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THE PLAINSMAN \ TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N SPIRIT VOLUME LV AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1932 NUMBER 49 HAM ELECTED SENIOR PRESIDENT * * * * * * . * * * * * * * * * * t * * » * * * * * * * * . * * * Greer and Knox McMillan to Head Plainsman Staff GARMANY AND HARDY ARE SELECTED LEADERS OF THE GLOMERATA FOR NEXT YEAR W. D. "Billy" Wilson of Gadsden Is Successful in Race for Position of Art Editor of The Glomerata Members of the Class of 1933, next year's Senior Class, voted heavily on the members to take charge of student publications for next year. In the election for officers of The Plainsman, Robert P. Greer of Birmingham, Knox M. McMillan of Talladega were elected editor-in-chief and business manager, respectively, of the semi-weekly newspaper. Greer is enrolled in the electrical engineering course, and McMillan is taking a general course. John B. "Red" Garmany of Chattanooga led in the race for the editorship of The Glomerata. Garmany is taking the architectural course. Frank L. Hardy of Troy emerged winner in a three-cornered fight for the position of business manager of The Glomerata, and W. D. "Billy" Wilson of Gadsden was elected art editor of the college annual. Hardy is a mechanical engineering student, and Wilson is taking commercial architecture. Cup to Be Awarded In Ala. Baby Chick Show A silver loving cup will be award ed to the entry winning the sweepstakes in the Alabama Baby Chick show to be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 28, 29, 3D at the poultry department's farm. A cup will also be given to second and third place entries in addition to ribbons. In addition, a special prize will be given by R. B. Jones, state poultry inspector, to the accredited hatchery having the highest scoring entry. This show is sponsored by the Block and Bridle Club which is composed of selected animal husbandry students. Each entry will consist of twenty-five, day-old chicks. Six classes are provided for: single comb white leghorns, barred Plymoth Rocks, single-comb Rhode Island Reds, white Wy-andottes, white Plymoth Rocks and all other breeds. The chicks will be judged upon arrival and scoring will be made on the basis of vigor, 30 percent, uniformity of color, 20 percent, uniformity of size, 10 percent. Five points will be deducted from the total score for each dead chick found upon arrival of the entry. Postponed Easter Egg Hunt Held on Sunday Afternoon, April 3rd Postponed last Sunday, due to the inclement weather, the Interfraterni-ty Council's annual Easter egg hunt will be held on Sunday, April 3rd. Hugh Ellis, president of the Council, stated that the plans for the hunt had not been altered in any manner, and that the original program would be carried out as previously planned. The fraternity freshmen will meet at the A. T. 0. house promptly at 2 o'clock, where they will proceed to Ag bottom for the festivities. Recalled to repeat his efforts, the Easter Bunnies have kindly consented to fill the bottom with eggs for the fraternity first yea'r men. The prize for the student having the most uni-que costume will be awarded as previously announced, and the annual scramble for the golden egg is being anticipated by frosh as the big event of the year. All fraternity leaders are urged to remind their new men of this postponement, and to impress upon them the importance of attendance. BLAKE'S ADDRESS ACCORDED PRAISE Large Crowd Braves Rainstorm to Hear Impressive Talk of Journalist Another well attended meeting of the college bible class was held last Sunday afternoon at four o'clock in Langdon Hall, when Morgan Blake, sports editor of The Atlanta Journal and popular leader of the largest men's bible class in Atlanta, gave an inspiring talk on "Athletics and Life". Those who attended were particularly impressed by Mr. Blake's philosophy and ableness in so clearly presenting it to his audience. He set forth the valuable effects of athletics conducted in a sportsmanlike way upon conduct in later life. This class will meet on each Sunday afternoon hereafter, so -as not to interfere with the regular Sunday (Continued on page 4) ROGERS REELECTED CLASS PRESIDENT BY MEMBERS OF'34 Buddy McCollum Elected Vice- Pres.; Red Head, Sec.; Hugh Cottle, Treas., and William W. Beck, Historian Members of the Class of 1934 elected Allen Rogers president of that body. Rogers is enrolled in business administration, and is widely known for his athletic abilities. His home is in Greenville. F. G. "Buddy" McCollum, another prominent athlete, was named to the vice-presidency of next year's junior class. He is from Birmingham and is taking a course in education. Thomas R. "Red" Head of Troy was the successful candidate in the race for secretary. Head is a business administration student. In the race for treasurer, Hugh L. Cottle was the victorious nominee. He is a business administration student and lives in Montgomery. William W. Beck coasted along without opposition right into the office of class historian. Beck hails from Charleston, S. C. He is enrolled in chemical engineering. Kiwanis Club Addressed By Student At Meeting Joseph C. Camp, freshman student in chemical engineering and also a student in public speaking, talked to the Auburn Kiwanis Club, Monday, on "Mother." The talk was delivered by special invitation from the club through Prof. Eugene D. Hess, who is ni charge of public speaking at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Members of the club were pleased with the talk made by young Camp and congratulated him very freely, who is in charge of public speaking will be heard by the Auburn Kiwan-ians from week to week as an addition to their program and also for the help of the students, thus making it a cooperative arrangement. County Agent C. H. Bedingfield and County Commissioner Jim Kil-lian were other speakers at the meeting, Monday. The meeting was largely attended by Kiwanians and visitors. It was announced that the program on next Monday will be given to aviation in connection with the dedication of the Auburn-Opelika airport. Crippled Children Are Aided By County Drive — i — i With all civic, religious and educational organizations cooperating, the campaign for the aid of crippled children in Lee County has made marked progress in the past two weeks. Dr. Paul Irvine of Auburn, County Chairman, has made speeches in each of the three group centers of the campaign, Auburn, Opelika, and Phenix City, explaining the plans and organization of the campaign. Dr. Graham of Opelika, county health officer, and members of the state department of health have also spoken in the interest of the drive. Different organizations are being asked to take care of individual cases to select a child and defray the expenses of its treatments and this plan is now being followed by the Eastern Stars and Masons, of Opelika. Organizations are also donating to the general fund and every citizen of Lee County is being urged to contribute at least one dollar to the cause. €A9 Day Celebration Will Begin At 9 o'Clock Saturday Morning The "A" club will present a varied program for their annual celebration here Saturday. The completed plans for the day make this year's celebration the largest the school has ever known and speaks favorably for the organization of the "A" Club. The scheduled events of the day include a mock track meet, a trio of boxing matches, a baseball game between Auburn and Minneapolis and the program concluding with, what the members proclaim, as the best dance of the year here. The fraternity or group winning the mock track meet, will be awarded the handsome trophy that has been on display in the Tiger Drug Co. for some time. The winner will be decided on the basis of the greatest number of points scored in the events and every fraternity is urged to force their freshmen to participate. The meeting will start promptly at 9:00 a. m. Saturday and all those who intend to participate are requested to be present at Drake Field at that time. The meet will include the following list of events. Potato Race, one man; Shoe Race, two men; Sack Race, three men (furnish own sack); Three-Legged Race, two men; Wheelbarrow Race, four men; One and Over (Leap Frog) three men; One Up, two teams; Duck Wadle, no limit; Egg Race (One hand tied behind, egg in teaspoon), two men; and The Greased Pole, which will count fifteen points with no limit to the entrants. All other events will be conducted on the usual five-three-one basis. Those interested in further' details will see "Bull" Stier. The boxing matches are sure to be one of the most interesting features of the entire day's program, for three Auburn students will meet three members of the Birmingham Athletic Club's team. The members of the B. A. C. team have acquired some little reputation in Southern amateur circles, while the Auburn representatives are quite well known; Stover, Auburn's heavyweight representative, being the holder of the Southeastern amateur title. NORMAN G. HOUSTON IS NAMED PRESIDENT OF CLASS OF 1935 Haygood Paterson Vice-Pres.; Austin Martin, S e c ; James Cooper, Treas., and Jack Knowlton, Historian In election of officers for next year's Sophomore Class, Norman G. Houston of Sylvester, Ga., was reelected president. Houston is popular among his class-mates and is enrolled in the school of Veterinary Medicine. After a close race for the office of vice-president, John Haygood Paterson of Montgomery was declared winner of this coveted honor. This formidable tackle on the Tiger's gridiron machine is a Business Administration student. The office of secretary will be filled by Austin Martin, a promising Architect from Wetumpka. Martin is popular among his classmates and a promising Sophomore-to-be. James Cooper bested a field of money handlers for the position of Treasurer only after a close contest. Cooper •is a student in Agriculture who resides in Echola. Jack Knowlton, a prospective Chemical Engineer headed the list for the post of Historian and will act in that capacity during the coming year. This outstanding first year man hails from Birmingham and is a hard working member of the Plainsman staff. Best Drilled Battery, Platoon Are Announced In accordance with the policy of the Commandant of the R. O. T. C. Unit of choosing the best platoon and battery in each Field Artillery Regiment and the best platoon and company of Engineers at ceremoines, the following results are announced from the parade held Saturday, March 26. Company "A", Cadet Captain C. B. Gregory, and the 1st Platoon of Company "A", Cadet Captain C. W. Mul-lin were judged the best in the Engineer Regiment. In the 1st Field Artillery Regiment, Battery "D", Cadet Captain C. E. Sellers, and the 2nd Platoon of Battery "D", Cadet 1st Lt. S. M. Cutler had the best lines. Honors in the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment went to Battery "A", Cadet Captain R. M. Howard, and the 2nd Platoon of Battery "A", Cadet 1st Lt. H. B. Upchurch. Auburn Man Misses Storm in 3 Towns Johnson, Al Summerlin, Thomas And Marshall Kaley Are Chosen Officers Of The Class Of 1933 SCABBARD AND BLADE GIVES BIDS TO SIXTEEN JUNIORS IN R. 0 . T. C. Twelve Members of Field Artillery and Four Engineers Are Tapped at Drill Saturday Morning; Honors Students For Military Efficiency Sixteen juniors in the R. O. T. C. unit were pledged to membership in Scabbard and Blade, national honorary military fraternity, at tapping ceremonies held at the drill period Tuesday morning. The men were called from the ranks and pinned with small red, white and blue ribbons, the colors of the fraternity. Twelve of the cadets are in the field artillery unit. They are James M. Backes of Mobile; Asa C. Black, Mobile; John R. Chadwick, Nashville; Theodore W. Clarkson, Gadsden; John C. Fonville, Montgomery; John B. Garmany, Chattanooga; R. Porter Grant, Dothan; William F. Ham, Cottonton; G. L. Johnson, Langdale; J. Lake Parker, Panola; Forney Renfro, Opelika; and Sam E. Wittel, Demopolis. The other pledges are Herbert F. Croen, Jr., North Tarrytown, N. Y.; William Jackson, Birmingham; R. P. Lapsley, Selma; and Thomas W. Sparxow, Auburn. They are members of the engineer unit. Scabbard and Blade honors students who have distinguished themselves in the military unit, and qualification for membership is not based on military efficiency alone, but qualities of character and leadership are given equal consideration. Nat Waller of Selma is captain of the Auburn chapter, which is known as Company L, Fifth Regiment. G. V. Nunn of Auburn is first lieutenant, C. ,-E. Mathews of Grove Hill, second lieutenant, and G. C. Walter of Birmingham, first sergeant. Heavy Ballotting Features •Election of Officers for Senior Class of Next Year As Ham Is Elected by Large Majority AIRPORT TO OPEN MONDAY, APRIL 4 Stunt Fliers from Pensacola Will be Feature of Day's Program Stunt flying by "The Three Sea Hawks," a team of fliers from the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, will be an attraction on the program for the dedication of the Auburn-Opelika Airport on Monday, April 4, The team has three fast, single seated fighting planes that fly very close together in" formation while executing loops, barrel rolls, and tail spins. The trio features squirrel-cage loops in which the three planes follow each other in a continuous loop. Lt. John Cromelin of Montgomery is leader of the "Sea Hawks," and included in the team is Lt. W. V. "Bill" Davis of Macon, Ga.,.who flew from San Francisco to Hawaii in 1927 with Art Goebel, noted ace, to win the $25,000 Dole prize for the first flight from the United States ' (Continued on page 4) AUBURN DEBATERS LOSE TO COLORADO Morrill and Baskeryill Are Defeated after Closely Contested Affair The Auburn debating team was judged loser in a debate with the team' from Colorado College of Colorado Springs held Monday evening at Langdon Hall. The Colorado debaters supported the negative side of the question, "Resolved: That Congress should pass legislation providing for the centralized control of industry, constitutionality waived." Justin S. Morril of Mobile and William H. Baskervill represented Auburn in the meeting. Dean John W. Scott of the School of Science and Literature acted as chairman. On Saturday evening, the Auburn negative team won from the University of Florida in a debate on the same question. Nicholas Hare of Monroeville and Douglas Brown of Ozark were the winning speakers. (Continued on page 4) Winning by large majority, Bill Ham of Cottonton was named president of next year's Senior class in the elections today. Ham one of the most popular students on the campus is enrolled in the school of Business Administration. Lee Johnson of Langdale was the choice for vice-president. He is a member of the football team. His course is Electrical Engineering. Al Summerlin won a close race for class secretary. He is an Electrical Engineer, and comes from Columbus, Ga. In the race for treasurer Nelson H. Thomas was declared victor. He is from Jones, and is' enrolled in the Business Administration department. Marshall Kaley was elected without opposition to the position of class Historian. He is from Marion Junction, and is a student in Aeronautical Engineering. Timid Child Offers A Serious Problem Barely missing cyclones at three towns in one afternoon was the record made last Monday by H. W. Nixon of the Auburn chemistry department. Mr. Nixon had been to Eutaw to testify in a court hearing and was en route to Auburn. He arrived at Faunsdale just after the storm struck there; at Allenville he was just ahead of it; and at Demopolis just after. "The newspaper reports," said Mr. Nixon, "did not picture it as bad as it was. It was terrible. Box cars were lifted from the tracks, and big trees were snapped off. .Elsewhere pieces of iron were left hanging in trees." NOTICE! The bids lor the decorations of the Senior Dances are due in next •Saturday} April 2, to L. H. Norris, chairman of the Social Committee at the Delta Sigma Phi House. Any information concerning the decorations can be obtained by seeing the chairman of the social committee. Dramatic Tourney For State High Schools To Open Friday Morning The annual Alabama High School Dramatic Tournament at Auburn will begin at 7:10 a. m. Friday when the Lee County High School, Auburn will present "The Telegram.;' Students from 32 Alabama high schools will take part in the contest which will consist, in addition to the dramatics, of competition in music, public speaking, poetry reading, and essay writing. v Twenty-three schools will present one-act plays Friday and Saturday. The finals will take place Saturday beginning at 6:45 p. m., and the winning entry will be awarded a beautiful loving cup. Langdon Hall will be the scene of the dramatics. The poetry reading contest will be held at 2:30 Friday afternoon in the auditorium of Broun Hall, and the essay writing will be held at 4 o'clock Friday in Samford Hall. The music contest will begin on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in the auditorium of the new Auburn High School. At 2:00 p. m., the speaking contest will take place in Broun Hall auditorium. Medals will be given winners of poetry reading, music, and public speaking contests, and a cash prize to the essay writing winner. The tournament this year will be the fourth that has been held at Auburn. Murphy High School, Mobile, has won two of the contests, in 1929 and 1931. State Secondary Agricultural School of Wetumpka was winner in 1930. As the latter high school is not entered in this year's tournament, Murphy will be the only entrant that has won in previous years. The Department of English, of which Prof. J. R. Rutland is head, sponsors the contest. Members of the English faculty whp will assist Prof. Rutland are Dr. Leo Gosser, Dr. Charles P. Weaver, Prof. E. D. Hess, and Prof. Telfair Peet. Prof. John W. Brigham, head of the music department, will have charge of the musical event. The timid, retiring youngster presents a problem vastly more serious than does the mischievous or talkative child. The timid child, who shrinks from all difficult situations, derives far less from school, or from the social activities of his follows than the more assertive children who get what they want through their own initiative. This is the belief of Dr. B. R. Sho-walter, director of the Auburn extension teaching division, who was elected president of the Alabama Mental Hygiene Society at the annual meeting in Birmingham last week. The Society, through the activities of 12 committees, will continue a survey started last ye^ar to determine a suitable program for bringing about more wholesome adjustments among adults and school children in Alabama. A child must be a harmonious part of the environment in which he lives, continued Dr. Showalter. Many children and grown-ups looked upon as "peculiar" or "odd" may remedy their mental difficulties with the help of those who understand mental hygiene. The ultimate adoption of this program contemplates the cooperation of many agencies including social workers, ministers, lawyers and judges, and physicians as well as teachers. It will embody both an educative or preventive program as well as corrective or remedial measures through various mental hygiene clinics. Cabinet Officers Are Elected On April 20th Announcement that election of members of the Executive Cabinet of the Association of Undergraduate Students will take place April 20th, was made today by George E. Tucker, chairman of the Election Committee. Nominations must be filed not later than Friday, April 15th at five o'clock. Members will be chosen from the departments according to the usual plan. Full details will be carried in the Saturday's edition of this paper. PAGE TWO T H E P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1932 Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates $2.50 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. Office hours: 1M2 A. M. Daily. STAFF Victor R. White, Jr. Editor-in-Chief J. Roy Wilder Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Gabie Drey Associate R. A. McMillan Associate J. W. Letson Associate J. R. Chadwick Managing L. C. McCallum Sports H. W. Moss News Horace Shepard News M. M. Spruiel Exchange Frank G. Keller Contributing W. W. Beck : . Contributing Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor REPORTERS Billy Hamilton, '34;; Walter Brown, '35; J. C. Ivey, '34; W. G. Hall, '35; B. C. Pope, Jr., '33; Jack Knowlton, '35; Walter, Smith, '35; Marion Kelley, '33; J. A. P a r i s h , Jr., '35. BUSINESS STAFF James Backes Asst. Business Manager Knox M. McMillan .... Advertising Manager Robert Greer Circulation Manager Phillip M. Benton Asst. Adver. Mgr. Circulation Department: T. A. Dunlap, '35; Edward W. Prewitt, '35; George H. Lester, '35. THE DEBATING TEAM As the days go by one hears more and more about Auburn's debating team, about the work it is doing, about the interest that is being gradually aroused, and about the success the aspiring forensic artists are enjoying. It is an accepted fact that the fine arts, especially the art of literature and all that pertains thereto, are and have been sadly neglected here. It is extremely gratifying to learn how well the debating team is doing, and the Plainsman wishes to encourage the active members in their work. The things learned by active participation in public speaking are priceless; to be able to talk on one's feet, and to express clearly one's ideas in public are valuable aids to business and professional success. Then lets us urge the debating team on to greater things, giving them our full support, and developing a line of student activity that elsewhere is treated as indi-spensible. BALLYHOO AGAIN For fear that John Temple Graves had done an about face in his attitude towards the Literary Digest straw vote, it was necessary to refresh our memories on his comment of March 16. Although the Dean of Alabama Colyumnists has not patently contradicted himself, his host of readers must be confused as to his stand on this "something of a political event." The previous comment of the Birmingham journalist deplored the ballyhoo with which the prohibition poll was written up. Today he suggests the criticism of the selection of the voters. Yet, through it all he rises in defense of the referendum in taking us to task. May we ask what Mr. ' Graves' opinion of the poll is? We have enjoyed his lengthy discussion on the various aspects of this national ballot; but if we may be so bold as to suggest, Mr. Graves has likened himself unto a politician when dealing with the prohibition question. CONGRATULATIONS The old ever gives away to the new. Tonight the front page is bedecked with the names of the new campus leaders and publication heads. Present leaders will pass on to the oblivion of graduation to be lost in the ever interesting present. ' The torch has been thrown to other hands to carry as the newly elected see fit. If any progress has been made this year there is much to do in the future. If campus leaders have been inefficient, then it remains for the incoming men to begin the upward trend. the Plainsman offers congratulations to every man who was the student body's choice for a position of responsibility on the campus, and wishes to impress the obligation that such honor carries. May the ensuing year be one of advance in the true field of education. May campus activity effect to the fullest degree its duties as the most vital factor in education. DRAMATIC TOURNAMENT When the English department came forward a few years ago with the announcement that Auburn would sponsor a High School Dramatic Tournament, few realized the significance of such a move or the proportions such a plan would assume in a few years time. This week-end we are host to the joust of dramatic aspirants from the high schools from every quarter of the state. That there is state-wide interest in the tournament is witnessed by the geographical diversification of the entries. The schedule of plays to be presented is indicative of the extents to which these high schools have gone to produce the highest type drama. This should be of lasting benefit to the youth of Alabama, to the institution, and to the promotion of dramatic art in the south. Drama has been replaced to a large degree in the more youthful minds with the cinema, and is fast fading as one of the finest arts. The English department deserves the praise of the entire state in the work they have done in this connection. Letters to the Editor Editor The Plainsman: Dear Sir: Behold! Another machination of the mighty Nemesis of the campus! As a lion sallies forth from its den to create havoc in the ranks of men, so this mighty monster, after a period of • inactivity, has sprung from its den and is now laying waste to certain of the politicians. To come down to plain facts, the author of this epistle is a candidate for an office in the election being held today. I have been on the campus of this institution for quite awhile. As far as I know, I do not have a single personal enemy. Yet, today, I find that a certain club is applying the well-known screws. In other words, they are "ganging" me. Whether anyone else is being benefitted by this noble exploit of justice (from the club's viewpoint) or not, I do not know. The main thing is, in my estimation, they're really not hurting me to any appreciable extent. Of course, I will lose some votes, but I do not think that the noble work now being done by this mighty organization will swing the election. The point I've been getting down to is this: I'm not afraid of losing. I firmly believe that I will win. If I doubted for a minute that my victory would be conclusive, I would certainly not write this letter. That is why I am writing now instead of waiting until I get the returns of the election. In case I should lose I want no one to accuse me of griping about it. However, I intend that you know just what anyone who enters the lists against an athlete is up against. Up to this morning I was fully confident of carrying from one-half to two-thirds of the votes cast. Things have been changed since this morning though. Now, I am confident of carrying fully enough to win, so that's not what I am squawking about. The thing that gripes me is that I've been running a clean race. It makes a fellow feel pretty tough to sit still and see a race un-marred by any bad feeling on the part of the contestants suddenly turned into a slough of "politic-ing" through the workings of an organization not at all concerned with politics—or at least that is what its members say—that they're not having anything at all to do with politics—that it is against the purposes for which the organization was founded. I want to say that, up to today, I have had nothing at all against this club. I don't blame them for supporting a member fairly. But when they said that they could not have me in office because of my attitude toward them, they were only using that excuse as a blind to cover something much deeper than .that. I number some of the best friends that I have among the members of this club, and I hate to say anything against them. However, I am saying that they are using some rotten politics to keep me out of office. Well, God bless 'em in their work. They still have three hours before the polls close-to get in their work. They'll need all of that time (and more too) if they beat me. (Signed) A. Candidate, Esq. TESTAMENT By Colum Cearnaigh What message shall I speak who am grown old? Grown old with dusty- wanderings in far lands, . Whose head is bowed with grief of years, whose hands Are rough with delving in the crusted mould; When fled is life's achievement, strong and bold, And nothing waits this flesh but death's grim bands, Watching with feeble eyes the ebbing sands, What message shall I speak who am grown old? To youth I turn, with all my heart's acclaim : "Be true to things of worth, and spurning fame, Seek first the treasure that no gold can buy, Letting naught blind thy vision of the sky, So when, at eve, the splendid tryst is come, God lead thy lingering footsteps safefly home;" —America (New York). Prexy's Paragraphs By Bradford Knapp yF Jm Z K£j&&&<:"::'::: * * '-'•>:.' •P^^HL'::-':^^:::'-?;•: Jj$| )WWtlPtWWW^ifr^y«a ^m E v e n t s multiply. There is "A Day" for April 2nd, and the dedication of the "Auburn-Opelika Airport" for Monday, April 4. Then comes the Short Course in Ornamental Forestry a n d Highway Improvement beginning on April 12th. "Ag Day" with the banquet and dance comes on April 22, and the Annual Inspection of the R. 0. T. C. on April 26 and 27. The "Boy Scout Jamboree" and the dedication of the Textile Engineering School are set for May 6. Baccalaureate Sunday is May 15, Alumni Day May 16, and Commencement Day May 17. During the interval between the end of the semester and the beginning of Summer Session comes the Annual Girl's 4-H Club Conference and the "Welding Conference" or short course which will attract many people here. So Auburn has her programs and her conferences and how greatly she needs a good hotel. * * * * There are two articles in the Regulations of Permanent Committees of the Student Executive Cabinet which need study. One is Article V outlining the duties of the Committee on Coordination and the other is Article VI on the duties of the Point System Committee. In both of these articles will be found excellent thoughts but little has been done to put them into effect. Just who is at fault is a question. Possibly everyone has had so much to do that these matters„were overlooked. If we could find a good room where the Executive Cabinet and its various committees might meet possibly that would result in more systematic work. At any rate the new Cabinet will need to read these articles over carefully and study them that they may be put into effect or revised or dropped. Fortunately for all the Social Committee and the Senior Class have together worked out a plan which ought to bring the "Senior Prom" through with flying colors and at the same time establish a trust fund for the wise and careful use of the Student Social Committee in future years if it can be safeguarded properly. It is a fine example of good cooperation and willingness to work together in the interest of the whole student body. * * * * March has been a most unusual month with sunny days, warm days, and then the heaviest frost of the winter followed by the most dreadful storm of many years bringing destruction of life and property over a wide area. There will be homes to be restored, families to make a new start and distress for many thousands. The pity of it is that the storm came when economic disaster is on every side and people were already heavily burdened in mind and soul. But the spring will soon be here with the warmer days and growing things on every side. I am sure that the appeal for help will meet a ready response and each will give if there is anything to spare. AND NOW . . . FREE LOVE! A Woman's church organization has written to President Butler of Columbia University charging that one of the professors is teaching free love in a course in family relations. A few weeks ago people became equally incensed because a speaker had filled the innocent minds of University of Washington students with communistic doctrines ! Those who .protest against the radical teachings in the large universities of America are really insulting the college undergraduates. Even if a professor vigorously supports free love, anarchism, or any other ism, his listeners, supposedly intelligent college students, usually do not adopt his ideas. The majority of students will merely compare these radical ideas with the reactionary theories of other professors and. adopt a sensible middle course. The suppression of certain doctrines just because they do not happen to conform with the established order, has no place in large non-sectarian universities. Mature minded students have a right to hear all sides of a question. The censors and advocates of "control" should confine their activities to the religious institutions, the high schools, and the street corners.—Daily Bruin. We are all healthier, the insurance companies keep insisting, since these peculiar times have come upon us. General Prosperity has apparently been superseded by Corporal Wellbeing.—Boston Herald. Japan wants the world to believe that she isn't fighting any war but is winning all the battles.—Arizona Producer. * AUBURN FOOTPRINTS *> Man has learned to fly but as yet, only a bird can sit on a barb-wire fence. * * * * * , * * » * * A good example of two living a? cheaply as one is the parents who have a son in college. * * * * * * * * * * A certain student is reported to have justified the similarity of his history paper with that of another on the grounds that, "history repeats itself". * * * * * * * * * * Many of the newly elected will realize next year that the joke is on them. * * * * * * * * * * "I wouldn't marry you if you were the only man on earth." "If I were the only man on earth I wouldn't have to get married." * * * * * * * * * * Cigar smoking is hard on the eyes—one has to look at the ground too long. * * * * * * * * * * No one fears a cyclone in Auburn there is too much hot air here already. * * * * * * * * * * A man touring Europe sent back a picture post card bearing this message: Dear Son: On the other side you will see a picture of the rock from which the Spartans used to throw their defective children. Wish you were here. Your Dad. —The Alchemist. * * * * * * * * * * We hear of people fooling with the stock market—but the market usually does the fooling. * * ' * * * * ' * * * * She was temperamental—90 percent temper and 10 percent mental. * * * * * * * * * * Expert (examining radio) : Now, if you will take me up stairs and show me your antenna . . . Housewife: How dare you, sir! * * * * * * ' * * * * Cletus says that the "A" Club room is the best place to seek shelter during a tornado! Not even the elements would dare defy this organization. * * * * * * * * * * * A Georgia paper reports that the public's worst enemy is the public. * * * * * * * * * * Believe it or not: A "Rat" cap was seen on the campus yesterday. * . * * * * * * * * * Forty-seven throbbing, palpitating hearts anxiously awaiting returns as the campus goes to the polls today. * * * * * * * * * * Some people marry for love when they can't do any better. * * * * * * * * * * Then there was the sophomore who didn't mind his girl petting animals exclusively because he was used to being the goat. * * • * * * * * * * * Who was the awful pain you had in your arms last night? WITH OTHER COLLEGES Signs of educational liberalism comes to light in the Brenau Alchemist. An editorial reflecting the school's attitude on smoking is refreshing to those who have observed the mid-Victorian policies of some female institutions. To quote: "Smoking has been judged a personal matter, and will in the future be regulated accordingly. As long as the exercise of your personal choice does not intrude on another's rights there will be no ban against smoking. This seems a thoroughly fair and justifiable attitude to be taken in regard to what, in the final analysis, is neither a crime nor a virtue, but merely a matter of taste. Certainly, no girl's character is to be condemned because she smokes, nor recommended solely because she doesn't. The revision of the old regulation is not to be considered a revolution nor to be taken as a signal for all to start smoking; it IS a recognition of. the fact that, after all, smoking is not so important an issue as the forbidding of it might lead us to believe". * * * * From the radio column of the Washington and Lee Ring-Turn Phi we glean the following information that should hold interest to Auburn's loudspeaker fans. "Wayne King, who just lost a $2,- 000 bet by getting married before he was 40 (he's 31) is about to go on tour, but his regular broadcasting will be continued from the WEAF-NBC chain. His regular schedule is for 5:30 p. m., Wednesdays." I "The following type of thing has caused this writer to be accused of Winchellizing: Eddie and Ralph, Sisters of the Skillet, are not even brothers, and they don't own a skillet, but they are fraternity brothers. Eddie was a lawyer, and his first client is still in the penetentiary . . . Herman Hupfield (When Yuba Plays the Rumba) composes about fifty songs a year . . . Elinor Smith, aviatrix, recently spoke on a program commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Camp Fire Girls; she Was twenty on the same day . . . Ruth Etting got her Chesterfield job without an audition . . . She's on tomorrow night at 10 out of WABC . . . If you want dance music, try WLW at Cincinnati, 'Henry Thies and his orchestra seems to have camped there . . And Ilomay Bailey, NBC songster, carries a self-inking rubber stamp with her where-ever she goes. It's for autograph seekers . . . " * * * * Duke University springs something new on hopeful college editors. Each prospective editor of The Chronicle is given an issue of the paper to prove his merits before any selection is made. In this manner he has the chance to voice his policy and advocate the changes he wishes in the college paper. * * * * At the University of Paris there is a course in the appreciation of fine wines and liquors. After attending an American University it should be very easy to appreciate fine wines and liquors. Reports from the collegiate world indicate that Auburn is not the only school that is under financial pressure in a social way. Washington and Lee is experiencing' difficulty in staging their finals, and Wes-leyan University has called their dances off in view of the stress. * * * * The Daily Tar Heel, up to the insistent trick of discovering unique facts about the campus, now announces that the faculty and not the students read trashy magazines. We assume that intelligence must have diversion although we thought the students furnished that. "Bfembers of the student body, it has been observed, ridicule the detective story, refuse action thrillers, and seldom demand the weird, supernatural, horrible, or pseudo-scientific articles. At one stand practically no students buy action stories, but the clerks admitted a profitable sale to University instructors. Another storekeeper commented that the 'trashy' magazines were bought chiefly by faculty members and townspeople, student purchases being almost negligible. The third estimated that his sales of cheap magazines were practically .evenly divided between students and faculty and townspeople. "Miss Co-ed prefers The Woman's Home Companion and Vogue and, with all sophistication, avoid? the 'love' magazines. She purchases The American Magazine frequently, and for her humor, relies upon College Humor, ignoring The New Yorker which the men students prefer more than all others of the same type". A tax of $1 on after-dinner speeches is suggested in Ontario. The financial condition of the province must be desperate. Rarely, in ordinary times, is anything taxed at 200 per cent of its value.—Detroit News. Women of Russia recently celebrated an international woman's day for a couple of hours, after which they went back to clean out the stable and guide the plow.—Portland Oregonian. Golf-widows are advised to follow their husbands round as a slimming exercise. Our thoughts are with the husbands.—Punch. INSIGHTS By Conscientious Cletus 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. THERE is a Negro in Auburn who is able to tell the time at any period during the day or night and not miss it more than ten minutes. It would ,be an excellent thing if the college authorities would capitalize on this .local talent that has recently been discovered, and give this Negro a job setting the college clock every hour. We would then have the assurance that the clock was within ten minutes of the correct time, and that would be much better than our present uncertain state. * * * * It was pointed out the other day that the college clock is more neai'ly right when it is not running at all, because then it is exactly correct two times during every twenty-four hours. Having never been right Cletus is not in a position to judge, but it does seem that it would be better if our clock was exactly right two times during the day than never to be right at all. To put that in the form of a motion would be out of order, and not according to the rules of Parliamentary procedure, and anyway it might not be constitutional after some patriotic genius looked it up in the CONSTITUTION OF THE ASSOCIATED UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF THE ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. * * * * Far be it from me to imitate Cletus, but when he asked me to write this column for him I thought it would be better to start it off in the same general style that he would have used. I realize that I now have the power to say anything that I like, and judging from the success that Cletus has had during the year I could get away with murder. On the other hand I pride myself on being patriotic, and I think too much of myself, my fellow students, and my Alma Mater, to say'anything that would cause anybody trouble. I believe in democracy, and have absolute faith in what the majority decides is right. I believe that all family troubles should be kept within the family, which means that I do not agree in any way with the policy that this column has followed during the year. I am a member of several honor fraternities on the campus, and I credit my success in these elections to one main quality that I have developed during my four years at Auburn, and that is the ability to make friends. A lot of times during my college career I have had opinions that were far from those accepted by my fellow students, but I have kept them to myself. The only way to have a lot of friends, and the only way to make a real success in college is to be agreeable, and to be agreeable you have to agree with all the leaders on the campus. The term "brown-nose" might be used to express exactly what I mean. It is very unfortunate that success at Auburn requires such a method, but the end is important enough to warrant any means to attain it. * * * * It seems to be a strange trick of fate that Cletus should be called a failure in his own column, but I told him exactly what I -was going to do and he agreed to it. After all Cletus has said several times that a mere difference of opinion should not cause any change in personal relationships, and that is one of the few things that I can agree with, him on. As I said I try to make it a policy not to disagree with anyone, but in this case the popular thing to do is to disagree with Cletus. All of my friends do, and I value my many friends more highly than anything else that I have received from my four years at college. For this reason I am going to do the things that will help me keep my friends. * * * * If Cletus started out at the first of this year with the one objective, to get people to read his column, he has certainly succeeded to that extent, because from my observation the column is read. That is one reason that it is so unfortunate that the policy has not been a little different from what it has. ; * * * * "Being funny is a serious business. We have noticed that one or two college humorous magazines, during the last year, have been put on the black list by authorities— their publications suspended—because they have stepped beyond the bounds of good taste. Usually in such cases, its been our observation, the trouble has been caused by an idea of the editors that there are only two subjects for "Humor"—necking and drinking. The humor in such magazines is pretty flabby. The good humorous publications are those that put a ban on these subjects and find their material in good-natured satire, light comment on student foibles, amusing verse—they've obeyed the dicta of good taste." WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1932 T H E P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE PAGE THREE LARGE CROWD SEES GYMKHANA EVENTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON L a d i e s ' Riding Class and Members of Polo Class Stage Exhibitions at Bullard Field; Polo Match Between Officers and Student is First Played Here A large percent of Auburn's population "went horse-minded" Saturday afternoon, March 26, when it turned out for the gymkhana held on Bullard field by the Polo and Riding Club. The surrounding hillsides of tall pines provided a flattering background for the bright red coats worn by the members of the ladies' riding class as, in the opening event of the afternoon, the class entered the show ring riding in single file and went through the complicated figures of a "grand march on horseback." Next on the program was the best schooled polo pony class. Since the winner of this had to be decided by the slow process of elimination and the entries in the class were numerous, this event took a longer time than any other on the program. The cup awarded for the first place in this class was won by J. Newman, riding Rabbit; G. S. Samford on Eagle was second, and W. 0. Johnson, mounted on Preston, came third. Following this event was. ladies' jumping in which a course of four DEMAND ADMISSION TOTH€ WBAR // AT IO-2&4 O'CLOCK jumps was ridden. Mrs. J. W. Brig- Kam on Strawberry and Miss Dabney Hare riding Rabbit tied for first place. The jumps were then raised for the jump off and the cup for first was won by Miss Hare. Mrs. Brig-ham placed second and Miss Ernestine Hill riding Spark Plug was third. The stake race winners were: T. W. Harwell, first; J. L. Pincher, second; W. O. Johnson, third. In the ladies walk, trot, canter class the security, control, and riding form of each rider was judged, and a cup was presented to the one chosen as being the most perfect. This was won by Miss Ernestine Hill, mounted on Bill. Second place was claimed by Miss Dabney Hare whose mount was Don. Miss Nora Towles on Judge, was selected as the third best of the group. The formality of the occasion was broken by a round of mounted wrestling between teams from the junior and senior classes. The seniors were the victors, receiving theatre tickets for proving their prowess. The needle and thread race was won by Miss Nora Towles and W. S. Pope, first, Miss Dabney Hare and Jim Wood, second, and Mrs. C. Livingston and G. E. Tucker, third. In the bending race L. M. Jones and K. G. Taylor won first and second places respectively. The spoon race winners were: Mrs. M. V. Davidson, first; Miss Ernestine Hill, second; Miss Dabney Hare, third. Last on the program was pair jumping in which five couples rode, each couple in turn riding abreast a course of four jumps. In this Miss Helen Franke on Bill, and Mr. C. E. Sellers on Shorty, placed first; Miss Nora Towles on Strawberry and We ASKEW in— Uncle Billy's Shoe Shop We ASKEW in— Uncle Billy's Barber Shop The Barber Shop calls in numbers: 7427,. 7415, 7473, 7639, 7731, 7416-—week ending Mch. 26 inclusive. Thank you— UNCLE BILLY Always Ready to Serve You BANK OF AUBURN Bank of Personal Service TOOMER'S WILL GIVE YOU SERVICE DRUG SUNDRIES DRINKS, SMOKES DON'T FORGET OUR SANDWICHES ON THE CORNER BECAUSE-they carried no TORNADO Insurance hundreds of ALABAMA people are HOMELESS and DESTITUTE. Are YOU fully protected against TORNADO losses? If not, see us AT ONCE. L BURTON & M. LANGSTON PROPERTY INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS k THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES— HAGEDORN'S Visit our enlarged Gents1 Furnishing Department Arrow Trump Shirts Interwoven Socks Beau Brommel Neckwear Hickok Belts Athletic Shorts & Shirts HAGEDORN'S OPELIKA'S BEST STORE n Two Mainstays on Tiger Diamond Nine .vftffiiSS HITCHCOCK flUBURM PORTE/Z GRflAtT -fiuBORH-Two of Coach Sam McAllister's junior hopes in the Southern Conference pennant chase this season. Hitchcock has been placed at short by the Auburn coach and is expected to see service in that position for the larger part of the season. He will probably be the only infielder in the starting line-up who is not a senior. Grant, who performed at third base for the greater part of last season, has been seeingi service in the outfield during spring practice games in order to help fill the gap caused by the graduation of three regulars of the 1931 squad. He has shown marked improvement as a ball-hawk since the beginning of practice. PERSONAL MENTION Auburn has three men at the Federal seed loan office in Memphis this week assisting in getting loans for Alabama farmers. The three are Thomas A. Sims, Sam Brewster, and Kirtley Brown. Sims has been in Memphis two weeks. —0—- Elmer G. Salter spent Easter Sunday in Montgomery with his mother. —0— Howard Gray of New Market came to Auburn to be initiated into Gamma Sigma Delta, last Friday afternoon. Howard was president of the senior class of 1931, but resigned from college at the end of the first semester in order to take charge of a farm and a business at New Market. —0— Sam Berney Hay, Jr., weight seven pounds, arrived Saturday night. Mother and baby, at Opelika Hospital, are doing splendidly. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Perry Robin- Son, formerly of Auburn now of Boston Mass., announce the birth of a daughter, Pattie Perry. State Commander Visits Local Post The State Commander of the American Legion, Jim Conner of Birmingham, paid a visit to the local post here last Friday afternoon. While here he conferred with various legionnaires including Sergeant S. Fitzpatrick, post adjutant. Mr. Conner says that he hopes to be able to return to Auburn on April 25 to attend a barbecue given at that time by the local post for the officers here to inspect the R. O. T. C. unit. The unemployment work now being carried on by the Legion is meeting with much success, he said. Mr. Tom Pyke on Sammy were second; and Miss Ernestine Hill on Sparky and Mr. G. V. Nunn on Bum, came third. Cups were presented to the winners of second and third places as in all of the other events. The goal shooting contest and the glove race were called off to allow ample time for four chuckers of polo that were played at the close of the program. Two student teams, Red and Blue, were matched for a chuck-er each against the officers team and then for two chuckers against each other. This was the first polo played for exhibition in Auburn. The officials for the afternoon were: Judges—Capt. E. C. Betts, Ft. Benning, Ga.; Dr. I. S. McAdory and Prof. J. W.' Roe of Auburn; Ringmaster— Lt. J. V. Phelps; Clerk of course—Urton Nunn; Charge of paddock—F. V. Williams. ' Though a number of the students had left Auburn to spend Easter at their homes, it was stated that a satisfactory crowd attended and gate receipts were encouraging. Any profit made is to go toward buying polo helmets. The polo squad has expressed appreciation for the support given them by those who attended, to the members of the ladies' riding class who did so much toward making the show a success, and to the members of the military department and faculty who assisted them. First Meeting Tennis Candidates Is Called for Thursday Night By K. G. Taylor Every one interested in trying out for a Tennis Team to represent the college in matches which are to be scheduled are requested to meet at Langdon Hall Thursday night at seven o'clock. The object of this meeting is to get a list of all candidates for the team and to elect a captain and manager. Tentative plans are to have an elimination tournament within the next two weeks and a team is to be formed from the men who have the best tournament records. All matches must be played in the near future as a match has already been scheduled with Miss. A. & M. to be played here April 23rd. The varsity squad will be composed of ten men who will be picked by the be permanent at any time as any captain, however, this squad will not other player may become one of the squad provided his play justifies such a change. Owing to expenses only four men will be allowed to make the road trips. Coach Wynne will be in charge of the team and has been carrying on extensive correspondence with neighboring schools in an effort to schedule the best possible matches. One match has already been scheduled with Miss. A. & M. and it is thought that Howard, Birmingham-Southern, Emory, and Georgia Tech will be added to the list. *VITOLIZEDOIL —slays in the taint Come in for a Free Demonstration I of Wailblde. See for yourself bow Vitolized Oil stays in Wallbide First Colter to keep italiveand elastic indefinitely Rooms painted with one or two coats—you hang pictures the same day! AGREAT discovery has been made . . . a discovery that completely changes all ideas of what paint will do. You homeowners who have put off decorating your rooms because of the mess and disorder... because you thought it would be too expensive . . . will now want to come in and see this new Vitolized Oil Paint. It's called Wallhide. Rarely is more than one coat required on walls that have been previously painted. But even on new walls two coats of Wall-hide can be put on yout walls and still you hang your pictures and curtains thesame day. Never before have such results been possible. Let us show you why. e P. P. a. &>.. 1932 AUBURN ICE & COAL COMPANY —PHONE 239-J— Tiger Nine Leads Minneapolis Team For Seven Innings Auburn Returns to Practice at Drake Field for Games'This Week-End Imbued with plenty of confidence after leading the Minneapolis Millers for seven and a half innings in their opening game of the current campaign in Montgomery, the Auburn Tigers returned to diamond warfare on Drake Field Tuesday afternoon in preparation for a lone tilt with La-nett Athletic Club in Lanett Friday and a return engagement with the strong American Association club here Saturday. The second Plainsmen- Miller struggle will head Auburn's annual "A" Day program, which will start Saturday morning. In holding an outfit that is picked to be a leading contender for a double A pennant to a 6-4 score, Coach Sam McAllister's collegians played a brand of ball that probably will net them many victories before the 1932 season is history. Both defensively and offensively, the Dixie League and Southern Conference champions looked impressive. The team surprised even their, mentor in matching the Millers' nine safeties, only four of the 11 Auburn players who were used failing to slam out one or more hits. Duck Riley, of Birmingham, a senior keystoner with no peers as a fielder, and Sam Mason, who has been transformed from an infielder into an outfielder, led the swatting brigade, each with two for four. Riley, whom Coach McAllister predicts will do some heavy-hitting his final year under the Orange and Blue banner, collected a triple and a single as his day's efforts at the plate and Mason banged out a pair of singles. Mason's hits drove in two tallies. They also looked good afield. Patronize Plainsman Advertisers. COLUMBUS TYPEWRITER COMPANY Sales & Service Office 306 Georgia Home Bldg. Columbus, Ga. INFIELD OF BASEBALL SQUAD IS ALMOST PERFECT IN FIRST GAME Harry Lloyd at First, Riley at Second, Jimmie Hitchcock at Short, Ike Lewis at Third and Kaley and Aubrey Lewis Make Only One Miscue in Contest Auburn's infield, of alternate-captain Harry Lloyd at first, Riley at second, Jimmie Hitchcock at short, Ike Lewis at third and either Charles Kaley or Aubrey Lewis receiving, functioned almost perfectly in the initial conflict, only one miscue being credited to this group. The lone bobble occurred in the eighth when Aubrey Lewis threw to second attempting to catch the occupant of that base and no one was there to receive his peg. Lloyd also hit a single, Hitchcock a timely three-bagger and Aubrey Lewis a long double. The inner works, listing all veterans, is better this year and was decided upon earlier in the season, but who would perform in the pastures regularly was not settled until the first fray. Against Minneapolis, Juicy Wood, Porter Grant and Mason fielded flawlessly, grabbing several hard hit drives that rookie outfielders do not catch, and it is a certainty that they will continue to roam the gardens as first-stringers. Wood accounted for Auburn's first run Monday with a single that sent Riley across the plate. Unless other hurlers besides Capt. Clifford Smith and Ripper Williams show superb form, McAllister will have to depend upon a two-man pitching staff for triumphs for the second successive year. In 1931, Smith and Dunham Harkins annexed 16 of the 18 wins annexed by the Bengals. Smith twirled five frames against Donie Bush's professionals and was nicked for only seven hits and two runs. It looks like he will have another banner year. He won nine and lost one last year. Williams, a sophomore, failed to show up well at Cramton Bowl because he was wild, issuing free transportation to first to six Millers in two stanzas. However, he was cool in making his varsity debut and will be counted on for several wins this season. In an effort to correct the mistakes shown by several of the Tigers when batting against pitchers whose forte is curves, McAllister intends to take a turn on the rubber and throw nothing but twisters to his weakest batters. Curves proved to be the nemesis of six of the Auburn players in the Minneapolis game. LOST:—One pair of glasses, in black case. Fulvue gold frame. Phone W. C. Coleman, 74-J. 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Lipscomb, so-the Baptist Church Sunday night. ' The rendition of the famous oratorio came as a fitting close to the Easter celebration, combining as it does, not only the story of the passion and the resurrection but linking these two events with creation and the subsequent spread of Christianity throughout the world and the musical epic was admirably and adequately interpreted by the Auburn Choral Society whose custom has been to give Auburn the best of musical classics. Preceding the oratorio an explanation of the story told in the music was given by the pastor, Dr. James E. Edwards. A silver offering was taken following the completion of the First Part to defray the expenses involved in the presentation. While the oratorio is considered a reasonably difficult undertaking for professional singers, the rendition Sunday night does not suffer by comparison, and the painstaking technique which characterizes the directorship of Mr. Brigham was evident throughout. The presentation as a whole was remarkably well done and reflects great credit on all those who took part, including the accompa- Dress Smartly ... Save lAoney FINE INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED CLOTHES $19.50 $35.00 THE HOUSi BU11T UP?*.THE 0«4:D E« ^RU 11 OLIN L. HILL At College Barber Shop The following soloists gave finish-prano; Mrs. A. Carnes, soprano; Mrs. R. D. Jorier, soprano; Mrs. N. D. Wilson, contralto; Mrs. W. D. Salmon, contralto; Collins Cameron, tenor; J. W. Brigham, tenor; George Moxham, bass; Harold Hoffsommer, bass; C. J. Rehling, bass; N. W. Wilson, bass; J. M. Jones, bass. American Legion to Honor Inspectors Here As has been the custom for the past few years, the John H. Wills Post, Number 36, of the American Legion will give a barbecue on April 25 in honor of the inspectors of the Auburn R. 0. T. C. unit. Major R. E. Sharrer, District Engineer of Montgomery, and Major T. W. Wrenn, senior instructor of the Alabama National Guard, whose headquarters are in Andalusia, will be the visiting officers. On a recent visit to the local post here in Auburn, Jim Comer, of Bir-ingham, state commander of the Legion, announced that he hopes to be in Auburn for the barbecue. The following committee has been appointed to make arrangements for the annual affair: Mr. Jack Tamb-lyn, Dr. J. E. Oliver, Professor J. E. Pitts, and Seargent T. Moxham. OPELIKA THEATRE Opelika, Ala. Open Daily 2:30 p. m. Saturday 1:30 p. m. The Students Friend ADMISSION: 15c Any Time THURSDAY, March 31 JAMES DUNN SALLY EILERS Together again in "OVER THE HILL' FRIDAY, April 1 "GOOD SPORT" with LINDA WATKINS JOHN BOLES SATURDAY, April 2 BOB STEELE "NEAR THE TRAIL'S END" with MARION SHOCKLEY JAY MORLEY Graves of Confederate Soldiers Being Marked The Federal Government is marking all Confederate soldiers' graves with stone markers similar to those used by the government to designate the graves of the Federal soldiers. About twenty-five have already been placed in the Auburn cemetery. Anyone wishing the grave of a Confederate relative or friend marked please notify Mrs. G. G. Nunn, as soon, as possible. This movement is sponsored by the U. D. C. chapter of Auburn. i I DUFFEE'S CASH GROCERY I IGA STORES Auburn's Most Complete Food Store WE are proud to be affiliated with this great national organization of thousands and thousands of independent grocers. We are proud to be able to offer you regularly the splendid values which the mass buying power of this mammoth alliance makes possible. We are proud of our spick and s p a n I.G.A. store. We are proud of your patronage. Please call again! * * * THE IGA IS NOT A CHAIN! I TRY OUT Jimmie's Coffee Shop Buttered Toast with Jelly and Coffee YOU'LL COME BACK 10< Something New "MILKIE WHIP" 10" 5' TWO 5c PACKS CHEWING GUM SPECIAL CLUB BREAKFAST One Egg One Piece Pork Sausage Grits Toast One Hot Cake Orange Juice 25« BAR-B-Q (In Buns) 10c s B E S T C O F F E E I N A U B U R N a The Nicest Place in Town >9 Final Plans Are Laid For Baseball Tourney Final plans for the inter-fraternity play ground baseball tournament have been completed and the tourney will swing into action immediately. The following rules are in effect during the entire tournament, and special attention is called to them. 1. Each team must furnish balls and bats. 2. Opposing teams will decide date for the match. 3. If team fails to appear on the date agreed upon, the match will be considered forfeited to its opponents. 4. Games must be played on official sites. 5. Umpire must be selected from specified list of inter-fraternity and Blue Key members. The first round of the tournament must be played off before April 11 or matches will be declared forfeited. The second, third, and fourth rounds must be- played off before April 19, April 25, May 2, respectively. It has been asked that these dates be carefully noticed in order that there will be no hitches in the progress of the tournament. The sites selected for the games have been as follows: The N. E* corner of the drill field; the gymnasium; Knapp stadium; the old high school; the N. W. corner of the rat football field. No other sites will be considered as official. The umpire is to be selected from the following list of men: J. D. Bush, V. Callahan, L. Gholston, Tip Mathews, R. A. Wible, J. Farrish, S. Fort, J. T. Harris, V. White, G. Anderson, F. Campbell, J. Turner, J. Tartt, W. Patterson, S. Cutler, C. Hooks, F. McGraw, J. Metcalf, M. Phillips' G. Fowler, G. Boyles, A. Summerlin, N. Sullivan, R. Payne, W. Troup, F. Col-lum, W. Johnston, H. Pringle, W. Little, L. Parker, G. Walters, H. Ellis, J. Jenkins, C. Stanley, E. Jones, J. Garmany, C. Braswell, L. Norris, H. Moss, J. Roberts, B. Scantland, M. Fink, R. Miller, F. Bond, S. Bernard, T. Richardson, J. Scherer and A. Taylor. Following is the list of first round matches to be played off before April 11: Bye Phi Delta Theta Bye A. L. T. Theta Kappa Nu A. D. A. T. U. 0. Alpha Gamma Rho Phi Kappa Tau Bye Bye Kappa Sigma K. A. Sigma Phi Sigma Pi Kappa Phi Sigma Nu S. A. E. Bye S. P. E. Pi K. A. Phi Kappa Delta Lambda Chi Alpha Alpha Sigma Phi Bye I A. T. 0. Bye Sigma Pi Bye Bye B. K. Bye -Theta Chi Bats and balls may be purchased from John T. Harris at the A. T. 0. house. Officers Installed By White Shrine For Ensuing Year Thursday evening, March 24th, Nazareth Shrine No. 4, Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem installed the following officers for the ensuing year: Mrs. Susie L. Nunn, Worthy High Priestess; Mr. Allen B. Kling, Watchman of the Shepherds; Mrs. Bertha Schubert, Noble Prophetess; Mrs. Julia K. Watt, Worthy Scribe; Mrs. Laura L. Dowdell, Worthy Treasurer; Mrs. Elba Wicker, Worthy Chaplin; Mrs. Hattie Cole, Worthy Shepherdess; Mrs. Frances King, Worthy Guide; Mrs. Carey P. Bailey, Worthy Herald; Mr. A. Z. Wright, 1st Wise Man; Sergt. Geo. Moxham, 2nd Wise Man; Dr. I. S. McAdory, 3rd' Wise Man; Mr. Carl Smith, King; Mrs. Myrtle Smith, Queen; Mrs. Emma Yarbrough, 1st Hand Maid; Mrs. Bert King, 2nd Hand Maid; Mrs. Lena Ray, 3rd Hand Maid; Mrs. Kit-tie Kling, Organist; Mrs. Hattie Laura Kennon, Worthy Guardian; Mr. L. B. Yarbrough, Worthy Guard. Mrs. Ernestine Dunn, retiring Worthy High Priestess, opened the Shrine and introduced the installing officers: Mr. O. C. Prather, Supreme Deputy of the Watchman of the Shepherds; Mrs. Winnie Miller, Chaplain; Mrs. Lottie Grimes, Worthy Herald; Mrs. Elmer Creel, Organist. The hall was decorated with pot plants and cut flowers. After the installation, Mrs. Mamie Moore, of Roanoke, presented Mrs. Ernestine Dunn, with a past Worthy High Priestess pen and Mr. Prather presented Prof. Schubert" the retiring Watchman of the Shepherds, with a gold watch chain. • Several readings were given by Miss Mitchel and Miss Durham and a violin solo by Mrs. Stewart accompanied on the piano, by Mrs. Kling, after which refreshments were served to about one hundred including guests from Roanoke, Salem, Opelika, and Notasulga. BLAKE'S ADDRESS ACCORDED PRAISE 'A' Day Ball Game to Be Warmly Contested The Auburn-Minneapolis baseball game will be a return engagement. The first game was played in Montgomery Monday and Minneapolis won by a score of 4 to 6. The Tigers are sure to be out for revenge and they stand a good chance of getting it because their Monday showing against the northern ball club was excellent. The admission to the game will be fifty cents. The "A" club dance Saturday night will conclude the program of the day, and it is predicted that this will be the best dance that the "A" club has presented this year. A number of feminine visitors will be in town and their presence at the ^function will lend an added zest to the occasion. The Auburn Knights will play as usual. Red Cross Requests Help For Sufferers While the Red Cross relief organization centered at Birmingham is proceeding methodically with the rehabilitation of sufferers in the recent tornadoes, the people of Alabama are contributing to a fund to finance the work immediately at hand. The need of public support of this fund was put by Senator Hugo Black, himself a contributor, in these words: "I am pleased to make my own contribution to the Red Cross tornado relief fund, as I am firmly of the opinion that the Red Cross is the best and only agency for emergency and rehabilitation relief. "I urge the citizens of Alabama to contribute liberally so tha't the fund may be adequate. The bill to be introduced by the Alabama delegation will supplement the services of the Red Cross. Those services are necessary and indispensable. We must all give to the limit. The Red Cross must be aided to help many who can not secure help otherwise." Henry Upson Sims of Birmingham, former president of the American Bar Association and member of the Central Governing Committee of the National Red Cross, said in a telegram sent to civic leaders over Alabama a few days after the disaster: "The National Red Cross furnishes the machinery, but our people must provide the money which will be needed, if we can do so. Every Citizen and Community in the State is urged to deny himself that this emergency can be met." The federal aid to which Senator Black referred, would be in the form of long term loans and not direct relief, which is the task of the Red Cross. The Red Cross maintains a permanent staff of disaster workers, who are constantly in the field. They organize and direct relief on an average of seventy-five disasters a year, great and small, in the United States and outlying possessions. Immediately upon news of the storm of March 21st, the Red Cross set up an emergency organization at Birmingham. Calls began to come into the Jefferson County Red Cross Chapter within ten minutes after the storm struck Columbiana and Sylacauga. Miss Roberta Morgan, executive secretary AIRPORT TO OPEN MONDAY, APRIL 4th (Continued from page 1) to Hawaii. Lt. Davis was formerly in the same squadron with Lt. V. C. Finch, professor of aeronautics here. The official program of the dedication exercises will begin in the morning with the arrival of army, navy, national guard, commercial, and civilian planes. From noon until 1:30 p. m,, the visiting airships will be parked for inspection. At 1:30 p. m., addresses will be made by M. H. Bremer, U. S. government engineer, Mayor H. K. Dickinson of Opelika, Mayor W. D. Cope-land of Auburn, and Dr. Bradford Knapp, president of Auburn-Opelika Airport, Inc. The air maneuvers and'stunt flying will take place immediately following the speeches. * AUBURN DEBATERS LOSE TO COLORADO (Continued from page 1) School classes held in the forenoon. It has not been decided yet who will be the featured speaker next Sunday but an announcement will be made later in the week. All Auburn students are urged to attend these meetings as vital problems will be discussed each time. It is felt that this organization will fill a long-felt need here on the Auburn'campus. (Continued from page 1) The Auburn team has won two of its three debates held thjs season, winning from Mercer University and the University of Florida, and losing to Colorado College. CRIPPLED CHILDREN IN LEE CO. A careful survey has shown that there are over a hundred crippled children in Lee County who might possibly be benefitted by surgical and hospital treatment. the. I riendltf hotel Rates as Low as |2.00 PIE homelike atmosphere o» the Molton, w different from the »T«r«r« hotel, hai griTCB It a toothwlde elotmn: "Next Best to Home" Keeping the Old Friends Waking Many New Ones In Birmingham ^MOLTON J A.DRIVER, MANAGER. THE JUNG HOTEL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Eighteen stories of modern Hotel Luxury. 700 Rooms, 700 Baths, 700 Servidors. 700 Ice Water Faucets, 700 Electric Ceiling Fans. The only Hotel in New Orleans that has all of these conveniences in every room. Without exception. Largest Free Parking Grounds in the South. Rates $2.50 and $3.00 "You can live better at the Jung for Less" APRIL COURT OF HONOR FOR BOY SCOUTS SET FOR APRIL 5 Night Designated as Parents' Night and Special Invitations Are Extended to Parents; Court to Meet at 7:00 P .M. In Wood-, man Hall, Opelika The April Court of Honor for Boy Scouts in the Opelika District has been definitely set for April 5, by Chairman Flake E. Farley. The night is to be known as parents' night, and all scouts have been urged to make attempts to gain advancement at that time. A special invitation has of the chapter, directed the concentration of doctors, nurses and ambulances at the stricken points. Simultaneously, the chapters in centers adjacent to places requiring help in other counties went into action. C. H. McFarland, Red Cross field representative for northern Alabama, who happened to be in Birmingham, where he resides, set up an emergency relief organization that night', under instructions from headquarters. Mr. Sims, who is in charge of the state fund campaign, asks that contributions be sent to the local Red Cross chapter or to the Jefferson County Red-Cross Chapter at Birmingham. All money collected within the State will be spent wholly in the aid of tornado sufferers of Alabama. The neighboring states of Georgia and Tennessee are collecting funds similarly for their own sufferers. No matter how small the contribution, it will further the work of relief to that extent, and collectively these small sums are important. In fact, Mr. Sims looks to the small givers, as times are such that people of wealth could formerly be counted upon for large sums must themselves give relatively less. been issued to parents of the scouts in that district. The Court will be held at 7 p. m. in Woodman Hall, in rear of the Boy Scout offices. The Southern Bell Telephone Company, through its local manager, George Moore, has already ordered two reels of moving pictures as well as a comedy, which will be borrowed from the Extension Department at A. P. I., to be shown as part of the entertainment. In addition, Miss Rebecca Ellison will have the Opelika High School orchestra play a few numbers. The main feature of the program will be the advancement of scouts, and the chairman is urging all troops to be represented at the court. Robert Blount, national representative and former president of the co tive and former president of the council, reminds scouts that this will be the last court of honor in which Opelika troops will have an opportunity to secure points toward the Blount Efficiency Cup Contest to be awarded following the Jamboree, to be held in Auburn on May the 6th. Professor J. W. Watson stated that there has been an increased use of the scout library at the high school and invited all scouts to make use of these books in the future. The 'MmiicmTIorEL MARKET AT SEVENTH The "AwERjcxN'kNmx MARKET AT SIXTH Our Food has made our Imputation COFFEE SHOP OPEN U N T I L M t o N I QHT Tiger Theatre WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 LORETTA YOUNG WINNIE LIGHTNER in "PLAY GIRL" Comedy, "LONE STARVED RANGER" — Cartoon, "LAST DANCE" THURSDAY, MARCH 31 "The WISER SEX" with Claudette Colbert - Melvyn Douglas - Lilyan'Tashman and William Boyd Screen Souvenirs and Cartoon, "PACK AND SADDLE" FRIDAY, APRIL 1 BEHIND THE MICROPHONE! 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Title | 1932-03-30 The Plainsman |
Creator | Alabama Polytechnic Institute |
Date Issued | 1932-03-30 |
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OCR Transcript | THE PLAINSMAN \ TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N SPIRIT VOLUME LV AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1932 NUMBER 49 HAM ELECTED SENIOR PRESIDENT * * * * * * . * * * * * * * * * * t * * » * * * * * * * * . * * * Greer and Knox McMillan to Head Plainsman Staff GARMANY AND HARDY ARE SELECTED LEADERS OF THE GLOMERATA FOR NEXT YEAR W. D. "Billy" Wilson of Gadsden Is Successful in Race for Position of Art Editor of The Glomerata Members of the Class of 1933, next year's Senior Class, voted heavily on the members to take charge of student publications for next year. In the election for officers of The Plainsman, Robert P. Greer of Birmingham, Knox M. McMillan of Talladega were elected editor-in-chief and business manager, respectively, of the semi-weekly newspaper. Greer is enrolled in the electrical engineering course, and McMillan is taking a general course. John B. "Red" Garmany of Chattanooga led in the race for the editorship of The Glomerata. Garmany is taking the architectural course. Frank L. Hardy of Troy emerged winner in a three-cornered fight for the position of business manager of The Glomerata, and W. D. "Billy" Wilson of Gadsden was elected art editor of the college annual. Hardy is a mechanical engineering student, and Wilson is taking commercial architecture. Cup to Be Awarded In Ala. Baby Chick Show A silver loving cup will be award ed to the entry winning the sweepstakes in the Alabama Baby Chick show to be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 28, 29, 3D at the poultry department's farm. A cup will also be given to second and third place entries in addition to ribbons. In addition, a special prize will be given by R. B. Jones, state poultry inspector, to the accredited hatchery having the highest scoring entry. This show is sponsored by the Block and Bridle Club which is composed of selected animal husbandry students. Each entry will consist of twenty-five, day-old chicks. Six classes are provided for: single comb white leghorns, barred Plymoth Rocks, single-comb Rhode Island Reds, white Wy-andottes, white Plymoth Rocks and all other breeds. The chicks will be judged upon arrival and scoring will be made on the basis of vigor, 30 percent, uniformity of color, 20 percent, uniformity of size, 10 percent. Five points will be deducted from the total score for each dead chick found upon arrival of the entry. Postponed Easter Egg Hunt Held on Sunday Afternoon, April 3rd Postponed last Sunday, due to the inclement weather, the Interfraterni-ty Council's annual Easter egg hunt will be held on Sunday, April 3rd. Hugh Ellis, president of the Council, stated that the plans for the hunt had not been altered in any manner, and that the original program would be carried out as previously planned. The fraternity freshmen will meet at the A. T. 0. house promptly at 2 o'clock, where they will proceed to Ag bottom for the festivities. Recalled to repeat his efforts, the Easter Bunnies have kindly consented to fill the bottom with eggs for the fraternity first yea'r men. The prize for the student having the most uni-que costume will be awarded as previously announced, and the annual scramble for the golden egg is being anticipated by frosh as the big event of the year. All fraternity leaders are urged to remind their new men of this postponement, and to impress upon them the importance of attendance. BLAKE'S ADDRESS ACCORDED PRAISE Large Crowd Braves Rainstorm to Hear Impressive Talk of Journalist Another well attended meeting of the college bible class was held last Sunday afternoon at four o'clock in Langdon Hall, when Morgan Blake, sports editor of The Atlanta Journal and popular leader of the largest men's bible class in Atlanta, gave an inspiring talk on "Athletics and Life". Those who attended were particularly impressed by Mr. Blake's philosophy and ableness in so clearly presenting it to his audience. He set forth the valuable effects of athletics conducted in a sportsmanlike way upon conduct in later life. This class will meet on each Sunday afternoon hereafter, so -as not to interfere with the regular Sunday (Continued on page 4) ROGERS REELECTED CLASS PRESIDENT BY MEMBERS OF'34 Buddy McCollum Elected Vice- Pres.; Red Head, Sec.; Hugh Cottle, Treas., and William W. Beck, Historian Members of the Class of 1934 elected Allen Rogers president of that body. Rogers is enrolled in business administration, and is widely known for his athletic abilities. His home is in Greenville. F. G. "Buddy" McCollum, another prominent athlete, was named to the vice-presidency of next year's junior class. He is from Birmingham and is taking a course in education. Thomas R. "Red" Head of Troy was the successful candidate in the race for secretary. Head is a business administration student. In the race for treasurer, Hugh L. Cottle was the victorious nominee. He is a business administration student and lives in Montgomery. William W. Beck coasted along without opposition right into the office of class historian. Beck hails from Charleston, S. C. He is enrolled in chemical engineering. Kiwanis Club Addressed By Student At Meeting Joseph C. Camp, freshman student in chemical engineering and also a student in public speaking, talked to the Auburn Kiwanis Club, Monday, on "Mother." The talk was delivered by special invitation from the club through Prof. Eugene D. Hess, who is ni charge of public speaking at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Members of the club were pleased with the talk made by young Camp and congratulated him very freely, who is in charge of public speaking will be heard by the Auburn Kiwan-ians from week to week as an addition to their program and also for the help of the students, thus making it a cooperative arrangement. County Agent C. H. Bedingfield and County Commissioner Jim Kil-lian were other speakers at the meeting, Monday. The meeting was largely attended by Kiwanians and visitors. It was announced that the program on next Monday will be given to aviation in connection with the dedication of the Auburn-Opelika airport. Crippled Children Are Aided By County Drive — i — i With all civic, religious and educational organizations cooperating, the campaign for the aid of crippled children in Lee County has made marked progress in the past two weeks. Dr. Paul Irvine of Auburn, County Chairman, has made speeches in each of the three group centers of the campaign, Auburn, Opelika, and Phenix City, explaining the plans and organization of the campaign. Dr. Graham of Opelika, county health officer, and members of the state department of health have also spoken in the interest of the drive. Different organizations are being asked to take care of individual cases to select a child and defray the expenses of its treatments and this plan is now being followed by the Eastern Stars and Masons, of Opelika. Organizations are also donating to the general fund and every citizen of Lee County is being urged to contribute at least one dollar to the cause. €A9 Day Celebration Will Begin At 9 o'Clock Saturday Morning The "A" club will present a varied program for their annual celebration here Saturday. The completed plans for the day make this year's celebration the largest the school has ever known and speaks favorably for the organization of the "A" Club. The scheduled events of the day include a mock track meet, a trio of boxing matches, a baseball game between Auburn and Minneapolis and the program concluding with, what the members proclaim, as the best dance of the year here. The fraternity or group winning the mock track meet, will be awarded the handsome trophy that has been on display in the Tiger Drug Co. for some time. The winner will be decided on the basis of the greatest number of points scored in the events and every fraternity is urged to force their freshmen to participate. The meeting will start promptly at 9:00 a. m. Saturday and all those who intend to participate are requested to be present at Drake Field at that time. The meet will include the following list of events. Potato Race, one man; Shoe Race, two men; Sack Race, three men (furnish own sack); Three-Legged Race, two men; Wheelbarrow Race, four men; One and Over (Leap Frog) three men; One Up, two teams; Duck Wadle, no limit; Egg Race (One hand tied behind, egg in teaspoon), two men; and The Greased Pole, which will count fifteen points with no limit to the entrants. All other events will be conducted on the usual five-three-one basis. Those interested in further' details will see "Bull" Stier. The boxing matches are sure to be one of the most interesting features of the entire day's program, for three Auburn students will meet three members of the Birmingham Athletic Club's team. The members of the B. A. C. team have acquired some little reputation in Southern amateur circles, while the Auburn representatives are quite well known; Stover, Auburn's heavyweight representative, being the holder of the Southeastern amateur title. NORMAN G. HOUSTON IS NAMED PRESIDENT OF CLASS OF 1935 Haygood Paterson Vice-Pres.; Austin Martin, S e c ; James Cooper, Treas., and Jack Knowlton, Historian In election of officers for next year's Sophomore Class, Norman G. Houston of Sylvester, Ga., was reelected president. Houston is popular among his class-mates and is enrolled in the school of Veterinary Medicine. After a close race for the office of vice-president, John Haygood Paterson of Montgomery was declared winner of this coveted honor. This formidable tackle on the Tiger's gridiron machine is a Business Administration student. The office of secretary will be filled by Austin Martin, a promising Architect from Wetumpka. Martin is popular among his classmates and a promising Sophomore-to-be. James Cooper bested a field of money handlers for the position of Treasurer only after a close contest. Cooper •is a student in Agriculture who resides in Echola. Jack Knowlton, a prospective Chemical Engineer headed the list for the post of Historian and will act in that capacity during the coming year. This outstanding first year man hails from Birmingham and is a hard working member of the Plainsman staff. Best Drilled Battery, Platoon Are Announced In accordance with the policy of the Commandant of the R. O. T. C. Unit of choosing the best platoon and battery in each Field Artillery Regiment and the best platoon and company of Engineers at ceremoines, the following results are announced from the parade held Saturday, March 26. Company "A", Cadet Captain C. B. Gregory, and the 1st Platoon of Company "A", Cadet Captain C. W. Mul-lin were judged the best in the Engineer Regiment. In the 1st Field Artillery Regiment, Battery "D", Cadet Captain C. E. Sellers, and the 2nd Platoon of Battery "D", Cadet 1st Lt. S. M. Cutler had the best lines. Honors in the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment went to Battery "A", Cadet Captain R. M. Howard, and the 2nd Platoon of Battery "A", Cadet 1st Lt. H. B. Upchurch. Auburn Man Misses Storm in 3 Towns Johnson, Al Summerlin, Thomas And Marshall Kaley Are Chosen Officers Of The Class Of 1933 SCABBARD AND BLADE GIVES BIDS TO SIXTEEN JUNIORS IN R. 0 . T. C. Twelve Members of Field Artillery and Four Engineers Are Tapped at Drill Saturday Morning; Honors Students For Military Efficiency Sixteen juniors in the R. O. T. C. unit were pledged to membership in Scabbard and Blade, national honorary military fraternity, at tapping ceremonies held at the drill period Tuesday morning. The men were called from the ranks and pinned with small red, white and blue ribbons, the colors of the fraternity. Twelve of the cadets are in the field artillery unit. They are James M. Backes of Mobile; Asa C. Black, Mobile; John R. Chadwick, Nashville; Theodore W. Clarkson, Gadsden; John C. Fonville, Montgomery; John B. Garmany, Chattanooga; R. Porter Grant, Dothan; William F. Ham, Cottonton; G. L. Johnson, Langdale; J. Lake Parker, Panola; Forney Renfro, Opelika; and Sam E. Wittel, Demopolis. The other pledges are Herbert F. Croen, Jr., North Tarrytown, N. Y.; William Jackson, Birmingham; R. P. Lapsley, Selma; and Thomas W. Sparxow, Auburn. They are members of the engineer unit. Scabbard and Blade honors students who have distinguished themselves in the military unit, and qualification for membership is not based on military efficiency alone, but qualities of character and leadership are given equal consideration. Nat Waller of Selma is captain of the Auburn chapter, which is known as Company L, Fifth Regiment. G. V. Nunn of Auburn is first lieutenant, C. ,-E. Mathews of Grove Hill, second lieutenant, and G. C. Walter of Birmingham, first sergeant. Heavy Ballotting Features •Election of Officers for Senior Class of Next Year As Ham Is Elected by Large Majority AIRPORT TO OPEN MONDAY, APRIL 4 Stunt Fliers from Pensacola Will be Feature of Day's Program Stunt flying by "The Three Sea Hawks," a team of fliers from the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, will be an attraction on the program for the dedication of the Auburn-Opelika Airport on Monday, April 4, The team has three fast, single seated fighting planes that fly very close together in" formation while executing loops, barrel rolls, and tail spins. The trio features squirrel-cage loops in which the three planes follow each other in a continuous loop. Lt. John Cromelin of Montgomery is leader of the "Sea Hawks," and included in the team is Lt. W. V. "Bill" Davis of Macon, Ga.,.who flew from San Francisco to Hawaii in 1927 with Art Goebel, noted ace, to win the $25,000 Dole prize for the first flight from the United States ' (Continued on page 4) AUBURN DEBATERS LOSE TO COLORADO Morrill and Baskeryill Are Defeated after Closely Contested Affair The Auburn debating team was judged loser in a debate with the team' from Colorado College of Colorado Springs held Monday evening at Langdon Hall. The Colorado debaters supported the negative side of the question, "Resolved: That Congress should pass legislation providing for the centralized control of industry, constitutionality waived." Justin S. Morril of Mobile and William H. Baskervill represented Auburn in the meeting. Dean John W. Scott of the School of Science and Literature acted as chairman. On Saturday evening, the Auburn negative team won from the University of Florida in a debate on the same question. Nicholas Hare of Monroeville and Douglas Brown of Ozark were the winning speakers. (Continued on page 4) Winning by large majority, Bill Ham of Cottonton was named president of next year's Senior class in the elections today. Ham one of the most popular students on the campus is enrolled in the school of Business Administration. Lee Johnson of Langdale was the choice for vice-president. He is a member of the football team. His course is Electrical Engineering. Al Summerlin won a close race for class secretary. He is an Electrical Engineer, and comes from Columbus, Ga. In the race for treasurer Nelson H. Thomas was declared victor. He is from Jones, and is' enrolled in the Business Administration department. Marshall Kaley was elected without opposition to the position of class Historian. He is from Marion Junction, and is a student in Aeronautical Engineering. Timid Child Offers A Serious Problem Barely missing cyclones at three towns in one afternoon was the record made last Monday by H. W. Nixon of the Auburn chemistry department. Mr. Nixon had been to Eutaw to testify in a court hearing and was en route to Auburn. He arrived at Faunsdale just after the storm struck there; at Allenville he was just ahead of it; and at Demopolis just after. "The newspaper reports," said Mr. Nixon, "did not picture it as bad as it was. It was terrible. Box cars were lifted from the tracks, and big trees were snapped off. .Elsewhere pieces of iron were left hanging in trees." NOTICE! The bids lor the decorations of the Senior Dances are due in next •Saturday} April 2, to L. H. Norris, chairman of the Social Committee at the Delta Sigma Phi House. Any information concerning the decorations can be obtained by seeing the chairman of the social committee. Dramatic Tourney For State High Schools To Open Friday Morning The annual Alabama High School Dramatic Tournament at Auburn will begin at 7:10 a. m. Friday when the Lee County High School, Auburn will present "The Telegram.;' Students from 32 Alabama high schools will take part in the contest which will consist, in addition to the dramatics, of competition in music, public speaking, poetry reading, and essay writing. v Twenty-three schools will present one-act plays Friday and Saturday. The finals will take place Saturday beginning at 6:45 p. m., and the winning entry will be awarded a beautiful loving cup. Langdon Hall will be the scene of the dramatics. The poetry reading contest will be held at 2:30 Friday afternoon in the auditorium of Broun Hall, and the essay writing will be held at 4 o'clock Friday in Samford Hall. The music contest will begin on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in the auditorium of the new Auburn High School. At 2:00 p. m., the speaking contest will take place in Broun Hall auditorium. Medals will be given winners of poetry reading, music, and public speaking contests, and a cash prize to the essay writing winner. The tournament this year will be the fourth that has been held at Auburn. Murphy High School, Mobile, has won two of the contests, in 1929 and 1931. State Secondary Agricultural School of Wetumpka was winner in 1930. As the latter high school is not entered in this year's tournament, Murphy will be the only entrant that has won in previous years. The Department of English, of which Prof. J. R. Rutland is head, sponsors the contest. Members of the English faculty whp will assist Prof. Rutland are Dr. Leo Gosser, Dr. Charles P. Weaver, Prof. E. D. Hess, and Prof. Telfair Peet. Prof. John W. Brigham, head of the music department, will have charge of the musical event. The timid, retiring youngster presents a problem vastly more serious than does the mischievous or talkative child. The timid child, who shrinks from all difficult situations, derives far less from school, or from the social activities of his follows than the more assertive children who get what they want through their own initiative. This is the belief of Dr. B. R. Sho-walter, director of the Auburn extension teaching division, who was elected president of the Alabama Mental Hygiene Society at the annual meeting in Birmingham last week. The Society, through the activities of 12 committees, will continue a survey started last ye^ar to determine a suitable program for bringing about more wholesome adjustments among adults and school children in Alabama. A child must be a harmonious part of the environment in which he lives, continued Dr. Showalter. Many children and grown-ups looked upon as "peculiar" or "odd" may remedy their mental difficulties with the help of those who understand mental hygiene. The ultimate adoption of this program contemplates the cooperation of many agencies including social workers, ministers, lawyers and judges, and physicians as well as teachers. It will embody both an educative or preventive program as well as corrective or remedial measures through various mental hygiene clinics. Cabinet Officers Are Elected On April 20th Announcement that election of members of the Executive Cabinet of the Association of Undergraduate Students will take place April 20th, was made today by George E. Tucker, chairman of the Election Committee. Nominations must be filed not later than Friday, April 15th at five o'clock. Members will be chosen from the departments according to the usual plan. Full details will be carried in the Saturday's edition of this paper. PAGE TWO T H E P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1932 Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates $2.50 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. Office hours: 1M2 A. M. Daily. STAFF Victor R. White, Jr. Editor-in-Chief J. Roy Wilder Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF Gabie Drey Associate R. A. McMillan Associate J. W. Letson Associate J. R. Chadwick Managing L. C. McCallum Sports H. W. Moss News Horace Shepard News M. M. Spruiel Exchange Frank G. Keller Contributing W. W. Beck : . Contributing Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor REPORTERS Billy Hamilton, '34;; Walter Brown, '35; J. C. Ivey, '34; W. G. Hall, '35; B. C. Pope, Jr., '33; Jack Knowlton, '35; Walter, Smith, '35; Marion Kelley, '33; J. A. P a r i s h , Jr., '35. BUSINESS STAFF James Backes Asst. Business Manager Knox M. McMillan .... Advertising Manager Robert Greer Circulation Manager Phillip M. Benton Asst. Adver. Mgr. Circulation Department: T. A. Dunlap, '35; Edward W. Prewitt, '35; George H. Lester, '35. THE DEBATING TEAM As the days go by one hears more and more about Auburn's debating team, about the work it is doing, about the interest that is being gradually aroused, and about the success the aspiring forensic artists are enjoying. It is an accepted fact that the fine arts, especially the art of literature and all that pertains thereto, are and have been sadly neglected here. It is extremely gratifying to learn how well the debating team is doing, and the Plainsman wishes to encourage the active members in their work. The things learned by active participation in public speaking are priceless; to be able to talk on one's feet, and to express clearly one's ideas in public are valuable aids to business and professional success. Then lets us urge the debating team on to greater things, giving them our full support, and developing a line of student activity that elsewhere is treated as indi-spensible. BALLYHOO AGAIN For fear that John Temple Graves had done an about face in his attitude towards the Literary Digest straw vote, it was necessary to refresh our memories on his comment of March 16. Although the Dean of Alabama Colyumnists has not patently contradicted himself, his host of readers must be confused as to his stand on this "something of a political event." The previous comment of the Birmingham journalist deplored the ballyhoo with which the prohibition poll was written up. Today he suggests the criticism of the selection of the voters. Yet, through it all he rises in defense of the referendum in taking us to task. May we ask what Mr. ' Graves' opinion of the poll is? We have enjoyed his lengthy discussion on the various aspects of this national ballot; but if we may be so bold as to suggest, Mr. Graves has likened himself unto a politician when dealing with the prohibition question. CONGRATULATIONS The old ever gives away to the new. Tonight the front page is bedecked with the names of the new campus leaders and publication heads. Present leaders will pass on to the oblivion of graduation to be lost in the ever interesting present. ' The torch has been thrown to other hands to carry as the newly elected see fit. If any progress has been made this year there is much to do in the future. If campus leaders have been inefficient, then it remains for the incoming men to begin the upward trend. the Plainsman offers congratulations to every man who was the student body's choice for a position of responsibility on the campus, and wishes to impress the obligation that such honor carries. May the ensuing year be one of advance in the true field of education. May campus activity effect to the fullest degree its duties as the most vital factor in education. DRAMATIC TOURNAMENT When the English department came forward a few years ago with the announcement that Auburn would sponsor a High School Dramatic Tournament, few realized the significance of such a move or the proportions such a plan would assume in a few years time. This week-end we are host to the joust of dramatic aspirants from the high schools from every quarter of the state. That there is state-wide interest in the tournament is witnessed by the geographical diversification of the entries. The schedule of plays to be presented is indicative of the extents to which these high schools have gone to produce the highest type drama. This should be of lasting benefit to the youth of Alabama, to the institution, and to the promotion of dramatic art in the south. Drama has been replaced to a large degree in the more youthful minds with the cinema, and is fast fading as one of the finest arts. The English department deserves the praise of the entire state in the work they have done in this connection. Letters to the Editor Editor The Plainsman: Dear Sir: Behold! Another machination of the mighty Nemesis of the campus! As a lion sallies forth from its den to create havoc in the ranks of men, so this mighty monster, after a period of • inactivity, has sprung from its den and is now laying waste to certain of the politicians. To come down to plain facts, the author of this epistle is a candidate for an office in the election being held today. I have been on the campus of this institution for quite awhile. As far as I know, I do not have a single personal enemy. Yet, today, I find that a certain club is applying the well-known screws. In other words, they are "ganging" me. Whether anyone else is being benefitted by this noble exploit of justice (from the club's viewpoint) or not, I do not know. The main thing is, in my estimation, they're really not hurting me to any appreciable extent. Of course, I will lose some votes, but I do not think that the noble work now being done by this mighty organization will swing the election. The point I've been getting down to is this: I'm not afraid of losing. I firmly believe that I will win. If I doubted for a minute that my victory would be conclusive, I would certainly not write this letter. That is why I am writing now instead of waiting until I get the returns of the election. In case I should lose I want no one to accuse me of griping about it. However, I intend that you know just what anyone who enters the lists against an athlete is up against. Up to this morning I was fully confident of carrying from one-half to two-thirds of the votes cast. Things have been changed since this morning though. Now, I am confident of carrying fully enough to win, so that's not what I am squawking about. The thing that gripes me is that I've been running a clean race. It makes a fellow feel pretty tough to sit still and see a race un-marred by any bad feeling on the part of the contestants suddenly turned into a slough of "politic-ing" through the workings of an organization not at all concerned with politics—or at least that is what its members say—that they're not having anything at all to do with politics—that it is against the purposes for which the organization was founded. I want to say that, up to today, I have had nothing at all against this club. I don't blame them for supporting a member fairly. But when they said that they could not have me in office because of my attitude toward them, they were only using that excuse as a blind to cover something much deeper than .that. I number some of the best friends that I have among the members of this club, and I hate to say anything against them. However, I am saying that they are using some rotten politics to keep me out of office. Well, God bless 'em in their work. They still have three hours before the polls close-to get in their work. They'll need all of that time (and more too) if they beat me. (Signed) A. Candidate, Esq. TESTAMENT By Colum Cearnaigh What message shall I speak who am grown old? Grown old with dusty- wanderings in far lands, . Whose head is bowed with grief of years, whose hands Are rough with delving in the crusted mould; When fled is life's achievement, strong and bold, And nothing waits this flesh but death's grim bands, Watching with feeble eyes the ebbing sands, What message shall I speak who am grown old? To youth I turn, with all my heart's acclaim : "Be true to things of worth, and spurning fame, Seek first the treasure that no gold can buy, Letting naught blind thy vision of the sky, So when, at eve, the splendid tryst is come, God lead thy lingering footsteps safefly home;" —America (New York). Prexy's Paragraphs By Bradford Knapp yF Jm Z K£j&&&<:"::'::: * * '-'•>:.' •P^^HL'::-':^^:::'-?;•: Jj$| )WWtlPtWWW^ifr^y«a ^m E v e n t s multiply. There is "A Day" for April 2nd, and the dedication of the "Auburn-Opelika Airport" for Monday, April 4. Then comes the Short Course in Ornamental Forestry a n d Highway Improvement beginning on April 12th. "Ag Day" with the banquet and dance comes on April 22, and the Annual Inspection of the R. 0. T. C. on April 26 and 27. The "Boy Scout Jamboree" and the dedication of the Textile Engineering School are set for May 6. Baccalaureate Sunday is May 15, Alumni Day May 16, and Commencement Day May 17. During the interval between the end of the semester and the beginning of Summer Session comes the Annual Girl's 4-H Club Conference and the "Welding Conference" or short course which will attract many people here. So Auburn has her programs and her conferences and how greatly she needs a good hotel. * * * * There are two articles in the Regulations of Permanent Committees of the Student Executive Cabinet which need study. One is Article V outlining the duties of the Committee on Coordination and the other is Article VI on the duties of the Point System Committee. In both of these articles will be found excellent thoughts but little has been done to put them into effect. Just who is at fault is a question. Possibly everyone has had so much to do that these matters„were overlooked. If we could find a good room where the Executive Cabinet and its various committees might meet possibly that would result in more systematic work. At any rate the new Cabinet will need to read these articles over carefully and study them that they may be put into effect or revised or dropped. Fortunately for all the Social Committee and the Senior Class have together worked out a plan which ought to bring the "Senior Prom" through with flying colors and at the same time establish a trust fund for the wise and careful use of the Student Social Committee in future years if it can be safeguarded properly. It is a fine example of good cooperation and willingness to work together in the interest of the whole student body. * * * * March has been a most unusual month with sunny days, warm days, and then the heaviest frost of the winter followed by the most dreadful storm of many years bringing destruction of life and property over a wide area. There will be homes to be restored, families to make a new start and distress for many thousands. The pity of it is that the storm came when economic disaster is on every side and people were already heavily burdened in mind and soul. But the spring will soon be here with the warmer days and growing things on every side. I am sure that the appeal for help will meet a ready response and each will give if there is anything to spare. AND NOW . . . FREE LOVE! A Woman's church organization has written to President Butler of Columbia University charging that one of the professors is teaching free love in a course in family relations. A few weeks ago people became equally incensed because a speaker had filled the innocent minds of University of Washington students with communistic doctrines ! Those who .protest against the radical teachings in the large universities of America are really insulting the college undergraduates. Even if a professor vigorously supports free love, anarchism, or any other ism, his listeners, supposedly intelligent college students, usually do not adopt his ideas. The majority of students will merely compare these radical ideas with the reactionary theories of other professors and. adopt a sensible middle course. The suppression of certain doctrines just because they do not happen to conform with the established order, has no place in large non-sectarian universities. Mature minded students have a right to hear all sides of a question. The censors and advocates of "control" should confine their activities to the religious institutions, the high schools, and the street corners.—Daily Bruin. We are all healthier, the insurance companies keep insisting, since these peculiar times have come upon us. General Prosperity has apparently been superseded by Corporal Wellbeing.—Boston Herald. Japan wants the world to believe that she isn't fighting any war but is winning all the battles.—Arizona Producer. * AUBURN FOOTPRINTS *> Man has learned to fly but as yet, only a bird can sit on a barb-wire fence. * * * * * , * * » * * A good example of two living a? cheaply as one is the parents who have a son in college. * * * * * * * * * * A certain student is reported to have justified the similarity of his history paper with that of another on the grounds that, "history repeats itself". * * * * * * * * * * Many of the newly elected will realize next year that the joke is on them. * * * * * * * * * * "I wouldn't marry you if you were the only man on earth." "If I were the only man on earth I wouldn't have to get married." * * * * * * * * * * Cigar smoking is hard on the eyes—one has to look at the ground too long. * * * * * * * * * * No one fears a cyclone in Auburn there is too much hot air here already. * * * * * * * * * * A man touring Europe sent back a picture post card bearing this message: Dear Son: On the other side you will see a picture of the rock from which the Spartans used to throw their defective children. Wish you were here. Your Dad. —The Alchemist. * * * * * * * * * * We hear of people fooling with the stock market—but the market usually does the fooling. * * ' * * * * ' * * * * She was temperamental—90 percent temper and 10 percent mental. * * * * * * * * * * Expert (examining radio) : Now, if you will take me up stairs and show me your antenna . . . Housewife: How dare you, sir! * * * * * * ' * * * * Cletus says that the "A" Club room is the best place to seek shelter during a tornado! Not even the elements would dare defy this organization. * * * * * * * * * * * A Georgia paper reports that the public's worst enemy is the public. * * * * * * * * * * Believe it or not: A "Rat" cap was seen on the campus yesterday. * . * * * * * * * * * Forty-seven throbbing, palpitating hearts anxiously awaiting returns as the campus goes to the polls today. * * * * * * * * * * Some people marry for love when they can't do any better. * * * * * * * * * * Then there was the sophomore who didn't mind his girl petting animals exclusively because he was used to being the goat. * * • * * * * * * * * Who was the awful pain you had in your arms last night? WITH OTHER COLLEGES Signs of educational liberalism comes to light in the Brenau Alchemist. An editorial reflecting the school's attitude on smoking is refreshing to those who have observed the mid-Victorian policies of some female institutions. To quote: "Smoking has been judged a personal matter, and will in the future be regulated accordingly. As long as the exercise of your personal choice does not intrude on another's rights there will be no ban against smoking. This seems a thoroughly fair and justifiable attitude to be taken in regard to what, in the final analysis, is neither a crime nor a virtue, but merely a matter of taste. Certainly, no girl's character is to be condemned because she smokes, nor recommended solely because she doesn't. The revision of the old regulation is not to be considered a revolution nor to be taken as a signal for all to start smoking; it IS a recognition of. the fact that, after all, smoking is not so important an issue as the forbidding of it might lead us to believe". * * * * From the radio column of the Washington and Lee Ring-Turn Phi we glean the following information that should hold interest to Auburn's loudspeaker fans. "Wayne King, who just lost a $2,- 000 bet by getting married before he was 40 (he's 31) is about to go on tour, but his regular broadcasting will be continued from the WEAF-NBC chain. His regular schedule is for 5:30 p. m., Wednesdays." I "The following type of thing has caused this writer to be accused of Winchellizing: Eddie and Ralph, Sisters of the Skillet, are not even brothers, and they don't own a skillet, but they are fraternity brothers. Eddie was a lawyer, and his first client is still in the penetentiary . . . Herman Hupfield (When Yuba Plays the Rumba) composes about fifty songs a year . . . Elinor Smith, aviatrix, recently spoke on a program commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Camp Fire Girls; she Was twenty on the same day . . . Ruth Etting got her Chesterfield job without an audition . . . She's on tomorrow night at 10 out of WABC . . . If you want dance music, try WLW at Cincinnati, 'Henry Thies and his orchestra seems to have camped there . . And Ilomay Bailey, NBC songster, carries a self-inking rubber stamp with her where-ever she goes. It's for autograph seekers . . . " * * * * Duke University springs something new on hopeful college editors. Each prospective editor of The Chronicle is given an issue of the paper to prove his merits before any selection is made. In this manner he has the chance to voice his policy and advocate the changes he wishes in the college paper. * * * * At the University of Paris there is a course in the appreciation of fine wines and liquors. After attending an American University it should be very easy to appreciate fine wines and liquors. Reports from the collegiate world indicate that Auburn is not the only school that is under financial pressure in a social way. Washington and Lee is experiencing' difficulty in staging their finals, and Wes-leyan University has called their dances off in view of the stress. * * * * The Daily Tar Heel, up to the insistent trick of discovering unique facts about the campus, now announces that the faculty and not the students read trashy magazines. We assume that intelligence must have diversion although we thought the students furnished that. "Bfembers of the student body, it has been observed, ridicule the detective story, refuse action thrillers, and seldom demand the weird, supernatural, horrible, or pseudo-scientific articles. At one stand practically no students buy action stories, but the clerks admitted a profitable sale to University instructors. Another storekeeper commented that the 'trashy' magazines were bought chiefly by faculty members and townspeople, student purchases being almost negligible. The third estimated that his sales of cheap magazines were practically .evenly divided between students and faculty and townspeople. "Miss Co-ed prefers The Woman's Home Companion and Vogue and, with all sophistication, avoid? the 'love' magazines. She purchases The American Magazine frequently, and for her humor, relies upon College Humor, ignoring The New Yorker which the men students prefer more than all others of the same type". A tax of $1 on after-dinner speeches is suggested in Ontario. The financial condition of the province must be desperate. Rarely, in ordinary times, is anything taxed at 200 per cent of its value.—Detroit News. Women of Russia recently celebrated an international woman's day for a couple of hours, after which they went back to clean out the stable and guide the plow.—Portland Oregonian. Golf-widows are advised to follow their husbands round as a slimming exercise. Our thoughts are with the husbands.—Punch. INSIGHTS By Conscientious Cletus 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. THERE is a Negro in Auburn who is able to tell the time at any period during the day or night and not miss it more than ten minutes. It would ,be an excellent thing if the college authorities would capitalize on this .local talent that has recently been discovered, and give this Negro a job setting the college clock every hour. We would then have the assurance that the clock was within ten minutes of the correct time, and that would be much better than our present uncertain state. * * * * It was pointed out the other day that the college clock is more neai'ly right when it is not running at all, because then it is exactly correct two times during every twenty-four hours. Having never been right Cletus is not in a position to judge, but it does seem that it would be better if our clock was exactly right two times during the day than never to be right at all. To put that in the form of a motion would be out of order, and not according to the rules of Parliamentary procedure, and anyway it might not be constitutional after some patriotic genius looked it up in the CONSTITUTION OF THE ASSOCIATED UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF THE ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. * * * * Far be it from me to imitate Cletus, but when he asked me to write this column for him I thought it would be better to start it off in the same general style that he would have used. I realize that I now have the power to say anything that I like, and judging from the success that Cletus has had during the year I could get away with murder. On the other hand I pride myself on being patriotic, and I think too much of myself, my fellow students, and my Alma Mater, to say'anything that would cause anybody trouble. I believe in democracy, and have absolute faith in what the majority decides is right. I believe that all family troubles should be kept within the family, which means that I do not agree in any way with the policy that this column has followed during the year. I am a member of several honor fraternities on the campus, and I credit my success in these elections to one main quality that I have developed during my four years at Auburn, and that is the ability to make friends. A lot of times during my college career I have had opinions that were far from those accepted by my fellow students, but I have kept them to myself. The only way to have a lot of friends, and the only way to make a real success in college is to be agreeable, and to be agreeable you have to agree with all the leaders on the campus. The term "brown-nose" might be used to express exactly what I mean. It is very unfortunate that success at Auburn requires such a method, but the end is important enough to warrant any means to attain it. * * * * It seems to be a strange trick of fate that Cletus should be called a failure in his own column, but I told him exactly what I -was going to do and he agreed to it. After all Cletus has said several times that a mere difference of opinion should not cause any change in personal relationships, and that is one of the few things that I can agree with, him on. As I said I try to make it a policy not to disagree with anyone, but in this case the popular thing to do is to disagree with Cletus. All of my friends do, and I value my many friends more highly than anything else that I have received from my four years at college. For this reason I am going to do the things that will help me keep my friends. * * * * If Cletus started out at the first of this year with the one objective, to get people to read his column, he has certainly succeeded to that extent, because from my observation the column is read. That is one reason that it is so unfortunate that the policy has not been a little different from what it has. ; * * * * "Being funny is a serious business. We have noticed that one or two college humorous magazines, during the last year, have been put on the black list by authorities— their publications suspended—because they have stepped beyond the bounds of good taste. Usually in such cases, its been our observation, the trouble has been caused by an idea of the editors that there are only two subjects for "Humor"—necking and drinking. The humor in such magazines is pretty flabby. The good humorous publications are those that put a ban on these subjects and find their material in good-natured satire, light comment on student foibles, amusing verse—they've obeyed the dicta of good taste." WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1932 T H E P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE PAGE THREE LARGE CROWD SEES GYMKHANA EVENTS SATURDAY AFTERNOON L a d i e s ' Riding Class and Members of Polo Class Stage Exhibitions at Bullard Field; Polo Match Between Officers and Student is First Played Here A large percent of Auburn's population "went horse-minded" Saturday afternoon, March 26, when it turned out for the gymkhana held on Bullard field by the Polo and Riding Club. The surrounding hillsides of tall pines provided a flattering background for the bright red coats worn by the members of the ladies' riding class as, in the opening event of the afternoon, the class entered the show ring riding in single file and went through the complicated figures of a "grand march on horseback." Next on the program was the best schooled polo pony class. Since the winner of this had to be decided by the slow process of elimination and the entries in the class were numerous, this event took a longer time than any other on the program. The cup awarded for the first place in this class was won by J. Newman, riding Rabbit; G. S. Samford on Eagle was second, and W. 0. Johnson, mounted on Preston, came third. Following this event was. ladies' jumping in which a course of four DEMAND ADMISSION TOTH€ WBAR // AT IO-2&4 O'CLOCK jumps was ridden. Mrs. J. W. Brig- Kam on Strawberry and Miss Dabney Hare riding Rabbit tied for first place. The jumps were then raised for the jump off and the cup for first was won by Miss Hare. Mrs. Brig-ham placed second and Miss Ernestine Hill riding Spark Plug was third. The stake race winners were: T. W. Harwell, first; J. L. Pincher, second; W. O. Johnson, third. In the ladies walk, trot, canter class the security, control, and riding form of each rider was judged, and a cup was presented to the one chosen as being the most perfect. This was won by Miss Ernestine Hill, mounted on Bill. Second place was claimed by Miss Dabney Hare whose mount was Don. Miss Nora Towles on Judge, was selected as the third best of the group. The formality of the occasion was broken by a round of mounted wrestling between teams from the junior and senior classes. The seniors were the victors, receiving theatre tickets for proving their prowess. The needle and thread race was won by Miss Nora Towles and W. S. Pope, first, Miss Dabney Hare and Jim Wood, second, and Mrs. C. Livingston and G. E. Tucker, third. In the bending race L. M. Jones and K. G. Taylor won first and second places respectively. The spoon race winners were: Mrs. M. V. Davidson, first; Miss Ernestine Hill, second; Miss Dabney Hare, third. Last on the program was pair jumping in which five couples rode, each couple in turn riding abreast a course of four jumps. In this Miss Helen Franke on Bill, and Mr. C. E. Sellers on Shorty, placed first; Miss Nora Towles on Strawberry and We ASKEW in— Uncle Billy's Shoe Shop We ASKEW in— Uncle Billy's Barber Shop The Barber Shop calls in numbers: 7427,. 7415, 7473, 7639, 7731, 7416-—week ending Mch. 26 inclusive. Thank you— UNCLE BILLY Always Ready to Serve You BANK OF AUBURN Bank of Personal Service TOOMER'S WILL GIVE YOU SERVICE DRUG SUNDRIES DRINKS, SMOKES DON'T FORGET OUR SANDWICHES ON THE CORNER BECAUSE-they carried no TORNADO Insurance hundreds of ALABAMA people are HOMELESS and DESTITUTE. Are YOU fully protected against TORNADO losses? If not, see us AT ONCE. L BURTON & M. LANGSTON PROPERTY INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS k THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES— HAGEDORN'S Visit our enlarged Gents1 Furnishing Department Arrow Trump Shirts Interwoven Socks Beau Brommel Neckwear Hickok Belts Athletic Shorts & Shirts HAGEDORN'S OPELIKA'S BEST STORE n Two Mainstays on Tiger Diamond Nine .vftffiiSS HITCHCOCK flUBURM PORTE/Z GRflAtT -fiuBORH-Two of Coach Sam McAllister's junior hopes in the Southern Conference pennant chase this season. Hitchcock has been placed at short by the Auburn coach and is expected to see service in that position for the larger part of the season. He will probably be the only infielder in the starting line-up who is not a senior. Grant, who performed at third base for the greater part of last season, has been seeingi service in the outfield during spring practice games in order to help fill the gap caused by the graduation of three regulars of the 1931 squad. He has shown marked improvement as a ball-hawk since the beginning of practice. PERSONAL MENTION Auburn has three men at the Federal seed loan office in Memphis this week assisting in getting loans for Alabama farmers. The three are Thomas A. Sims, Sam Brewster, and Kirtley Brown. Sims has been in Memphis two weeks. —0—- Elmer G. Salter spent Easter Sunday in Montgomery with his mother. —0— Howard Gray of New Market came to Auburn to be initiated into Gamma Sigma Delta, last Friday afternoon. Howard was president of the senior class of 1931, but resigned from college at the end of the first semester in order to take charge of a farm and a business at New Market. —0— Sam Berney Hay, Jr., weight seven pounds, arrived Saturday night. Mother and baby, at Opelika Hospital, are doing splendidly. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Perry Robin- Son, formerly of Auburn now of Boston Mass., announce the birth of a daughter, Pattie Perry. State Commander Visits Local Post The State Commander of the American Legion, Jim Conner of Birmingham, paid a visit to the local post here last Friday afternoon. While here he conferred with various legionnaires including Sergeant S. Fitzpatrick, post adjutant. Mr. Conner says that he hopes to be able to return to Auburn on April 25 to attend a barbecue given at that time by the local post for the officers here to inspect the R. O. T. C. unit. The unemployment work now being carried on by the Legion is meeting with much success, he said. Mr. Tom Pyke on Sammy were second; and Miss Ernestine Hill on Sparky and Mr. G. V. Nunn on Bum, came third. Cups were presented to the winners of second and third places as in all of the other events. The goal shooting contest and the glove race were called off to allow ample time for four chuckers of polo that were played at the close of the program. Two student teams, Red and Blue, were matched for a chuck-er each against the officers team and then for two chuckers against each other. This was the first polo played for exhibition in Auburn. The officials for the afternoon were: Judges—Capt. E. C. Betts, Ft. Benning, Ga.; Dr. I. S. McAdory and Prof. J. W.' Roe of Auburn; Ringmaster— Lt. J. V. Phelps; Clerk of course—Urton Nunn; Charge of paddock—F. V. Williams. ' Though a number of the students had left Auburn to spend Easter at their homes, it was stated that a satisfactory crowd attended and gate receipts were encouraging. Any profit made is to go toward buying polo helmets. The polo squad has expressed appreciation for the support given them by those who attended, to the members of the ladies' riding class who did so much toward making the show a success, and to the members of the military department and faculty who assisted them. First Meeting Tennis Candidates Is Called for Thursday Night By K. G. Taylor Every one interested in trying out for a Tennis Team to represent the college in matches which are to be scheduled are requested to meet at Langdon Hall Thursday night at seven o'clock. The object of this meeting is to get a list of all candidates for the team and to elect a captain and manager. Tentative plans are to have an elimination tournament within the next two weeks and a team is to be formed from the men who have the best tournament records. All matches must be played in the near future as a match has already been scheduled with Miss. A. & M. to be played here April 23rd. The varsity squad will be composed of ten men who will be picked by the be permanent at any time as any captain, however, this squad will not other player may become one of the squad provided his play justifies such a change. Owing to expenses only four men will be allowed to make the road trips. Coach Wynne will be in charge of the team and has been carrying on extensive correspondence with neighboring schools in an effort to schedule the best possible matches. One match has already been scheduled with Miss. A. & M. and it is thought that Howard, Birmingham-Southern, Emory, and Georgia Tech will be added to the list. *VITOLIZEDOIL —slays in the taint Come in for a Free Demonstration I of Wailblde. See for yourself bow Vitolized Oil stays in Wallbide First Colter to keep italiveand elastic indefinitely Rooms painted with one or two coats—you hang pictures the same day! AGREAT discovery has been made . . . a discovery that completely changes all ideas of what paint will do. You homeowners who have put off decorating your rooms because of the mess and disorder... because you thought it would be too expensive . . . will now want to come in and see this new Vitolized Oil Paint. It's called Wallhide. Rarely is more than one coat required on walls that have been previously painted. But even on new walls two coats of Wall-hide can be put on yout walls and still you hang your pictures and curtains thesame day. Never before have such results been possible. Let us show you why. e P. P. a. &>.. 1932 AUBURN ICE & COAL COMPANY —PHONE 239-J— Tiger Nine Leads Minneapolis Team For Seven Innings Auburn Returns to Practice at Drake Field for Games'This Week-End Imbued with plenty of confidence after leading the Minneapolis Millers for seven and a half innings in their opening game of the current campaign in Montgomery, the Auburn Tigers returned to diamond warfare on Drake Field Tuesday afternoon in preparation for a lone tilt with La-nett Athletic Club in Lanett Friday and a return engagement with the strong American Association club here Saturday. The second Plainsmen- Miller struggle will head Auburn's annual "A" Day program, which will start Saturday morning. In holding an outfit that is picked to be a leading contender for a double A pennant to a 6-4 score, Coach Sam McAllister's collegians played a brand of ball that probably will net them many victories before the 1932 season is history. Both defensively and offensively, the Dixie League and Southern Conference champions looked impressive. The team surprised even their, mentor in matching the Millers' nine safeties, only four of the 11 Auburn players who were used failing to slam out one or more hits. Duck Riley, of Birmingham, a senior keystoner with no peers as a fielder, and Sam Mason, who has been transformed from an infielder into an outfielder, led the swatting brigade, each with two for four. Riley, whom Coach McAllister predicts will do some heavy-hitting his final year under the Orange and Blue banner, collected a triple and a single as his day's efforts at the plate and Mason banged out a pair of singles. Mason's hits drove in two tallies. They also looked good afield. Patronize Plainsman Advertisers. COLUMBUS TYPEWRITER COMPANY Sales & Service Office 306 Georgia Home Bldg. Columbus, Ga. INFIELD OF BASEBALL SQUAD IS ALMOST PERFECT IN FIRST GAME Harry Lloyd at First, Riley at Second, Jimmie Hitchcock at Short, Ike Lewis at Third and Kaley and Aubrey Lewis Make Only One Miscue in Contest Auburn's infield, of alternate-captain Harry Lloyd at first, Riley at second, Jimmie Hitchcock at short, Ike Lewis at third and either Charles Kaley or Aubrey Lewis receiving, functioned almost perfectly in the initial conflict, only one miscue being credited to this group. The lone bobble occurred in the eighth when Aubrey Lewis threw to second attempting to catch the occupant of that base and no one was there to receive his peg. Lloyd also hit a single, Hitchcock a timely three-bagger and Aubrey Lewis a long double. The inner works, listing all veterans, is better this year and was decided upon earlier in the season, but who would perform in the pastures regularly was not settled until the first fray. Against Minneapolis, Juicy Wood, Porter Grant and Mason fielded flawlessly, grabbing several hard hit drives that rookie outfielders do not catch, and it is a certainty that they will continue to roam the gardens as first-stringers. Wood accounted for Auburn's first run Monday with a single that sent Riley across the plate. Unless other hurlers besides Capt. Clifford Smith and Ripper Williams show superb form, McAllister will have to depend upon a two-man pitching staff for triumphs for the second successive year. In 1931, Smith and Dunham Harkins annexed 16 of the 18 wins annexed by the Bengals. Smith twirled five frames against Donie Bush's professionals and was nicked for only seven hits and two runs. It looks like he will have another banner year. He won nine and lost one last year. Williams, a sophomore, failed to show up well at Cramton Bowl because he was wild, issuing free transportation to first to six Millers in two stanzas. However, he was cool in making his varsity debut and will be counted on for several wins this season. In an effort to correct the mistakes shown by several of the Tigers when batting against pitchers whose forte is curves, McAllister intends to take a turn on the rubber and throw nothing but twisters to his weakest batters. Curves proved to be the nemesis of six of the Auburn players in the Minneapolis game. LOST:—One pair of glasses, in black case. Fulvue gold frame. Phone W. C. Coleman, 74-J. 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Lipscomb, so-the Baptist Church Sunday night. ' The rendition of the famous oratorio came as a fitting close to the Easter celebration, combining as it does, not only the story of the passion and the resurrection but linking these two events with creation and the subsequent spread of Christianity throughout the world and the musical epic was admirably and adequately interpreted by the Auburn Choral Society whose custom has been to give Auburn the best of musical classics. Preceding the oratorio an explanation of the story told in the music was given by the pastor, Dr. James E. Edwards. A silver offering was taken following the completion of the First Part to defray the expenses involved in the presentation. While the oratorio is considered a reasonably difficult undertaking for professional singers, the rendition Sunday night does not suffer by comparison, and the painstaking technique which characterizes the directorship of Mr. Brigham was evident throughout. The presentation as a whole was remarkably well done and reflects great credit on all those who took part, including the accompa- Dress Smartly ... Save lAoney FINE INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED CLOTHES $19.50 $35.00 THE HOUSi BU11T UP?*.THE 0«4:D E« ^RU 11 OLIN L. HILL At College Barber Shop The following soloists gave finish-prano; Mrs. A. Carnes, soprano; Mrs. R. D. Jorier, soprano; Mrs. N. D. Wilson, contralto; Mrs. W. D. Salmon, contralto; Collins Cameron, tenor; J. W. Brigham, tenor; George Moxham, bass; Harold Hoffsommer, bass; C. J. Rehling, bass; N. W. Wilson, bass; J. M. Jones, bass. American Legion to Honor Inspectors Here As has been the custom for the past few years, the John H. Wills Post, Number 36, of the American Legion will give a barbecue on April 25 in honor of the inspectors of the Auburn R. 0. T. C. unit. Major R. E. Sharrer, District Engineer of Montgomery, and Major T. W. Wrenn, senior instructor of the Alabama National Guard, whose headquarters are in Andalusia, will be the visiting officers. On a recent visit to the local post here in Auburn, Jim Comer, of Bir-ingham, state commander of the Legion, announced that he hopes to be in Auburn for the barbecue. The following committee has been appointed to make arrangements for the annual affair: Mr. Jack Tamb-lyn, Dr. J. E. Oliver, Professor J. E. Pitts, and Seargent T. Moxham. OPELIKA THEATRE Opelika, Ala. Open Daily 2:30 p. m. Saturday 1:30 p. m. The Students Friend ADMISSION: 15c Any Time THURSDAY, March 31 JAMES DUNN SALLY EILERS Together again in "OVER THE HILL' FRIDAY, April 1 "GOOD SPORT" with LINDA WATKINS JOHN BOLES SATURDAY, April 2 BOB STEELE "NEAR THE TRAIL'S END" with MARION SHOCKLEY JAY MORLEY Graves of Confederate Soldiers Being Marked The Federal Government is marking all Confederate soldiers' graves with stone markers similar to those used by the government to designate the graves of the Federal soldiers. About twenty-five have already been placed in the Auburn cemetery. Anyone wishing the grave of a Confederate relative or friend marked please notify Mrs. G. G. Nunn, as soon, as possible. This movement is sponsored by the U. D. C. chapter of Auburn. i I DUFFEE'S CASH GROCERY I IGA STORES Auburn's Most Complete Food Store WE are proud to be affiliated with this great national organization of thousands and thousands of independent grocers. We are proud to be able to offer you regularly the splendid values which the mass buying power of this mammoth alliance makes possible. We are proud of our spick and s p a n I.G.A. store. We are proud of your patronage. Please call again! * * * THE IGA IS NOT A CHAIN! I TRY OUT Jimmie's Coffee Shop Buttered Toast with Jelly and Coffee YOU'LL COME BACK 10< Something New "MILKIE WHIP" 10" 5' TWO 5c PACKS CHEWING GUM SPECIAL CLUB BREAKFAST One Egg One Piece Pork Sausage Grits Toast One Hot Cake Orange Juice 25« BAR-B-Q (In Buns) 10c s B E S T C O F F E E I N A U B U R N a The Nicest Place in Town >9 Final Plans Are Laid For Baseball Tourney Final plans for the inter-fraternity play ground baseball tournament have been completed and the tourney will swing into action immediately. The following rules are in effect during the entire tournament, and special attention is called to them. 1. Each team must furnish balls and bats. 2. Opposing teams will decide date for the match. 3. If team fails to appear on the date agreed upon, the match will be considered forfeited to its opponents. 4. Games must be played on official sites. 5. Umpire must be selected from specified list of inter-fraternity and Blue Key members. The first round of the tournament must be played off before April 11 or matches will be declared forfeited. The second, third, and fourth rounds must be- played off before April 19, April 25, May 2, respectively. It has been asked that these dates be carefully noticed in order that there will be no hitches in the progress of the tournament. The sites selected for the games have been as follows: The N. E* corner of the drill field; the gymnasium; Knapp stadium; the old high school; the N. W. corner of the rat football field. No other sites will be considered as official. The umpire is to be selected from the following list of men: J. D. Bush, V. Callahan, L. Gholston, Tip Mathews, R. A. Wible, J. Farrish, S. Fort, J. T. Harris, V. White, G. Anderson, F. Campbell, J. Turner, J. Tartt, W. Patterson, S. Cutler, C. Hooks, F. McGraw, J. Metcalf, M. Phillips' G. Fowler, G. Boyles, A. Summerlin, N. Sullivan, R. Payne, W. Troup, F. Col-lum, W. Johnston, H. Pringle, W. Little, L. Parker, G. Walters, H. Ellis, J. Jenkins, C. Stanley, E. Jones, J. Garmany, C. Braswell, L. Norris, H. Moss, J. Roberts, B. Scantland, M. Fink, R. Miller, F. Bond, S. Bernard, T. Richardson, J. Scherer and A. Taylor. Following is the list of first round matches to be played off before April 11: Bye Phi Delta Theta Bye A. L. T. Theta Kappa Nu A. D. A. T. U. 0. Alpha Gamma Rho Phi Kappa Tau Bye Bye Kappa Sigma K. A. Sigma Phi Sigma Pi Kappa Phi Sigma Nu S. A. E. Bye S. P. E. Pi K. A. Phi Kappa Delta Lambda Chi Alpha Alpha Sigma Phi Bye I A. T. 0. Bye Sigma Pi Bye Bye B. K. Bye -Theta Chi Bats and balls may be purchased from John T. Harris at the A. T. 0. house. Officers Installed By White Shrine For Ensuing Year Thursday evening, March 24th, Nazareth Shrine No. 4, Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem installed the following officers for the ensuing year: Mrs. Susie L. Nunn, Worthy High Priestess; Mr. Allen B. Kling, Watchman of the Shepherds; Mrs. Bertha Schubert, Noble Prophetess; Mrs. Julia K. Watt, Worthy Scribe; Mrs. Laura L. Dowdell, Worthy Treasurer; Mrs. Elba Wicker, Worthy Chaplin; Mrs. Hattie Cole, Worthy Shepherdess; Mrs. Frances King, Worthy Guide; Mrs. Carey P. Bailey, Worthy Herald; Mr. A. Z. Wright, 1st Wise Man; Sergt. Geo. Moxham, 2nd Wise Man; Dr. I. S. McAdory, 3rd' Wise Man; Mr. Carl Smith, King; Mrs. Myrtle Smith, Queen; Mrs. Emma Yarbrough, 1st Hand Maid; Mrs. Bert King, 2nd Hand Maid; Mrs. Lena Ray, 3rd Hand Maid; Mrs. Kit-tie Kling, Organist; Mrs. Hattie Laura Kennon, Worthy Guardian; Mr. L. B. Yarbrough, Worthy Guard. Mrs. Ernestine Dunn, retiring Worthy High Priestess, opened the Shrine and introduced the installing officers: Mr. O. C. Prather, Supreme Deputy of the Watchman of the Shepherds; Mrs. Winnie Miller, Chaplain; Mrs. Lottie Grimes, Worthy Herald; Mrs. Elmer Creel, Organist. The hall was decorated with pot plants and cut flowers. After the installation, Mrs. Mamie Moore, of Roanoke, presented Mrs. Ernestine Dunn, with a past Worthy High Priestess pen and Mr. Prather presented Prof. Schubert" the retiring Watchman of the Shepherds, with a gold watch chain. • Several readings were given by Miss Mitchel and Miss Durham and a violin solo by Mrs. Stewart accompanied on the piano, by Mrs. Kling, after which refreshments were served to about one hundred including guests from Roanoke, Salem, Opelika, and Notasulga. BLAKE'S ADDRESS ACCORDED PRAISE 'A' Day Ball Game to Be Warmly Contested The Auburn-Minneapolis baseball game will be a return engagement. The first game was played in Montgomery Monday and Minneapolis won by a score of 4 to 6. The Tigers are sure to be out for revenge and they stand a good chance of getting it because their Monday showing against the northern ball club was excellent. The admission to the game will be fifty cents. The "A" club dance Saturday night will conclude the program of the day, and it is predicted that this will be the best dance that the "A" club has presented this year. A number of feminine visitors will be in town and their presence at the ^function will lend an added zest to the occasion. The Auburn Knights will play as usual. Red Cross Requests Help For Sufferers While the Red Cross relief organization centered at Birmingham is proceeding methodically with the rehabilitation of sufferers in the recent tornadoes, the people of Alabama are contributing to a fund to finance the work immediately at hand. The need of public support of this fund was put by Senator Hugo Black, himself a contributor, in these words: "I am pleased to make my own contribution to the Red Cross tornado relief fund, as I am firmly of the opinion that the Red Cross is the best and only agency for emergency and rehabilitation relief. "I urge the citizens of Alabama to contribute liberally so tha't the fund may be adequate. The bill to be introduced by the Alabama delegation will supplement the services of the Red Cross. Those services are necessary and indispensable. We must all give to the limit. The Red Cross must be aided to help many who can not secure help otherwise." Henry Upson Sims of Birmingham, former president of the American Bar Association and member of the Central Governing Committee of the National Red Cross, said in a telegram sent to civic leaders over Alabama a few days after the disaster: "The National Red Cross furnishes the machinery, but our people must provide the money which will be needed, if we can do so. Every Citizen and Community in the State is urged to deny himself that this emergency can be met." The federal aid to which Senator Black referred, would be in the form of long term loans and not direct relief, which is the task of the Red Cross. The Red Cross maintains a permanent staff of disaster workers, who are constantly in the field. They organize and direct relief on an average of seventy-five disasters a year, great and small, in the United States and outlying possessions. Immediately upon news of the storm of March 21st, the Red Cross set up an emergency organization at Birmingham. Calls began to come into the Jefferson County Red Cross Chapter within ten minutes after the storm struck Columbiana and Sylacauga. Miss Roberta Morgan, executive secretary AIRPORT TO OPEN MONDAY, APRIL 4th (Continued from page 1) to Hawaii. Lt. Davis was formerly in the same squadron with Lt. V. C. Finch, professor of aeronautics here. The official program of the dedication exercises will begin in the morning with the arrival of army, navy, national guard, commercial, and civilian planes. From noon until 1:30 p. m,, the visiting airships will be parked for inspection. At 1:30 p. m., addresses will be made by M. H. Bremer, U. S. government engineer, Mayor H. K. Dickinson of Opelika, Mayor W. D. Cope-land of Auburn, and Dr. Bradford Knapp, president of Auburn-Opelika Airport, Inc. The air maneuvers and'stunt flying will take place immediately following the speeches. * AUBURN DEBATERS LOSE TO COLORADO (Continued from page 1) School classes held in the forenoon. It has not been decided yet who will be the featured speaker next Sunday but an announcement will be made later in the week. All Auburn students are urged to attend these meetings as vital problems will be discussed each time. It is felt that this organization will fill a long-felt need here on the Auburn'campus. (Continued from page 1) The Auburn team has won two of its three debates held thjs season, winning from Mercer University and the University of Florida, and losing to Colorado College. CRIPPLED CHILDREN IN LEE CO. A careful survey has shown that there are over a hundred crippled children in Lee County who might possibly be benefitted by surgical and hospital treatment. the. I riendltf hotel Rates as Low as |2.00 PIE homelike atmosphere o» the Molton, w different from the »T«r«r« hotel, hai griTCB It a toothwlde elotmn: "Next Best to Home" Keeping the Old Friends Waking Many New Ones In Birmingham ^MOLTON J A.DRIVER, MANAGER. THE JUNG HOTEL NEW ORLEANS, LA. 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Simultaneously, the chapters in centers adjacent to places requiring help in other counties went into action. C. H. McFarland, Red Cross field representative for northern Alabama, who happened to be in Birmingham, where he resides, set up an emergency relief organization that night', under instructions from headquarters. Mr. Sims, who is in charge of the state fund campaign, asks that contributions be sent to the local Red Cross chapter or to the Jefferson County Red-Cross Chapter at Birmingham. All money collected within the State will be spent wholly in the aid of tornado sufferers of Alabama. The neighboring states of Georgia and Tennessee are collecting funds similarly for their own sufferers. No matter how small the contribution, it will further the work of relief to that extent, and collectively these small sums are important. In fact, Mr. Sims looks to the small givers, as times are such that people of wealth could formerly be counted upon for large sums must themselves give relatively less. been issued to parents of the scouts in that district. The Court will be held at 7 p. m. in Woodman Hall, in rear of the Boy Scout offices. The Southern Bell Telephone Company, through its local manager, George Moore, has already ordered two reels of moving pictures as well as a comedy, which will be borrowed from the Extension Department at A. P. I., to be shown as part of the entertainment. In addition, Miss Rebecca Ellison will have the Opelika High School orchestra play a few numbers. The main feature of the program will be the advancement of scouts, and the chairman is urging all troops to be represented at the court. Robert Blount, national representative and former president of the co tive and former president of the council, reminds scouts that this will be the last court of honor in which Opelika troops will have an opportunity to secure points toward the Blount Efficiency Cup Contest to be awarded following the Jamboree, to be held in Auburn on May the 6th. Professor J. W. Watson stated that there has been an increased use of the scout library at the high school and invited all scouts to make use of these books in the future. The 'MmiicmTIorEL MARKET AT SEVENTH The "AwERjcxN'kNmx MARKET AT SIXTH Our Food has made our Imputation COFFEE SHOP OPEN U N T I L M t o N I QHT Tiger Theatre WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 LORETTA YOUNG WINNIE LIGHTNER in "PLAY GIRL" Comedy, "LONE STARVED RANGER" — Cartoon, "LAST DANCE" THURSDAY, MARCH 31 "The WISER SEX" with Claudette Colbert - Melvyn Douglas - Lilyan'Tashman and William Boyd Screen Souvenirs and Cartoon, "PACK AND SADDLE" FRIDAY, APRIL 1 BEHIND THE MICROPHONE! 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