1936-02-29 The Auburn Plainsman

              Semi-Weekly Plainsman
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VOLUMN LIX AUBURN, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, FEB. 29, 1936 NUMBER 37
PLANS ON FOOT
TO FORM PARTY
FOR ELECTIONS
Non-Fraternity Students Of
Three Classes Be Organized
Soon Into Independent Party
TENTATIVE PLANS SET
Definite Steps Will Be Taken
By Next Wednesday; First
Meeting Held Next Week
In order to compete more effectively
with fraternity line-ups and to better
acquaint the non-fraternity students
with the candidates in the coming
-spring election, a plan is now under
way for the organization of all non-fraternity
students of the freshman,
sophomore, and junior class into a
strictly political party, to be known
as the Independents.
Though plans at present are in but
a formative stage, it is expected that
definite steps will be taken early next
week and announced in the Wednes­day
issue of the Plainsman. The first
of the spring elections is scheduled for
March 19, by which time the organi­zation
will have already played an im­portant
role in campus politics.
This move marks the first time in
the history of campus politics at Au­burn
that any attempt has been made
to organize the non-fraternity stu­dents
into an independent political
party. Before ea6h election it is
planned to formulate an Independent
party ticket which will be published.
The first meeting will probably be
called sometime during the latter part
of next week either in Broun Audi­torium
or in Langdon Hall. All non-fraternity
students will be asked to
attend in order that a large enough
crowd may be on hand to assist in the
formation of a strong organization.
During the first meeting more definite
plans will be announced.
Those behind this Independent
Party movement state that it will not
necessarily be the policy of the group
to combat fraternity line-ups but
rather to provide an opportunity for
non-fraternity students to take an ac­tive
part in the election of campus
leaders. Whether or not the plan will
succeed, they said, will depend entire­ly
upon the interest shown at the first
meeting.
Preceding the elections candidates
for the different offices will be asked
to appear before the group for the
purpose of making short talks for the
support of the party. This will allow
the party to become better acquainted
with those students running for offices
and will also provide some basis in the
choice of candidates to be supported.
Dean Judd Selected
For Important Post
Washington, D. C, Feb. 28.—(Spe­cial.)—
The Educational Policies Com­mission
announced at its headquarters
offices today that Dr. Zebulon Judd,
education school dean at Auburn, has
been appointed as Consultant ex offi­cio
for the Commission.
The appointment of a group of edu­cational
leaders consultants is an im­portant
item in the program of the
Educational Policies Commission.
The Commission was appointed for
a five-year term of office in Decem­ber,
1935, by the joint action of the
National Association and the Depart­ment
of Superintendence to develop
lang-range planning for the improve­ment
of American schools.
The policies of the Commission will
be developed from its contacts with
educational and civic leaders serving
as consultants in all parts of the
country. It is an agency of leader­ship
and service.
The consultants will receive impor­tant
materials prepared by the Edu­cational
Policies Commission and will
be asked to assist the commission by
expressing opinions on issues submit­ted,
by raising additional issues to be
considered by the Commission, by dis­seminating
its recommendations, and
by reporting the conclusions of im­portant
committees of which the con­sultants
are members.
Changes Are Made
By Blue Key
At Meet
At a meeting of Blue Key honor
society this week changes in the mem­bership
requirements were discussed.
Chief among the proposed changes
was a plan to raise the eligibility re­quirements
of prospective members of
the society. At the present time,
however, the exact degree to which
requirements will be raised has not
been definitely decided. Another im­portant
change, according to Harry
Hooper, president, which has been de­cided
upon is the limiting of member­ship
to 20 students.
In addition, the society discussed
tentative plans for the coming Honor
Societies Ball, to be staged April 17.
This is an annual affair sponsored
each year by Blue Key. *Billy Thomas,
treasurer, was appointed chairman of
the dance committee. Serving under
him will be a group consisting of one
representative from each honor society
on the campus. Present plans call for
only senior members of honor societies
to attend the dance.
Final arrangements were also made
by Blue Key in the society's plan to
increase enrollment at Auburn. Ac­cording
to the present plan, senior
members of the society will visit sev­eral
high schools throughout the state
making speeches to potential grad­uates
in an effort to induce them to
make Auburn their choice of colleges.
Orange, Blue Squads
Will Clash Saturday
In Practice Contest
The fiercest battle of the spring
football season is on tap for Saturday
afternoon when the Oranges and Blues
of the squad square off on Drake Field.
Good weather conditions have enabled
the squad to get in some excellent
practice periods this week and every
member is in prime condition for the
fray.
With good weather Saturday a
large crowd of students should be on
hand to watch the gridmen go through
their regulation game. The freshmen
will be given a 'chance to show their
wares against the varsity members,
and a line on the prospects for next
season's varsity should be gotten.
Nearly the entire squad is slated to
see service in the game.
Osmo Smith, who was out of last
season's play, has been showing up
good in practice so far and due to
his blocking ability should receive a
lot of service next fall at quarter­back.
TWs sophomore was a fullback
on the freshman team two years ago
but was shifted to quarterback. His
development has been a feature of this
last week's practice.
Education Parity Is
Topic Of Resolution
A resolution recently adopted by the
Auburn Kiwanis Club stressed the
need for placing education on a finan­cial
parity with other state depart­ments.
The basis for the resolution
was that "education of our children is
not a secondary matter."
According to W. H. Wiedenbach,
secretary of the local club, copies of
the resolution were sent to the repre­sentatives
and senators within the
county and district with an urge that
they do everything they can to in­crease
the state revenue enough to pay
off the appropriations existing.
Additional copies Of the resolution
were sent to all Kiwanis Clubs
throughout the state for consideration.
Several clubs have considered the
resolution and have adopted it or some
similar resolution. Copies have also
been sent to the Governor and the
State Department.
Mr. Wiedenbach expressed the feel­ing
that the relief from the present
situation regarding the schools rests
entirely with the people of Alabama.
With proper concerted action, he
stated, Alabama taxpayers can assure
themselves that education will receive
equal benefits from state revenues.
Cabinet Meeting Will Be Held To
Discuss Selection Of A Delegation
To Make Plea For Education Soon
Executive Cabinet Will Appoint Special Body To Represent
Students In Plea Before Committee In Montgomery For
Parity And Increased Funds For Educational Needs In State
The Student Executive Cabinet, in
response to an editorial in the last
issue of the Plainsman, will meet next
Tuesday night for the purpose of dis­cussing
the appointing of a group of
students to represent the student
body as a whole in a plea before state
solons for financial aid for Auburn.
To date little interest has been
taken by the student in regard to the
financial situation now being faced by
the college. It is felt by those stu­dents
behind this movement that some
voice on the part of the students at
Auburn may be effective in causing
the legislators now in special session
in Montgomery to give more consid­eration
to the educational needs of the
state.
Stressed in particular by this stu­dent
committee will be the need of
parity for education with other state
institutions.
Representative Shell Toomer from
Lee County in a recent interview said
he was backing any move which would
put education on a parity.
Both Senator Clint Harrison, chair­man
of the Rules Committee, and
Speaker Harry Walker of the House
will be contacted soon to determine
a definite time when the plea can be
made. According to present plans,
the student body representatives will
present their case either before the
Rules Committee or the Ways and
Means Committee.
When final arrangements have been
completed, Mr. P. 0. Davis, executive
secretary of the college, will drive the
delegation to Montgomery. Initiative
in this move is being taken entirely
by students with neither the college
authorities or faculty members having
anything to do with the plan outside
of possibly offering the necessary sug­gestions
and aid to the group.
PHILOSOPHY WILL
BE DISCUSSED BY
NOTED PROFESSOR
Brilliant Philosopher And Au­thor
To Begin Lecture Series
Here Through Next Week
One of the most brilliant woman
philosophers and authors of the day,
Dr. Katherine Gilbert, of Duke Uni­versity,
will deliver a series of five
lectures at Auburn next week.
Dr. Gilbert will lecture from 4 to 5
p. m. in Student Hall, beginning Mon­day
and continuing through Friday,
March 6. Thfe series is sponsored by
the College and has been arranged by
Dr. Rosa Lee Walston, of the school
of education.
Since 1930 Dr. Gilbert has been a
member of the Duke University fac­ulty,
now holding the chair of profes­sor
of philosophy in the graduate
school of that institution. She is the
author of two widely acclaimed vol­umes,
"Maurice Blondel's Philosophy
of Action" and "Studies in Recent
Aesthetics."
She is a contributor to leading phil­osophical
journals and is a former
assistant to the editor of "The Philo­sophical
Review." Her outstanding
scholarship was won for her member­ship
in Phi Beta Kappa, the Ameri­can
Philosophical Association, of
which she is a member of the execu­tive
committee, the International
Spinoza Association, and the Southern
Philosophical and Psychological Asso­ciation.
Dr. Gilbert is. both an A.B. and
A.M. graduate of Brown University
and holds the Doctor of Philosophy
degree from Cornell. Before joining
the Duke faculty she taught at Brown,
Cornell, and at the University of
North Carolina. She is the wife of
Dr. Allan H. Gilbert, of the English
department at Duke.
Banquet Planned By
Phi Kappa Phi Group
Judge W. D. Bowling, of LaFayette,
Ala., will be the principal speaker at
the Phi Kappa Phi banquet to be held
next Wednesday night at 7:00 o'clock.
His subject will be based on the need
of scholarship.
Thirty-one new members are to be
initiated into the fraternity directly
preceding the banquet which is being
held in their honor. The affiliation
of the members will be held in Presi­dent
L. N. Duncan's office in Samford
Hall.
Members are selected for the society
by their qualities of scholarship, and
character. The first requirement is
an 85 average during one's entire col­lege
career. A list of those persons
eligible from the various schools is
kept in the registrar's office and each
year from 25 to 30 seniors are elected
to the society.
PROBABLE TRACK
STAR UNCOVERED
IN NEW STUDENT
Frosh Student From Hawaii
Found To Have Had Bright
Track Record On Islands
By EUGENE LEE
From the loveliest village of the
Plains has come some of the greatest
athletes of the nation. The names of
Beard, Baskin, Hitchcock, and others
have flashed across the athletic hori­zon
and their deeds have left an in­delible
stamp upon athletic history at
Auburn. Now comes another that
promises to eclipse the records of
them all.
A 160-pound freshman, who has
probably had a more varied life than
any other student to enter Auburn,
enrolled this semester. His athletic
records exceed those set by the present
varsity performers.
David Sprinkler is this student's
name, and although it does not sound
as though it might be connected to an
outstanding athlete, this young man
left the Hawaiian Island this last
month to enroll in the civil engineer­ing
department of Auburn after
sprinkling records there as easily as
the hula girls sprinkle grass.
Sprinkle received his high school
training at Eastern high school of
Washington, D. C. He was an out­standing
member of the Eastern track
team. Upon graduation he enrolled
in the U. S. Air Corps for foreign
service and was stationed at Wheeler
Field in Hawaii. After five months
service with this organization he
transferred to the 3rd Engineers. He
spent two years with the Engineers
and this termination of foreign ser­vice
came last month.
The athletic teams of Schofield Bar­racks
are picked from a group of
12,000 men, and Sprinkler was one of
the best. In fact Lt. Ken Fields, who
starred at the University of Illinois
and West Point and who coached him,
compared him with Red Grange and
Red Cagle as a football player. At
the end of this year's football season
(Continued on page 4)
Army Aviation To Be
Subject Of Lecture
Captain Gordon P. Saville, of Max­well
Field, Montgomery, will be the
principal speaker at the Reserve Offi­cers'
Meeting held Monday evening in
Langdon Hall at 7:30 o'clock. He will
discuss pursuit and the Army air
force.
Captain Saville is a 1926 graduate
of the Air Corps Primary Flying
School, and the following year com­pleted
the Air Corps Advanced Flying
School Course. In 1934 he graduated
from the Air Corps Tactical School.
He is now rated as an air pilot and
air observer. >
Large Number Are
Now Out For
Fencing
During the three months that a
fencing team has been organized at
Auburn, i4 boys and girls have taken
advantage of their opportunity to
receive instruction in this ancient
sport.
James Davis, coach of the new
sport, is well pleased with the pro­gress
of his proteges, and he is con­vinced
that fencing will be recognized
as a minor sport soon. He states:
"Only five of the best universities in
the south have fencing teams, so why
can't Auburn be the sixth school to
have such a team? This year has
been a beginning any way; all that is
needed is more nerve and faith to es­tablish
fencing at Auburn." Equip­ment
is furnished by Davis, and other
inquiries concerning practice, etc., are
invited. ,
The active team at present includes:
Marie Kelley, Frances Hein, Eleanor
Lewis, Katherine QuatUebaum, Gret-chen
Talley, Ruth Jones, Grady Hicks.
At present Davis is negotiating in
an attempt to organize a fencing class
at Montevallo. If he is successful, a
tournament between Auburn and
Montevallo will be arranged. An ex­hibition
match will be held here some
time during April.
Quarter-Final Dates
In Frat Tournament
AnnouncedBy Sarver
The dates for the quarter final
games in the Inter-fraternity Council
basketball tournament have been re­leased
by Joe Sarver, chairman of the
Athletic Committee. All games in this
bracket must be played by March 5.
Tuesday, March 3, Phi Delta Theta
will meet Theta Kappa Nu at 7:30
p. m, and Pi Kappa Alpha will tangle
with Theta Chi at 8:30 p. m. Wed­nesday,
March 4, Sigma Nu will play
Alpha Psi at 7 p. m., and Alpha Gam­ma
Rho will go against Sigma Alpha
Epsilon at 8 p. m.
Alpha Gamma Rho gained their
berth in the round of eHight by trim­ming
Sigma Pi on Wednesday night
by the score of 45-10, while S. A. E.
completed the bracket by defeating
Lambda Chi in the last seconds of
play by a count of 17-16.
By reason of their convincing vic­tory
on Wednesday night the Alpha
Gamma Rho outfit has become the fa-forite
to cop the cup which is being
given by the Inter-fraternity Council,
but the competition in the final rounds
is bound to be keen, and there are sev­eral
teams capable of springing an
upset and walking off with the trophy.
Airplane Is Nearly
Completed By Class
Sophomore aeronautical students in
airplane design, under the direction of
R. G. Pitts, are rapidly finishing work
on the wrecked airplane bought last
year for laboratory work in connec­tion
with the course in airplane con­struction
and repair.
Each year a wrecked plane is
bought and rebuilt and sold at cost.
The last plane finished was a Wallace
Tourplane which was licensed as re­quired
by the Department of Com­merce
and sold. The present ship is
a Great Lakes Trainer of the same
type as used by the army and navy
for training purposes. The ship
weighs 1,580 pounds and carries two
people at a top speed of 110 miles per
hour and will get more than 15 miles
to the gallon.
This type plane holds the world's
record for outside loops, which man­euver
puts more structural strain on
a ship than any other.
When received here the ship was
completely wrecked. Both lower wings
were gone, with the landing gear
washed out and the underpart of the
fuselage considerably damaged. The
engine, however, was in fair condition.
In rebuilding the ship every phase of
construction was participated in by
the students. ,
(Continued on page 4)
DATE SET FOR ELECTION
OF EXECUTIVE CABINET;
SOCIAL COMMITTEE HEAD
Runs Election
The campus elections this year
are under the supervision of Fer­guson
Davis, chairman of Elections
Committee of Executive Cabinet.
OBSERVANCE HERE
WILL BE MARKED
BY CADET PARADE
Parade Will Be Held Saturday,
March 14, In Honor Of Head
Of National D. A. R. Group
A special parade by the Cadet
Corps of Auburn will be held in honor
of Mrs. William A. Becker, of Sum-mitt,
N. J., president general of the
National Society Daughters of the
American Revolution, here on Satur­day
morning, March 14, at 10 o'clock.
Also in the reviewing stand with
Mrs. Becker will be three other nation­al
D. A. R. officers, Mrs. William H.
Poueh, New York City, organizing
secretary general; Mrs. Julius Tal-madge,
Athens, Ga., recording secre­tary
general; and Mrs. Zebulon Judd,
Auburn, vice-president general. In
addition, Mrs..Val Taylor, Uniontown,
State regent of the Alabama Society
D. A. R., will be among those honored
by the college at the special parade.
Mrs. Becker and the other national
officers will arrive in Auburn early
Saturday morning, March 14. The
group and Mrs. Taylor will attend a
breakfast at the President's Mansion
given by Mrs. L. N. Duncan, vice-re­gent
of the local Light Horse Harry
Lee Chapter. Included in the honor
guests will be Mrs. Fred Allison, local
regent.
Mrs. Taylor will arrive in Auburn
on the evening of March 13, where she
will be the house guest of Mrs. Judd.
Following the parade on Bullard
Field the party will visit Tuskegee In­stitute
and proceed to Montgomery,
where the three D. A. R. chapters
there will give the group a luncheon
at 1 p. m.
Rules Announced For
Go-To-Church Month
Rules for Fraternity Go-To-Church
Month have been announced by the
local Y. M. C. A. organization, spon­sors
of this annual competition be­tween
the fraternities. The rules are
as follows:
The contest will start the first Sun­day
in March and will continue for
the four remaining Sundays in the
month. After each Sunday a report
must be turned in to Y. M. C. A. at
the student center to Mrs". Jolly not
later than noon each Monday. In­cluded
in the report will be the record
of church attendance of both frater­nity
members and pledges. Attend­ing
church away from Auburn will
also count.
A correction is made here concern­ing
the last story in the paper on this
subject in which it was stated that
Alpha Gamma Rho had won the cup
two years in succession; it should
have been T. U. O. In case of a tie
each fraternity will keep the cu\> for
a period of six months.
Eleven Executive Cabinet Mem­bers
Will Be Chosen By Stu­dents
At Polls On March 19
INTEREST MOUNTS
Chairman Of Social Committee
Will Also Be Named At
Election By Junior Class
Election of the eleven Executive
Cabinet representatives for the 1936-
37 school year will be held Thursday, ,
March 19, according to Ferguson
Davis, Election Committee chairman.
Also on this same day members of the
junior class will vote for the chairman
of the social committee under the new
regulations recently inaugurated by
the Cabinet.
The election this year is two weeks
earlier than that of last year, and
only 11 members to the Cabinet will
be elected instead of the usual 20 or
so. Four representatives will be
chosen from junior class, three from
the sophomore class, and two from the
freshman class to serve next year as
senior, junior, and sophomore class
representatives, respectively. An ad­ditional
co-ed representative will be
elected by the women students at
large. The single freshman represen­tative
will be chosen next year in the
regular fall elections.
For the first time in the history of
politics at Auburn the junior class will
name the chairman of the Social Com­mittee,
a position which has in the
past been determined within the Cab­inet
itself. This race is expected to
be keenly contested as any member of
the junior class is eligible to run pro­vided
he meets the usual require­ments
of being a bona fide member of
the junior class.
Nomination blanks must be sub­mitted
to Davis at the Alpha Psi
House before 5 o'clock, Thursday
afternoon, March 12. All nominations
received after this hour will auto­matically
be thrown out. A box will
be provided at the fraternity house for
nomination blanks or else they may be
submitted to Davis in person.
Nominations shall be written out in
the following form and must contain
at least 25 signatures of students in
the class from which nominee runs:
We, the undersigned members of the
class of , do hereby nominate
. for
(Sponsors' signatures.)
I hereby accept the nomination.
(Signature of nominee.)
Voting will begin at 8 o'clock at
the student center and continue
throughout the day until 5 o'clock
that afternoon. Members of the elec­tion
committee will be in charge of
the polls.
In a statement to the Plainsman,
Davis said that all rules and regula­tions
governing campus elections will
be strictly enforced. There shall be
no politicing within the near vicinity
of the polls, and illegal voting will be
(Continued on page 4)
Thornhill Named To
Head Baptist Group
E. P. Thornhill, vice-president of
the state Baptist Student Union, will
lead a delegation to the annual Baptist
student spring retreat which will be
held at the University of Alabama,
Saturday and Sunday.
The students who will make the trip
with Thornhill are: Virgil Robinson,
Hubert Harris, Gladys Ward, Rubye
Long, president of the local B. S. U.,
and Davis Woolley, student secretary.
At the convention, plans will be
made for the summer activities and
next fall's state convention which will
be held at Judson College. The new
officers elected at the convention last
fall, held at the local Baptist church,
will take charge. The meeting opens
at the Calvary Baptist church, 2:30
Saturday afternoon.
A limited delegation will represent
every college and state normal in Ala­bama
at the convention.
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Lay Off The Hot Air
And speaking of criticism. The student
publication at Auburn, commonly known as
the Plainsman, manages to come in for a
healthy portion of the criticism that is so
generously offered by those who are in a
position to speak. We fooled you that time.
Quite to the contrary to what you might
be thinking, we are not asking for goodness
sakes to quit picking on us. In fact we
are delighted to get all the criticism that
anybody, no matter who it is, has to offer
or get off his chest.
But we have been very disappointed.
Usually out of about ten cases when crtic-ism
is given it is possible to obtain one or
two worthwhile suggestions that might
prove highly worthwhile. But we have been
unfortunate in this respect. The criticism
received by the Plainsman this year (at the
rate of two or three a day) is of such a
calihre as to be forgotten with a laugh. It
bounces off the ear like water off a duck's
back.
Either you lillies don't know what you
are talking about or else you are afraid to
say what you think, or do you think? The
Plainsman hesitates not in the least when
it is in the mood for some good criticism,
and in return it expects criticism. Criticism
is usually divided into two distinctly differ­ent
divisions—criticism that is hot air and
criticism that is constructive in one way or
another. That received by the Plainsman
is not even good hot air. It has an element
of staleness about it. It's not even original,
only the same old hash warmed over and
presented on a different platter.
The Plainsman makes no hasty promises
about fulfilling all suggestions that might
be offered, though it is perfectly willing to
give most any worthy idea at least a try.
That this is the policy of the paper has been
only too obvious so far this year. We are
anxious for suggestions or helpful criticism,
but for gosh sakes lay off the hot air. Use
that on your best girl friend. She proba­bly
likes it.
A Worthwhile Goal
Already the numerous campus honor so­cieties
are considering students as prospec­tive
members for the coming school year.
It is only natural that during this period
there will be many disappointments as well
as numerous questions that will arise.
Some will no doubt feel that they are as
well qualified as the next man to be a mem­ber
of this or that honor society. They will
feel probably that personal objection has
played an important part in their rejection.
A few will forget, others will carry with
them visions of sour grapes. In any event
there is no hard and fast rule to abide by
in the selection of honor society members,
no well-defined line can be drawn dividing
the eligible from the ineligible. As a re­sult
considerable ill-feeling is bound to
arise.
In this connection, though, there is proba­bly
no honor society of merit on this cam­pus
or any other campus which does not
consider very seriously the election of new
members. Each prospective candidate is
considered from every conceivable angle. No
honor society can long exist which elects
a student to membership because he is per­sonally
well-liked or meets the standards of
a hail-fellow-well-met. This is but one of
the qualifications necessary for member­ship.
A prospective member must also at­tain
certain other standards, such as
scholarship and participation in campus ac­tivities.
In short, those students elected to
the different outstanding honor societies are
those who can well be called leaders of their
class. They have accomplished more than
the average student, who may have an ex­cellent
personality and scholarship, but who
has taken no active part in student activi­ties,
of which there is plenty.
Page after page could be written on the
real worth of the honor societies. It is
true that a few are worth no more if hardly
as much as the paper upon which its char­ter
is written. On the other hand, the great
majority of such organizations provide an
essential part of any college life.
Most any student in college soon learns
what the honor societies stand for, what
they represent. They represent a worth­while
goal for any student to attain. For
this reason the honor society plays an im­portant
role in the causing of students to
take an active interest in their four years
of college life.
In other instances the honor societies co­operate
with the college in the sponsoring
of projects to the benefit of both the /indi­vidual
student and the institution. They
act as a medium through which the college
authorities can deal with the student body
as a whole. Members of these organiza­tions
are those students vitally interested
in the well-being of the school and will nat­urally
lend a helping hand in the furthering
of progressive moves and in the offering of
suggestion which might prove of benefit to
the institution.
All arguments against honor societies
have amounted to naught because of the
stronger argument that cannot be refuted:
honor societies have continued to exist and
they have continued to do so because they
have proven their worth.
Dam Good Reasons
A certain young fellow in one of the more
prominent Georgia towns has desired to
attend Auburn since his graduation from
high school two years ago, but has been
unable to for various reasons. .His brother
was a crack footballer, on-the Plains, which
probably influences this young man in his
choice of schools. At any rate, he has
given his many reasons for wanting to at­tend
Auburn in a poem which he entitles,
"Why I'd Like to Go to Auburn." It fol­lows
: s
I'd like to go to Auburn
To study four long years,
To fit myself for living
In this vale of hopes and tears.
I'd choose this institution
For reasons I can name,
My brother was an Auburn man,
But I'll not call his name.
The boys down there are friendly
In the "Village of the Plains,"
They stick together always—
In sunshine, sleet, or rain.
And even on the gridiron
When her teams have met defeat,
In the hearts of the Auburn Plainsmen
Their spirit has not been beat.
And when the battle cry, "War Eagle!"
Rends the autumn air,
The scoreboard is their Bible,
"Touchdown Tigers!" is their prayer!
Letters To The Editor
Editor, the Plainsman.
Dear Sir: We have just read with much
interest your editorial, "Opelika to Colum­bus,"
as appeared in the issue of the Plains­man,
February 8th.
In behalf of the merchants of Opelika,
allow us to state that you have evidently
been misinformed as to the attitude taken
regarding the paving of the Opelika to
Columbus road. One of the main objec­tives
of our Chamber of Commerce for this
year is to bring to bear all possible influ­ence
on Governor Graves and the State
Highway Department, in order that they
might see the necessity of paving this road.
Early in January of this year, a com­mittee
of some thirty 'Opelika merchants
called on Governor Graves in the interest
of this paving, and he assured them that
this road would be paved during his pres­ent
administration. Further, a petition has
been recently circulated, which contains the
names of practically every merchant in
Opelika, asking our state officials -to give
us relief by paving the road from Opelika
to Columbus, in order that it may be trav­eled
during rainy weather.
In view of the above facts, we feel sure
you will gladly rectify your statement re­garding
our Opelika merchants. The peo­ple
of Opelika want the road paved, not in
the future, but now.
This Collegiate World
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
It appears, according to a professor at
Kansas State College, that college, after all,
does perform a developmental function.
This professor maintains that dumb stu­dents
get more out of attending college
than the naturally bright ones.-He says he
has shown that the gains made by the for­mer
are both absolutely and relatively
greater.
Along with this we might report a study
made by the University examiner at Ohio
State University who says that the bright
boys and girls of high school finish college
still at or near the top of the list.
* * * *
Cheer note, to be read to your little
brothers and sisters:
It's quite all right if they don't like to
practice at the piano for their regular half
hour a day.
Prof. Carlyle Scott, head of the music
department at the University of Minnesota
says it's quite all right. In fact, Mr. Scott
broke down and confessed to a reporter that
when he was a youngster he used to set the
clock ahead and climb out the window.
* * * *
Paunchy, bald Clyde Herring, governor
of our most literate state, Iowa, is a bluff,
straightforward politician. But like so many
such, Governor Herring has to be approach­ed
with stealth and circumspection.
And that is the way his youngest son, a
student at the 'University of Iowa, ap­proached
his father while asking for money
recently. The student's letter went like
this:
"Well-beloved father: I have not a penny,
nor can I get any save through you, for
all things at the university are so dear;
nor can I study in my code or my digest for
they are all tattered. Moreover, I owe 10
crowns in dues to the provost and can find
no man to lend it me. I send you word of
greetings and of money.
"The student hath need of many things
if he will profit here; his father and his
kin must needs supply him freely that he
be not compelled to pawn his books, but have
ready money in his purse, with gowns and
furs and decent clothing, or he will be
damned for a beggar; wherefore that men
may not take me for a beast, I send you
word of greetings and of money.
"Food is dear and other good things; I
owe in every street and am hard bested to
free myself of such snares. Dear father,
deign to help me! Grant my supplication
for I send you word of greetings and of
money.
"Well-beloved father, to ease my debts
contracted at the inn, with the doctor, and
to pay my subscriptions to the laundress
and the barber, I send you word of greet­ings
and of money."
* * * *
Commenting that the letter "apparently
shows profound study of classical style," the
governor remarked, "the screed hath netted
him 10 wheels, but it will be folly for him
to t ry the dodge again."
* * * *
Those who thought from the first that
Eddie Cantor's offer of several thousand
dollars for the best essay by a college boy
on how to keep America out of war, was
only a publicity stunt, are probably close
to the mark.
A writer in the New Theatre Magazine
interviewed Mr. Cantor on his proposal and
the following conversation transpired:
'"Who suggested the idea of the Peace
Contest?"
Eddie: "Newton D. Baker."
"Do you expect any helpful ideas to come
of it? Do you think it will help to keep
the United States out of war?"
Eddie: "The United States get into war?
Don't be silly."
"How do you think America can stay out
of war?"
Eddie: "By arming to the teeth."
* * * *
Thought: The longest letters to home
folks are usually written by the shortest
college boys.
* * * *
What will this do to business school ad­vertising?
Dean Christian Gauss, of Princeton, rock­ed
back and forth on his heels before a
gathering of Newman Club people in New
York the other day and denounced American
colleges and universities for virtually guar­anteeing
greater incomes to college-trained
men as compared with those who do not
attend college. This method of advertising
by college administrators, he said, has con­tributed
to the present tendency to measure
human welfare in terms of material wealth.
* * * *
Public Health item:
Doctors in the student health service at
the University of Kansas have just issued
a warning to young ladies to look for
grippe germs in their fur neck pieces and
fur muffs.
With best wishes, we are,
Yours truly,
A. W. Cook, Secretary,
Opelika Chamber of Commerce.
4* AUBURN FOOTPRINTS
The Plainsman takes this opportunity to correct an impression circulating
about the campus that the newly instituted column, "Cats and Canaries," is written
by Gladys Galvin and Ruth Holcombe. They are not the authors of the column.—Ed.
*~ * * * * * * * * *
"Hello! Is this the City Bridge Department?" ,
"Yes, what can we do for you?"
"How many points for a little-slam, please?"
* * * * * * * * * *
'Twas midnight on the ocean, t
Not a horsecar was in sight,
So I stepped into a cigar store
To ask 'em for a light.
The man behind the counter
Was a woman, old and gray,
Who used to peddle doughnuts
On the road to Mandalay;
She said: "Good morning, stranger,"
And her eyes were dry with tears.
She stuck her head beneath her foot,
And stayed that way for years.
Her children all were orphans,
Except one tiny tot,
Who had its home across the way,
Above a vacant lot.
And as we stood looking out the door,
A whale came drifting by;
With six legs dangling in the air,
I kissed her a fond good-bye.
"Women and children first!" he cried,
And passed his plate for more;
He took his hat from off the gate,
And hung it on the floor.
* * * * * * * * * *
"Stop!" she said tragically, "this can't go on!"
"Very well, madam," said the shoe salesman, soothingly, "we'll try another
pair."
* * * * * * * * * *
Inquisitive: "Where do all the bugs go in winter?"
Godbold: "Search me."
Inquisitive: "No, thanks, I just wanted to know."
* * * * * * * * * *
A lawyer is a man who induces two people to fight and then runs off with
their coats.
* * * * * * * * * *
Teacher: "Unselfishness is voluntarily doing without things that we need.
Give me an example." „
Little Willie: "Pa. He goes to bed without a bath when he needs it."
* * * * * * * * * *
Lots of people don't know it, but George (Prof.) Dibble went to Chicago once.
After deciding to paint the town orange and blue, he entered a more-or-less swanky
eating joint, and immediately tucked the napkin under his chin. The mortified
manager approached Dibble and very tactfully asked, "Shave or a hair-cut, sir?"
* * * * * * * * * *
We have it from a very authoritative source that Prof. Dibble is writing his
thesis on "Sex-life of the Atom."
* * * * * * * * * *
Waiter: "And how did you find the steak, sir?"
Dibble: "Oh, you ole funny man. Why, I just pushed aside the spuds and
there it was."
* * * * * * * * * * • ,
The saddest story we have heard this week is about the freshman who got
lost on the Loachapoka road in the dead of night. He saw a sign post. With
difficulty, he climbed it and struck a match. It read: WET PAINT.
On Other Campuses — By The Wanderer
In 1904 a tall, handsome chap astonished
a staid board of trustees with his vehement
editorials deploring the existence of dor­mitories
without fire escapes. A 100-year
tradition meant nothing to youthful FDR,
as he exposed revered buildings as fire
traps.
Indignant was no word for the conserva­tive
board. Never had its buildings been
questioned, and now a rebellious student
editor dared to attack them. Nevertheless,
his suggestions met with such general ap­proval
that the trustees swallowed their ire
and were forced to provide the fire escapes.
Editorially speaking, Editor Roosevelt
said at the end of his vigorous campaign,
"Truly the university will be an ideal place
•—when it is finished."
An editor in his senior year, Roosevelt
stuck to real newspaper tactics. He got out
extras, had messengers on special occasions,
and adopted an editorial policy with a back­bone.
Special privileges to rich students,
a ruling clique in class elections, were ob­jects
of his editorial attack. Organization
of a relief fund for the Boers was another
part of his program.
—Temple University News.
* * * *
A University of Minnesota student from
Norway recently said that contrary to
many opinions Hell isn't a large place. "I
never had any particular desire to go there,"
he said, in explaining why he had never
visited the small Norwegian village, which
is near his home in Kristiansund.
* * * *
The Emory Wheel has recently inaugurat­ed
a "Professor's Blacklist," for the purpose
of listing teachers who refuse to regard
class dismissal bells. It has always seemed
to us that when a college administration
spends quite a lot of money putting in a
bell system that the least our professors
could do would be to regard the signals
for beginning and dismissing classes.
* * * *
After vainly thumbing several dozen
cars, three student hitch-hikers at Oregon
State saw the long, black-paneled delivery
wagon come to a stop at the curb. With
expansive smiles spread over their visages,
they grabbed their traveling bags and
bunched themselves together in the rear of
the truck. Being financially indisposed, the
students were jubilant over having secured
a free ride to their home town. After the
driver' had stepped on the gas and was
some distance from the point of departure,
he asked a question, by way of conversa­tion,
which fairly well upset the decorum
of the three youths.
"I hope you boys don't mind riding back
there with that body." A quick look was
all the students needed. There in front of
them rested a blanket-covered corpse.
—Daily Tar Hee}.
* * * *
One history professor explained how stu­dents
could remember who won the various
engagements in the Indian Wars—if they
call it a battle, the whites won; if a mas­sacre,
the Indian won.
* * * *
1—Man is born.
2—Man grows up.
3—Man kicks the bucket.
4—Man is buried.
5—Man turns to dust.
6—Grass grows from the dust.
7—Horse eats grass.
Moral: Never kick a horse; you might
injure a former relative.
—Ordnge and White.
* * * *
And then we notice in a Princeton paper
that a correspondent declares, "Out west
when they see a man driving recklessly,
they toot their horn at him three times.
He feels ashamed and toots back at them
three times, and goes on with everyone
feeling he has been sufficiently punished."
* * * *
Although they had never taken a secre­tarial
course, quite a few "bookkeepers"
were discovered on the Stanford University
campus. Twenty-three Stanford fraterni­ties
were raided during the holidays by
library authorities. After they had made
the rounds they crept back to headquarters
with over 200 long-missing books in their
possession. The ransacking of the fraternity
houses revealed the startling system of cov­ering
call numbers of the library books and
adding the volumes to the fraternity's libr­ary.
The L-men failed to find books at
some of the houses because, they said, the
members never went to the library.
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.
* * * *
IAM now open for any and sundry invita­tions
to pink teas, dinners, or chowder
parties . . . I have a purple-striped cold
and can't taste doodle. Neither can I see
so very well, so any of these things with
something inside crackers with lettuce
dangling out the edges may be run in and
I won't even know the difference.
It's not the cold that bothers one. - It is
the inability to taste hot grits, buttered
biscuits, and turnip greens.
* * * *
The Frenchman and the Hebrew have the
advantage over we christians when a cold
hampers their voices . . . unless their hands
are tied they'll never befritter a sentence.
* * * *
News item: "Large families will be aided
by the German government beginning in
July, the Ministry of Finance announced
in Berlin. For every fifth child and all
later ones the family will be paid 10 marks
monthly if the father's yearly salary is not
over 1,800 marks." But what will these
children be worth to the German Govern­ment?
Over here our 4-H Club boys are paid
prizes for the one raisihg the most pigs.
There is a great similarity in both projects.
The one will be slaughtered by cannon, the
other by axes.
* * * *
'Nother news item: "A large glass com­pany
has made tiny fibres from ordinary
glass. These fibres can then be spun into
thread for making cloth."
That won't be anything new. Aided by
a little sunlight we can see through most
cloth, now.
* * * *
What Chi Omega writes this "Cats and
Canary" stuff?
* * * *
The correct middle name of the Sigma
Nu Shoe Salesman is "Whitten" instead
of the various other things we call him.
He is also the other things we call him,
too.
* * * *
It is also reported that the dance orches­tra
for the Senior Prom will be Clyde
Lucas, who was playing in the Terrace Gar­dens
of the Hotel Morrison in Chicago the
time a Phi K. T. and I went up there.
But it is also rumored that the Textiles
who have a dance once a year as do all
other societies have been directed by the
Social Committee to have the Bama State
Collegians down here to play for their dance
so that the Committee can take a look at
the orchestra as a potential band for the
Senior Prom. I wouldn't put it above
them.
* * * *
Mae West made $340,000 last year. What
Sunday School teacher was that who told me
that wickedness doesn't pay?
* * * *
Some of those Japanese Army Officers
have been going to too many Wild West
Shows . . . as I see from the Thursday
morning papers. It'll get you every time.
And I hear that it is imagined that some
of the local feminine element have been go­ing
to see too many of these Mae West
shows. That will also get you every time.
* * * *
To the best looking girl in town, who
told me she could cook: Can you also wash
dishes? It is a known fact that I, outside
of a couple of local politicians, am the laziest
white man in town.
* ' * * *
Politicians'don't raid the State Treasury
in Georgia in quite the same manner as they
do in Alabama. Everything in Georgia is
open and aboveboard. They go into the State
vault in the broad daylight up in Atlanta
with a complete outfit of safe cracking tools
and not with a bunch of paid for votes . . .
the method used in Alabama.
Quotable Quotes
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
"The educated man has proved a con­structive
force and at the same time a con­servative
force in the state, a bulwark
against shallow counsels and vain propos­als."
Statesman Bainbridge Colby calls
upon college men for straight thinking and
steadying influence.
* * * *
"Today men are not employed because
they hold a college degree, and society has
been forced to look for spiritual values in
the character of educated men. Many col­leges
have been reduced to a loafer's para­dise,
with the students looking only for
good positions and social standing from
their education." Clemens M. Grankson,
President of Augustana College (Sioux
Falls, S. D.), believes importance of col­lege
degree has decreased because colleges
fail in spiritual and moral training.
t
SATURDAY, FEB. 29, 1936 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 INSTITUTE PAGE THREE
EUGENE LEE, Editor
Contributors
JACK TODD
BILL TROUP
GERALD BILBRO
CANDIDATES FOR
BASEBALL BEGIN
TRAINING MONDAY
Larger Number Of Candidates
Answer Call By Morgan;
Training Program Outlined
HITCHCOCK WILL
LEAVE SOON FOR
SPRING TRAINING
Assistant Football Coach Will
Leave Tonight To Join Ball
Club In Oakland, California
Jimmie Hitchcock, assistant football
coach here at Auburn, leaves tonight
for Oakland, California, where he will
join the Oakland Seals for spring
baseball training.
While a student at Auburn, Hitch­cock
was an outstanding athlete, win­ning
Ail-American berths in football
and baseball. Upon his graduation in
1932 he was promptly signed up by
the New York Yankees. He was then
farmed out to Wheeling, W. Va.,
where he played in 1933 and 1934.
He showed up well during both years,
but was not considered seasoned
enough for major league work, so was
transferred to the Binghamton, N. Y.,
club in 1935. Playing both third base
and short stop, Hitchcock made a
reputation for himself as an excellent
fielder and a heavy hitter.
Providing he continues his good
work with the Pacific League club this
season he will probably play with the
Yankees next year. This coming sea­son
should provide the finishing
touches to an already top-notch base­ball
player and result in his being a
great aid to the Yankees next year.
For the past few years Hitchcock
has been acting in the capacity of as­sistant
football coach at Auburn and
has contributed largely to the excel­lent
record compiled by the Tiger
eleven last year. Up to the present
time he has been working with the
other coaches in spring training.
Although the Tigers don't officially
open their training until Monday, a
large number of candidates answered
Coach Dell Morgan's call meeting last
night; The ones to report last night
were only the ones who are not par­ticipating
in Spring football drills and
basketball.
Coach Morgan outlined his training
program for the coming season and
announced that equipment could be
drawn Monday. The schedule has not
been completed, but a tentative one
calls for games with practically the
same teams that appeared against
last year's team.
Captain Gilbert McMillan and
Alternate-captain Mutt Morris headed
the group who reported to the gym
last night. Others were John Morris,
Raford Furlow, Frank Turner, Collins
Fenton, F. F. Gunter, Howard Baze-more,
Monroe Hayes, Billy Mastin,
Bruce Taylor, Jim Edwards, Scott
Clemens, 0. D. Gissendanner, Thomas
Williams, Thomas Martin, William
Cantrell, Harold Harper, Johnnie
Youngblood, W. D. Bagley, W. W.
Hamilton, D. C. Sellers, W. H. Sullins,
J. Adams, M. B. McDonald and Man­ager
Russell Wright.
As soon as spring football drills
end, the squad will receive a large
contingent from this group. These
are Billy Hitchcock, Joe Stewart, Sid­ney
Scarborough, and Harry Whitten.
Hitchcock is a sophomore and is slated
to take over short stop. The others
were all regulars last year.
Several of the baseball candidates
are with the basketball team in Knox-ville
for the Southeastern Conference
tournament, and they will bolster the
squad upon their return. Joe Bob
Mitchell, Joel Eaves, and Frank
Hamm are among this group. Eaves
and Mitchell are regulars on the hurl­ing
corps, and Frank Hamm is a
promising sophomore third baseman.
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OPELIKA
Auburn Tenuis Team
Will Begin Practice
With Walter Byrd, Beverly Biggin,
and George Pool returning from last
year, the tennis team will begin prac­tice
next week if the weather permits.
There will be a notice in the Plains­man
for the exact date.
A tentative schedule has been ar­ranged
which will include Fort Ben-ning,
Birmingham-Southern, Florida,
and Missouri. Other matches are be­ing
arranged. Last year's team,
composed of Walter Byrd, Beverly
Biggin, George Pool, Cam Mitchell,
C. W. Hixon, and George Russel, en­gaged
Ft. Benning, Kentucky, Missis­sippi,
and Birmingham-Southern.
Quite a few newcomers are expect­ed
to respond to the tennis call among
whom are Raymond Calloway, George
Perry, Louis Busenlener, Pepper
Martin, and Walter Schuster. The old
members are planning to organize a
freshman team if possible.
The tennis team has been handi­capped
considerably due to the fact
that there are1 no good courts on which
to practice. If this disadvantage is
not remedied it is quite possible that
there will be no team this year. How­ever
the team members expect to re­ceive
more help from the athletic de­partment
this year than in the past.
After an absence of a year the Southeastern Conference attempts
another basketball tournament to determine the champions of the circuit.
The officials of the conference voted against a tournament last year, be­cause
the ones in the past had been operated at a loss. At the winter
meeting of the officials the University of Tennessee bid for the tourna­ment,
so this was given a favorable vote.
All indications point to a successful
tournament. The race for the champ­ionship
is wide open. This has been
true during the entire campaign, and
no team will enter the tournament
fully conceded chances of winning out.
Due to the uncertainty of the out­come,
a record crowd should be on
hand for all contests.
Pre-tournament favorite is Ken­tucky,
co-champions with L. S. U.
last year. Bunched closely with the
Wildcats are Vanderbilt, Tennessee,
and Alabama. Vanderbilt and Ken­tucky
have remained at the top of the
league all season and will rule slight
favorites to cop the crown. Tennes­see
has shown great improvement
lately and will have the advantage of
playing on their own court. Alabama
has surged forward in the late games
and should command a lot of atten­tion.
Auburn will enter the tournament
rated as a dark horse. The Tigers
were going great until their last road
trip but should be due for a return
to form. The Tiger's main worry is
the reserve strength. If they do get
by Georgia Friday afternoon, they
will be called on to face Tennessee
,that night. It will require plenty of
help from the reserves to accomplish
wins over both of these teams.
* * *
The first meeting of the year for the
baseball team was held last night.
Soon the crack of willow on horsehide
will resound on the baseball field, a
sound that heralds the arrival of
spring. This year's baseball season
promises to be one of the best in the
history of the school. Only the first
baseman, shortstop, and a pitcher
were lost from last year's regular
team. A strong sophomore cpntin-gent
from last year's freshman team
is on hand to fill in where needed.
Alternate
GILBERT MCM/LLAN
One of the outstanding of the
baseball squad this year will be Gil­bert
(Hawk) McMillan playing in
the outfield.
TIGERS MEET GEORGIA TEAM
IN CONFERENCE GAME TODAY
Ten Members Of Court Squad Leave Thursday To Participate
In Conference Tournament In Knoxville This Week-End;
Tigers Are Favored To Win Over Bulldogs In First Game
The Auburn varsity basketball
squad, composed of ten members, left
yesterday at twelve o'clock for Knox-
.ville, where they will take part in the
Southeastern Basketball Conference
tournament which starts today.
Their first opponent will be Georgia
Tech, which team they meet today at
3:30 o'clock. The Tigers have already
registered one victory over the Bull­dogs
and will probably duplicate this
performance. In the event that they
do, their next game will be with Ten­nessee
the same night.
Coach Ralph Jordan has done an
excellent job in bringing the Auburn
hoopsters through the season with
such a good record, but there is little
or no chance of the Tigers winning
the tourney.
The past few practice sessions have
been devoted to work on the offensive
department of the game and the team
has shown quite a lot of improve­ment.
In scrimmages against the
scrubs, the varsity worked smoothly
and had little difficulty in ringing up
(Continued on page 4)
Local Hi Basketball
Team Enters Tourney
The Auburn High school basketball
team will tangle with Daviston High
this morning at 11 o'clock in the an­nual
district tournament which is be­ing
held at Lanett.
The district is divided into two sec­tions.
One tournament is being held
at Tallassee and the other one at
Lanett. There are 32 teams in the
district. The winners of both local
tournaments will go to the state tourti-ament
which will be held in Tusca-
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"Mutt" will again fill the pitch­ing
assignment on the Tiger ball
club with Eaves and Mitchell.
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DeBARDELEBEN COAL CORP., Trustee
Birmingham, Ala.
loosa next week-end.
Coach W. B. Hitchcock is very
pleased with his young charges for the
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Install Now a Sunbeam Air
Conditioning Unit
Gravity Furnace or Iron Fireman (Automatic Coal Burner)
under F. H. A. plan
' Avail yourself o! this plan immediately
Act one expires March 31
SUNBEAM HEATING & AIR
CONDITIONING CO.
COLUMBUS, GA.
or call Kyser Cox, 233 E. Glenn Ave., Auburn, Representative
LUCKIES-A LIGHT SMOKE
One Rutledge lot left on Toomer St. and Dr.
Dowell lots for sale.
Floyd home for sale — Opelika St.
Robert L* Burkes
Phone 264 - - - Auburn, Ala.
HAGEDORN'S
DEPARTMENT STORE
DRY GOODS
LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR
LADIES' AND CHILDRENS' SHOES
DRAPERIES — CURTAINS — CARPETS
A Most Complete Gents' Furnishing Department
Opelika, Alabama
Coojrifht 1936. The American Tobacco Compuur
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•RESULTS VERIFIED BY INDEPENDENT CHEMICAL
LABORATORIES AND RESEARCH GROUPS . . .
Over a period of years, certain basic advances have been made in the
selection and treatment of cigarette tobaccosfor Lucky Strike Cigarettes.
They include preliminary analyses of the tobaccos selected; use of
center leaves; the higher heat treatment of tobacco ("toasting"); con­sideration
of acid-alkaline balance, with consequent definite improve­ment
in flavor; and controlled uniformity in the finished product.
All these combine to produce a superior cigarette—a modern cig­arette,
a cigarette made of rich, ripe-bodied tobaccos—A Light Smoke.
-"IT'S TOASTED / /
Your throat protection—against irritation—against cough
P A G E FOUR 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 INSTITUTE SATURDAY, FEB. 29, 1936
DATE SET FOR ELECTION
OF EXECUTIVE CABINET;
SOCIAL COMMITTEE HEAD
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watched carefully. Violation of the
rules will be sufficient grounds for the
disqualifying of any candidate.
With membership in the Cabinet cut
almost in half, it is expected that a
number of the posts will be won only
by close margins. Membership in the
Cabinet was reduced last fall by a con­stitutional
amendment.
The president of the Executive
Cabinet will be named by the junior
class in the regular class offices and
publications heads election during the
second week in April. Davis stated
that he is considering the possibility
of moving this election date up one
week to the first week in April,
though this is unlikely as this date
is set by the student constitution.
LOCAL HI BASKETBALL
TEAM ENTERS TOURNEY
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fine spirit and good showing that they
have made during the season. With
only one regular from last year's team
to start with, a club was built up to
win 13 out of 16 games that were
played. The Auburn team scored near­ly
twice as many points as their op­ponents;
420 to 216. The individual
high scorers have not yet been ascer­tained,
but it will probably be be­tween
Charlie and John Ham, accord­ing
to Coach Hitchcock.
Should the Auburn quintet hurdle
the Daviston team, Goodwater or La-
Payette will be met tonight.
FOUND—Overcoat at Girls' Gym
after the Chi Omega Dance. Call
by Plainsman office.
CAUTHEN'S
COAL
Keeps You
Warm
Phone 11
L
OPELIKA
• THEATRE .
SATURDAY
Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson
in
"POWDER SMOKE
RANGE"
With Boots Mallory, Bob
Steele, and Tom Tyler
Added:
Cartoon and
"Mystery Mountain"
SATURDAY NIGHT
OWL SHOW
"THUNDER IN THE
NIGHT"
With
Edmund Lowe,.
Karen Morley, Paul
Cavanagh, Una O'Connor
Also Comedy,
"Yoo Hoo, Hollywood"
MONDAY
Dick Powell in
"THANKS A
MILLION"
Also Opelika Theatre
Movietone News and
Musical Novelty
TUESDAY
ON THE SCREEN:
RALPH BELLAMY in
"DANGEROUS
INTRIGUE'
Also
SPORTLIGHT AND
COMEDY
ON THE STAGE:
UNCLE EZRA JONES
National Barn Dance
Frolics
25 RADIO STARS IN
PERSON
•w
Effect Of Stomach On
Mind Studied By Prof.
Cleveland, 0. — (ACP) — "Genius
doubtless, like an army, travels on its
stomach, but what a stomach!"
Taking a side glance at "the influ
ence of the stomach on the human
mind," Dr. T. Wingate Todd, atano
mist at Western Reserve University's
school of medicine last week took
stock of the results of his nearly 12
years of research on the human stom­ach.
He chose Samuel Johnson as a good
example, stating that "there is no
doubt at all of Johnson's chronic in­digestion
and the resultant cantaker-ous
disposition with which there goes
a brilliance of imagery and creative
thought.
"Benedick's 'quick wit and queasy
stomach' (in Shakespeare's 'Much Ado
About Nothing') reminds us of the in­debtedness
of both literature and
science to indigestion.
"Would Darwin have framed the
theory of evolution had it not been
for the imagery created by his chronic
indigestion?
"Would Conrad have written his
stories had the facts of his experience
not been sharpened and amplified by
nervous dyspepsia?
"How much of Poe's tales of mys­tery
and imagination were due to in­digestion,
and how much to alcohol?"
Scientifically speaking, Dr. Todd re­ported
that .800 experiments on stu­dents
had revealed that emotional
states reduce . the stomach's gastric
waves of contraction and cause pro­longed
closure of its outlet.
Compliments Work Of
Agricultural Editor
A compliment to the work of Louis
O. Brackeen, 1927 Auburn graduate
and agricultural editor for the Ala­bama
Extension Service, was paid this
week by The Alabama Journal, in its
second annual farm edition.
"Brackeen probably has a greater
audience than any other Alabama
writer for his 'press releases' concern­ing
the news of Alabama farmers goes
to every newspaper in the State," said
The Journal. Mr. Brackeen assisted
in preparing the material carried in
The Journal's farm edition, which is
one of several such editions published
with his assistance over the State in
the past few weeks.
AIRPLANE IS NEARLY
COMPLETED BY CLASS
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During the year the ship has been
rebuilt to qualify for a Department of
Commerce License. The engine was
completely torn down, inspected, and
all worn parts replaced. All broken
fuselage members were welded back in
position, and the inside of the steel
tubing was treated with hot linseed
oil to prevent corrosion. The wings
were rebuilt, covered with fabric and
treated with 15 coats of dope.
» In the middle of March the Depart­ment
of Commerce inspector will in­spect
the plane and license it, after
which the ship will be flown by Lt. B.
M. Cornell during the latter part of
the month.
Beginning next year, M. I. *T. will
it
limit its freshman class to 600.
APARTMENT, furnished or unfurn­ished
at reasonable rates. 132
Ross Street.
Tiger Theatre
"Showplace of East Alabama"
Auburn, Alabama
SATURDAY, FEB. 29
"FRESHMAN LOVE"
With Frank McHugh and
Patrica Ellis
Comedy, "His Marriage Mixup"
Cartoon, "The Feud"
SUN. & MON., MAR. 1 & 2
Claudette Colbert in
"SHE MARRIED HER
BOSS"
With Melvyn Douglas
Added: Major Bowles' Amateur
Theatre of the Air
Color Cartoon: "Run, Sheep,
Run!"
TUESDAY, MARCH 3
"DANGEROUS"
With Bette Davis and Franchot
Tone
Added: Todd & Kelly Comedy
News Events
TIGERS MEET GEORGIA
TEAM IN CONFERENCE
TOURNEY TILT TODAY
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numerous scores.
The ten men who took the trip are
Joel Eaves, Joe Bob Mitchell, Buddy
Crew, Andrew Curlee, and Rex Mc-
Kissick on the first five, and Woodrow
Barnes, Frank Hamm, Joe Wood,
Hugh Rodgers, and Alvin Moreland
on the reserves. All of these men are
in good condition with the exception
of Joel Eaves, who is recuperating
from a slight attack of the flu. •
Even though Auburn does not get
to the finals they will provide plenty
of competition for the rest of the
teams. Their fast breaking offense
and water tight defense have proved
to be a Waterloo to a couple of out­standing
teams in the Conference this
season already.
PROBABLE TRACK
STAR UNCOVERED
IN NEW STUDENT
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he was selected as a member of the
honor team of the Islands at a half­back
position.
During two years competition in
track, he set two records and was
almost a one-man track team. His
record in the broad jump is 22-7%
and 12-3 with the pole vault. His
best in the high jump has been 5-11%.
Lt. Ken Fields wanted Sprinkle to
enroll at Illinois, but through the ef­forts
of Lt. Des Islets, present Mili­tary
instructor at Auburn, he was per­suaded
to enroll at Auburn. Lt. Des
Islets was stationed at Schofield be­fore
coming to Auburn, and it was
there that he gained first hand knowl­edge
of this freshman athlete.
ALL WORK IS GUARANTEED
TO BE SATISFACTORY!
GET READY!
IT'S SPRING
Watch These 8 Points and '
Enjoy Spring Motoring
You'll be using your car more than ever now. Drive in today and let
us check up on the 8 vital points of your car. Then, whether you're
planning a long trip or not, you'll know that you can enjoy motoring
free from worry and care!
WE BRING DOWN THE UPKEEP ON YOUR CAR
Winter driving has put a greater strain on your car than you realize.
So if you want to g e t t h e greatest possible pleasure from Spring driving,
drive in today for a complete check up!
POINT 1—OIL!
Spring weather calls for a change to spring oil. We'll
drain your crankcase and fill 'er up w i t h Standard oil.
POINT 2—WATER!
We'll drain your radiator and put in all the water
your car will bulk. FREE!
POINT 3—GREASE!
High pressure greasing assures you that you'll get a
real grease job.
POINT 4^-GAS!
Fill your car with Standard,
mileage.
It is famous for
POINT 5—MOTOR!
A complete motor check-up and adjustment. Gas lines
and radiator cleaned.
POINT 6—TIRES!
Your safety and t h e s a f e t y of your passengers depends
a great deal on your tires. If they are worn replace
t h em with Firestone tires.
POINT 7—BRAKES!
Reline your brakes. Isn't your safety worth it?
POINT 8—BATTERY!
If your battery is run down we'll recharge it for you.
MEADOWS' GARAGE
tobacco crumbs
11936. LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO.