1931-12-09 The Plainsman

              Congratulations
Jimmie Hitchcock THE PLAINSMAN
TO F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
Congratulations
Ike Parker
VOLUME LV AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9, 1931 NUMBER 25
Inter-Fraternity
Basketball Meet
To Start Tonight
Will Be Completed After the
Christmas Holidays Is Plan
of Council
To Lead 1932 Tigers
2 BRACKETS ARRANGED
Finals and Semi-Finals to Serve
As Preliminaries to t h e Var­sity
Games
The Interfraternity Basketball
Tournament begins tonight at 7
o'clock. All games this year are to
be played at night in order to create
a greater interest in the tournament
and to make a larger attendance pos­sible.
The teams entering this year
have been divided into two brackets,
with the semi-finals and finals being
played as preliminaries for the var­sity
games.
The first round schedule of the
tournament is as follows: Dec. 9, at
7 p. m. Theta Chi vs. Kappa Alpha;.
8 p. m. Theta Kappa Nu's S. P. E.;
Dec. 10, 7 p. m. Alpha Lamba Tau
vs. Sigma Pi; at 8 p. m. Phi Delta
Theta Theta vs. Delta Alpha Delta;
Dec. 11, 7 p. m. Phi Kappa Delta
vs. Kappa Sigma and at 8 p. m. Phi
Kappa Alpha vs. Alpha Tau Omega.
The remaining teams drew byes for
the fiist round.
The rules of the tournament as
laid down by the Interfraternity
Council are: each fraternity must
have its own scorer dn the floor 15
minutes before game time. The var­sity
squad was cut Tuesday night
and thereafter everyone will be
eligible for the tournament except
those retained on the squad." Mem­bers
of the varsity track and base­ball
squads in 1931 will not be elig­ible
except by the permission of the
coach. Entry fee of $1 must be
paid before the first game. Any team
failing to appear at playing time will
forfeit the game.
Freshmen Show Little
Interest In Election
Freshman politicians are warned
to work fast, as no nominations for
the freshman class election on Tues
day, Dec. 15, will be accepted after
5 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 10.
The nominations must be turned over
to George Tucker, chairman of the
election committee, at the Sigma Nu
house, before the above date, and
must be in the following form:
We, the undesigned members of
the class of 1935, do hereby nomi­nate
for
(Signatures of twenty-five or more
Freshmen).
' I hereby accept the nomination.
Signature of nominee)
Although several men have been
nominated for various offices by
their classmates, there has been lit­tle
interest manifested as yet.
A list of nominees for the various
offices will be published as the nomi­nations
are completed.
Details of the coming election will
also be announced in our next issue.
Holidays For Senior
Class Begin Dec. 16
Holidays for members of the
Senior Class will begin December 16
at noon, it was announced today by
President Knapp, The seniors have
been given special privileges on their
own petition.
The underclassmen will begin their
Christmas vacation December 18 at
noon. Classes will begin again after
the Christmas holidays at 8:00 a. m.
on Monday, January 4. First semes­ter
exams will begin 8:30 a. m. on
Jan. 16 and end on Jan. 21 at 5:00
p. m. Registration for second semes­ter
will take place on Jan, 22 and
23, and class work for second semes­ter
will begin at 8.:00 a. m. on Jan.
25.
Auburn Players
Make Short Tour
To Present Plays At Two Out-of-
Town Points
The Auburn Players, student dra­matic
organization, will make their
first out-of-town appearance Friday
night, December 11, when they pre­sent
a group of three plays at the
high school auditorium in Tuskegee.
On Tuesday night, December 15, the
same organization will play at Wo­man's
College, Montgomery.
These presentations, in addition to
being the first time for the Players
to leave Auburn this year, will be he
first of any student organization,
with the exception of the Band and
Orchestra. This schedule has been
arranged by professor Peet, faculty
sponsor of the Players, and Doug­lass
Wall, president of the Club.
Due to the unsettled conditions over
the state, it was decided to postpone
the long term tour as originally plan­ned.
The plays to be offered in these
two engagements will be same one-acters
which were presented success­fully
in Langdon Hall several weeks
ago. They are: "The Man Who Died
at Twelve O'Clock", by Paul Green;
"Fixins", a tragedy by Paul and
Irma Green; and "Red Carnations",
a typical Glenn Hughes comedy.
Glee Club Makes
First Appearance
Will Present Concert to Stu­dent
Body Soon
Alpha Phi Epsilon
Elects Nine Members
In their annual election Alpha Phi
Epsilon, honorary organization to
promote literary society work, last
night elected nine new members.
They are: Justin Morril, E. Nelson,
Walter Edwards, H. W. Green,
Charles Workman, Kirtis Martin,
Jewel Golden, Caroline Lawson, and
Professor Hess, who will be an hon­orary
member of the group.
. Alpha Phi Epsilon is a national
organization, whose purpose is to
further literary society work in
American colleges, and to make this
work as effective as possible. Mem­bers
are chosen from recognized lit­erary
societies, who have shown the
most work in their work in general.
Attention is also given to scholarship,
character, and participation in other
worthy college activities.
A varied program of choral music
will be presented here at Langdon
Hall, Wednesday, Dec. 16, in the an­nual
concert of the Auburn Choral
Society in conjunction with the Au­burn
Glee Club, it was announced
by Prof. J. W. Brigham, head of the
Music Department, who is in charge.
The combined membership of the two
organizations will total 120 voices.
The Glee Club will be featured in
German chorales taken from the
church music of the Middle Ages.
Russian Christmas carols will be sung
by the Choral Society.
Collins Cameron of Auburn, C. L.
Stayton ofBirmingham, John S. Rog­ers
of Gadsden, and Jesse M. Jones,
Jr., of Roanoke, students, compose
the new Auburn Male Quartet that
will present several numbers, Prof.
Bi igham said.
Solos will be rendered by Sergeant
George Moxham and Mrs. Earle Rau-ber,
vocalists, and Prof. Earl Hazel,
pianist, instructor in the Department
of Music.
Dr. Petrie Speaks To
Birmingham Teachers
Dr. George Petrie was the princi­pal
speaker at the regular monthly
meeting of the teachers of the Bir­mingham
Schools last Saturday in
Birmingham.
The meeting took place in the
auditorium of Phillips High School.
Public Sale of Horses
By Military Department
The Military Department announc­ed
Tuesday the public sale of three
riding horses to the highest bidder
on December 18 -when sealed offers
are opened at 11:30 a. m. in the
Military office in Samford Hall.
Sealed bids containing 20 per cent
of the price offered must be sub­mitted
to the Departmeijt before that
time. Proper forms for submitting
bids may be obtained from the Mili­tary
office. The successful bidder
will pay the remainder of his offer
at the time of the sale and the per­centage
money of unsuccessful bid­ders
will be returned.
Horses may be inspected during
the hours of 8:00 a. m. until 4:00
p. in. by calling at the artillery
stables.
Auburn Resident Drops
Dead At Airport Sunday
i _ —
L. B. Moon, Jr., of Auburn, rural
mail carrier on a route out of the
local post office, dropped dead at
the Auburn-Opelika airport Sunday
afternoon about 2 o'clock. He had
not been ill.
He was survived by his father, L.
B. Moon, stepmother, widow, and
one son, Lucius B. Moon, Jr., student
here. Mr. Moon was 59 years of
age.
Burial was held at Opelika Mon­day
afternoon at 2:30. •
HITCHCOCK CHOSEN
AS CAPTAIN; 'IKE'
PARKER ALTERNATE
Lettermen Choose Star Back to
Lead Tigers in Nineteen
Thirty-Two »
HIGH NATIONAL RATING
Parker At Quarter, Proves One
of Squads Finest Backs, Un­til
Stricken by Illness
Jimmie Hitchcock, halfback, of
Union Springs, was elected captain
of the Auburn^ Tigers for 1932 by
the lettermen of this year's team
Tuesday afternoon, and Ike Parker,
quarterback, of Ozark, was chosen
alternate captain. Both are juniors
in the School of Education.
The election of Hitchcock came as
no surprise. He has "been outstand
ing on the gridiron for three seasons
and is popular with every member of
the squad. Receiving as many well
deserved compliments as probably
any other Tiger in the history of
football at Alabama Polytechnic In
stittue has not made Hitchcock a
person who would try to be a little
above his mates. He is still the same
smiling, pleasant, likeable chap who
entered.Auburn from Southern Mili­tary
Academy as a freshman in 1929
Hitchcock is one of the greatest
backs Auburn has ever had and is one
of the leading players in America.
He is rated by Bernie Bierman, coach
of the undefeated and untied Tulane
Greenies, as one of the five leading
backs in the country. He is truly a
triple-threat and a superb perform­er
on the defense. He was selected
on many all-Southern teams and was
unanimous choice for the second all-
Southern elevens picked by the As­sociated
Press, ten of the leading
sports writers in Dixie and NEA. He
also came in for plenty of All-Amer­ican
recognition.
He has led the Plainsmen in scor­ing
for the past two seasons. His
45 points during the 1931 campaign
ranked him as the eighth high scorer
in the Southern Conference. The
Auburn coaches rate his defensive
playing on par with his brilliant of­fensive
work. In spilling two inter­f
e r e s and nailing a South Carolina
ball carrier who was headed for glory,
he turned in an accomplishment
Thanksgiving that was nothing short
of sensational.
Parker was off to a good season
this year but a case of yellow jaun­dice
and stomach disorders after the
Spring Hill game hampered him for
the rest of the campaign. He is a
stellar broken field runner, an expert
in breaking up and receiving passes,
and is one of the fasest men on the
team. His 60-yard return of a punt
for a touchdown against Spring Hill
was the second longest run made by
an Auburn player during the year.
Parker is one of the few married
gridiron warriors in the South. He
was thrown for a loss by Dan Cupid
last Summer.
Under the leadership of Hitchcock
and Parker the 1932 Tigers are ex­pected
too have another banner sea­son.
Kappa Delta Members
Honored By Pledges
With the pledges as hostess,'Kappa
Delta members were honored at a
formal dinner in Opelika Friday
night. At 6:30 a delicious three
course meal was served at the
Clement Hotel.
As the dinner was ending, the
sorority members and their pledges
were entertained by a youthful ver­sion
of Al Jolson, nine-year-old Clif­ford
Stewart, who sang popular
songs and danced. The next feature
of entertainment was a reading by
Nelle Crook, a talented pledge. The
evening was ended by the pledges
and guests joining in Kappa Delta
songs.
The pledges who were hostess to
Kappa Delta members' are: Helen
Sellers, Gladys Black, Lily Pitts,
Nelle Crook, Libba Chestnut, Phelia
Walker, Cordelia Smith T; Estelle
Wagnon, and Bess Fleming.
MEETINGS HELD FOR
BOTH STUDENTS AND
FACULTY YESTERDAY
Christmas, Examination, Sec­ond
Semester Registration
Announced
FACULTY PLEDGES AID
CARL PIHL CROSSES LINE
FAR IN LEAD TO SET NEW
RECORD IN ANNUAL EVENT
President Knapp Expresses
Confidence In Both This In­stitution
and State
Important meetings of the faculty
and convocations of the student body,
were held Monday and Tuesday at
each of which announcements were
made regarding the program of the
work of the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute.
In his speeches to the faculty and
students, President Knapp compli­mented
the faculty and student body,
as well as the people of Auburn,
upon their splendid spirit in carry­ing
on magnificently during these
trying times in which the entire com­munity
is involved. He said that the
spirit of old* Auburn is an "unqnench-able
spirit where everyone connected
with the institution carries on cour­ageously
and earnestly in spite of
every difficulty because of their de­votion
to Auburn and the service
which Auburn has rendered, is ren­dering,
and can render to the State
of Alabama. He expressed a pro­found
confidence in the State itself
and in its people and said that no
matter what other's might think he
believed that ultimately and in some
way the problems of the State would
be worked out and that the task here
is the task of doing one's very best
in all of these circumstances.
The senior class has been given
special privileges on their own peti­tion
to be relieved of class work for
the holidays beginning December 16
at noon. Classes will begin again
after the Christmas holidays at-8:00
a. m. on Monday, January 4. .First
semester examinations will begin at
8:30 a. m. on January 16 and will
end on January 21 at 5:00 p. m.
Registration for the second semester
will take place on January 22 and
23 and the class work for the second
semester will begin at 8:00 a. m. on
January 25.
Announcement is to be made later
regarding the new courses offered
for the next semester. It is believ­ed
that there will be an increased
registration for the second semester
and if this number should be the
average number which has register­ed
for the second semester during
the past few years it will bring the
total registration for the nine months
of the regular year to 2,000.
Sargeant Meredith
Succumbs to Heart
Attack at Benning
Death Follows Illness Which
Incapacitated Him This Fall
Epworth League Has
Party Friday Night
An Epworth League party, in the
"Y" Hut, will be held next Friday
night, at 7:00, December 11. Plans
for a hay ride at this time have been
discarded due to the inclement weath­er.
The entertainment comes as a cli­max
to the unique contest between
"The One Side" and "The Other
Side", in a membership drive. The
contest came to an end last Sunday,
with a victory for "The One Side."
All L^guers are urged to attend,
and an invitation is extended to the
public.
Ag Debating Team To
Meet Georgia Friday
"Resolved: That Southern Agri­culture
would be promoted by a com­plete
holiday in the cotton produc­tion
in the United States in 1932"
will be the topic of a debate to be
held in Athens, Ga., Friday between
the Ag Club Debating Teams of Au­burn
and the University of Georgia.
The Auburn team will uphold the
affirmative.
. W. G. Hall of Dothan and E. E.
Nelson of Millerville will represent
Auburn. They will leave Friday
morning, accompanied by Prof. E. D.
Hess of the Department of Speech.
E. M. Meredith, retired U. S. A.
supply sergeant, in charge of ath
letic equipment here for the past
three years, died Tuesday at Fort
Benning, Ga., from heart trouble
Sergeant Meredith has been in fail­ing
health since September, but in
true Army style, remained at his
post almost until the end, entering
the hospital at the Army post three
weeks ago.
Sergeant Meredith was born at
Jonah, Ark., April 14, 1883, and re
tired from the Army in 1927. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie
Meredith; two children, Ed M., Jr.,
age 7, and Mary, age 11, and a
brother and sister of Jonah.
Funeral services will be held at
Fort Benning Wednesday morning
and burial will be at the Benning
cemetery.
"Sarg," as he was familiarly
known by his hundreds of friends
at Auburn and elsewhere, was very
popular with the large number of
Plainsmen athletes he came in con­tact
with during his regime as head
of the stockroom of alumni gymna­sium.
Informed of Sergeant Meredith's
death, Coach "Chet" Wynne said that
he had not known Sergeant very
long, but he was a wonderful char­acter,
efficient, conscientious, and as
honest as the day is long.
Wilbur Hutsell, track coach and
trainer said: "He was as important
as any of the cogs in the athletic
administration."
Alumni gymnasium will not seem
the same without this well-liked fig­ure.
The athletes chatted with him
before dressing for their respective
sports and he always had a word of
cheer for each one, even the lowest
of frshman scrubs.
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Freshmen Win Cup Given by
Council; D. S. P. Second
HARDIE IN SECOND PLACE
Winner Establishes New Rec­ord
for Course of 15:05 As
300 Finish Race
Sponsors Enlarged
In Camp Fire Work
Announcement of an enlarged
board of sponsors for the Auburn
Camp Fire girls numbering 14 rep­resentative
citizens, was made Tues­day,
with Mrs. Bradford Knapp to
serve as its president. Other officers
include: Sam Brewster, vice-presi­dent;
Mrs. C. A. Basore, secretary;
and Travis Ingram, treasurer.
The board of 13 sponsors to serve
with Miss Elizabeth Duncan, local
Camp Fire guardian, under the di­rection
of Mrs. Knapp, consists of
President Bradford Knapp, who r e p ­resents
the college and the Rotary
Club; Travis Ingram, Lions Club;
Homer Wright, Kiwanis Club; Mrs.
J. T. Williamson, Federated Mission­ary
Society; Mrs. C. A. Basore, Wo­man's
Club; Miss Marie Sewell, Au­burn
High School; Sam Brewster;
Miss Berta Dunn, Business and Pro­fessional
Woman's Club; Felton Lit­tle,
banker; Mrs. W. A. Gardner,
original organizer of the Auburn
Camp Fire organization; Emmett
Sizemore, and the Reverend Sam B.
Hay, who represents the Auburn
ministers.
Mrs. Knapp's election to the presi­dency
of the board of sponsors was
greeted with great pleasure by Camp
Fire members with whom she is very
popular.
Under the direction of Miss Dun­can,
the local group has won marked
distinction in past years. Last year
the council was designated as one
of the outstanding groups in the en­tire
national organization. With the
support of £he newly-elected board
of sponsors an enlarged"program of
activity has been projected.
Far in the lead, Carl Pihl crossed
the finish line in the annual cake
race this afternoon to set a new
course record. His time was 15:05.
Pihl will be awarded a freshman nu­meral.
Fraternity honors went to
the Pi Kappa Alpha's, who will re­ceive
the Inter-Fraternity Counsel
Cup. They were followed by Delta
Sigma Phi.
Three hundred of the three hun­dred
and fifty freshmen who started
the race crossed the line. The first
twenty-five, who were awarded cakes,
are:
Carl Pihl, Claude Hardee, Ferrol
Bower, Jack Finley, W. T. Griffin,
L. E. Funchess, George M. Hiller, J.
V. Rawlins, William Turk, Ed Gait,
Carl Hackner, Williams Collins, Wil­liam
Hall, E. W. McKnight, J. B.
Knowlton, Ralph Jones, Jas. Mackle,
J. D. McPherson, Horace Stuart, Aus­tin
Martin, Cecil Strong, W. T.
Avery, F. M. Langford, Ernest Wal­lace,
and C. D. Williams.
Carl Pihl is from Brooklyn, New
York. The race was sponsored by
Omicron Delta Kappa.
Delta Sigma Phi Has
Founders Day Banquet
The members of Kappa chapter of
Delta Sigma Phi held their annual
founders day banquet Saturday eve­ning,
Dec. 15th. A large number of
guest enjoyed the gala evening,
which assumed serious proportions in
the addresses of member of the fac­ulty,
dealing with fraternity life.
Honorary visitors at the banquet
were Dr. and Mrs. Knapp, Prof, and
Mrs. Sewell, Miss Zoe Dobbs, Jack
Stewart and Miss Jerry Kimbrell, and
Jeff Beard and ^Miss Hickson. The
fololowing girls were guests of the
members of the fraternity: Miss
Sue Parsons, Miss Dot Jelek, Miss
Martha Milligan, Miss Margaret
Turner, Miss Caroline Lawson, Miss
Louise Johnson, Miss Tinnie Owens,
Miss Lucile Johnson, Miss Halley Mae
Ingram, Miss Kitty Bayne, Miss Eliz­abeth
Campbell, Miss Mary Lou
Watts, Miss Catherine Moody, Miss
Sara Wilkes, Miss Annie Lou Pounds,
Miss Mary Emma Jones, Miss Nell
Burdeshaw, Miss Sophia DuBose, Miss
Betty Thweatt, Miss Julie Griffith,
Miss Frances Moore, Miss Margaret
Vanderveer, Miss Josephine Tippin,
and Mis sEloise Miller.
American Legion Post
Holds Important Meet
An important meeting at which all
members are urged to be present will
be held by the Auburn Post of the
American Legion Monday evening,
Dec. 15, Capt. E. S. Ott, post com­mander,
announced. The gathering
will take place at 7:30 p. m. in the
Engineer rooms in the basement of
Samford Hall.
Relief for the needy in distress
and the mosquito situation- will be
the main topics' discussed. In addi­tion,
Prof. O. T. Ivey of the history
department will make a talk on the
Manchurian situation.
Capt. Ott said that all ex-service
men, whether Legion members or
not, are invited.
NOTICE
Seniors who wish to have their
laundry done before leaving next
week can do so by turning bags in
at the Ideal Laundry no later than
Saturday.
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fact that our editorial policies are
not formulated in the counsel of
any individuals outside the student
body.
We propose, is so far as possible,
to reflect student sentiment. Our
ideas, however immature, are origi­nal
and not the outgrowth of any
force that might be brought to bear
on this paper.
So. long as the present editors have
authority we will strive to this end.
A NOTE OF CHEER
It has not been the policy of this paper
to become unduly aroused over demon­strations
of the "live or die for our Alma
Mater" spirit. Yet, the words of cheer
brought to the assembled student body
yesterday seemed to revive &n inherent
feeling that the institution is founded on
more than the temporary sands of diffi­culty.
However glorious our traditions it will
call all the hardihood we possess to master
the existing circumstances. The faculty's
expression of the desire to move on was
admirable. The determination of the ad­ministration
to remain undaunted cannot
but spur us to a renewal of faith in some
unknown quantity.
THE COACH AND THE PROFESSOR
The proverbial baTtle between certain
academic forces and ardent supporters of
college athletics takes a new turn, when
placed in the light radiated from a recent
sports article by Bill Corum. He would
justify the salaries of football coaches
being larger than the average professor or
Dean, on the grounds that they turn out
a more thorough subject in their respective
field.
We admit that the range of difference
almost classes the two as being out of' a
comparative state, but there are a few sup­positions
that are called to mind in this
connection.
Assume that the professor left his stu­dent
with the intricate knowledge that the
coach does when the athlete finishes his
career. Of course the student will have
less interest. But that within itself should
prove that there is a possibility of the
study being made more attractive,' with
better results. Too, there is rarely, if
ever, the respect of tutorage on the stu­dent's
part that he football player holds
for his authority.
There is a possibility that many instruc­tors
could find many valuable points by
observing the coaching methods employed
in the afternoon practice.
WHITHER YOUTH
The great American tragedy of degen­erate
youth accepting any radical idea
that comes along, making a habit of get-ing
drunk because he thinks anti-prohi­bitionists'
arguments give him an excuse
to do so, working entirely for grades, de­lighted
with "Abie's'Irish Rose" and jazz,
and thinking, in the vernacular of their
critics, that worthwhile music and plays
are "all the bunk," has ceased by now to
be a stage production and people are un­fortunately
beginning to take the idea
as a i seriously conceived comment on pres­ent
day life.
The play has gone for enough; it is time
for writers to come out from under their
mask of fiction and'present the less ex­citing,
but still more valuable truth.
As a matter of fact, it would be hard
to find anyone less radical or more con­servative
'than the average college under­graduate,
a person esentially less given
to vice and wickedness, or a person, who,
as a large type is making more contribu­tion
to society as a whole. In the first
place, most of the undergraduates have
few responsibilities which bring about ties
of loyalty. It is not incumbent on them
to uphold any system of thought for the
sake of policy, or, shall we put it badly,
for the "sake of "booting" someone else.
It is thus that they are more or less free
to think what they wish. Most under­graduates
honestly examine the present
systems of economics, religion, politics, in
short all of the phases of American life
of today; then, having examined them,
they at least arrive at some system of val­ues.
WeTiave on the University campus
various liberal clubs; yet the writer won­ders
just how many of those who attend
them are really liberals. In reality, those
attending are trying sincerely to find out
about the working of various systems, and
their ideals in an effort to locate some
worthy aims for themselves.
Youth is undoubtedly impressionable,
and highly so, for it is unbound by set
habits of thought, yet it is seldom swept
off its feet by a brilliant oration of the
crown of thorns type, buT rather attempts
more than any other group, to evaluate
correctly.—Daily Tar Heel.
WE WONDER, WE WONDER,
WE . . . .
We often wonder if there are any mem­bers
in our diplomatic service, who are
able to speak more than one language; at
times we even wonder if they are able to
speak that single language very well. From
all reports we have ever heard, foreign min­isters
to this country cannot be sent, unless
they speak our language. Otherwise noth­ing
could be accomplished. It seems that
since we boast of our inherent hospitality,
we could at least require that all our native
representatives take a short correspond­ence
course, and upon meeting the next
official visitor, who comes to our shores, we
could change his laughter to amazement,
by replying to his greetings with a rapid
fire list of official greetings from the presi­dent,
the people, the secretary of state,
etc. In this way he would be so greatly
impressed with our knowledge as a multi-linguist
that he would undoubtedly agree
to any of our plans. There is no end to
the beenfits that could be derived from such
measures. On the other hand it might not
accord with the principles of- the Constitu­tion
or Congress. Will Rogers is the only
one, who could suggest such a thing, with­out
being alienated. Furthermore, we
might be expecting too much of these men,
half of them have never been to college and
the country is so new, that we have had
more serious things to think of than to
learn silly tongues. We are a progressive
nation, a building nation, if they want to
talk to us they will have to learn our lan­guage.
It was good enough for those pion­eers
of a century ago, and it ought to be
good enough for us. The more we think
of it the more we are convinced that it is
good enough for this great and progressive
country of ours. We are seriously consid­ering
spending the summer in Italy and
wintering in either France or England.
STRAIGHT ON
By Sherwood Trask
There is an hour, an exhuberant hour, in
equinoctial weather,
Or when the headlong wind swings on his
course,
That all 'the eternal elements troop out
along the hilltops
Marching irresistibly on—
Then I am resolute.
There are bolden lines to caravan trails as
to comet's>golden tails,
And silver lines where salmon sweep
straight home;
The lineal flight of instincts through the
years is arrowshot;^
Even .the tiniest of warblers, loitering
through the brush,
Trapeze-suspended, the flock of them,
Go finally fluttering on—
On our Indian-footed route.
In March, or autumn, or whirlwind days
Like ulhans, the universal cavalry wheels
up,
On high or singly on the trivial trails;
Clouds flood, thoughts scud,
The rush and clangor of the honking goose
whistles them on their way.
Patrols of every vibrant force whirl on
Like prayer-papers from strings in Tibet
Blown, helter-skelter, on along a river—•
Why hesitate;, recruit?
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
In France, political principles are as va­ried
as a restaurant bill of fare.—Balzac.
As we approach the
end of ; a semester I
always think about
these indispensable
nuisances in obtaining
an education known
' as examinations and
credits. I am afraid
they hide the real ob­jective
too frequently.
Students are disposed to work for a grade.
They put in a great effort in getting ready
for "an examination and I know all of us
lay too great stress on grades and credits.
If you want to measure the cubic contents
of a building you take a steel tape on which
is marked feet, inches, and fractions of an
"inch. You measure accurately the founda­tion
and superstructure in length, breadth
and height and then go through a calcula­tion
to ascertain the cubic contents. Your
steel tape and your feet and inches and
fractions of an inch would not be the cubic
contents, they would be only the method of
measuring the cubic contents. So j t is with
examinations and"grades and credits; they
are only a method of measuring or attempt­ing
to measure the contents of your mind
and your progress in mental development
or in the acquisition of a given course in
subject matter. Just as in the case of the
cubic contents of the building, it is ex-/
tremely important that the grades and -cred­it's
should be an accurate measure of the
real equipment of the student.
As we approach the examination time I
am constantly urging upon the faculty and
the students.t/hat we seek the fairest, squar-est
and best way of ascertaining the truth
regarding a student's preparation or prog­ress.
I am pretty sure that in many cases
the examination paper is a mighty poor
test. I have seen some mid-semester grades
which I am positive were inaccurate. I
wish we might enter this examination
period in a new spirit and with some re­sourcefulness
and careful preparation on
the part of both the teachers and the stu­dents.
A grade; a credit or a degree which
one has not earned will never do him any
good.
* * * *
Auburn is proceeding in spite of her dif­ficulties.
Our faculty is carrying on won­derfully.
The credit of the institution is
good. The people still have faith in Ala­bama
in spite of her difficulties. The senior
holidays begin at noon December 16 and
upperclassmen on Friday, Dcember 18. Col­lege
opens after the holidays at 8:00 a. m.
on Monday, January 4, and final examin­ations
for the first semester begin Jan­uary
15 and close on January 21. We will
register students for the second semester on
January 22 and 23 and class work for the
second semester begins January 25. TJjere
will be no cessation in the work of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute as long as
the spirit of this faculty, student body and
school as a whole is what it is today. ( I
think we ought to thank the people of the
town of Auburn for their hearty, earnest,
cooperation with all of us in carrying on.
* * * *
The senior class each year asks for the
slight privilege of taking their vacation
ahead of the vacation of underclassmen. Au­burn
is such a great school of democracy
that we sometimes lose sight of the dis­tinction
which ought to go to our seniors.
These distinctions are not in the effort to
put the seniors above the rest of the , in­stitution
as one portion of our people might
be rated above another but rather to honor
those who have been longest in service.
College days are wonderful days. In spite
of all the things magazines, the public press,
and the funny papers may say about col­lege
days they are days of hard work to
thousands of students but more especially
are they days of tremendous change and
development of the person who passes
through them. Above all they are days in
which friendships grow, friendships which
last a lifetime. The student enters as a
freshman,and but little is known of the in­dividual,
he is just another freshman. He
comes back as a sophomore and begins real­ly
to take hold or" college life. He develops
and begins to serve. The process increases
enormously in the junior year and then he
begins the senior year which is the last of
the four. I know that we all learn to love
the seniors individually and collectively as
they progress through these various years
and just when we get to know them best
we begin to realize that soon they will go
away into life and will have left behind
them only the impress of their own lives
and what they have done while they are
here. And that is no small thing to leave.
I sometimes think we ought to find ways of
honoring them more during their senior
year. At many colleges the seniors wear
special insignia; at others they sit in special
places at Convocation. We have tried to
do that here but it has not .worked well.
I presume it takes tradition to establish
these things in college. Every tradition
has to have a beginning. I wonder if \np
could not start a tradition of some sort
The harvest moon has long since faded into the distance but the season has"
only begun.
* * * * * * * * * *
City dwellers are advised to take the new course being offered here. "How to
be a good pedestrian". Porter Grant has been named head of the department.
* * * * * • * » * *
And why is it that no school has adopted the good old colors of orange and gin?
* * * * * * * * * *
The Plainsman wishes to formally announce that if the junior arms have not
already taken that all arms will be in perfect condition for the holiday season.
* * * * * * * * * *
The freshman class are experiencing their first taste of true Auburn weather
this week. Just a little late, but colder and sloppier than ever.
* * * * * * * * * *
Joe Purvis and Elmer Zilch, of Ballyhoo fame, will form a one man track
team to represent Utopia in the Olympics next summer. International rulings
make it necessary fqr one of these to carry the other to make everything even.
* N * * * * * * * * , *
We were terribly shocked at the report from the football squad today. Cletus,
the friend of the people, was not elected as one of the captains for the 1932 sea-
A current news item says that scientists have discovered that the bee language
is a kind of dance performed with their feet. As we recall the only bees that
have tried to communicate with us have sat out the dances.
* * ' * * * * * * * *
The horse is vanishing, but there is still a lot of him in the laughter inserted
between the parentheses in congressional speeches.
* * * * * * * * * *
So many of us never know where the next check is coming from. And many
of us don't know when the last one is coming back.
* * * * * * * * * *
Koo is handling the Chinese negotiations with Japan. The dove of peace can't
be far away.
* * * * * * * * * *
Fond fathers may not believe in Santa Clausbut they are afraid of him.
* * * * * * * * * *
From a college catalogue: "The student may be reinstated only is absences
are caused by long continued illness of death."
* * * * * * * * * *
A negro orchestra from Tuskegee will play for the "trade at home" celebra­tion
to-night.
* * * * * * * * * *
We wonder has Dr. Rauber found any solace in the discovery of his car?
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
The long feared rebuke has arrived. At
last we have been taken to task by The
Crimson-White, and when the editors of the
"South's leading semi-weekly" speak, it is
from the pedestal of intellectual superiority.
It follows:
"Auburn finds fault with the ques­tionnaire
recently distribtued to Ala­bama
students. The students of the
institution on the Plain could enjoy
the fruits of a similar survey if they
had someone down there with enough
intelligence to compile one for distri­bution.
Anyway it probably wouldn't
do them any good because they wouldn't
know what it was all about. Some of
the Capstone citizens will soon be go­ing
down for the mid-term dances, how­ever,
and they will be instructed to
extend aid wherever it is needed."
Yet, in the mire of dejection we cannot
but find -our faith slightly shaken in an
ideal. To think that they, the southern
paragon of collegiate journalism, should
resort to such crudity in squelching us. We
had so hoped for the subtle, biting irony
we know they are capable of. Far less
personages, than the intelligencia The
Crimson-White represent, have glibly refer­red
to our gross ignorance. Ah! that they
of many virtures should resort to such
brazeness.
We await the arrival of their mission­aries.
N
* * * *
A columnist on the Crimson of Howard
College finds out that wonders can be
worked with comparative football, scores,
and doesn't hesitate to work them. Here
is his startling statement ofvthe case.
"Out at the game last Thursday
someone started a chant, "We are go­ing
to the Rose Bowl'. Well why not?
We are champs of the country . . . .
Look, Duquesne beat North Dakota,
North Dakota tied Oregon, Oregon beat
N. Y. U. and University of California.
California beat a bunch of first rate
schools on the West Coast.
"N. Y. U. has taken Fordham and
Carnegie Tech and has outplayed a
small Southern school down in Georgia
called the University, although loing,
7 to 6. However, Howard stands about
two touchdowns over N. Y. U., which
gives us a touchdown lead over Georgia
who had defeated a few good schools
^ such as Auburn, Yale, Vanderbilt and
Florida. These school's have beaten
Kentucky who tied Tennessee, who has '
eliminated Alabama. This throws How­ard
into a tie with Tulane for South­ern
Conference honors and entitles us
to at least a box seat in Rose Bowl.
But what about that loss to Chatta­nooga,
you say? Why we can ignore
which would single the seniors out from the
)
rest of the student body particularly dur­ing
the last semester and make them feel
that we want to honor them during the last
days of their career as students at the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Instituter
it just as U. of S. C , is ignoring St.
Mary's, who gave them a pasting this
season."
This joyful paean js clipped from the
Alabamian, student publication at Alabama
College. Be careful about looking up to
the sky after reading it, for it is feared that
the mood in which this editorial leaves one
will cause one to sprout wings and leave
this mundane sphere for the happy lands
beyond.
"We have won! No crown of laurels
on Mt. Olympus could mean more to
our class teams and to our own well-being
than the vitalizing outpouring of
our awakened spirit. Our victory songs
are boomerangs—they return to sing _
and sing. We have won!" »
* * * *
Jimmy DeHart, former coach at Duke
and now at Washington and Lee, is one
football mentor who believes in his team.
Recently, when a Richmond paper print­ed
an All-Virginia football team selected
by the various coaches, it was stated that
DeHart had failed to enter his selection.
When he was asked why, DeHart replied
that he "knew the paper authorities would
disagree with him because, in his mind,
the cream of the state consised of the
eleven first-stringers on the Washington
and Lee team." DeHart will remain at
Washington and Lee several more years,
we predict.
* * ** * *
A new form of taxation without repre­sentation
has been put into effect at North
Carolina. Take it from the Daily Tar Heel,
this little playlet, skit, or what you will,
took place, there recently:
Place: U. N. C. Law School.
Time: Yesterday.
Characters: Secretary and students.
Student: Please, ma'm, may I have
my marks?
Secretary: Not yet. Fork over a
dime. »
Student: For what?
Secretary: For Christmas seals.
Must do.
Student: No can do.
Secretary: Why not?
Student: Year 1931. Hoover pros­perity.
Busted.
Secretary: No can help. Must have
dime or no marks.
(Exit Student)
Many students moaning oustide door:
A'W HELL!
* * * *
Freshman rules apply here for only two
months. At the end of this time, the
freshmen gather in a semi-circle about a
huge pile of wood. In front of each of them
is a smaller pile which he considers his
own. In the best American custom, the
president of college makes a speech of wel­come
and praise of the new men. Then the
president of the student body reads a copy
of the oath every one takes_upon entering
dear old Alma Mater. The freshmen are
supposed to listen to this but they may be
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.
IF ASKED for an opinion regarding a
certain book, how many Auburn stu­dents
w<»uld take the time and trouble
to write an answer like the following?
* * * *
For seven days and nights I watched
the library like a hawk, in order to secure
a copy of the "Amenities of Book Collect­ing".
When almost on the point of star­vation
and about ready to "Give up the
ship" my efforts were rewarded, and I
carried the book triumphantly to my room.
Then after giving a sigh of relief I settled
down to find out what it was all about,
and this is what I found in the introduc­tion:
"It may, indeed, be that this book
has been secured from a lending library,
in which case I would suggest that it be
returned instantly. Go ye rather to them
that sell and buy for themselves."
What was I to do in a case like that?.
After deliberating the subject for several
days I went down and passed all of my
money over to the Studio Book Shop.
In return I walked proudly down the street
with "The Amenities of Book Collecting"
under my arm; it was mine "To have and
to hold", and I really think that I made
a good bargain. At least I will not have
to turn to that "inalienable right," as Mr.
Newton calls it, "of damning."
I found the "Amenities" to be one of
the most interesting books that^I have ever
read. Mr. Newton has an informal style
that is delightful. I especially like his
book because it it so full of personal ex­periences,
and because he retains all of
his cheerful prejudices which give spice to
the whole book. I do not believe that it
is possible for any one to read this book
without becoming a book-collector at heart.
I say at heart because my pocket-book
would not stand for it any other way.
However, after reading the "Amenities"
I know exactly how I am going to spend
part of my next million dollars.
Why I ever read Macaulay's "Life of
Johnson" and left ^oswell's book on the
shelf, I can not understand. I realize
that it was a mistake, but I am certainly
going to make it right before many days
pass. I did not know, until reading the
"Amenities" that Macaulay had written his
book under the conditions that he did. The
picture' that Mr. Newton paints of James
Boswell and Samuel Johnson is different
from any I have ever seen before. I now
understand why so many people love Sam­uel
Johnson. I have not known him as
I should in the past, but if Mr. Newton
does not inspire you to read and learn more
about James Boswell and Dr. Johnson I
am afraid the case is hopeless.
After I had finished reading "The Amen­ities
of Book Collecting," I went at once
up into the attic to see if I could not find
a first edition. I did find a first edition
of Zane Gray, and what looked to be the
first edition of ladies clothes, but as far
as anything of value was concerned my
visit was a failure. I might add that I
found a bunch of old love letters that were
very interesting, but please do not forget
that this is very confidential.
Another of the main reasons why I like
Mr. Newton's book is the fact that it con­tains
so many points that are not generally
known about the men and writers that he
speaks of. For example, I did not know
about the relations that Charles Lamb had
with Miss Kelly, and J did not know that
Mrs. Thrale played such a large part in
the life of Dr. Johnson. Before this time
I had never heard of Anthony Trollope,
however I am not going much longer with­out
reading at least one of his books.
I like Dr. Johnson for what he did for
William Dodd. The fact is that my idea
of Dr. Johnson has been changed almost
completely by reading the "Amenities."
He is a man that you can live with and a
man that will become your friend if you
will give him a chance. I hope I can
learn to appreciate Dr. Johnson in the
way that he should be appreciated. I be­lieve
that Mr. Newton thinks more of Dr.
Johnson that he does any other writer. I
am going to do my part in cultivating his
friendship also.
In closing I will add that I think "The
Amenities of Book Collecting" is a very
valuable book to have and to read because
it develops your interest to such an extent
that you want to read every book that Mr.
Newton speaks of. Also you fall in love
with every author that Mr. Newton is in
love with.
"Sir, the biographical part of litera­ture
is what I love most."
like all freshmen. After these masterful
philippics the large bonfire is lighted. Each
freshman then must run forward with a
torch, light it, and hurry back to light his
own fire, thereby signifying that he will
live up to the rules of.the school. Unique,
we believe.
)
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9, 1931 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
CHANGES IN GRIDIRON RULES
TO RESULT FROM MANY DEATHS
Cleveland, Ohio—(IP)—The large
number of football deaths and serious
injuries during the past season augur
at least one radical change in football
rules for the 1932 season, it became
evident in the nation last week.
The most' recent death was that of
Cornelius Murphy, left tackle on the
Fordham football team, who died sud­denly
from injuries received in the
Fordham-Bucknell game. Murphy
was one of four players seriously hurt
in the game, two of whom had to be
carried off the field.
The feature of the game which
seems most in danger of being chang­ed
radically is the kickoff, since it is
in running back the kickoff that the
majority of the injuries have been
received this year. The chief danger
in that most spectacular play of the
game seems to be in the flying wedge,
made possible by the short distance
which is obtained in the kick with a
player holding the ball. It is believ­ed
that this allows time for the form­ation
of the wedge before the- kick-
College Marriage Is
Terminated by Mother
Plymouth, Ind. —(IP)—The brief
honeymoon and elopement of Miss
Virginia Hamilton, daughter of Thom­as
B. Hamilton of Chicago, a vice-president
gf the Pennsylvania Rail­road,
and Thornwell Jacobs, jr., son
of Thornwell Jacobs, president of
Oglethorpe University at Atlanta,
was brought to an end here by Judge
Albert Chapman, who annulled the
marriage at the request of the bride's
mother, who said the girl was only
16 years of age. She had given 18
as her age in getting a marriage li­cense.
off team can get down the field to
nail the man catching the ball.
It is -felt in many quarters that if
the rule is changed so that the ball
will be kicked off from a high mound,
as in former years, greater' height
and distance will be gained, thus al­lowing
the opposition to get down the
field and nail the catcher before the
flying wedge can be formed.
It is pointed out, however, that the
football rules committee will be slow
to jump at the conclusion that any
particlular rule in football Is directly
responsible for the deaths and inju­ries,
and that the members of the
committee, who probably pay closer
attention to the results of the rules
than anyone else in the country, will
think twice before they allow public
opinion to stampede them into radical
change.
Nevertheless, it seems apparent
that some changes are due of the
game is not to lose favor in the eyes
of a public which is not of the Latin
types which likes bloodshed such as
provided in bull fight and the old
Roman gladiator fights.
Publication to Conduct
Contest for Xmas Story
Philadelphia —(IP)— The Temple
University News has, fflr the last
seven years, conducted an annual
prize contest for the best Christmas
stories written by the University's
undergraduates.
Prizes of $10 and $5 respectively
are offered, and the winning stories
are published in the paper. Judges
include persons prominent in Phila­delphia
publishing fields, and the edi­tor
of the feature section of the
News.
Alternate Captain Elect
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Chicago—(IP)—An unprecedent­ed
increase in new cases of alleged
injustice to college professors by ad­ministrations
or trustees has come
to the attention of the American As­sociation
of University Professors,
who held their annual convention
here last week.
Sixty new cases were handled by
Committee A of the association,
which is the committee to which ap­peal
is made for an investigation.
According to Dr. S. A. Mitchell of
the University of Virginia, chairman
of the committee, the increase was
caused by the economic depression,
which has resulted in decreased staffs
in many colleges. However, he de­clared,
many colleges are taking ad­vantage
of the depression to get rid
of professors not wanted for other
reasons.
Outstanding in the univei'sities
which received the cindemnation of
the association here was Ohio State,
for its expulsion of Dr. Herbert A.
Miller, of the department of sociol­ogy,
last June.
The association considered steps
to be taken to safeguard faculty
members in their posts. Among the
means under consideration is one
whereby offending institutions would
be branded as "unfair," much as
trade unions brand certain employ­ers
as unfair.
Educated Woman Tends
To Be Sloppy Is View
Of Professor Rogers
Pittsburgh —(IP)— The college
girl is inclined to be "sloppy," it
was declared here by Dr. Robert
Emmons Rogers, professor of Eng­lish
at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, who two years ago set
the country aggo with his advice to
college graduates to be "snobs."
Here are some of Dr. Rogers'
statements ih a talk here:
"The girl who is a college grad­uate
seldom has to use sex appeal in
the business world.
"The college girl is inclined to be
sloppy—the more educated she is
the sloppier she usually is.
"It is to the ad-vantage of any girl,
seeking a position or filling one, to
be well groomed and attractive.
"As a general rule, the man and
woman who are not college graduates
are inclined to be more careful of
their personal appearance."
"The old-fashioned employer re­sents
slopiness in the appearance of
his workers; the modern employer is
reconciled to it."
LETTER AND NUMERAL MEN ARE
ANNOUNCED FOR PAST SEASON
Princeton Paper Seeks
To Abolish Distinction
Inquiry Reveals Profs P. 0. Davis Installed
Favor the World Court As Kiwanis President
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Cambridge, Mass.—(IP)—It has
been announced by Prof. Manley O.
Hudson, professor of International
Law at Harvard Law School, that
489 out of 500 professors who respond­ed
to inquiries sent out by the nation­al
World Court committee favored
American entrance into the court.
The professor, besides Professor
Hudson, who conducted the inquiry,
were:
Herschel W. Arant, Ohio State
University; Joseph W. Bingham,
Stanford University; Dean Charles
K. Burdick, Cornell University; Ed­win
D. Dickinson, University of Mich­igan
; Herbert F. Goodrich, Univer­sity
of Pennsylvania; Dean Rufus C.
Harris, Tulane University; Philip C.
Jessup, , Columbia University; Dean
Orrin K. McMurray, University of
California; William Gorham Rice, Jr.,
University of Wisconsin; William R.
Vance, Yale University; John H. Wig-more,
dean emeritus, Northwestern
University, and Tyrell Williams,
Washington University.
Universe Will End In
Nothing Asserts Dean
London —(IP)— Gloomy Dean
Inge was not so gloomy recently
when he revealed himself as an opti­mist
so far as the ultimate fate of
the universe is concerned.
Discussing the gloomy propfrecies
of Sir Arthur Eddington and Sir
James Jeans, the dean was most
skeptical of their theories that the
universe must ultimately end in noth­ing.
He suggested that if the. universe
is to have an end it must have had
beginning in time, and that if it
did, we ought to be able to put our
finger on it.
School Officials Seek
To Facilitate Traffic
People driving to the school build­ing
are asked to drive in from the
west side and out the east drive in
order to facilitate the movement of
traffic at the building. There will
be no parking on the drive and car
owners are requested to stop at the
concrete walks only long enough to
discharge or take on passengers.
Making this a one-way drive is ex­pected
to prevent considerable con­fusion
during the rush periods. Prof.
Parrish has earnestly asked that all
patrons of the school comply with
this request. '
Prof. F. T. Ball of the University
of South* Carolina addressed the Au­burn
Kiwanis Club, at their meeting,
Monday. He attended the meeting
as the guest of Prof. W. W. Hill,
whom he visited in Auburn.
Mr. Ball told of the vocational
guidance work being done by the Ki­wanis
Club, of Columbia, S. C. The
work is being done in cooperation
with the University of South Caro­lina,
the speaker said.
Sam Helburn, president of the
Montgomery Kiwanis Club, was the
guest of Homer Wright and brought
greetings from his club to the Au­burn
club. He was introduced by
Mr. Wright as "one of the best Au­burn
men although not a graduate of
Auburn."
At the conclusion of the meeting
R. Y. Bailey retired as president,
placing P. O. Davis, the new presi­dent,
in charge.
Chemistry Building Is
Wrecked By Explosion
New Orleans, La. —(IP)— The
Richardson chemistry building at Tu
lane University was partly wrecked
last week when a defective drum of
hydrogen sulphide exploded. Two
hundred students and instructors in
the building escaped uninjured.
Fire which followed was quickly
brought under control.
Two women students, trapped on
the third floor of the building, climb­ed
out a window and hung to a ledge
until they were rescued by a-hook
and ladder crew. A professor leaped
to safety from a lower window, but
was uninjured.
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Princeton, N. J.—(IP)—The Daily
Princetonian has editorially advocat­ed
the abolition of all distinction
between major and minor sports at
Princeton University and the reward­ing
of outstanding athletic achieve­ment
over and above average merit.
The Daily said:
"The present System is unfair to
those men who devote equal time
and effort to a minor sport but who,
no matter how outstanding their
prowess may be, can never win a
coveted major "P" because their
sport is not a recognized sport."
Princeton recently has been the
center of an alumni-student battle
over the inability of present-day
football teams at the university to
come through with the victories they
did once. Alumni are prone to blame
the "smoothie complex" of the under­graduates,
who reply that if they pre­fer
to be students than football play­ers
it is their business and what they
came to college for.
Harvard Publication
Wants Army Dropped
Cambridge, Mass.—(IP)—Conten
ding that there is no bond in interest
between the two institutions, the
Harvard Crimson has demanded that
Harvard football authorities drop the
Army from its schedule henceforth.
"There are two deep-rooted reas­ons
wliy the Army is not one ofthe
more desirable opponents of the Har­vard
football team," the editorial
said. "The first is the absence of
interest common to Harvard men and
the United States military 'machine.
On many past occasions it has been
pointed out that there are colleges
and" universities far more logical as
opponents of Harvard in the fiendly
rivalries of sport than West Point. . .
"The second ground . . . is that
which brought the United States Na­val
Academy to close its seasonable
relations with the Army. The offi­cials
at West Point have displayed
an obdurate attitude on the subject
of eligibility."
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Dr. George Petrie was called, Sat­urday,
to his old home at Charlottes­ville,
Va., by the death of his aunt,
Miss Charlotte Petrie. She was the
last member of the family, Dr. Pe-trie's
father having died recently. Dr.
Petrie is expected to return to Au­burn
this week after attending the
funeral.
Lettermen for Auburn's 1931 foot­ball
season:
David Ariail, James Bush, Tom
Brown, Chattie Davidson, Sterling
Dupree, George Egge, Boots Cham-bless,
Will Chrietzberg, Porter Grant,
Jimmie Hitchcock, Lindley Hatfield,
Ralph Jordan, Donald Jones, Buddy
McCollum, Ernest Molpus, Hannis
Prim, Ike Parker, Pirpo Phipps, Allen
Rogers, Marion Talley, Carey Senn,
Ripper Williams.
Manager Aubrey Lewis, DeWitt
"Bull" Stier, cheerleader.
Freshman numeral players: Charles
Bedford, .Cleve Brown, Bennie Fen-ton,
Curtis Caton, Norman Houston,
Bus Haigler, Buren Henderson, Ar-den
King, Dan Lawson, Jack Kemp,
Mutt Morris, James Morris, Barney
Musgrove, Clarence Moore, Haygood
Paterson, Bennie Porter, Claude
Pace, B. G. Stover, Wilmer Snider,
William Turner, Mike Welch, Wrad
Wright, Ed Whitten, Harry Whitten,
Marion Wynne.
College Contributes
to Underfed Children
South Hadley, Mass.—(IP)—Sev­eral
hundred dollars were secured for
the relief of underfed children last
week when the women students at
Mount Holyoke College, all 1,050 of
them, ate beans and lamb stew in
place of the regular menu.
The students had their choice of
beans and brown bread, or lamb stew
with biscuits. The meal took the place
of the regular Sunday chicken dinner.
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Salter Is Advanced To
Rank Of 1st Lieutenant
Elmer G. Salter, sports editor in
the Department of Public Informa­tion,
has been advanced to t h e r a nk
of first lieutenant in the field artil­lery
reserves.
The following is taken from Stuart
X. Stephenson's column in t h e Mont­gomery
Advertiser:
Promotion of Elmer G. Salter
from a second to a first lieutenant
has been announced from Headquar­t
e r s Field Artillery Units, U. S.
Army. Salter is The Advertiser's
special sports correspondent from
Auburn and his hundreds of readers
will be glad to hear of his rise with
Uncle Sam.
"Announcement has been made by
U. S. Army Reserve Headquarters at
Jackson, Miss., of t h e promotion of
Second Lieutenant Elmer George
Salter, Field Artillery Reserve, to the
rank of First Lieutenant. Lieut.
Salter, who resides at 410 North
Bainbridge Street, Montgomery, grad­uated
from Sidney Lanier High
School in 1923 and from Auburn in
1928, being now connected with the
Public Information Department of
the latter institution.
"Lieutenant Salter has taken an
active part in military affairs since
appointment on Nov. 2, 1928, having
attended two 14-day periods of active
duty at Fort Bragg, N. C , and at­tending
the Reserve Officers' Branch
School conducted in t h e evenings by
the Professor of Military Science
and Tactics at Auburn. He is a s ­signed
to the 244th Ammunition
Train, which is a part of the Field
Artillery Group of the F o u r t h Corps
Area."
BUSINESS ON UPWARD PATH IS
BELIEF OF ECONOMIC JOURNAL
kg Station At U. of Md.
Was Once a Wayside Inn
College Park, Md.—The Diamond-back,
undergraduate publication at
hte University of Maryland, has re­vealed
to its readers that a little r ed
brick building near the campus which
now houses the university's agricul­tural
station, was once a wayside inn,
and that at one time the Marquis de
Lafayette stayed there.
Announcing
The Carey
Re-Roofing
Plan
You can re-roof your
home and pay for
it in monthly in­stallments.
We will be glad to
give you estimates
on your roof.
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Tiger Theatre
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9
JOHN GILBERT
"West of
Broadway"
—With—
El Brendel - Lojs Moran
ADDED ATTRACTION
A GOOD COMEDY
THURSDAY, DEC. 10
"Surrender"
—With—
Warner Baxter
Leila Hyams
Ralph Bellamy
ADDED ATTRACTIONS
COMEDY AND ACTS
FRIDAY, DEC. 11
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—With—
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Harry Beresford
Elizabeth Patterson
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NEWS AND CARTOON
A feeling that an upward turn in
business has begun is expressed in
the December issue of the Alabama
Economic Review, a monthly publi­cation
published by the Bureau of
Economic Research of the depart­ment
of agricultural economics.
Evidence was cited that early Oc­tober
may have experienced the bot­tom
point of the curve. A state­ment
of government officials and
economists was quoted as expressing
this opinion, after which "slow and
irregular improvement" may be
noted, it said. _ Economists outside
of government circles gave expres­sion
to the same thought, the pub­lication
revealed.
Comparison of Alabama business
activities in October this year with
October in 1930, showed only two
improvements. They were cotton
ginning and cotton consumption. Cot­ton
spinning was up about 9 per
cent, consumption very slight. On
the other hand, electric energy sales,
savings deposits, building permits
and construction contracts showed
substantial declines. Electric ener
gy sales lost the least of t h e groups
named. Construction contracts de
clined the greatest, with building per­mits
next. Automobile sales and pig
iron output were off about 35 per
cent.
The adjusted index number for
Alabama bank debits showed no
change, in October but remained at
72 which was t h e September index,
said the Review. This index which
is corrected for seasonal variations
and based on t h e 1923-1925 monthly
average as 100 now stands 28 per
cent below the levels of October last
year.
I t was reported also that there was
no change in pig iron production or
University of Mexico
Coach Faces Problem
While visiting Yale for a football
game, Fred Linehan, Yale football
star of a year ago, mentioned a new
problem facing football coaches.
Linehan, who is now head football
coach at the University of Mexico,
revealed that his players were too
polite to tackle hard.
"The Mexican lineman would not
think of trying to hit an opponent
hard," he explained. "They're just
too darned polite. They're great
boys and smart, but I must not let
them get into a huddle. If I do,
they get so excited everything goes
wrong."
While Linehan was watching Yale
defeat St. John's here, his University
of Mexico team was g e t t i ng licked
by Tulsa, 89 to 0.
Utah Non-Sorority Girls
Form Own Organization
Salt Lake City, Utah.—Non-soror­i
ty co-eds at t h e University of Utah
have formed an organization known
as Phrateries. It is an outgrowth of
the women's section of the Barbs
organization, made up of non-frater­nity
men.
Warsaw, Poland—As a result of
intense student riots here, all col­leges
in the city have been closed by
authorities. More than 160 students
were under arrest a t one time during
the riots, which were the result of
anti-semetic feelings in t h e city.
Business men in the city report­ed
that the r i o t s had cut down their
sales tremendously, and were peti­tioning
the government to do some­thing
about it.
In one section Jewish law stu­dents
were attacked by other stu­dents,
who drove them from the
campus of Cracow University.
Ada, O.—Students at Ohio North­ern
College have petitioned the uni­versity
officials to end the ancient
ban against dancing at t h e institu­tion.
The petitions called the condition
on the campus "grossly unfair, un­just
and oppressive," and appealed
to the university administration for
social freedom.
NOTICE
Anyone driving to Texas for the
holidays will please call the Sigma
Nu house.
Born to Dr. and Mrs. Paul Irvine,
December 2, a son. He is their third
child, all three boys.
marketing since the previous month.
Orders were reported to be very
small with companies buying for im­mediate
consumption.
A continuation of curtailed activ­i
ty in t h e steel industry of the Birm­ingham
district was reported. There
are indications of improvement early
next year, the r e p o r t added. Recent
orders for 30,000 tons of steel rails
was named as "the most tangible
evidence" of prospective improve­ment.
Life insurance sales in Alabama de­clined
for the fifth consecutive
month in October. The sales for
that month were 9 per cent below
those in September and 25 per cent
under the amount for October of
last year.
Another "bright spot" in t h e busi­ness
situation was t h e increase in
freight car loadings of the southern
district which exceeded the "season­ally
expected" amount in October.
The increase in total for the four
weeks which ended October 31, was
4.6 per cent.
Interesting data about the indome
from taxes on coal and iron ore tak­en
from Alabama mines were report­ed.
They amounted to $116,172.75
during July, August, and September
of this year, according to the state
t a x commission. This was 12 per cent
below the preceding 3 months and 31
per cent lower than for the corre­sponding
quarter of 1930.
Philosopher Charging
Failure to Government
Washington—(IP)—Charges that
the United States government has
failed in its duty toward the jobless
man in this country were made by
Dr. John Dewey, America's foremost
philosopher, head of the department
of philosophy a t Columbia University,
in a talk before the J o i n t Committee
on Unemployment here last week.
Up to t h e present, Dr. Dewey said,
the government "when asked for
bread has given only words, with
which it has been most generous."
"And to all appearances," he con­tinued,
"if its inaction drives men in
despair to violence, i t is g e t t i ng ready
to give them bullets instead of fore­stalling
violence by constructive aid."
We have allowed so-called political
and industrial leaders to deluge us
with words and blind us with the
dust of speeches, he said.
A. N. Guerard Family
Move To Auburn Soon
Mr. A. , N. Guerard, a traveling
salesman of Bluffton, South Carolina,
will move to Auburn about the first
of January to make his home and
educate his children, according to his
brother, W. V. Guerard, a musician,
who hopes to move to Auburn also.
Mr. W. V. Guerard arrived at Au­burn
several days ago. He is a mu­sician.
He tunes pianos and does
other musical work.
Record Magnification
Attained By Scientist
Washington — ( I P ) — J. J . Briggs,
acting director of the Bureau of
Standards announced last week that
a record 250,000,000-fold magnifica
tion has been achieved by Dr. Wil
liam F. Meggers of the bureau in a
special study of atoms of rhenium,
the most recently discovered chemi­cal
element.
According to the announcement
the act adds immeasurably to man's
understanding of the substances
around him.
Dr. Meggers accomplished the feat
at the Mount Wilson Observatory,
where he used the observatory's
spectograph.
Football Squad Taken
For Convicts By Lady
Washington — ( I P ) — How a foot­ball
squad was mistaken by a kindly
old lady for a bunch of convicts last
summer was revealed here the other
day by t h e National Park Service.
Members of the University of Ore­gon
football squad worked last sum­mer
at Crater Lake National Park,
tossing passes with boulders which
were being ufed to build a stone
wall around the r im of the crater.
The men wore heavy athletic
shorts marked "U. O." and numbered
as football sweaters are numbered.
The lady noted these and protested
to the park authorities against using
convict labor in national parks.
Texas Sophomores More
Economical Than Frosh
College Station, Texas.—Sopho­mores
at A and M College here a re
a more economical bunch than the
college's freshman, it is revealed in
a survey being conducted by the de­partment
of rural sociology at t he
college. After the sophomore year,
however, the student's expenses in­crease
again.
According to t h e survey the fresh­man
at Texas A and M spends
$641.22 a year; the sophomore,
$591.69; the junior, $636.25, and
the senior $761.00.
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
London—That English will even­tually
become the universal language
is the belief of Sir E. Dennison Ross,
director of the School of Oriental
Studios in London.
Youngest College Head
Was Only Twenty-Three
Huntington, W. Va.—Chicago Uni­versity
with its youthful Robert M.
Hutchins as president, and Allegheny
College with its 31-year-old presi­dent,
must not suppose that they a re
the first higher educational institu­tions
in the United States to have
youthful administrators.
It is recalled here that near the
end of the last century the late
Champ Clark, then 23, was president
of Marshall College here. He later
became a candidate for president and
was for a number of years speaker
of the House of Representatives in
Congress.
He also during his life practiced
law in Kansas and managed a news­paper
in Louisiana. He died in 1921.
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