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VOLUME LVII AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18, 1933 NUMBER 12
VICTORY MARCH OF
TIGERS HALTED IN
WEIRD TECH SCRAP
Auburn's First Defeat Since
November 1931 Comes In
Opening Conference Game
ROBERTS STARS
Tech Grabs Early Lead And
Takes Defensive; Long Gains
Unavailing As Tech Holds
Georgia Te£h interrupted Auburn's
victory march Saturday afternoon in
Atlanta by outscori*g the Plainsmen
16 to 6, in one of the weirdest football
spectacles on record. It was the
Tigers' first defeat since November
1931 when Georgia turned the trick
12 to 6.
The weirdness of the struggle lies
in the fact that both of Tech's touchdowns
were scored on plays that
didn't even exist, and that Auburn
gained from scrimmage twice as much
distance as Tech and made more than
three times as many first downs, and
yet lost the game. The Tigers made
16 first downs to five for the Jackets
and gained 318 yards from scrimmage
to 160. Of this yardage the
Tigers amassed 147 from thirteen
completed passes, and Tech got .61
yards from three completed passes.
Thus did the Plainsmen eclipse the
Engineers in every department of
play except the final score.
Tech got the jump on the Tigers
early in the first quarter when, after
a series of line plays and short passes
had carried the ball to Auburn's 15
yard line,. Shorty Roberts, midget
quarterback, called for an end run
by "Sun Dial" Martin. When the
ball was snapped, Martin was nowhere
-to be found, and Roberts, in
an effort to get rid of the pigskin,
threw it in the direction of Sloc'um,
Tech right end, who was standing
across the goal line. Kimbrell, in a
desperate attempt to break up the
pass, interfered with the Jacket receiver,
and Tech was given the ball
on the Tigers' one-yard line from
which point Jack Phillips, pile-driving
fullback, scored. Tech converted.
Tech scored again a few minutes
later by tackling Kimbrell behind
Auburn's goal line as a result of a
partly bad pass from center and a
slight unsteadiness on the part of the
receiver. And thus Tech was leading
the Plainsmen 8 to 0 almost before
the crowd of 25,000 had had time to
get settled in their seats.
Auburn came back with all the
fury of a jungle lord to play^ the
Jackets off their feet for three quarters
only to bog down when in sight
of the Tech goal line.
Tech's third touchdown, another
extemporaneous play, came .in the
third period, when the same Mr..
Roberts, after performing his task of
blocking an Auburn back, and seeing
himself in the open, signalled to Jack
Phillips for a pass. Mr. Phillips,
being badly rushed and seeing no
other opening, let go of the heave.
Shorty snagged the pass-and tripped
down the sidelines for the remaining
48 yards in the best broken field
sprint of the game. Tech again made
the extra point good.
Auburn's lone tally came in the
last period after a sustained drive,
with Talley carrying the ball over.
Ariail's try for the conversion was
blocked by Hoot Gibson, Tech halfback.
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Work Nears Completion On New Gymnasium;
Installation Of Equipment Will Begin Soon
Work on the new Girl's Gymnasium
has begun and should be near completion
within—several. weeks. The
old high school building has been
leased from the city and renovating
work will convert it into a modern
building for girl's athletic purposes.
The basement will be utilized for
dressing room, shower room, and heating
equipment space, Partitions
have already been torn out in this
section and the showers and dressing
rooms will be completed soon.
The Women's Athletic Association
club rooms will be built on the first
floor. Miss- Stollenwerck, instructor
in physical education, and Mrs. Harold
Hoffsommer, assistant instructor,
in physical education, will have their
offices on this floor, also. In addition,
tentative plans call for a club
room for girls of pre-college age,
which would be built in one of the
old class rooms. It is also planned
to incorporate a supply room on the
first floor.
The top floor has been converted
into one large room which is to be
used as a gymnasium. The floor
space, fifty-four by seventy-two feet,
will allow an official size basketball
court to be installed. Also, various
athletic equipment will be used in
making this floor suitable for all indoor
athletic purposes. Benches will
be placed around the wall for the
seating of spectators.'
Several drinking fountains and
new lighting equipment is to be used
in the renovated structure.
The gym floor will be refinished
arid should the occasion arise, it
could be used for dances. Twenty-
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SORORITY HERE IS
RECOGNIZED DURING
N.P.C. GATHERING
Ultra Modern Melodrama Be Presented By
Auburn Players Under Direction Of Peet
National Pan-Hellenic Conference
Votes Full Membership
To Phi Omega Pi
BROWN IS PRESIDENT
Phi Omega Pi Was Formerly
Sigma Phi Beta; Established
On Campus In 1928
PROFESSOR GOSLIN
ADDRESSES A S M .
Facts Concerning Heavenly
Bodies Related By Physics
Professor In Meet Monday
CHEMICAL SOCIETY TO
HOLD MEETING MONDAY
The Auburn Chemical Society will
hold its regular meeting next Monday
evening at seven-thirty. Professor C.
R. Hixon will entertain with feats
of magic, sleight and hand and card
tricks. Professor Hixon is well known
for his ability as a magician. Those
who .have not seen Professor Hixon's
tricks will be anxious to attend, and
those who have seen them before will
want to see them again. All students
in Chemistry,- Pharmacy, and Pre-
Med are urged to attend this meeting,
and students and faculty members
from other departments are cordially
invited.
Startling facts concerning the
length of time the sun has shone
were brought before the students attending
the A. S. M. E. meeting last
Monday night in Ramsay Hall by
Prof. Goslin of the Physics Dept.
In a talk on the heavenly bodies,
Prof. Goslin stated that "the sun
loses four million tons of mass per
minute in energy, making it possible
for it to last only 2,000 to 3,000 years
considering its present size. Yet we
know this solar system has been in
existence for from one to five billion
years. . This puzzling problem is explained
in a partial manner by the
reducing process which rn,any of- -the
elements of the sun are, undergoing.
These elements, while breaking down
from a complicated structure to a
more simple one, emit great heat,
thus replacing the energy which the
sun would otherwise radiate through
the loss of mass."
In an attempt to visualize the enormous
size of the solar system, Prof.
Goslin compared the sun to a grain
of sand and the earth to a germ.
In his, own words—"If this small
germ, or earth, were one inch from
the grain of sand, or sun, then the
nearest neighbor, or star, would be
five miles away . . . All the -stars,
planets,, moons, and other small bodies
make up. only 1-700 of the solar system.
The sun comprises the other
699 parts of the 700." In Prof. Gos-lin's
humorous manner, he -compared
the sun to the remainder of the solar
system as an Auburn co-ed to eight
sticks of candy.
Prof. Goslin has traced much of
the static and fading defects to the
nature of the sun. To quote Prof.
Goslin—"Storms and tempers occur
on the sun just as they do on
earth. These occurrences are visible
on the sun through telescopes as
blemishes on that surface. When
charts of these marks are plotted, it
is found that they closely correlate
with charts of the weather, static
and other undesirable effects on the
radios of this earth."
Prof. Goslin made it clear that he
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HALLIBURTON WILL
APPEAR HERE SOON
Noted Adventurer And Author
To Lecture In Langdon Hall
Monday Evening At 8 P.M.
Richard Halliburton, youthful adventurer,
famed author of travel
books, and reconteur, will appear in
Langdon Hall here Monday evening
at 8:00 p. m. under auspices of the
Parent-Teachers_ Association and the
Auburn Players.
Halliburton is author of "The
Royal Road to Romance" and a number
of other successful travel books
and magazine articles. He comes to
Auburn direct from his two-year airplane
tour of the world in which he
visited and traveled in the far-flung
corners of the globe.
In his lecture, "The Flight of the
Flying Carpet", Mr. Halliburton will
relate his adventures by air to Tim-buctoo,
with the French Foreign
Legion, across Persia into India, with
the "head hunters" in Borneo and
many other and romantic experiences.
Shipping his plane by steamer
across the oceans,* Mr. Halliburton
and 'his mechanics flew 40,000 miles,
pursued horizons for a year and a
half, traveled entirely around the
world —- reaching more outlandish
places, encountering more curious
people, and bringing back more dramatic
tales than another airplane
flight in history. The adventure had
no other purpose than to follow the
royal road to romance in the air, to
visit the remote and mysterious, to
loiter, to enjoy, and to learn.
The mechanics of the Flying Carpet
(his plane) were such that the
crew could fly wherever fancy-dictated
and land whenever the spirit moved.
Their quest for the beautiful and
the unusual turned out to be astonishingly
successful.
Admission will be 25 cents.
NOTICE!
A letter has been received from Mr.
A. B. Powell, of Red Level, Ala., in
which he states that he rode three
Auburn students from Birmingham to
Tuscaloosa on Sept. 30 and that one
of them left a coat in his automobile.
By communicating^ with Canty's Filling
Station and Garage in Tuscaloosa,
the owner may obtain the coat.
When the National Pan-Hellenic
Congress met Oct. 13-14 Phi OmegA
Pi was voted into full membership of
N.P.C. The chapter of that sorority
on this cahrpus is the former^ Sigma
Phi Beta Sorority which became Phi
Omega Pi, October 1, as result of a
merger. This sorority was formerly
an associate member of N.P.C. To
attain full membership a sorority
must have at least five chapters in
schools of collegiate rank; and it must
receive a unanimous vote of-the Congress.
The Congress is composed of
a delegate from each sorority represented
in* it.
Sigma T?hi Beta was formed on this
campus in 1928. The members and
pledges now number twenty-one.
Annie Willo Brown is president of
the local chapter. Initiation into Phi
Omega Pi will take place in the near
future.
Sigma Phi' Beta had chapters at
New York University; Auburn; Wittenberg
College, Springfield, Ohio;
Translyvania, Lexington, Ky.; Utah
State Agricultural College, Utah;
Hunter College, New York.
Phi Omega Pi was founded at the
University of Nebraska, t March 5,
1910. It has chapters at the University
of Nebraska, University of Iowa,
University of Illinois, University of
Kansas, (inactive), Northwestern,
Wortfi Dakota Agricultural College,
Iowa State Teachers College, University
of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota,
University of Colorado (inactive),
University of California, Kansas
State College, Iowa State College, De-
Pauw University, University of California
at Los Angeles, University of
Washington, Oklahoma State College,
University of Arizona.
The national officers of Phi Omega
Pi are Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed,
Dean of Women, University of Oregon,
president; Mrs. W. A.'Dean, Chicago,
111., vice-president; Mrs. Grace
Kistler, Lawrence, Kansas, secretary;
Mrs. Truman Wuncker, Greencastle,
Indiana, treasurer; Mrs. Frances
Hammitt, Oak Park, Illinois, editor.
The present full members of NPC
are Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta,
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Phi,
Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha
Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta,
Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Sigma
Kappa, Alpha Omicron Pi, Zeta Tau
Alpha, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha
Delta Pi, Delta Zeta, Phi Mu, Kappa
Delta, Beta Phi Alpha, Alpha Delta
Theta, Theta Upsilon, and Phi Omega
Pi.
The NPC sororities on the campus
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"Ransom Racket" by Edmon Emu-lep
is the title of the new play to be
presented by the Auburn Players
about the middle of November. According
to Professor Telfair Peet, the
play is an ultra-modern-melodrama.
The opening scenes take place in a
New York apartment house in the
late summer. The plot is very modern
in that it gives an insight into
the present epidemic of kidnaping in
"the large cities of this country. A
young society girl is taken captive
by a gang of crooks who find in a
short while that they have kidnaped
far more than they bargained for.
Many times during the course of
thrilling events that follow, sex-appeal
on the part of the girl somewhat
confuses and leads the crooks astray.
And it is rumored that the heroine
Of course, being modern in its scope
the police radio plays a big part and
is many times the dominant character
during the tense moments. The
climax, and finale must be seen to
appreciate the play.
The cast of "Ransom Racket" includes
:
Giustina, Ella Frances South; Polly
Smith, Ruth Jones; Mike Feltman,
Leonard Nelson; Miss Judith Ramin-man,
Georgia Lee Jackson; Johnnie
"Studs" Drake, Emmet Rogers;
Chimp, William Womelsdorf; Christopher
Raminway, Franklin Woodruff.
The play is directed by Telfair B.
Peet assisted by James A. Parrish.
Plans for a road trip through some
of the large cities of Alabama have
been laid according to Charley Mer-actually
smokes a big ..brown cigar, kel, President of the Players.
P.-T.A. MEMBERSHIP
INCREASES RAPIDLY
MIKEL TO BE HERE
FOR K. A. MEETING
ARRANGEMENTSARE
COMPLETED FOR AG
FAIR NEXT FRIDAY
Dress Rehearsal Indicates Unprecedented
Attraction Says
Manager Of Fair
PARADE BE HELD
Seven Floats ' Prepared For
Parade;Will Depict Recent
Agricultural Developments
Membership Drive Ends With
One Hundred Twenty-Eight
Regular Members
Auburn Band Will Entrain For Montgomery Tomorrow
To Participate In NRA Parade; Seventy To Make Trip
Auburn's seventy-piece band will
leave Thursday morning for Montgomery
where it will join in the gigantic
NRA parade to be staged there
on that day. The band will leave Au- j
burn at 9 a.m., and return immediately
after the celebration.
The celebration is to be one of the
largest ever held in Montgomery. Its
purpose is to create patriotism and
enthusiasm for the President's economic
experiment, and to show him
how whole-heartedly this section is
backing him. Sponsors ot the event
have extended invitations to practically
all towns in southern and central
Alabama to send delegations and the
response has,been very encouraging.
Besides the Auburn Band, approximately
fifteen other white bands and
four large negro bands will take part
in the parade. In addition, a negro
chorus will sing patriotic songs.
Col. W. M. Screws, who is in charge
of the celebration, stated that in addition
to floats entered by the various
towns, several firms in Montgomery
had already signified their intention
to be represented in the parade. The
Paramount Theatre has already announced
that it will enter a "Mae
West" float, while the Peter Forney
chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution will offer "The Spirit
of '76".
Miss Jule Gunter, daughter of Mayor
Gunter of Montgomery, has been
chosen Miss NRA, and will lead the
parade on one of the largest and most
beautiful floats to be entered.
Election of Cabinet
Member Be Held Soon
The Auburn Parent Teachers Association
held its regular meeting on
last Friday at two-thirty o'clock at
the Lee County High School building.
The pupils of the third grade, who
are taught by Mrs. Wilmore, presented
an extemporaneous play demonstrating
their language work. Following
this, short talks were given
on the program subject "Down the
Day With the Teacher". Mr. J. A.
Parrish, Miss Annie Belle Taylor, and
Dr. Paul Irvine talked briefly in explaining
school day schedules and relating
incidents illustrating the teacher's
point ,of-iView ; and methods of
dealing with problems aside from
the regular routine. Miss Annie Williams
spoke briefly in comparing
school today with that of twenty
years ago.
As a result of the membership committee's
drive, there are now one hundred
and twenty-eight paid members.
The drive will continue in conjunction
with the state-wide P. T. A. week
as proclaimed by Gov. Miller.
. Twenty-eight pupils were awarded
blue ribbons by Mrs. A. H. Collins,
chairman of the Summer Round-Up
Committee. The names of these children
were published last spring and
free of remedial physical defects.
They have been given-the anti-toxin
for diphtheria, the Scheisk test, and
those over three years "of age have
been given the small pox vaccination.
After a short business session, the
meeting adjourned.
Knight Commander Of Fraternity
To Come Here For Festivities
November 24
G. HUGHES ATTENDS
ELECTRICAL CONCLAVE
At the Executive Cabinet meeting
last Monday night, it was decided to
hold the election of the freshman
Cabinet representative from the
School of Engineering within the
next few weeks. Although a definite
date for the election was not set, it
was voted that Friday, October 27
would be the deadline for the sub-mittance
of all nomination blanks.
All petitions must be written in the
following form and turned in to
George Hardy, at the Alpha Lambda
Tau house by not later than midnight
of the twenty-seventh:
We, the undersigned members of
the class of do hereby nominate
•- '. for i .
(Signatures of at least twenty-five
sponsors).
I hereby accept the nomination.
(Signature of Nominee)..
The nominee who is elected to the
Cabinet position will not take office
until the beginning of the second
semester.
P. G. Hughes, president of the local
chapter of Eta Kappa Nu, left this
afternoon for Chicago to attend the
twenty-ninth national convention of
the fraternity. Eta Kappa Nu is an
honorary electrical engineering fraternity,
and Xi chapter is located
here. The convention will be held
at the Hotel Alberton in Chicago on
October 20-21. Hughes will return
to Auburn about the first of next
week.
Bishop Henry J. Mikel, of Atlanta,
Knight Commander of the Kappa
Alpha fraternity, will come to Auburn
on November 24 to participate
in the celebration of the local chapter's
50th anniversary.
Each of the 475 alumni of the Nu
Chapter of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute has received a cordial invitation
to attend the celebration which
is being arranged by Phillip Carter of
Geneva, chapter president, and other
active members of the fraternity at
Auburn.
The program opens with a banquet
on the evening of November 24 after
which alumni and members will participate
in a traditional "convivium."
This is to be followed by the staging
of a model initiation. On Saturday
following a reception is to be held for
the visiting alumni who will later be
shown over the Auburn campus. A
chapter dance that evening will bring
the celebration to a close.
The Auburn chapter of Kappa Alpha,
the third oldest at Auburn, received
its charter on November 24,
1883. Two distinguished Georgians
were its founders. Dr. P.- H. Mell
(deceased), member of the Gamma
chapter at Athens, Ga., and at one
time president of the University of
Georgia, was one of them. Dr. Mell
was also professor of botany and
geology for a number of years at
Auburn. The other founder was
Judge John S. Candler, member of
Emory University's Epsilon chapter,
who served as judge of the Superior
Court and associate judge of the Supreme
Court of Georgia. From 1885
to 18931 he served as* Georgia's Judge
Advocate General.
Four Auburn students met.in 1883
in a small room in the upper floor
of a downtown business house and
held the chapter's first iheeting.
They were J. U. Tate, Holland, Texas;
B. H. Boyd, teacher and former
county superintendent of education,
Hartford, Ala.; J. W. Chapman, farmer
at Pineapple, Ala.; and J. T. Mc-
Grory, Birmingham merchant.
Headquarters of the fraternity
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First Professional Meeting Of Delta Sigma Pi Is Held;
Group Discusses Psychology Of NRA In Long Session
The first professional meeting of
JJelta Sigma Pi was held Tuesday
night, October 17, in the L building.
The subject was "The Psychology Behind
the NRA". Mr. Crow gave a
twenty minute dissertation on the
subject and a round table discussion
followed.
• The discussion began with an outlined
background of the present NRA
system. It was brought out that the
first economic life which existed w_as
that practiced by the manor and town
of distant ages. The system of interdependence
came into use during the
Great War in Europe and had its
effect in the United States. Each
specialized group was helpless in effective
economic planning because it
was too small. There was need for
control over the old system so a plan
of coordination was adopted. Mr.
Crow said that the present depression
has emphasized the need of a plan.
The agency big enough to plan in this
country is the government cooperating
with business, it was pointed out.
The question of. whether liberty was
destroyed by the government when it
regulated railroads, etc.,4was brought
up and a quotation by Ramsey McDonald
was cited to disprove this. The
quotation: "It is the supreme duty of
all governments to see that economic
justice is done to all peoples'*.
The NRA was explained as a step
forward iri that it is a national planning
system, will make for a balanced
economic order, and guarantees greater
security for all.
With completion of plans for the
annual Ag Fair, Howard Worley, parade
manager and chairman of the
program committee, states tht the results
of the dress rehearsal indicates
an unprecedented attraction this year.
The parade through town at 3:30 Friday
afternoon, led by the band, will
be different from other such displays
in that there will be a definite theme
carried throughout the seven main
floats. The theme will be a comparison'
of old and new departmental
equipment. Of the seven floats, the
Zoology-Entomology float promises to
be the most unique and interesting of
all in that it will depict.the growth
of the dusting and spraying process
from the old-fashioned spray to the
present day five-row machine spray
and duster.
The parade will be argumented with
usual Auburn-type cowboys and blackface
clowns with pretty girls and
comical take-off floats to add spice
to the procession. This display by
Ag Hill performers will parade
through the main section of town and
then return to the arena in front of
Comer Hall to make final preparations
for the big show which starts
at 7:30 that evening.
On the Broadway will be found the
"museum, the zoo, and the departmental
exhibits; to say nothing of,the side
shows and concessions where all the ~
fun and excitement of the state and
county fair can be enjoyed.
The main show of the evening will
open with a group of musical selections
which will be played by the Ag
Hill Smyphony. Under the direction
of a famous Ag Hill wit, acting as
Ring Master, the entertainers of the
moment will be presented with a snap
and zest that will leave the audience
amazed.
In rapid succession the spectators
will witness a shoe race by the freshmen
farmers; a faculty "shine"; and
a milking contest, with the most experienced
of Ag Bottom competing
for the prize.
The pledges of Block and Bridle
will demonstrate their ability that
made them worthy of that honor. Following
this will be a floor show, featuring
an accordion and many new
and " catchy" dance and song numbers.
As a close to this evening of fair-fun
the queen of the harvest will be
crowned. The selection of the Queen
will be made Wednesday night at the
regular meeting of the Ag Club, but
the votes will not be counted until
Friday at which time the most pop-t
ular candidate will be notified. The
Royal Square Dance led by the Queen
and her attendants will be open to
the audience, and will close the festivities
for the evening.
Earl Solomon, manager of the fair,
reminds the students that all the
above entertainment can be witnessed
for fifteen cents and urges everyone
to attend. Tickets will be on sale beginning
today.
GRID-GRAPH WILL BE
USED FOR G.W. GAME
Auburn fans who will be unable" to
attend the Tigers' intersectional game
with George Washington University
in Washington next Saturday will be
able to keep up with the progress of
the- game through the new- Grid
Graph. This new form of football
entertainment, which was presented
for the past two games, has proved
highly efficient.
The matinee will begin at 1:30 Saturday
afternoon (2:30 Washington
time) and will be brought to Langdon
Hall by a special leased wire from the
playing field at Washington. The
admission will be twenty-five cents.
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* AUBURN FOOTPRINTS -£
It took the Society Editor fifteen minutes to decide what that wet stuff was
that was falling from the sky Monday afternoon because she had not seen anything
like it for so long a time.
* * * * * * * *
Ed Prewitt walked off with all the honors (?) in the game of twenty-one that
he was playing with Jane Dickson, Mary Ellen Barnes, Elizabeth Fletcher, Randy
White, John Fitzgerald, and Crawford Jernigan while*en route to the game in
Atlanta Saturday morning. Since they had to stack thumbs to amuse themselves,
it would have been much nicer had they not blocked the aisle and at the same time
tried to ttract the attention of the entire coach.
* * * * * * * *
A student at St. Thomas College may take out an insurance policy against
being called on in class for twenty-five cents. If he is called on, he collects five'
dollars. Here is a suggestion for some of the boys who are ingenious enough to
convert football winners into pecuniary remuneration.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: For all who cannot understand the big words used in
the above witticism, a translation will be furnished upon request).
* * * * * * * *
Why someone always makes it his business to get tantalizingly tight at football
dances and lead the orchestra is more than we can figure out.
* * * * * * * *
This Pearce-Lewis," Allen-Funchess affair is beginning to take on a serious
aspect. Could it be that Red has the Jitters and A. K. is tired of talking in that
soprano voice of his,
* * * * * * * *
Next time Red Sledge brings some of that backwoods stumpjuice over here
from the sticks he should not try so hard to conceal it cause its bound to be discovered
anyhow. Especially when it keeps you from attending supper, huh Red?
* * * * * * * *
GUARD: Halt! Who goes there?
VOICE: A senior civil.
GUARD: (Firing gun) Liar, it's only two a. m.
* * * * * * * *
FIRST BURGLAR: Where you been?
SECOND BURGLAR: In a fraternity house.
FIRST BURGLAR: Lose anything?
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m. LATEST SONG HITS
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love—Red Pearce (Mostly liberty)
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf—Almost any prof
Pink Elephants—Tom Nash
Tell Me Am I Only Moonstruck or Is This Really Love—George Quinney
There's A Dead Cat on the Line—Pinkie Howard
Gold Diggers Song—Duet by Jitters Lewis and Helen Funchess
The Last Roundup—Tri Chi (XXX) harmony club
Thanks (for the swell hay ride)— K. G. Taylor
Sophisticated Lady—Frances Wright
With You Beside Me (all five of you)—Ed'Justice
* * * * * * * *
Wonder if Coach Johnson was trying to get business for his concern when he
ran his car into-the side of a clay bank_and tore Britt Veasey's handsome countenance
all up.
* * * * * * * *
That conditions are returning to normal is shown by the fact that the old
cronies, John Scott, Ben Hutson, and Ellis Royal, have been sipping coffee each
night after eleven o'clock.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
William W. Beck Associate Editor
Hugh Cameron Associate Editor
Fred Birdsong Associate Editor
Ruth Jones . Associate Editor
Mildred Watkins Associate Editor
Neil Davis .— Managing Editor
B. C. Pope Sports Editor
Billy Thomas News Editor
Kyser Cox News Editor
Sarah Stanley Society Editor
REPORTERS
Cecil Strong, H. N. White, John R.
Riddle, Jr., Thomas? Chalmers, Ray Holder.
BUSINESS STAFF
Assistant Business Managers: George
Lester, Dan Parkmari, 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. ,
THE AUBURN SPIRIT
The Auburn Spirit was clearly exemplified
at the game in Atlanta Saturday afternoon
when the members of the student body
continued to lustily support the Tigers, although
as the final minutes ticked away
the cause was seemingly a hopeless one. It
is just this kind of support that has made
Auburn famous throughout the country for
its school spirit, and it is this same kind
of spirit that really does the team some
good.
Both the cheerleaders and the entire student
body are to be commended on the fine
manner in which they upheld the time-honored
reputation of Auburn at that game,
especially since numerous Tech fans saw
fit to remark on the cheering and to compliment
the Auburn students.
Not only was the attitude of the student
body one which received acclaim, but the
fighting spirit of the team drew a great
amount of praise from the onlookers and ,
sports writers everywhere. The following
editorial was run in the Friday issue of the
Atlanta Journal and it shows just how Auburn
teams and Auburn men are regarded
elsewhere.
It is a particular pleasure to welcome
the alumni of Auburn who gather here
today for fellowship and reminiscences,
and the members of the Auburn football
squad who descend upon Grant Field
tomorrow for the annual battle with
Tech. There is something about Auburn
teams which cannot be explained,
any more than a pleasant trait of character
can be isolated and analyzed, but-it
is consistently true that the men who
come from the Loveliest Village to compete
with other teams are almost universally
popular, alike with their advocates
and with those opposed to them
in sporting interest. This is an im-
' mensely valuable quality, and one which
must be ingrained in all Auburn's athletic
organizations, because it remains
the outstanding attribute of the Tiger
year in and year out. Auburn may be
strong or weak; she may trounce our
team or she may go down to gallant defeat;
but we have never seen an Auburn
game impaired by any of the bitterness
which enters into many collegiate conflicts,
and we have never seen an Au- •
burn team which did not enjoy the
friendly admiration of the thousands
in the stands, all around the field. For
this remarkable personality we think
Auburn deserves considerable credit. It
' is undoubtedly more important to excel
in courage and good sportsmanship
than in prowess." ;
We sincerely hope that, even in face of
the adversity just suffered, that the students
will not see fit to let the team and
coaches down by forgetting to support them
at the remaining games. We must remember
that this is the first defeat in
fourteen starts and that the best must lose
sometimes.
A NEW CIVILIZATION
Hand in hand with the innovation of the
NRA as a means of financial and moral
recovery comes the innovation of more civilized
working conditions for the poorer
working classes. Miss Frances Perkins, in
her office as Secretary of Labor, has philosophically
stated that it is now time to ,
treat ourselves to some civilization. By
this statement she does not mean that we
should progress more in art, learning, and
wealth, but that the working conditions for
the willing laborer should be made such
that he will be allowed to obtain a decent
satisfaction out of life.
That the NRA has rejuvenated the financial
standing of countless business houses
throughout the country is obvious, and
that it has restored employment to thousands
of workers is equally true. Banks
have been reopened and their deposits guaranteed,
corporations and individuals have
been advanced money with which to carry
on operations, and large orders have been
made possible the increased employment of
laborers.
On moral grounds, the NRA has justified
itself by the abolition of* child labor almost
overnight, and has succeeded in reaching a
goal which reformers have sought for generations.
A minimum wage has been set,
thereby the general wage standard has been
raised. But the question is raised as to
whether the laborer has a moral or legal
right to a living wage. Statistics have
shown that national wealth increases over
a period of time at the rate of four percent
per annum, but no definite percentage of
profit above that figure has been set whereby
dividends and accumulation of surplus
will give way to wages.
Forum, in an editorial foreword to the
current issue, points out the case of one
large chain concern which has managed so
well during the depression that the net
earnings for the years 1930, 1931, and
1932 were $3.56, $4.24, and $2.27 respectively
on ten dollar shares. At this rate,
the company is earning and paying its
stockholders twenty-four percent on the par
value of their stock. By paying the stockholders
the sum of twelve per cent annually
on their investment instead of twenty-four,
it would have been possible for this company
to increase the salary of each employee
about six dollars per week.
The NRA is not seeking to take the
profits away from industry nor it is seeking
to curtail the dividends of the stockholders;
but a legitimate living wage is
being promoted in order that laborers may
support a family in good health. It is asked
that this century be devoted to establishing
a living wage and that the next century
be devoted to establishing a cultural one.
NO COMPLAINTS
As a result of the upset of the team last
Saturday, there will undoubtedly be criticism
directed toward everyone from the
coaches to the water boy. The team played
good football under excellent coaching
supervision; and there wasn't a thing
wrong with the referee, the waterboy, or
the uniforms the team was wearing. We
lost the game on clean football to a team
that showed wonderful sportsmanship.
Those of us who play the game over again
and point out all of the mistakes should
curb our volley of complaints until such
action is justified.
NEW ALPHABET NEEDED
Unless the federal government borrows
a few thousand characters from the Chinese,
the English alphabet will no longer
be large enough to take care of the growing
list of government agencies.
Alphabetically speaking, America must
learn an entirely new governmental language.
No longer will the magic abbreviation
G.O.P. satisfy all wants. The new language
has been usliered in by President
Roosevelt who is chummily referred to in
the headlines as F. R. Such informality
has hit all departments and we are now
aping a bit of the Russian experiment.
Starting with the R.F.C., under Hoover,
we have wandered pretty well through the
alphabet. ,v
These cousins and stepsons of the N.R.A.
defy pronunciation. Try the A.A.A.—Agricultural
Adjustment Administration—its
just a hot mouthful of mush when you try
to say it, but it will try to iron out the
difficulties of overproduction for the farmer.
P.W.A.—Public Works Administration
—is the plutocrat of the unpronouncables.
It has over 3 billion dollars to spend on
public works.
The F.E.R.A.—Federal Emergency Relief
Administration—doesn't sound so bad.
At least it will sound good to those states
that have already reached the limit of
their relief appropriations. The H.O.L.C.—
The Home Owners Loan Corporation—is a
supplementary organization to the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board. It is designed to
help the owners of city property hold on to
their homes. For the benefit of the farmer,
there is the F.F.C.A.—Federal Farm Credit
Association—which is designed to keep
the sheriff away from the old homestead.
Then there is the C.C.C.—Civilian Conservation
Corps—which took several thousand
unemployed young men and put them
to work on various government tasks, principally
in the woods.
For its part in the N.RA. recovery drive,
the University might contribute for F.D.R.'s
judicious use the W.S.G.A., the W.A.A., the
N.C.P., N.S.L., L.I.D., and, by the way of
anti-climax, the "M" Club.—Minnesota
Daily.
Thunderarions
By Gum
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in this
column are not necessarily the editorial opinions of
this paper. It is a column of personal comment,
and is not to be read as an expression of our
editorial policy.
* * * * '
LOST: One football game, one girl, and
Clinton Wallis. Reward for Wallis,
who has read this column no much he
SINGS it to his bed-fellow Stroud. Or did
Friday afternoon.
No tears for the game, no reward for
the dame; heaven help the guy who marries
the same.
When last seen, Wallis was watching the
Aurora Borealis in front of the Ansley.
* * * *
Seen at the game: Mick Greene, the Columbus
heart-throbber. . . . One Sports Editor,
who picked Navy to beat Pitt, and
Vandy to beat Ohio State . . . . All of
West Point . . . . One good cheer leader
who could do nothing about the lousy cheering
. . . . One score board, which said Tech
beat Auburn . . . . Derf 's One and Only.
HEARD at the Game: Jitters Lewis and
Helen Funchess.
* * * *
I seen at the Fox: One movie star, one
Mae West, who said to Cary Grant: "You
fascinate me, I think you'd better go."
The show had already been running a
week, and I had to wait half an hour before
finding a seat.
Will be here Sunday for you yokels to
howl at. As I did.
* * * *
The feminine element is getting smarter.
The other day in New York one was suing
her gosh-awful husband for divorce, and
used films showing her happy home life
before "The other woman" broke it up.
They had the movie in the court room
where all the jurors could see, and it was
rather touching to see how happy the little
home life was before the vampire came
onto the set.
The husband was as dumb as any other
husband, and told the jury a story.
He said: "We were in high spirits due
partly to drinks after the football game,
and were merely burlesquing children's
games and were playing 'hide and seek'
when my wife thought she saw us embracing."
Playing "hide and seek"! Be good to
your husband, ladies, or he'll probably
confess in a crowded court room that he
too has been playing "hide and seek" with
another member of the feminine element.
* * * *
Coming back to the game it might be
said that it was a good game that Ripper
Williams and Truck Talley played against
eleven Tech players. Those two players
haven't been written up as All-Everything
and so they didn't stall around and try to
scare the Tech team with press write ups;
they went in to play against Tech and
they played the whole time. And if it
hadn't been two against eleven Auburn
would perhaps have had" a better break.
Tennessee probably was doing the' same
thing Saturday . . . Playing Duke with
highly colored write ups. _ .
Such things don't work so good.
* * * *
At last the Journal has taken note of
the fact that this team down here is blessed
with a number of dynamos, streaks,
cyclones, wizards, and dreadnaughts. If
we had just had some whirlwinds, tornadoes,
aircraft carriers, and submarines,
maybe the game Saturday would have ended
in a different manner.
* * * *
The Glomerata is open to congratulations
on changing the method formerly employed
in picking the supreme campus beauty. This
time it will be "Vote for my girl and I'll
buy you an ice cream cone". Even at that
it will be much better than letting the
feeble minded staff members try to pick
something beautiful—and endnig up with
something representative. And why not
pick the best looking boy? Or the least
bad looking male? Or the one that thinks
he's cutest? Too hard a selection on that
last one, I guess.
While picking is the mode, why not the
biggest fool, the biggest sot, the browniest,
the most hated prof, or the lousiest orchestra.
(My vote and all that I can influence
for Boulanger).
* * * , *
What this town needs is a night club
outside the city limits. With Mae West
as hostess. And Bill Ham serving drinks.
And Guy Lombardo with his" music masters
furnishing the music. And Sally
Rand putting on a floor show. And something
besides co-eds in the place to dance
with. And maybe my little candy-headed
gal would be there with me. Then I
wouldn't have to turn on my radio and
hunt, for Garber. And munch on pickles.
And eat cheese. And worry about who
I'm going to talk about in my next column.
Picking teachers is something like picking
wives. It would "be hard to find any two
men to agree on the qualities to be sought
in either.—Dean Harry N. Irwin.
NEWCOMBTTES CHOSE DOCTORS
The Tulane medical students can pat
themselves on the backs and work harder
than ever now, because if 23 Newcomb girls
have their way, the majority will marry
doctors, it was revealed by an experiment
in a sociology class at the girls college
last week.
Shysters bowed to take second place,
with great demurring around the law school.
Some were even heard to say that they
wouldn't be able to afford to get married
for a long time yet, anyway. "Sour grapes."
The Newcomb undergraduates were not
merely following the childhood quotation
of "doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief," because
the civil engineers stole in third,
leaving the merchants far down the line.
The upperclassmen would rather marry
a soldier than a sailor, it was also learned.
But the surprise came when the biggest
"he man of them all, the blacksmith, was
completely frowned upon and given last
place by nearly all the 23 students.
The list of prospective husbands as they
came in order picked by the Newcomb girls
were: 1. doctor, 2. lawyer, 3. civil engineer,
4. banker, 5. broker, 6. preacher, 7. mayor,
8. accountant, 9. soldier, 10. sailor, 11. bookkeeper,
12. filling station owner, 13. clothing
clerk, 14. auto mechanic, 15. traveling
salesman, 16. locomotive engineer, 17. policeman,
18. blacksmith.
The experiment was given in connection
with studies on the family as an institution,
and each student was given an opportunity
to state which profession she would choose
for husband to be.
* * * *
In one of Tom Mix's shows, that he is
putting on in the various theatres over the
country, he states that he thinks the American
girl is the finest in the world. He
also states that her place is in the home
and that the better informed she is, the
better wife she will make.
When Mix is not touring the country
with his show he lives at him home in
Beverly Hills. Believe it or not, here he
spends the greater part of his leisure time
reading books on psychology.
From morning, till noon, till night, Tom
Mix is just Tom Mix. He never disappoints
a young admirer of his by not speaking
to him on the street..
* * * *
There has been considerable howling
about the lack of spirit displayed by the
current crop of freshmen. It seems that
the current crop of frosh of several girls'
finishing schools, have been rudely snatching
our boys' rat caps. So last Friday
night several upperclassmen sallied forth
to investigate conditions.
At last two Tech freshmen appeared
sauntering along North Avenue, very much
at peace with the world and certainly not
looking warlike. One member of the Vigilance
committee stormed the two innocents
from the rear and made a getaway with
both .caps, heading for the waiting automobile.
With a whoop and a holler the
two fresh sold out after him. The fleetest
got a firm grip on his shirt and suspenders
both of which peeled off without any fuss
at all. By this time the other had arrived
and set about throttling the poor upper-classman
in a busines like way. The boys
in the waiting auto were enjoying the scene
immensely, but the joke was getting out of
hand. A few words of explanation and the
party broke up. The Viligance Committee
went away shirtless and braceless but satisfied
with our freshman class, while our
brace of heroes went their way contented.
The amusing thing it that one of the
frosh didn't even know that his cap had
been stolen until it was returned to him.
Who knows, it might have been a real
breakdown?—Technique.
Possibly the Tech Vigilance Committee
could have saved themselves a lot of trouble
if they had only asked certain Auburn
freshmen if the Tech freshmen offered any
resistance to losing their caps.
* * * *
Another way to get rides to college from
the home town has been experienced by a
Tech Freshman.
Franklin "Sparky" Morris, a very wee
bit of a man towering five and one-half
feet tall, hailing from Sherman, Texas,
sold sweet potatoes to get a ride to Lubbock.
"Sparky" had a ride with a gentleman
from Weatherford who was supposed to
be going to Abilene. The man had a trailer
loaded with sweet potatoes behind the
car. The trailer broke, so our little hero
had no ride out of the small city of Strawn,
Texas, and night was falling upon him.
The man mentioned the fact that he would
be glad to go on if he could get rid of the
potatoes, so "Sparky", already pretty well
known in Texas for his school debating,
sold potatoes to every grocery store in
Strawn, with the exception of a single one.
—Toreador.
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. * * * *
GA. TECH pulled another surprise element
on the Tigers last Saturday
when they sent out a giant team led
by a convict fullback. By convict fullback I
mean that Phillips youngster who raised so
much Hell here and there out on the field.
He started out on the field with bald head
gleaming in the hot afternoon sun and
Hell-bent-for-election on winning. He scared
the Auburn players to death with one
of his mildly pleasant looks and then proceeded
to lead the Tech backfield in a
dignified lockstep that left the Auburn line
seeing everything go round and round.
He ran like a fugitive from a Georgia
chain gang with the bloodhounds behind.
He held to the football like a pardoned
prisoner to his parole. The referee had
to file extradition papers to get him out
from behind the Auburn goal. To top all
his other little contributions to cleaner and
better sport, he ran through the Auburn
line like a herd of elephants galloping
across a canebrake. On a clear day I believe
he could make ten yards through a
three-foot brick wall.
* * * *
The Band, contrary to expectations kept
straight lines intact on Grant Field. If
the game had taken place Saturday night,
it is doubtful if the band could have marched
into the stadium the first trial.
Blue eyes and a black evening dress turned
a perfect flop of a dance into about the
most enjoyable I have experienced this season.
Thanks.
*P H* *!* *r*
The S. A. E.'s at Tech are so exclusive
that it takes their own pledges three weeks
to learn what fraternity they've pledged.
It's the same the world over.
* * * *
Some fool at the game threw a bottle
down onto the field just barely missing a
cheer leader. It's a shame . . . . that he
missed.
* * * *
Surveying the scene with a friend from
Tech, I asked the polite and conversational
question "How many Freshmen have you
this year?" In answer to my question he
indicated the Tech cheering section with
a sweep of his hand. And as far as the
section extended, it seemed as though there
were a solid sea of yellow rat caps. Then
he had to ask the same question out of
politeness, "How many freshmen have
Y'all got down at Auburn?" So I looked
at those Tech caps again and then at the
Auburn section. Then I said "Hell, we
ain't got none". Well?
Now that curves are all the rage, you
girls can eat your cake and have IT too.
* * * *
In answer to Lil Harvey's "Gather Lip-rouge
while you may", I can only answer
"Shine on Harvest Moon".
* * * *
Beg to disagree with Gum on his eating
place. I (and others) found a small cafeteria
where dninner can be had for the
price of a bottle of beer at Louie's.
* * * *
Herb Harris is in line for the next United
States Government pension act. He
is loyally contributing his part in two or
three ways to the Postal department,, receiving
his mail at three different places
in Auburn, and having branch Post Office
boxes placed in nearly all of the principle
towns throughout the Southeast. Big Shot.
* * * *
George Hardy is of the opinion that
Georgia lightning strikes at least once in
the same place.
* * * *
Ole Gum surprised his friends and relatives
at the game by appearing all in one
piece and watching the game calmly and
unemotionally, opening his mouth only
once, when he was heard to say that he
felt lost without a puddle of water to sit
in.
* * * *
And was I embarassed when I asked if
the Auburn taxi drivers weren't more reasonable
than those in Atlanta. Yes.
* * * *
The cooperative dating agency which is
maintained between the Main Building and
Langdon Hall has been working very ef-.
ficiently this year. All one has to do is
drop by there at any time during the day,
rest for a while in a car, swap flattering
remarks with some boy crazy skoit, and
then pop the all important question. For
girls it works the same way. Just sit in
a car and laugh pretty loud at nothing and
then wait for some unsuspecting pair of
pants to come along. Some smart person
could easily capitalize on the. possibilities
of this new racket and make enough money
in the first two weeks to open u*p a regular
affair.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18, 1933 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
Literary and Debating
Society Has Election
Ten students were honored by election
to Alpha Phi Epsilon, honorary
literary and debating society at the
annual Fall election, held Thursday
night, October 12. Those re
ceiving bids are: Mary Crawford,
George Borhorfoush, B. H. Johnson,
Merwin York, Grace Carlson, Sarah
Duncan, P. E. Blackwell, Carl Wil
coxson, Leonard Nelson, and Mildred
Simon.
Eligibility to membership in Alpha
Phi Epsilon is based primarily on
literary and debating society interest
and achievement, with due regard to
quality of congeniality. Two elections
are held during each scholastic year,
one in the Spring and one in the
Fall.
The newly chosen pledges will be
initiated within the next few weeks,
according to Charles Workman, president
of the local chapter. Other officers
are: Vice-Pres. Otis Spears;
Sec.-Treas. Velma Patterson.
The pledges of the Kappa Alpha
Fraternity were hosts to the local
chapter and pledges of the other fraternities
on last Friday evening at a
dance given in the recreation room
of Langdon Hall from nine until
twelve. Many out-of-town guests
were present. Music was furnished
by McDaniel's orchestra.
PERSONAL
MENTION
Mr. and Mrs. George Hargreaves
attended the Auburn-Tech game in
Atlanta Saturday.
* * *
Mr. James M. Wallace, of West
Point, Ga., spent Sunday with Mrs.
James Wallace, S.P.E. house mother.
* * *
Mr. Harry R. Maugans, National
Secretary of Alpha Lambda Tau
Fraternity, visited the local chapter
last week.
* * *
Mrs. Holland Cox and Miss Christine
Cox, of Birmingham, were the
guests of Holland Cox, Jr. this weekend.
* * *
Mrs. L. T. Suydam and Miss Dorothy
Suydam, of Birmingham, visited
Jim Suydam Sunday, i
* * *
Mrs. Milligan Earnest, Jr. spent
the week end in town. Mrs. Earnest
is teaching at Botsford this year.
* + *
Mr. Joe Sargent, of Lakeland,
Florida, was visiting his brother,
Ralph Sargent, last Friday.
* * *
Mrs. J. T. Hudson, Mrs. W. H.
Hutsell, and Mrs. C. A. Wynne spent
the week end in Atlanta.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Barnes and
Mr. Charles Barnes spent Saturday
in Atlanta.
* * > *
Miss Ailene Farnham, of Womans
College, attended the Kappa Alpha
dance last Friday night.
* * *
Miss Ella Lee, of Columbus, Ga.,
was the guest of Miss Ella Frances
South last week end.
* * $
Mr. Bill Emrey spent the week end
at Womans College.
Eddie Prewitt was in Tuskegee
Friday.
* * * *
Miss Helen Stowers spent last
week end in Atlanta.
* * *
Billie Womelsdorf visited in Atlanta
last week end.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wright and
Mrs. Harvey Pitts attended the Auburn-
Tech game in Atlanta Saturday.
* * *
Mrs. C. P. Austin and Mrs. Henry
Hanson gave a farewell party for
Mrs. M. W. Emmel last Wednesday
afternoon.
* * *
Dr. and Mrs. M. W. Emmel and
small son left last Friday for Gainesville,
Florida, where Dr. Emmel has
accepted a position with the University
of Florida.
* * *
Mrs. John Williamson and Mrs.
Leslie Wright were hostesses at a
luncheon Thursday for Mrs. Z. B.
Robertson who is visiting her sister,
Mrs. W. H. Eaton.
* * *
Last Thursday night Mrs. John
Ivey Entertained at a party in Mrs.
Z. B. Robertson's honor.
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
Society Editor — SARAH STANLEY — Phone No. 41
Kappa Alpha Pledges
Are Hosts at Dance
Mrs. Duffee Is Hostess
At Bridge Party
Mrs. A. D. Duffee entertained at
bridge on Wednesday evening for
Dr. and Mrs. M. W. Emmel, who are
leaving for the University of Florida.
Dr. Emmel will be away an a year's
leave of absence. The guests were
the close friends of Dr. and Mrs Emmel.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hanson won
high score prize and Mr. and Mrs.
C. P. Austin received the low score
prize. The honorees were presented
with a lovely gift.
AUBURN-OPELIKA PLAYERS
PLAN FIRST PRESENTATION
NOTICE!
The school of instruction for Parent-
Teacher leaders will be held today
in the school building at Girard,
Ala., instead of at Auburn as stated
in the last issue of the Plainsman.
P.-T.A. Week Designated
By Governor Miller
By state proclamation of Governor
designated as P.-T.A. week. Mrs.
B. M. Miller, October 16-23 has been
A. L. Thomas, the local president of
P.-T.A., states that_a special drive
for membership is now on. The quota
for Auburn has been set at two hundred.
Mrs. Byrd Lee is chairman of
the membership committee.
Bridge Club Meets With
Mrs. C. M. Cobb
Mrs. C. M. Cobb was hostess on
last Thursday evening to her bridge
club which meets twice a month.
Those present other than members of
the. club were Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Wright.
"The Brat," by Maude Fulton will
be the first presentation of the newly
organized Auburn-Opelika Community
Players. This comedy had an extended
run in New York City with Maude
Fulton in the leading role, and since
that time it has been shown on the
screen. The local players have been
working for some time on the play
and it is expected that the performance
will be held in the near future at
an, as yet, undecided location.
Mrs. Gladys Irvine, of Auburn, has
been selected to take the lead because
of her appropriate physical qualifications
and her clearly defined talent.
She will be supported by an excelllent
cast of characters from both Auburn
and Opelika.
A great amount of interest has been
shown in the new organization, and a
number of people are still anxious to
become members. At present there
are about fifty members actively engaged
in the different departments,
and it is doubtful if" the membership
will be increased at any early date.
Preparations for the first play are
rapidly nearing completion as work-,
men are preparing the scenery and
others are putting the finishing
touches on the costumes.
Season tickets have been issued and
are now on sale in both cities. The
season price of one dollar and twenty-five
cents will allow entrance to six
plays under the guarantee printed on
the tickets. Ticket committees will
visit townspeople at an early date,
and anyone desiring information regarding
tickets may. call Mrs. C. A.
Cary, chairman of the committee.
Thigpen-Brower Marriage
Formally Announced
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Thigpen announce
the marriage of their daughter,
Anna Elizabeth, to Mr. Frederick
Lee Brower, * Jr., of Tuscumbia, on
January 26, 1933, in West Point,
Georgia.
U.D.C Has Meeting
Tuesday, October 1 7
The regular monthly meeting of
the United Daughters of the Confederacy
was held Tuesday afternoon,
October 17, at the home of Mrs. Herman
Jones. Mrs. Ralph Draughon
discussed the Writers of Old Plantation
Days,. giving special reference
to Harry . Stillwell Edwards and
Charles H. Smith. Mrs. R. B. Mc-
Gehee gave an effective reading to
carry out further spirit of the old
plantation days.
Hostesses for the afternoon were
Mesdames Jones, James Parrish, Ida
Rush, and Miss Mildred McElhaney.
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SOCIAL GATHERINGS FOR
COMING WEEK ANNOUNCED
Friday—Sigma Nu dance; Alpha
Tau Omega dance.
Saturday—A Club dance, 9:30 o'clock.
$1.00 admission, Auburn
Knights will play; Lambda Chi Alpha
dance.
Tuesday — International Relations
Club meeting, 7 P.M., Langdon Hall.
Thursday—Tau Beta Pi meeting at
7:00 p.m. in 109 Ramsay Hall; First
meeting of Woman's Club by departments
as previously announced.
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Today's intense competition calls for new and
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For example: the "Where to Buy It" section
of the telephone book. Here local dealers are listed
beneath the trade-marks of advertised products-such
as Plymouth, Greyhound Lines, Exide,
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PAGE FOUR THE PLAINSMAN A L A B A M A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18, 1933
VICTORY MARCH OF
TIGERS HALTED IN
WEIRD TECH SCRAP
(Continued from Page 1)
Auburn played good football, and
deserved to win, but it simply wasn't
in the books. It was Tech's day to
triumph, and she deserves all the
praise which can be bestowed upon
her. She presented a smooth charging
line, and a well balanced back-field.
Especially impressive was Jack
Phillips whose all-around play stamped
him as one of the South's outstanding
backs.
Dynamic Allen Rogers played his
heart out, blocking, tackling, passing,
punting, and running with all the zeal
and courage of one inspired. Willis
Phipps' magnificient exhibition of
passing and running was one of the
"best seen on Grant field in years,
and drew much praise from the Tech
players and Coach Alexander. Captain
Williams played a great defensive
and blocking role.
In the Auburn line, Bennie Fen-ton,
Buddy McCollum, and Boots
Chambless stood out.
Following are a few comments on
the game by Southern sports writers
and the rival coaches:
Zipp Newman, of the Birmingham
News: "Forget the first five minutes
of the game and it can be said Auburn
was heroic and marvelous. Chet
Wynne need no longer wonder about
his Plainsmen not being able to fight
back. If there had been a break or
two in the offing the Tigers would
not-have bowed out of the picture".
Coach Alexander, Tech mentor:
"For one thing I should say we were
fairly lucky. The two touchdowns
we scored were on plays we haven't
got. They were improvised, you
might say. Sort of like a composer
sitting down at the piano and just
batting out something that he hadn't
ever heard of, or thought of, before.
I will say this for our side, however,
in addition to the undeniable good
fortune which smiled upon us. The
boys went out there scared spitless—
keyed up to a million. And they
really did work on that Auburn outfit
in the first period, until Chefs
boys came down to earth and got
their cleats in the Bermuda. After
that^-well it was a remarkable football
game".
Morgan Blake, Sports Editor, The
Atlanta Journal: "We feel certain
that Tech will meet no team this
season with the offensive power of
Auburn. In fact, if we were a betting
man we would be willing to offer
odds of 3 to 1 that no other team
will gain 300 yards from scrimmage
on Tech the rest of the campaign".
Coach Chet Wynne: "Of course, I
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MIKEL TO BE HERE
FOR K. A. MEETING
(Continued from Page 1)
were moved in 1887 from the small
room- downtown to the first chapter
house ever built by an Auburn fraternity.
Its location was on South
Gay street and the building is still
standing. The Kappa Alphas now
occupy a commodious chapter house
on North College street where its
ample grounds afford excellent facilities
for tennis, basketball, and
other sports.
History of Kappa Alpha dates back
to the days of the Old South. The
first chapter was established in 1865
soon after the close of the Civil War
at Washington College, now Washington
and Lee University, Lexington,
Va. Gen. Robert E. Lee, then president
of the college, while not a member,
was intensely interested in it
and sponsored, its activities. Purpose
of the fraternity is "perpetuate
the manners, customs, and ideals of
the Old South."
PROFESSOR GOSLIN
ADDRESSES A. S. M. E.
(Continued from page 1)
was not trying to disrupt our beliefs
in the formation of the earth. Nevertheless,
he expounded a scientific
theory as a possible method of the
formation of the earth. Prof. Gos-lin
stated, "A large star once passed
very near the sun, the force from this
star drawing away a great mass of
material. This mass soon took an
orbit of its own around the sun and
formed into a spherical shape. From
the elements of this mass there were
formed an atmosphere and moisture,
the moisture freezing and'cracking
the rocks into soil. As time has passed,
the earth has grown in size, this
enlargement being due to an average
of one million meteors falling on the
earth a day.
Everyone is invited to attend the
semi-monthly meetings of the A. S.
M. E.
don't like to lose, but there's no sting
in a defeat 4ike this one. We ran the
wrongs way a bit too often. I think
our boys went out there a bit too
complacent—though goodness knows
why. Tech started against us with
an unbridled ferocity that was amazing.
It would have been inspiring, if
it had not been by the opposition.
They caught us_f lat-footed, you might
say, and by the time we began to get
our bearings we were 9 points down.
Now 9 points is an enormously greater
deficit than 6 points, or even 7.
WheH the other side has 9 points,
you can just say to yourself it will
take two touchdowns to beat them,
because the- field goal now is so
problematical as to be just about out
of the picture.. With Hitchcock in the
backfield—I say this not at all as
an excuse—that safety probably
would not have happened. We do
miss Hitchcock a lot. I regard Phillips'
as a great football player, and
in the Tech line Poole and Williams
and Slocum worked admirably. It
looked like a great game to me, and
if we'd only won it-^well, it would
have been an historic episode. I
guess it is anyway. We got a lesson
in a number of things which should
prove 'useful to us the rest of the
season. If anybody licks us, certainly
we'd as soon it would be Tech as
any other".
Auburn Y.M.C.A. Will
Entertain "Y" Council
The Auburn Y.M.C.A. will be host
to the fall meeting of the State Student
Council of Y.M.CA.s that will
be held on November 17-18-19.
The purpose of these meeting,
which are held twice a year,. is for
the various Y.M.C.A. officers of our
secondary schools to get together for
an exchange of ideas ancr" to give a
resume of the work accomplished
since the last meeitng.
The last meeting was held in Birmingham
with Howard College and
Birmingham-Southern acting as joint
hosts. The fall meting of last year
was held at the University of Alabama.
This fall there will be representatives
from Jacksonville," Troy, and
Florence Normal; Howard College;
Birmingham-Southern; and the University
of Alabama. Horace Thompson
of the University, who is president
of the Council, will preside at the
meetings here.
Notable in the field of Y.M.C.A.
work who will attend this session of
the Council will be J. Ward Nelson,
regional High-Y secretary of Atlanta
and Tom Grey, Secretary of the Birmingham
Y.M.C.A.
NOTICE!
Alpha Gamma chapter of Alpha
Epsilon Delta,will entertain all Pre-
Med students on Monday night, October
23, beginning at seven o'clock
at the Chemistry building.
NOTICE!
W. A. A. meeting, Friday afternoon,
5 p.m., in girls' gymnasium.
ROOMS FOR RENT—Gas Heat.
Reasonable - rates.. Single, beds.
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* Opelika, So. 8th St.
Men's i/2 Sole $.85-$1.00
Men's Rubber Heels
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Men's Whole Soles &
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No additional for Boots
Woman's Club To
Hear Artists At
Future Meetings
Mrs. Sheldon Toomer, chairman of
the music department of the Woman's
Club of Auburn, announces the following
calendar for the year: A series
of recitals in song and story, with
.organ and piano variations, and accompaniments
of violin and cello; initial
meeting to be held on October 28
at the home of Mrs. Toomer; November
.25, Mr. Ziolkowski, pianist, of
Montevallo will be heard in recital
at the Thomas Hotel; December '30,
a post-holiday program to be presented
at the home of Miss Maude Bruce
—a program' featuring Dr. D. C. Har-kin,
violinist, at this meeting; February
10, Mrs. E. S. Winters, organist,
and Mrs. C. Thompson, vocalist, will
be presented in recital at the Epicco-pal
church at 7:30 p.m.; March meeting,
,Mrs. George Trollope wjll entertain
the club—Mrs. Albert Thomas
will discuss "McDowell and the Peter-boorugh
Colony"; April meeting,
Messrs. Frank Hornsby and C. Hard
will be presented in an afternoon of
Song and story. Mrs. Lan Lipscomb
will be hostess at this time.
WORK ON NEW GYM
NEARS COMPLETION;
INSTALLATION SOON
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"The Show Place of
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WEDNESDAY, October 18
Richard Arlen, Genevieve Tobin, Chester
Morris in «
"GOLDEN HARVEST"
He had the power to' starve a nation—
but not to bend one woman- to
his will! *
Comedy, "CAMPUS CODES" and cartoon
"THE OFFICE BOY"
THURSDAY, October 19
- JOE E. BROWN in
"ELMER THE GREAT"
(It's Batty)
with Patricia Ellis and Claire Dodd
Added—Eugene Pallette and Walter
Catlett in "MEET THE CHAMP" and
novelty "SINGING WITH THE
STREET SINGER"
FRIDAY, October 20
RICHARD DIX in
"NO MARRIAGE TIES'!
with Elizabeth Allan, Doris Kenyon,
and. Alan Dinehart
Dix as the high-pressure ad man
who wanted NO MARRIAGE TIESt
The words burnt a hole in his brain!
So, he pulled himself together and
made a fortune on his ability as
"The World's Finest Liar"!
Also comedy "BEAUTY ON BROADWAY"
and NEWS
(Continued from Page 1)
five windows in this room make it
well lighted and cool.
The six. acres, of land which adjoins
the building will be cleaned up
and worked over. This territory will
be rearranged to include a soccer
field, tennis courts, baseball diamond,
and volley ball courts, all of which
will be available for girls only.
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(Continued from Page 1)
now in the.order of their establishment
here are Kappa Delta, 1922, Chi
Omega, 1923, and Phi Omega Phi,
1933.
NOTICE!
No more Glomerata pictures are to
be made after Saturday noon, October
21. Those students who have not
been sent cards for appointments can
go to Glomerata office in basement
of Alumni Hall and have picture made
at any time.
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