1933-11-15 The Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman
Wednesday Edition THE PLAINSMAN
TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N S P I R IT
Mass Meeting
Tomorrow Night
VOLUME LVII AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15, 1933 NUMBER 20
Players Work On
First Production
Of Current Year
Ransom Racket, Ultra-modern
Drama, Be Presented To­morrow
Night at 8:30
SCENE IN PENTHOUSE
Small Admission Price To Be
Charged at Performance;
Large Cast Is Embodied
By James Parrish
With five weeks of rehearsal gone
by, the Auburn Players are putting
the finishing touches on their first
production of the 1933-34 season,
"Ransom Racket," the most modern
production, both in content and in
technique, ever presented by any
theatrical group in East Alabama.
The play is to be given Thursday
night at eight-ten in Langdon Hall.
The use of a radio as an important
part of the action is one of the novel
touches used in this sophisticated
melodrama, hinged around the ab­duction
of a beautiful debutante, who
proves too much even for the master
mind of gangdom. Giustina, the
Italian housekeeper, breaks all kinds
of heat records as she smokes a cigar
of gigantic proportions; while the
seduction of Mike, an ail-too ambi­tious
lieutenant of the chief, by Judy,
the debutante, provides heat of a
different order. Co-eds who think
they are in eminent danger of being
kidnaped could learn some valuable
pointers on how to escape from the
big, bold, bad bum by the use of
methods not entirely approved by the
"Four Hundred" in this very con­vincing
demonstration. Chimp, the
brawn and muscle man of the outfit,
provides the comedy relief in a scene
in which all the details of lion-hunt­ing
are supplied by Judy, quite an
adventuress. Polly, Mike's moll,
doesn't like the idea of a debutante
in the same house with Mike in the
first place, so with customary gujto
she roundly berates Mike on several
occasions. Kit, the fiancee of Judy,
is the hero of the play, although most
of his "rescuing" is done outside of
the gangster headquarters.
The set for the play has been put
up and is expected to be one of the
most striking, from the audiences'
point of view ever seen in Auburn.
The scene is laid in a penthouse,
which gives an opportunity for scenic
effects of a most attractive nature.
Styled in the modern manner, the
set gives a background for the pro­duction
entirely in character with
the rest of the action.
The cast is composed of experi­enced
actors, and all in all, the play
is expected to provide a class of en­tertainment
especially aimed at the
student body, although there is
everything in the play to make it
have a wide appeal among faculty,
townspeople, and children. Admis­sion
will be twenty-five cents, the pro­ceeds
to be used for buying a new
curtain for Langdon Hall.
The play was directed by Profes­sor
T. B. Peet, assisted by James
Parrish and Mary Elizabeth Watson.
Mildred Wadkins is in charge of cos­tumes,
and Preston Blackwell, prop­erties.
The technical staff is com­posed
of Frank Jones, Charlie Mer-kle,
Ben Hutson, and Jerry Laubsn-thal.
The cast: Studs Drake, the head
of the gang, Emmett Rodgers of New
Market; Judithy Raminway, the ab­ducted
debutante, Georgia Lee Jack­son,
Clairmont Springs; Mike Felt-mann,
lieutenant of Studs, Leonard
Nelson, Merchantsville, J. J.; Polly
Smith, Mike's girl, Ruth Jones, Au­burn;
Giustina, the Italian house­keeper,
Ella Frances South, Birming­ham;
Christopher Raminway, the
cousin and fiance of Judith Ramin­way,
Franklin Woodruff, Rome, Ga.;
Chimp, the brawn and muscle man
of the outfit with a moronic intelli­gence,
Elliot Kaplus, Newark, New
Jersey.
The play will probably be shown in
several other towns.
BABY TIGERS WIN
THIRD GAME OVER
BIG TAMPA SQUAD
Jordan's Charges Score Three
Times in Last Period To
Overcome Tampa University
FINAL SCORE 18-6
Scott Averages Forty-six Yards
On Nine Punts; 6000 Present
At Game
By Sam Gibbons
Tampa Auburn
6
97
3
9
417
46
11
105
1st downs 9
Yds. gained 144
Passes attempted 9
Passes completed 5
No. of punts 9
Total yds. of punts 296
Average yds. 33
Penalties 6
Penalized in yds. 45
Auburn's freshman team came into
prominence in the football world
Saturday by defeating the much
laureled Tampa University eleven
18-6. The game was a duplicate of
those "good ole days" games when
everything was legal. A total of 150
•yards was levied against the two
teams as penalties on every thing
from off-sides to slugging. From
the first kick-off to the final whistle,
6,000 spectators witnessed an Armis­tice
Day battle royal.
On the first play of the game Cone,
Auburn, end, injured his knee and
was replaced by Roton. Fitzgerald,
during the second quarter, lost three
taeth on his home soil and McNenny
suffered a broken collar-bone.
Tampa scored in the second quar­ter
of the game when a penalty plac­ed
the ball on Auburn's three yard
line. Carter ran the ball over the
line for the score. The try for extra
point failed.
Auburn scored first in the ..third
quarter when a pass from Karam
placed the ball deep in Tampa terri­tory.
McElroy skirted end to place
the ball over Tampa's goal line. Kil-gjre
intercepted a Spartan pass and
an thirty-five yards for a touch­down,
making the score 12-6 when
the Rats failed to make the extra
point. Auburn's third touchdown
ame in the last quarter when a 35
yard pass from Karam to McElroy
placed the ball on Tampa's ten yard
line. McElroy plunged through cen­ter
to score.
Auburn's players were easily the
moat spectacular performers of the
game. Scott, Auburn back, consist-antly
sent long range punts down
'nto Tampa's terrain. Once he kick-d
fully seventy-five yards in the air.
His average for nine kicks was forty-six
yards. Scarbrough, quarter-back,
ran the team well and his return of
Tampa punts was the sensation of
the game. Gantt, Auburn center, was
easily the outstanding lineman on the
field. Auburn men who showed up
well were: Scott, Mitchell,. McElroy,
Karam, in the backfield, and Loftin,
Gillam, McAllister, and Williams, in
the line.
Tampa Pos. Auburn
Edison LE Williams
Lee LT Loftin
Muench LG Turner
Clinton C Gantt
Mastry RG Gillam
Gunnoe RT . . . . McGeehee
Hoy RE Cone
Carter QB . . . Scarbrough
White LH Scott
Chancy RH Huie
Whitlock . . . . FF Kilgore
Score by quarters:
Tampa '. . 0 6 0 0—0
Auburn 0 0 12 0—18
THREE ARE SELECTED FOR
BEAUTY CONTEST FINALS
Freshman Class Will
Select Officers Soon
George Hardy announced to­day
that the regular freshman
class elections will take place
Tuesday, December 5. The of­fices
of president, vice-president,
secretary, treasurer, and histor­ian
are to be filled at this elec­tion.
Hardy announced that all peti­tions
for nominations must be
submitted to him at the Alpha
Lambda Tau house by midnight
of November 21. The petitions
must be presented in the same
form as those for Executive Cabi­net
nominations and must con­tain
at least twenty-five signa­tures
of members of the fresh­man
class.
RALLY SCHEDULED
TOMORROW NIGHT
Plans for Game With Georgia
Will Be Made Known At
Giant Mass Meeting
One of the largest mass meetings
of -the year will be held in Langdon
Hall Thursday night at seven-thirty,
when students will gather to cheer
the Tigers on the eve of their depart­ure
for Columbus, where they will
meet the undefeated Georgia Bull­dogs.
The Band will be on hand, as us­ual,
and will lead a parade through
the business district of the city. Their
neatly executed snake-dance at' the
last parade occasioned much comment,
and it is hoped that they can be pre­vailed
upon to repeat their perform­ance.
After the return to Langdon Hall,
the crowd will be addressed by
"Happy" Davis, Varsity cheerleader
in '31, and yells and songs will be
practiced. Special attention will be
given to the Auburn Victory March.
Details as to the parade in Colum­bus
will be announced in Friday's
issue of the Plainsman.
A feature of the forthcoming game,
as far as the student body's activity
is concerned, will be the use of plac­ards.
All freshmen are being seated
in the same section, and will use the
placards placed in their seats to form
an "A" and a "33". Freshmen are
cautioned to watch for these cards,
and to use them according to the in­structions
printed on them. They
are not to be destroyed after the
game, but are to be left where they
were found. This display will take
place during the half. Cheerleader
Ed Prewitt asks the strict coopera­tion
of all students in order to make
this first attempt at the use of plac­ards
a success.
Frances Ashurst, Julia Pace,
And Henrietta Worsley Com­pete
for Beauty Honors
FINAL VOTE BEGINS
"Miss Auburn" Will Appear on
Stage at Theatre in Feature
Role November Twenty-first
The committee in charge of the
"Miss Auburn" contest announced
Hast night that'three girls, Frances
Ashhurst, Henrietta Worsley, and
Julia Pace, would enter the finals of
the competition by virtue of their re­ceiving
the highest number of votes
in the first election. A printed ballot
appears in this edition of the Plains­man
and students will begin voting
again immediately to determine the
winner of the contest.
The same rules which applied to
the first race will also apply to this
election. Students are reminded that
only those votes which are submitted
on the regulation Plainsman ballot
will be counted.
Ballot boxes will again be placed
in Benson's and Tiger Drug Store.
These will be collected Monday night,
November 20, and will be counted
that night. The winner of the con­test
will not be announced until Tues­day
night, the twenty-first, when she
will appear on the stage of the Tiger
Theatre.
The Associated Collegiate Press
has already requested a picture and
write-up of "Miss Auburn" to run
in the rotogravure section which ap­pears
in the Plainsman and numer­ous
other collegiate publications
throughout the nation. Also, the pic­ture
will be featured in the 1934
beauty section of the Glomerata, and
in several state newspapers.
Frosh Football Team
To Engage Tech Rats
Auburn's freshman football
team will .play their only home
game of the current season Fri­day
afternoon when they engage
the powerful Georgia Tech rats
on Drake Field. The game is
slated to begin at two o'clock and
admission for student's will be
coupon number seven out of he
ticket books. Other tickets will
sell for seventy-five cents.
This year's freshman eleven is
probably the strongest to repre­sent
Auburn in a number of
years. The rodents have won all
- three of their games this year by
large scores and will be out for
a win in their last game of the
season Friday.
STATE Y COUNCIL
WILL MEET HERE
IN FALL SESSION
Delegates of Six Alabama
Colleges Meet Here From
Friday Through Sunday
SEMI-ANNUAL SESSION
Thompson, University of Ala­bama,
Is President; Local
Group Will Be Host
ALLISON SPEAKER
AT MEETING HERE
Steagall Speaker
On Program Here
Representative Discusses Glass-
Steagall Banking Bill Before
Students
Auburn Physicist Reviews Re­search
Work Which Led to
Important Discovery
Keys Trophy Awarded
Sigma Phi Epsilon's
Library Situation is
Explained By Martin
William Gaines, President of Keys,
has announced that the Mothers' and
Dads' Day trophy has been awarded
to the local chapter of Sigma Phi
Epsilon. The cup was awarded to
the fraternity having the largest
proportional representation of par­ents
here for the various exercises
last Saturday. The S.P.E. group also
celebrated their twenty-fifth anniver­sary
last weekend.
How citizens may come to the res­cue
of libraries in Alabama which
have been operating on "depression
budgets" for the last few years' was
explained here by Miss Mary E. Mar­tin,
librarian at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute.
In order to in a measure replace
the loss to present and future gen­erations
occasioned by inability of
many libraries to buy new books dur­ing
these years, Miss Martin sug­gests
that citizens donate books which
they no longer need to the public li­braries.
This, she says, will help
"bridge the gap" for the early 1930s
and preserve for future generations
the literature of this period.
"There are many good books which
have been read and enjoyed in many
homes that could how bo put to public
use," said Miss Martin. "Naturally
no one will want to part with books
which they wish to retain for private
libraries but there will be many books
not desired for this purpose which
could serve this important
need."
No person living today will ever
see a run. on a bank after the bank­ing
legislation, passed by Congress
at the last session goes into effect,
it was predicted by Representative
Henry B. Steagall in an Armistice
Day address here Saturday.
The speaker discussed the details
of the Glass-Steagall banking bill, one
purpose of which is to insure bank
deposits, and said that its sponsors
expected this legislation to banish the
grim spectre of bank failures from
the land. Essential provision of the
bill become effective January 1, 1934,
he said. "After this time a bank
deposit slip will be as good as a gov­ernment
bond, and, in my opinion,
there will be a revival of the use of
bank credit as a means of making
progress toward the end of the de­pression
because deposits will be re­turned
to the banks," he added.
The Congressman lauded President
Roosevelt's monetary policy, explain­ing
that the president is striving to­wards
an "honest dollar", the pur­chasing
power of which will be the
same in one generation as another.
He made a strong appeal to the audi­ence
composed of war veterans, fac­ulty,
students, and alumni of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, mothers
and fathers of Auburn students, and
townspeople to support the President
in the "great offensive" against the
depression.
"This country has never lost a war
and we will not lose this one", he
declared. "There is need for the
same gigantic, concentrated, coopera­tive
effort given by our soldiers and
Citizens in their heroic efforts* dur­ing
the World War. We must follow
our great leader into a period of un­paralleled
prosperity and happiness
for all the people, the like of which
this country has never seen."
Training of youth in the funda­mentals
upon which this country is
built in the home amNfei the schools,
public ! from the lowest to the highest insti-
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The discovery, application, and re­sults
of the magneto-optic method,
originated by Dr. Fred Allison, Au­burn
physicist, were reviewed by him
before the quarterly meeting of the
Alabama Section American Chemical
Society here Saturday evening in
Ross Chemical Laboratory.
Dr. Allison traced the development
of his researches and discoveries with
this method—most notable • of which
was the identification of the last two
missing elements, numbers 85 and 87.
He referred to its extreme sensitivity
in detection of one part of an element
in 1000 billion parts of water. He
has worke.d with the method for the
past six years.
The method has proved of value
as a tool of research especially where
minute traces of an element occur in
compounds. Considerable use of it
has been made in finding various
constituents of metalic elements in
2oods and in animal tissue. It was
with this method that Dr. Allison
found that hydrogen was not a simple
but a complex element, leading to the
present great interest in what is
termed as "heavy water" produced in
various laboratories.
Another of its applications has
been in the study of radioactive sub­stances,
the results of which are
throwing new light on the ages of
certain of the earth's strata.
Dr. E. V. Jones, of Birmingham-
Southern College, president of the
Alabama Section, presided at the
meeting. Among the group of chem­ists
and other scientists present from
all parts of Alabama was Dr. John
Xan of Howard College, Birmingham,
secretary-treasurer of the organiza­tion.
A banquet and entertainment
program were held before the meet­ing
arranged by Dr. Roger Allen of
the Auburn school of chemistry and
pharmacy.
Delegates from six Alabama col­leges
will convene here Friday, No­vember
17, for the fall session of the
State Student Council of Y. M.'C. A.'s.
This session will extend through Sun­day,
November 19.
These meetings of the Council are
held twice a year at a chosen school
in the state so that the officers of the
student organizations can get together
for an exchange of new ideas and to
give a resume of the work accomplish­ed
since the last meeting.
This session will be called to order
at 7:30 Friday evening in the Student
Center of the Y. M. C. A. by Horace
Thompson of the University of Ala­bama
who is president. The local
Y. M. C. A. will send representatives
to this meeting for at this time prob­lems
concerning both groups will be
discussed.
There will be a formal adjournment
of the meeting Saturday in order that
the delegates can attend the Auburn-
Georgia football game in Columbus.
The business of the assembled group
will be resumed Saturday evening and
will be continued through Sunday.
At the close of the Sunday meetings
the time and place for the spring ses­sion
will be decided upon.
The local Friendship Club, first
member of the now national system
of like groups, will act as host to
this session. Delegates from Jack­sonville,
Troy, and Florence Normals;
Howard College; Birmingham-South­ern;
and the University of Alabama
are expected to attend the meetings.
Of those notable in the field of
Y. M. C. A. work who will attend
this session of the Council there will
be: Dr. O. C. Carmichael, President
of Montevallo College; James May,
Chairman of Southern Regional
Council of Y. M. C. A.'s; Claude Nel­son,
Regional Y. M. C. A. Secretary;
J. Ward Nelson, State Y. M. C. A.
Secretary; Dr. M. L. Smith, Professor
of Religious Education of Birming­ham-
Southern ; Printice Thomas, Pres­ident
of Jackson Normal Y. M. C. A.;
and Horace Thompson, President of
the State Student Council.
The last meeting of the Student
Council was held in Birmingham with
Howard College and Birmingham
Southern acting as joint hosts.
Big Crowd Sees
Plainsmen Down
Oglethorpe 27-6
Six Thousand See Second and
Third String Players Run
Over Georgia Squad
PHIPPS, KIMBRELL STAR
Seven Regulars on Bench Be­cause
of Slight Injuries; Be
Ready for Georgia
Dr. Grove Is Speaker
At High School Meet
Dr. Frank L. Grove, secretary of
the Alabama Educational Association,
addressed high school students here
Thursday as a feature of the school's
celebration of National Education
Week.
The importance of an early choice
of one's vocation, the worthy use of
leisure time, and a conscientious at­titude
toward work were the points
stressed by Dr. Grove. He also ad­monished
the students to prepare for
their future responsibility as citizens.
In presenting Dr. Grove to the stu­dent
body, Dean Zebulon Judd of the
school of education, Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, commended the
work of Dr. Grove as secretary of
the Alabama Educational Association,
saying that he has "done a great deal
in behalf of educational legislation
in Alabama."
Applebee's Portrait
Awarded Recognition
Honorable mention was accorded
the splendid oil portrait by Prof.
Frank W. Applebee, of the Auburn
school of architecture and allied arts,
at "the Fourth Annual Exhibition of
the Alabama Art League in Mont­gomery.
The painting is a portrait
of Mrs. Applebee and will remain on
exhibition this month at the Mont­gomery
Museum of Fine Arts. The
portrait was one of three paintings
among 100 entries in the exhibition
to receive honorable mention.
Paintings were also accepted for
the exhibition done by three Auburn
students in applied art. They are
Miss Marion Sundberg, Mobile; A. D.
Grower, Auburn; and Miss Helen
Dunn, Auburn. They were accorded
membership in the Alabama Art Lea­gue
and Professor Applebee has been
a member for several years.
The exhibition opened last Sunday
and was attended by more than 1,500
people the opening day.
REV. EDWARDS LEAVES
FOR CHURCH ASSEMBLY
Rev. J. R. Edwards, pastor of the
First Baptist church here, left this
morning to attend the Convention in
Sheffield, during whieh he is to give
the Social Service Report at the Con­vention.
Auburn's Tigers, cheered by a large
home-coming crowd, pounded out a
decisive 27 to 6 triumph over Ogle­thorpe
on Drake Field Saturday.
Coach Chet' Wynne used his re­serves
most of the game and they
responded nobly. Several of the reg­ulars
including Bennie Fenton, Ster­ling
Dupree, Gump Ariail, Marion
Talley, Tiny Holmes, Buddy McCol-lum,
and Will Chrietzberg did not
see service. They were held on the
sidelines because of minor injuries
and were not needed.
The galloping Casey Kimbrell was
at his best against the Petrels. In
addition to scoring fourteen points,
Kimbrell thrilled the crowd with his
hip-twisting dashes time and again.
He was called upon to punt only twice,
but responded with two fine spirals,
one for 60 yards, the other going 52,
for an average of 56 for the after­noon.
Bubber Phipps started at the other
halfback post and ran Kimbrell a
close race for scoring honors. He
also scored two touchdowns and drop-kicked
one goal after a touchdown.
Red Head played a fine game at
quarterback, running the team in a
capable manner. He also stood out
as a pass receiver and blocker.
Harry Whitten, sophomore full­back,
was superb in backing up the
line and blocking. He made several
nice gains when Auburn was forced
to drive for a few yards for first
down.
Coach Wynne started Jack Kemp
and Red West at ends, Mutt Morris
and Bing Miller at tackles, Boots
Chambless and Mike Welch at guards,
Musgrove a't center, Head quarter­back,
Phipps and Kimbrell halfbacks,
and Harry Whitten at fullback. This
combination worked well and received
much valuable experience under fire.
Auburn started the touchdown pa­rade
about the middle of the first
quarter in a drive which started from
her own 22-yard line. Kimbrell and
Phipps made 22 yards in two plays,
one an 18 yard reverse by Phipps.
The two halfbacks took turns about
in carrying the ball, hammering the
line for one, two, four, and nine
yard gains. Then Kimbrell sped
around end for 12 and Phipps added
13 to place the pigskin on the Petrel
12-yard line. Here the quarter end­ed.
On the first play of the second
quarter Phipps, behind excellent in­terference
led by Whitten and West,
went around left end for the first
score.
Auburn began a second drive from
her own 32-yard line- soon after with
Phipps and Kimbrell again bearing
the brunt of the attack. Kimbrell
culminated the drive with an 11-yard
sweep around left end.
The third tally started on Ogle­thorpe's
46-yard line. This drive was
featured by a 12 yard sprint by Kim­brell
and a 26-yard pass from Phipps
to Kemp. Kimbrell carried the ball
over from the one yard line.
The "fourth Auburn touchdown
featured Kimbrell at his best. Au­burn
took posession of the ball on
her own 43-yard line and on the first
play Kimbrell dashed 43 yards to
the Petrel 11. Phipps scored a few
plays- later.
Oglethorpe's tally came in the fi­nal
minutes as Auburn second and
third string players were sent in.
The Petrels showed plenty of fight
in holding Auburn to as low a score
as they did.
Oglethorpe tried numerous triple
and double passes, but Auburn line­men
usually crashed through and
grounded them.
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PAGE TWO THE PLAINSMAN -:• A L A B A M A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, NOV. IS, 1933
* AUBURN FOOTPRINTS *:-
And did the girls roar when Willie "Horsekiller" Sharp burst forth with the
following refrain: I'm going and hop in my little beddie and pull the cover over my
headie, and say "oo-la"!
* * * * * * * *
Doctor—The best thing you can do is give up cigarettes, liquor and women."
Patient—What's the next best thing?
• * * * * * * *
Son—Father, the donkey kicked me.
Daddy—Have you been annoying it?
Son—No, daddy, I was only trying to carve my name on it.
* * * * * * * * V
/
Cop (to inebriate trying to fit key in lamp post)—I don't think there is anyone
home there tonight.
Buzzed—Mush be. Theresh a light upsjairsh.
* * * * * * * *
Spokesman—We are Sigma Nu's and honest men.
Judge—Fine, the Sigma Nus line up on this side and the honest men on the
other side.
* * * * * * * *
I don't care how much you are in love; I don't care how sweet your angel is;
I don't care how many times a day you kiss her picture; I don't care how many
letters you send her a week; I don't care how much she takes your mind off your
duties; it doesn't keep you from twisting your neck and saying "Boy that's nice",
\ when a beautiful babe passes you on the street.—Punch Bowl. •
* * * * * * * *
"You know, there's something about you that I like."
"Not really . . . . well try and get it!"
* * * * * * * *
Stude: (translating from Latin) Caesar and his men made several sallies from
the town.
Second Stude: Tsk, tsk, and him a married man.—Pelican.
* * * * * * * *
"You'd better hang me," said the man sentenced to die by electrocution.
"Why?" he was asked.
"Because I've been janitor in a girls' boarding school", he replied.—Skipper.
* * * * * * * *
Proving that popular songs express something:
1930 "I've Found a Million Dollar Baby".
1931 "I Got Five Dollars".
1932 "Here It Is Monday And I've Still Got A Dollar". >
1933 "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?"
1934 " ? ? ? ? ? ? "—Log.
* _ * * * * * * *
Joe Ledbetter: "I can't see what keeps co-eds from freezing."
Frances Ashurst: "You aren't supposed to, you fool."
^_ * * * * * * * *
"Who was that lady I seen you with last night?"
"Who, me?"
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V. Rhodes, Bill Lee, Robert Morgan, James
C. Hearn.
MID-SEMESTER GRADES
Parents are receiving this week little
notices which will invoke either words
of praise or "tickets to the wood-shed".
The mid-semester grades which have been
compiled by the college and issued to the
students are for one main purpose, namely,
to help the students realize their standing
in the various college courses with an
idea of allowing sufficient time for extra
effort where it is needed.
The grades as issued on the mid-semes­ter
reports are not recorded in the regis­trar's
office and they have no material
bearing on the probability of one's passing
or flunking a course. They are merely
an indication of one's present standing
and they should be taken only as such. -
For some, these little slips of paper will
mean that the time to begin work is fast
approaching if anything is to be accom­plished
during this semester. For others,
they simply mean that a good year has
been well begun and that dividends are
being received on the investment of a col­lege
education.
For the backward students, we would
like to point out that entire semester's
work cannot be done in a few weeks, and
that if anything is to be accomplished,
work must begin immediately. For those
who are doing better than the average, we
would suggest that they either take more
courses in the future or find something to
do on the outside, because evidently they
are not working to their respective ca­pacities.
FACILITIES FOR HOMECOMING
A number of visitors who attended the
homecoming game here Saturday, express­ed
their apprehension at the manner in
which tickets were sold outside the field.
It seems that there was only one ticket
booth available and consequently a large
number of people were not able to enter
the game before the first quarter was near­ly
over, despite the fact that they arrived
at the field prior to the game starting
time.
For quite a number of years, students,
townspeople, and alumni have been talking
about having a stadium in Auburn in order
that the team may play more games at
home. In order to have a stadium here,
every effort must be expended to entice
visitors to come to Auburn for the games,
and the manner in which ticket sales were
handled last week was anything but con­ducive
to drawing crowds to future games.
Concerning the fact that an exceptional­ly
large number of visitors were present,
it is highly probable that the authorities
in charge of the affair had not planned
on so many attending; but some provision
should have been made to set up another
booth, or possibly two more booths, when
the occasion demanded.
The seating capacity was far inadequate,
also, and it seems that more stands of the
type now used might easily and inexpen­sively
be constructed in the near future.
Of the six thousand attending the game, it
appeared that only about thirty-five hun­dred
were seated in the stands, resulting
in the crowding of the players on the
benches and occasional sallies of the more
adventurous out onto the field itself.
The statements given above were called
to the editor's attention by people who
drove over one hundred miles to attend
the game, only to have to wait in a long
line to buy tickets and then to stand during-the
entire game. We are not attempting
to criticize the manner in which the affairs
were conducted but rather to offer sug­gestions
which originated with outsiders,
and which might aid in the procuring of
a stadium at some future time.
THE GENTLEMAN AND THE TIGER
The sweeping victory of LaGuardia in
the New York municipal election has ex­tended
its influence far beyond the confines
of Manhattan isle until its echo has been
felt in every town in the country. It has
not been heralded so much as a victory for
LaGuardia as a defeat for Tammany, and
not alone for the Tammany of New York
but for the Tammany of Middletown.
This is not the first time New York has
voted down the political bosses of the old
era, but the first time the people have arisen
with quite the same furor and force in a
definite effort to rid themselves of the pes­tilence
of crookedness and corruption. And
so while the nation looked on, feeling that
perhaps in the outcome it too had a prin­ciple
at stake, the battle raged ending ul­timately
in the triumph of the independent.
The people saw in it not a fight between
the individual candidates but a war between
Individualism and party machine govern­ment.
They stood by eager for the downfall
of Tammany, to the average citizen the
personification of everything that is evil
in politics.
In small town newspapers thousands of
miles from the hubbub of the excitement
there blazed across the front pages the
news of the victory of the people over the
tiger. But the tiger merely licked its
wounds, retired to her lair and prepared
again to invade its hunting field. It seems
to be a habit of the American people to rise
up periodically against the evils of politics,
and yet just as periodically their interest
lapses and they return to the rut from
which they climbed. Over the country ed­itorial
writers are hailing the death of the
monster, the birth of a new deal in muni­cipal
politics. But the thought occurred to
us watching all the hullabuloo, if a few
months from now with the Rose Bowl game
in the air and the discovery of a new hat­chet
murderer, Middletown will still remem­ber
the story of the gentleman and the
tiger.—Minnesota Daily.
Book Review
ANTHONY ADVERSE
By Hervey Allen
This book with its half million words
reminds one of the comment on Fielding's
novels that they are not meant to be read
by individuals but by generations, the son
taking up the story where the father left
off. But those who follow the varied
fortunes. of Anthony will not begrudge
the time. Within the pages of this ex­ceedingly
well written novel is an abun­dance
of riches. The author has provided
adventure, character, humor, philosophy
in sufficient variety to please almost any
taste.
The central figure has above everything
else a flair for living, for experiencing
things at first hand, and for exeracting the
kernel of meaning from his experiences.
Endowed with all the gifts commonly cov­eted
by men, Anthony finds the world an
oyster for which his sword is admirably
fashioned. Reared under Catholic tutelage
in Italy, -he follows inextricable threads of
distiny to Cuba, Africa, France, Spain,
and America. His meteoric career is in­volved
with many of the spectacular fig­ures
of the Napoleonic era: And each
individual who crosses his life crosses it
again in an amazing interrelationship. Even
minor characters, however/are limned'with
a detail which insures permanency of im­pression.
The book is marked by candor and sin­cerity.
The historical background is hand­led
with remarkable effectiveness, and
there ape occasional passages which with
the authentic lilt of cadence prose hold
one thrall. The lure of the unknown is
implicit in each episode from the first
feeling of "exalted expectation" on glimps­ing
the roadway in Auvergne to the des­perate
concluding cry of the Missouri
child, "Do, God! Give us something."
Through it all the guiding influence is
that of the little Madonna, Anthony's in­herited
talisman. Around her the phil­osophic
element of the story crystalizes.
This, it must be admitted, represents the
groping of a sincere rather than a pro­found
mind, but is honestly and at times
beautifully handled. The critics would
seem to have been hasty in predicting for
this carefuly done novel a relatively per­manent
place in literature, but certainly
it is more than a book of the month. ••
Reviewed by Dr. Rosa Lee Walston.
Sponsored by the office of the dean of
student activities, plans are being made at
Louisiana State University for -the forma­tion
of local fraternities on the campus to
the number of thirty. This will allow
forty per cent of the male student body
affiliation instead of the present twenty
per cent.
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.
* * * *
THANKSGIVING is no time for mid­term
grades to appear. Except some
of you little boys and girls can per­haps
offer up thanks to Valhalla that you
have flunked no more than two or three
things. I imagine it's quite distressing to
your professors to teach as hard as they
can and still see no awakening gleam of
intelligence upon your mugs.
There, is the question of dates. That's
the whole trouble. When I was a fresh­man
having a date except on Saturday
nights was unheard of and considered
thoroughly unwise. Now Saturday ' night
is just one among many.
There is the house officially designated
as 116 West Glenn Avenue. There are go­ing
to be some dreadful Aero grades and
some unwholesome editorials because one
sleepy eyed individual spends most of his
time around there. Missed only one night
last week around there. That was Mon­day
night. Must have been ill. And the
man with the Russian name; the campus
has long ago given him up because of 116.
Would like to ramble around there some­time
and see what all the sans souci is
about. But can't spare more than three
nights a week.
And one local minister confesses three
marriages last week-end. You know, I
would imagine this town has had more tie-ups
this past year than any town its size
in the country. College, it seems, has be­come
a secondary issue among the little
lambkins around here.
That's bad.
* * * *
Sunday at church there was a grand old
lady sitting down front. She never misses
a Sunday. Every time a song was called,
she was the first to stand, and looked back
with a look of vexation at the still sitting
congregation. When I go to church I like
to sit and watch that turn-around gesture
of hers. You know, a thing like that makes
our delicate modern religion seem like a .
flounder-about.
* * * *
I think Lionel Barrymore started it in
.Rasputin. Then came Wallace Beery in
Tugboat Annie. And it has gone into
shorts. I speak of our becoming what we
might call burp conscious. It's rather
dreadful and all that, but it seems to stick.
The other afternoon I was standing on
the A.T.O. corner, and one of the conscious
souls passes by, and gave vent to such a
cavernous bellow that I was night fright­ened
out of- my wits. Heavens, such a
noise! It was so atrociously audible that
a righteous soul standing down by Mea­dows
Garage shouted, "My God!" in in­dignation.
* * * *
Some fille in Montgomery told Randy
White he looks like Bing Crosby. This I
seriously doubt. And if he does how come
he doesn't go around to 116 and see just
what he can do'with his looks, voice, and
spare time?
* * * *
I see by the Atlanta Journal's radio page
that Jan Garber has only had his present
orchestra a little more than a year. He
was out gadding about one night and found
them playing in a night club. He liked
their music so much that he hired every
one of them right on the spot. And right
then he started getting famous. He'd had
several orchestras before then, but had nev­er
done much with them. I remember hear­ing
him some two years ago when he was
playing in Cincinnati and he sounded like
any ordinary orchestra . . . and then he
went out that night.
So, I suppose, it pays to gad about.
. * * * *
And a bit about the campus canaille: If
Harris would pay me that five cents he
owes me I would be much more happier
than one would think possible.
Jitters Lewis with her cacoethes loquendi
and lovely nick name was at the dance
Saturday night. Glad.
The wrinkled and deadly individual
across the page may take his Joe Penner
and his ideas about me and stick them up
his badly worn leather jerkin. And before
I wear it again I would much appreciate
his sewing on the missing button.
There were four colleens on the campus
I wanted to meet at one time. The first
was eliminated because my business- mana­ger
(not Harris) didn't like her. I met
two. One was very - comme ci comme ca, •
and the other plain daffy . . . taffy hair
and all that, pretty; but a girl who has
more than three dates a week puts me on
my guard. I'm rather susceptible, and
as I have my homework to do I really
can't be gadding about like Garber. The
fourth, with the hysterical red hair, has
not as yet been met and greeted. The
nickle Harris owes me to the one who can
do something about it.
"Old Dan Cupid" is alive and at work
at the University of North Carolina. So
much that there is a tree on the campus
named "The Kissing Tree". There is a
tradition that any couple making love un­der
its branches is blessed by the tree.
Though many people know nothing of the
Kissing Tree, and co-eds slyly deny knowl-edgs
of its existence, there is such a tree
on the campus. It is a willow which
stands in the arboretum just to the rear
of Howell Hall in a spot which has been
the scene of more than one scorching party
for two. From the point of view of this
willow the word "neck" is certainly a verb
and not a noun.
"Neckademically" speaking, the Kissing
Tree is most favorably located. It grows
beside one of the smaller, less-frequented
paths, bordered on one side by thick shrubs
and on the other side by a clump of mag­nolia
trees. It so happens that the spot
around the Kissing Tree lies out of range
of the searchlights which shine from the
roof of Spencer Hall.
Tradition also has it that the spot be­came
a trysting place for lovers by acci­dental
discovery. Two lovers strolling
through the arboretum happened to take
this dark path. As they walked slowly
along they found their path barred by
part of the trunk of this old tree which
extended over the path. It formed a sort
of rest where one might recline, and at
the base of the tree was a natural seat.
The strolling couple paused here, and, it
being a likely spot, the kiss was enacted.
History gives no detailed account of this
first kiss'. However, the tree did become
a popular place for lovers to stop when
strolling in the arboretum. Frequent usage
eventually gave rise to the present name.
In a map of the campus, the spot is
designated by a picture of the tree drawn
so that it looks like two lovers in a clinch.
The upper branches of the tree are repre­sented
by two human heads drawn close
together in a kissing pose.
The caretaker of the arboretum has cut
away the bast part of the tree, that which
formed the arm-rest and the natural seat.
This has detracted much that is inviting
from the appearance of the Kissing Treei
The squirrels seem 'to have caught the
idea from boys and girls who have visited
the tree. They can be seen running around
the tree after each other; and often the
female squirrel can be seen- looking, down
at her lover with one of those expressions
on her face that says, "Come up to see me.
sometimes."
* * * *
At Fordham University it appears that
the faculty are appointed by name. Father.
Dean is dean, a Father Whalen acts as
dean of Discipline, Mr. Shouten is in charge
of debating, and Mr. Voekal (pronounced
vocal) is in charge of the glee club.
The night- watchman at South Dakota
State College has, during his duties, walk­ed
around the campus enough to equal a
trip two-thirds around the world.
* * * *
THEY EARNED THEIR WAY
Have you ever tried to carry two movie
cameras along a country road at 4 a. m.
and bum a ride at the same time?
If not, and you want to know the proper
procedure to use if the occasion arises,
ask George Taylor and Everett Miller, Uni­versity
Newsreel camera men.
While returning from Evanston, where
they took pictures of the Minnesota-North­western
football game, Taylor and Miller
were riding with a friend. Their car broke
down outside a small town in Wisconsin,
and the boys were stranded.
Finding a street light, they set up their
cameras under the light, and whenever a
car came along they would start grinding
away, hoping that the curious would stop
and they would get a ride to Minneapolis.
Cars stopped but none of the cars were
going as far as the university and the
boys didn't want to go part of the way
and possibly get stuck in some small town.
Since they were unsuccessful in hitch­hiking,
they tried to talk the bus driver
into taking them as far as Minneapolis
without charge, having neglected to bring
any money along with them. This did not
work, but after several minutes of con­vincing
argument, with the offer to give
the driver a camera if the fare was not
paid, they got the ride.
A telegram was sent to Malcolm Mac-
Lean, dean of the General college, explain­ing
the situation.
The bus arrived in Minneapolis about
12:15 p. m. and Dean MacLean was there
with the money to get the cameras out of
hock and the boys safely back to the cam­pus.
* * * *
DEPRESSION LICKED BY
BATCHING OREDIGGERS
Thirty-five students at the Colorado
School of Mines are battling the depression
this year by batching, a recent survey by
Mr. J. R. Everett show.
The survey lists 16 scholarship men out
of the total.
This information shows that these men
are spending on an average of $13 to
$14 per month for room and board. At
private homes in Golden, board and room
ranges in price from $20 to $35 per month.
Everett made the check-up at the re­quest
of the administration.—Oredigger.
* * * *
The twenty-three-year University of Chi­cago
tradition of singing "Wave the Flag"
ended with the departure of Amos Alonzo
Stagg from the athletic department.
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.
* * * *
ACERTAIN fraternity on the campus
has gone Nazi to the exclusion of
two of their recent pledges.
* * + *
The following is an excerpt from Foot­prints
of four years ago (or maybe three).
It is the bona-fide first write-up made for
the Plainsman by its present editor-in-chief.
"Last night, according to their usual cus­tom,
the Y. M. C. A. entertained the Fresh-menmen
at an informal reception in Lang--
don Hall. It was estimated that well over-four
hundred rats gathered together in that
historic masterpiece of architecture to hear
the older man speak, to cheer on the Tiger
on his triumphant march to leadership in
the Southern Conference which we know is
inevitable, and finally to partake of a
light repast in the form of ice-cream, under
the spreading branches of the beautiful
trees on the campus.
"The timbers quivered and the roof shook
as our peppy cheer-leader led the rats in
some of the college yells and the beautiful
strains of the Alma Mater song floated out
across the campus in the cool night air.
"Last but not least came the refresh­ments.
The youngsters eagerly devoured
the ice-cream and turned homeward as hap­py
and loyal a class as ever entered the
portals of dear old Auburn."
With such native talent as this, is it any
wonder that he subsequently became editor-in-
chief?
Little Willie, honeypants
Couldn't spare a single dance.
All little Sara had to say
Was "Don't you lead my Will astray."
A note of extreme interest to us all was
received in Sunday's mail. It is a very
lucid and instructive circular letter sent
out by a prominent manufacturing com­pany.
I copy verbatim:
JOHNSON CANARY BIRD
REBUILDING AND REVIGORATING
CO., INC.
November 11, 1933
Gentlemen:
We have your name on our list as a bird
lover. We would like to send you without
charge or obligation on your part a pam­phlet
on how to give your canary an exam­ination
for physical and mental defects, also
a description of all our products that are
made to fit the birds for the bitter winter
months. These are shipped in single or
carload lots.
For example:
WOOFO DOG BARKER
Absolutely prevents bird from being an­noyed
by cats. So simple you won't have to
believe it. Works like this: Attach dog
barking gadget inside canary's cage. When­ever
a cat comes to the door, working way
through college by passing out sample
brushes, the bird merely chirps into the
attachment, which changes the chirp into
a ferocious bark. Cat at once starts going
places. Then, by pressing a button, the
canary changes the bark into a raucous
Bronx cheer.
JOHNSON'S IMPROVED HIGH TEST
BIRD MANNA
Teaches the bird better mannas, tones up
entire system, and gives more power to the
delightful trills. One 250-pound sack will
last average bird two weeks. (In ordering
give bust measurements, year and model,
color desired, and date of birth.)
CANARY TOYS
Cast iron lettuce leaves and rubber woims.
Very popular and amusing. Boid hops up
on perch (not fich) clutching rubber woim.
It drops to bottom of cage, bounces up
again, and hits canary in the beezer. Ex­tremely
comical. Same can be said of ex­pression
on boid's face when it bites into
cast iron lettuce leaves.
Your order for any or all of these devices
will be appreciated.
Johnson Canary Rebuilding and
Revigorating Co.
per Clutt, Johnson, Pres. and
Vice-Pres.
* * * *
B'. G. and Bubber Morton put on an un­rehearsed
exhibition for an unseen audience
in the person of Don Jones the other night.
Frankly, B. G. I don't see how you do it.
* * * *
Old sly deceiving and mercenary Gum
was presented with free three dopes Satur­day
night while overstuffing Kyser's date.
* * * *
Molo matched the congressman last Sat­urday
to see who would get the twenty-one
gun salute.
* * * ' *
I hate to be a kicker
I've always longed for peace,
But the wheel that does the squeaking
Is the one that gets the grease.
—Shakespeare.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15, 1933 THE PLAINSMAN •:• A L A B A M A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE P A G E THREE
Many Guests Attend
S. P. E. Celebration
The Alabama Alpha Chapter of
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity cele­brated
the silver anniversary of its
founding on the campus of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute on Sat­urday,
November 11. The frater­nity
was host to the parents of the
members of the fraternity, alumni,
friends, and faculty members at three
entertainments on that day.'
A reception in honor of visiting
families of the chapter and for the
alumni and their families was given
on Saturday afternoon, after the
home-coming football game, from
four-thirty until six. The active
chapter entertained at a dance for
visitors and friends from nine o'clock
until twelve. At~ midnight a buffet
supper for the active chapter, alumni,
and guests was given.
The reception rooms of the fra­ternity
house on North Gay Street
were decorated throughout in the
fraternity colors, red and royal pur­ple.
Fraternity and college banners
were hung at either end of the living
room. American beauty roses and
yellow and wtiite •chrysanthemums,
were arranged throughout the house.
In the receiving line at the anni­versary
reception were Mr. J. G. Mor­ris,
chapter president, Mrs. J. M.
Wallace, hostess, Dean Zoe Dobbs,
Professor and Mrs. Herman D. Jones,
Professor and Mrs. Mark Nichols,
and Professor J. M. Robinson. Mrs.
William Hardie, Mrs. J. S. Dumas,
Mrs. C. H. Davis, and Mrs. T. H.
Burton poured tea: They were as­sisted
in serving by Mrs. C. A.
Baughman, Mrs. Maude Smith, Mrs.
W. M. Fuller, Mrs. Homer Wright,
Mrs. Olive Locke, Mrs. James Seale,
Mr. and Mrs. Ottis Ward, and Mr.
Dryden Baughman. Mrs. W. M. Ful­ler,
accompanied by the orchestra,
delighted the guests with several
songs'.
Music was furnished in the after­noon
and night by McDaniels' orches­tra.
•
At the buffet supper Mrs. Ottis
Ward presided at the coffee table.
Mrs. R. L. Scollard, Mrs. Herman D.
Jones, Mrs. William Hardie, Mrs.
T. H. Burton, Mrs. W. F. Suydam,
Mrs. Olive Locke, Mrs. G. P. Dexter,
Mrs. J. W. Keith, Mrs. W. H. Per­sons
and Mrs. Mark Nichols assisted
in serving.
The Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
won the loving cup given by Keys
for having the largest number of
mothers and fathers present for
home-coming. Among those were
(Continued on page 4)
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
Society Editor — SARAH STANLEY — Phone No. 41 '
Theta Chi Entertains
Alumni With Dance
PERSONAL
AENTION
Guice Potter and Harold Snowden,
of Anniston spent the week end in
Auburn.
* * *
Jim Cooper, of Attalla, attended
the Auburn-Oglethorpe game last Sat­urday.
* * *
Jim Backes, Howard Moss, Eugene
Gray, and Johnnie Farris, of Mobile,
attended home-coming last week-end.
* * *
Milton Culver, Ty Jones, and Boots
Fulton, of Birmingham, were in Au­burn
the past week-end to attend the
home-coming game.
* * *
Piatt Boyd, Buster Borden, and
Ben Mabson spent last week-end in
Auburn.
* * *
Pat O'Rourke, of Selma was visiting
in Auburn this last week-end.
* * . *
George Lanier, John Norman, I. J.
Chappell were present at the home­coming
game last Saturday.
* * *
Taylor Ivey, of Vernon, spent the
past week-end in Auburn.
* * *
Miss Elizabeth Morton spent the
last week-end in Atlanta.
$ * *
John Strong, Wyeth Wallace, Al­fred
Harrison, and Philo Vance were
in Auburn last week-end.
% * *
James Laxson and Arthur Willis, of
Birmingham attended the Auburn-
Oglethorpe game.
* * *
James Richard Rutland, Jr., of
Montgomery, spent the week-end in
Auburn.
* * *
Mibs Catherine Nelson, of Mont­gomery,
spent last week-end in Au­burn.
The Chi chapter of the Theta Chi
fraternity honored its visiting alumni
with a dance on Saturday night, No­vember
11, from eight-thirty until
twelve at the home of the fraternity.
Red and white carnations, the flow­ers
of the fraternity, were beautifully
arranged in the living room and dens.
The chandeliers were decorated with
streamers of red, white, and blue, car­rying
out the Armistice Day theme.
A huge log fire added glow to the
occasion.
Refreshments were served in the
den in one end of the spacious living
room, and the orchestra was seated in
the opposite alcove.
The out-of-town young ladies were:
Misses Sarah Flewellen, Woman's Col­lege,
Montgomery; Mary Rudder, Is-bell
Lane, Allie Ayres Burns, and
Louise Pittman, Montevallo; Edith
Reed White, Laura Belle Hopkins,
Dorothy May, and Frances Sharpe,
Gadsden; Eleanor Garrett and Mar­garet
Patterson, Columbus; Margaret
Cardinal, Montgomery; Frances Tal-ley,
University of Alabama; Ethel
Cox, Atlanta; Frances Bailey and
Jane Dixon, Opelika.
FRATERNITIES GIVE DANCES
HONORING WEEK-END GUESTS
All fraternities entered into—the
spirit of home-coming this past week­end
and many dances were given in
honor of visitors and-alumni. One of
the most enjoyable of these affairs
was 'the dance given by the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon Fraternity on Friday
evening, from eight until twelve,- at
its home on North College Street.
Footlights of modernistic design
were placed around the living room,
and the lights on the mantels at either
end of the room were shaded with the
fraternity coat-of-arms. Yellow and
white chrysanthemums were arranged
throughout the reception rooms. Re­freshments
were served during the
evening.
For the Sigma Alpha Epsilon lead-out,
"Violets", the fraternity song was
played by the orchestra. Another
feature of the evening was the visi­tors'
lead-out. Music for the occasion
was furnished by the Auburn
Knights/
Besides the many Auburn visitors
and fraternity alumni present at the
dance there were many out-of-town
young ladies. Among those present
were: Misses Sarah Flewellen and
Mary Flewellen, Eufaula; Dorothy
Lewis, Patricia Mitchell, and Judy
Griffin, Tuskegee; Josephine Bailey,
Birmingham; Jean Beeland, Dorothy
Beeland and Jane Yarbrough, Green­ville;
Catherine Nelson and Helen
Lane, Montgomery; Martha Prince,
Opelika; Rebecca Darling, Columbus;
Claire Rogers, Speigner.
Dr. L. N. Duncan Attends
Debt Conciliation Parley
Dr. L. N. Duncan attended a debt
conciliation conference held at New
Orleans Land Bank Monday. He was
appointed as representative of Ala­bama
by Gov. B. M. Miller.
Dr. Duncan is' Chairman of the
Alabama Agricultural Advisory Coun­cil.
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Govern­or
of the Farm Credit Administration,
requested that the council be formed
to serve as a conciliation medium be­tween
debtors and creditors.
Phi Tau Is Host At
Dance Friday Night
The Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity en­tertained
on last Friday evening with
a dance from nine until twelve at its
home on West Magnolia. The recep­tion
rooms were decorated with red
and yellow, the fraternity colors.
Throughout the evening punch and
cakes were served to the guests,
among whom were many out-of-town
visitors and alumni.
The Wittel- Dormitory orchestra
played for the occasion.
D. A. R. To Celebrate
Birthday of President
Celebrating the birthday of the
President General of the D. A. R., the
Light Horse Harry Lee Chapter will
meet at the home of the Chapter Re­gent,
Mrs. J. W. Scott at 7 o'clock
Wednesday evening. This meeting is
being held in conjunction with those
to be held all over the Nation by other
chapters of the organization.
PROGRAM IS PRESENTED AT
PARENT-TEACHERS MEETING
The Auburn P.-T.A. met on Friday
night, November 10, at eight o'clock
at the Lee County High School.
Mrs. A. L. Thomas, president, pre­sided,
and preceding the program
called upon Mrs. M. L. Beck to give
an account of the District School of
Instruction recently held in Girard,
Ala.
Mrs. B. R. Showalter, 3rd Vice
Pres. of the Alabama Congress of
Parents and Teachers next spoke
briefly relative to the progress being
made by that organization in its fight
for adequate funds for the schools.
Dr. Paul Irvine gave a resume of
the various activities in Auburn dur­ing
Education Week.
Mrs. Paul Irvine, chairman pro­gram
committee, then introduced
Prof. Charles Hixon. The subject of
the evening's program was "How
Much And How Well Does Your Child
Study?" Prof. Hixon gave an inter­esting
talk based on the parents' point
of view, and Mrs. Mae Wilmore re­sponded
with a discussion of the
teacher's side of the question.
The man who appreciates good ser­vice
can usually get it.
IF A PERMANENT
keeps your hair beautiful­ly
waved and groomed all
summer . . . why not enjoy
the same comfort and con­venience
all winter!
"We Specialize in All Branches
of Beauty Culture"
JANE CASH
BEAUTY SHOP
We Specialize in^
PICTURE
FRAMING
AUBURN FURNITURE CO.
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Smartness • • •
ON A WEARING BASIS
IT'S TIME NOW
To begin thinking about
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For Perfect Satisfaction
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WELCOME AUBURN
Visit our popular priced Coffee
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Service.
C. L. ARNOLD, Manager
DEJV STRANDS
OF FINE TOBACCO
.andno hose ends
It would delight you to open a
Lucky Strike and examine the
long, golden strands of fine tobac­cos.
To notice how fully packed
it is. . . how free from annoying
loose ends. Every Lucky Strike
is a blend of the world's choicest
Turkish and Domestic tobaccos—
finely shredded—long and evenly
cut. That's why every Lucky draws
so easily — burns so smoothly.
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN -:- A L A B A M A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, NOV. IS, 1933
STEAGALL SPEAKER
ON PROGRAM HERE
(Continued from Page 1)
tutions, was commended as major
functions ' of our civilization by the
Tiger Theatre
Auburn, Alabama
"The Show Place of
East A l a b a m a"
WEDNESDAY, November IS
JACK PEARL (Baron Mun­c
h a u s e n ) and Jimmy Durante
in
"MEET THE BARON"
A l s o Comedy and Cartoon
THURSDAY, November 16
w i t h Spencer Tracy and
C o l l e e n Moore
"THE POWER AND
THE GLORY"
N o v e l t y "Handlebars" and
Harry Langdon in
• "STAGE HAND"
FRIDAY, November 17
"LADY FOR A DAY"
With Warren William, May
Robson, Guy Kibbee, Glenda
Farrel, Ned Sparks, Jean
Parker, Walter Connolly
D i r e c t e d by Frank Capra
Comedy "Gobs of Fun" and
News Events
speaker. "If the things we hold dear
to us are preserved, these institutions
must prosper. Auburn is doing a
fundamental work in training of Ala­bama
youth."
"If we go about the job intelligent­ly
and consistently we can support
our' entire system of schools in Ala­bama,
discharge our financial obliga­tions,
and hold up our heads among
all states of the nation."
"Instead of further curtailment of
funds for schools and colleges in Ala-gama,
I want enlargement of these
funds and we are going to have it,"
he added.
Dean John J. Wilmore, chairman
of Auburn's Administrative Commit­tee,
presided at the meeting and in­troduced
Col. T. D. Samford of Ope-lika,
who presented the speaker of
the day. Colonel Samford referred
to Mr. Steagall as veteran member
of the country's highest law-making
body who through his great achieve­ments
in Congress had gained a na­tional
reputation. The Congressman
spoke of Colonel Samford as a man
worthy of any office in Alabama and
expressed the wish that he would of­fer
himself as a candidate for the
next Governor of Alabama.
The interest of the American Le­gion
in education was reviewed by
H. E. Woodruff, commander of the
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Debating Society To
Inaugurate New Laws
The adoption of a new constitution
and by-laws is the beginning of an
active half semester for the Auburn
Debating Society, according to an
announcement this morning by Julian
Ivey, president of the Society. Re­cently
new committees have been ap­pointed,
and provisions forcing them
to function have been made.
The purpose of the Society accord­ing
to the new constitution is to pro­mote
and encourage intercollegiate
and intramural debating and oratory
on the Auburn campus. Most of its
meetings during the next few weeks
will be given over to debates in the
Phi Delta Gamma contest which be­gins
next Monday night. Several of
the entrants in the contest are mem­bers
of the Society.
Action has been taken whereby suit­able
awards will be made to those
members who meet certain qualifica­tions
as to attendance and activity
in the organization.
To Conceal Or Reveal
Is Important Query
In two separate articles written for
the NEA news service, Dorothy
Wieck and Mae West, movie actresses,
discuss the question of whether or
not it is better to reveal or conceal
the figure.
Miss Wieck, in her dissertation,
says that, "I'm for concealment.
When women wore leg-o'-mutton
sleeves and high-necked gowns, they
had as many beaux as they have to­day.
Women lose that certain sense
of decency when the wear their cloth­es
incorrectly. My screen work taught
me that. Yes, I'm for concealment.
A great deal of chic, perhaps, but a
little concealment."
"I'm for revealment", says Mae
West. "A woman should look just as
beautiful without any clothes, in my
opinion, as when she is clad in the
finest creations of Schiaparaelli and
all those other hifalutin' Paris de­signers.
Of course, I'm not advocat­ing
nudism or anything like that, you
•understand! I may be hot, but I'm
no hottentot!"
BIG CROWD SEES
PLAINSMEN DOWN
OGLETHORPE 27-6
(Continued from Page 1)-
The summary:
Oglethorpe Pos.
Freeman L.E.
Robinson
McNeely
Shouse
Shaw
Pickard
Craven
Clarke
Wren
Hildreth
Mitrick
L.T.
L.G.
C.
R.G.
R.T.
R.E.
Q.B.
L.H.
R.H.
P.B.
Auburn
Kemp
Morris
Welch
Musgrove
Chambless
Miller
West
Head
Kimbrell
Phipps
Whitten
E HERE'S
nergy
FOR YOU
SHREDDED WHEAT
helps you go places
and d o things. And that's
easily explained. Shred­d
e d Wheat is whole
wheat. And whole wheat
is man's greatest energy
food, blessed by Nature
w i t h all the vital ele­ments
. . . proteins, vita­mins,
minerals, carbohy­drates,
and bran. All of
these come to you in
Shredded Wheat. Noth­i
n g has been added,
nothing taken away.
The next time you
draw up a chair in your
favorite campus eating
p l a c e , o r d e r Shredded
Wheat. When the crisp-baked,
golden brown bis­cuits
are placed in front
of you, just pour on plen-
'Y^J \J ty of milk or cream and
topwithyourfavoritefruit.
And enjoy the best-tasting
bowlful of e n e r g y that
ever brightened your day
prTrT"--iSf^^r^xS; ; j When you see Ni-
- - H E A T ^ I S ^ agara Falls on
"- .M liSata-r"" the package, you
KNOW you have
Shredded Wheat.
THE VITALLY DIFFERENT FOOD
DED WHEAT
A product of NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY "Uneeda Bakers"
Score by periods:
Oglethorpe 0 0 0 6— 6
Auburn , .0 13 0 14—27
Auburn scoring touchdowns, Kim­brell,
2, Phipps, 2. Points after
touchdown, Kimbrell 2 (placement);
Phipps (drop kick). Oglethorpe scor­ing
touchdowns, Hildreth.
Officials: Pitts (Auburn) referee;
Gardner (Ga. Tech) umpire; Boyer
William and Jewell) headlinesman;
Amis (Furman) field judge.
MANY GUESTS ATTEND
S. P. E. CELEBRATION
{Continued from page 3)
Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Clements and Mr.
Carter N. Clements, of Benton; Mrs.
W. H. Persons, of Birmingham, Mrs.
J. W. Keith, of Birmingham; Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Scollard and Miss Elaine
Scollard, of Birmingham; Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Everage and Miss Mar­garet
Everage, of Andalusia; Mrs. W.
F. Suydam and Miss Julia Suydam,
of Birmingham; Mrs. C. F. Andrews
and Mr. George Andrews, of Anda­lusia;
Professor and Mrs. Mark Nich­ols,
of Auburn; Mr. and Mrs. J. I.
Morgan, of Birmingham; Mr. and
Mrs. Dumas, of Auburn; Mrs. R. J.
Foster, of Birmingham; Mrs. William
Hardie, of Auburn, Mrs. G. P. Dex­ter,
Miss Nell Dexter, Mr. George
Dexter, and Miss Isabel Henderson,
of Birmingham.
Opelika Theatre
To Present Stage
Show On Monday
G. N. Morgan, Manager of the Ope­lika
Theatre, announces the coming
of a stage presentation to this theatre
on Monday, Nov. 20, which he expects
will eclipse in variety, entertainment
and diversification, any show here-to-fore
presented on his stage.
The title of the show is "Girls in
Cellophane", which features a galaxy
of versatile performers, each having
baen vaudeville headliners in recent
years.
Red Mack, comedian, whose years
on the stage make him one of the
eafling in the industry.
Anne and Andrus, European danc­ers,
return to this country after a
most successful tour of Australia and
New Zealand, give a performance of
adagio dancing, the equal of which
has seldom been seen.
Gene Walters, comedienne and sing-sr,
who has won renown in vaudeville
and New York night clubs.
Mamie Horan, Betty Boop's only
rival, and whose strutt dances recent­ly
captivated Detroit and Chicago
audiences.
Stanley Meehan, last season over
che R. K. 0. circuit, shows the aiidi-snces
new dances as they should be
danced.
Anita Conrad, acrobatic marvel, is
jne of the chief features of "Girls in
Cellophane"..
Dorothea and Andre', recent ar­rivals
from the Argentine, and whose
dance numbers are far more sensa­tional
than any of the native dances
that have come out of The Latin
Americas in past years, including the
Rhumba.
Carroll Sisters, two petite packages
if pep, whose numbers please the
iiost Critical.
The Bosworth Girls, three Misses
from down in Arkansas.
William Riggins, popular songster
jf Radio,, screen and stage.
A chorus of Gorgeous Girls, a veri-
;able bower of American and Trench
Beauties.
The Cellophane singing (stage band
combines rhythm, syncopation and
therwise furnishes the musical ccm-
-lelnent of this outstanding attrac­tion.
Screen attraction for this day is
Rafter Romance with Ginger Rogers.
Textile Exhibit On
Display This Week
The public is invited to inspect an
exhibit this week of the work done
by Auburn students in textile engi­neering
in the windows of the store
formerly occupied by J. W. Wright
on College Street.
The exhibit shows cotton in all
stages of manufacture into yarns.
There also may be seen cotton, and
cotton and rayon fabrics executed by
the students in"dyed and undyed
yarns. Towels, a bath robe, piece
cloth, and other goods made from
cotton by the Textile students are
included in the exhibit.
According to Prof. E. W. Camp,
visitors are always welcome at the
department of textile engineering.
There are more incompetent mis­tresses
than incompetent servants.
Every pipe-smoker looks a little
like a loafer.
SPECIAL NOTICE
OPELIKA THEATRE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20
A Big Musical Comedy Co.
— 22 — P E O P L E — 22 —
Beautiful Girls . . . . . . Plenty of Them
New Songs - - - . . . . - - New Jokes
"GIRLS IN CELLOPHANE"
With Cellophane Orchestra
MATINEE 10c - 25c — NIGHT 10c - 35c
Patronize Plainsman Advertisers.
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ly Vote
)oes to
."cur Name --
W A N T E D — O n e patr of PANTS
for a FRETKMAN who hasn't been
able to make any game since the
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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.
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ALL STUDENTS NOTICE
S ncc ?h? tak'ng of lecture and
r i d rig notes ''n lon^h^nd is a prom-
'•••?-* netV'ty fn y u r da'Iy work, you
c«->u'd work mere efficiently by learn­ing
A^C Sh^r'hand—wh'ch can be
mattered qu!ck!y ;n 12 caiy lessons
w"*hnut an instructor.
ABC SHORTHAND is a scientttc
meth^ \ of speech shortening bared
o". Professor F.. L. Thnmd'ke's vo­cabulary
research. Wr.'itrn with the
familiar M?.C*5 -no puzzl'ng symbols
—no ted'ous practice. You acqu're
r p'd speed ;n 12 lessons.
AHC SHORTHAND enables you to
tak? complete ;'nd accurate lecture
.T*d rf^d'ng notes -valuable for re-
'"'ow 1-efori . exam'n-%*ions, result'ng
'n b^tt^r grade"i. Complete notes also
"b "* " •!"• Q- —r*'~] 'n preparing for
' r m drr-I teaching - nd State
L> rd xsmnat'ons.
Opelika post. "Only through educa-*!
tion can we perpetuate a free gov-:
ernment—proper training of the
youth of the lond is essential. The
American Legion is solidly behind
the schools of Alabama and our acti­vities
will be felt during the corning
year," he said.
Utefu] in jo
'wnri wrk
Th
lmM'st'c business, nnd
and :n prepar'ng lec-
. :-;~:ch?s, etc.
ce of cf,T*in!^t^ ccurre of 12
!o--o:-3 is $1.00 po-.tpi'd. Gr*t start-d
now. You wifl be writing SHORT-F
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<d r TODAY. D- ?t now!
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PRESS
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THEATRE/^
ADMISSION
Matinee Night
10c-15c 10c-20c
WEDNESDAY, November 15
GEORGE ARLISS in
"THE AFFAIRS
OF VOLTAIRE"
. w i t h Doris Kenyon and
Margaret Lindsay
The greatest actor of today
brings to blazing life the strang­est
personality mankind has
ever produced!
THURSDAY, November 16
RICHARD DIX in
"ACE OF ACES"
an RKO-Radio Picture
Haunted by the Men He Kill­ed,
he shrank from human love!
FRIDAY, November 17
His door marked "Private"
is always open to a beautiful
girl.
"BIG EXECUTIVE"
A Paramount P i c t u r e with
Ricardo Cortez, Richard Ben­n
e t t , Elizabeth Young
PITTS' RESTAURANT
105 - 12th Street Columbus, Ga.
The Home of Good Cooking
and Good Coffee
Courteous Service to All
Auburn Students Cordially Welcomed
A. J. PITTS, Proprietor
For The Holidays • • •
Your Best Bet In Auburn Is A
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or
T O P C O A T
$21-00
Look over our selection of the Smarter
Fall Fabrics
tfohes. toggery
Across from Main Gate
J. W. WRIGHT COMPANY
Auburn, Alabama
Announcing for Thursday, Friday and Saturday
November 16, 17 and 18
OPENING SPECIALS!
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Our new store, formerly the post-office, has been refinished and we are now
ready to serve you with new fall m e r c h a n d i s e . Listed below you will find a
f ew of our specials for the t h r e e days.
—: Y O U A R E I N V I T E D T O C O M E A N D S E E U S ! :—
* EXTRA SPECIAL! v
PEPPERELL SHEETS, 81x99, each - $1.00
HUMMING BIRD
H O S E , vaiUe 89C, Value $1.00, Value $1-29
WAQH HPIXQEC $2.95 Value $2.49 $1.50 Value $1.29
TV H o n LFIILJJLJ $1.95 Value $1.69 $1.00 Value - 89c
Part Wool
BLANKETS
$5.00 values
$3-95
Cotton
BLANKETS
$2.50 values
$1.89
Krinkle
BED SPREADS
49c
200 Pairs
LADIES' SLIPPERS
Sizes 4VZ to 5Va
for 39c Pau*
Ladies'
OUTING GOWNS
75c. v a l u e s for
59c
10c value Unbleached
SHEETING
yds. for
Yard Wide
OUTING
Regular 15c value for
lfffe
12V2C value
LONG CLOTH
For 1 (\c
22V2c PRINT 20c
19c PRINT - 15c
15c Value
PLAY CLOTH 12V2c
3 packages
KOTlX
k
Men's
TOP COATS
$12.50 values for
$5.95
Men's
UNION SUITS
75c value for
65c
Men's
WASH PANTS
$1.95 values for
$1.59
One Lot Men's
WOOLEN PANTS
Reduced to
$1.95
Three Dozen Men's
WOOL SUITS
$15.00 value $9.95
C o n s i d e r i n g the r e c e n t rising of all costs, we feel these are the most remarkable
values it has been our privilege to offer.
J* W* Wright Dry Goods Co*