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Saturday Edition THE PLAINSMAN
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Music Recital
Saturday Night
VOLUME LVI AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 1933 NUMBER 40
COMMITTEES WILL
REPORT TO SOLONS
AT SESSION TODAY
Riddle Resolution To Investigate
Public Utilities Rates
Given Adverse Report
UTILITY MEN LOBBY
House Ways And Means Committee
Postpone Action On
Sales T a x ; No Action
SALES TAX FOUGHT
Committee Votes 22 To IS To Report
Income Tax Amendment To
House Without Recommendation
The House ways and means com
mittee and the Senate finance and
finance taxation committee meetings
have taken up the last two days o'f
legislative "action and many measures
have been reported out of these com
mittees and will be taken up when
the two houses convene today.
The Riddle resolution to enable a
legislative investigation into utility
rates in Alabama was given an adverse
report by a five to two vote in
the Senate rules committee. The
vote was taken in a distinctly hostile
atmosphere with utility lobbyists
crowded about the table at which the
committee met. This action caused
the utility quiz to be checked up to
the state Senate as a whole. Advers-ing
the resolution does not mean that
it will be definitely defeated and Sen
ator Riddle plans to immediately
serve notice that on Tuesday he will
seek to have the resolution taken off
the adverse calendar.
Five hundred sales tax foes went
before the House ways and means
committee to demand disposal of the
bill. Representative West's motion
that the pending sales tax bills be indefinitely
postponed delayed action
on the bills and they will probably
lie idle during the present legislative
session. Harrison,- whose measure
was supposed to have been introduced
under the auspices of the administration,
protested against the bills being
considered at all. He assured
the committee members and the large
delegation of anti-tax members that
the Governor was opposed to the bill
and would only favor it when all
other methods had been tried and
failed.
The committee voted 22 to 15 in
favor of reporting the income tax
amendment back to the House without
recommendation. The vote was
taken immediately after several heated
arguments and skirmishes between
committee members had terminated.
The fights over the bill were
hotly contested and ended in bitter
personal clashes and a fiery speech by
Burns Parker of Cleburne County.
His was the most eloquent and boldest
speech delivered during this session
and it brought applause from
both sides. He was the only speaker
able to maintain silence of the audience
while he shouted his accusations.
Representative St. John, chairman
of the committee, made a speech in
which he vigorously opposed the committee's
reporting the bill out. He
declared that he was against any
form of taxation unless it was absolutely
necessary. Several shouts
were heard from the audience that
Mr. St. John should be governor, so
nearly did his stand on taxation coincide
with that of the assemblage of
visitors.
When St. John sat down, Representative
Glover took the floor in favor
of the amendment. Little attention
was paid to his address until he
asked St. John what had become of
his sales tax bill which had been introduced
earlier in the session. He
resumed his speech without waiting
for a reply but shouts of "Let him
answer" forced him to stop. "It's
been chloroformed", said St. John in
reply to the question. This statement
brought down a thunder of
hand-clapping.
A move to consider the McGowin
economy bill as a first order of business
before the Senate finance and
taxation committee Thursday lost by
a nine to eight vote. The move re-
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Disarmament Is Discussed By International Relations
Club Members During Final Women's Group Program
Disarmament was the subject of the discussion at the meeting of
the International Relations Club, which was held Tuesday night. This
was the last of a series of programs given for the Business and Professional
Women's Club.
The general activities and procedure of the League of Nations
were discussed by Mr. O. T. Ivey, professor of history, who has made
an intensive study of the League. Marion Kelley spoke on the Geneva
Proctocol of 1924, giving a complete survey of all procedings; and
Randall Parrish talked on the Disarmament Conference of 1932.
Following the special program, a short business meeting was held
during which five new members were admitted to the club and presented
to the old members. The initiates are Helen Sellers, Nellie
Patillo, T. B. Persons, Cecil Padgett, and Bernardo Price.
President Wagon appointed a committee to select two delegates
and a faculty advisor to attend the Southeastern Regional Meeting of
the International Relations Club to be held in Atlanta on April twenty-first
and twenty-second.
A feature of the next meeting of the Club on March first will be
a talk by Prof. Van Sheck, of the Architecture Department. Mr. Van
Sheck will speak on the French Foreign Legion, of which he was a
member for a considerable time, and in which he underwent many harrowing
adventures.
NEW CHEERLEADERS
TO BE CHOSEN SOON
Mass Meeting Being Planned
At Early Date In Langdon
Hall; Wynne To Speak
MANY CANDIDATES
New Method Of Picking Cheerleaders
Be Inaugurated; Parade
To Precede Meet
Plans are under way to have a
mass meeting some time in the near
future for the purpose of selecting
cheer-leaders to serve during next
year. This means of selecting the
cheer-leaders is a new one on the
campus, and it is being done in order
that the entire student body may
have the opportunity of picking the
men whom they want and can best
work with.
A-special program is being planned
for the event, and a preliminary
investigation shows that the coaches
and senior members of the "A" Club
will make short talks during the evening.
It is particularly upon Coach
Wynne's request that this meeting
will be held.
The band will be present to play
for the songs, and in all probability
a parade will precede the meeting,
which will be held in Langdon Hall.
Several new songs and cheers will be
presented at this time for the approval
of the student body. All students
are requested to learn the
Alma Mater prior to this meeting,
and the importance of knowing the
yells was also stressed by cheerleader
Ham in a recent interview.
Names of the candidates for cheerleaders
will be called for at some
specified time before the meeting and
each candidate will be given the opportunity
to prove his ability by leading
the student body in several
cheers. Two of this year's leaders,
Head Cheerleader Ham and "Red"
Jenkins, will not be back in school
next year but the other three members
of the staff, Ed Prewitt, Plainer,
and Bo Crooks, Rat cheerleader,
are expected to return. However, at
the mass meeting, it is possible that
an entirely new staff may be picked.
CHAIRMAN A.S.M.E.
WILL SHOW PICTURE
Chairman Of Birmingham District
Of A. S. M. E. Give II
lustrated Lecture Monday
SCHOOL SYSTEM OF
LEE COUNTY NEARS
COLLAPSE-WHITTEN
County Superintendent Reports
Efforts Unavailing Without
State Funds
FUNDS NEEDED
WOMEN'S CLUB TO
PRESENT RECITAL
HERE ON SATURDAY
Trio From Alabama Society Of
Chamber Music Be Presented
In Recital At High School
RYKEN ORGANIZER
Of Eight Schools Which Opened
This Year, Only Three
Now Continue Operation
OUTLOOK GLOOMY
With No Assurance Of Money In
View, Schools May Not Open Next
Fall Says Whitten
PUBLIC INVITED
Manufacture Of Cast Iron
Pipe Will Be Shown In Several
Reels Of Film
WOMEN'S CLUB TO HOLD
CONVENTION IN JASPER
The Alabama Federation of Women's
Clubs will hold their 38th annual
convention at Jasper April 18-19 and
20.
The announcement came from Mrs.
I. T. Quinn of Montgomery, president,
who said that speakers of national
prominence have been invited
to address the three day session.
Their names will not be announced
unless the invitations are accepted.
FROSH AWARD TO BE
DISPLAYED TOMORROW
A handsome loving cup, to be presented
to the freshman making the
highest average in Engineering last
year by Tau Beta Pi, national honorary
engineering fraternity, will be
displayed in Burton's Bookstore window
tomorrow, it was learned today.
The award will be an annual event
and the presentation is to be made
on Engineer's Day each year.
A motion picture showing the manufacture
of cast iron pipe will be presented
next Monday night by C. R.
Clingman, a representative of the
Stockham Pipe and Fittings' Company.
The program will start at
seven o'clock in Broun Auditorium.
Mr. Clingman and four other prominent
engineers will be present to
give an explanatory talk on the picture
and to answer any questions
about the - process of making cast
iron pipe. The film traces the development
of pipe from the raw material
through the furnaces, mills,,
and all the plants to the finished product,
and shows a great number of
uses for cast iron pipe. This should
prove of especial interest to all engineering
students, as they will have
a chance to see in actual practice
some of the things they study about
in their school work. The picture will
be very worth while and everyone is
cordially invited.
Besides this, Mr. Clingman, who is
chairman of the Birmingham section
of A. S. M. E., will discuss the aims
and achievements of the society to
which most of the prominent mechanical
engineers of this country
belong. He will tell about the work
of the Birmingham section, and will
give the plans for the convention to
be held in Birmingham next month',
at which time many famous engineers
will exchange ideas and discoveries.
All members of the society are
invited to attend.
This is another of the programs
which the local A. S. M. E. chapter is
sponsoring this year, and it will mark
the third such event in the last ten
days. The local chapter has been
very active this year in obtaining
prominent speakers and a number of
film pertaining to engineering practice
The officers for this year are
R. G. Pitts, president, F. G. Keller,
vice-president, and W. E. Cone, secretary
and treasurer.
SALEM BEATS AUBURN
ROAD GIANTS MONDAY
The Auburn Road Giants went
down in defeat at the hands of the
Salem Athletic Club quintet Monday
night 24 to 19. Salem led at the
half 15 to 7. The Road Giants came
back to outplay the Salem quintet
in the last half, but the first half
lead was too great to overcome.
The lineup:
Salem A. C. (24): Trotter (2) and
McLain (4), forwards; D. Belvin
(7), center; E. Belvin (7), and Wal-drop
(4), guards.
Auburn Road Giants (19): 0.
Franklin and C. Tillery, forwards;
Parker (2), center; Allen and Ramsay,
guards.
Substitutes: B. Franklin (8) and
Gentry (1), forwards; M. Franklin
(4), center; Tillery (3) and Jowers
(1), guards.
The Lee County School system—
for many years the pride of East
Alabama—has crumbled and collapsed.
Where there were modern and
efficient schools which were training
and equipping boys and girls for successful
careers and useful citizenship,
vacant buildings now stand with no
human lives therein.
This vivid and depressing picture
of the actual situation is presented
by Superintendent M. C. Whitten who
has offered numerous suggestions and
worked untiringly in behalf of adequate
operation of • the schools but
without success because State funds
have failed.
On September 12 last year the eight
Lee county schools for white children
opened with 77 teachers and an enrollment
of 1912 boys and girls eager to
learn and anxious to prepare themselves
for the future.
These schools got off to a good
start, but nine weeks later they came
to a sudden stop. They were closed
on November 11 and are still closed
with the exception of the Auburn
school which is operating on local
money, the Pepperell school with a
reduced faculty paid by subscriptions,
and the Botsford one-teacher school
operating on a local district tax. The
Auburn school is paying the teachers
$40.00 per month each, this money
being raised by the town of Auburn
and tuitions.
Superintendent Whitten says that
60 per cent of the Lee County school
money is due to come this year from
the State of Alabama but that only
one-fourth of this amount has been
received. With only this smSll amount
in hand and no assurance as to the
future the County Board of Education
deemed it wise to close the
schools, hoping that the legislature
would make provision for reopening
and operating.
"UnHess this is done," said Mr.
Whitten, "we cannot hope to reopen
our schools before next fall when we
expect to open for another school year
and run as long as we can with the
money in hand or in sight."
The plight of the negro schools is
more distressing than the white
schools. There are 42 of these in the
county with 58 teachers and an enrollment
last year of 3,098, but only
one negro school opened last fall.
It was the county training school
which ran nine weeks and reduced its
operations to one-half faculty at
greatly reduced salaries paid by subscriptions
and tuitions. Other negro
schools are not running except a few
communities where the subscription
plan is being applied.
Mr. Whitten examined his books
and found that in addition to releasing
1,912 boys and girls with little or
nothing to do and adding 77 trained
and experienced teachers to the army
of unemployed, the closing of Lee
county schools vacated buildings and
equipment valued at $274,168.71 and
negro school buildings add $42,762.50
to this.
"Future use of these buildings, future
employment for these teachers,
and continued education for these
children", said Mr. Whitten, "depend
upon action of the legislature now in
session at Montgomery. Until the
legislature acts the major part of the
Lee county system of public education
will remain paralyzed".
Organization Begun In Birmingham
Under The Leadership
Of Georges Ryken
CLASSIC REVIVALISTS
Ryken Brings To Fore Many Alabama
Artists Of Promise Through Medium
Of Chamber Music Society
NOTICE!
There will be a meeting of the
Plainsman Staff Sunday evening at
seven o'clock in the Y. M. C. A.
Lovers of fine music in Auburn
and Opelika will have an afternoon
of rare enjoyment on Saturday when
the Trio from the Alabama Society
of Chamber music is presented in recital
by the music department of the
Woman's Club at 3:30 o'clock in the
High School auditorium.
The Alabama Society of Chamber
Music was organized several years
ago by Georges Ryken, skilled teacher
of Montgomery and Birmingham.
It is composed of a number of young
Alabama artists, some of the leading
members residing in Montgomery,
Wetumpka, Ozark, and Birmingham.
Mr. Ryken has made a fine contribution
to the musical life of Alabama
in organizing and training
these young musicians, for they have
revived many of the finest compositions
of Hayden, Mozart, and Mendelssohn,
whose works for the trio
and quartet are rich in delightful
tone color. Furthermore, he has
brought to the fore a group of splendid
young Alabama artists whose performance
is always a delight to their
hearers.
Members of the Trio are all soloists
of distinct merit. Joseph Pe-tranka,
violinist, received his early j
training in Montgomery; his later
training was at the Cincinnati Conservatory,
where he graduated with
high honors.
Maurice Held is a promising young
cellist—pupil of Mr. Ryken. He is
a soloist of marked ability.
Miss Willie Mae Howell is a brilliant
pianist, organist, and teacher of
piano, being associated with the Lily
Byron Gill studios in Montgomery.
She is a graduate of Woman's College.
There is no soloist or accompanist
in Montgomery who is so much
sought after, and she is most generous
with her talent.
Grace and beauty, the freshness
of youth, elegant technique, and wonderful
ensemble work characterize
the performance of the Trio.
The program follows:
Part I—"Trio in D Minor" by
Arensky, (a) "Allegro Moderata",
(b) "Scherzo", (c) "Elegia" (d)
"Finale".
Mrs. E. L. Rauber will sing "Un
bel di Vedremo" by Pucchini from
"Madam Butterfly" and Richard
Strauss' "Tomorrow". Del Riego's
"Homing" and "Before' the Dawn"
by Chadwick will be sung by Mr.
Charles Floyd.
Part II—(a) "Romance Orientale"
by Rinsky-Korsakow, (b) "Arabesque
No. II" by Debussy, (c) "Londonderry
Air" by Kreisler, (d)
"Hungarian Dance No. VI" by
Brahms.
The Woman's Club is to be commended
in securing the program.
Literary Societies Will
Hold Oratorical Contest
The annual oratorical contest
between the members of the Web-sterian
and Wirt Literary Societies
is to be held on Wednesday
night, March 1. This contest is
sponsored each year by Phi Delta
Gamma, national honorary forensic
fraternity.
Much interest is being shown
in both societies, and a lively contest
is anticipated.
The winner of the contest will
be presented with a certificate
of award. In addition, his name
will be engraved upon a beautiful
loving cup. The name of the
winner of this contest is engraved
on this cup each year.
Every contestant must be a
member of one of the literary
societies.
The speeches must be original
and must not contain over two
hundred quoted words.
The subject can be any subject
which deals with some phase of
social reconstruction in the United
States.
There is no time limit for the
speeches, but it is preferable that
they be about twelve minutes in
length.
Those wishing to enter this
contest should begin work on their
speeches immediately.
STUNT NIGHT WILL
BE HELD MARCH 31
MISS MARY GEORGE
LAMAR IS ELECTED
SENIOR SECRETARY
C o n s i d e r a b l e Business Brought
Up At M e e t i n g ; Little Definite
Action Taken
MANY TOPICS DISCUSSED
Class To Petition Executive
Council To Reduce Diploma,
Commencement Expenses
HAM NAMES COMMITTEE
Committee Appointed To Recommend
Distribution Of Class Dues;
Croen, Fonville, Pugh To Serve
Cardinal Key Will Sponsor
Competitive Event For All
Women Students
CUP BE GIVEN
Trophy Will Be Awarded
Group Winning Event; Faculty
Members To Be Judges
To create a spirit of cooperation
and friendly rivalry among the groups
of women students on the campus,
Cardinal Key is sponsoring a Stunt
Night to be held on Friday, March
31 at Langdon Hall.
All organized groups of women
students are invited to enter. Sorority
groups as Kappa Delta, Chi
Omega, Sigma Phi Beta and Pi Kappa
Sigma are the most tangible but
other organizations as W. A. A., The
Home Ec Club, Theta Upsilon, the
Smith Hall girls and any other group
of girls who wish to organize for a
stunt are eligible for entering.
A silver loving cup will be awarded
to the organization winning the
event. Judges will be selected by
Cardinal Key from members of the
faculty of the college.
Further rules and regulations are
to be announced at a Woman's Convocation
to be held Thursday, March
2. All women students are urged to
attend this convocation as other important
matters will be discussed.
Miss Mary George Lamar, of Auburn,
was elected secretary of the
Senior class at a meeting of the group
yesterday, to replace Al Summerlin,
who failed to return to school this
year. Considerable business was
brought before the class, but little
action was taken, as a quorum was
not present. —
Among the topics discussed were
the distribution of the remainder of
class dues, a project to construct a
dance hall in the basement of Langdon
Hall, and a petition to the Executive
Council, asking that the cost
of diplomas and commencement exercises
be reduced.
The petition received the sanction
of those present, who directed President
Ham to present it to the Council
as having the approval of the class.
The matter of distribution of class
dues was relegated to a committee,
appointed by President Ham to work
out and recommend a plan to direct
the remainder of the class dues towards
a worthy cause. The-committee
is made up of Herbert Croen,
Stuart Pugh, and John Fonville. As
a whole, the meeting was conducted
in an unusually orderly manner in
contrast to the bedlamic conclaves
held earlier in the year.
ROTARY ANNIVERSARY
PROGRAM BROADCAST
NEW DELIVERY SERVICE
INSTALLED BY RAILROADS
J. H. TIDWELL, FORMER
SHERIFF, SUCCUMBS
Mr. J. H. Tidwell, former deputy
sheriff of Lee County, died February
16, at his home No. 315, Pepperell,
after two weeks illness.
At the time of his death Mr. Tidwell
was deputy at Pepperell Mill village.
He came to Opelika from
Dothan and has remained there for
the past ten years.
Mr. Tidwell was an active member
of the Baptist Church and the Woodmen
of the World. Surviving are
his wife; daughters, Mrs. G.' P.
Thomas and Mrs. G. F. Prikron of
Colquitt, Ga.; Misses Lessie, Lucille,
and Nellie, of Opelika; two sons survive:
Bill Tidwell, of Opelika and
A. T. Tidwell, of Andalusia.
Store-door pickup and delivery service
on less-than-carload freight will
be established on March 15 by seven
Alabama railroads, two of which ave
trijnk lines, it has been announced
by the Alabama Public Service Commission.
A petition filed by the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad for its account
and six other railroads was approved
by the Commission.
The other railroads are the Gulf,
Mobile and Northern; Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis; New Orleans
Great Northern; Tennessee,
Alabama and Georgia; Flemingsburg
and Northern; and the Carrollton.
Rotary members listened to the
broadcast of an anniversary radio
program Thursday which celebrated
the 28th year of the Rotary movement.
The program was broadcast
by the National Broadcasting Co. and
included addresses by Paul Harris,
who founded the first Rotary Club
in Chicago, and Clint Anderson of
Alburquerque, New Mexico, president
of Rotary International.
Mr. Anderson's remark were centered
around the thought that business
in the United States is slowly
recovering from the effects of the
depression. He cited instances of an
increase in cotton mill operation in
the South and evidences of large
numbers of people being employed in
other sections.
Attention of the Rotary Club was
called to the District Convention in
Mobile on the 27th and 28th of
March. It was pointed out that on
these dates the azaleas ni Mobile
would be at their best. Several members
from Auburn will probably attend
the meeting.
IMPROVEMENTS MADE
AT OPELIKA THEATRE
Up-to-date improvements in the
sound equipment of the Opelika Theatre
were completed this, and, according
to the manager, the devices
represent the "last work in sound
equipment."
The new apparatus eliminates all
batteries and variation in sound, and
makes the sound much clearer, he
says.
LAST THEATRE DRAWING
HELD HERE LAST NIGHT
Last night witnessed the last of a
series of prize drawings held by the
Tiger Theatre during the past few
weeks. Four awards were given in
the series, three consisting of twenty-five
dollars in gold, and one an
Austin automobile. Merchants in Auburn,
O^pelika, Notasulga and Loa-chapoka
sponsored the drawing, and
each one was attended by a large
crowd.
MUCH COUNTY WORK
STOPPED IN COFFEE
Farm and home demonstration
work along with the county health
has been discontinued in Coffee
County. The county's new board of
commissioners at a meeting in Elba
recently, voted to cease appropriations
for this work.
The welfare work, however, will
continue with funds obtained from
the Reconstruction Corporation.
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IS YOUTH RELIGIOUS?
The religious beliefs of youth have caused
and are causing considerable comment from
writers of the past generation, some of
N whom say that young people are totally devoid
of religion and others that the present
generation is as religious as any other.
Modern religious belief has swung from
the subjective mysticism of the past to
the objective realism of the present. Youth
today no longer believes that affiliation with
a sect or activity in religious causes makes
for a better spiritual life. Young people
are no longer moved by the fanatical outbursts
and emotional confessions of the
small-town evangelist. They see life with
clear eyes. They are still idealistic to an
extreme, and their ideals are as noble as
ever. They do not feel that the subjective
religion of their predecessors is necessary;
no more do young skeptics stay awake at
night trying to settle an inner struggle.
No more do they pray to an anthropomorphic
god to settle their immediate troubles;
prayer has taken the form of action, backed
by will power. No more are they emotionally
upset over moral lapses; however,
they are quick to realize their moral errors
and are made wiser by that realization.
To say that youth is irreligious is to display
a lack of understanding. Young people
today are as objectively religious as
their elders are subjectively religious. They
feel the force of the Determiner^ of Destiny
and see the manifestations of His power.
They are closer to their God because they
understand Him. Youth sets little store
by creeds. The religion of today is cosmic
in its sweep.
Far more would be accomplished by the
adherents of the old religious school if they
would look upon youth with intelligent understanding
than if they continue to despair
of the supposed damnation of the present
generation.
POLITICKING GREEKS
A pronouncement of the Spectator, a publication
of undergraduates of Columbia University,
that fraternities must be abolished
at the university has attracted much attention
throughout educational circles -in the
East. The article asserted that college fraternities
were not only morally delinquent
and financially unsound but served as the
machinery of corrupt college politics.
It has been generally recognized that th^e
college fraternity, while it has many weaknesses,
is an integral part of college life
*in all but a few of the greater universities
and colleges in the country. The Columbia
undergraduate editor's stand, therefore,
raises questions which concern not solely
Columbia but colleges throughout the nation.
Political activity among undergraduates
should be encouraged and made a vital part
of American college life. But there are
two kinds of political activity: politics
are either clean and untarnished or they
are soiled and unscrupulous. The game of
», college politics is not always played on the
highest ethical basis. Fraternity men seem
to- attach too much significance to their
brother's election and they sometimes stoop
to underhanded methods as a means of assuring
his selection. Every fraternity on
the campus makes it a point of exaggerated
importance to have as many "key men" as
possible. This is all well and good—fraternities
should strive to place their mem-
Jsers in some form of campus activity. But
fraternities should also realize that it is
much more important to carry out the aims
and ideals on which their fraternities were
founded—of which honesty is doubtless .one
of the major ones.
Even with these conditions existing, it is
foolish to say that colleges would gain anything
by carrying out Spectator's sentence
of "Delenda Est". It is up to the Greek
letter men of today to establish a set of
standards which will make college politics
healthy and wholesome. All fraternities
must conserve their best traditions, vitalizing
their own ritual,and producing leaders
in the undergraduate body.
Thutiderations
By Gam
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.
A NEW ACTIVITY
The announcement that Cardinal Key,
honorary women's organization, will sponsor
a feminine stunt night on March 31st
has at last brought to light a heretofore
untangible need which has been in existence
among women students. Although it
has been quite evident that there was something
lacking in feminine campus activities
in the past, no individual or group seemed
to be able to dscern the element which was
lacking until this announcement was made
public.
There has been little competition between
women students as a whole in former years;
yet upon competition is all progress based.
This stunt night will give every co-ed in
the institution the opportunity to compete
with members of oher groups, and thereby
increase the feeling of friendly relationship
and rivalry which has already taken a
strong hold upon the men.
Men here have been subjected to all forms
of competition ranging from athletic prowess
to the annual Go-To-Church contest but
until the present time women have taken
part in very little, if any, such affairs. To
keep pace with these times in which women
are competing with men in all walks of
life, it is only fair that they should be allowed
an opportunity to develop a .competitive
spirit which will aid them in the future.
Several years ago, it was the custom of
the Y. M. C. A. to sponsor a college stunt
night in which women were allowed to take
part; but due to adverse circumstances,
this affair has been cut from the schedule.
It is true that co-eds do compete to a small
degree in scholastic averages and also to a
slight degree in athletics, but otherwise
they have been very limited in whatever
desire they may have had to excell others
in all fields.
Members of Cardinal Key should be congratulated
upon their foresight and ingenuity
for arranging this affair; and steps
should be taken to make it an annual event.
BACKWARDS HISTORY
Loud complaints of educators that enough
emphasis is not put on contemporary life
have been answered. It is undoubtedly true
that students derive their most lasting
knowledge from experiences and happenings
of the present day. Yet the past always has
a bearing on fhe present and it is through
the history of former advancements that
present day progress is derived.
At Temple University, in Philadelphia,
a method of teaching history backwards
has been demonstrated. At a recent meeting
of faculty and students, H. V. Kalter-born,
current events lecturer, showed how
this could be done to good effect. Instead
of starting in the past and coming down
to date, he began with an event chronicled
in the day's newspapers and developed its
historical background. "This", he explained
later, "interests and stimulates the student
at the same time that it emphasizes
those facts of history which have enduring
importance".
Modern students are intensely interested
in present day history. When this interest
is cultivated and expanded to cover important
historical events which can be linked
with the present, the student will learn
more quickly and remember longer that
which he learns. When paralleled with the
present, the past loses its remoteness and
becomes a prophecy for the present and
the future.
FUTURE FOR THE CO-ED
The Senior Class has again proved itself
the most broad minded and progressive
group in the history of our school. Of
course, this statement will be highly disputed
but the fact remains that the Senior
Class yesterday did something never before
known to happen in a class group.
A co-ed was elected secretary of the Senior
Class. The same co-ed who was defeated
by only five votes in the election last
spring. Having broken the ice in the office
holding pond, co-eds will now be more bold
as to running for campus offices and positions.
As time goes on conditions will be
reversed and it will be unusual for women
students ngt to hold campus offices.
B
MANCHURIAN THREAT
The League of Nations is still having a
great time with the Nipponese. The latest
development at Jehol finds the natives of
the cherry blossom land as adept as ever
at thumbing their respective noses at any
and everybody. World-wide boycott has
been suggested. It seems highly probable
that some body other than the august
League will have to take the initiative,
however.
E IT KNOWN that the Senior Class
of this Institution has some $500 it
is itching to spend for some worthy
cause. Have you any gold-varnished brick
bats you want to sell?
We had this big meeting Thursday morning
and decided we had $500 and decided we
had to spend it. While the politicians of the
class were up wrangling whether to spend
the money for diplomas, the Senior Dances,
or a dance hall (a den of vice and iniquity);
I was sitting all still and silent and vision-ing
all the-^andy and lolly-pops which could
be bought with the stated account. I think
I could have fun with such a big bunch of
candy, and perhaps I would be popular with
the co-eds then.
Really, I'm for the Senior Class giving
me the money to buy lolly-pops with; I
know a co-ed which likes candy . . . the
little darling. Don't worry honey, if the
dura old Senior Class won't give popper
the money, he will buy his baby some candy
anyway.
Now you get serious while I tell you the
best way to spend the money. You gotta
spend it haven't you? It's burning your
pocket ain't it? Well, give it to Mr. Pugh's
Social Committee. Let it go toward getting
a real good orchestra down here for the
Senior Dances. That's the best thing you
can do with it. You'll get three days of
fun out of your money, where if you spend
ft for the hide of a sheep (diploma) you
won't have no fun at all. You'll admit there
is no fun in looking at a framed diploma
won't you?
And if we give the money to the Social
Committee it will put the cost of Senior
tickets to the dances down to two or three
dollars. That will be fine. But I am agin
making the tickets transferable. I am a
bit selfish. This is to be a Senior dance,
and there is no fun in getting in a good
dance cheap if you know some Freshman
can get in for the same financial consideration.
Besides the Social Committee will
lose money. I'm for the Social Committee.
I like socials.-I'm for a big three day and
night dance here in May.
You Seniors think about that. I think
there are enough of you with social inclinations
to want to put the money on a
dance. You have enough money to buy a
diploma anyway. If you haven't you are
in a Hell of a fix. And I haven't seen such
a great number of you walking around with
your knees and elbows sticking out of your
garments.
And please, and praise Allah, don't make
.the dance formal. I don't want to be rushing
around the gym. next May with a
card-board shirt on. I will be too uncomfortably
hot. And that collar that goes
with the shirt; it's a dirty shame. The last
time I had on one my ears were pushed up
two inches. They are still up. And when
I want to spit, I don't want to climb no.
stumps. A man on a stump would hardly
look dignified, you know.
Another thing: The next time us Seniors
have a meeting we want all Seniors there.
Half of the class was absent .Thursday.
Langdon Hall looked like the Legislature
of Alabama's assembly room the morning
after a big drunken brawl the night before
in the hotel on the corner in Montgomery.
Both practically empty. Next time all of
you Seniors be there. You would hate to
have your money spent without having
anything to say about it wouldn't you?
* * * *
All of this nice political talk you see above
you . . . I hope you like it . . ." was written
to music supplied at 12:30 P. M. by Genial
Jan Garber of Cincinnati. Possibly some
of you haven't heard him. He plays at
12:30 P. M. and 12:15 A. M. Most of your
raidos are not man enough to get him at the
first hour, and most of you are not man
enough to stay up till the second hour to
hear him. But ladies, and Ben Bernie's
gentlemen, he 4s rather nice and good, and
he is the man who should be down here for
the Senior Dances. Give Mr. Pugh your
money, boys and gals, give to him the jack.
* * * *
Thoughts and Things: The bloody Englishman
at Daytona drove his engine and
wheels nearly as fast as this candy haired
co-ed drives her machine up and down that
Bon Ton Street down yonder.
This Freddie Martin who plays from the
Coconut Grove of Hotel Park Central in
New York (where O. O. Mclntyre made
good in the City) has for his theme song
my, "Dancing On the Ceiling". Nice and
good.
Which reminds me: Guy Lombardo has
a brother which sings and he sung "Close
To My Heart" the other night and had me
dancing on the ceiling, waltzing in a dream
with a pillow in my grasp.
This midnight freight on the A. & W. P.
rattles my windows like the cannon rattled
the windows of Beryl Mercer's Tea Shop
in "Smiling Through".
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
It is our great pleasure to inform Nelson Snow that cigaretts are now selling
for five cents.
* * * * * * * *
Susie: "Those chaps look interesting. Who are they?"
Suzanne: "No use, dearie. They're the 'three wives' men.' "
* * * * * * * *
As a parting stroke to the Puritanism of Mr. Just A. Rat we submit the following
masterpiece of pornography:
Antoinette: "Qu'est la dame avec quelle j'ai vous vu le passe nuit?"
Antoine: "Ce n'etait pas une dame. C'etait ma femme".
* * * * * * * *
Fond mother: "How much do you charge-for taking children's photographs?"
Photographer: "Five dollars a dozen."
Fond Mother: "You'll have to give me more time,- I have only ten now'A'
* * * * * * * *
Betty: "I understand some of those movie kisses last through fifty feet of film."
Nettie: "That's nothing. I've had some that lasted over a half mile of concrete
paving."
* * * * * * * *
FIVE MINUTE LIMIT
Scene: Any sorority telephone booth. Any fraternity telephone booth.
Time: A week night. Any time from 7:03 to 12:03.
Characters: Him and Her.
Him: Hullo, H'areya?
Her: Fine. H'are you?
Him: How they going? \
Her: Fair. How they going with you?
Him: All right. Whaddye know?
Her: Not a darn thing. Whadda you know?
Him: Not a damn thing.
Her: What you been doing?
Him: Not a damn thing. Whaddye been doing?
Her: Not a darn thing.
Him: Whaddye gonna do?
Her: Not a darn thing. What'er you gonna do?
Him: Not a damn thing. ^
(Strange interlude—lose three minutes.)
Him: Well, jus' thought I'd call ya up and see what ya been doin'.
Her: Not a darn thing. S'long.
—Syracuse Daily Orange.
DEAD-HEADS
A college journal recently classified students
into those who study and those, who
do not study. This classification obviously
might be of some value to the professors,
but to the student body in general it is inadequate
in the sense of being incomplete
and too limited. After all, there is really
little value in grouping students by their
ability or lack of ability to study—it would
be much better to class them according to
idiosyncrasies. Such a classification would
include spongers, library pests, the loudmouthed
and' among many others, the deadhead.
The last mentioned is unfortunately a
very common figure on any campus. He
is that poor sickly type of individual who
simply doesn't know what it is all about.
Naturally there are dead-heads in 'every
walk of life but in a university it is really
hard to believe that such a person is at
large. He walks about in a continual daze
with a far-off look in his ethereal eyes.
He continually fixes his gaze above him and
thus when he inadvertently walks into somebody,
he will express his apologies very
profusely.
In glasses and lectures he sits with a
dreamy look sin his eyes and pays little attention
to what is being said. When he
does decide to-, pay attention he doesn't
know what the lecturer is talking about.
Finally when exam time comes he almost
invariably fails.
He walks about in an unconscious manner.
If you ask him what he is going to
do that particular evening he will mumble
an unsatisfactory answer to the effect that
he isn't sure or that the doesn't know.
His ability to converse with anybody is
negligible. He is the silent listener and
observer, and half the time he isn't even
listening or observing. His mind is wandering
on some far-off subject—far beyond
the scope of present things .
The only thing that may be advanced
in his favour is that he keeps his mouth
shut and minds his own business—two attributes
which unfortunately are lacking
in. the majority of us. But sometimes his
ignorance and general attitude of unconsciousness
is very annoying to others—
which after all is very understandable.
What a shame that an institution for
higher learning should harbour such a sickly
type of humanity within its walls! What
a pity that this individual should be classed
as a student,—one who is supposed to think
for himself, work out his own problems and
develop his mind generally. The dead-head
is just one of life's many oddities, who
moves through his allotted time on this
earth totally unconscious to all that goes
on about him. He reminds one of Sallust's
famous quotation — "Many mortals have
passed through their lives like travellers
in a strange country."
Luckily, however, the university gets rid
Coleridge came right up my alley in a
twelve cylinder job when he wrote these
lines from "The Ancient Mariner":
The sun came(up upon the left,
Out of the sea came he!
And he shone bright, and on the right
Went down into the sea.
of this type of individual quickly, for he
rarely passes his examinations, and is forced
to get out. Just one of the many freaks
who walks across this stage of life without
knowing it. . . .—McGill Daily.
* * * *
LINCOLN GOES TO JAIL
With all due respect to Representative
Eslick, we are considerably heartened to
learn that the House Judiciary Committee
has thrown out the bill she has been sponsoring
in Congress. Calling for a maximum
prison sentence of ten years, or a maximum
fine of ten thousand dollars for persons advocating
the overthrow of the United
States government, it seems to us a conscious
or unconscious flag-waving measure.
In the semi-hysteria of the times, a patriotism
is apt to run riot. It seems a shortsighted
loyalty that would so restrict expression
of political opinions. If there is
a single American birthright, it is that of
revolution. Born through revolution, made
great by revolution, America would be a
strange offspring indeed to renounce her
own parentage.
Had the Eslick Bill somehow slipped
through Congress, with an ex post facto
clause, the first great offender would be
Abraham Lincoln. In his memorable First
Inaugural Address, Lincoln said this:
"Whenever they (the people) shall grow
weary of the existing government they can
exercise their constitutional right of amending
it or THEIR REVOLUTIONARY
RIGHT TO DISMEMBER OR OVERTHROW
IT."
According to our present standards, the
democratic form of government seems to be
the best for America, despite its obvious
weaknesses. But it would be a narrow-minded
policy to state dogmatically that it
will be forever the best. Changes will
come; revolutions, quiet but none the less
powerful, will take place; blood may even
be shed. Slowly a more nearly perfect
world will be fashioned from the debris of
discarded systems. Progress can not be
held back* by congressional measures.
—Tennessee Orange and White.
* * * *
DON'T USE BIG WORDS!
In promulgating your esoteric cogitation,
or articulating your superficial sentimentalities,
philosophical or psychological
observations, however of platitudinous ponderosity
let your conversational communications
possess a clarified conciseness, a compact
comprehensiveness, coalescent consistency,
and concatenated cogency. Eschew
all conglomerations of flatulent garrulity,
jejune habblement and asinine affectations.
Let your extemporaneous descantings and
unpremeditated expatiation have intelligibility
and veracious vivacity, without rho-domontade
or thraconical bombast. Sedulously
avoid all polysyllabus profundity,
pompous prolixity, psittacious vacuity, ven-triloquirol
vapidity. Shun double-entendus,
prurient jocosity and pestiferous profanity,
obscurant or apparent.
In other words, talk plainly, briefly, naturally,
sensibly, truthfully, purely. Keep
from "slang"; don't put on airs; say what
you mean; mean what you say; AND DO
NOT USE BIG WORDS! —Johnstonian.
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.
FOR THE past several years organizations
on the campus have competed
for one of the innumerable cups which
are presented through one form or activity
or another on the campus. This particular
cup seems to be labeled the High Award
for Go-To-Church-Month; and no doubt is
it of noble proportions, physically and
spiritually. Nevertheless, it is another cup,
one of the thirty-odd given for varied student
activities throughout the college year.
There is no doubt in Observer's mind that
the organization sponsoring this, contest
among the various fraternities on the campus,
originated it in a spirit of the highest
sincerity for the benefit of the contestants.
In many respects the plan has undoubtedly
furthered .the ideals of the sponsoring organization;
and it is reasonable to add, certain
ideals of the participants. On the
other hand the contest has defeated a recognized
Christian ideal. The contest is
admittedly founded upon Christian ideals.
As outlined in the rules governing the
contest, the basis of church attendance during
the designated month is laid upon the
four regular services held at the local
churches, or at any church should a member
of one of the^several participating organizations
be absent from the city. Figured on
a percentage basis, the fraternity having
the highest percentage in church attendance
according to its total membership, shall receive
one cup—loving-cup, if you like.
Many students will attend many services
greatly out of proportion to their regular
church attendance. The fraternity that is
able to herd the largest percentage of it's
membership to church four times each Sunday,
for four successive Sundays, will have
another cup to place on the mantle for the
ladies to gaze upon at final dances, for the
prospective pledges to ogle next fall and for
the good "brothers" to flip ashes into between
times. Just another cup.
In all truthfulness, Observer's interest in
church attendance at Auburn was decided
deadened upon one occasion his freshman
year when he was lifted bodily from his
couch, commanded to attire himself in his
cleanest attire, and upon doing so was
herded to church where he sat through probably
the least informative exposition upon
Christianity the minister has ever been
guilty of delivering. Great was my delight
when my society did not win the cup.
No doubt, as stated before, the sponsoring
organization formulated this plan with
altruism unrestrained as its watchword.
But those who strive for such a cup fall
within the same category with those who
audibly applaud a sunset or a masterpiece
of art.
* * * *
The "watch on the Rhine" has developed
a rasping movement . . . what a show
Hans, Fritz and little Gretchen will see if
Hitler and Hinderburg "tie up" . . . a
member of the military unit was heard to
mutter "Valley Forge", when he slipped,
and fell face downward into the mud last
Tuesday . . . and some people don't care
for publicity . . . we do our best you know
. . . . to parallel A. C. C.'s profession of
friendliness, Observer hastens to insist that
he has been slightly misunderstood . . . .
but the sense of humor still goes . . . with
the sincerest meaning attached . . . . to
Judy, a congratulatory salaam . . . . the
last man, Charles Deckner, 89, of the "Last
Man's Club" is gone at last . . . so that is
the last of that club . . . and of that subject
. . . a man in Memphis beat his wife,
was tried, asked for a year and received
fifty days and a judicial frown . . . . the
American Humane Society protested to the
Governor following a report that a bulldog
vs. wildcat bout had been staged near Tuscaloosa
. . . the report was false when it
was learned that it arose from the commotion
created by the Crimson-White going to
press a little behind time on its weekly
schedule . . . Crosley, Atwater-Kent and
Majestic smile . . . there are forty percent
more radios in American homes than there
were three years ago . . Shaw quiets down
after a typical Shavian remark before students
in Hongkong . . . a scientist declares
that the ancient Egyptians drank beer . . .
a possible clue to their mysterious embalming
process . . . Blustering Bill Borah, the
senator from Idaho, decrys the idea of dictatorship
in the United States . . . denouement.
According to tests made by Dr. N. W.
Marston at Radcliffe College, Tufts College,
and Columbia University, all men prefer
a million dollars to a perfect love affair,
while ninety-two per cent of the girls preferred
the love affair.—Butler Collegian.
A machine just perfected detects differences
of a millionth of an inch. With further
refinements it may even be possible to
distinguish the amateur sport star from the
pro.—Richmond Times-Dispatch.
SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 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:
NEIL DAVIS
JAMES A. PARRISH, JR.
ED MOYER
Tiger Growls
The Fourth District Basketball
tournament which closed yesterday
at the Alumni gymnasium was the
most successful yet staged here in
Auburn. Much credit is due Coach
Wilbur Hutsell for the excellent way
in which the tournament was conducted.
Because of Coach HutselPs generalship,
every game was run off in
clock-like manner, and every participating
team was given an equal
opportunity to display its worthiness.
The Plainsman congratulates the
winners, and wishes them all the success
in the world in the coming .State
tournament.
Auburn's chances in the Southeastern
basketball tournament are much
better than the Plainsmen's record
would indicate. Although losing four
out of 11 games, the Tigers dropped
five by one-point margins. A little
bit of the luck which has escaped the
dribblers so far this season would go
a long ways in helping them ma,ke a
creditable showing in the meet in
Atlanta.
—0—
Years may come and go, but Percy
Beard goes on running the high-sticks
in championship form. The fact that
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FRIDAY, Feb. 24
"PROSPERITY"
—with MARIE DRESSLER and
POLLY MORAN
SATURDAY, Feb. 25
TOM KEENE in
"RENEGADES OF
THE WEST"
MONDAY, Feb. 27
Are Southern girls the greatest
LOVE EXPERTS? Come and see
for yourself in this really tremendous
picture of amazing hidden drama in
the South of today.
RICHARD BARTHELMESS in
"CABIN in the COTTON"
—with BETTE DAVIS, and
DOROTHY JORDAN
TUESDAY, Feb. 28
She gave up millions to be rich
in love!
Glamorous CAROLE
More exotic than ever!
"NO MORE ORCHIDS"
—with CAROLE LOMBARD, and
WALTER CONNOLLY
WEDNESDAY, March 1
The action hit of 1933
"CENTRAL PARK"
—with JOAN BLONDELL
WALLACE FORD GUY KIBBEE
Plainsman's All-Interfraternity Basketball Team Is Announced
TWO TEAMS WILL
MEET IN FINALS
OF TOURNAMENT
Reeltown, Langdale To Play
In Finals Monday Night;
Game Scheduled in Langdale
Reeltown and Langdale, last night,
earned the right to represent the
Fourth District in the annual Alabama
High School Basketball tournament
which will be held sometime
next month. Reeltown took the measure
of New Site, 36 to 8, and Langdale
nosed out Gobdwater, 17 to 13.
The finals will be played Monday
night at Langdale.
Reeltown 36; New Site 8
Reeltown jumped off to an early
lead with Turner breaking the ice
with a snowbird a minute after the
game opened, and Elkins popping in
two more from the floor to run the
score to 6 to 0. Coker, New Site
forward, came through with a field
goal, and Harris, guard, made good a
free throw, but Sterns, Reeltown forward,
scorched the cords for another
two pointer to take an 8 to 3 lead at
the quarter.
Sterns ran Reeltown's score to 9.
Bence, of New Site, sank a foul
throw but the flashy Elkins came back
with three points to make it 13 to 4.
Sterns completed this quarter's scoring
by a field goal as the whistle
blew, giving Reeltown a 15 to 4 lead
at the half.
Sterns and Elkins turned the scoring
duties over the other Reeltown
stalwarts with Turner, McGinty, and
Ward running the score to 25 to 4.
Claybrook tallied a two-pointer for
New Site but Elkins followed suit
with a field goal and Turner added
another point with a free throw to
make it 28 to 6.
The last quarter found New Site
scoring their third and last field goal
of, the game by the hands of Mc-he
has equalled the world's record th£
last four times that he has raced
should be some kind of a record in
itself. Let us hope that in the race
tomorrow night he will be able to
gain that precious split-second, and
come back to Auburn next week a
new record-holder.
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The awards made to the members
of the Polo, Rifle, and Pistol teams
at the drill period last Tuesday again
brings to our mind the subject of
minor sports at Auburn. So far,
these are the only minor sports now
active here. A swimming team was
formed last fall, | but so far- it has
not been put on its feet. As we have
said before, Auburn has plenty of
material to round out a complete assortment
of minor sports. Boxing,
golf, wrestling, and tennis followers
should get busy and start a movement
toward forming these teams.
Other large Southern schools have
them. Why can't Auburn?
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Final Standings Of
Southeastern Loop
Basketball Quintets
Team— W. L.
Kentucky 8 0
Alabama 11 3
Vanderbilt 11 5
Louisiana State 13 7
Georgia Tech 7 5
Florida 4 4
Georgia • 5 6
Mississippi 5 7
Auburn 4 7
Tulane 6 14
Tennessee 3 7
Mississippi State ^__ 3 9
Sewanee 0 7
Percy Beard Ties
World Hurdle Mark
Percy Beard, Auburn instructor
and Olympic star, won the 60 yard
hurdle event, in the New York A. C.
games last week-end, equalling the
world's record of .07.4 set by Weemie
Baskin, another Auburn luminary,
several years ago. In the preliminary
heat, Beard also tied the record.
"""•'
An interesting point about this
triumph is that it is the fourth time
in as many races that Beard has tied
the existing record in the event in
which he was participating. After
participating in the Olympic games
in Los Angeles last summer, Percy
entered in the San Francisco meet
and ran the 120 yard high hurdles
in 14:2, which is the present record.
Later in the summer at Chicago he'
tied another world's record, in the
110-meter event.
Beard runs again tomorrow night
in New York after which he will return
to the village.
Alison And Shotts
Lead Greek Scorers
Hugh Alison, forward, and Louie
Shotts, center, of the champion Alpha
Gamma Rho interfraternity basketball
team, topped the scorers of the
Greek tournament just completed
with 38 points each. Ivey, Sigma Phi
Sigma, forward, was next with 33
digits. All three of these men par-ticiapted
in four games.
Dozier Howard, S. A. E. and Fred
Black, Pi Kappa Alpha, both forwards,
scored 28 points in two games
to place behind Ivey in the running.
The final standing of the leading
scorers of the tournament is as follows:
g. tp-
Alison, A. G. R.
Shotts, A. G. R
Ivey, S. P. S.
Howard, S. A. E.
Black, Pi K. A.
LeBarron, Delta Sig.
McLauren, Delta Sig.
Van Hoose, A. G. R.
Kelley, A. G. R.
McCallum, Sigma Nu
McGowan, Pi K. A.
Richey, Kappa Sig. __ - - -
Paterson, Sigma Nu
4
4
4
2
2
4
4
2
2
4
2
2
4
38
38
33
28
28
25
24
19
19
17
17
17
17
Kelvey, substitute forward, while the
winners continued to pile up points
with McGinty, then Ward, Elkins,
and Sterns adding a field goal apiece.
Final score: Reeltown 36, New Site
8.
Lineups:
New Site (8) : Coker (2) and
Claybrook (2) forwards; Carter,
center; Claybrook and Harris (1),
guards. Substitutions: ^Bence (1),
McKelvey (2), Nolen.
Reeltown (36): Sterns (12) and
Elkins (11), forwards; Ward (6),
center; Turner (4) and McGinty
(3), guards. Substitutions: Ward,
Elkins, Webster.
Langdale 17; Good water 13
This was one of the most exciting
games of the entire tournament, with
Goodwater leading throughout practically
the entire contest up to the
last two and one-half minutes. Good-water
led at the first quarter, 4 to 2,
at the half, 11 to 3, and at the end
of the third period, 12 to 10.
Frazier, Langdale forward, drew
first blood with a crip to start the
scoring but Buzbee, stocky Goodwater
guard, retaliated a minute later
to tie the score. The two teams battled
on even terms until near the
end of the quarter when the tie was
broken by Crew, Goodwater center,
with a goal from the floor that put his
team out in front, there to stay until
(Continued on page 4)
AUBURN TO PLAY
LOUISIANA STATE
IN INITIAL GAME
Tigers Draw High Scoring
Team In Southeastern Conference
Tourney
The Auburn Tiger basketball machine
meets Louisiana State University
this afternoon in the first round
of the first Southeastern Conference
basketball tournament, being played
at the city auditorium in Atlanta.
Four teams were seeded by coaches
of the thirteen team,s of the conference,
all of whom were leaders
during the campaign just completed.
Kentucky, favorite, drew the number
one assignment, with Alabama
given second place, Vanderbilt third,
and Louisiana State fourth.
Auburn's chances of surviving the
first round are considered 50-50 on
the basis of the results of the two
game series played between the two
teams earlier in the season. L. S. U.
won the first game, 26 to 25, while
the Plainsmen likewise eked out a
one-point decision the following
night, 25 to 24. Should the Tigers
repeat their showing in their last
meeting with Louisiana State, Auburn
wo-uld face either Georgia Tech
or Tennessee in the second round. An
Auburn victory here would find the
Plainsmen opposite Kentucky in the
semi-finals.
The Wildcats from Kentucky will
come to Atlanta for the third time in
as many years as the favorite to win,
the championship. For the two previous
seasons, the high-flying 'Cats
were felled by the wayside in an
early round. Their strongest rivals
seem to be the Crimsons of the University
of Alabama,who lost to Kentucky
recently 35 to 31. Kentucky
has not tasted defeat this season, and
(Continued on page 4)
SPARKY WADE OF
LS.U. AT PRESENT
HIGH POINT MAN
Blair, Also Of Louisiana State,
And Waites Of Mississippi
State Follow
"Sparky" Wade, flashy little sophomore
guard from Louisiana State
University, has been declared winner
of the Southeastern Conference scoring
championship for 1933.
Wade, in his first year of varsity
competition, piled up 193 points in
20 games this season, surpassing the
old Southern Conference mark made
in 1931 by Bill Perkins, of Georgia
Tech, by 45 points. Perkins' 147
digits were made in 16 games.
Wade, by scoring 74 field goals
and 45 free shots, outdistanced his
nearest rival, Nathan Blair, another
L. S. U. sophomore, by 17 points.
Blair, a forward, accounted for 176
points.
The new scoring champion succeeds
Harris Samuels, a team-mate,
who slumped to a mere 60 points
this season.
Two other scoring- aces outdistanced
Perkins' old mark. Waites,
Mississippi State guard, finished with
153, while Tynes, of the University
of Mississippi, took fourth place by
scoring 74 points in four games last
week. Scoggins, Vanderbilt guard,
cinched fifth place, while Moore, of
Georgia, and Kimbrough,, of Alabama,
Doth forwards, come next.
Standing of the first thirteen high
scorers of the Southeastern Conference
follows:
Wade, L. S. U. 193
Blair, L. S. U. i- 176
Waites, Miss. State 153
Tynes, Mississippi 152
Scoggins, Vandy 128
Moore, Georgia 119
(Continued on page 4)
CHAMPIONS, ALPHA GAMMA RHO,
PUCES TWO ON ALL-STAR FIVE
Sigma Nu, D e l t a Sigma Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Teams Each
Place One Man On First Five; Balloting For Honors Close;
Ones Chosen Have Dominated Play Throughout Tourney
Following a yearly custom, the Plainsman again presents
an all-interfraternity basketball tournament pick. Many
worthy players were considered, and it was after much deliberation
that the staff was able to choose five men which they
considered the most outstanding. The pick follows:
ALL INTER-FRATERNITY BASKETBALL TEAM
First Team:
Hugh Alison Forward .... Alpha Gamma Rho
Dozier Howard Forward .... Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Louie Shotts Center Alpha Gamma Rho
Bill Turk Guard Sigma Nu (
Duke LeBarron Guard Delta Sigma Phi
Second Team:
Morrison Forward .... Delta Sigma Phi
Ivey ..., Forward .... Sigma Phi Sigma
Paterson Center Sigma Nu
Plummer Guard Delta Alpha Delta
Scott Turk Guard Sigma Nu
Honorable Mention:
Forwards: Black, Pi K. A.; McLauren, Delta Sigma Phi;
Rutland, Kappa Sigma; Pitts, Sigma Phi Sigma; Van Hoose,
Alnha Gamma Rho; McCallum, Sigma Nu; and Kelley, Alpha
Gamma Rho. —
Centers: Tabor, Delta Sigma Phi; Richey, Kappa Sigma;
Borden, Pi K. A.
Guards: Moore, Sigma Phi Sigma; Harlin, Alpha Gamma
Rho; Greene, Delta Sigma Phi; Blake, Sigma Nu; R. Williams,
Kappa Sigma.
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PAGE FOUR 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 SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 1933
Polo Team Leaves
To Meet Florida
Auburn's Polo Team left here yesterday
for Gainsville, Florida, where
they will meet the University of Florida
Riders in a two-game series today
and tomorrow. This will mark
their first inter-collegiate games this
season.
The two teams will play a return
series in Auburn Friday and Saturday,
March 24 and 25.
Auburn's starting line-up against
the Saurians probably will be LeRoy
Fincher, No. 1; Louis Jones, No. 2;
Ofil Johnson, No. 3; and Jim Suydam,
No. 4.
TWO TEAMS WILL
MEET IN FINALS
OF TOURNAMENT
Education Club
Meets Tuesday
An interesting progrom was presented
at a meeting of the Education
Club last Tuesday night.
Features of the program were musical
selections by Mr. Eugene Tom-linson
and a talk by Charles Workman
on "George Washington, The
Builder of Our Nation".
Several new members were enrolled
at this meeting of the club.
COMMITTEES WILL
REPORT TO SOLONS
AT SESSION TODAY
(Continued from page 1)
solved into a parliamentary procedure
between Senator Bonner and
Senator Teasley. The fight began
when Bonner moved to take up the
bill as a first order of business and
was ruled out of order by Senator
Teasley, chairman of the committee.
Teasley declared that the bills should
be taken up in their regular order
except by a unanimous vote. Bonner
appealed from the ruling and the
committee sustained him 11 to 0.
Then, Senator Bonner made the motion
to take up the bill as a first
order and the committee voted
against him 9 to 8.
SPARKY WADE OF
L. S. U. AT PRESENT
HIGH POINT MAN
(Continued from page 3)
Kimbrough, Ala. 119
Foster, Vandy 112
Harris, L. S. U. 110
Torrance, L. S. U. 109
Huggins, Vandy 108
Sale, Kentucky 103
Bauman, Alabama 100
(Continued from page 3)
the last two and one-half minutes of
play.
Hawkins, of Langdale, sank a free
throw but Jones, Goodwater forward,
came back with a two-pointer
and Crew followed suit to turn the
score to 8 to 3. Buzbee contributed
one point and Crew followed with
two to end the scoring for the first
half in favor of Goodwater, 11 to 3.
The boys from Langdale slowly but
steadily pulled up in the second half
with McNeese, center, sinking one
from beneath the basket soon after
the second half started. This rally
,was halted momentarily by Conway's
one-point contribution, but Frazier
took it up again with a field goal to
run the score to 12 to 7 in favor of
Goodwater. Anthony sank a foul
goal and Rogers followed with a goal
from the floor to pull up to within
two points of the leaders as the
quarter ended.
Jones scored one point but McNeese
and Anthony came back-with
three to tie the score at 11 all. With
only a minute to go, Rogers sank a
field goal and McNeese followed suit
for good measure just before the
game ended.
Lineups:
Goodwater (13): Conway (1) and
Jones (3), forwards; Crew, (6), center;
Buzbee (3) and Buzbee, guards.
Langdale: (17): Frazier (4) and
Anthony (2), forwards; McNeese
(6), center; Hawkins (1) and Rogers
(4), guards.
Late results:
Second Round Results
Reeltown 52; Union 14.
Wetumpka 28; Seale 17.
New Site 29; Rockford 17.
Tallassee 23; Waver 20 (extra
period).
Dadeville 33; Lafayette 22.
Langdale 37; Camp Hill 12.
Alex City 22; Fairfax 16.
Goodwater 27; Five Points 17.
Quarter-Finals Schedule
Goodwater 22; Tallassee 16.
Langdale 25, Dadeville 16.
New Site 22, Wetumpka 17.
Reeltown 25, Alexander City 19.
Semi-Finals
Reeltown 36; New Site 8.
Langdale 17; Goodwater 13.
News Flashes
From Abroad
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McGILL UNIVERSITY
Montreal, Canada.—Osculation became
the subject for a formal debate
on the McGill University campus recently
and it was only after long and
serious argument that the negative
side of the question: "Resolved: that
the shorter the kiss the longer the
bliss" won. It was only through the
preponderance of personal experience
and the extensive use of graphs that
victory was won however, since the
affirmative side used the Marginal
Utility theory to show that the law
of Diminishing Returns held true
where the satisfaction accruing from
a kiss was concerned. He also argued
that a kiss should be a matter of concentrated
voltage and not listless.
—0—
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY
Boston, Mass.—At a recent dance
at the institute, a sliding scale of
prices for dates was put in effect,
blondes being admitted for ten cents,
brunettes for fifteen, and red heads
for twenty cents, and in addition, the
girls were weighed in at a cent a
pound. The slip stick artists were
kept quite busy all evening computing
the admission charges, and it
developed that on the average the
blondes out-weighed the brunettes,
tipping the scales generally at 120
lbs. The prize for the evening was
awarded to the girl who weighed in
at 173 lbs.
—0—
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Madison, Wis.—The passage of a
bill introduced into the state assembly
by Assemblyman, John Conway
will majce the teaching of atheism
in the schools of Wisconsin a criminal
offense, punished by imprisonment
and a five hundred dollar fine.
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
Lexington, Va.—Following the appearance
at the recent fancy dress
ball of Washington and Lee University,
of many civilians in V. M. I.
uniforms, the Cadet, student publication
of V. M. I., published an editorial
deploring1 the situation, declaring
"no one who is not a V. M. £
man can properly wear it and show
it the respect which a cadet can."
—0—
DUKE UNIVERSITY
Durham, N. C.—The social committee
of Duke has requested that
the male students of the school not
send the co-eds whom they are taking
to a dance any more corsages, term
ing this gesture as an opportunity
for the girls to repay the kindness of
their dates.
—0—
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Syracuse, N. Y.—The recent action
of the athletic association in
ISN7 THIS THE
MOST IMPORTANT
STATEMENT EVER MADE
IN A CIGARETTE
ADVERTISEMENT?
IT IS A FACT,
Professor B. F. Alvord, agricultural
economist, headed a general discussion
on the "Relation of the Present
Farm Situation to the Depresr
sion" at a meeting of the Bureau of
Economic Research Monday evening,
February 20, in the President's office.
This Bureau is composed of
economic professors of the business
department and the agricultural economics
department.
Professor Alvord said that the
prices of the farmer's products have
decreased much more than the prices
of goods the farmer has to buy. That
even though the prices of farm products
are low, the individual farmer
cannot afford to reduce his output,
because a very large part of his expense
is overhead cost which contin
-ues irrespective of the volume of
output. Some of these overhead
costs discussed were: interest on indebtedness,
taxes, upkeep of home,
family and machinery, tariff and the
extent of credit to the farmer by the
Federal Land Bank.
"The demand for the farmers
products is inelastic", Professor Alvord
continued. "The present condition
of the farmer was not due to
overproduction per capita, but due
to the increase in the amount of
waste and a more economical use of
these products, hence cutting down
the demand.
It was agreed upon that the work
of the Federal Farm Board in connection
with cooperative associations
was very satisfactory, but their act
of buying up the surplus did harm
rather than good.
This was the second of four consecutive
meetings to be held by the
bureau. At the next two meetings
Professor J. D. Pope, and Dean J. W.
Scott will discuss the possible solutions
to these situations.
YOUR HEALTH
By Dr. A. H. Graham
County Health Officer
Basore Writes
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' Winston-Salem, N. C.
Three articles on the untilization of
waste products in the chemical industry
by Dr. C. A. Basore of the
school of chemistry and pharmacy
have been published in the Manufacturers
Record during the past two
years.
Within the last 20 years the utilization
of what were formerly considered
waste materials has often led
to the creation of important new industries,
said Dr. Basore. In some
cases waste products or by-products
of a given industry have become the
main product of manufacture. Utilization
of waste is considered especially
important in this time of
economic strengency.
The first article which appeared
on September 17, 1931, stressed the
creation of new uses for coal and
the utilization of waste associated
with the coal industry. Further use
of coal as "raw material" for the
chemical industry was set forth in
the article, stating that coal is being
used more and more for the making
of a number of compounds. For example,
coal has recently been hydro
genated and a variety of products
have been produced, one of the best
known being gasoline. On a comparatively
small scale such compounds
as methyl alcohol and higher alcohols,
various esters, ketones, aldehydes,
and similar compounds have
also been made from coal.
Methods of utilizing of agricultural
wastes were discussed in the second
article appearing on November
5, 1931. The products mentioned included
cotton seed hulls, as well as
the Xylose and decolorizing carbon
now made from it, also corn stalks
and corn cobbs, which are converted
into wall board, artificial lumber,
dropping the crew from the sports
budget for the next year for financial
reasons has led to a storm of protest
from the students and the organization
of a Navy Ball in order to aid in
the retention of the crew on the
sports program of the university.
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Following a rally at the university,
thirteen freshmen face expulsion for
entering the women's dormitory. It
has been the tradition for students to
attempt this, but for the first time in
sixty years it succeeded recently,
amid the smashing of windows and
furniture, and the screaming of the
women occupants.
FOR RENT.—Rooms with or without
board. Outside entrance. Rates
reasonable. 405 W. Magnolia..
DIPHTHERIA PREVENTABLE
Absolute protection for your children
against diphtheria is available
to every citizen in Lee County. The
value of such protection has been
strikingly demonstrated by the Health
Department.
In 1930 all school children were
tested to determine those who were
susceptible to the disease. These
were given "Toxoid", the preparation
now widely used for producing an
"immunity" or .full protection against
Diphtheria.
In 1930, 1931 and thus far in 1932
we have not had a child of school
age develop the disease. This result
speaks for itself.
During 1931 and 1932 we have offered
a "one" dose protection for all
children and infants from six months
to six years of age. This is the age
period where the majority of cases
and deaths occur. The Health Department
has given approximately
2,000 children this "one" dose protection
and hopes that all children of
this age will apply to their family
physician or the Health Department
for this service.
AUBURN TO PLAY
LOUISIANA STATE" - •
IN INITIAL GAME
corn stalk flour, paper rayon, nitrocellulose,
cellulose acetate, oxalic
acid rayon, furfural, oxalic acid,
acetic acid and similar products.
Other products discussed are waste
wood, waste straw from oats, rye,
and wheat, bagasse, and peanut hulls.
A complete bibliography was included
with each of the articles.
The EPISCOPAL CHURCH
February 26, 1933
Rev. Wm. Byrd Lee, Jr., Rector
Quinquagesima Sunday
Church School and Bible Class—
9:45 A. M.
Morning Prayer and Sermon—11
A. M.
Young People's Meeting—6:30 P.
M.
Everybody invited.
Tiger Theatre
Saturday, Feb. 25
BUSTER KEATON and
JIMMY DURANTE in
"WHAT! NO BEER"
The first picture based on the fun
and foibles of the return of beer is
here now. A national event brings a
comedy that's in a class of its own,
with those master-brewers of laughs.
Also comedy—
"HUNTING TROUBLE"
with LOUISE FAZENDA
Sunday and Monday,
Feb. 26 and 27
"WAX MUSEUM"
—with —
FAY WRAY, LIONEL ATW1LL and
FRANK McHUGH.
Also—
"SO THIS IS HARRIS"
One of the greatest short features
ever made.
Tuesday, Feb. 28
MAE WEST in
"SHE DONE HIM
WRONG"
with CARY GRANT.
Also—
"DON'T PLAY BRIDGE
WITH YOUR WIFE"
And "FEATHERED FOLLIES"
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(Continued from page 3)
have run up a string of eight victories.
Alabama, while losing three
games, has won twelve. Vanderbilt
has won. eleven out of sixteen, while
the Louisiana State boosts of thirteen
wins in twenty games.
The pairings and times for the
first round today follow:
Top Bracket
Alabama vs. Sewanee, 2:30 p. m.;
Mississippi State, bye; Georgia vs.
Tulane, 8 p. m.; Vanderbilt, bye.
Lower Bracket
Louisiana State vs. Auburn, 3:30
p. m.; Georgia Tech vs. Tennessee,
9 p. m.; Florida, bye, and Kentucky
vs. Mississippi, 4:30 p. m.
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