1934-09-15 The Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman
SATURDAY ISSUE THE PLAINSMAN
TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N S P I R IT
Mass Meeting
Tonight
VOLUME LVIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1934 NUMBER 3
HIGH MARKS ARE
MADE LAST YEAR
BY LARGE GROUP
Seventy-Six Students Average
Ninety Or Above For Second
Semester
A. G. DEAN LEADS
Final Figures On Registration
Show Enrollment Of 1,680
For This Semester
According to figures released from
the registrar's office, seventy-six stu­dents
averaged 90 or above for the
second semester of last year.
Those students having the highest
averages were A. G. Dean, 97.67; F.
E. Barnett, 95.95; H. E. Carr, 95.47;
and A. M. Ellenburg, 94.46.
Students whose averages were above
90 are: C. H. Bailey, F. 0. Barnett,
H. E. Carr, Wm. Chambers, J. M.
Childress, J. L. Coan, M. H. Conner,
M. Cooper, M. Cottier, J. J. Danaher,
A. B. Dean, J. M. Dennis, Wm. Dex­ter,
J. H. Eaves, A. M. Ellenburg,
O. L. Entrekin, R. C. Feagin, D. Gail-lard,
H. Gardiner, H. W. Gauggel,
P. B. Gibson, B. D. Godbold, A. L.
Graves, J. H. Green, R. H. Hard, R. B.
Harley, H. L. Harris, R. N. Hoar, S.
E. Hodges, F. A. Holloway, G. B.
Hughey, R. Klein, M. H. Laatch, J. E.
Langley, L. C. Lytz, C. E. McCorquo-dale,
G. W. McKinney, W. McMahan,
E. S. Marshall, R. B. Mercer, L. C.
Merrell, A. J. Mueller, J. L. Murphy,
W. W. Nelson, M. R. Nichols, M. C.
Padgett, J. L. Parker, Wm. C. Pease,
D. Phelps, G. W. Phelps, V. Pruet,
L. F. Rice, F. H. Richter, J. H. Rog­ers,
M. D. Roth, J. Sarver, W. G.
Schuster, H. Sellers, J. G. Shaw, J. R.
Spiceland, R. E. Spruiell, R. W.
Steele, E. Steere, J. L. Stewart, H.
Tigner, H. Tucker, C. L. Turnipseed,
J. E. Vance, C. K. Warren, C. T.
Warren, C. R. Williams, J. H. Wil­liams,
R. D. Wilson, W. T. Wingo, H.
Womelsdorf, L. P. Wood.
One hundred and nine students
averaged 90 or above for the first
semester of last year.
Latest report released by P. O.
Davis show the final registration fig­ures
to be 1,680, including 589 fresh­men.
Mr. Davis expects the total enroll­ment
this year to reach a peak of
1,850, which will be a considerable in­crease
over last year, approximately
10%.
The number registered for all last
year came to 1,648, with the number
of freshmen being 507.
Season Tickets To Opening
Dances To Go On Sale Soon
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here to furnish the music
for the Sophomore Hop in Alumni
Gymnasium on September 28, 29.
MASS MEETING TO
BE HELD TONIGHT
First Pep Meeting Of Year Will
Be Staged In Langdon Hall
Tonight
AUBURN CLUB WOMEN
TO ATTEND MEETING
Three delegates from the Auburn
Business and Professional Women's
Club will attend the district meeting
to be held at Sylacauga, September
16. Plans for the conference were
discussed at the first meeting of the
season Tuesday evening at the
Thomas Hotel.
The club was entertained with a
program under the direction of Miss
Lona Turner, chairman of the mem­bership
committee. Mr. Collins Cam­eron
sang several numbers, accom­panied
by Mr. Earl Hazel. Miss Julia
Tisdale and Mrs. Bruce McGehee gave
entertaining readings, and Miss Mary
Martin presented humorous sketches
about club members.
Delegates to the district meeting
are Misses Jennie Igou, Berta Dunn
and Edith Slights. Miss Dunn will at­tend
the special session of the execu­tive
committee, of which she is a
member. Miss Jennie Igou is presi­dent
of the local club this year.
The first Mass Meeting of the year
will be held tonight at seven o'clock
in Langdon Hall, according to Ed
Prewitt, head cheer leader.
This meeting will be held primarily
for the purpose of selecting the fresh­man
and sophomore cheer leaders for
this year. "But," adds Prewitt,
"there will be a showing of that ole
time religion!" The band will be there
and plans for the Parade to be held
Lin,Montgomery just before the—Bir­mingham-
Southern game will be dis­cussed."
All freshmen as well as the sopho­mores
are required to be present for
the tryouts. Prewitt said to "pick
out your candidates and be on hand to
yell for him, as that will be what
the judging committee will base their
decision on."
The "A" Club Judging Committee
will listen as each candidate leads his
yell and will choose the one that gets
the most out of the crowd and who is
able to follow through with the di­recting,
the directing having first been
demonstrated by the head cheer lead­er.
With the conclusion of the judging
several yells will be given and the
meeting will close with a parade
through the business district of town.
Plans are under way for the stu­dent
body to make their demonstra­tions
of the "Auburn Spirit" as of
old with parades and student body
drills in the city where the game is
held. These will be conducted by
Prewitt, who says, "that soon the Au­burn
Tiger's roar will be heard wher­ever
the team goes."
NOTED YOUNG GRAD
VISITS ALMA MATER
P. V. Pardon of DeSota, Mo., one
of Auburn's most successful grad­uates
among the younger alumni, was
a visitor on the campus this week.
After graduating in 1929 Mr. Par­don
was with the Westinghouse Elec­tric
Co. for one year. He now holds
the position of county division super­intendent
with the Union Electric
Light and Power Co. with head­quarters
at St. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Pardon was also a welcomed
visitor to Auburn.
FIRE CAUSES SLIGHT
DAMAGE TO GIN HERE
Fire caused when lightning struck
a live wire at the Auburn Gin Com­pany
yesterday afternoon about 4:45
caused little damage. Mr. John
Hughley, operator of the gin, said that
he had not determined the extent of
the damages. He stated that a bale of
cotton which was in the press and
the induction motor were damaged,
however.
When the Auburn Fire Department
reached the gin smoke was emanating
from windows of the building and the
fire appeared to be much larger than
it was. Most of the fire and smoke
came from the bale of cotton being
ginned. This was quickly extinguished
by members of the fire department
and negro workers at the gin.
The bolt of lightning struck the
wire leading to the induction motor
and caused a short lived flame within
the motor, which had been oiled re­cently.
Mr. Hughley said that a fire of
similar nature was caused at the gin
last fall when a bolt of lightning
struck one of the wires leading to
electrical gin machinery.
Tickets Will Sell For Six
Dollars With Sliding Price
Schedule On Others
COMMITTEE MEETS
Sammarco Reputed To Have
Versatile Orchestra; Brings
Thirteen Musicians Here
Season tickets to the Sophomore
Hop will sell for six dollars, accord­ing
to an announcement by Marion
Thrasher, chairman of the Social
Committee. Prices to single dances
have not been set, but will be announc­ed
in a later edition of The Plains­man.
'
Thrasher said that bid cards will
be collected next Thursday, and bids
will be mailed the following week­end.
As yet no fraternities have signi­fied
their intentions of giving house
parties, but the Committee expects to
have at least three houses available
for the entertainment of visiting girls
within several days.
Recent press releases from the
Southern Radio and Entertainment
Bureau state that the Sammarco Or­chestra,
like the Lombardos, is a fam­ily
affair. Gene Sammarco directs
and plays violin besides doing a bit
of vocalizing. He is a former mem­ber
of the Los Angeles City Sym­phony
Orchestra and is a noted musi­cian.
His brother, Pat, is featured on the
six string guitar and is a former pupil
of Joe Callucio, acclaimed the world's
greatest guitarist and who is heard
on many commercial radio programs.
He is also featured as a vocalist.
Val Sammarco, the youngest mem­ber
of the family, plays first alto sax,
baritone sax, flute, and clarinet.
Evelyn Beason, the girl vocalist,
who will appear here with the orches­tra,
is a native of New Orleans.
While the orchestra's specialty is the
smooth variety of popular numbers,
Miss Beason is best when singing
"hot tunes."
It is understood that Sammarco
does not go in for a great deal of
clowning and novelty presentations.
Instead they stress the point of un­usual
orchestrations, musical shad­ings,
and perfect rhythms. For in­stance,
the band doubles four violins,
four trombones, and various other
instruments which fully equip them
to play all different kinds of modern
dance music. The orchestra uses many
glee club numbers, vocal duo and trio
specialties, and others.
A meeting of the Social Committee
was scheduled for last night, but ad­ditional
arrangements for the dance
series will not be available for pub­lication
until next week.
RELATIONS CLUB WILL
MEET TUESDAY NIGHT
The first meeting of the Interna­tional
Relations Club for this school
year will be held Tuesday, September
18, at seven o'clock in room 301 Sam-ford
Hall. J. Randall Parrish, presi­dent,
urges all old members to be
present as it is to be an important
meeting.
The International Relations Club
was organized on this campus about
three years ago and is maintained
by the Carnegie Endowment Founda­tion
for the purpose of promoting in­ternational
understanding. To this
end the bi-monthly meetings present
outstanding men to speak on prob­lems
of international importance.
Membership to this club is by invi­tation
based on scholarship and in­terest
in international problems. New
members are elected twice yearly.
Officers for the local club for this
year are: J. R. Parrish, President;
J. H. Williams, Vice-President; H. I.
McKenzie, Secretary-Treasurer; and
Professor O. T. Ivey, Faculty Advisor.
The head of the American branch
of Clubs is Dr. Nicholas M. Burter,
of Columbia University.
NOTICE!
There will be a meeting of Omricon
Delta Kappa Tuesday night, Septem­ber
18, in Room 215 Samford Hall at
8 o'clock.
INTERFRAT EVENT
TO BE GOVERNED
BY STRICT RULES
Increase In Number Of Men
Pledged To Groups Is Seen
Maximum Of Twenty-Five Dol­lars
Allowed Each Frater­nity
For Decorations
JUDGES CHOSEN
Ten Inch Loving Cup Will Be
Given To Winner Of Con­t
e s t ; Plans Complete
In session last night the Interfrater-nity
Council committee appointed to
draft regulations concerning the
"fraternity house decorating" contest,
to be held Homecoming week-end,
voted to set $25 as the maximum
amount any chapter will be allowed to
spend on the decorations.
The committee, composed of Ed
Prewitt, Bill Hughes, and Jack Tabor,
announced that the president of each
fraternity competing in the contest
will submit a report to them contain­ing
an itemized account of all expen­ditures
on the decorations. The judges
of the competition will take the total
amount of money spent for decora­tions
into consideration when judging
the various houses.
Prof. Roy Staples, of the Architec­tural
School; Mr. P. O. Davis, Execu­tive
Secretary, and one prominent
alumnus, who will be named later,
were chosen to judge the contest. They
will visit each house Saturday after­noon
and Saturday night, Homecom­ing
Day. The committee stated that
they thought it would be necessary for
the judges to see the decorations at
night because some fraternities will
probably be using lighting effects in
the decorations.
The Interfraternity Council voted
to sponsor this contest at their first
meeting of the year last Monday
night. Similar, competitions are held
at other schools and it is planned to
make this one of the annual home­coming
events.
The Council will award a ten inch
loving cup with proper inscription on
it to the winner of the event. The
award has already been ordered and
will be placed in the display window
of some downtown store when it ar­rives.
This contest is not planned for the
sole purpose of a competition among
fraternities on the Auburn campus,
but is to be a part of a large "Wel­come
Old Grads" program which is
planned for the week-end.
ALABAMA RECOGNIZED
FOR OLD STRUCTURES
The recent survey conducted under
the auspices of the C. W. A. during
the spring of 1934, for the purpose
of measuring and picturing historic
old buildings throughout the country,
resulted in an enormous wealth of ma­terial
being uncovered in Alabama.
Alabama was selected as one of the
thirty-nine districts throughout the
country, and Professor E. Walter
Burkhardt, of Auburn, directed the
survey in this district.
Following the statement of Secre­tary
Ickes in which he described the
old structures as being "an expression
of the life of the people," every effort
in Alabama was directed toward re­cording
those old homes, churches,
buildings, etc. Among the buildings
that were selected, was the old Fire
Station, the Honathan Emanuel
house, the Kirkbride home, and the
old Southern Hotel at Mobile; Deer's
store at Claiborne; Governor Thomas
Bibb's country house at Bell Mina;
the old Tavern at Mooresville; the
Bullard house at Oak Bowery; the
Gorgas house at Tuscaloosa; "Rose-mount,"
in Greene county; the Thamp-son
mansion in Tuskegee; and many
old homes in Montgomery, Selma,
Greensboro, and West Alabama.
The Tennessee Valley, the Tusca­loosa
District, the Auburn District,
the vicinity of Demopolis, and Selma,
including most of the Black Belt, and
Mobile, were well covered.
The national project, which afford­ed
employment to a large number of
unemployed architects and draftsmen,
is the first attempt that has ever been
made to record historical structures
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Only Pledges Of Nine Fraterni­ties
Listed In This Issue Of
Plainsman
RUSHING COMPLETED
Several Fraternities Claim
Eighteen or More Pledges;
Largest Number In Years
Following is a list of pledges of
nine of the fraternities represented
on the Auburn campus. There was
not enough space available to run the
names of all pledges in this issue, but
the others will be listed in next Wed­nesday's
edition. The pledges are
grouped under the name of their re­spective
fraternity, beginning with
the first fraternity to be founded on
this campus and the others in con­secutive
order.
Phi Delta Theia
Josh Couch, Troy; David Canon,
Opelika; Frank James, Uniontown;
James Doughtie, Columbus, Ga.;
Clifton Blue, Aberdeen, N. C.; T. H.
Thompson, Jr., Alexander City; A. D.
Holmes, Jasper; Thornton Nelson,
Birmingham; Osgood Cook, Bruns­wick,
Ga.; Peyton Teague, Montgom­ery;
Jack Hughston, Columbus, Ga.;
Wesley Laney, Columbus, Ga.; Wil­liam
Mankin, Jasper.
Alpha Tau Omega
Bob Martin, Birmingham; Frank
Ferrell, Huntsboro; Iva Grimes, La-
Grange, Ga.; Zolls Cowart, Calera;
James O'Hara, Birmingham; Gayle
Riley, Birmingham; George Lenhart,
Tuscumbia; David Hamilton, Tus-cumbia;
John Wear, Opelika; Fred
Schomberg, Columbus, Ga.; Cy Mor­gan,
Gainesville, Ga.; F. B. SmithT,
Opelika; Ralph Searcy, Greenville;
Lee Merrell, Montgomery; Fred Rich­ter,
Savannah, Ga.; Rastur Reynolds,
Tuskegee: Henry Martin, Birming­ham.
Kappa Alpha
Charley Auld, Livingston; John
Pollard, Selma; Lewis Thomas, At-more;
John Holmes, Selma; Fleet­wood
Rice, Montgomery; Cecil
Leech, Selma; Gus Franke, Auburn;
Mark Carr, Selma; James Jones,
Lafford; Ernest Vinson, Atmore;
Edson McKenzie, Bainbridge, Ga.;
Edwin Barlow, Mobile; Charles
Chisom, Selma.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Trailer Ingram, Opelika; Bennett
Pruett, Anniston; Warner Camp,
Birmingham; Harry Taylor, Greens­boro;
George Coker, Talladega; Mor­ris
Ellis, Talladega; Amos Sanford,
Montgomery; James Merrill, Annis­ton;
Edward Lutje, Columbus, Ga.;
Porter Golden, Columbus, Ga.; Dick
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Collegian Club To Give
Annual Dance Next Week
Announcement from the Colleg­ian
Club, of Montgomery, is to
the effect that the organization
will sponsor its eighth annual Au­burn-
Birmingham Southern foot­ball
dance next Friday night at
the Farm Bureau Building, di­rectly
across the street from the
Paramount Theatre.
Dancing is to begin at ten-thirty
and continue until two-thirty.
Several features planned .
for the program include leadouts
honoring Auburn and Birming­ham
Southern.
Music will be furnished by
Sonny Baird and his twelve piece
orchestra. It is understood that
the band has gained considerable
recognition in and around Mont­gomery.
Admission will be a nominal
charge, as in the past.
PROF. ROE TELLS
OF GERMAN VISIT
Auburn Professor Of Foreign
L a n g u a g e s T a l k s On G e r m an
Political Conditions
HONOR GROUP TO
SPONSOR EVENTS
FOR HOMECOMING
Blue Key Seeks To Publicize
P r o g r am This Y e a r ; Many
G r a d s Expected
BANQUET BE GIVEN
Society Will Sponsor S a t u r d ay
A f t e r n o o n Dance Of Sopho­m
o r e Hop Series
LOCAL DEBATERS WILL
MEET MONDAY NIGHT
The Auburn Debating Society under
the direction of Prof. Hess will hold
their first meeting of the year at
7:00 P. M., Monday evening, in 301
Samford Hall. All freshmen and
others who might be interested are
invited to attend.
As in the past the society will spon­sor
debates between freshmen teams
and between the varsity members,
prizes being given to the winning
teams. Many inter-collegiate debates
are scheduled, with several trips plan­ned
to nearby colleges. The society
hopes to sponsor, if possible, debates
this year between the social frater­nities
on the campus. John Liles is
president of the society this year.
CHAS. S. DAVIS SPENDS
FEW DAYS IN AUBURN
Charles S. Davis, B.S., Auburn ' 3 1;
M.S., Auburn '32, spent a few days
of this week visiting his Alma Mater
en route to Duke University where,
as a fellowship student, he will con­tinue
his graduate studies toward
the degree of doctor of philosophy.
Mr. Davis was in the University of
California during the summer doing
graduate work there, making a study
of Mexican history.
During his senior year at Auburn
he was business manager of the
Plainsman and participated in many
other college activities.
By Doug Wallace
Using Mr. Roe's own words, it
seems that the most important state­ment
he has to make now that he is
back in Auburn after a stay of about
a month in Strasbourg, Alsace, and
other points is: "The U. S. looks bet­ter
than ever, people are better dress­ed,
and food is better." "Why, then,"
he asks, "should a man go to Europe
unless he likes the sea air?" It ap­pears
that Mr. Roe does like sea air
and also German environment and he
is a frequent visitor to Germany or
thereabouts.
But that is getting a little aside
from the subject. In regard to the
German political situation, which is
rather tense at the present, Mr. Roe
would have it known that he knows
little about politics and less about Mr.
Hitler. Though he did add that in
certain respects he might describe Mr.
Hitler in rather "sulphurous" terms.
"Grave" was the word Mr. Roe
used to describe the Saar question. To
the Auburn students it might be well
to mention that the people of the Saar
Basin will vote some time in Janu­ary
as to whether or not they will
remain under the League, become a
part of Germany, or become a part of
France.
Mr. Roe stated that he did meet
several Germans traveling through
France, but they are very scarce be­cause
of stringent laws prohibiting
leaving Germany or taking money out,
which all goes to show that Mr. Hit­ler
has his subjects fairly well hog-tied
and collared.
Although the German people as a
rule don't seem to worry much about
anything in particular, they are
somewhat concerned, according to Mr.
Roe, about the Jewish boycott, which
is probably one of the chief causes
of another concern—a shrinking for­eign
trade.
After talking with scores of men
on the boat and elsewhere, Mr. Roe
gathered that the general opinion was
that Germany will worry through the
winter, but that it will be a tough
one.
Mr. Roe stated that one American
had said that he thought Germany
"would steam through chanting a
hymn of hate, for the old shibboleth
(idea) still exists and is growing that
the whole world is against them."
Prof. Roe also spent four days in
Brussels, Belgium; and there, too, he
said, the contrast in living conditions
is great.
NOTICE!
A smoker will be held at the Chem­ical
Building next Monday night. The
affair is sponsored by Phi Lambda
Upsilon in conjunction with the Chem­ical
Society. Students registered in
the School of Chemistry and Phar­macy
are invited to attend.
The Auburn chapter of Blue Key,
national honorary fraternity, will '
sponsor an unprecedented Homecom­ing
Day program this year, according
to a statement by Wallace Nelson,
president.
Although all the events which are
being considered for the day have not
been thoroughly planned, a tentative
schedule of social functions and other
parts of the program have been re­leased
for publication.
A banquet to be held in honor of
outstanding visitors from Oglethorpe,
which school plays Auburn in a foot­ball
game that day, members of the
Administrative Committee, and other
notables will be given Saturday night.
Members of the local Blue Key chap­ter
will be in attendance.
It is planned to stage a mammoth
parade and pep meeting sometime dur­ing
the week-end but this part of the
program has not been completely de­cided
upon.
An information booth will be erect­ed
somewhere in the downtown dis­trict
of the city for the benefit of
visitors. Programs containing all the
features of the day will be distrib­uted
from this point.
Blue Key will sponsor the Saturday
afternoon dance of the Sophomore Hop
series. During the affair the frater­nity
will hold its regular fall tapping
ceremony. Several lead-outs favor­ing
Blue Key members and their dates
will be held.
Nelson stated that the program was
planned in an attempt to publicize
Homecoming and Auburn. The so­ciety
will carry out an extensive pub- '
licity campaign preceding the pro­gram
and they expect many old grads
to be in town for that day.
The tentative plans for the day were
laid at a meeting of the chapter last
night. A committee composed of Bill
Swann, chairman, Fred Moss, Bill
Collins, and Ted Scott was appointed
to make all arrangements for the
program.
Plans for the year, including v a r i ­ous
activities which the society ex­pects
to sponsor, were discussed at
the meeting. Another meeting of the
fraternity will be held soon at which
time new members from the senior
class will be elected. Their names
will be published in a later edition
of The Plainsman.
LION'S CLUB MAKING
DRIVE FOR MEMBERS
In order to send one child to the
Birmingham Children's Clinic for
treatment, the Auburn Lion's Club is
making a drive to gain a full mem­bership
this year. This will provide
$75 for the project. W. T. Ingram
has charge of the drive.
The club is also sponsoring the sale
of tickets for the Auburn-Opelika
players, and money procured from
this will be used for the benefit of
the Children's Clinic. In case a full
membership of $75 is obtained, the
member making the payment may
choose the child to be given treat­ment.
Individual membership for the
year amounts to $3.65 as compared
to the $75 full membership.
No meetings of the Lions' Club were
held during August, and the first
meeting of the new year was held
Tuesday at 12 o'clock. The vacation
of one month is given each year.
The fundamental purpose of the
Lions' Club is to help the blind. How­ever,
according to Mr. Ingram, the
organization is financially and activ­ely
interested in all undertakings of
the city, and any civic betterment
project.
Anyone interested in working on the
editorial staff of The Plainsman please
call by the office and sea the editor.
T H E 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 TE SATURDAY, SEPT. 15, 1934
<- AUBURN FOOTPRINTS *>
A certain blonde who drives a Chevie was asking for Quinney the other night,
but when told that he was at work with the Lintheads she just sighed and drove off.
* * * * * *
The Chi O's here from Oglethorpe must have heard that all Auburn students
were children of the original traveling salesman. They say "Scared."
* * * * * *
Willie smashed the baby's head,
To see if brains are gray or red.
Mother said to father, "Dear,
Don't you think that Willie's queer?"
Willie pushed his sister in the well
Just to hear the poor child yell.
His parents couldn't find their daughter,
Now they sterilize their water.
Little Willie screamed with glee
When his father drank his tea,
'Cause Willie knew that it was poisoned
And just laughed and laughed.
(Try rhyming poisoned, then, you slug.)
* * * * * *
George Quinney washed his face for the first time in three years after the
R. 0. T. C. appointments were published.
* * * * * *
Who was that lady I seen you with last night?
That was no lady, that was tuxedo.
(And let there be no moaning at the bar
When I put out to see.)
* * * * * *
The Magnificent Worsley did not choose to dance Wednesday night, preferring
to shop in Columbus.
* * * * * *
Howard Morris has developed an excellent way to keep a horse's head down.
He just takes a deep breath. Maybe he should ride backward.
* * * * * *
Justin Fair wrote to that cute little Veazy boy and told him to please see that
Bill Hughes received the Little Giant Chest Expander. We wonder if Bill will be
as Franke as Justin was.
* * * * * *
"Belly good," said the Chinaman as he swallowed the ground glass.
* * * * * *
Benny Fenton seemed to have ants in the pants when Coach Meagher invited
all football players who were in love to turn in their uniform.
* * * * * *
"Am I burning up?" queried the old maid as the burglar under her bed lit
his pipe.
* * * * * *
The English department claims they are going to have to call on Joe Purvis
to take over their freshman classes.
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Associate Editors: Cecil Strong, Walter
Brown, and Jack Knowlton.
Managing Editors: Kyser Cox and Doug­las
Wallace.
Sports Editors: Jap Parrish and Sam
Gibbons.
News Editors: Bobby Chestnutt, Bull
Grace, Alvin Morland.
Society Editors: Mildred Watkins and
Louella Botsford.
BUSINESS STAFF
Joe Whiteside Asst. Bus. Mgr.
EXECUTIVE CABINET
Indications point to a successful year for
the Student Executive Cabinet. Last year's
governing group probably accomplished
more towards making student government
here something worthy of the name "Exe­cutive
Cabinet" than any such group at
Auburn has accomplished in many years.
They laid the ground work for a great
future for student government at Auburn.
We believe this year's Cabinet has the
proper leadership and the competent per­sonnel
to make it a respected and worthy
organization. Among the Cabinet members
are several who have had one or two years'
experience as members of the body. They
are well informed as to campus conditions,
student needs, and similar problems.
Whether or not they follow the example
laid out for them last year depends to a
great extent upon the co-operation given
them by the student body as a whole.
In the- past students have been prone to
severely criticize the Cabinet when such
criticism was not deserved. The trouble
seems to lie in the fact that we are given
to poking fun at and jumping with both
feet on the organization about some action
they take when we are not familiar with
the facts surrounding it. Most of our view­points
are limited to one side of a question.
Before we make any rash assertions in re­gard
to any organization on the campus
we should familiarize ourselves with, all
the circumstances involved and be prepar­ed
to play fair with the group in question.
Let us give our sincere support to the
Cabinet this year and help them in making
student government at Auburn something
that is desirable and successful.
ABOUT AUBURN
Auburn has three distinct branches. Many
people, both on the campus and off, forget
that fact. In addition to the College Di­vision
there is the Extension Service and
the Agricultural and Engineering Re­search.
Both of these latter reach out to
the entire state, influencing directly many
who never saw Auburn and never will.
Though depending to some extent upon one
another, each of these is for the most part
an independent division.
It is well for those of us on the campus
to remember this organization. Auburn is
bigger than this student body that lives
here and attends classes. It is bigger than
the alumni band that has already gone out
from sixty commencement exercises. It is
as big as the state of Alabama itself, for
it has a vital influence upon every minute
geographical unit of the state.
People from off the campus should also
have the organization of Auburn brought
to their attention from time to time. Many
consider the instructing of 1700 young men
and women a big task, but many others look
upon these 1700 as merely that many citi­zens,
a favored group that is getting en­tirely
too much attention and spending too
much of the state's money.
After all it is the money situation that
is most interesting at present, for in the
past few years the financing of Auburn has
been the chief problem. Approximately
half of the funds coming from the state
are used in running the College Division,
while the other half goes to the remaining
two branches. That means that the amount
of public tax money which many citizens
regard as going for the training of 1700
young men and women must be divided by
two if we are to get a correct picture. The
other half goes out over the state through
the Extension and Research.
The extent to which Auburn affects the
state should be a source of pride to every­one
connected with the college. It should
also make chronic complainers and skeptics
pause for a minute before criticizing.
STRIKE DEVELOPMENTS
The great textile strike still remains un­settled.
Many employees are going back to
work daily behind squadrons of armed men,
while other mills succumb and close their
doors. Every day some lives are lost, and
every day thousands of dollars are thrown
away in non-productive enterprises. At
least one state has its entire national guard
"under arms, and there is talk of calling out
the United States Army. Still the huge
waste goes on. Who is responsible?
Of course there are two sides to the
question. The strikers and the mill own­ers
have both made their contentions pub­lic,
and one may readily see why each side
is determined to win. The textile union
can easily prove abuses which it maintains
are illegal as well as inhuman. On the
other hand the owners claim there is noth­ing
in the Recovery Act which forces them
to recognize the textile union, and to do
so would be a relinquishment of their legal
rights. The whole question hinges on the
extent and methods of collective bargaining
which must result from the enforcement of
Section 7a of the Recovery Act.
That being the main point at issue, the
most discouraging part of the whole strike
is the inability of the government to act.
President Roosevelt's special mediation
board, after a long conference with manu­facturers,
has given up all hope of arbitra­tion.
The strikers have offered to place
the whole matter before the board, but there
is no authority to force the manufacturers
to do likewise. In fact the owners feel that
even such a procedure would mean losing
the strike, for it would be a recognition
of the right of the union to speak for the
workers in the whole industry. Naturally,
then, they refuse.
Each side has its case well presented.
The false stand, it seems to us, and there­fore
the responsibility for the waste and
bloodshed, has been assumed by the mill
owners. Why such a stubborn refusal to
recognize the textile union's right to speak
for all workers? If the owners were,
through such acceptance, throwing them­selves
upon the mercy of the union, it
would be a different matter. However, un­der
the present setup the government would
make the necessary rulings; the union would
merely be one party to the controversy.
Why waste millions to prevent unionization
when a government board will pass upon
all demands of the union?
What the textile manufacturers are for­getting
is that both the workers and the
public have a direct interest in their busi­ness.
All three groups should have a voice,
and the least interested group, the govern­ment,
representing the public, should hold
the balance of power. If government can­not
force such a settlement, the next Con­gress
should see that it is given that power.
EDUCATED?
The old American idea that four years
in college constitute an education is fast
breaking down. The requirements for the
legal, medical, and teaching professions
have steadily risen until today preparation
in these fields requires a minimum of six
or seven years of college and university
attendance.
The four year man is surprisingly ignor­ant.
He has got a smattering of informa­tion
about a few things during his college
career. He knows how to drill, the name's
of a few poets, a few history dates, about
a hundred words of a foreign language
(which he cannot pronounce), and several
formulae. But he thinks he is educated.
He is ready to run the country, to take
charge of the League of Nations. On the
other hand he may be a graduate in a par­ticular
field of work, about which he has
got the elementary ideas. In this case he
knows nothing about the cultural and ar­tistic
subjects, which he has skimmed over
during his first two years. He will make
a good worker in his particular profession,
but his very narrowness will hold him
within the realm of mediocrity.
Limited finances and high tuition fees
are partly responsible for this sad condi­tion
of American education. When one has
only enough money for four years of col­lege
instruction it is only natural that he
try to learn as much as possible about one
particular profession.
It is indeed unfortunate that our lead­ing
colleges and universities encourage this
over-specialization, setting forth certain
curricula, dividing their undergraduate
schools into "departments," and thus almost
completely limiting the student's instruc­tion
to one field.
NEW ORLEANS ELECTION
Shrewd observers foresaw the New Or­leans
election results for some time. If
Huey Long is ever licked, we don't believe
Mayor Walmsley will be the man to do it.
The trouble seems to be that honest men
are more enthusiastic over the Walmsley
city machine than they are over Long's
county organization.
Some time, perhaps, the Louisiana poli­tical
scene will clear up, but if and when it
does we believe it will be the result of a
genuine popular uprising behind a man in
whom the people will place trust. How­ever,
no such development seems to be in
sight at present.
THE PRIMROSE PATH
By Heartbalm and Heartbroken
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in
this column are not necessarily the editorial opin­ions
of this paper. It is a column of personal
comment, and is not to be read as an expression
of our editorial policy.
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DEAR H. AND H.:
There comes a time when every
young man should turn his thoughts
"to the nobler things of life, when he should
discard all mundane affairs and seek to
.attain the higher sphere. That time has
come into my life and I am forced to turn
to you for aid in deciding a fearful prob­lem
that harrasses me day and night.
Three months ago I met and loved a beauti­ful
maiden, gave to her my heart and after
toying with it for a brief moment she
spurned me. Long are the nights I have
suffered, note after note I have written,
yet all are in vain.
Were I not good looking, something ad­mitted
by the countless fickle females who
pursue me, did I not possess that indefin­able
charm that has reduced even my bit­terest
enemies to awestruck humility, I
could understand it. Now I hold a high
position on this campus, the students hav­ing
reposed their greatest measure of trust
in me, the representatives of the army of
the United States have bestowed fitting
recognition upon my merits, the highest
it is possible to receive, and having been
selected by my fraternity brothers as one
to guide their destinies through the ardu­ous
year, I now feel that if my only true
and honest love should be in vain that I
might as well junk all.
Sworn to chemistry and to the pursuit
of scientific endeavor, I feel the call of
philosophical meditation and I long to put
an end to the long list of worldly successes
that trail my name. However, I feel that
as long as the shadow of the love I hold
for the woman of my life burns, however
faintly, there can be no rest for my weary
soul. Cannot you, seer among those smit­ten
of Venus' child, lead me from the awful
failure that I must achieve if I am not rid
of my terrible burden.
Do not use my name in printing this for
I could not bear the shame of having it
broadcast to all the world. Please use a
nom-du-plume.
Desperately,
Hill Bughe.
(Our choice.)
Our dear Hill:
After long and careful deliberation we
have decided that there is only one remedy
for your desperate situation. Go to the
drug store and get six ounces of castor oil.
With best wishes for continued success,
H. & H.
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Messrs. Heartbalm and Heartbroken,
Care The Plainsman,
Auburn, Ala.
Dear Sirs: It has been brought to my
attention that your business is one of ad­visory
counsel upon affairs of the heart.
My peculiar problem concerns not, as in
most cases, a triangle, but a four-sided
polygon. Three sisters are devoted to me
and it is becoming increasingly difficult for
me to decide upon which to bestow my un­divided
attention. I have thought of tossing
a ten dollar gold piece, but you must re­member
that while coins are three dimen­sional,
they really have only two sides. The
matter has become increasingly pressing in
the last few months, since each of the girls
is clamoring for my suit, and with the time
I have to spare from my pressing duties
as the chiefest of the prominent men of
the campus, I am unable to devote sufficient
time to all three.
My prestige and position as president of
the senior class makes it imperative that I
not relax my dignity in any matter. Before
Senator Bankhead presented his cotton
plan to Congress he wired me and asked
if I would take over the administration
of the work in Auburn. In order to oblige
him and facilitate the passage of the bill
I agreed. Recognizing this, I am forced
to avoid all compromising situations. Two
of the girls are twins, while the third is
slightly older. There is no point upon
which I am able to base a definite choice,
so I plead with you to help me solve my
difficulty.
Austerely yours,
Auburn's Huey Long.
Dear Hooey:
It is only from the tone of your letter
that we are able to decide just what type
of girl would best suit you. Fortunately
your letter clearly reveals you as a man
of undoubted force and charm, one pos­sessing
immense persuasive powers, and
generally a leader of sheep.
Upon this basis we have concluded that
you should select the meeket of the three
girls, for she is the one most likely to be
won over by your unquestioned display of
power mental obesity. You must recognize
that there can never be three women ex­actly
alike and, hence, there must be some
point upon which you can separate the
sheep from the goats.
Yours in admiration,
H. & H.
Athens, Ala.—Suit on behalf of the pre­ferred
stockholders of the Alabama Power
Company was filed here Thursday by For­ney
Johnston, of Birmingham, on behalf
of the complainants to enjoin the power
company from carrying out various con­tracts
which would establish the TVA in
the distribution or control of the public
utility business in North Alabama.
The suit was filed in the Chancery Court
of Limestone County against the Alabama
Power Company, TVA, its directors and the
14 Alabama towns which propose to con­tract
with TVA.
* * * *
Birmingham, Ala.—Labor scored a point
in the Alabama textile strike with an­nouncement
Thursday that the Lengel-Fen-cil
plant at Anniston had failed to open
following refusal of the management to sign
a contract with the international union.
Earl Parkhurst, Anniston Labor leader,
told the Birmingham News the manage­ment
had declined the contract on two major
points—the first that they would not sign
with the international, and second, that
they would not agree to arbitration of any
disputed points that might arise under the
contract.
* * * *
University, Ala.—The University of Ala­bama
Crimson Tide tasted its first bit of
1934 scrimmaging Wednesday afternoon on*
Denny Field. The Tide scrimmaged for a
half hour before rain slowed up the prac­tice.
None of the Tidesmen showed up es­pecially
well in the practice Wednesday.
James Whatley and Millard Howell did not
get into the scrimmage.
* * * *
Montgomery, Ala.—County relief direc­tors
throughout Alabama have been ad­vised
by Thad Holt, state relief adminis­trator
to "tighten up" on their expenditures
in an effort to further stretch the $2,300,000
allotment for September.
* * * *
Austin, Tex.—More "bread bonds" for
relief of destitute unemployed is the pri­mary
purpose of a third extraordinary ses­sion
of the Texas legislature called by Gov.
Miriam A. Furguson.
Held off because of a din and furor of a
state Democratic primary election, August
25, Governor Furguson moved the session
forward after first announcing it for mid-
September.
Relief bonds issued by the state total
$10,500,000. Constitutionally, Texas legis­lators
can issue $9,500,000 more. Even state
relief commissioners, however, are ques­tioning
whether Uncle Sam is treating
Texas as well as states that have not issued
bonds for relief.
Atlanta, Ga.—Southern journalism Thurs­day
mourned the passing of its last great
pioneer, Mr. Henry Harrison Cabaniss, who
died Wednesday night in the fullness of
his eighty-six years after having been an
active newspaper man since he was 18.
Mr. Cabaniss was business manager of
The Atlanta Journal from 1887 to 1903
and retained an active part on the staff of
the Journal up to the time of his death.
Mr. Cabaniss was at various times pub­lisher
of the Augusta Chronicle, the Mon­roe
Advertiser, the Southern Cultivator,
and the Christian Index.
He was the first president of the South­ern
Newspaper Publishers' Association, one
of the organizers of the Associated Press in
the South, and a former vice-president of
that great co-operative news service.
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University, Ala.—Registration began at
the University of Alabama Wednesday
morning with hundreds of freshmen on hand
at the Administration Building. New stu­dents
were ready for matriculation long
before dawn.
Through a new registration system de­vised
by Prof. Joseph Gelders, of the
physics department, it was estimated that
150 students could be registered each hour.
Upperclassmen were expected to com­plete
registration today and attend first
classes tomorrow morning. Freshmen be­gan
meeting classes today.
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Baltimore, Md.—The final arbiters in a
number of long and bitter primary fighls,
Maryland voters filed in and out of the polls
by the .thousands Wednesday, marking on
the longest ballot ever submitted to them
their choices about 1,500 candidates for state
and local offices.
Two of the more" strenuously contested
factionel fights engendered early reports
of disturbances and irregularities. Police
were told that two - opposing groups of
young runners in the Fourth Legislative
district "mixed it up" near a polling place
at Linden Avenue and Brooks Lane, and
Mrs. Margaret Konig Mayhew, candidate
for the Democratic nomination to Congress
in the Third Congressional district, protest­ed
that at several polling places she had
been handed sample X-marked'in advocacy
of her opponents.
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Forest Hills, N. Y.—In the beginning of
the Sidney Wood-Wilmer Allison tennis
match this week, it looked very much as if
Wood had struck one of those days when
everything would go right for him. He
broke Allison's first service game for a 2-0
lead, and then proceeded to win but one
more game in that set. The weaknesses of
Wood's game were very obvious, but they
were not weaknesses in strategy.
CABBAGES AND KINGS
By B. S.
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.
* * * *
ABOOK entitled "The Great War of
189—" lies undisturbed on one of
the upstairs shelves of our library.
Written in the 19th century, it is an amaz­ingly
accurate prophesy of the World War.
Its chief error is that it misses by a few
years the date of the beginning of the war.
It was written by a group of army officers
who showed as thorough a knowledge of dip­lomatic
affairs and conditions leading up to
war as of the actual science of warfare.
Those who have so blithely ignored our mili­tary
authorities' plea for an adequate army
and navy may profit through the reading
of this volume.
* * * *
"STARS FELL ON ALABAMA," and
one of them, undoubtedly, must have land­ed
upon the head of Author Carmer, giving
to all things for him, a certain color and
sparkle that is denied to those of us who
were not engulfed in this shower of stars.
Somehow, in his skillful hands, sketches of
prosaic Alabama life become vivid pictures
of an enchanting land where the men are
brave knights and the women glamorous
ladies. Even the outlaws are Robin Hoods.
Yet the author shows a surprising knowl­edge
of Alabama, her people and her past,
and were it not for his attempt to make
his baak so colorful, it would give Alabam-ians
a chance to see themselves as they are.
As it is, the picture is too flattering . . . .
yet it has been more harshly criticised by
Alabamians than any of the many recent
books dealing with their state. Perhaps,
after all, these people are as strange as he
paints them.
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RESTAURANTS, CAFES, LUNCH
ROOMS, or what have you in the way of
feeding places? This little town has more
than its share of them—all well patron­ized.
I wonder why?
Item. Few of us enjoy the delightful
privilege of raiding the ice-box. Fraternity
house managers and boarding house ladies
are notoriously flint-hearted about the sanc­tity
of ice-boxes.
Item. The cafes often help to smooth the
path of young love. The lad who has
broken a goose liver sandwich with his new
lady friend is likely to lose part of that
je ne sais quoi which torments the would-be
squire of dames.
Item. Food often has this effect on the
homo sapiens: in some subtle way it quiets
his nagging suspicion of his own inconse­quence
and makes him feel that, after all,
he does occupy a warm place in this rather
cold scheme of things.
But perhaps I become too analytical—
possibly the above lines are merely amus­ing
speculations. Our still growing bodies
need a great deal of food to reach the full
vigor of physical maturity, and it may be
that our unconscious urge to bodily growth,
expressing itself by healthy appetites, ex­plains
Auburn's large number of feeding
places.
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BODILY GROWTH . . . feeding places
. . . mental growth . . . feeding place . . .
library . . . almost deserted . . . anemic
minds feeding because they have to get
credits. Evidently old Mother Nature
didn't do such a good job on this "urge to
growth" proposition.
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TAG ENDS . . . Heifitz, the violinist, al­ways
bows first to the balcony, as it is
there, he says, that the true lovers of music
are seated. .' . . Poetry lovers may enjoy a
small volume of selected poems of Aldous
Huxley, which is in the library. The best
poems are toward the end of the volume.
. . . There were more French than Ameri­can
soldiers at the surrender of Cornwallis
at Yorktown. . . . Wonder how many co-eds
we actually have registered. . . . The Au­burn
Knights are justly called the "South's
leading college dance band." . . . inscription
on a large tombstone which I ran across
while hunting in the Conecuh River swamps
in South Alabama:
"Here lie the bones of poor Bill Moore,
No one to weep, no one to mourn,
Where he is or how he fares,
No one knows and no one cares."
SOUTH CAROLINA
To those who read W. W. Ball's, of Char­leston,
analysis of the South Carolina polit­ical
situation in the Baltimore Evening Sun,
the victory of Olin D. Johnston over Cole
Blease does not come as a surprise.
In writing of the then coming election,
Ball said that "Blease's 'radical' utterances
have been ten times as many as Johnston's;
he has been making them forty-six years
to Johnston's six."
Apparently South Carolina picked the
younger of the two demagogic snorters.
Letters to the editor intended for pub­lication
will be welcomed at all times. Al­though
a nom de plume may be used in the
published letter, it must contain the writ­er's
signature.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 15, 1934 T H E 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 TE P A G E T H R EE
SCRIMMAGES FEATURE SECOND WEEK OF TRAINING GRIND
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Experienced Panther Eleven Will Meet Plainsmen
GILLEM STRIVES
TO WHIP ELEVEN
INTO TOP SHAPE
Injury Bugaboo Causing Pan­ther
Coach Plenty Of Worry
At Present
The injury bugaboo has invaded
the Birmingham-Southern Panthers'
camp, according to reports emanating
from the Magic City, and Coach Jenks
Gillem has quite a problem on his
hands as he goes about attempting to
round his squad into shape for the
Auburn-Birmingham-Southern game
in Montgomery next Friday night.
The squad reported for practice
on Labor Day and in two days they
were engaging in two short scrim­mages
a day. The scrimmages have
been decreased to one a day but the
practice session has been lengthened.
Striving for condition and a fine edge
in timing of plays has been the motif
of this week's sessions. These drills
revealed that the Panthers are in
good condition and know their plays
particularly well.
Ray Wedgeworth, husky and experi­enced
center, may not be able to per­form
in the game with Auburn. He
has been hampered by an ankle injury
and has been doing little more than
snapping the ball back in practices.
If he is not available for the opening
game "Spud" Holman, capable under­study,
will probably be thrust into the
breach.
Herm Davis, big end, has been re­ceiving
especial instructions in the art
of booting the extra point and it ap­pears
that Gillem will have a consis­tent
place-kicker in this letterman.
Another bit of good kicking has been
done in practice sessions by the other
experienced end on the Panther squad,
Lewis Haygood. He has been sending
the ball high and far with plenty of
PLEBES PREPARE
FOR FIRST GAME
OF SEASON HERE
Jordan's Charges Will Meet
Panther Rats In Game Here
Saturday Week
With the last game of the current
season on the Saturday following the
varsity Birmingham Southern tilt,
Coach Ralph Jordan is working hard
in building up a first-class freshmen
eleven.
"It is yet too early to mention
names," Coach Jordan stated, "but
those that have already made names
for themselves on their high school
gridirons are still the most promis­ing
candidates. There are also others
that are promising but, as I said be­fore,
it is really too soon to try and
pick out the best men." He also men­tioned
that it would be another week
before he could even begin to decide
on the probable starting lineup for
the Birmingham-Southern game.
Two games have been scheduled for
the rats this season. The Auburn
freshmen open against Birmingham-
Southern on Saturday, September 22
and close against Georgia Tech on
Friday, October 26. Both freshmen
games are scheduled to be played here
at Auburn. Besides the two sched­uled
tilts the freshmen squad will
have scrimmages with the varsity.
Experienced Guard
spiral motion.
Birmingham Southern supporters
are especially optimistic over the
prospects for a winning team from
the Hilltop this year. In writing of
this year's Panther eleven Jerry
Bryan, Birmingham News sports
writer, said: "If the Methodist men­tors'
luck holds out this team looks
like one of the real classy elevens of
the recent productions in gold and
black."
INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
AETNA LIFE INS. CO.
One House and One Apartment for Rent
Choice Lots for Sale
ROBT. L BURKES
Office Next to First National Bank
PHONE 264 AUBURN, ALA.
HAGEDORN'S
DEPARTMENT STORE
DRY GOODS
LADIES' READY TO WEAR
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES
DRAPERIES — CURTAINS — CARPETS
A MOST COMPLETE GENT'S FURNISHING DEPARTMENT
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AOSURN
Levi is playing his last year
under the orange and blue colors
and from all indications he expects
to make this, his banner year.
Irving was given only an outside
chance of breaking into the regu­lar
lineup at the beginning of prac­tice
but it looks like he is headed
for a varsity position now.
SALE OF DUCATS
TO INITIAL GAME
TO BEGIN EARLY
T i c k e t s Will Be Sold From Ath­letic
Office At Gymnasium
Next Thursday-
Student tickets for the Auburn-
Southern game will go on sale Thurs­day,
September 20, and continuing
through Friday, at the ticket office
in the gym.
Hours in which tickets may be
bought are as follows: Thursday from
1 to 6 P. M. and from 7 to 8:30 P. M.;
Friday from 8 A. M. to 12 noon and
from 1 to 3:30 P. M. '
Student tickets with coupon num­ber
one will sell for 40 cents, with each
additional ticket in student section
selling for $1.75. Freshmen are warn­ed
to have their coupon book when
purchasing tickets.
Classes will be excused after 3 P. M.
Friday. Saturday classes will be
held as usual.
College employees and faculty mem­bers
may purchase faculty books at
the same price as last year. The
price of faculty tickets with book is
the same as for students. Additional
seats in faculty section will sell at
$2.25.
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CAMPUS CELEBRITY
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WHATEVER he doe$—he does with style and
form. Like Stetson's, campus celebrity—The
Bantam. Air-light. Two ounces of quality felt.
Snap the brim down. Shape the fcrown to your
heart's desire. You'll wear it everywhere.
THE STETSON BANTAM $ J-T
THE STETSON PLAYBOY O
OTHER STETSON'S $6 AND UP
I John B. Stetson Company
PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS
IS PLANNED AT CHURCH
The services for the Auburn Pres­byterian
Church as announced by
Rev. Sam B. Hay, pastor, follows:
Sunday School at 9:45 A. M. The
Noah Winston Caton Class for college
men will be taught by Rev. Hay. The
Julia Lake Kellersberger " Class for
college women will be taught by Mrs.
E. L. Spencer.
Morning worship at 11:00 A. M.
Sermon will be "A Fool's Paradise."
Special music will include a vocal solo
by Mrs. N. W. Wilson, "I Do Not
Ask," by Sproso, and violin obligato
by Prof. Barnett.
Sunday Evening Fbrum at 7:00
P. M. Subject will be "What Are
We In College For?" Some of the
questions to be considered are: "What
Is College All About," "When Is a
Man Educated," "What Shall I ex­pect
My Years in Auburn to Do for
Me," "What About That Auburn
Spirit," "Appraising Auburn by Au­burn
Men," and "Suggested Changes
or Plans for a Better Auburn." This
will be an open meeting and every­one
is urged to take part, and voice
his sentiments concerning the several
phases of the subject.
KNAPP URGES STUDENTS
TO GIVE HIM ADDRESSES
Postmaster Knapp states that a
large number of students have not
left their address at the Post Office.
In order that mail may not be de­layed,
the students are asked to leave
their address at the Post Office at
once. Plenty of boxes are still avail­able.
SIX EXPERIENCED
PERFORMERS TO
BE ON TANK TEAM
Several Recruits From Last
Year's Squad Also Back For
Another Season
Stalwart Tackle
With six lettermen and several
promising recruits from last year's
frosh team expected to report for the
first practice of the season Monday,
the prospects for the swimming team
are better than at any time since the
sport was instituted at Auburn sev­eral
years ago. The returning letter-men,
Howard Morris, Hershal and
Howard Conner, Howard Wheeler,
Gordon McKinney, and Prentice Abel,
together with Jack Bible, a veteran
swimmer, form the group around
which the team will be built. Wilson,
Woodward, Rice, Gordy, and Lee are
the most promising sophomores.
Due to the increased interest in
swimming, Coach Morris announces
that beginning Monday at 3:30 an
open practice will be held for all var­sity
and freshmen candidates. Dur­ing
this time anyone who comes to the
pool will be given a trial.
A tentative schedule has been ar­ranged
which promises to be the
toughest ever faced by an Auburn
tank team. Meets are expected with
Georgia Tech, Georgia, Emory, Bir­mingham-
Southern, Florida, Mary-ville,
and the Birmingham Athletic
Club. Last year the Plainsman com­bination
came close to administering
Tech her first beating in ten years,
and this season the mermen hope to
turn the trick.
During the summer Auburn swim­mers
won honors in several different
meets. At Ft. Benning, Wheeler,
Morris, Conner, and Poole took firsts
in each of the individual events, while
Auburn men also captured three sec­onds.
In the Southern A. A. U. meet,
Wheeler won two seconds, and in the
Southeastern A. A. U. tank carnival
Morris placed second in three events.
VARSITY ELEVEN PREPARES FOR
BIRMINGHAM • SOUTHERN GAME
Hot Weather And Injury Jinx Invade Plainsman Camp As
Scrimmaging Gets Underway; Fenton And Mitchell Out Of
Practice At Present; Fundamentals Stressed In Workouts
HRYGOOD «97E«SCW-flUBUtt»
After an absence from the grid­iron
of one year Haygood Paterson
is back at his old tackle position
ready for a good season. A rangy
and heavy tackle, Haygood is one
of the best tempered and hardest
working players on the squad.
WRIGHT ADDS LINE OF
SEWELL CLOTHES HERE
Mr. J. W. Wright has announced
that his store has recently added a
complete line of Sewell clothing for
men. The Sewell Manufacturing Co.,
of Bremen, Ga., is entirely a Southern
firm, and makers of high quality, low
priced, all wool suits for men. Ex­tremely
low prices and a wide variety
of styles feature this line of clothing
which Mr. Wright says is certain to
find favor with discriminating stu­dents.
After going through hot drills for
the past week or so, the Tigers, with
the exception of Fenton and Mitchell,
are rapidly rounding into shape. Fen­ton
is out of practice at present on
account of a slight case of influenza,
while Mitchell is bothered with neu­ralgia
of the head. Whether or not
either of these star performers will
be able to get into the scrimmage
sessions before next week is still
doubtful.
The rat eleven has been giving the
VANDY FOOTBALL TEAM
LOOKS GOOD TO HORN
Following is the Vandy football out­look,
as summed up by Blinkey Horn,
sports writer of the Nashville Tennes-sean:
"Better at tackle, somewhat weak
in guard strength; some improvement
in end play.
"Satisfactory at center, defensively,
even though the passing is still some­what
ragged.
"Plenty of power in the backfield
but not geared up as yet with speed.
"Progress in pass—promise that
Alex Truitt, a sophomore from Geor­gia,
will be a helpful ball carrier.
"That is something like the situa­tion
at Vanderbilt after what coaches
call one of the most encouraging first
week's practice in many years."
FORMER EDITOR ENTERS
COURSE AT KELLY FIELD
Horace Shepard, editor of the
1933-34 Plainsman, has been ap­pointed
to Kelley Field and will re­port
in October.
varsity plenty to worry about during
the past few days. Coach Jordan's
charges have done remarkable well in
throwing up a good defense against
the Tigers. Most of the scrimmaging
has been confined to the varsity tak­ing
the ball around the thirty-yard
line and attempting to advance the
oval to the goal line. The varsity's
lack of cohesion and polish has been
a handicap to them all week. How­ever,
with additional drills in these
fundamentals they are expected to
snap into their last few days of prac­tice
before the Birmingham-Southern
game in Montgomery next Friday
night and iron out these faults.
The playing of the line still stands
a little above that of the backfield.
When the forwards have opened gaps
in the rat line the backs were.not fast
enough in getting into the play. This
fault probably kept them from show­ing
to any more advantage against
the frosh this week than they did. If
the backs learn to utilize their speed
when the line opens holes in the op­posing
forward wall, Auburn should
be a real offensive threat this fall.
It is yet too early to make any pre­dictions
about the outcome of the first
game of the season in Montgomery
next Friday night. The work done
by the candidates during the next
three or four days will probably mean
the margin between defeat and vic­tory.
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P A G E F O UR T H E P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE SATURDAY, SEPT. IS, 1934
INCREASE IN NUMBER
OF MEN PLEDGED TO
FRATERNITIES IS SEEN
(Continued from Page 1)
Harbeson, DeFuniak Springs, Fla.;
Alvin Moreland, Birmingham; Joe
Daniels, Greenville; Leonard Young-blood,
Tuskegee; Graham Putman,
Chitling Switch; Tom McGough,
Montgomery; Aubery Jarrison, Bir­mingham;
George Juthrie, Inverness;
Bill McLendon, Opelika; Jack Rey­nolds,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Sigma Nu
Robert Turk, Nelson, Ga.; Claud
Chappel, Alexander City; Lopez Man-teux,
Birmingham; Charles Allen,
Birmingham; Ed Duncan, Alexander
City; Harold Dark, Alexander City;
Billy Hitchcock, Union Springs; Wil­son
Haynes, Selma; Frank Peace,
Selma; James Hooper, Selma; Ronald
Mullins, Chipley, Fla.; Lamar Jeffers,
Oxford; Eugene Roy, Montgomery;
Bobby Blake, Auburn; Bruce McGe-hee,
Auburn; Bobby Chesnut, Au­burn;
Hoyt Jolly, Auburn.
> Pi Kappa Alpha
Richard Walker, Birmingham; Dave
Knowlton, Birmingham; Milton Bag-
Absolutely
New
The "Dietzgen Kro-met
Set"
This fourteen piece set is
equipped with center ad­justment
bow compasses.
Made up from the best
Chromium.
Rust and tarnish resisting.
This set we offer in our
complete $15.00 set made
up for general drawing
purposes.
Good, Better, Best,
Never let it rest
Till the Good is Better
And the Better Best.
Burton s Bookstore
Something New Every
Day
—W'—:
Tiger Theatre
AUBURN, ALABAMA
"The Showplace of East
Alabama" ^^
SATURDAY, SEPT. IS
"THE KEY"
with William Powell, Edna Best,
Colin Clive
Also selected short subjects'.
SUNDAY and MONDAY
SEPT. 16 and 17
"SERVANTS
ENTRANCE"
with
Janet Gaynor and Lew Ayres
He learned to love her—as a
maid servant learning to cook—
but he balked at marriage when
he learned she was a million-heiress
who couldn't take care
of babies or run a motorboat.
Added: Ted Healey in "A Big
Idea" and Color Classic "Poor
Cinderella"
TUESDAY, SEPT. 18
"LITTLE MAN, WHAT
NOW?
Margaret Sullavan, Douglass
Montgomery, and an excellent
supporting cast.
Added: Mills Blue Ribbon Band
and Latest News Events.
SATURDAY
11 a. m. to 10 p. m.
KEN MAYNARD
in
"Honor of the
Range"
SATURDAY NIGHT
10 p. m.
WARNER BROS,
presents
"The Return of the
Terror"
Plus Comedy "Babes in
Goods"
MONDAY
LESLIE HOWARD
in
"Of Human Bond­age"
with
Bette Davis - Frances Dee
Kay Johnson
TUESDAY
"Murder at the
Vanities"
An All Star Musical
FAMOUS HORSE IS
OWNED BY FORMER
COMMANDANT HERE
Warrior Is Hero Of Two Wars;
Major Kennedy Uses Horse
In Mexican War
Not only is Auburn the home of
many famous men and women but is
also the home of a famous old horse,
Warrior, owned by Major Kennedy,
who for several years commanded the
R. 0. T. C. unit at Auburn.
Warrior, a three-fourths thorough­bred,
was purchased from the govern­ment
in 1916 by Major Kennedy after
the horse had already seen about
three years of active service in North­ern
Mexico. Warrior was with Gen­eral
Pershing's expedition in that
sector.
When war was declared with Ger­many
in 1917, Major Kennedy with
his horse, Warrior, joined the fifth
Field Artillery at El Paso, Texas;
and shortly afterward the two sailed
for France, where Warrior was with
Major Kennedy throughout the re­mainder
of the war, in quiet sections
and in the St. Miheil and Meuse Ar-gonne
offensives.
Warrior was wounded in three
places when a German shell exploded
in his stable during the Meuse Ar-gonne
attack. After three weeks he
was back for active duty.
In 1926 Warrior was brought to
Auburn, where he has been to the
present day. Warrior was one of the
few officer's mounts to go to France
and return to this country; and his
record is said to equal if not exceed
that of any other horse. Warrior,
when in his prime, was an excellent
jumper.
ley, Birmingham; James Fenton,
Lakeland, Fla.; Glenn Richie, Bir­mingham;
Hugh Parker, Birming­ham;
Billy Radney, Alexander City;
John Bishop, Akron; Horace Pearson,
Birmingham; Frank Chambers, La­fayette;
Randolph Panell, Birming­ham;
Robert Hearin, New Orleans,
La.; Sam McCrosky, Birmingham;
Charley Lawrence, Birmingham;
Everett McAllister, Birmingham; Alf
Davis, Lakeland, Fla.; Milton Kirby,
Birmingham; Joe Bob Mitchell, Alex­ander
City; U. C. Lacy, Dothan;
Chris Sheridan, Macon, Ga.; George
Strange, Birmingham; Harlow Chap­man,
Huntsville; Fred Black, Macon,
Ga.; Collins Fenton, Lakeland, Fla.
Kappa Sigma
Jenkins Hill, Grove Hill; Harold
Hillman, Siluria; Joe Frank Griffin,
Phoenix City; Ed Scarborough, An-niston;
Thomas Kimbrell, Thomas-ville;
Lawrence Pierce, Montgomery;
Ellis Dunning, Thomasville; Jack
Vann, Headland; Billy Autley, Ei-loree,
S. C; Bob Coleman, Tuscum-bia;
J. C. Tanner, Faunsdale; Frank
Chambers, Faunsdale.; Gene Lowe,
Opelika.
S. P. E.
Aubrey Garrison, Birmingham;
James Hubbard, Lineville; Bob Crul,
Fairfield; Ed Donovan, Citronelle;
Julian Askin, Sheffield; Joe Dumas,
Auburn; James Dumas, Auburn;
Frank Wilks, Dothan; Bill McGee,
Lakeland, Miss.; James Henry John­son,
Georgina; Brooks Sellers, Do­than;
Hampton Williams, Andalusia;
Charles Gravely, Millbrook; Clay
Dean, Moultrie, Ga.; Tamplin Han­son,
Decatur; Jack Suydam, Birming­ham;
James Brown, Montgomery;
George Moon, Birmingham; Bill
Draughbaugh, Chicago, 111.; Thomas
Cary, Sheffield; James Ennis, Bir­mingham
; Hugh Byrd, West Point,
Ga.; Charles Martin, Sheffield;
Franklin Ward, Selma; Carter Clem­ents,
Benton.
Lamda Chi Alpha
Mason Young, Tarpon Springs,
Fla.; Waldo Davis, Birmingham;
John Lowery, Bessemer; Jack Mc-
Ghee, Columbiana; Brandt Cameron,
Ishkooda; Curtis Jennings, Kings-port,
Tenn.; Wayne Hamilton, Cen­tury,
Fla.; Tom Hagan, Sylacauga;
Joe Little, Spartanburg, S. C ; John
Eadie, Brunswick, Ga.; Billy Milan,
Jackson, Tenn.; John Harris, Mont­gomery;
J. L. Baynard, Tarpon
Springs, Fla.; Calvin Harmon, Green­ville,
Ga.; Jose Green, Jr., Birming­ham;
Milton Wood, Bessemer; Max
Weldon, Wetumpka; Charles Flem­ing,
Brundidge; E. M. Thomas, Pow-derly.
ALABAMA RECOGNIZED
FOR OLD STRUCTURES
(Continued from Page 1)
over the country in a systematic man­ner.
The buildings were measured,
following which detailed specifications,
plans, and drawings of them were
made. An unusually large number of
photographs were taken.
Nine More Counties
Change Hunting Law
I. T. Quinn, state commissioner of
game and fisheries, has announced
that nine more counties have taken
advantage of the amended 1932 squir­rel
law to move their hunting season
back one nttmth and start the season
on November 1 instead of October 1.
These counties are Bibb, Chilton,
Coosa, Hale, Macon, Perry, Pike,
Randolph, and Tuscaloosa. In making
the switch, they join Baldwin, Butler,
Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington,
Crenshaw, Dallas, Escambia, Lowndes,
Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Wash­ington
and Wilcox, which voted the
change last year.
• The opening of the squirrel season
was moved up one month at the 1932
special session of the legislature,
which fixed the dates from October 1
through December 31. An amendment
to the act provided that on petition
of at least 100 licensed hunters or
landowners in a county to the com­missioner
of game and fisheries the
open season could be moved back one
month if agreeable with him.
Many of the counties in the south­ern
part of the state found that open­ing
the season on October 1 conflicted
with the squirrel mating season and
under the permission granted by the
game commissioner these 24 counties
are now permitted to hunt from No­vember
1 through January 31.
LARGE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS TAKING
DAIRYING COURSE
Total Of 133 Are Enrolled For
Courses Of Instruction In
Dairying At Auburn
Students in dairying this session
total 133, according to Prof. A. D.
Burke, with the largest freshman
class since the department was or­ganized.
.
All colleges where dairying is
taught, as well as trade associations
interested, are making an effort to
improve the quality of butter on the
•market. Prof. Burke says. This is
said to be the most pressing problem
before the dairying industry. Units
of government are backing the ef­fort,
and encouraging the production
of good cream. Only from good cream
can a satisfactory quality of butter
be produced.
Prof. Burke reports a wide field
for study and research in the dairy
industry at present. All up-to-date
dairymen see the value to the indus­try
which will result from better
quality products, and are cooperating
in the movement to improve butter
started about eight months ago.
Beard Sets New Mark
During Foreign Tour
No high hurdler has ever equaled
the amazing indoor and outdoor world
record performances of Percy Beard,
Auburn Civil Engineering instructor
and a former Plainsman track and'
field ace under Coach Wilbur Hutsell.
Beard has just concluded a success­ful
outdoor campaign, winning 17
high hurdle events in as many starts
and running a leg on a relay team
that was victorious in a majority of
its contests.
He was named as one of America's
greatest tracksters named to tour
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland,
Hungary and France. He eclipsed
the world record of 14.4 for the 110
meter high hurdle event by a tenth
of a second at Stockholm and shaved
a tenth of a second off his 14.3 mark
as Oslo. His 14.2 record has already
been accepted by the ruling powers
in track circles, giving him both the
110 meter and 120 yard high hurdle
records.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Episcopal Church
16th Sunday after Trinity. Holy
Communion, 7:30 A. M. Bible Class
and Sunday School, 9:45 A. M. Morn­ing
Prayer and Sermon, 11 A. M.
A cordial welcome to all.
Rev. Wm. Byrd Lee, Jr.
Tiger Theatre Will
Offer Big Features
Word has been received from Mr.
Rogers, manager of the Tiger
Theatre, to the effect that cinema
enthusiasts should be well entertain­ed
for the next two or three months
as he has booked an exceellent run
of pictures.
The first show scheduled is "Ser­vant's
Entrance", starring Janet Gay­nor.
This will be shown Sunday and
Monday of the coming week; the
exact dates of the other pictures have
not been set. Wallace Beery and
Jackie Coogan are to be shown in
"Treasure Island"; "Belle of the
Nineties" will show Mae West at her
best. The setting for this play is in
New Orleans and Duke Ellington is
to furnish the music. "Now and For­ever"
with ,the most popular child
actress, Shirley Temple, and "Let's
Try Again", with a cast including
Diana Waynard and Clive Brooks are
also to be shown here.
"The Barretts of Wimpole Street",
one of the year's biggest successes,
will star Norma Shearer, playing the
part of Elizabeth Barrett, and Fred­rick
March in the role of Robert
Browning, the poet. The setting is in
London and the play portrays a true
and quaint picture of the Victorian
Age.
"This is only a fraction of the
splendid shows coming. "Watch for
our advertisements", advises Mr.
Rogers.
POST OFFICE RECEIPTS
SHOW LARGE INCREASE
Study of Post Office receipts is an
interesting field for those concerned
with the general trend of business.
The Post Office at Auburn showed
a quarterly increase of $1,108.00 in
receipts this year as compared with
the corresponding period of last year.
The receipts for the summer quar­ter
of 1933 amounted to $4,592.00,
whereas the receipts for the same pe­riod
this year totaled $5,700.00, all
of which tends to show an upturn in
business activity.
Hollingsworth & Norman, Inc.
Men's and Ladies'
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Glasses. Finder please return to
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