1934-09-22 The Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman
SATURDAY ISSUE THE PLAINSMAN
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ONTO
MONTGOMERY!
VOLUME LVIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 1934 NUMBER 5
TIGERS PREPARED FOR SOUTHERN
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Outstanding Students In Engineering Receive Honor
PLAINSMEN EAGERLY AWAITING OPENING
WHISTLE; HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS TAKE
PART IN PEP MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT
SIXTEEN SENIORS
BID TO TAU BETA
PI SOCIETY HERE
Outstanding Engineering Stu­dents
Are Chosen For Mem­bership
In Second Election
INITIATION SOON
Men Will Be Formally Tapped
At Dance To Be Given At
Sophomore Hop
Sixteen seniors were elected to Tau
Beta Pi in the society's regular fall
election last night.
Those honored are: James Bonner,
Montgomery; J. H. Green, Pensacola;
H. S. Savage, Birmingham; Fred
Kummer, Frankfurt-Oder, Germany;
F. R. Bell, Overton; B. H. Kroenberg,
Brookside; J. R. Burdeshaw, Dothan;
George Lester, Birmingham; Jack
Coan, Birmingham; A. E. Everage,
Andalusia; Wallace Nelson, Mont­gomery;
Jack Ramsey, Russellville;
Joe Parker, Birmingham; F. J. Buch-mann,
Cullman; William Hughes,
Evansville, Ind.; Morris Miller, Mo­bile.
All of these men have attained high
ranking in the engineering school and
have been outstanding in their work
here. They will be formally tapped
at the Tau Beta Pi dance Saturday
night during the Sophomore Hop.
The present membership of the local
Alpha chapter includes the names of
many men who are active in engineer­ing
circles. The fraternity came to
this campus ;n May 1920. Since that
time Tau Beta Pi has commanded a
ranking position among honor socie­ties
here.
The purpose of the organization is
"to mark in a fitting manner those
who have conferred honor upon their
Alma Mater by a high grade of schol
arship as undergraduates, or by their
attainments as alumni; and to foster
a spirit of liberal culture in the en­gineering
schools of America."
Tau Beta Pi is instrumental in
Bringing prominent engineers to the
local campus every year for lectures.
The society also gives a trophy to
the highest ranking freshman in the
engineering school each year.
To Be Seen In Action Tonight
College Orchestra Be
Organized By Barnett
Lawrence Barnett announces that
the College orchestra will be organ­ized
Tuesday evening at 7:00 o'clock
in Langdon Hall and that women stu­dents
are invited to enroll.
"By no means will the orchestra
personnel be limited to men students,"
said Mr. Barnett. "I know that there
are many fine musicians among the
women students and they are invited
to take part."
Mr. Barnett explained that the
string section still has a number of
vacancies and urged that those stu­dents
who play the violin. or other
string instruments report for the first
regular rehearsal on Tuesday evening.
An excellent album of orchestra
music is already available, including
all types of classical and semi-classi­cal
numbers, which the orchestra will
use this year.
Those students interested in orches­tra
work are asked to see Mr. Barnett
at the President's Mansion or at re­hearsal
Tuesday evening.
VETS PLAN TO BRING
ANIMAL SHOW HERE
The Junior American Veterinary
Medical Association plans to bring a
dog and horse show here some time
this semester.
This plan, along with plans for a
"short course" dance, was discussed
at a meeting of the local chapter in
session Wednesday night.
FOUR ARCHITECTS
NAMED TO SCARAB
IN FALL ELECTION
Thrasher, Jolly, Klein, And
Womelsdorf Are Tapped
By Honor Society This Week
NATIONAL SOCIETY
Khufu Temple Founded Here
In 1929 When Botegha's
Petition Was Accepted
HRYGOOD «97ERSDW-flUB0RH
NORMftN HOUSTON-BU&UM,
Norman Houston, guard, and Hay good Paterson, tackle, are two
sturdy linesmen who will be called into action when the Tigers and
Panthers square off. Houston is a senior and is playing his last year
under the orange and blue banner. Paterson has another year of
football. Playing in his home town, Haygood should come through
at the tackle position in fine style against Southern. Both men stand
around the six foot mark. Houston weighs in at about 180 while
Paterson tips the beam to the 194 pound mark.
BAND TO ATTEND
GAME IN CAPITOL
Seventy-Seven Piece Military
Band Will Parade Upon Ar­rival
Of Special Train
Auburn's seventy-seven piece mili­tary
band will make the trip to Mont­gomery
for the Auburn-Birmingham-
Southern game tonight with George
White acting as Drum Major, ac­cording
to B. P. Bidez, Director.
The Band will form at the station
and play for the parade to Court
Square, where the annual first-game
rally will be staged under the direc­tion
of Cheer Leader Prewitt.
As yet the Drum Major for this
year has not been elected, but George
White will act in that capacity until
one is elected in the near future.
The roster for the band is as fol­lows:
Clarinets—W. L. Allison, T. P. Ba­con,
F. E. Barnard, A. G. Blakney,
D. E. Crockett, M. O. Crumbaker, C.
Dean, J. E. Dunning, L. R. Ellenburg,
F. E. Grubbs, M. L. Hardeman, J. E.
Harris, V. M. Hollaway, F. L. Lee,
J. L. Liles, H. McLeod, W. P. Locke,
M. R. Mountien, J. D. Orr, E. S. Pa-planus,
C. C. Pelham, J. W. Simpler,
E. W. Starnes, J. T. Swindle, J. E.
Vance, W. B. Welch, M. B. York, and
C. W. Tant
Trumpets—W. O. Bozeman, F. J.
Buckmann, E. E. Flowers, J. W. Hoo­ver,
L. A. Ingram, J. S. Johnson, W.
L. Parker, W. H. Persons, W. J. Por-teous,
J. A. Roberts, C. W. Trotter,
J. M. Young, and R. C. Feagin.
Trombones—W. F. Drawbaugh, L.
M. Duke, W. Hester, J. Houser, J. W.
Motley, A. R. Smith, R. M. Strain,
L. J. Vogel, and D. A. York.
Saxophone—H. J. Greene, E. Kap-lus,
J. W. Keith, W. E. McGee, and
A. A. Nettles.
Horns—M. J. Beard, J. F. Carroll,
C. R. Crook, R. H. Darling, A. M.
Ellenburg, J. G. Finch, J. R. Hub­bard,
G. G. Scarborough, J. R. Smith,
M. D. Thomas, G. E. Wallace, and
J. T. Hooper.
Piccolos—E. M. Butler and W. J.
Suffich.
Oboe—J. W. Beddow.
Drums—E. E. Casson, H. Holm-berg,
L. L. Lacy, W. P. Locke, E. P.
Riley, and G. Riley.
Officers of the Band Organization
are: E. E. Flowers, president; E. W.
Starnes, vice-president, and L. R. El-lenberg,
secretary-treasurer.
HONOR SOCIETIES
WILL GIVE DANCES
Scabbard And Blade, Blue Key,
And Tau Beta Pi To Sponsor
Affairs During Hop
Three honor societies have bought
dances during the Sophomore Hop,
according to an announcement by
Marion Thrasher, Chairman of the
Social Committee.
Scabbard and Blade will sponsor the
Saturday morning dance. The annual
official fall tapping exercises at the
dances will take place at this time.
Two lead-outs will be held in honor
of members of this organization.
Members will be dressed in white
trousers, white shoes, the regulation
R. 0. T. C. blouse, and Sam Browne.
The Saturday afternoon dance will
be sponsored by Blue Key. Lead-outs
complimenting members of the society
will be held, and the nine neophytes
of Blue Key, who were recently elect­ed,
will be tapped.
Tau Beta Pi will give the dance Sat­urday
night. Official tapping of those
men whose names appear in this issue
of The Plainsman will take place.
Lead-outs will also be given in honor
of Tau Beta Pi members.
Thrasher stated that in addition to
those house parties already announc­ed,
Pi Kappa Phi, Theta Upsilon
pmega, Sigma Phi Sigma, and Phi
Kappa Tau> Sigma Nu will also en­tertain
visiting girls. The committee
collected approximately 350 bid cards
yesterday afternoon, and a large num-
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Scarab, honorary architectural fra­ternity,
elected Marion Thrasher, Bob
Klein, Edwin Jolly, and William Wo­melsdorf
to membership at a meeting
of the local Temple last Monday
night. Thrasher and Klein are se­niors,
while Jolly and Womelsdorf are
juniors.
Bo McEwen, president of Khufu
Temple, the Auburn branch of the so­ciety,
announced that initiation for
these new men will be held in the near
future.
Scarab was founded at the Univer­sity
of Illinois on February 25, 1909.
Khufu Temple was chartered here in
the spring of 1931 as the thirteenth
chapter of the society. Botegha, sim­ilar
to Scarab, existed as a local here
until its petition was accepted by the
national.
Scarab was founded for the purpose
of giving to those planning to enter
the field of architecture as their life
work, a broader knowledge of archi­tecture
and for forming a bond of
friendship with others in the same
field.
The fraternity seeks to help the de­partment
of .architecture as a whole,
its members aiding in any movement
that will make for a better depart­ment.
This year Khufu Temple plans
to sponsor an Architect's Ball, a ban­quet,
and several architectural com­petitions
between members of the
architectural school.
Qualities which are considered in
the selection of new members are
scholarship, character, leadership, and
ability in Architectural Design. The
probability of future success in the
practice of architecture is also con­sidered.
Each year the organization holds a
major sketch competition in which
medals are awarded the winners. In
addition, this year they will add com­petitions
in several other parts of the
school's work.
Officers of this year's Khufu Tem­ple
are: Bo McEwen, president; Alan
Jacobs, vice-president; Richard Hoar,
secretary, and Frank Smith, treas­urer.
One Of Largest Crowds In
History Of Auburn Mass
Meetings Attends Pep Fest
PLAYERS SPEAK
Coaches Meagher, Morgan,
Jordan Make Brief Talks
To Student Body
Pledges Of Military
Society Be Initiated
Initiation for recently elected Scab­bard
and Blade men will be held to­morrow,
according to an announce­ment
by Frank Ellis, Captain of "L"
Company.
The initiation will begin at seven
o'clock in the morning at Toomer's
Corner, when the public part of the
exercises will take place.
A formal inspection of all neophytes
will be held uptown at ten o'clock.
All initiates will drill with rifles, be
dressed in uniform blouses, pajama
pants, and leggins.
At seven o'clock that night pledges
will meet at Toomer's Corner from
where the horse-back ride out in the
country for the remainder of the ini­tiation
will begin.
Phi Delta Kappa To
Give Dance Tonight
Among the festivities attendant
with the Auburn-Birmingham-South­ern
football game in Montgomery to­night
will be a dance to be given by
Phi Delta Kappa fraternity. Guy
Kimbrough, former Auburn student,
is in charge of all arrangements for
the affair.
Music will be furnished by Al Stan­ley
and his orchestra, one of Mont­gomery's
outstanding dance bands.
Dancing will get under way direct­ly
after the game and will continue
until two-thirty. During the evening
lead-outs favoring organizations at
both Auburn and Birmingham-South­ern
will be held.
Sponsors for the affair will be Bess
Kimbrough, Vernon Lewis, Elizabeth
King, Susie Leak, Scottie Reeves,
Louise Van Pelt, Katherine Massey,
Frances Wright, Monnie Hannon, and
several others.
Decorations will give prominent dis­play
to the colors of both schools, and
college emblems and insignia will
make for a collegiate atmosphere.
"I have never seen the like of all
this pep and enthusiasm," were the
words of Coach Meagher, as he stood
before the cheering crowd last night
in Langdon Hall.
Last night's mass meeting was one
of the largest that Auburn has seen
for several years. The crowd was
estimated at around one thousand.
Back to Langdon Hall, which was
filled so rapidly that in five minutes
not a single seat was available nor
standing room either, the crowd went
wild as the band "whooped it up,"
playing "Auburn Victory March."
Cheerleader Prewitt and his men then
got everybody together on a yell,
which probably echoed through the
countryside for miles around.
The cheering increased tremendous­ly
as the team and coaches took seats
upon the stage. Coach Jack Meagher
then spoke, declaring that "the foot­ball
men deserve the support of all
students." Coach Meagher then in­troduced
each member of the team to
the cheering crowd.
Coach Ralph Jordon declined to say
much, stating that he "would leave
all the talking up to Del."
Mike Welch, captain of the Tigers,
stated in a brief talk, that it did him
good to see all the pep. "We are go­ing
to give all we've got," he said,
"and we want you to stick by us, and
we'll stick by you."
Coach Del Morgan said in regard
to the students that they "are the
twelfth man on the team, and with­out
that man the team cannot work."
He said he had heard so much about
the Auburn spirit that he knew it
couldn't die. "Hold it and stay with
us," were his ending words.
Cheerleader Prewitt announced that
there would be a mammoth parade
through the streets of Montgomery
accompanied by the band Friday at
6 P. M., beginning at the Union De­pot.
The students singing the Alma
Mater ended Auburn's first real mass
meeting of the year.
' Current opinion has it that the
meeting last night showed a marked
reawakening of "Auburn Spirit"
among the student body.
Tiger Trainer Game Marks Debut Of Coach
Jack Meagher As Plainsman
Tutor; Is Favorite
SOUTHERN PRIMED
COACH H//LBURHWSSH.-aMu(lH
Coach Wilbur Hutsell, trainer
and track coach, is beginning his
fourteenth year at Auburn.
Squad Of Fifty Players Make
Trip To Montgomery; Start­ing
Lineup Unnamed
RE-EXAMS ARE TO
BEGIN ON MONDAY
Students Must Notify Profes­sors
Before Exams Can Be
Taken Says Edwards
Pictures For Annual
Be Taken Next Week
Will Bruce, business manager for
the Glomerata, has announced that
pictures will be taken for the annual
beginning at 8 A. M., Tuesday.
Freshmen will be the first to have
their photos taken, and they will be
notified by card as to the exact time
to appear. Bruce urges that all stu­dents
be on hand at their specified
time in order to prevent delay and
confusion. Students will be excused
from class upon presenting the card
to their instructors.
The pictures will be taken as usual
in the basement of Alumni Hall. Each
student will have four poses from
which to choose from. Fifty cents
will be charged for each additional
print.
At the rate of from sixty to seventy
prints a day, Bruce hopes to have the
job completed in about five weeks.
Don Johnson, from Columbus, is the
photographer again this year.
Re-Examinations for the fall sem­ester
will start Monday, September
24, according to an announcement
made by Charles W. Edwards, asso­ciate
registrar. Students concerned
should examine the schedule and
notify the instructor in time to allow
for the making out of questions.
Students who received grades rang­ing
from 60-69 in the last two sem­esters
or the summer session, or who
were absent .from examination with
permission during the past two sem­esters
are entitled to a re-examina­tion.
Only one examination will be
allowed in each subject.
Anyone taking a re-examination
must first secure a special class card
from the registrar. A fee of $2 is
charged for each examination, with
a maximum charge of $5 for three
or more.
A conditioned subject must be re­peated
in class unless a re-examina­tion
is taken within one residence
year of the semester in which the
condition was given. Next week, then,
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Eta Kappa Nu Taps
Ten Students Here
PROBABLE STARTERS
Auburn Position Southern
Fenton LE Haygood
Paterson LT Fisher
. Townsend
Wedgeworth
_ Clark (C)
Curry
Davis
_QB_. _. Young
-LHB-.. - Teel
_RHB McKay
Welch (C) LG_
Musgrove C ~-
McCroskey RG.
Rodgers RT._
Morris RE..
Scarbrough
or Hill _
Mitchell ...
Stewart ...
Whitten FB Johnson
Officials: Ervin (Drake) ref­eree;
Mumma (West Point) um­pire;
Severance (Oberlin) head
linesman; Mouat (Armour) field
judge.
At a recent meeting of Eta Kappa
Nu, honorary electrical engineering
fraternity, ten men were selected for
membership. Members were selected
from the upper one fourth of the Se­nior
class and the upper one eight of
the Junior class. The seniors honor­ed
are: Clements, C. C ; Everage, A.
E.; Morris, H. J.; Nelson, W. W.;
and Pruett, C. A. Those honored from
the Junior class are: Merrill, L. ft;
Godbold, B. D.; Pease, W. C ; Wil­liams,
J. H.; McKinney, G. W.
The formal tapping is to take place
at a banquet in the near future. The
initiation will take place soon after
the formal tapping exercise.
Membership in Eta Kappa Nu is
only open to men in the School of
Electrical Engineering. Its purpose is
to bring into closer union for mutual
benefit those men in the profession of
electrical engineering who, by their
attainments in college or practice,
have manifested a deep interest and
marked ability in their chosen work.
The 1934 Auburn Tigers are eager­ly
awaiting the starting whistle to­night
which will send them into ac­tion
down in Montgomery against
Birmingham-Southern's Panthers. It
will be the opening game of the sea­son
for both teams.
The game tonight will mark the
Auburn debut of Coach Jack Meagh­er,
who took over the athletic reins
of the Plainsmen relinquished by
Coach Chet Wynne. Coach Meagher
came to Auburn after a brilliant rec­ord
as coach of Rice University, of
Houston, Texas.
Coach Meagher, with a squad of
approximately fifty players, will leave
late this afternoon for the scene of
the battle, arriving in the Capitol City
just before the game. Practically
the entire student body, including the
famous Auburn Band, and most of
the townspeople, are expected to be
on the sidelines when Referee Lou
Ervin signals for the beginning of
hostilities. A huge parade, headed
by the band, is scheduled to be held
immediately upon arrival of the spec­ial
train in Montgomery around six
o'clock tonight.
The Birmingham-Southern team,
for the first time in years, rules a
slight favorite to defeat the Auburn
clan. Replete with seasoned varsity
performers, the Panthers are expect­ed
to display mid-season form in their
annual inaugural tilt with the Plains­men.
Despite the odds against the Tigers,
Auburn followers are expecting to see
the Plainsmen fight to the utmost, and
some are of the opinion that an Au­burn
victory is not beyond a possi­bility.
The outcome of the battle will de­pend
on just how much Coach Mea­gher
and his assistants have been
able to advance the Plainsmen in the
three short weeks he has been at the
helm of Auburn football.
The burden of Auburn's showing
will rest upon the performance of
the array of sophomore material
which the Tiger mentor has had to
use to plug the gaps left by gradua­tion.
Especially important will be
the performance of the inexperienced
backfield, in which department not a
returning letterman can be found.
As the Tigers take the field tonight
to begin the eleventh battle between
the two teams, Coach Meagher is ex­pected
to plaee his more experienced
players in the opening lineup.
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P A G E T WO T H E P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 1934
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CONDUCT
i When a little whoopee boy gets a little
liquor in his little tummy he immediately
becomes a big nuisance, which is his only
way to attract notice in a snooty world that
is strangely indifferent to the dumb.
Now, when we get to Montgomery let's
try for once to act like respectable college
students. Montgomerians are probably less
tolerant of our plebian actions at football
games down there than we think for. Nat­urally,
they form an impression of Auburn
by the behavior of Auburn students. And
when two or three of us get a little liquor
in our little tummy and "shine" for the
amusement and pity of our elders we are
laying Auburn open to all sorts of criticism.
We realize that the majority of Auburn
students act like gentlemen on football
trips. The trouble is that the actions of a
few cast a reflection upon the entire stu­dent
body.
We have as much love for Auburn as the
next man, but we believe we can display
Auburn spirit better through cooperation
with the cheerleaders at the game than by
displaying our "spirits" before the whole
town. Auburn spirit does not consist of
getting a bit tight and putting on a disgust­ing
show for the town.
MILITARY COURSE
"R. O. T. C—An Educational Goldbrick."
Thus the Christian Century, one of our
most erudite periodicals, labels Uncle Sam's
method of providing trained officers in the
event of any future war.
Quote. "The theory underlying the R. O.
T. C. consists primarily of three proposi­tions:
first, preparation for war is essential
to national defense; second, as a prepara­tion
for war, a large potential army of citi­zens
is better than a large standing army
of trained soldiers; third, the way to have
a large potential army is to train a large
number of officers in advance of hostilities.
It is well understood that the Christian
Century considers that the first of these
propositions is entirely fallacious and that
its fallacy vitiates the other two."
As an example of the summary disposi­tion
of three vexing propositions, we must
laud the Century's method. As an example
of logic, we are forced to point out that such
a method is obviously weak.
Because the Century believes the unde­niably
open question that preparation for
war is essential to national defense to be
false, it dogmatically states that, as the
result of this belief on the part of the Cen­tury,
the other two propositions are neces­sarily
undermined. Let us consider these
two propositions that are so easily vitiated
because of the Century's belief.
"A large potential army of citizens is
better than a large standing army of train­ed
soldiers." Obviously, from a strictly
military point of view, to have the entire
citizenry trained into one large standing
army would be the best possible defense.
Yet this is evidently impossible. To have
what is ordinarily known as a large stand­ing
army, and to leave the rest of the na­tion
in ignorance of warfare, would be ade­quate
defense in the event of any minor
emergency, but would be quite impotent in
the face of another war of nations, in which
it is evident that entire peoples, and not
armies, will be the deciding factor.
"The way to have a large potential army
is to train a large number of officers in
advance of hostilities." Need such an ob­vious
truth be discussed? Trained leaders
are the backbone of any organization,
whether military or otherwise.
As a final proof of the Century's ignor­ance
of the subject which it has discussed
so learnedly, may we submit this statement,
from the closing paragraph of its editorial.
"Is it surprising that students protest?
Some protest because of conscientious
scruples against war. More protest be­cause
R. 0. T. C. wastes their time, and
promises benefits which it cannot confer."
The size of the student protest was clear­ly
shown here when 169 out of 206, or 82%
of the Juniors who had finished the requir­ed
R. 0. T. C. work voluntarily signed up
for the advanced R. O. T. C
THE PLAINSMAN
The Plains-man is a college paper, and as
a college paper seeks to discuss intelli­gently
and adequately the problems of the
campus in its editorial columns. If some
situation deserves condemnation, the Plains­man
will not-hesitate to condemn; if some
situation deserves praise, that praise will
be forthcoming in these columns.
As a college paper, the Plainsman opens
its editorial page to others on the campus,
inviting them to offer their comment and
criticism. If conflicting views can be of­fered,
so much the better. Disagreement
is the foundation of progress.
However, the Plainsman does not intend
to limit its editorial discussion to the cam­pus.
The Birmingham News is a Bir­mingham
paper, but it does not stop with
discussing local problems. Neither does
any other good newspaper, though local
problems get adequate treatment. Campus
problems come first in any college paper,
but there are also problems concerning the
city of Auburn, the local organizations, and
the state of Alabama which the Plainsman
hopes to give some attention.
Even national government, world rela­tions,
and economic puzzles are considered
fit subjects for discussion, to say nothing of
social and ethical questions that affect col­lege
students as well as outsiders. These
are all within what the Plainsman editor
considers his legitimate field.
No promise is made to discuss these
questions as well as does the New York
Times or the Baltimore Sun, but they will
at least be discussed from a different view­point.
The viewpoint of the college stu­dent
should be worth something, as is evi­denced
by the vast amount of time given to
him by those outside the college. We hope
to make the Plainsman an organ for help­ing
to let people learn what the college stu­dent
thinks when he is not attending dances,
pep meetings or football games.
LEST THE PUBLIC SPEAK \
Newspaper accounts tell daily of textile
mills that have reopened under the protec­tion
of armed guards. Flying squadrons
have been made inactive by state-supported
militia and volunteer regiments. Yet a
non-partisan estimate made by one of our
large news agencies places the number of
strikers at 421,000, the greatest total since
the walkout began.
Obviously the common complaint two
weeks ago, that the strike was sponsored
by only a few men and was forced upon the
workers, has been proved groundless. Pub­lic
funds are being used to protect any who
wish to work, and still the strike grows.
One mill which opened behind armed militia
refused to inform the press as to the num­ber
of men actually returning to work; ap­parently
only a small minority reported.
The calling out of 9,000 national guards,
then, has cleared up one point; the strike
is supported wholeheartedly by a majority
of the textile workers of the United States.
The textile strike, like most strikes, is
simply a fight between labor and the own­ers
of capital. Both sides in the conflict
are unquestionably losing as a result of the
inaction, but the worst part of it is that
the public, the disinterested party, is also
losing. The whole nation is losing. Why,
then, cannot the public, through its repre­sentative,
the government, step in and call
a halt to this waste?
The use of national guards to reopen
mills represents public action, but action in
the interests of capital. This is unfair,
just as it would be unfair for national
guards to forcibly close mills in the interest
of the strikers. What the public should
do, should have power to do, is force a
hurried and peaceful settlement of the
strike. If one party to the controversy re­fuses
to place the issues in the hands of
the public's representative immediately,
then the use of force would be justified.
COLLEGE ORCHESTRA
A long-felt need at Auburn is a college
orchestra. And this is exactly what Au­burn
is to have this year if those students
who play instruments, especially strings,
will cooperate with Mr. Lawrence Barnett
who is here for just this purpose and to
give private instruction in both band and
orchestral instruments.
Mr. Barnett states that the orchestra
personnel will be composed of both co-ed
and men musicians. For the next rehearsal
in Langdon Hall on Tuesday evening at
7:00 o'clock Mr. Barnett said that the or­chestra
will be organized and regular prac-
THE PRIMROSE PATH
By Heartbalm and Heartbroken
EDITOR'S NOTE: The opinions expressed in
this column are not necessarily the editorial opin­ions
of this paper. It is a column of personal
comment, and is not to be read as an expression
of our editorial policy.
Dere h and h?
i live out in the cuntry but i am won of
your reeders. Cud you pleese advis me
aboute mi problumn. i am a yung gurl of
aboute 17 yrs and i live down aroun Mo­bile
whar a yung Man what gos to yure
schul livs. he hez bin cumin to sea me fur
sivral yrs. but latly he hez bin neglecking
me fur the pass munths and i want to^ no
what to do aboute it. i think thet eny red-heded
boye what taks adventag of a yung
gurl shud remane ever her tru lovr, dont
you? i cant hardly blam him on acounte
of al the butiful gurls what goes to yore
schul but my dad sez that if he thros me
downe like sum mor of the pore gurls he
hez done so aroun theze partes in the lass
fu yrs. he wil evermor shut him. Pleese
helpe me.
yrs. trly.
xenia
p, s, his name is ed pr (omitted by
the editor).
Our dear Xenia:
Before we undertake to reply to this
touching epistle of yours, we feel that the
time is appropriate for passing on to our
other readers a few remarks concerning the
unspeakableness of such treatment. The
kind of man that would take advantage of
such a girl who manifestly is uneducated,
although of innate fineness; a girl who in
her simple life has come in contact with
none of the wolves in sheep's clothing that
roam this campus, is unspeakable. That
such creatures be allowed to exist is more
than we can understand, and we call on
readers to pass judgment on such fiends. Is
tar and feathering too good for such vile
members of our race?
Dear girl, how can we ever salve your
tattered emotions? You must not believe
that all of the young men that attend this
school are as despicable as this; nay, there
are many who hold all womanhood noble
and would sacrifice their lives to defend a
woman's honor. After carefully reading
your letter we would suggest that you im­mediately
come to Auburn, confront the
dastard with his shame, and when he quiv­ers
with fear and self-loathing, spurn him.
Enter this school as a co-ed and achieve
the popularity that is due you. We can see
from the brief letter you have written that
while your education is a trifle deficient in
some points, you are well up with the aver­age
co-ed and should experience no diffi­culty
in humbling the weak men who are
set over you as teachers.
If you decide to follow this course, please
let us know when you will arrive and we
shall form a body of fine thinking students
who will proceed from the station to the
abode of this miserable wretch. There we
shall see to it that you have justice done
you, no matter what the cost. The homely
pathos of your indescribable letter has
caused our hearts to bleed for you and we
are anxious to do everything in our power
to aid you.
Gratefully,
H. & H.
IDLE EMS
Funny that every man of national promi­nence
who was asked to speak on Consti­tution
Day programs was either a Repub­lican
or a Democrat with Republican lean­ings
. . . and how they did tear into the
present administration . . . Who said Ger­many
was broke? . . . She may be but if its
military supplies she wants she can always
scare up the money to get them . . . Imagine
countries squabbling over whether or not
Russia should be admitted to the League of
Nations . .... what difference does it make?
. . . And, not to be outdone by her sister
state of Louisiana, Mississippi comes
through and sends "a hell raiser" to the
Senate . . . Wonder who will win the game
in Montgomery tonight . . . That was some
mass meeting last night . . . Those machine
guns on the Pepperell Filling Station give
one a feeling of uneasiness . . . Auburn
Knights are getting better every day . . .
Hope the Opening Dances are good . . .
And so on far, far into the night.
Under our present form of education I
am led to the conclusion that, as individ­uals,
Americans are great, but collectively
we are a failure.—Dr. William J. Mayo.
tice will begin. He is most urgent in in­viting
women students to take part.
Mr. Barnett is a graduate of Northwest­ern
University in Music and is an excel­lent
violinist. His work in directing the
orchestra and giving instruction will be a
distinct asset to the college and the Plains­man
hopes that many students, including
the co-eds, will avail themselves of this op­portunity.
The orchestra will give fine
musical training for those who take part
and will add much to various college func­tions.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
We are contemplating changing the name of this column to "Foolish Prints"
after this issue. We feel that we shall be forced to say something about the humor
some of the students exhibit at the game, and it will be more appropriate under our
new caption.
* * * * * *
The moon may have a lot of influence on the tide but it has much more on the
untied.
* * * * * *
Bo McEwen be-calmed on the sidewalk. An itinerant pedestrian requested a
light. Bo offered his cigarette. The passerby took the cigarette and passed serene­ly
on. Now Bo is bumming them.
* * * * * *
Sometimes a man in the public's eye is just a cinder.
* * * * * *
"We are now passing the world's oldest brewery," said the guide.
"We are not," replied the American tourist, as he hopped off the bus.
* * * * * *
Feed your chickens celophane and get fresh eggs.
* * * * * *
LYRIC AND LAMENT OF A MAIDEN
Love is a wonderful, marvelous thing
And its pleasures more precious than gold,
I've been told.
And naught is so sweet as a lover's embrace,
And a sweetheart to kiss and a lover to hold,
I've been told.
I know what to do when a man holds me close,
And his lips become warm and his hands beaome bold,
. . . I've been told.
* * * * * * .
The reason people who mind their own business are so successful is because
they have so little competition.
* * * * * *
Sure these jokes are good—they've got to be good.
* * * * * *
"Hey," cried Satan to the new arrival, "you act as if you owned this dump."
"I do; my wife gave it to me,"
* * * * * *
"What is more than a cold bath after breakfast?"
"No cold bath before breakfast."
* * * * * *
A bachelor is one that doesn't want to make the same mistake once.
* * * * * *
Who said that a faculty meeting was just a forget together.
'amous Al umni o f Aub urn
Since it has become a generally accepted
fact that a man's college training is highly
instrumental in whatever success he may
achieve in later life, institutions of higher
learning take great pride in pointing to
those of its products who reach the top in
their chosen field. Auburn is no exception.
She has alumni who have earned interna­tional
recognition for their contributions
to modern civilization.
Space limitations permit only a represen­tative
few to be pointed out, but among
these few are men of world-wide fame. It
might be well to select one or more out­standing
alumni, by way of illustration,
from each of the following "fields: public
utilities, agriculture, military, inventions,
and architecture.
Auburn has truly contributed a leader in
the public utilities field. Matthew S.
Sloan, president of the New York Edison
Company, which, combined with three other
power companies, make the most gigantic
power system in the world, graduated from
Auburn in 1901. The organization which
he heads employs an army of 35,000 persons
and supplies over six million with electric
current. Needless to say, Mr. Sloan is ex­tremely
influential in New York City's
complex civil life. In Brooklyn he is direc­tor
or trustee of at least four banks, mem­ber
of the Chamber of Commerce, Treasurer
of the Polytechnic Institute, Treasurer of
Long Island University, trustee of the
Brooklyn Hospital, Vice-President of the
Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Chairman
of the Safety Council. To put it briefly,
he is a big man.
Mr. Sloan was invited to return to his
alma mater on November 23, 1929, for the
purpose of receiving the honorary degree
of doctor of engineering. His visit was a
red letter occasion for the college, and he
was appropriately entertained while here.
Two of Mr. Sloan's college instructors, Pro­fessor
Dunstan in electrical engineering and
Dean Wilmore in mechanical engineering,
were on hand to greet their former pupil.
Turning to agriculture, we find that Au­burn
has another leader in the field. Pro­fessor
L. N. Duncan, Director of the Ala­bama
Extension Service, is.one of the most
distinguished men in this line of work in
the United States. Authorities on exten­sion
work have agreed that if an accurate
method were worked out for scoring exten­sion
service directors on ability, on vision,
on effectiveness, and on concrete service
rendered to the rural people of the state,
Mr. Duncan would rank at the top. Here
at Auburn he has been of great value to
the school as a member of the Administra­tive
Committee. His extension workers
have on many occasions rendered aid to the
school, notably in the "Greater Auburn
Drive" of several years back.
In Dr. Miller Reese Hutchinson, '13, Au­burn
has contributed one of the nation's
greatest inventors. After being closely as­sociated
with Thomas Edison for many
years-as assistant, Dr. Hutchinson went on
his own, and now has more than a thou­sand
patents to his credit. His chief field
of endeavor has been acoustics. His Klaxon
horn is used on all automobiles built by the
General Motors Company, and he was the
inventor of the miraculous acousticon,
which enables the deaf to hear.
Like the late Mr. Edison, he is a tire­less
worker, and devotes only three or four
hours daily to sleep. He maintains that no
one needs more than five hours sleep each
day, and his abundant energy and perfect
health are proof enough of his claim. His
present home is in Orange, New Jersey.
In the office of Dean Frederic Child
Biggin, of the School of Architecture and
Allied Arts are the names of more than
fifty Auburn-trained architects who are to­day
holding responsible positions and suc­ceeding
in the practice of their professions.
William Spratling, who attended Auburn
between the years of 1917 and 1920, has
earned considerable fame through his work
in Travel Magazine and similar publica­tions.
His series of sketches of famous
spots in Mexico, done several years ago,
drew praise from leading authorities.
When the first prize gold medal in com­mercial
architecture was awarded at the
Southern Architectural Exhibition in 1930,
the firm of Warren, Knight, and Davis, of
Birmingham, was the recipient. W. T.
Warren, '97, and John E. Davis, '11, are
members of the firm, and T. G. Wingo, '13,
is the office manager.
Two famous military leaders can be
claimed by the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute.
General Robert L. Bullard and
General R. E. Noble were both world-fa­mous
figures during the last war, and have
since been accorded many peace time hon­ors.
General Noble has been in somewhat
closer touch with Auburn because of the
fact that his home is in Anniston. He serv­ed
as president of the Auburn Alumni As­sociation
in 1929.
In addition to his war activities, General
Noble has been honored for service render­ed
as a member of the Sanitary Commis­sion,
along with Colonel Gorgas, which ac­complished
so much in the Canal Zone. He
graduated from A. P. I. in 1890, entering
the U. S. army as acting assistant surgeon
in 1900. He has been decorated with the
Distinguished Service Medal, and was made
commander of the Legion of Honor by the
French government in 1919.
General Bullard's war record is well
known to every Auburn alumnus. As com­mander
of the second army of the American
Expeditionary Forces, his rank WAS only
slightly below that of General Pershing.
In addition to his splendid work in France,
General Bullard also rendered meritorious
services in the Philippines and elsewhere.
He will always be remembered for his
classic remark to a French general when
advised to retreat from a dangerous posi­tion
on the Western Front. He answered
the gentleman: "Retreat? We are going to
counter-attack!"
As Dr. Bradford Knapp, former presi­dent
of the college, stated when he awarded
Matthew Sloan an honorary degree from
Auburn, the measure of this institution's
worth is in ithe record of men like these,
and not in a few successes in local fields or
athletic victories.
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.
* * * *
ANY of you people who chanced to read
this column through to the end in the last
issue of the Plainsman probably were sur­prised
at the diametrically opposed senti­ments
of the two paragraphs. As usual,:
there is a reason and an explanation. The
reason: that last paragraph was not writ­ten
by this columnist. The explanation: it
found its way into the column with the
help of the god of human errors—if there
is such a deity. However sincerely I may
hope some day to hold the opinions express­ed
in that paragraph, my present views are
entirely different, as may have been infer­red
from the first section of the column.
* * * *
"AS A MARK is not set up for the pur­pose
of missing the aim, so neither does
the nature of evil exist in the world."
Long ago and in a far off land, an ad­mirable
man delivered himself of that bit
of wisdom. Notice his telling use of the
epigrammatic form of expression. Observe
that instead of "evil" he says "the nature of
evil," which is evidence of a tolerant" mind
and a recognition of the differences in the
mores of peoples and the ethical codes of
individuals. Epictetus, I salute you.
I can imagine Epictetus saying those
words with a look of compassion in his eyes.
All the really great law-givers have been
only too well aware of the frailty of the
human spirit. It is not in the scheme of
things that man should be able to make full
use of the wisdom and knowledge attained
by the highest of his own kind.
* * * *
THE AUBURN PLAYER'S forthcoming
production, "Tartuffe," will bring together
again those two stars of last year's produc­tion,
"Ultima Thule," Jewel Martin and
Jimmy Lovelace. Both of these players
won wide acclaim in their roles last year,
and should give another fine performance
in their present vehicle, which provides
many possibilities. Telfair Peet will, as
usual, be the guiding genius of the show,
which is another assurance of its excellence.
In my three seasons here as a playgoer,
I've seen Peet's shows fail to click but once,
that being the unfortunate "Ransom
Racket."
* * * *
THOSE who are making such an effort
to obtain "Stars Fell On Alabama," should
first read Striblings trilogy of books, "The
Forge," "The Store" and "The Unfinished
Cathedral." They're much easier to ob­tain,
and provide just as interesting read­ing
for we Alabamian's as Carmer's book.
* * * *
A student who is industrious and ambiti­ous
enough to make the Honor Roll at Au­burn
is undoubtedly entitled to a few priv­ileges.
In making an average of 85 or
above, the student shows either that he is
unusually bright and intelligent or is a
conscientious "plodder." In both cases, we
wou'd like to suggest that it would not be
amiss to reward these honor students by
allowing them unlimited "cuts" in regard
to class attendance.
Some people will look forebodingly upon
the very idea and exclaim, "Oh, they will
abuse this privilege." But, we retort, if the
student does grow careless about his work,
more than likely he wil1 be unable to main­tain
his necessary average and as a conse­quence
will be dropped from the Honor
Roll. On the other hand, does it make any
material difference where the student does
his work—in or out of class—as long as he
does it, and does it well.
In addition, the thought of what is in
store for all Honor Students will certainly
stimu'ate a great many others to make an
extra effort to raise their grades and reap
the benefits. The result, we predict, would
be a much higher average for the entire
school.
A suitable plan for determining who shall
be elegible for unlimited "cuts" is as fol­lows:
All students who make an average
of 85 or above during one semester shall be
entitled to un'imited "cuts" during the fol­lowing
semester. If, at the end of any
semester, the student has not attaiaed the
necessary average, he shall be dropped from
the Honor Roll and be required during the
succeeding semester to meet classes regu­larly,
being eligible for no more than his
already available 16 "cuts."
* * * *
TAG ENDS—My conception of the ideal
way to slam a course is to call it a popular
one . . . The first columnar crack at the
Co-eds—they're romantic creatures, bless
their pink little souls. It's a shame that all
their emotions can't come to them wrapped
in tinted cellophane . . . Heart-breaking
words: "Full house? I haven't got but four
fives . . . Someone once told me that steeples
were first used on buildings in Egypt as
phallic symbols . . . Have a church wed­ding,
my dears. It's very fitting . . . South­ern
game, dances (tall, slender gal with
freckles and a pugnacious mouth), N'Aw-lins!!
Inshallah!
SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 1934 T H E P L A I N S M A N -:- A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE P A G E T H R EE
COLLEGIANS WILL
HONOR AUBURN AT
HOP AFTER GAME
D a n c i n g Will Begin At Ten-
T h i r t y And Last Until T h r e e;
Sponsors Selected
The Farm Bureau Building, direct­ly
across the street from the Para­mount
Theatre on Montgomery Street,
will be the scene of a dance to be given
by the Collegian Club tonight.
Dancing will begin at ten-thirty and
continue until three, with a brief pe­riod
for intermission. During the
course of the gaieties leadouts will be
given in honor of Auburn and Bir­mingham-
Southern.
Sponsors for the affair will be:
Emily Hillman, Arlene Ford, Evelyn
Sledge, Bep Gunter, Gene Daniels,
Louise Starling, Emily Thornton,
Kitty Paulger, Lily Barnes Cherry,
Elizabeth Armistead, and several
others.
(Sunny Baird and his twelve-piece
orchestra will furnish the music for
the dance.
The ballroom, which used to serve
the Standard Club, will be decorated
in the Auburn and Birmingham
Southern school colors. A crystal ball
will be hung from the middle of the
ceiling, thereby making for indirect
lighting effects.
Sponsor At Collegian Club Dance
PROF. L. M. SAHAG IS
AUTHOR OF NEW BOOK
Dr. L. M. Sahag, professor of En­gineering
Drawing, announces the
completion and use this fall of a
book" written by himself to cover the
material studied by freshmen and
sophomores in engineering drawing.
Dr. Sahag's text combines under
one cover such phases of drawing as
lettering, orthographic projections,
isometrics, dimensioning, and a study
of screws and bolts. It will replace
French's "Engineering Drawing",
which has been used by the depart­ment
for the past four years.
Through the use of his own book
Dr. Sahag plans to eliminate much
time heretofore spent in lecturing and
thereby allow the students to devote
more time to the actual drawing.
W. A. A. TO AGAIN
SPONSOR PROGRAM
ON LOCAL CAMPUS
Nellie Fuller Says Intramural
Athelic Program Will Be
Held This Year
According to an announcement by
Miss Nellie Fuller, president of the
Woman's Athletic Association, an in­tramural
program for sororities and
other women's organizations on the
campus will again be held this year.
To the organization scoring the
most points a handsome loving cup
will be given. The prize last year
went to the Kappa Delta Sorority.
Plans for this tournament are being
formulated and it is expected that it
will begin in about three weeks.
Those girls winning letters last year
under the point system were: Louise
Smilee, Sarah Shealy, Lois Brown,
Mildred Thomas, Katherine Jackson,
Gwendolyn Williams, Jane Slack,
Nellie, Fuller, and Elizabeth Lawson.
Tree Seedlings Will
Be Planted This Fall
Patronize Plainsman Advertisers.
A total of 651,137 tree seedlings
will be available this fall for refores­tation
purposes in Alabama, says Col.
Page S. Bunker, Alabama State For­ester.
Of the total quantity of seed­lings,
244, 204 are Black Locust, 71,-
400 Osage Orange, 66,774 Bald Cy­press,
58,287 White Ash, 55,223 Black
Walnut, 47,199 Long-leaf Pine, 45,018
Shortleaf Pine, 22,140 Slash Pine, 12,
408 Overcup Oak, 8,396 White Oak,
7,980 Live Oak, 7,980 Persimmon,
2,768 Red Cedar and 1,001 Cow Oak.
Practically all of these seedlings have
been produced during the current
year. All of these plants will be dis­tributed
to tree planters interested
in reforestation for timber production
with the exception of .approximately
220,000 Black Locust trees which will
be held in reserve for use at the Emer­gency
Conservation Work Camps en­gaged
on soil erosion projects.
The seedlings can be secured by
tree planters at $1.50 per thousand
f.o.b. Livingston. The trees will be
shipped at intervals during the plant­ing
season which extends from De­cember
1 to March 15.
Application blanks, on the reverse
side of which will be found the regu­lations
governing the distribution of
seedlings, can be obtained from the
office of the State Forester at Mont­gomery.
Shade and ornamental stock
are not available for private plant­ings
since it is not the purpose of the
State Commission of Forestry to com­pete
with private nurseries. How­ever,
a considerable quantity of desir­able
transplants are produced annual­ly
at the nursery to be used in connec­tion
with the development of the state
parks of Alabama and for highway
beautification. It is anticipated that
a large number of shade trees will be
planted on the state parks by the
Civilian Conservation Corps from the
State Park Camps.
MISS ELEANOR BARNETT is among the iponsors for the Collegian
Club dance in Montgomery directly after the game tonight. In addi­tion
to Mis« Barnett, an attractive coterie of popular Capitol City girl*
will act as sponsors at the affair. Sunny Baird and his orchestra will
play for the occasion. An attractive program has been arranged.
Beauty . ,
from the
INSIDE!
To stay young
— s t a y well 1
Sickness desiroys beauty. For 2,000
years the sick and afflicted have
(locked to the world's mineral water
resorts. But you can have a great
mineral water at home by adding
CRAZY WATER CRYSTALS to
•*fa'n drinking water.
Tiger Drug Store
National Co-ed Chess Association
May Form Chapter On Campus
Organized in 1932, the Intercolle­giate
Chess Association of America to­day
has a perfected association of
Chess players among the leading col­leges
and universities in the United
States.
Chess players on the local campus
who are interested in starting a local
Chess club may obtain the important
details by addressing all correspon­dence
and inquiries to Paul J. Miller,
Jr., executive president of the Inter­collegiate
Chess Association, P. O. Box
1014, Meridian, Miss. Mail sent with
self-addressed stamped envelope en­closures
will receive prompt attention.
The I. C. A. is a co-ed Chess or­ganization.
It offers a unique pro­gram
termed "Social Chess Educa­tion."
Annual correspondence mat­ches,
intercollegiate tournaments, and
national title matches form part of
the play program. Mimeographed
Chess items of current events serve as
the basis for local club entertainment
at weekly or semi-monthly meetings.
"The Chess Player," America's only
Chess news tabloid, circulates monthly
to keep all players informed of the
latest developments in the Chess world
and presents hitherto unpublished
facts about how to play Chess and its
many entertaining and enjoyable va­riations.
The jazz age is at its ragged tail
end. It is no longer smart to be im­moral.—
Rabbi A. H. Silver.
Meadows Garage
GAS - OIL - TIRES
and all Auto Accessories
Cars for hire at l ow rates
Complete car servicing and
repairing
PICTURES AND SHINGLES
FRAMED
5-Tube CR0SLEY Radio Sets
$19.99
AUBURN FURNITURE COMPANY
Complete Home Furnishings
B
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WHETHER you're a Big-Man-on-the-Campus or
not, you'll know this Stetson is right! It's a rich,
dark brown, the brim snaps, and you can mould
the crown the way you want ft. We unreservedly
recommend this hat, gentlemen, to your critical
attention;
' THE STETSON BANTAM $.££:
THE STETSON PLAYBOY D^
OTHER STETSON'S $6 AND UP
John B, Stetson Gompan||
HAGEDORN'S
DEPARTMENT STORE
DRY GOODS
LADIES' READY TO WEAR
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES
DRAPERIES — CURTAINS — CARPETS
A MOST COMPLETE GENT'S FURNISHING DEPARTMENT
OPELIKA, ALABAMA
YOUNG MEN'S FALL SUITS
PRICES:
$14.95, $15.95, $16.95
Liberal Allowance Made On Old Clothes
We Carry a Good Stock of
UNCLAIMED CLOTHES
$4.95, $6.95, $9.95
OPELIKA LAUNDRY & DRY
CLEANERS
(D.E. Ponder)
. Next to Court House
From the choicest Turkish and Domestic
tobaccos—only the clean center leaves are
used in Luckies—these are the mildest
leaves—they cost more—they taste better.
"It's toasted"
VYourthroat protection-againstirritation-againstcough
P A G E F O UR T H E P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 1934
PANTHER FIRST STRING IS IN GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION
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Capitol City Fans Will See Home Town Heroes Perform For Plainsmen
RIVAL GUARDS TO
CAPTAIN GRIDMEN
IN GAME TONIGHT
Three Members Of 1933 Team
Face Panthers; Hilltoppers
Experienced
Rival guards will captain the grid
forces of Alabama Poly and Birming­ham-
Southern when they open their
current campaigns beneath the flood­lights
at Cramton Bowl in Montgom­ery,
Friday night at 8 o'clock. Lead­ing
the Tigers into battle will be Mike
Welch, clever defensive left guard
from Atlanta, Ga., and captaining the
Methodists will be Floyd Clark, skill­ful
right guard from Eufaula. Both
Welch and Clark are seniors.
Only three members of the 1934
Alabama Poly football squad that in­vades
Montgomery to meet Birming­ham-
Southern at Cramton Bowl to­night
at 8 o'clock played against the
Panthers last year. They include
Captain Mike Welch and Mussolini
Levy, both left guards, and Alternate-
Captain Bennie Fenton, crack end, all
seniors.
In the Birmingham-Southern foot­ball
lineup against Alabama Poly at
Cramton Bowl in Montgomery Friday
night at 8 o'clock will be nine sen­iors
and two juniors, 10 of whom
opened against Auburn last year and
fought the Tigers to a 7-7 standstill
until Chet Wynne's charges counted
two touchdowns the final five minutes
of the fourth period and carried off a
13 point victory.
• Joel Eaves, Alabama Poly's leading
sophomore end from Atlanta, Ga., one
of the Tigers' most promising three
sport athletes of recent years, aver­aged
above 90 in his studies for the
second semester of the 1933-34 scho­lastic
year. In addition to flashing
at end on the gridiron, Eaves is a
classy basketeer at any position and
is a stellar pitcher on the diamond.
A "weariness of popular cynicism
and sophistication in university cir­cles
signals a definite turn in the tide
of spiritual affairs in American col­leges,"
according to Bishop Ira D.
Warner, of the United Brethren
Church.
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Panther Team To Open Against Auburn Is Same One Faced
Last Year With Exception Of Center And Fullback; Coach
Gillem Says Reserves Are Minus Quality
The short supply of capable reserves
in the Panther hideout has given
Coach Jenks Gillem adequate reason
for holding off strenuous work among
his first team for the last week. Gil­lem
intends to see that every man who
is in the game at the kick off will be
in physical condition to remain until
the four quarters are up, barring ac­cidents.
Although the Panther's first team
is all of seasoned material, the re­serves
are a group entirely ignorant of
the Tiger's plays. For this reasafe
Gillem will start the game and play
for luck. The chances are that the
same team which met the Bengals last
year will face them again tonight with
the exception of Ray Wedgeworth,
center, who is on the pre-season in­jured
list, and "Bulldog" Johnson, who
Prof. M. Beck Talks
On Constitution Here
Speaking on the Constitution and
its flexibility, Professor M. L. Beck,
of the school of education, told mem­bers
of the D. A. R., high school stu­dents
and faculty, Monday morning
that political powers reside in the
people, and the constitution prescribes
the limits and conditions under which
they may be governed. Thereby the
constitution cannot be changed except
by the people.
Professor Beck was the speaker for
the D. A. R. Constitution Day exer­cises
which were being held through­out
the nation. Mrs. L. N. Duncan,
vice-regent of the Light Horse Harry
Lee Chapter, presided^ Other appro­priate
features on the program were
songs and the pledge of allegiance to
the flag.
"The constitution is rather difficult
to amend," Professor Beck said. "Of
5,000 proposed amendments only 21
have been accepted. The 'necessary
•and proper' clause, the 'general wel­fare
of the people' clause have made
(the constitution flexible, which has
required few amendments. It is un­der
these clauses that the measures
of the New Deal are being put into
effect."
"Some people are claiming that
their constitutional rights are being
taken away. No rights are being
taken away and we still remain a self-governed
people. Congress delegated
the extraordinary powers to the
President and can take them away by
the same authority under which they
were given," he declared.
graduated from the fullback position.
"Spud" Holman may replace the in­jured
Wedgeworth.
The backfield replacement force will
not have a single man heavier than
160 pounds, but if the regular quar­tet
of Ike Young at quarter, Ernest
Teel and Bryce McKay at halves, and
Bill Johnson at full, can hold out for
the four quarters there will be trou­ble—
for here is a quartet to be reck­oned
with. The line replacements are
more numerous and experienced.
Pulling a bit of psychological fore­cast,
Coach Gillem states:
"Two years ago Auburn beat us 61
to 0, and last year they figured that
the same teams were meeting, which
was largely true. The result was
that we were able to catch them nap­ping
and hold them to a fairly low
score. Now the tables are reversed
and the Tigers are being told by
everyone that they are going to get
defeated in this game, so they are en­tering
it in a decidedly different frame
of mind. Frankly, I am looking for
more trouble than we had last year
with them when they won 20 to 7."
From Gillem's statement it is hard
to tell whether he thinks the score will
be even more in the Tiger's favor than
last year, or if he expects a harder
fight on both sides with little scor­ing.
COACHES HONORED
BY KIWANIANS IN
MEETING MONDAY
Meagher, Morgan, Hutsell,
Chambless, McCollum Make
Talks To Club Members
Sun spots, the storms on the sun
that wax and wane through eleven-year
cycles, and three elements of
weather on earth—temperature, rain­fall
and atmospheric pressure—seem
closely connected, according to studies
recently reported to the American
Meteorological Society.
Members of the Auburn coaching
staff were guests of the Auburn Ki-wanis
Club, Monday. Brief talks
were made by Coaches Jack Meagher,
Del Morgan, Wilbur Hutsell, Boots
Chambless, and Fred McCollum.
The program was arranged by Em-mett
Sizemore, who presented. it for
Dr. J. W. Tidmore, president of the
club. Lois Walker entertained with a
vocal number, accompanied by Mrs.
Mary Drake Askew.
In their talks the coaches empha­sized
building men of the right char­acter
and correct ideals, placing this
as the paramount objective of college
athletics and of coaching students to
participate in athletics.
Each coach declined to make any
prophecy concerning the 1934-35 sea­son;
the feeling appeared to be san­guine,
however, that Auburn's foot­ball
athletes this year will do their
very best on the gridiron for the good
of the game.
Hitchcock Expected To
Report Here Next Week
Jimmie Hitchcock, famous two-sport
Ail-American athlete of
Auburn two seasons ago, is ex­pected
to report here next week
to take up his duties as assistant
varsity backfield coach of foot­ball.
Hitchcock is now winding
up a successful season at short­stop
of the Binghampton, N. Y.,
baseball club, which is at present
invo'ved in a playoff for the lea­gue
championship.
Hitchcock, now the property of
the New York Yankees, first rose
to athletic fame as the dashing
captain of Auburn's champion­ship
football team of 1933. From
the left halfback position the
Union Springs phantom led the
Tigers through a strenuous ten-game
schedule without a defeat,
at the close of which he was nam­ed
for all-American honors on
practically every major pick of
the country.
This highest football award
was followed a few months later
by a similar award in baseball,
as his name appeared on the offi­cial
all-American diamond team
published in the spring.
FOUR MONTGOMERY BOYS WILL
FACE PANTHERS IN FIRST GAME
Haygood Paterson To Get Opening Call; Roton, Cone, Brown
Will Probably See Service In Home Town As Plainsmen
Open Season Against Birmingham-Southern
CORRECTION
In Wednesday's issue of The Plains­man
an article on the Ladies' Riding
Class stated that the class would run
until the latter part of April. The
article should have read that the class
will run until April 1.
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Performing beneath the Alabama
Poly banner against Birmingham-
Southern at Cramton Bowl, Montgom­ery,
tonight, in the inaugural grid
classic for both teams, will be four
Capital city boys, one of whom will
start against the veteran Panthers.
The Capital City boy in Auburn's
starting lineup against the Panthers
will be Haygood Paterson, son of the
sheriff-elect of Montgomery county
and an erstwhile Sidney Lanier High
School ace. Paterson will open at left
tackle and has the all-around ability
and power to make the same name on
the gridiron his illustrious father
made at the Plains as a guard
on the Tigers' eleven in 1903 and an
end in 1904 and 1905. Paterson is
alert, smart, rugged, aggressive and
has plenty of intestinal fortitude.
Wounds received in an automobile
wreck that required 132 stitches kept
him out of harness in 1933. He is
now in good physical shape, standing
three inches above the six foot mark
and weighing around 200.
Other Montgomery boys on Au­burn's
squad are Herbert Roton and
Bob Cone, both ends, and Cleve
Brown, senior quarterback. Both Ro­ton
and Cone are sophomore hopefuls.
Each attended Sidney Lanier High
School before matriculating at Au­burn.
Coach Meagher will not have
any of the trio in the Bengals' first
lineup against Birmingham-Southern,
but it is highly probable that each will
see service before many hometown
backers.
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 1934 T H E P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE P A G E F I VE
TIGER RATS WILL MEET PANTHER PLEBES HERE SATURDAY
* *
Tigers And Panthers Resume Fourteen Year Athletic Relations Tonight
PLAINSMEN HAVE
SCORED WINS IN
EIGHT OF GAMES
P a n t h e r s H a v e W o n O n l y Two
Of T h e T e n C o n t e s t s ; Tigers
Lead In Points
Tonight Auburn and Birmingham-
Southern continue their athletic rela­tions
which have been going on for
fourteen years. During this period
the football teams of these two schools
have met on the gridiron ten times,
with Auburn winning eight of the en­gagements
to Southern's two. Auburn
has amassed a total of 213 points to
Southern's 32 in these games.
Back in 1920 Auburn met Birming­ham-
Southern for the first time and
came out on the long end of a 49-0
score. This team was coached by
Mike Donahue, the great Auburn
coach, and rated as one of the best
in the south.
The two teams did not meet again
until 1923, when Auburn took the
Panthers in stride and handed them
a 20-0 lacing.
In 1924 the Tigers took a hard
fought tussle from Southern by a 7-0
score.
A year later the Plainsmen were
victorious in the Birmingham-South­ern
battle when they came out on the
winning end of a 25-6 score under the
tutelage of "King David" Morey.
Then came a lapse of two years dur­ing
which time the teams did not meet
on the grid. But in 1928 Coach Jenks'
Gillems Panthers administered a 7-0
lacing to a battered band of Tigers,
this being the first win for the Meth­odist
eleven over Auburn.
Came the opening game of 1929 and
a ferocious Tiger took revenge upon
Rugged Center TIGER GROWLS
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BAZtteV MUSQeoVS-AUBUQM
Mu»grove is the only senior can­didate
for the pivot post. In all
probability he will receive the start­ing
call in the game tonight against
Southern.
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Golf Score In Match
J. T. Hudson, popular local grocer,
surprised golf enthusiasts at the Au­burn
Country Club Wednesday after­noon
by touring the nine hole course
in 36, two over par.
Mr. Hudson's score card showed a
surprising number of pars. For a
time it looked like he was going to
score an even par for the entire
course.
Dean J. W. Scott and Dr. B. F.
Thomas played with Mr. Hudson.
the Hilltoppers by ekeing out a 7-0
win.
This climb was halted the next year,
however, when Southern came from
behind and gave the Tigers a lacing
by the same score.
By 1931 Coach Chet Wynne had his
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The stage is set. Once more the Auburn Tiger comes out of his lair,
eager to begin another football campaign. Tonight, on the turf of Cramton
Bowl down in Montgomery, the scene of many a great Auburn triumph,
Coach Jack Meagher will present to the public for the first time the begin­ning
of what is hoped will prove the framework of another championship
team here at the Plains.
This dream of another powerful aggregation to take its place alongside
those of other successful years, and Auburn has had many of them in the
past on the gridiron, may not materialize for several years. But most of
the players who will represent the Orange and Blue tonight are expected to
play a large part in Auburn's rise back to football greatness in the next few
seasons.
Auburn's chances of winning any
of her ten games this year are not
bright. Practically no sport expert
in the South has conceded the P'ains-men
more than a couple of victories
during the present season. Certainly
Auburn's student body, alumni, and
supporters in general are not expect­ing
Coach Meagher to prove a miracle
man here this year, or even next.
Everyone realizes the odds he faces
as he goes about his difficult task of
trying to whip an inexperienced band
of warriors into something resembling
a polished football team this early in
the game. Experience under fire,
more than anything else right now, is
what is needed by the Tigers of 1934.
And so tonight, as most of you sit
out there under the floodlights of
Cramton Bowl, rooting for dear ol'
Auburn to.tear the stuffings out of
those cocky Panthers from Birming­ham,
pause and remember that Au­burn's
coach and Auburn's players
want to win that game about twice as
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The Birmingham-Southern game
will be the Tigers first game played
under the revised national football
rules. Changes in the rules are:
1. First incomplete forward pass
over the goal line; unless it is on
fourth down, will not result in the
loss of the ball.
2. Definition of a punt changed so
as to allow a player to hold the ball
in his hands for a team mate to kick.
3. Five-yard penalty for successive
incompleted forward passes has been
removed.
3. The 1934 ball will be smaller
in circumference at its short axis
by a full inch.
The most important change is the
first one and will cause more passing
than heretofore. The change in the
size of the ball, according to Coach
Hutsell, is so slight as to be unnotice-able.
Last year, regardless of the down,
any forward pass which became in­complete
over the opponents goal
line automatically became a touch-back
and the ball went to the defense
on their own 20-yard line. But
under the new rules the offensive
team is allowed to make one such
incomplete pass over the goal line,
and the pass is merely ruled as
though it has become incomplete on
the field of play. However, the sec­ond
incomplete pass in the series
would be a touchback as would be
also the first incomplete pass if it
were made on a fourth down.
It is thought by many that this
ruling will cause a great many passes
to be thrown near the goal line. But
in all probabilities it will not because
as the offensive team approaches the
defense's goal line, the area to be
protected decreases, and the chances
of having a pass intercepted will be
greater. This, very likely, will cause
a running attack to be more effective.
And probably many long passes will
be tried from the 20 to the 30 yard
line. This will be different from last
year for then it was unwise to try
such a pass into the end zone, the
reason being that if the receiver fum­bled
while catching the ball, it was
counted as a touchback. Now, how­ever,
it is merely counted as an in­complete
pass.
much as anyone else. They will be
putting their all in the battle. But
their all tonight might not be enough
to turn the tide into a triumph. It
will not be the coaches' fault or the
players, if the Tigers are not impres­sive
in their opening game. The odds
are against them. We, of Auburn,
will have to hope for the best.
* * *
Southern enter* tonight's game
doped to win. The Panthers have
one of their greatest teams in
years to throw against Coach
Meagher in his debut as head coach
here at the Plains. The situation
has been well summed up by sev­eral
sports writers in the opinion
that, while a Southern victory is
expected and looked for, a Tiger
decision would not be surprising.
* » *
Coach Ralph Jordan's- Tiger fresh­men
will open their season tomorrow
afternoon on Drake Field when they
play host to the Birmingham-South­ern
first-year men. Coach Jordan has
a large squad of promising varsity
performers and the game tomorrow
afternoon will be well worth attend­ing.
* * *
New uniforms will be worn by the
Auburn players against Birmingham-
Southern tonight. The Plainsmen
will be all dressed up in new khaki
knitted pants and white jerseys with
blue numerals. This year is probably
the first in the history of football at
the Plains lhat the Tigers have not
worn orange and blue jerseys.
* * *
The state's chief executive,
Governor Benjamin Meek Miller,
and members of his official party
will attend the game. Governor
Miller is an ardent grid fan and
never misses an opportunity to wit­ness
the Auburn Tigers in action.
* * *
To the lucky ones whose names ap­pear
in the ads in the official program
of the game, complimentary tickets to
the Auburn-Oglethorpe game at Au­burn,
Saturday, September 29, will be
issued. The official program is print­ed
by the Auburn athletic depart­ment.
system working well and the Plains­men
won the game by a 24-6 score.
Auburn surprised the entire foot­ball
world in 1933 when they ran ram­pant
over a bewildered Southern
team. The score was 61-0. Coach
Wynne used nearly every man on the
squad in this game. Coach Gillem
said that he had never seen a better
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Cross Country Team
Begins Work Tuesday
Auburn's Cross-country team be­gan
their fall training Tuesday with
an easy workout on the track.
Members of last year's squad who
reported are Linwood Funchess, Carl
Pihl, and Bill Emrey. Ed Gault, out­standing
runner of last year, will not
begin practice until some time next
month because of an appendicitis op­eration.
Ed Powers, who was out
last year is also back.
Last year the Cross-country season
was terminated by a meet with Geor­gia
Tech which the Plainsmen won
by a large score. This year, accord­ing
to Coach Hutsell, there will pro­bably
be meets with Florida, Georgia,
Georgia Tech, Birmingham-Southern,
and Howard. The University of
Florida requested that a meet be held
in Montgomery on the date of the
Auburn-Florida football game. This
meet, however, will be scheduled at
some other itme.
Fox the enlightenment of those
whose knowledge of Cross-country
running is slim—the team is compos­ed
of any number of runners, but
the points for scoring are limited to
the first five men finishing on each
team. The course is three miles
long and is run on streets or roads.
Last year the meet with Georgia
Tech, which was the only one held,
was won by Linwood Funchess, the
time being the best run of many
seasons.
Probable Starter
•HAR.RS vOtflTTEN-j4tf6UeN
Harry is the heaviest candidate
for the fullback position. He tips
the beam to the 193 mark and
packs plenty of drive and power.
He will probably start against the
Panthers.
DOPE SAYS SOUTHERN FROSH
ARE PREPARED FOR VICTORY
Coach Ralph J o r d a n States That He Expects Close Game
T o m o r r o w ; Neither T e a m H a s H a d Much Offensive Drill;
A u b u r n H a s Shown T o A d v a n t a g e In Defensive Work
Auburn's rat eleven will open its current grid season tomorrow when
they meet Birmingham-Southern's freshman squad at Drake field in Au­burn.
The kick-off is scheduled to take place at 2 p. m.
This year's Southern freshman squad is rated among the best and
it has been heard from some sources that they are doped to down the
Tiger rats. Last year Auburn trampled over the Birmingham-Southern
freshmen, 39-6, but they will have to play their best to again duplicate
this feat. Southern's advantage, as seen at the present time, is that they
will have had a little more practice with their offense when the two teams
battle here Saturday.
"I expect a close game," prophesied Ralph Jordan, Auburn freshmen
coach, "but Auburn's players will have to play better than they have in the
recent scrimmages. Almost all of our practice has been on the defense
and the'Auburn offense will be limited." The Auburn freshmen coaches
were pleased with the defense work against the varsity eleven.
Although Birmingham-Southern is
Band Will Parade In
Capitol City Tonight
The Alabama Poly band, composed
of around 80 talented musicians and
under the direction of Bedie Bidez,
former Plainsman star fullback, will
lead the Tigers' cheering for the first
grid battle of the year with Birming­ham-
Southern at Cramton Bowl,
Montgomery, tonight. In charge of
Drum Major George White, Columbus,
Ga., the Auburn band will head a pa­rade
of Plainsmen students, alumni
and other followers through the main
streets of the Capital City before the
game starts at 8 p. m.
supposed to have had more offensive
work than Auburn, the report from
Birmingham is that they, too, will be
sadly lacking in this department. Both
squads have spent most of their time
building up their defense and, be­cause
of this, both teams are expected
to play a defensive game.
The Auburn freshman squad has
already been hit by the injury jinx.
Both Rice and Hart, first and second
string centers respectively, were in­jured
in Monday's scrimmage against
the varsity and may be unable to play
in the Auburn-Southern game.
It can be said that the Auburn
freshman team is composed of an all-star
high school team. Practically all
of the players in the starting lineup
have been outstanding in high school
football. Six of those who may be
in the starting lineup were selected
on all-star teams.
Freddy Holman, Bill Hitchcock,
Frank Hamm, and Fleetwood Rice
were members of all-star teams.
Jimmy Fenton was chosen for an hon­orary
position on the Florida Big Ten
High School Conference team and
Crip Fair was a back on the mythical
All-Southern prep school team. The
average weight of the freshman eleven
that is expected to take the field Sat-
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Twenty-five Rats Report For Practice Under Morris; Compe­tition
For Positions Expected To Be Keen; Coach Says
Prospects For Winning Team Good; Meets Are Arranged
Freshman try outs for the swim­ming
team will probably be held
Thursday, September 27, at the
Alumni Gymnasium pool. Approxi­mately
twenty-five rats reported for
practice at the beginning of the sem­ester
and there is expected to be keen
competition for the fifteen positions
that will make up the team.
"The prospects for this year's swim­ming
team look better than any I've
seen for a long time," stated Coach
Howard Morris. "Competition will be
keen for all positions and all those
who are still contemplating coming out
for the team had better hurry and
start practicing."
Coach Morris was well pleased with
the work of several of the newcomers.
Edwin Barlowe, Mobile, made a good
showing in the quarter mile, his time
of 6:12 3-5 being within striking dis­tance
of the varsity time. Henry
Martin, Birmingham, also gave a good
performance in the same event, while
O'Conner, of Ohio, looked as though
he might capture the backstroke posi­tion
on the team. In the sprints Ed­ward
Forbes and James Thomas were
outstanding. Smith, Laney, Cox, and
Wilkes have also been showing up well
in the preliminary practice.
It will not be until next week or
later before Coach Morris will be able
to get a good look at his diving aspir­ants.
By that time it is expected
that the broken board in the pool
will be replaced.
The managing for the freshman
team this year will be done by Char­ley
Moore.
It is expected that the freshmen
will have meets with Emory, Georgia
Tech, Georgia, and Birmingham-
Southern. The Y. M. C. A. teams in
Selma and Montgomery will proba­bly
be met sometime during the sea­son
and a meet with the varsity squad
is scheduled in November.
SATURDAY
T IM McCOY
in
"HELL BENT FOR
LOVE"
10c and 15c 'Till 6 P. M.
10c and 20c After 6 P. M.
SATURDAY NIGHT
10 P. M.
'HERE COMES THE
GROOM"
10c and 25c To All
MONDAY
GARY COOPER
MARION DAVIES
in
"OPERATOR 13"
TUESDAY
JANET GAYNOR
CHARLES FARRELL
in
'CHANGE OF HEART"
ADMISSION
MONDAY and TUESDAY
10c and 25c 'Till 6 P. M.
10c and 35c After 6 P. M.
Minimum Cost of One
Year In College Low
The minimum cost of one year of
college is $376, according to Dr. Wal­ter
J. Greenleaf, specialist in higher
education for the United States Office
of Education. Dr. Greenleaf bases
these figures on statistics compiled in
94 colleges of all types in various
sections of the nation.
The average student in col!eges of
liberal arts pays from $450 to $630
his freshman year. If he wishes to
approximate this lower figure, he
should attend a state university or
college where the state pays a large
part of the expenses of running the
institution. The greater costs are in
privately controlled colleges, while the
expenses in the denominational insti­tutions
are between these two ex­tremes.
Board and room costs considerably
more in women's col'eges, somewhat
less in men's colleges, and a great
deal less in co-educational institutions.
The greater cost in the women's
schools is accounted for on the theory
that meals are served in better style,
in better surroundings, and from bet­ter
menus.
Fees average $30 per year, and are
about the same in all institutions, the
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Alternate Captain Bennie Fenton
and Millard "Mutt" Morris, at the
ends; Haygood Paterson and either
Hugh Rodgers or Wesley Foflin, at
the tackles; Captain Mike Welch and
Sam McCroskey at the guard posi­tions
; and probably Barney Musgrove,
at center, will in all probability get
the starting call in the line. Five of
the seven players at these positions
have served in the heat of battle and
should serve to steady the others who
will be entering varsity competition
for the first time.
To either Aubrey Hill, end reserve
of last season, or Sidney Scarbrough,
freshman quarterback the past year,
will go the honor of directing the
Tigers in their first efforts against
the Panthers. Both lack experience,
but have promise of developing into
first rate varsity performers before
the 1934 season becomes history.
r At the halfbacks, Joe Bob Mitchell,
elongated triple-threat sophomore, ap­pears
a certainty for the left half
position, while either Joe Stewart or
Robert Huie will start at the other
half.
The fullback starting assignment
remains in doubt, but Harry Whitten,
because of his experience, seems to
have the inside track over Walter
Kilgore, outstanding of the sopho­more
aspirants for this position.
Auburn's starting eleven, on paper,
seems strong enough. Just how well
this combination will be able to func­tion
under fire will be demonstrated
during the battle tonight.
Dress Smartly
... Save lAoney
FINE
INDIVIDUALLY
TAILORED
CLOTHES
See
OLIN L. HILL
At Varsity Barber Shop
SEE
T. J. MASON
Manager
HUMES COMPANY
OPELIKA, ALA.
For Your
P H I L C O '
R A D I O
New 1935 Models from $20.00 up.
Phone 521
Y O U R COAL S U P P L Y?
Is it sufficient to keep your home comfort­ably
warm and cozy during the cold weather
ahead? If not, now is the time to let us re­plenish
it for you. We have a plentiful stock
of high grade coal in our yards to meet every
home heating requirement; and we are pre­pared
to make immediate delivery.
Auburn Ice & Coal Co*
Phone 118
TIGERS PREPARED FOR
SOUTHERN; PLAINSMEN
EAGERLY AWAIT START
kg Club Convenes For
Second Meeting Here
The second regular business meet­ing
of the Ag Club was held Wed­nesday
evening, September 19, in
Comer Hall. At this time Dean Fun-chess,
head of the Department of Ag­riculture,
made an address in which
he welcomed the new students.
At this meeting the members of
the Club drew up plans for the or­ganization
of a chapter of the Fu­ture
Farmers of America on this
campus and agreed to meet next
Thursday evening and execute the
plans.
This meeting was held last even­ing
in Comer Hall and the Collegiate
Chapter of the F. F. A. was organ­ized.
The officers for the new or­ganization
elected at this meeting are:
Ernest Thornhill, president; Bob
Ezell, vice-president; D. Thornton,
secretary; G. W. Ward, treasurer;
Bunk Ellis, reporter, and Professors
Chestnutt and Gibson, advisors.
RE-EXAMS ARE TO
BEGIN ON MONDAY
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is the last chance for students who
made conditions in the fall semester
of last year, while those receiving
60-69 last spring may delay the ex­amination
until next semester.
The re-examination schedule fol­lows:
Monday, Sept. 24, 3 P. M.—Botany,
Business Administration, Machine
Design and Drawing, Mathematics.
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 10 A. M— Home
Economics, Horticulture, Industrial
Engineering, Physical Education, R.
O. T. C. 3 P. M.—Agricultural En­gineering,
Architecture, Electrical
Engineering, Physics, Sociology.
Wednesday, Sept. 26, 3 P. M.—Ag­ronomy,
Agricultural Economics,
Civil and Highway Engineering, Eco­nomics
(first period), English, Tex­tile
Engineering.
Thursday, Sept. 27, 10 A. M.—Ani­mal
Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry,
Poultry Husbandry, Religious Educa­tion,
Veterinary Medicine. 3 P. M.—
Applied Art, Bacteriology, Chemistry,
Economics (second period), Pharm­acy.
Friday, Sept. 28, 3 P. M.—-Aero­nautical
Engineering, Education, For­eign
Language, History, Mechanical
Engineering, Zoology, Entomology.
Saturday, Sept. 29, 9 A. M.—Con­flicts
in the above schedule.
lower tuitions in state universities
probably causing fees to be slightly
higher. There is no#tuition charge at
al1 in 37 colleges, but the 45 others
average $79 for residents and $128
for non-residents.
Expenses in 39 of the 94 schools
were higher than the average quoted.
In California, Connecticut, Delaware,
Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minne­sota,
Pennsylvania, Vermont, Vir­ginia,
Alaska, or Hawaii the average
student must pay from $500 to $800
for a year's schooling.
DELTA SIGMA PI
RECEPTION WILL
BE GIVEN EARLY
Business Society Will Entertain
At Student Center Tuesday
Night
The first meeting of Delta Sigma
Pi, international honorary business'
and professional fraternity, will be
"held in the form of a reception in the
Student Center at seven-thirty Tues­day
evening, September 25.
Faculty members of the department
of business administration with mem­bers
of the fraternity, will be in the
receiving line. After all guests nave
assembled Dean J. W. Scott, head of
the department, will give the welcom­ing
address, and Miller Pitts, presi­dent
of the local chapter, will intro­duce
the new men to the faculty.
Following Dean Scott's speech
eight new men, recently elected to the
fraternity, will be tapped. Election is
based on scholastic standing in a
course of the School of Business and
a show of interest in the activities
of the School.
At this meeting the annual award
of a loving cup to the freshman mak­ing
the highest scholastic average in
the department will be made to Milton
Roth, of Lakeland, Florida. Roth's
average for the first semester of last
year was 89.50, and for the second
semester was 92.36.
Pledges Entertained
At Smoker By A.T.O.
The A. T. O. Fraternity and its
pledges entertained pledges of other
fraternities with a smoker Monday
night, September 17, at the chapter
house on Gay Street.
George Hairston, of the Delta
Sigma Phi, was awarded a silver belt
buckle with "Auburn" and the Tiger
emblem as a prize for telling the best
joke.
The pledges attending the smoker,
with their fraternities, were: Yost and
Morris, Beta Kappa; Mantoux and
Allen, Sigma Nu; Kerr and Hairston,
Delta Sigma Phi; Edwards and Dun-away,
Alpha Lambda Tau; Homes
and Houston, Phi Delta Theta; Rob­inson
and Wilson, Sigma Phi Sigma;
Gissendanner and Wright, Alpha
Gamma Rho; Camp and Coker, S. A.
E.; Auld and Pollard, Kappa Alpha;
Hilman and Chambers, Kappa Sigma;
Roberts and Workman, Pi Kappa
Phi; Buntin and White, Sigma Pi;
Barnes and Owens, T. U. O.; Jones
and Woods, Phi Kappa Tau; Hub­bard
and Martin, S. P. E.; and Rany
and Knowlton, Pi K. A.
TIGER RATS WILL MEET
PANTHER PLEBES ON
DRAKE FIELD SATURDAY
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urday is around 183 pounds.
It is understood that Birmingham-
Southern also has an all-star high
school group out for their freshman
team. In that case it will be two all-star
groups playing against each
other.
AUBURN-SOUTHERN FRESH­MAN
GAME PROBABLE
STARTERS
Auburn Position Southern
Bogue LE Law
Brown ._ LT Gill
Sivell LG-..„ _ Regitko
Antley C Jones
Whitten RG. Hennirigton
Caton RT Hargett
Hamm RE Sparks
Lowery QB Ford
Hitchcock LHB Bratcher
Suydam .: RHB Burns
Leach ...:. FB Perry
More Students Taking
Textile Course Here
A forty per cent increase in en­rollment
is reported by Prof. E. W.
Camp, head of the department of tex­tile
engineering. Seventy students are
taking textile courses as compared
with 44 last year. The freshmen
make up 30 of the total, while last
year there were only 14 freshmen.
Prof. Camp attributes the increas­ed
enrollment to 13 cent cotton. He
predicts a steady growth in the de­partment.
He also would like for peo­ple
from outside the department to
visit the textile building and exam­ine
the modern equipment.'
• A new textile short course has been
instituted this year. Engineering
graduates in other departments may
become textile engineers by taking
one year of work.
Arthur Redding Dies
At Los Angeles Home
Arthur Redding, famed Auburn
athletic hero of the early 1890's, and
one of America's most outstanding
electrical engineers, died recently at
his ranch near Los Angeles, Califor­nia.'
Mr. Redding, one of Auburn's just­ly
famous tackles, was a team mate
of Reynolds Tichenor, Rufus Dorsey,
J. V. Brown, and the late Billy Wil­liams.
He was also noted in those
days as a baseball pitcher of ability,
being capable of throwing equally
well with either arm. He also ex­celled
in track as a distance runner
and a weight thrower, a rather un­usual
combination. Early Auburn
graduates still spealt of him as one
of the finest all-round athletes the
South ever knew.
Mr. Redding was a Shriner and a
prominent member of Kappa Alpha
I fraternity.
V. P. I. Teacher Here
To Study Terracing
J. A. Waller, extension agricultural
engineer of the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute at Blacksburg, came to Au­burn
Wednesday to study terracing
work as it is being done, with a view
to applying the Alabama plan in Vir­ginia.
While here he conferred with
Prof. M. L. Nichols, head of the de­partment
of agricultural engineering,
and J. B. Wilson, extension agricul­tural
engineer.
Mr. Waller said that the work in
Alabama is reported favorably in his
state and that the application of the
Alabama plan appears to be very feas­ible
here. The work will be started
immediately, he added.
The Alabama work is based largely
upon a plan launched two years ago
in Tallapoosa County by Fletcher N.
Farrington, county agent, by which
the board of revenue cooperates so
that farmers^have good terraces made
at a low cost. Farmer payments,
however,'are adequate to reimburse
the county for all expenditures.
HONOR SOCIETIES
WILL GIVE DANCES
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ber of out-of-town girls are expected
to be in attendance at the Hop.
Work on the decorations, which will
be done by Alan Jacobs and Bo Mc-
Ewen, is under way, and they will be
put up some time during the early
part of next week.
Information from the Southern Ra­dio
and Entertainment Bureau, agents
ifor Gene Sammarco and his Californ-ians,
has it that the band will arrive
in Auburn early Friday afternoon.
Invitations will be mailed this week­end.
Thrasher said that with the
mailing of the bids all arrangements
would be complete for the first offi­cial
series of dances this year.
ANNOUNCEMENT
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
17th Sunday after Trinity. Sunday
School and Bible Class, 9:45 A. M.
Morning Prayer and Sermon, 11 A. M.
A cordial welcome is extended to
everyone.
Rev. Wm. Byrd Lee, Jr.,
Pastor.
LOST: — New Parker Vacuumatic
Fountain Pen. Finder please re­turn
to Plainsman Office and re­ceive
reward.
Special Prices To
Students
on
DRY CLEANING
and LAUNDRY
Truck In Auburn
Twice Daily
AMERICAN
DRY CLEANING &
LAUNDRY CO.
Fone 5 -:- Opelika
MOST OF GRADUATES IN HOME
ECONOMICS GET EMPLOYMENT
AH Of 1934 Home Economics Graduates Who Sought Positions
Are Now Employed; Many Working As Dieticians In Large
Hospitals; Seven Teaching; Two In Demonstration Work
All 1934 graduates in home econom­ics
at Auburn who sought employment
have been placed, according to a re­port
by Miss Louise P. Glanton, head
of the department. Seven are engaged
in teaching, five are in dietitics, two
are home demonstration agents, and
others are either in commercial work
or have not sought employment.
Those teaching are Ophelia Smith,
Thomasville; Dorothy Breedlove,
Woodville; Mildred Thomas; Louise
Alston, Cherokee; Grace Carlson,
Evergreen; Lucille Johnson, Myrtle-wood;
Edna Smart, Goshen.
TIGERS AND PANTHERS
CONTINUE FOURTEEN
YEAR GRID RELATIONS
(Continued from Page 5)
coached team on the opening game of
the season.
Last year Southern was determined
to beat back the Tiger which had
handed her such an unmerciful lick­ing.
For a time it looked like Au­burn
was in for a defeat but the
Wynnemen rallied and came home in
a breeze with a 20-7 victory tucked
away.
This year Southern is pointing to­ward
Auburn. Birmians say that Au­burn
will receive a licking tonight.
However, the Tigers realize that they
are encountering no easy first game
foe and will be on their toes every
minute in an attempt to subdue an
experienced Panther team.
Those in dietitics are Lois Brown,
King's Hospital, New York; Anestel
Turner, Caucer Hospital, New York;
Evelyn Summers, Bellevue Hospital,
New Jersey; Claude Pritchett, Grass­land
Hospital, New Jersey; Carlton
Tompkins, Watts Hospital, Durham,
N. C.
Evangeline Thomas is a demonstra­tor
for the Eloctrolux Company in
Birmingham; Mildred Simons is a
home demonstration agent in Macon
County; Maud Whorton is a graduate
student with the Alabama Power Com­pany
in Anniston, and Elizabeth Camp
is a home demonstration agent in Do-than,
Alabama.
Mrs. Marion Richardson is study­ing;
Elizabeth Word is a homemaker
at Langdale, Alabama; Margaret
Martin Rencher is in Opelika, and
Edna Gibson is in Auburn.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Presbyterian Church
Sunday, September 23, 1934
Sunday School, 9:45; Student
Classes: Men's Class, Discussion:
"How Is a Christian Student Differ­ent?"
Mr. Hay, Lecturer.
Morning Worship, 11:00. Sermon
Subject: "Blow, Ye Winds."
Christian Endeavor, 7:00 P. M.,
William Candler, Leader.
You will receive a warm welcome.
Tiger Theatre
AUBURN, ALABAMA
"The Showplace of East
Alabama"
SATURDAY, Sept. 22
"WHIRLPOOL"
With Jack Holt, Jean Arthur,
Donald Cook, Allen Jenkins
and Lila Lee.
Also Comedy, "Owl and the
Pussy Cat"
Sat. Night—BANK NIGHT
AGAIN USING SAME NAMES
AND NUMBERS—BE THERE!
SUNDAY and MONDAY
Sept. 23 and 24
Shirley Temple, Gary Cooper,
and Carole Lombard in
"NOW AND FOREVER"
Short subject: "Roamin' Van­dals",
a musical comedy and
Walt Disney's silly symphony
"Peculiar Penguins"
TUESDAY, Sept. 25
Leslie Howard and Bette Davis
in
"OF HUMAN
BONDAGE"
Added: Bill Robinson in "King
for a Day" and News Views
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We have in stock 3 0 case* of Swift's Arrow Laundry
Soap that sells for 5 c per cake, and 2 0 cases of Swift's
Washing Powder that sells for 3 c per box or 2 Boxes for
5c. Each soap wrapper counts as 2 votes, and the top
from each washing powder box counts as 1 vote. As
soon as this soap and powder is completely sold out we
will call in all votes and the above bicycle will be given
absolutely free to the boy or girl holding the largest
number of votes. This contest will begin Friday Morn­ing,
September 21st, a n d end when this shipment of soap
i s sold, so get busy boys and girls for it is evident that
with the small quantity of soap and powder to sell this
contest will not last long. The bicycle has been shipped
from Chicago and will be on display upon arrival.
AUBURN CASH GROCERY
Friday and Saturday, September 21 and 22
PHONES 320 and 321