1935-02-23 The Auburn Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman ®h£ Auburn ipiamsmait Congratulations,
Dr. Duncan
TO F O S T E R THE A U B U R N S P I R IT
VOLUME LVIII AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, FEB. 23, 1935 NUMBER 36
DR. DUNCAN NAMED PRESIDENT
SOCIETIES WELL
ENTERTAIN WITH
DANCE TONIGHT
Banquet And Dance Attract
Large Group Of Visiting
Girls To Campus Celebration
GRAND MARCH BE STAGED
Program Dances Arranged For
Ball; Robinson Toastmaster;
Banquet At Baptist Church
Many out-of-town girls arrived in
Auburn today as guests of honor so­ciety
members for the Honor Societies
Ball and Banquet tonight. The ban­quet,
which is slated to begin at 6:30,
will open the festivities. The dance
is to follow at 9 o'clock.
A new feature which the executive
committee added to the arrangements
for the ball is that every third dance
will be a program dance. There will
be a total of ten program affairs dur­ing
the dance, and menues for the
banquet will contain an extra page
for listing dates for each of these
dances. Program books will be sold
at the ball for those who do not at­tend
the banquet.
The banquet will be held in the din­ing
hall of the First Baptist Church.
Prof. J. M. Robinson will act as toast-master
for the affair, while Dean Zeb-ulon
Judd will be the principal speak­er.
For the dance, which is to get under
way at 9 o'clock and last until 1 o'­clock,
the Auburn Knights will provide
the music. Intermission will be held
from 11:30 until 12. Four no-breaks
will be a feature of the ball. Scarabs,
honorary architectural fraternity,
have completed the decorations of the
dance hall.
Miss Mary Hall Van Pelt, of Mont­gomery,
will lead the Grand March
with Wallace Nelson, president of
Blue Key as her escort. The "March"
will be held at 11 o'clock. Phi Kappa
Phi initiates will be present at the
ball.
Societies taking part in the annual
celebration are: Blue Key, which spon­sors
the event, Omicron Delta Kappa,
Spades, Phi Kappa Phi, Scarabs,
Scabbard and Blade, Tau Beta Pi,
Spiked Shoe, Alpha Phi Epsilon, Phi
Delta Gamma, Cardinal Key, Eta
Kappa Nu, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and
Kappa Delta Pi. Each society has
taken an active part in arrangements.
Dr. Basore Gets Rack
Showing Oil Processes
A display rack showing a typical
refining process for Pennsylvania
crude oil has been received by Dr.
C. A. Basore of the chemistry de­partment.
This display rack, which
Dr. Basore will use in his course in
industrial chemistry, demonstrates
completely the processes used in the
refining of crude petroleum.
Included in the exhibit are small
sample bottles containing representa­tive
petroleum products from the raw
crude to the finished motor oil, gas­oline,
kerosene, and wax. Also, with
the exhibit is a sketch of a typical
refinery flow-chart which indicates
quite graphically the various points in
the process at which the representa­tive
products are removed.
This exhibit, which was furnished
by the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil
Association, will become a permanent
part of the school's display depicting
various industrial processes. In or­der
to facilitate the practical use of
this display for class room purposes
the Association has prepared a sim­plified
text book for student use and
in "the future will maintain the ex­hibit,
replacing any broken or discol­ored
samples.
The demonstration, which will be­come
a definite fixture in the departs
ment of chemistry, will be on display
in the Emerson R. Miller library of
the B. B. Ross Memorial Chemical
Laboratory.
Klein Speels Old
Yearbook Hokum
The same old rot about the
Glomerata coming out on time was
handed a Plainsman reporter last
night by squat Bob Klein, editor
of the year book.
Cocking his short legs up on
his editorial table, Editor Klein
said, "Yes sir, all the copy goes
in within a few days and we ex­pect
proofs to be returned in sev­eral
weeks. This means that the
book will be out about a month
ahead of time."
"But it cannot come out until
all bills are paid", interrupted
Chief Swindler Will Bruce. Bruce
as most of the seniors remember,
is the man who cock and bull
storied himself into office during
the spring elections last year.
It remains an inviolable clause
in Plainsman ethics that the en­tire
staff resigns when the Glom­erata
comes out on schedule.
However, we do not fear for our
jobs. We have heard that same
old believe it or not story about
the annual before, and wish to as­sure
the student body that the
Glomeratas will not, in all proba­bility,
be out before the end of the
present administration. Neverthe­less,
it makes good copy for this
space which might otherwise have
remained unfilled.
NEWSPAPER TO
GIVE AWARD IN
CONTESTS HERE
CONSTITUTION TO
BE STUDIED HERE
- BY SPECIAL BODY
Hughes Announces Committee
To Investigate Changes In
Auburn Student Government
A committee composed of Mr. P. O.
Davis, executive secretary, Mr. C. W.
Edwards, registrar, Jack Shaw, Neil
Davis, and Executive Cabinet iriem-bers
Bill Hughes, Gene Heacock, Mar­ion
Thrasher has been appointed by
Cabinet president Hughes to investi­gate
all proposed changes in the Un­dergraduate
Students Association con­stitution.
In announcing the appointment of
the group to serve on the special com­mittee,
Hughes said that it would be
their duty to make a study of student
government at this and other colleges,
discuss strong features of other cons­titutions,
pick out the weaknesses in
Auburn's present governing system,
and then recommend changes in the
constitution.
The committee will receive all sug­gestions
from members of the student
body and give them full consideration
in drafting a new plan, stated the
Cabinet president..
Hughes has written to presidents of
student bodies at Ohio State, Oregon
State, George Washington University,
University of Minnesota, and one or
two other colleges and universities
which have recognized student govern-
(Continued on page 4)
Prof. Orr To Attend
War Classes At Sill
Professor Frank Marion Orr will
go to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, March 1,
on a leave of absence for three
months to attend a battery officers
school. His classes in the school of
architecture will be divided among
associate professors.
Professor Orr is a Captain in the
Field Artillery and is one of the two
officers to attend the school from the
Fourth Corps Area. The other of­ficer
is Captain A. B. Hay of Char­lotte,
N. C.
The Army conducts the course for
reserve officers and the course will
continue through March, April, and
May.
Professor Orr instructs architects
in the actual construction work and
he will resume his duties here on his
return in May.
Plainsman Will Offer Prize For
Best High School Newspaper
In Contest Of Tournament
RULES ARE LISTED
Dramatic Tourney Is Annual
Event Here; Rutland An­nounces
Plans For Features
Of the 28 high schools from the dif­ferent
parts of the state that have
accepted invitations to participate in
the annual Dramatic Tournament to
be held here March 22, a number will
compete for the two Plainsman awards
offered each year to the winners of the
journalistic contests.
The best high school newspaper will
be judged on its make-up, editorial
page, news content, and headlines.
Each high school taking part in the
contest will be required to submit four
consecutive issues of its paper. Judges
for the contest will be Prof. J. E.
Roop, professor of journalism, and the
Plainsman staff.
Rules governing the newspaper con­test
are:
1. Four consecutive issues of the
paper for the present school year must
be submitted, preferably by the editor
in person.
2. Judgment shall be based upon
the quality of the news, editorials, de­partments,
attractiveness and balance
of headlines, coverage of school inter­ests,
and absence of errors in gram­mar
and punctuation.
3. The size of the newspaper and
the size of the school shall have no
bearing in the contest.
Rules governing the editorial writ­ing
contest are:
1. Several topics of local interest
or national will be announced at least
two hours before the contest. This
will allow time for investigation and
(Continued on Page 4)
Elizondo Speaks At
Relations Club Meet
"Our Relations with Mexico" was
the subject of a talk given by Prof.
Y. A. Elizondo at a meeting of the
International Relations Club Tues­day
night in their new room in the
basement of the library. Prof Eli­zondo
is a native of Mexico and a
graduate of Auburn.
Prof. Elizondo said in part that
the cause of friction between the two
countries is due to our warped con­ception
of the Mexiean people. Most
of the trouble, he said, starts in the
primary grades of our schools, in
which text books are written by
biased persons. ' In this way those
who later in life come in contact with
the Mexicans are handicapped by
their lack of knowledge of the true
situation.
The Battle of the Alamo was cited
in particular by Prof. Elizondo. The
accounts of this battle in American
text books, he said, deal at length
with the wholesale slaughter of the
American forces. No mention is made
of the losses incurred by the Mexi­cans.
In many instances the Mexi­cans
suffered greater loss than did
the Aemricans.
When making comparisons between
the people of the two countries, our
text books fail to give a true picture.
This is because the comparison is
made between persons of different
social levels. The average American
must be compared with the average
Mexican if a true picture is to be
drawn, said Prof. Elizondo.
Before the talk given by Prof.
Elizondo, a brief business meeting
was held by the society in which M.
D. Roth and M. H. Conner were
chosen to represent the Auburn chap­ter
of I. R. C. at the annual South
Eastern International Relations Club
Conference being held at Davidson j
College, Davidson, N. C.
President Of Auburn BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECT
EXTENSION SERVICE LEADER
TO PRESIDENCY OF SCHOOL
New Head Has Long Record Of Service To
College And State; Has Been Leader In
Agriculture And Won National Recognition
DR. LUTHER NOBLE DUNCAN, who for a number of years has
been Director of Extension Service in Alabama, will soon take over
the executive reins of the college.
GOV. GRAVES WILL
BE INVITED HERE
FOR CADET DANCE
Plans For Annual Affair Are
Taking Definite Shape; At­tractive
Program Arranged
Plans are well under way for the
annual Military Ball to be staged here
Friday night, March 15, in the Alum­ni
Gymnasium, according to Frank
Ellis, president of the local company
of Scabbard and Blade.
The dance is sponsored each year
by the cadet officers of the military
unit. A representative of the senior
cadet corps here will issue a special
invitation today to Gov. Bibb Graves
and his wife to be present at the af­fair.
Also, invitations have been ex­tended
to alumni members and to
members of the Officers Reserve
Corp.
Members of the seven committees
on arrangements met Monday night
in Samford Hall to make final prep­arations
for the ball, which will in­clude
several novel features. The
executive committee, which will ex­ercise
general supervision in arrang­ing
details of the dance, is headed by
Ellis. Other members of the com­mittee
are: Bill Hughes, H. T. Mar­tin,
Howard Morris, Billy Roberts,
and Lieut. J. V. Phelps.
The program that has been ar­ranged
provides for the dance to be­gin
at 9 o'clock and end at 1 o'clock,
with the Auburn Knights slated to
provide the music. Prior to the
dance a Scabbard and Blade Ban­quet
will be held here. R. O. T. C.
uniforms will be worn by those at­tending
the banquet and the dance.
(Continued on Page 4)
BATTALION TRACK
MEET TO BE HELD
ON LOCAL CAMPUS
Spiked Shoe And Military De­partment
To Sponsor New
Feature; To Be Of Interest
The Auburn chapter of the Spiked
Shoe Society will sponsor, in cooper­ation
with the Military Department,
an inter-battalion track and field
meet open to all cadet students in
the unit. The trials will be held in
all events for all contestants from
March 5 through March 8 at 4 to 6
P. M. each afternoon on Drake Field.
Freshmen are especially urged by
Spiked Shoe to participate.
Events to be contested are: 70-yd
dash, 1-5 mile run, high jump, shot
put and half mile relay race (five
man teams). Varsity and freshmen
track men who have represented Au­burn
in a meet will not be eligible to
4
compete in this event.
' Suitable medals will be awarded to
all first place winners.
Each competitor in the 70-yd. dash
(Continued on page 4)
SMITH, RICH WIN
DEBATE TOURNEY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Phi Delta Gamma Sponsored
Annual Contest Is Acclaimed
Success; Award Two Cups
College To Rebuild
Nine Tennis Courts
Tom Hef lin To Speak
Here Sunday Morning
Senator J. Thomas Heflin will
speak in Langdon Hall Sunday morn­ing
from 10 to 11 o'clock on the
liquor referendum. Sen. Heflin is
speaking under the auspices of the
Lee County Anti-Repeal Association.
Rev. E. J. Richardson of Richmond,
Va., is scheduled to speak in Opelika
at 7:30 o'clock Friday on prohibition
and the Virginia liquor control plan.
According to C. W. Edwards of the
anti-repeal association for Lee coun­ty,
Sen. Heflin's speech Sunday will
be limited to an hour in order that
those present may attend church ser­vices.
According to a recent announcement
by Mr. P. 0. Davis, executive secre­tary,
plans are being made by the
college for the rebuilding of nine ten­nis
courts at different points on the
campus.
Mr. Davis, who is the instigator of
this plan, states that six of the courts
are now being built in the area be­tween
the rat football field and Thach
avenue, and the ground is being clear­ed
in that vicinity for more courts in
the future.
These courts, along with the two
courts being remodeled from the four
Y courts next to the Lambda Chi
House, will be the regulation length
of 120 feet and are to run in the
proper direction, north and south. The
ninth court, however, will be used for
practice purposes and will run east
east to west. This practice court will
be constructed in the rear of the old
Y courts.
Mr. Davis stated that the courts will
be open to all students under the su­pervision
of the Athletic Department.
It is planned that the courts will add
to the attractiveness of the campus
and give tennis euthusiasts an excel­lent
opportunity to practice.
In a closely contested debate Wed­nesday
night in Samford Hall Dan
Smith and A. Rich were declared by
the judges as winners of the fresh­man
debate tournament sponsored by
Phi Delta Gamma. Members of the
winning team were awarded silver
loving cups by the fraternity.
Smith and Rich upheld the affirm­ative
and Morris Hall and George
Harrison the negative side of the
question: "Resolved, That Federal
Aid Should be Granted for the Equal­ization
of Educational Opportuni­ties."
The debate Wednesday night
was the final in a series of freshman
debates sponsored each year by Phi
Delta Gamma, honorary forensic fra­ternity.
Each year a suitable prize
is awarded to the winning team in the
tournament.
Judges in the final debate were
Dryden Baughman, Prof W. C. Crow,
and Dr. L. G. Gosser. The other
(Continued on Page 4)
By The Editor
MONTGOMERY, ALA., Feb. 22, 1935.—Special.—Dr. L.
N. Duncan's anticipated election to the presidency of Auburn
was effective this morning at 11:35 when the board of trustees
of the college voted 9 to 2 in favor of T. D. Samford's motion.
The sub-committee's recommendation was approved and acted
upon favorably. Dr. Duncan will take office immediately.
Dr. Victor Hanson and C. S. Culver were the only members
of the board who cast negative votes to Mr. Samford's motion.
However, both members expressed themselves as determined
to support the new president and cooperate with him for the
benefit of Auburn.
Resolution by Paul S. Haley, which was given a favorable
vote, fixed Dr. Duncan's salary at $10,000 per annum. His
salary will begin March 1. It also retains him head of the Ex­tension
Service which unit will pay one-half of the salary and
the State the other half. The portion of his salary to be taken
from educational appropriations will be subject to proration
on a par with other faculty members.
Duncan Expresses Appreciation
Immediately after his election Dr.
Duncan expressed his appreciation to
the board for the confidence which
they had placed in him. "I will do
my best tb carry on and advance the
work of Auburn," said the new pres­ident
in a short talk.
Dr. Duncan's election to the chief
executive chair of the college was a
foregone conclusion late last night
since the sub-committee charged with
the duty of recommending candidates
for the position to the Board of Trus­tees
only endorsed Duncan in a session
yesterday.
The sub-committee, as appointed by
former Gov. B. M. Miller, consisted of
State Superintendent of Education J.
A. Keller, former Gov. Chas. Hender­son,
T. D. Samford, Victor H. Han­son,
Judge Hugh D. Merrill, and C.
W. Ashcraft.
Dr. Duncan has a long record of
service to Auburn and the entire state.
His work as Director of Extension
Service, member of the Administra­tive
Committee, and other duties have
won recognition for him from many
sections of the nation. His work in
agriculture won for him the highest
recognition the American Farm Bu­reau
can bestow in 1933. Dr. Dun­can's
services were recognized by the
Bureau over the National Broadcast­ing
Company hook-up, he being one
of the ten persons in the United
States to receive the honor.
Attended Auburn
Coming to Auburn in October, 1896,
Dr. Duncan has been connected with
the institution almost constantly since
that time. He entered school here
shortly after coming to the city and
received his B. S. degree in the spring
of 1900. While in college he took an
active part in several student activi­ties
and was considered a leader
among the student body. He is a
member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
After graduating Dr. Duncan be­gan
his teaching career at a rural
school near his home town, Russell-ville,
Ala., but resigned in two months
to accept a teaching position in the
secondary agricultural school at We-tumpka.
He remained there three
years.
Teaching Career
He went to Jackson in 1903 to con­tinue
his teaching career and the next
year he taught at Athens. Returning
to Auburn in the summer of 1905 as
instructor in research work and ag­riculture,
Duncan began his long term
of duty to the institution. He taught
agricultural subjects four years and
did graduate work, receiving his M. S.
degree in 1907. He also did summer
work at the University of Tennessee
and the University of Illinois.
In the summer of 1909 he attended a
meeting of agricultural workers in
Atlanta, Ga. Extension work was be­ginning
to attract considerable atten-
(Continued on Page 4)
'34 Graduate Makes
Honors At Nebraska
An excellent record in graduate
study is being made at the University
of Nebraska, Lincoln, by William W.
Beck of Charleston, S. C, who re­ceived
his bachelor's degree in chem­ical
engineering here last May.
An average well above 90 per cent
in all courses during the first semes­ter
was made my Mr. Beck, who en­tered
Nebraska last fall as holder of
the Parke-Davis Research Fellowship.
He was chosen for the award because
of his high scholastic record at Au­burn.
Mr. Beck plans to receive his mas­ter's
degree at Nebraska this sum­mer
and will continue his study for
the PhD. degree, hoping to complete
the requirements in the summer of
1937.
Beck was promient in extra-cur­ricula
activities while here. He held
membership in Tau Beta Pi, of which
he served as president, Omicron Del­ta
Kappa, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and
Scabbard and Blade. He was a mem­ber
of the editorial staff of "The
Plainsman" for three years.
The Parke-Davis Fellowship was
previously held by Dr. C. R. Saun­ders,
also an Auburn graduate and
now a member of the chemistry fac­ulty
here, who was awarded the Ph,
D. degree at the University of Ne­braska,
P A G E TWO T H E A U B U R N 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 SATURDAY, FEB. 23, 1935
<. AUBURN FOOTPRINTS ->
Requests for song hits continue to pour into The Plainsman office. Following is
only a partial list of requests received in this week's mail:
"I Wonder Where My Wandering Booger Is Tonight" Dopey Ellis (By request
of Ed Prewitt).
"Alexander's Rag Time Band" - ..Earl Starnes and his Cavaliers
"I Like Mountain Music". Happy Davis and his Knights
"The Voice In The Old Village Choir" Prof. Roe
"Lazy Bones" _ Parker Powell
"Honeymoon Hotel" Thomas Hotel
"Keep A Light In Your Parlor" ". Those residing at Den of Iniquity
"Learn To Croon" - Peanut Scarborough
"Time To Go" - Those who've gotta
"The Tree That Father Planted For Me" George Washington
"Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life".- -- Diz Morris
"Waitin' At The Gate For Katy (Crossley)".... Bill Milam
"Goofus" — Aren't we all?
"I Love A Parade" - Bill Hughes
"Turn Back The Clock" Bill McTyeire
"I Wake Up Smiling".... -- ------ Lucien Lytz
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart" —Bob Klein
"Did You Ever See A Dream Walking" Ruby Sullivan
"When I Live By The Railroad Tracks"... S. A. E.'s
"Farewell To Arms" ...Senior Cadets in May (They hope)
"Paul Revere's Ride" Overton on "Spoofy"
"Two Little Flies After A Lump Of Sugar" ...McTyeire and Sarver
"You Gotta Be A Football Hero"... ......Margaret Wakefield
"Down By The Old Road" -- Theta Chi's
"You Oughta Be In Pictures".... ----- To Blumberg
"Heartbreaker" Bill Bowers
"How Do I Know It's Sunday" ...'Cause yesterday was Saturday
* * * * * *
In Boccaccio, it's frankness,
In Rabelais, it's life,
In a professor, it's clever,
In a college comic, it's smutty.
* * * * * *
Usher: How far down do you want to sit, madam?
She: Why all the way, of course.
* * * * * *
Tulips are red,
Violets are blue,
Drosophilea have 36 chromosomes,
How about you?
* * * * * *
He: Is there any difference between a fort and a fortress?
Him: I imagine a fortress would be harder to silence.
A dillar, a dollar
A ten o'clock scholar,
What makes you come so soon?
You used to come at ten o'clock
But now you don't come at all because you sleep so late.
* * » * » *
Footprints on the sands of time,
Anyone who writes them commits a crime.
* * * * * *
"But that's hardly fare, sir," cried the conductor as the old gent handed him
a phoney dime.
* * * * * *
"Mama, can I go out to play?"
"What, with all those holes in your pants?"
"No, ma'am, with the little boy next door:"
* * * * * *
Her lips he kissed
The color left her cheek,
But on the lapel of his coat
It stayed a week.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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When Up Spoke George
Debunkers have written reams of copy
for the past several years in assailing the
character of George Washington. Their
efforts have met with but little success.
Like any man Washington had his faults,
but, when compared with his finer traits,
they are lost from view. It seems that by
this time the awe-inspiring authors of crush­ing
articles on this country's finest presi­dent
should have feasted to their limits on
their pseudo-sensational attacks. After all,
a person needs no great amount of intelli­gence
to pick the flaws in a character who
has been dead for well over a century.
Washington was a human being rather
than a figure head. He was a typical Vir­ginia
planter, gifted with executive ability,
a taciturn manner, an infinite amount of
reserve, a wealth of common sense, and a
will to do. He has been up before the eyes
of children for generations as a true Amer­ican.
He was just a plain man imbued with
the desire to serve his nation.
Whether or not the cherry tree story is
true is of little importance. If for no other
reason than that of tradition or idealism
it should be given proper emphasis. All of
us need our illusions. All countries, partic­ularly
this one with its newly hatched tra­ditions
and folk lore, has need for charac­ters
with a great amount of historical im­portance.
A large percentage of the peo­ple
with their one hundred per cent Ameri­canism
and large vocabulary of invectives
for anything that did not originate in their
own generation, need an over-dose of tra­dition
in early childhood to counteract and
ward off the superiority complex which
seems inevitable.
We believe most of the stories about this
man are authoritative. Any man who was
able to hold together a country split with
integral^dissension and threatened with for­eign
invasion must have had "what it
takes." It is an accepted fact that Wash­ington
played the major role in binding to­gether
a loose group of jealous states, in
drawing up a government that all agreed
was practical, and starting the development
of an independent nation that now has a
superior place in the sun.
It is only when we look at Washington
from the realistic standpoint that we real­ize
his abilities; the principles he employed
in the eighteenth century would well be used
today with success. Washington is no long­er
a figure-head. The present generation
has come to see him as he was, and it has
found him good.
Has The Cat Got Your Tongue?
As time goes by one hears more and more
about Auburn's debating team, about the
work it is doing, about the interest that
is gradually being aroused, and about the
success the aspiring forensic artists are en­joying.
It is an accepted fact that, the fine arts,
especially the art of literature and all that
pertains thereto, have been sadly neglected
here. It is extremely gratifying to learn
how well the debating team is doing and
The Plainsman wishes to encourage active
members in their work.
Things learned by active participation in
public speaking are priceless. To be able to
talk on ones feet, and to express clearly
ones ideas in public are valuable aids to
business and professional success.
Then let us give the debating team our
full support and develop a line of student
activity that elsewhere is treated as indis-pensible.
Advantages Of Bald Heads
In writing for the New Statesman and
Nation, Albert Griffin discusses a very moot
question to some of those whose hair is fast
disappearing. He gives a new angle to the
ever bothersome question, "Are Bald Heads
Advantageous?"
Griffin contends that bald-headed men
themselves do not seem to appreciate the
advantages they enjoy. He questions the
right of the shiny dome to lament their
condition.
The author lists several advantages which
bald headed men should recognize. For in­stance,
a bright hairless cranium is a great
help to the business man since it stands for
wisdom and draws many customers. A med­ical
journal recently stated that a bald head
is worth $5,000 a year to a physician.
Also, the father of a family gains much
from a denuded scalp, says Griffin. On a
hot summer day he is a benign object to be
tenderly admired as he mops the prespir-ation
from the top of his head. This act
at once raises friendly feelings from his
family.
So, Don Pierce, George Quinney and oth­ers
of you who are spending many sleepless
nights from worry over bald heads, cheer up;
all is not gloomy. Look at the question from
Mr. Griffin's angle and wish for an ever
increasing state of bald-headedness.
Religious Intolerance
One of the most besetting of current evils
on the Auburn campus is the lack of tolera­tion.
Narrowness and perverseness are
manifest everywhere. There seems to be
few who will admit that any opinion other
than theirs can lay claim to recognition.
Especially regarding matters of religion
do we find a surprising amount of intoler­ance.
There are the square-toed Puritans
who expound heatedly on fire and brimstone;
there are the cynical skeptics who are afraid
to speak their mind but who make a few con­cessions;
there are perplexed agnostics who
wrinkle their foreheads and admit colossal
ignorance; and sometimes one meets the
bold-fronted atheist, brazen and bragging
in the open, but an ardent believer in pri­vate.
Each of these groups tries to cry the
other down, but none will listen to the dis­senting
fellow. Thus we see many differing
channels of thought running counter and
half-counter to each other. It is The Plains­man's
firm belief that much more good would
be accomplished should the students restrain
some of this pettishness, and take oppor­tunities
offered by the churches to acquaint
themselves with the finer qualities of re­ligion.
Try And Collect
Try and collect! This is what holders
of federal bonds are thinking. What must
they do to collect the $1,690 for each $1,000
held in federal bonds?
The Supreme Court has held that the gov­ernment
did not have the right to break its
promise to pay the bonds in gold dollars,
but the court of claims will not receive
a suit in regard to the gold bonds. It seems
that the holders of such bonds had better
accept $1,000 in the kind of dollars they
now have in their pockets.
In effect, the Sumpreme Court held that
$1,690 in devaluated dollars was due for
every $1,000 in gold certificates. But the
holders of such certificates are in the same
position as are the holders of federal bonds.
Collection can be made only through the
court of claims and that court will not ac
cept the suit. The holders of federal bonds
and gold certificates can say they have a
value of $1,690 in each $1,000 bond—but
can they collect?
Thanks For The Letters
As most of the readers of this publica.-
tion have probably noticed a number of let­ters
to the editor have been published on
the editorial page of the paper in the last
few weeks. The Plainsman wishes to thank
all authors of these letters for taking the
time to think over any matter which they
consider important and then expressing
their views through this medium.
In outlining our editorial policy in the
first issue of the present Plainsman series
we stated that all such letters would be
printed at any time provided they contained
the author's name. We have followed this
policy constantly but very few letters were
received during the first semester. It is
indeed encouraging to find that such a large
number of students have begun to think
about moot questions and are at last making
them known to the entire student body.
The Plainsman urges all undergraduates
and faculty members to use the "Letters to
the Editor" column in giving expression to
any current problem upon which they have
spent time in thought. All such letters will
be published unless the writer's name is
concealed. A nom-de-plume may be used
when the letter is printed, but the editor
must know the* author's real name. This
step is taken to protect the paper. Should
| JOCULARITIES
By Jeremiah Jattingham
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.
* * * *
PERHAPS no department in the school
receives as much student censure as
the Department of English, a criticism
that is in most cases entirely unjustified. The
fault lies not with the English department,
but with the high schools throughout the
state, whose standards are low in all sub­jects
and what subject matter is taught in
English is particularly ineffective. The
home environment of many students does not
contribute to an adequate appreciation of
correct grammar and so when freshmen are
thrust into a situation, or course, such as
Freshman English,-.for example, that de­mands
a fairly complete knowledge of lan­guage
usage, they find themselves lost, and
often through no fault of their own. While
many instructors here may not realize this
fact, a few weeks of teaching an average
crop of freshmen will more than bear this
out.
In addition to the background aspects or
weaknesses that tend to unpopularize Fresh­man
English, there is another that has with
it a semblance of logicalness—the age-old
query of shallow minds as to "what is
the use of taking something that will do me
no good at all in future life."—a quite grave
misapprehension to begin with but still one
that has considerable favor not only after
one gets to college but for sometime before.
One reason for this lies in the stressing of
too much literature in secondary schools.
Most boys think Byron, Keats and Shelley
and all literature for that matter "sissy"
until they get over the adolescent period, and
then no opportunity is presented by which
they can learn to properly appreciate poet­ry
at all and good fiction. It has been my
observation that of all subjects taught in
the high school curricula, that English is
the most disliked, and this carries over into
the college years. It is unfortunate that
this is true.
Although there are probably several
things slightly awry in the rather standard­ized
Freshman English course here, and
a number of things, that could possibly be
changed to considerable advantage, on the
whole the local English set-up seems to be
fairly adequate for a i technical school. It
seems that after one gets by Freshman Eng­lish
he takes no more English unless he
is required to do so; it also seems that if
he does delve into more advanced courses he
changes his somewhat prejudiced opinions
against Freshman English. For example,
the course in Nineteenth Century Thought,
despite its rather forbidding title, is one of
the most well-rounded courses in school and
any student who cares one whit about such
abstractions (?) as a better economic or­der,
a most sane social philosophy, and the
acquirement of a fundamental basis for any
possible future literary activities should like
this course.
* * * *
Today we celebrate the birthday of one of
the nation's heroes, with scarcely a thought
of the real meaning of the day. While many
might have done what Washington did—
fashions a new republic out of a wilderness—
he alone had the vision and foresight and
courage to carry it through. While to most
of us the 22nd of February means little but
a day off from studies, it might be well to
pause and wonder what this nation might be
today if it had not been for the courageous
direction of one of history's greatest states­men.
* * * *
Next Tuesday, Alabamians will go to the
polls to decide whether the state will be
legally wet or dry. I do not believe any­one
at all aware of current conditions would
maintain that the state is now dry. Despite
the fact that Atticus Mullin, the Advertis­er's
ace political mouthpiece, says with ap­parent
truth that it is not a question of
liquor or not but of control or not, from a
very little observation of trends in Alabama
during the past six or seven years, I think
that (in the phrasing of Will Rogers) Ala­bama
will vote dry as long as it can stagger
to the polls. This quibble has a considerable
amount of truth in it. Several years ago
it was only by the most persistent activity
on the part of a few ambitious partisans
that a near beer bill (horrors!) was incor­porated
into the state law. For townspeople
and students in a place as broadminded as
Auburn it is hard to realize the tremendous
power of the country newspapers, most of
whom will uphold with great vigor and force
anything that they think is morally right.
And they are usually conscientious. It will
be a surprise to me if Alabama goes wet
next Tuesday regardless of considerations
which the repealists advance that are irre­futably
right, for the power that" the coun-charges
be brought against any assertions
in these anonymous letters The Plainsman
would be held responsible, unless the author
could be called upon to stand by his views.
It is solely for this reason that we ask that
all letters be signed.
Mr. Neil Davis,
Editor, The Plainsman;
Dear Editor:
It does not take a casual observer to see
the total lack of planning in the arrange­ment
of the Auburn campus. The building
set-up of the present physical properties of
the institution is that of a hidge-podge, a
conglomerate mixture of architectures and
styles.
While a more geometrical arrangement
of the various buildings about the campus
would undoubtedly add to the beauty of the
campus and perhaps cut down on the neces­sity
for so many short cuts across what
might be a fairly decent looking sod, there
is a certain fascination about a jumbled up
assortment as the present system (?) af­fords.
More orderly arranged campuses,
make the school seem to be a factory, noth­ing
more or less. It is beside the point that
most schools amount to nothing more than
that, even if on a slightly higher plane than
most factories.
It is unfortunate in one sense, that a
school that teaches engineering should have
a disorderly jumble for a college campus,
when engineering courses go to make up
coldness and exactness and figures. Long,
long years ago, when our campus was in
the formative stage someone failed to use
any foresight. That is the reason that we
have shops and business administration
rooms adjoining; that Broun Hall is used as
the last resort by overcrowded departments
throughout the school; and that the college
library is so small for the uses it is put
to.
Perhaps the lack of system in the arrange­ment
of the school plant is but exemplifl-catory
of the whole attitude here. It is
hoped that in the future, the authorities of
the college will make more provision for
expansion.
Sincerely,
Percival.
try parson and the country newspaper pack
is tremendous, in a sense more so than is the
circulation of\the big state papers.
Auburn, Ala., Feb. 21, 1935.
Editor, The Plainsman
Auburn, Ala.
Dear Sir:
In a weak moment, someone once coined
the sentence, "Now is the time for all good
men to come to the aid of their country."
Since that immortal moment embryo typing
students have seen fit to use the sentence
over and over as the simplest combination of
words with which to practice their not very
skilled fingers.
Today is celebrated throughout the na­tion
a man who did come to the aid of his
country, George Washington. Without the
guiding genius so important in the forma­tive
stages of the United States we might
today have a monarchy instead of a glori­fied
exemplification of the completely work­ability
of the democratic ideal. Washington
was one of the most versatile leaders that
has ever arisen anywhere in time of crisis,
and to him belongs much of the credit for
the success (?) of the United States as a
political entity.
In the midst of dances and other social
functions we should pause and pay tribute
to Washington, who stands alone among the
figures of history as a military, political,
and diplomatic leader, in short, a man who
achieved.
At this time the selection of a president
for Auburn is about to be carried through
by the Board of Trustees. Although it is
definitely known who will be chosen by this
august body it is hoped that he will em­body
all the attributes so necsesary in di­recting
the destinies of anything. Although
triumphirate has succeeded admirable inso­far
as it can go, a college without a presi­dent
lacks a definite unity and responsibility.
We join the student body in welcoming the
new president of Auburn, whoever and
whenever he may be, and are sure that
under his leadership, Auburn will become a
bigger and better school.
Yours very truly,
Oscar.
! CABBAGES AND KINGS !
By Cecil Strong and Bill Emery
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.
* * * *
PT. . . WE understand that the physical
training instructors have taken ex­ception
to a remark of ours concern­ing
the "farcial P. T. course." This state­ment
was based on our own experience in
P. T. when we were rats. The present P. T.
instructors insist that they give their classes
a rigorous two hours of exercise per week.
This we of course cannot dispute, but we
still insist that two hours of P. T. as a
freshman is a farce as a system of physi­cal
training for a four year college course.
* * * *
TO AN ATHLETE . . . The writers of
this column extend to Haygood Patterson
their sympathy in his recent misfortune,
and hope to see him up and back in the
game at an early date. If the majority of
our athletes were of the Patterson type there
would be less condemnation of the "A"
club.
* * * *
POLITICS . . . The drys of the state come
forth with the startling statement that gas­oline
and alcohol won't mix, illustrating
this great truth with a gruesome picture of
an automobile wreck, with a blood-smeared
driver huddled over the wheel. Our first re­action
to this bit of circus advertising was
the thought that no one but the ignorant
drinkers of the Great Drouth ever tried such
a fool trick.
* * * *
PRESIDENTS . . . Our editor dashes off
to Montgomery today to be able to flash
back to us the news that Dr has
been elected president of dear old Auburn.
It matters not whose name adorns the above
blank, there will continue to be the same op­position
to the administration that has char­acterized
Auburn during the past decade.
Each of the four men mentioned for the po­sition
have enemies here, and when you have
enemies at Auburn you have quite a job on
your hands. This very strife and lack of
cooperation with the administration has
done much to retard the progress of the
school. The past two presidents were both
actively opposed, to the detriment of the
school. Their success at the schools which
they have served since leaving Auburn is
convincing proof of their worth, and of the
fact that the situation at Auburn needs a
general cleaning up. Of the four men men­tioned,
Dr. Duncan is the only one with
enough political power to ward off for any
length of time the attacks of the opposition,
and methinks that he will find the task too
difficult, even for him. And 'twill be noth­ing
short of poetic justice for Dr. Duncan
to sit in the presidents chair and attempt to
fend off the blows of a bitter and unscrupu­lous
opposition.
* * * *
HOOVER . . . Herbert Hoover continues
to make public statements in which he tells
the people just what those in Washington
should do to insure national prosperity, etc.
His latest statement is on the gold question.
Says Herb, "the U. S. should return to the
gold standard and restore confidence in the
national currency." All of which may be
just what the government should do, yet
the ex-president, with his four years record
still fresh in his memory, must be possessed
of what we have heard called "golden guts"
to even whisper advice to the present admin­istration,
to say nothing of publishing state­ments
on the steps that he thinks should be
taken.
* * * *
HAUPTMANN . . . In the February issue
of Forum appeared an article concerning
the celebrated trial which interested us
greatly. This article deplored the fact that
such an enormous amount of space on our
country's front pages was sacrificed to such
trifling and irrevalent details that had ab­solutely
nothing to do with the interest of
the trial. The fact that newspapers should
bring out arguments of the defense or pros­ecution
before they were used by the coun­sels
themselves was an infringement of the
rights enjoyed by the press. And above all
the newspapers exploitation of the lives of
the two principals was severely censored.
The article could not believe that an argu­ment
excusing the newspapers actions on
the grounds that their duty was to print all
the news all the time was any thing more
than ridiculous. Is not news that the busi­ness
negotiations with Russia have fallen
through, Congress actions, and likewise im­portant
events news of a more desired type?
The author, it seems would like to see the
press allowed to print only a simple state­ment
of trials as they actually are and to
prohibit all partial remarks and biased
opinions from entering the publics gullible
and all-believing mind? In this way the de­cisions
of trials would be arrived at only
by judges and juries. This seems to be an
alarming encroachment on the freedom of
the press and that is one of the foundations
of our democratic country. Or is it merely
a systematic way of allowing our courts to
function without outside interference?
SATURDAY, FEB. 23, 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
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FIRST SCRIMMAGE OF SPRING GRIND IS HELD WEDNESDAY
Important Tilts Be Played In Second Round Of Interfraternity Tourney
HAYGOOD PATERSON RECEIVES
BROKEN LEG IN DUMMY GAME
FAVORITES COME
THROUGH INITIAL
TILTS UNSCATHED
Pi Kappa Alpha To Meet Phi
Kappa Tau In Stand-out At­traction;
A.L.T. Dark Horse
By Jap Parrish
Interfraternity competition in the
basketball tournament enters the sec­ond
round next week with a set of ap­parently
interesting engagements
scheduled. A number of outstanding
teams are carded to meet in the sec­ond
series of games, and present in­dications
point to a number of pos­sible
upsets.
First round games changed pre-tournament
predictions very little as
Sigma Phi Epsilon, A. T. O., Pi Kappa
Alpha, and Sigma Chi came through
with expected wins. Theta Chi fur­nished
some surprise in defeating S.
A. E., semi-finalist last year, and T. K.
N. won a toss-up affair from Lambda
Chi Alpha. Sigma Nu advanced to
the quarter-finals in an early game
this week at the expense of Kappa
Alpha in a bitterly-fought contest.
Pi Kappa Alpha, defending cham­pion,
encounters Phi Kappa Tau in a
stand-out court attraction. Although
the lads from down postoffice way are
expected to win handily, Phi Kappa
Tau may stage an upset and defeat
the '34 crown winners. Dopey Wright,
Jimmy and Collins Fenton, Fred
Black, Bo Russell, Billy Eadney and
Jimmy Moreman are the basketeers
who saw service in the opening game
with Alpha Psi and who are expected
to bear the brunt of the duties in re­maining
games.
Sigma Phi Epsilon, which has one of
the strongest teams in the tourney on
paper at least, meets a fairly formid­able
opponent in Beta Kappa. While
the personnel of the B. K. aggrega­tion
is not decided upon, a strong rep­resentation
is expected to be gotten
together. There are a number of
capable hoopmen who will probably
perform for the Beta Kappas and a
fairly close game should result. S.
P. E. with seven or eight seasoned
performers has a really strong team,
however, and Beta Kappa will have
its hands full when the two quin­tets
clash. Walter Robinson, Joe Du­mas,
Mary Nichols, Paul Schollard
and Hugh Byrd comprise the S. P. E.
first-string with Julian Askin and J.
W. Keith the most likely-looking sub­stitutes.
Alpha Lambda Tau has been try­ing
to build up a dark-horse reputa­tion
after several weeks of off and on
practice and at this time looks fairly
good. Geter Wood, Dickie Reeves,
Frank Langdon and a number of oth­ers
have been drilling for a consider­able
period and should give the Al­pha
Gamma Rhos, whom they encoun­ter
in the second-round, some opposi­tion.
The Ag Hill outfit was a final­ist
for a number of years, and fairly
strong last year. The addition of a
number of freshmen passers has aug­mented
the Alpha Gam ranks and Jim I
Distance Runner
Pihl will lead the Tiger harrier*
in what promises to be a strenuous
track campaign this spring. He is
working out at present and appears
to be headed toward a good season.
AUBURN RIFLES
TO MEET 'BAMA
TEAMSATURDAY
Eighteen Members Of Local
Team To Fire Shoulder To
Shoulder Match With Univ.
Eighteen members of Auburn's
first string rifle team will fire against
the University of Alabama in a
shoulder to shoulder match at the
latter's grounds Saturday morning.
Those selected to make the trip in­clude
R. E. Strickland, H. M. Chap
man, N. G. Bradford, J. M. Van
Hoose, M. L. Hardaman, E. E. Cas-son,
Wm. Dexter, E. L. Tomlinson,
W. W. Brunson, E. M. Lee, A. A.
Aich, J. L. Callaway, N. I. Heistand,
C. H. Booth, M. R. Panell, J. D.
Heyes, C. F. Wilkes, and J. J. Swen-son.
This will mark the first time that
the Auburn Rifle Team has competed
against Alabama in a shoulder to
Van Hoose, W. B. Kelly, Cayce Scar­borough,
Frank Turner, and Martin
are expected to provide considerable
competition for the A. L. T. five.
Sigma Chi tackles T. U. O. in an­other
second-round affair that looks
like a passably interesting game at
this time. Sigma Chi won easily
from Kappa Sig last Saturday and
unless something goes drastically
wrong should go far in the tourney.
T. U. O. has not played as yet, but
at present Sigma Chi seems the prob­able
winner.
Delta ^Sigma Phi, finalist last year,
meets the King-coached Theta Chi
(Continued on page 4)
TIGER GROWLS
By OBSERVER
Coach Jack Meagher's first scrimmage of the spring training period
Wednesday afternoon revealed that real progress has been made on Drake
Field during the past few weeks. Aside from the improved playing of
practically every man on the squad, an air of optimism prevailed during
the session. The boys were in there smashing and fighting in an effort to
convince their coach that they have the goods. It reminded me of the
good ol' days.
The several shifts which Coach Meagher has made in an effort to im­prove
the speed of his squad has, apparently, met with success. The old
zip and fire was prevalent in every play.
There should be little doubt in the minds of Plainsman followers that
the 1935 Tiger machine will be more powerful than this year's outfit.
Bennie Fenton, all-Southeastern end, and Cleve Brown, senior quarterback,
will be the hardest men to replace. But with the host of lettermen return­ing,
together with an apparent eager group from the freshman ranks,
Coach Meagher should be able to whip his charges into shape by the opening
game of the season. Much depends on the performance of Bunkey O'Rourke.
He was a sensation as a freshman, and if he is able to perform in his usual
form after a year's layout, then Auburn's stock will rise considerably. Such
players as Gilbert, Paterson, Morris, Eaves, Rodgers, Mitchell, Tipper, and
Stewart should serve to steady the inexperienced men who have had little
varsity competition.
Misfortune continues to follow the
heels of Alternate-Captain Johnny
Haygood Paterson, Jr. The latest ill
luck which has overtaken the Tiger's'
popular tackle—a broken leg—takes
him out of spring practice when he
was performing like a house afire.
His dash and enthusiasm was an in­spiring
thing to watch yesterday until
one swift stroke laid him low, and
put him on the sidelines for the re­mainder
of the spring training period.
But we here at Auburn should be
thankful that if this accident had to
happen, it came in the spring instead
of during the football season. His
loss at such a time would be irrepa­rable.
Johnny Pat has taken it on the
chin before, and came back. And
he'll do it again. In addition to his
gridiron aptitude, he possesses some­thing
else which will serve him well
long after his name disappears from
the sports headlines. It is his sunny
disposition, his carefree attitude, and
his ability to take the hard knocks,
and always come up smiling. This, in
our opinion, is one of the primary
attributes of a man.
* * *
Interesting games featured the first
round of the interfraternity basket­ball
tournament. As the tourney goes
into the second round competition
becomes keener. After this round,
a better conclusion may be reached
as to the outcome of the tournament.
* * *
Baseball season is almost here. Al­ready
Coach Del Morgan has his
Local Play Group
Well Received On
Recent Road Trip
Head Coach
COACH UACK MZAGHEFt.
ALABAMA POt-y- AUBURU
Coach Jack Meagher is putting
his charges through tough drills
daily in an effort to get a line on
his material before next fall. The
Tiger football tutor is uncovering
some fine prospects which should
be a great aid to him in hurdling a
difficult schedule next season.
He Was Honest
Are you honest with yourself, and your family? If you are, you
have INSURANCE an your life, your property and your car, for them.
If not, come in.
B. C. POPE
Phone 49 Auburn, Ala.
Let US Handle YOUR
INSURANCE and REAL
ESTATE
shoulder match. In the postal matches
carried on between the two schools
the competition has been keen,
though the advantages are with Au­burn
in the match Saturday. Auburn
has already fired two shoulder to
shoulder matches this year against
none for Alabama.
So far this season the rifle team
has competed with nine other colleges
in postal matches and have won every
match so far, according to informa­tion
released by Lieut. H. W. Ehr-gott,
coach of the local team.
The scores of the postal matches
to date are as follows: Auburn 1882,
New York Mil. Acad. 1723; Auburn
3700, New Mexico Mil. Acad. 3545;
Auburn 3700, Rose Poly 3359; Au­burn
1882, University of Kentucky
1776; Auburn 1387, Carnegie Tech
1374; Auburn 3711, University of
South Dakota 3380; Auburn 3711,
Iowa State 3526; Auburn 3711, Uni­versity
of Nevada 3129; and Auburn
3711, North Carolina State 3624.
Three stages have been completed
in the corp- area competition. They
are: prone, 978; sitting 979; and
kneeling, 924, all out of a possible
1000 as a perfect score in «ach po­sition.
The standing position is yet
to be fired. It is considered to be
the most difficult of all the four po­sitions
and requires considerable
skill and practice.
Also, firing is under way by the
squad for the Hearst trophy compe­tition,
with one position having been
fired by the first, second and third
squads.
The Auburn-Opelika Community
Players presented their hit of last
season, "Sun Up," by Lulu Vollnur
to a capacity audience at the Tus-kegee
Institute Tuesday night.
According to Charles Floyd, direc­tor,
never have the players had a
more appreciative audience than that
of Tuskegee. Several from Auburn
who saw the play there for the sec­ond
time said the players outdid past
achievements.
Miss Maud Bruce of Opelika did a
notable bit of acting as the widow
Cagle as dfd Margarite Kuderna as
the naive mountain girl, Emmy. Ky-ser
Cox as Rufe, the widow's son who
goes to war, was well acted according
to critics. Edward Tarrant in the
role of Pap Todd added considerably
to the performance through his clever
acting and droll remarks.
The difficult and exacting part of
Pap Todd's foolish son was acted by
Lawrence Hampden. Charles Wade
as the stranger from an army camp
who seeks shelter in the widow's
cabin was well received. A. W. Saw­yer
was well cast in the roll of the
sheriff. Joe Cochran filled the role
of the "six foot six" preacher.
The authorities of the Tuskegee
Institute were highly complimentary
in their praise of the production given
there by the players.
pitchers and catchers limbering up
for the hard schedule ahead. From
all indications, Auburn will again be
represented on the diamond by a
strong team this year.
KENTUCKY, LS.U.
QUINTETS LEAD
IN CONFERENCE
Wildcats And Tigers Have Ten
Wins Against No Defeats In
Basketball In Southeastern
Alternate-Captain Hurt In First Scrimmage Of Year; Bunky
O'Rourke, Harry Whitten And Walter Gilbert Show Up
Well In Scrimmage; Entire Squad Displays Good Form
Auburn's football hopefuls got their
first taste of gridiron warfare in cur­rent
spring drills Wednesday as a
dummy scrimmage was staged by
Head Coach Jack Meagher on Drake
Field. A broken leg injury sustained
by Haygood Paterson, the first major
casualty of the spring training season,
put him out of commission until next
fall but otherwise the prospective grid-ders
emerged battered but still intact.
Paterson is Alternate-Captain elect of
the '36 eleven and his loss will be con­siderably
felt during the present set of
drills at least.
A number of men showed up ex­ceptionally
well in the first scrimmage
Both the Louisiana State Universi­ty
Tigers and the Kentucky Wildcats
are expected to share the 1934-35
Southeastern basketball crown. With
the team from Baton Rouge having
one more game to play than their
Kentucky rivals it appears that they
might have a slight edge of one vic­tory
when the final standings are
chalked up.
It is more than probable that both
L. S. U. and Kentucky might finish the
season with a perfect record for con­ference
games. Louisiana State meets
Tulane, one of the weakest fives in the
Southeastern Conference, twice this
week and should easily emerge victor­ious
in both battles. Kentucky should
have just as easy a time as their
championship rivals in chalking up a
win against Vanderbilt. The Kentuck-ians,
unbeaten for four years in reg­ularly
scheduled conference tilts,
should get by without much trouble,
having already whipped the Commo­dores
once this season, 58-22.
The Auburn basketeers finished the
season in tenth place with three vic­tories
and nine losses. It looked for
a while during the season that the
Tigers were heading for the cellar
but, with the Plainsmen finding them­selves,
they took a couple of games
from Sewanee and one from Florida.
Vanderbilt was able to hold on to
third place with nine wins and four
losses. Mississippi State, losing only
two games to the fast-travelling Louis­iana
State five, come up in fourth
place with four wins and a couple of
losses. Tulane finished as the cellar
champion with one, lone win and four­teen
defeats.
Louisiana state had the best offen­sive
by scoring 447 points in ten tilts
for an average of 44.7 points per
game. Kentucky took honors for the
best defensive team by limiting their
opponents to 21.2 points per game.
Conference standings follow:
W L Pet. P O.P.
Kentucky .10 0 1.000 465 212
Louisiana State -10 0 1.000 447 319
Vanderbilt 9 4 .692 517 445
Mississippi State 4 2 .666 281 258
Alabama . 8 5 .623 404 406
Florida 4 3 .571 227 222
Tennessee 5 4 .555 314 294
Georgia 4 4 .500 277 267
Georgia Tech ...._. 3 5 .375 229 282
Auburn 3 9 .333 319 378
Sewanee 1 4 .200 108 191
Mississippi 1 7 .142 252 366
Tulane _ _ ~i_ 1 14 .066 358 598
of spring training, adding considerable
hope to the general outlook for the
looming 1935 schedule. Bunky O'-
Rourk, a freshman halfback of bril­liance
in '32, made his first appearance
at his new position, fullback, and
turned in a highly commendable per­formance.
O'Rourk is heavy, fast and
shifty and fills the call sent out by
Coach Meagher for an outstanding
fullback. Harry Whitten, an ex-full­back,
made his debut at right half and
played more than creditably. Whitten
is rangy and has plenty of drive, but
never has quite come through as a full.
Walter Gilbert, sophomore sensation
at center last season, continued where
he left off in November yesterday and
demonstrated conclusively that he is
the outstanding candidate for the
snapper-back job.
On the whole the work-out yester­day
was eminently satisfactory. The
starting line-ups that took the field
against each other Wednesday includ­ed:
Millard Morris and Hamp Wil­liams,
ends; Haygood Paterson and
Freddie Holman, tackles; Frank Gantt
and Collins Fenton, guards; Walter
Gilbert, center; Sidney Scarborough,
quarterback; Jimmie Karam and John
Paul Tipper, halfbacks; and Bunky
O'Rourk, fullback: Jied McKissick and
Travis Vernon, ends; Bunnie Roton
and Fay Gaton, tackles; Norman
Whitten and Happy Sivell, guards;
Fred Black, center; Joe Stewart, quar­terback;
Billy Hitchcock and Harry
Whitten, halfbacks; and Wilton Kil-gore,
fullback.
Alabama's leading crops this year
are valued at $142,975,000 compared
with $62,051,000 of two years ago as
reported by the United States Depart­ment
of Agriculture. Alabama was
given a combined yield per cent rating
for 1934 of 121.9 percent of the ten
year average.
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choice of subject by the contestants.
2. One hour shall be given for the
writing of a four-hundred word edi­torial.
Plans are progressing rapidly for
the annual high school dramatic tour­nament,
according to Prof. J. R. Rut­land,
head of the English department.
To date 28 high schools have signified
their intention of taking part in the
competition.
Because of the large number of high
schools registered to date it is ex­pected
that the tournament this year
will be larger than those of the past.
Many schools that participated in the
contests last year are not listed to
date but are expected to take part as
many of them presented strong com­petition
in previous years. The final
date for applications is set at March
14 by the English department of the
college, sponsors of the tournament
each year.
A violin contest is to be scheduled
for the first time this year, and the
art contests were inaugurated last
year for high schools not especially in­terested
in dramatics. Other com­petitions
to be held this year include
the one act play as the main feature
of the tournament, poetry reading,
prepared speaking, impromptu speak­ing,
ready writing, boys' vocal solo,
girls' vocal solo, piano, editorial writ­ing,
and best high school paper.
The one act play competition will
begin Friday morning of the tourna­ment
and will continue through Satur­day
night, when the finals will be held.
Each school will be allowed 40 minutes
for the presentation of their play, with
20 minutes allowed between plays for
scene shifting. Admission price to the
play competition will be set at ten
cents.
During the time the plays are being
produced, competition along other lines
will be held at different points on the
campus. Judges for all the contests
have not yet been named. Prof. E.
D. Hess will judge the speaking, with
Prof. J. E. Roop judging the writing
contests.
The one-act play competition is the
oldest of high school contests. It had
BATTALION TRACK
MEET TO BE HELD
ON LOCAL CAMPUS
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and the 1-5 mile run will be given one
trial; those in the high jump will not
be permitted the usual three attempts
at each height. The shot put will be
judged on the best of six throws. The
relay race will be run at 5 P. M. on
March 8, and each battalion is urged
to enter a team. The other trials may
be made at any time as stated above.
The five best performances in each
battalion in each event will be to­taled
to give the battalion an aggre­gate
score for that event. The battal­ion
with the best aggregate score re­ceives
six points, second five, third
four, fourth three, fifth two, and sixth
place receives one point.
The purpose of this track meet is
to give as many students as possible
the opportunity of taking part in in-tra-
mural track competition and it is
hoped that it may prove as successful
as the annual inter-fraternity games
and that these two meets together
with the annual cake race will give
Auburn a well balanced program in
this sport. Spiked Shoe is an honor­ary
track fraternity, national in
scope, and the Auburn chapter is en­deavoring
to further the art of foot­racing
on the campus.
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SATURDAY, February 23
TIM McCOY
in
'THE PRESCOTT KID"
Added Shorts
— OWL SHOW —
Grace Bradley and Bruce Cabot
in
" R E D H E A D "
MONDAY, February 25
" E V E R G R E E N "
with
JESSE MATHEWS—A New
Sensational Star
TUESDAY, February 26
GINGER ROGERS
in
"ROMANCE OF MAN­HATTAN"
Special Added Attraction
Monday and Tuesday
"An Interview with the
Dionne Quintuplets"
GOV. GRAVES WILL
BE INVITED HERE
FOR CADET DANCE
(Continued from Page 1)
A no-break will be the first fea­ture
of the dance, followed by a Scab­bard
and Blade lead out. The next
feature of the dance will be an Ar­tillery
lead out, which will be fol­lowed
by the Grand March, with ca­det
Col. Hughes leading. Who he
will escort will be determined by the
executive committee at a later date.
Following the intermission an En­gineer's
lead out will be staged. This
will be followed by a no-break as the
concluding feature of the dance.
Other committees and their res­pective
chairmen are: Invitation and
reception, Jack Coan; Finance, Wal­lace
Nelson; Publicity, Fred Moss;
Decoration, Bob Klein; music, Ar­thur
Ellenburg; and refreshments,
Bill Collins. A total of fifty-three
students and officers will serve on
these committees.
its beginning in a talk given by Miss
Janie Graham to the English Associa­tion
March 1926 on "The Place of
Dramatics in the High School."
Pursuant to Miss Graham's sugges­tion,
Prof. Rutland, president of the
English Association, appointed her
chairman of a state committee on high
school dramatic tournaments. The
first tournament was held in the Little
Theatre in Birmingham, April 1927.
At that time four high schools took
part. In the second tournament held
the following year in the Ensley high
school auditorium eight schools took
part. Since that time the contests
have been held in Auburn with an in­creased
interest on the part of high
schools throughout the state.
The purpose of these contests, ac­cording
to Prof. Rutland, is to develop
more interest in the state along artis­tic
endeavor amongst high school stu­dents.
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Special courses for teachers whose
schools close early in April will be of­fered
this spring at Auburn in case
the demand is sufficient, said Dean
Zebulon Judd of the school of educa­tion.
In answer to a number of inquiries,
Dean Judd issued a statement Monday
indicating that April 8 to May 17
were the tentative dates set for the
spring term. "As in years past," he
said, "the special courses will be of­fered
for teachers who wish to avail
themselves of this extra study in case
the registration is sufficient."
Teachers contemplating attendance
at the spring term are asked to com­municate
with Dean Judd and to in­dicate
the courses desired.
Dr. L. N. Duncan
Named President
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ing systems in operation. The survey
is being conducted in an effort to get
information as to the essential fea­tures
of these plans.
Work of the committee is already
beginning and announcements concern­ing
its progress will be made from
time to time.
SMITH, RICH WIN
DEBATE TOURNEY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
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freshmen that took part in the tour­nament
are M. Olden, G. L. Ran­dolph
and Sam Hall. According to
Prof. E. D. Hess, debate coach, the
tournament was a big success and
provided some excellent material for
a winning freshman debate team.
Two debates between Holtville
high school and the Auburn freshman
team were held Monday evening in
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tion at that time, and Dr. Seaman A.
Knapp, father of past president Brad­ford
Knapp, was there discussing the
plan. Duncan had spent most of each
summer while here in institute work
among farmers, going into nearly ev­ery
county of Alabama during four
years.
Begins Extension Work
He discussed the possibilities of ex­tension
work with Dr. Knapp and
shortly thereafter the plan was in­stalled
in the state. Dr. Duncan was
immediately named as director of the
new work.
Dr. Duncan has not entirely con­fined
his activity in connection with
the college to extension and agricul­tural
work. As a member of the Ad­ministrative
Committee since its for­mation
in 1932 he has rendered many
services to the school. Most of his
work has been in the nature of hand­ling
the contact duties of the govern­ing
group and in representing Au­burn's
interests at meetings of the
State Legislature. Duncan has played
a major role in the increased educa­tional
appropriations for the college.
He has been influential in seeing that
Auburn has received her share of state
monies during every state administra­tion
for a number of years.
Dr. Duncan has been married since
1902 to Miss Anne Smith, of Livings­ton,
Ala. They have three children,
two living and one dead. Both the
children now living, Elizabeth and
Robert, attended Auburn.
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the student center. They debated the
question of education, with Sam Hall
and G. L. Randolph upholding the af­firmative
and George Hairston and
Morris Hall the negative case. The
debate was a non-decision affair.
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five in what probably amounts to the
outstanding offering of all the second-round
games. With Larry Tabor,
Vernon Collins, Charlie Vaughn,
George Harrison, Jack Tabor and a
number of other available performers,
the Delta Sigs stand a slightly better
than .500 chance of winning from the
Theta Chis, who have obviously been
practicing a lot, and who have one of
the most finished offenses of all the
Greeks. Jim Pike, Homer Gossett,
Buck Darden, and P. P. Powell are
the bulwark of the Theta Chi offensive
set-up, who took S. A. E. in tow Sat­urday
comparatively easily.
Phi Delta Theta meets Theta Kap­pa
Nu in what looks like another toss-
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"I AM A T H I E F"
with Mary Astor and Ricardo
Cortez
Added Comedy, "Hello Sailor"
and Cartoon, "How'd I Know
It's Sunday"
SUNDAY and MONDAY
February 24 and 25
GARY COOPER in
"THE LIVES OF A BEN­GAL
LANCER"
with Franchot Tone, Richard
Cromwell, Sir Guy Standing,
Kathleen Burke
Also Popeye in "Beware of
Barnacle Bill"
TUESDAY, February 26
James Cagney in
"THE ST. LOUIS KID"
Added—Pete Smith explaining
"Goofy Movies"; Charlie
Davis and Orchestra
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up game. Neither team is particularly
strong although both have possibilities.
Fred Wood of T. K. N. scored 13
points Saturday.
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