1933-01-11 The Plainsman

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Mid-Term Dances
Jan. 19, 20, 21
VOLUME LVI AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11, 1933 NUMBER 29
SARG'S PUPPETS TO
BE PRESENTED HERE
JANUARY NINETEEN
Will be First Cultural Enter­tainment
in Many Years to
be Presented Here
TWO SHOWS BE GIVEN
English Department is Instru­mental
in Bringing World
Famous Puppet Show Here
ADMISSION PRICE LOW
Arabian Knights to be Presented by
Tiny Figures; Large Attendance is
Expected
Tony Sarg's world famous marion­ettes
will come to Auburn .for two
perfomances on Thursday, January
19. The matinee attraction at 4:00
o'clock that afternoon will carry a
special appeal for children when the
antics of the wooden puppets will be
enjoyed by the youngsters in "Ma­rionette
Merry-Go-Round". At 8:00
o'clock that evening the "Adventures
of Sinbad, the' Sailor" will be pre­sented
in a performance that will
appeal both to adults and children.
The Marionettes come to Auburn
under the sponsorship of the Depart­ment
of English and the Auburn
Players are cooperating in making
arrangements for the performance.
Should the attraction prove a finan­cial
success it is thought that other
important entertainment features
may be brought to Auburn this
spring.
Admission to both performances
will be: children, twenty-five cents;
adults, fifty cents. *
For the last ten years this company
has toured the United States and
Canada, producing a new play each
season, presenting these plays in com­plete
scenic equipment and costume
investiture equaling any metropolitan
theatrical production, and attracting
thousands of children to the after­noon
performances and as many ad­ults
for the evenings. Although there
are countless marionette companies
now, there were none travelling when
Tony Sarg made his first production
in this country after several seasons
in London, England, where he had
a studio theatre above Dickens Old
Curiosity Shop.
This company carries about one
hundred wooden actors which are
manipulated by a company pf six
dramatic and musical artists, an a
complete miniature stage, with elab­orate
lighting equipment and scenery
designed by the well known artist.
Tony Sarg's "stunt" effects are
equal to the transformations of pan­tomime
or the marvels of modern
magic, and it is his motto to have a
laugh of a stunt in every three min­utes
of the two hours of a perform­ance.
The appeal of young people
is everywhere recognized but some
do not know of the fascination that
exists for the geenral adult public.
, Tony Sarg's marionette fans are
numberless, and include many celeb-rites,
among them: Douglas Fair­banks,
Mary Pickford, John Golden,
Winthrop Ames, Fred Stone, and
many others.
DEAN SCOTT EXPLAINS
MUSIC CREDIT COURSES
Dr. J. W. Scott, dean of the School
of Science and Literature, announced
the following concerning the crediting
of courses in music today:
"The arrangements made for the ac­crediting
of music taught in Auburn
during the past semester will continue
unchanged during the spring semes­ter.
Mr. Bidez will continue with the
band and have charge of the glee
club. Students desiring college credit
for private lessons should arange for
the work with either Mr. Hazel or Mrs.
Askew, pay their fees directly to the
instructor, present receipt for fees to
the dean, and register for the work
along with other courses at the regu­lar
registration time. Credit will not
be allowed unless the student registers
for the work the same as for other
work. Only Mrs. Askew and Mr. Ha­zel
are authorized to give private les­sons
for college credit."
To Lead Junior Prom
MISS ETTIE BEELAND ROGERS
COUNCIL MEETING
HELD ON MONDAY
. (
Body Decides Freshmen Out
For Basketball be Eligible
for Play in Tournament
CUP BE GIVEN
Banquet be Held Next Spring;
Farris Reports on Meeting of
Interfraternity Conference
The January meeting of tfhe Inter­fraternity
Council was held Monday
night at the Kappa Alpha house.
Committee reports were rendered
by Messrs. Robinson, Paterson, and
Farris.
In the course of the meeting the
Council ruled that freshmen out for
the freshman basketball team will be
eligible for play in the Interfraternity
Tournament, contrary to the last re­port
given on the matter by the
Plainsman. The Council also decided
to purchase the Friday afternoon tea
dance of the Junior Prom set.
It was further decided that the
Council will not publish the Freshman
Handbook next year, but will give its
annual banquet as usual.
In response to a query by Frank
Noble, president of Omicron Delta
Kappa, the Council moved to award
a cup to the fraternity making the
best showing in the annual Freshman
Cake Race, which is to be held here
on February 1.
President Farris, recently returned
from the National Interfraternity
Undergraduate Conference in New
York, gave a short report on that
meeting. *
KAPPA DELTA DANCE
IS GIVEN SATURDAY
Acting as dual hostesses, members
and pledges of Kappa Delta sorority
entertained Saturday night with their
annual dinner and dance. A formal
dinner was given in Opelika at the
Clement Hotel followed by dancing at
the Girls' Gym in Auburn from nine
to twelve.
Candle light lent a soft glow to the
profusion of white flowers decorating
the tables set in the Green Room of
the Hotel. During the dinner the
president of the sorority, Miss Mary
George Lamar, welcomed the guests.
Miss Vera Frances Pruet gave a
toast, "To the men," which was ans­wered
in characteristic form by Mr.
Scott Turk.
Roofed with evergreens and vari­colored
balloons the Gym in Broun
Hall has a most festive dress. The
Auburn Knights were musicians for
the evening and at the height of the
dance confetti was thrown.
Chaperons for the affair were pa­trons
and alumnae of Kappa Delta.
This is the first dance given this year
by Kappa Delta.
DRAMATIC TOURNEY
BE HELD IN MARCH
Eighth Annual .High School
Dramatic Tournament Will
Take Place March 24-25
MANY SCHOOLS INVITED
Prizes be Offered for Outstand-ing
Work in One-Act Plays,
Writing, Drawing and Music
• According to a recent announcement
by Professor J. R. Rutland, head of
the English Department, the eighth
annual Alabama high school dramatic
tournament is scheduled to be held
here March 24-25.
Invitations to all high schools in
the state to participate have oeen ex­tended
by Professor Rutland. Prizes
will be offered and awarded to win­ners
in e"ach division of the tourna­ment.
Presentation of one-act plays,
public speaking, poetic reading, ready
writing, freehand drawing, and music
constitute the curriculum for the tour­ney.
The school and team winning in
the one-act play contest will be given
a loving cup, other winners to receive
medals.
Professor T. B. Peet will be in
charge of the plays: Professor E. D.
Hess, public speaking; Dr. Charles P.
Weaver, ready writing; Professor F.
W. Applebee of the department of ar­chitecture,
freehand drawing; and
Professor Earl Hazel, music.
In tournaments held in the past
keen rivalry has been enjoyed: indi­cations
now are that the 1933 tour­nament
will uphold the high standard
and enthusiasm of the past. A small
admission fee to the plays will be
charged to defray expenses.
Sidney Lanier High School, of
Montgomery, was the winner in the
play contest last year. ,
POLO SQUAD WILL PLAY
OTHER COLLEGE TEAMS
A series of intercollegiate polo
games are scheduled for the Auburn
team with the University of Florida
a,nd the University of Georgia begin­ning
February fifteenth. Two games
will be played with each team in Au­burn,
and two games will be played
at both Athens, Georgia, and Gains-ville,
Florida.
Tentative arrangements have been
made for games with teams from Mo­bile,
Montgomery, and Atlanta, and
will be played as soon as weather con­ditions
permit. Other games will be
scheduled with nearby Army posts.
An endeavor will be made to play at
least one game each week in Auburn
when there is no conflict with base­ball
or track.
Formal practice has been discon­tinued
from Wednesday through the
semester examinations.
TWELVE MEN PICKED
BY DELTA SIGMA PI
IN ANNUAL ELECTION
Honorary Business Fraternity
Selects Students of High
Standing
INITIATION BE SOON
Fraternity Promotes Scholar*
ship in Business Courses of
School/
ONE LOCAL MAN NAMED
Chapter Here Installed in 1929 Fol-lowing
Acceptance of Beta Alpha
Sigma Petition
The officers of Delta Sigma 'Pi,
honorary business fraternity, have
announced the pledging of the fol­lowing
men to- the organization: I.
M. Pitts, Columbus, Ga.; Harold Wil­liams,
Hartselle; Edgar L. Wynn,
Ashland; J. M. Holloway, Montgom­ery;
Fred E. Copeland, Auburn; D.
H. Morris,'Geneva; George Bagwell,
Jasper; Hugh R. Alison, Minter;
James Hines, Lafayette; William
Howard McGiboney, Columbiana;
John B. Moffet, Birmingham; John
W. Overton, Wedowee.
This chapter of the Delta Sigma Pi
was installed on this campus several
years ago, absorbing the Beta Alpha
Sigma, local business honorary fra­ternity.
The fraternity selects its
membership from the faculty and
student body^of the business admini­stration
course, requiring a high
standard of scholarship.
Delta Sigma Pi was founded for
the purpose ef promoting the schol­arship
in the business courses, at co,l-legeSj
and by using outside aids to
stimulate the interest of students
along this field of endeavor, serves its
purpose.-
Delta Sigma Pi is the last honorary
organization on the campus to elect
this semester and its election brings
to a close the activities of these or­ganizations
on this campus for the
semester.
Officers for this year are' as fol­lows:
Sam W. Wittel, president; W.
F. Ham, vice-president; Fred Chap­man,
treasurer; Charles Workman,
secretary.
MISS ETTIE BEELAND ROGERS TO LEAD
GRAND MARCH OF JUNIOR PROM; PLANS
FOR ANNUAL AFFAIR BEING COMPLETED
Technocrats Shout With Glee As Prominent Entertainer
Is Struck Down While Examining Refrigerating Machine
Technocrats, cynics, and misanthropes set up a whoop of joy Mon­day
upon hearing of the death of the Auburn Cafe's leading entertain­er.
John the Greek (Mr. Gazes to you) declared today that the entire
personnel of Auburn's.leading grill will observe a week of mourning
for beloved Oscar. *•
A blithesome soul, always in the best spirits, Oscar was the Cafe's
leading drawing card. He was always at work, never missing a day in
his short but scintillating career. Never a night or day passed that
Oscar was not there, keeping the patrons in an uproar with his in­genuous
naivete and original stunts.
But he, like many other prominent personalities, fell a victim of
the machine age. Always accustomed to romp where he pleased, he
walked into certain destruction at the hands of an electric refrigerator'
Monday morning. Dashing about with his usual gusto the dear soul
took it into his head to explore the workings of the motor. While
thoughtfully engaged in examining the mysteries of electricity he was
hurled into eternity when the machine automatically started. And
now there is no Oscar. Unlike most kittens, he did not live to a sordid
and senile old age, but died in the prime of life; where can John find
another cat like Oscar?
Allen Rogers, Junior Pres., to
Accompany Sister in Grand
March During Junior Ball
500 BIDS MAILED
Pi K. A., Sigma Nu, S. A. E.,
P. D. T., and L. C. A. to Give
House Parties
ADMISSION PRICE CUT
HOME DEPT. WOMAN'S
CLUB HOLDS MEETING
The American Home Department of
the Auburn's Woman's Club met at
the home of Mrs. J. C. Lowery on the
afternoon of January 5th, with Mrs.
H. F. Gibson as co-hostess.
Miss Jewel Davis, as leader, gave
an interesting presentation of the
topic for discussion, "The Cultivation
of a Discriminating Taste in Litera­ture."
Using as reference such notable au­thorities
as Arnold Bennett, John
Dewey, Bernard Shaw, and'' James
Truslow Adams, Miss Davis divided
her talk into four main parts. First,
she established reasons why we should
all attempt to enlarge our sphere of
literary appreciation. Second, she
spoke of the need for self analysis
so that reading may fill individual
needs. Third, Miss Davis outlined a
practical method through which added
enjoyment and appreciation of worth­while
books may be obtained. Fourth,
she showed how interest in one author
may lead to interest in another. This
interest, thus awakened, should be our
guide in the selection of our reading
material. .
SPEARS, CONNER ARE
WINNERS IN DEBATES
In the finals of the upperclassmen
debate tourney, held last Monday
evening, the team of Otis Spears, Pis-gah,
and George Connor, Auburn,
won over Justin Morrill, Mobile, and
William Hall, Dothan. At the con­clusion
of the. debate the winning
team was awarded the ten dollar
first prize offered by,Alpha Phi Epsi-lon,
sponsors of the tournament.
This was the first tournament of
its kind to be held on the campus.
The authorities in charge stated that
it was very successful, and also an­nounced
that it was planned to con­tinue
the practice in the future. -
COMMENCEMENT BE
HELD JANUARY 19
Special Meeting of Executive
Council be Held to Pass Up­on
Degrees of 22
JUDD BE SPEAKER
Degrees to be Conferred by
Dean Wilmore, Chairman of
Administrative Committee
SUTTON ADDRESSES
PHI KAPPA PHI'S
Banquet Given at First Baptist
Church in Honor of Initiates
of Scholastic Society
JUDD TOASTMASTER
Pledges Initiated at Formal
Ceremony Held In Presi­dent's
Office Friday P. M.
Interfraternity Council, Tau Beta Pi,
Keys and Blue Key to be Hosts
at Four Day Dances
The final curtain will fall on the
first semester of the 61st session of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute the
evening o-f Thursday, January 19, at
the Presbyterian Church. The occa­sion
will be the graduating exercises
which will begin at 7:00 p. m., with
Dean Jno. J. Wilmore, chairman of
the Administrative Committee, pre-siding.
Twenty-two students are candidates
for degrees. A special meeting of the"
executive council will be held imme­diately
before this date to pass upon
the credits of these candidates.
Dean Zebulon Judd, of the school of
education, will deliver the baccalau­reate
address. All students, members
of the faculty, and others who are in­terested
are invited by Dean Wilmore
to be present.
In addition to concluding the first
semester this will be the initial com­mencement
at Auburn in 1933. The
second will be in May at the end of
the session a«d the third at the end
of the summer session.
Degrees will 'be conferred by Dean
Wilmore following the address by
Dean Judd. A special program . of
music is being arrangedi
W. A. A. HOSTESSES AT
DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT
\ Instigating a new activity on the
campus the Woman's Athletic Asso­ciation
sponsored a I "backwards"
dance at the Girls' Gym Friday night.
While Billy Askew's orchestra played
from nine to eleven thirty, the girls
acted as escorts and stags to the large
number of boys invited.
This script dance is the first out­standing
activity of the newly organ­ized
W.A.A. Begun last spring and
completed this fall the Woman's Ath­letic
Association is striving for a bet­ter
appraciation of physical culture
for girls at Auburn.
RISCA WILLIAMS TO
LECTURE ON SUNDAY
Risca Williams, Welsh baritone,
will lecture Sunday evening at 7:30
o'clock at.the First Methodist Church
on the "Sinking of the Lusitania".
Mr. Williams is a survivor of the dis­aster
in which, the British liner "Lus­itania"
was sunk by a German U-boat
off the coast of-lreland in 1916.
The Right Honorable David Lloyd
George, former Prime Minister of
Great Britain has characterized Mr.
Williams' lecture as "the greatest
story for world peace."
Dr. Willis A. Sutton, superintend­ent
of the Atlanta public schools,
was the principal speaker at the Phi
Kappa Phi initiation banquet held at
the First Baptist church Friday night.
Dr. Sutton's address took the form
of a challenge to the initiates. He1
asked what the present generation
intended to do about the ficonomic,
social, and educational systems of
Western civilization, stating that the
young men of today will soon be in
positions occupied by the older gener­ation.
He deplored the over-emphasis
educational leaders have placed on
college athletes, saying that that
meeting of Phi Kappa Phi and the
initiation of pledges was many times
more important than all the football
games Auburn wbn last season. He
declared that the initiates had just
got their "first wind", and that their
work had just begun. He urged
changes in our present civilization,
but added a warning that certain
fundamental principles cannot be dis­carded
without ensuing disaster.
The pledges were initiated in a
formal ceremony held in the admini­strative
office Friday afternoon.
At the banquet Dean Judd of the
department of education was toast-master;
George Conner and Calvin
Black gave responses to Dr. Sutton's
address.
Towards the close of the banquet
the initiates were presented with cer­tificates
and emblems of the society.
Each year students with unusually
high scholastic records are recognized
by the society, whose purpose is to
promote scholarship and character
among college men. y
MRS. GOSSER SPEAKS TO
AUBURN WOMAN'S CLUB
Members of the Art Department of
the Auburn Woman's Club were en­tertained
with an interesting talk on
"Art of Western Asia", by Mrs. Leo
Gosser, at the first meeting of the new
year held at the home of Mrs. Leslie
Wright Thursday afternoon, January
5.
Mrs. Gosser stressed Persian art,
and as a background summarized the
development of Babylonian, Assyrian
and Chaldean art, from which that
of Persia grew. She went on to show
that P"ersia, through being the melt­ing
pot for many races, absorbed
something of the art of each.
Current events of art interest were
given by Mrs. P. O. Davis.
A social hour followed the program
and coffee was served.
Miss Ettie Beeland Rogers, of
Greenville, has' been chosen by the
members of the Social Committee tp
lead the grand march at the Junior
Ball, which is the Friday night dance
of the Mid-term set. She will have
as her escort Allen Rogers, president
of the Junior Class. Miss Rogers has
made several sets of dances here and
is very popular with members of the
student body. At present she is at­tending
Alabama College in Monte-vallo.
Five fraternities have signified
their intention of giving house parties
for visiting girls during the dances,
these being Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma
Nu, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta
Theta, and Lambda Chi Alpha. These
houses will accommodate approxi­mately
one hundred and seventy-five
girls and should the need arise more
houses will be available.
Nearly five hundred bid cards were
taken up by members of the Social
Committee Tuesday and the bids were,
mailed nut last; nieht. Of this mim—
ber, two hundred are expected to ac­cept
the invitation to attend.
As has" been previously announced,
J;he price fof the entire set of dances
has been lowered to eight dollars and
fifty cents. Admission to the last
two days will be seven-fifty $nd to
the three dances of a single day, four
dollars. One dollar will be charged
for each day dance. The first price
listed is a drop off one dollar and a
half from last year.
Four organizations will be hosts at
the four day dances, according to a
recent announcement by Stuart Pugh,
chairman of the social committee. The
Friday morning dance will be the
Interfraternity Council Dance, Fri­day
afternoon, Tau Beta Pi, honorary
engineering fraternity; Saturday
morning, Keys; and Saturday after­noon,
Blue Key. During each of these
dances the members of the organiza­tion
which is host will have several
leadouts.
All students who are having visitors
down are asked to register them in
Miss Dobbs office immediately upon
arrival so that they may be assigned
to houses.
Work on the decorations has pro­gressed
rapidly and is now nearing
completion. A star-studded canopy is
to cover the ceiling, beneath which
will be hung a large crystal ball.
Spotlights in varied colors will play
on the crystal ball to further add to
the effect. The backdrop behind the
orchestra will be a scene through an
Arabian castle window, the motif of
the decorations being "An Arabian
Castle", with the magic carpet in full
view. The walls will be ornamented
with drawings of Arabian scenes and
Arabian characters, while harem
scenes will cover the basketball goals.
The girls entrance will be represented
as a harem entrance, and the boys
must enter through a shiek's tent.
Art Kassel and his famous Kassel's
in the Air have been engaged to play
for the dances, and the castle theme
of the decorations was decided upon
accordingly. Kassel is one of the na­tion's
most popular orchestra leaders
and his music has been heard in night­ly
broadcasts from Station WMAQ in
Chicago. He is just now completing
a long term at the Bismark hotel in
that city.
According to plan's now under con­sideration,
tickets will be put on sale
at some convenient place in town.
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ON LIGHT FANTASTIC TOE
January nineteenth brings to Auburn Art
Kassel and his "Kassels in the Air" arid
the many other attractions that make the
Junior Prom the outstanding social event
of the collegiate year. However, before
the dances can be said to be a success a
considerable number of students must at­tend.
The dances are scheduled immediately af­ter
the examinations to enable students to
forget the routine and grind of scohastic
endeavor. They are, in a sense, a breath­ing
spell between semesters.
Those students who do not attend the
dances miss a vital portion of their college
life and remain in ignorance of many things
that cannot be learned from books. To
attend and enjoy the dances is to round off
one's undegradauate education; to miss
them is to lop off a necessary portion of
TONY SARG'S MARIONETTES
The staging of Tony Sarg's Marionettes
here January 19 is an unusual treat for stu­dents
and townspeople of Auburn. These
shows have rapidly come to the forefront as
interesting presentations of the entertain­ment
world.
Tony Sarg's Marionettes give a perform­ance
which presents many features of allur­ing
quality. The stage settings create a
definite atmosphere. Too, there are the fig­ures
which are of a size adequate to assist
materially in the stage illusion. The realism
attained in the general ensemble makes a
picture that lacks nothing in diverting or
convincing qualities.
This entertainment is a veritable triumph
theatrically. An approximation'of reality
in the stage settings is portrayed through­out
the entire show. Because of the vivid­ness
of action and the simplicity with which
the performance is run off, it is perfect
entertainment for children as well as grown­ups.
The arrival of Tony Sarg's Marionettes
should be welcomed by all'who believe in
obtaining a fair share of good wholesome
entertainment.
DECREASE IN LYNCHINGS
It is gratifying for exponents of law and
order to observe that the number of lynch-ings
in 1932 was the lowest in years. Du­ring
the past year there were 8 of these
abominable aecurrences, as compared to 13
in 1931 and 21 in 1930.
The eight states reporting one lynching
each are Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Ken­tucky,
Louisiana, Ohio, Texas, and Virgin­ia.
Of the number six were negroes, and
the charges included murder one, attempted
murder two, criminal attack one, attempted
attack one, wounding officer of the law and
dynamiting store one, insulting women one,
and threatening men with a knife one;
The decrease in lynchings, however, is
due only partly to the decline of mob spirit.
Alert and efficient officers of the law were
responsible for the fact that the total was
not even larger, for in 31 instances attempt­ed
lynchings were frustrated by officers.
To these courageous men who have pro­per
sense of obligation to their oaths and
who were instrumental in preventing mob
violence is due credit for the decline.
RESULTS
The action of the College Library in hav­ing
its Sunday papers available for readers
on the date of publication is appreciated
and approved by those who have taken ad­vantage
of Sunday visits to the Library. ,
It has always been the custom for the
Sunday papers to be delivered on Monday
mornings, and the improvement is welcom­ed
and commended by those who like to read
the news while it is still news.~~
THE NEW GOD
Technocracy is the new god, and Howard
Scott is its prophet. The word is used to
define a research organization made up of
scientists, technologists, engineers, and
other workers in technical .fields. Scott,
the spokesman of Technocracy, states that
its purpose is to collect and analyze "data
on the physical functioning of the social
mechanism of the North American conti­nent,
and to exhibit the magnitude of its
operation in quantitative comparison with
other continental areas of the >world. It's
method comprises, among" many other
things, a synthetic integration of the phy­sical
sciences that pertain to the^ determi­nation
of all functional sequences of social
phenomena." %
The entities of our present economic and
industrial systems fall under the ax of the
technocrats: the price, system, the credit
system, and the overdevelopment of* ma­chines.
Technocracy holds that since energy is
the source of all life, material things must
be valuated according to a stable energy
unit, the present monetary standards to be
discarded, as they vary from year to year.
With the use of energy determinants a non-fluctuating
value and price relationship
would be established.
The producer turns out goods to be used
by the consumer, who in turn is paid for
his work by the producer. But under this
system the producer, with the aid of science,
has made production possible at such a
low figure that he is enabled to realize an
enormous profit. In effecting these im­provements
in production he has dispensed
with a vast portion of his laborers, who
are also consumers. This unemployment of
the consumer deprives him of the power to
buy the producer's goods. The abnormal
advance of the machine has thus thrown
more and more people out of work, loaded
down the market with a vast quantify of
unsaleable goods, and thus has sent the
price of those goods to an absurdly low
level.
Scott states that our credit system is
hopelessly out of balance. According to
his figures the industrial debt of this coun-t
r in the form of bonds, mortgages, bank
loans, and all other interest-bearing amort­ized
securities totals approximately 218
billions-ol--dollars. The fixed charges on
this debt are equal to over half the present
national income. In citing a rather con­vincing
example Technocrat Scott says,
"One of our great American railroad sys­tems
has paid for its equipment and con­struction
by borrowings which, according
to its annual report issued December 31,
193,1, total about 310 million, dollars. Of
this sum something over. three millions is
supposed to be repaid by 1948. Another
million is due in 1968. By 1997 over one
hundred and six millions will come due, the
rest of the debt postponed to the year of
grace 2047, when one hundred and ninety-nine
millions must be discovered somewhere
to pay for the comfort and convenience of
a time as remote from th*e ultimate debtors
as we are from the Presidency of James
Monroe when railroads did not even exist.
. . . It is clear that those bonds are to
pay for locomotives that will long since
have rusted away, equipment long since
worn out and discarded, pay perhaps for a
railroad that may not even exist."
Some have swallowed the doctrine of the
technocrats whole. Others have -expressed
skepticism. "In a country sick with economic
ills it is only natural that its people seize
any cure that sounds plausible. And we
youngsters are particularly prone to place
implicit faith in new ideas. We are told
that technocracy is no new thing. Scien­tists
have been collecting data for over
twelve years, charting every kind of indus­try
in the country. It is rather evide'nt
that the technocrats have seized the present
moment as the psychological time to release
the results of their investigations. But our
judgment tells us that technocracy is sever­al
generations ahead of its time. Many
years will elapse before the sweeping re­forms
advocated by the technologists can be
effected, if ever. Our present economic
system is too deeply rooted to be pulled up
without notice.
Immature though we be, we cannot help
believing that the fundamental tenets of
technocracy are sound. The basic ideas of
the theory go back to the origin of man and
hence cannot well be refuted. We rejoice
to see the almighty dollar weighed in the
balances and found wanting. Though the
year 1932 has seen much suffering, yet it
may well have been a year of revolution.
Our bungling elders have shown us that the
pursuit of wealth, the accumulation of ma­terial
goods, creates nothing but misery and
disappointment. There is every chance that
the new era which we are now entering will
be one in which science, culture, the arts
will constitute our life interests. The hey­day
of the rich American has passed. Enter
the artist.
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.
« » * »
FACTS ABOUT your town I have learn-tfd
by reading and observation: The
ALT House was the first Veterinary
building, it sat where Ramsay Hall now is.
The four prettiest kids in town live down
on the bottom end of that venerable Gay
Street. The Sigma Nu house is the exact
picture of the Sigma Nu house which burn­ed
on the same spot some few Christmas
Eves ago. The most distinguished looking
lady lives on East Magnolia; Miller Ave.
had the first pavement in town. Students
formerly had to answer roll call by ROTC
batteries on Sunday and march to church in
their uniforms. The most vertiginous co-ed
in school lives, also, on Magnolia. By
climbing up into the face of the College
clock and removing a small block in the
face,' you can see Opelika. But what have
you seen then?
Bubber (Cajoler) Phipps will be Au­burn's
best backfield man next year. Au­burn
saw its first moving picture in the
gymnasium. The first established theatre
was 'Langdon Hall. There were two shows
a day, starting at 6:30 p. m., tickets were
sold. until the place filled, and then you
couldn't get in with a fifty dollar bill. The
Phi Delta Theta and the Delta Sigma Phi
houses are in what formerly was. a branch
trickling through a pasture for cows. Have
any of you fraternity men seen that grave'
in the cemetery which was mentioned in
"Believe It Or Not"? Doctor Petrie used
to buy ice cream-cones for a dog Re found
up town. Doctor Petrie drove his first
model T automobile around in low gear for
the first month, then it was hit by a freight
car. One of the best risque jokes I ever
heard was told by a professor in a 10 o'clock
class. The Choctaw Indian gave us our
"Okeh". It means: It is so; all right.
* * * *
Thoughts and Things: I once heard, "I
Love You Truly", sung in a beautiful man­ner
at a wedding while the best man hic­coughed
higgledy-piggledy in a galloping
daze of likker. Fashionable church wed­ding
too. .
You big social men tickle me sending out
a half dozen bids to the big dances. You
know the grls can't come, and the girls
know you wouldn't have any money if they
did come.
The funniest sight I ever saw was a cat
trying to turn a newly waxed parlor-corner
"at sixty miles an hour. That cat turned
heap worser than your heads turn when
a co-ed comes out be-decked in a tight
sweater.
I have often wondered just what Hector
thought of Helen when Achilles was chasing
him around the gates of Troy. I'll be durn--
ed if I'd have a man chasing /ne around
town with a sword in his hand because of
a girl . . . not any girl I've ever seen.
' I saw so much rain and played bridge
so much Christmas I'm walking ducky and
finessing yellow-haired queens, left handed,
in my sleep.
I have seen one co-ed in four years of
college that I could talk intelligently with.
And she, unlike all other co-eds I have ever
seen, didn't think she was conferring an
immense honor on a boy by letting him
come to see her. You pretty little things
act like a French War General bestowing
the Croix de Guerre. A sniff and a bit of
a snort for you, and I pop my fingers.
* * * *
Igotisms: I once thought that I, as the
expression is, was hell wjth the women.
Now since on a discovery that any man who
has a decent pair of pants and is not de­formed
can also be rather quite a bit hellish,
I seem to lose interest, and get a real kick
out of speaking to a Police Dog and have
him turn up his nose and walk away. A
(good dog like that will answer to no one
but his master, and the love he has in his
fur covered heart is but for one man. Some­thing
like that seems beautiful, but after all
one can't marry a dog; n' est-ce pas?
I know one or two sweet little boys like
that. There is nothing to them; they are
obviously shallow, but have, each, a good
pair of pants, and that is all it takes. All
of my trousers are quite worn.
What I want is a good "A" Club dance.
Those football dances in Montgomery, Co­lumbus,
Birmingham and Atlanta don't
count I never did like to dance after a
football game. . . . I have to look the
city over, you know. That is what I do so
desire, a good "A" Club hop, and I want to
see all three of you nice looking co-eds
there. One of you is hopelessly dumb, but
that is all right, girls can't look good -and
have sense too.
A day or two, likewise a hazy night or
two, and 1 shall be hit amidships by exams.
I never could see any sense in having ex-ems,
right after Christmas. I'don't know
nothing now. I haven't looked at a book
in three weeks, and now someone comes
along wanting to find how much I know. I
don't appreciate it. .
CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT
SHORT CUTS
It is an established fact that college
students will take short-cuts whenever it
is at all possible, no matter what premises
or rule they may be violating by doing so.
Whether the short-cut be geographical, ver­bal,
social, or educational the collegian takes
advantage of it as often as he can.
In mere geographical matters the hap­hazard
paths that continually appear on the
campus demonstrate that if there is a side­walk
or a formal path leading to a build­ing
that is not the shortest path between
two points, the students will make another
that is. The only way to prevent the form­ing
of such paths, and that method is only
partly efficacious, is to erect a wire barri­cade
necessitating walking around the long
way. * Verbally the collegian shortens the
words "library," "gymnasium," "chemis­try,"
"demonstration," "psychology," "pro-fesso*,"
and hundreds of others into dimin­utives
that will conserve his precious time
and energy. In social matters the college
student can, with the assurance that it is
the ordinary thing, call any one by his or-her
first name on being introduced, and
become engaged after a week's acquaint­ance
if it seems a good idea at the time.
Alt these short-cuts violate no rules more
binding than those of good taste, good Eng­lish
and a respect for orderly lawns, and
as such are not impressively dangerous. It
is the cultural and educational short-cuts
that the average student resorts to that
can be a real risk.both to himself and the
entire university system. The student who
copies notebooks, term papers, and experi­ments
of former years instead of doing the
work himself has saved time and energy
and perhaps received a better grade for his
effort. But by taking such short-cuts he
is cheating himself out of the advantages
of actually taking the path which was in­tended
for him to take, and which has in
its course certain things he will never see
along the short-cut. When he is confront­ed
later with the necessity of explaining
the phenomena along the conventional path
he is unable to do it because his short-cut
did not include his understanding of them.
In making these educational effort-con­serving
actions the undergraduate only is
taking the path that, those who went before
made for him by willing their term papers
and notebooks to oncoming classes. It is a
short-cut that in the end does not pay,
for it is the time and effort consumed in
actually doing the work that' go to make
up real learning.—Indiana Daily Student.
ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS MAN
The question of what are the require­ments
of a successful business man arose
among a group of college students. Various
answers were given, all embodying the same
idea that every person who wishes to ac­complish
anything must have perseverance,
initiative, and punctuality. As the group
disbanded, all but two members requested
that they be called for breakfast at the pre-per
hour.
That is the request which at least one-half
of the University students leave as
they retire each night. It will be exceed­ingly
hard for these students to be the "ear­ly
bird" when they enter the business world.
A day "well begun is half done," and to
those people who fail to arise in time for
breakfast, without the services of a "call
boy" are not strengthening their character,
during the formulative years of their
lives.
It takes will power to get out of a warm
bed into a -cold, semi-dark room, but it de­velops
a constructive and beneficial habit
that in the long run pays dividends.—Daily
Kansan.
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.
* * * *
MISS HALLEY MAE INGRAM was
the first 1933 graduate of Auburn
to obtain work. She left Auburn
a few days in advance of the regular exami­nations
to become a home economics teacher
in the high school at Hartford, Alabama.
. In extending congratulations to Miss In­gram
we remind others that there are op­portunities
for those who are qualified to
take advantage of them. It is not probable
that each graduate this year will find a
job immediately after graduation, but it
appears -that within reasonable time they
will find work where they will render ser­vice
for which trained arid which they will
enjoy.
* * * *
Dean Zebulon Judd has announced dates
for the next summer session at Auburn.
The first term will begin on Monday, June
5, and end on Friday, July 14. The second
term will begin on Monday, July 17, and
end on Saturday, August 19.
Dean Judd made this announcement ear­lier
than in former years in order that any
one interested may begin making plans. A
summer school bulletin will be published
in due time and copies distributed upon re­quest.
This announcement means that Au­burn
is looking forward and planning to
go forward in a big way^espite handicaps.
* * * *
Back in public school and high school we
were told often that "where there is a will
there is a way". This may not be an axiom
but a recent achievement on the other side
of the world has almost convinced us that
it is. In 1927 rich gold deposits were dis­covered
in Bulolo in New Guinea, the larg­est
island of the East Indies group which
are tropical, mysterious, inhabited by prim­itive
savages, and almost totally devoid of
the appurtenances of civilization.
To reach and to mine this gold a way
was found. To build a railroad from the
coast of Bulolo it would be necessary to
get through the densest sort of jungle and
across three mountain ranges. Trucks could
not be used because there were no roads.
But the air was available and airplanes
were used. .Consequently, there now exists
within earshot of the screams of carnivo­rous
animals, and also adjoining a settle­ment
of primitive natives in a state of civil­ization
close to the Stone Age, a model
industrial oasis.
Nickel Steel Topics says, "In a year and
a half the planes have carried over.jungle
and mountain, piece by piece, an amazing
variety of articles, including parts for two
complete dredges weighing 1200 tons each,
a 4,000 kilowatt hydroelectric plant, com­plete
machine shop equipment, boilers, com­pressors,
steam engines, sawmills, tractors,
automobiles,' road building machines, etc.,
amounting in all to more than 4,000 tons."
The outstanding single load carried was
the upper tumbler shaft, of heat treated
nickle steel, for one of the dredges, which
weighed 6,900 lbs.
It is almost unbelievable but yet we ad­mit
that it is true. Doubtless this is an
age of achievement—a time when men are
proving that "where there is a will there
is a way."
* * * *
Tony Sarg's Marionettes will be in Lang­don
Hall, Auburn, in two performances,
Thursday, January 19. The first will begin
at 4 p. m., and the second at 8 p. m. They
will appear under the auspices of the Au­burn
Players, a campus organization head­ed
and directed by the English Department.
Professor J. R. Rutland and his associates
are very hopeful that a large audience will
greet these artists. It will be an excep­tional
opportunity.
* * * *
That man, Dr. Willis A. Sutton, super­intendent
of the Atlanta, Georgia, schools,
impresses me: (1) because he is an intelli­gent
thinker and (2) because he is cour­ageous.
As was said of President Woodrow
Wilson, Ke has a combination of honesty,
courage, and intelligence.
Dr. Sutton spoke, in Auburn last Friday
night, the occasion being the dinner observ­ing
the annual initiation into Phi Kappa
Phi. I wish that every one connected with
Auburn could have heard him. There was
nothing radical in what he said but each
statement aroused the imagination and
stimulated and challenged thought.
-The doctrine advocated by Dr. Sutton
was one of questioning, challenging, and
thinking as a means to progress and im­provement.
In the final analysis it is a
direct thinking all the time and everywhere.
By doing this knowledge will be gained,
mistakes 'corrected, wrong practices abol­ished
and constructive progress made.
* * * *
Five miles south of Auburn a giant ma­chine
began last Saturday pouring concrete
on the Auburn-Tuskegee road. This ma­chine
will travel toward Tuskegee and pave
about ten miles. When it finishes it will
be moved to the same spot five miles south
of Auburn and pave into town. The con­tractor
expects to finish the entire job in
late spring.
When it is done Auburn will be accessible
by paved roads in two directions. It is
great to imagine. It is hardly conceivable
that back in horse-and-buggy days when
widning roads frought with gullies and
ditches were the only means of overland
transportation other than railroads.
A student who is on probation because of
low grades at the mid-semester examina­tions
is troubled about the second semester.
He is unable as to how to plan and what:
plans to make.
The only suggestion the writer has in this
is a little homely advice,—namely, "don't
get on probation". Occasionally it may be
unavoidable but in almost every .case ob­serving
and studying in class and study
oither hours will avoid this painful expe­rience.
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.
EVERYONE from high to low seems
to admit that the period set aside
for term examinations for the first
semester is entirely unsuitable. However,
nothing of a constructive nature has been
done to alleviate the condition. Everyone
seems to think that alternation during un­settled
times is unwise; unsettled times,
obviously, is the most appropriate time for
change.
• -p -r -r T*
Refusing the join the throng, the author
balks at becoming hepped up over tech­nocracy,
jig-saw puzzles, and examinations.
The first for the reason that I know even
less about the idea than its step-parents
do; the second, because it is virtually im­possible
to attempt the solution of one with­out
numerous "kibitzers"; the third, due
to the fact that it is unwise to over-publi­cize
failure.
* * * *
For the benefit of those addicted to fig­ures
the government of the United States'
balance sheet in 1832 showed receipts total­ing
$31,865,561.16 with expenditures at
$17,288,950.27. One hundred years later
and the first figures loudly proclaim $3,317,-
233,493.81, while "expenses" total $4,219,-
950,338.88. The people in those days not
only believed in miracles, but had all the
proof on paper. If crudity may be resorted
to for the sake of the point, then 1832 was
just before the legislative branch of the
government went "hog wild" with the pork
barrel.
* * * *
With two or three exceptions, there have
been no attempts made toward raising the
standard of education in American higher
educational institutions for almost a hun­dred
years. Of course these have been a
few technical improvements, but none of
great benefit to the student. College train­ing
in the true sense is just another indefi­nite
quantity. The folks became tired of
having you around the house about the
time you finished high-school and sent you
to college while they found you a job.
* * * *
And so, to insure the unfortunate who
read this column at least a small portion
of readable material, Observer resumes the
clipping habit. This bit of myth punctur­ing
was plucked from a sheet of no mean
qpality, the Atlanta Journal:
"At last we have a pleasantly human bit
of Washingtonia to go along with Parson
Weem's tale of the cherry tree. The Father
of His Country did, once upon a time, tell
a lie if recent research is to be credited.
As the Minneapolis Journal relates the dis­covery
:
" 'It was in 1754, in the French and In­dian
War, that Colonel Washington, sur­rounded
by an outnumbering force, was
honorably evacuating his position, when the
French commander insisted upon having the
name of a Colonial sentry who had killed
three of his sSjdiers without the usual chal­lenge.
"He was killed on duty," replied
Washington. Behind him, at that very
moment, stood the sentry himself, prepared
to shoot Washington, had he told the truth.
Later, Washington officially reported that
this rash sentry had killed three of the
enemy with one shot. Far more he might
have killed, in terms of destiny, had he shot
his commanding officer.'
"History abounds with distinguished lies,
as workaday life does with menial ones.
Queen Elizabeth regarded a lie as the in­tellectual
way out of a difficulty, while a
cautious Scot defined it as 'An abomination
unto the Lord and a very present help in
time of trouble.' There is such a thing,
we have been told, as lying like a gentle­man;
and certainly we have all listened to
lady-like lies. But the 'happiest disinction
is that drawn' by Shapespeare's Touchstone
when he speaks of 'the Lie direct' and 'the
Lie with circumstance.' Washington's was
the latter."
* * * *
Professor William R. Slaughter, publi­cations
director for Northwestern Univer­sity
in barring the word "beer" from all
university publications, made the following
statement: "Beer has nothing to do with
students, no matter what is done about it
in Washington." Casual Observer ventures
a solution to the effect that the Professor
has everyright in the world to take such
action. Imagine anyone trying to tell a
resident of the Chicago district that a 3.2%
beverage is beer.
* # * *
It has been rumored that Santa Claus
received a loan from the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation . . . . and I always
thought that/ the generous old gentleman
was a non-party man. . . . pity the poor
student who is superstitious and must be­gin
exams tomorrow. . . . hurry on. . . .
and still they come.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11, 1933 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
B. C. POPE, Editor
CONTRIBUTORS:
NEA'L DAVIS
JAMES A. PARRISH, JR.
McAllister Signs Contract To Coach Here For Next Two Years
Inter-Fraternity
Council Tourney
In Second Round
Greeks Manifesting Much In­terest
in Annual Intramural
Athletic Activity
Auburn Will Engage
Tech In First Game
Auburn's basketball team will play
their first Southeastern Conference
game tonight in Atlanta when they
meet Georgia Tech.
The Tigers have shown marked
improvement in their last two prac­tice
games with the Auburn all-Stars
and the Lanett Athletic Club, and in­dications
are that they will give Tech,
Vandy, Georgia, Florida, Tulane, and
L. S. U. plenty of trouble.
Auburn's remaining schedule fol­lows
:
Jan. 20—Birmingham-Southern in
Birmingham.
Jan. 21—Vandy in Nashville.
Jan. 24-25—L. S. U. in Auburn.
Feb. 3-4—Tulane in Auburn.
Feb. 9—Vandy in Auburn.
Feb. 11—Georgia in Athens.
Feb. 17-18—Florida in Auburn.
Feb. 24-28—Southeastern Confer­ence
tournament in Atlanta.
Preceding the "A" club dance
in Alumni Gymnasium Saturday
night will be two interfraterni-ty
tournament basketball games.
Delta Sigma Phi, one of the fav­orites
to win the tournament,
will clash with Sigma Alpha Ep-silon
at 6:45 p. m. and Theta
Chi and Sigma Phi Sigma will
meet immediately after the Delta
Sigma Phi-Sigma Alpha Epsi-lon
contest. The second' game
will start around seven-thirty.
After the tilts Saturday night,
no more games will be played in
the "Greek" tournament until
Monday, January 23, at 5 'p. m.
when A. T. O. and T. K. N. will
lock horns.
DUKE UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Durham, N. C.
Four terms of eleven weeks are given
'each year. These may be taken con­secutively
(M.D. in three years) or
three terms may be taken each year
(M.D. in four years). The entrance
requirements are intelligence, charac­ter
and at least two years of college
work, including the subjects specified
for Grade A Medical Schools. - Cata­logues
and "application forms may be
obtained from the Dean.
The
TIGER THEATRE
Auburn, Ala.
—Presents—
Another Big Time Stage
Show
Jo Ann Manner's
Originalities
WITH 20 PEOPLE
"South and Jacobs" — "Two
Georgia Crackers".
Vera Lohman, Hilda Olsen, Lois
Swaney — "Rhymettes".
Nataline" Rod's All-GirL Orches­t
r a .
A Chorus of Six Beautiful
Dancing Girls.
ONE DAY ONLY:
THURSDAY, Jan. 12.
ADMISSION: 15c & 35c
Three Stage Shows:
4:00, 7:00, 9:15 >
On The Screen
CAROL LOMBARD in
"NO MORE ORCHIDS"
and comedy "TIRED FEET"
A Great Show—
You Will Like It!
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NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Eighteen stories of mod­ern
Hotel Luxury.
700 Rooms, 700 Baths,
700 Servidors.
700 Ice Water Faucet's,
700 Electric Ceiling Fans.
The only Hotel in New
Orleans that has all of these
conveniences 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"
Much interest is being shown in
the Interfraternity basketball tourna­ment
now in progress. All of the
first round has been completed and
two second round matches have been
played..
The Sigma Nu team, defending
champions, opened the tournament
by defeating Delta Alpha Delta 19
to 6. Phi Kappa Tau won from Pi
Kappa Phi in a" 12 to" 11 thriller.
Delta Sigma Phi piled up the highest
score thus far by trimming Phi Kap­pa
Delta 47 to 4. S. A. E., another
leading contender, won from Beta
Kappa 40 to 11. Sigma Phi Sigma
defeated Sigma Phi Epsilon 24 to 14
in another interesting game. Kappa
Sigma gained a two point victory over
the strong Phi Delta Theta quintet,
23 to 21, to complete first round
Play-
Lambda Chi Alpha defeated Theta
Upsilon Omega 19 to 4, and Sigma
Nu eliminated Kappa Sigma 20 to 17
to start the second round.
FIRST ROUND
Sigma Nu 18, Delta Alpha Delta 6
Led by Thrasher and Scott Turk,
the Sigma Nu's easily copped their
opening assignment. The Delta Al­pha
Delta's were never in the run­ning.
Pluma and Albbitan were out­standing
for the losers.
Lineups: Sigma Nu (18): B.
Tu/k and McCallum, (1) forwards;
Bentley (2) center; Lanier (3) and
S. Turk (4) guards. Subs.: Blake,
Smith (2), Thrasher (7), Paterson,
H., Paterson, D., Spann.
Delta Alpha Delta (6): Plumer
(3) and Gaither, forwards; Dalton
(1), center; Donovan and Peterson,
guards. Subs.: Albritan (2).
Phi Kappa Tau 12, Phi Kappa Phi 11
Darling, Phi Kappa Tau center,
with 6 points, and Hall and Johnson
led the attack for the winners. The
game was a nip and tuck affair
throughout and the results was in
doubt until the final whistle. Caley
and Hamilton played well for Pi K. P.
Lineups: Phi K. T. (2): Thomas
and Hall (3), forwards; Darling (6),
center; Briggs and Leonard, guards.
Subs.: Johnson (3), Kronenberg.
Pi K. Phi (11) : Martin and Hamil­ton
(9), forwards;" Lowery, center;
Caley and Workman, guards. Subs.:
Heacock (2), Jent.
Delta Sigma Phi 47, Phi Kappa
Delta 4
Greene, with 10 points and Morri­son
with 9 were the shining lights in
this one-sided victory. The work of
Morrison and the Tabor brothers had
much to do with the high score piled
up by the winners.
Son Moore, diminuitive forward, of
Phi Kappa Delta, contributed two
sensational shots to hog scoring hon­ors
for the losers. Ike' Lewis, cap­tain
and Coach, with Ed Prewitt as­sisting,
directed the Phi Kappa Delta
attack which failed to function.
Lineups: Delta Sig (47): McLar­en
(9) and Morrison (9), forwards;
L. Tabor (3), center; Greene (10)
and LeBarron (6), guards. Subs.:
V. Tabor (5), McEwen, Tolve (2),
O'Rourke, Collins (1), Ramsey (2).
Phi Kappa Delta (4): Ike Lewis
and Moore (4) forwards: Wright,
center; Elgin and Deer, guards. Subs.:
Battle, Prewitt.
S. A. E. 40, B. K. 11
Dozier "Pinkie" Howard, sensa­tional
forward, scored 21 points to
become leading scorer of the tourna­ment
and give the S. A. E.'s a fine
| (Continued on page 4) '
Acting Cage Captain Wynne Releases
1933 Schedule Of
Tiger Grid Team
Eight Games Will be Played
During 1933; One Inter sec­tional
Game Included
Twenty-Three Frosh
' Get Grid Numerals
Rewarded for services rendered
during the 1932 football season, 23
freshman gridders and Manager Rup­ert
Wilson, Montgomery, have been
awarded class numerals by the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute athletic
council. The awards were made upon
the recommendation of Head Fresh­man
Coach Earl McFaden.
Used largely to develop the unde­feated
varsity team, the plebes failed
to win a game during the season, ty­ing
Birmingham-Southern and Geor­gia
Tech and losing to Georgia, Tu­lane
and Troy State Teachers College.
However, freshman prospects at Au­burn
last season were not as bright
as they were in 1931.
• The players to receive numerals in­clude
five ends, four tackles, four
guards, two centers, two quarter­backs,
four halfbacks and two full-continued
on page 4)
Auburn's 1933 football schedule
has been released by Athletic Direc­tor
Chet Wynne. The new outlay
consists of eight games with two open
dates which will likely be filled in the
next few days.
The highlight will be an intersec-tional
game with George Washington
University.
Erskine, Mississippi, and South
Carolina are missing from the new
schedule. Four Southeastern Con­ference
games are carded.
The season will open, as usual, with
Birmingham-Southern in Montgom­ery,
September 22 in a night game.
Howard College will be played a
week later in Birmingham. The
Georgia Tech game is scheduled for
October 14 in Atlanta.
The Plainsmen journey to Wash­ington,
D. C- October 21 to engage
in an intersectional game with George
Washington University. Tulane will
be met October 28 in New Orleans,
and the following week the Tigers
travel to Durham to play Duke. The
Signs Contract TO CONTINUE DUTIES HERE IN
THREE SPORT DEPARTMENTS
Popular Mentor Has Splendid Record Here with Baseball,
Basketball Teams of First Order; Many Stars Turned Out
by McAllister, Receiving Nationwide Recognition
SAM MCALLISTER
Announcement has been made that Coach Sam McAllister
has signed a new contract to coach basketball, baseball and
assist in football here for the next two years. McAllister's old
contract expired December 1 of last year and it was not known
whether he would renew his contract until several days ago.
Coach McAllister's basketball and baseball teams have
been up among the top-notchers and several of the men who
have played under his tutelage have received nation-wide rec­ognition.
Such basketball stars as Jordan, Stewart, Hatfield,
and Lumpkin have received the expert coaching of the Auburn
mentor. Two of McAllister's proteges on the diamond was
named on the official ail-American nine and several of his men
won positions on all-Dixie League and all-Southern teams.
Smith, pitcher, and Burt, right fielder were placed on the ail-
American diamond team of 1931. Hitchcock, Lloyd, Kaley,
Riley and many other stars have played on the championship
baseball teams produced by Coach McAllister.
With the signing of a new contract by McAllister it appears
highly probable that Auburn's 1932 coaching staff will remain
intact for the coming year. Head Coach Wynne's contract
does not terminate until May and he has not said whether he
would sign a new contract at that time.
Roger Kiley, end coach, also has not stated whether he will
be back next year or not.
Georgia game has been transferred
from Columbus to Birmingham. Flor-
(Continued on page 4)
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INTER-FRATERNITY
COUNCIL TOURNEY
IN SECOND ROUND
(Continued from page 3)>.
start toward the championship. Free­man
Barnes, with 8 points and Kille-brew
with 5 were leading players
along with Rudy Blanton.
For B. K. Robert Miller and Buddy
McCollum were outstanding.
Lineups: S. A. E. (40): Howard
(21) and Barnes (8), forwards; Kil-lebrew
(5), center; Houston (2) and
Goodrich (4), guards. Subs.: Blan­ton
(2)*, Williams, Finley (2).
B. K. (11): Miller-(4) and Hunt,
forwards; Pelham (5), center; Mc­Collum
(2) and Merkle, guards.
Subs.: Burt, Graves.
S. P. S. 23, and S. P. E. 14
The shooting of Ivey, forward,
played a major role in this victory
for Sigma Phi Sigma. Pitts, Moore,
and Sayers were other outstanding
players for the winners while Powell
and Waldrop played well for C. P". E.
Lineups:-^. P. S. (23): Ivey (12)
and Pitts (3), forwards; Moore (2),
center; Jackson and Sayer (2)
guards. Subs.: Jones (2) and Nel­son.
S. P. E. (14): Powell (6) and
Randall (4), forwards; Waldrop
(4), center; Burt and Parker, guards.
Subs.: Dunford, Keith, Stem.
Kappa Sigma 23, Phi Delta Theta 21
Lloyd Richey, elongated center,
with Robert Rutland and Ripper Wil­liams
accounted for practically all of
Kappa Sig's points in this close game,
but one of the best so far.
Talley scored 11 points to lead
both teams. Arthur Kirkby, Lee
Johnson, and Stuart Pugh played the
floor well.
Lineups: K. S. . ( 2 3 : Rutland (5)
and Brower (3), forwards; Richey
(8), center; G. Williams (2) and
Ripper WilliamsM5), guards.
SECOND ROUND
T. U. O. 4, Lambda Chi Alpha 19
Lambda Chi was too much for T.
U. O.'in the initial game of the sec­ond
round. Bully Jones, in addition
to"'* playing a wonderful defensive
College Street
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REPORT OF CONDITION OF
THE BANK OF AUBURN
Established 1907
Auburn, Alabama
At the close of business Dec. 31, 1932. .
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts •. $100,836.97
Overdrafts 23.17
United States Government securities owned.. 2,800.00
Other bonds, stocks, and securities owned .... 45,540.00
Furniture and Fixtures • 6,365.00,
Cash and due from banks 70,605.50
Outside checks and other cash items • 46.30
Other assets 47.51
Total $226,264.45
- LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock Paid in $ 25,000.00
Surplus - 15,000.00
Undivided profits—net 34,535.00
Reserves for interest, taxes, and other ex-
* penses accrued and unpaid 84.33
Due to banks, including certified and cashiers'
checks outstanding ." 2,341.00
Demand deposits 85,430.90
Time deposits 61,890.46
Other Liabilities 1,982.76
Total ,$226,264.45
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State of Alabama, County of Lee, ss:
I, W. D. Martin, Cashier of the above named bank,
do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to
the best of my knowledge and belief.
W. D. MARTIN, Cashier. .
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of
Jan., 1933.
BERTA DUNN, Notary Public.
CORRECT—Attest:
Clifton A. Jones,
S. L. Toomer,
Emmett Sizemore, Directors.
game, led the scoring with 7 points.
Tom Shackleford played a good floor
game.
The work of Gordon Roy Meadows,
flashy T. U. O. forward, reminded one
of Ed "Strangler" Lewis. Eclid Ben­nett
and Hannibal Hill were the
sharpshooters for the losers. Skypo
Williams played well for Lambda Chi.
Lineups: Lambda Chi (19): Jones
(7) and Tom Brown, forwards; Senn
(2), center; Caldwell and Shackle-ford,
guards. Subs.: Jackson (5),
Louden, Ward (4), Massa.
T. U. O. (4): Bennett (2) and
Coplind, forwards; Pinehard, center;
Hill (2) and Ginn, guards. Subs.:
Williams, McCarthy, Meadows.
Sigma Nu 20, Kappa Sigma, 17
This game proved to be the fastest
and best played encounter to date.
Kappa Sig hopped off to an early 6 to
3 lead but Scott Turk, Tad McCallum
and Bill.Turk, began popping them
in from all angles and Sigma Nu pul­led
out in front and was never head­ed.
The game was featured by ex­cellent
passing and good guarding.
Richey, Brower, and Rutland were
the main cogs for Kappa Sig, one
of the outstanding teams in the tourn­ament.
Lineups: Kappa Sig: Rutland (1)
and Brower (4), forwards; Richey
(8), center; G. Williams (2) and
Ripper Williams (2), guards.
'Sigma Nu: McCallum (4) and
Bill Turk (5), forwards; H. "Pater-son
(2), center; Smith and Blake (3),
guards. Subs.: Hitchcock, Turk (6)
and Thrasher.
NOTICE!
The Finance Committee of the
Executive Cabinet announces that the
dues of organizations and activities,
Group B, coming under its jurisdic­tion
are due and payable by Feb­ruary
1, by authority of Article II,
Section 5, of the Regulations of
Permanent Committees in the con­stitution
of the Associated Under­graduate
Students. This due is one
dollar, and a fine of five dollars will
be imposed for late payment of dues.
Group B activities are defined in
Section 6 of the above named Article
and listed as follows: All interfra-ternity
organizations, all professional
and honorary societies, all literary
societies, "A" Club, Band, Cajoler,
Women's Student Council, Auburn
Players, Departmental Publications,
and all forensic organizations.
The election of Freshmen Repre­sentatives
will be held early next
semester.
Jack Williams,
Chairman, Finance Committee.
WYNNE RELEASES
1933 SCHEDULE OF
TIGER GRID TEAM
. (Continued from page 3)
ida will be played in either Gaines­ville
or Jacksonville November 25.
The incomplete schedule follows:
Sept. 22—Birmingham-Southern in
Montgomery (Friday night).
Oct. 30.—Howard in Birmingham.
Oct. 7—Open.
Oct. 14—Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
Oct. 21—George Washington Uni­versity
in Washington.
Oct. 28—Tulane in New Orleans.
Nov. 4—Duke in Durham.
Nov. 11—Open.
Nov. 18—Georgia in Birmingham.
Nov. 25—Florida in Jacksonville
Or Gainesville.
LOST.—One key chain with keys at­tached.
If found return to Miss
Sarah Glaiber, Chi Omega house.
STUDENT CRUISES. — Magazine
subscription scholarship workers
and crew managers write immedi­ately
for very best scholarship of­fers
of leading publishers. Can be
worked there now. Permanent po­sitions
if experienced, also summer
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For full details write: The
Collegiate Scholarship Institute,
219 Republic Building, Miami, Fla.
LOST.—A small coin purse contain­ing
between $70 and $80 in or
near the Tiger Theatre. Reward
for return to Mrs. Emma Yar-brough,
phone 156-R.
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or four connecting rooms.
See Miss Kate Williams 262 West
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Tiger Theatre
THURSDAY, Jan. 12
"No More Orchids"
—with—
Carole Lombard - Walter Con­nolly
- Louise Closser Hale
- Lyle Talbot
Also Comedy, "TIRED FEET"
Extra Added on the Stage
JOAN MANNER'S
ORIGINALITY
FRIDAY, Jan. 13
Constance Bennett
<« Rockabye »>
—with—
Joel McCrea - Paul Lukas
Also Comedy, "JITTER'S, THE
BUTLER" and News
SATURDAY, Jan. 14
"False Faces"
—with—
v Lowell Sherman
Peggy Shannon
Also "FLIP THE FROG" Car­toon
& Comedy, "HOT SPOT"
TWENTY-THREE FROSH
GET GRID NUMERALS
(Continued from page 3)
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Tackles: Ralph Tolve, Atlanta, Ga.;
Welch Huckaby, Guntersville; Clin­ton
.Miller, Moss Point, Miss., and
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