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VOLUME LV AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 1932 NUMBER 35
High Schools In
State Will Meet
Here In Spring
Dr. Rutland Announces Cont
e s t ; Gives Plan For Additional
Competition
500 AFFIX NAMES
AS POLO SEEKS A
PLACE AT AUBURN
Polo Enthusiasts Seek Recognition
As Major Sport In Auburn's
Athletics
MANY ENTRIES EXPECTED
Music, Public Speaking and Essay
Contests Are A l s o Xdded
Features
Program for the sixth annual Alabama
High School Dramatic Tournament
to be held at Auburn, on April
1 and 2, has been enlarged to include
contests not only in one-act
plays, but those in music, public
speaking, and writing. Having grown
in popularity each year since its beginning,
Prof. J. R. Rutland, head
professor of English at Auburn, said
the tournament has become so popular
that it is now one of the outstanding
events of the educational
year.
Each high school in the state may
enter a dramatic team presenting a
one-act play with a maximum length
of 40 minutes. A handsome trophy
will go to the winning team.
For the music division of the
tournament a high school may enter
a boy and girl contestant" in vocal
music, one participant in piano playing,
and a boy's quartet. Prof. John
W. Brigham, head of the music department,
is supervising the music
contest.
Contests in poetry reading and the
delivery of a prepared speech will
constitute the public speaking phase
of the tournament supervised by
Prof. E. D. Hess of the English de
partment.
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Textile Men Meet In
Auburn On April 13
The spring meeting of the Southeastern
section of American Association
of Textile Chemists and Color
ists will be held at the School of
Textile Engineering, on April 30th.
This was announced at a recent meeting
of the association in Columbus,
Ga., as reported by Prof. Chas. B.
Ordway of Auburn.
E. A. Fiemester, Jr., of Eagle &
Phenix Mills, presided at the Columbus
meeting, which was well attend
ed, Prof. Ordway said. Robert H
Harris, of the Spalding Knitting
Mills, Griffin, discussed the "dyeing
of skein yarns for use in ingrain
hosiery." The use of vat and naph-thol
dyed yarn in place of resist
dyed silk and immunized yarns was
discussed from technical and prac
tical standpoint.
A paper on "the preparation and
dyeing of vat and naphfJiol dyes on
cotton piece goods" was presented
by T. Edgar White, technical representative
of the Ciba Company,
Greenville, S. C.
Music was furnished by the Auburn
Glee Club quartette, followed
by four dance numbers presented by
Miss Anna Dozier of Clumbus.
Alabama Lions Meet
In Montgomery Soon
A meeting of the deputy district
governors of Alabama Lions will be
held at Montgomery, Thursday, February
18, starting at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, according to announcement
made today by District, Governor
F. E. Guyton. The work of
these clubs during the year will be
discussed and plans made at the
meeting.
Those to be present, along with
Governor Guyton, are Judge W. C.
Batson, LaFayette; J. B. Laseter,
Headland; E. B. Downing, Moulton;
W. F. Danielly, Roanoke; Victor
Hovis, Montgomery; Dr. E. T. Norman,
Linden; Raymond C. Cullis,
Gadsden; J. B. Powell, Jasper; Dr.
Robt. Finch, Mobile; C. T. Ivey,
Evergreen; George W. Bains, Bessemer;
and Sam White, Aliceville.
MILITARY BALL HELD
18TH; COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Colorful Affair In Preparation For Cadet Dance; Committees
Urged to Confer with Chairmen Immediately; Large
Number qf Out-of-Town Girls Expected
ON MARCH GLEE CLUB RAISES
CURTAIN FOR YEAR
ON FRIDAY EVENING
PETITION STILL OUT
Petition States The Desire For
Competition Among Southern
Colleges
A petition asking that polo be recognized
as a majorxsport at Auburn
and that it be included in the financial
program of the athletic association
is being circulated among the
students of A. P. I. Up until Monday
night approximately five hundred
signatures had been affixed to the
petition, which reads as follows:
"Dr. Bradford Knapp, President
"Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
"Dear Sir:
"We, the undersigned students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
feel that there is a desire among
considerable of our number here to
engage in the sport of polo and believe
that polo can be developed into
an intercollegiate sport in this section."
"We therefore respectfully petition
you to recognize polo as a major
sport at A. P. I. and to include
this' sport on the program of the
athletic association fdr some financial
assistance in its support."
The above petition is the culmination
of a feeling which has arisen
among a large number of Auburn
students that polo would find a large
following if introduced here and that
the sport would become self-supporting
in a few years. Polo has been
introduced in a number of Southern
schools recently, among them being
the University of Georgia and the
University of Florida. Polo squads
were organized at these schools year
before last and this year the teams
of both institutions have a regular
schedule of games.
Illustrated Lecture To
Be Given February 23
In Langdon Hall at Auburn, February
23, starting at 7:30 p. m.,
people will hear light. Speech, song,
and instrumental music will be carried
in a beam of light and an electric
eye upon seeing an incandescent
lamp will hum with a sound like the
purr of a gigantic cat. •
The occasion will be an illustrated
lecture delivered by John Bellamy
Taylor, consulting engineer of
the General Electric Company, who
will use several cases of laboratory
equipment which will be brought to'
Auburn from the company's laboratories
at Schenectady, N. Y. It will
be a demonstration of "audible
light."
As an incidental revelation of some
things scientific men have accomplished
in electro-physical researches in
that approximate emptiness, the
vacuum, this lecture will be full of
enlightening surprises. Mr. Taylor
will set up apparatus responsive to
light and let his audience hear rather
than see, from a variety of illuminating
sources, much that the eye
is incapable of detecting. Thus two
lights which look identical may sound
entirely unlike when conditions are
set up enabling one to listen to them.
Still more striking ate his demonstrations
in which speecti, song and
instrumental music are carried in a
beam of light.
Mr. Taylor is well known among
engineers for his many contributions
to the electrical art; in particular
for his early work on the coordination
oi telephone systems with power
transmission lines. A long continued
interest in musical instruments,
acoustics, and microscopic
photography, followed as hobbies,
prepared him to take an active part
in radio broadcasting developments
and more recently in solving certain
problems of the "talking movies." He
has been active in the work of the
American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
In addition to serving a
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The annual Military Ball, given
each year by the cadet officers of
the Auburn R. O. T. C. Unit, will
be held this year on, Friday, March
18, in the gymnasium it was announced
yesterday. The complete arrangements
have not been made as
yet, but it is expected that this years
ball will be one of the most brilliant
ever given.
A large number of out-of-town
girls will be invited, and according
to statements made by several members
of Scabbard and Blade, a large
number of visiting girls are expected
to attend.
Although detail arrangements have
not been made several committees
have been appointed and plans for
the ball are expected to be completed
very soon. The chairmen for the
various committees are as follows:
executive committee, N. Waller; invitation
and reception", Virgil Nunn;
finance, C. E. Mathews; publicity, J.
R. Wilder; decorations, C. B. Gregory;
music, Sam Fort; and refresh
ments, G. C. Walter.
As customary Scabbard and Blade
will give its annual banquet preced
ing the dance. The announcement of
the selection of an orchestra for the
dance, and other detail arrangements
will be made at a later date
through the Plainsman.
Local High School
Entertains Feb. 19
Celebration of Two Hundredth/
Birthday of Washington to
Be Followed
At eight o'clock on Friday night,
February 19, in the auditorium of
the Auburn High School the music
and English departments of the Auburn
High School will have a program
in honor of the Washington bicentennial.
Music and plays will be
presented on that occasion, and the
public is invited to attend.
The outstanding development of
the music department of the Auburn
High School this year is the organization
of a six-piece orchestra by
Mrs. Askew. This orchestra will be
one of the attractions on February
19. Its personel consists of Jerry
Kuderna, violin; Byron Cambell,
saxophone; George Hardy and John
Ivey, cornet; Virginia Dudley, piano;
Beverly Biggins and Mark Nichols,
drum. On Monday, February 8, this
orchestra played before the members
of the Kiwanis Club, at the
weekly luncheon of that organization
at the Thomas Hotel. The program
was fully attended, and great hopes
for the continued progress of the
orchestra were expressed.
NOTICE!
Ladies of all Auburn Churches are
asked to attend a short prayer service
at the Mehodist Church, Friday
afternoon at two o'clock. The plan
is to have Reunited observance of the
World Day of Prayer, in which the
Churches of the world are taking
part. ,
Casting of Players
For Play Complete
"Dream Spectre", A Burlesque
Presentation Is Newest of
Thespian Activities
Casting for the burlesque melodrama,
"Dream Spectre", to be presented
by the Auburn Players was
completed last night in a special
meeting at the "Y" Hut. Professor
Peet stated that he was well pleased
with the response given to the request
that more t r y out for the parts. And
last night there were many new
faces among those trying out for this
heavy melodrama of the 1840's. The
play, written by James Egerton
Wilkes, boasts of the large number
of three villians, and incidentally,
includes a hero, and a fair heroine
whom the hero rescues from the foul
clutches of the diabolical yillian several
times. The hero, of course, is
"framed" and is sent to jail. But
as is customary, he is finally proved
innocent, much to the relief of the
weeping, hysterical heroine.
The cast, as announced last night,
is composed of the following: J. L.
Condon as Robert Grafton, head vil-lian;
George Sanford as Delaville, a
solicitor; R. Fairbanks as the hero,
Harry Spritsail; C. Wallis'as William
Watts, secondary villian; Cash tSan-ley
as both Bill Hoole and the Executioner;
George Morton playing
Sibsey; Albert Patterson taking the
part of Black Sutton; W. B. Beavert
as HanweJl and the Dream Spectre
who comes to haunt the villian for
his crimes; Ruth Raby, the heroine,
played by Helen Sellers; Dame Cowley
by Louise Irvin, and Syrea, played
by Libby Jean Isreal.
Elaborate Exercises Planned
For Washington Celebration
Elaborate exercises observing the
bi-centennial celebration of George
Washington are being planned. It
will continue two days, beginning
with patriotic services in honor of
Washington in the Auburn churches
on the morning of Sunday, February
21, and ending with tree planting
in the town in the afternoon of February
22.
Among prominent figures who are
scheduled to participate in the exercises
are Governor B. M. Miller,
members of the board of trustees of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
President Bradford Knapp, Clyde R.
Hoey, prominent attorney of Shelby,
N. C, Dr. George Petrie, dean of the
graduate school and professor of history,
and Major G. H. Franke, Auburn
commandant.
Following the church hour on the
21st a special program is scheduled
for the main campus of the college
at 3:00 o'clock that afternoon, with
President Knapp presiding. Organizations
invited to be in attendance
are the faculty and student body of
the college, Auburn school children
and faculty, the Woman's Club, P.-
T. A., camp fire girls, boy scouts,
Christian Endeavor, Epworth League,
B. Y. P. U. and others. A general
invitation is extended to the public
to be present.
Music for the afternoon program
will be furnished by the Auburn band
and Glee Club in conjunction with
community singing. Prof. P. R. Bi-dez
wil be in charge of the band
and Prof. John Brigham in charge of
the Glee Club and singing. Music
for the program will be appropriate
for Washington day.
Dr. George Petrie will speak on
the "boyhood of Washington," and
Major Franke will speak on "Washington
as a soldier." The school children
will take the pledge t<$ the flag
and give the American's creed.
It is expected that union church
services will be held on the evening
of the 21st in the Auburn Baptist
Church with one of the local ministers
speaking.
Governor Miller and staff are
scheduled to arrive at 9:30 Monday
morning and be saluted by the governor's
salute of 17 guns. A review
of the R. O. T. C. unit on Bullard
Field by Governor Miller and staff
will follow. After the review there
will be an assembly on Drake Field
for the regular program with Governor
Miller presiding after being
presented by Dr. Knapp.
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Plainsmen Defeat LS.U.
Ending Successful Series
'The Love Doctor" Presented
In Evening of Music and
Comedy
FIRST APPEARANCE
Musical Comedy Is Work Of
Two Auburn Profs; Program
Starts At Eight
The curtain will rise Friday night
on the annual presentation of the
Glee Club that will be featured this
year by a musical comedy, which is
the work of two members of the fac
ulty. Dr. Charles P. Weaver is the
author of the production, heralded
as the "Love Doctor", and the music
was written by Professor Brigham,
who has used for the theme song of
the comedy "The Mocking Bird".
In this comedy-romance a youth
ful collegian is presented with a
beautiful country estate by an eccen
trie old madi aunt of his, with the
understanding that it be retained as
strictly bachelor's quarters. The
boy, along with a number of his
friends, falls madly in love, and his
aunt appears on the scene in a fearful
rage. The situation is saved,
however, by the return of her old
sweetheart who upon greeting her
with a kiss, causes her to fall in love
with him once more and banishes her
objections to her nephew's condition.
S. K. Bernard, plays the part
of the love doctor and it is he who
has arranged matters, leading the
entire cast in singing the theme song
as the curtain falls. R. D. Eadie was
responsible for the designing of the
setting and the class in commercial
art arranged it under the direction
of Prof. F. W. Applebee.
The first part of the.program will
be in the nature of novelties and
special selections, with the entire
club aiding the quartet. The members
of this years quartet are Messrs.
Collins Cameron, of Auburn, C. L.
Stayton, Birmingham, John S. Rogers,
Gadsden, and Jesse M. Jones,
Roanoke. The accompanist is Mr.
Earl Hazel, who will also play one
number, Rackozy March, by Liszt.
Best Drilled Battery,
Platoon Announced
In accordance with the policy of
the commandant of choosing the best
platoon and battery in each field artillery
regiment, and the best platoon
and company of engineers at ceremonies,
the following results are announced
from the review held on
Saturday, February 6, 1932: best
company of engineers, Company
"D", Captain F. J. Wullenbucher;
best platoon engineers, 1st Platoon
of Company "A", 1st Lt. M. M.
-Finch. In the first regiment of field
artillery Battery "C", Captain L. B.
Crouch, and the 2nd Platoon of Battery
"E", 1st Lt. D. S. Trowbridge
were judged the best by the officers
receiving the review. Honors in the
2nd regiment of field artillery went
to Battery "A", Captain R. M. Howard,
and the 1st Platoon of Battery
"E", 1st Lt. S. M. Bowling.
Polo Squad Witnesses
Match At Fort Benning
Twenty members of the Auburn
polo squad, accompanied by Lt. Gun-by,
went to Fort Benning Sunday
afternoon, February 7, to see two
games played by Fort Benning teams.
The first game was between the 83rd
field artillery and the student officers
of the infantry school, and the
second between the 29th infantry
and the freebooters.' Both games
were very fast and were excellent
examples of the technique and tactics
of polo. The matches proved
very instructive to the Auburn men
who returned even more enthusiastic
about polo than ever before.
The Auburn squad has been practicing
individually and in small
groups for a number of weeks and
expects to begin scrimmage in the
near future.
Franhe Tells Local
Club of War Costs
Cost Of War Sufficient to Finance
Government In Peace
Time
"Money spent by the United States
in World War added to our present
army budget would finance an adequate
program of national defense
for 123 years," said Major G. H.
Franke, Auburn Commandant, in
speaking before the Kiwanis Club
Monday at the Thomas Hotel. "Moreover,"
he continued, "we perhaps
would have never entered the war
had our national defense been adequate
in 1916, for Germany' probably
would have not given us any provocation."
"The war cost America an average
of $247 for each individual,"
continued Major Franke, who pointed
out that this amount would have
provided for 123 years more than
enough for an ample standing army
and necessary skeleton officer power
for immediate army expansion in
time of a national emergency."
America's army policy was laid
down by George Washington who
said "In time of peace, prepare for
war," he said.
"At present the United States
spends 18 times as much for soda
water, chewing gum, tobacco, and
luxuries and mild vices than she does
for the maintenance of her army.
With the addition of $1 per capita
to the $2.50 per individual now spent,
it would be possible to maintain an
army defense program in line with
the National Defense Act of 1920.
"Contrary to popular belief, the
entire elimination of the army and
navy would only affect a small proportion
of American citizens, for the
five cents now spent from each tax
dollar on national defense comes entirely
from federal taxes. No state
and county tax money goes for army
or navy maintenance.
, "Today there are ten million soldiers
more under arms that at the
outbreak of the World War. The
United States now has the smallest
number of men under arms in proportion
to population than any of
the major powers with the exception
of Germany and the British Empire.
Germany's defense program is artificially
limited through the Versailles
Treaty and it must be remembered
that 80 per cent of Britain's
populace is composed of the vast millions
in India. So far as Great Britain
alone is concerned the ratio is
3 1-2 soldiers to one for the U. S.
in proportion to population.
.Poland's downfall in 1772 was
pointed to by Major Franke as a
typical example of what is apt to
befall a nation which practically disarms.
As a result of pacifist propaganda,
attempting to effect disarmament
by example, she reduced her
army to 24,000 and was dismembered
by the combined armies of 600,-
000 men provided by Russia, Austria,
and Prussia. It was only after the
World War that she regained her independence.
The Auburn High School orchestra
played for the luncheon and was most
favorably received. The feature was
presented as a contribution of the
local Boy Scouts, who this week are
celebrating the 22n<T anniversary of
their organization.
Jordan Leads Auburn Scorers
As Lumpkin Fails to Gain on
Leaders
GAME CLOSELY FOUGHT
Tigers Win Three Of Four
Games On Short Road Trip
to Louisiana •
Prominent Alumnus
Dies in Talladega
News of the death of W. C. McMillan,
prominent Talladega citizen,
was received here this morning. He
was an Auburn graduate of the
Class of '95, and has sent three sons
to Auburn. Mr. McMillan was president
of the Alabama Cotton Mills in
Talladega, and one of Auburn's most
distinguished graduates.
Funeral services will be held in
Talladega tomorrow afternoon.
Auburn, won her second straight
game from Louisiana State University
last night, and completed a most
successful road _trip with three out
of four wins. It was a closely contested
struggle and the score was
tied 16 all at the half.
Jordan led the Tiger scorers with
10 points, while Lumpkin, whose
sensational shooting on the previous
night had pushed him into third place
for the conference honors in high
scoring, was held to a single talley.
The Aubujn cagesters have only
three more conference games before
the tournament in Atlanta.
Line-ups:
Auburn— G F TP .
Lumpkin, f. 0 1 1
Jordan, f. 4 2 10
Stewart, c. 4 1 9
Kaley, g. 4 0 8
Lawson, g. > 2 2 6
Totals 14 6 34
L. S. U.— G FTP
Samuels, f. : 5 1 11
Tonn, f. 15 7
Bardwell, c. 3 1 7 *
Smith, g. 10 2
Blevins, g. 10 2
Torrance, c. 1 0 2
Totals __- — 11 8 30
Debating Society
Plans to Compete
Plans for the reinstatement of intercollegiate
debating here are being
materialized- under the sponsorship
of the Auburn Debating Society. A
tentative schedule has been worked
out. All of the debates with the
exception of the Freshmen debate
with Mercer will be on the Pi Kappa
Delta question, which is:
"Resolved, that Congress should
pass legislation providing for the
centralized control of industry, constitutionality
waived." The question
for the Freshman debate is: "Resolved,
that the several states should
enact legislation providing for compulsory
unemployment ••insurance."
Following is a tentative debate
schedule of the society.
March 11—Birmingham-Southern
at Birmingham and Auburn.
March 18—Mercer varsity at Auburn.
March 18, 3:30—Mercer freshman
at Auburn.
April 14—Ga. Tech at Atlanta
and Auburn.
Florida—Pending.
Colorado College—Pending.
U. .of Wyoming (girls)—Pending.
Alabama College (girls)—Pending
At a meeting of the organization
Monday night it was decided to bring
the "honor system" under discussion
in the next session, and on the following
meeting to hear each of the
contestants who are entering the
Washington Oratorical contest.
Petrie Will Speak
Four Times in Feb.
Dr. George Petrie, dean of the
graduate school and professor of history,
has accepted four invitations
to deliver addresses during February
in connection with the Georgia Washington
bi-centennial celebration. On
February ^7, he will speak at a joint
meeting of the Round Table and the
20th Century Clubs at Opelika; on
February 21, he will speak on "The
Boyhood of Washington" at the Auburn
celebration; on February 23, he
will address the Mothers' Club at
Opelika; and on February 24, he will
speak to the Birmingham Rotary
Club.
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A PETITION
Loud voices of disapproval have been
re-echoing about the Southern Conference
since the governing body of the organization
saw fit to put the ban on radio broadcasting
of football games for next season.
Throughout the realm of southern football
numerous petitions have been in circulation,
protesting the body's action.
Such a petition has been introduced in
Auburn, and it is hoped that everyone in
connection with the school and interested
in her athletic activity, will enter their
names to this plea for a revocation of the
action.
Interest in football has been greatly
stimulated in the past few years, since radio
broadcasting has come into its own. It has
enable fans to keep in close touch with
the standings, individuals, and realtive
strengths of the teams in competition. In
view of this it has only naturally increased
attendance to games when the individual
finds it possible to go to a game to see the
real, characters, that he has become familiar
with over the radio, in action.
On the other hand it cannot be said justly
that the radio is such a substitute for
the actual stadium that fans feel that it is
hardly necessary to attend the actual game.
They want the color, the thrill of seeing
the great back in action, and all the other
blood tingling things that accompany a
football game.
Citizens and students have been loyal in
their attendance and support to football,
and it is due to this that our large and
colorful athletic programs have been made
possible. Does this action of the Southern
Conference treat them fairly? It denies
them of much pleasure, and will eventually
kill much of the prevalent interest in the
game.
Twenty-five hundred names from Auburn
should make some impression, and all are
urged to support the movement.
TRADITION AND RIVALRY
An editorial in a current issue of one
of the leading college papers in the South
led us to the conclusion that traditional
animosity without the necessary ingredients
of sportsmanship and mental maturity is
nothing short of deteriorating imbicility.
This editorial contained words jnade bitter
from what once must have been a clean
and heart fought rivalry. Now, both the
accuser and the accused have met on a
plane of vitrolic bickering. Hurling childish
accusations agains one another they
have descended from the maturer type of
editorializing to a type that would not be
at all representative of the amateurish efforts
of a high school editor beneath the
pall of art attack on the school across town.
Tradition can be placed upon only one
level and still remain tradition. Without
the finer qualities it cannot attain the
heights. Triumph has been often spoiled
by the after-taste of a poor loser or a poor
winner. There are no schools that engage
in intercollegiate athletics that do not claim
at least one traditional rival. Few have
succeeded in holding to an even keel and
met their particular enemy on a basis of
quality and sportsmanship. Always, there
is the untempered rivalry which knows no
limit of .persecution in victory, and no
depth of retaliation and hate in defeat; the
mob spirit prevails and thus there ensues
the greatest argument against intercollegiate
competition. Reverting to the most
primative of instincts the mob cries for
blood from year to year and exists from
one year to the next on the success of the
former years.
To deplore a situation may enlist numberless
inactive followers, to . denounce,
brings but derision and added turmoil, but
to brand a condition as rotten from the
very core outward, will usually find a reaction
from all sides and a slight chance
that in the future there may be some hope
of revival. A revival of the cleaner and
more decent of traditional rivalries will
find few reformers along the way to tangle
the situation; there is an open field.
ON PREJUDICES
It has been said that we are all bundles
of prejudices. Yet, it seems that the mind
of the average Auburn student - is ' unduly
prejudiced at times. Unfounded prejudices
have become imbedded in the minds of the
student body in regard to new customs established
in Auburn. Prejudice of groups
shows itself too often, the whole scheme of
things is much too biased for atmosphere
in which the student must spend his plastic
stage.
One of the cardinal principles of education
is the placing of the mind in a receptive
condition, free from groundless animosities.
How can the student expect to
become educated when his ideas are warped
against the truth; when he seeks to acquire
only that which he thinks is good? Education,
in the fullest sense, can never be complete
until those are educated by giving
up' their narrow personal conceptions.
There is still a trace of primitive prejudice
throughout the entire collegiate world.
Matured conceptions alone can free the
mind from this infantile strain. It is for
those who tend to be bi'ased to make sincere
attempts to observe all sides of every question.
Without this, the mind will decompose
as they fail in all attempts to be open
minded with a true conception of justice
and fairness. As now, in the final formative
period of*the life of man there is no
time to lose in developing a • sense of decency,
honesty and coherence in all things.
THE LIGHT
Men blink when light suddenly floods a
darkened room. The dark has always connotated
the mysterious, the insidious, and
the unknown. There are those who prefer
to keep under coyer all that is not pleasant,
and to reveal only the rose tinged side
of everything. There are men who work
in the dark—men who work in the light.
There is much in Auburn that we are
attempting to straighten out by laboring in
the dark. We seem to find it rather difficult
to distinguish the facts under such
conditions. Why not face the truth and the
light with all problems, and attempt all reorganization
with a clear understanding of
the basic difficulties?
PREXY'S PARAGRAPHS
= By Bradford Knapp =
On February 21
and 22 Auburn is
celebrating the bicentennial
of the birth
of George Washington.
For many years
it has been customary
for this institution to
have special exercises
on this important day.
This year we are
putting on more than the usual.-program.
On Sunday there will be special exercises,
the program of which will be published
very soon. On Monday, February 22, there
will be a special review of the ROTC brigade.
We are hoping that Governor Miller
will be able to come and we will have a
special speaker in the person of Honorable
Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby, North Carolina, to
deliver the principal address. This will be
one of the first important reviews of the
year and we hope the student body and
townspeople will attend and our guests will
appreciate what we are doing in Auburn.
It is a great privilege to celebrate the birth
day of one of the greatest of all Americans
and one of the outstanding .characters of
all history.
* * * *
A notice in the papers regarding Sam
Robinson, who is now at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology for advanced work,
brings to mind the fact that he was not
only a^good athlete but also an excellent
student. One of the best means we have of
judging of the quality of work done by Auburn
is when our students go to some of
the great northern institutions to take advanced
work. In recent years we have had
meii^at Minnesota University, University
of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, University
of West Virgina, Massachusetts Tech
and elsewhere. At the present moment I
do not recollect any student who has left
here in the last four years and gone to another
institution for advanced work who
has failed to make good. As a matter of
fact the reputation of most of them has
been very much above the average in the
work they have done at these northern institutions.
It may be said that they are
among the select students at this institution,
and that is true. Nevertheless I feel
that it is a justification of our claim that
the work at Auburn is of high character
when the students can go from here to
other institutions and carry a higher work
with credit to themselves and to this institution.
* * * *
Who represents your real ideal as ah Auburn
student? Annually the Blue Key tries
to pick out the most outstanding all-round
student to honor at commencement time.
We have numerous honor fraternities on
the campus with very noble and fine purposes.
Most of them are national in their
connection. Phi Kappa Phi endeavors to
honor those who have shown high standards
of scholarship and intellectual service
to their Alma Mater. It stands for unity
and democracy of learning. There is Tau
Beta Pi whose object is to honor in some
fitting manner those who have conferred
honor upon their Alma Mater by a high
grade of scholarship as undergraduates or
by their attainments as alumni. Eta Kappa
Nu seeks to bind together those in the Electrical
Engineering profession, who have,
by their attainments in college or in practice,
manifested a deep interest and marked
ability in their chosen work. There is another
type of organization such as Omicron
Delta Kappa with its object to recognize
men who have attained a high standing of
"efficiency in collegiate activities"; to bring
together the most representative men in all
phases of college life and to help mold the
sentiment of the institution on questions of
local and intercollegiate interest; and also
to bring together members of the faculty
and student body of the institution on a
basis of mutual interest and understanding.
There is the Blue Key which seeks to study,
discuss and strive to further the best interests
of the institution. There is Scabbard
and Blade which seeks to honor those high
in the military department. There is the
new fraternity called the Scarabs which
seeks to unite in fellowship students who
have attained a mark of proficiency in architecture
and the fine arts. There is Gamma
Sigma Delta the purpose of which is to
encourage higher scholarship in agriculture
and whose members are also elected
from the alumni and members of the faculty
who have rendered exceptional service
in the field of agricultural development.
There is Kappa Delta Pi which seeks to
encourage in its members a higher degree
of consecration to social service by fostering
high professional and scholarship standards
in preparation for teaching and by
recognizing outstanding service in the field
of education. I could mention the whole
list with their objectives. Each and all
such organizations are worthwhile provided
they truly represent their ideals and
work toward them conscientiously and religiously.
The word "honor" is one of the greatest
in the English language. Raised and educated
in the South I learned at an early
date to have a profound admiration for
the word honor. First emphasis, it seems
to me, was given to the word back in the
days "of Knighthood and the Crusades when
men died "for their sacred honor." The
old South with its idealism felt the power
of this word honor as a thing to be revered
and for which one was taught to sacrifice
everything. To the old-fashioned southerner
honor meant a standard of conduct above
reproach; an'absolutely abiding faith in the
pledged word of one man to another; a high
regard and an inflexible adherence to standards
of integrity, good faith, unstained conduct
and also the protection of the virtue
and integrity of the home and those associated
with the person in the highest, deepest
and most exalted tie of family and
friendship. I know young men at Auburn
who measure up to these standards. I could
name them. I know that these young men
are admired and respected by every student
in this institution and I have the utmost
of unshaken faith that these very
boys will amount to something in the world
and that they will continue to set the standard
they have adhered to at this institution.
The active leadership of such men and women
is essential not only to this institution
but to the real education the student gets
here. I have repeatedly said that we do
not get everything from the classroom or
from the laboratory but we get a great deal
of it by association. I may be old-fashioned
but I still cling to the ideals of the old-fashioned
Southern Gentleman in the truest
and finest' sense. If the ideals and purposes
of these honor societies go beyond
the -wearing of a key on a watch chain and
mere membership to the honoring of those
who have attained to the ideals set by the
organization, honor societies can fill a useful
purpose at this or any other institution.
The world today needs this kind of men
and women. The true leadership of Auburn
so manifested contributes to the life
of those who come here to get their education
and to the integrity and perptuity of
a great state. I believe this leadership is
here now in faculty and student-body.
-:- AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
It has been suggested that the artillery bring one of their horses up to add color
to the decorations of the Military Ball—the engineers report that they will bring
several also.
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Several extortion plots have been made against the Sports Editor of the paper.
The atmosphere, laddies, the atmosphere.
* * * * * * * * * *
THE CUSS IN CUSTARD '<•
A little Miss, a little kiss;
No doubt the laddie kister.
Out they crept, while papa slept,
But when he woke he mister.
"Off we've fled, and now are wed,
So papa come and kissus."
Her papa swore, and cust some more,
Too late—the miss was missus.
—HIC-HIC.
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The latest in Republican denials of any part in the drop in the nation's business.
"The victory of the Republicans in 1928 saved America from a period of
hard times which compared with the depression through which we are passing
would have seemed like riotous living." Then there is a bottom after all!
* * * * * * * * * *
Information from school children papers reveal the following facts:'
A goblet is a male turkey.
An epistle is the wife of an apostle.
A buttress is a woman who makes butter.
A grass widow is the wife of a vegetarian.
A spinster is the wife of a bachelor.
ON HONOR
From an Editorial inJHE POINTER of the United States Military Academy
Among those characteristics of a man
which determine what he shall be in life,
where he shall stand—in his own eyes, as
well as in those of th^e world—there is none
greater than a sense of honor. So entangled
with reputation, with fame, with
greatness, has this quality become, that it
is almost impossible to couch its meaning
in a few words. To say that honor is "a
nice sense of what is right" is true enough,
but how much that leaves unsaid! True
honor, evading concrete definition, is an abstract
something which is essential to integrity
and self-esteem in any moral being.
Necessarily, then, it accompanies success
in any field of endeavor.
We cannot separate honor, in its true
sense, from the individual. It is no mass
action, nor yet is it a restriction, levied
upon one man by another. HONOR, LIKE
CONSCIENCE, IS AN INDIVIDUAL
CONCEPT, AN INNER FEELING
WHICH CAN ARISE ONLY IN THE
HEART AND SOUL OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
A man must judge for himself what
is right, -what is wrong. Custom, precedent,
environment—these can point out to him
many honorable actions. It is for him
alone to determine the principle; and it is
for him alone to build and cherish for himself
a sense of honor. In that way only
can he choose the right, the noble way of
life.
Often, it is said, "He is an honorable
man." What does that mean? Simply
that the one referred to is an HONEST
man—honest in all his doings, in all his
actions, and, what is more, in all his
thoughts. The man of honor esteems his
moral health too much to lower himself
willingly to any act that may seem base.
He is true to himself and values honor for
its highest meaning—that of an exalted
tribute of respect and reverence. He shrinks
from wrong-doing with his whole strength.
There can be no real success in life unless
it is accompanied by this high sense of
honor. We need go no further than our
own profession to realize this truth. Military
men the world over value honor for
its sterling worth, its vital force in any
army, its power to make something or nothing
of a man.
"Duty", said General Lee, "is the subli-mest
word in the English language". In
so saying he gave voice to one of the fundamental
attributes of a soldier. Even he,
however, would have had to go further in
order to describe more completely the characteristics
of that profession so aptly called
"the service." For, as duty is his watchword,
and glory his pride, so also has it
been truly said, " . . . THE SOLDIER'S
WEALTH IS HONOR". It is as valuable
as his rifle. To say more, it is the clasp
pin of every star that ever graced a general's
shoulder.
Around honor, however, even as around
virtue and self-esteem, parasitic growths of
erroneous ideas have flourished. Chief
among these is the shallow selfishness, the
superficial conceit, which precipitates men
into acts by which they imagine themselves
"avenged" for some insult. True, the same
self-esteem which makes him what he is,
will forbid—and rightly so—the honorable
man from submitting to wrongs from othr
ers; but to a true man of honor, that can
never be as great as his own repulsion of
baseness. Duelling, once condoned as an
"affair of honor" has long since passed. It
should, for such affairs were never honorable.
WHEN CAREFUL THOUGHT IS GIVEN
TO THE MATTER, WHO CAN DENY
THAT A MAN'S HONOR IS HARMED
EVER SO SLIGHTLY BY THE OFFENSE
OF ANOTHER, COMPARED TO
THE MORTAL BLOWS WHICH IT
RECEIVES FROM- THE SMALLEST
MEANESS, OR BASENESS, IN HIS
OWN ACTS?
Hot tempered words which seem to reflect
on one's honor are easily forgotten; stains
which one's own acts cast on his honor may
never be erased.
In the truly communistic form of life,
the ideal government allows each man to
be a law unto himself. If everyone had
the same ideal sense of justice, this theory
would be practicable. However, we know
that laws and police protection , are necessary,
because there are some whose standards
are not high enough to make them law
abiding citizens; whose honesty is below
that required for the peace and security of
society. To preserve the community, the
majority has to formulate laws and require
that everyone obey them.
So with honor. That high sense which
should tell every man the difference between
right and wrong is found lacking in
some individuals. The "why" is not always
apparent. Because of some slip in early
life from which unforeseen Habits have
grown, some mental catch, or perhaps simply
from innate baseness, some men are
without honor and unfit, therefore, to associate
with their fellows.
IT IS FOR GENERAL PROTECTION
THAT HONOR CODES ARE EVOLVED.
' Often they represent a strength of feeling
which nothing else could replace. The
Honor System represents the best thought
which the students of various schools have
been able to give to the subject. However,
no Honor System, or Code, can be "established"—
in the sense that a bridge is constructed,
or a building is erected. Nor can
it be simply "built" and placed in position,
as some automatic machine, to do some
work mechanically. It must spring from
the brains and, yes, the hearts of those
who live by it. It must be lived up to in
order to endure. It can be no stronger
than its makers, tljan those who place themselves
"on their honor"—an inalienable
right possessed only by those who would
make of their honor the reverenced and respected
force that it should be.
In our own life, successful examples of
the application of honor and the precepts
of an Honor Code are offered in the Army
in general and in West Point in particular.
The honor of the corps is unquestioned. In
strength and permanency it ranks with the
granite of West Point's buildings. Passed
down "the long gray line" from hand to
hand,' it represents that ideal for which
every Cadet strives to live. It represents
the thought and right actions of all those
men who have gone out of. West Point's
portals. To sin against it is to sin against
one's self. To violate its principles, to
stain its record, is to outlaw one's self
from the Corps and the Academy.
Yet, it is not inconceivable for man to
fail to live up to the Honor Code of the
Corps. Perhaps some do not come to West
Point with the high ideals which are demanded
of them. IF THEY CANNOT ACQUIRE
THESE IDEALS, IF THEY CANNOT
MAKE OF THEMSELVES "HONORABLE
MEN" IN THE EYES OF THE
CORPS, THEN THEY ARE NOT WANTED,
AND WILL NOT LONG REMAIN
AT THE MILITARY ACADEMY.
Such is honor, and such is its application
at West Point. As one of the cardinal
principles of a soldier, of an officer and of
8 gentleman, it should be the first and
foremost characteristic of a Cadet. An hon-
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.
THE ROLE of editor of a college
newspaper is often the most difficult
as well as the most thankless job
of any student position in the entire student
body, and it is with this in mind that
Cletus wishes to express his sincere appreciation
to our present editor for his liberal
policy during the entire year, for his untiring
efforts in keeping the Plainsman in
its position of leadership among Southern
college newspapers, and for the full cooperation
and backing that he has given
every member of his staff. In expressing
his own personal feelings in this matter
Cletus is also expressing the opinion of
every member of the Plainsman staff and
he feels that it is particularly fitting to
make at this time this public announcement
of our appreciation.
Regardless of how much a number of our
political leaders about the campus will disagree
with this statement it is true that
the editor of the Plainsman is in a position
to exert more influence in any direction
than any other man on the campus. It is
also true that any man who has the ability
to be elected editor of the Plainsman and
the ability, nerve, and backbone to carry
the job forward as it has been carried this
year is worthy of the commendation of the
whole student body, faculty, and town of
Auburn. Naturally this will not be forthcoming
and the main hinderance will be
the fact that our-present editor has done
an excellent job.
It is a source of great satisfaction to be
able to make the above statement's about
a man with whom you have worked in close
cooperation for some time and to fully express
the opinion of the entire Plainsman
staff, Cletus would like to state that the
editor has done a great deal for the upbuilding
of Auburn.
One of the main qualifications for the
above statement is the fact that our present
editor has not degenrated into a political
"yes" man, and that is more than can be
said about a majority of our other leaders
about the campus. That also brings up the
question of where are our leaders.
Anyone who has read this column during
the year knows that Cletus makes no effort
to be a politician and the fact that a
few bouquets have been substituted for
brick-bats does not indicate. a change of
policy. 'If there is a man on the campus
who deserves a few bouquets, however, it is
our present editor of the Plainsman.
* * * *
One of the objections recently brought
against a man in a certain honor fraternity
election was that he was too high-hat
about the fact that he did not cheat. In
this case there is just cause to question the
use of the word HONOR, in speaking of
this fraternity.
* * * *
Every Auburn student who is interested
in having football games broadcast over
the radio next season should stop by Homer
Wright's Drug Store and.sign a petition
that is to be sent in requesting that the
ruling of the Southern Conference be
changed. The results attained by this petition
will largely depend on the number of
signatures that it contains and for this reason
those who are responsible for starting
it as well as many other football enthusiasts
throughout Auburn are anxious to have
every student sign it.
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Judging from the results attained from
the suggestion macle in this column that
more Auburn students attend the literary
societies Cletus would be doing Auburn and
the societies a service in advising everyone
to stay away. Fear that such a suggestion
would result in an over flow of the present
quarters is the only reason that Cletus does
not make such a statement.
Several ways to make a million dollars
in Auburn:
1—Become manager of Burton's Book
Store.
2—Start a new honor fraternity.
3—Sell chances on a punch board.
4—Become a professor and mimeograph
own text books.
5—Make pajamas long enough.
6—Move away from Auburn.
* * * *
Cletus is very anxious to get in touch
with a student who can write an editorial
column that at least half of the student-body
will agree with. It is understood that
to do this the writer will have to be careful
and not say anything because whatever it
is Auburn students do not want to know it.
orable man, impoverished though he may
be in talent, cannot fail to attain success
and a high standing in the eyes of the
world. A dishonorable man, though he be
possessed of a multitude of abilities, cannot
hope to escape for long the condemnation
of his fellow men.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 1932 T H E P L A I N S M AN 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 ATTENDANCE EXPECTED
AT ROTC MEETING IN ATLANTA
Thirty-Seven School Heads and Professors of Military Science
and T a c t i c s Indicate Intentions of Attending Meeting to Be
Held February 11 and 12
Thirty-seven school heads and professors
of military science and tactics
have already indicated their intention
to attend the meeting of the
association of educational institutions
maintaining R. 0. T. C. units
in the fourth corps area on February
11 and 12 at the corps headquarters
in Atlanta.
The meeting will open at 1:00 p
m. at Ft. McPhearson on Thursday
and members will be the luncheon
guests of Georgia Tech on Friday.
Following is a list of those planning
to attend the meeting released
by Major G. H. Franke, Auburn
commandant and secretary-treasurer
of the association:
Dr. Bradford Knapp, Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, president of
the association; Dr. John W. West,
North Georgia College, Dahlonega,
Ga., vice-president of the association;
Dr. M. L. Brittain, Georgia School of
Technology; Dr. H. A. Morgan, University
of Tennessee; Dr. S. V. San-
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ford, University of Georgia; Dr. E.
W. Sikes, Clemson Agricultural College;
Major G. H. Franke, Alabama
Polytechnic Institute; Capt. Kirby
Green, North Georgia College; Major
O. H. Longino, Georgia School of
Technology.
Major I. C. Avery, University of
Tennessee; Major A. T. Colley, University
of Georgia; Col. F. L. Mun-son,
Clemson Agricultural College;
Lt. Col. Bruce Magruder, North Carolina
State College; Col. Wm. E.
Persons, University of Alabama;
Capt. H. F. Teato, Wofford College;
Col. George S. Roach, president, Ga.
Military College, Milledgeville, Ga.;
Major W. R. Brewster, representing
Col. J. C. Woodward, Georgia Military
Academy; Supt. Mark Smith,
Robt. E. Lee Institute High School,
Thomaston, Ga.; Mr. Jere Welfs,
Supt., Fulton County High School,
Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. Creed F. Bates,
principal, Chattanooga High School;
Mr. H. O. Smith, principal, Boys
High School, Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. W.
O. Cheney, principal, Tech High
School, Atlanta, Ga.; Major Paul M.
Thrasher, Porter Military Academy,
Charleston, S. C.
Capt. Frank S. Mansfield, Ga. Mil-
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During his entire service overseas
with the First Division A. E. F.,
Master Sergeant Charles Livingston,
of the R. O. T. C. unit participated
in every one of the division's ten engagements
and was never on pass
or furlough. He was on duty from
the time the division left the United
States for France on June 14, 1917
until June, 1920, when he returned
after serving with the army of occupation
in Germany, following the
close of the war.
"In May, 1917, we were ordered
to Hoboken, N. J., and on June 14th,
1917, we embarked for France and
the World War," said the Sergenat.
"We landed at St. Mazaire on
June 27 and the next day we began
unloading our horses and mules.
These animals, having been on the
ship for 13 days, crowded together in
such a way that they could not even
lie down and they were very anxious
for some fresh air and exercise. The
mules especially went wild when unloaded.
The tore away from the
teamsters and went braying and kicking
as they charged through the
streets of the town. The impression
prevailed among the French inhabitants
that the Americans were wild
anyway (having read stories of the
Indians and their wild life),. When
the mules went charging down the
old stone streets, with the teamsters
running and shouting after them trying
to round them up, the streets
were soon deserted of all habitation
of French life.
"Their fear soon disappeared when
they learned that the Americans had
plenty of money and liked champagne.
On our arrival it sold for
about one dollar a quart but the
price was soon raised to two dollars.
Sings on the barber ship mirrors such
as the following were noticeable
everywhere: "Tips thankfully
ceived." My experience while in
France was 'without' tipping, and of
panying my own way in a very liberal
manner. The cordial reception we
were supposed to receive was very
limited.
"On July 14, 1917, headquarters
of the First Division was established
at Gondrecourt. The units of the
division were established in surrounding
towns. Intensive training under
French officers was started immediately,
and continued until we were
sent to the front.
"Upon reporting to the Adjustant
General in Washington, D. C, for
further orders on my return from
France,'I was informed that I was
to be transferred to the corps of engineers
in order that I might be eligible
for duty as an instructor in the
R. O. T. C. I was then sent to the
University of Alabama, Where I remained
six years, being then transferred
to Auburn, where I have been
stationed since."
Time Limit Is Extended To Saturday For
Selection Of All-Council Basketball Team
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Due to the fact that a large number of those who are competing in
the selection of an all-council basketball team wish an extension on the
time they were originally allotted in which to make their choices, the
time limit has been extended to Saturday noon. No choice will be accepted
after that time.
As explained before, each contestant may choose his all-tournament
team and place this choice in the box provided -for this purpose which
has, been placed in the Tiger Drug Store. The staff of The Plains-man
will pick a selection from the outstanding players in the tournament,
the choice nearest to that of the pick made by the staff of this paper
will be awarded one carton of cigarettes'. This choice is to be accepted
as final. All tying contestants will be awarded an equal prize of one
carton of cigarettes. The winner or winners of the contest will be announced
in the Wednesday, February 17, issue of The Plainsman.
For the convenience of the students a form to follow is printed below;
any choices will be acceptable if plain white paper is used. Contestants
are asked to print all selections.
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ROBINSON GETS P U C E ON TRACK
AND FIELD HONOR ROLL FOR 1931
I For Second Successive Year and Fifth Time In Past Six Years
an Auburn Track Star Is Selected On AU-American Track
and Field Honor Roll
AVERY LEADS WAVERLY ATHLETIC
CLUB TO VICTORY OVER TIGER FR0SH
Woman's Club To
Sponsor Art Exhibit
The art department of the Woman's
Club of Auburn, is sponsoring
the Alabama art and league exhibit,
which can now be seen in the architectural
building. The contributions
by Prof. F. W. Applebee and Mr.
Roy H. Staples will be of especial
interest locally. This exhibit has
been shown in several of the larger
cities of the state.
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kiddies' between-meal snack . . . for yourself .when energy flags
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Gainesville, Fla.; Capt.-R. E. Wyser,
Presbyterian College, Clinton, S. C.
Led by Avery, rangy center, the
Waverly Athletic Club handed the
Auburn freshmen their second defeat
of the season in the alumni gym on
Monday night. Avery scored 14
points as the visiting quintet out-scored,
the Cubs, 27 to 17.
Waverly began pounding away at
the basket at the opening tip-off and
accumulated 11 points in the first
five minutes of play. The frosh went
scoreless during this period but picked
up in the closing minutes of the
first half and pulled within hailing
distance of the Athletic Club sharpshooters
before the half ended.
After' the intermission the Waverly
dribblers resumed their high score
tactics with Webb assisting Avery in
the business of sinking field goals.
The freshmen continued to scrap but
were missing many crip shots and
fumbling passes.
Captain Quinney was the outstanding
performer for the Baby Tigers
and his six points led the scoring.
Cleve Brown's floor work featured
j
and he caged two baskets and a free
throw for a total of five points. The
work of Avery, Minter and Webb was
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For the second successive year and
for the fifth time within the past six
years, an Auburn track star, coached
by Wilbur Hutsell, has been selected
on the American Track and
Field Honor Roll, which is considered
as the all-American track and field
team.
Sam Robinson, of Birmingham,
captain of Auburn's 1931 track and
field team, is the latest Tiger to
achieve this honor. Robinson, who
is now a graduate student at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology,
hurled the javelin 200 feet in the
Southeastern A. A. U. meet last year
to win a place on the 1931 track and
field honor roll, which appeared for
the first time in the March issue of
The Athletic Journal: •
Robinson shdwed promise throwing
the sharp-pointed shaft as a freshman
and developed fast under Hut-sell,
whose record at Alabama Polytechnic
Institute and as assistant
coach of the- 1928 United States
Olympic team ranks him as one of
the greatest track coaches in the
country^
During his career under the
Orange and Blue banner, he placed
in every meet that he entered, including
Southern Conference, Southeastern
A. A. U. and Natinoal Intercollegiate
meets and Southern, Texas
and Rice relays. He was undefeated
his senior year in 1931 previous to
the national intercollegiate meet in
Chicago, where he placed sixth.
As captain of the 1931 Plainsmen
track and field team, Robinson won
first place in the javelin in four dual
meets, Southeastern A. A. U. and
Southern Conference meets and
placed sixth in Chicago against the
cream of America's college javelin
throwers.
Other Hutsell-coached Auburn
tracksters winning places on the
track and field honor roll are: Weems •
Baskin, 1926 and 1927, high hurdles;
Euil Snider, 1928, 100 and 440, and
Percy Beard, 1929, high hurdles.
Beard/ holds the world's record for
the 70 and 120-yard high hurdles and
is national indoor high hurdle champion.
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of the second hand
To keep telephone service in step with the
swift pace of American life, Bell System men
tackle many an absorbing problem, find many
an ingenious solution.
For instance, they decided that precious
seconds could be saved by a change in
long-established operating.routine. The
operator used to repeat the number called
by the subscriber — now she indicates that
she understands by saying, "Thank you."
To appreciate the importance of the
second thus saved, just multiply it by the
40,000,000 conversations handled by operators
on the average day.
In the telephone business, major improvements
that save the subscribers time and
give him better service often result from just
such apparendy minor changes.
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PAGE FOUR T H E P L A I N S M AN 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, FEB. 10, 1932
CHICAGO FINDS NEW METHODS
OF EDUCATION VERY EFFECTIVE
New S t u d y I d e a Based On P a s s i n g of W i d e E x a m i n a t i o n s ; Aut
h o r i t i e s A r e Well P l e a s e d w i t h Results of New P l an
After three month's trial the new
plai» of study put into practice • at
the University of Chicago last fall
has proved to be a success, indeed,
much more of a success than many
instructors • and others had anticipated.
Briefly, the plan eliminates the old
system of grades, examinations, and
•compulsory attendance at class. Students
go to class to gain knowledge,
and not to strive for grades which
will allow them to pass. The plan
provides that the career of the students
be divided into two sections,
and as soon as they think they have
enough knowledge to pass the "comprehensive
examination" which, if
they pass it, will allow them to advance
into the senior college division,
they present themselves before the
examiners. The examination is so
arranged that the ordinary student
can pass it at the end of the first two
years, but some students, by taking
more work than the average, are
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able to prepare for it in less time
than that. I
The plan is not^a new idea at the
University of Chicago. The authorities,
in charge, from the time of the
founding of the school, have believed
that the university should be more
than a drill ground. But they had
serious doubts as to whether the students
would know how to work after
the ordinary four years preparatory
school training. Would the students
go to classes and would they work if
they did not have to? Three months'
trial of the new plan has calmed the
fears of the administration, under the
direction of President Hutchins, for
authorities who have watched the
new plan generally agree that answers
to the questions, which were
worrying officials, are favorable.
A itsassuring reactioji to the new
plan- is found in the type of students
who entered in the freshman class
last fall. For the three years previous
to last fall the average gross
score in the "Scholastic Aptitude"
test, which determines the fitness for
college of all incoming students, was
180. This year the 750 freshmen
made an average score of 2O0T" Records
show that the students also
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Giant New Brooder
Is Installed Here
A giant battery brooder of somewhat
revolutionary design has just
been obtained by the poultry department.
This equipment, representing
an investment of between six and
seven hundred dollars, was secured
by the members of the department's
staff at no cost to the college whatever.
This brooder, housing 1600 chicks,
occupies a floor space of only 120
square feet. It is six feet in height,
with four decks or floors, each deck
having eight compartments with a
capacity of fifty chicks each. The
frame of the brooder is lightweight
steel and wood. The floor is of fine
mesh wire, with an ingenious arrangement
of an endless canvas sheet
running on a system of rollers directly,
beneath it. Upon this sheet is
laid a strip of heavy paper. This
strip of paper catches the droppings
as they fall through the mesh flooring,
and is renewed every morning.
This system of, brooding possesses
many advantages over previous methods,
as it is cleaner, requires much
less labor to operate, occupies a very
small space, ,and is comparatively inexpensive.
The fact that the chicks
can be kept in small compartments in
strictly sanitary surroundings make
this battery brooder particularly
adaptable to experimental work, and
adapts it also to instruction purposes.
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE TO
BE GIVEN FEBRUARY 23
(Continued from Page 1)
term as vice-president of this body
he has been its representative on the
council of the American association
for the advancement of science and
as a member of the international
electro-technical commission.
A happy faculty which Mr. Taylor
has for explaining and illustrating
the topics which he selects for presentation
combined with the novel and
surprising effects, means that this
lecture, though scientific in nature,'
will appeal quite as much to those
who are not technically trained.
His lecture in Auburn was arranged
by Prof. Arthur St. C. Dun-stan
and Prof. B. L. Shi. The public
is cordially invited to attend. Admission
will be free.
EXERCISES PLANNED FOR
WASHINGTON CELEBRATION
(Continued from page 1)
The speaker on this occasion will
be Clyde R. Hoey, orator and lawyer
of Shelby, N. C. The musrc will be
furnished by the Auburn band.
The concluding feature will be
tree planting in the afternoon with
Sam Brewster in charge. The organizations
expected to participate are
D. A. E., U. D. C, Woman's Club,
P.-T. A., American Legion, American
Legion Auxiliary, Auburn luncheon
clubs, and other clubs.
ranked near the top in their preparatory
school work.
Students are not compelled to take
any specific course; they are only
advised. In the examination they
are required to discuss intelligently
and in good English the courses
which they have taken. Any deficiency
which might make it impossible
for them to pass the examination is
pointed out to them, and, if they
wish, they can take corrective
courses.
Each freshman is under the supervision
of an adviser, whom he must
see at least three times a year. If
a student does not wish to go to
class, and can prove to his adviser
that he can learn more outside of
class, the adviser will give his approval.
Classes are conducted differently
than at most American colleges and
universities. Groups of 150 to 300
students attend lecture courses conducted
by the university's leading authorities
and specialists, and then
break up into smaller groups, each
of which is in charge of an instructor.
In these conferences the students
discuss the subject among
themselves, the instructor merely answering
questions when necessary
and keeping the conversation within
proper limits.
As a whole the plan is meeting
with an enthusiastic response from
both students and faculty. Of
course, there are some complaints,
mostly from alumni and upperclass-men
who did not enjoy the advantages
of the new system, and from
faculty members who have to do
more work than formerly.
Bridge Party Given
Sigma Phi Beta's
An interesting event of last weekend
was a delightful bridge party
given by the Sigma Phi Beta Sorority
in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Henry
Good.
The house was attractively decorated
with vases of flowers throughout.
Artie Mae Haffener received
high score for ladies, while Yates
Sinimonson won first prize for gentlemen.
Those enjoying this lovely affair
were: Elise Edwards, Margaret Fo-shee,
Inez Thames, Dorothy Sellers,
Annie Willo Brown, Catherine Jackson,
Ann Epperson McKinnon, Julia
Jester, Margaret Graves, May Opal
Collins, Artie Mae Haffener, Cora
Lee Killgore, Verna Patterson, Stanley
K. Bernard, Thomas Briggs, John
W. Jones, Elmore Cooper, Clarence
Henry, Yates Simmonson, G. C.
Moore, R. W. Montgomery, L.^H.
McKinnon, W. G. Hall, W. L. Richardson,
Loyd Richey, Bonds, and Dr.
and Mrs. Good.
HIGH SCHOOLS IN STATE
TO MEET HERE IN SPRING
(Continued from page 1)
A 1,000 word essay contest will
form the competition in ready writing
in which high schools may enter
one contestant. The essay must be
written in one hour without notes in
the presence of the committee in
charge. Subjects for the essays will
be limited to the following: Washington,
Poe, Edison, Knute Rockne,
Ramsay McDonald, Mussolini, Gandhi,
and Von Hindenburg.
Prizes will be awarded winners in
music, public speaking, poetry reading,
and essay writing.
Last year the winning play was
presented by Murphy High School
of Mobile. Thirty-one schools sent a
total of 150 students to the tournament.
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Univ. Of Texas Has
Largest Enrollment
The University of Texas, with 5,-
771 full-time students, leads all Southern
schools in number of students,
according to statistics in an article
by Dean Raymond Walters, of Swar-thmore
College, in the December 12
number of "School and Society."
Second on the list of Dean Walters
was the University of Tennessee,
with 3,290 full-time students. But
the University of Alabama, with an
•estimated student body of 4,200,
which was omitted from the Walters
list, would replace Tennessee in second
place and make Tennessee third.
The University of Kentucky ranked
right behind Tennessee with 3,-
160 students, and the University of
Maryland followed Kentucky by only
99 students.
Perhaps most surprising in the
whole list was Louisiana State University
in sixth place with a registration
of 2,927. Louisiana State
recorded a gain of 800 students in
one year and left her ancient rival,
Tulane University, 350 students behind
in ninth place.
The. University of North -Carolina,
with 2,825, and Duke University with
2,658 full-time students, held seventh
and eighth places. The University
of Virginia completed the list of the
first ten with 2*488 students.
INCREASED NUMBER AMERICANS
STUDYING |N PARIS THIS YEAR
Lower Living Costs A t t r a c t Many to Foreign U n i v e r s i t i e s ; Five
B r a n c h e s of Study Show Increases
American students in greatly increased
numbers are enrolled this
year in the five branches of the University
of Paris.
Most popular of all the five
branches of lay, letters, pharmacy,
science and medicine of the university
is that of letters, known as the
Sorbonne, which was attended by
8,000 students last year. That attendance
has been surpassed this
year, according to the Sorbonne authorities,
although no estimate is
made of the exact number of students
who will be officially entered
by the end of this month.
In one course alone, on French
civilization, an increase of 20' per
cent is estimated over the enrollment
of 1,629 last year. Americans are
particularly interested in the Sorbonne
courses on French history and
national life.
Seventy-one American medical students
have registered this year with
the University of Paris medical faculty.
In the United States foundation
of the Cite Universitaire 46 of
the 215 students are in Paris to follow
medicine. Of that number four
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