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TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N SPIRIT
Engineers Ball
Tonight
VOLUME LVI AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1933 NUMBER 46
Miss Virginia Brannon Is To Lead
Grand March Of Council Ball With
President John R. Farris March 24
Only Council Representatives
Will Be Allowed To Participate
In Grand March
BIDS MAILED OUT
Over Two Hundred Bids Sent
To Girls Throughout South;
Many Acceptances Expected
PROGRAM ARRANGED
Novelty Program Arranged By Committee
And Orchestra; Decorations
Near Completion
She Swaggers First
Miss Virginia Brannon has been
chosen to lead the Grand March of
the Interfraternity Council dance
which will take place on Friday,
March twenty-fourthy. She will have
as her escort, John Farris, president
of the Interfraternity Council. As is
the usual custom, only fraternity representatives
to the council and their
dates will be allowed to participate in
the Grand March.
Plans for the dance are fast materializing,
and'everything will be in
readiness by next Friday. Bid cards
to girls were collected yesterday and
over two hundred were sent out.
The Auburn Knights will play for
the occasion, and they will offer several
novelty numbers. Frank Noble,
director of the orchestra, also stated
that all request numbers will be played.
Ten invitations will be allowed
each fraternity this year instead of
the eight formerly allowed. Included
in the ten, however, will be .the council
representatives of the fraternities.
Girls will not be entertained at house
parties by the various fraternities as
is the custom at the Openings, Mid-
Terms, and Finals, but will be obliged
to stay out in town.
The scheme for the decorations is
based upon an Indian council meeting;
and scenes of Indian life will fill
the gymnasium. Indian ornament
will also be used to carry out the effect.
The main source of light will
be in the form of a huge chandelier
suspended over the middle of the
dance floor.
MISS VIRGINIA BRANNON
Welding Picture Shown In Langdon Hall
This Morning; Is Arranged By C. N. Cobb
Over Eight Hundred Students Go To
Polls In Cabinet Elections Thursday
New Education
Subject Of Talk
By Dr. Spencer
Tells Of Changes In Organization
Of University Of Chicago
Education Sytsem
OUTLINES CURRICULA
Introductory Course In General
Education Offered To First
Year Men At Chicago
Red Cross Will Give
Course In First Aid
' A specialized course in first aid will
be given in Auburn by the Red Cross
beginning next Tuesday evening at
8:00, in roonf 109 Ramsay Hall. The
course will consist of 10 lectures conducted
twice each week by physicians
in Auburn and Opelika.
The course will include a study of
physiology, bandaging, treatment of
infections, general first aid for shock,
unconsciousness, burns, sunstroke,
fainting, and common injuries which
frequently occur in the home.
Physicians who will conduct the
lectures'include Dr. B. F. Thomas,
Dr. J. T. Oliver, Dr. Cecil Yarbrough,
and Dr. A. H. Graham and Dr. Julian
Palmer of Opelika.
The course is one of five required
for Boy Scout leaders and includes
two merit badges, first aid and personal
health.
Three Class Meetings
Called For Next Week
Meetings of the three under classes
are scheduled for various dates
next week for the purpose of considering
an important matter in hand.
President Allen Rogers, of the junior
class, will convoke this group Monday
at 12:45 p. m.
Norman G. Houston, president of
the sophomore class, stated today
that class will meet on Wednesday
at 12:45.
According to President Duke Pat-erson,
the freshman class is to assemble
at 12:45 Tuesday.
All meetings are to be held in
Langdon Hall, and students are urged
to attend. No meeting is expected
to continue over a few minutes.
Two Hundred Students Attend
Technical Picture As Engineers
Day Program Opens
A moving picture on welding was
shown in 'Langdon Hall at ten thirty
this morning as one of the features
of the Engineers Day Program. Approximately
two hundred students,
most of whom were Engineering students,
attended the picture.
The application of the oxy-acetylene
welding and cutting torches to indust
ry constituted the scenes shown.
Scenes in some of the largest automobile
and airplane manufacturing, concerns
in the country were included
showing the uses of welding in these
industries. The making of Welded
steel grave caults and the setting up
and operation of a torch were also
pictured.
The film was furnished by the
Linde Air Products Company through
their branch office in Birmingham.
Originally, the picture was scheduled
for last Firday night; but due to
trouble with the projection machine,
it became necessary to postpone the
affair. . Later plans called for the
showing of the picture tonight at
seven o'clock, but interference with
the time of the banquet caused a second
change in the hour of showing.
It was largely through the efforts of
Prof.. C. N. Cobb that the picture was
brought here.
This particular picture was of particular
importance to Engineering students
since there is at present a great
deal of controversy as to whether
welding will replace riveting in all
construction work. An example of
welded up construction, as pointed out
by Prof. Cobb, is the aerial railway
upon which visitors at the World's
Fair in Chicago will ride next summer.
The towers between which the
cable car travels are entirely welded
up, with no rivet work whatsoever.
Union Debaters Beat
Auburn On Thursday
The Auburn Debaters were defeated
by the debating team from Union
University, Jackson, Tenn., Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock in the Y. M. C.
A. rooms. • The Auburn team was
composed of John MoffeTand Otis
Spears.
The subject of debate was, "Resolved:
that the United States should
agree to the cancellation of the War
Debt", Auburn taking the negative
side of the question. Interesting
statements were made both pro and
con, and the decision was given to
Union University, a team composed
of excellent speakers.
Alpha Gamma Rho's Leading Other Greeks
in Y. M. C. A. Go-To-Church-Month Contest
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Pi Kappa
Phi Closely Follow; Theta
Upsilon Omega Is Fourth
A check, up following the second
week of competition in the annual
Go-to-Church Month showed that the
Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity was
leading all other contestants. Closely
following the Ag men came members
of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Pi Kappa
Phi. Theta Upsilon Omega was
fourth, Beta Kappa, fifth; Sigma Pi,
sixth; and Sigma Nu, seventh.
The tournament, which is an annual
affair, is being sponsored by the
Y. M. C. A. It is pointed out by members
of the Y that a great deal more
interest is being shown in the contest
this year than ever before. A silver
loving cup, now on display in Homer
Wright's window, will be awarded
the fraternity having the highest percentage
average at 'the end of the
four week period.
The fraternities are receiving every
cooperation from the churches of the
city, special programs being arranged
for nearly every service, so that
church going may be especially interesting
to fraternity men.
NOTICE!
There will be a meeting of the
Pleansman staff Sunday night at 7
o'clock in the Y. M. C. A.
"Under the New Educational Plan
at the University of Chicago," Dean
W. H. Spencer of the Schoolof Business
of the University, said in a talk
Thursday before students and faculty
at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
"it is hoped that the pursuit of
knowledge and scholarship will become
a major student activity, along
with the other traditional student activities."
_
The organization of.the University
of Chicago has undergone considerable
change as a result of the development
of the new plan, Dean Spencer
pointed out. The first two years of
work have been organized into a College,
to provide the student with factual
information and an introduction
to the methods of thought and work
in the biological sciences, the humanities,
the physical sciences, and the
social sciences. The College has organized
and presents a general introductory
course covering each of
these fields. In the first two years
of work less emphasis is placed on
technical knowledge, and more on
seeing that the student acquires a
broad general background of inform
ation.
The student spends his second year
in attaining a more intensive mastery
of the subject-matter in two of the
fields named above. This is done
through further general courses, or
through carefully developed •sequences
of courses.
The student is also expected to
have the ability to express himself
with clarity and accuracy in written
English. This calls not only for form
al work in composition, but for scrutiny
by English supervisors of the
student's written work in his general
courses in the College. He is also ex
pected to attain some proficiency in
at least one foreign language.
The student is not required to take
any of the courses mentioned, but
he must prove that he has the requi
site attainments befoTe he passes
from the college. The test of those
attainments is the comprehensive examination.
The student may, if he
so desires, prepare independently for
there examinations. Syllabi and reading
lists to help him in this..preparation
are available.
The comprehensive examinations
are prepared by a board of examiners
—it' will be observed that the student,
instead of working against the
instructor as in the old type of ex
aminations, is working with the in
structer against the examinations set
up by the board.
"The old lock-step, time-serving
routine requirements in terms of
course credits and grade points have
been abandoned," Dean Spencer said.
"Class attendance is voluntary on the
part of students, and yet in nearly
every instance attendance has been
as good or better than it was under
the old plan.
"It is, of course, too early to pass
final judgment on the plan—certain
changes are being made as experience
shows the need for them. But
the plan has attracted an intellectually
higher type of student. The plan
has already demonstrated that the
better students are able to save time.
The program of work calls for two
years in the college for the average
student; the slow student will have to
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Lee County School
Meeting Is Called
A county-wide meeting^of all
citizens of Lee County interested
in the school situation will be
held at the court-house in Opelika
Monday night at eight
o'clock. This meeting is spori-sored
by the P.-T. A. Every parent
in Lee County is urged to be
present. This is a very important
meeting, and it is hoped that
the attendance will be a record
breaking one. This is a plea to
each individual citizen to be on
hand Monday night—there is
urgent need of your support.
Mrs. Albert Thomas, president
* of the Auburn P.-T. A., urges
that every parent in Auburn be
present.
Mr. P. W. Hodges of the state
department of education will
speak.
Garlington Is Elected
Women Students Head
Prominent Camp Hill Co-ed
Will Head Women's Government
Next Year
The former vice-president of the
Woman Student Government Council
was elected president yesterday by
the women students of the school.
Miss Mildred Garlington, of Camphifi,
is now president of the council. She
is also president of the Woman's Athletic
Association, a newly elected
member of Cardinal Key, and belongs
to Sigma Phi Beta, social sorority.
The other officers of the council
elected are: Cara Lee Killgore, W ee
gufka, vice-president. She was formerly
treasurer of the council and is
a member of Sigma Phi Beta. Frances
Sundberg of Mobile, was elected secretary
and Helen Gardiner of Auburn
is now treasurer.
Jo Tippins, of Auburn and a member
of Cardinal Key, was elected town
representative by the town girls while
Mary George Burke of Langdale was
named house president by the dormitory
women students.
The newly elected officers will immediately
assume the responsibilities
of their respective positions.
Funchess Speaks To
Opelika Kiwanians
Dean M. J. Funchess addressed the
Opelika Kiwanis Club, Wednesday on
the farming situation in Alabama today.
Dean Funchess stressed competition
as one of the biggest problems
facing the farmer.
"The local farmer's competition is
the keenest of all", Dean Funchess
said. "We must help the farmer to
meet competition. Our efforts are
not to increase the surplus but to
have a more efficient farmer."
Dean Funchess concluded by saying,
"As go the farmers, so goes the nation.
When the farmer .is able to
show a profit he will be able to spend
more money. Then we will have better
times."
Prizes Announced
By Modern Monthly
The Modern Monthly, eager to develop
student writers as regular contributors
to its pages, has decided to
run a prize essay contest for students.
A prize of $25.00 will be paid for the
best essay submitted on or before
April 1 on the subject "The American
Student Awakes!"
Essays are limited to 3,000 words.
The winning essay will be published in
the May issue.
It is requested that students submitting
essays address them to: The
Modern Monthly, Box 97, Station D,
New York, N. Y.
Fraternities To
Tap Juniors At
Affairs Tonight
Engineers Celebrate St. Patrick's
Day With Usual Pro-gram;
Classes Are Excused
DANCE TONIGHT
Ball Game, Banquet, And
Dance Will Complete Days
Program
Two professional engineering
honor societies will tap their
pledges at the two St. Patrick's
. Day social affairs to be given tonight.
Tail Beta Pi, which draws its
personnel from the entire engineering
student body, will announce
the names of its new
members at the Engineers'
Dance, and Eta Kappa Nu, honorary
electrical engineering fraternity,
will tap its pledges at
the banquet to be held at the
Eastern Star Room.
Engineers are - celebrating St.
Patrick's Day today with the regular
annual Engineers Day program. Classes
for all Engineering students were
dismissed • at ten o'clock this morning,
at which time the festivities began.
Almost the entire school gathered
in Langdon Hall upon the dismissal
of classes to see the welding picture
which was shown under the sponsorship
of the welding classes. As the
paper goes to press, two picked teams
of the polo squad are engaging each
other on the polo field in a final practice
for tomorrows game with the
Chattahoochee Cardinals from Fort
Benning.
At three-thirty, the Engineer baseball
team will meet a team composed
of Agriculture students on the varsity
diamond to renew the annual
•feud between these two schools. Last
year the Ags emerged on the long
end of the score.
A banquet will take place tonight,
which only Engineering students may
attend. An entertaining program
has been planned for the affair and
an appetizing meal will be served.
Professor McKinnon will again serve
as master of ceremonies. According
to a recent announcement, Eta Kappa
Nu will tap Juniors in, Electrical Engineering
during the course of the
banquet.
As the final attraction of day, the
annual Engineers Ball will be held in
the Alumni Gymnasium at nine p. m.
this evening. By special last minute
arrangements, it has been made possible
for the Auburn Knights to play
for the occasion. Several no-breaks
and Engineering honor society lead-outs
are on the program -for the
dance. A special feature of. the
dance will be the tapping of Juniors
maintaining high scholastic averages
during the past three years by Tau
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Students Must Meet
Health Requirements
By action" of the executive council
in regular meeting on March 14 students
who have not complied with
college health regulations are declared
to «be ineligible for examinations.
The Council adopted this resolution
after being informed that a few students
have failed to comply with
health regulations and that in so doing
they have endangered other students.
Following the adoption of this resolution
Dean Wilmore requested those
students who have not complied with
these regulations to go immediately
to Dr. B. F. Thomas.
Sixteen Candidates Chosen For
Positions On Student Government
Executive Cabinet
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
Races For Many Positions Close
As Student Interest Is Revived
In Cabinet This Year
FORTY CANDIDATES RUN
President Fonville States .Election Of
Executive. Cabinet Officers Be
Held In Few Weeks
Heavy balloting and keen competition
featured the annual election
of members of the Executive Cabinet
for next year, as over eight hundred
votes were cast by the entire student
body. Sixteen students were picked
to fill cabinet positions from forty
candidates.
The new cabinet members and their
respective schools are as follows:
Engineering School
Senior representatives: Justin Morrill,
Mobile; and M. D. "Scotty" Mc-
Rae, Birmingham; junior representative:
William B. Collins, Montgomery;
spohomore representative: William
B. "Billy" Thomas, Huntsville.
School of Architecture
Senior representative: Lynwood
Poole, Montgomery; junior representative:
Gardiner Gerrard, Columbus.
School of Science and Literature
Senior representative: "Hamp"
Morris, Geneva; junior representative
i^Cecil Padgett.
School of Agriculture
Senior representative: B. W. Ap-pleton,
Collinsville; junior represen-ative:
Robert Kimbrough, Fairfield.
School of Education
Senior representative: S. Reece
White.
School of Textile Engineering
Senior representative: John S.
Scott.
School of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Senior representative: George C.
Hardy; junior representative: William
M. Hughes.
Katherine Jackson, wlil represent
the School of Home Economics, and
Bill Ginn will represent the School
of Veterinary Medicine. .They were
without opposition.
The membership of the cabinet will
be completed when a member of next
year's Freshman class is elected next
fall. Election of next year's cabinet
officers will take place at as early a
date as possible after the newly elected
representatives have been installed,
said. John Fonville, president of
the cabinet, in a statement this morning.
Fifteen Scouts Are
Promoted On Tuesday
Fifteen members of the Auburn
Club Pack No. 2, organization of boys
under 12 years of age, were promoted
to higher ranks at a Court of
Honor session Tuesday evening in the
Scout Hut.
The major advancement was that
of John Bruce Martin to the rank of
Lion Cub, the highest rating available
to Cubs which carries with it eligibility
-to the Boy Scout tenderfoot
rank when he becomes 12 years of
age.
Albert Paul Rauber was advanced
to the Golden Bear rank and the following
boys passed the Bear rank requirements:
J. B. Wilson, Jr., J. T.
Hudson, Jr., Harry Isbell, Rene Bidez,
Redding Suggs, and Joe Hare. Wolf
rank was awarded to Edmon Sahag,
Jim Flannagan, Clark Hudson, Jack
Earnest, Billy Tamblyn, Fred Allison,
Jr., and Seddon Lee.
Members of the Court of Honor
who served as the examining board
consisted of Prof. J. A. Parrish, president,
Rev. Samuel B. Hay, Prof. A.
L. Thomas, and Scout Executive J.
J. Sigwald of Opelika.
The Cubs were coached along the
lines of these advanced ranks \by W.
H. Frances, Cubmaster.
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THE STATE GOVERNMENT
The storm of editorial comment,
exhortatory, condemnatory, and
otherwise, has had little effect on
the State Legislature. The Parent-
Teachers meetings being held all
over the state are bringing forth far-reaching
results, although political
writers who have a trick of distorting
the truth, are still contending
that educational lobbyists stir up resentment
among the legislators.
Corporations, bootleggers, trusts,
all engage in lobbying to an efficient
degree; it is refreshing to note that
educational forces in the state have
realized that they must resort to the
tools of the politician if they are to
get results. It is quite apparent
that Alabama's institutions of higher
learnitig^are controlled by politics
in that the Legislature holds the
purse strings. Since the schools are
obviously subservient to the whims
of the politicians, there is no reason
why educators should not; get in the
swim and look after their interests.
In the past the teaching profession
has held itself aloof from anything
that smacked of politics, considering
itself above' gabbling in
mean and materialistic government.
But teachers constitute the cultural
backbone of the country," and if they
wish to disseminate that culture
they must not hesitate to take hold
of things.
It is going to take a big stick to
stir up a peeved legislature; if the
educational forces in the state wiR
take firm hold of the club they can
get action.
The fact that the legislature has
convened twice within six months
and has accomplished nothing whatsoever
is something more than v a
huge joke. It is a disgrace which is
making Alabama the laughing stock
of the country. It is a situation that
cannot continue if the state wishes
to be recognized as civilized.
The legislators meet the demand
for funds by insisting that further
taxation is out of the question. We,
too, feel that John Smith is paying
more taxes than is within his ability.
But where do the already levied
taxes go? Do we not' pay something
like $600 a year for the support
of each convict, all of whom
are recognized public enemies? Do
. we not pay exorbitant gasoline and
nuisance taxes, a great deal of
which is used to pave roads? Do
convicts and roads come before education?
Are we not going to increase
the convict enrollment by allowing
our children to grow up illiterate
and untutored? Certainly
there is something wrong.
* * * #
The failure of the state to supply
funds for the support of the institution
here has brought about a situation
here that becomes more grave
every day. A feeling of hopeless
despair has permeated Auburn business.
The fact that Auburn merchants
have continued business thus
far is nothing short of a miracle.
They have continued to sell goods
to state employees on credit, always
hoping that funds will be forthcoming
in the near future. And they
have had to ask wholesalers for
credit. And thus credit is placed
under a most abnormal strain.
The business concerns of Auburn
are almost wholly dependent on the
institution. ' The existence of "the
town itself-is, in the same manner,
reliant on the continuance of the
school. When the institution breaks,
Auburn breaks. This fact merely
throws a different light on the situation,
showing the state's obligation
to private citizens.
# * # *
And finally, it is wholly unfair for
the state to disregard the welfare
of its future citizens. We boys came
to Auburn believing it to be an institution
of learning, properly supported
by the state. We believed
that a diploma from Auburn would
greatly enhance our early prospects.
If matters continue our diplomas
will merely be subjects for a jest.
And too, what will become of the
underclassmen who will not graduate
this year? If Auburn closes
next year (and indications point al-.
most conclusively to this event) under
class students will have to continue
their educations elsewhere,
with perhaps the loss of a year's
work and with the additional outlay
of funds necessary for college expenses.
And if circumstances do necessitate
the closing of the school, Alabama
boys will be justified in leaving
the state, not only to continue
their educations, but also to make
their permanent residences elsewhere.
After all, if the legislators
insist on perpetuating Alabama's
notorious state of ignorance and illiteracy,
is there any reason why its
young people should maintain feelings
of patriotism and loyalty for it?
Thunderations
By Gum
A NEW EDUCATION
A lecture here yesterday by Dr. Spencer
of the faculty of the University of Chicago
was an incentive for thought on the part
of those interested in the future of American
education. Dean Spencer outlined the
present organization of the University,
pointing out the advantages of such a system.
It is undoubtedly-true that higher education
as it is run today has many faults.
About 60 per cent ot those who enroll, in
the various colleges have not the inclination
nor the ability to apply themselves seriously
to the task of learning. There
should be some system of weeding out the
lazy and undesirable students who expect
college life to be a four year holiday.
A system such as Dean Spencer explained
would certainly remedy the situation
to a large extent. As class attendance is
not compulsory, only those who are interested
in learning would ever attend. Professors
would consequently be more alive
to the attitude of their classes and would
strive to be more instructive. As Dr. Spencer
stated the present system gives profesV
sors .unlimited freedom—they can be> as
boring and backward as they "choose and
yet students must continue to come to their
classes.
The University of Chicago has instigated
a system which will result in a more
thorough education of those receiving a degree
from their schools. Probably a smaller
number will qualify for the degrees but
those who do will be educated in the true
sense of the word. Whether other colleges
in the country will follow its example or
not remains to be seen. This may be the
beginning of a much needed reform of
higher education.
IDEAL DIVORCE
Another ideal is shattered. That cute
talking little Janet Gaynor we see in the
movies, and who we imagine would be the
grandest little wife in the world, and who
we imagine would be the easiest person in
the world to get along with, has filed suit
for divorce from her broker husband, Lydell
Peck.
She charges him with the inability to
drink liquor without becoming abusive and
using quarrelsome language. She says he
interfered with her screen work by fits of
anger and arguments over "petty and trivial
matters".
The man may have been a brute, and
everything may be' just as she says, but our
beautiful thoughts of the little girl in "State
Fair" remain shaken.
When the ribbons begin a-fluttering, the
co-eds a-necking, thejpoliticians a-lying, the
beer a-brewing, the sap a-rising, the pigs
a-grunting, the bees a-humming, the hens
a-laying, the hounds a-barking, the birds
a-singing, the petticoats a-dropping, the
dresses a-thinning, the flowers a-blooming,
the rain a-falling, then you will know, boys,
that Spring is here.
More poignant than ever will be the question
of What Price Glory when the various
honor societies present bills to the proud
juniors this Spring.
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. •
316 to 97 for 3.2 per cent. $125,000,000
to 150,000,000 in revenue expected yearly.
The House has passed the Cullen Bill.
The Cullen Bill states that 3.2 per cent
beer shall be sold all over the United States,
to Hell, and back. And the Federal Government
expects to take in as revenue from the
sale of this soul satisfying beer, over a hundred
million dollars a year.
Does Congress think I will buy their 3.2
per cent stuff when I can very easily make
home-brew of 20 per cent alcohol? Who is
going to buy the stuff? 3.2 per cent beer
is not much better than near beer.
Near beer is that grand experiment tried
by the Alabama State legislature (with
other grand experiments) to bring thousands
of dollars of revenue into the State
strong box. As yet 'there is no distinct
bulge in the boxes. #
The Legislature- made a big fuss over the
proposed near beer bill; it was going to be
a big thing. The drys raised as- much fuss
as if the wet members pf the Legislature
proposed a bill to sell grain alcohol to girls
at Montevallo. And then the bill passed.
In the four months of its operation Alabama
has taken in less than $10,000 dollars
as revenue. The stuff sold for fifteen cents
a bottle; tasted like hell, and looked muddy.
Why should I buy the stuff? I can make
home brew that'll kick your eyes out, and
it'll cost me less than five cents a bottle.
The reason why Congress' 3.2 per-cent
beer bill will fail just as Alabama's near
beer bill failed is this:
98 per cent of the American people drink
alcoholic duinks, not because they like the
taste, but because they want to get drunk.
•3.2 per cent beer will make no one drunk.
It will be classed as a complete failure.
By the way, have you, ever seen a person
sipping Alabama corn likker with a look
on his face as if he were drinking cham-paigne?
v
An AP article says this of the Cullen 3.2
per cent bill:
"The measure leaves all regulatory and
control methods to the States; allows advertising;
requires brewers to pay an annual
license fee of $1,000 on each brewery; provides
for protection to the dry States
through the reenactment of the Webb-Ken-yon
law preventing interstate transportation
of the beverage into prohibition-bound
commonwealths. Home brewers for home
consumption do not come within the purview
of the act."
And right there the Federal Government
will lose half (or more) of its expected
•revenue. There is no way in the world to
sell 3.2 per cent beer to a man when he
can make 20 per cent beer in his cellar that
will cost less; make him drunk; and will
probably taste better. %
There is one possible good point to the
Cullen Bill; it may be the forerunner of
more sensible bills.
* * * *
And there goes my favorite subject, prohibition.
I had rather write on that subject
than anything else. There is the biggest
mess a Nation has ever witnessed, prohibition.
And you needn't get me wrong
on this subject; I am. not a total, every
Saturday Night, drunk, I am only getting
tired of seeing these bootleggers sell the
stuff they sell . . . rotten, poison, and full
of fusel oil.
We damn fools drink the stuff because
there is nothing better to be had this side
of New Orleans.
Some of you ardent drys speak of the
evils of liquor. Well you don't know nothing
until you have tasted some of this Lee
County corn likker.
I have seen Canada's liquor system in
operation. 4 per cent beer is sold across
hotel bars. You can buy a permit for fifty
cents which enables you to buy a quart of
liquor. You have to drink it in your hotel
room. If you are found on the streets
drunk, you are put under the nearest jug.
And Canada drags, in the revenue from
the sale of its liquor. Why not? If I lived
in Montreal would I go to the trouble of
washing, stealing, and capping bottles to
put home brew in when I could buy hard
liquor?
* * * *
Say, you know, the more I think about
this thing the madder I get. So I live in
such a country, low-down niggerly, snuff-dipping
State "that the yokel Legislators
we have, had to raise perfect and complete
Hell before they would even let us have
near-beer.
What a State. A State that is ignorant,
backward, and plain onery. By March 31st
over 80 per cent of the schools will be closed
and the State will still be ruled by damn
fool legislators.
Exaggeration arouses suspicion, whereas
understatement promotes confidence.
* AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
The campus is beginning to find out what the initials "H. M." scribbled all over
Nora Towles' notebooks really,stands for. And is his face red?
Suitor: May I marry your daughter?
Stern Pater: What is your vocation?
Suitor: I am an actor.
Stern Pater: Then get out before the footlights.—Yowl.
* * * * * * * *
Frosh: How far is it between your "ears, professor? .
Prof.: Well, I should judge about seventeen inches.
Frosh: Wrong again. It's half way round the block. >
* * * * * * • « *
Blub: What do you do for a headache?
Blubber: Well, I take a drink the night before.
* * * * * * * *
Her lips he kissed *
The color left her cheek,
But on the lapel of his coat
It stayed about a week.—Yowl.
* * * * * * * *
Frosh: You didn't even know who I was this morning.
Chad: Well, who were you?
* * * * * * * *
"Say, I thought you were engaged to that girl with the wooden leg". -
"Yeah, I was, but I broke it off."
* * * * ' * * * *
The conductor shouted, "All aboard"!
The engineer pulled the throttle,
The engine perked, the smoker jerked,
And a salesman dropped his bottle, ..
The diner switched, the sleeper pitched,
The drivers started roaring,
But the preacher under the old maid's berth
Kept right on with his snoring.
* —Smokehouse.
* * * * * * * *
• Young man (to girl reading paper)—"Can I have a peep at your pink section?
CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT
SELF-RELIANCE
If it were possible to select one quality
to which might be attributed the success
of the world's greatest men in every field
of endeavor that one quality would probably
be Self-reliance. To this essential
attribute may be credited the victories of
Napoleon and Washington, the success of
Burke and Hamilton, the fortunes of the
Rothschilds and Carnegie, the scientific discoveries
of Newton, Dalton and Faraday,
and the marvelous surgical feats of the
Mayo brothers.
Self-reliance is of necessity accompanied
by ability, energy, knowledge and honor,
for its foundation rests on the discovery,
by careful introspection and self-analysis,
of the possession of those requisites by
which are measured the power of a man.
Self-reliance, in men who are great in the
true sense of the word, is absolutely free
from bigotry. Even a superficial study of
the lives of some of the world's most famous
characters is sufficient to convince one
that in their cases it was generously adulterated
with faith in their fellow men. -..
In a larger sense all that is new and progressive
is the result of self-reliance.
Every thought and action is influenced by
this great magnetizing force. The boldest
advances of scientific enterprise, the most
utile inventions, the most rapid strides of
literature and art owe their incipience and
introduction to it.
Selfrreliance is the hope of the state, the
nation and the civilized world. The vigor
and vitality of a people are affected by it.
Self-reliance is found the means for a
quick adaptation to the parctical affairs of
life. It is 'cumulative, but finds its greatest
development in the formative period of
life.- There is probably no greater opportunity
for its cultivation than in the various
activities of University life, where
every advantage is offered for the exercise
of talent and accomplishment.
Finally, in a broad sense, self-reliance is
perserverance and with its powerful aid
there is realized the classic advice of Richelieu
to Francois Villon. "In the bright
lexicon of youth, which the gods adore,
there is no such word as fail."
—McGill Daily.
SPOTLIGHT ON THE FORGOTTEN
MAN
Speaking plainly and simply, President
Roosevelt explained his plans for relieving
the banking crisis to the people of the United
States Sunday night, delivering his message
over both the nation's broadcasting
systems. He asked-for the cooperation, confidence,
and help of all the people. In some
measure, the methods which our new president
is employing vare unprecedented in our
history; he has taken the citizenry, of the
nation into his confidence at every step in
his week-old career as chief executive. It
is for a good reason that he has done so:
For once, at least, in the history of the United
States, the man in the street is all-important.
The economic fate of the nation
depends upon what he will do. If he becomes
fear-stricken and panicky, the whole
financial structure of the country, founded
on his resources, will be undermined.
President Roosevelt's message emphasized
this responsibility of the common
man. He^urged him to retain his faith in
the ability of the government to solve the
problems of the banks. According to the
president's schedule, sound banks are to be
opened in . the following order: Monday,
Federal Reserve member banks; Tuesday,
banks which are members of clearing house
associations in 250 American cities; Wednesday,
state banks in isolated areas. Federal
examiners will determine the soundness
of national banks and state examiners will
perform the same functions for state banks.
Where reorganization and consolidation of
banks is found necessary, government experts
will assist both state and national
banks. In order that the supply of currency
may be increased to meet withdrawal
demands, new notes are-to~i>e issued on the
basis of sound, but for the present uncash-able,
securities and commercial paper.
In his Sunday night message, President
Roosevelt emphasized his plea for national
sanity and faith, saying that banks would
be opened as fast as the machinery for doing
so could be put into operation, that no
one should be alarmed if his bank did not
open immediately. It will take many days,
perhaps weeks and months, to open some
banks and there is a possibility that others
will never open. But the situation can be
only aggravated if depositors become frantic
and too insistent upon receiving their
money at once. The situation is bad but jt
can be made worse if a national panic impedes
the work of the compentent hands in
which the situation now rests, The rapidity
or slowness of the nation's recovery depends
largely upon whether or not the people
of the United States keep cool heads
during the next few weeks, whether or not
they meet President Roosevelt's confidence
with confidence.—Daily Tarheel.
OXFORD PACIFISM
A fortnight ago members of the Oxford
Union voted nearly two to one in favor
of a proposition stating that "under no
circumstances" would they "fight for King
and Country."
Such a statement of complete pacifism
from a- group of representative college students
on this side of the Atlantic would be
quite impossible for two reasons. First,
American students, even those who think,
have not so enthusiastically championed the
cause of labor as European undergraduates
have done. (It cannot be denied that war is
the most "vicious means by which capital exploits
labor.) We still have the notion, as
Paul Blanshard said, that a college degree
will place us aboye the laboring class;
hence, labor problems are not our problems.
In the second place, American students
have not felt the devastating effects of war
as have the Oxford Union members. The
surprising feature of the flare at Oxford
is not that 275 students in the Union declaimed
against war, but that such a furore
was raised about it in'a country that lost in
the past war a million of its youth as well
as its economic stability.
Notwithstanding the prodigious activity
of the Tulane Socialist Club, it is a fact
that American students are relatively irresponsive
to the vital implications of major
social issues. Will it take a war that robs
us of our best blood and substance to awaken
us?—Tulane Hullabaloo.
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.
YESTERDAY A large percentage of
the student body participated in the
lowliest of all campus activities. An
election was held. Yesterday's election,
while of no particular variance from the
average campus election was preceded by
the usual political maneuvers. From personal
experience, Observer has learned that
campus politics at Auburn are in as low
a form as are the general political policies
as carried on throughout the state. And
that, occasional reader, is several steps below
that legendary myth, integrity. There
will be another campus election with the
fortnight; perhaps the next election will
disprove a well established rule.
Perhaps one of the closest approaches
any group in this country has made to the
true spirit of national patriotism is found
in the attitude taken by the majority of
the World War veterans toward the initial
blow of the administration's economy axe.
Such an attitude is a far call from the
march of the Bonus Seekers.-
State papers have not made their strongest
efforts to portray through their news
columns the sentiment of the people in a
recent action to stabilize the filtering educational
system. There will be more action
taken than the press can possibly afford to
omit within the near future.
"Babe" Ruth, George Herman to you,
,is still holding out for $60,000. In the last
few years he has received a fraction over
$70,000. He works on the average of three
hours a day for six months a year.. The
president receives $75,000, averages ten
hours a day, eleven and one-half months in
the year. And he is a better drawing card
than the greedy outfielder. While the
"Babe" may have it all over the president
in swinging the willow, Frankie can make
him look like little Ned in the first reader
in an axe swinging contest.
* * * *
An excess of one billion dollars was offered
in subscriptions to the eight hundred
million dollar certificate offer by the government.
This will probably be one of the
few forms of inflation not to prove detrimental
to the country. There are 1,820,-
000,000_, reasons to believe that such will
be the case.
* * * *
The probability of 3.2 beer has caused
Observer no end of concern. The beverage
is too weak in alcoholic content to warrant
its sale behind swinging doors and is too
strong to be sold over the soda fountain.
The person who solves the problem will
make as much money as the originator of
minature-golf. And he will be working on
about the same scale.
* * * *
Most of the European countries at the
present would be greatly pleased to engage
-in a good sized war. The usual alliances
have been formed and the usual animosities
encouraged. If economic conditions were
only better, nine-tenths of Europe would be
seriously considering conflict. That is the
technique of social progress, war, inflation,
and depression. With few exceptions, the
human race learns its old lesson once every
century, or less. There will hardly be another
world conflict while those who participated
in the last great war are still ac-tive
and of fighting age; there will be num-ft
bers of small conflicts but none of great
proportion for at least twenty years. By
that time human nature will feel the urge,
will enter into combat, and destroy a large
percentage of its able bodied male population.
Then a solemn oath of eternal abstinence
will be sworn, peace will prevail while
the world gradually climbs to stage of distorted
inflation, a crash, and the climb back
to normalcy. Out of each crash some remnant
of progress has been salvaged, and of
this, social progress is made. But as for
war, it is a biological impossibility to prevent
it, for human nature wants to fight.
When the world develops a war-proof
scheme of things, interplanetary conflict will
be the thing, for human nature must not
be denied.
* * * *.
"September Morn", the painting that has
glorified the state of undress, has been reported
as stolen, according to Parisian news
dispatches quoting its creator, Paul Chabas
. . . . this alone may cause France to forget
about its international problems for the
time being . . . cheer up, Postmaster-General
Farley is quoted as saying that the
country may yet see the return of the two-cent
stamp . . . Philipinos shouted "Ma-huhay",
as Governor General Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., sailed out the Harbor of
Manila . . . the Japanese screamed "Banzai"
over the prospect of a world-boycott
. . . the editor yodels "copy", as this is . .
another.
SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1933 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 PAGE THREE
B. C. POPE, Editor
CONTRIBUTORS:
NEIL DAVIS
JAMES A. PARRISH, JR.
ED MOYER
Tiger Growls
The great display put on by the
football squad last Saturday afternoon
on_J3rake Field was a delight to
watch. It served notice that Auburn
will again have a formidable moleskin
aggregation next season. The
Southern sports writers will do well
to include the Plainsmen in their preseason
picks.
Despite the loss of the great all-
American halfback, Jimmie Hitchcock',
the Tigers will have a nice assortment
of backfield ponies to perform.
Ripper Williams, captain-elect,
should be one of the outstanding
quarterbacks in the nation, next season.
And those Tigers should go
— 'places upon the flying heels of Sterling
Dupree, Casey Kimbrell, Allen
- Rogers, Bubber Phipps, Marion Talley
and the latest sensation, Bunky
O'Rourke.
The ends should be -well taken
pare of by all-Southern Gump Ariail
and Bennie Fenton, with Jack Kemp,
Aubrey Hill, Red West and John
Scruggs as able assistants.
The tackles, with the powerful
Buddy McCollum, Haygood Paterson,
Mutt Morris, Tiny Holmes, and Red
Watson, should be stronger than the
past season.
Bing Miller, Collins Fenton, Boots
Chambliss, and Mike Welch will form
four powerful guards, while the two
lettermen, Will Chrietzburg' and
Barney Musgrove, at center, with
Buck Farish and Fred Black as understudies,
should complete a powerful
line.
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Geraldine's High School basketball
team breezed through the state tournament
at Tuscaloosa last week, to win
their third straight title, thereby tying-
the record made by' the great
Simpson teams of '23, '24, and '25.
This is made all the more remarkable
by the knowledge that the Ge^aldine
outfit had to travel sixteen miles from
the sticks to see a railroad train. We
wonder, what they use for_goal posts
up there.
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Another minor sport makes its bow
on the campus. The Auburn Swimming
Team meets' its first opponent
in Georgia Tech tomorrow afternoon
at the gymnasium pool.
Much credit for formation of the
team and the progress shown is due
to the • untiring efforts of Howard
Morris, captain and coach. Morris
has spent many hours during the past
several weeks instructing his mates
in an effort that they might make a
creditable showing. We wish them
Tigers To Oppose Chattanooga Lookouts In "A" Day Feature
LOTT IS LOSER
TO TARZAN IN'
OPELIKA MATCH
Kid Dives From Ring; Comes
Back To Lose Third Fall;
Lassiter Wins From Allen
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When Kid Lott started on one of
his flying butts at Tarzan, during
Wednesday's wrestling card at Ope-lika,
the Masked Marvel jumped out
of the way, and Lott kept going—
right on through the ropes into the
ringside seats.
• He reentered the ring with an arm
dangling limply at his side, and Tarzan
easily won the fall and the match.
The terminal to what probably was
the best card yet staged came rather
suddenly. Lott's flying butts won for
him the first fall, while Tarzan utilized
a series of body slams to win the
second.
The semi-final saw Fred Lassiter,
of Ann Arbor, use a series of body
butts to win the first and third falls
from Roy Allen, of Knoxville, in a
thrilling match. A rocking scissors
hold won the second fall for Allen.
Lon Chaney referred the matches,
which attracted an attendance of
about 350.
A preliminary boxing match between
two local colored boys went
two rounds.
Opelika youngsters again furnished
entertainment for the crowd, with
their wrestling and scrambles for
money and peanuts. The miniature
grapplers were doing well until Cotton
saw blood and started crying.
In the main event of next week's
card, Eddie Elzia, the Boston Blonde,
will meet Ernest Kelly, former University
of Tennessee athlete, best two
out of three falls with a two-hour
limit. Elzia has appeared on two of
the Opelika programs. Kelly is a
cousin of Shipwreck Kelly, formei-ly
of the University of Kentucky."
The semi-final will feature a one-hour
limit match between Dutch
Green of Washington, and Fred Lassiter
of Ann Arbor, Mich.
And 'as added attraction, Yank
Graves, former Southern Conference
lightweight wrestling champion, and
now an Auburn student, will meet
Jack Sherry, Cincinnati, in a 15-min-ute
limit match.
Plebe Baseball
Practice Starts
Practice for freshman baseball
candidates will begin next
Monday, March 20, according to
an announcement made public
yesterday by freshman coach,
Earl McFadden.
Many outstanding high school
stars are expected to report for
the first workout. A large field
of candidates will go through the
first conditional period before
m
Coach McFadden will wield the
axe.
DIAMOND SQUAD
IS INCREASED BY
NEW ADDITIONS
Fifty Candidates Report To
Coach McAllister As Work
Increases
AUBURN MEETS
TECH IN JANK
MEET SATURDAY
Strong Georgia Tech Team
Furnishes Tigers First Opposition
Wynne Endorses
New Grid Rules
The Yellow Jacket aquatic stars
come to the Plains tomorrow when
they will engage the newly-formed
Auburn swimming team in a meet
at the Alumni Gym pool at 7:30
o'clock. This is the first meet for the
Tiger tankmen and the meet is anticipated
with more than the usual
amount of interest. A small admission
of ten cents for students and
twenty-five cents for townspeople will
be charged to help defray expenses
which will be incurred when the Tigers
return the match in Atlanta.
In time trials held last Tuesday,
much improvement was evidenced
over previous trials. Nelson took
first place in the breast stroke and
Able won out in the back stroke competition.
Conner was a close- second
in the latter event. Wheeler and Conner
tied for first place in the 50 yard
free style with a time of 28.2. Morris,
with a time of 1:2.5 and Wheeler,
with a time of 1:3.6, were the best
in the 100 yard free style. Able took
first place in the-220 yard free style
event with a time of 3:3.3. Morris
won the 440 free style competition
with a mark of 6:34. . Poole and
Jenkins qualified in the diving contests
and both were showing exceptional
form in practice during the
(Continued on page 4)
Approximately fifty candidates are
now working out daily on the baseball
field under the watchful eye of
Coach Sam McAllister, in preparation
for another strenuous diamond schedule
which will be released in a few
day^.
Coach McAllister will have 5 leiter-men
returning: Jimmie Hitchcock,
all-Dixie League shortstop; Ripper
Williams, all-Dixie League pitcher;
Porter Grant, outfield; Sam Mason,
outfield; and Aubrey Lewis, catcher,
are the only letterwearers in school
eligible for varsity duty.
Vacancies in the pitchers' box, first
base, second base, third base, catcher,
and in left field have been made by
graduation. The big problem confronting
the Auburn coach is finding
the men to plug the gaps left by the
departure of Captain Clifford Smith,
Harry Loyd, Duck Riley, Suarez Lewis,
Slick Kaley, and Juicy Wood, at
these positions.
Ripper Williams will head the pitching
staff this year, and Coach McAllister
will probably draw his other
first string hurlers from Mugs Irving,
Arvin Payne, Sam Grubbs, Buck Gle-non,
Frank Sindler, Marion Talley
and several other promising candidates
that are now out. The pitching
staff received a severe blow in
the loss of Jimmie Whj£e, ace freshman
hurler of last year. White did
not return to school.
Coach McAllister is expected to
shift Sam Mason, slugging outfielder,
to Harry Loyd's old position at first
(Continued on page 4)
AUBURN RIFLES
END YEAR WITH
GREAT RECORD
Team Makes Best Showing In
^History; Win Forty,. Lose
Twenty-Three; Tied One
Last Saturday the Auburn Rifles
finished their most successful season
in ten years or since the team was
organized. The team won forty, lost
twenty-three, and tied one match out
of sixty-four matches. Auburn climbed
three places in Corps Area competition
and set two team records. The
teams high score of 3,661 points was
the highest ever made at Auburn.
John Reynolds' score of 380 points
out of a possible 400 was the highest
score made by a member of the Rifles
since their organization, and to climax
the season Joe Schere equalled
Reynolds' record a few weeks later.
(Continued on page 4)
DIXIE CHAMPIONS TO INVADE
PLAINS FOR BATTLE MARCH 29
Activities Will Begin With Inter-fraternity Track Meet On
Drake Field At 9 O'clock In The Morning; Baseball Game
Completes Arrangements Of Annual Day; Dance At Night
Polo Team Plays
Game Tomorrow
Lt. Tom Gunby's Polo team will
meet the Chattahoochee Cardinals of
Columbus, Ga., tomorrow afternoon
on Bullard Field, at 2 p. m.
Lt. Gunby announced that students
will be admitted free to the remaining
polo games this season. This has
been made possible through the allotment
of a very small amount of the
student activity fee to assist in the
support of polo.
The Orange and Blue Riders have
been holding intense practice sessions,
and are expected to provide
stiff-opposition to the invading team.
Auburn's starting lineup will probably
be Fincher, No. 1; Jones, No. 2;
Johnson, No. 3; and Suydam, No. 4.-
The Chattanooga Lookouts, Southern League champions
and winners of the Dixie title last season, will oppose the Auburn
baseball team here "A" Day, according to an announcement
by Porter Grant, president of the "A" Club.
The Lookouts, boasting one of the strongest teams in Southern
League history, will come here as the feature attraction
of the annual "A" Day and complete the elaborate program
arranged by the "A" Club, Spiked Shoe and the Interfraternity
Council for this occasion.
The activities will start in-.the morning-with an inter-fraternity
track meet in which all fraternities on the campus will take
part in the following events: 100 yard dash, 220 yard dash, 440
yard dash, 880 yard run, mile run, 120 yard low hurdles, pole
vault, high jump, broad jump and shot put.. The meet will
begin at 9 o'clock, to be followed in the afternoon, at 2:30 by
the Auburn-Chattanooga game, and an "A" Club dance at 9
that night.
As announced by President Farris of the Inter-fraternity
Council, no individual will be eligible who has been a member
of a varsity or track squad. Pledges must have been pledged
before March 1, 1933. Each fraternity may enter two men in
each event but only one shall start. Each relay team shall be
composed of five men. Heats will be run the preceeding day
in those events requiring it. Entries must be in hands of President
Farris at Theta Chi House by 12 o'clock noon, Monday,
March 27.
The Spiked Shoe and Inter-fraternity Council will award
a trophy to the fraternity scoring the greatest number of points.
The points will be scored as follows: five for first place, three
for second, two for third and one for fourth. No part of the
military uniform shall be worn.
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Coach Chet Wynne has £iven
hearty approval to the football rules
recently adopted. The Auburn mentor
especially likes the new clipping
rule, expressing the belief that anything
the rules committee can do to
prevent clipping is a major step toward
preventing injuries. "Lessening
the penalty for clipping will make
the officials stricter in enforcing the
rule," Wynne believes.
The new rule governing the position
the ball shall be put in play
when it is within 10 yards of the sidelines
will be a great boon to the offense
and will add strategy to the-game,
making the game more interesting
from the standpoint of the
fans, thinks Wynne.
Regardless of these new rules, however,
Wynne thinks that coaches and
officials should have a little more
common understanding of the laws
governing football.
"Coaches are far more interested
in the game of football, far more
associated with the game and therefore
I think that the responsibility
of understanding and interpreting
the rules should be made with their
spirit," the Plainsmen skipper concluded.
kick in their first engagement tomorrow.
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The Auburn campus is alive with
activity these warm Spring days. A
stroll to IJrake Field will reveal just
how athletic Auburn has gone. A
few of the freshman football hopefuls
are at work on the gridiron, while
Coach Hutsell's thinly-clad athletes
monopolize the track surrounding the
field. . Down on the .baseball field,
some fifty candidates are going
through their paces in an effort to
win a berth on Coach McAllister's
horsehide aggregation, while a few
yards distant, Coach Tom Gunby's
polo team is busy polishing their
shots for future engagements. The
tennis court at the gym is overflowing
every afternoon, while some of
the students have been bitten by the
golf bug.
Thafs the part Turkish
Tobaccos play in making
Chesterfields Taste Better
SMOKERS notice a certain "touch" in
Chesterfields that comes from having
just enough Turkish tobacco in them . . . a
spicy, aromatic flavor that's much the same
to a cigarette as seasoning is to food.
For only by blending and cross-blending
the right amounts of mild Domestic tobaccos
with the right amount of Turkish can we
get the flavor and aroma that Chesterfield
smokers enjoy.
Next time, ask for "The Cigarette Nthat
Satisfies". . . you'll get Chesterfields, with
Milder, Better Taste.
ester field
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PAGE FOUR T H E P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1933
AUBURN PROFESSOR MAKES
RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURE
Professor M. L. Nichols Works Out Mathematical Formulas
Which Will Regulate The Proper Design Of Plows To
Meet Conditions, Of Soils
AUBURN RIFLES
• END YEAR WITH
GREAT RECORD
Science has played a major role in
development of modern machinery,
but until now it has overlooked the
plow—the farmer's' oldest and most
important implement.
The'plow's present highly developed
state was reached by empirical or
merely "cut and try" methods—but
science now "takes a hand". Mathematical-
formulas regulating the proper
design of plows to meet varying
.reactions and conditions of soils have
been worked out by Prof. M. L. Nichols
of the Auburn agricultural engineering
department, assisted by T. H.
Kummer, graduate student.
Previously, Professor Nichols had
discovered the laws governing the
reactions of soils under various conditions
when plowed. His latter research
will tend to increase the efficiency
of poorly designed plows and
permit the accurate selection of
shapes and sizes of plows to meet
various soil conditions.
Report of his recent research, "A
Method of Analysis of Plow Mold-board
Design Based Upon Dynamic
Properties of Soil," was published in
"Agricultural Engineering" after
months of 'painstaking investigation.
Since no work had previously been
done in, the field, it was necessary to
invent the instruments used in the
many tests and measurements.
Formulas were evolved after the
experimenters had observed actual operations
of plows in the field, run
miniature plcrws in glass sided boxes
filled with various types of soils, and
Tiger Theatre
SUNDAY - MONDAY,
March 19-20
Constance Bennett
—in—
"Our Betters"
Short Subjects That Please
TUESDAY, March 21
Nancy Carroll
—in-—
"Woman Accused"
—with—
Cary Grant - John Halliday
Selected Short Reel Subjects
WEDNESDAY, March 22
Joan Blondell and
Chester Morris
—in—
"Blondie Johnson"
Selected Short Reel Subjects
me.asured soil reactions to a number
-of chisel-shaped pieces of steel approximating
various sections of the
usua Iplow moldboard. '
"It was found that the kind and
degree of curvature could be explained
by means of the soil reaction data
and the entire surface expressed in
simple mathematical formulas", explained
Professor Nichols.
The investigation determined the
general principles of plow design, a
method of measuring and mathematically
expressing moldboard shapes,
and the general relationship of these
curvatures to dynamic soil properties.
In addition, the relationship- of formulas
to soil types and plowing speeds
were indicated but it yet remains for
the complete determination of the constants-
necessary for moldboard design
to meet the various soil conditions
at different plow speeds.
Mechanic'al functions of the plow
were classified as the breaking-loose,
pulverization, and inversion of the
furrow slize-, together with the plow's
ability to cover trash and weeds.
"Eliminating such factors as landslide
pressure; wing, point, and heel-bearings;
suction, and other features
of stability and smooth running, this
classification centers attention on the
moldboard, shin, and share action.
The entire surface of the moldboard
side of the plow acts as a unit, and
no distinction was made in the report
between the different parts manufactured
a sseparate units of construction."
Professor Nichols believes that this
information will help solve plowing
problems in Alabama. For instance,
many of our plows do not "shed" correctly,'
or cause the soil to slip from
them in the proper manner. Others
do not "scour" satisfactorily and the
draft is difficult to measure. For
Black Belt soils, which cause excessive
draft, he suggested that English type
plows would probably be more satisfactory.
He believes that use of
proper plows for this land will increase
the cotton production.
Inquiries about Professor Nichols'
reseach have come from Italy, Russia,
Germany, and Japan. Many plow
manufacturers in this country have
sent ' representatives to Auburn to
study the developments.
1. Effective immediately and continuing
until further notice the uniform
for the Tuesday and : Saturday
drill periods will be the blouse with
white shirt.
By order of Major Franke.
Frank O. Bowman,
1st Lt., C. E. (DOL),
Adjutant.
(Continued from page 5)
The results of last week's matches
are not all in as this is written, but
the Rifles,won four and lost two with
two" results unknown. Fordham University
and the University of Kentucky
were the only teams to out-shoot
the Tigers. Michigan State
College, Davidson College and the
Michigan College of Mining lost to
Auburn by a wide margin. The Rifles
swamped the North Georgia College
by scoring nearly 300 points more
than the Georgians.
Lt. Bowman, team .coach, recommends
ten men to the Auburn Athletic
Committee as deserving letters
for their work this season. The ten
men recommended are J.- M. Reynolds,
M. P. Freret, T. W. Sparrow,
R. C. Brewer, E. E. Casson, R. J.
Chandler, W. A. Van Hoose, R. M.
Robertson, N. L. Bradford, and J. C.
Green. Tom Sparrow is the only let^
ter man that will not be back next
season. Bob Chandler and Nat Bradford
are the only, freshmen to win
their letters this year.
It looks as if Lt. Bowman's successor
will have plenty of material next
year. The showing this year is the
result of tireless work on the part of
Lt. Bowman and Sgt. Reeves. The
entire team, is grateful for the services
of the two coaches and hopes
that the head coach will find his new
post as pleasant as his post here at
Auburn was.
The team is now firing for the
Hearst Trophy and the Military En-|
gineer Trophy. The results of these
matches will not be known until the
latter part of April.
DEVELOPMENT OF
NATURAL BEAUTY
TO BE DISCUSSED
AUBURN MEETS TECH IN
TANK MEET SATURDAY
(Continued from page 3)'
week.
The first casualty in the Auburn
camp came when McCall was-Jpst to
the team because of bad ears. LeBaron
has been suffering from a severe
cold but is expected to be in good
shape by tomorrow night-
Georgia Tech invades the Plains
with what will probably be the best
team the Tigers will encounter the
whole season. ' The Engineers hold
the unique record of- having won
every dual meet in which they have
participated for the last twelve years.
The line-up for Auburn is as follows
:
440 yarcfrelay: Wheeler, LeBaron,
Moreland,- Morris.
220 yard breast stroke: Gaillard.
150 yard back stroke: Conner.
50 yard free .style: Wheeler and
LeBaron.
440 yard free style: Morris and
Bible.
100 yard free style: Wheeler and
LeBaron.
Diving: Poole and Jenftins.
220 yard free style; Morris and
To project plans for development
and conservation of Alabama's vast
natural beauty, the first statewide
r
conference for promotion of civic
beauty will be^ held in Birmingahm
April 4-5.
Sponsored by the Alabama Federation
of Garden Clubs, with the Birmingham
Chamber of Commerce and
other civic clubs cooperating, several
hundred leaders in home improvement,
highway beautification, and advocates
of an adequate system of state parks
will attend the sessions at the Thomas
Jefferson Hotel.
"The conference will bring together
all clubs, representtives, and individuals
interested in making Alabama
a more attractive state in which to
live and travel," said Sam F. Brewster,
Auburn extension landscape
specialist, who, together with representatives
of other agencies in the
state is cooperating in arranging the
meeting. Landscape problems involving
home and highway beautification
and those connected with a state park
system will be discussed in an effort
to organize and stimulate civic leadership
along these lines.
Mrs. C. R. Bricken of Montgomery,
president of the Alabama Federation
of Garden Clubs, not only urges attendance
of club members, but invites
all individuals interested in development
of Alabama's civic beauty to
attend the meeting. "We realize the
gigantic proportions of such an undertaking,"
she said, "and consequently
we must have united effort to
achieve this goal.
- "Since home beautification is fundamental
in a'program of state beautification,
the federation is anxious
that every one interested in making
their homes more attractive will attend
the conference."
Particular emphasis will be given
the creation of a greatly needed system
of state parks, said the sponsors
of the meeting. Mr. Brewster will
present a proposed plan showing possible
locations of some 29 parks in
every section of the state. "Many of
these," he said, "would attract tourists
because of their location on key
highways."
Promoters of the" conference believe
that Alabama can be made attractive
to thousands of people who
now, travel annually to other states
to spend their vacations. There is
natural scenic beauty in Alabama that
will rival that of any section of the
country, and it should be made accessible
to the public for recreational
and conservation purposes. Lack of
Alabama's provision in this regard
constitutes a huge monetary loss to
the state. If conserved and developed
Alabama scenery would be unsurpassed,
they said!
"With improvement of Alabama's
highways, tourists are no longer
avoiding this state in making crosscountry
trips'," said Mr. Brewster,
"and it remains for us to improve the
landscape adjoining the highways and
to develop the unusual natural beauty
for state parks. Millions of tourists
leave their homes every year seeking
amusement in a beautiful section of
the United States. There is no reason
why Alabama • should not attract
many of these pleasure seekers - by
improving and making available to
them the state's scenic beauty. Such
a movement would have a commercial
benefit for almost every line of business.
Much land now in cultivation
could best be devoted to timber production
and to the establishment of
beauty spots in the state."
Practically every other state in the
union has developed its park facilities
far ahead of Alabama. It is time for
a broad program of conservation
which not only provides for game, fish
and timber, but also for preservation
of scenic areas to be used for recreation.
Such a program will constitute
a tremendous asset to the state
and will serve jointly for forest and
game conservation and as a place for
outdoor recreation.
Discussions looking toward enactment
of legislation providing adequate
space along highways for their beautification
will also be held at the meeting.
"A number of Alabama's highways
have not been designed so as to
allow for the proper beautification in
the way of tree planting and other artistic
phases of highway development"
.•''said Mr. Brewster.
Military Department
Makes Announcement
Moreland.
300 yard Medley Relay:
stroke—Conner; Breast stroke-lard;
Free style—Roberts. '
Back
-Gail-
1. In accordance with the policy of
the Commandant of choosing the best
Platoon and Battery in each Field Artillery
"Regiment, and the best Platoon
and Company in the Engineers
at ceremonies, the following results
are announced from the Parade held
on Saturday, March 11, 1933.
Best Company Engineers — Company
"D" (Cadet Capt. W. T. Moore).
Best Platoon Engineers—1st Platoon
Company "D". (Cadet 1st Lt.
P. B. Ward).
1st Field Artillery Regiment—Best
Battery: Battery "C" (Capt. H. M.
Finney); Best Platoon: 1st Platoon
battery "C" (Cadet 1st Lt. W. P.
Jones).. •
2nd Field Artillery Regiment—
Best Battery: Battery "D" (Cadet
Capt. G. S. Christopher); Best Platoon:
1st Platoon battery "D" (Cadet
1st Lt. M. S. Caley).
By order of Major Franke.
Frank O. Bowman,
1st Lt., C. E. (DOL),
Adjutant.
NEW EDUCATION IS '
SUBJECT OF TALK
BY DEAN SPENCER
HONOR GROUPS TO
TAP JUNIORS AT
AFFAIRS TONIGHT
(Continued from page 1)
Beta Pi, national honorary Engineering
fraternity.
The student executive committee
which functioned to conduct the Engineer's
Day program consists of Calvin
Black, Roy Wages, Rhea Lapsley,
Tom Curtis, Ike Ledbetter, and Robert
Pitts. The above committee announced
that due to the financial condition
of the college, the customery
ribbons were not distributed to Engineers
this morning.
Classes for all students will be resumed
at eight o'clock tomorrow
morning.
(Continued from page 1)
spend more, the superior student can
advance to the divisions or the professional
schools in less time-.
"The use of library facilities by
students under the new plan is much
greater than it ever was under the
old; further evidence of .increasing
intellectual interest is found in the
fact that discussion groups and special
laboratory sections in the general
courses have been set up at the
request of the students themselves.
Generally speaking, the students have
made eyen better records than were
anticipated in the comprehensive examinations."
Dean Spencer is an Alabamian,
having been horn and reared in An-niston.
He graduated from what is
now BirminghamTSouthern College in
1907 and received the Ph.B. degree
from the University of Chicago six
years later..»
In addition to his address in Auburn
Thursday, Dean Spencer made a
tour of the campus, held an informal
conference with professors of economics,
was entertained jit a luncheon
by Profr J. J. Wilmore and Dr. L. N.
Duncan of the administrative committee
and a group of faculty members,
and in the afternoon he discussed
the Chicago system of education
with a group of the faculty in the
President's office.
The new educational plan, which is
now in its second year, was instituted
by Dr. R. M.- Hutchins, youngest college
president in the United States.
He is 34 years of age.
DIAMOND SQUAD
IS INCREASED BY
NEW ADDITIONS
(Continued from page 3)
base, in order to strengthen the inner
garden. However, the Auburn men-tor
may find what he is looking for
from the two leading candidates for
this position, Bowers and Oyr.
A merry battle is being waged at
second base with Warren McMahan,
Rudy Blanton, and Tommy Kimbrell
in the lead. McMahan seems to have
the edge, although it is a bit early to
predict the outcome.
Jimmie Hitchcock, one of the outstanding
shortstops in collegiate
circles, and the team's leading hitter
last season, is expected to wind up
his Auburn career with an outstanding
showing.
For third baseman, sophomore
Frank Ellis is considered the most
formidable candidate. He has a nice
throw to first, and his hitting has
been exceptionally good so early in
the season.
Behind the plate, Aubrey Lewis is
having stiff competition for first
string catcher from Howard Baker,
Gump Ariail and Hamilton.
In the outfield, Porter Grant is expected
to again hold down the center
pasture. Hamp Morris, Mitchell, Bing
Miller, Red Jenkins, Bill O'Barr, Tom
Brown, and others are waging a merry
fight for the other two positions.
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