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Semi-Weekly Plainsman Wednesday Edition THE PLAINSMAN TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N S P I R IT Welcome Damsels VOLUME LVII AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1934 NUMBER 29 DANCES BEGIN TOMORROW NIGHT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • » * * * * * * * » * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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. (Continued on page 4) 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, (Continued on page 4) 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 (Continued on Page 4) 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- (Continued on page 4) 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 (Continued on page 4) 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 (Continued on page 4) 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 (Continued on page 4) P A G E TWO 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 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1934 5EI|£ fUatomatt Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates $2.50 per year (60 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Alabama. Business and editorial offices at Auburn Printing Company, on Magnolia Avenue. Office hours: 11-12 A. M., daily. Associated Collegiate 'Stress 1L. . -= Qf jtgZSXS^TMZ - " •—! L^-i ; - = 1 9 3 3 (NATIONAL7 *( =Wfc-f) COVERAGE) 1 9 3 4 E^~ STAFF Horace Shepard Editor-in-Chief Herbert E. Harris Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF William W. Beck Hugh Cameron __ Fred Birdsong Ruth Jones Mildred Watkins Neil Davis B. C. Pope Billy Thomas Kyser Cox Sarah Stanley _ . Associate . Associate _ Associate . Associate ._ Asociate Managing Sports News News Society Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor REPORTERS Cecil Strong, H. N. White, John R. Riddle, Jr., Thomas Chalmers, Ray Holder, Frank Hopson, Sam Gibbons. BUSINESS STAFF Assistant Business Managers: George Lester, Dan Parkman, Jack Knowlton. Advertising Managers: Fred Moss, Maxwell Benton, William Hall. Circulation Manager: Joe Whiteside. Circulation Assistants: Speedy Shannon, V. Rhodes, Bill Lee, Robert Morgan, James C. Hearn, H. Chapman. 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. This season has been very success- Dress Smartly ... Save }\oney FINE INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED CLOTHES See OLIN L. HILL in BOONES' REPAIR SHOP 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 P I C T U R E F R A M I NG AUBURN FURNITURE CO. L. Z. THRASHER 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 (Continued on Page 4) 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 DOLLAR spent at LOLLAR'S for KODAK FILMS and KODAK FINISHING you get one 8 x 10 ENLARGEMENT FREE. NRA, doing our part. Mail orders given special attention. L O L L A R ' S 1808 3rd Ave. (Lyric Bldg.) Box 2622 Birmingham, Ala. • * i Always Ready to Serve You BANK OF AUBURN Bank of Personal Service Begin your new Semester in such a way that you can collect interest on your investment. The best and only way this can be done is to prepare in advance. We offer you New and Second-hand books in every field. Select your courses early and let us help you save by supplying you with Second-hand texts. If the Prof, was ahead of you this time let's get the jump with a Slide Rule. Hand Book, and a Loose Leaf Note Book for systematic notes. Be sure to visit our Rental Library on your next call. BURTON'S BOOKSTORE Fifty-six Years Old and Still Growing eaves are use LUCKIES FortkeSe aw tkeMildest andjullt/ ripenedJur perfect smoking We buy only the center leaves for Luckies. Not the top leaves for they are under-developed. Not the bottom leaves for they are inferior in quality. Only the center leaves for these are truly mild and fully ripe. And that's the fine tobacco we use—to make Luckies so round, so firm, so fully packed —free from loose ends that spill out. That's why Luckies are always mild, always truly mild. And remember, "It's toasted"— for throat protection—for finer taste. Lucky Strike presents the Metropolitan Opera Company Saturday at 1:55 P. M., Eastern Strike presents the Metropoli- Standard Time, over Red and tan Opera Company in the Blue Networks of NBC, Lucky complete Opera "AIDA". and only the Center Leaves PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN A L A B A M A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1934 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 (Continued from page 3) 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. (Continued from Page 1) 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 Patronize Plainsman Advertisers. Jeweler Optician J. R. MOORE OPELIKA, ALABAMA Staling Johnson, Watchmaker Tiger Theatre Auburn, Alaba'ma "The Show Place of East Alabama" 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 CLASON'S 1115 B r o a d w ay Columbus, Ga. OPTICIANS Finest of Eyewear SEE THE NEW 1 9 3 4 Now on display at our show room. TATUM MOTOR CO. CHEVROLET DEALER O p e l i k a , Alabama 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.
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Title | 1934-01-24 The Plainsman |
Creator | Alabama Polytechnic Institute |
Date Issued | 1934-01-24 |
Document Description | This is the volume LVII, issue 29, January 24, 1934 issue of The Plainsman, the student newspaper of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now known as Auburn University. Digitized from microfilm. |
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Submitted By | Coates, Midge |
OCR Transcript | Semi-Weekly Plainsman Wednesday Edition THE PLAINSMAN TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N S P I R IT Welcome Damsels VOLUME LVII AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1934 NUMBER 29 DANCES BEGIN TOMORROW NIGHT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • » * * * * * * * » * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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. (Continued on page 4) 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, (Continued on page 4) 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 (Continued on Page 4) 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- (Continued on page 4) 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 (Continued on page 4) 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 (Continued on page 4) 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 (Continued on page 4) P A G E TWO 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 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1934 5EI|£ fUatomatt Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates $2.50 per year (60 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Alabama. Business and editorial offices at Auburn Printing Company, on Magnolia Avenue. Office hours: 11-12 A. M., daily. Associated Collegiate 'Stress 1L. . -= Qf jtgZSXS^TMZ - " •—! L^-i ; - = 1 9 3 3 (NATIONAL7 *( =Wfc-f) COVERAGE) 1 9 3 4 E^~ STAFF Horace Shepard Editor-in-Chief Herbert E. Harris Business Manager EDITORIAL STAFF William W. Beck Hugh Cameron __ Fred Birdsong Ruth Jones Mildred Watkins Neil Davis B. C. Pope Billy Thomas Kyser Cox Sarah Stanley _ . Associate . Associate _ Associate . Associate ._ Asociate Managing Sports News News Society Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor REPORTERS Cecil Strong, H. N. White, John R. Riddle, Jr., Thomas Chalmers, Ray Holder, Frank Hopson, Sam Gibbons. BUSINESS STAFF Assistant Business Managers: George Lester, Dan Parkman, Jack Knowlton. Advertising Managers: Fred Moss, Maxwell Benton, William Hall. Circulation Manager: Joe Whiteside. Circulation Assistants: Speedy Shannon, V. Rhodes, Bill Lee, Robert Morgan, James C. Hearn, H. Chapman. 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. This season has been very success- Dress Smartly ... Save }\oney FINE INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED CLOTHES See OLIN L. HILL in BOONES' REPAIR SHOP 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 P I C T U R E F R A M I NG AUBURN FURNITURE CO. L. Z. THRASHER 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 (Continued on Page 4) 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 DOLLAR spent at LOLLAR'S for KODAK FILMS and KODAK FINISHING you get one 8 x 10 ENLARGEMENT FREE. NRA, doing our part. Mail orders given special attention. L O L L A R ' S 1808 3rd Ave. (Lyric Bldg.) Box 2622 Birmingham, Ala. • * i Always Ready to Serve You BANK OF AUBURN Bank of Personal Service Begin your new Semester in such a way that you can collect interest on your investment. The best and only way this can be done is to prepare in advance. We offer you New and Second-hand books in every field. Select your courses early and let us help you save by supplying you with Second-hand texts. If the Prof, was ahead of you this time let's get the jump with a Slide Rule. Hand Book, and a Loose Leaf Note Book for systematic notes. Be sure to visit our Rental Library on your next call. BURTON'S BOOKSTORE Fifty-six Years Old and Still Growing eaves are use LUCKIES FortkeSe aw tkeMildest andjullt/ ripenedJur perfect smoking We buy only the center leaves for Luckies. Not the top leaves for they are under-developed. Not the bottom leaves for they are inferior in quality. Only the center leaves for these are truly mild and fully ripe. And that's the fine tobacco we use—to make Luckies so round, so firm, so fully packed —free from loose ends that spill out. That's why Luckies are always mild, always truly mild. And remember, "It's toasted"— for throat protection—for finer taste. Lucky Strike presents the Metropolitan Opera Company Saturday at 1:55 P. M., Eastern Strike presents the Metropoli- Standard Time, over Red and tan Opera Company in the Blue Networks of NBC, Lucky complete Opera "AIDA". and only the Center Leaves PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN A L A B A M A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1934 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 (Continued from page 3) 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. (Continued from Page 1) 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 Patronize Plainsman Advertisers. Jeweler Optician J. R. MOORE OPELIKA, ALABAMA Staling Johnson, Watchmaker Tiger Theatre Auburn, Alaba'ma "The Show Place of East Alabama" 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 CLASON'S 1115 B r o a d w ay Columbus, Ga. OPTICIANS Finest of Eyewear SEE THE NEW 1 9 3 4 Now on display at our show room. TATUM MOTOR CO. CHEVROLET DEALER O p e l i k a , Alabama 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. 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