1934-01-31 The Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman
Wednesday Edition THE PLAINSMAN
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VOLUME LVII AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31, 1934 NUMBER 30
NINTH ANNUAL DRAMATIC
TOURNAMENT WILL AGAIN
BE PRESENTED IN AUBURN
March 16-17 Are Dates Set For
Affair Says Announcement
From English Head
AWARDS LISTED
Contests Are Also Planned In
Public Speaking, Writing,
Music, And Art
The ninth annual Alabama High
School Dramatic Tournament will be
held at the Alabama Polytechnic Ins­titute
on March 16 and 17, it was an­nounced
by Prof. J. R. Rutland, head
professor of English.
In addition to the competition of
dramatic teams in one-act plays,
there will be contests in public speak­ing,
writing, music, and art, the lat­ter
being a new feature of the tour­nament
this year. The list of awards
for winners in the various contests
includes two loving cups, music schol­arships,
and other prizes.
Students from 25 high schools en­tered
the tournament last year, with
unusual talent, artistic taste, and
other evidences of good training be­ing
exhibited in both preliminaries
and finals, said Profesor Rutland.
"The value of such literary and ar­tistic
training to high school boys
and girls in incalculable," he added.
"The success of the tournament last
year, despite the depressing times,
was highly commendable to the per­severance
and ability of Alabama
high school teachers who trained these
students."
The newly added art contests will
consist of competition in both free­hand
drawing and design under the
direction of Prof. Frank W. Apple-bee
of the applied art department.
These contests are open to high
school students regardless of whether
or not they are this year studying art
in school.
Music scholarships at Auburn
amounting to $50 and $25, respec­tively,
for first and second winners
are offered to both boys and girls in
vocal and piano solo competition.
One semester of coaching is the prize
offered to the -wining high school
quartet. An award also goes to the
best high school glee club entering
the contests. The music contests are
to be supervised by Professors Earle
Hazel and James A. Bulleit.
In the writing contest, to be held
under the direction of Dr. Charles F.
Weaver and Prof. James E. Roop of
the English department, prizes are
offered in editorial and ready writing
with a loving cup going to the school
staff editing the best school paper.
The dramatics and speech contests
will be supervised by Professors Tel­fair
Peet and E. D. Hess of the Eng­lish
department. A large loving cup
will go to the dramatic team winning
the one-act play competition and
prizes are offered for winners in the
impromptu and prepared speech and
poetry reading contests.
High school officials who wish to
enter students in the contests are
asked to notify Professor Rutland at
Auburn.
GLEE CLUB WILL HAVE
DANCE NEXT SATURDAY
Plainsmen Lose Two
Games On Road Trip
Meeting two of the outstanding
quintets in the Southland on their
first road trip of the season, the Ti­ger
hardwood artists lost two games
last week-end. Birmingham-Southern
outscored them Friday night 39-22,
and Vanderbilt won its second deci­sion
over Auburn this season, 48-33.
Although Southern administered
the Plainsmen their worst defeat of
the season, not until the second half
did the Panthers display any real
superiority. The insertion of Wind­ham
into the Southern line-up seemed
to inspire the Hilltoppers, and a few
minutes after the second half opened
they had broken a 13-13 tie. Breezy
Baird of the Panthers accounted for
14 points to be the high point man
of the game. Cleve Brown, who
started at right guard, led the Plains­men
with 7 markers. Frank Ellis
annexed 6 points. Quinney and
Ariail tallied 4 each.
A vastly improved Commodore
quintet met the Plainsmen Saturday
night in Nashville. This remodeled
team had little difficulty in taking
a 48-33 victory from the Tigers.
Ariail and Quinney tied for scoring
honors for Auburn, each netting 8
points; Cleve Brown again hit the
baskets for 7. Warren McMahan who
played regularly last season as first-string
guard participated in the
Southern game, and started in the
Vanderbilt encounter. His return to
the squad is expected to materially
bolster the team defensively.
MID-TERM DANCES
FEATURE WEEKEND
Many Out-Of-Town Girls Are
Present For Enjoyable Af­fair;
Joe Sanders Plays
Saturday night at nine o'clock, the
Auburn Glee Club will sponsor a
dance at the Recreation Hall. Pre­ceding
the dance there will be a
formal banquet for Glee Club mem­bers
and their dates. The dance is
to be a script affair for the purpose
of raising funds for several proposed
trips for the club this spring. Music
will be provided by the Auburn
Knights, popular student orchestra.
Tax for the dance will be seventy-five
cents. Professor Bulleit, new
Glee Club director, promises a rare
and novel feature, although he will
not disclose the nature of the nov­elty.
The dance bids fair to be one of
the best of the season since the Glee
Club is comprised of members of
almost every school on the campus.
One of the most enjoyable sets of
dances ever presented in Auburn was
the feature of a socially active past
week-end, both for students and many
charming yound lady visitors who
were present for the occasion. Joe
Sanders and his Nighthawks played
for the seven dances, and their music
received high praise from all who
attended the affairs.
The revelry began with a dance
Thursday night and continued
through three dances Friday and a
like number on Saturday. Blue Key
and the Interfraternity Council spon­sored
the morning and the afternoon
tea dances respectively on Friday
while the Keys Interfraternity or­ganization
and the "A" Club were
sponsors of the two Saturday day
dances. An innovation to the set was
the sponsoring of the Saturday night
dance by a group of thirty-five ju­niors
who had organized a Bucca­neers
Club. Numerous leadouts and
no-breaks were programmed through­out
the entire set for the various or­ganizations.
Precedent was again shattered du­ring
the set when ten young ladies
were picked as sponsors by members
of the Social Committee to view the
Grand March during the Friday night
dance from a prominent position in
front of the orchestra. The Grand
March was led by pretty Miss Peggy
McKewen of Birmingham who had as
her escort Norman G. Houston, pres­ident
of the Junior Class. Only ju­niors
and their dates were permitted
to enter the Grand March. The ten
young ladies who were chosen spon­sors
for the affair were Miss Pallie
Brown, Geneva; Miss Sarah Mat­thews,
Camden; Miss Vera Frances
Pruet, Opelika; Miss Rose Shapherd,
Auburn; Miss Helen Franke, Auburn;
Miss Margaret DeLoach, University
of Alabama; Miss Georgia Atkinson,
West Point, Ga.; Miss Elizabeth
Steele, University of Alabama; Miss
Elaine McKenzie, Florence; Miss
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Governor Awards Honorary Degrees To Committee
Governor B. M. Miller is shown awarding honorary LL.D. degrees to Dean John J. Wilmore, Dr. L.
N. Duncan, and Professor B. H. Crenshaw, the three members of the Administrative Committee.
Administrative Committee Members Are
Awarded Honorary Degrees By Governor
PROGRESS IS MADE
ON STATE SURVEY
Professor Burkhardt, State
Administrator, Reports Full
Quota Of Architects Hired
Progress already made in meas­uring,
photographing, and collecting
data on historic buildings in Alabama
erected prior to 1860 has been com­mended
by Washington officials in
charge of the Historic American
Building Survey.
Word to this effect was received
here by Prof. E. Walter Burkhardt,
district administrator, who said that
a full quota of previously unemploy­ed
architects is now engaged in this
federal project in all sections of the
state. Alabama is one of the first
states where the project has gotten
well underway, said the officials.
Professor 'Burkhardt announced
that he and his advisory committee
were anxious to receive information
on all historic structures erected be­fore
1860 which could be supplied by
any individual. This information
should be given to him here.
Secretary of the Interior Harold L.
Ickes this week issued an appeal to
owners of historic buildings in Ala­bama,
or dwellers therein, to cooper­ate
with survey officials in this state
through permitting measuring and
photographing of such buildings.
"The historic American buildings
survey," he said, "is an important
step forward in a conservation of our
national historical resources. The
type of shelter devised by mankind
in every age and climate is an ex­pression
of the life of the people. In
the United States, the adobe hut, the
cliff dwelling of the agricultural In­dian,
the tepee of the nomad, the log
cabin of the pioneer, the cottage, the
farmhouse in the country, the city
dwelling, each expresses eloquently
the culture and mode of life of the
original tenant or owner.
"Unfortunately a large part of our
early American architecture has dis­appeared.
It is inevitable that the
majority, of structures will at some
time outlive their ultimate usefulness.
And it admittedly is impracticable to
preserve all buildings or sites associ­ated
with events of incontestable his­toric
importance.
"It is possible, however, to record
in a graphic manner and by photo­graphy,
before it is too late, the exact
appearance of these buildings and
their surroundings. This is the pur­pose
of the historic American build­ings
survey."
The records collected in the course
of the survey will be deposited in a
uniform file at the Library of Con­gress
in Washington and will be so
prepared that reproductions of draw­ings
and photographs may be avail­able
at slight cost.
The historical American buildings
survey is a Civil Works project em­ploying
1,000 architects and drafts­men,
under the supervision of the of­fice
of National Parks, Buildings, and
Reservations of the Department of
the Interior.
Presentation Is Made During
Fifth Annual Mid - Winter
Commencement Exercises
Governor B. M. Miller, president
ex-officio of the Board of Trustees
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
conferred honorary Doctor of Laws
degrees upon the three members of
the institution's Administrative Com­mittee
here at the mid-year com­mence
exercises Thursday, January
18.
The members of the committee are:
John J. Wilmore, chairman, B. H.
Crenshaw, and L. N. Duncan.
In bestowing the degrees upon the
committee members, the Governor
commended these three veterans of
the faculty for ". . . the wonderful
work you have done in piloting this
institution through these months of
stress." He went on to say, "this
is the highest honor which the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute can be­stow
upon you. It is Auburn's token
of esteem, confidence, and love for
the years of distinguished service you
have rendered." '
Each member of the Committee, in
the divisions of the college which he
has directed, has played a major role
in the growth and development of the
institution. Dr. J. J. Wilmore is dean
of the School of Engineering, Dr. B.
H. Crenshaw is head of the Depart­ment
of Mathematics, and Dr. L. N.
Duncan is the director of the Agri­cultural
Extension Service.
Since August 15, 1932, following
the resignation of Dr. Bradford
Knapp as president, the executive af­fairs
of the college have been in the
hands of the Administrative Com­mittee.
The combined experience in
educational work of these three men
represents more than a century of
active service to the institution. Dr.
Wilmore came to Auburn in 1881, Dr.
Crenshaw in 1891, and Dr. Duncan
in 1905.
DR. SCOn SPEAKS
AT COMMENCEMENT
Dean Of Science And Litera­ture
School Discusses Trend
Of Economic Philosophy
Military Ball To Take
Place Friday, March 2
According to an announce­ment
by Lieutenant Frank O.
Bowman, the annual Military
Ball will be held on Friday even­ing,
March 2, in Alumni Gym­nasium.
The Ball is one of the
outstanding social events held on
the Auburn campus each year
and only those seniors who are
registered in the R. O. T. C.
corps are eligible to attend.
Seven committees were ap­pointed
last night to arange the
many details in connection with
the dance. Committee chairmen
include Lloyd Richey, Executive
Committee; Randy White, Invi­tation
and Reception; Fred
Chapman, Finance; Horace Shep-ard,
Publicity; Robert Rutland,
Decorations; George White, Mu­sic;
V. K. Simms, Refreshments.
Other committee members will
be listed in a later edition of
the Plainsman.
The girl to lead the dance will
be selected soon.
The mid-year graduation exercises
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
were held in Langdon Hall Thursday,
January 18, with Dr. John W. Scott,
Dean of the School of Science and
Literature, delivering the baccalau­reate
address.
In the address Dr. Scott discussed
"a trend in America toward the adop­tion
of a new economic philosophy,
in which the good of the masses will
supplant the dominant goal of profit-making.
He went on to say that in
the future a philosophy will be ac­cepted
in our economic activity that
will provide for the human being
rather than one that will invent ma­chines
for the purpose of profit mak­ing
which results in enriching the
few.
Dean Scott explained that our
present economic ills are undoubted­ly
caused by vast overproduction
through the use of highly developed
modern machinery which has out­stripped
consumption and led to the
concentration of wealth into the
hands of relatively few people. "In
other words," he said, "we are reap­ing
the reward for having over-em­phasized
the material or mechanical
aspects of modern life to the serious
neglect of the human element. We
have bowed to worship at the shrine
of things and forgot folks."
The commencement exercises were
opened with music by Professor Earl
Hazel, and Professor J. A. Bulleit
led the group singing of the audience.
Invocation was pronounced by Rev.
William B. Lee, Jr., of the Auburn
Episcopal Church. Margarete Seale
Gray of Montgomery^ played as a
violin solo "Romanza" by Wieniaw-ski.
The exercises closed with the
benediction pronounced by Rev. Sam
B. Hay of the Auburn Presbyterian
Church. As final words of admoni­tion
Dean J. J. Wilmore told the grad­uates
". . . You must learn to think,
to use your mind as a laboratory
where you can test out your ideas,
rearrange and combine those that
seem good and produce new and use­ful
combinations."
Following the address and award­ing
of degrees, Governor B. M. Mil­ler,
president ex-officio of the A.P.I.
Board of Trustees, conferred the
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws
upon the three members of the Col­lege
Administrative Committee—
Dean J. J. Wilmore, School of En­gineering;
Professor B. H. Crenshaw,
Department of Mathematics; and Di­rector
L. N. Duncan, Extension Ser­vice.
Degrees were conferred upon the
following students:
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture,
J. C. Arant, McKenzie; R. F. Perry,
Jr., Birmingham; Bachelor of Science
in Civil Engineering, S. A. Lacey,
Jr., Anniston; Bachelor of Science in
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PROJECT IS APPROVED FOR
CONSTRUCTING CONCRETE
STANDS IN NEW STADIUM
Musical Be Given By
Presbyterian Choir
The second in a series of musicals
will be given by the Auburn Presby­terian
Church Choir on Sunday even­ing,
February 4, under the direction
of Prof. James A. Bulleit and Mrs.
Earle Hazel, organist. The song ser­vice
will begin at 7:30 at the church.
The entire program will be devoted
to music, consisting of anthems, solos,
duets, and quartets. Special feature
of the service will be a violin, piano,
and organ trio played by Dr. Duncan
C. Harkin, Prof. Earle Hazel, and
Mrs. Hazel.
The program follows: anthem, "By
the Rivers of Babylon", Barnes, sung
by the choir; solo, "Abide With Me",
Shelly, Mrs. Ralph D. Doner; duet,
"Forever with the Lord", Mrs. N. W.
Wilson and Professor Bulleit; anthem,
"He Shall Come Down Like Rain",
Dudley Buck, choir; offeratory,
"Meditation", "Mietzke, trio by Dr.
Harkin, Professor and Mrs. Hazel;
anthem, "Beautiful Savior", Christen-sen,
choir; quartet, "Sanctus", Goun­od,
Messers Cameron, Stayton, Cran-ford,
and Hamilton; solo, "Gratitude",
Curran, Mrs. C. R. Meagher; anthem,
"Festival Te Deum", Dudley Buck,
choir.
Professor Bulleit announced that a
program of special Easter music
would be given by the newly organiz­ed
A Capello Choir on the evening
of March 30 at 8:00 o'clock in Lang­don
Hall. The choir will sing the
famous cantata, "Seven Words of
Christ", writtin by DuBois.
Stamp Of Approval Placed On
Request For Aid In Con­struction
Of Athletic Field
MEETING TONIGHT
Merchants And Townspeople
Will Meet Tonight To Dis­cuss
Raising Of Funds
PLANS BEING MADE
FOR SOCIETIES BALL
Arrangements Being Made For
Banquet And Dance On
February Sixteenth
Semi-final plans for the Senior
Societies Ball have been made and,
according to Charles Workman, work
on preparations for the affair is pro­gressing
rapidly. The festivities will
begin Friday night, Feb. 16, when
the organizations will entertain joint­ly
with an informal banquet begin­ning
at six o'clock at the Baptist
Church. The dance, which will be
held in Alumni Gymnasium, will be­gin
at ten that night and continue
until one-thirty.
Tickets to the banquet will go on
sale today. The price for admission
to this affair is one dollar and twen­ty-
five cents per couple. Fred Chap­man,
who is in charge of the ticket
sale, has announced that no tickets
will be sold after Monday, February
12.
Bid cards have been placed at the
Tiger Drug Store where they will re­main
until next Monday, the date
they will be collected and mailed.
The dance, which is to be formal,
will be called a "Valentine Ball" and
decorations will carry out the valen­tine
theme. Members of Scarabs will
be in charge of decoration. Follow­ing
the custom inaugurated at the
dance last year, the first twenty min­utes
of the affair will be a regular
"tag" dance, while the remainder of
the Ball will be taken up with four­teen
program dances. Programs are
to be printed in a few days and will
be distributed to members of the
societies before the dance.
The first Honor Societies Ball was
given last year and, according to
present plans, it is to become an an­nual
affair. Blue Key is sponsoring
the program, and Omicron Delta Kap­pa,
Tau Beta Pi, Scarabs, Eta Kappa
Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, Spades, Cardinal
Key, and Scabbard and Blade are the
other societies participating. All
alumni members of these organiza­tions
will be admitted to the dance
free of charge but will be required to
purchase regular banquet tickets for
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The CWA project for the actual
construction of concrete stands on
the site which is at present being
prepared for the building of a sta­dium
was approved by the state
board in Montgomery recently; and
contingent upon several develop­ments,
the work itself will begin at
an early date.
The project as approved calls for
the building of stands on the east
and west sides of the field suitable
for the seating of nine thousand four
hundred persons and the filling in
of the south end with 75,000 cubic
yards of dirt so that wooden stands
may be erected thereon to seat three
thousand more persons, thereby in­creasing
the seating capacity of the
stadium to twelve thousand four hun­dred.
It is hoped that at some fu­ture
time the bowl may be completed
in its entirety, but for the present
no such plans are being made.
The total cost of the project has
been estimated at nearly one hun­dred
twenty-six thousand dollars, not
including the cost of the grading and
draining project which is at present
under way. Of this total amount
it will be necessary for the school
to raise approximately thirty-two
thousand dollars according to CWA
regulations and various plans are at
present being formulated for the pro­curing
of this amount.
Auburn business men and towns­people
as well as members of the
faculty have become interested in
this portion of the precedure, and a
meeting has been caled for all in­terested
personages for seven o'clock
tonight in the Masonic Hall. The
tentative plan which will be discussed
by townspeople and merchants will
deal with the leasing of the stadium
to the city for a number of years in
return for the underwriting of the
necessary sum of money, and at the
same time the guaranteeing by the
school that a certain number of foot­ball
games will be played at home
each year.
Several other plans are being for­mulated
in the event that the latter
cannot be arranged in order that a
stadium may be constructed while
CWA help is available. Although no
official notice has yet been received
from Washington to the effect that
CWA work will be continued after
February fifteenth as was previously
scheduled, it is understood that the
President has asked Congress for
funds necessary to continue the work
until May first and the approval of
Congress is practically assured. News­papers
have, in fact, already announc­ed
that CWA work will be continued
until the latter date.
Provided Congress approves the
President's request for the necessary
funds to continue CWA work and
provided the school will be able to
raise the thirty-two thousand dollars
necessary on this project, which at
present seems almost assured, Au­burn
will have a new stadium before
May first.
POLO CANDIDATES MAY
REGISTER THIS WEEK
The polo squad was bolstered some­what
when fifteen new men reported
for practice Monday and Tuesday af­ternoons.
While eleven varsity and
reserve members from last year's
squad are now going through daily
training sessoins, Lieut. Gunby, coach
of the team, announces that it is
still under the maximum number that
can be handled at present. Gunby
stated that anyone else wishing to
join the group should do so by the
end of this week.
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P A G E TWO THE 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. 31, 1934
* AUBURN FOOTPRINTS -:-
A slight accident was all that prevented the introduction of a new style in
tuxedoes during the dances when Sterling Dupree was unable to attend one of
the struggles in his futuristic ensemble.
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We nominate for ail-American orchestra leaders and crooners two of our own
talented youngsters, Tiny Holmes and Red Jenkins. We feel sure that Joe would
have let you lead his orchestra a great deal longer had he not been jealous of
your diabolical performances.
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A conservative estimate of the amount of intoxicating beverages consumed by
dance goers as compiled by our prohibition editor is as follows: Sorry corn, 72
gallons; medium corn, 38 gallons; good corn, none; grain alcohol, 20 gallons; rye
whiskey, 18 gallons; bay rum, two bottles; hair tonic, no telling how much, three
pint bottles, and two flasks. (After dinner coffee cups counted non-intoxicating).
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Friends and fellow Buccaneers of Jack Knowlton and friends of Piatt Boyd
will be sorry to hear that these two night owls had "car trouble" and could not
get their dates in Saturday night until almost two-thirty.
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We firmly believe that our flashy Glomerata editor purposely lost his purse
(there was nothing in it and he has another with that snap dragon lid on it) so
that he could have Joe Sanders announce his name to attentive throng.
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The same goes for you, kingfish. Just an old publicity hound.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith again broke into the limelight when they graced
the Prom with their charming presence. It is rumored that Mr. Smith is interested
in the stock market at present—STEEL being his most valuable stock. -.
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To the girl who is walking around with a "mangled" feeling—you'd better
stick to your horseback riding as a means of retaining that exquisite figure of
yours.
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If the lad who left his shoes in a certain fraternity house upon leaving his
date last Thursday night will call by the Plainsman office, they will be gladly re­turned—
whose can they be?
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If the .boy who let a girl jump in the middle of his back while he was helping
her out of a window after one of the dances the other night will send a show fare
in stamps to the footprints editor before Friday morning, both names will be
withheld for the present. NOTE: We mean business.
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Ed Prewitt, local blond blizzard, is scheduled to make his initial radio perform­ance
soon when he will sing "Cold Tater Pie" over WGN.
With Other Colleges -:-
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BUSINESS STAFF
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AUBURN'S NOTED SON
We are printing with pleasure the article
sent us by Mr. Hopson Owen Murfee, strong
supporter of Auburn, of Alabama, and "of
the South, on the subject of General Robert
Lee Bullard with the hope that full justice
will be done this illustrious personage in
the eyes of all. Copyright prevents our re­printing
the article of the "New York Her­ald
Tribune" giving the interview with the
general which was also sent us by Mr. Mur­fee.
We all feel that he is one of Auburn's
most outstanding graduates, that he is one
of the greatest men our state has produced,
and that he has proved himself a noble
character to the entire world, and we would
make no effort to defame him in any way.
We fully agree with Mr. Murfee that
some of the noblest men who have served
the human race have been soldiers. Truly
no finer men have existed than Washington,
Lee, Jackson, and Bullard, and we hasten
to sing their praises lest our editorial of
last issue be misinterpreted.
However, we are still of the opinion that
General Bullard's attitude toward war and
its effect on mankind is strictly a militaris­tic
one. Instead of picturing war for the
public as an accumulation of heroic deeds,
honor, bravery, and self-sacrifice, we feel
that it should be shown as the horrible hell
that it is, snuffing out the lives of count­less
of the world's best men and bringing
mental and physical suffering to millions.
We strongly advocate "peace by people"
instead of "war by governments" according
to the policy of our President, and we would
expend every effort to discourage every ef­fort
on the part of the younger generation
to seek world renown through the medium
of war.
AUBURN INDIFFERENCE
Traditional with the spirit of loyalty,
friendliness, and naturalness which per­vades
the student body of our institution
goes hand in hand a feeling of extreme in­difference
to student affairs. While stu­dents
of other institutions throughout the
country are quick to take action on matters
which do not meet with their approval, Au­burn
students are content to mumble to
themselves about their adversities and at
the same time to raise not one finger to
alter the situation.
The glaring actuality of this condition
is clearly shown by student vote in the
various annual elections, by attendance at
class meetings, and by failure of the stu­dents
to call mass meetings for any pur­pose
other than cheering practice before
football games. Were we not certain that
the entire student body is dissatisfied with
present conditions of student government
and student affairs we would say nothing
of the matter unless it be to expound on
the merits of the system. Proof of this
statement lies on the fact that especially
at this time of the year when political or­ganizations
are beginning to show some
signs of life can be heard the sharp criti­cisms
of things as they are with innumer­able
offers of solutions. But of what avail
are these suggestions which might easily
prove so helpful? They are passed from
one student to another for a short time
and then allowed to return to oblivion
whence they arose, and the situation con­tinues
as it was for another year.
All that remains to show some sign of
life in the corpse of student affairs is the
intermittent passing of petitions among
members of the student body for any pur­pose
from gaining extra holidays to abol­ishing
compulsory class attendance. The
actual interest in such petitions may be
pointed out by the fact that some years
ago a petition was signed by over three
hundred students to the effect that the
undersigned should be shot at sunrise.
Clever phrasing and diction had done the
trick, and the students who signed the
petition had "not taken time to read care­fully
over the contents. Our most recent
splurge of student activity in the form of
a petition was, we think, a concrete ex­ample
of how little students know about
what they are attaching their names to.
It may be the air, it may be the water,
or it may be the effect of some mysterious
herb which thrives unnoticed in the vicin­ity
and casts a spell of deep repose over
the potentially active minds of the student
here; but whatever it is,"we would like to
see some young Gallahad ride out and put
an end to the guardian of the monster in­difference.
BOOKS AND EXAMINATIONS
Emanating as it does from the Univer­sity
of Chicago, the plan for an open book
method of examination does not cause any
great surprise. The action is in line with
other liberal plans originated under Dr.
Hutchins, Chicago's youthful president.
Under this system of examination, to be
given a trial in a humanities course final,
students will have recourse to their text­books.
Superficially, a student might
think such a final a snap, but as the in­structor
points out, a book will be of little
use in finding an important fact during
a short examination period if the student
does not really know his subject. Old-school,
pedantic demagogues of learning
will undoubtedly call the plan ridiculous.
They will not, however, be taking into con­sideration
a fundamental fact which high­er
educators should have learned long ago
•—that in a vast number of courses, the
essential principles are about all that is
retained by the student; important details
are remembered only through constant
practical association with them.
The conditions under which a student
works at college should be as much like
those he will encounter in practice as pos­sible.
A lawyer does not prepare his argu­ments
from memory, a doctor does not
write every prescription without consulting
a book, nor do the persuasive speakers
draft their orations without reference to
documents. They know the broad aspects
of a situation; they know the related ma­terial.
With the aid of a book during an
examination, courses would become some­thing
more than a tit-tat-toe training in
memory. Instead of cramming for a final,
the student could familiarize himself with
the major principles of his subject. It is
conceivable that in doing this, he would
benefit more than if he. attempted to make
his mind a walking thesaurus of knowledge
for one day and night.—Minnesota Daily.
Letters to the Editor
January 27, 1934.
Mr. Horace Shepard,
Auburn, Alabama
My dear Mr. Shepard:
I have read with interest your editorial
column for January 24th containing the
article "General Bullard and War." I ob­serve
also with interest that my distinguish­ed
friend, Judge Grover Hall, has honored
The Plainsman with editorial comment in
The Montgomery Advertiser.
I therefore thought that it would be of
interest to readers of The Plainsman, and to
members of the Associated Collegiate Press,
to read the full and original text of General
Bullard's interview with a reporter of the
New York Herald Tribune. This has been
sent me in a letter of 22nd January by
General Bullard, who has aided me in my
forthcoming work, "Education and Govern­ment,"
with valuable original and authori­tative
data.
May I ask you to reprint this article in
full in The Plainsman"! Also, if space is
available, the enclosed article of my own,
"In Praise of General Bullard". He is my
Friend, and Auburn's most distinguished
son.
Auburn has always held a large place in
my affection and esteem for forty years.
Those who have made Auburn's fame have
been my honored and faithful friends; and
my happiest recollections of fine college
spirit and academic honor are associated
with my visits to Auburn as guest of my
friends Dr. George Petrie and Dr. B. B.
Ross. Now my own son, Hopson Owen
Murfee, Jr., adds another link to the tie
that binds me to the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
Hence I am writing as an Old Friend for
Auburn and Auburn's most distinguished
son.
With cordial regards and best wishes, I
am
Sincerely yours
Hopson Owen Murfee.
Thunderations
By Gam
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in this
column are not necessarily the editorial opinions of
this paper. It is a column of personal comment,
and is not to be read as an expression of our
editorial policy.
* * * *
PERMIT a doffing of the hats . . . the
Stetson and the war one . . . and an
attempt at a wishing of somewhat of
a goodbye. This is the last column. While
writing here I have received many, kind
compliments and another many of criti­cisms.
I have had fun and have lost sleep
and reputation. It all has been a great
pleasure. I feel quite like the farmer
whose best cow has just died. I hate to
run out like this and I apologize.
To my successor: Heaven help your hide
. . . Don't write about the football team . . .
Let politics alone . . . Don't yell for Lom-bardo
. . . Don't be surprised when a couple
of people you have been knowing for five
or six years stop speaking to you, there
are such people . . . Don't take bribes from
Ledbetter . . . Go to church and hope for
the best, and act like you got good sense;
I never could.
* * * *
As I understand it the Glomerata has a
long-time been with us. An old ancient
custom. Something of a patriarch. Some­what
like the old man of the mountain.
Perhaps the verse might apply to both.
Lets see: "With his long white beard and
his CROOKED STAFF he tramps along
while the folks all laugh . . ." Hi ho, Led­better,
I shall certainly miss you.
* * * *
I wish to congratulate the Social Com­mittee
on doing the right thing by the stu­dents
for the first time since Jimmy Green
was here. Joe Sanders was altogether all
right in every respect. Is the best master
of ceremonies and best singer ever to ap­pear
in the gym for a set of our dances.
And not to discredit the local boys, but I
still think he's a better director than either
Tiny Holmes or Red Jenkins.
Saturday night was almost like an old
Knights and Ladies of the Bath programme
of his that he and Carlton Coon used to
put on at the Black Hawk every Saturday
night from 12 til 2. He played all his old
specialties including "Here Comes My Ball
and Chain" and "Slew Foot". The only
one missing was "Bless You Sister", the
piece he hasn't played since Coon's death,
as Carlton used to sing it.
This is one time you can't shout fraud
at the Social Committee.
* * * *
Lombardo's style when it gets to Kassel
isn't so good. It first goes to Garber and
then Kassel copies Garber . . . even worse
than Garber copies Lombardo.
Joe Sanders' drummer says Garber is
called "Jan Lombardo" in Chicago. I have
a special name of my own for Kassel. And
he STILL plays "Hell's Bells".
* * * *
Personal in the Atlanta Georgian: "Buz­zard—
Come home all is forgiven—Louse."
I'd like to know people like that.
* * * *
Right here I'd like to reprint part of
one of my columns of last year. Jan. 28,
1933. Those four short paragraphs gave
me more pleasure than have any of all my
other writings. As this is my last column
I would like to run the paragraphs in
again to try to smooth this leave-taking
that is not sitting so well with me. Here
is:
"Quite the first time I have attempted
to look whimsical and write while the sun
hovers undecidedly before plopping behind
a couple of trees out yonder. The after­noon
sun behind trees, and me not beside
a stream watching leaves eddy circling.
Maybe you would like to write while I
watch the sun die on brown pine needles.
Perhaps you would like to have a far away
and long ago look in your eyes. It's all
rather nice and peaceful I assure you."
"And down the sun, while crinkles and
traces of orange and purple small clouds
remain. What beauty . . . peace . . . utter
stillness. One word would be a cannon's
roar to shatter to bits a hastily built castle,
with turrents on an entrancing wavering
cloud. The castle shakes, glimmering ros­ily
in a faint dying glow as night wanders
with a graying dullness between the trees."
"I am left alone with a bird's treble . . .
a small musical wondering . . . gently seek­ing
. . . a small, but mighty and thunder­ing
great organ to thrill me as I watch for
the next' note to come from a great tree
whose brown arms reach upward into a
dark stillness."
I return to mundane things with a won­dering
for the wonderful God the Indians
had in the Great Spirit."
* * * *
In parting: Hope that Duke Patterson
keeps his title as third toughest man in
town . . . Derf, who is flies in my alphabet
soup, now gets the post of Senior Column­ist.
(A great honor, Derf, thou dummy.)
. . . Thanks to McPherson—well for just
being around . . . The fire Monday night
was predicted by one of the firemen, and
ANANIAS JR.
The first prize of the National Liars
Club was awarded this year to B. Ceresa
Lanreloth, Pa., who sent in this one: "My
grandfather had a clock that was so old
that the shadow from the pendulum swing­ing
back and forth had worn a hole in the
back of it."—Crimson-White.
* * * *
Circuit Judge Granville Hogan took time
off from hearing divorce cases last week
to pass a bit of advice to college men, as
well as other men, who are seeking a wife.
"Pick her from among the great middle
class," said the judge.
The majority of the divorces, he said,
occur among the very rich and the very
poor. Looks also, he said, were no. criterion
in selecting a wife. Ruby lips, he opined,
rub off at a touch, but a good disposition
lasts a life-time.
* * * *
REMARKABLE REMARKS
"Reno is where the cream of society get
separated".—Ed Wynn.
"Subordination is the feeling of degrada­tion
that comes over an inferior when he
stands before his superior and has to pre­tend
to be more stupid than his superior
really is".—Emil Ludwig.
"The only reason why a girl endures the
attentions of an aged sugar papa is because
of the sugar".—Dorothy Dix.
* * * *
In some parts of the worjd, says a news
item, the natives still use fish for money.
What a sloppy way to get gum out of a
slot machine.
* * * *
You will graduate in the spring of 2036
A.D. if you wish to get all the courses that
Lousiana State university has to offer to
the college student.
One hundred and two years is exactly the
time it would take a student to finish all
the courses of study at this university.
During this period the student would have
to pass 32 hours of work each year.
No courses that are taught in the Louisi­ana
State university Medical school in New
Orleans, and no courses in which the hours
and credits are to be arranged with instruc­tor
are included in this life-time study.
Nine years will be used in just complet­ing
the work in foreign languages while
so he slept in everything but his boots.
He said the night being the coldest of the
year there would just have to be a fire to
get him out of bed . . . Hamburgers at
Dinty's would be the only thing that could
fetch me on a night like that . . . Nomina­tions—
best dancers—Eaton and Smith . . .
Farewells to the Gem of the Ocean and
the Queen of the May . . . Same to Agnes
Scott . . . and Montevallo . . . Who said
Karam wears white shoes just like Dowdell
used to? . . . Another column finished at
1:00 A. M.
A final farewell, and thanks for reading
the stuff for a year and a half.
there are 202 hours offered in English
alone. For the girl interested simply in
cooking, sewing and home management, if
she takes no other subjects, she will spend
three years completing her course.
As the mid-term exams approach a stu­dent
may find relief in the fact that 16
hours a semester for four years is a "com­plete"
college education.—The Reveille.
* * * *
Dr. Washburn of Syracuse University,
recommends to the students in preparing
for exams to "Find out what your professor
expects and try to give it to him."
Concerning physical preparation, he rec­ommends
a very light diet before exams,
claiming that a very heavy meal will in­jure
the student's mental ability for a short
time.
He warns the students against the use
of any form of narcotics such as tobacco
and alcohol. "The depressing effects of al­cohol
on mental ability lasts 24 hours, even
of a bottle of beer," he states.
Moderate sleep and a carefree attitude
are also included in his list of rules. A
considerable amount of time, 24 to 48 hours,
should elapse between the heavy review and
a brief brushing up just before an exam.
The pupils at the Colorado School of
Mines are very ingenious. They made
r
their own Christmas cards out of copper,
and now they are planning on making their
diplomas out of silver.
* * * *
POPEYE'S REMEDY TABOO FOR
CO-ED
Spinach may give Pop-Eye a lot of mus­cle,
but it only gives Helen Tratch, student
nurse, a lot of "sinus trouble."
Troubled with headaches and other sym­ptoms
of sinus trouble, she reported to the
Students' Health Service for treatment two
weeks ago, when a special skin reaction test
for allurgical conditions showed the sym­ptoms
were caused by foods, such as spin­ach,
squash, potatofes, peanuts and choco­lates
which she had been eating. _,
Since then she has been avoiding the ta­booed
foods and enjoying a freedom from
"sinus trouble," Miss Tracht never did like
spinach, but she's having a hard time keep­ing
away from peanuts and chocolate cake.
—Minnesota Daily.
Although there are many who rejoice be­cause
of the paving of the streets at Texas
Tech, there are also some who do not hail
this improvement as a welcome happening.
Here's the situation: Local automobile
dealers, showing new car models, are re­ported
to have found Tech's bumpy drive­ways
ideal for demonstration of easy-rid­ing
qualities. At the same time the "test­ing
drives" were conveniently located.
Witnesses report the appearance of nu­merous
new automobiles, most of them
bearing dealer's licenses, to confirm the re­port.
DEADLY DEDUCTIONS
By Derf
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.
* * * *
MANY of the best-thought of local
luminaries seem not to realize that
the dances are now over, that the
girls have gone and there is no more music.
Yes indeed, it's hard for those worthies to
settle down again into the humdrum monot­ony
of schoolwork and three meals a day
and their own clothes and bed. They hes­itate
to acknowledge the. fact that the one
and only has returned into that far away
nowhere from whence she emerged for the
brief space of seven dances. Alas com­rades,
the curtain is down again. Awake,
ye dull senses, awake to find that you are
are broke flat and there aint no Santy
Claus. Take off your Sunday suit, oh
big shot, yea, verily, remove yon flowered
tie and lapse again into comfortable ways.
Remove, oh sighing Romeo, remove your
socks, and stroll the campus again in bare-leg
comfort. Take, fair co-ed, take from
your thrice broke heart the mourning signs
of sackcloth and ashes, for (dammit) the
campus again belongs to you. And re­lax,
oh officers of peace, for I fear me
you shall not be troubled again, yea even
for many moons. Salah.
A gentleman who wrote in this space
last year advocated a most perplexing
change in the College calendar and strange­ly
enough, the calendar was changed and
now the seniors take their examinations at
the same time the underclassmen do. Evi­dently
the possible plight of the seniors
wasn't considered. At the mid-term grad­uation,
one of the candidates informs me
that he didn't know whether he was to
graduate until the morning of the exercises.
When a fellow happens to barely skin by
in a course, a condition of this sort can
be the source of considerable worry. Any
student conditioning a course would hardly
have time to take a re-exam before grad­uation.
Among other things, the situa­tion
might prove* highly embarrassing. Pic­ture
yourself primed to graduate. Your
parents and girl friend are down to see
you do it. You have already sent out
invitations anouncing that you will grad­uate.
Then picture the embarrassed look
on your face when you saw that 57 in
Freshman English you thought was a
cinch after four years of preparation in
it, or perhaps while boasting of the long
hours of study on that tough Hydraulics
course that practically nobody busts the
second time you find out that you have
suddenly upset the precedent, and there's
nothing left but summer school. The best
thing would be for the Professors to pass
everybody, but the next best thing would
be time in which to reconcile one's self,
or to make up the condition. In other
words, exams for seniors at least one week
earlier.
* * * *
It would seem that the Montgomery But­terfly
has a new enamorata. He plays in
the band among other places. Stand still
Stanley's heart.
* * * *
Little Willie, feeling good,
Took time out to knock on wood.
"Hey, look out," his old man said
"You'll get splinters from my head."
* * * *
Probably the most heart singing expe­rience
any of us have had in the past few
years happened last week when that great
big beautiful reflecting globe in the gym
hurtled thunderously downward, hell-bent
for election at a pretty little co-ed, who
luckily was danced safe out of danger by
her heaven sent escort. My blood pump­ing
organ hit a new low when I saw it
fall, and still I can't figure whether or
not it was just an extra thrill added by
the social committee to give us our mon­ey's
worth.
* * * *
My regards to the girl who thinks it's
cute to call me "Derfy-Werfy". I don't.
* * * *.
Some of these Campus dance kings are
certainly hogs about their women. One
girls to the dances is OK. In fact one
girl coming down to the dances is a mighty
fine thing. It makes the dances brighter.
But these hogs who invite two girls down
deserve no sympathy. You know who I
mean, of if you don't, just find a couple
of big?shots with a haunted look on their
faces. That's them.
* * * *
At the end of a near-perfect day comes
a fitting climax. The flaming winter sun
presents a romantic picture over the main
gate at five in the afternoon. Just a fiery
ball of red blurring the wind-swept and
winter-desolated campus into a foggy won­derland.
Wonder what sort of view you
could get at five in the morning. Who'd
have thought I'd degenerate into writing
about sunsets? Or could degeneracy pro­ceed
to any further degree. A matter for
conjecture indeed.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31, 1934 THE P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE P A G E T H R EE
MITCHELL, McCROSKY BREAK TIE AND
INSURE BABY BENGALS COURT VICTORY
Frosh Basketeers Playing First Game In Two Weeks Down
Columbus Industrial High School
A foul shot by Sam McCrosky and
a field goal by Joe Bob Mitchell in
the last minute of play broke a 15-15
tie and enabled Auburn's frosh bas­ketball
team to defeat Columbus In­dustrial
High School, 18-15, here on
the latter's court.
The rats, playing their first game
in two weeks, played largely a defen­sive
game, while Coach B. F. Regis­ter's
Industrial five found it exceed­ingly
difficult to locate the range of
the baskets, missing a good many
crip shots. Columbus controlled a 6-5
lead at the half.
Main cogs in Auburn's triumph
were Mitchell, who caged five field
goals and a charity shot, and Joel
Eaves, who guarded his foe closely
and hit the cords for a couple of op­portune
two-pointers. Hugh Rodgers,
George Strange, and Acting Captain
Scabs Scarbrough played skillful
floor games for the yearlings.
Shapiro, center, and Tillman, guard,
turned in the leading performances
for the losers.
Lineups: Auburn (18): Mitchell
(11) and Scarborough (2), forwards;
Strange, center, and Rogers and
Eaves (4), guards. McCrosky (1)
and Little, substitutes.
Columbus (15): Jones (1) and Mc-
Daniel (3), forwards; Shapiro (4),
and Tillman (6) and. Garrett (1),
guards.
Referee: Ivey (Auburn).
In Praise of General Bullard
HOFSON OWEN AVURFEE
[Editor's Note: Dr. Murfee is a
retired teacher now living in Prat-ville,
Alabama, who has taught at the
University of Virginia, University of
Chicago, and Marion Institute.]
The Montgomery Advertiser for
January 16th presented an Associated
Press dispatch from New York giving
to the people of America and the
world the mature wisdom of General
Robert Lee Bullard. The New York
Herald Tribune gave a full column
account of the Herald Tribune re­porter's
interview with General Bul­lard.
The Plainsman of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute for January
24th gave a column on the editorial
page to the discussion aroused by
General Bullard's views; and The
Montgomery Advertiser later devoted
the leading editorial to comment on
the article in The Plainsman.
The importance of the subject, and
the high and deserved fame of Gen­eral
Bullard, makes the matter of
continuing interest. As a friend of
General Bullard and the men who
followed him to Prance, I would add
a word of praise. My own opinion
derived from long experience and
study of life is that the words of
General Bullard were words of true
wisdom and pure patriotism. They
should be written in letters of gold
beneath the exquisite Old Portrait of
General Bullard which is now the
chief ornament of our State Capitol:
OF WAR
"It's a great as test of man­hood.
War strengthens charact­ers;
the hardships and trials of
a war bring out the best in men.
And once in a while war regen­erates
a whole people.
"Nations and people are built
up in war. They deteriorate and
grow corrupt in p6ace.
"For every good man that
falls in action, two better men
come to take his place.
"War creates good men."
General Bullard is a soldier by
profession. I am by profession a
Teacher—at the University of Vir­ginia,
the University of Chicago, and
the Marion Institute. My own ob­servations
of life and of men, how­ever,
convince me of the truth and
wisdom of General Bullard's state­ment.
Certain it is, that the noblest
men I have ever known have been
soldiers: a Member of the Staff of
General Robert Edward Lee; the
Chief of Cavalry of Stonewall Jack­son;
Colonel Hilary A. Herbert; Gen­eral
John Tyler Morgan and General
Edmund Winston Pettus; General
Hugh L. Scott—these great and good
men I have known. And I know the
noble men who followed the Flag
to Cuba and France: they were my
friends; and many of my former
students now sleep in France's holy
ground. A tree is judged by its
fruits; and these men are the finest
fruit on humanity, in peace and in
war. In this good company are
George Washington and Nathan Hale
whose statue now stands in New
Haven with Yale University.
Their nobleness should enkindle
nobleness'in all normal men, young
and old; as their heroism has won
the adoration of womanhood. At
this crucial time in the life of our
Country, the words of General Bul­lard
are in truth "Golden Trumpet-notes,"—
in the words of William E.
Gladstone. It was Gladstone, the
great Christian Prime Minister of
England, who wisely said:
"But however deplorable wars
be, they are among the necessi­ties
of our condition; and there
are times when justice, when
faith, when the welfare of man­kind,
require a man not to shrink
from the responsibility of under­taking
them."
That was the wisdom and faith of
President Woodrow Wilson. In the
quiet of my study at Marion, Wood-row
Wilson praised to me as "Mas­ter"
Edmund Burke—"the authentic
voice of the best political thought of
the English race" It was Edmund
Burke who said:
"What in civil society is a
ground of action, in politic so­ciety
is a ground of war.
Buccanneers Sponsor
Saturday Night Dance
The Buccaneers Club, social organi­zation
composed of about thirty Jun­iors,
made its initial social appear­ance
Saturday night, February 27,
when it entertained with a banquet
at the Clement Hotel in Opelika. The
guests assembled in the Green Room
at six-thirty o'clock.
The guests were welcomed by Neil
Davis, president of the club. Ed
Pruitt, toastmaster, then took charge
of the affair and carried out his du­ties
in fine style.
After the banquet, the members of
the club and their dates proceeded
to the dance in Auburn which was be­ing
given by the Buccaneers. The
club was honored with two lead-outs
during the evening.
This organization has just been
formed and will entertain once dur­ing
each set of dances to be given in
the future. Only juniors will com­pose
the membership.
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
Society Editor — SARAH STANLEY — Phone No. 41
Five Fraternities Give
Buffet Suppers
Among the many entertainments
given during the dances were the
buffet suppers the various fraterni­ties
gave after the dance on Satur­day
night. Phi Delta Theta, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Lambda
Chi, and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraterni­ties
entertained.
Fifty-Sixth Birthday
Observed By Burton's
The fifty-sixth anniversary of .Bur­ton's
Book Store was observed on
January 23, 1934. The store was
opened in 1878 by Robert Wilton Bur­ton
as a branch of Burton Brothers
of Opelika. It has been operated by
the same family since then.
The employees were entertained
with a dinner party by Miss Lucille
Burton, and later in the evening the
anniversary cake was cut.
The guests enjoying this hospital­ity
were Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Smith,
Jr., Mrs. J. E. Wiatt and Mr. Streeter
Wiatt, Miss Kate and Miss Mildred
McElhaney, and Mrs. M. P. Stratford.
ALPHA TAU OMEGAS HOSTS AT
BANQUET ON FRIDAY EVENING
A student expressing Christian be­lief
is barred from Russian colleges.
Among the many delightful enter­tainments
during the mid-term dances
was the banquet given by the Alpha
Tau Omega Fraternity on Friday
evening, January 26, at seven o'clock.
The home of the fraternity was dec­orated
throughout with beautiful
flowers. The banquet table was soft­ly
lighted with candles, which gave
the occasion a festive affair.
John" Fitzgerald, president of the
local chapter, welcomed the guests
and introduced Mr. Percy Beard,
toastmaster.
Those enjoying this affair with the
members and pledges of the frater­nity
were Misses Margaret Martin,
Grace McKee, Corinne Cook, Molly
Brasfield, Nola Heath, Wita More-land,
Martha Prince, Sarah Mc-
Cfeary, Frances Shi, Helen Sellers,
Mildred Moore, Miriam Moore, Fran­ces
Bailey, Ann Dexter, Frances
Thornton, Nell Gardiner, and Edith
Morrow Hyde; Lieutenant and Mrs.
Watts, Captain and Mrs. Almquist,
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Beard, Coach
and Mrs. Wilbur Hutsell, Percy
Beard, and Joe Tartt.
Cardinal Key supper will be held
Thursday night, six o'clock, at the
Eastern Star room.
Keys Interfraternitv
Is Host At Luncheon
The Keys, interfraternity organi­zation
on the campus, were hosts at
a luncheon Saturday, January 27,
one-thirty o'clock, at the Clement Ho­tel
in Opelika. This luncheon is giv­en
during each set of dances and is
a much anticipated affair.
Bill Gaines, president, welcomed
the guests and introduced the various
speakers. A delightful luncheon was
served to about forty members and
their dates. Many of the visiting
young ladies who were in town for
the dances were present.
"The blood of man should nev­er
be shed but to redeem the
blood of man. It is well shed
for our family, for our friends,
for our God, for our Country,
for our kind.
"A war to prevent the opera-
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MONDAYS ARRIVALS
Portage Shoes
Cheney Neckware
Old Bicycles Made New
Parts Carried In Stock Columbia Agent
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MEN'S WEAR :s
Our Buyers Are In
The Eastern Market . . .
New Spring Merchandise is arriving daily.
A visit to our store will be appreciated.
We accept Alabama Polytechnic Institute
School Certificates at full face value in
trade for merchandise.
For Style, Quality and Economy — for men
women and children, shop at
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West Point, Ga. Phone 74
EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON THE AIR
From the Diamond Hone-Shoo
of the Metropolitan Opera House
in New York
This Saturday at 1:40 P.M.. Eastern
Standard Time, over the Red and Blue
NetworksoWBC.LUCKYSTRIKE
will broadcast the Metropolitan Opera
Company of New York in the com­plete
Opera, ''Die Walkiire"
Through these Saturday afternoon broad­casts,
direct from the Metropolitan
Opera House in New York City, we
endeavor to pay our respects to the in­herent
good taste of America . . . the
good taste that has brought such over­whelming
patronage to Lucky Strike . . .
We feel Luckies are among the finer
things of life because in making this fine
cigarette we use always the finest tobaccos
and only the center leaves . . . May we
express the hope that while you are enjoy­ing
the Metropolitan broadcasts you add
to that enjoyment by lighting a Lucky?
NOT the top leaves—they're under-developed
Always the Finest Tobacco
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CONNECTION BETWEEN WEALTH
OF NATION, SOIL CARE IS SHOWN
H. N. Wheeler Of U. S. Forest Service Discusses "Forestry And
National Wealth" Before Members Of Forestry And Park
Camps; Praises Work Of CCC
Miss Verna Patterson
Named Home Ec Head
In an address on "Forestry and
National Wealth," before members of
Forestry and Park camps during the
past week, H. N. Wheeler of the U.
S. Forest Service, Washington, D. C,
showed in graphic detail the close
connection between national wealth
and the care given the great twin re­sources
of soil and forests.
From experience gained during a
long career as a Forester engaged in
nation wide projects, Mr. Wheeler
pointed out the fate of those who
neglected to save the soil by the use
of forests. In part he set forth as
follows: "Forest land is the everlast­ing
bank account of our Nation. Much
of the poverty of men and commu­nities
is caused by their neglect of
soils and failure to protect them by
DR. SCOTT SPEAKS
AT COMMENCEMENT
(Continued from Page 1)
Mechanical Engineering, C. A. Con­don,
Jr., Clarksville, Tenn.; Bachelor
of Architecture, J. E. Wood, Mont­gomery;
Pharmaceutical Chemist, R.
E. Upton, Fairfax; Bachelor of
Science Home Economics, Kathryn
Moody, Cherokee, Verna Patterson,
Fayette.
Bachelor of Science: F. H. Blakey,
Millbrook; B. C. Pope, Jr., Auburn;
Clinton Wallis, Center.
After the commencement exercises
the Governor and his party were en­tertained
at a luncheon at the Thom­as
Hotel.
preserving and protecting forest
growth.
"In Alabama for every acre of till­able
farm land we have two acres of
land mainly suited for forestry. With
many areas so steep that tree cut­ting
inevitably leads to destruction
of soil, the only salvation of man lies
in land protection and forest resto­ration.
Unles we do something speed­ily
to save our bank acount, much of
our permanent resources of soil will
be depleted beyond repair."
Mr. Wheeler spoke in high terms
of the C. C. C. camps in educating
the public to care for soils and trees.
He praised the work done by the ex-service
men in the veterans' camps
and dwelt on the activities of the Ala­bama
Forest Commission in its forest
plan of protecting forests from fire,
the soil from washing and the citi­zens
from loss.
Miss Verna Patterson of Fayette,
Auburn graduate in home economics,
has been appointed head of the home
economics department at Leeds High
School. She assumed her duties
there Wednesday morning.
Miss Patterson completed require­ments
for the bachelor of science de­gree
in home economics this semester,
after making an outstanding record
in scholarship and taking a leading
part in campus activities of women
students.
While a student at Auburn, she
served as a member of the Women's
Student Council and was president of
her sorority, Phi Omega Pi, for two
years. She was also member of Car­dinal
Key, inter-sorority organization,
Pan-Hellenic Council, and the Stu­dent
Executive Cabinet.
WAR VETERANS TO
BE EMPLOYED FOR
C. C. C. PROJECTS
MID-TERM DANCES
FEATURE WEEKEND
CLASONS
1115 Broadway
Columbus, Ga.
is
OPTICIANS
Finest of Eyewear
Forestry Workers
Help Land Owners
According to information received
from the State Commission of Fores­try,
landowners whose holdings are
within reach of President Roosevelt's
forestry camps in Alabama are being
aided very materially in the protection
of their lands by crews from these
camps. While the suppression of fires
is primarily the responsibility of the
landowner and his employees and ten­ants,
both Federal and State govern­ments
have undertaken to give such
assistance as is practicable.
In parts of the State where there
are regular State Forestry Agents the
latter call upon the camps for men
to help the landowners whenever a
forest fire occurs. In addition, the
camp superintendents have establish­ed
systems of lookouts and patrol to
detect fires before they have reached
formidable proportions.
In some locations the camp crews
have worked day and night for ex­tended
periods in cooperation with cit­izens
and forestry agents. While
most of the workers at the camps
were at first unfamiliar with the
standard methods of fire detection
and suppression, the practice that has
Always Ready to Serve You
BANK OF AUBURN
Bank of Personal Service
To the Students and
Residents of Auburn
We Wish to e x p r e s s our Sincere Appreciation
for the Splendid Patronage you h a v e given us
since we have been in Auburn, and hope that
we may continue to merit your support.
THE TIGER CAFE
MRS. S. F. WILD MRS. G. S. TOMPKINS
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Mary Dowling, Birmingham; and
Miss Jane Jernigan, Gainesville, Ga.
They were escorted during the Grand
March by the members of the Social
Committee.
The decorations depicted a scene
on a pirate ship with lighting effects
carrying out the desired effect. A
huge painting of Captain Kidd and
his buccaneers burying a chest of
gold on a lonely beach hung behind
the orchestra pit, and Spanish moss
was used to form a giant frame for
the scene. The wainscoting around
the entire floor was arranged to de­pict
a sandy beach, while the basket-bait
goals were converted into mock
crow's nests of the galley, in which
could be seen hideous pirates on
watch. The entrances were attrac­tively
arranged to carry out the gen­eral
theme, and further decorations
were in the form of silhouettes and
crossed bones which adorned the
bracket lights around the walls and
Spanish moss hanging from the walls
around the entire floor.
Joe Sanders Orchestra, making its
first appearance here, was warmly
welcomed; and during the entire set
his musicians entertained the crowds
with novelty numbers and individual
acts. Sanders himself brought ap­plause
from the dances again and
again as he performed clever antics
and displayed his ability as a pianist.
Six fraternities entertained the
visiting young ladies during the set,
these being Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma
Nu, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta
Theta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Delta
Phi.
Applications May Be Filled
Out With Major Franke In
ROTC Office Now
Unemployed World War Veterans
who are interested in securing work
with the Civilian Conservation Corps
may fill in applications now in the
hands of Major G. H. Franke, com­mander
of the local John H. Wills
Post American Legion.
To qualify for possible employment
the veterans must have an honorable
discharge from a period of war ser­vice,
must be physically able to per­form
ordinary manual labor, and
must be without employment. "Vet­erans
who have persons actually de­pendent
upon them for support will
be given preference, acocrding to
George L. Johnson, acting manager
for the Veterans Administration Fa­cility,
Tuscaloosa.
Local American Legion officers
will assist with the filling in of ap­plications
which are to be sent to
Mr. Johnson's office.
Sp ortsman And Farmer
Perpetuate Wild Life
SALLIE d«RAND
The Original Fan Dancer Right From Chicago
FOR TODAY ONLY
On The Same Program
RAMON — MYSTERY SENSATION
Splendor — GIRLS — Thrills
OPELIKA THEATRE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31
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THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES—
HAGEDORN'S
Opelika, Alabama
Headquarters for Gents Furnishings
Arrow Shirts & Ties -:- Interwoven Sox
Hickok Belts Riegel Shirts
Horner Pajamas
Paris Garters and Suspenders
TIDMORE MAKES RESERVE
A. E. Tidmore, manager of the
Sumter Farm and Stock company,
has advised the state game and fish­eries
department that he is setting
aside a large area near Geiger for
development as a quail shooting pre­serve.
Mr. Tidmore said he expects to stock
the preserve with Bob-whites, halt
promiscuous hunting on his lands and
take extra precautions against fire
hazards.
been their lot to date bids fair to de­velop
the crews into bodies of highly
eficient fire workers.
Jeweler Optician
J. R. MOORE
OPELIKA, ALABAMA
Staling Johnson, Watchmaker
0 PELIKA
THEATRE j f \
ADMISSION
Matinee Night
10c-15c 10c-20c
WEDNESDAY, January 31
"THE POWER AND
THE GLORY"
Spencer Tracy and Colleen
Moore
ON THE STAGE
RAMON & COMPANY
The Greatest Show of Its Kind
on the Road
Magic Magic
Pretty Girls
THURSDAY, February 1
"16 FATHOMS DEEP"
Sally O'Neil and Cheigbton
Chaney
—Men fought for the right to
live . . . women for the right
to love!
FRIDAY, February 2
"THE WOMEN IN HIS
LIFE"
with Otto Kruger
—The only woman he loved was
murdered . . . all other women
were playthings . . . pawns in
his checkered career.
The state must look to the sports­man
and the farmer for perpetuation
of its wild life in the opinion of Com­missioner
I. T. Quinn of the game and
fisheries department.
"Man holds the balance of power in
conserving the game and fish re­sources
of Alabama," said Commis­sioner
Quinn. "The sportsman has
the farmer on his side and the sports­man
will co-operate fully with the
farmer and the farmer in turn will
co-operate with every sportsman in
seeing game taken in moderation and
that protection is given our song and
insectivorous birds.
"The sportsman and the farmer to­gether
upholding the hands of those
who are clothed with the responsibil­ity
of wild life protection and preser­vation
can help perpetuate the supply
of edible game birds, animals and
fish.
The Department of Game and Fish­eries
is dedicated to the task of pro­tecting,
conserving and rehabilitating
all economically and esthetically use­ful
forms of birds, game, fur bearers
and fish in the state for the use of
the people of the state. To succeed
in such an important undertaking we
must, by education, and by precent
and example, make the masses of our
citizenship conservation minded and
wild life conscious.
"In this, the sportsman and the
farmer can render invaluable aid."
Commissioner Quinn said that the
same natural causes against which
game and bird life have to fight for
existence are not on the increase.
"It is true that deforestation is
gradually narrowing the natural hab­itat
of our wild game," he said, "but
the ever-increasing area of open
country, with an ever-increasing acre­age
planted annually, is favorable to
our upland game birds."
Miss Glanton Returns
From Trip To Europe
After traveling for seven months
in foreign countries, Miss Louise P.
Glanton has returned to Auburn to
resume her duties as head of the
school of home economics.
In all, Miss Glanton visited 13
countries, including those of north­ern
Europe about the Baltic Sea and
those bordering on the Mediterranean.
Her tour carried her into Palestine
and Egypt for several weeks and
three months were spent in Italy. She
also visited England.
In Italy Miss Glanton made an in­tensive
study of the program of pro­fessional
training for women which
is being carried on under government
sponsorship. This country, she said,
is offering women more opportunity
for vocational training than any oth­er
in Europe.
FRESHMAN AWARDED CARNEGIE
MEDAL AND $500 SCHOLARSHIP
Robert C. Cowan, Jr., Of Gulfport, Miss., Presented Awards
For Saving Fellow Student From Drowning After Fall
From Excursion Boat
IN PRAISE OF
GENERAL BULLARD
Quinn Re-Elected To
Head Commissioners
I. T. Quinn, state commissioner of
game and fishieries, was re-elected
president of the Southern Association
of Game, Fish and Conservation Com­missioners
at the recent annual meet­ing
in New York.
He also was named chairman of the
National Committee on Wild life Leg­islation,
succeeding George D. Pratt
of New York. As chairman of this
important committee he will have a
voice in the preparation of wild life
legislation submitted to congress.
The Alabama commissioner also at­tended
the twentieth annual American
Game Conference in New York which
advocated adoption of the so-called
duck stamp bill not pending before
congress. After the meeting Mr.
Quinn went to Washington for a con­ference
with President Roosevelt on
wild life legislation.
NOTICE!
W. A. A. girl break dance at the
girls' gymnasium, Friday night from
nine until twelve. Admission thirty-five
cents.
NOTICE!
Junior-Freshman girls' basketball
game, Thursday night, seven o'clock,
at the girls' gymnasium. Admission
ten cents.
CContinued from page 3)
tion of a system, which makes
life without dignity, and death
without hope, is a just war.
"To preserve political indepen­dence
and civil freedom to na­tions
is a just ground for war;
a war to preserve national inde­pendence,
liberty, life, and honor
from universal havoc is a just
war, necessary, manly, pious."
These are the men whom all the
world honors, men of peace and men
of war. These are the men kept in
eternal honor by noble womanhood
in our Daughters of the American
Revolution and United Daughters of
the Confederacy. Their wisdom of
the heart is the wisdom of the truth.
Yet today, shame to tell, the wis­dom
the George Washington, Robert
Edward Lee, and General Robert Lee
Bullard—whose heroic lives confirm
the faith of William E. Gladstone and
Edmund Burke—is now being ignored
and scorned by a certain order of
men—if such be men. Such near-men
are sophists in peace and slack­ers
in war. I have observe that no
monuments, no poems, no praises of
thinksgiving are even made for such
as these. Nor do noble women lay
wreathes on their tombs.
The true men and women of Ala­bama
accord the homage of the heart
to such noblemen as George Wash­ington,
Robert E. Lee, and General
Robert Lee Bullard.
PLANS BEING MADE
FOR SOCIETIES BALL
(Continued from page 1)
this part of the program. Alumni
are requested to get in touch with
their respective societies to get tick­ets
to the dance.
LOST—Heavy grey coat with fur
collar in Architectural Building
last Wednesday night. $3 reward
for information leading to its
recovery.— Clarice Payne, 203
Thach Ave.
K O D A K
As you go. Keep a picture record. EVERY
DOLLAR spent at LOLLAR'S for KODAK
FILMS and KODAK FINISHING you get
one 8 x 10 ENLARGEMENT FREE.
NRA, doing our part.
Mail orders given special attention.
L O L L A R ' S
1808 3rd Ave. (Lyric Bldg.)
Box 2622 Birmingham, Ala.
DINTY MOORE'S
We Serve Maxwell
House Coffee
Tiger Theatre
Auburn, Alabama
"The Show Place of
East Alabama"
WEDNESDAY, January 31
" B E L O V E D "
with John Boles and Gloria
Stewart
Also "Hollywood on Parade"
and Mickey Mouse
THURSDAY, February 1
Lillian Gish and Roland Young
in
"HIS DOUBLE LIFE"
Hal LeRoy and Mitzi Mayfair
in "Use Your Imagination" and
Cartoon "It Keeps Raining
AH The Time"
FRIDAY, February 2
The new code for lovers
"EASY TO LOVE"
with Adolph Menjou, Genevieve
Tobin, Mary Astor, and Edward
Everett Horton
Also Paramount News, Art Jar-rett
in "Roamin' Through The
Roses", and cartoon "Spite
Flight"
Robert C. Cowan, Jr., freshman
from Gulfport, Miss., was announced
last Wednesday as the winner of a
Carnegie bronze medal and a $500
scholarship award for his act of hero­ism
in saving Emmett Favre, a fellow
student of Gulfport High School,
from drowning on the stormy night
of May 8, 1931, when Favre fell
Special Notices!
Professor Bulleit has announced
that colege credit will be given girls
who sing in the A Capello choir upon
the same basis that boys receive cre­dit
for Glee Club and Band work.
Maj. Franke desires that all stu­dents
in senior, junior and sophomore
R. O. T. C. desiring to take mounted
battery report to Capt. Metts at 10
o'clock Thursday, Feb. 1st, at the
Field Artillery stables.
All members of the Plainsman and
Glomerata staff are requested to be
at the Glomerata office at 5 o'clock
this afternoon for the taking of group
picture.
overboard from a Gulfport excursion
boat. The medal had already been
voted to Cowan by the Carnegie Hero
Fund Commission and the $500 cash
award was given him last week to be
used for education purposes or some
other worthy purposes meeting the
approval of the Carnegie fund com­mission.
Cowan entered school here in Sep­tember,
1933, and is registered in
the Electrical Engineering course.
He is a pledge of the Phi Delta Theta
Fraternity. The son of District At­torney
and Mrs. R. C. Cowan, he
attended high school in his home
town. Robert was a member of a
group of 40 high school boys and
girls who had gone on a boat outing
when young Favre fell overboard in
a succesful attempt to prevent a girl
from falling into the water. Cowan
plunged into the water and by the
rays of a flashlight swam to Favre's
resuce and brought him within 65
feet of the boat when he was thrown
a life line and dragged to the boat.
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