1933-02-22 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LVI AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 1933 NUMBER 39
TWELVE-DAY RECESS
RUMORED AS MARCH
FOURTH APPROACHES
Rumored That Many Legisla­tors
To Attend Inauguration
Exercises In Washington
MANY FAVOR MOVE
Several Bills To Be Brought
Up In Committee Rooms Ex­pected
Be Hotly Contested
TAX FIGHT ON
Senate Finance Committee To Re­port
Salary Cut And Public Utility
Adjustment Measures
With rumors of a twelve day recess
to allow the legislators the opportun­ity
to attend the inaugural cere­monies
in Washington March 4, the
Legislators convened yesterday with
salary slashing and tax bills before
them. While no definite action has
been taken with regard to a twelve
day recess, it is understood that
many of the solons favor such a
step. Most of the administration
forces are opposed to the plan but
others strongly advocate it on the
grounds that those members who did
not attend the inauguration would
have more time to confer with their
constituencies about important meas­ures
before the two houses at present.
Several bills which will be brought
up in committee meetings this week
are expected to furnish more inter­est
than the actual battles on the
floors of the two Houses. The ways
and means committee will meet this
afternoon and take up the matter of
an income tax. Income tax advocates
claim to have a sufficient number of
votes to report the amendment out
of the committee but anti-tax lead­ers
will make a determined fight to
have the bill placed on the adverse
calendar. The matter of a sales tax
will also be brought up. No test has
been made on the sales tax question
in this particular committee of 39
members and both sides are confident
of a majority.
The Senate finance and taxation
committee, of which Senator Charles
B. Teasley is chairman, will have two
important matters up for hearing this
afternoon, the first being the two
salary cutting bills that passed the
House Thursday and the second pass­ing
on the proposal of authorizing
funds for a special committee of the
Senate to gather and hear testimony
about public utility rates and valu­ations.
Senator Hardy Riddle, of
Talladega, has introduced a bill call­ing
for a twenty-five per cent cut in
public utility rates and the law-mak­ers
thought it advisable to investigate
the present rates, before any such
action was taken.
The House rules committee will
decide sometime during the week
whether or not the House will be al­lowed
to vote on the Teasley amend­ment
placing salary cutting in the
Constitution.
Representative R. J. Goode is slat­ed
to make every effort to get his in­terest
bearing bill up for action and
bring it to a vote. He has expressed
confidence that the bill will come to
a vote in a few days and that the
measure will take care of the State's
outstanding debt situation.
Very little has been accomplished
by the Legislature thus far. The
solons entered the 10th legislative
day of the session yesterday with the
dead-lock in the House between ad­ministration
forces and the anti-tax­ation
bloc unbroken. As yet no im­portant
measures have passed and
reached the hands of the Governor.
The Senate has cleared its calendar
but the House calendar is filled due
to the successful efforts of the anti-taxation
leaders to muster sufficient
votes to delay legislation.
HoweVer, leaders of both factions
believe that the passage of the econ­omy
measures by the House last
Thursday is the signal for the Legis­lature
to unite in their efforts to se­cure
passage of important legislation
which will alleviate present financial
conditions of the State.
Valiant Soldier Displays
Loyalty At Drill Tuesday
Had George Washington at­tended
drill yesterday he would
have been loud in his praise of
a faithful and patriotic partici­pant.
The true exponent of pa­triotism
and love for country,
this individual appeared at the
exercises as usual, despite the
fact that blood dripped from a
bullet wound in his side, a wound
that would have meant death to
a lesser being. No one has been
able to ascertain how our patri­ot
was injured; he refused to
reveal the name of his persecu­tor,
looking at the questioning
eyes surrounding him with a
glance that spelled bitter re­venge.
The Plainsman pauses
to do homage to this loyal sup­porter
of the Stars and Stripes
—a noble mongrel who appeared
on the drill-field yesterday with
a bullet-wound that extended
clear through his virile body.
Nonchalantly and scornfully
quitting the field after drill the
inspired hound gave inquiring
ones to understand that "he
could take it."
NOTICE!
Ag club meets tonight at 7 o'clock.
REYNOLDS SPEAKER
AT LIONS MEETING
Life Of Washington Was Sub­ject
Of Talk By Prof At
Meeting of Civic Club
NEW ANGLE PORTRAYED
Many Lasting Precedents Orig­inated
By First President
During His Administration
Professor-A. R. Reynolds, .speaker
at the Lions Club meeting Tuesday
evening, approached the life of Geor­ge
! Washington from an unusual
angle. Professor Reynolds was intro­duced
by Mr. Chas. W. Edwards.
Beginning1 his talk, the speaker
quoted Richard Henry Lee on the
Life of George Washington with the
words, "First in war, first in peace,
and first in the hearts of his Country­men".
Unlike most of the approaches
on the life of Washington, his was
largely concerning Washington as
the originator of many lasting pre­cedents
which have endured through­out
the years, and still remain, espe­cially
those connected with the White
House.
Washington set the standard limit
for service, as president, at two
terms, when he refused to accept
nomination the third time.
Professor Reynolds also said that
the credit for the organization of
the Cabinet system is due to Wash­ington.
(The word "cabinet" is not
mentioned in the Constitution.)
Neutrality is another of the im­portant
traditions mentioned, which
America observed until the Spanish-
American War, and, later, the World
War. It was also during Washing­ton's
administration that the Bills of
Right were added, as the first ten
amendments, to the Constitution.
Lastly Washington addressed Con­gress
in person; thus, setting a pace
for future presidents. This custom
was broken by Thomas Jefferson, but
adopted again by President Wilson in
1913 and is still practiced.
GO-TO-CHURCH MONTH
RULES ARE ANNOUNCED
The Annual Fraternity-Go-To-
Church contest between the Auburn
Fraternities, sponsored by the Y. M.
C. A., is to be held during the month
of March. Plans have been nearly
completed and it is believed that this
year's contest will be the most en­thusiastic
ever held. The Y. M. C. A.
is offering a beautiful cup to the win­ner
of this contest. The cup is to
rotate and to remain in the posses­sion
of the winner for one year, un­til
it is won three times in succes­sion
by one fraternity. The cup will
soon be on display up town.
The rules governing the contest
are:
1. The contest is open to all Fra­ternities
on the campus.
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ALPHA GAMMA RHO'S
DEFEAT SIGMA NU'S
AS TOURNEY CLOSES
Game Is Close As Both Teams
Do Fine Guarding; Sigma
Nu's Drop Behind At Last
ALISON HIGH-POINT MAN
Hiitchcocjk Leads Snake Scor­ers
With Four Points; Turk
Brothers Perform Well
Alpha Gamma Rho defeated the
Sigma Nu's, 14 to 9, Saturday night
in the finals of the annual Interfra-ternity
basketball tournament.
The game, hard fought throughout,
was featured by close guarding on
the part of both teams. Sigma Nu
led during most of the contest, but
a final spurt by Alpha Gamma Rho
cinched victory for the agricultural­ists.
Captain Hugh Alison, of Alpha
Gamma Rho, was high point man for
the game with six points, being close­ly
followed by his team-mate, Elmer
Kelley with five.
Jimmie Hitchcock was the spark­plug
of the Sigma Nut attack, scor­ing
four points. The. Turk brothers,.
Scott and Bill, turned in creditable
performances.
Line-ups: Alpha Gamma Rho (14):
Kyser (1) and Alison (6), forwards;
Shotts (2), center; Kelley (5) and
Harlins, guards.
Sigma Nu (9): Hitchcock (4) and
McCallum, forwards; Paterson (2),
center; Bill Turk (2) and Scott Turk
(1), guards. Substitutes: Blake and
Smith.
Referee: Salter (Auburn). ,
.Alpha Gamma Rho Friday night
won the right to meet Sigma Nu in
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Housebreaker Defeated
In Robbery Attempt At
Pi Kappa Alpha House
"All through the house,
Not a creature was stirring,
Not even a souse."
And then the good brothers of
Pi K. A. heard a fearful clatter
from the kitchen, as some in­truder
became mixed with the
pans, etc., With a hastily or­ganized
searching party, off
they set to the kitchen, and as
they opened the door the mau-rader
slipped past them and into
the long hall. Down to the far
end he raced with his pursuers
in full cry, and spying an open
door, darted through it in des­perate
haste, the posse close on
his heels.
The avenging horde pulled up
short, as the malignant snarl of
the cornered invader sent them
scurrying to safer retreats. But
what of the occupants of the
room? Were they to be left to
the mercies of this fiend? From
within the room came unmistak­able
signs that its occupants
were awake, and with chairs
crashing to the floor, dull thumps
resounding from the walls, they
closed with the denizen of the
night.
At last a shrill cry of triumph
emerged from the room, and in a
moment the victor appeared be­fore
the eyes of the amazed on­lookers,
carefully holding the
thief. He flung the window up
and with a single, mighty effort,
hurled .the miscreant far into
the enveloping blackness, turning
away with a satisfied smile of
triumph on his face. Outside,
in the still of the sheltering
• dark, the possum scrambled hast­ily
up the nearest tree.
THIRTY HIGH SCHOOL
CAGE TEAMS ENTERED
INTOURNAMENTHERE
Ten First Round Games Are
Run Off During First Day;
Play Is Close Throughout
SECOND ROUND TONIGHT
Quarter Finals Be Played To­morrow;
Semi-final Matches
Tomorrow Night
By B. C. Pope
Thirty high school teams from
eight Alabama counties are entered
in the Fourth District Tournament,
which began here at the Alumni gym­nasium
yesterday morning. Ten first
round games, most of them extreme­ly
close, were run off during the first
day, while the remaining first round
matches, were completed this morn­ing.
Union defeated Hurtsboro 39 to
16 to open the tournament. Rock-ford
eliminated Holtville in a 22 to
20 thriller. Seale nosed out Davis-ton
29 to 28, in another hard-fought
encounter. Waverly won over We-ogufka,
29 to 14. Langdale came
from behind in the closing minutes
of play to outscore Auburn's Lee
County High quintet, 24 to 22. We-tumkpa,
one of the favorites, barely
survived at the hands of Phenix City,
23 to 21.
Fairfax defeated Opelika High, 22
to *13, to open last night's session.
Five Points required two extra peri­ods
to outscore Fob James' Lanett
team, 22 to 17. The flashy Tallas-see
five ran over Milltown, 34 to 15,
and Camp Hill eked out over Shaw-mut,
24 to 22, to complete Tuesday's
play.
In games this morning, Dadeville
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Van Sheck Reveals Details Of Colorful
Life In Recent Interview With Reporter
By Jack Knowlton
Residing quietly in Auburn and
teaching art in the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute is a man who has
experienced more in the few years
of his life than will perhaps anyone
whoe reads this article. Hero of the
great war of 1914-1918 and one of
the foremost painters of America to­day,
is this fascinating person, Mr.
Sidney W. J. Van Sheck, and it was
the extreme pleasure of the writer to
interview Mr. Van Sheck the other
day and obtain the story of his re­markable
experiences.
Interesting beyond belief are the
feats performed by this man and
which he unfolds only after repeated
urgings, yet utterly more brilliant is
his personality that enthralls those
who come in contact with him in
work and in play. Tall and thin, his
figure gives one the impression of
latent emotional power, ready at any
instant to flow through his inspired
brush onto the dull canvas, yielding
to the world what is in the soul of
every man yet capable only of ex­pression
through the skill of the ar­tist.
His slender hands, with their
incredibly long tapering fingers, be­tray
instantly his vocation, and the
movements of his body add to the
impression that here is a man to
whom the hidden beauties of the
world are revealed.
Born in Prague, then one of the
large cities of the Austrian Empire
which at that time dominated the
politics of central Europe, and now
the capital of Czechoslovakia, he
spent the early part of his life there,
going to school and leading the ordi­nary
life of a boy of that country.
Following the early part of his life,
Mr. Van Sheck went to France to
study and it was while there, the war
broke out in 1914 and he was im­mediately
drafted. In order to es­cape
the draft, which left him no
choice as to which branch of service
he preferred, he volunteered for the
Foreign Legion, and chose the ma­chine
gun corps as the particular
branch of the army he wished to see
service in. After a period of train­ing,
he was moved to the front on
the river Izonso and while here was
engaged in active fighting. In a" few
weeks he was wounded by a bullet
through the leg, and was sent to
the base hospital to convalesce.
Only a few weeks elapsed until he
was ready for action once more, and
by this time being a second lieuten­ant,
he was allowed to transfer to the
air corps and was assigned for in­struction
in flying. He was so suc­cessful
that he was selected, along
with a number of others to attend
the school of acrobatic flying at St.
Paul. Of the three hundred or more
men who were attending the school
at the time, only seventy were grad­uated
with Van Sheck, and of the
remainder, about half were killed
during the course of instruction.
Upon leaving training school, he
was placed with the 4th Flying Esca-drille,
and' with them went to Africa
for service in the tropics. Bad con­ditions
in Europe called this unit back
after a short while in the tropics and
the 4th Escadrille was sent to the
Italian front in the Alps.
It was while in the Alps that he
engaged in seven major offensives,
each offensive being a continuous
period of fighting, lasting from a
few days to several weeks. During
this time Van Sheck accounted for
the destruction of seventeen enemy
planes, for which he was decorated
by all of the Allies and received the
Legion of Honor medal, 2nd class.
Needless to say, despite the fact the
recipitent of this honor is supposed
to wear this medal at all times, Mr.
Van Sheck has not worn the medal
in many years.
At last the fates frowned on his
daring and he was shot down in com­bat
over the peaks of the Alps. The
enemy planed raked his ship with a
burst of fire, one bullet piercing his
stomach and others setting his plane
afire. Powerless because of his
wound, he was unable to control the
flaming bird, and crashed in the
mountains, only the prompt action
of a mountain infantry patrol, pre­venting
his being burned alive in
the -wreckage of his plane.
Lady Luck had really deserted him
for in the crash he received the
seemingly unbelievable total of twen­ty-
six fractures, including three on
his spine. Only the possession of aj
strong determination to live and a
wonderful constitution allowed him to
recover. His recovery was made on
a bed constructed of slats in order
to prevent the movement of anything
soft from displacing the fractures
he had received. Eighteen months
he passed in this manner before his
recovery was assured, and by this
time the Armistice had been signed.
Forgetting the promises that had
been made by the French govern­ment
when he had signed, the For­eign
Legion laid claim to nearly five
more years" of his life. Only the in­fluence
of his father, a high official
in the new Czechoslovakian republic
enabled him to escape this. As
Czechoslovakia was engaged at that
time in war with a Hungarian Bol­shevik,
Kuken, who threatened in a
rebellion to destroy several of the
newly formed . Slavic countries, Van
Sheck was transferred to that coun­try
to aid them in putting down the
rebel. After a time here the trans­fer
became permanent by a process
explained by Mr. Van Sheck as be­ing,
"illegally legal", and all
thoughts of returning to service in
the Foreign Legion were washed out.
Following a few months of fighting
with his native country, he was again
free of military service. In 1923, he
left Berlin where he had gone, and
came to this country where he knew
neither friends nor the language.
Privation and poverty beset him and
in order to sustain life he was forc­ed
to resort to such menial jobs as
dishwashing. After a time however,
his work began to be noticed and his
rise to prominence in art began.
A few years ago he was commis­sioned
by Tuft's College to do a se­ries
of woodcuts, illustrating an an­thology
of verse of that college from
the year 1905 to 1925. It developed
that during the years of 1914-18 no
verse had been written and to illus­trate
the conditions he did a woodcut
that he afterwards used as the front-piece
to the book.
The woodcut was startling and af­ter
repeated requests to do the sub­ject
in oils, he recently did this. It
was my pleasure to be invited to visit
his studio and see the painting which
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Glomerata Pilots Pull
Gag About Publication
The same old rot about the
Glomerata coming out on time
was handed a Plainsman report­er
last night by squat Bonds
Garmany, editor of the year
book.
Cocking his short legs up on
his editorial table, Editor Gar-many
said, "Yes sir, all the copy
goes in tonight and we expect
proofs to be returned within a
few weeks. This means that
the book will be out several
weeks ahead of time".-
"But it cannot come out until
all bills are paid", interrupted
Chief Swindler Frank Hardy.
It remains an inviolable clause
in Plainsman ethics that the staff
resigns when the Glomerata
comes out before graduation.
However, we do not fear for
our jobs. We have heard that
same old cock-and-bull story be­fore,
and wish to assure the stu­dent
body that the annuals will
not, in all probability, be out
before the end of the Hoover
Era.
MILITARY UNIT TO
USE FLAG SIGNALS
Rainy Day Schedules Be Signi­fied
By Guidons Displayed
Beneath National Colors
IS EFFECTIVE AT ONCE
Change Made Because Of Re­peated
Calls To R. O. T. C.
Office Concerning Schedule
The Military Department has inau­gurated
a system of flag signals,
whereby rainy day schedules ihay be
signified and the classes attending
may be notified, according to a re­cent
memorandum from the Mili­tary
office, seeking information con­cerning
the drill schedule.
Hereafter, no information will be
given out at the Military office con­cerning
rainy day schedules, and stu­dents
will be required to refer to the
flag signals which will be displayed
below the National Colors in rear of
the main building.
The memorandum as issued by the
department is as follows:
1. To eliminate congestion of the
telephone service in the Military De­partment
on drill days, flags will be
displayed below the National Color
on the college flag mast, when rainy
schedules are to prevail, as follows:
Freshmen (First Year Basic)
and Juniors (First Year Ad­vanced)—
One Red Guidon.
Sophomores (Second Year
Basic) and Seniors (Second
Year Advanced) — Two Red
Guidons.
2. The above will be read to all
classes at the earliest opportunity
and published at the first outdoor
formation. Thereafter replies will
not be made to students over the
telephone concerning rainy day sched­ules.
.
3. Details as "to assembly places
for those attending rainy day sched­ules
will be posted on the bulletin
board as heretofore and students will
secure such information from that
source.
4. The N. C. O. in charge of hoist­ing
and lowering flags on the college
mast will stand by on questionable
days for instructions from the P. M.
S. & T. as to hoisting the flags indi­cated
above.
By order of Major Franke.
Frank O. Bowman,
1st Lt., C. E. (DOL),
Adjutant.
ADDRESS BY FRANKE
FEATURES PROGRAM
OF COLLEGE HOLIDAY
Brigade Parade Held In An­nual
Washington's Birthday
Celebration Yesterday
LETTERS AWARDED
Polo, Rifle, And Pistol Teams
Receive Minor "A" Awards
For Activities Past Year
SALUTE FIRED
Unit Is Reviewed By Dean Wilmore
And Professor Crenshaw To Close
Morning's Program
SENIOR CLASS WILL
MEET ON THURSDAY
A meeting of the Senior Class will
be held Thursday morning for the
purpose of electing a secretary to re­place
Al Summerlin, who failed to
return to school this year. President
Ham intimated today that other mat­ters
of vital importance will be dis­cussed
and urged a.full attendance
of the class.
A parade of the entire R. O. T.
C. Brigade, the first of this year, and
a talk by Major G. H. Franke, feat­ured
the celebration here in comem-moration
of the anniversary of Geor­ge
Washington's birth. The R. O.
T. C. Unit formed at eleven o'clock
and marched to Bullard Field, where
the ceremonies took place. During
the parade, a salute was fired in mem­ory
of the first president.
Immediately after the parade, a
number of minor "A's" were pre­sented
students for activity on the
polo team, and the pistol and rifle
teams. The awards were presented
by Dean John J. Wilmore.
The attention of 1,000 gray-clad
Auburn cadets was called to George
Washington's attitude on war, patri­otism,
and peace by Major G. H.
Franke, commandant, who addressed
the corps at the Washington Parade.
"Washington wanted peace. He
favored preparedness in general. He
believed adequate preparedness tend­ed
to prevent war. He advocated re­liance
on a well-trained citizen sol­dier
army, maintenance of a regular
army for duties unsuitable for the
citizen army, and urged a proper
navy", said the Major.
"From Washington's life and his
words", he continued, "you may safe­ly
conclude and feel proud of the
fact that the military training in
which you are engaged at Auburn is
in full conformity to a part at least
of his cherished hopes".
Referring to Washington's great
love of peace, Major Franke quoted
from one of the great patriot's let­ters:
"My first wish is to see this
plague of mankind (war) banished
from earth, and the sons and daugh­ters
of this world employed in more
pleasing and innocent amusements
than in preparing implements and
exercising them for destruction of
mankind. . . ."
Although loving peace, Washing­ton
was practical and suffered no de­lusion
as to the probability of perm­anent
peace, said the speaker and
referred again to Washington's writ­ings:
"The United States ought not
to indulge a persuasion that, con­trary
to the order of human events,
they will forever keep at a distance
those painful appeals to arms with
which the history of every other na­tion
abounds. There is a rank due
to the United States among nations
which will be withheld, if not abso­lutely
lost, by the reputation of
weakness. If we desire to avoid in­sult,
we must be able to repel it; if
we desire to seek peace, one of the
most powerful instruments of our
rising prosperity, it must be known
that we are at all times ready for
war."
Lack of patriotism by many sol­diers
who deserted at Bunker Hill
was pointed to as typical of the prob­lems
which faced Washington. "Un­der
such conditions he continued to
lead for seven long, weary years of
war, whereas most men with but lit­tle
less fortitude and courage would
have despaired within a far briefer
period.
"Following such a seven-year
school of the most trying experi­ences
he became our first president
and offered his wisdom and advise
for the future defense of our coun­try".
x
Led by the Auburn Band, Auburn
cadets passed in review before Major
Franke, his staff, cadet officers, and
Dean J. J. Wilmore, and Professor
B. H. Crenshaw of the administrative
committee.
PAGE TWO T H E P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 1933
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"SOCIAL SYSTEM"
This year has witnessed a series of criti­cal
mutterings from the student body and
from our columnists as regards the so-called
"social system". We take it that the object
of criticism is the group of social regula­tions
set forth by the college and enforced
by the faculty and student social commit­tees.
In our opinion much of this clamoring
has been superficial and without point, and
we are inclined to sympathize with both
sides of the questions involved.
A great deal of the abuse directed at the
"social system" has taken the form of point­less
generalizations, but one or two rules
have been the definite object of the critics.
The "dignified senior" whose opinions
Gum published several issues ago felt that
the college should permit visiting girls to
spend the night in fraternity houses. His
most forceful argument was that his girl's
parents trusted him with their daughter
and he saw-no reason why the college could
not do likewise. It seems to us that there
are two sides to this question. It is true
that there are many parents who trust
their daughters implicitly. And many of
these girls are wholly above reproach. We
do not doubt that the "dignified senior's"
girl is of the highest type, and that she
would be treated with the best and most
proper hospitality. But we cannot overlook
the fact that many parents of equally ir­reproachable
girls would not approve of
the idea of their daughters' spending the
night in a fraternity house. Some parents
tend to be more liberal with their daughters
than others. And we must give full con­sideration
to the parents of visiting girls.
It is for them that many of our social rules
were drafted. Whereas the "dignified
senior's" girl's parents are most commend-ably
liberal, John Smith's girl's parents may.
be ultraconservative as regards the rearing
of their daughter. We do not attempt to
defend either viewpoint. We do know that
we must consider .the point of view of par­ents.
We do know that there are many
parents who would not approve of their
daughters' spending the night in a fra­ternity
house, regardless of circumstances.
Therefore, we cannot help believing that
the present ruling regarding this particu­lar
question is best for the student body as
a whole, although it may be needless in
special instances. This is written with all
due respect for the opinions of the "digni­fied
senior".
On the other hand we cannot agree with
the regulations that require each fraternity
to secure a date in advance in order to give
a dance and each fraternity dance to end
at eleven o'clock. Under the present ar­rangement
no one fraternity can give but
one or two dances during the year, and
these have to be planned far in advance.
Oftimes unforeseen circumstances render a
pre-arranged date wholly inconvenient for
a dance. And when one fraternity is given
a night on which to entertain with a dance
it has a monopoly, as it were, on the girls
here for that night. In short, no girls here
can go to a dance on that particular night
unless it be the dance authorized by the
college. As regards the closing hour, few
dances start before ten o'clock. Custom has
said that ten be the starting hour, and
young people are prone to conform, although
there are exceptions. And we hardly be­lieve
that students will do things at twelve
that they would not do at eleven. Although
propriety has decried late hours for many
years, a liberal age is declaring for more
leniency.
By way of summary, The Plainsman is
of the opinion that the last two rules should
be abolished; we believe that many would
benefit from the change and that few would
suffer. As regards the views of Mr. "dig­nified
senior", we can look upon them with
sympathy, can thoroughly appreciate them,
but beg to disagree as to the advisability of
applying them to the student body as a
whole under the present circumstances.
A MODEST PROPOSAL
An indispensable trait of Auburn culture,
booing at basketball games, manifests one
of the finer points of Auburn aesthetics. No
game would be complete without such a dis­play.
No man is an Auburn man unless he
can loose a lusty boo when the referee is
not acting to suit him.
Our suggestion is that a course be taught
in the art. No freshman is properly equip­ped
for a college career here unless he is a
booer of the first water. Why not institute
a Grand Council of Boo(e)rs among the
upperclassmen and have them instruct the
freshmen at the beginning of the year?
Not only does booing exhibit one of the
finer instincts of the Auburn man, but it
also displays a lofty regard for good man­ners.
The referee must feel booeyed-up
when the mob howls at him. It makes him
realize the innate good sportsmanship of the
spectators. We feel that it would be just
too sad if the booers quit practicing their
manly art. We have a tradition that other
cultural centers in the South overlook; let
not one booer forget his duty or Auburn
will lose a distinction shared by few of the
other institutions of higher learning.
FREDERICK G. BONFILS
Frederick G. Bonfils, publisher of the
Denver Post was the exponent of the rowdy,
blustering journalism of the early Middle
West. Born of descendants of the Bona-partes,
educated at West Point, in the same
class with General Pershing, he went west
in the early days and formed a partnership
with H. H. Tamen, a bartender. With the
blowsy Post they made themselves virtual
rulers of Colorado and became enormously
rich.
They commanded public opinion through
continual pleas for the oppressed. Using
the most sensational make-up in American
journalism, they flashed bold, red streamer
heads across the Post. They were forever
getting mixed up in squabbles, were always
quarreling with somebody.
The biggest fight in which the Post be­came
involved was that with the Scripps-
Howard Rocky Mountain News, edited by
the doughty little Roy Howard. Both pa­pers
spent vast sums of money in efforts to
obtain advertisements. Neither side would
give in. In the end they compromised the
matter, and Howard was a million dollars
in the red.
Typical of the Post method was a red
banner head used when the Pacific flyers
were found, "BLESS GOD! THEY'RE
SAFE."
With the death of Bonfils the last of the
rowdy, black-jacking newspaper publishers
of the West passed. Bonfils occupied a uni­que
and individual position in the realm of
journalism; the heyday of sensationalism is
past, but it can always be said that the
Post was the greatest exponent of all that
was blantant in the newspaper world.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
The nation pauses today to observe the
memory of the first president of the United
States, George Washington.
Recent biographys of the country's Father
treat him as a human being rather than as
an idealistic figure-head. Washington was
a typical Virginia planter, gifted with exec­utive
ability, a taciturn manner, an infinite
amount of reserve, a wealth of common
sense, and the will to do. He has been
held up before the eyes of children for gen­erations
as the typical American. His
character has been assailed by debunkers
without a great deal of success; like any
man he had his faults, but they are lost
fiom view when his finer characteristics are
considered.
Washington had the peculiar ability to
hold together a country split with internal
dissension and threatened with foreign in­vasion.
With his two most able assistants,
Greene and Hamilton, Washington was able
to bind together a loose group of jealous
states, to draw up a government that all
agreed was practical, to start the develop­ment
of an independent nation that now has
a superior place in the sun.
It is only when we look at Washington
from the realistic standpoint that we realize
his abilities; the principles he employed in
the eighteenth century could well be used
today with success. Washington is no long­er
a figure-head. The present generation
has come to see him as he was, and it has
found him good.
A craze for puzzles, we are told, is sweep­ing
the country. Heaven knows there are
enough puzzles to satisfy the craze.—Lynch­burg
News.
Times are so tough this year that a lot
of men are wearing their Christmas neck­ties.—
Judge.
Thutiderations
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.
» * » '•
NO MORE is an "A" Club hop on a
Saturday night worth "One crying
buck". The slight and otherwise
poor attendance last Saturday night show­ed
that. Two or three years ago, or more,
when a two car garage was a bit of bally­hoo,
and when apples were not sold on
street corners, the gymnasium was nicely
filled up when an "A" Club hop was thrown.
There were four good looking girls there
last Saturday night, and I can't even think
of the other two right now. There was a
boy here and a boy there, and a drunk per­son
could have staggered a long way be­fore
bumping against someone.
There is nothing wrong with the hops
now except the price of getting in. They
are as good as they ever were. The music
is "Durn" good and everything is nice and
fine except the except just mentioned.
I haven't a thing against the "A" Club,
most of the boys are quite all right, but I
wish they wouldn't keep me, and rather a
large group of other people away from their
dances by charging their eternal "One cry­ing
buck".
* * * * /
College Humor picks its all-American
football team in the February issue. New­man,
of Michigan didn't make the first
team. He made every other team in the
country, but College Humor evidently
thought he was not so good. Hitchcock,
didn't make the first team. Ely, of Ne­braska
didn't make the first team. Zimmer­man,
of Tulane is mentioned in a long list
of backs under the title of "Others of All-
American Caliber'.' I agree with College
Humor on two men . . . Heller of Pitts­burgh,
and possibly Gracey of Vandy. Add
Ernie Smith of Southern California. I
think College Humor in trying not to be
influenced by the other all-American lists
which have long ago been published, did a
far-cry from a good selection.
I claim their "Alternate" team including
Hitchcock, Newman, Feathers, and Elyi,
could beat their first team with John Cain,
Heller, and Ernie Smith.
* * * *
I would like to buy a pretty little fly
swatter from one of these Hardware Stores
and swat two or three people I know.
Thoughts and Things: That picture win­dow
nearest the choir in the Methodist
church always reminds me of corn flakes.
I think that is why I started eating corn
flakes for dinner every night at 6:30.
The window shows an angel, yellow-hair­ed
angel, treading on clouds. The clouds
look exactly like corn flakes. See?
And why do I always feel so twitchy when
the offering is taken in Church? Is it be­cause
I am sure someone will see me putting
in a nickel? But I have felt the same way
putting in a dollar. I have done so . .
before the apple days. Now I can't even
buy bananas. But sometime I want an ap­ple
cart, a mustache, a little bambino to
bring me my dinner in a pail, and I shall
live in a flat in a big building and, out of
the window, I shall watch you fools ride by
in your automobiles. I shall be much hap­pier
than you.
But maybe I shall not buy an apple cart.
I think I shall write Wild West and Defec­tive
stories, and eat dinner on a cool veran­da
with my pretty little yellow-haired bam­bino,
and she will have blue eyes. And a
breeze will brush the flowers on the table.
I shall be so nicely happy, and I will laugh
at you people who now think I am a fool
(I lost your adjective).
This "Moon Song" always reminds me of
a jig-saw puzzle. I was cutting paper
dolls, and making strange noises beside one,
after trying to put it together the first time
I ever heard the song.
I have another song which reminds me
of a feminine fool I once thought I liked. I
have had funny thoughts in my time. I
think now I am catching a cold. You know,
1 was, undoubtedly, several miles into the
top of a tree this afternoon trying to re­place
into the top my antenna which had
fallen half way to the ground. The wind
blew curls in my hair and the curls raced
down my back and caused shivers which I
think I could have done without, and now I
think I shall have a cold. Remember the
hot lemonade and the castor oil I had to
drink when I was a child when I caught
cold?
* * * *
Correct your Liberty Magazines to read
2 stars for "Animal Kingdom", and 2 stars
for "Sign of the Cross". The other star
for the last mentioned show is for the bath
Claudette Colbert took. Both shows were
greatly over-rated.
Liberty Magazine Ms generally correct in
its judgment of shows, and I go to the the­atre
by its judgement, but now it is wrong.
* * * *
Prettiest words I ever saw grouped in a
song: "Cross your heart1 and hope to die,
& AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
"Do you think that there's music in the stars?"
"I don't know about that, but I do know of the sun causing a belle to peel."
* * * * * * * *
"Don't you speak to him any more?"
"No! Whenever I pass him I give him the geological survey."
"Geological survey?"
"Yes, that's what is commonly known as the stony stare."
* * * * * * * *
The height of our ambition is to see Lil Cherry do the "Underneath the Naked
Moon" dance.
* * * . * * * * *
Chemical Engineer's Note: PV equals Nerts.
* * * * * * * *
Little drops of water
Little grains of sand
Make Ag Bottom look like what it am
* * * * * * * *
"But that's hardly fare, sir", cried the conductor as the old gent handed him
a phoney dime.—Syracuse Daily Orange.
\
Is a girl a fool to marry? Well, what else can a man marry?
* * * * * * * *
"Did you vote for the honor system?"
"You bet I did—four times."
* * * * * * * *
"COLLEGE LOVES"
. Freshman:
1. Chewing Gum.
2. Green Hats.
3. Himself.
Sophomore:
1. Hot dogs.
3. Bluffing.
3. Himself.
Junior:
1. Knowledge (?).
2. Flattery.
3. Himself.
Senior:
1. Himself.
2. Himself.
3. Himself.
New York: "How's your oil?"
Alabama: "Awight, how are yawl?"
* * * * * * * *
Hot: "I prefer blondes".
Cha: "Why's that?"
Hot: "Well, ever since I was a child I've been afraid of the dark".
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.
DOCTOR JOHN 0. RUSH, disting­uished
physician, courageous and
loyal Auburn alumnus, and one of
Mobile's most useful citizens, is dead. Those
who will miss him and mourn his passing
are legion. Death came suddenly and un­expectedly,
removing one of Auburn's most
distinguished sons. All Auburn, we are
sure, join in extending sympathy to mem­bers
of the bereaved family.
* * * *
Auburn was honored on February 1, in
having as its guest Dr. A. L. Suhrie, dean
of the School of Education of New York
University. School superintendents, princi­pals,
and teachers came from several'coun­ties
to dine with Dr. Suhrie and to hear him
speak, the particular occasion being the
School of Education Banquet, sponsored by
Kappa Delta Pi.
Dr. Suhrie was charming and eloquent,
mixing humor with logic and reason. He
limneyed an Weal school as one which brings
out and develops the best in each individual.
This, he explained, requires the teachers
to place responsibility upon the students
and they in turn to assume tfris responsi­bility'
by assuming fully the responsibility
therefor.
The occasion was very helpful to all
present and an honor to the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute.
_ * * * *
Former 4-H club boys and girls now in
college at Auburn have organized. They
were encouraged in this by Thomas A. Sims
and Miss Bess Fleming, state leaders for
the 4-H club youngsters.
At the organization meeting in Langdon
Hall last Sunday they resolved that their
purposes are:
"To foster the ideals of 4-H club work
through college.
"To assist club members to attend college.
"To promote good fellowship among form­er
club."
It is a significant fact that 4-H club work
in Alabama is under the direction of county
agents, home demonstration agents, exten­sion
service specialists, and supervisors who
belong to the faculty of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute. This, therefore, is anoth­er
illustration of the extent to which Au­burn
work extends.
The death of James J. Corbett (Gentle­man
Jim) was the passing of the most pic­turesque
figure in American sportdom. A
that you'll be true and so will I, for ever
and, forever and, a day". To me, they
voice a small boy's longing for a sometime
happiness. *
world champion heavyweight boxer at the
age of 26 he has wielded a wholesome influ­ence
in sports for almost a half century.
It was my pleasure to hear him tell years
ago about, his victory over t\e mighty John
L. Sullivan who had won many victories
with his nude fists before his championship
fight with Corbett, his first bout in which
gloves were used.
Superior intellect was a great factor in
Corbett's victory. Before and during the
fight Corbett brought his keen mind into
effective use. It was a lengthy struggle,
and in the end, the man who had done the
best thinking and studying as well as prac­ticing
and training was the winner.
** * . * *
, Here is a important question which has
been presented to me and I am passing it on
to each student to apply to himself or to her­self:
"Do I look at college life as an opportuni­ty
to learn and prepare for the future, or is
my main purpose merely to get credit on
the books and finally, a diploma?"
This is indeed a very practical question.
It makes a hypothetical distinction between
those who study and work for book credit
and those who study and work for head
improvement.
\ * * * *
Business men of Auburn and elsewhere
have been liberal this year in advertising in
The Plainsman- They have done it to co­operate
and also for good business reasons
because intelligent advertising in a news­paper
that is read and has influence is very
profitable.
And those who patronize these adver­tisers
are cooperating and promoting The
Plainsman.
Incidentally, those who read it include
most of the people of Auburn—students,
faculty, and others—because The Plainsman
goes to practically every home in Auburn
plus all the students.
* * * *
Mrs. Pearl S. Buck, author of "Good
Earth" and "Sons" and winner of the 1931
Pulitzer prize, says that the Chinese family
practice of indulging sons and imposing
hardships upon daughters has resulted in
developing and training the daughters until
they are more capable and more fortunate
than the sons. "It is the men of China to­day
that need help", said Mrs. Buck. "The
women are ready—in a remarkable sense—
for the new world.
The age-old practice in China of honor­ing
and favoring the sons at the sacrifice
of the daughters is a cruel practice but this
message from Mrs. Buck presents one bright
side to it. Mrs. Buck's father was a mis­sionary
in China and she is the wife of a
professor at the University of Nanking.
Most of her life has been spent in China.
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.
* * * *
JUST CAN'T stay away from them. But
after all, it's their own fault. How ter­rible
it would be if there are a few
members imbued with a reasonable degree
of that famed legislative integrity.
A proposed amendment, labeled Walker,
outlined a plan by which the northern coun­ties
of the State were to receive a larger
portion of the public school fund than the
other sections of the State. Said the as­tutely
Hon. Senator Charles McDowell, Bar­bour
County adherent and representative,
"If you crowd us we'll register the negroes
and we know how to vote them". When a
small boy, Charlie probably took his base­ball
home because the boys wouldn't let
him pitch.
As brazen as some of the State's law­makers
have become one must admit that
they are not prone to hide their intentions.
There must be a niche in the halls of virtue
for honest dishonesty. It might not be a
bad idea to give the entire public school
fund of four million dollars to Barbour
County alone. That is, judging by appear­ances.
And then there is the recently introduced
bill in the State legislative sanctum to the
effect that the educational requirements for
county superintendents of education be re­duced
to that of a high school certificate.
There are only two amendments Observer
would suggest be attached to that bill—one,
that educational requirements for legisla­tors
be raised to the equivalent of a sixth-grade
education, and second, that a special
State distinguished service cross be created
and attached to every kindergarten degree
awarded in the State of Alabama.
* * * *
"Friday, February 24, has been designat­ed
as Conservation Day in Alabama and
citizens in Alabama and citizens of the
State are being urged to help the leaders
create interest in movements to provide pro­tection
for the wild life and our natural re­sources".'—
The Anniston Star. In that
event, it might be a good idea to picket the
State capitol building.
The latest in feminine attire seems to be
of a distinctly masculine turn. Stylists
say "yes"; artists say "maybe"; psycholo­gists
say "no"; Observer says "dress them
in trousers, and give them a copy of Robert
Burn's, "To a Mouse", to read before a full-length
mirror". At that, imitation is (for­give
it) the sincerest form of flattery.
* * * . *
It has been pointed out that 'Lincoln was
shot by Booth, Garfield by Guiteau, McKin-ley
by Czolgosc and Roosevelt by Shrank.
The most recent attempt was made by Zan-gara.
Only one good English-American
name among the lot of them. What this
country needs is a set of genuine American
assassins. Seriously, it might not be a bad
idea to become a bit more strict in our immi­gration
requirements. Intermingling of
the breeds will never lead to a true basis
upon which the country may some day hope
to found a worthwhile spirit of nationalism.
Assimilation as now practiced, will never
lead to anything short of deterioration.
>fi 3|C 3|t 3|C
Since the signing of the Declaration of
Independence the American people as a
whole have found it rather difficult to dis­tinguish
between their major and minor in­terests;
or at least between those interests
which they declare to be of major and mi­nor
importance. The college student does
not escape.
During each season of -the college year
there is some particular sport which "occu­pies
first place in the minds of the students,
with an occasional set of dances thrown in.
There are no compromising of issues when
the college student looks upon the athletic
field and finds it interesting.
Ask one-hundred college students why
they are in college and ninety-five will vig­orously
declare that they are in college to
gain an education; also, that their chief
interests lie within the boundaries of edu­cational
endeavor. The other five will prob­ably
tell the truth. Though there is a de­cided
need for outside interests in order
that the student may become occasionally
diverted from academic labors, it is reason­able
to contend that the average student
knows little of the dissociation of interests.
A political writer in a State paper sug­gests
that the legislature get to work and
lead the State into prohibition repeal . . . .
he has never been guilty of a similar type
of humor before . . . the powers that be in
the British Isles are clamoring fcfr a more
masculine touch in the pictures of Christ
. . . et tu, John? . . . the Scottsboro case
comes up again . . . either the astute New
York Times is in error or the Associated
Press has become careless . . . one quoted
the age of Jim Corbett at 66, the other at
67 . . . within reason neither can be wrong
. . . . selah.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 1933 THE 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
State Home Economics
Council Plans Courses
For Adult Women Here
Classes for adult women in cloth­ing
construction and food prepara­tion
together with the an-anging of
4-H projects whereby girls will as­sist
with th_e family sewing and cook­ing
are included in the relief work
program of the Lee County branch
of the State Advisory Council on
Home Economics.
The unit was recently organized
with Miss Louise P. Glanton, head
of the Auburn school of home eco­nomics,
as chairman. Miss Eugenia
Hawkins, Lee County welfare work­er,
is assisting in the movement.
All students in the Auburn school
of home economics are members of
the Council and those taking dietet­ics
are actively'planning dietaries and
menus in connection with the relief
program.
-Miss Mary Baily, home demon­stration
agent, will allow 4-H club
girls throughout the county to con­duct
home projects of assisting their
mothers with the family sewing and
food preparation. Since most of the
4-H members are not in school, more
time will be available to them for
this assistance. Miss Lillian Cox of
the Lee County High School will di­rect
a similar service with her stu­dents
from rural homes.
Classes in clothing construction
and food preparation for adult worn
en will be conducted by Miss Mary
Claude of Opelika and Miss Eliza­beth
Smith of Auburn, both grad­uates
in home economics at Auburn.
Similar classes will be rendered by
Mrs. A. C. Barrow, Mrs. Elizabeth
Johnson, and Miss Helen Garrett, of
the Auburn extension service, in co­operation
with W. D. Copeland, Au­burn
mayor and local representative
of the Red Cross. Mrs. Glenn
Schrader will serve as expert advisor
on nutrition.
LETTERS to the EDITOR
Editor's Note: We welcome contribu­tions
of this kind at all times. Pen
names may be used, but we must
know the identity of the writer.
Auburn, Alabama
Feb. 15, 1933
Editor, The Plainsman,
Auburn, Alabama.
My Dear Editor:
First, I would tell you that it made
my inner being throb with gratitude
to you and your accomplices for the
article "On Honor", appearing in the
issue of the Plainsman today (Feb.
15)). Through my three and three-fourths
year here (I am a Senior
now), I have continually, relentless­ly,
and almost passionately, kept up
a "fight for Honesty and Personal
Integrity" among fellow students. In
fact, honesty has been a hobby of
mine all along the years since I be­came
man enough to realize the dif­ference
between right and wrong. It
has always been my contention that
"Honesty pays greater dividends than
any other single virtue". This does
not mean merely material dividends,
but it really brings greater dividends
to the "Spiritual Essence" that is
within us. Truly, as you wrote,
"Honor, like conscience, is an indi­vidual
concept, an inner feeling
which can arise only from within the
individual". But, I would go one
word further and say that "it is a
virtue arising from one's own soul",
that intangible possession of man,
from God. Show me a man that
abides in this world with a positive
sense of honor, playing four-square
with himself, his class mates
Twilight Musicale Be
Given At High School
Auditorium Saturday
A program of chamber music* will
be given here on Saturday afternoon,
4:30 o'clock, at the local high school
auditorium in the form of a Twi­light
Musicale by a trio of Mont­gomery
artists representing the Ala­bama
Chamber Music Society. They
are Joseph Petranka, violinist; Maur­ice
Held, cellist; and Miss Willie May
Howell, pianist.
In addition, the program will in­clude
vocal solos by Mrs. E. L. Rau-ber
and Prof. Charles Floyd with Dr.
Rauber and Mrs. Earl Hazel playing
accompaniments.
No admission will be charged, the
public being cordially invited. Au­burn
clubs, including the local Wom­en's
club, the Business and Profes­sional
Women's club, and-the Rotary,
Kiwanis, and Lions clubs have co­operated
with Mrs. S. L. Toomer,
president of the fourth district, Ala­bama
Federations of Music Clubs, in
bringing this excellent musical at­traction
to Auburn.
Founded and directed by Georges
Ryken, the trio is in great demand
among Alabama music circles. The
trio will be featured in a recital at
the State convention of the Alabama
Federation of Music Clubs in Mobile,
March 23-25. •
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
Society Editor — BAM A LYNE AYRES — Phone 122
Ladies' Night Feature
Of Lions Club Banquet
Featuring a banquet in .the East­ern
Star Hall followed by a dance at
the girls gymnasium, the Lions Club
held Ladies' Night, February 24.
Professor E. S. Winters, president
of the club, welcomed the wives of
the Lions at the banquet, which be­gan
at 7 p. m. The ladies then intro­duced
their husbands by the nick­names
given them in the Lions Club.
The Lions and their guests were
entertained with musical selections
by Miss Lois Walker, accompanied
by Mrs. W. M. Askew, and a group
of negro spirituals given by the
"Bama Four".
Professor Roy Staples did a series
of charcoal sketches portraying mem­bers
of the Lions Club engaged in
their favorite hobby.
Music for the dance was furnished
by the High School orchestra, with
dancing from 9 to 11.
PERSONAL
MENTION
social system. It is a shame that we
young men cannot bring our girls
here for the several occasions and
let them stay in the fraternity houses
j ^ i under proper chaperonage. If the
When do the people who are always
in the limelight do their work?
Have just repossessed a good Upright
and a good Grand Piano in this
territory. Will sell for balance
due. Wonderful bargains. Jesse
French Sons, Inc., Box 848, Mont­gomery,
Ala.
friends., his business associates, and
his God, and I'll show you a man
that fears no man, faces.all issues of
life with a level eye, a set jaw, and
who is now and will forevermore, en­joy
eternal peace and happiness.
And what a rich life that must be. . .
It is worth living for.
Then, regarding what Mr. "A Dig­nified
Senior" had to say about the
deplorable system that has evolved
here within the last half a decade
(Under Thunderations), I would like
to say a word or so. First though, I
am no Fraternity man. Were I one
of the many Greeks I would agree
more heartily with that brave senior.
Yes, I feel that he is courageous to
start or initiate a movement that will
in due time rejuvenate the present
b Auburn Amusement & Social Club
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girl's parents give their consent to it
and trust their daughters with us,
are we low-browed enough to en­courage
these girls to break their
parents' faith in them? Or, to en­courage
the girls to do anything that
might bring disappointment in any
wise? No, we are not. We are men,
and feel that we are capable of be­ing
manly. We have sisters back
home or in other schools. We have
a mother back home who was a
young woman one time. We want
and command other young men to
enjoy the comradeship and the love
of our sisters and at the same time
protect them as we shall protect HIS
SISTER. If we do not unto HIS sis­ter
as we would have HIM do unto
OUR sister, then where is our re­ward?
There will be none. Rather,
we should be kicked completely out
of society. That reminds me of the
only thing Mr. "A Dignified Senior"
said that I don't agree with. He
asked for everyone's opinion as to
his article. I am agreeing almost
wholly with him except for what he
said regarding the Co-eds. Now, get
me straight, I don't have a "Campus
Sweetheart", but I am saying a word
for the weaker sex of this campus,
because they seem to have few
friends. Mr. "A Dignified Senior"
wrote that he'd rather stag than take
a co-ed to a dance—with a few ex­ceptions.
"I almost forgive him in
view of that last phrase, yet, I think
he is just a bit unfair to the others,
and that if he will think a moment
he will see whereby he might have
hurt someone's feelings by that state­ment.
Why not be broad, slower to
judge, lest ye be judged, also, and
not be too personal. Try to consider
the other person's feelings, especial­ly,
a woman's. Remember, even we
college men have some chivalry left.
Please let us show it at all times. Be
a man if you expect to get anywhere
in this world, also, in the life to
come, whatever it may be.
Now, for a shot at my friend Cas­ual
Observer. You know, I read him
and Gum every issue and I really
think no better columnists are made,
but I have to differ with them some­times,
even though I agree more
times. You know life wouldn't be so
interesting if all were agreeable at
all times about every thing imagin­able.
. . Observer is right about the
small-town gossipers. God knows he
is. His column should provoke much
thought on the subject of gossip.
What a funny thing it would be if
we had to prove or swallow every­thing
we said about some good man
or woman, boy or girl? That is, pro­vided
it wasn't something good. You
can always help the world and make
a better YOU and please him who is
responsible for us all, by saying some­thing
good about somebody. Try it.
I am a believer in the old saying, "If
you can't say something good about
your neighbor, say nothing at all".
What a lovable world this would be
under .such conditions. Now, I must
disagree with Observer in what he
said about "His God having too keen
a sense of humor to be hemmed in
by formulae". Now, I may be too'
Mesdames Smith, Burton,
Home Hostesses Last Week
Mesdames R. E. Smith, Jr., B. S.
Burton and Miss Eleanor Home were
delightful hostesses the past week
when they entertained with a series
of bridge parties at the home of Mrs.
Smith.
White and red carnations were
very artistically arranged in silver
and crystal vases. In serving a tiny
bud vase containing sweet alyssum
and Fressias adorned each tray.
On Wednesday evening high score
was awarded to Mrs. J. C. Grimes.
Low score was won by Mrs. J. D.
Pope. Five tables of bridge were
played. Miss Elizabeth Mardre was
awarded the guest prize.
At the conclusion of the six tables
of bridge on Thursday evening high
score prize went to Mrs. Ike Parker
and low score to Miss Bess Fleming.
On Friday evening Mrs. Leslie
Wright held high score while Mrs.
Eaton was awarded pirze for low
score.
Over seventy guests were included
in the guest list for the three eve­nings.
At the conclusion of each
evening's games delicious white char­lotte
russe topped with whipped
cream and red crystalized pineapple
and white cakes embossed with tiny
red hearts were served.
Miss Mary Grace McDaniel spent
the week-end in Andalusia as the
guest of Miss Gwendolyn Williams.
* * *
Misses Mortie Fincher and Ann
Harris were guests of their parents
in Waverly over the week-end.
* * :i:
Miss Mary Claire Randall is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Charles Ed­wards,
this week. Miss Randall is a
student of Howard College.
* * *
Miss Hoyt Enloe was a recent
week-end guest of Miss Annie Lucile
Pound. )
* * *
Miss Mary Sue Adams had as her
guest at her home in Langdale for
the week-end, Miss Idoline King. The
birthday anniversary of Miss Adams
was acknowledged Sunday when her
mother entertained many friends at(
dinner.
* * *
Mrs.' B. B. Ross had as her week­end
guest, Miss Mary Will Dowell.
* * *
Miss Ruth Dobyne on Saturday af­ternoon
entertained with a surprise
birthday party for her mother.
* * *
Mrs. Jebulon Judd is slowly im­proving
from a very serious illness
at her home on South College Street.
* * *
Mrs. Jacques Bushbee of Jugtown,
N. C, was the guest of Mrs. Zebulon
Judd during the past week.
* * *
Mrs. Roop Hostess At
Bridge Party Thursday
Mrs. Joseph Roop, in her most
charming manner, entertained with
several tables of bridge Thursday
afternoon, at her home on Glenn-
Toomer street. This lovely courtesy
was given in honor of Miss Frances
Morgan, of LaGrange, Ga., bride-elect
of this month.
The Valentine motif was carried
out in the decorations and tallies.
Mrs. Riley Summers was awarded
prize for high score, while Mrs. C.
P. Austin received next highest. The
Boody prize was captured by Mrs.
I. B. Gritz.
After several tables of bridge Mrs.
Roop was assisted by Mrs. T. Schei-ber
in serving a dainty salad plate.
Among the out-of-town guests
were included Mesdames B. H. Hill
and D. E. Morgan, mothers of the
hostess and honoree, respectively.
Misses Mardre, McDowell
Honored At Tea
Miss Elizabeth Mardre, bride-elect,
shared honors with Miss Joy Mc­Dowell
of Opelika during the past
week at an informal tea given for
them by Mrs. John Allen Jones.
Miss Mardre, a local, is to be mar­ried
to Mr. Hartwell Davis on Feb­ruary
24.
Professor W. W. Hill
Speaks To Kiwanians
Professor W. W. Hill of the de­partment
of electrical engineering at
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
talked Monday to the Auburn Ki­wanis
Club about the history of elec­tricity
and its development. He
traced the word backward three hun­dred
years and then told of progres­sion.
He said that the total money
invested in the electrical industry in
the United State exceeds the total
money invested in all railroads.
Professor L. N. Duncan reported
briefly on the legislative situation in
Montgomery. He said that it was
difficult to predict what the present
special session will do.
Sam Helburn of Montgomery, a
former president of the Montgomery
Kiwanis Club, visited the club, as did
Grover W. Ray now of Montgomery
and former president of the Ozark
Kiwanis Club. Club singing was led
by Dr. Paul Irvine. Emil Wright,
president of the club, presided.
_, Mrs. C.
Alabama,
Mrs. Fort Ward, this week.
A. McGriff, of Columbia,
is visiting her daughter,
HOWARD'S 5 and 10c STORE
FOR FRESH
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Mesdames Ware, Lowery, High
Entertain With Bridge Party
On Friday afternoon Mesdames L.
A. Ware, J. C. Lowery and J. T.
High entertained with a nine table
bridge party. Mrs. J. T. High cap­tured
high score while Mrs. J. D.
Pope received low score.
After the games dainty refresh­ments
were served in a very charm­ing
manner.
Always Ready fo Serve You
BANK OF AUBURN
Bank of Personal Service
Mrs. Hoffsommer Speaker
Pre-School Age Study Club
Mrs. Harold B. Hoffsommer was
the principal speaker on last Wednes­day
afternoon at the Pre-school Age
Study Club. She spoke on Sense
Defects of Children. This club is a
newly organized club and is a great
success. Quite a large number was
present to hear Mrs. Hoffsommer.
dumb to understand his meaning, but
it appears that he is entirely too un-thoughtful
in speaking of his God
and My God in such a joking way.
True, enough science has not, nor
will it ever discover God the Creator
and the Divine that dwells in the
hearts of men today. Science has
not proved God nor has it proved an
ABSENCE OF GOD. Science would
mock God, but science would do well
to remember this: "Be ye not de­ceived
; For God is not mocked". Ob­server
would do well, also, to remem­ber
that God is sacred and divine and
is not to be joked about. If his con­ception
of God is that cheap, then
he can joke to himself. But, remem­ber
that My God and the God'of mil-j
lions of others is real and divine and
should not be joked about. Let us
be noble, fair, and always consider­ate
for the thoughts of others.
Signed: A. C. C. SENIOR
A Conservative, Conscienti­ous
Senior (Humble rather
than Dignified).
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slightly used Philco Radios, that
we will sell for balance due, on
easy terms. Mason & Humes Co.,
Opelika, Ala.
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Carton - - $1.30
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Burton's Bookstore
Tiger Theatre
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22
"FACE IN THE SKY"
—with—
Spencer Tracy, Marion Nixon
and Stuart Erwin
Also Comedy, "LION and the
MOUSE" and Act "KING
SALMON"
THURSDAY, Feb. 23
"LUCKY DEVILS"
—with—
Wm. BOYD and
DOROTHY WILSON
Also Novelty Act "CONTACT'
and "THE BUILD UP", a
Clever Comedy
FRIDAY, Feb. 24
BUSTER KEATON and
JIMMY DURANTE
—in—
"WHAT! NO BEER?"
Comedy,
"HUNTING TROUBLE"
—with Louise Fazenda
And NEWS EVENTS
^Alabama PoIytetl|mc (Sl^^tute
J\nburrt, (Alabama
Abnmttstrcithie Qlontmtttce
February 21, 1933
Mr. Bob Greer, Business Manager,
The Plainsman,
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Bob:
We have watched with peculiar pleasure the
splendid business enjoyed by The Plainsman this year.
This means to me that business men of Auburn and else­where
appreciate very highly The Plainsman as an ad­vertising
medium.
In view of the fact that The Plainsman goes
into practically all the homes of Auburn in addition to
going to all the students it covers the entire town and
is, therefore, an unusually good medium for advertising.
It is my understanding that students and other
readers are patronizing liberally those advertisers, a
practice which is indeed commendable. In doing so they
are cooperating with those who cooperate with them;
and also making it possible for The Plainsman to be one
of the very best college newspapers.
My interest in The Plainsman and my hearty
approval of the splendid and wholesome cooperation cause
me to write this letter to you.
Sincerely yours,
Jno. J. Wilmore,
Chairman.
PAGE FOUR T H E P L A I N S MAN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T UT WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 1933
VAN SHECK REVEALS DE­TAILS
OF COLORFUL LIFE IN
INTERVIEW WITH REPORTER
(Continued from page 1)
has been returned from an exhibit
in Corcoran Gallery in Washington
where it won a great deal of favor­able
comment.
The picture expresses more clearly
than is possible, the feeling toward
war, entertained by M.r Van Sheck,
and to attempt to describe the pic­ture
and its story is almost blasphe­mous.
Done in vivid, lifelike colors,
the picture shows a corpse of a sol­dier
hanging in the barbed wire in
the attitude of crucifixion, with his
displaced helment forming a halo be­hind
his head. The horrifying look
of piercing agony on the man's face
is impossible of description. One arm
has been shot away at the elbow and
the naked torso from which a few
shreds of kaki flutter, is pressed
cruelly against the steel spikes of the
barbed wire. On the ground before
him lies another corpse, whose atti­tude
is one of pleading for forgive­ness
and the outstretched are grasped
tightly around the wire which has
cut them horribly. In the back­ground
is the ghastly glow of battle
that fades into the deep blue of night
overhead. A daisy nods nearby.
The picture is titled "Ecce Homo",
the words uttered by Pilate when he
appealed to the crowd for mercy for
Christ, and signifying "Behold, a
man". One cannot say more con­cerning
its significance.
When the woodcut first appeared
it aroused much comment and the
Boston "Transcript" placed it in the
center of the front page of its first
edition on Armistice. Within an
hour, high officialdom at Washing­ton,
and officials of the American
Legion were demanding that the pic­ture
be taken out of succeeding is­sues
of the paper since it incited pa­cifism.
Later editions of the paper
appeared without it and the city of
censors came into its own.
Through the bigotry of militaristic
organizations one of the greatest ar­guments
for peace ever presented
pictorially was prevented from pres-
Pairings in Fourth District Cage Tourney
Langdale (24) —
Auburn (22) —
Shawmut (22) -
Camp Hill (24)
Dadeville (18) —
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Langdale
Camp Hill
Hackneyville (13)-
Laf ayette
Bye
Dadeville
Lafayette-
OPELIKA
THEATRE
Students - - 15c
(Anytime)
Thursday, Feb. 23
"GRAND
HOTEL"
Friday, Feb. 24
'PROSPERITY'
Saturday, Feb. 25
"RENEGADES
OF THE WEST 99
Tallassee (34)-
Milltown (15)-
Waverly ( 2 9 ) -
Weogufka (14)
Goodwater (24) —
S. I. I. (13)
Five Points (22) —
Lanett (17)
Reeltown
Bye
Hurtsboro (16)-
Union (39)
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Tallassee
Waverly
Goodwater
Five Points
Reeltown
Union
Alex City (24)
Ridge Grove ( 2 1 ) -
Opelika (13)-
Fairfax (22)- i
New Site (34)
Union Springs (8)-
Holtville (20)- Rockford (22)-= }
Wetumpka (23) —
Phenix City ( 2 1 ) -
Seale (29)
Daviston (28)- J
New Site
Rockford
Wetumpka
Seale
CORRECTION
In our issue of February 15, it
was stated that "arrangements were
being made to house and feed" the
contestants in the High School Dra­matic
Tournament; it was learned
yesterday that the participants will
be housed free of charge, but that
meals will not be furnished.
GO-TO-CHURCH MONTH
RULES ARE ANNOUNCED
(Continued from page 1)
2. All active members and pledges
to be counted.
3. The list of actives and pledges
to be in the Y. M. C. A. office before
February 28th.
4. Each member shall be graded
on four Church services each Sun­day.
5. The contest to run during the
four Sundays in March.
6. Each Fraternity to be graded
on a percentage basis.
7. Reports must be in the Y. M.
C. A. office by Tuesday noon, follow­ing
each Sunday.
8. Cards will be sent to each Fra­ternity
to be used for the making of
the reports.
PLAINSMEN TROUNCE FLORIDA
TWICE; LOSE TO GEORGIA TECH
Tigers Defeat Alligators Here 32 To 30 And 16 To 11; Tech
Wins Last Game Of Season In Atlanta, 29 To 18; Captain
Kaley, McMahan, Arthur, Mason and Jenkins Stand Out
Auburn's Plainsmen defeated Flor­ida
twice here last week-end, 32 to
30 and 16 to 11,.but lost to Georgia
Tech Monday night in Atlanta, 29 to
18.
The first game with the 'Gators de­veloped
into a nip and tuck affair,
with the Tigers finally nosing out the
Saurians in the waning minutes.
Sam Mason, with twelve points, was
high point man. The playing of
Robert Arthur, substitute center, was
an outstanding feature. Arthur con­tributed
several points at opportune
times to keep the Tigers in the run­ning.
The second meeting of the two
teams on Saturday night was feat­ured
by excellent guarding, and the
16 to 11 verdict was probably the
lowest score of the conference this
season. The game started off as the
previous night, but the Tigers soon
Alexander City —
Fairfax
found themselves, and forged ahead
never to be headed. Captain Kaley,
McMahan, and Jenkins were the out­standing
players for the winners,
while Bradley, Pittman, and Hughes
played well for Florida.
Georgia Tech defeated the Plains­men
for the second time this season
Monday night in Atlanta, 29 to 18.
The flashy Tiger forwards, Mason
and Jenkins, were unable to find
themselves due to close guarding on
the part of McArthur and Poole,
Tech guards. Woodall, Jacket for­ward,
led the scoring of both teams
with nine points.
Warren McMahan and Red Jenkins
led Auburn's scoring with five points
apiece. Captain Slick Kaley turned
in another one of his creditable ex­hibitions.
TIGER THEATRE
Stage Show
"The Parade of
Melody"
Changed to
FRIDAY
"What! No Beer?"
Changed to
SATURDAY
TIGER THEATRE
i. Auburn Amusement & Social Club
BILLIARD PARLOR — Under Supervision of American Legion
Women Traveling Alone
Prefer The Hotel Molton
FIFTH AVENUE AND
TWENTIETH STREET THEY know its
reputation for rigidly
mIPm
characters—its
main­taining
certain standard*. They
like Its friendly, courteous and
i n f o r m a l atmosphere. They
value Its considerate, attentive
service. And they find It most
convenient to be so close to the
shopping district and the
aters.
RATES
AS LOW AS $1.50
J. A. DRIVES, Mar.
THIRTY HIGH SCHOOL
CAGE TEAMS ENTERED
IN TOURNAMENT HERE
THE JUNG HOTEL
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Eighteen stories of mod­ern
Hotel Luxury.
700 Rooms, 700 Baths,
700 Servidors.
700 Ice Water Faucets,
700 Electric Ceiling Fans.
The only Hotel in New
Orleans that has all of these
conveniences in every room.
Without exception. Largest
Free Parking Grounds in the
South.
Rates $2.50 and $3.00
These rates apply at any time except
during the Mardi Gras.
"You can liv«- better at the
Jung for Less"
(Continued from page 1)
defeated Hackneyville, 18 to 13;
Alexander City beat Ridge Grove, 24
to 21; Goodwater downed S. I. I.
of Camp Hill, 24 to 13; and New Site
eliminated Union Springs, 34 to 8.
This afternoon's games find Reel-town
playing Union at 2 o'clock; We­tumpka
facing Seale at 3; Rockford
taking on New Site at 4; Tallassee
vs. Waverly at 5.
Tonight's encounters include the
meetings of Lafayette and Dadeville
at 7; Langdale vs. Camp Hill at 8;
Fairfax vs. Alexander City at 9;
and Five Points and "Goodwater at
10.
Quarter-final matches will be play­ed
tomorrow afternoon, beginning at
1:30 p. m. The semi-finals will take
place tomorrow night with games at
7:30 and 8:30.
The tournament is again under the
general supervision of Coach Wilbur
Hutsell, of the Auburn Athletic De­partment.
The Blue Key honorary
society, of which Herbert Croen is
president, has rendered valuable ser­vice
in looking after the housing of
the visiting teams; James L. Smith,
of Howard, and C. L. Frazier, of
Langdale, are officiating while Bus­ter
Borden and Harold are the offici­al
scorers. Ralph Jordan, Red Jenk­ins
and Gump Ariail are timekeepers.
We dislike lecturers who conceal
their manuscript, thus preventing us
from knowing how much longer we'll
have to keep quiet.
MX) LTO N
BIRMINGHAM
Announcing
the opening of
Moss Dry Goods Co.
Thursday, February 23
You are cordially invited
to inspect our store . . .
ALPHA GAMMA RHO'S
DEFEAT SIGMA NU'S
AS TOURNEY CLOSES
(Continued from page 1)
the finals by eliminating Sigma Phi
Sigma 36 to 20.
Elmer Kelley, forward, contribut­ed
fourteen points to the Alpha Gam­ma
Rho total, to lead the scorers.
Shotts, center, with eight, and Harlin,
guard, with seven, were other lead­ing
players for the winners.
For Sigma Phi Sigma: Pitts and
Ivey, forwards, were outstanding.
Line-ups:
Alpha Gam. Rho (36): Kelley (14)
and Alison (5), forwards; Shotts
(8), center; Harlin (7) and Givan,
guards.
Sigma Phi Sigma (20)*: Ivey (6)
ind Pitts (6), forwards; Moore (5)
center; Jackson (3) and Sayers,
guards. Jones, substitute.
Referee: Salter (Auburn).
Josie, the lovely trapeze artist, stands upon a small platform.
At the will of the magician she leaps twenty feet into the air
to reach her trapeze. She uses no ropes, no ladder! A phe­nomenal
leap for a woman,,, or a man!
EXPLANATION:
Josie didn't j u m p . . . she was sprung/The twenty-foot leap
is not dependent on Josie's ability, but on a powerful spring
mechanism hidden beneath the stage which propels the artist
upward through the air. The force is so violent that the lady
wears a light steel jacket which protects her from injury as
she starts her astonishing leap,
IT'S TIW TO B£ IboiTB
... ITS MORE FIW TO &TOW
What the idea of teaching a boy to
play golf before he's learned how to
make a living?
entation to the masses of the nation.
It is Prof. Van Sheck's plan to place
this painting on display in a short
time in the Architectural building, in
order that Auburn students may have
an opportunity to see it.
Magic has its place...but not in ciga­rette
advertising.
Consider the illusion that there is
a mysterious way to give cigarettes a
superior "flavor."
EXPLANATION: Cigarette flavor can be
controlled by adding artificial flavor­ings.
By blending. And by the quality
of tobaccos used.
Cheap, raw tobaccos can be "built
up" or "fortified" by the lavish use
Such magic, however, seldom holds
the audience. Your taste finally tells
you the truth.
The cigarette flavor that never stales,
never varies, never loses its fresh ap­peal,
comes from mild, ripe, fragrant,
more expensive tobaccos...blended to
bring out the full, round flavor of each
type of leaf. It's the quality of the to­bacco
that counts!
H g * ^ It is a fact, well known by
W^^ leaf tobacco experts, that
Camels are made from finer,
MORE EXPENSIVE tobaccos than
any other popular brand.
Because Camel actually pays millions
more every year for choice tobaccos,
• you find in Camels an appealing mild­ness,
a better flavor.
And Camels taste cooler because
the welded Humidor Pack of three-ply,
MOISTURE-PROOF cellophane
keeps them fresh.
J\TO TRICKS
..JITST COSTLIER
TOBACCOS
1 9 A MATCHLESS B1ENB