1935-03-06 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUME LVIII
T O F O S T E R T H E A U B U R N S P I R IT
AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1935 NUMBER 39
INTEREST IN ELECTION MOUNTS
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Sigma Nu And Theta Chi To Meet In Tourney Finals
QUINTETS WILL
PLAY IN FINAL
TILT THURSDAY
Sigma Nu Beats Out Pi K. A.
Five In Semi-Finals; Theta
Chi Beats Alpha Gamma Rho
SCORES ARE CLOSE
Both Teams Have Advanced
To Last Round Over Tough
Opposition In Early Games
By Jap Parrish
Sigma Nu and Theta Chi, two Ag
Bottom quintets, clash tomorrow night
in Alumni Gymnasium as a result of
wins recorded Monday night over Pi
Kappa Alpha and Alpha Gamma Rho,
in the semi-finals of the Interfratern-ity
Basketball Tournament. Sigma
Nu won by a 29-20 margin and Theta
Chi by a 26-17 score.
Sigma Nu 29—Pi K. A. 20
Sigma Nu found the baskets early
in Monday night's encounter in such
quantities as to eliminate the possibil­ity
of a Pi K. A. rally in a game that
was probably the fastest yet played
in the tourney. With a smoothly-working
offense that began function­ing
in the very first minutes of the
contest as Hoyt Jolly swished a beau­tiful
shot through the nets to open up
the offensive guns, Sigma Nu amassed
an impressive 17-6 halftime lead that
was enough to almost insure victory.
But the Pi K. A.s were not to be
beaten so easily. Dopey Wright came
back with an improved quintet at the
opening of the second half that start­ed
going fairly successfully. Jimmy
Fenton and Wright collaborated in
trying desperately to catch up but an
occasional goal now and then by the
Sigma Nu's eliminated the catching-up
possibility All five of the P. K. A.
first-string quintet had practiced foot­ball
most of the afternoon and were
visibly tired.
Bill Hitchcock and Bill Turk with
ten and nine points, respectively, led
Sigma Nu scoring, with Wright's nine
points and Fenton's five, the best of-
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Riflemen Easily Win
L. S. U. Match Monday
The Auburn rifle team easily de­feated
L. S. U. by 255 points in a
shoulder-to-shoulder match held here
Monday on the local rifle range. The
final scores were 3651 for Auburn and
3396 for L. S. U.
N. G. Bradford of Auburn, made the
highest total score of the match, shoot­ing
for 377 points out of a possible
400. H. F. Lee, Auburn, was second
with a score of 372. Third place hon­ors
went to R. E. Strickland, Auburn,
with 371 points.
Lee, of Auburn, and Rordam, of L.
S. U., tied for high honors in the
standing position, each shooting for
87 points. Standing is the most dif­ficult
of all four positions.
Bradford, with 97, was high man in
the kneeling position.
Strickland and Bradford made per­fect
scores in the sitting and prone po­sitions,
respectively. These were the
only perfect scores made in the match.
Of the six postal matches fired by
the rifle team in the past week, three
resulted in losses for Auburn. The
losses were in matches against Cor­nell,
University of Washington, and
Georgia Tech.
The six matches and the final re­sults
are as follows: Auburn, 3737—
Georgia Tech, 3753; Auburn, 3737—
Cornell, 3742; Auburn, 3777—Univer­sity
of Dashington, 3779; Auburn
2764—Pittsburgh, 2679; Auburn,
3737—Indiana, 3546; and Auburn,
3737—South Dakota State College,
3613.
Student Body Faces Grave Responsibility
' In Determining Fate Of Two Substitutes
AN EDITORIAL
Tomorrow Auburn students will face a grave responsibility.
In a campus-wide election they will determine whether or not
Auburn student government will redeem itself from the con­tempt
and derision that has followed it for six years.
Two substitutes to the Student Association constitution will
be voted upon by the entire student body. Passage of the first
substitute would reduce Cabinet membership from twenty-one,
the number to be elected this spring under the existing consti­tution,
to ten. This change was drafted in an effort to rid the
Cabinet of the unwieldiness which is so apparent within the
organization at present.
The second substitute calls for the election of the president,
vice-president, and secretary of the Cabinet by popular vote of
the student body rather than by Cabinet members themselves.
Under this plan the entire Student Association would select
those from among their number whom they consider to be real
leaders. Wis only right that students should name the leaders
of student government under whom they will work.
The Plainsman, in asking for the support of every real Au­burn
student in the passage of these amendments, affirms its
faith in the proposed changes to make for that accomplishment
in which the present plan has failed—efficient student govern­ment.
Student self-government should be a laboratory of citizen­ship.
With self-help added to its charge it should come to grips
with economic realities. In the enforcement of its own laws it
should confront an outstanding problem of a modern democ­racy—
the enforcement of law. It should be one of the very few
societies in which men and women meet in anything approach­ing
equal terms. The present organization of student govern­ment
here does.not make for any of these desired accomplish­ments.
Since the present Cabinet is only a legislative body, it
has not the power to enforce its laws. Nothing in its constitu­tion
draws men and women students into close association on
equal terms. It is of such little consequence in Auburn life
that it plays no part in raising the academic standards of the
college. The Cabinet does not draw enough attention or inter­est
from students to make it a respected and important unit in
student life. Therefore, it can accomplish none of the aims of
its founders.
Student government here seems to be based upon the concept
that a college merely has instruction to sell, which students may
buy or not as they please. This is to ignore the true nature of
a social institution. It is obsolete, with every instance of the old
individualism. Auburn could offer, under this new plan, op­portunities
for education along the lines of leadership, citizen­ship,
and true governmental functions.
If Auburn students want the worst kind of petty tyranny and
personal self-seeking in student affairs here they will continue
the present system which denies student government all au­thority
except over the most triviai aspects of student life. If
they want a truly liberal government they will, by looking at it
as an invaluable instrument of education, grant to self-govern­ment
the opportunity to accomplish its purposes. .
A series of changes in the Student Association constitution
have been prepared by the special committee appointed to draft
provisos which would reorganize student government' along
more sane and logical lines. Each change is designed to abolish
existing weaknesses in local student government. Passage of
these first two substitutes is necessary before any of the other
changes can be effected. Everything hinges upon the students'
approval of the first substitutes.
The Plainsman is well aware of the fact that trivial argu­ments
against the adoption of these changes are being voiced by
several cliques. This opposition comes from either one of two
groups: those glory-seeking politicians who have effected strong
line-ups for Cabinet positions, or those who have given little
time in thought over the possible good the changes would make
for. This latter group is being influenced by members of the
former who tell them that under the new plan democratic repre­sentation
in student government here would be a thing of the
past.
Combines which put incompetent students into Executive Cab­inet
positions should be blasted. The first substitute would ac­complish
the desired result. Democratic representation of all
students would be assured under this plan. The entire student
body would name their Cabinet representatives. Nothing could
be more democratic.
If Auburn wants an efficient, smooth-working, and coordi­nated
student governing body the vote on the proposed consti­tution
changes will be "yes." The fate of student government
lies within the hands of each undergraduate. Will you do your
part in establishing sound government at Auburn, or will you
be among those who will be led to the polls by schemsters who
wish to defeat the desired purpose of the entire plan?
STUDENTS HEAR
DR. DUNCAN IN
FIRST ADDRESS
New President Advocates Well
Organized Student Body At
Convocations On Tuesday
HUGHES SPEAKS
McTyeire And Sarver Give
Brief Talks In Favor Of Two
Constitutional Amendments
Dr. L. N. Duncan, in his initial ad­dress
as president, Tuesday morning,
told the students of Auburn that it is
the primary objective of this institu­tion
to teach, to encourage, and to in­spire
young men and women to be real
and genuine in themselves and put
this high character and destination
into whatever they do.
"With 1,800 students at Auburn it
is impossible for me to personally talk
to each one of you, so the only way for
the administration and the student
body to keep in close contact with each
other is through a well-organized
student body," continued Dr. Duncan
in speaking of cooperation between
student and himself.
Freshmen and seniors convened at
nine o'clock yesterday morning in
Langdon Hall, while sophomores and
juniors met at ten A. M. Dr. Dun­can's
talk was well received by the
large audiences of students.
Mr. P. O. Davis, executive secretary,
presided over the meetings and intro­duced
President Duncan.
Bill Hughes, president of the Exe­cutive
Cabinet, addressed both convo­cations
in the capacity of a represen­tative
from the Constitution commit­tee
and explained the amendments pro­posed
by the committee for a vote of
the student body tomorrow.
Hughes outlined the essential fea­tures
of the plan to reduce Cabinet
membership and to elect the president,
vice-president, and secretary of the
governing group through popular vote
of the entire student body in a talk
which drew much interest from both
audiences.
"The new plan is designed to place
the best students in Executive Cab­inet
positions, to give them a chance
to represent the entire student body,
to attach more importance to the Cab­inet
as a governing body, and to pro­hibit
the unwieldiness of the Cab­inet
under the present system of rep­resentation,"
said Hughes. "Both sub-stitues
will make for a well organized
student body," he continued.
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Aquatic Stars
Meets On Long
Road Trip
Auburn's varsity tankmen returned
to the Plains Sunday with three swim­ming
victories tucked securely under
their belts after an extended tour in
Tennessee and Georgia. The four-day
jaunt was the longest that an
Auburn tank aggregation has ever
taken and the clean sweep of the three
meets clearly demonstrates the pro­ficiency
of the swimmers, coached and
captained by Howard Morris.
Opening the three-meet campaign,
which included competitions with
Maryville and the University of Ten­nessee,
and Georgia, were the Mary­ville
tests, a relay that Auburn won
with little trouble, being the first thing
on the program. Louis Rice surprised
his mates in annexing the breast
stroke, after having been out for two
months; but Howard Wheeler and
August McKinney stole the show in
a brace of one-two finishes in both
the fifty and hundred yard dashes.
Jack Bible and Howard Conner fin­ished
in like manner in winning the
diving decision. Brant Woodward also
got a third in the diving event. Mor­ris
repeated as he finished first in the
220 with Jack Bible runner-up. The
Maryville team got some satisfaction
in easily winning the medley relay
event, however. The final score of
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Cop HEAYY
PUNS FOR CADET
DANCE ARE BEING
LAID, JAYS EI1IS
Senior Cadets From Other Col­l
e g e s To Receive Invitations
To Annual R. O. T. C. Event
Thad Holt To Speak
At Initiation Event
Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary
scholastic fraternity, will initiate
pledges of the locaf chapter tomorrow
afternoon at five o'clock, according to
information released this morning.
The initiation is to be followed by
a banquet at 6:30 in the Baptist
Church dining room for the newly-in­itiated
members. Thad Holt, Ala­bama
Relief Administration director,
will be the guest of honor and prin­cipal
speaker, his subject being
Changing Relations Between Govern­ment
and Individuals."
His talk is scheduled to begin at
7:45 and everyone is invited to at­tend.
Mr. Holt has been an important
figure in New Deal policies and his
speech is expected to be highly inter­esting
and informative.
NOTICE
Members of Scabbard and Blade
are requested to be present at a meet­ing
of the society Thursday night at
8 o'clock in 215 Samford Hall. Fol­lowing
the regular business meeting,
there will be a committee meeting.
Invitations to the annual Military
Ball, to be presented here Friday
night, March 15 have been extended
to senior R. O. T. C. cadets in vari­ous
schools, such as Georgia, Georgia
Tech, and Alabama and also to the
alumni who took advanced R. O. T. C.
here. Senior cadets here are staging
the affair.
Final details for the Ball will be
mapped out at a meeting of the sev­eral
committees to be held Thursday
night in connection with a Scabbard
and Blade meeting. The Ball is spon­sored
each year by the local company
of Scabbard and Blade in cooperation
with the Military Department. Frank
Ellis is captain of the local company
and in charge of arrangements for
the Ball.
Scabbard and Blade members and
their dates will be entertained with a
banquet to be given before the dance.
Those attending the banquet as well
as the dance will be required to wear
their complete R. O. T. C. uniform to
both occasions.
The dance is slated to begin at 9:30
with the Auburn Knights providing
the music. It is planned by the dec­orations
committee, under the direc­tion
of Carl Pihl, that lighting effects
for the ball will be similar to that
used for the Honor Societies Ball with
the addition of a huge back drop in
the from of a disc with a large Na­tional
Eagle thereon.
Members of the decorations com­mittee
beside Pihl include Bo Mac-
Ewen and Allen Jacobs. This com­mittee
will meet Thursday night to
arrange final details for the decora­tion
of the ball room.
Miss Margaret d'Orsay, of Georgi-ana,
escorted by Cadet Colonel Bill
Hughes, will lead the Grand March.
The dance, which will begin at 9:30
and continue until one, will include an
Engineers Lead-out and an Artillery
Lead-out, in addition to several no-breaks.
Refreshments will be served
at the dance.
VOTE IS FORECAST
FOR ELECTION TOMORROW
AS INTEREST NEARS PEAK
Indications Are That Election Is Likely To Be
Closely Contested With Both Forces
Claiming Victory; Strict Rules To
Be Enforced Says Funchess
Close to 1,200 students are expected to vote tomorrow in what
promises to be one of the most interesting elections in the history
of local student government.
The fate of two proposed changes in the Student Association
constitution will be determined in the campus-wide election.
Voting will begin at 8:30 A. M. in the Student Center and will
continue until 5:30 tomorrow afternoon. The Elections Com­mittee,
composed of Linwood Funchess, chairman; George Quin-ney,
Geta Wood, Jack Coan, Louis Matthews, C. Witty Walter, and
Billy Lee, will be in charge of the election. In an announcement
relative to student voting, Chairman Funchess stated that all reg­ulations
governing elections will be in full force tomorrow. Illegal
voting and "politicing" at the polls will be watched closely.
Interest in the election is expected
BALLOT
AMENDMENT TO
STUDENT ASSOCIATION
CONSTITUTION
Article 4, Section 4, now reads as
follows:
SECTION 4.—Membership in the
Executive Cabinet. The Executive
Cabinet shall consist of members of
the Association, to be elected from the
eight divisions of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute as follows: Two
members shall be chosen from the
Freshman Class by popular election of
that body, this election to be under the
jurisdiction of the Elections Commit­tee
of the Association; the other three
classes shall be represented by mem­bers
of these classes to be apportioned
as follows: Each division—i.e.: 1, Col­lege
of Engineering; 2, School of Ar­chitecture;
3, College of Agriculture;
4, Academic Faculty; 5, College of
Veterinary Medicine; 6, School of Ed­ucation;
7, School of Chemistry and
Pharmacy; 8, School of Home Econom­ics—
shall have one member on the
Executive Cabinet and one additional
member for each 200 students or ma­jor
fraction thereof enrolled in that
division, according to the official cat­alogue
of this institution—enrollment
data to be obtained from the Regis­trar.
One-third of each divisional rep­resentation
shall be allotted' to each
class, viz., senior, junior, and sopho­more.
In case this number is not ex­actly
divisible by three, remaining
me\nbers shall be elected from the
class nearest graduation.
Freshman members shall not serve
until the beginning of the second sem­ester.
Article 5, Section 1, now reads as
follows:
ARTICLE V
Organization of Executive Cabinet
SECTION 1.—Officers of the Ex­ecutive
Cabinet of "The Associated
Undergraduate Students of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute" shall con­sist
of a president, vice-president, sec­retary,
and treasurer elected by the
Executive Cabinet from its own mem­bership.
The president and the treas­urer
shall be male students and mem­bers
of the senior class. The vice-pres­ident
and secretary shall be mala stu­dents
and members of the junior class.
The two proposed substitutes for
the above provisos read as follows:
Amendment to Article 4, Section 4:
Membership in the Executive Cabi­net.
The Executive Cabinet shall con­sist
of members of the Association, to
be elected from the four classes of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute as fol­lows:
Four members of the senior
class, three members of the junior
class, two members of the sophomore
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to reach its peak tonight as advo­cates
and opponents of the amend­ment
begin their final "putsch" in an
effort to win voters over to their re­spective
sides. With the calling of
two convocations yesterday morning
at which time the issue was discussed
an increase of interest in the proposed
changes became apparent. Lively dis­cussions
as to advantages and possible
disadvantages of the changes have
been in order on most every street cor­ner,
in fraternity houses, dormitories
and boarding houses, and in down­town
drug stores.
According to reports reaching The
Plainsman office from every section of
the campus indications are that the
election will be closely contested. Pre­dictions
as to whether or not the
amendment will receive the necessary
two-thirds majority of the number of
votes cast to write it into the con­stitution
vary.
At present the political picture has
both Ag Hill and Vet Hill opposed to
the plan, with the Engineering, Sci­ence
and Literature, and other schools
favoring the amendment. Indications
point to a favorable vote from the
freshman and senior classes, with the
sophomore and junior groups being
split. Members of both parties in
the fight are centering their activities
on the "luke-warm" student group
which might swing to either side.
Counting of ballots will begin im­mediately
after the polls close tomor­row
night~and the result of the elec­tion
will be published in Friday's issue
of The Plainsman. Vote by schools
will be analyzed and the findings will,
be printed in detailed form.
Polo Squad Rapidly
Rounding Into Shape
According to Capt. Tom Gunby, the
Auburn Polo team is rapidly getting
into shape, with the first scrimmage
of the year to be held sometime this
week. Bad weather and wet grounds
have hindered practice up to the pres­ent
time.
Although a definite schedule for the
polo teams has not yet been decided
upon, it is planned that the team
will engage in matches every Satur­day
that the baseball or track teams
are not holding a meet. In all prob­ability
such teams as Maxwell Field
and Fort Benning will be met in sev­eral
matches this year. Training is
progressing steadily, and those who
turned out for polo for the first time
this year are providing stiff compe­tition
for positions being held at the
present time by men who have had
polo before.
One of the high lights of the current
polo season is a tour in which the team
will encounter the University of Ohio,
Illinois, and Missouri in Columbia,
Champaign, and Columbus respective-continued
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News Editors: Kyser Cox, Dan Smith.
Society Reporters: Mildred Watkins,
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Sports Staff: Jap Parrish, John Came­ron.
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Rah, Rah, Rah!
An announcement by Dr. Walter A. Jes-sup
to the effect that the "rah-rah boy" is
disappearing from the American college
campus clearly indicates that another of our
noted educators should acquaint himself
with southern colleges before making any
broad assertion as to the true nature of
student attitude.
Since Dr. Jessup's encouraging report as
President of the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Reaching was pub­lished
last week many student editors have
concurred in the opinion that the American
college student of today is given to more
serious thinking than was the rah-rah boy
of yester years. In an early press release
of an article which will appear in the March
9 issue of the Literary Digest, many college
journalists for every section of the nation,
except the deep south, are quoted as saying
that "the depression has killed Joe College"
and the like.
We, too, would like to believe that all
American colleges and universities are turn­ing
out the serious minded type of student.
But as long as we are surrounded by a horde
of campus play-boys we will be forced to
look upon the student as a "college hot" lad
who gives more time to thought over sex
and alcohol than anything else. Should Dr.
Jessup and those college editors who hold
that rah-rahism is disappearing from the
campus visit Auburn, University of Ala­bama,
and University of Florida we are cer­tain
that their illusions as to the real char­acter
of college students would receive a se­vere
jolt.
Students in this section of the south, at
least, are still given to excessive drinking,
gambling, loud ejaculations of little impor­tance,
and other childish and unintelligent
pastimes which definitely stamp them as be­longing
to the "college'hot" category.
According to Chandler Harris, editor of
The California Daily Bruin, "economic ne­cessity
has forced thought into the life of
college students." And, "foolish hazing and
tradition, exhorbitantly expensive fraterni­ties,
excessive drinking and gambling are
disappearing." More whiskey has been con­sumed
in Auburn during what we term
the "depression years" than in any recent
period. Hazing has been on the decline to a
slight extent, but more freshmen were
pledged to fraternities last fall than ever
before in the history of the institution.
Howard Hudson, editor of the Chicago
Daily Maroon, states that since the depres­sion
"there is a marked trend toward aca­demic
political and international discussions
by students, rather than the campus poli­tics
of old days." Hardly any student
thought at Auburn is directed toward na­tional
and international problems. In fact,
any number of students have taken Plains­man
editorialists to task this year for writ­ing
on "off the campus topics." Any at­tempt
on The Plainsman's part to arouse
student interest on important political and
economic subjects has met with the disap­proval
of many local students. And cam­pus
politics continues to be the only topic
which seems to attract a great amount of
interest from the majority of Auburn un­dergraduates.
After spending four years in a Southern
college, talk of the disappearance of the old
rah-rah days sounds like Utopia to us. If
the contention of Dr. Jessup and the num­erous
college editors that Joe College is
dying is true, we would like to have a ring
side seat at the funeral of this noted char­acter,
come home and inform our fellow
students that their idol is no more, and
then really enjoy four years of college work.
Furor Over Eligibility
Again, the need for strict enforcement of
Interfraternity Council athletic tournament
rules is brought to the forefront in student
discussion as repetition of the furor over
eligibility of various fraternity athletes is
made a chief issue.
This year, as has been the case in for­mer
years, rules governing the eligibility
of fraternity men in interfraternity ath­letic
tournaments are the bone of contention
among several fraternities. In one of the
last sessions of the Interfraternity Council
last year well defined rules relating to this
question were passed. At the time these
rules were passed, representatives to the
Council expressed themselves as glad that
a solution to the annual squabble had been
effected. But now the same old fight and
hard feelings among members of various
fraternities is prevalent. There is no place
for such feelings among fraternities on a
campus which is reputed to be as friendly
as is Auburn's.
One solution to the problem would be ef­ficient
working of the Council Athletic Com­mittee
to the end that such situations would
be avoided. In brief, The Plainsman advo­cates
the following actions of the Council
athletic body in an effort to heal the old
wounds which have again been opened in
Interfraternity tournaments this spring:
1. Each fraternity should be required to
submit a list of all players they intend to
use during the tournament in question be­fore
the first game of the tourney is played.
2. Each fraternity list should be checked
as to eligibility of each player by the Ath­letic
Committee, those who fail to meet eli­gibility
requirements being ruled ineligible.
3. Any additional players which any fra­ternity
might wish to use should be listed
and the report submitted to the Committee.
This list should also be passed upon before
any of this number is allowed to participate
in the tournament.
Should these steps be taken by the Ath­letic
Committee before each tournament all
arguments and petty differences which are
prone to arouse ill feelings between mem­bers
of various fraternities would be pro­hibited.
For that reason, if not for that
of fairness to everyone concerned, this job
should be made a major function of the
Committee.
r(MORROW is the day. We wonder
what kind of treatment the proposed
changes in the Student Association
constitution will receive at the hands of the
student body. Lay you two to one that not
one of the "ring" gives the amendment a
favorable vote. Why should they, anyway?
This is not a student" body matter, it's a
clique proposition. "We must be served,"
they say, "to the devil with you other
dumb clucks." A deafening crescendo of
chuckles will descend upon the ears of this
group should the amendment be adopted.
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When we drop off the rods of a Western
of Alabama freight to attend the senior
class homecoming in the fall of 1945, we
hope to encounter campus leaders who are
big enough to look beyond personal gain
into the realm of future good for Auburn.
Possibly the student body of 1944 will have
chosen that type of student for positions of
leadership on the campus and some good
might be accomplished. The attitude of the
student body will have to change before
any such dream is realized, however, if Au­burn
wants efficient student government,
students will see to it that proper changes
in the present set-up are effected.
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Are times hard? The following is an
interesting reprint from Harper's weekly
of seventy-seven years ago. One wonders
if present conditions are unprecedented.
"It is a gloomy moment in history. Not
many years—not in the lifetime of most
men who read this paper—has there been
so grave and deep apprehension; never has
the future seemed so incalculable as at
this time. In our own country there is uni­versal
commercial prostration and panic,
and thousands of our poorest fellow citi­zens
are turned out against the approach­ing
winter without employment, and with­out
the prospect of it.
"In France the political caldron seethes
and bubbles with uncertainty; Russia hangs,
as usual, like a cloud, cark and silent, upon
the horizon of Europe; while all energies,
resources and influences of the British Em­pire
are sorely tried, and are yet to be
tried more sorely, in coping with the vast
and deadly Indian insurrection, and with its
disturbed relations in China.
"It is a solemn moment, and no man can
feel an indifference (which, happily, no
man pretends to feel) in the issue of events.
"Of our own troubles no man can see the
JOCULARITIES
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.
* * » *
LAST week we received an interesting
and informative letter from the Pres­ident
of the now inactive Independent
Students Association. This is being printed
under the "Letters to the Editor" section, as
to run it under this column would occupy
entirely too much space.
It was not our idea to criticize the I. S. A.
as an organization, but to merely point out
that some group, either the I. S. A. or a sim­ilar
one, could fill a very definite need on
this campus. We finished up "politicking"
a year ago and for all we care, the I. S. A.
if it is reorganized, can wait until after the
elections are over. At the time that our
column was written last Wednesday, the po­litical
deductions that could arise from the
revivication of the I. S. A. did not come to
our mind, but as this has apparently been
the first thought of those responsible for the
formation of the group, we urge that if,
when and as the I. S. A. is reorganized that
it be so organized as to make elections and
politics only a part of their program. We
still Contend that there is a place on the
Auburn campus for a group that can fulfill
some of the needs of the non-fraternity stu­dent
along social and athletic lines. There
is a wide field open for the development of
non-fraternity athletic teams and social op­portunities
could also be considerably ex­panded.
* * * *
This afternoon to Opelika for the show­ing
of "Broadway Bill," a very well-handled
movie with a touch of melodrama mixed in
with light comedy. Myrna Lpy plays the
feminine lead, of course, and blossoms forth
even more as the most promising of the cur­rent
crop of Hollywood favorites. Remem­ber
when she used to play Fu Manchu's
daughter and all sorts of slinky roles that
were supposed to send shivers up and down
your spinal cord? While she doesn't do
much in this but hold Warner Baxter's hand
and be a big comfort and all that, she's still
the same sweet thing to look at, with he-man
Baxter there for all he's worth. Inci­dentally,
"Broadway Bill" is the name of a
horse, not a metropolitan character.
* * * *
Early Sunday morning walks are also
very, very beneficial, if we are to believe one
couple who indulge in the sport to the extent
of strolling across the campus last Sunday
at the much too early hour of 6:30, and the
girl in evening clothes. I've got an invita­tion
to a dance—at six-thirty in the morn­ing.
* * * *
Sherlock Holming after the Sunday night
show is getting to be a very prolific field of
investigation for columnists whose principal
calling is meddling in other people's busi­ness.
We covered the waterfront after "Af­ter
Office Hours" and garnered the follow­ing
social items:
In Benson's . . . . Wes Loflin and Sue Mc-
Kinnon, that before the show was over, how­ever,
and Floyd Hutto with them for a few
moments . . . . Bill Cox and Karam in white
shoes, with Bill Bowers and Neil Stevens
still in the race, though . . . . a famous ro­mance
of years and years, Bill Crane and
Mildred Wadkins, the latter very something-or-
other in green . . . . George Alexander
and Natalie Smith barging in . . . . Georgie
Bargie (that doesn't quite rime, somehow)
. . . . Margaret Morris and Benton Smith
among the early arrivals . . . . that famous
Delta Sig duet, Allen Kerr and George Har­rison
doing the honors with Sara Handley
. . . . Rabbi Hammond and Bit Mitchell, Bit
in a cute little tan fur coat . . . . Bobbie (lo­cal-
boy-makes-good) Blake with Jane Slack,
she in white flannels that remind me of a
line from I don't know what "all white
and blowy like the clouds." . . . . Charlie
Canon and Lil Cherry, who finished in '33,
down from Opelika to give our lovely vil­lage
the once over . . . . Ed Malloch, who
end. They are fortunately, as yet, mainly
commercial; and if we are only to lose
money, and by painful poverty to be taught
wisdom—the wisdom of honor, of faith, of
sympathy and of charity—no man need
seriously to despair. And yet the very
haste to be rich, which is the occasion of
this widespread calamity, has also tended
to destroy the moral forces with which we
are to resist and subdue the calamity."
And, also, in our own era the haste to be
rich lies at the root of most economic, re­ligious,
and other evils. Nations are at
each other's throats in a constant battle for
economic supremacy. After two years of
leadership under President Roosevelt peo­ple
are deserting him by the thousands. He
promised relief, it has been slow in coming,
so now many are turning against the one
man who has attempted to steer the nation
out of economic and social chaos. Indica­tions
are that our ever present hunger for
riches will continue to "destroy the moral
forces with which we are to resist and sub­due
calamity."
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Since her election as "Miss Auburn" Netty Murphey's photo has appeared in
many papers holding membership in the Associated Press. Naturally, Miss Mur­phey's
beauty has won for her numerous admirers from all over the Southland.
Many of this group have written her letters; in fact, "Tessie's" fan mail has ex­ceeded
even her fondest hopes. An ever alert guttersnipe Plainsman newsie, through
certain questionable actions, obtained possession of one of the letters yesterday. We
reprint it in this column, it's too good to keep. It follows:
Orlando, Fla., February 28, 1935.
Dear Netty:
I saw your picture in our home town paper yesterday and i can't get you off my
mind. Why its the purtiest thing I ever saw yet. Hope you dont mind me writing
you like this but i just have to tell you about me and ask you about you.
I am twenty three years old and finish high school in one more year. I woulda
finished sooner but i had to stay out two years and work. I am a blonde and have
a pretty good build even if i do say so. I am grouchy and hate everybody so you
wouldn't like me. Girls seem to like me more than i like them but don't worry I
dont pay any attention to them. I play fullback on our football team and am one
of the best players in Florida so everybody says.
What about you? Do you like big and strong men like me? Do you like to
have dates and are you cold to all your admirers? Do you like to read True Story,
its one of my favorite magazines. Do you have any sisters? I have a young
brother and he worries me a lot and I bet if you have a younger sister she worries
you too. Do you like to cook and sew. My wife is going to like to do both those
things, so hope you do.
Now please dont think im bold for writing you like this. You dont have to
answer it if you dont want to but if you will it would make me happy because I
would like to hear from you. Just in case you think you would like to write me my
address is Hope i can see you some of these times and see if you
are as pretty as your picture because if you are you and me could get along for the
only people I like is pretty girls.
Yours truly,
CABBAGES AND KINGS
By Cecil Strong
What is it that has two big ears, four big feet, a long snout, weighs hundreds of
pounds, and can't smell?
An elephant.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Auburn, Alabama
February 28, 1935.
Dear Juttingham,
In your Jocularities of the last Wednes­day's
Plainsman, you had quite a bit to say
in regards to the Independent Students' As­sociation.
This is not the first time that our
Association has been criticized in the Plains­man
this year, and since you and the other
editorialists insist upon repeated criticism
of the I. S. A., I deem it necessary to make
you acquainted with the facts in the case.
As president of that organization and one
of its founders I feel called upon to inform
you that you are radically wrong regarding
certain functions of the Association.
I have at hand the constitution of that or­ganized
body which clearly states the many
activities that the association would engage
in and sponsor other than political activities.
The organization would have fulfilled the
letter of this constitution had not certain
fraternal influences been imposed which dis­rupted
its plans. By this statement I mean
had the new Association been given the aid
it was promised by the older organizations
on the campus instead of having been used
as a means to their selfish end, or had the
organization been left entirely alone and al­lowed
to develop normally, the Independent
Students Association would have been able
to carry out the original aims of the found­ers.
^
Of course, I realize that each member of
the organization is free at any time to with­draw
from the group and become a frater­nity
man, but it seems that the fraternities
want only those members of our organiza­tion
whom we aid in electing to prominent
positions on the campus. From this it is
plain that our organization is in no way
benefitted by functioning politically, there­fore
there shall be no concern on your part
of the organization's functioning solely as a
political machine. However, since conditions
arose as they did last April, rather than be­come
that which it was not intended, it
seems better to me and the other founders
of the Association that it cease to function.
The main reason that the Association is now
dormant, and practically defunct, is because
it refuses to be used as a political machine to
further the ambitions of local campus poli­ticians.
If you and the others who have written
won't leave town, and Ruth Jones, who is
very witty . . . . Sis Carmack in her custo­mary
red (red and brunettes go together,
so I've heard anyway) . . . . with Roy Gar­rett
. . . . Cleve Brown and Virginia Hub­bard,
Virginia's claim to distinction a gray
tweed coat that I seem to have seen some­where
before . . . . The Sigma Chis in force
what with Joe Cooper and John Birdsall
escorting Mildred Hobbs . . . . Johnny Mann
and Mary Elizabeth Watson com­ments?
. . . .
Finally getting up enough energy to me­ander
over to the Inn, my efforts rewarded:
Munsey Gresham and Jane Handley, (gosh,
how these Handleys do break into print)
. . . . Babe Lacy and roomie Carroll with
Helen Funchess . . . . Carroll the very sym-bolisation
of dignity with four glasses of
water balanced precipitously in his hands
. . . . Bill Swann and Frances Wright, with
Billy Roberts, Jack Knowlton and Runt
Cottier there en masse . . . . and last but
not least, Hugh Rodgers and Jessica Bowles.
articles in criticism of our organization are
sincere, why is it that you bring up the
question of revivication of the group just
when the waves of local campus politics are
upon us each time? It seems that you are
desirous of its being revived now so that it
might be- used as a political machine rather
than, as you stated, for the general better­ment
of the independent students of Auburn.
m
In replying to your article I do not mean
this to be at all personal, but rather I would
like for those whose sentiments are versed
in your last column to see how the officers
and founders of the Association feel in re­gard
to the matter. Hence this letter is for
publication and- I expect to see it in your
next issue of the Plainsman.
Very sincerely,
Jack L. Coan,
President Independent Students Association.
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.
* * * *
STUDENT GOVERNMENT . . . . You
people who realize the advantages of
the proposed changes in our student
government must either journey to the polls
en masse or suffer the fate of the Alabama
"Repeal majority" in the late-lamented ref­erendum.
* * * *
WALKOUT . . . . You Auburn pacifists
who perhaps have not yet been notified by
the secretary of the particular pacifistic or­ganization
to which you belong may be glad
to learn that a student walkout is to be held
at eleven o'clock on the morning of April
'12. The walkout is to last at least one
hour, and possibly longer. The strike is
nation-wide, and is expected to extend even
into European and South American colleges.
The walkout is backed by such organi­zations
as the National Council of Methodist
Youth, the middle-Atlantic division of the
Inter-Seminary Movement, the student
League for Industrial Democracy, and the
National Student Federation.
The purpose of the strike is to protest
against the militaristic tendencies of Uncle
Sam.
This is a wonderful opportunity for all
i
you people who get the jitters every time the
Federal government takes a step towards
improving an army vastly inferior to the
armies about it to cut a class and join your
colleagues in protesting against a govern­ment,
one of whose avowed concerns is in­suring
that continuous peace which you, and
we, crave.
* * * *
MYSTERY WOMAN . . . . John Beck,
eminent Sigma Nu, now has the added
glamour of having a mystery woman in his
life. It seems that a few nights ago Johnny
was called from his studies by a rat who in­formed
him that long distance was calling
for a Mr. John Beck. Beck naturally hur­ried
to the phone, and on asking who was
calling was greeted with an unintelligible
series of words—unintelligible, but never­theless
distinctively female. The young lady
refused to tell her name, but posed as an
old flame of Don Juan Beck. She regaled
him with various and colorful details of ep­isodes
in their past. John gallantly played
the game with her, but finally caught her
in so many evident prevarications that she
broke down and confessed that she was just
a little Auburn co-ed, unable to any longer
.resist the Don's generally icy attitude tow­ard
members of her sex.
about 1190. Bight: Actual tit* of ISO pair cool*.
Bell System engineers long ago began to work out
a way to clear city streets of overhead wires. The
first telephone cables were crude affairs—a few wires
drawn through a pipe. Continuous research brought
forth improved designs, better manufacturing
methods, cables of smaller size yet far greater capac­ity.
The cable with the greatest number of wires
today—3636—is 2%' in
diameter.
More than 94% of the
Bell System's wire mile­age
is now in storm
resisting cable—one of
many developments to
improve service.
Whv not d r o p in at ho
tonight —- by tefephor
For a lot of pleasure
ba r g a i n r a t e s , call
number after 8;30 P.
me
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by
M.
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1935 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 POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE P A G E THREE
STUDENTS LISTED
AS DEFICIENT IN
ENGLISH-RUTLAND
Registrar Requests List Of Stu­dents
Whose Use Of English
Is Not Up To Requirements
Twenty-four juniors and seniors and
twenty-four sophomores were listed as
deficient in the use of English in
courses other than English during the
first semester, according to the rec­ords
Requests from the registrar were
sent out this week to instructors in all
departments for lists of students
whose English seems not to measure
up to passing standards. These re­quests
are sent out twice each year.
Coaching continues until the students
are capable of passing an examination
that is on a level with final tests in
freshman English.
Auburn adopted the present system
of coping with English deficiency last
year. Other colleges use various
means to curb the situation. Some col­leges
make a practice of giving two
grades on each subject: one in Eng­lish
usage and the other on the sub­ject
matter; whereas other colleges
just give one grade, but hold the stu­dents
to strict accountability for er­rors
in grammar.
A paragraph in the college catalog
contains the following: "All students
are.expected to maintain a reasonable
standard of good English usage, oral
and written . . . . Instructors are di­rected
to insist on correct and accurate
speaking and writing in all class work
and to report promptly to the Com­mittee
on Student's Use of English
any student showing marked deficien­cy
. . . . Students found deficient must
take and pass remedial courses rec­ommended
by the Committee before be­ing
approved for graduation."
These requirements have been for­mulated
because a few graduates of
Auburn, as well as other colleges,
speak and write poor English, there­by
placing colleges and their scholas­tic
standards open to adverse criti­cism.
The student, himself, is placed
at a disadvantage when he is sent out
from college, poorly equipped in the
use of his own language.
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
MILDRED WADKINS, Society Editor
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
To Give Two Affairs
K. D . I n i t i a t e s F i ve
On S u n d a y M o r n i ng
Five new members were initiated
by the local chapter of Kappa Delta
sorority at four o'clock last Sunday
morning. Those taken into the so­rority
are: Rosalie Henderson, Mary
Haygood, Marion Toombs, Erma Cook,
and Erma Fort.
Initiation exercises were immedi­ately
followed by a Kappa Delta
"White Rose Breakfast" in the ban­quet
hall over Benson's.
The sorority presented a Kappa Del­ta
ring to Mary Haygood at the cere­mony
as a reward of her selection as
the "best all-round pledge" of the lo­cal
chapter this year.
S e l m a n - B u r t E n g a g e m e nt
Is A n n o u n c e d B y F a m i ly
The announcement of the engage­ment
of Miss Imogene Selman, of
Douglasville, Ga., to Mr. Wm. Mc­Coy
Burt, Auburn graduate, will be
of interest to friends here.
Miss Selman is a graduate of the
Douglasville High School and Shorter
College. Mr. Burt attended the Mar­ion
Institute before entering Auburn.
He is a member of the Beta Kappa
Fraternity.
Following their marriage, the couple
will reside in Douglasville where Mr.
Burt is the director of the high school
athletics.
Pi K. A . E n t e r t a i ns
W i t h T w o D a n c e s
Among the most enjoyable enter­tainments
of the year were the dances
given by the Pi Kappa Alpha frater­nity
Friday afternoon and night of
last week-end. From 4 to 6, the fra­ternity
was host at a tea dance held
at the chapter house. From 9 to 1
Friday night, a dance was staged at
the Student recreation hall. Happy
Davis and his orchestra furnished mu­sic
for both occasions. Many out-of-town
girls and visiting alumni were
present for these affairs.
T. U. O. G i v e s D a n ce
On S a t u r d a y N i g ht
Adding to the festivities of last
week-end was the dance given by the
Theta Upsilon Omega fraternity Sat­urday
of last week at the Students
Recreation Hall. Decorations were ef­fectively
carried out in blue and white
streamers and a back drop of orange
and black. Happy Davis and his Cav­aliers
furnished music for the occas­ion.
Among the outstanding fraternity
social events of the spring semester
will be two dances which the local
chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon will
stage this week-end.
The first of these affairs will be a
formal dance which will be given at
the chapter house on Friday night
between the hours of nine and one.
The other attraction, which will
draw a number of visiting girls to
Auburn, will be a tea dance from four
to six o'clock on Saturday afternoon.
Only members and pledges and their
dates will attend this affair.
The Auburn Knights will furnish
the music for both dances. Several
S. A. E. lead-outs and no-breaks will
add to the attractiveness of the pro­gram
Friday night, at which a num­ber
of visitors from other fraternities
on the campus will be present.
Among the out-of-town girls invited
to the affairs are: Anne Kelso, Mary
Hall Van Pelt, Julia Harris, Virginia
Chandler, of Montgomery; Jane Jerni-gan
and Mary Wood, of Troy; Clare
Rice, Catherine Booth, Bernice Lokey,
Sarah Lowry, Francis Smith, Mary
Ann Geishing, of Birmingham; Emma
Orr, of Rome, Ga.; Emily Campbell,
of Inverness; Mary Hardenburg and
Rebecca Hamilton of Judson; Made­line
Fletcher and Eleanor Key, of Co­lumbus,
Ga.; Dot Lewis, of Tuske-gee;
Mary B. Thompkins, of Univer­sity.
PERSONAL
MENTION
Pi K a p p a S i g m a S o r o r i ty
E n t e r t a i n s W i t h S u p p er
Pi Kappa Sigma Sorority enter­tained
at a buffet supper on Monday
night at the home of Mrs. Paul Irvine.
Misses Mary Jim Enloe, Ethel Burkes,
Ruth Shackleford, and Elisabeth
Craig assisted in entertaining. Those
who enjoyed the occasion were mem­bers,
pledges, and guests including
Gertrude Prather, Mary Schuler, Au­drey
Taylor, Alma Smith, Margaret
Wilkes, Martha Merritt, Katharine
Armbreaster; and patronesses, Mrs.
Harold Hoffsommer, Mrs. E. S. Win­ters,
and Mrs. I. E. MacAdory.
Miss Lora Smith of Montgomery,
spent the past week-end in Auburn.
* * *
Bill Emery has returned to school
after having been seriously injured
several weeks ago from a fall.
* * *
Misses Mildred Garlington of Camp
Hill, Julia Jester, of Union Springs,
and Annie Willo Brown of Montgom­ery,
attended the Phi Omega Pi dance
here last week-end. All are former
students and members of the above
sorority.
* * *
Among those who went to hear Paul
Whiteman in Atlanta Saturday night
were: Jack Ramsey, Bill Collins, Sa­ra
Smith, Larry Tabor, Clyde Kent,
and David Gaillard.
* * *
Miss Mary Louise Ham spent the
past week-end in Auburn.
* * *
Miss Mary Claire Randall is visit­ing
her parents in Birmingham.
* * *
Mrs. I. S. MacAdory and Mrs. Lan
Lipscomb were joint hostesses Tuesday
afternoon at a tea honoring Mrs. L.
N. Duncan.
* * *
Friends of Mrs. Elizabeth Floyd,
former Auburn resident, will be glad
to know that she is improving from
a severe illness. Mrs. Floyd is at the
home of her daughter in Birmingham.
* * *
The local chapter of the D. A. R. en­tertained
last Saturday afternoon with
a tea at the President's mansion.
Gladys Amos Is Wed
To Gordon C. Kendall
The marriage of Miss Gladys Amos
to Dr. Gordon C. Kendall, Auburn
graduates, was solemnized in Miami,
Florida, on February 23.
Miss Amos attended the Barton
Academy in Mobile before entering
Auburn and has been connected with
the faculty of the Opelika school for
the past few years. Dr. Kendall re­ceived
all of his education here and is
a member of the Tau Omega Chi and
Alpha Psi Fraternities.
Following the ceremony, Dr. and
Mrs. Kendall left for San Juan, Puerto
Rico, where he will be in government
KODAK SNAPSHOTS
Of the children, friends and loved ones
I keep them young. Don't wait until it is too
late, make snapshots of them now.
LOLLAR'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.
M i s s M a r y J o R e n n A n d
Mr. J o h n s o n A r e W e d
Miss Mary Jo Renn, former Auburn
student and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Renn, of Opelika, was married
to Mr. Walter Brinkley Johnson on
February 23, in Opelika.
Mrs. Johnson graduated from the
Opelika High School before entering
Auburn and has been working with
the Lee County Health Department
for nearly a year. Mr. and Mrs. John­son
will reside in Opelika after a short
wedding trip.
Phi Omega Pi's Stage
Formal Dance Friday
Last Friday night the members of
the Phi Omega Pi sorority were hos­tesses
at a formal dance held in the
girl's gymnasium. From nine to
twelve, music was played by the Au­burn
Knights, and several no-breaks
and lead-outs were featured. The
floor was artistically decorated in the
sorority colors of sapphire, blue and
white. Many alumni of the organiza­tion
were present for this joyous af­fair.
FAIRHOPE DANCERS TO SHOW
IN LANGDON HALL THURSDAY
Two Teams Of Eight Boys And Eight Girls Will Be Presented
In A Number Of Famous English Country Dances In Cos­tume;
Large Crowd Of Students Are Expected To Attend
The Fairhope Dancers, noted danc­ing
troup from Mobile, are scheduled
to perform in Auburn, Thursday,
March 7. They will be seen in Lang-don
Hall at 7:30 o'clock.
The troup is composed of two teams
of eight boys and eight girls of senior
high school age, and they will do a
number of famous English country
dances in costume. Mr. Paul Freder­ick,
an Englishman, is director of the
group.
It is expected that a large number
of students and townspeople will wit­ness
the program as Auburn has for
some time been trying to secure the
dances here. They will be here for
one night as a stop-over on their way
to Montevallo, where they have pre­sented
similar programs for the past
several years.
Admission for the students will be
25 cents and townspeople 35 cents.
NOTICE
The Glee Club will meet Thursday
night in the Methodist Church annex.
G-E Campus ^ews
J. T. Laney, graduate of the class
in Mechanical Engineering has re­cently
been employed by the Fair­banks
Morse and Company, to have
charge of the clerical and sales de­partment
of the New Orleans office.
Do Yon Really Want
To Stop That Cough?
• You may do it with a couple of
doses of Bronchuline Emulsion—with
half a bottle anyway. It's no pleas­ant
tasting sweet sugary cough syrup
but i f s one with a real kick. As a
matter of fact, it feels great going
down. Gives INSTANT RELIEF.
Soothes a hacking, racking cough al­most
while you are swallowing it.
Money back if it doesn't give you re­lief.
Lipscomb's Drug Store and all
other good druggists guarantee
BRONCHUUN
• EMULSION £
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"GE-1000"
When, after a two-day search, a rescue plane
finally located the lost transport plane which
"mushed down" on a lonely Adirondack peak
a couple of months ago, General Electric radio
engineers rushed an emergency portable short­wave
radio station into the mountain country
to help in co-ordinating land and air rescue
operations. The disabled ship was in the center
of a wilderness, miles from the nearest meant
of communication. The radio expedition, how­ever,
managed to set up its equipment in a cabin
at the end of a one-track automobile trail,
only four miles from the scene of the mishap.
There, designated as station "GE-1000" at
the request of the airline operators, the equip­ment
was used as an emergency unit in the
airline's radio system. The General Electric
engineers co-operated in communicating with
the planes that guided the rescue parties
toward the stranded fliers. They also helped
send back news of the rescue, directly to own­ers
of short-wave receiving sets, and through
a rebroadcast by WGY, the General Electric
station at Schenectady, to other listeners.
W. J. Purcell, chief engineer of WGY; W. R.
David, U. of Kentucky, '19; E. H. Fritschel,
Iowa State, '26; G. W. Fyler, Yale, '29; R. H.
Williamson, Iowa State, '28; R. W. Orth,
Minnesota, '30; G. M. Brown, Washington
State, '29; and R. A. Lash, Ohio Northern, '29,
comprised the General Electric radio expedition.
TURBINE BIOGRAPHY
A turbine can now write its own biography,
with the aid of recording instruments recently
developed in the General Electric general
engineering laboratory.
These sensitive devices were developed for the
supervision of large turbines from_ a point
remote from the scene of operation. The
instruments measure and record shaft eccen­tricity,
bearing vibration, shell expansion, and
interference of rubbing or rotating parts. They
provide the operator with an indication and a
permanent record, on paper, of mechanical
performance throughout the starting period
and subsequent running time.
C. D. Greentree, Alabama Poly, '28; A. V.
Mershon, Pratt Institute, '13; and M. S.
Mead, Case School of Applied Science, '23, all
of the General Electric general engineering lab­oratory,
worked on the instruments.
GLASSES FOR ELECTRIC EYES
Electric eyes are wearing colored glasses and
doing a new job. As a resultof strict NBA
code requirements, the paper industry had to
find a rigid means of classifying different
qualities of paper. The Institute of Paper
Chemistry found that as far as white book
papers were involved, the percentage of light
they reflected was an indication of their quality.
The General Electric general engineering
laboratory built the necessary device—an
instrument which relies on the scrutiny of two
phototubes in series to measure the coefficient
of reflection. This is an exceedingly delicate
task, as the matter of a small percentageof
reflectivity determines the price and quality
of a paper.
Here's where the glasses come in. To do
certain jobs right, the electric eyes had to don
different colored glass screens in the form of a
filter and lens arrangement. It wasn't that
they were getting old; they just needed a
little assistance.
J. L. Michaelson, Northwest Missouri State
Teachers College, '28, is IG-E engineer in
charge of building these instruments.
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P A G E FOUR T H E A U B U R N PLAINSMAN •:• A L A B A M A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1935
AQUATIC STARS COP
MEETS ON LONG ROAD
TRIP LAST WEEK
(Continued from Page 1)
the meet was 53-31, with the best
time, comparatively speaking, a 220
mark of 2:39.8 by Morris.
Moving on to Knoxville, the swim­mers
disposed of Tennessee fairly eas­ily
in winning 51-33, with Wheeler
and McKinney sharing honors in the
fifty and hundred-yard events. Lee
of Tennessee won the quarter, but on
the whole, points were distributed
about the same as the night previous,
with Lee setting a new quarter record
of 6:01.8. Morris also recorded what
is at present a low mark in turning
in a 2:35 for the 220.
Georgia furnished considerably more
competition than did the other two
teams as it took the medley relay,
the last event, to win a very close
victory. Morris came under the Uni­versity
of Tennessee record set the
night before in the quarter as he swam
it in 5:48.2. Wheeler and McKinney
were split for the first time in the
series as McKinney was shuffled back
to third place.
Those making the trip were Hers-chel
and Howard Conner, Carlos
White, Brant Woodward, Coach Mor­ris,
Jack Bible, Howard Wheeler,
August McKinney, and Marcus Mac-
Griff, Manager.
College Students
To Enter Contest
For Large Prizes
POLO SQUAD RAPIDLY
ROUNDING INTO SHAPE
^ (Continued from Page 1)
ly. Exact details for the trip have
not been decided upon, and if it ma­terializes
it will be sometime in May
or late spring. According to Major
Franke, the trip will be made if pres­ent
plans work out satisfactorily. Two
games will be played against each
school, making a total of six for the
entire tour.
NOTICE!
.The Spiked Shoe-R. O. T. C. track
meet is drawing a great amount of
interest from members of the various
military battalions. Trials began yes­terday
and will continue through Fri­day.
Time for trials is from four to
six each afternoon on Drake Field.
Tiger Theatre
AUBURN, ALABAMA
"The Showplace of East
Alabama"
WEDNESDAY, March 6
John Mack Brown in
"AGAINST THE LAW"
With Sally Blane and
Arthur Hohl.
Added Comedy,
"Domestic Blisters"
Also Novelty, "Song Writers
of the Gay 9 0 V.
THURSDAY, March 7
Ramon Navarro and Evelyn
Laye in
"THE NIGHT IS YOUNG"
Also Novelty,
"Africa, the Land of Contrast"
FRIDAY, March 8
Katherine Hepburn in Sir
James M. Barrie's
"THE
LITTLE MINISTER"
Added, Latest News Happenings
of the Day.
HE
Opelika, Alabama
THURSDAY, March 7
ON THE STAGED-Russ
Russell and his Coral
Gables Revue
"Tropical Lights"
Stage Band, a hot chorus,
and 6 big time acts.
On the Screen—
"Behind the
Evidence"
FRIDAY, March 8
"The Mystery of
Edwin Drood"
W i t h C l a u d e R a i n s a nd
D o u g l a s M o n t g o m e r y.
New York City—(Special). To de­termine
the points of interest in New
York City which would most appeal
to college students, the Courier Ser­vice,
in cooperation with the Panhel-lenic
House Association, New York
headquarters of the National Panhel-lenic
fraternities, is sponsoring a na­tion-
wide essay contest among men
and women college students. The sub­ject
of the contest, which closes on
June 15th, i s : "What I Would Like To
See When I Visit New York."
Cash prizes of $50, $35 and $15,
with one week's stay at Beekman Tow­er
included in the first price, and
week-end stays in the second and third
prizes are to be given. In addition,
the Courier Service will conduct prize
winners on their itineraries.
The Courier Service is an organiza­tion
specializing in unusual itineraries
for students of art, history, sociology
and architecture.
Two hundred suggestions for the
essay are given in a list prepared by
the Courier Service, which may be ob­tained
from the Contest Headquarters,
Beekman Tower, 3 Mitchell Place,
New York. The contest entrant is
asked to select an itinerary for a
week's visit to New York City and to
write an essay of between 500 to 1000
words covering this itinerary.
BALLOT
(Continued from Page 1)
class, one member of the freshman
class. Each class shall elect by pop­ular
vote the number of members des­ignated
above, the election to be under
the jurisdiction of the Executive Cab­inet.
The freshman representative shall
serve immediately' after his inaugura­tion.
Amendment to Article 5, Section 1:
Organization of the Executive Cab­inet.
Officers of the Executive Cabinet
shall consist of a president, vice-pres­ident,
secretary, and treasurer. The
president, a senior representative to
the Cabinet, the vice-president, a jun­ior
representative to the Cabinet, the
secretary, a sophomore representative
to the Cabinet, shall be elected by
popular vote of the Student Associa­tion
at the time of the class elections.
The treasurer, a senior representative
to the Cabinet, shall be elected by the
Executive Cabinet at the first meet­ing
of that body.
If you wish to substitute the pro­posed
changes for Article "4, Section 4,
and Article 5, Section 1, of the exist­ing
constitution vote "yes," if opposed
vote "no."
Yes
(Signed)
No
(Signed)
STUDENTS HEAR
DR. DUNCAN IN
FIRST ADDRESS
(Continued from Page 1)
At the second convocation both Joe
Sarver and Bill McTyeire, presidents
of the sophomore and junior classes
respectively, expressed themselves as
whole-heartedly in favor of the adop­tion
of the two constitutional substi­tutes
in short talks.
Discussion over the proposed chang­es
were in vogue after adjournment
of the convocations. Proponents of
the change voiced satisfaction at the
response of the student body to the
plan. Much interest in the first at­tempt
to change the present constitu­tion
is being evidenced and an unusu­ally
heavy vote is expected in the elec­tion
tomorrow.
Easy Pleasant Way
To Lose Fat
How would you like to lose 15
pounds of fat in a month and at the
same time increase your energy and
improve your health?
How would you like to lose your
double chin and your too prominent
abdomen and at the same time make
your skin so clean . and clear that it
will compel admiration?
Get on the scales today and see how
much you weigh—then get an 85 cent
bottle of Kruschen Salts which will
last you four weeks. Take one half
teaspoonful in a glass of hot water
every morning and when you have
finished the contents of this first bot­tle
weigh yourself again.
After that you'll want to walk
around and say to your friends,—"A
quarter pound jar of Kruschen Salts
is worth one hundred dollars of any
fat person's money."
Leading druggists America over
sell Kruschen Salts—You can always
get it at Lipscomb's Drug Store.
SIGMA NU AND
THETA CHI TO MEET
IN TOURNEY FINALS
(Continued from Page 1)
fensive efforts of Pi K. A.
Theta Chi 26—A. G. R. IS
Another strong quintet from down
Ag Bottom way got to hitting the
cords Monday night while holding an
Ag Hill outfit down most of the time
as Theta Chi won an eleven-point vic­tory
from Alpha Gamma Rho. P. P.
Powell with ten points was the big
man with a good eye as he staged an
almost uncanny shooting parade.
There wasn't much upset about the
Theta Chi win Monday, although some
Alpha Gam shots went wild that
shouldn't have. But Cayce Scarbor­ough
did all he could to stop the Theta
Chi offense. It just wasn't in the
books for the Alpha Gamma Rho's to
win, although no one who saw Mon-
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day's game could deny that they tried
to.
Of course, Major Martin and the
lads who function as the Theta Chi
quintet played just as hard for any
slackening up at any time would have
been disastrous. Jim Pike was out,
or at least partially so, with an in­jury
received in practice, but Gosset
carried on nobly at his new post of
center. Theta Chi probably had the
best team, but even so, credit must be
given to Alpha Gamma Rho for a gal­lant
outfit.
NOTICE
Ash Wednesday service today at
Episcopal church at 7:30 P. M.
Knives of Flame
Oxy-Acetylene Machine Cutting and Flame
Machining Lower the Cost of Fabrication.
By H. ULLMER*
YES!
You are invited to our Picnic
For all Book Lovers
The banquet shall consist of such tasty delicacies as:
Thome: Delay in the Sun (Calamity brings a vacation).
White: Folded Hills (The portrayal of Andy Burnett brings
you face to face with the greatness of Washington,
Lincoln, Houston, and Wilson).
Norris: Woman in Love (Old as the hills, but a new treat­ment)
.
Neumann: Another Ceasar (The Ghost of Napoleon on
Parade). '
Wells: The Wooden Indian (The weapon of Cupid doing
murder).
Taylor: The Tinkling Symbol (An Asey Mayo Mystery).
Baldwin: American Family (Enjoy to the fullest if read
along with Anthony Adverse).
Rollins: Love's Tapestry (The Youth of today on its Trium­phant
March).
Landon: A Little.Aversion (Oh! how you will love this little
red-headed bundle of dynamite).
Buck: A House Divided (American Setting).
The table is spread
on the shelves of
BURTON'S BOOKSTORE
RENTAL LIBRARY
Watch for The Green Light
March 12.
LIKE CUTTING CHEESE—the
oxy-acetylene cutting blowpipe
demolishes a 52-ton cast iron rock
crusher bowl.
Machines for guiding and moving
the oxy-acetylene cutting blowpipe
automatically are the most important
of the recent developments in man's
harnessing of flame for productive
purposes. Like ribbons of fire, multi­ple
flames of oxygen mixed with
acetylene surround a jet of pure oxy­gen
to cut steel, cast iron and other
ferrous metals into intricate patterns
—quickly and easily—with remark­able
savings in costs over old methods.
N e w M e t h o d s o f P r o d u c t i on
Since 1905, oxy-acetylene cutting
by hand has been widely used in
demolition and maintenance work.
During the last several years, the
effectiveness of oxy-acetylene cutting
as a means of production has been
proved and tremendously multiplied
by the development of machines for
various repetitive cutting require­ments.
The operating fields of these
machines range from the simple bev­eling
of steel plates to the cutting of
intricate patterns. Most of the ma­chines
can cut vertically and hori­zontally.
Some can be adjusted to cut
circles without the use of patterns.
Others cut bevels, gouge grooves,
and shape complicated designs.
S h a p e T h o u s a n d s of
I d e n t i c a l P a r ts
The economical continuous or in­termittent
production of identical
regular or irregular shapes from rolled
or forged steel is an outstanding ac­complishment
of present day oxy-acetylene
cutting machines. With
remarkable ease they follow templets
of the desired form for the pieces to
be cut. So accurate are the results
that for many purposes the cut pieces
can be used without machining or
further finishing. Only by looking
close at the smooth sides of the cut
can an experienced eye tell the differ­ence
from a mechanical cut.
I n a W i d e V a r i e t y o f P i e c es
Some of the different pieces of
equipment fabricated from oxy-acety­lene
shape-cut steel include: press
frames of rolled steel requiring nigh
strength and resistance to shock,
gear blanks, cams in all types of in­tricate
designs, forming dies which
need little finishing before use, and
flywheels often over a foot thick. In
every case the shape-cut parts retain
the great inherent strength and
toughness of the rolled or forged
steel from which they are made.
C o s t s C u t W i t h Oxy-
A c e t y l e n e C u t t i ng
No great investment in machinery
is needed for oxy-acetylene cutting.
FLAME-CUT PARTS—are
welded into assemblies like this
yoke for a 25,000 KVA Water
Wheel Generator.
ONE OR A MILLION—flame cut parts can be produced easily and
cheaply by oxy-acetylene machine cutting. These dipper tooth blanks
are alike as two peas in a pod. No expensive patterns or dies are required.
Pattern cost is reduced to a minimum
and the making and storage of ex­pensive
and intricate patterns is
avoided. In most cases the machine
cut shapes can be beveled easily by
oxy-acetylene cutting and quickly
made ready for assembly by welding,
thus further reducing the cost of the
finished equipment and making a more
salableandamoreserviceableproduct.
M a c h i n e s N o w A v a i l a b le
Machines of all sorts for various
types of oxy-acetylene cutting and
flame machining have been developed
by The Linde Air Products Company,
a Unit of Union Carbide and Carbon
Corporation. Assistance and infor­mation
as to how oxy-acetylene cut­ting
can be economically fitted into
your production operations can be
obtained without obligation through
Linde Sales Offices at Atlanta, Balti­more,
Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo,
Butte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas,
Denver, Detroit, El Paso, Houston,
Indianapolis, Kansas City, Los An­geles,
Memphis, Milwaukee, Minne­apolis,
New Orleans, New York,
Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh,
Portland, Ore., St. Louis, Salt Lake
City, San Francisco, Seattle, Spokane,
and Tulsa. Everything for oxy-acety­lene
welding and cutting—including
Linde Oxygen, Prest-O-Lite Acety­lene,
Union Carbide and Oxweld
Apparatus and Supplies—is available
from Linde through producing plants
and warehouse stocks in all indus­trial
centers.
W i t h E n g i n e e r i ng
C o o p e r a t i on
Users of oxy-acetylene welding and
cutting, and other products and proc­esses
developed by Units of Union
Carbide and Carbon Corporation
benefit from a most unique coordina­tion
of scientific research with manu­facturing,
sales and service facilities.
These combined resources of a vast
organization assure a full measure of
satisfactory performance.
•Chief Engineer, Scrrice Division, The Linde Air
Products Company, Unit of Union Carbide and Carbon
Corporation.
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