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Semi-Weekly Plainsman Wednesday Edition THE PLAINSMAN TO F O S T E R THE A U B U R N S P I R IT Basketball Game Tonight 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. 1 PAGE TWO 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 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25, 1933 gtyg fJtefttflttiatt Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates $2.50 per year (60 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Alabama. Business and editorial offices at Auburn Printing Co., on Magnolia Avenue. Business office hours: 4-5 p. m. daily. Editorial office hours: 11-12 a. m. daily. STAFF Knox M. McMillan - Editor Robert P. Greer Business Manager William W. Beck Associate Editor Hugh Cameron Associate Editor John R. Chadwick Associate Editor Gabie Drey — Associate Editor Howard Moss Associate Editor Horace Shepard Managing Editor Neil Davis - City Editor Jack Knowlton News Editor James A. Parrish, Jr. Humor Editor B. C. Pope - - Sports Editor REPORERS Rex Godwin, Jack Morten, Billy Thomas, and H. N. White. BUSINESS STAFF — Assistant Business Manager: Phillip M. Benton. Advertising Managers: Harry Orme and Herbert Harris. Assistant Advertising Managers: Edward W. Prewitt and William Hall. Circulation 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. t L 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. —0— 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. —0— 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. —0— 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. —0— 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. —0— 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. STUDENT CRUISES. — Magazine subscription scholarship workers and crew managers write immediately for very best scholarship offers of leading publishers. Can be worked there now. Permanent positions if experienced, also summer crews for U. S. and foreign territory. For full details write: The Collegiate Scholarship Institute, 219 Republic Building, Miami, Fla. Always Ready to Serve You BANK OF AUBURN Bank of Personal Service 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. COMING SOON Howard's 5c & 10c Store's 9c SALE 9c THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Member Federal Reserve Win A Car . • • By Getting Tickets From OLIN L. HILL SPRING LINE $17-75 to $29-50 Guaranteed to Satisfy . . • j® bus and we'd like to talk with you about it 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. *©1933 LIGGETT & MYERS 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. L mmm msaum 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 PHONES 171-J and 289 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! HAGEDORN'S 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. We R at your Servis... FOR BETTER LOOKS COLLEGE BARBER SHOP , 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. 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Title | 1933-01-25 The Plainsman |
Creator | Alabama Polytechnic Institute |
Date Issued | 1933-01-25 |
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OCR Transcript | Semi-Weekly Plainsman Wednesday Edition THE PLAINSMAN TO F O S T E R THE A U B U R N S P I R IT Basketball Game Tonight 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. 1 PAGE TWO 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 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25, 1933 gtyg fJtefttflttiatt Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates $2.50 per year (60 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Alabama. Business and editorial offices at Auburn Printing Co., on Magnolia Avenue. Business office hours: 4-5 p. m. daily. Editorial office hours: 11-12 a. m. daily. STAFF Knox M. McMillan - Editor Robert P. Greer Business Manager William W. Beck Associate Editor Hugh Cameron Associate Editor John R. Chadwick Associate Editor Gabie Drey — Associate Editor Howard Moss Associate Editor Horace Shepard Managing Editor Neil Davis - City Editor Jack Knowlton News Editor James A. Parrish, Jr. Humor Editor B. C. Pope - - Sports Editor REPORERS Rex Godwin, Jack Morten, Billy Thomas, and H. N. White. BUSINESS STAFF — Assistant Business Manager: Phillip M. Benton. Advertising Managers: Harry Orme and Herbert Harris. Assistant Advertising Managers: Edward W. Prewitt and William Hall. Circulation 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. t L 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. —0— 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. —0— 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. —0— 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. —0— 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. —0— 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. STUDENT CRUISES. — Magazine subscription scholarship workers and crew managers write immediately for very best scholarship offers of leading publishers. Can be worked there now. Permanent positions if experienced, also summer crews for U. S. and foreign territory. For full details write: The Collegiate Scholarship Institute, 219 Republic Building, Miami, Fla. Always Ready to Serve You BANK OF AUBURN Bank of Personal Service 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. COMING SOON Howard's 5c & 10c Store's 9c SALE 9c THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Member Federal Reserve Win A Car . • • By Getting Tickets From OLIN L. HILL SPRING LINE $17-75 to $29-50 Guaranteed to Satisfy . . • j® bus and we'd like to talk with you about it 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. *©1933 LIGGETT & MYERS 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. L mmm msaum 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 PHONES 171-J and 289 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! HAGEDORN'S 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. We R at your Servis... FOR BETTER LOOKS COLLEGE BARBER SHOP , 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. 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