1931-09-23 The Plainsman

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Thursday THE PLAINSMAN
T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
Attend Convocation
Thursday
VOLUME LV AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23, 193r NUMBER 5
CONTRACT IS
AWARDED FOR
P. 0. SURVEY
T. A. Chambers, City Engineer
Awarded Contract for Topo­graphical
Survey
BUILD IN TWO MONTHS
Auburn Has Largest Receipts
Of Any Second Class Post
Office In State
Postmaster L. A. Knapp announced
yesterday that the contract for the
topographical survey of the site se­lected
for the new Auburn Post Of­fice
has been awarded to Mr. T. A.
Chambers, city engineer. Upon com­pletion
of this survey a sample of
the soil from this site will be submit­ted
to the U. S. Treasurey Depart­ment
and plans for this building
will be drawn up and published at
the same time bids are called for on
the main construction work. Since
the preliminary survey will begin im­mediately,
Postmaster Knapp said
that there was a possibility of work
beginning on the new building with­in
two months time.
The City of Auburn has donated
the corner lot at the junction of Gay
and Tichenor Streets on which the
old grammar school now stands for
the purpose of building the new Post
Office building. This offer has been
accepted and the new building will
be constructed there. An attempt
will be made to have the plans drawn
up in such a manner so that there
will be entrances on both streets. The
Treasury Department has appropri­ated
$90,000 for the construction of
the building ^nd due to the generos­ity
of the city, a further attempt will
be -made by local postal authorities
to have the beauty of the structure
enhanced by constructing it of
marble.
It was stated also that much cred­it
for the passing of this appropri­ation
was due to the efforts of Sen.
Hugo Black from Alabama, and Mr.
Hugh Grant, his secretary, and an
Auburn alumnus.
The Auburn Post Office has hand­led
the largest receipts of any Sec­ond
Class Post Office within the state
of Alabama and its work will be
greatly facilitated by a new building
and new equipment.
Glee Club Planning To
Present New Pep Song
To Student Body Soon
The Auburn Glee Club held its
second rehearsal of the year Monday
night in the Music Hall. The club
is working hard on the new Auburn
pep eong, "Eat 'Em Up 'Tigers,"
which they intend to present to the
student body in the near future.
Professor J. W. Brigham announ­ced
that three or four first tenors
could be used to evenly balance the
Glee Club. AH students desiring to
tryout for the Club may do so by
special appointment with the direc­tor,
Professor Brigham.
All members are urged to attend
the rehearsals held for the different
parts. By doing this much time may
be saved in the general rehearsals.
The rehearsals are scheduled as
follows: baritone, Mondays at 5 p.
m.; 2nd tenors, Tuesdays at 5 p. m.;
bases, Wednesdays at 5 p. m.; and
1st tenors, Thursdays at 11 a. m.
General rehearsals will be held on
Monday and Thursday nights at 7
p. m. at -the Music Hall,
Vigilance Committee
To Meet On Tuesday
There will be a meeting of the
Vigilance Committee next' Tues­day
afternoon at the gymnasium.
All members of the freshmen
class are requested to report
there sometime during the after­noon.
A check of the roll will
be made, and all freshmen must
be present or "be accounted for
with a legitimate excuse.
DANCE DECORATIONS
DEPICT CIRCUS LIFE
Contract Awarded to England,
Davis, and Collins for Open­ing
Dances
The contract for decorating the
gymnasium for the Opening Dances
was let to B. A. England, Jr., Chas.
F. Davis, Jr., and Geo. Mallory Col­lins,
who will use as their theme,
typical circus scenery. The speci­fications
call for. the entrance of the
gym being decorated to represent
the entrance of the Big Top, just
inside of which the boys must pur­chase
tickets. The girls proceed thru
the "Fortune Tellers" entrance and
continue on to the main attraction.
The exist from the dance floor are
made through side show entrances.
The boys leave through a typical
"Men Only" show entrance, while
while the girls seek the adventure of
a wild west show. The South, West,
and North walls will be treated with
freakish side-show figures common
to any circus such as the "Fat lady",
"Fireater", "Human Skeleton", and
Siamese Twins".
The dancing will be under the big
tent itself. This t*nt will be made
of cloth drawn up high in two. places,
thus resembling a two ring circus
tent. The side walls of this "tent"
will be "rolled up on all four aides,
permitting free circulation of air
and also allowing the dancers to pass
from under the "tent" to the "mid­way"
without any discomfort. The
midway is the part of the floor that is
located under the balcony. This di­vision
wijl not in any way prohibit
dancing in that part termed the
"midway", but only aid the decora­tion
scheme in carrying out the dif­ferent
parts of a circus.
The orchestra will be located .on
the East side on a platform deco­rated
in such a manner as to resemble
the upper part of a highly ornament­ed
band wagon.
That part of the wainscoting not
covered with side show scenes will
be treated with circus figures,
A string of lights in the upper part
of the tent will furnish light enough
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New DeMolay Club Is
Organized At Auburn
At a meeting which was held Mon­day
night, the Square and Conipass
Fraternity, and a rfumber of interest­ed
DeMolay members organized an
Auburn DeMolay Club. The mem­bership
of this club is to be composed
of all the students in Auburn who be­long
to the order of DeMolay. Frank
H. Newman was elected president of
the club, and S. Reece White was
elected secretary and treasurer. The
club meets every Monday night, and
a cordial invitation is extended to all
DeMolay members to attend.
Miss Margaret Wood Of Troy, Ala,,
Is Picked To Lead Sophomore Dances
By Auburn Student Social Committee
ENROLLMENT GROWS
IN TEXTILE SCHOOL
To Be Escorted By Lon Wil­liamson,
Prominent Member
Of Sophomore Class
Equipment and Building Rated
As Best In South, States
Dean E. W. Camp
Prof. E. W. Camp, dean of the
school of textile engineering, an­nounces
a decided increase in en­rollment
and a wonderful improve­ment
in the general course and equip­ment
of his department.
For the year 1931-1932 there are
66 students enrolled in the textile
engineering course as compared with
54 for last year, an increase of 12.
At the beginning of last year there
was no building for the school, and
the small amount of machinery in
the department was very inadequate
for the needs of the course.
Within the last year a new .brick
building has been erected and a great
deal of new machinery has been in­stalled.
In fact, a complete unit of
textile machinery has been installed
and all kinds of fabrics can now
be made in the building. The equip­ment
and building, the cost of which
wa"s something over $200,000, is
rated as th.e best in the state of Ala­bama,
if, not in the South, for in­struction.
Prof. Camp has stated that there
will be no commercial profit from the
cloth and the other products of the
school. He did say that there will
be a sale of the materials, but that
the students who expend their labor
to manufacture them will sell them
and not the college. In this manner
some of the students will be able to
assist themselves through school.
Some of these articles are towels
with various emblems representing
the school, table runners, luncheon
sets, and sheets,
There is no doubt that this school
is growing, as more and better men
are needed for the rapidly increasing
needs of the textile industry. The
students are receiving expert instruc­tion
in all the vaied phases of the
industry, and they are learning the
trade in a practical manner at a well-equipped
factory.
PLANS BEING COMPLETED
Only Sophomores To Take Part
In Grand March Of Opening
Dances
Miss Margaret Wood, of Troy, has
been selected by the Social Committee
to lead the Grand March of the Soph­omore
Hop with Lon Williamson,
prominent member of his class. Miss
Wood is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. O. Wood, of Troy; and for. the
past two years has been in the beauty
section of the Glomerata. She attend­ed
school at Tallahassee, and is a
member of the Kappa Delta sorority.
Williamson is a member of the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Plans for the dances are rapidly
being completed, and the names of
those fraternities giving house parties
will be announced soon. The contract
for the decoration of the gymnasium
was let Monday night by the Execu­tive
Cabinet, and a novel setting, is
expected-
Following the plan of last year only
members of the Sophomore class will
take part in the Grand March, with
Miss Wood and Williamson. This
system was found to'be successful last
year, and is to be continued.
Literary Societies
Cause Much InteresJ
Much interest was shown Tuesday
night in literary society work, accord­ing
to statements from Cleveland
Adams, president of the New Webs-terian
Society, and Douglas Brown,
president of the Evans. The two so­cieties
held their first meetings Tues­day
evening; and, according to state­ments
from the presidents, each had
many interested students present.
Among the features of the pro­grams
rendered was a science-wonder
story, a production of Professor Don
Block of the Department of English.
The selection was given before the
Evans society. Professor Hess from
the department of speech, it was stat­ed,
gave a very interesting talk at
the meeting of the New Websterian.
Professor Hess emphasized the value
of literary societies to the campus and
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FRESHMAN PLAY LARGE PART
AS AUBURN PLAYERS REHEARSE
Opelika Sends Many
Students To Auburn
Among the hundreds of students
-who throng the' campus at A. P. I. ip
Auburn are sixty-eight who hail from
Opelika. Of this number 21 are Jun­iors,
18 are Sophomores, 18 are Fresh­men,
6 are Seniors, 4 are Graduate
Students and 1 is a Special Student.
"There are forty-two men students and
twenty-six co-eds.
Under the leadership of Professor
Peet, new head of Department pf
Speech, the Auburn Players are mak­ing
rapid strides forward. As last
week's issue of the Plainsman stated,
three plays are to be presented: "Red
Carnations", "Fixins", and "The Man
Who Died at Twelve O'clock".
The cast of "The Man Who Died
at Twelve O'clock", the only one re­maining
unfilled, has been selected.
It will be comprised of George S.
Samford, playing the part of "Jan­uary
Evans", a hard-drinking, super­stitious
old negro; Margaret Turner,
as his granddaughter, Sally Evans;
and Marion Kelley, who takes the
part of Charlie McFarland, a farm
hand who is in love with Sally.
One unusual feature of the revival
of the Auburn Players is the promi­nent
part the freshmen are taking in
this activity. The veterans are being
pushed to their limit in order to hold
their places. George S. Sanford, is
playing two parts; the one mentioned
above, and also that of the man in
"Red Carnations".
Professor Peet states that the
progress being made is entirely sat­isfactory.
Dress rehearsals will be
begun sometime in the near future.
Auburn's New School
Building To Be Used
Fiist Time Thursday
Opening in their new building the
Lee County high school and grammar
school will begin the scholastic year
Thursday, Sept. 24th, at 8:30 o'clock.
Professor J. A. Parrish stated that
practically all of the new equipment
was in place, and that an unusually
large attendance was expected.
Through the courtesy of the Ala­bama
Power Company the grounds
are to be watered daily to insure pro­tection
to the student's health. The
city council will apply the water.
Professor Parrish extended an in­vitation
to all parents of children in
school to be present for the opening
exercises Thursday, He announced
that the Parent-Teacher's meeting"
would be held at a later date.
Other members of the faculty be­sides
J. A. Parrish, Principal, include:
Marie Sewell, English; H. F. Gib­son,
Agriculture; R. C. Cargile, Sci­ence;
Mrs. J. C. Cannon, Mathe­matics;
F. H. DuBose, Mathematics
and Physical Education; Estelle
Hightower, History and Physical
Education; Lillian Cox, Home Eco­nomics;
Mary Combs, Librarian;
Mrs. Mary Drake Askew, Music; Mrs.
Sam Brewster, Art; Hazel Arant,
manager of cafeteria. Mrs. Glenn
Bradley, sixth grade; Anne Williams
and Blanche McGregor, fifth grade;
Annie Belle Taylor, fourth grade;
Mrs. Frank Wilmore and Rosa Pate,
third grade; Irma Kennedy and Mrs.
Marynell Hall, second grade; Frances
Duggar, first grade; Mrs. H. M. Mar­tin,
kindergarden.
Professional Frat
Changes To Social
The Chi Chapter of Phi Delta Chi,
National Professional fraternity of
Pharmacy and Chemistry, which was
established here in 1921, has with­drawn
from the national organization
in order to become a social fraternity.
After ten years in the national
fraternity the move was prompted
by a desire to extend into broader
fields. With the approval and coope­ration
of the alumni the active mem­bers
have organized as Delta Alpha
Delta, a social fraternity, placing its
directorship in a board of trustees
which is composed of five local alum­ni
of the chapter.
VARSITY INTRODUCED
AT CONVOCATION
Freshman Class Meets Football
Squad On Eve of Initial
Game
Auburn freshmen will have a
chance to meet the members of the
football team when they are intro­duced
at a special convocation to be
held on Thursday morning at 11
o'clock, in Langdon Hall, "Bull"
Stier, head cheer leader, announced
today. At this time "Bull" will have
on the stage with him, in addition to
the football team, the coaching staff,
President Knapp, "Happy" Davis,
head cheer leader last year and ca­pable
assistant this year, and prob­ably
George Calloway, freshman yell
leader last year. Although the mem­bers
of the team will be introduced
to the new men, the meeting will be
primarily as send-off for the team,
whoplay, as most everyone knows by
now, on Friday night instead of Sat-urday
afternoon. For this reason
"Bull'' and his corps hope to have an
overflow crowd at the auditorium,
upperclassmen as well as freshmen.
There is no better way of showing
the team that you are behind them,
heart and soul.
Present plans call for speeches by
Dr. Knapp and the coaches, with the
possibility of the football players
having something to say. Important
announcements will be made about
the parade in Montgomery after the
Auburn followers arrive, and a few
yells may be given. This will be the
last opportunity of seeing the team
together before the game in Mont­gomery
the following day, and it is
hoped that every student will avail
himself of the chance to come into
closer contact with the team and
Coaches Wynne and Kiley. There
will be no classes at this hour.
Parade To Be Held In
Montgomery On Friday
Starting from the station a
mammoth parade will be staged
in Montgomery next Friday night
as soon as the train arrives. Led
by the band, cheer leaders, and
War Eagle the student body will
parade through the uptown sec­tions.
The march will terminate
at the Exchange Hotel with a se­ries
of yells.
STATE AIR TOUR TO
MISS AUBURN PORT
AUBURN ROTC
IS SECOND IN
COMMISSIONS
Local Unit Ranks Next to Pur­due
In Field Artillery Com­missions
Awarded
670 HAVE BEEN GIVEN
Large Enrollment This Year In
F. A. Will Insure High Po­sition
for Several Years
Field Not Yet In Condition Is
Decision Of Air Port Of­ficials
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Campus Wrecked When
'Goof Chases Mosquito
At three o'clock Wednesday after­noon
the buildings in the vicinity of
Langdon Hall were shaken by a
tremor of unprecedented violence.
Many of the college workers joined
the crowd of students that had
quickly gathered on the scene. As
the dust cleared from the approach
to the building it was found that
one of the lampposts had been com­pletely
torn from its foundation.
No one could qualify as an eye wit­ness
and all hope of solving the
mystery was about to be abandoned
when a shout was heard at the low­er
part of the campus. The morbid
heat-crazed crowd turned its weary
eyes toward the direction of the
Gymnasium just in time to see
"Goof" Robinson disappearing down
the road toward the Vet Building
in mad pursuit of an Auburn mos­quito.
A swirl of dust and three
Flit guns were reported to have
been seen passing the golf course
three minutes later.
The Alabama State Air Tour to
take place early next month will not
include the Auburn-Opelika airport
among its stops, it was decided at a
meeting of the officers.of the airport
held recently. The decision was
made after it was found that the
field is not in readiness, the summer
drought having prevented grass tak­ing
hold.
It is planned* to hold the opening
of the port early next spring, when
the field should be in good condition.
Army, navy, and national guard
planes are to participate in the cele­bration.
The field has been graded and may
be used for emergency and local ope­rations,
but it will not be able to
accommodate a large number of
planes until it has a good turf.
President Bradford Knapp is presi­dent
of the Auburn-Opelika Airport,
Inc. Other officers are I. J. Dorsey,
Opelika, vice-president; Lt. V. C.
Finch, Auburn, second vice-president;
C. S. Shealy, Opelika, secretary-treas­urer;
and M. P. Hollingsworth, assis­tant
secretary-treasurer.
Directors of the airport are Dr. W.
W. Webb, Opelika; Alonzo Meadows,
Auburn; J. A. Walker, Opelika; S.
L. Toomer, Auburn; and Solon Dixon,
Auburn.
The airport is located midway be­tween
Opelika and Auburn.
Harry Lowe, Jr., Opelika, enter­tained
the Auburn Kiwanis Club at
their meeting, Monday. He present­ed
a program with music, mimicry,
and general entertainment, which
was thoroughly enjoyed by members
of the club.
President R. Y. Bailey presided at
the meeting. Club singing was in­cluded
in connection with the pro
gram presented by Mr. Lowe.
According to figures recently re­ceived
from the United States War
Department, the Auburn Field Ar­tillery
Unit of R. O. T. C. stands
second in the United States in the
number of commissions given to grad­uates.
The total number of com­missions
that have been grafted in
the Field Artillery Unit at Auburn is
670. Last year there were sixty-one
seniors to receive F.A. commissions
of second lieutenant.
The following are the five high
colleges with the number of com­missions
to date: Perdue, 829; Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, 670;
Princeton, 632; Virginia Military
Institute, 407; Oklahoma, 362.
The large enrollment of juniors
and seniors in the Field Artillery
Unit this year will insure Auburn
keeping second place for several
years. The enrollment of seniors this
year is 115 as compared with 61 last
year. The junior class in Field Ar­tillery
is even larger than at the
same period last year with 168 en­rolled
against 115 last year.
Dr. Charles Herty Will
Continue As Consulting
Chemist For This Year
Y. M. C. A. To Hold
First Meeting Sun.
The first meeting of the Y. M. C. A.
will be held in the Y. M. C. A. build­ing
at 3 P. M., Sunday. At this meet­ing
all membership cards will be is­sued.
Preceeding the meeting, at
2:30, there will be a Friendship
Council meeting, and several import­ant
issues are to be discussed. All
members are urged to attend.
Refreshments are to be served to
those attending this initial meeting.
Members are working hard to com­plete
plans for the annual banquet,
which is to be held at an early date.
The Y. M. C. A. is being conducted
on a new plan this year, and receives
none of the student activity fee as
formerly. Membership is now option­al
for students.
WAR DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT
LADIES' RIDING CLASS AGAIN
Plans for a ladies' riding class sim­ilar
to that conducted by the Mili­tary
Department last year have been
approved by President Knapp, and
enrollment will begin immediately.
Applicants for the class are requested
to submit their names to the R. O.
T. C. office as soon as possible, as
membership will be limited to the
first twenty-five applying. Dues for
the class will be three dollars per
month.
Members of the faculty and staff,
families of faculty members, and
women students may enter this class.
The minimum age limit is fourteen
years, unless previous riding experi­ence
indicates qualifications for the
class. Women students will be per­mitted
to substitute riding for a like
number of laboratory hours in physi­cal
education. This meets the ap­proval
of the physical education de­partment.
The class will meet Mon­day
and Friday afternoons from 3
to 4 o'clock, beginning on Monday,
October 5th.
It is desired to make the class as
attractive as possible, and to this
end it is hoped to be able to include
some classes for ladies in the annual
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Dr. Charles Herty will continue as
consulting chemist and special lec­turer
for the School of Chemistry
and Pharmacy for the coming year,
Dean Hare announced Monday. Dr.
Herty's first lecture here this semes­ter
will be on Tuesday afternoon,
Sept. 29, at one o'clock in Ross ..audi­torium.
Students in chemistry, chem­ical
engineering, and pharmacy will
be excused from all classes at this
time. »
Dr. Herty is a nationally famous
chemist. He has served at the Uni­versity
of Georgia and at the Uni­versity
of North Carolina as a teach­er
and research worker, and has also
done research work for the U. S.
Department of Agriculture. He was
editor of Industrial and Engineering.
Chemistry for several years, and is
a former president of the American
Chemical Society.
This summer Dr. Herty was instru­mental
in getting the Georgia state
legislature to appropriate $40,000
for the establishment in Georgia of
an experimental plant for the mak­ing
of paper from Southern scrub
pine; to this fund the Chemical Foun-
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Glomerata Pictures
Will Be Taken Soon
Pictures for the 1932 Glomerata
will be taken by Paulger Studio of
Montgomery, according to an an­nouncement
issued today by Sam Fort,
business manager of the publication.
Each student will receive a card
designating the time that he is to re­port
to the temporary studio, located
in the basement of Alumni Hall. The
Glomerata staff is very anxious that
all students report at this time and
have their pictures taken because the
success of the 1932 Glomerata de­pends
on having as near a complete
representation of the Auburn student
body as possible.
The price for the pictures this year
will be $3.00 for each individual and
50 cents for each additional print.
The Freshman pictures will be taken
first, followed in order by the Soph­omores,
Juniors, and Seniors.
The Glomerata staff stated that the
cooperation of the whole student body
in this matter certainly would be
appreciated.
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> LACK OF INTEREST
In its attack on our present form of stu­dent
government The Plainsman's motives
were not so much to destroy the existing
constitution as to create some interest in
the activities of the Executive Cabinet. It
was a seemingly vain attempt, and the-stuT
dent body has made no effort to assert their
vested rights in the control of activities.
Do Auburn students want a student gov­ernment?
Will they be content to allow all
of student affairs to be handled by other
than themselves. Who is to blame for the
present state of affairs? The answer, cer­tainly
to a large extent, is found in the
fact that there has been little respect given
the Executive Cabinet by students.
The loss of power is only natural in con­sideration
of the cooperation given our
governing body. If the Executive Cabinet
has gone so low in the students' estimation
that it can never function as a great legis­lative,
executive, and judicial force then
let it be cast aside and some other plan
devised.
The constitution admittedly has its fal­lacies.
It seems to be unusually weak, and
the results it has obtained would more than
indicate that it was a failure. However,
if no better can be forthcoming it is every
student's duty to demand the existing rights.
TEXTBOOKS
The mortality rate for text books at
Auburn for the past decade has been ex­tremely
high as a rough estimate of the
average life of student texts in our insti­tution
may be conservatively set at two
years. Since one of the chief policies of
The Plainsman is to insure a more health­ful
condition about Auburn we would solicit
any information on this subject, if in solicit­ing,
we were at all sure that the slightest
benefits could be derived. Such premature
deaths remind us of infant prodigies dying
in their infancy. The "grim reaper" stalks
about the campus unknown and with each
succeeding year appeases himself with a
list of texts which have only recently been
added to various departments. Books may
be placed in the same catagory with all
other things which improve with age and
cannot prove their worth under such a short
regime. It is entirely obvious that a ma­jority
of the instructors would be able to
instruct with much greater accuracy and
efficiency and gain far better results if
they were allowed to conduct a course over
a longer span of years with the same text.
Moreover, students have only an even chance
to receive pecuniary assistance under such
conditions.
An item as important as this is one of
the most abused and most neglected under
the present system conducted by our insti­tution
of "high priced" learning.
DEFERRED RUSHING
Some time ago the Interfraternity Coun­cil
discussed at length the plausability of
deferred rushing. The issue was event­ually
defeated. We come forth with this
article for the prime purpose of suggesting
that the Council reconsider this plan; a
plan which has proved successful, by a
large majority, in those schools where it
is in practice. It is our opinion that the
least this organization could do would be
to reopen for consideration, this issue.
Much has been said in the past in regard
to this plan. However, in support of this
suggestion we wish to place once more be­fore
Auburn fraternities a few of the mal­adjusted
phases of the present system. An
outline of the plan, is to conduct rush week
at the beginning of each school year; during
this week the fraternities are allowed to
approach freshmen and to offer bids if they
"so desire. At the conclusion of this week
there is to be a suspension of all activities
for a prescribed time set by the Interfra­ternity
Council. During this closed period
the freshman may associate with the upper-classes
at their leisure but may not be ap­proached
on fraternity subjects. At the
completion of the closed period the fresh­man
may pledge as he wishes. Such a plan
will do away with all underhand tactics
which have been known to haveJxeen prac­ticed
by fraternities in the past. When a
freshman enters school he is not in as
settled a state of mind as he will be when
he becomes acclimated to his new surround­ings.
Consequently the chances are that
he will pledge to.some fraternity in which
he will not be completely suited to spend
four years of college life, a period which
may be undeniably considered as the final
formative period of his life. This is not
only inadequate from the freshman's stand­point
but also from that of the fraternity.
In considering as serious a step as that of
joining a fraternity the prospect should see
it at its best and at its worst.
With the housing facilities increased
within the past year the new student may
find rooms in which he may stay for a
period of time less than that of one semes­ter
which is practiced by boarding houses in
the town of Auburn. The main objection
along this line was that freshman pledged
through the deferred rushing system would
have no opportunity to stay in his fraterni­ty
house during the first semester.
A handbook published by the Interfra­ternity
Council and sent out to each fresh­man
before his entrance, accomplished its
purpose to a large extent and at the same
time accomplished in a small part the ideas
of deferred rushing. However, there can
be no substitute for this need and it is
sincerely hoped that this plan will again
be considered by those men who represent
the majority of the fraternities in Auburn.
THE FUTURE OF MUSIC IN
THE UNITED STATES
It is a pleasing prospect that Walter
Damrosch foresees concerning the develop­ment
of music in this country. In an inter­view,
the noted conductor says that 50
years from now there may be 50,000 small­town
bands playing nightly throughout the
United States, while in the larger cities
bands "as famous as those of Rome and
Paris" will flourish under great conductors
and rich endowments.
Through his work in broadcasting orches­tral
programs, Dr. Damrosch says, he feels
he has come "nearer to the-heart of the
American people than perhaps any other
conductor." It is estimated that his radio
concerts during the last five years have
reached 10,000,000 Americans weekly. From
his experience in conducting for so vast an
audience, he is convinced that America is
learning to express itself in the language of
music. "I know," he says. "I have vis­ited
many places. I have watched the won­derful
response to our nationally broadcast
programs, on which I have placed the best
in music."
Damrosch believes that out of this grow­ing
appreciation of the best in music there
will develop among people the desire and
the ability to express themselves musically.
First, he thinks, will come songs of the
people. Then a genius, or perhaps a school
of composers, will develop out of the wealth
of common property "great operas, sympho­nies,
classic lieder." And bands in thous­ands
of cities and towns will play this mu­sic.
The bands will come, Damrosch be­lieves,
as the natural organization of a
music-loving people desiring to obtain self-expression.
Where will the material for these bands
be found? Dr. Damrosch relies on the high
school bands and orchestras to furnish a
large supply of musicians. "Thousands of
high school students play in their school
orchestras now," he says. "Do you think
that they will put aside their instruments,
just because they leave school? Certainly
not. They will form bands, orchestras. In
the family chamber music will assert itself.
Here and there composers will not be satis­fied
to go on playing other men's pieces.
They will write great music—American mu­sic."
Here Damroschc touches on a strong point
in favor of a musical development such as
he envisions. The many thousands of chil­dren
playing in our high school orchestras
should provide a great reservoir of musical
talent from which musical organizations in
cities and towns might recruit their mem­bers.
High school bands and orchestras
in cities large- and small throughout the
United States are a development of com­paratively
recent years. Since the parti­cipation
of students in these musical ac­tivities
of the schools is not compulsory,
since they join the school orchestras volun­tarily
because of their aptitude for music
and their desire to play, it is likely that
they will not abandon their instruments
once they leave school. Most of them
will wish to continue playing, and they
would find an opportunity to do so with the
formation of bands and orchestras for the
public's entertainment.
People must have music. The need for
it is universally felt. The average person
probably does not realize how great a part
music has in his life. But if there were no
music to listen to, he would quickly realize
it. Today we depend largely on the pho­nograph
and the radio for our music. Be­fore
they were developed, there were pianos
or other instruments in most homes. Those
instruments were not always well played,
and the compositions played were not always
of the best, but they afforded music of a
kind, at least.
Unfortunately, music is »not played in
the homes now as widely as in the days
before the phonograph and the radio. But
phonograph and radio music is not entirely
satisfying and can never be, however worth­while
it might be. The radio and the pho­nograph
cannot satisfy the inherent desire
in people to make music themselves. The
time will come, as musical appreciation
grows, when more music will be played in
the homes; and the radio and the phono­graph
are hastening that time.
It is to be hoped, however, that it will
not be 50 years before the development fore­seen
by Dr. Damrosch materializes. It is
not too much to hope that its beginning, at
least, will come in the next few years.—
Birmingham News.
IDLE EMS
The Editor
The terrifying drone of a mosquito . . .
the mercury at an unbelievable zenith . . .
campus unusually lethargic . . . Rip Van
Winkle's posterity meeting classes with all
the antimated joy of a sea-going snail . ...
.occasional speculations on the Southern
game . . . thus the wheels of education move
There is a f everent prayer on my lips that
the health authorities will deem it fit to
take some action against that barriage of
dipterous insects that swarm down on all
exposed portions of one's already bewhelped
body. Possibly they too are fond of stag­nancy.
* * * *
While our own state struggles to keep
above the stream of financial difficulty the
Federal government borrows millions on
the millions on the open market. England
goes off the gold standard. It would seem
that we are headed for universal bank­ruptcy.
Yet, who would be the receivers?
I am sure that the monarchs of the lower
regions would beg to be excused.
* * * *
Directing, or even attempting to direct
the destinies of a college newspaper calls
for a great deal of diplomacy. One often
finds student sentiment, personal ideas, and
authnicated desires in hopeless confusion.
Conditions like that find would-be editors
wandering over the typewriter in a rather
aimless fashion; that the editorial page
might not contain unpretensious blankness.
* * * *
The third generation in a poetic family
speaks here the New York Times.
CONFLICT
By KENTON KILMER
Weaesel and otter>nd wolf and tiger
Slay and devour;
War to death from Yukon to Niger,
Hour by hour.
Circles the eagle on straining pinion
Into the sky;
Taloned symbol of Death's dominion,
Bolt from on high.
Under the ripple of wind-blown water,
Under the sea,
Peace there is not, but strife and slaughter
Endlessly.
* * * *
The Plainsman is greatly indebted to
John Temple Graves II, for the following
encouraging word:
"Our ideas of a campus newspaper which
represents both current and undercurrent
of campus life and which compliments its
undergraduate readers with a presumption
that they are concerned not only with sport,
jazz and wit, but also with work, cultural
ambition, college problems, and the world
into which they will eventually move—is
The Plainsman, published by the students
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Con­gratulations
to the staff, who seem actually
to believe that college students are men
and women, not just boys and girls on a
four-year spree."
Quotations
The most egregious errors and the great­est
follies are committed in times of pros­perity.—
Charles G. Dawes.
One inflammatory speech cannot be cured
by ten moderate speeches from the same
source.—Lord Cecil.
Come the world against her, England
yet shall stand.—Philip Snowden.
Doctors might prescribe certain authors
in cases of persistent insomnia.—Dean Inge.
~> AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
We have noted a longing look in the eyes Of Ike Lewis—we wonder if he needs
a little bit of Florida sunshine.
* _ * * * * * * *..">.* *
The interest displayed over the organization of the ebony Inter-Frat Council
was running high this week, and the state press is crying for details of the organi­zation.
We hope to present the pictures of the leader at an early date.
* * * * * * * * * *
Reports from Denver inform us that Rudy Vallee is auto-graphing grapefruit
for his numerous admirers now.
* * * * * * * * * *
The social committee announces that the decorations for the Sophomore Hop
will follow the circus scheme. Let us hope they do not try to display the animals.
* * * * * * * * * *
Tucker and Trowbridge, now in good standing with Footprints, have discovered
a new method of combating the mosquitoes. Each night these ingenious lads spray
themselves with flit.
* * * * * * * * * *
President Hoover's friends say that he never uses profanity. Now we know
what is wrong with the country.
* * * * * * * * * *
Southern cotton farmers are suggesting that the title of the song "Harvest
Moon" be changed to something less annoying.
* * * * * * * * * *
A pessimist is one that has realized all that an optimist hopes to.
* * * * * * * * * *
Why not plow under every third man who suggests another remedy for the
cotton situation. Matters might be less confused at least?
* * * * * * * * * *
Could it have been Richard Walden Payne, Jr., the Phenix City tightwad, who
loosened up and put his girl's photo in the beauty section of the Glomerata?
* * * * * * * * * *
Professor Tom Brown is a full-fledged faculty member, according to his own
statement. He tells us that he has been trusted with the key to one of the most im­portant
rooms in Samford Hall.
* * * * * * * * * *
Professor Robinson-is on a diet. He hasn't gained more than five pounds in the
'past week.
* * * * * * * * * *
J. W. Letson, Junior, self-styled hermit, still finds seclusion among the inmates
of the zoo.
* * * * * * * * * *
In the 1928 Olympics Joe Purvis ran the mile so fast that he stacked four shad­ows
on the turn.
"To The Men"
I've taken my fun where I found it,
I've tricked college sheiks in my time;
I've had my pickin' o' sweethearts,
And most of the lot was prime.
The first was a -Phi- Gam frat man.
I call him my sweet cherubim;
But he got lit one night, and of me he lost
sight,
And I learned about frat men from him.
The next was a Phi Delt from Auburn
Tall, good-looking and blond,
Who came to a dance at Montgomery
And of me he became very fond.
He had a line like a cable,
And, oh, how I took it in!
But a girlie I met said she was his pet,
And I learned about kidders from him.
The next was a Kappa Sig necker—
A devil at parking he were. «
He liked me because I was speedy
The kind of girl men prefer.
One night when we went a-sparkin'.
With the headlights and tail lights turned
dim,
I gave him a whack, so I had to walk back,
And I learned about neckers from him.
An A T O hick fell flat for me—
His manners were awful I'll say.
He tried to act like a town guy,
But his clothes contained pieces of hay.
Yet somehow he won my affection,
The way he lied to me was a sin.
I believed what he said, then he dropped
me like lead.
And I learned about liars from him.
One of the S A E thousand
Flopped for me right at the start.
He gave me his pin in five minutes
And vowed me never should part.
Hart, Shaffner and Marx were his t a i l o r s -
Neat, natty, nobby and prim.
I thought he was best till I found him a pest,
And I learned about dumbells from him.
The next was a Pi Ka A tricker—
He had me right under his thumb;
He fiored me- with flowery' language,
Which soon became boring and dumb,
The dates that he broke almost killed me,
But now I am cured and grim.
I'm not sorry that he broke every vow,
Because I learned about trickers from
him. \
The next was a K.A. Beau Brummel—
The worst leaking oilcan I know,
His would be old-fashioned politeness
Was nothing but put on and show.
He never took me out to dinner,
My chances for movies were slim.
He was so blame tight—but, oh how polite,
And I learned about tightwads from him.
The next was a Sigma Nu cave-man—
Straight from the mountains he came.
Rushed for his dough and his moonshine,
A new hand and green at the game.
Thank God for necking insurance,
Though I'm not old-fashioned and prim!
I couldn't do such, for I can't risk that
much,
And I learned about cavemen from him.
The next was a Theta Chi slicker—
A nut full of nonsense and prunes.
Heaven, to him, was a dance hall,
Where angels played snappy jazz tunes.
He shook a mean leg to perfection,
In a dark corner of the gym.
No brains in his head—past the neck he
was dead—
And I learned about drunkards from him.
A D.K.E. drunk was the next one—
He loved his corn and his gin.
I told him the next time to be sober,
And never get hopped again.
For a week he was just like a deacon,
Then he got filled to the brim.
I loved him so well but his path led to Hell,
And I learned about fools from him.
The next was an S. P. E. bluffer—
His big house at Chee-Haw is found.
He brags of his date and his necking,
For he aspires to be a tea hound.
At first I found him amusing,
For he gratified my every whim;
But beneath his veneer he's a plain engineer,
And I learned about bluffers from him.
My last love, was just a good fellow,
No frat pin gleamed on his chest,
He loved me despite my flirtations,
And I found him of all them the best.
And so, in the beautiful June-time,
The church with flowers they'll trim;
For I'll walk by his side—just a shy, blush­ing
bride—
And I'll learn about husbands from him.
INSIGHTS
By Conscientious Cletus
Five Years Ago
As Recorded in the Pages of The Plainsman.
The revamped Auburn Tigers defeated
the Clemson eleven here this afternoon by
a score of 470, before a record breaking
crowd estimated at five thousand. Altho
the weather was hot and sultry, the game
was not without its thrills. M°ult°n, Ellis,
Allen, and Shotts featured the Tiger of­fense
in the home-coming battle.
* * * *
Fraternity rush season began with a
bang on the first day of the college year
and is just now becoming a thing of the
past. Over 250 freshmen and a few old
men have started on their journey into the
Greek of fraternalism.
* * * *
October 7, 8, and 9, are the dates that
have been set for the Sophomore Hop this
year. There will be both morning and af­ternoon
dances by the interfraternity or­ganizations
on Friday and Saturday. Mus'ic
will be furnished by the Melody Artists, of
Atlanta, Georgia. This orchestra has served
with great success at Mercer, Georgia Tech,
and the University of Georgia.
* * * *
By unanimous vote the Auburn Lions
Club went on record at their regular meet­ing
Tuesday as being in favor of resuming
athletic relations between the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute and the University of Ala­bama.
This action was in line with a re­quest
recently presented by the senior class
of Auburn to Dr. Spright Dowell, President,
in favor of resuming relations with the
University.
* * * *
Riley and Kintner's White Leghorn pul-
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 ia not to be read as an expression of our
editorial policy.
* * * *
IS THE AUBURN "A" Club an organi­zation
that is representative of the stu­dent
opinion on this campus? Because
the "A" Club does have more rights, grant­ed
it as an organization by. the administra­tion
of this college, does that necessarily
mean that it is to assume as a duty the for­mulation
of policies for the whole student
body? Do these special privileges also give
the "A" Club the right and authority to set
up certain privileges as law, merely because
the membership of the organization think
it highly important? If the principles set
up by ,the "A" Club meet the approval of
the administration of this institution does
that mean that the Auburn student body
has to abide by any such rules? Because
our present form of student government is
dead and worthless does that give the "A"
Club the right to assume the duties of a
representative student governmental body?
The "A" Club is about as far from a
representative body of the students at this
institution as any organization on the cam­pus,
and it is for this reason that the club
should confine itself to a more modest pro­gram.
Auburn does not have any rat rules, and
will not have any until a representative
body of Auburn students formulates such
a policy for the student body. The "A"
Club has no more right to say that Auburn
will continue the practice of forcing a set
of silly and foolish rules on the freshmen
of this institution that the Evans Literary
Society has of saying that the "A" Club
will have to divide the proceeds of all
dances given, with other organizations on
the campus. Even at that the Literary
society would have the best trgument be­cause
why should the "A" Club be the only
organization on the campus to get money
from these dances.
The movement to abolish all form of
hazing in college is a progressive step, and
will take time, just like many other move­ments
of the past that have abolished hang­overs
from the age of barbarism, but that
does not change the fact that any expres­sion
and any formulation of student policy
should be done by a group representative
and representing the student body.
* * * *
Much has been heard in the last few
years about over emphasis in athletics, and
much talking is being done at the present
time about the same subject. It is hard to
understand how an athletic program with
the proper objectives can be emphasized too
much, but from Auburn's example it is easy
to understand that all this talk about over­emphasis
in athletics is in keeping with the
trends of the time. The trouble with Au­burn's
program is not over emphasis as
much as it is misplaced emphasis.
The whole Auburn student body contri­butes
about $13,000.00 to the support of the
athletic program at this institution, not
counting the amounts paid when buying a
ticket for out of town games, but regardless
of the fact that the whole student body con­tributes,
only a selected few get the real
athletic benefit of this expenditure. There
are at the present time many Auburn stu­dents
who would really like to play football,
but have absolutely no opportunity. The
theory is that every one has the same
chance, but what about the man who is not
so good and is immediately dropped from
the team because he is in the way. He is
usually the man who needs athletic train­ing
most, and as our present program is or­ganized
he gets nothing because he needs
so much.
Student relations on this campus are
about the most democratic of any insti­tution
of higher learning in the South, but
is that principle and policy of democracy
carried throughout the administration of
every department of this college.
It would be very hard to over emphasize
the importance of college athletics, but
would Auburn's program not more nearly
reach the ideal if we would think less of a
winning football • team, and more of that
majority of Auburn students who are act­ually
in need of athletic training?
A program of intramural athletics would
be a great improvement over our present
system, but such a program cannot run it­self,
and unless the institution furnishes
trained leadership for a program of this
type it will be doomed to failure. A pro­gram
of intramural athletics would reach
in some way a majority of the student body,
and this majority has a much better right
to trained leadership than our present foot­ball
team.
let number 538 has broken the record of
the 1000 hens of the Second Alabama Egg
Laying Demonstration in progress at Au­burn.
This chicken has the enviable record
of laying 301 eggs within 365 days, accord­ing
to an announcement by John E. Ivey,
supervisor of the contest.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23, 1931 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
FINAL PREPARATIONS MADE FOR
BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN TUSSLE
By K. G. Taylor
Every afternoon out on Drake
field, Coach "Chet" Wynne is driv­ing
his squad unusually hard in an
effort to have them on the "edge"
for their opening game with Birm­ingham-
Southern Friday night.
The tentative starting eleven looked
fairly good in last Saturday's scrim­mage
with the rodents, but the re­serves
showed a reversal of form.
The work of several individual play­ers
was pleasing to the eyes of the
coaches and fans alike. Although sev­eral
of the players have been ex­ceedingly
slow about learning the
finer points of the intricate Notre
Dame system.
Blocking is being stressed this week
more than anything else. The block­ing
Saturday was good at times but
as a whole it was very ragged. The
coaches are putting extra time on this
point as they realize that no team is
successful without good blocking.
There have been several minor in­juries
this fall but none of serious
nature so far. Commodore Wood,
star guard, and Edgar Phipps, soph-
Sigma Phi Beta Sorority
Gives Sunrise Breakfast
omore passer, have both been wor
ried with trick knees, but, thanks to
Trainer HutselPs wonderful care, ex
pcct to be in condition Friday night.
The Tigers are again practicing be
hind closed doors and now plays-are
being dished out daily. They will
probably go to Montgomery Thurs
day night to practice in order to be­come
accustomed to the floodlights.
The coaches hope to have a varied
running and passing attack which
will bewilder their opponents.
A possible starting line-up is as
follows: McCollum, center, Jones,
right guard; Wood, left guard; Prim,
right tackle; Bush, left tackle; Arial,
right end; Grant, left end; Davidson,
quarterback; Hitchcock, right half­back;
Hatfield, left halfback; Brown,
fullback.
Sigma Nu Pledges
Give First Smoker
Wright's Mill was an appropriate
setting for a lovely Sunrise Break­fast
given last Sunday morning by
the members of the Sigma Phi Beta
Sorority in honor of their rushees.
Preceding the breakfast, the girls
divided into groups; some chose to
climb the mountain while the other
group succeeded in reaching the top
of the rock falls. The.y returned to
the picnic grounds renewed with the
spirit of the early sunrise, to find a
lovely campfire and breakfast await­ing.
Those enjoying this lovely event
were: Margaret Manuel, Sarah Gli-aber,
Polly Jeanings, Annie Willo
Brown, Margaret Foshee, Artie Mae
Haffener, Dorothy Sellers, Mildred
Garlington, Bama Lynn Ayres, Mar­garet
Graves, Mayopal Collins, Verna
Patterson and Myrtle Good.
The first of the freshman smokers
took place last night when the pledges
of Sigma Nu entertained a represent­ative
group of freshmen from the
various fraternities on the campus.
Amid El Toro smoke the novices of
Auburn Greek letter organizations
spent a very masculine evening tel­ling
jokes, and enjoying the typical
procedure of a smoker.
Refreshments and special enter­tainment
we presented in this orien­tation
to the true life of a fraterni­ty
man.
Sigma Phi Beta and
Rushees Entertained
An interesting event of last week
was the delightful bridge party for
the Sigma Phi Beta Sorority, given
at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Henry
Good.
The house was attractively deco­rated
with vases of fall flowers thru-out.
Mitzi Homewood received high
score for the ladies, while George
Calloway won first prize for gentle­men.
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Montgomery Boy Playing Last Year
GEORGE EGGE
Another of Montgomery's contributions to the Auburn foot­ball
is George Egge, former Lanier High star, who has served un­der
the Orange and Blue banner for three years. George is a
hard worker and has proved extremely valuable in a reserve
role for the past two seasons. His work in the South Carolina
game last Thanksgiving day was outstanding and he is slated to
see plenty of action this season.
A. I. E. E. Holds
Initial Meeting
The initial meeting of the Ameri­can
Institute of Electrical Engineers
was held Thursday night. This meet­ing
was in" the form of a smoker. Mr.
W. H. Mims, the chairman of the or­ganization,
was the presiding offi­cer.
Prof. W. W. Hill, faculty ad­visor,
made an interesting talk con­cerning
the work of the A. I. E. E.
and the benefits of the student
branches. Another feature of the
meeting was a demonstration by Prof.
C. R. Hixon of his magic and hypr
notic power.
C. B. Dollms was elected secre­tary-
treasurer in order to fill the va­cancy
left by George Fluker, who
failed to return to school this year.
T. N. Pyke, vice-chairman, is the
other officer of the society.
All "elects" are urged to attend
the regular meetings of the A. I. E.
E.
A Correction
Through a misunderstanding, the
name of Elmer G. Salter was includ­ed
among the regular sports staff of
the Plainsman in last Saturday's is­sue.
Mr. Salter is connected with
the Publicity Department of the col­lege
and is not a member of the
Plainsman staff.
Auburn Freshmen
Face Stiff Test
At Drake Field
Unsinkable Boat Is
French Invention
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Bernie Bierman
May Quit Tulane
The tribune in a copyrighted story
today said it had learned the Univer­sity
of Minnesota had engaged or
would employ Bernie Bierman, now
at Tulane University as head football
coach for 1932.
H. O. Crisler, athletic director and
present head coach, who, The Trib­une
said, was in charge of negoti­ations,
refused to affirm or deny the
report.
Bierman, head coach at the New
Orleans institution was a sports star
at Minnesota while a student.
Crisler, now coaching the Gophers
for his second season since coming
from the University of Chicago, has
at times expressed the view duties
of athletic director and football coach
were too much for one man. He be­came
athletic director last year after
the resignation of F. W. Luehring
Kappa Delta Honored
At Progressive Dinner
On Saturday night, September 19,
the Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Delta
entertained at a progressive dinner
honoring rushees, pledges, and mem­bers
of the sorority.
The guests first assembled at the
home of Sarah Hall Crenshaw in Au-burn,
where a cocktail course was
served. The second course, a deli­cious
meat plate, was served by Mrs.
Edwin M. Jones in Opelika. The
party then returned to Auburn for
the salad course at the home of Mrs.
Coppedge.
The group assembled for dessert at
the attractive new home of Mrs.
Baughman on Magnolia Ave.
Missouri University Is
Damaged By Tornado
About $10,000 damage was caused
by a small tornado which dipped
down on several University of Mis­souri
buildings last night.
Coming out of the southwest on a
wind which reached a velocity of 60
miles an hour for a brief period, ac­cording
to the Federal • Weather Bu­reau
here, the storm first hit Jesse
Hall, the administrative building and
them centered its attack on Swallow
Hall, the Geology building.
Possibilities of the complete revo­lution
of the factor of safety in navi­gation
appeared when experiments on
a 25-foot model of an unsinkable
boat, held in the River Allier here,
were completely successful.
The inventor of the craft, Joseph
Chartrain of Clermont-Ferrand, has
refused to reveal any details of his
method and the high naval officers
who witnessed the experiments made
no comment except to express their
satisfaction.
The little boat, constructed of
sheet steel, and weighing 1,320
pounds, was moored in the Allier.
The first step was to smash over 50
holes in the hull below the waterline.
The -boat settled slightly, but pre­served
entire navigability. The holes
on the basis of scale comparison, are
equal to those which would be made
by a 24-inch shell. No shells of this
size are in use.
The boat was next loaded with 1,-
760 pounds of lead, well over her
own weight, without settling at all.
Tilted to an angle of 45 degrees,
and, handicapped by the holes and
the load, she righted herself imme­diately.
A police guard was set over the
boat immediately after the experi­ments,
spending the decision of the
government on whether to buy the
discovery and its eventual disposal
by the inventor. Among the naval
notables present at the experiments
were aeronautics commission; Admir­al
Gros, and Admiral Esteva.
The practicability .of the Chartrain
discovery is still to be established. It
is said that its application to ship
involves a 10 per cent increase in,
weight and a 10 per cent filling of
hull space.
This may render it useless for war­ships,
where speed is the prime con­sideration.
On the other hand, mer­chant
ships, seeking safety above all
things, are more likely to be interest­ed.
Lastly, its use for seaplane pon­toons
is considered certain to be of
great value.
-The approaching week-end will see
both of Auburn's representatives on
the gridiron in action. Coach Chet
Wynne's varsity Tigers will open their
1931 season in an after-dinner game
in Montgomery Friday night and
Coach Earl McFaden's freshman ag­gregation
will open the season here on
Drake Field Saturday afternoon
against the Baby Panthers from Bir­mingham-
Southern. Stiff opposition
is expected from the elevens from the
Birmingham Hilltop.
Coach McFaden, who already has
the plebe stalwarts swearing by him,
has picked the 35 most promising
players for the first squad and drills
them himself, while the other mem­bers
of the squad, numbering close to
40, pace through their daily drills un­der
Dunham Harkins, captain of the
1930 Auburn team.
The task for McFaden is a major
one. He will be called upon to teach
the frosh hopefuls plays Auburn's
nine opponents will use and also try
to teach them enough of the intricate
Notre Dame system to make a credit-able
showing against the first-year
teams of Birmingham-Southern, Ogle-thwpe,
Georgia, Florida and Tulane.
It looks like the freshmen might
have to forsake victories to build a
strong varsity team. However, Mc­Faden
and his rodents want a winner,
so the 1931 Auburn first-year team
will be a fighting machine.
Beef and brawn will be noted on
the Cubs eleven. Several players,
weighing 200 or more and possessing
outstanding high and prep school rec­ords,
are listed in the McFaden ranks.
The complete freshman schedule fol­lows:
Sept. 26—Birmingham-Southern at
Auburn.
Oct. 9 or 10—Oglethorpe at Auburn.
Oct. 23—Georgia at Athens, Ga.
Oct. 30—Florida at Gainesville,
Fla.
Nov. 14—Tulane at Auburn.
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In Marseilles last week a large in­quisitive
fishwife elbowed her way to­ward
the gangplank of the S. S. Raj-putana
to see what the gawking crowd
was staring at. Having reached a
point of vantage she suddenly recoil­ed
in disgust.
"Quel Horreur!" cried she. "A man
wearing lingerie!"
The man in lingerie was none other
than that pious midget the Mahatma
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He
had amplified his customary loin cloth
with a scarf thrown over his should­ers,
and a cheap watch dangled from
his waist. Perspiring porters rushed
ashore with St. Gandhi's clattering
collection of st'ew pans, his mattress,
his cans of goat's milk and his suit­case.
But there was no pourboires
from the Mahatma.
-"I am as poor as a church mouse,"
said he, flashing a toothless smile, "I
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ORGANIZATION FORMED HERE TO
PROMOTE INTEREST IN DEBATING
A small but enthusiastic group of
students interested in debating met
Monday and formed an organization
for the purpose of promoting inter­est
in debating on the campus and
sponsoring intramural and intercol­legiate
debates.
The following officers were elected
for the organization, which is as yet
unnamed: president, Justin Morril;
vice-president, Douglas Brown; secre­tary-
treasurer, Miriam Toulmin.
These, together with Charles Work­man
and Walter Edwards, were named
as a committee to formulate plans
and outline a program of action for
the group. 1
have nothing for you. Beside I don't
want to bribe you for performing a
mere public duty."
The porters hitched their belts and
grunted in disgust. A heavy mus-tached
customs inspector advanced
ponderously.
"Cigarets? Cigars? Alcohol? Fire­arms
or narcotics?" he demanded.
"Oh no," smirked St. Gandhi. "I
neither smoke nor drink. Besides, be­ing
an advocate of non-violence, I nev­er
carry firearms."
His baggage was whicked open. It
contained:
3 spinning wheels.
3 looms.
1 can goat's milk.
1 package dried raisins.
1 copy Thoreau's Civil Disobedience.
1 set false teeth.
6 fresh diapers.
The work is under the capable di­rection
of Professors Hess and Gos-ser,
of the English department. Pro­fessor
Hess states that, while he is
pleased with the material which is
already enlisted, he feels that there
many more who should turn out, both
for their own sake and that of the
institution. He asks all those who
are interested to be present at the
next meeting, which will be held next
Monday night at 7:00 o'clock, in room
302, Samford Hall.
Indiana High School
Stude One-Man Band
Farm produce will be accepted for
tuition at a Vest Virginia college.
Paul Castle, a high school student
of sixteen, is gaining popularity as
South Bend's one-man band. He plays
the piano, accordion, a drum, and all
the traps, nearly a half-dozen horns,
a fiddle, harmonica, and several de­vices
of his own invention.
Paul gives a large amount of credit
for the one-man band idea to his fath­er,
who helped him rig up the outfit.
In his performance the right foot
comes in for more than its share of
the work. It beats the bass drum, hits
the symbal, tambourine, and triangle.
A snare-drum, connected to a small
battery, rattles each time the other
drum booms.
A special wire rack holds the har­monica
and horns so that all can be
played without the use of the hands.
The left hand plays the accordion and
the right hand the piano.
At present both Paul and his fath­er
are searching for something to
keep the left foot busy.
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Ar. Montgomery 11:00 a.m. & 5:55 p.m.
SPECIAL TRAIN RETURNING
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23, 1931
ECONOMIC STUDY GRIPS NATION;
WASHINGTON IS LABORATORY
The capital city of the nation has
become, during the trying days of the
depression, a laboratory for the great
school of economics into which the
United States has been transformed.
Never before in the history of the
country, have the minds of average
citizens been turned< to problems of
economics and finance as they have in
recent months. One can hear it in
the street cars, on buses, between
acts at the theater, at the soda foun­tains—
talk of basic economic prob­lems
and proposed solutions. This is
true in villages, in the cities, and very
much so in the farm country.
And the city is the stage, the sound­ing
board, or what you want to call
it. Here pronouncements for this city
is better equipped to handle publicity
than any other in are made, new ideas
are advanced, the nation. It is, per­haps,
Washington's leading industry.
The observer is tempted to predices
is the new attitude toward the Ameri­can
social and economic system may
come from the depression, for the
citizen who closed his mind to talk
of changes during flush days of pros­perity
when he was busily piling dol­lar
on dollar has become, in these
lean days, a very questioning, inquisi­tive
and doubting sort of person.
One of the most significant indices
in the new attitude toward the experi­ment
Soviet Russia is making with a
socialized state on a grand scale. Rus­sia
to most everybody a few years ago
meant, "Bolsheviki," a word that con­jured
up visions of long-whiskered,
ominous looking individuals who were
on mischief bent. Today, many peo­ple
are study soberly—and in many
cases, sympathetically—the Soviet ex­periment.
The average citizen is becoming
Saddle Horses Go
On Block En Mass
more inquiring. He is peering into
social organizations such as that -of
Russia to find out if there is anything
that might be valuable there. He is
beginning to look into his own system
to determine its weaknesses.
Various "plans" have been suggest­ed—
somS of them half-baked, it' is
true—and most of them containing
some proposals for social contral of
industry, either of itself, or by agree­ment
with others, or by the govern­ment.
Gradually, too, the average citizen
has become more internationally mind­ed.
In all discussion of these various
problems he has learned that they are
linked with other countries of the
world. He has found out that if the
rest of the world produces too much
of a certain crop, for instance, that
it affects the price in this country.
He has learned that if other people
across the sea are not prosperous then
then cannot buy the goods that he is
making in Peoria, 111., or New Haven,
Conn., or Kokuk, Iowa.
The prevalent skepticism was well
illustrated in the criticism of Secre­tary
of Treasury Mellon's recent bond
issue, a governmental financial trans­action
that in times of prosperity
would have gone unnoticed. It direc­ted
attention to the government fiscal
problems and the administration's way
of meeting them.
Washington will become the labora­tory,
in reality, when congress returns
and bills and speeches will reflect
what the people out in the country are
thinking.
Robt. Hudson's Cotton
Is Selected For Use
In Research Work
Dean of School of Engineering
Two bales of cotton in the seed pro­duced
by Robert Hudson, a farmer
living near Auburn, will be used in
extensive research work in ginning
and spinning. The cotton is being
shipped to the U. S. Government gin
laboratory at Stoneville, Mississippi,
where it will be ginned 150 or more
ways.
The aims of this ginning will be
(1) to determine the proper way to
gin, and (2) how cotton is damaged
in ginning.
Samples' of the lint will then be
sent to the U. S. Department of Ag­riculture
at Washington, where color
determination, strength of fiber, and
other tests will be made.
The third step will be to send sam­ples
to the U. S. spinning laboratory
at Clemson College, South Carolina,
where spinning tests will be made.
In the entire process those partici­pating
in the work will seek to de­termine
(1) how to operate gins, and
(2) ginning equipinent needed to get
the highest net returns for the cotton
grower.
Piano and Sax Are
American Favorites
Timber Tracts Get
Much Needed Rest
Horsemen throughout the country
are taking a great deal of interest in
the seventh annual Missouri Stables
saddle horse sale which will be held on
the afternoons of October 13, 14 and
15, during the week of the St. Louis
National Horse Show, October 12th
to 18th.
The mammoth saddle horse sale will
be held in the Missouri Stables' arena,
which is but a short distance from
the spacious arena, where the na­tional
horse show will be staged.
The coming auction promises to be
one of the biggest ever held in the
Middle-West. Officials of the com­mittee
in charge of the saddle horse
sale predict that more than 250 horses
will be on hand when the selling gets
under way.
Three-gaited and five-gaited horses,
polo ponies, hunters, jumpers and colts
will be consigned to St. Louis for the
sale.
With the horse show and saddle
horse sale to be held at the same time,
it affords breeders a wonderful op­portunity,
for there will be virtually
all the leading horsemen in the coun­try
present at that time.
Forward looking timberland owners
and timber operators measure and
mark each tree they wish to have cut
and no longer cut every tree which
will saw out a single board or a two
by four, according to data gathered
by the Alabama Commission of For­estry.
Time and cost studies made
by the Commission have demonstrat­ed
that, even in good times, profits
made by cutting large trees are often
lost or reduced by cutting small trees
for saw timber.
These losses may be eliminated by
marking before cutting those trees
which will pay the cost of operating
and yield a profit. Usually only pine
trees twelve inches and larger at four
and one-half feet from the ground are
marked for cutting. However, in many
operations trees must be fourteen
inches or even sixteen inches to yield
a profit. Hardwood trees under six­teen
inches are rarely profitable for
saw timber.
The cost of marking the trees be­fore
cutting is from two cents to five
cents per thousand board feet. The
method is to caliper the trees at four
and one-half feet from Jhe ground,
and all trees which are of sufficient
size are blazed on the stump and then
stamped with the operator's distinc­tive
mark. Another blaze is made on
The piano, saxophone, accordion,
banjo and guitar are the most popu­lar
musical instruments in the United
States today.
Authority for the selection and rat­ing
is Rembert Wurlitzer, son of Ru­dolph
H. Wurlitzer, III, head of the
nation-wide firm, which manufactures
and sells musical instruments. Rem­bert,
although only 27, is sales man­ager
for the company.
"About 1927 when the radio became
the rage piano sales dropped. Every­one
was buying a radio," he explained.
"Musical instruments companies ex­perienced
a similar drop in piano
popularity when the phonograph first
achieved popularity in 1908 to 1910.
"We knew the piano would come
back. And it is doing that today.
While the saxophone is about as pop­ular
as the piano, the accordian is
gaining in popularity. It is an instru­ment
not too difficult to master and
the young people seem to like it,"
he continued.
John J. Wilmore, dean of
the Shcool of Engineering,
has been connected with Au­burn
for 44 years, and has
held his present position since
1907. During this long term
at Auburn Dean Wilmore has
seen the engineering school
rise from a very modest be­ginning
to one of the most
outstanding and well-known
technical schools in the coun­try.
Auburn's engineering
school is recognized as a lead­er
in the professional world
and much credit for this ex­cellent
record is due Dean
Wilmore for his interest and
untiring efforts in building
up the school.
Dean Wilmore has been an
Auburn man from the start,
CANDIDATES FOR TIGER TEAM
HAVE HAD NO LAZY SUMMER
and there is no one on the faculty that better understands the nature of the
Auburn student body.
The Story Teller
Editors Note:—In view of the
fact that a college newspaper should
encourage creative writing among stu­dents,
The Plainsman wishes to print
all literary attempts from short stories
to poetry. The following is a short
story recently submitted.
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Irish Terrier Is Buried
Beside Mistress' Grave
One midnight fortnight ago a sedan
coasted up to the cemetery of rustic
Fairmount, N. J. A woman and two
men got out. The men were carrying
something that looked like a small
coffin. Close to the mound of a re­cent
grave, the men dug a hole in
which they placed their burden. The
woman dropped a handful of earth on
the new burial, wept as the men filled
the hole. The three departed in the
sedan.
A midnight lurker saw this ceme­tery
scene, took the motor license, no­tified
police. Police would not reveal
the names of the grave-diggers other
than to say that they were a Newark
official, his sister with whom he lives,
and a complaisant undertaker. Their
explanation: they had buried Sport,
6, Irish terrier, family pet, whom their
late mother, like a pagan warrior, had
wished to keep beside her through
eternity.
LITERARY SOCIETIES
CAUSE MUCH INTEREST
(Continued from page 1)
encouraged inter-society debating. *
The officers for this semester are
as follows:
Evans—Douglas Browij, president;
W. E. Edwards, vice-president; H. W.
Green, secretary and treasurer.
New Websterian—Cleveland Ad­ams,
president; Libbygene Israel, vice-president;
Harriet Gillette, secretary;
H. V. Cook, treasurer.
The listeners in the smoking room
of the club looked wearily at the clock
and prayed inwardly that a tornado
would strike the clubhouse and re­move
the story teller without cere­mony.
For two hours he had talked
steadily.
"Yes," he said airily, "and the
tigers, too. Used to come sweeping
out of the brush—ouch, and off with
a man. What made it worse was that
a kind of beetle used to get info the
bamboos—bored holes in 'em—and
rattled. The soldiers would spring to
arms thinking they hear?! tigers—"
"Pardon me," asked the quiet man,
"did you say a herd of tigers?"
"No. They heard the tigers, and—"
"Ah!" the quiet man said. "You
say they got into the bamboos—"
"No—the beetles did."
"Then the tigers bored holes in
them?"
"In what?"
• "The beetles."
"The beetles! You misunderstand
me. I said the tigers would spring—"
"Yes—to arms; I know that—I'm
not so dull. But what rattled the
tigers?"
"The beetles rattled—" '
"Oh—the beetles did! Well, go on
now. We all understand that point."
"They fancied they heard the
beetles—" »
"Sweeping down on them, you said."
"No—no! Nothing of the kind. You
see, the bamboos, I mean the sol­diers—"
"Oh! The soldiers got into the bam­boos,
and the tigers got rattled. It's—"
The story teller smiled painfully.
"I'm sorry I'm not making it plain
to you. Here were the bamboos. Then
they thought—"
"The bamboos?".
"No—the soldiers. The soldiers
thought the tigers came sweeping—"
"Of course. You did say they had a
brush. Yes, yes."
"No! Sweeping out—out of the
brush—"
"Into the arms of the soldiers.
What did the beetles do then?"
"Stayed in the bamboos, of course."
"But what about the tigers?"
The story teller looked at the quiet
man's face and sighed hoarsely.
"There were no tigers then—"
"But you've just been telling us all
about them. I am afraid I haven't
quite caught the thread of your story,"
said the quiet man apologetically.
The story teller drew a long breath.
"No, sir. I said the holes used to
bore bamboos in the soldiers and the
beetles sprang to arms—Oh, confound
you, sir! You haven't the sense of a
—of a—"
"Well," said the quiet man, as the
story teller slammed the door noisily
behind him amid a general sigh of
relief, "I know why the holes were
bored, anyway. He must have told
them a story."
Candidates for Auburn's 1931 foot­ball
team had various tasks to occupy
their minds during the vacation
months.
Some attended R. O. T. C. camp at
Fort Benning, Ga., and summer school
at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, oth­ers
traveled, operated filling stations,
played baseball, rested, delivered ice,
farmed, drove trucks, hauled logs,
worked with section gangs for the
railroad, milked cows, assisted brick
masons, rescued helpless swimmers
who ventured too far in the water,
etc.
Donald Jones, guard, who is ex­pected
to report for practice this
week, emulated Red Grange during
the summer. He worked too hard
as he is at present visiting a physi­cian
in Montgomery because of lift­ing
too much ice. He has a sprained
back.,
Ike Parker, veteran quarterback-,
was the only victim of Dan Cupid.
He married at the close of the 1930-
31 term, attended R. O. T. C. camp
and was a rural mail carrier for two
weeks.
The other players did the follow­ing
during the vacation season: Co-captain
Bush, Egge, Hatfield and
Jordan attended R. O. T. C. camp for
the first six weeks. After receiving
a taste of Army life Bush went to
California and worked with a survey­ing
party, Egge journeyed to New
York, Hatfield toiled as a lineman for
the Alabama Power Co. and Jordan
seeked additional education in the
class rooms of Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
Chrietzburg, Wood, Mason, Searcy,
Holdcroft, Holmes, Co-capfain David­son,
Kimbrell and Phipps also enrolled
in Auburn's summer session.
Playing baseball put Johnson, Mil­ler,
Grant, Mason, West, Williams,
Kimbrell and Dupree in condition for
the current gridiron campaign.
Grant and Weaver operated filling
stations, McCollum and Chambless
rested, Molpus and Shackleford called
upon Coach Roger Kiley in Chicago
and worked as carpenters there for
six weeks, Chrietzburg was an assist­ant
electrician, Crossland was a run­ner
for R. G. Dun and Co., Adams and
Woodall worked with section gangs
for the railroad, Arthur and Royal
engaged in construction work, Miller
and Cook hauled lumber and stacked
logs, Holmes and Talley were life
guards, Prim worked in a cement
plant, Arial was first assistant to a
brick mason, Huggins farmed, Ran­dolph
drove a delivery truck, Senn
and Head labored on the highways
doing road construction work, Baker
performed the chores around a dairy,
Neal laid pipes in Tennessee, Rogers
, was in charge of the parts depart­ment
for Chevorlet Motor Co., in
Greenville and Brown was a citrus
inspector for the state department of
agriculture with headquarters at
Foley.
DR. CHARLES HERTY WILL
CONTINUE AS CONSULTING
CHEMIST FOR THIS YEAR
(Continued from page 1)
dation has added $50,000. A pro­cess
will probably be worked out for
the manufacture 'of pine paper indus­trially.
Last year Dr. Herty had
samples of this paper made in a
spruce paper mill and took the man­ufacture
of this paper as the subject
of one of his talks.
WAR DEPARTMENT TO
CONDUCT RTDING CLASS
FOR LADIES AGAIN
(Continued from page 1)
horse show and in the gymkanas
which are mentioned in memorandum
on the organization of polo. After
a month or so when the riders are
qualified, it is hoped that paper chases
and cross-country rides can be held
occasionally in addition to the regu­lar
classes. A portion of the dues of
the class will go toward maintain-ance
of this activity and a portion
toward assisting the support of polo.
Members of the class will be admit­ted
free to the horse show, polo
games, and gymkanas.
Those who enroll must provide
themselves with the following rid­ing
clothes: A coat or coat sweat­er,
riding breeches and boots or leg-gins,
or Jodphur breeches and high
shoes. Information will be supplied
as to the meeting place of the class.
Fourteen ultra-violet lamps were
recently used in a test on blooded
herds. It is hoped to find these rays
beneficial to cattle indoors during the
Winter months.
War
Eagle!
Let's Make
This Year
A Winner!
When in Montgomery
Friday, Sept. 25, come by
and see us—open at 11:00
A. M.
BILLIE DOVE
—In—
"THE LADY
WHO DARED"
The ladies of Auburn Chap­ter,
Eastern Star, will be glad
to serve lunches, or banquets
for any of the Fraternities or
organizations of the campus,
and will be glad to have you
call Mrs. Susie L. Nunn, 303,
or Mrs. W. O. Schubert, 188-R.
Tiger Theatre
W e d n e s d a y , Sept. 23
NANCY CARROLL
—In—
"PERSONAL MAID"
—With—
Pat O'Brien - Gene Raymond
T h u r s d a y , Sept. 24
STAN LAUREL
OLIVER HARDY
—In—
"PARDON US"
—in a Gale of Laughter!
Friday, Sept. 25
BARBARA STANWYCK
—In—
"NIGHT NURSE"
—With—
Ben Lyon - Joan Blondell
Coming: S u n d a y - Monday
October 4th and 5th
The FOUR MARX BROTHERS
—In—
"MONKEY BUSINESS"
Remember admission only 35c
Always Ready to Give You t h e Best of Service
TOOMER'S HARDWARE
CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager
YOUR SUCCESS
Depends on Neat Appearance
VARSITY BARBER SHOP
THEATRE
Montgomery, Alabama
P. S.: Give Birmingham-
S o u t h e r n . . . . HELL!- ~*
RACKETS RESTRUNG
By SPALDING Experts
Shoes - Clothing - Furnishings
Sporting Goods
^ J[ 1A.XJL.LXJ.LJ I OUT Prices are In Keeping With the Times
GIBSON'C
MEN'S WEAR O
Opposite Tiger Theater
DANCE DECORATIONS
DEPICT CIRCUS LIFE
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for the dancers without having to re­sort
to the large lights, those locat­ed
in the ceiling of the gym.
The "midway" will be lighted by
the circuit of lights around the under
part of the balcony.
the stem of the tree so that the saw
crew can readily see that it is to be
felled. Usually the height from the
ground at which the tree is to be cut
is indicated on the tree when it is
marked. In addition to making the
operation more profitable, the small
trees which are left accelerate their
growth and in a few years become
themselves suitable for cutting.
Opening Today!
3 Regulation
BOWLING ALLEYS
High Score Prizes Given Each Week
IN OLD THEATRE BUILDING "BILL" VILDIBILL, Mgr.