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Congratulations Phi Kappa Phi's THE PLAINSMAN TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N SPIRIT Congratulations Phi Kappa Phi's VOLUME LVI AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30, 1932 NUMBER 23 FUNERAL RITES FOR JUDGE BUTLER ARE HELD THIS MORNING Prominent Opelika Jurist Dead Following Lingering Illness of Several Weeks WELL-KNOWN HERE Leaves Host of Friends in Auburn and Opelika; Prominent Among State Barristers Funeral service " for Judge G. P. Butler, who passed away at his home in Opelika at 10:55 o'clock Monday night, was held at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday at the home, interment in Rosemere cemetery. Dr. W. P. Wilks, Baptist pastor, conducted the service. Judge Butler's death was not unexpected. He had been in very critical condition some time, and unconscious the past two or three weeks. For a number of years he had been in declining health. The deceased had served as Probate Judge of Lee County eighteen years, being appointed by Governor Henderson to fill the unexpired term of Judge J. B. Lyons. He was reelected three consecutive times. Previously Judge Butler had served as Sheriff of the County after which he was for a time previous to his appointment to the Probate office, in the Federal Revenue Service, as a .revenue officer. Judge Butler was reared by his grandfather, Mr. Peterson, and moved from Salem to Opelika when a young man. He counted his warm personal friends by the thousands, and was ever regarded as one of the real, big hearted men of the county, never turning down a cripple nor failing to answer the call of a friend. Born April 14, 1869, Judge-Butler was in his sixty-third year.^ In 1899 he was married to Miss Hattie Rowe, who died several years ago, and surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Estelle Lee, and two sons, G. P. Butler, Jr., and Rufus Butler. Also one sister survives, .Mrs. A. M. Blalock, Birmingham, and two brothers, T. A. Butler, Port Arthur, Texas; and R. W. Butler, Sheffield, Ala., and numerous nieces and nephews. - Active pallbearers for funeral: Judge Lum Duke, T. D. Samford, John V. Denson, E. H. Glenn, Nim D. Denson, John Thomas Frazer, Jim C. Aldrich and Forney Renfro. Honorary pall-bearers: L. Booker, Flake E. Farley, J. W. Green, E. W. Green, Dr. John Walker, Dr. Byron Bruce, Dr. Homer Bruce, C. A. L. Samford, John Banks, George E. Clower, Yetta G. Samford, H. A. Bedell, Jake Walker, Joe B. Duke, J. K. Watkins, R. C. Smith, William Samford, Thomas Samford, H. D. McGraw, A. S. Hollingsworth, Jim Killian, W. W. Bradley, Ned James, O. P. Lee, Hartwell Davis, B. T. Phillips, Henry K. Dickinson, W. F. Dickinson, T. W. Britton, T. A. What-ley, Jr., E. A. Burke, Blake T. Prince, W. 0. Brownfield, Emmett Holt, C. M. Weissinger and W. A. Betts. Frederick-Williams Company had charge of arrangements. E. £. Nelson Is Sent To Chicago By Ags E. E. Nelson, Milledgeville, f represented Auburn at the Livestock Exposition in Chicago, November 26- 28. In connection with the Exposition, Nelson represented the Alabama Farmer at the meeting of the Agricultural College Magazines Association; the Ag Club at the meeting of the American Ag Club Councils; and the Block and Bridle Club at the National Block and Bridle Club meeting. All these meetings were held in conjunction with the Livestock Exposition. Nelson is a prominent senior in Agriculture, being president of the Ag Club; vice-president of the Education Club; circulation manager for the Alabama Farmer; and a member of Alpha Phi Epsilon, as well as a member of the Block and Bridle Club. Classes Excused for Game in Birmingham The Auburn-South Carolina football game in Birmingham next Saturday was made an excused game by the action of the Executive Council, Monday. This game was not on the original excused list because it was then scheduled to be played in Columbia, S. C. The transfer from Columbia to Birmingham and the fact that it will be the championship game of the season caused the Council to make it an excused game. LIONS CLUB HEARS PROFESSORPARRISH School Situation Is Subject of Talk by City School Superintendent Professor J. A. Parrish,_ superintendent of Auburn public schools was the principal speaker at the last weekly meeting of the Lions Club. He expressed a keen disappointment over the recent enforced closing of Auburn's public schools. He stated that a number of plans had been suggested to obtain the necessary funds to operate the schools and ventured the hope that the Auburn schools would reopen in January, 1933. He explained the financial structure of the school district to the Lions and called attention to the obligations that remain unfulfilled. Professor Parrish pointed out that the denial of the schools to the children of a community involved many moral and physical considerations in addition to neglect of intellectual development and voiced the belief that a year of school out of a child's life could never be replaced. "There is enough protest over this unnecessary sacrifice of our children's welfare among the citizenry of Alabama to bring immediate corrective action," the superintendent said, "but unfortunately there is a regrettably small amount of constructive leadership at this time." The Lion program for tomorrow evening will include the formation of committees for collection" of broken toys. This Christmas activity of the club which includes repair and distribution of hundreds of toys is an annual project which insures that every child in the community will receive a visit from Santa Claus. O.D.K. CAKE RACE POSTPONED UNTIL SECOND SEMESTER CAGE TOURNAMENT POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS Influenza Epidemic Given as Reason for Delay of Annual Event MUCH INTEREST SHOWN Freshman Class to Participate; Race be Held Early Part of January It was made known today that the Omicron Delta Kappa cake race, which was te be held before Christmas, will be postponed until after the Yuletide holidays. Frank Noble, president of Omicron Delta Kappa intimated that the race will be held as usual in January. The epidemic of influenza was given as the principal reason for postponement of the annual event. It has been customary since 1929 for the entire freshman class to participate in the race, and the event always arouses a great deal of interest among the members of the student body. The present plans of the society are to have the race immediately following the beginning of the • second semester. Last year, Carl Pihl finishea the three miles in record time, completing the course in 15.05 minutes. Many freshmen have already begun training for the event. Lack of Time for Use of Gym Halts Frat Tournament Until After Season DATE TENTATIVE Teams Seeded by Council Com mittee in Forming Pairings . for Fraternity Games Time' Mentions Tigers In Issue of Nov. 28th Second Issue Cajoler Published Last Week The second issue of the Cajoler, Auburn humor publication was put on the streets recently under a shift in management, due to the recent death of Harry H. Hillman, former editor. R. H. Cassidy of Mobile, is the new editor of the publication. He worked with Hillman before the latter's death. Willis E. Phipps, Mobile, is tlie business manager of the booklet. It was announced today that the Cajoler would be published once a month instead of the former plan which called for seven issues during the school year. Recognition of Auburn's fine football record was carried as follows in the November 28th issue of "Time." "Auburn (Alabama Polytechnic Institute) has an extraordinary football team, called 'Tigers' or 'Plainsmen.' Its coach is Chet Wynne, Notre Dame fullback in 1921. Captain and left halfback is Jimmy Hitchcock, baldish, small, fast, whom Auburn publicists like to compare with famed Red Grange. Quarterback "Ripper" Williams is a clever arrogant field general. The Tigers have a chinless end, David (Gump) Ariail, who may make the all-American, a stuttering sophomore end named Bennie Fenton. So far this season, Auburn has made 255 points to its opponent's 34. Last week Auburn emerged from a close shave—14-to- 7—against Georgia with a claim to its first Southern Conference Cham pionship that will probably be sub stantiated by the Auburn-Sojith Car olina game this week." Seniors Are Requested To Apply For Degrees All seniors who expect to graduate at the January, May, or August commencement exercises are asked to fill out application cards for degrees which have been sent to the various deans for distribution. Charles W. Edwards, associate registrar, says that this is very important and should be done within the next few days. These cards are to be returned to the deans who will send them to the registrar's office. According to an announcement by Sonny Paterson, chairman of the In-terfraternity Council ^committee on the basketball tournament, the tourney will be postponed until after the Christmas holidays, owing to the fact that the Gymnasium will not be available until a later date. At present physical training classes and freshman and varsity basketball practice render the floor of the Gym unavailable. The Council found it impossible to arrange a schedule of practice for the different^Greek teams that would coincide with the plans of the Athletic Department. No definite date was set for the beginning of the tournament, btit Paterson intimated that it would be immediately following the Christmas holidays. No announcement has been made concerning rules,. but it is probable that regulations used last year will be adopted. Teams are to be composed of members and. pledges of fraternities, but participants in varsity play are ruled ineligible. Considerable interest has been manifested in the tourney, and many fraternities have already picked their teams. However, it was thought best by the Council Committee that the affair be postponed until the Gymnasium could be used for practice and tournament play. News Flashes From Abroad AUBURN KNIGHTS WILL APPEAR AT OPELIKA THEATRE TONIGHT The Auburn Knights, official 11- piece orchestra of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, will fill a one night engagement at the Opelika theatre Wednesday, November 30th, for two performances. The first stage appearance will be about 7:20 o'clock and 9 o'clock. The Auburn Knights are under personal direction of Frank G. Noble and they have returned from a successful tour of points in Southern Alabama where they were acclaimed by large crowds of music lovers. This symphonic arrangement of the latest hits is sure to find big favor with all music enthusiasts of Opelika and this general vicinity because those Auburn Knights certainly do know their syncopation. It will be almost an impossibility to remain in your seat without beating an accompaniment with your foot as that snappy rhythm the Collegians grind out begins reverberating throughout the Opelika theatre. The Opelika appearance will mark the first stage appearance of the Knights this season. Conrad Stay-ton, who has been widely praised for his voice, will be heard in a number of vocal selections during the variety program that will last for about half an hour. One Wednesday night — Auburn night—a good picture will also be shown. It is "The Most Dangerous Game." There will be no advance in prices for this extraordinary program. Montgomery. — Two electricians went into the basement of the partially constructed First Methodist Church building to make an inspection. One struck a match and an explosion followed. One is dead and the other is seriously injured. No definite cause has been decided upon as the basis of the explosion. —0— Montgomery. — President - elect, Governor of New York State Franklin Delano Roosevelt (pronounced Rose-velt) will visit the capitol of the state in all probability sometime in January next. Chairman James A. Farley, of the Democratic National Committee will visit there next Friday. —0— Washington.—Beer by Christmas. It was learned today that 100 Republican members of the house would probably join the moist Democratic element and dispose of the argument as soon as the house convenes. Birmingham. — The Southeastern Council in session in the Magic City plans to lay plans for the demolition of the void heretofore in evidence between industry and agriculture in the South. —0— Chicago.—Fred W. Sargent, president of the Chicago and Northwestern System stated that bankruptcy would be the result of the proposed 30-houf week for the railroads. —0— . Detroit.—A man, close to the Ford interests, visited the motor magnate and reported yesterday that the maker of the Ford cars looks like a million dollars as he convalesces from a recent operation. _ 0— Montgomery.—His Excellency, the Governor of the State of Alabama, has decided to parole 300 convicts before Christmas. 200 .convicts were paroled some time ago. Perhaps a solution to the recent destruction of the state branch prison at Speigner by fire. TWENTY-EIGHT SENIORS ARE ELECTED TO MEMBERSHIP IN PHI KAPPA PHI; THREE MEMBERS OF FACULTY CHOSEN Special Courses For Unemployed Teachers To Be Offered Here Beginning December 5 To accommodate teachers whose schools have closed the Alabama Polytechnic Institute will offer special courses beginning Monday, December 5. They will continue six weeks, or until January 27, and will be credit courses for those who comply with the requirements. Decision to offer such courses was made by the Executive Council. Dean John J. Wilmore, chairman of the Administrative Committee, named Dean Zebulon Judd chairman of the committee to decide what courses to offer and make arrangements for conducting them. Only a limited number of courses will be offered and each of these will be of special interest to teachers. In view of the stringent financial conditions warrants will be accepted as security for note in payment of college fees. To be acceptable as collateral a warrant must have been issued to the teacher or to a member of his or her immediate family. To make arrangements for these courses Dean Judd requests all who are interested to write immediately indicating as definitely as they can the courses they would like to take. The plan is to conduct these courses two weeks before Christmas and four weeks after Christmas. It is expected that several teachers will register on January 20 and 21 for the second semester's work at Auburn. Officers of Honorary Scholastic Fraternity Announce Selection of Pledges Today SOCIETY IS NATIONAL Outstanding Students in AH Departments Recognized by National Society DR. PETRIE ATTENDS DEANS' ASSOCIATION President of Association Represents Auburn at Meeting in Atlanta Dr. Geo. Petrie, professor of history and dean of the graduate school, represented the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at the recent meeting in Atlanta of the Association of Southern College and University Deans, of which he was president. Problems pertaining to the work of these deans were discussed and acted upon at the meeting, Dr. Petrie said. The organization was formed six years ago with Dr. Petrie as one of the organizers. Purposes of it are to discuss all kinds of problems on graduate deaning, to make suggestions, and to disseminate information as to what is being done elsewhere. One report this year was on the requirements for masterate degrees at different institutions. No effort is made'at legislation, Dr. Petrie explained. * Institutions represented were Auburn, the University of Virginia, the University of Florida, the University of Arkansas, Duke University, Mercer, The University of Tennessee, the University of Georgia, and Emory. Dean Pearson of the University of North Carolina succeeded Dr. Petrie as president. Dean Smith of the. University of South Carolina succeeded Dr. A. B. Moore of the University of Alabama as secretary. 'FLU' EPIDEMIC HERE REPORTED ON WANE Number of Influenza Cases Reduced from 175 to 20; No Students Seriously 111 It was learned from a reliable source today that the number of students and townspeople suffering from influenza has been reduced from 175 cases to 20. Thanksgiving holidays began a day early last week, when the rapid progress of the influenza epidemic lead the. administration to dismiss classes at 10 a. m. on Tuesday. Auburn is fortunate in that none of the students were seriously ill during the epidemic, and it is felt here now that the worst ravages of the disease have passed. Special Rates Be Offered For Game The Western Railway of Alabama and Louisville and Nashville will offer special fares to the South Carolina game in Birmingham. A round-trip rate .of three dollars will be offered for Friday afternoon only; the return trip must be made on trains leaving Birmingham Sunday night. Tox'Hunt Held By Local Riding Club Undaunted by the weather, the Auburn Polo and Riding Club held its Thanksgiving holiday paper chase Friday morning. The prize of the day, a pair of spurs, was won by Miss Ernestine Hill, first of the ladies' riding class to overtake the fox at the end of the five mile trail. Justin Morrill laid the trail and acted as "fox" for the occasion. Breakfast was served at the end of the ride at the R. O. T. C. rifle range. All present expressed enjoyment in the ride in spite of the drenching rain which fell before the finish. The field numbered about thirty-five including Mesdames Charles Livingston, John Hyde, H. B. Ellis, and J. E. Barnes and Misses Miriam Toul-man, Mary McGehee, Frances Mc- Gehee, Mildred Franke, Grace Gardner, Dabney Hare, Suzelle Hare, Sarah Hooper, Ernestine Hill, Emma Nell Parrish and Eleanor Scott.* Election of thirty-one seniors and faculty members to Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary scholastic fraternity, was made known by officers of the society today. Phi Kappa Phi is organized for the encouragement of scholarship and original study among students. The newly-elected pledges are: William J. Bartoldus, of New York, N. Y.; Asa C. Black, of Mobile, Virgil Breland, of Langston; Jesse B. Brooks, of Killen; Erastus H. Butler, of Jackson, Miss.; Lilbern M. Carre, of Anniston; Theodore W. Clarkson, of Gadsden; G. H. Conner, of Auburn; Herbert F. Croen, of Tarry-town, N. Y.; Thomas s E. Curtis, of Marion; Rodolpho Elizondo, of Mus-quiz, Mexico; Homer S. Fisher, of Huntsville; Harold S. Gassman, of Birmingham; Jewel Golden, of Opelika; Dunham F.-Golson, of Pratt-ville; Samuel W. Grubbs, of Clayton;" John Cyrus MacGregor, of Auburn; Knox M. McMillan, of Talladega; William W. Matthews, of Scottsboro; Otto Morningstar, of Birmingham; Urton Munn, of Auburn; Robert G. Pitts, of Marion; John W. Solomon, of Eufaula; Cash M. Stanley, of Montgomery; Thomas P. Whitten, of Roanoke; Leonidas P. Whorton, of Gadsden; Samuel E. Wittel, of Auburn ; and Stell B. Yates, of Lineville. Three faculty members were chosen by the society; they are: John H. Goff, of the department of business administration; Paul Irvine, of the school of education; and Mark L. Nichols, of the department of agricultural 'engineering. Seniors who make a high average on all subjects over a period of three years are eligible to membership in Phi Kappa Phi if they can meet requirements as to character and individual initiative as demonstrated by usefulness and prominence in worthy student and other collegiate activities. PRIZES ARE ANNOUNCED FOR WINNERS OF MILTON AWARDS The late George F. Milton, distinguished Southern,writer and journalist, and, until his death in 1924, president and editor of the Chattanooga News, was long animated by an earnest desire to render permanent service to the cause of international peace. Under his will a fund was established to offer the George F. Milton awards in journalism with the hope of furthering this and other worthy causes. For 1932, a cash award of $250.00 will be made to the writer who shall publish in any newspaper or periodical in the South during the calendar year 1932 the best editorial or editorials advancing the cause of International Peace. The term "South" shall be understood to mean the following states: Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisana, and Maryland. The term "editorial" shall mean an article prepared by, or under the jurisdiction of, the editorial staff of a newspaper or periodical and reflecting the paper's point of view. The awards are not administered as a competition, but are bestowed in recognition of a service rendered to the cause of International Peace. Throughout the year the administrators will use every effort to survey the Southern field for contributions toward this cause. Editors, however, are asked to lend their assistance by submitting copies of printed editorials (Continued on page 4) Auburn Polo Team Is Winner Over Benning Auburn opened its polo season here Thanksgiving day with an impressive 9 to 3 victory over the Chattahoochee Cardinals from Fort Benning. Despite the fact that the game was played on a soft field, both teams flashed brilliantly at times. Lieut. T. S. Gunby, coach, used two complete teams, each playing a half. Leroy Fincher, Lewis Jones, Oel Johnson, Jim Suydam, W. O. Johnson, Justin Morrill, Jim Wood, and Ira Franklin saw service for Auburn. Elwood Rouse, a leading defensive player, was unable to participate because of illness. Negotiations for a polo game here Dec. 3 have been discontinued because of the Auburn-South Carolina football game being transferred to Birmingham. A. P. I. Represented At Conclave In Birmingbam Four representatives of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute are attending the first annual meeting of the Southeastern Council in Birmingham, Tuesday and Wednesday. They are Dr. L. N. Duncan, Dean M. J. Funchess, Dean Zoe Dobbs, and P. O. Davis. Dr. Duncan's name appeared on the program for an address at the general session Tuesday morning. Others of the Auburn contingent are serving on committees. PAGE TWO 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 WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30, 1932 Styg f lafetgmati 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, Alabama. Business and editorial offices at Auburn Printing Co., on Magnolia Avenue. Business office hours: 4-5 p. m. daily. Editorial office hours: 11-12 a. m. daily. \ STAFF Knox M. McMillan •_ ...Editor-in-Chief Robert P. Greer —... ^..Business Manager ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Gabie Drey, John R. Chadwick, Nora Towles, Howard Moss and Hugh Cameron. MANAGING EDITOR: Horace Shepard. NEWS EDITORS: Neal DaVis, Jack Knowl-ton, Walter Bsown and James A. .Parrish, Jr. SPORTS EDITOR: B. C. Pope. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Carl Pihl, Carl Majors and Louie Tucker. BUSINESS STAFF — Assistant Business Manager: Phillip M. Benton. Advertising Managers: Harry Orme and Herbert Harris. Assistant Advertising Managers: Edward W. Prewitt and William Hall. Circulation Manager: George H. Lester. Circulation Assistants: Fred Moss, Dan Park-man, William G. Emrey, Arthur C. Weid, and E. W. Cole. REPORTERS: H. N. White, '36; Rex Godwin, '36; Henry Maddox, '36; Jack Morton, '36; E. J. Wendt, '36; Horace Perry, '36. A CRITICAL SITUATION The world is looking to December 15 as a date full of meaning. It is then that the United States' debtors in Europe are supposed to render a payment on obligations accrued during the Great War. Great Britain is regarded as the key to the situation. It is on her that the eyes of Europe are focused. Should England •pay her war debts to the United States on the present scale, she would be out of a good many millions of pounds as a result of the war. Several years ago she reduced Italy's indebtedness to her to a meagre 15 percent, and France's to 42 percent. Such leniency has not been shown by any other nation. London newspapers are beginning to print Shylock cartoons of the United States again, and the average British citizen is not looking to this country with favor. In notes to Great Britain,- France, and Belgium, Secretary Stimson asked for convincing arguments to the effect that the December 15 payment of the debts be postponed, thus manifesting a liberal attitude on the part of the Executive, department. However, Congress is adamant in its stand. Leaders in both Houses affirm their belief that the debtor countries should pay at once.,. Europe understands the American "taxpayer's point of view on the problem, but believes that Great Britain and this country should postpone the December payment and work out a new plan together. \-The French are marking time, waiting to < see what England is going to do. That is, in brief, the debt situation. More than two weeks will elapse before the final outcome will be made known. In the meantime, the American and British governments are exchanging notes. President Hoover accomplished an admirable stroke of diplomacy when he suggested that the debtor nations present reasonable arguments stating why they should not meet the December payments. It acts as a suggestion to the "lame-duck" Congress, the final judge of the United States' action on - the matter. It is apparent that this country should not continue to uphold the unyielding position maintained by Congress; a much more sensible arrangement could be worked out should a plan of revision be acted on by all the governments concerned. A better, feeling would following an expression by Congress of willingness to deal leniently and fairly with our debtors; we are not the only people afflicted with economic troubles. ENTER NULLIFICATION In the recent presidential election nine states added their strength to the side of the six that had previously been without prohibition enforcement acts, and by their vote heaped additional injury and woe on the militant drys. The states in the Union that are today without enforcements acts are Arizona, California, Colorado, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Maryland, New York, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Montana and Nevada. Federal enforcement in these states is well nigh impossible, and it is evident that those in authority realize this. Seven enforcement agents were released by the Chcago office this last week-end, aiid there is evidence that this action will only be the beginning. /• President Hoover, in his radio address on the afternoon of the twenty-fifth of this month, hinted that he considered the recent vote a definite indication of the desires, of the American people in regard to repeal, and that he would prefer striking the eighteenth amendment entirely from the constitution to such a half way measure as a beer bill would necessarily be. - fhere is a very concrete opinion in Washington that, if the "lame duck" session does either repeal or modify the eighteenth amendment, the President will readily sign the bill, and there is little doubt that at least twenty million Americans will rise to cheer such an action. i Another very* important result of the vote for repeal has been the question of the status of convicted offenders incarcerated in states that now have no enforcement acts. The general tendency seems to be to free these men immediately. If such a course is adopted by the several states there is little doubt that the cause of the drys will have received another. dangerous body blow, r- . i. • The main,defense of those favoring the retention of prohibition seems to be the inviobility of the constitution, that is; they claim that any attempt to repeal prohibition will be a direct breach of that document which Washington and Madison, two chaps who certainly did not mind an occasional sip, were so instrumental in composing. In using this defense they ignore the fact that prohibition was added to that constitution one hund/ed and forty-two years after it was ratified by the several states and that it was done so in direct disregard for the bill of rights that were guaranteed by the first- ten amendments, as drawn up by Madison and passed at the insistent demand of the 'people. Also they seem to be unaware of the fact that the enforcement of the eighteenth amendment has in itself so flagrantly violated those ten amendments that it is not to be wondered at today that the people do not respect the laws of the nation. There is little doubt that prohibition must go. The main question is .. . . how far shall we shove the eighteenth amendment aside? WAGGING TONGUES Woeful are the rumors going the round of the campus in regard to the institution's" financial status. We have been told by any number of people that Auburn will follow many of the county schools in the near future in closing its doors for an inr definite period. All of these direful tales were supposed to have come from authoritative sources, but as far as we have been able to ascertain, they are all groundless. The only comment that the administration has. issued on the subject has been to the effect that the school will remain open until the end of the current session. Since this statement nothing official has been made known on the matter. But people without are prone to believe much of the hearsay scattered by students. At present we have no assurance that the institution will close its doors at any time in the immediate future; we have been told that it will run as long as possible. Until the school is officially discontinued any idle talk of closing must remain in the realm of rumor. MISSING BOOKS During the school year of 1931-32, there were 54 books either stolen or lost from the library. There is little chance for a book to be lost from the library shelves, so there is no other conclusion to be reached other than that the great majority of these volumes were intentionally stolen. There are no funds available for the purchasing of new books this year, and those, which are missing can not be replaced. Consequently, the freshmen shelves and the other departments to the college library lack many volumes which are essential to a good selection. There is nothing else for those in charge of the library to resort to except a direct appeal to the students. It stands to reason that most of the books must have been removed by members of the student body, and that their failure to be returned was due either to fear of being disciplined or malicious intent to steal. The library authorities hope that through this appeal students will realize the serious situation in which the library is placed and will return the books. There will be no questions asked and no fines will be levied. AN AIR OF UNCERTAINTY Circumstances have been such this year that the Alabama Polytechnic Institute has been sorely tried in almost every conceivable manner. On top of extremely discouraging financial difficulties has descended a campus- wide epidemic of influenza. Classwork and the operation of the institution in general have been upset by the sudden sweep of this disease. Everyone has a tendency to be off balance, and an air of uncertainty hangs about the campus. Jtumors are running rampant throughout the student body, and many foolish things are being said. But no great.disaster is eminent, and school continues. The quicker the student > body settles down to work and forgetr some of the idle tales that are current the sooner conditions here at Auburn will reach the norm. / Thunderations By Gum 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. » * * * AND SO my girl wrote"to me and said, "I read your Cajoler the other day. ' You don't have to be evil minded to catch on to them (the jokes), all you have to do is know how to read." Say, what is the Cajoler trying to do, pizen the minds of people? The minds of some people are already pizened I know, but think of the women and children. They open the magazine and think they will find some nice clean humor . . . at the worst some of the later, "There were two Irishmen" jokes, and what do they find? Hitchhiker jokes! , One of these days the Cajoler will fail to pass through the mails. There is a law, you know. I know all college humor is supposed to be sort of uprflighty but I think the Cajoler is a little up-flighty too high. I don't criticize the jokes in the magazine, they are all right. I criticize the magazine for misplacing the jokes. Jokes like that are told best around a small* table with a screen of cigarette smoke, and they are air right there, but gentlemen, when jokes the Cajoler has printed come before you in black and white they look like hell. There are sewing-circle gatherings in them thar Gay Street houses, Cajoler staff. They may laugh at your jokes, but you'll catch hell just the same. Which reminds me. There was once a lady who saw a drinking party going on in the next house, all the shades being up, and she went over there, knowing the host to be a generous man. And he was. He gave her a drink. He gave her two drinks, and she put all the mess of likker in a bottle, and took it off home, next door. What do nice old ladies do with two drinks in- a bottle. What would anyone do? I didn't notice any of the flowers under her window in a state of wiltment, so we may safely presume the dear soul drank the stuff. • You notice I spoke of the non-wilted flowers, and the pouring. You know, one doesn't pour whiskey down sink drainpipes . . . Auburn whiskey . . . the stuff eats the drain pipes, y'know. Well, the next day, the nice lady went to all the sewing-circles and squealed. Squealed with the likker still inside 'er. "Oh, the man next door," she said, "was something terrible. He drank! How terrible! He had a drinking party the night before. Seven people passed out!" This went up the street, a*d down the street and all over town. It amplified itself as all things do when told by dear, dear, poke-noses, and the man became the worst drunkard the town had ever known. Say, if he drank as much whiskey as he was accused of, he would be a spirit lamp three-fourths full of alcohol. Not yet^ has the neighborly female told anyone how her two drinks tasted. Please Allah, I hope it jolly well cooked her innards. I may be dreaming; I should be dreaming, but I think I'm correct. I go to church; I catch myself trying to look as devout as such sewing-circle members there, but people, it can't be done. Just can't. I find myself "church laughing," a little inside, left-handed snicker, because I know the circle membership is not listening to the sermon; not counting the bald-heads, nor the pews, but thinking of additional gossip to be amplified at the next meeting. * * * * All of the above is rather rambling, and perhaps disconnected, but oh such a pleasure to write. 'Tis a pleasure I assure you. And while all of the writing was going on, I completely missed hearing Guy Lom-bardo. That orchestra is' to me like a tomato sandwich at mid-night, a thing im-measureably enjoyable.' Quite. i * * * Thoughts and Things: I had always liked L. S. U. until Saturday. I don't know the particulars of the case, but a team who will play another team that has the entire varsity out of the line-up because ef illness, and who has asked a postponement . . . well I see no glory in L. S. U.'s win over Tulane. Tulane had to use a third-string full-back as center. And all of that because L. S. U. had to preserve, unblemished its Southern Conference record. What a record. Twice beat% en by non-conference members what chance had L. S. U.'s record with Auburn's and Tennessee's? None whatsoever. Well, why couldn't the game have been postponed? Neither team had a game scheduled for Saturday, December 3rd. Why couldn't the game have been played then? I, possibly, could lick Jack Dempsey with both' his hands tied behind him, but where's the glory? Say, that L. S. U.-Tulane game stinks all the way from Baton Rouge up here. — \ \ * AUBURN FOOTPRINTS > They say that J. LAKE PARKER (Mr. Parker to you, you dope) has acquired \ a new nick-name. Just call him "wiggy." * * * * * , * * * What this country needs is a nickle. * * * * * * * * Someone suggested that even if we do have beer by Christmas, that it will be much too cold to drink it. Still, there is always another day to think of—and summer coming on. * * ' * * * * * * ' - -^ The A. T. O.'s would like to thank MATT SLEDGE for the use of his telescope. Tsk, tsk. * * * * * , * * * And then there was the Phi Delta Theta pledge who was so embarrassed when a certain person woke him up a week or two ago. _.-.' * * ~ * * * * ** _ We've given up taking cold showers every morning. We go down to the bank and ask for a loan instead.—Judge. * * * * * * * * i . Nothing looks quite so cherubic as a freshman with a Clark Gable sweater. Such sweaters and coffee belong to the architects, you chislers. * * * * * * * . * The latest method of the government in swinging back to the old tortures of the inquisition is found in the announcement that the federal prison in Atlanta plans to. install a radio in every cell. * * * * * * * * "Really, Bill, your argument with yo"ur wife last night was most amusing." "Wasn't it though? And when she threw the axe at me I thought I'd split." ACROSS THE CAMPUS By P. 0. Davis 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. _ * * * ** IT'S ALL over now, except South Carolina; and that Gamecock outfit may be more dangerous than some are inclined to rate them. They are a fighting crowd and they are certain to fight their hardest to stop -Auburn. That Tiger-Bulldog classic at Columbus is too fresh in our menfo'ries for comment. I t was, as predicted, the South's thriller that day; That last touchdown by Phipps was, of course, the one that raised excitement and thrills to the peak. It was a football odys-sey with the ramble left out. Phipps traveled almost the shortest line from where he started to the goal—and victory. *% * * * Miss Mary Martin, Auburn's librarian, calls attention to the fact that a few students are tardy—perhaps careless—about returning borrowed books. This is a big handicap to the library because it prevents lending these books to other students. It is a very bad habit for the student. Promptness in'returning books helps to form a good habit—namely, that of being prompt in everything that is done. * * * * Colonel William L. Reed, regular army officer of the Fourth Corps Area Headquarters in Atlanta, visited Auburn Nov. 15, and gave the Auburn^ R. 0. T. C. unit the "once over." After reviewing the boys in a formal milftsry parade and observing them in action he expressed himself as being pleased and very favorably impressed. He extended his felicitations-to Major G. H. Franke and members of his staff which is composed^ of thre| captains and five lieutenants.- Annually for thirteen yeafs the Auburn R. O. T. C. unit has received the highest rating. It is an important part of the work at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, one thousand students taking it this year. * * * * Dean John W. Scott is sanguine in his conclusion that business has improved and that the future is a little brighter than the past. The dark cloud of depression seems to be lifting, he said. The condition is better in Alabama than in some of the surrounding states. That touches our pride and enhances our appreciation but we realize that business should improve in all states if improvement in one is to continue. States must rise or fall together because of the complicated relations existing between them. - * * * * Dean John J. Wilmore reminds us that engineers are not being, used as extensively as they should be for the sake of high quality construction work and economy in doing it. It often happens that those in charge of construction work conclude that they will save by not employing an engineer wheteas they would gain a lot more than it would cost. To be more specific, very few counties in Alabama now have trained engineers although the gasoline tax alone is filling each I want a boxing team here. We have a polo team, a tennis team, a swimming team, a team of horses, and we need a boxing team. I know the school hasn't enough money to buy gloves and bandages, but we can buy our own equipment . . . Let's start a movement. , * * * * I CAN ASSURE YOU: I've never seen a blonde who had sense, and I know a brunette who thinks she is hell on wheels, pretty, bright colored wheels. county treasury for road work at the rate of almost $60,000,000 per annum, or a little less than $5,000.00 per month. There are also other funds going into county 'highway, bridge and other construction work. A trained and energetic engineer should save much more than his salary in any one county in Alabama through better workmanship, better arrangement, better material, elimination of waste, and efficiency. * * * * General R. I. Rees, of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, conducted a survey to determine the value of the English language to^young engineers. Questionnaires were used and the data were tabulated and summarized. In his report he said that "these data conclusively support the general opinion that English training is of major importance to the young engineer, and at least suggest that more emphasis should be placed upon it in the engineering curricula." It is obvious that this statement is correct. Good use of English is very beneficial to anyone who uses his tongue or his pen, or both. It is one of the greatest assets anyone can have. It is not obtained easily but the struggle for it is more than justified by the results. * * * * The Penn State Farmer,, which is published by students in agriculture at the Pennsylvania State College, remarks editorially : "The students in this School of Agriculture are the most timid in the United States. When asked whether they are Ag. students the majority stutter 'Ah, Ah,' 1 twice before replying. This is because there is no definite group spirit." We wonder if this manner of speaking is due to "no definite group spirit" or is it due to plain carelessness in speaking. There are people who seem not to appreciate the value of good speaking, either conversationally or otherwise. The man or the woman who speaks in direct terms—clearly and forcefully—has a great asset. Wm. Jennings Bryan was an example of this. He combined with it a very pleasing voice. Ex-Mayor Jas. J. Walker of New York, is another man whose voice and manner of speaking contributed much to his success; and nothing to his downfall. We wonder if educational institutions are paying enough attention to voice training from the standpoint of talking and speaking. * * *- * Ex-Senator John Sharp Williams who died recently at his plantation home in Mississippi truly was one of the South's' greatest statesmen. Of this we are reminded by his neighbors who spoke of him as follows: "Always honest; spoke the truth, faced his enemy and fought him if necessary; used chaste English; insulted no man and bore no insult from any; studiously kind to his inferiors, socially hospitable to his equals; scorned a demagogue; loved his people and held it mean to prefer any class or individual interest, most of all his own, to that of the masses of his countrymen." After retiring from the-Senate, Senator Williams lived on his plantation home and, in his late life, wrote about himself.—"a good wife, six good children living, thirteen of the sweetest and best grandchildren; an old rambling, roomy house; 5,000 of the best books of the best men (all dead friends but speaking); a good pipe, good tobacco; a big open fireplace with three-foot logs." With the above we see the curtain fall on an exemplary life which will live and inspire and challenge long after his death. INVICTUS By Casual Observer 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. AND THE people of the state, at least part of them, wonder why the affairs of the state are in such terrible shape. The following was a conversation which took place between a state legislator from Hale County, Alabama, and the county tax assessor: 'Legislator: - Well, we passed an amendment down there in Montgomery so a car owner won't be able to escape paying taxes on his car for nearly a year as he has in the past. Tax Assessor: I haven't heard anything about it. It seems that the tax assessors would have been among the first to be notified. — Legislator: Is that right? Well I certainly thought we, did. Anyhow I know we did something while we were there. Such intellects should not • be confined to the mediocrity of affairs concerned with state legislation, yet the people/of the state have seen fit to send such minds to act as their representatives. Not only have they sent them there to the senatorial pews at a rate of several dollars a day, but they have allowed these intellectual giants to remain there. To make a misteke and pay for it ungrudgingly is one thing, but to allow such a vital weakness to continue unmolested is another*. The writer may be wrong but there must, be some method of recall left to protect the people; that is if there remains enough initiative among the electorate to form one. The facts remain. The»state of Alabama - has a legislature composed of representatives that are partly avaricious, partly .unintelligent, and solidly indifferent. The executive branch has proven itself unpro-gressive, beyond all doubt. So far the judiciary has not been called upon to add to the general chaos. It seems that the electorate has paid enough for its ticket to the governmental circus and that the last act is about over. The show is a flop. There are two things any sensible theatrical management would do: either close its doors, or hire a new troup. Should the stock holders decide to produce a new show, they might hire the next master of ceremonies minus a trick mustache. * * * * Even so recent as a year ago, anyone would have thought that no politician could be so indiscreet aS to allow the elementary schools to close about the state. Numerous schools have closed. The colleges may be able to remain open, but then theysusually like to have freshmen ^classes each year. * * * * The national government would do well to take a hand and enclose the whole state with a high iron fence. Make an open-air museum of it. There are more freaks and antiquated ideas per square mile in - the state than there are "lame-ducks" in the national congress. The first law of health is elimination of waste. That law might work more than one way in state administration. 'Tis true that the nation as a whole 'has overdone itself with new ideas, but this state happens to be an extreme contrast to that condition. We have a state where anyone can revive an argument on the technicalities of the Civil War on nearly any street corner; where the people still place a childish trust in public servants. A state that ambles around with its- tongue in its cheek everytime someone under fifty advances a new idea. It takes a large amount of moral courage to use the broom. The national government gave the state the broom in 1819 at the same time the name Alabama was associated with a territorial division. The broom is still practically new. The past is too uncomfortably attached t.o the present, and must remain the past always, to teach and not to bind. * * * * Am still quite sure that AuburiThas more than its share of beautiful sunsets . . . that Thanksgiving should come more than once a year . . . that Judy has the "jitters" . . . that Broun Hall is in need of a furnace . . . that most people don't read this . . . that leaves are as graceful on the ground as they are on trees . . . that it will be too cold to drink the beer congress has promised us for Christmas . . . that beer is of more or less questionable origin anyway . . . . that it must be great to be a b. w. o. c. . . . that this has gone far enough . . . no, not quite enough. - At least this much is social gain—for nearly three years one-half of the world has been learning by personal experience how the other half lives.—Norfolk Virginian- Pilot. Everybody seems to turn partisan after they've received the proper publicity- for" being non-partisan. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30, 1932 T H E P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE PAGE THREE AUBURN BOY SCOUTS TO REPAIR OLD TOYS FOR POOR CHILDREN Project be Supervised by Walter Edwards, Assistant Scout Master Local Boy Scouts will occupy their leisure occasioned by the recent closing of school with the collection and repairing of hundreds of old toys for distribution to underprivileged children on Christmas day. Collection of the toys is to begin early next week and the repairing will be done at the Scout Hut. The project will be supervised by Walter Edwards, assistant scout mas-tre, who urges that all ctiizens have their broken toys ready for the Scouts beginning on Monday of next week. He also said that repair materials including bright colored paint would be gladly received by. the Scouts. • Special merit badge classes will be conducted by Prof. J. A.' Parrish at the high school building beginning in the near future as another effort to profitably occupy the leisure time of Scouts. • ' • Eagle Scout badges have arrived for Bruce McGehee.and Glenn Smith and will be presented within a few days, it was announced. C /w-*^. 1 M • ^^r^^^^k^^H ° s^Ei£7 POE6+ML GCT-AU. WE LUCKf • BIG MOMENTS come often when you eat Shredded Wheat! Try it and see! Every one of those golden- brown biscuits is packed with energy, for Shredded Wheat is 100% whole wheat, Nature's own energy food. Nothing added, nothing lost. Duck a couple of these big golden biscuits deep into a bowl of milk! Then wade in after them! Delicious mouth* fuls . . . . and by that we mean 100% good to eat When you see Niagara Falls on the package, you KNOW you have Shredded Wheat. SHREDDED WHEAT NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY (f Uneeda Bakers M Requests Consideration Resolution of University of Alabama Alumni Association of Mobile County ADOPTED NOVEMBER 22, 1932. WHEREAS, the 1932 Football Team of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute or Auburn has played through one of the most strenuous schedules of any team in the Southern Conference, meeting some of the strongest teams in the conference and the South, and" have been victorious in every game they have played, and WHEREAS, Alabama. Polytechnic Institute or Auburn, now practically is assured of being the winner of the Southern Conference Football championship for the year of 1932, having only one of the weaker teams of said conference remaining on its schedule, and WHEREAS, in winning the said Southern Conference Championship, Alabama Polytechnic Institute or Auburn has won the admiration of the entire Southland over the magnificent fighting spirit and the "never say die" attitude displayed by its team, as well as its ability at all times to overcome almost unsurmountable odds in keeping its victorious record in tact, and WHEREAS, the individual and team, play „of' the Auburn team of 1932, has been of the highest type and character, hard but absolutely clean in keeping with the splendid traditions of its many great teams during the history of this wonderful old school, and the fine sportsmanship it has displayed at all times, .as well as its ability to meet the best teams in the country and still come out victorious, makes it worthy in every respect to be the representative of the Southern Conference as its Champion and as such Champion to take part in a Post-Season Inter-sectional Game with the champion from some other section of the country, and WHEREAS, the Football Committee of the Tournament of Roses of Pasadena, 'California has seen fit on five different occasions to invite the Championship team of the Southern Conference to participate in the annual . Football conflict, with the championship team of the West in the Rose Bowl on New Years, as.a part of its Tournament of Roses celebration. BE IT RESOLVED therefore, that the University of Alabama Alumni Association of Mobile County, hereby recommends and suggests to the Tournament of Roses Football Committee, that the team to represent the East and South in the annual Rose Bowl Football Game on New Years next in Pasadena, California, be our sister institution,, Alabama Polytechnic or Auburn's great team of 1932, and assures this Committee, that should said team be extended this invitation, that they will uphold in every respect both, off the football field and on it, the" splendid records made by our five other southern teams on their trip to the Coast, in participating in that annual' event. November 22, 1932. Attested by secretary. • John Best Robertson. NEW ORLEANS SPORTS WRITER PRAISES CAPTAIN HITCHCOCK Meigs O. Frost, Writing in New Orleans States, Pays High Compliment to Tiger Back for Performance in Tulane Game New Orleans fans and sports writers are still singing the praises of Jimmie Hitchcock. In a recent story in the New Orleans State, Meigs 0. Frost, sports editor, and one of Tu-lane's most ardent supporters, devotes "over two columns of space to .Auburn's great captain. We take the liberty to reprint part of his comment: "Down here. in Dixie, where the husky he-men of the North said once they couldn't play football because of the climate, this year of 1932 another football star is coming into his own. Out of the welter of mid-season that star shines, certain of all-Southern; certain . of some ail- American selections when the dust has cleared away and the pigskin has been oiled and stored away for the winter. And when New Orleans football fans read those selections in November and December, they can have the consolation of knowing they saw that star the day he shone brightest. He's Captain Jimmie Hitchcock, of Alabama Polytechnic Institute's football team, which, at this writing, stands undefeated and untied in the THE JUNG HOTEL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Eighteen stories of modern Hotel Luxury. ' 700 Rooms, 700 Baths, 700 Servidors. 700 Ice Water Faucets, 700 Electric Ceiling Fans. The only Hotel in New Orleans that has all of these convenienoes in every room. Without exception. Largest Free Parking Grounds in the South. Rates $2.50 and $3.00 "You can live better at the Jung for Less" Southern Conference. He's the halfback leader of those Tigers from the Plains of Auburn. And does he lead 'em! Yet no matter what triumphs are his in 1932, his last year of «ollege football, he'll be remembered always in the South as the man who broke the three-year-plus winning streak of Tulane's great Green Wave. That alone puts" Jimmie Hitchcock in Dixie's Hall of Football Immortals. And 27,000 wild-eyed spectators saw him do it at Tulane stadium.' Years from now they will.be talking about his stiff-legged runs, his terrific stiff-arm repulse of tacklers, his uncanny lightning self-possession and decision in action. Particularly that last. He is the only man New Orleans ever saw in football uniform who, running with the ball, flashing at top speed, was scanning the. whole field, dodging tacklers, and with directing waves of his right arm, and pointing right index finger, telling his own interference what men to block out of his path, while they did it with the swift certainty of trained troops in action. Always the crown rests on the man who topples the champion. Jimmie Hitchcock and his team have worn that crown since they toppled Tulane —-the job the great Commodores of Vanderbilt themselves couldn't do. But Jimmie Hitchcock didn't let it rest in that one Tulane game that stunned t h e f ootball world with Auburn's 19 to 7 victory. The next week he showed the stuff that was in him against the University of Mississippi. What Jimmie Hitchcock and the rest of Auburn's team will do • the' rest of the season is more or ,les,s on the knees of the gods. But whatever the outcome, the battle will be interesting as long as Jimmie. Hitchcock is in it. And the curious thing is when he is off the gridiron and in the clothes of everyday, Jimmie Hitchcock looks less like the traditional idea of a football hero—even of a football player—than any human being could imagine. He's about the last man in a college crowd of equal size and weight anybody would pick for a football player. He's about five feet ten inches tall. His weights swings inside the bracket of the 160's. He hasn't the broad shoulders or he-bralled chest, the massive arms and legs of the eat-'em alive football players of the cartoons and magazine stories. His hair is mildly blond. His eyes are mildly blue. His feat- Elizondo Speaks To Rotary Club At Last Meeting Regular Thursday Meeting on Thanksgiving Dispensed with at Last Meeting ENGINEER STAFF PUBLISHES SECOND ISSUE OF MAGAZINE . The Auburn Rotary Club voted to dispense with its regular Thursday meeting on Thanksgiving Day, a custom that has been generally observed for a number of years, according to Captain E. S. Ott, president. At the last meeting, Prof. Y. A. Elizondo of the mechanical engineering department made a talk on big game hunting in Mexico. He said that the peccary is more dangerous to hunt than any bear, with exception of. the grizzly. He brought out the fact that game is plentiful, due to the absence in Mexico of "game hogs" and the strict enforcement of game regulations. No battle- No crisp and curling ar-ures are mildly average ship jaw. row collar coiffure. And his voice is the quietest, gentlest voice you can imagine. It's only when Jimflfie Hitchcock gets in football clothes that he becomes as dangerous a play- (Continued on page 4) Feature of Issue is Article on Frosting of Incandescent Lamps by Marvin Pipkin, Graduate of Class of 1913, Who i s N ow Connected with General Electric Co. The November issue of the Auburn Engineer, publication of the engineering school, has just been edited and is now being distributed to subscribers. This technical magazine is published by engineering students, and the material which it contains is of a nature beneficial to students in this profession. , . The latest issue contains an article written by Marvin Pipkin, member of the class of nineteen-thirteen, who is now in the incandescent lamp department of the General Electric Company, located at Cleveland, Ohio. In this article, Mr. Pipkin outlines the DR. SCOTT REPRESENTS AUBURN AT CONFERENCE Dr. John W. Scott, dean of, the school of science and literature and head of the department of economics, is representing the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at the meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges .and Secondary Schools at New Orleans this week. Dr. Scott left Au burn Monday night to be in New Orleans until Friday, December 2. procedure for the inside frosting of incandescent lamps. Another interesting and educational article is the work of Sam Gottlieb, a member of the senior class in civil engineering. He writes of the difficulties/encountered in engineering work in the tropics. At the head of the staff of this year's Engineer are Calvin Black, editor, and I. L. Ledbetter, business manager. The November issue is the second of the 1932^33 series of Engineers, which are scheduled to be published once each month. FATHER OF W. H. LAY IS KILLED IN MOTOR ACCIDENT RECENTLY Student Resigns Following Death of Father in Automobile Accident W. H. Lay, junior in agricultural education,-has resigned from college because of the accidental death of his father, Mr. J. L. Lay, on Wednesday, November 23. Mr. Lay, a rural mail carrier of Glencoe in Etowah County, came to Auburn to get his son to spend the Thanksgiving holidays at home. James Benford and Estel Bottoms, two o£her Auburn students, accompanied them home. W. H. Lay was driving when the unfortunate accident occurred. Women Traveling Alone Prefer The Hotel Molton FIFTH AVENUE AND TWENTIETH 8TREET THEY know its character—its reputation for rigidly maintaining certain standards. They like-Its friendly, courteous and i n f o r m a l atmosphere. They value its considerate, "attentive service. And they find It most convenient to be so close to the shopping district and the theaters. RATES AS LOW AS $1.50 Keep your fuel cost down by buying good coal. 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Everything known to Science is used to make Chesterfields right! They're mild—and yet They Satisfy. X PAGE FOUR T H E P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30, 1932 LOS ANGELES SPORTS WRITER PRAISES AUBURN'S GRID TEAM Auburn's 1932 football team was recently high complimented by Brav-en Dyer, sports writer on the staff of the Los Angeles Times. -Of Coach Wynne's team Mr. Dyer says: "The South has another sensational football team ready for Rose Bowl hostilities! Alabama Poly, or Auburn to you, Mr. Reader, would not mind an invitation to oppose Trojans or Bruins at Pasadena on New Year's Day. "This is the word from Howard Pill,- former sports editor of Birmingham. Pill made two trips here with the Alabama warriors, coming first when the Crimson Tide beat Washington, 20 to 19, and again the following year when Wallace Wade's boys tied Stanford, 7 to 7. "Alabama Poly broke into the limelight a week ago Saturday by thumping Tulane, 19 to 7:- Thus far the Auburn team has 'scored 175 points to 21 for their opponents. Numbered among the victims are Georgia Tech and Duke. "Chet Wynne and Roger Kiley coach the Dixie gridders. Both played at Notre Dame back in 1921. Should Auburn come out here and Tiger Theatre WEDNESDAY, November 30 " T h e AGE of CONSENT" —with— Dorothy Wilson, Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge Also a Masquer's Club Comedy, "THE BRIDE'S BEREAVEMENT," and Hollywood on Parade. THURSDAY, December 1 MEN ARE SUCH FOOLS —with— Marian Marsh, Reginald Denny, Richard Bennett Also Comedy, "TORCHIE RAISES THE AUNTIES . Cartoon, "TRY SOMEBODY ELSE" FRIDAY, December 2 JOE E. BROWN —in— YOU said a MOUTHFUL —with— Ginger Rogers and "Farina" of Our Gang fame. Cartoon, "BETTY BOOP'S MUSEUM," and Sport Champion, "SNOW BIRDS;" also News Events should S. C. be the western team, just as a guess, there would be considerable color to the meeting. Howard Jones, with Aubrey Devine as his ace, defeated the Notre Dame team of 1921, 10 to 7 and broke Knute Rockne's nineteen-game winning streak. Wynne was a halfback, Kiley an end. - "Following are some of Pill's interesting observations relative to the Alabama Poly team: " 'You undoubtedly noted in last Saturday's results that Auburn gave Tulane its first defeat in the South in four years and accomplished this 19-to-7 victory right in Tulane's own back-yard. If you have the opportunity, get hold of the New Orleans papers of last Sunday and from them you can get a partial idea of what a really great team Auburn has this year. Auburn is coached, as you may know, by Chet Wynne and Roger Kiley, two of Knute Rockne's famous pupils. Auburn has won every game this year by sizable scores, except the game against Georgia Tech, which was played in a veritable cloudburst. On a dry field Auburn probably would have swamped Tech, as they have everybody else. Due to the fact that Alabama has been riding so high for the past ten years Auburn's rise has been more or less without flashy publicity. But with only Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina remaining on the schedule, Auburn now is practically certain of completing an undefeated season. They beat Wallace Wade's team with comparative ease three weeks ago and Wade was very warm in his praise of Wynne's team. " 'I went to Alabama, and so I am speaking from an absolutely unbiased viewpoint when I say that Auburn will give the Rose Bowl customers a real treat next New Year's Day if the committee should see fit to ask them out to the Coast. " 'I have seen Auburn in every game except one, and, as for playing football, these boys leave nothing to be desired. As is usually the case with the two leading schools i n the State, Alabama and Auburn are, naturally, keen rivals for football honors. So when an Alabama man tells you that Auburn has the works you can put it down that he means what GOOD NEWS! Our new line of Xmas Cards now on display! Make your selection at once and be certain of adequate choice. Burton's Bookstore TIES, SEALS, WRAPPINGS, TAGS Bring U s Your PRESCRIPTIONS LIPSCOMB'S Tiger Drug Store Round Trip To Auburn vs. South Carolina T i c k e t s sold for all trains Friday, December 2nd. Return limit, Train No. 34, Monday morning, December 5th. The WESTERN RAILWAY OF ALABAMA INTERFRATERNITY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BRACKET Lambda Chi Bye - T. U. O. Bye D. A. D. S. N . — K. S. — P. D. T. P. K. A. Bye Pi K. P. P. K. T. D. S. P. P. K. D. S. A. E. B. K .— :} :} :} :} :} 1 Theta Chi Bye S. P. E. S. P. S. - A. T. O. Bye -} T. K. N. Bye K. A. Bye - A. L. T. Bye :}- :}- :}- A. G. R. Bye S. Pi Bye - :} Mrs. Mason Visits Mrs. Caddell Here Mrs. J. M. Mason of Albany, Ga., in company with her two daughters, Miss Ellie Mason and' Mrs. Golden Reed, motored to Auburn on Thanksgiving Day to visit her sister, Mrs. W. D. Caddell. Miss Mason and Mrs. Golden continued to Montgomery where they visited Mrs. Golden's daughter who is a student at Woman's College. New York.—200 contract bridge addicts began a four-day run yesterday in an attempt to oust the reigning champions. LOST:—Bundle of keys with 5 or 6 Yale keys last week. Kindly leave in Plainsman Office. Reward. PRIZES ARE ANNOUNCED FOR WINNERS OF MILTON AWARDS (Continued from page 1) in behalf of International Peace in order that none worthy of consideration may be overlooked^ They should submit two clippings of their published articles pasted upon white sheets 8%xll inches. One sheet should be labeled with the name and address of the author, name of periodical in which the article appeared and date of publication. The other sheet should contain only the clipping. All communications should be addressed to "The George F. Milton Award, Division of University Extension, Box 4218, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee," and must be received by December, 31, 1932. .. Iff addition to the award in journalism, the Milton Fund provides for a cash award of $200.0Q to the woman writer,in the South who has accomplished most for her sex. The estimate of achievement will not be necessarily based upon work accomplished during the calendar year 1932, nor necessarily upon work of purely literary merit. he says. " 'You will remember the speed of Johnnie Mack Brown. This year in Hitchcock Auburn has a halfback who combines the speed and elusive-ness of Johnnie Mack with an uncanny ability to punt, pass, tackle and block. He is the ideal football player and to my mind is the finest halfback the South has produced in many a year. Auburn, however, is not a one-man team, and this year they probably will place two ends, a tackle and Hitchcock on the composite all- Conference team. I don't see how they can keep these four boys off of it and quite a few newspaper men I have talked with feel the same. " 'I know it is very early to be talking of Rose' Bowl invitations, but after Auburn's magnificent victory over Tulane the South now really knows just what' a powerful machine Auburn boasts this year. Knute Rockne, were he alive, would delight in watching Auburn using the Rockne system. It is the kind of team that does most of its scoring from mid-field with perfect blocking and cohesion in-every department. These boys can put on sustained drives whenever necessary, however, as their seventy-one-yard march for their third touchdown against Tulane well proved. Tennessee also stands an excellent chance of going through undefeated, but, having seen both teams this year, I would not hesitate in choosing Auburn. Not only in ability but also in color, versatility and dash, Auburn, in my opinion, stands supreme in the South this year.' " Dean Petrie Gets Thrill From Success of Tigers The bark of a_quarterback calling signals brings a reminiscent smile .to the scholarly features of Dr. George Petrie. For it was Dean—as he#is known to the student body at Alabama Polytechnic Institute—who introduced football to the village of the Plains back in the handlebar-mustache era. And while Auburn men everywhere are rejoicing over the comeback of the Plainsmen, an extra degree of satisfaction comes to the tall, spare figure who^ coached Auburn's first team but who long since has turned the duties over to other hands and surrounded himself with history books. Now dean of the graduate schools, Dr. Petrie confines his activities to the golf links where he goes for an occasional round and no one, "duffer or expert, gets more kick out of a lusty drive down the fairway than he. The powers that made Dr. Petrie a historian found- a happy medium in making him a teacher of the subject. A brilliant lecturer endowed with a warm sense of humor which he uses Woman's Club Holds Literary Gathering Mrs. G. M. Bayne and Mrs. E. D. Hess "were co-hostesses to the members of the Literary Departmen of the Auburn Woman's Club at the home of Mrs. Bayne on Burton street, Wednesday, November 23. A brief talk on "German Music and Musicians" was given by Mrs. D. C. Harkin, and Mrs. Leo Gosser gave a comprehensive survey of the "Life and Works of Schiller," which was the chief topic of discussion for the afternoon. Following the program tea Was served by Mrs. Bayne and Mrs. Hess. The next meeting of the Literary Department will be held on January 26. Mrs. James Edwards, vice-chairman, urges that in future members in successfully putting himself across, he is an institution at the college.— Associated Press, Nov. 25. NEW ORLEANS SPORTS WRITER PRAISES CAPTAIN HITCHCOCK! (Continued from page 3) mate to the opposition as a bolt of lightning coming down for an afternoon's frolic. He can punt as well as any man in Dixie today; more consistently for long gains than most. He can pass with the smooth accuracy of a rifleman shooting at a target. He can run with the ball. And he is the deadliest kind of a demon tackier on defense. And there isn't a single second from whistle to whistle that Jimmie Hitchcock's keen brain isn't working, weighing, analyzing, deciding. His brain works whether his feet are flying or still. Jimmie- Hitchcock's work, sophomore and junior years, was superb. But Auburn's line was weak, and its up to the linesmen to pay the toll that lets the halfback by. But in 1932 Auburn had a line. And Jimmie Hitchcock came into his own. He was a flawless halfback now, superb in every department of the game. His punting, his passing, his ball-carrying, his blocking, his tackling, was a coach's dream. And his modesty, his willingness to block for a teammate as well as carry the ball, were the kind coaches hope to discover, but seldom do. If Chet Wynne had decided to make nothing but a blocking back out of Jimmie Hitchcock, you'd find Jimmie in there blocking his heart out with a grin, and loving it." FREE! FREE! FREE! $150 •00 Parrott Shop's Gigantic Announcement! >2,500-°° NEW DRESSES GOING! GOING! Regardless of Cost! " Solid Car " "New Things" + X + F r e e ! F r e e ! ]Cut Out This \S Advertisement Bring It With You . . . . The first 150 we receive will be worth $1.00 on any dress at any price regardless of cost! THEY'RE GOING! Cost Doesn't Mean A Thing PRICES CRUMBLE ON NICE NEW THINGS— Remember you don't have to spend any certain amount—This ad is worth $1.00 on any Dress at any price—Good only 1 week from today! PARROTT SHOP Next to Bailey's Drug Store OPELIKA, ALA. will give definite answers to telephone calls relative to attendance at the meetings of the club. 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Title | 1932-11-30 The Plainsman |
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Date Issued | 1932-11-30 |
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OCR Transcript | Congratulations Phi Kappa Phi's THE PLAINSMAN TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N SPIRIT Congratulations Phi Kappa Phi's VOLUME LVI AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30, 1932 NUMBER 23 FUNERAL RITES FOR JUDGE BUTLER ARE HELD THIS MORNING Prominent Opelika Jurist Dead Following Lingering Illness of Several Weeks WELL-KNOWN HERE Leaves Host of Friends in Auburn and Opelika; Prominent Among State Barristers Funeral service " for Judge G. P. Butler, who passed away at his home in Opelika at 10:55 o'clock Monday night, was held at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday at the home, interment in Rosemere cemetery. Dr. W. P. Wilks, Baptist pastor, conducted the service. Judge Butler's death was not unexpected. He had been in very critical condition some time, and unconscious the past two or three weeks. For a number of years he had been in declining health. The deceased had served as Probate Judge of Lee County eighteen years, being appointed by Governor Henderson to fill the unexpired term of Judge J. B. Lyons. He was reelected three consecutive times. Previously Judge Butler had served as Sheriff of the County after which he was for a time previous to his appointment to the Probate office, in the Federal Revenue Service, as a .revenue officer. Judge Butler was reared by his grandfather, Mr. Peterson, and moved from Salem to Opelika when a young man. He counted his warm personal friends by the thousands, and was ever regarded as one of the real, big hearted men of the county, never turning down a cripple nor failing to answer the call of a friend. Born April 14, 1869, Judge-Butler was in his sixty-third year.^ In 1899 he was married to Miss Hattie Rowe, who died several years ago, and surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Estelle Lee, and two sons, G. P. Butler, Jr., and Rufus Butler. Also one sister survives, .Mrs. A. M. Blalock, Birmingham, and two brothers, T. A. Butler, Port Arthur, Texas; and R. W. Butler, Sheffield, Ala., and numerous nieces and nephews. - Active pallbearers for funeral: Judge Lum Duke, T. D. Samford, John V. Denson, E. H. Glenn, Nim D. Denson, John Thomas Frazer, Jim C. Aldrich and Forney Renfro. Honorary pall-bearers: L. Booker, Flake E. Farley, J. W. Green, E. W. Green, Dr. John Walker, Dr. Byron Bruce, Dr. Homer Bruce, C. A. L. Samford, John Banks, George E. Clower, Yetta G. Samford, H. A. Bedell, Jake Walker, Joe B. Duke, J. K. Watkins, R. C. Smith, William Samford, Thomas Samford, H. D. McGraw, A. S. Hollingsworth, Jim Killian, W. W. Bradley, Ned James, O. P. Lee, Hartwell Davis, B. T. Phillips, Henry K. Dickinson, W. F. Dickinson, T. W. Britton, T. A. What-ley, Jr., E. A. Burke, Blake T. Prince, W. 0. Brownfield, Emmett Holt, C. M. Weissinger and W. A. Betts. Frederick-Williams Company had charge of arrangements. E. £. Nelson Is Sent To Chicago By Ags E. E. Nelson, Milledgeville, f represented Auburn at the Livestock Exposition in Chicago, November 26- 28. In connection with the Exposition, Nelson represented the Alabama Farmer at the meeting of the Agricultural College Magazines Association; the Ag Club at the meeting of the American Ag Club Councils; and the Block and Bridle Club at the National Block and Bridle Club meeting. All these meetings were held in conjunction with the Livestock Exposition. Nelson is a prominent senior in Agriculture, being president of the Ag Club; vice-president of the Education Club; circulation manager for the Alabama Farmer; and a member of Alpha Phi Epsilon, as well as a member of the Block and Bridle Club. Classes Excused for Game in Birmingham The Auburn-South Carolina football game in Birmingham next Saturday was made an excused game by the action of the Executive Council, Monday. This game was not on the original excused list because it was then scheduled to be played in Columbia, S. C. The transfer from Columbia to Birmingham and the fact that it will be the championship game of the season caused the Council to make it an excused game. LIONS CLUB HEARS PROFESSORPARRISH School Situation Is Subject of Talk by City School Superintendent Professor J. A. Parrish,_ superintendent of Auburn public schools was the principal speaker at the last weekly meeting of the Lions Club. He expressed a keen disappointment over the recent enforced closing of Auburn's public schools. He stated that a number of plans had been suggested to obtain the necessary funds to operate the schools and ventured the hope that the Auburn schools would reopen in January, 1933. He explained the financial structure of the school district to the Lions and called attention to the obligations that remain unfulfilled. Professor Parrish pointed out that the denial of the schools to the children of a community involved many moral and physical considerations in addition to neglect of intellectual development and voiced the belief that a year of school out of a child's life could never be replaced. "There is enough protest over this unnecessary sacrifice of our children's welfare among the citizenry of Alabama to bring immediate corrective action," the superintendent said, "but unfortunately there is a regrettably small amount of constructive leadership at this time." The Lion program for tomorrow evening will include the formation of committees for collection" of broken toys. This Christmas activity of the club which includes repair and distribution of hundreds of toys is an annual project which insures that every child in the community will receive a visit from Santa Claus. O.D.K. CAKE RACE POSTPONED UNTIL SECOND SEMESTER CAGE TOURNAMENT POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS Influenza Epidemic Given as Reason for Delay of Annual Event MUCH INTEREST SHOWN Freshman Class to Participate; Race be Held Early Part of January It was made known today that the Omicron Delta Kappa cake race, which was te be held before Christmas, will be postponed until after the Yuletide holidays. Frank Noble, president of Omicron Delta Kappa intimated that the race will be held as usual in January. The epidemic of influenza was given as the principal reason for postponement of the annual event. It has been customary since 1929 for the entire freshman class to participate in the race, and the event always arouses a great deal of interest among the members of the student body. The present plans of the society are to have the race immediately following the beginning of the • second semester. Last year, Carl Pihl finishea the three miles in record time, completing the course in 15.05 minutes. Many freshmen have already begun training for the event. Lack of Time for Use of Gym Halts Frat Tournament Until After Season DATE TENTATIVE Teams Seeded by Council Com mittee in Forming Pairings . for Fraternity Games Time' Mentions Tigers In Issue of Nov. 28th Second Issue Cajoler Published Last Week The second issue of the Cajoler, Auburn humor publication was put on the streets recently under a shift in management, due to the recent death of Harry H. Hillman, former editor. R. H. Cassidy of Mobile, is the new editor of the publication. He worked with Hillman before the latter's death. Willis E. Phipps, Mobile, is tlie business manager of the booklet. It was announced today that the Cajoler would be published once a month instead of the former plan which called for seven issues during the school year. Recognition of Auburn's fine football record was carried as follows in the November 28th issue of "Time." "Auburn (Alabama Polytechnic Institute) has an extraordinary football team, called 'Tigers' or 'Plainsmen.' Its coach is Chet Wynne, Notre Dame fullback in 1921. Captain and left halfback is Jimmy Hitchcock, baldish, small, fast, whom Auburn publicists like to compare with famed Red Grange. Quarterback "Ripper" Williams is a clever arrogant field general. The Tigers have a chinless end, David (Gump) Ariail, who may make the all-American, a stuttering sophomore end named Bennie Fenton. So far this season, Auburn has made 255 points to its opponent's 34. Last week Auburn emerged from a close shave—14-to- 7—against Georgia with a claim to its first Southern Conference Cham pionship that will probably be sub stantiated by the Auburn-Sojith Car olina game this week." Seniors Are Requested To Apply For Degrees All seniors who expect to graduate at the January, May, or August commencement exercises are asked to fill out application cards for degrees which have been sent to the various deans for distribution. Charles W. Edwards, associate registrar, says that this is very important and should be done within the next few days. These cards are to be returned to the deans who will send them to the registrar's office. According to an announcement by Sonny Paterson, chairman of the In-terfraternity Council ^committee on the basketball tournament, the tourney will be postponed until after the Christmas holidays, owing to the fact that the Gymnasium will not be available until a later date. At present physical training classes and freshman and varsity basketball practice render the floor of the Gym unavailable. The Council found it impossible to arrange a schedule of practice for the different^Greek teams that would coincide with the plans of the Athletic Department. No definite date was set for the beginning of the tournament, btit Paterson intimated that it would be immediately following the Christmas holidays. No announcement has been made concerning rules,. but it is probable that regulations used last year will be adopted. Teams are to be composed of members and. pledges of fraternities, but participants in varsity play are ruled ineligible. Considerable interest has been manifested in the tourney, and many fraternities have already picked their teams. However, it was thought best by the Council Committee that the affair be postponed until the Gymnasium could be used for practice and tournament play. News Flashes From Abroad AUBURN KNIGHTS WILL APPEAR AT OPELIKA THEATRE TONIGHT The Auburn Knights, official 11- piece orchestra of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn, will fill a one night engagement at the Opelika theatre Wednesday, November 30th, for two performances. The first stage appearance will be about 7:20 o'clock and 9 o'clock. The Auburn Knights are under personal direction of Frank G. Noble and they have returned from a successful tour of points in Southern Alabama where they were acclaimed by large crowds of music lovers. This symphonic arrangement of the latest hits is sure to find big favor with all music enthusiasts of Opelika and this general vicinity because those Auburn Knights certainly do know their syncopation. It will be almost an impossibility to remain in your seat without beating an accompaniment with your foot as that snappy rhythm the Collegians grind out begins reverberating throughout the Opelika theatre. The Opelika appearance will mark the first stage appearance of the Knights this season. Conrad Stay-ton, who has been widely praised for his voice, will be heard in a number of vocal selections during the variety program that will last for about half an hour. One Wednesday night — Auburn night—a good picture will also be shown. It is "The Most Dangerous Game." There will be no advance in prices for this extraordinary program. Montgomery. — Two electricians went into the basement of the partially constructed First Methodist Church building to make an inspection. One struck a match and an explosion followed. One is dead and the other is seriously injured. No definite cause has been decided upon as the basis of the explosion. —0— Montgomery. — President - elect, Governor of New York State Franklin Delano Roosevelt (pronounced Rose-velt) will visit the capitol of the state in all probability sometime in January next. Chairman James A. Farley, of the Democratic National Committee will visit there next Friday. —0— Washington.—Beer by Christmas. It was learned today that 100 Republican members of the house would probably join the moist Democratic element and dispose of the argument as soon as the house convenes. Birmingham. — The Southeastern Council in session in the Magic City plans to lay plans for the demolition of the void heretofore in evidence between industry and agriculture in the South. —0— Chicago.—Fred W. Sargent, president of the Chicago and Northwestern System stated that bankruptcy would be the result of the proposed 30-houf week for the railroads. —0— . Detroit.—A man, close to the Ford interests, visited the motor magnate and reported yesterday that the maker of the Ford cars looks like a million dollars as he convalesces from a recent operation. _ 0— Montgomery.—His Excellency, the Governor of the State of Alabama, has decided to parole 300 convicts before Christmas. 200 .convicts were paroled some time ago. Perhaps a solution to the recent destruction of the state branch prison at Speigner by fire. TWENTY-EIGHT SENIORS ARE ELECTED TO MEMBERSHIP IN PHI KAPPA PHI; THREE MEMBERS OF FACULTY CHOSEN Special Courses For Unemployed Teachers To Be Offered Here Beginning December 5 To accommodate teachers whose schools have closed the Alabama Polytechnic Institute will offer special courses beginning Monday, December 5. They will continue six weeks, or until January 27, and will be credit courses for those who comply with the requirements. Decision to offer such courses was made by the Executive Council. Dean John J. Wilmore, chairman of the Administrative Committee, named Dean Zebulon Judd chairman of the committee to decide what courses to offer and make arrangements for conducting them. Only a limited number of courses will be offered and each of these will be of special interest to teachers. In view of the stringent financial conditions warrants will be accepted as security for note in payment of college fees. To be acceptable as collateral a warrant must have been issued to the teacher or to a member of his or her immediate family. To make arrangements for these courses Dean Judd requests all who are interested to write immediately indicating as definitely as they can the courses they would like to take. The plan is to conduct these courses two weeks before Christmas and four weeks after Christmas. It is expected that several teachers will register on January 20 and 21 for the second semester's work at Auburn. Officers of Honorary Scholastic Fraternity Announce Selection of Pledges Today SOCIETY IS NATIONAL Outstanding Students in AH Departments Recognized by National Society DR. PETRIE ATTENDS DEANS' ASSOCIATION President of Association Represents Auburn at Meeting in Atlanta Dr. Geo. Petrie, professor of history and dean of the graduate school, represented the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at the recent meeting in Atlanta of the Association of Southern College and University Deans, of which he was president. Problems pertaining to the work of these deans were discussed and acted upon at the meeting, Dr. Petrie said. The organization was formed six years ago with Dr. Petrie as one of the organizers. Purposes of it are to discuss all kinds of problems on graduate deaning, to make suggestions, and to disseminate information as to what is being done elsewhere. One report this year was on the requirements for masterate degrees at different institutions. No effort is made'at legislation, Dr. Petrie explained. * Institutions represented were Auburn, the University of Virginia, the University of Florida, the University of Arkansas, Duke University, Mercer, The University of Tennessee, the University of Georgia, and Emory. Dean Pearson of the University of North Carolina succeeded Dr. Petrie as president. Dean Smith of the. University of South Carolina succeeded Dr. A. B. Moore of the University of Alabama as secretary. 'FLU' EPIDEMIC HERE REPORTED ON WANE Number of Influenza Cases Reduced from 175 to 20; No Students Seriously 111 It was learned from a reliable source today that the number of students and townspeople suffering from influenza has been reduced from 175 cases to 20. Thanksgiving holidays began a day early last week, when the rapid progress of the influenza epidemic lead the. administration to dismiss classes at 10 a. m. on Tuesday. Auburn is fortunate in that none of the students were seriously ill during the epidemic, and it is felt here now that the worst ravages of the disease have passed. Special Rates Be Offered For Game The Western Railway of Alabama and Louisville and Nashville will offer special fares to the South Carolina game in Birmingham. A round-trip rate .of three dollars will be offered for Friday afternoon only; the return trip must be made on trains leaving Birmingham Sunday night. Tox'Hunt Held By Local Riding Club Undaunted by the weather, the Auburn Polo and Riding Club held its Thanksgiving holiday paper chase Friday morning. The prize of the day, a pair of spurs, was won by Miss Ernestine Hill, first of the ladies' riding class to overtake the fox at the end of the five mile trail. Justin Morrill laid the trail and acted as "fox" for the occasion. Breakfast was served at the end of the ride at the R. O. T. C. rifle range. All present expressed enjoyment in the ride in spite of the drenching rain which fell before the finish. The field numbered about thirty-five including Mesdames Charles Livingston, John Hyde, H. B. Ellis, and J. E. Barnes and Misses Miriam Toul-man, Mary McGehee, Frances Mc- Gehee, Mildred Franke, Grace Gardner, Dabney Hare, Suzelle Hare, Sarah Hooper, Ernestine Hill, Emma Nell Parrish and Eleanor Scott.* Election of thirty-one seniors and faculty members to Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary scholastic fraternity, was made known by officers of the society today. Phi Kappa Phi is organized for the encouragement of scholarship and original study among students. The newly-elected pledges are: William J. Bartoldus, of New York, N. Y.; Asa C. Black, of Mobile, Virgil Breland, of Langston; Jesse B. Brooks, of Killen; Erastus H. Butler, of Jackson, Miss.; Lilbern M. Carre, of Anniston; Theodore W. Clarkson, of Gadsden; G. H. Conner, of Auburn; Herbert F. Croen, of Tarry-town, N. Y.; Thomas s E. Curtis, of Marion; Rodolpho Elizondo, of Mus-quiz, Mexico; Homer S. Fisher, of Huntsville; Harold S. Gassman, of Birmingham; Jewel Golden, of Opelika; Dunham F.-Golson, of Pratt-ville; Samuel W. Grubbs, of Clayton;" John Cyrus MacGregor, of Auburn; Knox M. McMillan, of Talladega; William W. Matthews, of Scottsboro; Otto Morningstar, of Birmingham; Urton Munn, of Auburn; Robert G. Pitts, of Marion; John W. Solomon, of Eufaula; Cash M. Stanley, of Montgomery; Thomas P. Whitten, of Roanoke; Leonidas P. Whorton, of Gadsden; Samuel E. Wittel, of Auburn ; and Stell B. Yates, of Lineville. Three faculty members were chosen by the society; they are: John H. Goff, of the department of business administration; Paul Irvine, of the school of education; and Mark L. Nichols, of the department of agricultural 'engineering. Seniors who make a high average on all subjects over a period of three years are eligible to membership in Phi Kappa Phi if they can meet requirements as to character and individual initiative as demonstrated by usefulness and prominence in worthy student and other collegiate activities. PRIZES ARE ANNOUNCED FOR WINNERS OF MILTON AWARDS The late George F. Milton, distinguished Southern,writer and journalist, and, until his death in 1924, president and editor of the Chattanooga News, was long animated by an earnest desire to render permanent service to the cause of international peace. Under his will a fund was established to offer the George F. Milton awards in journalism with the hope of furthering this and other worthy causes. For 1932, a cash award of $250.00 will be made to the writer who shall publish in any newspaper or periodical in the South during the calendar year 1932 the best editorial or editorials advancing the cause of International Peace. The term "South" shall be understood to mean the following states: Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisana, and Maryland. The term "editorial" shall mean an article prepared by, or under the jurisdiction of, the editorial staff of a newspaper or periodical and reflecting the paper's point of view. The awards are not administered as a competition, but are bestowed in recognition of a service rendered to the cause of International Peace. Throughout the year the administrators will use every effort to survey the Southern field for contributions toward this cause. Editors, however, are asked to lend their assistance by submitting copies of printed editorials (Continued on page 4) Auburn Polo Team Is Winner Over Benning Auburn opened its polo season here Thanksgiving day with an impressive 9 to 3 victory over the Chattahoochee Cardinals from Fort Benning. Despite the fact that the game was played on a soft field, both teams flashed brilliantly at times. Lieut. T. S. Gunby, coach, used two complete teams, each playing a half. Leroy Fincher, Lewis Jones, Oel Johnson, Jim Suydam, W. O. Johnson, Justin Morrill, Jim Wood, and Ira Franklin saw service for Auburn. Elwood Rouse, a leading defensive player, was unable to participate because of illness. Negotiations for a polo game here Dec. 3 have been discontinued because of the Auburn-South Carolina football game being transferred to Birmingham. A. P. I. Represented At Conclave In Birmingbam Four representatives of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute are attending the first annual meeting of the Southeastern Council in Birmingham, Tuesday and Wednesday. They are Dr. L. N. Duncan, Dean M. J. Funchess, Dean Zoe Dobbs, and P. O. Davis. Dr. Duncan's name appeared on the program for an address at the general session Tuesday morning. Others of the Auburn contingent are serving on committees. PAGE TWO 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 WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30, 1932 Styg f lafetgmati 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, Alabama. Business and editorial offices at Auburn Printing Co., on Magnolia Avenue. Business office hours: 4-5 p. m. daily. Editorial office hours: 11-12 a. m. daily. \ STAFF Knox M. McMillan •_ ...Editor-in-Chief Robert P. Greer —... ^..Business Manager ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Gabie Drey, John R. Chadwick, Nora Towles, Howard Moss and Hugh Cameron. MANAGING EDITOR: Horace Shepard. NEWS EDITORS: Neal DaVis, Jack Knowl-ton, Walter Bsown and James A. .Parrish, Jr. SPORTS EDITOR: B. C. Pope. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Carl Pihl, Carl Majors and Louie Tucker. BUSINESS STAFF — Assistant Business Manager: Phillip M. Benton. Advertising Managers: Harry Orme and Herbert Harris. Assistant Advertising Managers: Edward W. Prewitt and William Hall. Circulation Manager: George H. Lester. Circulation Assistants: Fred Moss, Dan Park-man, William G. Emrey, Arthur C. Weid, and E. W. Cole. REPORTERS: H. N. White, '36; Rex Godwin, '36; Henry Maddox, '36; Jack Morton, '36; E. J. Wendt, '36; Horace Perry, '36. A CRITICAL SITUATION The world is looking to December 15 as a date full of meaning. It is then that the United States' debtors in Europe are supposed to render a payment on obligations accrued during the Great War. Great Britain is regarded as the key to the situation. It is on her that the eyes of Europe are focused. Should England •pay her war debts to the United States on the present scale, she would be out of a good many millions of pounds as a result of the war. Several years ago she reduced Italy's indebtedness to her to a meagre 15 percent, and France's to 42 percent. Such leniency has not been shown by any other nation. London newspapers are beginning to print Shylock cartoons of the United States again, and the average British citizen is not looking to this country with favor. In notes to Great Britain,- France, and Belgium, Secretary Stimson asked for convincing arguments to the effect that the December 15 payment of the debts be postponed, thus manifesting a liberal attitude on the part of the Executive, department. However, Congress is adamant in its stand. Leaders in both Houses affirm their belief that the debtor countries should pay at once.,. Europe understands the American "taxpayer's point of view on the problem, but believes that Great Britain and this country should postpone the December payment and work out a new plan together. \-The French are marking time, waiting to < see what England is going to do. That is, in brief, the debt situation. More than two weeks will elapse before the final outcome will be made known. In the meantime, the American and British governments are exchanging notes. President Hoover accomplished an admirable stroke of diplomacy when he suggested that the debtor nations present reasonable arguments stating why they should not meet the December payments. It acts as a suggestion to the "lame-duck" Congress, the final judge of the United States' action on - the matter. It is apparent that this country should not continue to uphold the unyielding position maintained by Congress; a much more sensible arrangement could be worked out should a plan of revision be acted on by all the governments concerned. A better, feeling would following an expression by Congress of willingness to deal leniently and fairly with our debtors; we are not the only people afflicted with economic troubles. ENTER NULLIFICATION In the recent presidential election nine states added their strength to the side of the six that had previously been without prohibition enforcement acts, and by their vote heaped additional injury and woe on the militant drys. The states in the Union that are today without enforcements acts are Arizona, California, Colorado, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Maryland, New York, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Montana and Nevada. Federal enforcement in these states is well nigh impossible, and it is evident that those in authority realize this. Seven enforcement agents were released by the Chcago office this last week-end, aiid there is evidence that this action will only be the beginning. /• President Hoover, in his radio address on the afternoon of the twenty-fifth of this month, hinted that he considered the recent vote a definite indication of the desires, of the American people in regard to repeal, and that he would prefer striking the eighteenth amendment entirely from the constitution to such a half way measure as a beer bill would necessarily be. - fhere is a very concrete opinion in Washington that, if the "lame duck" session does either repeal or modify the eighteenth amendment, the President will readily sign the bill, and there is little doubt that at least twenty million Americans will rise to cheer such an action. i Another very* important result of the vote for repeal has been the question of the status of convicted offenders incarcerated in states that now have no enforcement acts. The general tendency seems to be to free these men immediately. If such a course is adopted by the several states there is little doubt that the cause of the drys will have received another. dangerous body blow, r- . i. • The main,defense of those favoring the retention of prohibition seems to be the inviobility of the constitution, that is; they claim that any attempt to repeal prohibition will be a direct breach of that document which Washington and Madison, two chaps who certainly did not mind an occasional sip, were so instrumental in composing. In using this defense they ignore the fact that prohibition was added to that constitution one hund/ed and forty-two years after it was ratified by the several states and that it was done so in direct disregard for the bill of rights that were guaranteed by the first- ten amendments, as drawn up by Madison and passed at the insistent demand of the 'people. Also they seem to be unaware of the fact that the enforcement of the eighteenth amendment has in itself so flagrantly violated those ten amendments that it is not to be wondered at today that the people do not respect the laws of the nation. There is little doubt that prohibition must go. The main question is .. . . how far shall we shove the eighteenth amendment aside? WAGGING TONGUES Woeful are the rumors going the round of the campus in regard to the institution's" financial status. We have been told by any number of people that Auburn will follow many of the county schools in the near future in closing its doors for an inr definite period. All of these direful tales were supposed to have come from authoritative sources, but as far as we have been able to ascertain, they are all groundless. The only comment that the administration has. issued on the subject has been to the effect that the school will remain open until the end of the current session. Since this statement nothing official has been made known on the matter. But people without are prone to believe much of the hearsay scattered by students. At present we have no assurance that the institution will close its doors at any time in the immediate future; we have been told that it will run as long as possible. Until the school is officially discontinued any idle talk of closing must remain in the realm of rumor. MISSING BOOKS During the school year of 1931-32, there were 54 books either stolen or lost from the library. There is little chance for a book to be lost from the library shelves, so there is no other conclusion to be reached other than that the great majority of these volumes were intentionally stolen. There are no funds available for the purchasing of new books this year, and those, which are missing can not be replaced. Consequently, the freshmen shelves and the other departments to the college library lack many volumes which are essential to a good selection. There is nothing else for those in charge of the library to resort to except a direct appeal to the students. It stands to reason that most of the books must have been removed by members of the student body, and that their failure to be returned was due either to fear of being disciplined or malicious intent to steal. The library authorities hope that through this appeal students will realize the serious situation in which the library is placed and will return the books. There will be no questions asked and no fines will be levied. AN AIR OF UNCERTAINTY Circumstances have been such this year that the Alabama Polytechnic Institute has been sorely tried in almost every conceivable manner. On top of extremely discouraging financial difficulties has descended a campus- wide epidemic of influenza. Classwork and the operation of the institution in general have been upset by the sudden sweep of this disease. Everyone has a tendency to be off balance, and an air of uncertainty hangs about the campus. Jtumors are running rampant throughout the student body, and many foolish things are being said. But no great.disaster is eminent, and school continues. The quicker the student > body settles down to work and forgetr some of the idle tales that are current the sooner conditions here at Auburn will reach the norm. / Thunderations By Gum 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. » * * * AND SO my girl wrote"to me and said, "I read your Cajoler the other day. ' You don't have to be evil minded to catch on to them (the jokes), all you have to do is know how to read." Say, what is the Cajoler trying to do, pizen the minds of people? The minds of some people are already pizened I know, but think of the women and children. They open the magazine and think they will find some nice clean humor . . . at the worst some of the later, "There were two Irishmen" jokes, and what do they find? Hitchhiker jokes! , One of these days the Cajoler will fail to pass through the mails. There is a law, you know. I know all college humor is supposed to be sort of uprflighty but I think the Cajoler is a little up-flighty too high. I don't criticize the jokes in the magazine, they are all right. I criticize the magazine for misplacing the jokes. Jokes like that are told best around a small* table with a screen of cigarette smoke, and they are air right there, but gentlemen, when jokes the Cajoler has printed come before you in black and white they look like hell. There are sewing-circle gatherings in them thar Gay Street houses, Cajoler staff. They may laugh at your jokes, but you'll catch hell just the same. Which reminds me. There was once a lady who saw a drinking party going on in the next house, all the shades being up, and she went over there, knowing the host to be a generous man. And he was. He gave her a drink. He gave her two drinks, and she put all the mess of likker in a bottle, and took it off home, next door. What do nice old ladies do with two drinks in- a bottle. What would anyone do? I didn't notice any of the flowers under her window in a state of wiltment, so we may safely presume the dear soul drank the stuff. • You notice I spoke of the non-wilted flowers, and the pouring. You know, one doesn't pour whiskey down sink drainpipes . . . Auburn whiskey . . . the stuff eats the drain pipes, y'know. Well, the next day, the nice lady went to all the sewing-circles and squealed. Squealed with the likker still inside 'er. "Oh, the man next door," she said, "was something terrible. He drank! How terrible! He had a drinking party the night before. Seven people passed out!" This went up the street, a*d down the street and all over town. It amplified itself as all things do when told by dear, dear, poke-noses, and the man became the worst drunkard the town had ever known. Say, if he drank as much whiskey as he was accused of, he would be a spirit lamp three-fourths full of alcohol. Not yet^ has the neighborly female told anyone how her two drinks tasted. Please Allah, I hope it jolly well cooked her innards. I may be dreaming; I should be dreaming, but I think I'm correct. I go to church; I catch myself trying to look as devout as such sewing-circle members there, but people, it can't be done. Just can't. I find myself "church laughing," a little inside, left-handed snicker, because I know the circle membership is not listening to the sermon; not counting the bald-heads, nor the pews, but thinking of additional gossip to be amplified at the next meeting. * * * * All of the above is rather rambling, and perhaps disconnected, but oh such a pleasure to write. 'Tis a pleasure I assure you. And while all of the writing was going on, I completely missed hearing Guy Lom-bardo. That orchestra is' to me like a tomato sandwich at mid-night, a thing im-measureably enjoyable.' Quite. i * * * Thoughts and Things: I had always liked L. S. U. until Saturday. I don't know the particulars of the case, but a team who will play another team that has the entire varsity out of the line-up because ef illness, and who has asked a postponement . . . well I see no glory in L. S. U.'s win over Tulane. Tulane had to use a third-string full-back as center. And all of that because L. S. U. had to preserve, unblemished its Southern Conference record. What a record. Twice beat% en by non-conference members what chance had L. S. U.'s record with Auburn's and Tennessee's? None whatsoever. Well, why couldn't the game have been postponed? Neither team had a game scheduled for Saturday, December 3rd. Why couldn't the game have been played then? I, possibly, could lick Jack Dempsey with both' his hands tied behind him, but where's the glory? Say, that L. S. U.-Tulane game stinks all the way from Baton Rouge up here. — \ \ * AUBURN FOOTPRINTS > They say that J. LAKE PARKER (Mr. Parker to you, you dope) has acquired \ a new nick-name. Just call him "wiggy." * * * * * , * * * What this country needs is a nickle. * * * * * * * * Someone suggested that even if we do have beer by Christmas, that it will be much too cold to drink it. Still, there is always another day to think of—and summer coming on. * * ' * * * * * * ' - -^ The A. T. O.'s would like to thank MATT SLEDGE for the use of his telescope. Tsk, tsk. * * * * * , * * * And then there was the Phi Delta Theta pledge who was so embarrassed when a certain person woke him up a week or two ago. _.-.' * * ~ * * * * ** _ We've given up taking cold showers every morning. We go down to the bank and ask for a loan instead.—Judge. * * * * * * * * i . Nothing looks quite so cherubic as a freshman with a Clark Gable sweater. Such sweaters and coffee belong to the architects, you chislers. * * * * * * * . * The latest method of the government in swinging back to the old tortures of the inquisition is found in the announcement that the federal prison in Atlanta plans to. install a radio in every cell. * * * * * * * * "Really, Bill, your argument with yo"ur wife last night was most amusing." "Wasn't it though? And when she threw the axe at me I thought I'd split." ACROSS THE CAMPUS By P. 0. Davis 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. _ * * * ** IT'S ALL over now, except South Carolina; and that Gamecock outfit may be more dangerous than some are inclined to rate them. They are a fighting crowd and they are certain to fight their hardest to stop -Auburn. That Tiger-Bulldog classic at Columbus is too fresh in our menfo'ries for comment. I t was, as predicted, the South's thriller that day; That last touchdown by Phipps was, of course, the one that raised excitement and thrills to the peak. It was a football odys-sey with the ramble left out. Phipps traveled almost the shortest line from where he started to the goal—and victory. *% * * * Miss Mary Martin, Auburn's librarian, calls attention to the fact that a few students are tardy—perhaps careless—about returning borrowed books. This is a big handicap to the library because it prevents lending these books to other students. It is a very bad habit for the student. Promptness in'returning books helps to form a good habit—namely, that of being prompt in everything that is done. * * * * Colonel William L. Reed, regular army officer of the Fourth Corps Area Headquarters in Atlanta, visited Auburn Nov. 15, and gave the Auburn^ R. 0. T. C. unit the "once over." After reviewing the boys in a formal milftsry parade and observing them in action he expressed himself as being pleased and very favorably impressed. He extended his felicitations-to Major G. H. Franke and members of his staff which is composed^ of thre| captains and five lieutenants.- Annually for thirteen yeafs the Auburn R. O. T. C. unit has received the highest rating. It is an important part of the work at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, one thousand students taking it this year. * * * * Dean John W. Scott is sanguine in his conclusion that business has improved and that the future is a little brighter than the past. The dark cloud of depression seems to be lifting, he said. The condition is better in Alabama than in some of the surrounding states. That touches our pride and enhances our appreciation but we realize that business should improve in all states if improvement in one is to continue. States must rise or fall together because of the complicated relations existing between them. - * * * * Dean John J. Wilmore reminds us that engineers are not being, used as extensively as they should be for the sake of high quality construction work and economy in doing it. It often happens that those in charge of construction work conclude that they will save by not employing an engineer wheteas they would gain a lot more than it would cost. To be more specific, very few counties in Alabama now have trained engineers although the gasoline tax alone is filling each I want a boxing team here. We have a polo team, a tennis team, a swimming team, a team of horses, and we need a boxing team. I know the school hasn't enough money to buy gloves and bandages, but we can buy our own equipment . . . Let's start a movement. , * * * * I CAN ASSURE YOU: I've never seen a blonde who had sense, and I know a brunette who thinks she is hell on wheels, pretty, bright colored wheels. county treasury for road work at the rate of almost $60,000,000 per annum, or a little less than $5,000.00 per month. There are also other funds going into county 'highway, bridge and other construction work. A trained and energetic engineer should save much more than his salary in any one county in Alabama through better workmanship, better arrangement, better material, elimination of waste, and efficiency. * * * * General R. I. Rees, of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, conducted a survey to determine the value of the English language to^young engineers. Questionnaires were used and the data were tabulated and summarized. In his report he said that "these data conclusively support the general opinion that English training is of major importance to the young engineer, and at least suggest that more emphasis should be placed upon it in the engineering curricula." It is obvious that this statement is correct. Good use of English is very beneficial to anyone who uses his tongue or his pen, or both. It is one of the greatest assets anyone can have. It is not obtained easily but the struggle for it is more than justified by the results. * * * * The Penn State Farmer,, which is published by students in agriculture at the Pennsylvania State College, remarks editorially : "The students in this School of Agriculture are the most timid in the United States. When asked whether they are Ag. students the majority stutter 'Ah, Ah,' 1 twice before replying. This is because there is no definite group spirit." We wonder if this manner of speaking is due to "no definite group spirit" or is it due to plain carelessness in speaking. There are people who seem not to appreciate the value of good speaking, either conversationally or otherwise. The man or the woman who speaks in direct terms—clearly and forcefully—has a great asset. Wm. Jennings Bryan was an example of this. He combined with it a very pleasing voice. Ex-Mayor Jas. J. Walker of New York, is another man whose voice and manner of speaking contributed much to his success; and nothing to his downfall. We wonder if educational institutions are paying enough attention to voice training from the standpoint of talking and speaking. * * *- * Ex-Senator John Sharp Williams who died recently at his plantation home in Mississippi truly was one of the South's' greatest statesmen. Of this we are reminded by his neighbors who spoke of him as follows: "Always honest; spoke the truth, faced his enemy and fought him if necessary; used chaste English; insulted no man and bore no insult from any; studiously kind to his inferiors, socially hospitable to his equals; scorned a demagogue; loved his people and held it mean to prefer any class or individual interest, most of all his own, to that of the masses of his countrymen." After retiring from the-Senate, Senator Williams lived on his plantation home and, in his late life, wrote about himself.—"a good wife, six good children living, thirteen of the sweetest and best grandchildren; an old rambling, roomy house; 5,000 of the best books of the best men (all dead friends but speaking); a good pipe, good tobacco; a big open fireplace with three-foot logs." With the above we see the curtain fall on an exemplary life which will live and inspire and challenge long after his death. INVICTUS By Casual Observer 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. AND THE people of the state, at least part of them, wonder why the affairs of the state are in such terrible shape. The following was a conversation which took place between a state legislator from Hale County, Alabama, and the county tax assessor: 'Legislator: - Well, we passed an amendment down there in Montgomery so a car owner won't be able to escape paying taxes on his car for nearly a year as he has in the past. Tax Assessor: I haven't heard anything about it. It seems that the tax assessors would have been among the first to be notified. — Legislator: Is that right? Well I certainly thought we, did. Anyhow I know we did something while we were there. Such intellects should not • be confined to the mediocrity of affairs concerned with state legislation, yet the people/of the state have seen fit to send such minds to act as their representatives. Not only have they sent them there to the senatorial pews at a rate of several dollars a day, but they have allowed these intellectual giants to remain there. To make a misteke and pay for it ungrudgingly is one thing, but to allow such a vital weakness to continue unmolested is another*. The writer may be wrong but there must, be some method of recall left to protect the people; that is if there remains enough initiative among the electorate to form one. The facts remain. The»state of Alabama - has a legislature composed of representatives that are partly avaricious, partly .unintelligent, and solidly indifferent. The executive branch has proven itself unpro-gressive, beyond all doubt. So far the judiciary has not been called upon to add to the general chaos. It seems that the electorate has paid enough for its ticket to the governmental circus and that the last act is about over. The show is a flop. There are two things any sensible theatrical management would do: either close its doors, or hire a new troup. Should the stock holders decide to produce a new show, they might hire the next master of ceremonies minus a trick mustache. * * * * Even so recent as a year ago, anyone would have thought that no politician could be so indiscreet aS to allow the elementary schools to close about the state. Numerous schools have closed. The colleges may be able to remain open, but then theysusually like to have freshmen ^classes each year. * * * * The national government would do well to take a hand and enclose the whole state with a high iron fence. Make an open-air museum of it. There are more freaks and antiquated ideas per square mile in - the state than there are "lame-ducks" in the national congress. The first law of health is elimination of waste. That law might work more than one way in state administration. 'Tis true that the nation as a whole 'has overdone itself with new ideas, but this state happens to be an extreme contrast to that condition. We have a state where anyone can revive an argument on the technicalities of the Civil War on nearly any street corner; where the people still place a childish trust in public servants. A state that ambles around with its- tongue in its cheek everytime someone under fifty advances a new idea. It takes a large amount of moral courage to use the broom. The national government gave the state the broom in 1819 at the same time the name Alabama was associated with a territorial division. The broom is still practically new. The past is too uncomfortably attached t.o the present, and must remain the past always, to teach and not to bind. * * * * Am still quite sure that AuburiThas more than its share of beautiful sunsets . . . that Thanksgiving should come more than once a year . . . that Judy has the "jitters" . . . that Broun Hall is in need of a furnace . . . that most people don't read this . . . that leaves are as graceful on the ground as they are on trees . . . that it will be too cold to drink the beer congress has promised us for Christmas . . . that beer is of more or less questionable origin anyway . . . . that it must be great to be a b. w. o. c. . . . that this has gone far enough . . . no, not quite enough. - At least this much is social gain—for nearly three years one-half of the world has been learning by personal experience how the other half lives.—Norfolk Virginian- Pilot. Everybody seems to turn partisan after they've received the proper publicity- for" being non-partisan. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30, 1932 T H E P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE PAGE THREE AUBURN BOY SCOUTS TO REPAIR OLD TOYS FOR POOR CHILDREN Project be Supervised by Walter Edwards, Assistant Scout Master Local Boy Scouts will occupy their leisure occasioned by the recent closing of school with the collection and repairing of hundreds of old toys for distribution to underprivileged children on Christmas day. Collection of the toys is to begin early next week and the repairing will be done at the Scout Hut. The project will be supervised by Walter Edwards, assistant scout mas-tre, who urges that all ctiizens have their broken toys ready for the Scouts beginning on Monday of next week. He also said that repair materials including bright colored paint would be gladly received by. the Scouts. • Special merit badge classes will be conducted by Prof. J. A.' Parrish at the high school building beginning in the near future as another effort to profitably occupy the leisure time of Scouts. • ' • Eagle Scout badges have arrived for Bruce McGehee.and Glenn Smith and will be presented within a few days, it was announced. C /w-*^. 1 M • ^^r^^^^k^^H ° s^Ei£7 POE6+ML GCT-AU. WE LUCKf • BIG MOMENTS come often when you eat Shredded Wheat! Try it and see! Every one of those golden- brown biscuits is packed with energy, for Shredded Wheat is 100% whole wheat, Nature's own energy food. Nothing added, nothing lost. Duck a couple of these big golden biscuits deep into a bowl of milk! Then wade in after them! Delicious mouth* fuls . . . . and by that we mean 100% good to eat When you see Niagara Falls on the package, you KNOW you have Shredded Wheat. SHREDDED WHEAT NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY (f Uneeda Bakers M Requests Consideration Resolution of University of Alabama Alumni Association of Mobile County ADOPTED NOVEMBER 22, 1932. WHEREAS, the 1932 Football Team of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute or Auburn has played through one of the most strenuous schedules of any team in the Southern Conference, meeting some of the strongest teams in the conference and the South, and" have been victorious in every game they have played, and WHEREAS, Alabama. Polytechnic Institute or Auburn, now practically is assured of being the winner of the Southern Conference Football championship for the year of 1932, having only one of the weaker teams of said conference remaining on its schedule, and WHEREAS, in winning the said Southern Conference Championship, Alabama Polytechnic Institute or Auburn has won the admiration of the entire Southland over the magnificent fighting spirit and the "never say die" attitude displayed by its team, as well as its ability at all times to overcome almost unsurmountable odds in keeping its victorious record in tact, and WHEREAS, the individual and team, play „of' the Auburn team of 1932, has been of the highest type and character, hard but absolutely clean in keeping with the splendid traditions of its many great teams during the history of this wonderful old school, and the fine sportsmanship it has displayed at all times, .as well as its ability to meet the best teams in the country and still come out victorious, makes it worthy in every respect to be the representative of the Southern Conference as its Champion and as such Champion to take part in a Post-Season Inter-sectional Game with the champion from some other section of the country, and WHEREAS, the Football Committee of the Tournament of Roses of Pasadena, 'California has seen fit on five different occasions to invite the Championship team of the Southern Conference to participate in the annual . Football conflict, with the championship team of the West in the Rose Bowl on New Years, as.a part of its Tournament of Roses celebration. BE IT RESOLVED therefore, that the University of Alabama Alumni Association of Mobile County, hereby recommends and suggests to the Tournament of Roses Football Committee, that the team to represent the East and South in the annual Rose Bowl Football Game on New Years next in Pasadena, California, be our sister institution,, Alabama Polytechnic or Auburn's great team of 1932, and assures this Committee, that should said team be extended this invitation, that they will uphold in every respect both, off the football field and on it, the" splendid records made by our five other southern teams on their trip to the Coast, in participating in that annual' event. November 22, 1932. Attested by secretary. • John Best Robertson. NEW ORLEANS SPORTS WRITER PRAISES CAPTAIN HITCHCOCK Meigs O. Frost, Writing in New Orleans States, Pays High Compliment to Tiger Back for Performance in Tulane Game New Orleans fans and sports writers are still singing the praises of Jimmie Hitchcock. In a recent story in the New Orleans State, Meigs 0. Frost, sports editor, and one of Tu-lane's most ardent supporters, devotes "over two columns of space to .Auburn's great captain. We take the liberty to reprint part of his comment: "Down here. in Dixie, where the husky he-men of the North said once they couldn't play football because of the climate, this year of 1932 another football star is coming into his own. Out of the welter of mid-season that star shines, certain of all-Southern; certain . of some ail- American selections when the dust has cleared away and the pigskin has been oiled and stored away for the winter. And when New Orleans football fans read those selections in November and December, they can have the consolation of knowing they saw that star the day he shone brightest. He's Captain Jimmie Hitchcock, of Alabama Polytechnic Institute's football team, which, at this writing, stands undefeated and untied in the THE JUNG HOTEL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Eighteen stories of modern Hotel Luxury. ' 700 Rooms, 700 Baths, 700 Servidors. 700 Ice Water Faucets, 700 Electric Ceiling Fans. The only Hotel in New Orleans that has all of these convenienoes in every room. Without exception. Largest Free Parking Grounds in the South. Rates $2.50 and $3.00 "You can live better at the Jung for Less" Southern Conference. He's the halfback leader of those Tigers from the Plains of Auburn. And does he lead 'em! Yet no matter what triumphs are his in 1932, his last year of «ollege football, he'll be remembered always in the South as the man who broke the three-year-plus winning streak of Tulane's great Green Wave. That alone puts" Jimmie Hitchcock in Dixie's Hall of Football Immortals. And 27,000 wild-eyed spectators saw him do it at Tulane stadium.' Years from now they will.be talking about his stiff-legged runs, his terrific stiff-arm repulse of tacklers, his uncanny lightning self-possession and decision in action. Particularly that last. He is the only man New Orleans ever saw in football uniform who, running with the ball, flashing at top speed, was scanning the. whole field, dodging tacklers, and with directing waves of his right arm, and pointing right index finger, telling his own interference what men to block out of his path, while they did it with the swift certainty of trained troops in action. Always the crown rests on the man who topples the champion. Jimmie Hitchcock and his team have worn that crown since they toppled Tulane —-the job the great Commodores of Vanderbilt themselves couldn't do. But Jimmie Hitchcock didn't let it rest in that one Tulane game that stunned t h e f ootball world with Auburn's 19 to 7 victory. The next week he showed the stuff that was in him against the University of Mississippi. What Jimmie Hitchcock and the rest of Auburn's team will do • the' rest of the season is more or ,les,s on the knees of the gods. But whatever the outcome, the battle will be interesting as long as Jimmie. Hitchcock is in it. And the curious thing is when he is off the gridiron and in the clothes of everyday, Jimmie Hitchcock looks less like the traditional idea of a football hero—even of a football player—than any human being could imagine. He's about the last man in a college crowd of equal size and weight anybody would pick for a football player. He's about five feet ten inches tall. His weights swings inside the bracket of the 160's. He hasn't the broad shoulders or he-bralled chest, the massive arms and legs of the eat-'em alive football players of the cartoons and magazine stories. His hair is mildly blond. His eyes are mildly blue. His feat- Elizondo Speaks To Rotary Club At Last Meeting Regular Thursday Meeting on Thanksgiving Dispensed with at Last Meeting ENGINEER STAFF PUBLISHES SECOND ISSUE OF MAGAZINE . The Auburn Rotary Club voted to dispense with its regular Thursday meeting on Thanksgiving Day, a custom that has been generally observed for a number of years, according to Captain E. S. Ott, president. At the last meeting, Prof. Y. A. Elizondo of the mechanical engineering department made a talk on big game hunting in Mexico. He said that the peccary is more dangerous to hunt than any bear, with exception of. the grizzly. He brought out the fact that game is plentiful, due to the absence in Mexico of "game hogs" and the strict enforcement of game regulations. No battle- No crisp and curling ar-ures are mildly average ship jaw. row collar coiffure. And his voice is the quietest, gentlest voice you can imagine. It's only when Jimflfie Hitchcock gets in football clothes that he becomes as dangerous a play- (Continued on page 4) Feature of Issue is Article on Frosting of Incandescent Lamps by Marvin Pipkin, Graduate of Class of 1913, Who i s N ow Connected with General Electric Co. The November issue of the Auburn Engineer, publication of the engineering school, has just been edited and is now being distributed to subscribers. This technical magazine is published by engineering students, and the material which it contains is of a nature beneficial to students in this profession. , . The latest issue contains an article written by Marvin Pipkin, member of the class of nineteen-thirteen, who is now in the incandescent lamp department of the General Electric Company, located at Cleveland, Ohio. In this article, Mr. Pipkin outlines the DR. SCOTT REPRESENTS AUBURN AT CONFERENCE Dr. John W. Scott, dean of, the school of science and literature and head of the department of economics, is representing the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at the meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges .and Secondary Schools at New Orleans this week. Dr. Scott left Au burn Monday night to be in New Orleans until Friday, December 2. procedure for the inside frosting of incandescent lamps. Another interesting and educational article is the work of Sam Gottlieb, a member of the senior class in civil engineering. He writes of the difficulties/encountered in engineering work in the tropics. At the head of the staff of this year's Engineer are Calvin Black, editor, and I. L. Ledbetter, business manager. The November issue is the second of the 1932^33 series of Engineers, which are scheduled to be published once each month. FATHER OF W. H. LAY IS KILLED IN MOTOR ACCIDENT RECENTLY Student Resigns Following Death of Father in Automobile Accident W. H. Lay, junior in agricultural education,-has resigned from college because of the accidental death of his father, Mr. J. L. Lay, on Wednesday, November 23. Mr. Lay, a rural mail carrier of Glencoe in Etowah County, came to Auburn to get his son to spend the Thanksgiving holidays at home. James Benford and Estel Bottoms, two o£her Auburn students, accompanied them home. W. H. Lay was driving when the unfortunate accident occurred. Women Traveling Alone Prefer The Hotel Molton FIFTH AVENUE AND TWENTIETH 8TREET THEY know its character—its reputation for rigidly maintaining certain standards. They like-Its friendly, courteous and i n f o r m a l atmosphere. They value its considerate, "attentive service. And they find It most convenient to be so close to the shopping district and the theaters. RATES AS LOW AS $1.50 Keep your fuel cost down by buying good coal. 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Everything known to Science is used to make Chesterfields right! They're mild—and yet They Satisfy. X PAGE FOUR T H E P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE WEDNESDAY, NOV. 30, 1932 LOS ANGELES SPORTS WRITER PRAISES AUBURN'S GRID TEAM Auburn's 1932 football team was recently high complimented by Brav-en Dyer, sports writer on the staff of the Los Angeles Times. -Of Coach Wynne's team Mr. Dyer says: "The South has another sensational football team ready for Rose Bowl hostilities! Alabama Poly, or Auburn to you, Mr. Reader, would not mind an invitation to oppose Trojans or Bruins at Pasadena on New Year's Day. "This is the word from Howard Pill,- former sports editor of Birmingham. Pill made two trips here with the Alabama warriors, coming first when the Crimson Tide beat Washington, 20 to 19, and again the following year when Wallace Wade's boys tied Stanford, 7 to 7. "Alabama Poly broke into the limelight a week ago Saturday by thumping Tulane, 19 to 7:- Thus far the Auburn team has 'scored 175 points to 21 for their opponents. Numbered among the victims are Georgia Tech and Duke. "Chet Wynne and Roger Kiley coach the Dixie gridders. Both played at Notre Dame back in 1921. Should Auburn come out here and Tiger Theatre WEDNESDAY, November 30 " T h e AGE of CONSENT" —with— Dorothy Wilson, Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge Also a Masquer's Club Comedy, "THE BRIDE'S BEREAVEMENT," and Hollywood on Parade. THURSDAY, December 1 MEN ARE SUCH FOOLS —with— Marian Marsh, Reginald Denny, Richard Bennett Also Comedy, "TORCHIE RAISES THE AUNTIES . Cartoon, "TRY SOMEBODY ELSE" FRIDAY, December 2 JOE E. BROWN —in— YOU said a MOUTHFUL —with— Ginger Rogers and "Farina" of Our Gang fame. Cartoon, "BETTY BOOP'S MUSEUM," and Sport Champion, "SNOW BIRDS;" also News Events should S. C. be the western team, just as a guess, there would be considerable color to the meeting. Howard Jones, with Aubrey Devine as his ace, defeated the Notre Dame team of 1921, 10 to 7 and broke Knute Rockne's nineteen-game winning streak. Wynne was a halfback, Kiley an end. - "Following are some of Pill's interesting observations relative to the Alabama Poly team: " 'You undoubtedly noted in last Saturday's results that Auburn gave Tulane its first defeat in the South in four years and accomplished this 19-to-7 victory right in Tulane's own back-yard. If you have the opportunity, get hold of the New Orleans papers of last Sunday and from them you can get a partial idea of what a really great team Auburn has this year. Auburn is coached, as you may know, by Chet Wynne and Roger Kiley, two of Knute Rockne's famous pupils. Auburn has won every game this year by sizable scores, except the game against Georgia Tech, which was played in a veritable cloudburst. On a dry field Auburn probably would have swamped Tech, as they have everybody else. Due to the fact that Alabama has been riding so high for the past ten years Auburn's rise has been more or less without flashy publicity. But with only Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina remaining on the schedule, Auburn now is practically certain of completing an undefeated season. They beat Wallace Wade's team with comparative ease three weeks ago and Wade was very warm in his praise of Wynne's team. " 'I went to Alabama, and so I am speaking from an absolutely unbiased viewpoint when I say that Auburn will give the Rose Bowl customers a real treat next New Year's Day if the committee should see fit to ask them out to the Coast. " 'I have seen Auburn in every game except one, and, as for playing football, these boys leave nothing to be desired. As is usually the case with the two leading schools i n the State, Alabama and Auburn are, naturally, keen rivals for football honors. So when an Alabama man tells you that Auburn has the works you can put it down that he means what GOOD NEWS! Our new line of Xmas Cards now on display! Make your selection at once and be certain of adequate choice. Burton's Bookstore TIES, SEALS, WRAPPINGS, TAGS Bring U s Your PRESCRIPTIONS LIPSCOMB'S Tiger Drug Store Round Trip To Auburn vs. South Carolina T i c k e t s sold for all trains Friday, December 2nd. Return limit, Train No. 34, Monday morning, December 5th. The WESTERN RAILWAY OF ALABAMA INTERFRATERNITY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BRACKET Lambda Chi Bye - T. U. O. Bye D. A. D. S. N . — K. S. — P. D. T. P. K. A. Bye Pi K. P. P. K. T. D. S. P. P. K. D. S. A. E. B. K .— :} :} :} :} :} 1 Theta Chi Bye S. P. E. S. P. S. - A. T. O. Bye -} T. K. N. Bye K. A. Bye - A. L. T. Bye :}- :}- :}- A. G. R. Bye S. Pi Bye - :} Mrs. Mason Visits Mrs. Caddell Here Mrs. J. M. Mason of Albany, Ga., in company with her two daughters, Miss Ellie Mason and' Mrs. Golden Reed, motored to Auburn on Thanksgiving Day to visit her sister, Mrs. W. D. Caddell. Miss Mason and Mrs. Golden continued to Montgomery where they visited Mrs. Golden's daughter who is a student at Woman's College. New York.—200 contract bridge addicts began a four-day run yesterday in an attempt to oust the reigning champions. LOST:—Bundle of keys with 5 or 6 Yale keys last week. Kindly leave in Plainsman Office. Reward. PRIZES ARE ANNOUNCED FOR WINNERS OF MILTON AWARDS (Continued from page 1) in behalf of International Peace in order that none worthy of consideration may be overlooked^ They should submit two clippings of their published articles pasted upon white sheets 8%xll inches. One sheet should be labeled with the name and address of the author, name of periodical in which the article appeared and date of publication. The other sheet should contain only the clipping. All communications should be addressed to "The George F. Milton Award, Division of University Extension, Box 4218, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee," and must be received by December, 31, 1932. .. Iff addition to the award in journalism, the Milton Fund provides for a cash award of $200.0Q to the woman writer,in the South who has accomplished most for her sex. The estimate of achievement will not be necessarily based upon work accomplished during the calendar year 1932, nor necessarily upon work of purely literary merit. he says. " 'You will remember the speed of Johnnie Mack Brown. This year in Hitchcock Auburn has a halfback who combines the speed and elusive-ness of Johnnie Mack with an uncanny ability to punt, pass, tackle and block. He is the ideal football player and to my mind is the finest halfback the South has produced in many a year. Auburn, however, is not a one-man team, and this year they probably will place two ends, a tackle and Hitchcock on the composite all- Conference team. I don't see how they can keep these four boys off of it and quite a few newspaper men I have talked with feel the same. " 'I know it is very early to be talking of Rose' Bowl invitations, but after Auburn's magnificent victory over Tulane the South now really knows just what' a powerful machine Auburn boasts this year. Knute Rockne, were he alive, would delight in watching Auburn using the Rockne system. It is the kind of team that does most of its scoring from mid-field with perfect blocking and cohesion in-every department. These boys can put on sustained drives whenever necessary, however, as their seventy-one-yard march for their third touchdown against Tulane well proved. Tennessee also stands an excellent chance of going through undefeated, but, having seen both teams this year, I would not hesitate in choosing Auburn. Not only in ability but also in color, versatility and dash, Auburn, in my opinion, stands supreme in the South this year.' " Dean Petrie Gets Thrill From Success of Tigers The bark of a_quarterback calling signals brings a reminiscent smile .to the scholarly features of Dr. George Petrie. For it was Dean—as he#is known to the student body at Alabama Polytechnic Institute—who introduced football to the village of the Plains back in the handlebar-mustache era. And while Auburn men everywhere are rejoicing over the comeback of the Plainsmen, an extra degree of satisfaction comes to the tall, spare figure who^ coached Auburn's first team but who long since has turned the duties over to other hands and surrounded himself with history books. Now dean of the graduate schools, Dr. Petrie confines his activities to the golf links where he goes for an occasional round and no one, "duffer or expert, gets more kick out of a lusty drive down the fairway than he. The powers that made Dr. Petrie a historian found- a happy medium in making him a teacher of the subject. A brilliant lecturer endowed with a warm sense of humor which he uses Woman's Club Holds Literary Gathering Mrs. G. M. Bayne and Mrs. E. D. Hess "were co-hostesses to the members of the Literary Departmen of the Auburn Woman's Club at the home of Mrs. Bayne on Burton street, Wednesday, November 23. A brief talk on "German Music and Musicians" was given by Mrs. D. C. Harkin, and Mrs. Leo Gosser gave a comprehensive survey of the "Life and Works of Schiller," which was the chief topic of discussion for the afternoon. Following the program tea Was served by Mrs. Bayne and Mrs. Hess. The next meeting of the Literary Department will be held on January 26. Mrs. James Edwards, vice-chairman, urges that in future members in successfully putting himself across, he is an institution at the college.— Associated Press, Nov. 25. NEW ORLEANS SPORTS WRITER PRAISES CAPTAIN HITCHCOCK! (Continued from page 3) mate to the opposition as a bolt of lightning coming down for an afternoon's frolic. He can punt as well as any man in Dixie today; more consistently for long gains than most. He can pass with the smooth accuracy of a rifleman shooting at a target. He can run with the ball. And he is the deadliest kind of a demon tackier on defense. And there isn't a single second from whistle to whistle that Jimmie Hitchcock's keen brain isn't working, weighing, analyzing, deciding. His brain works whether his feet are flying or still. Jimmie- Hitchcock's work, sophomore and junior years, was superb. But Auburn's line was weak, and its up to the linesmen to pay the toll that lets the halfback by. But in 1932 Auburn had a line. And Jimmie Hitchcock came into his own. He was a flawless halfback now, superb in every department of the game. His punting, his passing, his ball-carrying, his blocking, his tackling, was a coach's dream. 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