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VOLUME LVII AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1934 NUMBER 43
SENIOR CLASS WILL
LEAVE TOMORROW
FOR ANNUAL TOUR
Industrial And Business Firms
In Birmingham To Be Visited
Next Week
PROGRAM OUTLINED
Aeronauticals To Visit Naval
Training School In Pensa-cola,
Florida.
Auburn seniors in engineering,
chemistry, and business administra­tion
will make a tour of inspection
of many industrial and business firms
in the Birmingham district during the
week of March 18 to 24.
The party of approximately 100 stu
dents and four professors will arrive
in Birmingham next Sunday and re
main throughout the week. Their
headquarters will be at the Thomas
Jefferson Hotel.
For many years the trip has been
made annually, with the exception of
last when conditions prevented. Pro­fessors
here regard the event as a
most valuable week of instruction for
the students who on these trips have
opportunity to observe the practical
applications of.much of the subject
matter found in their courses at Au
burn.
Among the industrial plants and
business firms to be visited during
the week are the T. C. I. Company,
Alpha Cement Company, American
Steel Wire Company, Tennessee By
Products Company, Westfield Steel
Works, McWane Pipe Company, U. S
Pipe Plant, American Cast Iron Com­pany,
Southern Railway Shops, Birm­ingham
News, Moore-Handley Hard
ware Company, Young and Vann
Company, Birmingham Electric Com­pany,
American Telephone and Tele­graph
Company, and Matthews Elec
trie Company.
Accompanying the students will be
Prof. W. W. Hill, Prof. C. R. Hixon,
Dr. C. A. Basore, and Prof. W. C.
Crow. Following the trip, a compre
hensive report is written in form of
a thesis by each student.
The senior Aeronautical Students
under the supervision of Lieutenant
Cornell and Professor Barrett will
leave Sunday for a week's inspection
of the naval air school and training
base at Pensacola, Florida. During
the week, a number of special classes
will be conducted for the Aeronauti­cals
during which regular navy in­structors
will take charge. In addi­tion,
experimental work is planned for
this group in the test rooms and lab­oratories
of the air station.
VILLAGERS CLUB WILL
HAVE DANCE TONIGHT
Information from several recent
Auburn graduates in Montgomery
states that the "Villagers" will give
a dance at the Colonial Club in that
city tonight.
The "Villagers" is a club of former
Auburn students who are living in
Montgomery. It is a social organiza­tion
and has sponsored several dances,
the first being given during the
Christmas season.
Dancing is to begin at nine o'clock
and - continue until one. There are
to be several lead-outs among which
will be one honoring Auburn students.
Music for the occasion will be fur­nished
by Cecil Mackey and his Band,
outstanding dance orchestra of Mont­gomery.
DR. IRVINE SPEAKS TO
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
An address on vocational guidance
was made by Dr. Paul Irvine before
high school students Thursday morn­ing
under the sponsorship of the Au­burn
and Professional Women's Club
which is participating in the nation­wide
observance of National Business
Women's Week, March 12 to 17.
An interesting skit, "The Wedding
of Agriculture and Home Economics,"
was given by high school seniors in
vocational home economics under the
direction of Miss Edna Orr, of the
school of education. The students
also put on a demonstration on chil­dren's
clothes, which they had made.
WORK PROGRESSES ON
NEW ATHLETIC FIELD
T.U.O. Continues To Lead
In Go-To-Church Contest
With but five reports in for
Sunday, March 11, Theta Upsilon
Omega continued to retain first
place in the Go-To-Church Month
sponsored by the Y. M. C. A. by
having a perfect attendance for
the second consecutive Sunday.
Alpha Gamma Rho substantially
increased its standing by also
having a perfect attendance. Re­turns
for the past two days are
as follows: Theta Upsilon Ome­ga,
1.000; Alpha Gamma Rho,
.666; Lambda Chi Alpha, .463;
Phi Kappa Delta, .270, and Kap­pa
Sigma, .258.
Two weeks remain in this an­nual
competition between frater­nities
which is sponsored by the
local Y. M. C. A. organization.
The winner is to be awarded a .
rotative silver loving cup, which
will become the permanent prop­erty
of the fraternity winning the
trophy for three years.
ULTIMA THULE BE
ENACTED TONIGHT
Auburn Players Present Five-
Act Drama Written By Pro­fessor
Peet At 8:15
By Cecil. Strong
Ultima Thule, Auburn Player's sen­sational
production, whose premier
was given such an enthusiastic recep­tion,
is to be again presented in Lang-don
Hall, at eight-thirty tonight. The
performance is to be given for the
benefit of the visiting participants in
the State Dramatic Tournament, and
to satisfy popular demand for its pre­sentation.
The play, a five-act drama, built
around the life of an internationally
famous personage for the past twenty
pears, was written and directed by
Professor Telfair Teet, of the En­glish
department. Appreciation of
his dramatic skill and of the general
success of his play was attested by
the continued calls for "author" af­ter
the curtain had rung down on the
last act.
The play was forcefully and bril­liantly
interpreted by a group of ac­tors
whose ability to completely lose
their identities in the characters they
were portraying brought continuous
and prolonged bursts of applause
from a delighted audience. The skill
with which the stirring fourth act
climax was handled was especially
lauded.
Jewel Martin, as the secretary, Dor­othea,
and James Lovelace, as I.
Smith, her employer, and mystery
man of the' play, gave outstanding
performances in a cast in which
every part was handled excellently.
They were especially good in the
more tense and exciting moments of
the story.
Mary Elizabeth Watson, as Wanda,
the Polish companion of Smith, and
Elmer Jones, as the young engineer
accidentally thrown upon the mercies
of Smith's peculiar household, both
gave meritorius characterizations. Pe­ter
Hamilton was a perfect butler and
Red Blackwell most convincing as the
road foreman.
The fact that the setting of the
play was in Alabama gave an added
interest to local play-goers. However,
only one of the characters was an Ala-bamian.
Settings and stage furnishings
were extremely modernistic, and much
better than is usually seen in an
amateur production. The use of a
raised platform, with three sets of
steps leading to it, was one of the
novel features of the set. Lighting
arrangements, as is usual in the Play­ers
productions, were exceedingly ef­fective.
One rather incongruous note in an
otherwise almost perfect production,
was the transparent curtain now in
use in Langdon Hall. Every action
of the players, stage-hands and di­rector
was visible to the audience
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Drainage Tunnel Nears Com­pletion
As Large Crew Move
Dirt For Playing Field
IS NATURAL BOWL
Events May Be Held On New
Field Next Fall Though Sta­dium
Plans Are Abandoned
Work on the new athletic field and
proposed stadium site has been pro­gressing
rapidly during the past few
weeks with the result that when CWA
work is ordered closed by government
rulings, the playing field and adjoin
ing grounds will be prepared for the
presentation of athletic events next
Fall. The final strip of concrete on
the culvert for draining the area is
scheduled to be poured some time to­day,
thus routing a small stream
which flows through the natural bowl
underneath the field.
The huge culvert, measuring four
feet in width by six feet in height, is
one thousand thirty-nine feet long, and
according to Engineers directing the
project, is of sufficient size to take
care of the flood waters of the stream
after a heavy rain and at the same
time to drain the stadium area in a
short interval of time.
Over one-half of the dirt required
to level the field itself has already
been moved into position by a large
crew of CWA workers who were au­thorized
to work on the area upon the
approval by the state board of the
project as a worthy CWA venture.
Mr. P. O. Davis, Executive Secre­tary
of the college, stated that from
present indications CWA work would
be discontinued in the near future,
and that the steam shovel which was.
borrowed from Lee County for the
project must be returned next week.
However, mule teams will be called
upon to replace trucks and the large
scoop on the project, and work will
continue as usual.
Although the project calling for
the construction of concrete stands on
the area was automatically rejected
by the failure of the national govern­ment
to appropriate suitable sums
for the purchase of materials, it is
expected that some form of stands
will be erected on the new field and
that contests will be held on it next
year.
FINAL GAME OF GREEK
TOURNEY BE TONIGHT
Sigma Nu will meet Pi Kappa Al­pha
in the finals of the Interfraterni-ty
Basketball Tournament tonight at
8 o'clock in the college gymnasium.
A small admission will be charged to
partially defray the expenses of cups,
etc.
In advancing to the finals both
teams have conquered several formid­able
quintets, and tonight's game
should be extremely interesting and
hotly-contested. Sigma Nu defeated
Alpha Psi, Phi Kappa Delta, Alpha
Tau Omega, and Delta Sigma Phi in
the earlier rounds; Pi Kappa Alpha
annexed victories over Alpha Lambda
Tau, Lambda Chi Alpha and Sigma
Alpha Epsilon. Sigma Nu had little
difficulty in winning from any of its
opponents with the exception of Del­ta
Sigma Phi, undoubtedly one of the
strongest teams on the campus, Pi
Kappa Alpha also winning with ease.
For the Sigma Nus, the outstanding
performers are Bill Turk and Squint
Thrasher. Turk has been a member
of the Sigma Nu team the past two
seasons, playing brilliantly in the
games to date. Thrasher, a forward,
is a consistent point-maker, but his
principal merit is his smooth floor
game. Haygood Paterson, who plays
center, while not an offensive star, is
a very effective player in breaking up
the offense of his opponents. Bruce
McGehee, who teams with Thrasher
at forward, would be a scintillating
performer with a little more speed.
Pi Kappa Alpha has three members
of the freshman squad on its quintet,
Mitchell, Strange and Wright. Joe
Bob Mitchell has figured consistently
in the two games he has played for
the Pi K. A.'s, being among the high
scorers on both occasions. Fred
Black is also an efficient scoring ace.
VARSITY DEBATING
TEAM VICTOR OVER
VISITING ARGUERS
FORT BENNING WILL
PLAY TIGER POLOISTS
John Lile And B. H. Johnson
Defeat Francis Benton And
Henry Oliver, of Memphis
UNANIMOUS DECISION
Large Audience Present For
Debate On Popular Ques­tion;
Dean Scott Chairman
Te debating team won a decisive
victory over the Southern University
Club, of Memphis, Tenn., last night
when the local varsity met the South
western varsity in the Recreation
Hall. The judges voted unanimously
in favor of Professor Hess's team. -
The subject of the debate was:
"Resolved: That the powers of the
President of the United States should
be substantially increased as a settled
policy."" Francis Benton and Henry
Oliver, representing Southern Univer
sity, argued for the affirmative; John
Lile and B. H. Johnson, representing
Auburn, took the negative side.
Lile and Johnson delivered their
speeches, if not with eloquence, with
conviction enough to convince the au-.
dience and the judges that the nega­tive
position was the more strongly
defended.
An unusually large crowd filled the
Recreation hall to hear the debate
which was judged by the Reverends
W. P. Wilks, Opelika, and W. B. Lee,
and also Mr. J. W. Watson. Dr. John
W. Scott acted as chairman.
Local Clubs Hold
Joint Discussion
Business Women And Lions
Club Meet To Discuss Ques­tion
of Women in Public Life
A discussion of women in public life
featured the joint meeting of the Au­burn
Business and Professional Wo­men's
Club and the Lions Club here
Tuesday evening at the Thomas Ho­tel.
Travis Ingram, Lions Club presi­dent,
opened the meeting, welcoming
the members of the Business and Pro­fessional
Women's Clubs, and then in­troduced
Mrs. A. F. Nickel, who pre­sided
in the absence of Mrs. Henry
Good.
Mrs. J. D. Pope, representative of
the Woman's Club, discussed the fol­lowing
question: "Does Woman have
a place in the New Deal, and,v if so,
What?" She stated that with the
coming of the "new deal" women have
come to the fore in politics. "Natur­ally,
we think first of Frances Per­kins
and the part she has played,"
said Mrs. Pope. "Not only is she the
first woman to hold a place in the
Cabinet, but she had a 20-year back­ground
of preparation for this work.
She was appointed by President
Roosevelt to the Executive Council
which is composed of four of his most
able cabinet members." Mrs. Pope
went on to mention such prominent
women as Ruth Bryan Owen, Nellie
Taylor Ross, Mrs. Greenway, Miss
Florence Kahn, Mrs. Roosevelt, and
others. She called attention to the
work done by business and -profession­al
women in the call for re-employ­ment,
mentioning especially our own
Miss Nell Pickens who has charge of
seven southern states in the CWA
Farm Housing Survey.
Prof. R. Y. Bailey, representative
of the Kiwanis Club, discussed the
19th amendment and its effect upon
women entering public life. Mr.
Bailey said that during the first few
years after women began voting they
did not take much interest in exercis­ing
the franchise. However, with the
coming of the difficulties in educa­tion,
women in Alabama have justi­fied
their privilege of the ballot. They
have been a most powerful and con­structive
factor in shaping public
opinion with regard to education.
Women through the Parent-Teacher
organizations have been a great force
in shaping public opinion. Various
women's organizations are going a
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Cardinals Come Here Tomor­row
For Game With Auburn
Poloists
FIRST REGULAR GAME
Ramblers Down Team In Hard
Fought Game Wednesday
Afternoon
Lieutenant T. S. Gunby has an­nounced
that the Auburn poloists are
scheduled to meet the strong Chatta­hoochee
Cardinals from Fort Ben-ning
tomorrow afternoon at 2:30.
This will be the locals first game with
visiting opposition this year, and they
are pointing for a victory over the
experienced army officers.
Admission for students to the en­counter
tomorrow will be the presen­tation
of regular student ticket books.
Others will pay a small fee of twenty-five
cents.
The fast Ramblers displayed a
flashy offensive attack to win the first
practice polo game of the year from
the Auburn varsity Wednesday after­noon,
8 to 5.
Major Franke's strong play was
feature of the game as the more ex­perienced
army officers played a
smooth even game. The Major
scored half of his team's goals, while
Lieutenant Phelps and Captain Gun-by
counted two goals each. Captain
Gunby played a very good defensive
game in the number four position.
The Tiger poloists, while playing a
fairly good game, showed need of
more practice scrimmages. Wednes­day's
fray brought out weaknesses in
their position play and showed that
they need to develop a more aggres­sive
attack. In leading the Tigers in
scoring with two goals, W. O. John­son
showed a great amount of aggres­siveness
and played most consistently.
Suydam, Morrill, and Duke tallied
Auburn's other markers. Oel John­son,
Fincher, and Black rounded out
the Plainsmen's line-up.
In explanation of the postponement
of the game with the Ramblers, Gun­by
stated that on two occasions the
field was in such a condition as to
make it inadvisable for the game to
be played.
Six Juniors To Be Initiated
Into Omicron Delta Kappa
Six Juniors will be initiated
into Omicron Delta Kappa, na­tional
honorary leaedership fra­ternity,
during the first annual
Spring initiation tonight. The
men who will be subjected to the
initiatory ceremonies are out­standing
members of their class
who were elected to the organi­zation
some weeks ago.
W. L. Bruce, Catherine; Neil
O. Davis, Hartford; William M.
Hughes, Evansville, Indiana; Lin-wood
E. Funchess, Montgomery;
Frank H. Ellis, Birmingham, and
Frank Smith, Eutaw, are the
men who have been honored and
will reecive their initiation to­night.
Later in the Spring, four more
men will be picked by this society
from the Junior Class; and upon
the opening of the next session
in the Fall, several others will be
chosen from the Senior Class.
MRS. W. H. TARPLEY
IS SPEAKER HERE
End Of Depression Cited By
Birmingham Lady In Talk
Before Joint Meeting Here
INTERFRAT BASEBALL
TOURNEY IS MOVED UP
Dick Greer announced yesterday
that the date for the opening of the
Interfraternity Baseball Tournaments
had been moved up a week in order
that seniors who will be on inspection
trips next week may participate. This
will make first-round games begin
the week of March 25, all of these
contests required to be played by the
end of the same week, March 31.
There are only six games scheduled
in the first round and the teams that
are to play in these initial contests
should have little difficulty in finish­ing
up the round in this week.
Greer also stated that regulation
bats and balls had been ordered by the
Interfraternity Council, and that all
the games must be played with this
standard equipment. This is to ob­literate
the necessity of arrangements
before each game among the compet­ing
teams. These bats and balls will
be in by Wednesday of next week and
the fraternities may secure them
either from Greer, at the Sigma. Phi
Epsilon house, or from Fred McLar­en,
at the Delta Sigma Phi house.
Prices have not as yet been announc­ed,
but it is assured that they will be
as reasonable, if not more so, than
elsewhere.
There are three fields on wheih
games may be played at present. The
old high school diamond, the fresh­man
baseball field, and the plot in
front of the Chemistry Building. Dis­tance
between bases must be sixty
feet; a player on base must stay di­rectly
on the base until the ball has
passed the bat; there is to be no steal­ing
home base under any circumstan­ces.
In conclusion, Greer stated that
no member of a fraternity who had
practised or is now practicing for the
freshman or varsity nines would be
eligible. The bracket of the tourna­ment
is on the back page.
Confidence that we are "climbing
out of the depression" under leader­ship
of President Roosevelt, was
forcefully expressed by Mrs. Willie
Hughes Tarpley, of Birmingham, in
addressing the joint meeting of the
Business and Professional Woman's
and the Kiwanis Clubs at the Thomas
Hotel Monday evening.
The meeting was the first of a se­ries
of three to be held this week by
the Business and Professional Wom­an's
Club with Auburn civic clubs in
celebration of National Business
Women's Week, March 12 to 17.
"Today we are climbing out of the
depression," said Mrs. Tarpley, noted
Alabama writers and second vice-pres­ident
of the state organization of
business women. Whereas, a year
ago, the country was in the economic
throes of wholesale business failures
and farm foreclosures, we are today
making definite progress toward re­covery,
said Mrs. Tarpley.
"Today most citizens, regardless of
party, pay tribute to President Roose­velt
for his courageous leadership. He
found the nation prostrate, and com­merce
at a standstill . . . Probably
no other President at the end of his
first year has been so popular as Mr.
Roosevelt. This is no accident. It
cannot be explained on grounds of
propaganda or partisan political clev­erness.
"Today the President has the faith
and confidence of the Nation because
he has earned it. Twenty-six times
in the last twelve months he has been
a guest in our homes by means of ra­dio.
Sitting comfortably in our own
living rooms, as we listened to his
voice, speaking with quiet assurance
concerning problems of the country,
we have been fired with zeal that is
his.
"We as a nation have committed
ourselves to Roosevelt's ambitious eco­nomic
program. The capitalists call
it state socialism; the socialists call
it state capitalism; and a few believ­ing
individuals call it temporary. But
we must admit that whatever it turns
out to be it is the President's pro­gram
. . . "
"The many defects in the program,"
she said, were readily admitted by the
President, who is wise enough to
change and alter the course of his
recovery as the situation demands.
"Roosevelt promised us a New Deal.
In shuffling the cards he wisely
kept within his own hand all the aces
in the deck. With these he is leading
the Government in the New Deal.
From his hand he plays an ace, we
follow suit; the result he anticipated
fails to materialize; before we as a
people have time to pick the play to
pieces and air its faults, he tosses out
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DRAMATIC TOURNEY!
DRAWS OVER THREE
HUNDRED VISITORS
Ninth Annual High School
Competition Gets Under W a y
Today In Langdon Hall
RECORD ATTENDANCE
Forty-Four High Schools Have
Registered In Tournament;
Trophies T o Be Given
The mixed glee club, compos­ed
of 58 boys and girls from Sid­ney
Lanier High School, in
Montgomery, won the contest
held here this afternoon as a
part of the Ninth annual high
school dramatic tournament.
According to Prof. James A.
Bulleit, Auburn glee club direc­tor,
who managed the contest,
the Sidney Lanier club was one
of the finest mixed glee clubs
he had ever heard. He praised
the work of Miss Georgia Wag­ner
in developing this splendid
musical organization at Lanier.
The Anniston High School
quartet, composed of Charles
Reid, Ed Scarborough, Francis
Bonnor, and Oliver Wilbanks,
won the decision in the quartet
competition. As a result the
quartet members and those of
the winning glee club will re­ceive
one semester of free
coaching in voice if they attend
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
next year.
The four glee club contest­ants
included three from Sidney
Lanier—a boys', a girls', and
the mixed glee club—and the
club from Beatrice High School.
The ninth annual high school dra­matic
tournament, sponsored by the
English department of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, began this
morning with the largest number of
students participating in the history
of the contests at Auburn.
It was announced by Prof. J. R.
Rutland, head of the English depart­ment,
that 44 high schools had sub­mitted
entrance blanks up until late
Thursday afternoon. Most of this
number are expected to attend and
preparations have been made for the
entertainment of 300 or more high
school students.
Twenty-three of the schools will
take part in the dramatic contests
38 in the speech events, 25 in music
contests, five in art contests, and 23
in writing.
xThe largest delegation will be from
Sidney Lanier High School in Mont­gomery,
which will be represented by
65 boys and girls composing three glee
clubs under direction of Miss Georgia
Wegner. High school glee clubs from
Anniston, Beatrice, and Inverness will
also compete in the music, in which
there will also be quartet and solo
contests.
The large number of schools enter­ing
the speech contests indicates in­creased
interest over the state in pub­lic
speaking, said Professor Rutland.
Prof. Telfair Peet is in charge of
the dramatic contests in which one-act
plays will be presented. Prof. E.
D. Hess is managing the speech con­tests,
Prof. James A. Bulleit the mu­sic
competition, and Prof. Frank W.
Applebee and Dr. Charles P. Weaver
are supervising the contests in art
and writing, respectively. The jour­nalism
contests are being held by
Prof. James E. Roop.
Following are the 44 high schools
which have indicated their participa­tion
in the tournament: Belgreen,
Beulah, Selma, Wetumpka, West End-
Birmingham, Inverness, Tuscaloosa,
Blount County, Tallassee, Monroe
County, Ensley, Hackneyville, War­rior,
Oxford, Wilmer, Albertville, Phil
Campbell, DeKalb County, Sumpter
County, McGill Institute-Mobile, West
Blocton, Perry County, Siluria, Holt,
Woodlawn-Birmingham, Auburn, Ope­lika,
Fairhope, Anniston, Bessemer,
Blue Springs, Pike Road, Leeds, Alex­ander
City, Florence, Beatrice, Ram­say,
Tech-Birmingham, Sidney La­nier-
Montgomery, Baker Hill, Gun-tersville,
Shawmut, McAdory, Mur­phy-
Mobile, and Phillips-Birmingham.
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INSPECTION TRIPS
It is with extreme gratification that we
note the resumption of Senior inspection
trips as a part of the prescribed curricula
of the college. The benefits which are de­rived
from this annual occurrence are read­ily
discernible, and every effort should be
made to arrange for their continuance in
future years.
Students are given an opportunity of ac­tually
seeing first hand the operations of
the business world which under any other
conditions might be denied them, and by
taking complete notes and reporting on the
trips, they are assured of a goodly knowl­edge
of the concerns and occupations which
have been opened to them.
In addition, the brief respite from the
usual class work which is allowed for this
trip is a boon to the members of the Se­nior
Class, who are putting forth every ef­fort
to gain the maximum from their four
years of higher education during the final
months. The change results in renewed ef­forts
on the part of the students upon their
return with the outcome that far greater
benefit is derived by the students from the
last of their college training.
Contacts with business men and business
houses may easily be made by students
who are seeking employment on these trips,
whereas in all probability the contacts
would be hard or impossible to make by the
individual alone. Naturally such procedure
increases the likelihood of procuring posi­tions,
a fact which at the present time, can
not easily be overlooked.
Finally, the absence of the upper class
leaves the underclassmen for a brief period
upon their own, and in a position to admin­ister
any student affairs or activities which
may come up during that time. We do not
feel that the Senior Class nurses and leads
the under classes, but we do feel that the
larger part of the handling of student af­fairs
is left to the Seniors when such pro­cedure
is possible.
FREEDOM
Freedom of the collegiate press was at­tacked
recently, when Dr. James F. Brous-sard,
vice-president of the Southeastern
Conference, urged that David R. McGuire,
columnist, be dismissed from the staff of
the Reveille, L. S. U. student weekly, "un­til
his articles show he is informed on what
he writes about."
The complaint was directed against the
following excerpt from McGuire's column:
"We suggest to the conference that the boys
all get together and swap secrets . . . The
local lads could take the lead in forcing
abandonment of the selfish system whereby
each school gets away with as much dirty
work at the various crossroads without be­ing
caught, and no gate receipts for him
who loses."
Dr. Broussard, who is also chairman of
the University Athletic Council, and Dean
of Administration at L. S. U., objected par­ticularly
to the poor sense of humor, dis­courtesy
and disrespect of McGuire in re­ferring
to the delegates to the recent South­eastern
Conference meeting as "boys" and
"lads."
While not condoning McGuire's state­ments,
it must be said that the nature of
the complaint did not befit the dignity of its
author nor was it anything but childish to
react in such a pompous manner to the col­umnist's
suggestions.
The college press is the only real means
for giving voice to- student opinion. To al­low
such censure, to permit the dismissal of
an undergraduate journalist at the whim
of a Southeastern Conference official, even
though the official be a faculty member,
would be to countenance a rank injustice.—
Tulane Hullabaloo.
GERMANY AND HITLER UNITED BY
COMMON IDEAL
At the outbreak of the World War, senti­mental
onlookers, particularly Americans
schooled for a century and a half in the
ideals of democracy, were pretty generally
inclined to regard the plight of the Ger­man
people with a mixture of something
between disgust and commisseration. Ger­many,
they said, had been betrayed into
imperialistic insanity by its leaders, by a
dynastic lust for power not shared by the
citizenry as a whole; and when the new
republic rose from the wreckage of the em­pire
at the close of the war, they pointed
triumphantly to this rebirth of conscience
as a complete vindication of the German
nation. Such a repudiation of the past
could mean only one thing—the fundamen­tal
kinship of all western civilization and
the ultimate triumph of the individual over
Caesarism in all its forms.
Now comes Hitler. The republic is
brushed aside with a wave of the hand, all
Germany rallies with fanatical enthusiasm
to the old Hegelian doctrine of Prussian
supremacy, and a grotesque little man with
a comic-valentine mustache turns the clock
back to a day that even the Hohenzollerns
would not have dreamed of reviving. Im­perialism,
crushed at Versailles under the
frowning gaze of the Allies, raises its head
with renewed vigor under_the guise of na­tionalism—
a brutal, defiant, utterly un­reasoning
kind of nationalism that tramples
every consideration of human welfare un­der
foot and glorifies the state at the ex­pense
of every right people have ever held
dear.
Meanwhile, the sentimental onlooker
stands by and watches the debacle, a little
startled, a little bewildered, with a sudden
access of doubt and a sense of growing ap­prehension.
What he sees is an embittered,
humiliated people, oppressed beyond endur­ance
by the harsh terms of the post-war
settlement, suddenly abandoning their new­found
faith of common brotherhood and
prostrating themselves again before the
gods of the old monarchy. And of those
gods, the greatest is war.
What startles the observer perhaps more
than anything else is the alacrity with
which Germany accepts the revolution. Ag­riculture
reverts without protests to serf­dom,
the press becomes a tool for official
propaganda, the church is prostituted to
the use of chauvinists and militarists, ar-yanism
and race prejudice become a creed
of incredible savagery, and throughout all
Germany millions of men march and coun­termarch
against the day when the plow­share
may again be beaten into the sword.
And let no one think that the name of Hi-ler
alone is the answer to the riddle. The
little dictator may be the focal point of the
picture, but one 'iEaii does not make a na­tion.
Leadership may guide, but to suc­ceed
it must have followers.
The truth is that Germany, notwithstand­ing
its scientific achievements and its un­surpassed
industrial development, has not
yet grown quite away from its militaristic
past. And if such a judgment should sound
harsh and unsympathetic, we need go no
further than a recent issue of the Daily to
confirm it. In an interview which gives a
fascinating insight into the German atti­tude,
a former Heidleberg student describes
from his own experience the practices of
the dueling fraternities there. According
to this enlightened custom, two young men,
armed with razor-edge swords and wholly
without animus, confront each other in the
name of courage and coolly proceed to cut
each other's faces to ribbons. America
may have its lynchings, but at least they do
not receive the sanction which the German
state confers upon such cold-blooded butch­ery.—
Minn. Daily.
Dissertations
By Kg
Washington University officials are pro­testing
the action of the city of St. Louis
to collect taxes on university property.
Co-eds, Beware! A librarian of the
British Phrenological Society recently
maintained that flat-headed men are con­ceited
and faithless.
A rat that has learned to do tricks is the
proud possession of the psychology depart­ment
of the University of California. It
has been named "Miss Major."
A Purdue University junior recently held
a perfect bridge hand of 13 hearts—and
there is only one chance in 52,000,000 of
drawing such a hand.
A new student government will be set up
at Creighton University, as a result of the
resignation of six members of that institu­tion's
Union Board.
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.
DAY IN and day out—week in and
week out—classes, quizzes, drills—
monotony—then the week-end with
its inevitable escape by way of the drunken
route—only an effort to capture a capri­cious
moment of joy—only a stab at life—
and a miss—then the lengthening shadows
—and a darkness of ignorance.
* * * *
You know, there is no grace, no candor,
in living to an old age of ignorance. There
is only a regret for the passage of youth
and its air of whimsicality—only a regret
for tne passage of years and the vanishing
of charm and beauty. Just days—days—to
be passed in idleness—they will be the same
days that will destroy and rob us of all
that once we loved—of all that once we
held dear. Perhaps there will be sweet
memories to help tide us along—memories,
like the friendships that do last—gradually,
unconsciously growing dimmer. Even a
flash, now and then, Of the opportunities
that are gone—nothing can bring them
back.
And there will be a lack of spirits—a
stiffening of muscles—and an even further
decay of faculties—all to be met with a
smile and a larger comprehension. Soon
the grave—and cold, silvery moonlight—
casting oblique shadow along a grey stone—
a forgotten yesterday—another moment—
eternity.
* * * *
Evidently I was a little blue last night—
down in the dumps or something—but today
is a new day—and in the immortal words
of Browning: "The sun is in its heaven,
and all's well with the world."
* * *
The election of representatives to the
Executive Cabinet is now history. Appar­ently,
a wise choice of men was made. The
next important election is to be held on
April fourth. At that time the editor and
business manager for both the Plainsman
and the Glomerata will be selected. These
positions entail quite a bit of responsibility
and it is necessary that capable men be in
command. Large amounts of money are in­volved—
in fact, about nine thousand dol­lars
in the Plainsman and twelve thousand
in the Glomerata. So it means more than
merely voting for a man because he is a
shine.
* * *
I hope the student body will take genuine
interest in seeing that the most capable,
the most dependable men are elected. Leave
the above-mentioned shines to run for their
respective class officers. For the most part,
they are the ones that are usually elected—
and there is no use trying to reform that—
its too deeply embedded—and besides, its
the simplest way to get a two-bit politician
out of the way.
* * * *
Auburn is badly in need of a Dean of
Men. Every time a student mix-up occurs,
it is rushed straight to Mr. Davis. Mr.
Davis is a competent man and well able to
handle such affairs, but his duties are other
than merely that—he is the Registrar and"
General Secretary—and he should not be
otherwise burdened.
A Dean of Men would certainly simplify
matters. The activities with which he
could cooperate are unlimited. Peresonally,
I'm all for one.
* * * *
I have suffered an unusual amount of
criticism lately. Glory be! It seems as if
the accusers contend I misrepresent facts.
However I am not of that opinion, else I
would not have written what I did—or what
I do. When I hear such, my convictions
are merely strengthened, for "its the truth
that hurts." Heart and soul, I am an Au­burn
man, and far be it from me to bring
any discredit upon the Institution by any
criticism I might venture. I am merely
trying to stimulate a little student thought
exterior to the class room. If I fail, its my
failure—and you have nothing to kick
about. I am trying to bring myself down
to a level of thought which you can com­prehend.
For I know that no mothers son
of you has enough initiative to try to climb
to my level.
* * * *
In the past I have refrained from bring­ing
personalities into this column, and in
the future I shall probably continue to do
so. Suffice it to say, if I ever do speak of
personalities, it will not be a repetition of
the same ones over and over. This idea of
writing about the same people in every is­sue
has long passed the stage of being fun­ny.
It has become deplorable.
* * *
But maybe I am like all the rest of the
boys who kick about the same thing—maybe
I'm jealous because my name never appears
in print.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
A smart girl is one who can make her complexion taste as good as it looks.—
V. P. I. Skipper.
* * * * * * * *
Willie: Teacher, do angels ever have hot parties?
Teacher: Why, Willie, whoever put those words into your mouth?
Willie: Well, our physics prof said that ethereal bodies dissipate most of their
energy in the form of heat.—Ohio Green Goat.
* * * * * * * *
Finals, finals, everywhere,
With drops and drops of ink;
And never a prof who'll leave the room,
And allow a guy to think.—Chicago Phoenix.
* * * * * * * *
And then there was the K. D. pledge who was so dumb she thought a buttress
was a female goat.
* * * * * * * *
Young father (looking at triplets the nurse has just brought out): Hmmm!
We'll take the one in the middle.—Arizona Kitty Kat.
* * * * * * * *
"Aha, my dear Nincompoop, there are a tremendous number of casualties I see
by the paper."
"Forsooth, my dear Iggledebooboo, and what paper?"
"Egad, the fly paper."—Rice Owl.
* * * * * * * *
"Good Lord, man, but that suit's big for you."
"That's all right, I come from Holyoke."
"What d'ya mean?"
"I'm a bigger man there than I am here."—Dartmouth Jack O'Lantern.
* * * * * * * *
He: I like your form.
She: Must we go all over that again?—Williams Purple Cow.
* * * * * * * *
"What's your son's average income?"
"From two to two-thirty a. m."—Notre Dame Juggler.
• • * • • * * *
When the Kingfish, alias Huey Morrill, most effectively and appropriately
greeted Miss Heath Wednesday upon her return to the Engineering building after
a long absence, students were assured that harmonious running of the school would
be in evidence during the remainder of the session.
* * * * * * * *
"Ideal" Ham: What made K. G. stay so late last night, Boop?
Fletcher: I was showing him some of my picture postcards.
Red Junior: Well, the next time he comes in, show him my electric light bills.
* * * * * * * *
A wealthy client insured her valuable wardrobe while traveling in Europe.
Upon reaching London, she found an article missing and immediately cabled her
broker in New York, "Gown lifted in London." Her broker replied after due delib­eration,
"What do you think our policy covers?"
* * * * * * * *
Says White to Dorothy Dix, says he, (and right in front of the Tigers, at that),
"Gee, I'm getting to be a man. I have hair in my ears."
* * * * * * * *
And if the ladies could just get the formula for the blush that followed his
bragging remark, all the rouge factories in the world would be forced out of business.
With Other Colleges
By BILLIE THOMAS
In California, at Mills college, student
slang stands in high repute. The faculty
defends the "collegiate" conversation of un­dergraduates
as being a technical college
language. No doubt the reactionary type
of educator will frown upon this viewpoint,
but from a progressive point of view it is
entirely in accord with modern trends and
tendencies.
The key to securing a job after gradua­tion,
the senior men of Purdue were told
at a convocation Tuesday, is to maintain a
neat appearance; mourning finger-nails,
moss-covered tetch and unshaven jowls will
lose the job for them before they start.
Good, sound advice this, but hardly hitting
at the basic cause of unemployment.
Neat ankles, well-rounded hips and ban­ishment
of the double chin now takes .a
place alongside Greek, mathematics and
history in the modern college education.
This new course on "How to Keep Thin" is
finding immense popularity with the 650
co-eds at Stephens college, a small institu­tion
in Missouri. At Cornell, keeping that
school-girl waistline is going to be a diffi­cult
matter now that they've installed beer
at Willard Straight Hall.
A hornet's nest has been stirred up re­cently
at Harvard with the Administra­tion's
announcement that final examinations
in English and history will be made oral
and open to the public this year. Editors
of the Crimson are loud in their deunucia-tions
of the project. They call it "Exhibi­tionism"
and "lecture-room ballyhoo,"
greatly unfair to students who are not good
public speakers. While it is quite evident
we need some reform in our examination
systems, this one hardly seems a panacea.—
Syracuse Daily Orange.
At Howard college a "Who's Who" con­test
was held. The student body voted on
who they thought the best athlete, the most
popular girl and boy, the best-dressed girl
and boy, the busiest person on the campus,
the best politician, and the most handsome.
Be as it would, everybody did not vote
for just members of the student body. To
quote form the Howard Crimson:
"A glance through the ballots would
cause an inmate of Brice Sanitarium to
turn green with jealousy. The student
body voted for everybody from One-Eyed
Connolly to Clara Bow with a couple of
votes cast in favor of Beatrice, to boot.
"The jokesters had a big day of it ex­hibiting
hilarious wit and magnanimous
blunders in spelling. After exhibits in wit
would include the person who voted for
Clark Gable as best dressed man at How­ard,
declaring at the same time that there
wasn't a handsome one to be found.
"Two shrewd voters added another of­fice
to the list, that of janitor and wrote
the name of Alex McCutcheon by it. Any
number of students voted for Will Rogers,
but the vote counters couldn't be sure they
meant Irwin Waldrop, so they threw them
out.
"One complete ballot, revealed that Mae
West, Pop-Eye, Olive Oyl, Alley Oop, Sally
Rand and Peter the Hermit were favorites,
while another ballot gave the busiest office
to Dr. Neal. Mary Carlisle got one vote,
Kay Francis two votes, Sylvia Sidney three
votes and Babe Didrickson two votes in the
contest. "
"The vote counters have been unabe to
determine who Deep Breather is. She re­corded
one vote for most popular girl.
Madame X garnered a vote for most beauti­ful,
and Mabel Mangum received one for
best athlete.
"Others who received ballots were Rose
Bloom, Billiard Ball, Bill Board and Harry
Chest."
* * * *
COURSES IN HUMOR
An editorial in a New York paper re­cently
advocated courses in humor in the
colleges. How funny! Imagine a group
of college boys in a fraternity house:
Bill: "Done your 'Humor' yet, Joe?"
Joe: "Yeah, I sat up half the night on
that darn stuff, and I don't know what it's
all about.' Here comes The Grinder—he
can tell us about it." .
Bill: "Hey, Grinder, what are the six
types of jokes mentioned in "Elements of
Humor?"
The Grinder: "There's the quippus igno­ramus,
which is divided into two classes—
class A, in which the interrogator asks a
sensible question and the responder makes
an unintentionally foolish reply. On this
form are patterned most of the "Studenten-tehler,
commonly known as 'Boners'; Class
B consists of an intelligent interrogator
whose querry—"
Bill: "Aw, nertz, skip the rest and let's
go down to the pharmacy. Coming, Grind­er?"
Grinder: "No, I think I shall go to the
library and look through the back files of
The Literary Digest to see if I can find an
example of the Dialect Joke. I have been
through the issues from 1913 to 1921, and
I feel that I really must complete the rest
before I shall be fully—"
Joe: "Let him rave. Come on, Bill."—
Tulane Hullabaloo.
DEADLY DEDUCTIONS
By Deri
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.
* * * *
IT LOOKS like a most interesting spring.
The high school talent is now convening
here much to the delight of the more
skilled of local powerhouses. The inspec­tion
trip is at our doorstep practically,
much to the delight of the several seniors
in the institution. And just to add to the
interest, there's a local bookie laying ten
to one that you can't pick the weather for
tomorrow. So far the bookie has lost one
bet. He was soliciting trade and the wily
Soph said no. Bookie thought he said snow.
Odds were ten to one to win, eight to one
to place and five to one to show. Snow
came in third best this morning with frost
first and dew placing. That's how the
bookie lost his first bet.
* * * *
What a dull life the electrical engineer
must lead. After trying for an hour and a
half to decipher a simple little circuit, then
looking at some of the practical problems
encountered by the electrical engineer, I of­fered
up thanks to the heavens for sparing
me from the awful fate of the electrical en­gineer.
There's the social side too. Think
of being classed with Morrill as a Lee.
* * * *
Which brings on the thought that if
everybody who has interviewed the Good­year
man for positions were to be hired,
Goodyear would have to branch out. A few
students around here have already had
some invaluable sales experience.
* * * *
Morrill, Beck, Rutland, and Pierce have
formed a "Silver Saber" club. Meetings
are held three times a week, when these B.
Shots get together and admire their sabers.
Morrill is president because he has the
longest blade.
* * * *
The following rules have been announced
for the Birmingham branch of the inspec­tion
trip:
1) The trip to and from Birmingham
must be made three-fourths cold sober.
Penalty for infraction of this rule will be
the dropping of the culprits name from the
honor roll for this month.
2) In tallying for under-the-table-drink­ing,
corks must be saved for evidence the
next morning. In such competitions, quart
bottles must be used. A man using shorter
measure shall be branded as a cad and a
bounder.
3) Anyone caught taking notes or pay­ing
attention during inspections will be
fined, ostracized, and barred from further
competition.
4) Rubbing alcohol, lemon extract, and
"smoke" are taboo and will not be consid­ered.
5) Bumming cigarettes, borrowing money,
drinking from a public bottle, or stuffing
dates is strictly forbidden for one week.
No gentleman will consider infraction of
this rule.
6) Any member of the trip arrested for
highway robbery, murder, arson, or inde­cent
exposure shall be immediately sus­pended
from school.
7) Suspension from school for any of the
above charges shall automatically bar the
student from further inspection of Birm­ingham.
8) All school supervised inspection shall
be done in broad daylight and shall be con­fined
strictly to plants and processes.
9) Any member attempting to tell plant
superintendants what is wrong with the
plant will be severely reprimanded. We
must maintain the good will of our hosts
at any cost.
10) Any work done around industrial plants
such as kicking bits of wood around, lifting
pig iron to ascertain weight, polishing dusty
gauges to read will be charged for by the
school at a rate of seventy-five cents per
hour. Not more than eighteen hours per
day of this sort of work will be allowed
one student.
11) Beer will not be served by the plant
operatives to their guests.
12) Neither will pretzels be served with the
beer thai; is not served at the plants.
13) Tea at the machine shops is strictly
at 4:15, and tardiness is a distinct insult
to the hosts.
14) Any man trying to get more than one
sample, booklet or whatnot, shall be banned
by his fellows as a Scrud and a Bumpker.
15) White shoes are forbidden in coal mines.
16) All buttoned collars must be well hid­den
by knotted cravats.
17) The trips will start promptly at 8:00
A. M. All students are expected to be at
the rendezvous at 9:30 at the latest since
promptness is essential.
18) In case of warm weather, the old camp
Batteries "A" and "B" will pitch tents on
Nineteenth street and Second avenue. The
Engineer Company will camp on Eighteenth
street and Third avenue. This seggrega-tion
is necessitated by racial prejudices in
Birmingham.
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1934 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 P A G E T H R EE
SIXTEEN GAMES
SCHEDULED FOR
BASEBALL TEAM
Georgia, Georgia Tech, Ogle­thorpe,
Chattanooga, And
Lanett Be Played
Auburn's 1934 baseball team will
play sixteen games this season ac­cording
to information released yes­terday
from the Athletic Office. Four
games each have been scheduled with
Georgia Tech, Georgia and Ogle­thorpe,
two with Chattanooga, and
two with the Lanett Athletic Club.
Each series calls for two games to be
played in Auburn, and two on the op­ponent's
field. In the case of Chat­tanooga
and Lanett A. C, one will be
played at Auburn, and one at Selma
and Lanett, respectively. The date
for the return game with Chattanooga
has been definitely settled, the home
game with the Lookouts being a fea­ture
of the "A" Day celebration,
March 28. The complete schedule:
Fri. Mar. 23—Lanett A.C. in Auburn
Sat. Mar. 24—Lanett A.C. in Lanett
Wed. Mar. 28—Chatta. in Auburn
Fri. Apr. 6—Ga. Tech in Atlanta
Sat. Apr. 7—Ga. Tech in Atlanta
Fri. Apr. 13—Georgia in Auburn
Sat. Apr. 14—Georgia in Auburn
Fri. Apr. 20—Georgia in Athens
Sat. Apr. 21—Georgia in Athens
Fri. Apr. 27—Ga. Tech in Auburn
Sat. Apr. 28—Ga. Tech in Auburn
Fri. May 4—Oglethorpe in Atlanta
Sat. May 5—Oglethorpe in Atlanta
Fri. May 11—Oglethorpe in Auburn
Sat. May 12—Oglethorpe in Auburn
For First Class Work
Bring Your Sewing to
MRS. E. E. HARMON
Or Phone 372-J
TIGER GROWLS
By B. C. POPE
The annual "A" Day celebration, which this year will take place on Wed­nesday,
March 28, is expected to eclipse any ever staged here, according to
Will Chrietzberg, president of the "A" Club.
The day will be packed full of events, with an interfraternity track and
field meet in the morning, a polo game, the opening baseball game of the
season, featuring the Chattanooga Lookouts as the opposition, in the after­noon,
and a dance in the evening.
Members of the Omicron Del­ta
Kappa honor fraternity, head­ed
by Fred Chapman, have been
cooperating with the "A" Club
in arranging the program and
sending out invitations to pros­pective
students to attend as
guests of the college.
A holiday has been declared by the
administration in order that every­one
may be able to attend.
* * *
The interf raternity basketball tour­nament,
now in its final stages, is
proving to be one of the hardest-fought
tournaments ever held here.
The brand of ball played by the four
semi-finalists, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, Delta Sigma Phi, and
Sigma Nu, stamps these aggregations
as among the best interfraternity
teams ever developed at Auburn.
Probably no semi-final games have
been as hard and cleanly fought as
the two the past week. Either one of
these four teams would be a worthy
winner of the championship wreath,
The final game, ' which will
bring together Sigma Nu and Pi
Kappa Alpha, will be played to­night.
The public is invited to
witness the championship con­test.
It will be well worth at­tending.
Clifford (Tchula) Smith, 1932
baseball captain and All-American
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pitcher, and Charles (Slick) Kaley,
last year's basketball captain and
All-Dixie League catcher for three
years, have been in Auburn during
the past week, greeting old friends.
These two former star Plainsman ath­letes
leave this week-end for Dotham
where they will report for spring
training with the Nashville Club of
the Southern League. Kaley will try
out for catcher, while Smith will seek
an outfield berth. Both have been
working out with the Auburn Tigers
the past few days.
Nomination is herewith made
of Bill Turk, of Sigma Nu, for
the post of best all-round inter­fraternity
athlete to be found
anywhere.
Turk is as fast as a greased streak
of lightning on the cinder path, an
excellent basketball, football, and
baseball player, and possessed of a
fighting heart. He has been the main­stay
of the Ag Bottom athletic depart­ment
for the past three years. Only
his lack of size, he weighs only 132
pounds, has kept him out of varsity
competition. It has been the perfor­mance
of Turk in all phases of sport
which has been mainly responsible
for the wonderful showing of the Sig­ma
Nu teams during the past few
seasons.
COACHHUTSELL
FACES PROBLEM
IN TRACK TEAM
Seven Members Of Last Year's
Varsity And Three Frosh
Must Be Replaced
To replace seven members of last
year's varsity squad, and three fresh­men
tracksters, upon whom he was
counting heavily for this year, is a
problem that faces Coach Wilbur Hut-sell
as he prepares for his thirteenth
cinder campaign at the Plains. Em-mett
McQueen and Marshall Caley,
two consistent scorers in the two-mile
in 1932 and 1933, and Bob Arthur,
discus artist, were the only members
of the 1933 squad lost by graduation,
but Casey Kimbrell, Allen Rogers,
Buren Henderson and Bill Crane, all
either quit school after entering this
year, or failed to return this semester.
Welch, Huckaby, Hal Wyatt, and Wes­ley
Pindlay, graduates of last year's
plebe track team, were the promising
newcomes that will not be available
this year. Kimbrell, Rogers and
Henderson were all counters in the
meets last year, and will be sorely
missed.
However, even with these setbacks,
Coach Hutsell will have at least half
a dozen outstanding competitors at
his disposal. Captain Sterling Du-pree,
who runs the dashes and relay,
is expected to reach his prime during
his final year of competition; Loyd
Richey, probably the greatest colle­giate
high jumper in the South and
an ace hurdler, will be back to con­tinue
the pace set in.last year's meets;
Linwood Funchess, and Carl Pihl,
(Continued on page 4)
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The first intra-squad game of foot­ball
was played Saturday afternoon
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of the Tiger grid prospects, the Navy
being victor 14-7.
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promising sophomore, this team trav­eled
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McAllister
Gantt
McCroskey
Strange
Roton
_ C. Brown
Karam
Huie
Kilgore
The principal weakness of the squad
seems to be the lack of a really good
passer. Mitchell, Huie, Thompson,
Tipper, and W. Wright show the best
passing possibilities.
Blake, Mitchell, Kilgore and Karam
have been doing the majority of the
punting, Blake, a junior, getting off
some nice kicks.
These teams have been scrimmag­ing
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better demonstration of foobtall than
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COACH B0B0 UNDECIDED OVER
BEST BALANCED COMBINATION
Several Players Of Almost Equal Capabilities Available For
All Infield Positions; Only One Sure Starter Visible In
Outer Gardens; Pitching Staff Is Complete
With two weeks of practice com­pleted,
Coach Herschel Bobo is still
undecided over the most balanced
combination for his infield; several
players of almost equal capabilities
are available for nearly every posi­tion
except catcher. Louis Matthews,
a shortstop on last year's freshman
nine, is making a determined bid for
a place in the infield at first base,
but it is hardly probable that he will
displace the veteran Sam Mason, or
Johnnie Orr, a reserve last season.
Tommie-Kimbrell and Warren Mc-
Mahan have the inside track for sec­ond
at present with neither being par­ticularly
preferable over the other.
Red Head, an erstwhile pitcher and
third baseman, is the sole candidate
for short, although it is possible that
Kimbrell or McMahan might be shift­ed
to that position. Frank Ellis and
Red Jenkins are waging a merry bat­tle
for the hot corner, and if Ellis
shows up well enough to play third
consistently, Jenkins can be shifted
to the outfield, where strength is de­cidedly
lacking at present. Ariail and
Hamilton are vieing with each other
for catcher.
Coach Bobo has a superabundance
of pitchers, with only two or three of
more than mediocre calibre. Ripper
Williams, a good pitcher last season,
is back and should bear the main
brunt of the pitching attack, with
Johnny Styles, formerly of the Uni­versity
-of Georgia, as an able co-hurler
with Williams. Rarely does a
team have more than three good pitch­ers,
and if this pair show up as they
are expected to they will probably
carry the major portion of the mound
duties. However, Mug Erwin, Frank
Sindler, Lefty Wilcoxon, Raymond
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P A G E F O UR T H E P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1934
COACH HUTSELL FACES
PROBLEM IN TRACK TEAM
(Continued from page 3)
both juniors, were outstanding dis­tance
runners last season; Alternate-captain
Robert Rutland, who has im­proved
steadily as a pole-vaulter
since his freshman year, is planning
to reach even greater heights this
year, and Ed Gait, a miler, are the
principal cinder artists back from
last year.
However, there are a number of
other point-makers on the track who
may turn out to be real material as
the season progresses. Several of
the following are lettermen who are
expected to add considerable strength
to the team: Ray Eidson, 440 and
relay; Hopson Murfee, Ross McQueen
and Bill Emrey, 888; Robert Jones,
two mile; Clarence Killebrew, Elmer
Kelley, Bill Lawrence and Charles
Mercer, high and low hurdles; Ed
McKenzie, pole-vault; Bill Anderson
and Elmer Kelley, high jump; Frank
Langdon and Kelley, broad jump;
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COACH BOBO UNDECIDED
OVER SELECTION OF
BEST COMBINATIONS
(Continued from page 3)
Nolfe, Merrick, Ikey Edwards and
Mutt Morris, may show up better
than formerly and be a real asset to
the hurling staff.
The outfield has only one sure
starter at present, Alternate-Captain
Bud O'Barr, who seems assured of
his last season's place in left field.
Center and right are wide open, with
Truck Talley and McMillan the most
likely candidates for centerfield, and
Elgin and Allen, the latter a former
first-baseman, are the most probable
players for right, although Jenkins
may be shifted from the infield to
that position.
NOTICE!
The regular Tuesday drill period
course of instruction in the Field Ar­tillery
Unit will be waived during the
coming week due to the absence of
members of the Senior Class, and the
entire Field Artillery Unit will as­semble
on the drill field both Tuesday
and Thursday at the scheduled time.
Because of the change, the instruc­tion
will end on Tuesday, April third,
instead of Tuesday, March twenty-seventh.
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ULTIMA THULE TO BE
ENACTED TONIGHT
(Continued from page 1)
from the time the show started until
its close. It is a tribute to the play­ers
and to the play itself that this
fact seemed to make little difference
to the audience, which, in its interest
in the play, speedily forgot that it had
seen the stagehands shifting scenery
between the acts.
Ralph Tolve and Tiny Holmes, shot
put; Killebrew, Plummer and Vick-ery,
javelin; Tolve and Patterson, dis­cus.
LOCAL CLUBS HOLD
JOINT DISCUSSION
(Continued from page 1)
long way toward molding our political
life, he added.
Prof. C. A. Baughman, representa­tive
of the Rotary Club, discussed the
question: "Women of today and
women of yesterday—do they resem­ble?"
Professor Baughman said
women could be divided into three
classes: The thinking class, the mar­tyr
class, and the invalid class.
Women of today resemble those of
yesterday in those characteristics |
which we measure the true worth of
women, he said.
Lt. Harry L. Watts, representative
of the Lions Club, discussed the fol­lowing
question: "What can women
do to help put Auburn back on a
sound basis financially and education­ally,
in addition to cooperating in
sponsoring various community, state,
and national projects?" Lt. Watts
stated that he thought in the coming
election, so far as Auburn is con­cerned,
women should make the can­didates
come out and say what they
are going to do and how they are go­ing
to do it.
MRS. W. H. TARPLEY
IS SPEAKER HERE
(Continued from page 1)
another ace and we hurry to follow
suit. We are getting a New Deal."
In presenting Mrs. Tarpley, Profes­sor
J. R. Rutland, English department
head at Auburn, sketched her career
as a writer of importance in Alabama
and referred to the prominent offices
she has previously held as president
of the Quill and Writers Club and
the Birmingham Branch of the League
of American Pen-Women.
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