1933-01-25 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LVI AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25, 1933 NUMBER 31
PROBATION RULING
UNDERGOES CHANGE
AS COUNCIL MEETS
Passing Average Is Reduced to
Sixty in Regular Meeting of
Executive Council
RESOLUTION PASSED
Two Students Suspended op
Cheating Charge, as Com­mittee
Makes Report
HARDSHIPS CITED
Undue Financial Strain Believed to be
Reason for Number of Students
Recently Placed on Probation
Several problems of current inter­est
were solved at the regular meet­ing
of the Executive Council held
yesterday afternoon. Changes were
made in the regulations concerning
probation students, and two under­graduates
were suspended from the
institution, one for one semester and
the other for two semesters, upon
recommendation of the Disciplinary
Committee, the charge being cheating
during examinations.
A resolution was passed, reducing
the probation-suspension grade to
sixty. The text of the resolution is
as follows:
"BE IT RESOLVED: That in view
of the fact that the Council is con
sidering changes in rules governing
probation and suspension, only
grades below sixty be considered
failures, conditioned grades to be
come failures only on failure to pass
re-examination within the time stat
ed in the catalogue."
It was intimated that the principle
reason for alteration in the probation
suspension rule was the unusual
hardships, financial and otherwise
under which the students had to work
this year.
DAIRYING DEVELOPING
RAPIDLY IN ALABAMA
Dairying is developing in Alabama
on a safe and steady basis, and there
is no reason whatever why this sec
tion cannot develop a dairy industry
that will rival that of Minnesota and
other leading dairy states, said Joel
Wincher, manufacturing specialist
with the U. S. Department of Agri­culture,
who is in Auburn this week
assisting with the dairy manufactur­ing
short course. Mr. Fincher has ob­served
dairying in this state on an­nual
visits for several years.
"Alabama has the climate, soils
that will raise an abundance of feed
stuffs, and the market will develop
with the industry's growth", explain
ed Mr. Wincher who went on to say
that this state is now confronted with
exactly the same sort of problems
which faced the dairymen of Minne­sota
in former years.
"We used to think that nothing but
wheat could be raised in the North
west but development there of a
great dairy industry has proved oth­erwise.
I actually believe that worn
out cotton land in Alabama will
double its income in a few years if
devoted to dairying. The legumes
which will be raised for feed and
the use of the land for pasture will
greatly enrich it.
"I have seen virgin land in Minne­sota
which at first produced 30 to 40
bushels of wheat per acre drop with­in
a few years to not more than 10
bushels. But the soil was brought
back to profitable production by the
growth of clover and alfalfa. The
same can be done with the legumes
in Alabama."
Mr. Wincher explained that the
mild winters in the South made the
construction of dairy buildings much
less expensive and the growing green
feeds may be carried "on throughout
the winter. "Denmark, one of the
greatest dairy countries in the world,
has a much colder latitude than do
the Southern States", he pointed out.
The present efficiency of mechani­cal
refrigeration makes its use cheap­er
by southern dairymen than the
storing of natural ice ever was for
those in the Northwest.
By careful testing of the quality
(Continued on page 4)
Adaptation Of Allison Magneto-Optic Method As Super
Quantitative Technique Of Chemical Analysis Is Shown
Adaptation of the Allison magneto-optic method as super quanti­tative
technique of chemical analysis for the determination of calcium
in turnip greens and New Zealand spinach was reported in the De­cember
issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society by Miss
Edna R. Bishop, associate professor of home economics research with
the Alabama Experiment Station, and C. B. Dollins, graduate student.
Developed here in recent years by Dr. Fred Allison, physicist, and
his colleagues, the magneto-optic method has already proved its qualita­tive
worth by his detection with it of the last two missing elements,
numbers 85 and 87. Miss Bishop's work now indicates that the method
is also valuable and practical in arriving at the amounts of a given
chemical present in solution.
The report stated that quantitative results may be obtained by the
method to within 10 per cent of error for concentrations of one to a
trillion parts or greater. The method is far more, sensitive than any
others now in use and may be used over a wider range of concentra­tions,
it was stated. Another advantage is that the presence of other
chemicals does not interfere with the quantitative determination of the
desired compound.
Miss Bishop believes that the method will ultimately prove of value
in quantitative determination of any inorganic substance.
Further quantitative experiments are now being done by Miss
Bishop with the assistance of Mr. Dollins and Miss Irene Otto, graduate
student, who holds the master's degree from the University of Maine.
SEVENTY STUDENTS
ENJOY AG PICTURE
Uses of Tractors in Farm Life
are Shown During Lecture by
Tractor Co. Representative
SEVEN REELS SHOWN
History Development of Trac­tor
also Presented in Per­formance
at Comer Hall
Approximately seventy students in
Agriculture, Agricultural Engineer­ing,
and Agricultural Education en­joyed
a very entertaining and instruc­tive
picture show Monday evening,
January 23, in Comer Hall. Through
the courtesy of the Caterpillar Trac­tor
Company, of Peoria, Illinois, W.
A. Clegg, representing "the company,
rah a series of reels demonstrating
the efficiency and the various uses
of Caterpillar Tractors in all types
of farm work and road building.
Seven reels were shown, each accom­panied
by an auditone record of
music and a lecture paralleling the
picture explaining and describing the
different scenes.
Prior to the running of the mov­ing
pictures a number of still pic­tures
were shown by Mr. Clegg, dem­onstrating
the history and develop­ment
of tractors and combines. The
first reel was "All in a Days Work",
showing the various uses of different
powered tractors in farm work. A
second film contained scenes show­ing
the use of tractors in terracing
hillsides and in leveling farm lands
for planting. "Tillage Implements"
was a comprehensive review of near­ly
every type of equipment used in
tilling land, and the scenes showed
the part tractors play in furnishing
the power for this equipment.
The fourth film showed the use of
tractors in "All Year Around" farm
work, from preparing thejand in the
winter and spring through planting,
cultivating, and harvesting the crops
in the fall. Other scenes showed the
work done by tractors in road build­ing,
logging, moving ships' cargo, and
in digging and inaintaining irrigation
ditches in the west.
Another interesting film was of the
"Peoria Show Rooms" of the Cater­pillar
Tractor Company which cover
an acre of ground and contain every
type of tractor, combine, farm imple­ment,
and farm machinery manufac­tured
by the company. The sixth
reel showed the contrast in slippage
of the wheel and track type of trac­tors,
and the results of various tests
run by the company in the power and
fuel consumption of tractors. The
final film was on the Diesel type of
tractor and was accompanied with a
lecture by Mr. Clegg describing the
engine and its advantages.
PROMINENT T MAN
BE HERE THIS WEEK
J im Hardwick, National Y. M.
C. A. Worker, Here for In­terviews
HOLDS MANY DEGREES
Will Speak Friday Night at
Langdon Hall at Seven-
Thirty
Visiting the Auburn campus this
week, Jim Hardwick, of the National
Y. M. C. A. workers, can be inter­viewed
by students from 8:30 to
11:30 a. m. in the Y. M. C. A. room,
located in Langdon Hall. Following
these discussion periods, there will
be a meeting, Friday night at 7:30,
of all students interested in hearing
Mr: -Hardwick speak. Any question
which a student wishes to have dis­cussed
may be brought up by mem­bers
of the audience and during the
personal interviews Mr. Hardwick
will speak freely on any student prob­lem.
Fraternities on the campus are
also being visited by Mr. Hardwick,
where he will hold discussion groups
with the members.
A graduate of V. P. I., Mr. Jim
Hardwick has been a Y. M. C. A. sec­retary
for eight years and a mem­ber
of the National Staff for the past
two years. While attending college
he was captain of the football team
and president of the Y. M. C. A.
there. Mr. Hardwick has an M. A.
degree from Y. M. C. A. Graduate
School and Vanderbilt University and
also a B. D. degree from Yale.
GLEE CLUB WILL MEET
MONDAY NIGHTS AT 7
TUCKER GETS POSITION
WITH HOLLYWOOD PRESS
S Louie Tucker, special student here,
has accepted a position on the Holly­wood
Press, it was learned recently.
Mr. Tucker is a member of Alpha
Tau Omega social fraternity and a
popular member of the student body.
He resigned at the close of last se­mester
to take his new position.
After discontinuing procedings dur­ing
the first semester, the Glee Club
has been reorganized and plans are
under way for the second semester,
according to a statement made public
by P. R. Bidez, director of the club'.
The first meeting of the new year
was held several days ago, at which
time it was made known that new
music had arrived and that practice
would begin immediately. Meetings
will be held in Langdon Hall each
Monday night at seven o'clock, and Mr.
Bidez will be present to conduct the
practice.
In the event that sufficient progress
is made, one or two local performances
will be given in the Spring, but it
has been definitely decided that no
tours will be made during the re­mainder
of the year.
Tryouts were held upon the opening
of the first semester and a large num­ber
of men were selected.
WILMORE SPEAKER
AT COMMENCEMENT
HELD ON THURSDAY
"Thrift" Is Keynote of Admini­stration
Chairman's Farewell
Address to Seniors
DEBT DISCOURAGED
Commencement Exercises Held
at P r e s b y t e r i a n C h u r c h;
Twenty Get Degrees
PROSPECTS POOR
Engineering Dean Deplores Dis­couraging
Financial Condition of
Country
RE-EXAMS BE HELD
ON FEBRUARY 13-18
Re-examinations for students with
conditioned grades are to be held
Febrjiary 13-18 inclusive, it was
learned today. Examinations to re­move
conditions are held only at one
stated period each semester, usually
about four weeks after registration.
A student absent from examination
without satisfactory excuse may ob­tain
an examination only on applica­tion
endorsed by the professor.
"Cultivate thrift; avoid debts", was
the parting admonition given the 20
graduating seniors Thursday evening
by Dean Jno. J. Wilmore, administra­tive
committee chairman, after he
had presented them with degrees at
the exercises in the Presbyterian
Church.
"There is nothing that causes more
unhappiness and discouragement than
debt", he said. "I believe debt is one
of the fundamental causes for the de­pression
which now prevails".
Dean Wilmore's remarks follow in
full: "Life is still a great advent­ure.
You have reached a point in
your careers, a sort of terminal sta­tion,
where you leave the train and
strike out on a path of your own.
Until now you have been more or less
carried along on a definite course and
schedule, largely under supervision
of parents and instructors. Now you
begin to blaze your own way. Some
of you will choose the easier path
along the river bank where the flow­ers
grow and where the grades are
not so steep. Others will choose the
hilly road where the grades are steep­er,
the sun hotter, and the curves
sharper. Some of you, I hope, will
choose the mountain road. The diffi­culties
are many and great, but when
the summit is reached the outlook is
magnificent and well worth the effort
required.
"We may well say the times are
out of joint. When one person out
of every ten in the United States is
on the Government payroll, one out
of every ten is without employment,
and half as many more with very
limited and uncertain employment, it
is obvious that something is wrong.
We do not need to say that you are
facing a future which is not very
bright from a material standpoint.
Your chances for getting a lucrative
job are not good and the prospects
for an easy life during the next few
years are not encouraging.
"But the challenge for service to
your fellow man and to your country
has never been greater. There is
overwhelming need for men and wo­men
with trained minds who can
think straight. Do not forget that
you must think straight. Many, many
minds which have been highly trained
cannot think straight. Prejudice,
personal interest, sometimes friend­ship
and many other influences may
deflect our thinking. We must train
ourselves to properly evaluate all
these influences and not let them un­balance
our judgments and our deci­sions.
"I wish particularly to urge you in
these times of depression, to continue
your mental development. If you do
not have a job, make it your job to
read, to study, to think in a syste­matic
way. If you can finance your­self,
I believe you can make the best
use of your time by continuing your
work in college and time is the most
precious thing in the world. If you
cannot continue your education in
college you need not be discouraged.
Many of the most highly educated
men in the world never went to col­lege
at all. Select some line in which
you are interested and in which you
feel that you should be better inform­ed.
Get advice from friends about
books. I am sure your instructors
here will be very glad to help you
with advice and suggestions. In your
reading use your mind as well as
your memory. Analyze and criticise.
Make notes and outlines, and review
these so that you will have mastered
(Continued on page 4) '
OPPOSE PROPOSED
R.O.T.C. LIMITATION
BILL IN CONGRESS
A d m i n i s t r a t i v e C o m m i t t ee
W>*ites Senators, Representa­tives
About Proposed Cut
CAMP BE SHORTENED
Bill Would Reduce Appropri-
. ation Here Eighteen Percent;
Clothing also be Limited
ADVANTAGES CITED
Department Here Is Already "Cut
to Bone" Declare Administrative
Committee in Letter
Vigorous opposition to provisions
limiting R. O. T. C. training in state
institutions by the proposed War De­partment
Appropriation Bill for
1934, approved January 12 by the
House Appropriations Committee,
was contained in a letter to all Ala­bama
senators and congressmen by
the Administrative Committee of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute. The
letters, signed by Dean John J. Wil­more,
committee chairman, will reach
the representatives by the middle of
this week.
If the proposed bill is passed it
will mean that Auburn's R. O. T. C.
appropriation will be cut some 18 per
cent, necessitating the" limitation of
summer camp training for students
in the advanced course and a large
reduction in the subsistence and
clothing allowances, the letter stat­ed.
These "involve direct allowances
to Auburn students who, in this time
of unemployment, are greatly depend­ent
thereon for consummation of
their college careers."
"Aside from this, we cannot but
feel that such economies may repre­sent
a chiseling effect by insidious
agencies and are entirely dispropor­tionate
to the harmful effects result­ing
to this most economical and dem­ocratic
form of military prepared­ness.
We believe that it can be dem­onstrated
that the college R. O. T. C.
is furnishing more and better train­ing
per dollar of government money
expended than is being obtained in
any other way.
"That our posterity may not con­demn
this generation for unnecessary
loss of life and treasure in any fut­ure
emergency, as has resulted in all
our past major wars, we again urge
your fullest sympathetic scrutiny of
any reductions in appropriations that
may serve to further weaken our al­ready
apparently relative inadequate
national defense."
During the past 12 years college
records here show that 13,251 Au­burn
students have been materially
aided in obtaining a college educa­tion
by clothing and compensation
received from the U. S. Government
in their R. O. T. T. C. work. Cur­tailment
of this will increase the
difficulties in attending college by
many students of limited financial
means, it was pointed out. Reduc­tions
now in force were referred to
as having already "cut to the bone"
appropriations necessary for R. O. T.
C. training at Auburn. Further limi­tations
will seriously impair this im­portant
phase of national defense,
stated college officials.
Figures were cited to the effect
that in 1929 in the United States
spent only .14 of 1 per cent of its
national wealth for maintenance of
armed forces; whereas England spent
.40 of 1 per cent of her wealth for
the same purposes; Japan, .55;
France, almost .67; Italy, .72; and
Russia, 1.33 per cent. The percent­age
of national wealth expended by
the United States for military and
naval purposes'was less than that of
(Continued on page 4)
Military Fraternity Will
Initiate On January 28th
Saturday night, January 28,
has definitely been set as the
date for the fall initiation of
Scabbard and Blade according
to an announcement from the
War Department. Changes in
date for the initiation have been
made several times for various
reasons and the Saturday night
date is to be considered final.
The Military Department urg­ently
requests that all members
and pledges of Scabbard and
Blade be present at a meeting
Thursday night, January 2&, at
7 o'clock in the military office to
complete plans for the initiation.
TAU BETA PI WILL
GIVE FROSH AWARD
Cup Be Given t o Frosh Making
Highest Scholastic Average
for Term of 1931-1932
BE ANNUAL AFFAIR
Award to be Made on Engi­neers'
Day; Freshmen in En­gineering
Courses Eligible
The local chapter of the Tau Beta
Pi has decided to give a cup to the
freshman who during the term of
1931-32 made the highest scholastic
garde. It is planned that this cup
will be given to the honored fresh­man
on Engineer's Day which comes
on March 17. The Tau Beta Pi chap­ter
has also decided to make the pre­senting
of the cup an annual affair.
Each time the cup is to be given to
the- freshman who makes the highest
grade in Engineering during the pre­ceding
year.
On the cup there will be the fresh­man's
name. Under the name will be
the Tau Beta Pi bent and an appro­priate
inscription.
On Engineer's Day there will be a
barbecue in the, afternoon and a
dance that night. Engineer's Day is
sponsored by the engineers of the
school and is one of the outstanding
events of the year.
FINAL PLANS FOR
O.D.K. CAKE RACE
MADE AT MEETING
Race to be Run Over Regular
Three Mile Course Next
Wednesday Afternoon
RATS ARE PRIMED
Entrants to Meet on Freshman
Football Field at Three-
Thirty for Instructions
CUP BE GIVEN
Fraternity Having First Four Pledges
to Finish Will be Awarded Silver
Trophy
EDUCATION BANQUET BE
HELD FEBRUARY FIRST
MANY ATTEND
BAPTIST MEET
The Baptist Church at Auburn was
represented at the Sunday School
meeting at the Southside Baptist
Church, Birmingham, Tuesday and
Wednesday by Dr. J. R. Edwards,
pastor, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Garrett,
J. B. Jackson, B. C. Pope, J. F. Dug-gar,
Mrs. T. P. Whitten, and Mrs.
A. D. Duffee.
All education students are urged
to buy tickets immediately for the
Education Banquet, which will be
held in the Eastern Star Hall Wed­nesday
night, February 1, beginning
at 6:30 p. m. The principal speaker
and guest of honor will be Dr. Suh-rie,
one of the outstanding educators
of America. Dr. Suhrie, who is head
of the teacher-training department
of Columbia University, is making a
personal survey of the Alabama edu­cational
system. He will be in Au­burn
only one night.
The banquet, a home-coming event
for the school of education, is being
sponsored by the local chapter of
Kappa Delta Pi, honorary education
fraternity. Anyone interested in edu­cation
or in hearing the speaker will
be welcomed.
Final plans for the annual fresh­man
cake race, which is sponsored by
Omicrqn Delta Kappa, were made at
the meeting of the fraternity last
night.
The race is to be run over the reg­ular
three mile course Wednesday
afternoon, February 1, beginning at
4 o'clock. All freshmen are required
to participate in the event. Entrants
are to meet at the freshman football
field at 3:30 when they will be given
a card carrying their name and the
name of their fraternity. The fra­ternity-
having the first four pledges
to finish the race will be awarded a
silver loving cup, to be dicided by
the Interfraternity Council. Cakes
will be given to the first twenty-five
men finishing and the winner will also
receive a freshman numeral.
Any kind of uniform excepting
parts of military uniform, that would
pass ordinary censorship may be
worn.
The Omricon Delta Kappa Cake
Race has been an outstanding athletic
event on the Auburn campus for the
past four years and a great amount
of interest has been shown by the
freshmen this year. Several fraterni­ties
have been putting their pledges
through various forms of training
for the event and competition is ex­pected
to be keen over the "fraterni­ty"
cup.
Last year Carl Pihl won the race
to set a new record of fifteen min­utes
and five seconds for the course.
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity was
awarded the loving cup.
TEXTILE CHEMISTS TO
MEET IN LaGRANGE, GA.
PING-PONG TOURNAMENT
TO BEGIN FEBRUARY 2ND
Announcement was made today
that the Y. M. C. A. will sponser a
ping-pong tournament, beginning
February 2. Arrangements for reg­istration
are to be made at the "Y",
and considerable interest has been
manifested.
Registration for the tournament
starts today, and will end Monday,
January 30 at 5 p. m. Mrs. Jolly is
to have charge of registration, and
will enroll students at the Y. M. C.
A. office.
Play in the first bracket is to start
on Thursday, February 2; all stu­dents
are eligible for the tournament.
Rules for the tournament will be
posted at the "Y", and a schedule of
games will appear in a later Plains­man.
SPARKS NOW TEACHING
WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL
J. W. Sparks of Auburn is now
teaching in the Waverly school. He
began on January 16.
Winter meeting of the southeastern
section of the American Association
of Textile Chemists and Colorists will
be held on Saturday evening, Febru­ary
4, 7 p. m., at the Colonial Hotel
in LaGrange, Ga.
Program of the meeting will be
opened with a discussion of "The
Dyeing and Processing of Knit Goods"
by W. F. Christrnan of the Russell
Manufacturing Co., Alexander City.
R. H. Adams of the testing depart­ment,
Callaway Mills, LaGrange, will
speak on "The Relation of the Testing
Laboratory to the Textile Industry."
Time for discussion of both papers
will be provided, according to Prof.
Charles B. Ordway, secretary of the
southeastern section, who announced
the program.
WELDEN NOW TEACHING
LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
C. R. Welden who comes to Au­burn
as a student has 12 years of
service as superintendent of the El­more
county schools is now teaching
science in the Lee county high school
taking the place .made vacant by the
resignation of Professor Cargile due
to illness.
Mr. Welden is an applicant for a
degree at the approaching commence­ment.
He is majoring in education.
POLO GAME SCHEDULED
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
According to Lt. Gunby a polo
game will be played Saturday after­noon
between the Maxwell Field Fly­ers
and the Auburn squad, the game
to begin at 2:30 p. m.
This particular game has been
scheduled for two different dates in
the past, but each time a wet field1
has rendered the match impossible.
There will be no admission charged.
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Subscription rates $2.50 per year (60 is­sues).
Entered as second class matter at
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Business and editorial offices at Auburn
Printing Co., on Magnolia Avenue.
Business office hours: 4-5 p. m. daily.
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STAFF
Knox M. McMillan - Editor
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William W. Beck Associate Editor
Hugh Cameron Associate Editor
John R. Chadwick Associate Editor
Gabie Drey — Associate Editor
Howard Moss Associate Editor
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B. C. Pope - - Sports Editor
REPORERS
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and H. N. White.
BUSINESS STAFF — Assistant Business
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Managers: Harry Orme and Herbert Har­ris.
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Manager: George H. Lester. Cir­culation
Assistants: Fred Moss, Dan Park-man,
William G. Emrey, Arthur C. Weid,
and E. W. Cole.
NO CONNECTIONS
Referring to the Cajoler, local publica­tion,
the Huntsville Times says:
A recent issue of the student publi­cation
at Auburn did neither honor nor
credit to its editors, and left the sus­picion
that the faculty is exercising
very little supervision over this phase
of 'student activity.
The alleged humor was not only
crude, but often just, plain ribald. The
jokes were filthy—the only word that
will describe some of them.
One need not be either a Puritan or
a purist to be offended by the issue
that appeared here recently.
The Editor of the Times is evidently the
two-fold victim of misinformation. He re­fers
to the Cajoler as a "student publica­tion"
and suggests that the faculty is not
exercising enough supervision over it. Al­though
the magazine was once a publication
of the student body, it now has no official
connection with the student body or with
the institution. It is not, responsible to the
faculty in any way, but its critics through­out
the state seem to think that the faculty
is responsible for it.
The Cajoler is published as an independ­ent
humor organ, and it is hardly just to
lay at the door of the faculty or the insti­tution
the blame for whatever offense the
magazine may have caused.
No doubt the misapprehension of facts
under which the Times' editor seems to be
writing is due to the use of the name,
"Cajoler", the title of the official student
magazine published here in days gone by,
a name for which there seems to be no
copyright.
At present the official publications f
the Auburn student body are: The Plains­man,
The Auburn Engineer, The Glomerata^,
and The Alabama Farmer.
COLLEGE GRADUATE
The old American idea that four years
in college constitute an education is fast
breaking down. The requirements for the
legal, medical, and teaching professions
have steadily risen, until today prepara­tion
in these fields requires a minimum of
six or seven years of college and university
attendance.
The four year man is surprisingly igno­rant.
He has got a smattering of informa­tion
about a few things during his college
career. He knows how to drill; he has
memorized a few formulae; he knows about
one hundred words (which he cannot pro­nounce)
of a foreign language; he can give
you the names of the major poets; and he
usually knows how to drink and handle
women. But he thinks he is educated. He
is ready to reform the country, run for
president, or take charge of the League of
Nations. On the other hand he may be a
graduate in a particular field of work,
about which he has got the elementary
ideas. In this case he knows nothing about
cultural and artistic matters, which he has
skimmed over during his first two years.
He will make a good worker in his particu­lar
profession, but his very narrowness will
hold him within the realm of mediocrity.
Limited finances and high tuition fees
are responsble for this sad condition of
American education. When one has only
enough money for four years of college
instruction it is only natural that he try
to learn as much as possible about one par­ticular
profession.
It is" indeed unfortunate that our leading
colleges and universities encourage this
overspecialization, setting forth centain cur­ricula,
dividing their undergraduate schools
into "departments", and thus almost com­pletely
limiting the student's instruction to
one field.
POSSIBILITIES
With the innovation of sound pictures,
the cinema bids fair to occupy a major
art position within a few years. So far
movie producers have made their appeal
to the public with a low mentality, with sen­sational
wild west pictures, sentimental
Pollyanna types, sex-ridden gaspers, etc.
But as the more educated classes go to the
movies in ever-incerasing numbers, scenario
writers are beginning to think more of their
art than of gate receipts.
Russian and German artists in American
studios are becoming increasingly popular,
and the good-looking-but-dumb American
playboy is not drawing the crowd he once
did.
Artists of international reputation are
leaving the stage for cinema contracts, and
producers of late have spent considerable
time familiarizing themselves with the dra­matic
art in its true sense.
Problem pictures and propagandists mo­vies
have not the appeal of the more recent
tragedies of realism.
Of course the cinema has hardly pierced
the surface of real drama, but there has
been considerable improvement within the
last year. Unlimited possibilities lie in wait
for the producers as the public becomes
more cultivated in its taste.
SCHOLASTIC SLUMPS
Last semester a large number of students
failed to pass eleven hours of class work.
Such a situation indicates that something
is amiss, either in the faculty or in the stu­dent
body.
It has been suggested that hardships,
both financial and physical, under which
the students are working, constitute the
principle cause for these failures. Wheth­er
this is a dominant influence or not we
are not in a position to say.
We feel that the nine excused football
games must have had a part in the scho­lastic
slump; any class meeting on Satur­day
last semester failed to do so nine times.
Students in three-hour courses scheduling
one class each Saturday missed approxi­mately
one-fifth of their recitations in that
course last semester. But we cannot say
that this fact was totally responsible for
the low grades.
We are of the opinion that the principle
fault lies in the student's lack of applica­tion.
It is indeed discouragng to note the
apparent waste of tme and effort last se­mester,
when* we consider the sacrifices
made to make educational opportunities
possible. In a time when maximum labor
is necessary for existence, quite a number
of our students celebrate by loafing. A cog
must be loose somewhere.
Letters to the Editor
Auburn, Alabama
January 24, 1933.
Editor, The Plainsman,
Auburn, Ala.
Dear Sir:
On Saturday night, a microphone be­longing
to Art Kassel was stolen from its
frame on the orchestra platform in the
gymnasium. The microphone had been
used in connection with an amplifier to
increase the voice range of the vocalists in
the orchestra during the dances.
Adjoining Kassel's microphone were two
other such instruments, the property of a
member of the student body, which were
not touched.
Stealing is a practice which has been al­most
unhead of in Auburn and any attempt
to invoke such disregard for law should be
suppressed immediately.' It is obviously
the duty of any student who may know
anything concei'ning the disappearance of
the article to report to the proper parties
at once in order that the name of the insti­tution
may be entirely cleared.
This type of conduct is not worthy of
rrfembers of the student body of this ins­titution,
and it serves only to bring a bad
name upon the entire school. It is quite
possible that some outsider may have stolen
the instrument, but there will still remain
in the minds of some the thought that it
was at Auburn that the instrument was
lost. /
From another angle it may be seen that
the instrument, should it not be found, will
have to be replaced from the funds of the
Social Committee. The committee is in
no financial condition to do this, as may
readily be seen from the number of stu­dents
who attended the opening dances and
the price that was paid to obtain the best
music for the Junior Prom. The hesitancy
concerning whether or not there would be
any Final Dances last year may be easily
remembered as further evidence of the fi­nancial
condition of the committee, and it
is imperative that no further burden be
placed upon its finances.
It is the hope of those who have the in­terests
of the school at heart that the guilty
party will consider these facts before pro-
Thunderations
By Gum
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in this
column are not necessarily the editorial opinions of
this paper. It is a column of personal comment,
and is not to be read as an expression of our
editorial policy.
* * * *
AND SO (I can't escape those words)
examinations leave me exactly as
"The Mummy" left that poor blue
eyed wretch at the Tiger Theatre Friday
. . . laughing. I laugh at my ignorance.
How much better to laugh than cry. Cry­ing
makes one so uncomfortable. And my
ignorance! I would be a hundred years
learning all about one of my courses. Why
not? It took several hundred men a hun-ded
years to learn all of that, stuff before
a book could even be written about it. Give
me time, my friends, and I will learn almost
anything. I will even try to understand
why unreasonable little boys grow red-faced
angry when small girls go to dances with
other small boys while Art Kassel plays
"Hell's Bells." Hell's Bells. I laugh.
* * • * *
Perhaps the reason I like light headed
(I mean yellow haired) girls is because of
my high school mathematics teacher, a bru­nette.
In my high school we had pictures
upon the walls . . . beautiful pictures of
knights and angels and things. One blaz­ing,
and soul blinding October afternoon
when I cast brown eyes upon yellow maple
leaves rippling outside and wondered about
the Great Spirit, my teacher turned to the
picture of the angels and asked us if we
had ever seen a picture of a dark-haired
angel. Have you? I went home that after­noon
and tore leaves from my diary; I cros­sed
out the names of three girls who, until
then, had made my heart go uppitty jump
bump. I decided I liked good girls _. . .
girls who would be angels . . . yellow-hair­ed
girl's. And the next day I went back to
school and fell in love with a red-headed
girl. Perhaps some of the angels had red
hair that just didn't show up in the pic­ture,
but perhaps they didn't. That wor­ried
me, and so I started taking the little
girl to church every Sunday, and I prayed
ardently that she should be an angel. I
hope I made her a good girl. "I made her a
good girl" . . . somehow that sounds funny,
but from blue October sunshine, yellow
maple leafs, and pictures upon walls I
learned all the goodness that still, I hope,
remains in me. And that is why I like them.
* * * *
I have often wondered just how Garbo
would look in a bathing suit. A
* * * * \J
Wondering While Thundering: Why
should a former managing editor of this
paper and a group of friends sing "Sweet
Adeline" Sunday from an upstairs window?
I had much rather have heard them recite
"Danny Deever".
Just what does a girl think of a boy
whose telephone number is a hundred num­bers,
two churches and a corner removed
from hers? To this column, a letter . . . I
shall know . . . and to you my cherished
fire-cracker which I have saved for two
Christmases to pop off when I am under­stood
by many, and to a few, remain the
same. Now you grow lachrymose and I
shall be lackadaisical, and we can cry
into my faded lamp shade. v
Would I be overly excited if the zoo
caught fire and emitted striped-pajama co­eds?
No, not overly. I haven't been ex­cited
since my bemoaned car-riding collie
chewed up a bull-dog who had bow legs.
. . . Or was it a girl with similar under­carriage?
What would I give to see Lil Cherry
dance? A dillar, a dollar, and forty-nine
profuse thank youse. Nice pluralizing,
what?
* " • * •" * *
Thoughts and Things: Some Sunday
night I shall go proselytizing, and there will
be work for Aphrodite. Good old Aphro­dite.
Label on a pint of rye: Aged in wood.
Bottled in a barn.
This paper has become an eighty-five per
cent paper since four members of the staff
averaged 85 on a journalism course.
I couldn't think of it the other night, but
"You're Charming" is better than any of
your old "Bells of Avalon". You're charm­ing.
Listen.
With that "listen", two parts of the car­riage
of this staring typewriter dropped
off. You are listening much the same as
you always did. I shall stop your kitchen
clock for this.
That cheese I ate at 12:45 doesn't make
the spots before my eyes seem a bit bright­er.
I doubt if I even like yellow-haired
girls anymore. And the carriage emits an­other
bearing.
Will government never learn that the way
to overcome a deficit is to cut out the things
that caused it?—Hartford Times.
ceeding toward personal gain from the theft
of this instrument.
Sincerely yours,
A Junior.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Wife: Wake up John, there's a burglar in the next room.
Husband: I have no gun. Suppose you go in there and look daggers at him.
* * * * * * * *
You say you never differ from your wife?
Never. She goes her way, and I go hers.
. * * * * * * * *
She was only a chem prof's daughter but she knew her heat equivalents.
* * * * * * * *
Percy calls his girl" Gold Medal because she has been through the mill.
* * * * * * * *
Shoulder straps are quite important, they are all that keep an attraction from
becoming a sensation.
^ * * * * * * * *
Papa loves Mamma
Mamma loves the men
Mamma is in the grave-yard
Papa's in the pen.
* * : } : * * * * *
"Heavy date you had last night. Have a good time?"
"Naw!"
"How come?"
"Did you ever enjoy a book with the last chapter cut out?"
* * * * * * * *
Lives of great men all remind us,
As their pages o'er we turn,
That we're apt to leave behind us
Letters that we ought to burn.
* * * * * * * *
"Can you make a lemon punch?"
"No, but I can make a peach wrestle."
* * * * * * * *
"How did his wedding come off?"
"Fine until the preacher asked the bride if she would obey her husband."
"Then what happened?"
"She replied, 'Do you think I'm an ass?' and the groom, slightly muddled, said,
'I do.' "
* * * * * * * *
What is the younger generation coming to? Another generation.
CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT
WHERE ARE THE DIARISTS?
In reading the works of famous diarists
of the past, one wonders whether at this
moment individuals are placing upon paper
their reactions to the events of the day,
great and small, which, generations hence,
will be perused with fascinated interest by
laymen and examined with searching pre­cision
by scholars.
The diarist performs a unique function.
He occupies a position not held by the his­torian,
by the author, as such, or by writers
for newspapers and periodicals. It is the
diarist who gives the most detailed know­ledge
of life as it is lived by the average
nYan and woman. Through his eyes are
''seen not inly the happenings of the day but
also their most intimate coloring.
Students of seventeenth century England
are especially fortunate in having available
the comprehensive jottings of two of the
most famous of all diarists, Samuel Pepys
and John Evelyn. The former is the better
known and his diary is .perhaps the most
popular of all, but, the span of Evelyn's
years was longer and he kept his journal
over a longer period.
Pepys and Evelyn were contemporaries.
They knew and respected each other. Both
were close to James II. 'However, they were
by nature quite different. Pepys was far
more the gay gallant, and his frank diary
sparkles with gossip of the day. His jour­nal
has a vivid freshness, a breath-taking
outspokenness. It is a clear shaft of light
into the manners of the times.
The Evelyn manuscript likewise reflects
both the times and the character of the
diarist. It bespeaks a different personal­ity;
more conservative, more shocked by
the prevalent looseness of morals. Like
Pepys' diary, it is invaluable to the scholar,
and is a source of never-ending fascination
to the interested general reader.
In all the great mass of "copy" that
comes from the presses of today, is there
anything which will serve as do these very
human documents to tell the story of the
average man of this generation to the av­erage
man of, say, five or ten generations
hence? Perhaps so. If not, then some
diarist, now unknown and unsung, may take
a highly honored place in the anthologies of
the future.—Christian Science Monitor.
ATHLETES AT $1 PER POUND
Sportsmen and educators, alike will hail
the action of the Southern Conference in
asking the Southern Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools to clean up athletics.
The conference requests an inquiry into
recruiting, subsidizing, entrance require­ments,
and scholastic standards. These
quite properly should come under close scru­tiny.
There is no denying the fact that college
sports have been over-emphasized in Amer­ica.
Blame attaches primarily to athletic
directors and coaches, but equally to blame,
in many cases, are enthusiastic alumni, out
to battle for alma mater at any cost, and
the devil take bookish folk who interfere.
But lately there is suspicion that faculties
have become too subservient to the feelings
of alumni, who must not be too grossly of­fended,
and that too great leniency has been
shown star halfbacks in the classrooms.
This suspicion may be unjustified, but it
is worth running down. We are not ready
to raze all recitation halls to make way for
bigger and better gymnasiums.
As a matter of fact, with times as hard
as they are, it was reported last Fall that
subsidizing of athletes had fallen off. Hu­morists
quoted football players lower than
Krueger and Toll. Few players now are
being bought at $1 per pound.
Practically the only lure that now can be
held out to stellar porformences on gridiron,
diamond and track is lowered scholarship.
Entrance requirements can be eased and
standards reduced, without a penny's cost.
This is far more harmful than the out­right
barter and sale of athletes. Practi­cally
the only one injured in that transac­tion
is the athlete, and in most cases the
athlete does not recognize the injury, as
he prefers playing football at a good salary
to mining coal.
But to lower the scholastic standing of an
institution works immeasurable harm on all
students. The standards in America al­ready
are far too low. Too many young­sters
who should be on the front ends of
trolley cars are roaming college campuses
in caps and gowns. America is over-doing
higher education as she has over-done in­numerable
other things.
The Southern Conference rightly asks
that colleges which clip educational require­ments
lose their ratings as standard colleges
—Richmond Times-Dispatch.
RADICALISM
"Radicalism" is the word that bobs before
the eys of the reader and the ear of the
listener so often that it becomes as "the"
and "I", those two words that are the most
commonly used in the English language.
The term is very freely applied to almost
everybody and everything. People and
ideas that are really conservative often are
accused of being "radical" and are there­fore
condemned.
The reason for the popularity of this
term and its frequent application to individ­uals
lies in the fact that anything that
contradicts the exsting order is judged "rad­ical".
Anything contrary to custom is
usually frowned upon, although sometimes
it is merely subjected to ridicule. 'Liberal
tendencies always are claimed to be erratic
and often are associated with "radicalism."
Plans for change are put forward in dif­ferent
ways. Some persons adopt the poli­cy
of "watchful waiting", slowly winning
their opponents over to their side. Others
say what they think, minding not on whose
pet prejudices they step in the meantime.
Often on the Tulane campus in student
and faculty affairs are suggestions made
that are judged to be "radical". Usually
these suggestions crop up when it is evident
that a change should be made. Then, too,
many things once considered radical are
now judged to be logical. Their perpetra­tors,
judged insane or almost so, are com­plimented
for their wisdom.
When persons who, up until their voicing
such theories, are believed to be sound, they
should not immediately be dismissed as
"radical". Serious consideration should
first be given the plan, whatever it may be.
At least a hearing and possibly a trial is
deserved. For often, as history proves, con­structive
thought is associated with "radi­calisms".—
Tulane Hidlabaloo.
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.
* * * *
NOW THAT the dances have been ac­claimed
a success and the freshman
class as a body is tired of discuss­ing
the English department, the student
body will have to think of something else
to pass the time away until mid-semester
examinations.
* * * *
In the last appearance of this column the
writer made the statement that: "The de­termination
with which the administration
has enforced this rule (probation rule) this
year's to be commended." Now for the first
time in many moons I managed to keep my
tongue out of my cheek in making such a
statement; for obviously the administration
intended to carry out their program of sin­cere
educational revival. But how were
they to know that 278 students were going
to be placed upon the probation list at the
middle of the semester? 278 students can
pay a large amount of college fees.
Last spring the administration combined
with the lesser-lights of the institution and
declared that the students who attended the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute during the
sessions of 1932-33 were to be required to
pass eleven hours work each semester; also,
that the passing average for any under­graduate
course was to be raised from 60
to 70.
And now comes the declaration that in
view of the fact that the Council is con­sidering
changes in rules governing proba­tion
and suspension, only grades below 60
will be considered failures. Conditioned
grades are to become failures only upon
failure to pass a re-examination within the
time stated by the catalogue.
In all sincerity, I do not care at all wheth­er
the passing grade is placed on a scale
subject to monthly change or set anywhere
from zero to one hundred. There are prob­ably
scores of students within the 278 who
are much more capable of absorbing class­room
knowledge than those who remain. I
wish they could all stay here for the simple
reason that they are victims of a most pe­culiar
set of circumstances; and it is rather
embarrassing to be requested to leave an
institution of higher education which ope­rates
under rules as they now stand at Au­burn.
Last year there was quite a bit of noise
raised because this paper carried an edito­rial
suggesting that the institution was
falling into the custom of compromising
large issues. Inconsistency, thy name is
alma mater.
* * * *
In his article, "Universities and Reli­gious
Indifference", Bernard I. Bell speaks
thusly in an issue of The Atlantic Monthly.
"Youth is always conformist, more so than
childhood or middle age. The undergrad­uate
hates to be eccentric, or even to seem
so. Half of the problems of college educa­tion
are conditioned by this undergraduate
prejudice against originality or independ­ence
of thought. The college student there­fore
reflects, quite naturally and under­standably,
the current notion that only those
things are important which advance world­ly
position. Our generation ignores reli­gion
as far as possible, because to do so en­ables
men and women to avoid interference
with impulses engendered by cupidity. Con­temporary
civilization is largely built upon
the basic idea that the world may become
any man's oyster." Now that may seem a
bit too close to out-worn essaying for your
mental palate. Disregarding everything
else contained in that series of statements,
it will be rather difficult for youth to dis­regard
the first sentence. Robots are not
necessarily built of tin and rivets.
* * * *
Say what you like, the corporation which
dispenses electrical power to the residents
of the state has things pretty well in hand.
Anyone who remained awake after twelve
o'clock last night used a candle and liked it.
Try to do anything about it
* * * *
The technocrats and anti-technocrats are
at it again . . . the Committee of 500 makes
faces at the legislature . . . the legislature
hasn't enough face left to retaliate . . . .
the schools over the state open and close
with startling regularity . . . debt, revi­sions
again serve as copy for the papers
. . . Japan still continues to have a good
time . . . grades start going home . . . so
do a few students for that matter . . . .
"Sweet Sue" still sounds much better than
the newer ones . . . I take my bow . . .
for another.
The farm-allotment plan, Senator Cap­per
says, will raise the cost of bread one
cent a loaf, but it is the only effective way
to bring about a reduction in wheat acre­age.
So it will cost city slickers $750,000,-
000 to hire the farmers not to work so hard.
•—27ie Neiv Yorker.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25, 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
EFFORT IS MADE
TO RECAPTURE
ERRANT BOOKS
January 25 to 31 has been desig­nated
as Immunity Week at the Col­lege
library by Miss Mary Martin, li­brarian,
who will accept during this
time, without fine, the return of any
book overdue for a month or longer.
This concession of waiving all fines
on such books is made to encourage
the return of the 1,500 overdue
books. Some of them, she says, have
been due for several years.
Until the first of February Miss
Martin is taking the attitude toward
library books of "all is forgiven,
please come back home." Both stu­dents
and faculty are asked to co­operate.
"No questions will be ask­ed,"
added Miss Martin, "I am only
interested in the return of these
books in order that they may be
used by others."
During the period from 1907 until
January 1, 1933, some 1,900 volumes
have mysteriously disappeared from
the library or were lost by borrowers.
The fire of 1920 destroyed 1,004 vol­umes,
668 lost books were paid for by
borrowers, and 301 have been dis­carded.
Important reference books • that
have been removed irregularly from
the library include Brewer, "Hand­book
of Allusions"; Walsh, "Handy-book
of Curious Information"; New
International Encyclopedia, Volume
18; Taylor, "Names and Their His­tories";
Harvard Classics, Volume 13
and 40; Allen, "Synonyms and Anto­nyms";
Dictionary of national bi­ography,
Volume 32; Encyclopedia of
Drawing, Volumes 1, 2, and 3; and
the following bound volumes of maga­zines:
Century, Volume 110; Dial,
Volume 60; Critic, Volume 23; Out­look,
Volume 66; and Saturday Re­view,
Volume 29.
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STUDY PIANO with a compet­ent
teacher of up-to-date music
methods. Special attention giv­en
to beginners and advanced
students. Studios in Auburn
and Opelika. Phone Earl Hazel,
Opelika, 540-J.
Tiger Theatre
W e d n e s d a y , Jan. 25
See this drama of an
amazing career!
"The HALF NAKED
TRUTH"
—with Lupe Velez, Lee Tracy,
Eugene Pallette, Frank Morgan
Added attraction, "Radio Stars"
and Paramount Pictorial.
Thursday, Jan. 26
"The PENGUIN POOL
MURDER"
with Edna May Oliver, Robt.
Armstrong, James Gleason and
Mae Clark
Comedy, "THE BIG FLASH"
F r i d a y , J a n . 27
Back again
JAMES CAGNEY
—in—
"HARD TO HANDLE"
—with Mary Brian, Ruth
Donnelly
and, NEWS EVENTS
News Flashes
From Abroad
THE JUNG HOTEL
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
E i g h t e e n stories of mod­e
r n 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 . 5 0 and $3.00
"You can live better at the
Jung for Less"
COLORADO AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE
Fort Collins, Colo.—Kirby Page,
lecturer and writer, is scheduled to
speak here. His topic will be "Living
Creatively". The occasion for the
lecture is the Rocky Mountain Field
Council of the Y. M. C. A.
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GEORGIA TECH
Atlanta, Ga.—A canvass of vari­ous
honor societies on the Tech cam­pus
reveals that the lads who become
B. M. O. C. spend apporximately
$10,000 annually on honor societies.
Mr. "Bong" Owens presented a vo­luminous
report based on a question­naire
sent to some thirty-five honor­ary
organizations on the campus. The
report was discussed bit by bit.
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TULANE
New Orleans, La.—Depression eco­nomy
and a hint given by an English
newsreel inspired five Newcombites
to revive the old Southern custom
perpetuated for generations by thous­ands
of dusky females on cabin
porches—pipe smoking for women.
When experiments with pipe to­bacco
led to disastrous results, the
quintet abandoned their economy
ideas and -stuffed their pipes with
"makings" from broken cigarettes.
Development of the idea almost met
disaster by confiscation of the pipes
when the innovators brought them
into the dormitory dining room.
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COLORADO MINES
Golden, Colo.—The annual Sow­belly
dinner will be held in the Brown
Palace Hotel following the meeting
of the Colorado Mining bodies. As
usual the menu will be coffee, and
"Sowbelly and beans". The dinner
will be open to the public.
FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE
FOR WOMEN
Tallahassee, Fla. — One hundred
and fifty newspapers, both daily and
weekly, local and sectional, have been
deluged with news from the Publici­ty
Department for ' the last four
years. The readers are reported to
be vast and interested.
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UNIVERSITY OFTENNEESSEE
Knoxville, Tenn.—Knitting, fancy
dancing, chicken and alligator raising,
and sundry other sports occupy the
time of the little girls at the Volun­teer
University.
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WINTHROP COLLEGE
Rock Hill, S. C—Vincente Escu-dero,
noted dancer, has his peculiari­ties.
He likes dogs and cats better
than people. He has a thirteen-year-old
cat who dances and cuts up in
general. However, he does not carry
the cat about with him, because of
the trouble attached to the caring
and looking after such a beast.
Miss Helen Johnston
Will Have Part On
Nutritionists' Program
Miss Helen Johnston, state home
demonstration agent, and two mem­bers
of her staff will appear on the
program of the Interstate Discus­sion
Conference of Extension Nutri­tionists
to be held at the Piedmont
Hotel in Atlanta, Ga., on February
10 and 11. They are Miss Helen
Kennedy, extension nutritionist, and
Miss Margaret Garrett, extension
specialist in food preservation.
Extension nutritionists from Flor­ida,
Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia,
South Carolina, and Tennessee will
also attend the meeting where dis­cussions
of nutrition problems which
have arisen during the depressed eco­nomic
times will take place.
Mrs. Cla Powell Malcolm of Wash­ington,
D. C, supervisor of home
demonstration work for the southern
states, will preside at the opening
session Friday morning, February 10
and Miss Johnson will serve in the
same capacity at the final session Sat­urday
afternoon, February 11. Pro­gram
for the meeting was announced
by Miss Miriam Birdseye, extension
nutritionist with the U. S. Depart­ment
of Agriculture.
Miss Kennedy will lead a discussion
of the permanent values which should
accrue to the extension service from
effective cooperation in food relief
during the present economic emerg­ency.
"Canning, Drying, and Brin­ing
Methods" is the subject of Miss
Garrett's discussion. I
COUNTY WOMEN
ASSEMBLE HERE
ON WEDNESDAY
With 27 women present a leader­ship
meeting in food preservation
was held here Wednesday for Lee
County women. Miss Mary Bailey,
home demonstration agent, was in
charge with the instruction being
given by Miss Helen Kennedy, exten­sion
specialist in foods. They were
welcomed by Director L. N. Duncan
and Miss Ruth Dobyne.
Those present were: Pine Grove:
Mrs. S. L. Wallace, Mrs. Mae Beane,
Miss Carolyn Betts; Gold Hill: Mrs.
Walter Fletcher, Miss Zola Haralson,
Mrs. L. A. Smith; Bee Hive: Mrs. C.
A. Foss; Salem: Mrs. John Pratt,
Mrs. Claud McLain, Mrs. W. C. Cum­ins,
Mrs. Z. T. Pratt; Marshall Club:
Mrs. Marvin Harrison, Mrs. W. J.
Ware, Mrs. Jim Harrison, Mrs. Herb­ert
Orr; Beauregard Club: Miss Fran­ces
Harris; Beat Six: Mrs. D. S. Fos­ter,
Mrs. R. Y. Bailey, Mrs. D. F.
King; Smith Station: Mrs. Luther
O'Grady, Mrs. Durwood O'Grady,
Mrs. W. M. Traylor, Mrs. W. T.
Sturkie; Loachapoka: Mrs. J. D. Mc-
Kee.
Visitors at the club were Miss
Dorothy Dean, clothing specialist, and
Miss Bess Fleming, 4-H Club leader
for girls.
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
Society Editor — BAMA LYNE AYRES — Phone 122
Keys Fraternity Stages
Annual Banquet
. The local chapter of Keys gave
one of the most enjoyable of the
social events during the Mid-Term
dances, when they were hosts at a
banquet in the Clement Hotel in
Opelika. Members of the fraternity
and their dates were present and ac­claimed
the entertainment one of the
most successful of attendant gaities
during the oscial season.
Several delightful courses made up
the luncheon which was served pre­ceding
the regular program.
John Fonville, president of the or­ganization,
acted as toastmaster and
introduced several guests at the ban­quet.
Members of the Art Kassel
orchestra were in attendance.
A negro quartet from Opelika sang
several negro spirituals for the en­tertainment
of those present.
SUCCESS IN RAISING
CHICKS WITH VARIOUS
TYPE BROODERS CITED
Splendid success in the winter rais­ing
of chicks with various types of
brooders is reported by Prof. G. A.
Trollope, poultry department head at
Auburn. A large number of milk-fed
broilers are now ready for the
market.
Professor Trollope said that early
hatching incurs much less trouble
from diseases and parasites. Broilers
now at the poultry plant have prac­tically
avoided all disease and para­site
infection.
Blue Key Hosts at Banquet
Friday Night
Blue Key members and their dates
enjoyed a banquet on Friday night at
the Eastern Star Hall. About twenty-two
members of the honorary fra­ternity
attended the function.
Herbert Croen, president of the
local chapter of the fraternity, made
a brief talk in which he welcomed the
visiting girls.
A delightful dinner consisting of
three courses wag served.
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE
GIRLS ATTEND JUNIOR PROM
That one hundred eighty-three
girls attended the Mid-term dances
has been announced, following a
check by chairman Stuart Pugh of
the Social Committee. This is an
appreciable increase as compared with
the number who attended the Junior
Proms of the past two years.
Last year one hundred forty-five
girls were visitors for the occasion,
In raising the early broilers, the
department has experimented with
brooders which burn wood and coke,
and those heated in other ways.
Five F r a t e r n i t i e s Give
Buffet Suppers
The Sigma Nu, Lambda Chi Alpha,
Theta Chi, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon and' Phi Delta Theta
fraternities were hosts at buffet sup­pers
in the respective houses Satur­day
night following the final dance of
the Junior Prom series. All of these
chapters gave house parties entertain­ing
visiting girls who were up for
the dances and a bevy of attractive
girls attended the suppers. Some of
the vocalists in the Kassel band were
present at several of the buffet sup­pers
and sang selections for the en­tertainment
of those present.
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subscription scholarship workers
and crew managers write immedi­ately
for very best scholarship of­fers
of leading publishers. Can be
worked there now. Permanent po­sitions
if experienced, also summer
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For full details write: The
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while the preceding year there were
one hundred fifty-seven.
The above figures show that the
dances here are taking a place of in­creased
prominence in the social cal-ander
of both the state and the en­tire
South. Bids were sent as far
north as Maine and as far west as
California, while the Atlantic was the
border to the eastward.
The girl who attended from Massa~
chusetts had the distinction of being
the visitor who travelled the greatest
distance to be present for the occa­sion.
Six fraternities gave house parties
for the visiting young ladies, these
being Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta
Theta, Sigma Nu, Sigma Alpha Epsi­lon,
Lambda Chi Alpha, and Theta
Chi.
A.I.E.E. Smoker To Be
Given Thursday
A smoker will be held Thursday,
January 26, at 7 o'clock, as the first
meeting of A. I. E. E. for the new
semester. All freshmen just enter­ing
school, as well as uprJerclassmen
in the school of engineering are in­vited
to be present in Ramsey Hall,
room 109.
Professor W. W. Hill, faculty ad­visor
for the local branch, will speak
as well as several other members of
the teaching staff. Plans for Engi­neer's
Day will be discussed and much
important business must be trans­acted.
All members of A. I. E. E.
are urged to be present in order to
facilitate immediate business.
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All races of people since the beginning
of time, so far as we have been able
to read, have had some kind of a pipe
and have smoked something—whether
they called it tobacco or what not.
A ND since smoking a pipe is so different
-£m. from smoking a cigar or cigarette,
we made a most painstaking, scientific
study in an effort to make, if we could,
a tobacco which was suited to pipes.
We found out, first, that there was a
kind of tobacco that grew in the Blue
Grass section of Kentucky called White
Burley, and that there was a certain kind
of this tobacco which was between the
tobacco used for cigarettes and the to­bacco
used for chewing tobacco. It is
this tobacco which is best for pipes.
We found out that Mr. J. N. Wellman,
many years ago, made a pipe tobacco
which was very popular. But it was
never advertised - and after he passed
away nothing more was heard about it.
We acquired this Wellman Method and
that is what we use in making Granger.
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TOBACCO CO.
Next was the cut. We knew that fine
tobacco burnt hot because it burnt so
fast. You could hardly hold your pipe in
your hand, it got so hot at times. So
remembering how folks used to "whittle"
their tobacco we cut GRANGER just like
"whittle" tobacco—"Rough Cut." It
smokes cooler, lasts longer and never
gums the pipe.
So far, so good. Now we wanted to
sell this tobacco for 10c. Good tobacco
The Granger pouch
keeps the tobacco fresh
— right process — cut right. So we put
Granger in a sensible soft foil pouch
instead of an expensive package, knowing
that a man can't smoke the package.
GRANGER has not been on sale very
long, but it has become a popular smoke.
And we have yet to know of a man who
started to smoke it, who didn't keep on.
Folks seem to like it.
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PAGE FOUR T H E P L A I N S M A N •:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25, 1933
Cagesters Begin Hard
Work Preparing For
Coming&gagements
Returning to the Plains after drop­ping
a pair of contests to Birming­ham-
Southern and Vanderbilt the
past week-end, Auburn's basketball
team has been working overtime in
preparation for the invasion of the
L. S. U. Tigers tonight and tomorrow
night.
Auburn fought hard against the
sensational Panther quintet Friday
night, and after trailing at the half
26-9, the Tigers came back to score
the same number of points as the
winners in the last half, each getting
24.
In their first Southeastern Confer­ence
engagement Saturday night, the
Tigers lost a one-point decision to the
Vanderbilt Commodores, 25-24. Au­burn
overcame an early Vandy lead
to push the winners to the final
whistle.
With the return to school of Cap­tain
Slick Kaley, one of the outstand­ing
guards in the South last year, Au­burn's
stock has jumped several
points. Kaley will lead his team
against L. S. U. for the first time to­night.
The Louisiana Tigers, with four
victories in as many games, set the
pace for the Southeastern Conference
last week. Included in their string of
seven victories is a win over Ala­bama,
the only lost sustained by the
Crimson five this season. Harris,
Samuels, and Torrance, first and
third high scorers in the old Southern
Conference last year, and Wade and
Blair are main sogs in the "Huey
Long" Tiger machine.
Probable line-ups:
Auburn: Mason and Jenkins, for­wards;
Ariail, center; Kaley and
McMahan, guards.
L. S. U.: Samuels and Blair, for­wards;
Torrance, center; Wade and
Journeay, guards.
WILMORE SPEAKER
AT COMMENCEMENT
HELD ON THURSDAY
Any students who will not be in
school the second semester, and have
paid their first semester activity fees
in cash, may have a copy of the Glom-erata
mailed them by payment of
$2.00. Such students are requested
to reserve their copies as soon as
possible. Mail check or money order
to The Glomerata, % The Business
Manager, and give your complete ad­dress.
(Continued from page 1)
the subject as you go along. I would
modestly suggest that subjects such
as economics, psychology, and Eng­lish
are likely to be of great value
and importance to those who become
our leaders through the coming years.
"One further bit of advice I vent­ure
to offer which is not usually men­tioned
on occasions of this kind. That
is, cultivate thrift; avoid debt. There
is nothing that causes more unhappi-ness
and discouragement than debt.
I believe debt is one of the funda­mental
causes of the depression which
now prevails.
"Mr. Harold Scott, the self-appoint­ed
apostle of technocracy estimates
that the total debts, public and pri­vate,
in the United States amount to
more than 218 billion dollars. This
may or may not be a reasonable- esti­mate
but we may use these figures to
illustrate our point. An approximate
estimate of the interest that must be
paid on the debt would be eight to
ten billion dollars per year, an aver­age
of about $70.OQ per y«ar for each
man, woman and child in the United
States. Of course this interest is
distributed to some extent, but with
90 per cent of the wealth of the
country in the hands of perhaps less
than 10 per cent of its citizens, it is
not unreasonable to say that a great
many more people pay than receive.
"Interest is a tax and in these days
when taxes are being scrutinized and
criticized, it is proper to raise this
question. When you buy an article
on the installment plan the cost is
about ten per cent higher than the
list price. In most cases the same
article could have been bought for
cash on delivery with a discount of
two per cent. That means that you
are paying a tax of twelve per cent
on what you buy. You would be
greatly hurt and discouraged if your
employer should cut your salary that
much and yet that is practically what
you do to your own salary when you
go into debt, i You can buy useful
articles with what is left after the
interest tax has been deducted.
"Of course, occasions arise when it
becomes necessary to incur debts, and
credit must be available to carry on
modern business. It is also neces­sary
for the individual citizen in
times like these, but I am sure we
Norman Brokenshire Tunes Up Chesterfield
Radio Stars for the New Year
MANY NEW TYPES
TREES FOUND IN
ALABAMA FORESTS
Reading from left to right, Tom Howard, George Shelton, Ruth Etting, Bing Crosby, Norman
Brokenshire and Lennie Hayton.
CHESTERFIELD HOUR WILL PRESENT NEW
PROGRAM EVERY NIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
Bing Crosby, Ruth Etting, Tom Howard, George Shelton,
and Others to Come Over Hook-up
Crosley Radios and
Refrigerators
FOR WARRANTS
New goods Low prices
McKINN0N and CALLAN
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THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES—
HAGEDORN'S
Largest Department Store in East Alabama
VISIT OUR GENTS FURNISHINGS DEPARTMENT
"Sir Gallahad" Shirts—Arrow Trump Shirts—
Interwoven Sox—Cheney Neckwear—Universal
Pajamas—Hickok Belts and Buckles.
Prices Most Reasonable!
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Opelika, Alabama
^
Six nights a week—every day ex
cept Sunday—at 9:00 P. M. Eastern
Standard Time, stars of comedy,
music and song will come through
the' Columbia Broadcasting System
over the largest coast-to-coast hook­up
in radio.
Tom Howard and his partner
George Shelton are new to the ether
waves. An exclusive Chesterfield
find, they are reported to have turned
down some attractive stage offers, in­cluding
one with "Of Thee I Sing,"
for an opportunity to present a new
comedy-team idea on the radio. The
atre goers all over the world are fa­miliar
with Howard's famous comedy
sketch "The Spy", introduced in the
"Greenwich Village Follies" of 1928.
It subsequently won the N. Y. Crit­ics
award as the best comedy sketch
of the year and was translated into
many languages. Howard is a real
"scoop" for Chesterfield. In the past
ten years the famous comedian's time
has been filled to capacity with stage
and movie productions, and he was
finally persuaded to carry his inimit­able
drolleries into the realm of ra­dio.
The team of Howard and Shel-
GARRETT PROPRIETOR
OF SANDWICH SHOP
Dan Garrett, Auburn mid-year
graduate in 1931, has taken over the
ownership of the Tiger Sandwich
Shop, having bought out the former
proprietor at the beginning of this
year.
Since graduation, Mr. Garrett has
been with the State Health Depart­ment
until November 1, 1932 in which
capacity he made many friends and
was successful in the position he held.
Mr. Garrett says that he is pleased
with the patronage now received at
the Sandwich Shop. He is planning
a number of improvements along the
lines of equipment and interior fix­tures.
Two Auburn students are working
with Mr. Garrett, Tom Nash and
Jones (Rock) Phillips, both of Birm­ingham.
Blake Sanders is also con­tinuing
with the shop.
This week $5 meal tickets for $4.50
have been put on sale and the Tiger
Sandwich Shop is the only eating
place in town which is giving away
chances on the $25 in gold and the
Austin automobile and which go to
the holders of the lucky numbers at
the Tiger Theatre on February 7th
and 14th, respectively.
ton will be on every Tuesday and
Friday. An added feature on those
two nights will be Elizabeth Barthell,
novelty singer, in special vocal num­bers.
Ruth Etting, who as Chicago's
"Sweetheart of the Air" rose via
Ziegfeld's Follies and other stage
successes to be America's "Queen of
the Air", continues singing those
heart-throb ballads for Chesterfield
fans on Mondays and Thursdays. It
was her voice, listeners will recall,
that made "Ten Cents a Dance" a
Dance" a nation-wide hit over night.
Bing Crosby, who seems to con­quer
all fields of popular entertain­ment,
takes over the Chesterfield mi­crophone
on Wednesdays and Satur­days.
The romantic baritone's latest
triumphs were in Hollywood where he
starred in the "Bigi Broadcast" and
other pictures. Crosby's Brunswick
recording of the song "Please" from
that movie outsold all other Bruns­wick
records during the month of Oc­tober,
and for the past nine months
Crosby's recordings have been the
best sellers among individual vocal­ists.
.
A nightly feature of Chesterfield-s
stellar series is Lennie Hayton's Or­chestra.
Hayton is another Chester­field
discovery—one of Broadway's
younger successes. Under Chester­field's
sponsorship Hayton makes his
first appearances as a Star Conductor,
well qualified by his experience as
former assistant conductor for Paul
Whiteman and musical arranger and
accompanist for various radio and
stage headliners.
Norman Brokenshire, Chesterfield's
popular Master of Ceremonies, prom­ises
the year's outstanding fifteen-minute
shows to his thousands of fol­lowers.
"Like Chesterfield", says
Brokenshire, "this new line-up is sure
going to satisfy!"
GREEN-COLORED HAY
PREVENTS BLUE MILK
DAIRYING DEVELOPING
RAPIDLY IN ALABAMA
Women Traveling Alone
Prefer The Hotel Molton
WFTH AVENUE AND T
TWENTIETH BTBEET
miiii
i*HEY know its character—its
reputation for rigidly main­taining
certain standards. They
like Its friendly, courteous and
i n f o r m a l atmosphere. They
value Its considerate, attentive
service. And they find It moat
convenient to bs so close to the
shopping district and the
aters.
RATES
AS LOW AS $1.50
J. A. DRIVER, Mgr.
WMW/W-- 'I IIS
MOLTON
BIRMINGHAM
would all be more comfortable if we
had not been compelled to use it.
The cash basis is more important than
the gold basis and credit is one of
those things which grows rapidly
weaker with over exercise. I often
wonder if a depression could be
brought about if no one was in debt
to another.
"Most of yovr have spent about one-fifth
of your life so far here in col­lege.
We hope those years have been
happy years. We also hope that you
have used them to your advantage.
We have been" glad to have you. We
have tried to help you. Inevitably
you will carry the Auburn stamp
through life. We believe that the
Auburn stamp is a mark of distinc­tion
and that it is widely recognized
and respected. We shall always feel
interested in you and want you to
know that you have accumulated here
a deposit of good will a.gainst which
we invite you to draw during the com­ing
years."
. (Continued from page 1)
produced in Alabama for the last
few years, Mr. Wincher said that a
marked development was in progress.
The butter tested this year was con­siderably
better than ever before.
"People in Alabama do not yet de­mand
the best butter for they are
not yet acquainted with most excel­lent
types of this product which can
be produced. But creameries here
are steadily raising the standard and
the public is demanding better but­ter",
he said.
He pointed to the fact that very
few dairy production plants in Ala­bama
have been forced out of busi­ness
because of the depressed econ­omic
times. "The industry is con­stantly
getting itself on a better busi­ness
basis."
. "So far the South is consulting only
a small per cent of the amount of
butter that will come by development
of the industry. The local manufac­ture
of butter has increased the de­mand
which will continue to grow.
The market for cheese in the South
is as yet practically untouched.
Mr. Wincher commended the work
being done by Prof. A. D. Burke, Au­burn
dairy department head, and his
staff in arranging annual short
courses here in dairy manufacturing
where the latest methods which meant
a great deal to dairy development in
other states where the industry has
prospered".
The feeding of green-colored hay
to dairy cattle is the best way to pre­vent
the blue color in skimmilk~dur-ing
the winter, said Prof. A. D.
Burke, _ Auburn dairy department
head, in addressing members of the
dairy manufacturing short course in
progress here this week.
"Milk which shows a bluish tint
after the cream has risen is not nec­essarily
low in butterfat," he said,
"since the factor which prevents this
condition is found in green food,
abundance of which is lacking in win­ter.
Dairymen may augment this
scarcity of green feed by so curing
their legume hay as to retain its
green color."
Methods of preparing cream that
will whip to good advantage were al­so
discussed by Professor Burke. He
added that there are three factors
which the housewife can control that
are essential to the whipping quali­ties
of cream; namely, it must be old
enough to have good body, must con­tain
about 35 per cent butterfat, and
must be kept cold.
Many dairymen and creamery ope­rators
are here this week studying
new developments in their fields un-
The tree growth of Alabama, like
the human population ~ of the state,
is becoming more and more diversi­fied
through the importation of for­eign
species, finds Colonel Page B.
Bunker, state forester. While most
of these arborescent newcomers have
thus far been confined to shade and
ornamental uses, certain kinds have
escaped from cultivation and are be­coming
a part of the forest growth of
the commonwealth.
The Jujube tree, a native of the
Mediterranean region, is found in
various spots in the southern part of
the state where it is sometimes mis­taken
for the Olive. The well known
Chinaberry is a native of Persia and
India and is widely grown in Ala­bama.
The Tung Tree and the Ailan-thus,
or Tree of Heaven, are from
China, while the Empress Tree and
Paper Mulberry hail from Japan. The
Camphor Tree and the Ginkgo, or
Maidenhair Tree, are native to both
China and Japan, as is the so-called
Chinese Varnish Tree.
The English Elm is indigenous to
West and South Europe, the Mimosa
comes from Asia and the Cork Oak
is native to the region about the
Mediterranean. The Himalayan Pine
or Blue Pine grows naturally in North
Tiger Sharpshooters
Show Marked Ability
In Trio Of Victories
OPPOSE PROPOSED
R.O.T.C. LIMITATION
BILL IN CONGRESS
(Continued from page 1)
any other nation, being only 35 per
cent of that of England, 25 per cent
of that of Japan, 21 per cent of that
of -France, 19 per cent of that of
Italy, and 11 per cent of that of Rus­sia.
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, Shampoos and Finger
Waves a Specialty.
der members of the Auburn dairy
faculty and Joel Wincher, dairy
marketing specialist with the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Three features of the course Thurs­day
included discussions of a new
process for the making of butter
without churning, the preparation of
cultured buttermilk from dry skim-milk,
and new ideas in the making
of chocolate ice cream.
By Ed Moyer
The Tiger marksmen started their
season in a promising manner by win­ning
three and losing two matches
last week. The first team, consisting
of Brewer, Casson, Freret, Reynolds,
McCauley, Grene, Polk, Scherer,
Copeland, Zachry, Bradford, Chand­ler,
Robertson, VanHoose and Dexter,
scored 3,579 points. The team only
fired once last week, therefore, the
3,579 points count as the record for
each match.
"* Syracuse University lost by 272
points; Presbyterian College lost by
110 points; New Mexico Military In­stitute
lost by 257 points. The Uni­versity
of Wisconsin beat Auburn by
66 points. Because of an agreement
with the University of Maryland, we
only counted three instead of the
usual four positions. It so happened
that the position not counted was
fired with a high score and the result
was that Maryland beat Auburn 2,637
to 2,623.
Each member of the team fires ten
shots in each positionand then the
ten highest of the fifteen scores are
recorded as match scores. The po­sitions
fired are prone, sitting, kneel­ing
and standing.
Reynolds, Casson, Freret, Zachry,
Green, Brewer, Dexter, Copeland,
Bradford, Strother, Robertson, Mc­Cauley,
E. A. Wright and Chandler
form the team that will shoot against
the University of Wyoming, Ohio
State University, Mississippi State
College, North Carolina State Col­lege,
the University of Porto Rico
and the New York Military Academy.
They will also hsoot the prone score
for the Fourth Corps Area Trophy.
Lt. Bowman was quite pleased with
last weeks result and believes that
the team will make a better score
this week as they now have more con­fidence
in themselves.
India, the Deodar Cedar is from the
same general region and the Cedar of
Lebanon is indigenous to Asia Minor.
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