1931-04-25 The Plainsman

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R. O. T. C. THE PLAINSMAN
T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
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11:00 Monday
VOLUME LIV AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1931 NUMBER 53
ROTC UNIT GIVEN
EXCELLENT RATING
FOR TWELFTH TIME
Auburn R. O. T. C. Unit Re­ceives
Highest Rating That
Is Awarded Among Colleges
NO DRILL HELD TODAY
Rating Authorizes t h e Wearing
of t h e Gold Star On The Un­iform
Sleeve
Following the annual two-day in­spection
by officers of the War De­partment,
the R. O. T. C. unit has
received the highest rating for the
12th consecutive year. The unit was
classed as "excellent" by Major N.
P. Morrow of New Orleans, and Ma­jor
R. A. Sharrer of Montgomery, who
conducted the rigid inspection this
year.
Continuously since 1920, Auburn
has atained the maximum rating, and
this high standard has been upheld
during each of the five years that
Major John T. Kennedy has headed
the unit as commandant and head
professor of military science and tac­tics.
Auburn received the rating be­cause
of the marked progress made
by the cadets in theoretical and prac­tical
military training under the di
rection of Major Kennedy and his
staff. The rating was also the result
of superior administration of the en­tire
institution including the vari­ous
divisions of the R. O. T. C. unit.
The inspection included, in addition,
a satsfactory economic survey.
In 1927 the system of rating was
slightly altered, and the classification
of "distinguished" was changed to
"excellent." Auburn continued to
make the highest rating under di­rection
of Major Kennedy.
The splendid military appearance
of the entire unit and the earnestness
with which the cadets went about
their duties was commended by the
inspecting officers in conversation
with Major Kennedy.
The following statement was issued
from the Commandant's office:
1. The senior officer making the
annual inspection of the Auburn R.
O. T. C. unit authorizes the announce­ment
that our unit has again been
awarded the rating of "Excellent."
This is the highest rating awarded
by the War Department and author­izes
the wearing of the star on the
sleeve of the uniform for another
year. This is the twelfth consecutive
year that Auburn has been awarded
this coveted rating.
2. The P. M. S. & T. desires to take
this opportunity to express to all the
members of the Auburn R. O. T. C.
unit his deep appreciation of their
splendid effort and cooperation in pre­paration
for and conduct of the in­spection.
The earnestness with which
all ranks proceeded with the work is
a source of great pride to the P. M.
S. & T. and makes his happy to serve
with such a group of men.
3. The appearance and conduct of
the unit on the occasion of the Monday
afternoon review deserve special com­mendation.
Comments from every
source indicate that the review • was
superior in every respect.
4. There will be no drill at the
regular eleven o'clock period on Sat­urday,
April 25th.
MISS GWENDOLYN BELL WILL
LEAD SENIOR GRAND MARCH
T. G. Amason Is Selected to Lead the Grand March With Miss
B e l l ; Bids For t h e Final Dances Will Be Distributed Today
and Will Be Collected May 3
Miss Gwendolyn Bell, of Selma Ala­bama,
has been selected by the Social
Committee to lead the grand march
at the Senior Ball. T. G. Amason,
treasurer of the Social Committee, will
be Miss Bell's escort during the dance.
Miss Bell attended Goucher College
in Baltimore during her freshman
year, but finished at the University
of Alabama last spring. She was a
member of the Delta Delta Delta so­rority
at Alabama, and was voted
one of the most beautiful girls on the
campus. She was present at both the
opening and the mid-term dances
here, and was very popular among
Auburn boys.
Amason, an Alpha Gamma Rho, is
a senior in Ag. Ed. He is treasurer
of the Social Committee, a member
of Scabbard and Blade, and secre­tary-
treasurer of the Inter-fraternity
Council.
Bids for the final dances will be
put out today, and will be collected
on May 3rd. After that date no bids
will be accepted.
Emerson Gill and his orchestra,
popular Cleveland music makers,
have been engaged to play for the
dances, which will take place on May
15-16. This orchestra is inter­nationally
famous, having played at
nuemorus places in the United States
and Canada. They may be heard in
nightly broadcasts over station
WTAM in Cleveland.
Students are again reminded that
only seniors are to take part in the
Grand March at the Senior Ball on
Friday night.
7 RECEIVE BIDS TO
ALPHA PHI EPSPN
Honorary Education Fraternity
Elects 3 Juniors, 3 Soph­omores
and 1 Freshman
Seven students were recently elect­ed
to membership in Alpha Phi Epsi-lon,
national honorary literary fra­ternity.
They are Libby Jeanne Is­rael,
J. W. Letson, Jr., Douglas
Brown, Cleveland Adams, V. H. Kjell-man,
H. E. Timmerman, and Otis
Spears. Of these, three are juniors,
three sophomores, and one is a fresh­man.
Alpha Phi Epsilon was organized
for the purpose of furthering inter­est
in literary society work in Amer­ican
colleges and fostering intercol­legiate
literary contests. Membership
is based on enthusiastic literary so­ciety
work, good character, and par­ticipation
in other worthy college ac­tivities.
Two elections are held each
year.
MATH EXPERTS HOLD
NINTH ANNUAL MEET
HERE THIS WEEK-END
Representatives In Auburn for
Meeting; President of Emory
University Is Presiding
LETSON IS NEW HEAD
OF KAPPA DELTA PI
Honorary Education Fraternity
Elects Officers On Monday
Night
Awarded Ag Cup
7"»A* LOfvtpKtM
DEBATERS CHOSEN FOR
CONTEST TUESDAY NITE
Societies to Participate In Phi
Delta Gamma Debate On
Tuesday Night
Society representatives for the an­nual
inter-society debate, sponsored by
Phi Delta Gamma, were selected at
the regular literary society meetings,
Tuesday night. Douglas Brown and
J. W. Letson, Jr. will represent the
Evans Literary Society, while Cleve­land
Adams and Libby Jean Israel
will represent the Websterian.
This annual inter-society debate
will be on the subject, "Resolved:
That the Alabama Polyetchnic Insti­tute
Should Readopt the Honor Sys­tem",
and will be held Tuesday, April
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With mathematicians from Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, South Carolina,
and Tennessee present, the South­eastern
Section of the Mathematical
Association of America opened its
ninth annual meeting here, Friday af­ternoon.
Dr. J. F. Messick, of Emory
University, president of the group,
was presiding. Instructors and "pro­fessors
of mathematics in colleges,
universities, and high schools are in
attendance. The session will con­tinue
through today.
An evening session was held Fri­day,
the speakers being Dr. Bradford
Knapp, president, Auburn; Dr. Fred
Allison, professor of physics, Au­burn,
and Dr. R. D. Carmichael of
the University of Illinois. Dr. Carm­ichael
is a former Alabamian.
J. W. Letson, Jr., was elected presi­dent
of Kappa Delta Pi at the meet-ting
of this honorary Education Fra­ternity
last Monday night, April 20.
Letson is a junior in the School of
Education. He has been very promin­ent
in activities on the campus, being
a news editor of The Plainsman, win­ner
of the Y.M.C.A. discussion group,
and having participated in forensic
contests. He is a member of the Sig­ma
Pi fraternity.
Other officers of Kappa Delta Pi
are: G. V. Nunn, vice-president; Mrs.
Sara McDonald, secretary; Tom
Lumpkin, treasurer; and Sara Wilks,
reporter.
Kappa Delta Pi is an Education
Honor Society, the purpose of which
is to encourage in its members a high­er
degree of consecration to social
service by fostering high standards in
preparation for teaching, and by rec­ognizing
outstanding service in the
field of education.
Membership in the society is chosen
from Education students of junior
and senior rank whose scholarship is
in the upper quartile of the entire
student body. When the scholarship
requirements have been met, leader-ship
and service are the determining
factors in selection of the members
LUMPKIN AWARDED
THE GAMMA SIGMA
DETA LOVING CUP
Omicron Delta Kappa Gives Bids
To 7 Members Of Junior Class;
Election Held On Thursday Night
VARSITY AND FROSH LOSE TO
TECH; BOTH TO PLAY TODAY
McAllister Uses Three Hurlers In Effort to Stop Tech Varsity
Sluggers, Who Score In Every Inning Except One; Home
Run In Tenth Breaks Up Hitting Spree Between Frosh
Both the varsity and freshman
baseball squads lost to Georgia Tech
in games played yesterday; the var­sity
game was played in Atlanta
While the struggle between the fresh­men
was held on Drake Field. Both
teams play again this afternoon.
Cup Given Annually to the Best
All-Round Junior In Agri­culture
AWARDED AT BANQUET
Ag Club Diplomas Given to
Seniors Outstanding In Ag
Club Work
Bishop McDowell To
Visit Here On Sunday
Bishop Wm. G. McDowell, of the
Alabama Diocese, Birmingham, will
be in Auburn, today and tomorrow,
on an-official visit to the Episcopal
Church, of which Rev. Byrd Lee is
the rector. He will conduct services
Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. The
public is -cordially invited to attend.
For several years Bishop McDow­ell
was rector of the Auburn Episco­pal
Church. He was in Auburn when
he was elected Bishop.
While here he will be the guest of
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BASEBALL GAMES WILL BE ON
NEXT WEEK'S RADIO PROGRAM
The play-by-play report of two
baseball games between Auburn and
the University of Georgia on Mon­day
and Tuesday afternoons, 3:15
and 3:30 respectively, will supple­ment
the regular "College of the Air"
programs from the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute next week. Report of
the games will be heard direct from
Drake Field at Auburn.
The week's schedule carrying a va­riety
of agricultural, home economics
and other subjects follows:
Monday—Review of new book by
English department; Insects and
Man, Prof. J. M. Robinson; House­keeper's
Chat, Mrs. Mary Drake As­kew.
3:15 to 5:00 p. m., baseball "game,
Auburn vs. University of Georgia.
Tuesday—Interview of Prof. G. A.
Trollope on poultry; Housekeeper's
chat by Mrs. Askew; Primer for
Town Farmers—U. S. D. A.; Mrs. G.
Richard Trott, soprano.
9:45-10:15 p. m.—Dance music by
Auburn Knights directed by Jimmie
Robbins over WSFA (Montgomery).
3:30-5:00 p. m., baseball game, Au­burn
vs. University of Georgia.
Wednesday—Dick and Dan Around
the Dinner Table; Home economics
discussion, Miss Louise P. Glanton,
head of the school of home econom­ics;
John W. Brigham, tenor, and
Earl Hazel, piano.
Thursday—Earnest and Frank—
The Boys with the Dairy Tempera­ment;
Housekeeper's Chat, Mrs. As­kew;
Home landscaping, Prof. John
W. Hyde; Vocal duets by Dr. and
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Tom Lumpkin of Millerville, mem­ber
of the junior class, was awarded
the Gamma Sigma Delta loving cup
which is an annual presentation to
the best all-around junior in agricul­ture.
The award was a feature of the an­nual
Ag banquet which was given by
the students agricultural club last
night.
James P. Bedingfield, president of
the club, presented the toastmaster,
Professor J. M. Robinson.
As a concluding feature, agricul­tural
club diplomas were awarded to
30 students by Dean M. J. Funchess.
Speakers were Dr. Knapp, J. L.
Liles, Dr. Frank W. Barnett, Pro­fessor
L. N. Duncan, and Dean M. J.
Funchess.
By Elmer G. Salter
Atlanta, Ga., April 24.—Scoring
in every inning except one, Georgia
Tech gave the Dixie League leading
Auburn Tigers their second defeat
of the season in a slugging match
here Friday, 11 to 7.
Auburn used three pitchers in an
effort to stop the Jackets. But the
inexperienced Plainsmen hurlers fail­ed
to halt the heavy-hitting Jackets.
Kid Clay used only Mitch Mitchum
i the mound. He was touched
rather freely, but was able to stand
the bombardment from the Bengals
because his mates managed to give
him a short lead throughout." Burt
and Kaley of Auburn and Ritchie,
Waldrop, Harper, and Farmer of
Tech were the leading hitters.
Score by innings:
Auburn . . . 100 123 000— 7 10 3
Tech . . . . 211 310 21x—11 13 4
Members Are Selected Because
of Attainments In Scholar­ship,
Athletics and General
Activities
ANNUAL SPRING ELECTION
Three Members Elected Earl­ier
In the Year Bring the
Membership for Next Year
Up to Ten
On Drake Field yesterday after­noon,
a home run by Johnny Fergu­son
gave the Georgia Tech freshman
tossers a 11 to 9 victory over the
Auburn frosh. The wollop came in
the tenth frame with a man on base
and was Ferguson's second homer of
the game.
Benson, Auburn left field, had a
perfect day at the bat, hitting safely
four times in four trips to the plate.
Score by innings:
Tech . . 002 330 100 2—11 12 6
Auburn 211 014 000 0— 9 11 2
200 EXPECTED TO
ATTEND JAMBOREE
Annual Scoutcraft Jamboree
Will Be Held Here On Fri­day,
May 1
EIlIS NEW HEAD OF
INTERFRAT COUNCIL
J. Lister Hill To
Deliver Memorial
Day Address Here
Memorial Program Sponsored
By Chapter of U. D. C. to Be
Held Monday
A Memorial Day address, by the
Honorable Lister Hill of Montgomery,
will feature exercises sponsored by
the Admiral Semmes' chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
on April 27, in Langdon Hall, at 11
a. m. President Bradford Knapp will
preside at the exercises and Major
John T. Kennedy will serve as mar­shal
of the day.
Music by the College orchestra will
open the. program, after which, the
Reverend R. B. McGehee, Methodist
pastor, will pronounce the invocation.
John W. Brigham will sing the fam­ous
composition by Sidney Homer,
"The Requiem".
Mr. Hill will be introduced by Dr.
Knapp, after which, there will be a
quartet solo "Tenting Tonight" and
music by the college orchestra.
In keeping with a long established
custom at Auburn, the conclusion of
the exercises will be held at the ceme­tery
where the Confederate soldier's
monument and graves will be deco­rated
by Auburn school children. Ca­dets
of the R. O. T. C. Unit will fire
a salute over the graves of the Con­federate
dead. The sounding of taps
will conclude the exercises.
The annual Scoutcraft Jamboree
held here will be staged on' Drake
Field, May 1, with approximately two
hundred scputs attending from the
Central Alabama Area Council.
The day's activities of varied con­tests
will come to a climax at 4:00
o'clock in the afternoon when Presi­dent
Bradford Knapp of Auburn will
present the awards. By special wire
arrangement, this feature will be
broadcast over Alabama from Station
WAPI in Birmingham' direct from
Drake Field.
Scouts will attend from Lee, Ma­con,
Clay, Coosa, Chilton, Dallas,
Lowndes, Wilcox, Tallapoosa, Russell,
Butler, and Elmore counties
many years previous to 1930 Troop
2 of Opelika, has been the jamboree
winner, but Troop 9 of Tallassee took
the prize last year.
The jamboree will include a gen­eral
inspection of all troops, and con-
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Council Chooses Officers At
Banquet Held In Opelika On
Monday Night
Major Devers Inspects
Local Artillery Unit
For an informal visit to the field
artillery unit at Auburn, Major Jacob
L. Devers, of the training section of
the office of Chief of Field Artillery,
Washington, came here Wednesday.
Major Devers was shown over the
field artillery facilities here by Major
John T. Kennedy, commandant and
head professor of military science
and tactics.
He came to Auburn by automobile
from Ft. Benning, Ga., Wednesday
morning, where he is this week ob­serving
the field artillery and annual
military maneuvers.
Hugh W. Ellis was elected presi­dent
of the Inter-fraternity Council
during the election which followed
their annual banquet held at the Cle­ments
Hotel in Opelika on Monday
night. The other officers elected were
Louis Gholston, vice-president, and'
John T; Harris, secretary and treas­urer.
Ellis is a student in Architecture
who has received quite a number of
honors during this year, being a mem­ber
of Spades, Omicron Delta Kappa,
Blue Key, and Scabbard and Blade.
He is also Editor-in-Chief of the
Glomerata.
This year's banquet was one of the
For most successful that the Inter-fratern­ity
Council has had, and it was at­tended
by about eighty-eight Greek
letter men. A delightful dinner was
served during which several interest­ing
talks were delivered. The speak­ers
were Dr. Knapp, Professor Rob­inson,
Bill Myrick, the retiring presi­dent,
Carl Schlich, and several other
retiring members.
Myrick expressed his appreciation
for the cooperation which he has re­ceived
during the time that he was
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Seven juniors were elected to mem­bership
in Omicron Delta Kappa, na­tional
honorary fraternity, at their
annual spring election which was held
Thursday night. Those honored by
election were John R. Farris, J. Roy
Wilder, Joe E. Jenkins, Garland M.
Beard, Nat Waller, Frank A. Camp­bell
and Jack F. Turner. The other
three juniors, J. D. Bush, Sam Fort,
and Joe Plant were elected earlier in
the year.
John Farris, a member of the
Theta Chi fraternity, is the newly
elected Editor-in-Chief of the Glom­erata
for next year.
Roy Wilder, a Phi Kappa Delta, is
the Business Manager-elect of the
Plainsman and a member of Scabbard
and Blade.
Joe E. Jenkins, who is a Pi Kappa
Alpha, is Historian of his class, en­rolled
in Pre-Law.
Garland Beard, a junior in Busi­ness
Administration, is one of Coach
HutselPs mainstays on the track and
a member of the Alpha Tau Omega
fraternity.
Nat Waller, a Kappa Alpha enrolled
in Business Administration, is a mem­ber
of Scabbard and Blade.
Frank Campbell is a member of
S.A.E. and is taking a general course.
Jack Turner, an Alpha Gamma Rho,
is a junior in Chemical Engineering,
a member of Tau Beta Pi, and Phi
Delta Gamma.
Omicron Delta Kappa is an honor­ary
fraternity for men who are out­standing
in academic work, extra cur­ricula
activities, and athletics.
Engineers' Club To
Hold Election Mon.
Officers of the Engineers' Club for
the coming year will be elected Mon­day
night at a smoker called for 7
o'clock in the auditorium of Broun
Hall."
J. A. Willman, president of the
club, in making the announcement is
urging all engineersvpn the campus to
be present at this meeting.
TEXTILE STUDENTS ARE
ADDRESSED BY PALMER
Students and Officials From
Nearby Mills Hear Speech of
Research Worker
EXAMINATIONS FOR SENIORS
SCHEDULED TO START MAY 7
The schedule of final examinations
for seniors was announced today by
B. L. Shi, registrar. He calls atten­tion
to the following facts:
Early examinations for seniors shall
apply to all candidates for graduation
in May or August in all of their sub­jects,
and to all students taking senior
subjects (400 numbers or for Archi-ture
500 numbers).
From the above it will be observed
that students who are not candidates
for graduation in May or August
will not take early examinations in
other than senior subjects. Alphabet­ical
lists of candidates for graduation
in May and August will be supplied.
Special attention is also called to
the following regulations: A final
semester examination will be given
in every subject, and the official ex­amination
schedule will be strictly
adhered to by everyone. In the inter­est
of uniformity, changes from the
official schedule will be by consent of
the Executive Council only.
Examinations begin on Thursday,
May 7, and continue through the fol­lowing
Thursday, May 14. The sched­ule
will be announced in The Plains­man
on Wednesday, April 29.
Auburn students studying textile
engineering and a number of textile
officials, in this vicinity attended a
lecture on efficiency in mill operation
delivered Wednesday afternoon by
Albert Palmer, research department
head with Crompton-Knowles Loom
Works of Worcester, Mass.
Mr. Palmer, who spoke in Ramsay
Engineering Hall, discussed costs and
their relationship to loom operation,
design and operating characteristics
of modern weaving machinery, and
the fundamental principles of loom
engineering. The lecture was illus­trated
with numerous slides showing
data and pictures used in his re­searches.
Mr. Palmer has worked out
a standard method of measuring the
efficiency of cloth manufacture.
Prof. E. W. Camp, head of the Au­burn
school of textile engineering, ex­pressed
the hope that many mill of­ficials
in Alabama and Georgia will
avail themselves of the opportunity of
hearing various textile authorities
who come to Auburn from time to
time. It is his desire that the Auburn
textile school will be of maximum ser­vice
to- all those interested in the
manufacture of textiles.
Margaret Lawrenz Is
Awarded Fellowship
Miss Margaret Lawrenz, who will
receive her B. S. in chemical engi­neering
from Auburn this June, has
been awarded a special departmental
fellowship in bio-chemistry at Emory
University, Atlanta, Ga., for next
year.
The fellowship amounts to five
hundred dollars. Miss Lawrenz's
home is in Elberta, Ala.
X.
PAGE TWO
THE PLAINSMAN SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1931
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 ~~ j~ Editor-in-Chief
Charles S. Davis Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Thomas P. Brown Associate Editor
Robert L. Hume Associate Editor
Victor White — Managing Editor
Claude Currey News Editor
J. W. Letson — News Editor
Alan Troup Composing Editor
C. F. Simmons Composing Editor
Adrian Taylor Sports Editor
Murff Hawkins Exchange Editor
K. M. McMillan -—Literary Editor
A. C. Cohen Contributing Editor
V. J. Kjellman Contributing Editor
C. E. Mathews Contributing Editor
H. W. Moss Contributing Editor
REPORTERS
Horace Shepard, '34 Otis Spears, '34
Frank Keller, '34 R. E. Hodnette, '34
N. D. Thomas, '33
BUSINESS STAFF
Virgil Nunn Asst. Business Mgr.
Ben Mabson Advertising Manager
Roy Wilder Circulation Manager
James Backes Asso. Advertising Mgr.
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Charles Adams, '34 W. S, Pope, '34
L. E. Sellers, '34
CONGRATULATION, R. O. T. C. UNIT
For the twelfth consecutive year the
R. O. T. C. Unit at Auburn has re­ceived
the highest rating that the War
Department of the United States can
give to a student military organization.
The unit may be highly complimented
for the splendid showing it made be­fore
the Federal inspectors this week.
The authorities report .Jthat Auburn
has again received an unusually high
rating, and we may well be proud of
the unit.
Auburn is one of a very few insti­tutions
in the country having a mili­tary
unit that has won this distinction
for this length of time. This distinc­tion
has been won under the able lead­ership
of Major John T. Kennedy, and
a great deal of the credit is due to him
and his staff.
The visiting officers were very much
impressed by the military bearing, the
thorough discipline, and the fine spirit
of the R. O. T. C. personnel. It was
only through the cooperation of the
students and the untiring work of the
officers that Auburn has again secured
this honor, and the showing made by
the local unit is worthy of every com­mendation
for its splendid work.
Although Auburn has long maintain­ed
an enviable position in R. O. T. C.
work, and has received an advanced
rating for several years, there has been
evidence of progress at each Federal in­spection.
This is clearly indicated by
the fact that the unit received excel­lent
in twenty-eight of the thirty-four
subjects as compared with thirteen last
year.
It is with a feeling of pride that The
Plainsman takes this opportunity to
congratulate the local unit for the honor
it has brought upon itself and upon
the school as a whole. The inspection
was very thorough, and the visiting
officers were immensely pleased by the
military effectiveness of the unit.
Since Major Kennedy will not be at
Auburn next year, this is probably the
last Federal inspection to be witnessed
by him here. His record here has been
an enviable one, and Auburn regrets
very much the loss of a leader who
has contributed so much to place the
local organization at the top.
A TRIBUTE
The practice of distributing bouquets
is one usually practiced at and after
funerals. We are too prone to neglect
this would-be phase of life (or death,
perhaps!) until all real benefits there­by
are confiscated. Why not bolt the
common custom more often, and step
boldly forward with our ware while
they may prove beneficial to the re­ceiver?
For this, seemingly, will fit
far better into the program of useful­ness;
and what have we contributed to
the world when our entire life is spent
without aiding our fellow-men?
Not as a reflection to the man men­tioned,
by the preceding remarks, or
as a boast of any perfectness in us,
we humbly and truthfully offer the
following to a man of our institution
who has proven himself far more wor­thy
of any complimentary remark we
can offer. Believing that the above
doctrine is true, we offer this feeble
contribution as an intended bouquet
far before the end of the way is reach­ed.
Mr. P. 0. Davis, present head of the
department of Public Information and
for a number of years agricultural
editor here, is the man to whom we
refer. Bigger men there are, and have
been, but probably no one man at pres­ent
radiates a stronger influence for
the college of Auburn than Mr.
Davis . . . .
Being at the helm of the college pub­lications
here, guiding more or less
their policies for good, and distributor
of news of every nature concerning
Auburn, Mr. Davis favorably presents
our institution to the entire Southland.
Daily moulding in the minds of the peo­ple
of the states and South at large
ideas and opinions that mean more to
Auburn than any other one thing, ex=
cepting only the influence of students
and graduates, he contributes to us as
students, and to the progress of the
land as a whole in a manner immeas­urable.
Who has done more—who could
do more?
As a man, Mr. Davis ranks with the
best. Perhaps the best short descrip­tion
of him is 'contained in a remark
made by one of his employees recently,
"Mr. Davis is a princely fellow." This
he is, in the fullest sense of the expres­sion.
And for fear of belittling his true
status as a real gentleman, with few
words we will not attempt to further
personify him here.
As a man, as a personality, as a
worker and contributor to the welfare
of the college and people at large, Mr.
Davis ranks among the best . . . .
(Editor's Note: The above is a reprint.
We are offering it as a tribute to Mr. Davis
inasmuch as it voices the sentiments of
all students who have been fortunate enough
to come in contact with him. It expresses,
particularly, the way in which Mr. Davis
is regarded by members of the staffs of
undergraduate publications.)
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By Bradford Knapp
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Book Review
THE ASSASSINATED POET
By Guillaume Appollinaire
Translated by Mathew Josephson
Brentano's: New York
Guillaume Appollinaire's Assassinated
Poet is not, strictly speaking, a new book,
for it was printed in Paris in 1916. Nev­ertheless,
a complete translation into Eng­lish
has only recently been made. There
were several reasons for the delay, the chief
one being that the navel contained almost
twenty pages written in a psuedo-Polish
argot which defied a rendering into the
American tongue. When I attempted to
read some selected passages which appeared
in the Revue de Deux Mondes two years
ago I immediately became confused. The
language was as foreign to my Vendeean
French as the speech of the^Lanca'shire-man
to the cockney coster. Only in the
last year has a key been worked out which
permitted an understandable version.
The hero, if so he may be called, of The
Assassinated Poet is Croniamantal, for the
honor of whose birth one hundred and
twenty-three cities in seven countries con­tend.
Croniamantal is afflicted with fugue,
both physical and mental, and spends most
of his time wandering from Jack's Ameri­can
Bar to Tony's U. S. Cocktail Hangout
to Bill's Brandy Saloon ad infinitum thru
the entire list of tourist sucker joints. He
scribbles poetry on cafe walls and conducts
himself like a spoiled kid generally. Poetic
justice overtakes him when he comes to an
appropriate, if untimely end at the hands
of a mob incited by a fanatical Austra­lian
inventor, Horace Tograth, leader of
the world-wide program against poets. On­ly
after Croniamantal's death does his poe­try
become famous. The walls upon which
he wrote are framed in glass and display­ed
to an admiring audience. Restaurants,
streets, and even a city are named for
Croniamantal. He is famous, one of the
greatest poets of all time.
Upon this simple, hackneyed basis, Ap-ollinaire
has constructed an interesting and
intriguing book. I am inclined to the be­lief
that Apollinaire has created a poet in
his own extravagant likeness and set him
before an enlarging convex mirror to serve
as the hero of a burlesqued spic. The dust
jacket of the book inquired: "Faut-il Fusil­ier
les Dadaistes?" Perhaps it would be
a good idea.—W.
Vienna, with a population of 1,860,000 is
the largest city in the world under social­ist
government.
Every nation's religion is as good as
any other.—Mahatma Ghandi.
The great end of life is not knowledge
but action.—Thomas Huxley.
The truly civilized man has no enemies.
—Charles F. Dole.
Fifty-two dances were held in one week
on the Oregon Campus.
In returning from
the meeting of the
Association of Colleg­iate
Schools of Archi-
•
tecture and American
Institute of Archi­tects
at San Antonio,
Texas, Dean Biggin
reports that Mr. Will
Warren of the firm
of Warren, Knight and Davis, Birmingham,
who graduated from this institution, made
one of the outstanding speeches of the oc­casion.
Dean Biggin describes it as an
"impassioned" address and says it was fol­lowed
by prolonged applause. It attracted
the attention of the entfre Association to
Alabama. It is a great thing to hear of
the fine work of graduates who are develop­ing
so wonderfully in this great field.
* * * * *
The military inspection on Monday and
Tuesday made by two officers of the Unit­ed
States Army, Major N. P. Morrow, rep­resenting
the Field Artillery, and who was
chief inspecting officers, and Major Robt.
A. Sharrar, for the Engineering Unit, was
a delightful affair in every way. The R.
O. T. C. Units put on the best review and
inspection I have seen since I have been in
Auburn. I want to very greatly compli­ment
the attitude of the students in enter­ing
this inspection and doing the work nec­essary
to show the inspecting officers their
proficiency. There was something about
it far beyond the mere formality of the
occasion. The spirit and attitude of the
students engaged in the inspection was one
of the finest things I have seen in a long
time. The willingness to put forth their
best effort, the anxious attitude of doing
their best and perfecting every detail of
the things they were set to do was a source
of comment on the part of the inspecting
officers. The result is that Auburn will
again rank as a "distinguished school" with
the highest rating of "Excellent". For this
fine showing we are all of us under great
obligation to the student members of the
ROTC as well as to the splendid services
of Major Kennedy and his fellow officers
of the regular army stationed at Auburn.
* * * * *
Remember that April 27 is Confederate
Memorial Day. The exercises will be late
in the afternoon. I think there is one thing
that this generation owes to the genera­tion
that is gone and that is at least re­membrance
and reverance. In that spirit
I hope Langdon Hall will be filled by those
of you who want to pay tribute to the gen­eration
that is fast pasing. Hon. Lister
Hill, the speaker, is a member of Congress
and one of our most eloquent Alabamians.
* * * * *
The very gracious invitation for this in­stitution
to be represented at the Centen­nial
Anniversary of the University of Ala­bama
has been received and we shall be
very happy to be there. The University
of Alabama has had a long and noteworthy
career full of history, tragedy, and accom­plishment.
I am sure all Alabama ought
to take^ pride in celebrating this rounding
out of a full one hundred years of service.
* * * * * ,
I cannot refrain from speaking of the
fine appearance, the wholesome good fel­lowship,
the clean and alert faces, and the
earnest devotion of the fellows compos­ing
the Inter-Fraternity Council at their
banquet on Monday night. It was a pleas­ure
to be with them and to realize how
loyally and splendidly they are supporting
the whole program of Auburn.
* * * * *
Commencement ought to be a great oc­casion
this year. Honorable Wm. M. ("Bil­ly")
Williams, one of the most distinguish­ed
graduates of this Institution, is to de­liver
the alumni address. A splendid por­trait
of Dr. Ross is to be presented to the
institution. Dr. W. R. Hendrix from Bir­mingham,
who is one of the most disting­uished
Methodist Pastors of this state, is
to preach the baccalaureate sermon. We
have invited Major General F. R. McCoy,
Commander of the Fourth Corps Area, to
be present and assist at the annual review
and conferring of military honors. And
last, but by no means least, we have been
able to secure a distinguished statesman
as commencement speaker in the person
of the United States Senator Joe T. Rob­inson
of Arkansas. Senator Robinson was
former Governor of Arkansas and holds an
honorary doctor's degree from the Univer­sity
of Arkansas. He has had a long and
distinguished career in the House and the
Senate of the United States. He was can­didate
for Vice-President on the Democrat­ic
ticket at the election of 1928 and was
a member of the London Naval Treaty of
1930.
Vice President Curtis, who celebrated his
71st birthday Jan. 25' has spent more than
half of his life in Congress.
There is no great genius without a tinc­ture
of madness.—Seneca.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS -:-
They called the little girl Temperance—she keeps liqour down so well.
* * * * * * * *
We have heard a great deal of talk about cleaning up the stuff that goes on
behind the footlights. Why not investigate what goes on behind the head lights.
* * * * * * * *
The trouble with strip poker is that a girl can seldom cover her losses.
* * * * * . * * * « #
Lady Godiva must have been a race track fan since she put everything she
had on a horse.
* * * . * * * * *
LOUIS GHOLSTON is suffering from a severe attack of indigestion follow­ing
the Inter-Fraternity Council banquet. He attributes his illness to the failure
to remove the peas from their cases.
* * * * * * * *
The newer models -of automobiles have two speeds. One for the judge and
one for the road.
* * * * * * * *
The motorist was busily engaged with a spade in the mud beside his car when
a stranger hailed him.
"Stuck in the mud?" he asked.
"Oh, no!" he replied cheerily. "My engine died here and I am digging a grave
for it."
* * * * * * * *
Our idea of a good town is one that has more houses than filling stations.
* * * * * * * *
Which is the most uncertain, a woman's mind or a grapefruit squirt?
* * * * * * * *
"A farmer once called his cow "Zephyr"
She seemed such an amiable hephyr;
When the farmer drew near,
She kicked off his ear, •"
And now the farmer's much dephyr."
* * * * * * * *
Who was the bright young student of American Government who wanted to
know the name of the college where they counted the electorial votes?
* * * * * * * *
We have often heard of orchestras leaving a dance hall, but a little tale that
we were recently told is a new one to us. It was the first time that an orchestra
played such a high grade of music that the presence of the members was no longer
desired.
It seems as though JEFF MILLER, MAX BRADLEY, and RALPH McKIN-NON,
all faithful musicians, claiming Auburn as their residence at the present time
were members of a musical aggregation dispensing notes and chords at a recent
dance at Shawmut.
They were playing along merrily until someone decided that opera music
didn't sound so hot at a dance, and so they were invited to make their presence
scarce.
They are thinking very seriously of going on the air soon and broadcast some
of their symphony music. Tune in! ,
AND HOW
Ironic enough is the situation, that was
created recently at the University of Min­nesota
when a student received his grades
for work done in the fall quarter. The
student rated thirteen hours of "B" in the
report, and two hours of "F."
The sole failure was in a course by the
Psychology department, and is entitled,
"How to Study." Probably the student is
not following the instructions of the dear
professor in this particular course. There­fore,
he is a failure. But, if he was only
failing in thirteen hours and passing the
two hours in "How to Study", well that
would be nice. *
* * * * *
BRAINS AND MONEY
Reading one of the letters to the editor,
printed in the Howard Crimson, and taking
a portion thereof, it appears thus-and-so:
"Howard College is an IDEAL and
MODEL school, considering it from the
hanging plaster, which is found in every
school, to the Gjminasium, which every
school does not possess. I KNOW whereof
I speak, so let's stop groaning and grin.
"As for the 'consolidation!' We would
not mix. Birmingham-Southern has the
money and our dear Alma Mater has the
brains. Money and brains result in 'doity
woik,' so let's just be happy .'"
No doubt the Birmingham-Southern back­ers
got quite a kick out of reading the
above mentioned letter.
* * * * *
YOU ARE SLEEPING TOO MUCH
According to Dr. Wilson A. Allen, of
Rochester, who says that he has not slept
for than four hours out of the 24 in 58
years, says the average man sleeps entire­ly
too much, and four hours' sleep each
night is a plenty.
Since he celebrated his"~97th birthday, his
argument was not disputed by reporters who
like to spend a good share of their time
snoozing at the police station.
The doctor recommends the four hours
sleep for business and professional men.
Those who work with their bodies may
need more, he admits. Not a word was
mentioned about students being able to get
by on four hours sleep though, was there?
Someone just misinformed our faculty
members—too bad. »
* * * * *
DISSATISFIED PUPILS KILL PRO­FESSOR
Warsaw.—Dissatisfaction with the marks
on their Easter report cards lead a group
of high school pupils in the town of Bel-chatow
to attack Professor Chodzko and
beat him so severely that he died in a local
hospital.
Professor Chodzko was well known as
an author of pedagogical works. Two
youths have been arrested.—Emory Wheel.
Just an old Belchatowianski custom we'd
say. We must at least admire them for
their spirit.
* * * * *
SUCH A ROUGH GAME
Emory and Georgia Tech met upon the
field on competition recently in a balloon-busting
meet. The Emory balloon-busters,
swamped the University of Georgia and
Georgia Tech teams with apparently neg-legible
effort in the state inter-collegiate
balloon-blowing tournament, conducted at
the Georgia State College of Agriculture
in Athens, Ga.
The ten-round bout was sponsored by the
social committee of the state YMCA-YWCA
conference, which met at Camp Wilkins
April 10-12.
" 'Coughing' Kennedy Nahas, reputed to
be one of the greatest hot air experts in
the south, blew in for third place. 'Dopey
Duke' Richardson, big daddy rabbit on the
Georgia puffers, exploded for second."
Ye great sports writers throughout old
ye land take note of ye big contest just
contested. Don't let these schools become
too rough and trample on the rights of
Bob Jones' College.
< * * * **
TOUGH LUCK
One of the fraternity houses down at
Tulane was scheduled to be sold on Monday,
April 13th for unpaid taxes for 1928, but
was halted when the fraternity filed suit
in Civil District Court for a wirt of in­junction
to restrain the city from selling
the property.
This particular fraternity contended that
it is a part of Tulane university in that it
is used for Tulane students exclusively,
and is controlled by the Tulane faculty.
"The fraternity is a non-trading corpo­ration
organized for charitable and fratern­al
purposes, 'for the promotion of moral
and social culture of its members and to
aid in establishing friendly relations be­tween
colleges and universities of the Unit­ed
States,' " the petition said.
One of Louisiana's articles, which was
adopted in 1921, exempts such corporations
from taxation. Therefore, they should es­cape
the butcher's knife.
* * * * *
OH DEAN
Dean Mandell of Yale claims that the
extinction of group singing, so popular dur­ing
the last decade, may be laid to the abo­lition
of the oldtime beer gardens. And
how we would love for those group singings
to start again.
* * * * *
THESE DEANS
The dean of women at the University
Minnesota has proposed a time clock for
co-eds going out on dates. Space would be
left on the card to place the name of the
fellow, the occasion, and other desired in­formation.
That would be nice.
EDITOR'S NOTE.—Just an old pinch
hitter striking out—forgive me.
OUa Podrida
By Chariot
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in
this column are not necessarily the editorial
ooinions of this paper. It is a column of personal
comment, and is not to be read as an expression
of our editorial policy.
* * * * *
X stands for the unknown; no wonder
'leggers label their stuff triple-and quad-ruple-
X.
* * * * *
Kid Birdsong, that promising, though
round-heeled, lightweight contender for the
championship of East Thach, issued an uni­que
statements this afternoon.
"That Dutch comedian, Max Schm'eling,
ain't nowheres near my record," boasted
the Keed. "He's only a champ in 32 states;
but I'm a bum in 48."
* * * * *
Would the radio sopranos, tenors, mu­sicians
and speakers sing, play ai d talk
with such confidence if they knew what
some of their listeners were doing at thi
moment? Would a well-bred society colo­ratura
be able to, get the right amount of
push into an aria if she knew that a truck-driver
was taking his semi-annual bath
while listening in?
Here are a few suggested radio pastimes:
Brushing teeth with plain soap and wa­ter
to Amos 'n Andy
Spanking little Billy to the tune of "Son­ny
Boy"
Peeling onions as the band plays "Tears
in My Eyes.
Whiskbrooming the mattress while Rudy
Vallee croons "The Little Things in Life"
Kicking best girl in face, suggested by
dramatic elocutionist reciting "Boots."
Mixing Tom-and-Jerries during address
by member of Anti-Saloon League.
* * * * *
The conductor of this column offers a
i prize of thirty unused Rurianian stamps
to the first person who sends the correct
answers to the following questions, accom­panying
his list with a Corona-Corona u
Why is Edmund Lowe?
Why is Flying High?
Why is Frances Upton?
When it's so much nicer?
Downtown? .
* * * * *
With nothing official to substantiate it,
the belief now is that Macfadden will
switch the Liberty title to one of his lurid
story periodicals of a higher retail price.
The nickel magazine field is believed to be
too well covered; in fact the Patterson-
McCormick interests which formerly con­trolled
Liberty dropped over twenty millions
on the mag's nose in five years.
Judge Parker, the person who was once
mentioned for the Supreme Court Bench,
recently made a speech in which he spoke
of a "Brand of Patriotism . . . shorn of
pyrotechnics."
If the learned judge had been referring
to the sane Fourth of July, the suggested,
image of a perfectly bald Independence
Day would have been an amusing one. But
he was not. Neither was he speaking of
a red-headed Ulsterman undergoing a hair­cut.
To murder the King's English is a crime
—an unspeakable crime, and for a Justice
to even assault it is very naughty.
Whatever the learned Judge meant, I
feel it my duty to rescue this wold flower
of rhetoric from the rather commonplace
speech on whose desert air it is wasting its
sweetness.
It is such a speech as this that makes
the movies popular among intelligent peo­ple.
An oil company has been distributing
booklets here which describe petroleum and
its many uses and calls it "the husband of
necessity." That's good enough; but what
puzzles me is the direct inference that crude
oil, therefore, must be the father of inven­tion.
—
BARROOM BALLADS
By HIC-HIC
GOODBYE HAPPY "DAZE"
Goodbye pals and the Profs I know,
At the Auburn Village fair,
Fond rememberances of the years ago,
Of the campus life, and I love them so,
With these none can compare.
I bid farewell to the college "daze",
And the gay old life of fun.
To the senior class with vacant gaze,
At the Prof on his line of A. C. phase,
And the dumb decrease by one.
O
LOVE ET CETERA ~"
Oh lovely girl with raven hair,
My mind is in a whirl. •
You taught me how to love, to care,
You are so sweet, you are so fair,
You are the ideal girl.
The dearest girl that I have met,
On journeys far and near.
The girl that I cannot forget,
The girl I love so much, an yet,
You are some other's dear.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1931 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
COLLEGE STUDENT IS
JAILED IN MEMPHIS AS
COMMUNIST SUSPECT
Memphis, Tenn. — ( I P )— Henry
Fuller, a college «textbook salesman,
a student at the University of North
Carolina and a former student at
the Sorbonne in Paris, is threatening
to sue Memphis police authorities
for putting him in jail recently on
the suspicion that he was a "red."
Police Commissioner Clifford Davis
said Fuller was held incommunicado
for 36 hours and without a charge
because police were convinced he
was a Communist when he walked
into central police headquarters and
asked to be directed to the Com­munist
party's office.
"I wasn't a Communist when I
went in," said Fuller, "but I am
almost one now."
"Memphis police," Davis said,
"have been instructed to lock up
anyone who shows communistic ten­dencies.
We are not going to allow
un-American, communist groups to
get a hold in our city."
Fuller said he had asked police to
direct him to Communist headquart­ers
because he wished to find an ac­quaintance,
Prof. Horace B. Davis,
former member of the Southwestern
College faculty here.
Prof. Davis, his wife and a Com­munist
organizer were jailed last
spring and left the city after police
banned their call of a public mass
meeting. Prof. Davis said he was
not a Communist.
BUSINESS WOMEN'S CLUB OFFICERS
INSTALLED AT RECENT CEREMONY
Installation services of new Busi­ness
and Professional Women's club
officers were held at 7:30 Sunday
morning with a picnic breakfast in
the stretch of woods near the col­lege
dairy barns. With an impressive
candle ceremony, the following of­ficers
were installed:
Miss Alma Lamar, president; Miss
Virginia Igou, vice-president; Mrs.
Annie Jones, recording secretary;
Miss Jessie Aycock, corresponding
secretary; Miss Edith Slights, treas­urer.
Chairmen of standing committees
are Miss Berta Dunn, news editor;
Miss Mary Beasley, publicity; Miss
Virginia Igou; program; Miss Bert
Newton, membership; Mrs. Myrtle
L. Good, finance, Miss Mary E. Mar­tin,
legislation; Mrs. Sara McDon­ald,
health; Miss Farley Lee, inter­national
relations; Miss Dalene Jet­er,
Pratt Memorial; Mrs.-Annie Belle
Stearns, transportation; Miss Mildred
Hanson, recreation; Miss Lona Turn­er,
research; Miss Jewel Davis, musi­cian;
and Mrs. Ella Jo Nickel, public
relations.
Four members of the club will at­tend
the State Convention at Gads­den,
April 27 and 28. They are
Miss Mary E. Martin, Miss Edith
Sleights, Mrs. Annie B. Stearns, and
Mrs. Elba Wicker.
This meeting marked the close of
the club's second year. The Au­burn
club has participated in many
projects for community service, in­cluding
social affairs, attendance of
Auburn members at functions of
other clubs and cooperation with or­ganizations
of various types have
promoted good will as well as defi­nite
accomplishments, radio pro­grams,
observance of Education
Week, Thrift Week and National B.
& P. W. Week.
The club has grown steadily dur­ing
the two years of its organization,
and the outgoing officers have done
splendid work to promote the club.
The new officers step into place with
enthusiasm and are already pre­paring
plans for another busy year.
HATCHING OF THREE
AMERICAN EAGLE EGGS
CONSIDERED MARVEL
It is difficult to conceive of any
condition that would be better than
prohibition—William R. Hearst.
Boys! If you Eat
M E A T
Buy it from your
Friends
MOORE'S MARKET
—Phone 3 7—
FLOWER SHOW SPONSORED BY
WOMAN'S CLUB BE HELD MAY 1-2
The Flower Show sponsored by
the Civics Department of the Au
burn Woman's Club will be held on
May 1 and 2 at the Baptist Church
Any resident of Auburn may enter
an exhibit, and nearby communities
and commercial florists have also
been invited to enter special exhibits
All exhibitors must bring their
contributions and arrange their own
exhibitJjy 11 a. m. Friday, May 1;
No charge will be made for enter­ing
exhibits. Those wishing to enter
group 13, "The Most Artistic Center­piece,"
must reserve space by April
25, by telephoning Mrs. W. A. Ruf
fin.
Flowers will be classified under the
following groups:
Roses
Group 1. Finest Rose, one blos-
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THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES
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THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES
som:
Class 1, red; Class 2, pink; Class
3, yellow; Class 4, white; Class 5,
variegated.
Group 2, Finest climbing, one
spray:
Class 1, red; class 2, pink; class 3,
yellow; class 4, white.
Group 3, Collection of roses, Six:
Class 1, red; class 2, pink;- class
3, yellow; class 4, white; class 5,
variegated.
Group 4, Finest collection of roses
mixed colors.
Group 5, Finest collection of
climbing roses, mixed colors.
Iris
Group 6, Any variety except Span­ish:
Class 1, Finest collection of one
color, white, blue, yellow, or bronze.
Class 2, Finest collection, mixed
colors.
Class 3, Finest single stalk, any
color.
Group 7—Spanish Iris:
Class 1, Finest collection, white,
blue or yellow. ^
Group 2, Finest collection, mixed
colors.
Group 3, Finest single stalk, any
color.
Group 8, Flowering shrub or tree,
any variety.
Group 9, Honeysuckle, any variety.
Group 10, Perennials, collections.
Class 1, Coreposis.
Class 2, Poppies.
Class 3, Sweet William, mixed.
Class 4, Sweet william, one va­riety.
Class 5, Pinks.
Class 6, Any flower not named.
Class 7, mixed varieties.
Class 8, Snap Dragons, mixed.
' Class 9, Snap Dragons, any one
color.
Class 10, Lillies.
Class 11, Larkspur, Perennial.
Class 12, Phlox "
Group 11—Annuals—Collections,
Class 1, Corn flowers.
Class 2, Larkspur-annual.
Class 3, Pansies.
Class 4, Candytuft.
Class 5, Phlox-annual.
Class 6, Gaillardia.
Class 7, Sweet peas.
Class 8, Any flowers not named.
Class 9, Finest collection of an­nuals.
Group 12—Children's exhibits.
Class 1, Wild flowers.
Class 2, Garden flowers.
Group 13—Most artistic center­piece.
Each exhibitor In this group
must furnish table, cover, and the
table appointments, classifying in his
exhibit and being responsible for
same.
Group 14—Largest individual col­lection.
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Group 15—Finest collection of
Peonies.
Group 16—Finest Peony, o ne
blossom. Class 1, red; class 2,
white; class 3, pink.
Group 17—Finest s i x peonies
same color. Class 1, red; class 2,
white; class 3, pink.
Cleveland, 0.—(IP)—Hailed as
ornithological marvels, three Ameri­can
eagles, hatched within the last
few days at the biological laboratory
of Western Reserve University, are
just beginning to open their eyes,
oblivious to their importance.
The eagles, believed to be the only
ones ever hatched in captivity, are
being studied by Francis H. Herrick,
professor emeritus of biology and au­thority
on the life and habits of the
American or bald eagle.
The eagle eggs were taken from a
nest in Canada and brought to Cleve­land
about three weeks ago. Two
hens, after much cajoling, were per­suaded
to sit on the eggs in relays.
All three eggs hatched out within a
week.
The eagles are 'how in what sci­entists
call the "natal down" stage.
Instead of feathers their only cov­ering
is a grayish fuzz, relieved by
small spots of white down. The beak
is curved and has a small hook at­tached.
This hook is called the egg
spur and is used for cutting the shell
when the eagle leaves the egg. It
sheds the spur after three or four
days.
According to Prof. Herrick, eagles
have never before been observed
emerging from the egg. Science has
never had eagles in captivity less
than 15 days old before.
The eagle's eyes are tightly closed
when it comes into the world. They,
open gradually, but aren't of much
use for 48 hours. Three days after
birth the eagle stands on its legs
and supports itself by plalnting both
wings firmly on the ground. It of­ten
keels over and bumps its head.
Twice Prof. Herrick has tried to
hatch eagle eggs in an incubator,
but both attempts were unsuccess­ful.
He doesn't know why, but sus­pects
there wasn't enough moisture.
Now that these* eagles are success­fully
hatched, Prof. Herrick will have
complete data on eagle life from
birth to the time of flight. After
he has assembled the data and writ­ten
several magazine articles he will
write a book about eagles.
AUBURN HI NOTES
TELEPHONE MESSAGE
FROM CHICAGO POLICE
CHIEF AMUSES LONDON
London— (IP)— This city is still
laughing over a trans-Atlantic tele­phone
interview with Chief of Po­lice
Aloock, of Chicago, published by
the Herald the morning of the Chi­cago
election.
"There ain't going to be any kil­lings
in Chicago tomorrow," the Lon­don
paper quoted the Chicago police
chief as saying. "Al Capone don't
run this city. There ain't any Ca-ponefcsyndicate
here.
"In fact, there ain't any crime in
Chicago; it's a clean city—the clean­est
in the" world."
The chief went on:
"Do you think you could get your
King George to send Big Bill a mes­sage?
Mr. Thompson is friendly to
your king and wants to help him.
King George could do Bill a lot of
good, and he wants his help."
London is wondering if Big Bill
is laying his defeat to a lack of co­operation
from the British throne.
On the day after the election all
London papers published telephone
interviews with Anthony Cermak, the
successful Chicago candidate.
At the weekly meeting of the Hi-Y
club the following officers were
chosen for next year: president,
Bobbie Blake; vice-president, James
Moore; secretary, Bruce MeGehee;
treasurer, Glenn Smith.
—0—
Monday afternoon, April 13, the
ostudents of Auburn High enjoyed
a talk on the Senate by Senator Hugo
Black. His talk was very interesting
and was filled with things which
were new and entertaining to the
hearers.
—0—
The Home Economics classes are
busy now making school dresses of
cotton prints. When these dresses
are finished, the students will have a
fashion show.
—0—
The Jr. I class had charge of the
chapel program last Monday. Macon
Ellis was the leader and Ted Pen­nington
read the Bible. A scene
from "Little Women" was given by
the following girls: Kay Kennedy,
Madeline Breedlove, 41ary Banks
Franklin, Frances Smyer, Hazel
Avery, and Frances Wilson, and an­other
play, "Gossip", was given by
Icannaci Dramatic Club.
—0—
The students of Auburn high were
requested to write an essay on
Thomas Jefferson on his birthday,
April 13. Several students entered
the contest and their papers showed
that they had done quite a lot of
studying. The English teachers act­ed
as judges and awarded the prize
to Eleanor Scott.
—0—
Elizabeth Campbell of the Sr. I
class spent the week-end in Monte-vallo
attending the annual high
school musical contest. It was a very
interesting trip.
—0—
Friday night, the students of Au­burn
were entertained at the high
school with a party. In addition to
dancing, the students who could not
dance had several games planned for
them. Delicious refreshments were
prepared by the social committee.
—0—•
The Physics class has been testing
thermometers in the laboratory. Each
member of the class had the privi­lege
of bringing a thermometer from
home to be tested for inaccuracy.
Likewise, thermometers owned by the
school were used. For each ther­mometer
tested, which meant find­ing
the freezing points by placing it
in chipped ice, and the boiling point
by placing it in steam with a pres­sure
of 7 Ce, correction were made
on a graft. Thus by using the chart
with its thermometer the correct
temperature could be found even tho
the thermometer itself was slightly
incorrect.
"HUNK" ANDERSON,
NOTRE DAME COACH,
WAS GREAT LINESMAN
STUDENTS STUDY BONES
Bryan, O.—(IP)—Students here
are studying two bushels of bones
dug up in a swamp by ditch diggers
in the belief that they are the bones
of a huge mastodon. Excavation
has been stopped while Ohio State
and University of Michigan authori­ties
investigate.
South Bend, Ind. —(IP)—Heart-ley
(Hunk) Anderson, who-has been
selected as acting head coach at
Notre Dame following the death of
Rockne, came to Notre Dame from
Calumet, Mich., in 1918 with the im­mortal
George Gipp and X). J. Lar­son.
He became a regular guard in
1919 and served three years.
While he did not reach sensational
heights on the gridiron he was con­sidered
by Rockne as one of the"
greatest of Notre Dame's linemen.
His spirit and capacity for work ap­pealed
to Rockne, and when he grad­uated,
Rockne made him head line
coach.
He remained with Notre Dame un­til
the 1928 football season, when
he went to St. Louis University as
head coach. He remained there two
seasons, but last year, when Tom
Lieb resigned to go to Loyola in
California, Anderson returned to his
alma mater.
The huge factor which the Notre
Dame line made of itself last season
was a tribute to the ability of Ander-
So teach us to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts to wis­dom.—
King David. •
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STEPPING INTO A MODERN WORLD
state athletic commission and to pay
a 5 per cent tax on their gate re­ceipts,
it was announced recently by
the boxing commission.
Affected colleges include the Uni­versity
of Pennsylvania, Penn State
College, Temple University, Buck-ness,
Lafayette, Lehigh, and others.
STUDENTS MUST SECURE
PERMISSION FOR MOXING
Philadelphia—(IP)—Colleges and
high schools in Pennsylvania holding
boxing or wrestling contests will be
required to obtain permits from the
'Tis Fine to
Dine
at the
PICKWICK
The long arm of the telephone
operator — made longer
How to extend the operator's range five­fold?
There's an example of the prob­lems
put up to a telephone engineer.
This was part of a study in stepping
up the speed of service to distant points.
"Long Distance" used to relay your call
to one or more other operators. Now
she herself reaches the city you are call­ing,
30 or 300 or 3000 miles away.
Result: in five years the average time
needed to complete a long-distance con­nection
has been cut from 7 minutes to
less than 2 minutes.
In this industry even long approved
methods are never considered beyond
improvement. For men of the right
aptitude, that viewpoint is a stimulating
challenge.
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BASEBALL GAMES WILL BE ON
NEXT WEEK'S RADIO PROGRAM
(Continued from page 1)
Hrs. Harold Hoffsommer.
4:40-5:10—Auburn department of
Music presentation, directed by John
W. Brigham.
Friday—"Let's Serve Iced Tea,"
Miss Dana Gatchell; World Business
Summary; Auburn Sports, Elmer G.
Salter.
Saturday—Analysis of Farm Busi­ness
by Farmer Brown and Professor
Jones; Status of agricultural work
in Alabama, P. 0. Davis; Housekeep­er's
Chat, Mrs? Askew.
B I S H O P MCDOWELL TO
V I S I T H E R E ON SUNDAY
(Continued from page 1)
Rev. and Mrs. Lee. He expects to
visit Opelika and Tuskegee where
Episcopal work is in progress.
HARDHITTING TIGERS SLUG
OUT TWO WINS OVER GEORGIA
Athens, Ga., April 23.— Auburn
shook off the jinx that has followed
them the past several years when
they were meeting Georgia and
pounded the offerings of Spurgeon
Chandler to all corners of the dia­mond
here Wednesday afternoon to
win their sixth victory in the Dixie
League, 12 to 2.
The Tigers halted Georgia's recent
winning spurt and are now in first
place in the. college circuit with a
two and a half game lead. Coach
Sam McAllister's Bengals have lost
only one game.
While the Plainsmen were bunch­ing
hits in the early innings, Clifford
Smith, the leading hurler in the Dixie
circuit with four wins and no de-
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SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY
feats, was bearing down and send­ing
the Bulldogs back to the bench
almost in rotation.
He gave up only three hits the
first five frames, while Auburn
made 11 and six runs. After his
mates had given him a good lead, he
eased up a little with the sacks un­occupied,
but was the same invincible
Smith with runners on the bases. As
usual, he had perfect control, not
issuing a base on balls, and struck
out six. At bat he got two for three
to lead the Plainsmen in hitting.
Ample revenge was obtained by
Auburn for the defeat handed them
last year by Chandler, ace of Bill
White's pitching staff. Chandler went
the nine innings, but was hit freely
by the leaders.
Both teams crossed the plate once
in the opening frame, the winners
scoring on Hodges's double and Burt's
single and the Bulldog's tallying on a
single by Key, McGaughey's sacri-der.
This was Riley's initial miscue
fice and Riley's error on Mott's
grounder. This was Riley's initial
miscue of the season.
Georgia was unable to manufac­ture
any more runs until they sent
one home in the eighth, while Au­burn
continued its heavy hitting
throughout the game. Coach Mc­Allister's
Tigers had their big frame
in the seventh when they counted
five times.
Jimmie Hitchcock, Phil Hodges,
Joe Burt, Pete Harris and Smith
featured for Auburn with the stick,
while Capt. Cliff McGaughey and
Key were the offensive stars for the
losers.
Capt. Frock Pate, of Auburn, was
unable to play on account of a
sprained back and his place at short
was filled by Hitchcock, Harris pa­trolling
center field in place of
Hitchcock.
Score by innings:
Auburn 122 110 500—12 15 1
Georgia 100 000 010— 2 9 4
AUBURN LIONS PLAN
RECORD ATTENDANCE
Club P l a n s t o " B r i n g Home t he
B a c o n " from 34th District
Convention
Athens, Ga., April 23.—Bunching
their hits in the early innings while
Dunham Harkins was hurling invin­cible
ball, the Auburn Tigers continu­ed
their march toward the Dixie Lea­gue
pennant by winning their second
straight game from Georgia here
Thursday afternoon, 13 to 7.
Harkins failed to give up a hit and
goose-egged the Bulldogs for the first
four innings while Auburn was mak­ing
eight hits count for seven runs.
Georgia solved Harkins in the fifth,
sending out four singles for their
initial tally.
Auburn's early game lead was too
much for Bill White's club to over­take,
but Harkins was touched free­ly
the last three innings. Georgia
scored three runs in the seventh on
two hits and started a rally in the
ninth which was not stopped until
three runs had crossed the palte.
Thursday's win was the seventh for
the Plainsmen in the Dixie circuit and
Harkins's second. Coach Sam Mc­Allister's
fence busting crew has led
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Auburn Lions mapped out detailed
plans for attendance at the 34th Dis­trict
Convention, Lions International,
during the club luncheon Tuesday at
noon in the Thomas Hotel. The con­vention
was held in Montgomery
Wednesday and Thursday.
During the meeting "pep" speeches
were made by individual Lions in be­half
of the convention, and, accord­ing
to the number of Lions who stated
that they were going to the conven­tion,
it was believed that the Auburn
Lions would have an excellent chance
of bringing back the attendance prize
again.
DEBATERS CHOSEN FOR
CONTEST TUESDAY NITE
(Continued from page 1)
28, at 7:00 p. m.
The members of Phi Delta Gamma
state that the reason this particular
question was selected was because of
its vital importance to every Auburn
man, especially at the present time.
Members of this forensic honor fra­ternity,
expressed the opinion that a
concentrated discussion of this ques­tion
such as a debate, will afford, will
do much to centralize the general
opinion of the students and will help
in bringing about some definite action
on the matter.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all by Phi Delta Gamma as well as
both literary societies, to be present
at this debate which is to be held in
room 301, Samford Hall.
TRACK TEAM PARTICIPATES IN
A.A.U. MEET AT ATLANTA TODAY
ELLIS NEW HEAD OF
INTER-FRAT COUNCIL
(Continued from page 1)
president and asked that the same
cooperation be given the new presi­dent.
The council Has been exceptionally
active during the current year hav­ing
sponsored the annual Easter Egg
Hunt, the tennis tournament which
is now in progress, the basketball
tournament, and their annual dance
which was held last week-end.
200 EXPECTED TO
ATTEND JAMBOREE
(Continued from page 1)
tests in archery, rescue race, scout
window displays, water boiling, first
aid, morse signalling, fire by friction,
and tower building.
At noon the Scouts will be guests
of the college at a barbecue luncheon
held at the local scout headquarters
near Drake Field. They will be en­tertained
by the local theatre with the
showing of a picture.
the college loop since the first of the
season and is now firmly entrenched
in first place.
They leave Athens in the morning
for a two-game series with the run­ner-
ups, Georgia Tech, Friday and
Saturday.
Auburn slammed out 16 hits, in­cluding
four triples, a home run and
a double. It was the first time this
season that a southpaw has started on
the mound against them, but he was
just another "sweetheart."
Simpson held Auburn scoreless in
only three stanzas and hitless in only
two. Harkins also led Auburn in hit­ting
with four singles in five official
times at bat.
Joe Burt, Harry Lloyd, Porter
Grant, and Duck Riley were the other
offensive stars for the Tigers. Burt
slammed out a home run, triple and
a single, driving in four runs.
It was almost impossible to get this
hard hitting fly chaser out. He has
murdered opposing pitchers in every
game but one this year. Fleming,
Gaston and Young were the offensive
stars for the Georgia Bulldogs, mak­ing
eight of Georgia's 12 hits. Grant,
Auburn third baseman, and Vernon
Smith, Georgia centerfielder, turned
in the fielding features of the after­noon.
Score by innings:
Auburn _, 232 004 011—13 16 1
Georgia 000 010 303— 7 12 3
Hawkins and Kaley; Simpson and
Young.
Anything legal always takes five
times as long as any other talk.—
Freeman F. Gosden.
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Seventeen Auburn track and field
athletes left the Cornerstone at noon
Friday for Atlanta, where they will
defend the Southeastern A. A. U.
championship this afternoon on Grant
Field.
Allen Rogers, freshman star, and
Lloyd Richey, who is ineligible for a
team here because he is a transfer
student, also was carried to Atlanta
by Coach Wilbur Hutsell. Rogers
will enter the 100, 220, 440 and jave­lin
events for freshmen, and Richey
will enter the A. A. U. high jump and
high and low hurdles. Richey will
participate unattached.
Last year while wearing the colors
of the Birmingham Athletic Club,
Richey won first honors in the high
jump and will be a tough competitor
Saturday. His strongest foes will be
Jack Stewart and Bob Stacey, of Au­burn,
and Sandy Sanford of Geor­gia.
The 1930 champions are the favor­ites
to win the 1931 crown. Under
Wilbur Hutsell, one of the greatest
track and cross-country coaches in
the United States, the 1931 Tigers
have won dual victories over Tulane
and Georgia, and have a stronger en­semble
of spikemen than they had
last year. This year's team is one of
the best-balanced aggregations Hut­sell
has coached during the ten years
that he has produced winning track
and field teams at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute.
From the 1930 championship team,
Hutsell has lost the following who
annexed points for Auburn in the
Southeastern A. A. U. meet: Law­rence
Chamblee, Dave Bottoms, and
Andrew Burnett. Along with Eu­gene
Gray, who has been unable to
win a place on this season's team,
these thinly-clad warriors scored 13
of Auburn's points in 1930.
Capt. Sam Robinson, Ham O'Hara,
Earnest Bell, Jeff Beard, Jack
Stewart, Clarence Roberts and Wil­liam
"Primo" Coleman are the vet­erans
Hutsell will depend upon for
a second consecutive Southeastern
A. A. U. first-place trophy. These
athletes scored 35 points for Auburn
last year.
Auburn will be strong in the 100,
440, 880, mile, two-mile, shot put,
high jump, discus and javelin.
Earnest Bell, captain of the 1930
team, is the Tigers luminary in the
century and 440. He tied for first
honors in the 100 in the Tulane meet,
and placed second in the quarter.
Against Georgia, he won first in both
events.
The half-mile will have two strong
entrants from Auburn in Ross Mc­Queen
and Clay Jones. Jones won
first against Georgia and McQueen a
second in the Tulane meet. Although
only a sophomore, McQueen has car­ried
away first places in the mile in
Auburn's two dual meets, and will be
a favorite to win his third start Sat­urday.
Clarence Roberts, the A. A. U.
champion for the two-mile, and Em-mett
McQueen will be entered in the
two-mile race. McQueen is one of
the most promising distance runners
to wear Orange and Blue colors in
several years. This is his first year
on the varsity team, but he has al­ready
threatened to shatter the Au­burn
record for the two-mile, and
probably will break Shorty Morrow's
time of 10:16.4 before the season is
over. He crossed the tape first in
meets with Tulane and Georgia.
Primo Coleman, Southern Confer­ence
discus champion and indoor
shot put champion, is the favorite to
win these events in Atlanta. He has
heaved the iron ball over 46 feet this
season and has already broken the
conference discus record by throwing
the platter 139 feet, one inch against
Georgia.
Capt. Sam Robinson has thrown
the spear 191 feet 11 inches and is
being picked to retain his A. A. U.
championship in the javelin.
Jack Stewart and Bob Stacey, two
of the leading high jumpers in the
South, will be hard to defeat in this
event. Both jumped six feet one and
5-8 inches against Tulane and six
feet against Georgia.
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GARY COOPER — SYLVIA SIDNEY
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THURSDAY, APRIL 30
"SINNERS' HOLIDAY"
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Also "LIME JUICE NIGHTS" and Pictorial
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