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VOLUME LVIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY,' FEB. 6, 1935 NUMBER 31
LEAGUE HOLDS SLIGHT LEAD
IN COLLEGE POLL; NUMBER
OF BALLOTS ARE SUBMITTED
Auburn Students Vote Against
League Entry; About 500
Here Send In Marked Ballots
RETURNS INCOMPLETE
P e a c e Poll Is Conducted By
College Editors In Conjunc­tion
With Literary Digest
Second returns in the 325,000 bal­lot
Peace Poll of undergraduates in
119 colleges and universities give a
scant majority of 50.07 per cent, for
United States entry in the League of
Nations.
The majority of Southern schools
voted against the United States join­ing
the League and incomplete re­turns
show that Auburn students
voted in the negative by a 312 to
153 count.
The favorable vote for U. S. Lea­gue
entry was concentrated in East­ern
institutions, fourteen voting
"Yes" and eight "No" while the other
sections of the country voted 26
against and 12 for.
A total of 65,000 ballots are shown
as reecived to date from sixty col­leges.
Asked if the individual student
would bear arms in defense of the
United States in case the country
was invaded, 83.50 per cent, indicated
they would fight, while 16.50 voted
that they would not fight. The Au­burn
vote on this question showed a
445 to 28 majority would bear arms
in defense of the country.
On the question of whether or not
they would bear arms for the United
States in its invasion of "thfe bonders
of another country, 81.63 per cent,
marked their ballot negatively, while
18.37 per cent, showed they would
fight even in case of an aggressive
war. 295 Auburn students indicated
they would not fight if the United
States were the invader, while 195
answered the question in the affirma­tive.
On the fourth question of "Do you
believe that a national policy of an
American Navy and Air-force second
to none is a sound method of insur­ing
us against being drawn into an­other
war" the vote was 62.98 per
cent, against such a policy and 37.02
per cent, for it. However, the Au­burn
vote showed that 297 students
thought the policy a sound one, with
171 voting against it.
An overwhelming majority of 90.25
per cent, showed advocacy of govern­mental
control of armament and mu­nitions
industries, while 9.75 per cent,
of student voters registered opposi­tion
to this issue. Auburn voters
registered a 427 to 53 advocacy of
munitions control.
Voting on thev question "In align -
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Ag Club Hears Guyton
At Meeting Wednesday
Prof. F. E. Guyton, of the Zoology
and Entomology department of Au­burn,
gave an interesting lecture to
the Ag Club at its regular meeting
last Wednesday night January 30.
Prof. Guyton lectured on the mos­quito
control project which he headed
last year in Baldwin and Mobile coun­ties.
He told of some of the prob­lems
he encountered in draining the
marshes of the counties just named.
He showed some lantern slide pic­tures
to verify these problems.
W. G. Hall gave the club a short
talk on "Overproduction and Tariffs."
The Ag Club voted to give Prof.
E. D. Hess $15.00 to take a team
of Ag Club debaters on a debating
tour that will bring them in contact
with three different colleges, Georgia,
Mercer, and Florida.
C. C. Scarborough, chairman of
program committee, announced that
beginning Wednesday February 13
one class will be responsible for a
program each week until each class
has put on a program. The senior
class will give a program February
Florida Quint Will
Engage Tigers
This Week
Bringing with them a team that
ranks among the best in the South­land
the Florida Gators will invade
Auburn next Friday and Saturday
with the idea of adding the Tiger
basketball artists to their list of vic­tims.
Coach Ben Clemson's charges will
be favored to cop at least one of the
two tilts. The current Florida five
has been built around the members
of last year's team which copped
second place in the 1934 conference
tournament.
After the two tilts with the Gat­ors,
four more battles will be fought
to round out this year's hardwood
menu. The Vanderbilt Commodores
will pay a visit to Auburn on Febru­ary
14 and on the 15 and 16 the
Tigers will play host to Sewanee.
Shortly after the Sewanee battle
Georgia Tech will engage the Tigers
at Alumni Gymnasium.
It is expected that Eaves and
Barnes will open at the forward po­sitions
against Florida. Joe Bob
Mitchell will probably hold down cen­ter
and the guard positions will be
taken care of by Brown and Rodgers.
The Auburn basketeers suffered
two stunning defeats during the last
week end. They bowed to Tennessee
last Friday night, 48-28, at Knoxville
and on the following night were nosed
out by Birmingham-Southern, 46-40,
at Birmingham.
At Birmingham Eaves managed to
count up sixteen points while Mitch­ell
followed closely behind with fif­teen.
Beard of Southern led both
teams with a total of eighteen points.
Will Be Seen In Action This Weekend
Financing Of School
Work Discussed Here
Monday By Dr. Johns
Educator Speaks To Large
Group In Langdon Hall;
Kappa Delta Pi Is Sponsor
"The state of Alabama has never
approximated educational expendi­tures,"
stated Dr. R. L. Johns in an
address in Langdon Hall Monday
Night." We need an increase in state
revenue of $1,300,000 to operate the
elementary and secondary schools
normally and an increase of 600,000
dollars for the three institutions of
higher learning."
The title of Dr. Johns' speech was
"School Finance in Alabama." Points
that he discussed will soon be pub­lished
in the Alabama Educational
Association Bulletin and should be of
interest to everyone in the state as
all of the weaknesses of the Alabama
school system were discussed.
The first part of the speech was
devoted to the discussion of mass edu­cation.
"Mass education, as we see
it," said Dr. Johns, "is education
through the grammar school, high
school, and college. There must be
types of learning in the different ed­ucation
institutions that will provide
mass education." The remainder of
his information was a detailed dis­cussion
of school expenses and appro­priations.
This address was delivered to a
group of students, faculty, and
people and was sponsored by the local
chapter of Kappa Delta Pi and the
Parent Teachers Association. Dr.
Johns is a member of the Auburn
school of education and is affiliated
with the Alabama Educational Asso­ciation.
NOTICE!
A course in Statistics is being of­fered
by the Business Administration
Department this semester. Any in­terested
students are requested to see
Dean Scott in his office in Samford
Hall.
COACH MEAGHER CALLS OUT
EIGHTY GRID HOPEFULS FOR
SPRING PRACTICE THIS WEEK
Larg
•HUG41 'QoDGE.lZS CJOEU EAVES
Joe Bob Mitchell, Hugh Rodgers, and Joel Eaves are three sophomore mainstays on the Jordan-coached
Tiger hardwood five this season. Each is a - star performer at his respective position.
SUMMER SCHOOL
TO START HERE
MONDAY, JUNE 3
Two Term Session Will End
On August 17; Many Courses
Will Be Offered — Judd
The 23rd Summer School Sessibn
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
will open Monday, June 3, according
to an announcement made last Satur­day
by Dean Zebulon Judd. The
two-term session Will comprise a full
quarter of college instruction, as in
previous years.
Dean Judd, who will again direct
the summer school, announced July
12 as the closing date of the first
term, while the second session will
open on Monday, July 15, and termi­nate
August 17.
All divisions of the college will be
represented in the courses offered
next summer. Provision will be made
for all classes of college students
and special emphasis will be given
courses that will meet professional
needs of teachers in service. The full
program of graduate courses to be
given will have special application in
the preparation for school supervis­ory
and administrative positions for
both men and women.
Summer session will be conducted
on the same high plane as that of
regular session, said Judd. The sum­mer
school faculty, which will be com­prised
of over 100 teachers, will be
drawn from the school staffs of the
regular session.
The special high school division
will, in all probability, again be con­ducted.
Should high schools through­out
Alabama close before their regu­lar
term is completed many students
will probably take advantage of the
opportunity to take work in the sum­mer
session here.
One of the largest summer sessions
in the history of the school was held
last summer. Seven hundred forty-four
students attended the opening
session, while seven hundred fifty
were in attendance for the final ses­sion.
Social Calendar Is
Announced By
H. Morris
Goff Talks At Meet
Of Business Women
A survey and discussion of the gi­gantic
recovery program now pend­ing
before Congress was given by Dr.
John H. Goff, professor of economics,
at the Thursday meeting of the Busi­ness
and Professional Women's Club.
Program for the meeting was ar­ranged
by Miss Dorothy Dean, chair­man
of the committee on legislation.
The club was represented at the
State directors' meeting in Birming­ham
on February 2 and 3 by Miss
Berta Dunn and Miss Lona Turner.
The club's next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Alma Whatley
on February 11 at which time a pro­gram
on Mexico will be presented.
The social calendar for the second
semester was released today by How­ard
Morris, President of the Inter-fraternity
Council and includes the
dates for every affair to be held on
the campus during the coming term.
A number of conflicts are on the
dance schedule but it was impossible
to avoid some overlapping due to the
short time available.
In -announcing the social set-up for
the second semester, Morris said that
the list released is final and that no
changes or revisions can be made.
The social calendar scheme was intro­duced
last year to prevent having too
many social functions on the same
night and in the first year of its op­eration
was highly successful.
The complete schedule follows:
Friday, February 8, -Band Dance and
Junior A. V. M. A.; Saturday, Feb­ruary
9, Panhellenic Council; Friday,
February 15, Delta Sigma Phi, and
W. A. A.; Saturday, February 16,
'A' Club; Friday, February 22, Hon­or
Societies Ball; Saturday, Febru­ary
23, Sigma Pi and A. T. O.
Friday, March 1, Pi Kappa Alpha
and Pi Omega Phi; Saturday, March
2, Kappa Sigma and T. U. O.; Fri­day,
March 8, S. A. E. and Y. M.
C. A.; Saturday, March 9, 'A' Club;
Friday, March 15, Military Ball;
Saturday, March 16, Phi Kappa Tau
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NEW DEAL USED
AS SUBJECT BY
DEBATE SOCIETY
e Number Of
Drawings Are
Shown Here
Group Discusses Government
Plan In Meeting At Sam-ford
Hall On Monday Night
Plainsmen Lose Tilts
To Vols And Panthers
Auburn's 1935 basketball machine
dropped another trio of court engage­ments
during the past week as Ten­nessee
and Birmingham-Southern an­nexed
decisions on Friday and Satur­day
nights, and Georgia overcame the
Plainsmen last night.
Of the three outstanding quintets
who conquered the Jordan-coached
outfit, only one, Tennessee, succeeded
in piling up any impressive margin.
The Vols ran offensively wild on a
Tiger off night to win 48-28, but the
Panthers from the Hilltop had con­siderable
trouble in -their 46-40 win,
as did the Bulldogs in a 33-29 vic­tory
at Athens Tuesday.
Auburn reached their low of the
season Friday night but made meas­urable
progress in their last two
games. Coach Ralph Jordan seems
to have at last found a combination
that is fairly successful defensively
and can also hold up the point-mak­ing
duties. Joel Eaves' shift from
guard to forward seems to have
materially strengthened the team and
the addition of Hugh Rodgers, rangy
and versatile guard from Langdale
who has been out of competition thus
far this season due to injuries, to
the first line-up has added consid­erable
versatility to the quintet. Joe
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The main feature of the last meet­ing
of the Auburn Debate Society
was a discussion of the New Deal.
The discussion was led by Thomas
Powell, followed by a general discus­sion
of individual opinions and ideas.
Professor Hess made several im­portant
announcements. The nega­tive
and affirmative teams of Holt-ville
High School will meet two fresh­man
teams in Student Hall on Febru­ary
18. The Auburn affirmative
team is composed of Sam Hall and
W. G. Hairston Jr. on the negative
side is Morris Hall and D. C. Smith.
The question for the debate is "Re­solved
That Federal Aid Should be
Granted for the Equalization of Edu­cational
Opportunities.
The first freshman intercollegiate
debate will be held with the fresh­man
teams representing Mercer col­lege.
It will be held in Student Hall
at 8:30 o'clock p. m. on March 1.
Sam Hall and Grady Randolph
wilL argue the negative side of the
question, "Resolved That We Should
Have Socialized Medicine."
There will be a debate at the regu­lar
meeting hour next Monday night
in room 301 Samford Hall. Randolph
and Odlen have the affirmative sides
of the question, Morris Hall and Har­rison
have the negative side. The
question will be "Resolved That Fed­eral
Aid Should be Granted for the
Equalization of Educational Oppor­tunities."
There will be one more freshman
debate which has not been scheduled
yet before the freshman debate con­test
will close and the cup awarded
to the winning team. /
Forty framed pictures and 130 un­mounted
drawings of the William
Leslie Walton Memorial Library are
now on display at the Auburn school
of architecture and allied arts and
will continue to be open to public
inspection until March 1.
These drawings and more than 300
books and pamphlets from the pro­fessional
library of the late William
Leslie Welton, distinguished Bir­mingham
architect, were the gift of
his widow, Mrs. Leo Maria Welton.
The books are now being catalogued
at the main library here and will,
along with the drawings, be desig­nated
as a memorial to Mr. Welton
and form a valuable addition to the
Auburn architectural library. v
The drawings represent the able
draftsmanship of Mr. Welton who,
according to authorities here, was ex­ceptionally
adept in the use of pen
and ink. Many of them are meas­ured
drawings of European architec­tural
gems done while Mr. Welton
held the Rotch Traveling Scholarship
100 to 1902.
During these two years Mr. Welton
traveled and studied in England, Bel­gium,
France, Switzerland, Italy,
Greece, Spain, Holland, and Germany.
Mr. Welton won the $2,000 prize soon
after completing his architectural
study in Massachusetts. /
Returning to America he spent the
next five years in New York City
where he was associated with a lead­ing
architectural firm and continued
to win a number of professional
prizes.
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Auburn Mentor Begins Second
Year At Helm Of Eleven;
Spirit High In First Drills
MORRIS IS CAPTAIN
Only Eight Men Absent From
1934 Team; Fenton Is Great­est
Loss To The Aggregation
Rifle Team Defeats
Georgia And Georgia
Tech Last Saturday
Shoulder To Shoulder Match
Is Closely Contested; Strick­land
Is High Point Scorer
Tiger Eleven Of '22
Received By Harding
Auburn's 1922 football team, coach­ed
by Mike Donahue and captained
by John Shirey, All-Southern half,
back, was the first football team to
be received by the president of the
United States.
This fact was revealed in an arti­cle,
"White House Newsreel," writ­ten
by Wesley Stout for the Saturday
Evening Post. 'Harding set another
precedent," states the article, "when
he received the Auburn or Alabama
Polytechnic football team in October
1922. No football team had thought
to call on the president before that
time."
The Plainsmen were at the time
on their way to West Point to play
the army when they stopped off to
meet the president. Auburn lost the
game, 19-6, after leading until the
last quarter.
In a triangular shoulder to shoul­der
firing match on Grant Field in
Atlanta last Saturday the Auburn
rifle team defeated, by a close mar­gin,
the teams of University of Geor­gia
and Georgia Tech.
The final scores of the match were:
Auburn 1816, Georgia Tech 1811, and
Georgia 1740. Not until the last man
had fired was it possible to ascertain
which of the three teams was winner
of the match.
R. E. Strickland of Auburn and J.
H. Mulder of Tech tied for individual
high honors, each firing 369 out of a
possible 400 points. Other high scores
in the match were made by N. G.
Bradford, 100 prone; Strickland and
H. N. Chapman, 97 kneeling; Chap­man,
99 sitting; and M. L. Hardmati,
87 standing. Scores in the four firing
positions are based on 100 as a per­fect
score.
Auburn's average individual score
was 363.2 closely followed by Tech
with 362.2 and Georgia with 348.
Eight members of the team composed
the firing squad, with the highest five
scores counted in the final result.
Following the match tht; three
teams were guests at a banquet after
which Auburn was the guest of Tech
at the Tech.-Georgia basketball game
at the City Auditorium in Atlanta.
No shoulder to shoulder match is
contemplated for the near future, but
according to Lieut. Ehrgott, coach of
the team, there is a slight possibility
of a match either with the University
of Florida at Gainesville or with Ala­bama
at Tuscaloosa. It is planned
by the team that the three way match
fired last week be made an annual
affair.
Members of the team making the
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By Jap Parrish
With approximately eighty pros­pective
gridmen on hand, Head Coach
Jack Meagher began the annual
spring training period at the Plains
Monday. This is the second second
spring preparatory session that
Coach Meagher has conducted and
present indications point to an intens­ive
and snappy set of drills for the
football hopefuls, many of whom
donned varsity regalia for the first
time. Only eight men from the 1934
edition of the Auburn varsity were
absent Monday, and with a talented
group of plebes coming up, prospects
at Auburn are definitely on the up­grade,
J
Spirit has been at a high ebb in
the two practices held this week and
if interest and attitude mean any­thing
at all, the Auburn Tiger will
be a truly formidable foe for any
team in the South next year. The
1934 team, although winning only two
games on an eleven-game schedule,
furnished dangerous opposition to the
Conference leaders, and with the add­ed
experience gained under the Or­ange
and Blue banner during the past
campaign, Coach Meagher's charges
returning from last season should
blossom forth as football luminaries
of the first rank.
The backfield should be considera­bly
stronger next year as a number
of versatile backs from the '34 fresh­man
squad are present to materially
bolster the offensive department. Au­burn's
biggest weakness last year was
the lack of a dependable ground-gain­ing
quarter and if Hitchcock, Ray
Scarborough, Bill Ellis and any of
the other four or five frosh backs de­velop
the ball-carrying duties will be
well taken care of. Quarterback ma­terial
is decidedly short although Sid­ney
Scarborough and Aubrey Hill,
two regulars last season are back and
three tested freshmen signal-calling
aspirants are on hand in addition to
several unknown quantities who are
also reporting.
In the line, the most acute prob­lem
facing Coach Meagher is the
finding of an end of Fenton's capa­bilities.
Fenton, who was Alternate-
Captain of the '34 team, made the As-continued
on page 4)
High School Students
Engaged In Projects
Members of the third-year home
economics class at the Lee County
High School have completed during
the last semester a number of inter­esting
household decoration prob­lems.
Among the projects completed
are the dyeing of living room drap­eries,
refinfshing a buffet, and the
painting of kitchen furniture in at­tractive
colors.
' In addition the girls have complete­ly
done over the interior decorations
in the women's lounging room. The
wicker furniture was repainted, new
draperies were made, and the floors
were refinished. A number of new
pieces of furniture were added.
Those in the class are Marjorie
Mahone, Elizabeth Rogers, Mary Al­len
Sawyer, Sarah McKinney, Jessie
Isbell, Mildred Nunn, Margaret
Johnson, Velma Long, and Frances
Flanigan. They were assisted by
Miss Thelma Graves, home economics
teacher; Miss Velma Patterson and
Miss Elizabeth Craig, student teach­ers
; and Prof. Edna J. Orr, in charge
of home-economics teacher training.
In recognition for the splendid
work done by the girls this semester,
those in charge are planning a social
hour in the near future.
P A G E T WO T H E A U B U R N P L A I N S M AN A L A B A M A P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U TE WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1935
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Associate Editors: Cecil Strong, Walter
Brown, and Henrietta Worsley.
Managing Editor: Douglas Wallace.
News Editors: Floyd Hurt, Kyser Cox.
Society Reporters: Mildred Watkins,
Evelyn Perry, Louella Botsford and Katie
Lou Chapman.
Sports Staff: Jap Parrish, John Came­ron,
and Bill Emery.
Reporters: Alvin Morland, Dan Smith,
James Buntin, Howard Workman, Helen
Tigner, Robert Johnson.
BUSINESS STAFF
Advertising Managers: Herman Harris
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Advertising assistants: Allen Kerr and
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Circulation Managers: Jim Pike and
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Circulation Assistants: Maurice Ellis,
Tom McGough, Jimmy Merrell, William
Butler, H. B. Darden.
Congratulations
Marion Thrasher and his social commit­tee
are receiving congratulations on every
side as a result of their conducting a highly
successful and enjoyable series of mid-term
dances. The Plainsman would like to add
a word of approval of the dance set and
assure those in charge that the entire stu­dent
body is grateful for the high type
of entertainment afforded them during the
past weekend.
Thrasher has accomplished only a por­tion
of the task for the year, however. The
success of the mid-terms will serve as a
direct challenge to the social committee
chairman and his assistants. They have
established themselves as an efficient group
but a great amount of work still faces
them. The senior dances are not far off
and the class will be expecting the hest
series of finals ever to be staged here. It
is only right for the graduating class to
expect a set of dances at least comparable
to those given during the openings and mid­terms.
The senior dances will be the last
series of such affairs most of the seniors
will ever attend at Auburn and they want
to leave with memories of an enjoyable
senior prom in their minds.
Congratulations, social committee, but
don't forget that you still have a major
task facing you. Get us as good an orches­t
ra as you did this time and you will be
remembered as one of the top notch dance
committees of all time!
Think It Over First
The Plainsman has featured a number
of editorials dealing with student govern­ment
since early in the school year and
many fallacies of the present system have
been brought to light. It is evident that
there are many needed changes in the con­stitution
of the Executive Cabinet and it
is inevitable that these changes will be
effected sooner or later.
Since the Cabinet should be the most
important part of student organization here
the entire student body should take an ac­tive
interest in its immediate and well
planned reorganization. The majority of
students are prone to criticise the Cabinet
but few of them realise the difficulties un­der
which they labor. Their present con­stitution
binds the group in such a manner
as to make constructive work prohibitive.
A minimum expenditure of time in study
of student government here would reveal
many startling weaknesses of the -eystem
which would dumfound most of us. We
believe that the majority of those now un­interested
in the problem would advocate
constructive changes if they had any know­ledge
of the numerous faults of the con-stitution.
From the present outlook, however, it
seems hardly likely that many students
will take the time to think the problem of
Student government through and offer in­telligent
suggestions in planned reorgani­zation
work. Any changes which might be
proposed will probably come from only a
small group. When, and if, a sound plan
is submitted to the student body for appro­val
it will likely meet with opposition from
other groups which have not knowledge of
the needs of our present system of student
government. The student body should not
take the attitude that those who take an
interest in the reorganization work are at­tempting
to gain control over student or­ganization.
Rather they should understand
that there still remain a few students who
are interested enough in the welfare of
the institution and of the future of student
bodies here to take a hand in the work.
Let the student body take an intelligent
stand on changes which might be submitted,
study them, and analyse the entire problem
before attempting to squelch any progres­sive
ideas which are offered.
Anti-Sedition Bill
The Alabama legislature seems on the
point of passing an anti-sedition bill, aimed
at controlling and stamping out Commun­ism
in the state. It has been reported that
of all the bills acted upon by committees,
this received the most enthusiastic response.
The main concern of the legislators was in
"putting more teeth into the bill".
No matter how much one may fear Com­munism,
and dislike the practices of Com­munists,
such a law as this would be a
grave error. The law as drafted would
make it illegal to distribute literature advo­cating
the breaking down of government,
or to say or write anything aimed at over­throwing
government. It would provide
for imprisonment of as many as 20 years,
with a death penalty possible if deaths re­sulted
from any insurrection or disturbance
traced to the dissemination of Communist
literature.
One might think that Huey Long him­self
had drafted the bill, or maybe Hitler
or Stalin. If it were enforced strictly, the
government forces in power could shut off
discussion entirely if that discussion gave
promise of destroying their power. It
would mean that free criticism of govern­ment,
which has always been- one of the
bulwarks of American democracy, would
be a crime. The interpretation of the
material as being seditious would be easy.
To take a definite example of how the
law might work, let us assume an Auburn
student has been studying about radical
political doctrines and has subscribed to
one of the Communist newspapers. Sup­pose
the cook in one of the fraternity
houses picks up the paper and takes it home
with her. Maybe the cook's son gets into
trouble with his employer, and a fight oc­curs,
friends of the cook's son coming to
his assistance and causing what amounts
to a little uprising.
An investigation by law enforcement of­ficials
would disclose the cook's son as be­ing
the one who started the trouble, and
a further investigation would disclose the
Communist newspaper in his home. The
name of the Auburn student would be on
the paper, so he would face the death pen­alty
for distributing seditious literature.
This may sound far-fetched, but it could
very easily take place if the present bill
passes the legislature.
Plainsman Advertisers
The Plainsman is the official student
semi-weekly newspaper of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. Over two thousand
persons, including students, faculty mem­bers
and townspeople read The Plainsman.
The merchants and business men of this
and adjoining towns have contributed in a
large measure to the success of this pub­lication
through their continued patronage
of the advertising columns of the paper.
Were it not for their support it would be
a difficult matter to publish a semi-weekly
newspaper for the student body.
Merchants in Auburn are not advertising
in The Plainsman entirely from a chari­table
point of view, but rather with some
idea of increasing sales. In the advertise­ments
may be found mention of practically
every necessity and luxury in which college
students are interested with sufficient other
information to facilitate the purchasing of
these articles.
The Plainsman urges all readers of the
paper to read its advertisements and, when
possible, to patronize the advertisers. Turn
about is fair play—the advertisers help the
student newspaper, so let the students help
the merchants.
Without the Pale
G. W. FOOTBALL SLATE
IS ANNOUNCED
Alabama, Rice, Tulsa, and West Virginia
are the highlights of the Colonials' nine-game
football card for next season, an­nounced
by Coach Jim Pixlee at the annual
football banquet last night. Other games
listed are with Wake Forest, Davis-Elkins,
Emory and Henry, Wichita, and Catawba.
The opening game is with Emory and
Henry, Saturday, September 28. This is
followed by Alabama, and in alternate
weeks West Virginia, Rice, and Tulsa in­vade
the Capital.
ROSE BOWL PICTURES
BE SHOWN AT 'BAMA
Moving pictures of the famed Rose Bowl
classic on New Year's Day between Ala­bama
and Stanford are to be shown to­morrow
night at the regular "A" Club
dance in the University gymnasium.
Nine-hundred feet of film, showing every
scene of the game, will be shown. The
CABBAGES AND KINGS
By Cecil Strong and Bill Emrey
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.
» * * *
AN ENGLISHMAN who recently vis­ited
the United States said that most
educated Englishmen seemed to think
that America might be fairly represented by
the following: Henry Ford, Babe Ruth, In­dustrial
and political graft, petting parties,
Hollywood, lynchings, skyscrapers, intem­perance,
high standards of living, Aimee
Semple McPherson, the statistical mind,
chewing gum, mechanical efficiency, Negro
spirituals, and nasal speech. If that is all
the impression that we have made on our
English cousins we might as well never
have fought the revolutionary war. But
maybe that same was prejudiced their im­pressions
against us. At, any rate that
gives us an idea of how easily impressions
are made, whether correct or not. Au­burn,
during the past week-end, made an
impression on the many visitors here that
each one of us can be proud *of. By that
we mean that the Auburn students with
very few exceptions conducted themselves
as gentlemen. And those exceptions were
so efficiently and quietly handled by the
social committee that they passed un­noticed.
It appears that even though we
may be the "shoeless plowboys" that we
have been accused of being, we can never­theless
be gentlemen.
* * * *
THE FIVE richest colleges in the Unit­ed
States from the standpoint of endow­ments
are Harvard, Yale, Columbia, the
University of Chicago, and the University
of Rochester, in the order named. But in
costs to the student the most expensive
colleges are Dartmouth, Yale, Harvard,
Columbia, and Princeton. The costs of
these schools range from (average $1,700
at Dartmouth to $1,050 at Princeton. At
Berea college in Kentucky a student can
get by on as low as $172.
* * » *
WE WONDER how many of the stu­dents
here know that here is a State Aca­demy
of Science in Alabama? There is.
It is holding its 12th annual meeting on
the campus of the Florence State College
in Florence. The Alabama Academy has
for its purpose the encouragement of sci­ence
in this state. At each meeting vital
problems in all branches of science are dis­cussed
by the various scientists of the state.
It is interesting to note that the division
of chemistry, physics, and mathematics is
headed by Dr. C. A. Basore, Professor of
Chemistry here at Auburn.
As one of the wonders'of modern science
we have the school clock which gives four
different times at once. And so we go by
the bells—when they ring.
* * * *
MORGUE SECTION . . . Being a few
excerpts from the writing of past Plains­man
columnists.
"JASON" . . . Dean Petrie has purch­ased
himself a most indignant looking au­tomobile.
One of those snubnosed things.
Looks like a freshly laundered goose in the
back with that raised end. Sort of pert
looking, you know.
Any day now, since the Dean has turned
Dandy, we are likely to see him pop up in
front of Benson's with a "Hot-cha-cha",
twirling a cane, and supporting a derby
with one eyebrow.
'DERF" . . . The purgatorial aspects, of
wool shirts are about to become once more
apparent. An occasional wind, a chance
breeze may cool us for a while, but those
bitter hot mornings are coming and you
can lay to that. And a goat under any
other name smells no sweeter when asso­ciated
with a war shirt. A clothes pin, if
you please, Jarvis.
"CONSCIENTIOUS CLETUS" . . . Cle-tus
made only one restlution for the new
year: I, Conscientious Cletus, do hereby re­solve
that I will do everything in my power
during the new year to use in more places
and for more things the most expressive
word in the English language—"DAMN".
"GUM" . . . A voice went searching, an­other
followed; and they m e t . . . on a silver
screen. Now we have the talkie.
A mule went searching, something fol­lowed;
and they met. Now we have trie
jackass.
Seemingly the jackass and the talkie are
inseparable. He is the person who comes
from a one-hoss-total loss town, and goes
to our movie palace when he comes to
school here.
Clark Gable is no good, so the person
showing of the pictures will be at nine-fifteen,
and the dance is to last until twelve
o'clock. The Alabama Cavaliers will sup­ply
the music for the showing of the films
and the dance.
The first American institution of higher
learning to offer a course in medical in­struction
was Columbia University. The
first lectures in this course were given on
November 9, 1767.
AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
Seen and heard during the dances:
That there was a Key banquet.
Wingo, Wingo at his best Saturday night. Billy had the true dance "spirit".
"From the bottom most depths of my heart I still believe life's a struggle",
Battling McTyeire.
C. Witty Walter sets a new record by uttering ten words in exactly as many
minutes. Something must have stimulated this unprecedented flow of speech.
Bill Turk ran Walter a close second by getting out 9 ^ words.
That there were a set of dances during the past weekend.
From many girls: "I just love Auburn dances. I bet the finals will be grand."
* * * * * *
Why is a casket like a green traffic light?
Well, when you've gotta go, you've gotta go. (Fooled you that time.)
* * * * * *
He said he'd named his fraternity pin "Old Soldier" because it had been on
so many fronts.
* * * * * *
Kissing doesn't shorten life; it just makes the time pass more quickly.
* * * * * *'
Love is synonymous with the word Sherman gave war.
* * * * * *
He: "You're looking bad tonight".
She: "Well, doesn't that mud on my shoes prove I'm not?"
* * * * * *
Latest word from the bedside of Alton Graves is that he is resting as well as
could be expected after a hectic weekend trying to get a date with the flaming
little Montevallo blonde he invited down for the dances. It seems that before the
Prom was over, the demure damsel was re-named "my mistake" by the forlorn
Junior Big Shot as a result of the course of events. It is secretly rumored that
he is already making plans to have her down for the Interfraternity Council dance
inasmuch as she requires a minimum of time and trouble. All candidates for dates
will please form in a line on the right.
* * * * * *
It seems that quite a few students on the campus are having trouble distin­guishing
between the two Kappa Alpha Big Shots, Ellis and Morris. The con­fusion
seems to have arisen over whether to call Morris "Dopey" or Ellis "Dizzy".
After all, it seems to us, it is only a matter of opinion.
* * * * * *
We understand that after the past weekend, the famous Sleep and Eat Lodge
will drop the first half of the name and go by the Eat part. No less than seventy-eight
"guests" enjoyed the tempting rations served by Chef Bill Hughes and his
stooges.
* * * * * *
Adam is said to have used the loose-leaf system.
JOCULARITIES
By Jeremiah Juttingham
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Auburn, Ala., February 5, 1935.
Editor The Plainsman,
Auburn, Ala.
Dear Sir,
The following remarks are intended to
convey no adverse reflection upon our
coaches or many of our athletes of estab­lished
splendid character. They are direct­ed
at those dominating influences, presum­ably
within the confines of the "A" Club,
that seemingly invoke, harbor and promote
such incidents and mental attitudes as des­cribed
below.
Many of you may have witnessed the
initiation, in part, of new "A" Club mem­bers
last Saturday afternoon. At that time
and on the partially blocked streets of Au­burn
the neophytes, presumably prompted
by older "A" Club members to devise a skit
of an indecent nature, or the same at least
encouraged and accepted by the older mem­bers,
publicly presented a spectacle of such
obscenity and moral perversity that the
details thereof cannot well be presented in
public print. This vulgar event, with no
effort at concealment from children or wo­men
of delicate and refined * sensibilities,
would seem to have been capable of con­ception
only in the minds of morons. Cer­tainly
the revolting and filthy nature of
the act required or displayed no brilliance
of mind. If the same was necessary to the
satisfaction of depraved mentalities it is
unfortunate that it could not have been
confined to some secluded spot for restric­tion
of effect upon the participants alone.
It is of some compensation to believe that
many of the initiates must have at least
felt a keen disappointment and disillusion­ment
as to the type of organization into
which they were being inducted.
At the conclusion of the Football season
last fall, one member of the squad who
had played in most if not all games, and
was generally considered first string, un­dertook
to explain that it behooved a new
comer to seek popularity with the older
players. All good and a splendid idea in
itself, but his reason? Because, when the
newcomer was brought into games the older
players would exert themselves much hard­er
if they liked him than would be the case
if the opposite were true. Needless to say
that respect for this individual sank to
zero. The unfortunate aspect of this in­cident
was that this individual had just
completed his last year of football, was
apparently a popular member of the squad
and presumably was speaking the senti­ment
of the group.
The above could be greatly enlarged upon
from known incidents of the past several
years. It is conceded, however, that many
splendid things could be said of many of
our athletes over this period. But the ques­tion
arises as to whether the above is in­dicative
of need of some cleansing in
thought and deed. Does the above reveal
from the quaint town has to offer him sug­gestions
as to how to embrace Jean Har
low properly . . . well, sufficiently, as Miss
Harlow is rather never embraced properly,
in the moral sense of the word.
the stuff, at least in part, of which our
teams are made!! If so, does it offer any
explanation of recent records, in which,
with such thoughts in mind, some find it
difficult to take any great pride?
Does the above seem to involve unjust
presumptions as to the responsibility of
the "A" Club? If yes, then whose greater
responsibility is it that we have clean,
wholesome, sportsmanlike and yet fearless,
formidable and fighting athletes, and just
where does our "A" Club best fit into the
picture? .
Yours truly,
By Stander.
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.
* * * *
COLD, bitter cold, and the wind whist­ling
through dead-appearing trees
contribute to an atmosphere of in-uendo
and apathy over the campus, to say
nothing of the departure of some two hun­dred
girls from all across the south that
left Auburn the same mundane, slightly
prosaic place that is usually is. The dances
are past and gone, Sunday we went to bed
early, and if not in so many words we all
thought, "O, sleep, it is a blessed thing,
beloved from pole to pole."
Dances are most pleasant, a relieving
break in the scholastic routine, and now
we are to start back to the same old rout­ine
of frat dances, and classes, where we
see the same girls and the same boys—
and hear the same orchestras. Both the
girls and the two local orchestras are
good, but it seems so pointless. The whole
town seems tired of dancing but we still
go week in and week out. And on Sunday
afternoon we go to the show, and go back
again on Wednesday, and drink shakes at
the local soda emporiums.
All around, the campus, at classes, at
Benson's, at the Inn, at pharmacies and on
the streets everything is terribly listless
and dull. Nobody is interested in any­thing.
We have forty or fifty societies on
the campus, none of which does anything,
with the possible exception of the Debat­ing
Club which makes news of its kind
every week. Seniors sit up and brag about
how pessimistic they are, and adopt an air
of profound cynicism. The latter par­ticularly
noticeable among the so-called in­telligentsia
of the school, most of which
are seniors. Juniors suddenly becoming
friendly with everyone as elections appear
on the not distant landscape. Elections
do something to the campus. For a very
brief period approximately a fourth of the
student body snaps out of it, and wonders
who will be elected to the most stupidly
asinine offices that the human mind could
create. The presidents of the various
classes do nothing except call a few entirely
unnecessary class meetings, at which pro­jects
almost as asinine are brought up and
discussed, with railroading and other ex­amples
of a high type politics decidedly
present. Vice-president, secretary and
treasurer do nothing and the historian
but little. Politics are a lot of fun, though;
that is something.
The Telephone wcan take it!
Your telephone must work 24 hours a day. It
must be immune to icy blasts of the frozen north
—dry burning heat of the desert—heavy, humid
atmosphere of swamp lands.
And it is. For Western Electric—manufacturing
unit of the Bell System—sees to it that telephones,
switchboards and cable are prepared for life any­where.
Through long experience and rigorous
testing, telephone engineers have learned how to
make apparatus which is
not adversely affected by
the whims of climate.
Through pioneering and
producing such improved
apparatus, Western Electric
contributes to the year
'round reliability of your
Bell Telephone service.
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BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1935 T H E A U B U R N PLAINSMAN -:- A L A B A M A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE P A G E THREE
P. 0. APPLICANTS
HAVE TO FILE BY
TUESDAY—HANSON
Receipt Of Applications To
Close February 12, Hanson
Secretary Civil Service Board
The receipt of applications for
postmaster here will close February
12, 1935. This statement was official­ly
made by J. H. Hanson, secretary
of the Civil Service Board in Auburn.
Applications must be made to Mr.
Hanson in this city or to the United
States Civil Service Commission,
Washington, D. C. on form (10) ten.
The applications must be properly
executed and filed, prior to the hour
of closing business on the date speci­fied
above.
Applicants will not be required to
report for examination at any place,
but will be rated upon their educa­tion
and training, business experi­ence,
and fitness. This examination
is held under the President's order
of July 12, 1933, and not under the
civil service act and rules.
It is reported that at least five well
known citizens are seeking the posi­tion
which will be vacated by Mr. L.
A. Knapp, present postmaster. As
Auburn is one of the most import­ant
postoffices in the group of small­er
cities in the South, the appoint­ment
will be an honor.
SOCIETY AND NEWS FEATURES
MILDRED WADKINS, Society Editor
Miss Hampton Now
At Indiana University
Miss Mary Frances Hampton has
gone to attend school at Indiana Uni­versity,
in Bloomington, to which in­stitution
she received the Kappa Del­ta
Scholarship.
The Kappa Delta Scholarship is
given each year by the National
Council Kappa Delta and included all
expenses.
Miss Hampton is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hampton of Tus-kegee.
She came to Auburn in 1933
and will begin school at Indiana Uni­versity
on February 4.
Patronize Plainsman Advertisers.
Brother Of Charles
Floyd Dies Friday
Dr. Ashby Floyd, Jr., brother of
Charles Floyd, who is enrolled as a
sophomore in engineering here, died
on Feb. 1 at the home of his father,
Dr. Ashby Floyd, Sr. in Phenix City
after an illness of four months.
Dr. Floyd was born on June 14,
1905 and spent his entire life in Phe­nix
City. He was a well known den­tist
in that city.
Funeral services were held Sunday,
Feb. 3 at the residence, conducted by
Rev. Earnest of Auburn.
REPAIR OR REMODEL
NOW!
If your home needs repairing don't put it
off; it will cost more later.
We have a complete stock.of building ma­terial,
and our prices are always in-line.
See us for yoUr wants—i t is a pleasure to
serve you . . . .
AUBURN ICE & COAL COMPANY
Phone 239-J
EVERYTHING NEW FOR SPRING
JUST UNPACKED—NEW SPRING SUITS AND
SWAGGER SUITS
2, 3, and 4 Pieces
$4.95 to $14-95
NEW SPRING DRESSES
$J.OO to $2-95
New Spring Hats, Straws and Fabrics — $1.00 to $2.95
New Silk Crepe Blouses, Plaids, and Satins — $1.00
New Spring Wash Dresses — $1.00
Bucksheer Hose — 69c ,
Beautiful Princess Slips with Wide Lace — $1.00
We Carry the Largest Stock in East Alabama
NEW YORK HAT & DRESS SHOP
Main Street, Opelika, Alabama
PERSONAL
MENTION
Some of the former Auburn stu­dents
who were in town last week-end
for the dances were: Fred Hardy,
Harry Barnes, "Goof" Robinson, Her­bert
Harris, "Buster" Borden, Tom
Kirkland, Rhea Lapsley, Joe Ledbet-ter,
Eddie Rich, Richard Rutland,
Randy White, John Farris, Sam Fort,
Bob Perry, Gene Gray, Dozier How>
ard, Bill Cone, Buck Appleton, Scott
Turk, Lewis Jones, John Allen Jones,
Billy Morrison, White Mathews, Son­ny
Paterson, Duke Paterson, George
Walter, Charles F. Davis, Lewis Bow-en,
Harry Orme, Jack Stewart, John
B. Bass, Ripper Williams, Fred Bird-song,
Bill Smith, William Yarbrough,
Polly Walthall, K. O. Kimbrough, and
Bob Ellis.
* * *
Miss Julia Pace, winner of last
year's "Miss Auburn" contest, attend­ed
the dances here last week-end.
* • *
Miss Jane Slack is attending the
Sewanee Mid-terms in Sewanee, Tenn.
* • *
Frank Riddle and Joe Duncan, stu­dents
at Ga. Tech, spent the past
week-end in Auburn.
* * *
Prof. C. J. Rehling of the Auburn
school of chemistry and pharmacy
underwent an operation for appen­dicitis
last Wednesday at St. Mar­garet's
in Montgomery. The opera­tion
is reported as entirely success­ful
and he will be returned to Auburn
this week. He is rapidly recovering.
Dupree To Begin Six
Months CCC Service
Mr. Sterling Dupree, Auburn's
1934 Star Sprinter, will begin a six
months' appointment in the U. S.
Army in charge of a CCC camp
when he returns from the Mellrose
games in New York.
Dupree has the ranking of a sec­ond
lieutenant and will report to Fort
Screven, Ga. on February 10 to as­sume
his duties.
SEE THE NEW
CHEVROLETS -
FOR 1935
Tatum Motor Co. -
KODAK SNAPSHOTS
Of the children, friends and loved ones
keep them young. Don't wait until it is too
late, make snapshots of them now.
LOLLAE'S FINISHING SATISFIES.
VELOX PRINTS, they live on.
Films DEVELOPED 10c per roll, PRINTS
3c, 4c, 5c and 6c each, depending on the size.
ENLARGEMENTS from your kodak films.
TINTING AND FRAMING.
KODAKS, FILMS and SUPPLIES.
Old photos COPIED and REFINISHED.
MAIL ORDERS given special attention.
L O L L A R ' S
1808 3rd Ave. North, (Lyric Theatre Bldg.)
and 302 N. 20th St.
P. O. Box 2622, Birmingham, Ala.
G-E Campus ^ews
FLEA-POWER MOTOR
New photoelectric cells, recently developed in
the General Electric Research Laboratory,
furnish enough energy to operate a tiny elec­tric
motor rated at four ten-millionths of a
horsepower.
These "cells" diner from photoelectric "tubes"
in that the cells convert light energy into
electric energy, whereas phototubes do not
themselves generate electricity but instead
control the amount of current permitted to
flow through them according to the amount
of light they receive. The cells are of the
selenium type.
Four of the cells are used to operate the motor,
which in direct sunlight turns at about 400
rpm. But enough light energy is converted
into electricity, when a 75-watt incandescent
lamp is lighted eight inches away from the
cells, to turn the motor at good speed, using
three ten-thousandths of an ampere. One watt
of power can be obtained from about 15 square
feet of cell area in direct sunlight.
Dr. C. W. Hewlett, North Carolina State, '06,
Ph. D., Johns Hopkins, '12, of the Research
Laboratory was in charge of investigations
that led to the development of the cells and
' the tiny motor.
HEATING WITH COLD WATER
Reversible air-conditioning equipment, which
may be adapted to either heating or cooling,
depending on the season, is now in operation
in a new building in Salem, N. J.
Reversing the cycle of the ordinary household
refrigerator, the refrigerant absorbs heat from
the water of a well which is at least 52 degrees
even in coldest weather. This heat is added
tothat created by the work of the electrically
driven compressors, and the refrigerant at 135
degrees gives up the total heat to the air of
the building. Thus it is possible for an expendi­ture
in electric energy equivalent to 100 heat
units to obtain a total of 300 or 400 units
for heating.
During the summer the process is reversed.
The heat is absorbed from the air of the build­ing.
Then this heat, with the hep-, from the
compressors, is dissipated in the water from
the well, which then can be used for bathing,
or washing dishes.
Besides heating and cooling, the equipment
automatically controls the humidity, and cleans
and circulates the air. The engineering and the
planning for the installation were done by
engineers of the American Gas and Electric
Company and the General Electric Company,
and the equipment was built and installed by
General Electric.
Mil d
GREEN BLUES
When the G-E "House of Magic" was ex­hibited
at the Franklin Institute in Phila­delphia
not long ago, the cathode-ray oscillo­graph
was one of the most popular features.
This device, as you undoubtedly know, shows
the wave shape of any sound, music, speech,
or just plain noise—in the form of a moving,
Sale greenish-blue line on the end of the tube,
iubinoff, the well-known radio violinist and
orchestra leader, came down to see how his
violin notes looked in the device. He had only
a few moments in between engagements. But
he became so interested after watching the
gyrations of the dancing green line when he
played "Hun
half an hour.
'Humoresque" that he stayed for
ur. He played on, and found that
his violin produced green notes—even when
he played the blues.
R. H. Mighell, U. of Denver, '29, of the G-E
Research Laboratory, was in charge' of the
exhibit.
96-124-FBI
GENERAL » ELECTRIC
Local Boy Scouts To
Join In Celebration
The local boy scout troop number
seven will join with troops all over the
United States in celebrating the
twenty-sixth anniversary of scouting
in this country. Friday, Feb. 8, is
the anniversary day, but the entire
week from the 8 to the 15 is to be
given to special activities by the
scouts.
The idea of Boy Scouts was intro­duced
into United States in 1910 by
William B. Boyce who had come in
contact with this organization in Eng­land.
Since that time a total of five
million boys have pledged themselves
to obey the Scout Law and to do a
good turn daily, and at the present
time this organization is the largest
uniformed group of citizens.
Scout Week will be officially open­ed
at 8 o'clock Friday morning by
the. scouts in every section of the
country re-committing themselves to
the Scout Oath in unison. This cere­mony
is to be led by some national
scouting figure over one of the na­tional
hook-ups. Every registered
scout has been urged to wear his
complete uniform during the entire
celebration.
Mr. C. M. Clark, professor of Ag­ricultural
Economics, who has recent­ly
taken over the local troop, has
made plans for local members to do
a few additional exercises in carrying
out their part of this national pro­gram.
On Sunday, Feb. 10, the
scouts will attend church services in
a body, and an all-day hike is planned.
Prof. Fullan Speaks
At Rotary Meeting
There are two types of hobbies,
those directly related to one's vaca­tion
and those unrelated. This clas­sification
was made by Prof. M. T.
Fullan in his speech on "Hobbies"
given to the Auburn Rotary Club last
week. He believes both types to be
of value, because they bring into ac­tion
the unused portions of one's in­tellect.
The use of hobbies tends to stimu­late
one's mind in such a way as to
improve performance in his vocation­al
field. The personality of the indi­vidual
should be a center comparable
to a planetary system around which
revolves a large group of interests or
hobbies.
Aside from aiding one in a voca­tional
field, hobbies are sometimes a
help to persons in choosing their
proper vocation.
Paul S. Haley Talks
At Club Meet Monday
Paul S. Haley who is connected
with the National Resources Board
talked to the Auburn Kiwanis Club
Monday and explained the work in
progress. He said that as a result
of recent survey made and almost fin­ished
better use of land is the first
important objective. He anticipates
other objectives to follow.
Following the regular program
chairman committees were called into
session by Dr. Paul Irvine, president,
and plans made for work of the Au­burn
club this year, in accordance
with a State meeting of Kiwanis Club
officials in Montgomery last week.
Edna Barrett Is Wed
To J. Perry Thursday
Miss Edna Barrett, sister of Mr.
Fred Barrett who is a sophomore in
Engineering at Auburn, was married
to Mr. J. L. Perry of Shorter, Ala.,
on Feb. 3 at the home of the bride's
parents on South Panama Street in
Montgomery.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry will make their
home in Shorter after a wedding trip
to South Florida.
NOTICE!
Every man in school who is inter­ested
in baseball and eligible for
varsity competition is requested to
meet Coach Del Morgan at the gym­nasium
Monday night, February 11,
at 7 p. m. It is important for all
candidates to be present since shoe
sizes and types of gloves for players
will be taken.
LOST—Extra length gray and black
checked silk knit scarf during
dances. Finder please return to
Ben Smith at Pi Kappa Alpha house
and receive reward.
Buffet Suppers Are
Enjoyed By Visitors
Among outstanding social, events
attendant with the mid-term dances
during the past weekend were several
buffet suppers given after the con­cluding
dance, Saturday night, of the
series.
Theta Chi, Sigma Nu, Lambda Chi
Alpha, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Al­pha
Epsilon, and Phi Delta Theta
chapters were hosts to a number of
visiting girls and their dates at these
affairs.
Supper was served in buffet style
at each of these fraternity houses.
Several hundred guests called during
the course of the events.
Several members of Kay Kyser's
orchestra, which furnished the music
for the dances, were honor guests at
the affairs.
Chaperones were from among fac­ulty
members.
Toomer Chosen To
Serve On Several
House Committees
S. L. Toomer of Auburn, Lee Coun­ty
representative in the state legisla­ture,
was recently named a member of
seven house committees by Speaker
Walker.
The committees of which Mr. Toom­er
is a member include Aviation,
Banks and Banking, Education,
Game, Fish and Fisheries, Forestry
and Conservation, and Public Health.
Lee County's other representative,
N. D. Denson of Opelika, was named
chairman of the Federal Relations
Committee and a member of commit­tees
on Civil Laws, County Bounda­ries,
and Public Health and County
Organization.
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Dr. B. R. Showalter Addresses
Opelika Audience On "Ele­mentary
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"The importance of Elementary
Education" was the subject of a
speech given by Dr. B. R. Showalter
of the City Teachers' Association of
Opelika last week.
Dr. Showalter gave some enlight­ening
information to the assembly
on the importance of elementary edu­cation
and he showed how such edu­cation
could be furthered.
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P A G E FOUR 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 INSTITUTE WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1935
TWELVE YOUNG MEN SELECTED
AS "BEST" BY DURWOOD HOWE
AH But One Of Tho.se Chosen For Young Men's Who's Who Are
College Or University Graduates Or At One Time Attended
College; Clark Gable Is Only Exception
Los Angeles, Calif.—(A.C.P.)—All
but one of the twelve young men se­lected
as the outstanding young men
of 1934 are college or university
graduates or at one time attended
college. The selection of 1934's
"best" was made by Durward Howes,
editor of "America's Young Men,"
who's who of the younger genera­tions.
The only one placed on the list who
is not a college graduate is Clark
Gable, 34-year-old movie actor who
was selected for the honor roll for
his outstanding performance in the
screen hit "It Happened One Night."
Following is the complete list:
•Walter E. Disney, Chicago Acade­my
of Fine Arts, famed animated
cartoonist, and president of the Le­gion
of Honor.
Lewis Douglas, Amherst College,
Harvard University and Massachu­setts
Institute of Technology. A
merly President Roosevelt's director
member of Alpha Delta Phi, and for-of
budget.
Clark Gable, movie actor.
John Edgar Hoover, George Wash­ington
University, member of Kappa
Alpha fraternity, and at present di­rector
of investigation, U. S. Depart­ment
of Justice.
Robert Marion LaFollette, Jr., Uni­versity
of Wisconsin, Beta Theta Pi,
and now U. S. Senator from Wiscon­sin.
He is one of the heads of the
new Progressive party.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Uni-
Tiger Theatre
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WEDNESDAY, February 6
"LOTTERY LOVER"
with Lew Ayres, Pat Paterson,
Peggy Fears
Added Comedy: "Nosed Out",
with Irvin S. Cobb
THURSDAY, February 7
Franchot Tone and Jean Muir
in
"GENTLEMEN ARE
BORN"
Also Will Osborn Band and
Novelty Adventure Reel
FRIDAY, February 8
"MYSTERY WOMAN"
with Mona Barrie, Gilbert
Roland, John Halliday
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THURSDAY
GLORIA STUART in
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FRIDAY
—On the S t a g e—
Bob Davis Presents His
WONDER SHOW
"VARIETIES"
1935 EDITION
10 Piece N.B.C. Orchestra
25 ENTERTAINERS
—On the Screen—
Lyle Talbot — Mary Astor
"Red Hot Tires"
SATURDAY
RICHARD DIX in
"West of the Pecos"
— P l u s -
Chapter 1
"TAILSPIN TOMMY"
versity of Wisconsin, and possessor
of honorary degrees from New York
University, Princeton, and North­western,
was chosen for his continued
contribution to aviation.
Henry R. Luce, Yale and Oxford
Universities, editor and publisher of
Time and Fortune magazine.
Paul Allman Siple, Allegheny Col­lege,
Alpha Chi Rho, chief biologist
of the second Byrd Antarctic Expedi­tion.
He was chosen as the repre­sentative
of 826,000 Boy Scouts to
make the trip with Commander Byrd.
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Uni­versity
of Virginia, Delta Psi, re­cently
chosen vice-chairman of the
finance committee of the U. S. Steel
Corp.
Eugene L. Vidal, Universities of
Nebraska and North Dakota and
West Point Military Academy, and
Phi Delta Theta, now director of
aeronautics, U. S. department of
commerce.
James P. Warburg, Harvard Uni­versity,
Delta Kappa Epsilon, econo­mist,
writer, and vice-chairman of
the Bank of Manhattan.
E. Richard West, University of
Southern California at Los Angeles,
president of the United States Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
All of those named were included
in the 1934 edition of America's
Young Men, with the exception of
Clark Gable, who has received un­usual
acclaim since the book was
published because of his work in the
success "It Happened One Night."
The nominations were made after a
survey of the accomplishments of
four thousand or more men mentioned
in America's Young Men, as well as
many additional names, most of
which will be included in the 1935
edition.
"It was a difficult task to select
twelve men from such a large num­ber
of men, all of whom are doing
great things and many of whom are
outstanding in their respective fields,"
Howes stated.
SOCIAL CALENDAR IS
ANNOUNCED BY MORRIS
(Continued from Page 1)
and Phi Delta Theta; Friday, March
22, Lambda Chi Alpha and Pi Kappa
Sigma; Wednesday, March 27, (A
Day), 'A' Club; Friday, March 29,
Wittel, Chemical Ball, and "Rat"
Ball.
Friday, April 5, Sigma Nu and Chi
Omega; Saturday, April 6, Alpha
Gamma Rho and Theta Chi; Friday,
April 12, Delta Sigma Phi and S.
P. E.; Saturday, April 13, Kappa
Alpha; Friday, April 19, Interfrater-nity
Council; Saturday, April 20,
'A' Club dance; Friday, April 26,
A. L. T. and W. A. A.; Saturday,
April 27, Pi Kappa Phi and Theta
Kappa Nu.
Friday, May 3, Sigma Pi and Wit­tel;
Saturday, May 4, A. T. O. and
Phi Delta Theta; Friday, May 10,
Ag Club; Friday, May 11, 'A' Club;
Saturday, May 18, 'A' Club.
LARGE NUMBER OF
DRAWINGS SHOWN
(Continued from Page 1)
In 1907 he went to Birmingham
and formed a partnership with W.
T. Warren for the next three years.
The firm designed the Empire Build­ing
and the Chamber of Commerce
Building during this time in addition
to other important structures.
An important part was played by
Mr. Welton during the period of
rapid growth in Birmingham, 1910
to 1924. More than 10 million dol­lars
work of building was handled
by Mr. Welton, including 50D resi­dences,
10 apartment houses, 10
schools, 8 warehouses, 8 churches, 3
theatres, 6 hotels, 6 banks, and 50
stores and office buildings. It was
during these years that he designed
and supervised the construction of
the Tutwiler Hotel, the American
Trust and Savings Building, the
Ridgely Apartments, the Lyric Thea­tre,
and the First Christian Church.
Rutgers University will introduce
a new four-year course introductory
to government service next fall. The
course is designed for those preparing
for public administration and busi­ness
or for administrative positions
in the agencies concerned with public
welfare.
COACH MEAGHER CALLS
OUT EIGHTY GRID MEN
FOR SPRING PRACTICE
(Continued from Page 1)
sociated Press All-Southeastern pick
and his place at left end is the oc­casion
for a mad scramble among
prospective wingmen. Joel Eaves,
George Strange and Hamp Williams
are the old men back with Eaves the
only letter winner of the trio. Sev­eral
big, heavy freshmen also have
hopes along the terminal line but
veterans will probably get the call for
the end assignment. Captain Mutt
Morris seems a certainty for right
end unless some unheralded perform­ers
shoot into glory with meteoric
success.
Although there are a lot of "ifs"
about spring training and the 1935
season, on the whole prospects are
fairly bright. If a fast, all-round
backfield. can be assimilated the fore-wall
is capable of holding up the de­fensive
end of the game, in addition
to providing those much-needed holes
for ambitious backs. Auburn faces
the most difficult schedule in the
Conference as Southern, Florida,
Tennessee, Tech, Georgia, Tulane, L.
S. U., Kentucky, and Oglethorpe are
encountered and while no one would
predict victories over Tulane, L. S. U.
or Tennessee, wins over the balance
of the teams are not remote possibili­ties.
Predicting fall results after
two days of spring training is very
dangerous, however, and while Au­burn
may come through as a winner
next fall, not until the close of spring
training can any reasonably safe
forecasts be made.
RIFLE TEAM DEFEATS
GEORGIA AND GEORGIA
TECH LAST SATURDAY
(Continued from Page 1)
trip to Atlanta last Saturday were
J. M. Van Hoose, E. E. Casson, J. E.
Moyer, R. E. Strickland, N. G. Brad­ford,
J. J. Swenson, W. W. Brunson,
M. L. Hardaman, H. M. Chapman, J.
L. Calloway, A. A. Rich, E. Tomlin-son,
F. J. Triolo, C. F. Wilkes, and
Wm. Dexter.
The prone stage of the Fourth
Corps Area firing competition was
fired last week, with the sitting stage
LECTURER HERE
SUNDAY SPEAKS
TO METHODISTS
Dr. W. D. Weatherford, Noted
Y.M.C.A. Worker, Addresses
Sunday School And Church
Dr. W. D. Weatherford, author,
minister, and founder and President
of the Y. M. C. A. graduate school
at Nashville, Tennessee, spoke at the
Methodist Church Sunday. Dr.
Weatherford's sermon was a discus­sion
of four revolutions, Economic,
Intellectual, Moral and Religious. He
also spoke in Sunday School, using
for his subject: "Crowding God Out
of Our Lives".
Realizing the need of Christian
leadership in college, Dr. Weather­ford
is a very active Y. M. C. A.
leader. During the year he visits
at least thirty colleges in the United
States and abroad, sometimes travel­ing
50,000 miles to further interest
in Y. M. C. A. activities. At each
college, he talks to students who are
campus leaders and interested in
Christian service. Out of these stu­dents
who are contacted, Dr. Weath­erford
chooses one man to be trained
for one year free of charge, at the
Y. M. C. A. graduate school.
In addition to his lectures, wide
travels, and personal interviews, Dr.
Weatherford has written many books,
among which are: "The Theology of
Browning" in several volumes, several
volumes on racial questions and
others.
LEAGUE HOLDS SLIGHT
LEAD IN COLLEGE POLL;
MANY BALLOTS ARE IN
(Continued from Page 1)
ment with our historic procedure in
drafting man-power in time of war,
would you advocate the principle of
universal conscription of all resources
of capital and labor in order to con­trol
all profits in time of war?" the
balloting showed 81.5 per cent, mark­ed
in favor of such universal con­scription
to 18.50 per cent, voting
against it. 418 Auburn students vot­ed
"Yes" as against 59 who voted
"No" on this question.
The returns are far from incom­plete
but indicate the final result of
the balloting.
PLAINSMEN LOSE TILTS
TO VOLS AND PANTHERS
to be fired this week. Auburn placed
second in Corp Area competition last
year and won the National Cham­pionship
only to be disqualified be­cause
of a minor technicality.
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Bob Mitchell has the inside track
for the pivot position and acting
captain Cleve Brown is a cinch to
finish the season at the other guard,
where he has played all season. Mit­chell
and Brown both starred in the
Georgia game last night, Mitchell
being tied for high honors with ten
points and Brown garnering five
points on his own account. The
other forward is more or less a toss-up
with Woodrow Barnes, Frank
Sindler, Bobbie Blake, C. D. King
and George Quinney all having dem­onstrated
proficiency at times this
season and any of whom has a good
chance of making the first line-up.
Eaves apparently is the best bet for
one forward, both on the basis of his
shooting to date at his new position,
and his general floor work.
JAZZ CLINIC BY PENN STATE
PROFESSORS PROVES POPULAR
Mad Clamor Of Jazz-Mad Students Pierces Peaceful Air Of
Pennsylvania State College Campus; Prof. Hummel Fish-burn
Analyzes Old And Modern J a z z To Delight Of Crowd
State College, Pa.—(A.C.P.)—The
peaceful and academic, although
chilly, mountain air of Pennsylvania
State College's ice-encrusted campus
was pierced one night recently by the
mad clamor of jazz-mad students who
stormed Schwab auditorium for the
"Clinic on Jazz" staged by Professors
Fishburn and Nichols.
Blond, mustachioed, green-necktied
Prof. Hummel Fishburn surveyed his
audience, took a deep breath, and
analyzed jazz from a musical stand­point,
explaining its origin as being
either in 1619, when the first slaves
were brought to this country, or 1916,
when a new idiom in music was origi­nated
by a colored band in New Or­leans:
'
Throughout their informal exposi­tions
of the three types of jazz—com­mercial,
symphonic, and "hot"—the
lecturers scrupulously avoided men­tion
of the subject dearest to their
hearts'—nostalgicism.
"Nostalgicism," Mr. Nichols reveal­ed
in a weak moment last year, is
a school of thought which has as its
purpose retrospection on the plush
era of the immediate past and renew­al
of memories in the minds of this
group of "young-old" men through
listening and enjoying old "hot" jazz
recordings. This lecture is the first
time that the movement has reared
its ugly head even cautiously to the
public eye. But the public embraced
it.
Once during his lecture Mr. Nich­ols
came near to revealing his secret
and that of his colleague's. It was
after the syrupy tones of Louie Arm­strong's
trumpet had poured liquid
melody all over the auditorium floor
and Mike Mole, Jimmy Dorsey, and
Duke Ellington had been heard, that
Mr. Nichols relaxed his vigilance.
"The technical interest in 'hot' jazz
becomes apparent when you hear two
enthusiasts arguing over whether or
not Louie Armstrong's cornet 'lick'
in the middle of the chorus of 'Dinah'
wasn't hotter than Red Nichols' trum­pet
interlude just after the second
ending in 'Honeysuckle Rose," he
said.
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The selection, buying and preparation of
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