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Semi-Weekly Plainsman Wednesday Issue ®lj£ Auburn plainsman Mass Meeting Thursday Night TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N S P I R IT 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 (Continued on Page 4) ' • 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. (Continued on Page 4) • 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 Styg Auburn glafttBrnan Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates, $2.50 per year (68 issues), $1.50 per semester (29 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Alabama. Business and editorial offices at Auburn Printing Company, on West Magnolia Avenue. Office hours: 11-12 A. M., 3-4 P. M. daily. STAFF Neil 0. Davis Fred Moss Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Associated gblleoiate ffircss -^1934 l93Se- WISC0K9N EDITORIAL STAFF Associate Editors: Cecil Strong, Walter Brown, and Jack Knowlton. Managing Editors: Kyser Cox and Douglas Wallace. News Editor: Floyd Hurt. Society Reporters: Mildred Watkins, Evelyn Perry, Louella Botsford and Katie Lou Chapman. Reporters: Alvin Morland, Bill Emrey, Sam Gibbons, John Cameron, Dan Smith, James Buntin, Howard Workman. BUSINESS STAFF Joe Whiteside . Adv. Mgr. and Asst. Bus. Mgr. Bill Lee Circulation Manager Jim Pike Asst Circulation Manager Speedy Shannon Asst. Adv. Manager Bill Radney Circulation Asst. George Perry Circulation Asst. L. A. Kerr < Circulation Asst. 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 . . . . we advertise We advertise in order that the public may better understand what the Bell System is doing, and why it does it. In this way we keep customers and prospective customers informed of our aims, policies and progress. We advertise in order to aid the telephone customer in making the best possible use of his service. As our advertising influences one person after another to use the telephone more effectively, the service rendered every other user is correspondingly improved. We advertise because we have a varied service to sell and by selling more of it we increase its value to each user. Because of the nature of the telephone business, it is our duty to inform the public continuously of the character and varied kind of service we provide. In line with this broad plan, we find real opportunity in addressing messages to college and university people 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 Bell System has published advertisements which take college men behind the scenes of Bell Telephone service. V 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. Patronize Plainsman, advertisers. 'Hhe Quick Reference Book? of Information on All Subjects Webster's Collegiate" Hhe best Abridged Dictionary "The volume Is convenient for quick reference work, and altogether the best dictionary for desk work of which I know."—Powell Stewart, Dept. of English, University of Texas. Presidents and Department Heads of leading Universities agree with this opinion. 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Starring the only female clo»n known, Mia DeMarr and Her Dof Pal A BIG HIGH CLASS CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE AT THESE | POPULAR PRICES 50/ C H I L D R E N j£ :?£?*£•'•?:•?;••• • • • • • • • • • • * - - < < ; - '• •:--\Va I-:WI 1 I'1' m J SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES 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. " -. * * * Regular meeting of the D.A.R. was held with Mrs. B. B. Ross Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. JP W. Scott acting as hostess. * * * Mrs. W. C. Suggs, formerly Miss Dabney Hare of Auburn, spent the past week-end with her father, Dean C. L. Hare. * * * - Mrs. William Richardson left Wednesday for Detroit, Michigan in order to take a special course in Child Welfare. Mrs. Richardson will return in January. * * * 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. * * * Fred Birdsong of Lagrange, Ga. attended the homecoming festivities here the past week-end. * * * 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. Patronize Plainsman Advertisers. ATWATER KENT RADIOS TUBES AND SERVICE FOR ALL MAKES TIGER DRUG STORE G-E Campus News 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. 96-71FBI GENERAL » ELECTRIC WhiteBurkf —the best tobacco forsmoking in a pipe uiman's Process —adds to the fragrance and makes it act right in the pipe Rough Cut —cut the right way to smoke cool fo .; ana last longer M Common-sense package —keeps tobacco fresh handy to carry-104 * n epii ft © 1934. LIGGKET 6c MYERS TOBACCO CO. P A G E F O UR 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 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 "HIS GREATEST 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. Patronize Plainsman advertisers. 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. 300 SEWELL'S ALL WOOL SUITS A. They are the best suits for the money anyone can buy. B. They are guaranteed to me by the manufacturer and I can pass this on to my customers unconditionally. C. The materials in these garments are equal to any you will find in suits at twice the price. D. My- customers can buy these suits oftener—increasing my volume of sales. E. The factory being all Southern and nearby permits me to serve my customers completely without carrying a large stock. F. And then there is no better garment that can be bought anywhere near this price—so my satisfied customers are the big reasons why we feature this line. $10-00 - $12.50 - $15.00 J. W. W R I G HT Auburn, Alabama Justin S. Morrill, '34, is with the Westinghouse Company, being located at 417 Whitney Avenue, Pittsburgh (21), Pa. He writes friends at Auburn 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. LOST: Spade pin, finder plea«e return to Plainsman office and receive reward. We Are for Auburn and for the Auburn FOOTBALL TEAM SPORTING GOODS PETERS AMMUNITION We'll See You on the Sidelines Opelika Hdwe* Co* Copjrliht 1*34. Tht Am.rlcin Tobleeo Commttf. "It's toasted" y Your throat protection—against irritation—against cough ISo round, so firm, so fully packed— Luckies are made of only the clean center leaves—these are the mildest leaves — they cost more —they taste better.
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Title | 1934-10-03 The Auburn Plainsman |
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OCR Transcript | Semi-Weekly Plainsman Wednesday Issue ®lj£ Auburn plainsman Mass Meeting Thursday Night TO FOSTER THE A U B U R N S P I R IT 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 (Continued on Page 4) ' • 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. (Continued on Page 4) • 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 Styg Auburn glafttBrnan Published semi-weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates, $2.50 per year (68 issues), $1.50 per semester (29 issues). Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Auburn, Alabama. Business and editorial offices at Auburn Printing Company, on West Magnolia Avenue. Office hours: 11-12 A. M., 3-4 P. M. daily. STAFF Neil 0. Davis Fred Moss Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Associated gblleoiate ffircss -^1934 l93Se- WISC0K9N EDITORIAL STAFF Associate Editors: Cecil Strong, Walter Brown, and Jack Knowlton. Managing Editors: Kyser Cox and Douglas Wallace. News Editor: Floyd Hurt. Society Reporters: Mildred Watkins, Evelyn Perry, Louella Botsford and Katie Lou Chapman. Reporters: Alvin Morland, Bill Emrey, Sam Gibbons, John Cameron, Dan Smith, James Buntin, Howard Workman. BUSINESS STAFF Joe Whiteside . Adv. Mgr. and Asst. Bus. Mgr. Bill Lee Circulation Manager Jim Pike Asst Circulation Manager Speedy Shannon Asst. Adv. Manager Bill Radney Circulation Asst. George Perry Circulation Asst. L. A. Kerr < Circulation Asst. 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 . . . . we advertise We advertise in order that the public may better understand what the Bell System is doing, and why it does it. In this way we keep customers and prospective customers informed of our aims, policies and progress. We advertise in order to aid the telephone customer in making the best possible use of his service. As our advertising influences one person after another to use the telephone more effectively, the service rendered every other user is correspondingly improved. We advertise because we have a varied service to sell and by selling more of it we increase its value to each user. Because of the nature of the telephone business, it is our duty to inform the public continuously of the character and varied kind of service we provide. In line with this broad plan, we find real opportunity in addressing messages to college and university people 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 Bell System has published advertisements which take college men behind the scenes of Bell Telephone service. V 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. Patronize Plainsman, advertisers. 'Hhe Quick Reference Book? of Information on All Subjects Webster's Collegiate" Hhe best Abridged Dictionary "The volume Is convenient for quick reference work, and altogether the best dictionary for desk work of which I know."—Powell Stewart, Dept. of English, University of Texas. Presidents and Department Heads of leading Universities agree with this opinion. 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Starring the only female clo»n known, Mia DeMarr and Her Dof Pal A BIG HIGH CLASS CIRCUS AND MENAGERIE AT THESE | POPULAR PRICES 50/ C H I L D R E N j£ :?£?*£•'•?:•?;••• • • • • • • • • • • * - - < < ; - '• •:--\Va I-:WI 1 I'1' m J SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES 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. " -. * * * Regular meeting of the D.A.R. was held with Mrs. B. B. Ross Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. JP W. Scott acting as hostess. * * * Mrs. W. C. Suggs, formerly Miss Dabney Hare of Auburn, spent the past week-end with her father, Dean C. L. Hare. * * * - Mrs. William Richardson left Wednesday for Detroit, Michigan in order to take a special course in Child Welfare. Mrs. Richardson will return in January. * * * 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. * * * Fred Birdsong of Lagrange, Ga. attended the homecoming festivities here the past week-end. * * * 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. Patronize Plainsman Advertisers. ATWATER KENT RADIOS TUBES AND SERVICE FOR ALL MAKES TIGER DRUG STORE G-E Campus News 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. 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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 "HIS GREATEST 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. Patronize Plainsman advertisers. 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. 300 SEWELL'S ALL WOOL SUITS A. They are the best suits for the money anyone can buy. B. They are guaranteed to me by the manufacturer and I can pass this on to my customers unconditionally. C. The materials in these garments are equal to any you will find in suits at twice the price. D. My- customers can buy these suits oftener—increasing my volume of sales. E. The factory being all Southern and nearby permits me to serve my customers completely without carrying a large stock. F. And then there is no better garment that can be bought anywhere near this price—so my satisfied customers are the big reasons why we feature this line. $10-00 - $12.50 - $15.00 J. W. W R I G HT Auburn, Alabama Justin S. Morrill, '34, is with the Westinghouse Company, being located at 417 Whitney Avenue, Pittsburgh (21), Pa. He writes friends at Auburn 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. LOST: Spade pin, finder plea«e return to Plainsman office and receive reward. We Are for Auburn and for the Auburn FOOTBALL TEAM SPORTING GOODS PETERS AMMUNITION We'll See You on the Sidelines Opelika Hdwe* Co* Copjrliht 1*34. Tht Am.rlcin Tobleeo Commttf. "It's toasted" y Your throat protection—against irritation—against cough ISo round, so firm, so fully packed— Luckies are made of only the clean center leaves—these are the mildest leaves — they cost more —they taste better. |
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