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EXAMS START FRIDAY , THE PLAINSMAN T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT EXAMS START FRIDAY VOLUME LIV AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1931 NUMBER 31 EIGHTEEN TO GET DEGREES AT MID-TERM Commencement Exercises Will Be Held In Langdon Hall On January 22nd TAKES PLACE AT 7:30 President Knapp Will Present Successful Candidates With Coveted Diplomas Eighteen students are candidates for graduation at mid-term this year. The commencement exercises will be held on January 22, in Langdon Hall. Dr. Knapp will present diplomas to the graduates at the special exercises beginning at 7:30 p. m. The following gives the names of the candidates for graduation: B.S. in Electrical Engineering George Killough Lewis, Auburn. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Hampton Lee Green, Pensacola, Fla. B.S. in Chemical Engineering Harold LeNoir Hubbard, Anniston. B.S. in Chemistry and Metallurgy Spencer Wadsworth Noble, Rome, . Ga. Bachelor of Science Sollie M. Carter, Opp. Don Q. Dallas, Jr., Pavo, Ga. Daniel Newman Garrett, Auburn. Jesse Sherwood Jones, Jr., Hogans-ville, Ga. Edward Guice Potter, Anniston. Harold Guy Scott, Camp Hill. Bachelor of Applied Art Rosser Alston, Fort Wayne, Ind. B.S. in Education Helen Collins, Opelika. James Fred McClendon, Keener. Harvey Godwin Pate, Auburn. Allen Mobley Pearson, Leroy. B.S. in Home Economics Bernice Mitchell Pruitt, Thomas-ville. B.S. in Home Economics Education Mary Bradford Harkins, Abbeville. Master of Science Susan Lipscomb, Auburn. TO PLAY HERE NEXT WEEK BAND IS INVITED, TO ATTEND MARDI GRAS IN MOBILE Carnival Celebration Will Begin This Year on February 13th BAND USUALLY ATTENDS Trip Is Enjoyed Annually By The Members Of The Auburn Band Inaugural Exercises Will Be Broadcast Above are shown Jimmie Green and the members of his world-famous orchestra who will play for the Mid-Term Dances starting Thursday night. Prior to their recent nation-wide concert tour, they played at the Golden Pumpkin Cafe in Chicago, and could be heard nightly over station WENR in Chicago. The orchestra is a presentation of the Music Corporation of America. CABINET DUES MUST BE PAD) BY JAN. 17 Fine of Five Dollars To Be Assessed On Late Payments Dues of organizations on the Auburn campus, other than those whose funds are handled by the college, will be delinquent after January 17. Failure of an organization to pay their annual dues to the Associated Undergraduate Students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, as provided in Section five of the Regulations of Permanent Committees of the Executive Cabinet, will subject that organization to a fine of five dollars. The inaugural exercises of Governor B. M. Miller will be broadcast over stations WAPI, in Birmingham, and WSFA, in Montgomery, according to official announcement made by P. O. Davis, general manager of WAPI, after conference with those who are in charge of the inaugural plans. It will be the first Alabama inauguration to be broadcast. The broadcast will begin at eleven o'clock on the morning of the 19th of January, and continue through the inaugural address and the oath of office. The two stations- will present the same program, the announcers using a balcony one story above the portico on which Governor will stand to take the oath of office and deliver his address. Judge Miller and other candidates were given the use of WAPI for campaign purposes at no cost to them because WAPI is a state and city of Birmingham institution. After the inauguration, WAPI will be available to Governor Miller for promoting the work of his administration. It will probabljObe interesting to note that the Auburn Band will not attend the inaugural exercises. This is the first time in several years that the band has been unable to be present at Alabama's gubernatorial inauguration. - Notice Won't the person who took the sirene from the old Dodge fire truck return it? It can never be of any use to anyone and will more than repay you by helping me that much. All the equipment was sold to another town and I am personally responsible for it. I will thank anyone who will leave it at the fire station and nothing will ever be mentioned about it. Jno. R. Fuller. New Paving Project To Be Completed March 1 Mayor W. D. Copeland announced today that work on the $31,000 paving project, authorized by the city council in 1930, had reached its halfway mark, and that the last of February was set as the date when the job should be completed. Payne Street was paved during the holidays, and operations are under way toward the completion of Sam-ford Avenue. Excavations are being made on Toomer Street, and work will begin soon on Bragg Avenue, Mayor Copeland stated. After the completion of the paving process, traffic will be denied the use of these streets for the period of twenty-one days in order to give the cement time to set. This improvement was made possible by funds received through the sale of a certain franchise to the Alabama Power Company. N.C. STATE TRIMMED BY AUBURN QUINTET Fast and Furious Game' Is Witnessed on Monday Night By Elmer Salter Auburrf's 1931 basketball team pulled a brilliant battle out of the fire from North Carolina State's Wolfpack here Monday night, the final score being 30 to 28 after an extra period of five minutes. The victory marked the third successive conference conquest for the Bengals. Opening with a bang the rivals battled on even terms throughout, the score at half time being 14-all. At the end of the regulation game, the (Continued on page 4) BIOLOGICAL CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS The Biological Club met Thursday evening, January 8, for the purpose of electing the officers for the coming semester. Those elected to the offices were: W. W. Cotney—President. J. C. Moore—Vice-President. H. F. Yates—Secretary-Treasurer. Harriet A. Giljette—Reporter and Critic. Professor J. M. Robinson gave an interesting talk on "Venomous Snakes". He gave several "Believe It or Nots", stating instances of seemingly impossible effects of venomous snakes on plant life. A series of very interesting programs are being planned by the vice-president, Mr. Moore. The club holds its meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. RADIO TALKS WILL BE MADE IN THRIFT WEEK OBSERVANCE TO BE HELD HERE NEXT WEEK Thrift Week, January 17 to 23, will be observed by the Auburn Business and Professional Women's Club with a series of four radio talks over station WAPI and the sponsoring of a vesper service at the Methodist church on Sunday, January 18 at 7:30 p. m. ft^iss Alma V. Lamar, chairman of the finance committee, has arranged the discussions on thrift to be presented over radio. Professor John Winans Roe will present the first, speaking on "Thrift" during the noon program from Auburn on Saturday, Jan. 17. This will be followed on Monday by a discussion of "Methods of Investment" by Professor W. C. Crow of the department of economics and sociology. On the following Tuesday, Miss Marguerite E. Odendahl will talk on "National Own Your Own Home Day" in connection with her regular interior decoration feature. H. S. Gentry of Auburn will conclude the series with a discussion of "National 'Life Insurance Day" on Wednesday noon. In a thrift investigation of the 35 members of the local club it was found that 64 per cent maintained a savings account, that 94 per cent carried life insurance, 53 per cent owned securities, and that 23 per cent are now in the process of buying a home. Of the membership, 18 per cent have already prepared and 35 per cent have one or more dependents. The Auburn Band has been invited to return to Mobile to participate in the Mardi Gras celebrations Feb, 13-17, for the seventh consecutive year. A letter from Mr. John D. Logan, secretary and business manage rof the Carnival Association to J. R. Quinlivan, business manager of the band requesting that the band return to partake of the festivities was received recently. The Mardi Gras celebration will begin with a parade and ball given by the Krewe of Columbus Friday evening, Feb. 1, and will last five days, being concluded with a ball given by the Infant Mystics, Cuesday night, Feb. 17. On previous occasions the Auburn Band has featured prominently in all the parades of the Carnival season, and has been selected to lead the majority of them. Daily concerts from the band stand in Bienville Square have been a regular feature of the band's appearance in Mobile. King Felix, ruler of carnival, has always selected the Auburn musicians to act as the personal band of His Majesty, and on former occasions his arrival on the scene of the festivities has been accompanied by the Auburn band. The Auburn band has been selected to furnish music for the coronation of the Queen of Carnival which comes on Monday night of the Carnival" season. The 1931 Auburn band is composed of forty-five musicians under the direction of P. R. Bidez, band-matser since 1919. The band was founded in 1897 by Professor Thorn as M. Fullan, now head of the de-patrment of drawing and machine design at Auburn: In 1906 Professor A. L. Thomas, professor of drawing, took charge of the band, and held this position until 1919 when the present director took the baton. Rehearsals are now being held daily in an effort to present concerts worthy of the record made by the band in former appearances at Mardi Gras celebrations. (Continued on page 4) NEW SYSTEM OF ADMISSION WILL BE INAUGURATED AT MID-TERM DANCES; NINE HUNDRED BIDS MAILED TO GIRLS COLLEGE FEES FOR SECOND SEMESTER ARE ANNOUNCED Late Registration Fee of $5.00 Will Be Required i Beginning Monday, January 26th The following statement concerning college fees for the second semester was announced from the registrar's office yesterday: Fees Required of All Students College Fees - $32.50 Student-Activities Fee 7.50 $40.00 Additional Fees and Deposits Required of Certain Students Laundry (all men) _ $12.00 Extra Laundry and Dry Cleaning (optional) ' 3.00 Non-residents of Alabama , 25.00 Students in Pharmacy (except freshmen in 4-year course) 10.00 Students in Home Economics 7.50 Students in Veterinary Medicine ^ . 5.00 Typewriter fee (for students taking this course) 5.00 Students in Engineering (Auburn Engineer) .50 Students in Agriculture and Agricultural Education (Alabama Farmer) .75 Late Registration (maximum) 10.00 The official registration period for the second semester closes at noon, January 24. An extra fee of $5.00 will be charged for registration on January 26; and an additional fee of $1.00 per day will be charged for each day registration is deferred beyond this date, the maximum charge for late registration for the second semester being fixed at $10.00. No exceptions will be made to these regulations. In addition to the fees mentioned above, new students will be required to pay a contingent deposit of $5.00, $16.00 for uniform' (freshmen in R. O. T. C ) , and a physical examination fee of $2.00. FACULTY DANCE TO BE GIVEN SATURDAY Auburn Knights to Play For Mid-Year Dance of Faculty Club SENIOR PRESIDENT TO LEAVE SCHOOL Howard Gray, a student in agriculture and president of the senior class, will resign from college at the end of the present seme^ser. He will return to his home at New Market to be with his mother who is ill and to take chai'ge of the family farm and business. This became known Tuesday. Mr. Gray expressed his keen disappointment on being unable to remain until the end of the second semester and graduate. He has only 8% hours of work between him and his degree. He hopes to return to Au burn within a year to complete his student work. Being the only child in his family his return home at this time is necessary. Mr. Gray has spent 3% years as a student at Auburn. He has been very active in student activities. He was president of his class during both sophomore and junior years. Last spring he was elected president for the senior year. In addition he is president of the Block and Bridle Club. He is also business manager of the Alabama Farmer. He is a member of Spades, O. -D. K., and other honorary fraternities; also the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. Students and faculty regret to see Mr. Gray leave the campus and hope that he will be able to return at an early date. , The mid-year dances of the Auburn' faculty members will take place at the Opelika Country Club Saturday evening, January 17, according to an announcement by Charles W. Edwards, chairman of the Faculty Dance Club. Because of the popularity of the Auburn Knights, this orchestra has again been secured to furnish music for the occasion which begins at 9:00 o'clock and lasts until midnight. (Continued on page 4) Water Tank Is Flooded In Fire Demonstration Completely flooding the top of the city water tank from a point along side of the A. T. O. House was the feat accomplished by the Auburn Fire Department Sunday morning before a large crowd of spectators when it demonstrated to officials of the City of Opp, Alabama, the merits of the new fire fighting equipment. J. R. Fuller, fire chief, stated that during the test they found the apparatus capable of pumping eight hundred and seventy gallons of water per minute. This was the first test the new truck has undergone, there being no serious fire reported since its installation. LIONS LAY ASIDE BUSINESS TUESDAY New System Is Explained By Social Committee Chairman to Plainsman Representative TEN DOLLARS IS CHARGE COMPLETE SET OF DANCES Dance Regulations Are Being Printed For Benefit of Students DAY DANCES TO BE $1 Decorations Are In Charge Of C. F. Davis and Geo. Brinson, Students in Architecture Original Merriment Program Featured At Weekly Meeting of Civic Club With the successful completion of the many projects sponsored by them in 1930 and the eelction of new officers off their hands, the Auburn Lions met in the Thomas Hotel Tuesday at noon to enjoy each other's company for an hour of merriment, during which all business was suspended, and wit and humor predominated. Thru-out the meeting the "Tail Twister", the "Lion Tamer", and all of the Lions weer on the alert to take every advantage of playing jokes upon one another. Very often elaborate tales were necessary to explain the peculiar circumstances, or rather predicaments, in which they weer alleged to have been seen by certain Lions at such inopportune times. Mock trials were common, and the "Dime Chairman" was kept very busy extracting the jingling bits of metal from the defeated but never disheartened clients. Professor E. F. Guyton, new 2nd vice-president of the club, presided, according to the usual custom of allowing the new 2nd and 3rd vice-presidents conduct the two meetings preceding the installation of the new president. It was a trying time to have such an honor bestowed upon one, for he found himself a favorite (Continued on page 4) • A new system of admission will be inaugurated at the Mid-Term dances which will start Thursday, according to a statement by Sabel Shanks, chairman of the social committee. A ticket entitling the purchaser to attend all dances will be ten dollars as usual. A student may attend two' ijight dances by purchasing a seven dollar ticket or may pay four dollars to attend any one night dance. The day dances may be attended by persons holding either a ten or seven dollar ticket, while a four dollar ticket entitles a person to attend only the dances on the day that he attends the night dance. Those not attending any other dances may enter the day dances upon paying one dollar per dance. Tickets will be sold at the Tiger Drug Store between the hours of 2 p. m. and 4:30 p. m. on Thursday to avoid the customary rush at the dance entrance. Approximately nine hundred bids were mailed out by the social committee yesterday, and a large attendance of girls is expected. Girls should report to Miss Dobbs' office immediately upon arrival to be assigned to fraternity houses at which they will reside during their stay in Auburn. At this time visitors will also receive a program, a copy of the dance regulations, and an engagement book. The dance regulations as submitted by Miss Dobbs are as follows: 1. All visiting young ladies will-Jje under the supervision of the Social Director, and Dean of Women, or her representative during their period of stay in Auburn. 2. All visiting young ladies are expected to arrive not earlier than the opening day of the dances and to (Continued on page 4) Alston Speaks To Commerce Students Alston Talks To Commercial Art Students PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION INFORMATION HELP PREVENTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT SAYS HERTY In the opinion of Dr. Charles R. I of unusual unemployment will be Herty, widely-known chemist of New York and special lecturer in chemistry at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, one of the ways to prevent unemployment is advanced information on production and consumption. Dr. Herty made this declaration while in Auburn for a special lecture. He referred to the fact that this theory was presented 90 years ago at a meeting of business men in Baltimore but that it is still lacking in applica-i tion. With production and consumption statistics to date, farmers and manufacturers know what to do and how to base their production plans. If' fcerns during a period of severe depres-these facts are observed recurrence avoided, he said. With this objective in view Dr. Herty declared that all statistical and research work of the United States government should be enlarged. He declared also that business men and bankers as well as farmers should cooperate heartily with the government in obtaining full information pertaining to production and consumption. He declared that a business concern can well tefford to employ one man to atttend to this phase of the work for the salary of one man, he added, would be nil compared to the losses incurred by thousands of business con- Rosser Alston, a former student at Auburn, gave an interesting talk on Advertising Art to the students of the Commercial Art department. Pointing out the difference between good and bad examples of advertisement, Alston showed the urgency of effective Direct-Mail advertising problems. Commenting on the facilities and growth of the Applied Arts Department, he lauded the curriculum, and expressed the opinion that the course lacks few, if any, of the essentials constituting a first class course. Alston, now District Advertising Manager of the Allied Mills, was the first student to enroll in the Commercial Art course in Auburn. As this course was then incomplete, he went to Indiana before receiving his degree, but he will receive it at the coming commencement exercises. While a student in Auburn, Alston took an active part in the activities on the campus. He was a member of the Auburn Band and the editor of The Plainsman in 1926. Although he has been with the Allied Mills only one year, officials of the company have shown their satisfaction in his work by promoting him rapidly. He now supervises the advertising of the company in thirteen staffes. PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1931 (Hit? patngttum 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 Charles S. Davis Editor-in-Chief Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Thomas P. Brown Associate Editor Robert L. Hume Associate Editor Victor White Managing Editor Claude Currey , News Editor R. K> Sparrow News Editor J. W. Letson News Editor Alan Troup Composing Editor A. C. Cohen Composing Editor Adrian Taylor . Murff Hawkins K. M. McMillan Sports Editor Exchange Editor ...Literary Editor 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 Virgil Nunn Asst. Business Mgr. Ben Mabson Advertising Manager Roy Wilder Circulation Manager James Backes Asso. Advertising Mgr. CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Charles Adams, '34 W. E. Pope, '34 L. E. Sellers, '34 DANCE CONDUCT In a few days Auburn will be in the midst of the leading social event of the year, the Junior Prom. As usual the Faculty and Social Director are certain to be faced with problems of conduct, and it is still more certain that the cardinal cause of most irregularities will arise from those false conceptions of pleasure, that are in evidence at most dances. During the Dances Auburn will be more or less on dress parade. Every effort is being made to create, a favorable impression, both to visitors of the fairer sex and outsiders attending the festivities, The Gymnasium is being beautified, an expensive orchestra has been procured, and all will be in readiness for social activities of the highest type. What could be more out of harmony with the whole scheme, than disorderly conduct by members of the student body, hosts of the occasion. The Plainsman deplores such actions during the period, and feels that the majority of the students attending the dances want them conducted on the highest of social planes. AUBURN SPORTSMANSHIP It seems to us, after viewing the recent varsity basketball games, that Auburn, which has always been noted for her good sportsmanship, is about to develop some habits which are clearly in opposition to all existing rules and conceptions of good sportsmanship and fair play. These habits are like the proverbial ill wind in that they do absolutely no good as far as winning the game is concerned but rather serve to create an impression that is detrimental to the good name of Auburn Spirit. Many times during the game with North Carolina Monday night when there were close decisions given adverse to Auburn there was a considerable amount of hissing and booing directed towards the official. This was done for the most part by those who could not see the players in question clearly or who had their view obstructed in some way. It is quite true that at times it seems as if the referee makes unfair decisions, but it must be remembered that he has a much better view of the game and that it is his business to see things which are missed by the majority of the crowd. Still another habit which is developing in spite of the efforts of some to stop it is that of not keeping quiet when an opposing player is making a free throw. Every one manages to keep quiet when'a member of the Auburn team is making a free, throw yet when an opposing player attempts the same thing there is entirely too much noise. This is very disconcerting to a man about to make a shot and out of courtesy to the visiting teams it should be done away with. The Plainsman feels sure that the student body will see the unsportsmanlike quality of these habits and will try to break them up. Marriage is an art, and now the most neglected of arts. Education should begin not later than at the age of two.— Judge Ben Lindsey. • Man has been cleverer with his hands than with his head.—Leonard Behrens. My Opinion By Vasili Leoniduitch WITH NO little interest have I followed the defense of sentimental-ism by two columnists of the Birmingham Press. It seems that the modern tendency is to consider sentiment rather passe. We are becoming afraid of our emotions, and to be called sentimental is an insult. America is the Siberia of emotionalism. Yet, all great deeds have first been achieved in emotional life. History repeatedly proves the statement. Asia's great material resources were .shattered when thrown against Greek sentiment, and Rome fell only after she was robbed of Roman spirit. Can America profit from the course she is pursueing? Is it not sentiment that makes college more attractive? When countless rules have heen forgotten and technicalities are lost in the oblivion of fleeting years, memories of the_more human things will remain. When sentiment reigns we are lured on to joys, to perils, to love, and even death is glorified; but as we emerge to the realm of the cynical the glow of the heart grows cold, grows still, and expires. * * * * The pictures of Alabama's crushing defeat of Washington State, when shown at the Tiger theater this week, were given a big hand by Auburn students. They appreciated the strength of the Tide, and took genuine pride in the impressive showing the sister institution made on the Coast. Many Auburn men are already dreaming of a new stadium dedicated by Alabama and Auburn. * * * < Next Monday Alabama will have a new Governor. He faces chaos in the State Treasury, and follows the greatest spendthrift in our history to the chair. I trust he does not have a mania for seeing his name on buildings. THE LAMENTED SEA BEAST Seldom "does mankind become well enough acquainted with the dwellers of the ocean to give one of them a name. In fact, we didn't know it was ever done save in the fictional pages of Herman Melville. But the Associated Press assures us that the little town of Eden, in New South Wales, Australia, is mourning the loss of a big citizen of the vasty deep. This was "Old Tom," said to have been king of a pack of killer whales for more than 100 years. Now the killer whales, it seems, are not_ whales. They are dolphins, and thus more nearly akin to the humble porpoises. But at any rate, whales, killer whales and porpoises are all cetacea, or sea mammals. "Old Tom" was the antithesis of his more celebrated cetacean cousin, "Moby Dick." The land-dwelling mammals who go down to the sea in ships, it will be recalled, hated "Moby Dick," because he obstinately refused to allow his body to be rendered for oil. The fact that the well-being of the inhabitants of New Bedford was threatened by a possible underproduction of whale oil meant nothing in the old life of that ranger of the Pacific. He was one of those vicious "beasts that would defend himself when attacked by the lords of creation. And he was a master in the whalely art of self-defense. He could lash out with his tail and a boat would be overturned, one snap of his jaws and the leg of the chief harpooner was amputated. Not so, "Old Tom." Somewhere and for some purposes, in this year of grace, whale oil is consumed, and the existence of the village of Eden depends on supplying this wellnigh forgotten part of the world's consumption. In the season of whales, these monsters were driven into Eden's land-locked bay by the killer whales led by their monarch, "Old Tom." The har-pooners, summoned by a lookout, would go out in their boats and kill the whales while the dolphins would go backward and forward across the entrance to the bay and prevent the larger cetaceans from eluding their human pursuers. In return for these services, the har-pooners, after they had made "their kills, would throw to their cetacean allies the great mobile tongue mass which lolls in the mouth of the whales and which the dolphins esteem as the choicest morsel which the carcass of the whale affords. The people of Eden are no doubt anxiously awaiting to see if the successor of "Old Tom" has anything like the executive ability of the old ruler and if the pack under new leadership will be as successful in rounding up their larger kinsmen. —Montgomery Advertiser. There are no truer pictures of human beings than those on passports.—Juan J. Aigura. It is easy to see that many accepted conventions are disappearing.—Rev. Dr. W. R. Bowie. _ Prexy's Paragraphs By Bradford Knapp Talk about the real spirit a n d a r e al game, t h a t g a me Monday night was the limit, and I had to miss it. It takes a great deal of courage and fighting ability to pull a game out of the fire which is as close as that game was. A team that can keep its head and hold its nerve and play that kind of a game deserves a lot of credit. Here's to Sam McAllister and every fellow on the squad. • Incidently I am terribly disappointed that we don't have a place where we could have a real big audience to see basketball games. With that kind of a team we could really draw big crowds if we only had a place to hold the audience as well as play the game. I have tried to plan it but the money just isn't in existence to do what we want to do and ought to do. I expect we shall have to content ourselves in patience until we can work it out. * * * * In these difficult times the worth of a man is much more apparent than in the days of affluence. Ease, luxury and plenty of money to spend may gloss over a character that fails when hardships come. I think there has been nothing more encouraging than the attitude of the faculty and students of this institution as we have begun facing difficulties of a day when money is scarce and things are hard to get. I am thankful for the encouragement and support of fine men and women in this new era. * * - * * Next week we will have a new chairman of the. Board of Trustees as well as a new Governor. I am sure that he is just as profoundly interested in honest, conscientious work and in the good that this institution can do in the State as any other man can be. We shall all hope that when time will permit him to do so he will come often to Auburn and become acquainted with its student body and its faculty and know and appreciate, as I feel sure he will, the sincerity of purpose and fine work going on at this institution. * * * * We are facing a time of tests. To be tested and not found wanting is a real accomplishment. There is no way to find out finally whether one knows a subject or not except by examination. The truth of the matter is that the whole of life is a continual examination. We are tested on every hand. Most of us do not object to being examined or tested providing it is a fair, square, honest test. I think the average teacher at this and other institutions, especially those of some experience, has developed philosophy enough not to put too much emphasis upon a person's ability to answer one single individual question chosen out of a great field of knowledge. *And yet a fair examination ought to give some indication of the thoroughness with which one has mastered a subject during the semester's work. There are a lot of factors in making up the standard. The daily tasks in class, laboratory, or shop have a strong bearing. The willingness to work and the attitude toward the work are to be considered. I am much inclined to think that the attitude of the teacher is just as important if not more than that of the student. First there is the challenge, has the teacher really taught, and that has its corresponding challenge, has the student been willing and anxious to learn? Has the teacher tried to convey the knowledge; has he inspired the student to want to know? There are teachers who can make a student like a subject and there are teachers as well who make students dislike subjects. To me, however, the most important thing is the fairness of attitude upon the part of the teacher, the sympathy and understanding of the teacher toward the student. Crossing t's and dotting i's will neither make nor break a life. They have relative importance it is true. What a college ought to be after is the substance'of an education, a training, a development, an expanding ability to know, to think, to reason, and to reach honest conclusions. I am wishing you well in these tests. Once to every man and nation Comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, For the good or evil side. But the case presents no problem To the White House engineer; He appoints a big commission To report some time next year. —Sen. Geo. Norris, of Nebraska. It is the opportunity for self-government itself which gives training for self-government, not foreign subjection.—Sir Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet. AUBURN FOOTPRINTS The City Council has placed a fine on throwing chewing gum on the street— the Austins must not get stuck. * * * * * * * * * Who was the co-ed that had such a fondness for pretty clothes that she was wrapped up in them? * * * * * * * * * "Wont you just once", he entreated? The warm spring weather made his blood surge with new life. t "No", was her firm but gentle answer. "But I must". He was desperate now, an insatiable longing seemed to take control of his every emotion. x "No", she repeated. "Ah mamma, all the other boys are going barefooted. Can't I just once." * * * * * * * * * THE QUEEN OF HEARTS The Queen of Hearts she was a blonde, Or so the tale is told. A man unknown throughout the court, Approached the queen so bold. Oh Queen, said he. I am so blue, Won't you my sad tale hear? I love a blonde here In the court, But I am not a peer. A knight you are, the queen replied, If you doth love blonde maids. Avaunt, said she, arise at once, I dub thee Knight of Spades. So on his steed, the Ace of Spades, Rode to his blonde so fair. But what was found at Castle Grande, Made the poor knight despair. His lady love had run away, And wed the gardener's son. The Ace of Spades, he threw a fit, And his revenge begun. He slew the varlet knave at once, And dyed the maiden's hair. He said she could not be a blonde, For blondes he'd always care. The courtly criers, this sad tale, Did to their blonde queen bring. She summoned him at once to come, And straightway made him king. —HIC-HIC. * * * * * * * * * The financial depression was solved Monday afternoon for the members of advanced R. O. T. C. * * * * * * * * * For the dances: Wine—any fraternity house; song—Jimmie Green; and women—Sonny Paterson. * * * * * * * * * What came very near in being the latest in college suicides was discovered recently in the nick of time at the Sigma Nu house. John Christian was found locked in his room alone with a half smoked Picayune. * * * * * * * * * We imagine Rudy Vallee would make a good football player he seems to get across so .well. * * * * * * * * * If all the saxophone players i/i the world were laid end to end they would still play the "St. Louis Blues". * * * * * * * * * A hypocrite is anyone who .can make an eight o'clock class and sing "All the World is Jealous of Me." * * * * * * * * * It is reported that pass out checks for the dances are selling at $4.00 per gallon. SAME OLD GAL The co-ed of 1930 is fundamentally the same as the co-ed of 1864, in the opinion of Mrs. Emma J. Sawyer. She made her deductions from a recent visit to the University of Iowa campus, where she was a college student in 1864. The college girl of 1930, Mrs. Sawyer says, "may revel in new freedom, but after all she expects to marry, to have a home and children and rear them to be good boys and girls." We'd like -to have a slant in one the old boys of 1864 too, wouldn't we? We know for a fact they made some whoopee, %and the some not meaning a small: indefinite amount. At any rate they envy our youth to such an extent that they try to be very hard and strict on us. * * * * OH MY, MY Consider the sad plight of our dumb freshman who had a date with the fat lady of the circus and after hours of heavy necking found that he was only holding her arm.—Old Gold and Black. * * * * DON'T OMIT From the Blue Stocking TRg find ten of the most interesting news subjects for newspaper work in the order named: 1. sports; 2 domestic and foreign affairs; 3 finance; 4 aviation; 5 disasters; 6 prohibition; 1 crime; 8 radio; 9 religion; 10 science. Now we wonder how they could leave out the co-eds. * * * * ONE STEP FORWARD At Chicago University, they are staging an innovation in educational methods. The president of the college announces that the school plans to abandon the traditional system by which a student is required to spend four years obtaining a fixed number of credits before he is entitled to a degree. In its stead, the university intends to establish a system whereby a student can be graduated whenever he can pass a comprehensive examination. It might be added that a number of other schools have adopted or worked out a similar course of action. It is easy to see that the present method of graduating a student is old fashioned, fundamentally unsound, very unfair, and in the near future will be completely buried in the wake of the newer and more direct methods of getting a working knowledge. Our colleges claim to turn out flexible students that can fit in to most any line of work in their chosen field, but is that the true condition? No. The first thing a student does is find a job, absolutely learn how to operate at capacity output in that one rut, become mechanical. Become another great statesman, financier or engineer? No. The true case of affairs absolutely proves that our present system tends to cause a student to crib on his subjects, get disgusted with the thing that before entering college burned in his very coul to be his life work, and turns him out, the best four years of his life gone not mentioning the four to ten thousand dollars spent, in hardly more than a daze. Possibly fanatic, maybe good sense; take your choice. "Mass production" is the cry word, and just as true in our colleges as in the business world. While statistics prove that the smaller colleges have by far the largest percentage of their graduates enrolled in "Who's Who in America." Two Lafayette College professors recently announced statistics in which they tabulated all the colleges in the U. S. according to their intellectual standards. Hampden-Sidney, with a student body of less than 300, has more living graduates, in proportion, who have attained sufficient eminence to enable them to be enrolled in "Who's Who in America" than any other institution in the country. There are no large universities, with the exception of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, among the schools with the highest percentage of graduates in "Who's Who." It seems that the great plants are neglecting something that the men would otherwise get at the small colleges. Until this something is found and corrected, mass education in America can hardly be termed a success, and the small college remains where it always has been; the foundation of the country's intellectual fabric. 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. "While still, unheard, but in its wonted way Piped the drear wind of that December day." * * * * * S SUNDAY afternoon thoughts: An article in Harpers by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick. That song "You're Driving me Crazy." Would like to have the record mailed to John Temple Graves II. Wonder who Hie Hie '31 is. Last issue's social page filthy with wisdom. Would that this columnist had the brains of a philosopher and could spout sapient admonitions by the cubic yard. That ironically graceful crawl of Leoniduitch. He must give me lessons some time,, Life is indeed becoming sordid; haven't been called a bad word in ages. Nothing much to laugh about these days. Henry L. Mencken —"To have a good show you must have a good fight, and to have a good fight, you must have lots of blood." Just be sure that the blood isn't your own. If you've never read Tchekoff's The Boor you. still have something to live for. A musical programme this morning from the Roxy Theatre. Madame Schumann-Heink is still a prominent figure in the musical world. The embarassment of having to take freshman chemistry. Wonder if anybody is going to get drunk during the dances. The latest American formula for corn whisky includes Flit and powdered horse hair. The world is holding its breath while one of President Hoover's investigation committees prepares to render its report. No doubt a turning point in history. Fine basketball game Saturday night. The" athletic situation is improving on all sides. Italy and France glaring each other in the face, waiting for the spark to set off their powder magazines. As many armed men in Europe- today as there were in 1914. The weather must be off schedule or something. The rain started nearly two weeks before the dances. Two more classes in Economics. Gloria in Excelsis! * * * * When Mussolini does a thing he does it thoroughly and in a big way. Let the trans-Atlantic flight Of the squadron of Italian aeroplanes witness. Although five of his finest airmen were lost and three seriously injured. II Duce has done something else to the glory of his country. Some day he may hope to parallel in achievement the Republican administration of the last twelve years. * * :,': * Writing a column may well be compared to conducting a puppet show. If one pulls the first string the first puppet will move; if one pulls the second string the second puppet will move; and if one pulls both strings at once the puppets will move together. In the same manner, if the columnist says one thing the first donkey will bray; if he says another thing the second donkey will bray; and if he says both things -at once the donkeys will bray in unison. HOW ABOUT THE DIZZY SPECTATORS Many ingenious plans for adding to the existing Harvard stadium, or building a new one, have been drawn on table cloths and on the backs of envelopes, but none more so than the design calling for a circular amphitheater enclosing two football fields which bisect each other. The play would be shifted from one field to the other at the end of each quarter and thus spectators behind the goal posts for one period would automatically be at the fifty yard line" the next. However, goal posts at every quarter of the compass might tend to confuse a dizzy halfback, not to mention feminine spectators.—Harvard Alumni Bulletin. GRACIOUS We see where the German students at Birmingham-Southern have recently been recognized, and their club granted a charter in Delta Phi, national honorary German society. Nine such chapters are in U. S. Colleges and Universities. Boys and girls alike are taken in, but the professional part automatically eliminated the housing problem that would otherwise arise. Thinking is the great enemy of perfection. The habit of profound reflection, I am compelled to say, is the most pernicious of all habits formed by civilized man.— Joseph Conrad. We must always beware of simply substituting a new and possibly worse tyranny for an old, as has so often happened in the sad annals.of human progress.—Howard Madison Parshley. You can become as well educated as you like in America without spending -a cent. —Mclnnes. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1931 THE PLAINSMAN 'PAGE THREE • a :m r^ a J, \ ADRIAN TAYLOR, Editor; Harry Barnes, Assistant Editor; Marshall Caley, L. B. Graves, Tad McCallum, assistants. • COACH HUTSELL HAS LOST SEVERAL IMPORTANT COGS OF AUBURN'S TRACK TEAM FORM NUCLEUS OF AUBURN'S CAGE TEAM By Elmer G. Salter From last year's Auburn track team, undefeated in dual competition, Coach Wilbur Hutsell has lost seven important cogs. It was definitely known last season that graduation would take four members of the team, but Mentor Hut-sell had not taken a course in India in crystal gazing, he had only been across the waters as an assistant coach for the United States Olympic team, so it was quite a. blow to him when two of his stars decided to enter the business world and another decided to pursue a law course and enrolled at George Washington University. Carman Teague and James Mc- Clendon, "A" wearers in the half mile and two mile; Thos. Gaillard, pole vault, and Dave Bottoms, half mile, are the tracksters who were not expected back this year Lawrence Chamblee, Southeastern A. A. U. champion in the century; Andrew Burnett, heavy point scorer in the broad and high jump, and Joe Hughes, third in the pole vault in the annual Southern Conference meet in Bir-minham, all letter men, are the trio counted upon heavily this season who failed to return. 'Tis Fine to Dine at the PICKWICK However, prospect's for another outstanding track team at the Alabama Polytechniclnstitute are not gloomy as one might expect. With Wilbur Hutsell, one of the greatest track coaches in the United States, and Weems Baskin, one of the leading hurdlers in the universe, tutoring the thinly-clad aspirants, and with several of last season's veterans back, the 1931 Plainsmen track team is again expected to be one of the leaders in Dixie. Alt.-Capt. William "Primo" Coleman and Jack tSewart, star center on the basketball team, are the champions returning. Coleman was undefeated in Southern competition in 1930 in the discus event, while Stewart annexed first honors in the high jump at the Southern Conference meet. The leading candidates for the 1931 team are: 100-Earnest Bell, Bill O'hara and Felix Creighton. 220— O'Hara and Creighton. 440—Clay Jones, Scott Turk and Bell. 880— Eugene Gray, Elton Huff, W. McQueen and Huff. Two-mile—Clarence Roberts, Joe Plant, Joseph McQueen and Hopson Murfee. 120-yd high hurdles—Jeff Beard, Jack Stewart and Robert Stacey. 220-yd. low hurdles— Beard, Stewart and Bell. Pole vault—George Boswell and Kenneth Hall. "High jump—Stewart and Stacey. • Broad jump—O'Hara, Howard Ellis, Thurston Harwell and Luther Mathews. Shot put—Alt. Capt. Wm. Coleman and Beard. Discus—Coleman, Beard and Robert Arthur. Javelin— Capt. Sam Robinson, Carl Creel, Harbin Lawson and Paul Phillips. Five veterans will aid Sam McAllister in developing a winning cage quintet at Auburn this season. Left to right, they are: Frock Pate and Capt. Ralph Jordan, forwards; Jack Stewart, center; Harbin Lawson, guard, and Tom Lumpkin, forward. University Professors Pass On Resolutions Read The Plainsman ads. GET WHAT YOU WANT And Like What You Get. COLLEGE BARBER SHOP t<\ j * 'Say It With Flowers' And Say It With Ours FOR EVERY SOCIAL OCCASION Rosemont Gardens Florists Montgomery, Alabama Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn. L TOOMER'S WILL GIVE YOU SERVICE DRUG SUNDRIES DRINKS, SMOKES THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY ON THE CORNER LAST CHANCE! to get a Review Series Book or Handbook to spot your Profs. Get a good notebook now and keep your notes right next semester. Burton's Bookstore SECONDHAND BOOKS NEW BOOKS GREETING CARDS Cleveland, Ohio — ( I P )— Two important resolutions, one designed to place "above board" the "close connection between public utilities and the academic profession," and the other to provide a means for arriving at a plan to insure freedom of speech and tenure of office for col lege professors, were passed by the American Association of University Professors, in session here during the holidays. The first action provides that any member of the organization who testifies or speaks in public on behalf of an organization or individual paying him a retainer fee shall make public the fact that he is being paid by that organization or individual. In this action the professors' association apparently had in mind the report of its committee which investigated the spreading of propaganda by public utilities corporations through educators, many of whom, the committee found, were receiving fees of as much as $10,000 annually for research work done for the utilities. No voice was raised at the convention to question the ethics of receiving such retainer fees so long as the professor being paid made the fact public. The second resolution authorized the officers of the association to confer with other organizations of college teachers in an effort to work out a plan whereby college trustees may be deterred from dicharging faculty members without reasons justifiable in the minds of the teachers' organizations, and repojrt back at the meeting next December. The association was taken to task by Dr. Ernest Hatch Wilkins, president of Oberlin College, who addressed the annual banquet at Hotel Statler, for its failure to make an interest in an improvement of the quality of teaching in American universities. "Many other organizations, such as the Association of American Colleges and the Association of American Universities, are tackling this problem," the Oberlin president said, "and, so far as I have been able to discover, your organization is the only one which has failed to consider this problem. I feel strongly that you should do so and that if you did it would mean a tremendous influence in the right direction." Dr. Wilkins pleaded also for more individual attention to the student by the professor, asserting that, while the English tutorial system would probably not be acceptable in this country, a compromise between that system and the American lecture system should be developed. Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Canada TIGERS DEFEAT CLEMS0N AT GYM SATURDAY NIGHT BY LARGE SCORE, 44 21 Ottawa, Canada —(IP)— Discovery of footprints of dinosaurs along the Peace River in British Columbia, among the foothills of the Rockies, is believed here to throw new light on the life and habits of these prehistoric monsters. The footprints were of five different species of the animals, the animals ranging in size from 12 feet long to 35 feet long. At that time, when the animals lived, the section in which their footprints have been found, was tropical in climate, and was on the shore of By Tad McCallum Fast passing and accurate shooting gave the Auburn dribblers their second Conference victory Saturday night, Coach Josh Cody's Clemson quintet going down before the furious attack of the Bengals to the tune of 44 to 20. - Captain Ralph Jordan regained his scoring eye to total 17 points while the remainder of the team combined to put one of the smoothest per formances that has been witnessed in the Alumni gym since the great quin tet of 1928 waded through practi cally all Southern conference oppo sition. Outside of Jordan's deadly shoot ing there was no individual play of especial prominence on the part of the Auburn team. Every man blended into the short passing game and the team worked as a unit. Auburn hopped into an early lead and held it throughout the contest. It was in the first half that the Plainsmen flashed an offense that left both the opposition and the spec-a great salt water sea which stretched northward from the present Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Circle. The discovery was made 475 miles north of the international boundary line. tators in a daze and left the floor at the halfway mark leading 26 to 11. Coach McAllister's outfit changed their style of attack in the last half and played more cautiously but managed.,^ keep pace with Clemson in the scoring. The play was fast and toward the end of the final period both Stewart, star Auburn pivot man, and Davis, high scorer for Clemson, were removed from the game with four personal fouls. The victory moved the Tigers up into a tie for second place in the Southern Conference standing with two wins and no losses on their record. Gibson, forward and captain or the Clemson team, played a neat floor game for the invaders while Davis and Smith, forward and guard respectively, tied for scoring honors with six apiece. Lineups: Auburn—Jordan (17) and Lumpkin (9), forwards; Stewart (9), center; Hatfield (4) and Kaley (3), guards. Substitutions: Pate, Jenkins, Arthur (2), and Lowson. Clemson—Gibson (3) and Davis (6), forwards; Crain, center; Smith (6) and Clark (2), guards. Subs: Barbare, Craig (3), and Calhoun. Referee: Roosma (Army). STUDENTS ATTENTION! We invite you to open a checking account with us. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Your Interest Computed STEPPING NTO MODERN WORLD More dope about Solomon and his times is expected to be uncovered when scientists begin more extensive investigations into the buried relics on the site of the battlefield of Ar-mageddon, which recently has been purchased by a group of Americans. Clarence Darrow, noted criminal lawyer and one of the country's outstanding agnostics, has expressed the desire that on his death his body be cremated. Darrow does not believe in after life. CHOOSE A GAS RANGE with a view to long life and minimum upkeep cost. —UXKER with angle iron base band, cast iron frame work, completely air insulated oven, and heavy gauge sheet metal parts, will stand up under many years of hard and constant use. ALABAMA NATURAL GAS CORP. Tune in Majik Baker Hour WSFA Fri's 5:30 to 6 BIRMINGHAM STOVE & RANGE CO. BIRMINGHAM — ALABAMA Now they manufacture weather for telephone testing A test illustrating work in the Bell Telephone Laboratories is made with the weatherometer. This device produces rain and sunshine to order, and determines the weather-resisting properties of telephone equipment. This test indicates an interesting habit of the men engaged in telephone research. It is to get sure knowledge bearing on efficiency, economy, life and reliability of apparatus. Information is sought continuously during the development of a design, in advance of manufacture and of course long before the equipment gets into use. Men who delight in thoroughness of method find that the opportunity is there. BELL SYSTEM I: A NATION-WIDE SYSTEM OF INTER-CONNECTING TELEPHONES PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1931 QUINTET TO BE GIVEN LIGHT WORKOUTS DURING THE WEEK With a record of three victories in as many starts against Southern Con- • ference teams, Auburn's hardwood artists will be given only short workouts the remainder of the week as Coach Sam McAllister intends for his proteges to burn some midnight oil and annex a win from their hardest opponent of the season—mid-term exams. Examinations for the first semester start this week and continue through next Wednesday. No games are scheduled for the Plainsmen until January 23rd, when they meet the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens, in the first of a three game road trip which also carries them to Clemson and Columbia for return tilts with Josh Cody's quintet and the University of South Carolina, so much time can be spent by Capt. Ralph Jordan & Co. solving their classroom problems. In the showings against South Carolina, Clemson and North Carolina State, the McAllister machine has resembled Auburn's brilliant 1928 team very much. The 1928 five lost only 2 games in 22 starts, both losses to the University of Mississippi by a lone point. It is true that McAllister has no James twins, Buck Ellis, Frank Du- Bose or Jelly Akin on his club, but he has a Jack Stewart, Ralph Jordan, Tom Lumpkin, Lindley Hatfield and Chas. Kaley, all fine~basketball players. Against Clemson, the Bengals performed so well that an authority here on the cage game said that the 1928 team never looked any better than this season's team did against Josh Cody's Purple Tigers. They showed coordination in practically every "department of the game. They hit on five cylinders and added several more for good measure. Ray Sermon's North Carolina State Wolfpack extended the Orange and Blue wearers to the limit before being forced to go down, 30 to 28, in a five minute extra period contest. Auburn failed to play against the Wolfpack like she did against Clemson as the IState players were allowed too. many open shots. McAllister will devote most of the remaining workouts before Georgia is encountered to the defensive department. He realizes i:hat Monday night's score might have been reversed if the Raleigh five had had another sharpshooter, so additional work in guarding will be issued. Bob Foster's Pressing Shop QUICK SERVICE Co-Eds Stage Revolt Against Frosh Rules Delaware police were called upon recently to disperse a class fright between 400 freshmen and sophomore women on the campus of Ohio Wes-leyan University. Freshman girls for several days had refused to appear in their freshmen berets. Then one evening the sophomores organized, swooped down on the freshman cottages and a hot battle ensued. Hair was pulled, dresses torn and faces scratched in the melee. The first policeman on the scene mistook lipstick smeared on the faces of the freshman girls, as blood marks, and sent in a general alarm. The cops soon separated the combatants, and no one was seriously hurt in the conflict.— Gold and Black. 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(Established in 1872) OPELIKA AUBURN Member of Mortgage Association of America SEE OUR Van Heusen Collarite Shirts Will Not Fade Or Shrink SEE OUR SPALDING CATALOGUE For Anything In Sporting Goods GIBSON'C MEN'S WEAR O WHATEVER THE WEATHER Your needed coal is never further from you than your telephone. Prompt delivery is guaranteed by ample fleets of trucks. Heating comfort is assured by the quality of our Coal. Coal that burns better will come to you immediately on your'call. Make a memo of our telephone right now and coal shortage need never disturb you again. AUBURN ICE & COAL COMPANY Phone 118 — Prompt Delivery Coaching Big Factor In Coast Game, McGehee Rev. Bruce McGehee, pastor of the Auburn Methodist church, thinks that coaching was the biggest factor in the Alabama victory over the Washington State team in California on Jan. 1. He made this, statement to the Auburn Kiwanis club at their meeting Monday. Mr. McGehee related many interesting incidents which occurred to him while in California. He said that in his opinion the score would have been reversed if the Washington team had been coached by Coach Wade a year or more. He told how Coach Wade outgeneraled the Washington State Coach. En route to Pasadena, Mr. McGehee and his,party visited movie headquarters and saw much of the equipment used in making movies. He said that two minutes with tfie camera in one of the pictures was preceded by an expenditure of half a million dollars in preparing the scenery. R. L. Bailey, president of the club, presided at the meeting. The program was presented under the direction of the program committee of which Dr. R. S. Sugg is chairman. Albert Collins and George Scarseth assisted; Rosser Alston, former Auburn student, and now with the Allied Mills at Fort Wayne, Indiana, was a visitor. Eagle Brings Gridiron Victory The first Southern Conference football victory for the Alabama Polytechnic Institute in four years came immediately after this golden eagle was adopted as mascot—the University of South Carolina going down ir defeat, 25 to 7. The bird of good omen, a native of the Southwest, was captured near the Auburn campus when a farmer found him entangled u a heavy forage crop, where he had swooped down to prey upon a flock of turkeys. Since the Auburn battle cry for over a score of years has bee. "War Eagle." the lucky bird has now become sacred on the campus Cheer leaders, pictured with the eagle, are Dewitt "Buir'Stier fteft) - -nmg-7 ham. and Harry "Happy" Davis, Gadsden Germans Protest On American War Films The Germans do not like the picture "All Quiet On The Western Front". When it was shown in Berlin a week ago, there was a near riot in the theatre which required a large number of policemen to quell. The ne'xt day the newspapers denounced Remarque's characters as soulles images, looking out for their own ends and cowardly in all their actions. Those of us who have seen the film were able to notice few cowardly or selfish characteristics in the-actors; of course Remarque could have portrayed more courageous men, but then they would not have been true to the idea of the picture, nor would they have appeared nearly so human. We found the actions of Katchinsky, which were declared by German newspapers to be a blot on the honor of the German soldier, to be those of typical veterans. The German government has become unduly worked up by this and other pictures and now threatens to pass a bill forbidding the showing of all foreign films unless they are shown in the original, and such originals must contain no scenes which may be interpreted to be anti-German. The German newspapers complain bitterly of the fact that of fifty anti-German films shown recently twenty-one have been produced in America. The picture, "All Quiet On The Western Front" was certainly not interpreted by Americans to be a film intended to show the German soldiers as cowards. Indeed the picture caused most audiences to wonder at- the .courage shown by German soldiers. —The Bulldog. Automatic Track Timer Invented By A Student New York —(IP)— A new automatic electrical track timer has been invented by E. A. Speakman, senior at Haverford College. During a meet the instrument functioned with a great degree of accuracy and several improvements have been added which make it accurate to l-120th of a second. The apparatus is prepared for a race by throwing a switch. The sound of the starter's gun is picked up at the starting line by a microphone and the impulse from this starts an accurate clock. As the runner breaks the tape a light "stream is interrupted which stops the clock. FACULTY DANCE TO BE GIVEN SATURDAY (Continued from page 1) In .addition to filling numerous engagements on the Auburn campus and in surrounding .towns, the Auburn Knights broadcast a thirty-minute period of dance music over station WSFA in Montgomery, on Tuesday evenings, from 9:45 p. m. to 10:15 p. m. Faculty members not having transportation are asked to get in touch with Mr. Edwards in order that proper conveyance may be arranged. Forestry Development Adds to State's Wealth Determinable values approximating $45,343,163, of which $31,885,263 accrued during the past quadrennium, have been added to the wealth of the state through the cooperative forestry work between the State and the Federal Government. These are the figures derived from the compilations in the Second Quadrennial Report filed with the Legislature by the State Commission of Forestry in cooperation with the United States Forest Service. The added wealth is due to more rapid timber growth on the many millions of acres of land unsuitable for agriculture but quite adaptable to forestry. A camparatively small acceleration of growth occuring over very large acres of land can amount to a large total increase. There are 23,000,000 acres of land in Alabama chiefly valuable for the purposes of forestry. A certain amount of timber growth, of course, will ensue upon rough lands whether the latter are given any particular care or not. It is the excess above this amount that is .accounted for by forestral practices and which comprises, in the main, the totals stated. A part of the entire amount, however, is due to savings to landowners and operators through the elimination of waste in utilization, based upon investigations and recommendations of the department. The State's outlay in achieving these results in forestry has averaged but one-fifth of a cent per acre per annum. Even this small amount does not come from the general taxpayer, but is derived from the license fees paid by sawmills, turpentine stills, lumber yards and other forest industries. The United States Government also contributes an approxi-f mately equal sum. N. C. STATE TRIMMED BY AUBURN QUINTET (Continued from page 1) teams were deadlocked at 26-all. The Tar Heels forged into the lead shortly after the extra period statred when "Morgan, fleet center for the visitors dropped a free toss through the net. The lead was short-lived however, as Lumpkin and Kaley hit the cords for the winning margin. "Father" Lumpkin led the Tiger attack with 11 points. Every man in the Auburn lineup scored, including Lawson and Pate, substitutes, who had a field goal to their credit. Lineup and summary: NEW ADMISSION SYSTEM TO BE INAUGURATED AT JUNIOR PROM N. S. State Atkinson (C) 4 Johnson 11 Morgan 7 Rose 4 Clark 2 Substitutions: F. F. C. G. G. Auburn Jordan (C) 4 Lumpkin 11 Steward 5 Hatfield 2 Kaley 4 Auburn, Pate 2, Lawson 2. N. C. State: Gurneau and Nelms. Referee Roosma. LOST:—Wallet containing $15.00 other articles. Reward $5.00 for return to Fred Storey, Kappa Sigma House. WE MAKE r r r > 0 NEWSPAPER N MAGAZINE -\VJ CATALOG Engraving Co lery, Alabama TV » Mil CUTS BAND IS INVITED TO ATTEND.MARDI GRAS IN MOBILE (Continued from page 1) In inviting the Auburn band to Mobile for the carnival ceelbration, Mr. Logan is extending the invitation to all band members to be the guests of the city of Mobile and the Carnival Asosciation during the period of festivities. This carries with it the invitation to be guests at all balls given during Mardi Gras. Reports from older members who have made the trip before indicate that on no other occasion are they more highly entertained, and no where do they enjoy themselves better., DRINK NEHI 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. LIONS LAY ASIDE BUSINESS TUESDAY (Continued from page 1) for the attacks of the jovial but not always considerate Lions. A few interruptions in the frivolity were necessary, however, as a new Lion,' H. C. Teer, was taken into the club, and several announcements were made. A meeting of the board of directors was called for Tuesday night. In a few words, Lt. C. P. Townsley urged that the members of the club attend the Lions Conventions to be held in Montgomery and in Toronto, Canada. The trouble with most critics is that they are as narrow-minded and mean as the people they criticize. Tiger Theatre WEDNESDAY, Jan. 14 WILL ROGERS ' —In— "LIGHTNIN' " —With— Louise Dresser - Sharon Lynn Joel McCrea ALSO TALKING COMEDY THURSDAY, Jan. 15 MARIE DRESSLER WALLACE BERRY —In— •*MIN AND BILL" Also Selected Short Subjects FRIDAY, Jan. 16 CHARLES ROGERS —In— "ALONG CAME YOUTH" —With— Frences Dee -. Stuart Erwin - William Austin Also selected Short Subjects SATURDAY, Jan. 17 "PART TIME WIFE" —With— EDMUND LOWE— —LEILA HYAMS (Continued from page 1) leave on Sunday following the close of the dances. 3. All visiting ladies shall be housed in the designed chapter houses, as directed by the Dean of Women. > *• 4. All visiting ladies will check in-at their respective houses with the Social Director, or her representative within thirty minutes after the close of the dance each night. 5. All visiting ladies will be required to be back on the dance floor not later than thirty minutes from the time intermission begins, except on Saturday night when the time limit will be only fifteen minutes. 6. All visiting ladies will be required to check in at the dance floor by the following schedule: Thursday night—10:00 to 1:00. Friday night— 10:00 to 1.30 Saturday night— 9:00 to 12:00 7. The full cooperation of the above regulations will be respectfully solicited of the visiting young ladies. ZOE DOBBS, Social Director and Dean of Women It might be added that although visiting girls are required to attend all night dances, they are not compelled to attend the day dances. Only juniors will be allowed to participate in the Grand March which will follow the first lead-out during the Junior Ball on Friday Night. During the dances, juniors will have five leadouts, two Thursday night, two Friday night and one Saturday night. There will also be two no-breaks during each dance. The schedule for the dances will be as follows: Thursday, Jan. 22, 9:30 p. m. to 1. a. m., Opening Ball; Friday, Jan. 23, 11 a. m. to 1 p. m., Interfra-ternity Dance; Friday, Jan. 23, 4 p. m. to 6 p. m., Executive Cabinet Tea Dance; Friday, Jan. 23, 9:30 p. m. to 1:30 a. m., Junior Prom; Saturday, Jan. 24 11 &. m. to 1 p. m., "A" Club Dance; Saturday, Jan. 24 8:30 to 12 p. m., Farewell Ball. Jimmie Green and his orchestra from Chicago, will furnish music for all the dances. This orchestra formerly played at The Golden Pumpkin in Chicago and broadcasted over station WENR. They have just completed a concert tour throughout the United States. Parts of all of the Mid-Term dances will be broadcast over both station WAPI in Birmingham and station WSFA in Montgomery. Decorations for the dances will be in charge of Charles F. Davis and George Brinson, both students in architecture here. The color scheme will be in black and white with the orchestra ,pit decorated in modernistic designs, the whole being very effectively lighted. The seven fraternity houses which will be used to house the visitors are: Lambda Chi Alpha, Theta Chi, Sigma Nu , Delta Sigma Phi, Sigma Phi, Sigma Phi Sigma, Theta Kappa Nu, and Phi Delta Theta. Boys! If you Eat MEAT Buy it from your Friends MOORE'S MARKET i —Phone 37— • When you are in Montgomery Stop and Eat at the PARAMOUNT CAFE 120 Montgomery St. Montgomery, Ala. L Always Ready to Serve You BANK OF AUBURN Bank of Personal Service Always Ready to Give You the Best of Service TOOMER'S HARDWARE CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager We carry a complete line of Hardware Electrical Supplies — Kitchen Utensils We Appreciate Your Business Our Prices are Reasonable WRIGHT HARDWARE CO. DRAKE-IG0U COAL YARD Successors to J. G. Beasley —Dealers In— BEST GRADES OF COAL Phone 158 Auburn, Ala. A. MEADOWS GARAGE Auto Repairs Tires • Tubes Cars For Hire U-Drive-'em v - Accessories Gas Oils Greases Phones 29-27 . . . . . . . . 4 THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES Dollar Day Friday, Jan. 16 HAGEDORN'S OPELIKA'S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE
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Title | 1931-01-14 The Plainsman |
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OCR Transcript | EXAMS START FRIDAY , THE PLAINSMAN T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT EXAMS START FRIDAY VOLUME LIV AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1931 NUMBER 31 EIGHTEEN TO GET DEGREES AT MID-TERM Commencement Exercises Will Be Held In Langdon Hall On January 22nd TAKES PLACE AT 7:30 President Knapp Will Present Successful Candidates With Coveted Diplomas Eighteen students are candidates for graduation at mid-term this year. The commencement exercises will be held on January 22, in Langdon Hall. Dr. Knapp will present diplomas to the graduates at the special exercises beginning at 7:30 p. m. The following gives the names of the candidates for graduation: B.S. in Electrical Engineering George Killough Lewis, Auburn. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Hampton Lee Green, Pensacola, Fla. B.S. in Chemical Engineering Harold LeNoir Hubbard, Anniston. B.S. in Chemistry and Metallurgy Spencer Wadsworth Noble, Rome, . Ga. Bachelor of Science Sollie M. Carter, Opp. Don Q. Dallas, Jr., Pavo, Ga. Daniel Newman Garrett, Auburn. Jesse Sherwood Jones, Jr., Hogans-ville, Ga. Edward Guice Potter, Anniston. Harold Guy Scott, Camp Hill. Bachelor of Applied Art Rosser Alston, Fort Wayne, Ind. B.S. in Education Helen Collins, Opelika. James Fred McClendon, Keener. Harvey Godwin Pate, Auburn. Allen Mobley Pearson, Leroy. B.S. in Home Economics Bernice Mitchell Pruitt, Thomas-ville. B.S. in Home Economics Education Mary Bradford Harkins, Abbeville. Master of Science Susan Lipscomb, Auburn. TO PLAY HERE NEXT WEEK BAND IS INVITED, TO ATTEND MARDI GRAS IN MOBILE Carnival Celebration Will Begin This Year on February 13th BAND USUALLY ATTENDS Trip Is Enjoyed Annually By The Members Of The Auburn Band Inaugural Exercises Will Be Broadcast Above are shown Jimmie Green and the members of his world-famous orchestra who will play for the Mid-Term Dances starting Thursday night. Prior to their recent nation-wide concert tour, they played at the Golden Pumpkin Cafe in Chicago, and could be heard nightly over station WENR in Chicago. The orchestra is a presentation of the Music Corporation of America. CABINET DUES MUST BE PAD) BY JAN. 17 Fine of Five Dollars To Be Assessed On Late Payments Dues of organizations on the Auburn campus, other than those whose funds are handled by the college, will be delinquent after January 17. Failure of an organization to pay their annual dues to the Associated Undergraduate Students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, as provided in Section five of the Regulations of Permanent Committees of the Executive Cabinet, will subject that organization to a fine of five dollars. The inaugural exercises of Governor B. M. Miller will be broadcast over stations WAPI, in Birmingham, and WSFA, in Montgomery, according to official announcement made by P. O. Davis, general manager of WAPI, after conference with those who are in charge of the inaugural plans. It will be the first Alabama inauguration to be broadcast. The broadcast will begin at eleven o'clock on the morning of the 19th of January, and continue through the inaugural address and the oath of office. The two stations- will present the same program, the announcers using a balcony one story above the portico on which Governor will stand to take the oath of office and deliver his address. Judge Miller and other candidates were given the use of WAPI for campaign purposes at no cost to them because WAPI is a state and city of Birmingham institution. After the inauguration, WAPI will be available to Governor Miller for promoting the work of his administration. It will probabljObe interesting to note that the Auburn Band will not attend the inaugural exercises. This is the first time in several years that the band has been unable to be present at Alabama's gubernatorial inauguration. - Notice Won't the person who took the sirene from the old Dodge fire truck return it? It can never be of any use to anyone and will more than repay you by helping me that much. All the equipment was sold to another town and I am personally responsible for it. I will thank anyone who will leave it at the fire station and nothing will ever be mentioned about it. Jno. R. Fuller. New Paving Project To Be Completed March 1 Mayor W. D. Copeland announced today that work on the $31,000 paving project, authorized by the city council in 1930, had reached its halfway mark, and that the last of February was set as the date when the job should be completed. Payne Street was paved during the holidays, and operations are under way toward the completion of Sam-ford Avenue. Excavations are being made on Toomer Street, and work will begin soon on Bragg Avenue, Mayor Copeland stated. After the completion of the paving process, traffic will be denied the use of these streets for the period of twenty-one days in order to give the cement time to set. This improvement was made possible by funds received through the sale of a certain franchise to the Alabama Power Company. N.C. STATE TRIMMED BY AUBURN QUINTET Fast and Furious Game' Is Witnessed on Monday Night By Elmer Salter Auburrf's 1931 basketball team pulled a brilliant battle out of the fire from North Carolina State's Wolfpack here Monday night, the final score being 30 to 28 after an extra period of five minutes. The victory marked the third successive conference conquest for the Bengals. Opening with a bang the rivals battled on even terms throughout, the score at half time being 14-all. At the end of the regulation game, the (Continued on page 4) BIOLOGICAL CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS The Biological Club met Thursday evening, January 8, for the purpose of electing the officers for the coming semester. Those elected to the offices were: W. W. Cotney—President. J. C. Moore—Vice-President. H. F. Yates—Secretary-Treasurer. Harriet A. Giljette—Reporter and Critic. Professor J. M. Robinson gave an interesting talk on "Venomous Snakes". He gave several "Believe It or Nots", stating instances of seemingly impossible effects of venomous snakes on plant life. A series of very interesting programs are being planned by the vice-president, Mr. Moore. The club holds its meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. RADIO TALKS WILL BE MADE IN THRIFT WEEK OBSERVANCE TO BE HELD HERE NEXT WEEK Thrift Week, January 17 to 23, will be observed by the Auburn Business and Professional Women's Club with a series of four radio talks over station WAPI and the sponsoring of a vesper service at the Methodist church on Sunday, January 18 at 7:30 p. m. ft^iss Alma V. Lamar, chairman of the finance committee, has arranged the discussions on thrift to be presented over radio. Professor John Winans Roe will present the first, speaking on "Thrift" during the noon program from Auburn on Saturday, Jan. 17. This will be followed on Monday by a discussion of "Methods of Investment" by Professor W. C. Crow of the department of economics and sociology. On the following Tuesday, Miss Marguerite E. Odendahl will talk on "National Own Your Own Home Day" in connection with her regular interior decoration feature. H. S. Gentry of Auburn will conclude the series with a discussion of "National 'Life Insurance Day" on Wednesday noon. In a thrift investigation of the 35 members of the local club it was found that 64 per cent maintained a savings account, that 94 per cent carried life insurance, 53 per cent owned securities, and that 23 per cent are now in the process of buying a home. Of the membership, 18 per cent have already prepared and 35 per cent have one or more dependents. The Auburn Band has been invited to return to Mobile to participate in the Mardi Gras celebrations Feb, 13-17, for the seventh consecutive year. A letter from Mr. John D. Logan, secretary and business manage rof the Carnival Association to J. R. Quinlivan, business manager of the band requesting that the band return to partake of the festivities was received recently. The Mardi Gras celebration will begin with a parade and ball given by the Krewe of Columbus Friday evening, Feb. 1, and will last five days, being concluded with a ball given by the Infant Mystics, Cuesday night, Feb. 17. On previous occasions the Auburn Band has featured prominently in all the parades of the Carnival season, and has been selected to lead the majority of them. Daily concerts from the band stand in Bienville Square have been a regular feature of the band's appearance in Mobile. King Felix, ruler of carnival, has always selected the Auburn musicians to act as the personal band of His Majesty, and on former occasions his arrival on the scene of the festivities has been accompanied by the Auburn band. The Auburn band has been selected to furnish music for the coronation of the Queen of Carnival which comes on Monday night of the Carnival" season. The 1931 Auburn band is composed of forty-five musicians under the direction of P. R. Bidez, band-matser since 1919. The band was founded in 1897 by Professor Thorn as M. Fullan, now head of the de-patrment of drawing and machine design at Auburn: In 1906 Professor A. L. Thomas, professor of drawing, took charge of the band, and held this position until 1919 when the present director took the baton. Rehearsals are now being held daily in an effort to present concerts worthy of the record made by the band in former appearances at Mardi Gras celebrations. (Continued on page 4) NEW SYSTEM OF ADMISSION WILL BE INAUGURATED AT MID-TERM DANCES; NINE HUNDRED BIDS MAILED TO GIRLS COLLEGE FEES FOR SECOND SEMESTER ARE ANNOUNCED Late Registration Fee of $5.00 Will Be Required i Beginning Monday, January 26th The following statement concerning college fees for the second semester was announced from the registrar's office yesterday: Fees Required of All Students College Fees - $32.50 Student-Activities Fee 7.50 $40.00 Additional Fees and Deposits Required of Certain Students Laundry (all men) _ $12.00 Extra Laundry and Dry Cleaning (optional) ' 3.00 Non-residents of Alabama , 25.00 Students in Pharmacy (except freshmen in 4-year course) 10.00 Students in Home Economics 7.50 Students in Veterinary Medicine ^ . 5.00 Typewriter fee (for students taking this course) 5.00 Students in Engineering (Auburn Engineer) .50 Students in Agriculture and Agricultural Education (Alabama Farmer) .75 Late Registration (maximum) 10.00 The official registration period for the second semester closes at noon, January 24. An extra fee of $5.00 will be charged for registration on January 26; and an additional fee of $1.00 per day will be charged for each day registration is deferred beyond this date, the maximum charge for late registration for the second semester being fixed at $10.00. No exceptions will be made to these regulations. In addition to the fees mentioned above, new students will be required to pay a contingent deposit of $5.00, $16.00 for uniform' (freshmen in R. O. T. C ) , and a physical examination fee of $2.00. FACULTY DANCE TO BE GIVEN SATURDAY Auburn Knights to Play For Mid-Year Dance of Faculty Club SENIOR PRESIDENT TO LEAVE SCHOOL Howard Gray, a student in agriculture and president of the senior class, will resign from college at the end of the present seme^ser. He will return to his home at New Market to be with his mother who is ill and to take chai'ge of the family farm and business. This became known Tuesday. Mr. Gray expressed his keen disappointment on being unable to remain until the end of the second semester and graduate. He has only 8% hours of work between him and his degree. He hopes to return to Au burn within a year to complete his student work. Being the only child in his family his return home at this time is necessary. Mr. Gray has spent 3% years as a student at Auburn. He has been very active in student activities. He was president of his class during both sophomore and junior years. Last spring he was elected president for the senior year. In addition he is president of the Block and Bridle Club. He is also business manager of the Alabama Farmer. He is a member of Spades, O. -D. K., and other honorary fraternities; also the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. Students and faculty regret to see Mr. Gray leave the campus and hope that he will be able to return at an early date. , The mid-year dances of the Auburn' faculty members will take place at the Opelika Country Club Saturday evening, January 17, according to an announcement by Charles W. Edwards, chairman of the Faculty Dance Club. Because of the popularity of the Auburn Knights, this orchestra has again been secured to furnish music for the occasion which begins at 9:00 o'clock and lasts until midnight. (Continued on page 4) Water Tank Is Flooded In Fire Demonstration Completely flooding the top of the city water tank from a point along side of the A. T. O. House was the feat accomplished by the Auburn Fire Department Sunday morning before a large crowd of spectators when it demonstrated to officials of the City of Opp, Alabama, the merits of the new fire fighting equipment. J. R. Fuller, fire chief, stated that during the test they found the apparatus capable of pumping eight hundred and seventy gallons of water per minute. This was the first test the new truck has undergone, there being no serious fire reported since its installation. LIONS LAY ASIDE BUSINESS TUESDAY New System Is Explained By Social Committee Chairman to Plainsman Representative TEN DOLLARS IS CHARGE COMPLETE SET OF DANCES Dance Regulations Are Being Printed For Benefit of Students DAY DANCES TO BE $1 Decorations Are In Charge Of C. F. Davis and Geo. Brinson, Students in Architecture Original Merriment Program Featured At Weekly Meeting of Civic Club With the successful completion of the many projects sponsored by them in 1930 and the eelction of new officers off their hands, the Auburn Lions met in the Thomas Hotel Tuesday at noon to enjoy each other's company for an hour of merriment, during which all business was suspended, and wit and humor predominated. Thru-out the meeting the "Tail Twister", the "Lion Tamer", and all of the Lions weer on the alert to take every advantage of playing jokes upon one another. Very often elaborate tales were necessary to explain the peculiar circumstances, or rather predicaments, in which they weer alleged to have been seen by certain Lions at such inopportune times. Mock trials were common, and the "Dime Chairman" was kept very busy extracting the jingling bits of metal from the defeated but never disheartened clients. Professor E. F. Guyton, new 2nd vice-president of the club, presided, according to the usual custom of allowing the new 2nd and 3rd vice-presidents conduct the two meetings preceding the installation of the new president. It was a trying time to have such an honor bestowed upon one, for he found himself a favorite (Continued on page 4) • A new system of admission will be inaugurated at the Mid-Term dances which will start Thursday, according to a statement by Sabel Shanks, chairman of the social committee. A ticket entitling the purchaser to attend all dances will be ten dollars as usual. A student may attend two' ijight dances by purchasing a seven dollar ticket or may pay four dollars to attend any one night dance. The day dances may be attended by persons holding either a ten or seven dollar ticket, while a four dollar ticket entitles a person to attend only the dances on the day that he attends the night dance. Those not attending any other dances may enter the day dances upon paying one dollar per dance. Tickets will be sold at the Tiger Drug Store between the hours of 2 p. m. and 4:30 p. m. on Thursday to avoid the customary rush at the dance entrance. Approximately nine hundred bids were mailed out by the social committee yesterday, and a large attendance of girls is expected. Girls should report to Miss Dobbs' office immediately upon arrival to be assigned to fraternity houses at which they will reside during their stay in Auburn. At this time visitors will also receive a program, a copy of the dance regulations, and an engagement book. The dance regulations as submitted by Miss Dobbs are as follows: 1. All visiting young ladies will-Jje under the supervision of the Social Director, and Dean of Women, or her representative during their period of stay in Auburn. 2. All visiting young ladies are expected to arrive not earlier than the opening day of the dances and to (Continued on page 4) Alston Speaks To Commerce Students Alston Talks To Commercial Art Students PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION INFORMATION HELP PREVENTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT SAYS HERTY In the opinion of Dr. Charles R. I of unusual unemployment will be Herty, widely-known chemist of New York and special lecturer in chemistry at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, one of the ways to prevent unemployment is advanced information on production and consumption. Dr. Herty made this declaration while in Auburn for a special lecture. He referred to the fact that this theory was presented 90 years ago at a meeting of business men in Baltimore but that it is still lacking in applica-i tion. With production and consumption statistics to date, farmers and manufacturers know what to do and how to base their production plans. If' fcerns during a period of severe depres-these facts are observed recurrence avoided, he said. With this objective in view Dr. Herty declared that all statistical and research work of the United States government should be enlarged. He declared also that business men and bankers as well as farmers should cooperate heartily with the government in obtaining full information pertaining to production and consumption. He declared that a business concern can well tefford to employ one man to atttend to this phase of the work for the salary of one man, he added, would be nil compared to the losses incurred by thousands of business con- Rosser Alston, a former student at Auburn, gave an interesting talk on Advertising Art to the students of the Commercial Art department. Pointing out the difference between good and bad examples of advertisement, Alston showed the urgency of effective Direct-Mail advertising problems. Commenting on the facilities and growth of the Applied Arts Department, he lauded the curriculum, and expressed the opinion that the course lacks few, if any, of the essentials constituting a first class course. Alston, now District Advertising Manager of the Allied Mills, was the first student to enroll in the Commercial Art course in Auburn. As this course was then incomplete, he went to Indiana before receiving his degree, but he will receive it at the coming commencement exercises. While a student in Auburn, Alston took an active part in the activities on the campus. He was a member of the Auburn Band and the editor of The Plainsman in 1926. Although he has been with the Allied Mills only one year, officials of the company have shown their satisfaction in his work by promoting him rapidly. He now supervises the advertising of the company in thirteen staffes. PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1931 (Hit? patngttum 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 Charles S. Davis Editor-in-Chief Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Thomas P. Brown Associate Editor Robert L. Hume Associate Editor Victor White Managing Editor Claude Currey , News Editor R. K> Sparrow News Editor J. W. Letson News Editor Alan Troup Composing Editor A. C. Cohen Composing Editor Adrian Taylor . Murff Hawkins K. M. McMillan Sports Editor Exchange Editor ...Literary Editor 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 Virgil Nunn Asst. Business Mgr. Ben Mabson Advertising Manager Roy Wilder Circulation Manager James Backes Asso. Advertising Mgr. CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Charles Adams, '34 W. E. Pope, '34 L. E. Sellers, '34 DANCE CONDUCT In a few days Auburn will be in the midst of the leading social event of the year, the Junior Prom. As usual the Faculty and Social Director are certain to be faced with problems of conduct, and it is still more certain that the cardinal cause of most irregularities will arise from those false conceptions of pleasure, that are in evidence at most dances. During the Dances Auburn will be more or less on dress parade. Every effort is being made to create, a favorable impression, both to visitors of the fairer sex and outsiders attending the festivities, The Gymnasium is being beautified, an expensive orchestra has been procured, and all will be in readiness for social activities of the highest type. What could be more out of harmony with the whole scheme, than disorderly conduct by members of the student body, hosts of the occasion. The Plainsman deplores such actions during the period, and feels that the majority of the students attending the dances want them conducted on the highest of social planes. AUBURN SPORTSMANSHIP It seems to us, after viewing the recent varsity basketball games, that Auburn, which has always been noted for her good sportsmanship, is about to develop some habits which are clearly in opposition to all existing rules and conceptions of good sportsmanship and fair play. These habits are like the proverbial ill wind in that they do absolutely no good as far as winning the game is concerned but rather serve to create an impression that is detrimental to the good name of Auburn Spirit. Many times during the game with North Carolina Monday night when there were close decisions given adverse to Auburn there was a considerable amount of hissing and booing directed towards the official. This was done for the most part by those who could not see the players in question clearly or who had their view obstructed in some way. It is quite true that at times it seems as if the referee makes unfair decisions, but it must be remembered that he has a much better view of the game and that it is his business to see things which are missed by the majority of the crowd. Still another habit which is developing in spite of the efforts of some to stop it is that of not keeping quiet when an opposing player is making a free throw. Every one manages to keep quiet when'a member of the Auburn team is making a free, throw yet when an opposing player attempts the same thing there is entirely too much noise. This is very disconcerting to a man about to make a shot and out of courtesy to the visiting teams it should be done away with. The Plainsman feels sure that the student body will see the unsportsmanlike quality of these habits and will try to break them up. Marriage is an art, and now the most neglected of arts. Education should begin not later than at the age of two.— Judge Ben Lindsey. • Man has been cleverer with his hands than with his head.—Leonard Behrens. My Opinion By Vasili Leoniduitch WITH NO little interest have I followed the defense of sentimental-ism by two columnists of the Birmingham Press. It seems that the modern tendency is to consider sentiment rather passe. We are becoming afraid of our emotions, and to be called sentimental is an insult. America is the Siberia of emotionalism. Yet, all great deeds have first been achieved in emotional life. History repeatedly proves the statement. Asia's great material resources were .shattered when thrown against Greek sentiment, and Rome fell only after she was robbed of Roman spirit. Can America profit from the course she is pursueing? Is it not sentiment that makes college more attractive? When countless rules have heen forgotten and technicalities are lost in the oblivion of fleeting years, memories of the_more human things will remain. When sentiment reigns we are lured on to joys, to perils, to love, and even death is glorified; but as we emerge to the realm of the cynical the glow of the heart grows cold, grows still, and expires. * * * * The pictures of Alabama's crushing defeat of Washington State, when shown at the Tiger theater this week, were given a big hand by Auburn students. They appreciated the strength of the Tide, and took genuine pride in the impressive showing the sister institution made on the Coast. Many Auburn men are already dreaming of a new stadium dedicated by Alabama and Auburn. * * * < Next Monday Alabama will have a new Governor. He faces chaos in the State Treasury, and follows the greatest spendthrift in our history to the chair. I trust he does not have a mania for seeing his name on buildings. THE LAMENTED SEA BEAST Seldom "does mankind become well enough acquainted with the dwellers of the ocean to give one of them a name. In fact, we didn't know it was ever done save in the fictional pages of Herman Melville. But the Associated Press assures us that the little town of Eden, in New South Wales, Australia, is mourning the loss of a big citizen of the vasty deep. This was "Old Tom," said to have been king of a pack of killer whales for more than 100 years. Now the killer whales, it seems, are not_ whales. They are dolphins, and thus more nearly akin to the humble porpoises. But at any rate, whales, killer whales and porpoises are all cetacea, or sea mammals. "Old Tom" was the antithesis of his more celebrated cetacean cousin, "Moby Dick." The land-dwelling mammals who go down to the sea in ships, it will be recalled, hated "Moby Dick," because he obstinately refused to allow his body to be rendered for oil. The fact that the well-being of the inhabitants of New Bedford was threatened by a possible underproduction of whale oil meant nothing in the old life of that ranger of the Pacific. He was one of those vicious "beasts that would defend himself when attacked by the lords of creation. And he was a master in the whalely art of self-defense. He could lash out with his tail and a boat would be overturned, one snap of his jaws and the leg of the chief harpooner was amputated. Not so, "Old Tom." Somewhere and for some purposes, in this year of grace, whale oil is consumed, and the existence of the village of Eden depends on supplying this wellnigh forgotten part of the world's consumption. In the season of whales, these monsters were driven into Eden's land-locked bay by the killer whales led by their monarch, "Old Tom." The har-pooners, summoned by a lookout, would go out in their boats and kill the whales while the dolphins would go backward and forward across the entrance to the bay and prevent the larger cetaceans from eluding their human pursuers. In return for these services, the har-pooners, after they had made "their kills, would throw to their cetacean allies the great mobile tongue mass which lolls in the mouth of the whales and which the dolphins esteem as the choicest morsel which the carcass of the whale affords. The people of Eden are no doubt anxiously awaiting to see if the successor of "Old Tom" has anything like the executive ability of the old ruler and if the pack under new leadership will be as successful in rounding up their larger kinsmen. —Montgomery Advertiser. There are no truer pictures of human beings than those on passports.—Juan J. Aigura. It is easy to see that many accepted conventions are disappearing.—Rev. Dr. W. R. Bowie. _ Prexy's Paragraphs By Bradford Knapp Talk about the real spirit a n d a r e al game, t h a t g a me Monday night was the limit, and I had to miss it. It takes a great deal of courage and fighting ability to pull a game out of the fire which is as close as that game was. A team that can keep its head and hold its nerve and play that kind of a game deserves a lot of credit. Here's to Sam McAllister and every fellow on the squad. • Incidently I am terribly disappointed that we don't have a place where we could have a real big audience to see basketball games. With that kind of a team we could really draw big crowds if we only had a place to hold the audience as well as play the game. I have tried to plan it but the money just isn't in existence to do what we want to do and ought to do. I expect we shall have to content ourselves in patience until we can work it out. * * * * In these difficult times the worth of a man is much more apparent than in the days of affluence. Ease, luxury and plenty of money to spend may gloss over a character that fails when hardships come. I think there has been nothing more encouraging than the attitude of the faculty and students of this institution as we have begun facing difficulties of a day when money is scarce and things are hard to get. I am thankful for the encouragement and support of fine men and women in this new era. * * - * * Next week we will have a new chairman of the. Board of Trustees as well as a new Governor. I am sure that he is just as profoundly interested in honest, conscientious work and in the good that this institution can do in the State as any other man can be. We shall all hope that when time will permit him to do so he will come often to Auburn and become acquainted with its student body and its faculty and know and appreciate, as I feel sure he will, the sincerity of purpose and fine work going on at this institution. * * * * We are facing a time of tests. To be tested and not found wanting is a real accomplishment. There is no way to find out finally whether one knows a subject or not except by examination. The truth of the matter is that the whole of life is a continual examination. We are tested on every hand. Most of us do not object to being examined or tested providing it is a fair, square, honest test. I think the average teacher at this and other institutions, especially those of some experience, has developed philosophy enough not to put too much emphasis upon a person's ability to answer one single individual question chosen out of a great field of knowledge. *And yet a fair examination ought to give some indication of the thoroughness with which one has mastered a subject during the semester's work. There are a lot of factors in making up the standard. The daily tasks in class, laboratory, or shop have a strong bearing. The willingness to work and the attitude toward the work are to be considered. I am much inclined to think that the attitude of the teacher is just as important if not more than that of the student. First there is the challenge, has the teacher really taught, and that has its corresponding challenge, has the student been willing and anxious to learn? Has the teacher tried to convey the knowledge; has he inspired the student to want to know? There are teachers who can make a student like a subject and there are teachers as well who make students dislike subjects. To me, however, the most important thing is the fairness of attitude upon the part of the teacher, the sympathy and understanding of the teacher toward the student. Crossing t's and dotting i's will neither make nor break a life. They have relative importance it is true. What a college ought to be after is the substance'of an education, a training, a development, an expanding ability to know, to think, to reason, and to reach honest conclusions. I am wishing you well in these tests. Once to every man and nation Comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, For the good or evil side. But the case presents no problem To the White House engineer; He appoints a big commission To report some time next year. —Sen. Geo. Norris, of Nebraska. It is the opportunity for self-government itself which gives training for self-government, not foreign subjection.—Sir Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet. AUBURN FOOTPRINTS The City Council has placed a fine on throwing chewing gum on the street— the Austins must not get stuck. * * * * * * * * * Who was the co-ed that had such a fondness for pretty clothes that she was wrapped up in them? * * * * * * * * * "Wont you just once", he entreated? The warm spring weather made his blood surge with new life. t "No", was her firm but gentle answer. "But I must". He was desperate now, an insatiable longing seemed to take control of his every emotion. x "No", she repeated. "Ah mamma, all the other boys are going barefooted. Can't I just once." * * * * * * * * * THE QUEEN OF HEARTS The Queen of Hearts she was a blonde, Or so the tale is told. A man unknown throughout the court, Approached the queen so bold. Oh Queen, said he. I am so blue, Won't you my sad tale hear? I love a blonde here In the court, But I am not a peer. A knight you are, the queen replied, If you doth love blonde maids. Avaunt, said she, arise at once, I dub thee Knight of Spades. So on his steed, the Ace of Spades, Rode to his blonde so fair. But what was found at Castle Grande, Made the poor knight despair. His lady love had run away, And wed the gardener's son. The Ace of Spades, he threw a fit, And his revenge begun. He slew the varlet knave at once, And dyed the maiden's hair. He said she could not be a blonde, For blondes he'd always care. The courtly criers, this sad tale, Did to their blonde queen bring. She summoned him at once to come, And straightway made him king. —HIC-HIC. * * * * * * * * * The financial depression was solved Monday afternoon for the members of advanced R. O. T. C. * * * * * * * * * For the dances: Wine—any fraternity house; song—Jimmie Green; and women—Sonny Paterson. * * * * * * * * * What came very near in being the latest in college suicides was discovered recently in the nick of time at the Sigma Nu house. John Christian was found locked in his room alone with a half smoked Picayune. * * * * * * * * * We imagine Rudy Vallee would make a good football player he seems to get across so .well. * * * * * * * * * If all the saxophone players i/i the world were laid end to end they would still play the "St. Louis Blues". * * * * * * * * * A hypocrite is anyone who .can make an eight o'clock class and sing "All the World is Jealous of Me." * * * * * * * * * It is reported that pass out checks for the dances are selling at $4.00 per gallon. SAME OLD GAL The co-ed of 1930 is fundamentally the same as the co-ed of 1864, in the opinion of Mrs. Emma J. Sawyer. She made her deductions from a recent visit to the University of Iowa campus, where she was a college student in 1864. The college girl of 1930, Mrs. Sawyer says, "may revel in new freedom, but after all she expects to marry, to have a home and children and rear them to be good boys and girls." We'd like -to have a slant in one the old boys of 1864 too, wouldn't we? We know for a fact they made some whoopee, %and the some not meaning a small: indefinite amount. At any rate they envy our youth to such an extent that they try to be very hard and strict on us. * * * * OH MY, MY Consider the sad plight of our dumb freshman who had a date with the fat lady of the circus and after hours of heavy necking found that he was only holding her arm.—Old Gold and Black. * * * * DON'T OMIT From the Blue Stocking TRg find ten of the most interesting news subjects for newspaper work in the order named: 1. sports; 2 domestic and foreign affairs; 3 finance; 4 aviation; 5 disasters; 6 prohibition; 1 crime; 8 radio; 9 religion; 10 science. Now we wonder how they could leave out the co-eds. * * * * ONE STEP FORWARD At Chicago University, they are staging an innovation in educational methods. The president of the college announces that the school plans to abandon the traditional system by which a student is required to spend four years obtaining a fixed number of credits before he is entitled to a degree. In its stead, the university intends to establish a system whereby a student can be graduated whenever he can pass a comprehensive examination. It might be added that a number of other schools have adopted or worked out a similar course of action. It is easy to see that the present method of graduating a student is old fashioned, fundamentally unsound, very unfair, and in the near future will be completely buried in the wake of the newer and more direct methods of getting a working knowledge. Our colleges claim to turn out flexible students that can fit in to most any line of work in their chosen field, but is that the true condition? No. The first thing a student does is find a job, absolutely learn how to operate at capacity output in that one rut, become mechanical. Become another great statesman, financier or engineer? No. The true case of affairs absolutely proves that our present system tends to cause a student to crib on his subjects, get disgusted with the thing that before entering college burned in his very coul to be his life work, and turns him out, the best four years of his life gone not mentioning the four to ten thousand dollars spent, in hardly more than a daze. Possibly fanatic, maybe good sense; take your choice. "Mass production" is the cry word, and just as true in our colleges as in the business world. While statistics prove that the smaller colleges have by far the largest percentage of their graduates enrolled in "Who's Who in America." Two Lafayette College professors recently announced statistics in which they tabulated all the colleges in the U. S. according to their intellectual standards. Hampden-Sidney, with a student body of less than 300, has more living graduates, in proportion, who have attained sufficient eminence to enable them to be enrolled in "Who's Who in America" than any other institution in the country. There are no large universities, with the exception of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, among the schools with the highest percentage of graduates in "Who's Who." It seems that the great plants are neglecting something that the men would otherwise get at the small colleges. Until this something is found and corrected, mass education in America can hardly be termed a success, and the small college remains where it always has been; the foundation of the country's intellectual fabric. 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. "While still, unheard, but in its wonted way Piped the drear wind of that December day." * * * * * S SUNDAY afternoon thoughts: An article in Harpers by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick. That song "You're Driving me Crazy." Would like to have the record mailed to John Temple Graves II. Wonder who Hie Hie '31 is. Last issue's social page filthy with wisdom. Would that this columnist had the brains of a philosopher and could spout sapient admonitions by the cubic yard. That ironically graceful crawl of Leoniduitch. He must give me lessons some time,, Life is indeed becoming sordid; haven't been called a bad word in ages. Nothing much to laugh about these days. Henry L. Mencken —"To have a good show you must have a good fight, and to have a good fight, you must have lots of blood." Just be sure that the blood isn't your own. If you've never read Tchekoff's The Boor you. still have something to live for. A musical programme this morning from the Roxy Theatre. Madame Schumann-Heink is still a prominent figure in the musical world. The embarassment of having to take freshman chemistry. Wonder if anybody is going to get drunk during the dances. The latest American formula for corn whisky includes Flit and powdered horse hair. The world is holding its breath while one of President Hoover's investigation committees prepares to render its report. No doubt a turning point in history. Fine basketball game Saturday night. The" athletic situation is improving on all sides. Italy and France glaring each other in the face, waiting for the spark to set off their powder magazines. As many armed men in Europe- today as there were in 1914. The weather must be off schedule or something. The rain started nearly two weeks before the dances. Two more classes in Economics. Gloria in Excelsis! * * * * When Mussolini does a thing he does it thoroughly and in a big way. Let the trans-Atlantic flight Of the squadron of Italian aeroplanes witness. Although five of his finest airmen were lost and three seriously injured. II Duce has done something else to the glory of his country. Some day he may hope to parallel in achievement the Republican administration of the last twelve years. * * :,': * Writing a column may well be compared to conducting a puppet show. If one pulls the first string the first puppet will move; if one pulls the second string the second puppet will move; and if one pulls both strings at once the puppets will move together. In the same manner, if the columnist says one thing the first donkey will bray; if he says another thing the second donkey will bray; and if he says both things -at once the donkeys will bray in unison. HOW ABOUT THE DIZZY SPECTATORS Many ingenious plans for adding to the existing Harvard stadium, or building a new one, have been drawn on table cloths and on the backs of envelopes, but none more so than the design calling for a circular amphitheater enclosing two football fields which bisect each other. The play would be shifted from one field to the other at the end of each quarter and thus spectators behind the goal posts for one period would automatically be at the fifty yard line" the next. However, goal posts at every quarter of the compass might tend to confuse a dizzy halfback, not to mention feminine spectators.—Harvard Alumni Bulletin. GRACIOUS We see where the German students at Birmingham-Southern have recently been recognized, and their club granted a charter in Delta Phi, national honorary German society. Nine such chapters are in U. S. Colleges and Universities. Boys and girls alike are taken in, but the professional part automatically eliminated the housing problem that would otherwise arise. Thinking is the great enemy of perfection. The habit of profound reflection, I am compelled to say, is the most pernicious of all habits formed by civilized man.— Joseph Conrad. We must always beware of simply substituting a new and possibly worse tyranny for an old, as has so often happened in the sad annals.of human progress.—Howard Madison Parshley. You can become as well educated as you like in America without spending -a cent. —Mclnnes. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1931 THE PLAINSMAN 'PAGE THREE • a :m r^ a J, \ ADRIAN TAYLOR, Editor; Harry Barnes, Assistant Editor; Marshall Caley, L. B. Graves, Tad McCallum, assistants. • COACH HUTSELL HAS LOST SEVERAL IMPORTANT COGS OF AUBURN'S TRACK TEAM FORM NUCLEUS OF AUBURN'S CAGE TEAM By Elmer G. Salter From last year's Auburn track team, undefeated in dual competition, Coach Wilbur Hutsell has lost seven important cogs. It was definitely known last season that graduation would take four members of the team, but Mentor Hut-sell had not taken a course in India in crystal gazing, he had only been across the waters as an assistant coach for the United States Olympic team, so it was quite a. blow to him when two of his stars decided to enter the business world and another decided to pursue a law course and enrolled at George Washington University. Carman Teague and James Mc- Clendon, "A" wearers in the half mile and two mile; Thos. Gaillard, pole vault, and Dave Bottoms, half mile, are the tracksters who were not expected back this year Lawrence Chamblee, Southeastern A. A. U. champion in the century; Andrew Burnett, heavy point scorer in the broad and high jump, and Joe Hughes, third in the pole vault in the annual Southern Conference meet in Bir-minham, all letter men, are the trio counted upon heavily this season who failed to return. 'Tis Fine to Dine at the PICKWICK However, prospect's for another outstanding track team at the Alabama Polytechniclnstitute are not gloomy as one might expect. With Wilbur Hutsell, one of the greatest track coaches in the United States, and Weems Baskin, one of the leading hurdlers in the universe, tutoring the thinly-clad aspirants, and with several of last season's veterans back, the 1931 Plainsmen track team is again expected to be one of the leaders in Dixie. Alt.-Capt. William "Primo" Coleman and Jack tSewart, star center on the basketball team, are the champions returning. Coleman was undefeated in Southern competition in 1930 in the discus event, while Stewart annexed first honors in the high jump at the Southern Conference meet. The leading candidates for the 1931 team are: 100-Earnest Bell, Bill O'hara and Felix Creighton. 220— O'Hara and Creighton. 440—Clay Jones, Scott Turk and Bell. 880— Eugene Gray, Elton Huff, W. McQueen and Huff. Two-mile—Clarence Roberts, Joe Plant, Joseph McQueen and Hopson Murfee. 120-yd high hurdles—Jeff Beard, Jack Stewart and Robert Stacey. 220-yd. low hurdles— Beard, Stewart and Bell. Pole vault—George Boswell and Kenneth Hall. "High jump—Stewart and Stacey. • Broad jump—O'Hara, Howard Ellis, Thurston Harwell and Luther Mathews. Shot put—Alt. Capt. Wm. Coleman and Beard. Discus—Coleman, Beard and Robert Arthur. Javelin— Capt. Sam Robinson, Carl Creel, Harbin Lawson and Paul Phillips. Five veterans will aid Sam McAllister in developing a winning cage quintet at Auburn this season. Left to right, they are: Frock Pate and Capt. Ralph Jordan, forwards; Jack Stewart, center; Harbin Lawson, guard, and Tom Lumpkin, forward. University Professors Pass On Resolutions Read The Plainsman ads. GET WHAT YOU WANT And Like What You Get. COLLEGE BARBER SHOP t<\ j * 'Say It With Flowers' And Say It With Ours FOR EVERY SOCIAL OCCASION Rosemont Gardens Florists Montgomery, Alabama Homer Wright, Local Agent for Auburn. L TOOMER'S WILL GIVE YOU SERVICE DRUG SUNDRIES DRINKS, SMOKES THE STORE OF SERVICE AND QUALITY ON THE CORNER LAST CHANCE! to get a Review Series Book or Handbook to spot your Profs. Get a good notebook now and keep your notes right next semester. Burton's Bookstore SECONDHAND BOOKS NEW BOOKS GREETING CARDS Cleveland, Ohio — ( I P )— Two important resolutions, one designed to place "above board" the "close connection between public utilities and the academic profession," and the other to provide a means for arriving at a plan to insure freedom of speech and tenure of office for col lege professors, were passed by the American Association of University Professors, in session here during the holidays. The first action provides that any member of the organization who testifies or speaks in public on behalf of an organization or individual paying him a retainer fee shall make public the fact that he is being paid by that organization or individual. In this action the professors' association apparently had in mind the report of its committee which investigated the spreading of propaganda by public utilities corporations through educators, many of whom, the committee found, were receiving fees of as much as $10,000 annually for research work done for the utilities. No voice was raised at the convention to question the ethics of receiving such retainer fees so long as the professor being paid made the fact public. The second resolution authorized the officers of the association to confer with other organizations of college teachers in an effort to work out a plan whereby college trustees may be deterred from dicharging faculty members without reasons justifiable in the minds of the teachers' organizations, and repojrt back at the meeting next December. The association was taken to task by Dr. Ernest Hatch Wilkins, president of Oberlin College, who addressed the annual banquet at Hotel Statler, for its failure to make an interest in an improvement of the quality of teaching in American universities. "Many other organizations, such as the Association of American Colleges and the Association of American Universities, are tackling this problem," the Oberlin president said, "and, so far as I have been able to discover, your organization is the only one which has failed to consider this problem. I feel strongly that you should do so and that if you did it would mean a tremendous influence in the right direction." Dr. Wilkins pleaded also for more individual attention to the student by the professor, asserting that, while the English tutorial system would probably not be acceptable in this country, a compromise between that system and the American lecture system should be developed. Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Canada TIGERS DEFEAT CLEMS0N AT GYM SATURDAY NIGHT BY LARGE SCORE, 44 21 Ottawa, Canada —(IP)— Discovery of footprints of dinosaurs along the Peace River in British Columbia, among the foothills of the Rockies, is believed here to throw new light on the life and habits of these prehistoric monsters. The footprints were of five different species of the animals, the animals ranging in size from 12 feet long to 35 feet long. At that time, when the animals lived, the section in which their footprints have been found, was tropical in climate, and was on the shore of By Tad McCallum Fast passing and accurate shooting gave the Auburn dribblers their second Conference victory Saturday night, Coach Josh Cody's Clemson quintet going down before the furious attack of the Bengals to the tune of 44 to 20. - Captain Ralph Jordan regained his scoring eye to total 17 points while the remainder of the team combined to put one of the smoothest per formances that has been witnessed in the Alumni gym since the great quin tet of 1928 waded through practi cally all Southern conference oppo sition. Outside of Jordan's deadly shoot ing there was no individual play of especial prominence on the part of the Auburn team. Every man blended into the short passing game and the team worked as a unit. Auburn hopped into an early lead and held it throughout the contest. It was in the first half that the Plainsmen flashed an offense that left both the opposition and the spec-a great salt water sea which stretched northward from the present Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Circle. The discovery was made 475 miles north of the international boundary line. tators in a daze and left the floor at the halfway mark leading 26 to 11. Coach McAllister's outfit changed their style of attack in the last half and played more cautiously but managed.,^ keep pace with Clemson in the scoring. The play was fast and toward the end of the final period both Stewart, star Auburn pivot man, and Davis, high scorer for Clemson, were removed from the game with four personal fouls. The victory moved the Tigers up into a tie for second place in the Southern Conference standing with two wins and no losses on their record. Gibson, forward and captain or the Clemson team, played a neat floor game for the invaders while Davis and Smith, forward and guard respectively, tied for scoring honors with six apiece. Lineups: Auburn—Jordan (17) and Lumpkin (9), forwards; Stewart (9), center; Hatfield (4) and Kaley (3), guards. Substitutions: Pate, Jenkins, Arthur (2), and Lowson. Clemson—Gibson (3) and Davis (6), forwards; Crain, center; Smith (6) and Clark (2), guards. Subs: Barbare, Craig (3), and Calhoun. Referee: Roosma (Army). STUDENTS ATTENTION! We invite you to open a checking account with us. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Your Interest Computed STEPPING NTO MODERN WORLD More dope about Solomon and his times is expected to be uncovered when scientists begin more extensive investigations into the buried relics on the site of the battlefield of Ar-mageddon, which recently has been purchased by a group of Americans. Clarence Darrow, noted criminal lawyer and one of the country's outstanding agnostics, has expressed the desire that on his death his body be cremated. Darrow does not believe in after life. CHOOSE A GAS RANGE with a view to long life and minimum upkeep cost. —UXKER with angle iron base band, cast iron frame work, completely air insulated oven, and heavy gauge sheet metal parts, will stand up under many years of hard and constant use. ALABAMA NATURAL GAS CORP. Tune in Majik Baker Hour WSFA Fri's 5:30 to 6 BIRMINGHAM STOVE & RANGE CO. BIRMINGHAM — ALABAMA Now they manufacture weather for telephone testing A test illustrating work in the Bell Telephone Laboratories is made with the weatherometer. This device produces rain and sunshine to order, and determines the weather-resisting properties of telephone equipment. This test indicates an interesting habit of the men engaged in telephone research. It is to get sure knowledge bearing on efficiency, economy, life and reliability of apparatus. Information is sought continuously during the development of a design, in advance of manufacture and of course long before the equipment gets into use. Men who delight in thoroughness of method find that the opportunity is there. BELL SYSTEM I: A NATION-WIDE SYSTEM OF INTER-CONNECTING TELEPHONES PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1931 QUINTET TO BE GIVEN LIGHT WORKOUTS DURING THE WEEK With a record of three victories in as many starts against Southern Con- • ference teams, Auburn's hardwood artists will be given only short workouts the remainder of the week as Coach Sam McAllister intends for his proteges to burn some midnight oil and annex a win from their hardest opponent of the season—mid-term exams. Examinations for the first semester start this week and continue through next Wednesday. No games are scheduled for the Plainsmen until January 23rd, when they meet the Georgia Bulldogs in Athens, in the first of a three game road trip which also carries them to Clemson and Columbia for return tilts with Josh Cody's quintet and the University of South Carolina, so much time can be spent by Capt. Ralph Jordan & Co. solving their classroom problems. In the showings against South Carolina, Clemson and North Carolina State, the McAllister machine has resembled Auburn's brilliant 1928 team very much. The 1928 five lost only 2 games in 22 starts, both losses to the University of Mississippi by a lone point. It is true that McAllister has no James twins, Buck Ellis, Frank Du- Bose or Jelly Akin on his club, but he has a Jack Stewart, Ralph Jordan, Tom Lumpkin, Lindley Hatfield and Chas. Kaley, all fine~basketball players. Against Clemson, the Bengals performed so well that an authority here on the cage game said that the 1928 team never looked any better than this season's team did against Josh Cody's Purple Tigers. They showed coordination in practically every "department of the game. They hit on five cylinders and added several more for good measure. Ray Sermon's North Carolina State Wolfpack extended the Orange and Blue wearers to the limit before being forced to go down, 30 to 28, in a five minute extra period contest. Auburn failed to play against the Wolfpack like she did against Clemson as the IState players were allowed too. many open shots. McAllister will devote most of the remaining workouts before Georgia is encountered to the defensive department. He realizes i:hat Monday night's score might have been reversed if the Raleigh five had had another sharpshooter, so additional work in guarding will be issued. Bob Foster's Pressing Shop QUICK SERVICE Co-Eds Stage Revolt Against Frosh Rules Delaware police were called upon recently to disperse a class fright between 400 freshmen and sophomore women on the campus of Ohio Wes-leyan University. Freshman girls for several days had refused to appear in their freshmen berets. Then one evening the sophomores organized, swooped down on the freshman cottages and a hot battle ensued. Hair was pulled, dresses torn and faces scratched in the melee. The first policeman on the scene mistook lipstick smeared on the faces of the freshman girls, as blood marks, and sent in a general alarm. The cops soon separated the combatants, and no one was seriously hurt in the conflict.— Gold and Black. 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(Established in 1872) OPELIKA AUBURN Member of Mortgage Association of America SEE OUR Van Heusen Collarite Shirts Will Not Fade Or Shrink SEE OUR SPALDING CATALOGUE For Anything In Sporting Goods GIBSON'C MEN'S WEAR O WHATEVER THE WEATHER Your needed coal is never further from you than your telephone. Prompt delivery is guaranteed by ample fleets of trucks. Heating comfort is assured by the quality of our Coal. Coal that burns better will come to you immediately on your'call. Make a memo of our telephone right now and coal shortage need never disturb you again. AUBURN ICE & COAL COMPANY Phone 118 — Prompt Delivery Coaching Big Factor In Coast Game, McGehee Rev. Bruce McGehee, pastor of the Auburn Methodist church, thinks that coaching was the biggest factor in the Alabama victory over the Washington State team in California on Jan. 1. He made this, statement to the Auburn Kiwanis club at their meeting Monday. Mr. McGehee related many interesting incidents which occurred to him while in California. He said that in his opinion the score would have been reversed if the Washington team had been coached by Coach Wade a year or more. He told how Coach Wade outgeneraled the Washington State Coach. En route to Pasadena, Mr. McGehee and his,party visited movie headquarters and saw much of the equipment used in making movies. He said that two minutes with tfie camera in one of the pictures was preceded by an expenditure of half a million dollars in preparing the scenery. R. L. Bailey, president of the club, presided at the meeting. The program was presented under the direction of the program committee of which Dr. R. S. Sugg is chairman. Albert Collins and George Scarseth assisted; Rosser Alston, former Auburn student, and now with the Allied Mills at Fort Wayne, Indiana, was a visitor. Eagle Brings Gridiron Victory The first Southern Conference football victory for the Alabama Polytechnic Institute in four years came immediately after this golden eagle was adopted as mascot—the University of South Carolina going down ir defeat, 25 to 7. The bird of good omen, a native of the Southwest, was captured near the Auburn campus when a farmer found him entangled u a heavy forage crop, where he had swooped down to prey upon a flock of turkeys. Since the Auburn battle cry for over a score of years has bee. "War Eagle." the lucky bird has now become sacred on the campus Cheer leaders, pictured with the eagle, are Dewitt "Buir'Stier fteft) - -nmg-7 ham. and Harry "Happy" Davis, Gadsden Germans Protest On American War Films The Germans do not like the picture "All Quiet On The Western Front". When it was shown in Berlin a week ago, there was a near riot in the theatre which required a large number of policemen to quell. The ne'xt day the newspapers denounced Remarque's characters as soulles images, looking out for their own ends and cowardly in all their actions. Those of us who have seen the film were able to notice few cowardly or selfish characteristics in the-actors; of course Remarque could have portrayed more courageous men, but then they would not have been true to the idea of the picture, nor would they have appeared nearly so human. We found the actions of Katchinsky, which were declared by German newspapers to be a blot on the honor of the German soldier, to be those of typical veterans. The German government has become unduly worked up by this and other pictures and now threatens to pass a bill forbidding the showing of all foreign films unless they are shown in the original, and such originals must contain no scenes which may be interpreted to be anti-German. The German newspapers complain bitterly of the fact that of fifty anti-German films shown recently twenty-one have been produced in America. The picture, "All Quiet On The Western Front" was certainly not interpreted by Americans to be a film intended to show the German soldiers as cowards. Indeed the picture caused most audiences to wonder at- the .courage shown by German soldiers. —The Bulldog. Automatic Track Timer Invented By A Student New York —(IP)— A new automatic electrical track timer has been invented by E. A. Speakman, senior at Haverford College. During a meet the instrument functioned with a great degree of accuracy and several improvements have been added which make it accurate to l-120th of a second. The apparatus is prepared for a race by throwing a switch. The sound of the starter's gun is picked up at the starting line by a microphone and the impulse from this starts an accurate clock. As the runner breaks the tape a light "stream is interrupted which stops the clock. FACULTY DANCE TO BE GIVEN SATURDAY (Continued from page 1) In .addition to filling numerous engagements on the Auburn campus and in surrounding .towns, the Auburn Knights broadcast a thirty-minute period of dance music over station WSFA in Montgomery, on Tuesday evenings, from 9:45 p. m. to 10:15 p. m. Faculty members not having transportation are asked to get in touch with Mr. Edwards in order that proper conveyance may be arranged. Forestry Development Adds to State's Wealth Determinable values approximating $45,343,163, of which $31,885,263 accrued during the past quadrennium, have been added to the wealth of the state through the cooperative forestry work between the State and the Federal Government. These are the figures derived from the compilations in the Second Quadrennial Report filed with the Legislature by the State Commission of Forestry in cooperation with the United States Forest Service. The added wealth is due to more rapid timber growth on the many millions of acres of land unsuitable for agriculture but quite adaptable to forestry. A camparatively small acceleration of growth occuring over very large acres of land can amount to a large total increase. There are 23,000,000 acres of land in Alabama chiefly valuable for the purposes of forestry. A certain amount of timber growth, of course, will ensue upon rough lands whether the latter are given any particular care or not. It is the excess above this amount that is .accounted for by forestral practices and which comprises, in the main, the totals stated. A part of the entire amount, however, is due to savings to landowners and operators through the elimination of waste in utilization, based upon investigations and recommendations of the department. The State's outlay in achieving these results in forestry has averaged but one-fifth of a cent per acre per annum. Even this small amount does not come from the general taxpayer, but is derived from the license fees paid by sawmills, turpentine stills, lumber yards and other forest industries. The United States Government also contributes an approxi-f mately equal sum. N. C. STATE TRIMMED BY AUBURN QUINTET (Continued from page 1) teams were deadlocked at 26-all. The Tar Heels forged into the lead shortly after the extra period statred when "Morgan, fleet center for the visitors dropped a free toss through the net. The lead was short-lived however, as Lumpkin and Kaley hit the cords for the winning margin. "Father" Lumpkin led the Tiger attack with 11 points. Every man in the Auburn lineup scored, including Lawson and Pate, substitutes, who had a field goal to their credit. Lineup and summary: NEW ADMISSION SYSTEM TO BE INAUGURATED AT JUNIOR PROM N. S. State Atkinson (C) 4 Johnson 11 Morgan 7 Rose 4 Clark 2 Substitutions: F. F. C. G. G. Auburn Jordan (C) 4 Lumpkin 11 Steward 5 Hatfield 2 Kaley 4 Auburn, Pate 2, Lawson 2. N. C. State: Gurneau and Nelms. Referee Roosma. LOST:—Wallet containing $15.00 other articles. Reward $5.00 for return to Fred Storey, Kappa Sigma House. WE MAKE r r r > 0 NEWSPAPER N MAGAZINE -\VJ CATALOG Engraving Co lery, Alabama TV » Mil CUTS BAND IS INVITED TO ATTEND.MARDI GRAS IN MOBILE (Continued from page 1) In inviting the Auburn band to Mobile for the carnival ceelbration, Mr. Logan is extending the invitation to all band members to be the guests of the city of Mobile and the Carnival Asosciation during the period of festivities. This carries with it the invitation to be guests at all balls given during Mardi Gras. Reports from older members who have made the trip before indicate that on no other occasion are they more highly entertained, and no where do they enjoy themselves better., DRINK NEHI 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. LIONS LAY ASIDE BUSINESS TUESDAY (Continued from page 1) for the attacks of the jovial but not always considerate Lions. A few interruptions in the frivolity were necessary, however, as a new Lion,' H. C. Teer, was taken into the club, and several announcements were made. A meeting of the board of directors was called for Tuesday night. In a few words, Lt. C. P. Townsley urged that the members of the club attend the Lions Conventions to be held in Montgomery and in Toronto, Canada. The trouble with most critics is that they are as narrow-minded and mean as the people they criticize. Tiger Theatre WEDNESDAY, Jan. 14 WILL ROGERS ' —In— "LIGHTNIN' " —With— Louise Dresser - Sharon Lynn Joel McCrea ALSO TALKING COMEDY THURSDAY, Jan. 15 MARIE DRESSLER WALLACE BERRY —In— •*MIN AND BILL" Also Selected Short Subjects FRIDAY, Jan. 16 CHARLES ROGERS —In— "ALONG CAME YOUTH" —With— Frences Dee -. Stuart Erwin - William Austin Also selected Short Subjects SATURDAY, Jan. 17 "PART TIME WIFE" —With— EDMUND LOWE— —LEILA HYAMS (Continued from page 1) leave on Sunday following the close of the dances. 3. All visiting ladies shall be housed in the designed chapter houses, as directed by the Dean of Women. > *• 4. All visiting ladies will check in-at their respective houses with the Social Director, or her representative within thirty minutes after the close of the dance each night. 5. All visiting ladies will be required to be back on the dance floor not later than thirty minutes from the time intermission begins, except on Saturday night when the time limit will be only fifteen minutes. 6. All visiting ladies will be required to check in at the dance floor by the following schedule: Thursday night—10:00 to 1:00. Friday night— 10:00 to 1.30 Saturday night— 9:00 to 12:00 7. The full cooperation of the above regulations will be respectfully solicited of the visiting young ladies. ZOE DOBBS, Social Director and Dean of Women It might be added that although visiting girls are required to attend all night dances, they are not compelled to attend the day dances. Only juniors will be allowed to participate in the Grand March which will follow the first lead-out during the Junior Ball on Friday Night. During the dances, juniors will have five leadouts, two Thursday night, two Friday night and one Saturday night. There will also be two no-breaks during each dance. The schedule for the dances will be as follows: Thursday, Jan. 22, 9:30 p. m. to 1. a. m., Opening Ball; Friday, Jan. 23, 11 a. m. to 1 p. m., Interfra-ternity Dance; Friday, Jan. 23, 4 p. m. to 6 p. m., Executive Cabinet Tea Dance; Friday, Jan. 23, 9:30 p. m. to 1:30 a. m., Junior Prom; Saturday, Jan. 24 11 &. m. to 1 p. m., "A" Club Dance; Saturday, Jan. 24 8:30 to 12 p. m., Farewell Ball. Jimmie Green and his orchestra from Chicago, will furnish music for all the dances. This orchestra formerly played at The Golden Pumpkin in Chicago and broadcasted over station WENR. They have just completed a concert tour throughout the United States. Parts of all of the Mid-Term dances will be broadcast over both station WAPI in Birmingham and station WSFA in Montgomery. Decorations for the dances will be in charge of Charles F. Davis and George Brinson, both students in architecture here. The color scheme will be in black and white with the orchestra ,pit decorated in modernistic designs, the whole being very effectively lighted. The seven fraternity houses which will be used to house the visitors are: Lambda Chi Alpha, Theta Chi, Sigma Nu , Delta Sigma Phi, Sigma Phi, Sigma Phi Sigma, Theta Kappa Nu, and Phi Delta Theta. Boys! If you Eat MEAT Buy it from your Friends MOORE'S MARKET i —Phone 37— • When you are in Montgomery Stop and Eat at the PARAMOUNT CAFE 120 Montgomery St. Montgomery, Ala. L Always Ready to Serve You BANK OF AUBURN Bank of Personal Service Always Ready to Give You the Best of Service TOOMER'S HARDWARE CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager We carry a complete line of Hardware Electrical Supplies — Kitchen Utensils We Appreciate Your Business Our Prices are Reasonable WRIGHT HARDWARE CO. DRAKE-IG0U COAL YARD Successors to J. G. Beasley —Dealers In— BEST GRADES OF COAL Phone 158 Auburn, Ala. A. MEADOWS GARAGE Auto Repairs Tires • Tubes Cars For Hire U-Drive-'em v - Accessories Gas Oils Greases Phones 29-27 . . . . . . . . 4 THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES Dollar Day Friday, Jan. 16 HAGEDORN'S OPELIKA'S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE |
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