1934-10-03 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUME LVIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1934 NUMBER 8
1728 ENROLLED
HERE FOR FIRST
TERM THIS YEAR
Total Of 617 Freshmen Have
Registered; Is Largest Fresh­man
Class In School's History
FINAL FIGURES
Engineering School Is Largest
On Campus, With Science
And Literature School Next
Dean Dobbs Addresses
Opelika Club Meeting
On Services Of Books
The total enrollment for this semes­ter
is 1728, according to figures re­leased
from the Registrar's office to­day.
The official figures show that a
total of 617 freshmen have registered,
this being the largest freshman class
in the history of Auburn. The next
largest enrollment of freshmen here
was in 1932 when the total enroll­ment
was about 2,000.
Enrollment in the sophomore class
totals 414, with 345 and 297 students
enrolled in the junior and senior
classes respectively.
The enrollment last year was 1638,
but many of this number were special
students. The number of students
having the regular student's activity
fee last year was about 1400.
The increase is spread proportion­ally
over the eight schools on the
campus, with a noticeable increase
in the School of Engineering. There
are 502 students registered in en­gineering
courses here.
The next largest school on the
campus is the School of Science and
Literature, which has an enrollment
of 381. The School of Education
ranks third in number of students
with 242. There are 208 students
taking courses in the School of Chem­istry
and Pharmacy, 119 in the School
of Veterinary Medicine, 104 in the
School of Agriculture, 101 in the
School of Architecture and Allied
Arts, and 71 in Home Economics.
There are six fifth year students,
all of whom are taking the five year
course in architecture, 40 graduate
students, and nine special students.
Five services rendered by
books in the home were listed
by Miss Zoe Dobbs, dean of wom­en,
in a speech before the Ope­lika
Mother's Club last Tuesday.
The five services are: Books as
ornaments; books as invest­ments;
books as companions and
friends; books as an inspiration;
books as a refuge and defense.
"The real purpose in reading
is to read to some purpose", said
Miss Dobbs. "Whether it be a
thriller for relaxation and recre­ation,
or the tackling of a tome
of great profundity and erudi­tion
is not so important."
In speaking of books as orna­ments,
Miss Dobbs told the hu­morous
incident of the rich man
who had his books cut in half so
that they might fit his library
shelves which had been built too
small.
Of poetry Miss Dobbs brought
out the fact that the poet writes
what we feel, but expresses it
infinitely better; therefore, we
read poetry for the feeling of
kinship it imparts.
RATES TO TULANE
GAME ANNOUNCED
Station Agent Announces That
Round Trip Rate Will Not
Be Lowered
Wilmore And Davis
See Sloss Stadium
In a statement to a representative
of The Plainsman, Mr. P. O. Davis,
executive secretary, stated that the
committee composed of Dan Jones,
Dean John Wilmore and himself, was
favorably impressed with their visit
to Birmingham last Thursday to study
the plans of the Sloss Stadium. The
results of the study of the plans of
the Sloss stadium and the ideas used
in its construction will be used in
planning a stadium for Auburn.
Mr. Davis states that if there is a
Federal Works Program next winter,
a stadium will be erected with the aid
of CWA labor. The Sloss Stadium
was erected in this manner. No defi­nite
announcement as to whether
there will be a Federal Works Pro-
' gram this winter has been made yet
but it is generally understood that
there will be one.
If such a program is put into effect,
work on a stadium for Auburn will
begin immediately. The construction
will begin where the work ended last
spring.
While in Birmingham, Mr. Davis,
Mr. Jones and Dean Wilmore attended
the State Fair and were most cordial­ly
entertained. R. A. Brown, presi­dent
of the Alabama State Fair, and
M. F. Jackson, an Auburn alumnus,
devoted their time to showing them
the fair.
FOUR FORMER AUBURN
STUDENTS AT TULANE
Four former students at Auburn
have entered Tulane Medical School,
and will all live at the same boarding
house on the Tulane campus. School
opened at Tulane last week.
The students are Crawford Jerni-gan
of Opelika, who took three years
of pre-medicine work here; E. B.
Perry of Bessemer, graduate last
spring in pre-medicine; Phil Hudson,
and Laurence Lewis of Tuskegee,
graduates in pharmacy.
No special rate is to be offered
this year for the Tulane game, ac­cording
to Mr. Hendrick, station
agent. The regular cent and a half
fare makes the round trip amount
to $11.36 by coach and $17.40 by
pullman. a
For a good many years a special
rate has been offered, cutting the
cost of making the trip to New Or­leans
more than half. When the
present rate was «stablished last sum­mer,
the Southeastern Passenger Ser­vice
ruled that rates should not be
cut for football games. As far as
Mr. Hendricks knows there has been
no exception to this ruling.
Last year approximately 300 Au­burn
students took the trip to New
Orleans, which was fewer than have
gone at other times. The round trip
special rate last year was $6.
The decision concerning rate cut­ting
applies to football teams as well
as spectators. Coach Wilbur Hutsell
has appealed in an effort to get re­duced
rates for the Auburn squad.
LOCAL PLEDGES
TO SORORITIES
ARE PUBLISHED
Decrease In The Number Of
Sorority Pledges Is Noted;
" Rushing Season Over
RUSHING ACTIVE
Four National Organizations
Release Names- Of Forty-
Eight As Pledges
According to an announcement by
Evelyn Perry, president of the wo­men's
Pan-Hellenic Council, the soror­ity
rushing season was very active
here this year. However, a decrease
in the number of pledges is from 67
to 48. The list of pledges to the four
national sororities represented by
chapters here follows:
Chi Omega
Adele Brooks, Montgomery; Katie
Lou Chapman, Dadeville; Anna Mor­ris,
Oakman, Ala.; Frances Hain,
Livingston; Ella Frances South, Bir
mingham; Elizabeth Tamplin, Loach-apoka;
Janet Sawyer, Brewton; Edith
Prather, Helen Gardiner, Virginia
Hubbard, Katharine Mitchell, Rosalyn
Shepard, Auburn.
Kappa Delta
Marion Tooms, and Dot Green,
Montgomery; Helen Ingram, Erma
Cook, and Elna Ingram, Opelika;
Polly Weeks, Eleanor Bonesteel, and
Virginia Wadsworth, Ft. Benning, Ga;
Mary Banks Franklin, Anne Moore,
and Rosa Lee Henderson, Auburn;
Margaret D'Orsay, Georgianna; Mary
Haygood, Greenville, Ala.; Martha
Bartlett, Collinsville; Katharine Sto
wers, Snowdon; Sue Morton, Ann-iston;
Louise Lee, Monroeville; Erma
Fort, Tuskegee.
Pi Kappa Sigma
Ethel Burkes, Langdale, Ala.; Rai-ford
Cooper, Greenville, S. C: Jane
Patterson, Decatur, Ala.; Dimple Olds,
Louisville, Ala.; Angie Lamb, Ruth
Shackeford, and Margaret Shelnut,
La Fayette; Ruth Smith, and Mad'
eline Bree41ove, Opelika; Heslope
Ham, Auburn.
Phi Omega Pi
Dorothy Frasier, Decatur, Ala.;
Eileen Pilgrams, Foley, Ala.; Ruth
Roberts, Talladega; Phyllis Clements,
Benton; Mary Alice Tucker, Camp
Hill; Margaret Warkins, Columbus,
Ga.; Adeline Sutton, Loxley, Ala.;
Eugenia- McNeal, Ft. Benning, Ga.
It is understood that initiation of
the pledges wil take place soon after
grades for the first semester have been
published.
Dr. Patterson Submits Report On
Poultry Disease At Vet Congress
At the twelfth International Veter­inary
Congress held in New York last
August several reports were submit­ted
in reference to poultry diseases.
Among them was one by Doctor F.
D. Patterson, of this institution, deal­ing
with the disease known as Neu-rolymphomatosis
Gallinarum. His
records of this disease pertained to
the degree, of resistance of poultry
when susceptible and to the ways
in which the disease may be trans­mitted.
In accordance with the re­port
the most important controlling
factors are proper sanitation and the
use of resistant breeding stock. To
his mind this disease is one of the
most important problems confront­ing
the poultry industry jn many
sections.
As a proof of the fact that the
interest taken in this field is universal
and far-reaching in effect, the reports
submitted at the Congress were trans­lated
into four different languages in
order that all delegates might have
a thorough knowledge of the pro­ceedings.
The most active govern­ments
participating in the meeting
were France, Germany, Spain, and
the United States.
Doctor Patterson has taken an ac­tive
interest in the field of research
on poultry diseases. Before coming
to Auburn as Professor of Veterinary
Medicine he held the position of
assistant professor in the Department
of' Veterinary Research at Iowa State
College. It is his firm belief that the
field of research on 'poultry diseases
will continue to progress as much in
the future as it has in the past. He
bases his assumptions on the fact
that many men from all parts of the
world are studying the cases and
learning by experimentation.
Game Licenses Will
Be Sold In Opelika
Auburn men who are interested in
hunting and fishing may obtain their
licenses at the probate judge's office
in Opelika. The licenses to be issued
for the new fiscal year beginning Oct­ober
1 were received last week.
Lee County was sent 250 state hunt­ing
licenses, 350 county hunting li­censes,
10 non-resident fishing licenses
(annual), and 10 non-resident fishing
licenses (trip). The charge made for
each is as follows: Hunting license,
non-resident (annual) $25', non-resi­dent
(trip) $5; resident, state $3;
county $1. Fishing licenses are: Non­resident
$5; non-resident, (trip) li­cense
good for one week, $2. There
is no fee for residents.
State Commissioner, I. T. Quinn
sent word that his department was
unable to publish a booklet of the
game fish laws for public distribution
this year.
Lambda Chi Alpha Is
Winner Of Interfrat
Decorations Contest
Competing with eleven frater­nities
in the Homecoming deco­rating
contest, sponsored by the
Interfraternity Council, Lambda
Chi Alpha was awarded the silver
loving cup for having the most
appropriately decorated house.
The judges in the contest were
Mr. P. O. Davis, Prof. Roy Sta­ples,
and Mr. Haley, an alumnus.
Lambda Chi Alpha's decora­tion
included a miniature foot­ball
field with an Auburn Tiger
at one goal and a group of Pet­rels
at the other. Crepe stream­ers
covering the front of the
house were of blue and orange
on one half and black and gold
on the other representing the
colors of Oglethorpe.
Other fraternities having deco­rations
were Sigma Chi, Kappa
Sigma, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma
Phi Epsilon, Theta Kappa Nu,
Theta Chi, Tau Upsilon Omega,
Delta Sigma Chi, Phi Delta
Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and
Kappa Alpha. The number of
fraternities participating was
disappointing. . -
MUSICAL COMEDY
BE STAGED HERE
Auburn Players, Glee Club And
Orchestra To Present Peet's
Play In November
The Musical Comedy to be present­ed
by the Glee Club combined with
Auburn Players and the Orchestra,
will be given in the early part of No­vember.
This is the first time anything
of its kind has been attempted in Au­burn.
The comedy, written by Mr.
Peet and in five scenes, is expected to
meet with much success.
I t is a dramatization of the unem­ployment
situation. The play opens
with a bum eating a banana he has
found in a garbage can. The second
scene is laid in a bum's camp which is
visited by a social worker attempting
to learn the predicament and rectify
it. Following, in the order named,
comes the Charity Ball Scene, Jail,
and Warden's Office Scene, about
which nothing can be said at the pre-i
sent.
Along with its other activities this
year, the Glee Club is sponsoring a
dance for October twelfth. Tickets
are on sale at seventy-five cents a
throw. Buy yours now from any
member and plan to be here on that
date with bells ringing.
The Glee Club reorganization for
the coming season was marked by
more try-outs than ever before. Sev­enty-
six students, mdst of whom are
freshmen, have been practicing in
Langdon Hall for the past two weeks.
Out of the twenty-five per cent who
are old students, Albert Nettles was
elected president of the organization
last spring, along with M. Cecil Pad­gett,
secretary-treasurer, and Kenneth
Hall, business manager.'
This year's Glee Club will be more
active with a more varied program
and a more varied type of music.
Since it is considered indecorous, glee
clubs do not use popular music. How­ever,
Professor Bulleit is not preju­diced
against this type. He, with Mrs.
E. C. Hazel, accompanist, is in charge
of the organization this year. Mr.
Hazel was connected with the Music
Department for four years here, and
although this branch of the school was
discarded two years ago, she and Mr.
Hazel have studios in the President's
Mansion where they give lessons in
voice, piano and on various instru­ments.
TIGERS LAUNCH
S. E. CAMPAIGN
WITH GREENIES
Tulane To Offer Auburn First
Conference Test In Feature
Game At Orleans Saturday
TULANE STRONG
Coach Meagher Has Probable
Starters Practically Picked;
Others Battle For Posts
NOTICE!
A meeting of the John H. Wills
Post of the American Legion will be
held next Monday night at 7:30 in
the Recreation Hall. Routine business
and appointments of committees will
be taken up. An interesting program
is' assured. »
NOTICE!
There will be a meeting of Blue
Key Thursday night at 7:00 o'clock
in room 215 Samford Hall.
Launching their 1934 Southeastern
Conference campaign, Coach Jack
Meagher's gridiron charges journey to
New Orleans Satwday for the annual
game with Tulane University. The
Plainsmen have won the last two con­tests
from the Green Wave but with a
comparatively inexperienced team the
Auburn eleven's chances of copping a
win in this year's game are most prob­lematical.
Both teams won their en­gagements
last Saturday, Tulane
swamping Chattanooga beneath a de­luge
of points, 44-0, and Auburn con­quering
Oglethorpe 15-0. Coach Cox of
the Greenies used his first team but
one quarter in amassing such an im­pressive
total against the Chatta­nooga
aggregation and all factors
seem to indicate that the Greenies
have one of the strongest if not the
strongest team in the Southland this
year, one comparable to the 1931 team.
Out of the added observation of his
prospective candidates against inter­collegiate
opposition, Coach Meagher
is gradually shaping a starting eleven.
Job Bob Mitchell, brilliant sophomore
halfback from Alexander City, showed
a fleet pair of heels to the Petrels in
personally accounting for the Tiger's
first touchdown Saturday. Mitchell,
a long, lanky triple-threat ace seems
destined, with the added experience
gained -as the season progresses, to
become one of the South's outstanding
backfield players before his college
career closes. In addition to his
interception of a wayward Oglethorpe
pass, Mitchell played a generally good
all-round game. Two seniors, Cap­tain
Mike Welch and Norman Hous­ton,
as a result of their capable per­formances
Saturday will probably
continue as the first-string guards
against the Tulane team. Houston
has improved measurably this season
and should be a powerful factor in the
offensive and defensive tactics of the
Auburn eleven from now on out.
Competition at the tackle posts is
rapidly developing into a four-corner­ed
fight for the two positions. Hay-good
Paterson, a veteran of three sea­sons,
and Wesley Loftin, a former
Georgia A. & M. luminary who played
57 minutes in the Oglethorpe tilt, are
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Tabulation Of Frosh
English Tests Shows
Stelzenmuller First
Tabulation of the freshman
English placement tests given to
the freshman class at the begin­ning
of the year show Wm. B.
Stelzenmuller as heading the list,
making a grade of 309. Stelzen­muller
attended Phillips High in
Birmingham before coming to
Auburn.
M. A. Prager of West Palm
Beach, Florida, was second high­est,
having a score of 298, with
J. P. Golden of Columbus, Geor­gia,
trailing for third place with
a mark of 291.
Those rating among the- ten
highest in the test are as follows:
Wm. B. Stetzenmuller, 309; M.
A. Prager, 298; J. P. Golden,
291; J. N. Jones, 286; E. F. Guy,
285; Willard Manry, 282, Leo K.
Shwarts, 254; Clay H. Dean,
251; H. T. Bailey, 248; and E.
S. Hocutt, 246.
The average of the ten highest
grades this year comes to 275
as compared with the average of
the ten highest last year which
was 284. Last year's highest
grade was 306.
MASS MEETING BE
HELD ON THURSDAY
CADET OFFICERS
APPOINTED FOR
ENGINEERS'UNIT
Remaining Staff Officers Are
Announced; Lieutenants For
Companies Are Selected
APPOINTMENTS COMPLETE
Team Will Be Given Send-Off
At Big Rally At Station
Tomorrow Night
According to Ed Prewitt, head
cheerleader, a gigantic parade will be
held tomorrow night beginning at
seven o'clock from Langdon Hall. The
band will lead the parade to the West­ern
of Alabama station where a send-off
will be given the Tigers, who will
entrain at seven-thirty for New Or­leans
to meet the Tulane Greenies.
The cheerleaders will lead the crowd
in popular Auburn yells a few min­utes
before the • train arrives. The
band will also furnish music for the
occasion.
In recent years the send-off given
the grenadiers for the Tulane game
has always been the largest each sea­son.
A number of students always
attend this game via train and auto­mobile.
Several hundred students are
expected to make the trip this year.
Prewitt has urged all students who
go to the game to sit in the Auburn
section at the stadium as several
cheerleaders will be on hand to lead
the cheering section.
Frosh Elections Will
Be Held Soon, Hughes
Election of freshman class officers
and the freshman representative to
the Executive Cabinet will be held on
Thursday, Nov. 1, according to an an­nouncement
by Bill Hughes, president
of the Executive Cabinet. He also
announced that a sophomore repre­sentative
to the Cabinet from the
School of Engineering would probably
be elected at this time. The latter
election is made necessary because
Ralph Sargent, who was elected to
hold the office last spring, failed to
return to school this semester.
Nomination blanks must be submit­ted
to either Hughes or Linwood Fun-chess,
chairman of the Election Com­mittee,
by Wednesday night, October
24, at six o'clock. The blanks must be
written in the usual form, an example
is in the Rat Bible, and must carry
the signature of twenty-five or more
members of the class from which the
candidate is running.
The class offices to be filled at this
election are: president, vice-president,
secretary, treasurer, and historian.
Competition of elective offices in
the frosh class is expected to be un­usually
keen this year because of the
large increase in enrollment in that
group. In the first issue of the Plains­man
after the nomination blanks have
been submitted and approved will be a
list of all nominees.
Prof. Bryan Arrives
To Begin Work Here
. Prof. Richard W. Bryan arrived
last week and began his work in the
department of Economics and Busi­ness
Administration. He replaces Dr.
Hershell Macon, who has been on
leave for the past year.
Prof. Bryan came to Auburn from
New York City, where he was for the
past eight years connected with sev­eral
large New York corporations.
He is a graduate of Emory Univer­sity
and Georgia Tech at Atlanta,
studied in the summer at Columbia
University, and holds a Master of
Science degree from New York Uni­versity.
At the latter institution Prof.
Bryan worked with a service fellow­ship.
Last year he was with the In­stitute
of International Finance, con­ducted
by New York University. He
is a member of Delta Sigma Phi Fra­ternity,
and of Eta Mu Pi, honorary
society at New York University.
All Junior Non-Commissioned
Officers Selected; Officers
Will Become Active Today
NOTICE!
According to an announcement by
Lieut. H. L. Watts all articles of uni­form
have arrived with the exception
of coats. Students in R.O. T. C.
courses are requested to get parts of
the uniform which were ordered for
them as soon as possible.
NOTICE!
A convocation for all freshmen stu­dents
will be held next Thursday
morning, October 11, from 10 to 11
o'clock in Langdon Hall.
With the approval of the Admin­istrative
Committee the following ap­pointments
and assignments of Cadet
Officers and Non-Commissioned offi­cers
in the Engineer Unit of the Re­serve
Officers Training Corps at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute are
announced effective this date.
FIRST ENGINEER REGIMENT
Cadet Colonel, J. L. Cone; Cadet
Lieut. Colonel, L. E. Funchess, Exec­utive
Officer; Cadet Captain, G. K.
Quinney, Adjutant; Cadet Captain,
W. N. Chambers, Plans and Training
Officer; Cadet Captain, H. H. Cope-land,
Intelligence Officer; Cadet Cap­tain,
R. N. Hoar, Supply Officer;
Cadet Captain, H. L. Fuller, Camou­flage
Officer; Cadet 1st Lieut. A. E.
Everage, Personnel Adjutant.
First Battalion
Cadet Major, E. C. Rushing; Cadet
Captain, H.- T. Martin, Adjutant.
Company "A"
Cadet Captain, L. C. Lytz; Cadet
First Lieutenants, F. R. Bell, A. G.
McKinney; Cadet Second Lieuten­ants,
L. B. Moon, W. N. Cox.
Company "B"
Cadet Captain, E. A. Gait; Cadet
First Lieutenants, J. H. Green, C. L.
Looney; Cadet Second Lieutenants, J.
N. Bond, R. A. Botsford.
Second Battalion
Company "D"
Cadet Captain, R. Klein; Cadet
First Lieutenants, J. B. Knowlton,
J. T. Lathem; .Cadet Second Lieuten­ants,
W. E. Lumpkin, D. Manson.
Company "E"
Cadet Captain, A. K. Allen; Cadet
First Lieutenants, F. W. Smith, W.
W. Pearce; Cadet Second Lieuten­ants,
H. S. Savage, H. W. Wheeler.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
Regimental Staff
Cadet Master Sergeant, C. A. G.
Blomquist, Regimental Sgt. Major;
Cddet Technical Sergeant, R. B. Mer­cer,
Regimental Per. Sgt. Major.
Brigade Colors
Cadet Staff Sgt., J. Swenson,
Color Bearer (National); Cadet Staff
Sgt., R. G. Wright, Color Bearer;
Cadet Corporal, T. R. Bodden, Color
Guard; Cadet Corporal, F. Richter,
Color Guard.
Regimental Colors
Cadet Staff Sgt., C. T. Hightower,
Color Bearer (National); Cadet Staff
Sgt., J. H. Deer, Color Bearer; Cadet
Corporal, B. Mastin, Color Guard;
Cadet Corporal, H. E. Wilson, Color
Guard.
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Teachers Enroll For
Special Classes Here
About 50 teachers from Lee and ad­joining
counties registered in the Sat­urday
classes organized last Saturday
morning under the direction of Dean
Judd.
By registering in the Saturday
classes it is possible for teachers to
gain 12 credit hours during the year.
Each student may carry two classes;
one from 9 tol2 A.M.,- another from 1
to 4 P. M. Each class offers three
hours credit. It is possible that by
means of Saturday and summer work
a teacher may teach the full sessidh of
nine months and at the same time
earn the equivalent of two-thirds an
entire academic year.
There are two graduate courses of­fered—
Philosophy of Education under
Dean Judd and Curriculum Recon­struction
to be taught by Dr. Irvine.
The four undergraduate courses of­fered
are: English Literature —
Adams, World History—Draughon,
English Education—Dr. Walston, and
Principles of Secondary Education
under Dr. Johns.
P A G E TWO T H E A U B U R N 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 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1934
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ILLITERACY
Although America's captial investment
in higher education alone is greater than its
captial investment in the telephone and
telegraph industry, according to William
E. Berchtold in the "New Outlook", there
are over four million people in the United
States who can not read or write. In
spite of all the public schools and laws of
compulsory attendance 4.3 per cent of the
population (1930 census) are classed as
illiterates.
The percentage of illiteracy is higher in
the South thah elsewhere in the United
States. South Carolina is highest with an
illiteracy figure of 14.9 per cent., the high­est
of all the states. Florida is the lowest
in the South with a percentage of 7.1.
Alabama's illiterates constitute 12.6 per
cent, of her population. In New Mexico it
is 13.3 per cent.; in Mississippi 13.1, and
in Louisiana 13.5.
Although the explanation for these high
figures in the South lies in the fact that
negroes form so large a part of the popu­lation,
these percentages are shameful
when compared to Nebraska's 1.2 or Iowa's
.8 per cent, of illiterates.
As a whole the United States ranks well
above most other countries. Even Canada
is placed at 5.7. France, Germany, and
Sweden are higher still. China has the as­tonishing
figure of 80 per cent, but this is
not the highest. When the last census was
taken in Egypt, in 1917, the illiterate
population was estimated as 92.1 per cent.
COLLEGE VANDALISM
The actions of a group of freshmen after
the mass meeting last Friday night were
unbecoming to Auburn men. Why are fresh­men
here so easily led into such a foolish
demonstration?
Undoubtedly their actions were incited by
someone else. Possibly had they stopped
to think of the ultimate results of such
plebian deportment the deplorable situation
would never have arisen.
We can't see what the group figured they
accomplished by causing such a noisy con­tention.
They did succeed in disgusting
railroad officials and those women students
who reside in the girls' dormitory. Things
have reached a pretty bad state when a
group of students don't stop to think be­fore
they act. Maybe they meant no harm,
but they gave others the wrong impression.
As we all know a group of freshmen have
little knowledge of what is the proper way
to act here. They usually look to upper-classmen
to show them the way. Mob-psy­chology
works wonders at a mass meeting,
especially when freshmen comprise the
largest percentage of the gathering. All
such a group needs to make them act in
such a manner as to bring discredit to
themselves and to Auburn is the word from
one of their elder brethren. What puzzles
us is* where upperclassmen here got the im­pression
that Auburn spirit is manifest in
destructive and ungentlemanly action of
freshmen. We impress upon our "rats" the
necessity of their being imbued with Au­burn
spirit. If they don't stage a dem­onstration
in which they evoke the criticism
of elder people we attempt to impress upon
them the necessity for such with paddles.
In the first place, Auburn spirit isn't man­ifest
in such actions. Also, beating the life
out of a freshman because he doesn't show
what we term "the proper Auburn attitude"
will not bring about the desired result.
The full cooperation of every upperclass­men
is necessary if such demonstrations
are to be prohibited in the future.
UNIVERSITY-AUBURN GAME?
The Alabama Herald, strong supporter of
the American Legion, carries a story in
their September 27 issue in which a plan
by Alabama Legionnaires to bring about
the resumption of athletic relations be­tween
Auburn and Alabama is described.
A resolution which Horace Wilkinson, of
Birmingham, offered at the State Legion
Convention has started the movement again.
It appears that the' resolution instructed
William S. Pritchard, department com­mander
of the American Legion, to author­ize
the Legion Legislative Committee to
arrange for a series of five annual foot­ball
games between the University and Au­burn.
Commander Pritchard's instruction
to his committee is to get the games by ne­gotiation
if possible, if not by legislation.
The Legion claims that there is such a
preponderance of leadership in the Legisla­ture
who are Legionnaries as that the pas­sage
of any legislation needed is practically
assured.
The plan of the Legion, as explained by
the resolution, is to raise a scholarship
fund of $250,000, and use the interest on the
fund to educate the children of deceased ser­vice
men, who otherwise would not get an
education.
None of us will deny the fact that the
plan which has to do with providing some
means for the children of deceased service
men a chance to secure a college education
is very fine. However, we can't see why the
Legion should take such an active interest
in seeing Auburn and Alabama meet on the
football field as to have a law passed which
would require such an athletic relation.
Haven't the athletic authorities at both
schools always arranged the football sched­ules
for their respective teams? We don't
see what part the Legion should play in
making the schedules of Auburn and Ala­bama.
We would like to see Auburn and
Alabama meet in a football game again, but
at the same time we believe that the ad­visability
of such a relation should be left
up to the two schools. There is no better
move underway than that of providing mon­ey
for the educating of deceased service
men's children, but it seems that the Legion
could hit upon a better plan to do it than by
requiring Auburn and Alabama to resume
their athletic relations.
THANKS
The Opelika Daily News paid The Plains­man
a high compliment yesterday when it
mentioned the work of the staff in getting
the special Homecoming edition with the
play-by-play results of the Oglethrope-Au-burn
game on the streets by the time spec­tators
reached town. The cooperation of
the entire staff made such work possible/the
special edition being one of the many ways
in which they are trying to accomplish this
purpose.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In this issue of The Plainsman appears
a letter to the editor which contains a good
suggestion. It is not beyond a wild hope
that some day there will be a better under­standing
between the student bodies of the
University of Alabama and Auburn. Un­doubtedly,
a large exchange of the Crimson-
White and The Plainsman would do much
to make for this understanding.
This is the first letter the editor has re­ceived.
May we get more like Ahis one.
There are many things which students can
suggest to the editor just as worthy as the
suggestion contained in this first communi­cation.
If the person writing a letter to the
editor wishes to use a nom-de-plume he may
do so, but the editor must know who the
writer is. Otherwise the letters will not be
published.
Letters to the Editor
Auburn, Alabama, Oct. 1, 1934
Editor, The Plainsman
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Editor,
In line with your expressed intention of
furthering the spirit of goodwill between
Auburn and the University of Alabama,
may I offer the following suggestion.
Arrange with Editor Beech of the Crim­son-
White to have one hundred instead of
one copy of the Crimson-White exchanged
for an equal number of copies of the Plains­man.
These copies could be distributed
throughout the two schools in such a fashion
that they would be brought to the attention
of the majority of the student body. It is
my sincere belief that the prejudice and ill-feeling
which is rife between the two in­stitutions
is based upon ignorance, and I
believe that this exchange of papers would
go a long way towards dispelling this ig­norance,
and thereby cause a spirit of un­derstanding
and cooperation to be built up
between Alabama's two most important
colleges.
Sincerely yours,
Cecil Strong.
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.
* » * *
THE AMERICAN LEGION is initiat­ing
a new drive to bring about a re­sumption
of athletic relations between
Auburn and the University. Commander
Pritchard has instructed his committee "to
get the games by negotiation if possible, if
not then by legislation". The Legion will
probably get much better results if Com­mander
Pritchard strikes that last clause
from his order, and has his committee con­centrate
on negotiation. There is still
enough of ye olde Anglo-Saxon individual­ism
and perversity present in the Auburn
student body to make an enforced game an
intolerable affair . . . and such a game will
serve only to fan the natural rivalry be­tween
the two schools into a feeling of
prejudice and animosity. Tread softly,
Legionnaires.
* * * *
AN INTERESTING OPERATION has
been performed on the comedy "Tartuffe"
by Director Peet. A few deft touches and
minor alterations here «nd there have trans­formed
the famous comedy into a drama
that is nothing if not tragic. While watch­ing
a rehearsal of the fourth and fifth acts
a night or two ago, I was stunned at the
dramatic intensity of the situations as they
were interpreted by the Players. The final
scene is particularly impressive. Inciden­tally,
Professor Peet has been lucky in being
able to recruit an especially strong cast for
his production. With Jewel Martin and
Jimmy Lovelace in the leading roles, and
such players as Franklin Woodruff, Leon
Brown, and Dr. Walston in support, the
audience is assured of a well acted play.
Several freshmen have parts in the play
. . . but if they respond to Peet's coaching
in proportion to the labor he is exerting on
them they should handle their parts ade­quately.
One of them, a Lady named Sue,
is a veteran of Little Theatre productions,
and may blossom forth into what is called,
in the movie vernacular, a "scene stealer".
* * * *
OUR FRIEND ACROSS THE PAGE, in
the excitement attendant to giving birth to
his first column, rather overstepped the
bounds of columnar decency in his unfound­ed
attack on Yank Friedman which ap­peared
in Saturday's issue. He doesn't
seem to realize that, even tho he is writing
a column of personal comment, there are
certain types of criticism that are best
spoken to a man's face, rather than flung
at him from behind the barrier of a pseudo­nym.
Now, for my personal opinion, I
think the Knight's vocalist compares very
favorably with the rest of the orchestra—
said comparison being a subtle way of
tossing bouquets at Mr. Friedman. Inci­dentally,
Flit's bit of vituperative venom is
the only adverse criticism of Yank that I
have ever heard.
* * * *
WHERE, in the United States, can
twelve men be found whom it will be pos­sible
to qualify as jurors in the Hauptmann
case? It is a time-honoured rule in the
courts of this country that extensive know­ledge
of the case is sufficient to disqualify
a talesman, the reason for which rule being,
of course, that when a man becomes fa­miliar
with the real or alleged facts of a
situation it is almost impossible for him to
reserve judgment and preserve an unbiased
attitude during the presentation of evidence.
Now, nearly every literate individual in the
United States has read the newspaper ac­counts
of Hauptmann's arrest, of the out­line
of the evidence against him, and of
his conduct since incarceration; I do not
believe it an exaggeration to say that the
court of public opinion has already convicted
the accused man, not only of extortion, but
also of kidnapping and murder. If this be
true, that public opinion is against him,
and if unprejudiced men are selected for the
jury, then the availability of the prospec­tive
jurors will be in direct proportion to
their lack of information—that is to say,
in direct proportion to their ignorance of
a matter of general knowledge. It is ob­vious
that such men are not likely to be
competent to evaluate and sift the mass of
evidence which is sure to be presented at
the trial; any decision at which they arrive
will be dictated by their emotions rather
than by intelligence.
This is particularly unfortunate in the
Haupmann case since the heinous nature
of the extortion with which the man is
charged provides the prosecution with one
of the most powerful of all emotional ap­peals."
At present, the law regards Haupt­mann
as an innocent man, and it is not
beyond the real of posibility that he really
is innocent of the crime with which he is
charged. If such is the case, it is to be
hoped that he will not be made the goat
of an outraged public sentiment.
* * * *
TAG ENDS . . . Ye linotyper says I have
room for only three more lines—hence the
tripe that usually appears here is omitted.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
After many threats made before the dances.of showing up Walter Winchell
through the medium of a post dance column of Footprints, we find that there is a
great deal of material, but are certain that we could get quite a tidy sum by for­getting
everything we saw and heard. Come on, Bruce, Sledge, et al—two bits
for each item we leave out.
* * * * * *
-1 love to sit and lounge a bit,
In a cozy sheltered nook.
But better yet, in a kitchenette,
With a girl who learned to cook.
(Compliments of Fluzzy Knowlton—just like the dear boy.)
* * * * * *
We have enjoyed the depression jokes but we can't help but think how funny
the last one is going to be.
* * * * * *
We have just discovered why there are more auto accidents than railroad
accidents. The engineer isn't always hugging the fireman.
* * * * * *
Rumors have it that Auburn might have a Glomerata this year.
* * * * * *
"Waiter, two orders of Spumoni Vermicelli, please".
"Sorry, sir, but that is the proprietor's name".
* * * * * *
We wonder who will be the "high" light of the New Orleans trip this weekend.
* * * . * * *
Women can't be blamed for crying—it gets them what they want.
* * * * * *
Add smile: around the globe with a goldfish.
* * * * * *
A newspaper story reports that a wealthy Englisher left a hundred clocks in
his will. What an estate to wind up.
* * * * * *
Yellow Jacket, Yellow Jacket,
You are such a funny thing,
When nature fashioned you, She made your buzz
A darn sight stronger than your sting.
* * * * * *
Joe Purvis umpired in the Tulane-Chattanooga game and returned to Auburn
Monday with the complete plays of the Greenies. Is there no end to this man's
ingenuity.
* * * * * *
Some of the Auburn students get by on four hours of sleep a day—they get
the rest at night.
* * * * * *
John Overton is reported to have put a sample of gravy in a bottle so he could
buy a vest to match it.
JOCULARITIES
By Jeremiah Juttingham
WITHOUT THE PALE
Florida State College For Women.—Dan­cing
with men is soon to be permitted in all
sorority houses and in certain of the dor­mitory
parlors every Friday and Saturday,
according to an announcement by the dean
of students at Tallahassee.
The arrangement permitting week-end
dances received its final ratification last
May at a joint meeting of the faculty com­mittee
on student affairs and the executive
council of the College Government Asso­ciation.
* * * *
Clemson College.—Gamma Alpha Mu, the
honorary writing fraternity that Octavus
Roy Cohen is sponsoring at Clemson, has
jumped from ah idea on paper into a wide
awake reality that will appeal to the ma­jority
of Clemson journalists.
With plans for the organization well un­derway,
all students who desire to submit
manuscripts for admission into the frat­ernity
have been asked to turn them in to
Prof. John D. Lane' before October 22, since
the initial election of members will be held
about November 1.
Any student may apply for admission by
submitting two or more* articles in the field
of journalism, fiction, belles letters, or poe­try.
* * * *
Louisiana State University.—President
James Monroe Smith of the university made
application last week to the Public Works
adminstration in Washington, D. C, for ap­proximately
$1,200,000 as a building fund
in the program to relieve the acute housing
shortage facing the University this year.
President Smith, who left for Washington,
was expected back last Friday.
Figures at the close of the registrar's of­fice
Thursday showed 4020 students had be­gun
enrollment in the university, 646 more
than had registered at a corresponding time
last year. With all indications pointing to­ward
a record enrollment for the Diamond
Jubilee student body, effort to house the
overflow of students have taxed the ca­pacities
of University authorities.
* * * *
University of Kentucky.—Plans for pro­curing
a wildcat mascot for the Kentucky
football team, and a joint meeting of SuKy
to suggest improvement of school spirit at
games were discussed at the first meeting
of the Interfraternity Council held last
week.
A resolution to support the team and urge
the cooperation of all fraternities and so­rorities
in turning out for pep meeting was
passed.
* * * *
Duke University.—Dean W. H. Wanna-maker
announced to the undergraduates at­tending
an assembly last Thursday at Duke
that the tennis and handball courts at the
university will be open to students Sunday
afternoons from 2 until twilight as soon as
satisfactory arrangements can be made.
This innovation was made because of the
large number of students who work through­out
the week and have Sunday afternoon
only open for recreation. No other athletic
equipment or grounds of the university
will be open for use on Sunday.
FERA work has been given to more than
300 students at Duke through the federal
grant to the college of more than $5,000
per month to be used for student-help pur­poses.
Other than these students a large
number of Duke students are working on
part time jobs.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in
this column are not necessarily the editorial opin­ions
of this paper. It is a column of personal
comment, and is not to be read as an expression
of our editorial policy.
* * * *
THE COLLEGIAN, "a conceited and
chinless lout who served as the butt of
a nation's ridicule" for many years,
is vanishing from our college campuses. At
least such is the opinion of Mr. Day Edgar
in the October issue of Esquire.
Back in the Golden Nineties (the same
which Miss West has immortalized) novel­ists
and fiction writers idealized both the
college student and campus life. They por­trayed
the college student as a fine up­standing
fellow and helped to persuade us
to take him into our hearts as one of our
national heroes. The college athlete, too,
was painted as intelligent, a demi-god.
Came the Jazz Age. Colleges were over
run with, not only the seekers after higher
education, but also with those who came in
an effort "to atone for the lack of socially
impressive ancestry". To go to college was
The Thing To Do.
Instead of a demi-god the college student
was now visualized as a "callow thick wit
of an oaf . . . Always on his hip was a
flask of mediocre liquor which he gurgled,
by preference, in public . . . A raccoon coat
draped his sloping shoulders. His conversa­tion
dealt only with girls and gin, football
and fraternities . . . He was a chinless lout
who lived extravagantly on his father's
money".
Twelve years ago the fad again changed.
Restraint and repression of all the alleged
college mannerisms became the order of the
day and remain so today. Not only did
young men avoid the publicized caperings
themselves but looked on them with cynical
disapproval in others. "To stick your neck
out" or thrust oneself into public notice
was an abominable crime. Our most crush­ing
rebuke was, "Don't be collegiate". It
meant "Act your age".
Even hazing, that most characteristic of
college customs, was killed at most schools
by this restraint. It was discarded because
it was so collegiate. Mr. Edgar thinks that
the proper diagnosis for the death of these
ludicrous antics would reveal that the Amer­ican
undergraduate is merely growing up.
Only a few vestiges of this ridiculous be­havior
remains, he says, and these are on
the most bucolic campuses.
And now comes the question—Is Auburn
a bucolic campus?
The lady said she'd ridden horseback
only once in her life but she'd just adore
to ride an Army nag, Fools rush in . . . .
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does it. In this way we keep customers and prospective
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We advertise because we have a varied service to
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In line with this broad plan, we find real opportunity
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in their own publications, just as we also vary our
advertising for women's magazines, farm papers and
so on. 1934-35 is the fifteenth year during which the
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1934 T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE P A G E T H R EE
Public Wedding To
Be Held In Opelika
Any couple having matrimonial in­tentions
to be completed soon would
do well to notify Mr. C. B. Brown of
Opelika. Then everything will be ar­ranged
at no expense or extra trouble
for anyone directly concerned.
The American Legion officials in
charge of the Lee County Fair to be
held in Opelika Oct. 9 to 13 are seek­ing
a young couple willing to become
united in public ceremony some even­ing
during the fair. The lucky young
people will be furnished a marriage
license, a wedding ring and $10 in
cash.
Students are not barred, and the
first ones to announce their inten
tions will be accepted, so here is the
chance for hard up students who don't
mind a little publicity.
B l u e K e y E n t e r t a i ns
W i t h B a n q u e t F r i d ay
On Friday night the Blue Key
honor society, entertained with a ban­quet
in the dining hall above Ben­son's.
Principal speaker for the oc­casion
was John Patrick, coach at
Oglethorpe, and faculty advisor of
Blue Key at that school.
Herbert McCall Wed
To Miss Mary Page
The announcement of the marriage
of Miss Mary Page to Mr. Herbert
McCall, former student of A. P. I.,
will be of interest to friends in Au­burn.
Mrs. McCall formerly lived in
Elba, Ala., and attended Troy Teach­ers
College and an art institute in
Kansas City, Mo. Mr. McCall attend­ed
the University of Alabama after
leaving Auburn and is now in the
naval service in California.
The couple will make their home
in Long Beach, California.
L o r a S m i t h A p p o i n t ed
T e a c h e r Of D r a m a t i cs
Miss Lora V. Smith, former Auburn
student, has been appointed instruc­tor
of dramatics and speech for chil­dren
in Montgomery under the di­rection
of Woman's College.
In addition to Auburn, Miss Smith
attended Alabama Woman's College
at Montevallo, and later graduated
from Florida Sate College for Wo­men.
Her courses in Montgomery are
planned to bring out the childrens'
own creative ideas.
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MILDRED WADKINS, Society Editor
Mrs. Dan Rencher Is
Honored With Shower
Mrs. Dan Rencher, former student
at Auburn and recent bride, was hon­ored
by a kitchen shower Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. E.
Lowe in Opelika.
A unique feature of the afternoon
was the presentation of gifts to the
bride in the form of a treasure hunt.
The gifts were hidden by the guests
upon their arrival, and were then
found by the honoree after follow­ing
directions written in rhyme.
About thirty-five guests were present.
Mrs. Rencher was Miss Margaret
Martin until her marriage a few
weeks ago.
Mrs. H a n s o n H o s t e s s At
S u p p e r F o r P h i O m e ga
Mrs. Henry Hanson entertained at
her home on Thach Ave. with a buffet
supper last Sunday night in honor of
the Phi Omega Pi sorority. Those
present were: Jean Campbell, Eliza­beth
Zachery, Martha Keith, Adeline
Sutton, Katherine Quatelbaum, Eileen
Pilgrim, Ruth Roberts, Jennie Collins,*
Isabell Webb, Eugenia McNeil, Doro­thy
Frazier, Mary Earl Graham; Miss
Zoe Dobbs, Miss Ruth Dobyne, Mrs.
Henry Good, Mrs. J. T. Watt, Mrs.
Ellis Diseker, and Dolores Lyons.
Frances Ashurst, May Opal Collins,
Dorothy Sellers, Melba Holley, Doris
Chrietzburg, Oleta Dunn, Katherine
Love, Elise Edwards, Nellie Fuller,
and Louise Smilie.
Mrs. A. L. T h o m a s Is
S p e a k e r A t M e e t i ng
Mrs. A. L. Thomas of Auburn ad­dressed
the members of the Opelika
Teachers Association at their first
meeting Sept. 25. Her subject was
"Progressive Education". She gave
a short history of the modern trend
in education, and then explained its
foundations and aims.
Miss Lillie Barnes Cherry, Auburn
graduate now teaching in Opelika,
was chosen association reporter for
the coming year. Other officers elect­ed,
were: Miss Helen Collins, presi­dent;
Mr. Fred Robbins, vice-presi­dent;
and Miss Eunice Thomas, sec­retary.
H a z e l P r i n c e T o W ed
G u y L o w e In A u t u mn
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Prince of Ope­lika,
Ala. announce the engagement
of their daughter, Hazel Elizabeth,
to Claudius Guy Lowe of Auburn, the
marriage to take place in the autumn.
The above announcement will be
read by the many friends of this
couple. Miss Prince attended school
here two years ago.
PERSONAL
MENTION
Mrs. J. D. Pope left Sunday for
Washington, D. C., where she is to
join Mr. Pope, who is engaged in
federal work there.
* * *
Mrs. W. H. Eaton has returned
from a-"visit to Asheville and Cary,
N. C, where she has been visiting
relatives.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. George Watts, for­merly
of Opelika, have moved to Au­burn
and are residing on West Glenn
Avenue.
* * *
Miss Mable Ann Hanson of Decatur
is visiting M. and Mrs. Henry Hanson.
* * *
Mrs. M. C. Sledge, of Greensboro,
Ala., is the new house mother at the
A. T. 0. Fraternity house.
* * *
Prof, and Mrs. Keener P. Kim-brough,
of Blanton, Ala., announce
the arrival of a daughter whom they
have named Gloria Ann. Prof. Kim-brough
is a former student of Au­burn,
where he received the B. S. and
M. S. degrees. He is nowi principal
of Beulah High School.
* * *
Miss Lillian Ellis is visiting friends
in Macon Ga.
* * *
Mrs. W. F. Brown spent last week­end
with her daughter Mrs. Philip
Brown in Montgomery.
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Regular meeting of the D.A.R. was
held with Mrs. B. B. Ross Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. JP W. Scott act­ing
as hostess.
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Mrs. W. C. Suggs, formerly Miss
Dabney Hare of Auburn, spent the
past week-end with her father, Dean
C. L. Hare.
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Mrs. William Richardson left Wed­nesday
for Detroit, Michigan in order
to take a special course in Child Wel­fare.
Mrs. Richardson will return in
January.
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Miss Sarah Wilks, a graduate of the
class of '32, was one of the home­coming
visitors last week-end. Miss
Wilks is now teaching in Ashland,
Ala.
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Fred Birdsong of Lagrange, Ga.
attended the homecoming festivities
here the past week-end.
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Miss Sarah Duncan spent the past
week-end in Auburn.
Kiwanians Hear John
Sparkman At Meeting
Members of the Auburn and Ope­lika
Kiwanis met jointly in Opelika
last week to hear John J. Sparkman,
governor of Kiwanis in Alabama.
Mr. Sparkman is a well known law­yer
of Huntsyille and is widely known
throughout the state. His talk con­cerned
the advancement of Kiwanis
since the depression.
Mrs. Mary Drake Askew of Auburn
played the accompaniment to several
vocal numbers by Forney Renfro,
Jr. of Opelika.
Junius Pierce Is Wed
To Mildred Paterson
A marriage of interest to many
Auburn friends durnig the past week
was that of Miss Mildred Ann Pater­son
to Junius Julius Pierce, Wednes­day,
Sept. 26, at the Trinity Presby­terian
Church in Montgomery.
Mr. Pierce is a former student at
Auburn, as well as the University of
Alabama. He is associated with the
Pierce Agency in Montgomery.
The bride attended Woman's Col­lege.
She. is a cousin of Haygood
Paterson, Auburn student.
Night School Taught
By Professor Tarrant
W. E. Tarrant, professor of de­signing
and weaving in the textile
department, is in charge of the night
school at Pepperell Mill which open­ed
Monday evening, Oct. 1, at 7
o'clock.
Other teachers are 0. C. Moore of
the Engineering Experiment Station
here, who will teach carding and
spinning, and N. 0. Smyth, principal
at the Pepperell School, who will
teach mathematics.
The purpose of the school is to give
special practical instruction in the
allied textile subjects, leading to a
trade school diploma. Training of
this type has met with marked success
at Pepperell.
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HURRY!HURRYt
A flood had crippled three important electric
motors in the refinery of a large oil company on
the island of Aruba, 50 miles north of the coast
of Venezuela. The plant had to be shut down
until new coils could be installed. Losses
caused by the shutdown ran into thousands of
dollars a day. An order for the coils and word
of the refinery's predicament reached General
Electric in Schenectady, N. Y., on a Sunday
morning. Work began immediately, and by
dint of night shifts and a great concen­tration
of efforts, the two-and-one-half-week
job was completed in three days. The 808-
pound shipment of coils, conveniently packed
in small cartons, was flown in a chartered plane
from Schenectady to the Newark airport,
where it was transferred to an Eastern Air
Lines plane bound for Miami. On Wednesday
morning the cartons were transferred to a
Pan-American Airways ship at Miami for the
hop across the Caribbean to Kingston, Jamaica.
From there, they were flown directly to Aruba
in a specially chartered plane. They arrived
Saturday morning, just six days after the#
order had been received by General Electric.
J. A. H. Torry, Union College^ '11, and G. H.
Magner, Acadia College, Nova Scotia, '09, of
the International General Electric Company,
Inc., made arrangements for filling the order.
New England found that the lamps crimped
their style. With simple but destructive logic
they decided to extinguish the lamps with
stones. Their aim was so good that repairmen
of the utility which serviced the lights could
hardly keep up with their depredations. Finally,
G-E illuminating engineers were called in to
design a fixture to foil the stone-throwing
Romeos. These engineers produced a cast-aluminum
guard, which looks very much like a
baseball catcher's mask. It protects the lamp
and at the game time helps to concentrate light
on the roadway.
STONE-THROWING ROMEOS
The engineers of the General Electric Company
have been asked to solve some unusual prob­lems,
but never before have they had to work
against Cupid. This is how it came about:
Some of the swains who did their courting in
parked cars along certain lighted roads in ,
FAT SPARKS
The artificial lightning boys have beaten natural
lightning in one regard, at any rate. Engineers
in the General Electric high-voltage laboratory
have produced discharges of a quarter of a mil­lion
amperes, which is greater than the current
of any direct lightning stroke yet recorded.
Just as natural lightning, with amperage
almost as great, destroys that which it strikes,
so does the laboratory discharge; and just as
natural lightning is accompanied by thunder,
the laboratory bolts have their ear-splitting
crashes. A copper wire a tenth of an inch in
diameter is completely vaporized. A similar
piece of iron wire is "exploded," the remaining
ends continuing white hot for several seconds.
A section of reinforced concrete is broken into
bits. The handle of a silver-plated ice cream
spoon vanishes with a shower of sparks.
These engineers were the first to produce
10,000,000-volt artificial lightning discharges,
and they are continuing their studies through
these high-current discharges, in order to find
better means of protecting electric distribution
systems. K. B. McEachron, Ohio Northern, '13,
Purdue, '20, M.S., is director of the laboratory,
and associated with him in these tests are:
W. L. Lloyd, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
'18; J. L. Thomason, U. of Idaho, '29; G. D.
Harding, U. of Arizona, '29; and J. R. Suther­land,
Yale, '29.
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CADET OFFICERS
APPOINTED FOR
ENGINEERS' UNIT
(Continued from Page 1)
First Battalion
Cadet Staff Sgt., W. A. Martin,
Bn. Sgt. Major.
Company "A"
Cadet 1st Sergeant, W. F. Black,
Jr.; Cadet Staff Sergeants, W. R.
Bell, N. G. Bradford; Cadet Ser­geants,
H. P. Carter, W. C. Candler
R. T. Comer, J. S. Carothers; Cadet
Corporals, C. H. Booth, G. J. Burrus,
B. B. Biggin, J. Cain, E. H. Cabaniss,
H. Cox, R. E. Charlton.
Company "B"
Cadet 1st Sergeant, T. N. Powell;
Cadet Staff Sergeants, R. J. Chand­ler,
W. W. Brunson; Cadet Sergeants,
J. C. Putnam, C. A. Baker, R. A.
Jones, M. Mardirosian; Cadet Cor­porals,
D. Durden, H. H. Davis, A.
B. Dean, M. Gilbert, A. J. Hook,
B. Jaffe, B. C. Jordan.
Second Battalion
Cadet Staff Sgt., E. A. Wright, Bn.
Sgt. Major.
Company "D"
W. W. McTyeire; Cadet Staff Ser­geants,
J. E. Moyer, W. P. McCall;
Cadet Sergeants, H. H. McFaden,
A. M. Polard, E. L. Powers, W. K.
McConnico; Cadet Corporals, J. Mor­gan,
J. T. Merrill, M. Nichols, J. E.
Langley, G. Plumlee, 0. Lurwig, J. L.
Tiger Theatre
AUBURN, ALABAMA
"The Showplace of East
Alabama"
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 3
"MILLION DOLLAR
RAMSOM"
With Phillip Holmes, Edward
Arnold
Added: Mickey Mouse Cartoon
and Comedy
THURSDAY, Oct. 4
Loretta Young and Cary Grant
in
"BORN TO BE BAD"
Also Tom Howard in "THE
BIG MEOW"
A n d , A n d , A n d—
S t a g e A t t r a c t i o n S u p r e m e!
A fall fashion revue presented
in cooperation with the
PARROTT SHOP, Opelika
All Models are Auburn Coeds!
—At no advance in admission—
FRIDAY, Oct. 5
"STRICTLY DYNAMITE"
with Jimmy Durante, Lupe
Velez
Also NEWS and Musical Com­edy
in colors.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 3
—ON THE STAGE—
"HOLLYWOOD
FLASHES"
25 — PEOPLE — 25
—ON THE SCREEN-STUART
ERWIN
in
"BACHELOR BAIT"
THURSDAY, Oct. 4
RICHARD DIX
in
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GAMBLE"
FRIDAY, Oct. 5
/ Entertainment Supreme!
30 STAR SENSATION!
"GIFT OF GAB"
with
EDMUND LOWE
GLORIA STUART
C o m i n g — " D A M E S
Twenty Men Perform
Work Of Many Here
Twenty men in the three divisions
of Alabama Polytechnic Institute
plant service take, care of thousands
of different jobs according to Dr. J.V.
Brown, superintendent of plant ser­vice.
This service includes the keep­ing
of the buildings, plumbing and
grounds in first rate condition.
In addition to Dr. Brown there are
three superintendents.' Mr. Pate has
charge of carpenters, Mr. Boddie
takes care of plumbing and wiring,
while Mr. Rainey, a new man suc­ceeding
Mr. King, oversees the work
on the grounds. .
When repairs are needed at any
place on the campus, a written re­quest
is sent to Dr. Brown. He in
turn gives an order to the particular
division handling that work. A full
record of the request and the repair
work is kept in a job book.
At present the plumbing and heat­ing
line to Broun Hall is undergoing
repair, in hopes that heating facilities
at that building may be improved
during the coming winter. This im­provement
has been needed for a
number of years, but has been delayed
because of lack of funds.
Fifteen Riflemen To
Begin Practice Soon
Fifteen veteran members of the
rifle team met in Samford Hall Mon­day
night and made plans for the
coming year. A manager is to be ap­pointed
to keep check on the in­dividual
rifle scores and prevent men
from going into slumps.
Plans were also made for the col­lection
of a small fee from each mem­ber,
the funds to be used for buying
medals and trophies. The sole pur­pose
of the medals is to promote
greater efficiency.
The first call for freshmen mem­bers
will be about Nov. l; The season
for the varsity will begin Nov. 15,
and prospects are fo^ 125 men to
report. Matches are certain with
Georgia and Georgia Tech, and others
will be scheduled later.
The past excellent record of the
Auburn rifle team will be upheld
again acocrding to Lieutenant Ehr-gott
and Sergeant Reeves, directors.
Both of these men were present Mon­day
night.
NOTICE!
The regular weekly meeting of the
Ag Club will be held Wednesday
evening at seven o'clock in Comer
Hall. Members are urged to be pres­ent.
Tennis Team Hears
Coach Morgan Talk
A group of twenty boys met last
Thursday night and organized a ten­nis
club. P. P. Russell was chosen
manager of the organization.
Coach Morgan met with the club
and helped with the organization. He
agreed that there was evident a spirit
for accomplishing something, and of­fered
his assistance. Possibilities for
obtaining finances, courts and equip­ment
were discussed.
A letter has been written to the
athletic council, requesting that ten­nis
be recognized as one of the minor
sports to receive an appropriation
from the athletic fund. Should this
request meet with favor, no outside
methods for raising funds will be
resorted to.
Plans are being made to schedule
games with Georgia -Tech, Georgia,
Birmingham-Southern, Howard, Ft.
Benning, and some Y.M.C.A. teams.
Another meeting will be held Thurs­day,
Oct. 4, at 8 o'clock in Room 210
Samford Hall.
TIGERS LAUNCH
S. E. CAMPAIGN
WITH GREENIES
-~ (Continued from Page 1)
waging a determined battle for one
tackle place and Ralph Tolve and
Hugh Rodgers, the latter a sophomore,
are going after the other. Tolve is
a senior.
Backfield material seems to be in
abundance at the halfback and full­back
positions with Joe Bob Mitchell,
James Karam, Joe Stewart, Bobbie
Blake, and Bob Coleman striving for
regular berths as halves; and Whit-ten,
Wright, an ex-halfback, and Kil-gore
leading the race for fullback
honors.
Center presents no problem as Wal­ter
Gilbert, Frank Gantt and Barney
Musgrove seem perfectly capable of
handling the snapperback job, Gilbert
particularly turning in a most credit­able
demonstration against the Pet­rels.
Alt. Captain Bennie Fenton,
Joel Eaves and Mutt Mwris will pro­bably
be the candidates from whom
the ends will be picked Saturday, al­though
Hamp Williams, and George
Strange are by no me*ns out of the
competition for wing .positions.
Wanted: Someone to take room 301
Alumni Hall for the remainder of the
semester. Any interested student
please get in touch with Vornen Chad-wick
at Alumni Hall.
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Russell Circus Will
Be In Opelika Soon
Russell Brothers Three Ring Cir­cus
with its menagerie will be in Ope­lika
for two performaces Friday, Oct­ober
5 at the fair grounds.
One of the feature attractions of
the circus is "Topsey", a one and a
half year old Chimpanzee, who is re­puted
to have the intelligence of a
five year old child.
Capt. Dalbeanie will be featured in
an act during which he will demon­strate
the secret of his "reverse bal­ance".
His act has carried him to
Panama, Australia, New Zealand,
China, Japan, Columbia, Tasmania,
Canada, England, and several other
countries.
Advance press releases state that
Russell Brothers Circus is clean in
every respect. It is said to list a
galaxy of stars. It uses three rings
and the hippodrome track.
Tickets are now on sale for the
event in Opelika. On circus* day du­cats
will be bought at the fair
grounds at a nominal price.
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Justin S. Morrill, '34, is with the
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that he is delighted with his
work but would like to be back in Au­burn.
The church has never been socially
minded.—Dr. Ralph Turner, Univer­sity
of Pittsburgh.
Murphy.
Company "E"
Cadet 1st. Sergeant, G. B. Smith;
Cadet Staff Sergeants, R. W. Steele,
J. P. Abel; Cadet Sergeants, W. B.
Thomas, W. A. Shelby, W. H. Thomas,
C. C. White; Cadet Corporals, W. E.
Wilson, R. L. Wood, R. E. Smith,
P. M. Talmadge, E. Vinson, C. Sheri­dan,
M. E. Weatherby.
Band
Cadet Staff Sgt., J. G. Finch; Cadet
Corporal, V. M. Holloway.
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