1931-09-30 The Plainsman

              Executive Cabinet
Dance Sat. Night THE PLAINSMAN
T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
Mass Meeting
Friday Night
VOLUME LV AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30, 1931 NUMBER 7
EXECUTIVE CABINET
DANCE TO BE HELD
SATURDAY EVENING
Dance Saturday Evening Will
Be Open to Entire Student
Body
AUBURN-KNIGHTS PLAY
Net Proceeds to Be Used By
Cabinet In Carrying Out
Proposed Schedule
For the second year, the Executive
Cabinet will hold a dance under the
auspicies of their organization. Sam
Wade, president announces that the
dance will take place next Saturday
evening at 9:00 o'clock, on the dance
floor of the Alumni gymnasium."
This part of the Cabinet's yearly
program was decided upon after an
attempt was made last year and
found to "be successful. The dance is
to be open to the student body at
large* and the net proceeds are Jo be
used by this group in carrying out
their proposed schedule.
Again, Jimmie Robbins and his Au­burn
Knights, whose music becomes
more popular with each succeeding
dance, will provide the music for the
occasion.
As is customary a small admission
charge of one dollar will inadvertent­ly
be charged.
Rev. Earnest Urges
Moral Advancement
In Speech To Lions
Lee County Hi Coach Is Also
Present At Meeting Held
Tuesday Afternoon
A vital message was brought to the
members of the Lions Club at the
regular Tuesday luncheon in the
Thomas Hotel by the Rev. Miliigan
Earnest who pointed to tremendous
moral improvement in present-day
condition which could be accomplish­ed
through the cooperation of men
interested in such advancement.
"What the world needs", said Rev­erend
Earnest, "is better living".
Individually, he continued, very lit­tle
can be accomplished. But the co­operation
and common emphasis
which civic club members can lend
to public sentiment in movements of
social and religious betterment will
bear great results.
Goach Frank DuBose, newly-elected
Lee County High School' Coach, pre­sented
the matter of season football
ticket sales to the club. A majority
of the members purchased tickets
which entitle them to attend the five
local high school games.
Coach DuBose stated that he was
greatly encouraged over the fine ma­terial
out for the team. Tickets sell
for one dollar and may be purchased
from high school students or at Dil­lon's
Drug Store.
DeMolays to Petition
For Auburn Chapter
At the weekly meeting of the De-
Molay Club which was held Monday
night at the Square and Compass
House a resolution was passed to ap­ply
to the Grand Council for permis­sion
to form a chapter in Auburn
to take the place of the club. Pre­liminary
plans were made for the
initiation of new members. Efforts
are being made to have the Mont­gomery
Chapter present at the initi­ation.
The club will meet hereafter
at 7:00 o'clock on Monday nights at
the Square and Compass House. .
Favored by Social Committee
NOTICE!
The program of the Music Depart­ment
of the Woman's Club of Au­burn,
scheduled for Thursday evening,
Oct. 1st, has been postponed because
of the conflict with the P.-T. A. meet­ing.
The program will be held on
Wednesday evening Oct. 7th, at 8:00
o'clock at the Music Department of
the College.
NOTICE PLAINSMAN STAFF
There will be a meeting of the Edi­torial
Staff of the Plainsman at the
Sigma Nu House Sunday, 7 o'clock.
CLASSES EXCUSED
FOR 4 GAMES BY '
COLLEGE COUNCIL
Tech, Tulane, Sewanee and
Georgia Games Are Excused
By Action of Council
EXCUSED 8 TO 12
Council Insists Necessity For
Attendance Up to Hours
Named
Miss Margaret Wood of Troy, who will lead the Grand March at the
Sophomore Hop to be held here next Friday and Saturday, October 9
and 10. She attended Florida State College for Women at Tallahassee
and is a favorite here, having attended many dances in the past. Her
photograph has appeared in the Glomerata for the past two years. Lon
Williamson of Mobile, sophomore representative on. the Social Commit­tee,
will be her escort.
SCABBARD & BLADE
TO PLEDGE SATURDAY
Tapping Ceremonies Will Be
Held During Drill Hour Sat­urday
Morning
Formal notification of those sen­iors
elected to Scabbard and Blade,
national honorary military society, in
the annual fall election will be held
at the drill hour aSturday, Oct. 3rd.
The tapping is to be. conducted by
the members of the organization, and
each of the new men is to individual­ly
honored.
The national society of Scabbard
and Blade was organized for the pur-
'pose of raising the standards of mili­tary
training in American Colleges,
uniting in closer relationship their
military departments, encouraging
the essential qualities of good offi­cers,
and promoting intimacy and fel­lowship
between the cadets. Mem­bership
is based on military efficiency
and qualities of character and man­hood.
Membership to Scabbard and
Blade is a signal honor to the stu­dents
enrolled in advanced R. .0. T. C.
The customafy initiation will take
place in the near future. The pub­lic
initiation has become a part of
campus color that is looked for ap­prehensively
each year.
HowardLamar,Sr.
Dies Monday Night
Funeral Services For Beloved
Citizen Are Held This Morn­ing
at Residence
Mass Meeting To Be A
Held Friday Night
i
A mass meeting of the entire stu­dent
body has been called for Friday
night, October 2, by "Bull" Stier, head
cheerleader. The meeting will be held
in Langdon Hall at seven o'clock.
Cheers and songs will be practiced at
length to better acquaint the new men
with them and refresh them in the
minds of the old men. The Auburn
Band will be present to lead Snd ac­company
the assembly in singing, and
lend'color to what is expected to be
one of the best mass meetings of the
year. Every student is expected to at­tend,
and do his part toward making
the affair a success.
NOTICE!
All students who have not
furnished information for direc­tory
to registrar's office should
report to the office at once and
fill out information form.
Howard Lamar, Sr., age 69, one
of Auburn's beloved pioneer citizens
died suddenly Monday evening at
11:00 o'clock as the result of heart
attack. Mr. Lamar felt badly during
the day, thinking his trouble was
only a minor illness. He retained
complete control of his faculties un­til
the end.
Funeral services were held at ,his
home on College Street at 10:30
Wednesday morning with interment
in Auburn.
Born in Auburn on December 25,
1861, Mr. Lamar attended school
here and graduated from what later
became the Alabama Polytechnic In-stittue
in 1882. He was a charter
member of the Alpha Tau Omega fra­ternity.
Upon graduation he read
law for a few years, was admitted
to. the bar upon examination and
practiced law successfully for 30
years 'in Jasper and Birmingham.
Five years ago he suffered the loss
of his sight because of illness. De­spite
,this severe- handicap his cour­age
never wavered and he continued
to take a lively interest in affairs of
the day, being an incessant student
of political and social thought of the
times. Possessing keen mental pow­ers
until his death, he found much
enjoyment and information in radio
which kept him in touch with na­tional
and international, events.
' He married Alma Virginia Hayes
of Jasper, Ala., in 1893. Together
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar reared a family
of six children, five of which have
already become prominent and sus-cessful
citizens. Mary George La­mar,
the youngest, is a junior student
at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
where she is. making a splendid rec­ord
in the general course. Other
sons and daughters include Henry
Hayes Lamar, Jacksonville, Fla.;
Howard Lamar, Jr., Manchester, Ga.;
George Glen Lamar, Jacksonville,
Fla.; Miss Alma Virginia Lamar, Au­burn,
and Mrs. F. D. Patterson,
Ames, Iowa.
George H. Lamar, of Washington,
D. C, only surviving brother is in
Auburn for the funeral.
(Continued on page 4)
At a meeting of the College Coun­cil
it was decided to grant excuses
• —-
from classes from eight to twelve
o'clock on Saturday, October 17, for
the Georgia Tech game in Atlanta;
Saturday, November 7, for the Tulane
game in Montgomery; Saturday, No­vember
14, for the Sewanee game in
Birmingham and Saturday, November
21, for the University of Georgia
game in Columbus, Ga.
The President and Council desire
to call the students' attention to the
necessity for prompt attendance on
all classes up to the hours named.
No excuses will be granted except
those indicated above. They also de­sire
to call the students' attention to
the general financial condition and
to urge each student to be exceeding­ly
careful in the expenditure of funds
under all circumstances. So laige a
portion of the student body will go to
these games, however, that it was
thought best to dismiss classes for
the hours named. November 26,
which is Thanksgiving day, is always
a holiday and, therefore, no mention
of this date was made in the council
proceedings.
Education Club To
Employ New Methods
During This Year
Dr. Johns Makes Public Ideas
To Be Put Into Practice By
Club V
A new experiment in the organiza­tion
of the Education Club was an­nounced
today by Dr. R. L. Johns,
chairman of the faculty committee of
the club. "According to the plan of
the new system," stated Dr. Johns,
"officers will be selected by a nomi­nating
committee; programs will be
planned by a group of students who
are thoroughly familiar with the stu­dent
talent of their classes; and a
faculty advisory committee will work
constantly to further the interests of
the club and to bring about closer
relations between students and mem­bers
of the faculty."
Dr. Johns stated that a member of
each class in the School of Education
will be appointed to determine the
student talent of his class. Canvas­sers
from the various classes will then
meet and report to the program com­mittee,
which will form the pro­grams
in the light of the information
thus gained. The students, rather
than the members of the faculty, ac­cording
to Dr. Johns, will participate
in the programs. Only a few times
during the semester will faculty
members actually render programs.
It was the general opinion of the
students present at the meeting last
night that the new system will be
conducive to the most efficient or­ganization
under which the club has
ever functioned.
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE WILL
BECOME ACTIVE AT ONCE,
i 'A' CLUB PRESIDENT STATES
'Kangaroo Court" Will Be Held to Discipline Members of the
Freshman Class Who Do Not Follow Rules Drawn Up and
Published by "A" Club
"Vigilance Committee activities
will begin at once", announced Jeff
Beard, president of the. "A" Club
today.
As was announced in the last issue
of The Plainsman, freshmen were re­quested
to report at the gymnasium
yesterday afternoon to have their
names checked on the freshman roll.
Those who did not report will be con­sidered
eligible to action from the
Committee. A large number of the
members of the newly matriculated
class were reported to have followed
the request made of them yesterday
afternoon. No form of hazing took
place among those "who reported at
the prescribed time.
Beginning next Monday night, and
on each succeeding Monday night, a
"kangaroo court" will be held to dis­cipline
those membres of the fresh­man
class who do not follow those
rules drawn up and published by the
"A" Club in The Plainsman. Trial
will be held at that time of any" fresh­man
accused of breaking any of the
laws of the freshman decalogue. A
furtherance of the foregoing an­nouncement
was to the effect that all
culprits would be* given fair trial and
if sufficient evidence was not pre­sented,
the accuser would be called
upon to testify.
In order to grant the student body
an opportunity to take part in these
activities, -a box will be placed in the
Tiger Drug Store and any upperclass-man
may place within it the name
of the erring freshman and the
charge brought against him. No card
will be recognized unless the name
of the upperclassman accompanies the
accusation.
Special action will be taken against
"bull rats" who assume the rights
of upperclassmen and freshmen are
advised to report them to the COHIT
mittee, if any occasions of this kind
arise.
REGISTRATION IS
NOT COMPLETE; TO
REACH PREDICTION
One Hundred More Students
Registered Than At This
Time Last Year
1,875 ARE REGISTERED
Figures Include Only Regular
Students In Regular Courses,
Sept. to May
Pastel Exhibition
Begins Tomorrow
Collection Made By Roderick
Mackenzie Will Be Shown in
Architecture Building
Chemical Society
Meets on Monday
The Chemical Society met Monday
night Sept. 28th, in Ross Hall. A
special feature of the program was a
most interesting talk on the cerium
group, its constitutants, their discov­ery,
and some of their properties. The
address was given by C D . Brooks.
A short talk of special interest to
freshmen was given by Hugh Sawn-ner.
Mr. Swanner outlined the vari­ous
phases of Chemistry and explain­ed
the work in some of the branches
of the science.
The Society is beginning a very ac­tive
year, and hopes to complete many
projects during the ensuing term.
Announcement that an Alabamian,
and one of the foremost artists in
America, Roderick Mackenzie, would
exhibit several of his works here be­ginning
October 1, was made Tues­day
by Dean Frederick C. Biggin,
of the School of architecture and
Allied Arts. The exhibit, which was
brought to Auburn by Mackenzie
last night, will probably consist of
fourteen pastels, the particular type
of art at which Mr. Mackenzie is
said to be at his best. Several of
these were recently published in
"Fortune", which is recognized as the
most beautiful and most discriminat­ing
magazine in the world, as far as
artistic content is concerned. They
portray scenes in the steel mills about
Birmingham, and are powerfully
done. These pastels and others may
be seen in the exhibit room of the
Architecture Building for two weeks
beginning Thursday. The exhibit will
be without cost to students and the
public.
Mackenzie is from Mobile and is
one of Alabama's famous artists. Be­sides
his pastels, he is recognized for
his fine murals in many public build­ings
throughout the United States.
Among his more famous work is that
of the murals in the rotunda of the
Capitol in Montgomery, which im­press
favorably everyone who sees
them.
Mackenzie has led an adventurous
life. He has traveled over *every por­tion
of the world, and has spent
twelve years of his life in India.
FIVE HUNDRED BIDS
ISSUED FOR DANCES
Campus in Fever of Excitement
As Date Draws Near for Ar­rival
of Blue Steele
Four Southern Players
Suspended By Faculty
The suspension of four members of
the Birmingham-Southern football
team was announced today by "Presi­dent
Guy Snavley. The players sus­pended
were Loy Vaughn, of Jasper,
Co-Captain Harold James, of Birm­ingham,
J. T. Hand and Milner Dos-ter,
of Dothan. All were members of
the varsity.
The action came, today following a
meeting of the faculty for "extreme
breaches of college discipjine".
Most of the suspended «players saw
action against Auburn in Montgom­ery
Friday night, and Doster was one
of the main lights in the Birmingham,-
Southern backfield.
With enthusiasm running at a high
pitch, plans for the annual Soph­omore
Hop drew near to completion
with the mailing of over five hun­dred
bids to young ladies throughout
the entire south. An unusually large
acceptance of these invitations is .ex­pected
this year.
Communications with Blue Steele
report that he will arrive in Auburn
Friday Oct. 9th, with his rhythm
kings, prepared to furnish the type
of music that collegians love. It is
the music that made "Girl of My
Dreams" a sensation—the same«har-mony
and syncopated qualities that
have made Blue Steele in popular de­mand
all over America.
Blue Steele and his trombone are
coming to Auburn, and there will be
no cover charge. The orchestra that
made a real radio station, and caused
the Coronado to become a household
word from Maine to Peoria.
Dazzlings circus day decorations;
with all the color and thrills of a real
band wagon, tent, and animals. Pink
lemonade flowing freely, the intrig­uing
swish of evening gowns, and the
unsurpassed spirit of festivity, which
will inevitably reign."
The names of those fraternities
giving house parties will be announ­ced
along with the final plans next
issue.
Registration for the fall term is
not yet complete, but. it is confident­ly
believed that the enrollment will
be ap formerly predicted, one hun­dred
more students than there were
last year. At the present time there
are 1,875 students registered at Au­burn,
while last year on September 19
there were but 1,740 enrolled. Last
year on October 31, a month later
than the present date, there were
1,792 registered here, showing that
the present enrollment is 83 students
more than the registration of a
month later than this last fall. These
figures mean a total enrollment of
2000 for the whole year.
It should be understood that these
figures do not include the short
courses lasting from one to four
weeks, the Extension Service, sum­mer
school, or other figures on en­rollment.
They include only the reg­ular
students in regular courses of
study for the nine months beginning
in September and ending in May. The
total number of studnets' coming to
the campus last year for courses of
study was 5,300. The number en­rolled
in 4-H Clubs, Home Demon­stration
Clubs, and farmers definite­ly
instructed through the county
agents and home demonstration
agents runs many thousands more.
Plans Are Made By
Debating Society At
Meeting On Monday
Students Interest In Joining
Club.Urged To See Faculty
Adviser Soon
NOTICE!
There will be an important meeting
of the Lee County High School Par­ent-
Teacher Association Thursday
nignt at 8:00 o'clock in the high
school building. Townspeople and
friends of the school are urged to at­tend.
Major Franke Speaks
To Kiwanians Monday
Major G. H. Franke was the speak­er
before the Auburn Kiwanis Club
at their meeting Monday. He dis­cussed
football rules, explaining
many points about penalties which
are frequently confusing to specta­tors."
Major Franke is one of the offici­als
of the Southern Conference and
is scheduled • to officiate at eight
games this season.
The club voted to hold a night
meeting on October 12, when the
meal will be served by the cafeteria
in the new Auburn. High School and
Grammar School building.
Brown Returns From
Tuscaloosa Monday
Kirtley Brown, of the department
of Public Information, returned Mon­day
from Tuscaloosa where he an­nounced
the play of the Alabama-
Howard game at Denny Field there
Saturday. He also spent several days
in Birmingham prior to the football
game.
Mr. Brown will announce several
other games over WAPI this fall.
The Auburn Debating Society held
its second meeting of the year Mon­day
night in Samford Hall for the
purpose of making plans for the
coming year and to study the differ­ent
types of debate. The officers of
the club are Justine Morill, president;
J. D. Brown, vice-president, and Ma-riam
Talleman, secretary. The Exe­cutive
Cabinet is composed of Joe
Edwards and Carl Dinsmore. The so­ciety
opened ita discussion period
with an, informal debate; Resolve,
that women are more intelligent than
men. The topic up for discussion
at the next meeting which is to be
held next Monday night in Samford
Hall is: No cotton for 1932. All
students who are interested in join­ing
the club should get in touch with
Professor Peet at the earliest pos­sible
time.
Advanced Enrollment
Of R.O.T.C. Increases
Enrollment in the advanced R. O.
T. C. courses this year is the largest
since the establishment of the unit
here in 1910, it was announced today
by Major G. H. Franke, commandant.
There are 356 juniors and seniors—
an increase of about ten per cent
over the largest previous year.
In making a survey of the unit
since its installation, Major Franke
stated that in the first year of in­struction
three branches were repre­sented—
infantry, field artillery, and
engineers. There were 126 infan­trymen,
38 field artillerymen, and 26
engineers.
After an estimate was made last
spring, a request was made to the
Fourth Corps Area headquarters for
an allottment of 330. This'number
was exceeded and it was found neces­sary
to request an additional allott­ment
of 26 for this year.
In 1927 the infantry unit was dis­continued,
when it was considered
best to train students in the technic­al
branches of the army since Auburn
is largely a technical institution.
»
PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN ^WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30, 1931
Styg f tefagittati-
Published semi-weekly by the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Au­burn,
Alabama.
Subscription rates $2.50 per year (60
issues). Entered as second class matter
at the Post Office, Auburn, Ala.
Business and editorial offices at Auburn
Printing Co. on Magnolia Street.
Office hours: 11-12 A. M. Daily.
STAFF *
Victor R. White, Jr. Editor-in-Chief
J. Roy Wilder Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
Gabie Drey Associate Editor
R. A. McMillan Associate Editor
J. W. Letson Associate Editor
J. R. Chadwick Managing Editor
L. C. McCallum . Sports Editor
H. W. Moss News Editor
Horace Shepard News Editor
Charlie Simmons — Composing Editor
V. H. Kjellman Exchange Editor
Helen Garrett Society Editor
Frank G. Keller Contributing Editor
W. W. Beck Contributing Editor
REPORTERS '
Otis Spears, '34; Cleveland Adams, '32
BUSINESS'STAFF
James Backes Asst. Business Manager
Knox M. McMillan - . Advertising Manager
Robert Greer — Circulation Manager
Phillip M. Benton Asst. Adver. Mgr.
WHERE WAS THE AUBURN SPIRIT?
Above the chorus of victory one-question
was heard at Montgomery Friday night. It
was a question that was on the lips of many
who have seen Auburn students attend foot­ball
games en masse before. "Where was
the Auburn Spirit?"
The spirit was there. The joy of victory
and success was abounding, and few failed
to give expression. Yet, there was no or­ganization.
It was not the cheer leader's
fault nor the lacTT of cooperative spirit
among students themselves.
Chaos reigned in_the complete section as­signed
to the Auburn student body. Scat­tered
from goal post to goal post and inter­spersed
with disinterested fans little could
be expected in the way of organized cheer­ing.
No effort was made to <*arry out the
systemitized method of seating, and ticket
stubs were valueless is the surging disor­ganized
mass.
The situation also calls to mind the ques­tion
that is heard frequently among Auburn
supporters. "Why must our students be
forced to take the wooden stand in all the
team's appearances in Cramton Bowl?"
There may be some financial justification,
but students and supporters would like to
have an authenticated answer.
However, if Auburn must take the wood­en
stands the seating arrangement designate
ed by the sale of tickets should be followed.
If we are to present any of the color and
spirit, that has won the school fame through
the country, in the two remaining games in
Montgomery this season, there must be an
organized grouping of students.
The Plainsman' enters this plea in behalf
of the students, and urges all those attend­ing
games to find their proper seat and re­main
there.
MOSQUITOES IN AUBURN
Mosquitoes have taken charge of Auburn.
Fraternities and homes view, their quotas
not by hundreds but by thousands. Not
one is missed. It has developed into a mos­quito
scourge. Unquestionably the number
of mosquitoes now living in Auburn and
annoying--the inhabitants and the students
of this town is far in excess of any other
within the memory of people who have been
here any length of time.
It is indeed strange that a town with the
elevation and the drainage of Auburn should
be pestered by mosquitoes as at present. If
Auburn were surrounded by swamps,
sloughs, and marshes such would be expect­ed,
but such conditions do not exist.
The situation is so important as to call
for serious concern on the part of all those
who are officially responsible and united
action of all others.
It goes without saying that mosquitoes
can be eradicated from Auburn and the
town kept free from them. To do this is
not beyond the reach of those who are in
charge of such matters.
Therefore, the question arises: Has some­one
been negligent, or are there those who
have overlooked to perform their duties?
The Plainsman is not condemning anyone
but merely calling attention to a very se­rious
matter. Unquestionably the people
of Auburn are 100 per cent ip favor of
getting rid of mosquitoes and staying rid
of them. With this overwhelming sentiment
in favor of it why not do it?
Mosquitoes and Auburn people do not
belong in the same town. Therefore, there
should be a complete and permanent sep­aration.
Students resent being annoyed and dis­turbed.
They, as well-as the faculty, can­not
do as good work as they would do
without them. They are willing to do all
that they can in a cooperative way to drive
mosquitoes away but there is little that
can be done until there is definite and posi­tive
official action of a practical nature,
and on a scale sufficiently comprehensive to
do the job as it should be done and as it
must be done for the sake of comfort and
the protection of the health of the people
of this college and this town.
A recent letter to The Plainsman from
the county health departments shifts the
responsibility of the' situation to the city.
However that may be, some action must be
forthcoming immediately.
SOPHOMORE HOP
On October 9, several hundred girls will
arrive in Auburn to attend the first major
social event of the year, the Sophomore
Hop. The influence exerted on the student
by the dances is a most praiseworthy one;
the two days of frivolity relieve strained
eyes, stimulate tired brains, and provide
a pleasant break of the monotony of scho­lastic
endeavor.
As a rule the Auburn student's social life
is a very limited and restricted one; in the
dances he finds a source of outlet for pent-up
feelings.
Education is not merely the accumulation
of information; one cannot lead "the good
life" by codes of ethics laid down inT)ooks.
To get the most out of life the individual
must develop himself in a number of direc­tions,
and anyone is one-sided whose social
life has been stunted.
As the orchestra is to be matchless, the
decorations dazzling, and the girls beautiful,
the occasion promises to be a colorful one.
The Plainsman urges the student body to
enter into the spirit of the occasion and to
make these dances memorable in the social
history of Auburn.
TELEPHONE SERVICE
In a town as large as Auburn, and in a
town where the telephone plays as large a
part among the students as it does, it seems
that a -more efficient system could be cre­ated
by the local office. After so many
complaints we begin to wonder if these con­temporaries
of Alexander Bell have formed
an outer coating of armor which renders
them impregnable to any and all complaints;
it is a certainty that they have developed
something which makes them unable to re­spond
to a request for a given number in a
reasonable length of time.
Undoubtedly, the operator finds it diffi­cult
to give the desired party a connection
without a Master's degree in Greek, and
college lingo but after so long a time a even
the worst of us are expected to respond
with a minimum of accuracy. If it takes
an enlarged staff of operators, then we sug­gest
that the staff be enlarged; if this is
not the case, we suggest that the hired help
spend some of their lonely winter evenings
playing 'telephone', and brush up a bit on
speed, accuracy and all those things which
will give the caller an even chance of get­ting
the required number at least one out
of every three or four times.
Five Years Ago
As Recorded in the Pages of The Plainsman.
The latest college text in the field of
physics has been written and published by
Dr. Fred Allison, head of the department
of physics at the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute.
The title of the book is "College
Physics Laboratory Instructions 1926."
* * * *
Eleven members of this year's senior
class attained 90 per cent or more of the
possible number of quality points during
the last semester of the past scholastic
year according to figures released by the
registrar's office recently. Twenty-nine
seniors entered the charmed circle of dis­tinction.
*
* * * *
The American Business Club and the
Palladium Club added their endorsements to
the movement to resume athletic relations
between the University of Alabama and
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute to those
of other civic organizations of Montgomery.
* * * *
Viewed from every angle, broadcasting
the world series baseball game was the most
popular and appreciated feature yet broad­cast
from Radio Station WAPI, located
here, according to a summary of reports
made today by P. O. Davis, manager of
the station.
* * * *
One of the most brilliant social events
witnessed in Auburn took place in the gym­nasium
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of
last week. The Sophomore Hops were at­tended
by one of the merriest crowds of
dancers in the annals of Auburn dances.
* * * *
With all the injured back in fine and all
the .kinks ironed out, the Auburn Tigers of
'26 packed up bag and baggage and hit the
rails to Montgomery for a tilt with their
ancient foes the L. S. U. Tigers.
Large streams from little fountains
flow,
Tall oaks from little acorns grow.
—David Everett.
Prexy's Paragraph
By Bradford Knapp
I want to express to
the student body my
very great appreci­ation
of the fine man­ner
in which we all
carried out our part
of the trip to Mont­gomery
last Friday
night: The fine com­ments
in some of the
special writeups~of the occasion constitute
a real tribute to the student body of this
institution. It is a great thing to look into
the faces of students and see them look
back at you keen-and bright and earnest
and devoted to the real glory of old Auburn.
AsT have said before, the real honor of the
institution is not only on the field, in the
game, in the conduct of players, but also
in the conduct" of everyone in the grand­stand,
on the streets and everywhere else.
* * * *
So much has been written about our first
game that scarcely any comment from me
would be worthwhile at this time. So far
as I am personally concerned I am thankful
that we were able to win so handsomely
against a mightly good team. All was not
perfect. Who could expect it to be? I know
that our coaching staff and the team it­self
know where the weak spots are and
that every effort will be made to repair
these places in our line. It takes the team
and the student body, the freshmen .scrubs,
second string players, and everyone else
to really make our true representatives on
the field. I feel that the victory has left
us with a fine spirit and I sincerely hope a
greater determination to make the same
growth and the same improvement in a rel­ative
way that the team made last year be­tween
its first and its last game. If Thanks­giving
Day sees us as much improved over
the last of September as it did' last year
the team will give a good account of itself*
* * * *
Don't forget these freshmen. That was a
good game and they have made a very
worthy appearance. I am filled with a lot
of hope that we shall see some fine games
yet when they have rounded into shape.
* * * *
One great thing about a football game is
that it is not an individual game. The real
object in football is to get the ball across
the goal line by the effort of a group of
eleven men against the united opposition
of eleven others. The real football player
never loses sight of this one objective. His
task is to so play his position that the other
ten fellows who play theirs the right way
can work with him in getting that ball down
across the goal line. Little personal con­tests
with individual players- on the other
team are of no consequence. We must nev­er
lose sight of the real object—the ball
must go across the goal line so as to make
a score.
* * * *
And while we are excited about the season
and the prospects and the game and a lot
of these other things, let us not forget that
time goes along, that we are in the fourth
week of school and the third week of ac­tual
work. Thirty days from now mid-term
examinations will be upon us. The man
who stands the best chance, needless to say,
is the one who keeps the work behind him
and masters the task from day to day. He
is the better prepared when the test comes.
* * * *
A communication from the Atlanta and
West Point Railroad Company comes to me
begging that we do something regarding
students riding on freight trains, or other­wise
attempting to use the railroad as a
means of transportation illegally or without
their consent. I sincerely hope that no
matter what temptations may come in the
way of the students individually or in
groups to. find ways to go to games, we may
still retain a degree of good common sense.
The railroad company seems quite determ­ined
to put a stop to this practice. Attempts
to ride the freight trains have brought
about a very great inconvenience on the
part of certain of the students during the
last year and it seems to me the part of
good judgment would warrant us in paying
every attention to the rules of the railroad
company and the laws of the State. Acci­dents,
injuries, and arrests for the violation
of the law are difficult to deal with after
they have happened. It is much easier to
avoid trouble than it is to get out of it
after you are in. Let me urge the student
'body to stick to those things which are
square, upright and in accordance with the
law and good order. I am not at all fright­ened
by the threat that the good name of
the institution will be destroyed by the ac­tion
of a few but I am at the same time
urging these few who may attempt to do
the wrong'thing to remember the rest of
us. Let us put our heads together to design
some good straightforward, clean way of
going to these football games. If all of
us work together to that end I am sure we
shall get through this season with nothing
to regret.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
I The Columbia Spectator expresses its welcome to the freshmen in eight different
languages. Auburn has used only two—the other being advanced by the Vigilance
Committee.
* * * * * * • * * * *
The Executive Cabinet will give a dance Saturday night—at last they are
going to do something!
* * * * * * * * * *
We're doubtless the worst of meanies . . . .
We don't like girls who wear Eugenies.
Note: Not so good as verse but certainly expressive.
* * * * * * * * * *
The latest report on Joe Purvis is that he will oppose Lefty Grove in the World
Series and play halfback for Yale next Saturday afternoon, just to keep from get­ting
stale.
* * * * * * - * * * *
We don't believe in a husband keeping everything from his wife—just enough
for lunch and car fare. '
* * * * * * * * * *
Future archaeologists can trace the development of our styles by the migration
of the vaccination mark.
* * * * * * * * * '*
You can be reasonably sure of drunkenness when you bring home a manhole
cover and try to play it on the victrola.
* * ». . • » * * * * * *
A man suing for divorce out west charges that his wife only kissed him when
when she wanted money. What an affectionate woman!
* * * * * * * * - * *
' Sometimes a man in the public's eye is just a cinder.
* * * * * * * * * *
The girl friend often loves every hair on your head, but never those on your
shoulder.
* * * * * * * * * *
We recently heard a story of a man who asked a waiter to put a sample of
gravy in a bottle so he could get a vest to match jt.
* * * * * * * * * *
The moon may have, a great deal of influence on the tide, but it has much more
on the untied.
* * * * * * * * * *
"We are now passing the most famous brewery in Berlin", explained the guide.
"We are not", replied the American tourist as he hopped off the bus.
* * * * * * * * * *
A sports writer says that a game remotely resembling football was played in
Sparta in 500 B. C. A game of this nature is still played in many American Colleges.
* * * * * * * * * *
Conscientious Cletus is hereby notified by the Footprints editor that a certain
contribution by the former cannot be printed in this column due to an agreement
made by said Footprints editor and the party in question.
THE VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY
By D. H. Lawrence; Knopf, $2.50.
Like most other anti-intellectualists D. H.
Lawrence tried to create a systematic phi­losophy
on the basis of his intuition—his
mysticism, his demonic inspiration, or what­ever
it may be called. One may trace the
clarifying and rationalizing process through
all his work, from the earliest poems to
Lady Chatterley's Lover. Some loss un­doubtedly
resulted from this intellectualiza-tion
of his outlook on life; the increase of
exposition and polemic in the later stories
is, surely, lamentable. But on the whole
there was little diminution of his power; his
imagination was.never limited by his the­ories.
And there were certainly some gains
from the increased clarity of his views.
One of these gains is apparent in The
Virgin and the Gipsy. Lawrence's demon,
as he called it, was undependable. There
are a certain number of stories in which it
failed him, leaving him and his readers
floundering in confusion. The Virgin and
the Gipsy might have been such a story, for
at important points the reader is conscious
that some elemental and scarcely definable
power has ebbed away. But it does not be­come
either incomprehensible or flat; instead
it moves with extraordinary lucidity to its
conclusion. Obviously Lawrence knew ex­actly
what he wanted.
The Virgin and the Gipsy is a long short
story rather than a novel. It is the story
of Yvette Saywell, daughter of a rector
whose wife deserted him. Oppressed by
her family and by the kind of life she is
forced to live, Yvette feels a discontent
that is too vague to be made the basis of
revolt. .She has no idea what she is seek­ing
until her attention is caught by a gipsy.
His desire for her, made apparent in his
glance, gives her her first conception of a
life that has the importance she cannot
find in her own mode of living. The con­clusion,
abrupt and melodramatic though it
is, is a perfect symbol of Yvette's salvation.
Because the book is less intense than
most of Lawrence's, there is opportunity
to observe in it certain virtues that, though
they are found in most of his other books,
are obscured by the presence of more un­usual
qualities. The description of the life
of the Saywells, for example, could not be
more skillful or more convincing if it had
been written by one of our most meticulous
realists. This reminds us that Lawrence's
unique talents went hand in hand with a
generous share of those gifts that are com­monly
supposed to make a novelist.
In reading The Virgin and the Gipsy one
has to make allowance for the fact that
Lawrence did not live to revise it. It is
possible that he intended to develop one or
two episodes that now seem inadequate. But
the book is complete enough as it stands to
convince us, if there is anyone who needs
convincing, that D. H. Lawrence was the
most richly endowed of contemporary writ­ers
and one of the few that posterity is not
likely to neglect.
THE SHORT STORIES OF SAKI
(H. H. Munro) ; Viking, $3.00
The works of H. H. Munro, whose glam­orous
pseudonym was borrowed from Omar
Khayam, were published in this country
only after his death and then in a trickle
of thin volumes, appearing at intervals.
Now, however, the short stories, which are
perhaps most typical of his bizarre and bril­liant
talent, have been collected convenient­ly
in'one volume—and what a volume! As
Christopher Morley says in his introduction,
it is almost impossible to convey to the un-initiate
the quality of Saki's wit, so curious­ly
compounded of flashing epigrams, sly, fe­licitous
twists of phrase, and, above all,
of a completely personal point of view. One
must sample that wit for oneself. Saki
was a satirist, with a touch of fantasy, and
also a touch of cruelty in his make-up. His
world is an idle and a sophisticated one,
inhabited by baroque aristocrats, by im­pish
children, by elegant and ingeniously
prankish young men. In his cosmos, the
dull and the self-satisfied are perpetually
mortified and out-witted by cool, unscrup­ulous
intelligence. He does not suffer fools
gladly. Saki's range is limited. He is,
in certain senses, an exquisite, an exotic.
Nevertheless, within his own field, he is
unique. He closely approaches perfection.
THE ENCHANTMENT OF NATURE
By LUCILE GIBSON .
Were you ever alone in the forest where
beauty sits enthroned as Nature's
spokesman?
Are you a stranger to Nature? Are you
shut in by dim grey walls, a storeman?
Take a vacation. Give and get the best in
life. Stroll out to the forest, alone!
When there, concentrate, vibrate, and ap­preciate.
Find a seat a throne.
Pause, look, and listen to the sweetness of
God's green earth. How true.
The future will be resplendent. Great ideas
will come to you.
Crying to be portrayed in various visible
* forms, as music, poetry, and art.
Study the blending and the colorful, the
harmonious whole, then wait.
The spirit of it all, as if an angel had
whispered a message for you to report,
Now full to overflowing. Treat it with a
grave and philosophical import.
The angel will place his violin bow upon
the strings of your soul
And play a harmony like unto the spheres.
You will drift away from pain and woe.
It will be well for any of you who are
thinking of running for the presidency in
the future to remember that the locusts will
be with us again in 1948. That year will
certainly be a bad one for the White House.
—William Castle, Jr., Under Sec. of State.
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.
SURELY IT is not the policy of the ad­ministration
of this institution to let
go without comment an occurrance
such as that at the regular convocation last
Thursday. Starting convocation with a
prayer, and ending it with revolting pro­fanity
might be proper in some places and
at some times, but it is certainly not in
keeping with the objectives that we come
to college to attain.
No part of the Auburn student body has
any doubts that the Age of Chivalry is a
thing of the past, but that does not mean
that Auburn students do not have left a
few principles and standards of common
decency that they hate to see violated. It
is true that fanatics can be found on every
subject, and moral issues certainly have
their thousands, but it is not necessary to
be a fanatic to have some idea of what is
right and what is wrong.
One of our cheer leaders must have
been reading Conscientious Cletus, and de­cided
to take his advice and become a radi­cal,
but the question remains, did he be­come
a radical or did he merely make a
play for spectacular notoriety? Possibly
both.
It may seem strange to some of the, so-called,
big men about town, but there are a
few students on this campus that think col­lege
should mean more than bell bottom
pants, a red tie, football and a big pipe.
Regardless of how much some people would
like to see different standards set up as
measurements of college attainment the
fact remains that we are here to prepare
for duties in later life, and any criteria set
up on other standards cannot succeed.
* * * *
Isn't it a beautiful and inspiring picture?
The big, brave "A" Club man who is willing
to stand up and defy the poor defenceless
freshman. Like the knights of old he comes
to the rescue of those in need and is willing
to sacrafice all, even his sense of relative
values, in order to safeguard the honor and
age old customs of dear old Auburn. In
rushing to the rescue of down falling Au­burn
customs he realizes that the parasitic
freshman is unable to strike back, but still
after doing what he considers his duty to
Auburn society, he, with bulging muscles,
sets himself up as a bulwark of modern
progress because he has accomplished his
purpose; he has subjected those who are
clamering for the honor of dear old Auburn
—the freshmen.
* * * *
I have heard several remarks to the effect
that this column and its author do not carry
the right name, but taking all things into
consideration he is almost afraid to call
for suggestions. Too many new names have
already been applied to the contents of this
column, and just as many have been direct­ed
at the author, but still (I have heard
that he is very conscientious) he is willing
to carry on in the face of such opposition.
Like his worthy colleagues) of the "A"
Club (pardon the liberty of using the word
colleague) he rushes to the rescue of Au­burn
morality. After hearing this warning
if there are still some suggestions to be
made concerning the conduct of this column
Conscientious Cletus can be reached through
the County Jail. (Being held pending the
decision of the courts regarding several
libel suits).
It is a very important quality for students
to be able to look for the good in every or­ganization,
and by commending the good
make it better. I have just learned that
Conscientious Cletus is giving private les­sons
in this subject. If interested get in
touch with him at the above address.
* * *' *
Is the Auburn Library an institution es­tablished
for the benefit of the student-body
or for the librarians? Judging from
the amount of red tape connected with all
phases of the library it must be that some
of the restrictions are added in order to
give additional librarians something to do.
The whole argument is that students are
not honest, and steps must be taken to keep
the books of the library from being stolen,
but the fact remains that if a student is
going to steal a book he can do it under the
present system just as easily if not more
easily than he could under a system that
would be a great advantage to the students
that actually want to benefit from the use
of the library. •
Certainly the librarians can do their part
in making the library a place to study in­stead
of a big club room where the differ­ent
groups on the campus can go to have a
bull session. If Auburn is a fair example
it would also be a great advantage if all
librarians were required to be able to talk
on their fingers. At least they should find
some other place to practice for a hog cal­ling
contest.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30, 1931 THE PLAINSMAN PAGE THREE
High School to
Offer Season Tickets
Season tickets to five local football
games of Lee County High School
were placed on sale this week by
school officials. Selling for one dol­lar,
the tickets provide admission to
an attractive schedule of home games
as follows: Oct. 2, Tuskegee; Oct.
9, Notasulga; Oct. 16, Langdale; Oct.
30, Lanett; Nov. 20, Opelika.
The Lanett and Opelika teams are
coached by former prominent Auburn
athletes, Fob James and "Dizzy"
Pruitt, respectively.
Civic clubs in Auburn are support­ing
the sale of tickets with the Lions
club handling the actual distribution.
They may be purchased at Dillon's
Drug Store, from high school stu­dents,
or from Lion's Club members.
As in years past, many college stu­dents
are expected to purcahse seas­on
tickets. Regular admission to
single games will be 35 cents for
adults and 25 cents for children.
According to Coach Frank DuBose,
prospects are good for a strong team
at Lee County High this year. New
equipment has been purchased and
the boys are hard at work. Coach
DuBose made a splendid record as
athlete and student at Auburn.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMPLETE
PLANS FOR OLYMPIAD MADE
Gibbons Manages
Pecan Marketing
The information has been receiv­ed
at Auburn that S. H. Gibbons, an
alumnus of Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute,
has been made general man­ager
of the National Pecan Market­ing
Association with headquarters at
Jackson, Mississippi. He was pro­moted
from the position of director
of field work and, in his new posi­tion,
he is in charge of a marketing
organization which will handle pe­cans
for growers in Alabama and
other southern states.
Gibbons is an Alabamian. Born
and reared in Elmore -County, he
spent several years as teacher in
public and high schools before com­ing
to Auburn where he graduated
in agriculture in 1924. After grad­uation
he spent some time as exten­sion
horticulturist before becoming
county agent in Baldwin County.
First announcement of the final
and complete official program of the
games of the Xth Olympiad to be
held in Los Angeles from July 30 to
August 14, inclusive, 1932, was made
by the Los Angeles Organizing Com­mittee,
following receipt of a cable
of confirmation from Count de Bail-let-
Latour, president of the Inter­national
jOlympic Committee from
Lausanne, Switzerland.
The program will open in Olympic
Stadium (Coliseum) on Saturday af­ternoon,
July 30, with the historic
Opening Ceremony, a part of which
will be the impressive Parade of Na­tions,
in which 2000 sons and daugh­ters
of 35 nations, led by their re­spective
national flags, will partici­pate
in the March past the Tribune
of Honor.
One athlete will theh step from
the drawn-up ranks to take the Olym­pic
oath for all the teams of the
participating nations. As the oath
is administered the Olympic flag will
be raised; .the Olympic torch will
blaze forth atop the massive peristyle
of the stadium and in the presence
of representatives of foreign coun
tries, world-wide Olympic organiza
tions, and officials of state, the games
of the Xth Olympiad will be declared
officially opened. Many other beauti
ful features of pageantry will mark
the opening ceremony.
The Olympic games will bring to
Los Angeles the greatest gathering
of dignitaries ever to assemble on the
Pacific coast. Members of royal
houses from all parts of the world
will attend the opening ceremony as
will official delegations from their
governments. In accordance with
Olympic traditions that the ruling
head of the nation pronounce the
games poened, President Hoover will
be officially invited to open the games
of the Xth Olympiad.
Something of the magnitude of the
program is suggested by the fact that
during the 16 days the games are in
progress, more than 135 distinct pro­gram
of ^ competitions ' from 15
branches of sports will be held morn-
Always Ready to Give You the Best of Service
TOOMER'S HARDWARE
CLINE TAMPLIN, Manager
STUDENTS ATTENTION!
We invite you to open a checking account with us.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Your Interest Computed
A good place to entertain your friends . .
. . . . Bring them often
AUBURN AMUSEMENT &
SOCIAL CLUB
UNDER SUPERVISION OF AMERICAN LEGION
Winter is Coming
Equip Your Home With
Weatherstrip
Younelf
or your
Carpenter
Can Install
without
removing
window
In this carton are Nu­metal
Patented Weath­er
Strips (Style A) for
sides, top and bottom
of upper and lower
sash; Numetal Pat­ented
Strip (Style B)
for meeting' rail; Sash
Plugs for blind stop
mortise in meeting
rail; sufficient nails
and instructions for
Installing.
Try Numetal on on* window
NOW. Numetal will stop
window rattling, keep out
cold, snow, rain, dust, dirt
and noise, and make your
wjndow permanently Weath­er-
proof.
Numetal patented strips are
made from, specially pre­pared
everlasing s p r i ng
bronze, laboratory tested for
temper, and are In use on
thousands of homes and other
buildings.
Special Prices on Numetal
in quantities
WE SELL AND RECOMMEND NUMETAL:
Auburn Ice & Coal
Company
ings, afternoons and evenings at 9
or more stadiums, auditoriums or wa­ter
courses.
Competitions will be held in the
following world-wide sports: track
and field athletics, bxoing, cycling,
equestrian sports, fencing, field hock­ey,
gymnastics, modern ' pentathlon,
shooting, rowing, swimming, diving
and water polo, weightlifting, wrest­ling,
yachting, national demonstra­tion,
international demonstration and
fine arts.
Olympic Stadium ~ (Coliseum) in
Olympic Park (Exposition Park) with
a seating capacity for 105,000 per­sons,
will be the center of Olympic
activity. In it will be held, in ad­dition
to the opening and closing
ceremonies, the track and field ath­letics,
field hockey semi-finals and
finals, equestrian jumping events and
the demonstrations of national and
international sports.
In addition to these competitions
the first and official announcements
of the final results of all Olympic
events, regardless of where they are
held, followed by the historic cere­mony
honoring the countries repre­sented
by the victorious athletes, will
occur several times daily in Olympic
Stadium.
Track and field, boxing, wrestling,
swimming, diving and water polo and
rowing are the most popular sports
on the official program.
Beginning July 31 and lasting for
8 days, Olympic Stadium will be the
scene of one of the world's greatest
programs of track and field athletics,
with champion performers of every
country participating.
Trials and finals will be held in
the men's 400-meter hurdles, high
jump, shot put, 100-meter race, 800-
meter race, 10,600-meter race, ham­mer
throw, 3000-meter steeple-chase,
110-meter hurdles, broad jump, 200-
meter race, 5,000-meter race, pole
vault, discus throw, 1,500-meter race,
400-meter race, javelin throw, hop,
step and jump, 4xl00-meter relay,
4x400-meter relay, decarthlon events
and the marathon.
Events for women in Olympic Sta­dium
during the same period will in­clude
javelin throw, 100-meter dash,
discus throw, 80-meter hurdles, high
jump and 4xl00-meter relay.
Olympic auditorium with seating
capacity for 10,400 per sons will be
the scene of boxing, wrestling and
weightlifting events which will start
August 9 and continue afternoons
and evenings until the closing day.
The ancient Olympic sport of
wrestling holds a ranking place on
the official program. Parts of seven
days will be deovted to the staging
of 12 separte programs of Greco
Roinan and free style events.
Extension Class In
Modern Drama To
Hold First Meeting
First Meeting To Be Held Saturday,
October 17, at Phillips High
School
Football Pays Big
Salaries In Italy
Rome, Italy —(IP)— Football,
which as a professional game appears
to be the most popular great Italian
sport, would be of less importance
here, it was revealed recently, were
it not for the large number of excel­lent
football material which is im­ported
annually from the Argentine,
where in 25 years football has grown
by leaps and bounds.
Within the last 18 months 31 Ar­gentine
football players have come to
Italy under contract at salaries of
from $4,250 to $12,500.
In a game between Rome and Ge­noa
recently seven Argentine played
on one side and four on the other.
All of the players, it happens, are
sons or grandsons of Italians and
have Italian names, and their Argen-.
tine citizenship is not advertised to
the public here.
Premier Mussolini recently prohib­ited
further importation of players,
but found that this would make for
gross inequalities among the various
teams of the country, and so lifted
the ban temporarily to allow all
teams to fit themselves up with
enough Argentines to be able to play
other s'trong teams.
An Auburn extension class in
modern drama will hold its first meet­ing
in the Phillips High School, room
125, at 9:30 a. m. on Saturday, Oc­tober
17. Dr. Edwin Barlow Evans,
professor of English at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, will be the in­structor.
This course of unusual character
and merit will appeal to all students
and lovers of modern drama. It-car­ries
both undergraduate and graduate
credit. Dr. Evans has had unusual
training and experience as an actor
and producer in 'the Little Theatre.
His years of experience as a student
of the drama will give the course un­usual
material and power.
The plan of study will include an
analysis and interpretation of the
growth and development of the drama
from Ibsen to the present time in
addition to an analysis and discussion
of almost a hundred significant and
important modern dramas. At each
meeting Dr. Evans, who has had ex­ceptional
training in dramatic read­ing,
will give readings from such im­portant
plays as: "The Lonely Way",
"The Land of Hearts Desire", "Rid­ers'
to the Sea", "Cyrano* de Ber-gerac",
"Death Takes A Holiday",
"The lower Depths", "Rain", "He
Who Gets Slapped", "The Barretts of
Wimpole Street", "Peer Gynt", "Dear
Brutus", and "Lillion."
Dr. Evans is entering his third
year of successful extension teach­ing
for the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute.
He is in constant demand as
a lecturer. While teaching this sum­mer
at Auburn his course in the
drama proved so popular that it was
necessary to hold sessions in Lang-don
Hall, the college chapel, to ac­commodate
the large number.of stu­dents.
RATS TROUNCE B'HAM-SOUTHERN
20-7 IN OPENING GAME SATURDAY
By Harry Barnes
Coach Earl McFaden's Auburn
freshmen opened their 1931 schedule
Saturday afternoon by trouncing the
Birmingham-Southern plebes 20 to 7.
Birmingham-Southern drew first
blood in the second period when
Young tossed a pass to Wetherly who
faced unmolested across the final
marker. Davis kicked the extra point
from placement. However, the Tig­ers
were not disheartened and before
the referee blew his whistle to end
the first half, Wynne threw a pretty
pass to Wright who made the re­maining
distance to the goal. Moore,
by bucking the extra point across,
left the count at 7 all when the half
ended.
Neither team was able to advance
the ball far during the third period
as it seemed the sun was continually
becoming hotter. Both coaches had
to make several substitutions. How­ever,
Auburn recovered one of South­ern's
fumbles just beyond the middle
marker, and after three successive
penalties imposed on Soathern, Whit-ton,
big frosh fullback, bucked over
Southern left tackle to give Auburn
the lead. The try for the extra point
was blocked.-
Late in the final period, Wynne,
after throwing two successive incom­plete
passes, found Southern off their
guard when he threw another to
Wright who easily ran the remaining
distance to the goal line. Moore
again bucked the extra point over.
Score by periods:
1 2 3 4'
Auburn 0 7 0 13
Southern 0 7 0 0
The line-ups:
Auburn Pos. Southern
Kemp LE Jackson
Patterson LT Perry
Welch LG % Fisher
Hagler C Duncan.
Houston RG Parker
Turner RT Mitchell
Morris RE Davis
Brown Q Young
Henderson H Clark
Dunn " H Wetherly
H. Whitton F West
Summary: Scoring touchdowns—
Auburn, Wright 2; Whitton. South­ern,
'Wetherly. Points after touch­down—
Auburn, 'Moore 2 (line bucks)
Southern, Davis ^Placement).
PERKINS OBSERVATORY
HOPES TO SEE SOLAR ECLIPSE
Delaware, O. —(IP)— Scientists
at Perkins Observatory at Ohio Wes-leyan
University hope that before
the solar eclipse visits this part of
the country next year they will have
ready for use the mammoth 69-inch
mirror, the third largest in the world,
now being installed in the observa­tory.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom
lingers.—Tennyson.
Always Ready to Serve You
BANK OF AUBURN
Bank of Personal Service
AUBURN FURNITURE CO.
Bring Us Your Pictures
To Frame
We Appreciate Your Business
Play
Safe!!
Try
LIPSCOMB'S
First
99 to 1 We Have It
Drugs
Toilet Articles
Magazines
Postage Stamps
LIPSCOMB'S
The Tiger Drug Store
Coming!
Rexall's
greatest of all
lc Sales
MOISTURE-PROOF CELLOPHANE
Sealed Tight-Ever Right
The Unique
HUMIDOR
PACKAGE
Reasons Are Given For
Lowering of Standards
New York — ( I P )— A lowering of
economic standards in the teaching
profession has been caused by "over-feminization
and a lack of adequate
publicity in the school system," Dr.
Willard S. Elsbree, associate profes­sor
of education at Teachers College,
Columbia University, said in a sur­vey
on "Teachers' Salaries," released
by Columbia Bureau of Publications.
and it's open!
See the new notched tab on the
top of the package. Hold down
one half with your thumb. Tear
off the other half. Simple. Quick.
Zip I That's a l l . Unique I Wrapped
in dust-proof, moisture-proof,
germ-proof Cellophane. Clean, protected,
neat, FRESH! —what could be more modern
than LUCKIES' improved Humidor package
—so easy to open I Ladies-the LUCKY tab is
• your finger nail protection.
* * * * * *
Made of the finest tobaccos—The
Cream of many Crops-LUCKY STRIKE alone
offers the throat protection of the exclusive
"TOASTING" Process which includes the use of
modern Ultra Violet Rays—the process that
expels certain biting, harsh irritants naturally -
present in every tobacco leaf. These expelled
irritants are not present in your LUCKY STRIKE!
"They're out-so the£ can't be M" No wonder
LUCKIES are always kind to your throat.
It's toasted"
Your Throat Protection— against i r r i t a t i o n " against cough
And Moisture-Proof Cellophane Keeps
that "Toasted" Flavor Ever Fresh
TUNE IN-Tne Lucky
Strike Dance Orchestra,
every Tuesday, Thurs­day
and Saturday eve'
ning over N. B. C.
networks.
@ 1981, The American Tobacco Co., Mfra.
PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30, 1931
Plans Being Made
to Create 'University
City* At Wisconsin
Madison, Wis. —(IP)— Plans for
the creating of a "university city"
have been developed by the regents
of the University of Wisconsin here,
as a means of relieving the meagre
housing facilities for the several
thousand students of the university.
Discovering that the present dorm­itory
system cares for only 500 men
and 365 women, that fraternity and
feorority houses take care of only
1,500 men and €00 women, and that
the rest of the 6,000 students stay
in rooming houses, poorly ventilated
and lighted and without proper toilet
facilities, the regents have worked
out a plan whereby the university
would purchase land , on the ridge
overlooking Lake Mendota, and offer
rent-free sites to all fraternities and
sororities that wish to build thereon.
There would also be college dormi-
.tories on the ridge and each unit
would be carefully platted and land­scaped
in accord with the whole
group. Because of a "lobby" of
rooming house owners in the city,
permission to go ahead with such a
plan was turned down ,by the last
legislature, so that the regents must
wait until 1932 before they can ob­tain
the necessary legislation.
Magazine Puts On
Contest For Thesis
The Real Cause
Of Depressions
South Hadley, Mass. —(IP)—
Speaking before the tenth annual
meeting of the International Student
Service at Mount Holyoke College
here, Dr. Walter M. Kotschnig of
Austria said he believed the unem­ployment
situation could be blamed
on' the colleges for their failure to
cope with vital economic problems.
Tiger Theatre
W e d n e s d a y , Sept. 30
Paramount'* Great Love-Drama
"AN AMERICAN
TRAGEDY"
—With—
Phillips Holmes
Sylvia Sidney •
Frances Dee
Added Attraction — Novelty
"Beauty Secrets of Hollywood"
Thursday, Oct. 1
JOHN GILBERT
—In—
"THE PHANTOM
OF PARIS"
—With—
Lelia Hyams - Lewis Stone
Added Attraction—Two Come­dies,
"Shade of an Old Apple
Sauce" and "Cheaper to Rent"
Friday, Oct. 2
CONSTANCE BENNETT
—In—
"BOUGHT!"
—With—
Ben Lyon - Richard Bennett
"Is football a glorious sport—or
are there great dangers in the way
the majority of colleges are handling
the football program? Must some­thing
be done? Must gate receipts
be abolished in order to remove the
"price" from the players? Does
football tend to encourage brutality
and the war spirit? Can the object­ionable
features of the game be elim­inated
and the glorious part retain­ed?"
Psychology Magazine is seeking an­swers
to these questions from college
students throughout the country; and
will award three prizes of $150, $100
and $50 respectively for the three
best answers.
Manuscripts should not exceed
1,000 words in length and must be
postmarked not later than Decem­ber
15. The essays should have as
their subject the most effective way
of handling football in colleges; and
every undergraduate in any college
in the country is eligible to send in a
solution, the magazine states. The
judges as announced are: Dr. Thom­as
M. Putnam, dean of undergradu­ates
at the University of California;
Heywood Broun, columnist for the
Scripps-Howard newspapers; and
Robert C. Zuppke, football coach at
the University of Illinois. All in­quiries
and all completed manuscripts
should be addressed to the Football
Editor, Psychology Magazine, 101 W.
31st Street, New York City.
"LestWeForget-
Lest We Forget"
New York —(IP)— The college
senior fared rather more badly than
the college freshman in a report is­sued
this past summer by the Car­negie
Foundation for the Advance­ment
of Teaching.
According to the report, based on
tests given more than 10,000 college
students in Pennsylvania colleges
and universities, the - "ravages of
forgetting" caused the senior to lose,
even before getting his sheepskin,
much of the knowledge he had ac­quired
during four years at school.
"The college senior recognizes
only 61 out of 100 words in familiar
use by educated persons," the report
said. "The effect of college on the
word supply of the ordinary student
appears to be almost negligible and
in some cases positively injurious."
"The school and college curricu­lum,"
the report added, "consists of
little else but isolated packages of
specific ideas, segregated for the
time being in self-contained courses,
elected semester-wise and cut off by
L
BE A NEWSPAPER
CORRESPONDENT
Any intelligent person may
earn money corresponding for .
newspapers; all or spare time;
experience unnecessary; no
canvassing; send for particu­lars.
Heacock, 500 Dun BIdg.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
YOUR SUCCESS
Depends on Neat Appearance
COLLEGE BARBER SHOP
THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES •
HAGEDORN'S
OPELIKA'S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE
New Fall Goods Arriving Daily
NOTICE STUDENTS
We are closing out our overstock
of Textbooks.
Don't delay buying YOUR books!
Special orders cause delay!
HURRY! HURRY!
Burton's Bookstore
SEE OUR RENTAL LIBRARY
Business Staff Trains
For Coming Season
It is quiteva job to get out a
newspaper, and especially diffi­cult
when there is no news to
print. The editorial staff was
bemoaning this fact late this af­ternoon
when low murmmers were
heard from the vicinity of the
corner of the room that the Busi- '
ness Department of The Plains­man
calls home. With only one
thought in mind, that of creat­ing
news where there was no
news present, no heed was paid
to these groans and gasps, as
they are as frequent as eight
o'clock classes on a freshman's
schedule. Without the slightest
warning, two of the more active
members of the Business Staff
(whose names are withheld upon
threat of further upheaval) de­scended
upon the opposite side of
the room with such viciousness
that the editor was certain that
the end had come, or at the very
least that the "A" Club had come
for Conscientious Cletus. But no,
these two super athletes were
merely preparing for a series of
week-end business jaunts and lim­ited
their activities to dragging
all the furniture from one side of
the room to the other several
times and then with zeal crazed
eyes they retired to their strong-
. hold to prepare for a five minute
. sprint to the Tiger Drug1 Store,
where they would taper off the
day's work with two large steins
of root beer.
Intercollegiate
Flashes
Columbia Students
Hold Religious Drive
Fearful lest the apathetic attitude
which the student body has of late
been displaying towards the religious
activities of the campus will drive
them to utter perdition, the religious
workers of the campus, headed by
Chaplain Raymond C. Knox are prim­ing
themselves for a crusade of the
campus by which they hope to quick­en
the long-dormant souls of the hap­less
youth. Not with swords and
pikes will the Chaplain and his co­horts
wage their battle. Rather they
will give an elaborate exhibition of
the strength and worthiness of their
own forces feeling that the attraction
of these will be so great that the op­position
will succumb without strug­gle.
The program to be launched this
Fall has been planned to touch a vul­nerable
spot in the armor of virtually
every type of opposition. Some will
fall before the onslaught of consci­ence,
ceremonial, music or preaching;
others will yield when the glad hand
of brotherhood and confidence is ex­tended.
This is why.
To begin with, the hour of Sunday
service at the Chapel has been shift­ed
from four o'clock in the afternoon
to eleven in the morning. It is be­lieved
that this hour will afford a
more suitable time for the students to
attend the servjce since many make a
habit of leaving the campus to spend
the afternoon and evening.
—Columbia Spectator.
Prof. Martin Sprengling of the
University of Chicago believes that a
Bedouin foreman of a mine, working
for the Egyptians in, the half-century
between 1850-1800 B. C, first used
the characters which have developed
into the modern alphabet.
—IP—
At the National Air Races in Cleve­land
this summer Lieut. Al Williams
stunted his plane as directed by the
audience through a radio hook-up. An­other
stunter waltzed his plane in
tune with dance music broadcast from
the ground.
—IP—
Although it has one of the smallest
of all standing armies among the
great nations of the world, the Unit­ed
Stated last year spent more than
any other nation on armaments. Oth­er
nations spent for arms in the or­der:
Soviet Union, France, Great
Britain,' Italy, Japan, India, Germany,
Spain.
— I P -
One of a group of five famous
American portraits on exhibition at
the Metropolitan Museum is one by
Samuel Morse, inventor of the tele­graph,
who was an artist before he
took up invention.
—IP—
The atlas of the Great Elector of
Brandenburg, Germany, said to be the
largest book in the world, has been
restored to its former beauty. The
book is 66 inches high, 39 inches wide
and weighs 275 pounds.
— I P -
Forty per cent of the teachers on
the island of Porto Rico spent the
past summer attending schools in the
United States.
—IP—
Dr. H. L. Donovan, president of the
Eastern Kentucky State Teachers Col­lege
has charged that selling of
teaching appointments and giving
them to relatives exists on a large
scale in the state. t
—IP—
A Sydney specialist has predicted
that because of the amount of time
Australians spend in their surfs, the
nation is due to become a darker race.
— I P -
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, en­tomologist
at the University of Illi­nois
had them stolen from -his auto,
parked on a Chicago street.
- I P - *
Ohio-leads, all the states in the
number of colleges. It has 41. New
York has 40, Pennsylvania 38 and Illi­nois
23.
— I P -
Government statistics recently pub­lished
reveal that Soviet Russia's
compulsory education campaign is
running 110 per cent ahead of sched­ule.
During the czarist regime the
most ever in school was 7,235,000.
Last year there were 17,612,000 in
Russian schools.
Lehigh to Receive
Money Left to Yale
Philadelphia —(IP)— Five hun­dred
thousand dollars which he had
in his original will bequeathed to
Yale University, will go to Lehigh
University instead, under a codicil
discovered in the will of the late Dr.
Charles W. MacFarlane, economist
and engineer, who died last May.
The codicil explained that the ex­change
was made because the donor
believed the money would do more
good in the smaller school.
The bequest will enable Lehigh to
complete an economic history of the
Roman Empire started by Dr. Mac­Farlane,
who was engaged for many
years in the preparation of the his­tory
and who gathered many thous­and
excerpts and references to
sources, which he partly catalogued.
Mud Pies Relished "
By Certain Peoples
Chicago —(IP)— The mud pies
that children often make could be
eaten with enjoyment by .many adults
in various parts of the world, accord­ing
to facts revealed in "Geophagy",
a book published recently by Dr. Ber-thold
Laufer, curator of anthology at
the Field Museum of Natural History.
Dr. Laufer has made extensive re­search
in geophagy, which is the prac­tice
of eating clay, loam and other
types of soil, and has published the
results of his studies throughout
many countries in both ancient and
modern times. His investigations be­gan
with records of earth eating in
China.
Traces of the custom have been
found in Indo-China, Malayasia, Poly­nesia,
Melanesia, Australia, India,
Burma, Siam, Central Asia, Siberia,
Persia, Arabia, Africa, Europe,
North America, Mexico, Central
America and South America.
As a rule not every kind of earth
is eaten, according to Dr. Laufer, but
only those kinds which recommend
themselves through certain qualities
of color, odor, flavor, softness and
plasticity.
Geophagy occurs among the most
civilized nations as well as among
primitive tribes. It bears no rela­tion
to climate, race, creed or cul­ture.
It is a habit that occurs among
individuals and not among any par­ticular
tribal or social group.
The women of Spain, says Dr. Lau­fer,
once believed the eating of earth
was an aid to a delicate complexion
and the ladies of the Spanish aristo­cracy
in the 17th Century had such
a passion for gepphagy that the ec­clesiastic
and secular authorities
took steps to combat the evil.
"Scottie" Follows
Master to School
examinations and credits from any
other living conditions. The sacred-ness
of such systems of credit coinage
dominates both teacher and pupil. . .
"The raw information which the
courses had presented and which,
with proper treatment, might have
contributed to a fine body of intel­lectual
equipment, was dumped out­right
at the close of the successive
terms, and when the student came
out of college his effective knowledge
amounted to little more than when as
a freshman he entered the institu­tion."
Austin, Texas —(IP)— Professor
Alfred Kenngott, instructor of ro­mance
languages at the University
of Texas, while on a visit to Ger­many
this summer, \met a woman
salesman in a hat shop, liked her
looks, and three days later married
her. The couple made a wedding
trip to Locarno, then returned to
the United States Aug. 12.
OPELIKA
THEATRE
Opelika, Ala.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
Lew Ayres
—In—
"Doorway to Hell"
THURSDAY, OCT 1
"Chislers of
Hollywood"
—Also—
AMATEUR NITE 8:30
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
Richard Dix
—In—
"Young
Donovan's •
Kid"
Franklin, Nebr. —(IP)— Scottie,
a well-trained Scotch collie, owned
by W. R. Duckett of this city, prob­ably
has attended more universities
than any other dog. His "educa­tion"
has been secured at the Uni­versity
of Chicago, the University
of Kansas and Columbia University.
Scottie's master is blind, and the
dog for the last three summers has
guided Duckett to classes in the uni­versities
where he has been studying
for his master of arts degree.
At the close of the past summer
session at Columbia, when the stu­dents
applauded at the close of the
last lecture by Dr. William C. Bag-ley'Scottie
joined the applause with
prolonged cheerful barking. - .
HOWARD LAMAR, SR.
DIES MONDAY NIGHT
(Continued from page 1)
A keen-minded analyst, a success­ful
lawyer, a devoted father, a man
of deep love for his many friends
was Howard Lamar.
A.NASH
The Nation's Tailor
S U I T S
$21.50 $23.50
$29.50 $35.00
Olin L. Hill
—At—
College Barber Shop
Psychologist Gives
Scholar Requirements
Cleveland, Ohio — ( I P )— A noted
psychologist has given the following
requirements of a scholar:
Understanding and appreciation of
other races and cultures contempo­rary
or remote.
Ability and disposition tq weigh
evidence in controversial matters.
Ability and disposition to mentally
project an understaking through its
successive steps before undertaking
it.
Skill in explanation and predic­tion.
Ability and disposition to look be­neath
the surface of things before
passing judgment.
Ability to do reflective thinking.
Disposition toward continued study
and intellectual cultivation.
Critical and questioning attitude
toward traditional sanctions.
Clarity in. defining.
Discrimination in values in react­ing
to environment, social and physi­cal.
• ,
Analytical approach to propositions
leading to the detection of fallacies
and contradictions.
Ability and disposition to observe
accurately and systematically.
Understanding and skill in the use
of processes of induction, deduction
and generalization.
The ability to see realtionships and
accuracy in their interpretation.
A freshness of interest with respect
to the developments of knowledge.
The Decalogue Of
Mahatma Gandhi
Simla, India— (IP)— The ten
commandments which he says have
guided his own conduct were given
as follows by Manama Gandhi:
Truth; Ahimsa, which may be
translated into English as love; Brah-macharya,
which may be inadequately
expressed as chastity; Restraint of
the palate, which he elaborates as
eating for the mere sustenance of
the body, abstaining from intoxicat­ing
drinks and drugs such as opium
and tobacco; Abstaining from the
possession of things for themselves;
Adherence to life's law that one's
bread must be earned by the sweat
of one's brow; Swadeshi, the belief
that man's primary duty is to serve
his neighbor; Belief in the equality
of all mankind; Belief in the equality
of all the great faiths of the world;
Fearlessness.
I judge people by what they might
be—not are, nor will be.—R. Browning
STUDENTS' NOTICE
You are cordially invited to attend
a party given by the Young People's
Service League at the Episcopal
Church Friday at 7:30 p. m. An eve­ning
of fun and frolic. Be sure to
come and bring someone with you.
Daniel Webster struck me much like
a steam-engine in trousers.—S. Smith.
the.
hotel
R a t e s as L o w as $2.00
THE homelike atmosphere ol
*• the Molton. so different
from the average hotel, has
given it a southwide slogan:
•'Next Best to Home"
Keeping the Old Frtends
Making Many New Ones
In Birmingham
&MOLTON
J. A.DRIVER, MANAGER-TOOMER'S
WILL GIVE YOU SERVICE
DRUG SUNDRIES
DRINKS, SMOKES
DON'T FORGET OUR SANDWICHES
ON THE CORNER
Free!
One Large 25c tube of
Colgate's Dental Cream
with the purchase of one
of the following items:
PALMOLIVE SHAVING CREAM
PALMOLIVE SHAMPOO
COLGATE'S RAPID-SHAVING CREAM
COLGATE'S AFTER SHAVING LOTION
VASELINE HAIR TONIC
PALMOLIVE SOAP -,- 3 bars ofr 25c
After Classes Meet
Your Friends
00 at
Benson Bros.