1934-01-24 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LVII AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1934 NUMBER 29
DANCES BEGIN TOMORROW NIGHT
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Coach Meagher Will Return Here On February First
NEW MENTOR WILL
TAKE OVER DUTIES
HERE UPON RETURN
Tentative Date For Opening Of
Spring Practice Set By New
Football Mentor
ASSISTANTS BE NAMED
Impressive Record Has Been
Compiled By Meagher Over
Twelve Year Period
According to information available
in the athletic office late today,
Coach Jack Meagher will return to
Auburn to take up his active duty
about February first, and a tentative
date for the opening of spring foot­ball
practice has been set at either
February fifth or twelfth. Coach
Meagher remained in Auburn for one
week after signing a three year con­tract
as head coach here, during
which time he familiarized himself
with the general conditions prevail­ing
on the campus, and then left to
complete his affairs at Rice Insti­tute,
from which school he comes to
coach the Plainsmen.
College authorities stated today
that selection of coaches to assist
Coach Meagher would be left entire­ly
in the latter's hands, and that up
to the present time, he had given no
indication as to who the parties under
consideration were. With the sign­ing
of Assistant Coach Grant at the
University of Kentucky, any possi­bility
of his return was severed.
Coach Meagher first broke into the
limelight as an outstanding end on
the Notre Dame team during the
years of 1915-1917 and later played
one year of professional football.
During the war he distinguished him­self
in the eyes of the nation by serv­ing
in the Marine Corps, and con­tinued
in the service until 1921, at
which time he took over the coach­ing
assignment at St. Edwards Uni­versity
in Austin, Texas. Here he
, remained for eight years before he
received a call from Rice Institute.
When Coach Meagher went to Rice,
that school had not won a conference
game in five years, and he immediate­ly
undertook the task of reestablish­ing
football as an institution. The
results which he accomplished were
little short of miraculous, especially
since during his first year only twen­ty-
two men turned out for football
and over half of these had never
played before.
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Stadium Plans Rushed
To Capital As Project
With the announcement today
that government CWA work
would be extended into May of
this year, college authorities
rushed plans on the project for
the building of the new stadium
on the area that is at present
being prepared under a separate
CWA project. Every effort is
being made to get the plans in
tonight's mail so that they will
reach the state head in Mont­gomery
as soon as possible. The
plans as being aranged by Pro-fesor
Burkhardt of the School of
Architecture and Allied Arts
here call for the erecting of con­crete
stands with a seating ca­pacity
of twelve thousand spec­tators.
Eight thousand persons
will be seated in the stands on
the west side of the bowl while
four thousand will be seated in
the stands on the east side of
the field. In case of an un­usually
large crowd, it will be
possible to erect temporary
wooden stands and thus increase
the seating capacity of the sta­dium
to nearly twenty thousand.
Will Lead Grand March
MISS PEGGY McKEWEN, popular Birmingham girl, who will
lead the Grand March of the Junior Ball tomorrow night accompanied
by N. G. Houston.
ARCHITECTS SHOW
DESIGN, PAINTINGS
Design And Painting Problems
Of School Of Architecture
On Display This Week
More than 100 designs and paint­ings
representing the first semester's
work on five major problems by stu­dents
in the school of architecture
and allied arts are on exhibit this
week in the Architectural Library.
The work involves two collabora­tive
problems by third and fourth
year students in which those in ar­chitecture
designed buildings for a
school of dramatics and an .entire
subdivision with the landscape archi­tecture
students making the drawings
and specifications for development of
the grounds where the buildings were
located. An elaborate model of the
subdivision, including both houses
and landscape development are on
exhibit.
There are also drawings done on a
five-weeks problem titled "A Casino
in a Park" by sophomores and fresh­men,
a freshman problem, "A Toll
Gate", and 20 oil paintings by the
third- and fourth-year students in
applied art.
First medals in the subdivision
problem were awarded to R. N.
Hoar, J. F. Hurd, Helen Sellers, J.
M. Thrasher, C. C. Risher, and J, P.
Gilmore. Second medals — G. W.
Garrard, W. W. Cox, A. B. Jacobs,
and F. Woodruff, Jr.
In the "School of Dramatics Prob­lem",
first medals went to J. G.
Phillips, H. S. MacEwin, M. P. Fre-ret,
W. N. Chembers, Robert H. Rut­land,
D. R. Pierce, and N. J. Cran-ford,
Jr.
First medals in the "Casino" prob­lem
were awarded to E. D. Jolly, H.
A. Foster, and W. N. Wormelsdorf,
with second place awards going to,
W. R. Bell, and E. O. Murray. First
honors in the "Toll Gate" problem
for freshmen in architecture, land­scape
architecture, interior decora­tion,
and commercial art were won
by J. L. Murphy, Jr., J. Maschi, Raid-ford
Cooper, R. Klein, and Beverly
Biggin; while second medals were
awarded to Helen Tigner, Helen
Maulsby, P. R. Owens, R. C. Searcy,
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FIVE LETTER MEN
REPORT FOR POLO
Seven Capable Reserves Also
Answer Initial Call Of
Coach Tom Gunby
Five varsity men and seven capa­ble
reserves reported to Lieutenant
Tom Gunby at the initial polo prac­tices
this week. From this nucleus
Lt. Gunby expects to build a team
that will compare with the champion­ship
organization of last year.
Varsity men who have already re­ported
for practice are Oel and W.
0. Johnson, Justin Morrill, and "Bo"
Fincher. Calvin Black, a varsity
man of 1932, who was unable to
play last year because of conflicting
class-work, also reported for prac­tice
this week. The reserves who
have reported are Ira Franklin, P.
E. Duke, A. N. Aldredge, C. Strong,
C. L. Turnipseed, Bob Chandler, and
Bob Simpson.
General practices will begin Mon­day,
January 22, when all students
who expect to participate in polo
this year should report to Lt. Gunby
at the R.O.T.C. stable. Seniors and
juniors must be well qualified in
riding while freshman and sopho­mores
who have had any riding ex­perience
will be accepted for a pre­liminary
trial. Lt. Gunby states that
this ruling is necessary because a
senior or junior who is not a pro­ficient
rider would have small chance
of proving of any value to the team,
while a freshman or sophomore who
knows even the fundamentals of rid­ing
would have time to develop be­fore
his graduation.
Lt. Gunby wishes to emphasize that
all candidates must be able to prac­tice
three days per week, not includ­ing
Saturday, and that practices will
begin at three o'clock, with four set
as the latest hour at which one might
report to practice. All practices
will end not later than five.
The schedule this year, finances
permitting, will be arranged so that
a match will be played here every
week-end that a base-ball game is
not scheduled. No definite matches
have been scheduled, but matches
with Mobile, Ft. Benning, Maxwell
Field, Governor's Horse Guards of
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DEAN SCOTT WILL
DELIVER ADDRESS
AT COMMENCEMENT
Dean Wilmore To Preside At
Graduation Exercises And
Present Diplomas
MAX MONTOR WELL
RECEIVED DURING
APPEARANCE HERE
Appreciative Audience Of Ap­proximately
Three Hundred
Lauds Celebrated Actor
GOVERNOR BE HERE
Doctors Degrees Be Conferred
On Administrative Group By
Governor Miller
The baccalaureate address at the
fifth mid-year commencement exer­cises
of the Alabama Polytechnic Ins­titute
will be delivered Thursday
morning by Dr. John W. Scott, dean
of the school of science and -litera­ture.
Dean John J. Wilmore, administra­tive
committee chairman, will pre­side
at the exercises beginning at
10:30 a.m. in Langdon Hall and will
present degrees to the graduates.
Since 1927, Dr. Scott has been dean
of the Auburn school of science and
literature, coming here from Okla­homa
A. & M. College. He holds the
M. A. degree from the University of
Chicago.
Following the address and award­ing
of degrees, Governor B. M. Miller,
president ex-officio of the Auburn
Board of Trustees, will confer the
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws,
upon the three members of the Col­lege
administrative committee—Dean
Wilmore of the engineering school;
Prof. B. H. Crenshaw, mathematics
department head; and Dr. L. N. Dun­can,
extension service director.
The trustees authorized conferring
of the degrees at its last meeting in
December at Montgomery in recogni­tion
of the outstanding services ren­dered
the institution by these veteran
members of the faculty. Collective­ly
they have served the institution
for more than a century. Dean Wil­more
came to Auburn in 1881, Pro­fessor
Crenshaw in 1891, and Dr.
Duncan in 1905.
Musical portion of the exercise
program will be given by Prof. Earl
Hazel of Auburn and Margaret Seale
Gray of Montgomery. Prof. James
A. Bulleit will lead the group sing­ing
by the audience. Benediction at
the close of the exercises will be pro­nounced
by the Rev. Sam B. Hay,
Auburn Presbyterian Church pastor.
Following the commencement exer­cises
the Governor and his party will
be entertained at a luncheon at the
Thomas Hotel. The party will in­clude
Governor Miller, his secretary,
Mr. Howell Turner, Mrs. Turner,
Major and Mrs. O. W. Severance,
Colonel and Mrs. T. D. Samford, Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Ashcraft, Dr. and
Mrs. J. J. Wilmore, Dr. and Mrs. B.
Hr Crenshaw, Dr. and Mrs. L. "N.
Duncan, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Scott,
Mrs. Margaret Seale Gray, Mr. and
Mrs. P. O. Davis, Mrs. Henry Good,
Miss Berta Dunn.
Candidates for degrees are:
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
—Jefferson Conley Arant, McKen-zie;
Robert Foster Perry, Jr., Bir­mingham.
"Bachelor of Science in Civil Engi­neering—
Silas Allen Lacy, Jr., An-niston.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering—Charles A. Condon, Jr.,
Clarksville, Tenn.
Bachelor of Science—Frank Hil-liard
Blakey, Millbrook; Herbert Ray
Evers, Repton; Barna Cleveland
Pope, Jr., Auburn; Clinton Wallis,
Talladega.
Pharmaceutical Chemist — Julius
Thurston Newman, Alexander City.
Bachelor of Science in Education
—Ralph E. Upton, Fairfax.
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural
Education — B'ruston L. Hodnett,
Wadley.
Bachelor of Science in Home Eco-
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PROGRAM LISTED
Visit To Auburn Sponsored By
Carl Schurz Foundation; Is
Now American Citizen
By Prof. J. R. Rutland
Max Montor, the celebrated Aus­trian
actor, gave a most interesting
recital in Langdon Hall on January
18 and was cheered with genuine
appreciation by an audience of 300.
His program was as follows: "The
Witch-Song", by Wildenbrush; "The
Assumption of Hannele", Haupt-mann;
"Tolerance better than Ha­tred",
"Merchant of Venice", Shakes­peare;
"Nathan the Wise", Lessing;
and "Christmas Shopping", Schnitz-ler.
To most of the audience, Wilden-brush's
"The Witch-Song" was not
only new but delightful in its pas­sionate
lyricism and exquisite imagi­nativeness.
Particularly in the latter
part of the poem and throughout
most of the -recital, the reader gave
evidence of fine training in the dra­matic
interpretation of peotry, in
the fine tradition of the German
drama.
Though a native of Austria and
at one time well-known in German
theatrical Circles, Mr. Montor is an
American citizen, and has definitely
identified himself with the American
theatre. He came to Auburn under
the auspices of Carl Schurz Founda­tion.
This foundation has for its
aim the stimulation and maintenance
of friendlier relations between Amer­icans
and German-speaking peoples
through the enjoyment and appre­ciation
of German art and literature.
The selections from Hauptmann
and Schnitzler, two of the recent
German dramatists most popular in
America, were well chosen and were
made impressive. It is to be regret­ted
that that late start of the recital,
due to the holding of Current History
examination in Langdon Hall from
7:00 to 8:30 o'clock necessitated
drastic shortening of one or two of
the selections. Perhaps the most
enjoyed selections were those from
Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice"
and Lessihg's "Nathan the Wise",
which without a word of comment
fulfilled adequately one of the aims
of the Schurz Foundation.
Over Hundred Visiting
Young Ladies Will Be
Guests At Junior Prom
DATE FOR HONOR BALL
IS SET BY COMMITTEE
Word has been received that plans
are progressing rapidly for the pre­sentation
of the annual Honor So­cieties
Ball which was to be held in
December but was postponed be­cause
of conflicting dates with other
functions. The new date which has
been selected is Friday, February 16,
and committees are at present mak­ing
every effort to contribute to the
success of the affair.
The Auburn Knights, popular stu­dent
orchestra, have been engaged
to play for the dances, and it is pos­sible
that they will also furnish music
during the banquet which precedes
the ball.
The motif for the decorations has
been chosen as Valentine's Day, and
members of Scarabs, honorary Archi­tectural
fraternity under the super­vision
of George Sewell are at work
on the scenes which will be used.
The chairman of the invitations
Committee has stated that bid cards
for girls will be placed in the Tiger
Drug Store either Sunday or Monday
and they will be collected for mailing
the following Monday. Bid cards
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A Club To Initiate Five
Men Saturday Afternoon
)The "A" Club will hold its
initiatian Saturday, January 26,
with five men to be taken into
the club.
Three football players, a foot­ball
manager, and a trackster
who won their letters during the
past season are to be initiated.
They are "Mutt" Morris, sopho­more
tackle; N. G. Houston, ju­nior
guard; Herschel West, se­nior
end; Oliver Jackson, man­ager;
and W. T. Anderson, high
jumper.
The initiation will begin Sat­urday
afternoon at two o'clock
at the "A" Club rooms, and will
terminate with a burlesque skit
to be presented by the initiates
at the "A" Club tea dance.
As a preliminary to the inatia-tion,
last week the new letter-men
were made to wear the
their letter, and to report to the
"Tiger" twice a day, in reverse
gear.
VANCE TO RECEIVE
SCHOLASTIC AWARD
Delta Sigma Pi Loving Cup For
Highest Scholarship Be Giv­en
James E. Vance
James E. Vance of Gadsden,, Ala.,
will be presented a silver loving cup
by the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity,
international Business and Profes­sional
fraternity, in recognition for
having attained the highest scholas­tic
average in the Freshman class du­ring
the session of 1932-1933. The
winner of the award was made known
after a careful check with the regis­trar,
according to a statement by
Charles Workman, president of the
local chapter of the organization.
Vance's average for both semesters
of last year was ninety-three percent,
which was the highest in the school
of Business Administration. Dona­tion
of the cup is an annual occur­rence
which was begun at this school
several years ago.
A scholarship key is also awarded
by this fraternity during the annual
graduation exercises to the male stu­dent
in business who has achieved
the highest rank during the entire
period of his school career. This
practice was begun in 1912, and it
is estimated that approximately 490
keys have been awarded through­out
the entire nation over that pe­riod
of time. The scholarship key
was awarded last year to Samuel
E. Wittel.
According to the present plans
of the local chapter, the chapter
from Georgia Tech will be guests
of the local chapter about February
first for a joint business session^
and banquet. Tentative plans re­veal
that Judge Walter B. Jones will
be the speaker for the occasion.
Other plans for the affair- will -be
made known at a later date.
Joe Sanders And His Night-hawks
Expected To Arrive
Tomorrow Morning
SPONSORS NAMED
Final Decorations Will Be Com­pleted
Tonight; Regulations
Governing Dances Published
FIVE SCOUTS ATTAIN
EAGLE SCOUT RANKING
With attainment of Eagle rank by
five members and a record number
of merit badge advancements, the
Auburn Boy Scout Troop in 1933
had the most successful year in its
history.
After passing the rigorous tests of
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To the strains of Joe Sanders and
his Nighthawks, the Junior Prom
will get underway in Alumni Gym­nasium
tomorrow night at nine-thir­ty.
About one hundred and fifty
visiting young ladies have accepted
invitations to attend the dances. They
will begin to arrive tomorrow morn­ing
and will be entertained with
house parties while here by the Sigma
Nu, Lambda Chi Alpha, Pi Kappa
Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, and Delta Sigma Phi fra­ternities.
The Nighthawks Orchestra is ex­pected
to arrive in town early to­morrow
afternoon. The band comes
here for their first local appearance
after completing a successful mid-western
tour.
According to George Sewell, one
of the three student architects in
charge of the decorating, the deco­rations
will be completed tonight.
The gymnasium will be converted
into a Pirate Scene, with the dance
floor serving as the main deck of a
Spanish galleon. From the deck will
be seen a stretch of beach, which is
the wainscot, on which will be palms,
palmettos, and other tropical foliage.
The backdrop will depict a scene of
Captain Kidd and his pirates burying
a chest of gold. A galleon cruising
in the background will serve as back­ground
for this scene. Other fea­tures
of the decorations include treat­ment
of the goal-posts in such a man­ner
as to transform them into crows
nests, showing the lookout with his
spy glass, and silhouettes of ships,
skulls and cross bones, and figures of
pirates.
Ten girls have been selected by the
student Social Committee to act as
sponsors during the Prom. They are:
Miss Pallie Brown, Geneva; Miss
Sara Matthews, Camden; Miss Vera
Frances Pruet, Opelika; Miss Rosie
Shepherd, Auburn; • Miss Helen
Franke, Auburn; Miss Margaret De-
Loach, University of Alabama; Miss
Elizabeth Steele, University of Ala­bama;
Miss Georgia Atkinson, West
Point, Ga.; Miss Elaine McKenzie,
Florence; Miss Mary Dowling, Bir­mingham;
Miss Jane Jernigan,
Gainesville, Ga.
Together with members of the
Committee they will stand in front
of the orchestra pit and review the
Grand March Friday night. Miss
Peggy McKewen and Norman Hous­ton
will lead the "march".
The schedule for the dances is as
follows: Opening Ball, Thursday
night; Blue Key Dance, Friday morn­ing;
Interfraternity Council Dance,
Friday afternoon; Junior Ball, Friday
night; Keys Dance, Saturday morn­ing;
"A" Club Dance, Saturday af­ternoon,
ani Buccaneers Club Dance,
Saturday night.
The prices as quoted by the chair­man
of the Social Comittee are as
follows: entire set, nine dollars; for
any entire day, four and a half dol­lars;
night dances, each three dollars
and a half; for Thursday and Friday,
six dollars and a half; for Friday and
Saturday, eight dollars; each day
dance, one dollar. Tickets can be
secured at the gymnasium prior to
any dance or from members of the
Social Committee at any time prior
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WELCOME MEAGHER
To head coach Jack Meagher we wish to
extend warmest greetings and a most cor­dial
welcome to the lovliest village of the
plains. Auburn alumni, faculty members,
students, and townspeople are proud to
have a man possessing such a wide repu­tation
as a scholar, gentleman, and foot­ball
mentor here; and we feel sure that his
relations here will be a source of ever in­creasing
pleasure to both himself and the
people of Auburn.
HAIL THE BUCCANEERS!
Hear ye! Hear ye!
Enter the newly born but noble order of
Buccaneers, alias the prospective campus
"big shots", who couldn't wait for their
final undergraduate year to "shine" and'
hastily banded together to make themselves
socially and politically prominent during
the approaching set of dances. Power to
you, youngsters! •
What is the matter with you Sophomores?
Don't you realize that year after next you
will be seniors, and surely you too must
realize that a single year of prominence is
not sufficient for the newer generation.
And you Freshmen, too—why have you not
formed some spectacular organization to
catch the students' and visitors' eyes during
the coming festivities. Must we impress
upon you the fact that you have only three
more years in which to seek undergrad­uate
notoriety? As a matter of fact, there
seems to be no good reason why high school
graduates, before entering college, do not
get up a couple of good "clubs", in order
that they may be prepared to startle the
collegiate world with the essence of spec­tacular
entertainment immediately after
they register.
That there are motives aplenty for such
procedure as has recently taken place, we
do not doubt; but with a campus already
overrun with organizations of every na­ture,
each of w,hich has a menacing hand
in the student's pocket, we greet with dis­dain
any new one unless it be a society for
prevention of overstudy.
We bow in admiration to the power be­hind
the newly formed social organization,
since we understand that there was really
a motive in his apparent madness; but at
the same time we would scold him for
"his merciless seduction of a group of
students who under the present circum­stances
are inclined to venture into any
project of a similar nature, little realizing
the pain and anguish that it will cause
them at some future time.
If the founding of this organization be
purely a political venture, we hasten to
endorse it; since we see the need of such
organizations in place of the old "Nife-in-the-
back" kind as a-means of increasing in­terest
in student activities. If it be a fi­nancial
venture, we ask of the originator
of the idea that he refrain from trying to
squeeze blood out of a turnip. If it is
purely a social venture, we fervently hope'
that the social prestige built up as result
of the glamorous costumes, the bounteous
"feed", and the romantic leadouts under
the soft and entrancing light of the crystal
ball will be great, and- that the members
attractiveness in the eyes of the beautiful
young damsels will be increased an hun­dred
fold.
Nevertheless, it will be a heyday for
those promising young juniors and may
you all keep out of mischief which might
result in some form of embarrassment
later on.
Hail the Buccanneers!
GENERAL BULLARD AND WAR
General Robert Lee Bullard, one of the
men of whom our glorious state is most
proud, has brought a storm of criticism
down upon his head as a result of his dis­sertation
upon war on the occasion of his
seventy-third birthday. He pictures war
as a solution to the problem of public evil,
a potion of mental and moral strength to
the entire human race.
Two of our contemporaries have seen fit
to refute the policy of our noted son, one
of them being the publication of our state
university. We would commend them on
their judgment in the matter and speedily
second the statements which they have
made concerning the matter.
The University of Alabama Crimson and
White, through its editorial columns, says:
"General Robert Lee Bullard, command­er
of the Second American Army in France
and a veteran of nine active campaigns
looks upon war as a natural part of civili­zation,
a builder of men and of nations.
'Well, we have always been taught never
to disagree with pur elders and never to
criticize others. We do not intend to dis­agree
with the General now, for he is right,
absolutely right.
'War is a great thing, it kills a lot of
men and that's a fine thing. And, as the
General said, "For every good man that
falls in action, two better men come to
take his place." That's true too. And
then these "two better men" become beasts
and it is fun to watch beasts. At least
the Romans at the circus thought so. And
then there is another great thing about
war. It cripples men for life and thus
affords doctors and nurses an opportunity
to make a living in veterans' hospitals.
'But the biggest gift war leaves for pos­terity
is a depression. What would we do
without this one? It has become an old
and lasting friend, a true friend, one al­ways
at hand.
'Yes, war is a great thing. It has been
about fifteen years since the last war and
we need another one, for as the General
says, nations and people grow corrupt in
peace . . . and once in a while war regen­erates
a whole people.
'The people of this country, and especial­ly
of Alabama, because General Bullard
is a native Alabamian, should feel proud
that they have such a man as the General.
What we need is more men like him, and
then we would have another good war in
no time."
The viewpoint of the Daily Tar Heel of
the University of North Carolina is a
more coercive one, part of which is as
follows:
"Says General Robert Lee Bullard on
his seventy-third birthday: . . . The hard­ships
and trials of a war bring out the
best in men . . . War regenerates a whole
people'
'There is little need to attempt to refute
what the eminent general says. We think
that the words themselves are greater
proof of their own ridiculousness than any­thing
we can say. How our able septuagen­arian
can justify the slaughter of the ten
millions or more who died in the Great
War and the hundreds of billions of dollars
that were wasted in the name of "regen-eracy"
is a little bit hard to understand.
Besides senility, which we thing is highly
probable, it seems that the general is
somewhat bothered by prefix trouble. An
obvious correction would be "de" for "re."
. 'But enough of foolery. The General, we
think, typifies the militarist school. He is
speaking for the group that glorifies the
most sordid, the most inhuman action of
humankind. Fortunately, few people take
expressions such as his seriously, but the
very fact that such an antiquated point of
view exists should give us food for thought.
There is still entirely too much romanti­cism
about war in spite of epics such as
"All Quiet." Our grade-school histories
still portray the march of civilization as
a succession of glorious, heaven-sent wars.
America is still portrayed as the knight in
shining armor going to the defense of the
distressed and emerging always victorious
not so much because of force of arms, but
because of righteousness of cause and di­vine
assistance.
'Let's take all this bosh out of war. Let's
show it up as the horrible thing that it is.
Mother's devoting their lives to the up­bringing
of sons to have them taken thou­sands
of miles away to kill other mother's
sons with whom they have no quarrel. The
infinite waste of precious resources and
the economic and social retardation that
is always present in the backwash of a
great conflict. All this and more should
be shown. The living in the mud and filth
—the cooties, the vermin, the mice. The
eating of putrefied meat with always the
suspicion of cannabalism. The reduction
of a thinking human being to a mere kill­ing
automaton. This, all this, is the real
side of war. IT should be shown."
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.
* * * *
COMES A left handed baseball pitcher
from KU to play for the mid-term
brawl. Joe Sanders, the old left
hander. I used to tune in on a one tuber
eight years ago and listen to the guy from
WDAF. And his Saturday night frolics
at mid-night from the Black Hawk were
something up and doing. Started at mid­night
and ended up at 2 A. M. when Joe
sang "Nighty Night" . . . the prettiest
theme song I've ever heard . . . not for­getting
Jan Garber's "My Dear".
He played two years at the Black Hawk
and The Dells, one season at the New York­er,
a season at Castle Farms arid used to
hit it up for some commercial programme.
He and Carlton Coon had the best Orches­tra
in the United States for five years
running.
They had the best umpah horn player
there has been. He used to come through
something frying on "Here Comes My Ball
and Chain," "Bless You Sister", and "The
Dark Town Strutter's Ball". I used to
call Randolph 6262 at the Black Hawk and
holler for that "Here Comes My Ball and
Chain". (When I was in the money). And
maybe you'll hear me hollering Friday
night even if George King doesn't pay me
that five he has been owing me since the
Ga. Tech game, and promised to pay me
before Christmas.
If he is half as good as he and Carlton
used to be together he'll be the best since
Jimmy Greene.
* * * *
Our old friend, Art Kassel . . . who wrote
the lousiest piece that's ever been written
in "Hell's Bells" . . . is trying a come-back
via WLW and L. J. Barnes. And the mug
is still playing "Hell's Bells". He, like
Garber, is trying to imitate Lombardo, but
he's more Garberish than anything else.
There is only one thing good about Art
Kassel and that's his writing of the 1924
hit, "Doodle-de-doo".
He's whooping it up from the Pavilion
Caprice of the Hotel Netherland Plaze in
Cincinnati. And with L. J. Barnes as his
announcer he has a very good chance for
his come-back despite hsi music.
* * * *
Lombardo is out at Phil Harris' old hang­out,
the Cocoanut Grove. That place has
evoluted some of the most common-place
orchestras in America to be as fashionable
as it is. Name a California orchestra that
is as good as any of the present Chicago
orchestras. Gus Arnheim, Abe Lyman,
Phil Harris, Ted Fio-Rito, Earl Burtnett
. . . they all come from California and none
of them is any good. Chicago remains
the home of the best orchestras.
Even Lombardo doesn't sound so good
from the Cocoanut Grove. Facts about'
him: Now has two piano players, twelve
members in his orchestra, with ten of them
from London Ontario . . . hence the Royal
Canadians.
* * * *
And Jack Kemp wastes some good dough
Monday night by calling up Hal Kemp at
WGN and getting "Annie Doesn't Live
Here Anymore".
Call Wayne King for "Prince Charming"
or the Auburn Knights for "No. 27" (Or
is it 25?) for your money's worth. There's
something funny about that number. The
title is "Love", and it's the prettiest piece
the Knights know and they won't ever play
it until asked. Lombardo was the same
way in Atlanta. He wouldn't play it until
asked twice and then only a chorus with
Carmen singing. It's one of the three best
pieces of the past three years and really
can't see what is wrong with it.
* * * *
Pops: Semore is a louse . . . the cop's
whistles in this town remind me of peanuts
. . . Hamburgers at Dinty's at Garber's
time is getting to be fashionable . . . Joiner
has the best complexion . . . McPherson the
nicest hysterical red hair . . . Jitters the
best something . . . 225 how goes the hand-holding?
. . . Dozier Howard walks like the
lady who parks her car in backwards up
town . . . The guy the cops are after for
breaking Uncle Billy's sign holds up a
bloody hand and boasts, "Look what I
did"
* * * *
To you mugs who are figuring on sniff­ing
a cork during the coming struggle—
pooh! And to you who are figuring on
getting well oiled and making a general
nuisance of yourselves whenever and
wherever you can—may the stuff contain
lye. Personally, I would be more than glad
to show you a few desolate spots far from
the maddening crowd where you can whoop
to your heart's content without disturbing
the peaceful tranquility that goes hand in
hand with a set of dances. To you who
plan to shine in an uninebriated condition
from force of habit—you'd better go where
you can find a more appreciative audience. '
TONGUE TWISTER
Old lady to tinker who is working on pots and pans: Are you copper bottoming
'em me man?
Tinker: No, I'm aluminuming 'em mum.
* * * * * * * *
1st Punster: I've got a date tonight.
2nd Convict: Fie, fie!
1st again: No, Pi Phi.
Editor: Phoo!—Cornell Widow.
* * * * * * * *
The footprints editor is looking for some individual (that's not a cuss word
either) who will be a martyr to the cause and offer his or her services to awaken
George "Energetic" Bagwell after exams are over and inform him of that fact so
that he will not worry about sleeping through them.
* * * * * * * *
EVOLUTION "
Our parents went screwy
For Admiral Dewey
And later went daft over Taft.
They went into eulogies over the Coolidges "
But us kids prefer George Raft.
They went all to pieces,
Our nephews and nieces,
When Lindy made good on his test.
But now they're a-lather, a-dither, a-dather
Over naughty, besotty Mae West.—Life
* * * , * * * * *
She was only a professor's daughter, but was her credit good!
* * * * * * * *
We wonder why Batcheldor always enjoys hearing the song "Sitting On a Log,
Petting My Dog."
* * * * * * * *
Merrily we roll along,
Roll along, roll along,
Merrily we roll along,
Get up, here comes a cop.
* * * * * * * *
It is with great pleasure that we call attention to the fact that all of the mem­bers
of the notorious Buccanneers crew have recently purchased heavy-duty watch
chains. In this connection, we would give full credit to one George Quinney for his
latest purchase, (a nice big shiny one), for had it not been for his athletic prowess
which necessitates his absence from the city during the dances, he would certainly
be one of the ring leaders.
* * * * * * * *
Now Ed Prewitt is bragging to the world at large that he can lift three men
at one time, provided, of course, that he brushesv his teeth with the right kind of
tooth paste before hand.
With Otker Colleges
By BILLIE THOMAS
CONFESSIONS OF A PHOTOGRAPHER
"Show your dimples!" That is the col­legiate
way of saying "Look at the birdie",
according to Jerry Jared, photographer,
who is making the pictures for the Louis­iana
State University's Year Book, The
"Gumbo".
"Camera shyness is a very common ail­ment,"
he states, even the campus 'big shot'
who blows into the office and raises no
end of fuss while he is waiting for his turn
seems to wilt when he comes before the
camera, common symptoms are quivering
of the bottom lip, set smile and furtive
glances."
Mr. Jared's experiences are varied and
trying. People often take an antagonistic
attitude toward the poor, innocent photo­grapher,
and even make faces at him while
he is under the cloth thinking that he can't
see them. It is a common occurrence for
dignified personages to enter with a deter­mined
air, seat themselves bn the stool and
mutter, "Make me smile".
Mr. Jared discovers many interesting
things from his vantage point behind the
camera. Brunettes are far easier to handle
than any other type. Blondes insist that
he manipulate the lights so that their hair
appears even lighter than it is naturally.
The scarcity of red heads at L. S. U. was
another unusual point.
It might surprise one to learn that men
are more vain than women, Mr. Jared said
in that they take more time to dress and
are more particular about their proofs.
When a girl calls for her proofs before
she takes them out of the package she
fairly shouts, aren't they horrible." But
she usually comes back and orders some
pictures from the same "horrible" proofs.
Jerry was called out just then to take a
picture.
A tiny pretty lady, was sitting there.
"The girls at Louisiana State University
are as pretty as any I have ever seen, and
I've managed the photography for year
books at Princeton, Texas University, New
York State, Columbia "University, Welles-ley,
Bryn Mawr, and lots of other places,"
she turned and smiled. The lady was Mrs.
Ileen Emery, manager of the studio. "The
students are good natured, too," she added
with a smile.—The Reveille.
* * * *
COLLEGIANS RUINED HAT BUSINESS
College students have in the least, one
perpetual enemy—the hat manufacturer.
In an interview with a manager of a well-known
eastern chain of men's hat shops,
the writer discovered that hat manufactur­ers
nurse a grievance against college men.
The manager stated that the college man
instigated the fatal (to the hat manufac­turer)
fad of going hatless. Since that
time, men in all walks of life have follow­ed
this example. The result, of course, be­ing
that hat sales have declined steadily,
probably never again to reach their former
peak.
This caused manufacturers to attempt
innumerable methods to regain their former
position in industry. The outstanding at­tempt
was that of a group of hat manu­facturers
collectively hiring Bruce Barton,
dean of American advertising men, to
write a campaign to make men 'hat con­scious'.
The cost of the venture totaled
$15,000. Nevertheless, it failed of its goal.
The manager concluded by stating, "Per­haps
in the future we will again enjoy our
former prosperity. In that case we will
forgive collegians, but until that moment
arrives, we will continue to consider them
as the cause of our business collapse."—
Crimson-White.
'GATOR STAFF UNUSUALLY BRIGHT
"The Florida Alligator has quite a
"bright" staff to edit it. They write thus:
"The Auburn-Plainsman says now is the
time to write home and remind parents
that Lindbergh flunked out of suchool. If
you ask us you can write home in three
weeks and tell your parents that some of
the "big shots" here flunked out—if some­thing
doesn't happen."
* * * *
NOTICE, DARWIN
The evolution of a college man- is shown
as follows:
Freshman—Embarrassed silence.
Sophomore—I don't know.
Junior—I'm not prepared.
Senior—I don't like to venture an opin­ion
until I know more about the subject.
—Crimson-White.
* * * *
The final word as to why students flunk
has been issued by a dean at the University
of Nebraska, his reasons being, Love, Dumb­ness
and Faculty Intelligence.
Students of the University of Missouri
are able to take out insurance against
flunking a course. The insurance covers
the expense of a summer course.—Univer­sity
Hatchet.
* * * *
SCHOOL IS NOTHING LESS THAN
A PRISON
Students at Northwestern University
must hand in their pictures with their
themes so that the professor will know
whose work he is grading.
* * * *
EUTOPIAN SCHOOL
Friends University followed the lead set
by Hutchins of Chicago Univerity in abol­ishing
compulsory classes—no more need to
feat over-cutting, for every student is on
his own. This action is an indication that
University authorities realize college men
and women are able to think for themselves.
—Rocky Mountain Collegian.
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.
* * * *
FINAL exams remind me of a trip to
the dentist. The thoughts that pre-ceed
each are by far the worst part.
And speaking of final exams reminds me
of what fools these people are who sit
around during the exam after they have
written all they know. Really it's danger-out
to do it, because you're waiting for an
idea to strike you, and in the wrought up
condition you are certain to be in, there's
a 50-50 chance that lightning will strike
you before an idea does and that's danger­ous.
I know by experience that it's so
because only once has an idea come to me
during an exam, and that one time, I had
hardly jotted down the thought before a
cyclone hit the schoolhouse and tore hell
out of it. The • moral is that even if you
have an idea on an exam, don't write it
down—be considerate of your classmates,
the lightning might strike one of them if
it happened to miss you.
* * * *
According to the pronunciation of our
new head coach's name we'll soon be aware
that toast and meagher-malade are excel­lent
for breakfast, that New Orleans is
planning another Meagherdi-Gras this year,
and that the new stadium will have meag-herkers
every ten yards. It certainly looks
like we'll have a Meaghervelous football
team next year.
* * * *
Diminutive. William, little Gorgon,
Severed Father's nasal organ,
"Dam you son", his father wheezes,
"What can I do with ann my sneezes."
* * * *
Well, it's only a matter of time now until
some of us will be gliding hither and yon
with the one and only in our arms, en­raptured
by the smoothness of those Night-hawks,
Joe Sanders et als. But I won't
be one of those happy young gentlemen.
Even if I went, I probably wouldn't belong
to that special class of happy young gen­tlemen.
Because—well, any reason you like
will suffice, and any reason I give will be
foolish, so there. Remember kiddies, have
a great big time at the dances, and drink
barrels and barrels of that beautiful yaller
rotgut, but don't come around borrowing
my aspirin, because I'm sour on the world.
* * * *
The Phi's advertisement of three months
ago had results. The advertisement, for
the benefit of those who failed to see it,
was for a dog, answering to the name of
Molo and lost from the Phi House. Since
then Molo lost a pin. For the interested
parties, I might state that both Molo and
the frat pin are now to be found at home.
* * * *
One of the best orchestras in the coun­try
today is playing almost every night and
getting very very little publicity. I mean
Little Jack Little. He still beats his piano
and it adds plenty to the music. All that
besides that voice of his that's hard to
beat.
* * * *
And I still like Harriett Hilliard who
helps out with Ozzie Nelson and Joe Pen-ner
every Sunday P. M. To you who don't
listen to Joe Penner, I offer condolences.
You are missing the best of the good pro­grams.
Joe keeps you in stitches. And
Ozzie brings you about half the big song
hits about a week before the other orches­tras
get them to you.
* * * *
Well, another one of those expensive Sun­day
movies proved disappointing to me.
Of course I expected to see the whole dog­gone
book of Little Women put out for us.
But they bungled it again and it lost all
it's attractiveness to me. They improvised
a very needless scene for effect I suppose,
and left out some of the most important
portions. Along toward the last, things
happened so suddenly it surprised you. Of
course I liked the thing all right, but when
they name a show after the book, by
George, I believe they should go by the
book. If any of you saw that remarkable
picture last year or maybe year before last
called Private Lives, (Norma Shearer if
I'm not mistaken) then you saw a picture
taken word for word from the original.
I believe any one of you will agree with
me when I say that a good picture is much
better when it follows the original story.
Unless the story happens to be like Strange
Interlude.
* * * *
True story: Came the final exams. Came
Derf to house to study. Pulled out a nice
shiny new book. Opened it to absorb
knowledge for onrushing exam. Just in­side
the cover found three unopened letters
one with enclosed check, the three of which
had postmarks dating back two months
ago. Which I grant you is as bad nearly
as the boy whose ten dollar bill reposing
inside his Bible remained untouched for
four years.
S
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1934 THE P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE P A G E T H R EE
AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL QUINTET
WILL MEET OPELIKA TOMORROW
Coach Fowler's Locals Seek To Avenge Initial Defeat In Return
Contest; Enviable Record Has Been Compiled By Auburn
In Five Games
Thursday night at 7:30, the Au­burn
High basket ball team will meet
Opelika High for the second time this
season. In a previous game this year,
Auburn won 25-16. This game will
be played at the old high school gym.
The admission will be. ten cents for
everybody.
The starting line-ups will be:
Auburn Pos. Opelika
Whatley (C) . . LF . . . . Moreman
Wright RF . . . Johnson, B.
Smith C Wooddy
Fowler LG . . . . Johnson, H.
McKinnon . . . . RG . . . . Johnson, D.
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ful so far, Auburn winning four
games and losing one. They are:
Waverly, 15-10; Opelika 25-16; Tal-lassee
24-14; Reeltown 26-8; and
Hurtsboro 20-5. Auburn has a re­turn
game with Hurtsboro and is out
for revenge.
"In Captain Whatley I have a fine
player," Coach Fowler said. "He can
ring a goal in almost any position."
Wright, forward, can hold his own,
as only two points have been scored
on him this season. "Juke" Smith
takes care of the center port and
handles it well. The guards are
Bunchy Fowler and Charlie McKin­non.
The second team, which is almost
as good as the first, has Dan Friel
and Charlie Yarbrough as forwards,
John Ham, "Little Roundman" as
center, and Albert Wild and Bill Gil­christ
as guards.
WOMEN STUDENTS THANK
MEN FOR COOPERATION
The women students and the Wom­an's
Student Council wish to express
their appreciation of their noble gen­erosity
of the men students in so
substantially aiding the sufferers
from the Smith Hall fire during the
Thanksgiving holidays.
We Specialize In
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In Sheriff's Race
ED P. BLACKMON
TO THE PEOPLE OF AUBURN:
In offering myself as a candidate
for Sheriff of Lee County I had in
mind the great responsibility of the
office, and particularly in its rela­tion
to the duties as affecting Au­burn.
With the hundreds of college
students, coming from all parts of
the country, in your midst, it is im­portant
that the Peace Officer of
the county1 realize to the utmost
his duties, and provide every possible
safeguard to the protection of life
and property. Also, it devolves up­on
him to enforce the .laws against
all comers alike. I promise you there
will not be any favoritism whatsoever
shown by me. And I will do my
best to properly guard the welfare of
the students and townspeople against
any lawless aggressions.
I will greatly appreciate your care­ful
consideration of my candidacy.
I pledge you that you shall never
regret a ballot for me, if you want
to act in the interest of clean gov­ernment,
and the impartial enforce­ment
of all laws. I will try to be
the sheriff of all the people, keeping
constantly in mind the great general
desire for peace and protection, for
sobriety and contentment.
Sincerely yours,
Ed. P. Blackmon.
(Paid political advertisement by Ed
P. Blackmon, Opelika, Ala.)
CATS AND CANARIES
o
The beginning of this column is a
terrible job. It's like beginning a
letter, hard to get down to facts.
After one has said the "Dear "
part one has to kind of beat around
the bush and say things like "Well,
how have you been getting along?"
Then, after a few such false starts,
one finally gets under way. Maybe
you don't get the connection. Many
times I am subtle like that, so let
that be an excuse for anything I say
that doesn't go over very rapidly.
I am now working on a most baf­fling
and interesting case. For the
last few weeks I have been trying to
bring to light what A. C. Black can
be concealing under that thing on
his upper lip—You know, that big,
bushy mustache. I was caught red-handed
trying to look through it one
day, unsuccessfully, though. You
can imagine that I felt downright
sheepish. Since then I have been
looking for someone with the kind of
eyes that stare right through things
with that fishy intensity. I have
found no volunteers though, and no
leading information. Let us do our
best, all of us, and you know no one
can do more than his best.
Right before exams began, I wit­nessed
a most pitiful sight—the very
thought of it tugs at one's heart, so
touching it was. Come, I'll draw a
little picture of it. There were four
architects—four martyrs to their
work—and only second year students
at that, out on the grass—pardon me
—the space between Langdon Hall
and the' Architectural building. At
first I was very much amused when
I saw them coming out of the draft­ing
room pretending that they were
elephants. Can you see it? But my
amusement swiftly turned to pity
when I realized their affliction, and
saw them playing such simple little-games
as Ring-around-the-rosie and
Drop-the-handkerchief, all the time
laughing with childish glee. It was
right before a problem was due, I
understand, and I suppose the bur­den
of it had unhinged their poor,
over-worked minds, for it seemed
that they had taken the only escape
—a return to the happy days of their
child-hood. I do not know what be­came
of them, but I sincerely hope
that some kindly, understanding in­dividual
led them finally back to
their work. I do not know what
their end will be, certainly hot eter­nal
ridicule, for only consider, these
poor students have made the supreme
sacrifice to work—that of reason.
So judge them not harshly, my
friends, and if I refrain from pub­lishing
their names it is from pity
alone.
I think that "Little Women" should
be given about a dozen stars—gold
ones at that. Personally, I have
never seen a more finished, more in­spired
and inspiring piece of acting
than was Katherine Hepburn's in
that picture. The only thing that
kept me from enjoying it thoroughly
was the outside amusement of some
imbecilic, farmer-like no-wits who
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ROOSEVELT BIRTHDAY BALL BE
PRESENTED BY OPELIKA SCHOOL
Northside Grammar School Joins With Thousands Of Other
Institutions Throughout Nation In Honoring President
Roosevelt On January Thirtieth
A Birthday Ball in honor of Pres­ident
Rooseevlt will be given on next
Tuesday evening, January 30, at the
Northside Grammar School in Opeli­ka,
according to announcement of
Henry K. Dickinson, chairman for
Lee County and Opelika. ,
Thousands of similar balls are be­ing
held throughout the country on
that evening for the purpose of rais­ing
an endowment fund for the Warm
Springs Foundation for Infantile Par­alysis.
Major portion of the proceeds
will go to the foundation. A charge
of $1.25 per couple and 25 cents for
spectators will be made.
All clubs and civic organizations
have been urged to cooperate to the
fullest extent in making this move­ment
a success. The Northside Gram­mar
School has been selected as the
place for the ball to be given because
a larger crowd may be accommodated
there.
Patronize Plainsman Advertisers.
K O D A K
As you go. Keep a picture record. EVERY
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save by supplying you with Second-hand texts.
If the Prof, was ahead of you this time let's get the jump with
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NEW MENTOR WILL
TAKE OVER DUTIES
HERE UPON RETURN
(Continued from Page 1)
His composite record shows nine­ty-
four victories against forty-five
defeats during the twelve years that
he has spent as a college coach; and
it is significant that a large number
of the defeats chalked against him
were by one point margins. At St.
Edwards he won sixty-eight games
and lost twenty-one, while at Rice
he won twenty-six and lost twenty-four.
His record of three wins
against seven losses for the last sea­son
may be attributed to the fact
that a large number of his best play­ers
were declared ineligible for fail­ure
to comply with scholastic require­ments.
It is also of interest to note
that until he began coaching at Rice,
that school had never won a game
from the University of Texas or
Texas A. & M. Last year L. S. U.
defeated Coach Meagher's crippled
team by a score of 7-0.
His yearly record is as follows:
1921—St. Edwards—won 7, lost 3;
1922—St. Edwards—won 9, lost 1;
1923—St. Edwards—won 10, lost 0;
1924—St. Edwards—won 8, lost 2;
1925—St. Edwards—won 5, lost 5;
1926—St. Edwards—won 7, lost 2;
1927—St. Edwards—won 8, lost 2;
1928—St. Edwards—won 8, lost 3;
1929—Rice—won 2, lost 6; 1930—
Rice—won 8, lost 4; 1931—Rice—
won 6, lost 4; 1932—Rice—won 7,
lost 3; 1933—Rice—won 3, lost 7.
Total 94 games won, 45 games lost
for a percentage of sixty-seven games
won^of games played.
CATS and
CANARIES
OVER HUNDRED VISITING
YOUNG LADIES WILL BE
GUESTS AT JUNIOR PROM
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snorted and did other witty things
at some of the intense acting of any
of the stars. Why do persons who
are bound to know the nature of
such a picture have to come and
spoil the whole performance for ap­preciative
individuals who would like
to enjoy it? The only answer I can
find is that such is their brain-power
tljat they expect to amuse others by
this over-powering siege of brilliant
repartee that they engage in with
the actors. Such things are appa­rently
very funny because these per­sons
laugh themselves, but I don't
get it.
And I must welcome the visiting
girls, the competitors of the poor
co-eds and town-girls. Aw, we ain't
scared of you, and we hope you have
a grand time, and you probably will.
FIVE SCOUTS ATTAIN
EAGLE SCOUT RANKING
DATE FOR HONOR BALL
IS SET BY COMMITTEE
(Continued from Page 1)
will not be placed in fraternity houses
according to present plans.
Honor societies and fraternities
which are taking part in the affair
are Spades, Omicron Delta Kappa,
Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Blue
Key, Cardinal Key, Phi Lambda Ep-silon,
Eta Kappa Nu, Scarabs, Kappa
Delta Pi, Phi Delta Gamma, Gamma
Sigma Delta, and Scabbard and
Blade.
This annual function was first in­troduced
on the campus last year
when it was sponsored by Blue Key.
The same organization is again spon­soring
the affair, and the belief has
been expressed by Randolph White,
president of Blue Key, that it will be
even more successful than the one
of last year.
Planned as a training medium for
a new kind of politician whose creed
will be intelligent public leadership,
a new course in classical humanities
has been instituted at the University
of Wisconsin with a registration of
12 students.
A live bacterium reported found
in a meteorite by Professor Lipman
of the University of California would
tend to prove that our earth is not
the only inhabited planet in the uni­verse.
0 PELIKA
THEATRE f \
ADMISSION
M a t i n e e Night
10c-15c 10c-20c
THURSDAY, January 25
"AS HUSBANDS GO"
with Warner Baxter, Helen Vin­son,
Warner 'Oland, Catherine
Doucet
—What would you do if your
husband and your sweetheart
talked you over?
AND ON THE STAGE
H a r r y C l a r k ' s Revue
Featuring Art Gleason,
The Manhattan Serenaders
Beautiful Girls, Gorgeously
Gowned
MID-NIGHT SHOW
THURSDAY NIGHT
-On the Stage-
H a r r y C l a r k ' s REVUE
22 - People 22
The Fastest, Peppiest, and Best
Stage Show of the Season!
FRIDAY, January 26
"FLYING DOWN to RIO"
with Dolores Del Rio, Gene
Raymond, Paul Roulien, Ginger
Rogers, Fred Astair, and the
choice 200 girls chosen from
10,000
—You'll like ASTAIR — he
makes the hit of your life.
Also Comedy, "Radio Dcugh"
SATURDAY, January 27
TIM McCOY in
"HOLD THE PRESS'
with Shirley Grey
SATURDAY NIGHT PREVUE
10:30 p. m.
"FURY of the JUNGLE"
With Donald Cook, Peggy
Shannon, Alan Dinehart,
Dudley Digges
PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION
Pictures must be handed in with
themes at Northwestern University
so that the professors will know whose
work he is grading.
(Continued from Page 3)
21 merit badges, the Scouts who were
advanced from First Class to Eagle
rank are John Ivey, John Earl Atkin­son,
Charles Isbell, Kenneth Fun-chess,
and Herbert Martin. The re­quired
merit badges for Eagle rank
are personal health, first aid, public
health, life saving, pathfinding, safe­ty,
swimming, bird study, and 13
others.
At the last Court of Honor, the
following merit badges were award­ed:
~Kenneth Funchess and Mitchell
Wadkins, bugling; Charles Isbell,
Herbert Martin, and Mitchell Wad-kins,
camping; Kenneth Funchess,
civics; Elmer Almquist, Kenneth Fun­chess,
and Mitchell Wadkins, cycling;
John C. Ball, handicraft; Jack Hill,
life saving and pathfindnig; Herbert
Martin, scholarship. v A bronze palm
award was made to Elmer Almquist
and John Bruce Martin, a Cub Scout,
was presented with the Silver Lion
award. Members who presided at the
last Court of Honor sesion w£re
Prof. J. A. Parrish, chairman, Prof.
H. M. Martin, and S. L. Toomer.
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to the beginning of the set.
Regulations governing the dances
follow:
1. All visiting young ladies will be
under the supervision of the Social
Director , and Dean of Women, or
her representative during their pe­riod
of stay in Auburn.
2. All visiting ladies are expected
to arrive not earlier than the opening
day of the dances and to leave on
Sunday following the close of the
dances.
3. All visiting ladies shall be hous­ed
in the designated chapter houses,
as directed by the Dean of Women.
4. All visiting ladies will sign in
at their respective houses with the
Social Director, or her representative,
within thirty minutes after the close
of the dance each night.
5. All visiting ladies will be re­quired
to be back on the dance floor
not later than thirty minutes from
the time intermission begins, except
on Saturday night when the time
DEAN SCOTT WILL
DELIVER ADDRESS
AT COMMENCEMENT
(Continued from page 1)
nomics—Verna Patterson, Fayette^
Kathryn Moody, Cherokee.
Master of Science — Bessie Elna
Barker, Athens; Lawrence Brabson
Haley, Auburn; William Douglas Par­ker,
Center.
limit will be ten minutes.
6. All visiting young ladies will be
required to sign in at the dance floor
not later than: Thursday night, 10
o'clock; Friday night, 10 o'clock; Sat­urday
night, 9 o'clock.
7. Those attending buffet suppers
must be in their assigned guest houses
one and a half hours after the offi­cial
closing hour of the dance.
ARCHITECTS SHOW
DESIGN, PAINTINGS
(Continued from Page 1)
Jr., H. H. Williamson, Jr., W. F.
McCall, Jr., and J. M. Morton.
The 20 oil paintings done by third-and
fourth-year applied art students
are copies of paintings by famous
modern illustrators. First medal
winners are A. D. Grower on two
paintings, G. C. Jenkins, George C.
Dunn, H. L. Ellis, Austin Martin,
Marion Sundberg, J. T. Spearman,
and G. A. Louden. A number of the
paintings are creative interpretation
by the students of some of the scenes
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Auburn, Alaba'ma
"The Show Place of
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WEDNESDAY, January 24
"HAVANA WIDOWS"
with Joan Blondell and Glenda
Farrell
—There's a laugh in every
shake as these mischievous
mommas step out in the fun­niest
gold-digging tour you've
ever seen.
Also Ely Culbertson in "Society
Cheaters" and cartoon
"Croon Crazy"
THURSDAY, January 25
"BLOOD MONEY"
GEORGE BANCROFT in a
, Thunderbolt of mighty drama—
The real story of the men be­hind
the big shots!
Charley Chase in "Luncheon at
Twelve" and Novelty
FRIDAY, January 26
James Cagney and Mae Clark in
"LADY KILLER" \
News and Cartoon, "Mickey
Mouse's Gala Premier" and
more fun "Goofy Movies"
SATURDAY, January 27
"SHADOWS OF SING
SING"
With Mary Brian and Bruce
Cabot
Chic Sales in "The Old Bugler"
and Comedy
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in the moving picture, "Alice in Won­derland".
Others of the paintings
are interpretations of famous poems
and stories, and still others are scenes
of construction on the campus.
Butler Univ. is offering a course in
the art of staying married.
FIVE LETTER MEN
REPORT FOR POLO
(Continued from Page 1)
Atlanta, University of Georgia, and
possibly the Universities of Florida
and Louisiana State are expected to
be arranged.
THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES—
HAGEDORN'S
Opelika, Alabama
Headquarters for Gents Furnishings
Arrow Shirts & Ties -:- Interwoven Sox
Hickok Belts Riegel Shirts
Horner Pajamas
Paris Garters and Suspenders
Welcome Visitors!
DINE AT
BENSON'S
DURING THE DANCES
T h i s W e e k - e n d and Every Other
W e e k - e n d t h e Crowd Will G a t h er
H e r e — T o Dine a t A u b u r n ' s Most
P o p u l a r Establishment
REGULAR MEALS LUNCHES
MUSIC EVERY DAY
12 to 1 6 t o 7
SODAS HOLLINGSWORTH SMOKES
SANDWICHES CANDIES SUPPLIES
BENSON'S
On the Corner
ATTEND THE J U N I O R PROM
.. that Chesterfield
has a modern up-to-date
Toiaeco Ittctory
in far-off historic
Smyrna
So important is the handling
of Turkish tobacco in mak­ing
Chesterfield cigarettes that
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.,
maintains this specially equipped
plant right in the heart of the
famous Smyrna tobacco section.
It is the largest and most
modern tobacco factory in the
Near East.
Turkish tobacco, you know, is the
best "seasoning" there is for ciga­rettes.
At all times Chesterfield has
in storage — at this plant and in
America — about 350,000 bales'of
the right kinds of Turkish tobacco.
cigarette that's MILDER
the cigarette that TASTES BETTER
) 1934, LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO.