming these disadvantages
that strength and intellitectual ability is developed.
I believe that you will be able to
handle this situation and that you will do
so. Remember that is your hardest time
for when you get down to new subjects
where you begin at the bottom of all the
other students and do not face the disadvantages
of High school delinquencies, that
you will be among the boys making the high
grades so I am depending upon you to pull
yourself out of this mud hole and get going
in high.
"Well, old scout, this letter is not. a lecture
and I don't want you to regard it as
one but out of my forty-nine years of ex-perience,
I just want to give you the proper
prospective and if all goes well, you and I,
are together, going to work out many difficult
problems to which this will seem like
child's play by comparison. I know, that
Florida University can prepare you to be
the best man in our office not even excepting
your Dad and so your scholastic
standing is the most important thing in
life. Go to it and remember your old man
is pulling for you.
With all my love, I am,
Your
Dad."
—Florida Alligator.
THE LION CUB A FAILURE
Because the Keeper Think* All >
Animals Should Eat Hay
Hundreds of Japanese schoolboys end
their lives in the time-honored Japanese
way rather than endure the disgrace of
failure.
To the normal American, proud of his
common sense, such unwarranted suicides
seem incredibly absurd. Yet the young
people of America are just as proud and
sensible as the young people of Japan,
and the sanction of custom would make
their reaction to disgrace equally tragic.
Thousands of American boys quit school
every year rather than endure the shame of
being left behind by their class-mates.
The more sensitive ones become embittered
Ishmaelites or are broken in spirit
and doomed forever to feel inferior. All
are handicapped in some measure. All are
cheated of their rights.
Whose is the fault? Is a boy at fault if
his body is frail or his vision imperfect?
Should he be shamed and humiliated in public
because of these shortcomings.
The boy who quits school rather than
endure nine months of humiliation deserves
no concensure. He obeys his nature. Adults
would do the same if they were in his
place and felt the "disgrace" as keenly.
The fault is in the system. Our educational
system is the most archaic and
uniformly stupid of all our institutions.
Designed to foster and encourage intelligence,
it lacks the intelligence to keep pace
with the civilization that supports it.
Why should children be herded into
"grades" and required to become like one
another? If one child can memorize 10
words in 10 minutes, is that any reason why
another of the same age should be humiliated
if it cannot do as well?
Children of different heights and weights
are not required to wear clothing of the
same size. They are not required to become
taller or heavier on penalty of public
disgrace.
If school standards had ben handed down
from an infallible heaven, it might be necessary
to use them as a measure of excellence;
but who are pedagogues to set up arbitrary
standards and say to our children: "Measure
up to these' or be disgraced."
Children are not educated or taught to
think. They are merely required to memorize
unimportant facts.
How brutally unfair to say that one of
them "fails". Pails to do what? It doesn't
fail to be as intelligent or as quick-witted
as it is.- It merely fails to qualify in an arbitrary
memory test devised by unintelligent
adults.
The business of school is not to judge
the child, but to teach it. The child never
fails, for it cannot be judged except by its
own abilities and capacities. It is the school
that fails, for the school is obligated to
teach the child all it can learn.—Birmingham
News.
Letters to the Editor
Auburn, Alabama.
December 11, 1930.
Editor, The Plainsman:
DearSir:
Since the Vigilance Committee has been
abolished, and since the "rat-caps" of the
frosh are discarded after the end of the
football season, I think that we should have
some means of distinguishing the freshmen
from the upperclassmen. It has been suggested
by some of the leading men on the
campus that the frosh who smoke pipes be
required to smoke cob pipes or none at all.
I do not think that the new men should be
required to smoke; I do think that those
who already have the habit should smoke
corn-cob pipes. This is no novel idea. It
is practiced by many schools in the South
and elsewhere. We have done away with
barbaric practices upon the suggestion that
harmless customs be introduced. I offer
this as a suggestion, and I hope it will bear
fruit. I also think it worthy of careful
consideration by the Interfraternity Council.
Sincerely yours,
Slyboots.
Book Review
I'LL TAKE MY STAND
By Twelve Southerners
Harper & Bros., 1930
Men such as John Gould Fletcher, Andrew
Nelson Lytle, and Stark Young are
contributors to the recent symposium, I'll
Take My Stand. The twelve authors, all
Southerners,, discuss the effects of industrialism
in the South from several and different
angles. Economics, politics, religian,
sociology, and education all play a part in
the drama of Southern life since the Civil
War, and these particular fields are well
covered by men who are thoroughly familiar
with conditions in the South to the
spread of capitalistic endeavors from the
North. They uphold the agrarian tradition
which was built up by the generations
of a brave people whom the iron hand of
the machine age grasps, its fingers clutching
at their hearts and seeking to wring
out the very essence of their lives, a beautiful
love for the home, and a simple, sincere
culture. A few of the authors remain
almost neutral, preferring simply to present
the two sides of the conflict and point
out the deficiencies of each.
The essays of Andrew Nelso Lytle and
Stark Young namely, "The Hind Tit", and
"Not In Memoriam, But in Defense" are
particularly delightful. The former pictures
the life of a Southern rural family
with a mastery that inspires considerable
appreciation from one who is familiar with
those who are devoted to the soil for a
livelihood. Stark Young displays his admirable
logical reasoning in a thesis which
brings the book to a close, leaving the reader
with many thinks to think about. How
long will conditions remain as they are?
What is the solution to th« problem? What
will be the result if industrialism conquers
the South? I'll Take My Stand offers a
number of answers to questions which will
doubtless spring up in the reader's mind.
It is altogether a quite interesting and instructive
compilation, well worth anybody's
and especially a Northerner's time. The
Northerner who writes this review, for instance,
has corrected some of his very vague
and distorted views of life in the South.
Unfortunately the authors are prevented
by a very natural emotional prejudice from
presenting their case with an unbiased intelligence.
Herbert F. Croen, Jr.
Yet, O, to dream were sweet!—Euripides.
* AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Who was the student that applied for his letter because he had athlete's foot?
* * * * * * * *
And so, our hero was sent back to kick on the fourth down. Magnificently he
strode across the field. What an air! What a man! His was the duty. The coach
had said he must kick and so kick he must. He paced up to white knickered official.
"I really nate to gripe or complain," he snorted in a deep basso, "but I must kick
on your decision on the fourth down. It was lousy!"
* * * * * * * *
Upperclassman: Have you read Freckles.
Rate Perry: No, pink ones.
* * * * * * * *
A professor and his wife were driving along a country road. They had been
having domestic difficulties. A mule brayed.
"One of your relatives", he asked.
"Yes, by marriage", was her reply.
* * * * * * * *
Optimism: I'd rather have halitosis than no breath at all.
* * * * * * * *
If you girl tells you that you mustn't see her any more, bejionchalant—turn out
the lights.
* * * * * * * *
Jack Capell, the banker, likes his rolls with honey.
* * * * * * * *
Mary had a football man
Who had a tricky toe.^
Everywhere that Mary went
Her man was sure to go.
He followed her to class one day,
Though not against the rule.
It surely made them laugh to see
A football man in school.
-Selected.
I
It seems fair enough that the bride gets showers beforehand, and the groom
gets thunder afterwards.
* * * * * * * *
Here's to Bertram O'Bodle
Burned to death with an overheated
slide rule.
* * * * * * * * *
Now that skating has come back into its own, we feel sure that co-ed champions
will be quite in evidence. Frances McGehee has already won a place on the Olympic
team.
* * * * * * * * *
We believe in clubs for women only after kindness fails.
* * * * * * * * *
Cats should be very musical animals, since they are full of fiddle strings.
WITH OTHER COLLEGES ->
FOR THE SAKE OF SCIENCE
To prove his statement that a tarantula
is not poisonous, Perry W. Fattig, curator
of the Emory museum, exploded the myth
for good and all last Monday by deliberately
letting one of the huge creatures bite
him on the finger.
The bite hurt about two or three times
as much as a bee-sting, said Mr. Fattig.
He felt it no longer than an hour, and
there was no swelling or other bad effects.
It did not even itch, as a bee-sting
does.
.Mr. Fattig has long scoffed at the idea
of ^tarantulas being poisonous, as well as
scorpions, and other creatures which are
popularly thought to carry sure death in
their bite.
The creature which bit Mr. Fattig last
Monday was a large one from Honduras.
It was found in a bunch of bananas in a
grocery store near the campus last week.
It measures about five inches across when
its hairy legs are spread out, and the
ugly black body is an inch and a half long.
The curator, smiling at the alarm shown
by witnesses, teased the creature by pushing
it with his fingers. The tarantula did
not seem to be hungry, however, and it
took Mr. Fattig about a half hour to make
it angry enough to snap back.
Finally it bit him on the finger. Instead
of dying Mr. Fattig entered into a discussion
of poisonous and non-poisonous creatures.
It was not the first time the curator
had allowed so-called "poisonous" insects
to bite him.
"Most of the beliefs about poisonous animals
are myths," he said. "Tarantulas are
not poisonous. Neither are scorpions.
There is only one kind of poisonous spider
in the United States, only one kind of
poisonous lfeard, and very few poisonous
snakes."
A bystander remarked that he thought
he remembered hearing about a. death
caused by a tarantula bite.
'Well", laughed Mr. Fattig, "he might
have died, but the tarantula didn't cause
it. For example, when this tarantula bit
me, if I hadn't known it was not poison,
I might have become frightened, and ill,
and died." —Emory Wheel.
THE DUTCH TREAT
The famous Dutch treat question, "Resolved,
That girls should pay half the expenses
when out with boys," was the subject
of a heated and fiery debate at the
Amasagassean Literary Society Wednesday
morning. Lester Enoch and James
Patton represented the affirmative and
Esther Young and Allen Vantrease defended
the ancient and traditional advantage
of the ladies over their boy
friends. Because the speakers could not
decide on the judges, as their two boys and
a girl, or two girls and one boy, would be
a prejudiced selection, and because of the
huge majority of boys in the audience,
there was no' decision, leaving each sex
to reenforce the convictions they had before.
The points in favor of the Dutch treat
as advanced by Messrs. Enoch and Pat-ton
are:
1. It would put girls on equal grounds
with boys, a thing for which they have
clamored for ages.
2. It is fair. A boy and a boy share
expenses; a girl and a girl share expenses;
it is only right that a boy and girl should
share them.
3. It would decrease divorce. The boy
buys what the fair one wants while he's
depending on Dad; after marriage he is
unable to stand the responsibility, and the
leading cause of divorce breaks up the
home.
4. It is favored by Dorothy Dix and
other authorities; it is based on tradition,
not common sense.
5. Would increase marriage, give girls
more opportunity to choose the boys with
whom they associate, and give old maids a
break.
6. Girls, especially college girls, are as
well able to bear expenses as boys; a great
per cent of college boys are self-supporting;
most college girls have their expenses
paid by their fathers; even if the boy's
expenses are paid by Dad, the girFs dad
is as well able to bear expenses as the
boy's.
7. Would cause better mutual understanding,
and higher appreciation of the
value of money.
8. It would contribute to the general
Health of girls. If they had to pay for
their own treats, they would eat less. This
would save hours of reducing exercises and
intense dieting as a result of too many
sweets.
The young ladies, Misses Vantrease and
Young came back with the following reasoning:
1. A man would be displeased with the
Dutch treat. It boosts his ego to have a
member of the fair sex depending on him.
2. The responsibility before marriage
strengthens a boy's ability to stand his
financial responsibility after marriage.
3. Working girls make lower wages than
boys and have more personal expense; the
boys are more able to pay.
4. Girls who are not working are often
on small allowances and have no opportunity
to make extra spending money,
while boys have better chances to pay their
way.
5. If the boy cannot support the girl before
marriage, how can he hope to keep up
her, a house and half a dozen extras afterwards?
6. It is only proper that the host should
pay, and the boy is the host. The boy has
the privilege to ask whom he chooses, and
should pay for the privilege.
—Cumberland Collegian.
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.
* * * * *
"DunaiL with faint praise, assent with civil
leer,
And without sneering, teach the rest to
sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;"
I deplore the narrow-mindedness, the
short-sightedness of some people. I refer
you to the editorial in the last issue proposing
the abolition of Sophomore English
as a requisite course for engineering students.
The writer of that editorial seemed to
mind of the student. To me this seems
think that the sole purpose of English literature
is to instill quotations into the
mind of the student. To me this seems
a gross error. Literature sets a model of
the best use of the English language, the
greatest examples of which are found in
the literature of England.
During the Middle Ages the apprentice
system was used to educate the class of
men who specialized in technical lines.
Engineers consider themselves far above
the level of the average mechanic or workman;
they come to college to learn to be
leaders in their field, but they art too ignorant
to realize that to take the cultural
values of books, literature, poetry, and
thought out of their courses is to reduce
them to the despised level of an apprentice.
Training a man for work is not the sole
purpose of a technical course; the college
graduate should be prepared for the larger
life, for wide-awake acquaintance with
all ideas and kinds of life. If the student
of engineering does not want this larger
life, he should not come to college. Hhe
should forsake the fine arts and pursue his
narrow existence in the exact sciences. He
should forget philosophy and literature, thus
blinding himself to the true objective of
human evolution—culture.
To learn business writing is far easier
than acquainting oneself with the civilization
of the nineteenth century as it is presented
by the course in Sophomore English,
and only the most superficial thinker
could consider the one as a substitute for
the other. Which would be the most resourceful,
the most efficient person, the
skilled writer of technical letters, or the
engineer who is well-read, who has background,
who is cultivated?
* * * * *
To pursue this subject more minutely, I
must narrow the discussion down to the
opinions of one individual. I do not mean
the following to apply to students of engi-person,
a sophomore in Chemical Engineer-neering
as a whole. It is directed to one
ing. May it be read with this understanding.
This person argues that litearture is not
necessary to life, while engineering is indispensable.
Whence did the glorious engineer
get his rules and formulae? Every
time he applies a formula, puts to practice
any of his materialistic criteria, he uses
the syllogistic reasoning of Aristotle. This
individual proposes to forget Aristotle, to
forget all the logicians and metaphysicians.
If the background be forgotten, will not
the direct 'application of evolved logic in
turn fade behind the inscrutable veil of oblivion?
Curse the aesthetic, ye narrow ones.
Curse the Department of English. You
have no use for anything it can teach you.
Your life is one of materialism. Engineers
have built bridges, canals, and famous edifices,
but does the name of the materialistic
live? No. Achievements of the mind
are remembered; men will sing the praises
of the thinkers throughout the ages while
the bones of the sophomore engineering student
are rotting amid the decay of his terrestrial
creations . . . O Culpepper, Culpepper,
had I thy rhetoric! But let me not
rave, sweet gods, let me not rave . . .
Another interesting point made by this
person was that the accumulation of wealth
seemed to be his sole objective in life. This
apparently is the chief goal of the twentieth
century man. To make money. Money,
money, money. Let him have his money.
Let him have millions. Let him take
his fill of the pleasures of this life that
money can buy. Let him live for himself
and for his gold. Let him indulge himself
to such excess that the time will come when
his material body, reeking with vileness,
will begin to rot, and his very soul will be
a lifeless spark. Then will he squirm in
his pot of gold. Then will he roll his eyes
toward heaven and breath through his
cracked lips, "What good, O gods, has it
done me? I have forsaken wisdom. I have
sought pleasure and wealth. Of what use
are they to me now? Is not all 'vanity and
vexation of spirit? "
Aluminum articles are now being made
in a variety of colors.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1930 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
INEZ SHEPPARD
Editor
Phone 251-R SOCIETY AND FEATURES This Department Open
From 11 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Daily
LOVE POSTPONED
I was a fool to put your love away,
As if it were a treasure I could save
For some inevitable rainy .day.
Love does not ride on every seventh
wave,
Nor burst with crocus-certainty each
Spring,
Why did the thrifty proverbs of my
youth
Make me too cautious for this transient
thing,
And set a spinster Prudence up for
Truth?
Suppose we meet again and set the
stage,
Dressing with care to speak our lovers'
parts,
Will the old words still flash upon
the page,
Will there be any laughter in our
hearts?
I was a fool to think that love would
linger
Until I beckoned with a tardy finger.
^ R u t h Bartlett.
Wedding Of Local
Interest Solemnized
A wedding of much interest to
her many friends on the campus is
that of Miss Mildred Wood of Birmingham
to Mr. William Elliot Law-son
on Wednesday evening, December
10th. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson will
be at home in the LaSalle Apartments
in Birmingham after a short
wedding trip. Mrs. Lawson will be
remembered here as "Micky" Wood.
PERSONAL
AENTION
Miss Suthard, who has been the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Wilbur Htu-sell,
for several days will return to
her home in Fort Smith, Arkansas,
Sunday morning.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Knapp, Jr.
and baby daughter are the guests of
their parents, Dr. and Mrs. Bradford
Knapp. They will visit here until
after the holidays when they return
to their home in Washington, D. C.
* * *
The friends of Mr. Herbert Bailey
will be interested to know that he
and his bride are presiding at the
Brewer Hotel.
WE MAKE
M T T / T p O NEWSPAPER
l ,1 X MAGAZINE
^ y ' x ^ CATALOG
S e r v i c e E n g r a v i n g Co
WUfiBalUiUuU
Mrs. J. J. Wilmore Hostess
At Lovely Bridge Party
Mrs. J. J. Wilmore was the charming
hostess Tuesday afternoon at a
lovely bridge party given at her home
on North Gay street.
The home was most attratcive with
Christmas colors and decorations emphasizing
the yuletide spirit. Mrs.
J. W. Scott made high score and Mrs.
Burke was awarded second score
prize.
Those enjoying this delightful affair
were:
Mrs. Bradford Knapp, Sr., Mrs.
Bradford Knapp, Jr., Mrs. John Kennedy,
Mrs. J. W. Scott, Mrs. Fred
Allison, Mrs. C. A. Basore, Mrs.
Burke, Mrs. B. R. Showalter, Mrs.
Paul Irvin, Mrs. B. L. Shi, Mrs.
Hardy, Mrs. Frederick Biggin, Miss
Louise Glanton, Mrs. S. L. Toomer,
Mrs. Herman Jones, Miss Minnie
Whitaker, and Miss Dana Gatchell.
GET WHAT YOU WANT
And Like What You Get.
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IT'S A TREAT TO EAT
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RAISIN BREAD
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Kratzer's Ice Cream
Your Local Dealer Has It
Have the satisfaction of knowing that
our products are pasteurized, and of
the finest ingredients, thereby making
it one of the very best.
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Alabama Day Program
Given by Woman's
Club
A meeting of the Woman's Club
was held in Smith Hall on Thursday
afternoon. After a brief business session,
at which the president, Mrs. C.
A. Basore, presided, the meeting was
turned over to Mrs. W. A. Ruffin,
chairman of a committee to plan a
program in honor of Alabama Day,
the observance of which has become
an annual custom with the club.
The program began with the singing
of the State song "Alabama" written
by Julia Tutwiler which was followed
by a vocal solo by Mrs. A. D.
Lipscomb, the song selected, "The
Bird with a Broken Wing" having
been written by another Alabama
composer, Florence Golson.
Professor J. R. Rutland was the
speaker for the occasion. He gave a
brief sketch of the settling of the
State commenting on the romantic and
dramatic events which occurred in the
early history" and upon some of the
picturesque characters which contributed
to the making of that history.
This sketch was followed by running
comment upon the contributions made
by Alabamians to science, statesmanship
and the arts, spending considerable
time upon the writers past and
present.
After the meeting adjourned tea
was served.
WEE WISDOM
By Eddie Coe
Mrs. Paul King Hostess
At Bridge Party
Mrs. Paul King entertained Wednesday
evening at a bridge party honoring
out of town guests, Mrs. Phil
Hardy and Mrs. Slick Moulton.
The home was most attractive with
beautiful ferns and Christmas decorations.
Those enjoying this lovely affair
were: Mrs. Yarborough, Miss Minnie
Whitaker, Mrs. J. J. Wilmore, Mrs.
Austin, Mrs. Will Hardy, Mrs. Phil
Hardy, Mrs. Slick Moulton.
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
TO UNDERGO DEVELOPMENT
Princeton Theological Seminary will
undertake the. biggest development
project in its history, with the opening
of the new expansion program.
The Board of Control of the Seminary
has voted to approve the $10,-
000,000 plan, which includes making
the theological group the most beautiful
of its kind in the world.
It makes one feel good to think
one has a good warrior on his side,
and here I want to thank Mr. J.
Culpepper for his letter to the editor
and assure him we appreciate
his effort in helping us to overcome
our rep and simplicity as it is pictured
by the notorious Hoakon.
0—O—0
Bigotry has no head and cannot
think; no heart and cannot feel.
When she moves it is in wrath; when
she pauses it is amid ruin; her prayers
are cureses—her God is a demon
—her communion is death, her vengeance
is eternity.
0—O—0
The law gives a man the right to
open his wife's mail—but it does not
give him the nerve to.
0—O—0
Have you among your friends
about whom you can truthfully say:
"His expenditure of speech is to
great for his income of ideas."
0—O—0
The wise man gathers wisdom from
every source—even from fools. That
is what makes him wise. He does
not despise; he gauges and evaluates.
But the fool never learns, even from
the wise; and that's why he keeps on
being a fool.
0—O—0
I started to use the word dunce instead
of fool, because fool is a rather
strong, hard word; but I got to
thinking of the origin of that word
"dunce", and forbore, you know
dunce owes its origin to that old
schoolman of the 14th century,
Dunce Scotus, a clever, well-read
scholar, given over much to sophistry
and to the splitting of hairs; so
that in those days, when they came
upon a man who was disposed to cavil
and to make much ado over the
difference between tweedledun and
tweedledee, they called him a "duns-man"—
and thence the transition to
"dunce" was easy. It just goes to
show how, every now and then, the
current meaning of a word is quite
at variance with its original idea.
Take "let". "Let" used to mean to
hinder or prevent. Today it carries
an entirely new and different concept—
to permit or to allow.
0—O—0
The higher the character or rank
LITTLE RED HEN THAT WON
NATIONAL LAYING CONTEST
IS HONORED WITH BANQUET
The "little red hen" was honored
here Saturday, Nov. 30. It was not
the red hen of public school days but
the Rhode Island Red that produced
45 eggs in 65 days in the sixth national
egg-laying contest conducted
by the poultry department of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
And the "guest of honor" was present
and heard herself praised by Dr.
Knapp, president of Auburn. Director
L. N. Duncan, of the extension
service;-President Edward A. O'Neal
of the Alabama Farm Bureau Federation;
and other speakers.
The occasion was an informal banquet
given in honor of the hen that
had established a new world record
in egg production by resting only 20
days during an entire year. The eggs
which she laid during the year weighed
six times her own weight of six
and three quarters pounds. This
hen, known as Lady Peacock, viewed
the banquet from her coop which was
located in the center of the banquet
hall. Sharing, honors with her was
her owner, Dr. H. B. Peacock of
Auburn and Opelika. Back of this
remarkable record was eight years of
scientific breeding work done by Dr.
Peacock, a dentist who has turned
to poultry as a diversion from his
profession.
Dr. Knapp, in his talk, was happy
"Because a hen ha$,r arisen to the
dignity of a banquet." The speaker
praised Dr. Peacock as a breeder; and
also others who have developed improved
breeds of poultry and animals,
and better varieties of plants for field
and garden.
Profesor Duncan was introduced
as the man who made it possible for
Auburn to have an outstanding poultry
department, including an egg-laying
contest. Prof. George A.
Trollope who was master of ceremo
nies declared that the contest has
been a remarkable stimulant to the
poultry industry of Alabama. He said
that each contest has shown an improvement
over the previous contests
and that, among other achievements,
the egg-laying contests at Auburn
have demonstrated the natural advantages
of Alabama as a poultry
state.
Other speakers at the banquet were
Edward A. O'Neal, Professor J. C.
Grimes, Emmett Sizemore, C. T. Bailey,
Dr. H. B. Peacock, and H. R.
Bailey. John E. Ivey, former head
of the poultry department was absent
but he came in for praise for the outstanding
work which he did while at
the head of the poultry work at Auburn.
Six handsome loving cups were
awarded by Professor Duncan, as follows:
high pen, entire contest, Fox
and Sons, Little Falls, N. J.; high
pen, entire contest, Peacock and Mc-
Lure, Opelika; high pen, heavy
breeds, Dr. H. B. Peacock, Auburn;
high pen, Alabama Breeders, Marshall
Farm, Mobile; high pen, light
breeds, Egg-a-Day Farm, Spartanburg,
S. C.; fifth hen, Alabama breeders,
J. B. Downs, Clanton, Ala.
The seventh contest at Auburn is
now in progress.
r——•— • - » » - - - - - • <
DRINK
NEHI
the less the pretense, because there
is less to pretend to.
0—O—0
Snobbery is the pride of those who
are not sure of their position.
0—O—0
I don't know how he is on creeds,
I never heard him say;
But he's got a smile that fits his face
And he wears it every day.
No matter if the sky is gray,
You get his point of view;
And the clouds begin to scatter,
And the sun comes breaking thru.
You'll know him if you meet him,
And you'll find it worth your while
To cultivate the friendship of
"The man behind the smile."
0—O—0
'Little Hoakonette Provost, age 4:
"Mamma if I marry will I marry
a man like daddy?"
Mrs. H. P.: "Why yes, my dear.
Sure!"
Little Hoakonette: "And if I don't
marry will I be an old maid like
Aunt Susan?"
Mrs. H. P.: "Yes Dear."
Little Hoakonette: "Well, ain't I
in a heck of a fix."
0—O—0
This isn't mine but that doesn't
keep it from being good:
"It can't be done." They did it.
"You can't do it again." They did
it again.
"You can't keep on doing it." They
hit him with an ox.
0—O—0
Love peering at me
Thru the indifference of your eyes
Reminds me of an orchid I once
saw
Frozen in a block of ice.
Luncheon Held At
Baptist Church
The last of the vanishing luncheon
was held last Wednesday afternoon
at the Baptist church. There were
about fifty present at this last gathering.
These luncheons have been
sponsored by one of the circles of
the W. M. U. of which circle Mrs.
Ward is chairman.
Baptist Missionary Society
To Sponsor Grocery Shower
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Baptist Church will sponsor
a grocery shower, Sunday morning,
Dec. 14, at Sunday School and
Church. This shower is given for
the relief of the suffering in Lee
county and will be distributed by the
Relief Committee.
* * *
The Woman's Missionary Union of
the Baptist Church observed "The
Week of Prayer" last week for the
missions.
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Mrs. McAdory Entertains
With Series Of Parties
On last Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings Mrs. I. S. McAdory entertained
with a series of bridge parties
at her lovely home on Magnolia avenue.
The rooms where the tables were
arranged for bridge were most attractively
decorated in the yuletide
colors, and the Christmas decorations.
On Tuesday evening high score
prize for women was won by Mrs.
Scott and high score for men by Dr.
Knapp. Low prize was given Mr.
Ruffin and ladies' low prize was
awarded Mrs. Bradford Knapp, Jr.
The hostess was assisted by Mr. and
Mrs. Lipscomb, Mrs. Rose and Mrs.
Hargraves.
On Wednesday evening there were
also seven tables of bridge. High
score was made by Mrs. D. G. Sturkie
and low score by Miss Lula Palmer.
The hostess was assisted Wednesday
night by Mrs. John King, Mrs. Hargraves
and Mrs. Rose.
Mesdames Creel, Tate, and
Miss Slights Entertain
Mrs. J. P. Creel, Mrs. Natilu Creel
Tate and Miss Edith Slights were
charming hostesses Monday night at
a nine table card party at the home
of Mrs. Creel.
Christmas decorations and colors
were carried out most effectively.
Mrs. Nichols Entertains
With Bridge Party
Mrs. M. L.\ Nichols entertained at
a lovely bridge party last Saturday
evening.
The rooms where the five tables
were arranged for the game were
beautifully decorated in the Christmas
colors.
Miss Willie Thomas made high
score and Mrs. Suggs was awarded
consolation prize.
At the conclusion of the games a
delightful salad course was served.
Mrs. Rose made high score and Miss
Martha Slaughter of Opelika was
awarded 2nd prize.
At the conclusion of the games a
tempting salad course was served.
After she's passed fifteen and until
she is eighty a woman defines an
"old woman" as somebody lve years
her senior.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1930
Methodist Church To
Give Music Program
The chorus choir of the Methodist
Church will present a varied program
Sunday night, December 14, in its
first special musical service of the
year. The chorus of thirty singers
will render numbers from Maunder
and Gounod, as well as a group of
medieval Christmas carols beautifully
arranged for modern use. The
dominant Christmas theme will be
carried out also in the number of
Christmas hymns on the program.
A special feature of the program
is a string quartet, consisting of Dr.
Harkin, Professor VanWagenen, Miss
Frances Cauthen, and Mrs. Earle C.
Hazel.
Other features include soprano
solos by Mrs. E. L. Rauber, bass solo
by Mr. George Moxham, and a mixed
quarted number by Mrs. H. C. Hoff-sommer,
Mrs. W. D. Salmon, Mr. W.
H. Francis, and Dr. H. C. Hoffsom-mer.
Dr. E. L. Rauber, as organist, will
render a number of selections, and
Dr. Paul Irvin will direct the chorus.
The concert begins at 7:30 p. m.
KENNEDY REVIEWS
m EXPERIENCES IN
THE PHILIPPINES
FROSH CAGE TEAM TO OPEN
SEASON IN GYM TONIGHT
(Continued from page 1)
short a time with such a large number
to choose from.
The present members of the squad
are: Robert Adams, Jacksonville,
Fla.; David Arial, Birmingham; A-aron
Benton, Lanet; Henry Chamb-less
and Clark Collins, Montgomery;
James Hines, LaFayette, Ernest Howell,
Foley; William Kelley, Fairfield;
John Kennedy, Birmingham; Warren
McMahan, Tuscumbia; Donald Pierce,
Birmingham; Howard Randolph, Jasper;
Ellis Royal, Bessemer; R. N.
Watkins, Columbus, Ga.; George W.
Williams, Tuscumbia, and Marion
Talley, Decatur, Ga.
A tentative starting lineup for the
first game is: Kennedy and Howell,
forwards; Aarail, center, and Talley
and Chambless, guards. Collins and
Watkins are also likely starters.
After the contest Saturday, the
rodents will have a rest until the
(Continued from page 1)
giving the government much trouble.
As Jikiri was nothing more than a
fabulous, bloodthirsty savage, the government
was attempting in every way
an to capture him. Lieutenant Kennedy
was sent with twenty men to
guard an honest native, whom Jikiri
had attempted to murder. While on
this duty, Lt. Kennedy engaged in a
fight with the outlaw, and succeeded
in capturing part of his band. Among
the numerous and strange things that
occurred while protecting this native
was a tropical typhoon. A very singular
and most interesting incident
happened to Lt. Kennedy shortly after
his return from this assignment.
He was charged, by a superior officer
of the Medical Corps, of having
violated the Geneva Convention for
putting a medical soldier on guard
duty while on a previous assignment.
Incidentally, the Lieutenant was not
court-martialed for this offense because
he had been short of men.
Lieutenant Kennedy was later instrumental
in the capture of Jikiri.
The fugative from justice was finally
trapped in a cave by the American soldiers.
Of course Jiriki, being the typical
Philippino, and knowing that he
was to die, refused to surrender. The
location of the cave was in such a
difficult place to get to, that the Americans
could do nothing but guard
the entrance and wait. Lieutenant
Kennedy, however, crawled into the
cave and succeeded in routing Jiriki
from his lair. In a short but
hearty skirmish that followed, the
Lieutenant received a serious wound
in the neck.
Major Kennedy concluded his talk
by remarking how brave and insensible
to pain the Philippines are. The
Major stated that before his retirement
he hoped to make a trip to the
Philippine Islands and possibly renew
some of his exciting experiences.
holidays are over, meeting the Georgia
Tech Freshman, Sidney Lanier
High School and other leading high
school quintets in January and February.
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Plan for Securing Rings
Presented Junior Class
At the first meeting of the Junior
class for 1930, held in Langdon Hall
Thursday morning, Sam Fort, chairman
of the ring committee presented
the plan for obtaining class rings for
this year. He stated that the contract
had already been let and the
that the company had appointed the
following men as salesmen: Lewis
Golston, Lewis Brothers, and "Happy"
Davis. Members were urged to
place their orders with these men as
soon after Christmas as possible.
It was also stated that the design
for the ring would be identically the
same as that of the present senior
class, which has been adopted as the
standard ring for the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
J. D. Bush, president, called attention
to the fact that the town of Auburn
was engaged in an extensive
charity drive to relieve suffering in
this section and asked that those present
contribute old clothes to the cause.
Discussion of the junior prom was
brought up, and much enthusiasm expressed
over the event.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SPEECH
CONTESTS IN ATLANTA IS
MADE BY PROF. JUDSON
(Continued from page 1)
will be given until about 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.
There will be separate contests for
women in oratory, and public speaking.
Students who wish to try for intercollegiate
oratory or extempore speaking
need not be members of any
Speech class. From the standpoint
of the subjects to be discussed the
contests should prove of particular
interest to students of Business Administration,
and Agriculture. Every
student in the institution may, however,
enter the local preliminaries,
subject to the usual eligibility requirements.
The Speech Department has issued
a warning that the old meaning of
oratory, with its spread-eagle, emotional
verobisty hardly applies to the
present type of logical argument presented
in intercollegiate oratoriacl
contests. Modern oratory is in every
respect the practical speech of the
leaders of every field of endeavor.
Anyone who is interested in either
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 speech after they gather the
material and write the manuscript.
Local contests will be held under
the direction of the Speech Department
to determine the Varsity speakers
who will represent Auburn in a
bid for the championship of the
South. Unless there are an unforeseen
number of contestants, there
will be only one elimination contest
in each division. The dates for these
local tryouts are as follows: Men's
Oratory, February 10; Women's Oratory,
February 17; Men's Extempore
Speaking, February 3 with drawing
February 2; Women's Extempore
Speaking, February 4 with drawing
February 3.
All contestants will be rated, on
composition and delivery, by a staff
of judges.
Students who desire to participate
in these contests are requested to notify
Professor Judson. The office
of the Speech Department is on the
second floor of the Power House.
BRINSON AND DAVIS GIVEN
CONTRACT FOR DECORATIONS
(Continued from page 1)
softness which is very much desired.
Most of this reflection will be brought
about by the use of black and white
crepe paper panels which will make
up the ceiling, these panels being
placed at different levels so as to
better bring about this effect.
Between each of the windows will
be pictures of dancing figures being
painted in alternate colors of red
and blue. The wainscoting will be
covered in a modernistic manner
with black and white crepe paper,
and the orchestra motif will be elaborately
decorated by the use of red,
black, blue and silver colors.
The holders of the contract stated
that the scheme was designed to afford
the greatest amount of beauty,
and to generate a general feeling of
festivity.
Decorations Will Be
Discussed Over WAPI
Eight Weekly Talks To Be Given On
Interior Decoration
A series of eight weekly radio discussions
over WAPI on problems of
interior decoration for the Alabama
housewife is being given from the
studios of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute by Miss Marguerite E. Od-endahl,
interior decoration instructor.
Miss Odendahl's talks form a part of
the week-day College of the Air
broadcasts, 12:00 to 12:30 noon.
The five remaining discussions will
go on the air as follows: "Windows
and their Treatment," Dec. 16;
"Floors and Rugs," Jan. 6; "Selection
and Furnishings for the Home,"
Jan. 13; "Choice and Arrangement
of Furniture," Jan. 20; and "Choosing,
Framing, and Hanging Pictures,"
Jan. 27.
Miss Odendahl holds both a B. A.
and B. S. degree from the University
of Minnesota where she studied
applied art and interior decoration.
She has also studied interior decoration
at the Chicago Academy of Fine
Arts.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
COMMITTEES ARE ANNOUNCED
BY DR. J. V. BROWN
(Continued from page 1)
Walker R. Reynolds, chairman, An-niston;
John P. Illges, Columbus, Ga.;
B. E. Harris, University, Ala.; Em-mett
Sizemore, Auburn; and J. E.
Davis, Birmingham.
Advisory committee on cooperative
relationship with the administration
of the college: Judge Wm. H. Sam-ford,
chairman, Montgomery; C. W.
Ashcraft, Florence; Walter E. Henley,
Birmingham; Geo. E. Dickey, Evergreen;
Douglas Taylor, Huntsville;
and Lee Ashcraft, Atlanta, Ga.
AUBURN EXTENDS HEARTY
WELCOME TO GAS OFFICERS
(Continued from page 1)
The Auburn service was inaugurated
with 91 meters in service. Other
applications are being received and
a steady increase in the business is
expected, Mr. Cotting announced.
Residents of the town are using gas
for cooking, for heating their homes,
for hot water, for refrigeration, and
for other purposes.
Gas lines have been laid throughout
the residential and business sections
of the town. They are connected
also with the campus of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. The line
which serves Auburn intersects the
line from Montgomery to a point
near Columbus, Ga., a few miles
from the town.
Prof. Beard Addresses
A.S.C.E. Monday Nite
Two illustrated talks were features
of the A. S. C. E. meeting in Ramsay
Hall Monday evening at 7 o'clock.
Professor P. M. Beard gave a talk
on the construction of the Florianop-olis
Bridge in South America. His
subject was treated in a technical
way, with each point illustrated by
means of lantern slides. The bridge
described in Professor Beard's talk
is of unique construction, being a
combination of several previous designs
of suspension bridges.
A paper compiled by himself, was
read to the Society by D. B. Packard.
The subject matter pertained to
precast concrete units and the practical
side of their use. His talk was
illustrated by photographs, of railroad
uses of precast units, thrown on
a screen. A talk was also given by
C. H. Kimbrough. The subject of his
talk was "Pneumatic Caissons and
Their Use at Niigatta, Japan."
MISS GLANTON TO DIRECT A
CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER HOMES
(Continued from page 1)
est means attractive, comfortable, convenient
homes, and encourage a wholesome
type of home and community
life.
More than seven thousand communities
cooperated in the 1930 Better
Homes campaign by forming committees
of local citizens for the purpose
of adapting the national program to
local needs. Each committee was
headed by a man or woman experienced
in civic affairs and interested in
the wholesome development of the
community. The campaign is usually
sponsored locally by a civic organization
such as a parent-teacher association,
women's club or civic association,
and in some communities by
schools and colleges. The programs
consist of lectures and discussions;
of contests for improvement of homes,
both interior and exterior, and of
house lots, yards and neighborhoods;
and in some communities include the
demonstration of one or more new or
remodelled houses to show the better
types of homes that can be provided
for families of small or modest in;
comes.
In many communities the campaign
is carried on as a school project, and
where this is done the furnishings for
the demonstration house or houses are
usually selected by students of home
economics, while boys in manual training
classes often make articles of
furniture, or assist in the building or
reconditioning of the demonstration
house. These programs culminate in
Better Homes Week, which in 1931
will be April 26 to May 2.
OVER 500 ARE EXPECTED
TO RUN IN RACE
(Continued from page 1)
and fraternity or ranch. After filling
in above, each man will securely fasten
the tag to the right side of his
shirt, coat or sweater. Each man's
finishing position will be recorded,
the first four finishers of the same
fraternity being declared winners of
the Interfraternity Council Trophy.
The course will be from the entrance
of Drake Field down the road
to Thatch Ave., east on Thatch to
College Street north on College to
Glenn Ave., (Montgomery Highway)
thence east on Glenn to Ross, south
on Ross to Magnolia, and west on
Magnolia to Gay, then south on Gay
to the end at Samford Ave., west to
College Street, executing a right
turn, and then on College to the Ag
Bottom Road and west to Drake
Field.
Miss Elizabeth Young
Marries L. L. Johnson
MCALLISTER IS DRILLING
CAGE MEN FOR GAMES
(Continued from page 1)
ter than others. Jack Stewart, Jo
Anderson, Jack Pilgrim, Earl Smith,
Harold Harmon and David Rogers
are leading the list for the pivot post;
Capt. Jordan, Frock Pate, Tom Lumpkin,
George Jenkins, Odis Aldridge
and Jack Cumbee head the forwards,
and Howard Lawson, Chas. Kaley,
Vernard Vines, Aquilla Turk and Shot
Senn are standing out at present for
the guard berths.
The other members of the squad
Duke University
School of Medicine
DURHAM, N. C.
On October 1, 1931, carefully
selected first and third
year students will be admitted.
Applications may be sent at
any time and will be considered
in the order of receipt. Catalogues
and application forms
may be obtained from the
Dean.
A marriage of interest in Auburn
is that of Miss Elizabeth Young,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Young
of this city, to Mr. Lawrence L.
Johnson, of Greensburg, Kansas,
which took place at five o'clock at
home on Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Johnson is a graduate of Auburn
and a member of the Chi Omega
Sorority.
Mr. Johnson finished at Cumberland
University, Tennessee, and is a
member of the Alpha Sigma Phi
Fraternity. He is engaged in the
jewelry business.
are Tad McCallum, Ernest Stewart,
William Brunei-, Carl Creel and Clarence
Mullin.
.Security is mortal's chief est enemy.—
Shakespeare.
Tiger Theatre
SUNDAY, December 14
JACK OAKIE
"SEA LEGS"
—With—
Lillian Roth --Harry Green -
Eugene Paulette
Also "MARRY OR ELSE"
MONDAY, December 15
Star of "Disraeli" in Another
Big Success
GEORGE ARLISS
—In—
"OLD ENGLISH"
—With—
Leon Janney - Dotris Lloyd
Also "TRAFFIC TANGLES"
TUESDAY, December 16
RICHARD ARLEN
—In—
"THE SANTE FE TRAIL"
—With—
Rosita Moreno, Eugene Pellet-te
and Mitzi Green
Also "FALL TO ARMS"
WEDNESDAY, December 17
ROLAND WEST'S
PRODUCTION
"THE BAT WHISPERS"
—With—
CHESTER MORRIS
Also "FLYING FISTS"
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