1932-01-13 The Plainsman

              Semester's Final
Issue THE PLAINSMAN
TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N . S P I R IT
Attend Junior
Prom
VOLUME LV AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13, 1932 NUMBER 30
CommitteeSends
Over 1200 Bids
For Junior Prom
Over Two Hundred Girls Are
Expected to Attend; Frats
Open Houses
Committee's Choice To Lead Prom
CUMMINS ON WAY
Four Organizations to Sponsor
Day Dances; Junior Ball On
Friday Night
The fact that 1200 invitations
have been mailed out this "week to
girls throughout Alabama, and ad­joining
states, leads the Social Com­mittee
to issue the statement that
preparations are being made for at
least two hundred young ladies dur­ing
the series of dances. As seven
fraternities are making plans to give
house-parties, sufficient places have
been found to accommodate the visit­ing
young ladies during the entire
set of entertainments. Those stu­dents
who are planning to have out-of-
town girls for the dances are ad
vised to make arrangements for
them with the president of one of
the fraternities keeping visitors.
Bernie Cummins and his New
Yorkers are preparing to leave for
the South this week to fill a series
of engagements on their tour. They
will furnish the music for the set of
mid-term dances held at Washington
and Lee during the tour and will
play for a similar occasion at the
University of Alabama after playing
at Auburn. The great demand for
his services leads the Social Com­mittee
to predict the most success­ful
set of dances ever given at Au­burn
and to insure the dancer of the
highest type of music. Decorations
are progressing steadily through the
efforts of the decorations committee
and the general entertainment is ex
pected to. be greatly accentuated by
their effects.
Announcements were made today
of the four day dances which will
be given by four organizations in the
school. Two day dances will be
given on both Friday and Saturday,
January 22 and 23. The Red Shirts,
newly organized nihilist society will
give the opening morning dance and
will be followed by a tea dance Fri­day
afternoon given by the Inter-fraternity
Council. Saturday morn­ing's
dance will be sponsored by the
Keys, a social interfraternity organi­zation
preliminary to their annual
mid-term banquet which will be held
in Opelika-early in the afternoon.
The last dance of the series will be
a tea dance given by the "A" Club,
honorary athletic organization.
Thursday night will mark the open­ing
of the dances followed by the
Junior Ball on Friday -night, with
the final dance of the entire series
coming on Saturday evening. The
Junior Ball will be featured by the
Grand March lead by Virginia Flow­ers
of Montgomery and Robert
Greer, president of the junior class.
Methodist To Change
Evening Service Plan
Plans for something new in the re­ligious
field were announced today
by Reverend McGhee, pastor of the
Methodist church here, embodying a
different type of evening worship and
one that should prove popular among
* the students of the institution. Start­ing
next Sunday, January 17th, a
vesper service that will take the place
of the evening worship, starting at
quarter till four and lasting until
about five twenty, will be inaugu­rated.
In an effort to get away from
the triteness of the regular services,
this service will be featured by cere­monial
and familiar songs, Reverend
McGhee making a very short talk
that will suit the occasion. By hav­ing
the services start promptly at
four forty-five they will be concluded
in ample time for the Sunday eve­ning
meal, allowing everyone the
privilege of attending.
Miss Virginia Flowers of Montgomery, who will lead the Junior
Prom January 22, escorted by Robert Greer, president of the junior
class. Miss Flowers, a popular member of the young social set of the
capitol city, made her debut last winter and has attended many dances
at Auburn in the past.
BIGGIN TO ATTEND
ARCHITECTS MEET
Local J ) e a n Leaves For Annual
Meeting to Be Held in Birm­ingham
This Week
Dean F. C. Biggin, head of the
school of architecture and allied arts
here, will leave for Birmingham this
week to attend the annual meeting
of the Alabama Chapter of the Amer­ican
Institute of Architecture to be
held there Tuesday. He is president
of the chapter.
During the year, Dean Biggin said,
members of the chapter and other ar­chitects
of Alabama have secured the
passage of a state law for the regi­stration
of architects. He said that
after several years, the national br-ganization
has been successful in
having introduced into Congress a
law providing for the design of public
buildings by private architect's and
the restriction of work of the super­vising
architect's office of the Treas­ury
Department to its legitimate field
of supervision and maintenance.
Development of the architectural
school at Auburn has been aided ma­terially
by the Alabama Chapter dur­ing
the past 16 years, he added, due
to constant support in both good will
and actual money contributed.
SCOn ADDRESSES
KIWANIS MEETING
KNAPP, PETRIE AND
OTHERS OF FACULTY
SPEAK AT MEETING
Mrs. Knapp Leads Discussion
On International Affairs At
Meeting
FIRST OF SERIES
Public Enjoys Enlightened
Talks On United States'
World Relations
Discusses England's Abandon­ment
of Gold Standard As
Monetary Basis
Library Science Head
Dies Suddenly At Ala.
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Miss Mary Emma Moore, graduate
student at Auburn, was called to the
University early this week by the
illness and subsequent death of her
sister, Professor Willie Tabb Moore,
head of the department of library
science at the University. She died
Tuesday after a heart attack, and
was buried at Marion, Ala., near the
old home.
Among prominent ancestors was
John Trotwood Moore, the famous
Tennessee author.
Music Study Club To
Meet Thursday Night
The Music Study Club will hold its
regular January meeting Thursday
night, January 14, at 8:15. The club
will meet at the music house. The
featured number on the club's pro­gram
will be an allustrative lecture
on "Modern Jazz" by Professor Earl
Hazel. *A11 those who are not mem­bers
of the club are invited to at­tend
and all members are particular­ly
urged to be'present.
Recent abandonment of the gold
standard as a basic value in Eng­land's
monetary system stimulated
Great Britain's internal business and
industry with considerable curtail­ment
to America's trade with that
country, said Dean J. W. Scott of
the Auburn school of science and
literature in addressing the Kiwanis
Club Monday at the Thomas Hotel.
Prices have advanced and marked
industrial activity has resulted in
England since leaving the gold stand­ard
with the result that a veritable
tariff has gone into effect against
American goods. Inflation of the
English pound makes it less profitable
to buy from America which has re­tained
this basis for monetary value.
In comparison, English products are
now cheaper than American.
America and France are the only
remaining countries of major influ­ence
where the gold standard is still
in vogue. More than 25 countries
have abandoned it within the last
t
year, he said.
"immediately upon England's leav­ing
the gold basis last fall, vast sums
of gold were shipped to this country
by various countries which^wished to
maintain this as a foundation for
payment of international obligations.
The result was that America moved
into England's place as the world's
principal financial center. In recent
months, however, large amounts of
gold have been leaving this country.
Special music for the luncheon was
provided by Billy Askew and Jeff
Miller. Dr. J. T. Oliver, vice-presi­dent
of the club, presided in the ab­sence
of President P. O. Davis.
That Germany was by no means
solely responsible for the World War
and that her reparations payments is-a
dead issue were opinions set forth
by Auburn professors at the, first
conference on international relations
held in Langdon Hall Tuesday after­noon.
This was the first of three
such conferences arranged at the
suggestion of Mrs. Bradford Knapp,
chairman of the department of
American citizenship and foreign re­lations
of the Alabama Federation of
Women's clubs.
Germany's lack of entire respon­sibility
for the war was said by Dr.
A. W. Reynolds, history professor,
to be generally agreed upon by lead­ing
historians. Much of the respon­sibility
was laid to Austria-Hungary
who was credited with desiring war
as a means of destroying the "Ser­vian
menace" to her nationalistic am­bitions.
The entangling mesh of
treaties which brought the many na­tions
into conflict was explained by
Dr. Reyonlds.
So long as popular forms of gov­ernment
are in vogue among the ma­jor
European, nations, Prof. H. B.
Draughon, history instructor, believes
that reparations will never be paid.
Since war debt payments to America
are dependent upon reparations re­ceipts
from Germany, he said "We
might as well forget about them."
A distinct note of optimism was
sounded by Dr. George Petrie, head
professor of history, who foresees a
new day in both political and religi­ous
thought the world over. Out of
the chaos occasioned by the war will
come a regeneration of political and
religious institutions the like . of
which has not been seen since the
Reformation, he said. Our present
form of democracy is suited to the
times of Thomas Jefferson, its au­thor,
and it must be altered to fit the
present conditions, he said.
Dr. B._ R. Showalter, director of
the Auburn Extension Teaching Di­vision
who arranged the program for
the conferences in cooperation with
the School of Science and Literature,
presided at the meeting and first in­troduced
Mrs. Knapp, who welcomed
those present. President Knapp
was next presented and outlined the
factors in the present world financial
and political crisis. Need for a tol­erant
consideration of all world prob­lems
was emphasized by President
Knapp, who deplored the bickerings
and hatred which is yet prevalent in
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Y.M.C.A. Secretary Is
Forced to Return Home
Since financial difficulties rendered
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it impossible for the Y. M. C. A. to
pay the expenses of a General Sec­retary,
Mr. Faybert Martin, who has
occupied that position at Auburn
since the beginning of the present
=chool year, has given aip the post.
He will return to his home in Texas.
Mr. Martin was well trained and
qualified for the work of General
Secretary, and made a very pleasing
impression on all who knew him. His
associates in the Y. M. C. A. expres­sed
themselves as being deeply re­gretful
over the loss.
Kiwanis Hear Petrie
On Lee January 18th
Dr. George Petrie, professor of
history and dean of the graduate
school will address the Auburn Ki­wanis
Club at their meeting on Jan­uary
18. He will speak on "Robert
E. Lee."
Dr. Petrie is well known as a very
entertaining: and instructive lecturer,
and members of the club are antici­pating
with keen interest his lecture.
Red Shirts Exposed
At Friday's Dance
Shades of the old Klan, Fac-ism,
and the nihilist waving his
red flag in the streets of Mos­cow
will be recalled when the
Red Shirts make public their
identity next Friday morning.
Like the host that descended on
Rome (with the exception of
" shirts of a different hue) so will
this band of agnostics captivate
the Friday morning dance of the
Junior Prom.
To accomplish nothing and to
destroy every existing vestage
of conventional Auburn life is
reported as the guiding star of
this dynamic organization. No
man knows when they will strike.
No one is aware of the things
they have already effected. A
terror stricken town has become
entangled in the clutches of
force whose insidious grasp has
stolen its way into the intricate
workings o.f every phase of the
community's life.
Order shrinks in the wake of
this force. Numerous specula­tions
are afloat as to just what
they will display to an expect­ant
student body. "Who is their
leader?" is a question that has
balked Scotland Yard. And the
name of this genius, that wan­ders
in the mist of hate for the
orthodox, is sought by those that
dare to speak publicly of the
unknown power.
The fair visitors to the dances
have a treat in store for their
romantic natures, and it is sure
to send icy shivers down every
one of their dainty little backs.
Fertilizer Sought In
Alabama By-Prodacts
Experiment Station Reveals
Possibility of Cheap Fertili
zer For Farmers
Both Teams Off Form As
Tigers Stop Tech Jackets
NBC NETWORK MAY
BROADCAST DANCES
Lucky Strike Favorable to
Sponsoring of Program to
Be Given Here
Communications with Music Cor­poration
of America, by the Student
Social Committee, revealed today the
possibility of a national radio broad­cast
of the music of the Junior Prom.
It was announced that certain school
dances were to be selected, as a feat­ure
of the newly re-organized Lucky
Strike program, and Auburn was be­ing
most favorably considered.
The Lucky Strike program is being
broadcasted three nights a week, over
the NBC net-work of some sixty sta­tions.
They are following the custom
of switching the program from va­rious
parts of the nation, and as an
added feature are seeking to give a
number of social events from the va­rious
colleges in the United States.
Bob McMillan, chairman of the
Student Social Committee, expressed
himself as having great hopes of se­curing
this added attraction for the
mid-year dances. It is considered
great publicity value to the schools
favored.
Free Shots Prove Margin Of
Victory As Jordan Fails To
Score
PERKINS STARS
Contest Marked By Rough
Play As Lumpkin and Stew­art
Lead Mates
Phi Kappa Sigma
Give Waffle Supper
The Phi Kappa Sigma sorority en­tertained
its members with a waffle
supper Sunday night, January 10th.
Those attending were:
Mesdames Hoffsommer, Irvin, and
McKinnon; Misses Margaret Brad­ley,
Annie L. Pound, Elizabeth Smith,
Elizabeth Craig, Majorie Fitch, Sarah
Wilkes, Lurline Betts, Catherine
Lorne, Mary Underwood, Sue Par­sons,
Caroline Lawson, Elizabeth C
roll, Sue Baker, Frances Wilkes, Ruth
Wear and Mary Lou Watts.
By using a combination of two
Alabama materials a good introgen
fertilizer can be made for farms in
Alabama and in other states. 'The
materials are sulphate of ammonia—
a by-product of the steel industry—
and limestone' properly ground for
agricultural purposes.
This announcement is made by Di­rector
W. J. Funchess, of the ex­periment
station, as an important
new development in fertilizer. It is
based upon research work done by
the Expreiment Station during the
last several years.
The production of sulphate of am­monia
by Alabama steel mills is much
more than Alabama farmers con­sume.
Likewise there is an abun­dance
of limestone deposits from
which agricultural limestone can be
made.
As a general rule the two may be
mixed on a 50-50 basis, or at the rate
of 100 pounds of each. The nitrogen
content of sulphate of ammonia is
20.5 per cent, which means that if it
and agricultural lime are mixed in
equal amounts the fertilizer produced
will contain slightly more than 10
per cent of nitrogen.
Prof. Funchess presented figures
shoeing that this fertilizer can -now
be made by Alabama.farmers at a
big reduction in prices, compared to
other fertilizers.
"And it will produce just about
as good as either nitrate of soda or
nitrate of lime," he added. "When
used for cotton it may be applied
with the seed and also as a top-dres­sing.
It is also good for corn and
other crops. Farmers should not hes­itate
to use it when and where ni­trogen
fertilizers are needed, which,
means practically all crops."
Director Funchess explained, how­ever,
that repeated use of sulphate of
ammonia sours land. This is why
adding limestone is essential. It pre­vents
souring.
On the ,lime lands of the Black
Belt sulphate of ammonia alone is a
good fertilizer because the lime con-
>nt of these lands is sufficient to
offset the acidity effects of sulphate
of ammonia.
Horticulturist Explains
Leaf Propagation
With a little help nature will per­form
wonders in reproducing plants.
Leaves, as well as seeds, have this
power, which has been revealed by
Dr. C. L. Isbell, horticulturist, in a
3-year series of experiments.
Sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, and
tomatoes were used by Dr. Isbell.
With each of these plants he was suc­cessful
in propagating from leaves.
With some of these even parts of
leaves were made to root and grow
successfully.
"And there was nothing very com­plicated
about it," said Dr. Isbell.
"The leaf cuttings were rooted in
washed sand which plant propaga­tors,
nurserymen, and greenhouse
operators have used for a long, long
time in propagation work.
"After being rooted they were
transplanted the same as plants pro­pagated
otherwise. They grew as
plants from either seed or potatoes,
thereby producing proof that new
plants produced from leaves possess
the same qualities as plants produced
otherwise."
To what extent this discovery will
be used in practice Dr. Isbell declined
to predict. He thinks, however, that
it may be valuable as a laboratory
method in scientific research work in
determining effects and damages of
plant diseases and plant insects. Time
and experience must reveal the ex­tent
of its practical use, he said cau­tiously.
Planting Of Shrubbery
Sponsored By P.-T. A.
During Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week the Auburn P.-T. A. spon­sored
the planting of a large amount
of shrubbery at the new Auburn
Grammar and High School. There
are more than forty varieties of
shrubs represented, and when all are
set out there will be a total of over
two-thousand shrubs on all sides of
the building. With the addition of
the new shrubbery and a carpeted
lawn of green grass in front of the
building the beauty of the new
school building will be greatly en­hanced.
The landscaping was done by Mr.
Sam Brewster. The shrubs were
purchased from the Opelika Floral
Company.
With both teams obviously off
form, the Auburn Tigers kept their
conference record unmarred by de­feating
Georgia Tech, 25 to 22, in
Alumni gym last night. Each team
counted 10 times from the floor but
accurate shooting from- the free
throw line on the part of Lindley
Hatfield proved to be the margin of
victory. The flashy guard sank
four goals in as many attempts while
the Yellow Jackets made only two
of their free throws good out of
eight tries.
Georgia Tech got away to a fast
start and tallied three times before
the Tigers came to life. This lead
was slowly overcome and Auburn led
at the half,'15 to 8. For the first
15 minutes of the battle the shoot­ing
of both quintets may aptly be
described by the adjective "lousy,"
but the Plainsmen managed to spurt
in the closing minutes of the first
half and for the only time during the.
contest played up to their usual
standard.
Pa Perkins, Tech's shartshooting
center, lived up to his reputation and
led the scoring with a total of 10
points. He was closely guarded all
the way through and several of his
baskets were made from extremely
difficult angles. Gooding, forward
and captain of the Tornado, was the
wheel-horse of the Tech offense but
was held to six points.
Tom Lumpkin and Jack Stewart
"were the high point men for the Tig­ers
with eight and seven* points re­spectively.
For one of the few times
in his brilliant goal shooting career,
"Lefty" Jordan failed to sink a field
goal.
The game was rough and Davis of
Tech, and Kaley of Auburn, were
banished from the game because of
excessive number.of personal fouls.
The victory gave the Tigers a rec­ord
of two conference wins in as
many starts and a total of four vic­tories
since the start of the season.
Auburn
Lumpkin (8)
Jordan
Stewart (7)
Kaley (4)
Hatfield (4)
Pos. Ga. Tech
F. Gooding (6)
F. Slocum (2)
C. Perkins (10)
G. Poole
G. Davis
Subs: Auburn—Lawson (2). Ga.
Tech—Katz (4) , McArthur.
NOTICE!
The War Department has received
the pistols from the Colt factory and
pistol practice will be resumed at the
regular time on Wednesday after­noon.
Glee Club To Present
Concert In February
Hard at work on under the direc­tion
of Prof. John W. Brigham, the
Glee Club is making preparations for
a concert to be presented to the pub-lice
some time in February. The fate
of this annual concert will be an­nounced
in the near future.
The concert this year will be built
around the idea of ending the de­pression,
and will include a musical
comedy, "The Love Doctor". It will
be the work of two members of the
Auburn faculty. The libretto was
written by Dr. Charles P. Weaver,
and the music by Professor Brigham.
This sketch will consist of a series
of laugh provoking situations, with
a musical setting.
The musical comedy is the fifth to
be written by Mr. Brigham. He has
written previously "Romeo and Ju­liet"—
presented by the club last
year—"Cleopatra", "Delilah," and
"Dodo". The first two have proved
prime favorites and have been pub­lished
by Theodore Presser. Before
coming to Auburn two years ago Mr.
Brigham was for seven years head
of the voice department at Okla­homa
A. and M. He is a native of
Idaho and studied music at Oberlin
College, Cincinnati Conservatory of
Music, Chicago, New York, Philadel­phia
and Paris.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
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REPORTERS
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Jr., '33; Jack Knowlton, '35; Walter Smith,
'35; Marion Kelley, '33.
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HONOR SYSTEM
With semester examinations only a few
days away many of those students and
members of the faculty who have had ex­perience
with the called honor system find
themselves in the midst of their periodic
perusal of the question of the still doubt­ful
reasons for the failure of such a sys­tem
in this institution. It was unquestion­ably
a failure, due either to the lack of
response from the students or to improper
application of principles which regulate
the workings of the system. Today the
Architectural Department is the only de­partment
in school which attempts to ope­rate
under the regulations of the honorary
norm. They profess to have exercised these
principles successfully. The remainder of
the school gave up several years ago and
the much discussed plan died a natural
death.
The advisability is controversial to say
the least. It has been successfully worked
in numerous educational institutions
throughout the country and in just as-many
others failure marked the end of the at­tempt
as was the condition here. There
are more private institutions where the
system is being practiced than in state and
sect governed schools.
It is our belief that a series of checks
on the process of giving and taking exam­inations
and quizzes is entirely unplausible
due to the fact that a student who wishes
to gain grades by unfair means would not
hesitate in signing a pledge after doing so
if he was set in his intention of gaining
them by any possible means. Any attempt
to regulate the sense of fairness of any­one
who has already passed the formative
period and is of college age is obviously
wasted effort. The only standard by which
a person may govern his actions is purely
a personal one and no amount of argument
and pleas will change it in the slightest de­gree.
Under the honor system the dis­honest
are merely given further protection
and a few are given an outlet through
which they may practice their proclivities
to report the irregular acts of others.
Such systems will never be worked with
any degree of accuracy and with any de­gree
of success in this institution due to
the lack of clannishness which is obvious
in the majority of the institutions which
practice this system. No school with demo­cratic
tendencies as strong as are evidenced
in every phase of the work done at Auburn
can possibly expect to meet the opposition
which will arise to confront it when plans
of a like nature are brought forth.
THE DIFFICULT SHORT CUT
In the light of present financial condi­tions
any retrenchment on the part of the
college has its justifications. However, the
earnest intent to reduce operating expenses
to a minimum often deprives us of some of
the more essential factors of our education,
whereas the cut from the ever obtrusive
financial corner may be small indeed.
The closing of the Library on Sunday
may have a slight financial advantage, but
it is working a hardship on the student
body. The Library is admittedly inadequate
for the purposes it is supposed to serve;
but it is, nevertheless, indespensible. Since
the week-ends, from Saturday noon through
Sunday night, are by nature very dull in
Auburn, many students have adopted the
profitable practice of spending their time
in the Library, where the periodicals, fic­tion,
and lighter forms of literature prove
beneficial to the student—who 'is inevitably
seeking amusement during the brief in­termission
«f class work.
Another argument in this connection, one
that has a strong counter-argument, is the
need of the Library of references assigned
to be completed during the rest period from
Saturday noon until Monday morning. The
officials of the organization have made a
special arrangement in view of this which
entitles the student to check the book out
over the period. However since the num­ber
of such books is usually limited it
works an unjust situation on some students.
Then foo, the student has far greater
grounds for research if he has access to the
complete Library.
It is not the intention of this editorial
to lead any drive for the reopening of the
Library on Saturday night and Sunday,
and the utmost respect is held for the
present attempt for economical operation.
Yet, it would seem that some arrangement
might be made to ntake this invaluable ref­erence
sources available to the student
body during the leisure period of the week.
If the reduction of the Librarian's force
on these days is necessary^ it is quite plaus­ible
that the students would be more than
willing to bear with them in less expedited
service in getting the books they desire.
Is the financial advantage worth the
price? Could not some other element be
sacrificed that does not so greatly impede
our educational pursuits?
RELIGIOUS NEEDS
As youths in the formative stage do we
stress the religious side of our education
enough? Regardless of our attitudes to­wards
spiritual matters we are yet plastic,
and' immature conceptions have not as yet
reached the rigid cast that alteration is
impossible. Do we give enough serious con­sideration
to such matters to merit any well
founded opinions. Certainly the influence
the church has exerted socially, and all will
concede that it reaches far beyond this,
should warrant more of our time and
thought.
The pastors of the various denominations
in town have made a sincere effort to draw
students to church, and it is far from our
minds to attempt to dictate any soul sa­vior
campaign for them. Neither do we
advocate church attendance for the mere
impression of the thing. However, a few
suggestions from the laymen should cer­tainly
not be out of order.
There is no denying that the college boy
likes to think himself a man, and delights
in being put on a parity with men. It has
been our observation that one of the great­est
spiritual influences' on the man of the
business world has been the union bible
class. Would it not be feasible to have
such a class here in Auburn for college
men. Meetings could be held at some cen­tral
point, as the Tiger Theatre and could
embrace all denominations. It would cer­tainly
be of more value, and this is not
asking that we dress religion up, to have
specfal speakers from time to time—men
that because of their position are'particu­larly
attractive to young men in college.
The Plainsman offers this suggestion to
the religious leaders of Auburn, and f\els
that a great portion of the student body
would be sincerely interested in such a
movement.
ARE PROFESSORS HUMAN?
He may be young, neat, and handsome;
or he may be rugged and manly; or he
may be weak and slovenly. But a college
professor is always expected to be intel-i
lectual. And because people have become
accustomed to place a halo around things
that are intellectual, college professors have
been set aloof, both by their public and by
themselves.
Like books, pennants, buildings, and
cheerleaders, the college faculty is looked
upon by very, very many people as being
just so much equipment and paraphernalia.
The college professor is either a biologist,
or an economist, or a philosopher. In the
general sense, he is never a man.
And yet, he is a man—and a very human
man at that.
When the economist finishes his lecture
on "Why Henry Ford is a Poor Business
man," he goes home and worries about next
month's rent. The philosopher gazes mute­ly
at his naked toe, and then asks his wife
why the "samhill" she hasn't darned his
socks!
To the college student who has come to
college to revolve, like some satellite, around
an intellectual sun, there is great disap­pointment
in store. He will find very few
bridges with which to span the gap between
the student "supper-kindergarten" and the
faculty "intelligentsia." He will find the
professor too, busy to "bull" after his 50-
minute lecture. And he will learn that
when a few golden moments are granted,
they are given with a great show of bore­dom.
It isn't that a college faculty does not
want to help its students. It is just that,
by the very nature of its position, it feels
so far above the common horde and the stu­dent
mind that it cannot, if it would reach
down and find a common level.
That common-level ca« be reached. It will
be reached when both student and profes­sor
come to realize that they are made of
Prexy's Paragraphs
By Bradford Knapp
One of the greatest
needs in the world to­day
is a spirit of
friendliness, f a i t h,
tolerance, good will.
This extends all. the
way from our every­day
personal rela­tions
to international
relations. The world
is so touchy today that one can do the most
unselfish, thoughtful thing that is possible
to design and there will always be some­one
to criticize what one does. Even self-sacrifice
for the benefit of others is looked
upon as having ulterior motives ana as
having been done to cover up something
else. It is a terrible state of mind. How
wonderful it would be if kindliness, faith,
good wishes, a ready acceptance of things
on the basis of their'good intentions could,
come to take the place of suspicion and
dissatisfaction.
* * * *
I notice the suggestion that this institu­tion
adopt the quarter plan instead of the
semester plan of operation. My mind is en­tirely
open on that subject. I have served
under both systems. It would be very awk­ward
with every other institution in the
state on a semester basis to have Auburn
on a quarter basis. I have found from
experience in another state that the quarter
basis cut off a good many students who
finished at the mid-year in the high schools
and resulted in their attending institutions
on the semester basis because the quarter
basis could not be so operated as to bring
the commencement of a new quarter at the
end of the mid-semester of high school work.
There are a lot of arguments on both sides.
There are some very fine institutions in this
country still organized on the quarter basis.
The vast majority of institutions which re­ceive
their students from local high schools
are on the same basis as the high schools.
As already stated, however, there are good
arguments on both sides.
The mid-year examinations are to be
followed by the mid-year dances or Junior
Prom. May I ask every student to give
the Social Committee full cooperation and
help make,these dances measure up to the
high standard which the Social Committee
has been setting for the dances in the past
few years. It is a source of pride, I am
sure, on the part of every student that we
are able to attract so many splendid young
women and to have a series of dances on
the very highest plane. These dances are
given on invitation backed by the student
body of this institution. They are not
dances open and free to everyone and they
are no more to be attended by one who has
the price than they would be if they were
held in a private home. Both students and
their guests are present on invitation for
only in this way can the standard of con­duct,
culture and refinement be maintain-ed^
at the highest level. Let us all work
together to continue these enjoyable occa­sions
as they have been in the past.
Quotations
Youth is the time to study wisdom; old
age is the time to practice it.—Rousseau.
The worst sorrows in life are not in its
losses and misfortunes, but its fears.—
Benson.
We praise things which are ancient,
careless of those which are modern.—
Tacitus.
You cannot graft materialism on a Celt.
If you do, you make a very terrible com­pound.'—
Stanley Baldwin. '
He who would be a good orator ought to
be just and skilled in the knowledge of
things just.—Plato.
To prevent another war -it is not enough
to engage in amicable platitudes.—Sir Her­bert
Samuel.
That country is richest which nourishes
the greatest number of noble and happy
human beings.—Ruskin.
The disenting judge often points the path
by which future generations shall proceed
on the never-ending quest for justice.—
Judge Joseph M. Proskauer.
You will never get what you want if
people see you want it.—Joseph Herge-sheimer.
the stame stuff. There are, of course, ex­ceptions.
Campuses are amply dotted with
misfits; both.among the student body and
among the faculty. But generally speak­ing,
there is a common average; and there
should be a common bond.
What we need is a little debunking.—
Brown and White—Lehigh.
The last issue until after exams and the dances. Oh boy, won't there be plenty
to fill'this column in the next issue. Look out Walter Winchell, we'll make you
look like Ned in the first reader.
* * * * . . . * * * * * *
Two conflicting proverbs confuse the student mind at this time; one being, "the
calm before the storm" and the other, "the night is darkest just before dawn."
* * * * * * * * * *
The student's lament: How was I to know that she would be able to come all
the way from Squeedunk to make these dances.
* * * * * * * * * *
Life's darkest moment: When three girls accept your bid.
* * * * » * * * * *
The Red Shirts,, an ultra nihilist party, making rapid strides so that they may
be in full swing before the opening of the dances.
* * * * * * * * * *
This is a land of free speech and free press alright alright just so one prints
things about dead men and talks about himself.
* * * * * * * * * *
The eleventh hour and still no missionaries.
* * * * * * * * * *
Special communications with Miss Post suggest the following to those attending
the dances: »
1. Never drink tomato juice through a straw.
Always offer apologies when you collide with as many as four couples at
at one time.
If the young lady has on one of the newer types of evening dresses it is
good form to speak flatteringly of her back. It is an open sign of ill breed­ing
to call attention to moles.
Never make love to the chaperone.
When walking on the lady's feet try not to shift your weight unnecessarily.
Don't talk to the orchestra leader, it is against the rules of the company.
When breaking make, an especial effort not to tear their coats. Remember
you had to renffa tuxedo once yourself.
Keep moving. Congested dance floors often lead to panics.
Remember that a man larger than yourself is always right.
Music will go to your head. Never make dates on the floor.
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7.
8.
9.
10.
A special mark of altruism is found in the fact that the college has agreed to
allow students to pay their college fees this week.
* * * * * * * * * *
What price eight o'clock classes? And the answer comes back: "The price of
ignorance you idiot."
* * * * * * * * * *
Collegiate conception of the Dark Ages: The period directly preceding and
the period during the examinations. Followed by the Rennaissance or the mid-term
dances.
* * * * * * * * * *
The goat's not my favorite Mammal.
Mr. Gandhi dotes on it, I know;
Its milk is nutritious
And doubtless delicious,
But I don't like the critter's B. 0.
—Ex.
* * * . * * * * * * * p •
Pity the poor thief that forgot the house number, and had to break into every­one
on the street.
WITH OTHER COLLEGES
This week this column continues a prac­tice
begun last week, that of boring its
readers with statistics from colleges about
their students. This week we hope will be
the last. This week the college will be
that eminent one, the College of the City
of New York (full name given because the
initials sound too much like a well-known
laxative sold in drug stores—or, if you
like, prescription shops.)
The average senior at this school is 20
years and two months old, and weighs 145
pounds. His height is 5 feet 8 inches. His
feminine "ideal", ah, is 17 years 4 months
old, 5 feet 5 inches tall, and weighs 117
pounds.
Although less than 50 per cent of them
admitted that they drank; 95 per cent of
the class favored repeal or modification of
the prohibition amendment; out of a total
vote of 411, 203 favored modification, 192
repeal, and 16 were in accord with the law
as it now stands.
For its humor, the class unanimously pre­ferred
the Faculty Bulletin the weekly
newspaper issued by the college faculty,
declaring it by far the most humorous peri­odical
published.
These odd characters prefer a Phi Beta
Kappa key to a varsity letter. Their ad­vice
to the freshmen is "Quit college while
there is yet time."
The greatest living man, they avow is
Einstein, and Abraham Lincoln is chosen
as most illustrious American. The five
greatest men of all time, in their opinion,
are Moses, Christ, Aristotle, Newton, and
Einstein.
. Their favorite newspaper is the New
York Times, and by a curious coincidence
it is from the New York Times that this
information comes.
* * * *
If it were not for the fact that we clip­ped
it from the Daily Tar Heel, we would
bet that this was taken from the Dothan
Eagle, that grand disparager of Birming­ham
from the intellectual cultural Utopia
of Alabama. But since we aren't from-
Birmingham, we cannot take offense when
the Tar Heel announces that J. A. Bryan,
known to every inmate of Birmingham as
"Father", is an alumnus of the University.
Of course, we don't refer to Bryan being
an alumnus of the University, but to the
characterization of Birmians as Inmates.
* * * *
May the American Legion extend its ac­tion
to those broadcasters of literature on.
the abolishment of R. O. T. C. We should
like to get one letter that did not have to
be sought for in a mass of pacifist printed
matter. We quote the following from the
Detroit Press:
"Criticism of student military train­ing
by a college professor, who in ad­dition
to being a World War Veteran
is also a post commander of The Amer­ican
Legion, has resulted in a recom­mendation
that the post, he commands
be shorn of.its charter.
"The Wayne County council has re­pudiated
the views of the professor, and
there is a movement on foot to have
him dismissed from the faculty of the
City College of Detroit for seditious
utterance. It appears that he opposed
the establishment of an R. O. T. C.
unit at City College."
* * * *
A college paper invents a new science,
but neglects to explain what it is.
"After collecting about 1,000 small
bugs, carefully indexing them and plac­ing
them in a suit case on a six weeks'
tour, Prof. John S. Dolley, entomobol-igst
at the University of Illinois, had
them stolen from his auto, parked on a
Chicago street."
Will some kind soul relieve our anxious
and overwrought mind and explain what
an "entomoboligst" or "entomoboligy" is?
* * * *
How the mean, unscrupulous Associated
Press resort to subtle artifice to secure news
is revealed in this piece from the Tulane
Hullabaloo:
"The story that Bernie Bierman
would leave Tulane was confirmed by
the Associated Press by an ingenous
artifice. The rumor that he would re­turn
to his alma mater had stubbornly
persisted for some time, but neither
Bierman nor any of the Tulane officials
would talk. One, day, Mr. Wheatley
said, an Associated Press man walked
into the Tulane athletic office and ex­pressed
deep regret about the coach's
going to Minnesota. 'A school as big
as Tulane ought to be ashamed of it­self
for letting a rival lure him away
with a bigger salary.' This was too
much for the Tulanian. 'But it isn't
more money that he wants, he's home­sick,'
he blurted. So the beans were
spilled."
Of course, if you go to Sunday School,
you also will disapprove of the Tulane au­thorities
trying to keep the truth down.
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.
ARGUMENTS aimed at settling the
much contested point as to which
course in school is the hardest and
which is the best have been going on in
fraternity houses, boarding houses, and
dormitories ever since such things as
courses were originated. Auburn is cer­tainly
no exception in this connection, and
because of the fact that the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute is largely an engineering
school, an engineer has never been known
to admit that any course was worth the
time taken in its study unless it was some
branch of engineering. It is also a general
opinion among the engineering students at
Auburn that all engineering courses are so
hard that it takes a student of superior in­telligence
to pass. This naturally and auto­matically
means that in the engineers' opin­ion
all other courses are mere "crips". It
is possible that most students registered in
the engineering departments find it such a
job to organize their reasons for taking en­gineering
that they have to rationalize to
the extent that they become over enthusi­astic.
Naturally any statement made that
takes in the whole engineering enrollment
is very general and has many exceptions,
but it certainly seems to be the general
opinion among engineering students at Au­burn
that any field of study except their
own is too easy to be bothered with.
* * * *
The policy of this column has always
been, "every man for his own opinion" if
you can change him to your opinion so much
the better, if not, "every man for his own
opinion" just the same. That being the
case there will be no conclusion drawn in
the above mentioned question, but it might
be well to suggest that the opinion of those
engineering students who have taken busi­ness
electives be considered when discussing
this subject. Grades often mean very lit­tle,
but a comparison might be an indication
of the correct answer in this case.
* * * *
The writer will be forced to admit, how­ever,
that there is one ability that engi­neers
develop during their college years
that students registered in other courses
cannot approach in efficiency or excellence.
This ability is scouting, and even though
many investigations have been made to
find out where this ability was first develop­ed,
those who made the investigations are
of the general and common opinion that it
is gradually developed during college years,
coming to an efficient climax in the senior
year.
This scouting takes on many forms but
it has become more highly organized in
regard to engineering lab reports. The
telephone has become an invaluable aid in
locating the much sought after report,
and if this time saving instrument had
never been invented it would be impossible
for the highly organized system that the
engineers have, to be a success. As it is
organized at the present no time is wasted
because students are allowed to keep the
worked up report only long enough to copy
it. Business Administration students could
learn a lot from the business methods em­ployed
by this engineering ring, because
the efficiency attained is worthy of nation­al
recognition. Henry Ford and his so-called
efficient methods are out of date com­pared
with the wonderful dispatch that the
'engineers are able to turn out their lab
reports. They slave away on the hardest
course in school and finally, after working
almost all night, are able to turn in on
time the lab reports that required exactly
20 hours to work up.
* *" * *
Investigations have brought out the
point that previous experience as a Boy
Scout adds greatly to the efficiency with
which individual engineers are able to work
up their lab reports. In view of this fact
the college administration should include
in the annual catalog a suggestion that all
students who expect to take up the study
of engineering should become Boy Scouts
at as early an age as possible.
In fact, in view of these investigations,
the college should make, as a prerequisite
to all engineering courses, at least first
class standing as a Boy Scout.
CLINKERS
By Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni
She claimed her love for him
had burned to ashes.
But when she went to clean out
the little stove of her heart,
in order to start a new fire,
she could not shake the grate . . .
for the clinkers. "
Dropping the gold standard was a
shrewd and wise bit of statesmanship
which England intends to undo as soon
as she can.—Wooster Record.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13, 1932 T H E P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE PAGE THREE
FRESHMEN BEGIN BASKETBALL
SEASON WITH MUCH MATERIAL
Football Stars to Prove Asset On Court; Many Have Bright
Prep Records; Began Practice Monday
Neil Owen Davis
The Auburn freshmen began prac­tice
for their 1932 basket ball sea-
, son Monday afternoon when about
sixty candidates reported to Coach
Earl McFadden at Alumni gymna­sium.
The initial practice session
was taken up in calisthenics, passing,
and goal shooting. There are sev­eral
members of the squad who show­ed
that they can handle the ball
and have an eye for the basket.
Numbered among the freshman
squad are several men who earned
their numeral on the gridiron the
past season. Jack Kemp, J. D. Mor­ris,
Bennie Fenton, and Cleve Brown
are the men who are going out for
the hardwood five after having com­pleted
the grid campaign.
Morris and Fenton played on the
strong Lakeland High five, that rep­resented
Florida last year in the Na­tional
High School Tournament held
in Chicago every year. Both were
contributing factors in Lakeland's
creditable showing there and in their
long string of victories in their own
conference. Morris is a guard and
Fenton a forward.
Cleve Brown captained the Lanier
High team, Montgomery, last year
and made'the mythical alt-State prep
school five. He was one of the most
brilliant guards on offense in the
state his last two years in high
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Duhram, N. C.
Applications for admission to
the first and third year medical
classes entering October 1,
1932 should be sent as soon as
possible, and will be considered
in the order of receipt. The
entrance qualifications are in­telligence,
character, two years
of college work and the require­ments
for grade A—medical
schools. Catalogues and appli­cation
forms may be obtained
from the Dean.
school. He i sa good floor man and
a good shot from center when a
goal is needed. Brown also had few
eqfuals as a defensive man and was
one of the reasons Lanier's oppon­ents
were held to such a low score.
Jack Kemp, center, prepped at
Riverside Military Academy and was
one of the best centers in the G. I.
A. A. Standing six feet two inches,
few of Kemps opponents get the tip-off
from him. He is expected to
have a hard fight from Max David­son,
Lanier High of Montgomery,
who played football and basketball in
high school, but was unable to-play
football because of bad health.
Harry Whitten, guard, played o„n
the strong LaGrange, Ga., cage team
for three years and should have a
good season on the court. He was
rated as one of the best guards in the
Georgia State High School Tourna­ment
last year in which his team
went to the finals where they lost by
one point.
There are a galaxy of other men
who wiH -put up a strong fight for
a berth on Coach McFadden's cage
team that were good in high School.
Some of the best cagers in high
school circles of several Southern
states ..are out for the team and will
help make this years "rat", five one
of the best to ever represent Au­burn.
With so many men out for
practice, the squad will probably be
cut next week, making it possible for
Coach McFadden to give individual
instruction to the players.
Several games have already been
scheduled and some of the best
Southern Conference freshmen teams
w^l be encountered this season.
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T. U. O. Defeats Pi Kappa
Phi As Pi K. A. Loses to S.
A. E.
The T. U. 0. basketball team de­feated
the Pi Kappa Phi dribblers, 18
to 9, to earn their way into the semi­finals
of the inter-fraternity basket­ball
tournament. The winner of the
Sigma Nu-Lambda Chi Alpha game
will oppose the T. U. 0. aggregation
in the semi-final contest of the up­per
bracket. Both the semi-final
games and the championship clash
will be staged as preliminary affairs
to varsity games.
In the concluding second round
battles of the lower bracket the S.
A. E. team defeated the Pi Kappa
Alpha's, 20 to 15, and the Alpha
Gamma Rho's won from the Phi Kap­pa
Tau's, 37 to 22.
The S. A. E.'s repulsed a late rally
on the part of the Pi K. A. team to
win their second battle. Benny Fen­ton',
guard, almost pulled the game
out of the fire for the Pi K. A.'s as
he caged two field goals in the last
two minutes of play but Biggerstaff
of the opposing team retaliated with
a similar feat and kept his team in
the lead.
Otis Aldridge was the shining light
of the Alpha Gamma Rho's as he
hit the baskets for a total of 15
points in the battle with the Phi
Kappa Tau outfit. Thomas played
well for the losers.
T.U.O.
Lawson (2)
Hughes (9)
Snider (3)
Baker (3)
Sim's
Pos.
F.
F.
C.
G.
G.
Pi Kap. Phi
Cumbee (1)
Hamilton (2)
Barrow (3)
Summerlin
Caley (1)
- Subs: T. U. 0.—Harrison (1) Pi
Kappa Phi—Martin (2).
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Gholston C.
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Leads Mobile Club Dance TIGERS WIN FIRST CONFERENCE
GAME; DEFEATING VANDERBILT
Jordan Leads In Scoring; Team Stages Comeback In Last Half;
McAllister Makes Only One Substitution
Miss Betty Maury, popular Mobile girl, who led the grand march
at the annual ball of the Auburn Mobile Club in Mobile Christmas Eve.
She was escorted by F. N. Williams, president of the Club.
Mobile Club Gives Gala Dance In
Port City During Xmas Holidays
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—Hacker, McDonald, Franklin.
Al. Gam. Rho Pos. Phi Kap. Tau
Aldridge (15) F.. Kjellman (3)
Wilcox (8) F. Calloway (2)
Shotts (6) C. Darling (2)
King (2) G. Neal
Glavan G. Leonard
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Miss Betty Maury, attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James F.
Maury of Mobile, led the grand
march of the Fourth Annual Ball of
the Auburn Mobile Club, escorted by
F. N. Williams, president of the club.
The dance, which has become one of
the most popular Christmas affairs in
Mobile, was held in the ballroom of
the Battle House on Christmas Eve.
The ballroom was beautifully deco­rated
in the orange and blue colors
of Auburn, and at the end of the
grand march a huge box suspended
in the center of the hall opened,
pouring a deluge of colored balloons
over the dancers.
Stephen Cfoom, an Auburn alum­nus,
gave the welcoming address
prior to the march. At the close of
Mr. Croom's address, the girls par­ticipating
in the march stepped
through a large "A" in the center
of the stage and led by Miss Maury
went on the dance floor, to be met
by their escorts who came from the
stage wings. The couples assembled
on the floor while the Auburn Knights
played "Glory, Glory to Old Au­burn".
Favors, which were beauti­ful
tan leather bridge sets, were then
presented to the girls, after which
the orchestra turned to dance music.
Three reserve dances were held for
Auburn students and alumni, one
each for the University of Alabama
and Spring Hill College, and one for
all other visiting collegians. The
couples participating in the grand
march were: Miss Betty Maury and
Norton Williams, Miss Anna Miller
and Robert Miller, Miss Velma Las-siter
and Jim Backes, Miss Mary
Sands Dreisbache and Howard Ellis,
Miss Kathleen Laubenthal and Ger­ald
J. Laubenthal,.Miss Margaret Mc-
Kerall and Buck Glennon, Miss Clara
Leder McCoy and Curtis Gentry,
Miss Louise Johnson and Ben W. Hut-son,
Miss Odile Hayes and Bill
Crane, Miss Mary ITonde and Claude
Murray, Miss Estelle Cuis and Joe
Quinlivan, Miss Virginia Wade and
James Mclemore, Miss Alice Lessene
and Shannon Hunter, - Miss Carolyn
Leatherbury and Clarence Dumas,
Miss Sadie Davis and Dan Gaillard,
Miss Virginia Dunlap and Earl Mac­artney,
Miss Marion Bancroft and
Earl Self, Miss Mary Mims and Row­an
Cecil Wolfe, and Miss Alston Tay-lor
and Eugene. Gray. Other mem­bers
of the club attending the dance
were: Bradford Tisdale, Marion
Tisdale, John Farris, John Lord and
George Sanford.
Kappa Delta's Stage
Buffet Supper Sun.
Four Kappa Delta's were hostesses
Sunday to the members and pledges
at an informal buffet supper. From
seven-thirty until nine refreshments
were served at the chapter room on
Thatch Ave.
Mary George Lamar, Carolyn
Jenkins, Mildred and Miriam Moore
were the hostesses for the evening.
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After winning two practice games
the Auburn basketball team opened
its conference schedule with a de­cisive
36 to 23 victory over the Van-derbilt
Commodores in Nashville Sat­urday
night.
Ralph Jordan, scoring ace of the
Tiger cage teams of the past two
seasons, got away to a good start in
the race for high score honors in the
conference with a total of 13 points.
The game was closely contested
all the way through and the Com­modores
were clinging to a one point
lead at the half. In the closing min­utes
of play the Plainsmen began
functioning, however, and pulled
away to a safe margin. The all-round
play of the Auburn team was
vastly superior to that of the pre­vious
night when Birmingham-South­ern
was defeated in Birmingham.
The Vandy team had recently com­pleted
a successful invasion of the
mid-west in which they defeated a
number of outstanding teams, includ­ing
Ohio State. Coach Josh Cody,
former Clemsoh mentor, is now hand­ling
the Commodores and his team
is generally regarded as one of the
south's strongest.
Coach McAllister used only his six
veteran players against Vandy,
"Red" Lawson substituting for Lind-
Iey Hatfield at one of the guard po­sitions.
Tom Lumpkin was close be­hind
Jordan in scoring and was cred­ited
with nine points. Captain Stew­art
was closely guarded but played
a wonderful floor game. Foster and
Bill Schwartz were the outstanding
performers for Vandy.
Auburn Pos. Vandy
Jordan (13) F. Schwartz (2)
Lumpkin (9) F. Foster (8)
Stewart (3) C. Marsh (3)
Hatfield (5) G. Henderson (6)
Kaley (6) G. Graham
Subs: Auburn—Lawson. Vandy—
Huggins (2), Jordan, and Curwin
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COLLEGE ATTENDANCE NOT HURT
BY DEPRESSION, REPORTS STATE
Depression Affecting Business World Has Caused No Decrease
In Enrollment Some Of Our Leading Schools Disclose
The depression has not affected the
leading colleges of the country this
year from the standpoint of attend­ance,
for reports from all sections
show increases in enrollment in com­parison
with preceding terms. Ray­mond
Walters, dean of Swarthmore
College, in his annual review of col-lege
matriculation, says that attend­ance
at the colleges this year more
than maintains the previous high
mark in enrollment, basing his state­ment
on figures obtained from 444
approved institutions of higher learn­ing
in the United States.
The reports have revealed that the
total of nearly 600,000 full-time stu­dents
on November 1 is 3,721 more
than the combined enrollment on the
same date last year. However, a
slight decrease is shown when part-time
students and students of the
Summer school sessions are included
in the totals. The grand total of all
students in these colleges and univer­sities
is given at 926,611, showing
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a decrease of one-half of one per
cent in comparison with last year.
"This advance is small compared
with the sharp upward surge of the
post-war years," Dean Walters says,
"and it may be that the plateau pre­dicted
for collegiate education has
been reached. It is, in any event, a
plateau 12 per cent higher than that
of the prosperous period of five years
ago, as revealed in comparative fig­ures
supplied by 420 of these institu­tions
for Nov. 1, 1926."
An interesting point is that relat­ing
to the attendance of woman stu­dents.
The number of women en­rolled
in 286 liberal arts colleges and
departments is said to be 2,044 be­low
that of a year ago. This is seen
by Dean Walters as an indication that
families hit by the depressions have
continued to send their sons to col­lege
but have kept their daughters at
home.
Where attendance has fallen off
this year, Dean Walters points out,
the decreases occurred in universities
with enrollments above 3,000 and in
colleges with student bodies of 500
or under. The colleges with enroll­ments
between 500 and 3,000 showed
the greater increases.
As to regional areas an analysis
reveals that New England is first in
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The height from the ground of a
nail driven into a tree will not in­crease
as the height of the tree be­comes
greater, says Colonel Page S.
Bunker, state forester of Alabama.
Neither will a blaze, hack or any oth­er
mark made on the bark or in the
wood of a tree be found at a greater
height years afterward, even though
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the tree itself may have grown many
feet taller.
There is a- belief common among
many people that an object attached
to or embedded in a tree at a certain
height will be found afterward con­siderably
above its original level, on
the theory that as the tree increases
in-height the object willbe raised ac­cordingly.
However, close observa­tion
will convince the most skeptical
that this conclusion is erroneous. Wire
fences attached to trees do not be­come
higher, and long after the fence
has disappeared the strands of wire
embedded in the tree are at the same
height as when the fence was erected.
In. some cases, especially when the
fence is between cultivated fields, the
surface of the ground is often lower­ed
due to cultivation and erosion. This
lowering of the ground may give the
impression that the fences are rising.
Surveyors' marks cut into trees over
two hundred years ago are • now no
higher than when originally made, al­though
the ground around the base
of the tree may have become eroded
to some extent.
Trees increase in height only at the
ends of the branches and twigs, but
increase in diameter throughout their
entire structure. Consequently, ob­jects
and marks are found at the
height where originally placed al­though
often covered with layei's of
new wood growth.
Colleges Should Teach
Graduates How to Live
Colleges should provide their grad­uates
with sound advice on earning a
living during the critical period im­mediately
following commencement,
is the opinion of Dean Archibald L.
Boulton of the New York University
of Arts and Sciences.
Dean Boulton said that a young
man who has trained in the liberal
arts should supplement his education
with professional and practical stud­ies.
"In too many cases," he said, "this
lack comes in an unwelcome discovery
to the liberal arts graduate and for
a time he finds himself nonplused by
the difficulty of getting a start in the
business of a livelihood. At this
point the college should provide wise,
kindly and efficient counsel. . . There
can be no doubt that we need a fuller
recognition of the difficult problems
that confront our students upon grad­uation."
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enrollment gains over last year, with
22 institutions reporting increases
and nine decreases.
Another point emphasized is the
increased attendance in non-profes­sional
graduate schools and in course
in education. This is regarded as an
indication that many students are at­tending
graduate schools or teachers
colleges while waiting for a job.
It is encouraging from more than
one standpoint to learn that college
attendance figures have not slumped
with the decline in business. It leads
us to believe, for one thing, that
conditions may not be as bad as they
have been pictured in many instan­ces,
since many parents still find it
possible to keep their sons and daugh­ters
in college despite so-called fi­nancial
stress. It may also be an
indication of a determination on the
part of parents to educate their chil­dren
despite financial difficulties, and
in some cases it is doubtless the re­sult
of the determination of the
young people to continue on in school
in face of unusual obstacles.
However, another possible reason,
which is mentioned in connection
with the'report, is that a large num­ber
of young people are remaining in
school as a result of their failure to
obtain jobs. Many who might have
quit school to go to work were kept
from that step by the scarcity of jobs
and continued their studies. This
may be a good thing. Doubtless it is
to the advantage of the student in
many cases. They will receive addi­tional
training and will be better pre­pared
for their life work. In hardly
ajiy instance, we would say, will a
student suffer any serious loss as a
result of an additional year or two
in college.
Arizona Students Form
Bachelor's Club to Favor
Dutch Paying For Dates
While women students throughout
the other colleges and universities of
the country were debating among
themselves the advisability of offering
to pay their shares in the cost of
dates with college men, University
of Arizona males took things into
their own hands and organized a
bachelors' Club, the main purpose of
which is to demand that co-eds go
dutch on the expenses of all dates.
Although a Spinsters Club, combat­ing
the move of the men, was formed
almost immediately, the university
was surprised to find that what looked
like a majority of the women were be­hind
the men in their efforts.
Jack O'Dowd, football center and
student councilman, was elected pres­ident
of-the Bachelors' Club by more
than 170 men students who crowded
to the organization meeting.
It was pointed out by the men that
women students as a rule have more
money to spend than men students,
and that if the women would accept
the challenge to pay their share in
dates, more dates would be possible
and the social life of the campus
greatly enhanced for the duration of
the depression. '
Auburn Runners Are
Taken Into 'Spike Shoe'
Marshall Caley, Marion Junction;
Stokes Johnson, Griffin, Ga.; Joseph
Kyser, Minter; Hopson Murfee, Pratt-ville,
and Jo Plant, Birmingham,
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members of Coach Wilbur HutselPs
1931 Auburn cross-country team,
were initiated into Spiked Shoe, hon­orary
track society Wednesday.
The officers of Spike Shoe are:
Clarence Roberts, Wylam, president;
Felix Creighton, Montgomery, vice-president,
and Ham O'Hara, Hurts-boro,
secretary and treasurer.
Knapp, Petrie And
Others Of Faculty
Speak At Meeting
(Continued from page 1)
Europe and elsewhere.
The present economic upheaval
was characterized by Dr. Knapp as
the most extensive the world has
ever seen. It has involved more "peo­ple
than any similar depression in
"the past, he said.
Auburn Kiwanians To
Serve On Committee
Two members of the Auburn Ki-wanis
club will serve as committee
chairmen for the Alabama Kiwanis
district during 1932. Dr. Paul Irvine
is chairman of the committee on voca­tional
guidance and placement and P.
O. Davis is chairman of the publicity
committee. *
The appointments were made by
John K. Watkins of the Opelika club,
governor of Alabama Kiwanis this
year. Each chairman will select
others to serve on the committee with
him.
Opelika Hi Girls
Defeat Co-Ed Five
A practice game between the Co­eds
of Auburn and the girls' team
from Opelika High School, resulted'
in a 30-22 defeat of the Auburn girls
last Friday afternoon.
Faced by overwhelming odds the
local girls played well despite the
fact that they were at an extreme
disadvantage due to lack of prac­tice.
They had .not played together
before the game. 'Once into the
swing of the game the Co-eds staged
a rally, but were unable to overcome
the lead piled up by Opelika girls.
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The structure will be six stories
high and will stand on a ten-acre site
overlooking Lake Mendota. It is
scheduled to be complete next August.
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