1935-03-13 The Auburn Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman
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VOLUME LVIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1935 NUMBER 41
SCARAB HONORS
FOUR IN SPRING
ELECTION HERE
Graves, Wheeler, Bell, And
Murray Are Bid To Ranking
Architectural Group Monday
INITIATION SOON
Khufu Temple Selects New
Officers For Coming Year;
Jacobs T o Serve As President
Tiger Tank Team To Make First
Home Stand Of Year Tonight In
Meet With Experienced 'Gators
Scarabs formally tapped four out­standing
students in the School of Ar­chitecture
and Allied Arts Monday
night when Alton Graves, Howard
Wheeler, Earl Murray, and William
Bell were honored.
Graves, of Collinsville, is a junior in
landscape architecture; Wheeler, a
senior from Biloxi, Miss., is taking
straight architecture; Murray, anoth­er
junior in architecture, is from Bir­mingham,
and Bell, of Irondale, is
a junior in architecture.
Neophytes met with actives of the
local Scarab temple in the session
Monday night, when officers for the
new year were elected. Alan Jacobs
was named president of Khufu Tem­ple,
Billy Womelsdorf was selected to
serve as vice-president, Franklin
Woodruff was elected as secretary,
while Richard Hoar and Marion
Thrasher were selected as treasurer
and sergeant-at-arms respectively.
Prof. E. Walter Burkhardt was chos­en
as new faculty advisor of the so­ciety.
Scarabs is an honorary architectur­al
fraternity with temples in thirteen
of the leading schools of architecture
in this country. Many leading archi­tects
throughout the nation are carried
on the rolls of the society.
Membership in the fraternity is lim^
ited to those who have attained a high
mark of proficiency in their chosen
profession and to those who show
promise of success in architecture.
Such qualities as character, scholar­ship,
leadership and ability in archi­tectural
design are given considera­tion
in the selection of new members.
The Auburn temple of the society,
Khufu, was the local Botegha until the
spring of 1931, when Scarab accepted
the Botegha petition and installed a
unit here. The fraternity was found­ed
at the University of Illinois in 1909.
The Auburn unit was the first chapter
of the society to be established south
of Virginia.
Auburn's undefeated swimming
team makes its local debut in the Gym­nasium
pool tonight at 9 o'clock as
the strong Florida tank crew invades
Auburn for a meet that has important
Conference implications. The compe­tition
for the Conference crown has
narrowed down to three swimming ag­gregations,
Georgia Tech, Florida and
Auburn, with the winner of tonight's
meet scheduled to swim Tech for the
title. Tonight's affair will start at
9 o'clock, the small admission of ten
cents being charged.
Fresh from a trio of victories, the
Tiger tankmen are on the whole in
good condition for tonight's meet. The
participation of Jack Bible, 440 and
diving ace, is still in the probability
stage due to an attack of the flu, but
he may be able to swim at. the last
moment. With this exception, how­ever,
the aquatic artists are in excel­lent
shape for the meet.
According to Howard Morris, who
is captain and coach of the local out­fit,
several pool records are liable to
fall in the meet tonight. Florida
brings a sprinter, Stewart Chase, who
stacks up with the best in the South,
and the two events that find him op­posing
Howard Wheeler, who has yet
to be defeated this year, are expected
to be on the evening's "main-attrac-
Marked Improvement
Noted By Ed Shirling
Marked improvement in the econom
ic and financial conditions on southern
farms was reported Monday to the
Auburn Kiwanis Club by Ed Shirling
of the Federal Land Bank in New
Orleans. His conclusion was based
upon the large number of foreclosed
farms which the Federal Land Bank
sold last year with many more to be
sold this year.
The speaker said that it is the in
tention of Federal officials to sell
these farms to farmers who will use
them. With this in view a cash rental
contract with option to buy has been
arranged and is being used.
Mr. Shirling is a native of Green
ville, Alabama, and an Alumnus of
Auburn. He was famous as a full
back on Auburn's football team fifteen
years ago.
Lyle Brown, extension forester, dis
cussed the forestry situation in the
United States with particular refer
ence to the South. By the use of
charts, he explained that American
people continue to consume timber
much faster than it is growing. This
situation, he explained, calls for stim
ulated tree production through effici
ent management, largely prevention of
damage by forest fires.
Dr. W. C. John, of the U. S. Bureau
of Education, was a visitor and
brought greetings from the Federal
bureau at Washington which he rep­resents.
Dr. Paul Irvine, club president, pre­sided.
Club singing was led by Song
leader George Scarseth.
LOCAL COMMUNITY
PLAYERS PRESENT
SHOW ON TUESDAY
Audience Acclaims "Helena's
Boys" As Outstanding Dra­matic
Hit; Floyd Is Director
tion" list. Other events that Florida
is strong are in the diving and breast-stroke
competitions. The quarter rec­ord
of 6:13 is almost certain to fall,
as Coach Morris has broken this time
on several occasions already this sea­son,
and the Florida 440 man can also
beat this record.
As things look at this time, tonight's
meet is a toss-up. Adequate computa­tions
on the various times made by
both teams seem to indicate almost
certain victory for each team in three
events, and toss-ups in the other three
phases of the meet, are the best cur­rent
predictions can offer.
Auburn's line-up for tonight's com­petition
in the events named (in order
of the program) has Howard Wheeler,
Gordon McKinney, Howard Conner
and Captain Morris in the relay; Lou­is
Rice and Carlos White in the 200-
yard breast-stroke; Herschel Conner
and Brant Woodward in the 150-yard
back stroke; Howard Wheeler and
Gordon McKinney in the 50-yard dash;
Howard Morris and Howard Conner
in the quarter; Wheeler and McKin­ney
in the century; Woodward and
Gene Fort in the diving; Morris and
Howard Conner in the 220; and a team
composed of Herschel Conner, Carlos
White, and Louis Rice in the medley
relay.
PLANS FOR DANCE
AND BANQUET ARE
COMPLETE-EUS
Banquet Will Be Given At Bap­tist
Church; Dance To Begin
At Nine P. M. In Gymnasium
STUDENTS WILL
HEAR WELLS AT
CLASS BANQUET
O. D. K. And College Authori­t
i e s Arrange Details For Fea­ture
Of 'A' Day Celebration
EVENTS ARE PLANNED
Wells Is Noted Industrialist,
Business Man Of Birming­ham;
Has Interesting Career
By Jimmie Lovelace
The Auburn-Opelika Community
Players crashed through with another
dramatic hit when they presented
"Helena's Boys" in Langdon Hall last
night.
Mr. Charles Floyd, director of the
Players, added another theatrical tri­umph
to his large collection; and at
least two of the cast definitely estab­lished
themselves as thespians of the
highest order: Mrs. Bertha Hess and
Mrs. Gladys Irvine.
Auburn seldom has seen a more
finished portrayal than that given by
Mrs. Hess, who was cast in the rath­er
minor role of a lovable old Irish
housekeeper. She was superb through­out,
never once dropping out of char­acter,
and her deft rendition of a thick
Irish dialect was flawless.
Mrs. Gladys Irvine, taking the lead­ing
role of Helena, handled her part
with admirable stage presence and
much of the credit for a successful
show should be hers for her splendid
portrayal.
The part of a soulful-eyed, giddy,
baby talking blonde was played by
Kate Crossley and in this characteri­zation
Miss Crossley did a neat bit of
work. She was a commedienne par
excellence and she drew many laughs
from the delightful audience.
Glenn Middlebrooks as Henry Til-den,
one of Helena's boys' and Leland
Smith as Mr. Girard, a disciple of the
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Pictures Be Shown
At Ag Club Session
On Wednesday night at 7 o'clock in
108 Comer Hall the Ag Club will spon­sor
the showing of three moving pic­ture
films on the subject of forestry
at the regular meeting of the club.
The three reels will be shown by D.
J. Waddell, associate professor of For­estry
at Auburn, and they will pic­ture
forestry scenes from three sec­tions
of the country, the South, West,
and Northeast. The titles of the films
in the order in which they will be
shown are: "Pines that Came Back,"
"Timber," and "Winter Logging in the
White Mountains."
These pictures are the first of their
kind to be shown in Auburn, and
should be especially interesting to stu­dents
in Forestry. The public is cor­dially
invited.
All arrangements for the Military
Ball have been completed and every­thing
is in readiness for one of the
most successful of such affairs ever
to be presented on the local campus,
according to an announcement by
Frank Ellis, captain of the Auburn
Scabbard and Blade company.
Place for the Scabbard and Blade
banquet has been changed from Ben­son's
to the Baptist Church. This af­fair
will begin promptly at seven
o'clock. Matt Sledge will act as toast-master
for the occasion. Decorations
for the banquet will be in red, white,
and blue, the colors of the organiza­tion.
Member's dates will be given
favors during the course of the ban­quet.
The ball will begin at nine instead
of nine-thirty o'clock, as was previ­ously
announced. The dance will be
staged in Alumni Gymnasium and will
be attended by a number of regular
army officers, members of the O. R.
C, and senior cadets with their dates.
The Auburn Knights will furnish
the music for the hop. Ea"rl Starnes
has announced that his orchestra has
been practicing daily and that a varied
program of recent dance tunes will be
played for the affair. The orchestra
has enlarged their musical library and
are now presenting a repertoire of
popular music at each of their engage­ments.
The outstanding feature of the
dance will be the Grand March, which
will be led by Miss Margaret d'Orsay
and William Hughes, senior cadet col­onel
of the local R. O. T. C. brigade.
During the march senior cadets will
form a sabre arch down the center of
the dance floor through which dancers
will pass.
Gov. and Mrs. Bibb Graves have
been issued an especial invitation to
attend both the Scabbard and Blade
banquet and the Military Ball. No
definite information as to whether or
not the governor and his wife will at­tend
the celebration has been released
but those in charge of arrangements
for the affairs have stated that they
will probably be in attendance. •
NOTICE
All students interested in trying out
for the tennis team report to 210 Sam-ford
Hall tomorrow night at 8 o'clock
for a meeting.
Information to the effect that Mr.
Oscar Wells, leading business man of
Birmingham, has accepted an invita­tion
from the Omega Circle of Omi-cron
Delta Kappa and college author­ities
to be principal speaker at the sen­ior
class banquet on "A" Day, March
27 was released this morning from P.
O. Davis' office.
The senior banquet is being planned
and sponsored by O. D. K. in cooper­ation
with the school administration.
This is the first time in a number of
years that such an occasion has been
given exclusively for seniors, and it
is expected to be installed as an an­nual
event here.
Members of the local O. D. K. circle
have been in a number of conferences
with Mr. Davis and President Dun­can
recently in arranging details for
the banquet and their part of the "A"
Day program. In cooperating with
members of the "A" Club the group
has arranged an attractive progam
for the celebration. The "A" Club is
making plans for a number of events
for the "A" Day festivities.
Having been appointed assistant
cashier in the Wells Banking Company
of Piatt City, Mo., in 1898, Mr. Wells
has since become a distinguished fig­ure
in the field of banking. He at­tended
Bethany College at Wheeling,
W. Va., for three years before enter­ing
the banking business.
Later Mr. Wells was named presi­dent
of the Bank of Edgerton, Mo.,
following that he was cashier of the
National Bank of Carthage, Mo. from
1903 to 1905, the Fort Worth National
Bank from 1905 to 1909, and the Com
mercial National Bank of Houston
from 1909 to 1912.
Other banking positions held by Mr
Wells since 1912 include vice-president
of the Union National Bank at Hous
ton, vice-president of the First Na­tional
Bank of Houston, and govern­or
and director of the Federal Reserve
Bank, Dallas, from which position he
resigned in 1915. That same year he
was named president of the First Na­tional
in Birmingham. He held this
position until 1930 when he was made
chairman of the board, which position
he now holds.
Mr. Wells is also a director of the
Woodward Iron Company, Birming­ham
Fire Insurance Company, and the
Birmingham Branch of the Federal
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Language Group Will
Meet In Birmingham
The Alabama Modern Language As­sociation
will meet in Birmingham on
the 29th of this month, according to
an announcement by T. P. Atkinson,
local professor and president of the
organization.
The principal speaker for the meet­ing
will be Mr. W. McKay Wright,
who will address the Association on
"Values of Language Study." Mr.
Wright, who is now conducting tours
over the world, is a close student of
foreign lands and is well versed in
foreign languages.
The French group will be addressed
by Mr. Stephane Meyrat. Mr. Meyrat
is an exchange student at Birming­ham-
Southern college. His subject
will be "The Educational System of
France."
The Spanish group will be addressed
by Mr. R. L. Williams, one of the lead­ing
business men of Birmingham. The
speaker has traveled extensively in
Spanish speaking lands and his talk
on "Travel in Spanish America" prom­ises
to be of much interest.
At the conclusion of the meeting
there will be a social gathering in
the apartment of Phillips High School.
Hess States Recent
Debate Trip Is
Success
Two debates were won, one lost,
and the other three resulted in non-decision
affairs as a result of the five
colleges encountered by the Auburn
debating team in their tour last week
of the three Southern states of Ala­bama,
Mississippi, and Louisiana.
The team composed of B. H. John­son,
E. M. Thompson, and J. E. De-
Vaughn accompanied by Prof. E. D.
Hess, debate coach, left Auburn at
four o'clock Monday morning for Bat­on
Rouge. The debate against L. S.
U. was held in the college Work Shop
Theatre, Tuesday morning, with
Thompson and Johnson upholding the
affirmative case for Auburn on the
national Pi Kappa Delta debate ques­tion:
"Resolved, That the United
States Should Prohibit the Interna­tional
Shipment of Arms and Muni­tions."
A decision was not given in
this debate.
While in Baton Rouge, the team
spent much of their time in a tour
of the capital city, including an in­spection
of the state capital building,
a $5,000,000 structure of 32 stories,
considered to be the finest building of
its kind in the world.
From Baton Rouge the team left for
Jackson, Mississippi, where they en­countered
Millsaps College, in which
Johnson and DeVaughn argued the
negative side for Auburn. Auburn
won the debate with a two-to-one de­cision
from the judges.
On Thursday Johnson and De-
Vaughn argued the negative case
against Mississippi State College,
which resulted in a non-decision. The
following day Johnson and De-
Vaughn won a unanimous decision in
a debate with Mississippi State Col­lege
for Women. That night members
of the Auburn team were guests at a
concert given by the M. S. C. W. Glee
Club in the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium of
the school.
Friday in Birmingham, the Auburn
team of Johnson and De Vaughn ar­gued
on the negative against Howard
College, in which the decision rendered
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High School Hoopmen
Have Excellent Year
Auburn High's basketball team fin­ished
the current season with the most
impressive record made in several
years by a local hardwood aggrega­tion;
losing only five games during the
campaign. Lanett and Tallassee were
the only teams to defeat the local
quint during the regular season, and
Dadeville won a close decision in the
district tourney finals. The latter five
later won second place in the state
tournament at Tuscaloosa.
Auburn will be in a bad way next
year, however, as all but one of the
1935 outfit graduate in May. Junior
Whatley, who was named on the east
half of the district all-star team, Phil­ip
Smith, Roy Powell and Hugh
Wright all receive their sheepskins to
wind up successful athletic careers at
the local school. John Ham is the only
member of the first-string five who
will be back next year and Coach Gor­don
Fowler is expecting to use him as
the nucleus around which a good team
may be built.
Dan Friel, Harry Bush, Elmer Alm-quist
and John Earle Atkinson are the
most likely-looking subs and all are
expected to be very valuable during
next year's campaign. Friel and Bush
both received considerable experience
during the season just passed and
should develop into outstanding hoop
artists before their playing days at
the Auburn school are over.
At the district tournament for this
half held in Lanett week before last,
Auburn earned the right to compete
in the finals by victories over Waver-ly,
Smith Station, and Langdale.
Langdale presented one of the classi­est
small teams that the locals faced
all year and it was by virtue of a six­teen
point last half rally that the Au­burn
team was able to come from be­hind
and earn the right to play Dade­ville
in the semi-finals that were to
decide the two teams from this dis­trict
who would go to Tuscaloosa.
SIGMA NU FIVE BEATEN BY
PI KAPPA ALPHA IN EXTRA
PERIOD BY 21-19 DECISION
Barnes To Lead 1936
Auburn Court Quintet
Woodrow "Country" Barnes, of
New Site, was elected Captain of
Auburn's 1936 basketball team
by this year's letter wearers at a
meeting Monday night.
At the same time, Cleve Brown,
of Montgomery, acting captain in
most of the games this season,
was officially elected Captain of
this year's team. Davis Godbold,
of Selma, was named manager for
next year.
A letter winner for two sea­sons,
Barnes has been high point
man in most of the games played
this year. Possessing an almost
uncanny eye for the basket, he
gives promise of being one of the
high scorers of the conference in
1936.
Brown has been a regular
guard for two years, and his per­formance
has been characterized
by steady, accurate playing. He
is the only regular Auburn will
lose by graduation.
DISPUTE SETTLED
BY COUNCIL MEET
ON MONDAY NIGHT
Interfrat Council Votes To Re­quire
Teams To Replay Tilt;
Group To Make New Rules
The results of the semi-final Sigma
Nu-Pi Kappa Alpha basketball game
in the Interfraternity Council basket­ball
tournament were altered in a
meeting of the Council Monday night
when the group acted upon the con­tested
game. The body voted to ac­cept
the ruling through which a Sig­ma
Nu player was ruled ineligible and
to require the game to be replayed by
next Tuesday night, March 19.
At the call meeting of the Council
a report of the Athletic Committee's
findings as to the eligibility of play­ers
on both the Sigma Nu and Pi Kap­pa
teams was given through talks by
president Howard Morris and Wallace
Nelson, chairman of the Athletic
Committee. The committee found that
a member of the Sigma Nu quint was
ineligible under the rule that "no man
who is participating or has within the
school year participated in varsity or
freshman athletics or has earned a
major letter in the sport in question
shall be eligible for interfraternity
athletics." "Definition of participat­ing:
Participating defined to remain­ing
out for squad until after the first
game or meet."
Both sides of the question as to what
action the Council should takejon the
matter were fully discussed by repre­sentatives
of the two fraternities in­volved
and other Council members.
After the findings of the Athletic
Committee were announced Morris
stated that the issue was what action
should be taken under the report. A
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Suspension Of Agent
Asked By Farm Group
Suspension of county agent U. R.
Green, Auburn graduate of '21, has
been asked by the cotton farmers of
Russell county on the grounds of what
they call undue activity on the part of
the selection of the Bankhead cotton
committee.
Resolution of protest asking for the
suspension of Green were signed by
the chairman and clerk of the Russell
county farm committee and forwarded
to Dr. L. N. Duncan, President Roose­velt,
Sec. Wallace, and Senator Bank-head.
The resolution asks that the
county agent be suspended until the
charges can be heard and another
agent temporarily appointed to his
place.
Last Year's Tourney Winners
Come From Behind To Grab
Thrilling Victory Last Night
WRIGHT IS STAR
Teams Display Good Form In
Staging Most Closely Con­tested
Game Of Tournament
By Jap Parrish
Pi Kappa Alpha's basketball ma­chine,
1934 court champions, won the
most closely-fought game yet played
in the tournament from SigmaNu, 21-
19, in Alumni Gymnasium last night.
Three extra periods were required to
determine the winner of the affair, a
re-played game resulting from an eli­gibility
question concerning a Sigma
Nu player who participated in the first
game. The Pi K. A.-Theta Chi game
will be played Thursday night at 8:30,
a 10c admission being charged.
Last night's contest was a game
such as is only read about in stories.
The first half was a listless and mo­notonous
sixteen minutes that found
the Ag Bottom quintet leading 10-5
at the whistle, but not sufficiently con­vincing
to insure holding this lead for^
any time. Bruce McGhee, elongated
Sigma Nu pivot man, opened the scor­ing
with a snowbird from under the
basket with Will Turk, Sigma Nu
Captain tossing an over-shoulder shot
through the hoops that never touched
the rim. Dopey Wright counted the
first Pi K. A. marker as he converted
a free throw 'and Jimmy Fenton
brightened the general outlook with
another. Governor Turk then pro­ceeded
to swish another one of those
beautiful over-shoulder tosses and
things looked dark for the Wright-
Quinney outfit. The first quarter
ended like that, Sigma Nu 6—Pi K.
A. 2.
Two more field goals" during the
second quarter by the Sigma Nu quin­tet
brought their total to ten points,
and another foul and the only first
half field goal of Pi K. A. by Fred
Black completed the Pi K. A. total of
five. The third quarter found Sigma
Nu's offense bogging down miserably
and the sudden rise of Pi K. A. stock.
Dopey Wright and his point-manufac­turers
got together and amassed six
points to go into a ragged-edge lead
of one point at the end of the third
period, 11-10.
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Pettus' Selection To
Committee Protested
Charles W. Edwards, Registrar at
Auburn and member of the Alabama
State Democratic Executive Commit­tee,
has written vigorous protests to
the committee chairman regarding the
election of Edmund W. Pettus, of Sel­ma,
to the committee to fill a vacancy
in the fourth district.
"Members of the committee," said
Mr. Edwards in discussing the mail
vote now being taken among the com­mittee,
"should not be forced into the
predicament of having to vote for a
repudiated candidate or not vote at
all."
Mr. Pettus was retired from the
committee by a vote of the people of
his district in the primary last May.
It is the usual courtesy of the commit­tee
members to allow the membership
from a congressional district to name
successors to those who resign. Mr.
Edwards protests against this rule in
the Pettus case.
"This case," says Mr. Edwards in
his letter, "differs from the usual cas­es
in that the candidate, (Mr. Pettus)
was recently rejected for the particu­lar
position by the people at the polls.
The courtesy ,rule should not be in­voked.
Rather, fourth district com­mitteemen
should withdraw the nom­ination
of Mr. Pettus and name an
acceptable candidate or at least add a
second nominee in order that members
who do not wish to ignore the wishes
of the people may cast an untram­melled
ballot"
T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U T E WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1935
"Scooge" comes through with another good idea. In looking at the Interfrater-nity
Council meeting Monday night from the practical standpoint he brings out the
fact that one good came from the session—the Council should make enough out of
the replayed game in charging a dime for admission to throw a good party.
» Reports have it that Miss Melba Sellers has introduced a new idea into riding
habit fashions with the innovation of Ollie Hardy trousers. Besides being chic and
style plus, they are so roomy and comfy.
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We learn that there is such a thing as freedom of the press just so long as one
doesn't write any adverse criticism. Outside of that limitation one has a free reign
to say what one pleases.
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"I could simply die dancing like this."
"Maybe so, but I see no reason for making a death pact of it."
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DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO WILL ATTEND THE MILITARY BALL:
Here I lie upon my bed,
My mouth is dry, Oooh! what a head!
My muscles ache, my feet are sore,
/ This morning after the night before.
Housewife:
Dairyman:
cows depressed.
Can't taste my food, and have no pep,
Spent all my dough, and lost my rep,
Just let me sleep, cause I feel bad,
But WHAT a marvelous time I had!
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Don't bring me any more of that horrid milk, why it's blue.
Don't blame me, lady, it's them long dull evenings as makes the
A young lawyer, recently graduated from the University, pleading his first case,
had been retained by a farmer to prosecute a railway company for killing twenty-four
hogs. He wanted to impress the jury with the magnitude of the injury.
"Twenty-four hogs, gentlemen. Twenty-four; twice the number there are in the
jury box."
Who was that Oboe I seen you with last night?
That was no Oboe, that was my fife.
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That conditions are returning to normal is shown by the' fact that old cronies
Bill Hughes and W. G. Hall may be seen sipping coffee together in Benson's any
night.
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Be Home Early, Daughter
In the now dim past a number of rules
and regulations under which women stu­dents
at Auburn were to live were drafted
and installed. Those rules are still in ef­fect
at this date and are enforced or not
according to the pleasure of a council of
co-eds who are chosen to a Women's Student
Council.
One of these rules states that "freshmen
and sophomores are not permitted to go to
town after 7:30 at night." Another states
that "juniors are permitted to go to town
after 7:30 on Wednesday night, provided
their stay does not exceed thirty minutes."
And still another rule provides that "with
special permission from a member of the
Council, women students are permitted to
visit fraternity houses during the day only,
and in groups of three or more, provided
one of the group is a senior or a Council
member."
The above rules clearly indicate the mere
absurdity of most of the Council regula­tions.
They were doubtless formulated dur­ing
the years when mothers were prone to
look upon Auburn as a den of iniquity.
That period is now history.
However, rules which indicate that Au­burn
co-eds must be subjected to the most
binding disciplinary measures are still in
force here. It would not be surprising to
learn that some parents have failed to send
their daughters to school here because of
the implication which regulations govern­ing
co-ed life carry.
Since the rule which practically forbids
co-eds visiting fraternity houses was writ­ten
a number of fraternities have employed
house mothers. It is especially difficult to
understand why such a rule should apply to
those fraternities having one who could act
as official chaperon during a co-ed's visit to
the chapter house.
Further, some of the rules are unreason­able.
That regulation which provides that
girls attending a dance shall be in the dor­mitory
within fifteen minutes after the
dance is over makes it impossible for a co­ed
residing in the dormitory to visit a drug
store after' a dance. After most dances
here the fifteen minute period of grace
would be taken up in attempting to place
one's order.
Naturally, many of us realize that sev­eral
of these rules should not be enforced
and they are accepted as necessary evils.
Whether or not they are enforced they
should be scrapped.
We venture to say that most girls coming
here to school live under much more lenient
rules at home than they would should each
of the foolish Council rules be enforced.
Such absurd regulations tend to make
for much more unbecoming action on the
part of a co-ed, we contend, than would be
prevalent under more sane rules. The ma­jority
of these rules lend the impression
that women students at Auburn can not be
trusted to lead sane life away from home.
Certainly this is not 'the condition—and
most of us realize that fact. Then, why
not revise certain sections of the by-laws
and house rules of the Council along more
reasonable lines?
Competition is the spice of life said some­body
ages ago. We wager that this state­ment
was meant to apply to business.
Why Compromise?
President Roosevelt seems to be "in a bad
way" these days what with many of his
used-to-be supporters deserting his princi­ples
daily, and the powerful public press
becoming only luke warm in 'its defense of
Administration policies.
Not all of Mr. Roosevelt's attackers are
rock-ribbed Republicans, either. Several
of our leading liberal editorialists are now
taking the Democratic chieftan to task for
several of his actions in the past few
months. According to a number of this
group, most of the criticism which has been
directed at the President has had to do with
his attempts to compromise any issue upon
which he has been opposed.
For a while we thought that most of the
criticism of Roosevelt was nurtured in the
form of discontent at the slowness of prom­ised
recovery. Everybody seemed to be dis­satisfied
because prosperity had not re­turned
in two years. Naturally, any nor­mally
intelligent person could see that no
such phenomenon as absolute recovery in
such a short while was likely. Therefore,
we assumed a watchful and waiting attitude
toward the whole furor and held that the
President was "right."
We still have faith in the present Admin­istration
to accomplish the desired results
as long as it follows its original course.
As Oswald Garrison Villard points out in
a recent issue of The Nation, "he (the pres­ident)
rose to his opportunity and to the
needs of the hour in a way to surprise, de­light,
and astound many who had known
him for years" during the first half of his
rule. But The Nation also Brings out the
fact that at present Roosevelt goes first to
the right and then to the left. . "At one
time he attacks a group; next he seeks to
appease it. This is so obvious that every­body
is dwelling upon it," continues Villard.
Roosevelt started out on an idealistic
course in which he hewed straight to the
line. Of course, in continuing this course
the President would have been forced to
accept defeat at several points along the
way. But at that we had rather see him
stick to the plan which won him so much
support than to attempt to compromise is­sues
at every bump on the road to recov­ery.
Poor Ole' Hooey
The smallest spark of recognition is im­mediately
fanned into columns of news­paper
and magazine publicity for a man
who has radical ideas in these United States.
During the first few short days of this
month any number of newspapers, and mag­azines
from Scribner's to Vanity Fair have
devoted a great amount of space to King-fish-
Shar-Wealther-Huey P. Long.
Everybody seems to have become alarmed
at the supposed increased popularity of
the Louisiana Loud mouth. Many of those
who are Long sympathizers and those who
are prone to become alarmed at Huey's doc­trines
claim that the Kingfish is the man
to watch in the next presidential cam­paign.
Maybe the Louisianian was headed for
bigger and better things (for himself) but
not so now. Hooey has put his foot into
the wrong shoe. As long as he preached
his "Share Wealth" program and led a cit­izenry
of seemingly unintelligent Louisi-anians
he had smooth sailing. But he just
wouldn't let well enough alone. It's the
same, old story—warped political aspirations
are heading him toward an extremely rocky
shore.
When Huey went after Jim Farley he
took a rather sizeable bite that is liable to
cause him no end of tummy ache. With
Hugh Johnson, Joe Robinson and others
(probably coached by Big Jim) on his coat
tail) the Kingfish is heading for a deep
plunge in hot water.
Senator Robinson and General Johnson
uncapped the steam which the Federal Ad­ministration
has been brewing for several
months a few days ago. Huey had at­tacked
Postmaster General Farley and de­manded
a government investigation of the
post office department. Now Big Jim is •
the man in the present Administration and
as long as Roosevelt has any weapons with
which to fight the Kingfish he's going to let
Huey have it with both barrels.
Farley is the master politician—suave,
intelligent, and extremely popular. It is
upon his shoulders that most of the go-be­tween
burdens have fallen during these two
years of the Roosevelt regime. The Presi­dent
banks strongly on Farley to keep things
running smoothly and he's going to stand
by Big Jim in his battle with the Kingfish.
Yes, Huey might have had easy sailing
had he let well enough alone, but we believe
that he got more than he bargained for
when he aroused the ire of such lambasters
as Robinson and Johnson. With able tu­toring
by the President and Farley, Admin­istration
leaders should be able to get Long
in many straits before the present session
of Congress is terminated. The Louisiana
senator will probably continue to give vent
to spine tickling oratory in the future, but
we believe anything he says will have about
as much effectiveness as pouring water on
a duck's back.
JOCULARITIES I
By Jeremiah Jattingham
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.
* * * *
ONCE upon a time in the dear dead
and somewhat dreary days of a de­cade
ago when co-eds didn't go to
dances and you weren't seen with one if it
could be avoided, a set of rules for the dis­cipline
and guidance of the female students
of Auburn was formulated. Since that no­ble
day when the first step toward protect­ing
the morals of the fairer sex at deare
olde Auburn was taken changes in this code
have been few and unimportant. At the
present time the situation at Auburn is
something like this: some forty girls in the
dormitory under a system of fluctuating
strictness, the balance of the co-ed popula­tion
out in twon with a superficial and be­nevolent
supervision that also varies, ac­cording
to the temper of the particular
house where they are staying.
One of the most simple-minded rules that
supposedly conscientious members of the
Womens' Student Council have to enforce
is the ten-thirty rule for regular dates, and
a fifteen minute time limit after dances.
The two are both more or less reprehen­sible
with the first a real hangover from
the Golden Nineties, when women were
gilded lilies or sang soprano in the church
choir. We'll wager that not more than five
per cent of the girls affected by this rule
ever get in at this rather prehistoric time
of ten-thirty when they are at home, yet we
have to look after these poor innocent maid­ens
whose mothers tearfully entrusted (?)
them to the perils of evil Auburn. And
fifteen minutes after a dance—not even
enough time to get a coke; forty-five minutes
would be more like it. By the time one gets
a wrap and waits around for a Swiss-in-the
dark fifteen minutes is consumed all
too rapidly.
There are many other rules (such as the
one against riding in cars) but in the final
run they all go to make a farcial set-up
become very ludicrous. And then there's
the point to be considered that might be
classed as the real, fundamental cause of
the trouble: any system which sets up one
group of girls to pass on the behavior of
other girls whose experience in many cases
wider is inherently wrong.
We realize, of course, that being on such
a committee works a hardship on the mem­bers
of the Council particularly when a good
friend may be caught seven and a half min­utes
late, and we sympathize with them in
having to labor under such a system. But
it does seem that there are enough intelli­gent
women students' on this campus to re­vise
the whole code of rules to be more in
line with present-day activities, and ideas.
And either let the faculty entirely operate
the rules, or the students, not as we under­stand
the present scheme to be, where the
faculty dabbles much and often.
, * * * *
Diary of a Nighthawk . . . . Friday, 8th
. . . . Venturing forth in balmy atmosphere
to Unks where chatting to Bill Cox over
oysters and fixins' . . . . and then several
turns around the block finally dispensing of
company Cox who had plates to draw . . . .
out to West Magnolia where talking to Duf­fle,
a piano player of fame who reads de­tective
tales for diversion . . . and Red Say-ers^
writing a letter to his best girl . . . . de­ciding
to study and to the country estates
of Kappa Alpha where routing Bill Emrey
out produced some slight disapproval . . . the
pair of us back up town to catch show and
S. A. E. rushes . . . although I realize he's
a competitor in this columnizing business . . .
Bill Gaines and Bubber Morton as insep­arable
as ever and apparently ignorant of
the rest of the world . . . . Allen Kerr and
friend Georgie Harrison with the Handley
twins . . . . Tommie Chalmers very modestly
escorting Ann Moore with Sarah Hooper
and her date . . . . Bo McEwen and Sarah
Lee Stanley slacking it in and looking not
so terribly sad after a sad movie . . . . Alan
Jacobs and Helen Sellers also among those
present . . . . quite a merry quartet of ar­chitects—
if Stanley were only an archi­tect
. . . . another "Love in Bloom" romance,
Fred Strother and Dimple Olds efficiently
disposing of a chocolate shake rapidly and
out very fastly . . . . Kay Sibert, an acqui­sition,
a quite attractive one, too, with
Baynard . . . . and the omnipresent Ella
Frances South with Dave Knowlton
and Hugh Parker . . . . Ludie Johnson
effectively leading the rush from the S. A.
E. affair, and Walton Crosley and Frances
Bailey just a few steps behind . . . . Blake
and Slack (the public prints can't hold 'em)
and Mama's Little Boy MacMillan with Dot
Lewis, from down home Tuskegee way . . . .
Joe Ledbetter (just tell her Smoky Joe was
here and had to go) and his own Henrietta
Worsley with Editor Davis . . . . another fu­ture
Emory product, Tid Jones, and a two-year-
flame, Jitters Lewis . . . Walton Mont­gomery,
idol of Opelika lanes, and Martha
Prince, as demure as ever . . . . Henry Moore
Renfro (how the gals do love the way he
dances) and Ruth Darden . . . . one of the
We recently received a letter from Rea­gan
McCrary, assistant managing editor of
The Literary Digest, from which we are
running extracts in this column. The letter
commented on the mental stagnation of
Southerners—Mr. McCreary being well
qualified to write on the subject since he was
born and reared on a cotton plantation in
Texas. Extracts follow:
"There was a day, you know, when South­ern
States tried to break away from the
Union in defense of an idea. I suppose a
number of people—probably the majority
even in the South—believe that the South­ern
States elected secession in order to pre­serve
the institution of slavery. An ex­amination
of the Constitution of the Con­federate
State will correct that mistaken
impression. ,
"There are but three differences between
that and the Constitution which they re­nounced:
No Federal Government shall
spend money for improvements, relief, etc.
within the individual States; there shall be
no form of Federal bounty; tariff shall be
for revenue only—not "protective." These
things—States rights—were the principles
for which Southerners once fought.
"It is a discouraging fact that the South
is living off the charity of a Democratic Ad­ministration
which has renounced all those
principles. The New Deal has flunked mis­erably
outside the South. Industrial labor
is today getting no more "real wage" than
before Roosevelt was handed the deck for
his New Deal. The South has lulled it to a
state of stupid submission, the attitude of
most promising of the coming up generation
of the neighboring city . . Bill McTyeire and
Nettye Murphey (need we say more) . . . .
Super-scholar Jack Shaw and Bit Mitchell
from West Glenn Joe Sarver and Kath-erine
McCraney, in a blue and pensive mood
. . . . Jarvis Brown, an S. P. E. freshman
who might have a future ahead of him, and
Sue Morton, in light blue, if we remember
correctly . . . . Morris Ellis and Mary Banks
Franklin . . . . what, no Creel? . . . . Red
Grimes and Jane Handley, for no reason at
a l l . . . . Southsider deluxe, Helen Funchess,
with Maples . . . . Cordelia Holstun, of close-by
Waverly, with Spider Webb of the ar­chitects
. . . . Beverly Biggin and Tiny Shi,
or is it Shine . . . . College Inning . . . . Bill
Milam and Virginia Hubbard, give Bill an­other
week and he'll be doing the Virginia
reel . . . Blake Campbell and Mary Hay-good,
outfitted in an attractive blue . . . .
Porter Golden and Virginia Wadsworth in
a yellow and green plaid creation . . . . Mary
Pearce, Love-Thy-Neighbor Sledge, and Don
Pierce in a supervisory capacity . . . . Bill
Kent and Anne Kelso, a Montgomery lassie
whose eyes remind me of deep water . . . .
the pride of Pi Kappa Phi, Gene Heacock
and Mary Helen Scott, also of Montgomery.
A week-end would be too much although I
started out with this in mind as a possible
project. But there's one person I've for­gotten—
ED PREWITT, who specifically
asked that I put his name in the sheet as
among those present. Okay, Eddie, here
you are, in capitals too.
a guinea pig, while the New Deal carries
on its vivisection of a once verile people.
Your undergraduate readers are, of course,
blissfully ignorant of these things which are
transpiring right under their noses. It
makes one faintly sickish just over the eyes,
and in the pit of one's stomach—like seeing
a dear friend turn yellow in a fight.
"Naturally, if Southern undergraduates—
and their fathers and mothers—do not take
an intelligent interest in national affairs,
if they are content to "leave it to Roosevelt
and charity," then it is rather too much to
expect them to take even casual interest in
international affairs.
"Still, the fact remains that the South,
the economic future of the South, is extric-ably
bound up with an international out­look.
The South is still dominated by King
Cotton, and King Cotton is fast dying. The
policy of the present Administration is—or
has been fast killing the export market for
cotton.
"In recompense, the farmers are paid to
curtail production. As a matter of actual
fact, Southern farmers would have made
more money during the past two years with­out
the AAA, and they would still hold
their traditional dominating position among
the cotton producers of the world. Support­ers
of the AAA argue that cotton farm­ers
would be ruined now if they had not
had the AAA during the past two years.
"I feel that cotton farmers are ruined
anyhow. There are some 300,000 farm
families on relief—initiative, self reliance
gone. Cotton farmers are faced with the
probability of surrendering world markets
for their cotton—and that under a Demo­cratic
Administration. If Southerners had
only taken these things after a battle, as
they did in 1860! The nauseating fact is
that they do it like spineless mendicants,
beggin' for pennies and never biting quar­ters
to see if they are counterfeit.
"And now, rising from the traditions that
hallow the memories of Southern statesmen
and leaders, there rises a new leader . . . .
Huey Long!
"It is a not so amusing truth that first
the South has relaxed beneath the opiate of
Roosevelt's charm, resigned itself to a
drone's life of leaving it to Roosevelt—and
now the South is "leaving it to Long." Thus
are the soils tilled for Fascism.
"This must sound frightfully bitter—but
I found in your edit a kindred spirit. Some
people are thinking about these things—
preparing to act. No violence—merely the
Renaissance of reason."
Whether or not we agree with Mr. Mc-
Crary's opinions, there is ample food for
thought in the writer's statements con­cerning
the present Administration. Most
of us are prone to draw ourselves into a
shell of smug tranquillity—a few divergent
opinions, properly considered, are good brain
food. A little time in thought on something
other than campus politics and the like
might tend to throw considerable light on
several pertinent national questions in which
all undergraduates should be vitally inter­ested.
| CABBAGES AND KINGS
By Cecil Strong and Bill Emrey
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.
* * * * THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH
But sometimes for the worst. We re­fer
to the abandonment of the college
dispensary. This dispensary which was dis­continued
at the end of Dr. Knapp's regime
was and could be again economical to the
student who could not afford to pay the
exhorbitant rates charged for medicines. It
is an accepted fact that the provision of a
school doctor is not only wise but a down­right
necessity. Why then, when it can be
done with practically no cost to the college
and but a small pittance to the individual
student, shouldn't the dispensary be reestab­lished.
* * * *
UNETHICAL . . . . Unethical and unac-ademic
were the words used by Dr. Ralph
Hutchinson, president of Washington and
Jefferson college, to attend the 75th anni­versary
of Louisiana State University. Dr.
Hutchinson wrote that the Washington and
Jefferson officials "wished very much that
they might be represented" at the confer­ence,
and concluded that "they would hesi­tate
to lend their support at this time when"
the high purposes of the University seem at
a distance to have been subordinated to the
political objectives of Mr. Huey Long. It
seems that Mr. Long's high-handed meth­ods
which were used at the University some
months ago are bearing forth fruit, and bit­ter
fruit. So we gather that sooner or
later one's political sins find him out. A
word to the wise campus politicians.
* * * *
REVOLT . . . . At the Appalachian State
Teachers College recently students left their
classes and also forfeited a basketball game.
Why? Because the authorities refused to
revoke regulations prohibiting men and
women students from mingling at athletic
and social functions. Rather archaic regu­lations,
aren't they, and fully deserving of
the heaped ridicule of students in up-to-date
Auburn . . . . Firmly entrenched in our
college regulations is a rule which states
that no co-ed may ride in an automobile
after dark—another places a seven-thirty
curfew on co-eds—with the "dance curfew"
being placed at fifteen minutes after the
end of the dance. And, for the benefit of
you week-end hitch-hikers, may I bring to
light a regulation which states that no stu­dents
other than seniors, have the right to
leave Auburn without getting permission
from their dean, and seniors must also
have their dean's permission if they miss
any college work. This last regulation does
not apply to Opelika unless college work is
missed.
* * * *
ALLEGIANCE . . . . Republican women
of the state of New York are demanding
that all students and teachers of that state
be required to take the oath of allegiance
to the constitution. Ye bleary eyed dragon,
COMMUNISM, seems to have found another
spot in which to raise his ugly head and
frighten dear old ladies into hysteric flight
behind our protective constitution.
* * * *
TRAINING SCHOOL In Atlanta a
training school has been established to train
persons between the ages of seventeen and
twenty-one, the college age, to be skilled
workmen. It seems that someone is be­ginning
to realize that all persons are not
of college timber, and that some form of
education should be provided for them.
Schools of this nature could play a very im­portant
part in American education by
training those vast numbers of people who
are evidently incapable of college work—
but who nevertheless, with the proper train­ing
could become skilled in some line of
work. Of course the establishment of such
schools would draw heavily on our present
college enrollment, much to the embarrass­ment
of state legislators and other bodies
whose criterion of a school's excellence is
its enrollment, but they would be a great
boon to the so-called students who are
hauled, boot-strap fashion, through four
years of college life and to the inevitable
degree and then pushed off into a skeptical
world firmly convinced that they are pos­sessed
of an excellent college education.
The patronage of this type of school would
be guaranteed the instant our colleges erect­ed
other entrance requirements than the
necessary, registration fees . . . . and long-suffering
college professors would once more
be given a chance to conduct their courses
in a manner not injurious to their profes­sorial
integrity.
* * * *
QUESTIONAIRE . . . . What red-headed
gentleman, during his absence last Friday
night was three-timed by the object of his
affection? . . . . What prominent young
Plainsman editor haunts what cafe and
why? . . . . Why did Bennie Vail look so
lonely sipping his dope after the show Sun­day
night? Curfew rings rather early
doesn't it Lib? How does Hawk McMillian
of come-here-gal fame manage to be so fas­cinating?
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 193S T H E A U B U R N PLAINSMAN •:• A L A B A M A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE P A G E THREE
ALL-AMERICA FIVE
TO BE ANNOUNCED
THURSDAY EVENING
Quailey Selects AU-American
Quint And Four Sectional
Teams For Radio Broadcast
An All-America basketball team for
1934-1935, based on selections made
by 60 basketball coaches, will be an­nounced
tomorrow night on the Kellogg
College Prom broadcast, over a WJZ-NBC
network. In addition to the All-
America, five sectional teams repre­senting
the East, the West, the South
and the Southwest were named.
Those chosen for the All-America
were Bob Kessler, left forward of
Perdue; Ray Ebling, right forward of
University of Kansas; Harry Leroy
Edwards, center, of University of
Kentucky; Claire Cribbs, left guard
of University of Pittsburgh; and Bill
Nash, right guard of Columbia.
The selections were made by tabu­lating
all-opponent teams picked by
the 60 basketball coaches. Each coach
named the outstanding players who
opposed the team he coached. The
schedules were examined carefully for
competitive value. Easy games were
discounted, or if the team took a long
trip, playing too many games in suc­cession,
the natural fatigue was con­sidered.
Team and individual scoring
and guarding results were weighed,
and all around performance as against
occasional brilliance was noted.
These elements were taken into ac
count by Les Quailey, noted sports
annalist, and from them he made the
selections. These were announced on
the broadcast by Ward Lambert, the
Purdue basketball coach, who pointed
out that such selections were now
possible because of the growth of in-tersectional
play.
The Southern team named was:
Dana Henderson (L.P.) University of
South Carolina, Columbia, South Car­olina;
James E. Walker (R.F.) Uni­versity
of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.;
Stuart M. Slythe (C) North Carolina
State College, Raleigh, North Caroli­na;
W. T. Downey (L.G.) Virginia
Military Institute, Lexington, Va.;
James R. McCachren (R.G.) Univer­sity
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
North Carolina.
Auburn Students Will
Get Bankhead Jobs
Auburn students will be preferred
for work on the Bankhead cotton ad­ministration,
Mr. Walter L. Randolph,
director, stated in a recent interview.
Work has already begun with about
40 people being employed, and by April
15, there will probably be at least 50
more jobs open.
The Bankhead work affords an op­portunity
for Auburn students to work
when they are not in classes. Some
students are able to pay most of their
expenses in this way. The eight-hour
day is the unit used by the administra­tion.
Birth-Death Ratio
In State Is 2-1
The birth-death ratio in Alabama is
2 to 1, it was shown by the Bureau of
Vital Statistics.
The death rate is higher than in
' 1933 due to increased pneumonia,
heart disease, senility and accidents.
Alabama had for December 2,823 fa­talities
and 6, 044 births.
In December, motor vehicles took 53
lives; home accidents claimed 81; oc­cupational
accidents, 15; and 31 per­ished
in other public accidents—12 be­ing
by accidental discharge of fire­arms.
There were 64 homicides and
17 suicides.
KODAK SNAPSHOTS
Of the children, friends and loved ones
keep them young. Don't wait until it is too
late, make snapshots of them now.
LOLLAE'S FINISHING SATISFIES.
VELOX PRINTS, they live on.
Films DEVELOPED 10c per roll, PRINTS
3c, 4c, 5c and 6c each, depending on the size.
ENLARGEMENTS from your kodak films.
TINTING AND FRAMING.
KODAKS, FILMS and SUPPLIES.
Old photos COPIED and REFINISHED.
MAIL ORDERS given special attention.
L O L L A R ' S
1808 3rd Ave. North, (Lyric Theatre Bldg.)
and 302 N. 20th St.
P. O. Box 2622, Birmingham. Ala.
How One Man
Lost 22 Pounds
Mr. Herman Runkis of Detroit
writes: "A few lines of thanks from
a rheumatism sufferer—My first bot­tle
of Kruschen Salts took all of the
aches and swellings out of my joints
with my first bottle I went on a
diet and lost 22 pounds and now feel
like a new man."
To lose fat safely and quickly take
one half teaspoonful of Kruschen
Salts in a glass of hot water before
breakfast every morning—a quarter
pound jar lasts 4 weeks. Get it at
Lipscomb's Drug Store or any drug
store in America.
If not joyfully satisfied after the
first bottle—money back.
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
MILDRED WADKINS, Society Editor
Phi Kappa Tau Will
Give Dance Saturday
The Alpha Lambda Chapter of the
Phi Kappa Tau fraternity will honor
Founder's Day Saturday with a num­ber
of festivities. Beginning at 6:00,
the fraternity will entertain at a ban­quet
in the chapter dining room. From
nine to twelve, the fraternity will be
hosts at a dance also to.be held at the
chapter house. The Auburn Cavaliers
have been engaged to play for this oc­casion.
Many out-of-town visitors,
both alumni and visiting girls, will
take part in these activities.
Prof. Nichols Talks
At Rotary Meeting
Prof. M. L. Nichols, head of the
Agricultural Engineering Department
at Auburn, was the speaker at a meet­ing
of the Opelika Rotary Club last
week.
He spoke on the study of chemical
properties of soils and the efforts be­ing
made to stop erosion and restore
wasted lands. Much extensive and
original work is being done at Au­burn
in the preservation and restora­tion
of lands, according to Prof. Nich­ols.
Prof. Nichols was one of the lead­ers
in the projects of putting relief
workers in the counties on soil erosion
work. Most counties in Alabama use
this system.
George Duncan To
Wed Early
The announcement of the engage­ment
of Miss La Trelle Robertson, of
Atlanta, Ga., to Mr. George Duncan,
former Auburn student, will be of in­terest
to friends here.
Miss Robertson received her educa­tion
at the Agnes Scott College and
the University of Georgia. Lieuten­ant
Duncan attended Auburn before
entering the U. S. Military Academy
at West Point, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan will reside
at Fort McPherson where the groom
is a lieutenant of the twenty-second
infantry.
Experiment Station
Begins New Work
The Alabama Experiment Station
is the first experiment station in the
United States to carry on experiment­al
work on fish pond improvement, ac­cording
to E. V. Smith, Professor of
Botany and Plant Pathology.
Work was started on the experi­ment
last year with the construction
of a two-acre pond and twenty small
ponds. This year the experiment sta­tion
is starting a project on farm fish­pond
management. Special emphasis
will be placed on the production of
food for fish in the farm fish pond.
The three departments taking most
interest in this work are; zoology and
entomology represented by Prof. H.
S. Swingle, Botany and plant pathol­ogy
by Professor E. V. Smith, and
agronomy and soils by Prof. H. D.
Scarseth.
Senator Thomas Is
Visitor In Auburn
Senator Earl Thomas, supervisor
of the state's "White collar" employ­ment
program was in Auburn Friday,
arranging projects for this county.
Approximately 32 Lee county per­sons
will be employed for clerical po­sitions
in March and April. "There
will be a sliding scale of pay, ranging
from $30 to $60 a month," the senator
stated, depending on the jobs and the
qualifications of the employees.
M. H. Tardy, A. R. A. Director of
Lee County said that the jobs would
be set up immediately and employees
taken on as soon as possible . All per­sons
seeking further information re­garding
"white collar" jobs are ad­vised
to see Miss Eulene Hawkins,
Director of relief in thfs county.
Cadek To Instruct
Violin At University
Mr. Ottakar T. Cadek, violinist who
was presented here on the Lecture and
Concert Series last fall has received
the position of instructor in violin at
the University of Alabama.
Mr. Cadek was born in Chattanooga,
Tenn., where his father established
the Cadek Conservatory of Music. He
has studied in the Conservatory of
Qurich and from the instructors Sev-eik,
Aner, and Kneisel. Mr. Cadek
has been one of the leading artists in
this country for many years.
PERSONAL
MENTION
Miss Emma Orr of Shorter College
was among the out-of-town visitors at­tending
the S. A. E. dance.
* * *
Mrs. Zebulon Judd will represent
the local D. A. R. Chapter at the State
Convention in Selma this week.
* * *
John Timothy Latham spent the
past weekend at his home in Fair­field,
Ala. While there he enter­tained
with a pink tea.
* * *
Georgia Lee Jackson spent Satur­day
night at home studying.
* * *
Howard McGee is spending a few
days of this week at his home in
Bonifay, Fla.
* * *
Business Manager Moss will spend
next week in Birmingham on the Sen­ior
Inspection trip. So will a number
of other seniors.
* * *
Gus Henderson, of Montgomery,
was here during the past weekend for
the S. A. E. celebration. He was
highly (?) entertained and regaled
while here.
* * *
Smoky Joe Ledbetter and Tid Bit
Jones, Emory's own, reported for
duty here last Saturday night.
Sorority Host Here
At Tea On Saturday
Phi Omega Pi Sorority was host at
a tea on Saturday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Zebulon Judd, in honor
of their Grand Treasurer, Mrs. T. G.
Yuncker of Greencastle, Ind. Those
receiving were Mrs. Judd, Mrs. Harold
Hoffsommer; Mrs. Henry Good, Miss
Zoe Dobbs, Miss Fannie Stollen-werck,
and Mrs. L. N. Duncan. Sev­eral
representatives from other so­rorities
on the campus enjoyed their
hospitality.
Phi Delta Theta To
Entertain With Hop
Commemorating Founder's day, Be­ta
chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fra­ternity
will entertain Saturday, March
17, with a dance in the recreation hall.
Music will be furnished by the Auburn
Knights and the dance will take place
between the hou^s of nine and twelve.
Several out-of-town visitors will add
to the gayety of the affair, which is
expected to be one of the best dances
Phi Delta Theta has ever sponsored.
Adrian Taylor Wed
To Miss Gussner
The marriage of Miss Ardeht Guss­ner
to Mr. Adrian Taylor, Auburn
graduate, was solemnized recently in
the Presbyterian Church in Bismarck,
North Dakota.
Miss Gussner formerly lived in Bis­marck.
Mr. Taylor is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Taylor of Eufaula, Ala.,
and is now connected with the Dakota
State Highway Department.
Auburn Grad Gets
Promotion
Mr. Ben Ingram, Auburn graduate,
has been promoted to a position in the
office of the Alabama Water Service
Co., in Birmingham. He was former­ly
the Superintendent of the Water
Plant in Oneonta, Ala.
Mr. Ingram is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. O. B. Ingram of Opelika, Ala.,
and attended the Opelika High School
before entering Auburn.
Cumbie Interment Is
Attended By Brothers
Several members of the Pi Kappa
Phi fraternity last week attended the
funeral of Reuben Cumbie, former Au­burn
student.
Cumbie died as the result of serious
injuries received in an automobile ac­cident
at Newnan on March 3. Funer­al
services were held at old Bethel
Church at Welch.
At the time of his death, Cumbie
was enrolled as a senior in the Atlanta
Dental College where he was to have
graduated in May. Twenty-five of
the dental students from Atlanta made
up an escort of honor at the funeral.
Cumbie, member of the Auburn
chapter of Pi Kappa Phi, attended
school here for two years.
Chambless To Teach
At Opelika High
"Boots" Chambless, alternate cap­tain
of the '33 grid squad at Auburn,
will be in charge of Physical Educa­tion
in the Opelika High School for
the remainder of this term.
Chambless has assisted Coach Mea­gher
in spring training here for the
last few weeks. He will teach noth-ing
but Physical Education at the
high school where he is to replace E.
A. "Dizzy" Pruett, who has accepted
a commission at a C. C. C. camp.
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ATTRACT THIRTY-FIVE GROUPS
English Department Receives Large Number Of Entries For
State Dramatic Tournament; Number Of Other Contests
Included In Event; To Be Held On March 22nd And 23rd
Cadets To Witness
Demonstration For
Formation Thursday
Drill formation for the cadet corps
will be at the regular period on Bul-lard
Field tomorrow morning. Imme­diately
after the formation the corps
will be marched to the west bank of
the drill field from where they will
witness an aero-car demonstration.
Cadets are advised to bring rain coats
to sit on for protection against the
wet ground. Seniors (only) will not
be required to wear uniforms to the
formation; this is to enable them to
have uniforms clean for the Military
Ball.
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balance due. Mason & Humes,
Opelika, Alabama.
Thirty-five high schools have regis­tered
for the Alabama High School
Tournament which will be held in
Langdon Hall on Friday and Satur­day,
March 22 and 23. The registra­tion
closed yesterday.
This tournament,-sponsored by the
English Department at Auburn, is an
annual affair, with the state high
schools competing in the fields of read­ing,
writing, drama, oratory, music,
art, and journalism.
A list of judges for the various con­tests
has not been completed but it is
thought that the positions will be filled
before the end of the week. Prizes
will be awarded to those representa­tives
of schools adjudged to be the best
in their competitive field.
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DRESS REHEARSALS FOR PLAY
FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE HELD
Auburn Players To Present Premier Showing Of "S. S. Queen
Of Cuba" In L a n g d o n Hall On Next Friday Night At 7 : 3 0;
Showing Is Anticipated By Students And Townspeople Here
Dress rehearsals by the Auburn
Players will be held tomorrow night
for the premier showing of "S. S.
Queen of Cuba" to be given in Lang­don
Hall Friday night at 7:30 o'clock.
In the estimation of the Players,
the showing Friday night promises to
be one of the finest productions ever
staged by the group. This is account­ed
for by the fact that the play in­cludes
in its cast many actors who
have had considerable experience on
the amateur stage and who have been
in a number of the plays presented
by the Players both this year and last.
The curtain will be opened a half
hour earlier than usual Friday night
in order that those planning to attend
the Military ball may leave in plenty
of time. A second presentation of the
play will be given Friday night of
the annual High School Dramatic
Tournament at the same hour at which
time, all contestants in the tourney will
be allowed free admission.
More than a month has been spent
in practice by members of the cast as
well as the stage crew to bring into
play much of the new modern stage
equipment recently purchased by Di­rector
T. Peet while in New York
City. Such equipment includes a mod­ern,
portable piano box switch board,
with 12 individual switches, each con-
Tiger Theatre
AUBURN, ALABAMA
"The Showplace of East
Alabama"
WEDNESDAY, March 13
"THE GREAT HOTEL
MURDER"
With Edmund Lowe, Victor
McLaglen
Also Pete Smith Novelty
Cartoon
"BUDDY'S CIRCUS"
THURSDAY, March 14
Myrna Loy, Cary Grant in
"WINGS IN THE DARK"
Added, Ruth Etting Musical
Comedy
"BANDITS AND BALLADS"
and Latest News of the Day
FRIDAY, March 15
"THE
AGE OF INNOCENCE"
With Irene Dunne, John Boles,
Lionel Atwill.
Comedy
"THEM THAR HILLS"
with Laurel and Hardy
nected with a separate dimmer of
from 360 to 2100 watt power. Also
used in the show Friday for the first
time will be several large stage spots
and overhead floods.
The stage set-up is that of an al­most
ultra-modern office building in
lower Manhattan which is occupied by
Rex Dupree, a wealthy ship owner and
president of the Safety Boat Company.
Much of the equipment has been spec­ially
built for this play which it is
hoped will add considerably to the
quality of the production.
The play is of somewhat melodram­atic
nature, and as stated on the fly
leave of the script, it is dedicated "to
that American ideal of rugged indi­vidualism.
Included in the - cast are
four men and three women, each of
whom have been well cast for their re­spective
parts by Mr. Peet, author
and director of the play.
Franklin Woodruff as Rex DuPree's
son and Willard Manry as Rex Du-
Pree have the leading parts in the
play. Rex Dupree and his boat com­pany
have from some time been under
an exceedingly revealing investiga­tion
by the U. S. Senate. Newspapers
have played up the investigation from
day to day with front page streamers
which have served to give the Safety
Boat Company a bad reputation.
In order to divert newspaper's at­tention
to some other subject, Rex Du­pree
causes a situation to come about
which has the desired effect but which
also brings about many other compli­cated
situations. Throughout the
play there is a tense feeling of ex­citement
and wonder as to what will
happen next.
The difficult part of the old sea
captain will be played by Elliot Kap­has.
Other parts in the play which
are of equal importance and well act­ed
by the respective characters in­clude
Sue Morton and Mrs. Edward
Cureton as private secretaries of Rex
Dupree; Dr. Rosalee Walston as Du-pree's
mother; and Peter Hamilton as
Dupree's secret agent.
A newcomer to the Players, Jack
Stevens, will be stage manager for
both performances, while Dr. Edward
Cureton will manage the lighting ef­fects.
Admission price for either perfor­mance
is set at 25 cents.
SIGMA NU FIVE BEATEN
BY PI K. A. IN EXTRA
PERIOD BY 21-19 SCORE
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Then came a thrilling last quarter
that saw Sigma Nu barely pull out
of a two-point hole and tie 14-14, and
the first extra period, with Pi K. A.
ahead by one and two points and an­other
deadlock, 17-17. With only for­ty-
five seconds left in the second over­time
session Jimmy Fenton sank a
crip that looked like the winning goal,
but not so easily. Robert Turk arched
a long, low shot from outside the cen­ter
line that didn't vibrate the hoops
as it went through with only twenty
seconds left in a ball game that won't
be duplicated for a long time. A five
minute rest period, and the decision
to let the first consecutive two points
win the game. Four and a half min­utes
passed, and a toss-up ball game,
both teams passing and shooting des­perately,
and then arose the spark
plug of the Pi K. A. offense, Dopey
Wright, who shot from way out, low
and straight through the basket for
the winning two points. A great con­test
was over and the winners were
jubilant, but giving plenty of credit
to the losers for a superb basketball
team.
To name individual stars would be
an injustice for neither team had a
weak spot, but the two leaders of the
Pi Kappa Alpha and Sigma Nu fives
deserve special mention, Dopey Wright
and Will Turk, respectively. Wright
was as calm and collected during the
heated extra periods as he was at the
opening of the game, passing deliber­ately,
watching almost too patiently
at times for breaks, and turning in a
game that did much toward holding
the Pi K. A. offense and defense to­gether.
As for Turk, there won't ever
be another like him. The results of
long and assiduous practice on making
the difficult over-shoulder shot showed
up tonight. At taking the ball off the
backboard, in handling the ball, and as
a courageous leader of the hardwood
outfit, Will Turk made his last bas­ketball
game one suited to round out
four years of active' playing for Sig­ma
Nu. Bruce McGhee and Bo Rus­sell,
the two centers, and the forwards,
Robert Turk, Jimmy Fenton, and Fred
Black; the guards, Sidney Scarbor­ough,
Hoyt Jolly, and Billy Radney
played their hearts out for their re­spective
lodges. A medal of honor
should be awarded the members of
both teams .who played in last night's
game. A contest such as this shouldn't
have a winner, but tournaments can't
be decided without one.
OPTIONAL R.0.TX.
RETAINED BY VOTE
AT WASHINGTON U.
Missouri Students Favor Reten­tion
Of Optional Course In
Military Training In Survey
LOCAL COMMUNITY
PLAYERS PRESENT
SHOW WEDNESDAY
Nation-Wide Student
Strike To Be Called
New York City, (A.C.P)—Plans for
a nation-wide strike of undergraduates^
opposed to war and fascism which will
include 100,000 college and university
students throughout the United States
are being formulated here by a group
of peace and church organizations.
At exactly 11 A. M. on April 12,
students in from 75 to 100 institutions
will "strike" for one hour, the organ­izers
of the movement plan.
The endorsers of the strike include
the National Council of Methodist
Youth, which has 1,000,000 members;
the middle Atlantic division of the In­ter-
Seminary Movement; and the Stu­dent
League for Industrial Democracy,
and the National Students League.
Although no official call has been
broadcast as yet, those directing the
strike say that the call will name per­sons
alleged to be laying the ground­work
for a future war involving the
United States.
DISPUTE SETTLED
BY COUNCIL MEET
ON MONDAY NIGHT
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motion to accept the report and to re­quire
the game to be replayed was put
to a vote by fraternities and was
passed favorably by a 16 to 6 count.
Discussion over the question lasted
over an hour and many points were
brought out during the meeting. An
attack against the stand of The
Plainsman in criticizing the Athletic
Committee and advocating that the
Committee be required to rule on the
eligibility of various fraternity play­ers
before the start of Interfraternity
Council tournaments developed during
the discussion.
President Morris appointed a special
committee to accept suggested revis­ions
of the Council constitution and
by-laws. This group will begin func­tioning
immediately and will center
most of their work around revision of
St. Louis, Mo., (A.C.P.)—Retention
of the present system of offering mil­itary
training as an optional course at
Washington University here was voted
by students of that institution in a
recent questionaire survey.
Of those that voted, a total of 297
favored optional military training, 70
favored the abolition of the R. O. T. C.
unit, while only 25 signified that they
would welcome compulsory military
service as a part of the collegiate
course.
The survey also included many other
points-of-difference among students,
and a large majority favored a com­pulsory
year-book fee and a compuls­ory
student activity fee.
The vote on censorship of student
publications by the student governing
body was close, but the proponents of
a free press lost by a vote of 228 to
192. When it came to the question of
the way in which F. E. R. A. work had
been conducted on the campus, a total
of 197 students signified that they
thought it was poorly handled, al­though
201 thought that it was sat­isfactory
under the present arrange­ments.
Large majorities approved the re­tention
of the predominance of inter­collegiate
sports as against intramural
sports, the development of greater ad­ministrative
functions for the Student
Council, and the continuation by col­lege
officials at Washington and at
other colleges of the policy of non-in­terference
in the participation of stu­dents
in "public political controversies
and demonstrations as long as they
keep within the public law."
The biggest majority in favor qf
any one question in the entire ques­tionaire
was rolled up by those who
favored participation of the United
States in the Olympic games at Berlin.
Students voted almost 3 to 1 in fa­vor
of joining the World Court and
the League of Nations, thus register­ing
a stronger majority for interna­tional
cooperation than that cast in a
recent nation-wide poll by Washington
University students.
(Continued from Page 1)
ultra-modern school of free thought,
carried off top honors among the male
members of the cast. They both gave
thoroughly convincing performances.
The following members of the cast
did well and gave understanding inter­pretations
: Athol Sylvester as Harold
Tilden, the younger of Helena's boys;
Edward Jones as James Truesdale,
Helena's suitor; Ruth Darden as Ann,
Henry's sweetheart; Irma Cook as
Lucy, the maid; and Otis Brownfield
as Mr. Parr, the man-of-all-work.
The play was in three acts, the sec­ond
act composed of two scenes; and
the stage setting, which remained un­changed
throughout, was modern with­out
being modernistic.
TWO STRONG QUINTETS MEET
IN FINALS OF TOURNEY HERE
George Washington University is
offering a course in recent Russian
history with special emphasis on the
Soviet Union. The course is one of the
first in the U. S. dealing with Soviets.
rules applying to Interfraternity ath­letic
tournaments.
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Opelika, Alabama
Wednesday, March
13th
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Thursday, March 14
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March 18 and 19
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HESS STATES RECENT
DEBATE TRIP SUCCESS
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by the three judges was unanimous
in favor of the Howard debaters. This
was the only debate lost during the
tour by the Auburn team.
R. M. Bolen met DeVaughn in Mon-tevallo
Sunday afternoon where the
two debated for Auburn over the ra­dio
with Montevallo. Auburn upheld
the negative side on the question of
state medicine. The debate was given
over station WAPI from 1:30 to 2:30
o'clock in the afternoon. No decision
was given.
The debate against Montevallo
closed one of the most extensive de­bate
tours ever made by an Auburn
debating team. Another similar tour
through Georgia and Florida is being
planned by the club.
This coming Saturday night, two
Auburn freshmen teams will meet
Montevallo in debates on the question:
"Resolved, That the Several States
Should Adopt State Socialized Medi­cine."
On the Auburn team will be Sam
Hall and George Hairston for the af­firmative
and Dan Smith and A. A.
Rich for the negative. W. G. Hall,
president of A. Phi E., will accom­pany
the debaters.
Pi Kappa Alpha And Theta Chi Outfits Will Meet To Decide
The Winner Of Interfrat Crown Tomorrow Night On Gym
Court; Both Teams Have Several Outstanding Performers
STUDENTS WILL
HEAR WELLS AT
CLASS BANQUET
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Two strong hardwood outfits clash
tomorrow night in the finals of the
Interfraternity Council Basketball
Tournament as the Pi Kappa Alpha
arid Theta Chi quintets meet to decide
the winner of the fraternity crown.
In advancing to the final round both
teams have won three difficult en­gagements
and both will be aiming to
shoot the works in tomorrow nights
encounter, at 8:30 in Alumni Gym­nasium.
The Ag Bottom quint has
been coached by C. D. King and the
Pi K. A. outfit by George Quinney,
both.of whom were valuable cogs in
the 1935 varsity basketball team.
In reaching the final round, Theta
Chi defeated a trio of really strong
hardwood aggregations. Meeting Sig­ma
Alpha Epsilon in the first round,
the King-coached five won 21-15 in an
important first series encounter. Delta'
Sigma Phi, one df the imposing quin­tets
that was a pre-tournament fa­vorite,
next fell by the wayside in a
low-scoring affair that advanced Theta
Chi to the quarter-finals by the slim
margin of three points, 13-10. Theta
Kappa Nu furnished the opposition at
this stage of the tourney and was de­feated
25-16 to place Theta Chi's dark
horse five in the semi-finals. Cayce
Scarborough and the lads from Ag
Hill played gamely and gallantly but
couldn't stem the tide of Theta Chi
points as a 26-15 victory was recorded
against them in the semi-finals. The
Theta Chi quint has a number of good
basketball players, but no really out­standing
basketeers, as the outfit is re­markably
well-balanced. The probable
line-up for Theta Chi tomorrow night
has Buck Darden and Homer Gossett
at forwards, Jim Pike at center, and
P. P. Powell and Major Martin at
guards.
Pi K. A. has also come through a
quartet of formidable opponents. Al­pha
Psi gave the Pi K. A. five a very
interesting first-round game that was
won by Wright and Company 15-8 by
virtue of a last quarter rally that
pulled the game out of the fire. Phi
Kappa Tau furnished little more than
a warm-up affair as the boys from
down postoffice way annexed an easy
43-18 decision. Then a neighboring
lodge, S. P. E., was met and con­quered
28-18 in a closely-fought battle
that clearly established Pi K. A. as an
outstanding quintet, and the semi­final
tussle with Sigma Nu last night
was won by the Quinney-coached out­fit,
21-19. The Pi K. A.s have several
crack shots and floor players that are
expected to open up tomorrow night.
Dopey Wright is one of the most
capable long-range hoop artists in the
tourney, and the rest of the five are
all good shots. Jimmy Fenton has
shone brilliantly on one or two occas­ions
and his playing in last night's
affair was one of the stand-out per­formances
of the tourney. Other
members of the Pi K. A. five are Tor-rence
Russell, center, Fred Black, for­ward,
Sidney Scarborough, guard,
and Billy Radney, guard.
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yourself to pieces, INSTANT RE­LIEF
is what you want—and what
you get. . •
For a Quick Fire
Use
BRILLIANT COAL
BRILLIANT starts quickly
and gives maximum heat
Auburn Ice & Coal
Company
Phone 118
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Auburn* Alabama
March 12, 1935.
Mr. Fred Moss, Business Manager,
The Plainsman,
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Fred:
I have watched with peculiar pleasure the splendid business
enjoyed by The Plainsman this year. This means to me that business
men of Auburn and elsewhere appreciate very highly The Plainsman as
an advertising medium.
In view of the fact that The Plainsman goes into practically all
the homes of Auburn in addition to going to all the students it covers
the entire town and is, therefore, an unusually good medium for ad­vertising.
It is my understanding that students and other readers are pat­ronizing
liberally those advertisers, a practice which is indeed com­mendable.
In doing so they are cooperating with those who cooperate
with them; and also making it possible for The Plainsman to be one of
the very best college newspapers.
My interest in The Plainsman and my hearty approval of the
splendid and wholesome cooperation cause me to write this letter to
you.
Sincerely yours,
P. O. DAVIS,
/ Executive Secretary.