1934-03-07 The Plainsman

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Wednesday Edition THE PLAINSMAN
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VOLUME LVII AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1934 NUMBER 40
HISS FLETCHER TO
LEAD GRAND MARCH
OF COUNCIL DANCE
Fred Chalmers Will Act As
Miss Fletcher's Escort At
Interfraternity Ball
KNIGHTS TO PLAY
Decorations Will Depict Typi­cal
Fraternity Initiation;
Rutland Decorator
The Grand March of the Interfra­ternity
Council Ball, which is to be
held Friday night, will be led by Miss
Susie Fletcher, of Birmingham. Fred
Chalmers, president of the Council,
will act as Miss Fletcher's escort.
With dancing beginning at nine
o'clock and continuing until one, a
varied program has been arranged.
Two Interfraternity Council leadouts,
two no-breaks, and the Grand March
make up the list of special dances.
Only present and past members of the
Council and their dates will partici­pate
in the "march."
Invitations were mailed Monday af­ternoon
to about two hundred young
ladies. In addition to these, ten bids
have been issued to each fraternity
belonging to the interfraternity or­ganization.
Buck Appleton, chairman of the
decorations committee, has announced
that the contract for this part of the
affair was awarded to Robert Rut­land,
architectural student. The con­tract
for the decorations calls for
scenes depicting the "perils which a
neophyte must undergo in a fraterni­ty
initiation." The back-drop will be
painted with a picture of an initiate
encountering the horrors of initiation.
Paintings of skeletons will guard each
entrance to the dance floor, while the
wainscoting will be done in drawings
of the skull and cross-bones, and other
scenes carrying out the central mo­tif."
The local Auburn Knights have
teen engaged to furnish the music for
the occasion.
While all bids to visiting girls have
been sent out, George Hardy, chair­man
of the invitations committee, has
announced that a few bids were left
over and that anyone who did not get
their bid in by the deadline last Sun­day
afternoon may get one from him
as late as eight tonight.
SCARAB DRAWINGS ARE
SHOWN HERE THIS WEEK
Regarded as the best of its kind
ever displayed at Auburn, the 174
sketches of the Scarab National Ar­chitectural
Fraternity traveling ex­hibit
are open to the public at the ar­chitectural
library this week.
The sketches were submitted from
member chapters in 12 architectural
schools for the annual competition
held by the Scarab fraternity. A
wide variety of subjects are exhibited
in pencil, pen and ink, water colors,
oils, and pastel.
Prominent among the exhibit is a
group of sketches by Auburn student
members of the Khufu Temple of Sca­rab.
They are Grady Hicks, R. H.
Rutland, L. Smith, V. O. Callahan,
W. N. Chambers and S. C. Pugh.
The exhibit is sponsored by the lo­cal
temple, or chapter, with W. N.
Chambers in charge. Officers of the
Khufu Temple are S. C. Pugh, presi­dent,
J. G. Phillips, vice-president;
G. H. Sewell, secretary, and R. H.
Rutland, treasurer.
Schools of architecture represented
in the exhibit are Auburn, George
Washington University, Washington
University, Washington State, Ar­mour
Institute of Technology, Carne­gie
Institute of Technology, and the
Universities of Virginia, Kansas,
Southern California, Illinois, Minne­sota,
and Cincinnati.
Honored By Interfraternity Council
MISS SUSIE FLETCHER, popular member of the younger set
in Birmingham, who has been selected to lead the grand march of the
Interfraternity Council Ball with Fred Chalmers.
RIFLES CLOSE YEAR
WITH FINE RECORD
Locals Hang Up Mark Of 44
Wins Against 8 Defeats To
Win Recognition
In winning 44 and only losing 8
matches, the Auburn rifle team re­cently
concluded their best season
since the team was started several
years ago. With a total score aver­age
of 3669 points out of a possible
4000 the rifles finished second in this
Corp Area, and have an invitation to
compete in the National Matches
which will be begin next week. L. S.
U., winners of the corp area match
for the second consecutive year; Ala­bama,
who finished third, and Ten­nessee,
who trailed closely, are the
other teams to represent this area in
the National Championship Matches.
Results of the William Randolph
Hearst match, which was fired last
year, have not been heard but, accord­ing
to Lieut. Bowman, his team did
not have a chance to win since their
score totaled only 915. However, the
lieutenant did not say that he was
very optimistic over his team's
chances in the National, and that he
expected them to finish among the
first six.
M. P. Freret had the highest indi­vidual
average for the season with an
average of 371.9. R. C. Brewer fin­ished
second with 371.1, C. P. Irwin
ended the season with a mark of
369.8, J. M. Van Hoose wound up
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AG DAY FESTIVAL;
BE HELD IN APRIL
Program Will Follow Practi­c
a l l y Same Order As That
Of Last Year
AUBURN PROFESSORS TO
APPEAR IN MOBILE
TAU BETA PI MEETING
BE HELD ON THURSDAY
There will be a meeting of Tau
Beta Pi tomorrow night at eight
o'clock in room 109 Ramsay Hall. All
members are urged to be present
since important business must be dis­cussed.
Five professors at the Auburn Po­lytechnic
Institute will appear on the
program of the Alabama Academy of
Science meeting in Mobile, March 9
and 10, the sessions of which are to
be held at Spring Hill College.
Four of them will read papers re­porting
recent research before the
chemistry, physics, and mathematics
section while Dr. John H. Goff, of the
economics department will appear on
the geology section program.
Dr. C. A. Basore, chemist, will dis­cuss
"Special Economic and Techni­cal
Characteristics of the Chemical
Engineering Industries; Dr. Ralph D.
Donor, mathematician, "The Dynam­ics
of Granular Media"; Dr. W. N.
Arnquist, Physicist,. "On a Second
Order Correction for the Finite Re­solving
Power of an Experimental
Measurement"; and Prof. L. D. Hamp­ton,
mathematician and student of as­tronomy,
will report on a meteorite
which fell last summer near Athens,
Ala.
According to an announcement
made by John Boseck, chairman of
the "Ag Day" committee, April 27
has been set as the date for the Ag
festival.
The program for this year, as made
out by the committee, is very much
the same as that of last year. Al­though
it has not been officially an­nounced,
it is believed that the Ag
students will be excused from their
classes at 10 o'clock.
Among the most interesting events
that will take place during the day
will be the ball game between the Ag
students and professors. This game
has always been a great source of
amusement for those who attend it.
Following the game there will be
a picnic at which time the home eco­nomic
girls will be in charge of- the
lunches.
Although the committee in charge
has not definitely decided, it is be­lieved
that there will be a barn dance
in the afternoon. If such a dance is
given, it will be held in the college
barn, and a regular old time barn
dance orchestra will be engaged to
furnish music.
The program will be continued into
the evening when a banquet will be
given for all the Ag students. Chair­man
Boseck said that a speaker for
the banquet has not been decided on,
but that they had quite a few under
consideration. An outstanding event
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GROUP REFUSES TO
EXTEND WAPI LEASE
The proposal that the lease on ra­dio
station WAPI be extended for an
additional 15 years was rejected Mon­day
by the committee appointed to
consider the proposal. Representa­tives
from Auburn, Monticello, and
University met in Governor B. M.
Miller's office and unanimously adop­ted
the following resolution:
In view of President Roosevelt's
special message to Congress on Feb­ruary
26 in which he asked for pas­sage
of a Federal communications
bill, and, further, in view of legisla­tion
now pending in Congress provid­ing
for allocation of radio facilities,
"RESOLVED, that the Board is
not at this time prepared to extend
the existing five year lease."
Bascom Hopson, president of the
WAPI Broadcasting Company, repre­sented
his firm at the conference.
INSPECTION TOUR
OF SENIOR CLASS
WILL BE RESUMED
Annual Trip For Senior Class
Is Resumed By Authority Of
College Officials
BEGINS NEXT WEEK
Majority Of Class To Visit
Birmingham; Aeronauticals
Plan Pensacola Trip
An announcement from Mr. P. O.
Davis' office today was to the effect
that the Inspection Trip will be held
this year. Approximately 100 seniors
in the Engineering, Chemistry, and
Business Administration courses and
five courses will make the trip.
The groups will leave here for Bir­mingham
Sunday afternoon, March
18 and return not later than Satur­day
afternoon March 24. Inspections
will begin Monday morning at nine
o'clock when the T. C. I. plants at
Ensley will be visited. That after­noon
the Sheet Metal and Alpha Ce­ment
companies in the same town will
be inspected.
Tuesday morning's program calls
for trips to the American Steel Wire
Company, and the Tennessee By-Prod­ucts
Company, with lunch at Fair­field.
The Westfield Steel Works
Company will be the only plant which
will be visited that afternoon.
Trips Wednesday will begin at
eight-thirty in the morning when a
group will go to the McWane Pipe
Company. A group will also visit
•the U. S. Pipe Plant in North Birm­ingham
at ten o'clock. At one in the
afternoon an inspection of Acipco
will be made. The program for the
day will continue with a trip to the
Southern Railroad shops at three
o'clock. Students and instructors will
have the privilege of attending the
Birmingham section of the American
Association of Electrical Engineers
that night at eight o'clock in the Ala­bama
Power Company Auditorium.
Several prominent speakers are sched­uled
to appear on this program,
among which will be Chairman Bal-lou,
District Manager of the Westing-house
Company, in Birmingham.
The Birmingham News building
will be the first plant visited Thurs­day.
At nine-thirty that morning an
inspection of Moore-Handley Hard­ware
Company will be held. The
Young and Vann Company tour will
terminate the proceedings for the
morning, with the Birmingham Elec­tric
Company inspection at one-thirty
ending the day's program.
The trip will be concluded Friday
with visits to the Telephone Company
and Mathews Electric Company at
eight and ten-thirty, respectively.
The faculty members making the
trip are: Professors Callan, Hill,
Hixon, Basore and Crow. They have
expressed themselves as appreciative
of the opportunity to take the stu­dents
on the tour.
Headquarters for those making the
trip will be at the Thomas Jefferson
Hotel.
The schedule for trips is tentative
at present, and it is subject to several
changes. One of the changes which
are expected to be made in the pro­gram
is that of the Aeronautical En­gineering
group's trip. It is under­stood
that they will probably go to
Pensacola, Florida on their tour.
J. A. HIGGINS NAMED
AS PASSENGER AGENT
Circular has been issued by G. A.
Wickersham, president and general
manager "The West Point Route" and
Georgia railroad, announcing the ap­pointment
of J. A. Higgins as general
passenger agent of those lines, sue-.
ceeding the late J. P. Billups, who
served in that capacity for the past
thirty years.
Mr. Higgins entered the service of
these railroad enterprises in Atlanta
prior to 1900 and has served succes­sively
as chief rate clerk in the pas­senger
department, chief clerk, and
since 1910 has held position as assist­ant
general passenger agent. He is
regarded as one of the best posted
rate and efficiency men in the entire
southeastern passenger association.
All Records Smashed As Students
Throng Polls In Annual Election
Of Members To Executive Cabinet
Auburn Denied One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars By Decision On Special Trust Fund
Auburn was denied funds of approximately $150,000 Monday under a
decision handed down by Judge Walter B. Jones, of the Montgomery Circuit
Court. The amount would be Auburn's share of the $2,000,000 Special Edu­cational
Trust Fund, appropriation from the general treasury by the 1933
legislature.
The decision was rendered on an injunction to tie up State funds, filed
by representatives of the Alabama American Legion and the Alabama Con­gress
of Parents and Teachers.
The court, in effect, upheld a former decision of attorney-general Knight,
defining the essential functions of a State government during times of stress.
"The framers of the State Constitution," said Judge Jones, "recognized
the need of additional appropriations for public education, but they knew
also the necessity for a limitation thereon dependent upon the State's ability
to pay."
The case is expected to be carried to the Supreme Court for a final de­cision.
D. A. R. CONCLAVE
TO BE HELD HERE
Alabama Society Of Daughters
Of American Revolution To
Meet Here Soon
The Fifty-sixth annual state con­ference
of the Alabama Society,
Daughters of the American Revolu­tion
will be held in Auburn on March
13, 14 and 15.
More than 100 delegates and mem­bers
from the 45 D. A. R. chapters
in the state are expected to attend the
sessions at which Mrs. Zebulon Judd,
state regent, will preside. Those in
attendance will be the guests of the
local Light Horse Harry Lee chapter
headed by Mrs. John W. Scott.
Mrs. John J. Wilmpre, general
chairman of the conference committee,
and others have arranged an elabo­rate
program of entertainment for
the visitors. Sessions will be held at
the Auburn Methodist church and a
banquet and luncheon will be given
during the conference.
It is expected that the conference
will be attended by Mrs. F. K. Per-row,
state vice-regent, and other of­ficers
and leaders through the state.
Many have already indicated that
they will be present.
The conference will mark the end
of Mrs. Judd's three-year term as
State regent. During her tenure
three new D. A. R. chapters have been
organized.
HONORARY SOCIETY
ELECTS FOURTEEN
Phi Lambda Upsilon Selects
Student Chemicals, Pre-Med,
And Pharmacy Students
RESEARCH PROJECT IS
BEING CONDUCTED HERE
A research project to determine the
mineral content of eight Alabama-grown
vegetables has been authorized
by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Work begon Friday by a staff of six
chemists and technicians under direc­tion
of Prof. Herman D. Jones, of
the school of chemistry and pharma­cy,
who plans to complete the project
in 10 weeks.
Purpose of the study is to deter­mine
the relative value of certain
vegetables as human food. Also the
study will 'show the comparative
quantities of certain minerals found
in vegetables grown in different types
of Alabama soils. The amount of
moisture, total ash, calcium, phos­phorus,
copper, iron, manganese, and
magnesium will be determined for the
following Alabama-grown vegetables:
Collards, cabbage, tender-greens, tur­nips,
lettuce, spinach, and mustard.
The magneto-optic method of chem­ical
analysis, developed here by Dr.
Fred Allison, will be used in the anal­yses
because its extreme sensitivity
far surpasses other known methods.
F. D. L. TAYLOR DIES
HERE EARLY THURSDAY
Frances David Lee Taylor, 71, for
38 years a jeweler and resident of Au­burn,
died at his home here Thursday
morning at 6 o'clock. Death was
caused by heart failure after an ill­ness
of two days.
The funeral was held Saturday with
interment in Auburn cemetery.
At a meeting of Phi Lambda Up­silon
Tuesday night fourteen stu­dents
of chemical engineering, pre-medicine,
and pharmacy and one
member of the faculty were elected
to membership. The men elected
were: Chemical engineering, Fred J.
Buchman, Cullman; Arthur M. El-lenburg,
Anniston; David H. Gail-lard,
Mobile; William McC. Hughes,
Evansville, Indiana; Mark C. Lind­say,
Fairfield; Morris Miller, Mobile;
Fred Moss, Carbon Hill; Arthur J.
Mueller, Evansville, Indiana; Joe L.
Parker, Birmingham; Harold Tucker,
Sheffield, and Carl F. Wittichen, Bir­mingham.
Pre-medicine, John E.
Beck, Charleston, S. C.; and Joe
Rogers, Gadsden. Pharmacy, W. E.
White, Troy. Prof. Henry Reeves,
Jr., of the chemistry faculty, was
elected to associate membership.
The men were selected on a basis of
scholarship and interest in extra-cur­ricular
activities. All of them have
been outstanding students in chemis­try
and related subjects and have
been active in student affairs.
Phi Lambda Upsilon is a national
honorary chemical fraternity. Its
purpose is to foster a spirit of fellow­ship
among the students in the field
of chemistry, to promote a. higher
standard of scholarship, to widen the
interest in the field of chemistry and
its allied subjects, and to place honor
upon those students deserving of rec­ognition
because of their meritorious
work. The fraternity was founded
at the University of Illinois in 1899.
Since that time it has expanded until
there are now 33 chapters in the lead­ing
technical schools of the country.
Alpha Iota Chapter of Phi Lambda
Upsilon was installed at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute in May, 1933. In
the year of its existence it has taken
its place as one of the leading honor
societies on the Auburn campus. Nu­merous
activities have been sponsored
during the past year, among which
have been a smoker for all students
of chemistry and the sponsoring of a
meeting of the Alabama Section of
the American Chemical Society.
The officers of the chapter for the
present year are: William W. Beck,
president; James B. Hill, vice-presi­dent;
H. Ray Evers, secretary, and
Prof. H. D. Jones, treasurer.
Nearly Seven Hundred Stu­dents
Go To Polls T o Climax
Active Campaign
RETURNS COMPLETE
New Representatives Will Take
Over Student Government
Association Next Year
AUBURN GRADUATE IN
LEGISLATIVE CONTEST
Thomas W. Wert, Auburn gradu­ate,
has announced his candidacy for
the position of lieutenant governor.
Mr. Wert graduated here in the elec­trical
engineering course in 1899.
While in school here he was president
of his senior class and was a member
of the football team.
At present Mr. Wert is an attorney
in Decatur and is president of an in­surance
firm in Birmingham.
Late election returns reveal that
six hundred seventy-seven students
went to the polls today to cast ballots
for the election of representatives to
the Executive Cabinet from the va­rious
schools of the institution. Al­though
the number voting represents
only about fifty per cent of the qual­ified
voters, tabulations show that all
previous records for the cabinet elec­tion
were smashed following one of
the most active political campaigns in
the history of the school. Precedent
was again shattered when an inde­pendent
group of non-fraternity men
organized and entered candidates in
the race, three of whom were elected.
The largest vote was registered in
the Engineering School in which one
hundred ninety-eight ballots were
cast. Linwood Funchess, of Mont­gomery,
and Gene Heacock, of Syla-cauga,
were elected in a close race
for senior representative from this
school. The tally as announced by
the Elections Committee read: Fun-chess,
117; Heacock, 87; Collins, 84,
and Jack L. Coan, 76. William B.
Thomas was re-elected to the cabinet
as junioir representative from a field
of four' candidates. The count was
Thomas, 55; Rush, 52; Pelham, 48,
and Finch, 32. Ralph G. Sargent was
re-elected as representative of his
class when he amassed a decisive total
of 89 votes against Maloy with 46,
Hearn with 34, and Wilson with 29.
By virtue of his victory, he will rep­resent
the sophomore class on the cab­inet
next year.
Cayce Scarborough, of Blue Springs,
was elected Senior repreesntative to
the Executive Cabinet from the School
of Agriculture over Ralph Jones, his
closest rival by a 26-21 count. Bob
Kimbrough, the other candidate, tal­lied
nine votes. Calvin Arant, of Mc-
Kenzie, was elected as junior repre­sentative
without opposition.
The School of Home Economics will
be represented by Velma Patterson,
of Verbena, who is a senior. She won
over Frances Sundberg by a vote of
23-9.
M. K. Morris, of Blountsville, will
serve as senior representative from
the School of Education. He garner­ed
20 votes, while Randall Parrish,
his opponent, counted 13.
In a hotly contested race, Cecil
Padgett, of Andalusia, won over Mi­ner
Peagler 82-74 for the position of
senior representative from the School
of Science and Literature. Blake
Campbell, of Greenville, will take of­fice
in the student governing body as
junior representative from the same
school. He was credited with 51
votes, while his nearest opponent, Jim-mie
Vance, tallied 35 votes.. Merwin
B. York received 31 votes in this race,
while Harry Hooper and B. H. John­son,
Jr., had 31, 30 and 10 votes re­spectively.
Britt Veazey, of Lanett, takes of­fice
as senior representative from the
School of Textile Engineering by vir­tue
of an 18-14 win over James S.
Bonner.
Squint Thrasher, of Montgomery,
nosed out his closest rival, Frank
Smith, by a 30-27 vote in the race
for senior representative from the
School of Architecture and Allied
Arts. Rudy Martin, the other candi­date,
tallied 9 votes. Bill Cox, of Al­bany,
Ga., was victorious in his race
for junior representative from the
architectural school. The vote count
stood: Cox, 21; E. O. Murray, 17;
Alton Graves, 16, and Jack Morton,
12.
William Hughes, of Evansville, Ind.
won by a comfortable margin over
John McPherson in the race for senior
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STUDENT FUNDS
During the early part of the current ses­sion,
all of the classes turned their respec­tive
class dues over to the student Execu­tive
Cabinet for dispensation according to a
definite schedule. At present, word is be­ing
circulated among members of the stu­dent
body to the effect that full dispensation
of the funds has not been made and that
some of the funds have been diverted to in­correct
channels.
It so happens that the funds have been
used exactly as called for in the budget
outlined by the Executive Cabinet, and a
number of improvements stand as concrete
evidence of the expenditure. Chief among
these is the furnishing of the student recre­ation
center under Langdon Hall, which, al­though
yet unused by the larger portion of
the student body, affords great pleasure and
convenience to those who do use it. The
point of particular interest is that athletic
equipment has been purchased for the gym­nasium
as called for in the budget.
We ask that all students discourage any
comment which may come to their atten­tion
concerning the dispensation of student
funds until full particulars of the expen­ditures
have been made known.
HOLLYWOOD IS GROWING UP
An occasional flash of wit, intelligence or
artistry from screenland seems to indicate
that Hollywood is growing up, slowly per­haps,
but not the less making strides to­ward
producing pictures' of a less degree
of inanity than has been usual with the
tsars of the land of liberty, license and
love.
A picture like "Eskimo," which depended
for its effectiveness to a large extent on
artistic photographing, and the flawless
adaptation for cinema purposes of the
Kaufman-Ferber play, "Dinner at Eight,"
fills us with hope.
Even the musical comedies are brighten­ing
up—if they are no more original than
they used to be as far as plot is concerned,
they are at least good for more belly
laughs per square foot than in times past.
And that, to the amusement-crazy Ameri­can
public, should be something. Their
newly-acquired veneer of sophistication is
pretty thin, and often pretty cheap, but at
least it is a veneer—and however thin, it
is more than Hollywood would have at­tempted
some years ago.
Whether the movie-makers have educated
the public up to a standard higher than the
previous low level, or whether the depres­sion
has kept the lowest and least intelli­gent
percentage of the movie-going popu­lace
out of the theatres, it is hard to say.
Perhaps the explanation lies in the fact
that when people cough up anything from
ten cents to a dollar for a ticket to the
movies, they now demand, as they did not
in years gone by, their money's worth of
entertainment.
It is indeed a far cry to the day when
Hollywood will produce even a reasonable
percentage of intelligent artistic produc­tions.
Poul Green, who should know as
much as anybody about it, seems to think
that intelligent artistic pictures will never
come from Hollywood because they will
never reap in at the box-office. But if we
cannot hope for taste or intelligence from
Hollywood, we will have, from present in­dications,
more palatable substitutions for
them in time to come than we have in the
past.—Daily Tar Heel.
J I G S UP
By Jason
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.
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M'SIEUR Opportunity fairly thund­ered
upon the door . . . deep and
ponderous as goes thunder down by
the Western horizon where lurks the inky
weather-weather clouds. I remained as
deep as young love to the call of despair.
Silence. Gone . . . perhaps to remain
. . . but the next time I so much as get a
fair to middling chance at donating the
Bronx fowl to two immense politicians
around here, the chance shall not long re­main
with a quavering voice calling from
a cold hall-way.
T'was down by the chili counter at Unk's.
The unknown and unrated sat alone, gulp­ing
coffee that would keep him awake and
enable him~to study an hour or two longer.
The polls approached, beaming as does a
six o'clock sun beam upon two pole-cats
(there's a good potliking word!) who have
missed' the retreating shadows and are
caught with blinking eyes. The radiance
was not only beautiful, but fair to fooling
unless one is hep to such harpies.
Back slapping and that . . . and,
"Really won't you eat something with us?
The old Spring chatter. First names and
like stuff. More soft and soapy talk than
that served up by one in a rush when he
wants one of his fraternity brothers to es­cort
"The old friend of the family's" to one
of the Jr. Prom dances.
Talk with such oily characteristics as
could be used to grease a road scraper.
Another vote . . . and after the election
the two won't even remember the coffee-drinker's
last name. Were the two who—
With Regrets—voted unfavorably when his
name was mentioned for their fraternity.
Such is politics!
* * * *
P. T. Barnum must have been thinking of
college politics—and more so the voters—
when he discussed the birth rate.
* * * *
The Britisher of Cornwall (Well, you
know who I am talking about . . . I
couldn't spell his name) could have been
thinking of the same when he said: "What
a spendthrift is he of his tongue." and
. . . "You cram these words into my ears
against the stomach of my sense."
* * * *
Time was when a poet sat upon a stool
in a public place and mused in the sight of
men, and thought of such things as mon­strous,
tattered clouds sprawled round a
forlorn moon.
Uh-huh. Time was. Now at the sound
of a chocolate flavored burp somehow all
nice thoughts of monsters and tatters van­ish.
Chocolate shakes should be seen and
drunk, and NOT heard.
Thought-up signs for Benson's: "No
burping please. The waiter was once a
gentleman too." Or: "If you must make
the noise of cattle we shall be forced to
serve you the food of cattle."
One hay sandwich all the way! Make it
another and cut the onions.
* * * *
Gum: The Canadians may be heard at
1:00 a. m. from L. A. playing from Phil
Harris' Coco-Nuts Grove.
* * * *
Wish to congratulate the person who
poured Joiner into that pretty dress of last
Friday night. Wish you sold chocolate
shakes at Benson's. You', you know, can
undoubtedly pour more into one container
than anyone we know.
Maybe you other gals ought to should do
the same. Just get yourself a good pourer
and go to it. Joiner very much resembled
a dew-kissed violet quivering in amaze­ment
at a crimson exploding dawn.
* * * *
Gum had his sunsets. We got our dawns.
Next week watch for our mid-week specials
on twilights and mid-days.
* • * *
Sumpter says the reason Caesar-made
that oft quoted statement to Brutus was
like this: Caesar was eating hamburgers
at a downtown dive and in walked Brutus.
And Brutus asked him how many he had
had.
"Et tu Brute," snapped Caesar. And
Brutus stabbed him for infering that he
wasn't a polished gentleman.
* * * •
The columnist Pig's efforts to gain pub­licity
at the expense of the "A" Club and
the Auburn Knights was a bit unindigesti-ble.
The "A" Club's ensuing howl was as
childish as Alice in Wonderland. What the
hell does a two-bit columnist (Aren't we
all?) matter to you apes?
And the Sport Editor's brave and dash­ing
rush to the defense of the "A" Club via
his column was also as the aroma of aged
and dejected glue to most of us.
Oh the glamorous spirit of Journalism
. . . Where are you AT?
* * * *
Peep-eye, McPherson.
DEADLY DEDUCTIONS
By fori
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.
* * * *
SAGA OF THE VILLAGE
(Canto The Fourth)
IN THE ELECTIONS held by the citi­zenry
of the great and noble institution
of Awbrin, Georgia D had supreme com­mand.
He was the head vote getter, count­er,
ballot-box-stuffer and cigar smoker.
When a man had to be elected, Georgia D
went and elected him. He was what is
known as a politician. The kings of Eng­land
list their title as "King of England by
the grace of God." Georgia listed his title
as. "Chairman of the elections committee by
the grace of God and the sanction of Faith,
Hope and Charity."
In all his dealings, Georgia remained up­right,
forthright, and downright honest.
His character was unbesmirched by grasp­ing
fingers. His escutcheon was unblemish­ed.
He was a gentleman, much as it hurts
me to say it. He was just the man for his
position of trust. But Georgia D was not
left alone to his straight and narrow path.
Nearly every day political factions ap­proached
him and offered him fabulous
sums to count out the opposition politicians.
Georgia D remained adamant. He was
Diogenes' man. He was honest as the day
is long, and he had a summertime disposi­tion.
Money meant nothing to Georgia. It
couldn't because he didn't have any. The
motto of the D family was "Honor cannot
be bought, true honor cannot be sold." And
the whole D family stuck by their guns
on that motto. It was the only words they
knew in English.
Georgia D was a disciple of Mr. Moral,
and so the natural conclusion is that Geor­gia
D was Justin Fair to everybody even
as his boss. We was. Georgia never told
a lie. But he could certainly make the
truth do acrobatics. He was the delight
of his employers, the X X Utive cabinet.
And so, for weeks, Georgia prepared with
skilled hand, the scene for the oncoming
political battle. Georgia knew all about it.
He had fought in enough of them. Georgia
knew all the ropes. That's the reason he
smoked so few of them.
Now just a word about the political his­tory
of Awbrin. Way back in the begin­ning
of the old twentieth century, it was the
custom for the politicians to pass out sticks
of slippery ellum and hunks of rosin for
the voters to chew on so they'd be con­vinced
of the right man for the office.
Pretty soon, some enterprising young man
decided to serve cider in a barrel and he
practically landslided into office. It was a
master stroke and this policy was promis­ing
to last forever, just like the depression,
until there came about a law stating that
cider was illegal for campaign or other
purposes. Awbrin politics were struck an
awful blow. For several years then the
politics were practically worthless, the best
man got the office nearly every time. Then
came the third and modern era in Awbrin
political history. One year a candidate ap­preciating
the support of his fellows under­took
to buy chewing tobacco for all of them.
Immediately he found himself without "op­position.
His opponents dropped out of the
race so they could vote for him and get a
free chaw. A few years later, the moral
tone was raised and it became free cigar­ettes.
This year (by this year, I mean the
year Georgia D was in power) cigars were
buying vote after vote, and things began
to look as the politics was back to stay.
Even the conservative Mr. Moral smiled
just a little about the whole thing.
But they had reckoned without consider­ing
their man. They tried to pass off in­ferior
cabbage leaf cigars on the voters.
The voters demanded good grade A two for
a nickle hemp cigars and were refused. The
atmosphere was tense with excitement.
Georgia D knew that he sat on a veritable
powder keg. No wonder he stopped smok­ing.
Georgia was in a spot. He was
blamed for the whole thing, and simply be­cause
he had spent a week irf Bumpgumpery
and had let deterioative forces do their
evil work on his loyal voters. Even the
much counted on political machines failed
to function under the blow. Men wept, ba­bies
screamed. Women fainted and nobody
caught them. Those were the Halcyon
days. Fights were practically unlimited.
Names were called. • And recalled. Charges
were made. Every man running for office
was branded a cad and a bounder by his
opponent in so many words. Even the
great high and mighty lords of the institu­tion
were not on speaking terms. Every­body
had a different candidate, and every­body
else was running for office. All be­cause
Georgia neglected the selection of
campaign cigars. It Was a pitiable sit­uation.
But Georgia was still boss of the ballot
boxes and no man dared say him nay. For
verily, any man who crossed Georgia D
was certain to be counted out at election
time, for was not Georgia D Justas fair as
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Speaking of operations, what this country needs is a good five-cent scar.—Co­lumbia
Jester.
* * * * * * * *
Joe: What would you do if that good-looking salesman waited on you while
you were buying underwear?
Co-ed: I think I would have a fit.—Alabama Rammer-Jammer.
* * * * * * * *
Heard on the golf course:
par."—Wesleyan Wasp.
"Don't shoot that birdie, it might be somebody's
Contributor: I have here an original joke which I—
Editor: My dear man, you don't look that old.—Columbia Jester.
* * * * * * * *
My good man, does this dog possess a family tree?
Oh, no, madam—he has no particular tree.—N. Y. Medley.
* * * * * * * *
Our heart goes out to the man who joined the navy to see the world and then
spent four years in a submarine.—Rutgers Chanticleer.
* * * * * * * *
It is understood that a fine young chap had a girl down for the Military Ball.
Said chap had work to do so he asked a Greek brother to take care of her one after­noon.
Said Greek brother, being a kind-hearted soul, proceeded to oblige to the
fullest extent and forthwith pinned the girl. Nice fellows, these lodge brothers!
* * * * * * * *
And if the man who didn't pin the girl and the man who did pin the girl only
knew that a retired business man now visiting the city was also "hog wild" about
the same young lady, the stage would be all set for a fine street brawl.
* * * * * * * *
Character in talkie: I love you, but, dearest, I can't marry you just yet.
Sledge from the audience: Naw, o'course yuh can't. This is only the first reel.
* * * * * * * *
L. C. Ward, noted caricaturist who is stopping here, amuses people by making
them look funnier in sketches than they really are. It is left with Tarzan Kyser's
admiring public to figure out why the artist would not sketch him.
* * * * * * * *
Pate: How much did you say them apples is?
Papa Slick: Fifteen cents a peck.
Pate: What do you think I am—a bird?
Dissertations
By Pig
With Other Colleges
By BILLIE THOMAS
When questioned as to whether they
thought the wearing of a fraternity pin
by a girl signified that she was engaged
to the boy Owning the pit, the University
of Tennessee students gave varied opinions.
One boy says: "In my opinion when a girl
accepts a fraternity pin from a boy she
does it with the understanding that it is
the outside symbol of their engagement.
What obligation its acceptance shall entail
will depend upon a mutual agreement be­tween
the two persons concerned." While
another boy who plays on the football
team expressed his thoughts by saying,
Fraternity members generally give their
pins to girls. It used to mean engagement,
but now it is more trivial, and is more or
less of a habit."
When one of the soroity girls was ques­tioned,
she replied, "I believe that accept­ing
a boy's frat pin is a serious matter and
that the boys should not make a practice
of passing their pins from one girl to
another. A girl does not want to wear a
pin that she knows has been worn by many
other girls."
An interesting bit of information was
brought out in the questioning when a girl
belonging to the Tri-Delta soroity was
asked why women do not give soroity pins
to men? She replied that she did not know
but that she did know for a fact that no
man has ever worn a Tri-Delta pin. The
nearest that a member of the male sex has
ever come to enjoy so great a distinction
was when General John J. Pershing was
made an honorary member of the Tri-Delta
Soroity, entitling him to wear a badge of
recognition from the Soroity, but not the
official pin.
* * * *
In speaking to the Florida State Women
college students, Ruth Page, internationally
famous ballerina, advised any girl wishing
to become a dancer to get her college educa­tion
first. She said that the old belief
that a dancer should begin her career at
an early age is now casff aside.
Miss Page was inspired to become a
dancer after once seeing the famous Pav-lowa
perform. Exactly one year later she
dared to appear behind stage following one
of Pavlowa's appearances and ask her to
watch her perform. Her ability as a dancer
won recognition from Pavlowa at once and
Ruth Page was asked' to come to Chicago.
* * * *
The University of Denver is using CWA
funds to recall 114 former students who
were forced to leave college becouse of fi­nances.
Entertained by the campus moth­er's
club of that same school, Sally Rand
was described by the mothers as "charming,
Mr. Moral? He was. He was everybody's
friend.
Came the election. The ballot box sat
there guarded by three bulldogs, watched
by Georgia D, authorized by Mr. Moral,
sanctioned by Faith, Hope and Charity.
The ballot box appeared as it sat there to
be almost a holy thing, so tenderly and re­spectfully
was it watched. That ladies
(and who knows but what there may be
gentlemen too) is the story of the famous
Awbrin election. You already know the
outcome, this is a true story.
sweet, well-educated, and looking like any
coed at the university." Eight of the fif­teen
students selected for Phi Beta Kappa
at Indiana University are non-fraternity
men. Washington college students have
been granted permission to smoke in classes,
and engineers at Kentucky must take four
years of English and one year of art.
Northwestern and the University of Chi­cago
have decided not to merge, perhaps
because students protested so vigorously.
* * * *
HERE AND THERE
Reports from Germany say that before
any student can enter a university in that
country he must work six months in a Nazi
labor camp. At least that's that's one way
of eleminating those who come to college
for the social life.
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.
* * * *
AUBURN'S loyal son, General Bul-lard,
is again victorious. But this
time he has ventured into a field en­tirely
new to us. His speech last Wednes­day
was an exemplification of an old gen­tleman
experienced in hardships and wise
in the ways of the world who had come back
to the scenes of his boyhood days to proffer
advice to a generation badly in need.
His speech was the essence of sentiment
and principle, both of which are often con­fused,
though in fine, there exists a line
of differentiation between them. Sentiment
is the virtue of ideas; principle the virtue
of action. Sentiment has its seat in the
head; it is intellectualized emotion; princi­ple
has its seat in the heart. Sentiment
suggests fine harangues and subtle dis­tinctions;
principle conceives just notions,
and performs good actions in consequence
of them.
General Bullard combined the both of
them into an experience itself. It was not
altogether what he said, for that was
rather scanty, but it was the inference that
lay between his lines. And the lesson
found there is one by which we can all
profit. It was a lesson of take what we
have and thank God we have it. We have
all been too hasty to criticize; too hasty to
overlook the words of caution that only
gray hairs can offer; too hasty to feel that
we are self-sufficient.
* * * *
Its beginning to appear that the "coun­try
collitge Aubin" is stepping out. For­malized
dances are becoming the vogue, and
many of the class rooms are graced with
students attired in coat and other attach­ments.
Tea is in style at Benson's—and
cocktails and highballs for the visiting
girls (but not at Benson's). Yes, the old
Order giveth away to the new. And this
time its an improvement.
And since I am congratulating, I should
like to say that I think the new non-frater­nity
political organization on the campus
is the biggest step so far in determining
an attitude of open politics. The Independ­ent
Student's Association is before the pub­lic,
and the candidate they support will
certainly demand recognition in the final
counting. So a doffed hat to you, I. S. A.
Subject of a recent group debate at
Concordia College: "Resolved, that a house
burns up and not down".
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 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
VARSITY SWIMMERS VICTORS
OVER EMORY IN FIRST MEET
Local Tankmen Capture Five Out Of Six First Places To Chalk
Up First Intercollegiate Victory Of Current Season; Mor­ris*
Is Star
The varsity swimming team opened
its intercollegiate schedule in impres­sive
style Saturday as it defeated
Emory University 51-24. The Tiger
tankmen captured five out of six firsts
in the individual events and split the
two relays. Captain Howard Morris
was the outstanding performer for
Auburn, winning three major events,
the 100-yard backstroke, the 220-free-style,
and diving. Wheeler and Mc-
Kinney won the other firsts for the
locals in the 50 and 100-yard dashes.
Auburn also won the 267-yard relay,
but lost the medley relay. In addi­tion
to the five firsts, the Tigar swim­mers
annexed five seconds. The com­plete
record follows:
267-yard relay — Wheeler, Bible,
Conner and McKinney, Auburn;
Campbell, Maddox, Herault and Ran­dolph;
time, 2:40.7.
100-yard breast stroke—Neely, Em­ory;
Abel, Auburn; Reichert, Emory.
Time, 1:18.3.
100-yard backstroke—Morris, Au­burn;
Connor, Auburn; Campbell,
Emory. Time, 1:16.7.
50-yard dash—Wheeler, Auburn;
McKinney, Auburn; Neely, Emory.
Time, 26 seconds.
100-yard dash—McKinney, Auburn;
Abel, Auburn; Randolph, Emory.
Time, 1:04.4.
Diving—Morris, Auburn; Maddox,
Emory; Shackelford, Emory.
220-yard free style—Morris, Au­burn;
Wheeler, Auburn; Reichert,
Emory. Time, 2:49.1.
Medley relay—Campbell, Neely and
Randolph, Emory; M. H. Connor,
Abel and H. H. Conner. Time, 2:18.7.
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Mrs. R. E. Steffregen left last
Monday to join Mr. Steffregen and
return with him to their home in
Fredericksburg, Va. Mrs. Steffregen
has been the guest of Mrs. William
Byrd Lee for the past two weeks.
* * * *
Mrs. Berry, of Demopolis, was a
recent guest of Mrs. H. W. Nixon.
* * * *
„Miss Mary Martin, librarian, has
returned from a visit to her home in
Easley, S. C.
* * * *
Mrs. Wallace, housemother of the
S. P. E. fraternity, had as her guests
last week: Mrs. Buchanan, Mrs.
Westcott, Miss Westcott, and Miss
Wallace, all of Atlanta.
* * * *
Mrs. R. R. Ellison has returned to
her home in Pensacola, Fla., after a
visit to Mrs. B. B. Ross.
* * * *
Misses Mary and Sarah Flewellan
were among those attending the Mili­tary
Ball and Sigma Nu dances here
the past week-end.
* » * *
Among those who journeyed to
Tuskegee Saturday night to hear
Noble Sissle's orchestra were Misses
Bert and Alma Newton, Mr. Henry
Stanley, Mr. John Riddle, Miss Mary
Pearce, and Messrs.Horace Shepard,
Jack Knowlton, Dozier Howard, Will
Bruce, Ted Scott, Charles Laurence,
George Strange, Prof. C. S. Davis.
Home Economics Club
Feted By Ag Students
The Home Economics Club was en­tertained
February 28 by The Agri-
L
cultural Club in the latter's meeting
room in Comer Hall.
It is customary each year for the
Agricultural Club and the Home Eco­nomics
Club to exchange programs.
The members of the Agricultural
Club are to be guests of the Home
Economic Club soon.
The program presented Wednesday
night was a very interesting and in­structive
one. Mrs. H. T. Sullivan, a
night watchman on Agricultural Hill,
gave a talk on "How Women Go
Wrong." Mr. J. A. Benford talked
on "Clothing The Women." Mr. C. C.
Scarborough gave a few good instruc­tions
on "Child Nourishment.".
All of the speakers were very well
informed on their respective subjects
and numerous points of interest and
importance were brought out.
SENIOR OFFICERS
HOSTS AT ANNUAL
DANCE ON FRIDAY
One Of Season's Most Promi­nent
Social Events Presented
By Cadet Officers
SIGMA NU ENTERTAINS
WITH DANCE SATURDAY
Members of the Sigma Nu frater­nity
entertained Saturday night with
an enjoyable formal dance at their
local chapter house.
The entire floor was thrown open
for the affair. The Auburn Knights,
situated in the main living room,
played for the occasion from 9 to 12.
One of the high spots of the social
season was the Military Ball given by
the cadet officers of the R. O. T. C.
unit in Alumni gymnasium last Fri­day
night. Miss Helen Franke,
daughter of Major and Mrs. Gustav
Franke, escorted by Justin Morrill,
Cadet Colonel of the regiment, led the
Grand March.
The gymnasium was colorfully dec­orated
in the military motif, flags,
and all forms of war weapons. Be­ginning
at 9:30, the dance continued
until 1. Music was furnished by The
Auburn Knights.
The Grand March, which was the
main feature of the evening's enter­tainment,
was held promptly at 11
o'clock. Seniors and their dates pa­raded
under raised sabers the whole
length of the floor, making a very ef­fective
picture. Miss Franke was
charmingly dressed in white lace.
Several no-breaks, an Artillery
lead-out, and an Engineer's leadout,
in addition to the Grand March, ad­ded
to the evening's entertainment.
The Military Ball which is an an­nual
affair, marked the apex of the
social season.
Program Arranged For
P. T. A. Meeting Friday
The Auburn P.-T. A. will meet on
Friday night, March 9, at 8 o'clock
at the County High School building.
The topic for the evening's program
will be "Citizenship," with Mr. Homer
Wright as chairman of a committee
of speakers composed of Mr. M. L.
Beck and Mr. J. D. Pope. Mr. Beck
will speak on "How Does Your School
Train For Citizenship?" Mr. Pope
will talk on "Constructive Economy
in Government."
LOST: Elgin old gold Wrist Watch
with a black ribbon band either
in Tiger Theatre or Bank of Au­burn,
Sat. Reward. Tel. 108-W.
ELABORATE AFFAIRS ARE GIVEN
IN HONOR OF COACH AND WIFE
Mrs. J. L. Watt and Mrs. Henry Hanson Entertain With Teas
On Saturday and Sunday Evenings Honoring Coach and
Mrs. Jack Meagher
On Saturday and Sunday after­noons
of the past week-end, Mrs. J. L.
Watt and Mrs. Henry Hanson respec­tively,
gave elaborate teas, honoring
Coach and Mrs. Jack Meagher.
From 4 to 6, Saturday afternoon,
tea guests were received at the home
of Mrs. Watt. In the reeciving line
were: Mrs. Meagher, Mrs. Hanson
and Mrs. Watt. Those assisting in
entertaining were: Miss- Willie
Thomas, Mrs. A. Meadows, Mrs. Er-cel
Friel, Mrs. John Williamson, Mrs.
Barrow, Mrs. Guy Tate, Miss Nan
Thomas, and Miss Louise Whatley.
Sunday afternoon the receiving line
was composed of Mrs. J. L. Watt, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Hanson, and Coach
and Mrs. Jack Meagher. Those as­sisting
were: Mrs. Louis Ward, Mrs.
Norman Wilson, Mrs. Hubert Nixon,
Mrs. A. D. Duffee, Mrs. Ellis Dis-seker,
Mrs. C. P. Austin, Mrs. Zebu-
Ion Judd, and Mrs. B. B. Ross. About
a hundred couples called during the
afternoon.
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RIFLES CLOSE YEAR
WITH FINE RECORD
(Continued from page 1)
with a 369.4 average, and H. M. Chap­man
came out fifth in chalking up a
mark of 367.1. Along with these five
men, E. E. Cason, J. M. Reynolds, R.
J. Chandler, N. Bradford, and E. A.
Wright were awarded letters.
Members of this year's squad will
meet Thursday night to elect the
1934-35 captain and manager.
ALL RECORDS SMASHED
AS STUDENTS THRONG
POLLS; ELECT CABINET
(Continued from page 1)
representative from the School of
Chemistry and Pharmacy. The final
count showed Hughes on the long end
of a 70-24 count. Hardie Deer, of
Greenville, won the race for junior
representative from the sanle school
by a safe margin. He had a total of
46, while George Poole, James Tyson,
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EARLY EASTER
Means Early Wearing of
New Spring Clothes
If Easter Sunday is the one day
of the year when you religiously
go to church, that is all the more
reason why you should make
your appearance equal to the
occasion.
See our spring line and order
your suit now.
Clothes for College Men
"WHEN A FELLER
MEEDS A FRIEND"
When a collapsible collar makes you look
pretty silly... forget it, son, with a pipe­ful
of BRIGGS. This tranquil tobacco
brings peace after panic. Long seasoned in
wood, its rare, spicy tobaccos are tempered
to mildness. There's not a bite in a barrel-ful
of BRIGG S . . . the blend a feller needs.
KEPT FACTORY FRESH
by inner lining of
CELLOPHANE
Business Women Will
Celebrate Next Week
O F. LoriUard Co., Inc.
The Auburn Business and Profes­sional
Women's Club will join 50,000
members of the nation-wide organiza­tion
in celebrating National Business
Women's Week, March 11 to 17.
As one of 1,300 clubs of business
women, the local group, under the di­rection
of Mrs. Henry Good, club
president, will eclipse all previous ob­servances
of this type to aid in bring­ing
before the nation the important
part played by professional women
and to assist in the re-employment of
10,000 women in business.
Four outstanding American busi­ness
women will speak over radio
during the week. They are Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mrs. Geline
MacDonald Bowman, national presi­dent
of the organization, Honorable
Rosalie Loew Whitney, deputy com­missioner
of licenses of New York
City, and Representative Florence P.
Kahn, of California.
Local features of the observance in­clude
point meetings with the Ki-wanis,
Lions, and Rotary clubs of Au­burn,
two special issues of the Opeli-ka
Daily News, an address before
high school students by Miss Jewel
Davis on vocational guidance, and the
bringing to Auburn as guest speaker
Mrs. Willie Hughes Tarpley, of Birm­ingham,
one of the State's outstand­ing
writers and leading member of the
Alabama Pen Women organization.
On next Sunday Auburn ministers
will deliver sermons on the subjects
of either "Neighborliness," "Sharing,"
or "Confidence," and call attention of
congregations to the fundamental
work being conducted by the Business
and Professional Women's clubs.
At the joint meeting with the Ki-wanis
Club Monday night at 6:30 at
the Thomas Hotel, Mrs. Tarpley, sec­ond
vice-president of the Alabama
Federation of Business and Profes­sional
Women's Clubs, will be the
principal speaker, and Mrs. Good will
preside.
On Tuesday the Business and Pro­fessional
Women's Club will meet
with the Lions Club at 7:00 p. m., at
the Thomas Hotel. Again Mrs. Good
will preside and questions relating to
the "New Deal" will be discussed.
Miss Jewell Davis, recording secre­tary
of the club, will address high
school students at 10:50 Thursday
morning.
On Thursday evening at 6:30, the
Rotary Club will be hosts to the Busi­ness
and Professional Women in the
Eastern Star Hall where another
elaborate program has been arranged.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
close the seventh National Business
Women's Week of the National Fed­eration
of Business and Professional
Women's Clubs on Saturday after­noon,
4:00 to 4:15, with a radio ad­dress
over the Columbia network.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who is an honorary
member of the Federation, will an­nounce
the outcome of the Federa­tion's
campaign to put 10,000 business
and prof essoinal women back to work.
/
According to an announcement by
William Beck, president of Tau Beta
Pi, sponsors of the event this year, no
definite date has been set for Engi­neer's
Day. Seevral reasons were
given for the delay in selecting a date
for the celebration, chief among which
is that the senior Inspection Trip con-with
the date on which the festivities
were formerly held.
Charlie Hightower, and Gilbert Mc­Millan
had 18, 13, 11, and 10 respec­tively.
Arthur Moore, of Walterboro, S. C,
goes into the office of senior repre­sentative
from the School of Veteri­nary
Medicine unopposed.
All of the cabinet members who
were not running for re-election and
members of the elections committee
of the Executive Cabinet were pres­ent
at the counting which immediately
followed the closing of the polls.
There were also present, as represen­tatives
of the various candidates, a
number of watchers as provided for
under recent rules adopted by the
cabinet.
Justin Morrill, president of the cab­inet,
and George Hardy, chairman of
the Elections Committee, expressed
great pleasure at the number of stu­dents
taking part in the balloting and
in the manner in which the election
was carried out.
All of the students who were elect­ed
will take office at the beginning of
next year and will serve throughout
the next session. During the Fall of
next year, one other representative
w'll be chosen from the Freshman
Class at large.
SERGEANT MOXH AM
LAUDED IN PAPERS
FOR MUSICAL WORK
Sergeant George Moxham, talented
basso of Auburn, received a compli­mentary
editorial mention in the
Birmingham Post recently, for his
singing before the Kiwanis Club of
that city. The editorial titled, "An
Accomplished Sergeant," is as fol­lows:
Not even Lawrence Tibbet, when
he sang here, had the enthusiastic re­ception
accorded George Moxham,
Auburn's R. O. T. C. sergeant, when
he sang before the Kiwanis Club
Tuesday.
Mr. Moxham is a delightful basso.
His rendition of "The Bandolero,"
"Rocked In The Cradle Of The Deep,"
and "The Big Bass Viol" were accord­ed
hearty applause. He gives the im­pression
that none of the songs yet
written are bigger or deeper than his
Sergeants are generally pictured as
hardboiled, but no man who can sing
with the tenderness and understand­ing
of Sergeant Moxham can be very
curt or severe.
We think Auburn ought to let him
"circulate" more. He is as good ad­vertising
as the school can get.
Warrants Be Replaced
By State Bonds Soon
The refunding bonds to be used by
the state in paying teachers and other
holders of warrants arrived in Mont­gomery
Saturday.
These bonds, which will be exchang­ed
for outstanding, unpaid, non-inter­est
bearing warrants, must be signed
by Gov. Miller, the Comptroller, State
Treasurer J. H. Blan, and Secretary
of State, Jarman. Although a ma­chine
is being used which signs twen­ty
of these bonds at once, it will be
a few weeks until they are mailed out.
Interest accrued since July 1, 1933,
will be issued to the holders of these
warrants rather than to the educa­tional
units themselves.
Auburn is to reecive approximately
$1,400,000 in bonds representing war­rants
issued by the state. The bulk
of this, in turn, will go to teachers
and creditors who hold certificates of
indebtedness against the college.
Exactly 150 students and three pro­fessors
at Akron University signed
a petition in which they agreed to
commit mass suicide by decapitation
February 27. The college editors
pulled the stunt to see mow many
would sign a document before reading
it.
Patronize Plainsman Advertisers.
AG DAY FESTIVAL
BE HELD IN APRIL
(Continued from page 1)
at the banquet will be the awarding
to the best all-round junior a loving
cup, and diplomas to the seniors
in Ag.
Immediately following the banquet,
the Ags will be hostesses at a dance
in the Students Union Center.
Ten states are represented among
the student body of Carroll College, in
Waukesha, Wisconsin. Exactly 454
are from Wisconsin.
Patronize Plainsman Advertisers.
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Matinee Night
10c-15c 10c-20c
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
March 7 and 8
Here Comes the Big Show!
"GOLD DIGGERS
OF 1933"
300 GIRLS FIVE SONG HITS
and a cast full of stars
"The Super-Successor to
42nd Street"
FRIDAY, March 9
There are two kinds of women
but only one kind of love!
"ALL OF ME"
Starring
FREDERIC MARCH
MIRIAM HOPKINS
GEORGE RAFT
Also Selected Short Subjects
There's more
to ^TYLE
THAN SNAPPING
THE BRIM
STETSON
shows you in
The LAKEHURST
IF you want the final word
in snap-brim smartness, try
on a Stetson "Lakehurst."
Rakish style built-in. The
brim curls slightly at the
back. And on the sides it
narrows just enough to give
that alert, clean-cut look that
college men demand. In all
the new spring shades. Now
being shown, with other Stet­son
styles of the season, at
your favorite men's shop.
Stetsons for spring are
priced at $6 (unlined), $6.50,
$8, $10 and upward. Also the
Stetson MITY-LITE, new ex­tremely
light-weight <(JJBA
"crusher," at $5. jjj^
JOHN B. STETSON COMPANY
AT THE BETTER
STORES
A SIZE AND SHAPE
FOR EVERY HEAD
Tiger Theatre
Auburn, Alabama
"The Show Place of
East Alabama"
WEDNESDAY, March 7
LIONEL BARRYMORE in
"THIS SIDE of HEAVEN"
with Fay Bainter in her first
film role.
—A gripping drama of Ameri­ca's
greatest institution — the
home and family!
Also Cartoon "Red Hot Mama"
and Comedy
THURSDAY, March 8
"I .LIKE IT THAT WAY"
With Gloria Stuart and Roger
Prior
—You'll learn lots about love
here!
Novelty "Spilled Salt" and
Comedy "Out of Gas"
FRIDAY, March 9
Edna Mae Oliver and Edward
Everett Horton in
"THE POOR RICH"
Added Comedy and Latest News
of the Day
ALSO STAGE SHOW!
TIGER THEATRE
AUBURN
Friday, March 9,1934
ON THE STAGE
RHYTHM ARISTOCRATS
The Biggest and Best Stage Show Ever Presented On
The Stage in Auburn
FEATURING
B I L L Y DOSS
Foremost Comedian, formerly with LASSES WHITE MINSTRELS
B L I S S a n d ASH
The Last Word in Rhythm Dancing—Miss Betty Bliss Featured in
TAP and TOE DANCING
BERTAY SISTERS—ACROBATICS SUPREME
SIBYL HOPKINS—BLUES SINGER
MEANS TWINS—HARMONY SINGING
SLATZ RANDALL'S Brunswick Recording Orchestra
12 MEN—GOOD SINGING, NOVELTIES and SWEET MUSIC
AND A CHORUS OF SIX
THE SIX RHYTHM ARISTOCRATS
The Fastest, SOFT SHOE, RHYTHM, HIGH KICK and
ACROBATIC DANCING Chorus in Vaudeville
A n d On T h e S c r e en
The Big Laugh Show
" T H E POOR R I C H"
Starring Edward Everett Horton, Edna May Oliver, Andy Devine,
Lelia Hyams, Thelma Todd and Grant Mitchell
More Pleasure: Franklin Pangburn in "Ups and Downs"
and News Views
Stage Shows at 3:40, 7:00 and 9:15
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The Waiting List
In the past our waiting list has outgrown our method for
giving the best service and we take this time to announce a new
system whereby our members may have the best of service. In
future you will be notified by card or telephone the day your book
is put on reserve. 24 hours later this book will be released to
the next member on the waiting list if not called for.
Books to be added to our shelves in the next day or two are:
James: They Had Their Hour
Hutchinson: The Forgotten Prisoner
Kyne: Cappy Ricks Comes Back
Gessner: Broken Arrow
Reeve: The Emerald Kiss
Gregory: Ru the Conqueror
Hood Hay: Hood's Tennessee Campaign
Holmes: George Washington, The Soul of a Nation
Be sure to read "The State versus Elinor Norton" and "The Thin Man".
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G-E Campus News
LIGHTNING SPIES
How many amperes are there in a bolt of
lightning? Well, there are too many for com­fort,
and most of us are willing to let the
matter rest there. General Electric engineers,
however, were very much interested in
knowing, so that they could better protect
electric transmission lines and equipment
from damage by lightning. And last summer
they sent out over 2000 little spies. These
spies are metal cartridges, hardly an inch
long, which were placed on the legs of trans­mission
towers on lines in Pennsylvania -
and Virginia. When the surge from a light­ning
bolt passes through a transmission
tower, the little spy is magnetized in pro­portion
to the highest^ current in the bolt.
Linemen carry the magnetized spies back
to headquarters, where, when placed in a
"surge-crest ammeter," they tell their story.
Many scores of the little spies have reported,
and their stories are really shocking. The
highest reading has been 60,000 amperes.
Clifford M. Foust, Carnegie Tech, '21, and
Hans P. Kuehni, Ecole Polytechnique
Fiderale, Zurich, '20, of our General Engineer­ing
Laboratory force, were responsible for
die spies and the meter.
KEYS, MEDALS, AND RESEARCH
The engineers and scientists of the General
Electric Company have individually re­ceived
many keys of honorary societies,
medals, and other tokens. On February 1,
however, General Electric received a medal
to hang on its collective chest. The donor was
the 100-year-old American Institute of the
City of New York. And the citation read:
"For pioneering in industrial research . . .
for great achievements in pure science that
have furnished gainful occupation for thou­sands
of workers and that nave raised the
standard of living, and increased health and
happiness."
We mention this with pardonable pride,
fully aware, however, that medals and honors
are not the purpose of research. The real
purpose is the discovery of fundamental
facts at the border line of man's knowledge.
The practical applications are worked out
later. It was with this conviction that Dr.
Willis R. Whitney, M.I.T., '90, Ph.D., Leip­zig,
'96, now a vice president of the company,
in charge of research, organized the G-E
Research Laboratory in 1900. In maintain­ing
this tradition, he is ably assisted by
Dr. W. D. Coolidge, M.I.T., '96, Ph.D.,
Leipzig, '99, the present director; Dr. Irving
Langmuir, Columbia, '03, Ph.D., Gottingen,
'06, last year's winner of the Nobel prize in
chemistry, associate director; Dr. Saul Dush-man,
U. of Toronto, '04, Ph.D. '12; and Dr.
A. W. Hull, Yale, '05, Ph.D., '09, assistant
directors.
SOUTHERN SLEUTHING
Not since Cock Robin have our feathered
friends figured in a real good mystery, until
the other day. And this was not so much
a case of violence as of mistaken identity.
Down in South Carolina, a power company
had been having a little difficulty. It seems
that the cutout fuses, which serve the same
purpose on electric distribution lines that
ruses do in our homes, were blowing out with­out
apparent reason. Finally, an engineer
with a Bird Club in his past unraveled die
mystery. He saw a bird pecking at the soft
fuse wire, apparently having a fine time.
(It wasn't a G-E fuse.)
A G-E salesman on his next call recommended
our new fuse links. Having copper in that
part which the birds attacked, they proved
to be im-peckable, and the trouble ceased.
Now the birds are concentrating on JftfiA
worms, the power company on G-E ^Sjjf
v. <*^"
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fuse links, and everyone is
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