1934-11-14 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOLUME LVIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14, 1934 NUMBER 20
TIGERS HUMBLE
TECH ELEVEN IN
THRILLING GAME
0. D. K. WILL SPONSOR HUGE
STUDENT RALLY NEXT WEEK
Plainsmen Take Advantage Of
Early Game Breaks To Score
Touchdowns
GILBERT STANDS OUT
Linesmen Out Rush Tech For­ward
Wall; Auburn P r e s e n ts
Smooth Offense In Victory
Mass Meeting Will Be
Held In Langdon Hall
Friday Night, 8 P. M.
The Auburn Tigers capitalized on
three early game breaks in Atlanta
Saturday to win from a battered
Georgia Tech Golden Tornado 18-6.
It was the first Conference win for
the Tigers in their fifth intra-con-ference
contest and the third loss for
the Yellow Jackets from the Flats.
Auburn displayed aggressive foot­ball
talent on Grant Field as a power­ful
line and speedy backfield coor­dinated
to roll up three touchdowns
in a weird first half and then settled
back and held Georgia Tech scoreless
until the closing minutes of the game
when a 25-yard slugging penalty set
the Tigers back on their own 24 yard
marker. Penalties ruined the em­battled
Plainsmen Saturday as off­side
penalties prevented one touch-down
from being recorded on the
Auburn side of the ledger and gave
Tech another chance to receive a
kick after Roberts had fumbled and
Eaves recovered on the Tech 45 for
another Auburn "break".
It was sheer alertness and unde­niable
power that beat Tech in At­lanta.
Haygood Paterson and Mutt
Morris blocked a kick each in the
opening half and covered them over
the Tech goal for two of the Auburn
scores, and Morris recovered a Tech
fumble on the Jackets' 37 that paved
the way for the second score. A
combination lateral pass made a first
down on the Tech 25, Karam being
the final recipient of the ball. Ka­ram
and Tipper collaborated in a
pair of hip-shifting exhibitions to
make it first down on the eight yard
line. Karam continued where he left
off a minute before to dash around
end after finding an off-tackle slant
an impossibility for the Auburn
marker.
Auburn's most sustained drive was
in the second period when, led by
Wilton Kilgore on the ground and
Bobbie Blake in the air, the Tigers
marched down to the one-yard line.
Blake's passing on this drive was most
satisfactory as he connected five
times in as many tries. Two of
these heaves were in the neighbor­hood
of twenty yards each.
The Auburn backfield got going for
the first time Saturday as Tipper,
Karam, Kilgore, Blake, and Stewart
turned in a most effective offensive
game. Johnnie Paterson, Hugh Rod-gers,
Mutt Morris, 'Wjalter Gilbert
and Joel Eaves in the forewall were
all that any line coach ever prays for
and their successors were almost as
good.
Shorty Roberts in the Tech rear
works played as gallant a game as
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New Cross Country
Mark Set By C. Pihl
Although Auburn's long distance
runners bowed to Georgia Tech,
Carl Pihl broke the course record in
Atlanta last Saturday morning by
fully ten seconds. He led the field of
runners and covered the 3.6 mile
course with a time of 19:33. Geor­gia
Tech triumpted over the Plains­men,
23-32, in Auburn's opening
cross-country run.
Carl Pihl, a senior hailing from
Montgomery, is one of the best track­man
in the country. Ed Gait, also
from Montgomery, was the second
Auburn man to place, coming in
fourth with a time of 20:51.
The first ten men to place were
Pihl (Auburn), West (Tech), Jones
(Tech), Gait (Auburn), Batson
(Tech), Rankins (Tech), Chandler
(Auburn), Emery (Auburn), Powers
(Auburn), and Funchess (Auburn).
A mass meeting of all students will
be held in Langdon Hall Friday night
at 7 o'clock as the pre-game rally
before the Florida-Auburn football
contest in Montgomery Saturday.
Fraternity, dormitory, and board­ing
house leaders are urged to re­quire
all their freshmen to attend
the rally Friday night. Head cheer­leader
Ed Prewitt has stated that
he hoped to have a big crowd attend
the meeting since new yells and the
Auburn Victory Song will be prac­ticed.
Cheerleaders will attempt to
have the Auburn supporters at the
game Saturday sing the new song.
Prewitt also stated that a street
parade, with the band leading, will be
held in Montgomery Saturday morn­ing
upon the arrival of the 11 o'clock
train. Plans for this feature will be
discussed at the mass meeting. All
students who make the trip to Mont­gomery
via automobile are urged to
be at the Union Station to participate
in the parade.
Plans for securing materials for the
bonfire to be used at the O. D. K
sponsored student rally a week from
tomorrow night will also be discussed
at the mass meeting.
CADETS TO STAGE
REVIEW THURSDAY
Col. Reed Will Be Here For
Exercises On Bullard Field
Tomorrow Morning
Colonel William L. Reed, com­mander
of the Fourth Corp Area,
will visit Auburn tomorrow in con­nection
with his annual fall trip of
inspection of all R. O. T. C. units
within the corp area. A review will
be held in his honor at 11 o'clock
Thursday on Bullard Field.
Col. Reed will arrive in Auburn
Thursday morning on the 9:30 train.
During his stay' here he will confer
with members of the Administrative
Committee, visit various R. 0. T. C.
units, and will be the guest of the
Rotary Club at a luncheon. He will
leave Auburn early in the afternoon
for Tuskegee, where he will inspect
the R. 0. T. C. unit of the Tuskegee
Institute.
Col. Reed was commissioned a Sec­ond
Lieutenant of the infantry in
1889, serving throughout his service
in the infantry. During the World
War he was appointed Colonel, Nat­ional
Army. He went overseas with
the 136th Infanrty, and while in
France he attended the Command and
General Staff School in Langres,
France. After returning to the United
States he was assigned Chief of Staff,
100th Division, at Fort Worth, Texas.
He received his permanent Colonelcy
in 1923.
He is a graduate of the Infantry
and Cavalry Schools, 1904; of the
Command and General Staff School,
1924; and is on the General Staff
Corp elegible list.
Col. Reed was born in New Jersey
but was appointed to the United
States Military Academy from New
York in 1893.
Uniform regulation for review
will be blouses and white shirts.
Bonfire, Program Will Be Pre­sented
At Meeting Before
Georgia Game
A gigantic student rally and bon
fire is being planned for Thursday
night, November 22 by the local circle
of Omricon Delta Kappa. The meet­ing
is planned as a final boost to the
football team before the Georgia-
Auburn football game in Columbus
on November 24.
Tentative plans as announced by
Don Pierce, president of Omega Cir­cle
of O. D. K., call for a huge bon
fire somewhere in the vicinity of
Drake Field, with members of the
coaching staff, the glee club, band,
and senior members of the football
squad taking part on the program.
According to Pierce an amplifying
system will probably be installed for
the occasion. Bleachers will be
erected to accomodate the large
crowd of students and townspeople
expected to attend the meeting.
The rally is planned as a "show of
confidence" in the coaching staff and
football team. Coaches Meagher,
Morgan, Jordon, and Hitchcock will
be asked to speak. In addition, Capt.
Mike Welch, Alt.-Capt. Bennie Fen-ton,
and other seniors on the foot­ball
squad will make short talks.
This is the first bon fire to be held
on the campus since the "welcome
meeting" staged for Jack Meagher
when he came here last spring.
It is planned to have pictures taken
of the meeting to be used in the Col­legiate
Digest rotogravure section
carried in several hundred college
newspapers, and in several state news­papers.
After the part of the program
which is being planned and sponsored
by O. D. K. has been given, the meet­ing
will be turned over to Ed Prewitt
and his corps of cheerleaders for a
pep meeting.
Final plans for the occasion will
be announced in next Wednesday's
edition of the Plainsman.
O. D. K. is making a special effort
to take a hand in the revival of the
proper Auburn spirit and the meet­ing
is a part of the circle's plans to
seek that end.
Below are listed the words of the
Auburn Victory Song which students
are urged to learn:
Come on, boys, let's travel;
For it is time that we're on our
way.
Time to hit the gravel;
We've got to win that game today.
Fight you Auburn Tigers,
For the victory.
Let them say it!
As we play it!
We're the roving, fighting Au­burn
Tigers.
'A' CLUB DANCE
SCHEDULED FOR
STANDARD CLUB
Attractive List Of Sponsors
Chosen To Attend Gala Foot­ball
Dance Saturday
KNIGHTS WILL PLAY
Many Visitors Expected To
Attend Affair After Annual
Auburn-Florida Game
The old Standard Club building on
Montgomery Street will be the scene
of the Auburn-Florida "A" Club dance
in the capitol city Saturday night.
Dancing will begin at nine o'clock and
continue until two. Admission will be
by script.
An attractive coterie of girls have
been selected to act as sponsors for
the affair, according to Haygood Pat­erson,
president of the "A" Club. The
list includes: Emily Hillman, Louise
Starling, Evelyn Sledge, Louise Jones,
Mary Hall Van Pelt, Lily Barnes
Cherry, Scottie Reeves, Monnie Han-non,
Beverly Rutter, Emily Thornton,
Frances Kimbrough, and Helen Wal­ter.
Chaperones for the dance will be
Mr. and Mrs. Pop Paterson, Mr. and
Mrs. Red Severance, and Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Paterson. Pop Paterson is a
former Auburn football player, and
he and Severance officiate in several
Aubirrn games each season.
The Auburn Knights have been en­gaged
to furnish the music for the
occasion. The Knights will be making
their first appearance in Montgomery
this year and they have promised a
varied program of the most popular
dance tunes. Earl Starnes, director
of the orchestra, has announced that
he will feature the saxaphone and
trumpet sections in novelty arrange­ments
of several numbers.
Three no-breaks and several lead-outs
will be featured during the course
of the dance.
A brief intermission is scheduled for
around twelve o'clock. Paterson an­nounced
that this is the only script
dance that will be given in Montgom­ery
Saturday night and that he is
planning special features for the en­tertainment
of the guests before and
after intermission.
Classes Be Excused
On Wednesday, 28th
The Administrative Committee has
announced that classes will be ex­cused
for the Thanksgiving holidays
at the close of the class on Wednes­day,
November 28th and will convene
the following Monday as usual.
Because so many students leave a
day or so early before holidays the
Committee has declined to grant the
extra half-day as has been done in the
past. No student is through for the
holidays until he has completed all
classes on the day preceeding the
holiday, and all cuts taken Wednes­day
will count as double cuts.
Low Round Trip Rate
To Capitol Announced
Extra coaches will be attached to
trains going to Montgomery Friday
and Saturday to accommodate stu­dents
who make the Auburn-Florida
football game in the Capitol City
Saturday. The regular round trip
rate of $1.65 will be charged for
tickets.
Those making the Montgomery trip
may leave here on the Friday after­noon
or evening and the Saturday'
morning trains. The return ticket
will be honored on all trains leaving
Montgomery Saturday night, Sunday
and early Monday morning except on
trains 37 and 38.
The entire football squad and band
will leave on the 9:25 train Saturday
morning. The squad will return on
the Saturday evening train.
TEN STUDENTS ARE
ELECTED TO KAPPA
DELTA PI-PARRISH
DUNCAN ENDORSES RED
CROSS ROLL CALL HERE
Dr. L. N. Duncan, director of the
State Extension Service at Auburn,
has given his strong endorsement to
the American Red Cross roll call.
Howell Cherry, thairman of the
Lee County Red Cross chapter, ex­pects
results of the impending cam­paign
to be greater than any in the
past.
According to information released
early this week by Kappa Delta Pi,
ten students have been elected to that
society. Those honored by election to
the organization are: Mrs. Grace E.
Harris, Auburn; Dorothy Sellers, Bir­mingham;
Leon Hicks, Mary Jim
Enloe, Langdale; George W. Ward,
Pineapple; James Cooper, Echola;
Janetta Sawyer, Auburn; Helen Gar­diner,
Auburn; J. E. De Vaughn,
Deatsville; and Ralph Jones, Collins-ville.
Kappa Delta Pi is an honorary
educational fraternity that selects its
membership either from students in
the school of education proper or from
students in associated schools that are
planning to teach.
Before final initiation into Kappa
Delta Pi prospective members have
to pass a rigid exam and write a short
paper on some subject connected with
education.
Kappa Delta Pi has been active at
Auburn for a number of years and
is one of the outstanding professional
honor societies on the campus. Mem­bers
are chosen not only on scholar­ship
but on general all-round ability
and a marked interest in extra-cur­ricular
activities. Evidence of pro­fessional
promise is also taken into
consideration.
Officers of Kappa Delta Pi for the
current session are Randall Parrish,
president; Velma Patterson, vice-pres­ident;
Mrs. Exa Beck, secretary; and
Gordon Fowler, treasurer.
NOTICE!
There will be a second meeting of
all Walker County students in Sam-ford
203 Thursday night at 7 o'clock.
Sponsors Dance Saturday Night DURANT'S TALK
WELL RECEIVED
BY CROWD HERE
Noted Philosopher Speaks On
"Is P r o g r e s s R e a l ? " In Lang­don
Hall Last Monday
MISS LOUISE JONES has been selected to act as one of the spon­sors
at the Auburn-Florida football dance at the Old Standard Club
building in Montgomery Saturday night.
PRESENTS VIEWS
Durant Refutes Ideas Of Pes­simists
In Lecture; Large
Crowd Hears Program
ELLIS TO ATTEND
NATIONAL SESSION
DEBATE CONTESTS
NOW IN PROGRESS
Captain Of Local Company
Off To Scabbard And Blade
Convention This Week
•Frank Ellis left Auburn last Friday
night to represent the local company
of Scabbard and Blade at the 19th
convention of the national military
society to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio,
from November 15 to 17 inclusive. The
University of Cincinnati will act as
host for the affair.
The convention will open with a
smoker Thursday evening at the Neth-erland
Plaza Hotel, where delegates
will stay and have their business
meetings. A ball will be given for
the delegates Friday evening with a
banquet scheduled for the following
night. It is expected that at least
one delegate from each of the 78 ac­tive
companies will be at the conven­tion.
This year's conclave marks the thir­tieth
year of the organization, and is
the first time that the meet has been
held in the early fall, rather than in
the spring. The change in the date
was decided upon at the St. Louis
convention in 1932 in order to give
the active members more benefit of
the inspiration derived from these
national meetings.
Tourney Being Run Off With
Many Debates; Team To
E n g a g e Millsaps Here
Student Tickets Be
Sold In Montgomery
Student tickets to the Auburn-Flor­ida
game in Montgomery Saturday
will be sold at Cramton Bowl. Stu­dents
may purchase tickets for 40
cents and guest tickets for $1.75. The
sale of ducats for the attraction will
begin at 10 a.m.' Saturday morning
at the stadium, thereby enabling those
students who make the trip down to
Montgomery through the country op­portunity
to purchase tickets on their
way into town.
According to the Athletic Depart­ment
the position of the student ticket
booth at the bowl has not been ar­ranged
but an announcement giving
the location of the booth will be made
in Friday's Plainsman.
CHEMICAL FARMING TO
BE USED SAYS GORMAN
Chemical farming may be the sal­vation
of the cotton farmer if
changes being suggested now are de­veloped.
Francis P. Gorman, presi­dent
of the foundation for the pro­motion
of chemical farming, suggests
that farmers may in the future be
made "positive" rather than "nega­tive".
The first contest of the freshman
debate tournament was held Monday
afternoon at four o'clock. The fresh­man
debate question was: "Resolved,
That Federal Aid Should Be Granted
for the Equilization of Educational
Opportunities." Sam Hall and Gates
were on the affirmative side, D. C.
Smith and A. A. Rich were on the
negative. The judges were: Dr.
Moore and Professor Medlock of the
English department, and Professor
Ivey of the History department. The
votes cast by the judges were sealed
in an envelop and will not be opened
until the end of the first round robin
of the tourney.
The question will be debated over
the N. B. C. network Wednesday,
November 14, from 3 o'clock until
4 o'clock by a group of leading edu­cators
of the United States.
The freshman tournament is spon­sored
by Phi Delta Gamma, national
honorary senior forensic fraternity.
Suitable prizes will be given to the
winners. Continuing the freshman
tournament another debate will be
held next Monday afternoon at four
o'clock in room 301, Samford Hall.
A similar tournament for upper-classmen
is being sponsored by the
Alpha Phi Epsilon, national honorary
fraternity. The cups to be awarded
the individual winners in the tourna­ment
are on display in Jolly's window.
The first intercollegiate upperclass-men
debate will be held Saturday,
November 17, in the Students' Hall.
The visiting debating team will be
from Millsaps College of Jackson,
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Beech Accepts Job
On Advertiser Staff
Gould Beech, former editor of the
University of Alabama Crimson-
White, has accepted a position on the
editorial staff of the Montgomery
Advertiser.
Beech served as editor of the Uni­versity
paper during the 1933-34
school year and was recalled to this
position through appointment this
year. He resigned his position with
the college weekly last week.
While at Alabama Beech was a
leader in extra-curricular activities,
he having held active membership in
Omricon Delta Kappa and several
other honor societies. He is a member
of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
Speaking on the subject of "Is Prog­ress
Real?" Dr. Will Durant thrilled
a large audience of nearly 500 per­sons
last Monday night in Langdon
Hall.
His answer to the question was in
the affirmative; but before giving his
arguments for believing so, Dr. Du­rant
first presented in an interesting
manner the ideas of contemporary
writers upon the subject. Cited were
George B. Shaw and H. G. Wells who
in particular have painted in words
pessimistic pictures of the progress
and future outlook of man.
"H. G. Wells," said Durant, "had
given up hope, saying that the jig was
up." George B. Shaw is known to
contend in his dreary books on the
subject that the world will have to
imitate Russia before it can hope to
fix anything. Also mentioned by Dr.
Durant was Theodore Dreiser, who if
asked the question "Is progress real?"
would have answered in the negative.
The conclusion that Dr. Durant
drew from the opinions of the present
day writers was that they admitted
the world had progressed enormously
in wealth, industry, and machines but
failed to see how man had progressed
at all. They contended, said Dr. Du­rant,
that "man is still the same child
armed with a bigger gun but not with
a bigger brain."
Dr. Durant, in refuting the ideas
of contemporary philosophers, said in
part that they were inclined to con­fuse
the history of civilization and
the history of states, that the real
history of man is composed of contri­butions
by human beings which when
once made are never lost.
In the conclusion of his talk, Dr.
Durant listed ten major events in the
civilization of man that according to
him, constitute real progress. The
ten events in the order named are
the coming of speech, decadence of
fear, conquest of the animal, passage
from hunting to agriculture, coming
of social organizations, developments
of a moral sense, development of an
esthetic sense, beginning of writing,
and the last being education. Each
event was discussed by Dr. Durant to
show how each was a real step for­ward
in the progress of man.
Auburn Students Get
Money Through FERA
One hundred and eighty-five stu­dents
at Auburn are to receive month­ly
payments totaling $2,775 as Au­burn's
portion of the financial aid to
be granted to needy students by the
Federal Emergency Relief Adminis­tration.
According to the figures released
from'Washington, FERA will provide
financial aid to 1338 students in 21
Alabama universities and colleges.
The apportionments to each school
are based on enrollment figures for
October of last year.
Students to receive aid will be se­lected
from those who without the as­sistance
would be unable to remain
in college. Each student will be per­mitted
to earn a maximum of $20 a
month, although the apportionment to
each college is on the basis of $15 a
month per student.
Those receiving assistance will be
employed in socially desirable work
on and off the campus. Campus jobs
will consist principally of research,
clerical, office, library, and laboratory
tasks.
Besides Auburn the two other major
institutions in the state to receive
federal aid are Alabama College and
the university, receiving monthly pay­ments
of $1,275 and $7,215 respec­tively.
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News Editor: Floyd Hurt.
Society Reporters: Mildred Watkins,
Evelyn Perry, Louella Botsford and Katie
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Sports Staff: Jap Parrish, John Came­ron,
and Bill Emery.
Reporters: Alvin Morland, Sam Gibbons,
Dan Smith, James Buntin, Howard Work­man.
BUSINESS STAFF
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Adv. Mgr. and Asst. Bus. Mgr.
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Butler.
University-Auburn Game
In an editorial of our October 3 issue of
The Plainsman we expressed the opinion
that the advisability of the resumption of
athletic relations between the University
and Auburn should be determined by the au­thorities
of the two schools, and that it was
entirely out of the American Legion's field
to negotiate for the game. Later the Crim­son-
White, University newspaper, carried
an editorial in which it held that such a re­lation
would prove detrimental to both col­leges.
Now leading newspapers in the state
have taken up the question.
We agree with the Montgomery Adver­tiser
that "it is juvenile for so robust an
organization as the American Legion to de­mand
the Legislature of Alabama that it
pass a law requiring the teams of the Uni­versity
and A. P. I. to play a football game".
Aside from the fact that it would be
foolish to make a political issue of the pro­posed
game, it is the athletic officials who
should draft their respective football sched­ules
and not some organization which has no
connection with the two schools.
On the other hand, we disagree with the
Crimson-White's stand that the game would
serve to the detriment of both schools. A
game between the two schools scheduled as
a result of common consent on the part of
the two teams to play would be a great con­test.
We can't bring ourselves to think
that the students of Auburn and Alabama
are any more savage and lacking in self-control
than the students of like institutions
in other states. We believe that after the
first game all contention and ill-feeling
would die, and the Auburn-University con­test
would 'be a great step forward in Ala­bama
athletics.
Auburn students, and we believe the
alumni, are ready for the game. Resumpt­ion
of athletic relations between the two
schools now seems to hinge upon the desire
of University students and authorities.
Student Government
The Executive Cabinet has not only been
forced to take a back seat through the lack
of power and an impotent constitution. Much
of the blame for the inefficiency of student
government at Auburn can be traced to
Cabinet member's lack of knowledge and
understanding of the constitution.
Section 2 of Article iv of the Constitu­tion
states that "All acts and decisons of the
Executive Cabinet shall be published to the
student body within forty-eight hours". The
Plainsman files reveal that this duty of the
Cabinet has been sorely neglected since 1930,
only several stories concerning Cabinet act­ion
having been printed during the past few
years.
One of the most startling things we have
learned in our study of student government
at Auburn is that almost an identical ruling
concerning qualifications of candidate for
publications offices has been made twice. In
the spring of 1931 the Cabinet ruled that a
student must have worked a year on the
staff before he shall be elegible for election
was made. This is just a case in point to
show how well informed the Cabinet is with
actions of their predecessors.
Yes, we could install a new system of stu­dent
government at Auburn, but what good
would it do if the Cabinet would not do their
part in making it a respected and integral
part of undergrate life here?
Importance of English
While an accurate knowledge of language
is of little value to a man who knows noth­ing
to say, the man who does have some­thing
to say is disastrously handicapped
without an accurate knowledge of language.
Good English is a mark of the educated
man, and poor English invariably points out
the uncultured. In the light of these truths,
the following example taken from the writ­ing
of a junior student at Auburn is ap­palling:
"rezlized profits is whear the Profits has
alreody been maid."
In a sentence of ten words, no less than
eight glaring errors are noted; and this
is the work of a man who hopes to go out
from Auburn in another year or two and
make people accept him as an educated man.
He is doomed to disappointment unless he
can make valuable use of the time he has
left before going out.
Most of the errors in the example are
the result of carelessness no doubt. Yet
they are atrocious errors, no matter what
their cause—they are impossible errors and
indicate impossible habits in language
usage.
In the past some students were allowed
to graduate without ever correcting these
habits. They not only found themselves
handicapped, but they cast reflections upon
the college that graduated them. It is be­cause
of them that the English deficiency
ruling was made a year or two ago. Au­thorities
at Auburn are determined that
every effort shall be made to prevent grad­uates
from so disgracing the college. If
any instructor discovers habitually faulty
English being used by an upperclassman, he
is asked to report that student as being
dificient in English.
Every instructor should regard such re­ports
as clear necessities. It is his duty
to protect the college and the student. Every
student who is legitimately reported should
consider it a special favor to him. He is
given another chance, with extra time on
the part of the English instructors, to cor­rect
his errors before it is too late to bene­fit
from the facilities of the college.
CABBAGES AND KINGS
By B. S.
Letters to the Editor
Auburn, Ala.,
Nov. 10, 1934.
Editor The Plainsman,
Auburn, Ala.
Dear Sir:—
I read with much amusement and a little
resentment Fanny's letter in reply to Flit's
column, in which she makes the statement,
"Women as a whole are much smarter than
men". That is not true and she knows it.
She is making a feeble attempt to flatter
herself with a false statement.
I am sure that she knows as well as I
do that, women are not capable of creative
thought to any great extent. Nor have they
any true appreciation of Art, Literature,
or music. What little interest they do show
is a pretense to gain an end; namely, a man
on whom they can sponge for the rest of
their lives. They realize that if they pre­tend
interest in these things they will com­mand
the respect of man. But the interest
is false. Women are shrewd, not smart.
For that I give them due credit.
Fanny gives as examples of great women,
Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth, and Madam
Curie. Evidently Fanny went to the movies
last week. She should not let pictures over­shadow
her good sense. Cleopatra was not­ed
not for her mind, as Hollywood would
have one believe, but for her beauty and
allure, not her powers of thought that made
her famous. The less I say of Queen Eliza­beth
the better off I will be. As to Madam
Curie, I give her credit as a co-worker with
her husband. But she is by no means" great.
Fanny says there is a host of other great
women, but fails to name them. She says
she can't think of the others. Well, that is
natural.
I will grant Fanny that women have been
the underdog for a long time. But in fields
where they are on an equal footing with
men they have failed to show any greatness.
Take for example the line of painting. Here
they can be just as deft as man. Their
products are fair but lack the spark of
genius. They show no originality or creat-iveness.
In music also, they fail horribly.
In science there are but a very few who
have shown anything creative.
Where then does Fanny get the idea that
women are as a whole much smarter than
men? The greatest women that the world
has ever produced, while smarter than the
average man, can not compare to the great
men.
I would suggest that Fanny forget the
idea of women's independence of the ego
and face the fact that women were not
created to think, bu,t solely for the propa­gation
of the race.
I have no fear "that somebody with skirts
on" is going to beat me out of a job. Phy­sical
inferiority will prevent them from en­tering
the majority. The rest I do not
care about. So I am not worried in the
least.
A Male.
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.
* * * *
I CONCEDE that the election has been
stolen," says Upton Sinclair after his
defeat my Meriram. Thus Mr. Sinclair
loses more than a gubernatorial election .
. . he loses the respect of the American
public, which insists that a man be a good
loser.
That there was fraud connected with the
California election is highly improbable—
no one yet knows—yet there were certainly
no grounds for Mr. Sinclair to make the
bald statement that the election was stolen.
It seems a pity that a man who has
built up such a reputation for intelligence
and progressive thinking as has Mr. Sin­clair
should dissipate this reputation by one
thought uttered during the bitter hour of
defeat. With a chance to become a figure
of note in politics, and possibly be of gen­uine
service to his state, he throws away
his chances by proving that he "can't take
it".
Mr. Sinclair's story is that of the man
who has so long been accustomed te success
that defeat proves too big a dose. And
since it is in defeat that the true size of a
man is measured, Mr. Sinclair will be re­membered
by the public as a man not quite
big enough for the job to which he aspired.
* * * *
PRIZE BONERS gleaned from the fresh­man
themes of the present Junior class.
"The officer stepped forward to garnish
the hero." •
"The storm was certainly an austere one."
"The rules of this institution are not
facade."
"The limerick is wanted by the police."
"Was he ingratiating that we took the
valuables?"
"The surface was glib."
"Every cornice of the law was disclosed
by the Senators."
"Salt and chlorine admonish a sodium
chloride solution." (To those interested,
Professor Reeves might explain this re­markable
chemical reaction.)
"He is impaired with the desire to be a
great man."
"He spoke to her and called her scenario."
"He was charged with embellishment of
the bank funds."
"God sent down mania for the Isrealite's
food."
"He talked anonymously all evening."
* » * *
WHILE I was writing the above, one of
the society reporters who was reading over
my shoulder insisted that there was nothing
wrong with the third from the last sentence.
i
Just a four-year rat.
* * » *
AUBURNIA . . . Placards advertising
the arrival of the latest vaudeville troupe
at the Tiger . . . "Dance in Montgomery"
strung over the main gate. . . . Methodist
Sunday School to meet at 9:45 (think of
it!) blazoned on streamer across main drag
. . . and Will Durant slips in and out of
town apparently unnoticed.
* * * *
LECTURE . . . I understand that Mr.
Will Durant has worked up, at present, a
half dozen or more lectures, one of which
he delivered in Langdon Hall last Monday
night. It would be a genuine pleasure, I
believe, to hear any or all of them, for Mr.
Durant is a compelling, entertaining speak­er
who seems to know thoroughly the sub­jects
about which he' speaks. The address
of Monday night was delivered in the same
lucid and interesting style which distin­guishes
his numerous books and magazine
articles. And, personally, I'm not at all
averse to books and lectures being enter­taining
as well as informative. (Well, pro­fessors?)
. . . It is unfortunate that Dr. Durant's
talk was not more widely advertised. If
it had been so, there is little doubt but that
the vacant seats in Langdon Hall would
have been occupied—quite a number of peo­ple
either didn't know the event was even
scheduled or were confused about the date.
The organization which sponsored the lec­ture
might take a hint from other groups
in Auburn having entertainment to offer
—however, a white line it not recommended.
A few placards would serve as well.
. . . The female contingent at the lecture
appeared vastly amused at the speaker's
numerous cracks at the stronger sex. The
collective ego of the feminine part of the
audience was being noticeably inflated—so
much so that I was sorry for them when
Mr. Durant deftly punctured their balloon
of self-approbation.
* * * *
TAG ENDS . . . Tuesday afternoon,
and I'm still a prospect for a suicide club.
Address any attractive propositions to this
column . . . I said suicide, not murder.
. . . Something to read: Synge's "Riders
to the Sea". It's a one act play which can
be read in twenty minutes, and if you don't
go around feeling tragic all over the place
for two hours afterward, you're either a
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Dopey says he now calls his fern Argyrol—she's good for the eyes.
* * * * * *
Only two things prevent most Auburn men from being good dancers—their
feet.
How about some of the rest of you submitting some old jokes for Footprints.
* * * * * *
An article from the Atlanta Georgian:
"The 'cockiest' telegram of the year arrived at the Mayor's office Friday.
"From the the Auburn student body, it read:
'"Auburn band will parade 10:45 Saturday. Provide escort.'
"It was signed by Ed Prewitt, 'head cheer cadet'.
"Acting Mayor Frank Reynolds obeyed the mandate after consulting Chairman
Dan Bridges of the police committee and Chief Sturdivant."
* * * * * *
Oh, you Cheer Cadet Prewitt!
* * * * * *
They laughed when I started to make a new dynamite, but when I dropped it
they exploded.
Ed Note: This is a striking illustration of the new type wit which is sweeping
the Auburn campus.
* * * * * *
"I hope this doesn't gum up the works", said Jitters Lewis as she swallowed
her chewing gum.
* * * * * *
Students are finding it hard to determine whether their reports are really
grades or one of Horton Smith's score cards. .
* * * * * *
Guess the town will be alive with interest caused by the departure of Dopey
Ellis for Cincinnati last night. All Scabbard and Blade men are urged to attend
the first meeting after he returns for he has promised to give a detailed report of
his trip. Who knows, maybe he will find another "Bogger".
* * * * * *
Nothing worries a girl more than to learn that the man after her own heart is
not after it at all.
* * * * * *
Upon moving in a room with double beds the other day, Frank Smith stated that
he was extremely disturbed for he thought he and his room-mate were going to have
a room all to themselves.
* * * * * *
As the Yellow Jackets came on the field last Saturday someone must have said,
"Quick, Jack, the Flit".
* * * * * *
Believe it or not:
Two dimes make twenty cents.
Most University students do live in the South.
The Empire State Building will not float.
Skiing is prohibited in telephone booths.
College is supposed to give one an education.
Gandhi is not a Communist. A division of his wardrobe would be most revealing.
WITHOUT THE PALE
GEORGIA JOURNALISTS TO
EDIT "GEORGIAN"
Cooperating with the Atlanta Georgian,
students of the Henry W. Grady School of
Journalism will write the stories and head­lines
and makeup the front page of the
Georgian's special "Homecoming" edition,
to appear Homecoming Saturday, Nov. 17,
John E. Drewry, director of the school, an­nounced
Wednesday.
Stories for the front page will be written
by the feature writing class and headlines
will be composed by members of the class in
newspaper management. The layout and
makeup of the front page will be under the
direction of Edward C. Crousse, associate
professor of journalism.
A wide variety of news and feature sto­ries
will be used on the front page. A story
giving the "dope" about the two teams,
Georgia and North Carolina State, will be
the main story. Other stories to be fea­tured
will be a general story dealing with
the main social events of the Homecoming
week-end, a short history of previous Home­comings,
and a review of early southern
football.
This special "Homecoming" edition, the
first of its kind attempted in the South, will
replace the usual evening edition of the
Georgian which appears on the street about
10:30 a. m. each morning.
* * * *
SCORE BOARD BE ERECTED
AT LOUISIANA U.
Plans are being completed for a huge
score board to be erected at the south end
of the field of Tiger stadium in time for
the Louisiana State university-Tulane an­nual
football classic here December 1, ac­cording
to T. P. Heard, athletic director.
The score board will tower 47% feet
above the ground, 27% feet of this being
the score board and the other 20, giant
girders to support the structure. The score
board will measure 44 feet across, according
to plans and blue prints being drawn up at
present.
The score board will include the names,
numbers, and positions of all players on
each team. The board will reveal the score
of the game at the time, the quarter of the
game being played, and the minutes to play
in the quarter, and who has the ball at the
time.
* * * *
COLORADO STUDENTS
ENJOY OUTING
One hundred and twenty naughty seniors
sneaked away from classrooms and under­classmen
Monday to spend an enjoyable
profound cynic or dumber than most. . .
Upon further reflection, I don't suppose
loin cloths are out of place on figures of
anthropomorphic deities . . . To Mademoi­selle
Barbarossa: Just exactly what did you
mutter in that long blonde beard?
day in the Big Thompson canyon. Nary a
senior was to be found on the Aggie campus
Monday. Those who were not locked in
their rooms shivering from exposure, were
enjoying their campfire along the river in
Big Thompson canyon.
Early Monday morning the seniors left
Fort Collins and went to Sylvan Dale where
they had breakfast and dinner. The hours
between meals were spent riding horses,
hiking, yelling and singing, and "raising
whoopie" in general.
In the evening a barbecue steak dinner
was served, outside Montrose Inn preceding
the annual sneakers' dance.
* * * *
DUKE STUDENTS SEEM TO
BE EXTRAVAGANT
Expenses are bound to mount up in a
university as large as Duke, but need they
be as great as they are?
It seems to us there is a lot of money
spent foolishly and a lot of money wasted
in this institution.
One thing which strikes us especially is
the waste of electricity. Students thought­lessly
go off and leave lights burning for
hours in their rooms. Sometimes the light
is the closet is turned on in the morning
and the student carelessly slams the door
and hurries off to class, leaving it to burn
all day.
This is not the only place. Electricity is
wasted in classrooms when professors and
students alike walk out of class forgetting
entirely about the light. Perhaps the next
period it will be shut off but there may not
be a class in that particular room for hours
and unless the janitor happens by and shuts
it off it burns indefinitely.
This is just one of the many ways in
which money could and should be saved at
Duke. When the students ask for things
from the administration the answer is us­ually,
"We can't afford it." If the students
would be a bit more careful and 'cooperate
a little more with the university in econo­mizing,
they might be able to afford some
of the things which the students desire.—
V. M. J.
* * * *
W. & L. OFFICERS SEEK
THEME FOR BALL
Officers and advisers of the 1935 Fancy
Dress Ball will have an opportunity Sun­day
afternoon to get an idea of what this
year's ball will look like, when they view
a private showing of the United Artists
motion picture, "Congress Dances," at the
New Theatre.
The scene of the picture is laid in Vienna
at the time of the Congress of Vienna of
1814-15, which is the same scene that has
been chosen for the 29th Annual Ball.
Through the courtesy of Ralph Daves and
United Artists, the film has been brought
here free of charge, for the benefit of
Fancy Dress.
FAQS AND FALLACIES
By Flit
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.
WHAT WEATHER this is for toast­ing
one's hoofs by the fire. I was
told that the official temperature
in Auburn Monday morning was at the
freezing point. I think the thermometer
froze at the point and couldn't go any lower.
But what I started off to say was that these
present day gas heaters are the bunk.
Scratch a match, turn a handle, and pres­to,
radiant heat beams forth. It takes so
little effort that we fail to appreciate the
benefits. How much better it would be to
haul in a load of wood to the back yard, get
out the old trusty ax and chop the stuff up
in fireplace lengths. Pine shavings and oak
logs can't be beat. That's the way to enjoy
a fireplace, and no real enjoyment can equal
that gained in a quiet evening before the
dancing, glowing, spitting, sputtering
flames of burning oak logs. That's life.
That's when tall stories are spun and glow­ing
memories of the past are brought before
the mind, memories of love, of the last fish­ing
trip, and of countless other happenings.
And if I had my way I would scrap every
single gas hot water heater and replace
them with the old fashioned wood burners.
If a fellow is too lazy to get them fired in
cold mornings before he takes his bath or
shaves, let him stay dirty or else use cold
water. We are getting too soft and flabby
these days with weak minds to match. Hitler,
the iron man of Germany, uses cold water
entirely and states that warm water is only
for the kids, women, and in some cases for
the men who can't take it.
* * * *
Awhile back I mentioned some much need­ed
things on this campus, all of which are
obvious; but one more occurred to me which
I consider to be worthwhile to mention here.
Of course it would be impossible to bring it
about as long as the people of this state con­tinue
to be so narrow minded. That is, the
majority. What I have in mind is a real
beer parlor for men only. Only beer would
be sold. It would be a real beer parlor with
sawdust two inches thick on the floor, a long
brass foot railing, and a fat bartender such
as bloomberg. It would be a gathering
place for the intellect of the campus, a
place where they could get together and sip
beer while they discussed the various phrases
of campus life and its problems. Five cop­pers
for a large size mug would be the price
and absolutely no females would be allowed.
What the people of this state have against
the sale of beer, I haven't yet figured out. All
I can say is that the attitude they take is
nothing less than foolish. German Univer­sities
are noted for the well trained minds
they turn out and also for their beer par­lors.
The University of Wisconsin has one
along with other "Yankee" Universities.
Beer and bigger pretzels is my motto, and
when that day comes around the common
greeting on the campus here will be "have
a beer on me".
* * * *
Saw something the other night on the
train which made me regret all my moments
of self-pity. A young man of not over thirty
with a two weeks growth of beard and a
bandaged head fainted away because of a
recent mastoid operation. He had no friends
with him—no money. He was on his way
to Lake City Florida but had only passage
to take him to Macon Georgia. For thirty
minutes a trained nurse who happened to be
on the train worked with him. It was finally
necessary to wire ahead for a doctor to meet
the train at the following town. He was
revived, but there was no one on the train
to be with him. Alone, sick, and broke.
The nurse asked the passengers to contri­bute
something to help this unfortunate
fellow finish his trip home. Let no one
say that the world is lost in self-interest,
for there was apparently not a single per­son
on the train who refused to help. Such
things are extremely unfortunate, but they
show that we are not superficial and appar­ently
selfish' moderns.
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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14, 1934 T H E A U B U R N PLAINSMAN A L A B A M A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE P A G E THREE
TEXTILE SESSION
HELD IN ATLANTA
ON NOVEMBER 10
Prof. Ordway Takes An Active
Part In Meeting Of South­eastern
Textile Group
The Fall meeting of the Southeast­ern
section of the American Associa­tion
of Textile Chemists and Colorists
was held in Atlanta at the Piedmont
Hotel on the evening of November
10, beginning at 7 p.m.
The usual dinner was served to
members and visiting guests after
which a program was presented. An
invitation was issued by Chairman
C. B. Ordway, member of the Auburn
textile faculty, to all textile and engi­neering
officials in this section to
attend.
A lecture entitled, "Velvet, the King
of Fabrics", was given by B. A. Alex­ander,
representing the Collins and
Aikman Corporation. Moving pic­tures
were used to illustrate the lec­ture.
E. J. LeFort of the Ciba Co.
spoke on the history of indigo dyeing
and "The Photo-Electric Cell in Color
Matching" was discussed by E. S.
Lammers, engineer for the West-inghouse
Electric and Manufacturing
Co. Entertainment for the meeting
was arranged by Sam Clement, S. I.
Parker, and Jim White.
Into the
Homestretch
Will you be in the money
or are you going to be an
alio ran?
Peter Pan has the inside
track and is coming in
fast, while Brer Rabbit
and Puss'n Boots are neck
and neck for second and
third post positions .
Betting tips for the race
are 2 to 1 that the Three
Little Pigs in their relay
will beat t h e Big Bad Wolf
to the post.
Among the prominent
Guests we find King Ar­thur
and His Knights,
Heidi, Rolf of the Woods,
and Elsie Dinsmore.
In the excitement of a
good start Humpty Dump-ty
took his great fall, and
Snow White and Rose Red
proved themselves worthy
Florence Nightingales!
Dr. Pill Jerk Peter was
called into service and re­ports
Humpty Dumpty
resting well.
Brer Rabbit with Tar
Baby up, is closing the
gap, and you must not
miss the
Finishing Line
BURTON'S
BOOKSTORE
Book Display Now On.
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
MILDRED WADKINS, Society Editor
Local D.A.R. Group
Celebrates Birthday
The Light Horse Harry Lee chapter
of D. A. R. celebrated the birthday
of Mrs. Edith Russell Magna, Presi­dent
General, at their meeting with
Mrs. T. W. Sparrow, Mrs. ,Kernodle
and Mrs. J. W. Watson on Novem­ber
6.
A toast was offered to Mrs. Russell
by Mrs. B. B. Ross and afterwards
each member cut cake from the
double tiere birthday cake with three
candles to represent Mrs. Russell's
years of service as President General.
Other members on program were
Mrs. James Conner who read a pa­per
on Ireland and Mrs. Bruce Mc-
Gehee who talked on Constitution
Hall.
Local Group Attends
New Health Sessions
Several men and women of Auburn
are among the 30 persons who are
taking the special health course of­fered
at the Alabama Field Training
Station in Opelika. The total number
includes county, sanitary officers and
nurses from all over the state.
This course is offered to prepare
persons taking it for field duty, Dr.
Graham said.
Lectures will be given by the heads
of various departments within the
State Health department. The lec­tures
and. classes are held in the
auditorium at Palmer Hall.
Delta Sig Pledges
Give Banquet Here
Pledges of Kappa Chapter of Delta
Sigma Phi fraternity entertained at
a banquet last Wednesday evening at
the local chapter house. The fra­ternity
colors of green and white
were carried out in every detail, the
tables being decorated with white
chrysanthemums and burning cande­labra.
A delightful four course din­ner
was served which was followed by
dancing.
Party Given By Phi
Delta Theta Group
The Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
was the locale of a small informal
party last Saturday night when mem­bers
of the fraternity and other rep­resentative
Greeks on the campus
staged a radio dance. Mrs. Andrews,
housemother, chaperoned the affair.
During the evening, a buffet supper
was served to the crowd.
LOST—Strength of
with note book.
Prewitt at Sigma
receive reward.
Materials book
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PERSONAL
MENTION
Mrs. J. T. Watt and Mrs. Henry
Hanson were hostesses at a tea last
Saturday afternoon from 4 to 6 at
their home on Thach Avenue.
* * *
Among those viewing the Kress
exhibit in Montgomery last week-end
were: Miss Mary Martin, Mr. and
Mrs. Cauthen, Mrs. Terrell, Dr. and
Mrs. Basore, and Prof. Hixon.
* * *
Mrs. W. F. Brown and Mrs. Louis
Ward spent the past week-end in
Montgomery.
* * *
Mrs. John Williamson entertained
last Wednesday with a luncheon hon­oring
her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wil­liamson
of Cedar Bluff.
* * *
Last Tuesday Mrs. W. H. Eaton
honored Mrs: Williamson with a din­ner
party.
* * *
Mrs. Louis Ward entertained last
Wednesday morning with a breakfast
for Mrs. Williamson and Mrs. Byers
of Champaign, 111.
* * *
Miss Louise Whatley who is now
teaching in the Tallassee schools spent
the week-end with her mother, Mrs.
Whatley.
* * *
Among those attending the game
in Atlanta the past week-end were:
Ruth Smith, Elaine Spain, Louise
LeThibus, Elna Ingram, Eleanor
Boyd, Kathleen Johnson, Helen In­gram,
Louise Lee, Lucile Pound, Rosa
and Sara Handley, Caroline Pace,
Dot Olds, Angie Lamb, Lucile Lewis,
Georgia Lee Jackson, Katherine
Quartlebaum, and Jane Dickson.
* * *
Dr. Rosa Lee Walston entertained
at luncheon Thursday honoring Mrs.
Martha Lyman Shillits of Birming­ham.
* * *
Margaret Shelnutt spent the week­end
at her home in LaFayette.
* * *
Bob Klein spent the weekend in
Birmingham.
* * *
Professor Jack Johnson had as his
guest the past week, Jack David
Rucks of Birmingham.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell Davis of
Montgomery visited her mother, Mrs.
S. B. Mardre here the past weekend.
* * *
Caroline Pace had as her guest
Sunday, Miss Micky Green of Colum­bus,
Ga.
Auburn Hi To Play
Five Points In Game
Auburn High's current grid cam­paign
will be brought to a close Fri­day
as the strong Five Points High
eleven is * encountered here in a
"Home-coming Game".
The sponsor for the Auburn team
will be Miss Elizabeth Rogers. Miss
Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.
S. Rogers, is one of the most popular
members of the high school set and is
chairman of the social committee of
the senior class. Her escort will be
Captain Gene Trotter, who is out of
the game with injuries. Miss Suzelle
Hare will act as Miss Rogers atten­dant,
accompanied by Daniel Benson.
The game Friday will start at three
o'clock on the field back of the girl's
gymnasium and will bring together
two of the outstanding elevens of East
Alabama. Auburn has conquered all
of its opposition to date in very ef­ficient
fashion but the Pointers stand
high in local football circles and will
attempt to give the Auburn team its
first defeat of the season. Auburn
has won six straight games, amassing
133 points to their opponents 12.
Auburn's latest victim is Opelika
who played inspired football to hold
the Baby Tigers to a 6-0 victory last
Friday. Auburn paid dearly for this
win, however, as Captain Gene Trot­ter,
right halfback, and Roy Powell,
quarterback, are both out for Friday's
game. Trotter sustained a broken
collar-bone in the opening minutes of
the Opelika game, while Powell had a
piece chipped off his elbow. Both are
first-string backfield aces. Whatley
(Continued on Page 4)
Cullie PeavyTo Wed
O. L. Robinson Early
Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard Oyers Peavy
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Cullie, to Otha Leo Robin­son
of Atmore, Ala., the marriage to
take place in December.
The above announcement will be
read by the many friends of the
couple. Mr. Robinson is more com­monly
known to his friends in Au­burn
as "Goof" Robinson. While
a student here, he was affiliated with
both the band and Auburn Knights,
and was also a member of the Kappa
Alpha social fraternity.
Distinction Awards
Given To Students
Bridge Party Given
For Mrs. Ottis Ward
Mrs. Ottis Ward of Dothan, for­merly
of Auburn, was entertained at
bridge at the home of Mrs. A. M.
Buchanan in Opelika Thursday. Miss
Carolyn Buchanan was joint hostess.
Five tables were placed for bridge.
High score prize was won by Mrs.
Charles Edwards of Auburn. Low
prize went to Mrs. Dan Rencher, Jr.,
and cut prize to Miss Josephine
Summers.
Mrs. Ward is a graduate of Au­burn
in the class of 1932. After
her graduation she was an assistant
instructor in the department of ap­plied
arts. Her husband was employ­ed
in the First National Bank until
going to Dothan last summer.
Baptists Hear Ivey
In Talk Last Sunday
Mr. O. T. Ivey, Professor of His­tory,
addressed the congregation of
the Baptist Church on November 10
on the subject of the "Baptist Stu­dent's
Union".
Mr. Ivey gave a historical sketch
of this union and told something of
each division; the Southern, state,
and local. He stated that the South­ern
unit was organized in 1917 while
the local chapter first began in 1933.
NOTICE!
Representatives of all honor so­cieties
planning to participate in the
Honor. Societies Ball are requested
to get in touch with Jack Shaw at the
S. A. E. house immediately.
Fourteen students received Highest
Distinction awards and twenty-one
received Distinction awards at the
Lee County High School during Oc­tober.
Those receiving Highest Distinc­tion
were: Eleanor Scott, Hulda Rut­land,
Charlotte Edwards, Herbert
Martin, Christine Blackburn, Mary
Ella Funchess, Emma Nell Parrish.
Pattie Phelps, Jule Tisdale, Mary
Olive Thomas, John Turner Hudson,
John Bruce Martin, Winnifred Hill,
and Anne Tamblyn.
Those receiving Distinction awards
were: Macon Ellis, Julian Fowler,
Frank McLendon, Hugh Wright, El­mer
Almquist, Winston Adams, Mary
Ada Carmack, Suzelle Hare, Carolyn
Jones, Ruth Lowe, Elizabeth Sho-walter,
Nellie Ruth Ward, Jean Beas-ley,
Kathryn Blake, Mary Florence
Roberts, John Scott, Dorothy Floyd,
Albert Rauber and Redding Suggs.
Noted Musicians To
Appear In Tuskegee
Catherine Jarboro, soprano, and
her accompanist, Carl Diton, will be
presented at the Tuskegee Institute
on November 17 at 8 P. M.
This is Jarboro's first appearance
in Alabama. Since her sensational
success in the Metropolitan Opera
House, Tuskegee has looked forward
to hearing the first negro musician
to appear in grand opera and many
are expected to attend.
OVERCOATS
and
TOPCOATS
$22.50 up
JIMMY B. FORT
at
College Barber Shop
Home Decoration Is
Discussed At Meet
Of Agents Saturday
A meeting of county home demon­stration
agents was held in Auburn
last Friday and Saturday under the
direction of Miss Ruth Dobyne, dis­trict
home demonstration agent. At-ention
was given primarily to home
beautifying and home decoration.
Holiday decoration for the home
with as little expense as possible was
the phase stressed at the conference.
The home demonstration agents are
making an effort to see that homes
are decorated satisfactorily for Christ­mas
with little or no expense to the
housewives.
Exhibit Of Portrait
Painting Draws Many
Among the last 2500 Alabama vis­itors
reported at the exhibit of por­trait
painting in Montgomery last
week were a number of Auburn vis­itors.
Those included in the list were
Mary Steele, Kyle Caldwell, Mrs.
Annie M. Jones, Prof, and Mrs. M.
L. Beck, Mrs. George Moxham, and
Misses Edith and Marion Prather.
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LIONS CLUBS WILL
SEND MEMBERS TO
DISTRICT SESSION
Members Of Clubs AH Over
Zone Will Assemble Here
Tomorrow For Program
The entire Lions Clubs of Nota-sulga
and LaFayette will meet in
Auburn tomorrow night at the zone
meeting held at Benson's at 6:30.
In addition there will be representa­tives
from Camp Hill, Phenix City,
Roanoke and Montgomery.
With Dr. L. S. Blake as toast-master,
a program of speeches, mu­sic
and fun is planned under the di­rection
of the local lions. The chief
speaker will be H. H. Rodgers of At­more,
governor of the thirty-fourth
district of Lionism, comprising the
state of Alabama.
Other speakers on the program are
H. T. Miller of Montgomery, former
Lion governor of Alabama, and W.
B. de Lemos, deputy governor of the
Montgomery zone.
The Ninth Zone of Lionism com­prises
Lee, Chambers, Russell, Ma­con
and Tallopoosa counties. The
delegations from Roanoke and Mont­gomery
will give a representation of
three zones at the Auburn meeting.
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High School Students
Hear Irvine Lecture
Lee County high school students
were advised to be cautious in choos­ing
"white collar" jobs, or the pro­fessions,
as future life vocations by
Dr. Paul Irvine of the Auburn school
of education who said that such po­sitions
were available only to seven
per cent of those who find after-school
employment.
Dr. Irvine said the outlook was fa­vorable
for increased employment in
the fields of aeronautics, sound repro­duction
(including the radio, telepho­ny
and television), agriculture, the
building trades, social sciences, and
scientific research. Agriculture and
industry comprise approximately one-half
of the nation's employed, he said.
His address, which outlined the pos­sibilities
of increased employment in
various fields, was given as a part of
the National Education Week series
of programs planned for the students
by the local Business and Professional
Women's Club. The students were
urged to "be thinking" about their
future life work in preparation for
the guidance clinic to be held Wednes­day
at which time Auburn business
and professional women will hold con­ferences
with the students. The ob­ject
is to assist them in choosing a
life work and "start planning for to­morrow"—
theme of* the week's pro­gram.
With the greater application of
science and the increased availability
of cheap power, Dr. Irvine predicts
that the present generation will see
the development of "a new kind of
farmer". In the building trades he
believes that the type of dwellings
will be greatly revolutionized within
the next two decades with the substi­tution
of factory-made house-building
units which may be erected within a
week's time at much less expense than
is possible at present. Television, he
added, is already an actuality, the
wide-spread use of which is only a
matter of a few years.
Even though employment in the au­tomobile
industry increased from 15,-
000 in 1910 to over 700,000 ten years
later, he is not certain about its fu­ture
expansion. Aeronautics, on the
other hand, does offer a bright future
for greater employment, he believes.
The program was opened by Miss
Virginia Igou, president of the Au­burn
Business and Professional Wo­men's
Club, who said that the organi­zation
had grown from 200 members
in 1919 to more than 50,000 dt present
with 1,350 clubs. More than $500,000
has been loaned by the clubs for the
education of women.
Plans for the guidance clinic were
discussed by Miss Edna J. Orr of the
College education faculty who is in
charge of celebration of Education
Week as chairman of the club's educa­tion
committee. The guidance clinic
will be directed by Miss Orr and Dr.
Irvine.
Fenton Selected To
WSM All-Star Team
Bennie Fenton, brilliant Tiger left
end, has been chosen for a terminal
position on WSM's all-star Southeast­ern
team for the past week. This is
the second time that Fenton has been
thus honored.
This popular Nashville radio sta­tion
selects a mythical eleven each
Tuesday based on performances in
games the previous Saturday. At the
conclusion of the football season,
a WSM all-star eleven for the season
will be compiled and announced.
Tiger Theatre
AUBURN, ALABAMA
"The Showplace of East
Alabama"
WEDNESDAY, November 14
Claire Trevor, Gilbert Roland,
Norman Foster, and Hugh
Williams in
"ELINOR NORTON"
Also Andy Clyde in "Half-
Baked Relations" and Novelty
"With the Movies of the World"
Don't Forget Jack-pot Night!!!
THURSDAY, November 15
GEORGE M. COHAN in
" G A M B L I N G "
Added Short "Answering Riot
Calls" and Comedy "Dog­gone
Babies"
FRIDAY, November 16
Warren William as
PHILO VANCE in
"THE DRAGON MUR­DER
CASE"
Comedy "Heart-Burn" and
"Latest News Events
of the World"
Jack Oakie On Football
Screen Star Says He Has Learned New Way To Cause
Football Upsets; Is In New Picture
Well, folks, all I know is what I
read over somebody's shoulder, and
from reading Bing Crosby's mail I've
just discovered a new way to cause
a football upset.
Seems that Bing, being born in
Washington, always yells for teams
from that state. So when Washington
State beat Southern California Bing
not only picked up a few nickles and
dimes for himself, but got a chance
to cheer for the first time in years.
In fact, he was so pleased that he
wrote Coach Babe Hollingbery a letter
about it. Bing got a note back, saying
Babe liked the sentiments expressed,
and would use it as a fight talk for his
next game. »
And in the next game Gonzaga up­set
the Cougars!
Of course, Bing going to Gonzaga
had nothing to do with it.
* * *
After looking over my column I sent
all you Oakie admirers last week I
showed it to Lyda Roberti, and she
burned over that crack that there
weren't any guys named 'ski' playing
football. Lyda being more or less
Polish she got all excited, and picked
herself an All-American team, claim­ing
that old Dr. Oakie didn't have
exclusive rights to such. So being
a gentleman at all times, I'm offering
it to you, thus:
Ends: Wojcinovski (Pitt) and Kor-chinski
(Villanova); tackles: Yezer-ski
(St. Marys) and Schilawski (In­diana);
guards: Chyczewski (Car­negie
Tech) and Gurzynski (Temple);
center: Osmaloski (Iowa); quarter:
Pelczynski (Buffalo); halfbacks:
Brominski (Columbia) and Bialowski
(LaFayette); fullback: Janowski
(Wisconsin). '
And, as Lyda remarked, this team
Auburn Allotted Sum
From Education Fund
Auburn has been allotted $77,639.58
of the $694,450.70 that .accured to
the Alabama special educational trust
fund during the month of October.
This allotment is about one-eight of
the entire years appropriation. It is
practically the same as the allotment
that was made at this time last year.
Due to the payment of the whole
years taxes in the fall by several of
the largest corporations in the state,
the trust fund receives a large part
of it's appropriations during October.
For the next few months the fund will
be dependent upon the tobacco tax for
revenue.
Of the total made available $398,-
614.58 to Auburn and $26,041.90 to
Alabama College.
Because of a Supreme Court ruling
in June making invalid any educa­tional
appropriation from the general
fund, the schools of the state are de­pendent
entirely upon allotment from
the state educational trust funds.
Bank Deposits Here
Show Big Increase
• /
Bank deposits in Auburn have
shown an average increase in the last
year of about 30 per cent. This
great increase has been attributed to
several different factors, namely; the
payment of the faculty in negotiable
bonds, the increased enrollment .this
year over last, and others.
Deposits of Alabama's 209 licensed
commercial banks were reported by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp­oration
to have increased approxi­mately
$9,000,000 from December 30,
1933 to June 30.
The report covered 94 per cent of
the licensed banks of the state.
Leo T. Crowley of the Corporation
said he believed "the confidence en-genered
by deposit insurance has been
an important factor in promoting this
substantial increase in deposits."
can easily complete the longest pass
in history. Brominski to Wojcinovski.
In lesser words, from Pole to Pole.
* * *
A team like that would give any
radio announcer a headache, but here's
old Dr. Oakie's prizewinner for the
year. Imagine Ted Husing or Gra­ham
McNamee trying to get this one
off at a critical moment:
"Pitt's Nicksick quick-kicked!"
Try that one on your piano, or even
your piccolo, if your piano isn't handy.
* * *
What this country needs is more
Irish football players. Like in "Col­lege
Rhythm," which I just pulled
through for Paramount, I play a guy
named "Love and Kisses" Finnegan.
I never did find out what his first
name was. But with a name like Fin­negan
I couldn't help but be a success.
There hasn't been a stand-out Irisher
since Johnny O'Brien of Notre Dame.
* * *
Old Dr. Oakie doesn't like to brag,
but did you notice that he predicted
Princeton would play in the Rose Bowl
game out here on New Year's Day?
Those Tigers are still kicking right
along, even if W. and L. did give 'em
a scare. In fact, West Virginia beat
the Presidents worse than Princeton
did. But you'll recall that my old pal,
Frank Anthony is now line-coaching
at West Virginia, and Frank really
knows his lines. If I knew my lines
half as well I'd be a swell actor.
* * *
It's a good thing I got myself into
condition to be a hardy football war­rior
for "College Rhythm," for now
I'm supposed to be in a fight picture
next. Max Baer is making a picture
on the lot, and I've been belting him
around the gym a bit, just to see if
the old right hand is in shape. As I
say, I've been belting Max, but I'm
prepared to light out in a hurry if
those guys I got holding him ever let
go.
METHODIST YOUNG
MEN TO DEDICATE
NEW ROOM SUNDAY
Special Program Arranged For
Dedication Services; Large
Crowd Is Expected
The Methodist Young Men's Bible
Class will hold a special service Sun­day
morning when the new class room
will be dedicated. Officers of the
class have stated that a varied pro­gram
will be presented in connection
with the dedication ceremonies.
Invitation cards have been sent out
to a number of eligible members of
the organization and class' leaders
hope to have a record number at the
meeting Sunday. In addition, the
Young Ladies' Class of the church
has been invited to join the men's
class in the dedication.
The enrollment has numbered
about 25 this year but with the en­larged
class room the organization is
now able to accommodate many more.
The basement of the Methodist
church has been remodeled and the
large new room will be occupied
Sunday.
Officers of the organization are:
G. H. Wright, president; Harvey
Pitts, vice-president, and Fort Ward,
secretary-treasurer.
Early Morning Train
. Will Make Stops Here
To provide early morning railroad
transportation from Montgomery to
Auburn, train No. 38, which leaves
Montgomery at 6:50 a.m., will make
a flag stop at Auburn where it it
due at 8:18 a.m. Announcement of
this has been received by the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute from
headquarters of the Atlanta West
Point Railway at Atlanta, Georgia.
The change is effective at once.
A few months ago Auburn was
made a flag stop for this train to
accommodate pasingers going to At­lanta
and beyond. No provision was
than made, however, for passingers
wishing to come from Montgomery
and beyond to Auburn in the forenoon.
The new arrangement provides this
accommodation.
Out of 188 colleges and universities
157 have found that their students
make better grades in intelligence
tests now than in the pre-depression
era.—Ex.
Announcement Of
Revisions In Bus
Schedule Is Made
Students and townspeople of Au­burn
will note that a change has been
made in the schedule of busses from
Atlanta and Montgomery.
The Auburn schedule now reads as
follows: From Auburn to Montgom­ery—
leaves Auburn at 8:38 A. M.,
11:37 A. M., 5:08 P. M. and 9:50 P. M.
From Auburn to Atlanta buses
leave Auburn at 8:05 A. M., 3:03 P.
M., 5:14 P. M., and 8:45 P. M.
There is also a bus which leaves
Auburn at 7:15 in the morning going
to Birmingham by way of Notasulga,
Tallassee and Wetumpka. It arrives
in Birmingham at 11:30 A. M. An­other
bus leaves Birmingham at 12:30
P. M. coming to Auburn and arrives
here at 4:45 P. M. A special rate is
being offered on the "Short Route"
bus to Birmingham of $1.70 for a one
way fare.
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DEBATE CONTESTS
NOW IN PROGRESS
AUBURN HI TO PLAY
FIVE POINTS IN GAME
(Continued from Page 3)
and Fowler will probably replace
Trotter and Powell, making the start­ing
backfield Friday Fowler, Wilson,
Whatley and Hammock. The starting
line will have Wittel and Ham on
the terminals, Howard and Smith at
the tackles, Jones and Rew at the
guards, and Alt-Captain Hugh Wright
at center. .
(Continued from Page l)
Miss. The Auburn team for this meet
will be composed of R. A. Bolin and
E. P. Thornhill. They will have the
negative side of the question. The
upperclassman question is: "Resolved,
That The Nations Should Agree to
Prevent the International Shipment
of Arms and Munitions".
NOTICE!
Uniform for classes and review
Thursday will be white shirts and
blouses. No uniforms will be worn
to classes Friday.
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CAMP HILL A U B U R N
Ben Smith Succumbs
At Opelika Hospital
Ben H. Smith of Auburn died Fri­day
evening at 7:15 at the East Ala­bama
Hospital after an illness of
several months. Funeral services
were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30
from the home in Auburn. Dr. Bruce
McGehee officiated.
Mr. Smith is survived by his widow,
the former Miss Bertha Dumas of
Auburn, two sons, John Arthur of
Auburn and Ben H. Jr., now in Ja­pan,
one daughter, Annie Lewis of
Auburn, Sam Smith and one sister.
For the past 27 years Mr. Smith
has been living in Auburn. He was
born in Columbus, Ga., later moving
to Opelika. For the past few years
he has been engaged in farming.
$ i 6 5 ROUND TRIP TO
I AUBURN-FLORIDA
Saturday, Nov. 17
Leave on Friday evening or
Saturday morning trains. Re­turn
up to Monday morning.
Western Railway of Alabama
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 14
"SHE LEARNED ABOUT
SAILORS"
Lew Ayres and Alice Faye
Musical Comedy Bing Crosby in
"I Surrender, Dear" and
Cartoan
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Nov. 15 and 16
Dolores Del Rio with Reginald
Owen and Victor Jory in
"MADAME DUBARRY"
air enou<
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TIGERS HUMBLE
TECH ELEVEN IN
THRILLING GAME
(Continued from Page 1)
any back that Auburn has encounter­ed
this season. From the starting to
the closing whistle Roberts was in
there fighting his heart out but he was
not enough. Although in first downs,
yardage, and similar statistics Geor­gia
Tech looked about as good as Au­burn,
touchdowns are the things that
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